"Now, all we have to do is looking for that tall tower." I said to my partners after everyone split up to search the bomb, "I mean a giant and tall clock tower." I corrected quickly.

"Wait, you mean you already knew all along, Ojou-sama!?" Takao yelled at me in disbelief, "Why didn't you tell the others!?"

"Because if I told them, they'll ask how I could know it." I replied casually and quickly kicking away someone that charging to me, "and that would be so troublesome." I added as I grinned sheepishly, making both of my partners face-paw/talon.

"Now come on! We better move! We got less than a five minutes now, come on!" I exclaimed as I ran out from the war field, along with the other two. After we're out, we found the clock tower, which at the left side of the war field. I grinned before ran toward it, using haki as the dusts were blocking my sights, along with the other two who just running after me. After I'm right in front of it, I kicked down the door and ran toward the top of the tower until I'm eventually at the top, but not right at where the clock is.

"Damn, where the hell is the door to the clock?" I thought out loud as I walked to the window and looked out.

"Eri-chaann!" I heard someone called me and looked down, only to see the others but Sanji and Zoro.

"Yo minna." I replied as I brought a hand to greet them. "What's up?" I asked.

"The bomb is right at the top of the building!" I heard Usopp yelled.

"Yeah, I know." I replied a little bit louder, "I felt two people on top, though." I added and right after I said that, I heard a gunshot right from the top, where the clock at, and I saw Pell was falling down with droplets of blood trailing up as he fell. It seems the others didn't know about that except me, Takao, and Flame.

Slowly, my blood starts to boil as I saw his bird figure fell down and shadows hung over my eyes. My fists curled up in a ball until my knuckles turned white as I curled it too hard before I walked back a few steps and looked up right at the ceiling. I turned my fists into black and jumped, punching the ceiling up with such a great force as big hole was shaped and some of the craters landed onto the ground, along with me.

Then I squatted down before jumped up toward the hole and landed right at the side of the hole, which just my luck that I landed right in front of the other two agents with the most ridiculous costume and appearance I ever seen. After Buggy of course, but that's aside.

Before they could react, I quickly jumped and landed right behind them before I did a hand-stand and making my legs in a perfect 180 degree before I kicked them right into the hole, where my partners are. I peeked into the hole and gave the two a movement of my hand on my neck, moving it from the left to the right side with pissed off expression, which a metaphor of 'cutting off their heads' AKA beating them up. They understood and eventually beating the agents up until they're half-dead, I guess.

Then I walked up to the giant circle-door-like thing and pushed it open. It was totally heavy, I tell you that. But this is just a half weight that Garp-jii gave me years ago, so it's not that bad. But it's kinda hard to open it until I saw a lever not far from me. Then I walked up to it and pulled it down, which slowly is opening the giant circle door like thing slowly. Then I walked toward the edge of the door and peeked out, which taking the Straw-Hats' attentions.

"Yo, minna!" I shouted, loud enough for them to hear, "I found the bomb right here!" I exclaimed.

"Really!?" the others, especially Vivi, yelled back.

"Hurry and come up here, Vivi! The whole city is going to be blown up in less than two minutes!" I yelled again and I saw she nodded. I walked back and turned around, this time looking right into the giant cannon and I saw the bomb is in there, but there's ticking sounds, despite I'm at the clock tower, especially at the clock side, the ticking sounds of the two are different. Then I felt Vivi landed at the edge of the door and I turned to look at her.

"Vivi," I called as I fully turned to see her, "sorry to make you get a heart attack, but…" I trailed off as she waited for me continue my words and I looked at her right in her eyes, "the bomb is a time bomb." I stated and she widened her eyes. As she ran to look into the cannon, I walked back a few steps as Vivi saying things in frustration while I stared at the sight in sympathy until I felt another presence at the edge at the giant circle thing, which revealed as Pell.

"This place holds a lot of memories." Pell said as Vivi turned around to look at him while the man looking longingly, "It's the Suna Suna Clan's secret base… really, you were such a noisy child. You gave me a headache almost everyday." He continued.

"Pell… Pell listen!" Vivi called, "It's a time bomb, it's going to explode soon!" she continued but it seems Pell didn't seem to pay attention to what she said.

"Vivi-sama," Pell called, "I am very pleased that I was able to serve the Nefertari family." He continued, which confusing Vivi up. "It's something from the depths of my heart… that I am so proud of." He finished as he smiled before in a quick move, he transform into giant falcon and pulled out the bomb using his talons as he flew upward away from the city, which shocking both of us. This kept going until he's just a speck of dot at the air until a huge blast right in the sky appeared.

I just stared in shock while Vivi was covering her mouth as she's about to cry in shock, disbelief, and literally frustration. My hands curled into a ball as I gripped it hard, hard enough to draw blood. Right after a few moments the blast, which stopping the war for a moment, the said war started again, as if the sacrifice of the said 'Guardian Spirit' of Alabasta didn't ever happened or even the bomb was about to kill all of them.

"…I don't believe it…" I muttered out as I looked down, right at the war field with dark eyes, "despite they all almost died because of that damned bomb and we got another victim of this event, they got back into a war just like that never happened…?!" I growled in fury as I gritted my teeth hard and glaring death at the war field. "Is humans always this selfish!?" I exclaimed in fury while Vivi didn't say anything to it until she looked down and biting her lower lip.

