One Piece: Z's Ambition Arc
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard © Me
Summary- The Straw Hats have finally entered the New World, only to be met with outrageous weather and tiny stowaway who holds a big power. It turns out that she actually needs help saving her father, who is a famous cook, Luffy decides to assist (and maybe get some lunch out of it, too). However, not long after, new enemies begin to appear with only one goal: to destroy all pirates!
Ch. 1- Lily the Little Giant
It is a dark and stormy night. A fleet of battleships is seen, surrounding an even larger ship in the shape of a white tiger with a giant blade in the middle, and the flag…it looked like a corrupted version of the Marine insignia.
On the flagship, two figures are seen: a man dressed in a pink ninja-like outfit and a woman with blue hair and a blue hood.
"…At last," said the woman. "At long last…the Great Pirate Era is coming to and end!" As she said this, she looked up at the sky, her hood flying off.
"…Master Z!" she exclaimed.
XXX
Meanwhile, the Straw Hats have left Fishman Island and have finally entered the New World. However, not long after they arrive…they find themselves surrounded by a huge fleet of Marine Battleships!
"I don't believe this!" Usopp cried. "What the hell's going on?!"
"Are they really the Marines?!" Franky questioned.
"They're here, and there, and everywhere!" Brook cried. "360 degrees, all you see is Marines! We're surrounded!"
"Only the Marines could pull off a tactic like this," Robin noted. "It looked like they knew we were coming and planned an ambush."
"We're completely surrounded and there's nowhere we can run," Zoro added.
"STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS SO CALMLY AND DO SOMETHING!" Usopp shouted.
Nami also seemed concerned…but not because of the Marines.
"…This weather," she muttered.
"They're closing in on us!" Chopper said.
"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, LUFFY?!" he and Usopp questioned in fright.
"…Hey, wait a second," Usopp said. "Where is Luffy?!"
"And Blizzard?" Chopper asked.
It is revealed that the captain and watchdog in question are sitting on the figurehead…chuckling to themselves.
"…Full speed ahead!" Luffy ordered.
Everyone except Nami smirked, taking fighting stances.
"We won't let the Marines stop us this time!" Luffy said. "LET'S GO, YOU GUYS!"
ARROOOOOOOOOOOOOO~! Blizzard howled, excitedly.
"You can't be serious!" Usopp shouted. "If there was at least ONE battleship, we'd be okay! But look at them! WE'RE OUTNUMBERED!"
"This is no time for bellyaching, Usopp!" Zoro said, brandishing his swords.
"All right, Usopp!" Franky said. "Get the Gaon Cannon ready to fire! Chopper, fill the tank with cola!"
"Got it!" Chopper said.
"In that case, I don't even care how many battleships there are!" Usopp said. "The Gaon Cannon's gonna make matchsticks outta them!"
"Blizzard and I will take the front!" Luffy said.
"Robin, Brook, and I have the sides!" Sanji said.
"Leave the rear to me!" Zoro called from the stern.
"Bring it on, Marine Scumbags!"
"Yeah! We're ready for ya!" Usopp shouted as he headed to the figurehead, but then Nami grabbed the binoculars around the sniper's neck, unwittingly choking him.
"Wait, Usopp!" Nami said as she looked through the binoculars. "There's no need to fight."
"Why not?!" Usopp gagged.
"Gear THIRD!" Luffy shouted as he bit his left thumb and blew air into his arm, making it huge. "GUUUUM GUUUUUUUUUUM…GIANT PISTOL~!"
WHOOSH! Luffy attempted to punch one of the battleships…but it vanished into thin air! In fact…all the battleships disappeared!
"Huh?!" Luffy questioned.
"What the hell just happened?!" Blizzard asked.
"The battleships…they're gone!" Robin said.
"And the rain stopped, too!" Chopper added.
"Just as I thought," Nami said. "What we saw was just a mirage found only in this part of the sea."
"A mirage?" Usopp asked before he sighed in relief. "Thank god."
"What a relief," Chopper added.
"I wouldn't let my guard down just yet, if I were you," Nami said before she looked up at the sky. "If I'm right…then we…should be…!" She gasped in horror, as did everyone else.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT~?!" Luffy questioned.
In the sky…giant drops of water as large as the Thousand Sunny started falling!
"GIANT RAINDROPS!" the Straw Hats screamed as they began to fall around them!
