The One Piece

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

     ”Dammit, I’m running out of money. You're costing me a lot more than I thought you would, Ragna, but now that Blamo got blasted to bits I need money to rebuild her too… I guess I should go see if there’s a job I can do for some quick cash…” the young Dragon Slayer thought aloud to herself, stretching in her chair as she looked up at the large construct of metal that was her little pet project; Ragna. Ever since she had joined Sabertooth, Haretsa set up her own little workshop in this rather large and unused portion of what would be the flying guild hall’s basement. It was the perfect place for her to get away and tinker with her gadgets, as no one else seemed to know this place existed. This was good for Haretsa for the simple fact that she now wanted to have Ragna be a surprise for the rest of the Swat Kats.

    Hopping out from her chair, Haretsa walked up to one of the metal frame’s legs and patted it rather lovingly. ”You’re almost done, Ragna. I just need to get some more money and give Blamo some reconstructive surgery and you’ll be all set to go. I’ll be back in a few days.” she whispered, wrapping her arms around the giant metal leg in an attempt to hug it before setting off to climb her way back up to the main portion of the guild hall. Once the fresh air surrounding the flying castle greeted her face, Haretsa made her way to the central portion of the guild hall where its job board was located and noticed a familiar face leaving the area with something strange in his hand. ”I wonder if he's going off to do a job... I think I’ll tag along with him! I did forget to invite him to the Swat Kats after our training, so I gotta remember to do that too!” she thought to herself before following her guild mate.

    Suddenly, the object that Kite was holding in his hand began to glow with a light similar to the guilds teleportation lacrima that brought everyone back and forth between the main guild hall and the tavern on the ground. "Ah shit, gotta move fast!" Haretsa thought, quickly merging down into the shadows and rocketing toward Kite's current location. There was a neat little trick that Ayeseru had taught her about latching on to peoples shadows whilst in the Void in order to travel with them without having to worry about losing track of them. Haretsa just hoped that this concept would work if said person just so happened to use a teleportation lacrima. Quickly latching on to Kite's shadow, even in the Void Haretsa was enveloped by a bright flash of light. "Awesome, it does work! WHY THE HELL ARE THESE THINGS SO DAMN BRIGHT!?!"

    Once the blinding light had faded away, Haretsa found herself at the doorstep of a large and ancient looking castle with Kite simply standing at the door waiting patiently. Just where exactly did Kite end up teleporting to? Wherever it may have been, it was definitely not a city that Haretsa had been to. Detaching herself from her guild mates shadow, Haretsa remained in the Void and looked around at her view of the city. Wherever this place was, it definitely had been there for quite a long time. All the buildings of the city seemed to match the age of the castle; still standing tall after who knows how many years. This city's architecture sure was impressive.

   I wonder what kind of job Kite is taking up in this place... if its at a castle, the person living here must be important to own an entire castle." Haretsa thought aloud, unaware of the fact that this place was in fact a guild hall. Moments later, Haretsa would have her answer as a little, white haired girl came to the door wearing pajamas of all things. ”DID I JUST FOLLOW HIM TO A FREAKING BABY SITTING JOB!?! DAMMIT ALL THIS PROBABLY ISN’T GOING TO PAY ANYTHING!!!”” she shouted in confusion, her voice echoing throughout the Void. ”Though… it would be pretty fun to look after a little girl. We could play all kinds of games… and it may be a nobles daughter or something because of the castle! This could be fun AND pay well after all!” she surmised, deciding to remain in the shadows and see just how this all panned out.

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

     As it turned out, Kite wasn’t here for some baby sitting job after all. This castle was apparently a guild hall, as he came here looking to do a mission he had found with this Venir girl. Haretsa couldn’t help but wonder why exactly he was asking some child to help him out with a mission. She must have been some kind of child prodigy like Lillith if Kite was asking this girl for her help. This is what the young Dragon Slayer assumed until the little girl slammed the castle doors shut; reopening them moments later fully dressed before explaining why she looked like a child. ”She has a necklace that can make her change whether or not she’s a kid or an adult? That sounds… complicated. Dammit, now I wanna know that thing works!!” Haretsa complained, the tinkerer within showing its curiosity.

