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Date Started: November 20th, 2024 Date Finished: January 22nd, 2024 Previous Role-Play: / Next Role-Play: Tides of Vengeance Timeline: Early November, 1620 Setting: Characters Involved: | ||
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Betrayal[]
"I won't pay you this time. You've been too careless and have become a risk for our family." The words of his boss were still going through his mind as Nodi was wandering through the streets. He just came out of a meeting with his boss, Don Pacino, the head of the Pacino Family, to receive his money for the last job he did. Nodi was one of the best, according to himself the best, hitman of the Pacino Family, assassinating anyone that his boss told him to kill.
For multiple years, he did everything his boss asked him to do and he gained a lot of respect in the family. So why didn't his boss trust him anymore and why would he not keep his promises. Nodi needed the money, and he knew he deserved it. He took so many risks for his boss, putting his own life on the line for the family. So it felt like he was betrayed by the people he trusted most.
A hatred was growing inside of Nodi and he couldn't think clear anymore. He knew his boss, Don Pacino, and the whole Pacino Family would come to regret this betrayal. He needed a plan to get his revenge, but how could he possibly be a match for One of the Five Families of the West?
Nodi kept wandering through the streets with his head staring onto the ground. He was lost in his thoughts, until he suddenly heard a crowd in front of him. It seemed like a bunch of people had come together in one of the town squares. Nodi decided to check out why so many people had gathered there.
A large stage filled the stage, entirely dark and covered by a very large white cloth on which images were projected. Jazz music wafted through the air, and a cheerful, energetic voice told a compelling story through those figures.
“Oh yes gentlemen, he was a warrior with a commanding presence, raised in the forest he was unrivaled. One day a small wolf approached him zo.” The voice said as two hands made the outline of a wolf's head, there the magic began.
“Awooooo” an almost real howl filled the square.
“That wolf became the warrior's only friend and grew up with him becoming a strong and trustworthy companion, watch out for the magic zo, the wolf wants to enter the scene!” The narrator's voice said as a huge wolf made of living shadows began to run among the people only to leap onto the stage and vanish into thin air after one last howl.
Nodi, who had joined the audience of this spectacle, looked in awe at the wolf that just ran besides him. After the last howl, when the wolf vanished into thin air, the people started clapping and Nodi joined them. "A trustworthy companion...", he thought to himself. Nodi felt like a lone wolf who was betrayed by his own pack at the moment. He didn't knew anyone he could trust on this island.
He also knew that he probably had a target on his back as well, his boss was known for cutting any loose ends. He watched around him, but didn't notice anyone he recognized from the Pacino Family in the crowd. He decided to keep a low profile and stay in the middle of the crowd in order to not be noticed by anyone. As he blended in with the crowd, he returned his attention to the spectacle that was unfolding before his eyes.
“The magic of a story is all in the imagination with which the mind can picture it-a small bird trying to fly will one day become healthy and strong, ready to rule the air zo.” The Narrator said again as the silhouette of two hands forming a bird seemed to come to life until two huge hawks flew swiftly through the sky and then disappeared again, followed by the admiration of the audience.
A flute began to play softly and the narrator narrated one last scene.
“One day a fairyland was overrun by mice, can you believe it? A magical place with such a problem izozozo. Well gentlemen, on the finale of the story a magic man, playing his flute, hypnotized all the mice who followed the melody of his flute, until he threw them all into the sea zo” The narrator said after he made the silhouette of a mouse with his hands and opened the tarpaulin to introduce himself to the audience as he played the flute and ten shadow mice followed him in a line until they disappeared.
“Thank you very much for your presence, I hope you enjoyed the show, I am Lancier D. White Nemesis, it has been a pleasure to take you on a fantasy journey, izozozozo!!!” Nemesis vigorously introduced himself.
The audience started clapping as the star of the show took a bow. Nodi joined them, showing his appreciation for the talent he just witnessed. Lancier D. White Nemesis, a name he should remember.
As the public started to leave, Nodi noticed two familiar men that were seemingly looking for someone. These two men were from the Pacino Family, the Fausto brothers, and were known in the family to let people dissappear without a trace.
Going along in the crowd, Nodi left the town square and started hiding in one of the smaller streets. He entered a small coffee shop and sat down at one of the tables in the corner, where he had a good view of who was coming in and who was going out. He ordered his coffee and looked around the shop, it looked like no one was paying attention to him, which was a good thing.
Nemesis looked at the crowd, they were unaware that during the show he stole money from their pockets when they were too focused on the show.
Very soon after that, he went to the coffee shop near the square, he needed a fresh drink after all the story narrations.
Dling-Dling The bells on the coffee shop door rang at Nemesis' entrance. “Ahhh what a hard life of a Star izozozo, waiter kindly, a double coffee, laced with lots of Rum thank you zo!” The boy said with a big smile as he sat alone on a table.
Nodi saw how the performer he witnessed at the town's square entered the coffee shop, ordered a coffee and sat at the table next to his own. Did he follow him? That would be highly unlikely. Unlike himself, the performer looked quite flashy and attracted a lot of attention. Nodi was cautious, but decided to show his appreciation for the performer's act.
"I saw your act you did earlier at the town's square, I really liked it." Nodi said without showing any emotions. This was something he learned while he was growing up, that showing emotions was a sign of weakness.
"You're not from this island, if I'm correct?" He continued. The question was quite futile, as the Pacino Family ruled over this island and Nodi would know if the performer was from this island. But he saw it as a little icebreaker, he was actually really interested in getting to know this stranger.