"What's with this crazy weather?!" Chopper asked.
"We're in the Maubeugemour Sea!" Nami answered.
"The Manjuu Bun Sea?!" Luffy asked.
"No, Luffy! I said 'Maubeugemour'!" Nami said. "It's also called 'The Sea With a Bad Temper'! It's a place with all kinds of weather conditions that you've never seen or heard before!"
THUMP! Chopper accidentally bumped into Nami as the rough waves tossed the ship about. However, soon, the giant downpour ended…to make way for giant chunks of hailstones!
"Hail?!" Brook questioned.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Sanji said.
"3600 CALIBER PHOENIX!" Zoro shouted as he cut up a giant hailstone.
"Dammit!" Sanji cursed as he smashed another with a powerful kick.
Brook used Soul Solid to slice up another hailstone while Usopp fired at more with his Black Kabuto. Blizzard smashed another with his powerful bite force while Chopper smashed one more with his Kung Fu Point. At that moment, something white and powdery began to fall from the sky.
"Huh? Is that cotton candy?!" Chopper asked, excitedly.
"Sorry, Chopper, but it looks like you're not even close!" Blizzard said.
Everyone looked up to see a giant snowfall in the form of an avalanche, plummeting from the air above!
"AN AVALANCHE!" Usopp screamed. "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE~!"
"Not if I can help it!" Robin said. "Mil Fleur…GIGANTESCO MANO!"
SPLASH! The avalanche fell into the water around the ship, which was saved due to Robin using her powers to catch a large pile of it and make a giant snowball before tossing it into the sea, as well!
"Nice job, Robin!" Usopp praised.
Not long after this, it suddenly started to rain again, and really hard.
"Oh, great!" Usopp said as his hat sagged. "More rain!"
"I just hope it's only rain this ti- AGH!" Brook cried as the ship began to lurch and point upward.
"W-what's going on now?!" Chopper questioned.
"I don't know!" Blizzard answered.
"Oh, no…don't tell me…!" Usopp muttered.
Everyone looked down to see that the sea had split into a huge trench!
"WHAT THE HELL~?!" everyone questioned.
"So much pretty much anything goes around here, huh?!" Franky questioned.
"We're gonna sink!" Chopper cried, holding onto Blizzard for dear life.
"If nothing is done soon, we'll end up right back in the Deep Sea!" Brook exclaimed.
"Not if we hit a rock and drown first," Robin said.
"WILL YOU STOP BEING SO CALM ABOUT THIS?!" Usopp questioned.
"This is a pretty cool ocean!" Luffy said.
"Now's not the time to be impressed, Luffy!" Nami shouted.
"How're we gonna get outta here?!" Usopp questioned.
"Punching," Luffy said.
"Cutting," Zoro said.
"Kicking," Sanji said.
RUFF! Blizzard barked.
"Blizzard says, 'Biting'," Chopper translated.
"Let's do it!" the Monster Quartet said.
"YOU'RE ALL CRAZY~!" Usopp shouted. "BE REALISTIC ABOUT THIS!"
"Let's leave it to Sunny!" Franky exclaimed. "Coup de…BURST~!"
BOOM! The ship was sent flying high into the sky!
"ALL RIGHT!" the Straw Hats cheered.
"Awesome!" Chopper exclaimed.
"We made it!" Usopp said. "Good ol' Sunny saved us!"
However, it appeared that their good fortune was short-lived, once again, because not long after the Sunny went flying…KRRZZZT! BOOM! A large lightning bolt struck the ship!
"OH, COME ON!" Usopp complained. "HOW CAN THINGS GET ANY WORSE?!"
XXX
"I had to ask…" Usopp muttered, sweating buckets.
A few moments later, the Straw Hats are now drying off their wet clothes and wearing new ones.
Blizzard is wearing a brown cardigan swear, a pair of yellow snow goggles with an orange lens, a gray collar, and a red-and-white cab driver's cap with the Straw Hat insignia sewn into the front.
"What the hell…was I thinking…wearing a sweater in this heat?" Blizzard asked.
"It's so hot~!" Chopper complained.
"I feel like I'm melting…!" Luffy whined.
"Still…that was quite impressive, Miss Nami," Brook said. "You know so much about the weather in the New World."
"Well, what did you think I was doing during the two years in Weatheria?" Nami asked, proudly. "Picking daisies?"
