Hey guys. Sorry for the update that's later-than-usual. My grandpa passed away a few days ago (I was REALLY close to him) and it's been hard on me; so I tried focusing on this story as a distraction so forgive any mistakes. So, here's the next chap.

Chapter 34:

Marie, Ryuu and Kayla gasped at the blacksmiths' plan to break out of the prison they were in. "Are you sure about this, Onee-san?!" Marie asked quite unsure about the plan Yuki had in store for them.

"Yup! It's smart right?!" The girl smirked happily.

"No. It's completely stupid. You're going to get us killed." Ryuu shook his head in disagreement.

"Eh?! Why do you think that?! I think it's perfect! What about you Kayla?!" Yuki turned to the second oldest sibling who shrugged.

"I-I don't know… I agree with Ryuu-nii."

"EH?! You guys are no fun! From what I've learned from my crew is if we escape, we escape with a DON!" The blacksmith raised her hands up in excitement remembering all the times her crew had done so-especially at Enies Lobby.

"Onee-san! We're going to get killed if we do that!" Marie flustered making the older girl pout.

"Man…" The blacksmith shook her head. "NO! We ARE doing it! If you don't wanna then don't come!" Yuki threw a tantrum making the trio look at her surprised.

"Of course we want to get out of here but-"
"What are you stupid guys talking about?!" A guard came in front of the cell, annoyed. "I can hear muffling sounds of your voices a few feet away and can't sleep!" He snapped.

"We're talking about how to escape." Yuki simply stated making the trio call her name in nervousness and causing Ryuu to hit the girl over the head.

"She's joking!" He chuckled nervously.

"Y-yeah! We're not so stupid to talk about something like that!" Kayla assured nodding her head along with Marie and Ryuu. The guard began to laugh.

"You guys think you can break out?! Too funny!"
"But we weren-" Marie began but was interrupted by an angry blacksmith.

"Hey! Of course we're going to escape!" She declared. "I'm not going to be in this place for the rest of my life! I have a crew to go to that's waitin-"

The man began to laugh once again interrupting Yuki's statement. "You really think they're waiting for you?!"
"What do you mean by that?!" Yuki stood up from her spot and glared at the guard.

"I mean, that captain of yours probably forgot you! After all he went to save his brother instead! He abandoned you!"
Yuki went to the front of her cell and grabbed the man by the collar from the bars. "You bastard! Don't talk about Luffy like you know him! He's my brother too!" The man gasped at this statement. "Looks like he didn't know…" She let go of the man and walked back to her spot and sat down again. "If you ever talk bad about Luffy or my crew again, I'll kill you." She warned and then leaned against the wall and fell asleep, leaving a bewildered guard.

"Damn girl. Know your place." He spat and didn't do anything but walk away.

\(ºvº)/

"Soooooo…" Yuki dragged on the word. "When are you guys going to agree to my plan?!"

"NEVER!" The trio shouted back angrily. "It's too dangerous! We might get killed in the process!"
"Life's not fun if you do stuff so plainly though!" The blacksmith defended her self.

"You're an idiot!" Ryuu snapped, putting two fingers on the bridge of her nose making the blacksmith laugh. "I can't believe I actually thought you could get us out!"

"You're much more open to me now though! I love it!" She stated happily.

"What are you talking about all of a sudden?!" (Hah KPOP reference) Ryuu looked to the side and you could see a fade of pink on his face making Yuki burst out laughing.

"You're so adorable!" She laughed teasingly making Ryuu blush even more. Kayla stared at her brother with wide-eyes.

"Wow, onii-san." She gasped.

"SHUT UP!" He snapped turning around from the whole group, who all laughed.

"Ryuu-nii changed ever since you came here, Onee-san!" Marie whispered to Yuki's ear making the blacksmith smile.

"Is that so?" She looked at Ryuu who was being bugged by Kayla. "Hm… I guess its cause of my personality? I get it from my captain." The blacksmith chuckled. "He changed a lot of people too."

"Really? I really want to meet him." Marie smiled sweetly making Yuki pat her head.

"You will! I promise!"

\(ºvº)/

It was now night time, at least Yuki guessed from the snoring of the guards. "Okay. Let's start this!" The blacksmith chuckled. The three siblings still looked unsure of the plan, but decided to follow Yuki. The blacksmith had something that made her a leader, something that made the three want to follow her. They didn't know how or when, but they began to slowly respect the confident girl. "Marie, you stick to me, ok?" The little girl nodded. "Ryuu, Kayla, judging from the fact that you always come back from fights unharmed, I'm sure you guys can defend yourselves just in case, right?" The two nodded in confidence.

"We'll be fine." Kayla assured her older brother who nodded and smiled back.

"That's the spirit!" Yuki smiled. "Now…" Yuki slowly scanned the hall of the cells and saw the other prisoners asleep as well. "First we have to wake these other guys without the guards waking up."

"How?" Marie questioned while Yuki shrugged. Ryuu and Kayla sighed in disappointment.

"Of course you don't know…." Ryuu shook his head.

"Just wait! Lemme think! This is cell number 39, and every 10 cells are where there are two guards… There are 50 cells in all…" Yuki put two fingers on her chin. "Damn. I think we'll have to wait a few more days…"

"Eh?! Why?!" Marie asked sadly.

"Sorry, Marie. I didn't think this part through since I just thought of it… Let's wait until we have our little fights."

