The Straw hats docked on a nearby island to have a little break and some relaxation. Luffy saw something in the water as he was fishing. It looked like a seashell. He picked it up and looked at it closer. It looked like a mini windmill of some sort and on the side, there was a small wind-up key. He hopped on top of a rock and sat down and started winding up the device. It makes a ticking noise with each turn from the windup key. As he finished, the mini windmill slowly turned, ticking like a clock. Luffy eyes grew wide, and he grinned widely as he stared at the device excitedly.

"Oi, I've found something coo! Come and see! Hey!" Luffy shouted. Nami was wearing a magenta two-piece bathing suit, lying down on her stomach on a table, tanning. She looked over at Luffy hearing him call out something.

"What's he so happy about?" She murmured. Zorro was doing some push-ups with a couple of sacks on his back. He was topless and wearing his black pants and boots with his bandanna tied on his arm. Sanji walked over to her, wearing a dark blue swim shorts with light blue stripes on the side and flip flops. He poured some sun lotion in his hand.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Nami!" Sanji smiled and started to rub the lotion on the navigator's back. "Oh! Nami! Your skin is so smooth!"

"If your hand goes any further than I like, I'll kill you, Okay?" Nami told him.

"Yeah." Sanji replied, blushing as he grinned ear to ear. He turned his head looking over towards Aya, seeing her in a dark green two piece with blue stripes. She was drawing in the sand with a stick. It was the green cloaked man with tattoos on the left side of his face that she saw back in Loguetown. Why did he smile at her like that? Did he know her from somewhere? Just who was he? Aya sighed in frustration.

"Hey Aya! Do you want me to rub some on you too!?" Sanji called out to her. Aya tensed up when she heard him. She raised her hand waving and not looking at him.

"No thanks, I'm fine." She replied. As she went back to her drawing, a ball flew over her head and slammed down on the sand, messing up her masterpiece. Aya twitched a little in anger and disappointment. She dropped the stick and slowly turned around to find the culprit standing not too far away behind her. Usopp had a sheepish grin on his face and made a nervous laugh. He was wearing a red a white one-piece bathing suit with a rubber float around his waist.

"Sorry about that. I did try to warn you!" He told her. Aya reached over and picked up the ball and stood up facing him. She tossed the ball back to him. "It's fine. I was about done with it anyway. Let's play."

"Man, this is one great vacation!" Sanji said.

"It's fine, but just remember that we've got bounties on our heads." Nami said.

"Hey everyone, come look! It's really cool!" Luffy called out again.

"But aren't you the one relaxing the most, Miss Nami?" Sanji asked her.

"It's the Going Merry! Come look!" Luffy shouted.

"It's okay. We're not in any hurry to get going." Nami said.

"I agree with Nami!" Sanji shouted.

"Our ship's really something!" Luffy grinned.

"What're you talking about, Luffy-" Usopp turned his head. His eyes went wide with a startled yelp. Everyone looked and their eyes grew wider as well in shock. The Going Merry had its sails down as the wind gently blew against it and was sailing away from the island without them on it. "OUR SHIP!"

"Our jolly roger is so cool!" Luffy replied, grinning as he watched the ship.

"You moron! How can you be so calm?!" Zorro shouted at Luffy.

"Our ship just got stolen!" Usopp cried out. Luffy's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"WHAT?! STOLEN!?' He exclaimed.

"YOU DIMWIT!" Both the sniper and the swordsman shouted at him.

"Hold it, thief!" Luffy stretched his arm out towards the Going Merry. His fingers barely reached the railings, but he couldn't manage to grab it as he was out of reach. Luffy pulled his arm back and it quickly slingshoted back slamming into his face.

"The Going Merry is the gift I got from Kaya!" Usopp shouted.

"Being robbed by a thief? This is a joke, right?" Nami twitched, angrily. Aya stared at the ship with a frown as she bit her bottom lip nervously. All of their clothes and weapons were on that ship. Her medicine was on there. She didn't have any on her. Aya gritted her teeth, mentally kicking herself. How could have she been so stupid! She had to stay calm. As long she stayed calm, hopefully an attack won't happen. They watched the ship sail away leaving them behind.

"GIVE IT BACK!" Everyone cried out.


"It's been a whole week since it was stolen. But you know, couldn't we have found a better ship?" Sanji asked.

"Quit complaining." Zorro replied.

