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I closed my eyes, taking in a deep breath to calm myself down in an attempt to keep my cool. I didn't need to fly off the handle already; I should be able to beat all these guys! I just need to get out of my current predicament. They need me alive right? That should at least hold them back a little bit from killing me, if only slightly.

Plan, plan, plan. I need a plan! Ah, got one. I let my body go limp; my legs giving out on me as I slumped over. The man tightened his arm around my neck so that my head was held up, that caused me to a make a choking sound. I could have thought of a better plan! He didn't let go of me at all and his gun stayed where it was. If I could only reach my knife!

"Hey, don't be doing any of that now!" Mr. One Handed Gunman snapped as he tried to heft me up again with him arm.

I turned my head around slightly, the gun still pressing against it. I looked him straight in his eyes and let out a whine, using my version of the puppy eyes. He froze, unsure how to react to my sudden change of personality. I used that moment to my advantage, betting my life on a gamble of my abilities. My head shot out like a striking snake, the gun slipping along my neck. My jaws clamped down on his wrist and I made sure to grind my back teeth as I snapped around his bones. His gun was dropped as he cried out in pain again. His arm came off of my neck as he tried to pull back from me, so I dropped my grip on his wrist. I then drove the top of my head under his chin, ending his struggles against me.

As he fell to the ground I scrambled back up, my legs feeling a little bit like jelly from having such a close call yet again. Before I even had a chance to turn to face the chain man, he launched an attack on me. Apparently he had been ready for me to beat his comrade. I felt the chain snap around my right fore leg this time and he yanked it at least three times as hard as he did last time, my leg being awkwardly pulled away from my body.

RIIIPPPP

I heard the odd sound echo in my ears, numbing my mind, but the pain was immense. I let a screaming yelp vibrate through the air as I felt the muscle in my leg tear. My body was yanked through the air, hitting the dusty ground roughly. I slid for a few meters, instinctively curling up my injured leg up to my body. I laid on the ground for a few seconds for a seconds, my body shaking as the pain from leg radiate through my body.

'That sound wasn't normal at all! It sound like my muscle tore completely in half!' I gasped. 'Actually... It probably did. What was that called? A torn ligament? That's just about as bad as a broken leg!'

I wasn't given much of a chance to organize myself as the chain man pulled the chain tight yet again, pulling my injured leg out from my body. I yelped from the pain again, a variety of different swear words from seven different languages flying through my mind. I quickly scrambled up to my feet to save myself the pain, only three of my legs on the ground. My front right was lifted off the ground, the chain still wrapped around it.

"Not so good are you now, dog?" The chain man snickered, much to my disgust.

I was pissed now, that much was for sure. My head whipped around, drawing my knife in one fluid motion. I saw the chain man slide the other end of the chain through his hands so that he was holding it somewhere about the middle. He then began to spin the other end like he was doing before when he distracted me. I wasn't going to give him a chance to get me again like that.

I closed my eyes, taking another deep breath as I tried to control the pain of my leg. I then jumped awkwardly forward, taking off in a charge towards him. It turned out to be a limping gait as my injured leg skipped over the ground, nowhere near stable enough to sustain any weight. Even if I was limping I still managed to run quickly, and I saw his eyes widen in surprise. Apparently he hadn't counted on me being able to run this fast while still injured either.

He quickly launched the other end of the chain at me, but since I could see it this time, I could easily deal with it. I waited to the last second before jumping to the left. The chain collided with the ground as I stumbled when landing. Going from using four legs to three isn't as easy as it seemed. I then started my charge again, making a direct beeline at him now that he had used all his options with his weapon. I saw his eyes widen in panic as I got closer to him, glancing around for something else to use. I jumped at him as he tried to dive out of the way. Unfortunately for him, I was too fast for him, a normal advantage for a dog when dealing with humans. Even if I was injured.

