And here's the final chapter for the Movie, hope you're ready for it!
"Went a little overboard, don't you think?" Lumen commented, looking at the out cold kid who was laying on the bed.
"Hey, kid had a gun. Couldn't exactly go easy on someone shooting to kill," Zoro said, defending himself.
"Still cruel." he smirked, with Luffy and Usopp singing along 'Zoro is cruel~!' "But I DO wonder why the kid stowed away here?"
"We can figure it out when he wakes up." Sanji said, before heading to the door and calling out to everyone outside the room "Food's almost ready!"
Unsurprisingly, that got a few cheers, but before everyone could run to the dining area…
"The kid's awake!" Chopper suddenly called, catching everyone's attention, as the reindeer had been busy preparing medicine when he noticed their 'guest' waking up.
The kid looked at him as they pushed themself up, blinking a bit… before leaping back and screaming "The deer talked!"
"I'm not a deer! I'm a reindeer!" Chopper shouted in annoyance.
"That's even weirder!" the kid shouted back.
"Shut the hell up, asshole!" Chopper raged even more.
"M-m-m-!" the kid stuttered.
"I wouldn't finish that word if I were you," Nami said. "That and he's our superb doctor, even if he has a hard time controlling his emotions," she said.
Chopper of course reacted the normal way. "Dumbass, complimenting me won't make me happy!" Chopper said...though his expression and the happy little dance he was doing said...otherwise.
While that was going on, the kid immediately went looking all over their person, to which Nami placed the gun they were carrying on the table. "Looking for this?" Nami said.
"Bringing something like this onto a Pirate Ship, don't you think that's TOO reckless?" Vivi frowned. Had it been anyone other than them, the kid would likely have been dead already. "Though I imagine you wouldn't be doing this for fun either."
"In short, what are you after and who sent you?" Nami said simply.
The kid seemed to be struggling to speak at that, Chopper frowning before he turned back to the others "W-well, the kid is still in bad shape. Let's just ask later. And besides-"
"To kill you." the kid said lowly, before suddenly shouting "To kill you all and make some money!"
"Talk about straight to the point." Lumen said as he came in the room and sat at the table. "Pretty sure there were loads of other pirates though, so why'd you get on the Merry?"
"Isn't it obvious?" came Usopp's voice as he and Luffy were grinning in the doorway. "Because we're the infamous Strawhat Pirates."
"Never heard of you! I just picked this ship because it looked the weakest!" the kid shouted.
"Ok, you can laugh now." Usopp said in deadpan, and Luffy just burst out laughing.
"Words of wisdom kid, judging a book by its cover has killed a LOT of people," Lumen said dryly, inwardly thinking of how many evil overlords and otherwise major villains who ended up dead just because they didn't take the 'quirky group of adventurers' seriously.
"Take me seriously damn it!" the kid shouted at them all.
Luffy grinned "Pirates are used to being marked for death." he said, earning the kid's attention "But if YOU aren't ready to put your life on the line, then you aren't ready to fight me."
The kid was silent for a moment, before an arm sprouted on the table and grabbed the gun, tossing it to the kid who fumbled to catch it, holding it close "Let's see how serious you are then, shall we?" Robin said from beyond the door with her usual smile, Usopp just giving her a deadpan look as he muttered 'Was that really a good idea?' "Or maybe it was all just a bluff?" the ravenette added.
The kid grit their teeth "Don't mock me… bastards!" they shouted, aiming the gun right at Luffy and firing.
The result was… predictable.
"Guess there's a hole now," Zoro smirked a bit as the kid was freaking out at the bullet not only failing to kill Luffy, but straight up got sent back into the wall just a bit shy of their head.
It was at this point the poor kid had a look that just screamed 'seriously questioning my life decisions' and slid down to the ground. "W-What the hell was that?!" they shouted...loud enough that a few seagulls actually ran away...and Akira came out from below deck.
"What was that?" he blinked in surprise...and wondering what the heck Luffy did this time. Yes, he'd been around them long enough to understand that when something weird happened...assume Luffy was involved in some way.
Back with the others in the dining area, the kid sat on the ground. "Alright, just kill me already," they said.
"Eh, pass," Lumen shrugged. "Don't care much for the idea of killing someone for no good reason."
"Some might consider that good resolve, but personally I'd say you're taking your life far too lightly," Nami frowned.
"So what? I don't want to be lectured by some pirates," the kid shot back. "Why should I care? There's no reason to keep on living without any hope." the kids said with a look of… well, they couldn't quite find the right word for it, just that it clearly wasn't anything good. "I'd be better off not existing at all!" ah… self-deprecation.
Nami had a dark look on her face at that, before she stood up and grabbed the Medajalibur from Lumen's back, stepping towards the kid "Quit that self-pitying crap." she said, loading up a Cell Medal into the weapon, with Lumen patting himself down at the sight of it "If that's really how you feel then I'll give you what you want."
"Nami, what are you doing?! That's too much!" Vivi gasped as she and Carue were frantically trying to stop her from basically doing the sword equivalent of overkill.
"Stay out of this!" Nami shouted, causing both to recoil before she glared at the kid. "This is what pisses me off the most! No reason to keep living? If you're still alive then you can't talk about dying!"
"Nami please, that's enough," Vivi pleaded...and then noticed Usopp and Luffy drinking tea or eating rice crackers like this was some show. "Why are you two just watching?!" she roared.
"Lunch is ready," Sanji said cheerfully, not seeming particularly worried about what was going on.
It was at that moment that Akira got to the room and well… "What the hell happened in the last few minutes?!" he couldn't help but shout, seeing as everyone was seemingly casually watching while Chopper was literally holding Nami back while Vivi and Carue were trying to calm her down...while she was swinging the Medajalibur around with intent to kill, and the kid that had stowed away with the ship looking scared out of their wits.
"Do you want the short version or the long version?" Lumen asked dryly.
A few hours later…
After Nami had calmed down, and in the process basically scared all suicidal thoughts out of the kid, the Going Merry was continuing on its latest voyage, the weather now snowing gently. Of course, not everyone was enjoying the weather. The kid was huddled by one of the stairs, clearly wrestling with their own emotions.
