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"What! Nami! What are we doing!" Usopp screamed at her as Vivi jumped on Chopper's back and Chopper jumped onto Usopp. "We really don't have time! If we keep this up any longer, everyone will die!"
"I know that!" Nami yelled back. "You stay there and don't move! I'm calculating!"
"Don't move? I don't know the meaning of this pose!" Usopp argued. "What are you planning to do?"
"After I do it you'll know!" She said. "Here I go!"
She pulled out her new weapon, positioning it as she called out, "Today's weather is typhoon!"
"13 seconds before shooting!"
"CYCLONE TEMPO!" Nami cried as she flung the weapon at Usopp.
He tried to block but the weapon went straight between his legs before exploding in a swirl of wind that sent Usopp flying up in the air, screaming, with Vivi and Chopper still on his back.
"Chopper! Jump towards Sanji!" Nami ordered.
"So this is the plan? Just keep jumping?" Vivi cried out.
"Sanji! Mamori!" Nami called out to us finally. "You know what to do!"
'Has anyone told her that dogs were not built to fly…' I sighed, wishing today was over already. I was still numb and tired mentally and physically from fighting Mr. Six, this is not what I needed.
"I guess I can," Sanji said as he climbed out onto the ledge. I followed him, trying to figure out how this would work. "I just have to try. Mamori, jump on my back."
I grunted, letting him know I had heard him as I jumped onto his back, my front paws hooking over his shoulder to hold myself on.
I watched as Chopper jumped off Usopp's back, flying into the air. Sanji jumped off the ledge with me clinging to him. As Chopper got near us Sanji started to swing around, ready to kick Chopper us higher.
"Mamori! You know what to do," Sanji gritted out and just as he went to kick Chopper up I jumped off him, landing on Vivi who was on Chopper. I had no idea what my job actually was, but I'd soon figure it out. I was slammed down by the force used to push us up.
"ZORO!" Chopper called out and in responses Zoro pulled out his swords. As he jumped off the ledge.
"Okay! Leave it to me!" He replied.
"Swords!" Chopper yelped.
"Stupid, don't worry," He snorted. "I'll use the blunt side. Vivi, be careful, there are strangers up there."
"It's okay, I know!" She gritted out.
Zoro got ready to use his sword to fling us up into the air and I looked up, ready to take my turn in a second. I tensed as I noticed two heads looking over the side of the open clock.
"Haha, Miss Father's Day!" An odd looking male called out.
"Tic Tac, I know. That's the traitor in our company!" The female dressed up as a frog replied.
"It can't be," Vivi gasped.
"WE'VE BEEN FOUND OUT!" Nami screamed from the ground.
"WHAT!" Usopp yelped.
"Wait, they're in the air! If they get hit..." Zoro gasped and I suddenly realized how much trouble that would be if we were hit. I think I just figured out my job…
"Lookie here!" The frog woman said darkly as she and her partner pulled out guns and aimed them at us. "Chance isn't easily gained!"
"You dare to point a gun at Vivi!" Sanji called out as he fell below us.
"No way! Those two are the sniper couple!" Vivi yelled.
I quickly shoved Vivi down fully onto Chopper's back I stood above her, my head turned up to face the people aiming the guns. I let out a loud snarl to let them know what thought, flashing my teeth.
"Zoro!" Vivi's rang out from under me I guarded her with my body. "Just push us up there nevertheless! And Chopper, think of a way to change courses!"
"What! How!" Chopper gasped.
"THERE'S ONLY SEVEN SECONDS LEFT!" Nami screamed up at us.
"HURRY UP!" Usopp sobbed.
"CHOPPER! VIVI! MAMORI!" Zoro called out. "I will push you guys up!"
"Hehehe!"
"Hahaha!"
"Hm!" Vivi and Chopper agreed as I grunted. Bring it on.
BANG
I heard the sound of two guns going off and I turned my head up, seeing that two partners had shot at us.
"GO!" Zoro said as he finally flung us all up in the air. I grunted but manage to stay standing, covering Vivi.
"Our bullets…" Miss Frogy said.
"Will explode by bumping each other!" The man finished with a laugh.
BANG
I flinched as heard the bullets exploded and Zoro cried out in pain.
'ZORO!' I screamed mentally, tempted to jump off to try and help him, but I had a job to do.
"Hahaha! Wanna escape?" Miss Frogy asked.
"There's no way out!" Her partner finished for her.
