Leave your Power Stones!
35 Advanced Chapters on Patreon!
---
Grand Line – Paradise
Alabasta – Nanohana
Not caring in the slightest about the way they reacted to his appearance, Smoker turns to Vivi and informs her, "Yeah, that's my name! Anyway, you'll be glad to know that we've already dealt with the ship that was using Dance Powder to create fake rain clouds over Alubarna while causing a drought in the rest of Alabasta, Princess!"
"Nice to know and all, but are you here to try to arrest us again?", Usopp asks, suspicious of Smoker.
"No, I simply saw that ship crashing into the city and came to help! But since everything is already resolved, I'm going to arrest those guys you fought", Smoker replies, which was only partially true; he wasn't going to try to arrest them, but reinforcements with that objective were already on their way at that very moment.
Taking the reins of the conversation, Nami willingly gives information, more than happy to pass the boring cleanup part to the Marines, "All right, feel free! There are two more besides this one in this city, one's at the end of this street, and the other's in the main square!"
"The one from the square is restrained… shit, someone opened the cocoons", as Vivi begins to elaborate about the location where she left the defeated agent, her connection with the plants she created to restrain Mr. 2 and his subordinates flares up, informing her of the sudden breach of the cocoons.
As soon as they hear what Vivi said, within seconds, everyone disappears using Soru, with Chouchou giving a ride to those who couldn't use the technique.
Being the only one to stay behind, Ace turns to Smoker and informs him, so they wouldn't have to worry about the 'after the battle', "Either way, since you're arresting these guys, Crocodile is in the surroundings of Katorea."
"Shit, so I sent Tashigi and a contingent of men to Rainbase for nothing then?", Smoker curses upon hearing what Ace had just said. He had sent Tashigi to Rainbase to assess the situation and arrest Crocodile when he was defeated, but now, it seemed he had done it for nothing.
"I don't think so, Crocodile has someone helping him there in Rainbase, and from what he implied, it's a strong person! Either way, that's all, I have to go!", Ace comments, giving him more information before taking his leave and disappearing using his version of Soru.
Left alone, Smoker briefly looks at the unconscious body of Mr. 1 on the ground before pulling a Den Den Mushi from his pocket and making a call to his ship, which had remained anchored near the port.
=Scene Break=
As soon as they arrive at the square and see the remains of the cocoons scattered across the ground, completely open, Vivi curses as she gets off Chouchou's back. "Shit!"
"Sorry, Vivi! If I hadn't suggested grabbing them on the way back, none of this would've happened", Usopp apologizes embarrassedly, feeling guilty about what happened.
Despite being a little frustrated, Vivi says after realizing it wasn't that big of a problem, "Relax, Usopp! There was no way you could've known this would happen."
Having been the first to get off Chouchou's back, Chopper, after walking around a bit among the withered cocoons, suddenly speaks out loud, drawing everyone's attention to where he was. "Uhh… guys! There's a man wearing a weird wig passed out here."
With just a glimpse upon getting closer, Vivi recognizes the unconscious man immediately, running toward him and kneeling by his side in concern, "Igaram?"
Raising a surprised eyebrow, Robin suddenly asks as she arrives beside Nami, "Hmm? I didn't kill him?"
"No, Luffy saved him before everything exploded", Nami replies casually.
"Oh, that's good! It would've been a very painful death otherwise", Robin comments as if she were talking about something trivial, her tone seeming like a mix of indifference and 'I'm relieved he's fine'.
At that moment, Igaram begins to wake up, with Chopper being the first thing he sees when he opens his eyes, "…Hmm? A raccoon?"
"I'm a reindeer", Chopper says with a completely expressionless face. Just how many times had he been mistaken for a raccoon already?
Hugging Igaram, relieved, Vivi murmurs into his shoulder, her voice muffled, "Igaram! What happened to you?"
As soon as he sees Vivi, Igaram feels a weight lift off his shoulders upon seeing that she is okay. "Vivi?... Sigh of relief... thank God you arrived safely."
"Honestly, we were lucky to trust the right people", Vivi comments while briefly looking at her friends, who were calmly watching the scene.
"The Straw Hats!", Igaram murmurs in recognition upon seeing faces he remembered from Whisky Peak.
