BROTHER ON BOARD

Girlbook - We'll eventually learn Bonnie's reason for sparing Vivi. The truth is it was more for Sabo than Vivi. Sabo and Vivi's relationship will be rather complicated and Vivi spends a large part of this chapter trying to mend things between them.

TheREALMightyKamina - Personally I like the Blasta bit. It sounds like an attack. We'll be seeing the Unluckies again at the end of this arc. Be careful Sanji... Nico Robin may not forgive you if you hurt her pets.

zack25king - Yup, I'm back! I'm trying to write Sabo as a better fleshed out character. He has flaws. And this chapter you'll relearn the cause of those flaws. Hopefully his time with Vivi will make him a better, more understanding person.

duaba - Wow! One sitting? Some of these chapters are pretty long so color me impressed. I tried to get the most out of the Robin scene since it'll be a while before we see her again.

Psychochiken - Keep in mind Bonnie was on the ground. So that limits her target area. She swore to Nojiko that she'd look after Nami so since Bonnie can't hurt her that made embarrassing her the best alternative.

The Patient One - Hold those first thoughts until the end of next chapter. I think Buggy is still calling his alliance 'Buggy Crew and Friends'. I have thought about a Moria plot-line for Bonnie but he's not the actual cause of her condition. I don't think anyone is going to see the reveal about Bonnie's condition coming.

rasEnshur1KEn - Thanks again for adding so much to the page. I'm trying for an even split between Dandy Man and Noble Pirate. Nami got Vivi to call Sabo 'Dandy Man' and Zoro got Robin to call him 'Noble Pirate'. This will continue until I notice one of the two taking off more so than the other. Yeah, Sanji's gun was just a weird thing that was there one moment then it was gone and never mentioned again. I doubt you'll be seeing much of it in my version either but at least I gave a reason for it.

Bluejay Blaze - I don't consider it sad that you know Princess Bride that well. But I may be biased since I'm the one who quoted it. I put in my shout outs so that people who get the references can enjoy them. Now I just hope that someone can publicly acknowledge my Monty Python references.

BedofRoses1989 - I focused on making her calm and curious with a splash of depressing loneliness. I also made sure to include her quirky fondness for deadly animals and the occasional morbid comment.

Miqila - Sabo and Robin? We never saw much of a relationship between them in canon. She seemed closer with Koala. I assume Robin knew of Sabo since they were Revolutionaries together for two years. But I can't imagine they're overly close if Sabo never mentioned being Luffy's brother. Otherwise I think Robin would have told her captain that his brother was alive.

Fairy of the Friz - Robin has led a dark and lonely life. Having the Unluckies with her on her new crew might make it slightly better.

starelight - Did you notice the pun about Nami's 'undies'? They were blue with a berri sign. Blue berri = blueberry. It seemed funnier than pinkberry so I went with Nami's manga outfit instead of the pink and black 'MODE' outfit from the anime.

Guest - Robin could probably be persuaded to update the Straw Hats' bounties once she joins the crew.

Guest - Thanks. Glad you liked my version of her.

The Keeper of Worlds - I'm not going to give anything away but we do have the debut of Miss Goldenweek in the scene below. It's even written from her perspective for some extra fun. Hopefully Wapol doesn't ruin all of the headway that Vivi manages to make in her self appointed task of repairing Sabo's grim view of nobles.

NightFlowerLUV - Yay! You're caught up! Now I can respond. Thanks for writing all those reviews as you worked your way through the story. Vivi is the key to Sabo eventually 'getting over himself'. But that will be an ongoing process over the course of this arc. And stay tuned for the Alabasta Arc, I think you'll like what I do with Smoker and Tashigi.

A/N - Okay so a large portion of this chapter is dedicated to the Sabo-Vivi relationship and Vivi's attempts to make peace with the stubborn royal-hating Quartermaster. I realize that it takes the focus away from other things like the giant fight but this was an opportunity to give Sabo some important character development before Mr. 3 gets involved. I made the most of it.

Little Garden-

"Mr. 3!" a girl called out on a holiday resort somewhere in the Grand Line.

"Hold on a minute," a man replied as he calmly sipped a steaming cup of tea, "Ah, when it comes to black tea there's nothing better than Earl Grey."

"I'm bored."

"You say you're bored… but you don't like working," the man known as Mr. 3 replied.

"Yup," the girl known as Miss Goldenweek agreed. Working sucked. But doing nothing was boring.

"We're at this resort on vacation," Mr. 3 reminded his partner, "Why can't you relax and enjoy this blissful downtime while it lasts? Leisurely enjoying a break is a privilege that only Officer Agents of our stature are awarded. You never know when our next assignment will come in."

"…" He had a point. Miss Goldenweek silently glanced down at a pile of papers on the table. Hmm… as much as she hated being bored… pointing them out would mean going back to work. It hardly seemed worth the effort. Mr. 3 would notice eventually.

"Also, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't refer to me by my codename in public," Mr. 3 requested. "Otherwise people will find out I'm Mr. 3."

"…" Miss Goldenweek blinked and looked up at the top knot on the man's head. It was braided to look like a '3'. "if you say so…"

"By the way, you've been staring at those papers for a while now," Mr. 3 noted, "What are they?"

Cat's out of the bag. "Orders from the boss. Miss Friday dropped them off."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING SOONER!?" Mr. 3 shouted as he snatched the stack off of the table. He calmed down and read them over. "Hm… it seems Mr. 5 has been defeated. That's hardly surprising. He's a ruffian that clings to his Devil Fruit Powers without any skill. Why couldn't it have been Mr. 2?"

"Then you'd get a promotion," Miss Goldenweek noted. Ew. A promotion would mean more work.

"The Princess of Alabasta has teamed up with some pirates to go against our organization," Mr. 3 noted. "Our boss has even put bounties on all of their heads and tasked us personally with eliminating them. Hmmhmm… what a fortuitous circumstance that is been presented to us. What do you think?"

Miss Goldenweek peered over the thin man's shoulder and eyed the sketch of a dark haired young man with a wide smile and a scar under his right eye wearing a straw hat. It was Mr. 13's work.

"Amateurish," Miss Goldenweek stated, "It's probably an accurate depiction but he needs to work on his shading and form otherwise they'll always look flat and lifeless."

Mr. 3 glared at her in annoyance. "Not the sketches! The pirates!"

"Oh…" she shrugged. "I don't care about that." She tried not to get too attached to any of the people that Mr. 3 killed. She always ended up feeling icky afterwards.