While they were busy blabbing Chopper had transformed into his large human form, grabbing Vivi and I in different arms. I shared a look with Vivi, nodding my head before Chopper launched us both at the opening of the clock.
"NICE STYLE KILLER BALLER!" They both called as they shot at us again.
"Wha?"
"Who's that?" They asked when they noticed Chopper had changed and Vivi and I weren't there anymore.
BANG
The bullets exploded, missing Chopper as he transformed back to his small form.
"Where did Miss Wednesday and the dog go?" Miss Father's Day gasped.
"I don't like this!" Mr. Seven said.
"ABOVE!" They both called at the same time when they noticed Vivi and I in the air. Vivi had pulled out her chains and had them at the ready.
"GO!" The voices from the ground screamed.
"Kujakki String Slasher…" Vivi stared to say as she swooped into the opening with me right behind her. "Run Back!*"
They both ducked under Vivi's expanding chains, aiming their guns at her.
"Haha! Pitiful!"
"We evaded them!"
I smirked as Vivi landed on the edge, the chains swinging back around to smack both of them from behind, sending them flying off the ledge.
'My turn now!' I decided, tucking in my head to spin in a circle as I came down. I aimed for the frog, spinning towards her first. At the last second, I uncurled, all four of my feet slamming into her stomach. I heard her gasp under me, a bit of blood flying out of her mouth.
Using her as a platform I jumped up again, tucking into a ball as I aimed at the male this time. Getting prepared for me he crossed his hands over his chest and stomach. I smirked to myself as I uncurled, and instead of using my feet I slammed my forehead on his.
I heard a crack echo in my ears as I slammed my paws into his arm, jumping up in the air again. I aimed the edge of the open clock and just managed to land on the edge, quickly scrambling in.
I glanced in; a huge doggish smile breaking over my face when I saw Vivi had cut the end of the string off in time. We made it!
That smile quickly vanished as I heard the tic tac'ing sound keep echoing around us. Without wasting a second I jump into the room, running straight up to the machine. With my sensitive hearing it didn't take me long to locate exactly where the ticking was coming from on the machine. Down the barrel of the cannon was a huge round bomb with a clock on the front.
Vivi ran to the opening, sticking her head out as she screamed, "NO! THIS IS A TIMED BOMB! IT WILL EXPLODE AT ANY TIME IF IT'S NOT DISASSEMBLED!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" I heard the others call up.
Vivi scrambled back inside, walking up beside me as she slammed her hands on the rim of the cannon.
"We finally found and stopped it! But he leaves another way to fire the bomb!" She cried out as she fell to her knees. I had to no way to comfort her this time so I just stared on sadly. Did it really all come down to this? We were meant to win this thing! "When will he be satisfied with playing with others' lives! How much longer will he taunt us all! CROCODILE!"
I tensed as I heard feet landing on the opening of the clock tower. I spun around, coming face to face with some man dressed in robes much like Vivi's.
"This place holds a lot of memories. It's the Sand Sand Group's secret base," He said remorsefully as I watched him cautiously, trying to figure out if he was good or bad.
"Pell…" Vivi interrupted.
"Really, you were such a noisy child… You gave me a headache almost every day."
"Pell! Listen!" Vivi yelled at him. "It's a time bomb! It's going to explode soon!"
"Princess Vivi… I am very pleased that I was able to serve your family," He said as a huge smile broke over his face. I felt like I was intruding a very personal moment, bomb or not. "It's something from the depths of my heart that I am so proud of."
Next thing I knew the man had transformed into a bird and he quickly snagged the handle of the bomb inside the cannon and he lifted it into the sky, flapping his wings.
'What is he planning…!' I gasped in horror, my eyes going wide.
I saw Vivi run forward, trying to reach for him as he flew off. I quickly jumped forward, snagging the back of her coat to hold her back.
BANG
The sound echoed around the whole area, they sky lighting up as the bomb exploded. Vivi gasped in horror, staring at the sky where she had last seen her friend. Her horror grew even more when she noticed that the fighting had not stopped… It was still going.
"Stop! Stop fighting!" She yelled. "PLEASE EVERYONE! STOP FIGHTING! PLEASE STOP FIGHTING EVERYONE!"
I folded my ears back against my skull as she kept yelling, by now I had let go of her coat and had stepped up next to her, leaning against her leg as we looked down below us.
