Bombs Away! Chapter 15: Escaping from Loguetown!, an one piece fanfic

Hey, guys! Welcome to the new chapter of Bomb's Away! I hope you guys will enjoy the chapter...oh, and I don't own anything except for my OCs, as the OCs Jack Sparrow, Jake, and Sparrow D. Cassandra belong entirely to 9655.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

{Bombs Away!-Season 1, Episode 15: The Straw Hat Pirates vs Buggy the Clown and his crew and the Marines!/Escaping from Loguetown!}

~[Captain Smoker, Tashigi, the Marines, and Daddy the Father]~

"Find Luffy! He's gonna be hiding somewhere in Loguetown with his crew!" A Marine Soldier ordered a group of Marines, who nodded and walked out of the room as Smoker sighed heavily.

"How many times do I have to tell you all to not shout? Besides, he won't hide. As long as I'm around, he'll show up again." Smoker says with a glare as a panting Tashigi runs into his office.

"Captain Smoker, did something happen?"

"Tashigi, where the hell have you been?!" A glaring Smoker asked just as the two Marine Soldiers who were knocked out by Gin earlier appeared on the scene as they ran into the office.

"Captain Smoker, we have some terrible news. We were attacked by Roronoa Zoro, the Pirate Hunter."

"Zoro?" A confused Tashigi asked as Smoker narrowed his eyes stoically.

"Why would he attack you?" Smoker asked as a glaring Tashigi turned to him.

"Captain Smoker, if this Luffy Pirate is still on the island, then we need to blockade the docks immediately!"

"There's no need to worry."

"And why is that?!" Tashigi asked just as the doors were opened as a Bounty Hunter appeared with a stoic look on his face.

Standing before him is a 5'10-feet-tall, 45-year-old Man with black eyes, long black hair with large black sideburns, bushy black eyebrows, a big pointy nose with a bushy black mustache, a sharp chin with a black goatee, Tan Skin, a lean muscularly fit build, and his outfit consists of a dark green cowboy bucket hat, a dark green scarf wrapped around his neck, a long-sleeved high-collared dark brown shirt with several guns strapped to it, a pair of fingerless light brown gloves, a dark brown belt with a golden belt buckle, long dark blue jeans, and a pair of light brown cowboy boots. His name is Daddy Masterson AKA Daddy the Father, Carol's Father, and a bounty hunter located in the East Blue town of Loguetown as he is known for his expert sharpshooting skills and apparently even gained praise from notable Marines, including Captain Smoker and notable pirates including Yasopp.

"How are you doing, Smoker?" Daddy asked while carrying around a bunch of unconscious men as Smoker narrowed his eyes calmly.

"Well, if it isn't Daddy."

"These are Two Pistol Pete and the Police-Killer Riley Brothers," Daddy says while dropping the Criminals into the ground carelessly as Smoker raises an eyebrow.

"And all three have bounties?"

"No, all four. I dropped a brother off at the morgue. I just need your signature and I can get my money today." Daddy says while handing a piece of paper over to Smoker, who grabbed it as he read it.

"One Million Berries for four people? The times are tough."

"The work may be cheap but it's steady. I won't mind bringing in the little fish who move through these waters. I'm not really interested in heading out into the sea to find that one big catch."

"Hmph, one of the Marines' most gifted Snipers reduced to bullying weaklings. How the mighty have fallen." Smoker says with a scoff while writing his signature on the paper and handing it back to Daddy, who scowled as he turned around to leave.

"I just don't feel like putting my life in my gun hands anymore."

"Because if you die, your Daughter will wind up on the street, right? Tell Carol that I said, 'Hi'," Smoker says to Daddy, who nods without looking at him as he walks off, and Tashigi turns to her captain.

"That was Daddy Masterson, the Bounty Hunter."

"Yeah, we joined the Marines at the same time a long time ago. We are practically brothers. His daughter even calls me, 'Uncle Smoker'. He was an elite, on the fast track to being a key player at the Marine Headquarters."

"Then why is he just a Bounty Hunter?" Tashigi asked confusedly as Smoker said nothing but gained an emotionless glare on his face.

"Not my business to say, sadly enough."

~[Zoro, Gin, Akira, Squish, Jack, and Daddy the Father]~

"So you bought a cursed sword, huh? You are definitely crazy, Zoro." Gin says with a small chuckle as he, Zoro, Akira, and Squish can be seen sitting on the steps of a random building as the green-haired swordsman is checking out his new cursed sword.

"More like crazy and reckless." A glaring and worried Akira says as Jack suddenly appears on the scene and walks over to them.

"Hey, that's a really cool sword,"

"What are you doing here?" A confused Gin asked as Akira nodded while tilting his head cutely.

"Yeah, weren't you and Asher in charge of watching over Luffy?"

"Yeah, but we lost him and are now trying to find him. We even split up to try and cover more ground, but what are you guys doing here?"

"Eh, we had already bought and stolen our new weapons, so we are bored," Zoro says just as he and the others notice Daddy the Father walking by as everyone begins gasping and murmuring to each other about him.

"Who is he?" A bewildered Jack asked as Gin narrowed his eyes stoically.

"That's Daddy the Father."

"...I'm sorry but Daddy the wha-You know what? I don't care. I have to find Luffy." Jack says as he turns around to walk away to try and find his Captain.

~[Asher]~

"Man, where the hell is Luffy?" A confused Asher asked while making his way through the city of Loguetown, trying to look for his Captain as he arrived near a warehouse. "I wonder if Jack has a better chance of finding him?" Asher asked curiously before hearing loud noises coming from the warehouse with his sensitive hearing as his curiosity got the better of him and went over to open the door as the Bombman was shocked to see a huge crowd of people sitting around on the bleachers, surrounding an arena as two people can be seen ducking it out with each other. "Well, this just got interesting~,"

~[Luffy]~

"Now where is that Execution Platform?" Luffy asked curiously while having a casual stroll through the city as he arrived near a Music Store and was about to walk past it but stopped upon hearing a familiar female voice ranging out from the radio as the Rubberman skidded to a stop and slowly turned over to the music store as he blinked slowly. "...Uta?"

{Bombs Away-Season 1 Theme Song!}

Wealth, fame, power

Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates,

Attained this and everything else the world had to offer,

And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas

At Loguetown, we see the King of Pirates himself, Captain Gold Roger, currently wearing shackles and kneeling down in a large stadium with two Marines standing beside him with a couple of swords in their arms as a huge crowd of people could be seen standing in front of them and were screaming at Roger to reveal where he had hidden all of the treasure and wealth that he had accumulated over the years as the King of Pirates heard this and, even though he was going to get executed soon, couldn't help but grin widely with excitement and glee.

"Oh, you all want my treasure?! You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place! Now you just have to find it~!" Captain Gold Roger exclaimed with a loud, joyful laugh.

These words lured men to the Grand Line

In pursuit of dreams greater than they've ever dared to imagine

This is the time known as 'The Great Pirate Era!'

Once the King of Pirates was executed, hundreds of Pirates immediately boarded their ships and set their sails as they all quickly sailed off into the dangerous ocean and began making their way to the Grand Line to find the Legendary One Piece as this officially issued, 'The Great Pirate Era!'.

Come aboard and bring along

All your hopes and dreams

Together, we will find everything

That we're looking for!

ONE PIECE!

Sharing an excited and determined grin, Luffy and Asher can be seen running up a hill as the Bombman then kneeled down and allowed the Rubberman to leap up to land on his back as Asher created a huge explosion underneath his legs, and it propelled them up into the air as the Boys cheered loudly and numerous visions of all of the current members of the Straw Pirates appeared in front of them as a glaring and malnourished Zoro can be seen tied up against a post in Shells Town, a panting and panicking Nami can be seen running away from Three of Buggy's Henchmen in Orange Town, and a purring Cottontail eating a couple of mushrooms on the Island of Rare Animals.

A smirking Usopp crossed his arms as he stood on top of a tall cliff in Syrup Village with Kaya standing beside him and wrapped her arms around him as the wind blew their hair away, a stoic Sanji walked through the Baratie while smoking a cigarette and carrying around a dish filled with food as he could be seen serving the food to Jack and a glaring Gin can be seen standing in the background as the Krieg Pirates' Flag can be seen waving behind him, Akira can be seen sitting on the chair and was being served food by a smiling Nojiko in Cocoyasi Village, and a giggling Apis flew through the air while being morphed into the form of a Dragon as she soared through Warship Island.

After the visions were done, the Future Pirate King and the Future Strongest Man In The World then perked up as they spotted the Going Merry sailing through the seas, and a laughing Luffy grabbed onto Asher's body as he then stretched his free arm to wrap over to latch onto the Straw Hat Pirates' Flag and they propelled themselves forwards with the Duo laughing joyfully as they crashed right into the Going Merry's Deck.

Compass left behind

It'll only slow us down

Your heart will be your guide

Raise the sails and take the helm

The Going Merry can be seen sailing through the treacherous ocean of the East Blue with numerous Sea Kings swimming past it as huge waves of water rang out, and the Straw Hat Pirates can be seen either staring at them in awe, cheering loudly, or panicking as they continued sailing through the ocean.

That legendary place

That the end of the map reveals

Is only legendary

'Till someone proves it real

Zooming into the Going Merry, we see Nami drawing maps inside of her room, a glaring Zoro and Gin sparring with each other on the main deck, Jack sailing the Going Merry, Usopp fixing up the damages done to the ship, a blushing and heart-eyed Sanji serving some food that he had cooked to a smiling and bashful Kaya, Akira washing the deck with the help of some mop and soap, a grinning Luffy residing on his usual seat (The Going Merry's Sheep Figurehead) to enjoy the beautiful day, and a smirking Asher could be seen riding around on the masthead with Apis riding around on his shoulders, and the Duo went starry-eyed at the sight of the amazing journey laid before them as Cottontail can be seen flying ahead of them.

Through it all, through all the troubled times

Through the heartache and through the pain

Know that I will be there to stand by you

Just like I know you'll stand by me

Narrowing his eyes furiously, Zoro gripped his three swords tightly and swung them around as he was able to slash away a group of charging Pirates, a glaring Gin twirled his tonfa around and spun around elegantly as he was able to whack away various Pirates, a calm and collected Sanji smoke his cigarette as a horde of Pirates surrounded him and aimed their swords at him as he swiftly got down in a handstand and twirled around as the blonde-haired simp was able to kick them all away, Jack opened up his mouth and fired a huge torrent of hot flame-like energy at a group of charging and menacing evil Pirates and sends them flying away with the help of a large fiery explosion as Cottontail flew by and hardened himself as he proceeds to trip every single one of the burned and flaming Pirates out of the Going Merry.

Crouching down, a grunting Akira then jumped up into the air and began slashing and punching every Pirates that he saw, a gleeful Kaya can be seen running around at high speeds to knock away every single Pirates that was in her sight before she began running around in a circle and created a huge gust of wind that blew them out of the Going Merry and splashed down into the ocean, a giggling Apis dodged and weaved to avoid all of the incoming swords slashes as she then jumped up into the air and ran her hands across a nearby flying Cottontail as she was able to absorb his DNA and morphed herself into a Winged Cotton Lemur as Apis hardened herself and twirled around as she fires multiple white spikes that pierced through the Pirates' bodies.

