🌙I don't own One Piece!🌙
✨But I do own the drawing above!✨
Flying back, she had found herself some bag of peanuts. She was now in her parrot form, her wings brushing the edge of buildings. The bag of goodies tucked neatly between her beak. she was now looking for Zoro to see what h was doing. Upon seeing a cloud of dust fly up in the distance to her right, she swerved tightly to that destination.
Flying down, Faythe spots Nami smacking both Zoro and Luffy in the head. Assuming went down, she glanced at the bruises on her Captain and the bloody nose and mouth of Zoro.
Walking up to them, she heard the scolding they got from their navigator.
"Just what the heck do you think you're doing!?" Nami said pissed off, her hands on her hips, "Well... In any case, I guess I should at least be glad that the girl is safe."
Faythe glanced at the Princess lady, her face covered in shock.
"BUT YOU WERE ABOUT TO COST ME BY 1 BILLION BELI!" Nami grabbed them by the collar of their shirts, "DO YOU UNDERSTAND!?"
"What're you people talking about...? And why did you save me?" The princess who sat upon her duck bird thing asked, not knowing how to take in the situation.
"Ah, that's right. You dnt know anything yet... How would you like to make a contract with me?" Nami calmly said, with Zoro and Luffy at each other's throat in her hold.
"A contract?"
"SETTLE DOWN ALREADY!" Nami smacked there heads again, already done with their antics. Faythe just stepped back from her punching range.
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"NAHAHAHHAHAHHA!!" Luffy's laughter rang out, "Jeez, you should've said so earlier! I thought you went and cut all those people up because they didn't cook your favorite food or something!"
"Ha!" Faythe snorted, trying to hold it back, "That sounds more like you Luffy, though I think everything is your favorite." Faythe raised a brow at her Captain.
"Really? Oh well." Luffy laughed.
"WHO DO YOU THINK I AM, YOU!?" Zoro hollered.
"AHAHAHHAHHAHA! Well, whatever. What's done is done!"
"I refuse. But you have my gratitude for saving me just now." The princess said sternly.
"What, why? You're a princess, right!?" Nami mumbled the last part, "A billion should be like nothing for a princess..." Faythe nudged Nami, because she stood next to her.
"Have you heard of a kingdom called Alabasta?"
"No cant say that I have." Nami shrugged.
"Sorry we just got here." Faythe called out.
"Its a highly civilized country within the Grand Line, and it used to be a peaceful one at that too... Long ago..."
"Long ago...?" Nami concurred.
"The past few years have been mired by revolutionary activities. Due to Radical Alabastian Revolutionaries, my country is currently in a state of chaos. One day, I happened to hear of a certain organization."
"I'm assuming that Organization was Baroque Works. You know, full of weaklings." Faythe locked her eyes with the princess.
"Correct. But I'm not sure about the weaklings part. Apparently, it was Baroque Works who had been instigating the revolutionaries. But other than that fact, I didn't know anything else nor could I do anything about Baroque Works." Her brows screwed up furrowed, "And so I made a request to Igaram, who's been watching over me ever since I was a kid..."
"You mean that guy with the giant curls." Luffy cupped his hands to the side of his hair to show what he was talking about.
"Apparently they shoot cannon balls out of those curls." Faythe elaborated.
"COOL!" Luffy sparked with excitement.
"Even though what I had may or may not be just a rumour, I asked Igaram if there were anyway I could Infiltrate Baroque Works... Because that would be the only way to clear away the dark shadow that looms over Alabasta and determine just what exactly is Baroque Work's objective once and for all..."
"Well aren't you a brave princess." Zoro muttered.
"I wonder who her prince charming would be..." Faythe whispered.
"Defiantly not me." He huffed.
"So what exactly is the deal with this 'Creation of an ideal Nation' that Baroque Works is apparently scheming towards." Nami raised the question, "Wait dont tell me..."
'They probably wanna take her country as the base start for their ideal nation.' Faythe summarized.
"Baroque Works' true objective is to take over the kingdom of Alabasta! And If I dont hurry back to my home country to stop the revolutionaries and tell the people about Baroque Works, things will go exactly as they planned." The Princess answered for her.
"Called it!" Faythe shouted out happily with her big brain moment.
"Hush." Zoro narrowed his eyes.
"I see... I guess that explains why you refused." Nami frowned, "A country in the middle of a civil strife wouldn't have any money to spare." Nami muttered.
"No gold..?" Faythe saddened at the news. Zoro could only pat her shoulder.
"So who is this boss dude anyways?" Luffy grinned blankly.
