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Chapter 19: To Stop A War
(Yuba-Evening)
On the side of a building sat blond man who had his eyes closed while whistling some type of song. It was fairly obvious the man was bored. That was until he heard a vehicle in the distance. He knew it was a Government vehicle by the shape and engine, after all, who has a jeep this far in the Grand Line. So, he didn't even blink when he saw the person climb out.
"I'm in this country for two months and what do I find? A lazy sniper eating a gyro, instead of gathering intel on the Straw Hats." The woman approached the blond man with a irritable tone.
"Calm down Rya baby. I got that" Rambo said giving her a small notebook
"And that's Master Cervantes to you", Rya shot back, as she ordered him to hop in the car.
"First, why have us tail the Straw Hats?" Rambo groaned in a lazy manner. He felt like this job was quite boring and the heat was killing his mood.
"Do I have to go over the plan again you idiot? I already told you, this certain group of pirates are different from others. They've piqued my interests and they might be able to help my dream come to fruition." Rya finished as she crossed her legs while staring out the window
"OK, but why are we here?"
"I want to observe them in action. I want to see how strong they are." Rya smirked slightly.
"So, we're not going to be fighting them? We could've been in Sabaody starting a fight with some wannabe pirates!" Rambo whined. "Hell, we don't even know if they will reach Sabaody!" Rambo went on. You see the thing about Rambo is although he's a 9'11" man, he tends to have a child's personality sometimes and when something isn't going his way, he tends to be annoying to his crewmates.
"You know that whining is a major turn off to women, right?" Rya gave a side eye look. Rambo's face flushed with embarrassment. "Just go find Aleso and meet me and Poveglia in Alubarna. Rumor has it that the Royal Army evacuated the town folks to the outskirts of the country. I'm pretty sure the battle will be taking place there and I know that where the Straw Hats will show up. You're dismissed." Rya finished with him. The jeep halted to a stop.
"Instead using World Government money to buy vehicles and weapons for yourself, you might want to buy yourself a new chest so Aleso will notice you more." Rambo smirked mischievously. Rya's face flushed bright red.
"GET OUT!" She yelled and slammed her foot into his face thus forcing him out of the jeep. The jeep started back up abruptly and sped off into the distance.
"Damn that broad packs a hell of a kick. I was just helping her out." Rambo mumbled as he rubbed his cheek and began walking towards Rainbase.
...
(Nanohana)
The Marine woman who was chasing after Ace earlier was sitting in a local bar trying to drown out her disappointment.
"This is shit. I was so close to catching Fire Fist Ace but suddenly that cocky Straw Hat punk had to show up and they both decided to make a run for it." Isuka said after huffing in irritation as she slammed her mug down. Isuka is a young woman with short vermilion hair, brown eyes, and a burn scar on the back of her hand. Her rank within the Marine is Ensign. She was continuing to drown herself with Ale until her commanding officers walked through the doors.
"For the love of... Isuka! Get up and go to the nearest inn. We don't have time to play around." One of her commanding officers ordered her.
"Ys-yes sir!" She hiccupped and trudged outside of the bar while mumbling inconsistent curse words.
I swear if she knew what she was saying right now, she would be washing her mouth out with soap. the officer sighed and shook his head. Is everything in order?" the officer asked his partner.
"Of course, Shu my friend. The units are stationed at the port and at sea. We may have let Fire Fist escape our grasp but we will not let the Straw Hat Pirates escape." His partner answered coyly.
"Indeed Hark. After we deal with Straw Hat, We'll handle this "Baroque Works". Our pride as Marines are on the line. In the name of Justice, we will not fail." The Marine known as Shu commented.
(Alubarna)
"Who are you guys?" Vivi stared questionably. She's been wanting to ask them this question ever since they were in Little Garden.
"You want it straight?" Luffy asked in a serious tone.
"YES!"Vivi shouted with anticipation.
"Sit is going to take a little long to explain." Luffy sighed as he rubbed on his temples.
(Ten Minutes Later)
"I can't believe it." Vivi held her mouth in shock. Luffy just told her that He and his crewmates came from the future and told her this event already happened but differently. She looked at Gin and Nojiko and was about to start pointing until...
"Don't look at us. We were as shocked as you when we heard the news. This is actually our first time hearing this event happened already in this timeline." Nojiko waved her hands up in defense.