The crew was riding in a small swan paddle boat, completely cramped inside. Luffy was keeping looking on the swan's neck. Zorro was wearing a black kimono with wooden sword at his side, Nami was wearing a white dress with a veil and a crown on her head, Sanji was wearing a white suit, Usopp was wearing a brown shinto priest kimono and a dark greenish brown hat. Aya refused to wear any of the outfits, not wanting to look ridiculous, still in her bathing suit. Luffy still had his clothes and straw hat.

"The only place open was a rental store for wedding ceremonies." Usopp said.

"By the way, where are we?" Luffy asked.

"I don't know! My maps and compass were stolen along with the ship, remember?" Nami said sarcastically.

"And my swords too, damn it." Zorro gritted his teeth.

"And my shoes." Sanji replied.

"It's good we're going after the thief and all, but why'd you set out to sea without any preparation!?" Nami shouted. While she was yelling at Sanji and Zorro, Aya noticed something floating in the water ahead of them.

"Hey, there's a kid." She pointed out, calmly. The crew looked out to where she was pointing seeing that it was a small boy, wildly thrashing in the water as he tried to keep his head up above it. He was wearing a stripped tan and red knitted hat, white shirt and tan vest and goggles around his neck

"Huh? Yeah, Aya's right, there's a kid over there." Usopp replied.

"Is he drowning?" Zorro asked.

"Guess I gotta do something." Sanji pushed Luffy and Usopp to the side and jumped into the water. He swam towards the boy. "Hey, you alright over there?" The boy suddenly stopped thrashing about, swimming perfectly fine. He made a smug smirk.

"Thanks for asking!" He answered. A shadow rose from underneath the water under the swan boat and a giant net pulled the crew along with it, trapping them inside.

"What?!" The straw hats exclaimed. Then a ship pulled out from the rocky cove and sailed over towards them. It was filled with treasure chests. The man looked at the captured crew with a smile on his face. He had blond hair, wearing goggles and a tan suit with a strapped pack, white scarf, brown gloves and a red and white bandanna tied to his arm with a key symbol and letters with a T-1 on it.

"Akisu, good work." He called out. The boy climbed on to the boat.

"Easy victory, it was a piece of cake. Idiots like them are easy to trick." He smirked. Usopp growled, while Sanji and the others glared at the two as they were hanging in the net.

"Damn it, you little brat!" Usopp shouted.

"But they're broke. You can tell they don't have money on them just by the look of 'em." Akisu said.

"Duped, eh?" the man questioned, looking at the crew. He sighed in disappointment. "So they're just poor people." He walked over and pulled the string, untying the net. The straw hats dropped onto the boat as they fell. They sat up, looking at the two.

"Who the hell are you?!" Aya demanded.

"Yeah!" Sanji demanded as well. The man began to pose as he introduced himself and the boy followed him, posing as well. The two landed on top chest pile, staring down at the straw hats as they finished.

"Us? Those sailing in search of a mountain of treasure! The thief brothers! Borodo and Akisu!" Borodo told them.

"Thief brothers?" Usopp asked. The pile of chest collapsed underneath the two, knocking them down. It was filled with items, such as iron and small bags and pebbles that the two had fished from out of the sea.

"It's just a bunch of trash." Nami replied.

"Well, well...they're nothing but scavengers." Usopp said.

"That's not true! Watch what you say about Borodo! Borodo is the man who will steal the Diamond Clock from Clockwork Island and become the greatest thief in the world!" Akisu shouted at him.

"You mean THE famous Diamond Clock?" Nami exclaimed, happily. Her eyes went wider as dollar signs appeared.

"You know, what it is, Nami?" Sanji asked her.

"The finest jewel and greatest artifact ever crafted. The most valuable clock in the world!" She explained.

"That's our smart Nami!" Sanji smiled at her adoringly with hearts in his eyes.

"Ah, so if someone was able to steal it, he would be the world's greatest thief." Usopp said.

"Oh, then he's just like me!" Luffy grinned. "I'm aiming to be the greatest pirate in the world, the pirate king! My sister over here is aiming to be the queen!" Borodo stared at the two in disbelief.

"R-Ruler of the pirates!? With this ship?" He sputtered in shock then pointed towards the swan boat.

"No way in hell!" Usopp and Luffy both shouted.

"Our ship got stolen." Sanji explained.

"Yeah, you wouldn't happen to know who it is or seen it, have you?" Aya frowned looking at him. There was something off about this man. She did not trust him one bit.

"Does your ship have a pirate mark wearing a straw hat?" Borodo said.

