A/N: Sorry about the title of the chapter. Couldn't think of anything else to describe it.

"So, you two will be heading back to Whiskey Peak?" Vivi asked. She, the Straw Hats, Mr. 9, and Miss Monday were all talking inside the Palace.

"Yeah. The two of us have decided to stick to bounty hunting." Miss Monday said.

"It's what we're good at." Mr. 9 said.

"At least stay for tomorrow." Vivi said. "We're having a banquet tomorrow to celebrate. I'd like for you two to join us."

"A banquet?" Usopp said.

"Luffy's gonna love hearing that." Nojiko said with a smile.

"Speaking of Luffy, where is that rubber moron?" Sanji asked. All of them were looking equally confused except for Vivi.

"My father wanted to see him." she said.

"Really? What for?" Alvida asked. Vivi didn't look at her, causing some of them to raise an eyebrow.

"Vivi?" Nami said as she gently shook her friend's shoulder, shaking her out of her thoughts.

"Huh?" Vivi said, realizing she was being stared at by everyone. "Oh, sorry. What did you say?"

"We asked why your dad wanted to see Luffy." Zoro said.

"Oh." Vivi said. "Well, my father wanted to ask Luffy about the 'Goa Incident'."

"Goa Incident?" Chopper asked in confusion, not noticing the uneasy looks some of the Straw Hats had, knowing Vivi wasn't going to the truth well.

"I read about it while in Baroque Works." Vivi said. "But I didn't think about it at the time since I was trying to save my country." She then looked at the Straw Hats. "Is it true? Did Luffy really attack them?"

"What are you all talking about?" Chopper asked, not knowing what was going on.

"I'd like to know as well." Alvida said.

"Well..." some of them said as they tried to figure out how to tell Vivi.

-With Luffy-

Luffy was being escorted by Igaram through the hallway until they came across Cobra, who was looking out at his Kingdom as it continued to rebuild itself.

"Hey! Vivi's old man!" Luffy said with a smile and a wave. Cobra looked at Luffy while Igaram began telling him off for addressing him like that.

"That is NOT how you address the King!" he yelled before Cobra stopped him.

"It's alright Igaram." he said, calming his friend down before looking at Luffy. "I thank you for coming at my request.

"No problem." Luffy said. "Vivi said you wanted to talk to me about something earlier. What about?"

"I wanted to ask you about something I read in the newspaper awhile back." Cobra said. "I wish to know about the Goa Incident." He had met the King of Goa before, with both of them discussing Royal affairs and other topics. He remembered the King of Goa talking about how clean and beautiful Goa is.

"Oh." Luffy said, wondering what he wanted to know. "What about it?"

"Why would you attack the Royal Family of Goa?" Cobra asked. It was strange that he would attack one Royal Family, then help another.

"I didn't attack them. Just the guards who tried to stop me after I crashed their banquet to steal their food." he said before he grew a huge smile. "Speaking of banquets, Vivi promised me food tomorrow!"

"If all you did was steal their food and rough up their guards, then why would it say you attack them?" Cobra asked. Luffy's smile dropped and was replaced with a serious look.

"Because I told them all that they'd pay for what they did." he said before telling Cobra that he grew up on Dawn Island, the Terminal Fire, how it was planned by the royalty and nobility of Goa, and the Celestial Dragons visiting their island, along with his brother being attacked and seemingly killed by the Celestial Dragons. "I couldn't do anything then, but I plan to when I become King of the Pirates." Cobra and Igaram had heard about the Celestial Dragons visiting Dawn Island to inspect Goa Kingdom, but to hear about the Grey Terminal and the events that took place 10 years ago? They couldn't believe it.

"To treat one's people in such a manner." Cobra said, feeling severely disappointed at how Goa treated it's people. "And I thought that Wapol was a rotten man." he muttered.

"Wapol?" Luffy said. "You mean that big mouth King from that snowy kingdom?"

"You've met Wapol?" Cobra asked as he looked back at Luffy.

"Yeah. He was a big jerk." he said before explaining what he remembered about him fleeing his country when pirates came and how he tried to eat his friends.

"All this time, yet he hasn't changed." Cobra said grimly.

"Yeah. Which is why royal people like you and Vivi are okay." Luffy said with a smile while Cobra remained quiet. "You and Vivi care for the country and all it's people." Cobra and Igaram smiled at his words.

"I believe I have the answer I was seeking." Cobra said.

"Really?" Luffy asked before waving and walking off. "Then I'm gonna go see what my friends are up to. Later." And with that, Luffy ran off into the Palace.

"Igaram." Cobra said as he and Igaram began walking down the hallway in the other direction. "I wish to send a letter to Goa Kingdom."

"Your Majesty?" Igaram said, wondering what Cobra would want to write about.

"At Reverie, the King of Goa would question me about having Vivi marry his son." Cobra said before a small smile came to his lips. "I believe I have an answer for him."

-With Luffy-

Luffy was looking for his friends, obviously getting lost, as he searched the halls of the palace. He was quickly getting bored looking for them as he placed his hands in his pockets before hearing a small crinkling sound. He pulled his hand out to see a piece of paper before remembering where he got it from.

"Oh yeah. That lady from that one place gave it to me." he said, remembering Paula from Spiders Cafe and opening it up to read it.

A/N: Stopping here. Last chapter for this year. Get ready for the New Year everybody! HAPPY NEW YEAR!