"Losing control of rages… blind in unreasonable reason to fight… their passion of protecting the country…" I trailed off as I kept looking at the war field, "This, is what you call as idiots." I finished and at the same time, the sounds of gunshots and blades connecting to each other, along with war cry, followed up.

"…please…" I heard Vivi muttered and she stood up, looking at the war field hard, "STOP FIGHTING!" she yelled, "PLEASE EVERYONE! STOP FIGHTING! PLEASE STOP FIGHTING EVERYONE!" she continued. She kept yelling that as I stared at her in sympathy as her yelling just fell on deaf ears.

"Vivi…" I said softly as she kept yelling and I turned at the war field, which seems too occupied with their activity right now. I quickly hugged her tight, which stopping her from continuing her activity and cried in my chest as I stroked her cyan blue hair.

"It's alright Vivi," I said softly as she cried, "Everything's will be over soon… Luffy is beating that Alligator right now, the rain will be back, and it will stop the war." I continued.

Just like the fate is blessing me, something was flying over in the sky and landed right in the center of the war field, which eventually taking both of us attentions and we parted away to see what is that.

"That's…" Vivi started with wide eyes, "Alligator!" I finished in excitement with big smile as we saw a familiar person in furry coat and a hook for left hand right in the air.

"There are no more enemies…" Vivi said softly, "So please stop the bloodshed!" she exclaimed.

"SO PLEASE EVERYONE… STOP THIS FIGHTING!"

I don't know if this is a miracle or not, but right after Vivi yelled that, droplets of water starting to fall and it rained hard, which eventually stopping the people down there from fighting to each other.

"Look, Vivi," I called as I smiled softly and looking at the sky, "the sky is finally stopping the war." I pointed out as the war was totally stopped.

"So everyone please! STOP FIGHTING!" she yelled once more, and this time everyone down there can heard it clearly as fresh water as they looking up, right where Vivi (and me) is. I smiled and pat her head as a good luck before I jumped down, which shocking almost everyone that see it. But right I was about to land on the ground, Chopper quickly transformed into his Guard Point and I landed on him.

I grinned, "Thanks Chopper! You're the best!" I told him before run off, ignoring almost all the Straw-Hats' yelling and shouting as I ran away from there with a grin. I kept running as the other turning their attention back to Vivi which at the same time I arrived at where the stupid Alligator landed, unconscious. I smiled sweetly as dark aura started to spread out as I brought up my right foot and brought it down right at the stupid Alligator's stupid face and grinded it hard.

"Well, well, look what do we have here," I said as I kept smiling and grinding my foot on his face harder, "We got a big one alligator here." I giggled darkly as I felt some of the citizens near me started to inches away. "Look here," I pointed out as I brought up my hand to feel the droplets landed on my palm, "You lost, stupid Shichibukai. Sure, we may have been met years ago at the time I got lost in Mariejois right into the Meeting Room, but it seems you didn't remember me at all, eh?" I asked before I jumped and landed hard on the Shichibukai's stomach, hard.

"I'm hurt, ya' know?" I smirked mischievously before I hopped off from the unconscious man and walked away from the spot to where the others are, at the same time as the citizens putting down their weapons. I smiled and looked at the sky as the rain slowly making me wet and soaking my hair as I kept walking away from the spot to where everyone is using my haki and I eventually found them (except for Takao and Flame, probably with the children or not), along with Luffy and the king of Alabasta Cobra.

"So you're the pirate group that brought Vivi back." The king said.

"Ha? Who are you mister?" Sanji-san asked.

"Everyone!" we heard Vivi called and we turned while she noticed another company, "Papa?!" she exclaimed.

"Pa-papa!? You're Vivi-chan's… dad!?" Sanji-san yelled in shock as his eyes bulged out.

"You're the king?" Zoro asked casually as the king put Luffy near a building.

"I thought I was dead for sure…" the king said, "but this kid saved me." he said as he looked at Luffy. "Even after fighting with Crocodile, he carried two people to the surface… such unbelievable power." He continued.

"So does that mean the poison is gone already?" Usopp asked.

"Hmm, it should be neutralized." Nami pointed out.

"But the wounds should be treated, you guys too." Chopper said.

"Vivi, stop bothering with us, hurry up and go." Zoro said as he sat down and me sat down beside Luffy, "Yeah, go back to the palace ground." I continued as I leaned on the wall.

"Right, you finally stopped the uprising. Without you and the king showing up, it just won't seem like the end." Usopp pointed out.

"That's right, let's all go." Vivi invited us.

"Vivi-chan, I think you should know that we're pirates." Sanji-san said as he lighted up a cigar before grinning at her, "We don't like to get involved with politics." He continued.

I was just grinning at that while the rest just saying their feelings before the king and Vivi left, making almost all of us collapse because of fatigue after they're out of sight.

The war's finally over, and we finally won, eh?

XXX

I stirred as I slowly woke up, blinking a few times before sat up, scratching my head before turning to see Vivi was still awake, looking out at the window, looking at the rain that kept pouring.

"You still awake?" I asked her, which taking the princess' attention and she smiled before turning back her attention to the rain. I just smiled before lying down back on the bed and pulled the blanket to cover me. "Just don't sleep too late." I told her for the last time before drifted off again to dreamland.

