Hey guys! Crescent Rider here and I am back with another chapter! But before you all begin, be aware that this is the last part of the Baratie Arc and what comes next is Arlong Park.

Under normal circumstances, I would have Marie fight Ghin instead of Sanji. But that won't be the case as I have something else in mind.

That is all and enjoy the chapter!

Baratie Fin

After Ghin supposedly knocked out Pearl with a single blow of his ball-shaped tonfas, Sanji would stand and walk next to her, "You've done more than enough, Marie-chan. Leave this one to me,"

"Are you sure?" Marie asked,

"I am, so leave this one to me," Sanji insisted,

Marie stares at him, then she agrees to his request and goes to check on Zeff. All the while, she could hear Don Krieg reprimanding Ghin for his actions, "Ghin! You have betrayed your Captain and your ship!"

"I know, I'm sorry, Don Krieg. But he saved our lives, I can't kill him. Not like this," Ghin stated, "He deserves better. He deserves to face death standing up. But I promise you,"

Ghin then rests one of his tonfa's onto his shoulder and faced Sanji, "He'll still die by my hand,"

"Oh, great... My Chief Commander has completely lost his marbles," Don Krieg rebuked,

"Chief Commander, No other he's better than that man with shields," Honored Marie remarked,

"Ha, my plan worked perfectly! And now he's out in the open!" Luffy proudly expressed,

"You liar! There's no way you thought that this would happen," Sanji yelled,

"Sanji, look, I'm just following orders. I don't want to ruin this ship, but I think it's too late for that," Ghin remarked,

"Huh, maybe but if you think you're going to take this restaurant without killing me. You've got another thing coming," Sanji proclaimed,

"Sounds fair, and it will be an absolute pleasure to kill you. My good friend," Ghin said,

"Geez, that's comforting... Asshole," Sanji remarked while lighting his cigarette,

"You as well, Chore Boy," Ghin added, "Once you're gone, that girl will follow Don Krieg,"

"Gee, thanks, but neither she nor I am afraid of any Krieg Pirate," Luffy remarked,

This roused Krieg's underlings as they sneered at Luffy and hoped that he die as they were the Proclaimed Krieg Pirates, Ruler of the East Blue. To add more fuel to the flames, Luffy remarked, "Only coz you outnumber the other pirates of the East Blue,"

"He certainly knows how to hit them where it hurts," Wily Marie clarified

"More like plain honesty given Don Krieg's reputation," Marie said, just as the other Don Krieg Pirates wanted to go and beat Luffy up,

The one who stopped them all was their captain as he yelled to all of them, "Hold your place!"

"But Don Krieg, he can't just say that!" A Krieg Pirate opposed,

"You'll only prove his point if you lose control or whine like little babies," Don Krieg clarified as he sat down, "Do you see me trembling in anger? Only the weak react to mere words. Don Krieg Pirates runs from no man!"

After they've agreed with their captain, Krieg orders Ghin to kill Sanji while he'll kill Luffy for his insolence against him. In fact, he indulges him in using his Devil Fruit powers against him as he's seen it all, and never was he beaten by it.

"Your voice is getting on my nerves," Luffy remarked, "I'm gonna kick your ass, it's as simple as that, hold on just a second, I'll be right there,"

"The impudence," Krieg rebuked with gritted teeth,

There was a long intense silence between them, but Marie's ears overheard a few words from the Krieg Pirates about Ghin, The Cold Hearted Demon, and Krieg Pirates' Chief Commander. It matters little to him when his enemies beg for mercy, he'll finish them off without a second thought.

Ghin would whirl his batons around and attack Sanji head-on. The former avoids the latter's attack and attempts to smash him down, but Sanji jumps back to avoid it. But this turned out to be a ruse as Ghin pulled his batons with enough force to send debris in Sanji's way.

What follows is Sanji attempting to kick Ghin, but the latter manages to avoid it by spinning in mid-air, then pins the Sous Chef into the ground while casually sitting with his legs crossed onto each other and resting the other baton on his shoulder.

