When the gang leaders got back to their hideout, they noticed that they did not have any of their members there, barring the ones they took with them to the mayor's house.
They did notice someone who was mostly wrapped up in bandages. Identifying him as a red gang member due to the scarf on his upper arm, Ron asked,
"Where is everyone else?"
It seemed he did not expect to be questioned, as looked behind him before pointing at himself as if he was asking if they were indeed questioning him.
"...Who else is here?"
"Uh well, they all went to get the pirates and have not returned yet."
"Why did you not go?"
"How can I go when I'm this injured?"
Ron had a vein popping out seeing his subordinate, who was looking at him like an idiot.
"Did they take any of the guns?"
"Uh-huh, I think they took all of them."
"...."
Ron saw his lackey explain everything with a stupid look on his face and soon got irritated. Having heard enough, he kicked out his lackey, putting him on survellaince duty.
After the lackey went out, the leaders got their members, who accompanied them to the mayor's house to tied up the mayor. Looking at the number of people that were left the three leaders were getting dissatisfied.
"I guess it's still fine, we've got a hostage. That's all we need." (Saul)
"Well, hopefully." (Paul)
"You two should stay next to the mayor." (Ron)
Saul and Paul frowned at Ron, who was acting as if he was their leader.
"What? The one who arrived first takes leadership. That's what we decided, didn't we?" (Ron)
"We arrived together though." (Saul)
"I was the first to step foot into the hideout so I'm the leader." (Ron)
"Huh, stop trying to make stupid points seem good Ron." (Paul)
"How is that stupid? It makes complete sense to me." (Ron)
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As the three leaders started to argue, the red gang member who was kicked out was walking towards his lookout location with a sly smile on his face.
'Hehehe, it was smart to wrap myself in bandages.'
As he was walking he took out a pistol he swiped from the hideout. And then the bombs, and the rifle he had disassembled and the bullets that went into the guns.
Looking at the haul, he felt smug and started putting the rifle back together as he thought about the members that went to fetch the pirates.
'Well, they got destroyed didn't they. Even someone as great as me wasn't able to see his movements before he put me in a wall.'
Knowing the amount of members left in the hideout, he did not think they could do anything as they were mostly people who were coerced into joining the gangs.
'Maybe I should try and join the pirates? Those idiot leaders probably won't last long anyway.'
Heaven seemed to grant his wish, as he soon saw the blue haired pirate was running toward him, probably to get to the hideout. Thinking that his chance had come, he started waving his hands and started speaking.
"Oooiii, the hideout is right there. In Fact I can lead you..to…it."
His voice grew smaller as he saw a dust cloud coming from behind the pirate. He soon realized that it was caused by a stampede of people.
As he looked at them, he started sweating which only intensified when saw the blue haired pirate who was rushing at him with an evil smile on his face. He hurriedly tried to say something but no voice came out as he got clotheslined and felt his windpipe almost get crushed.
"Take no prisoners! Nyahaha!"
'Damn you, pirate!'
His pain had just started as he was trampled on by the stampede that followed. He could only ball up and put his hands on his head trying to protect it. When the stampede finally passed him, he felt someone nudging him. Looking up, he saw it was a middle aged woman. Feeling like he saw her somewhere, he heard someone exclaim from the side.
"Oh my! Isn't he my neighbor's kid?"
"Your neighbor's kid?"
"That's right. I was close to his mom but she passed away when he was born and his dad also passed away a few years later after falling ill."
"Oh my, that's rather tragic."
"Hmm, looking at him he seems pretty beat up, should we let him go?"
"Well he did join the gang though…"
Seeing the women were showing sympathy towards him, he decided to try and appeal to that.
"Please, I only joined recently because I didn't have a choice. I swear I will change!"
"...Alright then, well we'll let you go. But! Make sure you right all your wrongs young boy!"
"Yes!"
'I will definitely quit the gang. And since you saved me I'll stop peeping at you.'
"...."
Feeling the world around him get silent all of a the sudden, he looked up and saw the women wearing disgusted expressions on their faces.
"D-did he just say 'peep'?"
The world froze for the young man as he realized that he had said the last sentence out loud. Gulping down hard he looked at the housewives whose expressions changed from disgusting to anger.
"I-I was just curious. I even regret peeping at you people."
"...."
"I mean that it is a memory that I want to burn away."
"...!"
His words seemingly had the wrong effect as he got beat up severely soon after. He could only ball up again and cry thinking that he would probably be bandaged for real this time.
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The stampede reached the hideout which was something like a warehouse as the housewives were exacting violence. Hearing a commotion the gang members came out only to run into a big horde of people who all bore fanatic looks. Noticing the situation, they quickly surrendered.
