Ch. 41- Leave It to Us!

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard, Aika, Kumi, and Jupiter © Me

Back on the coast of Punk Hazard, it looked like Baby-5 and Buffalo are having a hard time with General Franky. No matter what kind of attack they did, they couldn't leave so much as a dent in the robot!

"What's the big damn deal?!" Buffalo questioned. "Nothing works against this iron soldier!"

"That's what you get for trying to steal my cola!" Franky shouted.

"WHAT COLA?!" Baby-5 and Buffalo questioned. "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

"Whatever!" Buffalo said before he grabbed Baby-5 and began to spin her, as well as his arms and legs around, his legs spinning vertically in order to pick up speed and his arms spinning horizontally in order to give Baby-5 more momentum before he jumped into the air.

"We're gonna slice that body of yours to bits," Buffalo started, "with this spinning weapon of death!"

Just then, Baby-5 transformed into a giant chained-scythe!

"Chained Scythe Girl!" she exclaimed…before she plunged her blade into General Franky's left arm!

"Heh…okay," Franky chuckled. "I'll give you props for that one. It takes a lot of power to so much as punch a whole through this General Body…."

Suddenly, he yanked Baby-5 out of General Franky's arm.

"…But what you're trying to do is like praying mantis attacking a battleship!"

With one sharp tug, the robot pulled Buffalo towards him. Now, the two assassins were up in the air, right where the General Franky wanted them!

"I think it's wasted on the likes of you," said Franky, "but here goes nothing. The secret weapon of the Thousand Sunny, the pirate vessel that'll rule this sea, one day! The portable land-faring Gaon Cannon! I call it…"

VMMMMMM…! The robot's arms began to swell up, and a large ball of light began to form.

"GENERAL CANNON~!"

BOOM! He fired a massive beam right at Baby-5 and Buffalo, as well as completely obliterating the mountains! As Baby-5 and Buffalo began to plummet to the ground, they only had one thought.

'Why is this guy so hell-bent on keeping us from retrieving Caesar, anyway!?'

At that moment, Franky finally spotted Caesar, who is lying on the deck, unconscious once again.

"What the…is that…Caesar?" he asked. "What's he doing over here?!"

A pause…but then, to Franky's surprise, Buffalo and Baby-5 stood right back up!

"No matter who you work for," Buffalo said, "we will not…be beaten so easily, bastard!"

"Well, I'll be damned," Franky said. "You guys are no pushovers, huh?"

"We ain't your garden-variety hooligans, buddy!" Buffalo shouted. "In the name of Joker…"

"…We will do whatever it takes to retrieve Caesar," Baby-5 finished.

Another slight pause…until…

"Wait just a damn minute!" Franky exclaimed. "You guys must be after Caesar, over there!"

"NOW YOU GET IT?!" Buffalo and Baby-5 shouted in comical anger.

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Concurrently, in the tunnel…

"There's the exit!" Luffy said. "Get ready, everyone!"

"I'm scared, Luffy!" Aika cried.

"Don't worry about a thing, Aika!" Luffy said. "We'll be okay! Nami! You ready?!"

"You know I am, Captain!" Nami said, holding her Sorcery Clima-Tact.

"Give us a nice strong gust!" Luffy ordered. "It's a world of poison out there!"

"Right!" Nami said. "GUST SWORD!"

BWOOOOOOOSHH! Nami sent a huge gust of wind from her Sorcery Clima-Tact, thus blowing the gas that surrounded the exit!

"WE'RE FREE~!" everyone cheered.

"W-what the hell?!" Baby-5 questioned.

"Huh?!" Buffalo muttered.

"AAH!" Luffy gasped.

"Well, it's about damn time!" Franky said. "I was dying of boredom!"

"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAA!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper cried with twinkling eyes. "IT'S GENERAL FRANKY~!"

Soon, all of the little boys, and even G-5 and Caesar's former men did the same.

"A GIANT ROBOT~!" they cried in awe. "THE ULTIMATE~!"

"Oh, oh, OH!" Luffy cried as he fanned himself. "I can't breathe! I CAN NOT BREATHE!"

"…Really?" Blizzard asked, deadpanned.

"…I don't get it," Aika said.

"That's okay, Aika," Nami said. "Neither do we."

"Buffalo!" Law shouted. "And is that…Baby-5?!"

"Law!" Baby-5 shouted. "Are you and Jupiter really turning against Joker?!"

"You damned traitorous bastard!" Buffalo shouted. "Don't you know that Joker's still holding the Heart Seat open for you?!"

"Who're they?" Luffy asked. "Friends of yours?"

"Not quite," Law answered. "They're enemies!"

Buffalo and Baby-5 gasped upon seeing the Straw Hats, Law, Jupiter, the entire G-5 army, and Caesar's former followers. Without another word, they grabbed Caesar and then prepared to fly off! Not long after, Caesar began to wake up, again!

"Ugh…huh?" Caesar muttered.

"The whole Straw Hat Crew, plus G-5?!" Baby-5 questioned. "Screw this! Joker didn't say anything about being outnumbered!"

"B…Baby-5?" Caesar murmured. "What's going on?"

"Don't worry about!" Buffalo shouted as he flew away with Baby-5 and Caesar on his back. "For now, we gotta get you to the Young Master, Caesar!"

"They stole Caesar and then fled!" Usopp said. "Leave this to me! Taking down flying enemies is the sniper's job, after all!"

