Leaving Kaien Kingdom
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The Straw Hats looked at the defeated forms of Drake and Doflamingo. It was a very tough fight, the hardest they had ever since their reunion. The battle of Fishman Island was pretty much one sided for them, the same for all the battles they had so far in the New World mostly against pirates looking to becoming famous and marines trying to capture them. Indeed the battle of Kaien Kingdom was the hardest they had since their reunion and rightly so, it was against two Shichbukai level enemies, one being an actual Shichbukai, the other a Supernova. Despite that, the Straw Hats still emerged victorious and Kaien Kingdom was now free from Blackbeard and as recently revealed, the revolutionary army.
"I can't believe it, it's finally over," said Ussop.
"Yeah those two were really strong," said Chopper.
"What'd you expect from a Shichbukai and a Supernova who were both revolutionary commanders," said Zoro.
"Still we shouldn't celebrate so soon. We may have just defeated two commanders but this place is still flooding with revolutionaries," said Sanji.
The rest of the Straw Hats nodded but then they heard a voice calling them.
"Everyone," called out Pellinopee.
"Oh hey there Pellinopee," said Franky with a grin.
"Pellinopee-chwan," said Sanji now in love mode as he twirled his way towards Pellinopee.
Right behind Pellinopee was Maxie and Flint who both had smiles on their faces.
"I see that you all actually did it. I have to admit that the Straw Hats certainly live up to their reputation," said Maxie looking at the bodies of the two revolutionary commanders.
Flint also looked at them.
"I can't believe it. You guys actually defeated Doflamingo," said an amazed Flint.
Flashback
The slaves were all working on constructing the revolutionary base on Kaien kingdom. All of them were in chains and were all starved and exhausted. They were being overworked a lot by the revolutionaries. Looking at them were several revolutionaries all armed and ready to take action should there be any commotion. While they were working, a figure suddenly came towards the revolutionary. The pirate slaves looking at him all had shocked looks along with expressions of fear and trepidation.
"Th – th –that's the Shichbukai Donquixito Doflamingo," stuttered a slave.
"A Shichbukai, here of all places," said another slave.
"Could it be that he's allied with Blackbeard? Damnit if that's true then it's all over for us," said another slave with despair in his voice.
Doflamingo came close to the slaves and examined all of them while sprouting his trademark psychotic grin. As he walked towards them, the slaves made sure to keep their heads down and not look at the Shichbukai in the eye. Doflamingo had a fearsome reputation of being absolutely merciless and unpredictable so anything they did, even look at him might make him kill them. Doflamingo continued to walk by while the slaves continued to keep their heads down as to avoid provoking the Shichbukai, that is all except for a few. These few were actually new slaves and rookies. They were not used to being pushed around by others and due to being rookies, had yet to encounter a powerful pirate like a Shichbukai before.
Doflamingo eventually left the slaves and walked towards another revolutionary who seemed in charge.
"So how is it going so far?" asked Doflamingo.
"So far everything is under the control. We have had some slight uprisings but they have been put down quickly and effectively," replied the revolutionary.
"Good. Did you make sure to be as brutal as possible? To make sure that the mere thought of rebellion doesn't come to their minds," asked Doflamingo.
"We have, they will never think about rebelling against us," replied the revolutionary.
"Good, now just make sure that the trash continuing working," replied Doflamingo.
At that point one of the new slaves just couldn't take it anymore. He had been overworked, starved and treated like dirt ever since he was captured by those men in cloaks and he was getting sick of it. It didn't matter that the blonde haired man was a Shichbukai, it didn't matter that all these men were allies of Blackbeard, he just wanted to fight back.
"Okay, that's it! I've had enough of this!" shouted the new slave.
Everyone turned their eyes towards the slave. Soon that particular slave had the attention of the other slaves, the revolutionaries, the revolutionary in charge and Doflamingo himself.
"You all think that because your friends with Blackbeard that I'm afraid of you?" shouted the slave.
"Well even if you are, Blackbeard isn't here now is he," said the slave.
The pirate slaves were now whispering amongst themselves, Flint too was one of them.
"And you, coming here all cocky, like your some kind of big shot just because you're a Shichbukai," said the slave this time to Doflamingo.
Doflamingo continued to look at the slaves with interest particularly the one who started it all.