"You've seen it!" Usopp shouted.

"The Trump pirates have it." He told them.

"Trump Pirates?" Luffy asked.

"They're a nefarious group of pirates that have a stronghold on Clockwork Island and terrorize the surround area. And the diamond clock that I'm after is also in their possession." Borodo explained to the crew.

He pulled out wanted posters of the group, showing it to the straw hats. On it was a chubby man wearing a white pig hat with white curly hair, a woman with wavy blond hair, a man wearing a helmet and goggles who had a long nose and curly mustache, the next one had a man with a jester like outfit, with black hair tied in a pony tail, pointed ears a painted scar mark on his right eye and a long scar slashed across his face from the top of his head down to his chin. The last poster had a large man bearing the resemblance of a bear, with a heart tattoo on the top of his bald head while his hair wildly pointed upwards from the side along with sideburns.

"They don't look so tough." Sanji and Zorro both commented at the same time. The two turned to each and started bickering.

"This bear guy is cool! Awesome!" Luffy said, excitedly, looking at the bear-like man.

"What are you so happy about?! They stole your ship! You're supposed to be pissed off! You're supposed to want to beat the crap out of 'em!" Borodo said in disbelief.

"B-Borodo, over there!" Akisu pointed out. Everyone looked and saw a very large ship with a bear flag with crossbones, sailing towards them. There were more ships as well, baring the same jolly roger flags and suit card symbols on the sails. Borodo began to sweat nervously as he gritted his teeth.

"That's-" Usopp squeaked.

"Trump Pirates." Borodo replied.

"Hey, Trump Pirates!" Luffy called out. A woman with blond hair looked down at the group when she heard Luffy. She was swimming completely nude at the ships master head that was shaped like a pool. Sanji's eyes popped out of their sockets as hearts appeared as he stared at her.

"That is one sexy lady!" He exclaimed.

"And what might you want?" The woman asked.

"Give us back the ship you stole from us!" Luffy demanded.

"Your ship? I've never seen it." She told him.

"Like hell you haven't!" Nami shouted, angrily. The woman's eyes widen at her before she smirked. The chubby man wearing the pig hat hopped over, landing on the the ship's master head, standing next to the woman in the pool.

"Alright! Time for a riddle!" He shouted.

"Riddle?" Sanji murmured.

"Who will become the greatest pirate in the world, the pirate king?" The man asked.

"Come on now, Boo Jack. That one's way too easy." The woman chuckled.

"Me!" Luffy pointed to himself.

"Boo-Boo! Wrong! The answer is our boss, Bear King!" He told Luffy.

"No, you're wrong." Luffy said.

"What?" The man blinked.

"What kind of riddle was that anyway?" Sanji asked.

"I knew these guys were nothing special." Zorro replied.

"Boo-Boo! So, you're mocking the Trump Pirates, eh!?" The chubby man growled.

"Well, the, it seems we have to explain it to them." The woman smirked. She snapped her fingers and the more pirates appeared from the ships. They charged at the straw hats.

"Here they come." Sanji said.

"I guess we don't have a choice." Zorro replied.

"Let's see what you got!" Borodo shouted.

"Hold this!" Luffy placed his hat on Nami's hat and charged towards the pirates, slamming his fist into them. Pirates surrounded Sanji and he kicked them down. Zorro smacked at a few with his wooden sword, knocking them out. Aya punched and kicked a few, knocking them into water. Borodo and Akisu watched the four in shock and amazement as they plowed through the pirates like weeds, tossing more into the water. Usopp dodged a couple as a few landed near him, knocked out.

The chubby man jumped off the boat, making himself into a spiked ball and started roll towards the crew, wrecking half the ship. Luffy jumped out of the way. The chubby man bounced back onto the boat landing on the master head.

"That's my Boo Jack!" The woman winked.

"What's with this guy?" Sanji asked.

"He might be full of tricks, but I have one up my sleeve. My famous "Escaping is winning" master plan!" Usopp ran over towards the ship's oar and started rowing fast. The boat quickly sped away.

"RUNNING AWAY?!" The crew shouted in disbelief. Usopp continued to paddle faster, and the enemy ship was getting smaller and smaller behind them. A small chest slipped out of Akisu's pocket, falling into the sea. He smacked Usopp's head with a broken board.

"STOP!" The boy cried out. Borodo jumped into the water swimming to the small box. Everyone blinked, wondering.

"What...happened?" Usopp groaned as he sat up, holding his head.

