Disclaimer: Well I don't own One Piece or Chapter 928 (which is not out yet).
I don't think my chapter coming out is a nice replacement for that.
Train to Enies Lobby
Few minutes earlier
Robin POV
I walked along with the marine escort. There didn't need to be so many marines here. I wasn't going to run away.
As I got on the train ahead of CP9, I made my way to the cabin that they wanted me in. I looked out the window.
The intercom called out"The 11 o'clock departure from Water Seven's Blue Station to Enies Lobby will be departing soon because of Aqua Laguna."
I breathed out. It was fun while it lasted. The steam whistle then blew.
"The last train of the day is now departing."
I put my hands on my face covering my eyes. I reminisced how I joined the crew.
I joined very easily with everyone except Zoro and Yuuto. They distrusted me in the beginning, but they were always kind to me. They even helped defend me from Aokiji.
Those people who were my enemies really became my friends.
For the first time since I was under CP-9, I smiled because the group I joined this time was not going to die. [1]
Sanji POV
I had made it to the last caboose. I waited a couple minutes to plan what to do next.
I hoped Nami-chan made it to the train station where she would get my letter. If only I hadn't left my Den-den mushi back in the hotel room, I could contact her better. Ah well. I'm sure there isn't anything important that I need to know. I was going to save Robin no matter what.
Well Usopp and that Franky guy too. But save the girls first, worry about the guys later.
I was becoming excited thinking that I was going to be Robin's knight in shining armor.
It wasn't going to be Yuuto, Marimo head, or Luffy. It was just going to be me.
I growled thinking about how Yuuto helped Vivi last time. This time, it was my turn to save the girl this time!
I thought carefully about what I was going to do. The plan I had was to sneak inside, rescue the others and escape. It was raining a lot. I couldn't even smoke a cigarette.
The door opened. I immediately kicked whoever went outside back inside. He flew through the doors.
Damn it. I was supposed to be sneaking around.
I walked inside and saw at least 20 guns pointing at me.
"Who are you?" a guard asked.
There were at least 30 people in the last cabin. I sighed. This was why I wanted to sneak around to avoid fighting so many people.
"I saw that kick. You're not an ordinary person." asked another guard.
"Jeez hearing you say that. Makes me blush." I appreciated the compliment. I put my hand behind my head. If only a woman complimented me like that.
"We should report this to CP-9!" yelled another guard.
I glared at that name. Yuuto was right about this CP-9 group. How could the government kidnap a woman against her will?
Another voice spoke out. "There's no pressing need to report this to CP-9."
It sounded like a voice above me. I looked up. I saw a very tall man.I growled; I don't have time for this.
I kicked up and then did my party house kick getting rid of all the guards.
Even though they had numbers, they were weak to deal with. Still, I have to waste some time to beat them up. I made it to the next car where I saw Usopp and Franky.
And another 30-40 some guards.
Luckily, they were just like the guards from the last car. It didn't take too much time to beat them up.
As I released the prisoners from their bonds, I asked, "Do you know where Robin is?"
Usopp looked at me confused, and he didn't answer. I groaned. He was still being stubborn about this.
Franky shook his head.
At least Franky responded. I then saw a den den mushi.
As I walked toward it, the door opened and another marine guard walked in. I immediately reacted.
Just I was about to kick him, he dodged it and said. "Sanji. It's me. Yuuto."
The three of us froze. "You're..." I started. I looked more closely to see if I was being tricked.
He took off his eye contacts and fake scars. He also showed his mask.
He was better at disguises better than he originally suggested.
"I've been in disguise the last couple hours. My plan was to figure out which cart Robin was in and I would rescue her by myself. Unfortunately, that won't work anymore because if I did that would leave Usopp and Franky. And you." He said a little annoyed.
I smirked at him.
Ha. Your plan failed.
You don't get to rescue the girl by yourself.
We all know that if you did Robin would fall in love with you because you would be prince charming.
Just like how Vivi fell in love with you.
I couldn't have that happen again. If someone's going to be prince charming, it was going to be me.
He gave me a look to say focus as if he heard my thoughts. "How were you going to get out?" I asked to distract him. I haven't thought about a way of getting out.
He pointed toward his shoes, to which Usopp said "Oh. But that's still a work-"
"I know. Still the best time to try it out. Unfortunately, I could only carry one person." He interrupted.
