Ch. 25- Law's Plan
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Jupiter, Monkey D. Aika, Kumi, Rita, and Carla © Me
Color Spread: The Straw Hats having a party in a treetop jungle canopy with animals.
Sanji and Doflamingo glared at each other, their kicks blocked against each other as they tried to hold each other off.
"…I know you," said Doflamingo. "You're one of the Straw Hats…the cook, Black Leg Sanji, am I right?"
"PREMIERE HACHIS HASH!" Sanji shouted as he tried to kick the Warlord again, only for Doflamingo to dodge him and hold out his hand, and for a moment, Sanji saw something glinting on Doflamingo's fingertips before SLASH! He was suddenly sliced in the chest!
"PENTACHROMATIC STRING!" Doflamingo shouted while Sanji coughed up blood!
"SANJI!" Nami screamed in horror.
"OH, NO!" Chopper cried.
"HOW HORRID!" Brook yelled.
"Hahahahahaha!" Doflamingo laughed. "Go on! See if you can protect your crew!"
"AAH!" Chopper screamed.
"He's coming this way!" cried Momonosuke.
"GO AWAY!" Brook shouted.
Nami whipped out her Sorcery Clima-Tact, preparing to take on Doflamingo herself.
"Come and get me, you bastard!" Nami barked. "I'm not afraid of you!"
"Nami, no!" Chopper cried. "He'll slice you to ribbons!"
"A woman with spirit," Doflamingo grinned. "Gotta say, I admire that, Cat Burglar."
"HEY, BIRD-BUTT!"
Doflamingo tense up upon hearing that shout, and as he turned around, he saw Sanji, his leg covered in a rainbow flame.
"Poele A Frire…SPECTRE!" he shouted as he unleashed a flurry of powerful, blazing kicks, but Doflamingo raised his coat and blocked them!
"Nice try!" the Warlord shouted as he made an odd hand gesture, and suddenly, Sanji froze in mid-air!
"What the hell?!" Sanji questioned. "I…I can't move!"
"What's going on?!" Brook asked. "Sanji's stopped in midair!"
"Ohohohoho!" laughed Jora. "This is perfect! He can't move! The Young Master has seen to that with his Devil Fruit powers! Black Leg is like a fly caught in a spider's web! All he can do no is wait for death!"
"Sanji!" Nami cried. "Run! Get away!"
"Sanji, no!" Chopper shouted.
Soon, Doflamingo pulled Sanji right up to his face, and then outstretched his right arm behind him, where a long rope of some kind appeared from his palm.
"Over…"
"What is that?!" Chopper questioned. "A rope?!"
"No! I think it's some kind of whip!" Nami cried as she prepared to use her Black Ball Raiun Rod. "Hang on, Sanji!"
"No, Nami!" Sanji shouted. "Save yourselves! Hurry and use the Coup de Burst to escape!"
"Are you crazy?!" Nami questioned. "And leave you behind?!"
Meanwhile, on Greenbit's shore, Law grunted as he held up a log and tossed it into the air before he grabbed Caesar and sat on Jupiter's back.
"SHAMBLES!" he shouted before he reappeared in the log's place. "NOW, ROOM!"
Soon, a large film appeared around him, Sanji, and Doflamingo.
"…HEAT!" Doflamingo shouted as he prepared to pierce Sanji with the whip, but then, Law, Jupiter, and Caesar appeared again…and then disappeared with Sanji. "What the…?! Law!"
Unable to halt his attack, Doflamingo through the whip forward.
"…That fucking brat…!" he hissed.
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Concurrently, in Dressrosa…KABAAAAM! The whip had extended so far, it sliced a building in half, startling the townsfolk!
"What in the world was that?!"
"I-I don't know! It looked like…some sort of whip!"
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"He did it!" Nami exclaimed. "Traffy saved Sanji!"
"Law, what are you doing here?!" Sanji asked.
"Saving your ass!" Law barked. "I'm sorry…this was all my fault! We're flying to the ship!"
Using a barrel to change places with, Law teleported himself, Jupiter, Sanji, and Caesar to the Sunny.
"Mr. Law!" Brook exclaimed.
"Get off me, you clod!" Caesar shouted as Law saw on his side.
"Sanji, are you okay?!" Chopper asked as he ran to the cook's side. "How bad does it hurt?!"
"Curses!" Caesar shouted. "Not this damned garbage barge again!"
"Caesar?!" Jora questioned.
"Oh! Jora! Quick, get me out of here!"
"What are you talking about?! I'm just as much a captive as you are!"
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Chopper screamed. "DOFLAMINGO'S COMING BACK!"
"What?!" Nami questioned.
"Black Leg-ya, you destroyed the factory, right?!" Law asked as he held a heart in his hand.
"No," Sanji answered, seething in pain as he held his shoulder. "Franky says we know where it is, but it'll be a little more complicated than we bargained for."
"What about my Father?!" Momonosuke asked. "And where is Kanjuro?! Tell me, Sangoro!"
"San-what?" Sanji repeated. "Oh, never mind. Anyway, your samurai buddy is at the factory. If all goes well, he'll be saved."
"We still need more time?!" Law asked in disbelief.
"Hey, Law!" Caesar shouted. "Is that my heart you've got?! You just went and grabbed it from inside the ship!"
"This one is mine," Law corrected as he reached into his jacket. "I had your heart right here." He pulled out a different heart from his chest and tossed it to Caesar.
"YOU HAD IT ALL ALONG?!" the mad scientist shouted as he grabbed it and picked it up, crying tears of relief.
"All right, everybody," Law said. "Take Caesar and Jupiter and head to Zou, immediately!"
"Right now?!" Nami questioned.