     This Venir girl seemed rather eager to do this mission together with Kite; despite the fact that he hadn’t even explained what exactly the mission was. Haretsa was curious as well, but she didn’t want to reveal herself just yet. The Dragon Slayer simply floated there in the void patiently awaiting Kite’s explanation with her mind focused still on just where exactly they were. She couldn’t quite place why, but something felt awfully familiar about this castle that they were all standing before. It was almost as if there was a strange, homely presence about the castle. The question was, why? Haretsa was pretty sure that she had never been to this city before , so why on Earth would anything about this place seem familiar to her at all? ”Did we visit here as kids once or something…? I’ll have to figure out the name of this place and ask Sky about it later… I wonder how she’s doing. I haven’t seen her in a long time. I hope she’s doing ok…” Haretsa began to think aloud, her mind drifting away as she floated there.

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

     ”We’re going to another damn island? Well, at least I don’t have to deal with a boat this time; thank you Blazing Shadow Dragon powers…” the cream haired girl thought aloud as Kite finally mentioned where they were going. However, he still conveniently left out what exactly it was that they would be doing on this ‘Divide Island.” The rest of their conversation was rather odd to say the least. Haretsa didn’t exactly understand why her fellow Slayer was blushing after promising to keep this Venir girl warm. What was so embarrassing about helping someone not freeze their asses off?

    Haretsa had little time to wonder about this, as she noticed the girl named Venir began looking around rather suspiciously. ”I wonder what she’s look for… maybe she’s following a bee or something with her eyes?” Haretsa pondered before the white haired mage on the surface above pointed at Kite’s shadow, shouting for something to show itself. Haretsa tilted her head in confusion at this, wondering if this girl was yelling at her to come out of the shadows. This was rather strange considering that Haretsa was now several feet away from Kite. ”Well, no one else is here in the Void, so I guess she must be able to sense me… Although if she thinks I’m still a part of Kite’s shadow, I must be getting at least a little better at this whole shadow hiding thing!”

    Obliging the white haired girl's request, Haretsa began to reform from out of the shadows about seven feet to Kite’s immediate right, holding her hands up in the air as if she had been caught committing a crime. ”Don’t shoot, I come in peace.” Haretsa laughed, turning her left shoulder towards Venir so she could see the black and orange Sabertooth tattoo. ”I was hoping to surprise you by popping out once we got to wherever you were headed, but I guess that jig is up now!” Haretsa began explaining, turning towards Kite as she did. ”I hope you don’t mind if I end up tagging along, Kite. I’m kinda poor at the moment with uh… well, repair bills…” she explained rather vaguely. She then remembered that she hadn’t actually introduced herself to Venir. Not wanting to be rude, the young Slayer quickly turned towards Venir with a smile and hazel eyes opened wide and friendly. ”Almost forgot, my names Haretsa Shikon! Nice to meet ya, Vent!”

"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

Kite had waited for Venir to answer respond to the request to join him on a job that would put them on a boat sailing for an island called Divide island. As truth would have it this would be Kite’s first real time actually travelling a long distance by boat and it would also be the first job Kite would get to go on with Venir since their meeting. Kite looked up at Venir with his red colored eyes as she told him that he could count her in for the mission and if they could they would have lit up from the joy he felt at that moment but his smile would have to do for the moment "Alright! Awesome!. We had better get a move on then " he said to her but she did reject his offer for him to supply her some warmth if she got cold along the way. While he blushed and was slightly disappointed he did understand that it was possible that living in the mountains made Venir more acclimated to the weather conditions that were constantly frigid. The feeling Kite had been feeling since he had arrived at the Eclipse Soul guild hall and especially since he knocked and waited for Venir to come out, it hadn’t vanished and it was reminding Kite of that job he had taken in the spooky forest where he was getting watched from all sides by the spirits that haunt it but once again ignored the sensation and started to make his way in the direction that would lead to the neutral grounds.

