The wooden row boat had halted its advance, sliding gently upon the sand as it was ejected from the waves. The sand sprayed upwards at the side, the spray descending in its velocity as the speed and movement of the row boat came to a stop. Dressed in a marine outfit, Melissa Devaroux would smile softly. raising her hands to the sky as she stretched. Upon completion the young female would look around, confusion apparent upon her face. This island was strange, it was obviously not the one she had been aiming for. Pulling out the map taken from a marine she would study it. "Oh fuck, I musta took a wrong turn" the female would say as she gently scratched her head.

The island was nice, full of lush tree's, people could be seen walking over the dirt roads, some stared at the woman, it was strange for a single woman to appear especially in a fucking row boat. This young woman would follow the road along the dirt path, eventually ending up in a small little village, it was quaint, the people were happy. Melissa would give a gentle smile yet something was strange, the people continued to glare at her, to give her evils. It was rather strange , as she continued to walk around Melissa got the distinct feeling that marines were not welcome upon this strange island.

If her suspicions weren't true, Melissa would get confirmation from a young child whom would throw a stone at her, she would catch it and simply glare at the little fucker. "GO AWAY, YOUR KIND AREN'T WELCOME HERE, THE GREAT ROSE SWANSON KILLER OF RAPTOR WILL TEAR YOU DOWN PIRATE SCUM" Now Melissa wasn't one to randomly assault children, but the shock and the anger of such a statement surprised her, without her realizing it, her body had acted upon its own accord. The child released a vast scream that called forth the adult population of the village, parents gasped as they witnessed the marine holding the child up against a building. Tears streamed down his face, Melissa's arm was pulled back as if she were going to strike the infant. Voices echoed, demanding she let go of the child, curses flowed, such vile words came towards the pirate. These screeches would bring the female back to her senses. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw what she was actually doing. She would drop the kid who ran towards a female adult. "Fucking scum, your going to get mauled, just wait till Rose hear's about this" a man shouted. Yet Melissa would only grin. "Take me to him then, take me to the man whom claims he killed the legendary Raptor" Now that brought a surprise. When people heard the name Rose Swanston, they usually ran the other way.  Melissa knew off him and his infamy, this was a man who had scowered the grand line along with her father's crew, she also knew his age, she knew the man was old, she could take him, she was positive due to her logia ability. As if thinking about it, the man would begin to walk forward, sneering at the marine before leading her towards the center. The weather was rather nice thus the outside chairs of the bar had been set out.

Melissa would follow the man. "Rose, we got a marine, she attacked little jim" the civilian would say.  The smell of smoke was strong, a spluttered cough would erupt from the small old man, the man looked like a traditional old man pirate, but his face was somewhat recognisable, he had a vast bounty but really no one in paradise had a chance, no one would stand up to a new world pirate, even at his age. No one until Melissa that is. The old spluttering man would look the female marine up and down. "So Princess, you think its fun to pick on little kiddies huh" the sputtering old man would say, a malicious look in his eyes, the look so full of intent that Melissa did nearly wet her pants. Thankfully the female wasn't one to back down, she wasn't one to fuck about especially when it came to bull shit about her own father. About the man whom raised her and protected her...about the one who gave his life for her. "Depends on the kid, you think it's hilarious to go around bull shitting about killing the Great Raptor when you didn't? You weren't the one to kill him, not at all" Melissa would say, struggling to contain her anger. Another spluttering laugh escaped the elderly man. "Oh yeah, then how come I have his stuff" the man said as he clicked his fingers. As if prepared, the snap brought out a beautiful young girl carrying a box. It was placed in front of the old man and pretty much hid him from Melissa's view. His stubby hand's moved up and opened the box. Melissa's eyes wavered, she felt a warmth in her throat. Nostalgia hit her.

