"We don't have a lot of time to sit around. We have to get to the capital as fast as possible." Sanji said
"That will be no problem. The super spot billed duck squad is the fastest in Alabasta." Vivi said
"How many numbered agents do we have to fight?" Nami asked "Any obstacles we will have to face around the city?"
Vivi counted out on her fingers each of the probable players still left. "We have seven left. That number is only counting up to the 4 pair. But we have to assume that that number could double or triple. We should assume that any available agents are already in the city waiting. As far as obstacles go, the only thing I can think of are the main stairs cases that are the only entrance into and out of the city."
"We should only focus on the remaining top agents of Baroque Works. The rest won't take that much time fighting." Zoro said
"Alright, everyone pair off with a duck." Sanji said. It only took a minute for the crew to pair off. Even Eyelashes had a duck of his own. "We have to assume they are going to do all in their power to slow you down Vivi-chan. We will act as your decoys to draw them away from you so you can get to the palace. At least I assume that's where you are going to go."
"Yes, that will be my first or second stop. I guess only time will tell." Vivi said
"Before we reach the capital we will pair off and fight whoever we come up against. Vivi it's a good thing you mentioned those stairs. The memebers of Baroque works will probably be at the bottom of those sets of stairs waiting for us. When we get close to the city we will go ahead of you and you will stay behind. When it's clear you make your way up the stairs." Nami said
"Thank you all so much. You have no idea what this means to me."
"Don't thank us yet. We still have to get through all of this. Once Crocodile had been exposed then we can celebrate." Nami said
"One last thing." Usopp said before he pulled seven white cloaks out his bag. "This way they won't be able to tell who is who."
With their identical cloaks on they each climbed on the back of their respective duck and took off for Alubarna. Around the same time the rebels were nearing the city. In Alubarna, Chaka was left in command as King Cobra had disappeared in the middle of the night. Pell was in Rainbase with Luffy. Igaram was making his way back to Alubarna.
In Alubarna
"Chaka-sama, the rebels are about 15km away." One guard said
"The rebels will be here within the hour. East, West, South, South East & South West. Protect all of the gates into the city." Chaka yelled
"YES, SIR." All of the guard responded.
Outside the west gate into the city the five agents from one to four were waiting.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, those pirates and the princess better be coming they wanted to stop this fight right?" Miss Merry Christmas said "I can hear the rebels off in the distance."
"They might not make it in time. They were in Rainbase for a while." Miss Doublefinger said
"So if the rebels show up first what are we supposed to dooo?" Mr. 2 said
"We kill the ones we were told to kill." Mr. 1 said
"They're coming." Mr. 4 said in his drawn out manner of speaking
"What? Spit it out." Miss Merry Christmas said as she took the binoculars from Mr. 4. "Ducks?"
"What are you talking about?" Miss Doublefinger asked
"There are six ducks coming this way." Miss Merry Christmas said "Without Straw hat there should only be four."
"No that could be right Miss Merry Christmas. The boss said that Mr. Prince guy was a part of their group. It's entirely possible that there were people we had no idea about." Miss Doublefinger said
"No matter. Our target is still the princess." Mr. 1 said
With the Straw Hats a short time ago.
"This should be good." Zoro yelled out. They all came to a stop.
"This is a good place for you to wait Vivi." Nami said
"The rebels are getting closer." Sanji said "Once we leave you are on your own. Go to the palace, don't try to stop the rebels by standing in their path. You're only going to get trampled, there is no way they will hear you yell at them to stop."
Vivi didn't say anything. She just nodded. If she was going to be honest that was her plan all along. But Sanji was right. "You're right. They will not hear me and I can't get them to stop that quickly."
"Just remember Vivi, even once we leave you to take care of Baroque Works you won't be alone for long. Luffy will find you. He tends to show up exactly where and when he needs to be somewhere. You've seen his abilities first hand, he will take down that bastard Crocodile. Once this is all over, just be ready to feed him. The first thing that jackass will be thinking about will be his stomach." Zoro said
Vivi just nodded. Now wasn't the time to be thinking about things like that. "When the time comes, Luffy will be able to eat as much as he wants."
"Be careful Vivi." Nami said as she got off her duck to give Vivi a hug. "Where can we meet when this is all over?"
"You won't be able to walk into the palace. We will meet below the clock tower, it shouldn't be that difficult to find." Vivi said.
The straw hats all nodded before they continued on to Alubarna.
Back to the present
"Our target is the princess but they are all dressed exactly the same." Miss Merry Christmas said
"Well, that's just great." Miss Doublefinger said
"Get them Mr. 4!" Miss Merry Christmas said
Mr. 4 pulled the weapon off of his back and fired a baseball at the Straw Hats and the Super spot billed duck squad.
"Stay away from them." Usopp yelled. Just a few seconds later it exploded
"Those birds are fast, being able to dodge the explosions." Mr. 2 said
After the explosion Usopp and Chopper broke off from the pack and headed for the South East entrance to the city.
"Leave them to us." Miss Merry Christmas said "Let's go Mr. 4!"
Two more broke off and headed for the West gate. The final two headed for the South West gate.
"Dammit, they have their choice of gates to pick from when coming from the west." Miss Doublefinger said
The guards stationed at the top of the west staircase saw something making their way up.
"Somethings coming, is it the enemy?" One guard asked
"No, it's the super spot billed duck squad. Let them in." Another guard yelled
Four of the Straw hats and their ducks made their way into the city with the exception of Usopp and Chopper. They made their way to the ruins outside the city. They did this so that Vivi would be able to do what she has to do.
Once they stopped would all say "Thank you for playing our little game. But you all lose." With that statement they pulled off their cloaks to reveal who would be fighting who.
Usopp and Chopper vs. Miss Merry Christmas and Mr.4
Sanji and Eyelashes vs. Mr. 2
Zoro vs. Mr. 1 and Nami vs. Miss Doublefinger
Some distance outside the city Vivi and Carue were waiting. 'Thank you everyone.' Vivi thought "Let's go Carue."
"Quack" Carue said before they took off for the palace.
"Why the hell do I have to fight the Okama?" Sanji asked himself. 'This brings back too many painful memories.'
"You ready Zoro?" Nami asked
"You seem ready to fight." Zoro said
At the top of one of the stair cases
"Hold the cannonballs down. We can't have them rolling around." Chaka said
"What a tremendous rumble." One guard said
"Of course the earth will tremble, our enemy is over a million strong." Chaka said
"Here they come, ready the cannons." A higher ranking officer said
"Bring Alabasta down." The rebels yelled
"Ignore their numbers! Fire!"
