Borodo parked the hot air balloon near the gates of the castle. The crew climbed out of it as they stared at the locked gates, thinking of what to do next. Usopp slammed his fist in the ground, angrily as he gritted his teeth.

"Damn it, how did it end up this way?" He spoke. Aya and Nami and now Sanji was taken from them who was next? "It wouldn't have happened if I had my chink balls and slingshot."

"Don't make up excuses! You just aren't brave enough." Akisu told him.

"What did you say?" Usopp frowned at him.

"If it were Borodo, he'd try to save me even if his hands and feet were chopped off." Akisu told him.

"Your hand." Usopp's eyes widened. The group noticed that Borodo was missing his glove. He held his metal prosthetic hand up, clenching it with his other. "He sacrificed it for you?"

"That's right! Borodo is amazing! He risks his life to protect me. He's a great man!" Akisu shouted.

"Hey, what're you bragging about if you always need him to save you?" Usopp told him.

"Well, I'm just a kid. I'm not strong enough." Akisu paused, looking down.

"Man or child. Strength or none! It doesn't mean a thing once you're out at sea!" Usopp shouted.

"That's enough! What do you know about Akisu?" Borodo stopped him, placing his hand on the sniper's shoulder. Usopp shrugged him off.

"I DON'T! I just hate those who always think that it's natural for others to save them!" Usopp shouted.

"It's not like I want to be!" Akisu shouted.

"Well, let's get going. Hey, kid, if you're afraid of dying, go home." Luffy said as he stretched his arms.

"What?!" Akisu exclaimed.

"Cause, I ain't gonna save a weak little crybaby." Luffy told him.

"Who said anything about going back? I'm-" Akisu was cut off by Luffy.

"Okay. Then, don't hold back!" Luffy grinned. He threw back his fist. "Gum Gum Pistol!" He smashed the gates, completely demolishing it. "Here I go!" Luffy ran inside only to find an army of Trump pirates rushing towards him. He ran as they started to chase after him. "Ah! They're after me!"

"You think you can do this alone?" Zorro ran in following after Luffy. Usopp chased after him along with Akisu.

"Hey, Zoro, what do we do now!?" Luffy called out the the swordsman.

"Leave it to me!" Zoro smirked. He grabbed a pirate by the collar of his shirt and tossed him into the air, followed by a couple of more as they fell back to the ground. The jester pirate watched the swordsman from the window at the castle as he saw the crew storming the front gates.

"And thus, Roronoa Zoro has arrived."

Suddenly, a low rumble shook the floor as a large, cubed elevator rose up. Nami looked up in shock.

"What?"

"It's completed! Finally!" Bear King exclaimed, happily. He ran over towards the elevator. Inside there were a few pirate members with something covered up behind them in cloth.

"As expected of our Bear King!" One of the members smiled as they danced wildly.

"So much better than our last boss El Drago! Even your weapons are special!" Another cheered out as well.

"The great killing machine, the 'King Cannon' has been completed!" The third pirate shouted.

"The King Cannon." Honey Queen gasped in surprise along with Boo Jack. The pirates started to wheel the cannon out of the elevator.

"And now, our legend shall begin! With me as ruler of the world's oceans, the Pirate King!" Bear King laughed. Aya and Nami watched in worry as they saw them wheeling the cannon. Sanji groaned, making the two girls turn their attention back to him.

"Sanji!" Nami shouted in worry.

"Nami, I'm sorry..." He said, tiredly. "Aya."

"It'll be alright. These guys are idiots, I can handle..." Nami told him.

"Try to get some rest." Aya stopped him. Sanji shook his head.

"That's not what I'm talking about."

"What?" Nami asked.

"I wanted to save you both with only my own strength. And then..." He smiled and bounced up and down while still bound. "Thank you, Sanji-kun! And you both would embrace me, and then we'd do this and that together!"

"Not now." Nami frowned.

"Are you serious?! You're talking about this, now!?" Aya shouted. Bear King growled as he ran over to them, glaring at Sanji.

"Hey you! What's your relationship with my brides!?" He demanded.

"The one where I have rubbed suntan lotion on their smooth skins or the one where I held them in my arms." Sanji smirked up at him. Aya felt her cheeks burning, turning red a little.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!"Bear King roared angrily at Sanji. He grabbed Sanji lifting him up above his head. "We'll make an example out of this one! Even if you are their nakama, you're gonna die in a public execution!" He threw Sanji down, slamming the cook on the floor and he bounced until he smacked right into a wall. Sanji fell to the floor and Boo Jack walked over, digging his heel into Sanji's back.

"You should watch your mouth! Weak pests like you can't be called nakama. There's no way you could save them!"

"You freaking pig...I'm gonna make you eat those words." Sanji growled.

Aya gritted her teeth as the watched the chubby man started to kick Sanji. She stood up and was about to storm over to him. But when she did, Aya saw that her vision was starting to blur, fading in and out. Her head felt light, getting dizzy. She fell to her knees, holding it. Nami quickly rushed over to her.

"Aya!" She cried out. Aya shook her head, taking Nami's hand off of her shoulder.

"I'm fine. I just got up too quickly." She told her. Nami stared at her in worry before she turned towards Sanji then looked at the Bear King. They needed to get out of here.

Luffy, where are you!?


