Epilogue

One Piece © Oda

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

The next day, after the Straw Hats have had a nice rest overnight and nice, hearty meal, they had docked on an island to drop Olga, Acier, Elizabeth and Chavez off.

"Luffy...everyone," Acier said. "We can't thank you enough for everything you've done for us."

"Yeah...thanks and all that," said Olga.

"Don't mention it!" Aika answered.

"...Mr. Acier?" Nami asked. "I think you should know that Olga lost her ring when we got swallowed by Lord Bonbori...and without it, she can't be immortal like she used to. Is she gonna be okay with the disease?"

"Sure I will!" Olga answered with her usual smug grin. "Besides, I'd rather live out whatever time I have left out here than in the belly of that giant fish!"

"Olga," said Acier, worriedly.

"You don't have to act tough, you know," Aika spoke up.

"...Mr. Acier?" asked Chopper. "What kind of disease was Olga diagnosed with, anyway? I am doctor...maybe I can help!"

"...I'm afraid you can't help with this one," Acier answered. "Olga has...South Blue Emperor Fever. It's completely incurable."

"What?!" Chopper questioned. "No it's not! The cure for that was discovered, ages ago!"

"Huh?!" Olga gasped.

"Y...you're kidding me!" Acier exclaimed.

"Olga, do you know what this means?!" Aika asked, excitedly. "You're gonna live!"

"I...I'm gonna live...!" Olga whispered.

"All you have to do is take this injection," Chopper said as he held up a syringe, "and you'll be completely cured!"

"W-wait, what?!" Olga questioned. "N-no way! KEEP THAT AWAY FROM ME!"

With that, she turned and ran away.

"Hey!" Chopper shouted as he chased after her. "Olga, come back! How am I supposed to cure you if you run away?! GET BACK HERE!"

Everyone watched with amused smiles as Olga kept running away from Chopper, but eventually, he managed to prick her with the needle and inject the cure into her left bicep. The blonde girl tried her hardest not to cry, but Aika quickly reassured her.

"Don't feel too bad," the younger D. Carrier told her. "My Big Brother is afraid of needles, too."

"I heard that!" Luffy shouted. "I am not afraid of needles!"

"What about that one time that happened last week, when you-" Zoro began.

"Shut up, Zoro," Luffy glared.

As everyone laughed at this, Acier looked down at his daughter and smiled.

'Thank goodness,' he thought.'Creating the Pure Gold...and spending those last 2 centuries inside Lord Bonbori...were worth it, I suppose.'

"Well, guys," Nami said, "we'd better going!"

"You heard her, guys!" Luffy called as he walked up the gangplank. "Let's hit it!"

"Oh, wait!" Aika exclaimed. "I forgot something!"

With that, she turned around...and wrapped Olga into a hug, which took her by surprise at first...but then Olga smiled and returned the wolf-girl's embrace.

"Awwww~!" Luffy and Nami cooed, while Kumi wagged her tail at them.

"...See you later, Olga," said Aika. "I'll miss you."

"I...I'll miss you, Aika," Olga replied before she pulled away. "Now...now go on. Get outta here."

"Shishishi!" Aika giggled before she turned and ran up the gangplank and jumped into Luffy's arms.

"You ready?" Luffy asked.

"Yep!" Aika chirped with much enthusiasm.

And so, the Straw Hats sailed off, leaving Olga, Acier, Elizabeth, and Chavez at their new home.

"...For pirates," Acier began, "they were a nice bunch of folks."

"Hmph!" Olga scoffed. "Yeah...but I actually feel better without those idiots."

"So...what should we do now?" asked Acier.

"Whatever we want to," Olga answered. "I'm done doing things by myself...it's gotten boring after 200 years. I have a feeling things are gonna turn out just fine."

Acier chuckled as he looked down at his daughter.

"Of course," he said. "I feel like I can do anything...as long as my beloved little girl with me."

"Huh?" Olga muttered. "Now look here! I might be your daughter...but I'm practically a 206-year-old lady, y'know!"

Acier chuckled at this before he turned and left, with Elizabeth and Chavez walked off, heading towards the port town. As they did, though...Olga looked back towards the horizon, where the Sunny had sailed off into...before she smiled warmly.

"...Goodbye Luffy...Aika...everybody," she whispered. "I never had friends like you."

XXX

Meanwhile, on the Sunny, the Straw Hats are getting ready for a relaxing day. The girls were wearing their bathing suits while the boys wore some more casual wear.

"Well," Usopp began, stretching his arms and wearing a pink shirt with light blue overalls, "I'm glad all that's over. Too bad we didn't get outta that little trip, though."

"Eh, what are you gonna do?" Sanji asked as he brought out the grill, wearing a white sunhat, an opened blue sweater, a brown belt around a pair of orange, yellow, and greenish-blue trunks, and a pair of orange crocs on his feet.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, boys," Nami said, wearing a white and blue Sexy Neko two-piece bikini, as she held up a golden yellow envelope with a red seal. "Check it out! I swiped this off Mad Treasure while he wasn't looking!"

"What's that you got there?" Usopp asked.

"It's an invitation to Gran Tesoro!" Nami answered. "There's even an Vivre Card attached, so we know where to go!"

"Grand Tessy-what?" asked Aika, who was wearing a one-piece watermelon-striped bathing suit with a sunhat in the shape of a fox's head, while Kumi, who was wearing a light blue T-shirt with the word "AKITA" on the front and a strawberry-shaped hat, tilted her head in curiosity.

