Yosh! I am ON a ROLL!!

Amie: Which is actually kind of surprising...

Luffy: What makes you say that?

Zoro: The author's been playing Legend of Mana and trying write a storyline for her original story. Weird that she's found time to write this chapter.

Oh, poo to you too! Anyway, polls haven't changed in order, just the number of votes! So VOTE FOLKS!! VOTE!! AND REEEEEEAAAAAAAAD!!

Amie: Yep, she's lost it.


Thoughout the conversation, my eye kept twitching.

Igaram... in a dress... dressed like Vivi... who's dressed like Vivi...? Igaram is dressed like Vivi... My poor brain can't handle it... it's slowly... slowly... meeeeeltiiiiiing...

"Amie-chan, your eye's still twitching..." Zoro said.

"I know..." I said. "It's because you won't let me gouge it out..."

"Oh, come on! Is it really that bad?"

I turned to Zoro slowly and gave him a look...

... And my eye twitched.

Zoro looked at me, then at Igaram, then back at me. "...Nevermind..."

"Thank you." I said.

"So, how about the deal of taking the princess to Alabasta?" I spared the slightest glance at Igaram and fought another twitch.

"Eh? What're you talking about?" Luffy asked.

"He wants us to take Vivi home, Luffy..." I said, looking at Luffy. Anything to not have to look at Igaram...

"Oh, really?" Luffy said. "Sure. Why not?"

"ARE YOU CRAZY!?" I glanced at Nami. "THIS GUY'S BOUNTY IS FOUR TIMES HIGHER THAN ARLONG'S!!"

"There there, Nami..." I said, walking over to her. "It shouldn't be too hard."

"OH SHUT UP!!" I yelped as Nami snapped at me. "I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SO CALM ABOUT THIS!!"

"Princess, please give me an Eternal Log Pose..." Igaram said, cutting me off of whatever I was going to say in response.

Nami seemed to automatically snap out of her crazed yelling spree.

"What's an Eternal Log Pose?" She asked.

"You don't know about it?" Igaram asked. I shook my head. "You know how a regular Log Pose guides you from one island to another, right?"

"Yeah..." I said.

Igaram then held up some strange frame with a large log pose sphere in it. On the wood it had "Alabasta" written on it.

"With this kind of Log Pose, once it has memorized the frequency of an island, it records it forever..." He explained. "No matter where you are, it will only guide you to that island, and that's why it's called an Eternal Log Pose. This one has recorded Alabasta's frequency..."

He then turned to Vivi. "Listen to me, Princess Vivi..." He said. "I will disguise myself as you and take these dummies with me to Alabasta. As Baroque Works is chasing me, please leave with these people and follow a normal route. I've never followed that route, but it should take you two to three islands before you reach Alabasta. If you arrive safely, I hope to see you in our country."

We decided to follow Vivi and escort Igaram to the boat he was going to take, and it was then that I notice the four dummies he had under his arms. So he was planning on taking those with him.

... Well, if he ever loses his mind, he can always talk to them and give them different names.

"That dress really suits you." I blinked out of my daze and gave Luffy a funny look.

"How does it suit him?" Zoro took the question right out of my mouth.

It went unnoticed.

"Please take good care of the princess." Igaram said.

"We will, Mr. Iggy." I said.

Igaram looked at me and his lips twitched slightly... his lip-stick-covered lips... Eugh...

"And you be careful too, Madame Priestess..."

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!

I didn't have time to shout at him and tell him that I'm not a frickin' priestess, because he was already on board his ship and raising the anchor, sailing off into the distance.

"He was cool, even until the last minute!" Luffy said, waving.

"He is someone that I can rely on..." Vivi said, a grin on her face.

"I just hope that he's not in drag the next time we see him..." I muttered.

"I agree..." Zoro muttered back.

"Yosh!" I turned to Luffy to see him turn from the horizon and begin to walk off. "Let's get Sanji and Usopp and head out of here!"

