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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

[Creature speech]

/Radio communication/

:Demonic Speech:

Disclaimer: See heading to chapter 1.

Chapter 2: The Rainbow Mist

Nami slowly opened her eyes in a slight daze, feeling a little sore between her legs.

"Ugh, Lucifer, you were a little rough." Nami winces.

"Sorry love." Luffy says wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him and kissing her neck. Luffy moves one of his hands to her stomach and rubs her bump and feels a kick. The two get out of bed and get dressed, which should have taken them at the most five minutes, but it took them almost an hour as Luffy and Nami couldn't keep to themselves, or more specifically, their lips off each others lips.

The two then walk into the Galley with Iowa holding Nami's hand. They get their food and join the others at the table. Soon breakfast becomes like normal with Luffy occasionally trying to steal food from everyone, except for Nami's.

"Would you quit that?!" Gin snarled as he smashed Luffy's watery hand with his fist as the others did whatever they could to keep Luffy away from their food. Even Carue was quacking in anger when Luffy tried to snag his food and attacked Luffy, causing them both to run out the door. Nami watched it all from where she sat next to Vivi and Kaya and smiled before she noticed that Kaya had hardly touched her food.

"Something wrong?" Nami asked Kaya.

"Huh?" Kaya said as she looked at Nami before she forced a smile. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it." She said. Nami stared before she pulled on Kaya's cheek. "Ow!"

"You're a terrible liar." Nami said before she released Kaya's cheek. "Now spill. What's wrong?"

"Better tell her Kaya." Usopp said.

"Tell me what?" Nami asked.

"Well..." Nojiko started.

"While raiding Gasparde's ship, Sanji and Luna came across something very interesting." Anna said.

"A Devil Fruit." Elizabeth said.

"Are you serious?" Nami asked. "Where is it?"

"In Kaya." Chopper said. Nami whipped her head towards Kaya, who looked back at her with her arms held out in front of her and her palms opened face down. Nami watched with wide eyes as Kaya's hands turned into a strange blue goo.

"What is that?!" She yelled.

"Candy syrup." Kaya said just as Luffy and Carue ran back inside.

"Hey Kaya." Luffy said as he walked up to her. "Still getting used to having an ability?"

"Yeah." She said as she stared back at her hands as they turned back to normal. "It still feels so strange. I can feel my body, yet I feel...different." She said as she flexed her fingers into fists a few times before looking around the room. "Did any of you feel that way?" She asked.

"Yeah." Anna said as she shifted to 1 kilo and floated over towards her.

"I definitely felt different." Chopper said from where he sat at the table while Sanji either served more food or picked up some empty plates.

"It was a bit of a shock," Robin said as she sprouted a few arms out of her original arm. "But after awhile, it didn't feel so strange."

"Yeah ,it was a little strange and freaked me out for a while till I got used to it." Chris says remembering when he became a bombman.

"Yeah. Like it was always a part of you from the beginning." Luffy said as he turned his arm to water than black mist. Kaya looked at each of them before looking down at herself with a 'hmm' before she made a little drop of candy syrup drip and suspend in the air. "It's blue?"

"What's wrong with blue?" Yosaku asked.

"When Gasparde used it, it was green." Luffy said.

"Now that you mention it, the color is different." Zoro said.

"Maybe it changes colors depending on who uses it." Nojiko suggested.

"Or maybe how someone feels or something." Chris suggested as Kaya made the drip change size a few times. Elizabeth watched as it changed before she gently poked her finger into the giant blue drop and pulled back, leaving some candy syrup on her finger.

"It's sticky." She said as she squished it between her thumb and index fingers as Chopper held a hoof out and poked the blue goo as well.

"I wonder if it tastes good." Chopper mumbled before he licked his hoof. His eyes immediately began to sparkle as he had a huge smile on his face. "It's sweet!"

"Really?" Luffy asked. He stuck his finger in the droplet as well and licked it as well. The others were watching with raised eyebrows as Luffy smiled. "It is good!" Most of the crew followed their example and tasted it as well.

"Not a candy person, but not bad." Gin said.

"It's sweet!" Johnny said.

"Really sweet!" Yosaku agreed.

"Of course it is." Sanji said. "After all," He said before going into love-mode. "Kaya-chwan has the sweetest personality of all, so of course it'll taste sweet~!"

"Uh...thanks." Kaya said with a smile and a sweatdrop.

