"ROSE DID WHAT?!" Everyone on the sea train screamed in shock when they heard from Nami about Roses stunt.
"I told her not to do anything crazy! Not only has she not fully recovered, but she doesn't have full control of her abilities yet!" Chopper scrambles around the train with worry.
"That girl, of all the stunts she's pulled this has got to be the most insane one yet!" Nami says as she seethes in rage.
"It's fine." Luffy says causing the others to look at him confused.
Sanji starts getting worked up at Luffy's attitude "How is this fine Luffy?! Rose-chan could be getting attacked by marines out there! So help me if one of them lays a finger on her or Robin I'll-"
"Shut up love cook! I agree with Luffy on this one, even with her injuries she's not weak. She can take care of them until we get there." Zoro says as he relaxes in his seat.
Sniper King nods in agreement. "Though I just met her, Usopp told me a few stories about Roses strength. From what I heard about her I'm sure she has a plan on how to take care of them."
Paulie steps into the conversation. "Have any of her 'plans' worked before?"
The crew stares at him blankly for a moment before running to the window. "COME BACK ROSE!"
At the front gate of Enies Lobby the marines and World Government agents start to relax after seeing CP9 and the prisoners pass their gate.
"So that's what CP9 is like. They're as scary as the rumors say." One of the marines says to his comrades as he stands guard while the others nod.
"I agree. I'm glad they're on our side."
"Yea, I'd hate to be the pirates that meet them. They'd probably wet their pants at first glance! Hahahaha!" The others start joining their friend in laughing.
"EXCUSE ME!" All the marines stop laughing to search for the voice to find Rose sitting on the sea train: The Puffing Tom. "Can any of you guys point me to the Justice Building? I need to pick up my friends."
The marines stare at her in confusion and start talking among themselves. "Did any of the officials mention a girl picking them up?"
"No one reported anything. Let's ask her."
The marines turn to her in confusion "Um, who are you picking up miss?"
"You guys should know them. They go by the names of Franky and Nico Robin."
All the marines widen their eyes at the realization that she's a pirate and aim their guns at her. "SURRENDER NOW OR DIE PIRATE!"
Rose stands up while giving off a smirk and starts to be dramatic. "OH MY! WHAT TO DO? IT LOOKS LIKE I'M SURROUNDED! Sorry, but I'm not surrendering! I'll give you an offer though: open the gates to let me pass and I won't hurt you."
They stare at her blankly before laughing. "BWAHAHAHA! HER not hurt US?! A little girl like her making such a threat?! That's hilarious!"
"Alright men, enough with the laughs let's aim for her limbs to show her we mean business then we'll bring her to Impel Down."
The men nod in agreement and took aim. "DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU BRAT!" They fired at her arms and legs but once they went through her they started to sweat drop and pale.
Rose shook her head showing disappointment then starts putting her hair up. "And to think I would have even gone easy on you if you resisted, but because of the laughing looks like I'll have to be serious from the start." Rose flew up and turned her leg into a twister.
"TWISTER KICK!" She fired her kick at them and sent all the marines in the twister's path flying while an official hides and uses a den den mushi to call headquarters.
"THIS IS THE MAIN GATE REPORTING! AN INTRUDER HAS STARTED ATTACKING AT THE MAIN GATE! CHARACTERISTICS ARE FEMALE AND-"
On the other end of the line Spandam cuts him off with confusion. "Only one intruder? And on top of that she's a girl? Why haven't you killed her?"
"SIR! THIS IS NO ORDINARY GIRL SHE'S A-"
"TWISTER PUSH!" Rose completely stunned the marines when she turned both of her arms into a large tornado and blew the doors of the main gate right off the hinges. She lifted herself up a few inches off the ground and flew through the gate way and waved at them "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN SOLDIER BOYS!"
Spandam got irritated at the lack of response. "She's a what?! What is she?!"
The official snaps out of it and frantically answers the den den mushi. "EVERYONE BE CAREFUL OF HER! SHE'S A LOGIA DEVIL FRUIT USER! THE ELEMENT SEEMS TO BE AIR AND SHE JUST BLEW THE DOORS OFF THE MAIN GATE AND IS HEADING FOR THE FRONT GATE!"
Spandam spat out his coffee after hearing that. "SHE DID WHAT?! CAPTURE HER IMMEDIATELY!"
"YES SIR!" He kept his connection with Spandam as he and most of the other marines went after her.
Rose flew with a large grin on her face while making sure the marines kept up the chase. (Hahahaha! So far the plan's working great! It's been a while since I was chased like Sakamoto in Peacemaker for the fun of it. I gotta keep it up, the next gate's approaching!) Rose flew to the next gate only to be approached by marines charging at her with swords. She brings out her staff and unsheathes the twin blades to collide with the oncoming blades of the marines.
