Hey guys! Sorry I'm so late on updating! I've been searching for a job, and writing my second book, as well as prepping my Case ClosedxOne Piece sequel for public release, since this one's almost done. Yes, this one is almost done. I apologize if this seems sudden, but in all honesty, I'm running out of steam for this; I'm getting bored of this fic, and I want to write other stuff. Anyways, the next update will come on time next week, I promise.
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After several minutes of plotting and scheming, Jinbe and the girls finally came to an agreement of purging the intruders. Their plan was simple: lower the crow's nest, ambush them, and throw them off the ship. Though Kikyo's subordinates wanted to interrogate them about 'relationships' before they departed. Jinbe didn't care as long as they left the ship, and Kikyo agreed because that meant that the Strawhat had no way to escape her Hebi-Hime again; as much as she disapproved of men being on the island. Boa Hancock's happiness was more important than any dusty tradition. Signaling to one of her subordinates to pull the lever, the battle was initiated.
Slowly, the crow's nest lowered, and the second it was on the proper level, the assailants jumped! "COME OUT OUTSIDERS! SHOW YOURSELVES!" Kikyo shouted.
"Kikyo-sama! They're not here!" The women looked around the circle, and found that Kagura and Sougo weren't there.
Blinking in confusion, they stood up and looked around themselves. "Where did they-"
"GOING UP!" A sudden jolt was felt, and the group was sent zooming up, and BANG! There heads banged against the ceiling, and soon found themselves hitting the floorboards of the crow's nest harshly.
Sougo smirked, and brought the crow's nest back down, amused by the way the bodies bounced up from impact of hitting the ground. Sniffing his clothes, he frowned. "Hey China…let's take this opportunity to change clothes, I'm sure the Strawhats won't mind."
"Yeah!" Kagura grinned. "Let's use the bath too!" Due to their sleeping arrangement, neither had good wash or change of clothes for several days.
Grinning ear to ear, Sougo replied. "A marvelous idea, China…but we can't risk these idiots seeing something they don't deserve, so we need to take precautions."
"Since when are you modest?" The girl asked.
"I'm not. I just noticed you were mad at these girls for checking me out,that's all China." The sadist smirked.
Pouting, the Yato responded. "You get mad if guys look at me!"
"Never said it was bad thing China." Snapping some rope in front of him, he smirked. "Let's get to work shall we?"
Elsewhere on the Island
"Ara? Jinbe's gone." Luffy stated the obvious as the group looked at the empty cell. The rest of the Strawhat crew, the remaining Odd-Jobs, and the Amazon Lilly Empress stared at the cell in silence, until…
"WHAT IS THIS INSOLENCE?! FIND JINBE AT ONCE!" She barked at her warriors.
"YES!" They cleared out of the area and went to find them.
"Luffy…I'm sorry." Hancock turned to the rubber boy in worry. "We'll find him, I swear…"
"It's fine, Hancock. It's not important." Luffy said quickly. "Let's head to Marineford guys!"
"Luffy?" Nami asked in uncertainty.
"The execution's in a week or whatever, and we need to get to Marineford as soon as possible. If Jinbe-san's not here, we don't have time to waste." Luffy reasoned.
"Captain-san…I think it would be best if we look for Jinbe-san, otherwise coming here would be waste, wouldn't it?" Robin argued.
"I'm fine with whatever." Zoro shrugged.
"YES! WE MUST STAY LONGER!" Sanji proclaimed.
"Besides Luffy, it might be good to visit with old friends, right?" Ussop suggested uneasily.
"Yeah! Yeah!" Chopper added.
"The Thousand Sunny could use a restock in supply, so stopping here couldn't hurt for a few hours." Franky pointed out.
"Yohoho! A chance to sing for beautiful maidens would be a great honor!" Brook finished off the crew's argument.
