"Straw Hat! It's been a while!" Bepo shouted to Luffy after the chaos in the Whale Forest had been cleared up. Shachi, Penguin and Jean Bart were with him, with various bandages all over them.

"Hey, Straw Hat, don't you remember us? We took care of you after the Paramount War! I'm shocked!"

"Oh!" Luffy grinned. "You're the talking bear from Tra-guy's crew!"

"Tra-guy? No, we work under Trafalgar Law! The Heart Pirates!"

"That's what I said." Luffy replied.

"No, you didn't!"

"We've been reading newspapers! There was a whole bunch of surprising news!" Penguin said. "We're allied, aren't we?"

"Is our Captain here too?" Shachi asked.

"Yeah, Tra-guy's here! And Katya too!"

"Katya-chan!" Shachi burst into a smile. "She's here too!"

"Yeah, she was with us at Dressrosa!"

"Captain, Katya-chan, we can't wait to see you!" Penguin cheered. "Are they doing well?"

"Yeah! Though Katya didn't like travelling up here. She kept clinging to Tra-guy and crying!"

Shachi and Penguin grinned. "She hates heights."

"Although, she's always hugging Tra-guy now since Dressrosa. She was really cool when we were there! She helped destroy a factory! I mean, her and Tra-guy both nearly died, but..."

The Heart Pirates let out a collective scream. "THEY WHAT?!"

Katya and Law were surveying the town when the ground began to rumble.

"W-What is this?" Katya's eyes widened.

"It feels like an earthquake, but we're on the back of an elephant!" Usopp observed.

"It's quite strong!" Robin said.

A large grey trunk the size of a volcano appeared in the sky and then a humongous wave of water towered over the group.

"It'll cause floods! Get to high ground!" Robin warned.

The flood of water raced towards them and the group began to run. A few drops of water hit Katya.

"Law, it's seawater!"

"ROOM!" Law shouted and warped the group to the top of a roof just before the water hit them.

Katya had quite a bit of water sprayed on her and she sank to the floor. "That was really horrible."

"The town all seems to be adjusted to this height so it must happen fairly often." Law observed.

"I'm guessing not many Devil Fruit users live here." Katya wiped her face free of water. The group stayed on the top of the roof until the water drained away and Robin deemed it safe to venture down. They continued on towards the supposed fortress that the dog woman had said about until they ran into Luffy. Usopp was terrified and accused them of being a cannibal tribe.

"The Straw Hats are inside." Wanda, the dog, explained as the gates to the fortress opened.

"GARCHU!" They all cheered happily.

"What does 'garchu' mean?" Katya asked Law.

"I have no idea. I've never heard Bepo say it."

"Hm. Well, the crew don't seem to be here. Where is Bepo's Vivre Card pointing?"

"I see you dropped the -sama."

"It's not fair if I use it for him and not anyone else." Katya shrugged.

"Let's go." Law said, and the two Heart Pirates slipped away as the Minks invited the Straw Hats in for a banquet. "I want to see the crew."

Katya smiled warmly and took his hand. "Lead the way, Captain."