Punk Hazard was now far away as the Thousand Sunny sailed away. The tanker now long gone with Tashigi and the kids on board, only the G-5 and Smoker stayed behind, waiting for a Marine fleet.

The crew had two new members on board as guests, Momonosuke and Kin'emon.

And two more in an alliance, Law and Melissa.

"By the way, why are you two on this ship?" wondered Zoro, gazing at the samurai.

"Yeah, I haven't thought about that but the kids had gone with the Marine" enriched Usopp.

"We're in the midst of an important trip" answered Kin'emon. "So we didn't want to get involved with the Marine and waste our time. You can drop us off on some island with a harbor. Until then, please let us stay on board"

"Please!" Momonosuke bowed his head just like his father.

"Okay, no problem!" replied Luffy, sitting casually as his usual place on top of Sunny's head with Yukiko and Pachi.

"You can pay us later" grinned Nami, making the samurai whip his head at her in disbelief.

"YOU WILL CHARGE US?!"

"Nami." Yukiko said with a stern tone.

"Nami, where are we going next?" inquired Luffy, and the navigator's expression turned thoughtful.

"The next destination is already set" spoke Law. "It's Dressrosa. We already have an Eternal Pose." He said as Rebecca showed the Pose.

"Dressrosa?" Yukiko repeated.

"Yes. There is something we have to do there." Melissa explained.

"D-Dressrosa?!" exclaimed in surprise the samurai.

"What? Do you know the place?" asked Luffy, coming down from his seat.

"Th-That's exactly where we....I mean, I want to go! You need to go there, too?!" Kin'emon said.

"You have no idea what's going on, do you?" sweated the surgeon, gazing at the straw hat boy unamusingly.

"Nope!"

Melissa looked over at her friend. "You actually chose him as your boyfriend?"

"He may not be the brightest star in the sky, but he's strong and his heart is in the right place." Yukiko grinned.

Suddenly, the waves grew in sizes and the current shifted. The Thousand Sunny leaned down and followed the new current that made some kind of slope to the stupor of everyone, except for Law. He didn't look that surprised of this strange phenomenon.

"Yeeha! It's fast! The ship's going fast!" yelled Luffy, laughing loudly.

"Look out for rock reefs!" warned Nami.

"What's going on around here?!" cried out Usopp, leaning down against the railing to take a look at the sea.

"It's a sea slope. It's not uncommon in the New World." stated boringly Law.

"Whatever you do, don't have to go against the current. It'll get us to Dressrosa quicker." Melissa suggested.

"Come to think of it, you were talking on the Den-Den Mushi earlier. Who were you talking to?" said Robin.

"That was Doflamingo"

"DOFLAMINGO?! THE WARLORD?!" shouted in horror the sniper. "I've heard he's the most dangerous one!"

"The plan is already in action" the surgeon's eyes darkened, a shadow covering his forehead.

"What plan?" demanded inquisitively the swordsman.

"Oh Yeah, tell us about the plan! Get together, everybody!" said Luffy as he got Yukiko to sit with him and she patted Pachi on her lap.

Law sat on the small bench around a mast of the Sunny, and explained the whole plan to the others. Which earned different reactions as he continued to speak.

Zoro crossed his arms in front of his chest, a smirk making its way on his face:
"Kill a Yonko, huh? It's great!"

"NO, IT'S NOT!" barked Usopp.

"That's a super big deal!" said Franky.

"Wait, wait! Let's calm down, everybody! Luffy, tell them about the alliance"

"Okay! We and Torao's pirate group formed an alliance! Let's be nice to each other!" smiled wide the ebony boy.

"DOES ANYBODY WANNA OPPOSE THIS?! I DO!" the sniper lifted his hand.

"I do!" Chopper lifted his hoof too.

"I do!" said Nami.

"Does it make any difference?" wondered the skeleton.

"Yeah, it's too late to turn back now." Yukiko said making them depressed.

"Luffy's mind is already set, isn't it?" sighed Sanji, handing to Robin her cup of tea.

