Chapter 13
Robin froze in her tracks and then turned around.
"Send… Hancock back here?" Robin asked.
Psycho looked over at Robin.
"Yes, If you would please." Psycho said politely, "I'm sure you're in a rush to get your friends taken care of, so I'd hate to have to send men down there to get her."
Robin was about to speak, but Sanji interrupted.
"No…" Sanji said weakly, "We're not telling anyone to come anywhere…if you want her…you'll have to get through me!" Sanji yelled.
"Maybe you didn't hear him. She's late with her report for the boss, she works for us, she's not your friend, fool." Kuro said.
"I know she's not…but you got Sakura-chan hurt…so I'm going to be what stands between you and this report!" Sanji said.
Psycho and the other DEATH members looked at Sanji with straight faces.
"This report." Eneru started.
"Is nothing more than some reconnaissance information! HA HA HA HA HA" Arlong laughed.
"We don't NEED her to come up here with that information right this second. We're mainly concerned on why it took her so long." Kuro added.
"You three shut up! You didn't even fight other than jumping that blonde-haired kid!" Sanji snapped.
"What would they fight for? Your captain attacked me first, did he not?" Psycho said, getting up from his chair, "Foolish young man trying to be a hero when you can barely stand on two legs. What could you do to them? To me?"
"I don't know…" Sanji said, "But I'll figure something out!" Sanji said, limply running towards Psycho.
"Arlong." Psycho summoned.
Arlong appeared in front of Sanji in a flash. Much to Sanji and Nami's surprise.
"He's so much faster than what he used to be!" Nami thought to herself, "He DID get stronger…"
Psycho had gotten to the park entrance and noticed Kakashi.
"Kakashi-sensei? Is that you, old man?" Psycho asked.
Sensei? His teacher?!" Sanji asked himself.
Kakashi stared at Psycho, who stared back.
"It really has been so long since I saw any of you." Psycho said.
Kakashi continued to stare.
"Nothing to say? As I told Robin, it's okay if you don't like me, or even hate me. I'll bear the burden of that hatred so long as my goal is closer to being accomplished, at that point, all the hate will be worth it." Psycho said, turning back around. Sanji tried to attack Psycho while his back was turned.
"DIE YOU BASTARD!" Sanji yelled while throwing a kick at Psycho, but Arlong attempted to pierce Sanji with his nose.
SPLAT!
Arlongs harpoon nose penetrated Sasuke's right bosom and blood sprayed from the wound.
"guahh!" Sasuke groaned in pain as he hit the ground.
Sanji stared in shock.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR? I DON'T NEED YOU TO PROTECT ME!" Sanji yelled at Sasuke.
"Are you sure about that..?" Kuro asked.
Sanji froze, as Kuro was right behind him.
SLASH!
Sanji fell towards the ground with five giant cuts in his body.
"I simply ask you to tell one of my subordinates to show up and now there's two more bodies on the list." Psycho said, "Certainly a hot-headed group you've gotten yourselves mixed up in. Did you not hear what I said to straw hat? This group of yours would never work against a man like me. You all lack the power and team work required to even be considered a team, but you call yourselves pirates, it almost makes me laugh."
As Psycho kept talking a window in the temple broke. The DEATH members looked up to see Sabo guarding his face as he fell from the temple.
"WOOO HOOOO! Sorry Psycho but I gotta go!" Sabo said, still airborne, "YOU THREE GET YOUR MEN AND GET TO YOUR SHIP! I'LL HOLD THEM OFF!"
Sabo landed in front of the DEATH members and they began to mock him.
"YOU'LL HOLD US OFF? THAT'S FUNNY STUFF!"
"WHO EVEN IS THIS CLOWN?"
"WE'LL SCAR UP YOUR OTHER EYE BOY!"
Sabo looked down and smiled then held his right arm back and towards the sky, a ring of fire appearing below him.
"The flame flame fruit." Psycho said.
"That's right! You're all going down, right now." Sabo said.
"Oh really?" Psycho said, arms crossed.
Sabo held his fist forward and launched a huge attack.
"FLAME FIST!" Sabo yelled.
A giant fire fist was sent straight toward the DEATH hideout, but none of the members flinched. Moments later a giant cloud of hot steam filled the forest. Psycho had controlled most of the water from the pool and sent it into the fire ball to evaporate it. When the steam cleared Sabo and the others were gone.
"Great. I should've expected that." Psycho said.
Cyclone snickered while reading.
"So, what now boss? Do we chase em?" A member asked.
"Eneru." Psycho called out.