"It's safe!" Borodo held up the box, showing to Akisu. Akisu sighed in relief. Aya noticed something in the distance and her eyes widen as she saw the blond-haired woman along with the man who was shaped into a spike ball rolling towards them.

"Guys! They're here-" Bombs were tossed onto the damaged boat, completely blowing it to smithereens. Everyone was tossed out from the explosion, getting separated. Zorro managed to grab Luffy, dragging him onto a floating wooded platform. Sanji came up swimming over towards it along with Usopp. Borodo grabbed Akisu, swimming over to the others as well. As the smoke cleared, Zorro looked around in worry. He saw the others, but Aya and Nami were nowhere to be seen.

"Hey Usopp! Where's Aya! Nami's missing as well!" He shouted at the sniper. Usopp's eyes widened and looked around, noticing the two girls were gone. Sanji looked around wildly as he tried to find them as well.

"Aya! Nami!" He called out to them.

"Now, it's riddle time again! What is it we want most?" The chubby pirate smirked, looking at the group. Sanji's eyes widened, along with Usopp's and the others as well. The blond-haired woman held Aya and Nami in her arms, who were knocked out cold.

"Nami! Aya!" Sanji cried out.

"Aya!" Usopp shouted. The woman smirked at the crew. "Yes, you're right! We'll be taking them along with us."

"What'd you say?!" Sanji shouted. "Give them back!"

"They'll be souvenirs for our Captain Bear King." The man told them.

"It'll be fun to see him do this and that to them." The woman smirked.

"This and that?!" The crew sputtered in shock their eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets. Boo Jack tossed another bomb, blowing up the raft, destroying it.

"Damn it." Zorro hissed. He held onto Luffy as the group fell into the water. Luffy slipped out of his grip, sinking deeper. Sanji quickly swam towards him, grabbing Luffy. The two breached the surface watching the woman and the man roll away with Aya and Nami.

"Shit." Sanji cursed.

The group quickly gathered whatever they could from the wreckage. They climbed onto another piece from the boat. Borodo held onto a small sail as the wind blew them in the direction where the pirates went.

"Are we really going to get to Clockwork Island with this?" Sanji asked.

"Be quiet. Borodo is a genius at manipulating the wind and waves!" Akisu shouted at him.

"What are you so proud of, damn brat? Just so you know, Nami and Aya were taken 'cause you had to go and jump in the ocean." Sanji frowned at him.

"After all the trouble I went through to escape from them. So, what is it anyway, your treasure?" Usopp asked the boy.

"That music box is the only thing Akisu has left of his hometown." Borodo told them. Akisu began winding up the box.

"His hometown?" Luffy questioned. Akisu opened the lid from the music box and music started to play. He sat quietly, listening to it.

"When Akisu was a baby, I found him drifting in the sea. He was listening to that lullaby. That song was the only thing that would calm Akisu down." Borodo told them.

"So you're not real brothers?" Luffy asked.

"We're still brothers even if we're not related by blood!" Borodo said.

"That's right! I'm gonna become a cool thief like Borodo and never be hungry again!" Akisu shouted. Luffy reached up to touch his straw hat but only met his head. His mind flashed back to Shanks the one person he looked up to.

"Look! A whirlpool!" Usopp pointed out. The group saw a whirlpool within the distance to the side of them.

"Yeah, we're approaching Clockwork Island." Borodo explained. In front of them there was a small island with a tall spiral tower stretching up towards the sky for miles. Luffy and Usopp stared in awe.

"So...that's Clockwork Island." Zorro murmured.

"So, what should we do now? We want to steal the Diamond Clock and you want to get your nakama and ship back. Either way, we're all going to Trump Castle." Borodo told them.

"The base of those bastard pirates who took Nami and Aya. I won't forgive them for that." Sanji said.

"And Going Merry's there, too." Usopp said.

"And my swords." Zorro replied.

"Then let's go together to Trump Castle!" Borodo shouted.

"Yeah!" Luffy grinned nodding his head.


On the island at the top of the tall spiral tower, there was a castle. Inside there was a throne room filled with many glass panels and in the center was a large glass floor. On the throne was a large man, the bear king who was glaring at a man and a woman who had swirly hair that pointed upwards, wearing white lab coats. The jester like pirate was with him along with the man with goggled helmet and mustache.

"What? Say that again!" The bear king shouted, furiously.

