"Run Princess Vivi!" Igaram shouted as he kept up his attack.

"Igaram!" she shouted. Everyone was watching the cloud of smoke, which was all the distraction that Mr. 9 needed to untie her. "Huh?"

"Run." he whispered before Igaram was blown away by a bomb.

"IGARAM!" she shouted as she looked to see his smoking figure on the ground.

"What'd he do?" Johnny asked as they all looked to see the smoke clear and both figures were unharmed.

"I don't know who you all are, but our target isn't any of you." Mr. 5 said.

"Hand over Princess Vivi and we may just let you leave alive." Miss Valentine's Day said before laughing.

"Actually," Luffy said, gaining everyone's attention. "I'd like to fight you guys."

"Huh?" they both said, just as confused as the rest of them.

"Heh. You're either brave or stupid kid." Mr. 5 smirked as his partner laughed.

"We're on a level far above all the rest here." she said. "We're officer agents."

"Wait a moment." Miss Monday said as she started to sit up. "If anyone's fighting, it's me."

"And me." Mr. 9 said as he pulled out his bats and stood between Vivi and the Mr. 5 pair.

"But...why?" Vivi asked.

"I haven't a clue as to what's going on, but we've been partners for a long time." he said as Miss Monday stood next to him.

"Besides, we're already in trouble for being beaten. Might as well go down helping a friend." she said as she cracked her knuckles.

"Heh. That's real cute." Mr. 5 said as he picked his nose with both fingers. "I'll deal with you both since you're so eager to die. Double Nose Fancy!" he shouted as he held up his hands towards them all.

"Is he really gonna fling his boogers at us?" Nojiko asked in disbelief.

"CANNON!" he shouted as he flung them at them. Mr. 9 and Miss Monday braced themselves.

"Iron Body!" Luffy said as he stepped in the path of the boogers. He was then engulfed in a huge explosion, shocking everyone around.

"LUFFY!" his crew shouted.

"What the fuck just happened?!" Gin shouted.

"Hmph. Guess the kid had a death wish." Mr. 5 said.

"What is that guy?!" Yosaku yelled.

"Simple. I'm a bomb man who ate the Bomb Bomb Fruit." Mr. 5 explained.

"So your boogers explode?!" Johnny asked.

"Any part of me can explode. And explosions don't hurt me at all." Mr. 5 said with a smirk.

"Kyahahaha. That's what he gets for playing hero." Miss Valentine's Day laughed. Everyone just stared as the smoke cleared, revealing an unharmed and smiling Luffy. "What?!"

"You're okay!" Johnny yelled in relief.

'He took those explosions like they were nothing!' thought Vivi, Igaram, Mr. 9 and Miss Monday.

"Guess your bomb powers are as strong as you thought." Alvida said, sounding a little less angry.

"What kind of trick did you pull?" Mr. 5 asked in equal disbelief.

"I just used Iron Body." he said, confusing everyone around.

"Iron Body?" Nojiko asked.

"It's one of a few powerful techniques dubbed 'The Six Powers'." Luffy said. "I'll show you guys while taking these two down."

"Six Powers?" most of them said.

"Yeah. Watch this." Luffy said. "SHAVE!" he said before disappearing. Before anyone knew what happened, Mr. 5 and his partner were rammed into a far off building. He knew his crew could beat them no problem, but he wanted to demonstrate how powerful he was. And he also had a hint of resentment towards them for interferring with the fight between the giants.

"Whoa! That's fast!" Mr. 9 said. Soon after, the building erupted in multiple explosions. Through the smoke, they saw Miss Valentine's Day floating high in the air.

"She's flying?" Gin asked.

"Kyahahaha. Nope. I ate the Kilo Kilo fruit. I can change my weight from 1 to 10,000 kilograms in an instant." she bragged.

"Princess." Igaram whispered to Vivi from where he lay. "Please, you must run. If you die, the kingdom is lost."

"Thanks for the exercise." Luffy said as he walked out of the smoking building, dragging a beaten Mr. 5 out with him. "Helped me digest all that food."

"No way! He beat Mr. 5 so easily?!" Mr. 9 said.

'Impossible!' Miss Valentine's Day thought. 'He doesn't even have a scratch on him. Still, they seem distracted, so I'll use this chance to crush Miss Wednesday into dust.' she thought with a smirk as she floated above her prey. Luffy was the only one who noticed and decide to scare her.

"HEY!" he shouted, getting her attention and making everyone else look up. "Going somewhere?" he shouted before he started running towards her.

'Crap. He saw me.' she thought before smiling. "Whatcha gonna do? Fly up here?" she said.