As Tom was about to strike them down, screaming no prisoners, he was held back by Tyke, who was dripping with sweat as he remembered the guy who was clotheslined by Tom. Tyke could still hear the poor guy's screams echo.
Clicking his tongue, Tom went inside. Wo dering where Jerry had gone, Tyke soon followed inside. The first thing he saw was his granfather who was tied to a chair.
Rushing towards him, Tyke hurriedly untied him and checked him. Thankfully his injuries did not seem too severe. With all the people that came with them slowly trickling into the building, it soon got crowded.
It was at that moment that Saul, who was getting tired of the endless argument with his fellow leaders came out, only to be met with a scene of family reuniting and everyone seemingly happy to watch, except for a blue haired guy in front who seemed to be dissatisfied with something.
As he wondered why anyone would be dissatisfied with such a touching scene, all of them looked at him. Gulping down hard with sweat pouring down his face, Saul came up with an explanation for why he was here.
"I seemed to have gotten the wrong address."
"...."
As he noticed they saw through his ruse he quickly closed the door and locked it down and started panting. Thinking that it wouldn't be enough he started stacking whatever he could find to block the door.
Ron and Paul were bewildered on why he was doing that but quickly started helping him once he told them how many people were out there.
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As the people outside heard the ruckus from inside, Tom asked Tyke if he knew who that was.
"That's Saul, the leader of the yellow gang."
"Oh, do you think the others are in there as well?"
"I think so."
"Hmmm, well is there another exit back there?"
"No. This place only has one door and no windows either. Probably to help them defend better."
"So, if we just leave them in there they will starve to death?"
"...Pretty much."
As the two were talking, someone started making their way in from the crowd. It was Jerry who had disappeared somewhere when they started the stampede. Seeing him Tom greeted him with a smile.
"Oh, you're finally here."
"Uh-huh, it took some time to do everything."
"How much is it?"
"Nihihi, a lot."
Seeing their smiles grow evil as they kept talking, Tyke somewhat figured out what they were doing. They are pirates after all, was what he thought when he started sending everyone back, stating their help would not really be needed after making sure the ones who surrendered were properly tied up.
After everyone left, Tyke turned to see Tom and Jerry had stayed behind.
"You're not leaving?"
"Nyahaha, there's no way I'm missing out the stuff that's about to come."
"...."
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The three leaders were huddled up in a corner of the room they locked themselves in when they heard someone knocking on the door.
"W-who is it?"
"Room service."
"Wh-"
*BOOM*
After blowing up the door, Tom, Jerry and Tyke entered to see the three leaders cowering in the corner.
"Are these the three big bad guys? They don't look like much."
"Tom-san, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover."
"..How many times should I tell you not to act sagely, you pipsqueak. It doesn't suit you."
"Don't call me a pipsqueak! I'm growing! I grew ten inches yesterday!"
"That's just impossible. At least lie properly, you idiot."
Tyke started walking towards the three, ignoring Tom and Jerry. Seeing him go ahead, they both grew silent and wanted to watch what was gonna happen.
Ron, seeing Tyke get closer, got up and threatened with a gun in his hand which was soon followed by his accomplices.
"Don't come closer! We'll shoot you! There's no way you'll survive!"
*SWISH*
The rest of the words got stuck in Saul's mouth as he felt something brush past his cheek which was followed by the sound of explosion behind him. Looking back he could see a huge hole in the wall.
Paul looked at the bazooka in Tom's hand and realized they were severely outmatched. With tears streaming down his face, he slammed his gun down and screamed in indignation.
"Fight us like men, you cowards!"
Looking at the pathetic state of the three who were crying with shaky legs, Tyke felt a little bad for them. Those feelings soon went away as he remembered what they had done to the island. As he was about to go and beat them up, he heard Tom talking.
"Alright, there's three of you and three of us. It perfectly adds up."
Understanding what Tom implied, Tyke said,
"There's no need. I can take care of them myself."
"No way man, you're not gonna make me miss out on the little fun there's left on this island."
The three leaders saw Tyke and Tom talking and sensed an opportunity. Pouncing on Tyke, they tried to overpower him and take one out quickly.
Tyke had already sensed the attack and blocked a sword strike from Ron and punched him away, causing the sword to fly out, but before he could take care of the other two Tom and Jerry jumped in and kicked them away, which caused them to fly out of the building from the hole caused by the rocket.
"Nyahaha, like I said, don't try to hog all the fun! Let's go Jerry!"
"Yeah, Tom-san!"
Looking at them chasing after the two who were kicked out, Tyke turned his attention to Ron who was left in the room with him.
Ron, who was already feeling unlucky recently, as he felt his hair fall off and he could not stop it from falling even after he tried everything he could. And now their plan to take over the island failed and he found himself alone with Tyke, who would probably not let him go. So he thought of inflicting as much pain on him as possible.
