It was a new day for the Straw Hat pirates. They were again settling into a new routine on the ship. "Scrub right there we need to get this snow off the ship." Nami ordered. But she wasn't talking to any of the crew. No, Nami wouldn't let the two passengers get a free ride. So for the past two days she's put them to work as errand boys. Or boy and girl.
"Nasty witch." Mr. 9 mumbled under his breath. Nami appeared behind him with a dangerous aura. "What was that?" She asked through gritted teeth. The self proclaimed king started to sweat profusely. "Nothing!" He learned early that Nami wasn't afraid to hit him over the head.
"I can't believe you have them doing chores." Usopp said as Nami walked past him. "They aren't getting a free ride. You could always do them." Nami suggested with a sweet smile. Usopp waved his hands in a nervous manner. "No, I think I'll enjoy my break." The navigator shook her head at him before she turned her head to their new crew mate. "I still can't believe that that's really Alivida." She said pointing to the woman sunbathing on deck.
Usopp's eyes run up and down the woman's exposed form. Nami sighed in exasperation as she continued. "Last time I saw her she was very…fat." The glasses Alvida was wearing cracked at her words.
"What was that you cow?" Alivida's voice was anything but friendly, most would think she wanted to kill Nami. Usopp ran away, he learned not to say anything near the word fat around Alvida. He didn't even like to say the word big around her. Nami though, she stood her ground.
"You heard me. You were a tub of lard last time I saw you." Alivida's eyebrow twitched in anger as she got face to face with the navigator. "And you can't call me cow, your tits are bigger than mine." Nami said, pushing the woman's left breast in.
Alvida smirked at the comments. "Yeah, maybe that's why Luffy likes to rest in them so much." She said mockingly. Now Nami's eyebrow started to twitch. "Like I care what that idiot does." Alvida's smirk grew wider.
"You're such a child Nami. But if that's true that just means there's more of our captain for me." Alvida said and Nami seemed at a loss for words, only being able to glare harder at her.
Over with Usopp he was hiding with Shiro. "Man, it's like a battle of titans." The cat seemed to agree, Shirio felt like he was prey in the presence of an angry Nami and Alvida.
This was a new normal for the crew. Nami took every chance she could to remind Alvida of her old appearance. And in turn Alvida had no shortage of snide comments for Nami. Though it never went past petty comments, unlike the other growing rivalry between Zoro and Sanji. They seemed to tolerate each other less and less each day.
Over with the swordsman he was currently lecturing a frustrated Nojiko.
"You're holding them too tightly." Zoro advised. Nojiko looked annoyed. "You told me to hold them tightly Roronoa." She fired back. "I said don't let them go, not to strangle your weapons." They glared at each other and the other person around them chuckled. "Zoro's right Nojiko. Weapons are an extension of your body, if you keep your weapons stiff you will be too." Gin explained. Nojiko seemed to be frustrated with both of them. "First you tell me I'm not holding my weapons tight enough and now I'm holding them too tight!"
This was a rare moment where Nojiko wasn't calm. Or not so rare anymore as the crew has seen her blow up several times over the last few days. Training seemed to bring out the fire in her. Or maybe it was Zoro's bad instructions.
Who really knows.
"Well if you just listened maybe you would understand!" Zoro said with the same frustration.
"Maybe if you were a better teacher I would understand!" Nojiko replied hotly.
Gin watches them argue with a nervous smile on his face. He didn't know what to do in this situation, on his last crew a simple glare would make them stop. But the Straw Hats were nothing like his last crew.
"Ugh Captain?"
The aforementioned was currently lounging on his favorite seat. He was laying down with his hat over his head, enjoying the air of the sea. This was one of the few times he wasn't fishing or running around in everyone's business. He hopped from his seat and walked over to the bickering duo. "Hey Zoro let's spar." He said and everyone on the ship froze. Luffy never got involved in the training on the ship. After Zoro got over his shock he got an excited smile on his face and tied his bandana on his head.
"Ok captain."
