Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Rose's POV

"I had a feeling I'd find you all hiding up here." I said standing in the rafters "How kind of you to gather in one place for me."

I looked at the ninjas before me, the Oniwabanshu.

"You know why I'm here." I said "You can't hide from vengeance forever."

"An assassin trying to confront a group of ninjas all at once, are you a fool?" Fukurokuju, the man with the long ears, asked.

"No, I'm simply trying to save the effort of tracking you down one by one." I smiled as my arm shifted into blade mode "None of you, are leaving here alive."

"What would you possibly want with us?" the little one with the blonde hair asked "Don't tell me you actually plan on getting revenge for that idiot Ikaruga!"

"My master believed in the honor of the ninja clans, and the Shogun here and you all corrupted that, so yes…it's as simple as revenge, that is the mission I have undertaken."

"The annihilation of the Oniwabanshu."

I pointed my blade at them "Your execution will now commence."

Lil's POV

I knew I couldn't waste any time getting the jump on Apoo, quickly I pulled out one of my stones to smash it.

"The Snake: Cassiopeia!" I waved my baton "Venom Spit!"

The snake woman spit out a cloud of purple sludge that flew towards the musical man. Unfortunately, before they could hit he turned his teeth into keyboard keys.

"CLANG!"

The rippling soundwaves knocked the sludge back before he could hit.

"What a racket." Cassiopeia groaned.

"I know, lets wrap him up so he can't play." I waved my baton so she could slither in close and coil around him.

The lamia lady moved swiftly wrapping herself around him and pinning his arms to his body.

"Can't play anything now can you." I smiled "You'll be crushed in no time!"

"You can make sound with anything if you try hard enough." Apoo laughed and flicked his tongue as it turned into a kazoo "PWEET!"

There was a powerful concussive explosion round him like he had just set off a grenade, not only was Cassiopeia blown away I was sent flying too.

"No way." I hissed getting up off the ground "Even that can be a weapon?"

"As long as you can hear the sounds he makes the Tone-Tone Fruit can amplify them into powerful attacks, even things that don't seem that loud."

I quickly pulled out another stone "The Bull: Alister!"

"MROOO!" The powerful bull-man came charging in ready to barrel over him with his hooves.

Apoo was barely shaken by the size of the beast as he banged his arms on his chest like a gorilla and caused a mighty reverberation that stopped my summon in its tracks.

"It's so loud!" I covered my ears as Alister vanished.

"You're outta your league little girl!" Apoo clapped his hands together causing a blade like soundwave to crash into me, sending my flying back into the wall.

"GAH!" I landed with a thud "ACK!"

It…hurts. This is a real fight with a real pirate, he's not like the marines on Dressrosa, he's not holding back because he thinks I'm just some kid.

I looked up and saw he turned his arm into a flute that he blew into sending out a painful screech.

"AAHHH!" I covered my ears as it felt like my ear drums were going to pop "I can't fight him like this I need…help."

I slammed my hand down and burst a stone "WUKONG!"

"Shut up you annoying creature!" the monkey suddenly appeared and slammed into Apoo with his staff "I've barely been here five seconds and you're already giving me a headache with that cacophony."

"Finally." I sighed at the silence.

"Are you alright Young Miss?" he helped me up.

"I'll make it." He groaned "But this guy is a problem, I have to get this cure to Chopper but he's going to keep chasing me no matter what, we need to take him out."

I was panting heavily, I already felt drained summoning three stones to fight so far plus using Centaur to ride here and more outside to clean up the thugs.

"You need to catch your breath." The monkey reassured me.

"There's no time." I said waving my baton in a star pattern "I'm doing it."

"You don't have the strength for that after all you've done."

"I can handle it!" I pointed "Limiter Break: Monkey King!"

In a flash the monkey was transformed into a more regal version of himself with glowing eyes, golden armor, and a headdress.

"Very well, let's finish this." He spun his staff.

With a puff of smoke he suddenly appeared next to Apoo and did a spinning kick to crash into his jaw.

"Now!" I waved "Extension!"

Wukong's staff suddenly extended and pushed Apoo back.

"Jingu Bang!"

He lifted up and then slammed the massive staff down on the bang.

"You clearly like being banged like a drum!" Wukong swung multiple times "So take this!"

