Another Nakama Omakes

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Ms. Goldenweek's Operation: Free Baroque Works VI

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"We've arrived," Hina announced as she entered the prison hold flanked by Jango and Fullbody.

Ayako sat against the far wall of the cell. She and Bentham had cleaned the paint off of the wall and the bodies of the two Seaman Recruits. They'd never see this coming. It was now or never.

"Surprise!" Ayako exclaimed as she pulled her paintbrush and pallet out from behind her back.

"What… where'd you get those?" Hina demanded. "How'd you get free?"

Klank! Fullbody closed the prison hold door. "Didn't you hear her?" he touched his face. Swish! Fullbody became Bentham. "SURPRISE!" Bentham did a spin and swung his leg around into Jango's face and knocked him out. THWAK! THUD!

"YOOUU!" Hina snarled as she whirled around to face the man that had infiltrated her crew.

"Colors Trap: Calming Green!" Swish! Hina made the big mistake to turn her back on Ayako when she had her paints. The green symbol connected with the back of Hina's head.

"Ooooohhhh…" Hina mumbled as her anger evaporated and was replaced by calmness.

"That's right, it's me, my dear!" Bentham proclaimed. "Thank you for being such a great sport and bringing us all the way back here so we could free our fellow Baroque Works Agents!" Bentham dashed across the room and pulled the cell key out of Fullbody's pocket. Klick! With a flick of his wrist, the cell door opened and Ayako was free.

"You… criminals…" the entranced Marine Captain attempted to fight Ayako's hypnosis as Ayako joined Bentham outside the cell. "Hina's… Hina won't allow this…"

"Too bad," Ayako replied, "My paint's on your head. You can't fight my hypnosis."

"Goodie!" Bentham cheered, "Then she won't mind if I borrow her body for this prison break!" Swish! Suddenly there were two 'Black Cage' Hina's in the prison hold. The only problem was that one wore a purple suit while the other wore a navy t-shirt and orange pants. "Ayako, we're going to need to borrow her clothes! Un! Deux! Trois! Strip Her!"

"Good thing the paint's on her head then," Ayako remarked as she reached out and undid Hina's pants and pulled them down while Bentham stripped off Fullbody's orange pants. Ayako blinked in surprise as she glanced from Hina's blank lacy panties to Bentham's eerily similar white ones. "Are… are you wearing women's underwear?"

"Of course!" Bentham assured her, "That's the Okama Way!" Ayako slipped off Hina's pants and shoes and slid them over to Bentham who quickly put them on. Ayako reached up and undid the buttons on Hina's purple coat and white blouse then slid them off and down her arms. Ayako looked passed Hina's matching black lace bra and blushed when she saw that Bentham had stripped off Fullbody's t-shirt and now the Hina copy stood there topless.

"Hina's… humiliated…" That was putting it mildly. In her place, Ayako would be mortified. Ayako handed off Hina's clothes and Bentham pulled them on. They dragged the underwear-clad Hina into the cell and the fully disguised Bentham tied Ayako up again then he stashed Ayako's paint pallet under Hina's coat before he grabbed Mr. 3 and carried them out of the prison hold.

"Make land, men," 'Hina' called out to 'her' men. "Hina's taking these two in personally."

And just like that, they were in. No one questioned Black Cage Hina as she carried the two prisoners into Black Cage Prison.

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"C'mon, the high profile cells are this way!" Bentham called out as they dashed down a hall. He'd changed back to himself but still wore Hina's purple suit as he ran down the hall with Mr. 3 tucked underneath his arm. Ayako just struggled to keep up with the long-legged Okama.

Skiissssh… Bentham skidded to a stop in front of a cell. "YOU'VE MADE BAIL LADIES!" Ayako caught up and saw a tall blue haired woman and a chubby brown-haired older lady.

"Mr. 2? Ms. Goldenweek?" the taller, younger woman… Ms. Double Finger questioned.

"Ms. Double Finger, Ms. Merry Christmas," Bentham greeted the two women as he used the key to open the cell door. "Ms. Goldenweek here decided to give you a second chance a freedom!" He was really still insisting that this was all her idea. This drew the older women's attention to Ayako as they exited the cell. Ayako waved nervously. "Come on! Let's go free the others!"

Bentham dashed onward down the hallway and the two newly free prisoners followed after him. Ayako struggled to keep up with the two women and the man wearing women's clothing.

They reached another cell further down the hall. "JAILBREAK GENTS!" Bentham announced as he unlocked the door but then caught Ms. Double Finger and Ms. Merry Christmas off guard when he shoved them into the cell then hauled Ayako in and shut the door. KLANK!

"Why am I not surprised that he's wearing women's clothing?" asked a long limbed man with dark skin and shaved silver hair. He was the (former) invincible assassin Daz Bones. Mr. 1

A large bulky man with green hair and a long dog was next to him. Mr. 4

Ayako's eyes settled on the final man in the cell. He had gray skin, dark purple hair, a gold hook, and a scar going across his face that marred his handsome features: Sir Crocodile, Mr. 0. This was Ayako's first time meeting all the other Officer Agents.

