A/N: Sorry! I forgot to change chapter 15, I changed it after seeing some people tell me about it.
Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece
Last time in Chapter 38
"Curses! How dare those two make fools of us…!" Mr. 5 says as Miss Valentine was with him, on the sidelines, injured badly. "Our pride as Baroque Works Officer Agents has been tainted!" Mr. 5 says as he huffs.
"You're exactly right, Mr. 5!" Miss Valentine pauses "So let us wash this humiliation by showing them the terror of our true strength!"
The two suddenly charges at Zoro and Luffy. "Let's go, Miss Valentine!"
"Roger, Mr. 5!" Miss Valentine responds. And this time, without her parasol.
"GOD, YOU TWO ARE ANNOYING." Zoro and Luffy say as they look at the two with anger. The two freezes "You're…" The two starts to sweat badly "GETTING IN THE WAY OF OUR TRAINING!" Luffy and Zoro shout as the two was easily beaten by Zoro and Luffy.
"So damn annoying…" Zoro says as the two Baroque Works' member flies out of the way.
"Who the hell were they, anyway?" Luffy asks, to not let anyone give any hints.
"A-amazing… Luffy-nii and Mr. Bushido were able to beat them in one hit… Luffy-nii must've trained them…!" Vivi whispers to no one as she soon lights up.
"Should we continue then?" Zoro says as he looks at Luffy, who looks at him too.
"Yeah." Luffy says as Zoro takes a position and attempts to hit Luffy.
"STOP IT!" Nami suddenly shouts as he punches Luffy and Zoro. Though, Luffy dodges it as he takes steps backward for a little. Zoro though, was unfortunate to feel the punch of Nami. Vivi stayed quiet as she saw all of the crazy things that happened.
"Just what the heck do you think you're doing!?" Nami shouts as he sighs, putting her hands on her hips. "Well… In any case, I guess I should at least be glad that the girl is safe." Suddenly, Nami clutches Zoro's shirt, shaking him again and again. "BUT YOU WERE ABOUT TO COST ME MY 1 BILLION BELI! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?"
'Why only me!?' Zoro thought as he ignored Nami.
"What're you people talking about…?" Vivi asks as Nami turns to her "And why did you save me?"
"Ah, that's right." Nami pauses as she crosses her arms "You don't know anything yet… How would you like to make a contract with me?" Nami says as Zoro calms down, it was only a training after all.
"A contract?" Vivi repeats as Nami nods.
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"Nahahahaha!" Luffy's laugh was heard as Zoro gets a tick mark "So you found out! And here I thought I was doing it quite well!"
"YOU COULD'VE HELPED ME IN A DIFFERENT WAY!" Zoro yells at Luffy once again, then annoying Zoro again.
"Well, at least I taught you some things." Luffy says as he grins at Zoro, who only sighed.
"I refuse!" Vivi bluntly says as she pauses "But you have my gratitude for saving me just now."
"What, why?" Nami asks, her eyebrow raising. "You're a princess, right!? A billion beli should be like nothing for a princess…"
"Have you heard of a kingdom called Alabasta?" Vivi asks as Nami places her weight right side.
"No, can't say that I have." Nami responds as she once again crosses her arms.
"It's a civilized country within the Grand Line, and it used to be a peaceful one at that too…" Vivi pauses "Long ago…"
"Long ago?" Nami repeats as she uncrosses her arms, it seemed to interest her.
"The past few years have been mired by revolutionary activities. Due to radical Alibastan revolutionaries, my country is currently in a state of chaos." Vivi pauses "One day, I happened to hear of a certain organization. That organization was 'Baroque Works'. Apparently, it was Baroque Works who had been instigating the revolutionaries." Vivi pauses as she looks at her lap. "But other than that fact, I didn't anything else nor could I do anything about Baroque Works. And so, I made a request to Igaram, who's been watching over me ever since I was a kid-"
"You mean that guy with the Chikuwa hair?" Zoro asks as Vivi continues like no one interrupted him.
"-Even though what I had heard may or may not just be a rumor, I asked Igaram if there were any way I could infiltrate Baroque Works…" Vivi pauses "Because that would be the only way to clear away the dark shadow that looms over Alabasta and determine just what exactly is Baroque Works' objective once and for all…"
"Well aren't you a brave princess." Zoro says as he leans on a box.
