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Lil's POV

We were all having fun at this party. Mama and Papa had gone off somewhere for a walk leaving me with the others in the ballroom.

"Someone open this damn bottle." Zoro growled struggling with a cork.

"Give it here." Rose said taking the glass from him.

She clicked something on her metal hand and a corkscrew came out.

"Wow." I smiled "That thing was inside your finger."

Rose opened up the bottle for Zoro "I've got all kinds of tools in this arm, Blade, Chainsaw, Circler Saw, Corkscrew, Lockpick, Comb, Screwdriver, etc."

"So you turned the arm I built into a glorified Pocketknife." Franky said.

"When you put it that way it's seems tacky…" she pouted.

"I think it's cool." I told her.

"And I think your new toy it cool as well." She said pointing to my baton "Exactly how does it work?"

"Well I call them out and they follow the lead of my baton." I told her.

"So they won't do anything without a command."

"They cannot do something I do not command them to do. All I need to do is say the word while moving the baton and they'll do it. They can walk a few meters or defend themselves slightly without me saying anything but that's about it."

I turned away from my conversation to find Jinbei telling Luffy about a fight between Aokiji and Akainu for the title of Fleet Admiral. He warned us to be careful around Sakazuki and his new Marines as well as Blackbeard and his pirate fleet.

"You need to be careful Luffy, since you have such a strong connection to Blackbeard…ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!"

"It's fine I heard ya." Papa said making himself known.

"I like leaving things to chance anyway." Luffy laughed.

"You must have it hard." Jinbei sighed.

The room suddenly got awkwardly quiet.

"Zoro, Sanji?' Luffy asked "You think there's a big animal in this castle…"

"It certainly feels like it." Rose said shooting them a look.

"Has anyone seen Shirahoshi for a while?" Papa spoke up.

"She went back to her room because she didn't feel well." Camie told them "She's had an exhausting day."

The five of them just got up and walked away.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Just hang here." Papa said "I'll be back in a minute."

"Umm…okay…"

Steve's POV

When we got to the Princess' room we opened the door to find a scene right out of some weird niche adult book. That slimy guy from back when we were descending to the island was made of goop and holding Shirahoshi down.

"Umm…Ewww." Rose mumbled.

We beat the crap out of the guy attacking the Princess and she thanked us for saving her again. One of the minsters came and apologized for his failure to protect the princess so we allowed him to blame the destruction of the nearby tower on the thief instead of us.

"Wait you're not going to after that guy." Nami said "He's got your treasure."

"With the citizens safe I have no need for treasure." Neptune told her.

No need…oh no…

"Take that back!" I tried to warn him but it was too late.

"Why did you idiots send him away! Go get him and their treasure!" Nami yelled kicking us off the balcony.

"You greedy witch!"

LATER

When we landed in town it didn't take us long to track down the swampy guy. I guess his powers had stopped working because he had spewed the treasure all over the ground. We gathered up all the valuables and packed them in bags. We let Luffy, Zoro and Sanji carry them. We made our way through town and came across a loud commotion outside the Candy Factory.

"Ohh it's the factory!" Luffy cheered waving to the crowd outside the factory.

They asked us if the banquet was over already.

"Yep." I told them "It was great thank you."

"The meat was good but the candy was the best." Luffy smiled.

We got a bunch of looks that seemed to amount to 'please shut up'. Luffy didn't seem to get the hint cause he kept talking about how he ate the sweets from the factory.

Some Lion guy got in our face about Luffy eating the candy.

"He talks." Rose said in surprise.

"So does Chopper." Zoro told her "this isn't new."

"Pekoms remain calm; screaming will not solve the issue. Let's settle this post haste and return in time for the party…" a man with very long legs said.

One of the Long Leg Tribe?

The tall guy introduced himself as Baron Tamago, and he spoke with a funny accent. He explained that in return for protecting Fishman Island they were supposed to give Big Mom 10 tons of candy per month.

"We will wait until tomorrow morning and that is it." Tamago said.

Sanji tried to get the guy to back down but he explained that if the fishmen didn't come up with the candy by the next morning the might of Big Mom's pirates would descend on the island and destroy it.

The transponder snail the two were carrying rang but neither of them wanted to answer the phone for fear of being scolded.

So Luffy walked up and answered for them "Hello, Are you Big Mom?"

"Who is this…" the voice on the other end responded.

"Monkey D. Luffy, the future king of the pirates."

"Don't introduce yourself like that!" I yelled.

"Garp's grandson…the one who stirred up all that trouble."

"There's no more candy." Luffy told her "I ATE IT!"

"10 tons…"

"Yeah I ate all 10 tons!" Luffy yelled back.

"It's wrong to lie kid, you don't have to cover for the Fishmen…"

"It's true, I ate it." He told her.

What are you doing…?

"I didn't know that it was for you, I got a bunch of treasure here I'll give you this in exchange for the candy."

"You expect me to take treasure in exchange for my candy?!" Big Mom yelled back.

Tamago told her that since Kidd had sunk two of their ships the other day they could use the money. Tamago tried to convince her to give the fishmen an extension in exchange for the gold and other treasures.

"Are you stupid?!" she snapped "A pirate would never cave for what they want, but that kid has sparked my interest. Very well I'll take my anger at that island and turn it at you Monkey D. Luffy."

Now we've got a huge target on our back…

"Nice going Luffy." I sighed.

"Just you wait." Luffy told her "It's too dangerous to leave this island with you."

"Luffy." I warned "Be careful with your words."

"That's why I'm gonna kick your ass and take Fishman Island for myself!" He yelled.

"Yep…" I just laughed "I had a feeling you'd say something like that."

We sealed our fate and passed off the treasure to Big Mom's men. We headed back to the castle, along the way I told Luffy not to make huge decisions like taking turf without at least telling me first, not that I really had a problem, I liked this island it's not like I was gonna let Big Mom just wreck it.

Some Time Later

When we got back Nami was not happy we had traded away the treasure.

"She said she was gonna destroy the island." Luffy told her "So I told her I was gonna fight back."

"WHY?!"

"You said you'd fight Big Mom!" Jinbei said stunned.

"Oh My." Shirahoshi giggled "You so strong Luffy."

"You were just standing your ground." Nami nodded "BUT WHY THE HELL DID YOU GIVE MY TREASURE AWAY?!"

"Have a heart." Rose whimpered.

"What do you mean your treasure." I snarled.

"On to the New World!" Luffy yelled all swollen and just blowing Nami off.

At the Sunny

We got all packed up and ready to head out for the surface. The Minster gave Nami a new Log Pose with three faces. Since the magnetic pulses were different in the New World we required more choices for our own safety or in Luffy's case, more fun.

"Alright everyone we're all set!" Wyper called out.

"I learned how to rise us up so let's move!" Franky laughed.

We got the sails down and headed away from the island. It had been a fun trip but now it was time to move on to our next trial. The ship nearly capsized when Shirahoshi grabbed the railing to say goodbye. She made us promise to come see her again soon.

"Pinky Promise!" Lil smiled touching Shirahoshi's finger "We'll be back."

We headed out to the open sea and got ready to head up to the New World.

"Once we surface we'll be on the same sea as Shanks." Luffy said.

"Indeed, we will." I smiled "Let's hurry…to the world's strongest ocean"

We passed by many fish on our long trip towards the surface. We even got sucked into an undersea current that might have torn another ship apart. A pod of Island Whales like Laboon even gave us a ride to the surface, and before long light started to become visible.

When we broke the surface, we saw it, the greatest and most dangerous sea of them all, The New World.

"WE'RE HERE!"

AN

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