More pirates charged at the remaining straw hats. Luffy punched down a couple and Zorro swung his sword, taking several down. Usopp, Borodo and Akisu followed behind them as the three plowed through. Usopp covered his nose when a strong smell hit his nostrils.

"It stinks! Where is that smell coming from!?" He shouted. The crew looked up to find Skunk One standing above them on top of a lamppost.

"Welcome to Trump Castle. Your nakama have been waiting for quite some time-gas." He grinned and pointed up towards the castle. Luffy and Usopp looked up to see Sanji tied up on the rooftop.

"Sanji!" Luffy shouted.

"But Bear King seems to be in a good mood-gas. Now, who shall be next to be captured-gas?" Skunk One asked. He dispelled some gas from his pack. Usopp and Akisu ran away from it, while the gas engulfed Luffy, Zorro and Borodo inside of it, the three covered their nose.

"Aw, gross!" Luffy cried out.

"What is this smell?" Zorro questioned.

"It's paralyzing gas. If it gets in your system, soon you'll won't be able to move and completely helpless-gas. I'm full, FULL of gas-gas!" Skunk One grinned.

"He's not joking! If he lets out that much-!" Zorro stumbled on his feet as he struggling to stand. He quickly turned towards Luffy. "LUFFY!" He called out. The captain was sitting on the ground, weaving from side to side.

"Ah-It's no use. I don't feel like doing anything..." He told Zorro.

"Oi!" Zorro growled angrily. Usopp turned to Akisu and they saw the rest of the group, starting to fall on the ground.

"Akisu, you said before I didn't have any courage, right? Then you better watch me carefully now, brat. And see just how great I, Captain Usopp, can be!" He towards the pole to the pirate.

"Usopp!" Akisu cried out. Usopp climbed up and grabbed onto Skunk One from behind.

"Hey, let go!" He shouted, trying to shake and kick the sniper off of him.

"N-No way, I'm letting go!" Usopp shouted.

"He's crazy." Borodo murmured.

"I'll take care of him! Don't worry, just hurry and go!" Usopp shouted at the group. Skunk One began to take off, taking Usopp with him.

"Usopp!" Luffy shouted.

"Why don't you give up?" Skunk One said. However, the Trump pirate began to lose control of his gas. Usopp had placed his mouth on the hole, preventing it from coming out.

"Usopp!" Akisu cried out in worry.

"Akisu, let's go! Don't waste his courage!" Borodo shouted. Skunk One began to slowly carry Usopp up towards the roof of the castle while the sniper clinged onto him, trying to stop him. Luffy ran towards the castle along with Zorro and Borodo and Akisu while more pirates appeared, trying to stop them.

Skunk One landed on the roof and Usopp fell off of him, unable to hold on any longer. He collapsed onto his back, unable to to move. Skunk One growled and kicked Usopp on his side, angrily.

"Damn you!" He shouted. "What a nuisance! He should've been unconscious ages ago!"

"Usopp!" Nami cried out. Aya's eyes widened as soon as she saw him. "Usopp..." Bear King smirked down at her.

"The sniper who would shoot me dead, eh?" He mocked her. Aya gritted her teeth. She turned to Usopp, who was lying unconscious on the ground, completely paralyzed. She tried to run over to him and Nami as well. Bear King held the two girls back.

"You worried about that man?" Bear King asked.

'Get your hands off me!" Nami shouted, smacking his hand away from her. "Of course! He's my nakama!"

"The only person you need to worry for is me!" Bear King turned to Skunk One. "Tie him up and execute him too!"

"Don't you dare!" Aya growled. She ran towards Skunk One, throwing back her fist to punch him. The pirate jumped over Aya, dodging her attack. Aya quickly turned around to see Skunk One reaching out to her to grab her. Aya moved away from him, jumping back as she landed near Sanji. Aya saw her vision started to get hazy again. She blinked and shook her head, seeing Skunk One charging towards her again. She managed to leap over the man, grabbing onto Skunk One's pelt jacket and flipped him over her shoulders, tossing him. Skunk One landed on his back next to Nami and Bear King. He got up, glaring at Aya.

"Damn girl." He growled, angrily. "You won't make a mockery off the Trump Pirates!"

Sanji and Nami noticed that Aya was panting heavily. Aya gritted her teeth as she stared back at the two Trump Pirates. Her chest felt like it was on fire. She couldn't breathe. She began breaking into a coughing fit and fell to her knees. Skunk One slowly began to approach her and Usopp to capture them. "Aya!" Nami cried out. She grabbed a broom that was resting beside the wall. "Damn it." She ran towards Skunk One swinging the broom wildly at the pirate. He dodged and quickly grabbed Nami's face with his hand, dispelling some paralyzing gas. Nami fell back limp in the man's arms.

"Just what were you trying to do?" Skunk One laughed, taunting Nami. Nami glared at him and Skunk One handed her back to Bear King.

"Hey now, you're going to get your lovely dress dirty. Fighting's of no use." He replied. Aya slowly got as she struggled to stand back up. Skunk One grabbed her.

