"Fold the sails!"
"Where did this snow come from?!"
"Incoming Iceberg!"
"Why is it raining now!?"
"Ah! The first wind of spring."
"Quick! Turn the ship 180 degrees!"
"What?! What the Hell is degrees?!"
"Zoro! Wake up!"
The Straw Hat Pirates and the Mystery Duo were in full throttle. The moment they entered deep in the sea, the weather attacked them. The male population, minus Zoro who was sleeping through it, did everything to maintain the course and not tilt over.
An hour later, the weather calmed down. At that exact moment, Zoro chose to wake up finally. "Man!~ What a great nap." He said as he looked around, seeing the rest, besides two individuals, slumped down. "Hey, guys. I know it is sunny and all but you all shouldn't be sleeping."
('The audacity of this Motherfucker!') The crew thought with tick marks.
Suddenly, a small brown jar was placed next to them. Looking up, they saw Mario handing them. "Here. This will help everyone." He said.
"What's this?" Usopp asked tiredly as he took it.
"Drink it." Mario said.
Usopp chose to trust his new friend and took a sip, the taste of honey and sugar entered his tongue. "Mhmm…Not bad-Woah!" He yelled out in surprise as his energy came back, not feeling tired at all. "My strength is back!"
Nami and Sanji quickly took a drink and felt the same way. "It's so delicious! I don't feel tired anymore!"
"I have never tasted something so refreshing before." Sanji stares at it. "This could be great for dessert…and I'm not sure how it's possible!"
"What is this?!" Mr. 9 asked in amazement.
"This…is revolutionary!" Ms. Wednesday stared at the jar before drinking more.
"Hey! I want some!" Luffy drops down from the railing with a pout. Mario simply handed him one and he sipped on it. "Wow! It's sweet!"
"Well, don't get-a used to it." Mario replied, "Unlike most of my stuff, I-a have a limited amount to share. Also, I-a don't want you all relying on it."
"What even is that?"
"Syrup Jar. I would explain more…but we have untrustworthy individuals here." He said as he looked at the two members of the secret organization.
"...Now that you mentioned it." Zoro walked up to the down duo and sat, "What was it that your code names were? Mr. Mrs something?"
They both began to sweat. "M-Mr. 9?"
"M-Mrs. Wednesday?"
Zoro began to hum as a smirk began to form on his face. "I see…You know, I feel like I have heard of those codenames somewhere." That made them flinch. "Can't put my finger…but I'm sure-"
*BONK!*
"GAH!"
Whatever he wanted to say vanished as he was hit hard on the back of his head. He glared back to see a piss-off Nami.
"Did you enjoy your nap, seaweed head?"
"Huh?!"
*BONK! BONK! BONK!*
The battle ended as fast as it began, with Zoro holding his head with three comical bumps in his head.
('She's scary when she's mad.') Mario thought with a sweat as he threw a red and blue pill at Zoro, his head healing.
"Listen up!" Nami grabbed their attention. "It is very clear to me that anything I know of navigating is useless in this sea!"
"Eh?! Isn't that bad for us?!" Usopp asked in a panic.
"Yes." Nami didn't sugarcoat it. "But make no mistake; I will learn from this! As the navigator of this ship, I will make sure that we make it through this sea!"
"Bravo! Bravo!" Mario clapped.
"Yeah, you can do it Nami!" Luffy cheered.
"I will believe you forever, Nami-swan!" Sanji love-sick out.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Nami nodded at the praise. "And to show my first step; we have arrived!" She pointed forward and everyone turned to see a faraway island.
In an instant, the duo jump into the railing. "We thank you for the ride." Mr. 9 said.
"We pray we never see each other again." Ms. Wednesday finished.
"Bye-bye, baby!" They backflip a good five meters into the water before swimming at full speed at the island.
Mario simply took out a card with the number 7 in it. "Good flip and performance but a little off in the landing and their level of flying was a bit messed up."
"What are you? A gymnastics expert?"
Mario looked at Sanji.
"...Of course you are."
"Alright!" Nami clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "To get to the next island, we will need to ask the locals how long the Lop Pose takes to charge. So we might need to stay here for a day." She shows the Log Pose, revealing the needle inside moving back and forth to find a new island.
