One Piece © Oda-sensei

Akira D. Yuna © Me

-X-

Talk = "Onii-san"

Thought = 'Onii-san'

Recap:

"Who are you?" The man asked cautiously with Luffy –who unconscious- on his back.

"Ah, that guy on your back …" Sanji said, rubbing back of his head "Thank for carrying him out of there. He's with us. We'll take him from here."

"So you are the pirates who bought Vivi back to this country." The man stated.

"Who are you, Ossan?" Sanji asked in confusion.

"Papa!" They heard a familiar voice called out. They turned, saw Vivi run toward to them. "Everyone!"

"It Vivi!" Chopper said.

"Papa?" Sanji questioned as he realized the man was Vivi's father, Cobra. "VIVI-CHAN'S FATHER!?" He exclaimed.

"You're the King?" Zoro asked calmly. Cobra set the Luffy down, Yuna looked at her brother, he's slept soundless with a calm expression. Yuna smiled in relief.

"I was prepared for death, but he saved me." Cobra explained. "After he fought with Crocodile, he carried both of us back up to the surface. It is difficult to conceive of one possessing so much power."

"And we don't have to worry about that poison?" Usopp asked, crossed his arms.

"No, he's already taken the antidote." Cobra responded. "But he must be treated for his wounds. As well as all of you."

The crew managed to convince the King and his daughter to head back the Square. Once both of them are out of sight, all of them collapsed and fell asleep as Yuna rested next to her brother.

-X-

Chapter nine: Farewell Alabasta

The crew is now resting in the palace as Luffy started have a high fever with Chopper and Vivi nursing him and Yuna has been asleep after Crocodile's defeat.

They've worried about their Vice-captain since they couldn't wake her up then Chopper told them she was collapsed from exhaustion and needed to have enough rest.

Three days passed as everyone doing their own thing.

"Quite a fascinating mixture you're making. Quite original, and yet … So superbly logical." Said the palace's doctor as he rubbed his beard and ticking his glasses.

Chopper just jaw drop a bit, looked at him as his hands (A/N: or horn?) continue spinning, mixing the herds.

"Whenever did you learn such exquisite medicinal skill?" The doctor asked.

"Tony-kun is a doctor from Drum Island." Vivi walked by with a small bowl of water in her hands.

"My word! I see! A doctor from the Great Medical Country of Drum!" The doctor exclaimed. "Ho-ho! So they are still ahead of the rest of us! I've been a doctor for 40 years now, and I had no idea such medical techniques existed!"

Chopper quickly pull out the chair and served a tea to the doctor. "Shut up! Quit staring at me! Moron! Get the hell away from me, asshole!" He said in a happy tone.

"Can I take that to mean: "Please, have some tea and observe all you like"?" The doctor turned to Vivi.

"I think so!" Vivi smile and walk to Luffy's bed. Luffy snoring like there no tomorrow as Vivi put a wet cloth on his forehead.

Vivi looked the bed beside Luffy's. Yuna still asleep with a calm expression.

-Meanwhile-

Sanji and Usopp walked through the street with groceries as they watched the people of the country rebuilding their town.

"This is a strong country." Usopp said.

"'Cause their Princess is so cute!" Sanji commented.

"What does that have to do with it?" Usopp dead panned.

"Everything!"

"Damnit!" One of the people shouted. "Something broke through the walls between your houses! What the HELL made these holes!? It's like someone just kick their way through!"

Sanji shocked in a minutes, remembered that he was the one kicked through the walls when he tried to find the bomb.

"Look at the damage …"

"Oi, Usopp! Look at that! There's something happening over there." Sanji quickly pointed at the other direction and nervously walk away. Usopp just look at him, questioned.

-Somewhere else at the same time-

Outside the town, Zoro sitting on the sand with his legs crossed, lifting two large boulders each side of his arms.

'Concentrate …' He said in his mind as a flaskback of him defeated Mr. 1 pass through his thought.

'If I can't call forth that power at any point in time, I will not have become stronger.'