This time however it would seem that Kite wasn’t the only one who was feeling it this time. Venir had called out to him telling him to wait, this made Kite stop in mid stride and look back at Venir as she seemed to be scanning for something but her hand glided in Kite’s direction and at first he believed that she was pointing at him "Yeah what is it? " he asked but right after his question she demanded someone or something to show itself. At closer inspection Kite could tell that he wasn’t the target of her point but it was his shadow. Kite spun 180 degrees and had the handle of his large sword in his hand and was ready to begin a battle. Venir followed up by adding an or else at the end of her demand and said it wouldn’t get hurt if it complied. Kite said nothing as he unhooked his sword from the clip on his back and held it in front of him preparing himself. Kite looked to his right when he saw a familiar shadow figure as well as an extremely familiar magic signature appear which immediately took away his battle ready expression and was replaced with a smirk once he heard her voice. Before Kite could ask what Haretsa what she was doing here and using his shadow as her own personal means for transportation she mentioned that she had intended to surprise him once they reached their destination. Kite took his sword and clipped it to his back again and crossed his arms "That’s nice of ya, but what are you doing here? " he asked seeking an explanation from the Dragon Slayer. That is when she mentioned that she was broke and needed a job to deal with some bills. Kite heard this and sighed as she made her introduction to Venir. "Venir this is a guildmate and a teammate of mine, it would appear she will be tagging along now " he said shooting Haretsa a momentary glare before looking back at "you don’t mind do you?  " he asked her.  

It wasn’t long after this that they had made their way to the neutral grounds and hopped on a boat with their client.  Divide Island it’s destination and It wasn’t long from when they set sail until they were docked on the island and could proceed with their little adventure. Kite stood on the dock still wearing his black pants and boots but along the way he removed his shirt and shoulder guards but still had the suspenders that connected Shamash to the clip. He looked out on the island and smirked  "This will be fun "

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

    With the introductions out of the way and Venir agreeing to bring Haretsa along, the group began to depart from Karakuri City off to where the boat would be waiting for them. ”Eclipse Soul, huh? Weird, I’ve never heard of that guild before, so why does that place seem so familiar then?” Haretsa thought as she followed Kite and Venir through Karakuri’s bustling streets. Her thoughts were soon interrupted as something felt rather strange to her. It felt like something slipped by her silently, yet she couldn’t see anyone or anything in the immediate vicinity. She would have easily heard someone running around the group, so what the hell was she feeling? ”Weird… maybe it was just Ayeseru passing by in the Void. He probably belongs to Eclipse Soul for all I know… questions for later I guess.” she thought, shrugging off the feeling and following Kite to the port.

      Once the group arrived at the port village, they met up with the captain who had put out the request and listened as he explained the job briefly to them. "Finally, someone decided to show up and deal with this! I can't let those damn pirates get their hands on the One Piece!" he exclaimed to the group, prompting a question in Haretsa's mind. "What the hell is a One Piece?" the Dragon Slayer thought as the captain looked back to his small boat rather worried. "Well, er... I wasn't expectin' more than one of ya to be completely honest. I can only take two of ya on the boat at once... I'mma have to come back for the third if I even can." he explained, to which Haretsa simply responded with a smirk. "No need to worry about me! You go ahead and take these two and just lead the way, I've got my own way of getting there!"  she explained. The captain merely shrugged as he helped Kite and Venir aboard. Remaining on the dock until the small boat took off, Haretsa latched herself onto the boats shadow and relaxed as she swam around in the Void. "SUCK IT, MOTION SICKNESS!!"

