I'm probably going to do two or three places per chapter. So this will probably be Alabasta and Enies Lobby. Also, I'll probably only list songs for the islands and characters from this story. All of the other songs would be the music from the game's OST. Enjoy!
After leaving the town and walking for a bit, the landscape changed again, and we found ourselves in a desert.
"Hot air is flowing in, but could there really be a desert here?" Franky asked.
"By my right hand, I'll dry you out…" said a low voice. We looked up to see someone standing on top of a sand dune. "Kuhahaha...Straw Hat! It's been too long!"
"Crocodile! What are you doing here?!" Luffy yelled at him angrily. We all went on guard.
"Well...what do you think?"
"I think the disappearance of our allies is all your doing!" Zoro said.
"As good a guess as any. So what are you prepared to do about it? You'll have to follow me to the palace to find out the truth!" he said before dispersing into sand.
"I guess we'll have to go after him, then. Let's go."
X
Along the way, we had to fight some soldiers from the Royal Army as well as the Rebels. Even some of the animals native to the island.
"Haahhh…" Luffy gasped. "I stopped sweating ages ago! Aaron, make some water with your powers!" he whined.
"I told you Luffy, they don't work in dry places. Remember what happened in Impel Down? I can make it as much as I want, but the arid climate dries it up too quickly."
"Ughhhh…Huh? What's happening over there?"
"That looks like...Chopper and Usopp!"
"Kung Fu Point! Hai! Hai! Haya!"
"Green Star: Devil!" The two of them were fighting against more soldiers.
"...Maybe they don't need our help after all, huh?" Zoro grinned.
"Zoro! Luffy! Franky! Aaron! Christina!" Chopper said happily.
"Don't just stand there! Give us a hand!" Usopp yelled.
"You don't look like you need it." I told him.
"Well we do! Just do something!"
"Fine." I said. "Cyclone Slice." I swiped my hand to the side, blowing all of the soldiers away and into the water. I walked up to the river and placed my hand on the surface before shooting an electric current through it, electrocuting all of the soldiers and wiping them out.
"Water!" Luffy yelled, running towards the river. I caught him by the collar.
"Luffy, no. That's water from the sea. It's salt water, which means you'll get weaker and even more dehydrated. If you want some, we'll have to find it someplace else."
"Awww…"
"Aaaahhh! I've missed you guys!" Chopper cried. "When I finally opened my eyes, Nami and Robin and everyone else was gone! I was so scared!"
"Where have you been?! I thought I was going to have to take down a million men on my own…"
"Nukikiki! Chopper and Usopp aren't much help…" Pato muttered.
"So what you're saying is that you wound up in a desert after Robin saw you?" Franky asked.
"What in the world is going on…?" Usopp wondered out loud.
"Can't say for sure, but I have a feeling that the answers await us up ahead." Zoro commented.
"Hey! That's the way you guys came from!" Chopper yelled at Zoro, who was walking in the wrong direction once again.
X
"Aaaaaaah!" Luffy sighed again.
"Aaaaaahhhh!" Usopp joined him. "What's with this island?! It's just like Alabasta!"
"It is Alabasta." I looked at him with half lidded eyes.
"What?! How?!"
"It's an ability similar to Pato's. Although I'm not 100% positive on who created it. I have a pretty good idea though…"
"Water!" Luffy complained.
"If it's water you want, just leave it to me!" Pato said. He scribbled on a leaf and turned it into a drill.
"Whoa! That was amazing! But if there's a hole that needs digging, look no further!" Chopper said. "Horn Point!"
"There he is! Chopper the stag beetle!" Luffy laughed.
"I'm not a stag beetle!" he yelled. Thee two of them jumped into a giant pit and dug deep down, causing a giant geyser of fresh water to spring up out of the hole.
"WOW!" Luffy yelled with stars in his eyes.
"Ahem! Not too shabby! Nukiki!"
"I hope I was able to help!" Chopper said, landing on the ground again.
"Of course. And this water will be fresh since it's below sea level. Drink up, everyone. This may be the only water we find for now." I told them.
X
"I drank my fill of water, and I'm still not full… It's a shame Sanji's still missing…" Luffy groaned. "Hey! Raccoon! You can't make a cook appear with that leaf of yours by any chance, can you?"
