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Chapter Three: The Royal Promise

Luffy's POV

"Please escape Princess Vivi!" Igaram told the Princess as he continued shooting a barrage of bullets at the duo. "Igaram!" Vivi yelled, worried for her friend. I won't let him die in front of her. "Protect" I whispered. *Boom*

I made the shield disappear before the smoke did. The shock of it must've knocked him unconscious though. He fell to the ground. "Igaram!"

"It's no use!"

Miss Valentine swung her leg to kick the Princess when she floated to the ground. She only managed to break Vivi's hair ornament that kept her hair up. Her hair flowed down her back before she tried to slash Miss Valentine with her Kujakki Slashers. "Monsters!" Vivi scowled when Miss Valentine landed quietly on the ground.

"You're a Princess, Miss Wednesday?!" Mr. 9 cheered as he bowed down to her, face on the ground. "Stop being dumb, Mr. 9!" she yelled at him. Hearing footsteps, I turned around.

"This is a very screwed up night! Do whatever you want!" Zoro commented. He ran across the battlefield, dragging Luffy#2 behind him. At least he came back for what he thinks is my body. "I'm alright, Princess Vivi. Please escape from here with Luffy's Crew" Igaram told the Princess. "He'll take you to our motherland"

Vivi was shocked to hear this. "Without you, our home will be… please hurry!" Igaram begged her. "You think you can run from us?" Mr. 5 asked. "Don't mess with us!" Vivi tried to fight but Mr. 9 stopped her from continuing.

"I don't know what is happening, but we've been partners for a long time. I'll buy you some time so get going, Miss Wednesday!" he told the girl. "Bye-bye, Baby!" Mr. 9 said worrying Vivi. "Hot-Blooded Bat…" the man cartwheeled. "Nose Fancy…" Mr. 5 said.

"Of Guts!"

"Cannon!"

Mr. 9 flew backwards as a result of being hit by the Bomu Bomu no Mi. He was blown into the water before Vivi yelled the man's codename. "You're a part of Luffy's Crew, right? As unreasonable as this request may be to you, I still have it!"

I turned around to see that Zoro was struggling to get Igaram to let go of his leg. "Because the both of them possess Devil Fruit powers, I cannot stop them. Please protect the Princess in my place!" Igaram begged.

"Carue! Run!" Vivi told her Super Spot-Billed Duck. "If you deliver the Princess safely to Alabasta in my place, we will reward you immeasurably. Just please protect the Princess!" Igaram begged. "The Captain wants us to, but I will do it for the reward"

"How does one million Berries sound for Vivi's safe return?" Nami asked from atop the building. "Luffy's asleep, how do you know what he wants? I thought you were asleep" Zoro asked her. "He told me a while ago" she answered landing on the ground.

"Who in their right mind could sleep so carelessly in a Town that welcomes Pirates anyway?" she asked him. I would if I didn't know the Islands in the Grand Line. "It was all an act, I could've kept going if I wanted to" Nami said, making a drinking motion with her hand.

"Will you accept the one million, Squad Captain? Luffy and Sanji will protect Vivi but I steer the ship. I could steer it into dangerous waters" Nami threatened. "I'm a mere soldier, I can't promise you that sum of money" Igaram said, looking away from her. "Are you saying the Princess is worth less than that?" she asked, crouching in front of him.

"Pay it!" she told him, making him get up. "How are you not even injured?" Zoro asked the man in confusion. "I don't know, and your Captain said he would protect her. It would be best to negotiate the terms with the Princess and your Captain directly" the Squad Captain told her.

"I have to start by saving her then?" she asked. "Even now her life is in danger!" Igaram informed worriedly. "Alright then! I'll save your Princess, for now" Nami agreed as she stood. "Go get her Zoro" she said with an arrogant tone. I was annoyed with her bossing Zoro around like that.

"I'm not that EroCook, Nami!" he yelled at her. They went on to argue about money or something but Zoro didn't even need it. I gave all my Crew money for the stores in Loguetown and he spent none of it on anything except for Tashigi's glasses. Sometime in the middle of the arguing Luffy#2 woke up to leave.

"What would Luffy think of you not helping Vivi? He was the one who wanted to take her home for whatever reason" Nami said. Zoro cursed before he ran off to find her. "If I had been stronger, I would've been able to protect the Princess! I'm so ashamed"

"Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy are really strong, so don't worry about it" Nami told him softly. "If anything should happen to Princess Vivi… Alabasta will be finished" I felt bad for the man. I won't let anything happen to her or to Alabasta. "She must live!" his eyes were starting to water.

