[Third Person POV]
As Viola sent her opponents flying, she stood beside Riser, ready to protect him. Even if he could protect himself, she couldn't let him fight alone.
As she saw the twins, Owen and Oscar, preparing to attack Riser, Viola was about to move to interfere when a large cord slashed the ground in front of her, leaving a small gash in the ground.
Turning, she saw the other man was standing there, whip in hand.
"You want to get to them? You've gotta go through me!" Kieron said. He wasn't sure he could beat Viola; her strength was mid-class, the same as his, but she didn't look like a fighter. Heck, he didn't even know what that ability she showed earlier was!
I mean, whale-shaped tears? What possible magic was this?!
Animal-shaped spells were common enough—dragons, snakes, cats, birds; usually based on some famous creature. Visualization and symbolism were both important aspects in magic, simplifying and enhancing a spell's power. But a whale?
Was it related to Moby Dick or something?
And why tears? That part was even more confusing. A whale-shaped water spell made sense, but why would the water need to be tears? And how did they start burning or turn to iron?!
Just that one ability had thrown everything he knew about magic into question.
Viola took initiative, rushing within Kieron's range.
As she did, Viola saw the whip in Kieron's hand retract and shrink.
'Damnit,' she thought. She hoped to get within range so using it would become impractical, but his whip seemed magical.
She hadn't been with Riser long, so her knowledge of magic was shallow. Magic was very similar to devil fruits in many ways, but it was also very different.
Magic required intense study to bring out its full potential or develop new spells.
Devil Fruits were much simpler. Just bite the fruit and create whatever ability you can. Her Hot Iron Tear: Eye Whale was one such creation. The Glare Fruit was clearly eye-based, which meant she could weaponize her tears.
Raising one hand to her eyes, Viola planned to create another whale tear too close to dodge, but before she could, she dove to the ground and narrowly avoided a now-crackling whip. Seeing the electric current flowing across its body, Viola knew she couldn't let it touch her.
Kieron attacked quickly and repeatedly, trying desperately to hit Viola and take her out of the fight. He figured since she didn't want to get close, Viola was physically weak.
Because she was retreating, Viola didn't have time to prepare her attacks. Every time she moved her hand, the whip struck like a viper, reaching toward her.
Fighting Kieron gave her minor flashbacks of Doflamingo, mostly because their fighting styles were similar.
That similarity made facing off against Kieron easy, but Doflamingo's memory still upset her. Even now, an entire reality away from that bastard, she still thought about him.
It felt like an insult to her sister.
She lived in a world where Doflamingo was considered canon fodder, yet her mind still kept returning to him.
Angry, Viola pulled out the pistol she kept hidden on her and began firing.
Thanks to her Devil Fruit powers, her aim was among the best, though it still lagged behind natural talents, like Usopp.
Aiming toward Kieron's feet first, Viola fired the pistol three times. The first bullet managed to hit his foot, but the whip intercepted the next two.
"AAAAARGH!"
Kieron screamed in agony. He knew he could recover, but with that injury, he'd be out of action for weeks.
"You bitch!" He cursed.
Kieron started flailing the whip around. The lightning coalesced at the tip, lighting up the air in front of him.
Though it didn't seem like much at first, the longer the whip was swung, the more Viola understood what was happening and hurriedly created more whale tears.
After nearly a minute of swinging the whip like a madman, a dragon-shaped lightning bolt formed, and with one final whip, the dragon came to life and charged at Viola.
Seeing this, Viola grew nervous, but the whale tears finally formed. Launching toward the dragon, she cut them off before the dragon got too close and electrocuted her through her eyes.
The tears hardened into iron, and the lightning dragon slammed into it.
Lightning tore through the metallic tears, vaporizing it bit by bit. As the tears shrank, so did the dragon, losing energy as it destroyed the metal.
Viola was already moving for her next attack.
As the tear whale was destroyed, she aimed her pistol at Kieron, using her X-ray vision to line up the shot.
Once the two attacks collided, a large dust cloud was kicked up. She fired the bullet the second the last piece of the whale was destroyed, aiming for the hand holding the whip.
*BANG*
The bullet shot through the smoke, piercing straight through Kieron's hand. He dropped the whip and cried out in pain once more.
Kieron wanted to attack again, but his last move took too much energy, and unfortunately for him, he wasn't left-handed.
Dropping to his knees, cradling his injured hand, Viola walked up to him and slammed the pistol grip onto the back of his head, sending him to the dream realm.
Turning to the others, she saw Riser and Erza approaching her, clearly having already finished their battles.
"I think it's about time we get some answers. Do you mind, Viola?" Riser asked.
"Not at all," she said, activating her peeping mind ability on the unconscious Ulick.
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Author's Note:
Sorry, I'm posting this so late.
Thanks for reading; I'll see you next time!