"That's…our navigator…!" Luffy panted, weakly flashing a thumbs-up.
Franky didn't seem at all bothered by the heat. He was too busy trying to catch a butterfly with a bug net. His hair was styled in the fashion of a Hercules Beetle, probably to get himself in the mood.
"Dammit," Zoro cursed. "When it's this hot outside, I usually drink a cold bottle of booze."
GURGLE-GURGLE! Luffy's "hunger alarm" started to go off.
"I'm starving!" Luffy complained.
"Me, too!" Chopper agreed.
Blizzard whined, raising his paw in agreement as well.
"Oh, yeah, that's right!" Usopp said. "We can have the Deep Sea Fish we caught for lunch!"
"YEAH~!" Luffy, Chopper, and Blizzard agreed.
"Not gonna happen," Sanji said, holding a saw. "Most of the fish got lost after we had that run-in with the horrible weather!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOO~!" Luffy screamed before he began to comically sob and pound the deck with his fist. "WHAT A CRUEL WORLD~!"
"Oh, relax, Luffy!" Sanji said. "I managed to save some of it! Just be quiet and let me cook something for a minute!"
With that, Sanji went into the kitchen.
"I sure hope he's quick," Luffy said.
GRRROOOOOOOOWWWLL~! His stomach growled like a demon from hell.
"I know you're hungry!" Luffy said. "You'll just have to wait! I'm sorry!"
GRRRUUUUUUUUUMMBLE! His stomach growled again in complaint.
"Complaining isn't gonna help!" Luffy scolded. "Now be quiet and wait!"
Blizzard sweat-dropped at Luffy.
Luffy, you are probably the only man I know who talks back at his stomach, he thought.
"Oh, Blizzard!" Nami called as she walked up to Blizzard, holding his necklace. "Look what I have!"
Blizzard gasped at the sight of his most treasured possession.
"Chopper said it fell off after that whole thing on Fishman Island," Nami said. "One of the links broke, but I fixed it for you."
I didn't even notice it came off! Blizzard thought.
"Here's a little tip," Nami said as she took Blizzard's left front paw and wound the chain of the necklace around it, like a bracelet. "Since it's too small to wear around your neck, wear it as a bracelet, instead."
Blizzard looked at Nami before he began to smother her in kisses, making her laugh.
"Okay, okay!" she said. "I get it! You're welcome!"
XXX
In the kitchen, Sanji is getting ready to make lunch.
"Now, let's see," Sanji said. "For an appetizer, I'll make a Deep Sea Fish Carpaccio, and the soup will be a Deep Sea Fish Bouillabaisse. Now…what should I make for the main course?"
As Sanji contemplated the meal, little did he know that someone happened to be in the kitchen with him: a very hungry intruder, who held up a fork to the cucumbers in the fridge.
XXX
About 35 minutes later, Sanji had prepared a Deep Sea Fish Carpaccio and set it on the counter.
"Okay! It's ready! Come and get it!" he called before he turned and stirred the pot of soup on the stove.
"WHOO-HOO~!" the Childish Trio cheered.
"Hmm…looks good," Sanji said as he kept stirring the soup.
Soon, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper came running in, chanting "Lunchtime, lunchtime, lunchtime, lunchtime! Let's eat~!"
Before they could do so, however, their expressions turned to confusion as they looked at the platter.
"Uh, Sanji? What's this?" Chopper asked.
"It's a Deep Sea Fish Carpaccio," Sanji answered as he ground up some black peppercorn in the soup. "It's supposed the appetizer. Eat that first and then shut up and wait."
"Sanji, there's nothing here!" Luffy said.
"Of course there is!" Sanji said. "There's a platter on the counter!"
"No, really! It's empty!" Usopp said.
"What are you guys talking about-" Sanji said before he turned and looked…only to gasp in shock when he saw the empty platter! "W-what the hell?! But it was right there!"
"Boo-boo~!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper shouted.
"SHUT UP!" Sanji barked. "You must've already eaten it!"
"We did not!" Usopp said.
"Yeah! Listen!" Luffy said as he patted his stomach, which seemed to make a hollow sound. "Empty!"
"Then where did the food go?!" Sanji asked.
All of a sudden, Chopper gasped in horror at a very frightful thought.
"Maybe…the Maubeugemour Sea is…haunted…!" he whispered.
Just then…he heard a voice!
"Yum-yum~!"
