Pirate King to Pirate Slave..
It was the final battle. The decisive confrontation between Monkey D. Luffy and Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard the Pirate. Months of bloodshed and carnage had led to this moment. The very fate of the world hanged in the balance. Luffy stood defiant, battered but unbowed, as his greatest foe closed in for the kill. All around lay the broken bodies of his beloved crew. Roronoa Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Nami, Brook, Franky, Nico Robin, Jimbei... slaughtered one by one until only Luffy remained to face Armageddon alone. "Any last words, Monkey Boy?" Blackbeard sneered, his torso surrounded by an inky void as tendrils of darkness writhed around him. "Here's one - KICK ASS!" With a roar, Luffy rocketed forward at blinding speed, his indigo hair erupting into an inferno as he rode the very fabric of the wind, a god of flames born from the heart of a redline. This was Gear 5 - his ultimate technique. All other techniques were rendered obsolete. Luffy had become a living proje