This chapter is a little slow with action and stuff - sorry guys. I promise the next one will be a lot longer and a lot more interesting! I'm moving house this week though, and I'm not sure how long my internet will be disconnected for, and how long it'll take to publish the next chapter. It'll be up as soon as I can manage though. Thanks for sticking with me, guys! You're all awesome.

I was woken again by Luffy's loud voice yelling, "GUYS! THERE'S A TRAIN IN FRONT OF US!"

'Don't yell in my ears, dammit Luffy!' I grumbled, my eyes snapping open to see Luffy leaning in the window above me. He was running around outside again it seemed. This dammed train needed seat-belts so that we could strap him in and keep him still for more than two minutes.

"PUFFING TOM?" everyone in the cart yelled, readying his or her weapons. That had me snapping into action, jumping up to my paws on the seat.

'I can't have slept that long!'

"It's too soon…" Kokoro said.

Luffy quickly ducked back onto the roof, and Zoro went to climb out next. As he went to reach out of the window, I grabbed the side of his shirt in my teeth, tugging it to get his attention.

'Up,' I requested like a child, jerking my head in the direction of the roof. With dog paws, I couldn't grip the roof and get up there safety – not at the speed we were travelling.

With a grunt, Zoro pulled me up under one of his arms, climbing onto the roof with me. As soon as I was out of the protection of the cart, I was hit with rain and wind, thankful for Zoro holding me, or I would have been blown off. Once he had his feet, he put me down and I trotted up near the front of the roof, glancing into the darkness. Several of the others followed us out, either onto the roof or hanging out of the windows.

"Wow! It's a sea train without an engine!" the Franky leader gasped. "It's just 2 cars stranded there!"

"What!" Zoro called over the wind.

"How'd that happened?" the larger of the two shipwrights gapped.

"Did it get disconnected from the train or something?" the other shipwright muttered, smoothing back his hair against the rain and wind.

"Maybe Sanji and Usopp are inside!" Chopper cried.

'I hope not!' I said, narrowing my eyes at the cart as we approached them on the track. 'If they are, we're about to have big problems.'

"Maybe bro's inside!' a twin gasped.

"Luffy, what do we do now?" Chopper asked.

"I'll check it out!" he replied, flinging out his arms, and latching onto the chimney of the train. He took several steps back before jumping. "Gomu Gomu no Rocket*!" Before anyone could even stop him, Luffy was gone. I watched as he busted through the back door.

The Franky leader, using his one little eyeglass that apparently magnified things, said after a few minutes, "He says they're not there, and he's being shot at!"

'How did he managed to read that… He must speak idiot too.'

"Then those people must be the government!" the small shipwright, the vain one who was still smoothing back his hair, pointed out.

"So what now! If we don't get rid of it, we'll be in danger!" Paulie yelled as he leaned out of a window.

"Okay! Then we'll dismantle it in an instant before we crash!" the Franky leader cried, puling out a wrench.

'I don't think-'

"Okay, we'll help too!" the shipwright cheered.

"HEY ZORO!" Luffy's voice called over the wind.

"Roronoa, he's calling for you!" Mr. Vain said, pointing at the cart.

"CUT IT! IT'S IN THE WAY!" Luffy ordered.

"Sure," Zoro replied casually.

"SURE?" the rest of them deadpanned as Zoro strolled right of the nose of the train, pulling out his swords.

The train carts loomed closer and closer, almost to the point we were going to run through them. Every stood tensely as Zoro got in position and said, "Nitoryu Iai… Rashomon*."

The carts neatly split in half seconds before we were going to crash into them, flying either side of us. Everyone had looks of shock and horror on their faces at Zoro's show of strength, other than Zoro, Luffy, and myself. Luffy jumped off of the cart as it went past, neatly landing next to me on the roof as the spilt carts fell into the sea behind us.

"Could you at least warn us before you do that sort of thing!" Mr. Vain snapped.

"I did say to "cut it"," Luffy pointed out innocently.

"But we couldn't have dreamed that he would do that!"

"He's so terrifyingly strong and he's not even the captain…" the Franky leader mumbled, sweating.

'Zoro,' I growled in warning as my eyes caught something up ahead. Something else was coming. My spidey senses were tingling.

"Hey, look! It's not over yet!" Zoro pulled his bandana off his arm, tying it over his head.

"Look ahead of us! It's a giant sea king and it's been chopped in half!"