Luffy immediately hopped onto the main deck where there was the most space. Before they got started Luffy shot Nojiko a pointed look. The woman understood that he wanted her to pay attention to what was about to happen.
Zoro, always aggressive, started the battle with his three swords drawn. His first three attacks were all dodged by his agile captain. But Zoro was a storm in battle. He quickly changed the grip on his swords and sent a horizontal slash at Luffy. The rubber man jumped over the attack though, In doing this it caused Zoro to slash the railing on the Merry and he easily cut through the wood. Zoro dashes at Luffy again and this time Luffy actually attacks. As Zoro slashes at him Luffy grabbed his wrist and flipped him into the air. As Zoro was floating Luffy landed a kick right into his side.
Zoro flew towards the kitchen door and an unsuspecting Sanji opened the door with drinks in his hand only to be hit with a mass of flesh. The crew winced as they heard a crash in the kitchen. "You stupid moss head, watch where you're flying!" They heard Sanji yell. "Be quiet you stupid cook!" That was all they heard before glass breaking and wood being smashed were heard. "Hey you guys stop breaking the Merry!" Usopp yelled as he ran into the kitchen. Somehow the spar between Luffy and Zoro turned into a fight between the swordsman and chef.
"Did you see Nojiko?" Luffy asked the fighter in training. Nojiko seemed to shock back to reality. "Yeah I saw, thank you Luffy." Luffy smiled and ran into the kitchen. "Hey Sanji I'm hungry, can you stop fighting please!"
"What did you see?" Gin asked her. "This!" Nojiko abruptly attacked the Man-Demon and he jumped back. Nojiko followed him and slashed again and he sidestepped but unlike before Nojiko was fluid with her movements and changed her grip easily and attacked again. This time Gin had to catch her wrist and redirect her. Nojiko giggled to herself. "Am I holding them right?" She asked rhetorically. Gin laughed nervously, he was impressed but also kinda scared.
'She learned that just by watching a short spar between Captain and Zoro?'
"Yep."
/
"Land ho!" Usopp yelled out. Everyone stopped what they were doing and ran to the front of the ship to see the island. "Are those cactuses?" Alvida questioned. "They're huge!" Luffy exclaimed. As they were all engrossed by the sight of their first destination on the Grand Line, the two guests prepared to leave.
"It's been fun but we have to go." Mr.9 said. "If fate wills it we will meet again." Miss Valentine said. "Bye bye babies!" They sang as they leapt from the ship and swam towards the island. "Man, they were weird." Usopp commented. "Rawr." Shiro agreed.
"Everyone be on your guard, we don't know what could happen." Nami said. "What, you mean like monsters?" Ussop said, shivering. "Well this is the Grand Line, I wouldn't put it outside the realm of possibility." Sanji's words only enhanced his fear. "Can't we just, i don't know… skip the island."
"I guess nose wasn't listening. We have to wait for the log to set before we leave." Alvida said bluntly. Usopp seemed embarrassed by her words. As the ship got closer to the island fog invaded their vision. "It's getting hard to see." Nojiko said. "Are those people?" Usopp asked with a shaky voice. Everyone but Luffy was on edge. They were all ready to battle. But the tense silence was cut through by abrupt cheering.
"WELCOME PIRATES!"
"CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT TO THE GRAND LINE!"
The mist cleared and the Straw Hats could see what looked like the entire town cheering for their arrival. Flowers were thrown in the sea, the men whistled at the women and the woman swooned at the men. "A town that welcomes pirates?" Nami was clearly suspicious, as were a few others in the crew. But some were reveling in the attention. "Hey ladies my name's Sanji!" The cook was leaning so far off the ship he was almost in the water. "That idiot." Nami mumbled, she turned to the right and saw Alvida posing on the ship.
"You can look but don't touch. My body is for one man." She said with a sultry smile. "That attention seeking whore. Idiots, all of them." Nami muttered in frustration. She felt an arm wrap around her shoulder and she looked to see tan skin and blue tattoos. "Relax Nami, we'll have plenty of time to worry. Besides, does Luffy look worried?" Nami looked to the Captain who was giggling from the cheers. "That doesn't reassure me." Nojiko just laughed at her.
