A/N: I don't own One Piece. I do own some of the OC's like Anya. Ya know, it's tiresome to say this.

You know those two weirdoes from before? Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday? As soon as we were close to their town, they jumped off the ship and bid us farewell, but not before acting too snarky. According to them, this place is called Whiskey Peak… now where have I heard that before? Wherever I heard it from, I got a bad feeling about this. The feeling increased the closer we were to the island. The feeling doubled when I heard people cheering and singing for us.

"PIRATES! PIRATES HAVE COME! REJOICE EVERYONE!"

"PRAISE TO OUR HEROES!"

Pirates? Heroes? Did we fall into some weird world?

"This town is welcoming us." Luffy laughed and ran toward the side the ship.

I tapped my foot, feeling slightly agitated about this. This isn't right. People don't celebrate random people coming unless there is an event, let alone pirates. Maybe I have been out to sea long and this was normal in the Grand Line, but... some is wrong. Was it trap? Was this to lure in pirates and acquire their bounties? I looked at everyone else to see if I'm the only one who felt this way.

Good, only Nami and Zoro remained themselves. Good, the three of us need to make a plan to get out of here.

We docked on the port and entered the village. The cheers dwindled just as the mayor of the town showed up. He was tall, fairly old, with six curls of gray hair, indicating he was sophisticated. He also wore a blue suit, but the old man needed to adjust the length of his pants. Sheesh. Plus, his hair is just too abnormal.

"Welg… *cough* Ma, ma, ma. Welcome to our town. I am the mayor of Whiskey Peak, Igrappoi."

Huh, having problems with words?

"I understand this town may seem out of the ordinary, but Whiskey Peak is a town of music and fine liquor. Hospitality is in the meaning of town. If you look in the dictionary, our town is under the word. If you want liquor, we have mountains of it. If you don't mind, we would like to welcome you to our banquet. While that happens please entertain us with your tales."

There's that bad feeling again. This isn't right. Pirates shouldn't be welcomed; they should be feared. They should think we're cutthroat enough to kill them and run away or at least steer clear of us.

"ALRIGHT PARTY!" I wanted to smack my face at the gullibility of Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp, but I don't want these strangers to be suspicious. Who knows how tough these guys are what plans they formed? The mere mention of food, entertainment, women and the works, you instantly won these morons over. I'll play along for now.

The festivities for the night were eventful. These suspicious jerks knew how to throw one. All the food we can eat and the drinks that will satisfy us. This went on for a few hours before we all decided to shut down for the night

My eyes shot open as I sat up and looked around the room. A clear sky with a full moon. Good, there some light in this darkness. Everyone was out cold. Wait, I noticed Zoro picking himself up and yawned. "You're awake, good. You didn't trust these guys either?"

"How is it you consumed so much alcohol and you're still okay?" I spoke curiously and fearfully of his liver. He turned back with a smirk.

"A true swordsman does not let alcohol take control of himself."

"That was cooool." I swooned, but shook my head. "I mean… yeah."

"Come on, let's make short work of them. I have an idea of who they are."

"Who are they?"

"As I said come on."

The two of us made it out of the room and climbed up on the roof. I squatted and crawled over to the edge of the roof, just in time to hear what they were saying. Perhaps I should've been a spy…, but they means I would've worked for the Government. Wait, those two weirdoes who stowed away on our ship are down there, they must be part of this trap for pirates. As much as I want to leave them alone, I can't. They can trap pirates here all they want, but they caught us and I'll be damned they will send us away, especially Luffy. I saw the so-called mayor took out two bounty posters. One was Luffy, but who was the other?

"TH-THIRTY MILLION!" They were all shock by his bounty. "THAT KID!"

"And the purple haired brat is worth 19 million?" Mr. 9 added while glancing at other poster. I have purple hair, so I got a bounty. Yay me! They recognize me as a threat... or is because I'm related to Luffy... no I beat Crimson Claw. I'm sure they all told them I did.

"Seems you gotten yourself a bounty." Zoro spoke behind me. "Crimson Claw was 3 digits below, but why would you be higher?"

"I am the sister of a man worth 30 million. They see me and compare me to him. They will think I am just as much of a threat like him and call my existence a sin. If I wasn't pirate and they found out I was related, I would be persecuted, arrested, and executed. I am surprised it isn't higher."