"Eh?! Is that wise?!" Usopp asked in fear. "What if there's creatures or killers in it?!"
"But we all are here." Mario said. "I haven't seen everyone fight completely, but I'm confident we all could take on anyone and anything."
"Mario is right." Luffy said, "We can fight anyone who tries to hurt us!" The sniper gulped down and chose to trust the two powerful friends he had.
The Merry sailed forward through the island, a heavy fog covering their view for a moment before they began to see they were sailing through a canal with houses appearing on both sides-
"Welcome, Pirates!"
And…people are cheering for them?
"Eh?"
"Long live the warriors of the Sea!"
"Tell us stories of your journeys!"
"We have a feast for you all!"
Mario blinked several times at what he was seeing. Sure, he knows that not all pirates are bad and others like their profession, but this place was…suspicious.
"Wel-Ehem! Mamamamama~ Welcome to our town, young ones!" A man with big curly hair and formal clothing greeted them from the side, walking with the boat. "I'm the Mayor of this humble town of Whiskey Peak."
"Hi there!" Luffy greeted. "Do you guys always do this?" He asked.
"But of course!" The mayor said with a smile. "Most of us see pirates as grand adventures! Please, let us celebrate your freedom and give us tales to tell! We have a lot of- *cough* MAAH MAA MAA~ food and liquor here!"
"'All right!" Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji yelled in happiness.
"Uhm, actually sir." Mario spoke up, "Can we-a know how long a Log Pose takes to charge here?"
"Now! Now! Let's not talk about trivial things like that." The mayor waved him away. "There's still time for that later, let us party now!"' he shouted, which caused everyone to cheer in agreement.
While Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji cheered, Nami, Zoro, and Mario narrowed their eyes. "Something is fishy."
"Agreed…But I guess we'll need to play along if we want to know anything." Zoro said.
"So…party?" Mario asked.
"Party like no tomorrow."
Transaction to the night because I'm not typing that party shit in here.
"Psst! Mario, wake up!" Starlow said as she bumped Mario's nose.
The red pirate/plumber flustered his eyes as he stood up, letting a small yawn out. "Mama Mia. That was a party." He said as he sat. Looking around, he saw the rest except Zoro asleep. "Anything new?"
"Well, it turns out that this is a Pirate Honey trap. Everyone here is a pirate hunter. Zoro is already dealing with them." Starlow said. "Also, I have found that the cactus on the back is actually a graveyard for those that are hunted."
"Hmm…Very well," Mario stood up. "Keep an eye on Zoro for a while, I will take everyone back to the ship so that we might leave once we are done." He said as he went to pick up Usopp and Sanji, who were obviously sleeping.
"Got it!" Starlow said as she flew away. "I'm still shocked nobody noticed me around. Probably my incredible stealth skills."
Mario hand-picked the two boys and was heading to Nami when he saw her all awake. "Oh! You are awake."
"Yep." She replied. "An island that welcomes pirates on the start at the Grand Line? Like I will believe that so easily."
"I'm-a just glad you're not intoxicated by the amount of liquor you took." Mario said.
"Yep. Alcohol tolerance for me."
"Okay. I'm-a going to bring everyone back to the ship and then join Zoro." Mario said.
"Good. I'll go and look around and see if these guys have anything worth." Nami said.
With that quickly said, they both separated. Mario dragged the two boys back to the Merry, placing them inside before exiting, and quickly went back to grab Luffy, only to see Ms. Wednesday dragging the boy out and heading to where Zoro was fighting.
Narrowing his eyes, he quickly went after her.
"Alright, Swordsman!"
Zoro hummed. He was in an interesting predicament, after finishing off 97 out of the 100 bounty hunters, he was facing the last three top officers; Mr. 9, Ms Wednesday, and the Mayor, who revealed himself to be Mr. 8. The orange-haired king imitator had trapped him in a chain that came from his metal bat. Mr 8 had positioned himself in the path opposite to Zoro, from his hair a bunch of guns coming out.
Ms. Wednesday had called to him and held Luffy's obese and sleepy form close to a dagger. "Don't move or your friends gets it!"
