Tsuru witnesses Luffy's battle with Doflamingo, and Luffy receives an offer she SHOULD refuse...

Author's note: So far this is my longest chapter. Brace yourselves!

Vice Admiral Tsuru eyed the birdcage as her ship approached Minion Island. She had been stationed at Swallow Island priorly to wait for the Donquixote Family's pirate ship to show up so she could capture them at last. However, not long ago, Sengoku had contacted her to tell her that Garp's granddaughter, Luffy, had been taken hostage by the Barrels Pirates and that a member of G-5, Vergo, was apparently a spy for Doflamingo, who was likely aware of her mission.

With the implication of the Donquixote pirates being tipped off to Tsuru's position and the other unforeseen circumstances, Tsuru was forced to abandon her post to go to the island to rescue Luffy and hopefully arrest both pirate crews. The Donquixote family were definitely on Minion Island right now, given how Doflamingo used one of his signature techniques over the ghost town, and it was likely little Luffy was trapped inside.

Tsuru muttered to herself, "Garp, how the hell could you let your granddaughter run off to the North Blue like this? How'd she even get up here?!"

Before Tsuru could wonder about those matters for much longer, she soon caught sight of two figures flying around in the air, seeming to be in some sort of fight.

She focused her Observation Haki to look more closely, where she immediately recognized Donquixote Doflamingo, who was suspending himself in the air using his string-string fruit powers. That sight was not much of a surprise to her, though when she caught a look at his current foe, she couldn't help but gasp.

It was a little girl, who couldn't be more than 6 years old! She was keeping herself up in the air using Moonwalk and seemed to be inflicting Tempest Kicks and Flying Finger Pistols to fight back against Doflamingo! Whenever the pirate tried to attack her though, she used Shave to quickly dodge. Did Cipher Pol send an agent to the island without Tsuru knowing, and why would they send someone so young?

Suddenly, one of her soldiers ran up to her holding the transponder snail, stating, "It's Vice Admiral Sengoku!"

Tsuru picked up the receiver and said, "Sengoku, I'm almost to Minion Island. It seems Doflamingo had erected a birdcage over the ghost town and is in a fight with someone."

"Damn, a birdcage is what I was most afraid of," Sengoku replied. "You'll never be able to get inside it, or get out, which means that Luffy and my informant are trapped inside! Who's Doflamingo fighting? Is he a tall blond man?"

Tsuru furrowed her brow, "No, it seems to be a young girl, maybe around 6 years old, who is skilled in the Six Powers. Did Cipher Pol send an agent to this island?"

"A Cipher Pol agent that's a little girl? That's very unlikely. Surely, they would've informed me if they were," Sengoku answered.

Suddenly, Garp's voice shouted over the phone, "A little girl?! What does she look like?!"

"Garp! If you want to speak on the phone, at least ASK me to hand the receiver to you!" Sengoku snapped.

Tsuru answered, pretty in tune with Garp's abruptness, "She has short black hair and is wearing a red long coat, though it doesn't seem like it'd be warm enough for this sort of cold weather…"

"Short black hair?! That has to be Luffy!" Garp gasped. "She's fighting Doflamingo?!"

"Yes, and she seems to be holding her own against him," Tsuru replied, her brows raising as she focused her vision back on the fight. Luffy had just Moonwalked close to Doflamingo and used what appeared to be Six Kong Gun on his abdomen, which knocked the wind out of him a little, along with some droplets of blood.

"When did you teach her the Six Powers? She seems to be pretty experienced with them," she asked. If Luffy was good this young, she'd be very strong as an adult.

"I never taught her anything!" Garp shouted. "I have NO idea how she knows those skills! Unless someone's been teaching them to her behind my back…but that'd be impossible! Makino would've told me about it!"

"Well, someone had to have taught her," Tsuru stated. "I can't imagine a young child figuring out the abilities on her own."