"Zo...You need to relax your eyelids more if you want to look emotionless while paying a compliment, look at your hard face! I thank you anyway zo, I am not local, I go around the sea to do shows a little bit everywhere, my name is Nemesis.” Nemesis replied by analyzing Nodi's face, it was a habit of his to judge people's expressions as he was an artist in faking emotions.
The young Nodi was surprised that this Nemesis guy found out his behavior. "Thank you for the advice, but you don't know me." Nodi replied. "You making a lot of money with that little act of yours?"
"Little act zo? You came pretty late at the show then! It was more than one hour long and i receive the money in advance from the organization in every island, otherwise i won't perform. Do you think i'm your cute street artist izozozo? I'm the future star of the whole sea!!!" Nemesis replied with a great tone.
"It seems like I offended you." Nodi answered, "It's true I didn't see your whole show, I had other things on my mind. But your show helped me distract from those problems a little bit, so I thank you for that. It seems like you really are a man born to stand in the spotlights. I prefer to stay in the shadows myself, maybe that's why your shadow theater was so endearing to me."
"I've got one more question for you, which organization from this island paid you to do that show?" Nodi was curious, if it was the Pacino Family or an organization affiliated with the family, which was highly likely on this island, then this man could maybe be the key for taking his revenge on Don Pacino. He might be able to give him a chance to get to the boss.
"Light strengths the shadows zo!! By the way, a strange man with a fine dress gave me the money and said it was from the mayor of the city, those are the dudes who usually organize the event you know zo." Nemesis said while looking at the ceiling, meanwhile the waiter gave him the coffee and the Rum so he started to drink pretty hard.
"Ahhhhh, now we talk zo!"
Nodi knew damn well that Don Pacino had the mayor in his pocket. So there surely was a connection there. As Nodi saw Nemesis taking a sip of his his coffee followed by some big gulps from the rum. As Nodi was about to tell his companion about his former boss, he suddenly heard a shout from the entrance of the coffee shop.
"There he is!" At the entrance, two big figures were standing with one of the two pointing at Nodi. "Shit the Fausto brothers!" Nodi screamed as the other of the two men took out his gun and shot towards Nodi.
Nodi swiftly reacted by flipping the table he was sitting in front of him to block the shot. All other people in the coffee shop started to scream and run around. "These guys are bad news!" Nodi shouted at Nemesis.
Nemesis saw with an annoyed look one of the two men begin to point a gun at him. “Mhh...And what do you want me to care zo?” Nemesis said as he let himself fall back from his chair and flipped his table over with a kick.
BANG, a bullet lodged in the wood instead of his head.
“There, now that you've shot me you're my problem, or maybe his...Bull-Zo!!!” Nemesis said making a strange gesture with his hands to depict the head of a bull.
Out of the shadows on the floor was conjured a huge raging bull that without wasting any time began its overwhelming charge toward the two armed men.
The two armed men were surprised and knocked back trough the front wall that was made out of glass. "So it wasn't just an illusion in your performance." Nodi said to Nemesis as he stood up from behind the table.
"It seems like you know how to handle troublemakers yourself," Nodi continued, "wanna team up to defeat these guys?" As Nodi asked his question, he pulled out his dagger and started charging at the two men who were slowly getting up again. They were clearly still a little bit dizzy from the impact of the bull, the perfect moment to launch a counterattack, Nodi thought.
"Team up? I just served an easy win for you and your problem zo. My job is done until they try to attack me again, I'm not paid enough for this izozozo." Nemesis replied while playing with his hands to make different gestures.
"I thought we had a better connection." Nodi replied, "But I'll handle them myself then." Nodi went full speed at the smaller one of the Fausto brothers. He tried to take a shot at Nodi again, but Nodi managed to knock the gun out of the hand of the Fausto brother with his dagger. As he lost his gun, the Fausto brother pulled out a dagger as well. "Let's see who can use his dagger the best."
Just as Nodi and the Fausto brother were about to clash with their daggers, the bigger Fausto brother stood up. "You handle Nodi, brother, I'll go after that guy that just charged a bull at us." The big brother started charging at Nemesis himself while firing off a couple of gun shots in his direction.
The Fausto Brothers[]
Nodi the Dagger[]
Nodi started to clash with his enemy, evading the attacks of his opponent while trying to stab or slash him himself. Nodi knew that the Fausto Brothers were quite well known inside the Pacino Family, but he never witnessed their skills in action. They were hitmen that served the Pacino Family for years now, so it was obvious that they knew how to kill someone.
Nodi stayed more on the defensive side at first, evading his opponent's attacks as smooth as possible trying to look for an opening. He wasn't really used to these one-on-one fights in the open, as most of his assassinations took place within the shadows with few witnesses.
“What? You're scared you're being defensive ahahah, die!” The younger Fausto brother launched himself with a snap into a lunge ready to plunge the knife into Nodi's heart.
There was the opening Nodi was looking for. He swiftly dodged the incoming attack with a pirouette, making his opponent lose his balance. He decided that it was his turn to strike.
Nodi tried to stab him in his neck, targetting one of his arteries. This was a move that he had succesfully pulled off in the past, killing many of his victims this way.
"Such weak tactics!" The Fausto brother said throwing his knife to the hand of Nodi before letting him do any damage.
Nodi quickly jumped back, preventig his hand from being cut off. Nodi's movements were normally very swift, but his opponent's moves were even faster at the moment. He needed to find a different solution to beat his opponent.
