Sanji stood up straight with legs of steel ablaze like the death and hatred stuck on the mind like a catchy jingle. This pure hatred stained his eyes of sapphire, Kid couldn't sworn his eyes were crimson so he took on a defensive stance. The males stared at each other dead on whilst waiting for one or the other to make the first move for they both were sure to put up a fight to the grave. The tension was so thick, it was suffocating, a disease that pumped everyone else up for all out war. Meanwhile you struggled to just simply stand with numerous members of Kid's personal crew closing in on you liking their lips with hunger like the blood driven savages they were.

Nami glanced back at you, shoving you back desperately into the railing of the Sunny realizing your struggle to just simply stand. "(Y/n) sit back," she demanded.

"(Y/n) let us protect you," Robin pleaded unable to take her eyes off of the predators closing in on their prey.

"Stop it," you huffed. "This crew has done too much for me, it's about time I step up and do something in return"

"Not when you can't even stand. What makes you think you can fight in your condition?" Nami shot you the look of death that dampens your spirits much. I only want to help, this is my fight not theirs! I should've ran away the day Sanji fought me for my loyalty... If only I stayed a government dog, I wouldn't have this many enemies... An uproar ripped you from your thoughts, just to your right Sanji had dug his heels into the deck of the Sunny all the while pinned to the walls, pulling up the grass and dirt for Kid threw a punch with much brutality to push him back. Sanji had a foot pressed up against Kid's robotic arm to deflect the attack and refrain himself from harm but it was only giving the rival an upper hand. You were all so full of yourself, entangled in your thoughts to not realize Kid's crew simultaneously began to attack the other members of the crew as well. You were helpless witnessing the horror as Nami and Robin already struggled to hold up their end of the fight.

"I'm not hurt or anything..." You pushed up from the railing once again successfully standing, but slumped over with a pained groan to come from your gut. "The surgery itself never hurt me, more I'm sore and resting up. My 'overdrive' would be the equivalent of running a marathon and feeling exhausted the next day. I. Can. Fight," determination had taken over your feelings to make you this fearless woman determined to keep her crew safe no matter the cost. Despite how little time you've been a Straw Hat Pirate, you were a perfect representation of the beliefs Luffy portrays upon his crew as a true hero.

"(Y/n), we're a family, helping people in need is what we do. I understand you want to help... But right now you need us more than ever accept it," Nami gave you an affirmative nod, electrocuting an enemy with the thunderbolts of electricity stored within her staff.

"Just let me fight!" You pushed on the subject more than ever before.

"(Y/n) we're fine helping you more than you want!" Sanji growled, his eyes remained fixed on Kid but his mind remained fixed on nothing other than you.

"Sanji-"

"This crew has done much more than you could ever imagine just because one person was in danger. We've waged war with the entire world for crying out loud!" Sanji lets out a battle cry, finally managing to push up on Kid's overwhelming strength for an opening to attack.

"This just feels like too much," you gripped at your hair blinding your sight with strands of (h/c).

"We've saved an entire country on more than one occasion," Robin told you in desperation to get the point across.

"Saved two cities from Fishmen," Nami grinned sharing another look with you.

"Taken down almost if not all the warlords too," Robin tagged on.

"Taking on another pirate crew is nothing (Y/n)," Robin and Nami spoke in unison sharing satisfied grins between themselves. You will admit that Sanji, Nami, and Robin's word had finally broken through the barrier kept up within your broken heart of betrayal. Your father, the Government, Kid too, they've all helped to shape you into the dangerous woman you were today. It was time to rip off the bandaid and finish this endless cycle of violence once and for all. And so you reluctantly eased up, leaving the fight to them meanwhile you thought around the situation in search of different ways to help somehow someway. This time, this will be the last time you need this talk with the entire crew. Right here right now, they're proving that they'll go to the ends of the earth for you whether you like it or not.

Kid's crew were like zombies, they kept coming back, Robin and Nami couldn't keep up fatigue being main downfall. One second Robin had Heat restrained in a back binding choke hold for he in turn used his fire breath to burn her floral arm duplicates to ash. Robin's real arms were taking a beating, burns began to appear on her flawless skin. She was nearly upon her limit when it came to absorbing the pain inflicted upon her duplicates. Nami was doing more than her share, Killer was putting up a double fight with her and Zoro somehow. You felt guilty more than ever sitting there unable to do a thing to help. The other members of the Straw Hat and Heart Pirates were too busy taking care of Kid's weaker members and allies.

