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Freeing the Crew

Usopp looked at everyone and said in a quiet voice, "Alright, does everyone know what role they have in the plan is?" the others nodded their heads, "Alright, let's do this and free Luffy and the others."

Sanji took a puff of smoke, "Alright, I'll do this, but one of you needs to take care of the girl because there is no way I'm going to hit a lady. I'd rather burn in hell. Hitting a lady is not something a man would do. I will never hit a girl."

Usopp looked at him and said, "I'll make sure that I bring beautiful flowers to your grave when they find your dead body after a girl kills you. I really hate this of yours." The blond-haired looked at the long-nosed man with a harsh glare that made chills travel through his spine.

Robin said, "But we'll have to free Luffy first. After that, I'll handle the little girl. My powers are the best to handle her since I can beat her from distance," she looked at Vivi, "Are you sure her power doesn't work from distance?"

Vivi quickly replied, "Yes, I'm sure. Ms. Goldenweek needs to be at a reasonable distance, or else her color emotion power won't reach you and affect you. I think that she needs you to be in close range for her powers to work. She needs to paint the symbol on you, so if she can't see you, she won't be able to affect you."

Robin nodded her head and looked at Usopp, "Are we ready, Usopp?"

The long-nosed boy smiled as he pushed a finger to his chest saying, "I will always be ready. Now, let's begin operation free our crewmates." He then opened his bag and took out a couple of pellets and said, "Let's move, first Robin, you know what you need to do."

With Luffy, the boy was currently sitting with Ms. Goldenweek as she poured tea to him and said with a small smirk, "Do you want to drink more tea?" the girl wouldn't admit it, but she was enjoying it since Luffy called her a little girl and she took it personally.

The boy smiled like a dope, "Yes, please. This tea is really amazing. It is really tasty."

From the side, Mr.3 was becoming impatient as he taped his foot on the ground. He looked at the sun and heard another volcano explode; this was the 3rd volcano that exploded since they caught the giants and he started with his masterpiece.

The man then dragged a hand through his face, "What the hell is taking those two idiots so much? It's only a princess with her duck and one pirate girl. Did get attacked by some dinosaur that managed to take them out of the game?"

The man stood there thinking about this and said, "I guess that would make sense since those aren't the sharpest tools in the shed. They should have been finished by now," he looked at his partner and said, "What do you think is taking them so long, Ms. Goldennweek?"

The girl sipped her tea. After a minute of silence, she looked at him and said, "Maybe they got defeated by the pirates? I mean it seems ridiculous that they have a crew of 4 people."

Mr.3 scoffed at the notion, "Still even if they had more members, I'm sure that even those buffoons can take them down. Sure they aren't criminal masterminds, but they aren't that pathetic." He then remembered that they arrived late at their mission, "Then again, they are stupid enough to allow it to happen. I'll wait 5 more minutes before I head out to find them."

Nami then yelled, "Hey, let us down here. If you let me down, I will give you a lot of money."

The man scoffed, "I don't need your money. You can keep it. besides, after I hand your captain to the Marines, I'm gonna have a lot more money than your tiny little ape brain can dream of."

The girl had several ticks mark form on her head, "Who are you calling an ape, you mongrel? When I leave here, I'm going to gut you alive. You hear me. I'm going to gut you."

Zoro sighed, "Forget it, Nami. We'll just have to wait for the others to come and save us from this candle trap. Luffy's clearly out of commission, and the giants are no of use right now, so we have to wait for the others to come and free us." The girl sighed sadly before looking toward the jungle.

She looked at something in the distance. On a tree, she saw Usopp climbing it with fear evident on his face. He looked as if he was watching a horror show. The girl cried, "My savior."

Zoro nudged her, "Be quiet, or you might give the idiot out. even if he was a distraction, it's better than nothing at the moment."

From a top of a tree, Usopp stood up and yelled, "Listen here Baroque Works. I, the great Captain Usopp, came here to demand that you free my crewmates from your clutches. I will give you one chance to do that or I will destroy you quickly and powerfully."

Mr.3 looked at him as if the boy lost his marbles, and said, "Oh, I see. You're a member of the strawhat pirates. I think that you're way over your head." He then looked at the slingshot in Usopp's hand, "Please don't tell me that you're going to defeat me using that slingshot."