Standing back to back, a nervous yet determined Usopp fired various of his specially made explosive balls at all of the nearby Pirates as a scowling Nami used her staff to whack every Pirates she saw, and we see the Last Remaining Straw Hat Pirates standing near the end of the Going Merry and spotted the Enemy Pirates Ship floating beside them. Getting an idea, Asher then crouched down and jumped up high into the air as a smirking Luffy stretched up his arm and grabbed onto his leg as the Rubberman grunted and proceeded to swing the Bomberman down at the Pirates Ship with said person creating a huge explosion that blew apart the ship as the rest of the Straw Hat Pirate cheered loudly at what their Captain and Crewmate did.

So come aboard and bring along

All your hopes and dreams

Together, we will find everything

That we're looking for

Multiple vast images of all of the Incoming Arc Villains appeared as we see Iron Mace Alvida, Axe-Hand Morgan, Buggy the Star Clown, Kuro of a Hundred Plans, Eldoraggo, Foul-Play Krieg, Arlong the Saw, Garp the Fist, Smoker the White Hunter, Bear King, and Eric the Whirlwind as all of the Straw Hat Pirates Villains posed menacingly and scowled stoically.

There's always room for you

If you wanna be my friend

We are, we are, on the cruise

WE ARE!

After arriving near the Grand Line, Luffy can be seen sitting at his usual favorite seat in the Going Merry with Asher standing behind him as Nami wraps her arms around him and places her head on his shoulder as an annoyed Zoro stands near them on their right with Cottontail residing on top of his mossy head as Gin can be seen resting on the edge of the boat lazily, Usopp stood beside the Lovebirds on their left, and Sanji stands beside him as he smoked a cigarette and sighed heavily with Jack smiling widely and enjoying the sea breeze as Kaya stood behind them and smiled warmly while holding Apis and Akira in her arms as the logo of the story appeared in front of the readers.

{Bombs Away-Season 1 Theme Song Over!}

~[Usopp, Daddy the Father, Carol, Nami, and Apis]~

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! I got everything that I ever need!" A laughing Usopp says while walking through the city of Loguetown as the Straw Hat Sniper was carrying around a huge green bag filled with random junk. "Now, my preparations to be a Brave Warrior of the Sea are complete! There is nothing that Usopp the Warrior can't handle now!" Usopp says with a laugh but then pauses a bit as he gasps in shock. "Wait, of course, how could I forget that a first-class sniper should really need to use some new first-class goggles!" An excited Usopp says while running forward as we fast forward in time and we cue over to a Junk Shop as we see the Straw Hat Sniper wearing a new set of goggles and testing it with the help of his slingshot as he perked up. "Okay, these are perfect!"

"Oh, you got a good eye." An Employee of the Junk Shop says with a smile as Usopp walks over to place the goggles on the counter and begins trying to fish into his pockets to pull out some berries. "Those are the latest North Blue Model. I got them from an import ship that stops at Loguetown only once a year-Hey, wait, why do you look like that?!" The annoyed Employee of the Junk Shop says as she notices a packing Usopp trying to check his pockets for some money but can't find any as he sweats nervously. "Do you seriously have no money?! What's wrong with you?! I don't do business with people who don't have money!"

"I'm sorry! I must've misplaced my money back at my backpack! I will be right back!" Usopp says while turning around to run out of the Junk Stop just as a little girl walks into the shop as the spoiled brat walks past him and makes her way over to the counter.

Standing before them is a 4'8-feet-tall, 10-year-old Girl with blue eyes, long blonde curly hair that reaches down to her back as it was tied up with the help of a dark green bow, thin dark brown eyebrows, a small nose, freckles on her cheeks, a sharp chin, Fair Skin, a slender build, and her outfit consists of a pair of light green earrings, a long-sleeved light green dress and a pair of dark green high heel shoes. Her name is Carol Masterson, Daddy Masterson's Daughter.

"I'll take those goggles, please," Carol says to the Employee of the Junk Shop with a sweet smile on her face as she points over at the goggles.

"Oh, that's an excellent choice, cute little girl. This is the only pair of these goggles in this town." The Employee of the Junk Shop says as Usopp flinched and grew angry as he whirled around to point over at Carol.

"Stop right there, little girl! Those are my goggles!"

"Butt out, old man," Carol says to Usopp with a fake cheerful smile as she bought the goggles with her money and turned around to skip past a stunned Usopp with a cute giggle as the Straw Hat Pirate snapped out of his shock and growled angrily as he turned around to run out of the Junk Shop to keep up with Carol.

"Little Girl! Stop right there!" Usopp shouted, stopping Carol in her tracks as he made his way over to stand in front of her, and she glanced up at him boredly. "Listen, to set the record straight, I'm not an old man! I'm more like an older brother!"

"Well, you look like an old man to me."

"I'm not old! Just give me back those goggles! I found them first!" Usopp screamed while throwing a temper tantrum as Carol glared up at him sternly.

"You better watch your mouth, old man, or else I will call the Marines!"

"The M-Marines?"

"That's right! The Marine Captain of this town is a close family friend of ours! He's practically my uncle!" Carol bragged smugly as Usopp looked nervous, but then came up with a 'genius' idea to scare off the little girl to give him the goggles.

"Well, for your information, I'm a great Captain too! Obviously, you did not recognize me because I am the Great Captain Usopp who destroyed the Pirates of Arlong Park! I was surrounded by hundreds of Fishmen and the last thing they saw was death by me! Thanks to that, I now have a bounty of 30 Million Berries on my head!"

"Oh? 30 Million Berries, huh?" A grinning Carol asked as Usopp nodded.

"That's right! I-,"

"Papa!"

"Papa?! I ain't your damn Papa!" A shocked Usopp says just as Carol runs past him to make her way over to Daddy the Father as said person briefly bends down to hug her.

"I have a gift for you Papa. Happy birthday." Carol says with a cheerful smile and holding out the Sniper Goggles as Daddy sheds manly tears.

"Oh, my sweet little angel. You are easily the most angelic little girl that I have ever met. I love you, Carol."

"I love you too, Papa." Carol says before turning to scowl at a now nervous Usopp as she points over at him. "But guess what, Papa? That silly and creepy old man over there is trying to steal your present that I bought with my money fair and square."

"Now, now, sweetie, no need to say creepy. You are a proper young girl." Daddy says before turning to glare at Usopp coldly as said person sweated anxiously. "Are you the gentleman who has been bothering my adorable little Carol?"

"B-Bothering? No, I-,"

"That's not all, Papa. He has a bounty of 30 Million Berries on his head." Carol says to Daddy, who narrows his eyes and reaches behind him to pull out a bunch of wanted posters as he begins looking through them. "Oh, are those the new Wanted Posters, Papa?"

"Yeah, I have just picked them up today from the Marine Base," Daddy says while being able to find Monkey D. Luffy's 30 Million Bounty Poster as he glances up at Usopp and the poster repeatedly. "30 Million Berries, huh? That's impressive for a first bounty."

"No, you see, sir, that's not me! It was a lie! A lie! I'm obviously not the person on the poster! I was just trying to frigthen your little girl into giving me her sniper goggles!"

"..."

"Okay, I know that sounds bad, but the bottom line is that I don't have a 30 Million Berry Bounty on my head!"

"Isn't this the back of your head?" Daddy asked while pointing over at the back of Usopp's head placed in Luffy's Bounty as the Straw Hat Pirate froze and sweated nervously as he laughed awkwardly.

"Okay, yes, it is true. There is no doubt, it is...well...me, but let me warn you on what happens if you lay a finger on me. My Captain Luffy will be completely furious! He won't sit idly by while his crew is in danger! He is an evil, cold-blooded, devilish man! No enemy has ever survived after facing him! You have a child, right? Why risk your life over little old me?"

"...I see. That sounds bad. You are right. It's not worth it fighting against you. Anyone with 30 Million Berries on his head is no ordinary man."

"Papa! You can beat him! You're obviously stronger than him!" Carol yelled as Daddy shook his head.

"Darling, I don't have to prove anything. I just need to get by with enough berries to keep us happy. So long as you think I'm the greatest that is what matters to me. You understand?"

"Papa..." A shocked Carol says as Usopp did a double take.

"Wait, I scared him off? Just like that? The guy's wimping out after I said all that?" Usopp thought to himself incredulously as, if he kept his mouth shut, the Straw Hat Sniper could simply walk away with no trouble, but of course, his arrogance knows no bounds and grinned smugly as Usopp chuckled. "Well?! Now do you see how terrifying I am? I'm glad that you have finally come to your senses! Now, take my advice and just hand those goggles over to me!" Usoppp says as Daddy and Carol glared at him. "What with those faces? Don't worry, I will pay for them. I'm a killer, not a thief. Now give them here."

"Why are you saying that right after my Father is about to let you go-,"

"Okay, fine." Daddy interrupted, surprising Usopp and Carol as they turned to him. "I assume you have no problem with us settling this in a fair fight, right?"

"Fight?" A confused Usopp asked as Daddy tossed one of his guns over to him. "Wait, you're not talking about a duel, right?"

"Indeed, I am. If you win, the goggles are yours." Daddy says while throwing back his cloak to reveal about thirty pistols as Usopp looks flabbergasted and scared by this as Carol gains a smug grin.

"Wait a minute, 30 pistols?! Those are the same number of guns that Daddy the Father has!"

"Yep, that's me." Daddy the Father says as we fast forward in time, and we see Nami and Apis making their way through the city, finishing up their shopping spree and were planning to leave their stuff back at the Going Merry and try to meet up with their friends, but stopped as they see many people running past them.

"Did you hear that there will be a duel soon?!"

"Yeah, Daddy the Father versus an idiot!"

"Wow, how would be stupid enough to challenge him?!"

"Daddy the Father? What kind of name is that?" A bewildered Apis asked as Nami gasped in shock.

"Daddy the Father is the greatest gunslinger/bounty hunter in the East Blue. Not to mention that he never lost a duel." Nami says as she and Apis quickly run over to where the duel is being held. "I wonder what person is stupid enough to challenge him to a duel-Shit, it's Usopp. It's going to be Usopp, huh?"

"Yep..." Apis says with a deadpanned tone as they reach the location of the duel and spot Daddy the Father and Usopp standing back to back as Carol stands behind them to act as the referee.

"H-How did things turn out this way?! Am I an idiot?!"

"The rules are simple. We both walk 10 paces and then shoot each other." Daddy the Father informed as a nervous Usopp nodded.

"What the hell are you doing?! Are you insane?!" A glaring Nami asked as she and Apis appeared in front of the crowd as a shocked Usopp turned to them.

"Why are you facing Daddy the Father in a duel?! I mean, I know you are a good Sniper but you are not that good!"

"Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence, Apis..." A blank-faced Usopp as he sweatdropped.

