***Author's Note: I do not own One Piece, Oda does, I do own the characters I made up in this story (ex: Ivy, Cecily (Shadow), and any other made up characters throughout this story that I might create). Also, please do not copy this story and claim it as your own***
Chapter:
"That's pretty far." Luffy commented, hiding in a tree, and crouching beside Nami.
"Hasn't stopped you before." Shadow muttered-deadpanned, crouching beside me, and hiding in the tree.
"You'll be fine." Nami assured, hiding on the branch beside Luffy, and glancing through her binoculars, "Just remember to launch yourself into the building when Robin sneaks in."
"These guys are pretty tough." Luffy agreed, nodding in agreement, and a fake-serious look appeared on his head, "We need to catch Robin. If we barge straight in we'll be too busy fighting those guys and we won't be able to catch Robin."
Coming from the guy who barges straight into every fight we've ever been in… I thought, a large-sweatdrop appeared on my head, sitting on the branch beside Zoro, snapping my head towards a loud explosion coming from the building, turning my head towards Nami, Shadow, Zoro, and Chopper, and sighing in exasperation when I didn't see Luffy, "That must be their signal. Luffy…He's already gone."
"WHAT HAPPENED TO NOT RUSHING IN, IDIOT!" Zoro scolded, spotting Luffy smashing into the building's window, barring his teeth, getting bugging eyes, and a tick-mark appeared on his head.
"Luffy charging in may actually be a good thing for once." Chopper pondered, rubbing his chin with his hoof, following us as we swung over the wall, landing on the grass, trailing off upon seeing the massive crowd of Galley-La workers glaring at us, and beads of sweat started falling down his face, "While the Galley-La workers are scrambling after Luffy, nobody will be guarding…the front entrance…"
"You were saying?" Shadow intoned-dryly, landing beside Chopper, standing up, and swallowing as she saw the massive crowd in front of them.
"I WAS WRONG. VERY-VERY WRONG!" Chopper corrected, bolting away, barring his teeth, and dodging the attacks.
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Inside the Building
Iceberg said there was a safe hidden here. Paulie thought, stepping into Iceberg's office, finding a hidden-safe, opening the safe, taking out blueprints, hearing voices coming from behind him, turning around, and widening his eyes upon seeing two people in disguises, This must be it…CRAP!
"A simpleton like you can never understand it's value." the 1st person called, quietly-stepping into the room, and standing beside it's partner.
"Hand it over and we may just spare your life." the 2nd person advised, standing in the doorway.
"Not gonna happen, Dirtbags." Paulie spat, glaring daggers at them, and standing up.
"Suit yourself." the 1st-person intoned, shrugging it's shoulders, and smirking, "Far warning, you won't win against us."
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Outside of the Building
"AFTER HIM!" a Galley-La worker shouted, chasing after another masked-person, and aiming bullets at him.
"Give up." the masked-person advised, leaping up onto the roof of the building, and holding out a whip, "None of you are a match for me."
"HE'S JUST ONE PERSON!" a 2nd-Galley-La worker shouted, charging at the person, only to be sent crashing onto the ground, "GAHHH!"
"ARE YOU OK?!" a 3rd Galley-La person inquired, bending down in front of him, and gasping upon seeing the blood all over the guy's body.
"He…walk…on…air.." the guy wheezed, coughing up blood, and falling unconscious.
"DAMN YOU!" the 1st Galley-La worker cursed, charging at the guy, and being pierced, "AGGG!"
"MOON WALK!" the guy chanted, jumping high into the air, flipping backwards, and piercing everybody on the crowd, "FINGER PISTOL!"
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Inside Iceberg's Room
"How did you get in here?" Iceberg probed, widening his eyes upon seeing Robin and another masked guy step into the room through a hole in the wall, and sitting up straight in his bed, "There shouldn't be a door there."
"I ate the Door-Door fruit." the masked-guy explained, shutting the "door" shut behind him, pulling out his gun, and shooting Iceberg, "It allows me to enter anywhere I want."
"WE DIDN'T GET THE SIGNAL YET?!" Robin exclaimed, widening her eyes, and scowling.
"As long as he can still talk, who cares." the guy dismissed, putting his gun back, and turning towards Robin, "We're still gonna kill him, what difference does it make if I speed up the process slightly?"
"She…was…right. CP9 does…exists." Iceberg chuckled-weakly, clutching his shoulder where the guy shot him, and falling onto the ground, "I…knew…Straw…Hat…was…innocent."
"Then you know what we're after." the guy smirked, turning around, and leaving the room, "We figured you'd hand those blueprints over to someone you trusted. Paulie no doubt. My colleagues are dealing with him right now. I'm gonna go handle the carpenters in the hallway. Once you get the signal, Nico Robin, kill him."
"I…had…always…wanted…meet…you…Nico…Robin…" Iceberg coughed, sitting up, grabbing a gun, and pointing it at her, "YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO CAN RESURRECT THE ANCIENT WEAPONS!"
