It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.

After escaping the auction, Jackal had been having mixed emotions about his encounter with Ursa. Originally, he'd wanted to use the man's immense power and knowledge to his advantage but to have to forfeit two pieces of Pluton to him made him cringe on the inside slightly. However, it'd make no sense holding onto something he couldn't protect with his own power, and that's one thing Ursa could've indeed provide, more insight to fighting or any means of becoming powerful, as Jackal only had two weeks and a half until Mother's Ball came into sight. Entering into the third district, it'd definitely have a more modern feel to it as you'd expect any mercenary swap meet to have. As he'd traverse the street, he could feel the eyes of an unknown presence trailing his every step, and it'd be odd, the person wasn't even trying to conceal their signature.

Finding Ursa wasn't hard, the biggest building within the Third District, a skyscraper sized building that housed all of Ursa's agents from across Paradise. Entering through the automatic doors, Jackal was met with several barrels of rifles, aimed towards his direction, and this time, it was an all female Mink cast, a pack of Rabbit Minks, triplets in bloodline. "Shishishi... It wouldn't be the first time women have pointed firearms in my direction. I come in peace. Ursa told me to seek him out had I make it out of our last encounter alive." Jackal stated. The trio whispered among themselves, before opting to pull out a Baby Den Den Mushi, contacting the boss directly to verify the story. One thing about Ursa's organisation, generals and key players tended to change quite quickly, he'd like to handle most of his meetings and gigs on his lonesome.

Breaking away from the pack, one of the sisters sniffed around the Mink's body, while keeping her rifle firmly pressed against the man's chest cage. "What is your purpose in coming here... Mink?" the Rabbit Minksman inquired. "Surely not to have rifles pressed aimed at me." Jackal stated smirking. The Rabbit Minksman laughed, "Surely.", the woman responded, licking the Mink's cheek, to offer garachu as a greeting.

It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.

Within seconds, the sound of the man's stomping towards his direction, commanded the attention of everyone present in the room. Before Jackal, ascended by an isle created with an arrangement of Mink bodies on each side, taking his time to motion towards the Bandit King's position in it's centre, was the legendary Mink, Ursa, known as Big Bear. It was then that the same fear that sunk into Jackal's soul during the auction almost came back like a bout of PTSD, his entire body began to sweat, with his heart beat accelerating to hark the start of his paranoia. Every primal fibre in his body told him to run but he'd clutch his hand in resolve, this was the path he'd decided to walk down. Stopping half-way from the Mink, he'd motion for him to follow him towards the Elevator to the East of the building. Red carpet would've been lain down for Ursa to walk upon, with Jackal following in time, after snapping out of his astonishment at the sixteen footer's massive figure.

As Jackal would trail behind the Mink, he'd noticed not even one of Ursa's men seemed alarmed or worried that Ursa had been escorting Jackal on his own, even after knowledge of Jackal's defeat of Little Nose seeped into his organisation. Was it that Little Nose wasn't as valued to Ursa's structure or was it that no one in this room believed that Ursa could've been harmed in anyway, especially by the Jackal Mink. A slight smirk set on his face, a nervous smile really, as Ursa would enter into the lift like fixture first, where his personal Rabbit Guard would break away, and Jackal would've been directed to shuffle in afterwards. Once this step was completed, Jackal would watch as the man motioned towards a fixture on the wall, and the doors would close in front of them. Suddenly, the cubicle they'd been boxed in began to descend, as Jackal felt the movement of whatever mechanics drove the structure.

He'd never experienced anything like this before, it was as if he'd been moving but his actual body was still. However, he didn't want ask Ursa what exactly was this magic or machinery they'd be currently in, he'd continue to put up tough airs, pretending to have a firm grasp of the situation. Before he'd even have time muster up any points of small talk, they'd arrive to their destination, the doors opened and with an almost monstrous command.

Ursa wrote:
Out.

