Here's the next chapter everyone! Hope you enjoy!
I felt really good about the beginning, but as I got closer to the end, I realized something important.
I really don't like the parts that I think are boring! But I'll try my best to write as good as I can! Even if it's boring to me, I'll try to make it entertaining to you all!
I do not own One Piece as that belongs to Toei and Eiichiro Oda.
He and Ussop were enjoying a nice quiet night for once.
Sleeping on land was a lot different than sleeping on a boat.
No waves to lull you to sleep, no bumping into something, no Moss Head or shitty rubber captain snoring.
It was nice.
Until someone dragged his leg and rammed him through the wall.
"Let go of my leg, Luffy! What's wrong with you?!"
"My nose!"
Luffy continued to drag the two.
"Hey! That hurts, Luffy! You're going to break my leg!"
"My nose is breaking!"
Sanji's head hit some rocks.
"Dammit, Luffy! Stop dragging me!"
"Oh Gods! The pain! My nose!"
"Alright! We're here!" Luffy turned around.
Sanji bled from the head. A line of blood could be seen coming from where his hidden eye was. Bumps were abundant.
Ussop's nose was bent in several directions. His nostrils were bleeding. His pants were dirty from when he had passed out and was dragged across the bumpy, stony road.
"Hey! Stop sleeping! We have to go!" Luffy tossed them in the sea.
The nerve! After he had gone all the way to bring them to the ship!
They should thank him when they come back.
"Carue?! Carue?! Where are you?!" Vivi screamed into the night.
"We can't search for him right now!" Nami yelled, "You'll have to leave him behind!"
"Are you talking about the big bird? He's right here." Zoro called out from the Going Merry. He had just raised the anchor.
Both girls looked to see Carue waving at them.
"He got here before me." Zoro had gotten to the boat first. Nami had to look for Carue with Vivi.
They began looking for him half a hour ago.
They needed to leave now!. Baroque Works was after them with its many many soldiers.
Miss All Sunday sat on Banchi as she looked at the ship she had just destroyed.
Mr. 8 was a lucky man. He still lived.
He thought he could trick her with some dolls and painting Ms. Wednesday's spiral suit on his body.
She felt a tinge of disappointment.
The Straw Hats had made her soft. She pushed his body onto a piece of debris and watched it float away.
This was the best she could do. Only his luck could save him now.
She looked over at the Going Merry and remembered the note that Mr. 13 had given her.
It told her to lead the princess straight to Crocodile. He wanted to see her, personally.
Miss All Sunday suppressed a shudder. The man was cruel sometimes.
She began to smile though. She would get to see her favorite group of people up close for the first time in a while.
The Going Merry drifted away from Whiskey Peak. Away from the many agents that would soon arrive.
"Why do we have to hurry?! There are so many cute girls back there!" Sanji couldn't help but itch his nether regions.
Luffy better recruit a doctor soon, or else he would have one less male crew mate.
"We got free food and drinks! Well, we had free food till Luffy ate it all, but it was safe!" Ussop couldn't understand why they had to leave.
"Can you explain the situation to them?" Zoro asked Nami. He was still hurting from his fight with Luffy.
"Sure thing!" Nami said, a bit too enthusiastic.
"Nami-swan! You know what we're talking about, right?!"
"Nami! Listen to reason!"
The two were then beaten till they were unconscious.
Luffy felt that they had deserved it.
They didn't thank him for his hard work.
"This is a pretty thick mist..." Nami couldn't see what was in front of the Going Merry. She hoped that they weren't in danger.
"Careful of the rocks." She heard a feminine voice call out to her. "You're so lucky I found you."
She turned to see a woman wearing purple cowgirl clothing sitting on the railing. She was smiling slightly.
"Oh?! It's you!"
"Ah! Miss All Beautiful Sunday! I missed you!"
"Who's that?! How'd she get here?!"
"What? Rocks?! Quickly, turn th-"
"Don't worry, Navigator-san. I took the liberty of turning the ship already."
Zoro had his hand on Wado. He didn't trust her. How long had she been following them?
