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Disclaimer: Eiichiro Oda owns One Piece

Last time on Chapter 45…

"Don't play around, you imbecile." The man from the other line says, "Aren't you a little late with you reports…?"

"Reports…?" Sanji says as he crosses his legs, "Uhh… And whom might this be?"

"It's me."

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"Mr. 0…"

"DORRYYY!" Brogy shouted as he was crying and hugging poor Dorry, on top of them were rainbows literally forming. Currently, Nami is covering her ears along with everyone while Luffy just stood there, grinning like the madman he is.

"Even his crying is ear-splittingly energetic…!" Nami shouts as she slightly scrunched her face due to the volume.

"QUACK!" While Carue looks like he was about to pass out, Luffy just laughed.

"My ears…" Along with Nami, Vivi also slightly scrunched her face.

"I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY, MASTER BROGY!" Usopp shouts as he was also crying, like he was feeling the pain second-hand.

"I haven't died yet, Brogy…" Dorry says as he felt like he was about to pass out from the hug.

"Alright, alright. That's enough, Brogy-san. You're killing him." Luffy shouts while Brogy suddenly flinches and let go, also stopping with his crying.

"Gegyagyagya…" Dorry silently cries, also feeling happy that he lived.

"What a splendid day this is!" Brogy shouts, his grinning face back. "Let us thank the God of Elbaf!"

"Ha." Dorry suddenly slyly grins. "If it is about the fight between us, I shall let you know that I went down on purpose!"

"You know that's not the reason, you big ol' fool!" Brogy 'playfully' punches the arm of Dorry.

"Ow!" Despite the pain, Dorry still kept his grin. "Stop touching my wounds! Gegyagyagya!"

Nami sighs in relief as she sees the two laughing with each other. Though she can feel some kind of liquid going down her body. She looks at her legs, surprised to see blood. 'Blood…?!' She moves a little to see more blood going down. She widens her eyes in surprise, she wore this for a long time and because of the adrenaline, she wasn't able to see this. 'Don't tell me…' Clutching her hands, she looks at Luffy. 'I'll ask for later, this can't be the time to say something gory.'

"You intend to start something!?" Brogy and Dorry suddenly stand up, their hands turning into fists.

"I intend to crash you flat, alright!"

"WHY'RE YOU STARTING A FIGHT ALREADY!?" Nami shouts while Vivi just sweatdropped.

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'If I remember correctly… Didn't Vivi-chan say that Mr. 0 was the enemy boss' codename…?' Sanji thought as he looks at the Den Den Mushi. 'Which would mean that the man on the other side of this Den-Den Mushi right now is…!' Sanji huffs, causing the smoke to go out. 'One of the Royal Shichibukai…!?'

"It's already been quite some time since I sent you my orders." Mr. 0 pauses, "What is your status, Mr. 3?"

'Mr. 3…! So that must be the owner of the Den Den Mushi here…' Sanji turns to the side, blowing his cigarette. 'Alright, I think I understand the current situation now… This is the enemy secret hideout and a guy called Mr. 3 is on this island to hunt down Vivi-chan.' Sanji frowns, pausing as he sweats a little. 'Damn it… I really shouldn't have been caught up in some hunting game… I hope the guys are all safe…' "Tch…"

"What are you being silent for? I'm asking you a question." All in all, this Mr. 0's voice had authority. "Have you eliminated Princess Vivi and the Strawhat Pirates or not?"

Sanji takes out his cigarette and places the transmitter near his mouth. "Yes, I've carried out my mission alright." Sanji closes his eyes and slightly smiles. "All the people who know of your secret are now no more, so there is no more need for further pursuit."

"I see. Good work…" Mr. 0 pauses, "The Unluckies are headed your way right now. Once they confirm your mission's success, they'll hand you a certain package."

"The Unluckies?" Sanji repeats as he opens his eyes. "A package?"

