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One Piece belong to Oda-sensei.

I borrow quite a bit from OP to make this story.

This is fan fiction only.

A/N Notes:

Thank you for the reviews.

This is my reply, sarge1130:

I think Sabo is very protective of Luffy, especially since he can't save Ace. It's not weird for him to panicked when he saw Luffy caged and yelled at Perona after that. Perona and Caesar are childish. I'm happy you like their bantering. Well, Perona is a type of person to follow her instinct and preferences instead of a lot of thinking and plotting like Nami and Robin. Bepo is adorable to me (I'm a wild life lover). I wonder about that. Which path should I take? ^o^

This is my reply, mysteryreader6626:

Poor Tashigi indeed. I'm glad u love chapter 3. I wonder about that, their first meeting. Well, Sanji is as perv as Absalom, Perona can totally handle him.

I think Revolutinary Army network is great. That's how Sabo can get to see the video.

This is a quite a hard chapter to start. To think it come early!

This chapter contain spoiler for Punk Hazard Arc.

This is chapter four. Enjoy.

CHAPTER 4

Reluctant Partner(s)

Research Facility, C-block, few minutes ago

"Damn that girl! How come she disappear to smoke like that? We are not finish! What is that Pacifista doing?" Caesar is watching from his screen to see smoke everywhere.

"I don't think you have time to debate her, Master." Monet is annoyed by Caesar childish bantering with the floating girl. 'Being this man secretary is pushing my patience limit.'

Lobby of A-block building, now

After Law opening the shutter and the rest of the gang knock out the guards, G-5 Marines are pouring inside the building. The shutter are closed again before the poison gas entering the building. But the plan is not for Straw Hat Pirates. As now, they slice the shutter to open it.

"What do you think you are doing?" G-5 Marines shout at the late comer of the lobby.

The rest of Straw Hats are moving inside with poison gas is creeping behind them.

"Are you try to kill us with you?! Plug up the hole!" G-5 Marines frantically close the sliced shutter with planks, nails and hammers.

Brook's soul is wandering outside the building to see what's happening there.

"It's a new acquired skill of him, right, Zoro?" Perona floating up above them.

"Perona! What are you doing here? Where is your body?" Zoro is used to Perona's soul wandering, but he is still shocked to see her here.

"A noisy man asked me to aid you guys, but you can handle the situation nicely. Because it's so interesting right now, I'm joining the fray." Perona answers Zoro's question evasively.

"But you can't find us that easy! Unless you..." Zoro is scowling at Perona.

Perona turn her head to another side.

"You are spying on us! What the hell is that?!" Zoro glares at Perona.

Perona returns Zoro's glare and pouts. "I can't help it! I need information about New World and you guys make nice informants about a sure way to the most dangerous trip of all time!"

Zoro is not done with Perona, but Brook interrupts.

"Nice to see you again, Ghost Princess." Brook's soul is back to enter the skeleton body.

"Hello, Soul King." Perona greet him back.

"Will you let me see your panties?" Brook likes to push his luck. Perona is making a negative hollow to punish Brook's.

Usopp stops Perona. "Hold on a sec! Let him report first! Do whatever you want after! What happened outside, Brook?"

"It is like a land of death out there. Just thinking about what might happened if we had not managed to close the hole... It chills me to bone." Brook gives the report with a dramatic voice to boot.

After seeing Perona and Brook with their ghostly appearances, Marines can't stop themselves. "You are the bone-chilling ones!"

Zoro nods in agreement. "Right."

The Marines just lost it. "Whaddaya mean, 'Right'?!" "That all you said after nearly kill us all?!" "And we are the ones to block the hole up, too!"

The Marines decide that they can't take this anymore and demand Straw Hat Pirates and Brownbeard to surrender. Of course, pirates are not to surrender without a fight.

"Oh! They started already!" Luffy watches happily from upper stair.

"Listen, you two, stay away from me, Perona, and his crew." Law tells to Tashigi and Smoker.

"Perona, we are moving."

Perona floating up to Law.

Hearing Law's voice, Nami in Sanji calls him. She gestures to tell Law to switch her back to her body, while Sanji in Nami gesture to not do so.

Law put the end to Nami's nightmare and Sanji's dream.

"I have something to tell to everyone here!" Law put the stop of the quarrel.

"Law!"

