Kaido stands alone, his black mane and purple cape looming behind him like seething shadows in the wind.
His coarse voice rattles out of his drunk throat like a ghost escaping into the howling gales. “He will come. I had hope for Oden, but… Rocks was right. I was too hasty. I’m so sick of being teased by it. I need to live to see it. I MUST! Damn, Joker… we were supposed to do it together…”
Sake drips down his scarred and burly chest as the Oni wipes at his lips, recalling the Heavenly Demon’s devilish smile, his pink tongue and cape clashing with his glasses.
“WOOOOOORLD WAAAAAR!!!” the monster bellows, rearing his arm back, his muscles bursting, along with purple lines of Haki that scar the air around him.
The expensive jug of sake soared through the air, cutting a silhouette across the crescent moon as the waves rush underneath it.
A World Government ship was in these waters, and, a man in a bowler hat, wearing a strange mask, stood up from that ship, adjusted his suit, then raised into the air unnaturally, before slamming his leg into the sake jug, shattering it into nothing but dust.
“Damn that Kaido… attacking us openly, when we’re here to negotiate… That Beast craves war, and his demands keep getting worse. And Orochi… heh… he was annoying enough when he was weak. Now that Kaido has beaten him into shape, dealing with Orochi is like trying to avoid getting bitten, while surrounded by venomous serpents,” the CP0 agent lamented, but not to himself, as two other men in elaborate masks sat behind him, playing a game of Go.
“Wano and Kaido are quickly becoming more trouble than they’re worth… even the Gorosei agree on this…” the tallest man noted, his hands folded against each other as he stared down at the board.
His companion, who held his mask up to his head via a long rod, bobbed the mask to nod it, and added, “The problem is that even if we could place a military force strong enough to defeat the Beast Pirates within Wano, we’d have to deal with the Samurai at the same time. Even Kaido hasn’t been able to take them down.”
The man in the Bowler Hat glanced up at the moon, sighing and shaking his head. “No, Kaido could defeat the Samurai if he chose to. But, that insane monster grew bored of them after he defeated Oden. Based on information from inside the country, Kaido is openly encouraging the Samurai rebellion while refusing to fight them himself, to test the strength of his own men. His top three fighters, the Calamities, rarely fight the Samurai, as well. Even a force as proud as strong as the Samurai of Wano… are unable to beat the Tobi Roppo, Headliners, and Gifters. The bastard… he turned an entire country into a warzone, just for his own entertainment.”
The agent scowled and tipped his hat forward, shielding the moon from his eyes, its light annoying him.
Sitting under that same faint moonlight, Kaido laughs after chugging down a full jug of sake, slamming it into pieces. Now much drunker, he grins, and raises his arms in the air.
“So, what, Straw Hat?!? You took down one bird in a cage, and now, you think my animal kingdom full of ferocious beasts, will be tamed by your hand?!? FOOL! I AM KAIDO! I AM THE APEX OF STRENGTH, THE PINNACLE OF EVOLUTION! Ocean, earth, sky, I rule ALL! Kid and Killer were crushed at my hands, but you think you and that feeble doctor playing pirate will kill me? WORORORORORORO!!!”
Kaido rears back, nearly falling over as he laughs and slaps the ground, making small tremors. For a moment, a smirk, and eyes covered by thick red bangs pierced Kaido’s mind.
“Shanks… you’ve grown soft and stupid, after losing that arm… Ace was meant to be Joy Boy… that kid you gave Roger’s hat to…” Kaido picked up another jug of sake, and downed it with ease.
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BUUUUUUURP! He’s just another worthless dreamer. I can see it in his eyes. Luck and his Will brought him this far, but I am beyond fate and courage. Sorry, Red Hair, you chose wrong. I’m going to enjoy crushing this one. But, there’s no rush.”
Kaido stretched, then laid down on his back, staring up at the moon with a face full of bloodlust. “I should welcome Straw Hat, I think, to the land of Wano! THE WORLD OF ULTRAVIOLENCE, WORORORORORO!”