"Why the hell should we be afraid of you? Blackbeard isn't here and we completely outnumber you! We can take you all on!" shouted the slave.
"Yeah, you're just a couple of guys in cloaks! You're nothing without Blackbeard here!" shouted another slave.
"We're pirates. We do what we want when we want and we wouldn't take orders from anyone, not even from allies of Blackbeard," shouted another slave.
"You can't take on all of us!" shouted another slave.
The slaves were now shouting out in all out rebellion against the revolutionaries. Flint was one of them.
"Why you, how dare you …" said the revolutionary in charge before a hand stopped him.
"Doflamingo-sama," said the revolutionary seeing Doflamingo stop him.
Doflamingo then walked towards the rebelling pirate slaves.
"Hahahaha well it looks like we have a little rebellion on our hands," said Doflamingo.
"That's right we wouldn't stand for this anymore!" shouted out a slave.
"You guys have been doing nothing but bullying us and pushing us around for too long and we've had enough!" shouted out another slave.
"Pushing and bullying you guys. Then what about what you guys do? What about all the lives you all have taken and the lives you've ruined?" asked Doflamingo.
"Who cares about them? We're pirates and we do what we want when we want. And if people don't listen then we'll make them," replied a slave.
"You don't say. You talk as if you have the right to steal, plunder and murder but when the same thing is done to you, you can't take it. At least when we take slaves we actually do it to people who actually deserve it," said Doflamingo.
"Enough of this, let's get him!" shouted out the slave who originally riled up everyone.
The slaves then charged towards Doflamingo ready to kill him. Unfortunately due to the fact that they were all in chains, it made running very difficult. The weight of the chains along with the fact that many of them were chained together resulted in them running slowly and many even falling down. Starvation and exhaustion were also slowing them down even further. The rebellion was little more than a disorganized riot but the slaves were in too much rage to care about that.
The slaves were very close to Doflamingo who was actually smiling in delight at the rioting slaves.
"We'll beat that annoying smirk off your face!" shouted a slave.
Doflamingo however didn't lose his smirk. Just as the slaves were a few feet away from him they were all suddenly cut down by an invisible force. All of them suddenly lost limbs and parts of their bodies and all of them were cut down into pieces. The ground was suddenly filled with bodies and body parts were lying all over the place and blood was everywhere. It was an extremely gruesome sight.
"N – n – no way, he just killed all of them in an instant" stuttered a surviving slave.
"Bu – bu – but there was so many of them. How could he kill them all just like that?" stuttered another slave.
Doflamingo began walking menacingly towards the slave who started the riot in the first place. The slave in question looked like he was about to die in fright.
"St – st – stay away from me you monster!" shouted the slave in fright.
The slave tried to run away but he was suddenly frozen up and couldn't move.
"What the hell, I can't move," said the paralyzed slave.
Then the slave began walking towards Doflamingo though the slave was now screaming in terror.
"Why am walking towards him? What did that psycho do to me?" questioned the slave out loud.
Then he was soon much closer, he became frantic and hysteric.
"Nooooooooooooo, someone help me!" pleaded the slave desperately.
Unfortunately the remaining slaves, the ones who didn't take part in the riot or who did take part but weren't killed did nothing. Doflamingo's great power and the brutality at which he killed the rioters left all of them in fear. None of them dared do anything right now.
When he was close, his leg was suddenly sliced off. The slave screamed out in pain as blood began flowing out of the amputated limb. Soon the same thing happened to his other leg causing the slave to scream out even louder. Soon his left and right arms came out resulting in him having absolutely no limbs. He had no arms, no legs, he couldn't do anything right now. He was completely useless and in great pain. But Doflamingo was not done yet. Using his powers, he forced the slave to begin beating his own head on the ground, until there his head was nothing but a pile of battered flesh and bone.
All the while the slaves looked on horrified at the sheer cruelty and brutality of the scene. With the other rioters, Doflamingo merely killed them, with him however, he ruthlessly tortured him to death, not for information, but to set an example to all the other slaves. And that example is what would happen if they were to ever attempt any form of rebellion. This is a lesson all the slaves learnt on that day.
Doflamingo then turned his attention to the revolutionary in charge.
