"You sure are adamant about that boy not becoming a Rival to you…" Garrick gave a hard snort, scrunching his mustaches as he spat onto the deck of the ship
"I'm gonna make you clean that up…." Leroy said skidding back into a fighting position. "And yeah. I don't need a Marine to chase me. My Grandfather was Rivals with Roger…That much I know. And I'll give him one thing, he's admirable. Better than you and Bellamy. But hes still a damn dirty marine…"
'I love my grandpa…but there are things he believes in that I can't defend…he's always been a man of freedom, but he was always so…conserved in his beliefs. Not wanting things to change, or believing that people who want it were after him or working people like him…My Grandfather has been a man of labor for decades. He was doing work to help the Marines for ages. Helping with labor, even repairing ships. But he's told me about how there are marines who are in it for power…but 'we need the marines' is what he'd always say…'
Leroys mind continued to think in only a second. 'He'd willingly let the Marines persist because he thinks thats what the World needs. Even if in his own worlds their priority is helping those that can afford to be on their radar…He's taught me so much. My love for knowledge, how to fight, how to stand up for myself…but. Lets just say if he saw Kirk or Dezzi on my crew he'd be supportive but have certain unsavory opinions…Even if he has friends who are fishmen too. He's said that he hates that he thinks that way. Something his father ingrained in him. But there are sill parts that he does believe in. Even as half truths…'
Leroys gaze hardened as he focused on Garrick. The mans hand glowed and two golden short spears. "Pierce Hasta." The Short Spears then began to become hazey.Then they became black.
"the same thing as before…' "What is that you're doing Garrick…Why are they black now?"
"Wouldn't you like to know." Garrick then lunged forward, Sea Stone spear on his back as he thrust the spears forward, swiping, shuffling his feet, Leroy shuffled back, twisted his feet below him and kept his hands up to begin dodging back and forth
'I don't have the Stamina to keep it up. Just cuz I know how to do it, and can force it to happen, don't mean I can keep it up…I've got a minute at most.'
'Close quarters…Blades. Not my strong suit. I've got to learn better Martial Arts…' He Doges a swipe, and gets nicked by another as he finally puts his plan into action! He stretches his arm to slink behind Garrick, and suddenly–!
Garricks Spears disappeared as Leroy had plunged his Seastone Spear Through his Sternum, Piercing his solar plexus! Blood coughing from his mouth as he ran across the deck, and pushed Garrick onto the ground, wiping the blood he spat with his body and lifting him up again and tossing him overboard!
"I told you…" Leroy then snapped the spear over his knee and tossed both pieces to the side. One clattering across the ground and the other into the water.
'I was sloppy…I got too…Heated. The little shit…' Garrick thought as blood became like mist in the water. Body beginning to sink. 'I didn't think that it would end like this. Honestly, what a shit was to go…'
Camilia was a Commander in the Marines. One rank Below her Captain, Garrick and Sakura. She was a specialist in Tonfa combat. Her specialty was speed and agility. Being able to dance around her opponents.
And right now she was doing just that. Her well defined stomach that was was like an acrobats arched as she dodged a fiery kick from Noirs Calore. Both of them had some scrapes on them. Noir a few cuts.
She flipped, slid, jumped and even went into the splits to dodge and tag Noir, as Noir swiped his leg, high kicks, axe kicks, push kicks and finally. "Steziato Carne!"
He slammed his fiery foot into the abdomen of the woman, literally leaving a scorch of a footprint in her skin as she was sent soaring through the air and into the ocean!
"Sorry about that miss…" He said extinguishing his foot and slamming it on the ground.
As for Kale and Sakura. The two were in heated combat. Sakura was quick and nimble on her feet, and was currently in the shape of a Green Skin insectoid! The Power of the Bagu Bagu no Mi Model: Mantis.
She had antenna on her forehead and her eyes turned yellow. Teeth sharp, arms becoming section and enlarged with a chitanis exterior, wings from her back and a small thorax like structure coming from just above her tail bone
She swiped and spun the Nagitana, Clashing with Kale again and again, The Latter of whom was currently using Gontoryu. Both were pushing each other hard, and nearly to the limit. And yet it was a surprisingly short bout
The thing with conflict and combat that many fighters must understand, is that a fight between two equal opponents can last anywhere between 5 minutes and Hours. Some even days. This is because of how one applies energy throughout the fight.
If you throw your strongest attacks. It wont last long, if you pace yourself it can be drawn out. And sometimes, even when a person is weaker than the other. Thats when the fights can get real long. Because the opponent is stronger but pacing themselves, while the other is actively growing in the heat of battle.