"You've occupied this island for 7 years now. The weapon you are forcing us to build has spilled too much blood. And when that horrible weapon of mass destruction is completed...You've done enough! Please don't taint the sea with more bloodshed!" The woman pleaded to him. The pirate fired at the two's feet, making the couple jump, startled. Beneath them under the glass floor, was a large wind-up key slowly spinning.

"Have you forgotten? This island's main key is under my complete control. You know what'd happen to the island if I were to break the key. Even if you don't like it, you should just keep quiet. Show them out." The bear king snapped his fingers and two members wearing numbers on the back of their clothes ran over to the couple, dragging them away.

"Let me go! I can walk on my own!" The man shouted.

"Once the 'King Cannon' is completed, everything will be in place. And then I, Bear King will control the entire sea! I will be the Pirate King!" The pirate smirked, maliciously.

To the side of the room, a glass elevator rode up and the doors opened. The blond-haired woman walked out along with the chubby pirate who was carrying Nami and Aya on his shoulders.

"Ah! Welcome back-gas! Honey Queen!" The mustached man ran over to them.

"Oh? What lovely women-gas! Did you kidnap them-gas?" He asked her. Nami looked up at him with a dark glare, growling. Aya tried to pull herself out of the chubby man's grip. She felt her body growing weaker. She growled, looking at the pirates in the room.

"Stop it already, Skunk One. These women are Bear King's sou-ve-nir." Honey Queen tsked him. The bear king walked over to them, looking at Nami and Aya, picking them up with his large hands.

"Oh! They're to be my brides?" He grinned at them. His face was met with a foot as Aya kicked him, leaving a foot imprint.

"Like hell! You ugly ass fat gorilla!" She shouted. He stared at her unfazed as if he didn't even feel her kick. Aya gritted her teeth as she glared at him.

"Aya, shut up." Nami hissed at her. "I'm trying to keep us both alive! By that, I mean me!" She knew that Aya could handle herself well. But Nami couldn't help but noticed that Aya's kick was weaker than what she had witnessed her fighting. The man stared at Aya with an emotionless expression, silently.

"What're you looking at?" Aya demanded. The bear king grinned ear to ear, happily, ignoring Aya's glare that she was giving him.

"She's my type!" He shouted. Aya's mouth dropped a little in disbelief. "E-Excuse me?!" He placed the two girls down and took Aya's hands in his own, holding them.

"P-P-Please marry me!" He sputtered nervously.

"No way!" Aya shouted shaking her head. Nami pushed Aya to the side, standing in front of the man.

"Don't mind her. It's just, we've only just met you once. And unfortunately, I hate hairy men." She told the pirate.

"I'll shave it all off!" The man insisted.

"But I hate weak men even more." Nami replied. The man pulled out some weights, lifting them.

"I'm super strong!" He insisted.

"But I know you can't win against Luffy and the others." Nami smiled.

"Yeah, my boyfriend is going to kick your ass." Aya shouted. "He'll snipe you dead. His name is Usopp."

"Luffy? Usopp?" The bear king questioned.

"He's their nakama. He's a freak whose body can stretch like rubber. Nothing to worry about. The other other one is a coward. He practically ran away at the sight of us." The chubby pirate told him.

"This guy...would he be Straw Hat Luffy?" The jester pirate asked. He pulled out Luffy's wanted poster.

"Eh? That weak little guy has a bounty?" Queen Honey asked, taking Luffy's poster, looking at it.

"And I suspect Roronoa Zoro was with him as well. In any case, we should be cautious." The jester replied.

"Heh! Caution, you say? For this little twerp? Alright then." The bear king smirked. He looked over at Nami and Aya. He tossed Luffy's poster, shooting at it. "As you requested, I'll show you both how strong I really am. His bounty is $30 million belis. It will fund our wedding!"

"Nice going, Nami." Aya hissed at her.

"I just bought us some time!" Nami argued. She turned back to the pirates. "How about a lovely round of poker, anyone?"


Borodo pulled the small raft up to the shore of the beach and the crew stepped off of it. Luffy looked up at the tall spiral tower. "Too cool! Too cool!" He exclaimed jumping up and down excitedly the balls of his heels.

"How the hell did they set up something like this?" Usopp asked.

"They made it to defend themselves from enemy invasion. If someone tries to invade the stairway, they'll be killed before they even reach the town above." Borodo explained.

"Traps, eh? So how do we climb it?" Sanji asked.