"I gotta stop them before they get too far away!" Law said as he prepared to get on Jupiter's back.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Luffy said. "Calm down, Traffy! Usopp said he's got this! Leave it to him!"

"Don't think that just because he has a long nose, our sniper can't do his job," Zoro said.

"That's not the point here!" Law shouted. "Our plan is ruined if they get away-"

"Oh, shut up!" Nami said as she stepped up, too. "For goodness sake, are we an alliance or not?! At least trust us a little!"

"Huh?" Zoro muttered. "Alliance? What are you guys talking about?"

"We'll explain later, Tiger," Robin said.

"I've done enough running," Nami said, licking her lips. "This time, it's my turn to be on the offense."

"Go get 'em, Pretty Kitty!" Luffy cheered.

Soon, Nami and Usopp stood side-by-side.

"I'm not afraid of an enemy at long-range distance with no will to fight!" Nami shouted.

"Especially when they're wounded and have their backs to us!" Usopp added. "Leave it to me!"

"Will you two just get on with it?!" Zoro questioned.

"All right, already!" Usopp said before he took a tube of water and stuck it to the end of his Black Kabuto.

"Time for you watering," he said. "Now, work your magic!"

All of a sudden, the Black Kabuto grew longer, and the pocket at the shafts had turned into a plant's head with sharp teeth, again!

"Grownup Black Kabuto and Chomp Grass!" Usopp exclaimed before he pointed it at some debris on the ground. "Eat up, buddy! You need ammo!"

CHOMP-CHOMP-CHOMP! Soon, the Chomp Grass started eating all the debris in sight.

"Be careful, Buffalo!" Baby-5 shouted. "It looks like they're up to something!"

"Leave the flying to me!" Buffalo replied. "We've got a mission to fulfill! Just keep the skies behind us clear, Baby-5!"

"Roger that!" Baby-5 said, blushing. "You need me, don't you?! I'll give my life to stop the attack!"

But then, ZSHH! What looked like a tiny egg suddenly flew overhead of them.

"Huh? What's that thing?!" Buffalo questioned.

Nami smirked as she waved her Sorcery Clima-Tact around.

"Weather Egg!" she exclaimed. "Time for you to hatch, Little Bolt!"

KRAACK! The "egg" hatched…revealing a humongous thundercloud inside!

"A…a thundercloud?!" Baby-5 stammered. "I've got a bad feeling about this, Buffalo! Fly faster!"

"I'm already flying at top speed!" Buffalo cried.

"You're not going anywhere," Nami said before she began to swung her weapon around and around, and almost instantly, thunderbolts started going in whatever directions she pointed from the cloud!

"AAH!" Baby-5 cried as Buffalo dodged. "Watch it!"

"Whoa!" Buffalo shouted.

"Meteorology Attack!" Nami exclaimed. "Thunder-Breed…TEMPO!"

KRAKOOOOM! A thunderbolt made a direct hit on Baby-5 and Buffalo, knocking them out of the sky!

"WHOO!" Luffy cheered before he kissed Nami on the cheek. "I love you, babe! You're so awesome!"

"Baby-5!" Buffalo called as he, Baby-5, and Caesar fell. "Baby-5, can you hear me?! Dammit, she's out cold!"

"Your turn, Usopp!" Nami said.

"Right!" Usopp said as he pulled the enlarged Chomp Grass back. "Let's finish this, Chomp Grass! Certain Death…METEOR SWARM ASSAULT~!"

Soon, Usopp's Chomp Grass began to spit out large chunks of the debris that it had eaten at Buffalo!

"H-hey! Buffalo!" Caesar shouted. "Protect me, you fool! I can't move!"

"I've got your back!" Buffalo reassured. "I'm in the Donquixote Family! I always perform my duty, no matter what!"

But then, Buffalo was hit by the debris that Usopp had fired, thus knocking him out cold, too!

"Y-YOU INCOMPETENT LOUT!" Caesar shouted. "S…so what?! Your stupid rocks can't hurt a man made of gas, you fools!" He then turned and tried to fly away, himself. "I'll make it back to Dressrosa on my own, if I have to!"

"I don't think so, buddy!" Usopp smirked. "That last shot was…SEA STONE SHACKLE!"

As he said this, a pair of sea stone shackles snagged around Caesar's neck, rendering his powers completely useless!

"YEAH~!" everyone cheered.

"You did it, Usopp!" Chopper cheered. "You got him!"

"Hooray for Usopp!" Aika added.

ARROOOOOOOOOOOO~! Blizzard and Kumi howled loudly, cheering for Usopp as well.

"Leave the enemies with their backs turned to me," Usopp said.

"We get it, already!" Zoro barked.

"Okay…stage one is a success," Law muttered.

"Thank god," Jupiter added.

"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed. "You see, Traffy? I told you they were good!"

"Right," Law said. "I only have one question, though…WHO THE HELL IS GONNA DIVE IN AND GET THEM OUTTA THE SEA?!"

SPLASH! SPLOSH! BLOOSH! Caesar, Buffalo, and Baby-5 all fell into the sea, and seeing as how they all had Devil Fruit powers, someone had to dive in and get them out of the water before they drowned.

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Not too far away from Punk Hazard…two shadowy figures are seen…sitting in the middle of the sea, when suddenly, one of them woke up from a long nap.

"Mmm…ugh…" he groaned. "Damn, I think I overslept again. So…which way is Punk Hazard, again?"

TO BE CONTINUED…

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