"If he was able to do that, we might finally be able to fire our current cook…" Zoro mumbled.
"I can't make a human being or anything overly complicated…Sorry about that."
"Don't feel bad! With sand this dry...Green Star! Bamboo Javelin! Chopper! Dig me a hole!"
"You got it!"
"Look! The bamboo shots may have been harvested a tad too soon, but…"
"Who cares?! Drink up!" Luffy yelled happily.
"Well done Usopp and Chopper! You've inspired me to work harder to serve my boss!" Christina and I narrowed our eyes at him.
"Your boss?" Chopper asked.
"It's nothing! Just talking to myself again, nukiki!" he brushed off the remark.
X
"The palace is still so far away…" Christina said, looking off into the distance. "Aaron, can't you just teleport us there?"
"No. My powers don't allow other people to transport. And even if I did, that would leave you guys behind. Plus, I can only teleport a maximum of 3 times a day. And if the others are up ahead, I wouldn't be able to teleport them back either."
"That's a really big limitation." she groaned, looking at me.
"Well, as my devil fruit name suggests, the main power is that of chaos. Granted, I do get fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water along with it, as those are the elements that create chaos. But it's just basic abilities. It's not like I possess the individual logia powers for those. If you want to be teleported with lightning, you'd have to have Dracule do it, not me. He's the one who has the Rumble Rumble Fruit. And if you want more water, you'd have to ask Arlong, he has the Wave Wave Fruit. The same goes for fire or wind. To have an advanced ability used, you'd need Sabo or Dragon. They have the Flame Flame and Gale Gale Fruits."
"But what about Earth?" Chopper asked.
"Ryokugyu had that one, if you remember. But since he died, both of his devil fruits are now in the Brotherhood's possession. Dragon has the Crush Crush and Order Order Fruits locked up. No one's eaten either of them yet, he would have told us."
"Ouch ouch ouch! Why does this sand have to be so hot?!" Luffy yelled, jumping up and down.
"Because it's hot sand...It'd be one thing if it were just me, but to get all of us across...It appears the time has come! Soldier Dock System Channel V! Long-range guidance systems ON! Brachio Tank Unit V, launch!" As he said that, his mini cannon drove over to the rest of us.
"Are you sure we can all fit in that?" I asked. "As I recall, it only sits 3."
"I've made it bigger since last time. We shouldn't have any trouble."
"Alright then. Hop in, everyone."
"I am Commander Chopper! Forward! March!" he screamed, with the tank taking off towards the palace.
X
After walking through the town, we finally showed up to the top of the palace, the courtyard balcony.
"I hope you remembered to pack enough water! Straw Hat!"
"Don't need water to rain on your parade, Crocodile!"
"Very well then…Have it your way. It's high time we had our rematch. Straw Hat Pirates! Come and get it!" he yelled, slapping his hand on the ground and creating a sand tornado.
"Luffy, my water powers may not last for very long, but they'll stay wet long enough so that I can make him weak. When I do, hit him as hard as you can with your haki!"
"Got it!" I teleported in front of Crocodile and created a water sphere on my fist, coating him in the liquid and getting him wet. Luffy then jumped over me and hardened his fist, punching him in the face and back against the palace. It wasn't enough to beat him, though. Crocodile rushed towards us again and grabbed Luffy with his right hand, beginning to drain his moisture out of his body.
"Tempest Kick: Victory Bird!" Christina yelled, kicking a wave of energy towards Crocodile, which made him drop Luffy.
"Zoro rushed up to him next. "One Sword Style: Great Dragon Shock!" he sliced through Crocodile with haki, which injured him, but didn't split him in half like it did to Monet.
"GRAHHH! GO TO HELL! DESERT SPADA!" he yelled, appearing at the top of the palace and creating an enormous sword out of sand. He slashed it down towards us, but we dodged it.
"Luffy!" I used wind to lift him up and launch him towards Crocodile.
"Second Gear!" He shaved behind him, and hardened his fist.
"Gum Gum Hawk Gatling!" he screamed, punching Crocodile over and over again. The Warlord and former Templar was sent flying, and was finally defeated. Luffy landed back on the ground again.
"Now spit it out! Where are they?!"
"Kuhahahaha...Ever since the old man died...each battle...every battle...has been drier than the last…" He disappeared into sand.
