At this point, Luffy understood why her mom and Crocus warned about the weather as it was snowing.

She was silently happy that she picked all her berries after they left Reverse Mountain.

Walking out with her Winter coat, she puffed a breath of air as she looked up at the sky. "Wish I had a fluffy coat like you, Eevee." Luffy said as her partner played in the snow with Glaceon.

During that time, Luffy had Alakazam out to check on Mr. 9 and Ms. Wedsnday.

As she passed the sleeping green haired swordsman, who was almost completely covered in snow she stopped and wrapped a thick woolly blanket over as much of his body as she could without waking him up.

"Behold!" Usopp moved over dramatically to the side and revealed the sculpture of a pretty woman lounging on a rock with the sunset behind her. It was an impressive creation and very beautiful to look at.

"A sculpture inspired by my soulful artwork, The Snow Queen!"

"Its very beautiful, Usopp." Luffy praised in amazement, noting it looked a bit like Kaya.

"AAAGH!" Nami exclaimed.

"What is it?" Luffy asked.

"TURN the ship around 180 degrees, now!" Nami yelled.

"What?! Why?!" Usopp asked.

"Did you forget.......?" Luffy asked looking nervous.

"Somehow the ship got turned around! We're going back the way we came! And I only took my eyes off the log pose for a second!!" Nami panicked.

Luffy quickly went into action, as she got Dragonite, Buzzwole, and Machamp to help.

From there, the ship went into chaos. Waves getting bigger, an Iceberg, fog. It looked like it wouldn't end.

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Finally, it suddenly became as calm as a spring day, and everyone was sprawled out on the deck, tired out, except for Zoro, who was asleep the entire time. Then he suddenly woke up.

" I know it's a beautiful day, but shouldn't you guys be working? Hope we're sailing in the right direction." He said, not knowing he just angered the crew and guests. Even Luffy's Pokemon sent him a venomous glare. 'Why you...!'

"Alright, everybody, stay alert! Who knows what will happen next! My navigation skills are useless here, and now we know how dangerous the Grand line is!" Nami yelled.

A gloomy aura took place.

"You sure we'll be okay?" Usopp asked.

"Of course." Nami said.

"There's an island just up ahead." Luffy suddenly said from the deck. "But there's a thick fog around it."

It looked like an island of giant cactuses. But Luffy noticed that her Pokémon looked tense. Alakazam drifted to her and whispered something in her ear. 

.............

She decided to prepare. She went back to her PC and switched some around.

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After the two mysterious people disappeared as well, Nami began to explain why they had to dock off on the island.

"We have to record the islands magnetic field with the log pose before we can move to the next Island now. The time it takes to log on another Island can vary. Some islands may take a few hours others could take days. For example, if there were a lot of monsters around we may have to stick around for a while." She said.

Then Luffy whistled to her crew, getting their attention, putting her finger to her lips to tell them to be quiet and wrote a warning down.

'Keep quiet and calm as you read this. I looked into their minds, Whisky Peak is a den of Bounty hunters.

They trick and kill pirates by celebrating their entrance into the Grand Line. However, Ms. Wednesday isn't who she seems.

She's a princess whose country is in turmoil because of their boss. If you see a curly haired man too, don't kill him either, he's protecting the princess. Until I give the signal, play along.'

Her crew got the message.

After that they all much more vigilant, making sure that they all knew of the dangers of the Grand Line, they needed to always be ready for everything. Usopp went up to the bird's nest to play lookout for storms and islands, having the best eyes on the ship. Nami was at the helm, ready to adjust their course at any given moment. Sanji was making food, and Zoro was on the deck with Luffy and Eevee.

Eevee then tapped Luffy's cheek directing her attention to something. On the island, she noticed that the cactuses were really rocks, and the needles were... Tombstones.

As the ship came into the docks, they were met by a sight they thought they'd never see. 

People were actually celebrating their arrival.

"Welcome! To the town of Celebration Whiskey Peak!"

"Welcome to our island!"

"Welcome to the Grandline!"

Were they... cheering for them? It seemed so phony, and overrated.....

This was definitely a cover for a trap. Shanks would tell her stories of islands like this one. Tricking pirates with praise was a new tactic for bounty hunters, especially those in a large group.

They docked and were greeted by the mayor of the town, a large man with what looked to be a powdered and curled wig on his head. He also held a saxophone in one hand and often cleared his throat by singing musical notes.