Next to track was a giant sea king, split neatly in half, and it wasn't Zoro's work. 'Who could have the power to do that?' I mumbled. 'I guess we're about to find out…'

"THERE'S SOMEONE THERE!" At the call, everyone stared ahead to sea someone running on to the track the sea train used. Running on it.

"AH! HE'S THE SHIP CUTTER!" the Franky leader yelled in panic.

"The Ship Cutter?" Luffy asked as the man on the tracks stopped, turning around to face us.

"He's a captain from Marine Headquarters, Ship Cutter T-Bone! He can chop a pirate ship into pieces, like it's beef! What's he doing here! Okay, crew! Get ready to fire!"

"Yes, Sir!"

"WAIT!" Luffy snapped.

"What! If we don't hurry, he'll chop us in half too!" the Franky leader protested.

"Are you blind!" Luffy replied. "Leave it to Zoro."

"I'll only say this one! Get out of the way, or die!" Zoro yelled out at Captain T-bone.

"This is the road to the home of justice!" T-bone yelled. "I'm a captain from the Marine Headquarters! I shall cut you in half in the name of justice!"

"Then so be it," Zoro replied, getting in position to attack again. I held my breath, knowing that the guy in front of us was no joke. "Our destination lies in the place you're trying to protect!"

"Then come!" Captain T-bone pulled his own giant sword out, holding it above his head. "Chokkaku Hichou Bone…"

"Santoryu Gyuki…"

"ODORI!*" T-bone yelled, flinging an attack that Zoro jumped forward into the air to avoid.

"YUZUME!*" Zoro went flying forward, making a direct hit on Captain T-Bone that sent him flying away from the train and into the water. Zoro landed on the tracks as the train came towards him.

'Zoro! Get your ass back on the train before we leave you behind!' I snapped, barking loudly several times.

As the train got close enough to him, Zoro jumped to the side, grabbing onto the train as we went past.

"Wow! We beat the Ship Cutter!" everyone cheered.

'I'm not sure it's that much of a victory. He seemed like a good, honest man…' I sighed in doubt. 'Not all marines are bad, and neither are all pirates. He must have been in the cars earlier, and must have run all this way on the tracks to get back to the train…'

"Let's go back in before we get blown away!"

"FROG! ON THE TRACKS! THAT FROG APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE!" Luffy's loud voice yelled from outside the cart, drawing out attention. "LOOK OUT! GET OUT OF THE WAY, FROGGY!" Luffy yelled as I ran over to a window and stuck my head out. "WE'RE GOING TO HIT YOU!"

Screams and cries echoed around the place as the train was jarred suddenly, sending it flying through the air and off the railing. Almost everyone was thrown off their feet, and the Franky's were cut off, leaving them behind as the train landed and kept going in the wrong direction. I was thrown back into the ground, flipping over and jumping straight back up as soon as the train hit the water again.

"WAAAH! STUPID FROG!" Luffy voice yelled out after a couple of seconds.

"GERO!" was the reply he got.

I ran over to the window again as stuck my head out, seeing the frog gripping to the front of the train near Luffy. "YOU "GERO" AGAIN AND I'LL EAT YOU!"

"GEH!"

"WE'D ALMOST CAUGHT UP TO SANJI! THEN YOU SMACKED US OFF THE TRACK!"

'Well, shit!' I snapped.

"We've strayed from the rail by quite a bit!" Mr. Vain yelled.

"Granny Kokoro! Can we still get to Enies Lobby?" the Franky leader questioned, yelling out the window.

"Hush!" she yelled back from the control room. "I'm trying, but the current is too strong!"

"What's up?" Zoro asked after a few minutes of silence from the control room.

"The old lady is talking to Yokozuna…" the Freanky leader mumbled, head still out the window.

"So… Granny's a frog?" Chopper asked.

"Come to think of it, she looks a bit more like a frog than a human…" Mr. Vain admitted.

"Keep your mouths shut, or you might get spanked," a twin said.

I stepped back into the cart, sure that Nami will be able to get us back to tracks of to Enies Lobby. I trotted over to the wall, lying down on the ground. I might as well save my energy until we got there, because I had a feeling I'd have to use it all then.

"I SEE 'EM!" Luffy yelled out. "HUGE YAGARA! HEYYYY~"

"LUFFY!" two voices called out, and I couldn't help but perk my ears when I heard Sanji and Usopp's voices.

"AHH! SANJI!" Luffy yelled back to the Franky's ship as we approached it. "EH! WHO'S THAT?"

"CAPTAIN STRAW HAT!" the Franky family yelled.