"Hey! Were you going to eat Laboon?" Luffy appeared right next to her. He sat down on the railing as well.
She looked over at him and hid her surprise. She didn't expect him to get so close.
Hot sticky breath landed on her face as she was held down to the ground.
She looked up to see the most terrifying eyes she had ever seen.
They peered into her soul, as if judging her.
A sudden naked feeling overtook her. She couldn't hide anything from the creature! She was completely vulnerable!
It began to try to break her will! She felt it creep inside her as it almost broke her!
Miss All Sunday remembered that day, but managed to control herself.
She had to remind herself that event wasn't the last time she had been face to face with Luffy.
"I personally was not going to eat Laboon. That mission was assigned to your friend, Ms. Wednesday some time ago. Or, should I say, Nefertari Vivi?"
"You're Miss All Sunday! How did you find us?!"
"Oh..." She looked over at Luffy, "I've been around for quite a while."
"You've been following us since Orange Town, haven't you?" Luffy asked.
"What?! When did you meet her?!" Nami couldn't believe it. She's been following them since that long ago?!
"We met her right after we left." Zoro answered her.
"How come I didn't see you?!" This was too strange for Nami.
"You were a bit preoccupied at the moment. I stopped you from interfering."
"You mean you're the one that tied me up?!"
Miss All Sunday shrugged. "In a way."
"You know her, Vivi?" Ussop was beginning to get annoyed. He didn't understand what was happening.
"She's the partner to Mr. 0! Crocodile!"
"Oh...is she a bad person?"
"She's also the one that told Crocodile about me, isn't that right, Miss All Sunday?!"
"She helped us out though." Confusion began to overtake Luffy.
"Don't worry about that, Monkey D. Luffy. I was just interested in what you would do."
"What do you want from us?!" Vivi was scared. Miss All Sunday seemed to have always been around.
It seemed there was no escape for them.
"I've felt that you've all worked so hard to get to where you are now." Miss All Sunday had kept her small smile on the entire time.
"So...you're a good person?"
"Not entirely, though I have helped a bit in your adventures."
"Oh yeah! Thank you for leading us to the Conomi Islands! We wouldn't have made it without you!"
Nami looked at Luffy as if he had grown a second head.
She led them to her?!
Miss All Sunday's expression never faltered.
"You're welcome. Now, I feel it's a very stupid thing you have done, Princess. Being Baroque Work's enemy is not favorable for you."
Vivi stood still.
"Are you going to kill me?" She paled.
Miss All Sunday was known to be one of the best assassins in the company.
That's why she was partnered with the Boss.
"I haven't received orders to do such a thing." Miss All Sunday chose to not tell her that she was ordered to lead her to Crocodile.
She began to think up a plan. One that would serve Crocodile and save their lives.
"I can give you an Eternal Pose to Alabasta."
"What?!" Vivi couldn't believe that she would do that.
"I have worked with these, "Straw Hat Pirates". Would it not make sense if I were to continue to help them?"
Nami and Zoro could tell something was wrong.
She wasn't telling them the truth.
"It will allow you to skip a few islands. The next one would be Little Garden. This way, you'll arrive in Alabasta sooner."
Miss All Sunday turned towards Luffy and took his hat off his head.
"Wouldn't you want that, Rubberman?"
Luffy stared at her hard.
Miss All Sunday could tell he felt anger, but also confusion.
He couldn't tell if she was a good person or a bad person still.
"Here." She handed him the Eternal Pose to Nanimonai Island.
Hopefully, they would follow it away from Alabasta. That way, they wouldn't have to fight Crocodile.
That way, they could still hold on to their lives.
"...I think it's a good idea, Luffy." Nami commented, "She has helped us so far, so why would she betray us?"
Zoro knew she had forced herself to say that. Nami was probably not going to follow the Eternal Pose.
Vivi couldn't tell what was going on! Some of these people already knew who she was?
"Hey! Wait a second! We can't just trust the words of a stranger!" Ussop finally spoke up. He didn't know what to make of the situation, as he had never even met this lady.