X
"We're back in town, but nothing appears to have changed. If we don't find them soon…" Usopp began.
"Umm...I have something to tell you all…" Pato mumbled.
"Huh? Did you hear that? That sound seemed somehow familiar…" Chopper said as we heard a train whistle.
"Yeah, you're right...I know that sound! It's the sound of the Sea Train's whistle!" Franky exclaimed.
"Then the next place we're going…" Zoro said.
"Yeah. Must be Enies Lobby." I finished. We left the inn and began to leave the town, heading off towards the gate at the front again.
X
"Oh, this is…" Chopper looked around at the new landscape.
"Yep, no forgetting this place...It's Enies Lobby." Franky said.
"Looking for Nico Robin?" asked a husky voice.
"Hm?" We all looked up at the front gate to see an all too familiar face standing there.
"You…! Aren't you the cat boss of CP9?!" Usopp yelled.
"It's the pigeon guy!" Luffy yelled.
"Lucci." I glared at him.
"It's been far too long, Straw Hat."
"Do you know where Robin is?"
"I'm sure I've already told you...But I intend to get rid of 'that woman' once and for all! And while I'm at it, there's three others with her that this world could do without…"
"Three Sword Style: 108 Pound Phoenix!" Zoro yelled, sending his flying slash attack towards him. Lucci dodged it.
"Relax, I haven't killed her...Yet. The fun starts now. Hahaha!"
"Did he say...Kill?" Pato worried.
"Three others...that must be Nami, Brook, and Sanji. Let's get going." We started heading further in and through the front gates, plowing through marine soldiers along the way.
X
"I'm sure you remember...Straw Hat. The place where you first saved her from certain death." Lucci mocked as we arrived at the Judicial Tower.
"I decided that Robin should live. I would never wish death on the person she is now. That said, she's not weak enough to be killed by the likes of you!"
"Evil will not flourish in this world...In the name of dark justice, I will pass judgement upon you!" He disappeared and a bunch more soldiers showed up to fight us. Luffy, Christina, and I all unleashed our conqueror's together, knocking out all of the soldiers.
"I thought that Lucci guy was going to kill Luffy and the rest for sure…" Pato said. "It's almost like...You're merely testing them, boss…"
"What's wrong Pato? You okay?" Usopp asked.
"Huh…? Well, of course I am! I feel better than ever! Nukiki!"
"All right! Let's fly that way!" Everyone grabbed on to Luffy as he flew towards the final destination of the island, where Lucci was. We landed and began walking again.
"You know, there's something I've noticed about these clones that's a huge flaw." I mentioned.
"Huh? What is it?" Luffy asked.
"They may act like they just saw you recently, but the fact of the matter is that they haven't actually fought you since we were actually on the island. Which means that their memories of your abilities are what they saw you display that time."
"I don't really get it…" Luffy said.
"I do." Christina said. "Basically Luffy, he's saying that Lucci hasn't actually fought you since we were here the first time. Which means he doesn't know how strong you became in the last three years. He doesn't know you use haki, and he doesn't know how much you've mastered 2nd and 3rd gear. And that means that he doesn't know you have a 4th and 5th gear. You should be able to beat him without that much trouble."
"I see now! It was the same with Crocodile and Caesar!"
"Right. The last time they saw you was at Punk Hazard and Marineford. So while Caesar knows you possess haki, Crocodile didn't, and that's why he seemed weaker than before." Luffy grinned.
"Then let's go do the same with that pigeon bastard!" We started heading down towards where Lucci was.
"...So you've come." he smiled as we ran through the door. Luffy rushed at him and kicked him, but Lucci blocked it.
"Your allies are up above...It's just you and me!"
"As usual, Straw Hat, I'll say this much. 'You will not pass.'" he claimed as he launched a tempest kick towards Luffy. Luffy dodged, and Lucci rushed towards him, readying a punch. But Luffy had already predicted it with his haki, and punched him back. They rushed at each other and clashed.
"You...You've grown strong."
"Yeah, you too."
"Let's change the setting to something that better befits a final confrontation!" he yelled, transforming into his leopard form, and jumping up through the exit hatch, out to where he fought Luffy the first time. We all jumped up and out into the open to find him hovering in the air.
"Time to settle this once and for all, Straw Hat!"