He didn't say anything, but I could feel a frown radiate from him. "Living is not a sin."

"Now go confiscate any money or treasure you find on their ship and tie them up. The government will only pay us 70% of the actual reward if we kill them. They would rather do public executions."

Zoro walked forward and stood on the edge of the building. He spoke up to make sure they could hear him. "Sorry, but could you let them sleep for a little longer? They are all tired from our journey." Zoro stood tall and dominate from his position. He was starting to get pretty amazing, handsome, and more badass. Damn it!

"MISS MONDAY! TWO OF THE CREW MEMBERS ESCAPED!"

Hmm, looks like I'm found out. I positioned myself to edge of the roof where I sat down. I crossed my right leg over my left while donning a vicious smirk. I'm glad I didn't fall asleep randomly again. Looks like the rest of the town came out from wherever they were from. Yeah, now I remember. I was told that Whiskey Peak was a placed filled with Bounty Hunters.

"That girl! IT'S 'LAVENDER LANCER!'" shouted one of the bounty hunters. "We got to get her and her brother. 49 million is enough to make up for the whale meat."

Hmm, I like it. It's not a terrifying name, but give it time and it will be a name that will have people run away from me.

"YOU SWORDSMAN!" The ex-mayor shouted. "You consumed so much alcohol you should be out of it."

He repeated the same phrase he told me, it sounds much more manly in the moonlight. Soon more bounty hunters appeared. I wonder how many?

"So this is the game you're playing eh?" He chuckled. "A den filled with bounty hunters. You take advantage of overconfident pirates who arrive in the Grand Line."

"Zoro-kun," I said in dark and sly tone as I counted each person. I wanted to scare them, I think it is. "There about a 100 of them."

"That sounds like a good number to test my new swords. You want to watch or join."

"Watch." I playfully spoke as I circled my finger through my hair. I noticed a few of them were looking afraid at my easygoing posture. "They need to get past you to get to me. I don't feel like soiling my spear on them."

"Heh, fine, I'll make short work of Baroque Works."

I never heard of that name before. Their reactions down below told me all I need to know, surprise looks and gasps came from them. Nobody was supposed to find out about them. They must be some kind of top-secret organization or something. T

"Back when I was in the same line of profession as all of you. A certain member of your club came seeking me out. Of course I refused." He glanced at me. "They're an organization who don't know each other's identities and must refer to each other by code names based on numbers, weeks, months, holidays and the like."

He turned back to them, as his smirk grew more sinister. I think I like this side of him when he's talking down a big group of jerks.

"Then there is the leader of the organization. This man's identity and location are a mystery. Heh, and this supposed to be secret."

I chuckled as I spoke. "Looks like the secret is out everyone!"

Iggrappoi narrowed his eyes. "This is quite the shock… that you know of our organization and now the girl knows. Another tombstone must be added to Cactus rock!"

I titled my head and looked back at the rock formation behind us. Hmmm… so those are tombstones all over the rock. Nice touch and good target for painting, if I knew how to make a good painting. I'm terrible at it.

"KILL HIM, BUT LEAVE THE GIRL ALIVE! WE'LL CUT HER TONGUE SO SHE WON'T TALK" Rude, cutting my tongue is a no go. I turned around, and noticed Zoro was gone. He disappeared? Heh, must've moved so fast they couldn't tell where he went. I looked down nearly cracked up. He was in the middle of the crowd while they were searching for him. They finally saw him and jumped back in surprise. Zoro mocked them greatly as they stupidly aimed their weapons at him. It's stupid because he's going to disappear on them again an-

*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*

and… shoot each other. I need some popcorn

"HURRY UP AND KILL HIM! HE'S ONLY ONE SWORDSMAN!"

Zoro appeared from behind the man as he pierced the man's hair with his katana. Due to their whispered conversation I couldn't make out what they were saying, but the geniuses with guns were getting ready to shoot them. I wish I had popcorn. Then the Iggrappa pulled out his Saxaphone for some reason. Why would he need th-

"KAPOW!"