"I heard Vegapunk was a genius in many fields, but this is uncanny. To think that he made time travel actually possible is amazing." Vivi eyes lit up in admiration
"well there is the Toki Toki no Mi", Usopp said in a matter-of-fact tone but everyone else ignored except Vivi. She couldn't process this news quickly and stumbled back slightly. Luffy was the first one to rush to her side.
"Hey, you ok?" Luffy voice was laced with concern. He gently placed his hand on her shoulder to make sure she was all right.
"Yeah. Just trying to process all of this, if it wasn't for my father's weird ramblings, I would've never of crazier stories. So in this other timeline you say you beat Crocodile already? Can you do it again?" Vivi looked at him in confirmation.
"Of course, I will." Luffy grinned proudly.
"So, Captain what's the next plan? Zoro asked as he sat lazily against a column.
"I'm glad you asked that question. Ok everyone gather around. Luffy spoke up as everyone started to huddle close together. Since Gin, Nojiko, and Vivi doesn't know about Baroque Works special abilities, Usopp give them the rundown of what their dealing with." Luffy motioned as he laid back onto the ground as Usopp brought out a large piece of paper.
"So, the first one that we don't have to worry about is Crocodile. Although he eaten one the strongest of Devil Fruits; The Sand Sand Fruit, a logia class Devil Fruit, he's be too busy trying to handle Luffy. Although he almost brought Luffy to the edge of death in the past timeline, the only people in this timeline who can beat him are Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Robin, and Nami." Usopp mentioned as he was writing a list of names down on the large paper.
"Wow Big Sis can take down a Warlord now?" Nojiko's face lit up in excitement.
"Well I guess I could give these idiots some props for training me." Nami bushed slightly.
"Second, the one known as Mr.1 is incredibly dangerous. He was the one who almost killed Zoro in the previous timeline. He has a Devil Fruit known as the Dice Dice fruit. He can turn any part of his body into sharp blades. He's as strong as Crocodile and fast.
"Don't worry. I'll handle him." Gin spoke up. Everyone eyes landed on him.
"Do you think you can beat him?" Zoro questioned him.
"Go look at that thing on the boat and you'll have your answer." Gin smirked. Zoro eyes perked up a little and he smiled.
"Third, now this one is different than other agents. Luffy became this person best friend in the other timeline but still in this one he's dangerous. Mr.2 aka Bon Kurei. He has a weird form of martial arts called "Okama Kempo". And he has a dangerous devil fruit which lets him change into anyone he touches. It's called the Copy-Copy Fruit. We'll have to use a word that he doesn't know about so we can trick him if he manages to turn into an ally. The word we'll all use is... Haki." Usopp stated.
"Why Haki?" Nami asked him.
"Nobody in the first half rarely knows about Haki." Zoro responded to her question.
"As much as I would love to believe that, Croc is a New World veteran, so he'll know about Haki." Luffy commented.
"Yeah Crocodile will know about it but that doesn't mean his agents will know what it is and also, Crocodile won't be expecting several powerful Haki users coming after him." Zoro smirked. Suddenly everyone was in agreement.
"Um what is this Haki that everyone knows about?" Vivi asked.
"Only these 6 knows about it. We barely know what the word means." Nojiko sighed.
"I promise I'll explain it at a later date." Luffy patted Vivi on her shoulder. Vivi smiled in response. Nami glanced at Luffy's direction and reverted her gaze towards the huge piece of paper.
"Anything else we need to know about?" Vivi asked.
"Well since this timeline is different from our other one, there are some new Marines here although one of them feels ominously familiar. So, I would look out for the Marines just in case". Usopp stated as he went in further details of each Baroque Works agents remaining.
"So who's going to handle the bomb that's located in the clocktower?" Luffy asked seriously.
"What bomb!?" Vivi yelled frantically.
"Relax Vivi. I'll handle it." Zoro volunteered. A tick formed on Sanji's forehead.
"Who asked you green haired bastard? If anyone is going to do the saving, it's going to be me!" Sanji declared.
"How can you save someone when you can't even save your own cooking?" Zoro retorted. Before both of them can start fighting, Nami started to crack her knuckles.
"Hey Vivi if you want to find something to do, how about go with them to disable the bomb?" Luffy asked her.