"ENIES LOBBY IS IN SIGHT! ALL CREWS, PREPARE FOR BATTLE!"

'…'bout time,' I mumbled, slowly lifting myself back up to my paws, arching my back to stretch the muscles. It seemed that we had finally caught up with the Franky Family vessel, and they had Usopp and Sanji with them. 'Let's get Robin back.'

"The Sogeking of Sniper Island!"

"That's me!" the masked person replied. "I'm Usopp's friend, I've come to your aid as per his request.

"A hero! I know he was a hero when I saw his cape!" Luffy gaped. "So cool! This is my first hero sighting!"

"Oh! So wearing a cape means he's a hero?" Chopper asked. "So cool!"

Everyone else stood back staring at "Sogeking", well aware that it was Usopp.

'Chopper… Even with your sense of smell… You still…' I stuttered, flabbergasted that anyone would buy it.

"So, where'd Usopp go?" Luffy asked.

"He's safe, so don't worry about him. He told me that saving Robin is my top priority and then he left," Sogeking replied.

"Oh, I see!"

"Oh! Oh! Where' Sniper Island?" Chopper asked.

"It's… In your heart," Sogeking replied dramatically, causing both Luffy's and Chopper's eyes to sparkle.

"Idiots," Nami deadpanned.

"Nami? Mamori?" Sanji questioned, drawing both Nami's and my attention.

"What is it, Sanji?" she replied.

"Hey, the rest of you idiots, you listen too. Before we go and rescue Robin, you will need to know this…."

"…and that's the whole story," he finished. "Robin has some horrific past that CP9 is using to blackmail her. I didn't say all of this as an excuse for my failure. I just wanted to point out that Robin may not willingly leave with us once we get to her."

"I DON'T CARE!" Luffy ragged. "I WON'T FORGIVE THEM!"

'You and me both, captain,' I purred dangerously, kneading my paws into the wooden floor.

"ROBIN, THAT STUPID-"

"SHUT UP!" Nami yelled, smacking Luffy over the back of Luffy's head to stop him.

"WELL IT'S TRUE!" he raged. "WE TRIED TO RESCUE HER, BUT SHE REFUSED TO GO!"

"THAT'S BECAUSE SHE WAS WORRIED FOR OUR SAFETY!"

"SHE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT HER OWN SAFETY! IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, ROBIN MIGHT DIE! SHE DOESN'T WANNA DIE, SO WE HAVE TO SAVE HER!"

"THAT'S TRUE BUT-"

I bumped my head into the side of Nami's leg at the same time Zoro said, "Forget it, we were already going to rescue her anyways."

"I don't care who they are, I'm going to send them flying!" Luffy continued. "I have a new attack I wanna try, too!"

Nami just sighed, giving up.

"Hey guys, have a look at this," Paulie called and Luffy, Nami and a few of the others went to look at a map that Paulie had pulled out and laid on the floor.

I stood back with Sanji, Chopper, Usopp, and Zoro. I glanced at Usopp, glad to see that he was okay and that he'd came back. Not able to stop myself, I walked up to him, burying my face into the side of his leg, my ears pressing back against my skull. I'd missed him so much, and I'd been so worried about him…

"…Eh," he mumbled. "Mamo- I mean, what a heroic looking dog! Do you want to team up with me a be my sidekick?"

'I missed you, you big idiot,' I whined, pulling my head away so that I could burry it into the palm of his hand.

"I'll take that as a yes," he laughed, ruffling the fur on the top of my head.

I twisted around so that I could sit next to him, leaning against his leg as Paulie continued talking about his map and plan.

"I've been here once before, for railroad maintenance. I drew this based on what I could remember. This's what Enies Lobby looks like. This Gate of Justice is right behind the island, and the only oath to it is through the Judicial Tower."

"What's the black stuff?"

"The black thing is the waterfall, you'll see it when you get past the gate. Anyhow, it's a straight path from the Gate of Justice. If we can't get to Robin and Franky before they reach the end of that path, we fail! Even if we all charge into the island, the only ones that'll have any chance against CP9 are you guys! I've seen how strong you guys are on the way here. So you guys should wait for 5 minutes at the beach. Then, charge in with Rocket Man right through the gates and into the island itself."

"Before that, the rest of us will go in there, open up the main gate and the front gate to make way for Rocket Man," the Franky leader said. "No matter how many of us die, don't stop, just charge right through. There are only about 60 of us, but there may be two or three thousand enemies. Straw Hats! You guys should avoid any unnecessary fights, and just focus on the CP9!"

