"He picked up!" shouted Franky.
"PICKED UP!!" shrieked Chopper, jumping in Usopp's arms.
"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 went away for two years after your brother died. 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. I have something that you'll want very badly now"
"Something...that I'll want...very badly?...."
There was a small pause with the ebony male not saying anything, the others gazing back at him and waiting for his reaction. Luffy's brow twitched, and you watched with a sweatdrop as his eyes turned into meat.
"O-Oi! How delicious is that meat you're talking about?!"
"Straw Hat-ya! Don't get drawn into his pace!" barked Law, slapping his cheek while snatching the Den-Den Mushi.
"One chunk of meat! Two chunks of meat!~" drooled Luffy, a background of meat filled with rainbows standing behind him.
"LUFFY! Keep yourself together!" you shouted, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him.
The lad was too caught up in his fantasies about delicious meat that he cut himself from reality. You slapped his cheeks numerous times while yelling out insults loudly, making the mad man from the other side of the Den-Den Mushi chuckle in deviousness. You froze at the sound as you heard your name being called by him:
"(y/n) Silvers. 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. A shame it would be if it was the truth"
"What do you want?" you gritted your teeth, facing the snail that mirrored its answerer's characteristic glasses. "Why would you care if I was dead or not?"
"I like to keep things that interest me alive. Well, until I don't need them anymore. Fufufufufu" Doflamingo stated, and you shuddered at his words. "However, I must say you're a special case..."
"Hey, stupid Mingo! Don't speak to her like that!" growled your captain, scowling at the snail.
"Oh? Is your captain that protective of you? I wonder why" 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.
"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!"
Law did as told and closed the line of the Den-Den Mushi. Luffy released the breathe he was holding, stating that he almost got drawn into Doflamingo's pace. The same couldn't be said about his eyes, who were still two chunks of meat.
"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" you sweatdropped, watching the retreating form of Law as he passed you.
"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"
"Thanks, Navigator Obvious" you drawled at the young woman who sent darts behind your head. "Oh, I feel daggers suddenly..."
"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.
"It's rosa!" barked Law. "And I've never been there. It's that bastard's kingdom"
"Then, 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..."
"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" replied Sanji.
"Yeah! I want a cotton-candy sandwich!" cheered Chopper.
"I'll just have a cup of tea" added the archaeologist.
"I'm gonna have cola!" enriched Franky.
"A glass of milk for me. Yohohoho!"
"I think the best breakfast in the world is Sanji-kun'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.
"Welcome to the crew, Torao-ya" you teased with a smirk, slapping his shoulder as you brushed past the man. "You're probably regretting your choices in life right now"
"We made it! Dressrosa!" shouted loudly Luffy when he jumped out of the ship and landed on a rocky ground.
A few hours after having breakfast, the island of Dressrosa made its appearance at the distance. Covered by a wall of rocks, you could still perceive sights of a town with white buildings and a large field of sunflowers. The boy was beyond excited to have reach the mysterious land he heard so much about from Law.
"You're too loud, Luffy! We're in their territory now!" warned Usopp, sweating as your captain continued to speak for the world to hear him.
"AOW! This week, I'm...super!!" Franky struck his usual pose. "I'm gonna find the factory right away and ka-boom!"
"I said you guys are being too loud!!"
"We should just go to the town, right?" suggested Luffy, to which the surgeon simply nodded.
"However, you shouldn't let your guard down. If we fail to destroy the factory, it'll mess up our whole plan" warned once again Law, narrowing his eyes at Luffy when he didn't seem to register his words.
"I just had a good idea! Momo!"
The child who was still in his dragon form looked over at the ebony male, eyes widening when Luffy suddenly jumped on his back. With the sudden weight added, Momonosuke faceplanted on the ground.
"Alright, go Momo! To the town without stopping!" Luffy commanded. "Fly!"
"You're too heavy! Get off of me!" snapped the child. "I can't fly and I'm not gonna enter the island! My father told me not to!"
"You can't fly?! What are you talking about?! I saw you flying!"
"I don't know what you're talking about! I said I can't!"