FWUMP! "HOLD IT JUST UN SECOND!" Bentham called out as he tossed Mr. 3 into the middle of the room. "Ayako's calling the shots here." Everyone's attention was drawn to her. Bentham passed Ayako her paint pallet from under Hina's coat then nudged Ayako into the center of the cell, "This is your time to shine, sweat-heart."

"Ah!" Ayako squeaked. She took a deep breath to settle her nerves and found her courage. "Um… We all have two things in common. We're all Baroque Works Officer Agents. And we were all defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates. We underestimated the power of dreamers like them and that's why we all lost. Mr. 5, Ms. Valentine and I spent some time on the Straw Hats' ship and we decided that maybe the Straw Hats were right all along. We left the organization and were given a second chance. Now those two are happily living their dreams in Alabasta." She paused. "Mr. 2 and I decided to come and give you guys that same second chance."

Ayako dabbed her paintbrush in her pallet, swirled it around over her head and sent her latest symbol up onto the cell ceiling. Swish! "Colors Trap: Dream Rainbow!"

The illusion began and she was Ayako the Artist again. Bentham was back in his swan costume. Mr. 3 laid on the floor as the famous sculptor Galdino.

"I've always wanted to be a pretty Princess," Ms. Merry Christmas admitted as she stood there in a fancy white dress and wore a crown.

"IIIIII…" Mr. 4, who wore a pizza parlor uniform, started to say but was cut off by his partner.

"He wants to be a pizza deliver guy but couldn't because he's so slow! Slow! And Lassoo doesn't just want to be a gun, he wants to be a tank." The dog in question was now a green armored tank with treads and a gun turret on his back.

Ms. Double Finger was dressed as a simple barmaid, "Working as an assassin all these years has been taxing. I've wanted to stop and settle down and do something simple for a while now."

Mr. 1 wore a cape, tights, a fancy belt and a mask. "I don't want to talk about it," he growled. He'd eaten the Dice Dice Fruit. Also called the Supa Supa no Mi. He wanted to be a Supah Hero.

And finally, Crocodile wore a gold trimmed pirate captain's coat. The man slowly got to his feet. "So are we escaping or not?"

"Not you," Ayako said as she pointed at him. Gulp! She was five feet tall and the eight foot three former Warlord towered over her. But she didn't back down and stood her ground. "You've got the same dream as Luffy. You want to be King of the Pirates. But you don't share the true heart of a dreamer like he does. You did horrible things to try to achieve your dream."

"I've seen the cruel realities of the world, girl," he growled. "Do you really think he can do it?"

Gulp! She couldn't believe she was actually standing up to their former leader Sir Crocodile. "Yes… Yes I do," Ayako answered. "I've never seen Mr. 3 lose but Luffy rose to the occasion and he beat him to save his friends. You were supposed to be invincible in the desert but Luffy rose to the occasion again and he beat you too. He'll fight even stronger enemies as he continues his journey and he'll end up beating them as well. His dedication to his dream and his crew will keep him going no matter what happens. He's going to be King of the Pirates."

"You were our leader," Ayako continued, "We followed you for years… and we failed. I came to give the others a second chance at their dreams. Do the noble thing for once and let them have it. The way you went about achieving your dream is dangerous, and I can't let you leave with us."

"Very well," Crocodile conceded as he sat back down. "The Captain goes down with his ship." Their former leader leaned in and gave Ayako a curious look. "When did you become so brave?"

"I… met a passionate Princess and a group of remarkable pirates," Ayako answered. She looked down at her magenta sneakers and spotted her former partner. "He's staying too."

"And so am I," the Super Hero announced as he sat down next to the King of the Pirates.

"EVERYONE ELSE, LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" Bentham exclaimed. He unlocked the door and the two men, two women, the dog and Ayako rushed out of the cell. The illusion faded.

"CAW!" The others darted down a set of stairs while Ayako stopped then turned and spotted a vulture and an otter locked in a cage, Ms. Friday and Mr. 13.

Ayako leaned over the railing, "BENNY!" she called down to Bentham, "The keys!"

"COMIN' YOUR WAY, SHORT-STUFF!" he shouted as he tossed the keys up to her. Whish! Ayako reached out and caught them. Whap! She turned and darted over to the cage and after taking a moment to find the correct key, she freed the Unluckies. Klick!

Skish! Mr. 13 hopped onto Ms. Friday's back and the vulture unfurled her wings and took off. SWOSH! But not before she reached down and grabbed Ayako's shoulder in her claws. Whap! "WAIT! NOOO! I DON'T LIKE FLYIIIINNGGG!" she shrieked as they flew down the stairs, she was still able to hear Crocodile's last words as they left the cell behind.

"Interesting partner you've got there, Mr. 3."

The air sick artist and the Unluckies quickly caught up with the other escapees and they charged across the base and out the front door.

But then they stopped. The path was blocked. 'Black Cage' Hina stood in the middle of the dock. She wore a yellow purple-spotted shirt that wasn't buttoned properly that she'd clearly gotten from Jango since the shirtless hypnotist was right next to her… along with over thirty Marines.

"ALRIGHT BAROQUE WORKS!" Bentham yelled, "LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR DREAMS!"

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'Till Next Time...

Peace!