By: StriderAnarchy9
Cross had just been about to end the SBS for Enies Lobby, when Soundbite interrupted.
"Until next time, this is Jeremiah Cross—"
"Hey, Cross!"
"—Of the, oh come on! You're not gonna start messing with the outro, too?!" Cross said, grinding his teeth.
"Oh, SORRY, didn't mean to, but I was WONDERING ABOUT SOMETHING..." Soundbite trailed off.
"...Yeah?" Cross prompted.
"DID we steal ANYTHING?"
"Eh?"
"You MENTIONED US doing some pillaging during that BADASS BOAST at the beginning of this broadcast before this WHOLE MESS started, but I DON'T THINK we stole anything..."
"Don't be ridiculous, we stole Robin back."
"SHE'S a person, NOT A THING, she doesn't count. Besides, that makes us SOUND LIKE SLAVERS." Soundbite rebutted.
"Um, uh, Nami! I'm sure Nami was stealing every beli they had from unconscious Marines and World Government agents!"
Cross looked desperately at Nami, only to feel his heart sink at the sight of the look on her face.
"In all the excitement, I forgot!" she shrieked in pure horror.
"Come on, somebody must have stolen something! Usopp, Chopper, Conis, anybody!" Cross shouted, only to get negative shaking heads from the whole crew.
"Actually, I stole some cola from the kitchen—" Franky admitted.
"FRIGGEN SAVED!"
"—but I'm not a Straw Hat."
Cross' pupils shrunk to pinpricks. "What?"
"You said the Straw Hats Pirates would do some pillaging. I'm not a Straw Hat."
"Ah, right!" Luffy's fist hit his other hand before turning to the cyborg, "Franky, want to join my crew?"
Before Franky could answer, Cross shouted, "SAY YES!"
"Before you get TOO EXCITED, Cross, he still DOESN'T COUNT if he did it BEFORE HE JOINED." Soundbite said with a growing grin.
"...no. No. NOOOOOOOOO—"
***
"—OOOOOOOO—"
"Dahahahahaha! To the Strawhats, the best pirate crew at being the worst pirates!" Shanks raised a mug in toast.
"TO THE STRAWHATS!" The Red-Haired Pirates roared.
***
"—OOOOOOOO—"
"Gurararararara!"
***
At Marine HQ...
By all accounts, today was an unmitigated disaster. A judicial island destroyed, the World Government assassins and the Buster Call exposed to the world and more importantly, his Marines failed to defeat the Straw Hat Pirates before they made their escape, publicly undermining them. Not to mention the field day the Revolutionaries would have milking the Ohara mess for all it was worth, no doubt swelling their ranks.
Still, listening to Cross' frustrated howl on the SBS, Fleet Admiral Sengoku couldn't help but smile.
"—OOOOOOOO !"
