Chapter 28: Realisation and Regret...

Samara Town, Sorbet Kingdom, South Blue:-

Bonney started fighting with Eustass Kid to avenge her friends, but was unable to put up a good fight.

So Eustass Kid ended the fight very soon and went to fight the Marine with a cruel smirk on his face. Bonney just stood there like a statue.

She felt absolutely powerless for the first time after starting her journey.

' Did i just caused the death of my friends only for a Devil Fruit!!! Why..why..why is this happening with me? Am i this miserable, to not even be able to avenge my family? ' Thought Bonney due to her powerlessness.

Finally she couldn't handle the grief and overwhelming sadness and fainted on the spot. But before her body could collapse, Luffy reached her and send her to his pocket dimension for her safety.

Kaya and Reiju went to fight with some Marine Lieutenant and Captains.

Zoro went to fight with T. Bone while Luffy went to play with the other one. The second rear admiral was a tall muscular man with brown hair. He was smoking a cigarette, and wearing an ancient war helmet with a small, traditional Japanese dragon on it, and a long red plume hanging from it.

Luffy heard his name was Onigumo from his Marine subordinates. After racking his brain up for a while he remembered this man was responsible for the Buster Call in the Enies Lobby arc.

Onigumo looked at Luffy approaching him, so he smirked, " Yo filthy pirate boy, are you here for turning yourself in? " said Onigumo. Luffy also grinned, " Oh! Who might you be if i ask? "

Onigumo snorted, " Shut the fuck up. Don't resist and let me capture you, so that you will feel less pain. " Then he didn't wait for Luffy's reply and directed attacked with his saber.

Luffy didn't use his 'Ea' and just fought with him with his fist. Luffy decided take it easy and gain some experience by fighting with Onigumo as much as possible. Although Luffy had some devastating powers in his arsenal, he lacked experience.

So he started fighting with Onigumo while maintaining his speed at a normal scale. After fighting for a while Rear Admiral Onigumo backed down and looked very enraged.

" So you won't surrender without a good beating..." said Onigumo and revealed his six arms. Onigumo was famous for his six swords style.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a sonic boom. Luffy did not even bother to look, he just turned his body and launched a Thunder Break backwards. A bright red lightning bolt streaked through the air, heading to the area in between Onigumo's eyebrows.

Onigumo pulled back and stood still. A frightening saber intent suddenly fired out from his body leaving countless air cutters in the air. When the air cutters and the red lightning collided with eachother, that bright lightning bolt dissipated.

Onigumo stopped playing and became serious when he thought of the previous attack. The two of them glared at each other, observing each other closely. Luffy was calm like always while Onigumo felt like it was a disgrace of his Marine carrier.

" Yes, Rear Admiral fuck that bastard. "

" Show him the power of justice. "

" Don't play with him anymore and teach him a lesson to show our Marine might. "

His subordinates started cheering from the sidelines, when they saw Onigumo dissipating the thunder bolt.

When he heard these words, Onigumo felt like puking a mouthful of blood. It may have seemed like he had effortlessly dissipated Luffy's Thunder Break earlier, but he had actually spent a lot of effort to do so.

If the person in front of him was so easy to deal with, he would have made a move long ago.

15 minutes later.

Luffy's complexion had not changed, he still had that faint smile on his face.

On the other hand, Onigumo's hair was already messy, his face pale, and blood trickled out from the corner of his lips. He wiped the corner of his lips and tidied his hair a little. He looked at Luffy in a angry and provocative manner.

In this collision between Luffy and Onigumo several of Marine soldiers had died in crossfire. But just as Luffy thought the fight was over, Onigumo rushed behind Luffy and slashed a massive saber slash.

Luffy felt confused for a moment but when he realised the true intension of Onigumo it was already too late.

Kaya and Reiju was fighting separately with some Marines and pirates. Zoro was also busy enjoying his best fight with Rear Admiral T. Bone.

Among them the most savage one was definitely Reiju. She had a sadistic grin plastered on her face and was gathering the corpses she had killed by her poison on a single spot, like collecting her trophy.

Kaya was fighting with her gun. Not a single person could stop her rapid bullets because of the amplification by her Devil Fruit.

But suddenly she felt very uncomfortable for some reason. After learning the Kenbunshoku haki her base instinct was amplified to a certain degree.

Just as she turned behind to look for the reason of her sudden discomfort, she saw a massive air slash was coming in her way. The air slash became bigger and bigger as time passed and finally it connected with her body.

Yes, Onigumo was the culprit behind this. When he couldn't defeat Luffy, he used this underhanded method to avenge his fallen subordinates. He also thought of harming Luffy in a Psychological way, so he had chosen Kaya as he was sure of his success.

And he succeeded as Kaya felt a sharp pain in her left hand. When she looked down she saw her left hand was now detached from her body. She couldn't help but cry in pain as her body collapsed on the ground.

Luffy teleported near her and hurriedly caught her collapsing body. He was tad bit slower, so he couldn't arrive in time.

Kaya forced a smile, " Don't worry, it was just a hand. I can still travel the world with you without it. " When she looked at Luffy's worried and guilty face, she tried her best to console him.

When Luffy saw her forced smile, he felt like his whole world turned upside down. Luffy looked at Kaya who was fainted in his embrace and felt a piercing pain in his heart. He started injecting his Dragon Force to stop her bleeding.

He felt endless regret for his carelessness. He thought how could he became like the original Luffy. His reckless actions endangered Kaya's life.

Only now did he realise that it was not an anime anymore, this was real life and every actions had it's consequences. He felt endless regrets for neglecting his crew's safety.

Although Luffy could even resurrect dead by his Rinnegan, but he still felt guilty for the pain Kaya went through. But when he thought about the culprit behind all this, his blood started boiling.

** Boom **

A violent shockwave swept in all directions and exploded throughout the venue. The whole battlefield became silent immediately. Most of the low level pirates fainted on the spot. Zoro and Reiju immediately stopped fighting when they sensed Luffy's violent Haoshoku haki.

They immediately rushed towards him ignoring everything.

But when they arrived near him, they saw the heavily injured Kaya in his embrace. Not only them but every single conscious person looked at Luffy with dread, as they could feel the aura of death around him.

Luffy stood up and handed Kaya's unconscious body to Zoro. Zoro wanted to say something but stopped by Reiju.

" Let's leave this place, i have a very bad feeling about all this. " Reiju said in a worried face as she looked at Luffy. Even she was drenched in cold sweat due to the bloodthirsty aura Luffy was releasing subconsciously.

When Onigumo felt Luffy's gaze on him, he felt horror for the first time in his life.