Usopp smirked, "Well, I have to say that I'm quite pleased that you noticed your downfall with my magnificent weapon." The boy smiled as he loaded the slingshot and let out a pellet, "Special Bullet," Mr.3 made a wall of wax, "Smoke Star"

The entire place was covered in smoke as the man couldn't see anything, but Robin was still able to see, and so did Sanji. The blond-haired quickly ran toward Mr.3 and kicked him in the face sending him flying from the smoke.

The black-haired man stood up from the ground as he looked at the blond in front of him and said, "You bastard, do you even know who am I?"

Sanji was angry as this man tried to harm his Nami-swan. Sanji replied, "I'm the cook of the strawhat pirates, and I'm going to sink you alive for trying to hurt Nami-swan."

Mr.3 stood up quickly and made a wall of wax, but Sanji kicked it causing it to break to pieces.

Sanji looked at Mr.3, "I'm going to destroy you, you bastard. I'll make candles out of you for a romantic dinner for me and Nami-swan." The man jumped into the air and sailed toward Mr.3.

Meanwhile, Robin smiled as Sanji did his turn perfectly and distracted Mr.3. She then crossed her arms, and looked at Luffy. She formed two arms and quickly wiped the painted symbol on the boy causing him to snap out of it.

Ms. Goldenweek was calm this entire time since she was in no direct danger. She looked and was shocked to see the boy standing. He was no longer affected by her powers causing her to frown a little. The girl stood up and said, "Colors of Emotion: Rage"

She then drew a red symbol on the ground as the boy said, "Alright, now I can free the rest of the crew." The boy then launched a fist only for it to hit the ground. The boy was confused, but the small girl standing there with a blank face.

He understood that she was the reason behind this, so he tried one more time but achieved the same result. Suddenly hands bloomed from his chest as they smudged the symbol on the ground. A mouth formed on his ear as he heard Robin's voice, "Luffy, go and free our friends. Vivi and I will handle the girl."

The boy then yelled, "Alright, I will leave this to you and Vivi." The boy then raced toward the giant tower of wax as Ms. Goldenweek tried to launch another attack toward her, but she jumped to the side as Vivi swung her weapon besides her.

The girl looked at Vivi blankly, "Oh, it's you. I suppose that the one helping you is the other girl that the boss wants." She scratched her head, "How about that you give and I will not hurt."

Vivi then frowned as she said, "Believe this fight will end before you even think it will."

The girl quirked an eyebrow, "You seem extremely confident in your abilities. How is that possible?"

Vivi simply smiled at the little girl; something which unnerved the girl. Vivi then whistled for something as the bushes began to shake, "I noticed from our few interactions that you are deathly afraid of something."

From behind the bushes, Vivi's duck came and saluted her. He looked at the girl and quacked. This caused the small girl to quiver in fear. She really was afraid of ducks or at least Vivi's duck for that.

The girl went for her paints only for a phantom hand to appear and smack them away. The girl now looked at the duck which slowly started to approach her making her back away in fear.

Robin then appeared from behind the bushes with her best 'I'm disappointed in you' face. She walked to Ms. Goldenweek and said, "I'm disappointed in you, young lady. You should be in school studying and having friends. What do you think you're doing all the way here hurting other people?"

The girl confused beyond belief looked to the side and saw the duck beside her causing her to pass out.

Robin looked at the unconscious girl and put her hands on her hips, "I have to be honest when you said that the girl was afraid of your duck. I thought that you were joking. I didn't know that you meant it for real."

Vivi laughed a little, "I know. I wasn't sure either. It was a fifty-fifty gamble, but I'm glad that it worked out at the end of the day." She looked at the passed-out agent and said, "Can you please restrain her so she won't cause any trouble if she woke up?"

Robin then made a couple of phantom limbs that grabbed the girl's arms and tied them to her back. The black-haired girl smiled, "Alright, now that this is over. Usopp, you can come out."

The boy s comes from behind the bushes shivering in fear, "Is the girl down already? I need to begin working on my master plan to free everyone." The boy then brought out a small tank from his bag and a bunch of ropes.

Vivi looked at him with worry, "Are you sure this is going to work out. I don't want them to be burnt or badly scarred for that matter?" the boy nodded his head.