He took his dagger in a reverse grip. "Time the change up my style." He calmly said while analyzing at his opponent. He charged at his opponent, who had his dagger ready for a counterattack. But just as Nodi seemed to attack him in front, Nodi started sliding between the legs the Fausto brother, slashing his left ankle in the process.
"Ehhh? FUCK!! AAAAARGH" The younger fausto screamed for the pain and suddenly turned to face Nodi, taking a chair and throwing it to him.
In the process he tried to run toward Nodi to hit him in the abdomen, jumping with all his strength to reach him faster.
Nodi turned around and was just in time to block the blow with his elbow. He then turned around on his right foot, lifted his left leg to kick his opponent in the face with the heel of his foot.
The kick sent the younger Fausto flying straight to the wall, and soon he lost consciousnesses for the amount of blood lost from the previous cut and the kick on his face.
Lancier D. White Nemesis[]
"You sure are a dumbass zo...or maybe you're full of projectiles if you shoot so randomly...nevermind you're dumb!" Nemesis said still being behind the table while the shots started to pierce it.
"Ohi ohi, it's dangerous like this izozozo, do you wanna fight? Let's fight then zo!!" The pirate said while adjusting his orange sunglasses. A new handsign made a group of ten mice run toward the bigger Fausto brother. "Go captain Mouse izozozozo!!"
"You think I'm scared of some little mice?!" The big brother shouted. "You'll have to come at me with some bigger animals if you want to impress me!"
The big brother jumped in the air and over the group of mice. His jump was aimed directly at his opponent, putting his elbow in front of him as a tried to crash down on his opponent. "Take this, little mouse boy, ELBOW STRIKE!"
"Waaa, elbow stike, yuuu, what the hell bro, here's a surprise for you...Croco-Zo!!" Nemesis joked about the man's move by summoning a shadow crocodile that soon opened his big mouth, ready to chomp the descending Fausto brother.
The Fausto brother quickly changed his posture, stretching his arms and legs as far as he could to prevent from falling in the crocodile's mouth. With his hands, he grabbed the crocodile's upper jaw. With his legs, he stood on the lower jaw to keep the crocodile's mouth open. "Fight like a man!", the Fausto brother shouted while he dislocated the crocodile's jaw with his strength before jumping backwards.
He then took an a fighting stance. "Come at me like a real man!" He tried to provoke Nemesis.
Nemesis' gaze became deep serious as his purple eyes were filled with determination.
"I don't fight like a real man, i fight like the best performer zo! Now, die fast, there's no room for people like you in front of the pirates izozozozo." The pirate said taking his weapon and unleashing it.
A three staff nunchako with a sharp blade in the end, quite the strange weapon until Nemesis started to spin it like crazy around him. The blade went in every direction in an unpredictable path, starting to cut tables, chairs and floor as it passed by. The pirate was slowly reaching the bigger Fausto brother taking with him a death sentence.
"In how many pieces you wanna die zo?" Nemesis asked with an icy stare.
"My skin is thicker than a crocodile", the Fausto brother confidently replied, "a few cuts will mean nothing to me." And without any fear, he charged at Nemesis, ready to punch him right in his face.
"That's so sad for you..." Nemesis said dashing really fast into the attack of his enemy, with the cental stuff of his weapon he deflected the punch upwards, then he rotaded instantly the bottom stuff upwards to hit the man on his chin and finally used the bladed stuff to cut his throat swiftly.
"...cause slow punches are kinda boring zo!" He concluded.
It seemed like the big Fausto brother overestimated himself, or did he underestimate his enemy? Blood started sprouting out of his throat as he felt on his knees. He wasn't able to say anything anymore as he slowly lost consciousness.
Declaring War[]
As Nodi looked at the bodies of the Fausto Brothers, he realized what he just started. There was no way the Pacino Family was going to let this rest and he had to act fast. He was standing there in the now empty coffee shop, with only him and Lancier D. White Nemesis present. He saw the abilities of Nemesis and decided to risk asking for help.
"You really got some skills, Nemesis, but I don't know if you have any idea what you just did? These guys are high ranked members of the Pacino Family that run this island. They will surely come for us. What do you say? Wanne team up and take down the Pacino Family?"
"High ranked? These two? Damn i could run this island too then zo!" Nemesis said while he was crying comically seeing his bottle of Rum was broken in the fight.
"Sigh...if they come for us they will have the same fate, i don't know about you, I'm good by myself, BUT...They tried to kill a star, so, i have to unleash on them a great performance zo! LET'S DO IT IZOZOZO!!!" The pirate gave his word full of energy.
This was what Nodi hoped for, an ally to take his revenge on the family. "Don't take the Pacino Family to lightly, Nemesis, these two may have been weaker, but the boss, underboss and consigliere are no joke in terms of power." He tried to warn his new ally, but deep inside he was full of confidence to take on the challenge.
"It's important that we cannot trust anyone else on this island. Not even the marines. Don Pacino is paying them off to keep them under his thumb. That's why he can still do what he wants, even with a bounty of 20,000,000 belly. And he is the boss of one the Five Families of the West, I'm sure you know who they are? They are quite infamous in the West Blue."
"Taking them down will give me the best spotlights zo, it's what a performer needs izozozozo" Nemesis said hyped, he got closer to Nodi and continued.
"Let's do a big show man! And just for you to know, i trust no one, not even you so this is an alliance for common enemy zo!"
Then Nemesis took a bottle of Rum from the bar since no one was there and prepared himself to go for the mission.
"That's the way I like my alliances the most." Nodi smirked while whiping off the blood on his dagger. Standing in the empty coffee shop, Nodi pointed his finger to show the top of a large building throught the now broken glass of the coffee shop. The building towered over all other buildings in the town they were currently in.
