One Piece: The Whole Cake Island Arc

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard and Monkey D. Aika © Me

Summary- While Robin and the others go off to Wano Country, Luffy, Nami, Chopper, Blizzard, Brook, Aika, and three allies, Pedro, Pekoms, and Carrot, head to Whole Cake Island in order to rescue Sanji, who is being forced into an arranged marriage...or else risk losing someone close to him. There's just one problem: Whole Cake Island is under the authority of one of the Four Emperors, Big Mom! As the Sanji Retrieval Team hurry to crash a wedding, Sanji's past comes back to haunt him. It's up to Luffy to save him from his cruel family...before it's too late.

Ch. 1- Sanji's Homecoming

It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was blowing wildly, the rain poured down, and the waves rocked back and forth, violently. On the waves, the Thousand Sunny was being tossed around like a toy boat in a bathtub. However, the crew on board could do nothing to stop it, for they were currently in the middle of a crisis that was much bigger than a storm.

Hunger.

"Uggh...so hungry...!" Pekoms bemoaned as he slid along the deck. "Can't move...someone do something."

"I can't..." Chopper answered, clinging to Pekoms' boot. "I'm too hungry to do anything."

"Aaagh..." Brook groaned. "I'm starting lose weight...although I have no fat to burn."

Blizzard groaned as he wobbled back and forth, panting heavily.

"So...hungry...!" the wolf-dog said, weakly. "Can't...move...a muscle."

"My poor tummy's empty~!" Carrot whined as she lied on the deck, too.

Pedro seemed to be the only one who was fighting off his hunger, for he was climbing up the rigging.

"The ship will capsize at this rate!" he shouted. "Someone furl the sails!"

"We can't~!" the others moaned.

At the helm, Nami was trying her hardest to steer, but she, too, looked like she was about to collapse from hunger, as was Aika, who was clinging to her leg.

"Big Sis..." Aika said. "I'm so hungry."

"I know, Aika," Nami replied. "At this rate, I don't even know if we'll reach Whole Cake Island." Just as she was about to collapse, however, two rubbery hands stretched out and grabbed the helm's rungs, causing Nami to look over and see Luffy, who was also struggling with his hunger.

"I'm not...gonna let hunger beat me...!" Luffy said in defiance before he raised his head to the heavens. "WE'LL DEFINITELY SAVE YOU AT ANY COST, SANJI~!"

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The next morning day, on another part of the New World...

"Ship-py~! Ship-py~!" a certain ship sang as it sailed over the water. The deck was littered all sorts of gifts, from colorfully wrapped boxes to bottles of fine wine and gourmet chocolates...and nearby, Sanji, wearing a white, ruffled shirt, and black trousers, was standing on the deck, watching the sky as flurries gently floated down from the clouds. However, instead of white flakes of snow, it looked like they were just tiny balls of light pink, yellow, and blue, which Sanji caught in his hands.

"I thought that this stuff was snow," he began, "but it's really just..."

"Mwohohoho!" laughed Baron Tamago. "This is known as le Cotton Candy Flurry!"

Sanji just stared out towards the horizon while he heard the Transponder Snail ring in the background.

"That snail has been ringing off the hook," said Sanji as he put the cotton candy flake in his mouth. "Mm...that's sweet."

"Ah, that would be le signal d'urgence," Tamago answered. "It means we have entered le territoire de Mama."

"That right?" Sanji queried before he noticed a large tart-shaped ship with the name "Tarte 28" on it. "And does the signal happen to extend to that spot right there?"

"Very observant of you!" Tamago replied. "That would be Tarte 28, the 28th Tart! It is a base militaire that houses a platoon of le Big Mom Pirates! If this were not Mama's ship, we would suffer BOOM! Le bombardement."

Sanji didn't reply as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette.

"Stop being stubborn, mon ami," said Tamago. "Follow Germa 66's example and swear allegiance to Mama! That is all your father beaucoup desires."

"Bullshit," Sanji cursed as he lit his cigarette. "That bastard and I have been through for ages. The only reason I'm going is because I have something I wanna clear up, that's all!"

"Ease your hostility," said Tamago as he took a sip of his tea from the cup on the top of his head. "Mama is in le mood de félicitations. She is aware, of course, that you are the camarede of that foolish Straw Hat Luffy and that you worked as le cuisinier aboard that restaurant in the East Blue. In fact, she admires you for these qualities!" He then put the cup back on top of his head. "Depending on your skill, she may offer you an even better position-"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Sanji barked. "Lemme get something straight, bucko!" He then held up his right hand. "These hands of mine are only meant to cook food for my friends and nobody else!" He then turned away, taking a drag from his cigarette and blowing out a puff of smoke. "I survived a horrifying hell to train my skill! I'm sure that my crew is missing my cooking by now, even though I taught my captain's younger sister how to cook in my place...but the one thing I forgot to do is teach her to ration things and make sure they had enough food to last! I can already see their teary-eyed faces."

"Mwohohoho!" laughed Tamago. "C'est absurde!"

"I would never resort to cooking for those who would kill their partners without thinking," Sanji hissed.

"Ah, oui," Tamago replied. "You must mean Pekoms. That was his fault. He made his business personal. Bege was right to shoot him."

"Hey, Baron Tamago!"

Tamago turned to see Vito approaching.

"Oh, it's you, Vito," he said.

"We've got a photo of Lady Pudding from Whole Cake Island-rero! Think of it as a gift to you, Lord Sanji! After all, it's hard to marry a girl ya just met right on the spot-"

"That's no different from seeing her a few days ahead!" Sanji barked.

"Ah, come on," Vito said. "Just take a little peek-rero! Come and see what your bride-to-be, the 35th daughter of the Charlotte Family, Charlotte Pudding, looks like."

Sanji gulped, though he tried to keep his nerve.

'Don't be nervous, Sanji,' he thought. 'Maybe she's ugly. Yeah! That's it! She's ugly as sin! Just imagine as her a fat, ugly gonk, just like her mother! Okay...gonna look in 3...2...1...!'

He then turned and took a look...and saw a brown-haired girl with her hair styled in pigtails with magenta eyes and a purple blouse with a flowery pattern on it, making a cute, shy pout at the camera.

'OH, NO, SHE'S HOT!' Sanji thought in horror.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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