Gigantic Battle! Land of Giants and Trials!
The Straw Hat Pirates, alongside a princess and her pet duck, were sailing through the high sea. Nami was checking the weather (this time being very cautious). Nojiko was in the kitchen peeling some tangerines, with the presence of Sanji, who was cleaning dishes. Alvida was sunbathing on the tangerines horde. Usopp and Luffy were fishing with poles that the sniper made. Zoro was training with some weights lifting with Gin, who was training with his tonfas. Seth was meditating, his animal form out.
"He's a Battle Cat?" Vivi asked as she stared at the auburn-haired boy, amazed.
"Yes. Do you know about them?" Nami said, looking at the princess for a minute.
"Well…My father had spoken to me about them," Vivi said while scratching her cheek, "How they are powerful creatures that can take on strong enemies, how they act around others, and how rare is to find one." She stares back at Seth, still meditating, "You guys are lucky to someone like him aboard; their wrath has no limits."
No wonder they all got defeated.
"Tell me about it," Nami rolled her eyes with a smile, "I saw his anger at first hand; it was brutal."
"...Say, just out of curiosity," Vivi turned the navigator with an embarrassed look, "U-Umm…Y-You know about their...will, right?" She asked.
"The inherited will?" Nami asked without looking away.
"Y-Yeah…I must warn you should be careful around him-"
"Doesn't matter if we are together, right?" Nami said with a bored expression.
"W-What?! Y-You're…" The princess's eyes widened at her words while her face turned like a tomato.
"Yep!" Nami smiles proudly, "Things happened, and…Well, I fell for him." She sighs softly, "But I couldn't hold it…I own him and the rest for saving my village and family. More him than the rest, but still."
Vivi stares at her in shock before looking at Seth, and it was then that she notices Alvida, slowly walking behind Seth, and when she was right behind him, she slams her big boobs in his head. Catching Seth off guard at the sudden bold move.
"Alvida?! Is something wrong!?" Seth asked, his face blushing a bit, that is until the Iron Mace Pirate arm began to roam around his exposed chest.
"Oh nothing~ Just wanting to hug you a bit," she whispered sultry to his ear, sending shivers down his spine.
"Oy, Oy! Get a room!" Zoro yelled at them in annoyance.
"Don't be jealous, Pirate Hunter. Someday, a woman will fall for you too." Alvida responds to the Swordsman, who becomes red and glares at her. "Oh so scary~ Seth, save me~" the black wavy hair woman hugged the lion man while looking scared and hiding behind him.
"You guys! Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate here!" Gin shouts at them while spinning his tonfa at a fast rate.
"Silence you idiots! We're trying to fish here!" Usopp yelled at them.
"I'm hungry~ Sanji! Nojiko!" Luffy whined as his body dropped weakly.
"Idiot! What did I say just now!" Usopp slaps him in the back.
"I suggest you practice what you preach!" Seth commented to the sniper.
And so, all the Straw Hats began to yell at each other. The blue-haired princess simply stares with a droplet in her head.
"Everyone!" The yelling of Nami made all of them look at her, "Heads up! The second island is up ahead!" They all went to the front of the ship to see the island. It was big, with lots of trees around, and in the middle, was a river road that would help the Merry go through to the other side.
"So that's it?! Little Garden?!" Usopp asked with a bit of excitement and fear.
"The log pose is pointing there, so yeah!" Nami confirms.
"Our second island on the Grand Line," Gin said with a chuckle, "I never thought I would make it this far."
"It's almost time! Get ready you guys!" Luffy shouted as he made his way to the tip of the goat's face.
"Yeah!" Everyone shouted as the Going Merry sailed toward the mysterious island.
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The Straw Hats ship sailed through the river of the island. Every one of them looking around the forest, showing nothing but the growth of the Flora around.
"Is a fucking jungle here." The Demon-Man commented as he touched a leaf that reached the boat.
"They got the 'Garden' part right, but what makes it 'Little'? Alvida asked as a mosquito tried to stand on her, only to slip.
"Feels like home, eh Luffy?" Seth said as he turned to Luffy, who nodded while eyeing around.
"Home? Were you both raised in a jungle?" Nami asked him, although considering he is a Battle Cat, she could understand Seth, but Luffy?
