"Hyper Mortar!" Leroy shot his leg up into the air to Knock Coma back, bruising the mans chin. He'd grown much stronger since he fought the pirate known as Cranium on the island of Wattle. He'd destroyed a kanabo made of material 40x stronger than steel with a single swing. Even after that, he was stronger in Water 9. And stronger now! He went on mission after mission. Cargo Transport, Scouting, Clearing out pirate infested islands, clearing sea routes of impromptu embargos by criminals, Training, Escort, Chasing Pirates, Supporting Marines in Pirate Conflicts, this happened again and again since the weeks after Water 9. And it did his body well….
This let him take the hit with immense pain but still continued to fight! Garrick was next to be knocked into the air. Leroy was breathing with effort as he jumped into the air to confront the two in another exchange of blows! Literally flying and fighting in mid air!
Coma was slow…He had to take great effort to keep himself in the air due to most certainly not being used to it. And honestly neither was Leroy, unlike Garrick who seemed to be well more than adept at using air walk while in combat, but Leroy was a quick thinker. He used each of his attacks to keep him afloat by pushing off of one of the two on top of kicking the air
"Tell me Leroy…Why would a man like you become a pirate! Your grandfathers the Hero of the Marines!" Coma attempted to speak to his heart. But there was nothing their to be spoken to in that case
"Don't you know how much shame you Bring Jack?!" Garrick then said, causing Leroy to grimace as he slung a leg and impacted Garrick hard "Hyper Sling!
"I'm a pirate because I'll be damned if I do anything ordinary in this world!" He raised his forearms to block a jab "Monotony…Boredom. Force to be a slave for what?! Money? Inequality everywhere…" He slammed a fist into come, then a knee followed by his leg kicking the air to keep both of them in the air
"People who think they can walk all over people…" He said but Coma interrupted. "A Hero? You want to fix that?"
"Fuck no! I don't want to end up like them!" He sounded selfish…He slammed another fist into comas nose causing him to be sent into the Mast where he grabbed the rigging "I'm becoming the Freest man in the world…Thats What King of The Pirates is! And if it means that maybe other people can be like me."
"Then that's why." Coma frowned at the words. He thought quickly all in a second as he contemplated the words. 'He doesn't want to be a Hero…Yet he wants to be free so people can follow that same path? This really is the Grandson of Vice Admiral Jack…What is this….This feeling? That stare is like stabbing needles in my brain and it makes my knees buckle.'
'But it also is like…A compulsion. Like his words are making me want to speak myself…Jack was the same…' Coma felt like he was being forced to speak his own convitction in the head of Leroys words. He thought it was some ability. But in truth. It was just his own mind hearing Leroy…
"I'm…I'm a Marine Because I want to make a difference! So many are hurting…So much that could be done…But needs to be done the right way! And you pirates…You're in the way of that!" He leapt back at Leroy!
"Admiral…Fleet Admiral! Hero! I'm gonna make sure this world is safe…Fuchigoma!" Coma slammed his fist into Leroy, causing him to be sent flying as the man brought his hand up to block!
The hit was …Actually hard! Hard enough that Leroy could feel pain, a tinge of an Injury forming! "Don't talk bullshit Coma!"
"Didn't Gramps tell you that already!" He said as both Garrick and Coma Appeared in front of him. He went entirely on the defensive so he could talk "The Marines are nothing more than Bullshit ideas wrapped in Fucked up execution. The only reason he's still a marine is because he has the freedom to try and change something!"
"Which is stupid!" He slammed a hand into Garrick and caused him to skid back. "All Marines are Stupid Bastards that don't do shit to fix dick!" He spoke vulgarly. "Including my grandpa! You can say all you want but that doesn't change places like Cocoyashi that scream for your help but have to rely on me!"
"Hyper Shot!" He slammed a fist into the side of coma. He could feel his jaw crack and a tooth come out of his mouth with a trail of blood
"And what! You will! You jackass…You're being selfish! Thinking about no one but yourself! You could've become a marine to help people!"
The two then clashed at each other. Leroy in Gear Second, and Coma at his absolute limits of his strength, struggling to keep up, slammed a fist into each others faces
"The Selfish one are the Marines…Doing nothing but hurting. And here you are preaching!" Leroy slammed a fist into the bottom of Comas jaw so hard his neck recoiled backwards, and if he had been any normal person, his head and spine woulda came out with it!
A jab into the ribs from coma, a punch into Comas Ribs, Dodging a Spear from Garrick. "You're Admirable, I'll give you That– Red Sash." He said using his epithet with vitriol "You being what you are…You prevent others from taking your place, Like some fucked up necessary evil…"
"But right now-" Leroy suddenly cut him off and dashed forward with a fist reeled back "Right now nothin! Shut your damn mouth…You aint nothin' to me!" He slammed his fist into his mouth and let blood erupt from his gums.
"I commend you, Coma. But do us both a favor…And get– Out!" His body abruptly left Gear Second, his right arm inflating to a giant sized version "Titanic Shot!"
Coma was sent flying and flipping through the air! Literally spiraling like a bloody bag as he slammed into one of the Marine Warships hard enough for part of it to explode! The front deck erupts in a ball of flame from the Ensigns collision into the 10k Guns!