Eneru stepped up and looked out towards the docks. Hancock's ship was the only one leaving port. He pointed his staff in the sky, the clouds turned dark, and filled with thunder and lighting. Psycho let Hancock's ship get a considerable distance away.
"So, trying to leave this organization I see? And with the cheap trick of swapping ships…shameful." Psycho said, "Eneru." Psycho slid his thumb across his throat as a sign to deliver the final blow.
Eneru slammed his staff on the ground and the DEATH members watched as Hancock's ship was blown to pieces. The ship continued to burn even as it sat in the water, almost nothing remained. Psycho watched the Straw hat ship and noticed what looked like a foot going out of sight but turned around and walked back into the base.
ARLONG PARK 2.0 DOCKS
"MY SHIP! MY BEAUTIFUL SHIP!" Hancock screamed.
"Hey hey, take it easy! We had to do that to ensure our survival. The old fake out trick! Come to think of it… where are the others?" Sabo asked, looking around.
"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY ARE?!" Hancock yelled.
Sabo ran back outside the boat to check and saw Kakashi, Nami, Robin, and Sasuke running towards the boat.
"Great! You guys got away! Let's get the injured-on board, quickly!" Sabo ordered.
"Injured?" Hancock asked herself.
Hancock ran outside and saw Luffy being lifted on the boat, a hole blasted through his chest.
"LUFFYYYYY!" Hancock screamed with tears in her eyes. She tried to run and grab him, but Sabo stopped her.
"Stop! It'll be okay, trust me. I know my brother." Sabo said.
"LOOK AT HIM! HE'S DYING AND HE NEEDS ME!" Hancock yelled again.
Kakashi ran past Hancock with Luffy and Naruto in his arms and set them down on blankets, Hancock followed.
"What are we going to do doctor?" Hancock asked.
"Huh? Hey, I'm not a doctor!" Kakashi said.
"THEN GET SOMEBODY WHO IS SO WE CAN SAVE LUFFY-KUN!" Hancock ordered.
"More people are injured than just these two! Be considerate of them!" Kakashi said.
"Considerate of those worms? I think not! I only care for Luffy!" Hancock barked.
Sabo did a head count.
"Robin made it safely with Brook and Franky, the goth guy made it, the one they call "Kakashi" made it with the blonde hair, Luffy, and long nose, there were three more weren't there? Nami, Sanji, and the pink hair girl! Where are they?" Sabo asked himself.
"Hey! Kakashi is it? Where's Nami with the others?" Sabo asked.
"They should be close! I'm sorry but I'm trying to tend to these two!" Kakashi said.
Nami made it to the boat after falling behind.
"Damn it Sanji-kun you just had to mess your leg up! It's hard carrying you." Nami said.
Nami looked over and saw a bandaged man practicing Tai-Chi on the beach.
"Who's that?" Nami asked.
Sanji got up, dusted himself off, looked over, and his eyes widened.
"That's…that's Onawagi!" Sanji said.
"It is?! I'm going to go talk to him for the doctor!" Nami said.
"Nami-chan no! He's too dangerous!" Sanji yelled out.
Nami was already halfway to the man. Sabo looked out and saw Sanji.
"Get on board so we can treat your wounds! I don't know if you've noticed but you've got five huge slashes on your torso!" Sabo said.
Sanji looked over at Nami.
"I'll be fine. Just come get Sakura-chan, I'm going to watch this conversation." Sanji said.
Sabo jumped down to grab Sakura and looked over at Nami walking up to Onawagi.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING?! THAT'S ONAWAGI RINSO! HE'S INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS!" Sabo said.
"Stop being so loud! But we know. We met his mom in the Drum Kingdom, and she asked us to talk to him, I almost forgot." Sanji said.
"Tsk. I don't have time to argue about it, just come on board when you're done." Sabo said, jumping back on board.
Nami had finally made it to Onawagi and began speaking.
"Hey…are you Onawagi Rinso?" Nami asked.
Onawagi lifted his head up.
"Who's asking?" Onawagi asked.
"Me? I'm Iman, a new member of DEATH! I just got back from being stationed in the Drum Kingdom picking up medicines for the group." Nami said.
"Iman huh? Weird name for a girl." Onawagi said.
"Yeah I know right, my parents are something else." Nami said.
"Yes… I suppose they are." Onawagi said standing straight up.
"Speaking of parents…" Nami started, Onawagi paused, "I met a woman who claimed to be your mother in the Drum Kingdom."
Onawagi looked up.
"My…mother?" Onawagi asked.