"What do you want to do with this one?" He asked Bear King. Bear King turned back, looking at Aya. "Tie her up with the others. She will die along with them." Aya glared at Bear King as he started to walk away with Nami, who was struggling to get away as she tried against the paralytic gas. Aya's eyes slightly began to glow around the edges. A huge roar of water rained down from the pool above, splashing Bear King with it, completely drenching him and unfortunately, Nami as well. The man stopped in his tracks, gaping like a fish. Nami and Aya both blinked completely stunned. Bear King turned back around looking at Aya with a fearful expression for a moment before it quickly disappeared. Skunk One tied Aya and Usopp beside Sanji.


Zorro, Luffy both charged up the spiral stairs as they ran up the castle, knocking any poor rival pirates out of the way, tossing them out the window. Borodo and Akisu quickly followed behind them. As they made it outside, heading further into the castle, Luffy looked up.

"Hey, up there!" He pointed out to Zorro who looked up as well. They saw Aya along with Usopp tied up beside Sanji. "Usopp! Aya!"

"We need to hurry!" the swordsman shouted. The crew quickly ran as they headed up some more stairs, turning into a corridor. In front of the was a steel wired window with something spinning inside the room. The group walked closer to see what it was. They saw the giant key slowly spinning around in the center of the room.

"What is this?" Luffy questioned.

"It's the island's main key. It supports the whole island from this castle." Borodo explained.

"Let's get going!" Zorro said, running ahead. Luffy quickly followed behind him. Borodo and Akisu were about to follow behind when a wooden sword came out and smacked Akisu across his face. The boy fell to the ground, unconscious. Several pirates stood at the doorway that the group had ran into.

"Akisu!" Borodo cried out. He charged at the pirates trying to defend Akisu from them. He punched a man back making him fall into his crew member and the two fell down the flight of stairs. Borodo bent down, looking at Akisu in worry.

"Akisu! Talk to me!" He gently shook the small boy. Suddenly, a gate slammed down, trapping Luffy, Zoro, Borodo and Akisu inside of the room. The room began to shake, and floor was slowly rising. They were going to be slowly crushed to death. Luffy and Zorro both held onto the ceiling, trying to hold it up. Borodo tried to wake Akisu again. Akisu slowly opened his eyes, seeing Borodo in front of him. He turned his head, looking away.

"I had to rely on you again, Borodo." He said, sadly.

"Don't worry about those stupid things. We're brothers." Borodo assured him.

"Why is this so heavy?" Luffy groaned.

"It's a trap, we won't last long! Hey, Borodo, help us out!" Zorro shouted at the man. Borodo stood up, holding Akisu in his arms. He turned back to Luffy and Zorro, his lips turned into a smirk. Luffy and Zorro both stared in disbelief.

"Well, you guys sure are in a predicament. What a disappointment. Looks like even with all of you together, you can't beat the Trump Pirates" Borodo walked past the two, carrying Akisu.

"What?" Luffy asked, still confused.

"I even stole your ship and brought you here." Borodo said.

"You're the one...who took our ship?" Luffy said in disbelief.

"I knew that there was something fishy about you. Aya did as well. It was you all along! You tricked us so you could steal the Diamond Clock!" Zorro hissed, angrily.

Borodo hopped down from the moving platform as the two were out of the moving death trap. He placed Akisu down on the stairs, facing his back to Zorro. "I never wanted that from the start."

"What?" the swordsman asked, confused.

"What I wanted was for you guys to defeat the Trump Pirates. To free this island. That was all." He explained to Luffy and Zorro.

"But why?" Luffy asked.

"For him..." Borodo told them, looking down at Akisu. "I wanted to see him return to his family living on this island."

"So, this island is Akisu's..." Zorro murmured.

"It's his hometown." Borodo replied. Luffy gasped and his eyes widened in shock.

"Sorry to have dragged you into this I've got another favor to ask. If something happens to me, please take care of Akisu." Borodo told the two.

"What are saying?" Zorro shouted at Borodo in disbelief.

"As things are, looks like it's up to me to fight them."

"You moron! You know you can't win! Come and help us-!" Zorro shouted.

"If I risk my life, maybe I can create a future for him." Borodo smiled, looking at Akisu then headed up the stairs, leaving Luffy and Zorro.

"Borodo!" Zorro called out to him, but Borodo ignored him. "That fool. Does he want to die? Hey Luffy! Can't you do something about this ceiling?!"

"There will be none of that." The two heard a voice shout out to them.

"Great, what now?" Zorro retorted. Luffy and Zorro eyes widened as they saw a door sliding open in front of them, seeing the Jester trump pirate, standing in front of them. Zorro blinked as he looked at the man, frowning.

"Roronoa Zoro, it's has been quite a while. You gave me this scar, right here on my face. I shall never forget that!" The jester made an angry snarl and gestured to the scar on his face. He pulled out his sword, pointing it Luffy and Zorro.

"Zoro, do you know this guy?" Luffy asked him. The swordsman stared at the pirate, trying to think.

"You...who are you?" The jester stumbled on his feet in disbelief.

"What? Don't you remember?" He shouted at Zorro.

"Nope. I don't remember weaklings." Zorro replied. The jester pirate gritted his teeth in anger.

"Then I'll make you remember." He spoke. "The 'technique' your mouth brings upon you."

"Don't you mean 'Catastrophe'?" Zorro corrected him. The jester cringed before he glared at Zorro.

