"Could you tell us everything from the beginning? What exactly happened to you over the span of eleven days?" Robin asked. Her clone taped Law on the shoulder to let him know they were talking about the situation now.

"Yeah I was a little impatient... okay, let me start again..."

Luffy appeared to be listening intently, for once, as he continued to eat.

'Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Brook, Momo! You guys, head towards Zou!'

"We ran into Big Mom's ship back then in the seas near Dressrosa..."

'EEEEEH?! IT'S SINGING!'

"And from what we saw, there were a few mermen and the two that Luffy meant before."

'Gaooo'

'We'll sink it -soir!'

"And Capone 'Gang' Bege, one of the Worst Generation."

"BEGE?!"

Nami quickly told them about their firght against Big Mom's crew and how they escaped.

"So Sanji didn't get injured anymore then he already had from Doflamingo... That's a relief..." Law said and Robin's clone chuckled. "What?"

"You called him Sanji, not Black Leg," she smiled at him.

"Did I?"

Her clone nodded once. "So when did you get to Zou?" Robin asked the Navigator.

"We reached it the next day. It seems we were pretty close by already."

"That was ten days ago!" Chopper added.

"But from what we saw of the destruction in town, it looked about two weeks old..." Robin replied.

"That's right... the country was already in ruins ten days ago. But we would still consider Nami's arrival, along with her other friends a miracle! If it weren't for her courage and Chopper's medicine would of lost everyone in the Kokomo Dukedom."

"Everyone!" A sloth mink said, hangin upside down in the door. "The Prince has finally awakened!"

"Eh!? Really! That's good news!" Said one of the Minks.

"I thought that was the end of him!" Added another.

"After all he's been through! It must've been terrible!" Cried a cat minks.

"Oh that's great! Let's go check up on him! Miyagi! Tristan!" Chopper said running for the door.

"Okiedokie! I'll make sure to take notes at well!" Miyagi said excitedly runny after Chopper.

"Miyagi-sensei, you're going to fast," Tristan said trying to catch up while carrying a heavy bag.

"Wanda! Prince Inuarashi says he would like to meet our benefactors!"

"Of course..." Wanda answered, her hand covering her mouth and a tear selling up in her eye. Thank God... she thought. She turned to Nami and the others. "Would you come along with us?"

"That's great isn't it, Wanda!" Nami said happily.

"Sure but who's this Inuarashi dude?" Luffy asked placing his straw hat on his head.

"He's the Prince of the Mokomo Dukedom..." Wanda explained. "In short, our king. He's been in coma ever since the city crumbled! We have two kings in this country, the King of Dawn, Prince Inuarashi, and the King of Dusk, Master Nekomamushi."

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Law and Robin's clone continued into the forest until they reached the edge of the Whale forest. Law stopped walking and a smile appeared on his face as he looked up at the forest entrance ahead. There was some rustling in the trees and bushes as each member of the Heart Pirate's poked the heads out of them.

"I'll let you catch up," Robin's clone said. "If Nami tell's us any more I'll let you know."

"Thank you, Robin. Sorry for the trouble."

"It's no trouble at all!" Her clone smiled before disappearing in a cloud of pink petals.

"CAPTAIN!" Law's crew yelled as they ran out of the bushes.

Bepo was the first to reach him. He jumped onto Law wrapping his arms and legs around him, "You came for us!"

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

"I missed you!" Bepo said nuzzling Law's cheek. "All the members of the Heart Pirate's are here!"

"Bepo, do you wanna squash him?"

"What?" Bepo said looking to Shachi before jumping off his captain. "Sorry, sorry! Captain! I am so amazed to know that you beat Doflamingo!"

"No, that's Straw Hat," Law informed.

"We've got a lot to catch up on! Let's go deeper into the forest!"

"Okay," Law smiled at his crew.

At the same time that Law's crew had explained the tragedy that happed in Zou just seventeen days ago, Wanda was doing the same for the Straw Hats as they headed to meet Prince Inuarashi.

"S-So the ones that attacked this country... they were underlings of a yonko?!" Usopp replied as she told her story.

"Kaido's..." Robin added.

"Correct," Wanda answered. "How they managed to arrive at our island...Or why they though There would be a samurai here... These things we still do not understand..."

"Hey, Usopp, Mammoths!" Luffy said.

"Quit being all Happy-Go-Lucky," Usopp said putting his finger to his mouth to tell him to be quiet. "Can't you be a little more sensitive about the situation!"

"See! ...Now you understand why the words 'Samurai' and 'Wano Country' are taboo here, don't you?!" Brook said in a hushed tone so Wanda couldn't hear.

"I see..." Zoro said.

"What a repugnant bunch..." Robin replied.

"But y'know... that probably means then Ninja... that Kinemon was talking about osn't here..." Luffy said disappointed... and way too loudly. "What a bummer."

Usopp, Nami, and Brook's faces bacame both angry and terrified, they then proceeded to beat the loud mouth captain.

Wanda turned to the Straw Hats, "by 'Ninja'... do you mean a Wano Country Warrior? Is your crew privy to something that we are not?"

"No, no, not at all!" Brook said waving his hands in front of his face. "...er... Inja...! We were wondering how the injured are doing...!"

"Ah, we're almost at the Duke's sanatorium, as you can see..." She said pointing to the building ahead. "I apologize for making you come all this way. We can continue this discussion later..."

"It's Luffy and the others!" Chopper said waving to his friends.

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"WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE IN A CAGE!" Caesar yelled as Sanji laid on the couch in their room on Big Mom's ship.

He tried to block the evil scientist out but was finding it rather difficult.

"Shut the hell up already, I'm trying to sleep," he lied.

To be honest, Sanji hadn't had a single ounce of sleep sense they left Zou. Not only did the thought of seeing the people he hated... and feared... most in the world keep running though his mind, Sanji was also finding it hard to get comfortable. He couldn't figure out why though. The bed in his room was soft and fluffy, like cotton candy, the pillows felt like marshmallows, and the blanket, warm like an oven set on the lowest heat... So there really was no reason for him to be having so much trouble sleeping...

I hope everyone's okay... I'll just get thangs straightned out and head back as soon as I can... Should't take too long long...

Just then the door opened and Vito of the Fire Tank Pirates walked in. "To think that Black Leg Sanji is really Vinsmoke Sanji of Germa! What an honor it is to meat a Germa Prince-rero!"

"Ever hear of knocking?!" Sanji said.

"WHY ISN'T BLACK LEG IN A CAGE TO?! LET ME OUT OF HERE ALREADY!"

"You're not royalty! Black Leg is a Prince! We have strict orders to treat him like one! ...Provided that he cooperates-rero."

"Caesar, Shut the hell up...," Sanji repeated before looking at Vito. "You, go away! Can't a guy take a nap without being bothered by a bunch of annoying idiots!" Great, now I sound like Marimo! ...Law, please no matter what you do don't tell them! I don't want them to find out this way. Nami, Chopper, and Brook know's a little now... but don't tell them anymore then they already know... please...