Every fibre in Jackal's body aided him in the next action, he'd leap from the cell with great speed, landing about fifteen meters into the room. Once arriving at this point, he'd looking around the well lit room, discovering several craters, and claw marks decorating the hallow chambers walls. It'd been about the size of an average football field, each wall from in-zone to in-zone, the perfect space training. What's more, transparent glass lined the walls several feet off the ground, as a team of what appeared to Reindeer Minks in doctor's attire watched into the chamber, similar to a crowd would from a stadium stands. "Shishishi... So this is where you train? It's either that or an execution ground... This place reeks of blood." Jackal stated, as his body would start to shiver slightly.  

It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.

Jackal listened to every word that Ursa said attentively, as the man's very aura made every hair on his skin stand up. It was like his very existence was being stripped away as the man inched closer to his position, towering at over sixteen feet, except Ursa hadn't moved much aside from exiting the elevator shaft, it was more so his energy that'd been leaving pressure on Jackal's being. "What you do in your free time is your business." Jackal stated responding to Ursa's three favourite things to do. "Of course. That was the deal correct, you train me and I'll complete missions on your behalf." Jackal iterated. However, it was Ursa's final words that truly confused him, and playing along like he'd usually did in past experiences always seemed to prove disadvantageous when dealing with impulsive types.

"I guess I am a bumpkin. Sulong Form? What in the world is that?" Jackal inquired peering at the window that Ursa had pointed at precariously. Sulong? This was the second time he'd heard this phrase, was it Jewels who'd mention it before? If it had to do with anything related to Mink's or Zou after his time in the academy, he wouldn't have had time to soak up that lore due to being abducted from his hometown in his youth. "You have enough bunny Mink's up stairs to please yourself. Wait. Or are you more into Panda's or Bears, I honestly can't tell, Shishishi..." Jackal stated smartly as a manner of jest.

It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.


From his position, everything that'd transpired next simply happened in a blur. As Ursa's claw was now literally inches away from impact against his torso, the speed to which the paws strike was delivered, far surpassed Jackal's perception. The Mink Bandit couldn't even fashion his hands as shield, activating his Busoshoku Haki to coat the upper half of his torso to mitigate the damage. It'd be then that scars that'd now stay with Jackal for the rest of his life would've been afflicted, three single claw marks against chest would've been substantially seen, even with the Haki in play, the whiplash of the strike sent Jackal flying backwards for about eight meters. Frantically grasping for air, as Ursa's words served as the backdrop, Jackal for the first time could've clearly heard the sound of his heartbeat pumping vigorously in his ears, as if he'd had a stethoscope readily reading his cardiac's imprints to him.

Crotched over on all fours, his heart seemed to be beating so fast that even his body started to freeze up, and the image before him was the already monstrous Ursa, seemingly transforming into something much more horrendous. An internal thought became external, "Demon" the Bandit King muttered to himself. Was that Ursa's Sulong form? If that was the case, no one being should possess that much power? As the Mink Mercenary simply stood, the ground shattered on the force of his increase weight, size and strength. Even his sentences were becoming more incoherent in terms of pacing as he'd seeming transform. "I'm suppose to.... learn how to turn into this!?" Jackal thought to himself in panic. Falling to the ground, as Ursa's impending trod was evident, Jackal stared at the ceiling of the basement. The paintings on the ceiling depicted a Moon hovering over a civilisation of sketches that seemed to be Minks.

"Ah so a full moon makes us like this... Maybe the uneasiness I'd been feeling from this room... wasn't due to Ursa alone. The longer... I stay bathed in this room's presence... It seems the sharper my senses are becoming..." Jackal thought to himself immersed in a personal epiphany. "My thoughts are... becoming fuzzy..." Jackal stated, as his pupils began to dilate. As Ursa finished his speech an urged that the Mink's partake in combat, Jackal's entire body was now covered in a golden fur coat. The sounds of his bones cracking, almost similar to the sound of kernels busting from their shells under tremendous heat could've been heard almost like crashing waves against the tides from bank side, as Jackal's usual short legs, elongated to the point where, if he was to stand, he'd jump from 5'3 to around 10' in height. Same occurred for his arms, and at first, they both looked like scrawny twigs, but as his muscle mass began to mutate as well, the proportions filled out. Jackal's human like features where all gone, his face widen to similar proportions of an actual Jackal's own. Colouring around his wrists, stemming up to his elbows become almost pitch black, as spots that once filled the Mink's coat subtly, jumped out in full effect.