"Of course. If it means saving my people, I'll do whatever." Vivi had the look of determination on her face. The crew knew this was going to be a easy battle but they had to remember to remain on guard. This timeline was different than their previous one.
"Now since we got the major threats out the way, it's time I remind you all of the other agents." Usopp started to scribble on the paper.
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(The Next Morning-Rainbase)
Rambo found his person of interest in a lavish hotel room outside Rain Dinners.
"Well, I guess you had a fun time at the casino. Got anything for me before we head out?"
The man Rambo was speaking to was a long-faced medium-built man, with black hair. While normally slicked-back, it was messy looking on account of him getting out of a bath. His name is Bruschetti Aleso and he pointed Rambo to a table
"Well Aleso, your Kado Kado no Mi would provide a nice advantage at the card tables", Rambo commented while looking at the file containing Baroque Works intelligence network.
"Si, lo fa, I made 17 million Berries at the place; what do you say we head to Alubarna and watch the fireworks?" Aleso ordered him.
"Aye, Sir." Rambo replied with a hint of sarcasm.
(Alubarna)
Since the Straw Hats spent the night at one of the many rooms in the palace, it was time for everyone to move out and ensure victory within their grasp. Everyone scattered across several rooftop and some left to deal other pressing matters. The rest that were still there concealed themselves until everyone was present.
(A Hour Later)
The sound of several footsteps stomping echoed across the capital. The ground shook with anticipation and soldiers on each side had the look of fear and determination on their faces. If you looked closer you would notice that there were several familiar faces mixed into the armies.
(Flashback)
"Damn it! How is it we couldn't find the King and we've searched over the whole capital!? The boss would surely have our heads!" Miss Merry Christmas panicked out loud. Even Mr.1 had the look of fear evident on his face. Mr.2 aka Bon Clay, was spinning furiously, trying to calm his nerves. He was crucial for the plan to work but since they couldn't find the King, they were all at a dead end. The agents spent the whole entire night scouring around for the King.
"It seems that our calculations were off, however one theory might stand in reason. Since we couldn't find the King, its most likely because he was being guarded in his palace but we already know he'll be in the frontlines so we'll just have to sneak into each army and someone can kidnap him without alert the soldiers. Meanwhile the rest of us can slaughter each army and the boss will reward us handsomely for our work." Mr.3 grinned evilly. Suddenly everyone else regained their composure.
"For a second I was actually worried there." Miss Merry Christmas laughed.
"Good because I was starting to get bored. One question though. What are we going to do about the Princess and The Straw Hats?" Mr.4 asked coldly.
"Well since we already know they haven't come in contact with the Rebel Leader, we must make sure that will not happen still. We know they are already here and most likely trying to reach the Rebel Leader so have our most formidable warriors guard the Rebel Leader. That way we can deal with them before they can talk to him. "Mr.3 finished speaking as he motioned for his partner to follow him.
"I swear if he didn't have four eyes, I would've made him my husband already." Mr.2 sat and admired his fellow agent. Miss Merry Christmas and Miss Doublefinger stuck their nose up in disgust.
"Can't you keep those thoughts to yourself?" Miss Doublefinger bumped past Mr.2.
"Watch it Paula!" Mr.2 snapped back.
"Come on Mr.1. Let's get this over with so I can get back to my tunes." Miss Doublefinger strolled down to the port. Mr.1 followed suit.
(Present)
As each army stood firmly in place, both Leaders of the armies presented themselves.
"I've told you this was bound to happen. King Cobra. You didn't listen to your people's cries of agony, their suffering, and most of all while this capital and Rain Dinners is swimming in wealth, you let towns such as Erumalu, and Yuba be destroyed." Koza announced loudly. Several of the rebels began to grip firmly on their weapons.
"It seems you won't listen to reason." Cobra sighed as he raised his hand in the air. Koza followed in response.
Men! Formation: Kahira!"
Both leaders declared loudly. Suddenly both armies started to kneel promptly. A few seconds past and they were a small bunch of soldiers were still standing but was frozen with confusion.
"It seems we have found the spies that were in our mist." Cobra stared down at the spies. Several of them were sweating furiously.
"My King! I am so sorry that we had doubted you. Please let us deal with these spies instead of those people?" Koza kneeled in forgiveness.