"My plan is 100% safe proof. Once the fire loosens the wax, they will be able to jump from it to the ground and they won't be hurt. Plus, I'm sure that they have been through worse than what's going to happen especially Zoro. The guy is like a walking tank." Usopp told her.

The girl nodded her head, "well, as long as it works and everyone is safe, I won't complain."

Usopp then looked and his eyes bulged as he yelled, "What the hell is that idiot think he's doing?" the boy then stood up and bolted toward Luffy.

The two girls looked in confusion as Robin proceeded to continue dunking the ropes inside the tank. They needed to free their friends so they can finish this thing.

Back with Luffy, the boy looked at the giants and said, "Master giants, I'm sorry. If he didn't manage to get. You wouldn't be trapped in here. Don't worry, I'm going to save you now."

Broggy laughed a little, "Don't worry about us, tiny human. It will take more than a few candlesticks to take us, warriors of Elbaf, down. We just need to can our breaths and then we'll bust out of this prison that he set for us."

Dorry also chuckled, "You're a really nice little human, but you need to worry about your friends too before they are turned into human statues."

The boy looked up and saw that both Zoro and Nami were both stuck and were about to be trapped inside the wax falling on them forever.

The boy panicked, "I can't allow that to happen. I need to have more adventures with them."

The boy looked at the tower and saw a huge stick that was supporting the rotating desk which was causing the candle powder to fall on them, so he readied himself to destroy it.

The boy used his powers to stretch his arms back and launch himself as Usopp yelled, "No, don't."

Luffy looked at him with a confused expression. He was going to break the huge support so the plate thing would fall to the ground, so why was Usopp stopping him? "Why do you want me to stop? I'm going to save them; so can you move?"

Usopp waved his arms, "No. the thing you're going to do will put them in danger." The boy explained before putting a finger to his chest, "Don't worry though because I, the great captain Usopp, have a plan to free our friends."

Luffy looked at him before nodding, "So what is my part of the plan?" Usopp looked at him with a serious face and said, "When the time comes, I want you to grab the idiot's head and use the flame on the top of it to light the ropes that I will hand to you up."

Luffy nodded his head and asked, "So what am I going to do now?"

Usopp tapped his chin and said, "Good question. I'm not really sure what you should do right now."

Nami then yelled from the top, "I don't give a damn what you want him to do right now. I want to be freed from here, and if it isn't in the next few minutes, you're both gonna get the debt of your lives. You hear me."

Usopp then smacked a fist into his hand and said, "How about you go and help Sanji fight Mr.3? I'm sure with both of you there. You'll be able to beat him in no time."

Luffy nodded his head as he went to Sanji to aid him in the fight against Mr.3, and Usopp looked up at his friends and said, "Don't worry, guys. I will help you in a bit. I just need to make sure that the rope is entirely soaked in fuel so it can melt the tower quickly when set it ablaze."

Nami took 3 seconds to process this before yelling, "Set it ablaze?" she then screamed at the retreating form of Usopp, "What do you mean set it ablaze? I'm too young to die by burning."

Zoro then said, "Can it, woman; He said that he has a way to free us, so we have to see what he is planning to do unless you want to become a statue for the rest of our lives, or in this case short lives."

Nami cried, "Why didn't I stay home? I would be safe away from crazy organizations and deadly warlords of the sea. I guess that there is no turning back now, is there?"

Zoro looked at her and said in all seriousness, "You signed your death warrant the moment you accepted to be on rubber head's crew."

The girl then said, "You know that you don't serious when you're posing like an idiot."

The man didn't say anything, but he kept his pose. The girl shook her head, as she saw Usopp talking with Robin and Vivi on one side and Luffy joining the fight against Mr.3 on the other, "This is going to be an extremely long day."

With Luffy, the boy looked at Mr.3 and said, "Hey candle head, did you miss me?"

The man looked at him with shock evident on his face, "You're free?"

Luffy then sent his fist back stretching it, "As a bird." The fist came back as the boy yelled, "Gum-Gum Pistol" The fist was countered by a wall of candle which blocked it, but Mr.3 let his guard down which allowed Sanji to land a strike on him, "Collier Strike"

The man was kicked so hard that the air was knocked out of him as he was sent sparling to the ground. The man then stood up as he saw Luffy and Sanji standing right in front of him.