I had a split second decisions to make, and I'm ashamed to say that I considered both. A hit in the gut with the hilt or the blade. I was oh so very tempted to use the blade. And I was damn close to as well. But, at the last second, I changed my mind, and drove the hilt point blank into his gut. He collapsed to his knees, gasping, although it didn't knock him out. His hand shot out and grabbed my injured leg right were the chain was. He pulled the leg, clenching down with his fist at the same time. He tried to pull me off of my feet, but I drove the blade of my knife into his shoulder. He cried out in pain and I pushed it further in with a growl. His body then sagged against the ground and he laid there panting. I slipped my knife out of him and smashed the hilt into his forehead with a snarl.

I got some sick satisfaction from seeing him finally go down. Finally I looked around me, my chest heaving and falling with exhaustion. There were people sprawled out everywhere and it looked like a bomb had gone off. How odd… I did all that. It was hard to comprehend when I really thought about it. How did I go from a normal girl to a dog that could take down a bunch of men so easily…?

Suddenly, I remember who got me into that mess. It was damn cloak guy! My head snapped to the side, glancing to where I had last seen him, but there was no sign of him. He wasn't part of the pirate hunters… Right? That just wouldn't make sense. I bet that asshole just wanted to test me. What does he think I am? Some subject for his insane test?

I shook my head to clear the thoughts, more than happy to hurry up and get out of there. I slipped my knife back in its holster and reached down to tug at the chain. It easily slipped off but the pain from even a slight touch of my leg had me whimpering. Son of a bitch. Honestly, I think I should just be glad I made it out alive.

I quickly scurried my way out of the alley, limping as I went. It was time to find Zoro again.

I was limping along the street and I could have sworn I heard sounds coming from here before!

"Ah…" I heard a voice sigh and I recognized it as Zoro's. "It's become quiet again."

I tilted my head, following the sound to the top of building. I saw a convenient staircase that led up the top of the building so I began to limp up it. It was harder then it seemed with only three legs, but I made it. I pulled myself onto the roof platform as Zoro looked my way, his bottle raised to take a swig. He was drinking! Now of all times! Bloody men!

I limped towards him and I saw him raising an eyebrow at my condition, his eye flicking down to my injured leg before looking back at me. I sent him a glare that clearly said, 'don't ask!' and continued shuffling towards him. I saw blood on his forehead, causing me to frown in worry. I stopped by his side, bracing my one front paw on his thighs, reaching my head up to study his wound.

"Hey! Get off!" He said, gently trying to push me back. I just growled pissily at him and pulled back seeing that the wound was nothing major. I then flopped lazily to the ground by his side, a long sigh slipping out. Finally a rest! I was content to lay here with Zoro; if anything was going to happen he would be able to warn me beforehand.

I let my eyes slipped closed as I heard him muttering, "Was that just my imagination? I thought I just heard something?"

"Not good, Luffy is caught out in the open," Zoro said, causing my eyes to snap open with a start.

'What mess did Luffy get himself in now?' I snapped with a frown.

I wiggled forward to look over the edge of the building along with Zoro and saw that below the building there was a fight going on between Igarappoi, Ms. Wednesday and Mr. Nine, and two other people. One new female and one new male.

I watched as it got worse and Luffy was in danger; the idiot was still asleep in the middle of the fight. He still also had a HUGE stomach from all the food earlier. He looked like a large rubber balloon!

"Follow me," Zoro commanded as we both climbed down. I limped my way around the fight while Zoro went in to get Luffy. As he started to drag Luffy out of the fight I saw one of the two new people, the male, flick one of his boogers which went flying past us and exploded! Rocks and dust flew everywhere from the impact. What the fuck!

I saw Igarappoi grab Zoro leg as he laid on the ground, begging Zoro to save the 'Princess'. We were meant to pick up a Princess weren't we? It must be Ms. Wednesday! Gods, I am so thick! That probably meant the Curly Man's name wasn't Igarappoi either... Mr. Curls started babbling about a reward to Zoro before a voice interrupted.

"A reward you say? Alright then!" Nami chirped as she sat atop a building, watching us. "How about 1 billion beli?"

"Nami!" Zoro yelped, surprised to see her too. I stayed silent, hanging back away from everyone else as I watched.

I zoned out again as Nami began bargaining with Mr. Curls; instead watching where the blue haired Princess and another random woman had ran to off before. It will do her no good to get killed before we can help her.