Standing to his feet, Ursa and Jackal's height disparity was still very evident but this time, the pressure emulating from them both was around even. Finally, clenching his fists, Jackal's already sharp like claws grew to the size of about ten inch nails, and with enough sharpness to cut through the weakest of fragments. It was odd headspace, Jackal felt his consciousness slowly being drained away from him, as the blood that dripped from his chest from Ursa's original strike, triggered his bloodlust immensely. Looking around at his body's state almost foreign, Jackal ran his hand along his face, examining his thick golden coat. Tears filled his eyes, what most Minks had experienced their whole life, the feeling of their coat covering their hold body was a new experience for the Half-Half. However, emotions soon too faded, the only thing that remained gnawing at his mind was the urge to rip Ursa from limb from limb, as almost like animals fighting to assert who was more dominant.

A massive roar from Jackal echoed throughout the chamber, "This... is odd. It feels like I'm brimming with power... This is dangerous Ursa." Jackal declared, as he'd couldn't hold himself back any longer. Hanging his tongue from his mouth, the Sulong Mink lunged backwards about five meters, creating even more distance from Ursa. It'd be at that point that using the Mink as a epicentre, Jackal began to bounce around the Mink Mercenary in a circular fashion similar to a predator surrounding his prey. Jackal's joints and limbs felt like feathers, as he'd surround the Mink using speeds that'd be almost superhuman to the untrained eye [Speed 6]. Smell, Sight, Hearing, even Jackal's Kenbunshoku which would've now been keeping an active awareness of Ursa's presence felt, sharper. After the first rotation, Jackal stopped his haunting hovering at the nine o' clock position, and lunged towards Ursa, his entire body coated in Electro. The speed of Jacka's step in was tremendous in nature, using the built up momentum, Jackal extended his claws towards Ursa's chest as a friendly exchange of power, Jackal's own strength clocking in a bit below Ursa's warning shot [Power 4]. However, it be the moment the strike impacted that Jackal's second wake-up call would've came in fruition.

Jackal Sulong:

It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.

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Laying in one of the mercenary compounds hotel suites, Jackal was being nursed by a team of Doctor Mink's, four reindeers and one of the rabbit Mink's he'd met on his first day at the Compound. Deep in slumber, the man's mind floated to his days on Zou once again, the only true centre of comfort in his frantic life. Awakening, he'd be in slight discomfort, as his chest was patched up, bandaged tightly, and his arm was in a sling. The first eyes he'd see as he awoke, were those of the Rabbit Mink he'd met earlier in the week. "Ah. You've finally come to. For a minute, we thought you were dead. Your lucky Ursa didn't use his full power." the Rabbit Mink stated. Jackal's jaw was heavily swollen, and it'd pain him to talk as the insides of his mouth was still cut from Ursa's Knock Out Strike.

"Shishishi..." Jackal chuckled to himself. "I really am weak. I had all these plans but I've truly underestimated my place." Jackal said, his eyes wavering in belief. "That's very self-aware of you. However, don't be that down. Ursa, especially in his Sulong Form... isn't anything or anyone to be sparing with. Though, I guess your survival instincts kicked in. It usually takes most Minks at least a month to get pass the transformation phase. You lost control of your senses and gave into your primal urge." the Rabbit Mink explained. "You can use Sulong Form too?" Jackal inquired. "Of course. All of Ursa's men can. The Mink you defeated at the auction Little Nose, myself, and a few others have mastered that form. Even in mastery, it's mentally taxing to use." the Rabbit Mink explained.

