This is my first One Piece fanfic, and I have concer-wait second One Piece Fanfic, but the very first fanfic I have made implementing a character completely own by me. The anime's so long to write, but I love it to death...I also love cartoons, and thus...it gives me an idea after watching Toon World in Yu-Gi-Oh, and the Mask, and an assortment of Looney Tune cartoons. I...feel I will bring all but backlash and critiques of One Piece writers better than me so, idk by all means. The only characters I own is Autumn, Emi, and Topper, everyone else belongs to Eiichro Oda. Enjoy.
"This is too easy. If you knew what was good for ya, you would've skipped town a long time ago. You're in for it now!" Paulie challenged, intervening the battle as a new one shall soon emerge. All four Shipwright Foremen, and another one, a being much larger than the other four have arrived. A terrifying and devastating battle between Luffy and Franky throughout the Shipyard has led to the intervention of ALL five Shipwright Foremen, the men that defend Water 7 with all their might.
"Galley-La? Great. That's JUST what I need." Franky sighed sarcastically. Their abrupt entrance to Dock 1 were enough to get the entire citizens of Water 7 to cheer for their saviors.
"ALRIGHT! THE GUYS FROM DOCK 1 FINALLY MADE IT! LOCK THOSE LOSERS UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY, WHOOOOO!" Luffy can hear a man cheer from the audience. Franky only growled in frustration as he soon stepped forward to the Foremen.
"ALRIGHT! THE FOREMEN'LL TAKE CARE OF THOSE TWO!" A man yelled out.
"That was close! If they didn't come, then the whole Shipyard would've been totaled!" Another says. Franky only glared at the Galley-La Foremen.
"I'd butt out if I were you. Once these fists start rockin' they don't discriminate between Pirates and Shipwrights." Franky threatened the Foremen. However, it's clear that they don't even care about Franky.
"And that goes for other people's property, too. Surely, you don't expect us to stand here gobsmacked while you wreck our entire Shipyard." Kaku interjected.
"GRRRR! I'M WARNING YA, FRANKY, IF YOU DON'T PAY FOR THOSE REPAIRS IN BERIS, YOU'LL PAY IN BLOOD!" The brute Foreman yelled out with such enthusiasm in his gruff voice. Paulie tapped the brute's muscular stomach.
"Alright, Tilestone, calm down. We can take care of Franky, some other time. We've got some more important business to deal with, right now." Paulie assured as he soon turned his glare to Luffy. "Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, Straw Hat. You know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. I dunno if you're brave or stupid, but either way you're dead." Paulie says threateningly. Luffy looked at the enraged foreman in confusion.
"Wait, what? We just came here cause we heard about the news about Icepops." Luffy interjected as Paulie only growled. It's clear he doesn't believe his story.
"Wasn't enough to wreck my house and beat up my boys, huh? What's wrong, don't feel like a man unless you're pounding the crap outta Shipwrights too? I know that puberty can make you do some really crazy stuff, but wow!" Franky says clearly astonished by Luffy's 'crimes.'
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, SO STOP MAKING FUN OF ME!" Luffy interjected.
"Play innocent all you like, I won't go easy on ya!" Paulie called out as he glared at Luffy. Soon, coming from under his sleeves came rope. Immediately as he called out his attack he hurled his rope towards Luffy as it extends from his sleeves.
"Rope Action: Half-Knot..." Paulie calls out as he lassoed his rope completely to Luffy's neck, chocking the rubber boy. The man soon leaps up in the air as the rope lifted up the rubber boy to the air and... "AIR DRIVE!" Paulie screamed out, slamming Luffy straight to the ground.
"DAMMIT, JUST GO AWAY! I TOLD YOU SHIPWRIGHTS TO STAY OUTTA THIS, DIDN'T I?! I'M THE ONE THAT OWES THIS GUY A BEATING NOT YOUUU!" Franky screamed out, but it's clear the Shipwrights won't listen. Instead...they got ready to battle...and Luffy's the target.