With that, the battle between the Royal guards and the Rebels has begun.
Vivi and Carue made their way up the South-West staircase. The battle was spreading thorough the city but it had not yet made it that far.
With Usopp and Chopper
"Were you able to make your rumble balls?"
"I was. I will need more time to perfect them but they should give me access to the forms I want."
"What are you two just doing standing around?" Miss Merry Christmas said?
"Other than talking, not much." Usopp said
"Let's deal with these two Mr. 4. We still have to take care of princess Vivi."
"We won't let you." Usopp said
"Really, you won't let us?" Miss Merry Christmas said "Why don't we give them a taste of our power Mr. 4."
"Yeah!" Mr. 4 said in his slow elongated tone
Miss Merry Christmas used her devil fruit power to turn into a mole. Mr. 4 took his cannon out of the sling on his back. The gun started walking around.
"What the hell is that?" Usopp said
"His name is Lasso, he is a gun that the inu inu no mi model dachshund."
"The Grand Line is a strange place isn't it Usopp." Chopper said
Miss Merry Christmas dove into the ground and started doing what moles do. She started making tunnels while Mr. 4 grabbed Lasso and fired a few baseballs at the pair of Straw Hats. They were able to avoid getting hit by the baseballs but were unable to avoid the explosions that followed. After a few failed attempts Usopp and Chopper were for the most part getting better at avoiding the explosions. Miss Merry Christmas popped her head out of one of the holes she had made.
"Mr. 4 they are all set." She said as she dove back into the ground and stayed down there, presumably digging more and more interconnected tunnels.
"O-k-a-y." Mr. 4 said in his drawn out tone as he ran over to and hopped into one of the holes in the ground. Mr. 4 started sticking his head out of random holes in the ground. Lasso sneezed and another baseball came flying out of his mouth. This one had been shot directly at Mr. 4. With his bat Mr. 4 hit the baseball back at Usopp and Chopper who had been catching their breath.
"Shit." Usopp said as they started running in the same direction. "We can do this Chopper."
"Yeah, we can." Chopper said "We just have to avoid those explosive baseballs." They split up and started running in two different directions. Most enemies would have to divide their attention. Instead of this Lasso shot two baseballs instead of one. Usopp pulled his Kuro Kabuto out of his satchel as well as some amo. Chopper ran over towards Lasso.
"What are they doing?" Miss Merry Christmas said as she appeared out of one of the holes.
"Namari Boshi." Usopp said as he fired multiple metal balls at the mole lady. He did hit her in the head with one but she used her large hand to block the others.
"You're gonna have to do better than that." Miss Merry Christmas said as she dove back into the ground.
While this was going on Chopper had reached Lasso. "Heavy Point" Chopper yelled as got bigger. He grabbed Lasso, brought him over to a hole in the ground and held his mouth shut. "Ready Usopp." Chopper yelled. Usopp fired a Kosho (Pepper) Boshi at Lasso. The boshi hit Lasso in the nose. He almost instantly looked like he was going to sneeze so Chopper let go of his mouth and pointed him into the ground. As he sneezed he released a barrage of balls into the ground. Usopp and Chopper ran as far as they could before they all exploded.
"Oh no." Miss Merry Christmas said as she ran away from the incoming explosion. She was able to avoid the brunt of the impact by getting close to one of the tops of the tunnels. They for the most part they were largely unaffected. But they were blown out of holes. Mr. 4 didn't show much in way of emotion but Miss Merry Christmas was pissed. Her mouth didn't stop moving.
"How dare you use Lasso against us."
In rapid succession Usopp fired four boshi, two at each of them. Miss Merry Christmas's temper and constantly flapping jaw didn't do her any favors, as she didn't notice Usopp launch anything. One second she was talking the next, two Tokusei Tabasco Boshi landed in her mouth. Tears started forming and she started running around randomly and she just happened to run towards Chopper who pulled out a rumble ball.
"Rumble." Chopper said as he put the Rumble ball in his mouth, bit down and allowing the drug to take effect. "Arm Point." He said as he grew taller and grew massive arm. He ran towards the mole lady and as he hit her he said "Kokutei Cross." Where the attack made contact there was an X shape and she was sent flying into some ruins. The attack combined with the impact with the ruins made the mole lady lose consciousness.
The two items Usopp launched at Mr. 4 were less powerful. They were both Namari (Lead) Boshi. By this point Lasso had recovered from the pepper. While Miss Merry Christmas was running around Mr. 4 went back into the system of tunnels. He started reappearing in random spots. Lasso once again started launching baseballs at Mr. 4 but now instead of going towards both Usopp and Chopper. His target was strictly Usopp.
Usopp pulled out a much more powerful Midori Boshi. So he ran over to a hole and launched it into the ground then turned tail and ran. "Midori Boshi: Dokuro Bakuhatsu So." When it hit the bottom there was a short delay before it exploded once again launching Mr. 4 out of the system of tunnels. Whether or not he was still conscious was unknown. But Usopp could see him hanging in midair. He shot one more Midori Boshi. "Midori Boshi: Impact Wolf." He said as he watched the boshi fly through the air turn into a Wolf and send Mr. 4 into the ground. By this point Chopper had beaten Miss Merry Christmas. While it wasn't intended, Lasso got caught in the explosion and fell unconscious.
"Looks like we beat both of our opponents." Usopp said.
"Looks that way." Chopper said
"You still have to use a Rumble Ball?"
"Yeah, I still have a lot of work to do on them."
"You have plenty of time. Anyway, let's go look for Sanji."
"Alright, but why Sanji?"
"Do you want to go find Zoro? Let's let Nami worry about him wandering off."
"Good idea. Sanji it is."
Around the same time with Sanji and Eyelashes: South Block
"I don't recognize you. You must be the Mr. Prince guy Zero-chan was talking about."
"Yeah, I guess I go by that name as well. But my name is Sanji, first rate chef of the Straw Hats." Sanji said as he took off his sunglasses.
"Very well, Mr. Chef. No one has been able to beat my Okama Kenpo. I can't imagine you will fair very well."
"Oh, I think I will do fine." Sanji said
Mr. 2 and Sanji ran at each other. Sanji went to kick Mr. 2 but he blocked it with his own leg.
"It seems you fight using your legs as well. Yeah, a chef can't risk damaging his hands."
And so they got back to fighting. They exchanged kick after kick. Neither gaining any sort of advantage over the other. But when this next kick collided both of them were sent backwards into the walls of surrounding buildings. They got up out of the rubble and walked to the middle of the street to continue their fight.
"How can your kicks stand up to my Okama Kenpo? I've trained too hard to be beaten by you."
