SailorStar9: With Chapter 195 uploaded, I present Chapter 19 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, 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 196: Arc 13: Get to Tower R! The Pirate Alliance's Great Advance!


"This is bad!" Usopp screamed as the Shinokuni gas cloud billowed outside. "It's great that we got in, but the poison gas can come in too!"

"What the hell did you do?" the G-5 soldiers snapped. "Are you trying to take us down with you? Seal the hole, everyone! We're gonna die!" lifting the triangular piece of iron gate that was cut, the soldiers patched up the gaping hole and resealed the gate with wooden planks and metal bars.

"We all seem to be alive." Nami breathed in relief.

"Brook, please take a look outside and report back." Sasha requested the skeleton.

"Of course." Brook nodded and let his soul exit his body. "Wow, it's still as thick as ever." Brook soul peered through the thick cloud. "One would die if they were to take even a single step out of the lab."

"How does it look, Brook?" Usopp asked when Brook's soul returned.

"Truly a world of death." Brook replied. "Just thinking about what would've happened if we didn't seal the hole sends shivers down my spine."

"These guys are even more careless than the rumors say." the G-5 raised their rifles at the pirate group. "Prepare to die, Straw Hat Pirates. You too, Brownbeard the Pirate."

"I thought we were out of trouble, but now we're immediately surrounded?" Usopp mused. "There's no place to run."

"Who needs to run?" Zoro smirked.

"Well, that's how it always goes." Nami sighed.

"It would be better for them if they gave up." Sanji grinned.


"It looks like things are getting started down there." Luffy noted, seeing Sasha materialize a second sword.

"Got it?" Law warned Smoker. "The two of you aren't going to interfere with this crew or me.

"Fine." Smoker relented.


"Torao!" Nami shouted. "Hey you! Now! Right now! Turn us back!"


"Room." Law scoffed and expanded his bubble. "Shambles." he swapped Sanji and Nami back to their own bodies.


"I"m back!" Nami beamed. "But, huh?" she looked at her new winter coat. "Sanji-kun..." she hissed. "Why am I wearing a different coat?" she slammed a fist across Sanji's face. "You took off my clothes, didn't you?"

"There's an extremely good reason for tha..." Sanji protested.


"I have something to say to everyone here!" Law declared. "Right now, the lab is completely engulfed in poison gas, but there is a single escape route to the sea that isn't exposed to the outside air. This laboratory is made up of multiple connected towers. Right now, we're in Tower A. If we pass through the gate, we'll be in the central Tower B. If you go through it, then you'll end up in Tower R. Inside, there's a gigantic door marked R-66. That's the entrance to the passage that goes to the sea. I don't have any desire to be a mass murderer, but you only have two hours. If you linger in this lab any longer than that, I cannot guarantee that you'll survive."

"You going to do something to the lab?" Luffy asked as Law walked pass.

"If the situation requires it." Law replied. "I only do what is necessary."

"I see." Luffy noted. "Robin, I have a favor to ask." he turned to the archaeologist.

"G-5!" Smoker addressed his squad. "The kids that have been abducted over the last two years are in this facility. Retrieve them and head for door R-66. If it's as Law says, there should be a port at the end of the passage. Steal a boat and get off of Punk Hazard."


"The children?" Nami echoed. "Everyone, we've gotta split up and look for the children. Let's lead every last one of them to the escape route. It's R-66! Zoro, you can't go by yourself!" she chided the directional-challenged swordsman.

"Really?" Zoro echoed after Usopp informed him about Luffy's defeat in Caesar's hands. "Luffy lost to Caesar?"

"Yeah, we were careless and got suffocated." Usopp confirmed. "He's gas. You know how hard it is to fight gas? He just sucks the oxygen out of the air."

"And we got knocked out by the abominable snowmen." Zoro hissed. "We'll never make it like this. What was the point of training for two years?"

"Come on, we're all still alive..." Usopp pointed out.

"This is serious!" Zoro snapped. "We can't afford to be careless from now on. Luffy!" he hollered, walking pass the gathered G-5 soldiers.


"Zoro!" Luffy leaned over the railing.


"Take things seriously!" Zoro barked. "The New World will only continue getting tougher!"

"He sure is being harsh." Sanji grinned.

"Isn't he always?" Sasha giggled.


"Yeah, sorry." Luffy replied. "I won't be careless anymore." dodging the bullets Caesar's men were shooting at him, he hooked his foot to the railing, the rest of his body extending downwards and around the bridge. "Gomu Gomu no UFO!" he released his foot, causing the lower half of his body to spin around horizontally, ala a spinning top. "I"m going ahead!" he shouted, knocking the guards off the bridge.


"I said be serious." Zoro muttered.

"Were you expecting anything else from him?" Sasha deathpanned.


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