"Yeah! I got it!" Luffy agreed.

"Hey guys, come take a look at the sky behind Enies Lobby!" Kokoro's voice came over the loud speaker, and everyone glanced out the window.

"WHAT! IT'S SO BIG!"

'A gate…'

"That gate never completely opens. It only opens a little bit to let criminals through," she continued. "On the other side of the gate, there's a windless area like the calm belt on the two sides of the Grand Line. Giant sea kings live there. It's impossible to sail past it with a normal ship. I don't know how they do it, but only the marines know how to pass it. In other words, it's just as the pirate girl said. If you want to rescue the folks who've been arrested, you gotta do it before they pass through the gate! There's no time for chit-chat!"

"Let's stick to the plan! We'll go in first!" the Franky leader said, the shipwrights joining him.

"Um… Where's Luffy?" Chopper asked suddenly.

'AGAIN!' I screamed.

"He was here a second ago…" Nami mumbled.

"AH! IT'S STRAW HAT!" a voice from Franky's ship called.

"WHAT!" everyone cried as they glanced out to side at Luffy who was sitting on the fence of Enies Lobby.

"WHAT'S HIS PROBLEM! HE JUST LEFT ON HIS OWN!" Paulie yelled.

"DID HE EVEN LISTEN TO THE BATTLE PLAN!" the Franky leader cried.

"It's useless," Nami said, falling to her knees.

"I thought he said, "I got it!"," Sanji sighed.

"To wait five minutes isn't possible for him," Usopp stated.

"That's true," Zoro agreed.

"Is everyone ready?" Kokoro asked over speaker as the sea train continued to circle around the outside of Enies Lobby. The Franky family and the shipwrights had gone ahead as planned. "In four minutes the seat, Rocket Man, will charge in!"

"How're your wounds?" Zoro asked Usopp.

"It's not a problem because I am Sogeking," he replied.

It was a tense wait in the cabin as we counted down the time until we charged in, and as per the old Granny's request, Zoro had climbed out onto the front of the train to take care of the railing.

My muscles twitched and tensed as I waited nervously for the time to be up so that I could finally go and fight. I'd built up so much aggression and anger over the last few days, but I'd yet to have a chance to let it all out.

"Okay, it's been 5 minutes. The two gates should be open now!" Kokoro called over the speaker. "We'll go one at a time… Samurai-man, we'll leave the iron railing to you."

Everyone waited around as the train chugged through the water, finally heading directly at Enies Lobby. Nami was seated peacefully on the couch, Sanji next to her. Usopp, Chopper, and I were all standing around, holding our breath.

"Everyone, there's been a change on plans!" Kokoro announced suddenly. "Hang on to something tightly!"

"HEY! STUPID SWORDSMAN! WHAT'S THE PROBLEM!" Sanji yelled.

"THEY CLOSED THE MAIN GATE!" the yell came back.

'I CAN'T HOLD ON. I DON'T HAVE HANDS!' I snapped, wondering why it always came back to this problems of not having hands nor fingers.

"WE'RE GONNA CRASH!" Usopp panicked.

"AH! WHAT SHOULD WE DO!" Chopper joined in.

"TURN AROUND, KOKORO!" Nami begged.

"DON'T WORRY! THERE'S A WAY!" Zoro yelled. "PUSH DOWN THE FENCE, FROG!"

"GERO!" the sound of a fence being bent echoed through the air and the train jolted suddenly, but rather than crashing we slid up the fence and found ourselves airborne. Screams echoed around the car as it was enveloped in chaos, the train flying over the gate instead of going through it.

"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" Usopp yelled.

"EH! WE'RE GOING TO DIE?" Chopper replied.

"NAMI, MAMORI, RUSH TO MY PROTECTIVE HOLD!" Sanji called.

'NO BLOODY WAY!' I snapped, dodging Sanji's arms.

"IDIOT! ISN'T THERE A HUGE PIT BEHIND THAT GATE!" Nami screamed. "ZORO, DID YOU CONSIDER HOW WE'RE GOING TO LAND!"

"Leave it to… Luck!"

"LEAVE IT TO LUCK?"

