Journey to One Piece

336. You were a crew member

"So we are a crew of a Yonko now?" Sanji said. 

"That is quite a big name to be thrown around." Vivi said as she was excited and a bit scared too of the fact that they had been declared as a Yonko. 

"Yonko!! Now all the other Yonko will come after us.. This is bad." Ussop was shaking and so was Chopper.

Ken and Zoro didn't say a word and nor were they moved by it. It was just a title for their Captain and they were pretty sure that Luffy himself never took any title to his heart and the only thing he cared about was freedom. 

"Anyways.. What are fuck is going on here?" Luffy asked as he didn't take much time to swallow the fact that he was a Yonko now. 

"That's none of your business.. Get lost from here." Zephyr said. 

"You made it our business when you attacked East Blue. So better spill it out or it won't end well for both of your sides." Ken said and soon the weather started changing and everyone could feel the heat rising around. 

The two big shots had a difficult look on their faces as they looked at the situation around but of course how could an egoist like Shiki care about an Yonko and attacked Luffy and Zephyr both using his devil fruit powers.

The ground broke apart into huge pieces and slowly floated up and flew straight at the Straw Hats and Zephyr. But here Shiki committed a mistake. He had just tried using the ground itself as an weapon. 

Nami stepped forward and used her earth bending in her full force to stop the floating ground made of dirt. Shiki was taken aback as soon he lost control of his floating pieces and Nami threw them back at Shiki. In response Shiki had to use other things around to stop the flying pieces at himself. 

Even Zephyr didn't expect that kind of attack and had to jump back to save himself from the aftermath. He had studied the Straw Hats after the war was over. But now he could see that all his knowledge didn't amount to anything when it came to Straw Hats. 

They were weird and dangerous. 

The straw hats were proud that Nami could even counter someone like Shiki, someone who was known all around the world and the one who even fought against Roger. After the counterattack, Shiki picked himself up from the rubbles and looked at the Straw Hats in anger and disgust. 

"How dare you pesky rats from East Blue, the weakest sea come after me." Shiki roared. 

"Calm down chicken. The last time too two people from East Blue went after you and was defeated very badly." 

"Grrrr. Roger... Don't think of yourself of the same level as Roger." Shiki looked at Ken with anger and his remarks made him feel like to beat the shit out of him. 

"Of course we are not like Roger and you too are nothing like him. At least he had his own pirate crew, while you were under the shadows of someone else who just provided you delusions of the highest level. At least Roger didn't have grand delusions." Ken said and the moment he said there was silence that settled in the room. 

The Straw Hats themselves and even Zephyr were confused. They had question marks over their heads while Shiki just looked at Ken with dead eyes. The emotions that he had just got flushed away instantly.

"Very few people know of my past. Those who know either stand at the top or are dead. So who the fuck are you?" Shiki asked. 

"It doesn't matter who am I. The fact still remains that you are just as delusional as your ex captain." Ken said. This seemed to have ticked off Shiki in the worst ways possible. He went to a rampant rage and attacked Ken with every thing that he had got.

Ken smirked as he was ready to take Shiki head one. Luffy wanted to help Ken but was stopped by Zoro. 

"Don't meddle, he had been aiming for the fight from the beginning." Zoro said while he looked at Zephyr. He pointed his Zanpakuto at Zephyr and said.

"You will tell me exactly what is going on or else, your mechanical hand will not be the only thing which will mechanical in the future." 

"You have quite the guts kid." Zephyr said as his hands turned on the haki and was ready fight this one eyed man with an eye patch. 

Ken's eyes glinted with the fiery intensity of a thousand suns as he unsheathed his zanpakuto.

"Ennetsu Jigoku," Ken bellowed, swinging his blade in a wide arc. A wave of intense flames surged forth, engulfing the small closed battlefield, as the Straw Hats and others had stepped back by now. Even Nami, who wanted to help was stopped by Robin and indicated to let the big guys fight it out. The very air seemed to catch fire as the flames roared towards Shiki, determined to reduce him to ashes.

Shiki responded with a sly grin, activating his Devil Fruit powers. The ground beneath him rippled as he severed the laws of gravity with a casual wave of his hand. "Fuwa Fuwa no Cannon," he declared, launching an island-sized projectile towards Ken. The massive floating landmass hurtled through the air, crashing through the sea of flames with astonishing speed.

The battlefield was in shambles because of that and everyone had to run away in fear. 

"This idiot. Doesn't he know that we are here." Ussop said. 

"Hahahaha.. It's fun.. Hahahaha." Luffy laughed like a mad man as Ken and Shiki fought each other. 

"Ryūjin Jakka." Ken murmured as he opened his shikai. The air itself seemed to ignite as a colossal column of flames erupted, meeting the incoming island projectile head-on. The clash of elemental forces created a dazzling display of fire and force, shaking the very foundations of the battleground.