"Shut up! Hissatsu!" He released a barrage of golden pins at the two. "Hari Hari Ken!" Luffy's eyes widened as he saw the pins coming straight towards him. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, waiting for the pain. It never came. Luffy opened his eyes confused until he gasped in shock, seeing Zorro standing in front of him. The swordsman had taken all off the jester's attack.

"Zoro, why the hell did you say that?!" Luffy shouted. "Zoro, you..."

"That was dangerous." Zorro smirked as he struggled to stand. "Sorry, Luffy, can you hold on a bit longer?" He looked up at the jester who had a frown of disappointment on his face. Then he let out a chuckle.

"Save the brave face. I put some of the poison from Skunk One's gas on those needles. Your body will soon be unable to move." The jester explained.

"Damn it!" Zorro hissed. He charged at the pirate with his sword. The jester pulled a chain, and a gate fell down between him and Zorro, stopping the swordsman from getting to him. Then the pirate pulled out his own sword and stabbed Zorro in the chest with it, knocking him down.

"Zorro!" Luffy cried out.

"While you were crying a 'bridge' came to you." The jester taunted.

"It's a... a 'bee', stupid." Zorro retorted before passing out from the poison. The pirate gritted his teeth angrily, glaring at the swordsman. He opened the door and walked over to Zorro picking him up. He walked away as he carried Zorro on his shoulder. The two rode up the elevator, leaving Luffy with the crushing death trap.

"ZORO!" Luffy cried out.


Usopp blinked as he started to wake up. His eyes widened as he saw Aya, Sanji, Zorro beside him tied up. "What's going on?!" He exclaimed. Nami watched as she gritted her teeth with a fearful look in her eyes. Where was Luffy? What happened to him?

"Where's the $30 million belis, guy?" Bear King asked.

"By now he's been crushed under the ceiling." The jester smirked.

"We were able to show Bear King genuine strength without him fighting!" Honey Queen shouted gleefully.

"And now you'll marry her, right?" Boo Jack asked.

"I'll go immediately to prepare the wedding's party-gas." Skunk One shouted.

"Alright then! The main attraction will be the testing our ultimate killing machine, the King Cannon!" Bear King pulled off the cover from the cannon, revealing it. Nami's eyes widened when she saw it. It was a large steel cannon, covered in suit card designs.

"The targets will be those four!" Bear King declared.

"What did you say?!" Nami exclaimed.

"And then you'll become the bride of the Pirate King." He told Nami. He placed his finger underneath Nami's chin making her look at him. "How's that? You must be overjoyed." Nami glared up at him. She raised her leg and kicked at the man's forehead with her high heels.

"Who the hell would marry something like you?" She growled.

"Are you aware of what you're saying?" Bear King frowned.

"Compared to being married to something like you, I'd rather die along with them!" Nami shouted at him. Nami yelped as she was smacked hard across her face by the Bear King's hand. She fell on the ground, landing near the rest of the straw hats.

"That can be arranged. Cancel the wedding party and make it a memorial to my broken heart! Execute these women along with them!" Bear King shouted, furiously.

"Aye!" Skunk One saluted him.


Luffy groaned as he gritted his teeth in frustration. He struggled to hold up the moving platform with his hands, trying not to get crushed to death. Akisu woke up, seeing him.

"Luffy! What're you doing? Where's Borodo?" He asked Luffy.

"He went to face the Trump Pirates." Luffy frowned, irritated.

"What?!" Akisu exclaimed. He immediately ran up the stairs, leaving Luffy behind.

"Borodo! Oi! What 'bout me?! Don't leave me like this!" Luffy called out.

Nami's eyes widened in horror along with the rest of the crew as they saw the cannon aimed straight at them. Bear King smirked and started the cannon up, turning it on. The rest of the Trump Pirates started cheering. Bear King chuckled darkly, getting ready to fire it. But his grin dropped as he saw the large, cubed elevator rose up from the floor, blocking the cannon from the crew. It was Borodo.

"What? You?" Bear King sputtered in confusion. Borodo chuckled and tossed off his cape, revealing that he was wearing vest strapped with dynamite. He lit up a lighter.

"Sorry. I went ahead and stole all of your dynamite."

"That voice!" Usopp shouted.

"Borodo!" Sanji exclaimed.

"That idiot's going to get himself killed!" Zorro hissed.

"If i die, then I'm taking you all with me!" Borodo shouted. Bear King quickly hopped down from the cannon. He began inching slowly towards Borodo.

"Are you stupid?" He smirked.

"What?" Borodo's eyes widened, frowning.

"You can't use something like that in here. Look closely. Do you want to destroy the island's key?" Bear King pointed out as he stopped on top of the glass floor. The key spinned below him.

"T-The island's key!" Borodo sputtered in shock.

"Do it if you dare. The whole island will be destroyed. You know that right, boy?" Bear King told him. Borodo gritted his teeth, glaring at him. Bear King quickly charged at him, slamming Borodo into the elevator, making an indent. His dynamite vest broke apart, falling onto the floor. Then the Bear King began to toss Borodo around, slamming him on the floor and smacking him inside of the elevator, making more indents.

"BORODO!" Usopp cried out in worry. Nami watched in horror as well. Bear King smacked Borodo down and he landed near the jester's feet.

"Like 'dried bits of fish' flying into the flame." He smirked down at him.