Sanji said, "Nice of you to drop by, shitty captain. I hope we didn't mess up your tea party."

Luffy replied, "Hey that girl's powers were really weird. It was like I was outside my body when she painted that symbol on me. it wasn't like I was doing it on purpose." Sanji rolled his eyes, "Now, let's kick candle man's butt." Sanji nodded his head as he lifted his leg and readied himself.

Luffy then jumped high in the air as he stretched his arms backward, "Gum-Gum…" He then sent them forward toward Mr.3 three who jumped away, "…Bazooka" This caused a huge puff of dust which the criminal planned to use, but his plans failed.

Sanji quickly came at him and kicked him in the face sending him to the ground with a harsh thud. Mr.3 quickly stood up and formed a wax seal that trapped Sanji's leg, but the man looked at him as if he was crazy. Sanji merely lifted his leg and smashed it on the ground causing the seal to shatter.

Mr.3 then felt something connect with his back as Luffy yelled, "Gum-Gum Whip" The boy was so much into the fight that he forgot to warn Sanji causing the other man to be caught in the attack.

Sanji then stood up and walked to Luffy, "YOU MORON, YOU GOT ME TOO. BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU AIM YOUR ATTACKS NEXT TIME IN THE FUTURE."

Luffy merely scratched his chin and said, "Sorry, Sanji. If it helps, I didn't mean to hurt you. I only meant to kick the candle man's butt."

Sanji merely bit a reply back before grabbing Luffy and jumping to the side avoiding a sea of wax. The man lifted an eyebrow, "Well, who knew? You can really take a huge amount of punishment."

Mr.3 replied, "Never underestimate the abilities of a criminal mastermind. I will defeat you, strawhat. I will keep Baroque Works' secrets safe." The man then sent another tidal wave of wax toward the two, but Sanji jumped into the air avoiding it and Luffy hang onto a tree.

The man then said, "Watch me as I defeat you both." He then made some kind of armor on his body made from wax as he said, "Look at my amazing masterpiece."

The man then yelled, "Ms. Goldenweek, please paint it for me." when he didn't hear a reply. He looked only to see the girl passed out with his other targets there, so the man said, "I guess that I have to beat you then."

Luffy readied himself, "You can try, candle man."

Back with Usopp, the boy looked at the rope and checked it. he nodded his head, "Operation free our crewmates: the second phase begins now." he then jumped on the duck and said, "Onward my noble stead."

The duck then ran toward the huge structure as Usopp readied the ropes to use them. The duck then ran all over the structure once it reached it with Usopp tying the soaked room on everything he can reach.

Once the duck was finished with the structure, it went to the giants where Usopp did the same thing and tied the giants with the ropes.

Broggy asked in confusion, "What are you planning to do, little human?" he knew the boy had a plan to free them, but didn't quite understand how the ropes will help them.

Usopp smiled and said, "Don't fear honorable warrior for your freedom will be guaranteed in a few moments." He then made Karoo go to Luffy and Sanji to set the final part of his action in motion.

The boy ran toward them and yelled, "Luffy, grab his head for me, will you?" the boy then lifted a part of the rope and Luffy understood what he had to do.

Luffy then jumped high and landed on the shoulder of Mr.3's armor. The boy said, "Thank you for the assist, candle man." The boy then grabbed his head and pulled it down where the flame on the top of his hair was near the ground as the man struggled.

Usopp smiled as he jumped off Karoo and quickly ran toward the two to finish everything off and free their friends from their prison. He only needed a small spark to ignite the fire.

Sanji to hold Mr.3 still kicked him in the back of his armor causing him to fall on the ground as Usopp came near him and put the rope near the flame.

The small flame then caused a line of fire to go toward the giant structure, and soon enough a massive flame erupted all over the structure. Usopp patted himself on the back, but one person seemed a little bit opposed to what happened.

Sanji went and kicked Usopp, "You idiot, you killed Nami-swan."

The long-nosed boy rubbed the back of his head in pain, "No, you moron. I saved her from being turned into a human statue. She should be free any moment now."