"Luffy, you might as well go Fourth Gear. Second and Third were barely enough to take him out the first time." I suggested.
"Yeah, you're right. Fourth Gear!" He hardened his arm and blew air into it, inflating his muscular structure.
"Bounce-Man!" Without another word, Luffy flew up towards Lucci, who flew back and prepared a Rokuougan.
"Gum Gum Kong Gun!" He retracted his fist and punched Lucci hard, knocking him far backwards.
"Moon Walk! Ultimate Radius: Rokuougan! He sped towards Luffy and unleashed his strongest move against him.
"That won't work. I'm armored, but I'm still rubbery!"
"What?!"
"Gum Gum Leo Bazooka!" He retracted his arms and smashed them into Lucci's chest, making the leopard human cough up blood and fall to the ground.
"Gum Gum King Kong Gun!" Luffy announced, inflating his fist further, and smashing it down onto him, causing a large shockwave, but ultimately defeating the cat. Luffy landed back down on the ground and undid his transformation.
"The powers I have now were given to me by a certain man…"
"?!"
"I was unable to leave this island or take that woman back with me...It's that man's will that holds me here."
"What are you talking about…?"
"Who's this man, anyway?" Usopp asked.
"Well…" But before he could finish, he turned back into a leaf.
"What was that about?"
"It looks like we've stumbled onto something...We at least know the source of these strange occurrences…" Zoro said.
"Hmm…? What is it?" Pato asked.
"Hey! I found them!" Chopper said, standing near the four others.
"Hey! Robin! Wake up!" Franky said.
"...Oh my. I can't imagine a worse face to wake up to."
"Oh? How about this? Maybe this hairstyle is more to your liking!" Franky said, changing his hair.
"Whoa! How did you do that?! That would make everything easier!" Pato exclaimed.
X
Back at the Inn…
"What a tragedy...I was with Nami and Robin the whole time and I was unable to protect them…" Sanji muttered. "What's worse, I even put them in danger."
"Umm...You do recall that I was there too, right?" Brook asked.
"Don't feel bad, Sanji. It was rough, and we were totally helpless as well...Right, Robin?"
"Right."
"That doesn't make me feel any better!"
"You know, if the shame is just too great for you to bear...My sword and I are here to help." Zoro said.
"Oh ho! Strong words coming from someone who failed to escape capture himself!"
"I don't remember any capture."
"Just because you don't remember doesn't mean it didn't happen!"
"Both of you, shut up." I growled.
"Hey! You there! Why did you kidnap my crew?" Luffy asked Pato.
"It wasn't me who did it. It was my boss."
"Your 'boss', huh?!" Sanji glared at him.
"Uh oh…"
"So, I suppose you can't tell us who this boss of yours is or why he abducted us, huh?" Nami asked.
"Of course not! My lips are sealed!"
"Well mine aren't. I'd be happy to tell you who he is." I said.
"How do you know?! Maybe you're wrong!" Pato claimed.
"I don't think so. I got a call from Dragon a few days ago saying that Patrick Redfield escaped from Impel Down along with clones of both Vice-Admiral Smoker as well as Kuzan. Considering the timeframe, as well as the fact that you and he have similar abilities, it's hardly a coincidence."
"Uh…"
"Patrick Redfield? I remember him." Brook said.
"So do I. I've read about him." Robin said. "And as it happens, he was listed in Zou's archives as a former Templar."
"Yes, he was."
"Do you think he's angry at us for disbanding the order?" Sanji asked.
"I don't think so. He left them a long time ago, and he wasn't an extremely loyal member either. I'm not quite sure why he's targeting us."
"Okay, raccoon. Can you at least take us to where he is?" Luffy asked.
"That I can do!"
"YOU CAN?!" we all screamed.
"Hold on, Luffy! What do you want to meet him for?!" Nami yelled.
"I just want to meet him is all."
"I can't stomach the idea of letting sleeping dogs lie after being deceived like that…" Zoro mumbled.
"Neither can I…" Robin agreed.
"I'm in the same boat. We can't just let it end like this…" Nami said.
"Relax, Nami...I'm the knight in shining armor who'll stop at nothing to protect you and Robin!"
"Well, the weather's perfect for it. Yohohoho!"
"I think I'm coming down with some kind of 'Island Phobia'!"
