A/N: The main story will take place after the timeskip, in the New World. This story will involve a few OC's.
Disclaimer: One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda
Enjoy!
Sanji grunted as he awoke. He was slightly disoriented; he didn't realize that he was, at the moment, inside a prison cell.
He got to his feet, much to the dismay of his right leg which was in considerable pain. He held onto his side. 'Damn, guess I broke a few ribs. No matter, Chopper'll fix it up in no time' Sanji thought to himself as he began to realize where he was.
He limped towards the door when he remembered.
"Nami-san! Where are you?" he screamed out, worry apparent in his trembling voice. At that point he heard some sound coming from the cell door to Sanji's right. There were only a few lanterns hanging in the bleak hallway and no windows so it was difficult for him to make out what was in the other cell; until he saw a flash of orange hair.
"Nami-san! Are you alright?!"
Nami shuffled her way to the cell door. Physically she was in much better condition that Sanji, suffering only a few minor bruises; the shock was what was keeping her down. She groaned as she got back to her feet. "I'm fine, Sanji-kun." She clutched the bar doors as she stared at her comrade. Her eyes then darted around the entire hallway, trying to size up their situation.
"Those bastards. Wait till I get my hands on them. How dare they try to attack a lady when she isn't looking!" Sanji growled.
"For now, Sanji-kun, let's focus on getting out of here." She was now facing Sanji's cell and she saw that Sanji was clutching his sides and she remembered how he dove in front of her to save her from the impact of that cannon.
"Sanji-kun, thank you for saving me back there." Nami genuinely told him.
"Of course, Nami-san, I would never let anyone hurt you." Nami nodded her head in appreciation.
"Guess there isn't much we can do from in here. Guess we'll have to wait for everybody else to come rescue us." Nami stated matter of factly.
Sanji huffed in exasperation. "Those shitty bastards better not take their time." Nami smiled at Sanji's remark.
Nami began to think back on how the two of them ended up in this situation.
A few days earlier, after the events of Thriller Bark…
The crew had recently escaped from the Demonic Sea known as the Florian Triangle. The crew was adjusting to life with a rambunctious and perverted skeleton (most of the crew at least).
Nami was on the deck, reading a recently acquired newspaper. They were hard to obtain on the Grand Line so this particular newspaper was not, in fact, recent. It was several weeks old and they had gotten it from Thriller Bark, but Nami was pleased to have something that connected them with the rest of the world.
According to Lola they had several days of sailing to go before they reached Fishman Island…
"Oi, I see an island in the distance." Shouted Usopp who had been fishing with Luffy (the second having fallen asleep after a short while of nothing happening).
This got everyone's attention who stopped doing what they were doing to see this island.
"That's strange, Lola said there wasn't gonna be any island between the Florian Triangle and Fishman Island." Nami pointed out to the rest of the crew.
"Island?" Lufy had suddenly awoken from his slumber at the mention of an island and thus, in turn, the opportunity for adventure. "Oi, let's go to that island!" Luffy ordered everyone.
"Are you sure? I don't know what island this is so who knows what we might run into." Nami informed her captain who had simply shrugged off her warning.
Zoro, who had been sleeping soundly, walked up to his captain's side. "Even if we do run into something it's not like we can't handle it." He flashed Nami a cheeky grin. Chopper then grabbed Zoro and started scolding him. "You're not gonna do anything! You're already badly hurt and I'm not gonna let you make it even worse!" He was now shaking Zoro uncontrollably in rage and worry.
"Oi, oi, that's not exactly helping." Usopp, Franky and Brook silently whispered this to Chopper as they sweat dropped at their doctor's unorthodox methods to restrain his patient.
"I think we should go. With this black hole on the ship…" Sanji pointed to Luffy "I'd rather that we always take the opportunity to stock up on supplies."
"I agree with Cook-san. Plus we might get some useful information about the waters we're about to tread." Robin voiced her opinion.
Nami let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine, guess we're heading to that island." She smiled as she finished her statement. As long as they were together, nothing would deter them.
"Alright, let's go!" Luffy screamed as they made their way to their new destination: the unknown island.