"You get one shot. Are you ready? One...two...three...four...five..." Carol counted with Daddy the Father and Usopp taking a step with each count as the Straw Hat Pirate struggled to figure out a way to save himself, but when Carol reached eight, he chickened out and decided to throw a smokebomb as a thick dark gray cloud occurred and Usopp tried to use that to run away to safety, but Daddy the Father merely whirled around and pulled out a pistol to fire a bullet that collided against Usopp's pistol from out of his hand, halting him in place as the smoke dissipated and everyone spotted a frozen and petrified Usopp as everyone immediately began booing at him and turned around to walk away as Carol ran over to her father.

"Did you kill him or something, Papa?"

"Nah, I just shot his gun away." Daddy the Father says as Carol nods and turns to give Usopp a scolding look.

"What's with you?! Trying to pull a cowardly stunt like that?! Cheating during a duel! You should be ashamed of yourself! It's pathetic!"

"I'm sorry! Please forgive me! I'm just a lowly pathetic man!" Usopp screamed while turning around and bending down to his knees as he began cowering to Daddy the Father. "Taking the life of someone like me wouldn't gain you anything! So please don't shoot me! Couldn't you just peacefully let me go?!" Usopp asked just as Daddy the Father pulled out his gun as a worried Apis ran over to stand in front of her friend protectively.

"Wait, don't shoot him! Usopp just-,"

"Hey, wait, if you want money, my little friend here has a billion berry bounty on her head! She's really valuable! Just please spare my life! I'm begging you here!" Usopp yelled desperately while standing up from the floor and going over to pick up Apis by her armpits and raise her into the air as she turned to him furiously.

"What the fuck, Usopp?!"

"So, you are now cowering behind a little girl?" Daddy the Father asked with a disappointed and angry tone as Usopp froze and gained a determined look as he went over to Nami and handed her Apis as the Straw Hat Pirate then walked back over to Daddy and his Daughter.

"No, forget what I said. She's just an innocent bystander who has nothing to do with this. Apis is my friend and I won't sacrifice her to save my life. This situation is all my fault, so I will pay the price. Please, just leave Apis and Nami out of it."

"Usopp..." A stunned and amazed Apis says as Nami looks equally surprised.

"Wait, 'Usopp'? Did that kid just call you, 'Usopp'?" A shocked Daddy the Father asked as Usopp raised an eyebrow confusedly and nodded. "This may sound far-fetched, but do you know a man named, 'Yasopp of the Red-Haired Pirates?',"

"Yasopp? That's my old man's name."

"So, you are his son...look, I've never once told a soul what happened on that day, but you're an exception." Daddy the Father says as he then begins telling his tale of his duel with Yasopp where he lost against him, but Yasopp decided to spare his life upon finding out that he has a daughter and Yasopp even told him about his own son as he also added that he should spend time with his Daughter and left.

"...So that's why you left the Marines to become a Bounty Hunter?" A stunned Nami says as Carol teared up and gave her father a betrayed and shocked look.

"Papa, you lost to a Pirate?! He spared your life?! Say it isn't true!"

"Usopp, that's amazing. Your Dad must be really skilled and he even remembers you." Apis says with a warm smile before frowning worriedly as she notices that Usopp is trembling and teared up as he steps forward.

"I get it! I understand why you told me that story about your father! So that I can be more like him!" Usopp yelled, shocking everyone as they turned to him. "You told me that to give me courage! Most people would be vain and keep the story like that a secret! You told me that even though you knew it would make you less cool! Regardless of how brave my old man might be, right?! Weaklings and cowards would never do what you did!" Usopp screamed while staring at a stoic Daddy the Father as he then turned to the man's daughter.

"Carol?! Your Dad is the bravest man alive! You can find any strong guy in any old place! But I've never seen a man as strong and kind as your Dad!" Usopp shouted with Carol glancing back at her father with starry eyes and a look of awe on her face as the Straw Hat Pirate wiped away his tears. "I...I can't give in either! I gotta be brave or I'll shame your Dad! I have no choice but face my death! Daddy! Give me a second chance! I have to prove to myself that I'm not a coward in another life-or-death match! I won't cheat anymore!"

"...Alright, this will be our real match. Choose the weapon you're most skilled with." Daddy the Father says as Usopp quickly pulls out his slingshot, and his opponent looks around as he spots a faraway weathervane of a whale wearing a crown, and Big Daddy points over at it. "You must try and hit that weathervane. If you miss, I will be forced to shoot ya." Daddy the Father instructed while aiming his pistol at Usopp, who shivered in fear as Apis gained a determined look.

"You can do this, Usopp! You did a way more difficult sniper shot when you fired that cannonball to hit that giant gun thing that the Marines had a while back! If you can hit that, you can definitely hit that weathervane!"

"Y-Yeah, you're right," Usopp says with a soft smile, feeling a bit confident as he aims his slingshot at the whale weathervane and takes a deep breath before firing a small black ball over to shoot through the weathervane's crown, shocking everyone as Daddy the Father slowly lowers his gun.

"Usopp, you did it!" Nami praised with Usopp dropping down to his knees in relief and happiness as an impressed Daddy the Father turned to him.

"You're an excellent shot. I'd expect no less of Yasopp's Son. Never forget that bravery. Go to the Grand Line. Someday you will meet your Father again. He deserves to see what his son has become." Daddy the Father says as Usopp teared up and nodded as Nami and Apis went over to help him up to his feet.

"You're a pretty good shot, old man." Carol says with a grin while going over to hand a shocked Usopp her sniper goggles as she then turns around to walk away with her Father.

"Even when people say he's a disgrace behind his back now, at least we will know the real story, where Daddy the Father fought all this time to protect the one he loves," Nami says as Usopp grinned widely.

"I'm going to be a brave man like Daddy, too! I'm gonna become a real warrior and stand before my Dad someday!"

"I'm happy to hear that, Usopp." A familiar womanly voice rang out as the group whirled around, and were surprised to see a smiling Kaya standing in front of them while now wearing a big white sunhat, a pink bandana wrapped around her neck, a sleeveless white jacket, a short-sleeved pink shirt underneath with a boob window that showed off her E-Cup Breasts, a brown belt with a golden belt buckle, long white jeans, and a pair of thigh-high brown shoes.

"K-Kaya?!"

~[Asher]~

"Everyone! Welcome to the Loguetown Rumble!" An Announcer says with a big grin on his face as everyone cheers loudly. "We're going to have a one-on-one match where if one person beats all of our champions, they will be able to win this!" The Announcer shouted while holding out a treasure chest as he opened it, and it showed a white 'cloudy' Devil Fruit with golden lightning-shaped roots. "A genuine Devil Fruit! What does it do, you may ask? Well, try to win the match and find out!"

"Oohh, it looks like a cloud. Hmmm, Nami likes the weather, does she want to have her own Devil Fruit?" Asher thought to himself curiously as he then shrugged. "Probably yeah."

"So, who wants to join the ring?" The Announcer asked with a grin as an excited Asher ran over to leap into the arena and held out his hand.

"Asher the Bombman at your service!"

"Asher the Bombman, huh? Interesting name, kid. Anyway, if you want to win this Devil Fruit, you need to beat all 30 of my champions in a one-on-one match for the next six hours." The Announcer says with a smirk as Asher nods gleefully but then does a double take as he frowns.

"Wait, six hours? I don't have time to fight for six hours. I have to leave soon in an hour at best." Asher says before humming thoughtfully as an idea pops into his head. "Hey, is there a way for me to fight all of your champions at once?"

"Wait, you want to fight them all at once?!" A shocked Announcer asked as Asher nodded cockily.

"Yep, all of them. I will take them all on." Asher says with a confident tone as the Announcer stares at him in disbelief and scoffs as he rolls his eyes.

"Oh, well, if you want to die, then fine. Bring in the champions." The Announcer asked an Employee, who nodded and reached over to open the door as about 30 men appeared, and all of them were taller than Asher and had huge muscles as the Bombman grinned slyly and cracked his knuckles.

~[Usopp, Kaya, Nami, and Apis]~

"Kaya! It's really you!" A happy Usopp yelled while running over to hug Kaya and even lifted her up into the air to twirl her around as Apis tilted her head curiously.

"Who is she?"

"Oh, that's Kaya. We met her when we first recruited Usopp into the Straw Hat Pirates. Remember when we told you about our fight with Kuro of a Hundred Plans?" Nami asked as Apis hummed thoughtfully and gasped in realization.

"Oh, I remember! She is the girl that Usopp has a massive crush on!"

"YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" A glaring Usopp yelled while letting go of Kaya as she giggled.

"It's good to meet you again, Usopp."

"Same, Kaya, but I have to ask, what are you doing all the way here instead of being at Syrup Village?" Usopp asked curiously yet excitedly as Kaya smiled softly.

"Well, Usopp, after the fight with Kuro, I started realizing how sheltered and weak I really was. It doesn't help that everything in my mansion reminds me of Kuro. Anyway, it made me remember how you were so scared and yet so brave to go out and achieve your dreams of being a Brave Warrior of the Sea, and that made me realize that I wanted to go beyond to accomplish my dream as well, which is why I had Merry take me out into the sea and take me to Loguetown as I knew you guys would be stopping here before going to the Grand Line. I want to join you guys." Kaya says with a determined tone, surprising everyone as Usopp and Nami share a worried look.

"Are you sure about that, Kaya? Being a pirate is no easy life."

"I know that, Nami. I know it's dangerous for me to go with you guys, especially since I'm still recovering from the effects of the poison, but if I want to accomplish my dream of becoming a Nurse, I have to do it with you guys." Kaya says as the trio share a look and shrug.

"Well, if that's what you want, I guess that you can join us. It will be great to have you with us, Kaya." Usopp says with a smile as Apis nods with a mischievous grin.

"Yeah, but that's because you like her~,"

"APIS!" A blushing and glaring Usopp yelled as Kaya turned to smile down at Apis.

"Oh, hello, I believe we haven't met before. Who are you?"

"I'm Apis. Very nice to meet you, Kaya." Apis says with a sweet smile as Kaya beamed, and they begin talking with each other.

~[Luffy]~

Back with Luffy, we see that he was still listening to Uta's Magic on the radio of the Music Store before feeling a big gust of wind blow away his straw hat, startling him out of his daze, and the Rubberman was quick to chase after his flying hat as, after five minutes of running, the Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates was able to finally catch his airborne hat and put it on with a small smile on his face, which grew upon realizing that he was able to finally arrive at the main square that held the Execution Platform as Luffy beamed.

~[Zoro, Gin, Akira, Squish]~

"Ugh, we are so lost." A deadpan Akira says while carrying around Squish as we see him and the others making their way through the city of Loguetown as Zoro narrows his eyes angrily.

"We are not lost. I know where we are going."

"But the port is placed on the south side of the city, so why are we heading to the north side of the city?" Gin asked with a glare as Zoro paused a bit.

"Wait, we aren't heading south?"