As the crew departed the ship they were met by a tail man with a strange curly hairstyle. "My name is Igaroppi, the mayor of Whiskey peak." The man cleared his throat and weirdly sang. "You may be shocked by this welcome but this is a town of liquor and music and hospitality is our motto. It would please us if you joined us for a party and told us of your adventures."
"Do you have meat?" Luffy asked. The mayor looked at him confused but answered yes. "Gladly!" Luffy said as he Sanji, Usopp and Shiro danced into town. Alvida and Nojiko were right behind them. "How long until the log sets?" Nami asked the Mayor. The man seemed to think about it before answering. "No one has stayed more than two days." Nami narrowed her eyes at that answer but nodded anyway.
/
The party was in full swing and the Straw Hats were very into it. "The fishman tried to run from me but his fear made him forget… I'm a sniper! Bang! One sit and the battle was done." The man and woman listening to Usopp's grandiose tale of how he single handedly beat a group of fishmen were captivated.
"Man those pirates are drinking them under the table!" The people spoke, referring to Zoro and Nami. "That guy is on his 10th mug!" A man said as Zoro put his mug down. "The lady is on her 12th!" They screamed as Nami picked up another glass. "The lion is on his 13th!" Shiro was of course participating in the drinking and he wasn't falling behind.
"That guy is flirting with 20 women!"
Sanji was indeed surrounded by multiple women and he had kiss marks on his cheeks and neck.
"He's eating the chefs unconscious!" Luffy was eating so much he drove multiple chefs to exhaustion. Alivida and Nojiko were on either side of him. The Smooth smooth woman was feeding him and the other was eating her own share of food and drink.
Gin was by himself, or trying to be. A few of the women wouldn't leave him alone.
The party went on well into the night, until one by one the crew fell asleep.
"Man those pirates ate through months of our supplies." A woman dressed as a nun complained. She took off her disguise and revealed a dark skinned woman with pink hair who was very muscular. "It'll be worth it when we run them in." A woman said. Miss Monday and Mr.9 appeared with twin smirks on their faces.
"Are you sure your Information is correct?" Iparoggi asked.
In response to his question Mr.9 pulled out two wanted posters, one for Luffy and the other for Gin. The eyes of the two skeptics widened. "60,000,000 and 12,000,000!" The mayor said in shock.
"I still can't believe that boy is worth that much." Miss Monday said. "It doesn't matter, this paper says it all. And in a few minutes his rookie performance will be over." Mr.9 said with a devilish grin on his face. As they were walking towards the house that held their prey more and more of the townsfolk appeared with weapons equipped.
"I would appreciate it if you let my friends sleep. From what I was told the trip here was hectic." They were interrupted by a voice on a roof. They turned in shock to see two people perched and watching them. Zoro had his sword drawn and a smile on his face as he stood tall. Gin was crouched with one tonfa resting on his shoulder. "Judging by the weapons and disguises I guess you guys are bounty hunters." He said, his wolfish grin was slowly forming on his face.
"I count more than a hundred of you bastards and I'll fight all of you. Baroque Works." Zoro said and he enjoyed seeing the shock on their faces. "Ho- how do you know our name!?" Gin seemed intrigued as well, he's never heard of this company.
"I used to be in a similar line of work, your company came to me with an offer once and I turned them down. Are the rules the same? Employee identities kept secret, the boss and his whereabouts unknown. The organization that carries out orders like headed sheep. Pathetic." Zoro mocked them.
"If you know all our secrets then we have no choice but to kill you." Iparoggi said. Zoro and Gin smiled. "I hope you don't mind me taking some action?" Gin said as he stood beside Zoro. "And I hope you don't mind sitting this one out." Both Zoro and Gin turned to the voice and were surprised to see Nojiko on the roof. "I want some real world practice. So do you mind letting a girl have some fun?" Nojiko said as she flipped her black knife in her hand. "Go ahead. Just don't get hurt." Nojiko brushes off his concern.