"I've trained harder. Now get out of my way, I don't have time to mess with you."
"If you believe you've trained harder, show me what you can do."
"Dozo Okamai Kunckle." Mr. 2 said as he tried to punch Sanji. He was able to avoid the attack. But it left him in a bad position to fight back. "Urabure Swan Butokai." Mr. 2 said as he began to punch and kick Sanji. All of a sudden Sanji could see all of the attacks before they happened.
'Who would have thought I would get my Haki working against Mr. 2?' Sanji thought. He was able to avoid all of Mr. 2's punches and Sanji blocked all of Mr. 2's kicks with his own. Sanji was able to counter with a few of his own attacks.
"Collier, Epaule, Cotelette, Selle, Poitrine, Gigot." Sanji was able to make contact on a few, but others were blocked.
At the same time Mr. 2 said "Hakucho (Swan) Arabesque." And Sanji said "Mutton Shot." Both attacks were powerful and once again sent their users into another wall further on down the street.
'I have all of these memories and another level of power I just can't use. My body isn't strong enough to keep up yet. I guess I'm going to be doing a lot of running on the Merry.'
"Not even my Hakucho Arabesque could stop that stupid cook."
Both Sanji and Mr. 2 once again got up and moved to face each other. "That's it! From now on, I'm being serious." Mr. 2 said "Do you know what is truly terrifying thing about the Mane Mane no mi? The most serious thing about it is my ability to memorize. I can create…any…kind…?" Mr. 2 stopped talking about what his fruit could do when he saw Sanji spinning. "What are you doing? Why are you spinning?"Sanji continued to spin on both feet going faster and faster until he stopped rather abruptly. Mr. 2 looked down at Sanji's feet to notice something was strange they were glowing a combination of red, orange and yellow.
"WHAT? Are your feet on fire?" Mr. 2 said surprised.
"They are. I call this Diable Jambe."
"Well that changes things. I was going to do something else but that actually looks dangerous." Mr. 2 took the swans off his shoulders and put them on his feet. "Exploding Swan." Mr. 2 said as he kicked at Sanji. However Sanji was able to get out of the way kick before the swan neck straightened out and pierced the wall behind where Sanji had been. It left a perfect hole in the wall with no cracks surrounding it.
Sanji had managed to put some distance between himself and Mr. 2. Sanji started running towards Mr. 2. Each step he took scorched the ground leaving footprints behind. Mr. 2 tried to kick Sanji but he simply evaded it. The extra range granted to Mr. 2 from the swans was a gift but it was also a drawback. It took longer for him to get ready for his next attack. Sanji ran around to Mr. 2's right side and kicked him in the lower back and launched him into the air. Sanji proceeded to jump into the air.
'Drastic times.' Mr. 2 said as he touched his face with his right hand. He some how managed to pick the right face to get Sanji to flinch. It was pretty obvious to Mr. 2 that he had chosen correct as Sanji had hearts in where his eyes should be. Sanji was able to shake off his love for Nami as he remembered rather fast that it was Mr. 2.
"Hey, how dare you harm Nami-san's beautiful face." Sanji said. "She doesn't have any marks on her left cheek." And so Mr. 2 foolishly touched his left cheek to search for the aforementioned blemish. None could be found. Sanji took advantage of his confusion and used one more attack. "Flanchet Strike" Sanji said as he kicked Mr. 2 in the stomach propelling him down into the ground leaving a Mr. 2 sized crater. In addition to the crater there was a scorch mark where Sanji's foot contacted. Mr. 2 did not get back up after that kick. Sanji's feet cooled back down and the fire dissipated. As that was happening he took his pack of cigarettes out of his jacket and lit one taking in a deep breath in the process.
"I lost."
"Of course you did."
"I'm surprised you made me go all out. I had a bag of other tricks to play but could not."
"That last bit before, when you used my friends face was dirty."
"But that is my power after all." Mr. 2 said
"That's true. Hey, just a warning."
"What's that?"
"This place is going to be crawling with the Marines in the next few hours."
"I figured they wouldn't be too far behind. But for now I am just going to rest here. That is if my life isn't ended by Baroque Works first."
"Your organization will be no more. They will be more concerned about their own asses. They won't have time to worry about you."
Sanji just turned around and walked away. As he was walking he could hear Mr. 2 say to himself "They can't be so bad."
"Guess I have a lot more work to do. I should probably go find Usopp and Chopper." Sanji said 'Hope they didn't beat their opponents up too bad.' He thought as he walked away from the semiconscious okama.
Around the same time with Zoro and Nami
"We should go after the girl first." Miss Doublefinger said
"Agreed." Mr. 1 said
"Why would you want to fight me when Zoro here will give you a real challenge?" Nami asked
"For that reason exactly. With you out of the picture we can fight him." Miss Doublefinger said
"You know, you're not giving me enough credit." Nami said
"So you think you will be an actual challenge?" Miss Doublefinger said
"For you, of course. Not so much for him." Nami said pointing to Mr. 1.
"You are so confident in your abilities; I see no harm in proving you wrong. Mr. 1 what do you say? Usual tactic out the window?"
"Fine by me. There is something strange about this swordsman. I'm curious to find out what it is. Go have your fun."
"Yeah, yeah." Miss Doublefinger said as she walked away towards Nami. "So?"
"So, aren't you going to show me these skills you are so proud of?"
"Of course, but what do you say we take this fight somewhere else? I don't exactly want to get caught up in their fight."
"You believe your swordsman friend to be a match for Mr. 1?"
"Lady, Zoro will kick his ass."
"That's funny. But very well, lead the way." Miss Doublefinger said
Nami and Miss Doublefinger walked off down and over a few blocks so they wouldn't be caught in Mr.1 and Zoro's fight.
"This should be far enough away." Nami said as she tore her skirt about two thirds of the way up her left leg so she can move around easier.
"Ready when you are." Miss Doublefinger said as her body started to change and more and more spikes appeared on her body.
"Well that's just freaky." Nami said
"Freaky, yet effective. Now hurry up I'm getting impatient."
"Alright." Nami said as she took two pieces of her Sorcery Clima-tact out of the holster. She started spinning them. "Heat Egg and Cool Egg."
"What the hell are you doing?" Miss Doublefinger asked
"Just having a little fun." Nami said.
"Are you not gonna take this seriously. I can kill you now if you would rather just play around."
"Oh, I don't like that idea." Nami said. "How about this?" Nami held one end of the blue poles in her hand and pointed it at Miss Doublefinger. "Gust sword." Nami said before a small bubble appeared at the end of the segment. It popped and the wind that was produced was so strong it sent Miss Doublefinger flying backwards down the street. She was more or less physically unfazed as she was eventually able to slow herself using her Toge Toge no mi but she was surprised by how powerful wind produced was.