"I asked if you made sure to be as brutal as possible. If you made sure that the mere thought of rebellion doesn't come to their minds. And you replied that you have and that they would never think about rebelling against us did you not? Yet it looked like they just attempted a rebellion," said Doflamingo directly in the face of the commander.
"D – D – Do – Dofl –Doflamingo-sama," stuttered out the now scared revolutionary.
"You just lied to a revolutionary commander. You just lied to one of those most trusted by Dragon-sama," said Doflamingo referring to the knowledge of the revolutionary army's deepest darkest secrets including the ones about the Knights of D and Special Weapons.
"Wait Doflamingo-sama, it's not …" the revolutionary tried to say before being cut down by Doflamingo.
All the revolutionaries looked horrified that the one who was in charge was just killed. But more importantly they were scared. Doflamingo just showed that he wouldn't accept failure and that failure had a high price, death.
The revolutionaries weren't the only ones scared. The slaves thought that they couldn't get any more scared, yet they did. Doflamingo was not only extremely strong, very sadistic and cruel but he was willing to kill the men on his side. If he was willing to do that, then there was no telling what he could do to them, no telling what else he was capable of.
Flint himself looked scared out of his mind. But he also lost hope on that day. The day he saw not only the incredible power of Doflamingo, but his ruthlessness as well.
End Flashback.
That was a day that Flint remembered well, along with the day that he was captured by the army and made a slave. That was the day he understood that there was no hope of escaping. When Flint was captured, before Doflamingo's introduction, Flint's mind was always on escape. He had no intention of staying here and being a slave, he was intent on escaping to the seas once again. But when he saw Doflamingo's might and ruthlessness, something inside of him just died. He gave up hope and resigned himself to his fate as a slave under what he originally thought were the Blackbeard Pirates, though now he knows it was the revolutionary army. But when the Straw Hats showed up, seeing their determination and will to fight lit the fire in him that died when he saw Doflamingo and he once again had hope of escaping. And that hope was answered as Doflamingo now laid before them, defeated and him and the others free.
"It's so hard to believe that he's actually been defeated," said an amazed Flint.
"What is it that is so hard to believe Flint-san? We are the Straw Hats after all Yohohohohoho. There is nothing that we can't do," said Brook.
"Well it's just that Doflamingo was just so strong I thought that it wasn't possible for him to be defeated," replied Flint.
"Well we've been fighting strong guys one after the other for as long as we could remember so this isn't really anything knew for the great Ussop-sama," bragged Ussop.
"Still defeating one of the most feared Shichbukai, you are all absolutely incredible. And you did it while also having to fight an incredibly powerful Supernova," commented Flint.
"They were just in the way of freeing this kingdom. It's nothing special," said Zoro modestly.
"Oh by the way, speaking of freeing this kingdom, Pellinopee," said Nami with a fake smile.
"Yes," replied Pellinopee nervously.
"You did say that there would be a huge reward so I expect to be paid in full, got it," said Nami getting into Pellinopee's face with a scary look.
Pellinopee nervously nodded her head mostly in fear of Nami but also because she legitimately intended to give them a reward.
"You're the nicest person in the world," said Zoro sarcastically.
Nami turned to Zoro with her eyes in bellis.
"Did you say something Zoro?" said Nami with belli eyes.
"Nothing," replied Zoro.
"Okay," said Nami turning away.
"Witch hasn't changed one bit," remarked Zoro offhandedly.
"What did you just call Nami-swan marimo. Maybe I should use your swords to shave that grass growing on your head," said Sanji ready to fight Zoro as usual.
"Oh you can go ahead and try. But I'll be share to give you a nice haircut girly-man," replied Zoro.
"That's it bring it baka-swordsman," bellowed Sanji.
A typical Zoro-Sanji fight broke out with boot meeting blade. Despite their injuries, pretty much nothing could stop them from getting at each other's throats.
While the typical Straw Hat chaos was happening now, there was something that Maxie wanted to know. So clearing his throat, he finally asked the question that pretty much everyone had in mind.
"Straw Hats, while I am very thankful to you all for freeing our kingdom, I would still like to know, what are you all going to do now? As of right now, you have not only Blackbeard of the Yonkou after you but also the revolutionary army as well," asked Maxie.
