Chapter 4: Baroque Works
The Going Merry slowly approached the town known as Whiskey Peak, before they got there Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday would have scrammed before they reached the island but due to that fact that Miss Wednesday was the reincarnation of Tenten things changed. As they approached the island they found people were celebrating their arrival.
"This is how they get you... they claim that they celebrate pirates, hold a big party then capture you…" explained Ace.
"So we're not heroes to them…" said Luffy.
"Luffy…" sighed Nami.
When they docked Luffy yelled "Don't try to trick us! We know you're bounty hunters!"
The crowd which was until now loudly cheering went deathly silent.
"Cripes! Their on to us!" yelled someone in the crowd.
"Run!" yelled someone else.
In mere seconds the entire town run back into their homes.
"Cowards…" mumbled Zoro.
"I bet their not very good bounty hunters…" said Nami.
The two mysterious people got off the boat, Miss Wednesday, "I need to talk to someone… then I'm going to join…"
"What your joining? Why?" asked Mr. 9.
"It's complicated… very compacted…" said Miss Wednesday.
The two missus people ways with the boat in each other… while the Straw Hats and the rest said on the ship.
Miss Wednesday went to one of the houses. She looked around and knocked on the door.
"Mr. 8! It's me! It's important…" she said.
A middle aged man with curly hair opened the door… "Is it private?" he asked.
"Yes…" said Miss Wednesday.
She hurried into the house, both began to lock the doors and windows for privacy. Both sat down at a table in the house.
"What is it Vivi?" he asked.
"Igaram…" said Miss Wednesday or should it be Vivi, "I'm quitting Baroque Works… we already have the information we need…"
"It's not just that is it?" asked the man named Igaram.
"No… I found out what my dreams mean…" said Vivi.
Igaram's eyes were wide…
Meanwhile at the Merry Go, everyone were talking about "Miss Wednesday" in the Galley…
"Do you think we can trust her…" said Zoro.
"Of course… even if I can't remember Tenten from my dreams…" said Luffy.
"I don't know… there's something I don't trust… she still won't give us her real name…" said Zoro.
"I just realized something…" said Tashigi.
"What?" asked Kaya.
"I've seen her face before…" said Tashigi.
"On a wanted poster?" asked Usopp.
"No… not quite… more like missing persons…" said Tashigi.
"Really?" asked Nami.
"Yes… her name is Nefertari Vivi… she the princess of Alabasta…" said Tashigi.
"She's a princess?" asked Luffy.
"Of course… that beauty says it all…" said Sanji.
"But why would she working for a secret organization?" asked Ace.
"Maybe she was kidnapped and brainwashed…" theorized Luffy.
"Riiiight…" said Nami.
Back at the house…
"I see…" said Igaram, "So you have to do this…"
"Yes… it all makes since now…" said Vivi, "I just hope Kohza…"
"This might be a chance to clear things up…" said Igaram.
"You're right…" said Vivi.
Just then the house blew up!
Back on the Merry Go, the crew heard the explosion and ran out.
"What happened?" asked Nami.
"Sound ninja?" asked Usopp with his legs shaking slightly.
"I'll check" said Kaya, "Byakugan!"
Kaya used the Byakugan, "I don't see any sound ninjas… but I do see two devil fruit eaters!"
"How can you tell?" asked Usopp.
"They have different Chakra than most people…" she said, "And it looks like Vivi needs help…"
"Right! I'm going to go!" said Luffy.
"I'm going too…" said Ace.
"I'm coming too!" said Sanji.
"Me too…" said Zoro and Tashigi at the same time, then the two glared at each other.
"And we'll stay back!" said Usopp.
"Bark…" barked Akamaru (translation: Coward…)
"Hey!" yelled Usopp.
The 5 ran to where explosion happened.
Back at the house or what was left of it, Vivi was okay on the most part… she did have a few cuts and bruises.
"What happened?" asked Vivi looking around.
"Well, well… Miss Wednesday or should I say Princess Nefertari Vivi…" said a voice.