"That's the Pacino Family headquarters.", Nodi explained, "You can find the bosses of the family on the top floor. But before you get there, there are still a couple of other floors we will have to pass that each provides their own challenges. Normally I would be able to just go to the top floor without a problem, but seeing how these two came to take my life, I don't think that's possible anymore. Let's come up with a plan to infiltrate the building."
"Infiltrate? Main stars go always for the greatest amount of people. We will enter from the main door and make our way to the top zo. Is that ok with you Nodi-Zo?" Nemesis said while doing some exercise to loose his wrists a bit, from there a lot of fast hand gestures would have followed to perform at his best in the fight.
Nodi nodded "You'll get to give a great show, Nemesis, on the first floor are a couple of rookie grunts stationed. They will serve as the perfect warm-up. After that, it will become a little bit harder, but let's take it one floor at a time. Just know that once we are inside, there is no way back."
A smile of excitement could be seen on Nodi's face, a sight that was very rare. For the first time in a long time he felt like he could decide something for himself. He didn't need to be a puppet for Don Pacino anymore. "Let's go!" He shouted to his ally while entering one of the alleys that would eventually lead up to the Pacino Family building.
With Nemesis in his wake, Nodi reached the entrance of the building. He opened the door and saw a floor full of rookie grunts that were standing everywhere. "Time to put on a show." Nodi said to his ally while he started to attack people with his dagger.
"Ohhhh yeah zo! It's show time!! FEN! LUNA! RAZOR! Let's perform izozozo" Nemesis shouted those three names after doing a canine head gesture with his hands, soon from the shadows three big wolves came out and rushed toward the enemies with deep killing intent.
The rookie grunts started rushing at the two newfound allies. Backed by the three dogs Nemesis just summoned, Nodi started to go on a killing spree. Slicing the necks of multiple grunts in swift movements. From the back of the first floor, one rookie grunt took out a gun. But before he was able to fire off even one shot, Nodi threw his dagger at the grunt. The dagger spun through the air, piecing the head of the grunt who fell to the ground.
Nodi was now without a weapon, but that didn't mean he couldn't continue his killing spree. He broke the neck of multiple grunts while he made a way for himself to the back of the first floor, where his dagger was still stuck in the forehead of the grunt he just killed.
Nemesis quickened his pace by throwing himself into the midst of the remaining group of grunts, swiftly whirling his weapon struck with precision at the limbs of anyone who came within range so as to break their guard so that the wolves could inflict the fatal blow with claws and fangs.
In the midst of that chaos of unpredictability Nemesis found his balance, working in unison with his summons while enemies never had any idea who was about to attack them. Preparing to receive a slash they found themselves bitten, preparing to thwart a wolf they found themselves with Nemesis's blade stuck on their bodies. A massacre.
At the end, only Nemesis and Nodi where standing, the wolves now vanishing into thin air. "Time for round two zo!" Nemesis said cleaning his weapon.
"No time to waste!" Nodi shouted as he started to get up the stairs to the second floor. "The next floor is the casino floor where the illegal gambling takes place. On the casino floor will be civilians as well, so be careful who you kill. I'm sure that by now they already know that we are on our way, so expect a warm welcome once we enter the second floor."
Nemesis stopped when he heard Nodi's words, a worried expression on his face. "Stop right there, if civilians are there we have to make sure they will run away, i have an idea. Run faster than the wind my dear Leopard-Zo! Don't hit anyone, just run everywhere inside that room zo!" Nemesis ordered to a new summon, a wonderful shadow Leopard went inside the room with incredible speed. From there just screams and gunshot were heard while some people started to run away.
Nodi appreciated to creative thinking of his ally, citizens didn't need to be sacrificed for no reason. He waited patiently at the top of the stairs just before the room. As the screams started to decrease and most of the people inside left the room in panic, Nodi looked at Nemesis. "After you, I'll make sure to have your back." Nodi said while having his dagger in his right hand and making a gesture to his ally to go inside with his left hand.
Nemesis laughed at Nodi's suggestion. "Oh no no, WE will go after them zo!" He said making two hand gestures as soon two new summoning were inside the room destroying everything on their path.
"Bull-Zo, Elephant-Zo!! Smash everything! Now we can go little killer izozozo" Nemesis said to Nodi while bowing and pointing the room in theatrical manner.
As the path to the third floor was already cleared by his ally, Nodi entered the casino room without any problem. He picked up some Belly that was laying on the ground and put it in his pocket, it might come in handy later. He saw how the bull and elephant that Nemesis summoned were knocking down to last associates of the Pacino Family that were stationed on this floor.
Nodi walked up the stairs that were leading to the third floor, but found himself before a locked door. "Seems like this door is barricaded, can you summon your bull again to smash this door open? I'll handle this floor by myself so you can sit this one out."
"They might be strong, but if I left all the work to them i would fall behind, getting rusty isn't mt thing zo, the summoner has to be stronger than the summon, always. Now stand back, this job is too easy izozozozo." Nemesis said swinging his weapon extremely fast all around hitting the door with a barrage of fast slashes.
Swing-Swing the door collapsed in a big amount o pieces, the path for Nodi was now open. "Do as you wish now-zo!" Nemesis said with a grin on his face.
As his ally opened the door for him, Nodi put out his shoes, unzipped his pants and took them off to show his biggest weapon at his disposal. What could be seen now weren't a pair of legs like a normal human, but two entanglements of tentacles that made up his legs. "Let me show you what I'm really capable of..." Nodi said to Nemesis while the door just opened.