"My son. I know it pains you as much as it does to us. I myself wants to do nothing but destroy these scums but we promised that group that we won't interfere. However, they did say we can handle something else. Cobra announced. Koza suddenly lifted his head up in shock. There was a report that a large ship is docked at the port. It contains several barrels of weapons. I want you and all of the soldiers to go secure that ship. In the kingdom I pray for your safety." Cobra placed his fist on his chest.
"Yes, your Majesty!" Koza and his men swayed to the side and began to rush towards the port.
"You cheeky bastard. So, this is where you were hiding all along. We've searched for you all night long. Well no matter." Mr.1 began speaking while ripping his cloak off. "All we need is the King alive for the boss. The rest of them doesn't matter." Several of the bounty hunters began to rip their cloaks off." Men! kill them all!" Mr.1 yelled loudly. Several of the bounty hunter were about to rush the King but, several screams were heard from some of the bounty hunters.
"If you want to get to the King, you'll have to go through us!" Gin roared loudly as he spun his body around in the air and slammed his dual daggers down into Mr.1. Surprisingly, Mr,1 had time to release his devil fruit power and blades suddenly formed on his arm. Although Mr.1 was able to block Gin's attack perfectly, he was pushed back slightly due to Gin's impressive power.
"He's a part of the Straw Hat Pirates!" Some of the bounty hunters yelled in shock.
"It's just one guy. We can take him you guy-" one of the bounty hunters was about to rally his comrades until several bamboo emerged from the ground thus launching several bounty hunters into the air.
"Unfortunately, he's not the only one here. Your God has graced this battlefield and is ready to deliver divine punishment to all evil doers." Usopp vaulted from the rooftop and landed quite gracefully in front of his enemies.
"Why do you have to be so corny Usopp?" Nojiko flipped through the air and launched herself past several enemies while spinning her snake blade around thus causing several bounty hunters to scream out in pain as the blade connected with each of their bodies.
"Why do you have to steal my spotlight?" Usopp retorted in annoyance.
"If anyone is going to steal the spotlight, it will be me." Chopper yelled as he switched to his Heavy Point and began to tear through the bounty hunters. He made sure to not hit any vital point in each of their bodies.
"Oh great! Who's next?" one of the bounty hunters spoke in fear.
"Just me. Thunderbolt Lance!" Nami appeared behind several bounty hunters. Suddenly a large thundercloud formed and launched towards Nami with blinding speed. The bounty hunters couldn't react in time as their bodies were electrocuted. Several thousand volts were sent through their bodies. Some of the bounty hunters began to slightly retreat but some of Cobra's army blocked them from leaving the vicinity.
"Well since you lot are here, that will make our jobs a lot easier." Mr.1 grinned slightly.
"Finger Stinger!"
Miss Doublefinger changed her hand into spikes and attempted to rush toward Nami but Nojiko slid in and entangled her snake sword around Miss Doublefinger arm. She twisted her body and swung her leg into Miss Doublefinger's body. Miss Doublefinger grunted in pain as the kick connected with her side and she was sent flying back a couple feet but she managed to flip her body around and landed back on the ground firmly.
"You actually I was going to let you go after my little sister? You're in for a rude awakening." Nojiko retorted with a smirk.
"These pirates got a raccoon as a pet! Get a load of that Mr.4!" Miss Merry Christmas yelled at Mr.4 as she was laughing hysterically. Mr.4 was about to start laughing as well until...
"Cloven Rose!"
Chopper instantly changed into his Arm Point and slammed his hoof into Mr.4's chest. Mr.4 coughed up spit as he was sent flying back several feet into a wall.
"MR.4! You will regret doing that! Come on Lasso!" Miss Merry Christmas yelled as she took a battle stance while Mr.4 pet dog was standing by her side. As Mr.5 stood by, he didn't notice a shuriken made out of grass just grazed his face. He turned around and the rage was clear on his face.
"You know it's rude to ignore your God, right? You shall be the first one to receive divine punishment!" Usopp smirked as he hoisted his Kuro Kabuto in his hand.
"I'm going to kill this insect. I'll show him there's no such thing as God." Mr.5 grunted as he walked menacingly towards Usopp.
"Can I help you kill him? I don't like his nose." Miss Goldenweek chimed in. As everyone was getting ready to battle, screams were heard in the middle of the town. Hundreds of bodies were laid out across the battlefield. In a shot span of time, Nami took out mostly half of the agents that was on the battlefield.