I watched owlishly as Luffy woke up; and I almost went running up to him, but something told me to hold back. He walked away in a random direction and as I turned to let Zoro know, I also saw that was walking away. I sprang after him, trotting with a limp to catch up to him. He must be going to save the Princess on Nami's orders, I should probably try to help as best as I can.

As I caught up with again he glanced back at me with a growl, "You should have stayed with Nami. You probably can't fight with that leg."

I answered his statement with a growl of my own, my tail swishing in annoyance. He could stick that up his ass!

I hung back again as Zoro launched himself in the path a booger bomb that was about to take out the Princess and the odd bird she was sitting on. He held his blade so that the booger split in two, and went flying either side of them, exploding as it flew past them.

"Who is he?" Tch'ed the man with dreadlocks.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO CUT A FREAKIN BOOGER!" Zoro cried out, making the funniest face and body expression. I could have laughed if the situation wasn't so serious.

"Why do you have to block my way now of all times!" Ms. Wednesday cried, spinning her pendulum and trying to hit Zoro in the back of his head. Zoro just swung his sword backwards, snapping the string of the pendulum.

"Calm down. I've come to save you," He hissed, although he didn't seem all that pleased to be saving a Princess.

"Wah..." She stuttered. "Save me?"

I slipped past the two people that now our adversaries as I limped over to Zoro and Ms. Wednesday's side.

"Oh, you're the swordsman and dog who defeated all the low-ranking agents in this town, aren't you," Ms. Umbrella Chick observed.

'Finally! Recognition!' I yipped. 'Wait… This is not a good thing!'

"Why would someone like you be trying to protect Alabasta's Princess?" Mr. Dreadlocks questioned Zoro, his arms crossed.

"I have my own circumstances," Zoro said with a shrug.

"Well, whatever," Mr. Dreadlocks dismissed us. "You're in our way in case.

"Kyahaha! That's right! Since you're in our way…" Ms. Umbrella Chick pulled off her hat as she smirked at us. "Allow me to bury your face under the ground with my ability."

That didn't sound good… What was her ability?

"ZOROOOOOOOOOOO! MAMOOOOOOOORRRIIII!" Luffy's enraged voice screamed out as I saw him charging at us out of nowhere. I violently jumped in shock as my name was mentioned, my eyes going wide. What had I done to piss him off?

"What is it this time?" Ms. Umbrella Chick asked, turning around to face Luffy as he came to a stop on the other side of her and Mr. Boogers.

"Luffy?" Zoro questioned him at the same time I let out a whine, my ears folding back against my skull. "What now? If it's about help, I don't need it. Or do you owe that woman something as well?"

"I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU GUYS!" Luffy screamed in rage. "FIGHT ME!"

"WHAT!" Zoro yelped in shock and I took a step back, staring in shock at my Captain. I was not about to fight him! There is no way I could fight any of my friends! What did I do to upset him? I swear I didn't mean to, what ever it was! "What kind of idiotic things are you sprouting now!"

"Shut up! Ungrateful bastards like you need their asses kicked!" Luffy snapped back at us.

"Ungrateful?" Zoro questioned him.

"That's right!" Luffy answered him. "I can't ever forgive you guys..."

I left out a soft whimper a Luffy's words; they were worse than physical wounds. What does he mean he can't forgive us? What did we do…

"HOW DARE YOU GUYS CUT UP, KNOCK OUT, AND BITE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TOWNSPEOPLE AFTER THEY GAVE US SUCH A FRIENDLY WELCOME AND FED US YUMMY FOOD!" Luffy screamed at us, his arms thrown into the air.

Zoro made an odd face as he muttered, "Ah… Well I did cut them up…"

I wiggled over to Zoro, pressing my shoulder against his leg in an attempt to try and calm myself down and get some sort of comfort. Surely Zoro could just explain it to him!

"H-How dense could you be...?" Ms. Wednesday muttered in astonishment.

"Luffy, listen to me," Zoro tried to reason with our captain. "The town's people were actually-"

"DON'T MAKE EXCUSES!" Luffy cried as he appeared before us, his fist pulled back to hit Zoro.

