One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen

Last time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen, after receiving damage to the crew's boat by a giant crab, the crew was forced to stop at Pebble Shore Island, where Mika became separated from her crew and was captured by "Big Fist" Tony Marcus and his crew. In an effort to rescue Mika, Akio and Lena sneaked into Tony's base only to find Ryuudo, a prisoner of Tony's. Meanwhile, Mika was invited to dinner by Tony where she met Nicole, another prisoner of Tony's. However, it seems that more is going on then just a simple dinner.

Chapter 8: The Celestial Representative. I Won't Let You Take My Friends!

"Hey! What's happening up there." quietly called out Ryuudo, being wary not to get into the enemies line of sight.

"Their getting ready for some celestial guy that's gonna be visiting." whispered down Lena not understanding what's happening.

"Celestial guy?"

"A Celestial Representative." corrected Akio quietly.

"Why a representative?" asked Lena

"The higher ups usually don't feel like dealing with "filth" like common people much less pirates." said Akio as he and Lena retreated back into the shadows.

"Makes sense. Those damn snobs would enslave the marines before they would even breathe the same air as everyone else." grunted Ryuudo.

"So does this changes anything?" asked Lena curiously.

"Yeah. With the whole base moving to prepare for Representative, we'll definitely be spotted before we could reach my friend, your captain, or even the other prisoners." said Ryuudo concernedly. "Not only that, but they'll probably be more armed and more cautious then when you guys first entered."

"At least it would be more challenging."

"Shut it, Akio! So what do we do now." All three teens went quiet as they each tried to think of what to do.

"First things first." spoke Ryuudo gaining the other two teen's attention. "We need to rescue my friend."

"Why your friend first?" questioned Akio

"Heh. Believe it or not, I'm practically here of my own free will." said Ryuudo making Akio and Lena give him curious looks. "Whether you know or not, my friend, Nicole, had befriended the village, where I'm sure you came from. She helped out a local restaurant and supplied the town with food."

"She supplied them food?" questioned Lena.

"She ate the Vine Vine fruit (or Tsuru Tsuru no mi for those Japanese buffs), which allows her to grow and control plants. Anyways, on an earlier island some months ago, Nicole had rescued me from both terrible wounds and from starvation. Being an honorable man, I swore I would serve her, until a time came when she could make it on her own."

"Is she weak at fighting?" asked Akio.

"I'm not sure, but she often tries not to resort to violence, despite the power she has. She a very kind person." said Ryuudo thinking about the same thing.

"So when would you have left then?" asked Akio again.

"Probably when she joined a pirate crew or something. You know, one that could take care of her and befriend her." said Ryuudo thinking of it on the spot.

"Anyways, Tony heard of her unique abilities and went to acquire her. Luckily, I sneaked into town to get some food from her. Once Tony came in looking to capture Nicole, I went into action. But, I couldn't even get close to Tony, one of his men, the brown-haired one, Tsukagi, attacked me. His fighting style was weird, the worst was when that peg-legged guy caught Nicole and threatened to shoot her. She told them that we didn't know each other, but I couldn't leave her in the hands of that man."

"So you offered your services to him and he kept Nicole as insurance." concluded Akio. Ryuudo nodded.

"That's why you sank that marine ship?" questioned Lena

"Yeah."

"Because if you don't."

"Nicole will be either shot or sold, more easily shot then sold." finished Ryuudo grimly.

"I've got it." snapped Akio. Both teens looked at the male strangely.

"Got what?" said both confusedly.

"A plan." smiled Akio as he had them huddle together to tell of his plan.

Meanwhile back at Tony's dining room.

"Delicious as always, Plant Girl." complimented Tony having finished off his food. Nicole stood, smiling, right next and bowed in thanks.

"How about it, girls. How was your food!" smiled Tony talking to both Swellow and Mika. Swellow just nodded in agreement.

"This is some of the best cooking I've ever tasted!" exclaimed Mika happily having been fed until full. Nicole's smile became brighter as she bowed in thanks to Mika.

"Now, Mika. Back to my proposition..."

"No." flat-out said Mika before Tony could get his proposal out. Nicole gave a bit of a giggle.

"Come on, Babe. Don't be like that. I can make all your dreams come." implied Tony as he slid across the table getting closer to Mika. "Money, power, fame, it all could be yours if."

