8 hours till the wedding, the mirror crew had captured Brulee, Levy had tricked her. When she had finished setting up the barrier, she told brulee to chase Chopper and Carrot around the mirror world, and eventually lead them back to her barrier. Little did she know however that Levy had actually set the barrier up to capture her, and not the Strawhats. After that she was tied up and and thrown into a sack. Xenovia had also joined the group, as well as Nami of the Strawhat crew, the leopard mink Pedro, and the first son of the sea Jinbei. They currently are spending time looking for Sanji, through each mirror using Brulee's power.

"What the hell?! " Carrot yells as she stares into one of the mirrors.

"What's wrong Carrot?" Nami says looking at back at the rabbit girl.

"B-B-Brook!" She says pointing at the mirror.

Everyone gathers around the mirror, and looks into it. On the other side is Big Mom's bedroom. She lies in her bed sleeping, but clutched in her hand is the Strawhat musician, Soul King Brook.

"What should we do?" Carrot asks with a worried look.

Pedro stares into the mirror at that skeleton. "Well at least he's still alive!"

Everyone starts rambling about how how humongous big mom is, and about why is Brook sleeping in Big Mom's bed with her and how he could sleep despite the situation he was in.

"MAAAMMMAAA! It's Brulee save me!" Brulee yells at the top of her lungs.

"Quick shut her up!" yells Jinbei says pulling her back, as Temari gags her.

Big Mom's eyes open for a second and a sense of dread falls on everyone as they think she saw them. She mumbles something about a fly then goes back to sleep. Everyone thinks they are safe till Big Mom smashes the her fist into the ground, which is quickly followed by an attack from Big Mom's guardian homies ,Napoleon, Zeus and, Prometheus. The attack make everyone doubt if it's possible to rescue Brook. After a few moments of thinking they decide on doing it and are quickly able to make a fake Soul King using a skeleton from the Chateau dungeons, and some seaweed from the kitchen for the afro.

The first attempt to try to rescue him is attempted by Chopper, but he fails and almost gets smashed by Big Mom's fist. The next to try was Carrot, who almost gets zapped by Zeus. Pedo also fails, but manages to get big mom to let go of Brook and he falls to the floor. Nami is about to rush in to grab him, when Temari puts her hand on her shoulder and stops her.

"No offense Nami, but let me do it. I'm faster then you. "Nami nods and hands Temari the fake Brook.

Temari steps through mirror with the fake on her back in place of her giant fan. She runs towards Brook, whom was lying on the floor near the bed. The Blonde haired kunoichi reaches Brook and quietly whispers. "Soul King, wake up! " He doesn't answer, so she shakes him again "Soul King wake up!"

Brook wakes up and yells "GYAAAAAA!!! A GHOST!!!" Catching a glimpse of the fake Brook.

His yelling cuases Big Mom to stir. " You're still here? What a bloody persistent fly!" She says as she grabs Prometheus and attempts to slam him down on Brook and Temari. " HEAVENLY FIRE! " Temari just barely dodges the fire attack before flying through the mirror.

"Oh hello Temari-chan it's so lovely to see you again." Brook says as he realizes he was no longer in Big Mom's clutches

"Why the hell did you scream! You almost got us killed!"

"Ahh, well you surprised me that's all!" He says as Temari sighs.

Pedro looks at Brook and says "Well everything aside I'm glad that you're alive."

As Nami and Temari help Brook free from his bindings he says. " I thought I was going to die. Ah.. I'm already dead. "

Pedro continues " I'm guessing because you set off the security net. It means that you we're not able to get the poneglyph rubbings. I'm sorry to have put you all in danger like this."

"No not at all as I said before this was something for all of us in the first place anyway. You said it yourself as the two of us were sneaking in, this would be a once in a lifetime chance. " Brook Replies as he opens up his head and grab something out." If we ever had to steal a poneglyph from Big Mom again, I doubt we could do so without triggering a full-scale war." He hands a stack of papers to Nami. " Here you are the rubbing! Now as I was saying, I'm glad you are okay as well. "

Nami unfolds the papers, as Brook continues to talk to Pedro. When they are unfolded she stares at them in shock. "Brook how did you? These are... "

Brook turns to look at her." Ah.. they are poneglyph rubbings and let me tell you I only got them by the skin of my teeth. Big Mom showed up right as I finished the last one. " Everyone starts yelling at Brook asking him questions about how the hell he was able to get them.

He just nonchalantly answers "yeah", like it was no big deal. once everyone is over the initial shock they start congratulating him, Nami even hugs him.

As he accepts the hug he says. "Yohohoho! So then... Do you think you can show me your panties?"

Nami immediately hits him and yells "No way in hell, you pervert!"

After he gets up, he rubs his face and says. "It's ok, I got my hopes up for nothing. I thought maybe you would reward me."

Xenovia who had pretty much been quiet this entire time, thinks to herself. This world was still fairly new to her, but she's learned a few things in her short time being here. The biggest thing was a Yanko like big mom were people that were incredibly strong, people you didn't want to mess with. If Soul King was somehow able to stand up to her, then he deserved something for his efforts.

"Soul King!" Xenovia says.

Brook Turns to look at the blue-haired woman. "Yes Xenovia-san."

"Just because the orange-haired witch won't give you a reward, that doesn't mean I won't!"

Nami turns and looks at Xenovia. "What do you mean you will? AND WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CAL...?!"