As they were however, they suddenly felt a heavy blanket be dropped onto them, looking up to see Lumen sitting on the stairs "I know you're still pissed off right now… but you shouldn't catch a cold like this right now." he said, looking up and letting out a sigh "The reason Nami acted like that… the others told me the gist of it. Pirates killed her mom right in front of her eyes when she was about your age, and they were using her as a slave, making maps for them, until Luffy and the others arrived and kicked their asses a bit before they met me. Chopper's had a pretty rough life too, and so has nearly everyone on the crew really, from what I understand." he shook his head "Anyway, point I'm trying to make is that you should live, even when things seem bad. You've got people who care about you I'm sure, and they'd be sad if they found out you were dead." He said, smiling down "Besides, you remind me of my little sister when she was your age. You're as stubborn as she was, and she still is too… a bit loud too." he admitted with a chuckle.
Meanwhile…
"I'm not loud!... that much." his sister shouted, before she realised she was only proving his point.
Next to her, her parents laughed a bit, watching along with her.
Ever since the last chapter she'd read, they'd switched over to the visual format to see what Lumen was up to, but she'd taken the time to show the first few arcs of One Piece to her parents before watching from the start of Lumen's arrival up to the current point in the present, which of course included a certain… meeting.
"Still… I'm glad even with that crazy girl stalking him there too, he's able to be positive." her mother said, smiling a bit.
"Too bad he doesn't have the restraining order with him. Then he would be in the law if he shot her." her father added with a frown.
"Well… technically, he doesn't really need it." Marie said "While the strawhats don't make an effort to kill their enemies, it's generally just because of luck or whatever that they survive. With Violet though… pretty sure all of them would go straight to lethal because she's so obsessed with one of their own. Hell, just the fact he's a pirate means Lumen doesn't really have to care and could just shoot her and be done with it… granted he'd have to be able to stay calm around her first."
"Wouldn't that finally give him a bounty to himself though?" her father asked.
"Eh, he's gonna get one anyway once they-" she cut herself off quickly at that, not wanting to spoil THAT part of the story "Um… no further explanation, that part's too important for me to blurt it out." she admitted sheepishly.
Her parents blinked at that. "Well, alright, if it's that important," both of them coughed as they all continued watching.
"Why do we always get the crazy ones?" Usopp asked dryly, as somewhere along the way the ship belonging to the pirate named… they couldn't remember, came up behind them, and now he was laughing crazily while monologuing about how he was surprised that they'd lasted so long, while promising that this is where their voyage ends. The usual stuff really.
"Aren't they all crazy in one way or another?" Sanji pointed out. This being the Grandline 'sanity' was in short supply after all.
"...fair point," Usopp conceded.
"Hey, what's this guy's name anyway?" Lumen asked.
"Uh… I think it was Vinegar?" Luffy said.
"No, that's a salad dressing. I think it was something like Vigor?" Vivi mused.
"Eh… doesn't sound right." Zoro said, frowning in thought "Bungalow?"
"Pretty sure that's a whole other thing." Nami deadpanned "I think it was something like… Figaro?"
"IT'S VIGARO DAMMIT!" the man shouted at them in rage, having heard everything.
"Oh, right… does he have a bounty?" Lumen asked, causing Vigaro to scream in rage, missing the trolling grin on the blond's face.
Robin hid a laugh behind her hand "As amusing as this is, I can't help but wonder… weren't we in last place? What is he doing behind us?"
"Guess that means he's in last place then," Luffy laughed, causing Vigaro to shout in indignation.
"You brats are gonna pay for-!" Vigaro shouted before he was promptly silenced by a Flame Star to the face.
"Huh? I hit him?" Usopp blinked, surprised he'd actually landed that shot.
"Right between the eyes too. 10 out of 10, Usopp," Lumen laughed.
"How'd ya like that?!" Usopp laughed, letting the praise get to his head a bit...and then Vigaro's crew clearly took offense at that and looked ready to fight. "And this is the part I'll leave it to my faithful crew!" he said...promptly hiding behind the tangerine trees.
"Yeah, you do you Usopp." Lumen sighed, taking out the Shachi, Tora and Tako medals "We'll handle this." he said with a grin, slotting the medals in and scanning them "Henshin!" "SHACHI! TORA! TAKO!"
"Let's get them!" Luffy grinned, ready to go.
"Hold on," Zoro said, stopping Luffy.
"The three of us are more than enough," Sanji said as he, Zoro, and OOO moved forward before leaping onto the enemy ship.
"Nothing personal, but you guys picked the wrong crew to mess with," OOO chuckled a bit.
"Just the three of you against us? You must have a death wish!" some of the pirates laughed.
Sanji sighed at that. "Well, guess there's nothing to say. Let's wrap this up. I gotta prepare dinner after this."
"Between the three of us, it won't take one minute," Zoro smirked.
That was when the pirates had enough and charged forward...straight into the slaughter.
The three of them immediately moved, Zoro sending several of them flying with an Onigiri, while Sanji knocked an entire crowd back with his kicks. Several of the pirates tried going for OOO, only for their weapons to fall apart when OOO struck them with the Tora claws, followed by using the Tako legs to grab several of them, and proceed to use them as living wrecking balls, before throwing them all over the deck. However, despite CLEARLY being outmatched, the pirates of Vigaro's crew...still stupidly kept coming. Oh well, more for them to completely demolish...and it hadn't even been half a minute.
"This is getting kinda boring," Sanji said as he smashed a random pirate upside the head, causing them to fall to the ground.
"After Alabasta, yeah, these guys aren't even a challenge," Zoro grunted in agreement.
"I'm on it, one total party kill coming up," OOO chuckled, before grabbing the scanner and scanning his belt. "SCANNING CHARGE!"
He jumped up, and his legs morphed into octopus legs completely, grabbing onto as many of the pirates as they could, before he started spinning around, his claws extended and slashing at them all "Octo Storm!" The attack hit all of the remaining pirates like a tornado hitting a house of cards.