Was that a shotgun blast! DID HE USE AN INSTRUMENT TO FIRE A SHOTGUN ATTACK! The Grand Line is so amazing! I watched them scramble around the ground trying to find Zoro. If I just sit back and relax

"YOU!" My eyes narrowed as I looked behind me at the man holding a rifle to my head. "Don't move Lancer, give yourself up and I won't hurt that pretty face of yours."

"Thank you for calling me pretty."

"Shut it brat! You and your brother are worth 49 million combined."

"You can't take me on unless you help your friends take out the first mate."

"He's the first mate? What are you?"

I vanished from his line of sight by using my fancy footwork. I got right behind and whispered. "Just a simple Chore Girl."

He yelped and whirled around to fire. I knocked out it out of his hand and punched him in the face, knocking him out cold. I heard more gunshots and more shouts from a different part of the town. Obviously, Zoro is causing enough problems for them to be focusing on him than me. They do need me alive. I jumped across the roofs, narrowly avoiding gunfire in my way. Zoro can take of these, I'll just run away and knock them out when they approach.

"FREEZE GIRL!" Crud, four of them approached me from four corners with axes in each hand. Three men and a woman. Wait that's the same one I had a dance off with.

"You." I pointed at her, she jumped a bit. Seems like a scared her. "You were faking it?"

"Only until I got tired! SHUT UP AND SURRENDER 'LANCER'!"

"Mmmm…. Nah." They charged at me and all four took a swipe. I leapt over each other before those weapons hit. At least they didn't hit each other. As soon as I landed, I made a break for it. "NAH NAH! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" I stuck my tongue out at them as I laughed at their pissed off faces."

"YOU COWARD! QUIT PLAYING GAMES!" shouted the girl.

I stopped and turned. "Fine, I'll read a book instead." I dropped my spear and shield. "No weapons! Come at me sister."

"YAHHHHHHHHHH!" All four charged at me with no coordination at all. I rolled my eyes and rushed forward. In a few seconds I took care of them with a few kicks to face, chest, ear, and face again. They all fell in a heaping pile like ragdolls. Stupid bounty hunters, you're not tough like 'her'. I grabbed my weapons and jumped off the roof to the window in front of me. I dove through in time before the shots were fired at me. I rolled off the floor and kicked the door opened to exit. I ran down the hallway, but much to my annoyance, more hunters came and blocked my path.

I found myself on a roof of a house again while the noise still polluted the air. So far, I only put down 20 Bounty Hunters. I told them they needed get Zoro, but did they listen? Nope. Now all twenty of them will wake up feeling sore. I heard someone shout and turned around to see what it was. On the next roof was a large, muscular brown skinned woman, pinning Zoro down as she was punching him in the head. I cringed as the shockwave occurred between them.

That stupid muscle-bound woman was going to kill him. Our buildings were next to each other, so it was good that I can make a short distance. I leapt to the next roof to help him, but I stopped a few feet away when I noticed Zoro was getting the upper hand.

Zoro showed me why he was true warrior, a true swordsman. He grabbed her face and started to squeezing her head. It was a contest of strength between these two. This wasn't about a brawl, this was about spirit. He was winning. She started screaming in pain and collapsed on her knees as Zoro rose up. She was trying to keep her grip on him.

"What's wrong?" He taunted. "Where's all that strength you were proud off?"

He's so strong! I ran over as the muscular woman collapsed.

"Zoro! Great job!"

He smirked in my direction. His features telling me he enjoyed the scuffle. I took out a rag in my pocket and tried to remove some of the blood on his face. Something about wiping the blood from his face got me a little giddy. Why is that?

"How disgraceful!"

Our attention was directed to the fools down below. The only ones left were Mr. 8, Mr. 9, and Miss Wednesday. They must be stronger."

"To be beaten by two lone pirates." The old man continued to glare at us. "The leader entrusted me to watch over this town as a proud member of Baroque Works. We are responsible for what happens here."

He took out his saxophone again. Damn it! We avoided the shotgun blast produced from the so-called instrument. I jumped off of the building and landed on a haystack. I jumped out and noticed the girl whistle for someone named Carue to come.

"CARUE GIVE ME A HAND!"

I prepared myself for an encounter with a dangerous foe. It was..

"QUACK!"

An overgrown duck. I groaned, expecting some kind of monster or something. He raised his right wing for some reason… heh. He's giving her a hand. That's classic.