"That's right. An Eternal Pose to Alabasta… Once you receive it, head to Alabasta with Ms. Goldenweek immediately. The time has come… We must now carry out the most crucial step of our plan." Mr. 0 pauses, "You will await further details, once you arrive at Alabasta."

"The hell…?" Sanji says after distancing himself at the transmitter. The Unluckies prepared their weapons, making Sanji a little bit surprised.

"What's the matter?"

Sanji sweats a little bit, "No, It's N-" Before Sanji could continue, Miss Friday, or the vulture, attacks him. Letting go of the transmitter, he dodges. "I don't know what you two are but…" Sanji's face gets covered with his hair before showing his harsh eye. "DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO ATTACK ME!" With one leg, he kicks the otter, effectively making the otter unconscious. Before the vulture could attack, he spins mid-air and twists the vulture's head. "That's good enough." He calmly went to the chair and picked the transmitter once again.

"What happened?"

"Oh, never mind that." Sanji says as he smiles a little, "It's nothing really. One of the Strawhats turned out to be just barely alive, but I just finished him off for sure so worry not."

"… One of them… Was alive…?" Sanji totally knew this Shichibukai is angry, just by the voice. "Didn't you just say, you carried out the mission successfully…?"

"Ah, well I thought I had." Sanji puts the cigarette back to his lips. "But one of the buggers was a lot more tenacious that I thought…"

"So in short, you had given me a false report at that time…"

"Well… I suppose that's true if you want me to get technical…" Sanji pauses, "But I really did finish for sure just now. So there's really no need for further pursuit. Capiche (Do you understand)?"

"Fine… Just head for Alabasta straight away then. This will be the last time I contact by Den Den Mushi. I can't afford the Marines to intercept any of our calls." Mr. 0 pauses, "From hereon, all orders shall be delivered the traditional way. That is all. Godspeed, Mr. 3…"

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"Ms. All Sunday."

"Yes?"

"Send Mr. 2 to Little Garden." Mr. 0 pauses, "His orders are to lie amidst the route between Alabasta and Little Garden, and assassinate Mr. 3…!"

"Rather violent, aren't you, Sir 'Mr. 0' Crocodile."

"I still have more than enough capable officers… Do you really wish to talk back to me?"

Robin turns around and walks towards the stairs. "No, no. I'll carry out your orders at once…"

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"So what the hell were these things?" Sanji asks to no one before something piques his interest, an hourglass-like device with only one orb in the middle of the device, and a needle floating inside of the orb. "This is…"

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"GABABABABA!" Brogy pauses, a grin plastered on his face. "You little ones really helped us out back there. If there's anything we can do to thank you…"

"GEGYAGYAGYAGYA!" Dorry laughs as he was laying on the huge dinosaur bone. "I had completely forgotten about the bounties placed on our heads!"

"But even so…" Vivi makes a downcast expression. "It's originally my fault," Vivi pauses, "That those agents came to this island…" Suddenly, Nami pinches her right cheek. "Oww!"

"Don't say that!" Nami says as she sighs as if she was lecturing a child.

"You shouldn't worry too much, you know?" Zoro suddenly appears out of nowhere while eating a senbei.

"Wait, where the heck did you get those from?" Nami asks before suddenly realizing something, she strides towards the back of Zoro before knocking him. "AND WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!?"

"That hurts, you witch!" Zoro shouts as he nurses the bump on his head.

"See, nobody here blames you for anything." Nami says as she ignores Zoro's words, she turns to Zoro for a second. "You owe me one thousand beli for that." Before Zoro could complain, Usopp slides towards them before putting a senbei up.

"Alright! Time for a Senbei Party!" Usopp shouts as all of them goofs around, except Zoro and Luffy. Unbeknownst to them, Vivi looked at them with happiness.

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And with Luffy, he was oddly quiet, it's just that no one noticed him yet.

