Tightly clutching Freyja's neck, digging my nails deeply into her flesh as I crushed her scale-like skin, causing her to bleed profusely, only for me to smirk as I used my other hand to grasp her head as I began to pull with all my strength, forcefully ripping her head off her body as I raised her skull and spin into the air while her neck shot out blood like a fountain.
"Ah, if only this were real." Muttered Diddy with a faint smile as he glanced at Freyja's skull, only for his surroundings to distort before suddenly breaking like glass.
Exiting Freyja's illusion, I snapped my head to the right, meeting Freyja's fiery kick with my leg as I stopped her attack that set the entire beach and then some ablaze with her demonic flames.
"Hehehe, so you can absorb my vitality even through your illusions? You've really grown. I remember when I had force-fed you that fruit and how you relied on that hideous monstrous form to fight–" Said Diddy with a feral grin as he held Freyja's foot with his own while reminiscing about their past, only for him to be interrupted by another foot.
"B-BASTARD! DIE!" Yelled Sanji viciously as he slammed his foot onto Diddy's head, momentarily overshadowing Fryeja's demonic flames.
"Next, aim a bit lower; I'm usually sore around there." Replied Diddy calmly while tapping his nape, causing Sanji to grit his teeth as he pushed harder, only for Freyja to be tossed into him, sending them crashing into the ground.
"C'mon, Freyja, don't tell me this is all you have? Didn't you say you wished to kill me? If your family could only see you now, oh, how disappointed they would be in you." Remarked Diddy with an amused expression as he floated in the air while looking down at Freyja atop Sanji's back.
"Freyja-swan, are you okay?" Asked Sanji with a heart for eyes as he raised his head and glanced at Freyja, who flashed him a smile, only for it to contort fury and wrath when looking at Diddy.
"Daddy, why is Mommy so weak? Didn't she say she would avenge us? I don't know, son, it seems she was nothing but a lying bitch." Said Diddy with a faint smile as he imitated the voice of a child and a grown man, his words causing Freyja's gaze to harden, completely ignoring Mihawk and Crocodile's arrival.
"Hehe, liked my impression? Oh, maybe I should also add your baby. Um, gogo gaga?" Asked Diddy with a wicked smile as he looked at Freyja while imitating a baby, causing her to expel flames with her every breath.
While mocking Freyja, I sensed the rest of Strawhats finally arrive as they went to help Sanji, who was still being used as a seat for Freyja.
"Oi, get away from me, you idiots! Hehe, not you, Robin, and Nami." Remarked Sanji angrily as he violently shooed Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, Franky, Jinb,e and Brook.
"Stop messing around, you fools. Don't you know who we're facing…" "Hehe, c'mon, say Crocodile! Please! Pretty please!?" Remarked Crocodile and Diddy, respectively, as the former snuffed out his cigar while admonishing the Strawhat pirates before glancing at the latter, who grinned from ear to ear.
"The Strongest. Diddy D. Kong." "Hahaha, that's right! Heh, damn, that feels good. Say it some more, and I may spare your lives." Said Mihawk and Diddy, respectively, as the latter laughed in joy while proudly raising his head, only to glance at the group with a smirk.
"The Strongest. Diddy D. Kong!" Stated Usopp, Nami, and Chopper simultaneously as they bowed to Diddy, who enjoyed their praise.
"Diddy… Tell me…" Asked Freyja with a furious expression as she stood up and approached Diddy, passing Usopp, Nami, and Chopper, causing them to all stop while silently watching.
"... Are you dying?" Added Freyja sternly as she narrowed her eyes at Diddy, who titled his head.
"Eh, no? Who the hell said that?" Replied Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he glanced at Freyja, who surprisingly sighed in relief, only for him to continue speaking.
"Hehe, I'm already dead." Added Diddy with a playful smirk as he glanced at Freyja, who froze at his words while everyone else titled their heads in confusion except for a certain skeleton.
"I can already see it. His soul… It's already been touched by death; the fact he is still here, speaking to us as if nothing is wrong, is beyond a mere miracle." Remarked Brook softly as he looked at Diddy, who leaned to the side while baring his fangs, causing him to flinch in fear.
