The Steel Village Aftermath of the Atlantis War - Will Iken Return? (Open to the Steel Village, those who are joining the Steel and any allies or crews that want to be allies with the Steel Village)

"Trust me...My plan wasen't to burn you." he said as the smoke soon covered the area and more importantly Kenjiro. "Now then." he thought as he rushed through the smoke with his blade in hand. He went for the fishmans legs attempting to cut one off.

Tiger held his arm out stretched with his great blade at the end. After a few moments he began spinning it creating a powerful whirlwind blowing the smoke into Kenjiro's face in hopes of blinding him. Moving to the side, Tiger side stepped the blind attack for where his legs used to be. With Kenjiro's backside wide open Tiger dove towards his foe trying to impale Kenjiro in the lower back. The fishman intentionally aimed to miss all of his foe vital organs.

"Keep your guard up boy!" yelled the fishman.

As the blade went through Kenjiro's back he smirked. "I've had worse pains before...I did live in a village where the weak died." he said shoving his sword back attempting the cut the fishmans spine.

Using his powerful free hand Tiger redirected the sword so it would only stab through a non vital area. Leaping back Tiger pulled his sword out of Kenjiro while Kenjiro's was pulled out of him.

"Eh, the little boy isn't so bad after all." said Tiger smiling coughing up a small amount of blood.

Swinging his supreme sword Tiger combined it's perfectly sharp and weightless attributes combined with his superior fishman strength, he slashed his sword in the air directly in behind of Kenjiro. This combination allowed Tiger to cut air molecules creating a rather large explosion of atomic energy. The resulting crater was nearly 100 meters in diameter, both Bear and Tiger were certainly stronger than their deceptive captain ranks.

The attack hit and there layed Kenjiro in the middle of the crater. Breathing quick and heavy. Useing his sword to stand he walked over to the fishman. His dagger in hand he raised it like he was gonna stab the fishman only to fall on his face to the fishmans feet.

Holy L Black held his ground maintaining the Liquid steel dome. Melting the oncoming cannon balls. Holy held his concentration looking for a good opportunity to destroy those cannons. His last attempt was interrupted by the Tigerfish man but it seems that nuisance is now preoccupied.

"Its Time to stop those cannon's here and now!"
"Doppelganger style: Cannon Mimic!" Holy Formed Cannons ball from the liquid dome in the exact shape and size of the cannon balls that were hitting the dome. Holy Started to fire the Liquid steel cannon balls right back at the Cannons.
So for every cannon ball that hit the dome another cannon ball made of steel would be sent flying towards the cannon that first fired.

"This Should do the trick." Holy smiled Watching the barrage of Cannons balls be tossed back and forth.

"Ahhhh!" Holy L Black's body started to strain. He couldnt keep up this dome forever and useing all this Liquid steel was tiring his body rapidly fast.
"I Can only hold this dome for another 10 minutes those Steel cannons balls i sent better hit!"

Barghest was caught in awe of Bear's toughness for a brief moment. He snapped out of the trance and hopped into the air before as the shockwave went through the ground. Geppou saved him from great harm, but he was launched away into the sky after taking his second jump. He climbed fifty metres into the sky before he regained control. Barghest shot himself ten metres upward with geppou and positioned himself directly above Bear. At the peak of the jump Barghest lunged his torso forward and jerked his legs back. As his body turned horizontal he released one rankyaku. After his body fell to the fifty metre point Barghest kicked off another, larger and more deadly rankyaku. He readjusted his position as to avoid a harsh splat on the ground and prepared for the harshness of the fall. Up in the sky Bear did not seem so threatening; however he was far deadlier than a marine captain should be. Barghest's informant would receive quite the talking to.

Volt noticed the low ranking marines attacking him. "Hmm? Thunderbird strike: Grace." He said creating more feathers on his arm made of electricity. He hit them all with his back hand which would sent them flying in the opposite direction. He looked up and cannon balls were sent flying at where he was. "..." He looked at them and wondered what idiot sent cannon balls at non mounted cannons at where a ally was. He transformed his arms into wings and kicked up off the ground and stayed in the air as the cannon balls hit the area he was just at. He flew down and landed to a more stable area to fight. "Isnt anyone tough gonna fight me?" He asked himself.

The first of the red cannonballs hit the steel dome blowing it down with the force of a Mera Mera no Mi users min sun attack. Now three more of the same level flew threw the air heading toward designated targets. One was heading toward the airborne Volt, another at Angel and Sarah, and the final at Sangjo.

Pulling an axe off of his back, Bear slices upward sending on large blade of compressed air to cancel out the two smaller ones from Barghest. Slamming his feet into the ground ten times in the blink of an eye Bear disappears and the ground slightly collapses. Bear appeared in front of Barghest slashing downward with his large axe.