"Don't worry Kaya." Luffy says getting her attention. "You will get used to it in time. It is not something you can pick up in one night. It took me years, and look at me, I'm still learning new techniques and skills to use with my two powers." Luffy says with a smile.

"Thank you captain." Kaya says with a smile.

Later that Night

The crew were now asleep, with Jones up in the crow's nest. He was on lookout tonight. Luffy was down in the infirmary talking with Kaya, Merry, and Chopper.

"Yeah," She said before her smile faded as she stared at her hands. "But it's all I can do now."

"How come?" Luffy asked.

"I'm...I'm scared." She said. "This is all new to me. Having my body go from being flesh and blood to...to this stuff." She said as her hands changed to blue syrup. Luffy looked at her before smiling.

"I was freaked out at first as well." He said. Kaya looked at him as he turned his arms to water then to black mist then back. "Truth is, I didn't realize what I was eating when I first ate the Water-water or Dark-Dark Fruit." He said before he began to explain how he first ate the fruit four years ago, when he was fifteen years old.

"So you're telling me that Shanks, an Emperor and one of THE toughest pirates out there, just left not one, but two Devil Fruits out in the open for anyone to eat...and that you ate them by accident because you thought that they were apples in your mothers' bar?" Kaya summed up. Luffy nodded with a smile before she said, "You two have to be the biggest idiots on the seas!"

Somewhere in the New World

"WACHOO!" Shanks sneezed, spitting rum all over his nearby crewmates. They all looked at him as he sniffed and rubbed his nose. "Who's an idiot?" Shanks asked himself.

Back on the Iowa

"Don't badmouth Shanks!" Luffy said in a stern voice, his cheerful demeanor fading to a small frown. Kaya, Merry, and Chopper looked taken aback before she sighed.

"Right. Sorry." She said.

"It's okay. I forgive you, I probably would have said the same thing if I was in your position." Luffy said with a smile.

"Still, I don't know what to do with this power." She said before she looked at Luffy. "Was this ability really useful in a fight?"

"Yeah, except if you get covered in flour." Luffy said. "Then you can get hit because it's not sticky." He then smirked at her. "How about we have a little fight?"

"What?" She said in shock. "You mean me fight against you?"

"More like me seeing what you can do." He said. "You couldn't defeat me even if you wanted to." Now it was Kaya's turn to pout before they both got to their feet, ready for a little sparring match. "Okay, show me what you got!" Kaya started out by pulling out her knives before charging at Luffy.

"Peacock String Slasher!" Kaya called out as she launched one of her knives, that was attached to a wire that connected it to the other at Luffy, who only smirked where he stood.

"Iron Body!" Luffy said before Kaya's weapon harmlessly struck him. Luffy smirked before he vanished from sight, leaving Kaya to look around in an attempt to find him.

"Where are you?" She called out before Luffy appeared before her and swung his fist at full speed at her. Kaya froze as Luffy's hand stopped half an inch from her face, but the shockwave from the speed blew her off her feet and onto her ass. Kaya was breathing hard as Luffy walked up to her and held his hand out.

"The enemies we'll meet further down the Grand Line are only gonna get stronger." Luffy said as Kaya stared up at him. "If you wanna stand a chance in a fight, you're gonna need to step it up." Kaya stared up at him before she took his hand and stood up. Luffy smiled before he jumped back.

"Now, try and attack with your new powers!" He said.

"How am I supposed to attack with this?" Kaya asked as her hands turned to goo.

"It can harden." Luffy said. "I saw Gasparde turn it into a hardened spike." Kaya listened before she looked at the goo that was her hands. She closed her eyes and concentrated while Luffy and the other two watched one of her gooey hands turn into a giant blue spike of hardened candy syrup. "Nice job." Luffy said as Kaya stared down her arm. She grew a serious expression before she charged at Luffy again, her spiked arm positioned to skewer Luffy. Luffy only smirked before he disappeared a split second before she could touch him. "Very good." Luffy said before he appeared behind her and wrapped an arm around her waist, and his other arm loosely around her neck. "From here on out, you'll have to discover your fruit's powers on your own." He said before he smiled and kissed her knuckles. She blushed before he released her and took a few steps away from her. He looked at her one last time with a smile and said, "Goodnight Kaya, Merry and Chopper." Before disappearing from the infirmary. Kaya's hands turned back to normal as one touched her other hand, a warm smile on her face as she quietly walked towards her bedroom, while Merry was going to be on the one on duty in the infirmary for the night as Chopper retired to his room as well.