It was...strange. It was a small town, and as one of the first islands, it was a good bet that the Pirates that came through here were quite happy to be well received. Most likely well enough for them to spend some cash while they were here.

But from the captain's orders, they played along.

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As Day gave away to night, the party swings into a revelry where wine, women, and food were served to them.

Usopp was busy telling tall tales and impressing people.

Zoro and Nami were in a drinking contest with other people.

Sanji looked like he was in heaven surrounded by a lot of pretty girls.

However, no matter how much these people tried to give Luffy food or drink, she'd politely turned them down as Eevee stayed at her side.

If someone got too close to her or try to seduce her, she'd handle it herself with a smile and puppy eyes so adorable, it would make people of both genders nearby faint from a nosebleed.

(Somewhere, a human torch was yelling profanities on whoever was 'perving on his sister'! "Ace! Don't set the ship on fire! We're looking for Blackbeard!" Sabo yelled at him.)

Then they pretended to fall asleep one by one, and she pretended to fall asleep as well.

Then, when the coast was clear, the she-pirate got up. 

Luffy overheard the mayor, the whale poachers, and the sister talking, and quickly signaled the others with Alakazam waking them up.

Time to get to work. 

They decided to go up onto a roof of one of the buildings and wait until they could announce themselves.

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"Take everything from their ship and tie them up immediately! If we kill them now they're value drops by 30%. Capture them alive!" The curly haired man said.

Suddenly........

" Mr. 8, Miss Monday! The pirates got away!" One of their underlings said.

"What?!" Mr. 8 shouted.

"Well, I'm flattered by the fact you know not to judge a book by its cover, but it won't matter." Luffy said breaking the silence.

"What?! How?! You should have been passed out!" The mayor or Mr. 8 shouted.

"A den of bounty hunters can be a dangerous place. One can't be too careful." Zoro said drawing a sword out.

"Especially since our Captain saw through your act and alerted us ahead of time." Nami piped up crossing her arms.

"Tricking pirates into celebrating their entrance into the Grand Line. That's a new low." Usopp put his two cents in.

"From the looks of it, there are about 100 or so bounty hunters here." Sanji said looking around.

"But if it's a fight you want," Luffy started taking out a Pokeball.

"We'll take you on, Baroque works." Zoro finished.

That got their attention.

"How-how do you know the name of our society!?!?" One of them yelled.

"Long ago when I was still in your line of work your organization tried to recruit me. Naturally, I refused. The agents know a thing about each other, cheesy code names, and even the identity of the boss and his whereabouts are a mystery to everyone." Zoro stated.

"Hmph. Basically a bunch of feeble sheep. How original." Luffy said sarcastically as Eevee snickered.

After a moment of silence, the curly hair man spoke up.

"Well, this is a surprise. If you lot know our secret, we can't let you live. And some more tombstones will be added to the cactus rocks." He said with an ominous voice.

"KILL THEM!" Mr. 8 yelled, but the duo vanished.

"T-they disappeared!" Miss Wedsnday said in frightened shock.

Imagine their surprise when they found the pirates and Eevee among them.

"So, who's first?" Luffy smirked as Primarina appeared. "Primarina, Sparkling Aria! Eevee, Shadow Ball!" She said as the two Pokemon launched out attacks, catching the Bounty Hunters off-guard.

"What the-?!"

"How did she do that?!"

"Did she eat a Devil Fruit?!"

"Dead wrong." Luffy said as she used a Gum Gum Pistol twice and threw three more Pokeballs, "Meowscarada, Petal Blizzard, Typhosion, Sacred Fire, Zoroark, Night Shade!" She said as her Pokémon overwhelmed the bounty hunters.

"They destroyed our weapons!"

"Run! They're too strong!"

But Twilight fooled them with an illusion that sent them into the water.

At that, the Strawhats went into action.

Usopp had used his special Tabasco Star to give enemies a burning mouth or eyes.

Nami was averting them with her staff while robbing them blind.

Sanji pummeled them with roundhouse kicks (making sure not to hit any ladies).

Zoro tested out the new swords he got in Rougetown on them.

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Luffy on the other hand, had gotten Mr. 8 and Ms. Wednesday away from the chaos, chasing them around, but then something new happened.

 Someone else was approaching.

"How pitiful, losing against a newbie crew." He had obviously gotten his information from one of the workers her crew had defeated. It was a man and a woman who came walking into the area.

"Mr. 5! Miss Valentine!" The curly man shouted in surprise.