"There's an elevator running through the center shaft. When they come out to terrorize the seas, the secret door will open. So until then we'll-" Borodo started to explain. The straw hats ignored him as they were already halfway up the stairs. Borodo's eyes widened in horror as he ran towards them. Akisu followed him as the two quickly joined up with the pirates. "WAIT! YOU IDIOTS! Weren't you listening? Those stairs are full of traps!"

"We'll just tackle them one at a time." Zorro said.

"Waiting here's too much of a pain. We'll just go right up." Sanji replied.

"This'll be fun!" Luffy grinned.

"You better listen to Borodo!" Akisu shouted. The crew started to run up the stairs then the steps suddenly went flat underneath them and they started to slide down. Sanji cried out as he saw water rushing towards them, crashing into the crew, knocking them off their feet. Luffy's popped out and he screamed as pillars of stone emerged from the staircase behind them, filled with spikes. He quickly grabbed the sides of the stairs, stretching himself, catching Zorro, Sanji, Usopp, Borodo and Akisu before they were all impaled. Suddenly the group heard a rumbling sound and looked up. Luffy and Borodo screamed, while Usopp and Akisu held each other, screaming as well, as they saw giant boulders rolling towards them. Sanji jumped and started to kick away at the boulders, shattering them.

"Guess I gotta do something!" Zorro grabbed the floor and started to lift it up with his bare hands. It crumbled away creating a path, making it easier to run up it. Borodo's eyes widened in shock. "Amazing!"

"Let's get going!" Sanji shouted. The group ran up the stairs and Sanji kicked away at the boulders as the came rolling down at them. He kicked at a door, prying it off it's hinges. They ran out of the tunnel, panting as they tried to catch their breaths.

"We finally reached the town!" Borodo shouted. They saw spiral houses on the hills along with windmills and the castle with card suit designs on it, resting in the center of the town. A large cog wheel circled the land as it spinned around it. Zorro and Sanji collapsed on the ground as they panted in exhaustion. Luffy's eyes widened as he shook his fists up and down, wildly in excitement.

"What is that?! What is that?! It's so cool!" He cried out, looking at the spiral buildings.

"What kind of city is this?" Usopp asked.

"This is Clockwork Town. And that must be Trump Castle." Borodo said. At the top of the castle was a large glass diamond clock.

"There's the Diamond Clock!" Akisu shouted.

"Yeah! The most valuable clock in the world! And look at the top of the castle!" Borodo pointed out above. Usopp looked through his googles and his eyes widened in shock as well as relief as he saw their ship above the castle.

"It's the Going Merry!" He exclaimed.

"Are you sure?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure of it! It's on top of the castle."

"It can't tell it's so far." Luffy squinted his eyes as he tried to see it. Zorro frowned as he turned to Borodo.

"Oi. It's interesting that you could tell where our ship was from down here."

"Huh? Oh, thanks." Borodo smiled, looking away from him. Zorro narrowed his eyes at him in suspicion.

"Damn!" Sanji cursed as he held his feet. They were bloodied as he was kicking away at the boulders.

"Your feet." Zorro frowned in concern.

"Nah, it's nothing!" Sanji hissed and stood up, walking away from him.

"Alright! Let's get moving!" Luffy shouted.

"We're attacking Trump Castle?" Borodo asked. The group started to head towards the town.

"We'll eat. Then change clothes." Luffy said.

"W-What? Are you okay with this? Your nakamas has been kidnapped. Aren't' you going to attack?" Borodo asked in shock. The crew walked into a store and picked out some clothes, so it'll be easier to fight in as well some food.

"Since it's Nami and Aya, they'll be fine." Ussop said as he put on an orange shirt, green shorts, and his bandanna.

"Aye, this is so much easier to move in." Zorro smiled, putting on a black jacket with a white scarf, now armed with a sword.

Sanji was wearing a sea green shirt and black pants. "Alright, take care of the bill, okay?" He told Borodo.

"Hey, wait! -" Borodo stammered. A woman held out the bill to him. "Here you go. Come again!" Borodo and Akisu sputtered in disbelief as they looked back at the straw hat crew seeing them leave the two behind. "Excuse me, can't I get a discount?" Borodo asked the shopkeeper. "No." Zorro, Sanji and Usopp were walking down the stairs when they saw Luffy had stopped in front of a store. His face was pressed against the window as he ate a croissant bread while holding some more food in his hands. Usopp ran over to him.

"Hey Luffy, what're you standing there for?"