"Axe Style: Deforestation"

The power of the attack made his previous attack look like child's play. It wasn't as destructive to the area, but it was more precise and on a much high level of piercing power. A shock wave of devastating compressed air was only a side effect of the main attack.

Holy L Black frowned as he saw his liquid dome explode. Quickly absorbing all the hot Liquid steel to pervent it from reaching the ship. Stoping for a few seconds to take in a few deep breaths. "...Enough I Say!" Holy leaped offf the ship onto the shoreline. "Face me you cowards! and i will shurly put you all in your graves!"

Holy eyes glowed with a white resolve as he tried to distract there attention away from the ship.

Putting seastone handcuffs and shackles on Kenjiro canceling out his devil fruit and draining him overall. Tiger pick Kenjiro up leaving his swords behind on the ground. Traveling through the forest a few miles, Tiger comes to a coast where a Marine vessel was waiting. The mission was partially successful, as it was to capture as many of the division commanders as possible. With such as small force they had no hopes of destroying the large crew. Setting sail on the Marine ship Tiger left behind his allies, taking a division commander to jail was the top priority.

"Well boy! It seems you got ya'r self into a pickle." Tiger said as the doctors tended to his stab wound.

"Screw you fishstick." he said his breathing heavy. Soon blood flowed down the side of his mouth. "You take me down to prison...I'll kill everyone in there sooner or later...Now which one you taking me to?" he spitting a glob of blood onto the floor.

Sangjo was healed thanks to derecto. He still had some fight left in him, and decided to return to battle. There was a red cannonball heading straight for him. Sangjo yelled releasing a sonic screech blowing out the fire. He started coughing violently. It looks like he won't be using his df powers anytime soon. He had to help his nakama. What blew his mind was how steel had a mighty battle ship, but no one was firing.

Sangjo quickly ordered that they fire the cannons and provided their crewmates with some cover fire.

Volt shot the cannonball away with a whirlwind shooting it at the ocean. A giant explosion of water came out of the water knocking around the water around the island. Volt landed at the beach turning back into a full human. He looked around for anything else that was going to come flying, exploding, or raging towards him.

"Not today, Teddy!" A man shot through the sky, tackling Barghest out of the way in the blink of an eye. The man, one Ranyx Hadmeas, held Barghest bridal-style for several seconds, using Geppou to stay in midair. "Well... this is awkward. I won't tell Gael or Ti'ar if you won't, catch my drift?" He dropped down and landed on a bare patch of land. "Iken'll be along any minute now... Now to deal with this guy." He crouched, and then launched himself into the air. He twisted, extending his foot out so it would collide with Bear, and then reinforced it with Tekkai. This'd be interesting.

"Fire the canons? Got it!" Becky was GOOD at firing the canons. For speed she lunged over to the middle of the top deck then punched through the floorboards to get to the canons, searching for matches to use. Dammit! I guess I have to do it again. She went hedgehog-hybrid form and started pulling spines out and striking them on her shoe to light them, firing and reloading canons as fast as she could. "Dammit I could use a hand down here!"

With the scent of blood of his first mate in the air Iken speed through the forest. Stopping once the scent got stronger Iken picked up Kenjiro's sword off the ground laying in a pool of his own blood. Kenjiro's and the scent of some other person continued aways into the forest. Sounds of wild creatures rustling in the brush filled Iken's ears, but Kenjiro was the only thing on his mind. As Iken came to a beach the scents of Kenjiro and the other lead him to, Iken looked around. Out to the ocean a ways Iken could see a marines vessel. His first mates scent became weaker as the ship got farther away.

"Damn them, damn them to hell. I'll kill every last fucking one of them!" growled Iken using Flash to disappear from the beach.

Sand whipped up into the air as Iken's technique propelled him across the open water towards the ship. Using Geppou and Flash to make the rest of the distance to the marine vessel. As soon as Iken got close Tiger's shark senses picked up his location. Tiger leaps onto the railing of the ship to see the one and only Iken Namikaze captain of the Steel Village. A look of panic ran across his face, their mission was to attack while Iken was away. Instantly Tiger's composure changes and his face returns to normal trying to hide his insecurity.

"Eay if it isn't the captain, you really need to find yourself a stronger crew. This one was a piece O cake." Tiger said pointing at a shackled and bleeding Kenjiro.

Iken's eyes opened wide with rage before he closed them and looked down. A surreal moment past allowing Tiger to see momentarily in slow motion, Iken raised his arm slashing his sword. As the moment ended Tiger realized a powerful shock wave with the power to slice the ship in half was launched at him. Pulling out his Supreme sword he countered with a shock wave slash of his own. The two blasts collided causing wind to burst outward in every other direction.

