SailorStar9: With Chapter 215 uploaded, I present Chapter 216 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.

Guest: About the question as to whether Doflamingo would heal himself, Sasha's attack on the bridge targets the Devil Fruit inside the Fruit eater's body; completely erasing the Fruit in (at maximum) two hours. How long it takes to totally dissolve the Fruit from existence will depend on how high-tiered the Fruit itself is. Sure, Doflamingo can heal himself to a certain extent, but once his Devil Fruit is permanently removed, he won't be able to use any of the String String Fruit abilities. And no, the String String Fruit won't reappear again, and neither can Doflamingo gain another Devil Fruit ability just by eating a second Fruit. Is that attack OP? Probably.

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 216: Arc 14: The Legend is Back! Kyros' All-Out Attack!


"My father was fighting in the Colosseum today." Viola informed. "I couldn't believe that Doflamingo's abdication was a false report. It was just this morning and we've all lost patience. We have a problem." she reported. "I see some enemies coming from the first floor."

"Come to think of it, you guys are all pirates, aren't you?" the Thunder Soldier asked. "Afterwards, I noticed Fraland and Usoland were as well."

"Is that a problem to you?" Luffy asked.

"No, I'm a notorious criminal as well." the Thunder Soldier admitted. "If it's a common goal, it's nice to work with you."

"Sugar has passed out?" Viola gaped in shocked after hearing Trebol's frantic report. "The Tontattas' operation must've been pulled off."

"Who is he?" Luffy gaped, Kyros, having reverted back to his original form, shot out from the window and towards Doflamingo.

"Kyro-nii-sama!" Viola sobbed. "Even I lost my memories of him."

"What are you talking about?" Luffy pressed. "What do you mean? Where did the soldier go?" he noticed the Thunder Soldier was missing.

"It's him." Viola replied. "The toys were originally humans but they were erased from our memories. Since the Devil Fruit eater Sugar passed out now, we got our memories back. He's the former commander of the King Riku Army: Kyros. The strongest gladiator in the history of the Colosseum."

"That's the old man the statue is of." Luffy recognized the bust in the Colosseum.

"Yes, he is." Viola nodded. "And he's also Rebecca's biological father. When people forget about you, there's nothing you can do to make them remember you. That's why he's been watching over his beloved daughter for a decade. He has always been by her side, day after day as a toy soldier."

"You.'re..!" Doflamingo growled, Kyros having leapt through the smoke, sword in hand as he shot towards Doflamingo.

"You're Kyros, aren't you?" King Riku wept.

"Yes sir!" Kyros replied. "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for a decade. Now, I'm here to save you." swinging his sword, he took off Doflamingo's head. "I'm here to take back the real Dressrosa! A decade. For a decade, we're suffered. From now on, I'm gonna rip off the mask off of all your deceptions!"

"Mingo's dead!" Luffy exclaimed. "I was gonna kick his ass."

"They found us!" Viola turned to the guards gunning for them.

"Let's go rescue Torao!" Luffy grabbed Voila and jumped in through the water.

"Tidal Wave!" Sasha swept away the guards with a wave of water and leapt in.

"You bastard!" Buffalo charged in to attack Kyros. "How dare you kill Young Master! Prepare to be blown away!"

Stopping Buffalo's propulsion under his arm, Kyros snapped the overgrown Rotation Human's neck and tossed him out of the window.

"You asshole!" Baby 5 morphed her arms into twin rifles and started shooting at Kyros, who merely deflected the bullets with his sword. "Damn!" the Full-Body Weapon Human changed her hands into twin scythes and clashed her weapons at Kyros, who blocked off the blades with his sword. Parrying her off, he knocked her back into a stone pillar.

"Torao!" Luffy yelled, running towards the older 'D'. "We're here to rescue you! I'm glad that you're alive."

"You have no business here!" Law snapped. "What about the factory? Did you destroy it?"

"Here's the key to his handcuffs." Viola handed over the skeleton key.

"Wait, Straw Hat, Violet!" Gladius was hot in their heels. "You can't lay a finger on Younger Master. Young Master?" he gaped, noticing Doflamingo's head on the ground. "What happened?"

"Slide Evolution: Cryomancer Robe!" Sasha swapped into the 'Hydromancer Robe' ice elemental equivalent. "Do you really think you have the time to worry?" she questioned the Rapture Human, the 'Ice Shard' blade in her hands.

"King Riku-sama, sorry to keep you waiting." Kyros freed King Riku from his chains.

"Give me a minute." Luffy hurried to Law. "I'm gonna rescue you."

"Unlock it." Viola urged.

"It's hard to unlock it since I can't touch Sea Prism Stone." Luffy complained, his hand quivering under the aura emitted from Law's Sea Prism handcuffs.

"Ice Dragon Bullet!" Sasha ended her brief fight with Gladius by locking him into a block of ice. "Aniki, are you done whining?" she asked.

"That's fast." Voila gawked.

"The stone guy!" Luffy realized, he and Viola were knocked off balance when a slab of tone jetted up from the ground.

"I never thought I'd be taken in like this." Doflamingo admitted.

"Mingo's alive!" Luffy exclaimed.

"How could he still be alive?" King Riku wondered.

"The String String Fruit ability, huh?" Sasha realized. "As long as the Fruit is still present in his body, he'll be able to stitch himself back together."

"The whole country is torn into chaos after the toys have been freed." Doflamingo stated. "And for whatever reason, the Revolutionary Army is here secretly, too. And the Royal Palace is in a mess. It's a difficult situation. I have no choice but to use the 'Bird Cage'. Right, Law?"

"The 'Bird Cage'?" Law echoed in horror.


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