Huh? I wasn't sure what they were talking about.
"Listen let's talk to Nami right now. We'll plan this together. I couldn't call Nami because I was pretending to be working for them. Now I'm here to check on 'the status of the other carts'" He put air quotes around the last part of his phrase. "We can plan." Yuuto continued.
We all went up to the roof. Yuuto motioned that he would go back down if he sensed someone coming. He gave us his den den mushi.
I started dialing. "Hello? Yuuto?" I heard Nami's voice.
"It's me Sanji. Nami, can you hear me?"
I needed to make sure Nami could hear my charming voice.
"Yes! What's going on? Are you with Yuuto?"
"Yes. Along with 2 other bozos."
Nami then filled me in with Robin's situation. Usopp, Yuuto, and Franky heard it all. Yuuto nodded his head as if he understood some of it.
I then heard Luffy. "Sanji! How are things on your end?"
"Robin is still captive." If what Nami said is true, we need to rescue her fast.
"I see. You and Yuuto are free to go wild." I smiled at that response.
"Wait. Don't be stupid Luffy. Tell them to wait." I knew that was marimo."Hey cook! Yuuto! There are some seriously strong guys on that train. You guys can't take all of them down by yourselves."
I smiled. He was worried about me.
What a baby. Still, it was nice to know that he cared.
I gave a quick look at Yuuto. He did grimace, as if he understood why Zoro said that, but he also wanted to hurry and rescue our friend.
I heard Luffy ask him "What would you do if you were in their shoes?" Yuuto nodded at that and put on his gloves. I smiled.
It was good to know that the men on this crew thought the same.
"I appreciate the concern but after hearing Robin's circumstances, even if Luffy ordered me to not to act. I have no intention of staying put." I hung up the receiver. I would have crushed the receiver but it was Yuuto's den den mushi. I handed it back to him.
Usopp looked at us. "So all that happened while I left the crew."
I looked at him carefully. We could really use his help. Maybe if I make Usopp feel that he is still part of the crew he will help us. We'll forget about the fight he had.
For now.
I started. "Robin has no idea about the Going Merry's status, or the fight between you and Luffy. That's why she decided to sacrifice her own self and do as her captors commanded. So that the seven of us, including you, could be safe."
Yuuto gave me a look while I was explaining but then dismissed it. I think he was realizing this was bigger than the both of us. Yuuto was the type not to ask outsiders for help unless he knew or trusted them.
I waited for Usopps' reply when I heard crying. Usopp was crying over this? Maybe he will help us. I saw Franky with his hands over his face.
"What a touching tale!" He yelled.
I started sweat dropping. "Why are you crying?" I cried out angrily.
"Who said I was crying!" Franky said as he used a tissue. "How's this possible? Isn't Nico Robin the woman that the woman labeled as a cold-hearted demon and you're telling me about her sacrifice?"
I looked at him and Yuuto. I looked at Yuuto to ask what he was talking about. Yuuto gave me a shrug.
"Alright. I will help you out." He then yelled "SUPER!" with a pose. I looked at him a little more angrily. "If you want a reason why, well I'd be in a pickle if Nico Robin were caught by the World government."
I looked at him hesitantly. If he got caught earlier, he couldn't be that strong. Yuuto, seeing my hesitation, vouched for him. "He can help us a lot Sanji. He can also fight."
"Alright then." If Yuuto trusts him, then I should trust him. "Let's go Usopp." I motioned toward Usopp.
"I can't."
The three of us looked at Usopp. "This has nothing to do with me anymore. Besides, you're meeting up with Luffy. After the way we split, how could I look you guys in the face?"
I breathed out. It was still a matter of pride. Usopp was just as prideful as most of us on the crew. After a moment of pause, he continued "I feel bad for Robin, but I'm no longer obligated to help her. I quit the crew so farewell." He then walked away.
Idiot. Where are you going? There's no where to go. You're in the middle of the sea by train.
Franky then asked where he was going. I sighed.
He'll be back. I know it. "It's fine. Leave him be. Yuuto, you got a plan?"
I looked at Yuuto. He motioned me to be quiet, and he walked close to the edge. He then went back down.
What was going on?
I heard some talking and some shouting. I trusted Yuuto not to expose us. A couple seconds later, I heard some bodies fall on the floor.
