The next chapter is finally here! ^^ And...well, it may seem a bit depressive so I am sorry. There is reason for what is happening to Mamori, I promise. So, to lighten the mood I have added an Omake at the end of the chapter! Hope you like it.

I heard the Mr. Six chuckle in the background as I stared at Kayle, horror stricken. I opened my mouth to say something but I felt something climb up the back of my throat. I coughed roughly, spitting out blood on the green grass.

I watched numbly as the red liquid slid down the grass blades and into the dirt, leaving red smudges on the grass. I lifted my head up, looking at Kayle again and all he did was smirk back at me. I opened my mouth as if to talk to him but nothing came out. I didn't know what to say so I just knelt there gaping.

"What's wrong Bray?" Kayle purred as he said my nickname with some antipathy.

I tried to push myself back to my feet, groaning as pain shot up my side. I used my left hand to clutch my right side as I straightened back up into a hunched over standing position. My young child's body couldn't handle all the pain and for once I wished I was back as a dog.

I stopped, panting harshly, this time wrapping both my arms around my stomach. I wrapped my left hand around the handle of the knife, lifting up my head to glare at Mr. Cane.

"May you drown in a puddle of your blood stained urine you filthy godforsaken pile of mouse crap! You're lower than the scum that bottom feeders feast on! You're… You're not even a quarter as much a man as your mother is! How dare you! HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!" I screamed at him, fury boiling in my veins. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THIS TO KAYLE! None! How dare you do this to his memory! He didn't deserve this! This is between you and me!"

"Are you done?" He asked me calmly as I stood there panting.

His calmness tripled my anger, causing me to grind my teeth together. I clenched my fist harder around the hilt of the knife, tearing it out of my side in one swift motion. I screamed as pain shot all over my body, stumbling two dizzy steps forward. I took a few deep breaths as I got over the pain wave. I then spat at him, the spit flying to land on his neatly polished black shoes.

I saw his façade twitch as I merely sent him a smirk before mocking, "Are you done?"

"You're childish attitude suits your childish body," He sneered.

"And your small dick suits your small brain," I spat back, not aware how stupid I looked as a little 10 year old child swearing like a sailor.

I slowly pulled my blood stained hand away from my side throwing the knife to my right hand. I pulled my thumb over the end of the hilt as I clutched it tighter. I was finally glad to have a weapon, even if it was a small one.

He suddenly waved his hand in the air as he commanded, "Kayle, if you'd please."

I spun around, flinching from the pain in my side. My younger brother threw himself at me, a stick like shape of black blob forming his hand. It quickly turned solid, turning into an all-black blade with a red and black hilt. The sword was almost as big as him because he was only a tiny kid, but he swung it around with no trouble.

He swung it at me from my right side where I was wounded and I jumped backwards, sucking in a breath as I resisted the urge to grab my side. Kayle quickly switched the swing around, bringing it back towards me in a vertical arc. Again I danced backwards, clutching the useless knife to my chest.

"Kay!" I begged my brother. "Stop this! This isn't you!"

He thrust the sword at me this time instead of swinging it so I tried to jump to the side. The blade of the sword scraped along my left arm, just above my elbow. I gasped in pain, stumbling away from him.

"Haven't you got it by now?" Mr. Six asked. "This is not your brother, this is your nightmare. He isn't who you think he is and he isn't going to listen to you."

"Haven't you got it by now?" I spat back at him without taking my eyes off my brother as he got ready to swing again. "I want Kayle out of this now! It's between you and me, leave Kay alone!"

I bit my lip as I dodged to the side from another swipe of the sword. How was I mean to deal with this? I didn't want to hurt Kayle, he was my brother but he was way too dangerous with a sword.

I took a deep breath, getting ready to counter attack and try and restrain Kayle. I couldn't dodge him all day, not in the shape I was in. I waited until he thrust the sword at me and I leant back far enough for him to not stab me but so I could still reach the blade. Using the palm of my left hand I slammed down on the flat side of the sword, thrusting it downward. I then used my left foot to slam down on it, digging it into the ground and trapping it.

Without giving him a chance to pull it out I leant forward and latched my hand around his wrist, twisting it so he dropped the sword completely. He pulled back but I pulled him towards me, sweeping my right foot behind both his feet and pulling it back towards me so I swept him from his feet. As I fell with him, I quickly straddled his waist and placed my left hand on his chest to hold him down. Blood was running down my lip from how hard I bit it to ignore the pain of my side. The knife was still clenched in my right hand but held it closer to my chest because I didn't want to use it on him.