"Yes! Your mom! She says she misses you a lot… she wants you to come back with us so you both can talk." Nami explained.
"My mother is still alive then? Is what you're telling me?" Onawagi asked.
"Yes! Alive and well." Nami answered.
Onawagi thought about it for a second.
"Alright… I'll go. Let me just tell Psycho I'm-."
"You don't need to do that! I already told him the mission via transponder snail!" Nami said.
Onawagi paused.
"Okay. When do we leave then?" Onawagi asked.
"We can leave right now! Let's go!" Nami tried to grab Onawagi's hand but he snatched it away.
"Just walk, I can follow you." Onawagi said.
Nami gulped nervously and led Onawagi to the ship.
"Here it is! I'll climb on first, then you get on after me. I'll let you know when I'm on board." Nami explained.
Onawagi nodded in agreement. Nami quickly climbed on board and found the men and Hancock in Chopper's office.
"Okay here's the game plan! We're going back to Drum island to get all of the injured treated AND I was able to convince that blind guy to come on board." Nami said.
Sanji, Sabo, and Hancock got ready to protest but Nami stopped them.
"I don't want to hear a word about it! You saw the doctor Sanji. She really misses him and wants to talk things out with him." Nami said.
"You're making a terrible mistake Nami-san. Onawagi is a demon with no feelings for anyone." Sabo said.
"Don't worry even if he does get crazy it's all of us versus him! What can he do?" Nami said.
"You don't know that man. I've seen him do crazy things in battle." Hancock said, "Luffy's brother is right, tread carefully."
"Whatever! Just stay quiet or if you must speak, act like DEATH members so he'll think he's being escorted." Nami said.
Nami ran back out and looked at Onawagi who just stood still looking at the ladder.
"Aye! Onawagi-san! You can come up now!" Nami yelled down.
Onawagi climed the ladder to the Thousand Sunny.
"Welcome aboard! We're setting sail right away!" Nami said.
"This woman who said she's my mother…" Onawagi started.
Nami looked at him.
"Her name is Kureha Rinso correct?" Onawagi asked.
Nami nodded and answered him.
"Yes. That's your mom alright!" Nami said.
Onawagi walked over to the side of the boat and sat down Indian style, preparing for the voyage.
ARLONG PARK 2.0
Men worked on the gate to Arlong Park 2.0 while Psycho sat in his chair, eyes closed.
"Psycho." Cyclone said.
"Hm?" Psycho asked.
"You know that was a fake ship trick right?" Cyclone asked.
Psycho smiled and leaned back.
"Yes, I'm aware, do you really believe I'd fall for something like that? Also, I saw someone on the straw-hat ship anyway." Psycho answered.
"So, you didn't go after them because?" Cyclone asked.
"Nico Robin WILL be back to take me up on my offer. She must come back. She's my ticket into that library. All that knowledge… just going to waste… I know if she's with me my chances of getting to look around will be far greater." Psycho explained.
"Because of her love for knowledge right?" Cyclone asked.
"Exactly. That damn bird is always a sucker for someone who loves knowledge, it doesn't matter how much he claims he hates humans." Psycho said, looking up.
ON THE SEA
FLASHBACK
"Where the hell do you think you're going?!" Kureha asked.
"NONE OF YOU PEOPLE TOWN SHARE THE SAME VISION AS ME! THE SAME VISION AS DOCTOR HIRILUK! I'M GOING TO BECOME THE BEST DOCTOR OF ALL TIME AND WARRIOR! WHEN I COME BACK… EVERYONE WHO DOUBTED ME WILL DIE! SARTING…."
END OF FLASHBACK
A loud boom woke Onawagi up. When he looked towards the cabin it looked as if it came from a kitchen, so he put his head back down and went to sleep.
"No Nami-chan! Foil doesn't go in a microwave!" Sanji said, crying.
"Relax Sanji-san I got this!" Nami said.
In the men's room Naruto, Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Brook, and Franky slept. Robin walked in to replace their now warm towels with fresh cold ones. When she got to Zoro she touched the towel on his head.
FLASHBACK
Nico Robin." Psycho started.
Zoro walked in front of Robin and lifted his sword out of its holster with his thumb. Psycho squinted in annoyance.
"Don't speak to her like you know her." Zoro said.
"But I do know her, Mr. Swordsman. Nico Robin and I go way back, actu-." Zoro interrupted Psycho.
"I said you can't speak to her!" Zoro said with authority.
END OF FLASHBACK
Robin replaced Zoro's towel and smiled. She also replaced the blood-soaked towel his body had over it to replace it with a clean towel. Before she left the room she walked back over to Zoro, bent down, and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you for standing up for me." Robin said as she turned and left the room.
