Reunite

Nami, Zoro, and Sogeking were facing off against two CP9 members. One of them was Kaku and the other one calls himself Jyabura. Kaku had powers from the giraffe devil fruit while Jyabura had ate a different type of wolf devil fruit than Juba.

"You know what," Jyabura said to Sogeking in a depressed tone, "I don't really care if you have my key." Jyabura tossed his key on the ground.

"Oi, thank you," Sogeking said happily as he began to reach for the key.

"SOGEKING!" shouted a voice from behind, "DON'T FALL FOR IT!" Sogeking, Nami, Zoro, Kaku, and Jyabura looked in the back of the room to see Juba standing proud like with a huge smile on his face.

"JUBA!" shouted Nami, Zoro, and Sogeking at the same time.

"He is trying to trick you Sogeking," explained Juba, "he is using his key as bait to get an easy shot at you." Jyabura laughed.

"You do realize it doesn't take a great tactician to figure that one out."

"Oh, I know," added Juba as he started to gently toss a key into the air repeatedly. Kaku and Jyabura froze when they saw the key.

"No way," stated Kaku in shock.

"It's. . .impossible," added Jyabura. Nami, Sogeking, and Zoro were confused.

"What are they talking about?" Nami asked impatiently. Juba grabbed the key firmly in his hand and smiled.

"They are in denial that I took this key from Edgar Howler in a game of chess." Nami, Sogeking, and Zoro froze up.

"Juba," Zoro asked shakily, "does this mean that you are. . ."

"None other than this world's new Grand Tactician," Juba finished Zoro's sentence. Kaku and Jyabura were still in denial; however Nami, Zoro, and Sogeking were extremely happy for him.

"Congrats on your victory and dream achievement," Nami said with a smile. Juba nodded his head in agreement. Then Jyabura looked pissed and charged at Juba. Juba quickly transformed into his man beast form as well, and was able to block the attack.

"There is no way an amateur like you could have beaten Edgar Howler, the Grand Tactician!" Juba pushed Jyabura off and jumped next to Sogeking and handed him the key.

"That is the key that will unlock Robin's sea stone cuffs," Juba explained to Sogeking, "Nami, make sure that Sogeking gets this key to Robin." Nami nodded her head, then Sogeking and Nami ran off to save Robin. Juba turned and faced his opponent.

"Don't think I'll go easy on you," explained Jyabura. Juba smiled.

"I wouldn't think that you would." All of a sudden, Sanji appeared and kicked Jyabura in the face. Jyabura went flying and skidded across the floor. Juba smiled.

"Who are you?" Jyabura asked in anger as he got back on his feet. Sanji took a small breath with his cigarette and smiled.

"The hunter."

"That sounds about right," Juba said in agreement.

"I don't really care," stated Jyabura.

"Didn't you just ask who he was?" Juba asked in a fake confusion.

"Yeah, he did," agreed Sanji. Jyabura grew angry and charged at them. Sanji and Juba easily dodged the attack.

"HOLD STILL!" shouted Jyabura.

"Juba," Sanji said in a hurry, "I don't know where Bear is. You should go find him." Juba nodded his head and transformed into a wolf, and ran off like a bullet to find his friend.

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Juba ran and ran as fast as he could to try and find Bear as fast as he could. After a short amount of time, Juba did find some of Bear's handiwork. Juba followed the trail and did find, in no time at all, Bear and Tom fighting a fierce battle. Juba wasted no time at all jumping down and stopping the fight. Bear was losing but not by much.

"Juba," Bear said in his man beast form, "you are okay."

"Of course," Juba bragged, "listen, the others really need you up top."

"But I need to finish this fight."

"I'll do that," Juba stated as he transformed into his man beast. "The others really need you up top. Find Robin." Bear hesitated for a moment and finally nodded his head. Bear transformed into a bear and took off. Juba face his brother who was also in his man beast form.

"I have to admit, your friend knows how to fight without using ramen noodles," Tom complimented Bear.

"I don't know why he does that myself," explained Juba, "but that doesn't matter." Juba charged at Tom.

"Soru," Tom said before he vanished. Juba couldn't see Tom, but he did hear him. Juba turned around and launched a punch at Tom. Tom ducked in the nick of time.

"Nice trick," Juba said with a smile.

"Soru." Tom disappeared again and Juba could hear that he was coming from behind him again. Juba this time launched a powerful kick at Tom and this time Tom couldn't avoid it. Tom flew back a little bit and landed on his feet.

"I suppose cats all ways land on their feet," Juba joked. Tom came at Juba again using that same trick again and again. Each time though, Juba was able to hear where Tom was coming from and able to dodge the attack.

"Not bad," Tom said while wiping blood off of his lip, "but you need to be better to beat me, the son of the Grand Tactician." Juba then laughed. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!"

"You need to change that to this: "I am the older brother of the Grand Tactician." Tom froze. Juba didn't waste this chance. "WOLF WHEEL!" Juba span vertically towards Tom and hitting him dead center. Juba landed nicely on his feet while Tom fell to the floor bleeding.