"I'm sorry Man-Demon but you won't be able to sit this out. Kill them all!"
The trio watched as multiple guns were drawn and pointed at them but to the bounty hunters' shock all of the targets were gone. "They're gone!" Everyone started to look around in fear but their eyes landed on Zoro in the crowd who was looking up at where he used to be. "It's him! Fire!" A group fired on him but he was gone again and the bullets pierced her own allies. "He's gone again. And where's the other two?"
"Hey boys over here." Nojiko taunted them from an alley. A group of them ran into the alley where Nojiko was waiting. She stabbed the first one in the neck easily. She backpedaled into a more open space as the next two tried to attack her. Her movements were swift but also clumsy. She dodged them and cut one of their thighs and with her next action stabbed the other in the gut. Nojiko found it weird how easy she was able to do this. She didn't mean to fight, Nojiko had always been a fighter. She meant to kill.
"Aaaa!" She was cut from her thoughts as another bounty hunter tried to attack her, she used the man who was currently impaled on her knife as a shield. Blood splashed from his back as his own ally put an end to his life.
The other man's life came to an abrupt end moments later as Nojiko appeared behind him. He didn't even get a chance to register the blood pouring from his neck before he dropped to his knees and died.
The blue haired woman wasn't done though as the man she had crippled was still alive kneeling. In a swift motion Nojiko used her bigger knife to lob his head from his shoulders.
"Get her!"
Nojiko's eyes widened when she saw two small groups closing in on her from two different sides. Using quick thinking she threw one of her knives at the smaller group in front of her and it impaled a woman in the chest. Nojiko ran at her and grabbed it and jumped into the air right over the group. "Bye." She waved as the group chased her through the town.
She continued to duck in and out of alleyways so she could take a little at a time before the group was finished. "Man, that was fun." She said. when she stepped out of the alley she saw her sister dragging a sack.
"That little thief."
/
Over with Gin he was on another roof and he was surprised to see Luffy up there stuffing his face. Shiro was at his side, eating whatever Luffy gave him. "Captain, I thought you were asleep?" Gin asked as he sat next to him. Luffy hurriedly swallowed more food as he watched Zoro dispatch another group of bounty hunters.
"I was but I felt something was up." He watched as Zoro filled a ladder, making all the people on it fall down. "Shishishi, this is funny." He said laughing. The three continued to watch Zoro cut down hunter after Hunter before he found himself on a roof crushing a woman's skull. The woman screamed in agony and when she passed out Zoro let her go.
Iparoggi gasped like he just had a big revelation. "The Marines must have made a mistake. He must be the real Captain of that crew." He said. Zoro resisted the urge to laugh and just held a smirk. "Yeah it seemed strange, that weakling would fetch such a high price." Miss Wednesday said. They were soon proven wrong however as an outraged voice was heard.
"Hey! I know Zoro's awesome but I'm the Captain!" Luffy said as he appeared out of thin air next to Zoro. The swordsman seemed surprised to see him. "Luffy I thought you'd be sleeping." Luffy shook his head at him. " Zoro, leave these guys to me." Luffy said in a very childish manner. "Aye aye Captain." Zoro said as he put his swords away and pulled out a bottle of booze.
"We already saw through your act it's ov-" Mr.9 couldn't continue his sentence as Luffy appeared in front of him and punched him in the stomach. His eyes immediately went white and he flew into a building. Luffy turned his attention to the other man who was in shock and buried him into the ground with one punch. The last opponent was left standing in fear of him as he continued to walk closer to her. Luffy stopped though when a new voice appeared.
"Single digit agents losing to some rookies? Pathetic." Luffy looked behind him to see a man and a woman walking towards them. The man was black with an Afro and a long red coat. While the woman had vanilla skin with a lemon dress. She also had an umbrella in her hands.
"Mr.5! Miss Valentine! Good thing you're here. Now we can show these pirates." The blue haired woman said.
