The group captured and took as an hostage Brownbeard, using him as a way to ride easily through the storm and to avoid marching on the ice or in the thick snow.
Unlike the burning lands, the frozen lands weren't that much quieter. The ground would sometime tremble or explosions would echo from the other side of the mountains.
"That was really loud. Maybe it's Sanji and the others?" said Luffy, glaring at the back of Brownbeard's head. "Oi, Crocotaur! You sure don't know anything about my friends?"
"Shut up! I'm not telling you anything!" responded the centaur with crocodile legs.
"Fine! Then run faster! To the building Brook said he saw! We've gotta hurry to rescue Nami and those guys!"
"This is humiliating, he's just a kid..." panted the old man. "and he cruelly stole my underlings' coats! You damn highwaymen!"
"Stop trying to make us look like the bad guys!" grunted Zoro. "You attacked us first!"
"We should be concerned for Nami and the others. They didn't change clothes before they were kidnapped" said Robin. "I hope their arms and legs haven't fallen off from frostbite"
"STOP IT, ROBIN! DON'T WORRY IN SUCH A CRUEL WAY!" cried out Usopp with his eyes bulged out.
Around an hour later, a huge building appeared at the horizon. And as they got closer, Yukiko saw that many ships were trapped in the ice, either destroyed in half or in pieces.
They were battleships from the Marine.
Brook remarked that they weren't there before and the damage is new, meaning Marines were here earlier. Then, right at the front, a dark figure was walking in the direction of the entrance of the building.
Luffy recognized the man right away.
"OOOOOH! OI! OI!" quickly waved Luffy, as he yelled. "Imagine meeting you! It's me! Thanks for everything you've done for me!"
Yukiko blinked as she remembered.
This was Trafalgar Law. He operated on Luffy after the injury he got from Akainu.
Trafalgar Law stopped in his track, and slowly turned his head to face your group with a cold glare.
Brownbeard stopped too and Luffy jumped off to run up to the Surgeon of Death.
"Strawhat-ya, Beast-ya..." greeted Law.
"What are you doing here?" Yukiko asked, Pachi on her shoulder, standing next to Luffy.
"Yeah. Where's the talking bear and those guys?" added the young boy.
"I'm impressed that you survived, Straw Hat-ya. But there is no need to feel indebted to me for saving you back then" spoke smoothly the dark haired man. "I was just acting on a whim. We are pirates. Don't forget that"
"Shishishi! I guess!" grinned Luffy. "If we're both going for One Piece, then that makes us enemies...but I still owe a debt to a lot of people after what happened two years ago. How lucky that I got to meet you right after meeting Jimbei again! Really, thanks!"
"Hey! There's a collapsed Marine over there!" shouted Usopp, pointing to a fallen body in the snow.
The Marine in question had familiar white hair, the jitte and the cigars laying just next to him.
"Hey! That's Smoker!" Yukiko realized.
"Smokey?!" Luffy exclaimed in shock.
Then, at the distance, several shouts of this nickname resonated in the air as a group of Marines were coming in their direction:
"Hey! This isn't good, Luffy! The Marine's here!" cried out Usopp.
"R-Right!" stammered Luffy as Tashigi arrived on the scene and knelt beside Smoker's body.
"Smoker-san!" the woman yelled with a worried expression, taking a look at her superior.
Yukiko quickly looked over him. "He's unconscious, but he's still alive."
Tears gathered in the female Marine's eyes as she glared darkly at Law. She grabbed her sword and charged at male who simply sighed at her recklessness. The woman ignored Law's warnings as she prepared to attack and slice him into pieces.
Yukiko could tell she was too blinded in her fury to see the Surgeon of Death summoned a blue sphere with his hand.
He shoved his sword forward twice. Yukiko and the others gasped in surprise, eyes widening as the blue sphere disappeared and Tashigi fell unconscious on the ground.
"Luffy! Yukiko! Hurry up! We're getting out of here!" cried Usopp, urging you to come back to the crocodile-centaur.
"Right! Hey, Torao! I wanted to ask..."