The crowd went wild, knowing that Franky and most specifically Luffy will be put to their places.
"GO GET 'EM LA! SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF!
"THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN BEAT THE TOP 5 SHIPWRIGHTS IN THE CITY!
All except one...who is watching this new fight in a maelstrom of confusion.
"W-what?! Why are the Shipwrights fighting against us, TOO?!" Nami ask with such...bewilderment in her eyes. Back to the battle, Luffy rose up from the debris, only to see Lulu staring him down through his glasses with his twin pistols.
"W-What are you guys doing?! I don't have any reason to fight you guys! Just hold on!" Luffy protested, but it was far too late to peace talk.
BANG!
BANG!
Pistols flew dead-set on the rubber boy's chest. Normally, such a thing would've easily killed Luffy, however as mentioned before...Luffy is a rubberman. Immediately the bullets were immediately bounced back to Lulu, who immediately dodged it and immediately retaliated with a kick in Luffy's face, sending him flying.
"Well, would you look at that...he's got Devil Fruit powers." Lulu inquired. He soon decided to give the job to Lucci to finish Luffy off. Franky just wasn't having any of this extra fighting when this was his fight, and his fight alone.
"HEY, STUPID, ARE YA EVEN LISTENING?! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, BOZOS?!" Franky called out to the fighting Foremen as he detached his wrist slightly, revealing a total of 4 pistol barrels.
"For the last time..." Franky warned as he immediately fired rapid pistols at the Foremen, as they immediately dodged his upcoming bullets. "STRAW HAT IS MINE, DAMMIT!" The Cyborg complained wanting to give a proper fight to Luffy...but he just can't. Soon, the blue-haired Cyborg looked up to the sky to see the square-nosed Foreman swan dive down his way.
"Sorry, Franky, but we don't have time for you today!" Kaku retorts.
"Get the hell outta my way, ya flying monkey!" Franky replied back aiming his Gatling wrist at Kaku. However...
"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S IN THE WAY, FRANKY!" Tilestone roared out, slamming Franky, sending him flying to the sky with a long and large piece of lumber. Up high in the air, Kaku was able to catch Franky, and at top speed, the square-nosed man immediately pile-drives Franky to the ground, whilst still diving on the air.
The people of Water 7 were just eating this up.
"CUCKOO! CUCKOO!" Lucci's pigeon cawed out as Lucci was trying to attack Luffy with his own arms, at such top speed. However, Luffy was easily able to catch up to the rhythm of the speed. Soon, after guarding for oh so long, the straw-hat donning boy had enough.
"WILL YOU JUST, STOP IT?!" Luffy cried out trying to get an attack at Lucci. However...before an attack could even be made...the top-hat wearing man easily overpowered the boy with a single free hand, sending him flying back to the pile of debris, once more. Coughing, and panting, Luffy immediately raised up from the debris.
"DAMN! You guys are STRONG! But I still don't know why we're fighting!" Luffy says admiring the Foremen's strength. Soon, the fighting ceased...as Paulie soon approached the straw-hat dawning boy.
"Straw Hat, I think we're the ones that deserve an explanation, not you." Paulie simply says as he began to explain this whole situation as to why they're fighting.
"Someone broke into Iceberg's house, last night. Shot him twice in the front and three times in the back, before they left. THEY WERE FROM YOUR CREW!" Paulie yelled out as both Luffy and Nami widen their eyes in surprise at this new set of information.
"That can't be! None of us would do that!" Nami protested.
"I'm never gonna settle this, am I?" Franky simply groaned in his mind.
Everyone throughout the Shipyard were immediately shocked at this factor: The Straw Hats being the sole culprits of Iceberg's attempted assassination? Things will soon turn from bad to worse...for the Straw Hats.
Throughout Water 7
Back in Iceberg's mansion came a sole news reporter, who has frantically ran out the door with such excitement...and fury within his eyes. As the people still cheer on about their Mayor being alive and well, it still doesn't hone the fact that the true culprits haven't been revealed yet...until now.