"NOT LITERALLY!" She shouted in dismay at the duck. That's too hilarious. A little bit later, she got on the duck and looked ready to fight me. "Alright Carue, show them your famous speed that can outrun a leopard."

I readied myself for them to make a move.

Then, for some strange reason, the duck sat down. Angry at it, she smacked it upside the head for its stupidity.

I sighed and walked away.

"HEY! DON'T TURN YOUR BACK TO ME!"

I shrugged. "The show got boring after Act 2."

"Y-YOU! I am not incompetent!" I turned around as the weird duo charged at me

I glared at the duck, lick my lips and shouted. "WHO'S UP FOR FRIED DUCK?" I then licked my spear… metal tastes bad, why do people lick it anyway? I'll never lick my spear again, not even for intimidation.

"QUAAAAAACKK!" Fear overtook the fowl as it shrieked at my dark demeanor. It turned 90 degrees and ran off while the girl was screaming at the duck for being an idiot. Ha, that was too easy. I leisurely walked around the building, I didn't feel any trouble, but I did hear metal clashing against another. One moment later a body fell on a pile of barrels. I blinked and smirked at the man with the crown on his head and bats in his hand. What a unique fighting style. Zoro must've knocked him out.

'KAPOWW!'

Crud, it's the old man with Saxophone shotgun. I looked around frantically, he wasn't near me, and it was a little bit of a distance. I heard footsteps from inside the house. I lowered my guard when Zoro came running out. I grinned and ran at him.

"Zoro, did saxophone man get you?"

"No, taking a hit like that would be suicide. Did you take care of the girl?"

"She was on her giant duck. I couldn't pass off the opportunity to scare it to death."

Suddenly, I heard a noise from behind and turned around. That 9 guy was growling in anger at being taken out like a wimp.

"You stupid swordsman! Taking me out like that!"

"You did that on your own, your acrobatic skills made you fall."

"AH HA HA HA!" I laughed. "You missed and jumped to your doom? What a moron!

"LANCER!" He aimed one of his bats at us. Suddenly the top portion of the bat shot off and wrapped a chain around my arm tightly. I was caught. It's made of iron and I can't cut through it. I'll have to knock him out first.

"HA! I SEALED ONE OF YOUR ARMS LANCER! COME ON SWORDSMAN YOU TRY TO GET ME WHEN I HAVE YOUR WOMAN!"

"My woman?" Zoro snorted. "We're not in that way."

"Are you an idiot?" I started chastising the would-be king "He could come over there and break all your bones!"

"Not quite! When I have hostage right here." Wednesday came back… DAMN IT! She has my bloated brother as a hostage with a dagger edge close to him. Sharp objects are one of his weaknesses besides submerging in the ocean water.

"Miss Lancer, Mr. Bushido, if you even move an inch, consider your comrade's life a forfeit."

"AHH NICE ONE WEDNESDAY! THIS IS OUR INSURANCE! SHE CAN'T ESCAPE AND HE CAN'T ATTACK!"

"Your brother should've woken up before he became a hostage." Zoro groaned

"It's… how we are. Give us food and we're in a coma."

"Prepare to fire!" Huh? Damn, the old man is still on the roof. Once glance said it all, he had cannons coming out the six curls in his hair. THAT'S AWESOME! NO! THAT'S TERRIBLE!

"Preparing complete…..IGRAPAPAPA!"

Aw crud! He fired six cannon balls from his curls. An interesting weapon, but still not good. Then Zoro grabbed the wire and yanked it, pulling the king man forward. "Anya, trust me on this!"

"Alright!" I grabbed the wire too. We managed to lift him up in the air. He was just at the right time and position for the cannon balls to fire. Thank you, Mr. 9, for being our meat shield. No hard feelings. We then swung him around and tossed him on Wednesday. A direct hit; That sent the two of them into a wall and freeing my brother. The chain broke too. We dodged the projectiles from the man's hair cannon. Zoro ran forward and used my brother as a trampoline to send himself up in the air at Mr. 8.

He delivered a quick slash, ending the battle for us.

Something inside the house caught my eye.

A bottle of alcohol.