She stops mid-sentence, as Xenovia strips off her black spandex battle suit. As the she pulls down the suit, it reveals a black lace bra, and a set of matching panties. "There you are, Soul King! "

At that moment Brook has a nosebleed that would rival Sanji. It causes him to rocket straight into the air. Xenovia and the others look up at him, until he starts plummeting to the ground. He is Quickly caught by Carrot, who jumps up into the air to save him.

Levy stands there in shock at what she just saw. She understood that Soul King was alive, only because of a devil fruit. She however didn't understand how it's possible for a skeleton with no bloodstream, to have a nose bleed.

With Nathan Inside the castle dungeon

Nathan is inside the Castle Arystar dungeon, tying one more time to convince his lion mink prisoner to help him.

"Pekoms! It's getting down to the wire, the wedding is less than 12 hours away. I will ask you one more time. "Will you side with me, and help me with my plan? Will you help me protect the Strawhats from Big Mom?"

"Fine I will help, but only for the sake of Stawhat."

Back in the mirror world

After searching for a good while to locate Luffy and Sanji, the mirror world group finally does. After all the pleasantries were over and Luffy confirmed that Sanji was coming back to the crew, Jinbei begins speaking." Now then Luffy, we know what we must do!"

"Yea! and now that I think about it, Sanji's big sis saved my life!" Luffy replies through a tiny mirror shard from a broken mirror.

"Ahh... then we must save her at all costs. However that is easier said than done...! Even though we don't necessarily have to take out Big Mom herself, every time she has a tea party, she looks forward to it with all her heart. To destroy that would mean, inciting the full wrath a yonko. You have already confronted the various ministers, but they are just the tip of the iceberg! There will surely be many more fierce warriors at the tea party, as well as many of the emperors of the underworld who have invites. As for the ones we have standing with us it is only 10."

Brulee, who had somehow got ungagged screams out at Jinbei,when she realizes that he was including her in that number.

"And forgive me for changing the subject, but you need to hear this. I've already talked to everybody on this side about it. Tell me Luffy, do you know of Nathaniel Arystar? "

" Yeah he is the one who took Sanji!" Luffy responds.

"Right! He killed Bege Capone, a man who was on par with you as one of the worst generation. Capone had conquered his home in the West Blue, and then set out for piracy when he got bored. He was a force to be reckoned with, and Arystar killed him with ease. Arystar maybe a fairly new captain but he is already worth 200 million, and his crew another 400 million. He is much like you in a sense, his crew may be small but he is not to be underestimated. He he even has an old friend of mine on his crew, a friend I would trust with my life."

"Okay Jenbei, but why are you telling me all this?" Luffy asks.

"Well after taking out Capone, Big Mom gave Arystar Capone's job, which is security for the wedding. The wedding is now a double wedding, as one of Arystar's crew members is also getting married to a child of Big Mom. The wedding however is just a front , as big mommy plans to use it to kill the vinsmokes, and take control of the Germa army. Capone had a plan that would have stopped big mom by taking her head during the middle of her tea party, a plan which is now being used by Arystar. As we speak he is even convincing, a subordinate of big mom named Pekoms to join him. "

Luffy's voice comes from the other side of the mirror shard. "Pekoms! A guy named Pekoms left us a note, telling us how to get here. I wanted to thank him for that! "

"Yes, Arystar allowed him to leave that note before throwing him into the dungeon he created using the power of the Shiro Shiro no Mi, which he stole from Capone after killing him. The wedding is is at 10 a.m. that's only 5 hours away. Arystar and his crew, have already made plans for the ten of us to help them. "

"Yea I was supposed to have a meeting with him yesterday, but with all of what's been going on since we landed, I kind of missed the meeting."

"Yes and Arystar and his crew understand that. They know that you were unable to make the meeting, due to circumstances beyond your control. He was going to ask you in the meeting if you wanted to join forces with him!"

"Well, when I met his crew which was a blue haired girl and that ghost girl from Thriller bark, they seems like really nice people. So if he has a plan that can help us save Sanji's family it might be worth hearing."

whole cake Island, former hideout the Firetank Pirates

"I must say, Capone had a pretty nice place here, it's a shame I don't plan on staying. Zac do you think your old captain will be able to convince Strawhat to join us?"

"Aye! Capt'n Jinbei informed me that Straw'at asked him to join the Straw'at Pirates and that he intends to do so. I have faith that he will be able to do convince."

"I can't wait to meet Strawhat Luffy!" Nathan says barely able to contain his excitement

45 minutes later, 4 hours and 15 minutes till the tea party

"So we finally made it to the Firetank Fortress where Arystar has taken residence!" Sanji says staring up at the door.

"Yea, I wonder what kind of person Arystar is?" Luffy asks as the doors swing open, revealing a certain red-haired vampire girl.

"Welcome, I'm glad you decided to come!" Akane says staring back at Luffy and Sanji.

Sanji immediately runs up to Akane, grabs her hand and kisses it." Akane-chaaaan! It's so good to see you again! How have you been, Akane-chaaan?!"

"I've been good and you?"

"Great! Now that your here!"

Akane leads them into the former Firetank hideout. Luffy takes takes a little bit of time to get a bath and then proceeds to meet Nathan! They all gather around a big table, to discuss the plan for taking out Big Mom. "Welcome, Stawhat! I'm glad you were able to meet me! I'm big fan of yours and, and I look forward to working with you!"