"I have no interest in those things." Robin claimed, pointing guns at him, and narrowing her eyes at him, "I only want to study the history of this world. It's not your business anyways."
"Actually it is. Those blueprints the World Government wants so badly are for the ancient weapon Pluton." Iceberg stated, grimacing, holding onto his shoulder, and coughing, "It doesn't matter if you have no interest in it or not. If anyone gets a hold of you and makes you decipher those glyphs, good intentions or not, the whole world will be destroyed."
"WHAT?!" Robin exclaimed, lowering her hand, and widening her eyes in shock, It doesn't surprise me that the Marines withheld that information from me. Had I known that was what they were after, I'd never had made that deal.
"Pluton was constructed on this island a long time ago. People feared it's power so naturally they built another weapon to stop it. Tom had passed these blueprints down to me." Iceberg told, pointing the gun at her, and beginning to shoot only to have Robin use her Devil Fruit powers at the last second, "Now it's my duty to stop you. As long as you're alive those weapons might be used."
"Even if you killed me, the World Government won't stop from getting those blueprints." Robin reasoned, grabbing the gun out of Iceberg's hand, and sitting on top of him.
"You had plenty of opportunities to kill me, yet you haven't. You don't seem to be anything like what the Marines portrayed you as." Iceberg noted, staring at her, and breathing-heavily, "I can only assume that you made some deal with the World Government in order to protect your friends. I'm surprised such an intelligent woman such as yourself would believe they would keep their end of the deal."
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Back To Paulie
"The fool honestly believed he could beat us." the 1st-guy scoffed, kicking Paulie's limp-body, picking up the blueprints, and walking out of the room with his partner right behind him, "We got what we came for. Let's go."
There's another person Iceberg trusts besides me, Jackasses. Paulie thought, smirking-internally, lying on the ground, and falling unconscious, He knew I would be the 1st person you Assholes would think of. Sucks for you. Those blueprints are fakes.
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Outside Iceberg's Room
"LUCCI! KAKU!" Tilestone seethed, carrying a gigantic-hammer, seeing Lucci and Kaku sitting on their chairs with blood dripping from their bodies, noticing a masked-guy standing off to the side, glaring at the guy, and charging at him, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THEM?!"
"I killed them obviously." the masked-guy baited, smirking, breaking Tilestone's hammer, and slamming Tilestone into the floor, "Your strength can never defeat my Iron-Body."
"HOLY CRAP!" a Galley-La worker exclaimed, a look of terror on his face, running away, and getting pierced, "THIS GUY TOOK OUT 3 OF OUR BEST FIGHTERS! GAHHH!"
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To Franky
"Where did that Shorty go, Mozu?" Franky asked, stomping back to the house, and glancing around, "There's something I wanna discuss with her."
"She left." Mozu replied, frowning-slightly, and sitting on a chair
"It was strange though. Her wounds healed when it should've taken at least a week for them to heal." Kiwi marveled, scrunching her eyebrows together in puzzlement, and sitting across from Mozu, "But we did manage to find that Long-Nosed-Weird. He was by himself. Their ship looked like it had a lot of damage. But that Long-Nose guy was trying to fix it as best as he could."
"Is he stupid? Doesn't he know Aqua Laguna is heading here any minute?" Franky said, taking a swig of cola, widening his eyes in shock, and heading towards Usopp, "Let's go."
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To Luffy
"Crap." Luffy cursed, getting stuck between 2 buildings, and attempting to squeeze out, I had an awesome idea to jump through the window like a typhoon, but I got stuck.
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To Nami, Zoro, Chopper, Shadow, and Ivy
"WHERE THE HELL IS THAT RUBBERY-MORON?!" I questioned, running beside Shadow, barring my teeth, and a tick-mark appeared on my head.
"THE ONE TIME WE NEED HIM TO CAUSE CHAOS AND HE'S NOT HERE!" Shadow growled, running beside me, barring her teeth, and dodging a bullet.
"They already spotted us, so there's no point in hiding anymore." Zoro reasoned, unsheathing his swords, skidding to a halt, and turning towards the Galley-La workers.
"B-B-But they…" Nami trailed off, running alongside Chopper, stopping when Zoro stopped, and frowning-faintly.
"Do you want the truth or not?" Zoro countered, placing a sword in his mouth, and preparing to attack.
"He's right. This is our only chance to find out what happened." Chopper agreed, skidding to a halt, standing beside Nami, and getting into his fighting-stance, "Just knock'em out. Don't injury them."
Since I can't use my swords, I'll just fight the old-fashioned-way. I thought, smirking, chopping the Galley-La workers' neck with the side of my hand, dodging their attacks, glimpsing Zoro knocking them out with the back of his blade, and barring my teeth at him, "WE'RE TRYING TO KNOCK THEM OUT NOT KILL THEM! GO EASY ON THEM!"
