BOOOOM!!
Emma's flaming blade clashed with Raime's lightning fist. Fire and lightning exploded together, ripping the hallway apart. Walls cracked, the floor tore open, and the ceiling shook.
Emma slid back. Raime rotated his shoulder, unfazed.
"You added fire?" Raime grinned. "Cute trick."
Emma didn't answer. She dashed in again.
FWOOOSH!
Raime blocked her first strike, but the flames on the blade wrapped around his arm.
"Ssss!"
The fire burned through his Armament Haki, scarring his skin black.
Raime smirked.
"So the sword bites."
Amy dashed in from the side.
"Beast Claw!"
Her nails hardened with Haki, she slashed at Raime's ribs.
Raime twisted his body, grabbing Amy by the head.
"You again?"
He slammed her into the wall.
BOOM!!
The wall cracked like glass. Amy coughed up blood. She crawled out of the broken stones, eyes glowing.
"You won't… beat us," Amy said.
Raime snapped his fingers.
Lightning pulsed around him.
"Charge Force — Thunder Skin."
A thin layer of lightning coated Raime's body, buzzing like bees.
His speed doubled instantly.
He vanished.
ZAP⚡️
Emma lifted her sword just in time.
CLANG!
Raime's fist hit the blade so hard Emma was thrown down the hall. She flipped mid-air and landed on her feet, gasping for breath.
Amy leaped at Raime's back.
Raime appeared behind her instead.
ZAP⚡️
"Too slow."
He kicked Amy in the back
CRACK.
Amy screamed, flying across the hallway.
Emma rushed forward, rage burning in her eyes.
"You bastard!"
Emma swings her flaming sword, sending a wave of fire down the hallway.
Raime stepped straight into it.
FWOOM!!
Fire covered his body, but the lightning coating burned the flames away.
"Fire is nice," Raime said, "but lightning eats fire."
He appeared in front of Emma.
Emma blocked.
CLAAASH!!
Raime punched her sword. The impact blasted through Emma's arms. She flew backward and skidded across the floor until she slammed into a wall.
Emma coughed, blood dripping from her lip.
"He's… too strong…" she whispered.
Amy stood again, panting.
"No… we can… win…"
Raime slowly walked toward them, electricity buzzing with every step.
"I expected more from the Rogue Pirates," he said. "You two are disappointments."
Emma wiped the blood off her mouth with the back of her hand.
"Shut up."
Raime's eyebrow twitched.
"What was that?"
Emma raised her sword again. Flames danced around the blade.
"I said… shut up."
She vanished.
WHOOSH!
Raime blinked, Emma was behind him.
"Sword Clown — Fire Parade!"
She unleashed dozens of flaming slashes, each one tracing bright through the air.
Raime crossed his arms to block.
BOOM..BOOM..BOOM..BOOM!!!
The fire slashes exploded across his body, knocking him back, burning his coat and melting the floor around him.
Smoke filled the hallway.
Amy appeared through the smoke.
"Beast Haki- Demon beast!"
She leaped, claws coated in Armament Haki, eyes glowing red.
She slashed Raime's chest.
SHRRK!!
Blood sprayed.
Raime staggered.
For the first time, he looked shocked.
"You two… actually hurt me."
Emma stepped beside Amy.
"Yeah," Emma said. "And there's more."
Raime wiped the blood off his chest with a slow smile.
"Then I will stop playing."
Lightning gathered above him, swirling into a spinning storm.
The air shook. The floor cracked. Both girls felt their skin burn from the heat of the electricity.
Raime lifted two fingers.
"Charge Force… Heavenly Break."
The lightning storm shot downward.
Emma grabbed Amy.
"MOVE!!"
KRAKOOOOM!!!
The attack hit the hallway.
The entire palace shook.
The walls exploded.The floor collapsed.
The blast threw Emma and Amy down another hallway and slammed them into a staircase.
Both girls coughed. Their clothes were now torn.
Amy struggled to breathe.
"H-how… how did he…"
Emma forced herself up.
"He's an Admiral… we can't fight him like normal enemies…"
Raime appeared walking through the smoke like a demon.
His coat was ripped, hair singed, his eyes filled with excitement.
"Don't die yet," Raime said. "The fun is just starting."
Amy tried to go i to her Beast mode again, but nothing happened. She fell to one knee.
"No… it's not responding…"
Emma lifted her sword, her hands trembled uncontrollably.
Raime raised his arm, lightning gathering.
"This is over."
Emma closed her eyes.
Noah… hurry…
Raime fired.
ZAP ⚡️
The lightning shot straight at them.
Then suddenly.
BLIP ⚡️
Noah appeared in front of them.
His hand extended.
The lightning hit his palm.
And stopped.
Raime's eyes widened.
"What—?"
Noah flicked the lightning aside with a bored look.
"Sorry," Noah said. "But you're too loud."
Emma and Amy collapsed behind him, barely conscious.
Raime stepped back, confused.
"What kind of Haki is that…?"
Noah tilted his head.
"Oh. This isn't Haki."
He smiled faintly.
"This is me."
The hallway trembled.
Noah took one step forward.
Raime stepped back.
Emma whispered weakly, "Noah… don't kill him…"
Amy whispered, "We… still have to beat him ourselves…"
Noah sighed.
"Fine."
BLIP ⚡️
Vector Manipulation-Heal.
Emma and Amy stood up.
Noah turned to Raime.
"You two want to finish him, right?" Noah said.
Emma nodded.
"Then I'll open the way."
Noah vanished.
BLIP ⚡️
Raime spins ground, but too late.
Noah's kick slammed into his chest.
BOOOOOM!!!
Raime smashed through five walls and slid across the courtyard outside.
He struggled to stand, coughing blood.
Emma and Amy walked out into the courtyard.
Emma lifted her flaming sword.
Amy's Beast Haki flickered back to life.
Raime wiped his mouth and glared.
"So… round two?"
Emma pointed her sword at him.
"No, this is the final round."
Amy cracked her knuckles.
"Let's finish this."
Raime grinned.
"Fine then. Come."
The courtyard shook as the three clashed—
SLASH
SMASH
BOOOOM
Fire, lightning, and Haki erupted at once.