"WHAT!" Zoro yelped, eyes wide as he tried to dodge the attack. He shifted his head to the side so the fist went right past him and into the wall that behind us. It broke straight through the wall, shattering it to pieces. "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!"

I skittered out of the way like a startled rabbit, stumbling a bit from my sore leg.

"YEAH!" Luffy grunted. "DIE!"

"Wha!" Zoro exclaimed again as Luffy attempted to kick him this time. I'd managed to skitter back far enough as not to get by Luffy's attack as I stared on in confusion. I wanted to help Zoro but I didn't want to go against the Captain! "Hey! Just listen to what I am saying!"

"HEY!" He yelped as Luffy tried to head-butt him this time. "Damn it! He's serious about killing me!"

I watched in silent apprehension as Luffy continued to throw blows at Zoro, my tail tucked in-between my legs. My eyes widened as Zoro finally kicked him back, sending him straight through a wall!

"That retard!" He hissed as he clenched his fists. I quickly slunk back over to Zoro's side, watching him in concern. As I reached him, a building near us exploded causing me to flinch violently in shock. My nerves were so shot at the moment!

I saw something shoot out of the building, it was that bitch with the umbrella. She used the umbrella to steady herself in the air as she cried out, "UGH! I've had enough! Let me kill you off already with my Kilo Kilo fruit's ability! Kyahahahaha! Prepare yourselves! Right now my weight is only 1 kilogram, allowing me to float from the shockwave created by the explosion!"

"But I'll now…" She started to say as she bent her legs, starting to come down towards Zoro.

"Mr. Bushido! Dog! Watch out! That woman is-" The Princess started to say.

"Shut up!" Zoro snapped, cutting her off.

"Wha?" She yelped, eyes wide.

"I don't have time to listen to either of your two blabbering on and on!" Zoro hissed, gritting his teeth with a dark look on his face. "Mamori, get back out of the road."

I did as he said, limping back over close to the odd duck the Princess was sitting on, a soft whine making it's way out of my throat. I watched the Luffy came waltzing out of the rubble, also wearing a dark face.

"Ah, that made from good exercise!" Luffy said as he patted his stomach that had shrunk. He had the front of the booger guy's shirt in his hand, dragging him along. "Finally managed to digest all the food I ate…"

"Mr. Five!" The Princess yelped. So that was the booger/dreadlocks guy's name. "It can't be! An officer of Baroque Works was…!"

"Time to get serious…." Luffy said eerily, glaring at Zoro and I.

"Luffy, just calm down and listen to me," Zoro attempted to reason with him once more. "The people of this village were actually all bounty hunters. Meaning, that they're our enemies."

"D-Don't ignore me!" The Umbrella Chick cried out from above Zoro, my eyes flicking up for a mere second to look at her. I quickly put my attention back on Luffy again, this situation was far more serious.

"LIAR!" He cried loudly. "WHAT KIND OF ENEMIES WOULD FEED US!"

Is it really always about food with Luffy? Wait. Don't even bother answering that.

"Hello! Are you even listening! My ability allows me to freely change me weight from 1 kg to 10,000 kg in the blink of an eye!" Ms. Umbrella Chick screamed in rage at being ignored by us.

"Eat this! 10,000 KILO PRESS!" She cried, heading towards the ground like a bullet. She collided with the ground right behind Zoro, but he just ignored her and the small crater she created.

"Seems like you just won't listen to anything I have to say…" Zoro sighed, pulling out his bandanna and tying it around his head. "YOU SIMPLE MINDED IDIOT! BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET SERIOUS SO WILL I! JUST DON'T COMPLAIN AFTER I KILL YOU!"

"Fine by me!" Luffy snapped as Zoro pulled out his katana.

"Wait a second! What is going on! Aren't you two friends!" The Princess cried, causing me to drop my head. They are friends. I can't believe Luffy is doing this because we saved our asses from being killed by bounty hunters!

"GOMU GOMU NO..." Luffy started too chanted as he spun his arms around, charging at Zoro.

"ONI!" Zoro cried, also charging at Luffy.

"BAZOOKA!" Luffy cried as he slammed his attack into Zoro.