"Of course we can!" Sanji yelled, "She helped us before, I'm sure she would help us again, isn't that right, mademoiselle?" Sanji swooned at Miss All Sunday.
"Don't worry about that." Luffy said.
The breaking of glass reached everyone's ears as Luffy broke the Eternal Pose.
Miss All Sunday's smile had lowered a bit.
It was a risky gamble at best. She knew Luffy would object for some reason.
"You don't get to decide where we go." Luffy said with a straight face.
"I want to go to wherever I want to go to have as many adventures as I can."
Miss All Sunday couldn't help but sigh.
It was such a Luffy answer.
"That's a pity." She said as she got up.
Luffy got up as well and raised his hand toward her head.
His white hand was clamped on her throat.
"Don't touch my hat." He squeezed a little. It was meant more for intimidation.
She would be lying if she said it didn't work at least a little.
He grabbed his hat off of hers and looked into her eyes.
"I don't mind strong willed people like you." she whispered as she took a few steps back towards Banchi.
She couldn't stay for much longer. Luffy was already beginning to make her feel weird again.
"Are you sure you don't want to join us?"
The rest of the crew stared at them with mixed reactions.
Nami, Vivi, and Sanji didn't even know he was invited to whatever organization she belonged to.
Ussop was completely lost.
Zoro said nothing, as he knew what Luffy's answer would be.
It was the same one he had given them.
"Only if I get to be the boss." Luffy replied.
"Fufufufu...you do realize that you would be partnered with me then?"
"Oh, is that so?"
Sanji clenched and grinded his teeth loudly.
It sounded like this raven haired beauty was flirting with his stupid shitty rubber captain!
And Luffy didn't do anything! What a waste!
Miss All Sunday got on her turtle.
"Let's go, Banchi."
"Wow! What a cool turtle!" Luffy and Ussop enthused.
She giggled.
Looks like she would have to move to Plan B.
If she couldn't convince them to go away from Alabasta, it looked like she had to "lead" them there.
The future looked like it would hold some fun times.
"First destination." She said to herself as she watch them drift away.
She couldn't help but wonder what the mysterious feeling was.
It had been present when she had been near him while he was sleeping.
Was it affection? Companionship?
The feeling was not known to Ms. All Sunday.
But she was sure she felt connected to him in some way. She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
Vivi sank to her knees.
"I just don't know what that woman is thinking..."
"Don't worry," Zoro decided to try to help her.
"There's one person on this ship like that as well." He nodded his head towards Luffy who was already digging in his nose.
Vivi couldn't help but sweat. Who were these people?!
"Can anyone explain what's going on here?!" Ussop couldn't take it anymore! He was part of the crew too!
"Sanji! It's morning! Breakfast time!"
"You shitty gomu! I'm so jealous!"
"Hello?! Can anyone tell me what just happened?!"
Ussop was frustrated, but was a little freaked out.
He thought the woman's eyes were brown when he first saw her. So why were they sky blue when she had left?
They were on their way to Little Garden. The place where Miss All Sunday said they would have to go to.
"Hey! Anyone want my special drink?!"
"Just bring it!" Ussop, Luffy, and Zoro exclaimed as they had gotten thirsty.
"Quack!" Carue wanted some as well.
"Is it alright for you to just be doing this?!" Vivi couldn't take it! These people were crazy.
She turned to Nami, the only sensible one on the ship.
Nami sipped her special drink while she held one out to Vivi.
"There's nothing wrong with it."
"If something were to happen, I'm sure everyone would work hard because they don't want to die. Here's your drink."
"They're too carefree." Vivi took the offered drink. She looked to the other members of the crew.
"Hey...you look good." Sanji told Carue as he watched him slurp on the special drink.
Carue choked a bit. He had never gotten a compliment like that before.
"Just slow down and eat it."
"Hey, Ussop. Make me a fishing pole." Luffy was bored. And hungry.
"Fishing? That sounds like fun." Zoro wanted in. He was also bored and hungry.
"Sure! I think I can make you a great fishing pole!" Ussop was always glad to show off his skills.