"I gave you the Vivre Card that points to it, didn't I?" Law asked.
"But what about Luffy and the others?!" Brook asked. "We can't just leave them!"
"Wait, Law…did you say that they should take me?!" Jupiter asked as he struggled to stand up.
"Once the factory is destroyed, we're done here," Law replied. "We'll follow after you guys as we can!"
"Hell no!" Nami shouted. "If you think that I'm just going to sail off without my friends, my little sister, OR my fiancé, you're crazy! We're the Straw Hat Pirates, and no matter what, we NEVER leave one of our own!"
"Uhh, Nami?" Chopper asked. "I hate to interrupt your speech…BUT THERE'S A BATTLESHIP COMING AFTER US, NOW, AND IT'S FLYING!"
"WHAT?!" Nami questioned. "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!"
"And Doflamingo is closing in on us from the other side!" Brook cried. "If we don't do something soon, we're done for!"
"You guys can do what you want," Law said, "just whatever you do, don't let him have Caesar!"
"FIRE!" shouted a Marine lieutenant on board the battleship, and soon BOOM! The Marines opened fire on Sunny. Not only that, but Chopper spotted something falling towards them from the sky.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! METEORS!"
"ROOM!" Law shouted as he used his powers to shield them.
"Okay, that stopped it for now!" Nami shouted. "Come on! Let's hurry and get to Dressrosa so we can pick up Luffy, Aika, and the others!"
"RIGHT!" Chopper and Brook saluted, frightened by all that had transpired.
"You guys go!" Law said as he brandished his sword.
"Hold up, Law!" Sanji shouted. "I get the fact that we need to move Caesar away from here and maybe getting Jupiter to safety, too, and I got no problem with moving on, now, but I thought that the operation in Dressrosa was just supposed to be a waypoint! Our shared goal is in taking down Kaido of the Four Emperors! If I didn't know better…I'd say you're a bit too invested in Doflamingo!"
Law remained quiet, as did Jupiter, who glanced at the former nervously, causing Chopper to look at the spotted canine.
"…Jupiter?" Chopper asked. "Do you…know about this?"
"I hate to interrupt," Brook began, "but WHAT ABOUT THE GIANT METEORS ABOUT TO FALL ON US?!"
"TAKT!" Law shouted as he pointed at the battleships, causing the meteors to hit the bilge, instead!
"Oh, no!" cried a Marine. "Admiral Issho, sir! There's a giant hole in the bilge!"
"Whoops," said Fujitora, eating a bowl of pork ramen. "How careless of me. I suppose Law might be below us."
"Sir, I hardly think this is a time to eat!" cried a Marine soldier.
"Let's just spin back to Dressrosa."
"Eh?! B-but sir!"
"I've got a premonition…that the battle is going to be taking a curious turn. Just point us in the right direction."
Meanwhile, Doflamingo snickered as he threw his hand back, preparing to use his Overheat attack again.
"Oh, no!" Brook cried. "It's that whip of his again!"
"SAVE ME, JOKER!" yelled Caesar.
"OVERHEAT!" Doflamingo shouted as he threw his whip at the Sunny…only for Law to catch the end of it with his blade!
"Traffy?!" Nami asked.
"Look for a place that doesn't have clouds and go there!" Law shouted. "Doflamingo ate the String-String Devil Fruit! He's a string-man! He moves through the air by throwing strings around the clouds and then sends himself flying! He can't chase you if there are no clouds!"
"Strings, huh?" Sanji inquired. "So that's what cut me before…"
"Okay!" Chopper shouted, shifting in Heavy Point as he pulled the lever next to the helm. "Here goes a Coup de Burst!"
"Hey, Joker!" Law shouted, holding Jora by her hair and his sword against her neck. "Look who I have!"
"What are you doing?!" Jora questioned.
Doflamingo tensed, as if he was actually showing concern.
"No, Young Master!" Jora cried. "Don't worry about me! Kill these urchins! Don't spare me a second thought!"
"Coup de…BURST!" Chopper shouted before BOOSH! The Sunny's aft cannon blasted, sending the group flying through the sky!
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On the bridge that connected Dressrosa to Greenbit…
"What's the point of only freeing half of the Straw Hats?" asked Doflamingo. "You do know that the other half is still in Dressrosa, don't you? If I take them all hostage, the others will return Caesar to me in no time…don't you think, Law?"
Law stood before Doflamingo, still holding Jora at sword-point.
"I'm fairly there were countless others before you," Law started, "who underestimated them and were defeated…am I wrong?"
"Hmm?" Doflamingo grunted.
SCENE 1
Luffy, Aika, Blizzard, and Kumi continued to cheer Rebecca on.
SCENE 2
On the Sunny, Chopper has just bandaged up Sanji and Jupiter.
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"I hate to say it," Law began, "but…my alliance with the Straw Hats ends here!"
"What's that?!" Doflamingo questioned.
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SCENE 3
Outside the coliseum, Zoro and Kin'emon are shouting at Bartolomeo to get them inside.
SCENE 4
Robin, Usopp, and Franky are speaking to each other in a corner, Usopp trying to get Franky to be quiet while Robin chuckled in amusement.
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"From the moment we teamed up," Law began, "I was just using them to get the SMILE Factory shut down. That's all this ever was! And even if I don't kill you, here and now…once you've lost your SMILE…Kaido will finish you off for me."
"Hehehe…!" Doflamingo chuckled, evilly. "I get it…you were willing to take us both down, if necessary."
"Oh, believe me," Law spoke as he drew his sword, "I'd love nothing more than to see the chaos that ensues after your death…but above all else, setting our score from 13 years ago, comes first! DOFLAMINGO!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
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