"They're amazing friends!", Vivi says with a smile.
Thinking it's important to talk about it, Igaram explains what just happened to him, expressing his distrust: "Vivi, listen to me! I was on my way to help with the giant ship when I came across the King Cobra trapped in a strange cocoon made of plants. I'm sure it was Mr. 2 in disguise, because he knocked me out as soon as I freed him."
"It was him! I'm the one who trapped him in that cocoon", Vivi says, confirming his speculation.
"How?", Igaram asks, confused, not understanding where those cocoons came from.
"I ate an Akuma no Mi! I'll explain to you later!", Vivi says, clearing up some of their doubts.
At that moment, Usopp comments after using his Observation to locate Bon Clay and his subordinates, "Vivi! Mr. 2 is in the desert, moving away from the city."
"Is he on his way to help Crocodile?", Vivi asks, frowning.
The one who ends up answering that question is Nami, who was also using her Observation for the same purpose as Usopp, "Apparently not, they're heading in the opposite direction."
"Then leave it be, Crocodile is the priority", Vivi says after thinking for a bit. She had the feeling that Bon Clay was no longer an enemy, and at the moment, Crocodile was the priority anyway.
"Crocodile?", Igaram asks, confused, trying to understand what exactly was happening. Chopper, meanwhile, was examining him for injuries.
"Crocodile is fighting the Straw Hats' vice-captain in the desert near Katorea", Vivi replies, bringing him up to speed on what was going on.
Eyes wide, Igaram exclaims as he tries to get up in a hurry, Chopper's quick checkup already completed, "Shit, he's in danger then! We have to help him."
Holding Igaram by the shoulders, Vivi says, which ends up calming him down, "Calm down, Igaram! The reality is that the one in danger is probably Crocodile! We're just in a bit of a hurry because we don't want any unforeseen events to happen and because wrapping everything up quickly would be nice."
Then, with Igaram calm, while Vivi helped him to stand up, Koza approaches and apologizes, somewhat embarrassed, "Vivi... I'm sorry for not believing your word, really..."
"Koza, relax, it's all right! Can you evacuate Katorea while we deal with Crocodile?", Vivi reassures him before asking about something more important.
"Of course, I can!", Koza replies with a nod. He would have to wake up the entire rebel camp to help with the evacuation, but that just meant it would take a little longer than expected.
"I'll help with that", Igaram says suddenly, wanting to be useful somehow.
At that moment, a few things happen. First, Vivi gives Igaram an "All right" gesture, agreeing to let him help with the evacuation of Katorea.
Secondly, Koza's two officers who had followed him from Katorea burst into the square on horseback.
And lastly, Ace appears in the middle of everyone after using Soru, returning from his brief conversation with Smoker.
""Koza!"", the two officers shout when they see that Koza is all right. They then dismount their horses and run over to him.
"Idris, Pasch! What are you doing here?", Koza asks when he sees his two officers running toward him.
Idris, a tall Black man with broad shoulders, replies, "We were following you, but halfway through, the horse you took showed up without you, so we got worried."
"Yeah, I got a faster ride, so I sent the horse back to base", Koza says, explaining what happened.
Pasch, a short white man with a thick mustache, begins to ask about the King's supposed speech, only to notice the giant ship toppled in the background, "So? The King's speech, what happened? Wait, isn't that the ship we were expecting with the weapons shipment?"
"I don't know, you're the one who would know that, Pasch! Anyway, the speech was fake; it was an impostor posing as the King! Now, listen to me, the rebellion, the drought, it was all orchestrated by that Crocodile", Koza replies quickly before touching on the subject that really mattered.
"The Shichibukai?", Pasch asks with a frown. He trusts Koza, but the fact is that Crocodile is loved by the people, so this story is kind of hard to believe.
"Yes, none of this is King Cobra's or the government's fault; it's someone with bad intentions trying to destroy our country for their own benefit", Koza replies seriously, explaining calmly.
"And that someone is Crocodile!", Vivi adds to what Koza was trying to say.
Seeing that everyone present there, without exception, was serious, Idris curses, "Shit, this is really serious?"