"Not by choice. Gramps force us to live in a forest." Seth said with a cold sweat. "That monster was ruthless." Even Luffy stops his child's nature and looks pale as a ghost.
"He can't be that bad," Nojiko said, only for both boys to look at her with paled expressions. "...Right?"
"He wrapped me up to a big balloon and sent me to the sky for 5 hours, three times a week."
"He dropped me in a cave full of poisonous snakes for a month. I had to eat pebbles for hunger."
Everyone stared at them for a good while, with Sanji speaking up after throwing a puff of smoke out. "And here I thought my childhood was hard."
"Okay, ignoring this conversation," Nami said as she wiped the sweat off her face at seeing the auburn-haired being uncomfortable by the memory. "We're going to stop here so that-"
Groooowl~
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"...Seth, please don't growl like that."
"That wasn't me."
"...Luffy, control your hunger."
"Not me."
"...Was that a stomach from you guys?" Nami asked everyone while sweating in fear, even more, when they all disagree. She slowly looked to the side of the boat...and saw a seven-feet tall tiger walking beside them. She stared at it with a ghost expression before sprinting and hiding behind Seth. "TIGER!"
Usopp hid behind the mast in fear while the rest prepared themselves with either weapons or fighting styles. They stared at the walking tiger whose head turned to them, making everyone tense in their holds. The orange animal growls one more time…before it slumps to the side, a gash of blood drops down. Everyone stared in surprise at a giant predator that had fallen dead.
"What…What the heck?" Sanji asked.
Seth proceeded to jump down off the Merry, landing in the grass field, and went up to the giant animal. He checked the pulse of it by its paw. "...Is dead." He informed them.
"What?!" Nami and Usopp shout in shock, "The King of the Jungle?! Death?!"
"Technically speaking, the Lion is the King of the Jungle!" Seth shouts at her mistake.
"Not very natural," Alvida said with a suspicious stare.
"Don't ignore my comment!"
"Okay! New plan; we stay here and wait here for the log pose to recharge!" Nami proclaims, with Usopp being the only one agreeing with her.
"Sanji! Prepare my lunch box!" Unfortunately, it fell on deaf ears since Luffy shouted to the blond cook, "I smell the adventure!"
"DID YOU EVEN HEARD ME?!" Nami shouted at him while slapping the back of his head, "Why would you even go out there!?"
"Adventure!" His words made Nami anime cry at his childish nature. "Sanji! Hurry! Hurry!"
"Okay, Okay. I'm coming." The cook said as he made his way to the kitchen.
"Make that two." Said Vivi, shocking almost everyone aboard.
"What?! What are you doing?!" Nami asked in shock at the princess's decision.
"Why not? We can't do anything without the log pose. Besides, I need something to take my mind out of my kingdom." Vivi explains as she stared at her partner with a smile. "Carue will be with me, so everything will be okay." The duck's jaw dropped in shock at her words.
('Not sure how can he be of help if he's as scared as a cat?') Everyone, except Luffy and Vivi, thought with sweat drops.
"Then allow me to make you a lunch box, Vivi-chwan~!" Sanji said as he was about to enter the kitchen until another voice spoke up.
"Then make that three." Everyone stared in surprise at the one who spoke up.
"Seth?!" Nami held her face in despair at what her man said.
"What? You all should know that Luffy cannot be alone. Not even once." Seth reminds them all, "Besides, I can protect Princess Vivi. Can't exactly let the merchandise get hurt, right?" he brought a point to her, considering that their rubbery captain will be only thinking about exploring.
"W-Well yeah… but, do you have to go with them?" Nami asked while looking at him with puppy eyes. "Can't…Someone else...Go?
"Zoro would get lost in a second ('No I'll not!'). Sanji will just flirt with the princess ('I would protect her! Not flirt! I'm a gentleman!'). Usopp will not leave the boat for shit ('I-I think I have the 'Not-land-on-the-Killing-Tiger-Island disease…') And Gin doesn't know about Nature nor Luffy's BS like I do('...Has a point there.')." Seth said.