"Being on this ship seems to drain your worries, doesn't it?" Nami said with a smile.
Vivi couldn't help but return one of her own.
"Yeah...I guess you're right." She said as she looked at the ocean.
She felt that she would have to explain to Sanji that Carue was a male duck.
They had finally arrived at Little Garden.
It was a huge forest that had two white bone-shaped mountains in the distance. Noises from all sorts of animals could be heard.
This was a forest that embodied "survival of the fittest".
"Is that a gecko?"
"No, Luffy. It's a bird. See, Nami-swan? This is just a normal forest."
The bird turned out to be a horrible, reptilian, feathered monster that screeched loudly as it got close to the Going Merry.
It was also twice the size of the ship.
It flew by and they watched something even bigger than it catch and consume it.
"I have decided that we won't go down there." Ussop spoke up. It sounded like a reasonable plan.
"Sanji!"
"Yes, Luffy?"
"Lunchbox."
"You got it." Sanji couldn't wait for the rubberman to leave so he could enjoy his time with Nami-swan!
"Can I go with you too?" Vivi looked like she was actually excited.
"Sure! You can! Sanji! Two lunchboxes!"
"What?! You too?! Don't go down there!" Nami tried to convince Vivi to reconsider.
"Don't worry, Nami!" Vivi smiled, "I'll have Carue down there to protect me."
Carue's face morphed into one of extreme terror.
"It looks like he doesn't want to go with you..." It seemed Vivi had her mind made up.
Ussop and Nami complimented Vivi's bravery as she walked away with Luffy and Carue.
They were actually more worried that she had left with Luffy.
Sanji had only given him two lunchboxes.
"You know what?" Zoro got up, "I think I'll go hunting."
"Oh! Zoro! We ran out of food. Could you go get some and bring it back?" Sanji asked politely.
Zoro would be doing him a favor if he did this for h-
"I get it. Since you're so incapable of doing it yourself, you need the superior me to go and do it for you." Zoro shrugged, "I understand."
Nami and Ussop began to cry as the two got into a fight and then left, claiming whoever got the most meat would win.
Ussop suddenly shot up and moved a little away from Nami.
"Oh!" He exclaimed,"I can't rely on you!"
"What's that supposed to mean?! I should be the one saying that!"
Miss All Sunday watched on from afar.
This island had many large lifeforms. The Straw Hats would have to be careful if they didn't want to die.
Speaking of Straw Hats, she formed eyes near where she felt their presences.
Luffy had taken to climbing a long necked dinosaur, resting on its head. Vivi was with him and Carue followed.
Roronoa Zoro had found a triceratops. He appeared to be saying something so she formed an ear nearby.
"Oh? Can we eat this?"
Dismissing the ear, she saw Cook-san run into a two legged, large carnivorous dinosaur.
Little did the dinosaur know, eating Cook-san would probably kill it.
Sensing an even larger life form, she formed an ear and an eye on the Going Merry.
Her vision was greeted by the sight of a giant wielding a great axe.
Navigator-chan and Long Nose-kun were scared. They held each other in fear and could only stare at the giant.
"I asked ya' if ya' got any rum?" The giant asked.
"Yes! We have some!" They started to run towards the kitchen in fear.
They must have thought if they had given him some rum, he wouldn't kill and/or eat them.
The giant screamed in pain.
A dinosaur was biting his ass.
The two Straw Hats cried in desperation as they watched the giant decapitate the dinosaur in one swing of his axe.
Miss All Sunday couldn't help but laugh at them. It seemed like they were doomed.
Focusing on another eye, she saw Luffy get eaten by the dinosaur he was on.
A different giant appeared and cut its head off. Luffy fell out of the top half of the now decapitated dinosaur.
It seemed like they were talking and the giant led them away, further into the forest.
She couldn't help but notice a white block sitting in the middle of the forest.
'Looks like Mr. 3 is here. That would mean Ms. Goldenweek is with him.' She thought.
Mr. 3 was a bit pompous and arrogant due to his Devil Fruit.