From the box, Rose produced a massive jacket, one that was famous for being worn by Raptor, burns littered the fabric, Melissa's form was shaken, she stepped forward slightly as he put the jacket on the desk, a sword came next, again the metal had been warped from an explosion, yet its hilt remained that of a raptor, more objects came out, eventually a single pink hair tie fell to the table. "Raptor probably had some strange fetish, this bow was in this box that i took as proof after i killed him, fucking freak, I can't believe I served such a weakling". Though Melissa listed her eyes remained upon the bow, he told her he had lost it, but he had put it in his keep sake box. Her first hair ties. Melissa knew Rose had served under Raptor, Melissa knew all the stories of the Ancient crew so this revelation was not news to her yet she would speak about the hair bow.

"He didn't have a fetish, that bow...that bow belonged to his daughter" "How would you know anything about him, Raptor was before your time missy" Rose spat. His eye's widened, her first struck his face, her movement had been swift, un-calculated, and honestly un-planned, as her first struck his face, the little old man was blasted backward, sent flying through the air and skidding across the ground. As she pulled her cap off Melissa's eyes would ignite, full of anger and gate. "HOW DARE YOU, How dare you go to MY HOME, and steal MY MEMORIES" Melissa would say as she charged. "Your...your memories?" the old man uttered just before another fist struck in to his face. Once more he was sent flying through the air.  "That's right you little bastard, MY NAME IS MELISSA DEVAROUX, DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN RAPTOR DEVAROUX, AND YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED IN PISSING ME OFF"

"So your the reason huh? Your the reason he abandoned us. we who gave our lives to him." The old man would say as he lay upon the ground, he would spit out a small amount of blood as she slowly got up. "I'm not as spry as I once was girl, that actually hurt, let's try this again then, I'm going to kill you, just like i killed your father" the old man would say with a gentle smile. The crowd would move back, as if they knew what to expect. Melissa would begin to move, yet the old man vanished from her vision. A strike connected with the back of her head, the force of which pushed her forward, her face almost meeting the ground, her quick movement though allowed her to catch herself in a roll, pushing herself to her feet in time to catch the foot of the old man's next assault.

A quick spin upon the ball of her heel would allow her to reach maximum velocity prior to throwing the old man through the air. One would normally think this the end, being thrown so far, so fast and with such force. Yet the old man rectified himself mid air, and with one solid move seemed to push himself free of her throw, kicking from the air itself to push himself back towards the female. Again vanishing from her field of vision. His foot would come to strike her once more, yet the female's form would allow such a foot to pass directly through her, her entire form taking on her logia power's intangibility. As the foot struck through the female, Melissa would move, back flipping two times to put distance between them. She was in her stance, this guy was no joke, but she had her intangibility. This would allow her to remain safe, even if she couldn't see the attack. she just had to activate it whenever she needed too. "A logia user, it's been a while since i battled one of your kind, you seem well versed in its use madam, tell me something, offspring of Raptor, have you been to the new world?" the old man asked as he wiped dirt from his foot. but before she could answer.

What the hell Melissa thought as she soared through the air, how had he hit her, she had activated her intangibility, even now as she skidded along the ground her intangibility was active, her pain diminished as she felt nothing from the grounds attempt of injuring her. Then how had he struck through her logia ability. "I suppose this is your first time witnessing such a feat? No one else has been able to strike through your Logia's ability right? did you think we pirates of the grand line had no counter against such an ability? you are a fool, your father obviously had dull sperm to produce an idiotic offspring like you. Why he chose you over us, why he chose to be a father over a captain..that I shall never understand. Ah yes, I suppose you should know the story my dear. Let me start by saying this, the death of your father, it was your fault" The old man would say.

He vanished once more, but this time he did not sneak attack, instead his form shimmered in to existance directly in front of her. His hand turned black as it came towards her. COME ON, Melissa urged as her snow form activated once more. The pain in her face, the resounding slap of this armour like enhancement striking flesh echoed, an OOFT erupted as she struck the floor from the force of the slap. "Logia abilities are useless in the wake of Haki my dear, anyway allow me to tell my story, yes your father abandoned us, or so a handful of his crew believed, some of the other dumb fuckers believed it was his right to go, they were fools. Thankfully a group shared my belief and together we orchestrated a plan, we watched him with a girl, i suppose that girl would have been you, no one knew he had a daughter so we kept that secret, we tipped of the marines, we set up everything. We knew that if you were in the house he would aim to protect you instead of attempting to just fight back, you see either way his death is on you. Because you were born your father was gunned down, because you were around when the marines came, he protected you. After the marines left, we blew up the house, believing you to still be in it. I had heard a rumour of someone claiming to be Raptors daughter in the south, who would have thought it be true. Alas now i can extinguish the family line".

