"So what's the plan exactly nami?" Chopper asked taking a sip of his juice,trying not to look anyone in the face at all, even freaking out when the waitress tried to make polite small talk by asking where he was from.

The navigator looked up with her hands in her hair, ruffling it back "I really don't know, we don't know where mitsuki's gone. I swear we looked round this town so many times that my feet are gonna bleed if we keep walking, its like she disappeared out of thin air and she has the mini merry too. plus we only have until sun down before the execution"
"Oh is that what your here for" the man sitting behind them on the next table asked, he turned round to meet them, he didnt sound surprised or happy about it although executions of pirates where suppose to be good things to people like this who would usually hate pirates especially coming from this town (from what nami had heard) "did the straw hats do anything to ya? Is that why your here?"
"Something like that" nami pasted a fake smile on her face "but you don't seem that upset or happy"
The man relaxed back into his chair "this town hasn't had pirates for the last 20 years, you would think its a blessing but after so long I guess you miss it. A towns not really a town if ya don't have a bar of pirates singing their hearts out and telling stories of adventures on the grand line, all night to the rise of a new sun. I own a shop ya see, and I've noticed that since the complete pirate ban business has reduced and there's less trade as well. Our town needs trade to survive since we're mostly a merchant operated place so I don't know how long its gonna be before businesses go bust here n we're all gonna have to move on else where." The man sighed deeply "though we cannot openly say that pirates would be a good thing here unless you want to spend a month or so in jail, in rare cases there's also execution."
"Why has there been pirate ban so bad, I mean log town was suppose to have a no pirate rule too but pirates still go. Why's it so bad here?" Nami asked getting more interested on the subject, hoping to learn what was going on in this town.
"Cause the governor hates pirate, he's in charge of this place, we used to thrive under his rule. We had many people come here for trade and shopping and selling and all sorts, it used to be called the merchants jewel." The man smiled at the thought, caught up in the happy memory before a wave came over him, his face falling serious and hard. "Then the governor changed, he became twisted, hating all pirates, his small private bodyguard service became a army. The marines didnt like this power that could one day overthrow them so sent ship after ship of marines to 'help'. The governor became too powerful and too twisted, some say he could of made vice admiral or even admiral in the marines but his monstrous drive wasn't justice, it was hatred and revenge, so he was rejected from ever joining the marines in case of corruption in the organisation"
Nami nodded intensively, listening carefully to every word "what do you mean revenge?"
The man got up from the seat and turned away from the two "that is taboo here, its best if you were not to know. The execution isn't at sunset by the way" the man put on his hat and walked away slowly with his hands in his pocket, not looking back with his head down "it's at noon"

Panic fell on nami's face, she furiously grabbed chopper who was about to tuck into his just arrived Sunday "we have to go chopper, with or without her"
"Can't I finish my Sunday? And what happened to if I walk anymore my feet will bleed?" Chopper cried as he was dragged by his hat. Of course he was only given a furious glare from the navigator as a answer, surely enough he had no more objections.


30 minutes

That's how long they had left.

Bound and chained in their weakened states.

No word was spoken between them.

After the governors 'meeting' with them, they had all been transferred to a different cell block on the top floor.

They each sat in their cells as if they were just waiting.

Waiting for a rescue or waiting for doctor death - no one could exactly tell.

The cells were all on one side of the building, they were cramped and small.

They were each bound to a chair that faced a single slim window that overlooked the execution platform.

The marines had dubbed this place the 'Shibō saigo no kōkai' - deaths last regret- since the idea of separation, gloom and being able to see the very location of your end was suppose to make a person regret everything and to break their fighting spirit.

It didnt seem to be the case here...

"Hey brook, what was that song again? Lets sing it all together!" Luffy called to his namaka.

The cell block was soon filled with the songs of the sea, echoing off the walls, though quite out of pitch and badly sung, it made the place almost fill with hope as each prisoner crawled to the edges of the cells to listen. A few prisoners joining in at random times till the whole placed roared with the sound of a single sound.

"Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo,
Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo,
Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo,
Yo-hohoho, Yohohohoo,

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!
Following the sea breeze! Riding on the waves!
Far across the salty depths! The merry evening sun!
The birds sing as they draw circles in the sky !

Farewell to the harbor, To my old hometown
Lets all sing out with a Don! As the ship sets sail
Waves of gold and silver dissolve to salty spray
As we all set sail to the ends of the sea

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!
We are pirates sailing through the Sea!
The waves are our pillows, The ship our roost
Flying the proud skull on our flags and our sails

Now comes a storm through the far-off sky
Now the waves are dancing, Beat upon the drums
If you lose your nerve this breath could be your last
But if you just hold on, The morning sun will rise

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!
Today, and tomorrow, our dreams through the night!
Waving our goodbyes, we'll never meet again!
But don't look so down, For at night the moon will rise!