"Are you kidding? We weren't sent here to help take out some rookies. We're here on a conspiracy."
"A conspiracy?" Miss Monday sounded anxious.
"The boss said a high profile individual infiltrated the organization, and they even found out some secrets. I don't know what they are and I don't care to find out but we do have our target…. Princess Vivi."
The woman started to sweat. The tension in the area was thick, and it only got thicker when another person appeared. Luffy was confused at what was happening, so confused he removed himself from the equation. He hopped on the roof where Zoro was resting and sat down with a furrowed brow. "Do you know what's happening?"
"No but it looked interesting."
"I won't let you harm the princess!" The curly haired man Luffy buried popped up with a determined glare. "I swear as the leader of the guard." His curly hair hid weapons and he pulled two strings. Gun smoke filled the air as mini cannon balls flew at the newcomers.
BOOM!
The people who were encompassed by the explosion were just fine. They didn't even have a scratch on them. "You should know the difference between us and you is large." Mr.5 said while picking his nose. He pulled a booger out and flicked it at the curly haired man. Luffy and Zoro watched confused before their eyes widened when the booger exploded.
"Igaram!" Vivi screamed. The man happened to be shot on the roof with Zoro and Luffy. The two paid him no mind though as their attention was focused on Vivi on the ground. The girl in the yellow dress seemed to fly at the princess and kicked at her but Vivi dodged.
As Luffy and Zoro watch her run away from her assassins Luffy felt someone grab his arm. He looked down to see Ingram holding him. "Pl-please… you have to help the princess." Luffy raised a confused eyebrow at him. "Hmm I don't know. Why?"
Tears swam in Igaram's eyes and he headbutted the ground. Zoro noticed this action peeked Luffy's interest.
"Please! Someone with your strength should be able to help her. If the princess dies then the whole kingdom of Alabasta will fall." Luffy just stared at him with a blank face. He didn't say anything as he got up and left.
"Seems like you earned the captain's respect. But you also got the witch's interest."
"Witch?" Igaram looked at Zoro confused, but then he felt a chill on his neck. When he turned around he felt like he saw a demon.
"How much are you gonna give us for helping you beloved princess." Nami had a devilish smile on her face.
Vivi was running for her life and she was frustrated and scared but also relieved. She could tell they were obviously trying with her, they could have killed her already but didn't. Vivi was never one to like feeling weak and powerless, that's why she was here in the first place. It made her angry that they saw her as nothing more than a princess. But she realized it was a chance for her to live, she couldn't die yet.
Her hopes were dashed though when a booger exploded and threw her to the ground. "Stop running princess, you're just wasting time."
Vivi grit her teeth and bawled her fist until her knuckles turned white. "Wasting time!?" The fury in her voice was tangible. The glare she leveled on her two pursues was ice cold.
"You think I want to have to run away!? Do you think this is some game to me!"
"Game or not, this is over."
A booger bomb was primed on Mr.5's finger and Vivi steeled herself for whatever was about to happen. She was ready to fight and die. What she wasn't ready for was to be saved.
Just as Mr.5 was about to shoot off the bomb Luffy appeared with a spin kick that threw the man into a building. Vivi and Miss Valentine looked at him in shock. The yellow haired girl couldn't be shocked for too much longer as she was Luffy's next target.
He grabbed her by her shoulders and threw her into a building next to her partner. They were both out cold from his attacks.
"Well that was easy." Luffy said as he clapped his hands of dirt.
"You just beat two high level agents!" Vivi screamed in shock.
"Yeah so?" Luffy said, picking his nose. Vivi could do nothing but stare at the captain in shock. She couldn't believe he was actually strong.
"Thank you for helping me, but why- LOOK OUT!"
Luffy didn't turn around as two arms quickly ensnared him. But instead of attacking him they just hugged him tightly.
"Oh hey Alvida."
"Honey." She said, planting a kiss on his cheek. Vivi blushed a bit at the interaction.