The crew all stopped what they were doing to look at Maxie realizing that he was right. Of course they knew that from the start ever since most of their first conversation with Doflamingo. But still, now that Kaien Kingdom was freed, they could now properly discuss what to do because they had not only the Blackbeard Pirates after them but also the revolutionary army who they recently found out, had some overwhelmingly powerful fighters in their ranks.
The Straw Hats continued to remain silent contemplating the answer for what they said just might determine the future for them.
"Everyone," asked Pellinopee worriedly.
Right now Pellinopee was finally relieved of the burden of knowing that her kingdom was under Blackbeard's and Dragon's tyrannical rule but now another burden was placed on her. And it was the burden of knowing that the cost of her new friends saving her kingdom was that they now had the sole surviving Yonkou and the revolutionary army after them.
"We'll fight," replied Zoro finally.
"What!" shouted out each of the Straw Hats except for Sanji and Robin.
"Don't go deciding things like that on your own baka marimo!" shouted Ussop out.
"That's right baka marimo!" shouted Chopper agreeing with Ussop.
Sanji actually agreed with Zoro and had a neutral look on his face while Robin also agreed though she had her trademark smile.
"What are you guys getting so worked up over? We beat up two revolutionary commanders and liberated one of Blackbeard's islands. So both are going to come after us at some point. So it's not like we have any other choice but to fight them," replied Zoro.
The Straw Hats knew that it was pointless to argue with Zoro since he was right. Zoro could be a real idiot at times but when he spoke the right thing, it usually carried a lot of weight and were words of wisdom.
"Jeez why do men like him have to always act like this?" questioned Nami with a sigh.
"That's just how men are. There's no helping it. And besides he's right. We did pick a fight with both Blackbeard and Dragon when we decided to free this island so there's no turning back now," said Robin.
"And beside Nami," said Robin with her smile no longer present.
Nami made sure to pay attention to Robin now since she wasn't smiling. If Robin was speaking without smiling, then she was going to say something important.
"We'll have to go through both forces in order to get Luffy back. And getting Luffy back is more important now than ever before now that we know what the revolutionary army truly is," said Robin with finality.
A muted silence followed Robin's statement. With all the commotion over the battle of Kaien Kingdom, finding out about the terrifying alliance between Blackbeard and Dragon, hearing the truth about Kuma and the powerful warriors of the revolutionary army, their thoughts about Luffy dwindled due to the seriousness of the battle. But now that it was over, they now remembered their original reason for helping Pellinopee in the first place. And that was they could use the fact that this was Blackbeard's island to somehow get to Luffy since they knew that Luffy harbored deep resentment for Blackbeard.
Everytime Luffy was mentioned, Nami couldn't help her thoughts drift towards her ex captain. Now that he was gone, she began thinking about all the moments she had with him, him saving her from Arlong, him giving her strength against the monsters of the Grand Line and just recently the moment she snapped at Luffy and how life changing that moment was. That moment caused a chain reaction that brought the world to a New Age, the age of the Revolutionary Army. She missed him dearly and loved him deeply though she wouldn't admit it even to herself.
Similar thoughts went through Robin's head who herself never knew real happiness until she met Luffy. She remembered him both as an adorable child who would play and act like a little goofball as well as a fearsome warrior who would take on the world for her as he did at Ennies Lobby. Now Luffy's courage, will and determination was being used by a dark individual who seeks only power. The mere thought of using such a wonderful individual for such terrible purposes fill her with hate. Hate for the man that she once trusted. The fact that it was her beloved hero, savior and the one she loves despite the age difference only increased that hate. But it also increased her resolve to get her back.
The other Straw Hats had similar thoughts in their heads. They remembered him goofing off, stealing food and being and idiot. They also remembered the times he helped each of them as well and fought hard for each of them. That individual was now turned into a force that fought on the side of evil. They could not let such a thing happen. They had to get him back at all costs.
