I made a mistake in the previous chapter. The Water Spirit should be a 2x2 barrel boat, not 4x4. Sorry if it confused you about the boat's appearance…

Chapter 13: Donut Race

"Without further delay, we will begin the race!" announces Slim Tim.

The two teams got their oars ready and pirates begin to gather at the shore. "Oh wait! I forgot! Take these!" says Tim as he drops a log dial onto each team's boat. "Use this to navigate around in case you got lost!"

"Lost? Why? We just have to stick to the coast and we'll never be lost!" says Tamao.

"READY SET GO!" shouts Tim, ignoring what Tamao said.

The moment they heard the shouting, the Cutie Wagon zooms ahead of the Water Spirit and the pirates on the shore begins firing cannonballs at the Water Spirit. "They're attacking us!" shouts Pirika. "Let's get away from them!"

"No wonder we need the log dial! We have to stray far from the shore to avoid getting blasted!" says Tamao.

"It's not fair! They're attacking us! Not fair!"

"But didn't the announcer said that our team can also attack and distract the opponent?" asks Lyserg. "If our enemies can, then surely our friends can."

Sure enough, Ryu and Horohoro are beating up the pirates who are firing the cannonballs. "Don't hurt cute little Lyserg and the girls!" Ryu shouts at the pirates while whacking them with his wooden sword.

"If Pirika dies, I'll kill you!" shouts Horo angrily while smacking them with his skateboard.

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The Cutie Wagonis moving ahead very fast while the Water Spirit is moving slowly behind them. Konchi and Ponchi appear and say, "Having a heard time, eh?"

"Don't just stand there! Help on something!" Tamao tells them.

"What can we do? We're spirits, so we cannot touch physical objects."

Porche turns around to look at them. "Those kids will never catch up with us. I think we should surprise them a little! Kapoty, show them your merman karate!"

"Yes!" replies Kapoty. He performs a karate chop against the water, creating a large 'water blade' that shoots towards the Water Spirit.

"There's an attack coming towards us! Steer aside!" shouts Lyserg in panic. The girls quickly tries their best to row aside, and the water blade only made a small cut on the boat's 'right wing'.

"If you want to attack us, then we'll attack you!" says Tamao angrily. "Konchi, over soul!" Konchi over souls into her bow-like weapon and fires an arrow at Kapoty. To her surprise, the merman grabs the arrow with his bare hands and snaps it in half.

"Is that all you can do, girl?" says Kapoty in a mocking manner.

"That villain!" says Lyserg angrily. He fires his pendulum at Kapoty and its string wraps around him.

"What!" says the surprised merman. Lyserg then pulls the pendulum back, making Kapoty spin like a top as the string returns to its owner. "WAAAAAAA!" After the pendulum is gone, Kapoty falls back and passes out from dizziness.

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Back on the island, the shamans are being distracted from the race. Yoh is taking a nap, Horo is having a free meal, Ren is enjoying some milk. Ryu is surrounded by beautiful girls, Anna and Jun are being entertained by some cool performances, Chocolove is playing games with the pirates, and Pai-Long is just standing there. Manta is the only one focusing on the race, but he can't do anything about it but watch. "Did you see what that boy did?" asks a pirate. "He spun out Kapoty using a cool string trick!"

Foxy chuckles to himself, because his plan has worked. "Good! Those kids have fallen into my trap of being distracted! They will be entertained by my men and forget about their team!" He turns to the large gorilla, named Hamburg, and says, "Let's get started!" He hops onto Hamburg's back and they ride off.

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"We'll never be able to catch up with them!" says Lyserg. "They're too fast and we cannot go any faster!" Then he notices Pirika sticking some strange-looking shells onto the back of the boat. "What are you doing?"

"Testing out these wind dials," she replies. After putting down 4 dials, she pushes the button on them and they release a strong gush of wind. The Water Spirit starts moving very fast until it goes past the Cutie Wagon!

"WHAT?" gasps Porche in surprise.

"How did you do that!" Lyserg asks Pirika.

"Simple, I stored wind into the wind dial and used it as a booster to help us move fast!" she replies.

"Amazing!" announces Slim Tim. "The Water Spirit moves very fast and went past the Cutie Wagon! But can they get pass the field of whirlpools coming up next?" Ahead of them are several small whirlpools. "Don't worry! The whirlpools are really small and they definitely won't suck you in! But its currents can spin you out and make you mess up your controls on the boat!"

Lyserg spots the field of whirlpools and tells Pirika to deactivate the wind dial, and she did as told. The Cutie Wagon finally caught up with them and goes ahead into the whirlpools. They got spun out by the currents and get pushed out. "Darn it! Again!" says Porche. The Cutie Wagon goes into the whirlpool field, but they got spun out and pushed out again.

"We have to find a way to get pass this!" says Lyserg, and then he spots a tree on the shore across of the whirlpool field.

At this moment, Foxy and Hamburg appears at the shore next to them. "It's our big boss!" says Tim. "His appearance can only means he's going to use his distraction techniques!"

"That's their captain?" asks Tamao, pointing to Foxy.

"He looks ugly…" comments Pirika.