She didn't mind Ms. Goldenweek though. Sometimes, they would get together and drink tea.
A volcano erupted and the two giants could be seen rushing towards each other.
The one that saved Luffy had a sword and a shield, while the other one held an axe and a shield.
They fought ferociously and without regard for their own lives.
The fight ended when they smashed their shields into their opponent's face.
The giants laid on the floor, laughing. It seemed like they were good friends. Despite the fact they had attempted to murder each other a few moments ago.
She wondered how Straw Hats would react when they learned that the log pose would take a year to set?
Nami wanted to scream and tear her hair out.
She was considering just finding Luffy and killing him.
He had destroyed their only way of getting off this horrible island.
Something exploded in the distance. She wouldn't be surprised if this island had little animals that could explode as well. It already had dinosaurs and giants! Why not exploding rats?!
It didn't help that it was unusually hot and her head hurt horribly!
The eruption of a volcano could be heard.
Nami groaned in pain as she watched Ussop ask Broggy if it was alright to be fighting so soon.
"Gebabababa! It's alright! We were both injured in that last fight!"
Broggy seemed to think that he and Dorry were evenly matched at the moment.
Luffy stood panting over the giant named Dorry.
They were just having a blast eating and drinking when suddenly an explosion occurred within Dorry.
He looked really hurt, but Luffy had to knock him out.
His wounds would lead him to death if he were to continue.
Luffy learned a long time ago that pride is useless.
You couldn't eat it. You couldn't become warm with it.
It didn't provide any company, and it didn't make the pain go away.
Luffy only had pride in his family. His own had been stripped away long ago.
He knew Broggy would be upset, but he hoped he understood that someone had gotten in the way of their duel.
Sniffing the air, Luffy set out to try to find who had done this.
"Huh? Hey!" Zoro walked over.
"Nami! How'd you get here? I was just wondering how to get back to the ship!" Zoro gave her a disarming smile.
He needed her help.
"Hey? You okay, Na-"
Zoro was then trapped within a white bubble.
"Hey! You're running too fast!" Nami chased after Ussop.
They had left for the ship, but they couldn't get through the forest.
After looking for Luffy for a while, they got scared and began to make a mad dash to the ship.
'Ussop is way too fast!' Nami thought as he became a dot in the distance.
"Luffy?! Is that you?!" Nami saw Luffy standing near a tree with his arm held up in the air.
"This is so great! I'm was so sc-"
Nami didn't get to finish as she was also trapped within a white bubble.
"We're in big trouble! Nami was just eaten by a dinosaur!" Ussop screamed.
He couldn't believe it. One second, she was behind him, the next, she was gone!
"Wait a minute." Vivi tried to calm him down, "Just calm down."
"How can I calm down?! I just saw my friend eaten by a dinosaur!"
"You said she disappeared. Did you check around the area?"
"How could I check the surrounding area?! I'm scared!"
Vivi sighed. This was going to take a while.
Broggy had done it.
Blood flew through the air. Gallons of it spilling on the forest floor below.
He had finally won, he thought as he watched Dorry's body fall to the ground.
The Gods of Elbaf favored him! Broggy!
So why could he not stop his tears! There was no victory to be had in this!
There was only sadness as he realized that he had killed his best friend. The only one he had been able to talk to constantly for more than 100 years.
He didn't notice the wax that pooled underneath him.
"Why don't you cry out for your owner?!"
Mr. 5 smacked Carue hard, his head flying to the side.
Carue said nothing. He didn't even want to open his beak.
"Do you want to get hurt?! Hurry up and call her!"
Ms. Valentine watched as Mr. 5 used a small explosive to harm Carue, the bird still refusing to make any sounds.
"...Very well." Mr. 5 took a booger out and took a few steps back to fling it at Carue.
He paused and looked to his side.
Luffy stood next to him. A blank look on his face as he stared at Mr. 5.
A little white dog barked weakly as its life faded away.
It licked his hand.
It had fought for what it believed in and had lost everything.
"Where di-"
A white fist buried itself in Mr. 5's face.
Luffy roared, a nightmarish look on his face.