Tiger dove into the water using his natural environment to his advantage. Knowing he would be a sitting duck, Iken began moving around haphazardly trying to throw of the aim of any attack his opponent tired. Form behind like a torpedo Tiger shot out of the water giving Iken little time to dodge. Spinning around Iken caught the edge of the fishmans blade, however a gash opened on Iken's chest. Tiger fell back into the water afterwards, causing Iken's eyes to open wide.

Looking down at the deep blue, Iken knew an attack was coming, but not from where. Looking from side to side in any direction Iken skimmed the surrounding trying to predict where the attack was going to com from. Tiger once again shoots out of the water like a torpedo, however this time from below. Again having little time to block Iken barley gets one of his katanas out. A gash opens across his leg and his normal katana broke when clashed against the Supreme blade. The only difference from last time was this time Iken knew when to attack. As Tiger fell back toward the ocean Iken threw his second normal katana. With his sword Tiger block the katana causing it to slice in two different pieces. Both of the katana halves drive into Tiger's left and right shoulders going through them. The tiger shark fish man hit the water with a splash, his blood died the area a bright red.

Knowing he hadn't done a fatal amount of damage, Iken waited and watched for the fish man's next attack to come. Iken closed his eyes and relied on his senses of smell and hearing. As soon as Tiger shot out of the water Iken spun around to meet him head on. Iken readied himself with his remaining sword the Rejection Slayer. Tiger injured and tired wanted to end the battle once and for all, decided to use his ultimate technique.

"Ultimate Big Bang"

Using the torpedo like speed of shooting out of the water plus the super strength of his natural fishman abilities with finally the blade of the Supreme sword, Tiger sliced at Iken. The blade cut air molecules creating a rather large blast of atomic energy in the form of a sharp shock wave. Raising his sword Iken not only blocked, but took in all of the energy of the attack that was generated to be used against him. Now glowing a brilliant orange, the Rejection Slayer was ready to attack.

"Rejection Backlash:Blade Cannon"

Iken released a majority of the energy he had taken in times 10, creating a large blade of pure energy. The blade shot toward the falling fishman at a rate much faster than he was falling. As Tiger looked up he slashed the energy blade with his sword and successfully cut it in half. Unfortunately for him the gap was only the size of the extremely thin blade. The two halves both hit the fishman. Chunks of what used to be Tiger fell into the ocean spreading blood through out a large area dying it red.

With his head in the battle and his sense only concentrating on that, Iken didn't notice the Marine ship get away. Dropping down Iken punched the water creating small waves rippling outwards. Silently Iken made his way back to the island on which the rest of his crew resided.

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"Bear Blubber Tekkai"

Using the great amount of fat Bear took the Tekkai reinforced kick with out damage. Bear's natural gifts versus Ranyx's hard work and guts, a battle that has played out many times through out the ages. Bear didn't seem to mind the intrusion or even worried in the least. In fact he smiled as the man got with in the striking distance of his long long powerful arms.

"Bear Claws Shigan"

Driving his entire paw towards Ranyx's chest Bear seemed not to use only one claw, but all five.

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Becky's shot from the cannon arbored the Steel Village ship flew through the air. Once it finally landed, it landed in a crate full of mini sun cannonballs. A massive explosion erupted from the box taking out all of the remaining marines and marine cannons. The explosion far enough away from everyone else to have little effect formed somewhat of a mushroom cloud.

Volt looked out from the beach as his captain arrived onto the battle scene. He immediatly saw Kenjiro's and Ikens gap in power. Iken had no devil fruit powers, but he was devestating, it took very little time for him to destroy the Fishman sending him to a watery grave. Iken came back to the island walking past Volt. He probably wouldnt know Volt but he saluted him anyway. "Hello Captain Iken..." He said very calmly but respectfully. "Commander Kenjiro has been kidnapped, but we should wrap up this battle." He suggested to the captain.

"Shit! Hope you have tough bones, kid!" Ranyx couldn't do this with someone in his arms: he dropped his cargo downwards: luckily the group of them was sort of closer to the ground. He then dropped, grabbing the bear's arm from the underside. He gripped it and yanked, using the momentum to throw himself into the air... where he flipped, kicking a large, arcing Rankyaku at Bear.

Ranyx's quick paced attacks where hard for the slow and sluggish Bear to keep up with. The Rankyaku drove into the zoan users chest, causing a deep gash. The gash bleed heavily, but Bears awakened healing ability began to take place almost right away.

"Double Bear Claw Rankyaku"

Four blades of compressed air shot towards Ranyx, while another four were shot at Barghest. Bear wanted to see the3 loyalty of the new comer, if he would save the man again, or now that he's getting attacked too, or just defend himself.

