[center][h2][b]The Battle Reaches its Biggest Height![/b][/h2][/center]

Beneath the deck of the Rum Runner, Shrimp Brigade wasn't living up to his title of swiftness. He had thought that the bullets he aimed for Boone would have been a forgone conclusion, so his attention had been removed from the captain. Even then he had misjudged Dirk's own speed. The thief ducked down between the gunner's legs just as two shots fired off, whizzing right over Dirk's head. "What the-?!" the Shrimp Brigade member exclaimed, looking down between his legs. This proved to be a fatal, or near fatal, mistake, for that's when Boone was able to stab through the violent-colored armor with his bayonet. "GURK!" Blood splattered outward, and was coughed up by the bounty hunter. Still, he twisted in place to point his pistols right at Boone's head point blank.

And that's when his neck was pierced by a knife, as well as jabbed with the strong force of Dirk's attempted shigan technique. "BLURGH!" The two pistols dropped to the floor, clacking against some glass rum bottles. Violet's eyes rolled upward, showing only white. His knees hit the floor as well, but he wasn't done yet! "Re... Recall!" Instantly Violet, and his two guns, vanished without a trace. Hey, at least he was nice enough to take his blood splatter with him!

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[color=red]"Kookiookiooki."[/color] Krabbe's chuckle would have been creepy and unnerving, had it been witnessed by someone other than the normally unflappable Feya. He snapped his great claw a couple times, intending to intimidate with the sound. That or he just liked it. Actually, it was probably both. [color=red]"That's cute, pirate, but the one that's in a world of hurt... IS YOU!"[/color] With another mighty snap of the claw, he created his own gust of wind to rival that of the Vortex Punch. He thrust his claw forward much the same as Feya, the two air currents colliding and neutralizing one another. The difference between their techniques was that at the end of the collision, Krabbe's claw had clamped down on her fist. He grinned to her with an air of superiority. [color=red]"You shouldn't have split up. Together you might have beaten me, but one on one? CRUSTACEAN CRUSHEEEEERRRRR!"[/COLOR] Krabbe braced himself and twisted around to face the other direction, flipping Feya over his shoulder. Her body hit the deck of his ship. [i]Hard.[/i] Again he twisted, she flipped, and her face struck and smashed through a guard rail. Another twist, another flip, and another impact. Again and again Krabbe slammed the doctor's body into a hard surface, never letting up, never giving her time to breathe, never releasing his famous vice grip.

Meanwhile, Lilliana had encountered a new enemy. Her strategy was fairly simple. PUNCH! Her technique was, however, not as effective as she had hoped. "Affection Rush!" the pink-armored man exclaimed. With speed she had not been familiar with, the swordsman ducked down and weaved passed her Fist! technique, getting in much closer than he ever should have been allowed. However instead of stabbing the scientist in the gut as he should have, his tactic was considerably more... Unorthodox. Before Lilli knew what had happened, Shrimp Brigade Pink had planted a small kiss upon her right cheek. Then with as much skill and alacrity, he moved back to his original position. The only difference now was that he had a small cut on his right cheek.

"Hm, looks like you got me, mon cher," he mused, wiping the small trickle of blood from his face. "I apologize, but I couldn't let one as beautiful as you go without my love before we end this battle. You're welcome." He blew another kiss in her direction, then took a combative stance with his sword outstretched.

Meanwhile, the cannon fodder continued to fail at detaining Wafer D. Kite. His tactics were quite splendid, given that he had to think of them on the fly. Yet this made a fantastic sort of sense. The Emperor Vice was far too powerful to go after directly, and he had seen first hand its destructive capabilities. How delicious the irony would be to have it destroyed by their own ship, which John Krabbe adored as he did? And so Kite's scheme was placed into motion. A large portion of the mast had been chopped, cut, smashed, and all other manner of destruction, until it did in fact come down.

"Shit! The mast is falling!"

"Everyone get the hell out of the way!"

"Krabbe! What do we do?!"

