One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda
Kingdom Hearts characters belong to Square Enix and Disney
OCs belong to me.

-Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Five-

"Good point" Robin nodded, finding the sharpshooter's question rather valid.

"Hey yeah, are we supposed to put someone else up there with Zoro and Sanji or what?" I asked, wondering how they were going to handle this next round now that one of the teams was a player short.

"That's one of the most thrilling parts of the games!" one of Foxy's men grinned. "Remember the rules? You can't change your team's roster—no replacements allowed!" he shook his head.

"In other words, only the remaining two contestants can participate in Round Two's game—the Groggy Ring" Itomimizu clarified. "This gives the Foxy team an advantage" he pointed out.

"What? That's not fair!" Usopp scowled.

"It's not supposed to be, that's the point" I sighed, crossing my arms.

"Actually, you can sit this one out too" Zoro suggested, already waving Sanji off as they made their way onto the playing field.

"Nah, but feel free to do the same thing, you loser" the blond shot back.

"It's hard to believe that they're going to work together as a team..." Nami mumbled.

"I doubt it'll last long" I said.

"What was that?!" the two suddenly snapped at each other, already smashing their foreheads together as they started to irritably growl at one another like a pack of wild dogs.

"Knock it off!" Nami snapped.

"Now's not the time to be fighting!" I scolded.

"I will now explain the rules of the Groggy Ring!" Itomimizu announced. "We have a playing field and we have two goals—knock the ball into the goal and you win! However, the ball isn't actually a ball...the balls are people!" he revealed after a small bout of silence as if attempting to build up anticipation. "Both teams must select someone to be the ball, make your selection" he said, motioning for the two teams to pick their balls for the rest of the game.

"This isn't going to end well..." I groaned.

"You can say that again..." Nami irritably sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"You heard him—which one of you two guys is going to be the ball?" the referee asked as the swordsman jabbed his thumb toward the cook beside him.

"Ball Marker" another man said, placing a large beach ball on top of the blonde's head.

"Who said you get to pick?!" Sanji growled. "You're the ball, you moss-headed bastard!" he snapped, only to be ignored as Zoro boredly dug his finger into his ear. Loudly, the crowd started to cheer as music began playing throughout the field.

"There it is, the interesting theme song—it's time to welcome back the undisputed elites of the Groggy Ring!" Itomimizu cheered as the figurehead of Foxy's ship opened its mouth and allowed three large figures of differing heights to step out. "The undefeatable, unbeatable, unstoppable...the famous Groggy Monsters have taken the field!" he proclaimed followed by the sound of drums. "Behold, the kings of the ring! First up is Full Dash Hamburg, following behind is Tackle Machine Pickles, and last but not least—the half-giant, half-beast-man himself—Big Pan Wotan! This is literally a monstrous march!" he announced followed by animalistic noises that I could only assume were meant to be encouraging and in favor of the three men.

"What is that?!" Luffy excitedly laughed as he stared up at the giant Wotan.

"That man is ginormous!" Nami gaped.

"Oh crap! He's the one wearing the Ball Marker!" Usopp cried out in panic the minute he spotted the beach ball strapped to the Wotan's head.

"Figures they'd choose the largest person to be the ball..." I grumbled with a frown. "Going to try and make this round just as difficult as the last" I huffed.

"You'll never beat them!" Foxy mockingly laughed.

"Disappointed?" Sanji asked.

"Not at all" Zoro answered, cracking his neck as he rolled his head.

"Our mighty Groggy Ring competitors have taken the field—opposing them on the Straw Hats team, their meddlesome sideline supporter from the first round, the Savage Chef, Sanji!" Itomimizu announced.

"I think you mean Stylish Chef" Sanji corrected.

"And beside him with a bounty of 60,000,000 belis, Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!" Itomimizu continued. I couldn't help but smile a little upon seeing the slight grin that tugged at Zoro's lips the minute he was reminded of how much that head of his was worth.

"Think I should whistle for him?" I asked, leaning closer to Nami.

"No, it'll only stroke that ego of his" she shook her head, grinning a little as I giggled.

"Hardly worth our time to squash a couple of pipsqueaks like this" Pickles chuckled. "Right, Big Pan?" he asked.

"He can't hear you" Hamburg giggled as he watched how the giant brought a hand up to his ear and made a questioning sound as if silently asking the shorter man to speak up.

"What do these guys eat?" Sanji grumbled as he examined the various sizes of the three—noting how all three of them were much bigger compared to the regular humans on Foxy's crew.

