A Rising Revolt/Metrics

## Plot Summary

### Warring Country

* The kingdom Sindra is currently engaged in a civil war against a resistance led by a man called Zane who wishes to remove the ruler, King Humphrey III from power because of the discrimiation against commoners.
* King Humphrey calls a meeting between his highest ranking nights to discuss the revolt and how to deal with it.
* Edgar, his most trusted aide, suggests setting fire to the lower district in order to force the leaders of the resistance to disband their group. Humphrey agrees with that plan and is resolved to putting an end to the war once and for all.

### Unexpected Arrivals

* The Punk Pirates arrive on Sindra after Rose receives a request from a woman called Hestia who wishes to hire them to fight alongside the Resistance.
* Hestia welcomes the group and escorts them to the Resistance hideout where they also meet Arsen, an acquaintance of Hestia’s uncle who was recommended by him to also fight in the war.
* Rose isn’t pleased to see the samurai who she hadn’t seen since the Saboady incident and the two are ready to fight again but manage to calm down and decide to settle it later.
* Zane and Yersi arrive at the hideout alongside Cassandra, the daughter of King Humphrey who is revealed to be a double agent that wants to take him down. She is unimpressed by the help that Hestia brought and wishes to see the strength Arsen and Rose possess by challenging them.
* The fight is rather even as Cassandra manages to hold her own against both of them but retracts her earlier words, having misjudged them and is glad to have them on board.

### New Gameplan

* Cassandra explains to everyone gathered about the fires that will be set across the lower district that makes everyone disgusted to hear the lengths the king would go to quell the rebellion.
* When questioned on why she’s aiding the Resistance, Cassandra explains that she is actually a commoner and that she was taken in by the royal family to be groomed as one of his eventual successors.
* Cassandra also reveals that there is a crystal implanted into her chest that will release a deadly poison if Humphrey ever believes that she has betrayed them. Fearing that she will be cast out, Cassandra is stunned when neither Arsen nor Rose care for her origin and believe she’s worth fighting alongside.
* Zane interrupts and reveals the master plan he’s been working on that’s been modified after hearing Cassandra’s report. He plans on taking down the Great Wall that separates the poor district and the capital city and then storming the royal palace with their strongest fighters to take down Humphrey’s royal knights.
* Rose, Arsen, Onyx, Hestia, Yersi, and Cassandra are chosen to be the fighters who will spearhead the assault and each of them goes off to prepare as Zane states the operation will begin at midnight.

### Night Raid

* Cassandra is seen leaving the royal palace heading towards the Great Wall as she signals to the Resistance on the other side that they can proceed with the plan. Receiving her cue to act, Zane begins the operation as Rose, Arsen, and Hestia combine their strength to bring down the Great Wall.
* Thousands of rebels begin flooding into the royal capital and engage with the Sindra Royal Military. A battalion made up of noteworthy soldiers attempts to stop them but the strength of the Resistance is far too overwhelming and they’re quickly defeated as Zane leads the group to the Royal Palace.
* Zane then orders Cassandra and the rest to head inside to fight the Royal Knights as he and the rest of the Resistance members hold off the military.
* Without wasting any time, the group rush inside as Yersi heads off in another direction to confront Tiera, a woman who she has past history with.

### Confrontation

* They reach the throne room and confront Humphrey who is sitting on his throne alongside his aide Edgar as the duo reveal that they’ve been waiting for them as they suspected Cassandra was a traitor.
* Humphrey then calls a command that triggers Cassandra and awakens her hidden side as her personality completely changes and she attacks Rose.
* Rose attempts to take down the king with her flames but Perseus appears and blocks it. Humphrey orders him to attack Rose while she’s distracted but he’s stopped by Arsen who claims he’ll be his opponent.
* Wanting to separate them, Edgar presses a button that begins to change the structure of the palace as everyone is moved to different rooms to engage their respective opponents.