"Sanji," Marie muttered, as the sous chef struggled to break free,

Ghin then reminds him while preparing for his next and supposed finishing blow. But before it could be delivered, Sanji spat his cigarette towards Ghin's face and opened a small window for him to escape, stood on both hands and kicked right on top of Ghin's head.

This puts Ghin in a daze, but he delivers a blow straight into Sanji's chest with his baton, and the latter spits blood from the force of the impact. Both sides showed concern towards their respective combatant, but for the Krieg Pirates' side, Krieg would remind them that he trusts Ghin above all others and reiterate that he never quits.

Just then, Ghin stands tall and Sanji follows suit. For the latter, he seems to struggle due to the blow of Ghin's Batons. Still, Sanji remains stubborn and hardheaded much to the Baratie's Staff concerns...

For Luffy and Marie, the latter watches while the former recalls that he has Krieg to fight since he's just sitting there. Luffy charged head-on, but Krieg repelled him back by throwing a small bomb into the water and shot him with his shoulder cannon after the bomb's detonation.

As Krieg laughs at Luffy's folly, the latter slams his straw hat into the floor, "You're a bastard! Don't you wanna fight me!?"

"Fight you? Do I really have to? If all I want is to kill you, that's enough for me," Krieg uncaringly said, "I don't have any patience for your stupid games, little fool,"

"Oh yeah?!" Luffy stretches his cheeks at him, "How about I bite your head off!"

'He's not going to win like this,' Marie remarked, 'Not until he's serious that is...'

Soon enough, they heard a thud and turned to see Sanji on the floor once more while Ghin stood before him. The sous chef was coughing blood and holding onto his bruised side, Ghin stared down at him, then spat out a bit of blood from his mouth.

Sanji remains adamantly stubborn and remarks on how Ghin hits like a girl despite how grave his injuries are. Ghin then goes to attack him after saying goodbye, but Sanji notices how slow it is and cartwheels to the side.

Then Sanji lands a solid kick on Ghin, knocking the Chief Commander into the ground. After that, Marie heard audible cracks and recognized what it meant, 'His ribs are breaking! Any more, and they'll puncture an organ!'

But as much as she wants to help Sanji, she has no right to intervene. Doing so would sully the match between them, even as Ghin stood up and grabbed Sanji by the neck. With the latter pinned down and greatly injured, the former could strike him down and finish him...

...

...

...

Until it wasn't the case as Ghin regretfully sheds tears towards the Sous Chef who saved their lives. He even admits that he couldn't do it and bitterly apologizes to his captain. Much to Krieg's irritation.

"Ghin-san..." Marie muttered,

Ghin then went on to express his loyalty and gratitude for his captain, especially when he was trusted as his Chief Commander. An honorable moment in his life, but he can't live with himself if he kills Sanji and can't bring himself to fulfill his oath with Krieg as well.

He then pleaded to just let him disobey this single order and even asked to just leave peacefully. But that's when Krieg seemingly snap as he screamed in utter anger, "You little son of a bitch! You think you can defy my orders and tell me what to do!"

Ghin remains silent while Krieg continues, "It's pathetic, Morality, Sympathy, Weaknesses I never expected to see from you. You are not my Chief Commander anymore!"

'What is he doing?' Marie wondered,

"Pirates, step aside," Krieg ordered as he aimed the front side of his shoulder cannon, and the skull opened the barrel,

"No! Not the gas!" Ghin frantically yelled,

From the looks of the Krieg Pirates, Marie learned that Krieg intends to use poison gas known as 'MH5'. As his subordinates put on their gas masks, Krieg reiterates his philosophy as a pirate, "The only thing that matters in a fight is who ends up winning, even if more have got to die. Poison gas is just a means to an end, Victory is all that decides what's right and what's wrong. If you're dead, nobody's going to complain anyway,"

Much like her brother, she was fuming with anger at how vile and cowardly Krieg's words were...

