Fighting for my life

I was gently awoken by Momo who looked like a goddess with the morning sun rising behind her, she must have read my thoughts from my face as she quickly blushed and moved out of the way. We then changed back into our day clothes and packed up camp. Our main goal for today was to head to the grey terminal which is this islands slums district and try to stamp out some crime while also earning some money, It would take a few hours to get there as we will have to trek through the jungle but that's what protects Foosha village from the criminals so there is not much we can do.

The trek through the jungle had an early stop as we hunted down some small birds along the way for breakfast, this also made for good target practice with my air paws. after our bird meat breakfast, it was quite uneventful as momo was easily able to maneuver us around any dangerous beasts domains and after about three hours we emerged from the jungle and were faced with a disgusting sight of towering walls and a literal sea of trash spreading the length of the city, this was the majestic goa kingdoms solution to all their trash.

We donned hoods as we didn't want to be immediately made out as women, places like this are always ripe with stereotypes and sexist views. After wandering around a bit we asked a man who seemed to be slightly less unkempt than the rest where we could find the gang that was currently running the place. After throwing him some leftover meat he was more than happy to inform us of the Redjam pirate's location, although they called themselves pirates they didn't even have a ship and were clearly just small-time thugs but they would work well for our purposes.

The Redjam pirate's base of operations was a shack that was quite a bit larger than the others around, if it was a normal home it could easily fit a family of four. We decided to first prepare as momo made some padded armor for us both with kevlar vests, this would easily stop the antique firearms used in this world while also helping to dampen any sword slashes. Momo didn't want to outright kill them with something like a cannon even with my assurance that most of them would be fine so we ended up just marching down to their shack and Kicking the door in.

This proved to be a near-fatal mistake as the building wasn't a residence at all it was something akin to a makeshift bar and it was packed with burly men who seemed excited at the idea of a fight. The man behind the bar was the first to fire on us as the rest of the men either drew swords or pistols. Momo quickly whipped out a stun baton as I started firing my air cannons everywhere. There was a faint shout of "DEVIL FRUIT USERS" but it was so drowned out by the fighting that almost no one took notice.

As the fighting progressed I was assailed by an uncountable amount of swords, they couldn't pierce my armour but the power behind them still hurt as I pushed through the pain and kept fighting, many a pirate was sent flying as they hit my paws but with such a small surface area it was hardly consistent. I would hear occasional zaps as Momo hit with her stun baton but if she was having trouble then there was no way I could help. after we had beaten down about half the group a door on the other side of the building opened and a large man that almost couldn't fit in the building walked in, with his Red shirt and red pants I could only assume that this man was their leader.

The man first observed the fight before shouting so loud it felt like it could shatter my eardrums, this caused all the thugs to stop fighting and back off into a sort of salute as the large man walked towards us "now would any of you idiots like to tell me why half of you were wiped out by what appears to be two young girls" "th-they are devil fruit users sir, the blonde one was shooting paws at us and the black haired one was making things from her skin" "well isn't that interesting two little devil fruit users mucking up my bar? well how about this? I will forgive you as long as you two become my women" At this remark I was disgusted, looking at Momo she felt the same so I spoke for the both of us "how about instead we beat your weak ass and you never bother us or anyone else in the gray terminal again" he immediately burst into laughter that quickly devolved into anger as he drew his sword.

He was clearly more trained with a sword than his thugs as he held a proper position akin to that of fencing, it was something that did not suit his build but it still wasn't to be underestimated. with a quick step forward he engaged both of us at the same time, Momo parrying with her shield as I took a few hits while trying to get him to hit my paws, Momo managed to get a hit in with her stun baton as he groaned in pain and started to focus on Momo more, I took this opportunity to hit him as hard as I could while activating my power. He let out a large grunt in pain as he almost doubled over but then suddenly swung his sword right at my face, my senses were screaming at me as I attempted to dodge, barely avoiding a lethal blow as my neck was cut into.

I screamed in pain as a gunshot came from Momos direction and the large pirate collapsed to the ground. none of the thugs interfered when Momo rushed over to me and started treating my wound. The disinfectant stung like hell, almost as much as the cut had hurt before it was eased by Momo bandaging up my neck. I was out of the fight but stable now so Momo shouted something to the thugs and they quickly dropped their arms, Momo then searched the large pirates pockets and behind the bar before returning to me with two bags of coins as she lifted me up to support me with her shoulder as we walked out and back towards the jungle.