"How'd you guess?" Luffy said before he started running up towards her in the sky. "Moon Walk!"

"HE'S REALLY FLYING!" Johnny and Yosaku shouted.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Miss Valentine's Day shouted, shocked that he was running up at her.

"That's something you don't see everyday." said a voice. Everyone turned to see Nami sitting up on the roof of a building.

"Bout time you joined us." Nojiko said with a grin as Nami looked down at Vivi.

"So you're a princess huh?" she asked.

"Y-yes." Vivi said. "And right now, I have to get back home."

"But what about the rest of Baroque Works?" Alvida asked. "I don't think they'll stop even when Luffy beats those two."

"I don't care!" she said. "I have to, or everything will have been for nothing."

"If that's the case, we'll gladly escort you home." Nami said. "We just ask for a small fee for our services: One Billion Berries."

"A billion?!" she and Igaram said in unison.

"Isn't that a bit much?" Gin asked.

"What?" Nami said with a smile. "She's royalty. Surely you have that much, don't you?"

"How's he doing that?" Zoro said, getting everyone to look where he was. Miss Valentine's Day was now on the ground and running away from Luffy.

"Doing what?" Yosaku asked.

"TEMPEST KICK!" Luffy shouted before kicking at the woman, sending what looked like a flying blade at her. She ducked just before it hit, leaving the attack to go through a building. Nothing happened at first, but the building slowly slid in half where his attack hit.

"WHAT ARE YOU?!" she shouted, now terrified of Luffy to the point of crawling away from him.

"Just really strong." he said with a smile. He looked down at her as that feeling came again.

"This is...humiliating." Mr. 5 said as he struggled to stand up and glare at Luffy before charging at him. He was rolling up his sleeves with the intent of hitting Luffy with another bomb punch. He was close enough and threw a punch, only for Luffy to bend and avoid it.

"Paper Art." Luffy said before spinning around and smashing his elbow into his face, knocking him out cold.

"Alright big bro!" Johnny cheered. Luffy stood there before looking down at Miss Valentine's Day.

"And you?" he asked as he gave her a cold glare. She stared back in fear before looking at Mr. 5. She then sighed and lowered her head.

"I give up."

()()()()

After restraining Miss Valentine's Day, everyone left the battleground to sit and talk to Vivi.

"So you're really a princess?" Mr. 9 asked.

"Yes. I'm Vivi Nerfetari, Princess of the Kingdom of Alabasta." Vivi said, now looking like how Luffy remembered her, without a stuck up look and her bangs in front of her forehead.

"So what's a princess doing working for an underground organization?" Zoro asked. "Bored with the life of royalty?"

"It's not that." she said with a sad tone. She then told them about how her country was in a civil war, which was slowly leading the country into self-destruction, how she decided to do something about which led to her and her companion Igaram infiltrated Baroque Works to find out who was pulling the strings behind for the past two years.

"You're pretty tough for a princess." Zoro said. He remembered what Luffy told them all earlier about what the royal family from his home island did and couldn't help but respect her. "So, what is it that they're planning?"

"At first, it was an ideal nation." Igaram said as they looked at him.

"But that was a lie." Vivi said. "It's real goal is to take over Alabasta. If I don't return home and warn my people, it'll be too late."

"That's the real reason?" Miss Valentine's Day said.

"Yes." Vivi replied. "Whatever you've been told was probably a lie."

"Shit." she said, now looking upset at being lied to.

"Guess you wouldn't have much money with your country as it is." Nami said.

"So who's behind the whole thing?" Alvida asked.

"THE BOSS?!" Vivi shrieked. "Don't ask!"

'So that's the secret Mr. 0 was talking about.' Miss Valentine's Day thought.

"So you do know huh?" Gin said.

"Yes, but you shouldn't ask!" Vivi shouted.

"Then we'll drop it." Nami said laughing nervously. "If this guy's trying to take over a whole country, then I'd rather not get on his bad side."

"No one would." Vivi said. "No matter how strong you all are, you'd be no match for one of the Seven Warlords! Not against Crocodile." Everyone stared at her for a few moments as they let it sink in. Luffy wanted to laugh at Vivi's slip of the tongue.

"Crocodile?" Luffy said, causing Vivi and Nami to turn white as she covered her mouth.

"Wow you've got a big mouth." Zoro said before everyone noticed an otter and a vulture looking down at them before flying away. Nami went ballistic and began shaking Vivi by her jacket and yelling at her while Vivi kept saying she was sorry.

"A...Warlord?" Miss Valentine's Day, Miss Monday, and Mr. 9 said in utter horror.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Alvida said as she covered her eyes with her hand in frustration.