He decided he didn't like these two very much, he thought as he watched Mr. 5 break through several trees.
"I feel like I'm a candle on a cake."
"Then you're a pretty scary candle, Zoro."
"How can you two joke like this?!" Vivi couldn't understand why Nami and Zoro acted they way they did.
She had been caught by Mr. 3 when he had tricked her in thinking she had found Carue.
Now they all stood under a giant candelabra, slowly being turned into candles.
"Die for the sake of art!" Mr. 3 ranted as he was in awe of his forming masterpiece.
Mr. 3 and Ms. Goldenweek stood in front of them.
They all felt ashamed that they had been caught by this freak.
The candle service technique was slowly robbing them of their ability to move.
Soon, they would be covered in candle dust and they would suffocate.
Broggy laid next to them. His hands and feet had been pinned down by wax knives.
"I got a plan."
"Really?! What is it?!"
"I'm going to cut my legs off." Zoro didn't want to fall to a guy like Mr. 3. He would rather kill himself.
"What?! Are you insane?!"
"I really don't want to die to these pieces of trash." He drew Kitetsu and Yubashiri.
He could feel Kitetsu's bloodlust drop, but it would cut whatever he wished to cut.
Yubashiri's aura was the same as always. Unflinchingly calm.
"Gebabababa! Thank you, young man!" Broggy said from his position, "You're right! It would be shameful to die to men like these!"
"Then let's all work together now!" Zoro raised his swords and moved them above his legs.
Nami turned away. It was too much for her! She didn't want to cut her beautiful legs off!
"I wish to fight with you!" Vivi couldn't just give up! Zoro and Broggy were right!
It would be shameful to die to these guys.
"Alright!" Zoro shouted, "Here we go-!"
A loud crash sounded through the area and a white skinned monster with a straw hat came flying towards them. Carue and Ussop following it.
The monster paused as it looked at Mr. 3.
"What's with the stupid looking fur clothing?"
"What the? How rude! This isn't fur clothing, this is my hair!"
"Jeez, there's more of you?" He said as he looked at Mr. 3.
"Excuse me?!"
"Your hair looks so stupid."
"Just shut up!"
Ussop was really lucky that he had run into Luffy and Carue.
They stood above the broken bodies of Mr. 5 and Ms. Valentine. They didn't move much, if not that, then not at all.
Now he had led them right to where the candle freak was keeping their family!
"Hey, you guys in trouble?" He heard Luffy ask.
"No," Answered Zoro, "Not really."
Blood was gushing from the wounds he had caused on his legs.
"There's a lot of blood coming from your legs, you know." Nami felt pain from just looking at them.
"That's right. I cut about half my legs off."
Vivi was shocked! Zoro didn't cry out in pain or anything! He was really strong!
She then noted that he had done it after Luffy had showed up.
Or he was just really stupid.
"Alright! We'll break that thing down!" Luffy shouted, "Even though I don't know what it is!"
Mr. 3 smirked. He knew he would win in the end.
"What are you doing?"
"In case we become candles, I'll look cool." Zoro posed with his arm outstretched with a sword in his hand.
"Can you do something about your legs? I hurt just looking at them."
"Then don't look at them."
"Mr. 3," Ms. Goldenweek spoke up, "They're not worried at all."
Mr. 3 turned to look at her while she was sitting down, eating some snacks.
"Don't say anything. You're the same as them."
Luffy took this moment to charge towards Mr. 3.
Mr. 3 turned to see this horrifying monstrosity coming for him.
"C-Candle Lock!"
The wax covered Luffy's feet, but he kept moving forward. He dropped down to the ground, feet in air and he stood on his hands.
"Gum Gum Spear!"
His legs shot out, hitting the tower and breaking the giant candelabra.
It came crashing down, but the captive Straw Hats were still becoming candles.
"What? I thought that would work." Luffy pouted. The wax on his legs were gone too.
Why did he always fight the tricky ones?
"Explosive Star!"
Something exploded on Mr. 3's face, sending him to the ground.
Luffy smiled.