That observation Haki sure is useful. He must have taken out some marines who went to check on the other carts. It was good he was in disguise to lower their guard.
As Yuuto got back out to meet us on the roof, we saw something fire at him.
"Whoops sorry!" a familiar voice cried out.
I looked behind me and saw Usopp with a mask on and a cape. It did not hide his nose at all. I grinned. Even though you're not going to help the crew, you were still going to help your friend.
Where did he get the cape? I can understand the mask because of Yuuto's hobby.
"Sorry! I thought you were the enemy. A young man filled me on all the details. You wish to save a lady." he explained as if he was a stranger.
At this, Yuuto gave him an annoyed look because of the disguise. Franky was just confused. I looked at Yuuto.
You always wear your mask when we fight other people. How is this any different?
"My name is Sogeking, the king of snipers from Sniper Island." He introduced himself.
Fine. I'll play your little game Usopp.
Yuuto gave a sigh. "Thanks Sogeking" He said the last part sarcastically.
Franky asked, "What is he doing?"
"Just play with it. Hey come over here if you're done." I addressed him. "We need to start plan Rescue Robin!"
As he came along, "Don't you have any questions for me considering this is the first time we've met?"
We all ignored him. I looked at Yuuto. "You know the general layout Yuuto?"
He nodded. "Right now we are on the sixth car. Robin is in the first car. CP9 is in car number 2. We need to draw their attention to the last two cars. You guys can be the decoy. You guys get on the roof ASAP while I detach the cars. We should draw out all the grunts while I lead the way. There are 3 people who can give us trouble before we fight CP9."
I nodded. It sounded similar to the plan I had in mind. At least with Yuuto here, I would have both brains and brawn alongside me.
We executed the plan he said and actually got rid on one of the stronger people that he was worried about.
There were only 2 left.
As we rested in the fifth car, Yuuto told us. "Alright, there's the chef and the newest member of CP9. The chef can use food to fight and the newest member of CP9 does not know Shigan or Tekkai. That's what I heard from the guards."
Hm.. Using food to fight. I need to take care of that personally. "I'll take care of the chef." Only Usopp looked at me and nodded, understanding immediately. [2]
Food is not meant to be wasted.
"Then I'll take care of that new CP9 recruit." Yuuto inferred.
"No. Leave that to me. You're stronger than me and we need you at full power to take care of the rest of the CP9." Franky said.
"I'll go sneak to meet with Robin then run to you guys. Same plan?" Usopp… I mean "Sogeking" said.
Yuuto nodded. "Alright. Then I'll wait for you guys to finish up."
As we entered the 4th car, we saw the chef. He was skating around, yelling "It's Wanze!"
I scoffed. This was my opponent. He looks stupid. He then made ramen in front of our nose. He offered us to eat it.
I hate wasting food, but that's gross. I would still eat it out of principle, but I would brush my teeth afterward.
As we made our way, he tried to block us. I immediately kicked him.
He wasn't strong if he immediately started bleeding like that.
" I will stop you." He coughed out blood. "With my ramen kenpo." I looked around. We're in a kitchen and he's supposed to use food.
"He's mine." I reminded them. They nodded and tried to go through the door.
Wanze then shot some ramen at them through the nose. I grimaced. They dodged it.
All that food going to waste.
I then kicked him again. My crew then went out through the window.
Hmm. We are making a mess here.
Wanze looked like he was being serious. He then made a ramen battle suit.
Hmm… I can't kick that. The texture of the ramen would soften my blow. He didn't cover his head. Maybe I could attack there.
He then tried to punch me. I dodged it and leaped into the air.
As I was about to kick his face, he then fired something at me.
I fell to the floor. That was ramen that he fired at. It pierced me. I look around the kitchen to see. If he really was using food, then I'll just have to use my skill as a cook. I grabbed some of his knives.
He praised himself and started dancing. He boasted. "I know your fighting style is all kick based. You can't beat me. I have no weaknesses."
I got up. He then tried to punch me. I then used his kitchen knives to cut the ramen noodles into felini.
"What did you do?" He asked.
I then showed him his knives. "It's my personal policy to never use my hands or knives in a fight because they are sacred for a chef. But because we are in a kitchen and my enemy is fighting with food..."
He snapped. "A novice cook like you shouldn't be holding those kitchen knives. Those kitchen knives are different from the kinds of knives that hoodlums use."