The next time I'm awake, it's already in daytime and everyone is already awake, except for Luffy, of course. He's still dead tired from the fight, and my head is still pounding from the impact by that stupid golem and actually my whole body is hurt. I was about to sleep again but it seems my stomach didn't approve it, so I sat up and yawned as widely as I could. And a little farting event. Whoopps, sorry.

"Ah, Eri-chan, you're finally awake." I turned and saw Vivi holding a basin of water along with a cloth as she walked beside Luffy and putting the basin on the nightstand and putting the wet cloth on Luffy's forehead.

"How long did I slept?" I asked sleepily.

"About three days." She replied casually.

"WHAT!?" I yelled loudly as I wiped my head to look at her fully, "YOU MEAN I MISSED EIGHTEEN MEALS!?" I continued.

"Why did you counted it as six meals a day?" I heard someone said that followed by a soft closing door, which revealed as Nami.

"Because! I have three normal meals and three snacks time! Are you that stupid, Nami!?" I exclaimed which eventually earns a hit in the head.

I dunno if it's a miracle or curse, after she hit me and we yelled at each other until we stopped for maybe an hour or so, the others came and Luffy eventually woke up for another hours, which the usual noisy one.

"This guy is really noisy when he wakes up!" Sanji-san pointed out, "Also, it's not breakfast time, it's dinner time." He continued.

"Here's your hat, Luffy-dono." Takao said as he put the hat on the bed next to Luffy, who thanked him and put it on.

"Luffy-san, it's good to see you have a high spirit." Vivi said, relieved.

"High spirit? I'm like this all the time, am I?" Luffy asked dumbly.

"You idiot, you had high fever and your condition was pretty serious!" Nami pointed out.

"Really?! Thanks you all!" Luffy thanked before Zoro walks in.

"Wha, Luffy, you're awake?" the green head asked.

"Ah! Zoro! Long time no see!" Luffy greeted as he brought up a hand, "Eh? Long time no see?" he repeated in confusion and he started thinking while tilting his head.

"It's not weird he became like that." Usopp pointed out and told him that he slept for 3 days.

"3 DYAS!? I SLEPT FOR 3 DAYS!?" he exclaimed and there was a counting sound like in the supermarket that ends with a 'ching'. "I missed 15 meals!" he continued in shock.

"How come can you count those kind of things so fast!?" Nami asked as she sweat-dropped.

"And he counted 5 meals a day!" Usopp pointed out.

"Well I missed eighteen meals!" I exclaimed in frustration, "This is so dumb for missing meals like this!" I ruffled my bed hair in frustration while the other two sweat-dropped.

"And there goes the 'Glutton Siblings'." Both Nami and Usopp muttered out loud at the fact that we just missed our meal times and the fact of how we really love the food.

"Hihihi, I already asked for dinner to be prepared, don't worry!" Vivi said and both Luffy and me wiped our heads to look at her with sparkles around our faces.

"Really!? FOOD!" we exclaimed in excitement and at the same time, someone barged at the door and walks in, along with a huge cart of fruits behind the person.

"The Captain has just woken up. It will take another 30 minuted for dinner to be ready, will you all please wait?" the person, who was revealed as a woman that almost a perfect copy of Chikuwa wig hair-ossan! "It will be better if we all ate together!" she continued.

"Hey! Wha!? Hey ossan! You're still alive!?" Luffy exclaimed in shock as his eyes bulged out while Zoro started to inches away from the woman.

"You… so you're into these…!?" Zoro trailed off while the woman doesn't seem to understand. But Vivi quickly explains it all and Zoro seems to be scarred for life. "There should be a limit as how similar a couple should be…" he trailed off.

"I heard that two of you eat a lot before dinner, please enjoy these fruits first, okay?" Terracota said while both Luffy and me were ate all of the fruits in a blink of an eye.

"We understand." We replied in sync while the others seem to be shocked about it. "Obassan, we want 3 days worth of food!" we continued.

"Don't worry, I have worked for 30 years, I won't disappoint your appetite, just eat your fill!" she replied before leaving the room along with the guy who pushing the cart.

After the exact 30 minutes, we're all finally at the dining room, along with the king that also eating with us together. But of course, both Luffy and me seem too hungry to care about table manners as we ate sloppily and pretty much noisy, despite there's a king that also eating with us. But he seems to be amused by the fact we made the dinner pretty lively.

"Eat faster! Finish them!" Zoro exclaimed and about to bite down a ball of rice until Luffy took it, even faster that Zoro.

"Hey! Eri, you just took my plate!" Usopp exclaimed in anger as he put a foot on the table.

"You're just too slow!" I exclaimed and ate the food on Usopp's plate before grabbing a chicken leg and finishing it off before throwing the bone to Usopp, which strikes right on his forehead.

"Don't spit food everywhere!" Nami exclaimed as she hit Luffy.

"Oi oi, why are you eating so fast!?" Sanji-san asked as he saw that Chopper is eating his food fast. That, until Flame decided to hop on the table and ate Chopper's, which causing the small reindeer to yell at him, who only laughing at that before got another victim AKA Zoro and Usopp (and Usopp's food is just about to be spicy, which doesn't really have any effect to the hybrid). Takao's wings were already healed fully so he's kept snatching people's food from their fork or their plates before eating them fast before snatching another food of the others.