Maxie, Flint and Pellinopee looked as each of the Straw Hats looked like they were in their own world. The moment Robin mentioned Luffy's name, they were always like this. They always seemed to become different people, no longer the merry band of pirates but one that lost its most important member. Pellinopee still found it hard to believe that one of the revolutionary army's top fighters was actually their ex captain. It was also hard for her to accept that a high ranking member of the same organization that took over her homeland was actually the most beloved member of the crew that risked their lives to help her. It was unfathomable. She also couldn't help but hate Monkey D Luffy for putting her friends through such pain and anguish. At the same time she could help but want to meet him, meet the charismatic individual who made the crew what it was, who led through so many legendary battles, who laid down the foundations and ideals that the crew followed loyally despite the founder himself having betrayed those ideals. She wanted to know just what kind of individual was Monkey D Luffy to form a crew that was not only so incredibly strong, but also who were so friendly as to help out a complete stranger such as herself at the risk of their own lives and who were so loyal to him, that they would follow him to the ends of the earth even if he himself betrayed them, they would still follow him faithfully.
Hoping to change the atmosphere, she asked.
"Um everyone, I would like to hold a banquet for the heroes who freed our island," said Pellinopee.
Sanji hearing Pellinopee's offer instantly accepted.
"Of course Pellinopee-chan, I would be happy to have a banquet with you in honor of your splendid beauty. But alas no banquet shall ever be enough to match your beauty," said Sanji in love mode.
"Um okay," said Pellinopee nervously and with a sweatdrop.
"Yahhh party!" cheered Ussop and Chopper together.
"Owww, super," cheered Franky.
"No," said Zoro.
All the Straw Hats stopped their cheering to turn to Zoro.
"I'm afraid that we'll have to decline your offer Pellinopee," said Zoro.
"Zoro what the hell. You love party's since there's always sake," said Ussop.
"I do but there is something important that we have to do first," said Zoro seriously.
Flashback
"That's right. So he knows all about Posiedon and its powers. And he wishes to gain that power. So he's sent someone to Fishman Island to bring her to him. And that person is one of the Knights of D," said Doflamingo.
All the Straw Hats had aghast features at hearing that.
"Dragon already sent someone to capture Shirahoshi," said a shocked Nami.
"And that person is one of those Knights of D," said an equally shocked Brook.
"This isn't good. I don't think anyone in Fishman Island can handle one of those Knights," said Chopper.
"So while we were trying to free this kingdom, Dragon already sent one of those Knight guys after her," said Franky.
Zoro, Sanji and Robin also had worried looks. They knew from Doflamingo's explanation of the Knights that they are extraordinarily powerful and have some kind of legendary power. If what Doflamingo said was true then not even Jinbe who was an ex Shichbukai would be able to handle him.
"Hahaha from the expressions on your faces I could tell that you know what all this means," said Doflamingo.
"It means that soon the power of the ancient weapon Poseidon would belong to the revolutionary army," finished Doflamingo ominously.
Flashback End
The Straw Hats were silent as Zoro reminded them about Doflamingo's words and realized that he was right. Right now, one of those Knights of D was on his way to Fishman Island to kidnap Shirahoshi where Dragon would no doubt use her powers as he saw fit. Shirahoshi was in serious danger and they had to go to Fishman Island to save her before the revolutionary army could get her. Even worse, it's likely that many of the friends that they made on Fishman Island would get massacred in the process of trying to protect Shirahoshi. They had to go.
"I'm sorry Pellinopee-chan but the marimo here is right. There is somewhere that we have to be right now," said Sanji apologetically but not regretting the decision.
"An important friend of ours is in great danger right now and we have to go and help her. I'm sorry Pellinopee but we have to go and help her," said Nami.
All the Straw Hats had looks on their faces showing that they too were together in the decision that they had to go to Fishman Island to protect Shirahoshi.
"I see. Well then I understand," said Pellinopee with a sad smile.
Then a more determined look appeared.
"Go everyone and help your friend. I wish you all the best of luck then. Though I really wish I could do more to help you for freeing my kingdom" said Pellinopee approving of the decision.
"If you want to help Pellinopee-chan then you could get as much food as you can for us. We have to go help our friend as quickly as possible so we wouldn't have time to stop and resupply," said Sanji.
"Yeah and as much medical supplies as you can get as well. We wouldn't have time to stay and heal our injuries so I'll have to treat everyone while we're out at sea," said Chopper.
"And as much Cola as you can get," said Franky.
Pellinopee looked confused at the last part so Franky decided to explain.
"To use as fuel for myself and Sunny Go," explained Franky.
"Okay," replied Pellinopee who then turned to Maxie's direction.
"Maxie," called out Pellinopee.
"Yes your highness," replied Maxie.