He then attacked me with some ramen whip. It was understandable as a chef to take a knife without their permission. I would have apologized. However, I won't apologize to him if he's stopping me from saving Robin.
I dodged and cut his whip. "Let me show you the special kitchen knife skills of a first class chef."
He then kept attacking me with his noodles. This was easy. I could easily cut those ramen noodles to become thinner noodles.
"What am I an onion?" He cried out.
"Why don't you just admit defeat?" I taunted. It would be easier that way.
"I'm CP7's ace Wanze. I know how important today's mission is. Your crewmate Nico Robin is an outlaw that the World Government has been after for years. There's no way I'd hand a criminal like that to you." He jabbed.
I narrowed my eyes at that.
He continued attacking. I began cutting the noodles to get closer to him. I needed to hurry. I know Usopp, Yuuto, and Franky were waiting for me so that we could take down CP9 together.
"No! I've been cut!" he cried out as he fell down. His armor fell down.
Idiot.
"Wait! No I haven't" He realized that he did not have a wound on him.
I recounted what Zeff had taught me about cooking. I put the knife back on the knife rack. "A kitchen knife is not a sword. It shouldn't cut humans. Now..." I then dodged him throwing knives. I narrowed my eyes at this imbecile. They were kitchen knives. He was digging himself a bigger hole.
I kicked him. "Now prepare yourself." I threatened. I was going to give him a personal makeover.
After a couple kicks, he started saying."Hold on… I think my face shrank." He paused as if to check his face. He then continued. "Everyone knows that lurking inside that woman is the heart of a rotten demon."
I growled at that and kicked him. My work was done.
"You committed three crimes in front of me." I raised my hands. "One you called yourself a cook. Two, you wasted food. Three, you insulted my friend."
He got up and tried to protect the door. He took out a large sword.
He did look slightly different from how we started.
Collier Shot!
I kicked him from the fourth car all the way to the second car. I saw 4 people look at me.
A few seconds later, someone else and Franky came crashing in to the third car.
A few minutes ago
Franky POV
Yuuto told me that the opponent was on the roof. I struck my pose and told him that I would take care of it. I was feeling super good.
When I won, we would then fight the rest of them together.
As I made my way to the roof, I saw my opponent. He introduced himself. "I am the newest CP9 who can use four of the Roksuhiki. Nero the sea weasel. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to kill you."
Hm… I guess they can't kill me because of the blueprints. I looked more closely at him. He looked as shady as the government officials I knew.
"Why were you waiting on the roof? I would have paid you a visit if you kept waiting." I asked to lower his guard.
"Is that so. You might have tried to pass me secretly."
I confessed. "Yeah. That's true. What's that behind you?" I pointed out.
As he looked behind him, I punched him.
"Gah that was dirty."
I laughed. I didn't become the boss of Water Seven's Underworld for no reason.
He then moved really fast like Yuuto had warned me about.
Just as I was about to punch him, he dodged like paper.
I needed to hold him still then. I saw him about to kick me away. I dodged remembering the warnings that kick could slice through air.
I then breathed fire to him. He then started jumping on the air to dodge.
Goodness, this fighting style is annoying.
We kept fighting as equals. We hadn't hurt each other. I was feeling confident that I did not need to use any cola on him. I just needed to land one hit.
He went behind me with his gun out. Maybe I could lower his guard by making my weak spot even more obvious.
I then turned around and told him, "Hey weasel-face. You're unlucky that I'm in such a super condition this week." He looked at me hesitantly. "Do you know about the legendary creature called the centaur?" Nero nodded at me as if he did. "Watch this. Transform!"
As I finished transforming, he yelled, "You're facing the wrong way!"
I provoked him with my hand motioning him to come. "Come get me."
He then sorued and fired at my back.
I yelled in pain. He taunted at me. "It seems like your precious new form was nothing but talk! I don't see how getting four legs helped!"
I then rolled to the side of the train and pretended to slip on the train.
"I'm falling!" I pretended to shout.
He came over me and said, "Pathetic."
"Thanks!" I then flipped over.
The centaur form I have is meant to trap people. That's why it was designed to face the wrong way.
It was a good way to lower someone's guard and be effective at the same time. I locked him good and grinned. I'll use 1 cola for this punch. I still have plenty.