The Straw Hats were currently being chased by four Marine ships that were firing warning shots at them. The Iowa was returning fire and causing big plumes of water to splash up in front of the marines trying to deter them, but was not working well. Johnny and Yosaku were acting like they would kill Vivi and Carue, who were both tied up and in plain sight.

"How long do you think this ploy will work?" Gin grunted as he watched another salvo is fired from the rear deck gun of the Iowa.

"Doesn't matter!" Nami shouted. "As long as it keeps them from sinking us, then we keep using this tactic!"

"Sorry guys." Vivi said. "Maybe I should've stayed in Alabasta after all."

"No use complaining about it now Big Sis." Johnny said without looking at her, hoping not to give their secret away to the marines.

"Besides, you can't get this kind of adventure unless you're out at sea." Yosaku added before one of the marine ships blew up.

"Are they attacking their own ships?" Anna asked as they all stared in shock before Usopp started laughing.

"Just as I planned!" He boasted.

"What plan?" Zoro asked in a bored tone while Gin just glared at Usopp like he was an annoying fly.

"Quickly!" Nami shouted. "Let's get out of here! Hurry!" Everyone ran inside as alarms started to blare signaling that the Iowa was preparing to submerge. A couple minutes later the Iowa disappears below the surface of the water thus losing the marines. The other Marine ships went to help those that were on the sinking Marine ship. After a tense hour, the Iowa surfaced with no marines in sight and the crew dropped the act and released Vivi. The crew was sailing on through rocky waters while keeping a lookout for any ships that might be close by before Chopper cried out that he spotted a harbor and a lighthouse in the distance.

"A harbor?! Where?" Luffy asked as heturned around from looking over some sea charts with Thomas on the bridge. He grinned when he saw the town while the ship sailed towards the rocky shallows to disembark. Jones wanted to stay on the Iowa to practice playing his organ that he got put on board in his room, Kuro stayed to look over some expenses, Luna also decided to stay on the ship, and everyone else slowly got on the Going Merry to go and see the town or gather supplies.

"Wait, that's not a lighthouse." Chopper said after looking closely at the tower.

"Whatever it is, it's huge!" Usopp said as they began walking and talking along the shallow rocks before a patrolman spotted them up the hill.

"Halt! All of you!" He shouted, getting their attention as he walked towards them all. "If you wish to anchor at Ruluka Island's harbor, even in the rocky shallows, then you must first pay a harbor tax!"

"A harbor tax?" Chopper asked in confusion.

"It means we gotta pay to leave the ship here." Usopp explained.

"What kind of stupid tax is that?" Gin said.

"Why should we have to pay to leave our ship here anyway?" Nami demanded.

"Because it's your duty!" Said the patrolman as he pointed his gun at them. "Now are you gonna pay or not?"

"Hey," Sanji said as he stepped in the way. "Do not point that thing at a lady."

"What'd you say?" Growled the patrolman. Luffy looked ready to just run, but someone else reacted first.

"Wait a minute!" Vivi said as she stepped in front of Sanji before she faced the patrolman. "Excuse me, but exactly how much is this harbor tax going to cost us?" She asked.

"Hmm." Said the patrolman as he slightly lowered his gun and looked at their ship. "For a ship that size, the amount comes to a small tax of 500 berries."

"Is that all?" Nojiko asked. "We can pay that."

"Nojiko!" Nami whined.

"We got 950,000,000 berries in the ship." Nojiko whispered to her. "Now's not the time to be stingy." Nami sighed at her sister's logic and pulled out the correct amount of money before handing it to the patrolman.

"There's your stupid tax." She grumbled. The patrolman smiled before easing his stance.

"Then I officially welcome you all to Ruluka Island." He said before turning and walking away. "Have a nice day."

"See? No need for any violence." Vivi said.

"Ahh~, Vivi-swan has a heart of gold!" Sanji swooned before they heard an old voice shouting down at them. They all looked up to see an old man with strange gear on his head and back staring down at them.

"I have a question for you all." He said.

"What are you?" Anna asked.

"Looks like a one man freak show." Gin suggested.

"That's not it, and I'm a human, so don't call me a 'what'!" He shouted before he removed his goggles and looked at them. "Did any of you see the Rainbow Mist on your way here?" He asked. Luffy's and Robin's eyes widened for a moment as the others asked what he was talking about. "Forget it. A bunch of morons." He said to himself.

"THAT'S FREAKING RUDE!" The men shouted before Robin stopped them by holding a hand up.

"Could you perhaps explain what it is you're talking about?" Robin asked. The old man just stared down at them before turning away.

