Ch. 13- Escape from Lord Bonbori!

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard, Monkey D. Aika, Kumi, and Anubis © Me

FSSSSSSSSSSSHH~! A rock melted as a wave of Lord Bonbori's gastric acid swept over it. Soon after, more rocks crumbled all around within the third stomach as the acid swelled more and more.

"My boss!" called Psycho P from the Shark Emeralda.

"Boss, come back!" cried Naomi. "Your life is more important than the Pure Gold!"

Anubis howled out to his master, who was wading through the acid, laughing maniacally as he held up the Pure Gold.

"All the treasures in the world," Treasure began, "ARE ALL MINE~! JARARARARARARARA~!"

However, another wave of acid swept over the crazed treasure hunter...who disappeared below the depths, along with the ingot of Pure Gold...both lost forever.

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Meanwhile, the Thousand Sunny is riding up the current of stomach acid into the second stomach, and right behind it was a wave of bile!

"Let's get outta here!" Franky shouted.

"Holy crap, the gastric acid's really backing up, isn't it?!" Usopp asked.

"Aren't we going a little too fast?!" Chopper questioned.

"I think that Lord Bonbori is having indigestion because Luffy was fighting Mad Treasure so much!" answered Acier.

"I get it now, Olga!" Luffy spoke up. "You're saying you got outta here by making the fishy puke, right?"

"That's right!" Olga replied. "That's how I got out before...but...YOU MADE TOO MANY IMPACTS IN HIS STOMACH!"

"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed.

"It's not funny, Luffy!" Blizzard barked.

"Everybody hang on!" Nami cried as the current got faster.

"Trust me!" answered Zoro. "We're not even THINKING about letting go!"

Soon, they made it out of the second stomach and into the first, and before long, they soon sailed passed the gigantic uvula.

"It's the uvula!" Brook exclaimed. "I never thought I'd actually happy to see something so disgusting, but I am!"

"Look!" Usopp called. "Exit, dead ahead!"

Everyone looked up to see Lord Bonbori's mouth beginning to open!

"What do we do, now?!" Aika asked.

"We have to fly out of here so we don't get caught up in all the barf!" answered Olga.

"You leave that to me!" Franky declared as he pulled a lever. "Coup de...BURST!"

BOOM! WHOOSH! With a burst of air from the aft cannon, the Thousand Sunny flew out of Lord Bonbori's mouth, and following after her was a huge wave of bile!

"WHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAA~!" the Straw Hats screamed as the ship began to fall towards the sea.

"YEAH~!" Luffy and Aika cheered.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!" Olga shrieked.

SPLASH! The Sunny landed with a humongous splash, right in front of Lord Bonbori.

"We made it out!" Usopp exclaimed.

"At last!" Brook cheered. "Yohohohohoho!"

"Finally!" Chopper answered. "I was starting to think we'd never make it out!"

"Now I know how candy must feel," Luffy added, causing everyone to laugh.

Just then, Lord Bonbori's lantern began to glow a familiar brilliant light, causing everyone to gasp as they looked up.

"That...that light...!" she whispered. "Don't tell me it's-"

"Yes," answered Acier. "That's a giant hunk of Pure Gold."

"Ehhhhh?!" the Straw Hats questioned.

"Pure Gold just happens to be Lord Bonbori's favorite thing to eat," said Acier. "All the Pure Gold he digested in his belly has made his lantern glow."

At that moment, Lord Bonbori turned and swam away.

"They say that those who seek the Pure Gold is only met with disaster," Robin said. "I guess what they mean by that is really Lord Bonbori's appetite."

Grrrrrrrggh...! Everyone glanced at Luffy, or rather, at his growling stomach.

"Speaking of appetites," Luffy began, scratching the back of his head sheepishly, "I'm starving!"

Everyone laughed even more at this, but then, Acier turned and watched as Lord Bonbori continued to swim away.

"...Lord Bonbori is leaving," he said. "Unless we find a way to get more Pure Gold...he will never appear before us, again...and I will never make Pure Gold. Also...we will never see Alchemi again, either."

"Bye-bye, Lord Bonbori!" Aika called. "Hope you don't get a tummy ache from eating an island, again!"

"See you later!" Kumi added.

"Man, what an adventure that was," Zoro said.

"You said it," Robin agreed.

"Too bad we can't do it again," Aika spoke up.

"I think I've had enough adventures inside a giant fish's belly for one lifetime," Nami rebuked.

"Me, too," Brook agreed, "even though I'm already dead! Yohohohohoho!"

"Guys, seriously," Luffy said, rubbing his empty belly, "I'm hungry. Sanji, I want dinner!"

"I heard you the first time, Luffy," Sanji replied.

As for Olga, she watched as Lord Bonbori kept swimming away, almost sadly, and as she did, her mind began to wander to the days she would spend taking walks on the beach with her mother and spend time sitting on the couch together with her and Acier, all three of them just laughing and smiling happily. For a moment, it seemed like she was about to cry...but then she sighed before she smiled a true genuine smile.

"...Goodbye, Mom," she whispered as the light from Lord Bonbori's lantern disappeared beyond the horizon like the setting sun.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Almost done! Coming up next is the epilogue! Sorry it's so short, though.

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