Ch. 56- A Man's World
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Jupiter, Monkey D. Aika, Kumi, Rita, Carla, and Lucky © Me
Color Spread: The Straw Hats playing volleyball with dogs. Robin is being referee.
Down in the Scrap Heap…
"Keep steady!" Kanjuro shouted. "Take your turns! These painted ladders are fragile, you know!"
Down below, the people are seen climbing up some ladders Kanjuro drew…but alas, due to the samurai's poor drawing skills, the ladders looked like they were made by sticks and that they might break any second.
"Thanks a lot, Mr. Samurai!"
"Jeez! These ladders are so crooked, I can barely climbg them!"
"Finally, we can get outta this place!"
"Silence your impertinent mewling!" Kanjuro shouted as he and Kin'emon sat on Spring Sparrow.
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Meanwhile, inside the SMILE Factory…the Tontattas that had been kept in enslavement had begun their revolt.
"The dwarves are rioting!" cried a guard. "Shoot them d- GUH!"
"Shut up!" shouted one of the Tontatta as he kicked him in the face.
"Wait! Hang on!" cried another guard. "If you try to leave, Princess Mansherry will never be cured!"
"Huh?!" Chao questioned. "Well, we can't have that-"
POP! One of his friends put earplugs in his ears.
"Don't listen to him, Chao!" he shouted before he went to plug up his fellow Tontattas' ears. Once that was done, the rebellion continued!
"With our ears plugged up," Chao began as he grabbed one of the guards, "we can't hear your lies anymore! TONTATTA SWING!"
He then began to swing the screaming guard around before throwing him against a wall!
"Quick! We gotta warn the Young Master!" cried a guard wearing a black mask.
"Not so fast!" shouted another Tontatta as he leapt up above him. "TAIL HAMMER!"
THWAM! He slammed his tail against the guard's head, hammering him into the ground!
"Quickly, everybody!" ordered a Tontatta wearing a bandana around his neck and a scar on his eyebrow. "Turn their Transponder Snails wild before they can call for backup!"
"What'd you say?" the other Tontattas asked, unable to hear him due to their earplugs.
"Whoops! I forgot about your earplugs!"
Just then, another Tontatta appeared. This one was rather elder with a short beard and mustache, and he also wore a trench coat, a scarf, and helmet with a pom-pom sticking out.
He is Mouji, Princess Mansherry's aide.
"Is the princess safe?!" he asked, scurrying about worriedly. "Oh, my goodness, oh, my goodness! I hope her sickness was a lie! But I can just hear her crying and calling out me! I'll save you, Princess Mansherry!"
"Mouji, look!" called a Tontatta wielding a spade as a weapon. "Princess Mansherry's quarantine room!" He pointed to a wooden door with the word "MANSHERRY" over it, as well as yellow and black tape on the door and a sign that said "KEEP OUT".
"Ah! Princess!" Mouji exclaimed as he ran to it at top speed.
"But wait!" cried another Tontatta. "The door says to keep out!"
"What?!" Mouji questioned. "Keep out?! Why didn't you tell me sooner?! NOW I CAN'T STOP!"
It was true. Mouji was going so fast, he couldn't put on the brakes quick enough, and so CRASH! He crashed right into the door, causing it to fall down!
"AAH! Moujii!" cried a Tontatta wearing a spiked helmet. "He broke down the forbidden door!"
"How could you, Mouji?!" asked a Tontatta wearing a Viking helmet. "The door said 'keep out'!"
However, as Mouji looked up, he gasped as he saw that it was just an empty storage room he had entered.
"What?!" he questioned. "The princess isn't here!"
"That means she may not be sick after all!" cried another Tontatta wearing an alpaca hat.
"But if she's not here," a second Tontatta began, "where is she?!"
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Concurrently, the rest of the Tontattas were trying to open the door.
"Hurry and get the door unlocked!" shouted a Tontatta wearing a striped shirt.
"We're trying!" answered a Tontatta wearing a beret. "This is harder than it looks!"
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At the SMILE Factory front entrance, Franky is still fighting with Senor Pink, who continued to throw him into the ground with his supplex moves.
"…Hey, Swimmer Boy," said Franky. "Listen…this may not be any of your business, but in the alley to the right back there…I saw a weak old lady who needed help. I think she might've dislocated her hip or something!"
"Oh, yeah?" asked Pink. "Damn, sucks to be her right now…"
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Back in the factory, the Tontattas are still trying to get the door open, when suddenly…
"Hold it right there, you little squirts!"