-Sometimes later-

"WHAT A GREAT NAP ~!" Luffy laughed as he feels something is missing.

"Where's Hat?" He immediately asked as he keeps asking his hat and food.

"*Yawn ~* What with all the noise?" The crew turned to the voice. Yuna was finally awake. "O-Ohayo *yawn~*" She greeted to them, sitting up.

"Yuna-chwan ~! My angel ~ You had finally awake ~! And it's already evening, my darling ~." Sanji said, went all lovely dovely again.

"And your hat's over there." Usopp pointed. "A soldier found it in front of the Palace."

"Phew, great!" Luffy grabbed his hat and put back on it original place.

"I'm so glad, Luffy-san, Yuna. You've regained your strength!" Vivi smiled.

"Regained my strength? But I'm always strong." Luffy questioned.

"I think she means we had been asleep quite a while, Onii-san." Yuna stated.

"Yuna's right, you idiot!" Nami said, organizing her new books. "You were really sick with a temperature y'know! Vivi and Chopper have been nursing you back to heath this whole time!"

"Really?" Luffy asked, but he doesn't seem surprised. "Thanks!"

The door creak opened as a familiar green-haired man walks in.

"Oh, Luffy, Yuna, you both awake."

"Oh, Zoro! Long time no see!" Luffy exclaimed then he questioned himself for what he says.

"Hey, Zoro." Yuna calmly greeted .

Chopper's face went panicky in a second when Zoro came in.

"Ah, HEY! You better not have been out training again!" He exclaimed.

"What? I can do what I want." Zoro grumbled, pouring a cup of water to drink.

"No means no! I'm the ship doctor! Don't take your bandages off!" Chopper exclaimed.

"They make it hard to move."

"Then don't move!"

"Long time no see? Long time no see?" Luffy tilted his head both side.

"Well, it's no wonder you feel that way." Usopp started. "You and Yuna have been sleeping three days straight."

"Three days!? I was asleep for three days!?" Luffy exclaimed.

"Yeah."

"I've misses 15 meals."

"Why are you so fast at calculating that!?" Nami asked with a sweat-drop.

"And you counted five meals a day!" Usopp added. Vivi giggled and Yuna sighed with a smile.

The door busted open, revealing a familiar face to the crew (expect Yuna). "So the Captain and Vice-captain is awake? Dinner's in 30 minutes. Do they mind waiting?"

"Oooh! The Chikuwa Ossan! You're alive!" Luffy exclaimed.

"I-I knew you were really into that kinda shit!" Zoro's face paled.

"No, everyone! This is Terracotta-san. She's Igaram's wife and the Palace's top chef!" Vivi explained to the crew.

"You all took care of Vivi-sama and my husband! You may have my thanks ~!" Terracotta thanked the crew.

"You're kidding me … A couple can only be so much alike." Zoro sweat dropped in a low tone.

"I've heard you eat a lot." She said. "Do you think you could snack on this fruit until dinnertime?"

"Okay." Luffy simply said as in a second, all the fruits were gone.

.

.

.

"WAS THAT SOME TRICK!?" Zoro and Sanji yelled in surprise.

"Oba-chan, I'm gonna eat three days worth of food!" Luffy exclaimed.

"I was hoping you'd say that! I've been a chef for 30 years! I won't lose to some youngster's stomach, so eat all you can!"

-X-

In the Dining Hall, King Cobra, Vivi, Igaram and Yuna dining in manners as the rest of the crew eating wildly on every plates of food.

The guards stood there and watched at the crew in stun and disgusted at the way of them dining.

"Absolutely no manners …" One of the guards murmured.

"The Grand Dining Hall should be quieter than this!" The other one muttered.

"Eat fast or he'll-" Before Zoro could finish, Luffy has already snatched his food on his plate as Luffy snatched Usopp's food next.

"Dammit Luffy! You just took that off my plate!" Usopp yelled, pointing Luffy with a knife. Luffy just shook head, saying he didn't do it.

"Don't stretch!" Nami yelled, punched Luffy which make the food flying out from his mouth.