"Follow me." He said as he walked away. "There's a nearby restaurant. We'll talk there."

"You guys can talk to him." Nami said as she walked off. "I'm going to get some paper for my maps."

"I'll accompany you, Nami-swan!" Sanji sang.

"Wait for me!" Chopper said as he followed them.

"I'll come too." Nojiko said. 'Someone's gotta remind her that we're not broke anymore so she doesn't get us into trouble with her bargaining.' She thought. Zoro stayed on to sleep, Elizabeth stayed on to paint. While the four of them were walking off, the others decided to follow the old man to hear about the Rainbow Mist.

Later in the Restaurant

Everyone had found a seat and were now waiting for the old man to tell them about the mist.

"Seconds please!" Luffy shouted.

"One Special coming up." Said the owner.

"Seconds for me as well." Said the old man.

"Here you are." He said before he said, "You better have money."

"It's on him." He said as he pointed at Usopp.

"Why me?!" Usopp snapped.

"I'm gonna explain the Rainbow Mist to you. It's only obvious that you pay." He said.

"I didn't even want to know!" Usopp yelled as the old man drank some water.

"My name is Henzo." He said. "A brilliant genius scientist studying the Rainbow Mist." He said, with Usopp claiming that only idiots claim that they're geniuses, with Gin then hitting Usopp in the back of the head for saying a hypocritical comment..

"Mr. Henzo." Robin said.

"Call me Professor." He said, making Usopp slap his chest in annoyance while Robin presented him a book.

"Have you heard of this book?" She asked as Henzo's eyes widened at the cover before he started looking through it.

"Oh yeah. The Rainbow Mist is that book you've been reading Bis Sis Robin." Yosaku said.

"You mean that mist is actually real?" Johnny asked.

"The book was written over 40 years ago, and the author is unknown." Robin said. "According to the book, the Rainbow Mist is home to The Land of the Gods, or the Golden City, El Dorado."

"That's nothing but a legend." Henzo said as he looked at them. "Many adventurers have traveled here seeking the Rainbow Mist because of those legends. But no one has returned, not even my dear friends."

"You're friends disappeared into the mist as well?" Usopp asked before the owner put a plate of spaghetti on their table.

"Ignore his babbling." Said the owner. "This guy's nothing more than a crack pot."

"Crack pot?" Johnny said.

"What do you mean?" Yosaku asked.

"He's nothing more than Mayor Whetton's dog." Said the owner.

"A dog?" Gin asked as Luffy stayed quiet while other patrons began to belittle Henzo. Everyone stopped talking as the sounds of drumming could be heard.

"Oh shit! The Collection Party's coming!"

"Quick! Eat fast!" The Straw Hats only watched in confusion as everyone began to shovel their food into their mouths quickly before the doors opened up to a group of people dressed identically as the patrolman from before, with their leader standing ahead of the group.

"Well, well, fair citizens. Having a nice meal?" He asked before he walked in. He stopped when he saw someone holding a mug of beer and smiled. "That's some fine beer that you're drinking. When you drink, you must pay a drinking tax." He said as two patrolman came up behind the man and restrained him.

'What kind of dumb tax is that?' Vivi thought, already hating these men for stupid laws such as this.

"Wait! Hold on!" The man begged. "The money in my wallet's for my wife and kids!"

"Taxes are the obligation of every citizen." Said the leader as the patrolman handed him the man's wallet. "Those who do not fulfill this obligation have no right to live in this town."

"Who's this jackass?" Usopp muttered.

"Mayor Whetton's son, Phillip." Whispered the owner. "He's an annoying bastard that taxes every little thing we do." All the Straw Hats looked at the guy either with stone faces, or in disgust. Vivi's eyes were shadowed over, thinking that those who rule should not use their power in such ways.

"Well, Well, if it isn't Professor Henzo." Phillip said as he spotted him. "My father's been looking for you. He's curious as to how your research on the Rainbow Mist is coming along."

"Same as usual." Henzo answered in a bored tone. "Seeing as how we don't know when or where the mist will appear."

"Pity. The taxes from all these citizens is what we use to fund your research." Phillip said. "The Rainbow Tower that's being constructed is also being funded by those same taxes. Need I remind you that the longer you take, the more trouble that you put these citizens through? Now then, I'll take my leave." He said before he started walking towards the door. He stopped and turned around before grinning again and looking at Luffy. "Well, well, that's a very large serving of spaghetti you're eating!"