I went to find Zoro after that, finding Vivi instead. "Stop Carue!" she yelled before I jumped across the large road to another building. I decided to just follow Vivi since Zoro is supposed to find her. And I need to protect her and as many people as possible while I am here.

"You can get to the ships from here" Miss Monday told her when she stopped. "I will hold them off for you!"

"Because of that monstrously strong Swordsman we will all get punished for failing the mission anyway. Plus, I would rather be beaten for protecting a friend. What are you standing around for?! If you get killed, Mr. 8 and Mr. 9's sacrifices will be meaningless!" Miss Monday told her. She ran, thanking the woman for what she is doing.

Miss Monday betted her pride on not allowing them to pass. I watched her maneuver the log in her arms before thrusting it forward. I got out of the way of the explosion before I went after Vivi. It wasn't hard as she was frozen at the edge of Town.

Miss Valentine explained her Devil Fruit's powers, but I wasn't paying attention to her. Not until she was about to attack Miss Monday anyway. "Protect" I whispered before Miss Monday could be hit by Miss Valentine. It will keep her from going unconscious at least. "You think you can escape from that?"

Vivi told them that she will survive, that she will return home to Alabasta. She was determined to do this. "Nose Fancy…" I looked up to see Zoro jump off the roof of a tall building.

"Cannon!" he shouted before I saw Zoro land in front of the attack. The bomb was sliced in half, an explosion happened on either side of them. "Mr. Bushido?!"

"No! I cut his booger!" Zoro freaked making me fall to the ground in laughter. "Luffy wants to get you home, I was told to save you" I heard Zoro say when I wiped my tears away so I could see. His Sword was at her throat, likely to keep her from doing anything else besides staying there.

Nami's POV

"What is this 'Baroque Works' anyway?" I asked. He hesitated on telling me for a few seconds, but I stayed quiet until he answered. "It is a secret crime syndicate" that intrigued me.

"None of the members knows their boss's name or face. It mainly works in espionage, assassination, larceny, and Bounty Hunting. All of it done at their boss's command. Shouldn't your Captain have told you this?" the man asked. if I remember what the Princess said right, his name is Igaram.

"What would he know about it?" I asked, confused. "The Swordsman told us your Captain has a book on us. It has all of Baroque Works members' identities in it, the boss included"

I am going to kill him! How dare he not tell us anything about them when we met them a few days ago?! "Why would they listen to someone whose identity they don't know?" I asked, annoyed.

"Their ultimate objective is the founding of an ideal Nation. Everyone who currently does well in the Company will be guaranteed a high position in the ideal Nation. It is a Nation the boss will be creating very soon" Igaram explained.

"The boss's codename is Mr. 0. The closer a person's codename is to zero, the higher the person's standing will be. More than anything else though, it is how much stronger they are! The strength of Mr. 5 and above is especially great" Igaram explained.

I'm sure Luffy can handle them, he beat Arlong after all.

Luffy's POV

"You're the Swordsman who beat the lowly employees here" Miss Valentine realized. "Why would you want to protect the Princess of Alabasta?" Mr. 5 asked next.

"Luffy promised to bring Princess Vivi home to Alabasta. I'm not goin' to disagree with him on something like this" he told them simply. "Either way, that makes you our enemy" Mr. 5 informed dismissively. "You're in our way" he finished. "Yeah, he is!" the woman cackled.

I watched as Luffy#2 bounded towards Zoro. I couldn't even watch what was happening. The replica went to find Zoro solely because he found that the 'nice' people who gave him food were unconscious. Am I really that dense when it comes to food?

I laughed out loud when Zoro kicked my replica's body, making it fly into Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine. "Luffy?" Zoro asked in confusion and shock. I deactivated the Clear-Clear Fruit, making me visible again. "Yo!" I smiled, hand up in a wave. "Who was that?!" he asked pointing to where my replica flew to.

"A carbon copy of myself, I did eat the Replica-Replica Fruit" I smiled widely. "Have fun trying to get away from him by the way" I smirked at him. "You don't know how to get rid of him?!" a smile was my only answer. *Boom* *Boom* *Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

Miss Valentine shot out of the smoke using her Devil Fruit. "Time to die from the crushing weight of my Kilo-Kilo Fruit!" she yelled at Zoro. "You have to run, Mr. Bushido!" Vivi worried. "Shut up! There's no time for that!"