"(So you're the king? So, you must be Vivi's father,)" Luffy said to the king in, I dunno, alien language? Probably, "(Right?)" he continued, which making the king all confuse at what the hell is he saying.

"Take it easy, we can talk after we eat…" the king said.

"(Ah, that's right!)" Luffy agreed as he slurped in all the noodles on the plate.

"Can I have more beer!?" Zoro exclaimed.

"I want water!" Sanji-san exclaimed as Chopper was pounding the table as the food seems to be stuck in his throat (don't know what that meant, btw). We kept eating and laughing as the Trio Stooges were making events again, which are making everyone in the room having a laughing fit.

Such a lively dinner in the palace dining room!

XXX

"Woah!" I exclaimed as my voice echoed in the girl's bath, "This is so cool!" I continued in excitement. "Now I can wash off all the filth I got!" I exclaimed in happiness before ran toward the pool and jumps in, ignoring Nami's frustrated sighed and Vivi's soft giggle. I kept swimming in happiness before I pulled myself out from the pool and washed myself, especially my hair.

"Seriously, aren't you guys have long arms?" I asked as I saw Vivi is scrubbing Nami's back, "Can't you washed your own back?" I asked in curiosity, as I never got any answer at the fact that Japanese are tended to take a bath in two and they seems to scrubs their partners' backs.

"It's for cleaning up the dead skins of your back." Nami explained and I just ooh-ed. Then I felt many eyes looking at us and the three of us turned to see that the men are peeping on us.

"How dare they peeping on us." I sighed as I slapped my face before both Nami and me nodded to each other and we slipped off our towel, showing our, I dunno, private parts.

"Happiness punch!" we exclaimed while the men who were peeping on us getting nosebleeds and fainted, "200 thousand each." We continued as we tied back the towel and we high-fived as we grinned, while ignoring Vivi's shocked cry. I just laughed at that while I sat down on the small chair and Vivi kept saying that we should have shame.

"Come on, it's not that bad! Even Ace has seen it since we're kids and he doesn't seems to complain!" I pointed out before telling Vivi to scrub my back too.

"But you two shouldn't have done that!" Vivi complained before she paused as she saw my scarred back, "This…" she trailed off as she touched the scars while I just grinned and peeked from my shoulder.

"Cool, eh? I got this when the three of us are still snotty brats." I said before chuckling, "I saved them, in exchange of scarred back. Pretty badass, eh? Geshishishi!" I chuckled while Vivi just stared at me in disbelief before sighing and smiled softly.

"You always seem to be the positive about whatever happened to you, aren't you, Eri-chan?" Vivi asked as she scrubbed my back.

"Eh? Really?" I asked back before thinking hard, "I don't think so. I'm always being all negative about everything around me, not to mention saying gross stuffs like ***** and *****, oh and don't forget about *****!" I said casually happily and laughed, while Vivi looked paled about it and Nami just sighed as she slaps her face. After a while, we dip in into the pool.

"We're thinking… of leaving here today." Nami said to Vivi while I'm busy playing with water.

"Huh!? Really!?" Vivi exclaimed in shock.

"We don't have any reason to stay here anymore because the two siblings have recovered." Nami explained, "The Marines are guarding the coast, our ship is in danger." she continued.

"Yeah!" I join in, "Not to mention there will be that annoying but lovely Marine Captain named Hina-san! And along with Smokey, of course." I said as my mind trailed off to where there's one time I got bind by Hina-san's DF power because I'm running off again in the HQ and gave me back to Garp-jii. Just like a hunted animal, seriously.

Vivi seems to looks surprised and thinking hard about this. I just smiled and patted her head in comfort. "Don't worry, Vivi-chan. You can tell us your answer to join us tomorrow morning before we set off." I told her and grinned. She just looked at me, unsure, before nodding.

XXX

"We're leaving here tonight?" Zoro asked.

"Yes." Nami replied.

"I think this is the right time to go. What do you think?" Zoro asked.

"Oh yeah, the Marines have started moving too." Sanji-san pointed out.

"Luffy, it's up to you!" Usopp said to Luffy.

"Right! We should have another Alabastan meal before we go!" Luffy announced, which earning a punch in the head by the others.

"I already got ten packs of box lunches here, by the way!" I announced as I hugged a tall rectangular bundle lovingly before turning into evil face, "And no one can touch MY food!" I added and laughed evilly.

"What!? No fair! I want some too!" Luffy exclaimed and jumped toward me, which eventually causing him to flew off to the wall far as I kicked him away. Then one of the guards came in after he knocked on the door, with a den den mushi in hand.

"Excuse me Vivi-sama, everyone, you got a call." He said as he walked in.

"From who?" I asked.

"It's someone called 'Bon-chan'." He replied.

"How should I know!?" Usopp exclaimed.

"But, he says that he is your friend…" the guard added.

"Forget it, just listen to him." Luffy said.

"Better not, it might be a trap." Zoro said.

I quickly walked to the guard and took the den den mushi, "Thank you Mr. Guard! I'll take it from here and you can go back to your duty!" I told him with a smile. The guard seems confused but shrugged it off and walked out after excusing himself. After the guard left, I put the den den mushi on the bed and pick up the phone.

"Hey!? Hey!? Gyahahahahahaha! It's me! Okama! O! KA! MA!"