The Tontattas gasped and turned to see a large, rotund woman with pigtails and wearing a wrestler's mask, a purple dress with the word "SMILE" on the front in red letters, a trench coat draped on her shoulders like a cape, and strapped to her back is a large vacuum cleaner.
"Oh, no!" cried Chao. "It's Kuween, the boss of the factory!"
"And just where do you think you're going, Tontattas?!" asked Kuween. "It better not be outside! You've ALWAYS been slaves to the SMILE Factory!"
"Quick! Hurry and get the door open!" shouted Chao.
"No use squalling around, just because you finally found out the truth!" shouted Kuween before she turned on her vacuum, which began to suck up the Tontattas. "You'll never get away as long as I'm here!"
"No!" cried Chao as he tried to keep from getting sucked into the vacuum's hose. "We were…so close!"
But then, the door opened up…and in came Franky!
"Well done, little guys!" he praised.
"Huh?!" Kuween muttered.
"Whoa, cool!" the Tontattas exclaimed with starry eyes.
"It's a giant robot toy!" said Chao. "He's come to help us!"
Soon, Inhel and his team appeared, standing on Franky's body and hiding inside his shirt.
"Is everybody all right?!" asked Inhel.
"Inhel! Wicca! Bomba! Bian!" Chao exclaimed. "You're all here!"
"But where's Leo?!" asked another Tontatta.
"He's on a very important mission right now!" answered Inhel. "Anyway, this big person is Fraland! He's come to help us!"
"He's a human?!" the Tontattas questioned in surprise.
"Ah, Cyborg Franky of the Straw Hats, I assume," said Kuween. "If I remember correctly, you're a one-star convict! Good thing you're still standing…because now, I get to ice you myself-"
Before she could finish her threat…Franky ran up and embraced her!
"What the-?!" Inhel questioned. "What's Fraland doing?!"
"Why is he hugging her?!" asked Chao.
"Could it be…he's in love with the factory's boss?!" Cotton asked, blushing with excitement.
"Awww~!" Wicca swooned.
"H-hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Kuween asked as she tried to push Franky away. "Let go of me, you creep!"
Outside the factory, Pink is "swimming" towards the door.
"That son of a bitch tricked me!" he shouted. "There was no old lady in trouble! Not that I'm not relieved…still, he'll pay for pulling a fast one on me!"
Back inside, Franky grabbed Kuween at both sides.
"I'm getting sick and tired of you, slamming me over and over again with your damn supplex moves!" Franky shouted.
"Supplex?" Kuween repeated.
"What are you trying to do, jackass?!" Franky questioned. "Dig up a hot spring with the back of my head?!"
"Time to die, Cyborg!" shouted Pink as he held up both fists. "Cat-Ear Punch!"
"Franky…SOUTHLAND SUPPLEX!"
GABONK! He slammed Kuween's head right into Senor Pink's head!
"WHOA!" the Tontattas cried as Pink "sank" into the ground.
"Uh-oh!" cried Chao. "Look at Kuween!"
Kuween stood up…looking very angry.
"THAT HURT, YOU ASSHOLE!" she shouted, a large bump on her head. "How dare you use my head like a hammer?! You can't treat me like this! I'm the boss of the SMILE Factory, that means I have the right to pass sentence on, and as of now, I sentence you to DEATH! That's right! I'll carve you into pieces and…"
"Not good!" cried Inhel as Kuween kept ranting. "Fraland's in trouble!"
"Quickly, Fraland! Run away!" Chao shouted. "When she's like this, nothing can get her under control!"
"…and finally, I'll use my vacuum to suck your guts and turn you inside out!" Kuween shouted, but then, Franky grabbed her tie, pulled her up to his face…and kissed her on the lips!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHH?!" the Tontattas cried.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!" the female Tontattas shrieked excitedly.
"F…Fraland kissed her?!" Inhel exclaimed in shock.
Kuween was so stunned by the kiss, she fell down to her knees, blushing as red as a beet.
"Hey, Swim Trunks!" Franky said. "On your feet!"
'That was…my first kiss…!' thought Kuween before she shook her head.
"Hey, you!" she shouted. "What's the big idea, kissing me like that?! Y…you'd better own up and be my boyfriend, you…you brute!"
"Hold it, Kuween," said Pink as he stood up. "Don't blame him…it's your fault for getting yourself involved."
"But…but Senor Pink-" Kuween started, but Pink cut her off.
"When a woman tries to interfere in a fight between men," Pink begn, "how else should she be silenced…but with a kiss?"
"…Oh…!" Kuween sighed.