"But I really saw him flying" whined the bratty captain, facing you.
"He doesn't have wings" you shrugged.
"See? I told you! I don't remember flying! E-Even if I did flying....I-I'll never do such a dreadful thing again!" said quickly Momo, closing his eyes. "I'm not gonna fly in the sky!"
"Huh? Are you scared of heights?" inquired Luffy, crossing his arms over his chest.
"YOU BASTARD!"
Momonosuke leaped at Luffy and snatched his head between his jaw, biting him aggressively. Your captain yelled out in pain, trying to pry himself out of Momo's mouth.
"Don't disrespect me! We warriors don't get scared of anything!" snarled angrily the child.
"OW, OW, OW...YOU! STOP IT, YOU FOOL!" cried out Luffy, punching the dragon.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
The two continued to fight, the others watching them with exasperated looks on their faces. Sanji groaned in aggravation, rubbing the back of his head:
"What the hell are they doing?" the chef wondered.
"Luffy-san, he's an eight-year old..." said Brook, sipping on his cup of tea.
"Cut the warrior crap! I'm gonna become the King of the Pirates someday!" your captain ignored the skeleton's statement. "Idiot!"
"I'm gonna become the shogun of the Wano Kingdom someday! You fool!" Momonosuke stretched the young man's cheeks, hitting him once again.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! STUPID EEL!"
"YOU'RE SO ARROGANT, MONKEY!"
"WHO DID YOU CALL 'MONKEY' ?! YOU'RE BEING RUDE TO A MONKEY!"
"Enough, Momonosuke! He saved us!" boomed the voice of Kin'emon, and the two immediately released each other. "I'm sorry, Luffy-dono. Please forgive him. Even though he's a child, he's a proud warrior of the Wano Kingdom. Having said that, I can't believe you take an eight-year old so seriously!"
"I don't like cowards! Idiot! Bleh!" Luffy stuck his tongue out, waving it at Momonosuke who grew pissed again.
"You....!" growled the dragon, sticking his tongue out too!
"I said, enough!" ordered Kin'emon, and Momo's eyes filled with tears.
"Dammit! Joou-sama!" sobbed the child, running in your arms. "The monkey is mean to me!"
The guys who were close enough froze up when the pink dragon rubbed his face in your chest, faces becoming red in pure rage. Yours became blank while Sanji, Brook, Kin'emon, and even Luffy released protesting noises.
"YOU..." started Brook, carved eyes pissed.
"....DAMN...." followed Sanji, his expression mirroring the skeleton.
"....BRAT!!" finished the samurai with blushing cheeks.
"GET OFF OF HER!" snarled Luffy.
"What's wrong with them...?" you sweatdropped, not noticing the way Momonosuke's face turned wicked.
"Like father, like son!" accused the chef, whipping his head toward Kin'emon. "I didn't know warriors were so sick!"
"He's right! I wanna call you people 'pervs' instead of 'warriors'!!" added the musician, which was something coming out from his mouth.
"Yeah! Pervs!" booted your captain.
"H-HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT!" yelled Kin'emon, outraged.
"Hey, Kin'emon! Let's go to the town already! How should we pervert...I mean, how should we change our clothes for a disguise?" asked Franky.
The samurai pulled out a drawing of a man and a woman, depicting them as the way Dressrosa citizens wear clothes. You couldn't help the twitch of an eyebrow when your eyes fell on the female's 'attire'.
"Dress shirts for men!" explained Kin'emon, and pointed to the woman with only leaves as a skirt. "Let-it-all-hang-out for women! This is how people dress in Dressrosa! Let me change you all so you can fit in!"
"Dressrosa is the best!" Sanji's visible eye turned into a heart.
"Yeah!" nodded eagerly Brook.
You punched the three of them, sending them crashing against the rocky wall of the island. You hovered the perverts, shaking your red fist at them:
"STOP LYING!" you snarled.
"(y/n), you're not entering the island" said sternly Luffy with a pout, arms crossed over his chest.
"What?! Why?!"
"Like hell you're wearing the same thing as those Dressrosa women!"