Luffy then said, "Good and all, but I still needed to kick Mr.3's butt, so goodbye." The boy then went to the downed man who lifted his head.

Mr.3 then saw all his hard work go to waste, "What happened to magnificent work? You, people, shouldn't have been able to find a way to defeat me. it's impossible."

Luffy appeared in front of him smiling, "Nothing is impossible, candle man." Luffy then delivered a hard haymaker to the man's face sending him up straight. He followed that with a strong kick to the man's armor which cracked a little.

Luffy smiled, "Looks like your strong armor isn't so strong after all." The boy then kicked him hard in the face.

Mr.3 yelled, "I won't be taken down by a brat."

Luffy laughed a little, "It's too late. You are already defeated." The boy stretched his arms backward and yelled, "Gum-Gum…" The arms came back and impacted with Mr.3's armor, "…Bazooka"

Upon contact, the wax armor shattered into tiny pieces sending Mr.3 sprawling to the ground near the forest. The man looked at Luffy with sweat flying down his forehead as he quickly turned and made a run for it inside the thick jungles with Luffy yelling, "Oh, no. you don't."

Back with Usopp, he was looking at the massive inferno as two figures jumped from it. Zoro and Nami were now freed from their waxy prison. Usopp then looked toward the giants as slowly from where they were trapped two huge beings stood up laughing.

Dorry looked at Usopp, "That was a god plan to help us, tiny humans. I have to admit. I didn't expect anyone of you to have the guts to set everything on flames."

Broggy also laughed, "Yeah, this tiny human saved us the warriors of Elabf. He must have a strong spirit to do that." the boy was smiling happily as he was acknowledged by the giants, but he suddenly felt a very malicious aura behind him.

The boy turned his back and saw Nami holding a part of her shirt, "This was one of my favorite shirts and now it has burn marks on it. expect the fee for this will be added to your bill." The boy gulped since the girl already had most of the crime in debt except Zoro who said he doesn't do deals with witches.

The boy sighed in defeat, "Well, as long as you're good, it doesn't matter. I mean what is the worst that you can put on there? I mean I already have 100% interest."

The girl smiled as if he was challenging her, "Really, now?" she walked up to him and whispered in his ear, "How does 1000% interest sound to you? Is it bad enough?"

The boy fell over, "That's robbery. You can't do that to me. I won't be able to pay even if I lived a thousand generations." The girl shrugged telling him to figure it out since it wasn't any of her problems.

The boy slumped to the ground as Robin and Vivi approached them, "So I see that everyone is free now?" Robin said. Usopp nodded his head.

The black-haired girl then looked around and didn't see Luffy, "Where is Luffy?"

Sanji pointed to the forest and said, "He went off to finish that candle man. He should be back in a few minutes." The man then took a puff from his cigarette.

Robin walked toward the jungle and said, "I hope he doesn't get trapped since that little girl managed to escape from us when we gave her our backs."

Broggy said, "Don't worry. We'll help if needed."

Robin smiled as she looked at the forest.

It wasn't like Luffy was going to be defeated, but she couldn't help but be worried for him…

In the forest, Luffy was running and yelling, "You can't just run from me forever, you know. Just give up and I promise that I will keep the beating to a minimum."

The boy then entered a clearing and saw many clones of Mr.3 standing there. The man quickly began to monologue, "Tell me strawhat, what are you going to do now? how are you planning to defeat me?"

The boy didn't say anything. He only looked around him trying to find the source of the sound.

The man carried on, "While you go and look for each one of those clones to see if they were the real me, I'll be able to trap and defeat you. I suggest that you…" The man was silenced when Luffy kicked him in the face cutting him off.

The boy looked where the man was standing and said, "You should've kept quiet. You would have had a better chance of beating me not that it mattered anyway at the end of the line."

The man asked as he passed out, "How did you manage to find me so quickly?" the man then fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

Luffy looked at him and said, "I have very super instincts and you weren't quiet. I just had to pinpoint the location of the sound." The boy looked to the side and asked, "Now, what to do with you?" he stretched his arms and caught Ms. Goldenweek who was shivering.

The girl then said, "Please, I swear that I won't harm anyone anymore. Just let me go."

The boy looked her in the eyes and said, "Fine, but don't harm my friends, ok." The girl nodded her head as she ran quickly away from Luffy who took out her partner like he was nothing.