Robin jumped backwards with large eyes to a mountain of flames pursuing her form. Heat opened up his mouth larger to the point his stitches pulled and popped against his leathery skin, therefore the fire expanded in intensity along with his gut churning actions. Robin closed her soulful eyes in fear of the attack, seconds to come she hadn't felt a thing. The woman hesitantly peeled her eyes open to a curtain of black that absorbed the heat and destruction. "(Y/n)... Thank you," she breathed heavily.

"No... Problem," you were breathing quite heavily as well with ragged puffs instead of full smooth inhales. Your shadow shrank to normal size once the shower of flames died down, you were exhausted just by releasing your shadow from the confines of your bodily prison. You needed energy to allow your devil fruit powers to work in general, saving Robin had done it for you... You shrunk down into a sitting position, barely conscious.

Kid threw another punch, Sanji kicked off from his spot to dart sharply to the right. Kid's mechanical fist just barely missed the slim blonde by grazing his shoulder. His suit was ripped at the seams no thanks to him, his sleeve slipped off his arm to collect with the grass ripped apart upon their feet. Sanji will admit, he didn't expect a burly man such as Kid to be as light on his feet as he was. Then again he doesn't have the weight of his other arm weighing him down anymore. Sanji was having difficulty getting anything on the redhead except maybe a minor kick here and there. That's when Sanji thought to just go all out, he has nothing to lose at this point.

Sanji grits his teeth, digging his heel into the deck once again and spun around in place till his entire body was consumed in flames of brilliant orange and red that ate at the air to build and build in hunger and intensity. Kid braced himself for what's to come expecting a full scale attack, his metallic palm sparked up with yellows and blues, much of the Sunny became sucked up within his magnetic field, only the decor thankfully. Kid angled his body holding his entire arm out to his side like a cannon. The debris collected upon his fist and shot off from him at blinding speed towards sanji like bullets. Sanji kept spinning, the debris shot directly at the base of the flames and burnt upon contact. Kid growled in response for a wasted attack, Sanji stopped spinning, his clothes were slowly being ate up to the flames with feet a crisp black. "I'm done... All I want at this point is a break," Sanji claimed with a dark aura surrounding his slim figure.

"A break," Kid cackled. "You make me laugh... I'd love my arms back but here we are."

"I meant it," Sanji glared intensified his eyes didn't even look human, more like an animal or something demonic.. "(Y/n) is always in danger, be it an enemy or her health, and every time I'm the one taking the blow... Time to put an end to this," Sanji's flames of hatred blazed like wildfire for he kicked off from his spot like a bullet from a gun. Fire, that's all Kid saw. He clenched his hand, throwing his arm before his chest like a shield. Sanji's shoe clashed with the metallic limb to come back nearly crushing Kid's chest upon impact. Kid's eyes enlarged like a deer in headlights watching as his arm was melting. Sanji's flames were out of control!

"You'll be lucky to even be alive after I'm done with you," Sanji growled kicking Kid out from his spot and much further. The ocean. Everyone watched as the fiery redhead flew while landing into the ocean with a great uproar of a splash. You were too weak to stand, therefore you took advantage of your own powers to take a gander around the ship through your shadow. You couldn't peel your eyes off of Kid though...

"I know he's done wrong," you spoke with such exhaustion that your voice was nothing but a whisper. "Somebody, at least save him," Nami heard your order... just barely. she already was against the idea of saving him plus she won't be able to carry a man of such size aboard.

"Either save your damn Captain or leave!" Nami commanded Kid's entire crew but only spoken directly to Killer's face. Not one of them attempted the rescue while they all filed into their ship one by one. You shadow had caught bits and pieces of their exiting farewells.

He was overwhelmed with power...

That bastard should've put us before the girl...

Captain is lucky we even came here in the first place...

Zoro huffed with aggravation and dove into the ocean seeing as to how nobody else would, surfacing nearly a minute later with the unconscious redhead close at hand. Franky and Luffy ran to help them get aboard. Sanji's flames of fury died down with much of his clothes burnt to ashes. Half of his pants remained, same went to his shirt. He stood half slouched over his breath rugged and coarse. On fire, like sandpaper was rubbing against his lungs. The blonde found you, grinned, but fell forward crashing upon the deck upon taking a step. Everyone gasped. Chopper sprinted to his side immediately. "Sanji's burning up!" Chopper cried upon touching his sweat and soot covered forehead. Chopper shrieked again upon seeing his hands and feet black and scarred with burns of the third degree. The reindeer grew into Heavy Point before picking him up and sprinting off to the sickbay.

"I'm off to help Doctor-ya," Law grunted with a hand held to his hip. His bandages were crimson, he must've pulled his stitches. "Anybody else with injuries talk to my crew, Black leg is our main concern," and he was gone.

"I've created a mess," you hugged yourself with a small sniffle.