"AHH! Big Bro, what's wrong?" Johnny screamed while Yosaku panicked. Everyone looked to see that Gin had fallen over with a smile on his face, which was slowly turning blue.

"It hasn't even been a full fucking day." he said in shock. "First Mihawk, now another one?" All of the crew looked at him, knowing that hearing that they have a Warlord on their backs was bringing back some bad memories. "This can't be happening."

"That's not good." Nojiko said as Nami kept going ape shit on Vivi before covering her eyes and crying.

"This can't be happening." she said.

"What do you know? A Warlord huh?" Zoro said with a grin.

"Sounds like fun." Luffy said.

"SHUT UP!" Nami shouted before she started walking away and dragging Nojiko along. "Nice knowing you guys!" she shouted back.

"Where you two going?" Yosaku asked.

"They don't know what we look like, so the two of us are out of here." she said before she noticed the otter from before had come back. He then showed a drawn picture for each of them present. "Hey, that's pretty good." Nami said before they both flew away and she screamed back at them. "NOW WE CAN'T RUN ANYWHERE!" That seemed to have been the last straw before she curled up into a ball on the ground and cried.

"I've got around 500,000 in my savings if you'd like." Vivi told her, trying to make her feel better.

"This is not good." Johnny said to Zoro. "You and brother captain are strong, but I don't think it'll be enough to beat a Warlord." Luffy smirked under his hat, knowing that he could kick Crocodile's ass all day if he wanted.

"This is nuts!" Mr. 9 shouted. "What do we do now?! Baroque Works has over 2,000 people in it! We can't fight them!"

"Calm down." Igaram said as he stood up. "I've got an idea."

()()()()

10 minutes later, Igaram and everyone were now near a ship that was ready to sail off.

"So you're plan is to sail off dressed as the princess with all these dummies to act as a decoy?" Zoro asked.

"Correct." Igaram said as Miss Monday and Mr. 9 were beside him.

"And you two?" Vivi asked.

"Like I said, you and I are friends." Miss Monday said with a smile.

"And you've been my partner in crime, so to speak." Mr. 9 said.

"The three of us will sail to Alabasta directly, while you and these pirates take the indirect island hopping route." he said.

"Hold it! We haven't agreed to take anyone anywhere!" Nami said. "And we still haven't talked about payment!"

"We'll do it." Luffy said with a smile.

"CROCODILE MIGHT BE AFTER US ALREADY!" Nami shouted.

"How dangerous is this Crocodile?" Nojiko asked.

"He's one of the Seven Warlords." Igaram said. "Before he became one though, his bounty was up to eighty million."

"THAT'S FOUR TIMES ARLONG'S BOUNTY!" Nami yelled. "NO WAY!"

"Okay." Luffy said, making Nami almost cry and the rest of the crew look at him from either blank to disbelief.

"We are eternally grateful." Igaram said before humming some scales and talking a bit higher. "Now I, Vivi, shall take my leave."

"Nice imitation." Luffy said.

'Not really." Most of them thought.

"Of what?" Zoro asked.

"Now Princess Vivi, please give me the Eternal Pose." Igaram said. Vivi looked at him with sad eyes before giving him the Eternal Pose.

"What's an Eternal Pose?" Nami asked.

"You don't know?" Igaram asked.

"It's like a permanent version of a Log Pose." he said holding up an hourglass shaped pose. "The Log Pose points you to the next island. An Eternal Pose always points to the same Island no matter where you are. This one is to our home counrty of Alabasta."

"And you three will head home this way?" Vivi asked worriedly.

"Yes. Please take the indirect route home Princess Vivi." Igaram said in a quiet voice. "I've never gone that way, but it should only be two or three islands until Alabasta." He then looked at Luffy. "Please, take care of the Princess in my absence."

"You got it." Luffy said with a smile.

"All of you." Vivi said as she looked at the three who were about to sail away.

"I expect your journey to be a harsh one." Igaram said with a calm voice and gentle smile. "Please be careful."

"I will." she said as they shook hands.

"Take care of yourself." Miss Monday said as she patted Vivi's head like a small child.

"Bye Bye Baby." Mr. 9 said as he placed his hand on her shoulder before they started towards the boat.

"Hey, wait a moment." Johnny said.

"What about this one?" Yosaku said. Everyone looked to see Miss Valentine's Day still sitting on the ground, her hands and feet tied with rope.

"That's a good question." Igaram said.

"Stay here and hope Baroque Works forgets about her?" Johnny asked.

"No." all of the ex-Baroque Work members said. They knew Crocodile would leave no loose strings.

"Flee on a ship?" Gin said.

