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Grand Line – Paradise
Whisky Peak
"Luffy, you idiot, why did you have to open your mouth? Now you've involved us in the middle of all of this!", Nami says, shaking Luffy desperately.
"Relax, I don't know why you're all acting like this. I mean, them, I can understand being surprised and shocked, but I didn't expect this coming from you two, since one of the things I'm going to do here in the first half of the Grand Line is beat up a Shichibukai, Crocodile is just the first of them", Luffy says, raising his eyebrows, with Nami stopping shaking him for a moment as soon as she hears what he just said.
"Why? Why do you have this stupid need to want to get yourself in the middle of trouble? Why fight this guy or any of the other Shichibukai?", Nami asks, returning to shaking him.
"Because it's more fun that way, but relax, we can handle all this", Luffy says, giving Nami a reassuring smile.
"...Sigh... at least we still have the element of surprise on our side", Nami says, letting out a tired sigh.
At this moment, everyone hears a scribbling sound coming from above. Looking up, they see a small, injured, and scorched otter perched on top of a large vulture in the same condition, both perched on a nearby rooftop, showing them realistic drawings of Nami, Zoro, and Luffy.
"Wow, you draw really well!", Nami says in the automatic.
"Wow, drawing like that, do you want to join my crew?", Luffy asks the small otter, stars shining in his eyes.
"Shut up, Luffy! Stop inviting anyone who shows up in front of you to join the crew", Nami yells, scolding Luffy angrily, and smacking his head.
"Ih, ih, iriri!", the little otter squeals before he and the large vulture take off into the distance.
"Uhhhh, you go fuck yourself, jerk! I take my invitation back too. Can you guys believe that little bastard? He called us idiots and told us to go fuck ourselves, hmpft, his loss, he missed the chance to join the best crew out there!", Luffy yells at the otter, offended.
"Wow, what a miracle, you changing your mind after inviting someone to the crew", Nami says, surprised to see Luffy change his mind about inviting someone to the crew for the first time.
"I didn't like him enough to be persistent about having him in the crew" ,Luffy says, shrugging.
"Fair enough, it makes sense", Zoro says, just accepting what Luffy said.
"Anyway, what do we do now? They have our faces, and our idiot Captain wants to fight a Shichibukai of all people to get into trouble", Nami asks, kind of already knowing the answer.
"If I may interrupt, you guys are going after Crocodile anyway, right? So you guys are going to end up going to Alabasta, that's where he is. I ask that you take the princess with you, she needs to get to Alabasta safely", Igaram says, standing up with effort.
"It's all good, old man, she and the duck are already part of the crew anyway, we wouldn't leave without a crew member, but changing the subject, what about you, what are you gonna do? Come with us too?", Luffy asks, curious.
"No, I have a plan, wait here for a second", Igaram says, walking away to go do something.
While Igaram had gone somewhere, Vivi turns to the Straw Hats and says, introducing herself, "By the way, I still haven't formally introduced myself, have I? Well, my name is Nefertari Vivi, and I'm the princess of Alabasta, this is Karoo, my duck friend, and the one who left just now is Igaram, he's been taking care of me since I was a child, nice to meet you all!"
"Nice to meet you, Vivi. You probably already know, but still, I'm Nami, the one with snot-colored hair is Zoro, the idiot wearing the straw hat is Luffy, and when we board the Merry, I introduce you to the rest of the crew", Nami says, deciding to formally introduce herself to Vivi as well.
"Go fuck yourself, witch!", Zoro stops drinking from the bottle just to curse at Nami before going back to drinking again
"Oh, so you're really a princess? But why did you say you weren't if you are?", Luffy asks, scratching his head in confusion.
"...Sigh... just ignore, it does not give to tell if he's serious or just messing around", Nami says, letting out a sigh.
"Aww, Nami, stop being such a buzzkill, she was totally falling into my prank", Luffy says, sulking for not being able to trick Vivi.
At that moment, Igaram, doing a poorly done cosplay of Vivi, appears, carrying four poorly rag dolls representing Nami, Luffy, Zoro, and himself, Igaram.
"Wow, shishishishi, you look exactly the same, old man! If put you two side by side, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference", Luffy says, clearly joking.
"He's joking, right?", Vivi leans to the side and asks Nami.
"He's laughing at him, so yeah, he's probably joking", Nami says, reassuring Vivi, even though she isn't entirely sure if Luffy is actually joking or not.
"Cerzt... ahem... maa-maa-maa! Alright, listen up, here's my plan: based on what I know about the Baroque Works' intelligence network, more people will show up here behind us soon, so we need to act quickly. You guys will take the princess to Alabasta via the route you would normally take, while I act as a decoy to cover for you, cutting corners straight to Alabasta. For that, I'll need the Alabasta's Eternal Pose, milady", Igaram explains his plan, extending his hand to take the Alabasta's Eternal Pose, who is with Vivi.
"Alright, here, but… Igaram… are you sure this will work?", Vivi asks, worried, while handing him the Alabasta's Eternal Pose to him.
"I don't know, princess, but we have a better chance this way", Igaram says, catching the Eternal Pose before turning to the Straw Hats and saying, "Alright, I've never tried this before, but I believe you'll have to follow the Log two or three times before reaching Alabasta. I'll leave the princess in your hands, please bring her home safely."
"Don't worry, old man, we'll meet in Alabasta", Luffy says with a smile on his face.
They then accompany Igaram to a boat that had been prepared by them a while ago as a precaution, in case they needed to escape quickly.
"Princess, the journey may be dangerous, so be careful", Igaram says, bidding Vivi farewell.
"You too, Igaram, take care", Vivi says, bidding Igaram farewell.
"One last thing before I leave, just to remind you, because he's a Shichibukai, the bounty on Crocodile's head was annulled, but when he had one, it was eighty million Berries, so be careful", Igaram warns the Straw Hats before boarding.
"See you in Alabasta, old man! They won't even notice you're wearing a disguise; you'll fool them completely", Luffy waves, bidding farewell as he watches the boat drift away from the shore.
And as the Straw Hats began to leave, heading back to the Merry, Luffy suddenly turns his head toward the sea, and then the world slows down until everything was practically frozen in time.
'Just to be sure', Luffy thinks, making a decision and then using Soru to dash to the boat Igaram was using.
When he arrives, he sees in the distance Robin moving away in her giant turtle, and looking around the boat, Luffy notices an explosion advancing very slowly, engulfing everything around it.
Then, without wasting any time, Luffy grabs Igaram, places him in one of the boat's dinghies, goes back to the ship to grab as many supplies as possible before going back to the dinghy, where he releases it into the sea and quickly pushes it away from the area that would be affected by the explosion, running across the water's surface using Soru.
Having done that, Luffy returns to where he was before it all happened, and then time resumes as normal with a massive explosion engulfing the ship where Igaram was supposed to be and its surroundings, leaving Nami, Zoro, and especially Vivi stunned and horrified.
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