For a moment, Tsuru thought she heard Garp mutter, "First Conqueror's Haki, and now the Six Powers!? What's next…"

Before she could ask about what he said, another person appeared in the fight. Only instead of Moonwalking or using some kind of power to fly to Luffy and Doflamingo's level in the air, it looked more like they were thrown up into the air by another.

It was an adolescent boy wearing a furry cap, who at first seemed startled by how high he was thrown up for a moment before snapping out of his shock and pointing his hand at Doflamingo's back.

The boy shouted something, and suddenly, a cube shot out from Doflamingo's chest, which Luffy caught in her hands. She held it out for the pirate to see, where Doflamingo's fierce frown was replaced by what seemed to be an expression of fear. He reached out a hand towards her, as if intending to take back what Luffy held, when she suddenly crushed it in her hands, resulting in a burst of red liquid.

Doflamingo seemed to choke, and his body froze in midair, and a second later, he fell to the ground. The birdcage began to fall apart immediately afterwards, and the boy fell from view as well, while Luffy Moonwalked downward to slow her descent.

Tsuru, gripping the receiver, said, "Garp…you're not going to believe what Luffy just did."

"What'd she do now?" Garp asked, his voice on edge.

Tsuru winced slightly, before saying, "She just killed Donquixote Doflamingo."

The snail was quiet for a moment, and then both Garp and Sengoku began to scream, "WHAAAAAAAAT?!"

Luffy stared down at Doflamingo's dead body, which had fallen right into the center of the courtyard. The blood from his heart was still dripping from her hands, coloring the snow around her feet red.

The Donquixote Family stared at the girl wide-eyed, no doubt shocked that she had killed their captain so easily. Luffy didn't blame them. After all, how many 6-year-olds can kill a full-grown adult this brutally?

She looked over at Law, who had been caught in Drake's arms after being tossed into the air by the dino-man, where he had made that quick move to aid Luffy. He was breathing a little heavily and had sweat beading down his forehead, prompting Luffy to ask, "Are you okay, Law?"

The boy managed a smile and nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine. Just still a little shaken about being tossed up so high into the air and falling so fast."

Drake furrowed his brow, "You were the one with the crazy idea, so I hope you're not blaming me for it."

Law sighed, "I didn't expect you to throw me up so hard…"

Drake chuckled as Corazon walked slowly through the courtyard, eyes locked on his older brother's corpse. "My god, she actually did it…" he muttered. He looked at Luffy with his saucer-sized eyes and said, "You killed him…"

Luffy, with a serious frown, said, "I had to. He was going to do some very bad stuff soon, right?"

Corazon nodded, "Y-yeah, but…you're so young! You took a life! How do you feel about that?"

Luffy looked back at Doflamingo's body and said, "I feel no remorse, but that's only because he was evil. And I feel calmer now that he's dead, cause I know he's not going to hurt anyone now, especially you."

Corazon's jaw dropped slightly, but he nodded, "Yeah, I guess that's a valid feeling…"

Suddenly, Luffy heard Trebol laugh, "Beh-heh-heh-heh! I gotta say, Luffy! That was quite a show you put on just now!"

Luffy looked back over at the Donquixote family, to see the slimy executive, accompanied by Diamante and Pica, walking over to her. Oh crap, she forgot about them. They weren't as powerful as Doflamingo, but they were going to be a hassle to deal with, and honestly, Luffy was a little tired now.

Diamante nodded, "Yeah, kid. I never thought I'd see the day Dofy would be defeated, least of all by a little girl. You must be pretty proud of yourself, huh?"

Luffy furrowed her brow, "Not exactly proud. Just content that he won't live to cause trouble in the New World. He had horrible things planned."

Trebol nodded, "That he did, and you put an end to all of that…maybe."

Luffy frowned, "Maybe?"

Trebol grinned down at her, "We have a proposition for you; since you killed Dofy, you can be our new boss!"

"WHAT!?" was the general response by everyone, especially the rest of the Donquixote Family.

Baby 5, with tears in her eyes, sniffed, "B-but…she killed the young master. I thought you guys cared about him! He needed you so much! Will Luffy have a need for us?"