Going to deliver Binks' Sake!
Let's all sing it with a Don! A song of the waves
Doesn't matter who you are, Someday you'll just be bones
Never-Ending, Ever-wandering, Our funny Traveling tale!

Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho,
Yo-hohoho, Yo-hohoho."

They knew that they would never regret anything in their lives.


"Why are you humming?" Wasp snapped at the red head, obviously agitated by the sounds.
"It's nothing" mitsuki sighed, looking at the ceiling in boredom, she remembered how much more worried and stressed she had been the last time compared to now; before she had only mere minutes and seconds but now she had at least half an hour to work with even though she didnt want to cut it too close. She turned her mind to something else and got out her journal once more.


I don't know if you remember wasp but anyway I'm with her right now and like normal she needs to concentrate and blah blah so I think it's time I wrote down another memory to fill in the time but what...oh I know.


"You want me to do what?" Mohawk raised a eyebrow at the hungover/drunk captain of the red hair pirates. "I came here to challenge you to a duel yet after seeing that you have lost your arm I have lost all interest in doing so" he took a sip of the red wine which had been shoved into his hands the moment he had found the crew.
"So why not? I would do it of I could but I can't" shanks over empathised each word as he shouted at the swordsman
"Because of your arm?"
Shanks sighed "because I don't think I could hurt her, she looks too much like Charlotte"
"If you ask me she looks more like you, of you ask me" Mohawk sniffed "poor child"
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN!" Shanks shouted right at Mihawk
"But if that's what you want" Mihawk rose to his feet, throwing the emptied bottle to the floor "I'll only stay here for a few months though since I have nothing better to do"
Shanks smirked "I knew that you would do it" draining the last of his own bottle

Mitsuki had been exploring the island after sneaking away from roo (not very hard) but she soon found herself missing being with luffy and ace so had eventually quit saying she would go to the other side of the island tomorrow since the sun was already starting to set meaning it would soon get cold, dark and everyone would get very drunk meaning she could sneak into benns stash of senbei*.
"Where are you going?"
Mitsuki froze, slowly turned, and smiled "Dracula!"
Mihawk sighed with his hand on his forehead "it's Dracule and you should not be calling me by my first name"
Mitsuki crossed her arms and pouted, staring hard at the swordsman "why? You call me mitsuki all the time so to me that means I can call you Dracula"
"Dracule" he muttered, he bent down to mitsuki's level "but you are not allowed to call me by my first name now since I'm gonna be your teacher for a little while"
"What do you mean teacher"
"Your dad has decided that you need to be trained properly"
"No chance, I'm doing fine on my own. I can look after myself, I beat up these pirates once that were picking on my friend no problem" mitsuki turned away from her supposide teacher
"What about that locket of yours?" Mitsuki turned quickly back to Mihawk with a content face.
"What about it?" She tried to word herself into not giving anything away
"I heard what happened before, it sounds like you have a powerful weapon there yet it's only as strong as its wielder. To make yourself strong you need to learn how to use it and that's why I'm here" Mihawk stood up, unsheathing yoru from his back and positioning it infront of himself "this is yoru, my sword and partner. It's the strongest sword in the world and requires the strongest swordsman to wield it to unleash its full potential. Try lifting it"
He stuck the sword in the ground infront of mitsuki; she looked at Mihawk as if he was stupid since the sword towered over the 10 year old.
"Well, that part of the demonstration didnt go to plan but you understand what I'm trying to say?" He took the small knife from his cross necklace "with a armature or moderately skilled swordsman I can defeat them with this small knife because I have honed my skills so well. But from what I hear, your locket which is the size of this knife round about could do the same damage as yoru. Your training will only last about 3 months starting tomorrow, don't worry the whole crew has agreed to stay here for that time as well, and in 3 months that locket will be a weapon" with that Mihawk turned and headed back towards the festivities.

Mitsuki took her locket off, playing with it in her hands, tracing the crescent moon engraved in the warm metal after having it against her skin for so long. "What are you?" She whispered - flash backs of the incident piercing her mind and bringing the sting of tears to her eyes which she quickly wiped away "why did I hear your voice?"


* senbei is a type of Japanese rice cracker that can be sweet or savoury though are usually savoury, they are a popular and casual snack that can come in a variety of flavours, shapes and sizes.

brinks sake song belongs to one piece though not me unfortunately buthat thought that if they were gonna sing a song in prison it would be that song.