Ever since Yuuto told me about Iceburg might be assassinated from the government, I prepared to make sure that my entire cooler was filled with 3 bottles of cola. I then made sure I had an extra 10 on hand.
I wasn't going to go down without a fight.
"Crap! I can't move my arms and my legs." He urged, trying to fight his way out.
"Save your excuses. I suggest you say some last words. You don't know how strong my punches are since you kept dodging them."
Strong Right!
I then punched him and we came crashing down at the cart.
I looked around and saw Sanji 1 car away and the ramen cook knocked out at the car in front of me.
Guess we finished at the same time.
I then saw Blueno, the secretary, and the other carpenters.
The secretary then said, "It became quite noisy all of a sudden."
"Seems like all the soldiers onboard for the escort mission have been defeated." Blueno said.
"Not that we expected much from them to begin with." The pigeon guy said. He looked at Yuuto. "Looks like it was easy for them to pretend to be one of them too."
Yuuto, Sanji, and I gathered to confront them.
Sanji questioned "So these are the guys who abducted Robin."
Yuuto confirmed, "Yep." He put on his fox mask and took a stance.
"Be careful, everbody." I reminded everybody.
I then saw that Nero barely got up.
Hm… looks like I'm going to need to use my cola more than necessary for these guys. I quickly refilled it.
"Who's this?" The pigeon guy demanded annoyed.
"It's the new CP9 recruit Corgi mentioned. A man named Nero who can use four of the rokushiki techniques." Long nose stated.
"I won't forgive you." Nero yelled toward me.
"Hey newcomer! I'll give you three seconds to run away." warned pigeon guy.
"Hm?" we all looked. The only ones who didn't seem surprised was CP9.
"3…. 2…. " Lucci said with his eyes closed.
"Wait!" Nero begged.
"1!" Out came blood.
"CP 9 has no use for you. You can only consider yourself as strong as us only after mastering all 6 techniques. Kalifa, tell the chief that the new recruit was too weak to be used."
We all looked in disgust.
"Those guys are supposed to be an organization for justice?" Sanji asked.
"I can't tell who the bad guys are here…." I continued.
"Well… the government has always been like this." Yuuto finished.
Lucci then looked angrily at him for a moment. He started going on a long monologue about Robin. I was analyzing the situation. If Lucci took out Nero like no problem, then I needed to go all out. He then said something that angered me.
"Her very existence itself was her 'sin'! Only her death could bring happiness to others. That's the kind of misfortune she has." He said that as he sneered.
What a bunch of bullshit! I can remember my master Tom's words.
In fact, I can still remember the punch he gave me. It was the only time he hit me.
"Even if the ship you've made could hurt somebody, even if it could destroy the world, its only creator must love them. You mustn't deny that which you've created. Don't blame the ship. A man should be proud of the ship he's made.
He insinuated. "She should have died 20 years ago. So to have her die, before it's too late, is nothing but a blessing."
Sanji then kicked him. He blocked it. Yuuto followed and punched his face. That punch stumbled Lucci a bit. I smirked.
I knew the the Black Fox would be strong to take them down.
His team stood amazed by that. "To break Lucci's tekkai..." long nose stated. [3]
"He's strong." the secretary whispered.
Blueno then tried to sneak attack him, but Yuuto blocked it. As he blocked it, he changed his block to a hold and pushed him through the benches.
We then heard yelling from another cart. "Robin! No! If you go out that way, you'll..."
Out came both Robin and Usopp.
I looked at the beautiful woman before me.
"So that's Nico Robin." I stated.
My first impression was that she definitely had an aura of danger and seriousness around her.
"Robin!" Sanji yelled.
"Robin, we need to leave now." Yuuto followed up.
Sanji continued. "Thank God you're safe. Are you injured? We will deal with these four."
Robin then grew hands and pushed Usopp aside.
Sanji looked in shock. "Robin, what are you…."
"It's evident that words alone will not make you understand." She said coldly. She then closed her eyes and took a pose.
Yuuto looked ready and started running towards Robin.
Usopp yelled, "Franky! Disconnect car no. 3. We're running now!"
"Don't let Franky escape!" Lucci ordered. He then ran to engage with Yuuto. Kaku and Kalifa went after me.
Yuuto then dropped a smoke bomb that stopped them from running. He continued running while I heard everyone else cough.
Sanji and I praised Yuuto as we both made our way to the car. Usopp was already there.