#### To Cut What Cannot be Cut

* Arsen and Perseus arrive in a wide room near the top of the palace and begin their fight as Arsen finds it difficult to harm Perseus whose skin is as tough as iron due to his devil fruit.
* Removing his weights, Arsen’s speed increases dramatically and surprises Perseus but he’s able to hold on and even lands a hard blow against the samurai.
* Perseus then taunts Arsen, who unleashes one of his more powerful slashes that manages to slice through the walls of the palace and deeply wounds Perseus that couldn’t believe he could be harmed by a sword.
* Wanting to finish the fight, the two engage in one more clash and ultimately, Arsen is the one who prevails as he sends Perseus slamming down into the palace with his improvised attack.
* Injured and fatigued, Arsen leaves some parting words for the unconscious Perseus before he leaves to join his comrades down below.

#### What Girl Power?

* Rose and Cassandra are dropped into a storage room and continue their fight as Cassandra pressures Rose with her aggressive fighting style.
* Rose manages to catch the princess off guard and lands a solid blow but Cassandra lands one herself as the two appears to be even matched.
* Things change however as Cassandra begins to fight against her father’s programming and Rose unleashes more of her power and deliberately takes a critical blow from Cassandra in order to hug her and slam her into the ground, effectively ending the fight.
* Cassandra seems to have regained her senses and apologizes to Rose who claims that she enjoyed the fight and wishes to have her by her side. She even managed to burn the crystal that was stuck in Cassandra’s throat and freed her from her father’s control, causing the former princess to shed tears in gratitude.
* Helping Cassandra up, Rose claims that it's time they took her father down and Cassandra agrees. Before they can leave however, they’re confronted by Aslan, a member of the Royal Knights who is actually a spy that has infiltrated the kingdom. He gives the duo a bottle of healing liquid and wishes them success in their mission before vanishing.
* Having healed their wounds, Rose and Cassandra set off to find Humphrey.

#### Burning Miasma

* Hestia arrives in an isolated hallway and is confronted by GIano, the third son of Humphrey.
* The two devil fruit users clash and bicker as the hall is destroyed due to the destructive power of both of their abilities.
* The fight is rather close but Hestia manages to overcome Giano’s power and defeats him.

#### An Assassin's Tool

* Onyx is seen in the dining hall of the palace and faces off against Shinto, an assassin who joined Humphrey’s side for the money.
* Shinto’s stealth-like approach keeps Onyx on his toes and makes it difficult for him to land a hit against such incredible speed.
* Through clever thinking, Onyx manages to bait Shinto and is able to break his weapon and force the assassin to retreat to regather his focus. Onyx taunts Shinto and claims he doesn’t have the eyes of a killer, which angers him enough that he charges at him head on.
* Onyx manages to endure the attack and then lands a decisive blow against Shinto who is sent flying into the wall and compliments the shipwright before he falls unconscious, making Onyx the winner who rushes out of the dining hall to meet up with Rose.

#### Revenge is Best Served Cold

* Yersi arrives at the laboratory on the lower floors and finds none other than Tiera, head scientist of Sindra, waiting for her.
* Yersi wastes no time and attempts to cut the woman down but she is stopped by two experiments of Tiera that have lost their will and obey her.
* Disgusted by her actions, Yersi manages to disable the beasts with clever thinking.
* Deciding to confront her herself, Tiera removes her coat and injects herself with a needle that boosts all of her physical attributes and begins to overwhelm Yersi. She even taunts the swordswoman by revealing she experimented on her father and turned him into Humphrey’s pet.
* This causes Yersi to burst out in anger as she strikes at a spot below Tiera’s chest that acted as a weak point and is able to defeat the mad scientist before knocking her out cold and freeing the rest of the experiments that were caged up.

