Hey guys. :) I'M SOOOOO SORRY ABOUT THE VERY VERY LATE UPDATE; I've been soooo busy lately! I hope you like this chapter as a compensation lol. Well here ya'll go.

Chapter 35:

It had been a week since the whole incident with Yuki threatening a guard and her little show of being crazy. Right now, Yuki was slamming one guards' head against the wall, causing the man to fall to the ground. She then called the group of prisoners behind her that the coast was clear. They had managed to beat off the guards that were watching over the cells and now they were out thanks to Yuki threatening that one guard. "Come on guys!" She called out happily; shouts of excitement could be heard from behind her.

This was a prison-break.

Yuki had successfully gotten her swords; and the others had gotten their own weapons. Marie, Kayla and Ryuu ran close to the blacksmith; happiness and relief filled throughout their minds and bodies. They were free, and it was all thanks to Yuki-their savior. "I'll never forget this day!" Marie thought to herself excitedly, raising her arms in the air. Though something that came in the groups way made the little girls' stomach churn.

Hashirou and an army of Pacifistas.

Yuki's eyes widened. "Th-they're the same as…" Memories of fighting with Kuma and his doubles came through her mind like a bullet. "Wh-what the hell?! Why are there so many of them?! There's much more here than…" The blacksmith gulped but stood her ground.

Hashirou smirked at the blacksmith's reaction. "Interesting. It seems like you've fought quite the few Pacifistas; but nothing like these, correct?" He waved his arm like a talk show host calling out the next contestants.

"Damn it." Yuki cursed and gripped her swords tighter. "I'm not going to quit now!" She thought to herself. "I'm going to get out with everyone here and go to Luffy and the others!"

Hashirou stepped closer to the group slowly, not afraid at all. "You really thought you could get out that easily?" He questioned with amusement in his voice. "You seem to be underestimating this place's security."

"You seem to be underestimating me, as well." Yuki smirked; though right now she was anything but confident; her hands were trembling but she wouldn't show it through her voice. But of course, Hashirou noticed the girls' nervousness.

"You disappoint me Ayaka Keiji. I thought since you were the daughter of the Azuma then you would've been a much more interesting opponent; however you're shaking." He pointed out; the amusement in his voice was showing.

"Shut up. I'm not shaking." The blacksmith growled. Ryuu, Kayla and Marie all glanced at their savior with nervousness.

"I'm not surprised you are." The man chuckled. "You might've managed to come this far but that's it. Since you've fought with Pacifistas before I'm pretty sure you know their strength. And judging by the fact that you lost to them, I'm positive you know you can't beat them." The lab-coat man smirked mockingly making Yuki clench her teeth.

"We didn't lose because of some damn Pacifistas." She assured. "We only lost because… we were already-"

"Don't make excuses. I know perfectly well how you lost; the information is all in my mind. I know very well that Kizaru was there, as well as Sentoumaru and the real Kuma Bartholomew, at least what was left of him."

"O-Onee-san… what should we do?" Marie questioned tugging on the girls' shirt. Yuki looked down to Marie and patted her head.

"Just watch." "I hope this works…" As much as the blacksmith hated the power that reminded her of him she decided to use it. Yuki closed her eyes and remembered the times she had gotten her power; the time when the Strawhats met Kuma for the first time and then the time when Marie and her siblings were about to get hurt. The emotions she felt, the anger, the helplessness; it was coming back to her. The blacksmith breathed out and opened her eyes; revealing a left red eye showing and her hair slowly fading darker to blue; the girls' scars were going away and she was in full power. Hashirou's eyes widened a bit when he saw that she could change at will.

"Very interesting." He chuckled but was surprised when Yuki appeared a few inches away from him in a split second. He tried to walk back but was stopped when Yuki stabbed the man in the stomach. The man looked at Yuki and gasped. Her face was emotionless but you could tell she was full of anger. "What made her like that?!" He asked himself in horror. Yuki then turned to the Pacifistas who were all aiming their own attacks at her; she moved in a split second and quickly sliced the heads of the Pacifistas that were behind Hashirou. The group of prisoners gasped.

"What she really this strong?!" One asked. "We got really lucky!" Another exclaimed.

Marie stared at the girl with surprise. "I've never seen her like this." Yuki continued to slash the Pacifistas bodies without any trouble at all.

Ryuu nodded his head and gulped. "She's strong."

Kayla sweat-dropped. "Reaaaalllly strong." The 15 year old dragged the word.

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Yuki panted heavily. She had defeated about 30 Pacifistas at the moment, and they still kept coming. "How come there's so many?!" She frustratingly questioned aloud. "There shouldn't be so many in a place like this…." The blacksmith thought hardly; "Why are they even here if there's only people with a bounty of no less than 50 million beli?" Her thoughts were interrupted when one Pacifista came charging towards her; she did a back flip to cover more distance and then ran within a second towards the machine and sliced it simply. "Damn… this is getting annoyed." She cursed to herself.

Suddenly a hand touched the blacksmiths' shoulder making her flinch and move away from the person. She turned around and saw none other than Hashirou holding a golden den-den mushi in his hand.

"Tell me, Ayaka Keiji…." He spat out angrily. "Have you heard of a buster call?!" Yuki's eyes widened as she remembered the call that Spandam had done against Robin and everyone. The man smirked.

"Ahh… that's right… you did go to Enies Lobby with your crew to get back your little friend, correct? That was quite the headlines for a while…" The man chuckled but then became serious instantly.