"No" said Mika unconcerned causing Tony to fall off and causing Nicole's giggle to become more noticeable. Tony, on the other hand, was just about fed up with Mika.

'That little bitch! I'll show her that no one...'

"Captain!" yelled Kincad as he walked in and interrupting Tony's thoughts.

"What is it, Kincad! I'm trying to woo my queen here." said Tony bitterly. Kincad walked right up to Tony and whispered into his ear. Soon Tony's bitter expression transformed into a smirk of evil.

"I see, thanks." smirked Tony. Soon after Kincad walked in, a few of Tony's men, armed, rushed in pointing them at Mika. However, Mika, noticing the new faces, was unamused.

"This is your last chance, girl. Become my queen or become "merchandise" for my customer when he arrives." threatened Tony hoping that Mika would be smart. Obviously, he didn't know Mika well.

"Pff. I can take these guys down easily." smirked Mika as she rose from her chair with her fist glowing. "It would only take me..." Mika was about to finish her sentence, but when she turned to face Tony, her confidence immediately faltered and was replaced with anger. At the same time, the glow that surrounded Mika's fist dissipated.

"Hey! That's not fair! She's not apart of this!" Tony and Kincad were confused. They followed Mika's pointed finger to see that Swellow, still expressionless, now had Nicole in her grasp with a gun pointed to her. Although Kincad was still confused, Tony used this opportunity.

"I see that you two got to know each other a bit better. If you become my queen, you two can be the best of friends in my empire! What do say!" offered Tony grinning evilly. 'Surely, this will get her to play my game.'

"My answer is still no!" replied Mika shocking everyone.

'Is she abandoning me?' thought Nicole as she tried to release herself from Swellow's hold. As Mika looked a Nicole, she could see the distress the other girl was facing, but Mika smiled.

"No to being your queen! And No to being your "merchandise"!" shouted Mika in resistance. "I'm going to beat your ass and then Nicole and I will rejoin my crew and sail for the Grand Line! She'll become a famous chef and I'll be the first Queen of the Pirates!" With that said, Nicole instantly regained faith in her new friend giving her a smile through the terror she was experiencing. Tony, however, was not amused.

"Why do the pretty ones always have to be the biggest idiots." said Tony as he shook his head, disappointed in the two females for being stupid. "Fine. But you better listen to me or the girl here will be sleeping with the fishes." Although a lame pun, Mika nodded.

"Uh, captain. You usually use that line for the Freak." said Kincad as he sweat-dropped.

"I Know That!" comically yelled Tony as his men, while wearing rubber gloves, took hold of Mika. Then Tony with Kincad and Swellow, still holding on to Nicole, began walking out of Tony's dining room, but stopped next to the guards.

"Dress her up. We want to make a good impression on our customer this evening." ordered Tony as he smirked.

"Yes, captain." smiled the crew mate evilly. 'This is going to be hot!'

"Don't try anything funny, girl. Or your friend here dies." threatened Tony once again to Mika making sure his point got through.

"Whatever." pouted Mika, but generally agreeing.

"Good! See you in half an hour." smirked Tony and soon left with his Kincad and Swellow behind him.

"Come on, girl! It's time to play dress up!" smiled crew mate perversely as he and the others directed Mika down another hall way. They soon directed her to a door and when she opened it she found that the room was full of... Eh? …... "unique" dresses.

"Here, the boss had a special dress picked out just for you." said the crew mate as he handed Mika a piece of paper the number 56* and a key. "Be quick, or else we can always 'help' you" snicked the crew mate followed by the others. Mika as fuming, so she walked in and slammed the door on them. Looking at her number, she walked down the rows only to find that her number was locked up in a series of lockers. When she finally found her number she unlocked it and opened it. Needless to say, she was red as a tomato.

'Akio. Lena. Please get here fast!'

Half an hour or so later.

With the preparations been made, the once port that lied in the cavern-canal was now a stage. Sadly, for those who would be sold into slavery by Tony to those cruel enough to want them. The boats that had littered the side of the cavern-canal were now moved to the other side of the entrance. The men, once wearing rags of everyday life as a pirate, now wore nicer clothes to look somewhat decent and professional. The place was decorated with many fancy decorations, once again a feebly attempt to impress their guest. Some crew mates were off on the side with instruments, for if and when their guest should require the need for such. Finally, in front of the stage stood a single chair, obviously meant for the special guest they would be visited by. Speaking of which.