"Huh, if that's so, care to tell us how a dead man is living?" Asked Crocodile in curiosity as he glanced between Brook and Diddy, causing the former to shake his head in confusion while the latter chuckled.
"I don't mind telling, but let's wait for everyone to arrive first; I don't feel like explaining it twice; besides, Freyja–" Replied Diddy lightly as he dismissively waved his hand at Crocodile before pointing at Freyja, who suddenly lunged at him, interrupting him.
With Freyja taking the lead, I blocked her kick with my arm, only to raise my other arm as I stopped Mihawk's sword, though just as I was about to fling them away, a seed suddenly hit my head, causing me to snap my head at Usopp, who raised his slingshot into the air, causing the seed to quickly sprout into a man-eating plant as it consumed me in one-gulp.
"Hahaha, Usopp, the man who defeated the strongest with nothing but a seed!" Said Usopp proudly as he pointed his nose into the air, only for Nami and Chopper to scream loudly.
"Congratulations, who ate an after-image." Said Diddy softly as he gently patted Usopp's shoulder from behind, causing him to freeze in terror.
"S-Sorr-" Said Usopp as he tried to apologize, though he was slammed face-first into the ground before he could.
"U-USOPP!" Yelled Luffy, Zoro, and Franky as they switched their focus to Diddy, who had punched Crocodile into Mihawk while Freyja violently kicked him, forcing him backward.
Dodging Freyja's barrage of relentless kicks, I stabbed my nail into her leg every time she did so; however, I also let her absorb my vitality so every wound I created would be quickly healed. After that tortuous experience, I wanted to ensure she wouldn't die too easily; I wanted her to suffer.
"Tsk, fight back!" Yelled Freyja angrily as she leaped into the air before releasing a powerful torrent of demonic flames from her mouth, enveloping Diddy while Crocodile and Mihawk used that to attack him from the sides.
Punching the air, creating a cylinder void of Freyja's flames, I glanced at Crocodile and Mihawk on either side of me as they wasted no time in attacking me, launching a sword wave and a tsunami of sand right for me. Outstretching my hand, I redirected the sword wave toward Crocodile's sand wave, causing it to slice right through it, momentarily revealing a path toward him, which I used to escape from the torrent of flames.
"Son of a bit-" Muttered Crocodile under his breath as he created a sand wall between him and Diddy while raising his golden hook.
Superheating the sand wall, turning it into glass, I blasted right through it and bicycle-kicked Crocodile into the ground, interrupting his words as I quickly leaped off his head, dodging Luffy's attack from seemingly nowhere.
While soaring through the sky, I tilted my body upside down and glanced at Luffy, who was now nothing like what he previously was. He had clouds around his shoulder, and his clothes and hair were white, though his hair resembled clouds; however, his constantly laughing and maniacal smile was slightly off-putting.
"Hahaha, Gear 5!" Said Luffy with a grin as he lifted his head and glanced at DIddy, only to swiftly leap after him.
With incredible speed, Luffy quickly arrived in front of me while his arm was still where he was previously standing, though with him this close, I was able to perfectly make out the ferociousness that was hidden behind his smile and laughter.
"Hehehe, reminds me of a few people." Muttered Diddy with a feral grin as he stared into Luffy's red eyes, which reflected his own savage expression.
'Huh, so this is Joyboy?' Thought Diddy as he watched Luffy's fist hit his cheek, sending him flying through the Island while skidding across the ground like a pebble.
Pushing off the ground, I quickly regained my balance and glanced at my four attackers as they lunged at me, causing me to smirk as I decided to fight back a little; after all, there was nothing wrong with playing around with your prey.
"Beastly Fist!" Said Diddy with a grin as he punched the air, causing the lightning that danced across his arm to fill the sky, briefly overpowering the sun and illuminating Alabasta in bright blue.
"Hahaha, c'mon, I could use a light warm-up while waiting for everyone else to arrive." Added Diddy with a grin as he kicked the air, lunging towards Freyja, who emerged from the lightning-filed sky with burn marks covering her body.