"Go behind the laboratory" instructed Law casually. "You'll find what you're looking for there. I'm sure we'll meet again. We both have something we want back."
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Yukiko would not know what he meant until she found out.........
Some of her crewmates had their bodies switched.
Nami was Franky
Franky was Chopper
Chopper was Sanji
And Sanji was Nami.
Yukiko didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this.
And a group of kids of different sizes.
"So, to start at the beginning..." started Usopp, pulling out a board and drawing on it. "...this is the samurai from the Wano Kingdom that we've heard about. The distress call that we received was meant for the Crocotaur they called Boss. It came from one of his subordinates. This is because the samurai was relentlessly attacking the centaurs"
"Yes, but in my defense, I was only attempting to find and rescue my missing son, Momonosuke" stated the samurai. "I merely cut down those who stood in my way. And behold! I found all these children who were imprisoned in that facility. Momonosuke must be in there somewhere as well!"
"Yeah, we weren't the only children" answered one of the children.
"We hadn't even learned all of the new kids' names yet"
"But the question now is, what happened after they sent the distress call?" wondered Zoro.
"It was the man from earlier. They referred to him as one of the Shichibukai!"
"What?! Torao...is one of the Shichibukai now?!" exclaimed the captain.
"Indeed" nodded Robin. "He joined their ranks during the past two years"
"Before I knew it, I had been cut into three parts...My head was thrown inside the facility. My torso was simply abandoned. My legs seem to have been used as monster bait. I was running around, relying on my senses, when I must have become stuck to something"
"It was the back of the dragon's head" deadpanned Usopp.
"Come to think of it, you were talking about that 'Damn Shichibukai' earlier, right?" Yukiko said.
That's right. Surely you've heard the name?" inquired Brownbeard. "The whole world used to know me by that name!"
"Never heard of ya" answered bluntly Luffy.
"What the hell?!"
"What's happened? Until recently, you weren't willing to open your mouth, but now we can't get you to shut up" stated Zoro.
"Heh. It's because you're going to be dead soon. Law is going to come and save me. I hate all the pirates from your generation, but Law is different"
"What do you mean by 'our generation'?" Luffy raised one of your brows.
"Don't you know? Fool. The twelve rookies and one animal worth over 100 million beli who gathered at the Sabaody Archipelago two years ago. People call you 'The Worst Generation'. The problem children who emerged in the gap between the old and new pirate eras, forced to live in the chaos that entails" told Brownbeard. "After the Marineford Incident and the day folks call, the 'Return of the Gods', they stormed into the New World and caused havoc on the seas. Every time there's major incident, it's always someone from your generation. Yukiko, Pachi and Luffy are the most talked about. Kid, Law, Drake, Hawkins. My very own crew was broken by Basil Hawkins! Because of him, I lost my legs and had to give up being a pirate. We just barely managed to escape with our lives and crawl to Punk Hazard. Don't you know what this place is?"
"No" you answered for all of them.
"This place...This island...It used to be filled with verdant forests, overflowing with life. The Government's scientist, Vegapunk, used to conduct his experiments here. He performed many experiments with weapons and medicine here. They say that there were prisoners who never went to jail. Most of them committed heinous crimes, so instead, the Marines brought them to this island and used as human guinea pigs. Then, four years ago, something went wrong. One of Vegapunk's chemical weapons he was making for the government exploded. Two of the three labs were destroyed. These are the ruins of one of those labs"
"Huh?!" exclaimed everyone.
"The explosion must have been huge..." Yukiko trailed, looking all around.
"The explosion created a wave of burning heat that spread poison across the entire island. It wiped out all life on the island. From plants to people. When that happened, the Government just abandoned the prisoners. Fleeing the island, they sealed it off behind them! The abandoned prisoners shut themselves into the only lab that remained intact, Lab Three. It was the only way that they could escape the poison gas that enveloped the island. But Due to the nerve gas, those who didn't die lost the ability to move their legs. They had given up all hope. But after a year, our generous Master came! With his special power, he cleansed the gas from the island, and he used science to help the prisoners who couldn't walk and took them in as his subordinates!"
