"I need to get out of this soon or I´m going to be sick" Titus commented once the eye of rukh stayed blank for a few days, still a prisoner in the okama´s dungeon. He and the others had the misfortune to land in the Kamabakka Kingdom, a land full of crossdressers with some insane passion to make other people like them. And he had no desire to became one of them. "Are they going to help me?"

"I can only guess that rescuing Drakon and Hinahoho took priority" commented Yunan, looking at his fingernails while the other tried and reach the wands and sword that was near their cell in a pretty pink closet. "Otherwise they would have told you they were coming."

"Dammit!" he tried to reach his magic tool again. "Are YOU going to help me?!"

"I don´t see the point" answered the light blond, still playing with his braids. "You are too short of arms to reach that thing, me too. And let´s not talk about the prince, because he is even shorter than you" this caught the attention of the Ren, who turned around with a feral expression on his eyes. "What?"

"Are you saying that I can´t do something?" Kouha quickly approached, banging the door with his legs. "Well… I might not be able to grab them in the other side of the door, but… but I can take that damn door down!" the prince started to do as he said, trusting his body against the door again and again to take it down. "This thing… is nothing. I made worse things do down. With Leraje… but that´s not the point!"

"Should we talk him out of this?"

"No, he is too stubborn to listen" Yunan yawned. So they let Kouha open it his way. an hour later, he managed to do that. The door came out of his pink hinges, catapulting the prince to the floor. He got up and ran, grabbing his metal container. "I am so, sooooo glad to see you again" he kissed the oversized blade. "Ohhhh, I missed you"

"Great" Titus grabbed his wand, forming a borg around himself, ready for any of those freaks to approach him. "Now… can you find our clothes so we can go outside not wearing… this?"

"Why? You look alright" Yunan shook his head at the voice of the king candidate, waiting for his fellow magic to hit him with his aberrant magic. However, that didn´t happen. Apparently there were more urgent things in his mind that blow up the idiot. "What?"

"I can sense them coming, we better run" he shot his aberrant magic spell to the wall, making a hole on it. The okamas quickly came to catch them again, but the magis formed borgs around them again and started floating away. Yunan tried to manipulate the rukh like he did in his world and felt… something very wrong. The magi shuddered as the light butterflies showed him horrible scenes of death and carnage, slavery and abuse. "something is very wrong in this world."

"Wasn´t like that in ours too?" Titus asked, but them he felt the same. "For Solomon´s sake, this is even worse than our world. Something in here is really fucked up."

"I´m afraid of what could happen with Sinbad in a world like this… if he was so death bend in changing ours, this one could make him want to follow the same path that almost killed him before."

"You worried a lot about that man"

"I… kind of promised to someone that I will take care of him" Yunan lowered his head, remembering the sick and almost dying Esra, asking him to take care of her little boy the way she couldn´t. "Anyway, we have to find him first" Titus nodded, also worried about what the highly dangerous king would do. "The winds in this place didn´t seem to collaborate in taking us anywhere."

"My magoi isn´t also helping and I don´t want to depend of the rukh in a world so corrupted, it will probably give me enough glances of it to corrupt myself" the Reim high priest pushed his wand a little bit more. "There is an island down there. I think we can stop to rest" the two magicians landed, the king candidate between them. "Ufff"

"That door… it hurt!" he caressed his arms, sitting down next to them. His sword was on the sandy ground. "I wish I have En-nii by my side, he could heal me in seconds… but he would insist that this is nothing and tell me to get up" he rolled his eyes. "Talking about them, can we contact them?"

"How do you want to contact them? It´s not like they have eyes of rukh of any magic artefact that allows them to communicate with each other."

"Not, but we have our own way of magical communication!" the prince said proudly, bumping his fist on his chest. "The same we used in the Army of Subjugation… but somehow I haven´t been able to use it to contact with En-nii and Mei-nii"

"Maybe it´s that you don´t have enough magoi to reach them" Titus frowned. "Perhaps if we give you some of our own magoi the communication will be possible for some time. Not much, as I don´t want to contact the rukh from this universe for long periods of time, but enough for you to talk to them wherever they are."