A few hours later…
The 'unknown island' turned out to be a secret marine base that was designed to look like a normal island that could attract pirates to them where they would ambush them.
The crew had docked and immediately the more intuitive members of the crew had picked up on the malicious aura of this place, however they continued to explore the island.
After a short while the marines attacked the crew, however Zoro, Sanji and Robin had caught onto their movements from the get go and were able to counter their ambush. The crew quickly composed themselves and an all out battle had begun. A small army of 250 marine soldiers hailed down on the crew.
The crew was able to hold their own, however, some members of the crew had to be by Zoro's side just in case. Things were going their way until the mortars came out. On the precipice of a cliff situated a few meters away from the battle the marines had placed several mortars and were firing whenever they got the opportunity to do so – they made sure not to hurt their own men.
Nami had, unknowingly, distanced herself from the crew giving the marines an opening to fire at her; and they took it. They fired a few shots at her, fortunately for her Sanji had spotted them and had rushed to her side, tackling her to the ground as to avoid the mortar fire. The impact of the blast, however, had knocked the two of them out.
As per their commander's orders, a few marines grabbed the two unconscious Straw Hat's and took them to their base which was situated in the middle of the island, away from the sea.
The rest of the crew, being too busy fighting the marines, were too late in realizing that their comrades had been carried away.
The present…
Sanji was on the ground, his back to the wall as he examined his leg. Nami noticed this.
"Sanji-kun, are you alright?" Nami inquired.
Sanji smiled at her, reassuring his fair maiden.
"Of course, I just need to sleep if off." Nami smiled at this, knowing her friend was going to be alright.
"But I'm so happy knowing that my Nami-Swan is alright!" Sanji yelled out with hearts in his eyes. 'Yep, her friend was alright.'
"How long do you think we've been in here?" Nami asked, a hint of fear present in her voice.
Sanji was about to answer when all of a sudden there was a sound of an explosion that shook the ceiling. Both of them looked up. "What the hell was that?!" Sanji yelled out.
"Sounded like an explosion." Nami suggested. Both of them heard scrapping noises coming from the floor above them; there was obvious chaos and the marines – most likely – were running around and trying to fix the problem. Sanji sneered at these set of events.
"Guess they finally showed up. Who else would cause so much trouble?" Sanji said with pride and relief pouring out from his words. Nami chuckled.
They both waited patiently: the sounds of cannon and gun fire didn't seem to faze them one bit as it was merely proof that the marines were unable to stop their adversaries; it was only a matter of time before their friends were to find them.
And sure enough, one of them had.
"Cook-san, Navigator-san, I'm glad to see that both of you are alright." Robin entered the hallway with a set of keys.
"Robin!" Nami called out to her with the utmost glee.
"Robin-swannnnnnnnn! I'm so glad to see you're okay! And you came to rescue me! I will never be able to repay this kindness." Robin giggled at the cook's exuberant words as she unlocked the both of them. "No payment is necessary, Cook-san." She stated kindly as he beckoned both of them to follow her.
"Ni, Robin, what happened after we were captured?" Nami asked. The three of them rounded reached a set of stairs and slowly made their ascent – Sanji having a bum leg and all.
"After you were captured we were able to hold the marines off and get to the Sunny where we sailed off to sea to create our battle plan. Captain-san wanted to go after you there and then but not knowing exactly where you were and in what condition, we decided to study the island and find out where to strike." They reached the top of the stairs and paced forward towards a large wooden door.
"I snuck back onto the island and using my 'skills' I was able to find that the marine base had been disguised as a library and was in the middle of the island. I overheard some of the marines talking about you; neither of you were in any critical condition. So with this information, I headed back to the ship."
They passed the wooden door and found themselves in the mess hall; it was currently unoccupied.
"But how did you all manage to get back onto the island without the marines noticing?" Sanji inquired.
"We docked the ship far away from the island and used the Mini Merry and Shark Submerge to make our way onto the island without being detected. It was difficult to navigate our way to the island without you, Navigator –san." Nami blushed at that comment. They exited the mess hall and were making their way through a long and narrow hallway.
"We found a cave east to the base where we quickly made camp. Franky and Sniper-san made their way North and planted several explosives to distract the marines while the rest of us would make our way here."