As Yuuto came back with Robin behind, Usopp then fired something at the car.
It then caused a mini explosion.
Yuuto looked at Usopp and smiled. "Good thing you knew that smoke bomb can cause a bigger explosion with the right ammo."
Usopp paused before answering. "What do you mean? I didn't know. Besides whoever made the smoke bomb must have wanted to create an explosion. That thing is highly flammable."
Sanji just laughed at that. I could tell by the tone Usopp said he was lying.
"Whatever. We just need to get away. We're still too close." Yuuto continued. The cart was disconnected.
"Leave it to me!" I'll use a Coup de Vent to help increase the distance.
Just as I was about to go to the end of the cart, the cart was tied up by a whip.
"Caught them" Kalifa said. She then handed the whip to Blueno.
"Shoot! We need to cut the whip!" If I did Coup de vent, we would risk dragging them with us if they were that strong.
Thud*
Blueno pulled the whip, so the cart was dragged back in. Sanji and Yuuto came up. Blueno grabbed the edge of the cart. Sanji and Yuuto both attacked him at the same time, causing him to release his hold. I immediately followed up.
Coup de vent!
As we flew 100 meters away, we heard a crunch sound behind us.
We looked and saw Robin attacking Sogeking with her powers.
It seems that she can grow hands to choke people. What a terrifying ability.
"Robin! What?"
"How many times must I repeat myself. Leave me be." She said.
Yuuto then ran to her and grabbed both of her hands. Once he did, those hands disappeared.
I raised my eyes. It seemed that Yuuto could calm her down.
Robin then asked, "What are you doing?"
Yuuto was analyzing the situation. "Remember our deal. We will protect you from the government." [4]
I looked and saw Lucci and Kaku jumping on air to get back to us. We were too far for the whips to be effective.
I quickly reloaded the cola I used up for the Coup de vent.
"We have incoming." I warned
"Yuuto, let her go. We need you to fight." Sanji said. He had also seen the agents coming.
"If I do, she's going to attack us." Yuuto countered looking at her.
"Damn it." Sogeking went to the edge of the cart and fired at those two agents. Those two agents just dodged his bullets.
Suddenly, Blueno appeared out of nowhere. He punched Yuuto who couldn't block and released Robin. Yuuto went crashing through the benches.
"How did he show up from nowhere?" I called out.
He then used this shigan technique and took out Usopp. Right when Sanji was about to attack Blueno, both of the agents landed in the train.
Kaku kicked Sanji. Lucci was then about to use his finger technique on him. I tried punching Lucci, but he blocked it and grabbed my face to the ground. I struggled but I couldn't get out of this hold.
"Stop. I have no intention of running away! Just let them go" Robin pleaded.
I sighed. If I was going to try to fight them here, there would be too much collateral damage. It was just me and Robin standing. Sanji and Usopp were both bleeding while Yuuto hadn't gotten up yet.
Blueno then said, "Then let's quickly leave."
Lucci picked me and we went through whatever Blueno came from.
We were back on the other cart. Just as Yuuto was about to get up, Kaku then kicked him and Yuuto flew back. Seeing the damage done, Kaku followed us. Now Blueno and Robin were left on the cart.
"Wait." The portal was still open.
"It's fine Robin. You're still..." Usopp coughed out blood. "You're still hiding something. That's fine. But pirates…" He coughed again. "Pirates can't leave their crew without their captain's permission." Robin had turned to listen. Usopp continued. "That why you should believe in Luffy." I saw him get kicked by Blueno. Even now, this crew has unbreakable trust.
Robin stepped into the portal where we were. Blueno then walked in the portal and it closed.
I was now stuck with the government and someone who wanted to be their prisoner too. They then put us in seastone handcuffs and we sat in cart 1. We stared at the space silently. I wasn't going to talk to her because of she actually stopped us from rescuing her.
I took the time to reflect all the events and back home. I wonder if there's something I need to say to people before I possibly die.
Well Iceburg, Zambzei, Mozu, Kiwi….
"Shoot! Iceburg's dead!" I yelled out. I remembered what they mentioned.
"Iceburg's alive." came the cool reply.
I looked at her. "He's alive? Is that true?" I hoped.
"Yes. That's what they said." She reassured me.
I gave a breath of relief. "Bakaburg. They told me you died…. Man, am I glad that's not true."
