A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS

The strawhats are in trouble yet again. "Black Leg" Sanji might have left the crew. His last words were written in a letter. He was going to marry a woman, named "Pudding". It's the 35th daughter of one of the yonko, Charlotte Linlin, who is better known as "Big Mom". Sanji is aware of the fact that there's no way he can get out of this and it has been well explained. If he wouldn't come to Big Mom's tea party and marry her daughter, it would result into the death of one of Sanji's closest persons.

The strawhats are frustrated. Not only that Sanji left, but also the fact that it seems to be impossible to interfere without experiencing the anger of Big Mom. Only one of them doesn't care about the consequences and is eager to get Sanji back. Of course it's none other than the captain of the strawhats, Monkey D. Luffy.

"Oi! Guys, we need to go now and retrieve Sanji! If we wait too long it might be too late!" Luffy yells at his crew and at Pekoms, who was just sitting on his bed, resting while his wounds are healing "You want to get him back too, right? He's our nakama, there's no way you would even consider giving up on him!

Pekoms isn't amused and not impressed either. He knew that Luffy didn't knew what he is talking about but he keeps his voice low

"Damn fool..."

Nami is looking at her captain with mixed feelings "Luffy..." She feels animated by Luffy's strong determination. Yet, she is worried as well and already considered to go after Sanji herself. She is the one who wanted to hear Luffy's decision about this situation and she wasn't satisfied at all when he didn't show any worries at first. She is not only worried about Sanji but also about the fact that he is going to marry someone. She can't understand herself, but she doesn't feel comfortable with that at all. Something is bugging her when she thinks about it.

"Please! We have to go!" Luffy still begs

"Don't you understand in what situation you are in?" Pekoms answers "You're just some brat. You don't know what it means when one of the yonko is making a decision. No one can stop it now. The only way to stop it would be to fight and defeat her and you're not even close to her level right now, so that's not even an option. Besides that, I wouldn't let you do it anyway."

Nami doesn't quite understand Pekom's logic "You're still siding with her? Weren't you shot down by one of her men recently? How can you still trust them?"

"This has nothing to do with Mama, you stupid!" Pekoms shouts "Don't talk ill about her. This is something between Bege and me and only us two."

Luffy doesn't even think about changing his mind and answers "I don't care, is that clear? I already said that once, I don't fear either yonkou or admirals. Nothing will possibly stop me from saving Sanji. I'd rather die trying!"

"Oi, Luffy! You... you can't possibly mean that. If you die it would be even worse than now. I mean, that woman is one of the yonko. We would die for sure, Luffy!" Usopp is the one who joined the conversation now

Luffy is not happy about this "I meant what I said. Sanji is our nakama and on top of that a very important one!"

"Luffy is right." Nami said as she looked down "Sanji-kun is a very important person... to us. Do you really want to give up now, only because there's some yonko? I mean... I am scared too, but I am even more scared of the thought that Sanji-kun would never be with us anymore... and marry that Pudding."

"Well said, Nami." Robin supports her "Losing a friend hurts more than any physical injury I could think of."

Luffy starts to grin and looks excited "You guys! Thank you so much. I knew you would understand!"

"Wuaaahaha! We're almost like a family, it's so beautiful!" Franky is crying

"Nami-san convinced me as well." Brook says "Even if we fail, at least we tried. We can't be afraid of Death in this situation. Eventhough I am already dead, yohohohohoho!"

"You have to go without me though. I am still busy with treating the..." Chopper begins and gets interrupted by the reindeer nurse

"Doctor Chopper, you must come quickly. Nekomamushi's wounds opened again!

Chopper is fascinated by the beautiful mink with antlers talking to him and followed her with his eyes having heartshapes "Oho! Yes, yes, I am coming right now and treat that bastard!

Nami looks kinda annoyed "Huh... seems like Chopper is reeaally busy right now. Guess We will let him here."