"It's 'moths', dumb ass." Borodo retorted. The pirate growled at him angrily and lifted Borodo in the air to finish him off. A wooden sword smacked into the pirate's leg.

"Borodo...Don't you lay a finger on him!" Akisu shouted.

"Akisu!" Borodo warned him.

"You...little-!" The jester threw his fist and slammed it down hard on the boy's head, knocking him out.

Luffy growled as he struggled to hold the platform. He frowned when he heard something falling above him then it landed near his feet. Luffy's eyes widened when he saw that it was the mini windmill. "This is..." He let out a furious roar and pushed up against the ceiling coming down on him. Above in the throne room, the floor started to quake. Everyone stopped, looking around confused. It was becoming louder and louder as something was smashing through each floor within the tower. Suddenly, room after room emerged from the floor.

"What the-!?" Bear King's eyes widened in disbelief. More rooms rose out of the floor and were tossed out window as everyone watched in shock. Long arms stretched out from underneath. Luffy pulled himself up and landed on the floor as he panted, catching his breath.

"I'm here!" He shouted.

"LUFFY!" Usopp cried out.

"Took you long enough, jerk." Sanji replied.

"LUFFY!" Nami cried out as well.

"About time." Zorro smirked.

"Agreed." Aya replied.

"So, you're Straw Hat Luffy?" Bear King asked Luffy. Luffy looked around, ignoring the tall man in front of him.

"Hey, where's everyone?" He looked down when he saw the dynamite, lying on the floor. He grinned picking it up. Borodo and Akisu's eyes widened in horror as they saw Luffy lighting it. "Look what I've found!"

"What the-" Bear King stumbled back away from the straw hat captain.

"YOU IDIOT!" Borodo and Akisu shouted at Luffy. Luffy turned to them confused.

"What? Oh, should I get rid of it?" He tossed the dynamite away and it landed inside the elevator. Borodo and Akisu screamed, and the dynamite exploded. Everyone's mouth dropped open wide in the room, looking at Luffy in shock and in disbelief.

"So, where are my crew mates?" Luffy asked them.

"YOU JUST BLEW THEM UP!" Borodo and Akisu shouted at him.

"WHAT?!" Luffy exclaimed.

Zorro stepped out of the smoke, along with Sanji, Aya and Usopp. They were a little burnt from the explosion and had a few bruises and dirt on them.

"Luffy! You're always so reckless!" Usopp shouted at Luffy.

"You nearly killed us!" Aya shouted at him.

"Forget about it. He got us out, didn't he?" Sanji replied.

"Yeah, seems that way." Zorro muttered.

"Oh, you all came out okay." Luffy said, nonchalantly.

"Why do you sound disappointed by that?!" Usopp shouted.

Three of the Trump Pirates charged at them. Skunk One went after Usopp. He screamed and he quickly climbed up the wall reaching the pool, heading towards the Going Merry. Skunk One chased after him.

"Usopp!" Zorro called out to him. He was about to jump in to help the sniper when the jester slashed out at Zorro. The swordsman jumped out of the way dodging his attacks. Sanji untied Nami's hands. Aya glanced over at Aya in worry seeing that she was struggling to stand on her feet. His eyes widened even more when he saw Boo Jack running towards her. Sanji quickly jumped in between the two.

"I won't let you touch her or Nami. And I'm going to kick the hell out of your riddling ass."

"You're going to kick me?" Boo Jack laughed at him. "What can you possible do with feet as badly injured as that?"

"Bast-!" Sanji growled getting ready to charge at him. Sanji stopped in his tracks; his shoe smacked him in the face. "What the hell are you?" He blinked in confusion when he saw that it was his shoes. Sanji looked up to see Usopp leaning over the edge of the roof from the pool, realizing that he had tossed it down to him. "Usopp!"

Skunk One flew up behind the sniper. Usopp quickly pulled out his slingshot.

"Special attack: Rotten egg star!" He fired the egg right in the pirate's face. Skunk One fell onto the deck of the Merry holding his nose.

"It reeks! Rotten egg-gas! I can stand it!" Skunk One cried out in disgust.

"You're the one to talk." Usopp retorted.

"You bastard!" Skunk One shouted angrily and got up and charged at the sniper. Usopp screamed and grabbed Zorro's swords along with Aya's medicine bag. He quickly tossed them over the Merry.

"Nami, catch these!" Usopp shouted to her. Nami saw the swords and the bag following down towards her. She held her hands out and managed to catch them in her arms. Zorro smirked and quickly rushed over towards her. The jester quickly followed behind him.

"Thanks!" The swordsman quickly grabbed the swords from Nami just as the jester threw down a strike with his own sword and deflected it.

"Zorro!" Nami cried out.

"Attacking from behind. Bad form." Zorro smirked back at the jester. The pirate's eye widened a little and he began to sweat nervously as he stared back at Zorro. Nami looked down at the bag in her hand in confusion. "What is this?" Aya stumbled over to her, taking it from her.

"That's mine." Aya told her. Nami blinked in confusion when she saw Aya opened it up and took out a pill out of it, swallowing it then tied it back up. Nami stared at her, silently in concern. She knew that Aya was sick but just how sick was she? Aya handed it back over to Nami, heading back into the throne room. "Look after this for me, please. Don't lose it."

