"Wapol's gone!" Sanji shouted.

"He climbed up here on that furry hippo. He can't get down on his own." Kureha spoke, wondering where he went as well.

"But when did he leave!?" Luffy shouted.

"When you were going gaga over Chopper's transformation!" Sanji shouted.

"Why that dirty-! I'll find him and fix him real quick!" Luffy growled.

"But what if he found a way inside the castle? Nami!" Sanji exclaimed. Luffy's eyes widened.

"L!"

"If that hippo touches one hair on Nami's head, I'll chop it into hundred pieces!" Sanji shouted, angrily and started to crawl quickly.

"Hey, hold it!" Kureha called out, trying to stop him. But Sanji was already gone. "Does he want to die?"

Inside the castle, Wapol was shocked to see snow and ice everywhere. "What happened!? Is this my Drum Castle!? What have they done to my castle!?" He cried out. "Unforgivable! I'll kill them all!"

Wapol blinked when he heard a door open from the upper floor and looked up. Nami sneaked out, looking around, hoping not to run into Kureha. She noticed Wapol staring up at her down below.

"Oh. Who are you?"

"One of the Straw hats, eh?" Wapol smirked, evilly, chuckling a little.

"Me, a pirate? Why I'm just an innocent young girl!" Nami smiled. Wapol's smirk dropped a little, confused.

"Really?"

"Really. I'm just a navigator just passing through!" Nami waved, walking away. "Good bye!" Wapol waved back, still confused.

"Miss Nami, where's the cook? I'm hungry..." Ichi whined as he stepped out of the room. Nami twitched and immediately stopped in her tracks.

"LIAR!" Wapol roared, quickly running up the stairs after them. Nami screamed as she ran. Ichi blinked in confusion. He kicked Wapol in the face then quickly jumped over him and kicked Wapol again from behind. Wapol rolled like a ball at fast speed behind Nami who screamed trying not to get flatten. Nami quickly ran down the stairs and Wapol ended up getting stuck in the gap.

"You idiot! You almost got me killed!" Nami shouted at Ichi.

"Sorry!" Ichi apologized before he looked over at Wapol, who was still struggling to get out. "Hey, that guy looks familiar!"

"I guess I put on some more weight lately. Munch-Much factory!" Wapol''s mouth grew large and he began to eat himself.

"What is he doing!?" Nami exclaimed.

"Wow! He has a bigger appetite than me!" Ichi shouted.

Wapol shrank down and bounced down the stairs and landed in front of Nami.

"He turned into a bucket?"

"Done! My miraculous physic restoration technique!" Wapol began to crawl out of his mouth, revealing himself to be skinner. "The Wapol Slim Down!"

"You can't escape me!" He rushed at Nami. Nami screamed and quickly scrambled to get away.

"Help!"

"Uh-! Coming, Miss Nami!" Ichi shouted.

"Get away from me you weirdo!"

"Hey! Leave her alone!" Ichi cried out, hopping over the railing. Wapol tackled Nami down, pinning her to the ground.

"You're dead!" He smirked. Before Ichi could rush to help Nami.

"There you are!" A foot slammed into Wapol's face, knocking him off of Nami. Wapol flew back and crashed against the wall and fell to the ground.

"Captain!" Ichi called out, smiling, seeing Luffy. He ran over to Luffy and Nami and helped Nami up.

"Hey, was he always this thin?" Luffy asked.

"Luffy, what did you do to my jacket?" Nami said, getting even more furious. She slammed her fist down on Luffy's head, hitting him."DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COSTS!? 28,800 BERRIES! AND IT WAS ON SALE!"

"Sorry, but he was throwing bombs at me and-" Luffy spoke before Nami cut him off.

"Oh well. It's all right. I forgive you. I knew if I lent it to you, you'd just tear it up anyways." She smiled. "So maybe you can pay me three times plus it's value interest. That's 100,000 Berries you owe me."

Luffy's eyes widened in disbelief. "What!? You planned this all along!"

"Mwa HA HA HA! ENOUGH!" They looked at saw Wapol standing in front of them, getting up.

"Wow. He's really in shape." Luffy replied.

"This is the weapon's room! And I have the only key! Weapons of every shape and sizes are stored in there! I will devour them all and incorporate them into my body! And you will see a terrifying human weapon standing before you!" Wapol shouted, pointing to the large door behind him. "NOW I SHALL OPEN THE DOOR! THE KEY TO THE DOOR OF FEAR-! IT'S GONE!"

"You mean this key?" Ichi said, holding up the key. Wapol's eyes widened like saucers, going silent. Nami stared at Ichi, a little surprised. Luffy gaped surprised as well. Wapol began to run away again.

"I'm not done yet!"

"Get back here!" Luffy growled, chasing after him. Sanji crawled over to Nami and Ichi.

"NAMI! Are you alright?"

Luffy chased Wapol up the spiral staircase until they were outside again. Wapol saw another door to the weapon's room and quickly ran over opening it. "Blast it! The whole castle is covered with snow! Absolutely unforgivable! They will all pay! They'll know the meaning of my wrath! I'll show them my real power! The ultimate weapon of the Drum Kingdom!" There was something large sitting in front of him, covered up. Wapol quickly rushed over to it, pulling the covers off, revealing a large cannon in the shape of a hippo. "THE ROYAL DRUM CROWN 7-SHOT TIN TYRANT CANNON!"

"I've got you now! This is the end!" Luffy shouted, running into the room. Wapol sneered, turning to Luffy.