….that's really all that needs to be said honestly…
"That's that," OOO said, dusting off his hands as they all stood among the now ruined deck full of pirates groaning in pain.
"Now that we're done with those idiots, let's go-" Zoro started but, right as he said that, the sea started shaking. "What now?" he growled.
The waters started to rise up, soon revealing that a Sea King had decided to come out, with Vigaro's ship on its head.
"And that's our cue to go," OOO said, grabbing Zoro and Sanji and soon jumping towards the Going Merry, quickly using the Tako legs to stick to the closest part of the ship they reached, and quickly tossing both of them onto the deck, to which they quickly helped him up as well.
"Talk about a time for Sea Kings to show up!" Nami frowned, as true enough, that wasn't the ONLY Sea King that came out, as a whole bunch of them had appeared.
"Worry about that later! Let's get out of here first!" Akira shouted, as everyone was scrambling to get away from the Sea Kings that thankfully hadn't noticed them yet.
A few hours later saw everyone gathered for dinner, which was a lively affair as always. The meal being something between a feast and a fight with Luffy trying to steal everyone's food again...and more than a few threats in retaliation for his attempts.
However, the crew was making merry, the kid was huddled in a corner, not remotely joining in on the atmosphere. They continued to watch silently, seemingly lost in thought before…. "Hey, not gonna eat? We made some for you too."
The kid looked up to see Luffy squatting in front of them. Instead they glared at him a little. "You should be more worried."
"Huh?" Luffy blinked.
"You told me about valuing my life, yet you all go and do crazy stuff like its nothing," the kid said. "Aren't you even worried about losing your life?"
"Well yeah," Luffy said. "I'm not trying to die, but I also have a dream I'm willing to fight for," he said, taking off his hat before grinning a bit. "And I've long decided that I'm willing to give it my all, so if I end up dying while pursuing my dream well...that's that," he said with determination.
The kid stared at Luffy in shock at that, unable to come up with any other words.
As this was happening, Nami was looking down at the Eternal Pose in her hands with a narrowed gaze, before looking out the window with a frown "Something doesn't feel right."
"So prepare for shit to go sideways then?" Lumen asked with a frown.
"For this crew? Yes," Nami sighed.
With that warning, the group quickly cleaned up and were soon on deck, several eyes out for any incoming danger. At first nothing seemed amiss, but an hour or so later, they had to make an emergency stop. The reason? The growing graveyard of ships that was the result of several participants who were ahead of them trying to charge through a pathway...only to be blasted apart by shots coming from within the 'cliffs' surrounding the pathway.
"Why the heck are we going to Navarone?!" Akira gasped in surprise, recognizing where they were.
"Navarone?" Chopper blinked.
"Long story short, the island is a marine base, and for some reason we're sailing right to it," Akira explained, right as another ship was blown apart.
"Looks like your bad feeling was right," Lumen frowned as Nami took out the Eternal Pose and saw that it was indeed pointing straight ahead.
"Still, there's no mistaking it. According to this Pose, Partia should be ahead," Nami frowned, wondering what the heck was going on.
"...could that Eternal Pose be a fake?" Robin suggested after a moment.
At that idea everyone's eyes widened, and Nami immediately took a closer look at the Eternal Pose, before soon finding that the plate with the name could be removed...revealing Navarone underneath.
"An Eternal Pose to Navarone. There should be a limit to the kinds of dirty tricks that are allowed in this race," Akira glared.
"It was Gasparde." Luffy said seriously. "He's the only one who'd do this."
"How can you know that for sure?" Zoro asked him curiously.
"He's right, it could have been anybody." Nami added.
"No, he's right." the kid said as they came up to the front of the deck "I… I actually came here from Gasparde's ship. Told me if I killed a pirate with a bounty, he'd give my grampa medical aide. Before I left… in a hurry, I saw tons of Eternal Poses that were pointing to Partia." they said, before reaching into their pocket and pulling out an Eternal Pose "I took one, just in case."
"Why were you leaving in a hurry?" Lumen asked.
The kid swallowed nervously "I didn't want to stay near that freaky woman he brought on the ship any longer."
Lumen's jaw clenched at that, having a good idea who the kid was talking about "Blair…" he said with a growl.
"So… we're chasing after Gasparde then Captain?" Sanji asked Luffy as he lit his cigarette.
"Obviously." Luffy said seriously.
"Somebody's going to have to handle Blair then, since I doubt Lumen can face her already." Vivi said with a frown.
"I… yeah, not ready yet." he admitted with a sigh.
"We'll do it then." Nami said, nudging Vivi a bit as she grinned a little.
"Was there anybody else we should be worried about on his ship?" Usopp asked the kid.
The kid frowned at that "There was one weird guy… he had grey hair and a weird metal chin… he was also eating a LOT out of a bag he was carrying with him."
"A metal chin?" Chopper repeated in surprise "That… sounds like Wapol."
"It can't be him though, right?" Usopp said.
"Well… it might be his body, but not his mind." Lumen frowned "Remember in Alabasta when we saw Don Krieg?"
The two stopped at that "You mean…?"
"If I'm right… there's a good chance it's not Wapol anymore." Lumen said seriously.
"Another one of those Greeed like that Uva guy in Loguetown huh?" Akira frowned "Any idea which one it would be?"
"Yeah… the gray's a dead giveaway. It's Gamel. He represents the Sai, Gorilla and Zou medals." Lumen informed them.
"Well then, it seems we're heading right for a den of multiple enemies… along with an old man to save." Robin said with a smile as she leaned against the railing.
The kid looked at them in surprise at that "You're… going to go help my grandpa?"
"Eh… you may have been trying to attack us, but, we can't really hold it against you." Nami said with a smirk.
"You were willing to put the life he saved on the line… it's stupid… but it takes guts." Luffy said as he turned back to the kid with a grin "So now we're gonna go kick Gasparde's ass."
Meanwhile…
"You WHAT?!" came a shriek from the deck of the Salamander. The source of the shriek was none other than Violet, who was storming up to Gasparde, somehow not the least bit worried or caring about what she was doing.