"PLEASE EVERYONE STOP FIGHTING! PLEASE EVERYONE STOP FIGHTING! PLEASE EVERYONE STOP FIGHTING! PLEASE EVERYONE… STOP FIGHTING!" She screamed over and over again as a stared numbly at the ground. What was I meant to do?
She suddenly stopped staring at the sky with an open mouth. I looked up only to see Crocodile flying up into the air. This only seemed to make things worse though as Vivi dropped to her hands and her knees besides me, digging her nails into the ground until they bled.
"There are no more enemies…" She whispered. "So please stop the bloodshed… PLEASE EVERYONE! STOP THIS FIGHT!"
Drip
Something landed on my nose.
Drip
Drip
Drip
More drops fell from the sky and for the first time I realized what it was. It was rain. Vivi lifted up her hand, catching a drop of rain in her hand. She just stared at it before looking out over the battle field as she noticed the fighting had started to stop.
"EVERYONE PLEASE! STOP FIGHTING!" She cried again, her voice starting to go hoarse.
My head perked up as I noticed a lot of the fighters lowered their weapons and looked up to Vivi.
"THE RAIN RIGHT NOW WILL FALL AGAIN LIKE BEFORE," She called out, tears gathering in her eyes. "BECAUSE ALL THE NIGHTMARES HAVE ENDED!"
"WAIT!" The crowd roared back. "THE NIGHTMARE HAS NOT ENDED YET! WE SAW WITH OUR OWN EYES WHAT THE KING HAS DONE IN NAHAN!"
"KOZHA WAS ATTACKED TOO! WHAT THE LOYAL ARMY DID CANNOT BE FORGIVEN WITH AN APOLOGY!"
"HOW DO YOU SAY SUCH THINGS TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES!"
"PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS LOYAL ARMY!" A voice called out as someone stepped onto the wall of the palace grounds.
"Chaka…" Vivi panted.
"YOU-" A voice started to say but was cut off by a cough. "YOU PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS TOO, UPRISING ARMY!"
"MR. I-IGARAM!"
"CAPTAIN!"
"IGARAM?" Vivi gasped. Even my own eyebrows rose when I saw the person who was meant to be dead. He was carrying a little boy in his arms that seemed injured.
"IGARAM! YOU CAME BACK SAFELY!" Chaka called out.
"He's that weird guy in Whiskey Island!" I heard Zoro yelp from below us. "He's still alive?"
"Can you still talk kid?" Igaram asked the kid in his arms as everyone watched on.
"Yes…" His voice answered unsurely.
"He's that kid from Nahan!" One of the rebel soldiers pointed out.
"The one who got attacked by the loyal army," Another one added.
"No!" The young boy objected. "Someone else attacked me! Listen everyone, I saw it all! The loyal army that attacked in Nahan were just fakes! The king was fake too! It was all a trap!"
"Right," A man said as he pushed himself up off the ground. "This battle was planned from the beginning."
"KOZHA!" A man yelped and rushed over to help him up.
"Everything about this incident, I will now explain clearly," Igaram called out. "Now, put your weapons down!"
Slowly, one by one everyone put their weapons on the ground. It was then that Vivi jumped back up, spinning around and rushing towards stairs that I had not noticed before. Without thinking I quickly followed her, running down all the stairs right on her heels. I could hear her panting harshly over my own panting and I knew she could not go on much longer and neither could I with my injuries. The wound in my side was giving my hell and my shoulder was starting to seize up.
It took a few minutes to clear all the stairs and when Vivi reached the bottom she didn't stop. She ran up to a set of door and pushed one open, running out.
"Where…" She gasped as we both looked around, wide eyed. "Where is everyone!"
I had to quickly choke back my panic when I saw they weren't in sight. The rain was washing away their smell so I couldn't follow them either.
"I know!" Vivi gasped and took off running again. Without a sound I followed her, panic filling me as I thought of what could have happened to my friends. I was still mentally unstable about my fight with Mr. Six. I didn't need to see anyone else die. Maybe I was still in his world after all? Maybe Vivi was about to turn on me.
I sent her a suspicious look out of the corner of my eye and I dropped back to run a few meters behind her. I was not about to take a chance.
Seeing that I'd dropped back, Vivi turned her head around and called out. "Mamori? Are you okay?"
I stared quietly at her for one second before looking away and refusing to meet her eyes.
"Mamori…" I heard her whisper as she turned around to face the front and kept running. "We'll find them, don't worry! I'm sure they are all safe!"