"Yes, I've never been this serious in my life! Listen, this rebellion has to end. Our enemy is not the King", Koza says, making it very clear to the two officers that he truly believed this.
Fully trusting Koza, Idris and Pasch say at the same time, offering their support, "All right, I believe you [Pasch: Me too, Crocodile was a pirate, and once a pirate, always a pirate, right?]! But what about after that? How are we going to deal with Crocodile? Isn't he, like, strong as hell?"
"We're already working on that", Vivi answers Idris's question.
"What she said! So, while they deal with Crocodile, we'll evacuate Katorea", Koza agrees with what Vivi said before explaining what their role would be at that moment.
"Why evacuate Katorea?", Idris asks, expressing the same doubt Pasch was also having.
"Crocodile is in the desert near Katorea, fighting one of ours! The fight could end up moving into the city", Nami answers before Vivi or Koza could.
"So what are we waiting for? Katorea isn't far, but it's still a few minutes on horseback", Pasch says hurriedly, worried about the person who was fighting Crocodile alone.
"On horseback will be too slow! The problem is that there are too many people to fit on Chouchou's back!", Vivi thinks out loud while looking at Chouchou, sharing what she was thinking for everyone to hear.
Upon hearing Vivi, Chouchou barks, giving his opinion, which Chopper promptly translates so everyone can understand, "Woof woof woof woof Woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof" "If I go into my full Zoan form, there's more than enough space, the only problem will be getting on and off my back."
Despite having never seen Chouchou in his full Zoan form, Usopp comments, remembering that they had talked about his Akuma no Mi before, "Ah, right, your full Zoan form makes you giant, right? Either way, it's better to help everyone who can't use Soru get on and off Chouchou's back than to have to move around slowly."
Then, before anyone could say anything else, Ace suddenly claps his hands and asks, "All right, guys! Enough chit-chat, is there anything else to do here?"
And upon receiving nods confirming that there was nothing left to do in that city, he says, deciding to speed things up, "No? Then let's get out of here!"
That said, everyone heads toward the outskirts of the city, walking normally, without using Soru.
Then, as soon as they step into the desert, Chouchou begins to grow rapidly, transforming into a white wolf of colossal proportions, easily reaching more than fifty meters in height.
Looking up in admiration, Usopp comments, his eyes sparkling with stars, "Wow, you're bigger than me when I turn giant!"
"Wow, you're bigger than last time", Chopper comments with the same level of enthusiasm as Usopp. He was impressed because the last time he had seen Chouchou in this form, he only reached about twenty meters in height.
Meanwhile, used to crazy things, Nami, Ace, Vivi, and even Robin all look at Chouchou, impressed and amazed.
Now, Igaram, Koza, and his two officers were all completely frozen in front of this impossibly colossal creature.
---
About Patreon subscriptions:
.Level-0 on my Patreon gives access to 15 advanced chapters. [It costs $1/month]
.Level-1 gives access to all advanced chapters, plus bonus chapters and [Drafts]. [It costs $3.50/month]
.And Level-2 gives access to everything Level-1 provides, plus the ability to make me write a mini story with your ideas once a month. [It costs $6.89/month]
---
If you decide to give me ideas or suggestions about things I should pay attention to in the story, keep in mind that on Patreon, the fanfic is currently at the Jaya arc.
Thank you for reading another chapter!
Leave a Review!
Comment!
Add to Library!
Leave your Power Stones!
35 Advanced Chapters on Patreon!
Besides this one, you can find more fics at: patreon.com/_Luizinho_
-----
Thanks to the members supporting on Patreon:
Bartłomiej, 66835, Thomas Pappaianni jr, avatoa, Castermaster7, corinne fradet, The Milf Emperor, Liam finn, Vochel, Ell92, Chris Vance, Ryne Ameden, Unaskedcaboose, SHTC, Trev, Edward Mainwood, Martin Božnik, Hybrid, chris, Shawn Grover, Tyberseptim86, Domenic Pohlert, DeMki, Greg Johnston, Shem, Enrique Orellana, Jack, Grigor, brian bates, Michael Orozco, LoneExpert, SPabloS, Anita Torres, Devon Hill, King_Choppa_22, David Tillery