"Oi, oi, you shouldn't eat that fast!" Sanji said to Chopper, who eating quickly, doubting that Luffy will snatch his plate soon.

"There's plenty more!" Vivi smiled, holding a plate of food.

"Take this, Luffy. My Super Tabasco Boshi!" Usopp putted his special sauce on a rice ball, Luffy grab the rice ball as fire blow out from mouth after eating it. Usopp laughed but didn't know someone else is laughing with him. "Where did you come from!?" He exclaimed, seeing Eyelashes eating dinner with them.

"What do you call this dish?" Sanji asked one of the chef.

"This is Kenafa. You put the noodles in the oven and …"

"Yummy!" Nami said cheerfully.

"Osshan, youb da Kigh? Ho, yo mas he Bibiz fad. Wight? (Ossan, you're the King? So, you must be Vivi's dad. Right?)" Luffy said with his mouth stuffed with foods.

"Well, we can just talk after dinner …" King Cobra sweat dropped.

"Ogei, sor. (Okay, sure.)" Luffy agreed and continue putting food in his mouth.

Yuna continued ate her food while watched her crew wildly eating their food as the dinner slowly turn into party, the guards started laughing with the rest laughed along.

Yuna smiled. 'Onii-san, you found yourself a great crew …'

-Later-

After the dinner, the crew, along with King Cobra, Vivi and Igaram went to the bath house.

Yuna, Nami and Vivi are now at the most beautiful and majestic hot spring they've ever seen.

"This feel so good ~." Nami moaned as Vivi washing her back with fragrance soap.

"Yeah ~ I forgot when the last time I went to a hot spring." Yuna lazily lay on her back in the water with a small towel on her head.

"I wonder if any ships out there have baths this big on them!" Nami said.

"I'm sure there are! The sea is so vast! We're Giants … Dinosaurs … Sakura bloom in a land of snow … The sea must contain many more unimaginable things!" Vivi replied as Yuna listen their story.

"Look like you guys having a fun adventure before I came in." Yuna said with a smile.

"Yeah …" Vivi smile along as three girls laughed joyfully together.

"Switch." Nami said, meaning is her turn to wash Vivi's back.

"Thank you." Vivi said as Yuna felt someone watching them. She looked up.

Over the edge of the wall King Cobra, Igaram, Usopp, Luffy, Sanji and even Eyelashes are enjoy the view of … well, you know what I mean.

"Wait a minute, what are you all doing up there!?" Vivi shouted, feeling irritated.

"Onii-san, what are doing you …?" Yuna dead panned as Nami feels annoyed.

"Those guys …" Nami sighed and smirked as slowly stood up. "Alright, it'll be 100, 000 Beli each."

The boys confused. "Happiness Punch ~!" She said as she removed the towel over her body, making them nosebleed and fell overboard.

"NAMI-SAN!" Vivi screamed, seeing her doing such a shameful thing but Nami just playfully smile and give her a thumb up.

Yuna just nervously laugh as she heard Chopper screamed panicky on the other side.

Both Nami and Vivi joined in the water with Yuna, silence was in the air.

"I suppose you're wondering …" Nami started, making Vivi looked at her, questioned.

"We're thinking of leaving tonight." Yuna said.

"Really!?" Vivi asked in surprise.

"There's no reason for us to be here anymore, is there?" Nami responded. "Our Captain and Vice-captain are awake, and the Marines are probably in the harbor. Our ship's gonna be in danger."

Yuna looked at Vivi, knowing that she was thinking if she will go with them or not. It's a hard choice after all.

-X-

"Tonight?" Usopp asked.

"Yep." Nami replied.

"So we're leaving?" Chopper asked her.

"Well, I think we should too." Zoro said. "No reason to stick around here any longer."

"Yeah, the Marines are starting to get bolder with their approaches." Sanji agreed.

"Yosh! Luffy, you decide." Usopp said to him.

"Yosh! We're leaving after one more Alabasta banquet!" Luffy said as Yuna slapped the back of his head.