"EVERYONE! EVERYONE, BIG NEWS! ICEBERG HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE CULPRITS FROM THE BREAK-IN LAST NIGHT!" The reporter announced as everyone's attention was turned to him. Everyone soon began to rile up.
"What? Is it true?" A civilian called out.
"SPREAD THE WORD THROUGH THE CITY AND WE'LL CAPTURE THEM OURSELVES! WE CAN'T LET THOSE CRIMINALS LEAVE WATER 7!" The reporter announced. It is clear that many of the people already left the mansion to do so.
"WHO DID IT?!" A civilian asks the reporter. The reporter soon stood determinedly as he now announces the name of the culprits.
"Show no mercy to the monsters who attacked our Mayor. CAPTURE THE STRAW HAT PIRATES, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES!" The news reporter yelled out as he soon took from his pocket three wanted posters: Luffy's, Zoro's...and Robin's as a child. Everyone now knows their faces...the people of Water 7 now know who to blame for Iceberg's attack. And no matter what...they won't rest...until the Straw Hat Pirates are apprehended.
From Bad to Worse: The Straw Hats Wanted!
Shipyard Entrance
Everyone throughout the Shipyard looked in both shock, concern, and anger. The culprits have finally been revealed to all of Water 7. To Luffy's disadvantage...it seems that somehow the traces of the crime have been completely directed to the Straw Hats. Luffy and Nami could only look in surprise as well. Given they weren't present at the time of Iceberg's attack. Something just doesn't add up to the two. And then...there's the 1% of Water 7...who was completely blind from this situation
"Iceberg was shot? That's news to me." Franky says casually. Conversations have been silently going forward through the audience. As everyone murmured in confusion and concern Nami was completely looking in utter shock at this new info.
"T-that...can't be...we-" Nami says meekly. Luffy however didn't take this news well.
"NO WAY! WE DIDN'T SHOOT ICEPOPS, THAT'S JUST CRAZY!" Luffy objects. Paulie wasn't having it.
"Listen, kid, you might as well fess up." Paulie simply says.
"I'm telling ya, we didn't do it!" Luffy retorts trying to get the Shipwrights to listen to reason. However, Paulie reiterated the facts that's been handed to the straw-hat donning boy.
"Iceberg said it himself: there were two people who broke into his room and attacked him. He may have been hurt, but that doesn't mean he didn't get a good look at them, first. One of them was a big guy with a mask on. The other was a tall woman with black hair. Iceberg told us he recognized her, and the World Government confirmed that she's a member of your crew: The Archaeologist: Nico Robin." Paulie explained.
"YOU'RE LYING!" Luffy objected. Neither he nor Nami couldn't comprehend the news Paulie's explaining. Neither of them couldn't comprehend the fact that it could be Robin who tried to kill Iceberg. In any case, the Shipwrights won't take any other alternatives.
"I won't ask ya why. Maybe your crew went on a mission to Water 7 to kill Iceberg. Or maybe you DID want your ship repaired and you attacked him on a whim, after we turned you down. I don't know how you pirates think, and I don't care. Point is you tried to kill my boss and now I'm gonna have to take you down." Paulie theorized.
"So he got shot 5 times, but Iceberg's still alive?" Franky couldn't help but ask as the audience mumbled with uncertainty of trust in Luffy's favor.
"Don't look do surprised. That guy's as tough as nails, but if they tried it once, then these scumbags might try to go after Iceberg a second time, too. So, we're gonna settle this, now." Paulie challenged.
Immediately following that came sharp objects thrown directly at Luffy. The ebony-haired boy immediately dodged the stray caulking iron, which lodged cleanly by the debris behind him.
"Dead, or alive." Kaku says. "The World Government doesn't care, either way. This is what it means to have a bounty on your head. Therefore, you can't complain, no matter how terrible your fate may be. You've broken the law, and now the law has turned its back on you." Kaku reminds the straw-hat boy.