"I think CP9 believes they killed him however. It'd be best to keep quiet on this matter." She admitted with a stern look.
I looked over at her. She was actually much nicer than I expected. "Well aren't you awfully nice." She was nothing like Master Tom and the newspaper said.
She kept silent at that thinking about what was going to happen.
I continued. "In any case with me, the one with the blueprints and you the one who can resurrect the Ancient Weapon. The World Government now has two keys to unlock the revival of the Ancient Weapon. And when they succeed in reviving that power, they end the pirate age."
I looked at her for her reaction. She did frown a little bit.
"My master didn't sacrifice his life to protect the blueprints. All in order for that kind of future to happen anyway. I have no intention of quietly becoming their captive." I looked at her to see what kind of response she would say. "But it's meaningless if I escape by myself. You need to go back to the Straw Hat Pirates."
That was when the so-called woman in darkness said "No. I'll only hurt them by being with them."
She did have a look of worry.
Besides, it also looks like it hurts them more if you're not with them.
"If anyone's hurting anybody here, it ain't you. The government dogs are calling your existence a crime." She looked guilty at that. "No matter how terrible a weapon you've got, simply having it, is not a crime." She looked at me when I said the last part. "Simply existing is not a crime!" echoing the words of my master.
She showed some more emotion, but it was quickly covered up. She turned away.
Straw-hats, you better come quickly. It seems that only you guys can truly save her.
At Rocketman
Yuuto POV
We got on the train and I noticed we had more people than expected.
I saw Galley-la and the Franky Family. This could be useful. There's at least 5,000 people on Enies Lobby to fight. I looked at Luffy and Chopper; they were crowded close to Sogeking.
"Sogeking from Sniper Island?" Luffy exclaimed.
"That's right. I came here at the request of my good friend Usopp!" Usopp lied.
"So you're a hero! I knew you had to be one since you were wearing a cape and all! Amazing this is my first time meeting a hero! I mean I met Mr. Fox but that was actually Yuuto!"
I groaned hearing that. "It's Black Fox Luffy." I corrected. Not that it really matters. I was definitely not a hero as Black Fox.
"Is that how it is? A hero is someone who wears a cape? Gosh you're so cool! Wait! Black Fox is a hero too!"
No Luffy. Don't drag Chopper into this.
Chopper looked at me. He looked so hopeful. I sadly shook my head. "No. I'm not a hero." He looked sad for a moment, but then continued looking at Sogeking.
I looked at everyone else. It seemed that everyone knew that was actually Usopp. Except those two.
I'll talk to Chopper later. Luffy had the same problem back at Whiskey Peak with me earlier.
Luffy then asked a very important question. "Where did Usopp go?"
I smiled. Maybe Luffy was just playing along. Usopp continued. "He's doing fine. You don't need to worry about him He told me that we should focus on saving Robin."
"You're right." Luffy cried. He then ignored his earlier question.
I've always expected Luffy to mean something but I turned out to be wrong. This has probably happened at least 30 times since I joined.
"So where is Sniper Island?" Chopper asked.
"That my friends lies inside your very hearts!" Usopp continued without missing a beat.
How does Usopp lie like that. That is getting ridiculous. Especially seeing Chopper and Luffy believe him.
"Nami." Sanji cried out.
"Yes Sanji." She replied.
"There's one matter I'd like you all to consider before we go to save Robin." He recounted what happened on the train.
"I'm not saying this as an excuse for if we fail to rescue her, but to simply point out that she might not entrust herself to us even if we charge in to rescue her." He continued.
I was about to add something but Luffy yelled, "None of that crap matters! I won't forgive any of them."
I should have expected that from Luffy and smiled.
He then continued shouting. "Why don't you let us save you?" He said the key point. I nodded at that.
Nami then smacked him. "Why are you blaming her? She's worried about what might happen to us after if she were saved."
Luffy then argued to her. "The point is that she's gonna die if we leave her alone. And since she doesn't want to to die, then that means we'll go save her."
"Well that's true, but..."
Zoro interrupted. "Give it a break. In the end, it doesn't change what we have to do. We'll still go save her." I looked at Zoro and nodded. It was interesting how the both of us didn't trust her in the beginning we now willing to save her.
"Alright, we're about to invade Enies Lobby, would anyone happen to know the general layout of the island?" I asked.