"Remarkable workmanship!" The sniper saw that it was clock shop as the display window had mini windmills. Sanji and Zorro walked inside, while Luffy and Usopp were admiring the crafts.

"Wind-up crafts?" Sanji questioned.

"What are you saying?" Usopp asked Luffy. Luffy started to make gestures with his hands, telling Usopp because his mouth was stuffed with food. "Clockwork. Island. Is. A Very Fun. Island." Borodo and Akisu walked up behind them and walked into the store. The group heard a man call out.

"Strangers. You know nothing of this place. The time for calling this island 'fun' is in the distant past. There was a time when this was an island of dreams." They saw him along with his wife, both had swirly hair and wearing white lab coats.

"We created an autonomous clock to commemorate the birth of our child. We were congratulated by all the people of the island." The woman said.

"Wow! So you two made the Diamond Clock?" Akisu asked the two.

"But, ever since the Trump Pirates occupied this island, we've been living through hell every day. Now, we're only making tools for killing! If we rebel, Bear King will destroy the island. By occupying the castle that houses the central key, there is no limit to their control." The man explained to them.

"That's cruel!" Akisu growled, angrily.

"Fear not, for your problems shall soon be solved! Because the Trump Pirates will be defeated by these guys, the greatest pirates in the world!" Borodo shouted. Zorro silently stared at him, frowning.

"Oi, we haven't agreed to anything." Sanji hissed at Borodo.

"That's right! We only want to get our stuff back! Can't we just do that?" Usopp shouted.

"But didn't that just make your blood boil? As long as those bastards are here, nothing can help this island!" Borodo insisted. Akisu copied him, repeating what Borodo was saying.

"Nothing can save it!"

"Well, well. Aren't you just thinking the Diamond Clock will be easier to steal without them around?" Usopp smirked. Borodo's eyes widened and he quickly slapped his hand on Usopp's mouth.

"Shut it!" He hissed. However, the man and woman already heard what Usopp said.

"I see. We don't mind. We'd be grateful if you were to take it away. Whenever I see it...it only reminds me of a painful past. However, it's quite impossible to steal. Those who have tried before have all perished." The woman replied.

"It's not impossible! There's nothing Borodo can't steal!" Akisu shouted.

"Y-Yeah!" Borodo said, nervously.

"You just don't understand just how terrible the Trump Pirates are. If you don't want to die, please leave this island at once!" The woman insisted the group.

"We can't do that." Sanji told her. "The Trump Pirates took something of ours. We're not leaving without them."

"We've got some private business with them." Zorro said.

"Death creates no future for you!" The woman shouted at the two.

"If you don't risk your life, you can't create a future. Right?" Luffy told her. The woman's eyes widened in surprise. Luffy grinned. "Let's go!" He ran out of the store, heading towards the castle.

"Right!" Zorro followed after him.

"Just wait a little longer, Nami and Aya." Sanji murmured, chasing after them. Akisu ran after them but fell face first in the ground.

"What'd are you doing?" Usopp pulled the boy back up and the two followed Borodo as he ran past them up the stairs. "Akisu, let's go!"

"OK!"

"Wait!" The woman and man chased after them as the crew ran out of their shop but they stopped when the two heard Borodo called out Akisu's name. The man and woman's eyes widened in shock. "That boy was...Akisu?" The woman whispered. She saw something lying on the bottom on the steps and picked up Akisu's music box.


Nami slapped down her cards down on the table with a wide grin. "I win again!" She laughed. Her and Aya, along with the Trump pirates were playing with her, losing very badly.

"I wonder what's going on out there? Could it be that none of their friends are coming to save them? They must've gotten killed by the traps along the way." Honey Queen said.

"You wish." Aya replied.

"Those guys won't die that easily! It just wouldn't be a challenge then!" Nami said.

"Well, I think I'll take a look at what's going on." Honey Queen stood up walking away. Nami grinned, trying to get her to come back. "Aw, you running away? Do you know how much you owe me? Or will you pay me with your body?" Suddenly, the woman began to strip down. Aya's and Nami's eyes widened in shock. Her body slowly began to liquefy turning into water and went down the pipes.

"W-What?!" Nami sputtered.

"I'll go too!" Boo Jack grinned, hopping onto a unicycle and jumped out the window, riding down the pipe line.

Nami gritted her teeth in concern. "That woman...she's a devil fruit user!"


The straw hats climbed into a hot air balloon. Borodo opened the sails and ignited the gas blowing air into the sail, flying them up towards the castle. Luffy grinned as he saw them going higher into the air.