"There's 2,000 people that she'd be running from." Mr. 9 said.

"Well if you can't stay or flee," Luffy said. "Why not come with us?"

"Huh?!" all of them said.

"Did you forget that she was sent here to kill Vivi?" Alvida said.

"I know that." Luffy said. "But now the people who sent her here want her dead too, right?" Everyone just stared, unable to argue with that logic.

"You'd seriously let me on your ship?" she asked in equal disbelief.

"It's not like you've got any other options." Luffy said. She just stared at him, then looked down in thought. She remained like that for a moment before sighing.

"Guess I really don't have a choice then." she said with a grim look. "Please...can I join you guys?" she said.

"Okay." Luffy said before they untied her and gave her umbrella back to her.

"Be careful." Igaram said. "She's not to be trusted."

"Don't worry." Luffy said. "If she tries something...I'll sit on her."

"Huh?!" she said as some of the crew tried not to laugh while Vivi glared at Luffy, clearly still angry about earlier.

"Right. We're off then." Igaram said as they sailed away. 'Princess Vivi, I wish you safe travels, and hope we meet again in our home country.' he thought

"I like those three." Luffy said.

"Weirdos, all of them." Nami said.

"But nice weirdos." Nojiko said as they all started walking away.

BOOOOOOM!

Everyone turned around to see that the ship that just left had exploded in a bright light and was now engulfed in flames.

"What just happened?!" Alvida shouted.

"Are they already here?!" Nami asked. Luffy picked up his hat that was blown off before turning to them all.

"We're leaving now!" he ordered as most of them started running.

"Nami, how's the log pose?!" Zoro asked.

"It's ready!" she said after looking.

"Get the girl!" he said. Both Nami and Nojiko ran back to get Vivi, who didn't budge an inch.

"Come on Vivi!" Nami shouted before they both noticed that Vivi was biting her lip as a tiny trail of blood was comimg down her lip. Both of them hugged her before telling her that they had to go now or they'll be dead as well. Vivi finally ran with them as they all headed towards the ship.

"Luffy, get the others!" Zoro said. "The rest of us will get the ship ready!"

"Got it!" Luffy yelled back before running off to get his friends. While he was running, he used his haki to check on the three in the boat, glad to sense them. While he did that, he picked up on another person in the wreckage. One that was a foe now, but would be a friend in the future.

()()()()

After finding Usopp and Sanji sleeping where they had their party, Luffy grabbed them and dragged them all the way to the ship. "Wake up guys! We gotta go!"

"I won't leave him!" Vivi said as they all got ready to sail off.

"What's wrong with her?" Zoro asked.

"She said she won't leave without her duck!" Nojiko answered.

"You mean this duck?" Gin asked as he pointed at Carue on the ship.

"HE'S ALREADY HERE?!" the three women shouted.

"Been here before we got here." Alvida said. As they were departing, Usopp and Sanji came to and argued about staying a bit longer. Nami explained the situation with her fists before they sailed away.

"Looks like the fog's lifting." Nami said.

"Glad we're away from those people chasing us." came a voice.

"Right." Nami said.

"Careful of the rocks." said the voice.

"I've got it handled." Nami said before she noticed something amiss. "Hey...did one of you say that?" she asked as she pointed to the other woman on board. They all looked at her confused before the voice cleared her throat. Everyone looked up to the railing to see a woman sitting on the railing and looking down at them all with a smile.

'Robin!' Luffy thought with a smile. It was great to see her again, even if she's their enemy at the moment.

"This is a nice ship." she said. Vivi and Miss Valentine's Day gasped in horror at the sight of her.

"Who are you?" Luffy asked. "And why are you on my ship?"

"Answer him!" Vivi shouted. "What are you doing here Miss All Sunday?!"

"Miss All Sunday?" Gin asked. "Then she's in Baroque Works as well huh?"

"That's right!" Robin said. "And I happened to have met a few friends of yours along the way princess."

"So you killed them?!" Vivi shouted in anger.

"Who's partner is she with?" Alvida asked.

"Mr. 0." Miss Valentine's Day answered, now looking a little blue in the face.

"CROCODILE'S?!" Nami shouted.

"Yes." Vivi said. "We followed her to her boss. That's how we found out who he was."

"Correction. I allowed you to follow me." she said before looking at Miss Valentine's Day. "And who do we have here?" Robin asked. "Another traitor?" she said, making her squeek in fear.

"I know you knew!" Vivi said. "You told him we were there, didn't you?!" While they were talking, Johnny and Yosaku were looking at her like they were trying to remember something.

"Hey."Johnny whispered. "Doesn't she seem familiar to you?"