Eh, no one needs it and I'm sure Zoro would probably like some. I climbed up the steps in the house, grabbed the bottle, walked out the door, then walked up another flight of steps and found Zoro tossing out that Monday woman and curly.

"Nice finisher."

He turned toward me with a grin. "Yeah, it's a quiet night now."

I smiled and nodded. "Yep." I tossed the bottom and he caught it. "Thought you might like that. God knows you can never get enough."

"I have a limit; I just don't know it yet."

I lightly punched him on the shoulder. "You and hip coolness."

"Cool and hip? Hn, those words are meaningless." He took a sip and wiped his mouth. "If you think I am cool as you say, then you can think that. I see myself as normal."

Still cool though.

"You hear something?"

"No."

"Must be my imagination."

"Yeah… these guys are all defeated, should we go back and get the rest of them?"

"Let them sleep for a while, we'll get them later."

Another thought crossed my mind. "Tell me what else you know about Baroque works?"

"That's all I know, a scout came to me and told me everything. I declined when I said 'if I joined, you best make me the leader.'

"Ha, ha and then what?"

"He attacked." He smirked. "If I knew the secret then I can't be left alive. So I had to kill him. He called himself Mr. 7. I think we're going to be in trouble. We did take out their members."

"That's if they found out that we did it. I can't believe a whole town is involved, there was little girl chasing after me too."

"… what did you do?"

"I jumped behind and delivered a chop to the neck with my hand. She went out like a rock."

"There was a little boy and probably his mother. I…. put them out. They're alive and unharmed."

"You didn't use your swords did you?" I glared at him.

"Yes, but only the dull end."

"That still hurts you know."

"What did you expect me to do?"

"Can't you pinch a nerve?"

"I don't know how to do that." He took another sip. "I was in a hurry to stay alive, woman."

I wanted to argue further, but… I guess he was right. Even he did pinch a nerve, he might pinch the wrong one.

"I'm sorry, you had to do what was best at the time."

"Hm… I never liked hurting children." He snorted. "There was one time I was hired to kill a 7-year-old due to him being the son of a pirate. I told him to piss off and left."

"... Good that you didn't."

We stayed quiet and enjoyed the moonlight. Then we heard screams from down below and some kind hyena like laughter. We spotted two new people confronting the old man, his royal pain, and duck girl. One of them was a brown skinned man with fluffy like hair and wore a brow long coat over his regular clothing. The other woman was a short-haired blonde, behaving like a stereotype, while wearing a short yellow dress, some kind of hat, white heeled shoes and an umbrella. They look like they know each other. Must be more of these Baroque Work members.

The two new strangers talked about someone is in trouble, apparently someone from a random kingdom found out their secret by infiltrating their organization.

"Luffy's caught in the middle."

"Be a dear and go and get him."

"He's your brother."

"Aren't you the first person he picked?" I grinned cheekily, getting a snort in response.

Then the old man fired cannons from his hair. I guess it's a battle amongst them, not our problem. We both got down while they were fighting amongst themselves… which ended quickly. Then the man in the coat said something that kind of startled me.

"The identity of the first spy, is Igaram, head of the Alabasta Royal Guard, and the second spy is… " He took out a picture revealing a girl with long blue flowing hair. "Nefartari Vivi, the princess of Alabasta!"

Zoro managed to drag Luffy out as I squatted nearby, continuing to listen.

"Under the direct order of the boss, we're here to eliminate you."

This… this is… what can say…. Boss. No wonder she looked familiar. The last time anyone saw the princess was two years ago and now here she is playing spy. Why? Is her country in danger of Baroque Works?

... I took out a princess… She must be a princess fallen from grace, but they said she was spy. So….

Suddenly the king man, despite not being a spy, jumped into defend her. He instructed her to run while he stayed to fight, but… this guy eliminated him by shooting a booger…. A BOOGER THAT EXPLODED UPON CONTACT! What kind of weird and twisted powers does he have? I… I'm getting excited. The Grand Line is going to put my skills to the test and increase my endurance.

The girl got on the duck and rode off. The two creeps gave chase. I'm stuck in a dilemma. Should I go and save her or just ignore it? I'm a pirate…. TO HELL WITH THAT I'm going to break their teeth!