      After a few hours, the boat finally arrived on the shores of Divide Island. Venir was apparently ecstatic to be removed from the vessel, screaming in joy as she leapt onto the beach. Haretsa detached herself from the boat's shadow and reemerged on the sunny dry land as Venir began to list off a number of things she wanted to do; like get ice cream of all things. Haretsa walked up and patted the smile child on the head. "Let's save the ice cream for after we beat up some pirates, shall we?." Haretsa suggested, turning her gaze towards a far off portion of the island. From where they currently stood, Haretsa could easily make out the shape of a large ship. Reaching for her back holster, Haretsa removed the rectangular contraption from its home and unfolded the tool into its sniper rifle mode; pointing the gun towards the ship and taking a look through the scope. All she could see at the moment was a group of three midget's trying to haul something off of their ship and two regular sized individuals violently waving large hammers at them. "Well, I only see five of 'em on their ship right now. They're trying to unload something... look's kinda like a giant drill. How do you guys wanna go about doing this?" she asked, keeping her eyes on all five of the pirates.

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

    ”Yeah, that’s about what I expected Kite to say…though I have to admit, I agree completely.” Haretsa thought to herself, beginning to fold up Scisara until she noticed something rather odd. Venir had one of her hands on her admin and what seemed to Haretsa like a rather terrified look in her young eyes before blurting out that she wanted to do this as fast as possible so the group could get ice cream. ”Did I do something to scare her? All I did was pull out Scisara to get a look at what those pirates were doing… so, she’s afraid of guns then? Oh boy, if that’s the case then this whole mission might be a problem…” Haretsa thought to herself, taking a moment to come up with an actual attack plan.

     After a few moments of silence, Haretsa walked over towards the silver haired child and knelt down; placing a hand upon Venir’s shoulder and giving her a smile. ”Alright, I’m gonna sneak onto the boat and attack them from behind while you and Kite hide in the bushes nearby. Once I jump in and get their attention on me, that’s when you two will jump out and help me kick their aaaaaaaaaa- their butts!” Haretsa corrected herself swiftly, desiring not to cuss in front of the child and forgetting that Venir had explained earlier that she was only this way due to her amulet. ”Just think of it like hide and seek, but with pirates and butt kicking!” Haretsa exclaimed, giving Kite a quick confirming nod before she dematerialized into the sandy shadows and blasted off towards the pirates vessel.

      Once she was near the boat, Haretsa made her way through the Void and up the ship’s main mast in order to get a good vantage point. When she had confirmed seeing Kite and Venir in position, Haretsa made her way down the mast and hopped out of the shadows; taking cover near some barrels as she could hear the bigger pirates yelling angrily at the midgets from this position. ”Get a move on, ye maggots! Tha Cap’n aint got all bloody day! He needs this thing ta find tha One Piece!” one shouted, triggering an angry response from one of the midgets. ”This would go a lot faster if ya bloody twits actually did something instead of yelling!!” the midget shouted, struggling to keep a hold of the large drill that the three were hauling. Realizing now was the perfect opportunity to strike, Haretsa jumped out from behind the barrels and barreled her way down the ramp shouting the most obscene thing she could think of on short notice. ”FINKRATS!!!” she exclaimed, causing all the pirates to turn as her fist collided with one of the larger pirates face, sending him tumbling a few feet back. ”That thing sure does look important to you guys… I’M CLAIMING YOUR DRILL IN THE NAME OF BREAD SANDWICHES!!”

"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

After Kite made the suggestion of blowing up the ship out right it seemed that Haretsa was unphased by the suggestion, it would be no surprise to anyone that a fire made, especially Kite of all people would suggest that their first tactic should be to blow up the ship. He watched Haretsa pull out her gun and looked through the scope, eyeing down the enemy ship and took notice of Venir’s reaction to the gun the dragon slayer was using.  It was clear by the expression on her face, seeming like she was reliving a past memory but soon she snapped out of it at the suggestion of blowing up the ship immediately making Kite wonder what she was thinking about but there was another and better time to inquire about it, not to mention he wouldn't be given a chance to ask for Venir Rose her hand in excitement and shouted yeah!  Kite chuckled at the action but soon gave his attention to the cream haired guildmate as she spoke. Haretsa hatched an idea that she would sneak on board and attack them out flanking them and when she had got their attention that Kite and Venir attack. Venir’s answer was priceless and said they should hurry so they can get ice cream faster. "Alright just leave some for us… Venir lets go get into position. “ he said and began to take his spot while Haretsa made her way to the ship. He turned to Venir on the way to their spot and smiled "So, not a fan of guns?“ he asked her not hiding his interest on why she was so uncomfortable around Haretsa’s gun. While he awaited her answer the demon slayer kept an eye on the enemy ship, he was waiting for the moment to strike, waiting for a signal. "So how do you wanna go about this Ace? Do you want a full on frontal assault or do you wanna head in first and I give you cover fire?“ He said this with every intention of meaning the pun he subtly made.