"Could you be any more shameless?" Alvida snickered and melded herself closer to luffy.
"Now don't be jealous, Nami."
Nami kissed her teeth at her comment. She didn't know what it was about Alvida that made her so angry.
"Oh hey guys."
Nami was occupied by Zoro, Nojiko, Gin, Shiro, and Igaram.
"Igaram! You're okay!" Vivi yelled in relief but then she did a double take at what the man was wearing.
"What's the matter princess?"
"What the hell are you wearing!?" Vivi screamed, her eyes popping out of her head. Igaram was wearing an exact replica of Vivi's outfit, down to wearing panties.
"You cross dress old man?"
Igaram visibly blushed in embarrassment and coughed into his palm. "There's no time to ex-Ma ma- explain it all princess but these pirates will take you back to Alabasta."
"They will?"
"We will?" Luffy said, confused.
"Yes we will! With a slight travel and protection fee of course." Nami said with Beri symbols in her eyes. Vivi backed away uncomfortably.
"I don't know if we have anything to pay you with right now. My country is in a state of turmoil."
"Yeah the crossdresser said the same thing. But I'm sure you can figure something out right." Nami insisted, she was directly in Vivi's face and the princess was visibly scared.
"Now now Nami, don't scare her, she's going through a lot right now." Nojiko said as she pulled Nami away from the girl. "Don't worry princess, we'll take care of you." Nojiko said reasurgingly as Nami tried to break free from her grasp.
Vivi couldn't do anything but nod her head at her.
"I will lead our enemies away disguised as you, while you escape princess."
"Sorry to burst your bubble." A sultry voice invaded the group's ears. Their eyes tracked the sound and they saw a blue haired woman sitting on a rooftop.
If Sanji was here he would surely be drooling at her figure and outfit. She had on a brown jacket and a spider swimsuit that covered just a bit of her stomach.
"Miss Doublefinger! Why are you here?" The crew could clearly see the fear in Vivi's voice.
"I'm here to make sure you die princess. Good thing it seems. Now let's finish this quickly." Their eyes widened when her finger extended quickly. It was on route to pierce Nami's stomach.
But surprisingly Alvida pushed her out of the way and took the attack instead.
"Alvida!" Nami screamed in worry and shock.
The sadistic smirk Miss Doublefinger had on her face was erased when Alvida chuckled.
"That was close. You almost put a mark on my beautiful skin."
"How are you…" Miss double finger was understandably shocked and confused. She could have sworn she pierced the woman but she could see her finger had only stabbed her coat.
"You have a devil fruit."
"Preceptive." Alvida said sarcastically. She jumped at Miss double finger and brought her mace down on the roof.
Her target jumped away and her mace took a large chunk out of the building. Alvida followed after her and attacked again. Miss double finger jumped away and Alvida smashed the ground instead.
Miss Doublefinger tried to capitalize on Alvida's position and attacked her. All five of her fingers extended and she tried to slash Alvida, but the woman blocked the attack with her mace.
"A devil fruit I see."
"I ate the spike spike fruit. And you?" Alvida laughed at her.
"Why would I tell you that?" In a feat of strength, Alvida tossed Miss double finger away with a swing of her mace.
"You guys should get ready to leave, I'll handle this."
"You sure?" All Alvida gave in response was a confident smile.
/
"Are you sure it was okay to leave your friend back there?" Vivi asked, concerned clearly in her tone. They were on the beach watching Ingram sail away. "Miss DoubleFinger is the second ranked woman in Baroque Works."
"Who knows, I've never seen her fight before. For all we know she could be getting impaled right now." Nojiko said, casually.
"Then shouldn't you go and help her!"
"It'll be fine." Luffy said not an ounce of worry in his voice. "I fought her before, she's pretty tough. Though back then she looked like a whale." He said with a laugh. Shrio growled in agreement.
"Its best not to worry princess. If Luffy thought she couldn't handle it he would have fought himself." Nami said, trying to ease Vivi's worry. "Right Luffy?" The captain just smiled at them.