"Hehehehe! Can you kids get through my distractions alive?" says Foxy. He takes out a smoke bomb and throws it at the Water Spirit. When the bomb hits the side of the boat, smoke bursts out and engulfs the Water Spirit.

"It is boss's trick number 13—the smoke bomb!" announces Tim. "The thick smoke will prevent you from seeing even an inch in front! Will the Water Spirit escape the smoke?"

Suddenly, a pendulum shoots out from the smoke and latches onto the branch of the tree across the whirlpool field. The pendulum on the branch starts reeling and it pulls the Water Spirit out of the smoke, all the way across the whirlpools! The speed of the reeling helped the boat cross the whirlpool without getting spun it out. The Cutie Wagon is still stuck there…

"WHAT!" gasps Foxy.

"AMAZING!" Tim screams into the megaphone. "The Water Spirit used only a retracting pendulum to get out of the smoke and cross the field of whirlpool!"

"You're so cool, Lyserg!" says Pirika.

What Lyserg had done is he somehow attached his pendulum's armband thing (whatever you call it) onto the boat and then hooks the pendulum itself onto the tree branch, and then he lets the armband reel in the pendulum. Instead of the pendulum coming back, the boat gets pulled towards the pendulum, which is hooked onto the tree. Please try to understand it; it's not easy trying to explain this.

"Okay, let's get going!" says Lyserg. At this moment, the wind dials die out, because it's out of wind, so they have to row by themselves. Good thing the Cutie Wagon haven't got pass the whirlpools yet.

"Coming up next it a gigantic whirlpool not like the smaller ones!" says Tim. "Can the Water Spirit get pass it?"

"A big whirlpool is up ahead!" screams Tamao. "We'll never get pass it!" The Water Spirit gets drawn into the whirlpool current and they start spinning and spinning.

"We're done for!" screams Lyserg.

"Not if I try this!" says Pirika. She places her hand into the water behind the boat, and suddenly, a loud bursting sound is heard and the Water Spirit shoots out from the whirlpool current and into the air!

"WOW! That is one amazing trick!" says Tim. "The Water Spirit shot into the air and made it out the whirlpool safely!"

When the boat landed onto the water surface, Pirika starts to scream about her arm having great pain. "What did you do?" Tamao asks her. "And does your arm hurt a lot?"

"It hurts a lot! I used an impact dial just now! I placed it on my hand and then pressed it in the water," she answers. "The energy stored in the dial created a strong blast that send the ship flying out of the whirlpool. MY ARM HURTS!"

The Water Spirit continues to move. They came across a sign that says "Go right", but they ignored it and continued moving. Foxy is shocked upon seeing this. "They didn't get deceived by boss's trick number 18—the fake direction sign!" says Tim.

The Water Spirit moves on, and Foxy runs ahead of them and drops down onto the ground and mutters out, "Help me… I'm very sick… Please stop and help me…" But the shamans ignore him and moves on.

"They didn't even get fooled by boss's trick number 10—fake sickness!" says Tim.

Then they come to a large banner saying "GOAL", but they somehow saw through this fake thing and moves on.

"WHAT!" screams Foxy.

"Even trick number 30—fake goal sign—didn't stop them!" says Tim. "Do they have no trust in anyone or anything?"

"DON'T FORGET US!" shouts Porche at the top of her voice. "Full speed ahead!"

"Yes! Fusion Turbo Shark Man!" says Kapoty. He jumps in front of Monda and allows the shark to bite his lower half body, and then Kapoty starts swimming very fast, carrying the Cutie Wagon behind him. Within a short while, they are almost catching up with the Water Spirit.

"It looks like Cutie Wagon is catching up!" says Tim.

"They're catching up!" says Tamao. "What do we do? Our wind dials aren't working and if Pirika uses the impact dial again, she'll surely lose her arm!"

Lyserg uses his pendulum to pull off some trees on the shore and flings it at the Cutie Wagon. The trees bonk Kapoty on the head and he faints. "Kapoty! NOOOO!" screams Porche. "Monda! It's all yours!" The shark nods and swims very fast, carrying the boat behind him.

"The real finish line is just ahead!" announces Tim. "Who will get there first?"

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"You can do it, Pirika!" shouts Horo from the shore.

"Lyserg! You must win!" shouts Ryu.

"You can do it, Tamao! You can do it! I believe you all can!" cheers Yoh.

"Don't get too happy yet," says a pirate next to him. "Our boss has one last trick up his sleeves!"

"What trick?"

"He has a Devil Fruit power that is very useful in a situation like this."

Hamburg quickly carries Foxy next to finish line. "Hehe! You cannot win this race!" says Foxy.

The Water Spirit is getting nearer and nearer to the finish line, and the Cutie Wagon is just behind them. "We're gonna make it!" says Lyserg. "We will!"

"Noro Noro Beam!" shouts Foxy as he points his finger at the Water Spirit. A pinkish beam shoots out from his finger and at the Water Spirit. The Water Spirit suddenly stops moving and the Cutie Wagon zooms past them, crossing the finish line.

TO BE CONTINUED…

If you saw OP, then you'll surely understand the last part. If not, then you'll have to wait for the next chapter, or you can try to find out about it on the Internet.