A few kilometers behind Kaido, a series of explosions ring out, Samurai rebels swearing as their wooden and steel fort is bombarded on the outskirts of Kuri.
“It’s the flying Gifters! Another bombing raid! Get the arrows, and the rifles! Shoot them dead!” came the voice of a senior rebel officer with one eye and arm. He was dressed in a maroon kimono, his long blonde hair nearly touching the ground.
“Three down! Keep giving out orders, I’ll protect you, Guramuru!” a young boy of 14, named Kotaru, replied, readying more arrows. He was dressed in a simple white sleeveless shirt, and baggy, but light brown trousers that allowed him to move easily. His hair was dark blue, and fell in front of his face so that only one eye was visible.
“Pfff, you’re 20 years too young to be my bodyguard, boy,” the former stone mason, Guramuru, replied, narrowing his eyes and sticking his hand into the ground.
“Stone Style; Reverse Rock Rain!” the old man shouted, his arm whipping out of the ground and flinging razor sharp stones at the Gifters.
A plump woman with bee wings and a stinger, wearing a pink dress, screamed as her leg was cut into, then wing, stumbling while bumbling, “Did you know that, according to science, I’m not supposed to bee able to fly at all? Not just because I’m a human, but also beecause I’m a bee! Woe is me!”
The Bee Gifter pulled at her black and yellow afro as she fell from the sky.
“Oh, no, Buzzberella!” exclaimed a bat Gifter (who wanted to get his fangs on the bee Gifter’s b-stings), diving down and catching her, before gasping as he was stung.
“Don’t grope me, Batman! I’ve already told you, bats eat insects, I want nothing to do with you! We’re not meant to bee!” Buzzberella exclaimed while stabbing into her savior’s ass repeatedly using her stinger.
“O-Ohhhh, hurts so good!” Batman squealed while blushing harder, making Buzzberella scream in disgust.
“If you’re going to flirt on the battlefield, I’ll send you to a lover’s grave, you dumb punks,” came slurred, drunken speech from the fort below, as a massive man who was nearly as wide as he was tall sauntered forth. His lips were large and slack, and his hair was as pink as Sakura. He worse a simple dark blue kimono, with a lone, laughing and crying pig covering his left breast.
“Oh, no! The Drunk Demon of Kuri, Sentomaru!” shouted a vulture Gifter, who had vulture legs, and a vultures neck and face growing from his bald head. “Don’t worry, I’ve got this! Vile Vulture Vomit!”
Sentomaru scowled and side stepped as the bird launched stomach acid from his beak, rotting the ground where he had been standing in seconds, and melting a nearby boulder into nothing.
“You Beast Pirates have no honor, but at least I can give you death. SAKURA STORM!” Sentomaru growled as he unsheathed his large blade. Pink Haki like Sakura petals danced out from the massive man’s katana as he spun into the air, the flowers collecting into a great tornado above the fort.
“Retreat! We didn’t know Sentomaru would be this far away from Kuri! There’s no way we can touch him without any of the Tobi Roppo around!” Batman shouted, continuing to aid the struggling and stinging Buzzberella as they both bled heavily.
Before they could make much way, Sentomaru was in the air before them, his katana raised to perform a slash. There was no mercy in his eyes. Those eyes had already seen too many good men, women, and children perish for no justifiable reason. All those eyes wished to see was animal parts culled from Beast Pirates.
Batman blinked as black feathers bashed into his face, then gasped as he realized the Vulture Gifter, Gregory, had knocked him out of the way.
“Tell my wife I’m sorry I ate that dead rat on our anniversary dinner!” Gregory gave a tearful, final plea, before being cut in half. His black feathers scattered all over as the blade ran him through, delivering a swift end.
“Gregory, you son of a bitch! We’ll never forget you!” Buzzberella began to weep, unable to watch the corpse of her friend fall apart.