"Sir, we are reaching our destination." said a finely dressed sailor to an even finer dressed man that sat on a lone chair that over-looked the deck.

"Very good, sailor. Pull us in close, I don't want to be seen by anyone, much less the common folk." sneered the other man in disgust of the possibility of interacting with the lower class.

"Aye, Representative Joseph!" said the sailor then running off to tell the helmsmen.

"Huh. Let's hope that this filth Tony can supply my employer with the "merchandise" he needs." groaned Celestial Representative Joseph to no one. He always hated doing this job, but the higher ups paid well and someone has to deal with the filth known as the common people.

"Captain Tony! The representative's ship is within sight and will be here soon." shouted a look-out to Tony through a Transponder Snail.

"Good. Tell the others to finish preparations." said Tony through the snail.

"Aye, captain!" said the look-out as he hanged up as Tony did.

"It seems our guest is here." smirked Tony as he rose from his chair now adorn with with fancy clothes best compared with that of a common noble.

"Heh, about time! I wanna get out of this monkey suit." complained Kincad, also nicely dressed, as he fiddled with his collar in annoyance.

"I rather like it." said Tsukagi impressed by his new duds.

"Of course you would!"

"It makes me look better than the everyday pirate." continued Tsukagi. "What do you say captain?"

"Aye, it does. But Swellow diffidently takes the cake." grinned Tony as he waved over Swellow now wearing a slim maid's outfit that showed off her curves and barely covered her bust.

"Awoooo! Now that's hot!" shouted Kincad with a perverted grin. Tsukagi only shook his head in disappointment of Kincad's actions, but couldn't help but mentally agree.

"Sure is! But now we will see the piece de resistance(think french accent)! " grinned Tony.

"Ah yes, where is young Mika." questioned Tsukagi rubbing his chin while pondering.

"I'm Not Coming Out!" shouted Mika from a curtain to the side of the four crew mates.

"Come on now! We have to make sure you look good before we can sell you." begged Tony, though he clearly wanted to see what Mika now looked like.

"NO!"

"Fine! Then the Plant Girl dies." yelled Kincad as he pulled a gun and cocked it.

"Grrr. Fine!" a light turned on revealing Mika's silhouette and it moved to pull the curtain hiding her. Then, in a blaze of dazzling light, Mika revealed herself. All the men gasped at the sight, while Swellow seemed to strangely blush with a straight face.

"Well." growled Mika wanting an answer as soon as possible. Only Tony could speak.

"Perfect."

Meanwhile, in the kitchen of Tony's base.

"Hurry up, Plant Girl! The captain needs this food out there now!" ordered another of Tony's men.

"Yes, yes! It'll be done soon!" stressed Nicole as she prepared food with some of the other men assigned to help. Not only prepare it she had to constantly grow it as well.

'Mika. If your going to do something, do it fast. Please.' thought Nicole as she prepared another piece of food.

"Come on! Move it! The food needs to be out there before the rep. shows up!" ordered the man as crew member after crew member ran out with a plate of food.

"Hey! The boss is coming!" shouted another crew mate gaining the attention of most of the staff. Nicole didn't look, as she was to focus on preparing everything.

"Must be here to prepare the Freak."

"Good riddance! Once that thing is gone, I can finally sleep in piece."

"I hope we get a lot for him!" These comments and more were said as Nicole kept preparing the food. She kept a straight face, but internally she was suffering.

'Ryuudo. Please hold out until Mika can to something.' It was only hopeful thinking, she knew that neither one could make a move even if they wanted to, and they did. A lot.

"Wake up, Freak!" yelled Tony as he pounded the cage to wake Ryuudo up.

"What do you want, Tony." said Ryuudo unconcernedly as he picked himself up from laying on the floor.

"Today's the day, when I finally sell your ass." evilly grinned Tony. "So get moving! You don't want that Plant Girl 'sleeping with the fishes' do you?" Ryuudo growled at Tony's horrible pun, but complied. Once stepping out of his cell, the placed cuffs over his hands and then draped him with a bed sheet.

"What's this for?"

"Che. Che. Can't go and give my men a fright or let my client have a sneak preview." knowingly said Tony as he directed his men to escort Ryuudo. Once stepping outside, the jeer of Tony's men followed, but while Ryuudo would normally snap on them, he kept calm.

'This plan better work'

Flashback: Many minutes earlier.

