Cameron, only about a few years younger, looked out at the sea as Namaqua sailed. A group of people with old looking clothes were thanking the crew of only Cameron, Saimo, Snipe, and someone with the captains hat. The people were slaves, one of them was a Drakolos. The others seemed afraid of him, but the captain smiled excitedly. "What'dya say, you'd be a perfect fit~" he said, making Cameron turn to face them. "Archie, that will just put him in danger again..." he said, crossing his arms. "It's up to him end of the day," Archie chuckled, and Daggar scoffed. "After what you did for me, you are my brothers!" he cried, pulling Archie into a hug. "Consider me a pirate as well!" he exclaimed, and Archie gave Cameron a thumbs up. "We need to get the rest of the slaves outta here. No way that Celestial Dragon is gonna just let her slaves go," Saimo stated as he took the wheel, steering towards the coast of their destination. "I notified them, so they'll be transferred from here," Snipe said, looking through the scope of his rifle. "It'll be nice seeing Senju again," he sighed as they pulled in, and Senju indeed stepped out. He fist bumped Snipe, and the slaves except Daggar were taken by the Resistance. They then sailed off, and after a few days in the stormy seas near Xinteria, a navy vessel that was trailing them finally started catching up.
"I-it doesn't appear the slaves are on board..." a marine lookout stuttered, and a navy haired woman sporting those massive hyena ears growled. "I want them back! Make them give them back!" she demanded, snapping threateningly as they start revving towards the Namaqua. "I swear to the gods, if you fail me I'll become an admiral just to make your lives *hell!*" she barked, prompting them to work harder. "Ma'am! That Drakolos slave is still on board!" a look out cried. "Yes! Get me that one! I never got to torture*that one!~*" she cackled, everyone relieved she was already in a better mood. Archie hadn't noticed over the storm, but Snipe caught a glimpse of their ship lights through the rain. "Got trouble captain!" he called out, looking through the scope. "Damn, thought I'd lost her," Saimo groaned, steering against the current. "She's infamous even for a Dragon!" Archie laughed, fixing his hat as he turned towards the vessel. "Come on bro!" he called, Cameron jumping on his back, both of them vanishing.
The marines panicked when Musume growled in response, and suddenly something smacked into the mast. Marines started getting knocked around. "They got some kind of cloak!" one called, getting thrown off. Musume spit on the floor, but the audible noise of her spitting sent a shockwave over the deck. Marines held on, but the two pirates got flung into the wall. Archie and Cameron became visible, but Archie was in a zoan hybrid form of a chameleon. "You damned lizard, where'd my property go!?" she cried, pointing demandingly as marines aimed their rifles at them both. "Heh, like the resistance guys we left them with told us anything," Archie laughed as she snapped, prompting them to fire. Both of the pirates jumped up, vanishing separately as they continued their onslaught. Musume prepared to snap again, but suddenly something smacked her hands leaving them slimey. "W-what did you just do!?" she screamed in girly terror, and Archie chuckled as he became visible, sticking to the mast as he pulled his long tongue away from her hand, leaving her speechless. "KILL THAT DISGUSTING CREATURE!!" she squealed with enough volume to ripple the ocean around them. Archie jumped around avoiding the shots easily, blocking some with haki.
"It's done!" Cameron called out, jumping back into the fight. "Later Miss Hear's-a-lot~" Archie taunted as he tethered back to Namaqua with his tongue, flinging him and Cam back. "Smash into them! Kill them! Muuurder!!" Musume was steaming with rage, and one marine looked immensely terrified as he sweated profusely. "Miss... They disabled the engines... We can't move until we get it fixed..." She looked like she mentally snapped, not even moving anymore. Everyone froze in the still air as she looked up at the sky with a heavy inhale, they quick covered their ears. She screamed so loud, the storm above them got obliterated by the shockwaves, causing the sky to go calm. Namaqua continued on, and once they got to Xinteria's Calm Zone which had heavy fog to conceal them the crew all sighed. But then, Snipe called out from the crows nest, "Captain! Over there!" They looked over, and Archie growled as he witnessed a big man in a navy uniform with an anchor tattooed to his forearm holding some red haired chick, who was squealing. He immediately jumped off the ship, kicking the man. "Hey! Official navy business!" he exclaimed, trying to swat the pirate away. Archie shot his tongue out but it was knocked away easily, making the officer laugh. But Archie planned this, and hopped back. The navy man chuckled victoriously, until he saw the girl get tugged back by his tongue. "You shit!" he exclaimed as Archie stuck out his middle finger, smirking as the bigger boat sailed past the tiny dingy.
Once they escaped, Archie looked down at the girl, "Are you alright miss-" He froze once he registered her appearance. She wasn't human, but some kind of axolotl person. "Did you eat an Angel Fruit?" Cameron asked, but she shook her head. "Uh... Auntie Selena says I shouldn't talk to surface folk..." she muttered, but looking into Archie's eyes, she felt weirdly safe. "But y'all did just save me so, thanks. I'm Toast," she said smiling. "I'm gonna fix the moon~" That made Saimo and Snipe laugh, and she puffed her cheeks. "Well, that's a pretty interesting dream miss. But sometimes it's better to be realistic," Archie chuckled, patting her shoulder. "We can't even sail the clouds yet," Cameron stated, looking up at the sky. Toast sighed, "That's what everyone tells me..." Their conversation is cut short as an admiral vessel came from behind a foggy veil. "How'd they catch up!?" Saimo cried, and Musume laughed triumphantly as she blasted sound from behind the ship, pushing it forward. "You will not escape me vile vermin!" she chortled, but then she looked shocked. "A Fishman!? The government has been offering so much beri for one! I must torture one for myself!" She pointed at the ship demandingly, "Get me that fish!"
Archie and Cameron jumped over onto the ship with Saimo chucking Snipe after them. Saimo and Daggar stayed to protect Toast from any marines that made it over. The pirates started wrecking house until Musume stepped in. "Stupid germs... I will not be denied any further!" she scoffed, blitzing forward as soundwaves and smashing into Snipe. But he faced away from her, causing her to bash into his spiky hair. She didn't seem bothered, being a sound Logia, and she snapped in his ears to make them bleed. In another swift movement, she got up behind Toast, and the girl screamed as the Celestial Dragon forced her fangs deep intovthe fish's neck. She took incredible joy doing this, almost like the flavor was immaculate and got lost in the moment, right as Archie kicked her face in, throwing her off the girl. "Get them out of here!" Archie commanded, and Cam quickly retreated with Toast and Snipe as the captain rushed forward with crude haki, unloading a dozen blows against her. She tried to retaliate, but he went invisible and avoided it, then stayed clear as he continued to attack. Toast spoke up about a secret passage, and Saimo started steering towards it as Cameron called out to Archie. "Later loser!" the captain laughed as he jumped back, but something caught him. The big marine from earlier had climbed the side of the ship, and just intercepted him. "ARCHIE!" Cameron called out as he watched the marine chuck his brother against the deck as Musume stepped up to him, glaring down at him. But the scene faded from his view as the fog rolled over, and all the crew heard from Archie was, "GET OUT OF HERE!" before a deafening boom shot out. It was only followed by silence. After the ordeal, Cameron took over as captain, and Toast ended up sticking around as she felt responsible for his death. "It's not safe..." Cameron would say, but Toast refused to leave. "Let me make it up to you! I'm a great fighter!" she pleaded, and to join she had to prove herself...