Giolla nodded, "Yes! While Master Doflamingo was himself sadistic, this child is worse, and I don't think I can deal with that! She admits that she feels no remorse!"

Lao G furrowed his brow, "Also, she's Garp's granddaughter, with a G! She probably wants to be a Marine when she grows up, with a G!"

"Also, she used Cipher Pol techniques to fight the young master, so she could be a contender for that!" Senor Pink added.

The executives ignored them and kept their focus on Luffy, where Diamante continued the offer, "Be our new boss, Luffy, and we'll follow you wherever you go and carry out your every command. You're strong, kid. Stronger than Doflamingo, so I have a feeling that we could benefit from having you lead us than him. You have the power and skill to take over the world!"

Luffy glared up at them and sneered, "That's some loyalty you have. Did you by any chance follow Doflamingo just to benefit from his power, too?"

Corazon furrowed his brow at the trio, "You know, now that I think about it…that could be likely…"

Trebol waved his hand, saying, "Hey-hey-hey! This is about Luffy, not Dofy. He's irrelevant to this proposal."

Luffy crossed her arms, "Actually he is. I just want to know if you'll turn tail if I'm ever defeated and end up serving whoever beats me. I'd rather have a crew that's loyal to the bitter end."

Diamante smirked, albeit with sweat dripping down his face, "We'll be loyal! More loyal than we were to Dofy! Don't worry about the details and just lead us! We have a good pirate ship that I'm sure you'll like. It's mostly pink!"

Luffy frowned, "I like red more."

Diamante eyed her blood-covered hands, "Yeah, I can guess that…"

Corazon clenched his teeth, "Luffy, don't accept their offer! I know these men well, and they're the last people in the world you can count on."

Trebol glared at him and snarled, "You keep out of this, traitor!" before looking back at Luffy with a smile, "So, what do you say, Luffy? You want to set sail with us? Or do you want to be a dog of the government like your grandpa. Word of warning, I hear the job is pretty lame!"

Diamante nodded and motioned at Law and Drake, "And if you agree to cooperate with us, we'll spare your friends here and let them come with us…though, Corazon might be better off left behind, given how loyal he was to Dofy!"

Luffy glared at the tall adults silently, before taking a deep breath and shouting, "I'm going to become King of the Pirates!"

Trebol threw his head back, laughing, "Beh-heh-heh-heh! That's the spirit! We knew you'd see things our way! Now, let's-."

"No," Luffy said, cutting him off. "You didn't let me finish; I'm going to become King of the Pirates, but not with the likes of bastards who can't remain loyal to a captain because someone stronger came along! I'm going to put together my own pirate crew, and it's going to be a hell of a lot better than what Doflamingo had going!"

Trebol and Diamante's smiles vanished, and they glared down at the girl. "Is that your final answer?" the thinner man asked.

Luffy nodded, "Yep, and I'm not changing my mind."

Diamante scoffed, "Alright, it's your funeral then. Just remember this as you die; WE MADE YOU AN OFFER!" He pulled out his sword and pointed it towards Luffy. "We're going to make your death a hell of a lot more agonizing than you made Dofy and Vergo's!"

Corazon, reaching for one of his guns, shouted, "Luffy, get back!"

Drake quickly set Law down and snarled at the executives, where Pica put up his fists, his body gradually becoming stone. He was already fusing with the stone in the courtyard. If he merged with it completely, nobody would stand a chance!

But Luffy stood her ground, readying her fighting stance again. It was going to be three against one for the most part, and she was exhausted from having fought Vergo and Doflamingo, but maybe she still had some strength left…

However, before anyone could make any moves, Diamante was suddenly stabbed through the back by five blades, causing the tall man to cough up a great amount of blood and stare at his suddenly impaled upper body.

Luffy's brows rose, and she looked behind him to see who his attacker was but found nobody to be there! At least, not at first glance…

Due to the falling snow, Luffy could make out a tall feminine shape standing behind Diamante, with her right arm stretched upward towards his back, likely holding the weapon that had wounded him.