"I was hungry." Luffy said.

"Don't tell me." Gin said before Phillip grinned.

"Those who eat large servings must pay a large serving tax." Phillip said.

"I'll pay." Luffy said as his right hand started to move towards his right hip, everyone's eyes widen at thinking at what Luffy might do.

"Really? That's great." Phillip said with a grin, but loses it in a hurry as he then stares down the barrel of a gun in Luffy's hand.

"Yeah, Here is what I think about this tax." Luffy says pulling the firing hammer back and Phillip pales. Vivi reaches up and grabs his wrist and tries to lower his hand. Luffy only glances at Vivi out of the corner of his eyes.

"Something wrong Big Sis Vivi?" Johnny asked.

'Vivi?' Phillip thought as Vivi had her head down before she stood.

"I cannot stand by and watch those with power abuse it." She said before she glared at Phillip. "I don't know this Whetton person, but all these taxes are completely ridiculous!"

"Miss! Please!" Whispered the owner.

"Just pay him! He'll slap on a Defying Authority Tax!" Said one of the customers. The Straw Hats were looking at Vivi, some with a smile for her courage, while the rest of the restaurant were looking scared stiff at hers and Luffy's attitude towards Phillip. Phillip glared at her before a small smile came to his lips forgetting about the gun that is still pointed at him.

"Well, well, seems that we have a brave one here." He said. Some of the patrolman looked ready to assist, making some of the Straw Hats slowly reach for their weapons. "If you have a complaint, then why not speak about it directly to my father, Mayor Whetton."

"Fine!" Vivi said as she released Luffy's arm.

"We'll escort you." Phillip said before he, his men, Carue, and Vivi all left.

"That's weird." One of the customers said. "Usually, he'd have taxed someone who spoke that way for a few million berries."

"She's lucky." Another said. Some of the Straw Hats didn't seem to agree as they were frowning as they stared in the direction they all left. Henzo and the rest of the Straw Hats stepped out and were now looking at where Vivi was going.

"Now that you've seen it for yourselves, steer clear of Henzo." Said the owner. "Otherwise, you'll just get spurned by the whole town."

"Thank you for the warning." Robin said. "But I'm not the one who makes that decision. Our Captain is." She said as she looked at Luffy, who was staring out at the sea, with his revolver now back in its holster.

"Hey, Luffy." Anna said. "A few of us are gonna look around town. Try not to get into too much trouble." She said before she, Gin, Arlong, Johnny, and Yosaku left down one way.

"Later." Luffy yelled with a wave.

With Nami's group

Nami, Sanji, Nojiko, and Chopper were walking along inside the town, with Sanji holding some shopping bags, Chopper carrying various objects while in his Walking Point, Nojiko having only one bag in each hand, and Nami looking around with a smile.

"How much more shopping are you going to do Nami?" Chopper asked.

"What? I still need some drafting paper." She said.

"And all those other stops we made for all this stuff?" Nojiko teased, though she was also smiling at the shopping.

"If it makes the ladies happy, then shop all you want my dears~!" Sanji swooned as they kept on walking before he spotted something in the distance. "Huh? What's that?"

"What's what?" Nojiko asked as they all followed his gaze to see a group of people in the distance walking through town. "Wait a second. Is that Vivi and Carue?"

"Vivi-chwan?!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.

"Where's she going?" Chopper asked.

"Hey, look ahead." Nami said. All of them looked to see Anna, Gin, Arlong, Johnny, and Yosaku walking in the same direction that Vivi was going without being seen.

"Something's up." Nojiko said.

"You don't think Vivi's in trouble, do you?" Chopper said in worry.

"Not as much trouble as those assholes will be if they harm one hair on her head." Sanji growled.

"Sorry Nami, but our shopping spree just ended." Said Nojiko as she gave her bags to Sanji, who gladly took them before running after her.

"Be careful Sanji." Nami called.

"You're worried about me, Nami-swan~!" Sanji said with hearts in his eyes.

"No. I'm worried about those." She said as she ran and pointed at the shopping bags he was holding.

'Is she serious?!' Chopper thought as they ran on.

With Vivi

Vivi was riding on Carue as the Tax Collection Party lead her to a large mansion that overlooked the entire town.

"This is my father's home." Phillip said as he opened the door for her, putting on a polite act. "After you Miss."

"Thank you." Vivi said as she dismounted Carue and walked towards the door. Carue tried to follow, but a few men stood in his way.

"My father doesn't like pets. No offense." Phillip said.