"Dammit Luffy!" Zoro cursed.
"Haha! Wonderful job, Ms. Wednesday!" Mr 9 complimented. "Now he has no choice but to-"
*Fwoosh!*
"Eep!" The blue-haired girl yelped when something hit her head from behind, making her stumble forward, letting go of Luffy.
"Ms Wednesday!"
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She managed to stand up…before turning to them to show she was wearing a red hat, a mustache, and blue eyes.
"M-Ms Wednesday?"
"Not at the moment." A distorted voice of male and female came out of her.
One that Zoro recognized. "Mario?!"
"It's-a Me!" Ms. Wednesday(Mario) nodded.
"What?! What have you done to her?!" Mr 8 asked, horrified by what just happened.
"She's fine, just under my control." Ms. Wednesday(Mario) said before grabbing the knife and aiming it at her throat. "Now, kindly surrender before this girl loses her life."
"Y-You wouldn't-"
"Would and could are different things, my dear friend." Ms. Wednesday(Mario) said before narrowing his eyes. "Either surrender…or lose your precious Princess."
Mr. 8 widened in horror before swallowing his saliva and falling to his knees. "W-We surrender! Just don't hurt her!"
"Mr. 8! What are you-!"
Zoro took the distraction and pulled the chain, taking the batter hunter and dragging him to a wall, smashing through it. He pulled him out, showing that he was unconscious. "About time." He sighs in satisfaction before turning to the possessed agent, "So…Mario?"
"Hmm?"
"What's this about?"
That's when Cappy pops his eyes out. "It's my special ability! I can possess anyone and bring Mario inside them!"
"...Okay. So possessing people is a thing with hats." Zoro chose to nod at the logic and not even try to understand it.
After that, both Mario and Zoro wrapped the elites; Mr. 8, Mr 9, and a muscular tanned woman named Ms. Monday, the two latter were unconscious while the former was wrapped in rope.
"Man! You should have seen it Mario!" Starlow, who had reunited with them, was telling Ms. Wednesday(Mario)about Zoro's accomplishment. "They were a hundred and he beat them all in less than five minutes! I must admit, I almost lost him through the entire fight! And with three swords! It should have been impossible, but he made it!"
"Wow!" Ms. Wednesday(Mario) was impressed. "I knew you were good with the sword and strong but it's still impressive, Zoro! I don't think even my other friends could wield three at once!"
"Thanks." Zoro said
Ms. Wednesday(Mario) turns into the only conscious attacker. "Well then, Mr. 8…or rather, Mr. Igaram." The man gasped. "I have some questions I would like you to answer."
"H-How did you know my name?!" Igaram demanded to know that. Names were confidential, especially in their job!
"A neat trick of my friend up in my head. I get images and information from those I take over." Ms. Wednesday(Mario) said. "Like, how you are actually an undercover agent of the Baroque Works, a mysterious organization that operates in the shadows."
Igaram was horrified. His three-year mission was discovered by a pirate in less than a day!
"I also know that's a front and your true job; Royal Guard of Alabasta, Igaram." His soul began to leave his body. "And the girl I have is actually the Princess of the kingdom, Nefertari Vivi."
"Well now, isn't that swell enough."
Everyone looked behind at the new voice, seeing two individuals coming their way. A skin-tanned man with a blood-red coat and sunglasses, and a woman with a lemon theme outfit.
"We were dispatched to hunt down the spies." The man said. "But it seems that we have our job done for us."
"Kyahahahaha! What a stroke of luck!" The woman laughed.
"M-Mr. 5?! Ms Valentine?!" Igaram was in full panic now. Two higher agents here?! And the words that he said-
"Spare us the formality, Igaram." Mr. 5 said in a cold tone. "We received orders from the Boss. You and Ms Wednesday, aka Princess Vivi from Alabasta, discover his identity, and we all know how secretive our jobs are."
"So we were tasked to dispose of you both!" Ms. Valentine said with an evil smile before looking at Vivi(Mario). "Although, why would the princess wear that ridiculous mustache and hat? Trying to hide your gender?"