As she started walking back towards Nami she said "That is actually rather interesting, to be able send me so far down the street. I won't allow that to happen again."
Miss Doublefinger turned her hands into spikes and started running at Nami. "Your little pipes can't stop these."
"No they can't. The only thing that could protect me your spikes would be swords, which I don't know how to use. My little pipes as you called them can do plenty of other things." Nami said as she put all three segments together. Nami started spinning the pole in her hands.
"Well I won't give you a chance." Miss Doublefinger said. She was just about to stab Nami, but she vanished and evaded the attack.
"That's fine." Nami said from somewhere.
"Where the hell did you go?" Miss Doublefinger said
Nami didn't say anything. She wasn't going to be foolish and let Miss Doublefinger follow her voice. She had enough to worry about. She had to be careful to make as little noise as possible. Soon enough being invisible had worn out its usefulness. She started spinning her pole again. This time it was to break the illusion. She quickly took it apart and rearranged the sections. This time when she started spinning the Bo-staff something weird happened. Ow mind you this wasn't weird for Nami as she had done this multiple times. It was weird for Miss Doublefinger as doppelgängers of Nami started to appear. By the time all was said and done Miss Doublefinger was surrounded by eight Nami's.
"Mirage Tempo: Fata Morgana." All of the Nami doppelgängers said in unison.
"First you become invisible, now you duplicate yourself! What are you? Some kind of witch?" Miss Doublefinger asked
"You have no idea how many times I've heard that." They all said in unison. "No, it's science."
Miss Doublefinger didn't say anything. She curled up into a ball and spikes started popping up all over her. Soon enough her body was covered long and sharp spikes. "Stinger Hedgehog." She said before she started rolling around on the ground. She quickly picked up momentum. Soon she was rolling over all of the place at random as she can't see. She managed to take out a few of the Nami duplicates by chance, but Nami made more.
Nami took her Bo-staff apart and this time she was going to use it to make it rain, albeit in a small area. "Weather Egg." They all said as a two weather eggs each popped out of their staffs. They all appeared to hatch but only two of them actually did. "Rain Tempo." The Nami's said as it started raining.
Miss Doublefinger started to slow down as she felt the rain falling. She soon came to a stop, all of the spikes started to shrink and she stood up. "I have to admit that feels nice, it's so hot and humid in this country. But that won't stop me from killing you."
"Oh, I know. But I had to get you to stop rolling around." Nami said.
"Why is that?"
"Weather Egg." Nami yelled as her duplicates vanished. Quite a few bubbles came out of the end of Nami's bo-staff. All of the bubbles popped. Exposed to the air they all started to grow and merge together into one massive cloud. "Hatch" Nami yelled. The clouds started to rumble and the next minute there was a discharge. A massive bolt of lightning rained down and struck Miss Doublefinger. She fell to the ground unconscious. The lightning itself may not have been enough to knock her out. But adding the water to the equation did the trick.
Around the time Nami walked away from Miss Doublefinger relatively unscathed but with various cuts and bruises.
Zoro's fight with Mr. 1
"So what do you do?" Zoro asked "Most of the people we have fought so far have had devil fruits, you must have one as well."
"You would be correct. I ate the Supa Supa no mi, making me a blade human."
"That's convenient, turning any part of your body into a weapon."
"It's handy in my line of work."
"Working for Crocodile?"
"Assassination" Mr. 1 said. "You must have been the one to cut down the bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak."
"Yeah, that was me. You know I sort of remember a guy with a moniker similar to yours looking to recruit me back when I was still in the East Blue." Zoro said. "But enough talk of the past. I don't have time to play with you."
"You think this fight will be easy for you?" Mr. 1 asked
Zoro didn't say anything. He just shrugged. "Guess only time will tell."
"Very well" Mr. 1 said before the back of his arms turned into blades. Mr. 1 charged at Zoro with his arms crossed.
Zoro drew his swords and blocked Mr.1's attack. He would move away just long enough to change a different part of his body into a blade and attack again. But Zoro was also rather fast and was also able to dodge or counter whatever Mr. 1 could throw at him.
'We are about equal in terms of strength. But I should be able to cut him with little effort. Whether or not my Haki works is up in the air.' Zoro thought.
Mr. 1 went to kick Zoro but he was able to duck beneath his leg. He stood back up to counter. "Tora Gari." Zoro said as he swung his swords forward to attack Mr. 1. But it didn't cut him.
"Was that supposed to have hurt me?"
"No." Zoro said before the two of them went back to their battle where pretty much the only sound that could be heard was the clash of steel.
"What are you going to do? If you can't cut steel you won't be able to beat me."
Zoro said nothing but went to attack Mr. 1. He caught both blades in his hands. Zoro backed off before the tried something else. He put two swords away and got into a stance. He spread his legs far enough apart to get a sturdy base. He held Wado Ichimonji in his left hand above his head and grabbed his left forearm with his right hand. "Sanjuroku Pound Ho" Zoro brought his arm down and let his attack fly.
The attack hit Mr. 1 and he started to bleed. For a little bit Mr. 1 continued to fight. "I'm impressed. No one can say that they've ever been able hurt me before. Then again no one has lived once they became my target."
'Guess it's not quite up to par just yet.' Zoro thought before they went back to their fight. 'I want to try my Haki out on this guy but I am going to have to train my mind and my body more. Guess I will have to practice with Luffy.'
Zoro pulled all of his swords out of their sheaths and got into a familiar stance. The swords were all facing blade down and to his right. "Tatsumaki." Zoro said before he spun his body and a smallish razor sharp gust of wind was sent spinning right towards Mr. 1. He was unable to dodge it and got caught in the updraft. While not as powerful as it would become in a few years, it was a good start as it got the job done. Mr. 1 did not get up after that attack.
Zoro walked over to him. "Looks like I lost." Mr. 1 said. "Being able to cut steel is something to be proud of."
"It was essential in order for me to grow stronger."
'I bet everyone is doing better this time around.' Zoro thought. "They should all be finishing up their fights soon." Zoro said before he started walking around aimlessly. 'My haki really still needs quite a bit of work to get it to a respectable level.'
With all of their fights over the Straw Hats all head for the same place. As the straw hats were fighting the battle spread through the city. More and more of the people caught in this fight were making their way further into the city. The clock tower just happens to be the place Crocodile wants as many rebels and soldiers to gather within the 5 km blast zone.