"The superior criminal doesn't rely solely on his Devil Fruit Powers," Mr. 3 lectured his young partner, "He instead utilizes the power of his superior intelligence to carry out his objectives. Why don't we go and teach them the terror of antagonizing our organization."

"…At long last love has arrived

And I thank God I'm alive

You're just too good to be true

Can't take my eyes off of you…"

Sabo held Bonnie close and finished singing a familiar song as he slow danced with his girlfriend in the anchor room of the Going Merry on the way to Little Garden. His blue coat, black waistcoat and top hat were all draped over the capstand leaving him in his white collared shirt, beige pants and black boots. He was lost in his own world. All that existed was him and the rifle in his arms.

At least that was the case until someone made the mistake of intruding on the private moment and shattered the illusion.

"That was beautiful. But didn't your brother say you were still looking for a musician?"

Sabo whirled around and glared at Vivi who was suddenly a lot more nervous as she stood in the open doorway. "Get out!"

Vivi flinched then raised her hands in placating manner, "I'm sorry for interrupting. But I didn't know that you could sing. And that song was very pretty… I couldn't help myself…"

"For your information, Princess…" Sabo stated crisply, "We are still looking for a musician. That song was by this Valli-guy that Bonnie and I saw on our first date. It's our song. I'd never sing it for anyone else. You may be used to having free rein to do whatever you wanted while you lived in your palace, Princess, but when you're on this ship you'll respect our privacy. If you see my tie wrapped around the door that means stay out."

"Tie?" Vivi repeated as she leaned back out of the doorway and spotted the bit of white cloth tied around the door handle. "Oh… I didn't realize that's what that was."

"It means stay out," Sabo reiterated, "And it goes double for you, Princess."

Vivi couldn't help flinching every time the Quartermaster referred to her as 'Princess'. When he said it, her title sounded like an insult.

"Look… the singing was one thing," Vivi replied, "But I really came here because I want to make peace. I've been on your ship for two days now and there's still animosity between the two of us. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable on your own ship. You can feel free to call me 'Vivi' like the others do."

"Oh, can I?" Sabo asked, "That's awfully kind of you, Princess. But you are of royal blood and I am just a common pirate. I should treat you with all the due respect that your station deserves."

Vivi knew that the word 'respect' in this particular situation actually meant 'disdain'.

"Okay… this needs to stop," Vivi resolved, "You clearly have issues with royalty. I don't know what they are but you're taking them all out on me. We need to settle this if we're to have any hope of getting along and coexisting on this ship."

"Fine then," Sabo replied, "Nobles, royals, World Nobles, you all live your pampered little lives and apparently because you were born that inherently makes you better than everyone else and that you deserve special treatment."

"My father always insisted that we were servants of the people," Vivi told him.

"Oh please," Sabo scoffed, "Servants don't live in palaces. And they don't keep slaves."

"MY FAMILY HAS NEVER OWNED SLAVES!" Vivi vehemently objected.

"No slaves, huh?" Sabo questioned, "Then answer me this, Princess: who built your palace? I highly doubt that your royal ancestors were out there with picks and chisels building it themselves."

"I… the Royal Palace was constructed four thousand years ago!" Vivi protested, "You're talking about ancient history! Those were extremely different times. The Nefertari Family has only been ruling Alabasta for twelve generations. What I can assure you is that my ancestor Nefertari Elapidae, the first King from the Nefertari line was the one to abolish the practice of keeping slaves in my country. And if you want to talk about the past, eight hundred years ago, Alabasta was one of the original twenty kingdoms that came together to form the World Government."

Sabo's eyes narrowed and he tightened his grip on Bonnie Anne, "Then that would mean… your father… is one of the Celestial Dragons…"

"No! He isn't!" Vivi assured him, "The reigning King, Nefertari Taipan, was offered a place at Mariejois and the status as a World Noble along with the other Kings. But he refused! He insisted that the royal family belonged in Alabasta so that they could better govern their country and serve its people."

Sabo loosened his grip on Bonnie Anne, "Okay, fine, I'll concede the fact that your family took the high road and maybe I have a smidgen of respect for your ancestors now. But that doesn't change the fact that Alabasta was one of twenty kingdoms. Your ancestor refused but the other nineteen accepted. The World Government has since expanded to include one hundred seventy different kingdoms. If we keep to that one-in-twenty ratio you're looking at nine – you know what? I'll be generous – ten rulers that share your family's ideals. You're in the vast minority, Princess."

"I won't deny that some Kings are the selfish tyrants that you describe," Vivi relented, "But if you keep your closed-minded views and hate all royalty and nobles indiscriminately then you'll blind yourself to the good rulers that are truly trying to help their country. You're intentionally distorting things and looking at them in the worst way possible."

"Oh, am I?" Sabo asked. "Then let's move on from the past. Let's talk about the present. Let's talk about you, Princess. We've established that your family doesn't keep slaves. But that doesn't change that fact that you still have servants to cater to your whims. Take your pal with the rollers for example." Vivi went stiff and her hands clenched at the mention of Igaram. "What was his official position? The Captain of the Royal Guard, right? That means he and all the other men under his command are at the palace to guard the royalty. Common people don't have guards. Apparently your life is worth more than theirs."

"HIS NAME WAS IGARAM!" Vivi snapped, "HE WAS LIKE AN OVERPROTECTIVE UNCLE TO ME SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN! HE DIED SO THAT WE COULD ESCAPE BAROQUE WORKS AT WHISKEY PEAK! I WON'T LET YOUR STUBBORN IGNORANCE MAKE LIGHT OF HIS SACRIFICE AND TARNISH HIS GOOD NAME!"

Sabo flinched and raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, okay… that one was a low blow. I'll take it back. Um… how about your cook? I bet you a have a personal chef that cooks your meals for you."

"Terracotta?" Vivi quietly questioned, "She is… was… Igaram's wife…"

"OH, COME ON!" Sabo objected, "How the heck am I supposed to know that!? The point is that they both work for you!"

"Yes… and we give them free accommodations in the palace and a generous salary," Vivi informed him.

"Ah-ha!" Sabo exclaimed, "And where does that salary come from? Your people's taxes. You exploit the working-class members of your so-called beloved country so that you can live in luxury."

"It… it takes money to run a country," Vivi insisted.

"And that includes paying servants to cook and cater to you," Sabo retorted.