KLANG! The pot of soup suddenly fell over…and it was empty!
"AAAAAAAH! I HEARD IT! I HEARD THE GHOST!" Chopper cried.
"THE SOUP IS GONE!" Sanji shouted in shock.
"WHAT?!" the Childish Trio questioned.
Just then, something very tiny jumped out of the pot and began to run across the counter.
"Hey! What's that?!" Luffy asked. "Something just came outta the pot!"
"Is that a bug?" Usopp asked.
"AAAH! A BUG GHOST!" Chopper screamed.
"The bug must've eaten the food!" Luffy exclaimed, angrily.
"What? There's just no way!" Usopp retorted.
Luffy searched around in the kitchen…but he could find nothing.
"Where'd it go?!" he asked.
MUNCH! MUNCH! CRUNCH! MUNCH! GULP! The sound of someone eating something is heard, and when Sanji looked, he saw that the bowl of strawberries he had out was empty!
"AAH!" he cried. "The strawberries! They're gone!"
"Huh?" Usopp muttered.
CRUNCH! MUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! The sounds of munching is heard again, and Sanji soon found empty ears of corn!
"THE CORN IS GONE, TOO!" Sanji cried.
"You're kidding me!" Usopp exclaimed.
"Dammit! This is unforgivable!" Luffy said as he looked around the floor.
"Luffy! The bug ghost went outside!" Chopper exclaimed.
Luffy gasped before he ran outside with the little reindeer.
"…I've got a bad feeling," Sanji muttered in a dreadful tone before he looked inside the fridge…and found nothing! "THE FRIDGE IS EMPTY, TOO!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Usopp questioned.
XXX
Outside, Luffy and Chopper are searching for their little intruder.
"Where'd it go?! I lost it!" Luffy said, brandishing his bug net.
"What are you looking for now?" Nami asked.
"There's a bug ghost on the ship!" Chopper said.
"A 'bug ghost'?" Blizzard repeated. "I think you and Luffy have read too many comic books."
"Well, whatever it is, it's also a thief!" Luffy added.
Suddenly, the voice from before spoke again.
"And just who are YOU calling a 'thief'?!" it asked.
Luffy gasped before he turned to look at Blizzard.
"Huh?" Blizzard asked. "What are you looking at me for, Luffy?"
"All I did was eat some of the food you had lying around!" the voice exclaimed.
"That's what makes you a THIEF~!" Luffy yelled before he swung his net down on Blizzard's head!
"Hey!" Blizzard shouted. "What the hell, Luffy?!"
Just then, Luffy spotted a tiny figure jumping out of Blizzard's fur.
"There it is!" he said.
"What? What are you talking about?!" Blizzard asked.
"Huh? Where'd it go?!" Luffy asked.
"Hey!" Sanji shouted as he came outside with Usopp. "Something ate all the food in the fridge! All the alcohol is gone, too!"
"WHAT?!" Zoro questioned, angrily.
"Where is it?!" Luffy asked as he searched through Blizzard's fur, climbing all over the wolf-dog's back as he did. "Where did it go?!"
"Dammit, Luffy, get off me!" Blizzard shouted.
At that moment, Luffy finally found the culprit…but it was not a bug, nor a ghost, not even a bug ghost…but rather…
"A tiny human?!"
Yes. A tiny human girl with green hair tied up in a ponytail and tanned skin. She wears golden loop earrings, a bra with a yellow strap and a pair of brown suspenders, as well as a red sash around her yellow shorts. She also wears long socks that go up to her knees and brown and yellow boots. Her eyes could not be seen due to her wearing a Viking helmet. In her hand is a fork, which she seemed to be holding like a spear.
"You…!" Luffy hissed. "How dare you try and steal my food!"
CLAP! He tried to grab the tiny woman, but she ran.
"There she goes!" Chopper shouted as he stomped on the deck and Usopp tried to grab her, but they both missed.
"What's all this fuss about, anyway?" Blizzard asked. "So she ate all the food? What's the big deal?"
"You know, that probably means she ate all the peanut butter, too," Luffy said.
"WHAT?!" Blizzard questioned. "Oh, no she didn't! LEMME AT HER!"
GRRAAAAAAAAWWWRR! The canine roared as he lunged at the girl, only to miss as well. Zoro and Sanji tried to stomp on her, too, but she was just too quick.
"Franky! Catch her!" Usopp shouted.
