Finally meeting Crocodile


There it was. Rainbase. At last they were here. Where Crocodile, the mastermind behind everything, was waiting for them. Luffy and the others had come to stop him once and for all.

Now it was showtime.

"Hey, Usopp," Nami said, taking her eyes away from the view of Rainbase. "How's it coming along? Did you finish?"

"It?" Sanji asked in confusion.

"Yeah," Usopp said. "I finished it." He pulled out what appeared to be short, metal bars. "Look! This is your new weapon! Clima-tact!"

"Clima-tact?" Nami said as she took the bars from Usopp.

"Yeah," Usopp replied. "At first it looks like your old ones, but these are totally different. The attack changes based on how you put them together."

Kevin raised an eyebrow skeptically at the metal bars. "Don't look like much to me."

"What do you know?" Usopp snapped.

Kevin smirked. "A lot more than you, that's for sure."

"What?" Usopp snapped.

"Kevin," Gwen said. "That's just rude."

"Usopp," Sanji said. "Don't give Nami-san any dangerous weapons."

Gwen looked at him. "Then how is she supposed to defend herself, Sanji?"

Sanji pointed at himself with a big smile. "You and Nami-san don't need to fight, Gwen-chan. Cause I'll protect you! Just call me "Prince". Hahaha!"

Gwen shook her head. Honestly, Sanji was more full of himself than Ben was.

"I'll call you something," Kevin said with a scowl.

"Prince," Zoro said casually, knowing very well that Sanji didn't like it.

"Shut up!" Sanji yelled, angry that it was Zoro who called him Prince and not Gwen or Nami.

Zoro looked at Ben, Kevin, and Gwen, since they were the best out of their group when it came to plans. "Hey, do you think the Baroque Works knows we're here in this country."

"Probably," Gwen admitted. "We already ran into Mr. 2 and Mr. 3 managed to get here."

"So what?" Luffy asked.

"So there's probably a trap waiting for us," Ben said to Luffy.

"Which means we need to be careful and try not to draw attention to ourselves," Gwen pointed out.

"How come?" Luffy asked.

Kevin groaned. "Is being an ornament the only thing your head is good for?" he asked.

"What Gwen and Kevin mean is that we have no idea where the Baroque Works fighters could be hiding," Usopp explained to Luffy. He wasn't in the mood for more fighting to break out between the group. Ben and Luffy had already been at each other's throats. "There's no way we can get to Crocodile if we get caught first."

Assassination is their specialty," Zoro agreed.

Suddenly Luffy yelled to Rainbase. "Crocodile! Your butt is mine!"

Kevin growled in annoyance and looked like he was ready to literally pound some sense into Luffy when Gwen got in front of him.

"Easy, Kevin," Gwen said to calm him down.

"How?" Kevin asked her. "This guy's a total idiot. And he's supposed to be the captain?"

Nami groaned. "Look. We're not going to get anything done if we just stand around arguing. Let's go already."

Soon, the gang reached Rainbase. It was quite a sight to behold. Everyone was hustling, bustling, and going on with there lives as if nothing serious was going on in the world.

"This place sure looks lively." Kevin said as he looked around.

"Well, Vivi told me that Rainbase still thrives because of its gambling industry," Gwen said.

Just then, the young Anodite and Osmosain felt something shove past them, screaming for water. It didn't take long for them to realize that it was Luffy and Usopp. Gwen shook her head.

"I can't believe those two."

"Well that's what they get for letting Usopp chug all that water back in the desert. Even though Me and Luffy dug up plenty." Ben said.

"Should we really have let them do it?" Sanji asked, unaware of Kevin and Gwen's previous discussion.

"It's only an errand," Nami pointed out, sitting next to a fence. "They can do it."

"Vwo!" Eyelash said, relieved from having to walk across the desert so much.

"I'm gonna go take a whiz," Chopper said, walking off. There wasn't much worry as the reindeer had gone into his Walking Point form before entering Rainbase. So now he just looked like a regular reindeer. Albeit one with a blue nose and clothing on.