Sentomaru sighs as the air raid completes its retreat, small beads of sweat on his forehead. Carrying all this weight around 20 years later wasn’t easy. “Tsk… only took down one… even if the SMILE trade really has stopped, we can’t take Wano back if we don’t start hitting them harder…”
The archer boy, Kotaru, runs over holding a giant log of meat over his head, shoving the juicy, dripping beef straight into Sentomaru’s open mouth. At great speed, Kotaru then fetched his sake, as well.
Sentomaru gulps down the meat with ease, twists it around in his stomach, then spits out the large bone, before hurling it in the direction of Onigashima.
As the bone sinks into the ocean far from their sight, the tired Samurai stares at Guramuru, his eyes blackened from alcohol, nightmares, and regret.
“It’s now, or never, Guramuru. If we don’t hear from them soon… then, I’ll have no choice…” the giant man whispers, staring up at the moon.
Guramuru grimaces, shaking his head, and replying, “We can barely fight off their weaker forces. It’s possible to kill Queen and Jack with enough strong Samurai, sure, but Kaido was only ever injured by Oden himself, and we have no idea how in the hell to hurt that flaming freak, King. Some say he’s never been damaged, since he joined the Beast Pirates.”
“Guramuru… I can’t. I can’t wait another year. This country can’t wait another year,” came a withered voice from the strong Samurai, who began to stumble over to his large, yellow tent, his hand on his head.
Sentomaru pulled the tent flap open, his eye peering back at his one-armed comrade, before he whispered, “I’d rather die than see my home like this for another damn year.”
After his leader entered the tent, Kotaru sniffled, grabbing and squeezing at his bow with purpose. “…Sentomaru-san… I’m going to go tickle his belly, to cheer him up!”
Guramuru gasped, swore, and tried to punch Kotaru in the scalp, knowing how much Sentomaru hated being tickled, even though it made him laugh the loudest. However, when angered, Guramuru tended to forget which arm he had lost, and, as a result, fell to the ground while swinging his left, armless shoulder.
“DAMN IT! A STONEMASON SHOULD NOT EAT ROCKS!” Guramuru swore, trying to push off the ground with his limbless-shoulder, causing him to roll off into the distance with a howl. This howl was matched by Sentomaru, who roared as Kotaru’s long, knife like fingers pierced into his belly.
Five seconds of great laughter later, and Kotaru was flying out of the yellow tent’s roof, with Sentomaru looking through the hole and shouting, “HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I HATE BEING TICKLED!?! Stupid kid, acting like he needs to cheer me up. Want to put a smile on my face?”
A wide, fearless smile flashed into the Samurai’s mind as he collapsed onto a large futon. “Then bring back the dead, kid…”
As Sentomaru drifts off into an uneasy, drunken slumber, Kaido stands up, hearing a familiar beating of wings.
Dressed in all black leather, with wings blacker than night, the man that dropped down to his side looked more like a torture master or executioner than a pirate, his face hidden by a gimp mask with large spikes coming off of it.
Kaido grunts without turning around, “They’re here, huh, King? It’s about time. I’m not like that old hag, Lin Lin. I want to welcome these fools personally. Was it the full crew, or are the reports Lin Lin sent true?”
The man named King nods, and says in a brisk, emotionless tone, “Big Mom seems to be telling the truth; after spying on the Straw Hats from long range, we can confirm half of their crew is not present. Most likely, they separated into two groups; one to invade Totland and save Vinsmoke Sanji, and another to prepare to attack us here in Wano. Trafalgar Law was not present, meaning he is most likely in Wano already, as well. However… Kinemon and Momonosuke were on board, as well.”
“…Stupid upstart brats. Having the never to split their forces when fighting Yonkou…” Kaido notes, moving over to the right to grab his Kanabo, Hassaikai . “Lin Lin is getting soft, letting them escape from her territory after ruining her stupid ass Tea Party. Come on, King. We’re going.”
“Should we crush them? If it’s only half their crew, I can take them out on my own…” King asks, his eyes widening with interest as he turns to follow his Captain, his hand drifting down onto his gargantuan katana.