"Are you guys kidding around? Huh?" The new man, Mr. 5, asked, a tall, dark-skinned man with black hair in short spiky dreadlocks. He was wearing a brown trench coat with a pink cravat and a pair of sunglasses. His number is shown both on his clothing.

The woman, Miss Valentine, a woman with short blond hair and bright green eyes. She wore a yellow and orange hat, as well as a yellow dress with a lemon-like pattern, lemon earrings, and white high-heeled shoes.

"Kya hahaha! What would you suspect of someone of his rank?!" Miss Valentine laughed.

"Are you mocking us?!" Ms. Wednesday yelled. "Either way, help us out here!"

"'Help'? You must be joking. We're not here because of this scrape." Mr. 5 said with a sneer. "We're here because of the boss. He said; 'My secret is out.' Course, I don't know what that secret is." He continued.

At that, Mr. 8 and Ms. Wednesday got tense, as if they figured out that their cover is blown.

"After investagating, we learned that agents of a certain monarchy infiltrated Baroque Works, Commander of The Alabasta Forces, Igaram," Ms. Valentine said.

"And the royal princess of Alabasta herself, Nefeltari Vivi." Mr. 5 finished.

Luffy gained a look of surprise. 'Of course! No wonder she looked familiar!'

At that, Igaram began firing with his shotgun hair at the two intruders. The lemon woman floated in the air with her umbrella. The tan man had seemed to evade it, probably with a devil fruit power.

Then he had picked his nose and fired a type of bullet.

But Luffy defended the two traitors. Thanks to her devil fruit, the bullet just bounced back.

"You're gonna have to do better than that." Luffy said.

"Kya hahaha! You forgot about me! I've eaten the Kilo Kilo fruit, which allows me to change my weight, from 1 to 10,000 kilograms!" Ms. Valentine laughed in the air before dropping down.

Luffy just smirked. "Thundurus. Wildbolt Storm." She said as her Bolt Strike Pokémon appeared and the legendary used the attack to stop Ms. Valentine, making her cry in pain before fainting, along with Mr. 5.

Igaram and vivi were shocked, more at Thundurus.

'Is that......no..... it can't be......! It looks like.....!'

"I knew things for Alabasta are going bad, but how is Baroque Works involved? Vi-chan?" Luffy asked the blue-haired girl who looked in surprise.

"Wait, Lu-chan, is that you?! What are you doing being a pirate?!" Vivi asked.

"Ah?! P-princess Luffika?!" Igaram exclaimed.

"Wait, how do you know them, Luffy?" Usopp asked.

"Remember when I told you I am a princess? I went with mom to Alabasta six years ago for business; that's how I met Vivi." Luffy explained.

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Although Nami tries to press Vivi on a 1 billion contract to return her to Alabasta. Vivi told her it is unlikely she will be able to pay due to the brewing civil strife in her home kingdom.

"Alabasta is a great civilization, or at least it used to be. Right now, it's heading for a revolution." Igaram said.

"I learned of a secret organization called Baroque works. Agents of this criminal organization have been stirring the citizens. Matter how much I tried I couldn't uncover information that would help us fight them. So, Igaram and I decided to infiltrate Baroque works by applying as agents. We could then find out who's pulling the strings and learn the intentions of the boss." Vivi explained.

"That's taking over your country, right?" Luffy asked.

"Yes. The boss covers it up by saying it's to create an 'ideal nation'." Igaram confirmed.

"Oh, I see. Starting to make sense. You probably don't have much money laying around during a civil war." Nami said.

"You're missing the scope of the problem." Usopp sweatdropped.

"But whose pulling the strings?" Luffy asked.

"What?! The boss's identify?! You can't just ask me that?! You're lives will be in danger!!" Vivi exclaimed.

"Yeah, that's true. I mean this guy is trying to take over entire country after all!" Usopp said nervously and Nami agreed.

"I wouldn't want anyone chasing after me like that, thank you." Nami said with a nervous smile.

"It doesn't matter how strong you people might be, you'll never stand a chance against one of the 7 Warlords of the sea! Against Crocodile!" Vivi slipped out.

..........

"Crocodile?" Luffy asked.

Vivi covered her mouth, Usopp and Nami's jaws dropped, Sanji looked shocked, Luffy looked excited and Eevee just looked confused. Zoro seemed a bit annoyed. "You just said it."

Above them were a sea otter and a vulture who were observing them. Then they took off.