"FINALLY we're getting out of Mutant-Cactus Land!" I said, following him, hearing Zoro and Vivi do the same thing as I saw Nami turn and walk with us.

We all paused though, when there was a loud explosion. I nearly jumped in surprise at first, and then my blood ran cold.

I slowly turned and felt my eyes widen at the sight of fire where Igaram's ship used to be.

"Dammit! Someone found him!" Zoro snapped.

I felt adrenaline pulse in my veins. We had to get out of here. And soon... well, more like now!

"Nami!" I said, turning to her. "The Log Pose is ready now, right?"

"Yeah, it's okay now." Nami said, checking it.

"Then let's not waste another minute! We have to get the others and go, now!" I shouted.

"Right!"

We began to run off, but I was held back by Nami.

"Vivi!" Eh?

I turned to see Vivi just standing there, and I sighed, rushing up to her with Nami ahead of me.

"Vivi, come on, we have to go!" Nami said, grabbing Vivi's shoulder. "If they catch us, it'll be for nothing! You don't want that, do you?"

When Vivi didn't say anything, I walked around and looked at her. She was gnawing at her lip, hiding her eyes from anyone who was looking.

She was trying to hold it all in...

I sighed, pulling her into a quick hug. "Hey, don't worry!" I said firmly. "We're gonna get out of here and we're going to get you to Alabasta!"

I heard her sniffle a bit, but then I felt her nod stiffly. And with that, I patted her back and pulled away.

"Now, let's go!" I said.

"Right!" And with that, we dashed onward.

We dashed through the streets as fast as we could, and I couldn't help but feel like I was forgetting something...

My glasses? No, they were on my face...

My necklace? Nope, still there...

What was it?

I put those thoughts aside when we got to the docks and we saw Zoro deal with the anchor.

"Okay, come on!"

"Wait!" What now!? "I need to find Carue!"

"Carue?" Nami parroted.

"Her cute buzzard." I explained.

"He's not just a buzzard!" Vivi snapped. "He is my friend!"

"Whatever! The point is that we don't have time to look for it now!" Nami snapped.

"What's wrong?" We all turned to see Zoro standing there.

"Vivi doesn't know where the cute buzzard is, so she wants to go find it!" I responded.

"Are you talking about him?" Zoro asked, pointing over to his right. I blinked, confused, then gawked when Carue walked over, flapping his wing in greeting. "He was here before me."

"YOU WERE OVER THERE!?" I flinched as Vivi and Nami shouted this into both my ears and I sighed.

"Look, Carue's on board, like we have to be." I said. "Now let's get on the ship and go already!"

"We need to turn the ship upstream." Vivi explained as we climbed aboard, seeing Luffy there already, Sanji and Usopp on the deck, Usopp rubbing his nose and Sanji rubbing his ankle. "It's the fastest way out of here."

"Then let's go!" Luffy shouted, the wind catching the sails.

I hummed, looking around, then I blinked as I saw Carue.

"CUTE BUZZARD!!" I shouted, dashing after him, causing him to squawk and run away from me, creating an interesting chase. Eventually I did catch up with him, sitting on the saddle and hugging his neck. "So cuuuuute!"

He quacked a bit, flapping his wings, and I had no idea if he was flattered or he was just accepting defeat.

"Do you know how many people will be following us?" I heard Luffy ask as Carue walked by him.

"Lots of people!" I called. "Lots and lots!"

"I'm not sure..." Vivi explained. "There are about two-thousand people working for Baroque Works and there are many towns similar to Whiskey Peak."

"I'm guessing about one thousand are gonna come after us..." Nami explained.

"See?" I said, Carue walking us by again. "Lots of people!"

I yelped, falling off Carue when there was shouting not too far away. I merely jumped up, dusting myself off, seeing that the sources were Sanji and Usopp.

Apparently they wanted to stay.

"Can someone explain it to them?" I blinked, turning to Zoro, about to respond when I heard someone punching someone else.