"Aya! Wait!" Nami tried to call out to her, but Aya had already ran into the throne room. Bear King threw a fist towards Luffy as he tried to punch him. Luffy quickly dodged out of the way.

"Gum Gum Gatling Gun!" He began to unleash a barrage of fists into the Bear King's stomach. But it didn't even faze him. It didn't leave a mark. Luffy eyes widened and blinked in confusion. "What?"

"Not even a scratch." Borodo stammered in shock.

"My body is strong as steel. THe power of the Kachi kachi Fruit. A flimsy little rubber twerp like you, can't beat me." Bear King smirked at Luffy as he explained.

"I see. That's how it is. So, it's impossible." Luffy grinned, tapping his fist on his hand.

"DON'T AGREE WITH HIM!" Borodo shouted at Luffy.

"Heh, admitting defeat already?" Bear King laughed.

"Nope. That's not it. We never lose, you know." Luffy replied.

"What?!" Bear King exclaimed in surprise. Then he was smacked back as another fist slammed into him, knocking him into the ground. He growled and sat up but froze when he saw Aya standing in front of him. Luffy grinned.

"About time you joined in!" He called out. Aya smirked, cracking her knuckles as she stared down at the Bear King.

"I am so going to enjoy this."

Boo Jack and Sanji began to face off against each other. "Hmph. What difference will it make by putting those on? A weak guy like you can't protect anything." The chubby pirate retorted. Sanji placed a cigarette in his mouth.

"Hey, do you have a light?"

"Just die against my toge-toge armor!" Boo Jack transformed himself into a giant spikey ball again and darted straight towards Sanji. Sanji quickly kicked him with ease, sending the chubby pirate slamming into a bell. He began to fall down, and Sanji jumped towards him.

"What is it..." He kicked Boo Jack down, slamming him onto the floor. "That you just said that I can't do?!" Sanji kicked him again, sending Boo Jack into the wall. Honey Queen yelped as Boo Jack nearly slammed into her. Sanji darted towards him again, slamming his foot down onto the pirate. Boo Jack crashed through the floor, falling down a few levels.

"This guy's awesome!" Akisu exclaimed. Sanji jumped down following after Boo Jack as he fell.

"I told you before! I'm gonna make you eat your words!" Sanji smirked and he slammed his leg down onto Boo Jacks stomach hard, smashing him into the concrete floor. Boo Jack laid still completely knocked out cold.

"He did it!" Akisu cheered as he and Borodo watched.

"Bastard." Sanji muttered and walked away, slightly limping a little. He tossed his cigarette over to the fallen pirate.

Zorro and the jester pirate began to face off against each other. Zoro tore the sleeves of his jacket and pulled his white scarf off from his neck. He tied it around his waist and tied his bandanna on his head. "Roronoa Zoro, I admire you. You can still stand after taking my dokubari. But just standing takes up all of your energy!" The jester replied. Zorro glared at him. He placed his white sword between his teeth and picked up his other two swords.

"Doesn't matter. I'll tell you up front. I won't ever lose to anyone. Because losing is...unacceptable." Zoro told him.

Skunk One dodged a pellet as Usopp fired it at him. He flew straight at the sniper and smacked him down, knocking Usopp back. Usopp landed on his stomach. Skunk One landed in front of him and kicked Usopp, sending Usopp flying into the Merry's figurehead. "Stop struggling-gas! You've got nowhere to run, gas!" Skunk One shouted. "Have you forgotten, gas? The power of my gas?"

Usopp screamed and started to fail his arms wildly in fear as he saw Skunk One charge at him. "It's over!" He flew above Usopp, readying his paralyzing gas.

"No! Stop! Stay back!" Usopp screamed as he came closer until the pirate revealed the hole from his suit to expel the gas. Usopp smirked. "Special attack: Fire Star!" He fired the pellet into it. Skunk One exploded as he unleashed the gas. Usopp jumped off from the Merry, falling into the water. "YOU GOT WHAT WAS COMING TO YOU, DAMMIT!" Usopp shouted at the top of his lungs in victory.

Bear King tried to land punches on Luffy and Aya but they dodged out of way. Luffy threw his leg back, to wrap it around the large pirate. "Gum Gum Pinwheel!"

Aya sighed. "Not again." Bear King stepped away and Luffy missed, making himself spin instead and getting dizzy. Bear King stormed towards him.

"Hey, watch out!" Aya warned. Bear King slammed his fist into Luffy sending him flying into the wall. He slid down, landing on the floor. Luffy blinked as he groaned in pain. "Well, this isn't going well."

Zorro and and the jester started to clash with each other with their swords. He kept knocking Zorro back until he was on the edge of the roof.

"Look out!" Akisu shouted.

"Looks like you're in a great deal of pain. It's just 'shrimp' coming out of you." The jester replied.

"It's 'rust'." Zorro corrected him. The jester glared angrily at him.

"You wretched nave!" He unleashed a barrage of pins at Zorro. "Hari Hari Ken!" Zorro quickly spinned his sword creating a cyclone, knocking the jester off of his feet.

"Yeah!" Akisu shouted.

"Cur!" the pirate growled at Zorro. "You should be paralyzed by now...How?!"