Vivi looked around and saw a black man wearing sunglasses, and an over coat along with a blonde woman wearing a yellow dress and hat who had an umbrella with her.
"Mr. 5… Miss Valentines Day…" said Vivi.
"Vivi… run…" said Igaram getting up, also with bruises and a few cuts.
Vivi began to run away from the two blindly, she had no idea where we were going. That's when she bumped into someone… she didn't see who so she so she kicked him the… danger zone… he fell to the ground… and it was Zoro. The others were there too, Ace and Sanji winced at the pain, Tashigi covered her mouth to hide her laugh and Luffy was considered.
"Zoro are you okay…" said Luffy.
"Just… dandy…" said Zoro in a lot of pain while getting up.
"Um… oops…" said Vivi with a sweat drop.
"What's going on?" asked Ace.
"Well… um…" said Vivi.
"She's the princess of a country and the big boss man wants her out…" said a voice.
Of course it the black man known only as Mr. 5and the blonde woman known only as Miss Valentine's Day.
"Who, Orochimaru?" asked Luffy.
"Their not working for Sound!" yelled Zoro, Sanji, Ace and Tashigi.
"Then who are they working for?" asked Luffy.
"Your Baroque Works aren't you?" asked Zoro.
"How do you know about our Organization?" asked the Mr. 5.
"I used to be bounty hunter… someone from Baroque Works asked to join but I refused…" said Zoro.
"If you know then I guess that means you have to be taken out…" said Miss Valentine's Day.
She opened her umbrella and jumped into the air, which she began to float.
"I ate the Kilo Kilo Fruit… I can my weight at will…" said the woman.
Just then several shrunken and kunai tore the umbrella.
"Uh-oh…" said Miss Valentine's Day who crashed into a nearby building then fell down to the ground.
"Brago… I wanted fish…" said Miss Valentine's day in a daze.
"Sorry but Lord Orochimaru has dibs on their deaths… sorry…" said the teenaged girl sound assassin who went after Luffy and Ace back in Rouge town.
"Who the heck are you?" yelled Mr. 5.
"My name is Yakushi Akumi…" said the teenaged girl sound assassin named Akumi, "I may still be a Genin but I have a vast array of Justus…"
"Yakushi?" said Ace.
"That name sounds familiar…" said Luffy.
"I'm going to take you two out before you could take them out…" said Akumi.
"Oh really…" said Mr. 5 picking his nose, he flicked towards Akumi which exploded.
"Gross!" yelled Akumi who appeared behind Mr. 5.
"We should leave now… if she is who I think she is then we're in trouble…" said Ace.
Luffy and rest left for Mr. 5 and Akumi to fight. The managed to find a hiding place from either.
"So what's going on?" asked Luffy.
"You see I'm the Princess of the Country of Alabasta…" said Vivi.
"We know… I figured it out…" said Tashigi.
"How do you know?" asked Vivi.
"Well until recently I was in the Marines…" said Tashigi glaring at the pirates.
"Just let it go…" said Zoro.
"So happened?" asked Luffy.
"You see… there's problems brewing my country… I have discovered that all them is caused by Baroque Works… I discovered this while I went undercover three years ago…" said Vivi.
"Why would they start something like this?" asked Tashigi.
"Their plan is make an all new world… their leader is planning to take over my country…" said Vivi.
"So who is the leader…" said Zoro who has been wondering that for a while.
"No one knows his name… he only goes by Mr. 0… in fact no one in Baroque Works knows who he is… but those who do will be killed…" said Vivi.
"Who would know that…" said Luffy.
"Crocodile would…" said Vivi who realized her mistake.
"Is thatch is name?" asked Luffy while both Tashigi and Ace stood there twitching.
An otter riding a vulture showed up, held up 5 pictures that it drew of them… except for Vivi… everyone but Luffy sweatdroped as they flew away.
Ace sighed, "First we had Orochimaru after us… now we have Crocodile after us…" said Ace.
"Why can't this be a dream…" sighed Tashigi.