Especially when he mentioned that doing unspeakable horrible things without hesitation is the meaning of True Power...

'This is wrong... Everything he says is wrong!' Marie angrily stated while fuming within,

Ghin would pull out his mask but felt reluctant to wear it. Then he hears Krieg's shout, "Might as well throw that gas mask away! You're no longer worthy to be a Krieg Pirate, Die!"

Luffy, having heard enough, goes to attack Krieg once more. But the latter repels him by firing a barrage of spikes at him. After Luffy retreats, he tells Ghin that he doesn't have to listen to Krieg because he's going to kick his ass.

But Ghin refuted as his captain cannot be beaten, for he is the Strongest Man alive and he respects his punishment much to Sanji's protest as well as the fact that he's going to die by Krieg's hand.

Ghin then states that he deserved it since he obeying his emotions is the same as betraying his captain. The only honor he has left is death by his Captain's hand as he throws his mask away.

But before it fell to the ocean, Marie quickly retrieved it with great speed and nearly fell into the water. She then sits upstraight and gets infuriated, "Just what in all the four seas are you talking about Ghin?! There's no honor in this! Do you really want to die just because you've disobeyed him once?! What of your debt with Sanji?!"

"That no longer matters," Ghin stated, "No one can defeat Krieg, not even your captain will win against him,"

'He's serious about this!' Marie expressed with dismay,

"I'd advised you to keep that mask, girl. Wouldn't want my replacement for Chief Commander to die, Now, It's MH5 Poison Gas, Fire!" Krieg shouted, and fired upon them,

As the bomb traveled towards them, Luffy acted quickly by stealing two masks from the nearest Krieg Pirates, "Sanji, Ghin! Catch!"

"Now, for mine!" Luffy declared, but found no one as the Krieg Pirates kept their distance from the blast radius, "Ugh! Where'd they go!"

Marie looked around and there wasn't a single Krieg Pirate nearby for a mask, looking down at the only mask she had and recalling Krieg's desire. She resorts to the only option and shoves her gas mask against Luffy's face, "I'm sorry, Luffy! But I can't let you become a victim of Krieg's cowardice!"

"Hey! Let go, Marie! This is your mask! You can't!" Luffy protested as he struggled to push her away,

But she remains adamant and even closes her eyes as if she's accepting her fate.

"Marie!" Sanji yelled,

"Damn it! She's going to die!" Krieg exclaimed,

But as the MH5 Projectile was close to detonation, a gas mask was tossed near her and an arm of hers sprouted to grab it and stuffed it into her face just as the bomb exploded and the gas spread across the fin...

'A Gas Mask?! But where did it come from?' Marie exclaimed, 'There wasn't a Krieg Pirate anywhere near here, unless...'

As the smoke cleared around them, Marie turned to only Krieg Pirate on the fin and soon realized that Ghin had thrown away his mask in her direction, and used the other for Sanji.

"Ghin-san!" Marie exclaimed as she released Luffy, 'He seriously threw his mask for me, what was he thinking!?'

Krieg's MH5 caused serious damage to Ghin upon inhalation, his skin turned dark, his body started to spasm, and soon fell after he coughed a lot of blood.

"No!/Ghin-san!" Luffy and Marie exclaimed respectively,

But just as they were about to go to him, they stopped to hear Krieg laughing at his Chief Commander's demise, "What a fool! You're paying a plate of food for your life! Though you did keep the girl from dying, you'll still learn what it means to defy me. When you're dead,"

Krieg continues to mockingly laugh at Ghin, then something snapped within Marie's mind. The same applies to every other clone within, "Luffy..."

Luffy turns to her after he removed his face, and recognizes the look she's giving, "We all want a piece of him... Let us have it,"

Luffy just glanced at her with shadow, then turns back to Krieg, "Fine, then I'm the one kicking his ass after,"

"Works for me," Marie declared, crushed the gas mask she had on hand, and tossed it aside,

Luffy then tells Ghin to not die as he's determined to kick Krieg's ass. Ghin retorts that he can defeat Krieg, and Sanji grabs Luffy by the wrist, "Wait a second! attacking him head-on is exactly what he wants, he's strong in that way!"