"How. . .did you. . . .beat father?" Tom asked on the floor nearly unconscious.

"Well," Juba started, "I suppose the luck factor was large in that match. I did have my skills and I thought I was going to loose for a while, but then he made an error in keeping his king in a bad spot." Juba started to walk away.

"Wait!" shouted Tom with all of his might.

"I am breaking our ties here," explained Juba, "I am Juba Croheart, the Grand Tactician! Just get use to it." Juba walked away leaving Tom looking very pissed.

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Luffy was battling Lucci, in his Gear Second mode, to the extreme. Both of them were exhausted.

"LUFFY!" shouted a voice from the direction of the destroyed bridge. Luffy looked in the direction and saw Sogeking, Franky, Nami, Zoro, Bear, and Sanji on the bridge.

"WE ARE FINE AND WE SAVED ROBIN!" shouted Franky.

"NOW BEAT HIM!" shouted Zoro.

"THEN WE CAN LEAVE!" added Sanji.

"TOGETHER!" Bear shouted. Luffy smiled.

"WHERE'S JUBA?!" Luffy shouted back. There was no reply.

"WE DON'T KNOW!" Bear finally answered.

"That is still one less pirate in this world," Lucci said in relief.

"Don't be too sure." A voice came from the stairs near by. Juba emerged from the stairs in his man beast form. Looking pretty good. As if he hadn't been in any fights at all.

"How are you not injured?" Lucci asked in a state of shock. Juba smiled.

"Easy, I didn't get hit." Lucci looked stunned. Lucci then shook out of it and attack Juba. It was so fast that Juba didn't have time to dodge or counter. Lucci hit Juba in the chest with a powerful punch. This sent Juba flying into a pile of rubble, and the rubble collapsed on top of him.

"JUBA!" shouted Luffy in anger. Lucci then faced Luffy and started to attack. Lucci then hit Luffy with a devastating attack that caused Luffy to fall to the ground.

"This is the end," stated Lucci. All of a sudden, a pile of rubble shattered and there stood a very angry Juba.

"I'm back again."

"humph, you are indeed tougher than you look," Lucci complemented Juba.

"Thanks, but that isn't the only trick I have," added Juba.

"No Juba," Luffy said in his weaken state, "he'll kill you." Juba transformed back into a human and smiled.

"Let's see if you are right Luffy." Juba squatted a little and put his fists together. One fist was facing up; while the other one was facing down. "SPIRIT LINK!" Juba then moved his fists so that his fingers were facing himself. Juba then pulled them apart and he started to change. When it was over, he looked like his man beast form, but it was definitely different. His fur was white and he looked a lot stronger. "LOBO!" There stood a proud and strong white wolf creature ready to fight.

"I am not impressed," Lucci said smugly. Juba then was gone in an instant and in front of Lucci.

"WHITE X!" Juba shouted as he slashed Lucci's chest with an X like cut. Lucci stumbled back and was bleeding.

"What the?" Lucci asked in a state of shock, but Juba didn't let up. Juba disappeared again.

"WHITE X!"

"TEKKAI!" Juba launched his attack again but it was harder to cut him this time. Juba jumped back next to Luffy.

"That's so cool," Luffy said happily to Juba. Juba didn't respond in any way and attack again. Lucci was fighting to his fullest to keep up with Juba. One attack after the other and finally the battle was getting to Juba.

Damn, thought Juba, Spirit Link isn't going to last much longer. With no time to loose Juba charged at Lucci to launch another attack. Before he could get there, Juba transformed back into a human and was on the ground.

"Looks like you are out of tricks," Lucci stated with a smug look on his face. Juba slowly got to his feet and smiled.

"Do you really think so? Indeed, I can't use Spirit Link again in this fight, but I have another surprise for you." Lucci then realized it. Lucci turned around to see Luffy standing up and ready to fight again.

"GUM GUM. . ." shouted Luffy.

"TEKKAI!" Lucci acted as fast as he could to defend against the on coming attack. Juba quickly got out of the way and watched as Luffy launched a barrage of fast punches. There were so fast that Juba couldn't see them.

"JET GATLING!" Juba watched as the mighty Lucci was slowly being pushed back by Luffy. Luffy then had Lucci up against a wall which Luffy blasted Lucci right through in a matter of seconds. Luffy fell to the ground again while Lucci went flying outside.

"Luffy," Juba said as he rushed over to Luffy.

"This should do it," Luffy said to Juba. Juba nodded his head.

"All that is left is to leave this place," added Juba. Then Luffy took a deep breath.

"LET'S GO BACK TOGETHER! ROBIN!" Luffy and smiled after he said that. Even though there was no bridge to them, but Juba knew something. Bear, Nami, Sanji, Chopper, Franky, Luffy, Robin, the strange lady with a rabbit and a kid, Zoro, Usopp, and finally himself were reunited.

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So, Robin as been saved and everyone is together. How will this escape end?

Will it end with a glorious victory?

Or

Will it end with a disastrous defeat?

Find out in the next chapter of . . .

One Piece

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