Wealth, Fame, and Power! W. D. Gaster, The King of The Pirates, had all those and the rest of what the world had to offer! Through many battles and trials, he had reached the pinnacle of the world's virtues and had nothing left but an illness that plagued him.

He brought himself in and was held at a worldwide public execution. Before he was executed, a man from the crowd asked:

"Where did you hide all your treasure?!"

To which the King of Pirates smiled and said:

"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left the most important treasure in the world on an island! Go and find it! 'For the next pirate that finds the UnderPiece, will be claimed the new King of The Pirates!"

Those were his final words before he was executed. He smiled to his death.

With those words, the world was flipped upside down as he created The Golden Pirate Era! People and already existing pirates from around the works started to sail the seas in search of the treasure that W. D. Gaster claimed to be-

The UnderPiece!

It had been Twenty Years since, and people have yet to find the treasure he was talking about. Except for one girl, who is now going to change the world by storm for the sake of her people.

This is the story of Muffet D. Baker and her way to becoming Queen of the Pirates!

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Cassidy unleashed her shotgun rounds into the open wildlife this pitch-black forest of black leaves and trees and grass. Fighting in the same area, to what seems to be, as a nine-headed dragon.

To be perfectly fair, Susie knew that this whole Warlord initiation meeting was a setup...but this wasn't the World Government.

The Government would've sent their own officials to handle them, not some unnamed bounty hunters and pirates.

She also wasn't entirely sure that Zewz, the King of this country, was even in on this. If what Ares said was true, then Zewz resides on top of the mountain above the clouds. It'd be impossible to hear or see what is below him. So no matter how hard they fought, unless they took it to the sky, no one was helping.

Susie jumped back and projected gravity towards Cassidy who was jumping at her with two revolvers aimed at her clavicle. The force of gravity pushed Cassidy back in her liquid state and sent trees her way and seemingly disintegrated upon touching her.

It bought her some time.

Realistically, Susie knew this fight was going to last a while. It was hard for her to hit Cassidy because of her properties as a Logia Devil Fruit User. She didn't have Armament, so it was nearly impossible to beat her. Nearly impossible.

What Susie did notice, however, was that her Justice acts as a poor man's Armament. Since it's a Soul Ability, it doesn't hit on just a physical level, but also a spiritual level, it hits her at her core.

She lucked out, only Justice and probably Integrity would be the only souls to actually touch Logia's based on their soul ability.

As long as Cassidy kept fueling her Justice, then she'd be able to hit her.

Pushing that aside, Cassidy was a tough fight, and a weird one too. She was incredibly young and using long-ranged weapons at close range. However, she never physically struck someone, not one punch or kick was tossed the entire fight so far.

Her Armament Haki was not that bad, her physical strength was similar to Hera's. To which they chalked it up to be about five Ralsei's.

They love using Ralsei's as a unit of power measurement.

Cassidy's speed was nothing to laugh at either. She was honestly a prodigy.

Susie landed and planted the hilt of her war hammer to the ground. They've been fighting for about ten minutes. For the most part, Susie was on the defensive, which she didn't like. And Cassidy was always on the offensive while not trying to get too close, which she didn't like.

They were both out of their comfort zones.

Susie laughed through her heavy breathing.

"God...my stamina sucks! How about yours?"

Cassidy eyed her and start panting too, then she laughed.

"Same here...! I usually end things in three shots...I'm not used to fighting like this!"

Both of them looked at each other.

"Well, just don't be cocky like your friend and you might win."

Cassidy's laugh was interrupted by Susie's. She widened her eyes as to why she seemed so confident all of a sudden.

"Heh! You mean the friend that escaped!"

Cassidy sharply turned around to where she placed Undyne, just to see that the fish lady was gone.

She was infuriated.

Susie caught her attention.

"I'm still new to my Devil Fruit, if I wanted to, I could've gravitated the bullets out of her and let her heal herself. It could've been a two versus one, a fight you were going to lose. But knowing that, I just launched her in a random location using my ability, someplace away from you!"

In reality, Susie was lying hard that entire sentence. She too honestly didn't know where Undyne went. But as long as she made Cassidy believe she had everything under control, then she would be winning the mental game.

Cassidy was still mad she didn't catch that sooner.

She just reloaded her revolvers.

"And? You speak as if you are in a different position than before! This fight will keep going in my favor!"

Susie laughed again. Every time she did, Cassidy got a bit angrier. She hated people that acted like they were better than her.

She always did...

"A hot-headed magma user? That's rich! Heh!"

She was immediately cut off by Cassidy.

"Don't call me rich! I never want to hear that! Not ever again!"