"I'm not worried," Luffy clarified,

"And neither am I," Marie added,

After Luffy pulled his hand away from Sanji, the two dashed right for Krieg together. The latter just grins at them, "Dumb kids, when you lose your patience you become easy prey."

The two just ignore his words while Krieg pulls out small bombs in his hand, "Really don't want that girl dead since her power is worth having. But both of you leave me no other choice, the only thing you're both running into is your funeral,"

He soon throws the bombs into the water and explodes, creating a large splash of water. Krieg then raised his shield and fired a barrage of spikes at the two. Both Luffy and Marie felt the spikes puncturing certain sections of their bodies but pushed onward as they weren't afraid of him.

After they emerged from the splash, Luffy jumped up and stretched one of his arms back while Marie went for the front, threw her arms back to her right side, and expanded her muscles, "Gomu-Gomu no!/Ushigaeru!"

Krieg sets his sights on Luffy, and pulls out what appears to be a cloak with razor-sharp spikes on the front, "Come on! Just try it!"

There wasn't any place for Luffy or Marie to hit without touching spikes. But they put their conditions aside and struck Krieg despite the spikes puncturing through their fists, "Pistoru!/Kyanon!"

Luffy went for the face while Marie went for the stomach. Everyone was baffled as Krieg was thrown off a wall of his ship's remains and landed on the ground with a visible bruise on his face.

Once Luffy and Marie picked up their feet, everyone exclaimed at the fact that Don Krieg had been hit by these two despite how outrageous it was to attack him through the spikes. Some of the chefs even wiggled or gripped their hands just thinking about it.

Moments later, Luffy and Marie grasped onto their respective spikes and started pulling them out while the latter spoke, "Is this our funeral, or yours?"

"You can't kill us. With little spikes," Luffy stated as he and Marie pulled another spike out of their bodies, "Our funeral... Will take more than this!"

"You'll have to do better than that..." Marie added and pulled the last spike out of their bodies, "To beat us!"

After the spikes were removed, they stood upright and proudly declared, "Because it isn't our time to die just yet!"

Though the pain was throbbing within their bodies, their resolve remained strong. Before long, Krieg regains consciousness from the blows he sustained, "So... It's not any of your funeral yet, is it? Too bad,"

"Why's that?" Marie questioned,

"Because someone's gonna go. And since I'm here, I'd like to pay my respect!" Krieg got up and struck the two with his shoulder cannon, then followed up with a burst of explosion, "Go to hell!"

However, Luffy and Marie were already above him and landed their respective kicks against Krieg, one by the shoulder and one by his face, "You first!/You first!"

The Krieg Pirates exclaimed in disbelief as their captain took another fall since they'd never seen anyone beat their captain in a fight. One exclaimed what they were, and the two just grinned to themselves,

But as the Krieg Pirates expressed doubts and concerns, Krieg yelled at them all, "Shut up, maggots! Never doubt me!"

The two turned to Krieg and saw him put his shoulder pads together, extend a hand, and speartip pop out from the top. He then raised this weapon above his head and both Luffy and Marie jumped out of the way.

Upon impact, an explosion followed and rocked the ground.

"It's just one after another with this guy," Marie complained, "First those guns, spikes, and poison gas. Now a spear that explodes? What else?"

"So what now you two? Are you two going to try and hide from me?" Krieg angrily questioned while removing his cape, "Alright then, this should be fun,"

"What happened to not killing me, Krieg? You changed your mind?" Marie questioned,

"Yes, I've changed my mind," Krieg yelled, "Since you're so adamant about joining my crew, I might as well kill you along with this chore boy!"