"Kay, come on dude!" I begged him again, a few tears leaking out of my eyes. All that he did was stare at me with emotionless red eyes, his face void of emotion. "KAYLE!"

My brother slowly lifted up his hand, wrapping it around my right hand that held the knife and he slowly brought it down towards his chest, blade first.

"Bro… Kay… What are you doing?" I whispered quietly, my whole body shaking as I stared at him shock. I tried to pull my hand back but his grip was too tight and I couldn't budge it. His strength was inhuman for a young eight year old boy.

Kayle said nothing, he only leant the tip of the knife against his chest as I continued trying to pull back. Slowly and agonizingly he drove the knife into his chest, right above where his heart should be. I panicked and more tears leaked out of my eyes as I wrapped both my hands around the blade still trying to pull back.

"DON'T DO THIS!" I screamed loudly.

Blood welled up and leaked through his t-shirt as the knife slowly penetrated his chest millimeter by millimeter. He cried out in pain as the knife slipped in deeper and my scream or dismay mixed in with it.

With his last strength he drove the rest of the knife right in, up to the hilt. His body shuddered under me as he completely went limp, his eyes glazing over. I froze, not being able to do anything but stare at him in horror. His body suddenly turned all black, melting into a pile of goo under me. I sat in the goo, my hands resting in the black substance as I continued to stare for a few minutes.

My whole body shook as my brain tried to work and comprehend what just happened. My tears dropped down to mix with the black material as it slowly started to seep back into the earth. I clenched my fists as I let out a sudden and loud scream of rage of pain, turning my head up to the sky.

"ARGHHHHHHH!" I cried until I ran out of my breath and my head dropped back against my chest.

Without realizing it I had some got back to my feet, not fully aware of my body moving. Slowly I turned around, my eyes narrowed in on Mr. Six who was smirking at me. I was beyond the point of furious. I was WAY beyond that stage. I couldn't even describe the mindset I was in right now. One of the most important people to me had just killed themselves before my eyes because of me. Even if it wasn't real, it didn't matter. I would never be able to think about my brother in the same way again and it was because of this mother fucker. No one touches my family or friends and gets away with it.

I slowly started to walk towards the man as he raised an eyebrow at me. The tension was palpable in the air, the knife still clenched in my right hand. In a dangerously low and monotone voice I questioned him, "This is your idea of a nightmare?"

"It worked on you didn't it?" He asked calmly as I slowly walked towards him. "There is no way out of here other than killing yourself or dying here."

I didn't bother to answer him; I only walked close until I stood right before him. I only came up to his waist in my young body so I had to tilt my head back to keep eye contact with him. I lifted up my knife, pointing it up towards him.

"I could kill you. If you're dead, your world cannot exist anymore," I replied in an emotionless voice and without giving him a chance to reply I drove the knife straight into his stomach.

I pushed the knife in, up to the hilt and I expected to hear him cry out but he only chuckled. He flashed me a smile as his body melted away in the black substance, sloshing the ground.

"You'll have to do better than that," A voice whispered in my ear and I quickly swung around, slashing the knife in front of me. My knife flashed through air, there was no one behind me.

My head snapped around as I tried to find out where he was, my rage growing as I was kept from my target.

"How about round two now?" His voiced echo around the whole area and in one pulse I plunged into darkness again.

I lost feeling of my young body and all my pain seemed to slowly dissolve away as I floated in limbo. For a few moments I could feel that I was back in Mamori's body, with my four legs but it quickly disappeared again as I was sucked away.

Slowly the scene cleared in front of me, sounds slowly assaulting my ears. I heard the buzzing of a TV in the background. I looked down and noticed that I had a pen clutched in my hands, books below that. It was my homework…

Numbly I flipped the book closed so I could read and the first thing I noticed on it was 'Grade 10'. So… I must be about 15 this time. It's a lot better than being a kid. I stared at my hands and then down at my sides. My injuries were gone. Nowhere to be seen. Maybe they went to my other body through the switch… That means I must somehow still be connected to my other body! I just needed to find a way back.

I vaguely noticed that I was being talked to and I looked to my left side to see my mother cooking something in the kitchen. She was blabbing on and on about something.

My mother was the last member of my family and I loved her to bits. She was strict, very cranky most of the time, and always had something to complain about but I loved her. She also was great fun to talk to, always willing to joke around and if you needed anything reasonable she would get it for you eventually…With some complaining.