Another strike came, yet Melissa had learned her lesson, instead of utilizing her intangibility, her foot came up to meet the strike, power implemented in to the females leg allowed her to not only halt the haki infused strike but knock the old man off balance, her foot extended, meeting the mans chin and he was sent soaring through the air. "Perhaps you think me done?, the Yuki Yuki No Mi is not all i have in my arsenal you old fucker" Melissa would say as she stood to her full height. Yet something was odd, the old man was laughing as she stood up. "And I have my own power too," he laughed as his form changed. Melissa was obviously scared, her eyes widened, her body shook as her head arched back to look at the old man, he didn't look so old, nor did he look so small.

"BOSS, we can take her, you don't need to go through the trouble" some of the nearby pirates said. Yet the transforming male would only release a laugh, a laugh that felt like it shook the entire area. "FOOLS, you can't touch her, but" the monkey man reached down and grasped a handful of his men, they screamed as they were thrown in to his mouth. The chewing halted the screams. "What the, YOUR OWN MEN" Melissa shouted, pulled from her fear. "I'm a pirate darling, from the most ruthful crew of all times, my men are anything to me, including dinner, just like this entire island. ITS MINE YOU HEAR" he would say. Now Melissa wasn't really sure on what she could do, this guy was massive, an ancient gorilla like beast.

Battle wounds of old were littered across his ape form, it showed exactly how much he had fought, it showed his history and experience. With the expanded area of effect due to his increased body size, the "haki" he spoke about would mean his ability to strike her even when intangible had increased also, she couldn't afford to be hit off guard. Civilians realized that right now, the "protector" was enthralled in the heat of battle, he had went in to his ancient beast in the village, and in honestly a simple fall could squish half of the place. So they did the smart thing, they ran. Melissa on the other hand was this tiny creature facing off against this massive gorilla. She gulped.

"Let's go ugly"she would say. The petite legs clashed with the large hairy fists, constantly though his fists would be superior, the haki cladding them boosting his power to a level that time and time again caused Melissa to receive unfathomable pain. If her anger had not been fueling her at this mans lies and hatred, she would have dropped long ago. a resulting shockwave caused by pure strength meeting strength resulted in the village essentially being blown away. With all her strength and fighting through the pain, she pushed up the arm of the monkey aiming to strike his head with her powerful legs,  a single breath would be enough to eject the female from the arm. Causing her to soar through the air. The big hand of the monkey caught her. She had just enough time, just enough time to erect her defense. An igloo of snow wrapped around her. the monkey now held a giant snowball. He would break through it in a matter of time, and Melissa would end up squished. She couldn't halt her form, she couldn't distort her body because of the mysterious power this creature held.

Think Melissa Think. She could hear the snow being pushed in on itself, Melissa would have to act quickly, she allowed the snow directly below her to melt. she clenched her teeth together, she needed more strength, she needed to figure out a way to bolster her power. If she couldn't she'd be dead. "COME ON, COME ON YOU SILLY WHORE. MORE, YOU NEED MORE"[ she said as she brought her leg as high as she could. Repeatedly she would bring it down to strike the monkeys palm as he continued to destroy her igloo. "MORE, MORE MORE" she continued to shout as tears fell from her eyes. Anger, hatred at this monkey and hatred at herself for being so weak. How could she....how could she fail here, how could she fail at protecting her father's name. "LET, ME, GO" She screamed out as she brought her leg up one final time. Blood smeared it, mainly her own, Yet she was not willing to falter, she couldn't. The slums needed her, the marines would one day come and she needed to protect them, she had to live for them and for her fathers' name. SHE HAD TO SURVIVE. "I WILL WIN HERE", and as if that thought brought to life her will, shooting through her leg was a warmth, a feeling of immense physical capability, wielding that feeling like a blade, she brought her leg crashing down upon the palm of the monkey. The resulting howl echoed through out. "MY HAND, YOU'VE DESTROYED MY HAND YOU BITCH" he howled as Melissa fell to the ground. Pain coursed through her body as the monkey struck out, the speed the old man was using before was greatly slowed by the large mass, but enough to allow such quick strikes from Melissa, she too had lost speed and strength, but the black covering of her own buso seemed to be empowering her forward. The monkey cursed constantly as the Frost Witch and the great apes movements destroyed building after building, both parties exhausted they would land upon the ground.  A cough would bring some liquid up from her gullet. She could swear a rib or something had been busted. The battle was going to be a long, dangerous one. Melissa wasn't sure if she would be able to continue on. For the young girl sat with a palm tree behind her. Blood was evident upon the tree, the crimson liquid was scattered upon her entire form.