"So that was what we heard awhile back." Sanji stated. "Guess you were right, Nami-san." Nami nodded.
"At the moment Brook and Swordsman-san have headed back to the ship and are making their way onto the island. Franky and Usopp regrouped with us and with Captain-san and Doctor-san are holding off the marines, so it's best if we don't keep them waiting." Robin finished as the group now exited another door and were now stationed outside the marine base.
In front of them their friends were holding off a large group of marines. Luffy was bouncing off the bullets that came his way while Usopp hid behind some bushes and provided them with cover fire. Chopper was using Jumping point to dodge the barrage of oncoming attacks. Franky was using Weapons Left to keep the enemies at bay.
"Oi, Nami, Sanji, Robin, you guys are alright?!" Luffy screamed at them, a giant grin plastered on his face.
"No thanks to you, you shitty captain." Sanji yelled angrily at his captain who simply laughed.
"Now that we're all here, let's get out of this crazy island!" Luffy ordered as he unleashed Gatling Gun to open a pathway for his comrades. "Come on!"
Meanwhile…
Commander Izho, a small, pudgy man with long, flowing brown hair stood far away from the ensuing chaos. He was making his rounds when the Straw Hats attacked the base so he was far away from it. His face was red with anger. He spoke in a raspy voice "How could this happen?! How dare those pirates defile this base?! Defile me?!"
"Sir, your orders." The marine next to him asked.
Izho glared at the base. "We're not gonna let them escape! Get the mortars and fire at the base!"
"Wh-what?" the marines soldier stuttered.
"You heard me! Fire at the base and take it all down. A base can be rebuilt, our reputation can't!" Izho barked at his subordinate. "A-aye, sir!" the soldier saluted at his commanding officer and ran out of the room.
"I won't let you escape, Straw Hat!"
With the crew…
"Let's go!"
All of them marched forward. Franky had taken Sanji by the arms and was helping him walk. "Sanji, I can't examine you here. Can you hold out till we get to the ship?" Chopper asked. His voice clearly showed that he was saddened by his inability to help his comrade. "I'm fine, Chopper, this is nothing. I've had worse trying to keep the shitty captain away from the food" Sanji joked, hoping that it would lighten the mood, which, thankfully, it did. Chopped snickered at that comment.
"Look out!" Nami screamed as they all looked up and saw that several cannon balls were heading in their direction, or more accurately, in the direction of the base.
Luffy stretched his left arm and grabbed onto his crew mates and then stretched his other arm to grab a tree that was several meters away.
"Gomu gomu no Rocket!" Luffy screamed as he launched himself and his crew far away from the rain of cannon fire; and in the nick of time, too as only a few brief seconds after they launched themselves away from the base did the place was engulfed in a large explosion. Franky whistled in astonishment. "Guess they really didn't want us to leave."
"Shishishi, but we did." Luffy giggled when Nami suddenly hit him on the head. "Don't grab me like that without a heads up, idiot!"
They all landed (more like crashed) far away from the base.
"Come on, we told Brook and Zoro to meet us at the cave east of the base." Chopper hurriedly told them when all of a sudden…
"Everyone!" Brook shouted at all of them, waving his arms frantically as the Sunny approached them. "Huh, what are they doing here?" Usopp, obviously confused as to why they would show up here and not the pre-planned location.
"Zoro-san, leave the helm, we've found them." Brook called out to Zoro who made his way to where Brook was. "Huh, this doesn't look like the cave we were at."
Most of the crew sweat-dropped. 'Zoro was steering, no wonder they didn't end up at the cave.' However, the crew didn't question it and scurried their way to the ship.
"Alright, let's get out of here quickly before the marines send some of their ships after us." Nami said worriedly.
"I don't think that will be a problem, Navigator-san. Seems they have their hands full." Robin pointed towards the island and they all saw that the fire at the base had now spread and a good chunk of the forest surrounding the area was now up in flames.
They all thanked the heavens for their luck as they sailed away from this damn island. Unbeknownst to them, another ship was approaching the island; a ship on which stood a very powerful man who they had, unknowingly, wronged in the worse possible way.
"Hold on, Rem, I'm on my way." The man whispered these words. Who was this man?