I looked behind to find Zoro growling at the old man, who was begging him to save her. I can't turn down something like that right? There will be choices I make in the future that will affect the environment, but… I want to make an enemy out of someone other than the Government. A new third party to antagonize would be awesome. Baroque Works will be that third party. Right? Damn!

"If you successfully save her, you'll be greatly rewarded!"

"OKAY!" I shouted! "One rescued princess coming up!" I revved myself to leave

"Rewarded you say?" that voice sounded like Nami. "How about 100 billion belli as a reward."

I face faulted on the ground… ,but we're pirates so why not be selfish? I turned around and pointed at Nami.

"Damn it Nami you greedy woman, but the reward is pretty good."

She jumped down and looked at me with some kind pouted and helpless look on her face. "Does it seem low?"

"THAT'S TOO HIGH!" I shouted. "You know, a princess needs rescuing, a party will be made in our honor! Lavender Lancer AWAY!" I shouted as I ran down the street

-Vivi's p.o.v.-

No, no, no! How could this have happened? We were very careful, very, very careful. They were bound to have found us sooner or later, but I didn't think it would be this soon. I feel dumb, very dumb. My disguise worked, I looked like a twenty something year old as opposed to teenager. I am currently 16 by the way. To make this disguise work was to have the right make up, padding, and anything else that would make my alter ego more convincing.

Now I am currently running, riding since Carue is doing the footwork, for my life. Mr. 5 and Miss Valetine are dangerous, they are truly people you do not want to encounter. They are fruit users so that makes them just as bad. I see them catching up and I tried to make Carue go faster. Suddenly I spotted someone up ahead, it's Miss Monday. Is she going to capture me?"

"Wednesday! Go on ahead, I'll try to distract them as best as I can."

"Wha? But!"

"No buts." She smiled at me. "You are a friend, and we were bound to get killed for our failure anyway!"

Tears shed from my eyes as I rode past. Despite her brawn appearance, she was kind and had a soft spot on her. As a princess I assumed all people on the side of piracy or whatever were evil, but being with these people gave me a change of heart about them. Some of them got screwed over in life and had to choose this to get by.

'BOOOOOOM!'

No! Carue stopped as I took a glance behind when Mr. 5 struck her on the neck with his forearm. I don't think anybody can survive this…. I don't think I can get away from them. They'll kill me! I won't see my father again, I won't see my kingdom again, nor pell, nor him.

"With this ability bes-."

"SHUT UP!"

That voice was familiar. I looked back and to my surprise was that pirate girl, Lavender Lancer. She smashed the man on the head as she jumped over and then delivered a sharp kick to his face that sent him flying back.

"MR.5! You brat how dare you!"

"He was in my way."

Valentine growled as she started floating up in the air. As soon as she felt herself to be at the right height, she dropped herself like a rock. "Die!"

"Nah." She jumped away and let the agent crash through the ground. "Did you expect me to stand there like an idiot? I don't know what kind of ability you have, but it seemed like you rely on it too much." She kicked Valentine, knocking her out. She looked back and approached me. "Hey there Princess, I saved you."

I shot a glare at her, why would a pirate save me. I didn't need her help. I took my peacock slashes. "LANCER! I DIDN'T NEED YOUR HELP!"

"Knock it off." The swordsman suddenly appeared and grabbed my arm. "We're here to help. Looks like my friend here took care of it."

"Why would you help me?"

"Because you were in trouble," I blinked at the Lancer. "Sure, I could've ignored it, but I wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't help." She… was she speaking the truth?

"I have other reasons." The bushido snorted. He probably was forced to come. He looks like the type to not help people not worth his time. I don't understand, by taking out two of the strongest they have just provoked the wrath of Baroque Works. These people have no idea what they put themselves into.

"ZOOOOOROOOOOO!" Our turned to the boy with the strawhat, he still looks like a balloon. What kind of fruit did he eat?

"Brother! You finally woken up!"

The man smirked. "If you had woken up before we could have finished this quickly."

"I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! FIGHT ME!"

"WHAT?"

I sat there looking at the three of them. Moments ago, the kid appeared and fought against Bushido, thinking he hurt an entire town filled with civilians. What kind of idiot is he? He didn't think it was that suspicious? He only blamed the swordsman and not his sister. He probably didn't want to believe she helped.