"What's the plan, Akio?" whispered Lena inattentively.

"Well first, I need Ryuudo here not try to escape." said Akio.

"I already hate it." stated Ryuudo.

"Shush! You'll be able to escape at the end of this, but first we need to secure the Nicole girl." Ryuudo, seeing the point, nodded his head in bitter agreement. "So I'll try to search for her before they can start the sale."

"Okay, what about me?" asked Lena

"Since your the crew's sniper. You will be on one of the top ledges where we have a sniper's advantage." Lena smiled seeing that her talents were being put to good use.

"I will sneak my way, with the help of Ryuudo, into the base and search for Nicole and Mika."

"Nicole will most likely be at the kitchen. Be careful, they probably have someone ready to shot her if I "misbehave"." said Ryuudo putting air quotes over misbehave.

"Got it."

"Hold on! How are you going to sneak out." cautiously asked Lena. "The whole base is moving to prepare for this guy, they are bound to spot us."

"Don't worry, the moment will present it's self in due time." said Akio as he moved into a more relaxing position. Lena and Ryuudo just sweat-dropped at Akio's demeanor.

Flash Forward:

'Geez, that guy can sure call it.' thought Ryuudo. At the time when the sheet was being draped over Ryuudo, Akio and Lena were hiding behind him. Currently, Akio was cautiously hiding behind him and under the drapes keeping pace with Ryuudo as not to stick out.

"How the hell did this plan work out so well!" whispered Ryuudo.

"Just lucky, I guess" Ryuudo couldn't help but give Akio the "yeah right" look even if he couldn't see it.

Lena was left behind in Ryuudo's cell to sneak up to the upper layers of Tony's base. She peered from the tunnel checking to see if she could sneak out. Which luckily she did. Meanwhile, the others continued walking, crossing over a bridge that lead to the opposite side of the cavern-canal. Through the whole walk he heard the hissing and jeering of Tony's men with each step they took. After much walking, the teen noticed the light around them darken as well as the sounds of Tony's men disappearing. After a series of twist, turns, and some door opening, Ryuudo plus hidden stopped.

"You will wait here, Freak. I'll call you when it's your turn and you will listen to every command that either I or my guest says. Got it?" sneered Tony knowing all well that Ryuudo has no choice.

"Yeah. Got it." said Ryuudo expressionlessly.

"Good." and with that Tony left the room door opened with two guards standing by. Ryuudo took this chance to remove the sheet. At the same time Akio quickly ran to the side of the door and gave Ryuudo a nod. Ryuudo knew exactly what to do.

"Hey! Guards!" shouted Ryuudo catching the guard's attention. "Where's the light switch in this place! I don't want to be tripping over stuff." The two guards groaned, they were not going to put up with his attitude. They decided to go and teach him a lesson, the both walked into the room, with musket guns in hand, ready to strike.

***WHACK*** ***WHACK***

They would never get that pleasure. Akio silently and swiftly knocked out the two guards.

"Alright, you know what do." stated Akio. Ryuudo nodded, then Akio carefully looked out the door making sure the way was clear. He nodded, then left. Ryuudo, now being alone, looked at the mess he had made and shook his head.

"Let's hope this plan works." He then picked up the two unconscious crew men and looked for a hiding place for them.

"Hello Celestial Representative Joseph. Welcome to my humble shop of "human" interest." greeted Tony to the representative as he walked off the huge royal ship that only the wealthiest of snobs could buy.

"Greetings "Big Fist" Tony. I hope that you have some decent choices here for Saint Edward. Or else I'll have the marines come in and the arrest you all." stated Joseph with an air of superiority.

"Of course! I have nothing, but the finest!" smiled Tony trying to reassure the representative. Although still not pleased, Joseph accepted the offer and followed Tony as he lead him to his solo seat.

"Men! Make sure our guest is comfy!" shouted Tony to everyone.

"Aye, captain!" Immediately, everyone of Tony's men went into action. Men offered food cooked by Nicole, asked if he required music, and anything else he would need. Joseph smirked and requested to his heart's desire. It was like being back home, except it was dirtier here than back at his home, but it'll do.

"Mr. Marcus, as thrilling as it is to be pampered in such a droll place. I would like get straight to business." stated Joseph impatiently. Even after the pampering the crew had offered, he still would rather leave as quickly as possible.