"That was a good workout! I managed to digest all of that food!" Luffy#2 said as he dragged an unconscious Mr. 5 from the building. "M-Mr. 5?! How did your copy do that?!" Vivi asked me.

"My replicas are perfect because they can mimic everything about their original. Personality, past, powers, strengths, weaknesses, etc." I smiled proudly. "I challenge you to a fight!" Luffy#2 declared. Zoro agreed to it. He forgot I was here apparently. "Let's see which one of us is stronger?"

"Aren't you two friends?" Vivi asked me when they collided. "No idea really, they can leave my Crew whenever they want. Whether it's because they're displeased with it somehow, they don't think they'll reach their dreams with me. I won't stop them from leaving if they have a good reason for it. They can also come back whenever, them leaving is up to them, not me so I wouldn't know if we're friends" I told her.

The two crashed into opposite buildings making me snicker. "This is more like training or seeing who's stronger than an actual duel. I had ordered my replica to hold back to not permanently harm Zoro. He may not like that, but it doesn't mean he'll find out" I told her easily.

"Will it be alright to pass through here? I want to leave" Vivi asked no one in particular. "I wouldn't" I told her. "Why not?" she asked before Luffy#2 and Zoro popped out of their respective holes in the walls. We were close enough to them now that they were a few feet in front of us.

"Let's show them how terrifying we can be, Mr. 5!"

"Let's do it, Miss Valentine!"

It was laughable, the duo trying to attack Luffy#2 and Zoro when they're already fighting each other. "Be quiet already!" the two yelled making the duo stop dead in their tracks from fear. "You're interfering… with our fight!"

Zoro knocked out Miss Valentine while Luffy#2 knocked out Mr. 5. It was hilarious because they bragged about being too strong to be beaten by us.

~Alabasta Saga~

"This can't be! What strength!" Vivi was impressed by the duo.

Zoro: "They're annoying"

Luffy#2: "What's their problem?"

"I told you not to get too close" I smiled at the Princess. Vivi and Carue were sweating from shock and fear. Wind rattled in a circle around and between them before electricity crackled. That was the mark of go before they started fighting again.

"Knock it off!" Nami yelled punching the two in the head. It stopped their fight dead in its tracks. "What are you two doing?! At least you kept the girl safe" Nami yelled at them. She walked past them before she saw me.

"Luffy? Why're there two of you?" she asked looking between us. "Luffy#2," I said making him stand up. "Disappear" I ordered him before he rippled away. "You almost let one million Berries get away from us!" Nami shouted at Zoro when her shock dissipated. "What are you talking about?" Vivi asked her.

"We need to talk about that, don't we!" Nami smiled widely as she picked up Zoro.

We hid in a place between three buildings that hides us fairly well. Nami explained the situation to her there.

"Luffy wants to get you home, I want to make a contract that will give you a safe passage home. Luffy does things willy nilly, but I won't do things unless it benefits me. Do you understand?" Nami asked her. Vivi nodded at this. "In exchange, I want one million Berries" Vivi looked away at this.

"You saw how strong they are, it's a pretty good deal"

"I cannot agree to your conditions" Vivi told her sternly. "Why not?! You're a Princess, aren't you?" Nami asked. I sighed, inaudibly, at this. "You don't know about the Alabasta Kingdom, do you?" Vivi asked. Nami shook her head no.

"It's a peaceful Kingdom, one known as a great civilization and Nation. It used to be known as that anyway" I think Nami realized what she meant by that. "Currently Alabasta is in the middle of a Civil War. For years signs of revolution have begun to appear. The people have revolted and Alabasta has fallen into complete chaos" the Princess explained. All of this because of Crocodile, or rather, Mr. 0.

"One day, I heard of an Organization, Baroque Works! I heard the populace was being manipulated by this group. There was a tight lid kept on any other information. There was nothing I could do. I asked Igaram for help since he's always meddled in my business since I was child" Vivi explained.

"The Squad Captain of the Alabasta Kingdom's Security?" I asked her. "Yes, that's him. I asked if there was a way for me to infiltrate Baroque Works. Doing that would let us see who was pulling the strings and what their goal was" she explained. "Couldn't you have called the Global Leader for help?" I asked.

"Well yes, but he's likely busy helping other people. We're just a small, arid Country compared to other places" she told me sadly. Why do people keep saying stuff like that?! I'll help anyone who asks for it, and even those who don't that need help. "Did you figure out their goal, Princess?" Zoro asked her. She nodded mutely.