"Yeah." Yosaku whispered back. "But from where?" Both pondered for a moment before they heard Vivi scream. "YOU KILLED THEEEEEEEMMMM!" Both of them, along with the rest of the crew besides Luffy, pointed their weapons at her.

"You have any idea what's going on?" Usopp asked.

"Not a clue." Sanji said as he held a gun up to her.

"I'd appreciate it if you would," she said with a smile before Usopp and Sanji were thrown off the railing. "Not point those at me."

"You mean?" Zoro said.

"She's eaten?" Nami said before she and all the rest of the crew were disarmed faster then they could blink.

"A Devil Fruit?" Zoro finished.

"But which one?" Nami asked before Sanji looked up at her with hearts in his eyes.

"Now that I see her, she's beautiful!" he said, making her chuckle at his words.

'Actually, he's right.' Luffy thought as he smiled before his hat was lifted from his head and was now in Robin's hand.

"So you're the Captain?" she said. "I've heard so much about you...Monkey D. Luffy."

"Hey!" Luffy yelled before he appeared right next to her on the railing, making her look up at him in surprise. "Only my friends and crew may touch my hat." he said as he took his hat back. She smiled at him and raised her hands in defense.

"I apologize then." she said as Luffy jumped back down to his crew.

"You are not welcome here. Please leave now." Usopp shouted from behind the mast.

"Still, you seem to have a bit of bad luck." Robin continued, not bothering what Usopp said. "To pick up a princess marked for death by Baroque Works. And wit only a handful of pirates to protect her no less. But the bad luck doesn't stop there. Do you happen to know where your Log Pose is taking you?"

"No. Where?" Nojiko asked with a glare.

"A place called Little Garden." Robin answered back. "It'd be foolish to let yourselves be wiped out, right princess?" she said before throwing her something. Vivi caught it and saw that it was an Eternal Pose. "If you use that, you'll bypass Little Garden and head straight to an island that none of Baroque Works know about. It's also very close to Alabasta as well."

"Nope." Luffy said, breaking it immediately.

"YOU JERK!" Nami screamed. "SHE WENT OUT OF HER WAY TO GIVE US AN EASIER PATH! WHY'D YOU DO THAT?!"

"Because I'm the captain." he said with a blank look as he looked at Robin. "I decide where we go, not you. I don't care if you're being nice."

"Nice?" Vivi said, looking angry. "After killing Igaram and the others, you think she's nice?!"

"She must be, since all three of them are alive." Luffy said.

"What?!" she said. Robin was just surprised.

"That Haki of yours Luffy?" Zoro said knowingly.

"Yep. They're faint, but I can hear them." Luffy said.

"Hmm." Robin said with a smile. "Interesting how you knew."

"You mean...they really are alive?" Vivi asked in a hopeful voice.

"Who knows?" Robin said as she walked towards the railing on the side of the ship. "They might've survived or not. Either way, if they go to Alabasta, they'll be killed anyway." she said before jumping off the side of the ship. Everyone ran to the side to see her sitting on top of a giant turtle. "If you survive, let's meet again." she said before the turtle swam away.

"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Usopp asked. They then explained the whole situation to him and Sanji, who missed everything.

"Looks like I missed all the fun." Sanji said. "But now that I'm here, I'll protect you Vivi."

"I'm glad I missed the whole thing." Usopp said.

"Um...everyone?" Vivi said. "Is it really alright for me to travel with you all?" she said.

"It's a little late for that kind of thinking." Nami said as she poked her forehead with her finger. "If you didn't want to cause us any trouble, you shouldn't have told us anything. Right Luffy?"

"Don't worry about it." he said.

'How can he bo so calm?' most of them thought.

"Anyway. Sanji, make us some food." Luffy shouted.

"Right." he said before looking back at the two new beauties on the ship. "And what would you both like?" he said with hearts in his eyes.

"Huh? Me?" Miss Valentine's Day said. "I'm good."

"By the way, what's your name?" Nojiko asked.

"My name?" she said. "It's...Valerie."

"Welcome aboard Valerie." Luffy said.

"Welcome indeed Miss Valerie!" Sanji swooned.

"So Luffy." Zoro said. "How'd you do all that crap back there anyway?"

"The Six Powers?" Luffy said. "A lot of training. I'll teach you guys if you want."

"Sounds like fun." Zoro said. "But I only saw five powers."

"Oh right." Luffy said. "Last one is called the Finger Pistol. You won't need a gun with that."

"Finger Pistol?" he said.

"Right. Now then, off to Little Garden pirates!" Luffy shouted.

"AYE!" shouted his crew.

A/N: Sorry for those who read this before and saw the mistake.