"What would you have us do?" Vivi countered, "Starve? Not pay them? That's called slavery. And we've already discussed that it's a practice my family refuses to take part in. When the drought started three years ago… my father enacted multiple tax cuts. He knows these are trying times for the country so he only asks for the bare minimum."

"And that bare minimum comes from how many thousand people?" Sabo inquired.

"OI! STOP BEING A HYPOCRITE!" Zoro shouted from outside, "YOU'RE A NOBLE, NOBLE PIRATE!"

Vivi folded her arms across her chest and gave Sabo a hard stare.

"QUIT EAVESDROPPING, YA NOSY BASTARD!" Sabo shouted back.

"WHO'S NOSY? I'M TRYING TO SLEEP ON MY NEW FEATHERED PILLOW BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE YOU TWO KEEP SHOUTING!"

Sabo brushed passed Vivi out of the anchor room and spotted Zoro lying near the railing with a mostly recovered Carue serving as his makeshift pillow.

But the Boatswain wasn't the only Straw Hat whose attention Sabo and Vivi's argument had drawn. Usopp was looking down from the crow's nest, Sanji was leaning against the open doorway to the galley, Nami had abandoned the map she'd been drawing in her room and was propped against the storage room door, and even Luffy was looking back over his shoulder from his seat on the figurehead.

"Don't walk away from me!" Vivi snapped at Sabo as she came out of the anchor room, "You're a Noble? All this time you've been giving me a hard time about being royalty when you're a noble!"

"Oh, great, why don't we just get this all out in the open then," Sabo resolved. "I may have been born in a noble family but I certainly didn't consider it one. I've seen that those people are the scum of the earth so I know what I'm talking about!"

"What could have possibly happened to you that jaded you so much that you no longer allow yourself to see the good in the rulers of the world?" Vivi wondered.

Up on the figurehead, Luffy shook his head sadly as he turned to look back ahead of him.

Sabo scowled, "Okay… let's go back ten years. There's a boy. He's a noble. He grew up with parents that didn't love him. They only saw him as something they could use for political gain. The boy was going to be their bartering chip, someone that they planned to marry off to a pampered Princess like you so that they could elevate their status to members of the royal family. And let's not forget how the boy's parents abused the status they already had. They bribed the local authorities to overlook anything they did wrong. 'Because laws are for common people that are beneath our stature' they'd say. And they'd treat those common people like they were filthy subhuman animals whose only worth was what they could give to them." Sabo grimaced like he had a better taste in his mouth, "The boy knew this was wrong. That house was so rotten that he ran away and lived in the junkyard at the edge of the kingdom. He spent his time among the garbage and filth because even that smelled better than the spoiled, rotten family that he grew up with."

"..." Everyone was so caught up in Sabo's story that nobody noticed Sanji angrily chewing on his cigarette.

Sabo paused and smiled faintly, "The boy met his real family in that junkyard. First there was a boy his age. He shared the boy's desire to escape the shadow his family had cast over him. They decided that they'd scrounge up as much money as possible so they could buy a boat and leave their island behind. They'd be pirates, free men without any ties to their fathers that could do anything and go anywhere they pleased. Then a younger boy showed up." Sabo's smile grew as he glanced up at Luffy. "He was a little rubber crybaby. But no matter what the two older boys did… he wouldn't go away. Eventually he won them over with his sheer determination and utter loyalty. The boy was the happiest he'd ever been. Here were two other people that not only understood him but also cared about him. This wasn't the horrible family that he'd been born into. This was a loving family that he'd found himself. The three boys shared a sake cup to become brothers and trained together so they could set sail to be free pirates."

"So you ran away," Vivi recounted, "Don't you realize that didn't solve anything? If you had stuck it out you could have eventually married that Princess and you could have become King. Then you would have had the power to change the things in your kingdom that you didn't like."

"Yeah… but at what cost?" Sabo argued, "They were already trying to force me into becoming something I wasn't. By the time I so much as touched that crown I would no longer be myself. Even worse, I'd be their puppet trapped in a loveless political marriage. No thanks. I prefer living freely as a lowly pirate sailing with his brother as his captain and in a loving relationship with a rifle than that disgusting excuse for a privileged life."

"That was one bad family," Vivi pointed out, "Yes, it was yours, so that makes the matter personal, but you had to have seen that not every family was like that. For all you know that Princess could have been a very nice girl that shared the same reservations about entering into a political marriage that you did. I have the same kinds of reservations about entering a loveless political marriage. But I'm dealing with it. I left my country so I could save it and not to escape my royal duties."

"Oh, but I'm not done yet," Sabo assured her. "You see the boy's father had eventually hired pirates to get him back and threatened to have his brothers killed if he didn't comply. The boy was barred in his room, forbidden from seeing his family and they even burned down the junkyard. It turns out there was World Noble coming to visit and all the local nobles wanted to impress him so they burned the junkyard to rid the kingdom of its trash. That included anyone unfortunate enough to be living there at the time. Fortunately, this big visit provided enough of a distraction for the boy to once again escape his home-turned-prison. He knew he couldn't stay in the kingdom where he'd be forced to become something he wasn't. The boy stole a fishing boat and made a break for it." Sabo face morphed into a grim smile, "Of course… there was still the matter of the Celestial Dragon arriving in the same harbor. The boy gave the World Noble's huge ship a wide berth… but that wasn't enough for one of the Celestial Dragons. The bubbleheaded bastard unveiled a rifle-cannon and blew up the boy's ship."

Vivi's eyes widened in shock.

"Oh, don't worry…" Sabo reassured her, "This story has a happy ending. The boy was blown up and died in the explosion. So he never had to see his so-called family again."

"I… I didn't…" Vivi stammered.

"Maybe you're right," Sabo said. "Maybe I do twist things to fit my dark perspective of the world. But don't think for one second that you're not doing the same. You're deluding yourself by trying to see good in people where none exists. I've seen and felt the cruel realities of the world." Sabo tucked Bonnie under his left arm and started to undo the buttons on his shirt with the right one. "I hate nobles, and royalty and especially the World Nobles… because THIS…"

Sabo pulled his arm out of his sleeve and swung his shirt open to reveal the burn scar on his side that ten years had done nothing to heal. He turned to show that the horrible flame-induced scarring stretched around his side and marred most of his back.

"…THIS is what happens to ten year old boys when they cross paths with a Celestial Dragon!"