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Luffy knew it, and he was happy he was the one who was bitten and not Nami. The moment that damn insect bit him, he stumbled, on the brink of losing his consciousness. It was for sure. Luffy felt too sick.

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Unlike Nami from the former timeline that was healthy, he wasn't. He did know that being insomniac is a very large disadvantage for him, yet he paid no mind and thought he could take it.

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Oh, how wrong he was.

He can't even last a minute without feeling like puking and on the verge of losing all of his consciousness. He can already taste the blood inside his mouth, it sickened him how pathetic he was.

"Luffy?"

Ah, he just wants to lie down and sleep just today, a special case. But he just can't do it, there's still much more…

"Hey, Luffy?"

But, just a little nap… Just a little…

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"LUFFY!" Luffy's eyes snapped open due to Nami's worried voice. He can feel Nami's hands on both of his shoulder. He looks up to see Nami's worried and panicked eyes. "What's wrong with you?"

Internally screaming profanities at himself, he forces himself to stand up and grin. "Don't worry about it, Nami!" Luffy says as he pats Nami's head.

"Oho? So, what were we talking about then?" Nami says as she makes an unimpressed face. Luffy awkwardly laughs before looking at his surrounding, only then he saw Zoro's look. Oh, that look. He hates how Zoro can tell.

"Uh… Shishishishi!" Luffy just rubbed the back of his neck and did his best not to puke and look like dying.

Nami sighs, as she crosses her arms. She feels weird, like something's wrong with Luffy, definitely. "We were talking about how we got an Eternal Pose to Alabasta." Waiting for Luffy's cheer in…

1… 2… 3…

Huh, it never came.

Everyone looked at him worriedly. Nami looks up to see Luffy dazed, he wasn't listening. Heck, it didn't need 3 seconds for Luffy to cheer, he would do it on the spot. So something's definitely weird. Before she could hit Luffy in anger and worry, Zoro stops her hand.

"Captain, something's wrong." Luffy snaps out of his dazed state. And yes, it wasn't a question, it was a statement.

"Nothing's wrong!" Luffy says as he grips on his straw hat tightly, Zoro scrunches his eyes a little before nodding. It took some excruciating silence before Luffy breaks it. "Alright then, Dorry-san, Brogy-san!" Luffy grins at them, "We'll be taking off now!"

'I see… Busy Lil' Buggers, aren't cha?" Brogy says while Luffy nods and stumbles a little bit, making all of them look at him.

"It's a shame but we won't ask you to stay any longer." Dorry pauses as he looks at Vivi. "I hope your country's safe, girl."

"Thank you." Vivi says as she smiles at him.

"Oh, you guys go on." Luffy suddenly says making all of them look at him once again. "I need to tell something to them, go on." With the last worried looks of his nakama, they went out.

"So, what is it that you want to tell us?" Dorry says before being surprised along with Brogy when Luffy made a serious face, it felt like Luffy never made that kind of face, it immediately made a piercing tension around them.

"It's about your country, Elbaf." Luffy says bluntly as he sits. The two giants were more interested, and somehow they felt uneasy.

"What's wrong with our country?" Dorry says as he removes the smile on his face, Brogy didn't, but his smile faltered.

"If you can, please go visit your country." Before the two giants can open their mouth, Luffy quickly stopped them. "… Elbaf village was… Enveloped in a sea of flames." Brogy suddenly stands up and look at him as if he was insane. "The citizens worked to rebuild the damage, though some giants did not make it. I don't know if some giants are still there, but if there is, ask them yourself." Luffy gets up and turns his back on the giants, who had horrified faces. "But, after my long journey along with my crew, I will free two giants that will also venture towards Elbaf." Not letting the two talk, he leaves.

"Our friends are setting sail…" Brogy suddenly says as he looks at the jungle.

"As much as I want to ask that man many things, we can't leave them to fend for themselves." Dorry pauses, "Even though we know that man can kill that monster easily, let's do this to not make them waste any time."

