The sound of Leparo clashing with his opponent ferociously echoed all around Kash as she stared down her burly turd like opponent. Her hair was blowing wildly behind her as the wind whirled inside the cage. It would be around the time that Leparo was launched to the cage ceiling when she would initiate her assualt moving quicker than she had before in her pursuit.

Kash would veer right as she closed in on the fat swordsman and suddenly seem to slow down. This awkward change in motion would cause the man to both wary and extremely cautious of Kash's intentions. Kash would swing her blade with what seemed like minimal effort and the man began to chuckle.

"Ha, are you serious?! You can't be with such a weak atta-"

The man would seem to choke on his words as he would block Kash's sword only to be met with an unusual amount of force for such an attack that seemed so weak. The blow would send him sliding back toward the cage. He was clearly rattled and surprised judging by the baffled look on his face. Kash knew that was her cue to turn up the pressure, chasing him down during his confusion. The man focusing hard on recovering his ground would immediately jump to the defensive, Kash could see him planting his feet in order to brace himself.

Kash would mimic her previous movement, dashing for the man quickly and suddenly slowing and veering to the right.

"You won't catch me twice bitch!" The man shouted as he would begin to swing his sword with all of his might toward her.

Kash would seemingly swing her blade as she did before with similar effort expected by the man. Right when one would think to the two blades would clash, the man's blade would cleave right through Kash. The crowd would let out a gasp and grow silent. Blood spilled on the cage floor but it wasn't Kash's. The look on the pig of a man as it twisted into a grotesque horror was a clear indicator of that.

It wasn't Kash that was cut but rather a mirage. When the man had swung his blade, Kash had actually moved under the blade's obvious trajectory and in passing would cut the man's large belly open. All part of her Jest.

As the man would drop to his hands and knees, groaning in agony, Kash could be seen standing up from and swinging her blade out to her side causing the blood to fly off before she would sheathe it. A devilish smile creeping on her face.

"You're not a swordsman. Just a large man using his strength and not his blade. You should just die here-" She would say and as she began to turn to look behind her, Kash could feel the large man's hand grab her neck and her feet lift off the ground. She had let her guard down, a rare occasion she always seemed to pay for. The man was not down for the count, not yet.

"You bitch!" the man would yell as he would throw Kash clear to the other side of the cage. Her body literally flying over Leparo as he fought his opponent. Her body would hit the cage causing it to ring like a soft bell before she dropped to the floor. She laid there for a moment as the man began to slowly walk toward her, cracking his knuckles. "You're right, I don't need a sword to deal with you."

Just as Kash was beginning to rise to her feet, Leparo came crashing in next to her. It seemed like he had his hands full with the smaller bear-like guy. However he was in joking spirit and Kash couldn't help be amused. He would suggest they switch opponents while helping her to her feet.

"Fine, but don't kill him," Kash would say bluntly. She wouldn't even explain why but rather she would draw her blade Levy again and begin walking toward the bear man. Leparo would go ahead and engage with the pig.

"You're much more quiet than that other slob," Kash would say, expressing her surprise. "I actually like the quiet, moody types. But I guess flirting is out of the question in here."

Kash would rush down the bear man swing her blade relentlessly for his chest only to be blocked by the man's bear arm. A shockwave released as the two clashed and Kash could see that the man was unmoved. He would begin to move his other arm and Kash would leap back to avoid whatever attack he was about to throw at her. His grip was strong on her blade but it would slide from his hand, cutting in the process. She could see his blood drip from his hand. However he didn't attack as she expected, he instead would grip his other hand in pain.

"You can't be seri-" Kash wouldn't get to finish her thought before the man was suddenly running right at her. The man would begin to unleash a barrage of punches and Kash would use her blade to block them the best she could, using one of her hands to support the blade while the other gripped the hilt. Such power, were all devil fruit eaters this strong?

Each punch would cause Kash to slide back several inches. She was patiently looking and waiting for an opening. An opportunity to turn this momentum the man was mounting around on himself.

Kash looked into the eyes of her opponent as he continued his assualt and she continued to block. So savage. He didn't appear to be following strategy but following instinct and impulse in order to survive. She was growing tired of this show and they really had no time to be wasting on being the entertainment for a bunch of ingrates.

With swift timing, as the man would punch with his left arm, Kash would turn her body toward her left, allowing the punch to miss entirely. Kash would stab her sword into the man's foot and through the floor, anchoring it. The man would let out a roar while Kash would spin around behind him. She would grab her whip, Dom and swing it so that it would wrap around the man's neck. She would move opposite her sword, pulling the man's weight in one direction, choking him while his foot remained stuck. The man's arms would begin to claw at the whip as it choked him, gasping for air.

Kash pulled harder and harder until she no longer felt resistance. Once the man's body slumped to the ground she would remove the whip from his neck and put it back at her waist. She would grab her sword and sheath the blade. It was clear the fight was now over, as her knight had also finished off the pig she left to him.

"Now what?" Kash wondered as she would walk over to Leparo. She was ready to get out of there. Staying in one place, a place she found herself in due to her brother, was not something she liked to do.