Paulie did and had already drawn out the layout of the island. He then laid out what to do and then Franky's lieutenant also continued explaining.
They were going to fight the fodder and open the gates for us while we would worry about CP-9.
Luffy said "Got it!" as if he understood the plan.
I looked at him. I remember Alabasta, Sky Island, and Davy Jones Fight. He never followed any sort of plan. Why should this time be any different?
I sighed. When he makes his move, I'll just follow him. There was no point in stopping him.
I have to make sure he doesn't waste too much energy before fighting Lucci. I could handle the other agents separately. I just have to protect him.
I fought against so many Rokushiki users that I already know what to expect from them.
Just as the train got closer to Enies Lobby, I saw him sneak out the window. I motioned to Chopper that I would follow Luffy. Chopper looked shocked but didn't say anything.
I suppose it was unlike me to not follow a plan. I was getting a little restless. Besides, I needed to practice using some of the dials that were added to my gloves and shoes.
Luffy had already went ahead and had stretched all the way to the gate.
Guess it was time to actually use them. I then jumped on the train and started using the milky dials that Usopp installed in my shoe. [5]
I was going to use them originally to save Robin. The plan I had was go to her cart, retrieve her and fly away. I would have been faster than them using Geppo. Usopp, Franky, and Sanji on the train complicated the original plan.
I caught up to Luffy who was on the flag pole.
Luffy looked at me and smiled. "Yuuto! Did you just fly here?" He said with stars in his eyes.
He remembers it's me with my mask, but he can't figure out it's Usopp with the mask. That mask isn't hiding his nose.
Normally, I would scold him for this situation, but I couldn't help but admit there was a sense of adventure and fun here. Besides, it's been a while, since I had done something this dangerous.
Soon enough, we heard the alarms and we heard gun fire. We both jumped down to escape the shots.
We saw more guards coming. Just before Luffy punched them, I then tried out the last dial that was Usopp added. I snapped my fingers from my left hand and shot fire briefly from the hidden flame dial connected to my wrist.
I smiled at how both dials seemed to have worked well.
"You can shoot fire now? How?" he added.
"Not really. It's those dials we used. I wanted to develop a faster way of taking down more enemies from a distance while also saving my strength."
I couldn't use those dials in the train because of possible collateral damage. But now, it was fine.
As more guards came over, Luffy and I took a stance. "I'll take the guys on the left." I said.
"Shishishi. I'll take the guys on the right then. This feels like the time when me and Ace went to go-" Luffy was rudely interrupted when someone came in to attack.
Luffy dodged the attack while I kicked the marine who came in the face. "Don't you know it's rude to interrupt someone while he's talking?" I scolded the unconscious marine. I looked at Luffy again before I engaged the enemies. "That's right. Luffy you haven't told me a story about you and your brother." Some marines got too close to me so I had to rely on some close combat.
"Well," Luffy ducked. "It all began with…." He punched another marine. "When we were." He dodged another attack and kicked whoever attacked him. "Let me tell you the story after this."
"Sounds good captain." I smiled. It was hard to have some cheerful banter while doing this. I snapped my fingers and shot some fire.
We then laid chaos on Enies Lobby. It was only a matter of time before they would pay attention to us.
Then the real fight would begin.
Author's notes
[1] Robin believes that she is doing the right thing.
[2] This shows that Usopp knows Sanji well enough that Sanji hates wasting food.
Look at One Piece chapter 927.
[3] Actually, Yuuto only was able to punch him back because of the seastone he had. Yuuto is strong but I believe seastone will give him a better edge to help break his tekkai.
If he tried to break a non devil fruit user, it would be harder.
[4] The deal back from when she joined the crew in my chapter 12.
[5] That's the reason why Yuuto was really interested in those dials back then. He believed that he could use them in fight and asked Usopp for ways to implement them.
Let's say that Usopp is smart enough to reverse engineer putting milky dials in shoes like Gedatsu's shoes.
I also made Yuuto snap fire from the flame dial because that way he could have a long range attack.
This is also the first time that we could actually see Yuuto fight with the dials. At Long Ring Long Land, the dials weren't ready. It's also been a while since I wrote an actual fight scene with Yuuto.
Hope you guys look forward to the next chapter with the iconic moments of Enies Lobby. Please leave a review for some suggestions and feedback.