BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

The frog had remained ever so silent upon re-awakening, she had awoken only mere seconds after passing out, though she did not have the energy to do anything, let alone transform. Junbei had also passed out so the frog had hoped he had not seen her true face, quickly she pulled the large shrowd around her head and her face, too weak to transform into her Zoan form, Octavia and Nico arrived, thankfully their allegiances where with Junbei and seeing the Yonko as wounded as he was caused them to think of him, they checked him over, he began to rouse, the frog had nestled up against the wall, covered in her black shrowd, all the while wishing she could transform, wishing she could be protected by her familiar skin once more, she hated being in her human form, where it halted her power, limited her capabilities in comparison, most of all she felt pure in her frog form, it was not of a gender, it had no genitalia, no thoughts needed of what she was to be. IT also provided her a one hundred percent flawless identity, she was known to no one as Hilda Valentina, or so she had thought. That Umbra guy certainly knew of her,in all her form....she had been careful, alas after years it was bound to be someone whom slipped through. Perhaps a member of the old Wallace crew had spoken of her, they had known more than she had liked.

Her eyes rested on Junbei, though her entire body was hidden, her heart pounded in fear, and her mind calculated everything, if it where just him....could she take him, could she kill the crew she had begun to form a bond with, could she sever all ties to protect the secret she had protected all of her life....to give her a sense of normality in not only mind but in body and life. Time slowed as Junbei regained his senses. It was as if the frog could see the workings of his brain, it was as if she could sense the change, his mouth opened.....

"WAIT. FROG IS A WOMAN!?" Junbei shouted.

and he revealed the secret she had warned him upon speaking, she had given fair warning on her joining, that if anyone where to find out her secret she would kill them.....though her heart may not be in it, her mind told her she must, habits are hard to break. Alas right now she probably could not fight her way out of a paper bag. A burst of anger seemed to enhance her stamina, her power enough that her body took on its amphibian form. Ocatvia whom was supposed to come see her had halted, simply looking at the frog whom now began to stand, her cloak falling, revealing the amphibian form all where used too. Only Junbei knew her actual face. nothing more. Anger obvious in his eyes, The amphibian attempted to take a single step forward, yet he would fall to one of his knees, panting heavily, the battle, the use of his advanced form, it had all taken a toll upon her body, it took all he had to maintain his form. Though as he spoke, his words where husky, angry. "I warned you" was all he could muster, his eyes passing Nico and Octavia, staring directly at the one whom she was supposed to serve.    

BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

Her strength returned with each word that slithered from the Yonko's mouth, talk of family, talk of being a crew. Octavia and Nico of course defended him, Nico more so than Octavia, Standing at his full height, his breathing once more steady, the frog allowed the black curtain draped over his body, he wanted to hit him, though he feared if he did, he would never stop. Nico and Octavia where present, they knew the secret he fought so hard to keep. For so long.....long enough that the reason why had seemingly vanished from his memory. He knew it was important, to protect the secrets that he had been shamed for, that he had been thrown away, cast aside and hidden. They did not know his full shame, the full extent of his treachery. Anger built within him, to the point that he could not control. None where his allies in this moment, Nico and Octavia would fall prey to his whim that was for sure. Of course the Yonko would be able to stand, though perhaps the intense rage that fielded his anger....no....not anger, not rage, a sensation worse, stronger, more powerful than rage and anger at another.

Pure hatred.....it flowed from his being, though it held those around him down, the anger was not for them, not even for Junbei, though in this panic, he was the only one he saw. "You insufferable jack ass" The frog hissed, how he wanted to plunge his poison laced arm in to the body of the sound user, to allow his hand to plunge deep within and make him tangible, a single hit, for a single secret, unless the hit caused death,As her Hao flowed around her, she would clench her fists, as though ready to pounce. Ready to put everything in taking out the Yonko. Then he moved forth. His speed blinding, her "ex" crew mates on the floor, conscious? perhaps, they where beautiful people with strong wills, able to stand, to move to protect their captain? No.