"So what exactly is the deal with this ' Creation of an ideal nation ' that Baroque Works is apparently scheming towards?" Nami asks before she widens her eyes. "Wait, don't tell me…"
Vivi's grip in her hands tightens. "Yes, it's as much as you might suspect. Although the Boss has hinted at a goal of creating an ideal nation,-" The three notices the sweats forming in her face. "Baroque Works' true objective is to take over the kingdom of Alabasta! And if I don't hurry back to my home country to stop the revolutionaries and tell the people about Baroque Works, things will go exactly as they planned!"
"I see…" Nami pauses "I guess that explains why you refused. A country in the middle of a civil strife wouldn't have any money to spare."
"So who is this Boss dude anyways?" Luffy asks as Vivi makes a panicked face and makes a hand gesture.
"YOU MEAN THE BOSS' TRUE IDENTITY!? PLEASE DON'T ASK ME! IN FACT, YOU'RE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING, LUFFY-NII!" Vivi shouts as she keeps shaking her hands side to side. "IF YOU KNEW, BAROQUE WORKS WOULD COME AND HUNT YOU DOWN…"
'Luffy-nii?' Zoro asked in his thoughts as it was the second time he heard that. Though, Nami knew it since Igaram explained it to her.
"Hahaha. Yeah, just leave us out of it." Nami says as she laughs "I mean, a guy who's planning to take over an entire country must be one incredibly dangerous person!"
"Yes, exactly. No matter how strong you pirates may be, you'd be no match for Crocodile, a member of the Ouka Shichibukai ( Royal Seven Warlords Of The Sea )!"
As soon as Vivi finished, Nami and Vivi made a horrified face, Luffy held his laugh by covering his mouth, and Zoro sweatdropped "Didn't you just say his name?" Zoro says as the Unluckies were seen. All of them stayed quiet ( Except Luffy's muffled laughs ) as they look at the Unluckies, who looked at each other first before leaving.
"WHAT WAS THAT BIRD AND OTTER JUST NOW!?" Nami yelled as she gripped Vivi's clothes and shakes her back and forth.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry!" Vivi repeats again and again as the two cries comically.
"A Shichibukai!" Luffy says cheerfully as he grins.
"Heh, not bad." Zoro says as he grins with Luffy.
"DID THEY GO TO REPORT THAT YOU'VE TOLD US THE BOSS' SECRET!? WELL!? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US NOW!?" Nami yells as there were sweats forming all over her.
"I-I'M REALLY SORRY! IT JUST ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED OUT!" Vivi says as she keeps getting shook by Nami.
"YOU THINK SAYING IT ACCIDENTALLY MAKES THIS ANY BETTER!? WHY DO WE HAVE TO BECOME HUNTED BECAUSE OF A SINGLE SLIP-UP FROM YOU!?" Nami yells as she releases Vivi "We just barely entered the Grand Line and we already have a Shichibukai chasing after us…!" Nami says as she wipes her tears away.
"Yeah, we're really lucky to be able to meet him so early." Zoro says as he was grinning along with Luffy.
"I wonder what kind of guy he is?" Luffy asks to no one as he laughs a little.
"SHUT UP, YOU TWO!" Nami yells as she points at the two. "It's been a really short time traveling with you but bye!" Nami shouts as she storms off.
"Where're ya going, Nami?" Luffy asks as he turns to Nami.
"They don't know my face yet so I'm running away!" Nami responds as she leaves, only to find the Unluckies drawing something. After a while, the Unluckies show their drawing of Nami, Zoro, and Luffy. It was really finely drawn that Nami clapped in amazement. "Wow, you're good!" After that, the Unluckies flew away. "NOW I CAN'T EVEN RUN AWAY!"
"S-sorry..." Vivi says as she sweatdrops.
"Interesting bunch, those animals." Luffy says as Nami comes back to them.
"Where were you even planning to run away to?" Zoro asks as he sweatdrops. Shortly, he grins in excitement. "In any case, with this, all three of us are now on Baroque's hit list…"
"This is really exciting!" Luffy says as he grins with his eyes closed 'And I get to meet Robin again!'
"I-I have 500,000 in my savings account that you can have though…" Vivi says to Nami, who was sulking, attempting to at least comfort her.
"FEAR NOT!" Igaram suddenly shows up, wearing clothes like Vivi's and three bags with faces "It'll be arri-" Igaram pauses to work on his voice "It'll be alright! I have a plan!"
"IGARAM!? W-what's with that outfit!?" Vivi asks as she was really surprised.
"WHOA! You can definitely pull off a look, Igaram!" Luffy says jokingly, but to everyone, it seemed true, since Luffy was Luffy.
"I'm surrounded by idiots…" Nami says in the background as she keeps sulking.