"What do you want stupid okama?" I asked, totally not amused.

"What? Isn't this Demon Fox Eri sound? You're still alive!? I'm so happy!" the other replied.

"Hey! You're that okama!" Luffy joined in, "What do you want from us!?" he demanded.

"Isn't this Straw-Hat Luffy sound? You're still alive too!? I'm so happy too!" the other replied again. "Don't call me Mr. 2! The Marine might have tapped into the phone, I might get into trouble!" he added.

"You just said it yourself." Takao commented as he sweat-dropped.

"Get straight to the point!" Zoro said.

"Oh yeah, your boat, I took it away!" the okama said.

"DON'T JOKE AROUND!" the others yelled in anger, shark-teethed.

"You okama bastard! Pulling such a joke! Where are you now!?" Sanji-san demanded angrily.

"Aboard your ship, of course." The okama replied casually.

"This okama really pisses me off!" Luffy growled.

"Wait, listen to me… listen to me first!" the okama quickly said before the snail was making such a hideous grin I ever seen, "Aren't… we friends!?" he asked.

"Stop that hideous smile, Bon-chan." I grimaced at the sight of the snail, still with that hideous grin. He just laughed and told us that our boat along with himself is at the upstream of Sandora river before hung off.

"That okama is at the upstream of Sandora River." Sanji-san said, "Can we trust him?" he asked.

"We are friends." Luffy replied casually.

"You have a problem." Zoro said as he sweat-dropped.

"But, we just have to look first." Chopper said.

"That's right, our boat is with him now. If this is his trick, we just have to kill him." sanji-san decided.

"It's decided then, let's packs up!" Zoro said and we're starting to packing up.

"Everyone…" Vivi called and we turned to see her, "Please tell me… what I should do?" she asked as she looked down.

"Vivi, listen up!" Nami said, "We'll give you 12 hours. When we get our ship back at Sandora River, then at midday tomorrow exactly, we will pass the through east coast!" she continued. "I'm afraid that we can't stop there, but forget it." she added.

"If you like to come to travel with us again, that's the only time you can come aboard!" I told her, "When it's time, we'll welcome you, but it's Pirates adventure!" I continued. "Cause you're a princess, we can only do it that way." I added.

"Must come ok!? Vivi! You must come!" Luffy said.

"LUffy, don't be like that!" Nami told him.

"What!? You don't expect her to come!?" Luffy replied.

"Of course not! It's her decision!" she replied.

"You guys," Vivi called, "You guys should bring the Super Spot-Biller Duck Squad." She said. "You guys need to hurry right?" she finished with a smile. We grinned at her and thanked her.

"But if we use the front door, everyone will know, right?" I pointed out.

"Don't worry. They're down here." she pointed out as she walked toward the window and opened it, while we followed her and sure enough, we saw the squad right below us.

"Cool! Come on everyone, wear your coats and grab your belongings!" I ordered and they obeyed. After we finished, the Straw-Hats jumped down and rode their perspective ducks, leaving me with Takao cause Flame already down there. As I was about to jump with my bag on my back while Takao was flying still in front of the window with the bundle of foods in his talons and I turned to look at Vivi.

"You know Vivi," I called, "Pell is still alive, just so you know." I told her and grinned before jumped off and landed on Takao's back, leaving Vivi in her shock. "Come on, Takao, let's go." I told him and he nodded before I looked down where everyone is, "Let's go everyone!" I announced and they nodded before we're off from the palace to where our ship is, AKA the Sandora River.

"Hmm, this is comfortable." Zoro commented as he smirked while we go to Sandora River.

"We're going to say goodbye to the sand kingdom, I won't forget this battle…" Usopp cried before turning to Luffy, "Hey! Luffy! When are you going to finish eating?" he asked.

"The food from Alubarna is great. Sanji, next time cook them." Luffy said as he ate, ignoring Usopp's question.

"I planned to, that's why I asked Terracota for some recipes and some spices." The cook replied.

"Nami? Are you okay?" Chopper asked in concern, "Are you feeling unwell?" he asked again, but Nami still silent.

"Nami, I'll give you one of my meats, but just one, okay!" Luffy said, probably trying to cheer her up.

"Nami-san, you're thinking about Vivi-chan? I understand your feeling, but however worried you are it's still useless." Sanji-san said, "Get your spirit up, Vivi-chan doesn't want to see you troubled."

"I…" Nami started, "I thought about it… for Vivi, I forgot about…" she paused for a moment, "That 10 billion berri." She finished and almost all of us yelled at her, shark-teethed.

"YOU ARE REALLY A NATUREAL MONEY LOVING WITCH!" the others yelled, shark-teethed, while Chopper cried at this and Usopp fell off the duck.

"Since the beginning, it was for the money!?" Takao exclaimed as he face-faulted.

"ARGH! USOPP FELL OFF!"

"PLEASE DON'T JOKE AROUND!"

"I wasn't joking around! it's true! About Vivi I don't have to worry about it."

"ARGHT! USOPP FELL OFF!"

"He deserved it, who ask hom not to hang on tight?"

"IT'S YOUR ENTIRE FAULT!"

"Thank god I already took almost all of the books at the palace." I commented as I sighed in relieved and put a hand on my chest.

"YOU TOO!?" the others yelled again.

After an hour or so, we finally arrived at the Sandora River.