~[Asher]~

"...So did I win yet?" Asher asked with an innocent smile as the whole warehouse was heavily damaged, the civilians had long run out of the warehouse, and all of the thirty champions were lying around on the ground and covered in bruises, blood, or had broken bones as the Announcer stared at him with a terrified and shocked look on his face.

"Uh...uh...yes, you did. Just please take this and get out of here." The Announcer says nervously while handing him the treasure chest containing the Devil Fruit as he perks up.

"Nice...also, do you know where the Execution Platform is?" Asher asked curiously as the Announcer fearfully pointed to the right, and Bombman nodded as he turned around to run away.

~[Usopp, Kaya, Nami, Apis, Sanji, Cottontail, and Jake]~

"Ah, that was fun," Nami says with a smile while she and Apis are carrying around their stuff as the gang is able to meet up with Sanji and the others as we see Usopp and Sanji working together to carry around a huge elephant bluefin tuna that the blonde-haired chef had won in a cooking competition with a woman named Carmen as Cottontail and Jake helped him out in that as, speaking off, we see a smiling Kaya playing around with them as they rode around on her head and shoulders. "Today was a great shopping day, and I was even able to buy some new explosive projectiles for my boyfriend," Nami says with a smile while gesturing at her bag as it holds multiple big stacks of deck cards that will be perfect for Asher to use his Devil Fruit on.

"Hey, why am I carrying the heavier part?!" Usopp asked Sanji angrily as Kaya turned to beam at him warmly.

"Because you are the strongest here, Usopp."

"Errr, right, ha, ha, did I ever tell you about the time where I fought off a Fishman all by myself...well, I had the help of another Fishman named Akira, who is Nami's Little Brother, funny enough." A blushing Usopp says as Kaya perked up.

"Oh, really? Do tell."

"Usopp and Kaya sitting in a tree. K-i-s-s-i-n-g." Cottontail and Jake sang mockingly as a furious Usopp turned to them.

"Hey, you two, shut the fuck up!" A red-faced Usopp snapped as Kaya giggled amusedly.

"Wow, an actual elephant bluefin tuna. I wonder what it tastes like? Looks like I can use the fins for making stock, but what am I going to do with the ears? I just can't wait to cook it." An excited Sanji says as Apis turns to him hopefully.

"Hey, can I help cook it?"

"PLEASE, NO!" Nami, Usopp, Cottontail, and Jake cried out in despair and worry as Apis gave them all a flat and annoyed look.

"Heh, sorry, sweetie, this might be outside of your expertise," Sanji says as Apis pouts and is about to say something, but then her eyes flash yellow as she glances up and spots a flock of Seagulls flying away in a hurry.

"Uh, guys? We have a problem here. I heard those Seagulls say that there will be a storm appearing soon. A huge one."

"Huh? Another storm? Didn't we just have one like a week ago?" A bewildered Usopp asked as Nami furrowed her eyebrows and looked around as she frowned.

"No, Apis is right. The wind changed. It's going to rain soon, hard."

"Well, if both Apis and Nami say that a storm could happen, then we better hurry back to the ship," Sanji says with a serious tone as Kaya nods.

"Yeah, I got a bad feeling about this too," Kaya says as she and the others run forward.

~[Luffy, Asher, Jack, and Buggy's Crew]~

"So this is what the King of the Pirates saw when he died." A grinning Luffy says while standing on top of the Execution Platform as he laughs.

"Hey, Luffy, there you are!" A familiar voice rang out as a curious Luffy glanced down and perked up at the sight of Asher and Jack standing below him.

"Oh, hey, guys!" A grinning Luffy says as he and the others seem oblivious to the fact that everyone is staring at them confusedly/worriedly.

"Where have you been, Captain? We had to search around the whole town for you!" Jack says as Luffy shrugs.

"Don't know. I landed somewhere, took a nap, and I was able to somehow arrive back here!"

"Well, since you are already there, how's the view?!" Asher asked as Luffy smirked widely.

"It's great! This is where the old man told us that the King of the Pirates died 22 years ago!"

"Hey, you! Up there!" A Police Captain screamed while speaking through a megaphone as he glared up at Luffy, not seeming to notice that Asher and Jack were standing below the Execution Platform. "Get down from there immediately!"

"But why?!" Luffy whined as Asher and Jack shared a serious glare, knowing that shit can go down quickly as they grew tense.

"That's a special execution platform under the control of the World Government! Now get down from there right now!"

"Fine! I will calm down, but first, you have to say the magic words!" Luffy says with a cheeky grin as Asher and Jack laugh.

"I'm not playing around, kid! If you don't come down from there at once, I'll just arrest you!" The Police Captain says as he walks forward to try and arrest Luffy while Asher and Jack are about to try and protect their Captain, but everyone is shocked when Alvida appears out of nowhere as she holds up her giant iron black spiked mace and slams it down on the Police Captain, knocking him out a everyone looked shocked by this.

"Hmph now's not the time for such small fries."

"Uh, who are you?" A bewildered Asher asked as Alvida ignored him and glanced up to smile up at Luffy coyly.

"I've been looking for you, Luffy. Long time no see." Alvida says with a giggle as Luffy tilts his head confusedly. "Don't tell me you forgot my face," Alvida says with a sultry tone as all of the males and women in the area stare at her lustfully as Luffy, Asher, and Jack remain unaffected by her gorgeous charms.

"I don't know anyone like you. Who the heck are you?"

"I'll never forget you, Luffy, because you're the first man who ever hit me." Alvida says, shocking everyone as everyone, sans Asher and Jack, turns to glare up at Luffy furiously.

"What?! I never hit you!"

"When you struck me with your passionate fists that one time, it felt good~,"

"...Okay, this lady is some kind of masochist." A creeped-out Jack says as Asher nodded in agreement.

"Listen up, boys, who is the most beautiful sight in the whole East Blue!" Alvida shouted as everyone immediately pointed at her and cheered her. "That's correct! I am quite breathtaking, aren't I?! There isn't a man alive who won't bow before my beauty! But I prefer strong men like you! I will make you all mine, Luffy!"

"Shut up! No way! Who the heck are you?!" A disgusted and weirded-out Luffy says as Alvida does a double take in confusion and anger.

"You still haven't figured it out?!" A disbelieving Alvida asked just as a bunch of Police Officers tried to run over to arrest her, but was too captivated by her beauty to try and do so as this left them all distracted for a Buggeybomb to collide against a nearby water fountain, blowing it up and sending all of the Police Officers flying away as a few fragments from the water fountain headed straight towards Alvida, who remained still as the broken piece of the water fountain collided against her body...and slipped off as it crashed against a nearby wall of a building harmlessly. "That little stunt of yours was dangerous, you know," Alvida says while turning her head to see her mysterious comrades walking over to her.

"I'm flashily sorry, but your smooth skin is unharmed, of course, so don't worry, fairest Alvida."

"Huh?! Alvida?!" A shocked Luffy asked as Asher blinked confusedly.

"Wait, wasn't Alvida a huge sea cow as described by you and Luffy?" Asher asked Jack, who shrugged as he had faced Alvida in the past before.

"Are you sure that you are Alvida? Because I don't think you are her."

"He, he, he, it seems that I have changed after eating a Devil Fruit. The name of the Devil Fruit is...The Smooth Smooth Fruit. No attack can hurt my skin because it just slides right off. Unfortunately, my beauty couldn't be improved much, though. One big change that you have noticed is...that my freckles are gone."

"...Yeah...that's the only thing that has changed about your body...for sure..." A blank-faced Luffy says as Avlida grinned sinisterly and gestured over to her mysterious comrades.

"He, he, he, he, he, he! Now that I flashily made my grand entrance, behold the true star of the show!" The Mysterious Leader says while he and the others reach down to grab their cloaks and take them off to reveal their true forms to everyone there.

Standing before them is a 5'8-feet-tall, 37-year-old Man with gray eyes, long blue hair, thin black eyebrows, a big red real nose, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall slim build, and is wearing makeup on his face which consists of a green star which is placed in the middle of the forehead, two half circles appear beneath the eyes, red lipstick, and there is a straight line on the middle of his chin as his outfit consists of an orange hat with his Jolly Roger on it over a neckerchief with the same pattern as his shirt, an orange fur-lined captain's coat placed over his shoulders, a long purple scarf wrapped around his neck, a short-sleeved striped white/red shirt, a pair of white gloves, a dark green sash wrapped around his waist, long loose pale green pants, and a pair of striped socks and pointy shoes. His name is Buggy the Star Clown, the Captain of the Buggy Pirates, the Former Apprentice of the Roger Pirates alongside Shanks, and one of the Leaders of his Buggy Crew Alliance.

Standing before them is a 5'6-feet-tall, 18-year-old Woman with black eyes that have black eyeliner placed underneath them, short straight black hair with two small nuggets poking out from under her hat and two locks of hair formulating the flanks of her face, thin black eyebrows, a blue nose, small markings imitating blush underneath her eye, a sharp chin, E-Cup Breasts, White Skin, a short slender build, a heart-shaped thick ass, and her outfit consists of a matching striped two-armed jester's hat with a yellow brim and small yellow bells on the tips of the hat's arms, a red/blue jumpsuit with round poofy sleeves and shorts as the torso part of the jumpsuit features dual colors in a mirrored/reverse design for the front and back with blue-right and red-left and vice versa respectively with her sleeves and shorts being stripped as she has additional yellow accents being a pair of spheres on her front torso which could resemble pom-poms or buttons with cuffs/bands around her sleeves/upper thighs/waist/shorts, a pair of gloves with the left one being blue and the right being red with yellow accents, and a pair of shoes with left one being red, and her right one being blue with yellow accents. Her name is Harley, Buggy's Bodyguard, and #1 Fan.

Standing before them is a 6'3-feet-tall, 18-year-old Man with brown eyes, very huge spiky hair that is light blue at the top and yellow in the middle and pink at the bottom, a big prominent pink nose, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall muscularly lanky hunched-over build, and his outfit consists of a yellow warrior's helmet that has pink flame designs over the eyes, a large white bowtie with black polka dots on it, his chest is fully exposed but he wears short pink sleeves on his arms that have Buggy's Jolly Roger on them, a long yellow slash wrapped around his waist, a light blue and black plaid kilt over very puffy pink pants, and a pair of pink shoes. His name is Puggy the Clown, Buggy's Apprentice, and a member of his Buggy's Crew.

"Monkey D. Luffy, ever since the day you blew me off, I've been obsessed with exacting my revenge on you! That alone let me finally find my crew! My travels were indeed an epic saga! I went through friendship, and even lost my body parts-,"

"Why are you telling us this, dude? We don't care." Asher says with a deadpan tone as Harley glares at him.

"Hey! Show my Captain some respect, you one-eyed douchebag!"

"Hey! Who are you calling a douchebag?! And why the hell should I give respect to a Pirate who looks like a clown?!" A bewildered Asher asked with a glare as Harley nodded with a big maniacal smile on her face.