“Wororororo, it’s been awhile since you’ve had a fun fight, huh? Never met a man so quiet, who loves hearing screams that much,” Kaido replies, cracking his neck. “Sure, King. Show them the difference between the Beast Pirates, and the fools they’ve faced before. Just don’t kill any of them, yet. I want to see what Red Hair saw in this brat, and take my time playing with him.”
“Just another coward who claimed to love Wano, who refused to challenge you, Kaido-san,” King stated, angry flames coursing across his wings. “When Red-Haired hears of Straw Hat’s defeat… I wonder, will he come running?”
“Let him. Let them all come. The time for games is over,” Kaido seethes, the ground under him rumbling as he scowls and bares his teeth. The King of Beasts, the Strongest Creature in the World, rested his weapon on his shoulder, and hissed, “
The World of War has begun.”
Hi. This is clown guy here, doing a re-write of Wano fanfic. I’m going to keep some similar elements, but change a lot of things around. I definitely want to keep the comedy, but cut some of the fat and get more into the plot earlier. There are a few big changes I wanted to make to Wano:
1. Make the Samurai an actual threat that is actively fighting the Beast Pirates, fitting Kaido’s theme of wanting world war.
I tried to make Sentomaru seem powerful, driven, but also weary here, to show that the Samurai are strong, but just don’t have enough power to push through Kaido’s top tiers, and Kaido himself.
2. Have Wano characters that actually connect to the Samurai. Outside of the Nine Scabbards, there are pretty much no named Samurai who do important things during Wano, and it just sucks ass. I get where Oda went with it, but I think the arc would have been better with more side characters, who actually make Wano feel like a large place.
None of the Scabbards have real connections to people who aren’t part of the immediate plot, outside of Kinemon and O-Tsuru. Denjiro and Kawamatsu only have real connections to Hiyori, Sentomaru has more or less none outside the Scabbards, Neku and Inu have none, same with Izou. Kiku with Tsuru is an exception here. Overall… we didn’t see enough of the Scabbards actually interacting with people in Wano they knew for them to feel like they were part of their arc. In a lot of ways, the Scabbards feel like Kanjuro, like actors playing a part to me at times.
So, I added Gurumaru and Kotaru, to show a more human side to Sentomaru, and have characters to actually represent the losses he’s felt in his life. The Yakuza bosses are going to also be chummy with the Scabbards. Some stuff Oda left out, like Raizo’s backstory, will be included, too.
3. I want to make the Gifters strong, but still goofy, with some being more defective than others. I really liked Sheepshead in Zou, because he seemed like he could control his powers to an extent. I’ll keep the more important Gifters, but add a few, too, since my Onigashima has way less fucking running and chasing, and way more fighting, and we honestly need the bodies.
Next, I really want the Beast Pirates to get Awakening (spoilers).
4. Zoro fighting Samurai.
5. Kaido being a more active antagonist (you’ll see what I mean, lol)
6. I actively despise the Ninja and Samurai squads, and am going to shorten them down to smaller, more elite groups capable of actual fighting (like 3-5). Hotei and Fukurokuju are staying, but nearly everyone else is probably getting removed.
7. More characters getting wins. Obviously, not everyone can, but, the Samurai get a much better showing here, IMO, and I want to give Big Mom more love, because her one-shotting Page One just made him look like he’s fucking trash.
8. Oh, yeah, Orochi is actually kind of fucking terrifying, now. He’s still a coward, but I wanted to make his as treacherous as possible. He’s the kind of opportunistic bastard now that will run as soon as things look bad, but has no problem fighting people he thinks he can beat.
Kaido got sick of hearing him whine about the Ghosts of the Red Scabbards for 20 fucking years, so after a decade Kaido made King train Orochi, so that he could be strong enough to stop worrying and whining. His Fruit is too cool to not be used, IMO, I want to have fun with it.
Alright, that’s it, see you all next time. Also, sorry for the formatting, WorstGen hates my Word formatting and adds like two extra spaces for some reason, no idea why, I'll try to fix it for next time.