Chapter 25: A heated battle - Admiral Akainu vs Scarlet

Scarlet killed Whitebeard as she watched the on coming horde of the Marines and Whitebeard's crew. She snickered as she jumps off the pirates corpse as she threw fire blast down at the horde.

"It's pointless, you're all weak...just give up and let me eat you." Scarlet said as she licks her lips.

Luffy stood there still frozen like a statue, the three Admiral's glanced at each other as Akainu scoffed. He jumps down as he lands on the ground, he walked towards the battlefield as he clinched his fist. "I'll deal with her, Borsalino...Kuzan. Make sure no one gets anywhere close to Ace."

"Who made you the boss?" Borsalino asked as he stuck his hands in his pockets. "But fine...if you die then don't look to us for help."

Kuzan sighed as he closed his eyes shaking his head, Akainu walked past Luffy as he stops in front of straw hat. "I'd advise you to snap out of your fear, or you'll end up dead just like the rest. You claim you want to be king of the pirates, yet you're letting fear take over."

Scarlet noticed Akainu approaching her as she snickered. "Kihihihi...ara ara, what's this? You're going to challenge me? You know it's going to be pointless."

Akainu ignored her as he grins a bit as he turns his body into magma and used the ground to move freely through. 'There's no way this girl will see me coming, at this rate she'll burn to a crisp.' He thought to himself as he moved towards Scarlet, sneaking from behind her. 'Now I've got you.'

Scarlet could feel the heat from Akainu's magma as she grins widely as she jumps out of the way before she could get grabbed. "Ara...you really think I'd let myself get grabbed?" She sprouted her Nevermore wings as she cackles. "You're easy to predict human....I could smell you even in your lava form."

Akainu growled as he formed back as magma dripped from him. "Tch, damn you. Just what the hell are you?"

"Fufufu...you really want to know? Why is it that each victim I fight want to know the name of their killer? Answer that human." Scarlet said as she glared at him. "Answer me that, why do you humans wish to know so badly? There's no point once you're dead."

Akainu creates a wave of magma shaped like a fanged dog head and launches it towards Scarlet as he grins. "Let's see you try to dodge this one! HOUND CRIMSON LOTUS!"

The blazing dog head came flying towards Scarlet as the Grimm girl had a devilish grin on her face as she spun Black Rose around like a helicopter blade, deflecting the Crimson lotus away from her and towards the Marine HQ. "Was that supposed to burn me? Please, I've seen better..." She flew down towards Akainu as she gut punched him hard. "Let me help you die quicker!"

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Akainu took the punch to the gut as he grins. "Guess again."

Scarlet felt magma dripping on her arm as her eyes widen, her arm was stuck as magma dripped from Akainu. It burned her skin as she tossed Black Rose aside and sliced her own arm off with her other hand. She pulled away as she growls with anger, but started to snicker and laugh.

"What's so funny?" Akainu asked. "You're a psycho, you chopped your own arm off. Your death will only come quicker."

"Oh?" Scarlet asked as a Grimm arm grew where her arm used to be at. "Guess again." Scarlet's severed arm was burnt from the magma as it was nothing but ash.

Akainu was surprised and shocked, his eyes widen as he looked dumbfounded and speechless with his jaw gaping open. "What the hell?"

Scarlet tilts her head with a smile on her face as she slashed at Akainu with her Grimm hand, slicing his shirt. "What's wrong Admiral? I thought you were going to toast me alive? Or does the fact knowing I can grow my body parts back make you feel sick?" She the kneed him in the groin as she wrapped her Grimm around around his neck as he had fell to his knees. "I'll snuff the life out of you...just like everyone else here."

"S-Shut up....you're a freak of nature..." Akainu said between gasp. "Y-You're a monster..."

Scarlet cackled. "Me a monster? No I'm a devil." She tightened her grip on Akainu's throat as she watched his face go purple. "Once I snuff the life out of you Admiral...I'll kill the others nice and slow, and then I'll be sure to consume Ace."

"H...How did you?" Akainu asked. "H-How did you know his name?"

Scarlet would grow board of the questions as she snaps Akainu's neck, she kicked him in the gut sending him flying into Whitebeard's ship crashing through it. "Ahahaha! Look at you, a weak piece of shit. You're nothing compared to the might of a Grimm..." She flew into the air with her Maiden powers as her eyes glowed, she turned around and grins widely. "Now who wants to be the next to die? Don't by shy...I won't bit."

Borsalino and Kuzan looked at each other as they glanced back at Scarlet who was in the air now, the reinforcements that were supposed to be showing up were taking a long time to arrive. Until it hit them both. Scarlet had already token care of the reinforcements that were supposed to help them, but how? She didn't even leave the scene when fighting Whitebeard or Akainu.

The shock wave that was caused by Whitebeard's fight sent a massive shock wave towards the others that were supposed to be coming to help, but with the effort Scarlet had put into the fight with Whitebeard, it did more then just rock the ocean. It caused destruction as well, no back up was coming to help anyone, nor was anyone going to help Luffy if things got too heated up.

Scarlet licked her lips as she clapped her hands sarcastically at no one's movement in trying to challenge her. But it didn't matter to the murderous Grimm as she hungered for more, she knew her mother Salem was alive still somehow. She could smell her between her travels, but could never pin point the right location on where Salem was at. Scarlet needed to make sure what universe she was in, was going to have enough deaths and destruction caused by her to send her to where Salem was at.

"Tch, this is starting become a pain." Borsalino said. "Fine then, me and Kuzan will fight you, don't come crying if a two v one isn't fair...you'll pay with your life on the countless deaths you've caused."