"Because he is the greatest Pirate Captain in the whole East Blue-No, the whole world! I owe everything to that great man! My loyalty and admiration for my Captain are sincere for saving me as a child!" Harley says while giving Buggy a look of gratefulness and platonic love as she doesn't seem to notice that her Captain looked away awkwardly as he only saved her accidentally. "I'm his #1 fan and I devoted my life to one day join Buggy's Crew, and now that I am, I will be happy to flashily kill that Rubberbastard for what he did to my Captain!" Harley yelled with a creepy giggle while reaching behind her to pull out a comically huge red/blue mallet as Puggy nodded with a scowl.

"We won't allow you all to disrespect our Captain," Puggy says as Buggy stares at Asher thoughtfully.

"Ah, you must be Willis. Your father told me a lot about you."

"Wait...you met my Dad?"

"Yes, it all started when I washed up on-WAIT, WHY AM I TELL YOU MY STORY, YOU BASTARD?!"

"Don't know, but you are, without doubt, the worst pirate I've ever heard of," Asher says with a small glare as Buggy smirked cockily.

"But you have heard of me?"

"Not great things, mind you," Asher says with a cheeky grin as Luffy hums thoughtfully and crosses his arms.

"Okay, so quick question...what was your name again? Boggy? Boogie? Biggie...ah, I know, it's Buffon, right?" Luffy asked with a big grin as Buggy's left eye twitched madly, and Asher and Jack laughed loudly.

"N-No, Captain, that's Buggy the C-Clown," Jack says with a chuckle as everyone grows fearful of what he said and is quick to turn around to run away from the dangerous pirates, but the majority of them are stopped by Buggy's Crew as Luffy then yelps in surprise when he is pushed forward and crashed down into the ground as he got trapped by the guillotine.

"Hey! What gives!?" Luffy asked as, much to his shock, Kuro of a Hundred Plans can be seen standing behind him.

"Hello, Straw Hat."

"Captain!" Asher and Jack screamed worriedly as they were planning to go over and save their Captain but got stopped by Puggy, Harley, Sham, Buchi, and the rest of their crew as one of their leaders gave them a stoic glare.

"Ah, ah, ah, none of you flashily move. I want to show you all how scary I could truly be." Buggy says as he then turns to grin at his crew and the crowd of civilians sinisterly as one of the civilians has a weird hairy style due to his hair looking like a rooster quiff.

"As for all of my crew and my loyal fans, I want you all to bear witness as I will now start my super flashily open execution!" Buggy yelled as he then grinned up at the trapped Luffy. "You are now trapped, Monkey D. Luffy! You can no longer move even an inch or stretch! Tell me, Straw Hat, do you feel honored?! You can die at the same place where the King of the Pirates died!" Buggy says while letting out a loud evil laugh as Asher and Jack share worried looks as they wonder how can they save their Captain without them getting instantly killed.

~[Usopp, Kaya, Nami, Apis, Zoro, Gin, Akira, Squish, Sanji, Cottontail, Jake]~

"The atmospheric pressure is dropping abnormally," Nami says while reading from her weather watch as Kaya, Usopp, Apis, Sanji, Cottontail, and Jake stare at her worriedly. "I've never seen such a bizarre drop before."

"No wonder the birds are freaking out." A concerned Apis says with her eyes flashing yellow as she spots tons of birds trying to fly away to safety.

"You know, now that you mentioned it, the air is strange," Sanji says as Kaya nods.

"Indeed, which is why it's best that we all go back to the Going Merry."

"Hey," Zoro says casually while he, Gin, Akira, and Squish appear as the Straw Hat Pirates turn to them in surprise.

"Zoro!"

"I'm glad that we were able to find you guys." A smiling Akira says while going over to hug his big sister as Zoro does a surprise double take at Kaya.

"Wait, Kaya? What are you doing here?"

"It's a long story, I will explain later," Kaya says reassuringly as Usopp turns to them urgently.

"Quick, guys, Nami and Apis said that there is going to be a big storm hitting this island soon, so we need to get back to the Going Merry. Where are Luffy and the others?"

"We don't know, we were hoping that Luffy, Asher, and Jack were with you guys," Gin says with a blunt yet worried tone as the gang heard a bunch of civilians running away and were panicking as they were yelling about the Buggy Pirates and Nami and Zoro shared a knowing and concerned look.

~[Captain Smoker, Tashigi, and the Marines]~

"And then what?" Smoker asked one of the Marine Soldiers with a sharp glare as said person saluted to him, and they and Tashigi could be seen making their way up a building to get a better look at the battlefield.

"Well, sir, in addition to Straw Hat Luffy and two of his pirates from his crew, Buggy the Clown and his Pirate Crew, Iron Mace Alvida, and Kuro of Hundred Plans and his Black Cat Pirates are also here in Loguetown as well. Nearly all of the notorious Pirates from the East Blue are all in one place and are trying to take over the main square!"

"They do this right in front of me? Why those arrogant scumbags."

"What are your orders, Captain Smoker?"

"...Send Unit #1 out into the sea and have Unit #2 secretly surround the square from the streets. And have the rest stand by within shooting range of the square. See that it's done." Captain Smoker ordered as the Marine Soldier nodded and saluted him. "And give this order to Unit #1. Crush any Pirate Ships as soon as they see them. Don't let any Pirates off of this island. Not even a single one."

~[Usopp, Kaya, Nami, Apis, Zoro, Gin, Akira, Squish, Sanji, Cottontail, Jake]~

"Did you hear that?! Luffy is trapped by Buggy's Crew and they are planning to execute them and are holding Asher and Jack as hostages?!" A worried Usopp asked after hearing what the townsfolk had to say as Nami sighed in annoyance.

"Those freaking idiots."

"Let's go. We don't have time to waste. Love Cook? Man Demon? Rat? Snake? You are with me. We are going to rescue those idiots. The rest of you? Head back to the ship and have it ready to set sail." Zoro ordered as everyone nodded, and he, Gin, Sanji, Cottontail, and Jake were quick to turn around to run/fly/slither away as poor Usopp was forced to hold the huge elephant bluefin tuna.

"Come on! Let's go!" Nami ordered as she, Usopp, Akira, and Squish turned around to run away as Kaya was planning to follow after them but stopped upon noticing that Apis was following after the boys.

"Sweetie, where are you going?!"

"I have to help my Big Brother and the others!" Apis yelled with a determined and serious tone as she ran forward, and Kaya glanced between her and the others repeatedly before sighing heavily as Usopp's Crush began running after the little girl.

~[Captain Smoker, Tashigi, and the Marines]~

"Captain Smoker, look! Things are getting weird!" A Marine Soldier screamed while he and the others stood on top of the building as Smoker pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked through them to see a sinisterly laughing Buggy and a stoic Kuro standing near Luffy on the execution platform as Asher and Jack stood to below them, still being held hostage by Buggy's Crew.

"What the? It's that kid. What's he doing up there?"

"If I didn't know any better, it seems that they are trying to kill Monkey D. Luffy," Tashigi says while looking through her own pair of binoculars. "Plus, they are holding his crew members hostage to prevent them from trying to save him.

"That kid looks so pathetic...but for some reason, that kid caught my attention when I first confronted him here earlier. I thought he was different from the others, but it looks like he is nothing but Pirate Scum after all." Captain Smoker thought to himself with an emotionless glare on his face as a Marine Soldier turned to him.

"Captain, are we swooping in right away?"

"Don't be hasty."

"But we got them surrounded-,"

"I'm the one in command here, you got it?" Captain Smoker asked with a serious tone as the Marine Soldier gulped nervously and nodded. "A Pirate is about to kill another Pirate, and once Monkey D. Luffy is dead, I have no doubt that they will kill his crewmates afterwards, so here's the plan. We are going to kill two birds with one stone by having them do us a favor and kill each other. That will save us the trouble of dealing with the Pirates who remain, so once the Straw Hat Pirates die, we will all surround Buggy, Alvida, Kuro, and their gangs." Captain Smoker ordered as everyone nodded in understanding.

~[Luffy, Asher, Jack, and Buggy's Crew]~

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"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"

"Oh, boy, this is the first time that I had ever seen an execution. Who are we executing?"

"It's you, you idiot," Kuro says with a harsh glare as Luffy turns to him to give him a genuinely shocked look.

"HUH?! WHAT?! STOP JOKING!"

"Oh, it's no joke, and not only will we kill you, but I will be able to finally eat this," Kuro says while holding up an orange Devil Fruit with black lightning-like swirls on it.

"What's that?" Luffy asked curiously as Kuro grinned evilly.

"This is the Speed-Speed Devil Fruit. With this Devil Fruit, it will increase my speed a hundredfold, and I will become the fastest man in the world," Kuro bragged as Luffy narrowed his eyes angrily.

"Now, it's time for us to flashily begin with the flashy execution of this damn Rubberman," Buggy says with an evil laugh as Kuro nods in agreement and Luffy gulps nervously.

"Okay, when we find an opening, I will create an explosion big enough to distract everyone while you transform and fly up and grab Luffy and take him the hell out of here. I will catch up with you guys soon afterwards." Asher whispered to Jack, who nodded as they held up their hands and glared over at Buggy's crew.

~[Usopp, Nami, Akira, Squish]~

"I saw a big cumulus cloud in the eastern sky! That means that an unimaginably big storm will come soon! Even bigger than the one that we had suffered through before meeting Apis!" Nami screamed worriedly with an urgent tone as we see her, Akira, Usopp, and Squish running down through the streets of Loguetown. "If Buggy and the boys caused a scene, then it means that the Marines will surely come out! We're done for if the Going Merry is washed out to sea when we all have to get out of here!"

"I see! That really is a big deal!" An anxious Usopp screamed as Akira nodded.

"Yeah, and what's worse is that the Marines probably took action and are about to try and destroy the Going Merry!"

"Exactly! Which is why we need to hustle!" Nami shouted as Usopp gasped in shock and horror.

"Wait, hold on, so you are both saying that the Going Merry is in danger?! Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" Usopp yelled while suddenly running faster than Nami and the boys as they struggled to keep up with him, and we cue over to the Loguetown Harbor as we see more of Buggy's Crew standing in front of the Going Merry.

Standing near the Going Merry is a 6'10-feet-tall, 32-year-old Man with black eyes, a unique hairstyle that covers half of his face as it is colored dark green, thin black eyebrows, a tall pointy sharp nose, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall slender muscularly toned build, and his outfit consists of a sleeveless opened purple coat reaching down to his knees, a large blue and white checkered scarf that covers the lower portion of his face, a light blue sash wrapped around his waist, long white pants, and a pair of white shoes. His name is Cabaji the Acrobat, a member of the Buggy Pirates, and a member of his Buggy's Crew as he is an acrobat swordsman.

Standing near the Going Merry is a 6'6-feet-tall, 27-year-old Man with black eyes, puffy white hair that was in the shape of bunny ears, thick black eyebrows, a small stumpy nose, thick lips, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall muscular slim build, and his outfit consists of a pink helmet that exposed his bunny ears, white fur vest that covers the area of his chest, a black sash, long blue pants, and a pair of shoes in the shape of animal white fur feet. His name is Mohji the Beast Tamer, the first mate of the Buggy Pirates, and a member of Buggy's Crew as he is a Pet Tamer usually accompanied by his pet lion Richie.