"That's right...we CHOSE to live this way. We're all outlaws, but I don't care." Luffy says in a raspy tone as he wiped the blood trickling down his face from the minor scratch the caulking iron did to him.
"YOU'RE WRONG! IF YOU KNEW ROBIN, YOU WON'T SAY THAT! SO YOU TAKE THAT BAAAAACK!" Luffy yelled out to the Shipwrights. Then men only sighed...knowing that Luffy isn't helping his case...nor will anything he say help it.
"Luffy..." Nami says meekly.
"Let me talk to Icepops. There HAS to be a mistake! There's no way it was Robin." Luffy assured.
"We'd be fools to let you anywhere near him. Criminals have no right to make demands." Lulu retorts gaining the favor and the praise from the people watching the whole scene. The crowd goes wild and rambunctious to the point of threats towards Luffy to send him to the gallows.
"W-hold on a second! Calm down!" Nami says trying to calm the crowd down, however things escalate to the worse.
"HOLD ON!" A man yelled out as he immediately grabbed Nami and placed her in a choke-hold. "Don't think you can fool me, you were with that Straw Hat guy! I bet you're one of the criminals, aren't you?!" He demanded gaining a great majority from the crowd's attention.
"Really?" A woman asked.
"Yeah! She was riding along with him on a Yagara, when he got here!" Another woman informed as she soon clenched onto the scarlet-haired girl. "We've got you now!" More members of the crowd turned their attention to Nami and grabbed on to her. The captive struggled to escape, but it's clear the people want to put her in her place.
"You're gonna get what you deserve!"
"STOP IT! LET ME GO!" Nami protested, gaining Luffy's attention.
"NAMI!" Luffy yelled out.
"I'M TELLING YOU, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! THERE MUST BE SOME SORT OF MISTAKE!"
"And WHY should we trust anything YOU say?" A man intervened, not buying Nami's excuse. "You scumbags are Pirates and probably Assassins, too!"
"This doesn't even make any sense..." Luffy says outloud as he once again tried to reason with the Shipwrights. "There's no reason for Robin to attack him!"
"Yeah, and not only that, we've never even heard of Iceberg until we've met him, yesterday!" Nami protested. However, the people of Galley-La won't accept anything the two say anymore.
"You brats just keep saying that all you want. It's over. The fact is you've picked on the wrong guy." Paulie retorts. "The moral of the story is: you make an enemy out of Iceberg, then you make an enemy out of the entire Galley-La Company. And that's not even the half of it: you've made an enemy out of everyone in the entire city. You understand?" Paulie explains giving a voice to all the citizens of Water 7.
"Listen, I don't want to fight any of you! We can still talk about this, okay?" Luffy protested.
"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU WANT!" Paulie retorts. "Word of this is gonna spread like wildfire. So there's no place to run and no place to hide. It's the end of the rode, you Pirates are going down!" The blonde-haired man challenges as the entire of Water 7 cheers out for their protectors.
"THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR MESSIN' WITH GALLEY-LA!" Someone in the audience yells out. Immediately following that a came one of Paulie's ropes tied to Luffy's arm. Immediately following that came Kaku's caulking irons, throwing them swiftly like ninja stars. Luffy jumped up to dodge them, but immediately Paulie tugged him forward for the blades to hit. He dodged them.
"What's the matter, Straw Hat? You ain't even gonna go out without a fight?" Paulie taunts as the ebony-haired boy rolled to the ground and quickly stopped himself from reaching it. He only narrowed his eyes at the Shipwrights.
"I told you! We're not enemies, and I don't wanna fight you!" Luffy reminds. He soon looked to Lulu who dropped his pistols, replacing them with dual hand saws.
"Since pistols won't work on you, we'll have to go with Plan B." Lulu says as the Shipwrights soon took out the heavy artillery. Lucci wielding a glistening silver hacksaw, and Tilestone wielding a golden cannon.
"Damn it all. I guess they're going all out." Luffy whispered to himself. Tilestone took fire.
