SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 46 out, this is Chapter 47 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors, myself included, sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairings: Ace/Sasha, familial Luffy/Sasha, patriotic Law/Sasha (Might end up as a Law/Sasha pairing later if I end up killing Ace at Marineford and if reviewers don't mind the age gap)

Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda Eiichirō-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC.

Chapter 47: Arc 4: The Key to a Great Comeback Escape! The Wax-Wax Ball!

"What is the meaning of this?" Crocodile twitched, he and Robin hurried to the entrance of the casino once they were freed from their confines.

"It was a man calling himself Mr. Prince..." one of the defeated Billions muttered.

"Him?" Crocodile growled.

"The water!" Luffy panicked as the water started gushing in. "We're gonna die!"

"Here he comes!" Nami shouted, the Banana Gator closing his mouth on the cage, only to have its teeth break from the impact.

"Hey, you guys." Smoker voiced. "How much do you guys know? That woman who was at Crocodile's side, she's had a price on her head by the World Government for 20 years. The price was over 700,000, as I recall. The moment those two join forces, this became more than a simple coup. This can only develop into a matter that whole world will get dragged into, if they're left to it."

"What are you guys talking about?" Luffy fumed. "I don't need any excuse like that to kick his ass!"

"I see..." Smoker realized. "So, how are we getting out of here?"

"I'm kind of losing my nerve." Luffy muttered.

"This is bad!" Usopp caught Luffy before he hit the water.

"Damn it!" Zoro cursed. "If only I'd mastered my Armament Haki, this cage would be nothing."

"Try as hard as you can not to make any noise at mealtime." Sanji stated. "Bad Manner Kick Course!" he sent the Banana Gator flying upwards with a kick. "Hey there. Been waiting long?"

"Stop goofing around and find the key already!" Zoro snapped.

"Here they come, one after the next." Sanji noted, seeing the rest of the Banana Gators lined up in front of him. "Brunch together as much as you like, and come get me, you damn bananas. Anyone with manners as poor as yours, who would attack a lady, gets some manners beaten into them, but good."

"Take out the third one who just came in." Smoker advised. "His growl is the same as the one who swallowed the key."

"I can't really tell." Luffy admitted. "The key to the cage!" he exclaimed, seeing Sanji kick out a stone ball from the alligator. "That doesn't look like a key."

"Wax-Wax Ball!" Mr. 3 broke himself free. "Release! Water! It's a miracle!"

"Mr. 3!" Vivi recognized the Wax-Wax Fruit eater. "What is he doing in the belly of an alligator?"

"I'm alive again!" Mr. 3 breathed in relief, gulping down water. "I thought I was dead there. What's this?" he picked up the key that the alligator threw up.

"Hand that key over to us!" Luffy, Usopp and Nami clawed.

"It's you guys!" Mr. 3 exclaimed. "I know what's going on now." he grinned.

"You're Mr. 3, are you?" Sanji glared at the Wax-Wax man. "Hand over the key quietly."

"Here come a long throw!" Mr. 3 smirked and tossed the key away. "I don't know who you are, but you appear to be on their side. If you want the key, go find it."

"That bastard..." Sanji hissed. "That was a good-for-nothing thing to pull."

"Sanji, just make him use his wax-wax ability to create a new key." Sasha suggested.

"Indeed." Sanji smirked. "Nicely done, candle man." he noted, having beaten Mr. 3 up to force him to create a new key. "Let's get moving." he informed the united group, after kicking Mr. 3 into a wall. "There's little time."

"I'm sure the first route they took is towards Alubana." Nami agreed.

"But there are so many Banana Gators that way." Vivi reminded.

"Really?" Sasha deathpanned, Luffy's and Zoro's combined efforts had taken out the rest of the Banana Gators.

"The walls are crumbling!" Luffy exclaimed as the pressure of the water forced the walls an windows to break.

"We're getting out of here!" Sanji barked.

"Water Lock!" Sasha activated her water bubble, encasing the group, plus Smoker within its confines before the wave of water crashed into them.

"Let's just hurry on ahead." Sanji pressed, the group were now safe on shore. "We've lost quite a bit of time. Vivi-chan, can we still make it?

"I don't know." Vivi admitted.

"Thalassa Sasha!" Smoker barked, Zoro reacting to block off the Navy Captain's jitte. "Why did you save my life?"

"Do I need a reason not to?" Sasha questioned. "Live, Captain Smoker; the Navy needs someone of your integrity."

"Come on, let's go." Sanji remarked. "The marines are coming. Which way is Alubana?"

"Straight to the east." Vivi took the lead.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.