Knowing that she can't neither stop him nor deny what he said, Nami quickly captured him in an embrace, "...Be careful out there," she said softly to him before pinching one of his cheeks a bit. "And if you don't come back, I'll make you pay 3000 berries when I find you."
"My death's worth that much?" Seth asked in fake shock, not being affected by the stretch.
"Damn right!" Nami proclaimed to him.
"Don't worry, sis. He'll come back." Nojiko said as she appeared next to Seth, grabbing his left arm and trap between her jugs. "I'll make sure of that." she winked out, making Seth blush and Nami and Alvida twitch in annoyance.
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Moments later, Luffy, Seth, Nojiko, Vivi, and Carue left, "Yahoo! Is Adventure Time!" Pun intended.
"See you all later!" Seth waves away as he and the other begin to leave, with the blue-haired having a victorious smirk.
Suddenly, Zoro jumps down from the ship, "Well, if those guys are leaving, then so am I." He said as he began to walk away.
"Wait, Zoro!" The Swordsman heard Sanji calling for him, "We're out of food. If you see something edible, bring it back with you."
"Sure," the green-haired man said as he re-commenced walking, "I'll catch something you can't ever bring yourself to kill." (SHOTS FIRED! *Insert 36 Assault Rifles shooting*)
The cook felt like a branch breaking out of a tree, and slammed his boot on the rail, "Hold it right there." Zoro felt Sanji's aura going at him, "What are you saying with that, moss-head?"
"Huh? Are you deaf?" Sanji felt the swordsman aura, "It means I'll do the better work than you."
"Oho, those are some fucking fighting words right there. Saying you're better than me?"
"What are you? A recorder? Or are you just deaf?"
"Alright, looks like I need to teach you some manners…Up for a Hunting Contest?"
"Fine by me. The limit is until we depart."
"Fine." And with that Sanji and Zoro left into the forest.
"Why are the strongest leaving us, the weaklings?~" Nami cried as she curled into a ball.
"I feel your pain. Who's going to protect us now?~" Usopp followed her actions.
"OY! I'm still here you know?!" Gin shouts at them with a tick mark. He's 'Demon Man' Gin, dammit!
"Don't expect too much from you, though," Alvida said with a teasing voice, angering the Man-Demon even more.
"...Hold on." Nami suddenly stood up. "I think I have heard of this place before." She confused the three of them as she made her way inside the cabin.
Meanwhile, Usopp turned to the iron mace pirate, "By the way Alvida. I finished the thing you asked me!" He said as he struggled to drag her mace to her.
"Oh! My beauty is back." Alvida said as she inspected her new mace model, it was the same, but it was much lighter and spiker. She did a few swings to feel its weight.
"I also did something else with it. See that button on the end?" Usopp points at the tiny red button on the handle. Alvida nodded at it. "Press it." She did as instructed, and suddenly, the top of the mace opened up and shot out a spike ball chained.
"Woah!" Gin quickly jumped away from the flying weapon, "Watch where you shoot!"
"Oh, very good long-nose." Alvida said as she swung the mace a bit, "Now I won't need to throw my mace like a boomerang."
Suddenly, Nami burst out through the doors with a book in hand, "Guys! We're in trouble!"
"Trouble?" Gin stopped his glaring to look at her.
"This place! This place is-" Nami tried to say, only to stop when a shadow covered them all from the sun. All four pirates stood still for a second before moving their heads to the side. The results were instant as Nami and Usopp began to sweat and cry while Gin and Alvida stare with shocked eyes.
"GABAGABAGABAGABA!"
(With Luffy and the others)
"Hey, Guys! Look what I found!" Luffy shouts to the princess, the beast-man, and the blue-haired as they were next to a river. The rubber man's hand took something out of the water and showed it to the princess. "An armor-squid! Isn't it awesome?!"
The Alabasta Princess gasps in surprise, "An aminoid?! Impossible! They should be extinct!"
"Huh. This one is very interesting." Nojiko said as he looked at the small river.
"Everyone." The three of them turn to see Seth with his car eating, perking up, "Don't panic...but something big is coming."
Before they could even ask what he meant, the earth began to shake madly, causing the three of them to lose their balance and almost fell. "W-What was that?!" Vivi asked in surprise as she and Carue looked around before feeling heavy footsteps.