"...Oh you done it now." From Vivi's body, Mario came out, surprising everyone. He caught the dizzy princess before laying her down gently. "Zoro. Starlow. Keep an eye on her. I'm taking these two."
"Eh?/You got it!" Both of them said, the small sprite quickly activates a shield in front of them, Igaram was surprised by it.
"Okay…so that's not weird." Mr. 5 said as he brought a stack of paper out, flipping around it before reaching one. "Ah. Here it is; Red Cap Mario, with a bounty of fifty million bellies."
"Kyahahaha! How lucky!" Ms Valentine suddenly jumps into the air…and floats up. "We do our mission and get good cash!" Mario looked at her floating form with a glare. "I'll make this quick for you! Ten Thousand Kilogram Press!" She suddenly drops at Mach speed, her body heading like a cannonball at Mario.
Who simply stretched his arms and caught her…with no effort.
"What?!" Ms. Valentine shouts in shock at seeing the short man just catch her with no effort, sporting the same glare. "Why you! Twenty Thousand Kilogram Press!"
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"Thirty Thousand Kilogram Press!"
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"F-Forty Thousand Kilogram Press!"
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"...What the Hell?" The woman's anger shifts into horror at seeing no change from the man.
Vivi, who finally recovered, and Igaram stare in amazement and shock at seeing Mario displaying the impossible feat of holding Ms. Valentine's Devil fruit power without a sweat.
Zoro whistles in amazement. "Damn. I knew he was strong, but that's just broken. It's amazing he doesn't have a Devil Fruit."
The two of them snap their heads at him in disbelief. ('That's not a Devil Fruit?!')
"Ms. Valentine! What are you doing?!" Mr. 5 asked in annoyance.
"I-I don't understand! I'm putting my ultimate limit here!" Ms Valentine was panicking.
"Well, I have broken heavier meteors before." Mario casually said, making the woman he was holding pale. "You could try to increase your weight, but I'm sure it would break you faster than it does to me. So I will just knock you unconscious." Before Valentine knew it, the red plumber pulled his head back and delivered a heavy headbutt to her head.
*Zoom!*Crash!*
Mr. 5's glasses slowly fell off as he looked behind him, following the trail his partner was sent flying, seeing her body buried in a building that collapsed by the crash. ('S-Such strength…')
"That's for calling my friend and mustache ridiculous."
The man flinched as he looked back, only to see Mario already on his face, his fist smashing into his face, breaking his glasses and nose, and sending the man to her partner, landing next to her with swirly eyes.
"And that's-a for trying to kill the princess." Mario huffed before dusting his hands off and headed back to the rest, where Zoro was nodding while the other two were jaw-dropped.
"T-Two agents…so easily defeated." Vivi said.
"We tried to kill this man?" Igaram dumbly asked.
"Ha! Please," Starlow rolled her eyes. "This level of power is just child's play."
"Now then!" Mario reached them, making them flinch. "It seems that you both are in a pickle." They began to tremble as he hummed. "I guess I have no other choice but to take you back home."
"...Eh?" Vivi blinks her eyes.
"Hold on, what?" Even Zoro was confused by what he just said.
"I will-a have to speak with Luffy about this." Mario said as he took out a pill before throwing it at Igaram, which in contact, healed his wound.
"W-What?!" Igaram gasped as he felt his strength back, even his wounds were healed.
"Mario! What are you doing?!" Zoro asked.
"Helping people." Mario replied as he went to Igaram and untied him. "These two aren't evil. Far from it, they are two brave souls that need help to save their kingdom."
"H-Huh?!" Vivi was baffled. "W-What are you talking about?!"
"Don't think too much."
From above the buildings, everyone looked up and saw Nami coming down. "He may not look like it, but Mario is actually a Hero." She leaped down and landed safely, "A fairy-tale, real life hero."
"Aw shucks." Mario chuckled embarrassingly, "I'm not that grand. Just doing my job."
"And he's humble about it." Nami was enjoying the looks of shock from Vivi and Igaram. "So humble that he was holding back on his punches on those idiots."
"...C-Can we please make a deal, captain?" Vivi smiles in fear, now knowing and acknowledging that a large margin outmatched them.
"Captain?" Mario looked confused before connecting the dots. "Oh, No. I'm not the captain."
