SailorStar9: With my D. Gray-man fic on hiatus, I figured it's time to restart this fic. So, readers/reviewers, I present Chapter 205. 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 EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 205: Arc 14: Startling! The Big News Shakes Up The New World!
"What?" Kin'emon exclaimed. "Kaido?"
"Kaido?" Momonosuke gasped in shock, reverting into his dragon form.
"What's the matter?" Zoro asked.
"Never mind." Kin'emon stammered. "Go on. Why is there a dragon here?" he screamed, seeing tee dragonified Momonosuke beside him. "Where did Momonosuke go?"
"That's him." Luffy replied.
"This dragon is Momonosuke?" Kin'emon pointed frantically.
"Uh huh." the dragon nodded.
"What?" Kin'emon panicked. "What happened to you?"
"Kaido of the Yonkou." Law continued, ignoring the familial drama. "In order to take him down, we have to weaken his forces. Kaido is buying a large amount of fruit from Joker now. It's a Zoan-type, man-made Devil Fruit, SMILE. Since it's man-made, however, it seems like there is some risks involved. But, in fact, Kaido has more than 500 Devil Fruit eaters in his pirate group. But Devil Fruit eaters won't multiply anymore."
"Really?" Sanji noted, seeing Law's stare at the captured Caesar. "Him?"
"Is it that hard to make the SAD thing?" Luffy inquired.
"He just put Vegapunk's discovery of 'lineage factor' into practice." Law explained. "Joker is finished. We're gonna go onto the next move. There is a factory manufacturing SMILEs somewhere on Dressrosa."
"We should just find it and destroy it?" Franky guessed.
"That's right." Law nodded. "Then, Kaido's forces won't strengthen. However, he's a professional businessman. I'm sure he'll retaliate."
"Dressrosa?" Luffy mused. "Is that where you wanna go, Kin?"
"Indeed." Kin'emon confirmed. "They're keeping one of my comrades prisoner. Something is falling." he looked up as a piece of hailstone fell on him.
"What are those clouds?" Usopp wondered as the dark clouds started gathering.
"It's gonna start raining." Robin noted.
"It's not rain, it's hail." Sanji corrected as pieces of ice fell onto the tray he was carrying.
"Oh." Robin remarked.
"This is..." Nami frowned and climbed up to the crow mast. "Franky, prepare for Coup de Burst!"
"Someone, take the helm!" Franky jumped into the control station.
"I'll take it!" Usopp hurried to the wheel.
"We gonna furl the sails!" Chopper, in Heavy Point, scrambled.
"Hard to port!" Nami barked down the loudspeaker. "Coup de Burst towards 9 o'clock! Head for an area without clouds."
"Alright!" Usopp turned the wheel to the right direction.
"Why do these things keep happening to us?" Sasha muttered as a large hailstone came falling down.
"Coup de Burst!" Franky activated the air cannon, lifting the Thousand Sunny into the air to escape the hailstone.
"The morning papers." Brook picked up the newspapers the News Coo had dropped the following morning.
"Don Quixote Doflamingo..." Sanji read the headlines.
"Withdraws from the Seven Warlords." Chopper continued.
"And abdicates the throne of Dressrosa?" Sanji echoed. "What the hell?"
'Throne' means he was a king, right?" Brook inquired.
"When things go this well, it's kind of scary." Franky admitted.
"It's good." Law smirked. "He had no choice."
"By the way, why are our faces here as well?" Luffy pointed out.
"The Warlord: Trafalgar Law..." Sanji read the next news piece.
"Forms an unusual alliance with the Straw Hats?" Nami blinked.
"It is still unknown what the Government will do to Law, it says." Brook supplied.
"There's something else." Nami pointed. "I can't believe other pirates were forming an alliance, too." she gaped, reading about the triple alliance between Captain Kidd, Basil Hawkins and Scatchmen Apoo.
"They formed an alliance too, huh?" Luffy noted. "I wonder if they're thinking the same thing as us."
"Forget about them." Law replied. "We're gonna go about with the plan. Focus on Doflamingo for now. Now you know how important yesterday's negotiation was for him." he grabbed Caesar by the hair. "All we did is kidnap Caesar. In contrast, he seemingly overnight, gave up his throne which he'd had for ten years and the carte blanche given to him as a privilege of being a Warlord. He did it just to get this guy back and that says a lot."
"It's me." Doflamingo answered Law's call. "I resigned from the Warlords."
"Hello?" Luffy snatched the receiver over. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy. I'm gonna..." he was suddenly silenced when Sasha slapped a seal on his neck.
"Sasha, what was that?" Nami was impressed when she saw Luffy open his mouth with no sound emitting.
"Silencing seal." Sasha stated matter-of-factly.