'I make my own luck!' I barked back, having a sudden wave of confidence for no reason at all. It was all the adrenaline, seeing how close we were to fighting. 'Chopper, get down and cover yourself. This'll be a rough landing.' I ran over the window, using my muzzle to throw the window open as a blast of wind rushed into my face like a slap. I saw what looked like a giant seconds before we crashed into him, his blubber absorbing most of the impact like a pillow. I dug my nails in, but the impact still jarred me enough that I ended up head-butting the window frame. I righted myself just as the train slid off of him, smashing into the ground at a slower pace. The second the train impacted with the ground, I threw myself out of the window and into the dust cloud the impact made.

Sanji, seeing what I was doing, followed me out. Without waiting for a pause we tackled the closet enemies, throwing attacks left and right before they figured out what was going on. I heard the sound of a sword slicing through the dust cloud, meaning that Zoro had also had the same idea. A kick in the stomach here, a head-butt over there and marines and government workers fell around in within the few seconds it took for the dust to settle.

"WHAT'S GOING ON! AH! WHO'RE THOSE TWO!" a government work yelled as we finally came into view, standing in the carnage of fallen marine bodies.

Twitch.

'THREE! DAMMIT!'

"Maybe we should greet them first?" Zoro asked.

"That's pointless, idiot!" Sanji replied.

'I swear, if you two start fighting right now of all time…' As I growled that, I casually thrust my back paw out, landing a solid blow on the forehead of a marine who had tried to stand back up.

"IT'S RORONOA AND THE OTHERS!" the Frankys cheered. "WE'VE BEEN WAITING!"

"Wait! I've heard of that swordsman!" another armed government worker cried. "He's the Straw Hat's underling, Pirate Hunter Zoro!"

"Hehehe, they called you an underling," Sanji sniggered and I couldn't help but turn my head away from Zoro, my body shaking in silent laughter. Zoro, an underling?

"That's still better than being the nameless pirate 'A', or not being noticed at all," Zoro replied.

'Did you just sass me!' I cried in outrage, my head snapping back around to glower at Zoro.

"What'd you say!" Sanji yelled.

"Fine, "B" then."

"DAMN YOU! IF I GET A BOUNTY I'LL BE WORTH TWICE AS MUCH AS YOU!"

"Hey! Stop fighting!" Usopp called, having emerged from the train while we created a distraction.

"Don't mind them, Sogeking," Chopper said.

"Look! Criminals from inside the train!"

"They found us!"

"There must be more! Blow 'em to bits, along with the train!"

"HEY, WAIT! NAMI IS STILL INSIDE!" Sanji yelled as the marines and government works aimed their canons at the train and fired.

'MOVE!' I yelled at Usopp and Chopper as they jumped out of the road in time, rolling away from the blasts.

"CEASE FIRE!" someone yelled as quickly as it had begun.

"WHY!"

"LOOK OVER THERE!"

"Stop!" Kokoro yelled, raising a hand that held a beer bottle over her head. "I'm just an old lady!"

"And I'm just a kid with a small animal!" Chimney joined in.

'Yeah, yeah!'

"We're defenses! The Straw Hats forced us to pilot the train for them!" Kokoro hiccuped and burst out in a drunken laughter.

"Could there be a drunker hostage!" the Franky leader deadpanned.

"That was close. We almost killed the hostage," a marine mumbled.

"They took an old lady, a kid, and a small animal as hostages! These pirates are shameless!"

'Your face is shameless too, yet you don't hear us complaining!' I snapped, offended that they would believe that we'd kidnapped the drunken old woman.

"Huh? The smoke is hovering like a cloud…" a marine noted and everyone looked over and oddly shaped cloud that seemed to keep growing.

"When heat bubbles mix with cool bubbles, the water vapor in the air turns into a cloud," Nami muttered, standing in front of the train.

"Ah! Nami! You're safe!" Sanji cheered.

"This perfect clime tact is amazing! Both its speed and power are totally different from before!" She called, in referenced to her updated looking weapon. "Let's try it on you guys with the power of thunder!"

"What's that girl doing!" the Franky leader yelled.

"Thunder Bolt Tempo!" With that, a rain of lightning shot out from the cloud, striking at everyone in range. Even Nami, who was forced to jump out of the way. "GYAAAA!"

'…Fuck.' I looked up and swore as I saw a bolt heading towards Sanji, Zoro, and I.

The first thing she did was run over to Usopp, hitting him over the head with her weapon. "IT HURTS BOTH FRIEND AND FOE!"

"OW!"

"SOGEKING!" Chopper cried. "NAMI, WHY DID YOU HIT SOGEKING!"

"…Just call it a hunch," she sighed.