"WOW! I knew I would see a Sea Neptunian walking on land!" Luffy said with excitement as he pointed at the sky. Vivi, Nojiko, and Seth turned to where his finger was pointing and they all hung down their mouths.
"T-That's...A DINOSAUR!?"
Sure enough, a living Long Neck Dinosaur, eating a leaf from the tall trees.
"Impossible! How can they..." Vivi asked herself, as fast as she got her answer, "Of course...This island must be an ancient era! Not all islands are civilized by humans since the Grand Line atmosphere can make anything happen!" She said as she stared at the ancient creature, "This island must be in the Dinosaur Era! We should be careful with what-"
"Awesome! I can see everything from here!" Luffy yells from the top of the dinosaur's head.
"WHO TOLD YOU TO GO THERE AND WHY WOULD YOU GO THERE!?" Vivi and Nojiko scream in terror at his idiocy.
"Because he's a free spirit, and lacks a brain," Seth responds with an unimpressed look.
"Get him down from there!" Vivi screams at Seth, who simply rolls his eyes.
"Shishishishi! Don't worry about it! This guy is busy eating, and his Big; he probably can't see me!" Luffy said.
And those words came to bite him (literally) as he suddenly found himself in the air and then he saw black.
The Princess of Alabasta, her pet, and Nami's Sister stare horrified at the dinosaur eating the captain, "LUFFY!"
"For Fuck sake!" Seth screams in annoyance as he was about to dash, only to see the dinosaur's neck being cut in half by a giant sword, and Luffy came out from the hole, landing in a giant hand.
"Eh?" Luffy asked, confused.
"GyeGyeGyeGye! That was something I don't see every day!" The Gum-Gum pirate looked up to see a well-built giant with a long beard, dressed in a Viking attire with a helmet that goes over his eyes. "You have some cheerful attitude, young human!"
"G-G-Giant..." the blue-haired woman mumbled in fear while Carue passed out. Nojiko quickly went behind Seth, whose jaw was planted on the floor.
"Ohhhhhh! You're HUGE!" Luffy yelled in amazement at the giant. "Are you human?!"
"GyeGye! Human? Far from it! I'M DORRY! ELBAF GREATEST WARRIOR!" The now name Dorry proclaimed with pride.
(Back with Nami and the Group)
*THUD!*
"There we go! Cook as new!" Said the giant that appeared on the boat. He had 'captured' Nami and the rest. In front of them was a large piece of meat, so big that Luffy would become a wrecking ball size if he eats it. "Go on! Dig in! Don't be shy!"
"No thanks." Usopp and Nami said together.
"You sure? Is good!" The giant replied as he took a bite off his meat.
"Yeah." They said.
"He's gonna eat us!" Usopp whispered to the red-haired navigator while looking at the pile of bones of humans that was far away from them.
"After he fathered us," Nami whispered back. Right beside her, Alvida's spine shivered in fear, remembering her older self. "T-Thanks for this...but we aren't exactly hungry…"
"Really? Then I guess more for your friend!" The bearded giant said as he eats his food.
The three of them turned to the giant slab of meat and saw Gin taking a bite of it. The demon looked at them without a care, "What? Can't exactly waste good food."
('How is he calm on all this?!') Nami, Usopp, and Alvida scream in their heads with droplets.
"E-Excuse me...M-Mr. Broggy?" Nami, in a speck of bravery, spoke up. The giant looked at her, "C-Can I ask...How long does it take for the Log Pose to recharge?"
"Hoh! Those magnetic bracelets? They take one year to recharge!"
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*THUD*
That was the sound of Nami and Usopp hitting their back with the ground after they slipped off the log while Gin and Alvida had their eyes widened in absolute shock.
"Get yourself comfortable! Gaba Gaba Gaba Gaba!"
(At the same time)
"Gye Gye Gye! What an appetite you have, young human! In all my years, I have never seen someone eat so much like you!"
"Is because this meat *munch* tastes so good!"
"Glad to hear that! Your box lunch wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't feeling enough."
"Of course it is good! I'll knock your teeth out if you say it was bad!"
"Ho ho ho! What a funny fellow you are!" The trio of Luffy's team stares with sweat at the Giant and the Rubber Man talks like good friends.
