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Location-Treasure Room-Luffy and Nami vs Brindo and Campacino
Luffy POV
"Gum-Gum Rifle!" I slammed my coiled fist into the one wearing blue.
The two passed over me and tried to crush me between their bodies. I ducked under the men and sprung back.
Gum-Gum Whip!"
I kicked the blue shirt guy in the stomach.
"Swing Arm!"
Nami smacked the red shirted guy in the face with her staff and shocked him.
The two but their hands together "Magnetic Love Bazooka!"
Bazooka?
The two got fired forward and I pushed Nami back
"Gum-Gum Bazooka!"
My fist collided with one of the men's faces and messed him up. The two got launched back into the wall and passed out.
"Well that was no fun." I grumbled "I thought they were stronger."
"Luffy the ceiling's melting." Nami said.
I felt a drop of water hit my hat. An icicle fell from the ceiling and jabbed into the ground by the pile of treasure Nami wanted.
"Grab something and let's go Nami. The rooms melting."
Nami grabbed a golden scepter and pranced out the door. I looked back and saw those twins knocked out on the floor.
"Come on let's go." I grabbed the two and started running for the door.
"Luffy why are you bringing them?" Nami asked.
"They only fought us to protect Lil, I'm not gonna leave them there."
Location-Basement Ice Rink- Zoro, Rose, Sanji, and Franky vs Arbell and Salchow.
Rose's POV
I skated around the rink blocking swings from Arbell. Sanji and Franky were attempting to deal with the husband and Zoro was fumbling around trying to get his footing on the ice.
"Blade Runner!" Arbell jumped into the air and thrust her skates at me.
I blocked the blades with my dagger and flipped her back. More of the ceiling kept falling into the rink and creating more obstacles for me to have to get around.
"Blade High Heel!" I kicked up at Arbell but she blocked it with her own skate.
She slashed at me with the sword and I blocked it with my dagger.
"Just give up." She said.
"You first." I told her as I jumped back "It's really hot in here."
"Hammer Throw!" I looked over and saw the man throw his hammer.
The mallet hit Franky and just bounced off. Sanji ran forward kicked the man in the face.
"Arbell did you see!" he yelled.
"Beat it creep."
"Buzz Saw Slicer!" I jumped and spun.
Arbell blocked the attack and raised her foot to cut at my stomach.
"Ahh!"
I looked down and realized I was bleeding a little.
"Dagger Shot!" I threw the blade at the woman and she batted it away.
"Ice Cutter!" She slashed the ice and sent a wave of ice dust at me.
I was blinded by the maneuver and when I opened again Arbell was in the air ready to plunge her sword through me. The blade was blocked by Franky's arm.
"Thanks Franky."
I slipped around Franky and went at Arbell, who was still stunned that her sword didn't hurt Franky.
"Sunset Shower!" I sliced Arbell's back and she fell to the ice.
"These guys aren't very tough." Franky said
"It's getting hotter in here." Zoro said.
"Papa's angry." Arbell said.
"What do you mean?" Franky said.
I looked around and the walls were sweating.
"He's steaming…" Arbell said as she fell asleep.
"This place is made out of ice." Sanji said "We should get outside. If this whole place collapses it would be bad. I'll protect the lady!" Sanji scooped up Arbell and ran out the door.
"Stupid cook get back here!" Zoro yelled finally getting off the ice and getting out of the rink and running after Sanji.
Franky picked up the husband and we headed back outside.
Location-Foyer-Robin and Chopper Vs Sena
Robin's POV
"Heavy Gong!" Chopper punched at the woman.
Sena shifted into her animal form to avoid the high punch. She jumped up and her antlers dug into Chopper.
"Seis Fleur."
The woman shifted form to hybrid mode causing the arms to lose their grip.
The woman jumped and spun in the air "Hoof Corkscrew!"
The woman landed in front of me and drilled me with a punch.
"Cloven Cross!" Chopper came from the side and punched the woman in the face.
The woman changed back to human form "You two are getting on my nerves."
"Scope! I'll find your weakness."
The woman turned into a reindeer and charged forward "Horn Gouge!"
"Calendula!" I made a shield to protect the little deer and hold the woman back.
"I see it." Chopper told me "Her back left ankle!"
I sprouted a hand on the icy floor and grabbed the ankle "Twist!"
I grabbed the ankle and it made a sickening crack.
"AH! You bitch!"
The woman shifted to the hybrid from and attempted to jump back only to double over in pain. I looked around and realized that the walls were dripping.
"It's hot~" Chopper whined "Isn't this an ice castle?"
"The room is melting." I observed "What's happening?"
The woman on the floor just laughed "You're all doomed now. My husband will melt this place and sink all of you into the ocean! You can thank the little brat for dragging you down with her. If she does survive I'll make sure she suffers for causing my beautiful house to melt."
"Strangle!" Two hands sprouted and began wringing out the woman's neck "Say that again."
Treating her child like that. I'll kill her.
"Robin stop!" Chopper said grabbing my ankle "It's not worth it. We'll get Lil and leave and it won't matter. She won't be able to hurt her anymore."