Vivi clasped her hands over her mouth as she stared in silent horror at Sabo's scar. Call her squeamish but the Princess of Alabasta hated to see anyone suffer.

"As far as I'm concerned," Sabo said as he stuck his arm back in his sleeve. "The world would be better off without any of them in it." He turned and stalked back into the anchor room and slammed the door shut behind him.

The male Straw Hats silently took in what they'd just witnessed and learned about their Quartermaster. It certainly helped put his dream to take down the World Nobles into perspective. Nami ran over to Vivi who was near tears.

"I didn't know… I'm sorry… I didn't know…"

"Hey… none of us did either," Nami told the other girl as she drew her into a comforting hug. She looked over the rest of the crew, "I'm gonna make sure she's alright. Luffy, keep an eye out for Little Garden."

"Actually… I spotted it a while ago," Luffy told her.

"YOU DID!?" Nami exclaimed, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because what Sabo said needed to be said," Luffy stated, "Maybe now his scar can finally start to heal."

The Straw Hats shook off the shock from the 'debate' and its abrupt conclusion as they prepared to bring the Going Merry in and make landfall at the second island in the Grand Line.

They had finally made it to Little Garden.

A moment later, the Going Merry had reached the island and was sailing inland along a river.

"WHOOOOAAA!" Luffy exclaimed, "This is so cool! Look at all the plants and green stuff! I can see why they call this place 'Little Garden'!"

"I can't," Sanji replied from where everyone stood gathered on the front deck of the Going Merry. The Straw Hats had 'strategically' positioned themselves so there were as many people possible in between Sabo and Vivi. "There's nothing 'little' about this place."

Everything on the island was simply HUGE. The trees towered over the Going Merry and seemed to scrape the sky. The bushes, shrubs and other plants were all massive. Even the local wildlife was enormous.

"CAAW!"

"Look at the size of that bird!" Sanji pointed out, "It's almost as big as the Going Merry."

"Are you sure it's a bird?" Luffy asked, "It looks more like a flying lizard with feathers!"

KRAKA-TOOOM!

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!?" Usopp shrieked at a distant eruption. "THIS DEFINITELY DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A NORMAL JUNGLE!"

"I think that was a volcano…" Sabo commented, "But I've never actually seen one before…"

"You okay, Vivi?" Nami asked as she looked over at the Princess with concern.

"I'm worried about what Miss All Sunday said…" Vivi admitted.

"She said there'd be m-monsters…" Usopp stammered.

"She also said that she'd be sending an Officer Agent called 'Mr. 3' after us," Sabo recalled, "Know anything about him, Princess?"

"Not much," Vivi admitted as she eyed him warily. "His higher rank means he's stronger than Mr. 5. His partner is Miss Goldenweek. They're both artists. He's a sculptor and she's a painter. The Officer Agents are the strongest members of Baroque Works so it's possible that one or both of them have Devil Fruit Powers."

"Right, keep your eyes out for anything funny," Zoro instructed.

"Hey, I see a tiger!" Luffy pointed out to a tiger the size of an elephant.

SLISH!

The tiger was slashed by an unseen force and toppled to the ground dead. "Never mind…"

"What kind of place can do that to a tiger?" Nami wondered as her panic started to build.

"Please tell me we can stay on the ship!" Usopp whimpered.

"Yeah, good idea!" Nami agreed, "Let's just stay here and calmly wait for the Log Pose to reset…"

"No way!" Luffy replied, "Sanji! Pack me a box lunch! I smell adventure!" The Captain grinned and looked back at his Quartermaster, "Sabo, Bonnie, wanna come?"

"Heck yeah!" Sabo agreed. "Make that two lunches, Sanji!"

"Um… three please," Vivi requested. The Straw Hats collectively froze. There was still a large amount of tension between the Quartermaster and the Princess of Alabasta.

"Yes… of course, my Princess," Sanji eventually agreed, "I'll prepare you my famous Box Lunch of Love."

"I don't know if this is such a good idea…" Zoro warned the blue-haired girl.

"If I stayed here all I'd do is worry," Vivi reasoned, "This will give me something to do." The Princess turned to face Sabo, "And… I haven't given up on you yet. What you went through was horrible. But I'm going to show you that there is such a thing as a trustworthy royal and I dare say you'll finally be used to me by the time we get to Alabasta."

"Are you sure about this?" Nami asked, "Do you really want to explore a mysterious island with just those two nutcases and the riflegeist?"

"I won't be alone," Vivi reassured her. "I'll have Carue with me."

"QUACK!?" the startled duck didn't appear to be overly thrilled with that idea.

"He doesn't exactly inspire confidence…" Nami noted.

"Oh great… now the adventure has become a babysitting gig," Sabo complained.

"Maybe… but you guys had better look after the Princess," Zoro growled then jabbed his finger at Sabo, "And that goes triple for you."

"That's right," Sanji said as he came out of the galley. Vivi's box lunch had been packaged with much more care than the others. "I'd never intentionally starve someone. But if anything happens to my Princess… I'll kick your faces in and serve you nothing but table scraps for the next three days!"

"HERE WE GO!" Luffy cheered as he raced off into the jungle with a backpack on his back.

"Hey Luffy, let's try and find that volcano," Sabo suggested as he followed behind him with Bonnie slung over his shoulder. He looked like Sabo the Hobo with the way his box lunch was bundled up and tied onto the end of his rifle.

"Bye! We'll be back soon!" Vivi called out to the others as Carue followed behind the two brothers.

"Do you think Vivi will be okay with them?" Usopp asked Nami. "What about the monsters?"

"Well… those guys are monsters too," Nami reasoned, "They're strong enough to keep her safe."

"I'm bored," Zoro suddenly announced, "I think I'll go for a walk."

"A walk?" Usopp repeated as he watched the Boatswain hop off the ship.

"Hey! Zoro!" Sanji called after him, "We're running low on food. Try to bring back something edible along the way."

"Oh sure," Zoro agreed with a smirk, "I'll bag something you'd never catch."

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" Sanji snapped, "That sounds like a challenge!"

"Maybe it was," Zoro retorted.

"Fine then," Sanji decided, "I challenge you to a hunt! Whoever bags the bigger beast wins!"

"Sure, you're on, Cook," Zoro accepted.

The Boatswain and the Ship's Cook shared one last competitive glare before they split off and made their way off into the jungle.

"…" Nami and Usopp stared after them in silent shock as it slowly sank in that they'd been abandoned. The two shared a glance. Both knew that their companion was probably their last choice to be their only company on an island filled with giant animals, monsters and a mysterious assassin.