"Sweet! We can see the whole island from up here!" Usopp shouted.

"Don't get too carried away. There's a field of landmines down there." Borodo warned them.

"Windmills?" Luffy frowned, seeing the windmills below them. He pulled out the mini windmill. "They look like this thing?" He tried to turn the key but it was stuck.

"Maybe it floated away from this island." Usopp suggested.

"It's not working." Luffy replied. Akisu held his hand out.

"Let me look at it." Luffy handed the windmill to him and Akisu pulled out a small screwdriver. He began to tinker with it quickly with ease. Luffy and Usopp watched in amazement.

"You're pretty good at that!" Usopp replied.

"Akisu's something, even though he's never practiced, he can fix of all kinds of machines." Borodo said.

"There, it's fixed now." Akisu turned the key, winding the windmill up. It slowly began to tick like a clock as the sails turned.

"Whoa! it's working! You're great!" Luffy exclaimed, happily and patted Akisu on his back. The two laughed.

"Still alive, are we?" Everyone froze as they heard Honey Queen's voice. She came out from a water fountain. Sanji leaned over the side of the balloon.

"It's that sexy lady!" He grinned with his hearts in his eyes. "What should I do?!"

"Get a grip already!" Usopp grabbed onto the cook so he wouldn't fall out.

"She's not a normal human!" Zorro shouted.

"She has the powers of the devil fruit." Borodo told them.

"Quite right! The Toro Toro Fruit to be precise. Boo Jack, reward them." She smirked. The chubby man hopped up towards the crew.

"Reward me!" Sanji smiled reaching out towards the woman. He growled as he saw Boo Jack, heading towards the balloon. "Not you!" Boo jack tossed a ball at them. Sanji leaped out of the hot air balloon to kick it away. "Take this!" But the ball quickly turned into spikes. Sanji's eyes widened and his foot was impaled by it.

"Sanji!" Luffy cried out.

"It went straight through his foot!" Zorro shouted. Borodo quickly grabbed Sanji before he could fall.

"You save him!" Honey Queen hopped up, towards the crew. She smirked her eyes turned into slits and released a wave of water, engulfing them in it. "HOW NAUGHTY!" Sanji slipped out of Borodo's grip and fell to the ground below them. He set off a landmine, exploding every time he bounced down the hill.

"SANJI!" Luffy cried out.

Borodo quickly sailed the balloon away from the two pirates. Luffy, Zorro, and Usopp could only watch as they saw the two pirates capture Sanji, taking him to the castle.


Nami and Aya's eyes widened in shock as they saw Sanji tossed towards them. He was badly injured and tied up, his arms and legs bound together.

"Sanji!" Nami cried out, running over to him. Aya rushed over to him as well, staring down at the cook, worried.

"Sanji..." She whispered softly. Sanji turned his head away from them.

"N-Nami, Aya, I feel ashamed to look this way."

"Sanji!-" Nami tried to speak to him, but he wouldn't look at her or Aya. Bear King grinned as he walked over to the three.

"See how kind I am? I didn't kill him because he's your nakama." He told Nami and Aya. Aya didn't even acknowledge him as she tried to get Sanji to look at her. Nami frowned, turning towards the large man. She stood up, stepping over Sanji, smiling at him.

"Hmph. I don't care about him anymore. A strong man like you is better!" She smiled.

"Didn't I tell ya?" Bear King grinned.

"But marriage is a very important event in a girl's life." Nami told him.

"I know." He nodded.

"So, in exchange, my nakama-" Nami was cut off by him. Bear King turned to Skunk One. "Oi, Skunk One!"

Skunk One turned towards the window, as he flew out of it using gas. "Ay! I'll help her decide-gas!"

"Wait! That's not what I meant!" Nami shouted trying to him. Bear King grabbed her dragging Nami away from the window. He walked over to Aya to pull her away from Sanji. As he placed his hand on Aya's shoulder, she slapped his hand away. She slowly turned her head towards him with a dark look in her eyes. Her sea foam-colored eyes were glowing ever so slightly around the edges. She was so angry. She hated seeing Sanji like this.

"Don't touch me." She growled at him.

Nami's eyes widened, seeing Aya's eyes. Nami blinked her eyes again. When she did, Nami saw that Aya's eyes had returned to normal. Were her eyes just glowing? Had she imagined it? She could've sworn that they were.

The Bear King blinked at Aya. He stepped back from her, a little intimidated.