"I wonder..." Zoro said. "You don't think they'd come back with trouble? Maybe we should be prepared for that."

Gwen smiled at Zoro. "Come on, Zoro. They just went to get water."

"Yeah?" Kevin asked. "And what about what happened at Nanohana? Luffy led a bunch of marines right to us."

Gwen now gave a sheepish smile. "Good point." she admitted.

Just then, the group heard Luffy and Usopp's voices in the distance.

"Why are the marines here?" Luffy cried.

"How should I know?" Usopp replied. "Let's just get out of here."

"Crap," Sanji muttered as he looked in the direction the voices came from. "The marines are chasing them!"

Sure enough, Luffy and Usopp were running down the street carrying several barrels of water. Behind them were a squad of marines. And at the head of the squad was that smoke guy Luffy and Heatblast had fought.

Kevin chuckled. "I should've made a bet."

"Are you kidding?" Nami asked in response to Sanji. "Why are they running over here then?"

"Duh, this is Luffy we're talking about," Kevin said. He looked around for something to absorb. "So I guess we fight?"

"Sounds fine to me," Zoro said, drawing out his swords.

"Are you two crazy?" Nami demanded. "We don't have time for this!"

"I got this!" Gwen said as the marines were coming at them. She raised her hands and fired beams of mana at the pursuing marines. The end of the beams connected to make a giant rectangle of mana that shot towards Luffy and Usopp's pursuers.

Smoker's eyes widened. "What in the..." he managed to say before he quickly turned into smoke and flew over the mana wall. His men were not so lucky and were slammed backwards by it. Smoker, still floating in the air, stared at Gwen in wonder. "How in the world did she do that? What devil fruit did she eat?"

A green flash was seen as Terraspin appeared in Ben's place, he then used his wind powers to blow Smoker away. The marine captain could feel himself coming apart from the intense winds.

"Come on!" Gwen called as they started running.

"Hold on," Kevin said even as they were running. "Where's Chopper?"

"Leave him," Zoro said. "He'll be fine."

"Says you!" Kevin snapped. "If anything happens to him, I'm blaming you."

"Hey, guys!" Luffy called to the others. "The Marines are coming!"

"You brought them over here!" the others shouted back in response.


Smoker narrowed his eyes as he finally reformed himself. So far Straw Hat was proving to be a very dangerous pirate. First he was crew mates with former bounty hunter Zoro, then there was that boy who could turn into monsters. Now there was that girl with some kind of purple ability. And those were only two members. What were the others capable of?


"This isn't good, people!" Sanji shouted as the gang ran through the streets of Rainbase. "Running around like this will help the Baroque Works spot us!"

"Then what do you suggest, curly brow!" Kevin snapped.

"I think it's too late," Zoro said when he noticed that several people with weapons had been looking at what appeared to be wanted posters. He wouldn't be surprised if those were the crews' wanted posters and that those guys were Baroque Works agents.

"Let's go then," Luffy said with a grin and determined look in his eye. "Where is Crocodile?"

Kevin pointed to a building up ahead. The building stuck out because of the large pyramid on top with a crocodile at the tip. "There. Something tells me that's where Crocodile is."

Terraspin made a face at him a he hovered above. "You're just saying that because the building has a crocodile on it, aren't you?"

Kevin grinned. "That's right!"

"We should scatter," Sanji said.

"Yeah," Zoro agreed.

"We'll meet back up," Luffy said. "At the Croc's house!"

With that, the crew scattered in different directions.

"They split up!" one marine cried.

"Don't let them get away!"

Luffy made a face at Smoker as he leaped into the air. "Come and get me, Smokey!" He taunted, even sticking his tongue out at his foe.

Smoker glared at Luffy. "That little punk! Don't think you can run away forever! White Bind!"

Smoker turned his body into smoke and spiraled into the air towards Luffy. Soon, he wrapped his smokey body around the rubber captain. But Luffy refused to let that stop him. So he began taking a deep breath.