At least he had some backup this time.
"I'm lucky that I have a cool pose." Commented Zoro. They were almost candles.
"You moron! That's not helping! Luffy! Please hurry!" Nami didn't want to be a candle.
If she was to be one, she didn't want to be next to Zoro.
Luffy brought his hands back as he prepared to break the candles.
"Gum Gum...!"
His attack was interrupted as a new feeling overcame him.
His arms returned and he just stood there staring at his dying crew mates.
"Luffy?! What's wrong?!"
"Luffy! Help us!"
"I don't feel like helping you."
His friends continued to scream at him for help, but he stood there, unmoving.
Ussop was harassed by Mr. 3 as Mr. 3 knew what was happening.
Vivi looked at the other agent who was just eating snacks on the ground.
"It's you, isn't it?" She asked her.
"Color trap," Ms. Goldenweek began to explain,"Black is the color of betrayal. He won't listen to his friend's words."
They looked at Luffy to see a sign painted underneath Luffy.
"Hey, Luffy, how did you manage to step on that?! I don't remember it being there!"
"The little girl must be really fast to have done that."
"Mr. Luffy! Don't step out of that mark!"
"I'm not going to listen to you."
Luffy stepped off of the mark and his eyes widened.
"Don't worry everyone! I'll save you!"
"But first, I just have to laugh!"
Luffy began to laugh hysterically and he didn't seem like he would stop anytime soon.
"Color trap. Yellow is the sign of laughter."
They couldn't see where the mark was. It must have been on his back.
Luckily, Ussop and Carue brushed against Luffy as Mr. 3 continued to chase them.
Mr. 3 decided to try to take Luffy out, but was punched in the face.
"You bastard!" Luffy was pissed as he looked at Ms. Goldenweek.
She still wore an impassive look on her face even as Luffy tried to bear down on her with the full force of his fury.
"Color trap. Red is the color of a target." She drew a red mark on the ground.
It took less than a second to draw, but Luffy was already running towards her, fully transformed.
Luffy ran up to her and tried to attack, but was dismayed to find that his fists went sailing straight into the ground where the red mark was.
He tried his best to not aim for it, but nothing would work. He began to beat on the ground to get rid of the mark, but the mark also made his blows weaker.
"Color trap." He heard behind him,"Yellow, the color of fun, mixed with Blue, the color of sadness makes Green, the color of peace."
He felt a mark on his back and his transformation receded.
Luffy sat down next to her and took a glass that she had offered him.
"Thank you."
"Luffy! Help us!" Nami was crying. They were going to die.
The other two didn't say anything. They knew that Luffy was helpless.
"See? I told you. You should have made a cool pose." Zoro felt good that he was right.
Even though they were going to die, at least he would still look good.
Miss All Sunday watched as Luffy began to look desperate.
"This...tea...delicious!" Even as he said those words, his voice was loud and strained.
He really was too weak to tricks.
She sighed.
Hopefully, no one would see this.
She formed a hand that displaced the paint on his back.
As she did this, she also concentrated to try to find Sanji.
If he could get there, things would improve.
She felt his presence and formed an eye.
Sanji was currently in the wax house talking on a Den Den Mushi. She wondered who he was talking to.
She looked back at Luffy.
He better be thankful for this.
Luffy stood up, surprising Ms. Goldenweek.
"What? But how did you-?"
"Get out of my way." Luffy's skin rapidly turned white,"I'm not going to let my friends die."
"Candle Champion!"
Luffy turned to see Mr. 3 cover himself in giant wax armor.
"This is the armor that beat a 42 million belli bounty pirate! You stand no chance! Ms. Goldenwe-"
Luffy hit him as hard as he could in his face. He was tired of the little girl's paintings.
Ussop realized that he could save his crew mates if he were to use fire to melt the candle around their bodies.
He quickly set up a rope covered in oil and lit it.
Hopefully, they wouldn't get too burned.
An inferno had engulfed the former candelabra.
Luffy couldn't even see his friends through the blaze.
"Zoro! Nami! Vivi! Are you okay?!" He shouted.
