Narrator: After successfully capturing Caesar, the crew set out for Dressrosa, the kingdom ruled by Doflamingo, according to the plan created by their pirate ally, Law. During the trip, Law used a transponder snail to propose a deal with Doflamingo. In exchange for having Caesar returned to him, Doflamingo would give up his position as Warlord. Those were Law's terms.

Law's goal was to destroy Doflamingo's factory, which was producing artificial devil fruits called SMILE, to prevent Kaido, one of the four emperors, from buying them up by the bushel. To do that, Law's strategy was to use Caesar to draw out Doflamingo long enough to find the factory and destroy it.

And so, the night after negotiations with Doflamingo, the results became clear…

(END)

"You gonna be alright today, Mary?" Hope asked.

"I'll be fine. This Doflamingo guy is super tough right? Then I just gotta act tougher." Mary said.

"It'll be just like the gang wars." Hope said. "SIgh... old memories.. Didnt think this was supposed to bring it back." Hope said.

"This is the final piece to the rift, Chrono said. Once we beat Doflamingo… it'll be all over." Mary said. "Time in this place will be back to normal."

"Yeah. I just want to take you back and let you meet everyone for real." Hope said as the burst out the door to see the final battle under way.

"Youre not used to fighting at all. Stay close, alright?" Hope said over the raging battle.

"I won't leave your side." Mary said.

"Okay, Law is on Green Bit with Caesar and Doflamingo. We gotta find the factory and take it out." Hope said.

"And how exactly do we destroy an entire factory? I cant break apart an entire building." Mary said.

"We just gotta...wait. The coliseum. Maybe they hid it there." Hope said running for it.

As they ran for the coloseum, there appeared a man with green hair and sharp teeth in a purple coat.

"Hope-senpai!" he gasped seeing Hope.

"Uh, do i know you?" Hope asked.

Captain of Barto Club

Cannibal

Bartolomeo

"No no. You...you're one of the best people out there with Luffy senpai and Jexi senpai!" he said.

"Senpai? You mean you think of him as your…?" Mary asked.

"Leader yes! You and your antics as well as Luffy-senpai and Jexi-senpai inspired me to move out to sea, even after I saw that whole event in Loguetown 2 years ago!" Bartolomeo said.

"Oh, that…" Hope said remembering the execution stand. "I guess you also have it out for the other straw hats then?"

"Yes! The whole crew...are my senpai!" he said as pirates were charging at them. Bartolomeo then crossed his fingers as an invisible wall stopped them. "Oi! I'm trying to speak with Hope senpai!"

"Whoa! You ate a devil fruit!" Hope said.

"Yes! I ate the Bari-Bari Fruit and became a barrier man!" Bartolomeo said.

"I guess the saying is true about crossing your fingers, right?" Mary asked. "Any way, d'you think you can help us locate the SMILE factory unter the arena?"

"Anything for a friend of Hope-senpai! I discovered the SMILE factory below, when I was competing to win the Flame Flame Fruit." Bartolomeo said.

"Right, a friend told us it was up for grabs. You do what you can out here, we'll find a way to tear the factory down." Hope said.

He and Mary went down below the colosseum and found a huge sprawling mess of fighting below before entering a factory where devil fruits were being grown on trees.

"Hope, I think this is it." Mary said.

"How are we gonna bring all this down?" Hope said.

"Let me." a voice said as a man in black with a top hat walked out. "Luffy said you'd be coming down here."

"Well if it isnt his other brother." Hope smiled.

Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff

Sabo

"Ace….let me borrow this move from you." Sabo said pulling a fist back as it caught on fire. "Fire Fist!" he shouted igniting the entire factory. "Factory..destroyed."

His transponder snail then rung.

"That might be your associate." Hope said. "What was her nname..?"

"Koala. She must have finished finding the weapons Doflamingo was producing. Whole reason we came here anyway." Sabo said.

"Should we meet up with her?" Hope asked.

"Nah, she can handle her own way out. Might be surprising, but she knows Fishman Karate as well. For now, we must focus on another threat. There's an admiral on this island." Sabo said.

"Fujitora." Hope said.

"You know his name?" Sabo asked.

"Hard to not mis a blind man who can bring whole meteors down with a single swipe of his cane sword." Hope said.

"He has to be beaten first. After, we can take the fight to Doflamingo." Sabo said.

"Yeah. Sounds like a plan." Hope said. "And a way for me to walk to my death." he groaned as he and Mary ran.

They soon came across Fujitora himself.

"Thats him?" Mary asked.

"Yeah. As you can tell, hes blind." Hope said noting his scratched white eyes.

"Not having sight is a blessing to me." Fujitora said gripping his cane. "Means I won't have to see the evil in this world."

"Look, we don't have to fight." Hope said.

"I know you are not part of the evil, but...orders are orders." Fujitora said drawing his sword before sending some sort of wave up. As it did, something large was seen falling towards them.

"Is that...a meteor?!" Mary said.

"Yes it is, run!" Hope said as the two ran out after the meteor crashed. "We gotta be careful. He ate a devil fruit that manipulates gravity somehow."