"Don't worry Carue. I won't be long." She said as she walked inside. She was greeted by a fancy house filled with many luxuries and grand furniture before looking up towards the staircase to see an elderly man with a cane and nice clothes walking down the stairs.

"I'm guessing that's the Mayor?" Vivi asked.

"Yes. That's my father, Mayor Whetton." He said.

"What is the meaning of this Phillip?!" Whetton snapped in a raspy voice as soon as he saw Vivi. "You better have a good reason for bringing whoever she is inside my home!"

"Of course I do father." Phillip said before Whetton bonked him on the head with his cane.

"You will address me as Mayor Whetton at all times." Snapped Whetton before he put his cane back down on the floor. "Now, who is this?!" Vivi watched as Phillip whispered something into Whetton's ear, who was listening to every word before his eyes widened. "Are you sure?"

"Yes Fa- er, Mayor Whetton." Phillip said. Whetton looked at Vivi before he smiled at her.

"I see." He said before approaching her. "Well then, since you're here, let me introduce myself. I am Whetton, Mayor of Ruluka Island. Welcome to my home."

"Hello, Mayor Whetton." Vivi said in a calm tone. "I apologize for this sudden visit, but I have an issue with all these taxes I've been hearing about."

"Ah. Someone from another island then." Whetton said. "Don't worry my dear. I believe that we can resolve the issue about these taxes before the ship gets here."

"What ship?" Vivi asked in confusion.

"Why, the ship that'll be here to return you safely home," He said before a dark grin came to his face. "Princess Vivi."

Vivi just stared in shock as a few guards sealed off the entrance while Whetton grinned at Vivi. While Whetton was speaking, a few sets of eyes were watching from outside a nearby open window.

"Don't look so surprised Princess." Whetton said. "Your kidnapping's been front page news. Of course, according to my son Phillip, the kidnapping seems like a bit of a stretch since you're captors let you roam free with them."

'Oh no!' Vivi thought while some of the eyes narrowed.

"Guess we've been found out." Gin whispered as he reached for his pistol.

"Hang on." Anna said as they listened in.

"Now, one of two things are going to happen, Princess Vivi." Whetton said as he walked closer to her. "One is that you help us make it look we rescued you from the Straw Hats while you tell them to stay away. That way, they can get away, you can go home, and I can squeeze anything I want out of your kingdom." Vivi narrowed her eyes at him, wanting nothing more than to kicking his ass.

"And if I refuse?" Vivi asked. Whetton's grin got darker again as he was now a foot away from her.

"Then we out you and the Straw Hats to the Marines." Whetton said. "It shouldn't be TOO difficult to convince the townsfolk to say what I want to say. And I'm sure you'll be very cooperative. I mean after all, this wouldn't look good to your kingdom. The World Government would react to this, right?" Vivi stared in horror at his words. If she went home, she'd have to say goodbye. And if she refused, the World Government may hurt her country and people. Either way, it was a lose-lose for her and her friends.

"My Father's proposition is a very reasonable one, Princess Vivi." Phillip said before Whetton smacked him with his cane.

"That's Mayor Whetton!" He shouted.

"Right." Phillip said as he nursed his head before he turned to Vivi again. "So, what's your decision?" Vivi just stood there as both men awaited her answer with grins on their faces.

"How about a third choice?" Someone shouted before a brick flew through the air and smashed into Phillip's face, sending him into Whetton and both men falling to the ground. Vivi watched the two men fall in surprise. Vivi looked to see Anna standing next to an open window and smiling. "We beat the shit out of you, then run for it!"

"Anna?" Vivi said in shock as the two men guarding the doors went to help Whetton and Phillip.

"Run Vivi!" Anna shouted as the doors burst open with another guard flying through. Vivi looked out to see Gin, Arlong, Johnny, and Yosaku fighting against the guards before Carue ran in. "Get on Carue and get out of here!"

"Don't worry about us! We'll handle these guys!" Anna shouted just as the sound of a bell went off from the town.

'An alarm already?!' Vivi thought before her expression hardened and she jumped on Carue and fled through the crowd as more men ran up the hill, one of which looked like a younger Whetton.

"Grandfather! There's someth-" He said before Carue ran right over him.

"AHH! REIK!" Screamed the patrolmen as Reik sat up in a daze with Carue's footprint on his face.

"What happened?" He asked in a daze as Carue kept on running. He didn't even stop when he saw Sanji, Nojiko, Chopper, and Nami running up the hill.