"I don´t know if this is going to work, but… it´s worth a try" Yunan put a hand on the pinkette´s shoulder. The other magi did the same. "Now, do the same thing you always do"

"Okay" Lerage´s master opened his mouth, sucking in some air. "HEY! MEI-NII! EN-NII! ARE YOU THERE?! IT´S KOUHA!" he stopped for a second, waiting for an answer. "HAKUEI! HAKURYUU! ARE YOU THERE?! I WANT TO TALK TO YOU! KOUGYUKU! YOU TOO, OLD HAG! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!"

"Old hag?" the high priest raised an eyebrow.

"Don´t look at me, it was something that came out from Judal, we just use it whenever we want her to answer quickly" he shrugged, thinking all the way back to his childhood. Then, the now empress has a look that would make everybody think she was some kind of ghost, pale and with all her hair a mess, just with that strange bump in her hair… young Judal said that she looked like an old hag. Since then it was the only way he called her. "She gets angry as hell and started screaming."

"I can tell" the older magi shuddered, remembering the curse words that said girl can utter. It was surely a great vocabulary. "Do it again, maybe they are far away from us. We spend too much time in that dungeon, they could have gotten everywhere."

"Okay" Kouha continued screaming at his siblings, earning a subtle answer from Hakuei, that she was searching for Hakuryuu from the sky. Unfortunately, they weren´t able to reach the former emperor or the current empress. And Kouen and Koumei… he could feel a faint contact, but his words didn´t seem to reach them.

"Try harder!"

"KOUEN! KOUMEI! TALK TO ME!" the pinkette jumped and screamed even louder, trying to reach them. This magic was so useless here… perhaps he should have brought eyes of rukh like the Generals. "EN-NII! MEI-NII! ANSWER ME, DAMMIT! ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW OR I WILL SHAVE YOUR HAIR!"

-In water seven-

"There is no need to scream" Koumei said in his desk, writing some numbers. He was doing a balance for the Galley-La company, something he also needed to do for the Mayor´s office. Earlier today a dying ship has arrived and the pirate crew inside of it asked them to repair it. Unfortunately, even he could see that the ship was on her last and there was nothing they could do. Iceburg offered to make a new one for them, so Kalifa ordered him to tell them how much it was going to cost. He boringly did it. They agreed to pay… before the Franky family stole everything they had. "I´m having some trouble here."

"Me too" Kouen spoke now, sounding no good. It surprised Koumei how bad his proud older brother sounded. "Some people captured me, I think they are called… CP9. I think it´s some sort of intelligence agency."

"CP9?" the younger redhead swallowed hard. He knew about them from the tales his fellow workers at Galley-La told him. Apparently it was one of the most feared intelligence agencies the World Government have to offer, who also worked as assassins. And somehow… somehow… "En-nii? Have you ever seen other people than the ones guarding you? Perhaps a man with dark hair and a yummy bird on his shoulder?"

"Yes… I think the iron masked idiot who stole my money called him Luci…"

"Luci" Koumei got up. His mental machinery was working fast, his head looking around at full speed. He had his suspicions since Rob Luci started following him, keeping an eye on him, and worsened once he saw the same man outside of Iceburg´s office with Kalifa when Cuty Flam came to visit. So that meant… "Can you tell me where you are?"

"I can´t see a thing, this dungeon is dark and without windows" Kouen tried to get up. "They took away my metal containers, I´m not in my best shape."

"It´s okay, I think I know where you are…" he got out of the office, clutching Dantaleon with his right hand. He started looking out for Luci and Kalifa, who now he was sure were CP9 and searching for something Iceburg or probably Flam had. "It´s called Enied Lobby, the marine base closest to this place and one of the mayor buildings of the World Government."

"How are you so sure?"

"And what about me?!" Kouha yelled, finally making himself hear. "I was the one who put you two in contact! You have to tell me where you are so I could reach you! Besides you have to help me!"