"'The founding of an ideal Nation' that's what Igaram said anyway" Nami answered. It surprised Vivi to hear her say that. "The boss says it's to create an ideal Nation, but it's a total lie. Its true goal is to take over the Alabasta Kingdom! I have to hurry back and tell everyone the truth. I have to stop the fighting!" I held down my laughter at that.

Will telling the people of Alabasta the truth, really stop the fighting? She's naïve to think that will happen. "So, that's the final piece? There would be no money in a Civil War. Is that why you wanted to go there Luffy? To stop the war?" Nami asked me.

"Not really, I just want to stop Crocodile. He's the leader of Baroque Works and the reason for the war" I answered/informed. "You shouldn't have said that!" Vivi screamed in terror. "If anyone should know the boss's name, you'd all be in danger!" she told me.

"If you think he can ultimately beat me, try again Vivi. I won't be defeat by one of the Seven Warlords after just getting Nami away from one" I smirked. A Vulture and Sea Otter heard what I said, turning my smirk into a smile. "Tell Crocodile that, Unluckies" I told them before they flew off.

"I can't wait to fight another Warlord! I wonder what he's like?!" I wondered happily. "Me to" Zoro agreed. "Shut up, the both of you!" Nami yelled, hitting me on the head. "It's been short, thank you for everything!" Nami started walking off. "Where are you going Nami?" I asked her.

"They don't know what we look like yet! I'm leaving!" was her only answer. I saw the Sea Otter Unlucky show Nami a sketch of her, Zoro and I.

"So cool!" she praised before they flew off again. "There's nowhere to run now!" she complained. "I'm not apologizing!" I told her easily, arms crossed in stubbornness. "Where was she planning on running to anyway?" Zoro asked. I wondered the same thing.

"Seems like the three of us are on Baroque Works hitlist" Zoro smirked. I'm glad that he sounded proud of that. "Shishishi! This is going to be so much fun!" laughing happily at the idea. Nami was facing a wall as she sulked. "Fear not!" I turned to face Igaram.

"What are those clothes, Igaram?" Vivi wondered when she walked closer to him. I got off the barrel I was sitting on, confused about that as well. "You look hilarious!" I laughed, looking him up and down.

"Listen to me well, Princess Vivi. Once Baroque Works intelligence gets wind of something, pursuers may come after you almost immediately. You know what happens if you know the boss's secret" Igaram told her. "A thousand or so Agents will come after you" that terrified Nami. "I will pretend to be you and sail to Alabasta with these dummies on board" I sighed at this.

"I could just make replicas of those here instead" I told him. "I guess that would be better than my plan" Igaram realized. He changed into his other clothes before I started.

"Replica-Replica Group" activating my Devil Fruit. A perfect carbon copy appeared like an afterimage beside the ones that I wanted replicated. Igaram wasn't replicated as it wouldn't go well with his plan if there were two of him.

They were shocked that my Devil Fruit was able to do this.

"New plan then. I will take a boat and sail for Alabasta with the copies. While the pursuers are busy with me, all of you head to Alabasta via the normal route" Igaram explained. "We haven't come to an agreement yet, who said we were taking her home?" Nami asked in annoyance. "I did Nami, I see no reason not to when we're heading there anyway"

Besides, it is my job to take care of Crocodile. There wasn't supposed to be a Civil War in Alabasta. There's not supposed to be any kind of war anywhere when a Global Leader is still breathing. "Crocodile is gonna come after us ya know!" Nami yelled in terror.

"Isn't that exciting though?" I smiled at her. "No! It isn't!" she yelled. "How strong is Crocodile?" I asked Igaram.

"Don't you know Luffy?" he asked. He was curious and confused as to why I asked to begin with. "I know his Bounty was 4x Arlong's before he became a Warlord. It was taken down as he is a legally recognized Pirate now" I thought aloud. "Are you still gonna do it?" he asked me.

"Of course, I promised I would! And it sounds like fun to!" I smiled, hands on hips. "I am forever grateful to you, Luffy!" Igaram bowed deeply. I nodded, smiling at the man.

We arrived at the ship on the other side of the Island. "I will take my leave now, Princess Vivi. I need the Eternal Pose" Igaram told her. Vivi hesitantly gave the Pose to the man. "Eternal Pose?" Nami asked curiously.

"It's like a permanent version of a Log Pose. I have one on the ship that can be altered, but I also have one for Impel Down and Enies Lobby" I told her. "Why do you have the magnetic energy of a Prison and a Judicial Island?" Igaram questioned.