"Thalassa Sasha..." Doflamingo trailed. "You went away for two years after demolishing my auction house on Sabaody Archipelago. Where were you and what were you doing? I wanted to see you, little Queenie. I have something that your other half want very badly now."
"Joker, cut the crap!" Law grabbed the abandoned receiver. "We'll hand Caesar over to you as we promised."
"Well, that's for your own good." Doflamingo agreed. "If you try to run away with him, you know what will happen to you guys. Now, can I hear my precious business partner's voice?"
"Joker!" Caesar wailed as Law turned the receiver to him. "I'm sorry. You resigned the Warlords for me."
"Did you hear him?" Law move the receiver out of Caesar's reach.
"Yeah, he sounded fine." Doflamingo noted.
"Eight hours from now, at the beach on the southeast side of Green Bit, the solitary island north of Dressrosa." Law laid down the meeting point. "We will leave Caesar there at three in the afternoon. Go ahead and pick him up. And this will all be finished."
"That's too bad." Doflamingo chuckled. "I wish I could have a drink with you..."
"Hey, wait." Sanji stated after Law hung up. "We didn't tell him how many men he can bring. What are we gonna do if he brings his whole crew?"
"It doesn't matter." Law assured. "The handover of Caesar is a part of our plan. It's just to lure them."
"You mean, destroying a SMILE manufacturing factory while it's unguarded is our main purpose?" Usopp guessed.
"Yes, but we don't know where it is." Law admitted.
"Don't worry." Franky assured. "Factories are big. You can hardly miss them. One we get there, we'll super find it! I will destroy it with my laser beam."
"I have intelligence on everything but the factory." Law admitted.
"No wonder." Nami conceded. "It's an important asset for them, isn't it? Maybe, there's a secret to it."
"Maybe it's made of Sea Prism Stone." Sasha posted a suggestion.
"That... is a very good possibility" Law admitted.
"Law-dono!" Kin'emon was suddenly in the surgeon's face. "You said you're gonna go to Green Bit earlier."
"We will dock this ship at Dressrosa." Law assured. "Don't worry."
"Is that so?" Kin'emon sighed in relief. "Thank you."
"Torao, have you been to this island?" Luffy asked.
"I've never been there." Law replied. "It's that bastards kingdom."
"Then, let's figure out everything once we get there." Luffy grinned. "It's gonna be an adventure! Can't wait to see Dressrosa. I wanna see Wano Kingdom soon, too."
"Don't be ridiculous!" Law snapped. "You can't just show up without a plan..."
"Sanji, I'm hungry!" Luffy declared. "What do we have for breakfast?"
"Sandwiches." the cook replied.
"I don't like beard!" Law retorted, before schooling back his normal expression after he realized what he had said.
"Someone better get Marco on the Den Den Mushi after breakfast." Sasha noted, stifling a giggle. "From what Doflamingo hinted, I think we may have located the Gura Gura Fruit. We'll be lucky if the handover goes through without a hitch." she informed the older 'D'.
"What do you mean, Thalassa-ya?" Law questioned.
"I never forget the names of the blood traitors who betrayed my past self more than 800 years ago." Sasha replied. "And Don Quixote isn't a common surname. I really do hope I'm wrong, but in the off chance that Doflamingo is actually one of the Celestial Dragons... I suppose we can chalk this up to fate, then."
"I can't say why we're being chased." Kin'emon stated, chomping down on a sandwich, the enlarged group were now gathered around the dining table. "But we set sail for the place called Zou originally.
"Zou?" Law echoed, munching on a rice ball. "It's another coincidence. After handing over Caesar and destroying the SMILE factory, I was gonna head for Zou. My crew is already there."
"If so, can we go along with you?" Kin'emon requested.
"Yes you can." Luffy cheered. "Let's go there and then the Wano Kingdom."
"Thank you!" Kin'emon slammed his forehead on the table. "Luffy-dono, thank you for everything. Three samurai, including me and Momonosuke, four of us headed for Zou, but our ship wrecked and two of us samurai and Momonosuke drifted to Dressrosa."
"But we have been chased by Doflamingo and the others there and I ran into an unknown ship." Momonosuke, still in dragon form, continued. "There, I met the children who were looking to get treated, and unfortunately, the ship left the port before I knew it and headed for that island."
"I was going after the ship and my fellow samurai Kanjuro who tried to cover me but got caught." Kin'emon related. He let me sail out to the sea." he wept. "I have to save him. I have to go back."
"Alright, I'm gonna save him with you!" Luffy declared.
"Guys, don't forget our purpose!" Law barked.
"I see an island." Robin called out from the crow mast.
"I see it!" Luffy grinned as the ship neared its destination. "We made it! It's Dressrosa!"
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