"Of course. It'll be only a couple more minutes." said Tony as he moved back behind the stage.

Meanwhile on the other side of the canal, Lena was laying on the top cliff that over-looked the everything. She had been watching Tony, Joseph, and Tony's men for some minutes, and she was disgusted with everything. The acting nice, the superiority, the pampering, and all of it lead to the selling of human beings. She wanted to snipe every last one of them, starting with the representative himself. Working for people who misused human lives all just because they pay extremely well. Disgusting. Despite her feelings, she had to wait until Akio came out with Mika and the Nicole girl.

"Where is he?" quietly asked Lena to no one. 'It had been well over ten minutes, he should've found them by now.' She kept eying the tunnel which she previously saw Ryuudo and Akio enter earlier. Neither one had yet to appear, and she was becoming impatient. Suddenly the lights dimmed with only a single spot light in the middle of the stage. Walking onto to the stage, was Tony fully dress and ready to address his guest.

"Welcome, Celestial Representative Joseph, to "Big Fist" Tony's Celestial Shop of Human Interest." exclaimed Tony as he appeared on stage. "Now I know you don't want to waste anymore time here, so I will bring out my best "merchandise"." Joseph nodded agreeing to see only the best.

'Hope this works. I only have three possible choices.' "Your first piece of meat for your picking is.."

"Hey! Lena!" loudly whispered Akio laying next to Lena.

"Whaa! Akio! What are you doing here!"

"I couldn't find Mika or the Nicole girl."

"What did you find?"

"Well I found...Toby!" shouted Akio in shock.

"Toby?" questioned Lena confusedly. She then looked to where Akio was pointing and gasped.

"... He's also a great cook and handy with everyday chores. For your first choice, the Little Restaurant helper boy!" exclaimed Tony as many of his crew clapped. The spotlight then divided itself and moved to reveal the little black-haired boy that had lead both teens to Tony's hideout. He had tries in his eyes and was shaking nervously.

'Heh, good thing my men spotted him outside my base' grinned Tony remembering his men earlier had been looking for some of the "released" prisoners when they were lucky enough to find the boy hiding in the bushes hiding. He then looked at the representative, he seemed a bit interested.

"Next up for your choose of slaves I have here..."said Tony as he waved off Toby from the stage into the hands of some of his crew mates, who then placed him in chains.

"That bastard!" growled Lena. "When did he find the kid?"

"It doesn't matter now." said Akio though he was clearly angry. He couldn't "Crap! We gotta stop this!"

"I know, but how?" muttered Lena in distress."This is getting troublesome."

"...and he is the monster of the coast able to sink hundreds of ships at a time. Bring out the Freak." As Tony announced Ryuudo, gaining the attention of the two teens in hiding, they could here the stomps and chain rattling sounds signaling Ryuudo's arrival. The representative was extremely impressed.

'I can't believe how much effort their putting into my entrance.' sighed Ryuudo looking to his left. As part of Tony's plan, his men were the ones causing what sounded like him stomping as others wrapped him in chains and made the rattling chain noises. He would've attacked them instantly if only they didn't have Nicole at gun point right in front of him.

"Get moving Freak!" ordered Kincad holding the gun as Tsukagi held Nicole. Swellow just sat to the right of them holding on to an extra pistol.

"Grrrrrr!" was all he could say as he did as ordered. Matching with the loud stomping sounds, Ryuudo entered the stage.

"Ah! A Fishmen!" marveled the representative truly impressed. "Impressive."

"Of course! Nothing, but the best here at "Big Fist" Tony's Celestial Shop of Human Interest." proudly smiled Tony.

"Look! There's Ryuudo!" quietly exclaimed Akio.

"He doesn't look to happy." pointed out Lena.

"Could you show me the capabilities that this Fishman can do?" asked Joseph quizzically. Tony nodded in happy agreement. He had Ryuudo do all kind of things like lifting tons of weight to show that he could do hard manual labor or carry people and show off a bit of his fighting ability taking on a number of Tony's lackeys. Needless to say, the representative was clearly impressed.

"I've seen enough. Bring out your last piece." waved Joseph. Tony smiled and nodded as he had Ryuudo escorted off the stage.

"Our last piece that I offer you today is one of a possible sexual pleasure." Akio and Lena didn't like the sound of that. "She was found lost and confused, but with barely a scratch on her." Akio started to panic a bit. "She is like an angel fallen from heaven with a special power that makes her excellent for fighting as well." Lena started to worry. "I proudly present the Princess of the East Blue,"

"Crap!"

