Chapter 26: Tip of the Iceberg

Scarlet was sent flying backwards as Borsalino had kicked her hard. She crashed into the wall of the Marine HQ as she coughed up blood. This happened so quick though, what went wrong?

After Scarlet had killed Akainu, the two remaining Admirals, Borsalino and Kuzan had to fend her off. All while trying to prevent anyway from saving Ace. Luffy was still in his frozen state of shock as he could only watch what was going on. Then it happened, Borsalino used his devil fruit power as light flew past Scarlet allowing him to teleport behind her, Scarlet turned around only to be kicked in the gut by Borsalino.

"D-Dammit!" Scarlet yelled as she fell to her knees after falling out of the wall. "How did he do that?"

Borsalino smirked as he he crossed both of his arms in front of him. "Comma Jewel of Eight Shaku!" Balls of light fired from his hands as they went straight towards the Grimm girl. "Eat this you monster!"

Scarlet glanced up at the on coming torrent of deadly light particles, she grinned as she noticed Borsalino was standing on the ground, right where she wanted him at too. "Devouring Shadows."

A shadow stretched out from under Scarlet as Borsalino's shadow had also stretched out as well, both shadows connected as hands reached up from below the Admiral, and wrapped around his legs. Scarlet slowly stood up as she walked over to him, she licked her lips as she noticed his attack was cut off short due to her trap.

"What the hell?" Borsalino asked. "What is this? What are you doing?" Not getting an answer from Scarlet, he felt himself slowly being pulled down. "Ngh." He tried to struggle but more and more hands reached up grabbing him.

Scarlet grins as she watched the hands drag him down slowly. "You should've payed more attention to your surroundings Admiral." She slammed her foot on his face as she snickered. "You're nothing but food for me."

The hands dragged Borsalino down more and more as the top of his head was soon pulled under, leaving no trace of him behind. Scarlet cackled as she licked her lips and grins, she turned her attention to Kuzan who made a Ice Saber sword, and held it glaring at her.

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Ace glanced down as he watched what was going on. "L-Luffy! You have to help...at this rate we're all going to be dead!"

Ace's voice echoed as it reached Luffy who blinks. He glanced around as he noticed Kuzan fighting Scarlet, he turned his attention towards the Marine HQ as he saw Ace. "Ace!"

Ace smirked. "Don't worry about me right now, you have bigger problems right now Luffy." He kept his head down as the two guards held their swords to his neck. "Luffy, listen. That girl killed Whitebeard and the others...Kuzan's trying to stop her, you have to help him beat her."

Luffy started to remember as he gritted his teeth. "Everyone's dead? She killed them..." Steam started to flow off of Luffy as he glared at Scarlet. "I'll make you pay!"

Scarlet grabbed Kuzan's head and slammed him down as she stepped on his hand. "No need for you Sub-Zero, why don't you give up and given in?" She grinned as she twisted her heel into his hand. "Oh you hear that? I think I hear bones breaking under my foot."

Kuzan yelled in pain as he felt the bones in his hand shatter. "G-Get off me!" He was face down on the ground as he couldn't do much with his hands but had an idea. "Ice Mass, Two Thorn Pikes!" Several spears of ice formed within the air around Kuzan as they were aimed at Scarlet. They were launched at her, as Kuzan was able to move his other arm.

The ice spears stabbed into Scarlet, causing her to stumble back a bit as she gritted her teeth. "Damn you!" She used her Maiden powers to melt the ice as she saw Kuzan stand up. "Damn you to hell!"

"Not so tough.." Kuzan said as he glared at her. "Now you'll be sent to hell yourself." He slams his hand down as a wave of ice flows towards Scarlet. "Ice Time Capsule!"

Scarlet growled as she jumps out of the way, but her leg got caught slowly freezing it's way up her body. "I will not be frozen again!" She tried to slice her own leg off, but the ice went up her body more and more as she hissed angrily before being frozen in thin air.

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Kuzan held his broken hand as he looked at the frozen Grimm girl, he smirked as he saw Luffy coming over. "I guess I didn't need your help...there's no way she'll get out of that." He turned his back to Scarlet as he looked at Luffy. "At this point, there's no use in fighting...go save Ace...this battle is pointless now."

Luffy looked at him as he puts his hands behind his head. "If I knew it be that easy I would've saved Ace a long time ago." He chuckled a bit but stopped as both him and Kuzan heard cracking from the ice.

Scarlet's eyes glowed as she growled, the ice holding her in place cracked more as it slowly melted. Time came to a complete stop as she broke out of her icy tomb, she dashed behind Kuzan as she blinks letting time resume. Not giving the two time to react, she stabbed her Grimm arm through Kuzan's chest.

Kuzan coughed up blood as he looked down seeing his beating heart in Scarlet's hand. "H...How?"

Scarlet was angry as she crushed Kuzan's heart in her Grimm hand, blood splattered on Luffy's face. The light in Kuzan's eyes faded as Scarlet yanked her arm out, blood dripped from her Grimm arm as she watched the Admiral's body fall to the ground.

Luffy gritted his teeth as he glares at Scarlet. "No one needed to die!"

Scarlet ignored him as she licked the blood from her arm. "Delicious..." She then finally acknowledged Luffy's existence as grins looking at him. "You're next Monkey D. Luffy.."