Luffy could make out a smirk on the stranger's face and heard a smug but sophisticated voice say, "My, my, men can't take no for an answer no matter what they offer! Isn't that annoying?"

The figure pulled the blades out of Diamante's back, resulting in the executive coughing up more blood and collapsing to the ground dead.

It was then that the figure revealed herself, where Luffy took note of her bobbed, black hair, her glowing bright green eyes, her sly smile, and her lab coat.

The next detail Luffy noticed was that she didn't have an actual weapon in her right hand; the 5 blades she stabbed Diamante with seemed to be her own fingernails, which were very long and looked to be made of metal!

Her brows rose and she couldn't help but exclaim, "Whoa! You have knives for fingernails!"

The woman nodded, "Indeed I do. It's my best built-in weapon. I'm a bit of a cyborg, you see."

Luffy's heart began to beat faster upon hearing the world "cyborg", Franky immediately coming to mind. "That's so cool!" she squealed, grinning huge.

The woman smirked, "A girl fascinated by cybernetics. How wonderful."

Then, she glared at the remaining executives and sneered, "What's not so wonderful are these unruly thugs trying to make someone as little and cute as you into a puppet for their own schemes." She looked back at Luffy and went on, "It was smart of you to turn them down, dear. They probably would've taken advantage of you as soon as you were legal, if not sooner."

Luffy's smile faded and her brow furrowed, "Legal of what?"

"NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT NOW!" Corazon and Drake both suddenly shouted.

Trebol and Pica stared down at Diamante's fallen body, where the former muttered, "She just appeared out of nowhere…and killed him! What the hell!?"

Pica glared at the woman and shouted, in the high-pitched voice Luffy remembered, "You bitch! I'll fucking crush you!"

After Pica spoke, the woman's brows rose and she immediately threw her heard back laughing, "Oh! Ohhohohohoho! Oh, I can't! I simply can't-BEASTIE, YOU DO IT! OHHOHOHOHO!"

Before Pica could become offended by the cyborg woman's laughter, he lurched forward, gasping out from pain, as if someone had just leapt onto his back and stabbed him.

"You never stay serious when it comes to weird voices! You need to get over that, Dom!" a man's voice snarled.

Luffy could make out a hooded figure clinging to Pica's back, using small knives that were stabbed into him to hold on. The figure then reared his head back a little, where for a second, Luffy thought she saw a glint of metal in the area where his mouth would be, before he quickly lowered his head down into Pica's neck, where a bite mark immediately appeared.

Pica's eyes grew huge, and he immediately let out the most agonized and high-pitched shriek Luffy had ever heard! She clasped her hands over her ears, wincing, while her friends quickly did the same. Soon, blood began to squirt out of the bitemark forming on the stone man's neck, and after another moment, the hunk of flesh was torn out, resulting in a tremendous spray!

"Oh god!" Corazon gasped out, becoming unsteady on his feet.

Pica lurched forward towards the ground, where his killer quickly leapt off and spat out the torn piece of neck.

"Ugh, so pitchy. I'm going to need an ale to deal with the earache," a gruff voice grumbled.

Then, the hooded figure, Beastie, became visible to everyone, where he and the woman named Dom both turned to face Trebol. "Now, for the gross one…" Dom sneered.

Trebol immediately put up his hands, "Hey-hey-hey! Stab and bite me all you want, but it won't do any good! I'm a mucus man, so those attacks mean nothing to me!"

Then, a new voice, an accented male's, stated, "Ordinarily yes; blades have no effect on Paramecia users…"

Suddenly, a loud whirring noise, that made Luffy think of a chainsaw, rang out, and suddenly, a set of five metal cables shot out of nowhere and circled around Trebol, "Except that these blades are infused with sea prism, mon!"

The cables wrapped around Trebol's body tightly, and with a hard pull, his entire body was cut into a pile of bloody chunks!

"OH MY GOD!" Corazon shouted as Drake, Law and the rest of the Donquixote family screamed at the top of their lungs. Luffy was the only one who stayed silent, staring at Trebol's cut up body with wide eyes.