Her husband, my father, along with Kayle had left us a few years back when they spilt up. Thing went downhill very quickly from there and we had to sell our house in the country and move to the city.

My mother, props to her, took it in a stride and organized everything for us. She definitely was an independent woman, that's where I'd got it from. Although it seemed I had got my looks from my father because she looked different from me. She had mellow green eyes, no freckles, and straight orange brown hair in a boys cut.

"So what else do you need for this project?" My mother asked me as she finally met my eyes. "So far we have paper, cut outs, stars, and metallic texters? Couldn't you do this whole Gods thing on a power point? It would be a lot easier."

I stared at her, my brows furrowing. Gods project? Oh that's right. I did a project on Pagan Gods for religion in Grade 10. I got a good grade for it too. It was a very interesting topic to research; I loved all that I learnt about it. Even after I finished the project I kept up with my research. It was such an interesting topic and I couldn't get enough information about it. That's why I remember it.

I stayed silent and didn't answer my mum as I watched her cautiously. She wasn't about to turn on my like Kayle was she? I couldn't stand see another of my family members die because of me.

Suddenly an idea came to me and I sprung up from the seat at the table, the chair clattering noisily to the ground behind me.

"Braylie?" My mother questioned me, watching me.

"Sorry," Was all I gasped before spinning around and bolting through the house. The hallway through to the front door was not far from the kitchen so I headed there first. I was running so fast I skidded around the corner, grabbing at the doorway to stabilize myself and then I ran straight at the front door. I hit the door with a bang and my now sweaty hand wrapped around the handle, jiggling the door handle.

With a pop the lock on the door came undone so I swung the door in, running straight out of it and into my front yard. Without waiting I pumped my legs, running to the foot path and bolting down my street. Houses that I vaguely remembered flew past me, intent on just running as far away from my mother as I could.

As I ran I planned out my next move. I needed to back in Mamori's body, that was for sure. When I had switched scenes I felt connected to Mamori's body, so that must be the moment I needed to use to escape. I needed to avoid getting to injured this time because my injuries were all going to my other body, no doubt. And when I got out I needed to act quickly to take Mr. Six out of action.

I made it down a few streets before I suddenly heard a car horn blare from behind me. My head swung around in time to see a car swerving off the road, heading straight for me. I would have recognized the car anywhere, it was my mother's.

With a scream I threw myself forward, rolling along the ground as the car went over the curb and rushed over the foot path right behind me. I hit the rough ground, rolling along it as I scraped some of my skin off. A loud crashing sound echoed behind me, deafening me for a few moments. I laid on my stomach on the ground, my chest having as I stared at the pavement next to my face. My own mother had just tried to run me down with a car…

Mom! Was she okay! I pushed my back up to my feet, my palms slightly bleeding from all the skin that was scraped off them from my drive roll. I clambered up to my feet, spinning around to see the front of my mother's car embedded in a stone wall that surrounded the front of a house.

I saw that the front of the car was all dented and scrunched up, but the car was still running. My mother's head was resting against the steering wheel and she wasn't moving.

"MOM!" I yelped, thoughtless scrambling towards the car. I ran straight up to her window, banging on it. "Mom! Can you hear me! MOM!"

Her head slowly turned around, still resting on the steering wheel. A line of black goo was leaking out of a cut on her head causing me to tense up as I remember what she was. As if to strengthen that fact, she flashed me a wicked smile, her red eyes flashing open.

My breath caught in my throat as I stumbled back a step, getting ready to run again. My mother slammed down on the pedals, her car reversing straight back out of the wall. A few pieces of the rubble smacked into me as I turned and bolted again, trying to run faster than before. My mother quickly put the car in forward and slammed on the accelerator.

This time, instead of driving on the road she just powered along on the foot path after me. I wasn't going to lie, I was scared as hell right now.

It didn't take more than the distance of a few houses before she caught up to me in her car and she didn't slow down at all. I tried to dive to the side again but it didn't work this time. I felt the front of the car slam into my thighs, lifting me off the ground. I was thrown on to the bonnet, my shoulders and ribs connecting roughly with it next.

CRUNCH

A sicking sound echoed numbly in my ears as I screamed in fear and pain. Then my head smashed into the window, glass shattering around me. I blacked out for a few seconds then., waking up moments later to find myself on the ground, laying on my back.