"Unfortunately for you. I can't fall here. Because at the end of a distant road there's a man waiting for me. Dying before facing him IS OUT OF THE QUESTION!" Zorro shouted. He charged at the pirate and the jester tried to block his attack. Zorro slashed his sword, landing landing behind him. "Onigiri!" The jester fell on the ground, defeated.

"He did it!" Akisu cheered. Honey Queen's eye widened in horror.

"No! This is bad!" She screamed and took off her clothes and ran towards the pipes. Nami picked up another set of pipes rerouting it, while holding a jar in her arm. The water devil fruit user fell into it.

"Hope you had fun!" Nami smirked and sealed up the jar with the lid, trapping the woman inside of it.

"N-No way! Let me out! Let me out!" Nami began to tie up the jar with rope, numerous times, making sure that Honey Queen could not escape.

"It's no use." Nami told her in a sing songy voice. Suddenly, she was knocked down when a loud crash filled the room. Bear King knocked Luffy and Aya into the wall, slamming them into it.

"Crap, what's with this guy?" Luffy shouted, holding his head. Bear King charged at them and Luffy tried to throw a punch when Aya tried to land a kick. He grabbed Luffy's wrist, sending him flying towards the ceiling and grabbed Aya's leg, slamming her into the floor.

"Luffy! Aya!" Nami shouted. Then the Bear King's fist began to to glow red, getting hotter and hotter. Aya got up as she saw it happen. "Shit." She cursed under her breath. He charged at the two, trying to burn Luffy and Aya. They quickly dodged it. Aya landed a few feet away from the two, gritting her teeth. How could they defeat this guy? There was no way. The man's body was built completely out of steel. Nothing was getting through. Through...Aya's eyes widened when an idea came to mind. She slowly turned her head towards the cannon, seeing it resting in the center of the room. She smirked.

"Gum Gum-!" Luffy threw a fist at him but Bear King grabbed it with his hot hand. Luffy's eyes widened as he tried to quickly pull it back. "Hot! Hot!"

"Heh! Rubberman, it's over!" Bear King smirked as the threw a strike at Luffy.

"Bear King!" Aya roared out, making him stop his attack. Luffy's eyes widened as he saw Aya in the cannon. She fired it at the Bear King, unleashing at cannon ball. It crashed through the window sailing several yards away landing into the sea. The shockwave sent large waves, crashing into the Trump Pirates ships engulfing them with it. Nami watched from the windows, in awe at how strong the cannon was. Bear King slowly turned back towards Aya, glaring at her. She stared back at him defiantly.

"That was a warning. The next one won't miss."

"Witch. That's my great King Cannon!" Bear King pulled out his pistol aiming it at her and fired it. Luffy's eyes widened as did Nami's as they watched in horror.

"Aya!" the two of them cried out. Aya's eyes widened in horror as she saw Akisu jump in front of the bullet, taking the blow for her instead. Borodo's eyes widened in horror as well.

"Akisu!" He screamed. Akisu was knocked back as he fell out the window. Borodo rushed over towards the window, looking out of it. "AKISU!" He saw that Akisu had landed on a piece of metal from the window. He was bruised up but safe.

"I guess this makes me a real man of the sea." Akisu said, weakly. He slipped off and started to fall.

"AKISU!" Borodo jumped out of the window, catching him and released the parachute from his pack. "Akisu! Hold on!"

"Heh, how nice of you to get yourself shot. Though why you'd want to save someone that much is beyond me. What an stupid, pathetic little brat." Bear King laughed. Aya glared at him as did Luffy.

"You...what did you just say?" Luffy asked, clenching his fists.

"I said that he's a stupid, pathetic brat!" Bear King shouted.

"I am gonna make you PAY!" Luffy roared, furiously. He charged at Bear King, grabbing onto his red arm. Luffy's eyes widened in pain as he gritted his teeth, feeling his hands burning. Aya looked down at the glass floor beneath her, seeing that it was starting to crack. One more shot it was going to completely cave in and also destroy the island key as well. This cannon need to be destroyed. It was too devastating. Aya looked back at Luffy as he was struggling to hold Bear King in place.

"Aya! Shoot!" Bear King's eyes widened a little, realizing what the two were planning. He tossed Luffy to the side, knocking him away and Aya fired at the same time. The cannon smacked right into Bear King, hitting it's target, sailing him out the window. Half of the walls were destroyed as some of the roof of the castle was starting to crumble. Zoro, Nami and Sanji stared in shock. Luffy grinned as he got up but it fell as he saw the floor beneath Aya, shatter to pieces.

"Aya!"

Aya screamed as she felt it gave away underneath her, taking the cannon with it. She quickly climbed out and jumped. Zoro rushed over and grabbed Aya's hand just before she fell into the island's key, getting crushed to death. The cannon slammed into it, getting snapped in half by the key. Sanji ran over grabbing Aya's other hand, helping Zoro pull her out. A huge explosion eroded from the bottom of the pit, shaking the entire island. The key fell as more explosions went off.

"What the-" Sanji murmured in surprise. Nami gritted her teeth.

"It can't be! The island key!" She shouted.

"The key?!" Sanji's eyes widened. The entire island was coming down.

"H-Hey..this isn't good! What's going on?" Usopp called out.

"We need to get out of here!" Aya shouted.

"Yeah!" Usopp agreed.

"Hey, Luffy!" Zoro called out him along with the rest of the crew.