Now we are going to rewind the clock and bring you up to speed with what Vivi has been up to while the Straw Hats fight the Baroque Works officer agents.
Vivi and Carue had just made their way up the south-west staircase. They started heading for the palace. The sound of battle could be heard off in the distance. The battleground was expanding every minute, sooner or later large portions of the city would be consumed in the chaos. Vivi would have to work quick and do something drastic if she was going to halt the fighting long enough to get the attention of all of the people fighting, regardless of the side they were on.
"We have to get to the palace fast Carue. So let's try to avoid as much of the fighting as possible."
"Quack" Carue said. He was determined to get there as fast as possible. So Carue took off running. They knew this city as well as anyone else and they were able to take advantage of that. Eventually after making it through much of the city they came across a barricade with over a dozen royal guards standing there restricting access to part of the city.
"Hey, look at that." One guard said
"Isn't that Carue?" Another guard asked
"It is, but who is riding on his back?" A third guard asked
As they were talking Vivi and Carue continued on and made it to the makeshift barricade. "Who are you? State your business!" The second guard asked. Carue and Vivi stopped just short of knocking over one of the guards.
Vivi took off her hood and revealed her face to the guards.
"Princess Vivi." They all said.
"I need to get to the Palace and talk to Chaka." Vivi said
"Of course." They all said as they let Vivi past the barricade.
With the guards out of the way Vivi continued on to the Palace. "I hope Luffy-san and the others are all right." Vivi said. "We've been lucky so far Carue but we've got to hurry."
"Quack" Carue said as he ran through the streets avoid fighting wherever possible. Sometime later Princess Vivi and Carue make it to the Palace. As she was making her way through the courtyard looking for Chaka there were whispers. Whispers of "Princess Vivi is back; Where was she all this time; Why come back now of all times; You're right the Princess is back." Even during the difficult situation they were smack in the middle of there was a slight morale boost. They might never know why the princess up and disappeared two years but she was back and that was one less thing they had to worry about.
"Princess Vivi." Chaka yelled "You're all right." He said
"Yes, I'm fine. I have an idea on how to at halt the fighting but I need your help."
"What can I do Princess?"
"We have to destroy the Palace!"
Chaka heard what Vivi said but he couldn't believe that those words came out of their Princesses mouth.
"I'm sorry, princess I can't do it. I won't destroy the palace."
"I understand, but we must do something to draw Crocodile out." Vivi whispered to Chaka. She turned back to face the guards and started talking. "The palace is not important. The people make up this country, not this building. The people down their fighting are worth it. We can always rebuild, it's only a building no matter how old."
"Only a building!" One guard yelled
"This palace has been the home of the Royal family for over 4000 years."
"Please abandon such a foolish idea."
"Believe me this was a difficult decision. I didn't want to have to resort to something so drastic. But I have to think about the larger picture. What about all the people down there fighting for what they believe in. No matter how much history this palace has, the country and the people will always have more. Without the people there is no country. We have to do something for the good of the country and the people. Once this is over, regardless of the outcome we will have to rebuild. We can rebuild things but we can only do so much to repair the injuries to the people that this senseless violence has caused."
Chaka got down and kneeled before Princess Vivi. "We shall do as you say." He stayed like that for a moment before he got up. "You heard the princess." Chaka said. Soon enough all the guards started moving about and gathering whatever gunpowder they had. Soon it was just Vivi and Chaka standing there. They over saw all of the work that was being done all over.
"So, this is to draw Crocodile out?" Chaka asked
"It is. My friends told me that Crocodile wants to take over the country." Vivi said
"He's looking to usurp the throne and move into the palace?"
"That is my understanding. I guess we will have to wait and see. I imagine he won't stay hidden for too long."
"I wonder what his highness would say if he could see what was going on."
"He would tell you to not be so hard on yourself. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to make all of these decisions. It couldn't have been easy on anyone." Vivi said "You've done a commendable job over the past two years without Igaram. I'm also sorry for leaving all of a sudden."
"You have changed so much for the better in the past two years. I would like to meet these pirate friends of yours and learn what kind of people they are. I'm sure once this is all over we will be able to enjoy a nice banquet."
"I think you might be right." Vivi said
"Commander Chaka." A guard said
"What is it?"
"He's in the palace!"
"My, my how troublesome. Your actions are quite unbecoming of a princess, Miss Wednesday. Once this is all over this palace will be my home. Kuhahaha! There's no better place to look down on the filthy rabble!"
Guards appeared from inside the castle and went to attack Miss All Sunday who had shown up just after Crocodile. She easily over powered them and knocked them out.
"Miss All Sunday." Crocodile said "Make sure that none of the guards make their way in here."
"Of course" Robin said as she walked closer to the stairs leading to a large gate "Dieciséis Fleur!" And sixteen arms appeared on the door separating the courtyard and the massive staircase leading up to the palace.
"What, why are there hands coming out of the gate?" Various guards said before they were all pushed down the stairs.
"Quite the commotion on the other side of the door!" Robin said
While that was going on Cobra was hung up on the wall. He has large spikes in his arms with blood running down both his arms.
"Vivi" Cobra said "Forgive me for squandering the chance to save this kingdom, that you risked your life to get…"
"Let go of his highness, Crocodile." Chaka said
"It's just as the king himself so pathetically stated. But Miss Wednesday…It wasn't just your life you risked was it? You should thank those pirate friends of yours for helping you come this far"
"Where is Luffy?"
"You mean Straw Hat?" Crocodile said "I left him in the desert to think about all of this. I probably should have killed him now that I think about it." Crocodile said. "I still might get that chance, he seems like he would be foolish enough to come here."
"No let's get down to business. Just to be perfectly clear, I have no intention of sparing you and your father. It's only natural that when a kingdom falls the royal family should perish with it. But there is one last thing I need to ask you Cobra." Crocodile said walking over to Cobra. "Where is Pluton?"
'What is Pluton?' Vivi thought to herself
'If only Crocodile knew that the Government has been looking for it as well.' Robin thought
"How do you know that name?" Cobra asked
"It's said that a single blast from Pluton can destroy and entire island without leaving a trace. The ancient world's most fearsome weapon which carries the name of a god! It should be lying somewhere within this Kingdom." Crocodile said. "That has been my real objective from the beginning. Imagine what I could do with a weapon like that. I could establish the world's leading military power here in this land!"
"Does something like that really exist in this kingdom?" Vivi asked
"It's a secret that has been passed down from King to his successor for generations." Chaka said
"Once I become king of this land, It'll be easy to bring all the pirates in nearby regions under my control! With such influence I will have enough power to surpass even the World Government's authority itself! At last I will have my utopia!"