"Get as much food, medical supplies and Cola as we can afford and have it sent towards the Straw Hat's ship," ordered Pellinopee.
"It will be done my princess," replied Maxie.
Maxie then took off to get the required supplies that the Straw Hats asked for.
Later that day, the Straw Hats along with Pellinopee, Maxie, King Leroy and Flint were present at the docks of Kaien Kingdom. All the revolutionaries were forced off the island and the pirates were released. Several workers of Kaien Kingdom palace were carrying crates full of food, medical supplies and Cola that they were going to need for their non stop journey to Fishman Island.
"I'd like to thank you again for freeing us Straw Hats," thanked Flint.
"Like we said already, we were really interested in freeing the island. You were just freed as a bonus," said Zoro.
"But still," said Flint.
"So what are you going to do now Flint?" asked Ussop.
"Not too sure. I've been a slave for such a while that I never really had any plans for my future," replied Flint.
"Well I'm sure you'll think of something," said Ussop.
Flint smiled in return.
Pellinopee looked at each of the Straw Hats.
"Everyone I want to thank you again for freeing my kingdom. I just can't thank you enough for that," said Pellinopee.
"You don't have to Pellinopee-chan. We're all friends right," said Sanji honestly surprisingly not in love mode and not saying that Pellinopee-chan was the love of his life.
Pellinopee hearing that began to tear up.
"I just wish that you all could stay longer. But I understand that you have to leave now," said Pellinopee in tears.
"I'm sure that we'll see each other again," said Robin.
"I wish you all luck at helping your friend and the rest of your journey, and …" said Pellinopee who wasn't sure how she wanted to say the last part.
"I hope that all of you could get your ex captain back. I could tell that he's an important person to you all," said Pellinopee.
All the Straw Hats looked at Pellinopee with a smile.
"Thank you Pellinopee. That really means a lot to us," said Nami.
"You know I would like to meet Monkey D Luffy some day. I really want to meet the person that was able to form such a great crew," said Pellinopee.
"Then how about this Pellinopee. When we get Luffy back, we'll meet up again so that you can meet him in person," said Nami.
"Deal," said Pellinopee.
While Pellinopee was talking to the Straw Hats, Franky appeared.
"Oye everyone, they've finished loading all the supplies. We're ready to go," shouted Franky.
The Straw Hats heard Franky and then began to leave.
"Well this is it Pellinopee-san," said Brook.
The Thousand Sunny began to sail away.
"Pellinopee-chan don't forget about me your sweat prince!" shouted out Sanji with comical tears in his eyes about having to separate from a beautiful princess.
"Bye Pellinopee," shouted Chopper.
"See ya later Pellinopee," shouted Ussop.
Nami and Brook were also waving while Robin and Zoro were silent but both had smiles on their faces. Franky at the helm of the ship was also smiling.
"Bye everyone," said Pellinopee.
Eventually the Thousand Sunny was far away and Pellinopee continued to look at the direction that they sailed off in. Flint and king Leroy left while Maxie looked at Pellinopee who was still staring out at sea.
"Pellinopee-sama, there's no need to worry. They're all very strong so they'll be fine," said Maxie.
Pellinopee then turned to Maxie with a smile.
"I know that," said Pellinopee.
"Anyway Maxie we now have to work hard to repair the damage done to this island by Blackbeard and the revolutionary army," said Pellinopee.
"That's right Pellinopee-sama," said Maxie with a smile.
Pellinopee and Maxie walked together with the burden of their kingdom under tyrannical rule finally over.
Back with the Straw Hats, Chopper was currently treating the injuries that the Straw Hats got during the battle with Drake and Doflamingo. Back at Kaien Kingdom, he was only able to give urgent first aid due to the urgency of their leaving. Now he was able to give much better medical care to his nakama.
"All right listen up everyone," called out Zoro.
All the Straw Hats turned to Zoro's direction.
"We may have beaten those two commanders but it's still not over yet. Right now both Blackbeard and Dragon are going to be after us," said Zoro.
"And we are going to have a big battle on Fishman Island against one of those Knights of D," said Zoro.
All the Straw Hats had serious faces. It was far from over. Right now the revolutionary army threatened the lives of one of their friends on Fishman Island. And they would not let anything happen to her. She was their friend and they promised that they would take her to see a real forest on land. Luffy himself was the one who made the promise first. They were going to save Shirahosh, get their captain back and then fulfill their promise to Shirahoshi.