"What?!"
"That would be our rubbery sleepyhead over there." Nami pointed at the still-sleeping Luffy.
"B-But! How-! Why-! HUH?!" Vivi's brain finally gave up trying to understand.
"Alright! Let's move to business since you are willing to make a deal!" Nami grinned and held her belly sign. "Protection for the princess will be one million bellies!"
"EX~ EHEM! MAMAMAMAMA~ CUSE ME!?" Igaram stared in horror. "Pray tell what makes you believe we have that much money!?"
"Uhm, royalty?" Nami pointed at the brain-dead Vivi. "Surely her life is worth more than anything."
"Do you even know what is going on in our kingdom?!"
"...No?"
"There's a civil war." Mario said, shocking her. "I don't think they are in the best position to-a make money."
"Drats!" Nami cursed as he glared at the princess, who finally woke up from her mental stroke. "Explained everything!"
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"That makes much more sense."
The group was informed of the situation in Alabasta. How Baroque Works was a front to their true goals of conquering her kingdom. She and Igaram disappeared for three years to find clues about who was the mastermind and stop them.
"But wait. If you had the information already, why haven't you returned?" Mario asked.
"W-Well…we were going to use your ship to escape." Vivi awkwardly said.
"Ha!" Zoro snorted.
"So who is the boss?" Luffy asked.
"No way!" Vivi shook her head. "If I say anything, you all will be hunted!"
"Then we won't ask!" Nami quickly said before looking at Luffy, "So don't bother asking again, Luffy!"
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"Wait, Luffy!?" She gasped in realization, "When did you wake up?!"
"Oh, I don't know." Luffy replied with crossed arms. "I had a need to go to the bathroom and when I came back, I found everyone on the ground. I thought at first that Zoro might have gotten angry at them for something but seeing you all here means that something happened."
"...Did Luffy use his brain just now?" Zoro asked, disbelief falling out his words, followed by everyone.
"Shishishi! So who's the boss?" Luffy asked again.
"Didn't you hear me?!" Vivi shouted at him. "I can't tell you that Crocodile is the Boss!"
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You could feel her skin turned white as she covered her mouth.
"Crocodile?" Mario narrowed his eyes. "So I was right."
"Crocodile?! The Warlord of the Sea!?" Nami screeched in horror.
A sudden presence appeared and everyone looked above to see an otter and vulture looking down. They both looked at each other for a second before flying away.
"Who are they?!" Nami grabbed Vivi and began to roughly shake her, the poor girl was apologizing while crying at her big mouth. "Are they agents?!"
"According to what I learn, they are the Unluckies; agents that deliver messages and information." Mario said. "And they just left with perfect drawings of everyone here."
"Shit! So I can't escape now!" Nami was now in a fetal position. "Not even a day in the Grand Line we are being hunted by a fucking Warlord!"
"U-Uhm…I do have a few savings…" Vivi tried to cheer her up.
"Luffy." The Straw Hat Captain looks at Mario. "We need to go there. If what I saw is true, my brother and the Power Star are in this Crocodile's hands. As well to help Vivi in her journey."
"Sure!" Luffy easily nodded.
"What?!" The Princess looks at them in disbelief. "You are taking us there?! Just like that?! No reward!?"
"I-a don't know about Luffy, but I-a cannot let you and Igaram continue this journey alone." Mario smiled at her. "A princess that fights for her kingdom needs all the help she needs. I-a would know, I-a have my fair share of helping and saving princesses. Besides, my brother is there."
"If Mario wants to help you, so will I!" Luffy said with a smile.
"What kind of pirates are you guys?!"
"A different kind!" Insert background light.
"Gaaaaah! What is this light?!"
"Their charisma." Zoro, Starlow, and Nami replied.
"It is too bright!"
"We know."
"Ehem! May I have you -Mamamamamama~ Attention please?"
The lights faded as everyone turned to Igaram, who was dressed…as Vivi. "Since we have reached a understanding, please hear my plan."
"Hahahaha! What is that?!" Luffy began to laugh uncontrollably while pointing at him. Starlow joined him.
"I-Igaram?!" Vivi blushed in embarrassment.
