Author's Note: And so, we wrap up the Three Mile Island Arc with all of the Capricorns involved in a fight (well, all of them except Ageha). The next chapter starts off the Cult of Bya no Kuei Arc, and it will be a special chapter exploring a bit of Yuki-Rin's past.

Alright, let's begin the chapter.

Disclaimer: The Capricorn Pirates belong to me. But, I will allow you to use them in my fanfictions given that you give me credit for them. Also, I don't own One Piece.

Ch. 98: "Attack of the Vines!"

A short while later, the rest of the crew joined Yuki-Rin, Kazuma, and Daisuke and they were on their way to the abandoned lab.

"Daisuke, WHY do you want us to explore this abandoned lab?!" Yulia cried, concerned for her nakama.

"Oh, it's fun! There's nothing there that can harm us! Yuki-Rin, Kazuma, and I went poking around there earlier, and we came out just fine!" Daisuke explained.

"I know you came out of that lab fine, but what about us?! Don't forget that you have thirty-some odd other friends you have to protect!" Yulia yelled.

"If you guys came out of the laboratory fine, then why do I smell smoke coming from the lab?" Wolfgang asked everyone.

"Smoke? I didn't smell smoke the last time I was there," Daisuke asked Wolfgang.

"Then, you're not going to like what happened," Yuki-Rin as she pointed to the lab, which was now on fire.

"That does not look good," Heathcliffe said with a whistle.

"What the hell happened?! The lab wasn't on fire when we left!" Daisuke cried. Everyone looked to Daisuke.

"Daisuke, be honest. What did you do?" Yulia asked Daisuke. Daisuke nervously rubbed the back of his head.

"Uhh… Nothing I can recall, Yulia," Daisuke answered. Then, the ground began shaking.

"An earthquake, too?! What the hell?!" Wolfgang cried.

"I don't think it's an earthquake!" Hana cried. Then, a giant Venus Fly Trap grew out of the fire. The Capricorns stood there in awe, watching the Venus Fly Trap.

"Do we… Have to kill this thing?" Hana asked after a moment of silence. Kartik readied his bow and an arrow.

"Looks like it. This will just one, clean shot, and it'll all be over," Kartik explained before he released his arrow. The arrow hit the neck of the Venus Fly Trap, causing it to droop backwards. "Glad that's over."

But, the Venus Fly Trap got up, the wound on his neck magically healing. Kartik looked at his bow and his arrow quiver as if he did something wrong.

"Okay, I think this Venus Fly Trap is a mutant," Yuki-Rin said.

"And that means?" Gareth asked Yuki-Rin, who turned to her crew.

"We're going in. Everyone, hop the fence."

Before the Capricorns could make a move, vines covered in dangerous-looking, foul-smelling, green slime rose up from the ground.

"Change of plans! Everyone, stay where you are!" Yuki-Rin yelled as she began chopping some of the vines with her katana. But, the vines kept growing back.

"Yuki-Rin, what the hell is going on?! The vines keep growing back!" Enlai cried as one of the vines began to wrap around his ankle.

"This plant is a bloody mutant, that's what it is! All of this bloody pollution and medical dumpin' is the reason why we're probably gonna be eaten by a bloody plant, Enlai!" Molly explained.

"Me?! Eaten by a plant?! Oh, please! That's Shitty Katsuragi's job!" Enlai said before he grabbed the bottom of the vine and pulled it out of the ground.

"Hey! I could 'accidentally' throw you to the Venus Fly Trap, and –" Wolfgang retorted before he was picked up by a vine the size of the Venus Fly Trap. "Okay, okay, okay! This is not funny anymore!"

"Then what are we laughing for?!" Soren cried as he tried to chop down the huge vine with his axe.

"When you started to play the lumberjack angle to rescue me!" Wolfgang retorted as the vine released him and fell to the ground. Wolfgang then landed on the ground a few seconds later.

"You okay?" Rubio asked as he pulled Wolfgang up.

