One Piece: My Crew Uses Zanpakuto

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Time went by quickly. The fight between Vice Admiral Gion and Dracule Mihawk had gone on for an hour.

The whole training ground was now a mess, cut up by the flying slashes that Mihawk and Gion had sent out during their fight.

As they kept fighting, more and more people came to watch the battle.

Former Marine Admiral Zephyr came after hearing about it.

"What amazing sword fighting," Marine Chief Instructor "Black Arm" Zephyr said with a sigh.

"Even you think so, Zephyr?" Fleet Admiral Sengoku looked at the man next to him.

Even though Zephyr wasn't a sword fighter himself, he had taught many top Marine officers how to use swords. He knew a lot about sword fighting.

"Yes," Zephyr nodded. "Not even talking about how strong Gion's strikes are. Her sword moves alone are very good. Her style has moves for all kinds of fighting."

"From what I've heard about her style, it seems really good," Zephyr added before turning to Vice Admiral Tsuru. "Should we stop them? They seem to be getting more serious."

"Let's wait," Tsuru shook her head. "Gion is getting faster. She might get better while fighting with Mihawk."

As the battle went on, Tsuru could clearly feel the changes in Gion's energy. It was like Gion was training by fighting with the world's best swordsman.

Seeing how excited Gion looked, Tsuru knew she shouldn't stop her now.

Sengoku and Zephyr nodded without saying anything. With strong Marine officers like them watching, they knew Mihawk wouldn't hurt Gion too badly.

Meanwhile, Doflamingo got more and more angry watching Gion's strong sword moves.

'Has that woman I hate become so strong?' Doflamingo made fists with his hands. Even though he didn't like it, he had to admit that Gion was now better than him with swords.

'A sword fighter who is better than Gion... no wonder that Crocodile guy lost to him,' Doflamingo thought, taking a deep breath as he wanted more power for himself.

"Moon Breathing Seventh Form: Mirror of Misfortune, Moonlit!" With a loud shout, Gion slashed down from the air with her sword.

Several big moon-shaped energy waves hit the ground, breaking it into pieces. The waves kept going toward Mihawk, trying to cut him apart.

Seeing this move, Mihawk looked a bit impressed. He swung his blade many times, cutting down the moon-shaped energy waves Gion had sent.

Then Mihawk swung his big black sword, hitting Gion's blade directly.

BOOM!

The crash made a huge noise as the clouds above were torn apart by the sharp sword energy from both fighters.

"Being called the world's best swordsman is no joke," Gion said with a smile while pushing hard with her sword. "I've used almost all my power, but I still can't hurt you. It's a bit sad."

"But my cuts haven't hurt you either," Mihawk said calmly.

But she knew Mihawk wasn't even using all his strength yet.

'Such a big gap,' she thought. 'Compared to the world's best swordsman, I still have so far to go.' Gion sighed to herself.

The next moment, her eyes got narrow, and her energy rose again.

"Let me see how far I can push myself," Gion said with tight teeth. Strong Armament Haki flowed into her blade as she cut at Mihawk with even more power.

Mihawk swung his sword up, quickly blocking each of Gion's cuts.

Suddenly, sharp sword slashes filled the air around them for a hundred meters.

"Hmm? What's this?" Mihawk noticed the flame-like marks on Gion's neck that were spreading to her face.

'Strange, her power is getting stronger. Is it because of these flame marks? Interesting... there's a hidden power here. Let's see what she can do with it.'

Mihawk smiled a little as he kept making his attacks stronger to match Gion's growing power, until he was using his full strength.

By now, the flame marks from Gion's neck had spread over half her face.

'This power feels strange,' Mihawk thought, looking at the flame lines on Gion's face with a frown. He suddenly swung a powerful slash that hit Gion's sword.

BOOM!

They both used their strongest attacks at the same time, making the whole training ground fall apart. The hit sent them both sliding back several steps.

"That's enough, Gion and Mihawk," Sengoku called out. "If you two keep fighting, you'll wreck the entire training ground."

The fighters turned to see Sengoku, Tsuru, and Zephyr coming toward them using Moonwalk.

Seeing this, Gion and Mihawk stopped fighting and put away their swords at the same time.

"Tsuru," Gion said with a smile, hand on her sword's holder as she looked at the older officer coming closer.

"Gion," Tsuru walked up to her with a small frown, looking at the flame lines on Gion's face. "What's that on your neck and face?"

"On my face and neck?" Gion blinked in surprise. "Is there dirt on my face?"

"It's not dirt." Tsuru took out a mirror from her sleeve and held it up to Gion. "Look for yourself."

"This is the Demon Mark?" Gion looked shocked when she saw the flame marks on her face in the mirror.

"Demon Mark? What's that?" Tsuru looked at Gion, confused.

But she saw that the flame lines on Gion's face were slowly going away, leaving only a moon-shaped mark like a cherry blossom smile at the side of Gion's white neck.

"The Demon Mark is going away?" Gion frowned. Just then, she felt very weak all of a sudden.

Not ready for this feeling, her legs gave out, and she fell toward Tsuru.

"What's wrong, Gion?" Tsuru caught her, looking worried.

The next moment, Tsuru looked shocked.

"Gion! Why is all your hair turning white?!"