Susie felt something in her chest. It was an emotion that she couldn't describe. It would have to wait, however, because Cassidy rocketed herself towards her using magma.

Susie activated the bit of Justice she has left.

"Justice Form Number Seven! Jury's Verdict!"

"Igneous Inflation!"

Cassidy swung down the butt of her sniper rifle like a bat, covered in Armament Haki, At the same time, Susie went for an upward swing with her hammer.

The shockwave pushed both of them back in the opposite direction. Susie hit the tree behind her while Cassidy splattered in magma bits all over a few trees before morphing her body back together.

Susie took a deep breath.

"Look, girl...I have to win this fight...my captain is counting on me too. It'd be a shame if I let them down...Can you say the same for your captain?"

Cassidy gave Susie a surprised look.

"I don't work under anyone! Never have, never will! Truth is, the feeling of working bothers me, especially when it's for someone else's ambition!"

She always did...

Susie felt it again.

Cassidy took out her sniper rifle and aimed it at Susie's chest. She shot four times with Haki-covered magma shots.

Susie closed her eyes and dodged the first two, then deflect the other two. She opened her eyes again.

"You don't seem to get it cowgirl..."

Susie slammed the hilt of her hammer on the floor again.

"I am your direct counter!"

Cassidy eyed her weirdly.

"You're destined to lose this fight, everything you have to offer in a fight, I can easily neutralize."

CLICK CLANK
BOOM!

Susie caught her fifth sniper bullet.

"For starters, observation allows me to dodge your bullets."

The girl stuttered and stumbled back a bit. She then turned her right hand into a ball of magma and shot it at her.

Susie gravitated it downward so that it just splattered and became a solid rock.

Cassidy was desperate, she then proceeded to hit her with a fake pistol whip for an unexpected side hit with the grip of her shotgun.

Susie glew a bright yellow and leaned back, she proceeded to head butt her immediately afterward, channeling all of her Justice into her forehead so that the hit connected with her, even if she is a Logia.

She was sent back a couple of feet with a streak of blood dripping down her head. Her cowboy hat was nearly knocked off.

"You see, everything you do is pointless."

That rang in her head. That sentence.

Everything you do is pointless.

Everything you do is pointless.

Everything you do is pointless.

"NO!"

Cassidy grabbed each side of her head and start babbling to herself in a panic attack.

Susie got that feeling again. It was a concern.

"Hey dude...you good?"

Susie tried to reach out to her, but she kept screaming every time she did.

"This wasn't supposed to happen, this wasn't supposed to happen, this wasn't supposed to happen-"

"Hey! Dude, relax. Look, From what I can see, everyone on my crew is still alive...I want to believe you didn't kill Hera...Only because she wouldn't die to a measly sniper shot. I still can't forgive that you harmed them, however. But, as Retributive Justice, it'd be against my code to kill someone who hasn't killed...So just leave."

Cassidy got quiet.

"You don't understand...Hera, you having a Devil Fruit, Hermes' death wasn't supposed to happen. Bad things come in threes! My boss will come to kill me if he found out that the prophecy wasn't a load of bullshit!"

Susie was bewildered by the influx of information.

"Wait-! Do you have a boss?! I thought you hated working for someone?! And what prophecy?!"

Susie looked to her left and the giant dragon was gone.

"No! No! No! You don't understand, If everything goes wrong, then I won't get my reward!"

Cassidy dashed at her with her two shotguns, Susie quickly readied her hammer and blocked the barrage of fiery slugs shots.

"God damn girl, what reward is so valuable that you'd go against everything for?!"

The barrage stopped, and she heard the sound of water evaporating onto her magma. She didn't know why, it couldn't have been sweat, or spit...

Was she crying?

Susie lowered her hammer to see Cassidy with tears in her eyes, charging up one giant magma ball.

"FREEDOM!"

She tossed it at Susie, to which she simply gravitated away and into the sky where it exploded like fireworks.

Cassidy just looked up in awe and discouragement.

"Listen, girl, you'll be guaranteed to lose this fight if you keep going, just tell me who your boss is, what they are planning, and you can walk away."

Cassidy gave her an angry stare.

"The plan doesn't matter since you brought the All-Mother into the Kingdom! Now you've angered a Warlord!"

So there is a Warlord on this island...But which one? Susie thought.

"I hate when people promise me that things will go smoothly, then shit as this happens! I wish you didn't exist-!"

Susie was more concerned and empathetic towards the girl than angry. She now knew that whatever this girl was going through, was a rough one. But, she also couldn't let slide the logic of the matter.