"Vivi-swan!" Sanji sang out before Carue ran right past them. "Huh?"

"Vivi? What's going on?" Nami shouted. Carue began quacking loudly as he kept on running, with Vivi holding on tightly to the reins.

"What'd he say?" Nojiko asked.

"'Vivi's in a lot of trouble. We gotta help Vivi!' Is what he said." Chopper translated just as a group of men came running down the hill. The one in front, Reik, was now inside what looked like a suit of armor with two black and yellow poles sticking out of the arms.

"Out of our way!" He shouted as they all came to a stop, with Sanji standing defiantly in the middle of the road.

"Sorry," He said, though he didn't sound sorry at all. "But I'm not moving. Not so long as a shithead like you plans to hurt Vivi."

"Heh. Alright then." Reik said as his suit started to crackle with electricity. "Then I'll deal with you first!

Earlier with Luffy

Henzo was leading Luffy, Robin, and Usopp through the town while Usopp was groaning about the taxes.

"Large Serving Tax? What kind of nonsense is that?" Usopp said.

"I'm sorry." Henzo suddenly said. "For what happened before."

"You don't need to apologize." Luffy said.

"What are you talking about?" Usopp demanded. "Didn't you hear what those guys called him?"

"You said your friends disappeared into that Rainbow Mist that you're researching, right?" Luffy said.

"That's right." Henzo said. "They can insult me or say whatever they want. I will find the Rainbow Mist again. I will get my friends back." Luffy smiled at him before they heard a bell going off and people running towards the harbor.

"Did you hear? A huge galleon appeared out of nowhere!"

"A galleon?" Usopp said in confusion.

"It can't be!" Henzo said before running off, the others quickly following behind. They made their way to the front of the crowd of people that had gathered to see a massive ship in the harbor.

"That is a rather old ship." Robin commented.

"The Tyrielshin!" Henzo said.

"Tyriel-what?" Usopp said before he noticed Henzo run off. "Hey! Wait a minute!" Henzo didn't stop as he pulled a tarp off a tiny vehicle that he was now pedaling out on the harbor before it hit the water and turned into a raft.

Gin's group

Gin, Arlong, Johnny, Yosaku, Anna, with the help of Sanji, Nami, Nojiko, and Chopper, were doing their best to keep Whetton and his goons away, even with Whetton and Reik wearing Mech-Suits that shot electricity and fire at them.

"You assholes aren't getting anywhere near Vivi!" Sanji roared.

"Just give it up." Whetton said with a smirk as his Mech-suit shot fire at them. "We know she's not a hostage. She's a crewmate of yours." Nami, Nojiko, Sanji, and Chopper's eyes widened, while the others narrowed their eyes in anger. "How about we cut a deal?"

"A deal?" Chopper said in confusion.

"Leave Vivi with us and let us return her to her country, and we'll let you leave." Whetton said. "Just like that."

"Like we'd leave her behind." Sanji said, making Phillip smirk.

"Then we'll just sit back and see what happens to her country after we inform the Marines that you all are friends, and that she left to be a pirate of her own free will." Phillip said. The Straw Hats were now glaring at them, hatred clear in their eyes.

"You bastard!" Nojiko growled as she and everyone else on both sides looked ready to kill the other side. Each side was waiting for the other to make a move before Reik noticed something happening in the harbor.

"Is that the Rainbow Mist?" Reik asked. Everyone looked out at sea to see the Rainbow Mist out in the distance.

"It is!" Phillip yelled. "Father, the Rainbow Mist is there! Now we can get in and acquire every scrap of treasure that it has!"

"Treasure?!" Nami said with Berry symbols in her eyes.

"You and your big mouth!" Whetton yelled as he had Phillip in a choke hold while Nami ran off towards the harbor.

"Nami? Wait!" Nojiko yelled before she and all the other Straw Hats ran after Nami.

With Luffy

Luffy, Robin, and Usopp had taken the Going Merry and sailed alongside the Tyrielshin. Henzo, Luffy, Robin, and Usopp searched around the ship, seeing no sign of people even though there were signs that someone was there. Zoro was still sleeping on the ship, and Elizabeth had come up on deck when they started sailing. Henzo explained that this ship disappeared into the mist 50 years ago and never came back since.

"Doesn't look like it." Robin said.

BZZT! BZZT! BZZT!

"That signal!" Henzo said in shock as they all stared at his radar, which was going ballistic.

"Guys!" They heard Elizabeth yell. "Something weird just appeared out of nowhere!"