If that was the case, then what morals do they have? What lines can they cross before they go too far. Mr. Bushido and Lancer seemed to have enough sense to play around, but him? However, the boy was strong. He was able to keep up with the swordsman. I cringed, if he had woken up, then we would've been taken out quickly with just the three of them. Where did they get this strength?

The Mr. 5 pair woke up and tried to attack them, only for them be taken out quicker than what Miss Lancer did. Just who are these people?

Lancer, tired of them fighting. Came up and smacked her brother with her shield. The boy growled and yelled at her. The two bickered like kids until he realized the truth. She could've done it sooner, but back during their fight...

"See? I heard you said he didn't look like a 30 million wanted man. Well? Looks can be deceiving."

After that statement, she went over to break up the fight. Just in time for the other woman from the crew to arrive. She said something about making a contract. It seems that Igaram asked for them to rescue me. I sighed after hearing the agreement.

"I am thankful for saving me, but I can't agree with it."

She seemed to frown at this. The lancer stared at other woman and spoke up.

"Have you ever heard of Alabasta?"

The orange haired spoke. "No, can't say I have."

"It's a sandy kingdom." I glared at the Lancer curiously. She shrugged before speaking. "My master it's a desert place that's all hot and humid. Also told me the liquor wasn't as a good as some other bar she went to in another island."

I wanted to smack her for her ignorance. This master of hers is a bad influence. I explained to them everything about my kingdom. It was highly civilized country in the Grand Line and a long time ago it used to be peaceful. The peace ended and the chaos started. The reason? Revolutionaries, not Dragon's revolutionaries, were instigated by Baroque Works. Baroque Works was the reason why these revolutions increased their protesting and ruined the peace in my country. Besides, I didn't know anything else about them.

I had asked my guardian, Igaram, if there was a way to infiltrate Baroque works, because I figured it was the only way to get rid of the shadow that plagued my country. I found out they will use my country to create an ideal nation where those that who did their jobs correctly were rewarded with high-ranking positions. I don't want people to die for that to be realized. If I don't hurry back, then the plan of Baroque works will succeed.

The orange haired girl, Nami the others called her, understood everything. "I see… I guess that explains why you refused." I heard her mumble something, a country not having money to spare. Hmm, that sounds like she wouldn't take money from those less fortunate.

"So who's this boss dude anyways?"

I freaked out at the question coming from their captain. "NO! THAT'S A BAD QUESTION TO ASK! YOU'RE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING!" I calmed down, remembering panicking won't help. "If you knew, Baroque Works would come and hunt you down.

Nami laughed uneasily. "Hahaha! Yeah just leave us out of it. A guy who's taking over your entire country must be one incredible dangerous person."

"Very greedy," Miss Lancer said, as she snorted. "Sounds a little too big for us. We already have the World Government and rival pirates. I don't know about adding a secret organization to our 'kill us' list." I don't blame her. "But it would be interest to have another threat on our tail."

"Are you eager to fight?" Nami groaned at her. I share her frustration.

I looked at all of them before speaking. "This matter should not be something you should seek out. It does not matter how strong you pirates may be. You would be no match for Crocodile, a member of the Royal Shichibukai."

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OH NO! NO NO NO! I said his name, out in the open. I quickly covered my mouth as the color drained from my face. Not like that wouldn't help, I don't know why I covered it in the first place. It's just a reaction people do in order to think people didn't hear them… or something. Nami didn't need to talk, her posture and face told me everything. She was terrified. The captain had a mixture of awe and... excitement. Lancer just stared at me with a small smile, but her eyes were devoid of any sense of emotion. Mr. Bushido looked annoyed and pointed out the obvious about saying his name.

We felt a presence and our attention turned to… NO! The unluckies. An otter and vulture pair. Yes, an otter and vulture. They both had a pair of sunglasses. The otter wore a pink and polka dot suit while the vulture wore a pilot's head ware. The otter's name is Mr. 13 while the vulture's name is Miss Friday. This is bad, they are the eyes and ears for Crocodile. They make accurate photos on anybody and report back to the boss. Or they try to dispose people by sending traps.

In this case, they'll report us. They know who I am and the Strawhats, if the bounties are an indicator. They'll send some higher ups after us.

What can we do?