"You're the one to blame for using it so recklessly!" Usopp replied, rubbing his head. "Plus, Usopp said he never designed it to be used like that. However… That's a really powerful weapon. It beat quiet a few of them."

Twitch.

'I CAN'T DECIDED WHO I WANT TO KILL MORE RIGHT NOW! NAMI OR USOPP!' I raged, dragging my still crackling body off the ground. All of my fur was standing on end from the strike, my ears ringing. Thankfully it was almost nothing compared to Enel's lightning, so it was easy for me to brush it off. It still pissed me off though – even if there were now bodies of marines littered all around us.

"DAMN IT! NAMI! YOU HIT US TOO!" Zoro yelled at her, looking as singed as I was.

"Nami, you reminded me of how it felt when we first met!" Sanji cooed.

"Hurry and apologize, Sogeking!" Nami demanded.

"You're the one who could apologize, idiot!" Usopp snapped as Sanji, Zoro, and I walked towards them.

"Wha… What's the deal with them!" one of the Franky's cried. "I thought that girl was just along for support, but clearly she's one of the main fighters!"

"I wonder where that idiot who rushes in first is," Zoro said.

"Dunno… This island isn't small… So if we have to search…" Nami muttered.

A sudden loud explosion drew our attention over to a building that wasn't too far away and at the same time everyone exclaimed, "WE SHOULD START THERE!"

"Now then…. Let's go!"

"GRR! HOW DARE THESE PIRATES CAUSE SUCH A RUCKUS ON ENIES LOBBY?" I glanced in the direction of a man who was mounted on a… dog. I blinked. Stared. Blinked again. Yes, he was mounted on a dog. There was a whole troop of them.

"GET ON!" Paulie's voice yelled as a large king bull rolled towards us, skates on his feet that helped him stay on land. On his back was a large saddle with several seats

"BAHIHIHI!" the large creature challenged.

"WE'RE SAVED!" Usopp cried.

"DON'T FORGET WHY WE'RE HERE! THIS ISN"T WHERE YOU SHOULD BE!" Paulie yelled

"He's right…" Sanji agreed. "There are enough here to keep us fighting until the sun goes down."

"GRAB THE ROPES!" Paulie cried, throwing several ropes over the side of the charging bull. "WE'RE GONNA CHARGE FORWARD!"

"BRURURU!"

Everyone quickly grabbed onto the ropes, and I jumped at Zoro who caught me under one arm and pulled me up with him. Everyone quickly swung up into the saddle with the help if the ropes, Zoro dumping me on ground as quickly as he could.

"THEY'RE RUNNING AWAY!"

"GET OUTTA THE WAY!"

"IT'S A KING BULL FROM WATER SEVEN!"

"FRANKY FAMILY, GRAB ONTO GOMORRAH! CHARGE FORWARD WITH SODOM."

I glanced back over my shoulder, and sure enough the over king bull was following us, knocking all the marines out of the way as if they were bugs.

"FOOLS! OUR GUARD DOGS ARE MUCH FASTER THAN THOSE OVERSIZED FISH!" the mount dog men cried out as they kept up with us, riding on the back of the dogs as if they were horses. "JUMP ON!" At his order, the mounted dog-riders tried to jump into the back of the two sea kings to get at us.

"They're trying to get on!" Mr. Vain yelled.

"No way!" Chopper gasped.

"Hold on to these ropes!" Paulie ordered, handing the reins over to Sanji.

"You…" Sanji mumbled.

"When you see them… Tell this from me: you're fired!" Paulie said as the three shipwrights got up and walked to the back of the king bull.

"Of course!" Zoro agreed as the three jumped off the back of Sodom.

"THEY'RE ALL YOURS, GALLEY-LA!"

"WE'RE GONNA KILL YOU!" the leader dog rider yelled as they jumped towards the shipwrights.

"Half-knot air drive!" Paulie's rope wrapped around the dogs and the riders, sending them flying in all directions, slamming them into the ground.

"HOLY COW! THE HOBANTAI WERE DEFEATED!"

"Hmph! Those idiots were carless!" another dog rider hissed as him and his squad charged forward. "Normal people can't match our speed! We'll pierce you before you even notice!"

Before they could get very far, the two shipwright brothers quickly dealt this the, Mr. Vain using his swords and his brother using his large canon as a club.

"THEY WERE BEATEN AGAIN! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!"

"They're so strong!" Chopper cried as he gapped.

"Leave them to us!" Paulie called out as we charged on

The two large king bulls continued their forwards charge, plowing through anything that got in their way – people and small buildings alike.

