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Seas of Souls

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Straw Hat Encyclopedia

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Chapter 2: Vasto Lorde-class

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"Alright then," Usopp began. "So, for the sake of time, we're breaking these into several episodes."

"Also, it makes it a lot easier to keep track of for us after all," chipped in Lilynette Gingerbuck.

"That too," admitted Usopp. "Anyways, so we'll start off with the guys and gal who were Vasto Lordes before becoming Arrancar. Starting with our illustrious leader, you know, him you love him! Give it up for—!"

On the TV screen behind Usopp and Lilynette, the familiar profile of a certain Arrancar wearing a straw hat appears, and—

Monkey D. Luffy:

Menos Grande class:

Vasto Lorde

Mask Fragment:

Tracing out the facial scar from when he was alive under his left eye.

Skills:

-Luffy is very skilled at most Arrancar skills, but his Pesquisa is by far the best, allowing him to detect more than anyone, including emotions from their Reiryoku. Moreover, it is almost constantly active.

-Second best Hierro behind Jinbe, but still ridiculously tough.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

-Has staggering precise control over his Reiryoku and Reiatsu, which he has devised many uses for (see Special Abilities).

"Hey! What's that!" cried Usopp as the screen skipped. "It passed right over stuff!"

-Due to a pathological fear of killing his nakama, his Reiatsu control is also incredible, suppressing his power to the point he is very hard to sense, and maintains that control even while activating his Resurreccion.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

Zanpakuto:

A straw hat

(As a decoy, carries a fake sword Starrk created)

"It's doing it again!" growled Lilynette at another blip.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

Special abilities:

-One of the highest levels of spiritual energy in history.

-Strong resistance to fire. "I don't really remember much of when I was alive, but I do remember that my brother was fire, and he would never hurt me."

-Luffy has fine-tuned his Reiryoku and Reiatsu control to give himself several special abilities:

a) Can produce a Cero on his fist that acts as a flashlight, and safely disperse it

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

"Oh come on!" howled Lilynette. "It was just getting to the good bit! Why's the video keep jumping forward like that!?"

"I don't know!"

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Zoro:

Menos Grande class:

Vasto Lorde

Mask Fragment:

Three earrings on his left ear.

Noteworthy feature:

Left eye is scarred shut.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

Zanpakuto:

Three canon katana

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

"What the!? There was barely anything on Zoro!" barked Lilynette. "All that you could figure out by looking at him!"

"I don't know," moaned Usopp.

"Well find out and fix it!"

"Why're you telling me that!?"

"Duh! Because you're the tech guy! Take a look at the TV junk!"

"Alright, alright! Give me a minute to pry this off so I can get a look. Uhm, should we stop the show?"

Lilynette tapped her chin before shrugging. "Nah! It'll give the audience something to watch while we figure this out."

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Sanji:

Menos Grande class:

Vasto Lorde

Mask Fragment:

Two small goat horns on the crown of his head.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

Zanpakuto:

Long, sharp cooking knife

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZTTHZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

-Limited degree of creation and control over fire even in his sealed state. Mostly used to light his cigarettes.

"Ugh, just as bad here," said Lilynette. "Not even anything about his neat –but not as good as Starrk and I's – Resurreccion!"

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Jinbe:

Menos Grande class:

Vasto Lorde

Mask Fragment:

Lower jaw of a shark over his own jaw.

Skills:

-Best Hierro, and very good with Cero and Bala.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

Zanpakuto:

A very large and broad katana. Usually strapped to his back.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

Special Abilities:

-Water manifestation, although he cannot create nearly as much as Halibel. Even in his sealed state, Jinbe can create and manipulate water to a degree, and until Halibel arrived, was how the Straw Hats cleaned themselves.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

"Yeah," nodded Lilynette. "If not for that water of his, we'd have stunk for sure!"

"Did we really need to mention that?" asked Usopp.

"Eh, whatever."

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Coyote Starrk:

Menos Grande class:

Vasto Lorde

Mask Fragment:

Fanged bottom jaw which is positioned along his neck

Skills:

-A-Absolute master of Cero and Bala. Unlike other users of this, he can do so without needing to make a gesture, including being able to fire off multiple at once. Moreover they are usually very powerful and with a wide blast radius. Not only can he fire more and faster than anyone else, but can charge absolutely immense versions of them with his overwhelming Reiryoku in a very short period of time.

-Fourth fastest with Sonido, able to move almost like he is teleporting, and can create four speed clones. Due to his lazy demeanor, foes often underestimate just how scary fast he is.