The cables that had cut him apart immediately retracted into the shadows, where a man walked out. He seemed old, maybe around Garp's age, and had dark skin, long, gray-black dreadlocks, a stubble goatee, and vivid purple eyes, which weren't his most distinct features. His MOST distinct feature were his gauntlet-like arms that had claw-tipped fingers, which Luffy immediately realized were the source of the cables used to dice up Trebol.

The man took a long drag from the cigarette hanging in his mouth, where he breathed out a big puff of smoke, and said, "Well, that's three bounties for us."

He looked over at Luffy and said, "Good job on Doflamingo, little girl. Never thought I'd ever see a small child kill an adult so ruthlessly."

Luffy couldn't help but nod and say, "Thank you, mister."

The Donquixote family stared at the remains of the dead executives, where Baby 5 whimpered, "Wha-what do we do now?! They're all dead!"

Lao G, wincing, suggested, "Maybe we should get out of here, with a G!"

Gladius nodded, "Yeah, before any of them think of doing us in!"

However, when the family turned around to flee the plaza, they found several figures standing behind them.

One of them, a dark-skinned boy with curly hair and purple eyes like the old man, grinned, "Going somewhere, pirates? Hyehehehehe!"

Luffy looked over to hear a loud clamor of a fight, where she saw the remnants of the Donquixote family being beaten down by a group of teenagers and small children:

A dark-skinned boy and a young girl used chains to restrain Machvise, and with a hard pull, they seemed to crack something the big man's back that caused him to cry out a loud "EEEEENNNNN!" and collapse from the shock of the pain, and the two kids proceeded to cackle and tie up his wrists and ankles.

Lao G attempted to fight off one of the teenagers, a redhead with sheathed blades on his belt, but the young man managed to counter his attacks and pin the old man to the ground, and quickly tie his wrists and legs.

Giolla reached out to grab ahold of a teenage girl, likely to try to use her fruit power on her, but the girl nimbly stepped away and around her, and used a long staff to knock the woman down and keep her pinned.

Gladius faced his palms out towards the teenagers, likely aiming his own power to get them to release his allies, but a small girl stood in front of him and pointed her own palms at him, where a big blast of blue fire shot out, setting him ablaze. The man began to scream and threw himself down to the snow, where he proceeded to roll around, attempting to extinguish himself.

The girl who had helped take down Machvise looked at the small girl and said, "Burn him more, Mituna. You didn't do enough."

The small girl, Mituna, shook her head, "No, I don't want to."

After a couple of minutes, Gladius was lying on the ground, burns on his face and clothing, breathing heavily, either from exhaustion due to his freakout or from the pain he was feeling.

Buffalo and Senor Pink each attempted to escape using their own abilities but were promptly shot at by a sniper from somewhere, which seemed to render them unable to use their devil fruit powers. Baby 5 shifted one of her arms into a gun and looked around, trying to find the shooter, but ended up shot in the arm herself, forcing it to revert to a normal hand.

Luffy looked around until she spotted another red-haired teenager standing on a roof in the ghost town, who brandished an impressive rifle. He lowered his gun, smirked for a moment, and then vanished from her sight. After another moment, he appeared in the courtyard, gun slung onto his back.

The old man with the gauntlets smiled and nodded at the group, "Good work, rookies!"

Dom purred a laugh, "Ohhohoho. See, Mituna, you did just fine! And good job to you, too, Evie, Arie."

Beastie huffed, "It's going to be a big hassle getting all these people turned in. I don't think our brig is big enough to handle the big bastard with the other people."

Luffy looked up at him and stated, "There's a squad of Marines already on the island, and another ship coming, so I think you can leave these guys here."

Arlo nodded, "Yeah, and the underlings aren't worth much. Their captain and these executives however…"

He looked towards the twin redheads and ordered, "Get chopping!"

The teens nodded and the one with all the knives pulled out two long ones, where he handed one to the sniper and the two promptly went over to the bodies of Doflamingo and his executives.