'BRING IT ON!' Sodom challenge as he threw up his head.

'Coming through, dudes!' Gomorrah joined in, bodies flying around them.

'Thank you for your help, you two!' I called out to them over the sound of the Franky's firing at our enemies as we charged through.

'It's no problem, sister!' Sodom called back as a bullet whizzed past my head. I glanced to way it came it from only to see a cannonball flying straight at Zoro. Zoro quickly knocked it back with a swing of his sword. 'This is crazy, haha!' I laughed, head butting a marine that was trying to crawl up Sodom's side to get into the saddle. Chopper and Nami were busy doing the same.

"Looking good!" Sanji called. "These guys are really into it! We're counting on you to take us to Luffy, King Bulls!"

'Really? That's an… odd story.' I pointed out to Sodom.

"Then just when they were nearly dead inside the sea king's stomach, the brothers, Sodom and Gomorrah were rescued by the Franky Family and this is what they were told: "since we're full now, we won't eat you guys!". From them on, they swore loyalty to the lifesaver, Franky," Chopper translated for the others as if we weren't being shot at every other second.

"So you guys were really just in the stomach of a sea king that the Franky Family was eating…" Nami sweat-dropped.

'I'll stick with big bro for the rest of my life!' Sodom, whose head was turned around so face us, announced to Chopper and I who were perched up on the front of the saddle.

'That's very admirable of you,' I compliment, grinning widely.

"Hey says "I'll stick with big bro for the rest of my life!"," Chopper said.

"Well, that's fine , but could he watch where he's going?" Sanji asked.

'By the way, that masked guy that was with us. Is it okay that he didn't ride with us?' Sodom asked.

'…What?' I snapped my head around to check, and sure enough, he wasn't there.

""By the way, that masked guy that was with us. Is it okay that he didn't ride with us?" he said. EH!" Chopper cried.

"…HE'S NOT HERE!"

"WHY! THAT GUY! DID HE FALL OFF!"

"NO, WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, HE WASN'T ABOARD FROM THE START!"

"HE RAN AWAY!"

'…Usopp,' I deadpanned.

"Anyway, we can't go back to get someone who didn't ride with us! He'll be fine on his own," Zoro stated.

"But this island is full of guards! He's not Luffy, so alone, his life might-" Nami argued.

"As we've gone through each island, all of us have been slowly getting stronger, even if we haven't realized it," Zoro pointed out. "He, too, with every island he's visited, has overcome death. We don't have anyone in our group who would die so easily! Look, we're almost at the court house!"

Everything was going so well one second, and the next everything went wrong. Before anything of us could do anything to stop it, a large bomb connected with the joint between Sodom's neck and shoulder, exploding on the impact. "BAGYAAA!" he cried in pain.

"Shit! King bull!" Sanji yelled.

'SODOM!' I cried in a panic.

"Alright! We've stopped one of them!" the marines and government workers exclaimed, cheering.

"SODOM!" The Franky leader shouted.

"This is bad!" Chopper gasped. "We have to treat him immediately!"

"SODOM! DON'T COLLAPSE YET!" the Franky leader instructed before yelling at us, "YOU GUYS, MOVE OVER HERE. DON'T HESITATE! SODOM'S ALREADY DONE FOR! THAT MORTAR HIT HIS HEART! QUICK, BEFORE WE COLLAPSES! IF YOU DON'T KEEP MOVING, NO ONE WILL GET WHAT'S COMING TO THEM!"

'GO!' Sodom yelled at us, turning around his head with blood running from his mouth.

'BUT-' I tried to object.

'GO!' he insisted.

"He says, "Go"!" Chopper cried, sobbing.

'Thank you… for everything. I'll be sure to kick some ass for you!' I whined, reaching my neck out to lick the bottom of his chin before jumping across to the back of the other sea king with all the Franky family. The others quickly followed as Sodom collapse to the ground.

"HERE WE GO, GOMORRAH!"

"IT'S MORTAR FIRE! DODGE IT, GOMORRAH!" The king bull ducked his head as another projectile impact against a building, blowing up.

'That was way too close!' I snapped, growling under my breath. Poor Sodom… We came to save our friend, not to hurt our other ones.

"This central road is bad news, they're ambushing us with all kinds of stuff. We're changing our route!" The Franky leader order, changing the direction that Gomorrah was going in.

"Eh? The mini den-den mushi!" Nami mumbled as it started to ring, causing her to pull it out and answer. "Hello? Who is this?"

"It's us," came a familiar voice.