"Gum Gum...Balloon!" With that, Luffy expanded like a literal balloon.

The expansion caught Smoker off guard, making him turn back to his normal solid state. With nothing holding either up, Luffy and Smoker plummeted to the ground. Somehow they both landed in a yard full of horses. But Luffy didn't have time to notice as he quickly started climbing over the fence to get away from Smoker, who had gotten back to his feet.

"Oh no you don't!" Terraspin exclaimed as he unleashed another torrent of wind which dispersed Smoker's form before he even realized it.


Meanwhile, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and Kevin all ran in one direction. Usopp and Nami ran due to safety in numbers. Sanji had ran to make sure that Nami was okay. Kevin followed because he thought that Gwen was with the group and didn't trust Sanji with her. Needless to say, he was pretty annoyed when he saw that Gwen wasn't there.

"What are we doing running for?" Kevin said, seeing how there wasn't much point in them just running. "Let's fight."

"Are you crazy?" Nami and Usopp asked. "We can't turn to stone like you can."

Kevin grinned as he put his hand on the ground. In an instant, his whole body turned to stone. The marines came to a screeching halt when they saw this.

"So," Kevin said as he turned his hands into a mace and sledgehammer. "Who's first?"

Sanji came to a stop and stood facing the marines.

"Usopp!" Sanji said as he faced down the marines.

Usopp looked back at the blonde cook. "Huh?"

"Take care of Nami-san," Sanji said. "Kevin and I will stop these guys."

"What?" Nami and Usopp cried.

"O...okay," Usopp said as he started running. But he did look back and call to Kevin and Sanji. "Good luck."

"Sanji-kun...Kevin..." Nami said in concern.

Soon, the two escaped, leaving Kevin and Sanji to face the coming Marines. Sanji chuckled. "Rest in peace."


So far, it looked like Gwen and Vivi weren't being pursued by any marines or Baroque Works agents.

I hope the others are alright. Gwen thought to herself as she continued running.


Elsewhere, Zoro was already caught up in the fights. Many of the marines wielded swords, but they were nothing.

"He wasn't good enough," Zoro said after defeating another marine. "Try again!" Suddenly he grimaced when he saw who was coming towards him. "Not her!"

"Roronoa Zoro!" Tashigi yelled, glaring at Zoro. "So, we meet again."

Zoro cringed. "Look, I don't want to fight you! Our match is over!"

Tashigi was furious. "No it is not! We have not yet truly crossed swords!"

Zoro was getting ticked now. "Stop looking like that!" he yelled, pointing at Tashigi, who was taken aback by this.

"Wha...what?" she yelled. "Why you horrible... You still insist on humiliating me?"

"Crap," Zoro muttered. "I can't fight her!" With that, he turned around and started running.

"Hey! Wait!" Tashigi yelled at him.


"Gyaaaaaaaah!" Usopp cried.

"Nooooooooo!" Nami screamed.

The two of them had managed to land themselves into trouble. They ditched the marines but were now being chased by agents of Baroque Works.

"It's them!" One cried. "Kill them!"

"Go away, Baroque Works!" Usopp shouted, kicking some barrels that he leaped over towards them.

The Baroque Works agents laughed. "What a stupid..." But then the barrels knocked against some nearby stacks of crates. The force caused the crates to fall onto the agents.

"Whoa...it worked!" Usopp exclaimed, shocked that his move actually saved them.

"Wow!" Nami said, giving Usopp a thumbs up. "Good work, Usopp!"

As they continued running, Nami pointed ahead. The building with the crocodile on top of a pyramid was right in front of them. "Looks!" she said. "There's the entrance! It's built in the middle of a lake!"

Sure enough, the building was built in the middle of a lake, with a bridge allowing visitors to enter and leave it.

"No one else is here yet?" Usopp cried, shocked that he and Nami made it first. What could have happened to the others that prevented them from getting here?