"YOU MEAN THE BOSS' TRUE IDENTITY!? PLEASE DNT ASK ME! IN FACT, YOU'RE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING!" The girl waved her hands out to Luffy frantically, "If you knew, Baroque Works would come and hunt you down..."
"Hahahaha, Yeah, just leave us out of it. I mean, a guy who's planning to take over an entire country must be one incredibly person!" Nami laughed off.
"Yes, exactly. No matter how strong you pirates may be, you'd be no match for Crocodile, a member of the Ouka Shichibukai!"
Everyone stopped for a second before gasping at what she just said.
"Didn't you just say his name...?" Zoro muttered.
Faythe turned her head instantly to the stares of both a vulture and otter that both wore sunglasses. Tilting her head, they did the same before looking at eachother and fly off into the distance.
"WHAT WAS THAT BIRD AND OTTER JUST NOW!?" Nami cried, shaking the princess by the collar.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry...!" The blue haired lady repeated her apologizes.
"A Shichibukai she said! Whoa!" Luffy sat up on the barrel and was now probably thinking about new adventures.
"I'm assuming a Shichibukai is bad?" Faythe muttered.
"Its just really strong pirates who are hired by the Government to hunt down pirates. in exchange for their freedom to not be hunted by the Marines." Zoro explained.
"DID THEY GO REPORT THAT YOU'VE TOLD US THE BOSS' SECRET!? WELL!? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPN TO US NOW!?"
"I... I'm really sorry! It just accidently slipped out!" The princess could only apologize for her slip of tongue as she was being thrown around by Nami's wrath.
"You think saying it accidentally makes this any better!? Why do we have to become hunted down because of a single slip-up from you!?" Nami wiped some tears from her face, sniffling, "We just barely entered the Grand Line and already we have a Shichibukai chasing after us...!"
"Wow.. I suddenly feel popular!" Faythe smiled happily, he hands now on her hips.
"Yeah, we're real lucky to be able to meet him so early." Zoro chimed in laughing.
"I wonder what kind of guy he is?" Luffy wondered.
"Do you think he looks like an actual crocodile..?" Faythe tilted her head in thought.
"SHUT UP, YOU THREE!" Nami shouted pissed at how chill they were about the situation. She turned and started to walk down the road.
"It's been a real short time traveling with you but bye!" Nami waved her hand out dismissively.
"Where're ya going, Nami?" Luffy asked.
"They don't know my face yet so I'm running away!" Nami yelled back.
Ahead of Nami, waddled the otter from earlier. It was now what Faythe thought of drawing, out something. Once the little otter turn his papers to Nami, she clapped in applause.
"Wow, you're good!" Turning around she went back to yelling at the princess.
"NOW I CANT EVEN RUN AWAY!"
"S-sorry..."
"Interesting bunch, those animals." Luffy watched the otter and Vulture fly off.
"Where were you even planning to run away to?" Zoro asked still confused on how Nami was even gonna leave.
"Back to the bar?" Faythe tried to think.
"In any case, with this, all four of us are now on Baroque Works's hit list..." grinning like a fool, Zoro smirked at his capatin.
"Five." Faythe corrected.
"This is so cooool!" Luffy grinned his signature smile.
Nami was now crouched down far away from them, the Princess was now kneeled behind her, trying to comfort the navigator.
"I... I have 500,000 in my savings that you can have though..."
Faythe perked up at the offer, sipping on the bottle of juice was she grabbed while getting her snacks. But before she could talk to the Princess trying to raise the offer, a loud statement rang out.
"FEAR NOT!"
Turning her attention to the person who shouted the sentence, she instantly spit out the juice she was currently sipping on. She fell back laughing at the sight before her.
Igaram stood in front of them out of breath, his curly hair that was parted to his shoulders was now tight up in a tight ponytail. His shirt was the exact same thing as the Princess except it looked like it was made poorly. His belt couldn't fit around his large stomach so he ha to use rope to tied the ends together. In his arms were four dummy looking punching bags, with poorly drawn faces on them.
"Igaram!? W-What's with that outfit!?" The princess questioned out of disbelief.
"Whoa! You can definitely pull off that look!" Luffy smiled laughing.
"Your rockin' those curls!" Faythe cackled from her seat.
"Im surrounded by idiots..." Faythe could hear Nami get more depressed from her corner.
"Once The Baroque Works network learns of what happened, they'll be sure to send pursuers right away. More so, since you even defeated Mr. 5 and his partner." Igaram huffed out a sigh.