"A young lady, such as yourself," Franky started, "shouldn't let herself get all worked over a measly little kiss or two!"
"Amen, brother," Pink concurred. "Falling in with a little kid?"
"I'd get a nasty hangover!" both he and Franky declared.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!" all the girls in the room shrieked. "SENOR! FRANKY! SO HARD-BOILED!"
"…I won't let you destroy the factory, Cyborg," said Pink.
"If you're a man's man, then prove it with your fists!" exclaimed Franky.
"WHOA!" cried the male Tontattas. "A BATTLE OF MANLINESS!"
"DIAPER BOMBS!" Pink shouted, releasing spherical bombs from the waist of his diaper.
"FRANKY NIPPLE LIGHT SPECIAL~!" Franky shouted, literally flashing his chest!
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Meanwhile, back at the New Royal Plateau…
"Haa…haa…!" Pica panted, blood dripping from his mouth. "Damn you, Pirate Hunter! Because of you, I let Rebecca get away!"
"Aww, don't be so humble," Zoro smirked. "It was only possible because of you."
"You arrogant bastard!" Pica yelled. "You and your band of vagabonds…will never escape Dressrosa alive!"
Behind Pica's statue, Robin, Aika, Kumi, Rebecca, and Bartolomeo were just about to land on the first step!
"We're almost there!" Robin exclaimed. "Just one more push!"
"Whoa," Aika said as she clung to Robin. "Something crazy is going on down there!"
Robin looked down and saw the fighting going between the Coliseum Fighters and the executives.
"Just as I thought," Robin said. "See, Aika? This is why you and Kumi should've stayed with Koala!"
"Haha!" Kumi laughed. "I told you so!"
Aika only blew a raspberry at the pup.
PURU-PURU-PURU! PURU-PURU-PURU!
"I'll get it!" Leo answered as he picked up the Mini Transponder Snail. "Hello, this is Leo. Who is this?"
Meanwhile, Bartolomeo is still crying.
"Z…Zoro-senpai…was so cool…!" he sobbed. "I still have chills!"
"Get a hold of yourself, Rooster Boy!" Robin said.
"Shishishi!" Aika giggled. "Chicken Man is silly!"
"Great job, Mouji!" answered Leo, talking to Mouji on the snail. "Our people have freed from the factory!"
"But there's an even bigger problem!" replied Mouji. "Princess Mansherry isn't here! She never was!"
"What?!" Leo questioned.
"Oh, no!" Rebecca exclaimed.
"Oh, the poor princess! I just know she's locked up somewhere, crying her eyes out for her dear Mouji! Where could she be?! I'm starting to wonder that maybe she's in the palace!"
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Back at the Old Royal Plateau…the civilians had the place surrounded and were trying to find a way up.
"Maybe we should climb up the wall!"
"Or use the coliseum to get to the top!"
"Hurry! Capture King Riku and God Usopp!"
"Oh, man, this is not good!" Usopp cried. "They're coming for us! Hey, king guy! We gotta run while we can!"
King Riku just stood there, silently.
"Father!" Violet called. "The Tontattas from the factory just called with a report! They say Princess Mansherry isn't in the factory!"
"What!?" King Riku questioned.
"Hey!" Usopp shouted. "Did you hear me?! We're in trouble, here! The whole country's gonna kill us!"
"No they won't," Violet answered. "If the entire is coming for us…where can we run?"
"…Oh, yeah," Usopp muttered. "That's true."
"The citizens of Dressrosa know the truth of what happened 10 years ago, now," Violet said. "I'm certain they will not hurt me or my Father."
"Yeah, but what about me?!" Usopp asked.
"Koala, where are you going?!" Hack asked as he saw Koala trying to climb to a nearby roof.
"Where do you think?" Koala inquired. "To find a certain someone with a top hat who's in a lot of trouble, that's who!"
"…Go easy on him, Koala," Hack said.
"No promises," Koala answered as she ran off. "See you later!"
"If they're hiding Mansherry," King Riku began, "I can only imagine it is within the palace. Viola, use your powers to search every inch of it!"
"Right away, Father!" Viola replied.
"Surely, even Doflamingo doesn't plan on killing Mansherry," King Riku speculated. "After all, he must desire her powers, as well…although, at this point, it's like us that need it most."
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Inside the palace in a certain room…a guard is seen approaching a tiny cage, where someone is heard sobbing.
"…Here you go," the guard said, slipping a loaf of bread in between the bars.
"…I…I wanna go back to Greenbit…!" the prisoner whimpered. "…Please…come and save me…Leo…!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
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