Watching her, just idly sitting against the railing, was Gamel, his hair now cut much shorter, and having replaced all the hippo imagery of his host body with something that matched him more, wearing a gorilla pelt as a jacket with rhino hide patterned pants… and he was currently stuffing his face with a paper bag full of roasted chestnuts. He continued to watch her, barely looking interested as he looked between her and Gasparde.
The only reason he was here was because Kazari said Mezool would be happy if he listened to his plans. Of course if he was being honest, he was wondering what plan this was.
Gasparde however didn't seem to particularly care about her outburst. "Is something the matter?" he asked.
"Something the matter?! Of course something is wrong! You've sent every other ship in the race not just to the wrong islands, but to impending doom!" Violet shouted.
"Oh? I didn't take you for the type to care about other crews," Gasparde said, seemingly amused.
"I don't. But my Darling is on one of those ships!" Violet shouted.
"Darling? Who is that?" Gasparde asked, sounding disinterested, his tone making it clear he straight up didn't remember.
Violet was a little taken aback at that. "My Darling, the man I am bound to by fate! I joined in order to find him, and right when I did, some intruders whisk him away! The end of this race was to be our great reunion!"
Gasparde just looked completely disinterested, before looking at Needless who stood next to him "Do you know what she's talking about?"
"The young man that the straw hat wearing boy whisked away yesterday." Needless answered.
"Ah, that kid." Gasparde said, before he shrugged "Find yourself another 'Darling' then girly, because I don't care if you're pissed at him being dead."
Violet went silent for a moment, Gasparde and Needless quirking eyebrows at that, while Gamel...he actually was mentally counting down. Yes, even Gamel could tell what was likely to happen. True enough…
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Violet roared, lunging right for Gasparde, pulling out a machete from...somewhere.
Needless was ready to intercept, but Gasparde just held up his hand, making Needless stop, not remotely worried as Violet went right for him.
Violet roared as she charged forward and plunged her machete right into Gasparde's neck, avenging her Darling...or it would have been the case if not for the fact the spot she'd stabbed had inexplicably turned into some kind of green syrup, trapping her machete, while Gasparde just looked amused. "I knew there was a reason I let you join," he said in amusement. "I needed a clown around here however brief that might be."
"What the-?! What the hell are you, you freak?!" Violet shouted as she tried to pull her weapon free. Gasparde...actually laughed at that.
"That's hilarious coming from you," Gasparde laughed, before he grabbed her head and turned his hand into the same syrup, trapping her head in it while also forcing the syrup into her nostrils...and he kept going too. She struggled to get free, abandoning her weapon in favor of trying and failing to get her head out of the syrup, but it was all pointless and eventually her struggles lessened till they stopped completely, her body going limp. "It was amusing while it lasted. I should thank you for killing my boredom even if just a little," Gasparde smirked, before he whipped his hand to the side, sending Violet flying through the air as her body was tossed overboard with a loud splash.
Gamel just continued to munch on his chestnuts as he watched her sink into the water, before turning back to the door, seeing the young man with the yellow jacket walk out, holding a shovel.
"So… you came to play too?" Gasparde said with a grin "I had a feeling you were after my head… I think I heard you talk with the old man, but that little clown distracted me a bit, so I didn't hear everything."
The young man's gaze narrowed at that "Then I'll keep it brief. I'm Bascud Shuraiya, 8 years ago you attacked my home and burned it to the ground, killing my whole family in the blaze. I think you can figure out why I'm here just from that." Shuraiya said with a frown.
"Ah, so that's what it is." Gasparde grinned "You don't even care about my bounty, you just want my head period. I don't honestly remember any kids, but you look like you might be good to kill my boredom for a bit."
Shuraiya gave a bloodthirsty grin at that, holding the shovel he'd picked up at the ready.
"Now… I'd take care of you myself. But Needless insists he be the one to take care of you." Gasparde said, nodding at his second in command, who stepped up and drew his bladed gauntlets.
"Where did this storm come from?!" Usopp gasped as the Strawhats were busy navigating their way with the Log Pose the kid had given them.
"That must mean we're close! They DID warn us that Partia is known for its cyclones!" Nami said.
"We'd better be ready for a fight too then!" Vivi said.
"We're gonna kick Gasparde's ass!" Luffy agreed.
"Just don't forget the flour!" Sanji added.
As everyone was psyching themselves up, Lumen was taking the moment to calm himself a bit. "Worried about encountering her?" Robin asked.
"Yeah. Seems kinda dumb, huh?" Lumen chuckled emptily.
"Not at all. Considering what she's done, I don't blame you for being more afraid of her even if you've faced worse," Robin said.
"Not sure how I feel about you putting it that way, but thanks," Lumen chuckled.
"I can see the ship!" Chopper said.
Carue let out a quack of confusion as he looked through a telescope, before handing it to Akira as he got close "The ship's looking in bad shape… one of the paddles looks to be broken, not to mention they've lost of the masts… they're just spinning in a circle right now. Guess that means the other paddle is still working." he added at the end.
"Guess that makes them sitting ducks." Zoro said with a smirk, while Luffy stood up on Merry's figurehead, before taking in a DEEP breath.
"GASPARDE!" he shouted out at the top of his lungs, and somehow they just knew the former Marine had heard him.
Not wasting any time, Luffy reeled back...and realizing what the rubber captain was about to do, Lumen and Akira grabbed hold of him, right as he sent his arms stretching right to the Salamander and pulled them all along.
The trip was fast and before long they were standing on the Salamander… and had sent many of the goons on Gasparde's crew flying off the ship as their arrival was more of a crash landing than anything.
"I REALLY hate flying Air Luffy." Lumen said with a groan, shaking his head a bit.
"You and me both." Akira said, patting himself a bit, before taking out a bag of flour from his jacket and handing it to Luffy "Here, you'll need this."
"Thanks." Luffy nodded as he accepted it, even as he continued to glare at Gasparde.
At that moment what remained of the crew decided to rush them, but Lumen and Akira simply turned to them and strapped their Drivers on.
"Henshin!"
"SHA-SHA-SHAUTA, SHA-SHA-SHAUTA!"