The boy then walked back to the rest of the crew.

It took him a little bit of navigation, but he managed to reach them. He looked at them and said, "Well, I managed to beat that candle man."

Vivi smiled, "Well since that is over. This means that we can move on with our travels."

Nami interrupted her, "Vivi, we can't. we need some kind of way to leave the island and go to a new one since apparently, the log pose needs a year to lock onto a place."

The blue-haired girl smiled, "Not a problem since we have…" Sanji pulled out something, "…Tada, a permanent log pose to my country."

Nami smiled as she felt relief flood through her body, "Does that means…"

Vivi nodded her head, "We can load up and quickly leave the island." the girl was shocked when Nami turned to the crew and yelled, "Alright now, move quickly. We need to finish this and go on moving."

Everyone nodded and they entered the forest and went to the ship. The giants excuse themselves saying that they needed to ready themselves for something.

During the walk, Robin slapped Nami back and yelped, "Ouch"

Nami asked her, "Why did you slap my back?"

The girl looked at her hand and saw that it was red from where she was bitten, "Well, I saw this bug on your back so I slapped it away. I didn't think it had such a strong bite." The girl began to rub the area as Nami took a look at it.

The girl cringed a little, "It seems that the area is inflated a little bit. I think we have a couple of disinfectants on the ship, so I'll apply some, and let's hope for the best."

Robin nodded her head, but she still scratched the area where the bite was since it was making her feel a bit uncomfortable. Truly, this was a rare case where kindness came back and bit her where it truly hurts. She can only hope this isn't serious.

The girls made it to the ship, but they noticed that Zoro and Sanji were arguing with each other. The two were arguing with each other about whose kill was the largest. It was amusing to say, but the girls had much more important things to attend to.

Sanji yelled at Zoro, "No, my kill is the bigger one. Look at it. it's longer and bigger than yours, so that means I win this competition." The man said pointing at his T-rex.

Zoro shook his head, "But yours is much thinner than mine, so that means I win this. Just deal with, swirly-brow." Zoro then put one foot on his triceratops while smirking. The two then continued their back and forth till Nami threw a plank at them.

Zoro looked at her pissed while Sanji looked like he was hit by an angel. The girl yelled, "I don't care whose kill is bigger than who. Just cut up one of them and let's get moving."

She then looked at Zoro and said, "Cut up yours and load it up." This made the man smirk while Sanji fell to the ground despair evident on his face.

The green-haired man did what she told him too happily. In fact, he did a little bit too happy as he smiled at his crewmate's anguish making the girl roll her eyes.

Robin then came and said, "Are they at it again? They seem quite lively. It makes me smile sometimes. Plus, it's good entertainment if you ask me."

Nami looked at her and said, "No, it isn't. Those two are always getting on my nerves with their constant yelling. I just hope that they grow out of it someday."

Robin smiled, "Well, I believe they do that as a form of stress relief. It's tiring being on the sea 24/7 for days, so it's their own way of blowing steam."

The orange-haired girl rubbed her shoulder, "Well when you put it that way, I guess it makes sense."

Robin walked to the cabin and walked inside, "I'm going to make a sandwich. Do you want something?"

Nami shook her head as she saw the girl enter the room, and the guys load in the meat. She then went around the ship and saw Usopp. The girl then asked him, "Are we ready to sail yet?"

The boy nodded his head and said, "Yeah, 'Going Merry' is operational."

The ship then began to sail toward the exit of the island. the two then noticed the two giants standing on the edge of the island. this made Nami feel a bit uncomfortable, so she said, "Hey there guys, is there something wrong?"

The giants just stood there. Their weapons were raised high into the sky and they looked into the distance making the girl wonder what were they looking at or what were they waiting for.

Broggy then said, "My friends, when the time comes keep sailing forward. Don't be afraid. We will help you exit this island safely." This made sweat begin to gather on the orange-haired girl's forehead wondering what type of monstrosity was waiting for them.

Dorry then added, "You have helped us a lot today little humans, so allow us to return the favor to you." Nami at this point gulped a little and was about to ask the course be changed, but Usopp grabbed her shoulder and shook his head.

The girl hesitantly nodded and said, "Well, you heard them. Keep moving forward."