"WIND BLADE STORM!" Rose unleashed a flurry of mini wind blades against the officers and injured their sides and legs. She summons a whirlwind to send the surrounding marines flying then slams them to the ground. "WIND BLADE CROSS!" She slashed the twin blades in the air to form two wind blades in the shape of an "X" flying straight at the doors of the gates and broke the gate. Then she blasted wind at the broken gate and sent the pieces flying. "THANKS FOR THE SPARRING MATCH! SEE YA!" Rose slammed the marines in her way to the wall and knocked them out while flying through the gates.
"GAURDS KEEP MOVING! WE HAVE TO CATCH HER!" The marines continue to run all around the island after Rose with more and more marines being defeated. She landed at one of the streets to find herself surrounded by hundreds of marines.
"You're one stupid kid. Even if you can fly do you really think you can deal with 10,000 marines alone?"
"Like I need an army to handle you guys. Silly me though, I forgot to introduce myself. My name's Catone Rose and I'm a proud member of the Straw Hat Pirates. Now then, please move before I make you."
"HELL NO!" The marines all charge her at once but before they struck she flew up in the air causing them to collide with each other. She sheathed her twin blades back to a staff and used it to create a whirlwind to slam them to the ground before landing and running away.
She flies onto the roof of one of the tall buildings to catch her breath while the marines search for her. (Damn, these guys are endless and these injuries aren't helping… I gotta find a way to beat them all at once without over doing it. Maybe I can try to focus my wind to do that move Kagura did in Inuyasha what was it called again?) She strokes her chin in thought until she snapped her fingers in realization (That's right, Dragon Dance! Wait, don't I need a fan for tha-)
"WAAAAH!" Rose snapped out of her thoughts when she looked to see a giant tornado formed and sent a large amount marines flying and screaming.
Her mouth practically dropped to her feet in shock. (HOLY CRAP! DID I DO THAT?! HOW THE HELL DID I-) She looked down at the fingers that she snapped. "It couldn't have been that easy could it?" She snaps her fingers again and a small tornado formed from them. It started moving away from her and grew larger until it reached the size of the first tornado and moved to a different direction from the first one attacking everything in sight.
She looks to the tornado then her hands with excitement. (WHOA! I'm like a wind version of Roy Mustang! Wait… Crap, that one's heading to the road the others are gonna take.) Rose quickly flew to the tornado and used her staff to form a wind blade to slash the tornado and stop it. The victims of the tornado quickly fell to the ground and lost consciousness. "Alright, that takes care of that. What about the other-"
"WHOA!" Rose looked at the other tornado in shock to see Luffy clutching to a building trying not to let it take him.
"LUFFY!" Rose quickly flew over to the tornado before it could drag Luffy into it and slashed through it with another wind blade. She flew over to Luffy's side while he dusts himself off on the roof. "Are you alright Luffy? I'm so sorry, I didn't know I could make a-"
"AWESOME! YOU CAN MAKE TORNADOES TOO?! YOU'RE SO COOL!" He looks at her with stars in his eyes causing her to sweat drop.
(Did he forget my tornado almost swallowed him? Hehe, at least the plan worked. He looks good- I mean he seems ready to go!) She hides her blush by turning to the court house "Th-thanks, I'm glad you're ok. We better get moving, Robin's waiting for us."
Luffy nods but before they leave more marines surround the building and start shooting at them.
Rose sighs in frustration "Man, these guys won't quit. Luffy, when I jump down I want you to roof jump to that large building over there. I'll follow you after I take care of them." She points to the court house causing him to nod. She blasts wind out of her hands to hold down the marines then jumps down to the street to fight them off while Luffy makes a break for the court house.
Spandam has sent away Robin and Franky along with the members of CP9 and handed them their devil fruits. He realized he left the den den mushi off the hook and called to get a report. "Have you captured the girl yet?"
"Sorry sir, we spotted Straw Hat Luffy but when we tried to go after him the girl attacked us."
"WHAT?! You mean to tell me you not only couldn't stop Straw Hat Luffy but even a single girl?! What's the new damage report from the girl?"
"I would say by now about 800 from physical fighting but with the tornadoes it's-"
"There's no way that can be right! I heard it was 5! You're saying one girl has defeated 800 of our men?!"
"Sorry sir, but it's the truth. This girl is truly a monster. Waah!" Roses wind sent him flying and caught the den den mushi.
She snaps her fingers for a tornado to go after the men that was pursuing her and Luffy then flies to a roof top to talk to Spandam. "I take it I'm speaking to Spandam?"