"Enough about that and just listen to me." Igaram says as he sighs "Once the Baroque Works network learns of what happened, they'll be sure to send pursuers right away. More so, since you defeated Mr. 5 and his partner…!" Igaram pauses "Just to let you know, although the Boss has no bounty on him since he's now a member of the Shichibukai, back in his heydays as a pirate, Crocodile had an 80 million beli bounty. " Igaram soon comes near them. " By the way, have you decided on whether or not to safely escort the princess back to Alabasta yet, Luffy-sama?"
"Huh? What're you talking about? " Luffy says as he tilts his head to the side, though it was only a joke, he had to be Luffy, because Luffy is Luffy. And Zoro, once again, was confused.
"He means he wants us to take her back home." Zoro says as he points at Vivi with his thumb. He decided to ask why they are calling Luffy like they knew each other, later.
"Oh, sure. Fine by me." Luffy says nonchalantly.
"80 MILLION!? THAT'S FOUR TIMES ARLONG'S BOUNTY! JUST REFUSE HIS REQUEST!" Nami yells as there were still tears in her eyes.
"Now then, princess." Igaram pauses "Please hand me the Eternal Pose to Alabasta."
"Huh? What's an Eternal Pose?" Nami asks while tears were still falling.
"Hm? You don't know?" Igaram says, surprised. Igaram glances at Luffy, who grinned innocently at him. "Simply put, it's a log pose that can eternally record a magnetic field." Igaram pauses "A normal log pose records the magnetic field of island to island." Magically, an Eternal pose shows up in Igaram's right hand "However, the magnetic field recorded by an Eternal Pose is never forgotten. No matter where you go, it will only point to that very island. That is what an Eternal Pose is." Igaram looks at the Eternal Pose in his hand "This one, in particular, has recorded the magnetic field of Alabasta." Igaram pauses "Now then, Princess Vivi. I shall take this Log Pose and set forth to Alabasta, while dressing up as you and taking these 3 dummies to represent these 3 wanted pirates. And while the agent of Baroque Works chases after me, you are to travel on the normal route to Alabasta on their ship."
'Then I'll have to think of what to do after this.' Luffy thought as was still grinning, hiding his thoughts.
"I haven't sailed to Alabasta using the normal route myself but there should be around 2 to 3logs to record along the way." Igaram pauses "Take care, and may we meet again."
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"I hereby leave the princess on your care." Igaram says as there was a small ship behind him with the three dummies onboard. The five of them were on the coast, with Nami leaning on the rock behind her.
"I bet you'll totally fool them!" Luffy says jokingly as he laughs, though no one took it as a joke from Luffy.
"Fool who?" Zoro asks jokingly, thinking Luffy was too stupid.
"The journey ahead of you may be dangerous so please be careful." Igaram says as he shakes hands with Vivi, ignoring Luffy's statement.
"You too, Igaram." Vivi says as she smiles. After that, Igaram sails, leaving the others behind.
"Aww, he left…" Luffy says while looking at the ship "Igaram was such a funny guy though… I'd like him to stay more…" Luffy says jokingly.
"He's always been so dependable." Vivi says with a smile, remembering Igaram's words.
'Farewell, Princess Vivi! I have complete confidence that you'll be able to save our kingdom!' Igaram thought as he smiles.
When the four was ready to go away, the ship suddenly blew up by an explosion. A large one to boot. "It can't be…" Nami mutters in disbelief as the others watched silently. "Pursuers!? Already!?"
Luffy takes a deep breath "NAMI! HOW'S THE LOG!?" Luffy suddenly shouted, surprising Nami.
"I-it finished recording!" Nami says as she looks at her log pose.
"THEN LET'S HURRY UP AND GET GOING!" Zoro shouts as Nami nods before looking at Vivi, who stayed looking at the scene right in front of her.
"Vivi! We have to hurry up!" Nami yells, putting her hand on Vivi's left shoulder " If they find us now, Igaram's sacrifice would be in vain!" Nami widens her eyes when Vivi bit her lips. 'This girl is strong!' Nami thought as she hugged Vivi "It's alright! I promise we'll safely get you back to Alabasta!"
"Luffy! GO WAKE THOSE TWO UP AND BRING THEM BACK TO THE SHIP!" Zoro pauses as the two runs "I'll be going ahead to the ship first!"
"Those four managed to save all of East Blue all by themselves..!" Nami says she was comforting Vivi.
"Alright, just leave it to me!" Luffy says as the two goes to the opposite direction.
"Even a shichibukai won't stand a chance against them!"
A/N: Suppie! Sorry guys, I'm just busy lately… Anyways, I might make another story, if I can brainstorm of what to do with the idea I had thought.