He moved, the black attire flowing behind him, granting him a ghoul like shape. His hands had already escaped the confine of the robe which somehow through some clothing miracle retained upon the body even with this speed. His fingers extended, ready to use the same technique he had utilised against the giant, turning his hands into super natural blades that could cut as easily as any sword, he knew Junbei would not move though the killing intent within the hao revealed the intentions of Hilda, as did the clad black armour that covered her hands. As he closed in, speed blinding, Junbeis face became the only thing he focused upon, hand moving forward.

A split second pause, her hand pointed to strike true, to carve through the face of the sound user, the pause shifted. She had travelled with the songbirds for only a short time, but the words of family....the words of family that fuelled her range still rang within her ears, an after image of his words, typical, the sound user even without trying kept sound flowing. Family had caused her nothing but heart ache and pain, her hand veered off, sliding past the songbirds ear, missing by inches, within his frog form, she was much larger than the Yonko, yet as her other hand came upwards at the same time as his first, both sliding past the ear, he crumbled, his hands flowing to the shoulders of the songbird. her rage, her hate, her disgust, all slipped away at that moment, as she crumbled, her hands dug in to the yonko, not in malice, not to cause pain, but to stop herself from falling completely, at such an angle, her head would now rest upon the chest, her legs weakened, the clenching of the shoulders halted her from falling further. "Family" she whispered so softly that Octavia and Nico would probably be unable to hear, though the vast weight keeping them down would have lifted.

As the word escaped her lips tears began to fall, Hilda Valentina released her transformation, something she had not willingly done in front of others in millenia, the cloak covered all the important bits, easily covering her entire body and crumbled upon the ground around her. Head buried in to the chest of the songbird, no words, body shuddering, she sobbed for the first time in sixteen years.  

BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

As laz spoke the frog simply tried to quell her tears, though she did truthfully feel better about sharing her first secret, the amphibian zoan user still had such vast doubts about such a decision, and about the people whom she shared it with. Yet Junbei would bring about a snotty laugh at his statement, in which she replied with a punch to the left breast of the songbird, a colourless coating of haki covering her hand so the songbird could not phase through it. it was a gentle hit, more like a tap, at the same time her other hand brought a clump of the black material to her face, wiping away the tears and the snot, before her body shuddered, taking on her amphibian form once more. Taking a deep breath the Frog would steady himself as he walked to Octavia, lifting the doctor's head, she would give a good old slap to awaken the doctor.

She had been impressed that Nico had with stood her Haki, had withstood the vast anger that seeped from her and even managed to act out getting ready to attack, though the frog was just as durable as the Yonko, one day she would have to show Nico this. It was then that Junbei asked her name, of course she would offer the name of the female form, the one that she had chosen herself, not her birth name, her birth name....that was an entirely different story all together. "Hilda, Hilda Valentina" the frog said, standing up fully once Octavia had awoken. "I chose the alias the frog, to hid my true name, to allow me to be a stranger in my human form, only a few people know my identity, the only thing I can really do now is trust that the songbirds are as Honourable as the former pirate kings crew." Hilda said, a tinge of sadness flowing through her voice as she spoke about her former crew. "Now that this mess is out of the way, we should probably continue on, I don't know about you guys but im finally sick of Gubo and all that its had to offer, " Hilda uttered, at her full height she stood taller than the yonko, the frog i believe being the tallest of the current crew mates of the Songbirds, with no bows or arrows left, she would have to begin to be more creative about her use of poison. of course her ability to pierce with her hands meant she had a viable close range killing technique that required only a small cut to be deadly. "Lets go pay this god person a visit" the amphibian uttered.

BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

Hilda would bring Octavia to Nico, closer so that he may protect her easier, "Sorry for the trouble, hopefully she wakes up soon" Hilda said before climbing on to the Yonko, it was rather strange given the height difference, but her sticky nature meant remaining on him regardless was a simple task. It took no time at all for the Yonko and the frog to make it to the castle gates, The strangely dressed warrior stood tall, or well not so tall cuz he was only like five foot something. But the way he held himself, the way he stood watching without even blinking. As the duo landed the man dressed in the Xing like attire would address the duo before moving his hand backwards. She did not see the shockwaves, but the door burst open, contorting and shattering from the destructive force of the males Hasshoken.  This was the cue for the frog to activate her own Ken Haki.

