Recap:

"As strong as you people may be, you'd never stand a chance against one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile!" It goes silent until Luffy speaks up. "Who now?"

Nami and Vivi's eyes go wide with horror as Vivi slaps her hand over her mouth. You laugh, realizing she let it slip.

"You just said it," Zoro says.

On the roof above them, is a vulture with sunglasses, next to a small otter with glasses, watching them. Everyone stares at them, until the two fly off. Nami grabs Vivi and starts shaking her with comical tears on their faces. "HEY! WHAT'S WITH THE OTTER AND VULTURE?!?!" Nami roars.

"I'm sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I'm so sorry!" Vivi says, but isn't heard over Nami. Luffy's eyes lit up, and Zoro has his usual cocky smirk. "One of the Seven Warlods are after us now!" he says. Zoro nods. "This just got interesting."

"So, so, sorry! It just slipped out!"

"SORRY WON'T DO US ANY GOOD NOW!! AND WHY ARE YOU TWO STILL LAUGHING?!"

Nami smacks you on the head, causing you to stop laughing. "WHAT THE HELL NAMI?!" you yell. Nami sighs, shaking her head. "We just entered the Grand Line, and now I'm marked for death by one of the Seven Warlords!" she says dramatically. "Why me.....?"

"We're so lucky we get to fight one!" you say, pumping up your fist. "I wonder what he's like!" Luffy says. "SHUT UP YOU TWO!!" Nami yells. "Well though it wasn't for long, it was nice knowing you all!" Nami says as she starts to walk away.

"They don't know my face so I can get away!" Nami mutters. She looks ahead and sees the otter holding four sketchpads. They each have, Nami, Luffy, Zoro, Y/n's faces drawn on them. Nami claps her hands together. "Hahah! You're so good!"

"NOOOO!!! NOW I CAN'T EVEN GET AWAY!!" she screams.

"Well, in any case, now the four- I mean, three of us have been added to the Baroque Works Death List." Zoro says. "This is exciting!" you and Luffy say in unison. Nami is in her corner, and Vivi is over there trying to comfort her. "I have savings....About 500,00 berries...."

"DO NOT WORRY!!" Everyone turns and sees Igaram dressed up as Vivi. He is carrying four strange dummies under his arm. You snicker, covering your mouth, trying to hold your laughter. "Fear- *cough* Ma ma ma!~ Fear not! For I have a plan!" he says.

"Igaram!" Vivi looks in shock. "What are you wearing?" Luffy hops off the barrel, looking at him. "Wow, you'll fool anyone wearing those clothes old man!"

"My god. I'm surrounded by idiots." Nami says gloomily.

"Vivi-sama, please listen carefully," Igaram begins. "Baroque Works' information network will soon receive that report. Once they find out we are the ones who know the Boss' true identity, you understand what will happen, right?"

"As many as a thousand bounty hunters could be soon coming after us," Vivi answers automatically.

"That is why I have dressed in a manner as the princess. I will depart with these four dummies," Luffy pokes at the fake dummies that Igaram is holding. "And travel on a course for Alabasta"

"These are supposed to be us?" Luffy frowns. "Decoys," he answers. "Once they have begun pursuing me, Vivi-sama and yourselves can safely depart to Alabasta."

"NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!" Nami yells, finally getting up. Everyone turns to the orange haired woman, surprised at her sudden outburst. "Who said we would take the princess anywhere?! We still don't have a contract."

"Take the princess? Where?" Luffy says confused. "Didn't you just hear them?" you sighs, shaking your head. "The old man here wants us to take her home," Zoro says, getting up. "Oh, so that's what they were saying? Okay."

"CROCODILE'S GOING TO TRY AND KILL US!!" Nami screams. You shrug. "So? We are pirates, right?"

"Say, how strong is this Crocodile?" Luffy turns to Igaram. "He is currently one of the Seven Warlords," he says. "Though, as a government sanctioned pirate, he is no longer on the wanted list. But, before, his bounty was 80,000,000 berries."

"80 MILLION?! THAT'S FOUR TIMES MORE THAN ARLONG'S!!" Nami yells. You laugh. "My bounty's bigger!" you laugh, pointing to yourself. "Will you accept?" Igaram asks, looking at Luffy. "Sure! Sounds like fun!" Luffy says.

"You have my utmost gratitude," he bows briefly.

And so, Igaram leads you all to the port where his boat is. "Well then, Vivi-sama, I shall be off," he says. "Now, please hand me the Eternal Pose." Vivi pulls out a small what looks like an hourglass object, with the words "Alabasta" engraved on it.

"Eternal Pose?" Nami looks at it confused. Azul of course, is there to answer. "It's like the Log Pose, except it takes you to only one location. That is to get to Alabasta." she clarifies.