### Last Hurdle

* Back in the Throne Room, Humphrey has grown tired of waiting and instructs Edgar to release “Kimera”, causing Edgar to hesitate as he doesn’t believe it's necessary. He does so anyway as a gigantic monster that is made up of several different ferocious animals is brought into the corridor and unshackled.
* Humphrey orders Kimera to kill the intruders within the palace and it roars before setting off as its enhanced sense of smell leads it to its first victim.
* Rose and Cassandra are seen running through the maze like hall trying to find the Throne Room as it appears they’re lost.
* They find an empty room and meet up with Arsen who is also searching for the Throne Room.
* Suddenly, Kimera bursts through a wall having found its prey and attacks the trio.
* Rose is enamored with the “cool” looking beast and tells Rose and Cassandra to stay out of the fight as she charges at the Kimera alone. Not expecting the beast’s speed however, she gets punched into a wall and quickly gets back up, now pissed off as she’s determined to beat it up.
* Arsen and Cassandra watch as the fight continues as the fight is moved above the palace after Rose lands an uppercut. She calls out to Arsen to finish off the King as she deals with the Kimera and Arsen reluctantly does so, telling Cassandra to back her up as she rushes to the throne room.
* Rose and the Kimera burst through the ceiling of the palace and are now fighting high above the sky where the citizens down below can see and scream at the sight of the monster.
* Kimera uses its various abilities to try and kill Rose but the Punk Pirate overcomes them all and lands several good blows against it. Desperate and out of options, the Kimera suddenly swallows Rose who let her guard down as Cassandra watches the exchange and attacks the beast in a rage.
* She’s no match for the beast however and is swatted away as easily as a flea. However, it’s stomach begins to turn before Rose rips herself out of its belly and begins to set fire to the Kimera from the inside as the beast cries out and is incinerated by Rose’s incredibly hot flames.
* In its last moments, the human side of the Kimera thanks Rose for stopping him and wishes he could have seen his daughter one more time before it vanishes.
* Everyone watching the spectacle cheer for Rose that managed to defeat the beast and Zane uses that to invigorate the Resistance to keep fighting.
* Cassandra rushes towards Rose and finds that the Punk Pirate has been reduced to a small bird after using so much of her flames. She soon returns back to human form but her personality is the opposite of her usual fiery self after having expended her power.
* Claiming that she’ll recharge on the way, Cassandra and Rose then set off to rejoin Arsen in the Throne Room.
* Arsen arrives back in the Throne Room and confronts Humphrey and Edgar, the latter of whom can’t believe that Perseus was defeated.
* Despite his best effort, Edgar proves no match for Arsen and is easily cut down as the samurai aims his sword for Humphrey, who rants off about why they are aiding the commoners and that they could never understand the importance of creating a hierarchy.
* Feeling that the king is a lost cause, Arsen attempts to behead the man but is stopped by another sword as Al Khalifa Ain, one of the Seven Warlords, appears before him and commands him to stand down.
* Getting some distance, Arsen can’t believe one of the strongest pirates in the world showed up and questions why she’s protecting such a worthless person. Ain claims that Sindra is allies with the World Government and that any threat shall be erased as she points her sword at him.
* Realizing that he has to defeat Ain to save the country, Arsen makes the first move and engages her in battle as the two exchange blows and are impressed by the other’s abilities.
* As their fight continues, Rose and Cassandra arrive back in the Throne Room and are shocked by Ain’s appearance. Rose especially seems to be shaken by her as it seems she knows a great deal about the warlord.
* Cassandra tries to plead with Ain to get her away from Humphrey but the woman refuses and she taunts them to show her with force why their cause is just.
* Taking that challenge, Arsen engages Ain once more one on one as the two swordsmen clash once more and shake the palace to its core. Arsen can’t seem to gain the upper hand however as Ain’s strength is formidable and right before she’s able to burn him with her flames, Rose steps in and saves him by kicking him away and taking the hit as she absorbs it.
* Regaining her fiery personality, Rose engages Ain but is thrown across the room and slams into Cassandra that attempted to catch her. Before Ain can launch another attack at the still recovering duo, Onyx appears and deflects one of her attacks.
* Arsen, Rose, Cassandra, and Onyx are now standing on one side as they decide to team up against Ain while Cassandra deals with Humphrey who is defenseless.
* The three pirates launch a triple attack against the Warlord who struggles to hold them and is forced to use even more of her hidden strength to ward them off and succeeds in doing so.
* In one last ditch effort, Rose uses her flames to destroy the pillars within the throne room as the room begins to collapse and rubbles drops everywhere.
* Cassandra uses the opportunity to attempt to kill her father, ignoring the rubble that would have crushed her had Arsen not blocked her and moved her out of the way. Everyone else tries to get to safety as the room continues to collapse and Ain uses her power to destroy most of the rubble.
* As the dust clears and everyone is alright, Yersi suddenly appears and calls out Humphrey’s name as she asks why he had done such a cruel thing to her father. Humphrey merely laughs and berates the woman, even ordering Ain to kill her as well as he doesn’t deny any of the accusations.
* Ain takes in everything she has heard today and makes a decision as she beheads Humphrey where he stands, having seen enough to determine that he is no longer worth protecting.
* Meanwhile, a heavily injured Zane screams from outside that they managed to quell the soldiers and hopes that his allies are also doing well.

