Author's Note: Nothing much to say, except that the next chapter will probably close out the Playdate Arc. The Water Seven Arc is the next arc, and it'll close out the Water Seven Saga. Our next saga will be the... Dead End Adventure Saga! And, we've got a movie for this fanfic coming up, so stay tuned!

Disclaimer: Eichiiro Oda owns One Piece, but I own this story and its characters.

Ch. 81: "Play With Me! Or Else!"

A few minutes later, the Capricorns re-grouped in the main hall of the playhouse.

"I told you that girl was crazy! Don't say I didn't warn you!" Enlai told everyone as they sat down.

"Yeah, we get the hint," Hana said bluntly. Kazuma sighed.

"Now what?" Kazuma asked everyone.

"I guess we have to play with this girl. If so, fight back if this girl forces you to do anything against your will," Yuki-Rin explained.

"Yuki-Rin, do you honestly think that I would be forced to do something humiliating, such as have a tea party with stuffed animals?" Kazuma asked his girlfriend.

"No, Kazuma. You're not the type to do that," Yuki-Rin explained. As if on cue, Saint Ninamori entered the room with a tea set that was larger than the shrunken Capricorns.

"It's tea time!" Saint Ninamori announced before she tripped over a push doll, spilling tea, sugar, and cake all over the dollhouse and the Capricorns. Yuki-Rin wiped the frosting from her eyes to see Saint Ninamori crying and two maids attending to her.

"Well, that was either convienent or inconvienent," Daisuke commented.

"This sucks!" Gareth cried as he stomped his foot. "I am not going to stay here and play with some psycho seven-year old! We have to get out of here!"

"But how? We're the size of toy figurines," Hana asked Gareth.

"We can help."

Blaise and Sadie approached them.

"Hey, we know you guys! We have an odd habit of running into each other, don't we?" Heathcliffe asked the travelling salesmen.

"Yeah, we always seem to run into you guys," Sadie said as she scratched the back of her neck.

"But, anyway, enough chit-chat. We have to get out of here. There's no telling what game this girl wants to play. Hell, we don't even know how dangerous this game is," Blaise explained.

"Well, this sounds dangerous indeed. We don't know what game we're playing, or what the cost is if we lose or disobey. All we have to do is play and not ask too many questions," Yuki-Rin explained.

"And, what is this game?" Blaise asked. Yuki-Rin turned to her crew.

"We're playing a game of hide-and-seek. The winners – who will be us by proxy – will leave this twisted mansion. The losers are stuck in the equivalent to slavery until they can get out of here," Yuki-Rin explained.

"Very well, then…" Blaise said as he pushed his glasses back. "Ready or not, here we go."

On Blaise's mark, the Capricorns ran to the door, which was closed.

"Did we even figure out how we're going to get out of this room?" Yuki-Rin asked her crew.

"What do you mean?" Hana asked Yuki-Rin, who facepalmed.

"The door's closed, and we can't reach the lock," Yuki-Rin explained. The three ex-Cipher Pol 5 members stepped forward.

"Leave it to us, honey," Karin told Yuki-Rin.

"Shigen!"

Three small holes then appeared in the door.

"Well, that was useless," Yuki-Rin noted as she crossed her arms.

"Shut up," Z.G. told Yuki-Rin before he turned back to the door.

"Shigen!"

Yuki-Rin facepalmed.

"Guys, it's not going to work. You're in a shrunken state right now, so your Rokushiki powers will be smaller," Yuki-Rin explained. Z.G. glared at Yuki-Rin.

"Who died and made you my ex-CP5 commander?" Z.G. asked Yuki-Rin, who shrugged.

"Beats me," Yuki-Rin said as her eyes trailed to the door filled with holes. "Wait… Z.G., your plan did work after all."

"What do you mean?" Z.G. asked before Yuki-Rin climbed through one of the holes in the door.

"Everybody, follow me!" Yuki-Rin yelled from the other side of the door. One by one, the Capricorns, Blaise, and Sadie climbed through the holes in the door.

"Alright, are we all here?" Yuki-Rin asked her crew.

"We're all accounted for!" Daisuke answered. Yuki-Rin smiled.

"Perfect. Now, let's get out of here," Yuki-Rin said before the Capricorns walked down the hall.

"Wait, Yuki-Rin, do you know where you're going?" Kazuma asked Yuki-Rin.

"Nope!" Yuki-Rin said with a grin. Hana facepalmed.

"It doesn't work that way, Yuki-Rin. We need to find an exit out of here," Hana pointed out.

"That's what I'm doing," Yuki-Rin argued. Hana sighed.

"Fine. I'll take your word for it," Hana said with a sigh. "Plus, are you sure we should be escaping RIGHT NOW?"

"Hey, we're tiny. Nobody's going to see us," Kazuma explained.

"Uhh… Kazuma, you're the size of a small figurine, not the size of a grain of salt," Hana explained. Yuki-Rin then froze, causing the Capricorns to stop and bump into each other. "Hey! What was that for?"

"I hear footsteps," Yuki-Rin said. Everyone grew silent, and the sounds of distant footsteps were heard.

"Well, we're fucked," Wolfgang said.

"Now what do we do?!" Hana cried.

"We hide," Yuki-Rin said before she crawled under a table. But, the other Capricorns didn't make it, as they were picked up by a hand.

"Yuki-Rin!" Half of the Capricorns cried.

"What's going on?" Yuki-Rin asked as she poked her head from under the table. But, she was too late, since Saint Ninamori was carrying the Capricorns away, leaving behind Blaise and Sadie. Yuki-Rin sighed as she crawled out from under the table.

"Well, that was a spectacular failure," Blaise commented.

"Did you know which way their kidnapper went?" Yuki-Rin asked.

"She went that way," Sadie explained as she pointed to her left. "Follow us."

With the Capricorns, they were back in the dollhouse.

"All of you, stay here! You're in time out!" Saint Ninamori said before she left the room and locked the door. The Capricorns stood in silence for a brief second.

"Doesn't she realize that we made holes in the door?" Kazuma asked everyone.

"Well, if at first you don't succeed, try again," Hana said. With a shrug, Kazuma followed the rest of the Capricorns to the door, where Yuki-Rin, Blaise, and Sadie were climbing in through the holes in the door.

"Took you long enough," Kazuma said sarcastically.

"Well, let's try this again, shall we?" Yuki-Rin asked everyone. But, before anybody could answer, Saint Ninamori entered the room.

"Are my dollies trying to escape? Because they shouldn't be!" Saint Ninamori cried. "Who's trying to take my dollies?!"

The Capricorns grew silent, looking for somebody to cover for them.

"I am."

Blaise stepped forward.

"Blaise, no! We have to get out of here!" Sadie cried. Saint Ninamori picked up the suit-clad blacksmith.

"You're in time out, mister! Tomorrow, the Marine dollies will execute you!" Saint Ninamori yelled before she left the room with Blaise. Once again, the Capricorns were silent.

"Is she serious?!" Heathcliffe asked everyone. Yuki-Rin shook her head.

"I don't really think so. She's a Tenryuubito – and a little girl -, so it is possible that Blaise might die," Yuki-Rin explained. Sadie looked to Yuki-Rin.

"We have to get him back before the execution and before we grow back to normal," Sadie told Yuki-Rin.

Ending Note: Review if you want to see the Capricorns escape and grow larger.