"Mika!" Suddenly the lights went out causing distress from the teens and the representative.

"You better dance sexy-like, or you know." threatened Kincad to Mika. She only responded with a huff and complied.

Suddenly a light showed through the curtains catching everyone's attention. As the light shown through a feminine figure rose from the floor and stood behind the curtain. Music soon started to play and the figure began dancing. The moves were very simple yet incredibly graceful. The curtains soon pulled apart, revealing the figure behind as the light expanded. Everyone gazing at the curtain gasped. There dancing to the best of her abilities was Mika. She had lost her usual plain clothes and now wore what looked like a belly-dancer outfit. It was colored with various variations ranging from mud-brown to tan. The top of the outfit was practically skin tight revealing much of Mika's cleavage. In her hands were veils that came off the back of her top. Just above her stomach was many threads of beads that hanged just above the belly-button. The bottom half of her dress reached almost all the way to the stage, but was short enough to reveal the sandals that Mika was forced to wear. However, from her entire attire, there was one thing that stood out. The original outfit had a skin tight green thread necklace that also had threads of beads hanging. Instead, what took its place was Mika's usually red shell necklace, but even with this nobody took their eyes off her. Heck, everyone was blushing. Including Mika, but for different reasons.

"T-t-that's Mika!" gasped Lena while still blushing. She was beautiful. But when looking at Mika's face, she was anything, but happy. "She looks so..."

"Embarrassed." said Akio finishing her sentence. He had a very serious face on, even if he was blushing. "Mika hates showing off her body like this." Lena was shocked to hear that the happy-go-lucky Mika was embarrassed by showing off her body, a weapon that every women uses to get by from time to time.

"Right now, she is nothing but eye-candy to them." stated Akio with anger. Lena couldn't help but feel the same.

"Very good! Very good!" clapped Joseph halting the music and unintentionally saving Mika from more embarrassment.

"So I guess you have picked your choices, Celestial Representative Joseph?" grinned Tony as he appeared from off the stage.

"Yes, those two will do very finely." said Joseph pointing to both Mika and Ryuudo. While Toby breathed a sigh of relief, the of two on the representative with anger.

"Ah! Very good! Now let's discuss a price." grinned Tony as a table and chair were brought for the negotiations.

"Fuck this!" said both teens in anger that could no longer be controlled. Akio was now dawned with his bowing gloves as Lena had brought both guns out fully loaded.

"Five-Shot Bullet Bomber!" shouted Lena as she took aim and fire. She shot five bullets other to the other side hitting the walls, the stage, and some feet away fro the negotiation table. Everyone turned there attention to the teens, but that would prove fatal.

***BOOM*** ***BOOM*** ***BOOM*** ***BOOM*** ***BOOM***

The entire area was littered with explosions caused from Lena's seemingly harmless shots that she had fired earlier. Tony's men went flying through the air as each explosion went off. As the smoke cleared, the once organized and finely built base was now in rumbles. Tunnels collapsed, ledges falling apart, and the entire stage now in ruins with Mika and the others safely spared from the damage. Akio and Lena then took this chance to jump off the ledge and slide down.

"We Won't Let You Take Our Captain!" yelled both teens. Mika couldn't be any happier.

"Oh! Also you can't have Ryuudo, Toby, or the Nicole girl." remembered Akio almost forgetting that they were also suppose to be saving others.

"Nice save." muttered Ryuudo, not pleased with being forgotten.

"Ms. Mika! I'm so glad your okay!" cried Toby as he ran to hug Mika.

"Of course I'm okay! I still haven't tried the Little Chicken Special yet!" smiled Mika. Everyone, minus Toby, sweat-dropped at the comment.

"Mika!" yelled Akio and Lena as the crossed the bridge. Mika smiled and wave.

"Hey, guys! I found you!" laughed Mika causing both teens to face-fault.

"You Were The One Lost!" comically yelled both teens after picking themselves up.

"Shishishishi!" laughed Mika as she smiled and scratched the back of her head innocently.

'What kind of pirates are they?' thought Ryuudo as he watched the three friends argue/laugh. But then something came up.

"Wait! Where's...!"