"Dorry, how're you wounds…?" Brogy asks as he looks at the bandaged wounds.

"Hmph, it's nothing serious." Dorry says as he also stands up, a grin plastered on his face.

"I guess this is it for my axe and your sword, isn't it?" Brogy says as he takes his ax, a little bit of sorrowful expression seen on his face.

"Having trouble letting go?" Dorry asks as he also takes his sword.

"'Course I do. This is the ax I've fought with for over a hundred years. But even so…" Brogy grins, a determination plastered on his face. "If it's for their sake, I have no regrets!"

"Then it's decided." Dorry says with the same expression as Brogy.

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"Look! My lizard is CLEARLY bigger!" Sanji shouts as he grits his teeth in anger and pointing at what he killed.

"Are your eyes just for show or something?" Zoro retorts, doing the same thing Sanji's doing. "The bigger animal is MY rhino!"

Suddenly Luffy shows up with grin, "Let me cut it for you guys, both of them looks tasty and big to me."

"Luffy's right! How long are you two going to bicker? Let Luffy cut it to pieces so we can carry it little by little." Nami says as she pauses before looking at Luffy. "What did you tell them?"

"Nothing you should be worried about." Luffy says as he pats Nami's head once again. Nami didn't care about Sanji's swooning at the background, she focused on what was in front of her. Luffy looked paler than normal, he was sweating and she can see Luffy was heating up badly, it wasn't normal. Before she could open her mouth, Luffy shushed her. "Don't tell this about anyone, it's a normal thing to get fever once in a while. I'll get better fast. Just keep it a secret to everyone so they won't do anything stupid."

Nami just nods though she was still unsure of her answer. Her guts were telling her that her captain was hiding something, yet she would rather trust her captain. "If we sail straight from here, we should be able to exit on the western side of the island."

"Wait, where's Luffy?!" Zoro almost shouts in a panicked tone, making everyone worried ten times worse than before.

"Stupid, I'm here." Luffy teases as he forces a grin as he flicks Zoro's forehead.

"Why are you even hiding your haki?" Zoro asks after trying to chop Luffy into pieces.

"Nothin', just wanted to." Zoro frowned, his guts are telling him it's a lie. "Don't look at me like that!" Luffy whined before coughing.

"Luffy-nii…?" Vivi looks at Luffy in worry, though Luffy immediately grinned at them before looking in front.

"Looks like the giants came to see us off." Luffy says after internally praising himself for the smooth dodge and how perfect the giants came.

The two giants were looking straight ahead the ocean, "The most important reason why all the little ones who come to this island," While Brogy pauses, Dorry continued the speech. "Do not reach the next island lies straight ahead."

"What?" Nami says with a confused expression, mostly on what the giants said.

"You all risked your life so that our pride can remain untarnished." Dorry as their eyes were shadowed with a grin.

"Thus, in return," Brogy pauses with his arms crossed, "No matter the foe…"

"We must not let your flag of pride be tarnished either…!" Dorry…

"Trust in us and sail straight ahead! No matter what happens, sail only straight ahead!" Brogy…

"What're they…" Before Zoro could continue, Luffy cuts him off.

"Sail straight ahead!" Luffy shouts with a serious face. 'That's right… This measly disease won't stop me, I have to be strong and sail towards Raftel with my nakama safe!'

"Farewell." Dorry says as the Going Merry passed them. "Let us meet again," Brogy continues with his ax raised. "One day in the future."

"LOOK!" Nami shouts as there was surprise and disbelief on her face as she was pointing straight ahead. "UP AHEAD!"

The sea started raising up as it reveals a long yet large goldfish-like dorsal fins."In the name of Elbaf," Brogy pauses as he makes a serious face. "We vow to clear a path!"

A/N: Thanks everyone! Y'know, i've been quite busy these days and i'm thinking if i should sue the school system for slavering children xD