"This facility is now surrounded on all sides by poisonous gas... But there is one way... To escape directly to the ocean without passing through the outside air!" Law stop for a second then continue, "You can find this route behind giant door labeled Building R 66! I'm not interested in mass slaughter. You have to move to the route in two hours. If anyone is still in the facility after two hours, I can not guarantee your survival!"

"EH?!" Poor, shocked Marines.

"Something going to happen to this place?" Luffy ask innocently.

"With what I'm planning, it's hard to say what will happen." Law answers as short as always.

"I see. Well, Caesar, I'm coming now! I have waiting enough! I going to beat you up and kidnap you!" Luffy off to search Caesar.

"Perona, can you multiply your ghosts to check on his crew? It will help the communication too. Is it too taxing for you? With your real body faraway and all." Law says to Perona.

"It's easy to multiply negative ghosts. Explosive ghosts are the difficult ones, as they are limited and taxing." The ghosts already making their way to every Straw Hats.

"Straw Hats! The ghosts are there for communication and emergency help! Do not mind them!" Law yells to them.

'It's hard to not mind them! It's okay, supposedly.' They receive their 'communicator' with a sigh.

Tensions high, each one of them moves to take care of their objectives.

Back to Caesar's

"It's all over! Shurororo. There isn't a single place left on Punk Hazard where life could possibly exist!" Caesar is boasting about his success, but wait.

"Hmmm?! Why aren't G-5 guys in front of the main entrance? Why aren't we seeing their solidified forms? This is Shinokuni debut! I'm also having trouble seeing inside that cage! What about Straw Hats? Law? Smoker? They are all good and dead, right?" Caesar, Monet and Vergo are having trouble in seeing the cage.

Monet asks, "What do you think, Vergo?"

"The fact that we can't see G-5 means those in cage got away. My marine are a bunch of idiots, they couldn't escape on their own. At any rate, I take care of Law. I may have to take care of him personally." Vergo answers with a spoon attached to his beard.

"What the hell, Vergo! Are you saying they escaped?" Caesar don't believe this.

A uniform man charges inside. "Master! Haa... Haa... With Pirate 'Strawhat Luffy' leading the charge, the enemies have all invaded the lobby of A-Block! And they have already started to move deeper into the lab!"

"What?! They are inside?! How could they get through the shutter! How they get out of that cage!"

Caesar is focused with the shocking information and doesn't realized Chopper moving figure. But a certain pair of eyes looking at Chopper.

Caesar guess the enemies will be going to gate 66 in R-block and decides to close up the accessway between A and B-block to trap them.

Vergo is ready to finish them off after insulting Caesar and his plan.

At A-block

*Beep*! *Beep*! *Beep*! (The warning sound of closing gate)

"Law, what's this buzzer about?" Smoker inquires Law.

"It's a warning that the gate between blocks is closing. There is only one route to next area, B-block," Law explain calmly while moving.

"You means..."

"They are trying to shut us out. You should quickly move your men further inside." Law continue to move.

"Straw Hats aside Luffy and Franky are still face-to-face with G-5 guys, you know." Perona give the current report.

"Tashigi will take care of it." Smoker then moving fast as a smoke.

"Tashigi came and they are moving now," says Perona.

"... Which mission is hard in your opinion?" Law asks Perona after walking in silent.

"Rescuing the children." Perona answers quickly, with no thread of doubt.

"Why is that? The fight is not?" Law continue on asking.

"Straw Hats are expert at fighting. Babysitting? I don't think so." 'I was wild as a child. Are children normally like that?' In Perona's mind, children are little monsters. It's right on the case of addicted children in Punk Hazard.

"You got me worried now. Surely it's not that bad. They have skills aside of fighting, right? How come you understand them well?" Perona's word got him thinks, 'Are they only fighting and destroying specialists?'

"Don't worry, I'm watching them. I will help when needed. I understand them because they were my enemy. I'm on friendly term with Zoro now as for the rest they are passing acquaintances. Hmmm. All of the Straw Hats is inside but some of the marine guys are late. Horohorohoro. Straw Hats got lazy and all aboard on Brownbeard back!" Perona is speaking animatedly.

"What about Luffy?" 'Her ability is amazing, no doubt about it. The real question is, can she be trusted?' Law has not make up his mind about Perona.

"He is on a race with White Hunter. A man named Vergo is currently at B-Block and injuring a lot of G-5 Marines." Perona is used to controlling ghosts at different places, practice makes perfect.

"We need to finish this quickly, then." They entered a certain room at D-Block.

This is a remake of chapters 678-680, plus Perona.

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