"Gran Tesoro!" Nami replied. "It's the world's largest entertainment city! It's also called the City of Dreams!"

"City of Dreams?!" repeated an excited Chopper, wearing a pair of orange trunks. "Ooh, tell us more, Nami!"

"There are casinos and luxurious hotels," Nami said. "It's a place where lots of famous people gather!"

"Casinos, huh?" Zoro asked, wearing a green cap and a pair of beige camouflage shorts.

"I bet they've got good buffets there," Sanji added with intrigue.

"Buffets?!" asked Luffy, who is wearing his usual shorts and a red hoodie shirt.

"Not to mention high-end hotels," Robin spoke up, wearing a pink blouse with the bottoms tied up under her cleavage, a white sunhat, and a pair of black bikini bottoms.

"Hotel rooms with soft, silk sheets on the beds...!" Blizzard said, wearing a costume that vaguely resembled a certain giant dinosaur.

"I wonder if they have rock shows and other things like that!" speculated Brook, wearing a yellow shirt with white flowers, a pair of sunglasses with wing-shaped frames, a turquoise shirt that had the word "BANE" on the front, a pair of pink shorts, and a hat with antlers on it.

"Do you think they have amusement parks, too?!" asked Chopper.

"Big Sis Nami, can we go there?!" Aika asked. "Please?!"

"Well, I dunno," Nami answered. "It's your brother's decision. He's the captain, after all."

"Big Brother, can we go?!" Aika asked as she and Kumi ran up to Luffy, both hopping up and down. "Please, can we go?!"

"Yeah, Luffy, can we go?!" Kumi asked as she jumped, too. "Please?! Pretty please with melon flavored sprinkles?!"

"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed. "Okay, okay, calm down! I get it!"

Soon, Aika and Kumi stopped their excitable jumping.

"You know?" Luffy asked. "After the day we had, I think we could all use a vacation! Besides, this places sound like it could be fun, anyway!"

"There you have it!" Nami answered. "Let's go, then!"

"YEAH!" Aika and Kumi cheered before they began to run around in circles, merrily. "We're going to Gran Tesoro~! We're going toGran Tesoro~!We're going toGranTesoro~!"

"All right, everybody!" Luffy called. "Set a course for Gran Tesoro!"

And so, the Straw Hats set out for the fabled "City of Entertainment". Sometime after this, Olga and her father opened up a new clinic called "Legendary Alchemi Clinic", where Acier created a new type of medicine: one that actually helped with weight loss. Once he took this formula, Acier had returned to his old slim, beardless self, to Olga's surprise. It was a great success with overweight people, and customers paid so much money for it, that the Myskinas got rich very quick! To celebrate, Acier took Olga out for a steak dinner, which thrilled her very much. As if that wasn't enough, though, she was met with a great surprise when she got home: Elizabeth and Chavez presented her and Acier with a nest full of eggs, which made Olga completely ecstatic that her family was growing.

As for Mad Treasure, it turns out he and his crew had miraculously survived...but to Treasure, it was an empty victory, for he ended up losing the Pure Gold, and since Lord Bonbori hardly ever surfaced unless there was some Pure Gold nearby, it meant that he and his crew would be trapped inside the belly of the giant angler fish for all eternity. His crew didn't seem to find it so bad, though, especially Anubis, who gorged himself on dinosaur meat day and night until he was as fat as Acier once was.

However...not everything seemed to have a happy ending.

XXX

Inside a dark room, illuminated by the light shining through the windows...the CP-0 who was tasked with guarding Olga stood before a shadowy figure...with a little pigeon on his shoulder.

"Mad Treasure failed to obtain the Pure Gold," said the agent. "As for the treasure itself, it sunk into the sea. Should we go searching for it?"

"...No," answered the figure that sat on the desk before him. "Just leave it to be...in order to maintain the balance of the world."

"Yes, sir," replied the giant.

"By the way...I can't help thinking. Do you think it was HIM who manipulated Mad Treasure from behind the scenes?"

"...Yes...the Monster of the New World...Gild Tesoro."

"...That annoying man..."

XXX

Concurrently, at a huge ship made entirely of gold...in a lone room, a man sits in a tub full of shimmering golden water, with a woman sitting by his side. In front of him stood Tanaka.

"Tsururururu..." he chortled. "Mad Treasure has failed. It seems he was taken down by some rookie pirate, and he could get the Pure Gold, either, I heard."

"Is that right?" said the man. "It's hard to believe that the formidable Mad Treasure would be defeated by some no-name pirate. I'm truly surprised." He then gave a mocking chuckle. "Now that's what I call entertainment!"

Beside him, the woman smiled and giggled at this.

"So, who did it?" asked the man.

"I'm afraid I don't know that yet, my lord," answered Tanaka, bowing.

"Hmm...no matter," the man replied as he scooped up some water in his hand. "We can always hire someone else. After all, there are many ways we can enjoy ourselves with the excess amount of gold I have. Don't you think so...Carina?"

"Yes," answered the woman...who had lavender hair done up in a bun, blue eyes, a golden star necklace, and a white two-piece bikini, "Lord Tesoro."

On that, Tesoro chuckled in a sinister manner, a dangerous glint in his eyes and a toothy grin on his face. It seemed that this man was going to turn the Straw Hats' upcoming vacation...into a nightmare.

TO BE CONTINUED...IN ONE PIECE FILM: GOLD!

That's it! It's finally finished with Heart of Gold!

Man, I can't believe I finally got this done, and up next is my version of Film Gold! But I'm gonna rest first. I hope you guys enjoyed this story!

Review, please!