"You will be okay, Kouha, just… try to reach a place called Sabaody. It will be the best place to reunite, all of us" he continued walking, looking carefully around himself. Sometimes the military training he was forced to go through was more than worth it. "Yes, see us there. I will go rescue En-nii. Oh, and try to contact Kougyuku and Hakuryuu. Judal have gotten himself into troubles as always."

"Great" the third prince rolled his eyes. "Good luck, Mei-nii. Kick some butts for me."

"I will" Koumei smiled. After so many months of not hearing of his siblings, trying to learn everything that was needed to sail and search for them, it was a relieve to learn that at least three of them were alright. He tensed up a bit. Everybody was on edge with the assassination attempt against Iceburg, leaving him the only one not to guard the president´s office.

"Hey, Koumei!" apparently not everybody. Paulie suddenly appeared in the darkness, smiling at the prince. This one looked at him with a tense look. "I´m glad to find you. See, Iceburg asked me to get something from his office, but I don´t want to go alone. Can you come with me?"

"Sure" the redhead answered, trying to appear as calm as always, his hands clutching even tighter around his metal container. Whatever CP9 was looking for, it could be in that office and he was making damn sure that they didn´t get it. "Do you know Cuty Flam? I have been curious about him since his last visit."

"Eh? Oh, sometimes I forget that you are not from around here" the shipwright started talking. "He is an old friend of the boss, they learned under the same master… do you know the Puffing Tom?" he nodded. The Ren even rode a few times in said train with Kalifa or Iceburg. "It´s named after their teacher. He was a true genius… it´s a pity the World Government condemned him to death."

"They did?"

"Yeah, because of his role in Roger´s uprising as Pirate King" continued the history Paulie. "Tom admitted in front of a tribunal that he made the Oro Jackson, Roger´s ship, for the king of pirates and didn´t repent that, because he was sure that Roger would bring a new Era to the world. And damn if he was right!" he sighed, having strayed from the main course of their conversation. "Cuty was run over by the Puffing Tom shortly after fighting with Iceburg."

"Really?" he turned away. It was so strange, why would Cutty Flam look exactly for the same person he fought with? He never heard of something like that… but he never heard either of a group of siblings that went to another world to find their troublesome brother and return a possible menace to their own world. "I guess everything that happened between brothers doesn´t have a logic."

"Eh?" they finally arrived to the place. Paulie entered while Koumei waited outside, as Iceburg asked him not to show whatever that was on his desk to anyone, which includes Koumei. The redhead waited until he saw some mysterious shadows lurking around. Again, thanks to his military training making him aware of this. "AHHHHH!"

"They are after Paulie?" another sound and yells joined, making him join the fray. He found them tied up and trying to free themselves. "What happened?!"

"They ran away… they are after Iceburg!" Luffy helped him to untie himself. They ran towards the place Iceburg was hiding, only to find him surrounded by CP9 agents… no, by the supposedly killed shipwrights and his secretary. And when Paulie mentioned that the voice of the attacker with bull´s head was Luci´s, everything felt into place for the prince.

"An infiltration job… I´m impressed" he clapped in the middle of the fight. "You have to be very good to fool people that were already suspicious of the government. You have my respect."

"You" Luci stared directly at him. "We still don´t have anything on you except for what we learned from your work on Galley-La. But that´s not all, no?" Koumei didn´t answer, but his silence was enough. "Are you from the Revolutionary Army?"

"No" he shook his head. "I only happened to have some unfinished business with you intelligence fools" he sighed "I normally don´t get into action, is such a drag."

"Then?"

"Well, you happen to know a certain prisoner that probably arrived the same day as me falling from the sky, with red hair and a sour attitude?" silence was made again, but, again, it was enough. "Kouen is his name, he happens to be my older brother. We let go of each other in the fall and ended up in different islands."

"Interesting… but not a problem of ours" Luci prepared to attack. "I´m sorry, I can´t let him leave, not after the damage he caused to such an important place like Enies Lobby. Hope you understand."