"Are you really foolish enough to believe the World Government would just let that happen?" Cobra asked
"Oh, of course not. That's precisely why I need something like Pluton in order to tip the scales in my favor."
"I have no idea where you managed to learn that name, but I'll have you know that I have no clue as to its whereabouts. Nor I am even sure if such a thing really exists in this kingdom."
"I expected as much. Even I realize just how dubious the existence of such an incredible weapon is. In any case, by 4:30 in just about 30 minutes from now the bulk of the royalist forces that are gathered around the city square will be engulfed in a massive explosion."
"You must be out of your mind."
"Maybe, but I do know that the scenery viewable from here will undergo quite a renovation from the explosion."
"But if you do that!" Vivi said
"Yes, the rebellion you have been working so hard to stop with nonviolence will come to an end in just a matter of moments."
"How can you do such a thing? Just what have my people ever done to you?"
"Princess!" Chaka said as he grabbed Vivi from running at Crocodile.
"What an eyesore." Crocodile said "Alright then, Mr. Cobra. Instead of that, tell me where is the Poneglyph?"
"Why would you want to know where that is?" Vivi asked "It's just an old stone, no one can read it." Vivi said
"If I tell you where it is, will you…" Cobra said "No, I will show you where it is myself."
"Well the wise king Cobra lives up to his reputation. You understood the predicament you are in." Crocodile said
"Princess, I can no longer hold back my fury!" Chaka said as he drew his sword from his scabbard.
From the door Robin had been protecting came a voice "Commander Chaka! Please wait!" The voice said as four large men forced their way through the door and into the courtyard.
"Who the hell is it now?" Crocodile asked
"The Kicking Claw Force!" Vivi said
In the square the royal guards began cheering.
"That's the elite guard for you!" They said
"Save the princess and the king." Other guards said
Back up in the courtyard
"Your highness…To protect you with our very lives is our highest duty. I'm afraid we cannot just let this man be."
"If our enemy is to be one of the Shichibukai, we shall not show cowardice. We four, shall put an end to our kingdom's threat."
"Well, aren't you popular. Scurry off back home." Crocodile said
"That's not possible, there is a reason we cannot withdraw!"
"A reason…?"
"If you really are the mastermind behind this whole rebellion…" One of the Claw Force said as he flexed his muscles and staggered horizontal bruises covered their arms.
"Those marks! Don't tell me you…?" Chaka said as he looked on in disbelief
"Shall I take care of them?" Robin asked
"No, they're nothing but flies to me." Crocodile said
The claw force charged in ready to attack Crocodile.
"Chaka!" Vivi said "What happened to them? Something seems off!"
"They drank the hero water. It gives them incredible strength for but a few minutes. Once that time is up they will die. There is nothing we can do to save them." Chaka said
"NOOO!" Vivi yelled
"So you fools really did it, you threw away your lives just to challenge me!"
They actually did hit Crocodile with their attack but he had already become intangible and avoided any damage. The turned into sand and made his way to the roof of the palace. The four members of the Claw Force slowly all fell to the ground
"How dare you." Chaka yelled. "At least let them die fighting." He used his Inu Inu no mi model Jackal to transform into his hybrid human Jackal form before he went to attack Crocodile.
"Don't be foolish Chaka." Cobra said. But was too late, Chaka wouldn't listen and rushed in trying to put an end to Crocodile.
The attack met its mark however it didn't hurt Crocodile as intended. He simply allowed the attack to hit him. Using his logia devil fruit he was effortlessly able to pull himself back together. "So you're the type to die for others too." Crocodile said before he easily dealt with Chaka.
"Chaka" Vivi yelled
"To be weak is a sin." Crocodile said
"What's going on here Vivi?" Koza asked. His looked like he was tired and his shirt partially stained red.
"Did you come here through the secret path you used as a child." Cobra asked
"I must be seeing things. I came here with the intention of persuading the royal forces, but…" Koza looked around at everything that had happened. He quickly surmised what was going on.
"The first thing I see is the king… about to be murdered at the hands of this Country's Hero."
"Well isn't this an interesting turn of events." Crocodile said "Who would have thought that the leaders of both sides would all come here and meet each other right in the midst of the rebellion's climax."
Koza just looked up in disbelief and confusion.
"You seem confused but it's quite simple. Just imagine the worst case scenario. I'm sure you will come up with something close to the right answer." Robin said
"Who stole this country's rain?" Koza asked
"It was me Koza. All the rebels think it was the king. But my organization has been orchestrating all of these events for the past two years. It would have been better if you died never finding out the truth."
"Shut up." Cobra said "Koza you have to go out here and save as many as you can from this needless bloodshed."
"In less than half an hour the palace square will be blown to smithereens!" Chaka said
"Huh, so you're still alive." Crocodile said
"Hurry." Chaka said
Koza started running but Vivi stopped him.
"Get off me Vivi. The square is going to become a battlefield soon. If it's really going to be blown up then, I"
"I won't let it become a battlefield. But you can't go rushing down there. All you will be doing is adding to the chaos if you go down there and tell the soldiers that the square will be blown up. Everyone will be too panicked to listen! You won't stop the war or save anyone that way!"
"Am I wrong?" Vivi asked
"That's very smart of you princess!" Crocodile said
"The whole fabricated rebellion must be stopped. There is only one course of action that we can take. And it's something only you can do." Vivi said to Koza as she got off of him.
Meanwhile the rebellion was getting ever closer to the square.
Crocodile turned into sand and went to attack Vivi. "Did you think I would stand around and let you do that?"
Chaka managed to get up off the roof and block Crocodile's gold hook.
"I am this country's guardian deity… the jackal!" Chaka said "As long as I am breathing I will use it to fight."
"That is stupid." Crocodile said
"I still have enough strength to hold him off for a little while. Now go and do what you must" Chaka said
Vivi and Koza nodded and then they took off. Vivi yelled down to the Royal army from the castle. "Take out the white flags to surrender."
The soldiers were hesitant. But then Koza appeared and he too yelled down to the royal army but this time from the top of the stairs just beyond the door separating the square from the courtyard.
"Listen to me! We wish neither victory nor to fight! All we want is to stop this war!" Koza said "I will tell the rebels that this whole fight is pointless!"
The rebels had made it to the square but what they saw when they got there was a surprise.
"White flags!?" The rebels were confused but even more so when they saw that Koza was among them and he too was waiving a white flag.
"The battle is over! Rebels! Lay down your arms and quell your rage. The royal army no longer has any intention to fight! This war is finally…"
Koza didn't get to finish his sentence before he was shot in the back. And just like that the battle started back up again. Around the same time a massive sandstorm started.