As the two conversed, the Reindeer doctor's checked Jackal's pulse and vitals, changing his bandages, and assessing the damage that'd occurred from his squabble with Ursa. Changing his position to sit up, "Ursa says, your too weak of a pup to play with him now. Give him his first assignment. If he passes, we can have a rematch." the Rabbit Mink explained. "Who are you?" Jackal inquired in a non-condescending manner. "My name is Yami. I'm one of Ursa's top mercenaries." the female Mink stated bowing with her hand crossed over his chest horizontally. "I noticed you don't use a weapon? That's odd? Ursa's a freak of nature but it's much easier to channel your Electro through a metal vessel." Yami stated. "I'm better off with just my gauntlets. Besides, I'm terrible with swords, axes, hammers, I can go on but I think you get the picture." Jackal stated.

"Still. Blocking edged weapons from opponents bare handed is pretty risky. May I suggest a weapon to you?" Yami alluded. "It needs no skill to use and might useful to you in and out of your Sulong Form." Yami said. "Sure. Shoot." Jackal stated. "Your ideas are complex enough but your execution is simplistic. I'd use a shield if I were you. Fighting Ursa, you didn't plot to use any of your usually strategies, did you? You became overcome with the Sulong Forms feel and lost yourself. You must find away to negate- no control your primal urge and still sustain your mind. However, your core body is weak. Once you've healed up... I've been put in-charge of your daily training. After which, I'll give your first assignment." Yami concluded.

"I guess Ursa's a bit to far from my grasps for now.."
Jackal thought to himself, clutching the sheet with his only function hand in frustration. "I'm in your hands then, Yami." Jackal stated. The Rabbit Mink nodded, "First things first... I need to build up this weak ass body of yours. Once your hands healed, I'll need at last one thousand push-ups from you everyday. We'll run during the morning to build stamina, weight train during the evening to build muscle and spar every evening to keep your battle senses sharp. Once your base form or core is strengthen, controlling Sulong becomes a bit less taxing." Rabbit concluded.

It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.


"Before we get to your Sulong Form... I want to see you fight a bit. I'd like to get an eye on this Reverse Electro of yours." Yami stated, clutching her hands against the blade at her sides. Cracking his neck, Jackal inspected the various parts of his body, still sore from the beating he'd taken from Ursa, with the 'three' claw marks on his chest as proof of his survival. The Reindeer Mink in his care we're trained in the Fifth District, the medical science being far more advanced than anything Gilbard could've currently done to help him recover in little under a week. Breathing was still fairly difficult, but thanks to the physical training he'd been taking apart in during his downtime, his overall Endurance had increased. Standing about five meters apart, facing each other, the two Minks bowed to themselves. From various corners of the Dojo, Ursa's top mercenaries watched the match carefully. The Famed Pirate Versus the Three Star Bounty Hunter, Yami.

"Shall we?" Yami inquired.

"Shishishi... Ladies first." Jackal retorted.

Black Bunny - Yami:

Extending her blade outward and stepping in with great momentum, the Rabbit Mink's Busoshoku Haki coated blade was flung towards Jackal neck with tremendous killer's intent. The speed of the blade and motion were indeed almost perfectly in synch, however, after watching Ursa's movements, fast paced motions like this seemed like child's play to the man's senses. Jackal had noticed in his last few squabbles on Baltigo, it'd be faster to react with his Kenbunshoku than his hearing or seeing, so the moment the woman sprung to his direction, he'd already anticipated the direction and intent of the woman's opening strike. Without even flinching, Jackal simply detonated his chest-cage, creating an explosive force covering about ten meter radius around himself. The smog created from the explosion encapsulated the area, the momentum strong enough to offset the woman's step in, pushing the blade, and her body backwards about ten feet.