"No reason" I shrugged dismissively. I technically don't have a reason for those two anymore, so it wasn't a complete lie. I can tell half-lies and half-truths very easily. I just can't outright lie.

"Please take the Island-hopping route to Alabasta. It should be only be two or three Islands away from here by that route" Igaram told us. "It's Little Garden, Drum Island, then Alabasta if I remember right" tapping my chin in thought. "Take good care of the Princess" Igaram told me.

"Of course I will! I'll treat her as if she was one of my Crew" I promised easily. "Be careful on the harsh journey" Igaram told Vivi. She was about to cry, but gathered her strength to not shed any tears. "You too!" she held out her hand for him to shake. He did so before they set sail.

"I'll cook something for all of you!" Luffy#2 exclaimed happily, running inside. "You know how to cook?" Vivi asked me. I nodded. "Yeah, but only everyday dishes. Sanji's going to be cooking our meals for us when he's not doing something else" I told her.

"I like Igaram" I smiled happily, hands behind my head when I turned back to the retreating ship. "He's very reliable" Vivi smiled at the ship.

An explosion sounded right in front of us, destroying the ship. The aftershocks of the blast knocked my hat off my head, so I chased after it. I had seen many familiar hands the instant before the explosion occurred.

"Igaram's an amazing person! Let's go!" I yelled, walking away. We have to get Usopp and Sanji before we set sail. Zoro ran with me after he told Nami something that I didn't hear.

Scene Change: Town

"Go wake those two up Luffy!"

"Planned on it!" I yelled before he told me he was heading to the Merry. We split up and after a while I saw the Bar the two were in.

I ran straight into the door, breaking it at its hinges. "Come on Usopp! Sanji! Wake up!" I told them. I heaved Usopp over my left shoulder and I did the same for Sanji, but he was over my right one. I made sure they didn't smack into the walls as I left. "What are you doing Luffy?!"

"Let me down! What's going on?!" Sanji asked again. "We're on a crime syndicate's hitlist, we have to leave" I told them. It scared Usopp from his terrified screams that were in my ears. "We have to take Princess Vivi home as well"

Scene Change: Going Merry

I jumped onto the ship, dropping them gently on the deck. Nami and Vivi were arguing on the dock about something. "What's wrong?!" Zoro yelled. I walked over to the railing, leaning on it, as I watched them quarrel.

"Vivi says her Duck is missing!" Nami answered. "He won't come when I whistle for him!" the Princess informed worriedly. "You mean him?" Zoro asked, pointing to the Duck in between us. "Hi!" I fell to the deck laughing when Carue said that, wing up in a wave.

"You were here?!" Nami and Vivi yelled in anger. I stood up after I wiped the tears from my eyes. "I told him to go to our ship and leave Vivi to us when my replica and Zoro were fighting" I explained. "So that's why he was here earlier than me" Zoro stated calmly.

Vivi mentioned a Tributary before I climbed the Main Mast. I released the Main Sail, falling with it. I let go just before it was completely unfurled, landing on the deck with a thud. "How many people will they send after us?" Zoro asked the Princess.

"I don't know. Baroque Works has around 2000 members and there are a number of Towns allied with them nearby" she answered. She sounded uncertain about that. "They might really send 1000 people after us?!" Nami freaked. Sanji and Usopp woke up at this.

"Let's stay one more night!"

"The Town's great and the girls are cute!"

"Who knows when we'll be able to have this much fun again!"

"It's not even morning yet!"

The duo tried to reason with us, loudly at that. "You'd be Brave Warriors of the Sea if we bring Princess Vivi home safely. There are plenty of cute, half-dressed dancers there to" I baited them. "Why aren't we moving any faster then?!" Sanji yelled. Usopp agreed happily because of the first part.

Nami: "We should be able to leave now!"

"Cool!" I smiled happily when we reached the fog.

"It's good that we managed to escape the people who were chasing us!" Robin, or Miss All Sunday, spoke. Nami agreed happily. It took her a while to realize who she was talking to. "This is a nice ship" Robin commented when she scared everyone who just noticed she was here.

"Who're you?!" Zoro shouted in surprise. "You're…!" Vivi didn't get a chance to finish her sentence though.

"I ran into Mr. 8 earlier, Miss Wednesday"

"You killed Igaram!" Vivi accused in anger. "I really don't care about that Vivi, I know everything about her already" I sighed. "What are you doing on this ship, Miss All Sunday?!" Vivi yelled. "What number is her partner?" Nami questioned.