"It's old lady Kokoro!" the Franky family gasped. "What's she want?"

"Thank goodness! It seems like you're all still alive, ngagaga!" she laughed.

"What's wrong?" Nami asked.

"Well, there was something important I forgot…" she mumbled. "Paulie's map shows that there's no road to the Tower of Justice from the Courthouse."

"That's right. I meant to ask about that," Sanji mumbled.

"Look at the Courthouse! There are two towers on either side, right?"

We all look up at the looming Courthouse, spotting the two towers easily. "Yes, there are!"

"There's a lever in the upper level of each tower… if you pull those a drawbridge from the courthouse to the tower of justice should lower," Kokoro said.

"Granny, how'd you know something like that?" the Franky leader demanded.

"Back in the day, Tom and I came to fix the bridge! That stupid Government forgot that little favor!" she yelled.

"Don't yell at me for it…" he sweat-dropped.

"And Chimney-" she started to say, but her voice was cut off by another.

"Hello! Can you hear me, Pirate Lady? That rubber pirate guy… I saw him climb on top of the Courthouse roof!"

'Yeah, yeah!'

"Really! Luffy did?" Nami exclaimed.

"After that, I saw some stones on the rood crumble. It looks like there's some kind of fight going on!" she chirped.

"On the roof? Go it, thanks!" Nami said.

"One more thing you lady, keep the den-den mushi on so we know what's going on over there," Kokoro requested.

"Roger!" Nami replied.

"Now we know where to go," Zoro pointed out.

"Okay, you guys go first!" the Franky leader said. "Head for the Courthouse rood and meet up with Straw Hat! We'll split into two groups on lower the drawbridge!"

"YEAH!" the Frankys cheered.

"IT'S UP TO YOU, GOMORRAH! UNTIL WE REACH THE COURTHOUSE!"

'COUNT ON ME!' he cried back second before several large metal balls on chains impacted with him, knocking him into a building. Everyone that was on his back was thrown around as his body smashed the stone building, rubble flying everywhere.

'GOMORRAH!' I cried, struggling to keep myself on his back, seeing as I was sitting in front of the saddle rather than in it. Gomorrah let his head drop to the ground, not moving.

"GOMORRAH! SHIT! WHO'RE THOSE GUYS!"

'What guys!' I snarled, straightening up as my head snapped around, my eyes landing on the one who threw those large balls.

"So you thought you could easily slip by? You pieces of trash…" one of the men who threw the ball laughed.

"They did it! They took the second one down!" the marines and government workers cheered.

"The pirates don't have a leg to stand on anymore!"

"Surround and arrest all of them!"

A loud speaker suddenly called around the whole area, and probably the whole island, "Calling all Enies Lobby personnel! In the center of the Southeast D-Block, the king bull ridden by the pirates has been halted! All personnel converge and close off D-Block completely!"

"The guards we outran earlier are catching up now!" a Franky called as people seemed to crawl out of every crack and crevice of the building, swarming towards us.

"This is bad!" Sanji hissed.

"They're coming from the front too!" the Franky leader cried.

"They're aiming their mortars!" a twin yelled.

"This is awful! There are thousands of them!" Chopper panicked. "If we're surrounded here…. We'll be done for!"

Gomu Gomu no Rocket: Gum Gum Rocket.

Nitoryu Iai: Rashomon: Literally "Two Sword Style Draw and Resheath Technique: Castle Gate". In the Viz Manga it's called "Two-Sword Style Castle Gate". While in the FUNimation Sub and Dub, it is called, "Two-Sword Style Sword Draw Rashomon". Built in the year 789, the Rashomon, or Castle Gate was arguably the grandest and most famous gate in Kyoto. Zoro's name for this move can possibly come from the double-gate/double sword connotation, or the fact that this was probably his "grandest" move in his Nitoryu skill lineup at the time. Important note: No Marines or World Government agents were harmed in the usage of this move.

Chokkaku Hicho: Bone Odori: Literally "Right Angle Flying Bird: Bone Large Bird". In the Viz Manga, it is called "Right Angle Flying Bird Bone... Bird of Prey". The name is a pun on the "Bon Odori" or Bon Festival.

Santoryu Gyuki: Yuzume: Literally "Three Swords Style Cattle Demon: Brave Hoof". In Vis, this is called "Bull Demon Courageous Talons". Early on in the FUNimation Subs it was called "Bull Demon Bold Hooves" but later changed it to "Bull Demon Courageous Talons".

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