"To be honest. If I could've killed you both... I would've handled this task myself. However, my staff was killed by you. I'm short on patience and hands now. I'll let my master dispose of you, Yonko. Meanwhile, I'll be busy pummelling my fists into the Frog's body."

The frog only looked to the man, sick of people who just wanted to frigging hurt her, "Pretty sure we agreed that I would take on the vampire guy" Hilda uttered as she allowed herself to peel from the Yonko. Moving in front of him, looking to the stranger whom blocked her path. "Guess it seems these guys have a different idea" She said. Looking to Jun as she nodded/ "I got this, go punch that other guy in the face for me" The amphibian requested. Tensing her legs as Junbei moved forward, preparing herself in case this was some trick, yet it seemed the Hasshoken user would not make a move towards her captain. Allowing him to saunter past the destroyed gates and head towards the mansion/ "I'll join ya soon enough" Hilda said. Her eyes now focusing on the hasshoken user.

The song birds had already been through enough, they had done more in this past week than many could have ever expected and now they faced the final hurdle, they had expected the vampire, Hilda had not expected to have to let her captain go in alone, it was not something she was accustomed. The last time she did that, Wallace ended up dead. This would not happen, not again.

BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

"So, tell me about yourself, Its nice to know who im beating up aft..." The frog had begun to ask, but alas it would seem that the man whom she was fighting was not much of a talker. He had charged, and his face, his face showed he was determined, it showed that he was completely fixated on the task. She had already understood the guys attack style, having seen it many times before, The frog knew it was hasshoken. Staying on the defensive would do no good here. She had to perfectly avoid attacks, or counter them quickly. Her buso haki would be vital here, to protect not only her outer shell, but her insides as well. Shockwaves where annoying things. Both being clad in armour, they would attack, fists flew as each other tried to land blows that would decimate the other, legs were brought up to block or to make quick dodges. The speed the two where going at would be almost impossible to follow, their entire bodies blurring in and out of motion, only appearing when they went into a deadlock, struggling for power. Both grinding their teeth.

It was during this deadlock where first blood was drawn, the two where struggling, hasshoken had been used but struggled to cause damage through the buso haki of the frog, though he could not infuse his strikes with shockwaves, the frog had been stunned that his physical capabilities had not been able to shatter the Buso haki of his opponent, the two ken users where also anticipating each and every move, if they felt they could not risk blocking, they avoided. It was a fight so intense that the ground shook with each clash. As Hao met Hao, lightning erupted around the duo, each one trying to influence the other, trying to make the other bend to their will. But the clash was not ending any time soon, except......

The Hasshoken user would find himself flying across the air, skidding across the ground, only to recover quickly, wiping the blood from his nose. The reverbing croak that came from the frogs mouth had done its job, put distance between them, while at the same time, it had shown who was superior. "Didn't see that coming now did ya" The frog said, ribbiting at the end of her sentence. "not bad, but thats the only strike you'll get" his opponent uttered as he struck the ground with his foot, shockwaves pouring from the soles of his feet forcing the ground to erupt around them, causing the frog to be unbalanced, SHIT she thought as the hasshoken users fist connected with his jaw, buso helped defend, but the force caused the neck to jut to the sound, the hasshoken empowered it to the point where the frog was sent flying into the near by wall.....why was it always the fucking wall.   

BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

A hand flapped uselessly at the amphibians side, blood trickled from her mouth. What had been damaged now, was it her kidneys? Her lungs? an intestine or maybe two. The bones in her hand had been shattered, The buso covering it had finally caved in. Blood trickled down both of her arms, though not all of it belonged to her. The two had pushed each other to their limits quicker than anticipated, They where slower now, blood loss would do that to you, stamina had been over exerted, maintaining buso was near impossible, the two had pushed each haki to the limit. This would be evident in the environment, scorch marks from lightning had littered the place, the eart had contorted and bent around the fighters when they had halted movement. Rocks rose into the air as if gravity had been negated. The environment was completely torn up. Yet the two stood strong, despite injury.