"We'll start this out with a coin toss" the referee said, flipping a coin into the air and catching it as soon as it came back down.

"Tails" Hamburg said.

"What about you?" the referee asked, looking to Sanji.

"Kind of has to be heads, right?" the blond questioned, not understanding why the referee was even bothering to ask him such a question when the other team had already called dibs on tails.

"Tails!" the referee grinned the second he checked to see what the coin had landed on in the palm of his hand. "Field or ball?" he asked.

"Ball, please" Hamburg answered.

"You heard him, our Groggy Monsters have chosen the ball! The Straw Hats Ball Man will now enter the other team's mid-circle" Itomimizu explained, making it clear where Sanji now needed to go.

"Left or right?" the referee asked.

"Doesn't matter" Zoro shrugged, not caring either way which side of the field he and Sanji took.

"In case you're wondering, the Ball Men are the players with the silly little hats on their heads" Itomimizu clarified. "Knock your opponent's Ball Man into the ring on their side of the field and the game is yours!" he practically beamed as he happily explained how one was supposed to win the game.

"Oh, so like an extreme version of basketball?" I blinked, only just realizing how eerily similar the rules sounded to a standard game of basketball...except, instead of using regular balls, they're using people.

"Hey, Ball Man, get into position already" Zoro said.

"Now listen, I never agreed to be the ball in the first place! You better shut your mouth unless you want a boot to the teeth!" Sanji snapped, clearly not pleased at having been forced into the position of our team's Ball Man. "How am I supposed to look cool with this thing on my head?!" he frowned.

"You're going to cry over a hat?" Zoro questioned, raising an eyebrow. "Hey, that looks good on you" he suddenly and mockingly complimented.

"You think I'm going to fall for that, stupid?!" Sanji snapped.

"Zoro! Sanji! I'm counting on you!" Luffy grinned, wildly waving his arms toward the two men.

"Do your best out there, guys!" I waved as well.

"I'm sorry we lost the last round, you guys!" Usopp cried. "It's up to you now! Please, get Chopper back—you gotta!"

"Wow! Would you look at that—it's a real Wotan" Nami gaped as she tilted her head back and looked up in awe at the giant.

"I knew they were large, but I didn't think they were this big" I whistled.

"They aren't as large as pure-blooded giants, but he's still pretty big" Robin remarked.

"To imagine there's someone even bigger than him..." I murmured in slight disbelief upon hearing her, unable to imagine that there were men even bigger than the Wotan before us.

"Don't bother cheering for your friends!" Foxy mockingly laughed. "Those guys are more than just muscles—they're Groggy Ring experts!" he boasted.

"Oh hey, Split Head, did you want something?" Luffy asked, only just now taking notice of the other captain and his attempts to mock and belittle us.

"He said it again..." Foxy whimpered as he fell into another depressive state.

"Aw! Poor boss!" Porche cooed as she rushed to Foxy's side and started comforting him. "Why would you be so cruel to this sweet, gentle man?" she scolded as she helped her boss to stand and began leading him back over to where the rest of their crew was.

"What's with that face? If you're afraid I'm going to interfere again then don't worry, I won't even need to in this round" Foxy huffed the minute he spotted the suspicious looks most of us were giving him. "You babies!" he snarled.

"Don't tell me you can butt in on this game too!" Nami frowned.

"Yep, it all depends on how the captain feels" Foxy cockily grinned. "While some pirates fight fair and square to test the strength of their crew, others will cheat any way they can to make sure that they never lose a match—I just do whatever I want!" he proudly admitted. "I don't see why you're complaining about a little foul play here and there. If you're a real pirate, you should be used to these sorts of things, right? The sea is treacherous!" he scoffed.

"Yeah, you would know..." Nami grumbled.

"Three!" perking up, I turned my head...only to sweat drop at the sight of Zoro and Sanji locked in a game of rock, paper, scissors between themselves.

"Are those idiots seriously playing rock, paper, scissors right now?" I deadpanned, causing Nami to instantly turn on her heel with a glare.

"By the way, your team looks to be playing a game of their own" Foxy snickered once he saw the two's match.

"Three!"

"They do know the match is about to start, right?" he mockingly asked.

"Three!"

"Laugh while you can, they're just laid back because they know they can win!" Nami huffed, already attempting to make an excuse for the two's idiotic behavior.

"Y-yeah, that's the reason..." I sweat dropped

A/N: Enjoy

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