"Take aim and fire!" someone cried. Nami and Usopp saw that several people were in front of the building with guns aimed at them. "Those are the first two!"

"Enemies!" Nami and Usopp cried, already raising their hands in surrender.

Just then Zoro appeared and slammed a kick into the first shooter he could reach. While his kicks weren't as strong as Sanji's, his blow was more than enough make them slam into each other and collapse in a big heap.

"Zoro!" Nami cried in relief. "Did you see the others?"

Zoro shook his head. "No, I didn't. But they can look after themselves. They might be inside already."

"Then we have to hurry," Nami said.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!" a voice cried, causing the three to look behind.

"Luffy!" Zoro shouted when he recognized who it was. Sure enough, it was Luffy and Terraspin too. And they were being chased by Smoker.

"Wait, Straw-hat!" Smoker yelled as he chased after Luffy.

"This guy just doesn't give up!" Terraspin said as he turned back to normal.

"Smokey's chasing me!" Luffy cried as he continued running. "Let's go, everybody! Run inside! Run!"

Soon, he and Ben ran over to the other four. They wasted no time in running towards the crocodile building with Smoker not far behind.

"Just you wait, Crocodile!" Luffy shouted.


Within the building, Crocodile was talking to Ms. All Sunday.

"So," Crocodile said. "The pirates have finally made it to this town?"

"Yes," Ms. All Sunday said. "I just got word from the Millions."

"Kuhahahahahaha!" Crocodile laughed at hearing this news. "Bring those insignificant rats in to see me!"

"Sure," Ms All Sunday replied with a casual smile.


"Crocodile!" Luffy bellowed. "Get your butt out here!"

Currently, Luffy, Ben, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp were inside the building with the pyramid and the crocodile. Turns out it was a gigantic casino. Oddly enough, the many gamblers just continued gambling, just ignoring Luffy's challenge.

"Come on!" Luffy shouted, as if he thought that would make Crocodile instantly appear. Instantly Nami and Usopp punched the back of his head.

"How is that going to make him show up, you dip-stick?" Nami asked.

"He's the hero of the country," Ben reminded Luffy. "You want to make the customers here your enemies too?"

Luffy huffed in annoyance. "Fine! So...what do we do?"

"Hey, wait a minute!" Usopp said. "Vivi never told us what Crocodile looks like!"

Nami slapped a hand to her face. "Oh, man. Vivi, where are you?"

"Vivi!" all four shouted. "Crocodile!"

"Hey," Zoro said in annoyance at the three's antics.

"Assistant Manager," one worker said. "Some strange people are here."

"Tell security to get rid of them. Don't let them cause a ruckus."

Just then Smoker burst into the casino. "I've got you now, Straw-hat!"

"No, sir!" two casino workers said as Smoker came by. "Government officials are not allowed inside the..."

"This place is on a lake!" Smoker shouted to Luffy, ignoring the employees. "You can't get away."

"It's Smokey!" Luffy cried, running away from the marine. Zoro, Ben, Usopp, and Nami ran after him. They were too busy trying to get away from Smoker that they didn't notice three rather muscular guys in suits stand in their way.

"Excuse us, gentlemen," they said. "We'd like for you to step outside for a min..."

But that's when Luffy obliviously plowed through them, sending them crashing into nearby customers and machines. One even crashed into a slot machine and caused gold coins to start pouring out.

"Forgive me, manager," the assistant manager said. "Someone has..."

"Bring them to the VIP room," said the manager. The assistant stared in shock.

"Crocodile's orders," said the manager...who was none other than Ms. All Sunday.


"Hey!" Usopp said as they began running down a hallway. "Look at that!"

Ahead of them was a pair of giant doors. Above the doors were the words V.I.P. Along the way were many men and women gesturing them towards the door.

"Right this way, please! This is the V.I.P. room."

"Is he saying "bring it on"?" Ben asked.

Zoro smirked. "Clever guy."

"C'mon!" Luffy shouted. "Let's go!"