He then walked closer to Law. "But I have to warn you. There may be a slight difference between how you define 'alliance' and how Luffy defines it. That's why Luffy kept saying 'kidnap' which is so out of character for him. If he had just come to me with that strange sheep and ask me to cook it, I wouldn't know what to do"

"You bastards. You're not gonna get away with this" growled Caesar, who was chained down. "Extraordinarily big names will hunt you down! Idiots! Realize how stupid you are! Go to hell!"

Yukiko smirked and murmured: "Prism Dragon, scare him."

The Chinese white and crystalized dragon emerged and scared the hell out of Ceaser.

"Whoa, you got yourselves a dragon?" Melissa asked.

"Yeah, he was corrupted by an evil power, but I purified him." Yukiko explained.

"Prism, do not hurt him! I was in the middle of his treatment!" said Chopper, but he was not that angry. In any case, the reindeer looked glad. "Wait until I finish it."

Prism chuckled making Ceaser nervous and pale.

"Beast-ya, we need Caesar. So don't kill him already. While you kidnapped him on Punk Hazard, I destroyed the machine which was manufacturing a substance called SAD" said Law. "Now, The great pirates in the New World often have their own territory. The lead countless numbers of people and reign like a syndicate. It's nothing like what you've seen before. One pirate group is never strong enough even to see their captain's face. But since it's an underground community, they have to do their businesses secretly to avoid the Marines. And Doflamingo is the most trusted and powerful man among them. His underground alias is Joker. And his most important business partner now is...one of the Yonko, Kaido, the King of the Beasts. Our target."

"K-Kaido?!" growled Kin'emon.

"Kaido!" said too Momonosuke, and turned into his dragon form to his surprise.

"What's the matter?" asked Zoro, gazing back at them.

"N-Never mind" the samurai cleared his throat. "Go on."

Kin'emon turned his gaze to the pink dragon, eyes shrinking. The two eyed each other in silence, Momonosuke's own wandered around inquisitively.

".....WHY IS THERE A DRAGON HERE?! WHERE DID MOMONOSUKE GO?!"

"That's him" you groaned.

"TH-THIS DRAGON IS MOMONOSUKE?!"

"Uh-huh" nodded the pink dragon.

"WHAT?!" yelled Kin'emon, clutching his hair. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!"

Melissa decided to continue.

"In order to take Kaido down, we have to weaken his forces. Kaido is buying a large amount of fruit from Joker now. It's a Zoan type, man-made Devil Fruit - SMILE."

"M-Man-made?!" repeated Usopp. "If such a thing exists, the number of Devil Fruit eaters will keep multiplying! "

"Exactly." said bluntly Law.

"Don't say it so casually!"

"However, because it's man-made, there are some risks involved. Currently, Kaido has more than 500 Devil Fruit eaters in his pirate group."

"Ooh!" gushed Luffy, impressed.

"Who doesn't wanna do this?! I do!" panicked the sniper.

"I DON'T!" enriched Nami and Chopper as Yukiko  giggled.

"But since we got Ceaser and destroyed the factory, Devil Fruit eaters won't multiply anymore." continued the surgeon, lifting his head to glare at Caesar who blushed, a proud grin on his lips.

"Really? Him?" drawled Sanji.

"Were you making a substance for the man-made Devil Fruit?" inquired Chopper, standing in front of the scientist. "How cool, SAD!"

"I can't believe it...." added Brook, fueling the bastard's ego even more.

"DON'T PRAISE HIM" barked Usopp at the two.

"Don't forget what he did." Yukiko reminded them.

"Is it that hard to make the SAD thing?" asked Luffy.

"He just put Vegapunk's discovery of 'lineage factor' into practice" answered Law, and the trio of Sanji, Chopper and Brook walked away from Caesar.

"Oh, so Vegapunk is the smart one. He's just a piece of shit" mumbled the chef.

"Shut up, you bastards! Can you fools even make it?!"  growled the scientist, only to earn a kick in the face by Sanji.

"Don't ever call us 'fools'!"
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The next day, the morning paper arrived by a seagull. The skeleton reached for it, displaying the news on the deck for everyone to see.

" 'Donquixote Doflamingo...' " started the chef, reading the first line of the newspaper in surprise.