He charged in the room, that was filled with associates from the Pacino Family and started to hit each of them with his tentacles in a couple of swift movements. The moment one was hit by one of the tentacles, they fell onto the ground in extreme pain, looking like they were paralyzed. It didn't took long before each associate was lying on the ground crying in pain.
"They should be dead in a couple of minutes." Nodi calmly said, "I suspect you didn't expect to see me like this. I'm not a regular human you know. I'm from a race known as merfolk, but I don't want to make that public in order to not be hunted as a slave. I have the bottom-half of a box jellyfish, by enstrangling my tentacles in 2 groups, I make them strong enough to support me and use them as legs. My venom will kill anyone that I touch within a couple of minutes, it's my go to assassination move when my dagger doesn't do the trick."
"EEEWWWWWW...GROSS!" Nemesis shouted seeing Nodi's real body, all those tentacles made him look at the strange dude with a funny expression, his tongue out mimicking a scene where Nemesis was vomiting.
He quickly switched in a serious stance and said to Nodi. "Now put them back, i don't wanna be poisoned-zo! What's our next goal? I'm kinda warmed up now-zo, the final show has to begin...You will see how serious Nemesis can be izozozozo."
Nodi put his pants and shoes back on in order to hide his tentacles. "You're in luck, these next stairs will lead directly to the top. That's were Don Pacino is located, he will be accompanied by the underboss and the consigliere of the family. Both of them are real powerhouses. There will probably a couple of other elite members of the Pacino Family. We will have to work together to bring them down. Are you ready to go?"
Nemesis stretched his back and legs before giving an answer to Nodi. "Man, feels like a lot of work is waiting us...ready when you want to go-zo! Do you have any plan? Cause I'm sending some friends, Mouse-Zo." He said making the mouse hand sign and soon from the shadows ten mice started to run toward the stairs reaching the final room.
"You know, they're just the funny welcome gift IZOZOZOZO" Nemesis said laughing really hard.
"You won't be the only one there with a special power, Nemesis, Don Pacino has a special power as well. Just make sure he isn't able to touch you, as he can change you forever. As for my plan, it's quite simple, we make it swift and are gone before backups can arrive. Now let's follow those mice and take down these traitors!" Nodi shouted as he went up the stairs.
As they reached the top level, Nodi was surprised to see that the door to Don Pacino's office was already open. But what he saw when he entered the room was even more surprising. No associates of the Pacino Family could be seen. The only people present in the room were Don Pacino himself and the consigliere of the Pacino Family. As Nodi looked around to room to make sure they wouldn't be ambushed, he heard the voice of Don Pacino sitting behind his desk.
"What's wrong Nodi, are you surprised?" The voice of Don Pacino was calm, without a hint of fear in it. "You don't have to worry, we are the only ones in this room right now." Don Pacino's gaze then switched to the other person that was standing next to Nodi. "And I see you brought a friend, how nice of you. Who is this flamboyant man standing next to my protégé?"
"Oi, stand up when you have a special guest in your room-zo! You tried to kill me three times in a bunch of minutes, you know that a star should not die? Free ticket for you, welcome to the show!!" Nemesis said straight to Don Pacino, his eyes were deep serious, hidden behind his orange sunglasses.
Taking his weapon and stretching his arms behind his back, he said to Nodi. "Protégé, damn man you sure you're going to fight? I'm ready for a three versus one without problems, now is do or die Zo!"
"Don't worry", Nodi calmly answered, "Those times are over, I'm here for their heads." As Nodi saw how Nemesis took out his weapon, he decided to do the same. He took out his dagger and got ready for a fight.
"Don't forget who gave you that dagger and made you the person you are now, Nodi. Or should I say Siren?" Don Pacino said with a serious look on his face.
Nodi's grip on his dagger got stronger as an angry but determined look on his face could be seen : "I'll show you just what type of person I have become." He then looked at Nemesis, who was standing beside him. "Do you wanna go first?"
Pacino Family[]
Nemesis looked straigh at Don Pacino, his hands were close and ready to summon something. "You know, shadows are tricky, they can be everywhere in the darkness and at the same time they become stronger when the light shines. You should stand up. As i said, special guests have to receive a warm welcome... Crocodile-Zo!!"
Soon from the shadow of Don Pacino's chair an enormous crocodile was summoned and his big mouth was ready to crunch him.
Don Pacino was surprised, but managed to get a hold on the Crocodile and kept it's mouth open with both his arms. He then jumped out of it's mouth and planted both of his feet in the Crocodile's head to defeat it. "You've got some nifty little tricks up your sleeve, showman. Why don't you come work for me? I can pay you whatever you want."
Don Pacino then opened a chest in the back of the room, revealing a big amount of belly. "This can be yours, my friend."
In hysterical thunderous laughter, Nemesis covered her face with one hand and then revealed a defiant expression. “You want to buy me-Zo? Don't make me laugh, that money will go into my pockets anyway without you being able to pay attention to it, sucker.”
With a sudden change of hand gestures, Nemesis made a new sign by running toward Don Pacino but between the two the counselor Dimitri stepped in, ready to hit Nemesis with a comically large knuckleball.
Nemesis changed pace to jump to the side and could only witness the weight of that blow cracking the floor, a sign of how heavy that knuckle-duster was and how much strength the counselor had in him. “Ehy ehy ehy, let's go easy with these sudden blows or I will have to engage with a larger audience , will you stand there in the background Nodi-Zo?” Nemesis said teasing the boy to increase his flame.