"Hehehe do you know that you resemble your dad a lot? He came in here just like you and guess what, he did not come back did he?"
"...."
"Hahaha! I never had more satisfaction killing someone before then! You should've seen it, the expression-"
"Enough."
"...."
"Look at your pathetic state, there is no way you could've done anything to my father by yourself. As for him passing away, I've already come to terms with it."
Realizing that he failed, Ron charged at Tyke. He threw his right fist at Tyke which was easily caught by the younger man and the same happened to his left fist. With both his hands now grasped and locked in place, Ron looked at Tyke with anger.
Tyke, looking at Ron's face which was getting twisted from anger, decided to end it and put him to rest. Cocking his head back he whipped it forward and headbutted into Ron's nose, causing to break.
As Ron staggered back from the impact, Tyke drove his right fist straight into Ron's chest.
[Maximum Cannon]
Having his chest caved in, Ron soon passed out. Giving him one last glance, Tyke started to go outside to see how the two pirates were faring.
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Saul was feeling unlucky recently as he had birds randomly pooping on his head when he went outside, falling into ditches that he did not see and obviously their grand plan to completely take over the island which had gone to complete shit. He got through those times seeing Ron's head which was turning from a green forest to a desert.
But it seemed his luck was about to turn as he saw the brown haired boy, who was doing some stretches in front of him. He thought he would beat him quickly and run away, or even maybe take him hostage and steal their ship. As he was planning, the boy said with a smile,
"Hey old man, why don't you stretch as well? It's good to do that before we fight."
"Why would I even do that?"
"Well, you won't have a chance to do that later nihihi."
Seeing the boy's sunny smile slowly turn evil when he said that, Saul understood the boy was making a fool out of him. Getting angry, he rushed at the boy with his sword drawn causing a shocked expression to appear on the boy's face.
He rushed closer with a triumphant smile on his face, thinking he would slash this brat into pieces. As he brought up his sword, he saw the boy's shocked expression change back into an evil smile.
Inwardly thinking of this gang leader as an idiot, Jerry blocked the sword with a baton in his right hand. After blocking the slash, Jerry smashed the hand holding the sword with a second baton he had, causing the pirate to drop the sword.
Not intending to give any sort of chance to Saul, Jerry crashed his right baton into the knees of the older man, making him drop down.
The last thing Saul saw was a demon that seemed to smiling as he got hit on his head.
[Skull crusher]
Seeing Saul's eyes turn completely white, Jerry dusted himself off and stashed his batons away as he went to see what was happening elsewhere.
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Paul thought he had the worst luck of the three, as he wasn't having a good run recently, with his sandals breaking sometimes, causing him to trip over, his mugs broke, causing him to get drenched by drinks and of course their plan to take over the island which had gone to complete shit. His only solace was that Ron had it tougher than him as he was losing most of his hair.
Seeing the blue haired pirate hop around in front of him like a kid high on sugar, Paul thought of trying to talk to him first.
"Oi you, what do you get by fighting us?"
"Huh well, that's obvious. I can ease my boredom."
Seeing the evil smile on the pirate's face, Paul came to the conclusion that he cannot negotiate with someone that crazy, so drew his sword and got ready.
"Oh! Are we starting? Great!"
Bringing his hands up after saying that, Tom grew out his claws. Paul was surprised seeing that as the only explanation for that would be something he only heard about.
'A devil fruit.'
He snapped out of his thoughts as he saw Tom rush at him with his claws. He quickly got his sword up to try and defend but it seemed to be of no use.
[Rending cleave]
As Tom ran past him, Paul stood for a second before he felt the attack affect him. Spitting out blood as his sword broke down and his clothes got ripped, he fell unconscious.
Tom looked at his opponent, who had fallen down embarrasingly and walked away muttering,
"So weak."
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The three of them ran into each other pretty soon after they defeated their opponents. Seeing everyone unharmed, Tom clicked his tongue.
"All three of them were weak huh. Pretty anticlimactic. Let's go Jerry."
"Wait."
Turning around towards Tyke, who seemed like he wanted to say something, Tom asked,
"Hmm, what is it?"
"Thank you, truly. If it wasn't for you then I don't know if we could've gotten rid of these guys."
Seeing Tyke bow, Tom scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"Well, it's not like I did it for you or any of the people living here so no need to do this."
Tom left soon, dragging Jerry away who was cheerfully waving at Tyke as they left. Tyke decided to go back home and rest for a while before dealing with the aftermath.
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Author's note : This chapter ended up being extra long. Well anyway, we're gonna wrap up the first arc in the next chapter and then I've got something planned out but I need to flesh it out a bit more. Hopefully it comes out good.