"We've seen worse," Wolfgang said as he got up with a wince. "God… My ankle's messed up now. I'd go back to the ship, but we can't at this point."

"Heathcliffe! Anybody! Help!"

The Capricorns looked up, and they saw Holden and Soren tangled in two vines that were even taller than the giant Venus Fly Trap. The vines held Holden and Soren at their ankles, dangling them high into the air.

"Are you serious?! If the vines release them, they'll die!" Rubio cried. Heathcliffe got his scythe out.

"Then I'll go save them!" Heathcliffe yelled before he began climbing up the vine that held Holden, using his scythe as a grappling hook.

"Sarutobi-kun, you can't! It's too dangerous!" Aki cried.

"I'll tell you what – Help me free Soren while I free Holden!" Heathcliffe yelled from the vine. Aki grew silent.

"If I must…" Aki said as she grabbed a knife from Daisuke's hand and stabbed a greenish-yellow pod on the vine. As soon as she stabbed it, the green slime coating the vines spewed all over Aki. Even though he was high up, Heathcliffe could see what had happened.

"No… Please don't tell me that's poison…" Heathcliffe thought to himself as he bit his lip.

"Baby brother, help me!"

Heathcliffe jammed his scythe further into the vine, not concerned about the pods containing the poisonous slime. With a grunt, Heathcliffe pulled the scythe out of the vine, which wilted and spewed the same greenish-yellow slime that covered Aki.

"Baby brother!" Holden cried as he reached out to Heathcliffe, who grabbed his hand.

"Don't worry, I've got you!" Heathcliffe yelled as Soren and Aki grabbed them.

"We've got you," Soren said as Heathcliffe and Holden got back on their feet. Heathcliffe then noticed that Soren was also covered in that slime.

"Aki, Soren, you're okay!" Heathcliffe said as he hugged his older brother and his girlfriend.

"Sarutobi-kun, please! I'm already so filthy from this slime!" Aki cried as she pushed Heathcliffe off of her. Heathcliffe crossed his arms. "You can give me a hug again after you've taken a bath."

Heathcliffe sighed.

"Oh, alright," Heathcliffe said before he turned to an equally-slimy Holden. "Did you see me up there?! I don't care that I'm covered in this gunk, I saved you!"

Holden smiled.

"Of course, you did," Holden said as he ruffled Heathcliffe's hair with a slime-covered hand. "Hey, if we were told this stuff was poisonous, why aren't we sick or dead yet?"

"That's because it's healing slime."

Wolfgang walked up to them, the limp in his ankle he had a few seconds ago gone.

"Healing slime? How do you know?" Heathcliffe asked Wolfgang.

"I sprained my ankle a few moments ago. But, when you saved your brothers and the slime rained down on us, my ankle got better," Wolfgang explained.

"So, this must mean that the Venus Fly Trap used that slime to heal itself?" Aki asked Wolfgang.

"You're right. Since we destroyed all of the slime pods, Yuki-Rin went in to kill the Venus Fly Trap," Wolfgang explained.

"Glad that's over. I really want to take a shower," Heathcliffe said.

"Heads up!"

Then, even more slime rained down on the Capricorns.

"We're back!"

Ageha looked up, and she saw all of the Capricorns covered in the greenish-yellow healing slime from the Venus Fly Trap.

"What the hell have you been doing?!" Ageha cried.

"We killed a huge-ass Venus Fly Trap. You missed it, Ageha. Everyone got slimed," Daisuke explained.

"Don't freak out. It's healing slime," Kazuma explained.

"Healing slime or not, you're all going to have to take showers right now. Also, it appears that tomorrow is going to be laundry day," Ageha explained. The Capricorns stood there. "Well, what did I say?! Go take a shower, or you'll be sleeping outside tonight!"

With a sigh, the Capricorns all clamored for the bathroom.

"Ageha, you are not the captain," Kazuma said with a sigh.

Ending Note: Review if you want to see the Episode of Yuki-Rin! (Hey, if Nami and Luffy get special episodes dedicated to them, why can't Yuki-Rin?)