"Why did you make me wait so long!? Long time no see! You all are thinking about me!?" the damned okama asked as he saw us.

"Oh! Here we are!" Nami said as the ducks skidded to a stop and the others climbed down from the ducks, "You can take off the luggage now. Thanks for everything!" she thanked the duck, who only quacked back at her.

"This is far enough, thanks." Zoro thanked the duck, who quacked back.

"Careful on the way back!" Luffy told the duck, who quacked back too before the ducks about to take off to the palace. "Give my regards to the king and the curly hair dude, okay! Take care!" he exclaimed, while the ducks quacked and giving salutes/thumbs up (dunno how they did it) before ran off.

"Goodbye…! If we're destined to, we'll meet again!" the okama bid as he cried at the sight that the ducks are left before snapping off of it, "No, that's not right! wait a second!" he fumed as he slammed hi foot at the railings.

"What the hell?" Sanji-san spat in annoyance.

"You still ask?! Geez!" the okama replied, "What's this?! Old friends meeting and you don't say hi!?" he pouted.

"Who are friends with you? You're an enemy!" Luffy replied.

"Waaah! That time was my mistake!" the okama replied, "Hmph, forget it. that's in the past, let's forget about it." he added.

"Move!" Zoro said as he climbed on the ship with many luggage in his hands.

"Ah, sorry." The okama replied, "Baroque Works is disbanded, we all are not your enemy anymore!" he continued.

"Even if you're not an enemy, I don't have to let you onboard." Luffy huffed.

"Hnh! And that's what I get for a favor." The okama sighed.

"What are you talking about!?" Luffy exclaimed.

"Oh come on, if it's not because of him, our ship will certainly confiscated by the Marines." I told him as Takao landed on the deck and I hopped off from his back to the deck and taking off the coats and putting down my bag, "I can feel there's dozens of warships near the coasts, along with Hina-san and Smokey. And don't forget about that Tashigi girl." I said and stretched out.

"That's right! it's totally covered by Marines! Even a goose will have trouble escaping…" the okama confirmed.

"Then you took the Going Merry so the Marines wouldn't get her?!" Luffy asked in disbelief.

"Really!?" Usopp joins in.

"Why!?" Chopper asked.

"Because we are… friends aren't we?!" the okama replied with a thumb up and tears streaming down from his eyes, also there's a sparkle appeared as he cried.

That eventually making the Trio Stooges to dance along with the okama.

"So in short, it's because of the Marines that you aren't able to get away." Zoro pointed out, "That why you came for help, right?" he asked, which eventually shocking the okama at how bulls-eye that is.

"THAT'S RIGHT!" the okama admitted as he cried, "THIS IS THE TIME WHEN ENEMIES SHOULD GET TOGETHER TO BUST OUT OF THIS SITUATION!" he said, while the Trio Stooges cheered up by that.

"We thank you all for the offer." The okama's crew thanked us in sync.

"WHO CARES ABOUT YOU ALL!?" Zoro yelled, shark-teethed.

I just rolled my eyes and sat down on the deck as I zipped open my bag and taking out my Logbook, started to write out the past events we got. I took out a lollipop and put it inside my mouth as I kept writing, ignoring the ruckus from the others. Then I felt an eye staring at me from behind, and for your info, I know who it is, but I just ignored it and kept writing.

After I finished, I closed the book and stretched out, finally realizing that now we're at the coasts. I put the book right beside me and I felt dozens of warships are coming.

"Marines." I said shortly and clearly, which heard by the others. I stood up and walked to the upper deck as the others preparing up things and I took out my weapons, AKA the small blades like cutters, scissors, and scalpel. And don't forget my main weapon that I put next to my feet. "Careful guys, Black Cage Hina is on the lead. She has Paramecia type DF power, the Bind-Bind fruit. Not to mention she could making giant spikes as projectiles. And it will be a bad news for our ship." I told them as a sweat trailed down to my cheek.

And sure enough, the Marines are coming and Hina-san is right on one of the warships in front of us. As she saw us, she projectiles the giant spikes toward our ship. But before it pierced through Merry-Go, I draw my weapon and warded the spikes away, making it flew right into the sea.

"Mr. Bon Kurei, bad news!" the okama's minions announced.

"What is it!?" the okama asked.

"It's Black Cage!" the minions replied.

"Black Cage Hina!? She is the Captain of the Marine around here! We better run! She's a tough one!" the okama replied back.

"Yes! Mr. 2 Bon Kurei!"

"Well, well, look what do we have here," I said as I put a hand on my hip when I saw the pink-blonde woman with a cigar in her red lips that looking back at me, "It's the lovely Hina-san! How are you?" I asked casually as I pointed my weapon.

"Hina is never better, Demon Fox Eri." she replied, poker-faced. "And I never thought I'll be meeting you here. Hina is surprised." She continued.

"Oh really?" I asked back playfully, "Well, that's a surprise, is it? Now, would you please kindly enough to let us through?" I asked kindly.

"Unfortunately, Hina is unable to do that." She replied as she brought up her arms, "I must catch you here and now, Straw-Hat Pirates. And that's final." Then she projectiles another giant spikes, more than before.