"Too bad… I will have to get him out too then" Iceburg screamed at him that no, but the prince ignored him. Luci attacked with his finger pistol. Koumei just moved his fan to intercept the attack. Much to the cat man´s surprise, the pistol that was meant to pierce the enemy´s weapon and throat impacted Kaku square in the neck instead. The long nosed man felt to the floor, clutching his injury with a hand.

"KAKU!" Blueno quickly evacuated his comrade through one of his doors to Enies Lobby, returning immediately. Luci now eyed the redhead with new eyes. He was a Devil Fruit User, he was sure of that. Or at least had a fan that ate one, much like that idiot Spandam.

"This is my Dantaleon" informed the Ren, holding the thing in a way that covered his face. "A pretty thing I always carry with me. It also has powers."

"I see. Me and your Dantaleon had something in common then" Luci said calmly before turning into a bipedal leopard to fight. He was not taking any chances with this guy, he obviously had enough training to use the capability of his weapon to it´s maximum and the tactical genius to surpass him if in need. Besides, if his powers were anything like Blueno´s, they could put a hinder to their plans.

"Bring it on, then" around them, fight erupted between the CP9 agents and the Mugiwaras, while Luffy brought Paulie to safety. Then the captain himself joined the fray, getting against the cat man. The rubber man showed to be somewhat efficient, as the feline couldn´t pierce his skin. Unfortunately, he was not as strong as them. Soon Koumei was the only one in feet, making him think about transforming.

"We don´t have time to play with you" the Cipher Pol agent was emotionless. They made the building collapse quickly and burned it, trying to leave them trapped inside. Fortunately for the people inside, the Ren got them out. The Straw hats wanted to go quickly to save Robin, but Paulie stopped them, fearing the Aqua Laguna.

"Better reunite your men" Koumei said with a commanding tone. "We have a job to do"

-In Enies Loby-

"We already know who you are… Ren Kouen" Luci commented after arriving with his prisoners to the headquarters. "I have to say you were a tough one."

"Is that so?" the redhead commented. If they knew his name, it meant that they met someone that knew him, which meant one of his siblings was close. Now Hakuei and Kouha were far away, Hakuryuu and Kougyuku were MIA, so that only meant Koumei. "I get you have met Koumei then?"

"You don´t seem surprised, but I wasn´t expecting you to be" Luci got up. "Perhaps I should tell you that I killed your brother. It was such a pity, he didn´t seem to have anything to do with our enemies, but we couldn´t have him knocking on our doors, so we have to deal with him" the other laughed loudly, which confused the cat man. He didn´t show anyway. "What´s so funny?"

"You, that´s what it´s funny" he laughed again. "To think that you can defeat Koumei… you didn´t even know the extent of his powers! That´s so funny!"

"Enlighten me then"

"Nah, I prefer if you find out yourself" he moved his hands a bit, moving himself into a sitting position then. "What is more, I would prefer if you found everything for yourself after this is over" Luci frowned. Was that man implying that he also was a Devil fruit user? He as tied with sea stone, he very well could be. But there was no way to know which powers he had unless he freed him or Kouen tell him, but those two weren´t happening. "Scared?"

"No" answered Luci, going out of the room. He finally met with the rest of the team, telling his useless boss what he found out about the prisoner. Spandam wondered if he should transfer Ren Kouen to Impel Down just be sure, but Luci told him to wait until they were sure that his brother wasn´t coming. They also talked about other things and…

"Oh, I was forgetting" the masked man put something in front of Kaku and Kalifa. Devil fruits. The bastard somehow got his hands on Devil Fruits and, as he didn´t want to risk himself, he was giving them to his teammates. At least those two were loyal to him… Well, he wasn´t looking a gift horse in the mouth. "Eat them if you want"

"Don´t do it!" his wolf companion jumped. He told them to do it under their own risk. After they did it, when they were still disgusted by the flavour of the fruits, the cat man told them that they have to wait a bit until the powers appear. And to learn to use them fast, preferably before some visits came.

Hello! I´m finally back, did you miss me? Well, here is the next part, hope you liked it. Review!