" '...Withraws from....' " continued Chopper, gulping. " '....the Shichibukai' !!"

" 'And abdicates the throne of Dressrosa' ?! What the Hell?!" Yukiko read aloud the last part. "He was a king?!"

"A king?!" repeated Luffy, dumbfounded. "Then it must be a birds' kingdom!"

"Not that kind of kingdom, honey." Yukiko said.

"When things go this well, it's kind of scary." murmured Franky.

"It's good. He had no choice" smirked Law.

"I don't know. This is going too well.......I have a bad feeling about this....." Melissa frowned.

"By the way, why are our faces here as well?" wondered Luffy, pointing at the pictures of him, Yukiko and the surgeon.

" ' The Shichibukai - Trafalgar Law....' " read Sanji.

" 'Forms an unusual alliance with the Straw Hats' ?" said Nami.

" 'It is still unknown what the Government will do to Law' It says!" spoke Brook.

"And there's something else too!"

On the next page, three other faces showed on the paper. It was another alliance from the same generation of pirates as you: Basil Hawkins, Scratchman Apoo and Eustass Kid.

"I can't believe other pirates were forming alliances, too!" breathed the navigator.

"They formed an alliance too, huh?" smiled Luffy. "I wonder if they're thinking the same thing as us"

"Forget about them" cut Law, standing up. "We're gonna go on with the plan. Focus on Doflamingo for now. Now you know how important yesterday's negotiation was for him. All we did was kidnap Caesar. In constrast, seemingly overnight, he gave up his throne which he's had for ten years and the carte blanche given to him as a privilege of being a Shichibukai. He did it just to get this guy back and that says a lot!"

The surgeon then walked to the Den-Den Mushi, and waited for the other person to answer. The snail rang for a long time, and when the line finally got connected, Law's eyes shrank. A deep, baritone voice resonated through the Den-Den Mushi:

"It's me" spoke the voice of Doflamingo. "I resigned...from the Shichibukai"

Yukiko was nervous. This is Donquiote Doflamingo after all. She heard he's the most dangerous of the Warlords.

"He picked up!" shouted Franky.

"PICKED UP!!" shrieked Chopper, jumping in Usopp's arms.

"Guys, quiet, he'll hear us." Yukiko whispered making them cover their mouths.

"Doflamingo!" cried Luffy, clenching his fists.

"SHHH! He will hear you!" hushed the sniper, waving his hand wildly in front of his nose, but your captain didn't listen to him as he took the Den-Den Mushi from Law's hand.

"Hello? I'm Monkey D. Luffy! I'm gonna become the King of the Pirates!"

"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" snarled Usopp, punching the back of his head.

"Oi, Mingo! Are you stupid, old Caesar's boss?! He gave Brownbeard and the children hell! We will give you back Caesar as we promised but if you do that again, I will beat the hell out of you!" the boy threatened, ignoring how his friends were staring at him with panicked expressions.

"Straw Hat Luffy" came the simple reply of Doflamingo. "You and your crew vanished for two years after the Marineford Incident. Where were you and what were you doing?"

"I shouldn't tell anyone about it!" snapped back Luffy, and the ex-Shichibukai laughed through the snail responder.

"I wanted to see you. Actually, there is one more person I wanted to meet. Is Beast Master there?"

Yukiko froze as she heard that.

"Why is that?" She spoke to the surprise of the others.

"A pleasure to hear of you after those two long years of inactivity....I was starting to believe you ended up dead in some dark corner of the world. It would be a shame it would be if it was the truth"

"Why would you care if I was dead or not?" Yukiko asked frowning.

"I like to keep things that interest me alive. Well, until I don't need them anymore. Fufufufufu. But you are a special case." Doflamingo stated, and the whitette shuddered at his words.

"Back off, stupid Mingo! Shes already mine!" growled the captain, scowling at the snail.

"Oh? I see you two are as close as they say." chuckled evilly the male. "You should keep an eye on your girlfriend, Straw Hat Luffy. You wouldn't want me to snatch her away while your back's turned-"

"Joker! Cut the crap!" cut in the surgeon, narrowing his eyes dangerously. "We'll hand Caesar over to you as we promised."