Outside the Palace, all of the Straw Hats were gathering.
"Looks like your fight went well." Nami said
"Yeah, he wasn't much of a challenge. I have plenty of room for improvement." Zoro said
"How the hell did the Marimo get here before me?" Sanji asked
"I found him and he followed me. I almost had to drag his sorry ass." Nami said
"Looks like we are last Chopper!" Usopp said
"Oh well." Chopper said "How do you think Luffy is doing?"
"The idiot is probably fine." Nami said "We can only afford to wait here for a few minutes."
Back up in the courtyard.
"Run Vivi! Get away from that man!" Cobra said
"As long as I can stop that explosion 15 minutes from now I will still be able to save lives."
"I can stop the rebellion if I do this… I can stop it if I do that…" Crocodile said "Open your eyes Princess… Your unbearable idealism is sickening!"
If Crocodile bothered to turn his head to the left he would have seen that there was something off in the distance and it was approaching rather fast.
"CROCODILE" yelled Luffy at the top of his lungs.
Crocodile had been listening to Vivi's speech about how she will save the country. He must not have heard Luffy yelling.
"Are you ready Luffy?" Pell asked
"Of course!" Luffy said as he jumped off of Pell and landed in the courtyard with a thud. The impact caused the ground to shake a bit. But as soon as Luffy was on the ground he disappeared. Within the next few second Luffy was right next to Crocodile and he had already landed a fist in Crocodiles's gut. The punch caused Crocodile to release his grasp on Vivi. He nearly doubled over from the punch.
"You alright Vivi?" Luffy asked
"I'm okay." Vivi said "The palace square will be blown up any moment now. Everyone has been done in and my voice won't reach anybody." Luffy bonked her on the head as she was getting too upset.
"Don't worry Vivi. Your voice reached us just fine!" Luffy said as Vivi was rubbing the tears from her eyes. "Now hurry, Pell is waiting for you. Our friends are at the bottom of those stairs, they are waiting for you." Luffy said before she took off. Pell was waiting on top of the wall overlooking the square turned battlefield.
"Are you ready Pell?" Vivi asked
"Of course Princess" Pell said "Luffy said his friends are at the base of these stairs."
Pell dove off the side with Vivi in tow and they soared down to the rest of the Straw Hats below. Within a minute Pell and Vivi were safely on the ground and they had found the remaining Straw Hats.
"Hey guys, look. It's Vivi." Nami said
"Everyone, I'm so glad you're all ok." Vivi said
"More or less." Zoro said "So tell us, what is going on?"
"In less than 12 minutes there will be an explosion that will level whole area." Vivi said "It's supposed to have a 5 km blast radius."
"Something with that much destructive power has to be huge." Usopp said "At that size it wouldn't be very accurate either."
"So you think it's already here?" Vivi asked
"I would listen to Usopp, he is usually right when it comes to stuff like this." Sanji said "Is there any place you can think of that would be large enough to hide something so huge?"
"Vivi-sama, what about where you and Koza used to play as children?"
"The clock tower?"
"If it's there, Crocodile wouldn't leave it unguarded." Zoro said. But before they could get anywhere Billions appeared and prevented their escape for the time being. Little did they know they were already outmatched.
"Look it's the princess. I wonder how I'll be promoted once I kill you." One Billion said
Zoro and Sanji didn't even bother talking about how long it would take. They had already walked over and began beating the shit out of all of the billions. In a matter of seconds the billions had been defeated and the group could proceed.
"That was quite impressive." Pell said "It's quite amazing you were able to find such formidable allies Vivi-sama."
"Let's go. We don't have time to waste." Sanji said
Back in the courtyard
"What the hell are you doing Straw Hat? I let you live. I guess you really are as stupid as the other rookies on this sea." Crocodile said after he stood back up after Luffy punched him. It was then that he noticed Luffy had a barrel of water on his back.
"Maybe I am. But that really doesn't matter now, does it?"
"You were foolish enough to follow me. I guess I will have to make an example out of you."
"You are gonna have to catch me." Luffy said before he used soru to vanish into thin air.
"You really are fast. But that doesn't matter, even with the water on your back."
Luffy stopped and reappeared close to Crocodile "You're so confident in your abilities." Luffy said "You haven't had to worry about someone making it here who is strong enough to take you head on."
"Of course I am. This is the Grand Line. Even just this far in, there are pirates who are already of another level than those who have just come down Reverse Mountain."
"So it would look bad on you if I kicked your ass?" Luffy asked
"Don't get ahead of yourself. Even if you are fast the only reason you have been able to hit me is because of that water on your back."
"I guess you will just have to wait and see." Luffy said
Back to the Future Straw Hats
"So you had us all come down here because this ghost remembers some of his past." Frankly said
"Yes, that is correct." The ghost said
"So are you going to tell us?" Sanji asked
"Yes, I was just about to. So as I said some time ago. I don't remember my name but I do remember I lived around 800 to 900 years ago."
"So you lived during the void century?" Robin asked
"That is what you people call that part of history, but that is correct. I lived during the time the world forgot."
"So, were you a part of one of the twenty ruling families that became the world government?"
"No, I was a part of one of the families that took over after our ruling family moved to what would become Mariejoa."
"We only know the names of two of the twenty ruling families. Well actually 19 as the Nefertari's decided to stay in Alabasta." Robin said
"Who would they be?"
"Not counting the Nefertari's, the only other family we know of is the Donquixote family."
"Neither of those names sound familiar, I do know my family was from the New World."
"That really doesn't help. I can only guess from which islands the families came from. I'm just thinking it would make sense for ten ruling families to come from each side of the red line." Robin said
"Really, that does sound like it would make sense. We will assume that is true. I don't know which island I came from. I was born on a ship and spent most of my life on that ship. My father's brother was the king of our country. My family and I spent most of our time going from island to island dealing with diplomatic issues."
"Your family took care of the issues the king didn't want to take care of?" Sanji asked
"I don't know. He either didn't want to or couldn't, but that does sound right. My father would have been a better King. He was unlucky to have been born second."
"Regardless of who would have been better, I enjoyed my life. I got to see the world. I was a curious child. My parents and the sailors on the ship always took the time to answers any and all of my questions. Well there were some topics that were off limits but I could never understand why. No matter how many times I asked they would always change the subject and begin talking about something else."
"Do you remember what it was your family didn't like talking about?" Brook asked
"As best as I can recall they didn't particularly care for creatures of intelligence equivalent to our own but didn't share our body...structure. I think that's the word I was looking for."
"Do you mean the people of the long leg tribe, the long arm tribe, snake necks, dwarves, giants, fishmen or minkmen?"