Standing near the Going Merry is a 10-feet-tall, 25-year-old Male Lion with a pair of eyes that have red scleras and black pupils, a huge purple mane, a pair of golden ears with pink insides, a big black nose, a huge mouth with a row of sharp white teeth, a sharp chin, a pair of four-fingered golden paws, Golden Fur, and a long pale golden tail with a purple furry tip. His name is Richie, Mohji's Pet, a member of the Buggy Pirates, and a member of Buggy's Crew.

"So this is the Rubberguy's ship, huh?" Mohji said with a glare as Cabaji scoffed and crossed his arms.

"He has a bigger ship than us as if he's becoming a real Pirate when he's about to be flashily executed by Captain Buggy."

"However, just in case the Rubberguy, who has no chance of escaping, happens to escape, we need to burn down this ship," Mohji says as Cabaji and Richie nod in agreement.

~[Straw Hat Pirates and Buggy's Crew]~

"I'm so sorry...I won't do it again...please save me..." Luffy says with a bored tone as Buggy glares down at him in annoyance.

"Why would I spare your life, you idiot?! And why do you sound so bored?!"

"Probably because he's tired of hearing your shit," Jack says with a dry tone as Harley laughs crazily.

"This is what happens when someone goes against us. They get their head chopped off."

"I guess this is it for the man I had my eye on," Alvida says with a disappointed and saddened tone as Kuro narrows his eyes down at Luffy ominously.

"Since you have a big audience, Straw Hat, do you wanna say a few words before you die?" Kuro asked as Luffy narrowed his eyes seriously and took a deep breath.

"LISTEN UP EVERYONE! I'M THE MAN WHO WILL BECOME KING OF THE PIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATES!" Luffy screamed into the heavens, shocking everyone as they gave each other bewildered looks while Asher and Jack shared sly grins and chuckled as the civilian with a weird hairstyle from before looked shocked and had bugged-out eyes as his pupils turned starry.

"Well, then, I guess it's time that I finally finish the show. Bye-bye now, you damn piece of rubber." Buggy says with an evil grin while raising his sword as he is planning to slice off a struggling Luffy's head, but stops as everyone is shocked to see Zoro, Gin, Sanji, Kaya, Apis, Cottontail, and Jake appearing on the scene as the latter three were currently transformed into their Millennial Dragon Form, Monster Form and Kuja Snake/Beast-Wyvern Form.

"Zoro, Sanji, Gin, Apis, Kaya, Cottontail, Jake, about time you all showed up," Asher says with a cocky smirk as Zoro smirked back.

"You three are fucking idiots. I knew one of us had to go and babysit you all."

"I guess all of that fooling around finally caught up to you all."

"Man, can you guys not go even a whole day before fucking things up."

"Luckily, we are all here to save your asses again."

"If you're starting a sideshow, let us join in." Zoro, Gin, Cottontail, Jake, and Sanji said in unison as all of the civilians were quick to run away to safety.

"Wait, what is Kaya doing here?" A surprised Jack asked as Kaya waved.

"Hey, nice to meet you. I'm here to join the Straw Hat Pirates as a Nurse. I'm sure it will take a long while for you guys to accept me, but Im here to help."

"...Yosh, you are in," Luffy says with a smile as Kuro gives him a disbelieving look.

"Really?! Just like that, you will let that weak girl in?!"

"Kuro..." Kaya says with a deadly teary glare as she glances up at Kuro.

"Enough of this! Everyone! Attack!" Buggy ordered as everyone nodded, and the Straw Hat Pirates and Buggy's Crew ran over to attack each other as Jack held out his arms.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu no Mi Model: Human/Beast-Ra Form!" Jack exclaimed while using his Devil Fruit Powers to transform into his Human-Beast Ra Dragon Form.

Standing before them is Jack in his Human-Beast Ra Dragon Form as he is 9'4 feet tall and resembles a golden humanoid dragon that appears to be composed of or covered in golden metal as he has a saurian posture and bird-like features as his head and neck are sculpted to resemble that of a bird of prey with feather-like ornaments on each side of its head and at the elbows, and a jagged cone surrounding its neck as his wings have the appearance of being feathered, has a large arch connecting its shoulder pauldrons, razor-sharp teeth, three-fingered claws, three-toed feet in the front and a single one behind as well as a long golden tail.

"Take this, you damn pirate! My Captain's new and improved Buggy Bomb that he made it tiny! Behold the Muggy Ball!" Harley screamed with a crazy laugh while reaching behind her to pull out a small black cannon blaster and fired a small black ball that flew over to Asher, who opened his mouth and ate it, much to her shock as a big explosion occurred inside of the Bombman with said person easily surviving the attack as he caressed his stomach.

"Hmmm, taste like Vegan Chili with a lot of pepper," Asher says with a burp as Harley stares at him in shock before shaking her head and glared in both frustration and anger, and tossed away her small black cannon as she runs over to slam her war hammer down at the Bombman, who reaches up to grab the weapon and is surprised at how much effort he has to make to hold up the war hammer by Harley's surprisingly strong grip as a glaring Jack tailwhipped multiple Pirates away, Sanji delivered multiple strong kicks at Pirates' heads to knock them all out, Cottontail and Jake slashed at a couple of Pirates, Gin whacked away several Pirates, and Apis opened up her mouth as she fired a big stream of golden flames that severely burned a couple of Pirates as a glaring Zoro can be seen locking swords with Sham and Buchi.

"So, we meet again, huh, boys? Well, unlike last time, you won't get help from your Hypnotist Buddy."

"Oh yeah? Well, even without Jango, we will still be able to-Wait, hold on! Who are you calling a boy?! I'm a girl!" Sham yelled, surprising Zoro as he did a double take.

"Wait, what?"

"Yeah, Sham is a girl," Buchi said with a nod as Zoro glanced at him and Sham repeatedly.

"Uh, I'm sorry if I sound offensive, but I don't remember you being a man the last time we fought on that cliff in Usopp's Village during the day."

"Cliff? What the hell are you talking about?" Sham asked confusedly as she and the others stopped their attacks to stare at each other weirdly.

"Yeah, we fought in Kaya's Mansion at night."

"Really? I don't remember that." Zoro says as Sham crosses her arms.

"No for real. We fought at the mansion because we were feeding Kaya poison without her knowing, so we could kill her there."

"Poison? You used poison on her?" Zoro asked in bewilderment as Sham and Buchi shared odd and worried looks.

"...Are...Are you okay? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"Hmmm, maybe, I guess my injuries from my fight in Arlong Park haven't fully healed yet, but oh, well, I will worry about that after we stop fighting!" Zoro yelled while rushing over to trade blows with Sham and Buchi as a grinning Buggy raised his sword to finally kill Monkey D. Luffy.

"Listen! The moment Monkey D. Luffy's head falls, we'll attack together!" A stoic Captain Smoker ordered his comrades as he raised his hand.

"ZORO! NAMI! ASHER! COTTONTAIL! USOPP! JACK! JAKE! SANJI! GIN! AKIRA! SQUISH! APIS! KAYA!" An emotionless Luffy screamed, catching his crewmates' attention as he smiled down at them. "SORRY, BUT...I'M DEAD!" Luffy says with his smile widening into a big toothy grin just as Buggy swings his sword down at his neck as, before anyone can react, a huge lightning bolt suddenly rains down from the heavens and strikes the Execution Platform as it caused a huge explosion that blew everyone away, and once it died down, we see an unharmed Luffy emerging from the destroyed and flaming blue execution platform as the clouds above them grew dark and it began raining harshly. "...Oh, wow, I'm still alive. That's nice." Luffy says with a big goofy smile on his face as a burnt and badly injured Buggy and Kuro lay near him as everyone, including his crewmates, stares at him with stunned looks on their faces.

"Holy crap...Luffy got struck by lightning...and survived...that's so awesome..." An amazed Asher says as a gobsmacked Apis's jaw drops.

"Unbelievable, how lucky can that guy be?!"

"It's as if the gods stepped in to save Luffy." A shocked Cottontail says as Sanji blinked slowly.

"That was divine intervention for sure."

"Stop talking nonsense." Zoro scolded as Jack nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we have to get out of here."

"Our troubles are not over. In fact, this is just the beginning." Gin says with a still shocked look on his face as he couldn't believe how lucky Luffy was for that random ass lightning strike to appear out of nowhere and save his ass.

"What's this?" Kaya asked curiously while going over to grab the Speed Speed Fruit that Kuro had dropped earlier and bent down to grab it as she bit into it and gagged at the taste. "Ugh, it tastes awful."

"Attack! Surround all of the Pirates right now!" Captain Smoker ordered as, immediately, all of the Marine Soldiers came out of their hiding spots to surround all of the Pirates.

"Here they come!" An excited Asher screamed as all of the Marine Soldiers went over to fight against the Pirates. "This is so cool!"

"This is no time to gawk, Big Bro! We need to leave now!" Apis ordered as Zoro nodded in agreement.

"The kid's right! We need to go back to the Going Merry as fast as we can!"

"Yeah, or else we will never be able to leave this island!" Sanji yelled as Gin nodded.

"Or be able to go to the Grand Line!"

"So we better hustle!" Jack screamed as Kaya gained a determined look.

"Quick, guys, I know my way back to the Loguetown Harbor! Follow me!" Kaya ordered as she was planning to run forward at a steady pace, only to suddenly zoom off at superhuman speed as she screamed panickedly the whole time.

"Kaya!" Jake shouted worriedly as a concerned Cottontail turned to the others.

"We have to help her!"

"We will figure out a way to save her soon, but we need to leave now!" Asher ordered as everyone nodded, and they ran forward as the Marines spotted them and were quick to chase after them as, unknown to all of them, the civilian with a weird hairstyle could be seen crying tears of admiration and joy as he yelled, 'LUFFY SENPAI~', in the background.

"Why did he smile?" Captain Smoker thought to himself confusedly as he narrowed his eyes at the Straw Hat Pirate's disappearing form. "Did he know that he will be saved? No. At that moment, he seriously thought his life was going to end there. He accepted death and smiled after preparing himself like...him..."

"Captain, please go and seize the Pirates." A Marine Soldier says as Smoker slowly turns to him with an emotionless glare on his face.

"Hey, Soldier, have you ever seen any Pirates who smiled on the Execution Platform?"

"No, sir. It doesn't matter how tough a Pirate acts, they always turn pale and die in despair."

"But that Straw Hat Man smiled. He smiled just like how Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, smiled when he was executed 22 years ago on that exact execution platform." Captain Smoker says with a serious tone as he gulps lightly. "Anyway, where did those Straw Hat Pirates go?"

"Sir, they slipped past us and are heading towards the harbor."

"What's Unit #1 doing? They should've blown up their ship by now." Captain Smoker says as the Marine Soldier looks away nervously.

"Well, they're back for refitting because they couldn't light their powder due to the sudden rain."

"What?!"

"But a Reserve Unit is currently getting ready to attack the ship instead."

