SailorStar9: So with Chapter 284 uploaded, this is Chapter 285 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: Married!Ace/Sasha, Sibling!Luffy/Sasha, Sibling!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 285: Arc 17: At The Onsen, Part Two


"I feel refreshed!" Onami beamed, after washing off.

"We can have tea upstairs." Shinobu suggested.

"Let's go see, then." Orobi filed down her nails.

"It's a raid!" one of the male customers exclaimed when Drake and Hawkins led their men into the onsen.

"A Shinuchi from the Beast Pirates: Hawkins." Shinobu recognized the leader.

"Nobody move." Hawkins ordered.

"What do you want from a bathhouse?" the proprietress winced at the blade level across her neck.

"A bathhouse is perfect for this." the samurai holding her hostage smirked. "Because everyone is naked and we can see everything."

"Drake, what are you doing?" Hawkins chided. "Get inside."

"My duty is to take down that fool called Soba Mask." Drake declared. "Take care of those chores by yourself."

"What do we do, Shinobu?" Onami pressed, the four women retreated to the back. "I think they know about us."

"They came for us." Orobi agreed.

"Now, that isn't fair." Sahiko pouted. "Everyone are defenseless here. Do we fight?"

"That is the last resort." Shinobu stated. "Now, hide behind me."

"Everyone, line up." Hawkins barked. "And show us your ankles. If you have a Reversed Moon tattooed on your ankle, we need you to come with us. All of those people in the tub must come out, too."

"I can't believe it." Onami whispered. "How does he know?"

"Go check." Hawkins ordered his men. "Someone is hiding there." he spotted Shinobu standing alone. "Come out." he drew his sword and extended the straw whip towards the aged kunoichi.

"I didn't mean to hide." Onami stepped out, hands raised. "I'm just an ordinary customer."

"That's deadly." Sahiko gawked, Onami's towel was unraveled due to Hawkins' sword and the nude body of the navigator was bare for everyone to see; including Sangoro in his Raid Suit.

"That's very powerful, Nami!" Sangoro's invisibility was canceled. "Happy Punch!" he was thrown back by his own nosebleed.

"That idiot..." Sahiko moaned.

"And what is he wearing?" Onami fumed. "You've got to be kidding."

"Drake!" Hawkins alerted the Tobi Roppo.

"Where's Soba Mask?" Drake rushed in. Catching sight of the scantily clad women, he fell to the ground, a hand over his eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me you were sensitive to naked women?" Hawkins chided. "Drake, you're form the North Blue, aren't you?"

"So are you." Drake reminded. "Why are you asking?"

"Then, you know him, don't you?" Hawkins turned to Soba Mask.

"Germa's 66..." Drake gaped at the familiar suit. "Stealth Black."

"Everyone from the North Blue knows the story of Sora, Warrior of the Sea." Hawkins related.

"Germa..." Drake was stunned. "Is he the real thing?"

On cue, the assorted customers screamed and started scattering.

"This is our chance to escape." Onami suggested, the four women having hurriedly redressed.

"I won't let you." Hawkins declared.

Using the accelerator devices in his heels, Sangoro blocked out Hawkins' attack on the fleeing women. Leveling a high kick at the tarot card user, he shifted to the Straw-Straw Fruit user's back to attack Drake.

Drake dodged the pending kick and drew his sword to attack Sangoro.

Said blond cook used the accelerators and flotation devices in his heels to avoid getting hit.

"You're a member of the evil army." Drake declared. "Why are you helping people, Stealth Black?"

"Don't call me that." Sangoro snapped. "I'm Soba Mask."

"You're Germa." Hawkins retorted. "Cut the crap."

Sangoro dodged both sword attacks from Hawkins and Drake. "Hang on tight." he vanished and moved to the four women. Nabbing all four at the same time, he fled to the sky. "Let's go to Ebisu Town." he informed. "Usopp and the others will be there. Anyway, it's not a good thing that they know about the ankle tattoo."

"Yes, I wonder how they found that out." Shinobu was also concerned.

"Before I went to the bathhouse, I heard more bad news." Sangoro related. "Bepo and the others were captured. The Beast Pirates are looking to lure Torao using his friends as bait."

"Knowing him, he'll go rescue them." Sahiko concluded.

"We must stop him for now." Sangoro decided. "Or the Flower Capital will be in chaos."


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