Corazon looked over at the adults and asked in a wary tone, "Who…who are you people?"

Dom smiled down at him and declared, "We are bounty hunters, who just so happened to be passing by when we noticed the birdcage. We came ashore, hoping to nab Doflamingo, but imagine our surprise when we saw that little girl kill him all on her own."

Luffy shook her head, "I didn't do it by myself. Law helped me."

Dom shrugged, "Still, a kill's a kill. How old are you dear?"

"Six."

Dom's brows rose, "SIX! So young!" She then looked over at the kids and called out, "Mituna, this girl is the same age as you! How about you come over and make friends?"

Mituna moved to hide behind the teenage girl, who Luffy presumed was her older sister, and seemed to try to avoid looking at Luffy. The teenage girl smiled down at her and patted her on the head, "Go on, Mituna. She doesn't seem so bad."

After a moment, Mituna stepped out from behind the older girl and approached Luffy, where she said softly, "Hi…I'm Cutter Mituna."

Luffy grinned, "Hi, Mituna! I'm Monkey D Luffy, and one day, I'm going to be King of the Pirates!"

The gauntlet man frowned, "King of the Pirates? Well, that's a damn shame. We could've used a kid as skilled as you in our hunting group." He then looked at Corazon, Drake and Law, where he asked in a serious tone, "And who are you all? You aiming to be pirates, too?"

Corazon quickly shook his head, "No, sir! My name is Donquixote Rocinante, and officially, I'm not a real pirate. I was only in my brother's crew to keep tabs on his dealings and wrongdoings."

Law nodded, "Yeah, and I was recruited into the crew about 3 years ago. My name's Trafalgar law and I had past dreams to be a doctor one day, and…I guess I could try to do that, but that'll depend on if I'll die soon or not."

Beastie looked over at Law and finally pulled his hood down, revealing his blood-red hair and serious silver eyes. Her furrowed his brow and said, "That's Amber Lead syndrome you got, isn't it?" When he spoke, Luffy immediately noticed he had pointed metal teeth.

She stepped up and said firmly, "Amber Lead's not contagious."

The man glared his eyes down at her and snapped, "I know it's not, you brat! My husband's a doctor and he knew that when the original outbreak happened!"

Law furrowed his brow, "Your…husband?"

Luffy looked up at Law and said, "Different folks, different strokes, Law."

The silver-eyed man rolled his eyes, and he went on, "My husband knew about the Flevance incident, but he figured out a treatment for the Amber Lead right before that genocide was orchestrated. He tried to give it to the government but apparently, they weren't interested!"

Law's brows rose, "Your husband found a cure for Amber Lead Syndrome?!"

Corazon's jaw dropped, "Why are we just hearing about it now?! All the other doctors we've seen hadn't found a cure for it!"

"I just told you; the government didn't want the cure!" Beastie shouted. "Do you not listen?!"

Corazon flinched, "Oh, right, sorry…"

Luffy furrowed her brow and mentally said, "This didn't happen in the original timeline…"

"I told you that there'd be deviations," Umi replied.

Drake stepped up last and stated, "My name is Diez Drake. I was a pirate under my father's control, but now I'm free of him and wish to be a Marine."

"Boo," a monotone voice said, coming from the direction of the redhaired twins.

The knife one lightly punched the sniper one on the shoulder saying, "Lloyd, don't judge."

"I'll say what I want, Floyd," Lloyd replied, glancing over at Drake with his silver eyes.

Luffy looked up at the bounty hunters and asked, "What are your names?"

Dom stood up straight and tall and stated. "I am Cutter Dominica, huntress, cyber-physician, and doctor, at your service."

The sharp-toothed man snarled, "Wagner Beast."

The gauntlet man raised a fist, "Grimshaw Arlo. Nice to meet you, girl."

Corazon's brows rose, "Wow! I never thought I'd meet the likes of you in the North Blue. I could've sworn you only hunted in the Grand Line or New World."