"GIRI!*" Zoro also yelled at the same time, carrying out his attack. The shock wave from it was immense. It had me squeezing my eyes closed from the flying dirt.

When I snapped my eyes open again, I saw that they had blocked each other attacks and it had become a stare off between the two!

"This'll be a good chance to see which is stronger… Your unarmed combat… Or my sword fighting!" Zoro said, gritting his teeth.

"Good! Let's make it clear once and for all!" Luffy agreed, but it wasn't in a good way.

I couldn't follow their movements as they attack each other once again, they were a blur. But it didn't take long for them to both go flying back into walls, smashing through them. I started to shift my weight back and forth on my hind legs in nervousness.

It was silent for a few seconds, the tension eating away at me.

"What do I do…? I want to run away but I wonder if I'll be safe just passing them by," Ms. Wednesday mumbled and I sent her glance, not saying a word.

"KYAAA!" Ms. Wednesday and the bird screamed at the same time I jumped. Zoro and Luffy broke out of the walls they had gone through, charging at each again with battle cries.

I watched silently as they attacked each other again, their limbs and weapons a blur to everyone else's eyes. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Mr. Booger and Ms. Umbrella Chick charge at them, meaning to attack. I let it be, knowing that they could deal with them.

"God, you two are annoying," They both stopped, turning around to say that. The other two froze in shock, Ms. Umbrella wrapping her arms around herself in fright.

"ACK!" Mr. Boogers choked, his jaw dropping.

"You're…" Zoro and Luffy muttered darkly, both jumping forward at the same time to knock both of the away. They went flying away over their heads. "GETTING IN THE WAY OF OUR FIGHT!"

"So damn annoying…" Zoro muttered to himself.

"Who are they anyway?" Luffy finally had the brains to question the situation. Only after he beat the crap outta them. Typical.

"It can't be…!" The Princess gasped in shock. "How could there be guys as strong as them so close to the Grand Line's entrance!"

"Should we continue then?" Zoro asked, glancing at Luffy from the corner of his eyes.

"Yeah," Was Luffy's simple reply.

They both went to swing their next attack when they were both sucker punched in the side of the face. They both went flying back as Nami cried, "STOP IT!"

I don't think I have ever been so glad to see that woman! I didn't hesitate to see how Zoro and Luffy were going to react, I bolted for Nami. I limped up to her at a hurried pace, my tail wagging a million miles an hour as I reached her side.

"Just what the heck do you think you're doing!" She chided them. "Well, in any case I guess I should at least be glad that the girl is safe."

'Ah, of course. It's all about the money,' I snorted but at the moment I didn't care though as I pressed my muzzle into Nami's hand, whining at her. She looked down at me, raising any eyebrow.

"You should have stopped them," She informed me and I froze. She was right! I should have… Could have… Why didn't I?

She walked over to the two idiots, pulling them up by the front of their shirts, "But you were about to cost me my 1 billion beli! Do you understand!"

"What are you talking about?" Ms. Wednesday asked Nami in surprise. "And why did you save me?"

"Ah, that's right," Nami said as she tried to keep Luffy and Zoro apart as they kicked and pulled each other's hair like kids. "You don't know anything yet… How would like to make a contract with me?"

"A contract?" The princess sounded hesitant.

"SETTLE DOWN ALREADY!" Nami cried as she smacked the guys in her grip down to the ground again.

"HAHAHA! You should have said so earlier!" Luffy laughed gleefully and sitting atop a barrel. "I thought you and Mamori went and attacked those people because they didn't cook your favorite food or something!"

'IS HE REALLY THAT THICK!' I snarled mentally as I glared at him.

"WHO DO YOU THINK I AM!" Zoro snapped at him, leaning forward from the crate he was laying against. I let a bark to echo his statement as I sat by his side, my right fore paw still hovering above the ground.

"HAHAHA! Well, whatever. What's done is done!" Luffy continued in his laugher, his carefree manner pissing me off. He had attempted to kill me and Zoro and now he was laughing it off!

I heard Nami and the Princess talking from the background but I zoned out again, my brain finally allowed to wander. I hated listening to long winded speeches. Must have something to do with my short attention span.