"You do know that you're already on the island, right…?" Franky asked.
"Uhhh...Then it's got to be an 'Inland Island Phobia!'"
"Haven't you already been inland as well?" Chopper asked.
"Uh, then it's an 'Inland Island Phobia of...Where the boss is!'"
"Such a specific illness...Hope we can meet again after you've recovered. Hehe." Robin laughed.
"Wait! I feel a new phobia coming on! I think it's the fear of the anxiety that comes with being left alone!" Usopp yelled, running after us.
"I feel really bad about deceiving you all like that…" Pato murmured. "I just wanted to make my boss happy!"
"You really like this boss of yours, don't you?" Chopper asked.
"Yes! I've never liked anyone better! Look! Over here! My boss is waiting inside!" he lead us to the next area.
X
"I know where we are...I come here often." I looked around at the serene waters and the colorful coral.
"So this time it's Fishman Island...Every place we've seen up to this point has been a place we've been before…" Usopp said.
"All of this...Is this your doing, Pato?" Nami asked.
"You think I could do this alone? My boss used me to create it! Amazing, right?! Nukiki!"
"I wonder why he would go through the trouble of making all this…" Robin wondered.
"Why, you ask? Now that's a secret!"
"Oh, what a pity. Hehe."
"Wait a second…!" Usopp began. "If Fishman Island is the stage this time, it means that…!"
"...Water Shot!" I looked up to see a water bullet fly towards Nami and Robin.
"Look out!" Sanji kicked the shot, dispersing it. "Your surprise attacks come as little surprise to me…I'll gut and filet you, you old wrinkly shark!"
"Jahahaha! My existence must truly have been decreed by the heavens! How else can you explain the second chance I'm getting at revenge on you inferior life forms?!" On top of the cliff was none other than Hody Jones.
"Hody!" Luffy growled.
"Jahahaha! Thus begins the new Holy War!" he jumped off and further inland.
"...So that's not this boss of yours, is it?" Brook asked.
"Nah, that's not him. That's just another apparition that my boss created with the help of my leaves! Cool, right?"
"Didn't you say earlier that you couldn't create anything as complicated as a human?!" Usopp yelled.
"It's true that I can't do it. But my boss can! He's just that amazing! Nukiki!"
"Couldn't your powers be used to help get us through this without having to fight?"
"Impossible. They listen to my boss and my boss only. Besides, even if it was possible, I could never defy my boss. Fight and fight hard, Usopp!"
"Ugh…"
"We should all keep in mind that since this is Fishman Island, we'll have to fight a lot of Fishmen." I told everyone, catching their attention. "And that may mean not just Hody, but maybe Jinbe or Arlong."
"Mm." they all nodded.
"Let's go." We all walked further into the island.
X
"Hey! If you think about it, we don't really have to engage in hand-to-fin combat with Hody, do we?" Nami asked. "Our only real business is to meet with Pato's boss. We don't really have another reason to be here."
"You're right! Good thinking, Nami!" Usopp cheered.
"Huh?! That won't do at all...My boss will be furious!" Pato complained.
"Yeah well, we're not exactly ecstatic to go fight someone who was on the same level as Whitebeard and Roger. At least not yet." I told him.
"Well, he went through so much trouble to create this for us. It'd be a shame to let it go to waste." Zoro interjected.
"I won't! I want to fight!" Luffy yelled.
"So much for that idea...We won't go further until these two have had their fun…" Usopp said.
"You guys are the best! I'm really starting to like you!" Pato exclaimed.
"Shishishi! Okay! Let's go, you guys!" Luffy cheered.
"Okay!" Zoro said. We all kept going further into the island.
X
We finally made it to the final area. Luffy sprung over the wall while Zoro simply cut the gate, and we all walked through. Standing at the back was Hody.
"The Holy War cannot be stopped...Straw Hat!"
"You're not going anywhere!"
"What?!"
"That's right! We're here to beat you hook, line, and sinker!"
"Luffy, why don't you leave this one to me?" I stepped forward.
"Huh? Are you sure?"
"Yeah. He's a fishman, so his body is made mostly of water. My lightning should destroy him in one blow." Luffy grinned at me.
"He's all yours then."