"Well, good! Cause I'd hate to work with the likes of you scum!" Marie yelled,

This infuriates Krieg so much that he raises his spear once more and causes another explosion that splits the area where Luffy and Marie are fighting. The latter jumps right onto a stable piece of Krieg's ship while the former saved himself by grabbing a wooden railing,

"Man, that spear sucks! It explodes everything he hits anything!" Luffy complained, then felt weak in his knees, "Ugh, what's going on, my knees,"

"Luffy," Marie tries to straighten herself up, but soon falls to her knees, then down to one arm as the other is clutched around her waist, "Damn it, not now..."

Sanji, sitting next to Zeff, was expressing concern over the two. They've lost too much blood and either one of them wouldn't last a fight any longer than they should. All while Krieg mocked them in their state, "You two look tired, too bad! Guess you should've saved a little more energy,"

'All these injuries of ours are taking their toll,' Marie complained, then she set her sights on Krieg, 'And that spear of his, it'll definitely drag this battle long, too long for that matter,'

"Marie!" Luffy shouted, and she turned to him, "Leave this guy to me now! You've helped out a lot today!"

"You sure, Luffy?" Marie reaffirmed,

"Yep!" Luffy replied,

There was a pause between them, and then Marie closed her eyes and turned away, "Alright then, I'll leave him to you. I've already done more than enough for him,"

Marie gathered her thoughts together, expanded the muscles of her legs, and jumped her way back to the fin of the Baratie, or rather back to where Sanji and Zeff are. Upon landing, she tumbled but managed to steady herself, "Are you alright, Little Waitress?"

"I'll be fine," Marie assured, "My Devil Fruit is merely taking its toll, that's all,"

Marie then sat against the railing and watched the battle unfold between Luffy and Krieg.

"You think he's going to beat him?" Sanji asked,

"He will," Marie said, "Because he's going to be King of the Pirates,"

Sanji doubts this, especially when Luffy resorts to dodging Krieg's spear as well as avoiding it by latching himself onto the handle. This infuriates Krieg, so he smashes the spear against the ground and goes in for the kill with his spear.

Though Luffy caught the speartip, he took the brunt of the explosion that followed.

"Chore boy!" Sanji exclaimed, while Marie showed little concern for her brother,

Knowing her brother, he would stand up and attack once more. To which he did as he rushed towards Krieg once more, only to be met by the same result.

Still, Luffy pushed onward and went for one spot in particular. Marie then hears Zeff's words regarding Luffy's heart and determination, even if Krieg possesses more than a hundred weapons, he will be brought to his knees as Luffy knows no fear.

And when he fights, he's not afraid of anything even death...

Marie just smirked as Luffy continued his assault and Krieg grew intensely mad and went to attack him again. As the smoke clears, Luffy keeps standing and Krieg's speartip breaks much to his disbelief.

After a conversation between Luffy and Krieg, the battle continues with the latter going straight for the former. Though Luffy would fool around to get on Krieg's nerves while avoiding his exploding weapon.

Then Luffy snapped apart the mast pole that Krieg broke and threw it at him. The latter burns this projectile with a wrist-mounted flamethrower and what follows is Luffy unleashing a flurry of punches at him, "Gomu Gomu no Gatoringu!"

Despite that, not a dent in Krieg's armor and he laughs at his folly. But Luffy told otherwise as he stretched one of his arms back, "We'll see about that, Gomu Gomu no Pistoru!"

There was silence, and then Krieg struck Luffy with his weapon and sent him toward a wall with an explosion, "How dare you! It's useless, you'll never defeat me! This armor can take a million of your monkey punches, and it wouldn't have so much as a dent!"

Luffy would pick himself up despite his injuries, "Well, we'll just see about that, Huh?"

As soon as he raised his head, Krieg was nowhere near him, "He's gone,"

"I'm right here!" Krieg called out, standing at the top of a mast pole, "You don't stand a chance, boy! The real power comes from deadly weapons! They're the source of true strength! See only the strong are meant to live, and that's me!"