-Good Hierro and Pesquisa.

-Due to a pathological fear of killing his nakama, his Reiatsu control is incredible, suppressing his power to the point he is very hard to sense, and maintains that control even while activating his Resurreccion. As good as Nami and Robin at hiding his presence, which is actually more impressive given he has far more to hide than they do.

-Master swordsman, on par with KRRRRSSSSS although encouraged to go for ranged fighting, as he is much better at it.

Zanpakuto:

Lilynette (see her bio in a later video).

"Hey!" yelled Lilynette. "That's all you had to say about me!?"

"You've got your own section all about you!" Usopp yelled back. "And why're you surprised!? Didn't you read the script about him, and check out the visuals?"

"I was busy!"

"Doing what?"
"None of your business! Have you figured out what's wrong yet!?"

"Stop distracting me then!"

Release:

"Kick About, Los Lobos (The Wolves)!"

Resurreccion:

Has two stages to it, with the first stage being he gets his guns for an overwhelming rate of fire with Ceros and Balas, except stronger than before. A single Cero is capable of taking out even an upper-level Taichou if caught off guard.

The second stage is where he can manifest exploding wolves that are fragments of his soul. They have immense destructive power, are as smart as he is, and being nearly impossible to evade or stop. He can also use them remotely, and they are able to become selectively solid to bite onto people to hold them still for explosions. Unfortunately it is also incredibly draining as it takes away not from his Reiryoku, but his soul itself. While his soul can recover, it can require days to do so, meaning it is useless for subsequent fights.

KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ

- Colmillo: After materializing a portion of his own Reishi from either of the bandoliers along his arms, Starrk solidifies it into a sword able to clash with upper-level Shinigami Zanpakuto.

"What!? We missed the best part about what he can do now!"

"Easy, Lilynette. We'll figure it out."

"Faster!"

Special Abilities:

-Genius intellect. If he observes any attack, he can figure out its nature, its target, its destructive power, and possible variations of it, all in half a second, and react appropriately before the second is complete.

-One of the highest levels of Reiryoku in history.

-Able to manifest katanas that serve in place of a standard Zanpakuto

"Huh," muttered Usopp. "Weird how Starrk's came through mostly okay."

"Not okay enough!"

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Halibel:

Menos Grande class:

Vasto Lorde

Mask Fragment:

Teeth covering her face, and then going down over her upper torso, particularly her breasts.

Skills:

-Probably the most well-rounded of the Vasto Lordes, but particularly good at Pesquisa (can even detect their emotional state by their Reiatsu, which only Luffy can do better), and Sonido.

-Able to imbue her Cero into her blade to increase its destructive power.

-Has enough control over her Reiatsu to hide she is a Vasto Lorde, appearing as merely a middling Adjuchas.

-Master swordswoman, on par with Starrk and KRRRRSSSSS

-Has the most fighting experience of them all.

Zanpakuto:

Wide blade except hollow in the middle, leaving just the edges.

Release:

"Hunt, Tiburon (shark)!"

Resurreccion:

-Gains domination over water and all its forms, and a wide variety of attacks.

-See wiki for list of abilities.

"Never did find out what a wiki is," muttered Usopp.

Special Abilities:

-Ranged cutting attack via air pressure.

-Part of Halibel's shark Hollow heritage is that she retained the equivalent of a normal shark's electroreception, if far superior, allowing her to sense the bioelectricity of others in water with utter ease.

-Water manifestation and domination, able to make far more than Jinbe, and used them in more varied manner. In addition to KRRRRSSSSSHZZZZZTTHZZZZZ.

The screen flickers before going black.

"Well, who cares about seeing all those new tricks she can do?" grunted Lilynette.

"There!" declared Usopp triumphantly as he got out from the wall the DVD player they had been using.

"Whose bright idea was it again to put it behind all that paneling?"

"Yours."

"Liar!" shrieked Lilynette. Hurriedly changing the subject, she demanded, "So what's the matter with it?"

"Well," taking out a screwdriver, Usopp popped the lid, and looked inside.

The smell hit them before they even processed what they were seeing:

Blobs of grease and juice. Meat grease and juice.

"Luuuuuuuffy," hissed Usopp. "If I told him a hundred times—"

The show cut to credits as they run out of screentime.

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Author Notes:

This 'story' will be updated as time goes by, but the 'skips' will mostly clear up as abilities are shown. Particularly when they finally get to serious battles. The reason I am starting this when there is still relatively little information, is because there are already hints of their abilities leaking through, and easier to keep track by starting this now.

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