"It can't be!" Henzo said as the four of them ran out to the deck and saw the Rainbow Mist in the distance.

"Is that the Rainbow Mist?" Robin asked.

"The H-1 can't sail out that far!" Henzo said in frustration. "I gotta get out there!"

"Luffy!" Came a shout from the shore. Luffy looked to see Vivi riding along the shore on top of Carue.

"Vivi! What's wrong?!" Luffy yelled back as Henzo hopped onto the Going Merry.

"No time to explain!" She yelled. "I need to get off this island!"

"Hang on!" Luffy shouted before he vanished and appeared next to her grabbing her and reappearing on the Going Merry while Usopp and Robin jumped on the ship after Henzo unfurled the sails and was now sailing towards the mist, leaving Carue behind. Usopp began yelling at Henzo for taking their ship while Elizabeth was looking at the mist and gulped.

"Are we really sailing into that?" She asked. "And who's the old man?"

"Didn't you say that anyone who's gone in has never come out?" Usopp asked in a nervous tone.

"We're going in." Henzo said. "All my years of research have been for this day."

"Scared?" Robin asked with a smile.

"Don't be a-absurd!" Usopp said with sweat on his face. "I'm the greatest man on the seas! Captain Usopp!"

"Here we go guys!" Luffy said from the figure head as they entered the mist.

With Nami

Nami was running towards the harbor at full speed. The mere thought of getting the treasure in the Rainbow Mist set her blood boiling before she got to the harbor and saw the mist in the distance.

"There it is!" She said with a big smile on her face. "All that treasure in there's gonna be mine!" Her happy mood faded slightly when a frantic Carue came running towards her, sweating and quacking like crazy. "Carue?" Nami said as the others joined her one-by-one.

"What's wrong with Carue?" Anna asked.

"AHHH! Where's Vivi?!" Sanji yelled when he noticed that she wasn't there. Carue began to quack as he pointed his wing out at sea towards the mist.

"He said that Luffy appeared next to her and grabbed her, before vanishing with her and reappearing on the ship and she and everyone on it disappeared into the mist!" Chopper translated.

"That idiot!" Nami yelled. "How am I supposed to get the treasure without the ship?!"

"That's what you're worried about?" Nojiko yelled. "We've been left here to deal with a crazy mayor and his goons! Or have you forgotten that?"

"I knew it!" Came Whetton's voice. All of the Straw Hats looked to see Whetton sitting in his chair with his men gasping for breath after running down the hill carrying him. "You all want my treasure! Well, not only are you not getting any of it, but you're all going to pay a 10,000,000 berry tax for knowing the secret of the Rainbow Mist."

"SAY WHAT?!" They all screamed in outrage.

"Plus an extra 50,000,000 since your friends entered the Rainbow Mist without my permission." Whetton continued.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Nami roared as she tried to get at him, with Nojiko holding her back. "THERE'S NO WAY I'M PAYING A TAX THAT HIGH!"

"Ease up Nami!" Nojiko said. "First we figure out how to get our friends out of there! Then you can kill these morons!"

"How are you even gonna get in there?" Anna asked as Nami ranted. "We heard that anyone who enters never comes back."

"The Rainbow Tower over there was built to link both our world and the world inside the mist forever, letting us grab all the treasure inside and bring it out here." Reik explained, earning a fist to the head from Whetton.

"Don't tell them that, you idiot!" Whetton yelled.

"Is it operational?" Nojiko asked.

"It hasn't been fortified to withstand heavy attacks, but it can be used now." Phillip said, making Whetton break his cane over Phillip's head.

"SHUT UP ALREADY!" He roared as the Straw Hats took off.

"Thanks!" Some of them called back as they ran off towards the tower.

"Stop them!" Whetton yelled as his men started running after them while he stayed behind to get into his Flame-Suit. "I'll roast them to a crisp!" He yelled as he started running after them, his men carrying the pump right behind him.

Inside the Mist

Luffy, Vivi, Robin, Usopp, Elizabeth, Zoro, and Henzo sailed on inside the Mist until they came upon the sight of many sunken ships at every turn.

"Where in the world are we?" Vivi asked.

"Ape's Concert." Henzo replied.

"Ape's Concert? You don't mean...?" Robin said.

"I don't like the way you said that." Elizabeth said.

"Ape's Concert is a place you can never leave once you've entered. A ship graveyard." Luffy said.

"A WHAT?!" Usopp yelled in panic.

An there it is. Next upload 8/04/17, and as always leave reviews.

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