"Why is there a buster call den-den mushi here? In this place?!" Yuki asked curiously.

"Ohh~ That's right, you don't know; might as well tell you. This place is the third lab of no other than the smartest man in the world!" The man raised his arms in the air with excitement. "The man I admire the most, Dr Vegapunk!"

Yuki tilted her head confused. "Who the hell is that?" Everyone surrounding Yuki, including Marie and her siblings and the prisoners gasped.

"Y-You don't know, Onee-san?!" Marie questioned astonished while the blacksmith shook her head.

"Nope. Who is he?"
"HE-" Hashirou began, angry at the fact that Yuki didn't know the great genius.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Yuki shook her head, interrupting the lab-coat man.. "I do NOT want to hear it from you!" She pointed to the man in frustration. "You're going to go on and on about shit that I don't care about! All that I know is that he is some genius and that's enough." The 19 year old crossed her arms and decided leaving everyone baffled.

"You woman! Do you know who you're talking about like that?! He's-" Hashirou angrily shouted at the blacksmith.

"I TOLD YOU I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT FROM YOU!" She yelled running towards the scientist. The blacksmith jumped in the air and slashed her sword towards the man; causing a wave barely scratching his arm.

"That's not enough to take this den-den mushi away from me!" He smirked psychotically. Yuki growled and Hashirou then was about to push the button of the snail, but was stopped by a little girl-Marie.

"MARIE!" Her two siblings who were focused on Yuki suddenly noticed where their little sister was.

"Hey you bitch! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" He growled trying to snatch away the phone from the girl; but Marie held it tightly, obviously nervous at being hit or killed.

"Marie! Nice job!" Yuki shouted happily and then jumped and kicked the man to the floor; the pressure of the kick caused the ground to have a hole. Hashirou coughed out blood and then fell to the floor instantly. "That was easy." The girl scoffed happily and hugged the little girl who was trembling in fear. "You did good Marie! Who knows what would've happened if you hadn't done that!"

"Th-Thanks… Onee-san…" The girl whispered softly. Ryuu and Kayla ran up to their little sister and hugged her as well.

"You idiot!" Ryuu scolded. "You could've gotten killed!" Kayla bonked her older brothers' head and sighed.

"But you saved us, so it's okay!" She smiled making Yuki and Marie do the same.

"Shall we go then?" The blacksmith asked the three who nodded excitedly.

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"WOOHOOO!" Yuki stretched her arms and raised them in the air. The wind was blowing through her silver hair and she felt great. The blacksmith and the three siblings were on a small boat at the moment, escaping from Dr Vegapunk's lab. Other prisoners got on their own boats and were heading towards their long awaited homes and families. "It feels sooo good to be out in the fresh air after a month!" She said happily looking towards her three friends who nodded.

"A month!? We have been here for three years! I forgot how good the wind and the outside felt and smelled!' Marie giggled.

"Yeah! It feels amazing!" Kayla and Ryuu agreed, doing the same as their savior.

"Hey, so where are we going now?" Kayla questioned thinking about it.

"Hmmm…. Good question…. I'm not a navigator…" Yuki plopped down on the boat making it shake a little. "How about we just go where the wind takes us?" She smirked.

"EHHH!?" The three shouted. "Are you serious Onee-san?!" Marie gasped while the blacksmith chuckled rubbing the back of her head.

"Well yeah. I don't know where the hell we are right now. Grand Line? East blue? North blue? West blue? I don't know! So our best bet is to go where the wind takes us and eventually find an island where we can find out where we are!"

"….." The siblings stared at her for a few minutes.

"That's pretty smart." Ryuu complimented.

"I can be useful at times like this!" The blacksmith pouted.

"So…. Let's just… sleep for now, I guess?" Kayla suggested while the others agreed.

"It's been a long day, you guys must be tired." The blacksmith nodded her head. "I'll keep watch for a while just in case some of those bastards follow us." The others obeyed and instantly went to sleep. Yuki watched at them for a while and then got caught up in her own thoughts.

"I wonder how Ace is… I lost both Vivre Cards so I don't know where the hell Rayleigh is or how Ace is. Damn. I'm in a huge pickle." The girl stretched her arms and looked around; all she saw was the vast ocean and distantly she saw a few boats of the prisoners that escaped along with her. "I hope this island isn't in a secluded place… otherwise I'm screwed. I couldn't even find any damn food in that place, where the hell did they keep it? I hope we won't be drifting too long…I do not want Marie, Ryuu and Kayla to starve to death after they finally escaped…"

Yuki's thoughts were interrupted as her eyes began to slowly close. A yawn escaped her lips and she sank further into the little boat. "Just sleeping for a little while won't hurt." She smiled and slowly drifted to slumber.

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The four washed onto a dark island; they still hadn't woken up from their sleeping since they were dead tired. Their boat floated away from a huge wave and they landed on an unknown island without the boat. Yuki still hadn't woken up since she felt weak after using her power too much.

Someone noticed these four coming and came closer to them. The person's eyebrows rose. "Isn't that…" The figure shrugged. "I guess I'll take them to the castle for now… Negative hollow! (I'm sorry I didn't know what to call it)" A few ghosts appeared behind the figure. "Come and help me carry these four!"

As the 'stranger' picked the four up along with its companions a chuckle could be heard from its lips. "Harararararara~"

DUN DUN DUNNNNN~ I'm pretty sure you can guess who this is and where Yuki has landed ^^ Next chapter is when you'll figure out about Ace! Hopefully :O