"There is no way in hell I would let Dragon or one of those Knights take Shirahoshi-chan," said Sanji.
"I – I – I guess we have another big battle where Ussop-sama would show his skill," said Ussop.
"I'll make sure that we're all healed before we get there," said Chopper
"I'll make sure we get there as fast as we can so that we can save Shirahoshi," said Nami.
"The beautiful mermaid princes shall have my aid," said Brook.
Zoro and Robin both had expressions showing that they also agreed to help.
"I guess this means that we're going to Coup De Burst our way to Fishman Island to get there as fast as possible. We have plenty of Cola on board," said Franky.
"Do it Franky, Coup De Burst to Fishman Island," said Nami.
"Right," replied Franky.
"All right get ready," said Franky.
"Coup De Burst!" shouted Franky.
The Thousand Sunny began Coup De Bursting its way to Fishman Island to get there as fast as possible, before that Knight took their friend.
Well that's that. The chapter's over. But it's not over for the Straw Hats. Right now they have a much more fearsome enemy coming up.
This chapter is more of a transitional chapter. A good fic needs to have appropriate transition. If I just jump into Fishman Island, it wouldn't be as good. So this chapter was added to properly transition into the next part of the story. Those of you reading the fic now might not enjoy it but later down the road, you and newer readers will appreciate these kinds of transitions better. Anyway people who like typical Straw Hats chaos should be happy with this chapter.
Meaning behind Doflamingo's words after the Human Auctioning House incident. According to Doflamingo, after Luffy attacked the Tenryuubito, he left the human auctioning house in Disco's hands and claimed that they were in the age of Smiles. The meaning behind those words have already been explained in Oda's One Piece but because this fic diverges after chapter 653, it would have different meaning. In Oda's One Piece, when Doflamingo said the age of smiles, he was actually referring to the artificial Zoan devil fruit that Caesar Clown was making. In this fic, Doflamingo meant that the world would be in a new state of happiness. With the fall of the world government, there is no more slavery of innocent people (pirates aren't innocent), no more mass murdering Buster Calls etc. Also because of the revolutionary's ruthless way of handling pirates, pirates would quickly be removed from the seas. The age of piracy and the age of the world government would both be over. The suffering inflicted by both pirates and the world government would be over and everyone would be happy, in other words everyone would be smiling. Hence they are in the age of smiles.
During Flint's flashback I want to remind you all that the slaves are unaware that the ones who enslaved them are revolutionaries. Kaien Kingdom is under Blackbeard's control so they all assumed that the men in cloaks were either Blackbeard's men or perhaps allied to him in some way. Even if they were allied to him, the slaves would never suspect them to be revolutionaries. The revolutionary army and Blackbeard teaming up is unbelievable so they would never assume that is the case.
Likewise the slaves assumed that Doflamingo was a Shichbukai who chose to ally with the Yonko. It's not that hard to think about, a Shichbukai siding with a Yonko. Jinbe before the war was on Whitebeard's side so they assumed that Doflamingo was the same being on Blackbeard's. Also Doflamingo was still wearing his pink feathered coat so they thought that he was still a Shichbukai siding with Blackbeard. It's only after Doflamingo told the Straw Hats that he was a commander and he wore black revolutionary clothes with the blue cloak did everyone know that he is a commander.
The reason Flint and all the slaves are afraid of Doflamingo is revealed. That one incident that Doflamingo showcased his immense power. Originally, the reason that the slaves were afraid to rebel is Blackbeard. Blackbeard is a Yonko and if they fought back, Blackbeard would likely kill them. That is why all of them were afraid to fight back. Of course Blackbeard wasn't on Kaien Kingdom at the time so a few slaves got bold enough to rebel. Of course Doflamingo put down the rebellion easily and now the reason everyone is afraid of rebelling is Doflamingo himself.