"Takao! Call your minions of the sea!" I ordered him and he obeyed. Then he screeched loudly and something huge are surfacing, revealing huge seakings right beside our ship. The others were looked shocked and terrified at the sight. I just grinned as one of the seakings warding off the spikes using its huge tail, which making Hina-san cursed a bit, while the others were attacking the other warships.

"How's that?!" I exclaimed in excitement as Hina-san cursed. "Everyone! Don't ever got distracted!" I added as Usopp pulled a cannon right beside along with Luffy stood up beside me. "Hina-san is tough. Every time I ran off at the HQ in the past, she always able to caught me in no time." I said as my face paled a bit and shuddered at the flashback at where she caught me using that power of her right in the neck. Whether it was intended or not, it's still traumatic.

"What are you all doing!? Let's go! If we head south, we have a small chance of getting out!" the okama exclaimed, "If we go forwards, we will sink!"

"You all just go which way you want! We go this way!" Luffy replied the okama.

"But, why!?" the okama asked in disbelief and panic.

"Bon Kurei-sama, quick! We have to escape!" the minions exclaimed.

"We have a meeting at 12 on the east coast." Nami replied, "We have no time left, we must go."

"Hey! Really troublesome! Is there any treasure there worth waiting there!? just go and die for all I care!" the okama said as he huffed and turned around backing us.

"We are going there to pick up our friend." Both Luffy and me said in sync as we smiled, which eventually making the okama turned to see us across his shoulder with such a hideous face-fault before facing us completely, hanging his head low as his face was shadowed.

"Bon Kurei-sama…!?" the minions called.

"If we run away now, we're not worthy of being okama…!" Bon Kurei said, which shocking his minions while almost all of us confused by the statement and he turned around, facing his minions completely. "if we're not able to sacrifice ourselves to help our friends, we will not rest in peace!" he stated and his minions were shocked as they're started to cry, along with Bon-chan.

"Straw Hat Luffy and the others, listen to me carefully!" he said as he cried and there's a sparkle appeared beside his face as there's an awesome shadowing effect. Then he told us that he and his minions will disguise as ourselves and ran away while we hided into the ship. We're actually protesting, but there's no other choice.

XXX

"Hina-san! Their 2 boats have left their course! Duck ship is going south!" one of the marines announced.

"Is the duck ship a decoy?" Hina asked.

"No… that's…! Straw-Hat Luffy and his crew are in the duck ship! The Going Merry is a decoy!" the marine exclaimed. The female Marine Captain checked it if it's true using the telescope, which revealing Luffy's face.

"Chase them quickly! Full speed ahead!" Hina ordered the marines. They obeyed and did what they've been told by the captain. The warships were chasing up the duck ship, leaving the Going Merry alone, making all of us get out from our hideout and Nami taking out a pocket watch.

"3 minutes…! Go! Full speed ahead!" Nami announced and the others obeyed as our ship goes to east while I stared at the bunch of ships faraway at the back deck and after the others finished, they joined in (except for Zoro, Nami, Flame, and Takao) and started calling for Bon-chan.

"Bon-chan! Bon-chan! We… we will never forget you!" the boys exclaimed as they cried.

I just giggled at that before looking back at the ships, which starting to consume in flames and the smokes are high up in the sky. I smiled and thanked the okama silently before walking back to the front deck, as we're getting closer to the east coast. And guess what? There are still bunches of warships in our way! What a waste of time.

"Takao, call your minions of the sea to beat them all, please. We don't have much time." I told him and he nodded before screeching loud, causing the seakings to resurfaced again and attacking the warships. I walked to the back deck again while the seakings are attacking the Marines, where everyone is as we heard Vivi's voice in far distance, probably her speech.

"I recently… went on an adventure."

"It was an adventure over deep oceans and dark tides in search of 'hope'… the ocean that I faced was vast the day I left this country… it is full of unbelievable islands which hold many things."

"There are creatures I had never seen, incredible, sceneries, and the sounds of the waves… they are sometimes so peaceful… it's as if they were trying to cover up all the trouble around us."

"But sometimes they are so violent, as if they were laughing at the weak."

"But in the darkness and storms, I found a tiny ship. That ship pushed me forward and told me, 'Can you see those lights?'."

"Did you hear that? The speech right now, it's definitely Vivi's voice." Zoro said.

"It's the ceremony at Alubarna. Seems like she decided not to come." Nami said.

"That ship will always find its way out of the darkness, and unbelievable ship indeed. It's as if it was dancing, sailing through gigantic waves."

"It just sounds like Vivi, that's all…!" Luffy denied.

"Let's go… it's almost 12 already." Nami decided.

"She will come! I know it! She is definitely over there! Let's dock and look for her!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Even though it seems like they're just drifting, they only go forward, even going against the wind. In the end, it will raise its finger…"

"Oi! Bad news! The Marines are coming again!" Usopp announced in panic.

"How many are there?" Zoro asked.

"Four or more!" the long nosed teen replied.

"Let's set sail now! Full speed ahead!" Nami ordered.

"And say, 'Look! There is light!'. Even if history will make this light seem like an illusion, they will always be real to me."

"Forget it Luffy… she is different from Vivi that was with us." Sanji-san told the rubber teen while the teen didn't say anything in return. I walked up to him and put a hand on top of his head that covered with his hat as the ship sailed away from the coast.

"And with that said—"

"EVERYONE!"

We stopped our activity and turned our heads to the voice source, which revealed as Vivi at the coast with Carue.