### Changes

* With Humphrey dead and the Sindra military defeated, the war is effectively over as Ain decides to leave Zane in charge of rebuilding the country and after bestowing a gift to Rose and some advice to Arsen, she disappears.
* Wanting to declare her victory, Rose takes Humphrey’s detached head and shows it to the people down below as she declares the war to be over, earning thunderous cheers from the kingdom as a new era has been established within Sindra.
* Several days pass after the revolution is a success and rebuilding has begun within Sindra.
* Zane pays a visit to the cemetery where he meets Yersi who is mourning at her father’s grave. The two pay their respects and promise to make the country a better place as they leave to join the “heroes” of the country in the royal palace.
* They meet up with the group as a party is going on as Rose is seen in a drinking contest while everyone else is enjoying their meals.
* Hestia remembers the reward she promised Arsen and Rose and gives them both an incredible sum of money as a thank you. Arsen doesn’t want it as he agreed to help for his own reasons while Rose takes it and wants even more but isn’t heartless and will only take any extra treasure.
* They party through till midnight and while everyone is asleep, Arsen finds Cassandra by herself on the balcony contemplating on whether she should stay or leave with Rose.
* Arsen advises her to choose what will make her happy for once in her life and Cassandra thanks him before leaving. Rose then appears having overheard and the two share a rather cordial conversation as Rose even gives Arsen her vivre card and calls him her rival before leaving.
* Not too long after, an old friend of Arsen’s by the name of Xana appears and claims she has been keeping an eye on him and his adventures. She even sent a spy to infiltrate Sindra and has been making waves in the underground circuit.
* Aslan, the spy Xana sent, appears and after saying goodbye to Arsen with a kiss on his cheek, she leaves with her spy as Arsen is left alone on the balcony feeling homesick and wishes to return to Wano.

### Departures

* Morning arrives as everyone in the kingdom has come to see the pirates off. Zane and Yersi thanks Arsen and Rose for everything they’ve done and they promise to repay the debt someday.
* Rose doesn’t care about that and wants to know where Cassandra is as the former princess suddenly appears and decides to go with Rose and join her crew, earning the punk pirate’s approval.
* Arsen calls out to Rose and gives her his own vivre card, claiming they’ll meet again someday to settle their score. Rose accepts it and shakes his hand, having finally gained true respect for the samurai and officially recognizes him as her rival.
* Arsen is then asked by Cassandra to come with them but he declines, stating he won’t serve under anyone and that she’d lose respect for him if he submitted himself to anyone. He asks her to watch over her as Cassandra agrees and he takes his own boat off the island after saying his goodbyes.
* Back with the Punk Pirates, they finally set sail on their new ship that was built with Onyx and the shipwrights of Sindra and have also gained a new member as they look for their next adventure.

## Battles

* Arsen and Rose vs Cassandra
* Zane, Yersi, Arsen, Rose, Hestia, Onyx, and Dan vs Sindra Military Army
* Ruby Rose vs Cassandra
* Arsen vs Perseus
* Hestia vs Giano
* Onyx vs Shinto
* Yersi vs Tiera
* Arsen, Rose, and Cassandra vs Kimera
* Rose vs Kimera
* Arsen vs Al Khalifa Ain
* Arsen, Ruby Rose, Cassandra, and Onyx vs Al Khalifa Ain

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