"Tch. I guess at this stage explosions of that level won't phase her." Jackal thought to himself. "Alright... If they don't have enough kick to finish the fight... I'll just change focus." Jackal stated grinning. Bouncing backwards about eleven meters outside of the fleeting field of black smoke, before his visual cover faded, the man located Yami's location, coughing within the heart of the explosion from the smoke. With a few singes scattered across her fur, the woman was once again jumping towards Jackal's location, using her spring like legs to close the distance once again in seconds. This time, her blade was coated in a mixture of Buso and Electro. Detonating his body once again to create distance, Jackal readied his own assault, his arms covered in the Cestus, entrusted to him by Devroux. The woman's strike this time was heading towards his waist, however, before it could've even changed path to angle, Jackal had blocked the blade with his own Buso coated Cestus armed right hand.

Bracing the woman's attack, the sound of Jackal's feet being pinned into the ground could've been heard, as the very strike crushed the earth beneath the Mink's feet.

"A fickle block like that can't stop my blade... pup." Yami stated.

"Who said anything about stopping it?" Jackal retorted smiling, breaking away from the struggle to allow the woman's weight to fall forward, as he'd freed his feet from the cracks, parrying to the left. As she'd fall, he'd spit fire three loogies towards the woman's shoulder, the force of which sent her flying away from the man's personal space. However, once again, his explosions didn't carry enough charge to leave nothing more than scratches on the woman's body.

Regaining her stance, she'd swipe her blade downwards, resting it as part of a stance of some sort, diagonally, at the seven o' clock position.

"Ah I see. You've eaten a Devil's Fruit. Your body's a bomb. One that goes off prematurely too... or is it at will? No. Definitely at your command but it seems you can only delay exploding on your body and not it's byproducts." Yami stated.

"Delayed Explosions... on my spit bombs... I never even thought of that." Jackal thought to himself.

"Your explosions are weak though. If your going to survive the challenges ahead... You'll be tasked at making those stronger. I guess it's time for me to take this seriously." Yami stated.

Stabbing her blade into the earth, a gigantic electricity bodied snake came slithering toward's Jackal's legs, encapsulating the man's movements, covering the man's feet in second degree burns in seconds.

"Ah. It seems your reversed Electro isn't automatic either." Yami stated grinning.

Cringing in pain, the Mink absorbed the electricity encasing his foot, but the attack was much faster than her last action, he could've even react with his Kenbunshoku active.

"Electro... You haven't seen it really used independently of action huh?" Yami stated, extremely amused by the Mink absorbing her electricity.

"Once you've mastered Electro at my level... You can have your discharge moving at the speeds similar to lightning itself." Yami stated.

Automatically, Jackal activated his Electro Nest, releasing the excess electricity as he'd normally would, covering at least a fifteen meter radius but the Black Rabbit had leapt almost thirty feet off the ground, escaping the scope of the electrical field's height. As she'd seem suspended in mid-air, the woman back flipped, displaying immense agility, falling towards the ground above Jackal's head. Blade in hand, she'd raise the blade above her head, coating her human sized rabbit feet in Buso, and using it as a pin to press Jackal down onto the ground, pushing her entire body weight to sink the Jackal Mink.

Stabbing the blade inches away from his cheek, leaving a scratch on his left, the woman's red beady eyes peered into Jackal's own.

"Your Electro Disbursal is disgraceful. Your still putting too much control on it. Your Devil Fruit ability is well... Interesting but it lacks kick and creativity in application. Your movements aren't in synch with your senses... Your using Kenbunshoku like it's some switch you flick on. Sixth Sense should be used in harmony... with all five senses... especially since Mink's have sharper ones than humans.

Your not even utilising your body correctly. You got trained to fight by those fossils on Zou huh? In the real world, people don't wait for you to setup your next move. Especially in our line of work. Your body's also way too fragile to be taking attacks, especially with such light armour and such amateurish Armament.

Overall, it's a fluke you defeated Little Nose. The Reverse Electro is useful for increase your attacks based but if I can deal damage before it's used, it's a dud in combat." Yami concluded.