OOO lashed his whips out, sending half of the goons flying, while Proto-Birth popped another Cell Medal in "CRANE ARM!" and swung the hook of his crane arm through the remaining half, the steel cable also breaking through one of the remaining masts and causing it to fall down into the ocean with the crew members.
"I'd like to say this is too easy, but then...we're probably a little overkill," OOO chuckled.
"I'd take that over being at a disadvantage any day," Proto-Birth frowned.
Their little conversation didn't last long as suddenly there was a loud shout of "OOO!" to which they turned and saw what appeared to be Wapol.
"Wapol?" OOO blinked before looking at the former king of Drum, and noticed the differences. "No, looks like we were right. He's been turned into Gamel's body," he frowned.
"You weren't sure at first?" Proto-Birth asked him.
"Could have just been a coincidental lookalike, you never know on this ocean." OOO shrugged.
"...fair point," Proto-Birth conceded. "At least that means we don't need to hold back at all."
"Give back Mezool's Medals!" Gamel shouted, before taking out a Cell Medal and inserting it into a slot that appeared from his forehead. Cell Medals immediately began forming out of his body and coalesced into a new being who slowly stood up, revealing to be a Buffalo Yummy.
"That's different," Proto-Birth blinked.
"Right, I forgot to mention that. Gamel doesn't need anyone else to make a Yummy. He makes his right out of his own body."
"At least it's two on two then," Proto-Birth frowned.
"Take back Mezool's medals!" Gamel ordered, the Yummy nodding and soon both it and Gamel charged forward, Gamel's body shifting to reveal his true appearance. Much like what OOO remembered from the show, his arms were plain and looked like a poorly wrapped mummy, his legs silver and grey in color, with feet that looked like they came from an elephant, his head looking like a mix of the three animals that made him up, as it had the horn of a rhino, the tusks and trunk of an elephant, and the brow of a gorilla.
However, even seeing that the Greeed was unsurprisingly incomplete, they quickly rolled out of the way. Good thing too as the two monsters smashed right through the wooden wall that was not far away. "Guess they're not based on heavy animals for nothing," Proto-Birth frowned.
"Not that that's going to stop us," OOO smirked a little as the two monsters pulled themselves out of the small wreck they'd caused.
As that was happening, the Going Merry was sailing around the Salamander. So far it seemed nobody was manning the cannons since so far they hadn't been fired upon...not that they'd stop and find out how long that would last.
"I wonder what happened on the ship," Vivi frowned. "It's rather weird they aren't shooting at us."
"Not to possibly jinx it, but I agree," Nami frowned. "That crew should be big enough to have someone manning the cannons by now."
"Maybe someone else got to them first, so they're not at full strength?" Usopp suggested.
"That's...certainly possible," Robin mused.
"Either way we should stay the course. Even when those three clean house, they'll need a ship to go back to," Sanji frowned.
As they did though Chopper suddenly tensed. Carue quacked a question to him. "It's no- wait, it's not nothing!" Chopper gasped. "I smell like something is...rotting...but our food was fine just now!" he said.
"Wait, what?!" was the general reaction from everyone present.
"And...and the smell is getting stronger too!" Chopper added, right before they heard something wet...and a little heavy slapping onto the deck. Immediately turning they saw what looked like a bloated corpse, like something that had been dumped into the water. The only problem? IT WAS MOVING!
"AAAAAAHHHHHH! ZOMBIE!" Usopp and Chopper screamed in fear as they hugged each other, Carue joining in with a loud quack as he clung to them.
"What the hell?!" Nami stepped back even as she formed her Clima Tact, Vivi taking out her String Slashers as well.
"What IS that?" the princess said in confusion.
"Can't say I'm sure." Sanji said, standing protectively in front of the kid, who clung to his leg in fear, unable to say a word from the shock.
"Wait… doesn't it kind of look like a woman?" Zoro noticed as despite being bloated with water, he could sort of make out some features, though he still remained ready to draw Yubashiri if needed.
"Well, that was unpleasant," the 'zombie' said, in a tone they remembered.
"It's her!" Robin gasped in surprise, recognizing the voice as the corpse pulled itself to its feet, and actually seemed to start dispelling the excess liquid, slowly but surely revealing Blair Violet, her dress in taters, but it was clearly her to which she saw them.
"Where am I?" she blinked...before she looked around and noticed the sails, a sick grin appeared on her face. "Ah, so this is the ship Darling was on," she said, remembering the weird strawhat wearing pirate from before. "We're truly connected by the red string of destiny for me to find it," she giggled. It wasn't a pleasant sound.
"Geez, just one look at her and I can tell she's insane," Zoro growled.
"Oh? So you're that intruder's crew then?" Violet said, noticing them. "Mind if I ask where I can find my Darling? I'm sure he misses me dearly," she said with a dreamy smile. The type that made them all shudder.
"Your 'Darling' doesn't want to see you." Nami frowned as she placed the Heat Pole and Cool Pole of her Clima-Tact together on top of the Electric Pole.
"He's made it quite clear he doesn't want anything to do with you in fact." Vivi added with her own frown as she started spinning the Peacock String Slashers.
Violet looked at them...and laughed. "I like people with a sense of humor. Darling not wanting to see me? He must be in pain every day he's away from me."
OOO suddenly shivered and put a hand over his mouth as he kicked Gamel away "Oh god I feel like puking for some reason." he said with a groan.
Gamel paused at that "Not on me." he said quietly.
"You haven't annoyed me enough to warrant that." OOO told him, before shaking his head and starting to lash his whips again.
"Now again, tell me where he is," Violet said, and this time her tone was a bit more forceful as she pulled out a machete for emphasis.
"Tch...crazy woman," Zoro growled, readying his swords, but Nami held out a hand.
"You all be ready in case Gasparde's crew comes for us. For someone like this me and Vivi are more than enough," Nami said.
"Lumen is our friend and we won't stand by while you torture him for your own sick fantasy!" Vivi said as she stood alongside Nami.
Violet stopped at that, before she lowered her head...and giggled creepily. "So that's how it is? It's always like this. Why can't anyone understand that he's mine? They're always getting in the way...well...I know exactly what to do with obstacles like you!" she said, before she was now glaring at them with crazed eyes and a sick grin as she charged forward.