Igaram nods. "It seems there is nothing for me to explain." he looks at Vivi, and smiles. Her lip is quivering as she tries to stop herself from crying. "Please be careful along the way," he says.

She smiles, and holds out her hand. "You too." He takes it, shaking her hand. You smile, watching him sail away in the boat, with the dummies at his side. Suddenly, there is a large explosion, blowing your hair back, and you gasp. That's what Mist was saying. "Old man!" you scream.

You jump into the water, no hesitation. You use the currents to push you to the wreckage.There was a small piece of the boat left, and you step onto it. You notice the Eternal Pose in the water next to you, and you go to pick it up until you feel something grab your arms, forcibly pinning them behind your back. You cry out loud as you hear a pop from your shoulder, and fall back into the water.

Another hand clamps over your mouth, stopping you from inhaling the salt water, and another arm wraps around your knees, keeping you from swimming away.

'What the hell?! Who's doing this?!'

It's getting harder and harder to breathe underwater. You could only guess this was the work of a Baroque Works Agent with a Devil Fruit Power. You finally are pulled up, your coughing came muffled as you were finally able to breathe the air. You are placed onto a small boat, where there sits a woman with raven black hair and a purple cowboy hat, with a matching laced purple tank top, shorts and knee high boots. She smiles, seeing you.

"What a fool. You really thought that old man was a good decoy?" You glare at the woman, but suddenly feel another pair of arms around your neck. "Dos Fleur! Clutch!"

There is a loud sickening crack and you scream in pain, as you hear the sound from your spine.

~~Meanwhile~~

Back on the island, your scream is heard, echoed. Luffy's eyes widen in horror. "Y/N!!!" He screams. He goes to run back in the direction where they left you. "Luffy! We have to go! Worry about Y/n after!" Nami says, pulling him along. "No way!" he says.

"Luffy! You think Y/n is happy that old man died?!" Zoro snaps. "She saw he was a decoy, and now she's not letting it go to waste. We should do the same!" he didn't like the idea of leaving you of course, but he had no choice at this point. Luffy grits his teeth, looking back, "Damn it!" he yells.

He runs over to where Sanji and Usopp were peacefully sleeping, as he grabbed Usopp by his nose and Sanji by his leg, dragging them across the ground to the Going Merry. The two were startled by this, as they hit the concrete and any other boxes that they happened to pass by.

"WE'RE LEAVING!!" he yells.

Usopp and Sanji yell ouch over and over again, as they both were being dragged all across town. "OUCH! LUFFY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! OI!!"

"YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK MY NOSE!!!"

Luffy makes it back to the ship, and Zoro is just putting up the anchor. Luffy appears with a passed out Usopp and Sanji. "I've got them!" he looks back at them. "Hey, you guys are still sleeping?" he says confused. He drags them on the ship.

"But I can't leave him here all alone!" Vivi argues. Zoro looks from the ship and sees Nami and Vivi arguing about something. "Like I said, we don't have time!" Nami yells. "Oi, what's wrong?"

"She says her spot billed duck is missing. We don't have time to look for him." Zoro points to Karoo, who is right next to him on the ship. "You mean him?"

"YOU WERE ON THE SHIP THE WHOLE TIME?!" the two yell in unison. Vivi starts to climb up the ship. "Just how many agents are we talking about?" Zoro asks as she steps onto the deck. "I don't know. Baroque Works has about 2000 agents. And I know there are other towns like this nearby." Vivi answers.

Zoro goes over to Luffy. "Hey, we're going to pick up Y/n, right?" Luffy nods. "Y-"

"No."

Luffy and Zoro look down and see Mist below them. "What do you mean Mist?!" he exclaims. "She told me to tell you; I'll meet you at the next island." he says. Everyone goes silent.

Zoro was at a loss for words. What if she got taken and didn't tell them? The thought scared him. Luffy frowned a bit, before smiling. "Okay. Next island it is!" he says. "L-Luffy!" Usopp stutters. "Are you sure?! Wait a sec, what's even going on here?!" he says looking around confused.

"Is......the ship moving...?" Sanji groans. Nami looks back at the two. "So you're finally awake?"

"WAIT! LET'S STAY ANOTHER NIGHT!!" Sanji yells frantically. "YEAH!!" Usopp yells with him.

"This town was so much fun and the girls were cute!!"

"When will we find another awesome place like this?!"

"Let's take it slow, dammit!"

"We're pirates!"

"It's not even morning yet!"

Zoro's eyes twitches in irritation. "They still don't know what's going on yet....." He turns to Nami, who is on the deck above him where Sanji and Usopp are. "Oi! Explain it to them!" he says. Nami calmly shows up in front of Zoro. "Oh, I already did," Nami says.

"Really?" Zoro raises an eyebrow. "That was quick." She shrugs. "I suggested we leave out all of the boring details." Of course, Sanji and Usopp were now passed out on the ground, each with two fresh lumps on their head.