"Usually we do, but sometimes, we sail in the Blues for the hell of it, mon," Arlo stated.

Luffy frowned, "Wait, are you guys famous?"

"More like infamous," Corazon corrected. "At least for pirates. These three are some of the hunters you do NOT want to cross!"

Luffy's brows rose, and she winced, "Uh, you're not going to hunt me because I want to be King of the Pirates, are you?"

Dom chuckled, "Ohhoho, don't worry, dear. We don't kill children. They're too little and cute to die!"

Arlo pointed at the teenagers and kids and stated, "These kids are training to be bounty hunters. They're each related to one of us. The boy with the curly hair and possessed grin is my grandson, Nightshade."

The boy in question ran over to Law and greeted with a huge grin, "Yo!" and then his brows rose when he seemed to get a look at Law's skin. "Damn! You're skin's patchy!"

"Don't be rude, boy," Arlo told him sternly.

Beast pointed at the redhaired twins and said, "Those two are my sons, Floyd and Lloyd. Floyd uses knives and thinks with his fists, and Lloyd uses guns and thinks with his brain."

"Hey!" Floyd shouted, while Lloyd said, "Don't argue with father, Floyd. It's TRUE."

Dom leaned down and patted Mituna on the head, "Mituna here is my youngest daughter. My eldest is Arie, with Evie as my middle child."

Luffy nodded her head, but then furrowed her brow. She noticed that while the girls looked similar, they didn't look fully related. Like Aria had green eyes like Dom, while Evie had gold and Mituna had red. "They look sort of different from each other. Do they each have a different dad?" she asked.

Dom's eyes seemed to glow more as she clenched her teeth, "We do not talk about their fathers!"

Luffy flinched for a second, and heard Law mutter, "She killed them, didn't she?" where Drake hissed, "Don't assume things like that!"

At that moment, Floyd and Lloyd walked over to the adults, each holding a pair of full burlap sacks, which no doubt held the heads of Doflamingo and his executives.

"Okay, the heads are all bagged up. Should we head back to the ship now?"

Beast nodded, "Yeah, the sooner the better."

Corazon raised a brow and asked, "Where are you going from here?"

"Well, we plan to dock at Swallow Island to stay out of the Marines' way for the night, and afterward, we're going to seek out a town where we can turn in our killed bounties," Arlo explained. "If we're lucky, we may have the opportunity to put on a show on said island."

Luffy's brows rose, "A show?"

Arlo ignored her and asked, "Where are you four going?

Corazon smiled, "We actually need to get to Swallow Island too. Mind if we tag along?"

"Yes," Beast growled while Arlo said, "Nah, of course not, mon."

Corazon sighed in relief and looked down at Drake, Law and Luffy, "Well, it looks like we'll have a place to stay for the night! Once we've had a good rest, we can figure out what to do the next morning!"

Beast looked at law and said, "My husband will see to your illness. You're not going to die, boy."

Lloyd nodded, "Your dark fate will be altered."

Luffy furrowed her brow. Another sniper that talked about fate. Lloyd and Van Augur would probably have a LOT to talk about...

Drake looked back at the remainder of the Donquixote family, where he asked, "So…we're just going to leave them here? Some of them look badly injured…"

Beast shrugged, "The Marines will scoop them up soon. Their wellbeing should not be our concern anyway."

Luffy looked at the pirates and found herself focused on two particular members, where two voices from her past spoke in turn:

"I don't mind dying…it just means I'll get to be with Russian and Gimlet again…"

"Thank you for needing me for this final battle, Straw Hat!"

Luffy raised a hand and said, "Um, can I make a suggestion?"

I don't think I captured Lao G's way of talking right...

We can probably guess what Luffy's suggestion will be. After all, we can't let Senor Pink go on without having met Russian, or Baby 5 not meeting Sai in the future!

Luffy will learn more about Arlo, Beast, Dom and their hunting troupe, but what?

What'll Tsuru uncover when she arrives to Minion Island?

Find out in the next chapter!

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