Nami and Vivi reacted immediately. "Cyclone Tempo!" Nami called out, throwing a section of the Clima Tact forward, expecting Violet to evade...but to her surprise Violet did no such thing and took the attack head on, her head snapping back, and killing her momentum, causing her to reel back much to Nami's surprise at how...easy...that was.
Vivi didn't think much about it as she ran forward. "Peacock String Slasher!" she shouted, swinging her weapons at Violet, and where in the past most enemies would have evaded, Violet made no such attempt...and got the weapons stuck in her chest...and Vivi was pretty sure she might have accidentally hit vital organs too.
"Well, that was easy," Usopp commented...until Violet's head snapped back into position and she was glaring at Vivi and Nami.
"That hurt you damn bimbos!" she shouted.
Nami frowned at that "Well how about this then?" she said, spinning the Cool and Heat Poles in her hands, releasing several Cool Balls and Heat balls, aided by the winds around them from the storm, starting to form a cloud over the Merry.
Violet stared up at the cloud, looking utterly dumbfounded "What the hell?"
"Now!" Nami said quickly, and before Violet could react, both she and Vivi had kicked her, pushing her off the Merry, just as Nami threw up a Thunder Ball "Thunderbolt Tempo!" and suddenly a strong bolt of lightning lanced down and struck Violet in the air, before she dropped into the water.
"Did that get her?" Vivi asked and for a moment it seemed it did...before a hand came out of the water, and stabbed the machete into the Merry's side, Violet pulling herself out of the water.
"You tramps! Look what you've done to my face!" Violet shouted, revealing a badly burned face.
"Your face?! How are you still alive?!" Nami gasped in horror as Violet started pulling herself back up the Merry's side, showing her clothes had burned in several spots, while her skin was badly burned...yet they could swear they saw parts healing as she climbed.
While the girls were understandably freaking out at the apparently unkillable stalker, Robin came up to the side and frowned. "I think that's quite enough of this, little miss stalker" she frowned, before two arms appeared from Violet's shoulders and… "Twist," Robin said simply, as the arms grabbed Violet's head and well...broke it. Quite thoroughly if the loud snap of her neck being broken was any indication, her head now facing away.
Immediately her body went limp and she fell back into the ocean, the machete still stabbed into the Merry's hull. "A little gruesome, but thanks Robin," Nami said, looking a little sick at the kill method.
"Not a problem. However, I doubt that's the last we've seen of her," Robin frowned.
"You think she's still alive?" Vivi gulped.
"She came onto the ship looking like a bloated corpse, she took your Peacock Slashers to the chest, and even took a lightning bolt. Something tells me we'll need something FAR more thorough to put her down for good. Assuming we can in the first place," Robin frowned.
"True… although…" Vivi frowned as she held up her weapons, cringing at the blood and bits of Violet's body on them… and how broken they seemed from having dug into her bones "I think I'll be getting an upgrade before we see her again."
"Probably a good idea, especially if things are likely going to be harder the further we go," Nami agreed, wincing a bit at the sight of Vivi's weapons.
"So… now we just wait for the others while hoping she doesn't climb up again?" Chopper asked as he looked over the railing as Robin made an arm sprout on the hull and pull the machete out before tossing it back into the water.
"Guess so." Usopp frowned, looking back at the Salamander.
"They better hurry." Nami said in worry "I can feel this storm getting worse… this might be a cyclone like what we got warned about."
Back at the Salamander, the situation on the deck was...hectic. Three fights were going on at the same time, and between all the strikes and near misses, the deck looked like it could collapse at any minute. "We're REALLY tearing apart this place," OOO couldn't help but say as Gamel made another hole in the deck, while to the side he noticed Luffy slamming a flour covered Gasparde through some of the wood.
"I think that's unavoidable right now!" Proto-Birth growled, rolling out of the way of the Buffalo Yummy before opening fire with his Birth Buster. "Still, the weather is getting worse. We should wrap this up as fast as we can!" Birth frowned.
"Working on it!" OOO frowned as he lashed out with his whips, slapping Gamel around a bit...before the Greeed grabbed one of the whips and tanking the electricity, used it to throw him into a nearby wall.
"Give back Mezool's Medals!" Gamel roared as he went after OOO who countered with a rapid fire kick from the Tako Legs, sending Gamel reeling a little.
Proto-Birth would have helped...but the Yummy was making that difficult, so he wasn't helping anyone until he could at least deal with his opponent first. As he fought though, he noticed an old man watching them, and he quickly realised this was the old man the kid wanted them to save. "Alright… YOU can fuck off a bit!" he said before using his Crane Arm to grab the Yummy and tossed it further away, at which point he quickly ran to the old man "Hey! You're that kid's grandfather, right?!"
The old man looked to him, confusion and surprise on his face "That kid?"
"Yeah, small, wears overalls, has a big hat and red hair?" Proto-Birth listed off.
The old man gasped in shock "Anaguma? How do you-?"
"Anaguma? That his name?" Proto-Birth said "Anyway, yeah, he asked us to help him save you. He's on Strawhat's ship right now, waiting for you to come with us."
"Is that so?" the old man said, surprise on his face, before he smiled "I see… then, there's something I need to go do in the boiler room first. Besides, I do believe you still have a fight to finish." the old man said, nodding at the Bison Yummy, which finally got up and started charging for Proto-Birth.
"Dammit!" Proto-Birth said in annoyance "But, yeah, go do what you need to, we'll grab you when it's time to leave!" With that said he shifted his attention fully to the Yummy while leaving the old man to his devices. Opening fire again, he tried to slow the Yummy's charge, before being forced to duck out of the way at the last minute. Thinking quickly though, he opened fire at the ground where the Yummy was, weakening it enough that when the Yummy took a heavy step, its foot fell through the deck, causing it to get stuck, and giving him a much needed opening.
"I'm done with this fight," Proto-Birth growled before sliding the piece of the Birth Buster that held all the Cell Medals right off the bottom, and slotting it right on the tip of the weapon "CELL BURST!" and immediately energy started gathering on the tip of the weapon.