I laid there, no sound coming through my ears as my head pounded. I couldn't breathe and all I could feel was pain. Red, green, and grey swam in my blurred vision. I was laying on the foot path again, blood seeping out of several places on my body as it stained the ground. I dazedly tuned my head to the side to my mother's car not far away from me. Black goo was leaking out from a crack in the door and sinking into the ground. She was dead…

Mr. Cane would be here in a second. I needed to get up. I slowly and agonizingly rolled over to my stomach and when I went to push myself back up one of my arms would move properly. I ended up pushing myself up into a sitting position as I surveyed the damage my body had sustained. The thing that worried me the most was the arm that wasn't moving. The problem seemed to be lying the shoulder and it finally concluded that it was popped out of place.

I was bleeding from many places, mostly from cuts from glass. The left side of my face had several cuts on it, blood dribbling over my pale check and down my neck. My skin had been scraped off my body in several places from the rough landing again but it didn't look like I had any broken bones.

"Well, that was a disappointment," A voice snorted and I looked up to see Mr. Six standing before me, leaning on his cane. "I was hoping for more… Struggling."

I couldn't even find the energy to argue with him or to try and attack him. I just wanted out of here. Who was going to have to watch die next?

"No rude remarks anymore?" He asked me, quirking a brow.

I lowered my head, tears gathering in my eyes. I was hoping to give him the impression that I was broken, although I couldn't fool myself into thinking it was all an act because it wasn't. I'd had enough of this, I just wanted to throw myself into someone's arms and bawl my eyes out.

"Tch, you're beginning to be no fun. I'm going to tire of this quickly," He sighed. "Round three then."

I waited and sure enough I felt another pulse and I was thrown into darkness. I waited till I could feel myself slipping back into Mamori's body and with the viciousness of a snake I snagged onto the feeling, refusing to let go.

I wrapped my thoughts around the feeling, holding on with everything I had. I felt something tugging me back, into another one of his plays. I refused to let go, playing a game of tug of war. It started to pull me as hard as it could I felt pain everywhere. It wasn't just on one spot like when I get injured. My entire being hurt, like my soul was being torn.

'NOOO!' I screamed mentally to myself, begging for someone or something to help me. I couldn't survive another trip into his world. I needed out, NOW.

The pain continued to grow until the point the only thing I could do was scream mentally into the black abyss.

Something else drifted into my tormented senses. It was a smell. A smell of something sweet yet something obnoxious. It was the smell of the rose that the cloaked man had given me. It was a link to the outside world!

I only had one shot at this. To latched onto the smell I had to let go of my body. When I let go there was no going back to it. If it this didn't work I would be sucked into his playground again.

I let go. The pain ebbed away as I felt myself getting pulled but I quickly resisted and with the last of my strength I threw myself at the smell of the rose. Instead of clinging to it this time I dove into it. I let myself slip onto the smell and felling of it, the blackness being pushed away by the rose.

SNAP

I felt the black and Mr. Six's power let go as it rebounded back at him. I was free!

I felt a sense of comfort come over me, every bit of mental and physical pain disappeared. I felt safe, like I didn't have to worry about anything more. The further I slipped into the rose the more I lost myself until I realized I was going in too far.

I had wanted to use the rose as a bridge, not as a hiding place for me. If I went in any further there was no going back. But I loved this feeling the rose gave me, the feeling of warm numbness. Why should I leave? It was safe here. I had nothing to worry about.

Suddenly images of my friends flashed through my head. Luffy. Zoro. Nami. Usopp. Sanji. Vivi. Carue. Even Chopper. Could I just leave them? What would they think?

They be mad… Hell they'd be pissed. They'd kick my ass if I thought about leaving them like this. Luffy would probably sucker punch me from here to North Blue. I couldn't do that to them.

With a bit of regret I let go of the feeling of the rose and I got dragged away, towards something more grounded.

With a bit of a rough impact I landed back into solid form, my brain trying to figure out what was going on. Then I felt the pain. So much pain that I blacked out for a few seconds. When I came to again, I was laying in the dirt.

I slowly opened my eyes; almost passing out from relief when I saw my muzzle was back in place.

I was snapped out of this when I heard groaning and I flicked my eyes around so they landed on Mr. Six. He was crouched on the ground, clutching his head as he groaned in pain.

Now as my chance. I went to jump back up to my feet but my body tensed and froze as I was assaulted by a lot of pain. All my pervious injuries had been transfused to this body. All my cuts, bruises, sore muscles, my stab wound in right side and my dislocated shoulder.

I gritted my teeth together. I needed to act quickly before he got back to himself and attacked me again.

I heaved myself slowly and painfully off the ground, my right leg dragging loosely on the ground because I couldn't move it. I needed to pop it back into place.