The crowd had erupted into a roar of cheer and blood thirst. These fiends loved the violence, so savage. Kash couldn't blame them though, she liked a good fight herself. But she wasn't fond of being someone's entertainment. It didn't seem like this was the end of it either as 5 more men would enter the cage. However they were obviously weaker than the previous men they fought. She was so bored with this theatrical display that she couldn't wait to kill whoever was in charge of it.

Her blonde Knight would introduce himself to her, finally giving her a name to use. Leparo. It was an interesting name, somewhat exotic. She would respond with her name as well, "You can call me Kash."

Once the introductions were finally had, Leparo would go on to take care of two of the men that just arrived. He even used one to open up a path for them to escape through. The remaining three had fear written all over their faces. Armed with nothing but bats, they should be. Kash would begin walking toward the exit, meaning toward them as they stood readily scared. She would reach for Dom and deliver a relentless assault of lashes with the whip at all three men. Her swings were so ferocious that each hit would tear their clothing, causing blood to spray. Even their bats were useless as a defense because each hit chipped away at the wood until nothing would be left. She would swing her whip as she slowly walked for the exit, forcing the men to endure as they retreated. That was until eventually they all would drop to the ground in pools of their own blood.

Kash would follow Leparo out of the cage.

Kash found herself once again running around hallways with Leparo, following his lead because...he knew where he was going. The man would shout something about needing keys and Kash could only think: why would we need keys when we've clearly broken through everything so far? She wouldn't speak the thought aloud though, not wanting to step on anyone's ego right now.

A group of seven soldiers would cut off their path and Leparo would make quick work of them. Kash could only watch the brute of a man have it his way in these hallways. There really wasn't need for her to do anything, well that was until they met a rather large group of soldiers, about 15, in the hall way. The group so dense that there was no getting through or around them in this hallway. Leparo would ask about Kash's sword and she would sigh loudly.

Kash would take steps in front of Leparo, her hand on the hilt of her blade as she stared down the opposition in front of them. She would swiftly draw her blade without hesitation, slashing at the air between them and the soldiers six times, unleashing a volley of compressed air waves. The attack would cause the air echo, a sound similar to cackling hyenas. The waves of air would slice through the mob, cutting most of them down and severely injuring whatever few were able to withstand the attack. The waves crashing into the bodies would create quite the commotion with small explosions. The air blowing Kash's long silver hair back as she would sheath her sword once again. Blood stained the area where the sizable mob once stood.

"Now where to?" Kash would say, looking over her shoulder back at Leparo. She had given up on the damsel act and was not very serious about getting out of here. She was growing more irritated.

It would seem Leparo was feeling a bit jaded that Kash played him, judging by the sarcasm in his voice when he first spoke to her. Could he blame her though? People taken prisoner by marines weren't usually the nicest people. Kash was no exception. Everyone had an agenda...everyone. So she paid the comment dust and simply followed his lead since he really seemed to have an idea of where to go. Three more soldiers would meet them at a stairway. Leparo would make short work of them and Kash casually walked behind him as if there was no threat to begin with.

Eventually they found their way into what appeared to be a control room. They were on a ship? This would be confirmed once Leparo used the keys given to him by a scared boy that would run away. Leparo seemed very confident in his ability to navigate the ship, so Kash would simply take post against a wall beside the controls. Her mind began to drift off as she wondered where her brother was during all of this. What was his game? Her upper lip twitched in disgust just trying to imagine what his plan was.

Kash would finally snap out of her thoughts and look over at Leparo who seemed focused on getting them to shore. "I apologize for misleading you, it's the best you're gonna get from me...just saying," she would say sternly. She meant it but she didn't regret it if that's what he was expecting. She was simply being polite, a rarity. Kash would return her gaze toward the entrance of the control room, watching for more soldiers.

Kash's gaze had shifted toward Leparo as he struggled with the controls and spoke about finding some where to lay low. But her eyes would close as the sound of her brother's voice would echo over the ship. Every word he said created a wrinkle on her forehead and caused a vein to bulge from her temples.

"THAT SON OF A BITCH!"

Kash would slam her fist against the wall next to her before opening her eyes to see an obviously upset Leparo staring her down as if he wanted to gut her. Kash had lost her cool, a rare moment. But she would, stop for a moment, straighten her jacket and take a deep breath before looking Leparo in his eyes with her icy blue ones.

"Do you hate me Leparo? I can hear it in your voice, but I want you to know I don't care what feelings you have toward me. I want you to remember, you don't know me. I also want you to realize...I don't need you and that you actually need me. Because yes, I am the daughter of a vice admiral and that's why nothing will happen to me regardless of how any of this goes. It's a blessing and a curse that I will use to my advantage every chance I get. However, I'm willing to extend that privilege to you in your time of need. All you have to do, is what you normally would do. Nothing has or will change because of this new information about me."

Kash's rant was void of any compassion and was actually probably how her brother would sound at a time like this. How similar they were yet so different at the same time. She meant every syllable she spoke and wanted Leparo to use his wits to realize it was all truth and nothing has changed. His feelings about marines and any sudden change of heart toward her, meant nothing in his situation.