He saw Mr. 3 running away though and decided to follow. He would know pain for trying to hurt his friends!
Luffy ran for a while and came across a strange sight.
"I thought that you would follow me. Welcome to Candle Garden!"
He was surrounded by many wax figures that had been painted by Ms. Goldenweek to look like Mr. 3.
"Do you know which one is the real me?"
Luffy could still hear his voice. He thought it was a bit stupid.
"We are the top officers of Baroque Works! A man that uses instinct like you will never be able to find me!"
Instinct? Luffy closed his eyes and focused.
"Come closer if you dare!"
Luffy felt that he had found him. It was like he could sense where Mr. 3 was.
"I will stab your heart as soon as you turn your back to me!"
It probably didn't help that Luffy was also able to hear where his voice was coming from.
"Gum Gum Stamp!"
His foot landed in Mr. 3's face, causing the tree behind it to splinter.
"...How did you know where I was...?" Mr. 3 asked as he slowly lost consciousness.
"Instinct."
The Straw Hats, sans Sanji, watched with their hands to their ears as Broggy cried for his dead friend.
Luffy felt bad. He knew what it was like to cry for the dead. He had actually tried making friends where he had been trapped, but it was hard when you were full of drugs, starving, and they all were scared of him.
Ussop cried. It seemed the life of a brave sea warrior had times of loneliness.
The others just stared at the scene with a bit different emotions.
"He's crying too loud..."
"My ears are going to explode..."
"His tears look like waterfalls."
All of their eyes popped out when they saw Dorry suddenly appear.
After a bit of explanation, it turned out that the giants' weapons were far too old and had become blunt from all the fighting to have killed Dorry. Everything seemed alright, though Sanji was still absent.
Sanji stood over the dead corpses of two stupid animals that had attacked him.
One was some sort of otter in clothes and the other was a vulture with goggles.
This island really was weird.
"What's happening?" He could hear the voice of Mr. 0 through the Den Den Mushi, "What was that noise?"
"No! It was nothing! It turned out that they were still alive, but now they are 100% dead!"
There was silence on the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
He had convinced Mr. 0 that he was Mr. 3 and that he had killed the Straw Hats.
'Nami would be so impressed!' Sanji began to fantasize.
"Still alive? You told me that they had died and you accomplished your mission. Did you lie to me?"
"Well, I can't help it if you feel that way. They were stronger than I thought, but don't worry! I broke their necks," He looked over at the two dead animals, "So there is no need to look for them anymore."
"Nevermind. Just head to Alabasta as soon as you can. Mr. 13 and Ms. Friday should have brought you an Eternal Pose to Alabasta." Sanji heard a disconnection occur.
Mr. 0 had hung up on him! He was no longer welcome in the shitty restaurant!
He took the Eternal Pose and left. There was no reason to stay there.
After walking for a bit, he saw two huge figures in the distance, but he was graced with the sight of two other figures.
"Nami-swan! Vivi-chan!" He called out with joy.
"And the other unimportant people."
The Going Merry was at sea, heading for Alabasta.
Nami felt really tired and it was still really warm.
But she was sure glad to be off that terrible Little Garden.
She looked at the two idiots, Luffy and Ussop.
Ussop had been inspired by the giants' strength and decided to go to Elbaf, land of the giants.
Luffy was just glad that they were all alright and danced around with him.
Sanji was preparing a meal for the two ladies. They had a lot of food now, so no need to ration.
Zoro was making the ship sway a little. He was in the back with a ton of weights. A literal ton of weights.
Nami wondered how they hadn't sank the Going Merry yet.
"Here, Vivi. You take the Eternal Pose for a bit. I'm going to go lie down."
"Ah! Sure, Nami! Feel free to go to the bedroom and get some rest."
Nami smiled as she heard that.
'Vivi is too kind' She thought as her head hit the deck.
At least they weren't on Little Garden anymore.
Finally! That's done. I had so much trouble getting excited about this chapter.
Mr. 3 is really awesome in Impel Down, but absolutely lame here.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter everyone!