"We're about to clear the island!" Nami declares. Luffy frowns, he couldn't stop thinking about Y/n, and it was bugging him. He knew that he could trust her, so.......Why was he so worried? "She'll be okay......" he mutters. Nami's ears perk up hearing Luffy. "What'd you say Luffy?"

Luffy shakes his head, and points ahead, "Cool! Fog!" he says. Nami sighs, putting a hand on her hip. "Looks like it'll be morning soon."

"Ah! It's nice we managed to escape the people chasing us." a woman's voice. "That's for sure!" Nami replies. "We need to be careful not to crash the ship into any rocks,"

"Just leave it to me!" Nami says proudly. She suddenly pauses, turning to Luffy. "Wait, was that you, Y/n?"

Nami turns hesitantly behind her. "This is a nice ship," the woman says. Vivi gasps, looking up at the woman. It's the same woman with the purple hat and matching purple boots, tank top and shorts. The end of her shorts had white tassels on the bottom. Her hand rests under her chin, as she sits with her legs crossed on the railing above everyone on the lower deck.

"Y-You're....!" Vivi stutters in shock. The woman smiles, tilting her head, with a calm smile on her face. "I ran into Mr. 8 a little while ago. Miss Wednesday." Vivi had a pained look on her face, as she was shaking with anger. "You killed Igaram!"

"Who cares about that?!" Luffy yells, pointing to the woman. "What're you doing on this ship?! Who are you?!"

"What're you doing here......Miss All Sunday?!" Nami turns to Vivi. "Miss All Sunday?" she repeats. "What number is she partner to?!"

"She's the partner of Mr. 0, the boss!" Nami swallows hard, as she started to sweat more nervously. "The bo- CROCODILE?!?!" She yells in fear. Luffy tilts his head in confusion. "Is she bad?"

"She was the only one who knew the boss' identity. We found out who he is by following her!" Miss All Sunday smiles. "More accurately, I allowed you to follow me."

"Oh, then she's good!" Luffy says. Nami smacks the back of his head. "She's not! She's more than likely the one that told the boss that they'd found out!"

"Correct." she says. "So she really is bad!" Luffy says pouting his lips out. Zoro sighs at Luffy. "Pipe down." he mutters. "What are you doing here?!" Vivi snaps.

Miss All Sunday sighs, "Good question. When I heard the situation, I found myself helping out. The thought of a princess trying to save her kingdom, by making an enemy of Baroque Works.... It was just so ridiculous, you see...."

Vivi seethed, as she sees flashbacks of Igaram, and the thought made her mad. "DON'T YOU MOCK ME!!" she screams.

There is the sound of a cocked gun, and Sanji has a gun pointed on the right side of Miss All Sunday. Usopp has her on the left with his slingshot. Zoro unsheathes his katana. Nami pulls out her wooden baton. "Hey Sanji!" Usopp yells, strained as he tries to keep his slingshot straight. "You do realize what you're doing right?!"

"No, not really." he says. "I just have the strangest feeling that my beloved Miss Wednesday and ocean princess are in danger......."

Miss All Sunday frowns, seeing the weapons out. She closes her eyes, keeping her same calm tone as before. "I'd appreciate if you didn't point such dangerous objects at me." she smiles. "Like your 'ocean princess'. "

Sanji and Usopp are suddenly thrown off their feet. Nami's baton is smacked out of her hand. "You don't mean....!" Zoro yells. Luffy's mouth makes an 'O' shape. "Ooh!" he says.

"A Devil-"

Zoro's katana falls to the deck with a metal clang. Sanji and Usopp hit the lower deck. "A Devil Fruit!"

"Which one?! What's her power?!" Nami yells in a panic. Sanji groans as he looks up. Hearts suddenly bulge in his eyes. "Oh! Upon closer look, you're a beautiful lady!!"

She smiles, "Now now. Don't be hasty. I haven't been given orders to come here. I have no reason to fight." Luffy's straw hat suddenly is thrown off his head, and onto Miss All Sunday's hand, as she twirls the hat around.

"So you're the straw hat captain I've heard so much about.........Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy starts to freak out. "Hey, you! Gimme my hat back! Are you trying to start a fight?!!" he growls.

"I deem you an enemy! Leave this instant!" Usopp yells from behind the mast. Miss All Sunday sighs, placing the hat on her head. "You people are so unlucky, who picked up a princess Baroque Works is supposed to kill....Especially her."

Zoro raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean, her?" Miss All Sunday pulls something out from her shorts, and drops it on the ground. It hits the deck with a loud clanging sound. The crew goes silent.

Zoro's eyes widen, as he picks up the item. Luffy tilts his head in confusion, stepping forward to see the object. "What is this-" he gasps, looking up at the woman and back at the object.