They continued talking about Alabasta, the war, and Crocodile but suddenly they all went silent. This snapped my attention back to them in curiosity.

"Didn't you just say his name…?" Zoro muttered, glaring at her. What?

Suddenly, we all seemed to get the same chilling feeling causing us all to look the same way. On the roof of a house, not far away from us, was some sort of vulture and otter in a polka-dot suit. They stared silently at us before the otter jumped on the vulture's back and flew away…

Next thing I knew Nami had the Princess by the front of her shirt, shaking her back and forth as she screamed at her.

"HEY! WHAT IS THAT VULTURE AND OTTER? DON'T THEY GO REPORT TO YOUR BOSS THAT WE KNOW HIS SECRET? TELL ME!" Nami raged at Ms. Wednesday.

"I'M REALLY SORRY! I DIDN'T INTEND TO TELL YOU! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Ms. Wednesday sobbed as she was shaken by Nami.

"YOU THINK SAYING THIS ACCIDENTALLY MAKES THIS ANY BETTER! WHY DO WE HAVE TO BE HUNTED DOWN BECAUSE OF A SINGLE SLIP-UP FORM YOU!" Nami continued to scream at the poor girl as I sat there watching still trying to figure out what it all meant. They must be talking about Crocodile, and how if you find out who he is, he will kill you. "We just barely entered the Grand Line and we already have a Shichibukai chasing after us!"

"Yeah! We are really lucky to be able to meet him so early," Zoro said nonchalantly from beside me causing me to audibly sigh.

"I wonder what kind of guy he is?" Luffy questioned.

'Crocodile is a bad guy. Simple as that,' I deadpanned mentally.

"SHUT UP YOU TWO!" Nami snapped at them before starting to walk off. "It's been a real short time traveling with you, but bye!"

"Where're ya' going Nami?" Luffy asked her.

"They don't know my face yet so I'm running away!" She snapped back at us over her shoulder. I let out a soft whine, looking between Zoro, Luffy, and Nami. She couldn't leave!

Zoro looked down at me, also with a deadpan expression, saying simply, "Watch."

I looked back up to where Nami was walking as saw that she had stopped right in front of the otter and vulture. The otter quickly drew something up on a piece of paper and showed us. It was a picture or Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and I. I had to hold myself back from jumping up and running to Nami's side. As far as I can guess, those two won't hurt her right now.

"Wow, you're good!" Nami congratulated the otter, clapping her hands. Then she spun around and came storming back our way as they otter flew off with the vulture. "NOW I CAN'T EVEN RUN AWAY!"

"Interesting bunch, those animals," Luffy noted and I was inclined to agree with him.

"Where were you even planning to run away to?" Zoro questioned Nami with a sweat drop. "In any case, with this all 4 of us are now on Baroque Works' hit list…"

"This is so coooool!" Luffy exclaimed with his goofy face on. I wasn't really sure how I felt about this. I just sorta knew that it had to happen one way or another… Why should I care either way?

Nami sat down on the ground, wrapping her arms around her legs dejectedly.

"I… I have 500,000 beli in my savings account that you can have though…" The Princess tried to comfort her; she seemed like a really nice person now.

"FEAR NOT!" A voice cried out and we all turned around to see Mr. Curls standing before us, dressed as the Princess in the swirly top and shorts. Simply put, he looked ridiculous… "It'll be arri-Ma, ma, maa~ It'll be alright! I have a plan!"

"Igaram! What with that outfit!" Ms. Wednesday cried out in shock, walking forward. Oh, so Igaram was his name.

"Whoa! You can definitely pull off that look!" Luffy complimented him like the idiot he was. There is no way that Igaram looked normal. None whatsoever.

"I'm surrounded by idiots…" Nami mumbled, still in her ball of misery.

"Enough about that and just listen to me. Once the Baroque Works's network learns of what happened, they'll be sure to send pursuers right away. More so, since you even defeated Mr. Five and his partner!" Igaram pointed out.

Was I the only one who noticed that not long ago he tried to kill us?

"Just to let you know, although the boss has no bounty on him since he is now a member of the Shichibukai, back in his heydays as a pirate, Crocodile had an 80 million beli bounty," Igaram continued with a grave look. "By the way, have you decided on whether or not to safely escort the Princess back to Alabasta yet?"

