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Sugar sighed, a worried look on her face as she stared out towards the motionless ships, their anchors raised as they prepared to leave. She was in truth, admittedly worried about the fact said ships contained most of her crew. The members of her family all spread about across the ships quite literally carrying an entire kingdom. currently still in toy form, though the commands solved most of those problems. The suspiciously calm weather, something both she and Beckman seemingly agreed on given the earlier signs of a coming storm, helping.
She was also worried about the fact her captain hadn't sent her any sign whatsoever of what he'd called their plan B actually working... Which given she didn't know of any more plans didn't bode too well. And frankly given it more or less involved instigating Big Mom, the most temperamental of the emperors of the seas, into a fight should've been a walk in the park. She wasn't sure how the Young Master could've possible failed to manage the, quite possibly easiest, part of his plan.
The lone Tontatta beside her quickly caught her attention, it's form zipping across the brief clearing on top of it's flying transport. She idly turned her gaze, her peripheral catching sight of the Red-haired pirates in the distance, practically a leap away, particularly the hawk-eyed navigator still watching her, even now.
Even after having offered her the 'moment of silence.' His bleak sense of humour finally showing itself after she'd admittedly proven she was as self-less as she tried to paint herself to be. And though she should've been happy of the fact, she couldn't quite remember how she'd managed such a thing in the first place. She certainly couldn't remember doing anything noteworthy.
Her focus turned back to the dwarf beside her, quickly noticing the fact it was currently fidgeting, it's fingers interlocking. The rest of it's species having long-since left to prepare for an emperors clash. Her favour evidently completed the moment the last toy had been transported onto the last ship.
Their choice to stay behind, of course, not at all challenged by her, or any of the other pirates in the area.
She, quite frankly, couldn't care less if they, the island or it's people barring her family all had a sudden case of drowning. And if not for their role in the Young Master's plan, she would've disregarded them altogether.
"Are you sure you don't need anymore help?" Leo? She believed was it's name, questioned.
She turned towards the green-clad dwarf and smiled, false kindness filling across her face easily. "You've all done more than enough,"
Leo nodded, a proud look filtering across his face for a moment before confusion replaced it as the fleet of ships started to move. The tontatta's head snapping between it and her for a moment.
"Aren't you going with them?"
She forced the giggle out, false amusement taking over, hiding her disdain from the military corps leader. "I have another ride," She answered, letting out a wink in the process. "But truly," She turned the rest of her body to face the dwarf, earning a surprised look out of him. Her practised motions repeated with ease.
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"Uh-" Leo made to speak his bemusement before he watched, wide-eyed as the princess lowered herself into a bow!
"From one royal to another, I wish to thank you and your kingdom for all your help!" The princess said to him! The words causing his face to quickly colour red, his hands immediately snapping up in front of his chest, shaking from side to side.
"A-ah! I am not a royal and you don't need to do that!-" Though whatever he'd been about to say was cut off as the actualprincess suddenly raised herself up. A steel glint filling her eye, one that filled him with dread as he realised he'd tried to correct a royal. The Tontatta's worries quickly taking over as he wondered what his queen would think of such a-
"Your race was here before my family, before everyone else." The princess started, her words holding every last iota of his attention. "That makes all of you-"
Leo's jaw dropped, his eyes widened.
"- the rightful rulers of this land." She finished, her gaze locked onto him, before he watched, transfixed, sparks filling his eyes as a princess bowed to him for the second time in his entire life.
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(Sugar)
It was admittedly far too easy to get rid of the last dwarf. His panicked expression at the sudden compliments had been followed by, a literal, gust of dust. The miniature form somehow conjuring a backdraft as he promptly hightailed it out of the area, happy tears flowing from his face in the process.
Sugar spared the action another look before sighing as she promptly turned back ahead, giving the ships steadily making headway out of Dressrosa's shore a look filled with longing, her thoughts surrounding the crew she'd left in each ship, genuine worry colouring her face. Mixed with a hint of wariness at the fact her captain hadn't yet sent her any kind of signal. Her mind at the very least at peace about the fact he was, definitely, safe.
And with one last glance, she promptly turned on her feet, locking gazes with the Emperor's crew and promptly made her way forward-
A startled look quickly filled her face at the sight of Straw Hat Luffy, the pirate in question having leapt from the other end towards her. A far too cheerful grin on his face, his body turning into a literal blur as he landed before her, one hand locked ontop of his head, holding his signature straw-hat in place. His feet leaving a mark on the, relatively small, wooden bridge barely holding both of them up.
"Hey, can we go get food now!?" He questioned, openly drooling.
The words quickly earning a blink of her, somewhat taken back.
"You said we can go as soon as everyone was in the ships right? Right?"Luffy continued, practically jumping on his feet out of giddiness.
She blinked again. "...I said if you can find any edible food you were welcome to it all..." She remarked, bemusement clear across her face.
Luffy nodded his head eagerly.
"Lucky found one!"
"...One?" Sugar questioned warily, her eyes blinking rapidly.
Luffy nodded, "Yeah! He found a restaurant, with a chef and everything!"
Sugar gave the straw-hat a deadpan look. Her orders, regarding any and all interactions with the rubber-brained idiot, from her captain were clear. Even if, for any reason whatsoever, she thought they went against herself and the rest of her crew.
Her captain had made it clear to treat Straw Hat the same as she would treat him. An order most of her crew had been vehement against, given they'd been told to do otherwise, but an order none the less.
"That... That sounds like a trap... That has to be a trap. It's obviously too dangerous-" She admitted, her stomach twisting, her brain running haywire as she tried to figure out who they could've possibly come across-
"It's not dangerous. The chef isn't my enemy!" Luffy remarked, deadly serious, his gaze locked with hers.
"...How do you know?" she questioned, somewhat worried another potential proble-
"My enemies don't offer me free food!"
She sweatdropped, her mind briefly paying the idiot's crew-mates her condolences-
"Come on!" And without warning, Sugar promptly found rubbery arms covering her waist, her eyes widening by the second. "Wait a-" And before she could even finish, she suddenly found herself in the air, flying. Straw-hat's unique laughter reverberating across the clearing.
She barely managed to keep a hold of the toy, screaming all the way.
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