"Kid! Move, or you're screwed!" Ranyx yelled, ricocheting over and through the Rankyakus, and he gradually maneuvered himself behind Bear. In a flash he had gotten extremely close to Bear and extended both arms, forming closely held together fists. "Rokougan!" Ranyx huffed as he built up the power necessary to perform the technique, and fired it, hoping he had been able to get Bear before he could react.

As Barghest's body fell to the ground he found himself unable to stop the rapid descent. He was heading toward impact; within moments he would feel the crunch of a few frailer bones breaking. Fortunately, he found himself subconsciously activating tekkai. He met the earth with a harsh thud but he survived without injury. Barghest then scrambled to his feet like a wild, frightened animal. He could feel the effects of fatigue taking in. He panted heavily and his whole body shook as he assumed a fighting stance. Shimmering lines of sweat ran down his face. The cries of Ranyx fell on deaf ears, as Barghest was now focused only on Bear. His opponent had a rather obvious exploitable weakness. The bumbling beast was indeed physically menacing, but Bear was neglecting his body. All that was necessary was one solid strike, one devestating blow. If only Barghest could gather the energy to fight on. Instinct soon took Barghest over.

A second wind rose up from the depths of Barghest's inner monster. Energy surged to his legs as he dashed away from the four vorpal air blades. As his movements continued they became far crisper, his body stopped shaking and his breathing became far more regular. His body was running on reserves; if the fight did not end soon he would collapse from exhaustion. His savage serpentine sprints stretched several steps before he slammed his heels into the soft soil. He raised his right leg up and shifted his back foot ninety-degrees to the left. His kicking leg blasted out a powerful roundhouse. Rushing forth from his kick was a sharp blade of air. Barghest gruffly growled "Rankyaku Uneune" but his mumblings were masked by the sound of the strike. The slash was aimed toward Bear's neck. Hopefully the gambit would succeed and the grizzly captain's head would be removed. Barghest had forgotten his mission; information was no longer the point of this battle. This fight had worn down Barghest's body. After the kick, Barghest dropped to the ground. He was barely conscious and struggling to preserve his energy just in case Bear struck back.

Several thoughts crept into Barghest's skull over the course of this battle. While he focused on survival, the back of his mind questioned his weakness. Why was this so futile? How an I lead my squad when I can't defeat my opponent? His most important question was simple, How can I get stronger? Each of his thoughts disappeared as he tired. When he found himself sitting on the grass he could not hear any questions coming from inside himself, only the dull roar of his frantic breathing reached his ears. His efforts to stay awake were for naught as he soon shut down. His back arched forward in his sleep. His body became an awkward statue, collapsed upon the land. His breath slowed down. The beating of his heart calmed. He was resting. During this rest he did not dream. His fate was now in Ranyx's hands.

youri saw the fight between bear and bhargest,and thought about helping his commander.
'he then in an instant grabbed his bow and prepared an blazing hell attack.
''hey bhargest!do i need to help a little?!''

Volt ran turning his arms into large wings then taking flight and turning into full thunderbird form. "Thunderbird Rage: Chaos." He said as his head transformed into a full thunderbird. He flapped his large flowing wings shooting many lighting strikes from the sky picking of large numbers of navy marines. Strong winds blew away many marines from his allies into the water or back a distance giving his allies the upper hand against them.

Bear braced himself for the most powerful blow of the Rokushiki world with a multi-level Tekkai.

"Bear Fur, Bear Blubber, Tekkai"

Bear hardened his fur, blubber, and muscles to the strength of iron. Despite all of the protection Bear's spin was snapped by the attack. Writhing in pain the zoan user began to regenerate healing himself trying to mend the mass of mission bone. However before he even got close to replacing the damaged area he was beheaded by the deadly Rankyaku. Fall backwards, Bear's body was separated from it's head as it fell forward and rolled a few feet. A trail of blood lead down the front of the furry body and on the ground to the current location of the bearman's head.

Volt's attack was much to late, all except on hidden marine were killed by Becky's steady aim. Out of the shadows a low ranking Marine leaped out with a saber trying to attack the passed out Barghest. However a figure from the shadows reached out and grabbed the marine by the head. The marines look of surprise turned to horror as pressure was applied. Blood curtailing screams turned into gurgling and grunting A squishing noise was heard as the mans head popped covering the figures hand in brain matter and blood. As the figure stepped forward half of Iken's face was revealed as the other side was still covered in shadow.

"We need to go now, Kenjiro is our nakama and we wont abandon him. Youri pick up Barghest and lefts go." Iken said turning around and walking to the ship