"Can't you be more dependable?" Usopp wondered.

"That's my line!" Nami exclaimed.

"Hey! Check this out!" Luffy called out as he pulled a squid-like creature in a snail shell out of a puddle. "It's some kind of squid… or a clam…"

"I… I think that's an ammonite," Vivi told him.

"But haven't those things been extinct for millions of years?" Sabo questioned.

KER-CHOW!

Bonnie Anne the Hobo Stick fired a shot off behind them.

"What's the matter Bonnie?" Sabo asked. "You see something?" He turned around and his jaw immediately dropped as he stared upward in wide-eyed wonder. "HOOOOLYYYY COOOOOWW!"

Luffy, Vivi and Carue all turned at the sound of Sabo's shout. The two humans and the duck easily spotted what had caused it and were soon staring upward in shock.

THOOM!

The area shook from a heavy footfall and an enormous shadow fell over them.

Luffy was the first of the foursome to find his voice, "WHAT'S A SEA KING DOING ON LAND!?"

"Luffy… that's not a Sea King…" Vivi attempted to correct him as they all stared up at a living breathing brontosaurus. Or at the very least a huge, long-necked dinosaur that looked like one. "It's a…"

"DIIIINOOOSAAAAUUUURR!" Sabo cried out in utter amazement.

"Hold on, I just remembered reading something about this in a book once…" Nami suddenly realized.

"About what?" Usopp asked. "Little Garden?"

Instead of answering, Nami shot up and ran down into the room where she proceeded to tear apart her bookcase in search of the book.

"I love the Grand Line!" Sabo gushed as he and Luffy stared up at the dinosaur in wonder.

"This must be a prehistoric island," Vivi realized.

"What's that mean?" Luffy asked.

"It's stuck in the age of dinosaurs," Vivi explained. "Because of the difficulty in navigating the Grand Line some islands are cut off from the rest of the world and can develop their own culture. Just like it's possible for some islands to be incredibly advanced… it's also possible for some islands to be stuck millions of years back in time. It's probably a result of the chaotic interaction from the magnetic fields."

"Who cares how it happens," Sabo said, "All I know is that I'm staring at a real live dinosaur." Sabo pulled Bonnie off of his shoulder and beamed at his girlfriend. "You see that Bonnie? That's proof of everything I've been saying all these years! Dinosaurs are alive here! That means anything is possible in the Grand Line! We'll definitely find a way to get you out of that gun! I know it!"

KER-CHOW!

"HEY SABO!" Luffy called out with a wide grin, "RACE YA TO THE TOP!"

"Cheeky monkey," Sabo muttered as he pulled his lunch off of Bonnie and handed it off to Carue, "Watch my lunch and I'll let you have some."

"Qua…" the duck agreed as he took the bundle in his beak.

Luffy and Sabo both dropped into sprinter stances and looked back at Vivi expectantly, "Well?"

"Oh… um… go!" Vivi prompted.

The two brothers were off like a shot and raced towards the dinosaur.

WOING!

Luffy stretched his arms and grabbed the top of one of the dinosaur's tree trunk-sized legs and shot himself upward.

SHOOM!

Meanwhile, Sabo launched himself up into the air.

SKISH!

Sabo did a forward flip in midair and fired Bonnie.

Fwip! KER-CHOW!

The rifle's recoil gave Sabo a boost and sent him rocketing up to the dinosaur's back.

TMP!

Luffy touched down and landed on the brontosaurus' back first. But then Sabo came down on Luffy's head and used his rubber brother as a springboard to launch himself up the brontosaurus' neck.

Squish-BOING!

"HEY!" Luffy complained as he popped back up and quickly stretched his arms upward so he could grab the sides of the dinosaur's head. "GUM… GUM… ROCKET!"

WOOOIIING!

Luffy went flying upward and whizzed past Sabo as he flew up towards the dinosaur's head.

"See ya at the top, Bonnie," Sabo said as he swung his arm out to the side and hurled his rifle upward like a boomerang.

Whap!

Sabo grabbed onto the brontosaurus' neck at about half way up then used his hold to launch himself up after his girlfriend.

SKISH!

"WAAH! TOO HIGH!" Luffy yelped as he reached the top of the dinosaur's head… AND FLEW OVER IT! Luffy sailed up over the tree line and quickly shot his arm down and grabbed the top of the oblivious dinosaur's head to change direction in midair and hurl himself back down.

WHING!

Luffy curled himself into a ball to speed up his descent but was treated to a perfect view of Sabo as he snagged Bonnie Anne out of the air and landed on top of the brontosaurus' head.

Tmp!

"Nice try, little brother," Sabo taunted as he Luffy landed next to him, "But you're gonna need more than rubber powers to beat me."

"I'll beat you next time so I'm not mad," Luffy said before he turned and stared of the dinosaur's head. "Whoa check out this view! You can see everything from up here!"

"Yeah," Sabo agreed. The brontosaurus' extremely long neck went up over the tree line and gave them a great view of Little Garden splayed out below them, "Hey look over there! It's not just one volcano… but a whole bunch of them! I count at least five!"

"Oh! And look at those mountains!" Luffy pointed out, "They're full of holes like caves!"

"BE CAREFUL UP THERE!" Vivi called up to the pirates in warning.

"RAAAAAHHHHRRR!"

"What the hell!?" Sanji yelped in surprise as a tyrannosaurus charged out of the trees at him.

SKISH!

The Straw Hat Cook launched himself up into the air and swung his leg around for a powerful kick. "COLLIER SHOOT!"

THWHAM!

Sanji kicked the dinosaur in the neck and it dropped to the ground unmoving.

"What the heck is this thing?" Zoro wondered as he stared at a triceratops, "Some type of rhino? I think it's edible…"

"GRRR…" the triceratops growled as it pointed its three long horns at the Straw Hat Boatswain.

"Three swords, huh?" the swordsman remarked as he drew his three blades, "Let's see how yours measure up to mine… ONI GIRI!"

SLIKA-SLICE!

What killed the dinosaurs? The Straw Hat Pirates.

"You know… there's really only one way to get down from here," Sabo remarked as he turned and stared off the back of the brontosaurus' head and down its long neck.

"YEAH! DINO-SLIDE!" Luffy cheered.

Click!

"What's the matter?" Sabo asked.

"Don't be scared, Bonnie!" Luffy encouraged the rifle. "It'll be fun!"