BOOM!
A massive explosion, along with Luffy's scream. The people of Water 7 cheered believing that the big brute defeated him in one shot Paulie however believed otherwise.
"No...he dodged it." Paulie says to himself. As the dust cleared, the people of Water 7 looked high up in the sky, seeing Luffy resting on top of a tall dangling line of lumber stacks.
"Wow...they almost had me." Luffy says to himself. They almost had him...but now they do. Immediately his field of vision met with Lucci leaping high in the air with his hacksaw at hand to attack him. With such empty eyes, Lucci swung his hacksaw. The ebony-haired boy dodged, making the top-hat wearing man cut the rope supporting the stacks of lumber. They both fell.
"WHOA!" Luffy screamed out. Lucci leaped back to the Shipwrights, as Luffy fell to the ground and IMMEDIATELY got running as the wooden planks neatly fell to the ground. However, a new and deadly face met with the Straw Hat. It was Lulu. Quickly, the straw-hat dawning boy dodged the muscular and shirtless man's swings with his dual saws, cornering the boy to the walls.
Before Luffy would have anytime to react, Kaku threw his caulking blades to the stone walls. The blades grabbed Luffy's clothing, trapping him between the walls...giving an opportunity for Tilestone to open fire. This time...he won't miss.
BOOM!
The people of Water 7 cheered for the Foremen. Though Luffy couldn't have possibly dodged that attack, they still kept vigilant. Everyone watching the fight can only cheer for their protectors. Hell, even Franky's cheering.
"HEHEHEH, YEAH! THAT'S WHY WATER 7'S OUR PRIDE AN JOY! WHOO!" Franky says having a whole table set in front of him.
"Feels good to see them lose!" Mozu pipes up.
"YOU BET! I HOPE THEY BLOW THAT SORRY SUCKER SKY HIGH!" Franky cheered as he bangs the table on front of him, casually drinking some nice hot tea. "Nah, I shouldn't say that. After all, Straw Hat's our enemy too and I haven't even beat 'em nearly enough. Not yet" Franky reminds. He soon rises up from the ground.
"And to be fair...I was here first. So, I enjoyed your little show, but this is my stage and the only star here is Franky." The blue-haired Cyborg says as he soon grabs the table...AND THROWS IT, DESTROYING IT. "SO, GET OUTTA MY WAAAAY! GALLEY-LAAA!" Franky screams out as he growls like a mad dog.
"Hold your horses. We'll be done with him in a second, then you can fight us all to your heart's content." Kaku called out casually to Franky. The blue-haired cyborg only growls out in frustration.
"Listen you, I called dibs on Straw Hat before any of you even got here...! No...screw it, you don't even care what I say, do you?" Franky says as he groans in defeat.
Suddenly, Franky took out, what appears to be some sort of pump, making the citizens of Water 7 uneasy. Unlike the Foremen, when Franky takes the pump out, it would usually mean he plans something devastating. He placed the pump on the ground and lodged both his beastly arms on the two pipes.
"Connector's set." Franky says mischievously. He soon raised the pump towards the Shipwrights as his muscles began to bulge. The air beginning to feel constricting.
"HE BROUGHT DOWN A CRANE WITH THAT ATTACK, IT'S LETHAL!" Someone from the crowd yelled out.
"That was him?" Paulie says as the Shipwrights looked at the dent made on the fallen crane.
"It looks like a cannon hit it." Lulu inquired.
"HE'S ABOUT TO FIRE!" Another from the audience yells out in horror. As the people watching the scene only look with such uncertainty and concern, the two square-haired ladies only cheered the cyborg on.
"Get him bro, your cannon's ready to go!" The two cheered. The air feeling compressed as if it's being sucked in by the blue-haired cyborg.
"Don't expect me to shoot a cannonball or anything. The shells I fire are made from nothing but air. Still, these babies break the speed of sound." Franky gloated as his arms once again bloated. The Shipwrights looked at the cyborg in confusion.