They were invited to Dory's place and immediately were welcome with food. The captain didn't wait a single moment to jump into the giant Dinosaur Steak, while the other three, along with Carue who was controlling its nerves by drinking, sat away.
"How can he talk so casually with a giant?" Vivi had to ask with a sweatdrop.
"Welcome to the Straw Hats, where impossible is possible." Seth said as he rests against a tree, "You just got to believe."
"You get used to it with time," Nojiko said, although she was nervous through all this.
"If those were supposed to be encouraged words, they fail miserably." The princess said with a sweatdrop.
"Say! Why are you on this island alone?" Luffy suddenly asked while swallowing a big lump of meat.
"Oh. I'm not alone, and I don't live here!" Dorry said before explaining his situation, "You see, I'm from the Land of Elbaf, a village of giants that is located somewhere in the Grand Line. We have a rule for us; if there's a conflict that can't be solved peacefully, we let our God pass judgment. They will bless the one who is right on the battlefield. That's where I come in, another Giant and I are in conflict and this island," he pointed at the whole place, "Is our battlefield. Only the winner of our battle will survive…" he then began to laugh hard, "BUT WE HAVEN'T REACH A CONCLUSION! EVEN AFTER 100 YEARS! GYEGYEGYE!"
"A hundred years?!" All three pirates and princess scream in absolute disbelief.
"It might be a shock to you, humans! But we Giants have 3 times longer lives!" The giant warrior laughs at his near-immortality.
"But for what reason would the two of you continue to fight?! Is killing each other that badly for both of you?!" Vivi asked him, but at that moment, a volcano erupted.
"Ah! It's time!" Dorry began to stand up, "Long ago, we decided that the eruption of the volcano will be our starting point." He picks the eight feet long giant sword and shield. "If you excuse me."
"But what's the point!?" the princess tried to comprehend what was going through the mind of the giant. "A fight that even continues after a hundred-year?! What was even the reason for-" she was then mouth block by Luffy's hand. "Mph Mmphm!"
"Be quiet." Surprisingly, the Captain spoke in a very serious tone. "That doesn't matter."
"The human is right," Dorry said as he extends his weapon to the side. Just then, a shadow began to appear from a distance. "This is about Honor!" Just as he said that the shadow revealed to be Broggy, his ax, and shield in hand, ready to fight. "The reason we fight...is long forgotten!"
*Clang*
Both of the giant's weapons collide with each other, the airwaves crashing into the trees violently.
*Thud*
Along with Luffy, as he falls to the ground amazed at how much these two giants were going at each other. "Too Big...Too Much…" his words left like air.
"...You guys are either the craziest pirates I have ever seen, or this captain of yours is too much of a kid," Vivi said with sweatdrop while looking at the other two, who were simply relaxing, while pointing one finger at the shocked Luffy.
"Welcome to the Straw Hats," Nojiko said to her while she took and cleaned her weapons.
"You get used to it after a day or two," Seth replied as he was on his back while playing with a ball of yarn.
"Where the hell did you even get a ball of yarn from?!" The princess shouts in disbelief at him acting like a cat. To the point that her eyes change him into a real fucking cat. ('H-He looks so adorable like that!') she blushes at the thought before looking away.
"Don't question my personal preference," Seth said while throwing the yarn up, going a bit to up and landing far away from his hand range. He quickly went to pick it up, only for his ears to perk up at a noise. He looks to the side before noticing, what he thought, a pair of tiny white dots from the dark. ('What the heck?') when he thought that, those things disappeared and something began to move along the bushes, getting away from there. ('Hey! Come back!') for some reason, Seth dashes away, on trail of it.
"Hey, Seth! Why don't I comb your hair…" Nojiko was about to offer the auburn-haired some love...only to see that he wasn't around. "Seth?"
Back to the fight of Giants, Dorry and Broggy were exchanging their attacks with each other. Their weapons, Blade and Ax, aiming at their bodies, only for them to be blocked by their shields.
"DORRY! DON'T YOU WANT TO RETURN HOME ALREADY?!" Broggy shouted as he jumped over his rival's blade and threw his ax forward, hitting and bouncing off Dorry's helmet.