I slowly stumbled forward, my body screaming vehemently in protest. Mr. Six hadn't noticed me yet. The rebound of my escaping his attack must have really hurt him. I picked up my pace and turned it into a drunken trot. That trot turned into a sprint as Mr. Cane finally looked up at me, his eyes growing wide.

The dog in me took over. My blood was boiling after all he put me through. He needed to die, NOW. I jumped forward and without think my jaws wrapped themselves around his throat. I tackled him to the ground, my teeth tearing at his throat as the warm blood leaked into my mouth. He cried out in pain, trying to shove me away.

I tightened my grip, cutting of his air flow and blood supply. He started gasping, his face slowly turning blue.

"P… Ple…ease…" He gasped, begging me as I began to shake him roughly.

I drowned out his protest with my loud growling, completely tuning him out. With one last shuddering breath he slumped against me, his lips going blue.

I froze when I realized what I had been doing. I let go of him and stumbled back like I had been shot, tripping over my one not working leg. I had been trying to tear out his throat like a wild animal...

I watched him silently for a few seconds, sagging in relief when his chest rose slightly before falling. He was still breathing, I had just choked him till he passed out… I had beat him.

I vaguely noticed that my whole body was shaking. My legs, sides, tail, and even my head. I couldn't figure out why I was shaking though.

Shit, his partner would probably show up soon. I'm not in the right shape to fight anyone else. I'd better get out of here while I still could.

With that decided I quickly ran at the nearest wall and I threw myself sore shoulder first into it.

CRACK

The sound echoed as I yelped, my shoulder snapping back into place. Now I'd be able to walk faster. I then slunk off, stumbling along from all rest of the pain and injuries that were still assailing me while my body shook. Now, if I remember correctly everyone ended up at the palace for the final bit of this showdown.

The sound of fighting echo all around as I dodged the fighters, stumbling between their legs. If I was going to get through to the palace I needed to go through the fighting and it wasn't a pretty sight. This was humanity at its worst. It's something no one wants to see.

A man hit the ground near me, a huge open gash sliced across his chest. A dribble of blood leaked out of his mouth as he gasped his last breath. His body shuddered and then went still. I wonder if he a had family? A wife? Son? Daughter? Brother? Sister? I turned my head away, quickly hurrying on.

I couldn't have been anymore relieved when I got the steps of the palace and saw everyone else around there. They all looked a bit worse for wear but they were all still alive and not missing any limbs.

I bolted towards them, letting out several happy barks. I was so, so, so happy to see them. I was running so fast I couldn't stop on time and ended up crashing into Zoro's legs, sending us both sprawling to the ground.

I didn't waste the chance, I jumped on top of Zoro, squirming and wiggling as I licked his cheek several times.

"Hey!" He protested, quickly shoving me off of him as he sat up, rubbing his head. "Watch where you're going."

A gave him one more cheeky lick on the cheek before spinning around, my eyes quickly flashing over the others.

"Sorry, I lost to that guy once," Luffy's voice rang out and I looked up to see Crocodile looking down at us from the top of the palace wall. "So this time I can't lose…"

"Hurry up with it," Zoro snorted.

"If you can't win, who can!" Usopp called out.

"I'll finish it now… All of it," Luffy declared, holding his arm stretching out and latching onto the top of the wall.

"ALRIGHT!" everyone called out at the same time, my bark mixing in with their voices.

"Grahh!" Luffy grunted as he went flying up into the air.

I watched Luffy went flying and socked Crocodile in the jaw, sending him flying back over the wall. Luffy quickly disappeared over the after him, leaving me watching blank sky.

"What? Find the shooter?" Usopp asked. "How the heck am I supposed to do it?"

"No time to think about it, we've got 10 minutes," Nami sighed as we tried to figure out a plan. Apparently there was a cannon set to blow up the whole area. "Since the diameter of the blast is about 5 km or so, the enemy should be at least 2.5 km away."

"No!" Vivi injected. "The shooters might be very near here…"

"How?" Usopp muttered. "If the bomber is here then they'll be…"

"Crocodile is that sort of person…" Nami pointed out.

"Killing his own buddies…" Chopper gasped, his jaw dropping.

"I'd like to eat that guy raw…" Sanji muttered.

"If you know it, then let's…" Zoro started to say.

Suddenly I noticed something, my eyes narrowing. Someone with a sword was sneaking up behind Vivi, ready to cut her down. It seemed like Zoro and Sanji noticed it too. I quickly sprang into action, dashing straight past Vivi. Zoro blocked the guys swing with his own blade and in synch Sanji kicked him in the face and I head-butted him roughly in the stomach.