'He's going to draw his attention,' Marie presumed, 'Clever, but it'll be the last thing he'll do,'

Luffy runs up to him, and stretches both of his arms back, "Yeah, well that's what you think! Gomu Gomu no!"

"It's useless! Foolish pride could only ever get you so far!" Krieg yelled with his weapon raised above his head,

As soon as Krieg swipes down, the explosion hits Luffy but he pushes onward and lands a direct hit against Krieg dead center to his chest, "Bazuka!'

However, Krieg would throw several small bombs into the water while Luffy is dazed at the top of the pole. These bombs would explode around Luffy's position and he was too injured to move at the time.

"Choreboy!" Sanji yelled while Chefs and Krieg Pirates in the water were swept by the waves due to Krieg's bombs,

'It isn't over, is it, girl?' Ecstatic Marie inquired,

"It isn't, because our brother..." Marie witnessed her brother emerging from the smoke with arms stretched back, "Is strong!"

"Gomu Gomu no Bazuka!" Luffy yelled and struck Krieg so hard that his armor shattered in the process, then he pulled his arms back and stretched them above his head, "I win!"

Krieg suffered the blow, but wasn't out, "This isn't over yet, boy!"

"Whoa, he's still alive!" Luffy remarked, but soon caught himself in Krieg's steel net,

Since there wasn't anything but ocean water, Krieg declared himself the winner. But Luffy wasn't finished as he slipped his arms and legs through the large holes of Krieg's net and whirled his rubbery legs towards Krieg's face like a corkscrew.

With him caught in between his feet, Luffy would finish the battle by pulling Krieg over and spinning him around like a top, "Gomu Gomu no!"

Marie soon grins with pride as the match is over and her brother triumphs to the self-proclaimed Ruler of the East Blue, 'That's my little brother, Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates!'

"Ozuchi!" Luffy yelled, and smashed Krieg against the Baratie fin so hard that it broke upon impact,

With that, Krieg was unconscious and Luffy grins before falling into the water. The Baratie Chefs cheered for Luffy while the Krieg Pirates anguished upon their captain's defeat. Marie expected no less from her brother, but another matter needs tending, "Sanji, can you save my brother for me?"

"Huh?" Sanji mouthed in confusion,

"He can't swim," Marie revealed,

"Those who wield the power of the Devil Fruit are hated by the seas, and they lose their ability to swim," Zeff revealed, "He'd be sinking by the depths of the ocean right now if no one saves him,"

"Are you serious, Old man?! He'll just sink!" Sanji exclaimed,

"Not unless someone saves him," Marie remarked,

With that, Sanji goes to take of his shoes and suit and dives into the water to save Luffy despite his injuries. Marie, on the other hand, was grateful as she picked herself up and retrieved Luffy's Straw Hat, Sanji's shirt, and shoes,

After she placed them at the nearest table, she goes back out while Zeff asks by the door, "So, little girl. Just what happened back there?"

"What do you mean?" Marie inquired,

"When you and the chore boy were crazy enough to attack Krieg despite the spikes in front of you. You appear to have it worse compared to him, so why don't you indulge me by answering that question?" Zeff inquired,

"Oh, I see..." Marie said, then gazed at the spot where Sanji dived into the water for Luffy, "And it'll be a while before Sanji gets Luffy out of the water,"

With that, Marie unveils her secret to Zeff and looks somewhat surprised despite how her expression remains the same. At the end of her explanation, he summarized, "So your Devil Fruit is quite a handful, not many are so stubborn or sane enough to take a hit with your power. They may as well have their finger nicked by a needle and pass on to the next world,"

"Certainly," Marie admitted,

"But that means nothing if you're like chore boy," Zeff clarified, "And I consider it an honor to have watched two people with heart to surpass the odds,"

"Thank you, Boss Zeff," Marie thanked,

Right on cue, Sanji emerges from the water with Luffy in tow. Marie would go to them and reach out with four arms instead of two, "Bring him here, Sanji-san!"