"Oweeeee. Looks like we got someone strong here. Hey toots? Wanna help me perfect my Okama Kempo?" Mr. 2 grinned evilly.
"You can sit this one out drag queen. I got this." Miss Valentines Day walked in front Mr.2 to confront Nami.
"How bout I kick both of your asses? I have treasure calling me and your little crime syndicate is ruining that." Nami began to twirl her Clima Tact around her.
…...
(Alabarna-Clock Tower)
As Vivi, Zoro, and Sanji rushed towards the clock tower, a couple of figures were standing by the tower.
"Well, It seem we have made the jackpot Shu." the Marine known as Hark spoke up first.
"Indeed we have. First, we confirmed the report that there was a bomb planted inside this clock tower, then, we have sight on the Pirate Hunter, Black Mask, and the agent known as Mr.3 in the criminal organization known as Baroque Works. We'll get a major promotion if we arrest all of these criminals here." The one known as Shu replied.
"Oh great! The Marines. Vivi? Just make it up to the bomb. We'll be right behind you after we deal with these pests." Zoro ordered her. Vivi nodded in agreement as she began running towards the entrance. As she was about to reach the entrance, Mr.3 was about to release his devil fruit ability until Sanji almost slammed his leg into his chest. Mr.3 barely had time to dodge as he lunged to the side to avoid Sanji's kick.
"You barbarian! Why must you brutes always resort to violence? This is why the one with the intelligent mind will always win in the end." Mr.3 readjusted his glasses.
"I'll take Black Mask. You take the Pirate Hunter." Shu rushed towards Sanji. Hark focused his attention on Zoro.
…...
(Alabarna-The Palace)
"How can this be happening?" Crocodile looked on in horror as he witnessed his plans were starting to crumble. He was beginning to doubt his self. What went wrong? He planned this out carefully. He appeared to the public as the hero of this city. If it wasn't for him, Rain Dinners wouldn't be prospering as it is now. The only people who he told about his plan was the ones who was present in the meeting. Suddenly, he came to only one conclusion.
"Oh dear. It seems everyone is in a state of frenzy. What shall your next ac-" was all Robin managed to say as she was impaled with a hook through her chest.
"You know I must thank you for all of your services Miss All Sunday. You were a great asset to this cause but I have a low tolerance for traitors! Crocodile gritted his teeth in anger he shoved Robin's body off his hook. Her body fell limp to the ground. Looks like I'll have to do everything by myself." Crocodile was about to cast a large desert tornado until...
"I guess this was expected. You finally bared your fangs towards me." Robin descended from the sky with her wings. Crocodile stared on in shock as his head snapped back to other person that was supposed to be Robin.
"What kind of trick is this?!" Crocodile yelled out.
"It's one of mines silly. There's more of that where that came from, but that's for another time. You know what you did kind of hurt my feelings. I thought we trusted each other? Robin pretended to be hurt that Crocodile attempted to kill her. No matter. What you guessed was partially right. I did leak important information to several sources but I had no idea that both armies knew of your plans. I do however know who's behind this though." Robin smiled as she looked on in the distance.
"Who?"
"That would be me Alligator." a new voice entered the fray. Crocodile turned around and saw a young man jumped from below.
"Hello Captain." Robin smiled.
"Hello Robin." Luffy replied.
"Well, if you must excuse me, I must go help Princess Vivi with disarming the bomb." Robin stated as she sprouted wings again on her back and was about to fly off until Crocodile launched his hook towards Robin. Suddenly, Luffy quickly intercepted his attack.
"Oh no Alligator. You're dealing with me." Luffy grinned.
(Usopp vs Mr.5 & Miss Goldenweek)
(Chopper vs Miss Merry Christmas, Mr.4, & Lasso)
(Nojiko vs Miss Doublefinger)
(Nami vs Mr.2 & Miss Wednesday)
(Gin vs Mr.1)
(Sanji vs Mr.3 vs Shu)
(Zoro vs Hark)
(Luffy vs Crocodile)
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Author Notes
Baroque Works Saga almost finished y'all. Might take some time to finish it but I will have this done before the summer ends. Anyways, be looking out for the next chapter you guys.
Si, lo fa = "Yes, it does" in Italian