Blood flew out of his mouth as he dropped the ground. I landed next to him, grunting as pain shot through my body again.

"DAMN IT!" Usopp swore as suddenly lot of pirates advanced towards us, trying to take out Vivi.

"We've finally found you Princess Vivi!"

"Killing you will earn us a promotion."

"And we'll become millionaires!"

"How long do you plan on taking?" Sanji asked Zoro.

"We have to make very second count," Zoro replied.

"Two seconds," They decided at the same time.

"Let's run!" Nami said as she bolted, they rest following suit.

"Mamori," Zoro said, tilting his head towards me. He didn't even have to say anything, I knew what he wanted. I let out a bark, sprinting after the others and Sanji and Zoro began their attack.

"Let's hurry and escape to somewhere safe!" Usopp ordered.

"Something that can shoot a 5 km diameter area!" Sanji mused to himself as he run. I sprinted next to him, struggling to keep up. Everyone had split up into teams to look for places the large cannon could be and I got stuck with Sanji. "Wait, that should be big. Something like that can't be far! Is it closer than we think?"

Sanji skidded to a stop suddenly and I stumbled to a stop next to him, my chest heaving. Damn he could run fast.

"Damn!" He swore as he turned around and kicked down the closest wall. "No time to waste!"

'Are you serious!' I yelped, staring at the huge hole.

Sanji just ran through the house, kicking through the next wall and doing it again. I just shook my head and followed him still as he rampaged through a whole row of houses. People would not be happy when they came back to their house to see this… If they come back.

It took a few minutes but suddenly Sanji and I stopped glancing up at the sky as a flare went off.

"They must have found it at the palace!" He said as he grabbed me by my scruff and heaved me up under his arm. "You're too slow."

And with that said he bolted towards the palace at double speed, me under his arm. I was too tired to protest so I just hung under his arm.

I was bumped around under Sanji's arm as he run up the stairs of the clock tower. Where the flare had been set off there was a sign that said clock tower so that was where we had gone. Suddenly I saw something out one of the windows so I yipped several times to get Sanji's attention and I jerked my head towards the window.

When he saw what it was he skidded to a stop, dumping me roughly on the ground as he stuck his head out the window.

"Hey!" He called out the window and I picked myself up off the ground. "Nami! Vivi!"

I stuck my head out the window next to him, glancing down at Usopp, Chopper, Nami, and Vivi.

"Why are you both up there!" They yelped at us.

"On the message you left, you wrote 'Clock Tower' so we climbed up!" Sanji replied.

"On the top of the tower, just climb up and finish them!" Usopp called out.

"What should I do?" A voice called from above Sanji and I so we both tilted up heads up at the same time only to see Zoro even further up the clock tower than us. "I've been looking for you guys for quite a while."

"You're here too!" Sanji yelped. "What are you doing up there?"

"Because those marines told me to go North so I climbed up here," He replied. Zoro got directions from the marines…? What the hell?

"North but that's up…" Usopp pointed out before changing his tone. "But that's good! Keep climbing!"

"No," Vivi's voice rang out. Could they make up their mind?

"What?" Usopp gasped at her.

"From where they are, they can't enter into the inners," She explained. "To go there you must use the stairs from ground level."

I sent Sanji a sour look. He had lead us the wrong way the whole time.

"But Zoro can break those walls!" Usopp objected.

"The cannon may not be able to take that much shock," Vivi argued back.

"We still have to go from the stairs!" Vivi said as she got ready to run.

"Wait Vivi!" Nami called out, pointing up to the clock face.

"Heheheheh!"

"Hahahaha!" Voices laughed above us as the clock face slowly swung open.

Sanji and I both turned our heads up to watch tensely.

"Hehehehe, this is out last job," A female voice laughed. I couldn't see who it was though because of the angle I was at.

"Baroque Works Company, middle class worker, Miss Father's Day and Mr. Seven!" A male's voice introduced them.

"In this kind of situation, those two had to appear!" Vivi gasped.

"15 seconds till shooting!" The female's rang out. "Aimed at the centre of the palace grounds… IGNITE!"

OMAKE

The sound of the waves hitting the side of the boat droned in my ears as I laid in the nice warm sun. The rays from the said fire ball of gases were warming me up as I tried to take a nap in the sun. I have nothing better to do during the days of boring sailing, so I usually took a nap or watched the others be idiots.