"I have no words." Mario and Zoro said.
"And what do you mean 'understatement'!" Nami screeched. "We accepted shit!"
"Actually, we did." Mario corrected her.
"Not helping!"
We now moved to the dock, where a ship was sailing away. Igaram had made the plan to place a decoy of all of them and sail back to Alabasta while the Straw Hats took Vivi through a different route.
"Man, that guy is a riot!" Luffy commented.
"A bit weird," Zoro said.
"I say, but he's a wonderful man and subject. Reminds me of Toadsworth." Mario said before looking at Vivi, "His loyalty to you and the kingdom is unquestionable."
"Princess. Let us both pray we reach home safe and sound."
Vivi simply smiled, knowing that Mario was right. "Yes…he is."
"Alright!" Nami sighs, "Since we all seem to be done, let's get going." She said as they turned to leave…
*BOOM!*
Only to snap their heads back to the boat, where now there was a sea of flames and smoke.
"Mama Mia…" Mario was horrified by the display.
"You are freaking kidding me?!" Zoro yelled in disbelief. "They already got to him?!"
"But how!?" Nami almost yanks her hair.
"I like that guy!" Luffy yelled out, holding his anger quite well. "We are leaving!" He shouted hard for everyone.
"Usopp and Sanji are already on the ship!" Mario informed them.
"Nami! How's the Log Pose!" Zoro asked.
"Is ready!" Nami said as she went to Vivi. "Come on! We need to leave!" She told her.
But Vivi was still staring at the burning boat, a blank expression on her eyes, but she was biting her lips. The only proof that she was standing strong to not break now.
Knowing the pain she was going through, Nami brought her into a hug. "I know…Stay strong. We will get you home. Warlord?" Nami (hypocritically) scoffed. "His nothing against these guys; they are the strongest in the world!"
( Five minutes later)
Mario and Zoro finished loading everything, the swordsman raised the anchor while the plumber grabbed everything else (food, water, etc), just as Nami and Vivi came.
"I'm not leaving without him!" Vivi shouted
"We don't have time to search for him!" Nami shouted back.
"What are you two screaming about?!" Zoro yelled at them.
"She won't leave unless her pet duck comes! It usually gets to her side when she whistles!" Nami explained.
"Duck?" Mario asked, "You mean an average human-size yellow duck with an Arabian-like style hat like this?" He pointed at his side, where a yellow duck was, Starlow sitting on it.
"I made a new friend!"
"Quack!"
"HE'S BEEN THERE THE ENTIRE TIME?!"
"Get aboard now!" Zoro shouted as the girls quickly climbed.
"Hey! What's going on?!" Usopp and Sanji woke up at the moment, confused about everything.
"Long story short; this place was a trap for pirates! We are now leaving!" Mario said as he jumped into the sails.
"...I'm not surprised." Sanji sighs in sadness. "I had a feeling, but got too engrossed in the party."
"I-I always knew it was a trap! It was too good to be true!" Usopp lied.
"Excellent! Now, get moving so we can leave!" Nami yelled out.
Minutes later, the Going Merry began to sail, the fog around them hiding their view. "It is getting foggy."
"Good thing we managed to escape without being noticed."
"Yeah, well let's not celebrate just yet."
"I hope we don't hit a rock."
"Nah. That's why I am here-"
"Uhm, Nami?" The navigator looked at Mario, "You do realize that none of us are speaking, right?"
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"Oh shit!"
Swirling their heads behind, they all tense when they saw another person aboard, sitting above the railing.
"I see you made some new friends, Miss Wednesday." The new individual, a mature woman dressed in a dessert cowgirl outfit, said, looking at Vivi with a mischievous smile. "Or should I call you, your highness?"
"M-Ms All-Sunday!" Vivi paled and growled.
"Whose' she?!" Sanji went heart-eye mode. "She's lovely!"
"So it was you!" Vivi gritted her teeth. "You were the one who told the organization!"
"And if I was?" Ms All Sunday smiled. "I mean, you did follow me to discover the boss's identity."
"So you let me find out on purpose?!"
"Your…desire caught my interest, so to say."
"Only to snitch me out!"