"Demo…" Luffy frowned, they were all right, and he didn't want to make Hancock sad, but…
"They're not going to kill him." Gintoki spoke up, reading the Strawhat-boy's mind. "The Navy and World Government are going to want to make a statement which is why they're waiting to that anniversary day or whatever. They're not going to hurt him either, they want his face as pretty as possible for the cameras…or I'm guessing they're going to make this execution public."
"If it's the same as Ace, then yeah…they will." Luffy nodded, but wasn't convinced. "But how can you be so sure?"
The silver man frowned, but he answered. "Let's just say…where I come from…they make it a point of executing fathers in front of son; best way to make a statement." He inwardly clenched his teeth, thinking about Shouyo-sensei's death, how they dragged him off and beheaded him in front of him and his comrades.
"Gin-san…" Shinpachi nodded. "We haven't had a comfortable meal in the past week or so Luffy-san, so I don't think it would be a bad idea either."
Hancock jumped at the oppurutinity. "Yes Luffy! All the comfort food in the world is waiting for you, here!"
"Yeah…you guys are right! Let's eat!" Luffy beamed.
"Awesome! By the way…anyone seen Okita-san or Kagura-chan?" Shinpachi just noticed.
On the Ship
Okita and Kagura were thoroughly enjoying their alone time; of course they had some fun in the bathroom, but they had to rush it considering they were eager and had guests. Kagura changed into a yellow chengosam dress, that seemed to be an old relic that Robin picked up somewhere; a cultural gift from one of the islands. Luckily it fit Kagura perfectly, considering there was no way Robin or Nami's clothes would fit her. Okita changed into a normal white peasant shirt and black pants; old clothes in the trash bin for whatever reason.
"You know China…" He observed the Amazon Lilly outfits on their unconscious guests. "You should change into one of their outfits, you know for the full cultural experience."
"Perverted sadist." Kagura read her boyfriend's mind. "You can just buy an outfit like that from Mutsu, can't you?"
"Yeah…" He put an arm around her. "But there's no authenticity to that outfit. Anyways…what should we do these guys China?" He referred to the three Amazonians and fishman bound and gagged, and unconscious from the head-bang.
"Hmmm…make them walk the plank, uh-huh!" Kagura declared.
"Maybe…but their deaths would come soon after that, China." Okita explained.
"True…" Kagura then noticed one of the women wake up. "Hey Sadist, look!"
"Ugghhh…what happened…?" Kikyo groaned as she slowly opened her eyes, and quickly took in her situation. "You two! What is this?! Release us this instant!"
"Why would we do that?" Sougo asked.
"Because this is Amazon Lilly, fornicating men and women like yourselves aren't welcome, and this is our territory!" She yelled.
"Fornicating men and women you say? So it's forbidden to have sex on the island?" Okita's grin couldn't get wider, even if he tried.
"Forget it, sadist." Kagura shoved him slightly, and turned to Kikyo. "Brats like you shouldn't judge things they don't understand. Since you've been on this island of shut-ins, you've never experienced the outside world or any of what it has to offer, and therefore you can't call yourself a real woman, uh-huh!"
"Island of shut-ins?" Kikyo's eye twitched.
"Yeah, you shut yourselves in this island, cause you're too afraid to face the outside world, uh-huh!" Kagura nodded.
"First of all, I'll have you know that any of these women are more female than you any idea, you insipid brat. Secondly, we don't shut ourselves in because we're afraid, we do this to preserve the island's honor!" Kikyo defended.
"What honor, you guys just tried to high-jack a second rate pirate ship?" Kagura asked.
"I never said I agreed with it! However, if it's for our princess, we'll do it!" The older woman explained.
"For your princess, this should be an amusing story. So start talking, whose your princess?" Okita smirked, wrapping an around Kagura's waist.
"Don't do such indecent acts in front of me! This island is sacred!" Kikyo shouted.
"Would you shut up, you old hag?!" Kagura huffed, feeling Okita's chin on her shoulder. "You're just encouraging him, uh-huh! And sadist, don't use me as an interrogation-prop!"
"Can I just lean on you like this, then?" He mumbled.