"Air, huh?" Paulie muses. Every bit of air around the Shipyard, and every bit of dust is being sucked to Franky's palm cannon as his muscles grew bigger and bigger, and the air growing denser and denser. Even the Shipwrights looked at the Cyborg with both confusion and concern. Soon...Franky calls out his attack.
"COUP DE VENT!" Franky yells out. All the compressed air he absorbed was immediately projected to the Shipwrights, and specifically to their direction. Not only was the wind powerful enough to send the Shipwrights flying, but with a massive BOOM! That compressed air was enough to send debris large and small flying. A blast powerful enough...to put the entire battlefield into ruins and many ships and metal parts reduced to debris and scraps. Almost as if a hurricane had passed by this very location.
"GAH!" Paulie cried out as he and the Shipwrights slammed right back to the ground. "Man, he wasn't kiddin'! That thing hits hits like a hurricane in the face!" Paulie groaned. However, troubles soon come to pass as the people of Water 7 look in fear at something. A creaking sound echoed the fields.
"ANOTHER CRANE IS COMING DOWN!"
"WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! IT'S GONNA FALL ON US!"
Sure enough, a gigantic pile of raw iron was tumbling down like a tree as the people looked in horror. Soon enough, as Nami broke free from the crowd, many of them fled to the hills as the crane was coming straight towards them. Franky can only laugh it up.
"HAHAHAHAH, YEAH! LET IT FALL! Hell, I don't care. LET'S BRING THE WHOLE DAMN SHIPYARD DOWN!" Franky cheered as the towns people only fled at the horror of the crane slamming to the ground, causing nothing more than dust rushing them away. Soon enough, the dust cleared. All that was left was the battlefield in even more ruins than before, and Nami on the ground, free from any angry mob.
"He really is a Cyborg...I thought he was kidding, but that air shot was no joke! I've never even SEEN technology like that..." Nami says astonished. She soon took realization that she was finally free, and the people surrounding her completely fled. "But hey, no more angry mob at least!" The scarlet-haired girl says in both nervous and relief.
"NAMI, RUN!" Luffy called out as he rushed to her side.
"Luffy! You didn't get hit back there, did you?" The scarlet-haired girl asks.
"It's gonna take a lot more than that, if those guys want to get rid of me," Luffy assured as he grabbed on to her arm. "Now c'mon, we've gotta get going. I'm not sure how, but we've gotta talk to Icepops."
"What, now? When the whole town's out searching for us?" Nami asks in confusion. Unfortunately, it was only a matter of time before someone took notice of their leave.
"HEY, LOOK! STRAW HAT'S GETTING AWAY!" The crowd began to come closer to the two.
"Uh-oh..." Luffy grimaces.
"They're trying to surround us!" Nami implied as the crowd indeed began to circle around the two.
"Nami, you better hold on tight, okay?" Luffy requests as the straw-hat donning boy placed the girl around him as he extends his free arm to much higher reaches.
"No, not okay!" Nami quickly says in panic. However, it was too late for 'okays' in the matter. Immediately before someone tried to capture them, Luffy and Nami blasted to the sky as the people of Water 7 looked in awe. As Nami screamed for her life, Luffy blasted himself to the rooftops so no one could see him.
"THERE THEY ARE!" Someone called out seeing Luffy jumping from roof to roof.
"FOLLOW THEM!" The people of Water 7 yelled out as they chased after the straw-hat fugitive by foot. Leaving the Foremen, and Franky within the ruins of the Shipyard.
Scrap Island
Returning during or after the events of the battle between Luffy and the Shipwrights, we now return to a calmer atmosphere where we return to Sanji, Chopper, and Autumn hiding themselves behind a lone stone...as they looked at their target: The Merry. Still as bent out of shape as ever, to their dismay.
"Well, he's not on the deck at least." Sanji says.
"Maybe he's still too weak and injured to move." Chopper implies. The blonde kitten simply shrugged to Chopper's theory.