"We're leaving right here and right now!" She stated. Luffy pouted but knowing it the best not to argue with her since she always win.

-Meanwhile-

"What should we do, Igaram-san?" Chaka asked. "We must tell them immediately!"

Both he and Igaram are in a dark small room, with a small lighted candle.

"Yes, of course …" Igaram said and looked the three new bounty posters on the table. "But … this is such a disastrous event. I only hope they are able to leave the island safely. This had happened all too fast!"

"Roronoa Zoro, Bounty: 60, 000, 000 Beli. Akira D. Yuna, Bounty: 86, 000, 000 Beli. Monkey D. Luffy, Bounty: 100, 000, 000."

"Igaram-san …"

"With this much on their heads, even the Marine Headquarters Admirals will move against them. There's no turning back now, Luffy-kun … You and your crew taken down one of the Shichibukai!"

-X-

At somewhere in the desert, the crew was riding on the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad, heading to their ship.

"I like this!" Zoro smirked, enjoying the ride.

"Farewell, oh country of sand!" Usopp sobbed as he quickly snapped at Luffy. "Oi, Luffy, you still eating?"

"Alabasta food is the best! Sanji, make some of this tomorrow!" Luffy said with meat stuffed in his mouth.

"Sure, I was interest in it, too." Sanji said. "I got some recipes off Terracotta and I picked up some spices too."

Yuna enjoying the wind as she saw Nami's face filled with sadness.

"Nami, are you alright?" Yuna asked, making the rest looked at their navigator.

"Nami, want a piece of meat? But only one." Luffy commented.

"Nami-san, it's about Vivi-chan, isn't it?" Sanji asked. "I understand how you feels … But if you keep thinking so much, you'll never get over it. You two were good friends for so long … But c'mon, look up"

"I'm …" Nami begin to spoke. "… giving it up. For Vivi. My 1, 000, 000, 000 Beli."

"OF COURSE YOU ARE!" The rest exclaimed.

"YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MONEY!?" Yuna yelled.

"USOPP FELL OFF!" (C)

"NAMI! Quit being so damn misleading!" (Z)

"Huh? What's your problem? There's no point worrying about Vivi!" (N)

"OI! Usopp has FALLEN OFF!" (C)

"That's his problem." (N)

"IT'S YOUR FAULT!" (L, Z, C, Y)

-X-

*Flaskback*

-Not long ago, back at the palace-

"Den Den Mushi?"

"From who?"

"From someone named "Bon-chan"." The guard says, holding the Den Den Mushi.

"Bon-chan? Who's that?" Sanji asked.

"We don't know him." Usopp said.

"But he claims to be your friend, so …"

"Friend?" Yuna questioned. Sanji picked up the receiver, hearing the voice through the Den Den Mushi.

"Hello, hello? Hel-lo ~!? It's ME." The voice said. "It. Is. Me!"

Sanji just putted down the receiver with vein appeared under his eyes as the Den Den Mushi started ringing.

"WHAT IS IT!?" Sanji yelled at it then Luffy grabbed the Den Den Mushi.

"Oh, it's you." Luffy answered thought the receiver. "What do you want with us?"

"Oh!? Isn't that the voice of Straw-chan!?" The voice exclaimed. "You're so strooong ~! I was so surprised ~! Oh, yes, yes! Don't calling me Mr. 2! If the Marines get wind of this conversation, I'll be in super big trouble!"

"Didn't he just say it himself?" Yuna sweat dropped.

"Just spit it out" Zoro demanded.

"Ah, right, right, right. I took your little ship!" Mr. 2 said.

"WHAT THE HELL!?" The whole crew screamed.

"Asshole! That ain't funny! Where are you now!?" Usopp shouted.

"I'm on your boooaaat ~!"

"Of all the annoying bastards in the world …" Sanji growled.

"You've got all wrooong, all wrong ~! Aren't you and I friend ~?"

Luffy said nothing as Yuna took the receiver out of Luffy's hand. "Tell us where to meet and we'll be on our way."