She has killed, she will kill, and has been killing for someone much greater, for freedom. Why would she ally herself if she wanted freedom? Was she not free before?

She also wondered and hoped that her crew was hopefully reassembling somewhere and that Muffet was somewhere safe with Ares.

"Hey kid, I'm sorry alright, let's just-"

Susie's Justice alarmed her again, but this time...it wasn't from Cassidy. And what scared her about this time...is that she couldn't counter it.

Both Cassidy and Susie knelt out of their control like their energy was greatly zapped from them. Judging from Cassidy's face, Susie knew that the person causing this wasn't from her side either.

"Ayo got both these clowns!"

Said a man, a burly man. Susie looked up to see a dark-toned man in a navy uniform, with a Vice-Admiral cloak-jacket. He had short curly hair and a nicely shaven face.

His eyes seemed to be green with an arrow as his pupils.

A woman popped out of the bushes. She was a cyborg lady. Her arms and forelegs were noticeable, buldgent, shiny, and mechanical. Her hands were pitch black because of the thin layer of latex fabric she had over them. Where her elbow and knees should be, are these steampunk spring-like tubes that seemed to act as not only limb enhancers, but makeshift joints.

Half her face seemed to be crystalline, except for the eyes that were a nice navy blue. Her skin tone was tan, had white hair that was so long it reached the back of her thighs she wore the same thing the man was wearing.

The woman had hand plates with buldgent thick screws that acted as knuckles. Her forearms, forelegs, hands, and feet were extra thick compared to the rest of her body. You can tell that this woman has had years of mastered weight control, which in return made her strong even without her going all out.

Susie was more concerned about the lady, so was Cassidy.

"Who are you two?!"

Susie directed that anger towards the man, he was closer, and from the proudness in his stature, this was his doing.

Her body felt slightly more drained, the quick disappearance of energy almost made both her and Cassidy pass out.

The man and the woman leaned over so that they were teasingly at eye level with her.

"Your direct counters!"

Susie and Cassidy gulped.

The woman, finally stepping up to the plate to demonstrate what she can do, started to crack her knuckles as she approached them.

Susie glanced at Cassidy, she was sure she would probably regret her next choice. Susie then used the power of her gravity to slide both her and Cassidy away from the two Marines.

Cassidy and Susie regained some of their energy by doing so. They stood up and went back to back in a fighting stance.

"This doesn't mean I like you! This whole ordeal is getting worse!"

Susie grunted.

"You still have to tell what the hell is happening on this island! After we win, I expect answers, and maybe I can provide you with some myself...!"

Cassidy soaked that last part in for a few seconds and smirked before returning to her mean demeanor.

"Cram it old lady, just don't get in my way, I got the man!"

Susie growled at her.

"I'M PROBABLY ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN YOU!"

The man and the woman laughed in unison. The man took a step back and gestured his hand to the woman, to showcase that she was up to the plate.

"Sorry ladies, but I'm afraid Christie is all we need to secure this victory. Sorry, we're the middlemen; so seeing two parties fight, is where we step in."

Christie started stretching out her mechanical steampunk legs.

"Don't be so lazy Ronaldo, I know Lazy Justice is your thing, but this is a new low...I'm not complaining though! Hwehe!"

Susie was trying to analyze how to approach their next step. She thought about stalling.

"Hey, so you two have Justice as your soul?"

Christie nodded.

"Nearly every Marine has a Justice Soul...except the Admirals and Fleet Admiral. Somehow they're the ones that don't...Why do you ask?"

Susie chuckled. She coated herself in her leftover Justice.

"Then this fight won't be too new to me!"

Ronaldo shook his head.

"Pity you're a pirate, it's quite rare to see a pirate with a Justice Soul. What kind of Justice do you preach?"

Susie chuckled again.

"Retributive Justice!"

Cassidy started to gag.

"This is gross, this is like a contest of measuring di-"

Christie's voice overpowered Cassidy's.

"Open Justice myself!"

The three Justice users had a good laugh about it. While Cassidy wasn't having anything to do with it.

"Man, now it feels almost a shame to arrest you two! But hey, if you come quietly we can play games with you on the way to Impel Down!" Said Christie in a loud by polite voice.

Susie shook her head and took out her hammer. Cassidy complimented the idea by taking out her shotgun and staying farther back.

"Fat chance! Who said we were losing?!"

Christie did nothing but giggle to herself.

"Oh, you silly goose..."

She took off her navy cape.

"Your fate was sealed once you decided to become pirate scum."

Susie and Cassidy tensed up.

Ronaldo eased up.

Christie...

Was just getting started!