"Got it!" Franky said as he prepared to grab the tiny human.
Dammit! she thought. I can't get caught now!
"Hold it right there!" Franky said…before the girl grabbed him and threw him into the air!
The girl looked up and took her helmet off, revealing her blue eyes.
"She took Franky down?!" Luffy questioned in disbelief.
"That's one strong chick!" Blizzard said.
"In that case, we better go all out ourselves," Zoro said.
Franky grunted as he stood up, Blizzard growled viciously at the girl, Usopp readied his Black Kabuto, Chopper took a fighting stance, and Luffy punched a fist into his palm. The boys began to close in on the girl, who growled at them.
"Looks like I have no choice," she said. "Have a taste of the Mini-Mini Full Rebound!"
Suddenly, the girl began to grow in size, knocking back Luffy and the others as she did so!
"What in the world?!" Nami questioned.
"Oh, my!" Brook cried.
Soon, the girl got bigger, and bigger, and bigger until she was at the height of the masts!
"She's…" Luffy gasped.
"SHE'S HUGE!" the boys cried. "SO COOL~!"
PLURT! A geyser of blood gushed out of Sanji's nostril.
"YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL, MY GIANT BEAUTY~!" the cook cried…unaware that she is about to stomp on them!
"RUN!" Usopp shouted before everyone quickly out of the way of her giant boot…except Sanji of course.
"Now…come into my em-" he began, but then Luffy stretched his arm and grabbed him at the last second before he could get stomped on. When the girl realized that wouldn't work, she raised her giant fork at them!
"Not good!" Usopp cried.
"She's gonna skewer us!" Chopper added.
"No hard feelings, boys!" the girl said.
"Bring it on!" Luffy challenged.
"Okay, but you asked for it!" the girl shouted as she thrust her giant fork at Luffy, who stopped it with his bare hands!
"What the?!" the girl questioned in shock before Luffy began to lift her up with little effort.
"Yes! Go, Luffy, go!" Blizzard cheered.
"GUM GUUUUUUM…PROPELLER~!" Luffy shouted as he twisted his arms and began to spin the giant young woman around and around.
"Whoa!" the girl cried. "What are you doing?!"
"The Propeller Wind-Down!" Luffy shouted before he threw her into the sea!
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the girl screamed before she made a huge splash…but no sooner had she landed in the water, she started flailing her arms around.
"Huh?" Luffy questioned. "Hey! I don't think she can swim!"
"Oh, no!" Sanji cried. "Hang on, my giant maiden! I'll save you!"
SPLASH! He dove into the water and swam to her rescue.
"Maybe she has Devil Fruit powers," Usopp suggested.
XXX
Under the water, the giant girl is slowly sinking.
…Daddy…I'm sorry, she thought. I…I'm not gonna make it…!
Suddenly…she began to shrink down to the size of a doll, right into Sanji's arms.
Why did she shrink? he thought. Deciding to think about it later and knowing she would drown if help did not come soon, Sanji hastily made his way back to the ship.
XXX
Daddy…Daddy…! I'll come and save you…no matter what! Just hang on…Daddy!
"DADDY!" the girl cried as she sat up with a gasp. When she looked around…she saw she that she is back on the same ship as before.
"Oh, good."
The girl gasped upon hearing Chopper's voice and, naturally expecting another attack, pointed her fork at him, threateningly.
"Looks like you've finally come around," Chopper said.
"Are you all right, young lady?" asked Sanji with hearts in his eyes.
"Hey, you!"
The girl turned to see Luffy approaching her.
"Luffy!" Sanji barked. "I don't ever wanna see you attack a lady again, no matter what reason you have! You got me?!"
"Oh, put a sock in it, Sanji!" Nami snapped.
Luffy smiled as he knelt down to face the girl.
"You can shrink down and grow, too!" he said. "That's so cool!"
"Uhh…thanks," the girl said, surprised. She wasn't expecting such a warm welcome from the people who tried to stomp on her and catch her with nets, but then again, there is such a thing as second chances, so she decided to be friendly. "Umm…I was actually born a Giant, but I ate a Devil Fruit called the Mini-Mini Fruit."
"No way! You're a giant?!" Usopp questioned in surprise.
"Y-yeah," the girl said, "but ever since I ate the Mini-Mini Fruit, this is pretty my usual size, now, but I can actually shrink myself down to 5 millimeters and then grow to the size of a Giant!"