"What the hell?!" Luffy yells. "Why?! Why do you have..Why do you have...Y/n's dagger?!" Luffy yells.

Nami's hand covers her mouth in shock. The dagger's tip was covered in blood. Sanji's eyes widen. "MY OCEAN PRINCESS!!! IS SHE OKAY?!"

"D-Don't tell me Y/n's gone?! She has a 100 million berry bounty!! She's supposed to be strong!!" Usopp squeaks. Miss All Sunday smiles. "I could see why she was so desperate to let you and the crew escape." she says teasingly.

"What did you do to her?!" Luffy yells angrily. Nami's eyes widen seeing how mad Luffy was getting. He was so calm before, trusting Y/n, but now..

'Just what is going on in that idiot's head?'

Miss All Sunday smiles. "Well, I take it you'll listen to me now?" everyone goes silent. The woman continues. "The name of the next island is Little Garden. We don't even need to do anything; you'll be wiped out long before you reach Alabasta."

"Will not! Now gimme back my hat!"

"That's right you big dummy!" Usopp stutters. Miss All Sunday throws Luffy's hat back to him, and an Eternal Pose to Vivi. The blue haired princess looks down at the Eternal Pose. "An Eternal Pose?" Mist says looking at it from below.

"That will let you skip past Little Garden," Miss All Sunday continues, "It points to an island just before Alabasta: 'Nothing at all' Island. None of our employees know that course so no one will chase you."

Nami looks at the raven haired woman in shock. "What? She's good?" "Why are you giving this to us?!" Vivi demands. Zoro narrows his eyes at her. "It's a trap, isn't it?"

"Is it?" she replies. Vivi looks down at the Eternal Pose in her hand, unsure what to do. She knows that the safest route would be the best..........

Luffy walks over and grabs the Eternal pose. "Who cares about that?!" he shatters the Eternal Pose, and Nami kicks him in the face. Vivi stares at Nami terrified. "ARE YOU AN IDIOT?!?!?" she screeches. "SHE JUST WENT OUT OF HER WAY TO SHOW US A NICER COURSE!!" She points to her. "WHAT IF SHE'S ACTUALLY A GOOD PERSON?!"

Luffy looks up, surprisingly calm at Miss All Sunday. "You're not the one who decides the course of the ship!" The two stare in silence for a while, before Miss All Sunday goes back to her usual calm expression. "I see. That's too bad."

Nami growls at Luffy. He puts back on his hat. "She's the one who blew up the old tube guy! And she hurt Y/n! I hate her!" She hops off the railing, walking down to the lower deck. "I don't hate high spirited people. If you survive.....let's meet again."

"No!" Luffy snaps. She smiles, and hops off onto her purple and yellow boat below. "Let's go, Bunchi!" Well, at least that's what the crew thought, until it was revealed to be a large turtle.

"Whoa! So cool!" Mist says in awe. "What a huge turtle!" Luffy says.

~~Meanwhile~~

You cough and gasp for breath as you wash up on an island. There were several trees, and it was quite bright out, despite the fog from earlier. You close your eyes, trying to clear your head. "Calm down. It's okay. You're fine. No one else is on the island...." you mutters. Suddenly something dark blocking the blinding sun from her face.

"Hmph. So this is the infamous Water Bearer? I must say, I'm disappointed." it was a man's voice. "No no." a woman. "You shouldn't underestimate the girl. After all, the poor thing just washed up on the shore, isn't that right?"

You turn your head and see none other than Miss Valentine. You gasp, seeing Mr. 5 and another man, yet you couldn't get a good look at him. "You!" you growl. The strange man smirks, as he holds out his hands. "Candle Lock!"

~~Back to the crew~~

After properly explaining the situation to Usopp and Sanji, now the ship was sailing right on course for the expected island, Little Garden. Vivi had changed into a long sleeved yellow and black striped shirt with a collar. Nami had a plain white shirt with purple sleeves. Vivi looks down sadly. "Is it really okay for me to be on this ship? Because of me, you've already lost a friend...."

Sanji smirks. "What're you saying, princess? Have a little faith." Usopp nods. "We know Y/n, and there is no way she's going to give up that easily."

"Besides, we already know who you are" Nami pokes her forehead. "If you didn't want to trouble us, you should've done that from the start!"

"I'm sorry...."

"Right, Luffy?" Nami turns to the captain. He throws his arms up. "I'm hungry!" Nami groans, knowing that was coming, "Well, looks like Little Garden is our next destination, huh?"

Zoro nods. "Yeah, and that dumb ass better be there." he grumbles. Luffy goes silent. He looks down at the dagger that Miss All Sunday left. It was Y/n's and he was going to see her to give it back for her. After all,

'She couldn't fight without it, right?'

To be Continued.......................