Chapter 7: The Straw Hats' Final Day

Luffy charged towards the espada before the garganta closes but he was too late. The last words he heard from before the garganta closed was "LUFFY, HELP ME!" Luffy was pounding on the dirt in tears and yelling "CHOOOPPPPEEEERRR!"

Usopp, Nami, and Franky were still in shock seeing one of their crew being kidnapped. Then Usopp remembered that the crew still needs to leave their current location.

"Sanji," he said, "Brook, get up. He'll fire that beam again."

"Wait, PX-1," said a new voice.

Usopp and Brook looked to see where the voice came and saw the real Kuma.

"WHAT," Usopp yelled, "NO MORE, PLEASE! I CAN'T TAKE THIS!"

Zoro got back his feet and saw the warlord in front of him.

'He's the real one,' he thought.

"So, Roronoa," Kuma said, "You managed to survive in Thriller Bark after all."

"Only because of your mercy," Zoro responded.

"This isn't the time of talking," Usopp said, "We need to leave."

"If you were to go on a vocation," Kuma said, "Where would you go?"

"Come on, Zoro," Usopp pleaded, "Let's get out of here."

Before Usopp could get the swordsman to move, Kuma made Zoro vanish by touching him his paw on his hand. The remaining Straw Hats couldn't what they are seeing; two of their friends vanish before their eyes.

"Zoro?"

"Zo-ro?," Brook asked shocked.

"What the," Luffy said shocked, "What happened to Zoro?"

"He…vanished," Usopp said scared.


Usopp looked at the real Kuma, still trying to figure what happened to Zoro.

"What did you do Zoro," he asked, "He was just here!"

Luffy got back on his feet once again and realized that Zoro isn't there anymore.

"What the," he said, "What happened to Zoro?"

Meanwhile the battle between Rayleigh and Kizaru was still in progress.

"Bartholomew Kuma," Kizaru said surprised, "He was summoned to be at Navy HQ. Just goes to show you can't trust pirates."

Rayleigh looked over his shoulder to see the Straw Hats in major trouble and said, "I should go and help them but…"

Nami and Franky saw what took place and realized that is the real Kuma.

"Zoro's been zapped," Franky said, "He must be the real Kuma, then."

"Yeah, that's him," Nami explained as she remembered what happened when she first saw Kuma, "At Thriller Bark, he zapped the ghost girl and we never saw her again. What did happen to her?"

Sentomaru looked to his left and saw the warlord.

"The bear guy," Sentomaru called Kuma, "What's he doing here?"

"Hey," Luffy said getting Sentomaru's attention, "Who were those guys that took Chopper? And what did that guy do to Zoro?"

"I don't who those guys were that took your little friend. I may be the world's most defensive man but if any person touches Kuma's paws are known to get sent flying for three days and nights. Only Kuma knows where they're going. And let me tell you, it's not easy to get to that location."

Sanji looked up as he's trying to get back up and Kuma's paws.

"Is he the real Kuma," he asked, "This would the third one we fought today."

"Where did you send Zoro," Usopp demanded, "Say something. You big bastard!"

Sanji looked behind him, saw the pacifista and yelled, "USOPP, BEHIND YOU!"

Before Usopp could blink, Kuma zapped his own copy of himself and said, "PX-1, don't interfere.

Usopp and Sanji were surprised of what Kuma just did.

"What," Usopp said surprised, "He zapped one of his own men."

"He hit PX-1," Sentomaru said to himself, "What is he doing? Why are you hitting your own men, bear men?"

"EVERYONE," Luffy yelled, "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE AND FIGURE OUT A PLAN WHEN WE'RE SAFE!"

"But," Nami said, "What about Zoro and Chopper?"

"He said we'll worry about that later," said Franky, "Let's go!"

"Let's get out of here," Usopp said as he helps Sanji get back on his feet, "Grab onto me, hurry."

"Look, out," Brook warned as he pushed Usopp out of the way.

"Brook?"

"Don't worry; I'll protect you with my life. But, I'm already…"

Before Brook can finish his sentence, Kuma zapped him as well.

"BROOK," Luffy and Usopp yelled as their friend vanishes.

"Damn," Sanji cursed to himself, "What am I doing? Two of my friends got zapped in front of me!"

Sanji looked up and saw Kuma preparing to attack again.

"Run, Usopp," Sanji said as he pushed Usopp out of the way.

"Don't be stupid," Usopp warned, "You need to come with me."

"YOU PAW-PADDED BASTARD!"

"STOPPP," Luffy ordered, "RUN AWAY, SANJI, PLEASE!"

Sanji ignored Luffy's order and tried to hit Kuma but was send through a wall instead.

"He's coming this way," Usopp pleaded, "Help! SPECIAL ATTACK: EXPLODING STAR! EXPLODING STAR!"

Usopp's attack had very little to no effect on Kuma as zapped him too.

"USOPPPPP," Sanji yelled as another friend vanished in front of him, "DAMN YOU!"

Sanji charged in to attack Kuma but he was zapped too.

"Zoro, Usopp, Brook, Sanji," Nami said worried, "He zapped them all."

Luffy fell to his knees as he saw his best friends zapped before his eyes, and said, "How do I…"

Elsewhere Rayleigh continues his struggle against Kizaru.

"Something's going on over there," he said, "I would help but the years had slowed me down."

"So, fighting an admiral isn't enough," Kizaru fired back, "Don't get cocky"

Suddenly Kuma appeared beside Rayleigh and said, "So you're 'Dark King' Rayleigh."

"Am I supposed to believe you're the real Kuma," Rayleigh asked.

"Believe what you want. I'm putting my position on the line by doing this."

"Kuma," Kizaru called, "Explain your actions"

"I don't have to explain anything that doesn't involve the world government."

"YOU BASTARD," Luffy yelled as Robin got back her feet, "GEAR SECOND!"

Kuma disappeared and reappeared in front of Franky and Nami.

"GET OUT OF THE WAY," Franky yelled as he removed the skin from his right hand, "STRONG RIGHT!"

Franky's attack had no effect on Kuma as well. Luffy decided to charge in and fight Kuma himself.

"Stop," Robin warned, "That's what he wants."

"GUM-GUM," he yelled, "JET PISTOL!"

Luffy fired his attack but it was deflected and Luffy was sent through another wall. Then Kuma zapped Franky.

"FRANKY," Luffy yelled as another one of his friends disappeared.

"LUFFY," Nami yelled in tears, "HELP…"

Before Luffy could do anything, Nami was zapped as well. Robin started to run as Kuma turned his attention to her.

"ROBIN, RUN," Luffy yelled.

"Luffy," she said before Kuma zapped her.

Luffy fell back to the ground in tears as one of his friends was taken by the espada and the rest was zapped before his own.

"Why," he said to himself, crying, "I couldn't save any of them."

As Kuma approached him, Sentomaru said, "You going to zap him, too? You need to explain what's going on here."

"This is a big problem," Kizaru added.

Kuma stood in front of a broken Luffy and said, "We won't meet again…farwell."

Then, Kuma zapped Luffy.

Battle report: Grove 12, Sabaody Archipelago, the Grand Line. The crew known as the Straw Hat Pirates, led by the captain Monkey D. Luffy, were completely and utterly defeated.