Click!

"Bonnie… how did you think we were going to get down from here?" Sabo inquired. "Climbing all the way down will take forever. Plus when are we gonna get another chance to slide down a brontosaurus?"

CLICK!

"Luffy, you go first," Sabo instructed, "Show her that we'll be fine."

"Can I shout that thing you said I should never shout?" Luffy requested.

"In this one case… I'd say it's acceptable," Sabo agreed.

Luffy's wide-grin actually caused his face to stretch before he ran and jumped off the back of the dinosaur's head. "YYYAAAABBAAAA-DABBA-DOOOOOOO!"

WHIIIISSH!

The rubber pirate landed on the brontosaurus' neck and began sliding down it at a high speed.

WOOOOSH!

"WOOOO-HOOOO-HOOOO!" Luffy whizzed across the dinosaur's back before before continuing his break-neck slide down the dinosaur's long tail. "WOOOOOAAAAAAH!" Luffy shrieked in glee as he went flying off the end of the dinosaur's tail.

WHING!

"WAAH!" Vivi and Carue yelped as they ducked right before Luffy went flying over their heads.

THUD!

Luffy finally hit the ground and rolled to a stop, "SHISHISHISHI! THAT WAS GREAT! I WANNA GO AGAIN!"

"See, Bonnie? He's fine," Sabo pointed out as he rubbed his rifle comfortingly. "You trust me, don't you? I'll hold you extra tight to make sure you're safe, okay?"

KER-CHOW!

"Atta girl!" Sabo praised his girlfriend.

Unknown to the blonde pirate, he'd finally gotten the dinosaur's attention. It hadn't noticed the two tiny pirates climbing it. And it hadn't noticed the one pirate jumping off and sliding down its back. But it did notice the loud gun-shot going off right near its ear.

Sabo tucked Bonnie Anne into his coat and wrapped his arms tightly around his stomach to keep the rifle pinned in place then prepared to jump off the dinosaur's head. But before he could jump, the dinosaur flipped its head backwards.

FWIP!

"WHOA!" Sabo yelped as he went flying up into the air.

The dinosaur tilted its head back further and opened its mouth wide.

"OOOH CRAP!" Sabo cursed as he plummeted down in the brontosaurus' huge gaping open mouth, "HANG ON, BONNIE!"

CLOMP! GULP!

The dinosaur's mouth closed and the massive beast swallowed the Quartermaster and his rifle whole much to the shock of the three watching from the ground.

"QUACK!" Carue squawked in alarm

"IT ATE HIM!?" Vivi shrieked.

"WHAT THE HECK!?" Luffy shouted, "THAT GUY'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PLANT-EATER!"

"USOPP! USOPP! I FOUND IT!" Nami shouted as she came running out of the storage room with the book she'd finally managed to locate.

But she stopped in her tracks when she realized the deck of the Going Merry was cloaked in shadow and that Usopp was staring up a massive hulking round figure in sheer terror.

Nami's book dropped from her suddenly limp hand and fell open on the deck.

There was only one word to properly describe the monster towering over the Going Merry: GIANT.

Nami's book had fallen open to the proper page about Little Garden.

"For the people that live there the island is truly a 'little garden'. And so I have decided to call it Little Garden the Land of Giants." – Explorer Louis Arnote

"GABABABABABABA!" the large round giant let out a booming laugh that shook the caravel.

"LUFFY! GET HIM OUT OF THERE!" Vivi cried out as they stared up at the apparently carnivorous 'brontosaurus' that had just eaten Sabo and Bonnie.

"RIGHT!" Luffy agreed as he punched his hand. "I'M GONNA KICK THAT STUPID, SCALEY GIRAFFE'S ASS!"

But before Luffy could take a step towards the dinosaur, its long neck was suddenly cleaved from its body by a massive sword.

SLIIISH!

Sabo came flying out of the severed end of the dinosaur's long neck and landed in a gigantic hand.

"GEGYAGYAGYAGYA!" the muscular long-bearded giant dressed in Viking-style clothing and a helmet. "That was a close one, little human!"

"Whoa… thanks, Mister!" Sabo called up to his massive savior. He pulled his rifle out of his coat. "Look. Bonnie, we've been saved by a giant."

"WHOA! THAT GUY'S HUGE!" Luffy exclaimed from down on the ground. "Is he human?"

"Its… it's a giant!" Vivi gasped as she dropped to her knees in shock. Carue had actually fainted. "I've heard rumors about them… but this my first time seeing one…"

"My name's Sabo and this is my girlfriend Bonnie Anne," Sabo introduced himself and his rifle to his titanic savior.

"GEGYAGYAGYAGYA!" the giant laughed loudly, "You're a funny little human! I am Dorry! Elbaf's Strongest Warrior! You and your little friends are welcome back to my place for a feast. There will be plenty of dinosaur meat for everyone!"

Vivi froze when she saw Dorry looked down at them, "He's spotted us…"

"So? I like him!" Luffy exclaimed. "He saved Sabo and he's gonna give us free food! There's no way he's a bad guy! COUNT US IN, MR. GIANT!"

"SHISHISHISHISHI!" "GEGYAGYAGYAGYA!"

Dorry's place was one of the two massive caved-filled mountains that Luffy and Sabo had spotted. Luffy and the giant had immediately hit it off and were laughing like old friends.

"Wow! This dinosaur meat is great good, giant-guy!" Luffy called out as he sat on a huge slab of meat. He'd made a considerable dent it in it. But there was still loads left.

"And your little pirate box lunch was pretty tasty too," Dorry replied, "But the portions were a little small for my tastes."

"I'm glad you liked it," Luffy said, "My cook made it special so if you said you didn't like it I would've kicked your ass."

"GEGYAGYAGYAGYA!" Dorry laughed at the audacity of the little human, "What a funny little pirate!"

"SHISHISHISHI!" Luffy laughed along with their gracious host.

"They're getting along just like old friends," Vivi noted as she watched the human and giant interact. Carue was next to her pecking at Sabo's box lunch. She glanced to the side and saw Sabo sitting on a huge slide of meat that had been cut from the end of Luffy's big slab. Sabo had made a dent in it but the portions were astronomical for a normal human.

"I'm certainly enjoying the twisted irony of this situation," Sabo commented to the rifle in his lap and he broke a chunk of meat off of the giant slice and ate it. "I'm eating the monster that tried to eat us."