But Nemesis' words weren't even cold or Nodi was already charging in at the counselor. He leaped in and started slashing his dagger towards Dimitri, who was just able to dodge the attack and jumped a few meters backwards next to Don Pacino.
Don Pacino was furious, he didn't take it lightly that someone rejected his offers. "How can you refuse my offer, you ignorant brat?! No one refuses offers from Don Pacino without any consequences." Suddenly syringe-like needles appeared on Don Pacino's fingers as he attacked Nemesis, releasing a wave of scratching attacks were he tried to insert one of the needles in Nemesis' body.
At the same time, Nodi, who still hade his gaze on Dimitri, continued his attack by aiming for the counselor's neck with a swift slash of his dagger.
Nemesis let his body loose its stability, almost falling behind, smoothly in his gesture as his hands joined together to mimick a bird shape. "You know, someone told me that strange thing happens whe you touch someone, so for those needle nails i need some strong talons... cut through the wind, Falcon-Zo."
And as the the syringe was close to pierce Nemesis, three falcons emerged from his shadow smashing them with their talons, trying to send Don Pacino's arm in the air.
With a backflip Nemesis took some distance and started to swing his three staffed blade. "Ohhh man this will be really nice izozozo."
As Nodi got closer to Dimitri, he lifted the table and sent it to the assassin, his big body was displaying the great strenght he possessed.
Nodi used the table as a stepping stone to jump in the air, from there a pointed his dagger at Dimitri. With a few swift thrust movements, Nodi launched a series of sharp, compressed air projectiles towards his opponent. This technique was something Nodi thaught himself, but it was inspired by an attack he had seen being used by one of the top people within the Pacino Family.
That technique was known as "Shigan", and it was a widely used technique by assassins according to the one Nodi learned it from. The technique he now used was a variation of the Shigan technique, so he named it accordingly : "SHIGAN : HAGAN!"
While to air projectiles from Nodi's attack were flying at Dimitri, on the other side of the room Don Pacino managed to evade the bird strikes that were targetting his arm with a swift backwards movement. As he saw how his opponent started swinging his weapon, Don Pacino decided to do the same thing. From behind his desk he took out a dagger that he attached to his left ankle.
He then took an a fighting stance with his left foot in the air, the dagger now attached to it. The syringe-like needles were still coming out of his finger tops. While standing on his right leg only, he widened his arms to resemble bird-like wings. This was Don Pacino's signature fighting style : The Flamingo Style.
Dimitri with his imposing stature got his muscles pumping and thanks to his sturdy knuckle-pull he delivered a blow against the incoming air bullets dissipating them. “What is it Nodi? Is that all your desire to end your affair with us? Bring it on properly!!!” Dimitri shouted taking off his purple striped shirt adorned with roses, during the shot it had been conspicuously torn.
On the other side Nemesis was amused by Don Pacino's pose, somewhat unusual for fighting but with several threats on display. Unfortunately for the mob boss, Nemesis also boasted an unpredictable style; it would be a fight won by whoever generated the most chaos in the fire of battle, and to the pirate this excitement made his heart beat wildly.
“Ohhh yes!!! This is the right feeling, let's put on this show DON PACINO, NOW PAY YOUR TICKET WITH YOUR LIFE IZOZOZO!!!” Nemesis said grabbing his weapon from the last stick with speed and hurling a slash with the sharp end almost like a whip.
Don Pacino saw the incoming slash coming. With a graceful pirouette on one leg, he managed to dodge the attack. He then continued spinning on his leg towards his opponent. With his other foot kept up to make full use of his dagger that was attached to it, he tried to attack Nemesis like a spinning top. The speed of his spinnign kept increasing as he closed in one Nemesis.
Meanwhile, Nodi addressed Dimitri's trash talk with some of his own. "I don't have to justify myself before the lap dog of the Pacino Family. Everyone knows you're just Pacino's little puppy." As Nodi spoke his words, he dropped his pants and put out his shoes, revealing his tentacles. "The real fight begins now, you know what happens when these tentacles hit you, right?" Nodi jumped forward, trying to hit Dimitri with his tentacles.
On Nemesis side his peculiar weapon proved to be useful after the missed attack. By swaying from the first staff he called back the middle and the bladed one that was going to cut the spinning leg of Don Pacino from behind, and to speed up this attack from a blind spot, soon one of the Shadow Falcons grabbed the bladed staff in a swoop, pushing it toward the rotating leg.
"You spin my head right round Pacino-Zo!!! Increase your chaos!!! Shadow Theater Style: Tearing Hawk!!!" Nemesis shouted as the second Falcon came even faster to increase the push on the bladed staff.
On the other side Dimitri put some thick black gloves on his hands and a pair of new knuckleballs with heavy spikes. "Seems like you forgot what fear and pain looks like Nodi, let me refresh your brain!! Over-Knuckdeath!!!" Dimitri shouted starting to hit in every direction with a barrage of punches that met every single tentacle without getting poisoned thanks to his gloves.
Bam-Bam-Bam every punch carried with them a tremendous pressure that almost pushed the air itself.
Nodi was pushed back by the tremendous pressure of Dimitri's punches, but managed to block them to lessen the blow. As he was pushed into a wall, he used it as a launching platform to perform his next attack. He used his tentacles to bounce of the wall towards his opponent at high speed. As he put forward his dagger, Nodi started to spin around like crazy, right at his opponent.