"Wow! That's cool!" Luffy said.
"You really think so?" the girl asked.
"Yeah! Not only are you small, but you're strong, too!" Luffy said. "You managed to take down Franky!"
The girl smiled, feeling a bit more confident and friendly now.
"Well, I may be small, but my strength hasn't changed," the girl said. "It was easy for me! Here! See for yourself!"
FWIP! She picked Luffy up and began to toss him up and down into the air!
"Whoa!" Luffy cried before he began to laugh. "Shishishishi! This is fun!"
"It looks like Luffy's forgotten that she ate our entire food supply," Robin said.
"Looks like they're having fun," Zoro said.
"Aside from that, is there anything else you can do?" Franky asked.
"Oh, yeah!" the girl said. "When I shrink, I can slip inside my enemy's body, and then expand myself to make them explode!"
Usopp and Chopper screamed at the thought.
"SCARY~!" they cried.
"Well, that works fine for me!" Luffy said. "If that happens, I can be a Giant, too!"
"Huh?" the girl asked. "What do you mean? I don't understand."
"Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit," Nami said as she grabbed Luffy's cheek and stretched it. "He became a rubber man, so now, instead of his body exploding, it stretches!"
"Whoa! You're right!" the tiny girl said as she stretched the skin on Luffy's ankle. "It really does stretch! That's so cool!"
"So, what's your name, young lady?" Sanji asked.
"I'm Lily! Lily Enstomach!" the girl introduced herself. "Some people call me 'Lily the Glutton'! For a girl, I sure eat a lot, no?"
"So, how did you get on our ship, Lily?" Nami asked.
"Well…" Lily began.
Flashback
Lily is seen floating inside a glass jar, when all of a sudden, BOOM! The Sunny appeared from below the sea with the gam of whales, unknowingly catching her!
Flashback end
"I was waiting for somebody, but then your ship appeared from out of nowhere!" Lily answered. "That's how I got stuck here!"
"Really?" Nami asked. "Who were you waiting for in the middle of nowhere?"
"I was waiting for my Daddy…OH MY GOD!" Lily cried, her head growing comically enlarged. "I CAN'T STAND HERE WASTING MY TIME LIKE THIS!"
"Uhh…okay," Blizzard said, surprised. "That was a surprise."
"I'll say," Luffy agreed.
"Lily, what's wrong?!" Sanji questioned.
"Calm down!" Chopper urged. "Your head is too big for your body, now!"
"What am I gonna do now?!" Lily questioned. "The jar I was in shattered! I only managed to get this far after I snuck aboard so many Marine boats and battleships, AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN REACH MY DADDY~! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"Your father?" Usopp repeated. "Have you been trying to find your old man, this whole time?!"
"What kind of man is your father, anyway?" Franky asked.
Lily stopped crying and her head returned to normal size.
"Well…if you must know," she said with a proud smile, "my Daddy is the greatest pirate chef in all of the New World!"
"A pirate chef, eh?" Sanji asked. "And just what is your father's name, Lily?"
"Panz Fry!" Lily replied.
"I see…I've heard that name before!" Sanji said.
"Is your pops famous or something?" Luffy asked, crouching down in front of Lily.
"Sure is!" Lily said. "He's a top volcano cooking chef!"
"Volcano cooking?!" Luffy repeated. "What's that?! Is it yummy?!"
"Totally!" Lily said, a sliver of drool escaping her lips. "I get hungry just thinking about it! I can just picture it now: giant Sea Monster Churrasco, my favorite! Rare herbs only found growing around volcanoes and million-year-old salt crystals, found in between molten rocks, all sprinkled on sea monster meat and stewed in the boiling magma of a volcano to cook it up, quick!"
"SO YUMMY~!" Luffy exclaimed.
"And that's not even the best one!" Lily said. "The best one is…"
"Yeah?!" Luffy questioned. "GO ON!"
"The best one…is a frying pan, assorted with all sorts of ingredients from the sea and mountains, all cooked over the mouth of a volcano! My Daddy calls it…'The Thousand-Person Paella'!" Lily exclaimed. "Just one taste, and it feels like you've died and gone to heaven! It's like running through a field of flowers!"
The image of Luffy and Lily sitting in the food that the latter had described with bloated bellies appeared in their heads.
"I WANT SOME!" Luffy cried. "I WANNA HAVE SOME OF THAT HEAVENLY FOOD!"
