The Grand Line opened before them like a yawning mouth, a path paved with storms and miracles.
And chaos followed them like a loyal dog.
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**Three days at sea**.
Tika summoned:
- **Asia Argento**: their soft-spoken doctor with healing miracles.
- **Asuna Yuuki**: tactical genius and sniper.
- **The Robot Musician**: a terminator with a mixtape.
And lastly...
**Beast**.
A towering, terrifying presence with a soft heart who immediately smashed a giant shark in half when it attacked the ship.
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Then the enemy came.
A rival pirate crew: the **Black Jaw Pirates**.
- Captain Draven: A sadistic ex-noble.
- First Mate Kuro: A sniper who never missed.
- Their ship: *The Black Maw*, a monstrosity of black iron.
They ambushed Tika's crew during a storm.
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The fight was insane:
- Beast tore into their hull like paper.
- Asia healed mid-combat, her hands glowing.
- Renji fought Kuro in an aerial battle of death.
- Asuna sniped cannons off their ship one after another.
- Izuku and Artoria tag-teamed Draven, exchanging blows that shattered the heavens.
Tika?
Tika got stuck fighting a guy named "Chunk" — a man built like a fridge — in the ship's kitchen.
"GET OUTTA MY GALLEY, MOTHERFUCKER!" Tika roared, hurling knives like a lunatic.
Chunk cried when he got hit with a scalding pot of dinosaur stew.
Victory was messy, loud, and glorious.
As the Black Jaw Pirates fled, battered and humiliated, Tika stood at the bow, laughing into the storm.
"COME BACK ANYTIME, YOU SONS OF BITCHES! WE'LL STILL BE HERE!"
And
they would be.
Because this was just the beginning.
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