"Who's Crocodile?" asked Luffy.
"He's one of the 7 Warlords of the Sea…" explained Vivi.
There was an awkward silence…
"I can't wait to beat him up!" said Luffy.
"Great…" said Sanji, "Looks like Luffy just volunteered in helping you… not that I mind!" he added that last part with love.
"Is there any way to change his mind?" asked Tashigi.
"Nope, when my brother wants to do something he has to do it…" said Ace.
"Princess!" came a voice.
They turned around to find Igaram… dressed like Vivi with serial dummies with him. Everyone sweatdroped at this site.
"Igaram don't tell me…" said Vivi.
"I'm going to act as your decoy…" said Igaram.
Elsewhere both Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine's day were unconscious, Akumi stood there… not looking one bit tired.
"Hmmm… Baroque Works, their after the reincarnations as well… Orochimaru may like this information…" said Akumi she sighed then looked up to the sky, "Though he may not like the fact I relived my identity to the Uchiha… then again he would have figured the "Ditzy Genin" act eventually… isn't that right Great Grandfather…"
Later Vivi and the others were saying goodbye to Igaram.
"I hate to say this but… worst disguise ever…" said Tashigi.
"I've seen worse in my dreams…" said Luffy.
"I know but if they fall for then my work is done… as long as you get to Alabasta safely that that matters…" said Igaram.
"No offence but I don't think even sound ninja will fall for that…" said Luffy.
Everyone sweatdroped at this remark.
"The eternal pose…" said Igaram.
"Right…" said Vivi taking the eternal pose and giving it to him that was pointed to Alabasta.
And so Igaram set sail… a few moments after he did… there was an explosion.
"No…" said Vivi who fell to her knees.
"We have to go… we don't know who did it…" said Ace.
"I can't…" said Vivi.
Sanji gave her his hand, "You can't let his death be in vain…" he said.
"So they did fall for it…" said Luffy.
And so they hurried back to the Going Merry… that's when Vivi realized…
"I need to get someone…" said Vivi.
"It's not that weirdo is it?" asked Luffy.
"No… my pet spot billed duck… I need to find him…" said Vivi.
"Is that him up there?" asked Ace.
Vivi sweatdroped, "How… when…" she said.
"Oh is this duck yours?" asked Nami walking to the edge of the ship.
"Yes… when did he get here?" asked Vivi.
"Just after that explosion…" said Nami.
Everyone else sweatdroped and so they set sailed.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to leave early?" asked Kaya.
"Yeah… I think that ninja assassin that showed up earlier is no ordinary assassin… for her to show at both Rouge Town and here in one day… and her name Yakushi…"
"Wait a second… Kabuto…" said Sanji.
"Might be his descendants…" said Ace.
"Are you lost?" asked Usopp to Nami and Kaya.
Both nodded…
Elsewhere Akumi was talking to a woman with black hair wearing a skimpy cow girl assumable.
"Why did you stop me from talking to them?" asked the woman.
"Because I know you're the right hand woman of very powerful man… I should know… because I am one myself…" said Akumi, "And I wanted to talk you… and make sure you don't change their destination…"
"Is that so?" asked the woman.
"I was thinking we'd talk to our bosses over of an alliance… after all your after the princess and those other and so am I… though the Princess is lower on our kill list…" said Akumi, "If we go after them separately… then we are sure to fail but to organize would be a great option…"
"Oh really… might I ask who you work for?" asked the woman.
"Ever heard of Orochimaru?" asked Akumi.
The woman's eyes were wide, Akumi smirked, "I'm taking that as yes… now I have to tell Lord Orochimaru of this news… I know he'll agree with me… don't look for me… I'll look for you… Miss All Sunday" said Akumi who then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"I wonder if Crocodile will agree to work with him?" thought the woman known as Miss All Sunday.
Next Time: No one can sleep after the rough day they had... so they talk... meanwhile Akumi gives her plan to a possible of a possible Sound/ Baroque Works Alliance... what will happen? Find out next time...