"So I told you about us being pirates," Luffy said, "What about you giant-guy? What're you doing living out here all alone? Don't you have a village?"

"I do," Dorry answered, "I am a proud warrior of Elbaf. It's located here in the Grand Line. But my village has a certain law that if a quarrel breaks out and you can't settle it on your own then you must seek Elbaf's judgement in a trial by combat."

"Wait… I thought you said Elbaf was your island," Sabo interjected, "How can it judge you?"

"Our village was named Elbaf after our God Elbaf," Dorry explained, "Elbaf is just and bestows protection on righteous to ensure their survival of the trial by combat."

Vivi looked over at Sabo, "Let me guess, you have a problem with Gods too."

"No, not really," Sabo replied, "There's a big difference between having faith that a divine being will provide protection for you in a deadly battle versus blindly worshiping an undeserving King. Ten years ago, something protected me from that explosion. And something brought Bonnie and me together. I can't explain it but there's not a day that goes by where I'm not extremely grateful that it happened."

KER-CHOW!

Sabo fondly ran his hand along his rifle, "Love you too."

Luffy looked back at Dorry, "So is that why you're out here? Because of a quarrel?"

"Yes I am," Dorry confirmed, "Another giant is here with me. We invoked Elbaf's judgement and are facing off in the trial by combat. And in the end the one who is in the right will survive and triumph. We've been fighting for one hundred years and nothing's been settled! GEGYAGYAGYAGYA!"

"A HUNDRED YEARS!?" Vivi repeated in shock.

"WOW!" Luffy exclaimed, "That's a really long time!"

"Maybe to you little humans," Dorry replied, "But a giant's lifespan is three times as long as yours."

"But even if you do live longer than us!" Vivi objected, "What sort of grudge could you have against the other giant that you'd still want to kill each other after fighting for a century!?"

"You've got it backwards, Princess," Sabo informed her, "It's not about a grudge. This is a battle of honor and pride. I wouldn't be surprised if Dorry and the other giant are good friends."

"It's true," Dorry agreed, "We are both proud warriors of Elbaf each seeing to prove which of us is the righteous. I fight every battle against Brogy with everything I have because he's my best friend and deserves no less."

KRAKA-THOOOOOM!

Luffy, Sabo, Vivi and Dorry all turned to see the biggest of the volcanoes erupt.

"Time to go," Dorry announced as he stood up.

"Are you going to fight now, giant-guy?" Luffy asked.

"Back at the beginning, Brogy and I decided that an eruption from that volcano would signify the start of a new battle," Dorry explained.

Luffy and Sabo both stood up and turned to see the other giant standing up in front of a massive hole-filled mountain that matched Dorry's house. Brogy had a round build and short beard. He wore a horned Viking-style helmet and clothing like Dorry's.

"What sort of quarrel could drive the two of you to fight for an entire century!?" Vivi asked heatedly.

"That's doesn't matter!" Luffy reprimanded her. "It's not about that anymore."

"Yes… now's it's simply a matter of pride," Dorry stated as he prepare his sword and shield while Brogy readied his own shield and his battle ax. "We forgot the cause of our quarrel ages ago!"

Dorry and Brogy charged and the entire island shook when the two giants collided.

BOOOOOOM!

Dorry's sword met Brogy's shield and Brogy's ax was in turn blocked by Dorry's shield.

"This is senseless!" Vivi objected as she watched the two giant attempt to murder each other.

"It figures that a royal like you wouldn't understand," Sabo scoffed while Luffy stared transfixed at the battling giants. "It's called Warrior Pride, Princess. It's something you develop over time when you make your way through the world under your own power and overcome any obstacles and adversaries in your way using your own two hands. They're proud warriors that have been fighting countless battles with everything they have over the last hundred years for the sake of maintaining their honor and pride. Dorry and his friend respect each other so much that they refuse to quit until their duel is settled."

"…" Vivi stared at Sabo and thought about the first time she'd fought someone back when she was girl. She also remembered how fighting with the slightly older boy had gained her large measure of respect. "Then that's how we'll do this…" Vivi stood up and stalked towards Sabo, "HEY, DANDY MAN!"

Sabo sighed, "Yes? What do you want now, Princess?"

Vivi didn't answer verbally. She simply hauled off and punched him in the eye.

POW!

Sabo staggered backwards in surprise and prodded his eye. "OW! What the heck are you doing?"

"Fight me!" Vivi challenged him as she held up her fists. "Back when I was a girl… there was this boy that thought I was just a spoiled prissy princess like you do. So I fought him and ended up becoming the Vice Leader of the Sand Sand Band."

"Did you fall and hit your head?" Sabo wondered, "We already fought. It ended with me sending you and your doofus partner flying halfway across Whiskey Peak."

"We both know that your girlfriend carried you through that fight!" Vivi retorted, "Why don't you be a man and fight me yourself?"

"Watch it, Princess," Sabo warned her, "It's not just the giants that'll get mad if you insult their pride."

"That's what I'm counting on!" Vivi assured him, "Come on! Come at me! Chicken!"

"I have neither the time nor the patience to cater to your royal delusions, Princess!"

"That's it!" Vivi snapped as she charged and tackled the pirate the ground.

WHUMP!

Sabo hit the ground and Bonnie went flying. Vivi immediately laid into him with another shot to the face.

POW!

"Ow… okay, knock it off!" Sabo complained.

"Then why don't you fight back!" Vivi taunted, "Come on! Fight me!"

"Luffy! Bonnie!" Sabo called out, "The Princess has gone crazy! Get her off!"

FWUMP!

Sabo and Vivi both froze when they turned to see Luffy suddenly fall flat on his back.

"Luffy… are you okay?" Vivi asked.

"I can't… it's too big!" Luffy gasped as he stared wide-eyed up at the sky. He'd been watching the giants battle for their lives the whole time and had been completely overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the massive fight.

KER-CHOW!

"EEP!" Vivi yelped when a bullet whizzed by her head and she quickly scrambled off of Sabo.

Bonnie Anne had decided to finally intervene and end the smaller of the two fights. That or she'd noticed how Vivi was unconsciously straddling her boyfriend in her well-meaning attempt to fight him. No one asked for her reasoning and the rifle-dwelling spirit made no other sound to express it.

The mega-sized death match between Brogy and Dorry raged on until their seventy-three thousand four hundred sixty-sixth battle ended in their seventy-three thousand four hundred sixty-sixth draw.