"Yuna!" Nami exclaimed. But Yuna choose to ignore her, wait for Mr. 2 reply.

"Okaaay ~! I'll be upstream on the Sandora River ~!"

*beep beep*

"Yuna, why did you do that!?" Usopp shouted/asked.

"We need our ship back, don't we?" Yuna raised her eyebrow.

"But can we trust him, Yuna-chan?" Sanji asked.

"We were friend with him before …" Luffy said.

"The idea of you becoming friends again scares me." Zoro commented.

"Don't worry, we can trust his words … for now." Yuna said.

"Look like we really don't have a choice." Chopper stated, Yuna nodded to him.

"If he's trying anything funny, we'll just kick his ass." Sanji said.

"Then let's get moving already."

"Yosh, let's get going. If the ship is taken, we gotta …"

"Hey, everyone …" The crew turned their attention at Vivi.

"Hey … everyone … What … should I do?"

"Listen carefully, Vivi. We'll give you twelve hours to think." Nami told her. "After we take back our ship on Sandora River, then exactly at noon tomorrow, we'll swing the ship past the eastern harbor once. I doubt we'll be able to drop anchor, so if you want to keep adventuring with us, that will be the last chance you'll have to jump on board. If so, we celebrate! As pirates!"

*End of flaskback*

-X-

"I WAS WAAAITING FOR YOU GUYS ~!" Mr. 2 yelled on top the crow nest. "HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN ~!"

The crew ignored him, unload their stuff to their ship. They waved good bye to the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad, who returning back to the palace.

"Someday … Someday, let us meet again!" Mr. 2 sobbed, waved to them before realizing what he is doing. "WAIT A BIG MINUTE!"

"What is it now?" Sanji asked.

"What do you mean, "What is it now"!?" Mr. 2 said in anger, stomping his feet. "What kind of attitude is that towards your friend!?"

"What do you mean "friend"? You're our enemy! You tricked us." Luffy pointed out.

"I did NOT trick you! I didn't know either!" Mr. 2 said. "But, really … That's all in the past now … Baroque Works has crumbled. We're not enemies anymore."

"If you're not our enemy, why the hell are you on our ship!?" Luffy asked.

"You silly, silly man!" Mr. 2 cooed

"WHAT WAS THAT!?" Luffy yelled.

"Look!" Mr. 2 said. "If I wasn't on this ship right now, what do you think would have happened to it!?"

"The Marines might have taken it." Nami responded. Luffy turned to her and gasped in shock.

"Not "MIGHT" have! It would have definitely been taken!" Mr. 2 stated. "Do you knooow what's happening to this island right now!? It's entirely blockaded by Marine ships! Blockaded!"

"So then … You protected the Going Merry from the Marines!?" Luffy exclaimed.

"Why!?" Usopp asked.

"What for!?" Chopper commented.

"Because we're friends!" The next thing you know, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper started dancing with Mr. 2.

Yuna just sweat dropped. 'That was fast …'

"So then, Mr. 2 …" Zoro spoke. "With the Marines blockading the entire island, that would mean you couldn't escape either. And so you're using us to escape safely?"

Mr. 2 suddenly banged the back of his head on the wall in shock.

"BON-CHAN!" The idiot trio -Luffy, Usopp and Chopper- exclaimed from his sudden action.

"Yes!" Mr. 2 cried. "Because we need each other! Because of the times in which we live! IN THE NAME OF SACRED FRIENDSHIP, LET US COMBINE OUR FORCES AND FIGHT TOGETHER AS ONE!

"YEEEAAAHHH!" The idiot trio and Mr. 2 cheered.

"Man …" Nami sighed then Mr. 2's crew appeared out of nowhere and cheered along.

"Thanks for helping us out!"

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE!?" Zoro exclaimed.

-X-

After the daylight come, the crew tried get to the eastern harbor but sadly, the marines found them and started firing cannon at them.

"DAMMIT! SHOOT YOUR CANNONBALLS AT US! I CAN BOUNCE 'EM BACK!" Luffy yelled.