"Sure." The girl conceded defeat. "Anyways, whose this princess anyways? Why she hate men so much?"
"Her name is Boa Hancock, and she is the proud empress of our kingdom! This kingdom has been proudly independent of men since its founding; the women and animals only leave this island to meet a man to provide the seed, and the baby is raised here!" Kikyo boasted.
"What happens if the baby's a boy?" Kagura asked.
"That's never happened! If it did however, it would be disposed of." The woman replied snootily.
"So a femist extremist island that makes yearly trips to the sperm bank, nice." Okita deduced. "That mean the women here are lesbian only?"
"THAT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS, YOU INTROVERT!" She screeched.
Kagura slapped a hand over her face, and her brow twitched when she felt Okita's grip get tighter. "Now you've done it, you've unleashed the monster. Stupid hag." She elbowed the boy to get off her, having enough exhibitionism of the trip. "Later Sadist; we'll fuck on a sacred shrine of theirs or something."
"I'm holding you to that, China." Okita frowned, and then finally noticed the large blue fishman of the group, who seemed to be spaced out. "And you…" He forced the man to look up. "…are Jinbe-san, I assume."
"Yes, what of it?" He rose a brow.
"China, myself, and my colleagues are eager to get this whole conflict resolved so we con return home. So please…tell us what you know about Strawhat's father, and why you've been channeling a network of lies around the islands." Sougo's smile promised pain.
"Also! Tell us about this One Piece treasure, uh-huh!" Kagura added.
"What makes you think I'll talk about any of these things?" These perverted brats were too cocky.
"Jinbe-san, allow me to introduce myself…I am Okita Sougo, the future King of Sadists." He smiled darkly.
"And I'm Kagura, Queen of Kabukicho!" This universe didn't know interrogation, until these two came to town.
Elsewhere
While Kagura and Sougo were actually getting work done, Gintoki and Shinpachi had inadvertently come between the most beautiful woman in existence and her desire for the oblivious Strawhat captain. Other than Luffy and Zoro, not one person wasn't affected by the tense stare Hancock was sending the two female members of Luffy's crew. Robin was indifferent towards it, most likely having dealt with the stares of jealous women before, while Nami was glaring right back at the taller woman. Sanji was busy staring at Hancock and the other women, while the rest of the guys were enjoying the banquet provided for them.
"So Luffy-kun, how have your travels been…other than the recent news of course?" Hancock turned to to him, sparkling smile and all.
"It's been good…we were worried about these Odd-Jobs guys, but it turns out they weren't even pirates, and were actually helping our homes, so it's been fine." Luffy answered.
"Ah yes…Captain Permhead…" Hancock indicated to the two crew-guests. "How was it you came to know Luffy-kun's island?"
"Ano, Boa-san…we were kidnapped by a marine named Garp-san, like all the other islands we were forced to get acquainted with here." Shinpachi sighed.
"Oi, Oi, Lady, my name isn't Permhead, it's Sakata Gintoki. When are people going to get that right?" Gintoki finished.
"That reminds me, Boa-san, Nico-san mentioned that you or your residents might know of information regarding the Pirate's Eye Diamond." Shinpachi suddenly asked.
"Eh? That old thing?" Marigold spoke up. "Why do you want to know about it?"
"Well you see, the original reason why we came here, this universe that is, was to retrieve the diamond for a client of ours. So…do any of you know where it is?" Shinpachi asked.
"That's why you came to this universe, to search for that?" Sandersonia didn't sound convinced.
"Of course. It's supposedly the most valuable diamond in existence, so naturally extreme measures and payments were made to insure it's retrieval." Gintoki shrugged.
Frowning, Sandersonia turned to Robin. "He is aware of what the diamond supposedly is, correct?"
"I assumed diamonds meant something different in his world, nothing more." Robin smiled, sipping tea.
"Oi, Oi, what are you ladies jabbering about. Make the conversation in universal language; include subtitles dammit!" Gintoki demanded.