"Brogy had some rum that he got from the little pirates on your ship," Dorry happily informed his guests as the placed a barrel of rum down next to him. "It turns you two of your little friends are at his cave now. There was a long nose and a girl."

"Usopp and Nami actually left the ship?" Luffy questioned. "Wow, it turns out like adventure too!"

"Good for Usopp," Sabo remarked. He was sporting a black eye from Vivi's first punch. "Hopefully seeing this battle between brave warriors will give him motivation towards his dream."

"Sorry about your eye…" Vivi apologized. Her impulsive plan appeared to have failed.

"Just keep your hands to yourself, noose bait," Sabo warned her.

"Noose?" Vivi repeated. "I'm sorry… what does that mean?"

"It means if I laid a hand on you and your father learned about it… I'd have a date with the hangman as soon as we reached Arablasta."

"MY FATHER DOES NOT HANG PEOPLE!" Vivi insisted, "He cares about everyone in my country! That even includes the rebels trying to unseat him! That boy I fought didn't even get punished! And he's the one leading the rebel army!"

"Fine, jail bait, then," Sabo decided, "There's a clear difference between a snot-nosed kid fighting with a little girl versus a pirate that's killed people. And I didn't forget about that perfume-dance thing you tried to pull on me back in Whiskey Peak! How old are you? If your father learns about that he'd be liable to cut my balls off!"

"He would not!" Vivi objected, "And I'm sixteen."

"Maybe he might," Dorry chimed in, "If I had a pretty daughter like you… I'd cut the balls off of any man that laid a hand on her."

"See?" Sabo said as he pointed up at Dorry.

"No, that just proves it's something a father would do!" Vivi argued, "Not necessarily a King!"

Dorry looked over at Luffy as Sabo and Vivi continued to argue, "Are you sure he's dating the rifle? He and the girl are fighting like my old mate and I used to."

Dorry's comment brought the argument to an abrupt stop.

"What?" Sabo and Vivi chorused.

CLICK!

"Oh, crap, out of bullets," Sabo realized as he doting patted his rifle and fished six new rounds out of his coat pocket, "Sorry Bonnie…"

"Yup," Luffy said, "Sabo and Bonnie have been boyfriend-girlfriend for over a year now."

"Gegyagya!" Dorry chuckled, "That's not very long by my standards. But as long as you're sure!" The giant picked up the rum barrel and took a swig. "Oh, before I forget, the girl that was with Brogy told me to tell you little humans that the Log Pose takes a year to reset here."

Vivi's eyes went wide, "AN ENTIRE YEAR!?"

"Yes," Dorry confirmed, "Most of the little humans that try to wait it out die before the year's end. Some get eaten by dinosaurs. Some can't handle the weather. Other little humans have even tried to attack us giants… they died even faster. That's where all the skulls come from."

"Oh no…" Vivi lamented, "I don't have a year to wait here… by that time the war might even be over…"

"Well, if you little pirates can't afford to wait, you could always just try sailing off in a random direction," Dorry suggested. "Some little humans have tried that. Who knows? You might just make it! Gegyagya!"

"Hey, maybe we will!" Luffy exclaimed before he laughed along with the giant, "Shishishishi!"

"That won't work!" Vivi insisted, "We need a Log Pose."

"The only Pose we have on this island is the Eternal Pose to Elbaf," Dorry informed her, "You can try to take it if you want. But Brogy and I are already fighting over it. So you'll have to fight us for it."

"Nah," Luffy replied, "We don't need your Pose to Elbaf." He made no mention of whether or not he couldn't beat the giants to get it. "We're heading for Arablasta..." He looked over at Vivi, "Right?"

"Yes, Alabasta," Vivi said.

"I guess we'll just have to meet up with the others and figure something out," Sabo reasoned. "Hey, maybe if we run into that Mr. 3-guy we can take his Log Pose along with our Baroque Works Bounties."

"That's one idea… I suppose," Vivi agreed.

"Who's Mr. 3?" Dorry asked curiously.

"A criminal organization called Baroque Works wants us dead," Luffy told him with a wide upbeat smile, "He's the guy they're sending to kill us. So after we can beat him up, we can take cool bounty posters their otter drew of us."

"Gegyagyagyagya!" Dorry laughed loudly, "You're certainly an interesting little pirate! Gegyagyagyagya!" The giant took another swig of rum.

KA-BOOOOOM!

The rum suddenly exploded which caused flames and smoke to billow out from Dorry's mouth. The giant dropped to the ground and started hacking up blood.

"WHAT THE HECK!?" Sabo exclaimed.

"THE RUM EXPLODED!" Vivi shrieked in alarm.

"BUT THAT STUFF CAME FROM OUR SHIP!" Luffy recalled.

"The rum… exploded…" Sabo mused. "Like it was…"

"…a bomb…" Vivi finished for him.

The princess and a pirate shared a glance.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Sabo inquired.

Vivi nodded, "Mr. 5 must have followed us here from Whiskey Peak."

"Who?" Luffy asked.

"That guy you punched in the face," Sabo explained.

"The one you said that we'd never see again?" Luffy clarified.

"Yeah," Sabo answered, "It looks like we're about to see him again." Sabo hefted Bonnie over his shoulder and stared into the jungle head of him. "Luffy, stay here with the Princes. Bonnie and I are going hunting for honorless scumbags." The Quartermaster promptly stalked off.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Luffy and Vivi turned to see a furious Dorry forcing himself back up off the ground. "This rum was from your ship! HOW DARE YOU INTERFERE IN THE SACRED BATTLE BETWEEN TO WARRIORS OF ELBAF!"

"Luffy, we have to run!" VIvi warned him while Carue cowered behind her. "He's too angry for us to reason with him."

"Running would be useless," Luffy replied as he took off his straw hat and held it out to her, "Hold this for me and stand back."

"You're not planning to fight him, are you!?" Vivi protested as she took Luffy's hat and watched him start to do some pre-fight stretches. "You can't fight someone that much bigger than you!"

"Sorry, giant-guy," Luffy apologized. "But I'm gonna have to shut you up for a bit."

Did anyone else chuckle when they pictured Sabo the Hobo in their head?

Sabo's scar has now been publicly unveiled which shows that he has a lot of deep seeded issues that he needs to work through. Lucky for him, Vivi hasn't given up on winning him over and may be able to help him in the long run.

And yes, Bonnie's scared of dinosaur slides/roller coasters. Nobody tell her about the Milky Road!

Silver signing off