I made no sounds yet again. She had half guessed my reason for being silent but she knew not about the other half of my reason. It's probably better that way…
I wasn't long until we caught up to the others, my fur now soaked from the rain as I ran behind Vivi the whole way, mentally fighting myself.
"Everyone!" Vivi gasped as they finally came into sight, Luffy was also there with an old man. "Papa!"
"Pa... Papa! You're Vivi's dad?" Sanji exclaimed, his jaw dropping.
"You're the king?" Zoro questioned the man.
A few minutes passed as some things were explained but I couldn't be bothered listening to them. When Luffy was put down on the ground with his head leaning up against a wall I slunk over to him. He was covered in all sorts of injures and had blood all over him. I sniffed him for a few seconds. He smelt real. I looked at him unsurely for a few seconds before I sighed and shook my head. I gently crawled into his lap, curling up there and resting my head against his chest so I could hear him breathe.
When I heard him take a few breaths and I was satisfied he was okay I closed my eyes. It didn't take long for my consciousness to finally slip away, letting me melt away from the pain of my body and my mind.
I was the first to wake up out of all the others. The sun was rising as it cast a soft light around the room that I was now in. I looked around in confusion, how did I get here? I wiggled around, noticing that I was in a bed. It had been a while.
I felt the annoying feeling of bandages wrapped in random places on me, causing me to frown. Really? Again? I sighed before I snuggled further into the soft blankets, curling myself into a cocoon. My muscles and injuries protested slightly but I mentally told them to shove off and then ignored them.
As I laid there my brain was working more than I wanted it too. I couldn't stop thinking about what happened with Mr. Six.
'What if Kayle or Mom really was in trouble? How would I know? I don't even know what they are doing right now. Have they been thinking about me… About me being in the mental hospital? They wouldn't even know what happened to me… Would mom be happy at me being a pirate if she knew?' I asked myself all these questioned but I couldn't give myself and answer for any of them.
I wasn't back home to look after them, what if something happens to them? Car accident? Sickness? Robbery? Anything could happen and I wouldn't know. I'd been so caught up in how awesome this whole adventure was that I forgot about the others around me that it affected.
But what if I got the chance to leave… Would I really leave these guys? Could I? What would it do to them if I left?
'Would my mother be proud of me?' I then let a bitter snort escape my nostrils. 'Hell no. She would be devastated. She raised me to be a good citizen, not a… Killer…'
In the end I got so worked up about my thoughts that I wiggled out of my sheets, jumping off the bed. I grunted in pain, as I arched my back. Goodness I was stiff and sore. I took one last look at all my friends before I trotted over to the door.
Someone had left the door partly open so I pushed it far enough for me to have room to slip out before closing it behind me. I looked around, figuring that we must be in the palace.
I set off at a trot down the hallway, quickly getting lost at how many turns and dead ends I came across. When my nose finally caught a whiff of fresh air I headed straight to it, following my instincts to get out.
When I reached fresh air and got outside I managed to relax some. I saw a bare courtyard with white tiles, one bench, and one tree that looked rather happy about the rain that it had just had. I wanted to stay outside and I wanted to be by myself so I walked straight over the tree, taking a running jump at it. I bounced off the trunk, landing up the neatly in the tree branches. I quickly got myself settled down, lying along a branch as I tried to sort out my thoughts yet again.
When it got dark I finally decided I'd better go back inside. I jumped out of the tree with a forlorn sigh, dropping my nose to the ground so I could follow my scent back to the room. It didn't take me long this time because I didn't have to do a lot of guess work.
As soon as a walked in the door I assaulted by a very worried Chopper.
"Where have you been! When we woke up you weren't here! I haven't even had a chance to check over your injuries!" He stared to lecture me, obviously worried.
'Sorry,' I replied simply as I cut him off from his rant. 'I needed to go for a walk. You can check my injuries now if you like?'
"Ah! Right! Just let me get my stuff!" He said, switching into doctor mode before running off to collect something.
That night when I tried to sleep I couldn't. Whenever I closed my eyes images of what happen to Kayle and my mother kept flashing through my head. Kayle, with the knife in his chest. The sound of his scream echoed through my head, causing me to shiver. Either that or I saw my mother's head lying on the steering wheel, black blood running down her face as she turned it around to glare at me with her red eyes.