"It's good to know that longnose at least had the strength to make his way to the ship in general." Autumn intervenes as Chopper simply gave a nod.
"But if we don't want him to recognize us, we can't get any closer." Sanji says as he, Chopper, and Autumn slumped down behind the rock. "Here we go. You two ready to do this?" Sanji asks the two young ones.
"Hmm!" Chopper nods.
"I've got a lil' something that'll help our claim even further, hehe. The Hammerlings picked it up just for times like these." Autumn says mischievously. Quickly, the three zoomed to the center of the island for their plan. Autumn, placing what appears to be a siren atop her head. They begin.
"WHAT'S THAT?! THERE'S A GIGANTIC STORM CALLED AQUA LAGOONA THAT'S ON ITS WAY HERE, RIGHT NOW?!" Sanji screams out loud enough for Usopp to hear.
"THAT'S RIGHT! BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THIS ENTIRE BEACH WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER AS WELL AS HALF OF THE TOWN! CRAZY RIGHT?!" Chopper screams out, as well.
"THAT'S TERRIBLE! WE SHOULD GET OUTTA HERE RIGHT AWAY!" Sanji screams out.
"YES, SIR! IF WE WERE SMART THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO!" Chopper answers loudly. Now came Autumn's turn. Immediately she began jumping around, back and forth as the siren atop her head begins to blare out like crazy.
"CALLIN' ALL UNITS! CALLIN' ALL UNITS, THIS IS A 4-20, YA COPY?! WE GOT A 4-20 ON OUR HANDS, BUCKY! YOU HEARD IT HERE, FOLKS, WE GOT A REPORT OF AN AQUA LAGOONA COMIN' THIS WAY! ALL TROOPS SPREAD OUT AN' GET THOSE FOLKS IN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR SHIPS TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND!" Autumn announces loudly as the siren atop her head blares like crazy.
"OH WOW, DID YOU HEAR THAT?! I THINK SHE MAYBE ON TO SOMETHING! WE SHOULD EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND!" Sanji screams out.
"GOOD IDEA, LET'S DO THAT!" Chopper screams out.
"EVACUATE!"
"EVACUATE!" Chopper screams out. Soon, standing in front of the group came Autumn sitting down on a stone table with the logo Water 7 News placed in the middle. She soon filed the paper scattered on the table and act as if she was a news reporter.
"You heard it hear folks, Aqua Lagoona is coming forth, a gigantic storm that could very well devastate the people and all it's people. I myself, believe that the best course of action is to..." Autumn announced, as she threw the table and her paper as she joined Chopper and Sanji to say the following words:
"EVACUATE!" The three screamed out sky-high. As Autumn fell face-first to the ground in exhaustion, the three stopped their act in exhaustion. Soon, Chopper and Sanji looked to the ship to see if that was enough to get Usopp's attention. Nothing for now...or at least so they thought until they heard a sound coming from inside the cabin. The deer and the man tensed up.
"RUN AWAY!" Sanji screamed out as he grabbed Autumn by the tail and he and Chopper fled as quick as can be. Immediately following that, the door creaked open, showing Usopp walking on deck. The long-nosed man tilted his head in confusion.
"That's weird...I thought I heard voices out here." The longnose says to himself as he looked on the fields. Not a single sign of any life. Usopp simply shrugged as he picked up what the figures says.
"Hmm...they said something about a storm. It must be that Aqua Lagoona thing Emi explained to me." Usopp says as he soon looked up at the ship's sails. They were flowing to the wind...allot mightier than ever before. "I should do something about this, soon. The winds seem awfully stronger than before."
The Shipyard
Meanwhile at the ruined Shipyard stood Franky at the very top of the fallen crane. He and his two Franky Family siblings, Kiwi and Mozu.
"Bro?" Kiwi called out to the blue-haired cyborg as he simply stood on the fallen monument. The cyclops answers with a groan, although, it seems that Franky doesn't seem as energetic as he was during the battle. It must've been involving the blast he caused.