"Buster Fire!" he shouted out as he pulled the trigger and sent several charged up shots flying at the Yummy, causing it to explode once they all made contact… and then a single Cell Medal came flying out, which he caught.
"Really?" he sighed in disappointment, but pocketed it all the same. There would be chances to get more another time. Shifting his focus, he saw OOO fighting Gamel, and despite it not being an easy fight...it seemed OOO was getting into the zone.
(Play Shout out)
Gamel groaned as he was pushed back by a powerful jet of water OOO was firing using the Shachi head. Growling, he eventually broke through and charged right at OOO. However, unlike before OOO didn't evade the attack. Instead right as Gamel struck him, his body turned liquid, leaving Gamel to let out a squawk of surprise as he stumbled right through OOO.
"I can't believe I forgot about this one," OOO chuckled, because up till now he HAD forgotten that Shauta could take on a liquid form making physical attacks basically meaningless. Even so that wasn't really solving the problem of how to take down Gamel. "Okay so he can't hurt me, and I'm barely hurting him...and we're on a ship that's probably gonna be hit with a Cyclone soon…" he frowned, racking his brains to think of how to fight, right as Gamel regained his balance.
"OOO… I'll break you!" Gamel roared and lunged for him again, but OOO just turned into liquid again and let him flow through.
"You're really a one track guy aren't you?" OOO sighed, before he snapped his whips "Oh well… I know how to handle you now at least." he said, before lashing his whips out and grabbing onto Gamel, before his legs turned into water and he rocketed up into the air… and then down into the ocean, dragging Gamel below the waves with him.
The moment they were in the water, Gamel spluttered, clearly not used to fighting on anything other than dry land. He at least tried to swim, but his weight seemed to be pulling him down, not to mention his 'technique' left much to be desired. In direct contrast, OOO was able to move with no issue whatsoever in the water, and was even literally circling Gamel, who tried to say something...but the water muffled everything up. "I have no idea what you said, but I think this is officially my win," OOO chuckled before he surged forward, landing a barrage of kicks, sending Gamel hurtling through the water before quickly chasing after him and lashing out with his whips, tossing Gamel around.
Gamel tried to fight back, but he was at a complete disadvantage in the water and he didn't even have his full power to fall back on. As a result, OOO dominated the battle now as Gamel was knocked around. Even so Gamel tried to fight back.
"Sorry, but this is where we end things!" OOO said, before evading a clumsy strike and retaliating with the Tako legs, the force of the kick barrage sending Cell Medals flying out of Gamel, ending with a powerful kick to the gut….which proceeded to launch Gamel deeper into the water...till OOO couldn't see him anymore.
If this was dry land this is the part where crickets started chirping. "...note to self, don't play around so much next time," OOO said to himself with a sweat drop. Seeing as Gamel had 'escaped', he soon went back up till he was above the water and used the Unagi Whips to try and pull himself back onto the Salamander.
When he reached the deck, he saw Proto-Birth standing by. "Oh hey, you made it just in time."
"Just in time for Luffy to punch Gasparde into next week?" OOO chuckled as he got up and saw that Luffy had tenderized Gasparde enough and was now preparing a Gum Gum Bazooka to finish the fight.
"Try next century," Proto-Birth nodded...right as Luffy hit Gasparde dead on with the Bazooka...and Gasparde was soon a twinkle in the sky.
(Song end)
"Okay, looks like that's all three of them. What about the crew?" OOO asked as they went to Luffy who was looking pretty damn proud of himself.
"I think with all the chaos, many of them jumped ship," Proto-Birth frowned.
"You mean after you knocked them off?" Luffy asked curiously.
The two paused, before looking at each other "Oh yeah, we did do that." they spoke in unison.
"Anyway, the old man's down in the boiler room. I'll go grab him." Proto-Birth said before heading down into the hold of the ship.
"As for us…" OOO trailed off, before he saw Shuraiya, not that he knew his name at the moment "Hey, that's the dude from yesterday."
"Huh?" Luffy said, before noticing him "Oh yeah! I didn't even notice him… think Gasparde did that?"
"Could be." OOO shrugged "Anyway… yeah, pick him up, I'll go see if there isn't anything to loot real quick." he said with a chuckle as he ran into the ship to try and steal as much as he could.
Luffy just shrugged at that, before picking up the guy and waiting for them to come back, Proto-Birth coming back in a hurry with the old man.
"Alright, so… we should get out of here fast, because the old man set the boiler to blow." Proto-Birth said in a hurry.
"Uh… that's bad, right?" Luffy asked after a moment.
"VERY!" Proto-Birth said urgently.
"I'm back!" OOO said as he came back out of the ship, carrying a sack over his shoulder "Not much in the way of money, but I stole their food since they won't need it anymore."
"That'll help with the food budget for a bit," Proto-Birth chuckled, while Luffy laughed. Then the winds started picking up.
"Okay, time to go," Luffy said, before extending his hand while waving, signalling the Going Merry. Seeing that, the rest of the crew started moving towards the Salamander.
"I suppose with everyone gone, there won't be anybody to stop it from blowing up." the old man said "At least we still have a few minutes to get away."
"...I'm so glad that the Merry is coming or I'd probably freak out at that one," OOO sweat dropped a bit.
Fortunately the time they had WAS more than enough, so they managed to successfully evacuate to the Going Merry...and get the hell out of there before the Salamander went up in flames.
"Wait, the kid's a girl?!" Usopp said in surprise as Anaguma had taken off her hat, letting her long hair drop… and told them her real name was Adelle.
"Of course she is." Lumen and Chopper said together as if it was obvious.
"Wait, you two figured it out?" Akira asked them.
"Well, yeah, she doesn't smell like a boy." Chopper said.
"And I just know how to tell a person's gender at a glance." Lumen shrugged.
"More importantly though… their siblings?" Sanji said, looking between Adelle and Shuraiya.
"As soon as Shuraiya told me his story, it didn't take me long to figure out the little girl I'd saved from the river 8 years ago was his sister." the old man said with a sure nod.