"Damn, even I want some, now!" Blizzard agreed.
"I know, right?!" Luffy asked.
"HEAVENLY FOOD! WHOO-HOO~!" he and Lily cheered.
"AAAAAAAAH!" Lily screamed, her head growing comically large again. "I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!"
"You started it!" Zoro said.
"I've heard of Panz Fry, as well," Robin chimed in. "He steals from the Government, the Marines, and even other pirates, and more than anything, he loves to use his cooking talents to feed starving people. Truly a benevolent Giant."
The Childish Trio gasped.
"So…that would make him…!" Luffy whispered.
"A HERO~!" the trio exclaimed.
"A hero, huh?" Lily asked, scratching the back of her head and blushing. "You guys flatter me…AAAAAH! I HAVE NO TIME TO BE FLATTERED!"
"All right, all right, enough of that!" Nami said. "Lily, tell us what's going on here."
"Yeah, I should probably just tell you what happened," Lily said. "Well, it's like this. My Daddy and I were sailing for a while, when all of a sudden, he just…disappeared about 2 weeks ago. There's this rumor going around that he was captured by the Marines. I asked around, going from island to island, when one day, I read in a newspaper that he was being hauled to Impel Down."
"Impel Down?!" Luffy repeated.
"But why was he arrested?!" Chopper questioned. "He's supposed to be a hero, right?!"
"My Daddy has a bounty of 320 million Berries on his head," Lily said.
"Over 300 million?!" Usopp questioned. "Are you serious?!"
"Because he kept stealing food the Government and the Marines, the bounty on his head went up quicker than he thought. I managed to get this far, but the ship I stowed away on was wrecked by the awful weather…and I didn't know what to do."
"BWWAAAAAAAAAAAH~!" Franky sobbed. "You really love your old man, don't ya?!"
Blizzard sneered at Franky's tears.
"But seriously, Impel Down?" Zoro asked. "Don't you think you're taking that place a little too lightly if you're trying to get there alone?"
"Yeah, that place is no joke," Luffy said. "I know. I almost died there!"
"Brings back some bad memories," Blizzard said, remembering the torture Luffy had to go through in that terrible prison.
"I wasn't really planning on going there," Lily said.
"Huh?" Luffy muttered.
"What about your pops?!" Franky questioned.
"I'm getting to that!" Lily said. "You see, while I was hiding in a Marine battleship…I heard them talking."
Flashback
Lily is seen hiding on a Marine ship, where she heard an interesting conversation going on via Transponder Snail.
"We're transporting Panz Fry through the Maubeugemour Sea," said the voice on the other end of the snail.
Flashback end
"The Marine ship that's carrying my Daddy will pass through here!" said Lily.
"You mean the Marines are coming here?!" Brook questioned in shock.
"Uh-oh!" Usopp said. "If they see us, it's gonna be a big problem!"
"I know," Lily said, "but I'm going to save my Daddy no matter what! Before they take him to Impel Down…this is my last chance to save him!"
"Lily…" Sanji whispered in concern.
"…Everybody…I'm sorry for everything," Lily said. "I don't wanna cause you anymore trouble, so if you could just find an empty jar or something, I'll leave the ship. It's better if you all escape from here while you can."
There is a pregnant pause…but then, Luffy took in a deep breath, and he said, "Lily…let me help you!"
"Huh?" Lily muttered.
"I know what you're going through," Luffy said. "I tried to save my brother form Impel Down…but I was too late. I can't let you go through that pain."
"Luffy…!" Lily whispered.
"Also," Luffy began, "I wanna try that heavenly food that your dad makes!"
"Not to mention the fact that he's a hero!" Usopp added.
"Yeah! I wanna see the hero!" Chopper piped up.
"But…it's too-" Lily began, but Sanji cut her off.
"It's just something us Straw Hats do," Sanji said. "Don't worry about it, Lily."
"We don't really have much choice, do we?" Nami asked.
"If we don't help you know, then it would just dishonor our pervert name!" Franky said before striking his signature pose.
"YOHOHO!" Brook chortled, holding up the double peace sign.
Since when were we ALL perverts? Blizzard thought.
"Our first battle in the New World will be against the Marines!" Zoro said, holding his swords. "Can't wait!"
"It must be karma," Robin added.
"You guys…!" Lily said, surprised. "Are you really sure about this?!"