"ONE MOMENT!" Pekoms finally starts with anger "We can't take all of you with us, are you crazy? Do you want to get captured before you made a step on the cake island? You rookies really underestimate the yonkou, huh?"

Luffy tries to argue "But... I'll need help from my nakama."

"FOOL!" Pekoms shouts "And for what? It's not like you will try to defeat Mama, isn't that right? You don't need more than two, that's already risky enough." Pekoms crosses his arms "So?"

Luffy looks disappointed but determinded. He would honestly not care as long as all of his nakama, including Sanji are safe. "I will go without a doubt!"

Me too! Nami sees this as a opportunity to understand her feelings a little better. She feels the desire to see Sanji again. Untill then she would not feel relaxed "Count me in, Luffy. I will help you to sneak to Big Mum's place. That's my speciality!"

Luffy grins wide and nods "Okay, then it's settled. Nami and I will go together!"

Pekoms seems to be satisfied, though not happy about this situation. He doesn't like to betray his Mama, but since the Strawhats helped to save his home country he must repay them somehow. "Hmpf. Can that stick even fight?"

Nami looks at Pekoms with a killing glare as her face blushes "What was that?!"

"Alright, I got it" Pekoms answers with a small grin in his face and some sweat on his forehead "Let's go right away then. We have no time to waste!"

"Let's go and save Sanji!" Luffy shouts

Nami follows Luffy outside but turns around in the next moment, looking at the other crew members "You guys just wait here, right? Here take this." Nami throws a Den Den Mushi at Franky who catches it "We will call you either when we need help or when we come back. You can do the same by the way."

Franky grins as he takes a look on the Den Den Mushi "Heh, alright, got it. We will help Chopper with taking care of the minks. I could also help with rebuilding their town."

"That's a good idea, I'll help with that, Franky-san!" Brook says with delight

"Y-Yeah, we will stay here and help the others while you're getting Sanji back here... and don't you dare let that yonkou find you!" Usopp says nerously

"What about Zoro? Where is he anyway?" Nami asks

Robin answers her "He is probably sleeping somewhere. He will probably help us too!" Robin said with a calm smile on her face

Nami smiles and waves as she went outside the room. As she steps outside, she couldn't see Luffy anymore. He must be outside of the mink country already. Pekoms couldn't move that fast, he was still visible from far away. Nami felt that she did the right thing. The thought that she would enter the territory of a yonkou terrifies her, but she just needs to think about Sanji so all her fears fall off.

Nami reaches the point where the ship was with Pekoms. She only forgot one thing. She is far above sea level and had no option to get down there all by herself.

"How are we supposed to get down there? I can't fly or anything." Pekoms sais as he was a little annoyed

"I must admit... Nami says ... I didn't think about that. We came up here with the help of Kanjuro's dragon."

"Oi! You're late!" A familiar voice appears next to Nami and Pekoms "I already knew that you couldn't get down so I waited for you."

Nami looks surprised "What? Does that mean you've got an idea? I wouldn't have expected that."

"Shi shi shi!"

As expected, Luffy took Nami with his right and Pekoms with his left and jumps down from Zou on the Thousand Sunny

Nami and Pekoms are screaming though Nami already prepared herself for Luffy's strange ideas.

Luffy went on "Gomu gomu no... FUSEN!" Luffy blows air into his own body and becomes a balloon. Like that Luffy landed more or less smoothly on the ship. That means Pekoms got thrown against the mast and Nami landed harshly on the floor

Pekoms couldn't say more than "Ugh..." His body condition is already bad enough. Nami on the other side still had enough energy to let out a wave of rage

"Grrr, Luffy you dumbass!" She walks to Luffy who was standing straight without any scratches and punched him roughly on the head so that he continued to lay on the floor "I really have enough of your brilliant ideas. That was the last time you make a decision!"

"I am sowwy, Nami... guh..." Luffy answers

And so the 3 made their way to Big Mom's place to get Sanji back.