Sheathing her blade, "You said you we're going to surpass Ursa in three weeks right. At a week and a half in... You aren't looking so hot... pup." Yami concluded smiling condescendingly. Nursing his wounds slightly, the Jackal Mink returned to his feet grinning. "3 Weeks. That's Twenty-One days right. I've only used ten days so far. I've taken back my statement... I can't surpass Ursa in Three Weeks, that's impossible." Jackal stated frowning. As the man's sly statement concluded, his frown quickly altered into a smirk, "However... I'll be sure to be able to wipe the floor with you at least in that time." Jackal concluded. Yami broke out into laughter, "I'll show you the difference between us now, Mink." Yami stated, inhaling deeply to exhale into a sigh. Closing her eyes, the woman began to enter a meditative state, "You see... Mink's like us... Don't need the Moon to transform anymore. Though... Our form won't be as strong... We can still tap into at least half that power with enough training. Height... Weight... Size... Application... With enough control... You can alter every aspect of your Sulong Transformation." Yami stated.

As the woman talked, her already thick black fur got thicker, as the hair began to extend down to the back of her legs, and a power aura emitted from her being. From five foot in height, she'd grow to about six feet, and with one instance, her speed and senses had increased greatly. Stepping inward, before Jackal could've even drawn his blade, the woman sliced open the man's right shoulder, splattering the half-mink's blood sky-bound, the shock of the impact left Jackal unconscious, but he'd quickly regain composure, by stabbing his elongated nails into his leg. Landing behind the Mink, the woman's blade drew first blood. Smirking, Jackal shifted his position to face the woman once again, "Round Two." Jackal stated grinning.

It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.


Via Den Den Mushi, Yami reported the progress of Jackal to Ursa. "How's our Young Pup doing?" Ursa inquired. Yami exclaimed in a sigh, hiding her true emotions up until the time she began to speak, with a quick smirk, "His progress is significantly better." Yami reported. "I was worried up until about a week ago but everything I've taught him finally started to click. The way he uses Electro... The application of his Devil Fruit and most of all, he's been able retain sanity using his Sulong Form... up to a point. I've never seen anything like it... He might be a genius." Yami concluded. She wasn't truly the type to sing anyone aside from Ursa's graces but honestly, she couldn't ignore Jackal's Strength any longer.
"Where's he now?" Ursa inquired. Smiling broadly, "He's fighting some of our mercenaries in the Sulong Room." Yami concluded.


"You better not underestimate me.... Bandit King." one of Ursa's mercenaries scowled.

"This is third time this week we've sparred Barga. I don't want shame you in-front of you men any further. Shishishi..." Jackal stated, ending in a chuckle.

Barga - The Sheep Mink:

Lunging towards Jackal's position about five meters away, the Mink transformed into his Sulong Form, using the light that radiated from the room's ceiling. The Mink Sheep's step increased in speed, extending his hoof towards Jackal's mid-section. The man's movements though faster than he could've perceived fundamentally, inches before the hoof connected, Jackal released an explosive charge at the core of his stomach, creating friction between his attack, and Jackal's own, the force of the attack pushing Jackal backwards about two meters, which Jackal parried to the left, as he'd advance backwards so any attempts of following through with the strike would've been evaded. Two feet before Jackal arrived to the maximum length of the explosive's kickback, the Mink readied three explosive loogies in his mouth and fired off all three towards the man's eyes.

Anticipating the attack, the Sheep Mink caused the cotton on his body to expand, coating his entire body, and doubling it in an armour of Bushoshoku Haki, negating the force of the explosion. It'd be in that moment of defence that Jackal would've peered towards the ceiling's light, transforming into his own Sulong Form. Bouncing towards the man's position, he'd hover in mid-air, using his bodies massive size to block the Moon's light, causing the Mink to transform back to regular body. As his body fell, Jackal self-detonated his entire body, "Compound Explosion." Jackal thought to himself, concentrating the explosive force in a dome like fashion downward, causing much more force than he'd initially, it was a new skill he'd developed in need for survival. The explosive power was tremendous [5], covering the Sheep Mink's entire body in wounds. Transforming back to his human form, Jackal's entire body was covered in sweat, panting, the smirk that covered the Mink's face, as his body stood over the sheep Mink. "I win that round too." Jackal concluded grinning.

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