The battlefield trembled as the second titanic clash of the Amazon Lily War erupted. On one side stood Vash the Stampede, the legendary Humanoid Typhoon whose reputation for destruction was matched only by his goofy grin. Opposite him, Admiral Kizaru (Borsalino), the man made of light, lazily adjusted his sunglasses with an infuriating smirk.
The world watched through Morgan's live broadcast, but none were more captivated than the gunslingers of the world. Somewhere in the New World, aboard the Thousand Sunny, Usopp and Chopper huddled around a stolen Marine Den Den Mushi, their eyes wide with terror and awe.
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The Annoying Prelude
Kizaru tilted his head, his voice dripping with condescension.
"Ohhh~ So you're the famous Vash the Stampede? The man with the 2.9 Billion Berries bounty? You don't look so scary~"
Vash scratched his head, laughing nervously.
"Ahaha, yeah, I get that a lot! Listen, maybe we can just—"
BZZZT!
Kizaru vanished in a flash of light, reappearing behind Vash with a glowing foot aimed at his skull.
"Too slow~"
BOOM!
The kick connected—or should have. Instead, Vash twisted mid-air, his body bending like rubber as the attack grazed his cheek. He landed in a crouch, grinning.
"Whoa! That was close! You're pretty fast, huh?"
Kizaru blinked. "Oh? You dodged?"
Vash chuckled. "Lucky guess!"
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"Phantom Bullet"
Vash fired without aiming, the bullet curving mid-air like a homing missile. Kizaru leaned lazily, letting it pass—only for the bullet to explode behind him, the shockwave ruffling his coat.
"Tch. Annoying."
"Light Speed Mirage"
Kizaru dissolved into light, replicating himself into five afterimages. All five lashed out with light-speed kicks.
Vash closed his eyes, listening. At the last second, he dove sideways, avoiding the real Kizaru by a hair.
"Huh. Lucky again~?" Kizaru mused.
"Ricochet Symphony"
Vash fired six shots in rapid succession, each bullet bouncing off the air itself, creating a net of trajectories that even light couldn't escape.
Kizaru tanked three hits, his Logia body reforming, but his sunglasses cracked.
"Ohhh~ That actually stung."
"Yata Mirror Barrage"
Kizaru retaliated, summoning dozens of light mirrors that rained beams at Vash from all angles.
Vash danced through them, his coat flaring dramatically as he weaved like a leaf in the wind.
Usopp, watching, screamed. "HOW IS HE NOT DEAD?!"
Chopper fainted.
"Angel Arm – Prelude"
Vash's left arm glowed blue, energy crackling. Kizaru's eyes narrowed.
"Now that's interesting~"
"Lightspeed Feint"
Kizaru blitzed forward, aiming a finger-laser at Vash's heart—only for Vash to lean into it, letting the beam graze his shoulder as he spun, his elbow smashing into Kizaru's jaw.
The Admiral staggered. The world gasped.
"Gravity Bullet"
Vash loaded a special round, firing it into the ground. The earth warped, creating a localized gravity well that slowed Kizaru's light form.
"Oh? Clever~"
"Afterimage Gambit"
Vash vanished, leaving three afterimages. Kizaru obliterated them all—only for the real Vash to drop from above, stomping on his head.
Kizaru face-planted into the dirt.
"Solar Flare Shot"
Vash fired a luminous bullet, blinding even Kizaru's light-adapted eyes.
"Gah! Rude!"
"Stampede Rush"
Vash moved faster than ever, his coat flapping as he dashed in zigzags, making Kizaru's tracking lag.
"Black Hole Round"
A single, dark-energy bullet sucked in light itself, forcing Kizaru to materialize to avoid being consumed.
"Serious Mode: 0.1 Seconds"
For a fraction of a second, Vash's eyes sharpened. He fired once.
The bullet phased through light, grazing Kizaru's cheek.
A drop of blood dripped.
The battlefield fell silent.
Kizaru touched his face. "...Oh."
"Light Prison"
Kizaru stopped playing around. He trapped Vash in a cage of light beams, contracting inward.
Vash whistled. "Yikes!"
"Angel Arm – Full Release"
Vash's arm erupted, a column of blue energy vaporizing the prison. The beam pierced the clouds, visible from miles away.
Kizaru teleported behind him. "Nice trick. But—"
"Reverse Shot"
Vash fired backward without looking, the bullet hitting Kizaru between the eyes.
The Admiral flipped mid-air, landing on his feet. "Okay, now you're just showing off~"
"Final Gambit: Humanoid Typhoon"
Vash unleashed everything, moving in blurs, bullets bending physics, his coat flaring like wings.
Kizaru matched him, light vs. chaos.
"The Impossible Shot"
Vash fired at the ground, the bullet ricocheting 17 times before hitting Kizaru's elbow.
"Lightspeed Counter"
Kizaru gritted his teeth, finally landing a clean hit, his foot burying into Vash's ribs.
Vash coughs blood, but grins.
"Last Bullet"
He loads his final round, the gun trembling with energy.
Kizaru raises both hands, light condensing into a sphere.
"Collision"
"Yasakani no Magatama!" vs. "Angel Arm: Final Judgment!"
The explosion lit up the sky.
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The smoke cleared.
Vash stood, his coat in tatters, his gun smoking.
Kizaru remained, his sunglasses shattered, his usual smirk gone.
A beat of silence.
Then—
Vash laughed, rubbing his head. "Whew! That was fun!"
Kizaru sighed. "You're exhausting~"
The world erupted.
Usopp screamed, shaking Chopper. "DID HE JUST SURVIVE AN ADMIRAL?!"
Morgan's headline flashed across the seas:
"THE HUMAN TYPHOON STANDS EQUAL TO LIGHT ITSELF!"