"Huh? What're you talking about?" Luffy asked him, blinking.

"He means he wants us to take her back home," Zoro replied to him, jerking his thumb in the Princess's direction.

"Oh. Sure, fine by me," Luffy replied.

'Luffy, sometimes I really love you. You are so cute!' I giggled to myself. 'You have no idea what you even just agreed to, but you were more than happy to do it! So naïve! I think I can forgive you for trying to kill me now… maybe. We'll just have to wait and see.'

"80 MILLION BELI! THAT'S FOUR TIMES ARLONG'S BOUNTY! JUST REFUSE HIS REQUEST!" Nami screamed at Luffy, she was yelling a lot again.

"Now then, Princess. Please hand me the Eternal Pose to Alabasta," Igaram requested of the Princess.

"Huh? What's an Eternal Pose?" Nami asked, her head turning around suddenly.

"Hm? You don't know?" Igaram asked her, shocked. "Simply put, it's a log pose that can eternally record a magnetic field. A normal Log Pose records the magnetic field of an island to guide a ship from island to island. However, the magnetic field recorded by the Eternal Pose is never forgotten and no matter where you go, it will point to that very island. That is what an Eternal Pose is. This one in particular has recorded the magnetic field of Alabasta. Now then Princess Vivi. I shall take this Log Pose and set forth for Alabasta while disguised as you and taking these three dummies to represent these three wanted pirates. And while agents of Baroque works chase after me, you are to travel on the normal route to Alabasta on their ship. I haven't sailed to Alabasta using the normal route myself, but there should be around 2 or 3 Logs to record along the way. Take care, and may we meet again in our homeland."

"I hereby leave the Princess in your care," Igaram told Luffy. We were all by Igaram's boat now, ready from him to set sail. I was sitting by Zoro's side again; my damn leg was aching like a bitch.

"I bet you'll totally fool them!" Luffy chirped, referring to Igaram's costume and dummies.

"Fool who?" Zoro snorted, crossing his arms. I let out a soft bark in agreement, tilting my head to the side as I looked over Igaram's terrible costume again. I don't think it would fool anyone!

"The journey ahead of you may be dangerous so please be careful," Igaram pleaded with Vivi, reaching out to shake her hand.

"You too, Igaram," She replied simply, flashing a smile at him.

I watched silently as he climbed aboard and sailed off under the moonlight; good luck to him.

"Aww, he left… He was such a funny guy too…" Luffy complained with a pout.

"He's always been so dependable," Vivi said, clasping her hands together as she watched him sail away.

Zoro, Nami, and I stayed silent through the whole thing.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Everyone stood there, watching in shock and horror as the boat exploded into a burning ball of flames. I tucked my ears back against my skull as the sound almost made my ears bleed.

"It can't be…" Nami mumbled in shock as everyone stared on silently. "Pursuers! Already!"

I turned to Luffy, seeing what he was going to do in this situation because I personally had no idea how to react…

Luffy spun around, snorting angrily as he yelled, "HE WAS A FINE MAN!"

Nami and Zoro spun around along with Luffy getting ready to walk away. I was still sitting there staring numbly with Vivi. That guy… He was alive a few minutes ago. Surely he couldn't be dead that easily? That was too easy…

"Nami! How's the Log!" Zoro demanded, stepping into his place as second in command.

"It's finished recording!" Nami replied nervously, also shaken by the turn of events.

"Then let's hurry up and get going!" Zoro order.

"Mamori!" Zoro then snapped causing my head to shoot up and look his way. "Let's get going."

I shook myself out of my shock and jumped up to my paws, limping after them all. I left Nami to deal with Vivi.

"Luffy! Go wake those two up and bring them back to the ship!" Zoro ordered as we ran, he was really good at organizing things when need be. "Mamori and I will be going ahead to the ship first!"

"Alright! Leave it to me," Luffy said, running off to do as order. I followed Zoro, well stumbled after him due to my leg. I wonder if using it so much was going to make it worse...

*Demon Slash (also a pun on rice ball)

A Shichibukai is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.