"Yep!" Luffy said. "Leave it to us! Shishishishi!"
"Luffy…you guys…!" Lily said, tearfully.
"And when we save him, I wanna have some of that heavenly volcano food!" Luffy said.
Lily smiled and wiped away her tears.
"Sure thing!" she said. "I'll let you have so much, that your stomachs will be full to bursting!"
"All right!" Luffy cheered.
GRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMBLE! His stomach let out a growl.
"Oops," Luffy said. "Excuse me. My tummy's a little excited."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh at this.
However, little did they know that their plan may not go as easy as they hope.
XXX
Under the sea, there is a submarine with the familiar corrupted Marine insignia on the front.
"Mister Shuzo! Come in! Mister Shuzo!"
On board the submarine, a soldier picks up the Transponder Snail.
"What do you want?" the soldier asked. "Commander Shuzo is currently unavailable. I'll take your message for him."
"All ships were supposed to turn out, today. Why is it that you aren't here yet?"
There was no answer.
"Hey! What's going on over there? Answer me!"
Just then, another voice was heard on the snail
"I know you're there."
The soldier gasped in surprise.
"M-Miss Ain?"
"You're there…aren't you, Shuzo?"
In the shadows, a mysterious figure smirked before he pulled down the periscope and took the receiver of the Transponder Snail.
It is revealed to be a dark-skinned man with really long arms and bulky build. He has a black topknot hairstyle, blue eyes with furry eyebrows, beard and long nose hair that resemble mustaches. He wears dark red armguards and a red and yellow chest plate with a white emblem on it.
He is Shuzo…a Commander of the Neo Marines.
"We are heading to the rendezvous point as planned," Shuzo said. "We shall reach the Maubeugemour Sea soon."
"Why are you taking such a long route? You obviously don't realize how important this plan is."
"Oh, but I do, my dear Ain," Shuzo said.
"Then why are you-"
"Because," Shuzo interrupted, and an alpaca bleated as he paused, "that a ship carrying the big-shot pirate, Panz Fry, will be passing through the Maubeugemour Sea soon."
Shuzo and his pet alpaca looked at each before nodding in agreement.
"We do not want to miss this opportunity and let him continue to live in Impel Down!" Shuzo shouted before he and his pet nodded at each other again. "All pirates in the New World must be exterminated! Isn't that the philosophy we Neo Marines follow?!"
"If we let you do as you please, the Marines will catch on to our plan," Ain argued. "You had better come to the rendezvous point, at once!"
"Oh, don't worry," Shuzo said. "I'll just sink Panz Fry and the Marines! That way, there will be no evidence."
Ain was heard sighing in disbelief on the other line.
"Once I pull off this operation," Shuzo said, "I will prove to him, once and for all, that I am a better Vice-Admiral than you, Ain!"
The alpaca bleated in agreement, revealing comically sharp teeth.
"…If you fail this mission…you know the consequences."
"…I am well aware."
KOCHEP! Shuzo hung up on Ain and seethed angrily.
"That bitch," he cursed.
The alpaca seemed to growl in agreement, as if he shared his master's hatred for that woman.
"Listen up, men!" Shuzo ordered. "We are going to show those Marines just how formidable we really are! PREPARE TO SURFACE!"
The alpaca bleated along with him.
"Yes, sir!" the soldiers said, saluting Shuzo.
XXX
Back with the Straw Hats, the wind had begun to pick up and a fog had begun to form.
"Oh, great," Usopp said. "Now what's going on?"
"Another mirage?" Zoro asked.
"Nope," Nami said. "It looks like it's just a simple fog, this time."
"It sure is getting harder to see," Brook noted.
"And that means it'll be harder to find your old man," Franky said.
"I know," Lily said.
At that moment, Luffy spotted something.
"Hey, Lily! Look at that!" Luffy said.
Everyone looked out to the distance. There, they could make out three silhouettes in the fog, which slowly dissipated to reveal to Marine battleships…and a giant chained to crucifix and a mask over his head with the kanji for "sin" in it.
"It's the Marines!" Luffy said.
"And they've got my Daddy!" Lily exclaimed.
"So that guy in the middle is him?!" Luffy asked.
"There's no mistaking it," Lily said.
Luffy smirked before he turned to the others.
"Okay, you guys," Luffy said. "Let's go and get Lily's pops back!"
"Right!" the Straw Hats agreed.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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