"They're getting away. Don't you wanna go after them?" Mozu asks the cyborg.
"Nah, that last Coup de Vent I did, ate up all my fuel. Ya see this? My pompadour's limp." Franky says turning to the two twins with his hairstyle completely limp indeed.
"No kidding, it looks like a willow swaying in the wind." Kiwi answers as his hairstyle indeed sways to the wind.
"What a mess, stupid Galley-La." Franky groans as he simply smirks. "I'll take care of that Straw Hat as soon as I'm done refueling. That kid ain't half bad, y'know? He certainly earned his big bounty." Franky chuckles.
Meanwhile down below on the Shipyard ruins.
"Geez Louise! Even for Franky, this is just TOO much." Kaku says with such agitation in his voice as the Shipwrights were simply on the ground.
"Today just isn't our day." Lulu simply says. The blonde-haired Shipwright soon raised up and looked at his men in determination.
"Franky or no Franky, we can't let Straw Hat escape." Paulie reminds the men. "Aqua Lagoona's gonna hit tonight. There are only two Sea Train departures left today. Since the Straw Hats can't leave on their ship, the Sea Train's the only ticket they've got to get outta this island." Paulie explains.
"This is our chance. Have every member of Galley-La spread out, and search them down." Paulie finally requests to the men. It's clear that they've indeed...got one last chance to apprehend the Straw Hats.
The City Streets
Just as Paulie foretold, the news of the Straw Hat's connection to Iceberg's assault has spread like wildfire. Throughout the Shopping District, everyone of Water 7 reads the newspaper getting up to date of what's happening throughout the city. Needless to say, by the end of this ordeal, the Straw Hats will become enemies of Water 7, despite the fact that they have no connection to the attack at all.
"EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! THE STRAW HAT PIRATES WERE THE CULPRITS BEHIND THE ATTACK ON MR. ICEBERG!" A paperboy announces as the crowd talked among themselves on either daily things or things regarding the attack. A whirlwind of fear and anger burn throughout the city.
However...as the news bustled throughout the land...only one woman read it without a care. Her eyes, empty and blue, her figure...a tall woman with ebony, long hair. The archaeologist...Nico Robin, watches behind the scenes.
"THE WATER-WATER NEWSPAPER WILL PURCHASE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING RELATED TO THEIR CURRENT LOCATION AND ACTIONS!" The newsboy announces as another figure watches behind the scenes...a familiar gentleman reading the newspaper of the news.
"WE KNOW THAT THE CULPRITS ARE STILL HERE ON THE ISLANDS, SO BE SURE TO STAY ON THE LOOKOUT! WE MUST BAND TOGETHER TO FIND THE STRAW HATS AND SEND THEM TO THE GALLOWS!" The paperboy yells motivating the people around him.
"YEAH!" The audience cheers. The gentleman places his paper down and chuckles.
"It seems...the plan has been set in stone." The gentleman says as he rose up from his seat. "Come, Miss Goldenweek, there's little time." The gentleman motions to his scarlet-haired friend.
"What's going on?" Miss Goldenweek asks.
"I've sent my little blob friend back to the ship from whence he stumbled to, to retrieve our guest." The gentleman explains.
"We must meet at the rendezvous point. It appears time is running shorter than I surmised. One way or another...I must have that descendant. And our little guest...will be the key to her." The gentleman says determinedly.
I placed this chapter's focus on Luffy's fight with Galley-La so it wouldn't be so quick paced, as much as I want it to. Different point of views regarding what's happening, so sorry if this chapter isn't an Autumn or Emi centered chapter as before, but now that the cast has revealed itself, I'm just...juggling perspectives. However, it's simply just for this portion. Soon enough, everyone will reunite once more. Thus comes the gentleman's interrogation towards Emi. How will it go? Well...I-I'm thinking that myself. I'll try to make things more Autumn and Emi centered next chapter, since there's not really much going on until the battle in Iceberg's mansion. That being said, I hope you've all enjoyed this chapter.