"She's Mr. 0's partner" Vivi answered stiffly. She was on her guard for no reason. "She isn't dangerous Nami" I commented when she was freaking out that Robin was Crocodile's partner.

"She's the one who told Crocodile we knew their identities. We followed her to get them" Vivi explained. "More accurately, I allowed you to follow me and get that information" Robin casually told her. "What are you planning to do?!" Vivi shouted.

"You were all so intent and serious, I found myself helping out. The idea of a Princess trying really hard to help her Kingdom. Making herself an enemy of Baroque Works. All of that is very idiotic" Robin said. That infuriated Vivi. "Don't mock me!"

Usopp, Sanji, Zoro and Nami all pointed some kind of weapon at Robin. Sanji had a Pistol, Zoro his Sword, Usopp his Slingshot, and Nami her Bo Staff. I sighed at their actions. And I'm supposed to be the idiot in my Crew. They won't even listen to what I'm saying half the time.

"Freeze" I ordered seeing their weapons and my Staff's gem glow. "Luffy! What are you doing?!" they all asked me in anger. "Don't be mean to Miss All Sunday, she won't do anything to hurt us" I told them.

Robin made Sanji and Usopp fall to the deck below her, knocking the weapons away from them when I unfroze them. She took my hat before speaking to me.

"You're Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy, aren't you? You know so much before even entering the Grand Line. You're so powerful to. With you by her side, she might even have a chance at saving her Country. She's a naïve girl if she thinks talking is the only way though" Robin continued, placing my hat on hers.

"You're being chased by an immeasurable amount of people. To add to your bad luck is the Island that Log Pose is pointing" that confused many people. "The next Island is… Little Garden. We don't need to do anything; you will be wiped out before you even leave that Island" Robin elaborated. "Can you give me my hat back? I know you don't want what Crocodile does" I asked her.

"That is true, but don't you think letting yourselves get wiped out is a bit foolish?" she asked me. She threw my hat back to me, I felt it land perfectly on my head. She also threw an Eternal Pose to Vivi, who caught it with ease.

"You can skip Little Garden with that Eternal Pose. It points to an Island right before Alabasta called Island of Nothingness" Robin informed with a smile. "No one will chase you as none of the Baroque Works employees know about it"

Nami: "She's a nice person?"

Vivi: "Why are you giving us this?!"

Zoro: "This is a trap, isn't it?"

Stalking over to Vivi, hat shadowing my eyes, I saw she was debating using it. "Thanks, but no thanks!" crushing the Eternal Pose to Nanimonai. I ducked to avoid Nami's kick. "What are you, an idiot?! She went out of her way to show us a safer course!"

"We don't need it! I'll protect my Crew no matter what happens. We're getting a crewmember on the path we're going to Alabasta. I plotted the course we've been taking before we even entered the Grand Line. I won't risk the safety of my Crew because I will risk my life to protect them. She doesn't decide our course, even if she is a person with a terrible past" I told everyone.

"If you survive, let's meet up again" Robin smirked. "Of course we will!" I smiled happily. I watched her jump over the railing and onto a giant turtle named Bunchi.

"She has a big Turtle!" I smiled happily. "I can't tell what that woman is thinking!" I heard Vivi despair when she fell to her knees on the deck. "There's no point in that!" Nami told her. "We already have someone like that anyway" I know Zoro is talking about me.

I do think things through, I just don't act on most of them. "Is that an Ostrich on board?!"

"Is it for food?" Sanji asked when the duo saw Carue. "We're not eating him Sanji" I told the man sternly.

I heard Nami and the others explain what has happened since the night before as I took a seat on the Figurehead. It's my favorite place to sit. "Are you sure you want me on board? I'll only bring you trouble"

"You should've thought of that before Luffy found out" Nami told her. "Right, Luffy?!"

"I would've helped anyway. Hungry!" I smiled, arms up in excitement. "Looks like our destination is set now" Zoro stated, sounding happy about it. "Little Garden? Interesting" Sanji said. "W-Will we be alright there?!" Usopp worried. "Of course! I won't let you guys die!" I smiled happily. "To Little Garden!"

"Yeah!"


A/N: Hello, I finished writing this at 11:21 P.M. on September 3, 2017.

I finished rewriting this at 8:48 P.M. on October 3, 2018.

I really do hope you like this chapter and story and will continue reading, see you October 11, 2018.