Smoker was confused as he continued his pursuit. "VIP? What do they have to do with Crocodile?"

Soon the Straw Hat crew burst through the VIP doors.

"What's VIP mean?" Luffy asked out of the blue.

Nami whimpered. "This is leading us straight to our deaths."

As the gang ran down the hallway that the doors led to, they came to a sign.

"Look!" Luffy said. "The paths split."

Sure did. The hallway now led to two separate ways. In front of them was a sign with arrows on it. The arrow pointing left had the words VIP above it. The word above the right arrow was Pirate."

"The VIP room is to the left!" Usopp said.

"No, wait!" Luffy said. "We're pirates! This way!"

So, the gang ran to the right. And when they did...

"Aaaaah! The floor's collapsing!"

The next thing everyone knew, they along with Smoker were in some kind of caged room with a long bench for sitting in. Smoker was sitting on the bench, Zoro was pacing in the middle, Nami was kneeling on the floor, while Luffy, Ben, and Usopp simply stared at the bars in front of them.

"A fiendlishly clever trap," Luffy said, crossing his arms.

"Indeed it was," Usopp agreed casually.

"That's exactly what he wanted you to do!" Nami screamed at them. "How could you be so stupid?"

"And besides," Luffy said weakly as he put his hands on the bars. "I can't feel any power."

"What, are you hungry or something?" Usopp asked.

Just then, Smoker removed his Jutte from his back and swung it at Luffy. Before the rubber captain had time to defend himself, he was struck and flipped to the ground. Smoker walked over and put the tip of his jutte on Luffy's stomach.

"Y...you wanna fight?" Usopp asked, assuming a karate pose. It would've looked more convincing if he wasn't shaking so badly.

"What the...?" Luffy asked. "I can barely move. Like I fell in water or something."

"Yeah," Smoker said. "That's right."

"W...what did you do to Luffy?" Usopp asked.

"The end of this club is made of something called sea-stone," Smoker explained. "A mysterious stone that only exists in a certain sea. All the marine headquarters' prisons are made of the stuff. It keeps criminals with "the power" from getting away. This metal is still a mystery to us but what we do know is that it emits the same kind of energy as the sea does. Just think of it as a solidified form of the sea."

"So that's what's making Luffy weak," Ben realized.

"Then this cage is made of the same..." Nami started to ask.

"If it wasn't," Smoker replied. "I'd be long gone. After destroying the whole lot of you of course."

Zoro began to draw his swords. Smoker returned his piercing gaze.

"Oh yeah?" Four Arms may have something to say about that," Ben said as he reached for the Omnitrix but the holographic circle opened up to reveal that it was now in Recharge mode, "Aw, why new Omnitrix, why?!"

"Gyaaaaa!" Usopp cried. "No, wait! How can you fight while we're in this predicament?"

"He's right," a voice from outside the cage said. "Cut it out!"

The group turned around to see that they were inside some of kind of room that screamed fine luxury. Not too far from the cage was a couch. And sitting on the couch was none other than...

"You'll kill each other," Crocodile said. "Why can't you just be friends?"

"Crocodile!" Smoker shouted, recognizing him.

Crocodile looked at Smoker. "Oooh, you really are a stray hound, Smoker. You never thought of me as your ally from the start." He got up from the couch and walked towards the cage. "Oh...that's right. I was going to have you die in an "accident". I reported that you've been fighting the "Straw Hats" several times. Kuhahahaha! I don't know why you came here, but it was obviously of your own accord. The governments believe me. They wouldn't send marines here normally..."

"So that's one of the Shichibukai," Zoro said while Nami and Usopp raised their arms in fear and possibly surrender.

"So you are Crocodile, huh?" Luffy asked as he started to push himself up off the ground. He lunged at the bars. "Hey, you!" Then he started to get and groggy due to the seastone. "Fighhh meeeh." He started to sink to the ground.

"Don't touch the cage!" Usopp shouted at him.