He slammed down multiple times, leaving a crater where Apoo was and bursting a water pipe causing the nearby koi pond to overflow.

"Did that get him?" I groaned as Wukong's transformation vanished; I simply didn't have the energy to maintain it anymore.

"You…little brat!" Apoo burst out of the rubble with a howling scream that threw me back and knocked my baton from my hand.

"Young Miss!" Wukong groaned stuck in place without my command and vanishing as Apoo landed another sound blast.

"AHH!" I yelped as Apoo grabbed me by my throat.

"You're annoying me you know that; I wonder how loud I have to scream to pop your head like a grape!"

"RAH!" I swung my purse at him and clocked him in the jaw and sending the handbag flying.

"It's useless kid I know those little pets of yours won't work without that little magic stick." He said "You're all alone now."

"I'm not alone." I growled "My stones…aren't the only pets I have."

"What are you talking about?" the Longarm glared.

"Heh." I smiled as I saw the koi pond overflowing with foam "ATTACK! Flying Fish!"

Bursting out from the foam were a rush of Flying Fish, and right behind them were a troop of penguins too.

"HMPH!" I got dropped as the fish swarmed around his face and slashed at his eyes.

NO POV

"What the hell?!" Apoo yelled as all sorts of creatures stormed out of the pond.

There were strange flying bird like fish, penguins with razor sharp teeth, a huge walrus with tusks like gemstones, a large gorilla with a scorpion tail, a spider with wheeled feet and more.

"My pod creatures awaken with water." Lil said as some flying fish carried her above the charging beasts "Socking you with my purse was just a bonus, I was always trying to throw my bag into the pond!"

"Nothing you try is gonna work kid I'll blow them all away with my powers!" Apoo reached back to bang on his chest but not a single beast was bothered by the sound "What?!"

"I'm sorry did you say something, I couldn't hear you over all this noise!" Lil, still battered and bruised said as the cacophony of charging and roaring beast drowned out any sound Apoo tried to make "Crush him! STAMPEDE!"

The charging animals barreled over Apoo, trampling the supernova underfoot.

"What the hell?!" he hissed as he could barely see through the cloud of dust.

Through all the beasts, all the shadows and dust he could only see one thing staring back at him, that tiny little girl…smiling at his defeat.

"Crystal Maiden my ass…this brat…is an Ice Princess from Hell!"

With Apoo squashed underfoot the pod creatures slowly fizzled away and Lil landed back down on the floor.

"UGH!" she stumbled forward, legs and arms heavy "I used too much…stamina, I can't even move."

She felt her vision blurring as she struggled to stay conscious.

"Have to…get the cure…to Chopper." She said passing out.

Some time passed as this small girl laid there unconscious and totally vulnerable.

"This brat beat Apoo, we need to kill her now." A woman with a snake like neck hissed.

"Huh?" Lil, slowly waking up saw them surrounding her.

More of the Beast Pirates had arrived and this time they wouldn't let her escape.

"Call for you parents little brat." The woman grabbed her by the throat.

Lil coughed in pain, she knew what this woman wanted, she wanted Lil to cry out for Steve and Robin, to distract them from their own fights, their own work, to burden them with saving her.

"GRR!" Lil shook her head.

"Do it!" she slammed her into the wall.

"AHH!" Lil hissed and bit her lip.

"I can't…distract them, Papa has to stop Kaido…he has to save Tama I can't make him stop and save me!"

She was slammed again "SCREAM ALREADY!"

"Mama…Papa…I'm sorry I shouldn't have acted so reckless, I shouldn't have run off to fight on my own, I'm still not that strong."

"Then die already!" she woman pulled out a knife.

"I'm sorry!" Lil stopped biting her lip.

"HELP ME!" She cried.

"Of course, I already have."

"GAH!" the snakelike woman's chest suddenly exploded with a shard of ice as her and the women around her collapsed.

"Huh?" Lil looked up and saw she was already being help.

"Are you alright?" Brook asked.

"Brook." Lil started sobbing "Thank you!"

"Of course, we are crewmates after all are we not" the skeleton smiled "Besides, it's the duty of adults to protect the young. Don't be in such a rush to grow up, if you need help there's no shame in asking."

"Hmm…sorry." Lil said struggling to keep her eyes open, hands still clutching the cure for the Ice Oni virus "Chopper…"

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Pick Up- Chapter 997

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