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

    After her proclamation to the pirates that she would be taking their drill from them, Haretsa watched as she heard the sound of an adorable battle cry emerge from the bushes. Venir was charging forth with some kind of staff raised high above her head; prepared to smack one of the nearby midgets in the head which would cause them to drop the large machine in the sands. Meanwhile, the hammer wielding pirate that Haretsa had punched in the face set his eyes on her while the other chose to finally help out his midget crew mates. ”Ya dirty wench, let’s see how ya like this!!” he exclaimed, seeming to form two hammers out of nowhere before flinging them towards Haretsa.

    ”What the hell kind of offensive tactic is throwing hammers?” Haretsa pondered, quickly inhaling and gathering up magic within her lungs. ”FIRE DRAGON’S ROAR!” she shouted, unleashing a violent, three meter wide plume of flames careening from her mouth and in the direction of the oncoming hammers. The loud roar of a dragon echoed across Divide Island as Haretsa’s flames melted the metal hammers without a problem before colliding with the individual that had thrown them. As the blaze then faded, Haretsa stood there with a bit of a smirk on her face as the pirate fell to the sands and rolled around rapidly to try and put himself out. ”This thing just keeps getting bigger AND louder! I love it!” the young Dragon Slayer laughed before taking off in a full sprint towards the downed pirate. ”Gah! What kind of vile demon is this wench!?” the pirate asked himself, beginning to push himself up off the ground as Haretsa approached. Realizing that her capoeira would be rather difficult to perform in sand, Haretsa decided to stick with a running high knee straight into the pirates face as he was trying to get up. ”I’m not a demon, I’m a dragon! GET IT RIGHT!!” Haretsa exclaimed as she came to a stop, turning round and delivering a solid punch to the pirates face to ensure he was down for the count. This caused the cream haired girl to pause for a brief moment and look at her hand. It didn’t feel like she had hit the pirate all that hard, but that punch felt like it definitely had some more weight to it than normal. ”I guess my training is really starting to pay off. I’ll have to make sure Kite knows how much I appreciated training with him and Ardvark… but that’s for later.” Haretsa mumbled to herself aloud, turning her attention back toward the remaining pirates and rushing to help her fellow mages fend them off.

"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

" “
It was obvious that Kite’s question had hit a nerve and crossed a line that he shouldn’t have. Between Venir’s hesitation on answering or the look he had been given, which  was one he had not ever seen before, he could practically feel the heat originating from the glare he was given by the ace from Eclipse soul, and as a demon slayer who hasn’t felt the heat of anything in a long while with the exception of the flame slayers he had trained with, it was obviously an intense heat. As much as Kite wanted to know what was wrong that look was ever evident that this particular topic had reached its end. Kite put his hands up in the air showing he was accepting it "I’m sorry, i didn’t mean to make you upset “ he said to her. "But, Ven... for one who is not afraid of firearms… that look you gave Haretsa when she pulled out her gun….said otherwise “ he thought to himself. Unfortunately there were somethings that the demon slayer was just destined not to know about. Kite had asked Venir what their plan of attack would be, but Haretsa’s voice boomed in the air and Venir jumped up from the cover and head into the fray saying that there was no time to discuss a plan. Kite looked up and saw Haretsa was already finding herself in the middle of a battle. So following Venir’s lead Kite jumped out where he was hiding and sprinted towards where the ship was docked, where the Dragonslayer was fighting.