"VIVI!? CARUE!?" the others exclaimed in excitement.

"Look! She came right!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Let's turn back! Quick!" Usopp said.

But before Usopp did what he said, Vivi cuts off all of our activities.

"I'm here to say goodbye!" she exclaimed, which was shocking almost all of us.

"What did you say…!?" Luffy asked in shock softly.

"I… can't go with you all! Thank you all for what you have done for me!"

"Even though I still want to go with you, but right now I…"

"I really love this country! So I can't come along!"

"Really?!" Luffy replied as he grinned widely.

"I… (sob) Even though I… want to stay here!"

"But if there is one day where we meet each other again, will you all take me as a Nakama?!"

We all stunned at that and my eyes watered a bit, but I quickly brushed them off while everyone else smiled.

"No matter what we—" Luffy started, but quickly cut off by Nami.

"Idiot! We shouldn't answer her!" she told him.

"The Marines already saw her, if they found out we're friends, they will mark Vivi as a criminal." I told him with sour face and we all turned around, backing Vivi and Carue. "Let's just part quietly…" I whispered and shadows peered over our eyes.

We're all silent as we slowly brought up our left arm/paw/wing and pulled down our sleeve, showing up our X mark. We're all smiling as almost all of us tried to not shed tears, but failed a bit.

"From now on, no matter what happens, the sigh on this left arm will forever be the sign of our nakamaship!"

"LET'S SAIL!"

XXX

"Those Marines, they're not chasing us anymore." Zoro said while the others just whined as a reply.

"Seems like we lost them." I added and just like before, the others just whined as a reply and the three of us (Zoro, me, and Takao, who perched on the railings) turned to look at the rest.

"Oi, what's with that answer?" Zoro pointed out as he sweat-dropped after he got the same answer like before, "What's wrong with you guys?" he asked.

"We're lonely!" the rest replied while Flame just woofed as they cried at the railings at the top level.

"Don't cry anymore!" I told them as I huffed.

"Jeez, still won't accept her leaving." Zoro growled.

"I knew that we should have dragged her aboard." Takao added.

"Whaa, you three are jerks!" Chopper exclaimed.

"Despicable!" Nami said.

"Stupid Marimo and weird bird." Sanji-san sighed.

"Santoryu, baka-Eri, stupid-Takao." Luffy said.

"Wait Luffy, santoryu is not an insult." Usopp told him.

"Yontoryu." Luffy replied.

"You just added one! Hey, you know natou? That could be an insult!" Usopp suggested.

"Yeah, Zoro is pretty rotten if you ask me." I agreed and nodded despite I'm being insulted too.

"Yeah, yeah, just go cry for all I care!" Zoro replied and turned around as he walked away. The suddenly the door under the weeping members opened.

"At last we're out to sea… good work." Someone said and we all turned to the voice source, which at the door to the storage room and there's a pretty woman standing there with such mysterious smile.

The woman is none other than Nico Robin.

Everyone's actions are so predictable while both Luffy and me just stared at the sight blankly.

"What? It's you! You're not dead?" Luffy asked.

"Don't point these dangerous things at me." Robin said as she used her power the slapped off the weapons from Zoro and Nami's hands, "Didn't I tell you that before?"

"Since when did you aboard this ship!?" Nami yelled.

"The whole time." I replied casually with bored eyes, "she even use your clothes, Nami." I added.

"Wha!? So you knew that she's here the whole time!? Why didn't you tell us!?" Nami demanded as she grabbed my collar and shaking me fast, making me dizzy.

"You…! Didn't…! Ask…!" I breathed out and as Nami let go of me, I fell flat on the deck on my back, eyes swirling.

"What are you doing Baroque Works!" Nami yelled in annoyance.

"Monkey D. Luffy." Robin called.

"Eh?"

"You didn't forget what you said, did you?" she asked as she put down a lawn chair while Luffy looked confused at that.

"AAAAAAHHHHH! Hey Luffy! what did you do to this beautiful lady!?" Sanji-san yelled as he grabbed Luffy's collar.

"Hey! Don't lie! I didn't say anything to you!" Luffy replied.

"No, I remember clearly…" Robin said as she sat down on the lawn chair, "You better take responsibility." She finished.

"You're really weird, what do you want?" Luffy asked.

"Let me join your crew." She replied, which earning almost of us shocked at the statement while I just rolled my eyes and sighed.

What a troublesome new Nakama…

End of Alabasta Saga…

Continue to the next Saga.

A/N: HEEEEEYYYYAAAAAAAA!

GUESS WHAT!? I'M BACK, BABY! WOOOOOHOOOOO!

And before you guys throwing me with rotten foods, let me apologize deeply at the lateness! I got exams and remedies/assignments at school, not to mention I easily got tired now, dunno why.

But the good news is, holiday is coming! XD Oh and The Chronicle is already in its 1st Anniversary! Yay! *throws confetti* Too bad it's already week ago…

Damn! I got so many plans for this holiday! Not in real world but in FFN, just so you know. I was planning making bonus fics for The Chronicle (for the anniversary; Christmas and Chopper's birthday; Ace's, Roger-san's, and Odacchi's birthdays; another chapter of Hirox's journey). And it will be short, so I can catch up with my other fic, I mean my translating fic, cause it's not really my fic. Wish me luck! XD

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