But instead cannonballs, what hitting the Going Merry is some iron spears.

"Goodness! Stop joking around ~!" Mr. 2 cried.

"If they keep hitting the ship with these iron spears, it's only a matter of time before we sink!" Sanji stated.

"Here they come!" Nami shouted as more iron spears was fired.

"FIAMMA BARRIERA*!" A voice shouted as a thin of white flame covered the whole ship and melted the iron spears before its hit the ship.

"Nice, Yuna!" Nami said as Yuna giving her a thumb up.

"But dammit …" Yuna cursed. "Going up against eight ships is too much!"

"Even when we're stronger in hand-to-hand combat …" Zoro commented. "Even if we rush them or retreat, they won't break their formation!"

"The Black Cage Crops: Black Spear Squadron!" One of the Marines said. Yuna recognized the marine is Jango, the hypnotist. She found it strange since he suppose be a pirate instead a marine in her information.

"You pipsqueaks won't beat us! Dorks!" Another marine laughed and insulted them.

"Oi, Hypnotist!" Luffy called him out. "I thought you were a pirate!"

'I also like to know why …' Yuna thought.

"Shut up! I have my own reasons for this!"

"I think I recognize that guy on the left …" Sanji murmured.

"It may as well have been 100 years since we last met! That impudent, harrowing cook and his buddies …" The another one said.

But the moment they about to counter attack, the hypnotist ship exploded and crushed another ship, which is next to it.

Luffy confused and turned to Usopp. "Usopp! That was you!? Awesome!"

Usopp jaw dropped and slowly turns to him. "Y- YOSH! JUST AS I CALCULATED! That's what I can do when you rely on me!"

"Aho* …" Yuna muttered in the background.

"Nose-chan, amazing! Good going ~!" Mr. 2 hailed him "Now the two ships to the south are gone! Full speed to that direction ~!"

"BON CLAY-SAMA, A PROBLEM!" One of Mr. 2 men shouted.

"WHAT IS IT!?" Mr. 2 yelled.

"IT'S THE BLACK CAGE!"

"What's that?" Luffy asked.

"Black Cage Hina! The Marine Headquarters Captain who patrols this area of the sea!" Mr. 2 panicked. "This is not good at all! Let's get outta here super-quick!"

"If you want to go, then go." Luffy replied. "We can't."

"What do you mean you can't!?" Mr. 2 exclaimed.

"We made a promise to be at the eastern harbor at noon." Yuna responded. "We have to press forward."

"This is the silliest thing I've ever heard! What kind of treasure that could possibly worth you own lives!?"

"We're going to see a namaka." Luffy and Yuna said in union.

Mr. 2 froze in shock at the moment. "F-For a … friend?" He stuttered.

"BON CLAY-SAMA!" His crew cried as he posed instead running away.

"Running away now would defy the way of Bon Clay! Friend who risk their lives to see another friend … Knowing that you have abandoned them … WILL YOU ENJOY YOUR BREAKFAST TOMORROW MORNING!?" He called out to his crew, crying yet again. "Listen up, boys and the Straw-chan team as well! Pay heed to my words!"

-X-

"Three minutes." Nami said they came out from their hiding spots, sailing off. "FULL SPEED AHEAD!"

They watched afar at Mr. 2 ship as him and his men fought against the Marines with all their might but their ship soon caught alight with flames and began to sink.

"Bon-chan!" Luffy called out as he, Usopp, Chopper and Sanji started sobbing. "Bon-chan, we will … NEVER, EVER FORGET YOU GUYS!"

Mr.2- I mean Bon Clay roared as it last thing the Straw Hat crew heard from him.

-X-

"Here they come again!" Usopp screamed.

"GET OUT OF OUR WAY!" Luffy and Yuna yelled as battle the Marines, who tried to board their ship. They didn't stop sailing

Soon they able to get away the Marines and made to their meeting point, but they heard Vivi's speech has ended and yet still no sign of her.