"Hmph!" Surprisingly Hancock was the one who stood up to permhead's defense. "Women who think deceit is amusing is a dreadful trait, don't you think so, Luffy-kun?"
"Speaking of deceit, aren't your subjects taking a long time with our ship? You did tell them to properly anchor it right?" Nami smirked at her. Really, Nami wasn't jealous over Luffy or anything, she just didn't appreciate being snubbed by a spoiled forehead-princess. "Besides that Hancock-san, isn't it more deceitful if the truth is manipulated?"
Twitching, the dark-haired beauty responded. "I suppose it is…"
"Ano…if we could get back to the diamond…where is it exactly?" Shinpachi asked, trying hard to break through the tension.
"It's no longer on the island that's for sure." Marigold frowned.
"WHAT?! YOU MEAN WE CAME ALL THIS WAY FOR NOTHING?!" Gintoki shouted.
"Shut up!" Gintoki got kicked in the head by Sanji. "You're disturbing the beautiful ladies."
"Besides Gintoki-san, we came here to pick up Jinbe, not look for the diamond." Ussop pointed out logically.
"Where is Jinbe-san, anyways?" Chopper piped up.
"What about that Okita and Kagura?" Zorro spoke. "Are they still back at the ship?"
BANG!
The door of the mess hall they were in slammed open, and in walked Kagura and Okita, dragging bound and captive Jinbe, Kikyo, and several other Amazonian women. "Yosh! Sorry we're late!" Kagura yelled.
"Don't just say yosh! Where the hell were you two?!" Gintoki demanded.
"Ah. Danna, while you and Megane were lazily stuffing your faces along with Strawhat-people here, we held down the ship and protected it from these hoodlums." Okita shrugged.
"Ano…who are you two?" Sandersonia spoke up.
"Ah! This is Okita Sougo and Yato Kagura, they're the last members of our party." Shinpachi explained.
"Another male." Hacock frowned at the bishounen and Chinese girl holding hands. "And what possible justification do you have for treating my subordinates this way?"
"You tried to make them steal the ship, uh-huh!" Kagura spoke.
Nami smirked in triumph as Hancock paled considerably. "I-I did no such thing! Luffy-kun, surely you believe me, don't you?!"
"Huh? What's going on?" Luffy looked up from the meal.
"YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION THIS WHOLE TIME?!" Everyone in the room shouted.
That's when Jinbe and Luffy locked eyes. Frowning, Luffy dropped his drumstick and approached the fishman. "Jinbe…"
"Luffy." The fishman nodded.
"…I've always thought of you as an ally, and after you saved me and Ace, I considered you a trusted friend, which is why I find this whole thing confusing. You lied to us by saying these Odd-Jobs guys were attacking our islands, but it was actually them who freed our home islands from the World Government's grasp. Moreover, you helped the World Government cut-off contact from our islands, right?" Luffy's gaze lowered.
"No…the marital law hit every single island by the World Government's Cipher Pole agencies, I had nothing to do with that." Jinbe replied.
"Fine. But you knew they were after my dad didn't you?" Luffy accused.
"…He was a probable target. Your father is the most wanted criminal in the world, so it was only natural to assume he'd be one of the candidates chosen to reignite the war." The fishman didn't deny it.
"I see. Jinbe, before I say anything, I just need to ask: why? Why did you betray us? Why did you betray dad?!" Luffy demanded.
"Luffy-kun…this isn't the best place to discuss this." Jinbe tried to reason.
"THEN WHERE?! DAMMIT JINBE! YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THIS CREW, SO AS YOUR CAPTAIN, I DEMAND YOU TELL ME THE TRUTH!" Luffy shouted. His crew was silent, standing in support of their captain.
"FINE! YOU WANT THE TRUTH! YOUR MOTHER! YOUR MOTHER'S DYING WISH WAS THIS!"
Review please! Sorry if the chapter seems sudden, but again, running out of steam. Drop a comment, question, or concern in the reviews or PM like normal. Thanks!