I tossed and turned in the bed in frustration and when I finally drifted off things got worse. Next I started to see imagines of my friends suddenly turning on me. My body started to shake as scenarios played out in my head.
First was Luffy, wrapping him rubber arms around me and constricting me to death. The next was Zoro, slicing me up with his swords. Nami poisoned my food and fed it too me. Usopp shot me with one of his bullets that burnt me alive. Sanji kicked me and snapped my spine. Vivi started crying about something and when I tried to comfort her she stabbed me in the heart. Chopper injected me with something that turned me crazy and I ended up tearing myself up.
Suddenly my eyes shot open as I rocketed straight up in my bed, my whole body was shaking. My sides heaved as I panted, my eyes flickering around to room to all my sleeping friends. Would they really do that to me?
The sound of my heart beating echoed in my ears as I jumped down from the bed, trotting over to the door. I kept glancing back over my shoulder because something in my screamed that I shouldn't turn my back on them.
When I reached the door I began to shove it open only to be cut off by a voice.
"Where are you going?" Zoro's voice questioned as he sat up in bed.
My head shot back around, my eyes wide as I stared at the swordsman. I watch him quietly, my eyes flickering over him. He didn't seem like he was in a position to attack. I looked up to meet his eyes and I noticed how much he was scrutinizing me. I had to drop my gaze back to the ground, not game enough to meet his eyes any longer.
"Be careful at least, the Marines are swarming over the city like ants," Zoro said before laying back down in bed.
I didn't wait; I slipped straight out, intent on going for a run to get rid of my nerves.
"WHOAAAAAAH!" I very loud voice woke me up from my daze of staring at the wall. "I SLEPT VERY WELL!"
I lifted my head up, glancing at a now awake Luffy from my place on my bed. I hadn't gotten any sleep at all the last few nights. Whenever I closed my eyes the images wouldn't stop and while they were still there so was my doubt. I waited until everyone was asleep every night before sneaking off and doing something to keep my mind occupied, which mostly included running till I could not walk another step.
"Huh! Hat? My hat?" Luffy asked when he felt his bare head. "I feel very hungry! Where's my breakfast and my hat!"
"This guy is really noisy when he wakes up!" Sanji sighed. "Also… It's not breakfast time. It's dinner time."
"Your hat is just there, the guard found it for you!" Usopp said, pointing to Luffy's hat which right next to him on a bench.
"Wow!" Luffy cheered as he put his hat back on his head. "Thanks!"
"Luffy, it's good to see you in such high spirits…" Vivi laughed from next to him. She was sitting on a chair next to his bed and had been looking after him the last few days.
"High spirits?" Luffy questioned her. "I am like this all the time aren't I?"
By now I had dropped my head back onto my bed, quietly watching the interactions throughout the room.
"You idiot, you had a fever and your condition was pretty serious!" Nami scolded him.
"Really?" He yelped.
I heard the door creak open and flicked my eyes over in time to see Zoro stroll in.
"What, Luffy, you're awake?" He asked.
"Aaah! Zoro! Long-time no see!" Luffy greeted him and then repeated himself. "Long time no see?"
"AH! HEY!" Chopper cried out, running up to Zoro as he tipped some sand out of his shoes. "Don't tell me you went training again!"
"What's wrong?" Zoro asked. "It's my problem."
"No is a no! I am the ship doctor! Don't take the bandages off!" Chopper lectured him.
"It's hard to move with them in the way!" Zoro argued.
"It's so that you won't move!" Chopper cried back.
"Long time no see?" Luffy asked again in confusion, his head tilted to the side.
"It's not weird he became like that," Usopp said. "You slept for three days."
"3 DAYS!" He exclaimed. "I SLEPT FOR THREE DAYS?"
I scrunched up my nose; I liked my hearing as it was thank you.
He seemed to be thinking about something before it clicked. "I MISS 15 MEALS!"
"How can you count those kind of things so fast?" Nami sighed.
"And he counted 5 meals a day!" Usopp pointed out.
"Hahaha," Vivi laughed. "I already asked for the dinner to be prepared, don't worry!"
"The captain had just woken up. It will take another 30 minutes for dinner to be ready, will you all please wait?" A walking replica of a female Igaram walked in the door, a person pushing a huge cart of food in the background. "It will be better if we all ate together!"
"HEY!" Zoro leaned away from her, shock covering his face.
"What! Hey uncle! You're still alive!" Luffy cried out.
"You… So you're into these…?" Zoro questioned her.