"Captain Smoker, if we let them sail now, they'll enter the Grand Line before we can capture them," Tashigi says as Smoker hums thoughtfully.

"Hmmm, the wind is blowing towards the west. It's a tailwind for their ship. Are all of these mere coincidences? It's as if heaven is trying to let that man live." Captain Smoker says with a serious glare as he clenches his fists. "I am White Hunter Smoker. On my honor as a Marine Headquarters Captain, I won't let the Straw Hat Pirates leave this island." A determined Smoker says as we cue over to another part of the city of Loguetown, and we see two mysterious people making their way through the city.

Standing before us is an 8'5-feet-tall, 53-year-old Man with black eyes, long spiky black hair with a widow's peak that reaches down to his back, thin black eyebrows, a big pointy nose, a sharp chin with a bit of stubble, light skin with a red tattoo planted on the left side of his face, a tall muscularly slim build, and his outfit consists of a long green hooded cloak as he wears the orange garb of a revolutionary underneath. His name is Monkey D. Dragon, Luffy's Father, the Son of Monkey D. Garp, and Supreme Commander of the Revolutionary Army.

Standing before us is a 6-feet-tall, 74-year-old Woman with blue eyes, long gray hair that reaches down to her back, thick grey eyebrows, a small nose, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall slender hourglass build, and her outfit consists of a long-sleeved purple hooded cloak, a short-sleeved white shirt underneath, a brown belt with a golden belt buckle, long brown pants, and a pair of black high-heeled shoes. Her name is Sparrow D. Cassandra, Jack's Mother, a member of the Revolutionary Army, a person who had also witnessed Gold Roger's Execution and has a Devil Fruit called, 'The Portal Portal Fruit', a Devil Fruit that allows her to open up portals and allows her to go anywhere she wants, but she needs to have been there prior for it to work properly.

"Destiny...fate...dreams...these unstoppable ideals are held dear within the heart of man. As long as there are people who seek freedom in this life, these things shall not vanish from the earth." Gold Roger's voice rang out in their heads as Dragon smirked cockily and Cassandra smiled slyly as we cue back over to the others and we see that the war between the Marines and the Pirates as a manically laughing Harley slammed her hammer against two Marines to send them flying away, Puggy fired some explosive balls at several Marines to send them flying away, and Sham and Buchi sliced apart various Marines as a smirking Alvida slammed her iron spiked black mace down on a Marine's head to knock him out and was bemused when a Marine tried to grab her left arm, only to slip off as Alvida proceed to whack him away.

"Attacking me is a waste of time, you silly little man. There isn't a man alive who can touch my smooth skin."

"Captain! You are alive!" A relieved Harley screamed with a happy yet slightly creepy squeal as she and Puggy ran over to Buggy, who sat up straight as he coughed.

"That was weird. For a second there, I saw a field filled with flowers."

"Ugh, stop talking such nonsense," Kuro says while shakingly getting up from the floor as Sham and Buchi go over to help him up to his feet.

"Captain, you are alive too,"

"Enough with the chitchat, guys. We have trouble. They are sending Marines from headquarters. There'll be no end to them. What are we going to do?" Alvida asked as Buggy and Kuro thought carefully and were about to come up with a plan, only for a huge cloud of white smoke to appear in the square and restrain every single Pirate in sight as they all gasped in shock and struggled to escape as a scowling Captain Smoker appeared onto the scene with his arms raised.

"White Out!" Captain Smoker screamed as he grumbled angrily. "I don't have time to deal with your small fries!" Captain Smokery screamed with all of the civilians being amazed by his Devil Fruit Powers as we fast forward in time, and we see all of the Pirates being trapped inside some kind of steel net while being placed in the middle of the city.

"Smoker, you bastard!"

"What's up with his annoying steel net?! I can't break free!" Alvida yelled while remembering being shot at by the Marines with some type of weird gun as Kuro scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Of course, you can't. This is a 'Cage Shot'. Developed by the Marines to deal with those with Devil Fruit Powers."

"Bring my Billower Bike here. We'll go after the Straw Hat Pirates." Captain Smoker ordered one of the Marine Soldiers as he nodded and ran off.

~[Usopp, Nami, Akira, Squish]~

"This is so freaking heavy!"

"Pick up the slack, boys!" Nami ordered as Akira could be seen helping Usopp carry around the huge elephant bluefin tuna to help them run faster. "The Marines might be already heading towards the Going Merry! We have to get out as soon as possible!"

"Wait a minute, guys, where are Kaya and Apis?!" A worried Usopp asked as he and the others noticed that the girls were gone.

"Shit! They must've followed after the others to rescue Luffy and the boys!" Akira yelled as Usopp frowned worriedly.

"We have to go back and help them!"

"We can't! We have to save the Going Merry and prepare it to sail! Don't worry about Kaya, Usopp! Worst comes to shove, Apis will protect her! Or the boys will!" Nami shouted as Usopp gritted his teeth in frustration and concern but didn't say anything as we cue back to the Lougetown Port, and we see Mohji trying to light a match but kept failing due to the rain.

"Crap! Why did it have to start storming now when we have to burn down this ship?!"

"Don't know, but we have to try harder or else we will be screwed!" Cabaji screamed with Richie growling due to being hungry as they were then shocked to see Nami and the boys appearing on the scene.

"Hey! Get away from that!" Usopp yelled angrily as Nami gasped in shock.

"Mohji?! Richie?! Cabaji?!"

"Ah, why it isn't the little thief?" Cabaji asked with an evil grin as Mohji turned to Richie.

"Get them!" Mohji ordered while pointing over at them as Richie roared loudly and ran forward to attack them as the boys perked up and stepped forward as they shared a look.

"Usopp and Fishman Merman...Super Teamwork Combo...Ultimate Special Technique...Fresh Egg Water Shot!" Usopp and Akira exclaimed in unison while the Straw Hat Sniper reached behind him to pull out a slingshot and fired a big egg forward as the Fishman hurled multiple small pathetic water droplets, and both attacks crashed down into the ground weakly.

"Shit! My hands slipped because of the rain!" Usopp cursed while Akira remained quiet due to his attack acting normally as, thankfully, Richie accidentally slipped on the pile of water, and egg as he crashed down into the ground with a pained grunt.

"...Fuck it, I will take it! Let's run!" Akira yelled as he, Usopp, Nami, and Squish ran forward as Mohji and Cabaji shared a look and nodded as they were planning to stop them, only to be nearly shot by several bullets as everyone turned their heads to see the Marines heading towards them.

"What are we going to do!?" Usopp asked the others nervously as they frowned anxiously.

~[Straw Hat Pirates vs Marines]~

"Which way is the sea?!" Zoro asked with an annoyed glare as we see the Straw Hat Pirates making their way through the city of Loguetown, trying to find their way back to the harbor but were having a hard time due to the rain.

"I can't tell where we're going because of this heavy rain!" Luffy yelled as Apis paused a bit and closed her eyes in concentration as her eyes glowed yellow, and was able to hear all of the hidden bugs around her as they were all saying random things, but the little girl was able to hear one of the boys saying what they needed.

"I found out from the bugs where the harbor is telekinetically! Follow me!" Apis screamed while running on all fours as the gang followed after her just as the Marines appeared and began chasing after the gang.

"Damn! Those bastards are persistent!" A glaring Jack yelled as Gin turned to the group with a glare.

"Should we stop and fight them?!"

"We don't have time for that! We need to go back to the Going Merry as soon as possible!" Asher says with a stern tone as Sanji nods.

"He's right! We can't stop for any detours whatsoever-Oh, wow! Who's that pretty lady?!" A heart-eyed and blushing Sanji asked as he and the others were forced to skid to a stop as a scowling Tashigi stood in front of them.

"Who the hell is she?" Cottontail asked with a growl as Zoro flinched and gained a serious look.

"I didn't realize you're Roronoa Zoro, and a Pirate to boot...you lied! You are just another liar!"

"Oh, great! What the hell did you do with her?!" Sanji asked while glaring over at Zoro as he then yelped in pain when an annoyed Jake bonked him on the head.

"Just shut the fuck up already, alright?!"

"You didn't ask me my name, right? Well, it means that I had never lied to you." Zoro says as Kuina-I mean, Tashigi glared at him furiously.

"A rogue like you can't be allowed to own a renowned sword! I'll collect your sword, the legendary Wado Ichimonji! Give it to me right now!"

"Come and get it," Zoro says with a feral grin as he unsheathed his Kuina Sword, and a growling Tashigi unsheathed her Shigure Sword as they ran over to lock swords with each other.

"You jerk! How dare you attack a lady?!" A fuming Sanji yelled as he was about to go over and attack Zoro but was stopped by a stern Tashigi.

"I can take care of myself! Please don't interfere! This is a fight between Roronoa Zoro and me!"

"You heard her! Get out of here!" Zoro ordered as Asher grinned and shrugged.

"Sounds good enough for me! Let's go, guys!" Asher says as everyone nods and runs off as Sanji stays behind a bit to glare over at Zoro.

"Hey, Zoro, if you hurt that lady, I will kick your ass!" Sanji warned while running off just as the rest of the Marines appeared as they spotted Tashigi fighting against Zoro and began cheering for her as, unfortunately for them, the green-haired swordsman unsheathed his Yubashiri Sword and broke off from their lock as he began trading blows with Tashigi, who was unable to block his attacks and Zoro was able to push her into a wall while knocking off her Shigure Sword as they stared at each other coldly for a few seconds before the Straw Hat Pirate separated from her as he put away his swords.

"I'm sorry, but I can't let you have this sword no matter what," Zoro says with a firm glare while turning around to walk away as all of the Marines are left stunned that Tashigi lost. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to-,"

"Why didn't you kill me?!" Tashigi snapped, halting Zoro in his tracks as he had his back turned against her. "Is this because I am a woman?! It's humiliating that you won't fight me seriously in a game played in earnest just because men are physically stronger than women! I'm sure you don't understand the feeling that I wish I was born a boy! I don't carry a sword for pleasure!"

"Can you shut up for one second?!" A glaring Zoro snapped as he turned to a surprised Tashigi. "Listen! Your face looks exactly like my close friend who died long ago! On top of that, you started saying the same thing she used to say! Don't imitate her, you copycat woman!"

"What?! Stop talking like a damn child! You are rude! I live the way I am! I don't know what your dead girlfriend was like, but I'm the one who feels upset here! Besides, isn't she the copycat?!"

"The harbor is over here guys!" Apis screamed while she and the others were close to arriving at Loguetown Harbor, only to be stopped by the sight of Captain Smoker standing before them with a mean glare on his face.

"Great, just what we need," Gin says with a blank tone as he and the others skid to a stop as Smoker narrowed his eyes at them.

"The Straw Hat Pirates, you are all finally here. Luffy, didn't I tell you that you can't enter the Grand Line unless you beat me first? Here, I will make it even easier on you and allow a few of your friends to face me."

"Yosh, sounds great. Asher? Cottontail? Jack? You guys are with me. Apis? Take the others to the harbor." Luffy ordered as everyone shared serious looks and nodded.