"I mean, I am second in command."
('So she's their important member.') Mario hummed as he tilted his head, ('Strange…why does she look familiar?')
"YOU KILL IGARAM!"
Mario snapped from his daze and noticed everyone was already with their weapons out. Usopp and (a reluctant)Sanji aimed weapons while Zoro and Nami had their katana/staff out.
"...Sigh, gentleman." And before they knew it, Usopp and Sanji were sent off the railing. "Please don't point those weapons at me."
"What the?!" Zoro and Nami gasp before feeling their weapons being knocked off. "Is a Devil Fruit!"
"But which one!?"
"Now calm down," The woman sighs as she raises her hand lazily. "I'm not here to do anything to you people."
"Yeah, right." Nami scoffs. "And you disarming us was to make us safe."
"Believe what you want." Miss All-Sunday said.
Suddenly, Luffy felt his straw hat being lifted up, mysteriously flying all the way to the hand of the woman. "So…you are the captain? Monkey D. Luffy."
"Hey!" Luffy went full gorilla tantrum, "Give me back my hat! You want to fight!?"
"Hmm curious indeed." She turned to look at Mario, "But you are interesting, Red Cap." The short man simply narrows his eyes. "Even with all my sources, I could only get that you are far more than anything. Superhuman capabilities, mysterious power, and most shocking, you claim to not have eaten a Devil Fruit. But most baffling of all…is that you claim to be only a plumber."
Vivi blinks a few times before turning her neck robotically at Mario. "...What?" Surely she heard wrong, right?
"Your point being, Miss?" Mario asked, not even bothered to deny the fact.
Suddenly, his own hat was sent flying, it flew all the way to Ms. All-Sunday hand, now wearing Luffy's straw hat over her cowboy hat. "That you are quite enigmatic. Where do you come from that would make you so…powerful and kind."
"That will be for you to figure out, lady." Mario said before smiling, "And also, you shouldn't take people's hats without consensual consent." He snapped his finger.
Confused by that, Ms. All-Sunday didn't have time to react or gasp to Cappy's appearance as he flew off her grip and into her face. Knocking the hats on her head and sitting on it.
Mario's body suddenly floated into the air, shocking the crew, and making Luffy squeal, and made its way into the agent, instantly disappearing. Suddenly, Miss All-Sunday grew a mustache and her eyes changed into Mario's.
"Well now, this is interesting." Ms. All-Sunday(Mario) said.
"Holy shit!" Usopp shouted. "Mario?!"
"It's-a Me!" Ms. All-Sunday(Mario) jumps off the railing, and throws Luffy's hat back to him.
"What did you do?!" Sanji asked, a lot of emotions going through his mind right now.
Cappy pops his eyes out. "My special power! When Mario throws me at a person, I can transport him inside their mind and control them."
"Is that what happened to me?!" Vivi recovered from the shock, earning a nod from her(him). "And…Y-You just need to throw the hat and you capture-YOU JUST CAPTURED THE SECOND IN COMMAND SO EASILY!"
"That's what I did!" Ms. All-Sunday(Mario) nodded before going into deep thoughts for a second. "...Oh! How nice!" She(He) then placed her(his) hand in the pocket and took out something. "Here Vivi."
The princess looked confused as something was thrown at her, catching it. She gasped when she saw it was- "A-A Eternal Pose?"
"What?"
"Is a log pose that will always point to one Island." Vivi explained. "With this, even if we are off course, we will always find the island…" She then looks at Ms. All-Sunday(Mario), "But why would she-?"
"To help us." Ms. All-Sunday(Mario) said, shocking her. "It seems that the place we are going is dangerous for us, so that Log Pose will take us to a free-agent island."
"Help us?!" Vivi felt anger like never before. "Why would she help us?! After everything she did to me?! To Igaram?! TO MY PEOPLE?! MY FATHER!"
"Alright, calm down." Nami pulled her back into a hug, where the princess simply began to breathe.
"Well, from what I'm seeing, she's a survivor. She might be with Crocodile, but she and him are in a thin relationship. They both want something; a…Poneglyph?"
Vivi gasps in horror as she looks at her(him).