Nami was shaking the poor princess in anger, Usopp ran about, freaking out about them being hunted by a warlord, while Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro seemed excited about the whole situation.

"You hear that?! A warlord!" Luffy said, eager to fight him already.

" It was a good partnership while it lasted. I'm out!" Nami shouted, while walking away, only to encounter the two animals again.

The otter had drawn pictures of their faces, and showed them to her before taking off again.

"Now there's no where to run!" Usopp and Nami freaked out.

"There's no escaping now, we're all on the top of Baroque Works hit list." Zoro said.

"It's kind of interesting." Luffy said as this wasn't her first rodeo.

"Well, now that this has happened, especially since Mr. 5 and his partner was beaten, I'm sure you know what will happen, princess." Igaram said.

"Yes, they'll send multiple agents after me." Vivi said.

"Well, I have an idea. I'll disguise myself as you and head straight for Alabasta with decoys of these people. You should also depart on a less direct route. I've never gone that way, but our homeland should be 2 or three islands away. There's also something else you should know. As of now there's no bounty on Crocodile's head, due to the fact that he is a warlord of the sea. But long ago, he had a bounty of 80 million. It will be dangerous to go against him. But, will you please help us? I think someone like you can beat him, Princess Luffika." Igaram asked.

"Well, to be honest, they won't leave us be in the first place. So, this is the only option, but yes, we'll help." Luffy said.

Luffy and some of the others went to see Igaram off disguised as Vivi. But his ship had blown up.

The enemy had already arrived.

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"Vivi. Do you know how many agents will be sent after us?" Fleur asked.

"The agency has over 2000 members and their towns like this in Whisky Peak around these waters." The princess confirmed.

"If that's the case, they may send over a thousand after us!" Usopp exclaimed.

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However......

"Nice ship." A new voice said.

Everyone turned around to see a black haired woman on the railing of the ship's upper deck.

"I think I met your friend Mr. Eight a little earlier, Miss Wednesday." She said with a sultry voice. "He didn't look so good."

"You! You killed Igaram! What are you doing here Miss all Sunday?!" Vivi yelled.

"Another agent, whose partner is she?!" Nami asked.

"She's the boss's partner. Mr 0." Vivi said in an angry voice.

"Crocodile's her partner?!" Nami asked incredulously.

"She was the only one that knew the boss's true identity so we followed her and found out who the boss was!"

"Actually, I let you follow me." Miss All Sunday said.

"We knew that until you told the boss that we learn his identity!"

"Let Me Be Earnest for a moment. You just seem so desperate. A princess declaring war on Baroque Works to save her country? How pathetic!" The woman mocked.

"You killed him!" Vivi yelled at her as everyone else on the ship was in a position to aim at the woman if she made a wrong move.

But something else happened.

"Don't point those things at me, it's rude." Miss All Sunday said, and then all of the weapons were knocked out of people's hands. And Sanji and Usopp were knocked over the side of the railing, now on the lower deck with the others.

"Wha?!" Luffy.

"She's eaten-!" Usopp.

"A devil fruit!" Zoro finished.

"But which one? What's her power?" Nami asked, freaked.

"Besides I have no orders at the moment. And I don't need to destroy you, your log pose indicates that you are heading to a much more dangerous place. Little Garden is your next destination. We may not have to deal with you after all." She said before Luffy's hat was suddenly snatched by her. "So you're the new pirate Captain everyone's talking about. Monkey D. Luffy."

"Hey! That's picking a fight! Give it back!" She yelled.

Usopp was in no position to yell as he was hiding behind the mast.

"Sailing into danger and knowing about it is silly. Here." Miss All Sunday then tossed something to Vivi while Luffy got her hat back, it was an eternal Log Pose, set for some island. "You can skip Little Garden with that. It points to an island just before Alabasta: Nothing Island. None of our employees know that course, so no one will chase you."

Vivi looked contemplated, but then Luffy took it out of her hand and crushed it.

Nami kicked her in the head and shouting at her. " You moron! She just gave us an easy route! What if she was really trying to help us!?"

Luffy looked at Miss All Sunday and said with a serious face:

"She's not deciding what course we take! Besides she blew up Igaram." Luffy reminded them as simple as that.

"I see. Well too bad. If you do survive, I hope we meet again."

Miss All Sunday left on a large turtle, and they were on their way to Alabasta.

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As the Going Merry set sail for Alabasta, Luffy made a call to a certain person.

"Makara. It's me. I need information on the warlord, Crocodile. You still got spies over there?"

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