"And after all these years they could find each other again," Akira mused. "That's one heck of a miracle there," he couldn't help but say.
"Just goes to show that anything is possible in the Grandline I guess," Vivi couldn't help but say with a smile, earning a few sounds of agreement.
"More importantly…" Nami said, before looking at the Eternal Pose. "There's the finish line!" she said, eyes turning into Belli signs.
"I guess this is where we get off then," Shuraiya said.
"Hang on, we can help you with that," Usopp said as Chopper and Zoro were bringing out a row boat for them and soon lowered it into the water. It wasn't long before the three of them were in the row boat, and the rope was released.
"Thanks again for everything!" Adelle smiled. For the first time in 8 years, she could finally see light at the end of the tunnel.
"No problem, you all just take care of yourselves okay," Lumen grinned.
"And maybe if we run into each other again, we can have that fight we never got to do," Luffy added.
"Heh, I think I'll pass. After what you did to Gasparde, I ain't taking my chances," Shuraiya snorted in amusement.
The merry parting was interrupted however when Carue suddenly quacked frantically.
"Oh my, it seems the Marines have finally caught up to us," Robin mused as true enough, multiple Marine Ships were headed their way.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me! We're so close to the money I can practically smell it!" Nami roared in rage.
"Why do you have to run though? Can't you just tell them you saved us and everything would be fine?" Adelle asked with a frown.
"Sadly, that's not how things work." Usopp sighed "But hey, at least you've got your brother now, so you shouldn't have to feel down."
"Also who says we can't still get the money?" Lumen said, before strapping on the OOO Driver and inserting the three Blue Medals. One transformation later he dove off the edge of the ship and used the Combo's power to immediately head straight for the Marine Ships from under the water and went straight for the rudder of the first one. "Let's see you chase us without these," OOO chuckled, before loading up three Cell Medals into the Medajalibur, before he surged towards the rudder and slashed them with the boosted Medajalibur, cutting the rudder off and causing the ship to be unable to turn, much to the surprise of the Marines on the ship, soon repeating the process with the rest of the ships.
While they were busy trying to sort out their sudden technical difficulties, he surged towards the island, the spectators waiting for the winners to arrive...before he suddenly popped out of the water, and before they could fully process that...he grabbed the treasure chest that was no doubt the prize, and dove back into the water, leaving them blinking in surprise.
"One disabled Marine ship and 300 Million Belli prize delivered," OOO grinned after he jumped back onto the Going Merry with their winnings, his armor dispelling after he was properly on the ship and the chest was on the deck, and open for all to see.
"Uh… that's… MORE than 300 Million." Sanji said slowly.
Lumen blinked at that, before looking at the chest "Huh… so it is."
Robin hummed "Then the extra must be from all the bets that were placed, they probably called ahead to have it ready to divide it up properly, but we just made off with all of it." she said, approaching the chest "I'd say this looks like… roughly 600 Million."
Everyone stopped short at that...before Nami ran straight at Lumen and all but pounced on him as she kissed him straight on the lips.
Lumen had a deer in the headlights look as his brain just… stopped functioning for the duration of what was going on.
"My, I hope you two aren't planning on actually doing your little joke," Robin said in amusement, an expression that seemed to grow a bit when she noticed Sanji looking at them with a mix of envy and murderous intent while his eye twitched and his face just looked ashen.
Nami stopped at that, finally pulling back with her face red as she realised what she was doing… and everyone was staring at her in surprise, before she got off Lumen and straightened herself out.
Lumen meanwhile, his brain finally rebooted itself, and his face was just as red as hers as he replayed it all in his head… and he realised he enjoyed it. "I…" he started, before coughing into his fist as he sat up "Let's uh… table this for now, maybe?" he suggested.
"Agreed." Nami said with a nod "Full speed ahead people, we need to get away from the marines while they're stuck like crawling babies!"
And escape they did. Onward to the next adventure.
As the Strawhats were escaping with their fortune and the people on Partia were cheering anyway at realizing that they were indeed the winner...even if they didn't actually cross the finish line but details, not everyone was sharing in the joy.
"That bitch…!" Violet glared as she was strangling the telescope she was looking through. Once again it seemed she was indeed unkillable, though that didn't change the fact she'd been tossed into the water. Fortunately for her, she'd found a barrel she could use as an impromptu boat, but as expected, it was only sheer dumb luck that the cyclone had blown her towards Partia...but to add insult to injury, her tattered and damaged dress didn't survive the punishment, so now she was stuck sailing on a barrel which doubled as a modesty outfit like some old cartoon.
But that didn't matter to her. Oh no, what mattered was that red haired bimbo kissing her Darling, and he didn't fight her. She must have done something to make him forget his love for her. Oh well, she'd fix that...as soon as she could find somewhere to get new clothes and a working ship.
And there's the chapter people!
Yeahp, Lumen finally encountered Gamel, meaning he's now met 4 of the Greeeds.
Gasparde was also handled... pretty easily considering they knew exactly how to beat him.
And Violet... yeah, she's pretty special.
As you all saw, she literally can't die. And attacks that would just harm a regular One Piece character become utterly deadly to her.
The reason why WILL be explained later on, don't worry.
But, yeah, we decided to use this to give Vivi and Nami a bit of a chance to shine... also some of you may have noticed that the rating went up, it's because of the disturbing imagery that comes with the crazy zombie yandere stalker.
Also... yeah, the pairing finally happened.
If anybody complains about this, know that you went into this story while it's NOTED right in the description that Nami gets with an OC, and I've been leaving plenty of obvious hints of the two getting interested in each other through their interactions.
So, yeah, you don't really have any place to complain at me about it.
And yes, while the kiss is sudden, they aren't just going to jump into a relationship like that, like Lumen said, their tabling the situation for the moment to get away from the Marines. They'll talk this over when things are calmer.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter, and...
Count the Medals:
Red: Taka, Condor
Green: Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta
Yellow: Lion, Tora, Cheetah
Grey: Sai, Gorilla, Zou
Blue: Shachi, Unagi, Tako
Orange: Cobra, Kame, Wani
Black: Kani
Purple: Tyranno