On his approach he heard as Hare shot out a mighty Dragon’s roar, very much similar to the one that she had shot into the air the day that they had met, the day that they trained with one another. Kite smirked as he was right at the ship "Well look at that, that roar was mighty indeed.“ he saw one of the pirates fly off the ship, his clothes smoking showing clear signs of being the one who was targeted by Haretsa’s mighty roar. ”Gah! What kind of vile demon is this wench!?”  "Sorry but she isn’t a demon.. “Kite could hear echo from the pirate’s mouth and he jumped clear over him  and ran to the ship while Haretsa punished him with a heavy blow right into his face. Kite jumped high clearing the dock’s rail and while he was air born he saw a pirate holding heavy hammers, and right below him and the pirate returned the look. "but you know what they say speak of the devil “ he said to himself and smirked and let his white flames swirl around him during his time in the air. "Flame Demon’s commandment! “ he shouted and released a swirl of flames right onto the hammer wielding man engulfing him in flames. Kite landed hard with his back to the man who was hit by his flames but turned in time for the man to dart out of the attack and at Kite with one hammer swinging at him. Kite unhooked Shamash from his back and held it so the width of the blade was facing the man, and rotated inwards so he could use his free arm to help brace against the attack. The man would strike the sword only to feel the vibration of the impact go up his arm. "Sorry pal, but it takes more than your flimsy hammers to break a sword as fine as this “. He charged in swinging Shamash with a downward strike at the pirate who used both hammers to block but not without feeling the strain of holding up Shamash’s full weight from the blow, reacting quickly Kite released his grip of Shamash letting the man to continue to hold the weight up while Kite flanked him to his right nailing a stiff roundhouse kick into his ribs sending him  the ground with a thud. He regrabbed Shamash’s handle with his left hand and held the massive sword over his shoulder and with his free hand signaled the pirate who was on his butt to bring it. "You can keep on fighting or tell me what that drill is for, the choice is yours. “

"Behold, the intricate and subtle weaving of my cunning arcane . . . ah, screw it. Burn a lot!"

- Haretsa

   Haretsa came to a screeching halt to watch Venir finish up dispatching of the pot wearing midgets. Using her staff as a makeshift bat, the silver haired little girl sent one of them flying across the beach and repeatedly eating sand. She then proceeded to jab the staff into the remaining midgets abdomen with enough force that it knocked the air out of the poor little bastard. It was honestly slightly terrifying to see such a young girl display that kind of power. The cream haired Dragon Slayer was somewhat reminded of herself when she was younger; being one of the most feared people in all of Talonia despite being so young. ”Jeez, I guess you really don’t my help very much, do ya?” Haretsa laughed, as her ears picked up on Kite asking the only conscious pirate left about the drill.

    Heading up onto the ship’s deck, Haretsa beheld the hammer wielding pirate flat on his ass with Kite looking as cocky as ever. ”I’m assuming they probably need it in order to get to the One Piece, right?” Haretsa asked the pirate rather casually. ”Piss off, ya wench! I ain’t gotta tell ye nuthin!” the pirate responded, causing Haretsa to tilt her head in confusion. ”Do I seriously look like a wrench to you people? I swear, you guys must be blind… I also think you need to realize that you’re in a rather unfavorable position…” Haretsa began, motioning her head for the pirate to look back at Venir. ”She and I could kick your aaaa-butt effortlessly in a one on one fight and Kite probably could as well. You’re outnumbered and outclassed, so you should probably save yourself some pain and just cooperate.” Haretsa explained in order to help the pirate realize his situation. ”Aye, I suppose you’re right… Yes, we need it to get to the One Piece. If that drill doesn’t get to the site, the Cappn’ is gon to be livid and come looking for it.” he spoke rather forebodingly. Haretsa didn’t quite care about how eerily the man spoke of the pirate captain, as she was more interested in the fact that the captain would come back for it himself. ”Well then, that makes our job a hell of alot easier! We’ll just hang out with the drill till he comes back for it and then open up a can o woop ass on him!” Haretsa exclaimed, not minding her language this time as she picked up the nearby pirate hat she had knocked off the first person she punched. Walking over to where the remaining pirates hat was, Haretsa would then walk back to Venir and place one of the hats on the young girl’s head. ”Kite, throw that dingus down in the brigg!” Haretsa ordered, fastening the other hat on her own head as her childish nature began to really shine through. ”This vessel belongs to us now! Once we deal with the filthy bilgerat captain, we’ll throw the rest of ‘em in the brigg and set sail to obtain the mystical dairy products!!!” she exclaimed relatively loud, pumping her fist up in the air with enthusiasm.