"OF COURSE I WANT! THAT'S WHY TODAY, I WILL DEFEAT YOU!" Dorry responds as he recovers from the blow to the head and thrust his blade forward, in which Broggy barely dodges the metal piece as it slashes his arm.
"HAHAHA! GOOD TO HEAR! UNFORTUNATELY, I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOING HOME!" the Viking shouts as he angles his ax and hits it on Dorry's own, disarming him of his blade.
"NOT ON MY WATCH!" Unfortunately, the Elbaf Warrior threw his shield arm and hit the back of Broggy's hand, disarming him as well.
Now with their weapons away, the two giants began to fight with their punches, for a while, none of the two backed down, no matter how good each other's knuckle sandwiches taste. But the match came to an end…
*CLANG!*
*CLANG!*
...When their shields meet each other's face.
"73,466 Battles…" Broggy began to say as he and his opponent began to fall backward.
"73,466 Draws…" and Dorry finished saying as their backs met the floor for the seventh-three million timed.
"Gabba Gabba! Hey Dorry! I meet some humans today, they gave me Booze!" Broggy laughs out.
"Gye Gye Gye! Really? Me too! If you have some booze, give me some! It would feel good to taste that again!" Dorry replied with his laugh.
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Meanwhile, Nami and the rest were watching the outcome of the fight. The navigator of the crew suddenly realized something, "Wait...We should take this chance to return to the ship!"
"Agreed." Alvida didn't even think about it. The two females notice that the other males didn't even answer. "You boys coming?"
"...The reason is forgotten, yet they still fight," Usopp spoke first, remembering what Broggy said.
"If you ask me, that's stupid." The Iron Mace user bluntly said.
"Fool! That's anything but stupid!" The sniper's sudden outburst shocked the two women. "This is how a man fights! They both have raised a metaphorical flag in their hearts! They are doing everything in their position to make sure that the flag stays raised! They have been doing this for a hundred years!" Which words, a warrior's flag breeze behind him, while the light covers him from head to toe, and Gin...was playing a...trumpet with a patriotic tone? "This is a fight of proud warriors!"
Both women simply had sweat drops at this-(Author's Note: Hold on, nobody is going to say anything about Gin with a trumpet? No? Anybody?... What? I'm being crazy? I need to see a doctor? You guys are haters! All of you!)
"Well, we aren't staying here," Alvida said and she and Nami were just turning around.
"Go on! I'm staying here!" Usopp said before crossing his arms on his chest, "This is what I dream to be one day!"
"...A giant?" The Demon asked with a raised eyebrow, although a smirk was on his face. "That's a first."
"NO!" Long Nose yelled at him before calming down a bit. "I mean a warrior! Just like them! And there's an island full of those warriors! Someday, I want to visit that island!"
"...Can't believe I'm saying this...But I agreed with you on that." Gin said as he stood next to him, "I don't entirely understand what they do...but I can respect honor when I see it."
"Right?!"
"Men, one of the many mysteries yet to understand for a woman." Nami let a heavy sigh out.
"True...but you can't deny that some mysteries are better when they are hard to understand," Alvida said with a smirk and a bit of..lust?
Nami gave her a raised eyebrow before she noticed the look on her eyes, and the image of a certain lion boy came to her head, which made her cheek turn slightly red. "...Can't exactly deny some of that."
Alvida proceeded to sit down once again on the log, "Since we won't be able to bring these two with us, why don't we get along a bit?" She suggested to her, shocking the thief a lot. Is this truly the same Alvida from chapter one?
"I guess we can." Nami didn't exactly find anything wrong with that. They are now crewmates, and while there isn't a rule saying they don't need to like each other, it is not an excuse to reject a comrade talk.
"Good...So tell me, Nami." Alvida rested her face on her hand with a smile, "Is it true that Seth defeated Arlong by himself?"
The orange-haired girl simply smirked at her, "Defeat? More like 'destroy' him." Remembering Seth beat the living life out of the fisherman and its tower would forever be the greatest moment in her life. "And that's not all he can do."
"Oh really?"
"Would you believe me if I told you he out roared a real lion twice his size? And made it pass out in fear?"