~[Usopp, Nami, Akira, Gin, Apis, Kaya, Squish]~

"EVERYONE! JUMP!" Nami ordered as everyone turned around and ran over to leap into the Going Merry just as the Marines opened fire on them as Cabaji and the others were forced to duck for cover as the Marines then shot cannonballs at the Going Merry and crashed-landed on the water around them, splashing tons of seawater into the group as they all yelped in surprise.

"Everyone okay?!"

"Not for long if we stay here! We need to get the hell out of here before they sink the Going Merry! Here's the plan, Akira? Take our stuff into our rooms and kitchen! Usopp! Help me prepare the Going Merry to set sail!" Nami ordered as Akira quickly grabbed her and Apis's shopping bags as well as the huge elephant bluefin tuna as he began dragging them away.

"What?! But we can't sail without the others!" Usopp yelled as Nami went over to begin pulling up the anchor. "Kaya and the others aren't back yet!"

"We don't have any other choice! It's better than getting sunk here! We will pick them up later!" Nami yelled as Usopp frowned worriedly but nodded as he helped her get the ship ready, and soon enough, the Going Merry began sailing forward as Cabaji, Mohji, and Richie grew worried about this.

"Stop them! Don't let them get away!" One of the Marine Soldiers ordered as he and the others began chasing after the Going Merry, but then everyone yelped in shock when a loud roar rang out as everyone glanced up and gasped in shock at the sight of Apis flying through the air with Gin, Sanji, and Jake riding around on her back.

"Wait up! We're coming!" Apis screamed as all of the Marines stared up at her in shock before composing themselves and trying to fire their cannonballs up at them, but Apis was able to fire out a big stream of golden flames that disintegrated the incoming balls as Sanji, Gin, and Jake either kicked, whacked, or blasted away the remaining cannonballs that their friend missed.

"Where are the others?!" Nami asked worriedly as Apis flew over to land on the deck of the Going Merry and allowed Sanji and the others to get off her back.

"Asher, Luffy, Jack, and Cottontail are busy dealing with the Captain of the Marines, and we don't know where the fuck Zoro is," Gin says with a glare as Apis nodded.

"I will fly over and grab them. You guys just continue sailing the ship." Apis says while flapping her wings as she then took off into the air just as the Marines fired more and more cannonballs up at her as, thankfully, Usopp went over to man the cannons and fired his own cannonballs that collided against the airborne cannonballs, and knocked them off course as Apis continued flying through the city of Loguetown.

"Wait, what about Kaya?!" Usopp asked worriedly just as a loud feminine shrill rang out as the gang glanced ahead and spotted a shrieking Kaya running into the Loguetown Harbor as she ran through Cabiji, Mohji, Richie, and the Marines as the busty blonde-haired teenager ran out of the docks and began running across the water at high speeds as a panicking Kaya skids to a stop and cause a big splash of water that launched her up high into the air and collided against a surprised Usopp, knocking him down into the ground as Kaya's E-Cup Breasts were smushed against his face. "...Ugh...found her..."

"Sorry, Usopp..." A blushing Kaya says as everyone goes over to help the lovebirds up to their feet.

~[Luffy, Asher, Jack, Cottontail, and Captain Smoker]~

"I'm sorry, but my friends and I will enter the Grand Line. Do you know why? Because as their Captain, I promise that I will help all of my crewmates accomplish their dreams, including mine, which is to become the King of the Pirates." Luffy says as Captain Smoker said nothing and raises his arms as he transformed them into white smoke and fires a huge burst of white smoke that collides against them, sending them flying over to crash against the ground as, after recovering from the attack, they were quick to counter.

"Gomu Gomu No...Gatling...Punches!" Luffy exclaimed while stretching out his arms and began punching Captain Smoker so fast that it looked like he had multiple arms.

"Cottontail...Cotton...Spiked...Mace tailwhip!" Cottontail screamed while shapeshifting his tail to gain a spiked mace and twirled around to slam his makeshift cotton weapon against Captain Smoker.

"Bomu Bomu No...Missle Strike!" Asher yelled just as his feet glowed an explosive pink energy and proceeded to launch himself up into the air with the help of a big explosion as Asher flew straight towards a stoic Captain Smoker and delivered a strong headbutt against his stomach before bouncing back.

"Zoan Mystic-Ryu Ryu No...Blaze Cannon!" Jack screamed while opening up his mouth and fired a huge golden fireball at Captain Smoker as a huge explosion occurred, and the boys panted heavily as they glanced over at the crater on the ground and were shocked to see Captain Smoker reforming himself like normal, unfazed by their attacks.

"What?! How did you survive those attacks?!"

"I ate the Plume Plume Fruit. It's a Logia Devil Fruit that allows me to turn my body into white smoke at will. All of your attacks are useless to me. In fact, I don't even have to attack you directly to defeat you." Captain Smoker says while taking a deep breath as Luffy, Asher, Jack, and Cottontail gasp in shock and horror as they feel the air in their bodies leaving them, making them feel weak and crash down into the ground as Smoker walks up to them stoically. "Don't you all get it?! You have to go through me to head to the Grand Line." Captain Smoker says while glaring down at the quadrio as he is planning to end this by reaching behind him to pull out his Sea Prism Stone-Tipped Jitte to weaken them, but stops upon feeling someone grabbing onto his weapon and glances back to see a hooded Dragon and Cassandra standing behind him.

"We wouldn't be so sure about that."

"It's you two..." A shocked Captain Smoker says as he then grinned slyly. "How nice, now the World Government can have your heads."

"Unfortunately not yet, Captain. The world is still waiting for our answer." Cassandra says as Dragon raises his hands, and the skies above them turn green as a huge burst of wind occurs, creating a huge tornado that blows everyone, including Apis, Zoro, the Marines, and Buggy and his crew away as they all scream in shock and surprise.

~[Everyone]~

"Ugh, what the hell just happened?" Asher asked as he and the others were recovering from the weird attack and noticed that all of the city seemed to be heavily damaged, but what was more surprising was that Asher, Luffy, Jack, Cottontail, Zoro, and Apis were all relocated to the Loguetown Harbor.

"ASHER! APIS! LUFFY! JACK! COTTONTAIL! ZORO! APIS!" Nami's voice rang out as everyone turned their heads and spotted the Going Merry far out into the sea.

"Shit! We need to go back to the Going Merry right now!" Zoro ordered as everyone nodded in agreement.

"Get on!" Apis ordered while getting down on all fours and allowed Asher and the others to climb onto her back as she then took them off into the air and flew towards the Going Merry as the gang was able to land down on the ground and the boys jumped off her back as Apis's scleras then turned white, and her eyes stop glowing golden as they return to being brown again, and a huge burst of golden smoke appears on her body as we see her morphing back into her Human Form.

"You guys made it!" A relieved Nami says while going over to hug Asher and kiss him as Sanji and the others go over to check on their friends as we cue back over to the Loguetown Harbor, and we see Captain Smoker and the Marines glaring at the disappearing form of the Going Merry as a flash of lightning occurred and a strange sound rang out as the group glanced up to see Cassandra and Dragon standing on top of a nearby building.

"Those people...they were the ones who let Luffy and his crew leave...they appeared and disappeared on the same day that Gold Roger was executed 22 years ago..." Smoker says with a glare as Dragon held out his arms with a loud laugh.

"If that's your decision, then go! Make your dreams happen!"

"Why? Why did you help those kids, Dragon and Cassandra?" Captain Smoker asked with a scowl as Cassandra giggled amusedly.

"It is not our place to come between those kids and their chosen paths, Smoker."

"...Set sail, we're going after the Straw Hat Pirates." Smoker ordered the Marines sternly as they all seemed shocked by this. "We will enter the Grand Line."

"B-But Captain, you can't! This island is under your jurisdiction! You can't just abandon it! What would the higher-ups say?!"

"Tell them that I said, 'I don't give a shit about your orders!'," Captain Smoker says with an emotionless tone as Tashigi steps forward and holds up her Shigure Sword.

"I'm coming with you, sir! I have to hunt down Roronoa Zoro! I'll capture him without fail!"

"Geez, we were lucky that a flashy gust of wind appeared and freed us so that we could make our escape," Buggy says with a relieved tone as he, Harley, Alvida, Kuro, Sham, Buchi, Puggy, Cabaji, Mohji, and Richie can be seen sailing through the seas on Buggy's Boat.

"Where are we heading now?" Kuro asked with a stoic glare as Harley giggled twistedly.

"Yeah, Captain, where?"

"The Grand Line, of course," Buggy says with a firm tone as everyone looks shocked by this.

"I agree, it's best that we follow after the Straw Hat Pirates," Alvida says with her arms crossed as they all continue sailing through the sea.

"Hey, look! A light!" A beaming Nami says as we see her and the others still sailing through the seas on the Going Merry as they reach a lighthouse.

"Is that a lighthouse?!" Asher asked curiously while holding Apis in his arms and allowing Cottontail to wrap around his shoulders as Jake did the same with Jack.

"That's the 'Guiding Light'! The entrance to the Grand Line lies ahead of that light!" Jack yelled while back in his Human Form as Asher and the others beamed and shared a high five as Sanji grinned cockily.

"Okay, then! Shall we hold a launching ceremony for setting sail on this great ocean?!" Sanji asked as everyone cheered in agreement and went over to a nearby barrel as the blonde-haired man placed his foot on the barrel.

"To go to the Grand Line and find the All Blue!"

"To become the King of the Pirates!"

"To become the strongest man in the world!"

"To find my people!"

"To find as many unique animals as I can and keep them under my own care in my own little zoo."

"To become the world's great swordsman!"

"To overcome my fear of the Grand Line and reach the last island!"

"To draw the map of the entire world!"

"To end the hate and war between the Humans and Fishmen and bring eternal peace between both species!"

"To become a brave warrior of the sea!"

"To become a real nurse and live out my life to the fullest!"

"To become a legend like my old man Gold Roger, and one of the 4 Emperors of the Sea!"

"To help accomplish my owner's dream!" Sanji, Luffy, Asher, Cottontail, Apis, Zoro, Gin, Nami, Akira, Usopp, Kaya, Jack, and Jake exclaimed in unison while placing their feet, paw, and tail on the barrel as they all raised their limbs and proceeded to slam them all down on the barrel, destroying it as the Straw Hat Pirates continued sailing through the sea at high speeds to head directly towards the Grand Line.

"...Oh, and as the Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, I order Asher to be my Official Vice Captain from now on!" Luffy ordered as the Straw Hat Pirates did a double take at what he and Jack said.

"Wait, what?! You want Asher to be the Vice Captain?!/Jack! Your Father is Gold Roger?!"

And done. I hope that you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next one. Also, I want to say that Kaya is NOT taking Chopper's job as the Crew's Doctor, as she will be the Straw Hat Pirates Nurse instead. Also, here is the Voice Actor for the OC:

Sparrow D. Cassandra's Voice Actor: Philece Sampler, specifically when she voiced old Toph in The Legend of Korra.

That's about it. Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.