"You all misunderstood. She is Terracotta, Igaram's wife, also this palace's head servant," Vivi informed us.
"Thank you for looking after Princess Vivi and Igaram," Terracotta said.
"There should be a limit as to how similar a couple should be," Zoro said.
"I heard that one of you eats a lot before dinner; please enjoy these fruit first, okay?" She asked as the cart was pushed over to Luffy.
In one blink all the food from the cart was gone and Luffy was patting his stomach, "I understand."
"IS THIS MAGIC!" Both Sanji and Zoro yelped, their jaws dropping as they looked at him.
"Auntie! I want three days' worth of food!" Luffy yelled out.
"Don't worry! I have worked for 30 years. I won't disappoint your appetite, just eat your fill!" She replied.
I groaned. She had no idea what she just got herself into.
Not much later everyone was seated at a huge table in the main hall. There was a lot of noise echoing around the place as everyone fought over food and stuffed their faces.
I was sitting between Zoro and Usopp, watching with wide eyes as a battle for food went on. The only people eating normally were Sanji, Nami and myself. Vivi, her father and Igaram were all getting too much fun out of watching us eat to eat themselves.
I had my front paws on the table, lazily chewing a hunk of meat that was on still on a bone. I wasn't really that hungry so I was watching the other more than worrying about eating.
"Eat! Finish them faster!" Zoro urged Chopper as she stuffed lots of noodles down his throat.
"Oi, oi, why are you eating so fast?" Sanji commented to Chopper.
"Hey! Luffy! You just took my plate!" Usopp yelled as Luffy's rubber arms stretched out to grab stuff from every point of the table.
"I want more!" Luffy called, chewed bits of food flying from his mouth.
"Don't spit food everywhere!" Nami scolded, smacking him over the head.
"There is still a lot!" Vivi called out, sweat dropping.
"Take this Luffy! This is my super-hot chili!" Usopp hissed as he poured chili on a rice ball.
Sure enough, a few seconds later Luffy devoured the thing only to cry out as flames rushed out of his mouth.
"HAHA!" Usopp laughed. "You really are stupid!"
"What's this dish?" Sanji asked one of the cooks, pointing to his food.
"This is called Konaafa, it's baked noodles," A cook gladly answered.
"It's nice," Nami commented
"Can I have more beer?" Zoro called out, holding out his mug.
"I need water!" Sanji called out when he noticed Chopper was choking from eating too fast.
After a while I couldn't help the smile that spread on my face. I may be in a broody mood but this is funny as hell.
After they had finally finished the meal and calmed down it was announced they were going to the baths next. I quickly excused myself by telling Chopper I felt tired and wanted to sleep. Of course Chopper, being the doctor he is, immediately agreed and told me to a have nice nap.
I had thanked him before I walked off to go wander around the palace grounds some more.
"Tonight?"
"Yes."
"Leaving here…"
"I think this is the right time to go, what do you think?" Zoro asked. We were all back in a room now, discussing leaving.
"Oh yeah, the Marines have started moving too," Sanji decided to add in.
"Luffy, it's up to you," Usopp informed him.
"Right! We should have another Alabastan meal before me go!" Luffy decided to declare as I rolled my eyes.
"We must go now idiot!" Nami yelled, smacking him over the back of the head.
Someone knocked on the door and walked in with a Den Den Mushi.
"There is a snail call for you," He said, holding it out.
"Snail call…?" Luffy asked. "Who?"
"It's someone called Lil' Bon Bon," The servant replied.
"Huh?" Luffy mumbled. "Lil' Bon Bon? Who is that?"
"How should I know?" Usopp replied.
I furrowed my brows, trying to remember if we knew someone called Bon Bon. It couldn't be Bon Clay could it?
"But, he says he's your friend…" Nami pointed out.
"Forget it, just listen to him!" Luffy laughed.
"Better not, might be a trap," Zoro pointed out.
The man placed the Den Den Mushi on the end of my bed because it was closest to him and Sanji walked up. I sat up on the bed, watching the snail curiously. Sanji lifted up the receiver, getting ready to talk into it.
"HEY! HEY! GYAHAHAHA! IT'S ME! OKAMA!" A loud voice screamed out of the snail phone so loud and suddenly that I yelped, jumping. I slipped right of the bed when my feet got twisted in the sheets, landing on my back on the ground with my legs in the air. "O-KA-MA!"