"And she's making backups should things go south in this…" She(He) was saying as he suddenly began to blink multiple times. ('Oh…Mama Mia…')
( Inside Miss All-Sunday Mind)
Mario watched in horror at the images he was seeing.
A burning island. A malicious laughter. A woman saying goodbye in tears and a motherly smile. A giant in agony as its body began to turn into ice. A man warning her that she will become a threat.
('Is this her life?') Mario wanted to cry out at the horrible scenes. ('How long was this?')
"Listen Robin!"
He looked at a scene, where the giant was on his knees and looked at the small child that resembled the woman.
"There is nothing more ridiculous than being born in this world to be alone! Someday you will meet friends who will protect you! Go and live with them Robin!"
The image changes to the girl, Robin, running. So many people smile at her, only to change into anger and fear. Others simply use her, in power and knowledge only.
"How many people have rejected you?" Mario mumbled to himself as he looked at another scene, of her tired and crying.
"I'm…so tired…"
He looked back to see Ms. All-Sunday, at least her unconscious form, mumbling.
Mario knew the tone. The tone of being done with everything. To see your efforts not bringing fruits and just…want to be done with everything.
He was like that before.
"I see…A life chain to despair and suffering."
He finally realizes one of the visions that Merlin shows him. This woman, Robin, was someone suffering…
And he knew what to do.
"Mario?"
(Reality)
Ms All-Sunday(Mario) blinked back to reality and saw everyone looking at her(him).
"Are you okay?" Nami asked, "You are crying."
Feeling a bit wet close to her(his) eye, it was wiped away. "Sorry…I witnessed something that made me cry." She(He) confessed. "So…what do we do?"
Luffy simply went to Vivi and took the Eternal Pose from her hand. "Screw that!" and crushed it to pieces.
"Luffy! You idiot!" Nami screamed at him. "We got a free pass without trouble from Baroque Works following us! Why do you do that!?"
"I will not let her choose where Merry is steering to!" Luffy stated.
"...Give it up." Zoro said. "Luffy has spoken. His word is final."
"I agreed." Miss All-Sunday(Mario) nodded. "Luffy is the captain. He can take suggestions, but in the end, he has the right to choose what to do." She(He) looked at Nami, "Unless you are saying you can't navigate us through all this?"
Nami felt her pride get hit. "Oh…It. Is. On!"
"Alright." Miss All-Sunday(Mario) nodded before walking up the stairs. "If we are done, I will send this woman back."
"Huh?!" Vivi was shocked by Mario's(?) decision. "What are you doing?! Kill her!"
"I am not going to do that." Miss All-Sunday(Mario) said as he noticed a giant turtle with a fedora behind the Merry.
"But you were going to gut my throat back in Whiskey Peak!"
"I-a was bluffing." She(He) jumped into the chair of the turtle back and took out a…sheep?
"Whu?! How?! W-Why would you-Gah!?" Vivi was now pulling her hair hard enough to almost tear it.
Placing herself(himself) on the chair and placing the small sheep on her(his) lap. Mario pops out of the agent's body. Ms. All-Sunday could only blink in confusion before the sheep in her lap puffed out a sparkly gas, hitting her and making her fall asleep instantly.
He petted the sheep for its job well done as it vanished. He then quickly brought a piece of paper and wrote on it before placing it on her hat. Once done, he looked at the turtle, who was staring at him. "Please make sure she reaches her destination safely."
The turtle, surprised by it, nodded before Mario jumped off its shell and landed back on the ship.
"Have a safe trip!" Mario waved off as the giant turtle sailed away.
Vivi watched in disbelief before looking at Mario, "Why would let her go?! She's going to get revenge for this?! And even tell Crocodiles about this!"
"Perhaps." Mario said as he looked at the princess, "But I believe that she's not an evil person. Questionable actions aside."
"W-Whu?! Are you a therapist or something?!"
"Yes."
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"If you are going to ask what he is, get a chair and a drink." Zoro suggested as he sat down as usual. "Cause your brain will be blown away."
"...I…will take the suggestion." Vivi felt that she was going to be told something impossible and will have nothing to prove it was false.
Princess Vivi, say hello to the Greatest Plumber in the Universe!