"I'll take care of him." Sabo said. "You might wanna run. Dont think Im used to this power yet. Might burn you if you stick around." he said as he countered Fujitora's sword with his own hands. "Meet up with Koala on the other side of the city! You cant miss her, look for the woman in the red hat with goggles."

"Right!" Hope said.

"Shouldnt be that hard to spot." Mary said.

Back in the city, they saw Koala run up to meet them as fire burst up from where they came.

"Geez, is Sabo really paying attention to how he uses that power?" she asked.

"I can tell you care for him." Hope said.

Revolutionary Army Fishman Karate Instructor

Koala

"There she is, get her!" pirates said as they surrounded them, five each.

"You're the first human to know Fishman Karate, right?" Mary asked.

"Yes! Fishman Karate: Shark Brick Fist!" Koala said doing a forward punch as she took out all of the pirates with a powerful shockwave.

"Never thought id see the day." Hope said. "Guess that slave Fisher Tiger took in was you after all."

"I owe him and the other Sun Pirates my life for giving me my freedom." Koala said.

They heard crashing near Doflamingo's place.

"Looks like Luffys kicking Doflamingo's ass." Hope said.

"Currently, he's getting ready to use a technique to destroy this entire island. That is why Straw Hat and Law are confronting him now." Koala said.

"God Thread." Doflamingo shouted as the group saw lots of buildings turn into string.

"The buildings...they're turning into string." Hope said.

"Doflamingo is an awakened devil fruit user. This power though, its not like he's even a Paramecia anymore." Koala said.

"Hes something else entirely. Can luffy even beat him?" Mary asked.

"I know he can. If hes one of Jexis founders, hes got a chance." Hope said.

Bursting from the palace was Luffy with puffed up muscles and black coating on parts of his body. "Gear Fourth!" he shouted.

"What the?" Mary said.

"The Bound Man. Its his newest gear, and the most taxing." Hope said."Come on, Luffy. You can do it."

"God Thread!" Doflamingo shouted as it went at Luffy.

"Gum gum….King Kong Gun!" Luffy shouted as the large fist collided with the thread before breaking through it and hitting Doflamingo head on sending him plummeting to the ground.

Doflamingo crashed into the ground with his signature glasses breaking on impact with the ground.

"He...he did it." Hope said as the crowds of the city cheered after seeing this. "Yeah! Luffy! He...he defeated Doflamingo!"

It was after this, the flow of time was starting to fix itself as the heroes prepared to depart.

"You sure you dont wanna stay here and come on our adventure? Neither you, Sabo?" Luffy asked.

"Thanks and all, but we have our own adventure going on right now." Jexi said.

"But no matter where we go, we're going to meet again, Luffy." Sabo said.

Both ships departed via their own means.

"Alright. Just you wait, Four Emperors! Were coming for you! Because… Im gonna be the Pirate King!" Luffy shouted.

The ships soon broke out of it and back to their normal timeline.

"Hmm. Not a bad job." said a voice as Chrono appeared on Hope's ship. "Looks like thats 40% of the rifts fixed."

"I cant thank you enough, Chrono. Finding out Mary was an enhanced…" Hope began.

"I didn't find out. I have seen this event occur in the future, so I simply appeared to where she would." Chrono said.

"And now Hope and I are back together. Friends to the end." Mary said.

"But, I take it you aren't here for a personal call." Hope said.

"No. I came to tell you where to go next." Chrono said.

"Bring it on. Where are we going?" Hope asked.

"Fiore." Chrono said.

"Fiore? Where Fairy Tail is? Why are we…" Hope began.

"Do you remember the name Tartaros?" Chrono asked.

"Tartaros? Yeah. They took some time off to fight it. What about…" Hope began.

"I've taken away the members of Fairy Tail temporarily...so this next timeline can be fixed." Chrono said. "After all, it is a big danger."

"Were gonna go up against grays father and the entire tararos guild?!" Hope said.

"Yes. I must warn you now. This guild, they aren't like the enemies you've fought before." Chrono said.

"I know. Theyre demons." Hope said. "But, we don't care. We're going to go against them."

"I thought you might say that." Chrono said snapping his fingers as a time tunnel opened. "Go in, if you feel so brave."

"Keep it open. I have something to do for mary first." Hope said.

(Cue- Generations from Exile Tribe: Hard Knock Days)

Hope went into the ships with Mary.

"Its time for a proper introduction to the teams." Hope said as the door opened.

Mary saw the group hope had with her own eyes.

A banner was shown saying "Welcome Mary" as some food and treats were spread out.

"Welcome...Mary!" they all said.

"Hope, I…!" Mary said.

"Just let the others introduce themselves first." Hope sad.

"Screw the introductions man. Its a party so lets party!" Vashyron said as the group cheered.

"Youre gonna love it here, Mary. After 5 years, I just wanna make sure youre with me for the rest of this. No more of the history in Metal Town, no more pain. This is happiness for us. All of us." Hope said.

"I'll do my best here too hope." Mary said. "Now that im standing on my own two feet, I'll never let what happened back then happen again."

"Yeah, its Time to show the world how much energy you've been saving." Hope said. "And your first debut...Fiore!"

To be continued...