The next session was a simple fight.
Since the Strawhats won the first one, they had the momentum.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final battle of the Davy Back Fight—it is the Groggy Ring!"
The announcer declared, basically explaining what it was.
To dumb it down, it was a ring roughly the size of a football field. One person on each team would have to wear a balloon or ball on their head, and the goal of the match was to make sure the person with the ball on their head got dunked into the goal. That was it.
That was the goal.
For their enemy, they had someone named Hamburg, someone named Pickles, and someone named Big Pan.
Truly, the most goated of teams—and from the glares they were giving, it seemed like they had never lost a single fight. They always won.
As for the Strawhats... well.
Sanji, Kairo, and Zoro could be seen. Sanji and Zoro, of course, were fighting—having people wonder if they were even teammates.
Kairo, meanwhile, was near Nami.
"What are you doing to Nami-swan!?" Sanji, of course, was jealous.
Kairo just sighed.
Taking her Clima-Tact from her hand, he had to commit to the bait till the end.
Foxy's eyes seemed to gleam with an evil light when he looked at the weapon, watching as Kairo appeared to remove something from it before putting something else on.
"Hey boss, do you think that's the battery?" one of his men asked. Foxy opened his mouth and said,
"Shut up. When we win, I'll demand for it."
This weapon seemed so busted, he just had to have it. At first, he was just going to go for Nami since she had the weapon, but seeing someone else use it confirmed something for him—this weapon was something he must get, no matter the cost.
"This thing looks ridiculous," Zoro said.
"I'm not putting that on my head," Sanji added.
Kairo put the cap on his head.
"I'll beat you if you laugh," Kairo said dryly as he felt Sanji about to make fun of his look.
"Lucky guess," was all the cook said.
"So all we have to do is knock that guy down."
"Before we start," Kairo said dryly, "are weapons allowed?" He looked at the ref.
"No... weapons are not allowed. Swordsman, remove your swords," the man said, looking at Zoro.
Zoro wasn't trying to do all that. The ref then looked at Kairo—the goddamn axe and sword were right there.
"You too."
Kairo tilted his head.
"What about them... he has sharp cleats," he said, pointing at the big man. "He has a sword, and he has an axe," he said, pointing at the other two participants, causing them to sweat.
"I do not see it," the ref said.
A demonic smile appeared on Kairo's face.
"So... if you cannot see it, it's legal."
"I suppose so."
Tossing the Clima-Tact at Nami, he gave her a signal, and as he did so...
The whole arena was covered in mist. No one could see a damn thing.
It was blurry as hell. Nothing could be seen at all.
Then—
"Ow..."
"REF, HELP!"
The sound of a one-sided beatdown could be heard.
You see, Zoro and Sanji had something the fishmen lacked... and no, it wasn't the fact they had 1 dick.
That had nothing to do with it.
No, it was more the fact that they had Observation Haki. They could sense presence, and unlike Kairo—who could hide his—and was currently working on a way to infuse his Conqueror's Haki into his Observation Haki, they could fight in that mist just fine.
It wasn't like his Conqueror's Haki was small or anything, but hey, sacrifices needed to be made. While he was semi-stagnating, give him some time and a few good fights, and he'd get stronger.
And while he currently didn't have his hax—
Foxy was trying to find a way to disqualify them since weapons weren't allowed... technically.
Yet, as Nami said, she wasn't interfering with the match—and in the rules, there was nothing stating she couldn't do this.
Foxy couldn't use his beams since he didn't know where his allies were.
The sound of a sword being drawn could be heard, along with flesh being cut.
Oh nah, that had to be deliberate.
As the smoke finally vanished...
The Strawhat Pirates were fine.
Sanji stood with his hands in his pockets, aura farming as usual.
The big fishman behind them fell on his back, his head dunked into the ring—signaling the Strawhat win.
The Strawhats had no weapons on them, and Kairo simply had his hands behind his back as if nothing had happened.
Nami's gaze drifted to Zoro's swords, which had appeared by her side a moment ago.
You see, while the mist was up, Kairo had given Zoro his swords, and when the mist began vanishing, he teleported them away.
So... the fight was a one-sided beatdown where the fishmen couldn't see, their weapons were stripped away, and they got their shit rocked by people way stronger than them.
The ref still refused to blow the whistle to signal the end of the match.
"They won, you bastard, blow that whistle!" Nami said, annoyed.
"The Strawhats clearly used weapons! I cannot allow such blatant cheating to pass!"
"Like you're one to talk!" Nami, Chopper, and Usopp shouted in unison.
The ref acted like he didn't hear a thing.
"We did not cut them," Kairo said calmly.
"Then how do you explain the cuts across their bodies?" Foxy demanded, trying to find any reason not to give them the dub.
Kairo imbued his hand with Haki before punching toward the sea.
Before everyone's eyes, the sea split perfectly in two.
His Hakoku was getting better.
"Unless you wish to experience it... this is how they were damaged."
A look of true horror appeared on their faces.
Kairo looked at the ref.
"Un—"
The sound of a whistle being blown could be heard. The ref didn't even give him the time to finish his threat, because fuck that.
He wasn't trying to find out what that fist could do.
A/N I might have made Kairo to cold, cause he would be capable of slaughtering the foxy pirates without batting an eye.
Would you rather jump off the Empire State Building, you will 10% survive or be there during the hour of joy.