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Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha

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

Chapter 183: Arc 12: Finally Time to Go! Goodbye, Fish-Man Island!


"So, how are they, jamon, Jinbe?" King Neptune asked the shark Fish-Man after the party died down. "Are the members of the Sun Pirates doing well?"

"Yes." Jinbe nodded. "If anything, they're doing a little too well. Some of them were rather violent."

"Still, I'm impressed that they agreed." King Neptune mused. "Even I was surprised when I heard, jamon. I never would have thought that the Sun Pirates would align with Big Mom. Are they really okay with it?"

"It'd be quite a stretch to call her a reasonable woman." Jinbe admitted. "But she gives us a lot of freedom."

"Well, I just thought a man like you would never work under anyone but Fisher Tiger." King Neptune noted.

"Not at all." Jinbe shook his head. "I don't mind having someone else as my boss. Besides, in the New World, having an alliance with one of the Yonkou is the best way to protect your crew. But Your Majesty, I'm thinking of separating myself from Big Mom."

"Oh?" King Neptune quirked a brow. "Are you considering on fulfilling your ancestral oath?"

"Yes, I have been considering it." Jinbe admitted. "But there are duties and obligations I must take into account. I've formed promises and bonds through words and shared cups: Ace-kun is still not strong enough to fend off outside attacks on his own."

"As always, you try to carry too much responsibility on your shoulders, jamon, Jinbe." King Neptune sighed. "I have plans on my own, jamon. Just today, I've gained seventy thousand new soldiers from the Fish-Man District, even if they are rowdy. Don't worry, jamon."


"What?" the Minister of the Right exclaimed after Sasha informed them that she had exchanged the Tamate Box to ensure the safety of Fish-Man Island. "You gave the Tamate Box to Big Mom?"

"It is for the best." Sasha slapped down all protestations. "If I'm able to divert her attentions to me, Fish-Man Island will be kept safe from her prying eyes."

"Attention of one of the Yonkou?" Usopp, Chopper and Brook exclaimed.

"You picked a fight with Big Mom?" even Jinbe was shocked by the Goddess' decision. "Ace, why didn't you stop her?" he turned to his older student. "This is not good. I'll have to cut my ties with Big Mom before the whole deal breaks down."

"How could this have happened?" the Minister of the Right was stunned. "Now the Tamate Box will end up with Big Mom, and if she opens it herself, she'll take the explosion was a declaration of war from Selena-sama." he whispered to King Neptune.

"Well, it's not like there's anything we can do about it." Sanji shrugged.

"What's done is done." Zoro agreed.


"Thalassa Sasha," Pekoms mused as he and Tamago returned to their ship with the Tamate Box. "Her Conqueror's Haki might be even more powerful than Mama."

"Mama's rage will be beyond mortal comprehension, soir." Tamago added. "I wonder what'll happen once the two of them clash."


"Looks like the preparations are done." Nami noted, the entire royal family was accompanying the rew to the Thousand Sunny.

"It's time." Luffy grinned.

"Luffy-sama and everybody, are you really going to leave now?" Shirahoshi wailed. "We just became friends. Stay here at least one more day."

"You've been crying since the first time we met, Yowahoshi." Luffy sighed.

"Soul King's started again." Sasha giggled as Brook sang his newly composed song.

"I'm seen quite a number of unique Devil Fruits with Pops, but the Yomi Yomi Fruit just takes the cake." Ace shook his head.

"What is this?" Nami blinked when the Minister of the Left handed her a Log Pose.

"It's a Log Pose for the New World." the catfish Fish-Man replied. "See, Fire-Fist has a similar one." he pointed to the Log Post around Ace's wrist. "Take it with you. I cannot believe you were going to go there with a single-needled one."

"A new Log Pose?" Luffy's attention was piqued. "That's cool."

"There are three needles." Nami blinked.

"Look at the Log Pose you have been using." the Minister of the Left gestured.

"It's still moving a bit." Nami gaped. "I thought it gathered enough logs already."

"It did." the Minister of the Left nodded. "And from now on, it'll only take half a day to record logs. On the first half of the Grand Line, you let the Log Pose record the magnetic waves of the next island and navigated the ship as it told you. But on the second half of the Grand Line, on top of the sea current and the climate, there are some islands that change their magnetic waves, the only thing you can normally count on. And for some islands, the magnetic waves just disappear."

"What?" Nami exclaimed. "Then we can't reach these islands?"

"If you only have one needle, you will get lost." the Minister of the Left informed. "But what if you have three needles?"

"One of them is moving like the old one." Nami referred to the two Log Poses. "But the other two look settled."

"They reach their magnetic waves from different islands." the Minister of the Left explained. "That means you can choose whichever your guts tell you and advance. Whether you live or die hangs on that point. A good navigator can tell which way is safer to go just by looking at slight movements of the needles. What it basically tells you is that the wilder the needle moves, the more dangerous the island is. Something is happening on the island that is changing the magnetic waves."

"Let's see." a grinning Luffy coiled himself around Nami. "The one in the middle is wobbling a lot. That must be where the party is."

Just as we thought... both Ace and Sasha thought in eerie unison.

"All right, guys!" Franky declared. "We're ready to go! Den-san taught me how to ascend. Shall we go?"

"Okay!" Luffy beamed. "Let's go!"

"Looks like this is it." Sasha turned to Ace. "Only Heaven knows when we'll see each other again."

"Be careful." Ace placed a lingering kiss on his partner's cheek.

"I will." Sasha nodded. "Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, Manboshi." she turned to the three Mermen Princes. "I'm counting on the three of you to help Shirahoshi control her powers."

"Right." Fukaboshi nodded.

"Jinbe-sensei." Sasha turned to her instructor. "Thank you very much for the last two years."

"Alright!" Luffy leapt onto the Thousand Sunny once everyone was on board. "Spread the sail! Let's set sail!"

"Alright, let's go!" Franky took the ship's wheel.

"Luffy-sama!" Shirahoshi took to the waters and caught up with the ship.

"What's wrong, Shirahoshi?" Sasha asked the awakened Poseidon.

"If I can see you again someday, I promise I won't be a crybaby." Shirahoshi swore. "I want to go further this time, to a real forest on the ground."

"That's right." Sasha realized. "You've never been out of the sea, have you? Alright then. We'll take you there next time."

"Will you promise?" Shirahoshi reached out a pinky finger.

"Yeah." Sasha nodded, resting a pinky on Shirahoshi's finger, the others (minus Zoro and Franky) doing the same.

"Everyone." Shirahoshi wept.

"Then, don't cry anymore." Sasha smiled. "And have your brothers help you in controlling your powers."

"Right." Shirahoshi beamed.


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