In the meantime, Don Pacino got struck by Nemesis' attack, managing to damage his leg heavily. As he had difficulty balancing on one leg, he removed the dagger from his leg and threw it at Nemesis at high speed. This was just a distraction however, as his real attack would follow right after the knife. Don Pacino jumped on his leg that was still good to go and went directly at Nemesis. With his syringe-like nails, Don Pacino started to deliver a barrage of piercing attacks at Nemesis' body, trying to insert him with a special kind of hormone.
On the other side Dimitri showed what he was famous for, pure strength, no brain. He charged a punch so powerful that could have smashed the wall like it was a cookie, and so he punched straight to meet Nodi's attack with his knuckleball. The hit was really loud and sadly for him he didn't push back Nodi but he saw why Don Pacino gifted him with that special knife, it was starting to break those sturdy knuckleballs.
"Get out of here you fucker!!" Dimitri shouted sending another powerful punch to the side of his enemy with his free hand.
At the same time Nemesis was on high alert, for the whole time he remembered to not be touched by Don Pacino, but he had to make a quick choice. He rotated his body to avoid the knife and now his back was exposed to an attack, or that was the case if he was alone.
The two falcons put themselves between the two and took the barrage of piercing attack before dissipating into thin air. A syringe was able to continue on his mission and pierced Nemesis on his shoulder.
"Fuck!" Nemesis screamed knowing that it was a bad sign and quickly jumped out of Pacino's grasp.
Nemesis' body started to change. His hair became longer, his chest got bigger and he got a more feminine appeal. "Let's see if you are still a capable fighter in an entirely different body." Don Pacino said. "I have to power to completely control anyone's hormones, so I can change you just the way I like." He went back at Nemesis with his needle fingers, this time going for a scratch attack on Nemesis' face.
While Don Pacino was attacking Nemesis, Nodi was recovering from Dimitri's punch. He managed to block the blow with his elbow, but took quite some damage nonetheless. There was no time to rest, he had the upperhand at the moment. Dimitri's knuckleball wad completely broken on one hand, so Nodi decided to go for that side for his next attack.
Once again, he bounced of the wall towards Dimitri. But he wasn't going towards Dimitri's right side, the one where the knuckleball was broken, Nodi went to Dimitri's stronger left side. This was all a ruse however. Just as Dimitri tried to counter Nodi with his left side, Nodi used his right-side tentacles to bounce off the ground and change his direction to Dimitri's right side that was open. Nodi then launched all of his left-side tentacles at Dimitri, trying to paralyze him.
Successfully reaching the opened side with a rapid jump, Nodi's tentacles started to hit Dimitri's big arm in different spots. He was shouting in fear more than the pain, he knew what would happen after the hit.
As the poison started to take effect, Dimitri slowed down visibly. "Ahhhh fuck you damn jellyfish bitch!!" He screamed with all his mighty voice and trying to land a hit slowly.
On the other side Nemesis was shocked, "WHAT IN THE FUCKIN HELL DID YOU DONTO ME-ZO??? TURN ME BACK IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I GET PISSED!! YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M ALREADY FURIOUS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A BAD END!!! BULL-ZO!!!"
As soon as Don Pacino tried to land another hit, Nemesis in a woman body just stepped on the side, revealing a charging bull behind her.
Don Pacino, who became overconfident because he was able to turn his enemy into a woman, didn't see the bull coming. He wasn't able to dodge the blow and the bull planted his two horns in Don Pacino chest, ramming him into a wall. As he sat against the wall, he started coughing out blood. He looked at Nemesis, : "You are a strong opponent indeed."
Don Pacino then looked to the right, where he saw his consigliere, Dimitri, lying on the ground. He didn't move anymore as he saw how Nodi removed his dagger from Dimitri's neck. He realized his position as head of the Pacino Family was in danger, the same family he had built up so much during the past couple of years.
But he wasn't the type to give up that easily. He didn't become the head of the Pacino Family by going down that easily. He stood up, whiped the blood of his mouth and took a fighting stance again. "I'll finish you off!" He stuck the needles on his fingers inside his own body, which made his hormones go crazy. His body started growing in size, enough to burst through the roof. His muscles in his arms and legs grew bigger. "This is my strongest form, let's see how you handle Giant Pacino!"
He made a giant fist with his right hand and launched it at Nemesis at incredible speed. His enhanced muscles made sure that his fist had an immense impact compared to a normal attack. "Forget my flimsy Flamingo style, I'll go for a bigger bird this time! Take this, CONDOR FIST!"
"Ohhhh thanks for becoming so damn predictable and slow, stupid Pacino. FEN-LUNA-RAZOR LET'S END THIS-ZO!!!" Nemesis shouted and with a new handsign summoned his three wolves, launching herself toward the giant punch.
Slowly but devastating the punch arrived with all its might but Nemesis and the wolves with a swift jump started to run on it. "One last dash, bye bye dumbass!!! Shadow Theater Style: Cerberus' Assault Female version!!!"
With an incredible agility and coordination, Nemesis started to spin all the staffs of his weapon with incredible speed, quickly exchangin the grip between his hands and the bites of the wolves, each of them biting a staff, a chaotic attack going straight toward Pacino's throat, a slash coming from an unpredictable direction and ferocious wolves ready to add damage with it.
Pacino, who had gained immense strenght but at the cost of his speed, wasn't fast enough anymore to react to Nemesis' attack. The wolves managed to cut his throat multiple times and Pacino started to fall on his back. His big body caused the upper floor to collapse. As his vision blurred, Pacino looked up at the sky, which was now visible because he grew through the roof. He realized his position as head of a mafia family in the West Blue meant nothing in this world. There would always be a bigger fish in the pont.