"Just to let you know, although the boss has no bounty on him, since he's now a member of the Shichibukai, back in his heydays as a pirate, Crocodile had an 80 million beli bounty."
"Wow he must be a really strong crocodile." Faythe muttered still thinking he's an animal.
"By the way, have you decided on whether or not to safely escort the Princess back to Alabasta yet?" Igaram now changed the subject and the tension rose like it didnt even mattered.
"Huh? What're you talking about?" Luffy tilted his head.
"He means he wants us to take her back home." Zoro explained.
"Oh." Luffy blankly stated, "Sure, fine by me."
"Yay! More adventures!!" Faythe pumped her fist in the air excitedly.
"80 MILLION!? THAT'S FOUR TIMES ARLONG'S BOUNTY! JUST REFUSE HIS REQUEST!" Nami screeched from her spot, tears now flooding down her face in esaperation.
"Now then, Princess." Igaram turned his attention, "Please hand me the Eternal Pose to Alabasta."
Faythe now realized he was wearing booty shorts, making her choke on her snack. She burst out laughing all over again.
"Huh? What's an Eternal Pose?" Nami rose her head from her now soaked knees.
"Hm? You dont know?" Iagram narrowed his eyes, "Simply put, it's a Log Pose that can eternally record a Magnetic field. A normal Log Pose records the magnetic field of an island to guide a ship from island to island."
Igaram grabbed the Eternal Pose from his princess and showed the crew.
"However the magnetic field recorded by an Eternal Pose is never forgotten. No matter where you go, it will only point to that very island. That is what an Eternal Pose is. This one particular has recorded the magnetic field of Alabasta."
"So.... did anyone else get what in Captain's hat he just said or am I just to dumb to figure out what a magnetic field is?" Faythe said even more confused than before.
"This is why I'm glad we have a navigator sometimes.." Zoro muttered.
Luffy just smiled, and knowing him Faythe knew he was just as lost as she was.
"Idiots.." Nami scoffed.
"Now then, Princess Vivi. I shall take this Log Pose and set fourth for Alabasta, while dressing up as you and taking these 3 pirates to represent these four wanted pirates. And while agents of Baroque chase after me, you are to travel on the normal route to Alabasta on their ship." He explained, but his face soon darkened a bit to a serious atmosphere all of a sudden.
"I haven't sailed to Alabasta using the normal route but there should be around 2 to 3 Logs to record along the way. Take care, and may we meet again in our homeland."
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The crew and the other party was now on the shore where Igaram had his ship docked.
"I hereby leave the Princess in your care." Igaram stated with a smile.
"I bet youll totally fool them!" Luffy laughed.
"Fool, who?" Zoro raised a eyebrow.
"The crocodile?" Faythe smiled.
"The journey aead of you may be dangerous so please be careful." Igaram took his hold on his princess' hand and did a firm shake.
"You too, Igaram."
The crew watched Igaram depart into the sea before them. The moon floating above the ship that sailed peacefully away from them.
"Aww, he left... He as such a funny guy too.." Luffy lifted his hand out to shield his eyes from the bright moon to see the ship far away.
"He's always been so dependable." Princess Vivi stated with a calm smile, one that would seem like she admired the man. Faythe turned to go see if the others were awake, but as soon as she turned along with the others.
'BOOM'
Everyone turned back instantly to see the ocean on a line of fire, all you could see were the flames reaching the tips of the sky above them.
They could no longer see the ship Igaram sailed onward from.
"It cant be..." Nami's sentence shook Faythe back to reality and whipped her head to the Princess. The blue haired girl wasnt moving an inch.
"PURSUERS!? ALREADY!?" Nami shouted in distress.
Luffy took a deep breath and willed himself to look the other way, his straw hat shadowing his eyes, but you could tell he was pissed.
"He was a fine man!" He shouted.
Zoro turned to Nami quickly, "Nami! How's the Log!?"
"I-It finished recording!" She stuttered already turning back.
"Then let's hurry up and get going!" Zoro shouted, gripping his three swords at his hip.
Faythe ran over to Vivi and blocked her eyes with her feathered arm, while her other wrapped the Princess into a hug, making her turn from the sea of flames.
"Its going to be okay!" Faythe whispered shouted.
Vivi's lip was starting to bleed from how tight she bit down. Faythe quickly held the girl tighter seeing the distress in her eyes, Faythe placed her in the crook of her neck to pat her head to distract her.
"I promise we'll safely get you back to Alabasta!" Faythe stated, her bright blue eyes never leaving the fire that lit up the once beautiful moon lit ocean.
"I promise."
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