Crocodile chuckled at Luffy. "You did well to come this far, Straw Hat. I never thought I'd actually meet you. Don't worry, I'll be killing you all very soon. I must say, you all have been a thorn in my side."

"You won't get away with this." Ben said as he glared at the Shichibukai."

"Ah. So you're the shapeshifter, I must say that's a very interesting ability you possess. Its too bad that you have to die now."

Ben growled at Crocodile.


Back outside, Gwen found herself hiding by one of the nearby buildings having been separated from Vivi. Not too far stood the casino. So far things hadn't been looking good. She couldn't find the others anywhere and didn't know where to look. There was a chance that they were already inside the casino, but if not, did something happen to them?

"There she is!" someone shouted.

Gwen turned around to see a group of people coming at her. Since they weren't wearing Marine uniforms, these guys had to be agents of Baroque Works. Gwen sighed. She had managed to get so far without having to worry about trouble. Now it finally found her.

The men raised their guns. Luckily Gwen was able to create a barrier of mana before they had the chance to fire. They were struck dumb by what they saw. She quickly responded by blasting them with mana. She knew she had to get inside the casino and fast now that there might be more coming.

"Wait, young lady!" a voice called.

Gwen stopped and quickly turned around. What happened? More agents already? Hearing a sound above her, Gwen looked up. She gasped.

Flying towards her was some kind of being that looked like a cross between a man and falcon. He was wearing white robes over his body and a strange hat like garment on his head. Weapons that looked like Gatling guns were strapped to his wings. Before Gwen could do anything, the falcon man landed next to her. In an instant, he transformed into man with pale white skin with strange black lines coming from his eyes and down his cheek.

"Greetings, young lady," the man said. "I am..."

"It's Pell the Falcon!" Someone shouted.

Gwen and the one called Pell turned to see a whole bunch of people staring at Pell in shock. Judging from the weapons they were all carrying, they had to be Baroque Works.

"The strongest warrior in all of Arabasta!" one agent cried.

Gwen's eyes widened as she looked at Pell in shock.

Pell chuckled as he faced the agents. "Excuse me, miss." he said to Gwen. "I will deal with this quickly." His body became like that of a bird-man again. "The Bird Bird Fruit: Model Falcon. One of the only five types of "flying powers" ever discovered."

"Shoot him!" Someone cried. "Shoot him dead!"

In a fantastic swoosh, Pell flew through in a speed that almost rivaled Jet Ray's.

"Flying Claws!" Pell shouted.

All of the men went flying over the place from Pell's attack.

"Wow," Gwen said as Pell flew back to her.

"Now," Pell said. "Before we were so rudely interrupted. My name is Pell. I am one of the Commanders of the Arabasta Guard."

Comprehension dawned on Gwen. "So that means Vivi's message reached the palace?"

"Indeed it did," Pell said with a nod. "I was sent ahead to find the princess. After I saw those men attack you, I figured that you were one of Vivi's friends that she mentioned in her report."

Gwen nodded now. "I'm Gwen Tennyson. I got separated from the others."

"What of the princess?" Pell asked in concern.

"She's not with us," Gwen said. "She's probably with the rest of the crew."

"What?" Pell cried.

"It's okay," Gwen reassured him. "My cousin Ben can protect her. I know this is hard to believe but he was the best one out of all of us to keep her safe. Trust me."

Pell's eyes furrowed. Well this was an unexpected development. He had come to aid the princess, only to learn that she wasn't even here to begin with.

"If the princess isn't with you," Pell said to Gwen. "Why are you here?"

"We came here to stop Crocodile."

"How interesting," a voice said. "You seem quite determined." Gwen gasped to see Ms. All Sunday walking towards her and Pell. But Ms. All Sunday ignored her to look at Pell. "How magnificent. The first time I've ever seen a human that could fly. But...I wonder if you're stronger than me."

"Gwen Tennyson," Pell said as he faced Ms. All Sunday. "Are these the people Princess Vivi was talking about? The ones who are trying to destroy our country?"

