Chapter 25: Act 6 Enies Lobby

AN: This chapter was hard. It made me cry twice. Not because of what I wrote but remembering the first times I watched those scenes in the anime. Ouch. Also, this one is pretty loose with details, so if you haven't read or watched One Piece or it's just been a while, it might be hard to follow. Sorry. Hopefully you enjoy it though.

Also, dont steal this story or post it anywhere else. I also post on archive of our own under the same name. Anywhere else is stolen and the poster is an ass. Moral of the story: Don't be an asshole and write your own stories.

Brook came out laughing. "Yo ho ho ho! So our crew is in dire straits. Chasing after the dear Nico Robin, they faced enormous odds, so what do they need? A hero!"

The real Ussop, dressed as Sniper King complete with mask and cape, came out to sing his theme song. When backed by an orchestra and a couple back up singers, it was pretty impressive, but honestly it seemed a little out of place. The audience was more interested in what was happening with the crew than a random solo. But the Strawhats in the front row cheered loudly and no one dared complain.

"My friend, Ussop, explained you needed some help so I'm here to back you up, Straw-hat Luffy," Sniper King explained. "Now, let's go get your crewmate back!"

After that, Brook came out and started up his song. It was fast, frantic, and chaotic. The whole cast was on stage in a dozen different fake fights. Brook described the crashing Rocketman, the fights between the Franky Family and the Marines, and even Luffy's fight with Blueno, underlined by a very quick beat and a talented flute player. It was kinda similar to Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee.

A sea of foes

A small dedicated team

Nothing will stop them

Everywhere they go

Everyone says

"What are they thinking?"

To which their only reply

"Give back our Nakama!"

The song finished in a flourish as all the extras fell flat, leaving just the Strawhats (and Sniper King) facing against CP9, with a tied up Franky and Robin behind them.

The real Robin hid her face in her hands while every crew member who could reach laid a hand on her in comfort. Brooks had asked her if she wanted a solo or what she wanted to say here, but she declined. She just wanted to get through it.

"Robin! Tell me you want to live. We're not scared of the government. We're not scared of CP9 and we're not scared of the Buster call. We'll burn their flag and beat their asses. So say it!"

The Robin clone screamed out with the same desperation of that long ago day. "I want to live. Take me with you back to sea!"

"Yosh, let's go!"

The acting Strawhats and the acting CP9 paired off into the fights from back then. Chopper vs Kumadori; Sanji vs Jabra; Nami vs Kalifa; Franky vs Fukurou; Zoro vs Kaku; and of course Luffy vs Rob Lucci.

"Yohohoho, I call this one, Pirate's Punching Zoo," Brook announced as the orchestra started up again. This song sounded more like Brook's new Soul King style. Very rock and roll with occasional solos from different instruments. It was an impressive piece of music that highlighted the insanity on stage. Each pair faced off and fought while the spot light was on them, then the spot light would move and they would freeze.

"Welcome to the zoo, the zoo, the zoo

Welcome to the Pirates' punching Zoo.

Punch a long neck giraffe in the face of you can reach or merely slice his belly

Or kick a wolf across the street and stomp his knees to jelly

Careful headbutting that sheep,

She's a slippery one.

And that's a man, but don't be fooled, he moves like a kraken.

Welcome to the zoo, the zoo, the zoo

Welcome to the Pirates' punching Zoo.

Don't bother being gentle, they certainly won't.

So punch that leopard in the face and make him wish he was like me,

JUST BONES!

It was chaotic and insane, but surprising quick and despite six fights happening at the same time, the spotlight kept everything clear. Little Chopper used Kumadori's hair to fling him off stage, Franky just punched Fukurou in the face a few times, and Nami threw black sponges at Kalifa who pretended to get electrocuted. Zoro and Sanji's opponents put on animal masks and Sanji's actor pulled a yellow and orange leg warmer on to show as his Diable Jambe.

Finally, the only ones left standing are Luffy and Lucci. Everyone held their breath as the music reached a crescendo.

Welcome to the Zoo!

Only that dumb kitty cat left,

So take him down captain.

Show him pain, show him grief

Show him why no one takes our crew!

Welcome to the zoo, the zoo, the zoo

Welcome to the Pirates' punching Zoo

Where pirates ouch their way in,

Then punch their way ooouuutt!

Oh yeah!

Luffy punched Lucci in the chest and Lucci clawed him back. Luffy went to one knee, while all the Strawhats gathered on one end of the stage and when Sniper King shouted at Luffy to get up and finish it, Luffy stood up and wound up for a punch that looked like it sent Lucci flying across the stage and into the air! The audience gasped as the ragged CP9 agent collapsed on the edge of the stage. A handcuffed Robin raced across the stage so Sniper King could wield the keys to unlock her and they could all hug. Then a crash of cymbals marked the rise of all the marine extras rushing onto the stage.

Joker, with straps on his face, came out. "You'll never get away Strawhat! I'll burn this whole island to the ground before I let Nico Robin go free."

Luffy stuck out his tongue. "Jerk face, nothing is going to stop us." He stopped and turned to the audience. "Wait, did you hear that?" A flute player twittered for a second.

SniperKing pulled back his mask and raised a hand to his ear. "I do. You don't think?"

Robin stepped forward. "It is!"

The model Going Merry was pulled on stage! A voice from off stage called. "I'm here to save you, let us sail one last time!"

Everyone shouted, "Merry!"

And the curtain went down.

After a few minutes, where the audience was getting restless, the curtain came up again, showing the pirates back on their beloved ship on the sea.

Brook strolled out back with his trusty violin. He played idlely while he spoke.

"Yes, the Going Merry, the Stawhat's dear little ship that could, made her own way through rough seas and treacherous currents just in time to carry our crew away from the attacking marine armada. Behind them, the marine attack decimated the island, ruining the seat of Marine Justice for generations. Humiliated, they put a price on every head of the crew, even our sweet Dr. Chopper. ("That doesn't make me happy, you bastard," Chopper cried from the audience.) But first, it was time to say good bye."

The song he played sounded like "Oh Danny Boy," and made nearly everyone in the building cry.

"Oh Merry Go,

The seas, the seas are calling

From every Blue and across the Grand Line.

We sailed together for so long, even from the skys, we came falling.

It's time, it's time to say good bye

We'll know you can see us from that meadow,

A summer filled with flowers and not the dark bottom of the sea

And so we'll sail in your memory and we need you to know

Oh Merry Go, oh Merry Go, we love you so."

The acting Strawhats openly cried as they waved their ship goodbye as it drifted off the stage. The strawhats in the front row were bawling too, and even the most stoic in the audience had to wipe away a tear.

After a minute, while everyone tried to get control of themselves, the acting Franky shouted clearly. "Don't you worry, Strawhats. I'll make you a Supah ship. One worthy of the king of the pirates!"