"Wow, I forgot people with all sorts of different traits existed. I believe it was the fishmen my family didn't really care for. I don't think we ever saw any minkmen. Who are they?"
"Think Fishman but non aquatic." Jinbe said
"So they were some sort of animal human hybrid?" The ghost said
"They are land based people who are waking, taking, intelligent creatures that look like the animals you would see on the various islands." Chopper said
"Are you one of them? A minkman as you called them?"
"No, I'm actually a reindeer who ate the Hito Hito no mi."
"Ah, so you are a devil fruit user."
"Hold on a second, we got off track. We were taking about why your family didn't like the fishmen." Sanji said
"To be completely honest, they never told me exactly why. They just didn't. But I was one of the few people on the boat who didn't have any problems with those wonderful people. When we traveled to and from the New World we would stop at Fishman Island. The first time we stopped there I was met with hostility. But many of the people were nice and very welcoming. I won them over rather quickly and was on such good terms with the people there. So whenever we stopped there I would be nominated to get off the boat and do business with them. I became the ambassador of sorts between the two groups. I even got to meet their ruling family at the time."
"That is quite impressive. However I am unfamiliar with fishman, human relations back then." Jinbe said
"That is quite alright. What I do recall was that the ruling family was very hospitable and that negotiations generally went well. There were disagreements but that was to be expected."
"Yeah, no one can get along with everyone all the time. People are bound to have differing opinions on how matters should be handled." Nami said
"Yes and we handled the matters we disagreed on to the best of our ability. In the end we generally went with the best option with the lowest impact on the people."
"So aside from the politics which is boring, how many times did you visit Fishman island?"
"I would say over a dozen over the course of several decades."
"That is actually quite impressive for the time. Actually that even sounds impressive for today." Nami said
"Truth be told, we actually did end up stopping their pretty much every time we crossed beneath the red line."
"So you would spend years at a time one side of the red line or the other."
"That sounds right. But the last time we were traveling away from the island we got into trouble."
"That phrase "the last time we" is never a good sign." Brook said
"You are correct skeleton, it was not good. I don't recall what exactly happened to our ship. But I do remember everyone yelling and panicking. I was able to use the bubble coral I had received as a gift to save myself. Sometime later I passed out but was somehow able to make it to Fishman Island. I spent the next decade or so on the island. I moved around and for a while I even stayed with the royal family before I decided to go back to the surface. One of the last things I remember before I left for the surface was that I was discussing something with the king. He told me that his daughter had inherited a gift. She was able to communicate with the massive sea kings that swam in those waters. I believe there was a name that was passed down to her when she awakened that ability. I don't remember what it was thought."
"Poseidon" Jinbe said.
"That does sound right." The ghost said. Jinbe was speechless for a time. Robin was shocked to say the very least at this particular development. She had spoken with the king about this after they beat Hody and the New Fishman pirates.
When Jinbe was finally able to speak again he said. "I can't believe it. It must be you."
"You might be Joyboy. You might be the one who broke their promise to the mermaid princess 800 years ago." Robin said
"I don't know. I have felt like I might have let a lot of people down by not keeping a promise."
"Let's say that for arguments sake you are Joyboy. How did you end up in a magic lamp?"
"I do not know. I'm sorry. After so much time my memories have become fuzzy. If I really am from that long ago it wouldn't be unreasonable to have had my memories blur together."
"You also may have gone crazy from loneliness." Brook said "I spent 50 years alone. Solitude will do that to you."
"Were you aware of how long you were in that lamp?" Usopp asked
"No. For a very long time I was trapped in there. But eventually I learned magic or maybe I am using a devil fruit. I don't really know. But I became aware I could look out into the world and see what was going on."
"That's the same power you used to spy on us." Nami said
"Didn't I already apologize for that?"
"We got off topic again." Jinbei said "King Neptune doesn't know the details but he has told me that eventually somebody would come and carry out the promise in Joyboy's place."
"Aside from letting a lot of people down I don't remember any details."
"Does the name Noah mean anything to you?"
"Was Noah a person?"
"No, Noah is a massive ship that recently had some damage done to it and it is undergoing repairs."
"I don't know? Maybe I was supposed to help the Fishmen find an island to call home on the surface and Noah would help get them there?"
"Why would they need a ship to relocate? They can breathe underwater!"
"That's enough for now. I am tired. Let me think about it. Come back down here tomorrow and we can talk more. Until then." The spirit disappeared into the lamp.
"Well it looks like we are done here for now." Sanji said
"Yeah, I guess we are." Jinbe said
"Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to figure out what happened all that time ago?" Robin said
"Yes, it would be." Jinbe said
"I'm hungry let's go eat." Luffy said
"You idiot, you always think with your stomach." Nami said
"Yeah, but isn't that part of the reason why you love me?" Luffy asked
"No, not particularly." Nami said before she walked off.
The Straw Hats all started to follow Nami out of the cave, All except for Sanji.
"Hey Luffy, could you hold up for a second?"
"Sure what's up?"
"I just wanted to make sure that you're serious about Nami."
"Of course I am Sanji. Going through all of this, being stuck in that limbo made me realize how good I had it and what an amazing woman Nami is."
"Good, just make sure you take good care of her. She deserves only the best."
"Sanji I would never dream of doing anything to hurt her."
"Good. Now let's go eat. You must be starving. How long did you go without eating?"
"Oh, you know that's a good question."
"How long was I gone?"
"Long enough captain. You were gone long enough." Sanji just walked away without giving him a definitive answer. He realized he would be cooking for his bottomless pit of a captain forever if he told him how long he had actually been gone for. The two of them walked through the cave, closing the doors behind them and going back up to the Thousand Sunny.
Hi guys, Sorry it has been so long since i've posted a chapter. Hopefully you guys enjoy this one. I won't make any promises as to when the conclusion to Alabasta will be out. But I hope to have it out around this time next month, hopefully it will be sooner if I can get some free time to write. But school has been taking up alot of my free time.
dmr14wizkid: I hope that you like the chapter.
Shadowdragondanny: Sorry for the wait.
midnightscar17: I hope you think this chapter was good. I am still holding back everyones haki. More of a transition kind of thing, but also to keep the marines off of their tails. I would also like to see that happen.
Tonlor: I also liked Crocodile. I hope to see him again in the New World.
Johnny Spectre: That was without haki
Darkangel665: Don't worry. This is not going to be a harem story. I will keep the sexy time stories to Luffy and Nami or Zoro and Robin. I might add a third person to either of the duos but not sure about any more.
gamelover41592: I don't want to keep everything the same.