"It's not the case, you damn idiot!"
Nami, standing to the side with Robin, shook her head as she let out a sigh. The child has long disappeared to hide behind her, watching in slight fear as you slowly turned into a demon that avenged spiteful souls.
"Oi. I want you to keep this" Law returned, and handed to the navigator a Vivre Card. "I'll point toward an island called Zou that I talked about earlier. After handing over Caesar and destroying the SMILE factory, I was gonna head for Zou. My crew is there. But if anything happens to us, go straight there!"
"W-Wait a second!" she stammered as the surgeon placed a badly drawn map.
"What do you mean 'Anything happens'??? Nothing will happen, right?!" squeaked Usopp.
"What's this?" inquired your captain, leaning over Law's shoulder.
"This is a map that my crewmember drew...We're here now, at the west coast of Dressrosa. Doflamingo's palace is at the center of Dressrosa. The SMILE manufacturing factory must be somewhere on the island. We don't have much time. The Factory Destroying Team must move quickly..."
While Law was busy explaining the whole plan to everyone, you remarked how Sanji seem to be distracted by something. The chef smelled the air a couple of times, walking in the direction of a path that led to the town. Soon after, he was followed by Luffy, who thought he sensed something good, Zoro, Franky, and finally Kin'emon.
You were about to comment of their non-attendance, but kept it for yourself. In fact, you decided to go with them to make sure they didn't do anything stupid. Dressrosa was a particular island filled with fragrantly-scented flowers, the delicious smell of local food, local women doing their tireless, passionate dancing. But one thing that stood out the most was the stuffed toys who could talk and move. A little creepy.
This is what you thought when you first walked in this kingdom and a nutcracker suddenly appeared in front of your face.
"Hello! I'm a soldier!" the doll introduced itself to the surprise of the guys. White strings were dangling all around him as he moved. "Have we met before? Your faces look familiar. Hm?"
"Stay away from me!" you snapped, punching the nutcracker that was standing too close.
"Oh, oh! I remember! You were in the paper this morning...OUCH!" it continued, but was cut when its strings got tangled up.
"What's this?! A toy?!" said Luffy, dumbfounded.
Everywhere you looked, the toys and plush were blending in with the citizens, living side-by-side with humans. There were living toys. A whole kingdom filled with them.
"A man has been stabbed!!" someone yelled.
"Oh, again?" spoke casually the tangled nutcracker, and Zoro raised a brow at it.
"What do you mean "Again"? Is there a phantom slasher or something?"
"No. Women in this country are passionate about love and most are the jealous type. So when a man cheats on a woman, things can get pretty violent" stated almost creepily the nutcracker, hollow eyes bearing in the swordsman's only one.
"HOW SCARY!"
"The more beautiful they are, the more likely to stab a man!"
"Hm....Toys are moving by themselves but that's okay! Let's eat!" suggested Luffy.
"Wait, Luffy!" you stopped your captain from running by himself. "We should have a disguise on to avoid people recognizing us...just like that toy did"
"Oh.....Not a bad idea! Kin'emon!"
"Right, Luffy-dono! Just give me a minute..."
Your group changed into costumes that would divert the attention from you. However, the guys weren't really trying...With Luffy simply adding a white beard and mustache, changing his red shirt for a sunflowers covered one. Sanji and Kin'emon followed the same trend, changing their looks for a black suit and kimono. Franky and Zoro simply opted for a beard and a mustache respectively, clothes being black suits.
You, on the other hand, decided to be a little original and chose a different kind of clothes () and pulled on a turquoise wig.
"All right! We're in disguise!" grinned your captain, and you couldn't help but scoff.
"You certainly all look more idiotic than before..."
"As if you weren't, you damn bitch" growled Zoro, headbutting you.
"You want a go, stupid mustached marimo?!"
"Bring it on!"
"I'm hungry!! Let's go this way!" shouted Luffy, running pass you.
"WAIT LUFFY!" you all shouted, chasing the idiot that could cause a ruckus if he wasn't careful enough.
And here began your journey in the island Dressrosa, filled with passion and dark secrets that are yet to be discovered.