"Who- WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
"The Straw Hats astronomer: Catone Rose. Are you alone?"
The den den mushi nods causing Rose to continue. "Good, I'm gonna make this brief. Harm one more hair on Robin or Franky and I'll make you regret it."
"BWAHAHAHA! Do you know who you're talking to girl?! I'm-"
"Spandam: the leader of CP9 and former leader of CP5. You not only harmed innocent people in Water Seven with Franky's stolen ships but also framed Tom for being the culprit and sent him to his death."
Spandam stared at the snail in shock. "H-how did you know that?!"
"The same way I know that you manipulated the Gorosei to allow you to retrieve Pluton and plan to use it to overthrow the World Government."
"WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU THAT?!" (This is absurd, who is this girl?)
"Not telling."
"S-so what if you know what I'm planning?! It's not like anyone would believe a pirate anyway. It's better I revive it and become ruler than let Nico Robin do whatever she wants with it."
"Watch your mouth! Robin has no intention of reviving any weapon! Her research is as harmless as my research on the Timore Comet!"
Spandams face on the snail shows complete shock causing her to be confused. "Y-you're researching Hell's Comet?!"
(Hell's Comet?) "Got a problem with that?"
"THAT COMET IS ALMOST AS BIG OF A TABOO AS THE PONEGLYPHS! I get it now, you're trying to spirit me away with the power of the comet! Well, I won't let you! Be prepared Catone Rose for I'll be sure to send you to the deepest hells of Impel Down!" Spandam hangs up the den den mushi.
Rose chuckles as she hangs up her side of the den den mushi and turns off the tone dial she used to record the conversation. "Hehe, this should take care of him. Glad I brought this with me. So, the World Government is scared of the comet huh? Figures, they wouldn't want their citizens escaping to other worlds… I better get moving. The others should be there soon."
Rose started to fly over to the court house but stopped at the sound of Nami's screaming and realized where her tornado went. "Shit…"
"WHERE DID THAT TORNADO COME FROM?!" Chopper yells as he sees Roses tornado going after him, Nami, Sanji, Zoro and the Franky Family who are riding on a giant yagara right before they reach the court house.
"I don't know, but this has Rose written all over it." Zoro says as he was got his swords out and ready to attack.
"WIND BLADE!" Before Zoro could attack it Rose slashed through the tornado and landed on the yagara while giving them a nervous smile. "H-hey guys, glad to see you made-"
Nami went to whack her but her fists kept going through her. "YOUR CRAZY TORNADO ALMOST KILLED US! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"
"I'm sorry Nami! I didn't know it was heading here!"
"That's not what you should be apologizing for!" Chopper says as he checks her injuries. "You haven't fully healed yet! I thought I told you not to do anything Luffy would do!"
"I'm sorry… If it makes you guys feel better I ran into Luffy. He should be at the roof of the court house right now."
The group arrives at the court house and got off the yagara with no marines in sight.
Sanji puffs out a smoke before turning to Rose. "They're probably waiting for us inside. Rose, can you bring us to the roof?"
"It's possible, but it's not a good idea."
Nami looks to her in surprise. "What are you talking about?"
"You experienced it yourself back when you, Luffy and I faced Galley-La. When I tried flying with you two, once Lucci hit me all of us fell. If something happens to me or if I lose my focus while we're flying we'd all fall. Also, with more people it takes more focus and maneuvering to avoid the bullets aiming at us. Basically we'd all be moving targets for them. I think the best way to reach Luffy would be to get to the roof from the inside. I'm going to make a twister out here to stall the incoming marines, so everyone get inside."
After hearing her explanation the others nod in agreement and barge into the courthouse while Rose goes in front of Yokozuna and the Giant Yagara: Gomorrah. "You and Sodom did a great job getting them here Gomorrah, thank you for the help. Yokozuna, you did a great job protecting the others as well thank you. I'll be sure to give Spandam a good beating for you. Both of you don't worry, Sodom's gonna be alright we're all gonna make it back to Water Seven so don't give up!" She gives them a thumbs up and a large smile before turning around and creates a tornado for the incoming marines.
Yokozuna and Gomorrah look at her in shock then smile while she flies up in the air to make sure the route of the tornado doesn't attack any of her friends outside. Afterwards she flies into the court house where the Straw Hats and the Franky Family are fighting the marines and Baskerville.
"WE'RE GONNA LOWER THE DRAW BRIDGE! YOU GUYS GET TO THE ROOF!" Zambai yells as he and the Franky Family fight off the marines in their way.
"ROSE-CHAN, NAMI SWAN! FOLLOW ME I'LL LEAD THE WAY!" Sanji yells as he, Nami and Chopper run up the stairs while Zoro goes in a completely different direction until Rose sent him flying to their direction.