Sanji swam towards her, and Marie pulls him and Luffy onto the Baratie Fin. After the extra arms are gone, Marie places her ear onto Luffy's chest and Sanji inches in on them, "Is he alive?"

Marie keeps herself quiet, then smiles before turning up to Sanji, "He's fine, he's just asleep from all that fighting,"

Sanji expressed some relief, then smiled at the two, "You two really are something, huh?"

"Of course we are," Marie agreed, then gave a cheery smile to the Sous Chef, "For we're proud pirates!"

Sanji gets all love-struck by her smile, forms hearts in his eyes, and clutches onto his chest as if he was struck in his heart, "Hwah, Marie-swan,"

Marie just giggled, and then she heard Krieg's voice, "No! I'm the world's strongest! I win! I'm the greatest! I'm the best, no one defeats me!"

'Even in defeat, he is intolerably arrogant of being the best,' Purist Marie stated,

'Indeed, I almost feel sorry for his crew,' Honored Marie remarked just as the Krieg Pirates attempted to restrain their deranged captain,

But Krieg swatted them all away, "Kill! Enemy! Argh! I'LL FIGHT UNTIL VICTORY IS MINE!"

Ironically, the one who'd knock him out was Ghin, by punching him in the gut and hoisting him onto his shoulder despite being half his side, "Don Krieg, we've lost. Let's leave now while we have a shred of dignity,"

With everyone's approval, what follows is a conversation between Ghin, Marie, and Sanji, "Thanks for everything, Sanji,"

"Sure, now leave and don't ever come back," Sanji said,

"Hey, Sanji. You don't owe me any favors, but when the kid wakes up. Tell him I'll see him in the Grand Line," Ghin requested,

"You don't have to ask Sanji about that, Ghin-san. Because I would pass that message myself when he wakes up," Marie said with a cheeky grin,

Ghin then admits that Don Krieg's obsession has soon become his as well. Even as he coughed due to the poison, he admitted that it sounded silly but it's his dream now. And with the poison within his veins, he may have a few hours to live but he somehow feels free to live on his own terms.

Because of this, Marie starts to laugh and the two men turn to her, "A few hours, huh? With your strength, pride, and will. I'm sure you'll last longer than a few hours! We'll meet again, I'm sure of it,"

Ghin chuckled at her behavior, "You certainly are his sister. And to hell with loyalty to Don Krieg, my devotion to him was just an escape from forging my own destiny. Once your heart is set and you pursue all your dreams with every fiber of what you are. You will never again feel lost, hopeless, or afraid. I learn all that from a brave chore boy,"

With that, Sanji orders Patty and Carne to bring out the boat they use for grocery shopping for the Krieg Pirates. Though there were obvious protests from the two chefs, Sanji demanded otherwise and they complied with tears in their eyes.

Though the boat is small and overcrowded with Krieg's men, Ghin sets off with them after a reminder that the Baratie is a restaurant where the cooks fight. Once they were gone, Marie volunteered to treat everyone for their injuries.

As well as her brother's after a long and grueling fight with Krieg himself...

That is it for this chapter! As for the next, it may cover the end of the Baratie and the second half of Arlong Park Arc.

I'll try to make it as entertaining as possible...

That is all I have to say, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!

Marie's Jiga Fomu (Ego Forms):
Supaida (Spider)
Ushigaeru (Bullfrog)
Dakusu (Daggers)
Kamakiri (Mantis)
Sansetsukon (Three Section Staff)
Nekoh (Cat)
Hapungan (Harpoon Gun)
Parasoru (Parasol)
Burodosodo (Broadsword)
Muchi (Whip) - New
Unnamed Tonfa Form
Unnamed Adult Form

Marie's Jiga Kuron (Ego Clones):
Ecstatic Marie
Purist Marie
Fury Marie
Solemn Marie
Wily Marie
Honored Marie
Crafty Marie
Mild Marie
Three Unspecified Maries