I heard footsteps tapping across the deck as Nami walked straight past me. She paused for a few seconds before turning back towards me. I slowly cracked open one eye, quirking an eyebrow in her direction as she stared at me.

"You stink," She accused me as she put her hands on her hips.

'…I'm sorry?' I muttered to myself as I cracked open my other eye. 'I think the smell comes with being a dog.'

"That's it!" She said as she nodded her head. "You need a bath!"

'OH HELL NO!' I protested even if she couldn't hear me. 'Not happening! Nu uh!'

I quickly pushed myself back up into a sitting position as I sent her a look that clearly said 'NO'. I was met with a look that clearly said she was not about to back down to a dog, her lips pursed.

I saw her chest rise as she took a deep breath in, before she let it out in a huff. She then turned around and walked back inside, her arms crossed over her chest.

Thinking that was the end of that I flopped back down onto the decking again. After a few minutes I slowly started to drift off into fairy land again until I heard the door open. This time I heard two sets of footsteps and… The sloshing of water?

'HELL NO!' My eyes snapped open again, my head shooting up to see Nami walking out, Sanji following behind her with a tub of water.

"Where would you like this Nami~" Sanji cooed happily as he followed her like a puppy.

"Just there will be fine," She said, pointing to a random spot on the deck.

"Is there is anything else you need?" He asked eagerly after he had put it down.

"No thank you," Nami dismissed him and Sanji spun off with hearts in his eyes.

'You… You bloody… Urgh!' I couldn't bring myself to swear at her as our eyes met again.

"Now, we can do this the hard way or th-" She began to say.

'Hard way,' I decided without waiting for her to finish. With that decided I shot up off the ground and took off running.

"HEY!" I heard Nami protest behind me as I shot up the stairs. Once I reached the back platform of the ship I jumped up onto the railing, spinning around and then jumping off the railing and onto the top of the cabin where Nami's trees were.

I looked back down and saw Nami standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking at me with a frown on her face.

"LUFFY! ZORO! USOPP! I NEED YOUR HELP!" Nami called out, smirking at me.

'Oh no she didn't!' I gaped, taking one step back.

I heard some sound from inside the ship, followed by footsteps as they slowly made their way to the closest door. The door swung open and one by one the three trailed out.

"What's up Nami?" Usopp questioned.

"I need you to help me catch her," Nami said, pointing up at me. "She needs a bath and she is running away."

I saw the guys all look up at me and I took a step back frowning.

'Oh come on now. That isn't fair,' I complained.

"Shihi," Luffy laughed. "Mamori has to have a bath."

"Eh? Why do we have to get her for you?" Usopp complained.

Nami just glared at him, causing Usopp to yelp, "O-okay! I'll do it."

"Thank you," Nami smiled sweetly.

'She devil,' I accused.

"It can't be that hard to get her down," Zoro sighed as he walked up the steps towards me. Once he reached the top platform he looked up at me and called, "Mamori, come down."

'Not happening,' I denied, purposely sticking my tongue out at him. I saw a tick mark form on his forehead.

"Not hard, right?" Usopp snickered as him and Luffy joined Zoro.

"Shut up."

"Hey! Mamori! Come down. I have food!" Luffy called out, smiling up at me.

'Does he honestly think that will get me down…' I sighed, quirking a brow at Luffy.

"Idiot!" Usopp hissed, smacking Luffy over the back of the head. "Do you really think that would work?"

"Ehh, why not?" Luffy whined as he clutched the back of his head.

"That would only work on you," Usopp deadpanned, shaking his head.

"Then what about this?" Luffy asked, throwing his rubbery arms up toward me.

With a startled yelp I jumped off the cabin roof, flying over the three boy's heads. My front feet landed on the railing behind them, my hind feet following as I pushed my off of the railing. Landed on the lower deck with a grunt, turning around to see how the guys would react.

"HEY!" Luffy yelled. "COME BACK!"

Luffy jumped straight over the railing after me.

"Oi! Wait for me!" Usopp called out, dashing to the side and running down the stairs. Zoro crossed his arms, still looking annoyed.

'NOOOOOO!' I wailed mentally, spinning around dashing off before Luffy got to me. I ran to the front of the boat this time, taking four steps at a time as I ran up them. When I reached the top I heard Luffy start running up the stairs behind me, Usopp right behind him. 'Oh shit… Dead end! There is only one set of steps up to the front of the boat. Urgh! Idiot!'