I blinked owlishly as I heard Sanji put the receiver back down, making a sour face.
Bring
Bring
Bring
Bring
The phone rung again straight away.
"WHAT IS WITH YOU!" Sanji yelled at the snail.
I rolled over, lifting myself back to my feet as Luffy swapped his bed for mine so he could talk on the phone.
"Hey! You're that okama!" Luffy said, picking it up. "What do you want from us?"
"Wha? Isn't this Straw Hat Luffy? You're alive! Okama is so happy!" Bon Clay's voice came out of the Den Den Mushi. "Don't call me Mr. Two, the Marines might have tapped the phone and I might get into trouble."
"You just said it yourself…" Chopper point out.
"Get straight to the point!" Zoro complained, his arms crossed.
"Oh yeah. Your boat, I took it away," Bon admitted.
I jumped back onto the bed next to Luffy, barking angrily into the receiver as everyone else screamed, "DON'T JOKE AROUND!"
"YOU GAY BASTARD! PULLING SUCH A JOKE! WHERE ARE YOU NOW!" Sanji yelled.
"Aboard your ship of course," Was his calm reply.
"This okama really pisses me off!" Luffy exclaimed, looking ready to strangle the phone... Er, snail.
"Wait! Listen to me first!" Mr. Two said. "Aren't we friends?"
Mr. Two quickly explained where we could meet him. Well, he explained what he could while everyone yelled at him.
"That okama is at the upstream of Sandora River," Luffy said as he put the receiver back down.
"Can we trust him?" Sanji asked.
"We are friends," Was Luffy's reply.
"You have a problem," Zoro said, sweating dropping.
"But…We have to look first," Chopper pointed out.
"That's right," Sanji said. "Our boat is with him now. If this is a trick, we'll just have to kill him."
"It's decided then," Zoro concluded. "Let's pack up!"
Everyone quickly stood up and started getting ready. I didn't having anything to pack. All my possessions were on me. The knife, my bandana and the rose. Oddly enough I had not lost it yet.
"Everyone…" Vivi called out. "Please tell me… What should I do?"
"Vivi! Listen up! We'll give you 12 hours," Nami told her. "We'll get out ship back at Sandora River. Then, at midday tomorrow exactly, we will pass through the East coast. I'm afraid that we can't stop there, but, if you'd like to come to travel with us again… That's the only time you can come aboard! When it's time, we'll welcome you. But, it's a pirate's adventure. Because you're a princess, we can only do it that way."
While Nami had been talking everyone had finished packing and a rope had been thrown out one of the windows so we could escape without being noticed. I stood on the bed, shaking out my fur as I ambled up to Vivi. I brushed my head against her leg to say goodbye for now.
"You must come, okay Vivi?" Luffy said.
"Luffy! Don't be like that!" Nami hissed.
The dust was kicked up behind us as the ducks that we were riding ran along at a fast pace. My coat fluttered around me as I was rocked with the motion of the duck I was riding. It was good to see that he got out of the battle alright in the end.
"Hmm, this is comfortable," Zoro commented, from next to me as he crossed his arms.
"We're going to say goodbye to the Sand Kingdom, I won't forget this battle…" Usopp sobbed but then snapped around to Luffy. "Hey! Luffy! When are you going to finish eating?"
"The food from Alabasta is great!" Luffy argued as he stuffed his face. "Sanji, next time, cook them!"
"I planned to, that's why I asked Terracotta for some recipes and spices," Sanji replied.
"Nami? Are you okay?" Chopper asked, causing my head to snap around to Nami automatically to see if she was alright. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Nami just frowned, saying nothing.
"Nami, I'll give you one of my meats!" Luffy said, trying to get her to cheer up. "But just one, okay?"
"Nami, you're thinking about Vivi? I understand your feelings… But however worried you are it's still useless," Sanji said. Then mention of Vivi had my ears and tail drooping, I can't believe she may be leaving. "Get your spirits up, Vivi won't want to see you troubled."
"I've… Thought about it…" Nami started to say as she lifted up her head. "I forgot that 10 billion beli."
Cue a shock moment where everyone's jaws drop, mine included.
"YOU ARE A REAL NATURAL MONEY LOVING WITCH!" Zoro yelled at her.
"SINCE THE BEGINNING IT WAS FOR THE MONEY?" Luffy joined in the yelling.
"ARGH! USOPP FELL OFF!" Chopper cried.
*Peacock String Slasher Run Back
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