"THIS IS ME GOING EASY ON THEM!" Zoro bickered, barring his teeth at me, sheathing his swords once we knocked-out all the workers, peering over his shoulder at us, and sprinting towards the building, "Now let's go before we miss our chance."
"It astounds me how strong Ivy is for such a tiny person." Nami remarked, a large-sweatdrop appeared on her head as she darted her eyes over the unconscious bodies of the Galley-La workers, and following after us.
"It's times like these that makes me remember she's a demon." Chopper agreed, glancing down at the workers, and following behind Nami.
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Back to Paulie
"Did you hear something?" the 2nd-guy asked, pausing in his footsteps upon hearing a loud voice, turning around when he heard a crash, and sweatdropping when he saw Luffy stuck in the wall, That brat must be some kind of stupid.
"GUM-GUM: ROCKET!" Luffy chanted, flinging himself towards the building, crashing into the wall, and getting stuck, "DAMMIT STUPID WALLS GETTING IN MY WAY!"
Straw-Hat? What's he doing here? Paulie thought, opening his eyes, hearing Luffy's voice, lifting his head up, and widening his eyes-slightly.
"YOU'RE THE ROPE-GUY!" Luffy recalled, pausing in his attempt to get unstuck, noticing Paulie covered in blood, and scrunching his eyebrows together in concern, "HEY YOU'RE BLEEDING! ARE YOU OK?!"
"I may be bleeding, but you're the one who crashed through a wall." Paulie deadpanned, wheezing, and dropping his head back onto the floor.
"This saves us the trouble of going after you, Straw Hat." the 1st-guy smirked-darkly, turning his head towards his partner, and motioning for him to get Luffy unstuck, "Help our friend out of that wall."
"With pleasure." the 2nd-guy smirked-evilly, lifting up his leg, sending a gust of wind towards Luffy, cutting Luffy out of the wall, slamming Luffy onto the ground, and holding him down with his foot, "TEMPEST KICK!"
"GIVE ROBIN BACK, YOU BASTARDS!" Luffy snarled, widening his eyes in shock, squirming against the guy's hold, and glaring-daggers up at the guy, "HE CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL?!"
"We don't have time to deal with the likes of you at the moment." the 1st-guy claimed, pinning Luffy to the floor with metal-cuffs, spinning on his heel, glancing over his shoulder at his partner, and exiting the room, "Restraint Paulie too. He's been giving us enough trouble."
"I'll meet up with you after I'm done here." the 2nd-guy nodded, restraining Paulie, picking up the blueprint, and exiting the room.
"Sorry I thought you guys hurt Iceberg." Paulie apologized, turning his head in Luffy's direction, and trying to break free, "Why'd you come anyways?"
"It's cool." Luffy dismissed, turning his head to look at Paulie, and attempting to break free, "We came cause those masked-bastards took our crewmate. We're getting her back."
"This person…it's Nico Robin?" Paulie guessed, narrowing his eyes at Luffy, and raising an eyebrow up at him, "You must be strong if you're a Pirate Captain."
"Hells yes I am." Luffy bragged, puffing out his chest, and scowling at his bonds.
"Think you can beat them?" Paulie grilled, smirking-faintly, and getting an idea.
"I don't think. I know I can." Luffy promised, unwavering-determination flashed into his eyes, and clenching his hands into fists, "I'm going to kick their asses and get Robin back."
"Heh." Paulie chuckled-weakly, smirking, and gaining determination from Luffy, "Since we both want to kick their ass, why don't we fight them together?"
"Their leader is mine." Luffy declared, turning his head towards Paulie, and narrowing his eyes at him.
"We have a deal." Paulie smirked, turning his head to face Luffy, and clenching his hands into fists, "Let's get out of these damn things."
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Impel Down
"Fire-Fist, meet your cellmate." a guard smirked, opening the cell, shoving the prisoner into the cell, chaining him up to the wall across from Ace, exiting the cell, and locking the cell-door before he left, "I believe he's a friend of yours. Heh-Heh."
"Jimbei?" Ace gasped, staring at the Warlord with wide-eyes, and glaring at him, "WHY? I'M NO…"
"YES, YOU ARE!" Jimbei cut-off, glaring back at him, and narrowing his eyes at Ace, "I couldn't in good conscience help fight a unjustified war. Nobody deserves to be put to death for their heritage, Ace."
"I do." Ace muttered, bowing his head, and swallowing down a lump in his throat, "I don't want my family and friends risking their lives for me. I don't deserve it."
"Quit talking like that, boy." Jimbei ordered, narrowing his eyes further, and scowling, "They're rescuing you because they love you. Which proves you belong in this world. None of them would want you pitying yourself. Especially Ivy."
"She would murder me if she heard how I was talking." Ace chuckled, quirking his lip up into a half-smile, and reminiscing all the memories he had with me.
TO BE CONTINUED…