[color=red]"What the hell is happening to my ship?!"[/color] Krabbe's attention was diverted his onslaught slowed as his eyes focused on the falling mast.

The large pillar of wood, along with the sail attached, came crashing down toward the prow of the ship. The sail unfurled, it blocked out the sun for those down below, including Lilliana and Shrimp Brigade Pink. The elite warrior's jaw dropped to the floor as he skedaddled the hell out of the way! Despite what Lilli did herself, there was no stopping that falling object, as the mast not only smashed the controls to the Emperor Vice, but the sail wrapped around the mighty weapon, tearing it from the King Crab. These two hugely important parts of the ship began to sink beneath the waves, having caused a ton of damage. The Emperor Vice being forcibly torn from where it had been attached might as well have totally destroyed the prow of the ship, knocking out a considerable amount of the Shell Shield in the process.

[color=red]"NO! NO NO NO NO NOOOOO! WHO DID THIS TO MY BEAUTIFUL SHIP?! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU ALL! DEAD OR ALIVE, I STILL GET PAID YOU LITTLE SHITS! Wait..."[/color] Krabbe's ranting was cut off, as he caught sight of what was going on over on the Rum Runner. His rage changed to a frightened calm. [color=red]"No. No, you can't do that! Saban, stop it now!"[/color]

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Slick's plan to completely avoid combat altogether was pretty inspired. These warriors would have annihilated him if they closed the distance, which they were in fact doing. They even powered through the flames of his trusted weapon, suffering some burns in the process but otherwise ignoring the danger. The two struck the deck of the Rum Runner with great power, splintering the wood around them. Each looked up just in time to become enveloped in Slick's flames, letting out great screams of pain. They weren't moving through it this time, it was a direct hit on them.

Red's charge toward Bonesword was interrupted by a completely unnoticed attack from behind. An electrical discharge from Caesar's machete struck the Shrimp Brigade's leader square in the back, shocking him and knocking him off balance! He was in a perfect position to be finished off by the Mushroom Kid's special attack. The Honor Strike hit exactly as Bonesword intended, right into Red's side and slicing deeply enough into his body that the swordsman felt his blade touch Red's spine. A spray of blood erupted and splattered all over the place as Red fell to the deck, barely breathing.

Caesar's plan of sending an omnislash toward Red had yielded decent results, and his support of Slick against the rest of the Shrimp Brigade was a great route to go. However he hadn't predicted that Slick would've caused so much damage to Blue and Green all by himself, with some unusual tactics! That just left Yellow, who while mighty with his chain ball, was much too slow to properly handle the half-mink all by himself. This worry definitely showed on the yellow-armored bounty hunter.

That is, until he found his resolve and his expression completely changed. "Recall!" Yellow shouted out. All at once the other Shrimp Brigade members vanished. Blue and Green, flailing in the flames, left behind fire with nothing to burn. Red and hit massive blood puddle were nowhere to be seen. Even down below Violet had up and vanished. Only this time the remaining Shrimp Brigade fighter did not separate into multiple warriors. Yellow's armor took on a rainbow sheen, reflecting all five colors in one, and his body grew in both height and width, muscles rippling in this new form. By the time he had finished this increase in size, he was almost fifteen feet tall! Peculiarly enough, his head didn't increase in size with him, leaving it laughably tiny compared to the rest of the hulking body.

[color=silver]"I am Shotaro Saban! I ate the Waru Waru no mi to become a split man! I [i]am[/i] the Shrimp Brigade, mighty force of Justice! Behold my majesty! [b]Shrimp Brigade Prime! Vishnu Form![/b]"[/color] The giant of a man split his two massive arms into eight slightly smaller, but still impressively muscled ones. Each one held one of the weapons that the crew had come to associate with the individual Shrimp Brigade members. Eight arms that wielded two pistols, a large ball and chain, a trident, and two spiked knuckles. 

[hider=Character Box][center][b]Shotaro Saban "The Shrimp Brigade"
Professional Bounty Hunter
Owner of the Waru Waru no mi (split split fruit)[/b]

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