Gwen nodded. "Yes. That's Ms. All Sunday. Crocodile's right hand woman."

Ms. All Sunday smiled at Gwen. "I must say that you and your friends truly surpassed my expectations."

Pell and Gwen both gasped in shock at Ms. All Sunday's words.

"That's what the boss is curious about," Ms. All Sunday replied. "Especially since this boy keeps turning into more and more monsters. It wouldn't happen to be that little green and white device on his wrist would it?"

Gwen's eyes narrowed. Pell's did too but they held a small amount of confusion. Monsters? Green and White Device?

"I'm certain the boss would love to get his hands on that device," Ms. All Sunday continued. "Especially with that device really does let you turn into monsters."

Gwen's face darkened. "You're not laying a finger on my cousin."

Ms. All Sunday smiled at Gwen. "Your cousin, eh? Why are you worried about him? He's not even here yet. Shouldn't you be worried more about your other friends?"

Gwen's eyes widened before quickly narrowing again. "Where are they?"

Ms. All Sunday smiled coyly. "If you want, I could take you to them."

"Cut the crap, already!" Pell snapped at her."That's out of the question."

"You," Gwen said as she looked at Ms. All Sunday. "What's your game? First you filled that man Igaram and then you tricked us into going to Little Garden..."

"What?" Pell said, looking at Gwen. "What did you say?" He turned to face Ms. All Sunday. His face was one of pure rage. "You...killed Igaram-san?"

"What are you so angry about?" Ms. All Sunday asked him. "How is that different from what you just did to my employees? What a joke!"

In blind fury, Pell turned into his bird form and shot towards Ms. All Sunday. "Curse you!" he screamed. "I'll turn you into Arabastian sand!"

Still smiling, Ms. All Sunday crossed her arms. "Tres Fleur!"

Suddenly three arms appeared on Pell's body. Two of them appeared on his back and the third on his chest.

"Wha..." Pell cried out in shock.

The first two arms grabbed each other. But they did so by gripping Pell's wings. He tried to pull out the blade he was carrying but the third arm's hand held it in place. With his wings incapacitated, Pell lost his trajectory and crashed to the side.

"Arms and hands?" Gwen asked, staring. "A devil fruit user."

Ms. All Sunday smiled at Gwen. "That's right. I ate the Flower Flower Fruit. I can make various parts of my body grow out, like flowers. That is my power." To prove her point, she made four arms appear on herself. Three of them appeared on her left elbow while the fourth appeared on her right shoulder. "As long as my body is willing to grow anywhere, I will never let you escape."

Pell, who had turned back to normal, got back to his feet. "Escape?" He repeated. "Ridiculous! I will avenge Igaram-san right here!"

"Really?" Ms. All Sunday asked. "I'm sorry, then."

"I'd love to stay here and play with you some more...but I just don't have the time."

"Don't worry!" Pell said as he pull out his sword and charged at her. "You won't need any."

"I don't think you understand yet," Ms. All Sunday said as Pell came at her. "Seis Fleur!"

Four arms appeared on Pell's body now while two came out of the ground. They grabbed his legs, arms, and his neck.

Gwen gasped when she saw how easily he was caught.

"Strength," Ms. All Sunday said as she rushed at Pell. "Speed. They mean nothing to me. Clutch!"

The arms holding Pell's upper body and legs pulled back. A sickening crack was heard. Gwen brought a hand to her mouth in horror. The hands then removed Pell, causing his body to fall to the ground at an angle.

Ms. All Sunday chuckled. "So much for the strongest warrior in the kingdom."

The next thing that happened was a pink tendril of mana slamming into Ms. All Sunday and sending her sprawling to the ground. She immediately picked herself and looked her attacker.

Gwen Tennyson stood before Ms. All Sunday. Mana surrounded her fists and her eyes had a fierce, violet glow.

"You. Are. Going. Down." Gwen said angrily.

End of chapter.


AN: See you next time!