There was only one thing I could think of doing, so that is what I did. I kept running forward, jumping up onto the ship figure head. I was not sure if it was really good idea to mess with Luffy's 'Special Seat', but I had no choice.

"You can't run away anymore!" Luffy pointed out as him and Usopp advanced on my spot. I spun around so that I was facing them and started scooting back, hovering over the ocean below.

"Surrender now and no one gets hurts," Usopp added, scary looks on both their faces.

'YOU WILL NOT TAKE ME ALIVE!' I protested, taking another step back. My back foot slipped back off the figure head causing me to teeter. I glanced back to see the drop behind me, the hull of the ship cutting through the water like a knife. 'Uhh…'

"GOT YOU!" Both Luffy and Usopp cried as they pounced on me, arms wide open. With a startled yelp I jumped forward, diving under both of them while they were airborne. I landed on the deck again, flinching as I heard the two idiots collide together.

"OWW!" They both howled as they slid back down onto the deck. I snickered mentally in celebration, dashing back down the one stairway.

'Haha! Kiss my furry ass! I won that ro-' I started to celebrate as I reached the bottom of the boat but I was cut off as I was jerked back. I choked as I felt something tighten around my neck, my legs being held above the ground. I glanced to the side to see a smirking Zoro who was holding me up by my bandana. 'ZORO! WHY! How can you be so cruel!'

"Thank you Zoro," Nami sighed as she walked up to us.

A door banged open loudly and Sanji stuck his head out, "What the hell is with all the noise?"

"Nothing you shitt-" Zoro started to grumbled. Seeing that he was distracted I twisted around a bit, slipping out of my bandana. As soon as my feet hit the ground I shot off. I ran straight to the side of the boat this time, jumping up onto the railing. "OI! What the hell do you think you doing!"

'Mwhahaha!' I laughed manically in my head as I jumped straight off the railing, into the sea below. 'I TOLD YOU I WAS NOT BEING TAKEN ALIVE!'

SPLASH

I sunk into the water, closing my eyes as the air bubble exploded around me and I screamed, 'IT'S COOOOLD!'

The shock that ran through my body at the cold water had me swimming straight back up to the surface. My head broke from the water as I gasped, spluttering in a doggish way.

"YOU IDIOT!" Nami yelled from the deck and I looked up to see everyone sticking their head over the side of the boat. I noticed that the boat was starting to sail away; after all you could not stop suddenly like a boat like you could a car.

'Ah! Shit! I'm sorry!' I shivered and began to swim after the boat to catch up, my teeth chattering and my body shaking. '...It's so damn cold in this water that if I had balls they would have already turned into ovaries!'

"Luffy, you might wanted to get her," Usopp snickered, finding my obvious discomfort of the cold funny.

"Shihihi!" Luffy laughed as well.

'Oh yeah, the soggy wet dog in the water is so funny… Just help me you bastard! This was the worst decision ever!' I growled to myself, noticing that the boat was starting to get further away.

"Luffy, if you don't want that dog to become fish food, you might want to get her," Sanji pointed out.

"Alright," Luffy snickered, flinging out his rubber arm out to me. He latched his hand onto the back of my scruff and pulled me back into towards the boat. I closed my eyes as soon as I felt myself leaving the water, the air chilling me even more.

Luffy wasn't all that careful with my landing and next thing I knew I crashed into the ship's deck. I laid on the deck with a grumble, the water dripping off my coat. I was one wet, embarrassed, and tired dog.

'I REALLY need to start to thinking things through better... Their idiocy is contagious,' I groaned, dragging myself to my feet so I could shake myself off.

BANG

I flopped back to the deck with a yelp as pain exploded in the back of my head.

"DUMBASS! WHAT MADE YOU THINK YOU COULD JUMP OFF THE BOAT!" Nami shouted at me, towering over my fallen form.

"Shihihi! She looks like a drowned rat!" Luffy continued to laugh, Usopp also snickering.

BANG

BANG

I was my turn to snicker this time as Luffy and Usopp joined me on the deck, large bumps on their heads as well.

'Oi! What!' I yelped as Nami grabbed my scruff and started to drag me along the deck.

"Don't think you are getting out of a bath just because of that charade! It'll just have to be a cold bath because you messed around so much!" Nami hissed like a spitting cat. She then proceeded to pick me up and dump in the barrel of water. I was left spluttering in more cold water.

'…I don't like you. Devil,' I muttered, glowering at Nami.

So, what do you think? Do you guys like the idea of occasional Omakes at the end of some of my chapters? Or do you just want me to dump the idea all together?

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