I let the hands go "We should get outside before this whole place collapses."
And before I kill this woman.
"What about Steve he's still down in that hole."
"He'll be fine." I told him "he beat CP9; he can beat one bounty hunter."
Chopper grabbed our flag and we headed for the front door.
When we made it back out into the garden outside we saw the true extent of the damage. The spires of the castle were gone and most of the outer walls had holes in them, even the statues in the garden were melting.
"Wide Burst!" There was an explosion deeper in the garden and Chopper and I went to investigate.
"AHH!" Long-nose jumped out in front of us "Robin, Chopper?"
"What's happening?" Chopper asked.
"Just look them!" he yelled.
We peaked around the corner to find the Shandorian shooting snowballs from his bazooka at a man with a hockey stick.
"What is he doing?"
"Sit still you punk! This will only hurt a little!" Wyper yelled.
"That guy hit his wings and now he's all pissed off." Usopp said "He didn't have any cannonballs so he improvised with snow."
"Hey~!" we turned around to find Luffy and the others headed towards us.
"Luffy!"
Luffy dropped the two men he was carrying and ran up to us "You got the flag back! Where's Steve?"
"He went to get Lil." I explained "He's still in the castle."
"Hockera knock it off!" Arbell yelled.
"Wyper that's enough!" Rose said.
"But this guy…"
"Not a word." Arbell told them "There's no point." She looked at Luffy "Can your friend really save Lil."
He just smiled "Of course he will. When it comes to family Steve never gives up till he wins."
Location- Stone Basement- Steve Vs Don Accino.
Steve's POV
I sprinted forward "Whip Crush!" I slammed the man in the head but he just shook it off and shot a beam of hot air at me.
"Shave!" I easily avoided the attack and appeared in front of the man "Crow's Nest Kick!"
I nailed the man in the face and knocked him back a few steps. He punched the floor and the stone he hit turned bright red.
I can't step there or I'll burn my foot off. Lil's in a steel cage, I can't let it get too hot or she'll be cooked alive.
"Whip Jetstream!" I coiled my whips around each other and slammed them into the man.
"Heat Vison!" A flaming blast came out of his eyes and burned a hole in my shirt.
"Crap!" I jumped back "Tempest Kick!"
"Hot Wall!" my projectile kick was stopped by a wall of heat.
If Nami was here she could help me. I'm covered in sweat; I gotta beat this guy quick before I get too exhausted.
"Shave Sweep!" I ran forward and tripped the man and knocked him over "Anchor Drop!" I slammed my foot into his back and felt the heat coming off this through my shoe.
I went to lift run back and shoot off a Tempest Kick but when I tried to move, I was stuck to the ground.
"My shoes melted!" I said trying to get off the floor "I'm stuck."
"Now I'll crush you pirate." The man let off a wave of heat and went to bring his foot down on me.
"Flying Fish!" A bunch of birds with gills came out flew into the man and clawed at his body knocking him away and to the ground.
I looked over and Lil had escaped her cage and sent those things to help me.
Did she…use her sweat to summon those birds to get her cell's key?
She looked exhausted; being in that steel cage with this heat had done a number on her. I slipped out of my shoes and ran across the hot rocks.
Crap this hurts!
"Whip Hurricane!" I believed a series of blows to the man on the ground.
The man slapped the floor and the room quaked "Heat Golem!"
The stones in the room pooped out of the floor and steam filled the room, it was practically blinding. The steam moved around the room and concentrated around Accino. Despite being across the room he punched the air and I got hit by the steam that had collected. I noticed that the way it had formed resembled his body.
"This just got a lot tougher." I groaned.
The man punched the floor under him and a steam vent under me opened and blasted me into the air.
There must be veins running under the castle.
"Whip Crush!" I brought my whip down and banged the man in the head.
Another vent opened and kept me suspended in the air and wide open to the punch from the steam. It burned when it hit me. Another punch was coming in when I was pulled out of the way by Lil's fish.
They brought me back to the ground and I got ready to finish it "Whip Twister" I spun in place and drew the heat away from his body when the Golem was gone, I ran in.
"Tempest Kick…" I slid under the man and did a hand stand "Tower Breakout!"
I kicked the man and sent him into the celling.
"You did it!" Lil said running up to me and hugging my leg.
I rubbed my hand on her head like Dad used to do when I was young.
"Have some faith." I said as a pebble hit my head "We should get out of here, the roof coming down."
We ran back down the hall I had used to get down there only to find if half full of water.
"How are we gonna get out?" Lil asked.
"If it's filling up, we need to hurry." I told her "come on"
We trudged through the water that was steadily rising. I started carrying the little girl because the water was too high. We made it back to the hole in the floor and I let Lil climb out first.
"Where'd everything go?" Lil said as I pulled myself out of the hole.
I climbed out and saw the castle was gone; Lil's mom was unconscious in the center of the iceberg.
"Steve!" "Lil!"
We turned around to see Luffy and the rest of the crew along with Lil's siblings coming towards us.
The sister hugged Lil "I'm so glad you're okay."
I sat on the ice and wiped the sweat off my brow "You're all free now."
"Huh?"