"Oh! Master!" sobbed Franky in unison with Chopper and Brook.
"I arrived on the island a year after he did, two years ago now" smiled Brownbeard at the memory. "There was still some remnants of the poison gas left. Breathing it made me nauseous. I didn't have the strength to live. I had given up, thinking I was surely at my end. That was when I was rescued by the former prisoners who had lost their legs like me. And Master gave me my new form. If Vegapunk, who stole my comrades' legs, is a devil, then Master is the kind-hearted god of salvation."
"Oh, Master!!" repeated the sobbing trio, to Yukiko's annoyance.
She didn't like how this guy was calling someone a God.
Luffy noticed that from her look and frowned.
"And then a few months ago, another god of salvation, Trafalgar Law, a new member of the Shichibukai, came to this island. With his ability, he gave legs to those of us who couldn't walk. The legs of animals! We, who thought we'd never walk again, cried tears of joy"
"WHAT A GREAT STORY!!"
"I knew Torao was a great guy!" grinned Luffy with a chuckle.
"So the sheep-people we saw in the lab were created by Law's powers..." said Sanji.
"I guess that explains the centaurs and the bird-lady too..." added Usopp. "But wait, what about the dragon?"
"Oh, you saw the dragon? That's an artificial creature that Vegapunk created to protect the island. He can adapt to any environment. One of the Celestial Dragons took a liking to it and gave it a name, but after they lost their title, it was set loose on this island. If you see it again, just run away. It's very violent"
"But Luffy already ate it..." Yukiko muttered under her breath.
"Anyway, do you understand who's in charge of the island? We won't allow anyone else to invade. This island, Punk Hazard, belongs to our Master. Even now, Master is continuing his research for the benefit of the future of mankind. He needs but a few human test subjects, and you get to become those subjects! You can't escape!"
But the crew ignored him to focus on other things.
The insanity concerning all about the body switching continued while the children played around with some members of the crew. Franky somewhat ended up in Guard Point, to which Chopper panicked and told him to be careful with his body. Sanji was too preoccupied with Nami's body to watch over the samurai who took this time to run out of the shelter and searched for his missing torso.
"WAIT A DAMN MINUTE!" barked Nami, punching the skeleton and knocking down Sanji. "Zoro! You go with them!"
"Huh?" replied the swordsman, sending a dark glare at the navigator only to freeze at the red eyes rivaling his own.
"You go or I'll make sure you end up in a worst condition than the missing torso pervert...." she gritted her teeth.
Zoro complied in the end, and joined the two idiots in their search for the samurai.
As for the children.....
"They've become chronically addicted to it" explained the reindeer. "Their bodies crave the next dose in order to stop the pain. Why?! Why would they have this in their system?! It's so that they can't run away from the lab, isn't it?! What is this 'god of salvation' of yours really doing to these kids?!"
"If you speak ill of Master, you'll pay for it!" snarled Brownbeard.
"That's easy to answer, Chopper. Theyve been fooled!" you stated. "Whatever that man is, he's aiming to achieve results. Simply experiment! You're just a bunch of guinea pigs!"
"No, we are not!"
"Chopper, what do we do?" asked Luffy. "They're all collapsing, one after another!"
"Candy! Candy!....." groaned Sind.
"Candy? Do you want me to search for some in the building?" Luffy asked.
"NO!" shouted Chopper, running to a giant kid. "They must never eat the candy again! They've been using it to give the drug to the children without them knowing it!"
Yukiko was shocked. The drug was in the candy!
Rage began to fall over her.
And some of the kids started to get violent!
"W-What strength!" stammered Robin.
"Sind! I've never seen you like this before. Stop it!" demanded a child as the boy lifted one of the giant pipes, swinging in every direction.
"Giants are pretty strong, I guess their children are too" sweated Usopp.
"WHY WON'T YOU GIVE ME CANDY!?" snarled Sind, tossing the pipe in the others' direction.