The Hasshoken user had also sustained fierce injury, his right eye lay upon the ground somewhere, having been plucked out by the frog,  his right arm was also useless, the frog having pierced through the nerves and tendons, eliminating it from this battle. Though then again her own left arm had seen better days, the ringing within her ears, the blood pouring from the right one had yet to come to an end. "I DIDNT REALIZE, WE'D BE THIS EVENLY MATCHED" the frog said, though each word required a deep breath after, making the sentence broken, taking a lot longer. "Nor did I, but I assure you, only I will walk" FINALLY, she had got this man to speak, but uhm. "WHAT, SPEAK UP I CAN'T HEAR YOU" The frog said. Which apparently was the wrong thing to say, for the hasshoken user took this as a challenge.

The thing that Hilda was surprised about, was that she had cut him with her hands, her poison was injected into him directly. Yet he did not show any signs of falling, any sign of allowing the poison to take him. Did he have some ability? Or was he simply pushing his body by will power. No matter, once again the duo met in the middle, though neither of them able to call upon their buso haki it seems. IT became a dance, each person struggling to avoid the others strike, knowing that even a single hit could be the end. The movements where sluggish, evading became less flashier, more scrambling along the ground or rolling. The breathing of the duo was much harder, yet neither of them could find an opening, until. Her Ken had de-activated a while ago, she had been using her keen eye sight to try to predict where the opponents attack was going to be. IT had never occured to her that Link had kept his Ken active, taking down his Buso and Hao early to maintain his sensory capability. But he hadn't even been focusing it on her.

N...o the way his mouth moved was easy to make out, whatever happened, it was the reason for Hilda's win, for the hasshoken users death. Her hand shot out, piercing the body, shooting directly through the heart, which was also pierced, dangling upon the finger of the frog. Her good ear close to the mans mouth, even now he was still speaking. "Master, how could you die" it was as if his entire body had yet to realize his heart was no longer there. A grunt escaped him as she tore her hand from him, he fell, death quickly taking him. So Junbei already dealt with the vampire. Had he really been so weak that the vampire could be killed that quickly? Link had taken all of her energy, every single bit to defeat, she was already exhausted from the previous battles but even then. This man.......he was something special, if he had not been distracted by the death of his master......Hilda wasn't sure if she would have been able to win.  

BY  MIZO.❉ OF WW

"SOME OF US ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIGHT HARD FOES, NOT MYTHICAL VAMPIRES" The Frog said grinning, her good hand holding her shattered arm. She would breath in as her arm was bathed in golden light. Bones seemed to slowly fix themselves, she couldnt move it, though the pain wasn't as severe as it had been. The ringing in her ear continued, though it had softened she still couldn't hear properly from that side. "He was strong, way stronger than I anticipated. Hasshoken, its a difficult thing to defend against, he was on par with every aspect of me, no......he was better, he was stronger, faster. If there wasn't that small opening, you might have returned to a different out come" The frog said, leaning down and closing Links eyes. His heart lying a few feet from him,  the battlefield was completely distorted, changed for eternity. "i'll remember him" Hilda said as she sighed.

Turnign to Junbei the frog would smile. "Guess this means we can finally move on right, I need to get stronger, faster, taking Oceanus like this....its impossible" she said biting her lip as she did so. IT was hard to say, that she was weaker than the yonko, hell it had been proven that Junbei was superior to her. He had wiped out this mythical vampire in seconds, where as she had almost been bested. She needed to enhance her techniques, she needed to become much stronger than she already was. "No more hiding for me anymore. I think its time the World knew the name Hilda Valentina, I think its time they knew that I am the Frog." the amphibian zoan user uttered as she looked to the Yonko, "I found your weaknesses" she said to the Yonko. "for as long as im on this crew, they won't be exploited. I'll protect your back for as long as you need to push forward, When the songbird pirates return to the new world, we will show the world that the new contender for King of the Pirates has arrived." Hilda said, punching her good arm into the air.

Even though she was exhausted, she would push on, Octavia and Nico would be somewhere near by and then they needed to get back to their ship. IT had been sometime since they traversed the sea, and to be honest the strange feeling of Gubo had spooked the frog, to the point where she never wanted to return to the place.

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