"Anyway, lets get those two idiots and get out of here. Nami, how's the log?" Zoro said.
"It's all set. We can-"
BOOM!
An explosion on the water drew everyone's attention. Ingram's boat had exploded. Luffy immediately ran off.
"IGARAMMMM!"
Vivi screamed and tried to run into the ocean, but Nojiko grabbed her and turned her away from the scene. Vivi fought in her arms, but Nojiko held her tightly.
"Princess we have to go." Vivi's struggle slowed to a stop. When Nojiko looked at her face she saw her biting her lip so hard it bled. "Hey, I know it's hard, but be patient, we'll get you home and they'll get what's coming to them." Vivi didn't say anything, only followed after the others.
She didn't speak until they got to the merry and saw a giant duck on the boat. Vivi happily ran to the animal and wrapped her arms around it.
"Karoo!" she sank to the ground with him in her arms. The animal made concerned noises as Vivi cried into his feathers.
Luffy returned soon after, dragging a screaming Usopp and Sanji. He tossed them onto the boat, unceremoniously.
"Hey Luffy, what was that for!?" Usopp screamed.
"Yeah you rubber idiot that hur- ooo a lady!" Sanji swooned over Vivi and dropped down to one knee. "Worry not my lady, whatever caused these tears chef Sanji will make them go away." He said cooly, pulling a rose from his suit.
"Do you just keep roses in your suit?" Asked Usopp.
"Love is life."
"What the hell does that mean!?"
Nami grew tired of their antics and hit them both on the head. "We're leaving you dumbasses, get ready."
"Yes Nami." They said from their poisons on the floor.
"Where's Vida?" Nojiko asked.
"Right here."
Alvida returned without her long coat on, she was only in her frilly bra. She didn't have a scratch on her, though her mace had a bit of blood on it. She hopped onto the ship and came face to face with an irate Nami.
"Oh you're actually ok." Nami said disappointed.
"I knew you cared." Nami just rolled her eyes at her. But the truth was, she did care. Even though they were on the same crew she didn't expect Alvida to take an attack for her.
"Ok everybody is here, let's set sail." Zoro said.
As the crew were leaving the island, Gin had a question on his mind.
"So princess we know you infiltrated Baroque works to find out the identity of the person running. But did you?" He asked and everyone turned to her.
"Yes I did."
"Well who is it?" Luffy asked curiously.
"No I shouldn't say, I don't want to put you in any more danger." Vivi said, waving her hands exasperatingly.
"Isn't it a little too late for that. We're already taking you to Alabatsta." Zoro said.
"We're going where? When did this happen?" Usopp asked, shocked.
"While you were sleeping and the bounty hunters were trying to kill us."
"BOUNTY HUNTERS WERE TRYING TO KILL US!"
Nami hit him over the head to shut him up. "Be quiet you idiot!"
"Anyway it's like Roronoa said, it's no use holding out on us. Besides this way we'll know what we're getting into." Nojiko explained. Vivi still seemed hesitant but nodded.
"He's a very well known pirate, before it was frozen he had a bounty of 80,000,000. He's one of the seven warlords. The Desert King Sir Crocodile." The crew froze when she revealed who it was.
"You mean a guy that's in the same league as the swordsman that almost killed Zoro!" Usopp screamed.
"Wow this seems like it could be fun." Luffy said with a laugh. Nami grabbed him by his shirt and shook him.
"Are you insane, she said a Warlord! A WARLORD!" Nami screamed with crocodile tears running down her face.
"Oh no please, spare me." Nami said, dropping to her knees next to Usopp whose spirit was leaking from his mouth.
"Don't worry, he doesn't know your faces so you should be fine." Vivi said, trying to reassure her.
"Oh hey look a bird." Luffy said. When they looked up they saw a bird and an otter on the ship railing. "it's the unluckies, they work for baroque works." Vivi said.
The animals held up pictures of all the Straw Hats.
"Wow, that's talent." Sanji said as the two flew away.