The last thing he did was looking at Nodi, who was jumping through the rubble. He tried to talk out loud, but because he didn't have enough power, it turned out to be a whisper just to himself. "After all I did for you Nodi... or do I have to say Atami Siren, you'll soon realize how cruel this world really is once they know who you are..." With this whisper, everything for Pacino went black as he kept losing a lot of blood.
Meanwhile Nodi, who lost his footing because the upper floor collapsed, jumped through the rubble until he landed on a floor below, where the big body of Don Pacino was lying. But then a strange thing happened. In front of Nodi, a bowl of fruit was standing. The top fruit started to transform from a normal fruit into a fruit with strange colors and swirly patterns. "Did you just see this, Nemesis? That fruit changed completely just now."
"DID I SEE WHAT-ZO?!? HE'S DEAD WHY I'M NOT TURNING BACK AS A MALE AAAAAAAAA!!! WHAT CAN I DO NOW-ZOOOO!" Nemesis shouted desperately without giving any attention to Nodi.
Nodi looked at the dead body of Don Pacino and then something happened that he hadn't done in a long time. A smile appeared on Nodi's face, as if he was being freed from a cage he was stuck in. The smile even turned into a big laughter when he heard his comrade screaming. It was such a funny sight to see Nemesis as a girl, but Nodi knew these were the powers of Don Pacino's devil fruit.
"Hahaha, let's calm down for a moment, Nemesis." Nodi said laughing at his comrade. "I think it isn't a coïncidence that that fruit just transformed. Could it be that Don Pacino's powers were transferred to this fruit. I heard that he got his powers because he ate something that was known as a devil fruit."
"REALLY-ZO? THEN HURRY UP AND EAT IT, REVERSE THIS THING PLEASE I'M GONNA CRY ZOOOOO" Nemesis shouted again.
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Nodi picked up the fruit and took a big bite out of it. The taste of the fruit was horrible, but Nodi persisted. He ate up the whole fruit and took a look at his hand. Without even trying too hard, Nodi managed to create a needle from each of his fingers. He looked at Nemesis : "Let's change you back, where do you want me to insert these needles?"
The crying Nemesis looked at Nodi even more desperately, clearly seeing as he did thing out of nowhere. "What the hell are you even saying now-zooooo. Oh lord why do you test me-zo?"
Surrendering himself he let Nodi do as he wished, turning his back to him. "Just do something please." Nemesis said.
Without one hesitation, Nodi put his fingers in Nemesis' body, trying to return him to normal. Nothing seemed to happen at first, so Nodi tried a little bit harder. And surely, Nemesis started to change again...
The only problem was, Nodi didn't know anything about which hormones he had to change, so he did it on some good fortune. Nemesis' head started to grow and grow and it wasn't long before his head became larger than the rest of his body. Nodi quickly pulled out his fingers and looked at Nemesis : "Oops, I think something went wrong here..."
"WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCL-ZOOOO...OUCH!!!" Nemesis shouted after falling face down for the heavy big head he had.
"ARE YOU DUMB OR WHAT-ZO, TURN ME BACK TO HOW I WAS!!!" He said desperately.
Without hesitation, Nodi put his fingers back in Nemesis' body. And surely, like some kind of miracle, Nodi managed to get Nemesis' head back to the usual size. "That's one thing done." Nodi said, "Now let's get you back to your original gender." Nodi concentrated on his fingers, making sure he changed the right hormones this time.
After some time, Nemesis started to change. His breasts downsized again to their original size from when he was a man, his hair shortened and his body got from a more feminine appeal to his original masculine appeal. Slowly but surely, Nemesis transformed back to his old self. Nodi pulled out his fingers : "I think everything should be back to normal now."
Nemesis felt back his original strenght and body and as soon as he realized that, he smacked the shit out of Nodi with a loving kick. "DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY THANK YOU-ZO? WERE YOU PLAYING DARTS WITH MY BACK???"
"But yeah, thank you-Zo, damn that was scary, but like that i could have still been a star izozozo!!! Now, should we go? Those marines are running here pretty fast, do they work for these pieces of shit too?" Nemesis said watching the scene from a window.
Nodi, cracking his back from Nemesis' kick, looked outside another window. "I'm sure they aren't coming to take a cup of coffee with us. I knew the Pacino Family had the marines on this island under their control."
Nodi turned to Nemesis and reached out his hand. "Thank you for helping me defeat him, Nemesis, I feel a lot better knowing that I don't have to work for that scumbag anymore." A smile of gratitude could be seen on Nodi's face, who looked Nemesis directly in the eyes. "I think we can best seperate our ways here, I don't know how you are getting of this island, but I'll find a way myself. I have to arrange a couple of things here first before I leave. I hope to see you again, my friend."
"Don't worry about me, i will be out of this island before you leave this building izozozozo. No further questions, those will be for the next time...Siren." Nemesis said to Nodi by letting him realize that the details are always caught when Nemesis finds them, and the he left without saying anything else. Their adventures ended there, but now the marines knew who was the culprit that took down the boss of one of the five families.
"Seems like the spotlights finally reached me." Nemesis thought planning his next trip, Kano Country.
As Nemesis went out of his sight, Nodi used the now open roof to escape the building and jump to a nearby building. "Hey marines!" He shouted to make sure that the marines noticed him. When he was sure that the marines saw him, he quickly vanished from their sight by running over the buildings until he was far enough out of their reach. Now he could focus on his next goal, leaving this island and seeing his old friend again.