I looked over and felt myself sweat drop. "Well, Nami apparently took care of it..." I then glanced out towards Mutant Cact-I mean... Whiskey Peak. "Oo! Misty..."

"That means dawn's approaching..." Oh boy! Dawn!... That means I only slept... a little bit... and that was because of some nasty drugged alcohol...

Ho boy... No wonder I was chasing around Carue...

"Nice ship."

I blinked then smiled, turning to the source of the voice. "Myaa! Thank yo-!" I cut myself off when I saw who had just said that, and my thanks kinda dwindled off into a small squeak.

It was a woman dressed in purple... with a sweet hat!

Wait, NO!! I can't get distracted! She may be evil! Can not focus on the fact that she had a cool hat!

But who was she? She seems vaguely familiar... What was her name again?... Gah, I can't remember!

"W-Wha!?" I heard Zoro next to me. "Who's that!?"

The newcomer grinned down at us. "I just met Mr. 8 over there..." She tilted her head to the side. "Miss Wednesday..."

"How the heck did she get here?" I muttered.

"WHY ARE YOU HERE, MISS ALL SUNDAY!?" Vivi shouted.

"She's an agent?" I asked, turning towards Vivi.

"Who's her partner?" Nami asked.

"Her partner is Mr. 0, the boss! She's the only one who knows about him!" Vivi explained. "I followed her. That was how I was able to find out his true identity..."

"Actually..." Miss All Sunday said. "I just let you follow me..."

"Eh?" Luffy turned to Vivi. "So she's a good person?"

"I KNEW THAT!!" Vivi snapped. "AND THE PERSON WHO TOLD THE BOSS ABOUT ME IS YOU TOO, RIGHT!?"

"Eh?" Luffy then frowned, looking at Miss All Sunday again. "So, she's a bad person..."

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?" Vivi snapped again.

"I feel that you worked really heard..." Miss All Sunday said. "So, I decided to help you. However, a princess who wants to help her nation and decided to become Baroque Works' enemy is a very stupid thing..."

"STOP INSULTING ME!!" Vivi shouted.

I saw Nami and Zoro draw their weapons, and I decided to do the same, almost surprised that Sanji was on one side of Miss All Sunday with a gun and Usopp was on the other with his slingshot.

I didn't really pay attention to what Sanji and Usopp were going on about. I was more focused on whether or not Miss All Sunday was going to attack or not.

"Those things are dangerous..." She said, and with that, Sanji and Usopp fell down back onto the main deck. "Don't point them at me."

"No frickin' way!" I said. "How'd she do that?"

"She's got devil fruit powers!" Well, shit!

"What kind of crazy powers are-!?" I silenced when I felt my hammer turn into liquid in my hands and fall onto the deck. It then started to snake towards Miss All Sunday.

"Ack! Where are you going!?" I snapped, hand outstretched. "Get back here!"

Just as it was about to spring up, it automatically flew back towards me and I yelped as it hit my chest, forming back into its pendant form.

...

Well, that was weird...

"Well..." I looked up to see Miss All Sunday staring right at me. "It seems that the rumors are true... you must be the so-called 'imposter'..."

Shit, she knew about that whole shpeal...

"Calm down." She said. "I haven't received any orders yet, so there's no reason to fight you now."

"So you're the captain..." I blinked, then gawked as Luffy's hat floated over to her and she snatched it.

"HEY!!" Luffy shouted. "GIVE ME BACK MY HAT!! YOU WANNA MESS WITH ME!?"

She only put the hat over hers. "You are so unlucky to have to help the princess, the enemy of Baroque Works... and you too, princess. You only have a few pirates to protect you... But worst of all is the direction you're heading."

I frowned. Where was our next stop again?

"Your next destination is Little Garden." She continued. "Maybe you won't arrive in Alabasta. Maybe you will all disappear from this world before you see Crocodile's face."

"DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT!?" Luffy snapped up at her. "JUST GIVE ME BACK MY HAT!!"