Even though Luffy was in a coma his mind still thought about what Psycho said.
"None of you have experienced enough pain to beat me."
"You could never compare to the emotional pain I've felt."
Luffy thought he for sure had experienced more than enough pain, losing The Going Merry, his brother, and other emotional traumas he's faced as a pirate, it STILL wasn't enough to beat DEATHS leader. Exactly how much more would he have to go through?
"MERRRRRYYYYYYYYYY!"
"Ace? ACE?!"
Even completely unconscious, a tear fell from Luffy's eye and rolled down his face.
After a few hours of sailing, Nami spotted the island.
"There it is! The drum kingdom!" Nami yelled.
Onawagi woke up slowly. He got up and walked over to check out the place since he left.
"Psycho-san already informed me long ago about Walpo's defeat, so it'll just be me and you mother." Onawagi thought to himself.
Nami parked the boat and weighed anchor.
"Alright Onawagi let's go talk to your mom. Men! Grab the wounded and bring them with us. The doctor here is a great one!" Nami said.
"Iman…" Onawagi said.
"Y…. y… yes?" Nami asked.
"I thought you showed up alone." Onawagi said.
"No no no I got plundered by pirates on the way to Arlong Park!" Nami said.
Onawagi stared straight forward.
"Hm.. Alright. Let's go, lead the way." Onawagi said.
"Uh… right!" Nami said, motioning the others to follow.
In the distance a DEATH boat followed.
"Hey welcome to-." A townsman stopped.
"IT'S ONAWAGI RINSO! EVERYBODY RUN!"
"THE DEMON IS BACK EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE!"
"EVACUATE EVACUATE!"
The main town left the city almost like a ghost town.
"They sure got out of here fast." Robin said.
Nami's face became serious and she turned to Robin with a finger on her mouth. Robin developed sweat on her head.
"It's fine. I'm used to it. Their opinions on me won't matter soon especially, but Let's go, I need to see my mother already, and those men need to be treated." Onawagi said.
The group continued to the end of town where a lift waited. They all got on.
"So, they brought the lifts back?" Onawagi asked.
"Yes sir. After Straw-Hat Luffy defeated Walpol they opened the lifts again so now anyone can get to the top of the Drum mountains again! That's where your mother stays now." Nami said.
Onawagi gasped.
"She stays in that fat idiot's old castle huh?" Onawagi asked.
"She sure does." Nami said.
Onawagi looked down towards the ground. Eventually the lift stopped and let them off. They all got out and made their way towards the castle doors. Everyone in attendance were anxious about what was going to happen next. Nami knocked and knocked. Until finally the door clicked. The door opened to a small reindeer answering it.
"Cho-!" Nami almost said Chopper's name in excitement but stopped herself.
Chopper looked up and smile.
"AYE NA-." Robin used her hands to shut Chopper's mouth.
"What was that?" Onawagi asked.
"Nothing Onawagi-san! Please follow me!" Nami said.
As they all walked by Chopper, Robin bent down and whispered to him.
"I'll tell you everything that's happened when we're free." Robin said.
Chopper nodded and Robin removed the hands from his mouth.
The group walked upstairs to the doctor's room and knocked on the door. After a few minutes the doctor could be heard.
"Aye, is that you Chopper? Did you get the medicine like I ask-."
Doctor Kureha stopped and stared in shock as her son, Onawagi Rinso stood in front of her.
"Mother…? Is that you?" Onawagi asked.
"Yes, my son! It's me! It's been so long!" Kureha hugged her son and looked up at Nami with a straight face.
Nami stared back with confusion. Kureha reached into her back pocket and pulled out a pistol and stepped back to shoot the young man but was kicked across the room and into a table. Onawagi walked over to her and pulled his machete out his boot and stabbed her leg into the ground to pin her there. He then took her pistol and put it against her head.
"What the hell is this Onawagi! You said you needed to speak to her?! What are you fighting her for?" Nami asked, "Put that gun down! That's an order!"
"Oh, silly girl, new recruits don't have any jurisdiction, especially over a seasoned member such as me... you pirates are so gullible and such terrible liars." Onawagi said.
Outside the Drum Kingdom docks the DEATH organization ship weighed anchor.
"We've weighed anchor sir! What's the next plan?"
A tall and muscular man with long earlobes and a white bandana sat in his captain's chair fashioned into a throne. He looked up and smiled.
"We wait on the signal. Then we do what we do best." Eneru said with a wicked smile.