"Luffy!" Nami tossed Luffy his hat back to him. He caught it and the straw hats ran out, climbing out onto the roof, boarding the Merry.

The islanders, along with the man and woman with swirly hair, watched from afar as they saw the explosions from the castle followed by several more, spreading throughout the island. "The island's key been destroyed. The island is destined to crumble with it. Is everyone ready?" The man said.

"Akisu? Akisu!" Borodo called out to Akisu trying to get him to wake up. The boy groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. "Akisu, you...are you alright?"

"It only hurt a little." Akisu smiled and pulled out a sheet of metal, from underneath his shirt. It had stopped the bullet.

"You had me worried there." Borodo sighed in relief. Akisu frowned when he heard something from the distance.

"Borodo, I can hear something." As did everyone else. It was coming from the Diamond Clock as it chimed, ringing out loudly across the island. The man and woman stood looking at it completely stunned.

"The Diamond Clock is chiming." The man replied.

"It hasn't chimed for so long." The woman said.

"This melody..." Borodo murmured. The straw hats were getting a parachute, preparing to attach it to the Going Merry. They paused when they heard the music coming from the clock as well.

"It sounds like Akisu's music box." Sanji replied.

Borodo and Akisu met up with the islanders and spotted the man and woman, who was holding Akisu's music box in her hands. Akisu walked over to her. "The one who made that music box...could it be...you miss?" The woman nodded.

"Could you be...?" Borodo stammered.

"Yeah." The man answered him.

"I could only hope that my child wouldn't die. I could only hope..." The woman replied.

"Then you are...Akisu's mother." Borodo said. Akisu's eyes widened. He turned back to the the man and woman. They were his parents. Suddenly, the clock stopped chiming going dead silent. Everyone gasped as they looked back at the island, seeing it crumbling away. The giant cog wheel fell from the sky. The straw hats quickly released the parachute before the island took them along with it. The wind blew into the sails, drifting them away from the exploding island. The islanders opened their parachutes, safely getting away, landing in the water. The island fell into the depths of the sea.

"It's so ironic. The weapons we created. Destroyed our island." Akisu's mom said.

"It couldn't be helped. It was fate. With it go our dark memories of the past 7 years. As long as we still have our skill, we can build a new island!" Akisu's father spoke.

"Yes. This is the future that we opened by risking our lives. We will gladly take it." Akisu's mom said. The islanders managed to steal a couple of boats from the Trump pirates. Akisu's mom looked down when she saw that he had a small cut. "Oh no, you're bleeding." Akisu pushed her hand away from his face.

"I'm fine! I'm a brave man of the sea!" He exclaimed. Akisu's father and Borodo watched the two.

"Mom." Akisu murmured. Akisu's mom eyes widened in surprise. He smiled, holding her hand. "Mom, your hands are warm." He began to cry and Akisu's mom pulled him closer to her, hugging him tightly in her arms.

"Akisu."

The straw hats were preparing to leave, talking with Borodo one last time before they took off.

"Hey, you okay about this?" Luffy asked him.

"Yeah. His folks are great people. Akisu will be happier with them. I don't feel the least bit lonely. In fact, I'm relieved to be alone. He's always tripping me up. Now I can keep all this treasure I took from the Trump Pirates for myself." Borodo spoke.

"But will you really be alright alone?" Aya asked him.

"You've lost your only partner, right?" Sanji said.

"You can't call yourself a 'gang' of thieves anymore." Usopp replied.

"I'll find someone someday." Borodo told them.

"I don't think you have to." Zorro spoke with a small smirk.

"Hold up, Borodo!" Akisu shouted. Borodo's eyes widened when he saw Akisu landed on his boat as he hopped off from the Merry.

"Akisu!"

"How could you leave me behind! I knew you'd go and try something like this!" Akisu shouted, angrily at him.

"But you finally met up with your folks and-"

"Don't be stupid! I'm a brave man of the sea now. I gotta risk my life to finish what I want to do!" Akisu interrupted him.

"But you..." Luffy grinned as he watched the two.

"We're the world's best, the Thief Brothers, aren't we?" Akisu asked Borodo. Borodo's eyes widened in surprise.

"Akisu,...Right." He smiled. The straw hats watched the two sail away as they argued about how they were going to split the Trump pirates money that they've looted.

Aya walked over to Usopp, standing next to him. She leaned in and kissed Usopp on his cheek. Usopp's eyes widened, and he sputtered in shock, his cheeks turning slightly red.

"What was that for?" He stammered, nervously. Aya chuckled.

"For being brave, like I knew you would." She told him. He blinked as he stared back at her then made a huge grin. The two joined up with the rest of the crew walked away as the headed towards the kitchen. As Sanji opened the door, his eyes widened and his mouth dropped open in shock.

Luffy and Usopp peered behind him, wondering what happened, followed by the rest. Aya's eyes widened as she saw two familiar men, sitting at the table, eating whatever was left over from the kitchen.

"What the hell?" She muttered in surprise.

Ichi and L both were chowing down on pieces of meat, fruit, and some desserts. They two stopped when they saw the crew walk in. Ichi waved to them as his mouth was still stuffed.

"HI!"

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TWO AND WHY ARE YOU EATING MY FOOD!?" Luffy exclaimed angrily.