I want to emphasis that the revolutionary army is only taking pirates as slaves, they do not go after civilians. Pirates are generally bad guys, plundering, looting etc. So the revolutionaries by capturing them are actually doing a service. Putting them on slave camps makes them be more useful to the army instead of just doing nothing. In essence to the world, the revolutionary army are the good guys. Furthermore places that are under Blackbeard's control are not aware that the ones that own the slave camps are revolutionaries. They all think that the revolutionaries are Blackbeard's men or allies so everyone thinks that Blackbeard is the slaver. No one really knows that the revolutionary army is the actual slave masters. Since the revolutionary army is not only removing pirates from the seas while not harming civilians but no one knows that they take part in slavery, this further makes them appear as good guys and much more efficient than the world government.
Doflamingo's devil fruit. Doflamingo possess the body body fruit. This allows him to control a person's body. He can control their movements as if they're a puppet. Furthermore he can control a person's limbs and tell them to "come off" which is how his slicing powers work. He can control one person per finger so the maximum number of people he can control is 10, one per finger. In Oda's One Piece he apparently has wires but this fic does diverge after One Piece chapter 653 not to mention that Doflamingo's powers were revealed way too late for me to make changes.
Doflamingo is a complete psycho. During the flashback he just massacred all the rioting slaves. But then he proceeded to literally torture the one who instigated the riot. First he sliced off his arm then he did the same with the other arm. Then he sliced of his leg then did the same with his other leg. The slave had no arms, no legs, crippled for life and in intense pain. But if that wasn't enough he forced the slave to beat his own head into the ground until it was nothing put a puddle of flesh and blood. It was horrible. And if that wasn't enough, he killed a revolutionary, one of his own men because of a little rebellion, one that he put down effortlessly. Doflamingo was always portrayed prior to the timeskip as a psycho and during the flashback he was no different.
A commander is not permanently in charge of a base. Another revolutionary (not a commander) is in charge. If a commander isn't doing anything, Dragon might ask them to oversee a revolutionary base. The commander is just temporary overseeing the base, they are not permanently in charge of it. Commanders might have to perform important missions so Dragon can't have them unavailable because of duties they have on a base. Being on a base is more like a standby phase, a default or temporary thing that they do if they don't have any orders.
The Straw Hats originally chose to get involved with Kaien Kingdom to get to Luffy. With all the things that have been happening on Kaien Kingdom, the alliance (at least as far as the Straw Hats are concerned) between Dragon and Blackbeard, Doflamingo revealed as a revolutionary commander, the Knights of D etc everyone forgot that the reason they came here was to get involved with Blackbeard. As the Straw Hats suspected that the revolutionary army was targeting the emperors, they believed that they would come after Blackbeard as well. Since the revolutionary army was coming after Blackbeard chances are if they got involved with him, they would get involved with the army and as a result find Luffy. And given Luffy already has issues with Blackbeard it was likely that the army might send Luffy to personally slay Blackbeard.
Unforunately the Straw Hats can't enjoy their victory. Usually after a big battle, there would be a celebration. However because one of the Knights is one their way to capture Shirahoshi, they don't have time to celebrate. How could they celebrate when one of their friends is in danger? They can't and they need to go there as soon as possible.
Someone asked how the Straw Hats would get to Fishman Island before one of the Knights did. Well the answer was given in this chapter, Coup De Burst. The Straw Hats are going to Coup De Burst non stop until they get to Fishman Island. They have enough food and medical supplies so they wouldn't have to stop at any islands to resupply. Also they have enough Cola to Coup De Burst all the way to Fishman Island non stop.
Someone also mentioned that the Straw Hats at their current level will have no change against one of the Knights. That's not true, the Straw Hats are strong, they have been training hard and have excellent teamwork. Also when the Straw Hats have a motive, their strength increases significantly. For example Luffy lost badly to Lucci when they fought at Water 7 but when Luffy found out about Robin's true motive at Ennies Lobby, he did much better against Lucci. The point is if the Straw Hats have a goal, they become much stronger. However if they were going to face any of the Knights one on one, they will loose badly. Even Zoro will get destroyed if he faces a Knight by himself. The Straw Hats can manage against a single Knight but if a commander or Special Weapon joins the fight, the Straw Hats are doomed.
Another person mentioned weather Garp, Sengoku and the Whitebeard Pirates are going to appear. Yes all of them are going to appear. Garp's role has already been planned out. Sengoku he'll appear but I haven't decided how, the same with the Whitebeard Pirates. Even if they don't have much roles in the story, then they'll definitely appear during the Final Battle at least.
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