Smoke lit up the village, destruction was everywere. The path of which led through the forest to the beach, the footprints of the female hidden under that of the gigantic mammal. The ancient gorilla zoan was to be feared. Both bodies now upon the beach, alas only one was standing. "You don't look so well Baby Raptor" The giant ape said. He too had taken some damage, blood trickled down his massive form, one of his eyes had been struck out. During the battle, both had gotten in some powerful blows, Melissa's strength was outstanding and it seemed to push back the beast even when employing Tekkai. She had managed to strike his eyes with a spear of snow and yanked it out with all her might. Yet the monkey had continued on, she had managed to break its hand, she had struck it to the point of destruction in terms of the village yet its defense and strength were outstanding. "Your not looking to good yourself king kong" she said panting, wincing as she did so. "But you can barely stand using Haki has worn you out even more" The giant ape would say, a single finger was used to push the female over with such ease. she fell to the ground but once more would rise with a struggle. "Your father would be so disappointed in such a weak child" Alas why do enemies feel the need to piss of people who get stronger when they get angrier? Like what is the point, just kill them then gloat right? Well that simple statement was all Melissa needed, She would look her eyes in to the apes single working one. "BRING IT" she would say, spitting out blood. "AS YOU WISH" the ape shouted, his giant fist flying forth.

She rolled in the sand narrowly avoiding the strike which took out the tree. The monkey stumbled unable to keep his balance with his own exhaustion. Shakily Melissa got to her feet. "We go down, we go down together" she said as she shook her legs, they where shaking, screaming out to stop, but she knew she couldnt. She had to end this bastards lies, and with that his life. Her right leg shimmered with that beautiful black armor. Her will manifesting weakly into it. One last strike, its all she had in her. She had to make it count. The monkey turned to face her, but she was already in movement. "WHA" he let out as her leg came in a white hazy blur of speed and power, flowing upwards to meet the chin of the beast. Combined with the power of haki the gorilla like creature was lifted into the air, was lifted from the sandy beach. Though Melissa's own momentum spelt the end for her aswell. For the two beings now flew to the sea, first the heavier monster struck the water, creating massive ripples before the soft plop of Melissa. The sea water draining her though in all honesty there wasn't much to drain, she was spent emotionally and physically. So she shut her eyes, sending a mental apology to the slums, she was done for and would not be returning.

Darkness from which she knew she would not wake up from took her, yet what felt like mere seconds had passed allowed her to awaken, pain shot through her entire body, she was black and blue but she was......was this Moira's house? "Wha...what happened" she whispered her voice cracking, pained from the dryness in her throat. "You acted reckless and got beat up" Doctor Olivia said as she entered the room a new iv bag in hand. "O..oliva...how" "Ugh no speaking, mom and I worried about you so we came to find you, We were lucky that we saw you fall into the sea with that giant thing otherwise you would have died. Someone up there is obviously looking after you" Olivia said. "Now get some rest" Oliva said, Melissa was all to happy to oblige, she would find out it had been six days since she was brought back, but she was still in sever pain. "Someone.....Thanks...Dad" she whispered to the sky, as a single tear gently fell from her right eye.