"Sind is...not a giant!" panted one of the giant girls. "We were all normal size when we came to this island. I thought the disease was making us get bigger"
"Nothing else is wrong with us!"
What?
"There's no disease that makes normal humans grow into giants" said Chopper. "Giants are always giant. If you were growing this big, you have to have some giant DNA."
"The longer a kid has been here, the bigger they become!"
"That means..." blanched Chopper, watching as the giant kids stood up one by one with the same crazed look. "...their pituitary glands have started producing an abnormal amount of growth hormone. These kids....are being experimented on!"
"Should I fight'em?" asked Luffy, lifting his fists.
"Don't, Luffy!" Yukiko demanded, and the turned to Usopp.
"Got it. Leave it to me!" cried Usopp, stepping forward and redeeming his slingshot. "Hissatsu Bakusufiboshi!"
The sniper shot several balls that exploded in a blue smoke. When the children inhaled the air, they all fell down, asleep. Usopp let out a sigh of relief, whipping the sweat from his forehead.
"Quick thinking." Yukiko said.
"Pachi."
"Well, I have you to thank. I got this idea from seeing your Grass Pokémon using sleep powder and Sweet Scent." Usopp nodded.
"I knew that they must have been kidnapped" said Nami.
"It's tragic. They don't even know that they've been manipulated" frowned Chopper, facing Luffy. "They want to go home! They want to be with their parents! We have to help them!"
"Luffy, I want to save them too" added the navigator.
"Well then, I guess we'll take' em all home" muttered your captain.
"Stupid, it's not that easy. There's a mountain of problems!" spoke Franky.
"That's right" agreed Robin. "Besides, this is all just our interpretation. Unless we ask the ringleader directly, we won't know any of this for sure"
"Isn't it that Master guy? But Zoro, Sanji, and Brook went to go look for that samurai. Uh....Well, whatever. Let's go back to the laboratory to find Master" decided Luffy.
"I should stay here. I can never forgive this Master...and I want to kick his ass...but I'm worried about the children" said Chopper, gazing at the sleeping kids. "I have to look after them"
"Y-Yeah! That's right! I'll also have to stay!" added nervously Nami, her back facing all of you.
"THAT'S A DIRTY TRICK! YOU'RE JUST SCARED!" snapped Usopp at her.
"But it'll be pretty bad if the kids get violent again" remarked Robin.
"Could we put them in restraints?" Yukiko suggested, and everyone looked at her as she held her hands up. "I dont like the idea, but we need to keep them from throwing a tantrum that could cause casualties.."
"Yukiko has a point." said Franky. "But now, who goes where? The six of us have to get together and meet Trafalgar, or we won't get our bodies back"
Yukiko decided to stay behind with the kids and prepared some medicine that looked better than candy.
Although she did not know what Luffy would do next.
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"WE'RE FORMING AN ALLIANCE WITH THE HEART PIRATES?!!!" shrieked Usopp and Chopper in unison as Nami and Luffy came back with Law.
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As I saw the chapter cover art, I got some ideas for Yukiko.
Sport: Gymnastics
Super fruit: Rose Apple
Knights: Mage
Kungfu: Hime
Childself: small white dress with pachi
Halloween: angel
Animal: Chinchilla
Germa: White
Culture outfit: Hula dancer
Mafia: Wife
Road Bikes:Koraidon and Miradon
20th year:
Summer Activities: Water gun fight
Need other themes!
I forgot one more part!
Since the Legendaries are recognized as gods, which islands would be revered by?
The Forces of Nature are obviously in Alabasta.
And the Titan Trio in Skypiea.
And Manaphy, Lugia, Kyogre and Tapu Fini in Fishman Island.
What about other places?
Fushia Village/Dawn Island:
Orange Town:
Syrup Village:
Conomi Islands:
Baratie:
Lougetown:
Drum Island:
Water 7:
Saruyama Alliance:
Sabaody Archipelago:
Kamabakka Kingdom:
Weatheria:
Amazon Lily:
Others will be listed soon!
Plz comment!