"Lil's coming with us but you lot can do whatever you like now." I said "Stop letting your parents control you, you're adults."
"What do you mean Lil's going with you?" The sister said.
"Arbell I'm gonna be a pirate!" she cheered "Papa said he'd take me with him."
"I thought you hated Papa?" the red twin said.
"No him." She said hugging me "Steve's my Papa now."
"So now you're adopting children?" Rose said.
"It was a spur of the moment thing." I told her with a laugh.
"There really won't be any changing your mind will there." Arbell said.
"I'm gonna go see all the animals in the world." She said.
Lil spun around and gave everyone a big smile, one that could warm a cold hear. Everyone started heading back to the ship and I got up and headed back with them.
"Papa?" Robin said giving me a look.
I just laughed and started heading back "She wants you to be her mom."
"Excuse me."
"I told her it was okay. Congrats I guess we have a kid now. I think that's a new record. Fastest time from first date to child, approximately one week."
Robin just sat there stunned.
"HehHehHeh!" I laughed at the look on her face.
"Come on Mama!" Lil said taking her hand "I'm hungry let's go eat."
Lil pulled Robin back to the ship. She could try and act awkward about it all she wants, but Robin couldn't hide the smile on her face when Lil called her mom.
LATER
Sanji made a big dinner for us and Lil's siblings. After the meal we got ready to leave the ice flow. Lil's family told us the way to get out and we lifted up the anchor.
"So what are you gonna do now?" Luffy asked them
"We have some old pirate ships lying around." Campacino explained "We'll probably take one and head for a nearby island."
"You have fun Lil." They said as we started to float away from the iceberg.
Lil waved them off with a smile and a few tears "Bye! I'll see you again someday!"
"You two better take care of her!" Arbell yelled to Robin and me.
I just nodded my head.
Before too long we were out of the ice field, and in open waters.
"Alright everybody back to work!" Nami yelled.
"Come on Wyper we have an arm to finish building." Franky said heading below deck.
"Let's go fishing Usopp!" Luffy yelled.
Everyone broke off and went to do their own thing, Lil just stared into space.
"What's that matter?" I asked
"I'm bored." She said.
"Why don't you go look around the ship?" Robin suggested "We'll be here if you need anything."
"Okay Mama."
There's that smile again.
Lil's POV
Mama and Papa told me to go look around the Sunny to get an idea about my surroundings. My first stop was the lawn where Luffy, Usopp and Chopper were fishing.
"What'ch doing?" I asked peeking over the railing.
"Fishing" Luffy said.
"A task requiring patience." Usopp said.
"They'll be a bite any second." Chopper said.
"So it's just waiting?" I asked "That's boring."
"I got one….no it got away." Usopp said.
"If you catch something tell me, I wanna look at it." I told them.
I wandered around the lawn and saw we had a swing and tree on the lawn.
Maybe I'll use that some time?
I walked around the rooms with beds in them but no one was inside them. Next I went to the kitchen and Sanji and Nami were inside.
"Hi Lil."
"Hello." I said.
"Would you like something to eat Princess?" Sanji asked.
"Princess?"
"Of course!" Sanji yelled "a beautiful young girl like yourself is like a princess from a story book."
"You're being creepy Sanji." Nami told him.
"I'm not hungry I'm just taking a look around." I told them.
"Then stay away from the crow's nest." Sanji said "Mosshead is up there."
"You can go wherever you like Lil." Nami said "Just be careful."
I left the kitchen and carefully climbed up to the Crow's nest. When I entered the only person inside was Zoro, he was shirtless and swinging weights around.
"What'd you want kid?"
He's scary.
"I'm just looking around."
"Well beat it." He told me "I'm training."
"Oh sorry." I said walking back out to climb down.
When I was making my way down the mast Rose was sitting there.
"Hey." She said.
This is Papa's twin sister.
"Hi Aunt Rose."
"Don't call me aunt, you make me feel old." She said "Just Rose."
"Okay, umm Rose?" I asked nervously "Why do you only have one arm?"
"Oh this." She said touching her shoulder "…I got it protecting something important to me."
"I see. Well I'm gonna go look around under the deck." I said.
"Be careful down there that's where the workshop is." She said as I got back on the grass.
I opened the hatch and hopped down. I looked around until I found Franky and Wyper in the workshop.
"Hey short-stuff." Wyper said "You need something?"
"I'm just out for a walk." I explained "What are you building?"
"An SUPER new arm." Franky answered.
"Is that for Rose?"
"You bet." Franky said.
"Wyper?" I asked "Why do you have wings?"
"Oh these." He gestured to his back "Where I come from everyone has these. We're born with them."
"Where are you from?" I asked.
"The sky." He said.
"That's cool." I said "There must be all kinds of cool stuff up there."
I went back up to the main deck and into a side room and saw that there was a huge fish tank in the bar.
"Whoa!"
"I see you found the aquarium bar." Papa said entering the room.
"This is so cool! Look at all the fish." I said.
"There used to be more till Luffy put a shark in the tank and it ate the other fish. So how was your walk around the ship?"
"I like it." I smiled "I'm gonna have a lot of fun."