"PREPARE TO DIE, STRAW HAT! I'LL BLAST YOU TO BITS!" He quickly lit the fuse to the cannon. Luffy's eye widened, bracing himself. But nothing happened. They both blinked. Then they heard chirping noises coming from inside the cannon and several birds began to pop out of it.

"A Nest!?"

"Snowbirds!" Luffy grinned. A bird hopped on top of the cannon chirping loudly in Wapol's face.

"Why you-! How dare you mock me!? I am the King of Drum Kingdom! I am your ruler!"

Luffy quickly charged towards Wapol, grabbing him by the face. "You're history! I don't care if you're a king or not! There are things that matter more than power!"

Chopper and Kureha were still outside, waiting. Chopper still hadn't moved from his spot, still recalling what Luffy had said to him. "Doctor...He...He called me his friend."

Wapol stared at Luffy, fearfully, as he tried to break out of Luffy's grasp. Luffy grinned.

"BECAUSE I AM A PIRATE!"

At the village, Zoro, Aya, Vivi and Usopp followed several villagers as they led them to the rope way with a lift to take them up to the castle. Down below was a bottomless chasm.

"A village kid stumbled onto it. We were surprised to see a rope way here. This used to be Doctor Kureha's old house." One of the villagers explained. Everyone got inside and several villagers began peddling the lift as it slowly went up heading towards the castle. The lift was shaking slowly and bouncing against the wind.

"Hey! Is it safe with this many people!?" Usopp said, nervously, considering they were up about a hundred feet above the chasm.

"We can't let Dalton fight alone! He's injured!" Vivi shouted at him.

"If we don't move around so much, we should be fine." Aya reassured him.

"We want to fight, too!" Several of the villagers shouted.

"I understand but this stupid thing won't move!"

Then Aya heard Dalton groan and saw that he struggling to get up.

"Hey, you shouldn't be moving around so much. You are badly hurt." Aya told him.

"Dalton, don't overdo it." Vivi said, softly.

"Peddle, harder!" Usopp shouted.

"It's got a nice view." Zoro spoke, looking outside the window.

"WHO CARES ABOUT STATUS!? WHO CARES ABOUT THE KING!?" Dalton suddenly shouted out loud, surprising everyone.

"B-Because you're a pirate! You think my status doesn't matter!?" Wapol laughed. "You're an idiot, Straw Hat! The Drum Kingdom is...Ugh! A member of the World Government! YOU'VE COMMITTED AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME!"

"I don't care about the either. I'm going to beat you up!" Luffy frowned, narrowing his eyes at him.

"Why, you insolent pup!" Wapol opened his mouth wider. "I'll digest you! Huh!?" Luffy had stretched his fingers, preventing Wapol from chomping down on him.

Luffy laughed. "Just try and eat me!

"Not yet! Munch-Munch Mutation! Tongue Cannon!" Wapol shouted and his tongue turned into a cannon. Luffy's eyes widen in shock.

"His tongue turned into a cannon!?"

"DIE!" Wapol fired the cannon at Luffy.

Dalton began to cough up some blood.

"Dalton!" Vivi shouted, trying to stop him.

"I must end his reign! It's the only way! Who cares about power and order! What's so wrong about wanting your country having a heart?"

"D-Dalton!?" Vivi covered her mouth in shock.

"Now, listen, people, when we get there, and I enter the castle. I want you all to take cover." Dalton told everyone then he reached into his coat and pulled out some dynamite.

"Dynamite!?" Usopp cried out.

"Hey, why are you getting so worked up about this guy that your risking your life?" Aya asked him.

"Because I couldn't stop him even with my devil fruit powers! I used to serve under Wapol's father before he passed. The former king was nothing like his son, who was spoiled rotten, and the king realized his mistake. Our country is suffering because of my failure!" He cried out, angrily. Aya sighed placing her hands on Dalton's shoulders.

"Sorry, about this." Aya punched Dalton the stomach, knocking him out. She caught him before he fell over and laid him back down.

"Aya! Why did you do that!?" Vivi screamed at her and Usopp did so as well.

"He was in no shape to fight." Aya spoke.

"I would've done the same." Zoro murmured.

"But still, you didn't have to go and hit him!" Vivi shouted.

"MWA HA HA HA! YOU FOOL! YOU LET DOWN YOUR GUARD!" Wapol laughed as he saw the large hole blasting through several rooms. Luffy was nowhere to be seen.

"Nope. You did." Luffy said from behind him and slammed his hands on Wapol's shoulders.

"What!?"

"One, and two-" Luffy hopped onto Wapol's back and began to spin, curling himself up.

"Wha-What are you doing!?"

Luffy laughed. "Gum Gum-"

"Stop!" Wapol cried out.

"Bow gun!" Luffy flung Wapol straight up the castle. Wapol crashed through many floors as he went up until he reached the top of the castle. He saw Hiriluk's flag in front of him. Wapol struggled to get himself free but was unable to move his arms to do so. He screamed as he saw Luffy jumped down in front of him. Luffy smirked slamming his fists together.

"If you're not willing to put your life on the line then don't ever touch the skull and crossbones!"

"Gum Gum-" Luffy stretched both of his arms back.

"Wait! I'll give you a title! Medals!"

"Look! At the top of the castle! Someone's up there!" One of the villagers shouted and everyone looked and saw two people on top of the castle.

"Doctor, Drum Kingdom is..." Chopper watched from down below with Kureha.

"The king has lost to the skull and crossbones."

Luffy roared and pushed his arms forward, making fists. "BAZOOKA!"

He slammed them into Wapol and Wapol went flying in the air!