"Stop barking! Anyone can boast." Robin said, snapping her fingers, Luffy's hat floating back to his head, and something else flying into Vivi's hands. "You knew that you will face many obstacles, but you're still going. You really are crazy..."

She held it up. "Eternal Log Pose...?"

"If you have that, you can overcome any obstacle because that will guide you directly to Alabasta." Miss All Sunday explained. "Our boss doesn't even know the way, so we can't follow you..."

"So she is a good person!" Nami said.

"I think it's a trap..." Zoro muttered.

"You ain't the only one, Zoro-kun..." I muttered back.

Miss All Sunday only grinned. "I'll let you decide if it's a trap or not..."

"Don't worry!" I blinked, seeing Luffy snag the Eternal Log Pose from Vivi...

And he crushed it.

"ARE YOU CRAZY!?" Nami snapped, kicking him, and I sighed.

"Well, looks like we'll never find out if it's a trap or not..." I said.

Despite Nami yelling at him, Luffy only glared at Miss All Sunday. "You have no right to decide our route!"

"Really?" Miss All Sunday grinned. "That's a pity."

She hopped off the railing and walked towards the side of the ship. "I don't mind a person with great spirit like you..." She said. "If you're lucky, we'll meet again."

She then hopped off, and I ran to the side of the ship to see her sitting on a large turtle. "Let's go Bunji!"

I couldn't help but shout after seeing the large turtle. "DESPITE YOU BEING WITH BAROQUE WORKS, LADY, YOU HAVE AN AWESOME PET TURTLE!!"

"DON'T COMPLIMENT THE ENEMY!!" I blinked when I felt Nami punch me in the head.

Vivi sunk down to her knees. "I don't know what that woman's thinking."

"I'm guessing she's thinking about how not to fall off her giant turtle." I said, only to dodge Nami's fist again, rolling onto the floor, sprawled out on my back. I then grinned. "But I wouldn't think about it too much!"

"Amie-chan's right." Nami said. "Don't think about it."

"And to think, there's already someone like that on this ship." I blinked, looking at Zoro.

"You talkin' 'bout me?" I asked, furrowing my brow and pouting my lips.

"No." Zoro said, looking to the side. "You're too crazy for that."

I grinned again. "Okay!"

"Can someone tell me what's going on!?" I blinked, looking at Usopp. "How did Miss Wednesday become our friend? And why is there a duck on board?"

Carue came into view and quacked, and I sprang up.

"CARUE!!" I called, chasing him again. "COME TO ME, YOU ADORABLE BUZZARD!!"

I hopped onto Carue again, hugging him by the neck. "Cuuuuuuute!"

Carue seemed to sigh, walking around again.

"Actually, I don't think it's a good idea to be travelling with you guys..." Vivi said, looking down. "I'm causing you all this trouble..."

Nami then bent down and poked Vivi on the forehead. "What did you say? It's all your fault after all. If you really didn't want us to be in trouble, you shouldn't have followed us in the first place."

Nami then stood, looking at Luffy. "Isn't that right, Luffy?"

"IT'S MORNING!!" He shouted. "SANJI, MAKE BREAKFAST!!"

"WHOO!!" I cheered, letting Carue go with one hand as he seemed to prance a bit. He must like the attention after all! "LUFFY DOESN'T CARE!!"

Nami grinned and nodded. "Well, it's already morning, so let's get going!"

"CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Usopp shouted.

"I can't! Too busy riding the cute buzzard!" I said as Carue walked us by him.

"We'll explain during breakfast..." I yelped as Nami yanked me off Carue, causing me to fall on my butt. "Now we have to go and change. We had a very busy night! Amie-chan and I will show Vivi the women's quarters."

As Nami dragged me off, I had to make sure of one thing.

"SANJI-KUN!! PLEASE MAKE LOTS OF COFFEE FOR ME!! I'M GONNA NEED IT!!"