"...Do tell." The Iron Mace Pirate was paying attention to her more than ever. The more she heard, the more her expectations rose about him.
And while the pirates and giants enjoy their talk, none of them knew of the danger that was already on the island. Somewhere in Little Garden, there was a cube house...and next to it was a dead T-Rex after being crushed by a tremendous force.
"I'm surprised to see you both still here, Mr. 5. Ms. Valentine." Spoke a male voice as the agents that the Straw Hats fought in Whisky Peak were there. "After those pirates dispose of you back on Whisky Peak, I would have thought you would simply leave."
"Don't take us lightly," The Bomb-Bomb user said with a grunt, "What happened back there was a sudden attack."
"Sudden attack or not, you still lost." The owner of the voice said with a harsh tone, "For us professionals, that is a hash to our pride. We cannot let this second mistake be made, that's why we are going to take over." Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine gritted their teeth hard. "But worry not, with my plan, you both will make up for that mistake."
"...What is the plan?" The Kilo-Kilo Fruit user spoke.
"Ah, straight to the point." The figure suddenly pushes two pieces of paper forward, and in it shows Dorry and Broggy, both looked very young and with no beards. "On this island are the two Infamous Captains of the Giant Pirates. Dorry the Blue and Broggy the Red. Believe in death." The voice took a sip of his tea, "There bounties are still active up to this day, which together they are 200.000.000 berries...with mine and my partner's power along with yours, we'll take two birds down with one stone."
"I see...That's why you wanted me to fill that rum with some of my Bomb-Bomb powers." Mr. 5 said with a serious expression.
"Indeed...the one who always wins is the one who has a perfect plan…" the voice finally shows his face. It was an average-sized man with a rather frail-looking build, wearing a costume-made vest with three's in it. He had square glasses on his face and, very bizarre, had a big 3 on his top knot. Behind him was, shockingly, a small child dressed in child gardening clothes and a big backpack. She was asleep, been ignorant of the conversation. "Let's be on the move, I'll take care of those Giants, you two capture the princess, along with those pirates...and be sure to not fail this time."
With that, the two Agents nod and leave the white cube/building. The two walk through the woods, heading their ways to where Vivi was located.
"...Are you ready for this?" Mr. 5 said with a clenched fist.
"We won't have a second chance if this fails." The blonde woman said with her hat hiding her eyes.
"Right...Let's not waste." The dark-skinned man began to walk forward, "I'll go get the Princess...Think you can handle it on your own?"
"I don't make second mistakes...I'm prepared this time." Ms. Valentine said before raising and opening her umbrella.
"...Hmph...Then take care...Valerie."
"...Same to you, Greg." And with that, the two agents of Baroque depart in different ways. The Bomb user walks through the forest while the Kilo-Kilo user jumps into the air.
(Meanwhile)
"Hey! Wait up!" Seth shouted as he was still on the chase of the mysterious creature. Said being was moving way faster than Seth, and he is the fastest of the crew at the moment. Dodging rocks, branches, and logs, the Battle Cat was still on his trail. ('What's this insane speed?! Is faster than that Kuro guy!') he thought as he went deeper into the woods.
Soon, the Beast of the Straw Hats reached an open area, stumbling through the ground as he almost tripped down. When he regained his balance, he noticed that the place he was is...very spacious.
The place was round, surrounded by trees. There were some rocks and logs around, almost looking like a playground. There were even ground marks on several parts of the place! It was like a perfect place to have a battle...
('...Baited, huh?') It was at that moment he realized that he was baited here.
His animal instincts immediately shot out as he sensed an aura so intense, his hair was blown back. ('Gh! T-This aura...is so strong!') He changed into his Battle Cat form, using his eyes to try to see better the location of the pressure. ('...There!') His eyes located where it was coming from, as he was about to take one step, the wind became intense even more. He stopped walking as he almost was thrown to his butt.
Very soon, his animalistic eyes finally saw a shadow from the woods. Those white orbs he saw before were now on what he believes was the face. He began to hear footsteps, four he counts, making their way to him. Soon, the wind and the aura dropped down a bit, allowing Seth to see forward...and what he saw made his eyes widened in absolute shock.
"Grwoooooooooooool…"
Because that sound...was more than a simple warning.