"You're stepping forth then? I'm not like I was before! I'm more than a match-" Before he could finish, I had already teleported in front of him, and charged up dark purple electricity from my chaos powers. I punched him hard through the chest, and the ensuing electric current shocked him throughout his body. He stood motionless for a moment before turning back into a leaf.
"Whoa…" Pato murmured.
"Impressive, right? Aaron almost killed me once, too!" Luffy said.
"That's not something to be happy about, Luffy!" Nami bonked him on the head.
"What did I tell you?" I began to walk away.
"Splendid." said a deep voice.
"Mm? GAH!" I screamed out before a dark red energy wave pierced through me, and I fell over.
"AARON!" they all screamed.
"What the hell? Haki Healing." I healed myself and looked up to see none other than Redfield floating in the sky.
"Boss Red!" Pato exclaimed before running over to him.
"Boss…? That's him then…" Nami mumbled.
"So you're the one...You're the one who's been playing us like rats in a maze…" Zoro glared at him.
"It couldn't be! It is him! That's Redfield…! The Red Count!" Robin said.
"Robin, you know this man?" Nami asked.
"There was a time when his name was spoken in the same breath as those of Whitebeard and Roger."
"Redfield? Oh dear…" Brook looked on.
"What do you want with me?!" Luffy yelled.
"I want 'what's in your head.'"
"In my head?"
"I've always been very perceptive...The beat of a man's heart half a world away is enough to keep me up at night...And…" He teleported in front of Luffy and placed his hand on his head.
"By touching you like this, I can reach even deeper into you…" Everyone gasped, but Redfield had already teleported past Luffy.
"I created this Fishman Island and the opponents you've faced thus far by inscribing your hearts on leaves."
"But why do such a thing…?" Usopp asked.
"It's simple really. I just wanted to try out the tools at my disposal. For relative newcomers, you've seen a lot of carnage...Quite a wonderful gift really. If I could only get my hands on more prominent individuals like Neptune, Vivi, and Dalton…"
"You could do some serious damage…" Robin figured out.
"What are you up to, old man?! What do you want with Vivi?!" Sanji yelled.
"...I want to be king. The Pirate King to be precise…" Luffy narrowed his eyes angrily and teleported in front of Redfield.
"The Pirate King…? But that's what I want!" he yelled, throwing a punch. But Red dodged it and appeared behind Luffy.
"I'll rip straight through your heart…!" he said, kicking Luffy in the head, and sending him flying into one of the cliffs.
"Damn you!" Zoro and Sanji yelled, rushing towards him. They slashed and kicked at him, but Red dodged both attacks and created a shockwave with his umbrella, sending the other two speeding backwards as well.
"Nami!" Usopp yelled, making her duck to avoid the attack.
"How disappointing...Perhaps I should just put you all out of your misery."
"Boss! No!" Pato yelled. "There's no need to kill them!"
"Hmm...Come here, Pato."
"Okay!" he ran up to him and turned into a pen. "To achieve our aims, the likes of sympathy and generosity must be abandoned...The road I am to walk from now will be a road of carnage." He scribbled on a leaf, creating another Pato, and threw the real one away, making him turn back into raccoon form.
"Boss…?"
"As long as I have him, I'll be fine." Red said, patting the fake Pato on the head. "You needn't walk this road of carnage with me...Farewell, Pato." he said before walking away.
"You can't just disappear when things are starting to get interesting! Come back and fight!" Zoro taunted.
"I've got what I need...And I still have unfinished business...I don't have time to waste on you...Follow me and you'll pay a heavy price with both your body and your mind!"
"Look at me! Does it look like I care about another wound or two?!"
"That chest scar from Mihawk isn't enough for you then?" he mocked.
"Grr…"
"As you wish...Wounded you shall be…" He tossed another leaf towards Zoro. The leaf transformed.
"Gurararara!"
"Whitebeard!" Luffy yelled.
"You've borne the same fate as I...Newgate...You've grown old…" Redfield said before disappearing.
"Gurarara...I never thought I'd be stuck fighting Ace's little brother...Luffy."
"Old man, you treated Ace as if he was your own son…I'd rather not fight you…"
"You don't fight, you die. That about sums it up, right?"
"You always did get straight to the point." I said, stepping forward with Luffy.
"Aaron. You're here too, I see." He looked back at Luffy. "Ace is dead because of you!"
"I'll make you eat those words! I'm gonna give you everything I've got!"