"Vivi …" Chopper murmured, hanging out the rail with Luffy.

"You heard that speech, right?" Zoro said. "That was Vivi's voice."

"It's the boardcast of that ceremony in Alubarna." Sanji pointed out. "So it's settled. She ain't coming."

"No! That only sounded like Vivi's voice!" Luffy denied. "She's definitely going to be at the place we promised, right?"

"Yeah. She is." Zoro commented.

"Let go. It's past noon." Sanji sighed.

"She has to be here!" Luffy argued. "Let's get off the ship and look! I know she's here!"

"It's no use, Onii-san! The Marines are coming at us again!" Yuna yelled as Usopp looked back of the ship.

"She's right! They're coming now!"

"Just how many damned ships do they have!?" Zoro asked. "Shit! We're moving on!"

"Turning to starboard!" Usopp cried out.

"Give it up, Luffy." Sanji said. "She's from a different world."

Luffy didn't rely, kept staring at the horizon. The rest quickly went into action and got the ship ready to sail off. But then a voice grabbed their attention.

"EVERYONE!"

"VIVI!" Luffy called out as they came over the back of the ship, seeing Vivi along with Carue –have a Den Den Mushi on his back-, standing there on the edge of the shore.

"CARUE!" Usopp yelped out.

Both Vivi and Carue waved cheerily at them with a big smiles on their faces.

"See, she's here!" Luffy yelled happily.

"VIVI-CHAN!" Sanji cooed.

"Turn the ship around! Hurry!" Usopp quickly run back to front of the ship.

"Vivi!" Yuna called her out.

"The Marines are almost here!" Chopper informed them.

"I'm here to say good bye!" Vivi yelled from the shore, make Luffy and Yuna smiles slowly dropped.

"What'd she just …?" Luffy murmured.

Vivi took the receiver and when she spoke this time it came out from the speakers.

"I … cannot go with you! Thank you for everything! I want to have more adventure, but … I can't because … I love my country! That's why I cannot come with you!" She called out to us.

"Oh!" Luffy smiled.

"I ..." She started spoke and began to cry. "I … I … I WILL STAY HERE … But if we ever meet again, Will you still call me your nakama?"

"Anyti-" Luffy wasn't able to finished as Nami cut him off by smashed his head on the floor.

"DON'T ANSWER!" She scolded him. "The Marine have seen Vivi already."

"That right." Yuna joined in "If they get any proof of Vivi's affiliation with us. She'll become a criminal."

The crew turned their head away from Vivi as she waited the crew rely.

Vivi tears continue falling out as she seeing the crew, standing side by side with their left arms held up in the air, flashed a 'X' marks on their wrists.

Yuna still remember the moment her got her mark.

-Flaskback-

"What with the bandage for?" Yuna asked, pointing at Luffy's wrist with bandage on. Yuna is in the kitchen helping Luffy with the dishes while Ace is at outside.

"Oh, it a proof that we're nakama!" Luffy answered with a grin as he took off his bandage and shown a 'X' mark on his wrist.

"Proof?"

"Yeah! You should get one too!"

-Flaskback end-

Vivi smiled widely as more tears came out as she also held up her left arm along with Carue.

'From now on, whatever happens,

This left arm is proof that we're nakama!'

The Marines started firing cannon at the crew, but they standing still, holding their arm up as the cannons splash the water, making the water rained on them.

Luffy hold his breath and yelled.

"SET SAIL!"

-X-

A/N: Chapter nine complete ~! Aww man, it took me a lot time to write this one but still thank for waiting ~! Oh, I had updated my poll since my first poll didn't work out well, so please go to my profile and votes ~! Oh! I almost forgot to tell you guys that I writing a new One Piece fanfiction called Yūjō. I might finish chapter one and post maybe this week or not. I also try to update chapter ten before Chinese New Years since I have a family trip to go.

Anyways, thank for reviewing: Portgas D. Paula, ThisIS M-Girl and Callmebaka (who seem want me to write Luffy pair up with Yuna …)

Thank and please R & R ~!