"Oh I see!" Ryuu had a light bulb moment. "But there's three times a fight happens in a day. Kayla and I are in one round, while you and Marie are another. What about the next one?"

"Don't worry about that. Leave that to me." Yuki smirked.

\(ºoº)/

Yuki and Marie walked into the arena, full of confidence, well Yuki was at least.

"A-are you sure you'll be able to do this?" The little girl whispered. "You're going to get in deep trouble!"

"Don't worry about it! If it helps us get away then I'll do anything!" Yuki assured and then walked into the battlefield with Marie. The blacksmith took her swords from the same guard who she beat up a while ago; she winked at him as she walked off making the guard growl. "You're going to play a huge part in this plan…" Yuki thought happily. "Alright… first I have to act like I'm going crazy…" She chuckled to herself. "Easy." Yuki first went up to a place where there were bloody bodies on the floor and reluctantly dipped her hands through the blood. The blacksmith then went up to some prisoner and dropped her swords making her opponent, the woman from the previous fight, flinch.

"Wh-what do you want?!" She trembled holding her knife in front of her.

"Nothing much. Just your cooperation." Yuki smiled sweetly.

"Eh?"
"I'm going to get everyone out of here and I need a little show to prove that I've gotten a little crazy." Yuki winked at the woman who nodded her head hesitantly. "Thanks. You won't regret it. Oh and I'd appreciate it if you tell everyone else." She nodded again.

The woman eyed Yuki suspiciously and backed away a few steps; understanding Yuki's request. She then began to scream bloody murder and fell to floor, terrified. All eyes were on Yuki and the mystery woman. "G-Get away from me!" The woman acted very well.

Yuki tilted her head and smirked evilly, she twitched her hands to make them look bloodthirsty and then grabbed her swords. The blacksmith suddenly turned around and locked her eyes onto the guard from before; he flinched. She laughed hysterically and ran up to the man and dug her nails into the man's stomach. Everyone's eyes widened, including Marie's, and they gasped. The announcer and Hashirou from above stared in disbelief at the girl. "I've wanted to do this for a while." She whispered sadistically to the guard who gulped nervously, still in shock. Yuki then gripped her swords tightly and stabbed the mans shoulders making him scream in pain. She then whispered something in the guard's ears that made him gasp and instantly nod his head.

"H-Hey! What do you think you're doing to a guard?!" Another guard asked, trembling in fear. Yuki turned around and smirked. "More people would be better." She then ran towards the other guard and stabbed him in the leg with one sword and with the other she stabbed him in the stomach. Withdrawing her swords from the man she looked around and began to laugh once again.

Hashirou kept his gaze at the girl. "Did she already break? That's no fun." He was disappointed at the girls' low esteem; he had thought that maybe she would be interesting to him, but that all broke off right now. "She's like the others after all." The lab-coat man sighed in disappointment and then noticed Yuki staring right at him, making him twitch. Yuki pointed her swords to the man and then motioned the swords cutting her neck off as if to threaten the man. Hashirou couldn't help but smirk. "No, she's still interesting."

"G-Get her!" The announcer ordered the other guards who nervously listened.

Yuki again tilted her head. "You think you can beat me?"

"C-Call the Pacifistas!" One guard yelled to the announcer who nodded his head.

"Pacifista? Why does that sound so-" Yuki was interrupted by a huge hand that gripped her head and picked her up; the blacksmith struggled but soon her energy was drained temporarily and she drifted to sleep.

\(ºvº)/

Yuki woke up inside Hashirou's 'lab'. "Of course." She sighed and touched her head which was hurting. "Damn…"

"That was quite an interesting show you had." Yuki could tell the amusement in lab-coat man's voice.

"Yeah, well it just happened." The blacksmith shrugged while Hashirou raised a brow.

"You sure that was all?"
"Yep. Don't worry about it." Yuki smirked. "It happened a lot even with Luffy and the others… nothing too big." She lied.

"I see. I was wondering what it was, but if that's it then it's quite boring." He called over two guards who seemed scared of Yuki. "Take her back to her cell." They saluted and hesitantly grabbed the girl by her arms and dragged her to her cell.

"Onee-san!" Marie and her siblings came running towards the blacksmith with eagerness. She waved happily at them and the guards scoffed at Yuki.

"This girls' crazy." One muttered while the other nodded in agreement. They then threw her inside the cell and locked it and left.

"S-So did it work?! Did you tell that guard?!" Marie asked excitedly.

"Yup! And he's definitely going to do it since he doesn't want to be killed~" The blacksmith chuckled.

"Are you sure about that?" Ryuu questioned while Yuki nodded her head confidently.

"Yeah! Don't worry about it too much! That stupid guard will definitely tell the next fighting arena prisoners that I'm going to break out! That guy is a total wimp." She laughed it off.

"You really are too confident, Onee-san." Kayla shook her head, sweat-dropping.

"That's what keeps me going~" Yuki giggled and then dug in her pocket for the two Vivre Cards. She took out Ace's smaller one and saw that it was much smaller than before. Sighing, Yuki shook her head of any negative thoughts. "This is also what keeps me going." She said aloud and kept the Vivre Card close to her chest. "Ace won't die. He can't."

That's it for now. I apologize if it's boring! Uh… you'll know about Ace soon. Until next time.