"Gurararara! That's the spirit! Hold nothing back, you little brat!" Whitebeard smashed his fist through the air towards Luffy.
"Seaquake!" We all dodged out of the way as the shockwave barreled through the island.
"Fourth Gear! Gum Gum Rhino Schneider!" he yelled, teleporting behind Whitebeard and retracting both of his legs. He kicked towards him, but Whitebeard blocked it with his arm and another Seaquake.
"What?! He blocked it!" Luffy yelled. Whitebeard then created a white sphere around his hand and grabbed Luffy's head.
"Luffy, no! Get out of there!" I yelled.
"Helmet Break!" He unleashed a shockwave throughout Luffy's head down through his whole body. He coughed up blood and was instantly knocked out of fourth gear. He lay on the ground unconscious.
"LUFFY!" Nami screamed. She ran over to him.
"Damn it! I'll have to do this! Demon Mode!" I jumped towards him. "Chaotic Oblivion Fist!" My punch collided with his, and a large shockwave ensued.
"Phase 2!" I yelled, turning into my silver and blue form, and managing to overcome his power and punch him right in the chest. He fell to his knees.
"Gum Gum…" I looked up to see Luffy well again, and in fifth and fourth gear simultaneously. "...Golden King Kong Gatling!" he yelled, unleashing his most powerful attack on Whitebeard in a flurry of haki-enhanced, golden fists.
"Hrghhh…You've grown strong, boy…" he said before disappearing.
"...Thank you. I will not waste the one life I've got!"
"Are you sure you're okay?" Nami asked, kissing his cheek.
"I'll be fine." He assured her.
"Everyone we've encountered up to now...Is he able to just do with them as he pleases…?" Usopp asked angrily.
"He won't get away with this…" Brook mumbled.
"It makes me worry about who else he may have in his arsenal. If he had Newgate, he could have almost anyone…" I said.
"It looks like he was headed for the village...We've got to go after him!"
"What about me…?" Pato asked. "Hey...What am I supposed to do?"
"...What do you want to do?" Luffy asked.
"Huh…?"
"Wait…! Wait for me!" We started to head back towards the town.
X
"Huh...So you decided to come with us, after all." Usopp said.
"What do you mean 'huh'?! I was abandoned by my boss for trying to save your lives! If anything, you're almost obliged to take care of me at this point!"
"If I were you, I'd change my tone, Pato. We have no obligation to you at all." I growled at him.
"W-Wha-?!"
"You've been leading us around to these places purposely just for the chance to confront Red. I've noticed you sneak out some nights to go help him create these places. You guys are the reason that everyone was captured in the first place!"
"He's right!" Sanji yelled. "What do you mean 'obliged'?! We wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for you! And by that, I mean 'get off of Robin's lap, you raccoon scum!'"
"Hey, Pato...How did you meet your boss, anyway?" Robin asked.
"My boss plucked me from the sea ages ago! I had been imprisoned in a dark, confined space by somebody somewhere for a very long time. It was my boss who rescued me from there. After that, we sailed the high seas as pirates...But now…"
"Hey! Couldn't he just join up with us?" Chopper asked.
"That's for him to decide." Luffy said.
"I see. I suppose you're right."
X
"Hey, have you noticed how chilly it's been lately?" Nami asked, rubbing her arms to keep warm.
"I think it's just you. You're the one who runs around everywhere in nothing but a bikini top." Zoro grunted. Nami smacked him.
"No, I've noticed too." Robin said. "It's probably safe to assume that Red's been busy creating another terrain somewhere on this island."
"Yeah, and I think I've found out where. There's snow on the mountains over there." I pointed off into the distance.
"This island isn't even supposed to have mountains, let alone snow." Christina said. "I think we just found our next trip down memory lane. Let's head out."
X
"Ah…! This place...This is my hometown!" Chopper said excitedly. All of a sudden, the cherry blossoms at the top of the island became surrounded by a thick, black aura and disappeared.
"The cherry blossoms...Where did they go?!" Nami yelled.
"I know that ability...Luffy, it's him."
"Yeah…"
"The doctor's cherry blossoms...Let's head for the mountains!" We started walking up the mountain.
'I'm glad that we're getting a second chance to fight you. Teach.' I looked up towards the top.
End.