"I'm gonna die." Nami said in a pool of tears.
"Fufufu."
"Stop laughing!" Nami screamed at Luffy.
"That wasn't me, it was her." Luffy said pointing at a woman sitting on the balcony. Everyone immediately pulled out their weapons.
"Who are you and how long have you been here?" Gin asked dangerously, his tonfa spinning wildly.
"She's been here the whole time." Luffy said, his eyes never leaving the woman. The woman was shocked by his answer but she hid it well.
"Your quiet perspective captain." the woman said with a light smile.
"What are you doing on this ship, Miss All Sunday!" Vivi said.
"Ah princess, I just ran into your guard a little ways back. He didn't seem to be doing too well." Vivi's face went dark at the mention of Igaram.
"You killed him." Vivi said harshly.
"Vivi, who is this?" Nami asked.
"She's Miss All Sunday. Her partner is Mr.0. the boss."
"Crocodile!"
As soon as they heard the news the crew aimed their weapons at her, but without her moving they were all disarmed.
"Please don't aim those at me. I'm not here to fight."
"A devil fruit." Zoro said through grit teeth.
"Then what are you doing here?" Vivi asked. The women smiled.
"I just found it so comical. A princess so determined to save her country she would even ally with pirates." She turned her attention to Luffy and somehow his hat flew off his head and into her hands.
The woman froze however when Luffy was right next to her holding her arm.
"Don't touch my hat." Luffy's voice was low and dangerous and his eyes were sharp.
"He's so sexy when he's threatening people." Alvida whispered. Nami looked at her with a raised eyebrow and Nojiko nodded with her.
The woman laughed at Luffy but she made no move to attack him.
"I apologise, captain. But I'm here to help you." Luffy didn't say anything to her, he just stayed up on the balcony. Shiro made his way up to Luffy and the intruder eyed the lion with mild curiosity.
"The place your log is pointing to is Little garden. Baroque works won't have to lift a finger, that place will wipe you out." She tossed something to Nami.
"That's an eternal pose to an island none of the agents know about. If you go there you may live longer."
"Hey nami, toss me that." Luffy said.
"Ah okay."
As soon as the pose touched his hands he crushed it much to his crew's shock. He looked dead in the woman's eyes.
"You don't decide where my ship goes." He said and his voice was deep and serious. Alvida swooned on the deck.
"So dominant." she said to herself.
The woman giggled at Luffy.
"I've heard a lot about you Monkey D. Luffy. You're even more interesting than I thought. If you survive, I hope we meet again."
"Maybe." Luffy replied and the woman's eyes grew a small bit. She then jumped off the ship onto something.
"Is that a turtle!?"
"Lets go Bunchi."
As they watched her float away on the back of a giant turtle Vivi sank to her knees.
"I don't know what she's thinking. She killed Igaram, yet she wants to help?"
"She was lying." Luffy said. Vivi looked at him questioningly.
"What?"
"She didn't kill that old man, she lied."
"Ho-how do you know that?"
"I just do."
"You just do?"
"Don't think too much about it. Luffy's gut feelings have never been wrong so far." Zoro said. Vivi still looked sceptical but she nodded.
"Now set sail for Little Garden!"
"AYE!"
/
Back on whiskey peak, Pulling herself from the rubble of a building, Miss Doublefinger cracked her neck a few times. Her hair was disheveled and her face had some dried blood on it.
"That slippery bitch."
Miss Double Finger saw an opening too wide to pass up. She licked her lips sadistically before slashing her spiked fingers at Alvida's exposed stomach.
But to her surprise all she got was the women's coat. The next thing she knew her face had been bashed by the mace and she was inside of a building.
As she walked around town, it was filled with bodies.
"Pathetic." She said kicking one of the bodies. "Not one of you survived."
"Don't count us out."
She turned her head to see Mr.5 and miss Valentine up and about. Though they obviously have seen better days.
"We can't return to the boss like this. We need to get those Straw Hats." Mr.5 said.
"Hmm i guess you'll do. Lets go."