"PUT ME DOWN ROSE!" Zoro yells as she catches up to them and sets him down with the group.
"I swear Zoro, someday I'm gonna have to keep a wind hold on you to make sure you don't get lost."
"I'd like to see you try."
"We'll focus on Zoro's lack of direction later! Let's get going!" Nami says causing them to nod while making their way through the building.
"JUST LEAVE ALREADY LUFFY! I NEVER ASKED TO BE SAVED! I JUST WANT TO DIE!" Robin yelled from the Justice Building to Luffy who's on the roof of the court house.
"WAHAHA! ALL OF THAT FOR NOTHING! CP9 don't do anything right now! I want to watch him suffer some more." Spandam says as he and CP9 watch the scene but when they look at Luffy they were shocked to find him casually picking his nose.
"ROBIN! WE'RE NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU! YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AFTER WE GET YOU OUT OF HERE!" Luffy says when Zoro used his swords to cut a hole in the roof and accidentally sent Rose, Nami and Chopper flying into the air.
Rose used her wind to gently land them on the ground while getting an earful from Nami "I thought I told you to be careful with your wind Rose!"
"This time Zoro's the one you should be scolding! He's the one that did it this time!" Rose pointed to the hole revealing Zoro climbing out.
Spandam looks to Rose in fear while the rest of the Straw Hats arrive (TH-THAT'S HER?! That's the one studying Hell's Comet?! I need to make her and the others know their place!)
He goes to the rails of the building and yells out to the crew "YOU DIRTY PIRATES! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE YOU ARE?! YOU'RE AT THE HEART OF THE WORLD GOVERNMENT AND ARE FACED WITH NOT ONLY THE POWER OF CP9 BUT ALSO THE POWER OF-"
Before he could finish Rose used her wind to slam him to the building. "THAT'S ENOUGH OUT OF YOU SPANDAM!" She turns to the crew "Sorry guys. I can't stand that loudmouth."
"Don't worry about it Rose, we would've done the same." Nami says as Spandam quickly recovers.
Before Spandam could say anything Robin cuts in. "DON'T YOU GUYS GET IT?! THE MORE I WANT TO BE WITH YOU THE MORE MY DARKNESS BARES ITS FANGS AT YOU! I'VE ALREADY GOT YOU INVOLVED NOT ONLY WITH AOKIJI BUT THIS TIME AS WELL! I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN YOU WITH MY ENEMY BECAUSE THE WORLD IS MY ENEMY!"
While the crew looks at her with concern Spandam laughs and gloats. "HAHAHA! YOU SEE?! NO MATTER WHAT YOU PEOPLE KNOW OR WHAT ANY OF YOU DO YOU CAN'T DEFEAT THE ENTIRE WORLD! LOOK UP AND SEE THE FLAG ON TOP OF BUILDING! THAT'S THE SYMBOL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU CAN PROTECT HER FROM THAT?!"
Luffy looks up at the flag and knows what needs to be done "Sniper King, I want you to shoot that flag."
Sniper King nods in agreement and takes aim. "Roger. FIRE BIRD STAR!" He fires straight at the flag causing it to go up in flames.
The stunt shocks CP9, Spandam and Robin while the crews faces show satisfaction.
(Wouldn't expect anything less from you captain.) Rose smirks as she watches Spandam recover from the shock.
"ARE YOU INSANE?! DON'T EVEN HOPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT WITH THE WORLD AS YOUR ENEMY!"
"I CAN LIVE WITH THAT!" Luffy yells causing Robin to freeze with tears running down her face "ROBIN! I WANT YOU TO TELL ME SOMETHING! TELL ME YOU WANT TO LIVE!"
Tears continue to fall on Robins face when she looks at the crew showing no regret in Luffy's decision. "I-I WANT TO LIVE! TAKE ME WITH YOU! I WANT TO GO OUT TO SEA WITH YOU!"
Franky cries with joy while the crew smiles with pride then looks down to see the draw bridge starting to lower. The crew starts to get excited that they get to go over there.
(Sorry Robin and Franky. If I fly you guys over to us now I don't know what CP9 would pull. Just hold on a little longer we'll get you guys back!) Rose gets her staff out and ready when she watches Franky use his fire breath to destroy the blueprints to Pluton and be pushed off the building by Spandam.
(Crap! Hold on Franky!) Before Rose can catch him Luffy suddenly wraps his arms around her and the others and jumps off the building with them. Before they land Kokoro catches them with Rocket Man and brings them into the Justice Building where the real battle begins.
TO BE CONTINUED