"AHH! Ryuudo! Mika! HELP!" yelled the girl in question. All of the youths turned their heads towards the cry for help. As the dust began to settle, still standing was the three of Tony's top crew mates and the still had Nicole.

"NICOLE!" shouted both Ryuudo and Mika. Hearing each other they both looked at each other, confused.

"Well it seems that we are in a predicament." said Tsukagi still holding on to Nicole.

"Good thing I saw the lass, before she fired or we would be like everyone else." chuckled Kincad proud of his quick eye. Swellow only nodded in agreement.

"Hey, captain! You okay!" shouted Tsukagi into the dust.

"Yeah. I'm fine." The teens immediately turned around to see the dust reveal Tony, perfectly fine, but pissed off.

"But it looks like our buyer can't say the same." Tony looked to the side to see Joseph unconscious and injured having taken the majority of the blast. He then turned to the kids.

"You assholes lost me my money!" shouted Tony in anger. "As well as my slaves I was going to sell."

"We're not your slaves, Crony!" shouted back Mika with a cheer from Toby.

"My name's Tony, you bitch!" yelled Tony. He then reeled his fist back making everyone besides his crew mates confused.

"Jumbo Punch!" yelled Tony as he threw his punch. The teens didn't see it as a threat. However, as Tony threw his punch it suddenly increased to the size of a giant. Not only did it grew in size, but it closed off the distance that was in-between him and the teens.

"What the-!" yelled Mika's group as the punch came towards them. Lena and Toby closed their eyes hoping to lessen the pain. But it never came. With only inches to spare, the punch was stopped. Lena and Toby looked around them to see that Akio, Mika, and Ryuudo had stopped the punch altogether.

"Errr. This guy is tough." barely spoke Akio using much of his energy to keep the fist from moving.

"They don't call him "Big Fist" Tony for nothing." grunted Ryuudo being in the same situation.

"Come on guys. Don't be a bunch of babies." smiled Mika clearly not showing any fatigue. That stupefied Ryuudo and even Akio.

"Wow!" was all the kid could say staring at the strong figures in front of him.

"I know, and they're not even warmed up yet." smiled Lena confidently. "Hell, I'm just warming up." she then loaded her once emptied pistol and pointed both guns to the three cronies behind them.

"Impressive. No has ever caught my punch like that." smiled Tony impressed to some extant. "But, then again, there are three of you holding it back." Suddenly, Tony's hand shrank, but instead of coming to Tony, Tony came to where his fist was and used the momentum to hurl himself to his crew. Mika's group quickly turned around to attack until.

***BANG***

"Gahh!" cried Ryuudo in pain as he fell to his knee. The teens were shocked, but Lena was more shocked at who shot. Still staring at Tony's group, Lena saw the gray-haired man suddenly lifted his left leg to reveal a musket instead of a leg. He didn't even a pull a trigger it just shot.

"Ryuudo!" screamed Nicole until Tsukagi covered her mouth.

"Ryuudo! You okay!" asked Akio trying to help Ryuudo up.

"Gah!" It wasn't a smart idea. "Crap! I can't move."

"That's it! I'm going to kick your ass even harder than before, you pervert!" shouted Mika as the veils blew behind her.

"Cuhahahahaha! You think you can beat us? You'd be better off a slave!" insulted Tony getting grins from his companions except from Swellow.

"You bet I can!" grinned Mika as she got into battle position. The battle was about to begin. Who will win?

TO BE CONTIUED...

Next time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate.

Ryuudo: He's taking Nicole!

Kincad: Sorry, but this is as far as you guys go.

Lena: Keep going! I'll take care of this relic.

Akio: You think Lena will be okay?

Mika: Of course! She's going to be the World's Greatest Sniper!

Tony: Damn! These kids won't give up!

Tsukagi: Let's see who's better; your mach boxing or my feint style.

Next time: Lena vs. Kincad. Battle between guns and snipers!

Lena: How can you do that!

* It's a One Piece reference. Hint: Straw Hat Pirates

(Author's note:

A: Yo! I don't got much to say this time around.

Drake: Shocker!

Denji: Is it the end of the world already?

A: Shut up! But I do have to put this up there. I just got a job, I'm not sure how the hours are going to work, but updates may slow down a bit. Just saying. Have a good week!

Oh! Because I found out today. Happy Birthday! Rob Lucci!

D & D: EHHHHHHHHH!

A: Ja Ne!)