"Well, that's for your own good. If you try to run away with him, you know what will happen to you guys. Fufufufu! Now, can I hear my precious business partner's voice?"

"JOKER! I'M SORRY!" wailed Caesar as he got closer to the responder.  "You resigned from the Shichibukai for me!"

"Did you hear him?" continued Law, turning away from the scientist who tried to grab on the snail.

"Yeah, he sounded fine" said nonchalantly the older man. Which sounded strange to Yukiko and Rebecca.

"Eight hours from now, at the beach on the southeast side of Green Bit, the solitary island north of Dressrosa. We will leave Caesar there at three in the afternoon. Go ahead and pick him up. And this will all be finished."

"Fufufufu. That's too bad. I wish I could have a drink with you...Lastly, remember my words, Straw Hat."

"HANG UP!" The crew yelled as they did not like how Doflamingo was interested in their horticulturist.

Law did as told and closed the line of the Den-Den Mushi. Luffy released the breathe he was holding, frowning as he did not like how Doflamingo was interested in Yukiko.

"Hey, wait!" suddenly said Sanji, gaining the attention of everyone. "We didn't tell him how many men he can bring!"

"How many men?" repeated in unison Chopper and Usopp.

"That's right. What are we gonna do if he brings his entire crew?" continued the chef, and the two let out a scream.

"It doesn't matter" spoke Law over his shoulder. "That handover of Caesar is a part of our plan. It's just to lure them"

"You mean, destroying a SMILE manufacturing factory while it's unguarded is our main purpose?!" said the sniper in disbelief.

"Yeah. But we don't know where it is"

"Tell me you're joking" Yukiko sweatdropped, watching the retreating form of Law as he passed the crew.

"Don't worry! Factories are big. You can barely miss them" Franky tried to lighten up the mood. "Once we get there, we'll super find it! I will destroy it with my laser beam!"

"Oh, brother!" cried out both Usopp and Chopper, doing the same pose as him.

"I have intelligence on everything but the factory" trailed the surgeon.

"No wonder. It's an important asset for them, isn't it?" said Nami. "Maybe, there is a secret to it"

"Law-dono!" exclaimed Kin'emon, approaching the male. "You said you're gonna go to Green Bit earlier!"

"We will dock this ship at Dressrosa. Don't worry" sighed Law, and the samurai let out a breathe of relief.

"Is that so? Thank you!"

"Torao, have you been to that island? Dressroba" asked Luffy, getting the name wrong to the surprise of no one ever.

"Dressroba?" Robin raised a brow, imagining an old woman.

"Dressrosa." Yukiko corrected.

"And I've never been there. It's that bastard's kingdom" Law said.

"Well dont worry, let's figure everything out once we get there!" beamed your captain. "It's gonna be an adventure! Can't wait for Dressrosa! I wanna go to the Wano Kingdom soon, too!"

"Don't be ridiculous! You can't just show up without a plan..." Law frowned but....

"Sanji, I'm hungry! What do we have for breakfast?" the straw hat boy ignored completely Law who watched him run up to the kitchen, followed by your comrades.

"Sandwiches, I even made some of Yukiko's Jam Sandwiches, Marmalade Sandwiches, Dessert Sandwiches, and Fruit Sandwiches." replied Sanji.

"Yeah! I want to try a Dessert sandwich!" cheered Chopper.

"I'll have a cup your Ginger Apple Tea, Yukiko." added the archaeologist as Yukiko nodded.

"I'm gonna have some fizzy cola!" enriched Franky.

"A glass of Miltank milk for me. Yohohoho!" Brook added.

"I think the best breakfast in the world is Sanji-kun and Yukiko's sandwiches!" smiled Nami.

"I don't like bread!!" shouted Law in the spur of the moment, his face turning a blueish color when he realized what he did and Melissa giggled at him.

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Dressrosa is next, though, it's gonna be a little different.

Prism Dragon will be making appearances here.

And this means we will see Bartolomew and Cavendish! How should Bartholomew react to meeting Yukiko and Pachi?

And how should Cavendish act around Yukiko?

Plz comment!