The crew then moved around the ship making sure it kept moving straight. The ship was now slowly making its way toward the opening of the island when the water began to move.

Nami gulped, "What in the world is lurking in these waters?" she looked at Usopp who was shivering but steeled himself. She really regretted not taking another exit.

Suddenly from the water, a huge goldfish jumped out from it and went toward the ship to swallow it whole causing Nami to yell, "Everyone, change course. quickly change course."

Usopp then yelled, "No, don't. the giants told us that they were going to help us so we have to trust them." The others were conflicted as they didn't know what to do.

They didn't have a lot of time to think about what to do as the huge fish was upon them causing Nami to yell at Usopp, "You idiot, we're about to die because of you."

On the shoreline, the giants looked at the huge fish and Dorry said, "Because of this monster, our friends might not be able to continue their journey. We can't allow that, can we Broggy?"

The other giant laughed, "No, we can't so let's help them escape this beast."

Both giants then raised their weapons and said, "Kingdom" They then swung their weapon's downward toward the huge fish, "Sovereignty"

The ship was now in front of the fish mouth. The huge beast opened its mouth and took them in, but before it can swallow them, a huge pressure came from the outside cutting a hole inside the monster and allowing safe passage for the crew.

Usopp looked back at the giants and yelled, "I promise you both that I will become a brave warrior of the sea and I will visit Elbaf one day."

The boy had tears in his eyes as the ship sailed away from the island, but he then looked at Nami who was pissed off beyond belief, and said meekly, "I'm sorry."

A couple of miles away from the little garden, a marine ship was bobbing in the water. On its deck was Tashigi who was looking at a new sword in her collection. The woman was still strong in her dream of collecting all known swords from all pirates and bounty hunters to perverse them.

The woman was fanning over her latest achievement when she heard her captain calling out for her, "Tashigi, you sword freak. Come here, this instant, or else I'm cutting your salary."

The woman quickly ran to her captain and asked, "Sir, I'm here how can I be of assistance?"

The man then pointed toward Den-den Mushi and said, "We managed to intercept this call a while back from an island nearby. Take a look."

The woman then sat near the transponder snail as it recited the call or at least bits of it, "Sir… Mr. zero… Princess Vivi… the strawhats… eliminated… the black-haired girl… captured…"

The woman then stopped a little and said, "Vivi? Isn't that the name of the princess of Alabasta?"

Smoker nodded his head. The man stood up and said, "Whatever the princess has to do with the strawhats, I don't know, but I know where to get some of my answers."

The man then walked over to a man with the number 11 imprinted on his cheeks and said, "So pretty boy, mind telling how you work for or do we have to do this the hard way?"

The man looked at him, "You won't anything out of me, so don't bother. I was sworn to secrecy, so I won't say anything to anyone. Do your best."

Smoker then said, "Well, we don't need anything. All I need is to confirm some information I took from the letter in your pocket. Nothing else. So make it easier on yourself."

The man panicked as he said, "Letter? What letter? No way, if the boss knows that I revealed that I worked for Baroque works to the Marines, he'll have my head hung on the kingdom's gates back in the capital."

Smoker then said, "Thank you for the information. That's all I need." He then stood up and began walking away from the man who realized that he was tricked and began to yell at Smoker telling him to come back here.

The man then walked up to Tashigi and said, "Tell everyone to set sail to Alabasta this moment."

The girl nodded her head and went to give the orders. When she was done, she asked him, "Do you really think that strawhat and his crew were taken out?"

The man looked at her taking a puff from his cigars, "Knowing him and his track record, I believe it's highly unlikely, so that's why I'm going to Alabasta to determine that myself because if someone took out strawhat that means we're in front a bigger danger…"

The girl looked forward and frowned. She knew that if Luffy was there then so was Rorona Zoro. She has to fight him and reclaim her honor as a swordswoman.

She also really wanted to take those swords away from him. He didn't deserve them.

Author's notes:

Hey guys and welcome back to a new chapter of my fanfic. In this chapter, the crew was freed from Mr.3 and the crew managed to defeat the 3 duo. The next chapter will focus on the beginning of the drum kingdom arc.

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And finally, I hope you all enjoy reading my work, and see you next time with a brand new chapter.