Yamato was really proud and happy that she caught the axe, but suddenly, the man lifted the axe and started smashing it against the ground, bouncing her up and down like a ragdoll.
"Wait, wait, WAIT!" Yamato yelled, her pride taking a hit. This wasn't how it was supposed to go! She'd imagined this moment as her big Aizen moment, stopping the attack all cool and composed. But here she was, clinging on while he smashed her into the snow.
While being flung upwards, she twisted her body and used the momentum of the blade to launch herself upwards and hit him with a mean uppercut.
Her fist collided with his jaw, sending a shockwave through his massive frame. The man's head snapped back, his skull rattling from the impact, and he stumbled, nearly falling. But to her surprise, he steadied himself.
He screamed out in anger. "Fuck that hurt."
Yamato grinned, genuinely impressed. "Not bad, Pig. thought you'd be out for sure after that one. Got a thick skull, huh?"
The man spat to the side, blood trickling from his mouth, and glared at her with renewed fury. "I'll show you thick!" he growled, gripping his axe tighter, his body tensing up as he prepared for another round.
He swung the axe down towards her again, but this time she was ready. She charged forward, dodging the blade by pushing it off-course just enough for it to miss her entirely.
With a swift move, Yamato wrapped her arms and legs around the man's thick leg, locking herself tight. She knew what she had to do. With all her strength, she pulled in one direction while pushing against him in the opposite direction.
"Time to say goodbye to your leg, Bastard!" She screamed, channeling every ounce of force into the move.
The man tried to shield his leg with Armament Haki, but it didn't help. All that could be heard was a sickening crack as the bones shattered under pressure.
The man howled in agony as his leg twisted at a 90-degree angle. There were several bone fragments and chunks of flesh were bursting out of the leg in a spray of blood.
"AHHHHHHH!" His scream was a mix of fury and pain.
With a final, desperate roar, the man channeled all his remaining Armament Haki into his axe, his eyes wild with rage. Gripping Yamato tightly with his free hand, he swung the axe down, determined to take her out even if it cost him his life.
Yamato's eyes widened as she struggled against his iron grip, twisting and thrashing. "Damn it, you're really not giving up, huh?!"
At the last possible second, she twisted her body, just managing to avoid the full brunt of the blow. The axe sliced past her, but not without leaving a stinging cut along the side of her neck. Blood trickled down her skin as she scowled, the pain sharp and hot.
She wrenched herself free, stumbling back as her hand flew to the fresh wound. "You... piece of shit!"
Yamato glared, wiping the blood from her neck. Not wasting a moment, she grabbed his own axe, now slick with blood, and swung it with a wicked grin.
Yamato swung down the axe on one of the man's arms, making sure not to completely cut it through them with the first swing. Then I swung down again and again, making sure to slowly cut off the arms.
The man lay on the floor, unable to crawl away with a almost Broken off legs and two missing arms.
Yamato gripped the axe firmly and began delivering precise, deliberate slashes across the man's body. She sliced shallow wounds across his entire body. Blood dripped steadily as he twisted and squirmed under her grip. His screams were now filled with muffled sounds of choking on blood.
Yamato let go and sprang back, breathing heavily but feeling exhilarated. "Guess you weren't so tough after all!"
With one final, cold glance at the beaten, barely conscious man, Yamato hefted the axe one last time. She swung it down swiftly, decapitating him in a single, clean stroke. The snow beneath him was stained deep red as his head rolled to a stop at her feet.
Without hesitation, she grabbed his severed head by the hair, lifting it up and examining it with a smirk. "Consider this your punishment for thinking you could mess with Wano," she muttered.
Tossing the bloody axe aside, she turned and began the walk back to where she saw other Beast Pirate members in the distance.
The others watched her approach, eyes widening in shock and a touch of fear, as she held up the head, her expression filled with satisfaction.
Yamato smiled gently, throwing the head down at some canonfodders feet. "That one actually gave me a bit of a fight and even injured me. Guess I've found my first real trophy; make sure to treat him gently."
The Beast Pirate member was stunned but quickly bowed down and agreed, "Of course, Princess Yamato, I'll make sure to treat him with care."
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