"You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

- Kite

Kite was standing in place holding onto his massive broad sword with an intense fixed look on the pirate. He was curious to what choice the grounded man would give him but alas before he the opportunity had presented itself Haretsa had approached the area where Kite had been battling. Neither he nor the pirate were aware of her approach until she was already speaking to them and voiced that they probably needed it to get their hands on one piece. Kite looked over at her while shaking his head "you couldn’t have just given me an extra minute to finish him off could ya? “ he asked her knowing very well what the answer was. The the hammer wielding pirate on the ropes thanks to Kite’s superior weaponry and tactics, and now even more so now that Haretsa was standing before both the pirate and the Demon Slayer. Feeling less pressured he peered over to see how Venir was holding up. He knew of her status as an Ace wasn’t something to be taken likely but even then it was quite a sight to see the child form of Venir overpowering and overwhelming the midget duo. Kite’s eyes shifted to one midget who was out cold and laying in the sand on the beach.  "Ouch, if I wasn’t trying to kick their asses and foil their plans I would feel sorry for him“ He thought to himself before turning his attention to the poor midget that stood alone, horrified look adorned on his face with his inevitable turn to try to fight Venir on his own. Kite watched as Venir effortlessly drove her white winged staff into the midsection of the Midget causing him to drop into place. Kite smirked "What a woman. “ he thought to himself as he looked at the Ace. This was the first time he had the pleasure of watching Venir fight and it was something of a marvel to be certain.

Kite’s attention was brought back to the pirate who he was originally fighting right as the pirate retorted back at Haretsa telling her to piss off as well as calling her a wench. Kite shook his head and chuckled at Haretsa’s reaction to being called a wench. "Uh-oh Hare, it looks like they caught on to ya “ he snickered before forcing himself to take the situation seriously right when she mentioned that he was in an unfavorable situation, and that was extremely true. Hare motioned back to Venir and informed the pirate that Venir and herself could take him out with ease in a one on one fight. Kite was nodding his head waiting to hear his name but was thrown off when she said that Kite probably could  as well. Kite gave her a bit glare "What do you mean probably? I’m the one who knocked him on his butt. “ he said to her showing that he didn’t appreciate that comment. Haretsa finished explaining the situation and the pirate explained that they had to get the drill to the dig site or else the captain of this crew would come looking for it. Kite could tell by the look on Haretsa’s face that she was thinking the same thought that came across his mind. All they would have to do is hold the drill and the ship long enough and the head honcho would show up. Although Kite did want to go hunting for the remaining pirates but it was clear that this was the best tactic with all things considering. Kite broke his train of thought when he heard Hare give him the order to throw his sorry ass into the brigg. Kite smirked taking his broadsword and driving it downwards striking the pirate with the blunts side of his blade making him fall back with his eyes closed not awake at all. "Hare don’t you dare “ he tried to stop her from doing anything too silly before he dragged the pirate below deck but that is when she put a hat on Venir and then her head and declared that the ship belonged to them now. Kite shook his head as he clipped his sword to his back and then slung the pirate over his shoulder. "Hare why don’t you help round up the sleeping pirates before they wake up instead of celebrating. “ he said to her letting out another chuckle before carrying the pirate bellow deck.