CH 70

"This is not good." Johnny said to Zoro. "You and brother captain are strong, but I don't think it'll be enough to beat a Warlord." Luffy smirked under his hat, knowing that he could kick Crocodile's ass all day if he wanted.

"This is nuts!" Mr. 9 shouted. "What do we do now?! Baroque Works has over 2,000 people in it! We can't fight them!"

"Calm down." Igaram said as he stood up. "I've got an idea."

()()()()

10 minutes later, Igaram and everyone were now near a ship that was ready to sail off. "So you're plan is to sail off dressed as the princess with all these dummies to act as a decoy?" Zoro asked.

"Correct." Igaram said as Miss Monday and Mr. 9 were beside him.

"And you two?" Vivi asked.

"Like I said, you and I are friends." Miss Monday said with a smile.

"And you've been my partner in crime, so to speak." Mr. 9 said.

"The three of us will sail to Alabasta directly, while you and these pirates take the indirect island hopping route." he said.

"Hold it! We haven't agreed to take anyone anywhere!" Nami said. "And we still haven't talked about payment!"

"We'll do it." Luffy said with a smile. "CROCODILE MIGHT BE AFTER US ALREADY!" Nami shouted.

"How dangerous is this Crocodile?" Nojiko asked.

"He's one of the Seven Warlords." Igaram said. "Before he became one though, his bounty was up to eighty million."

"THAT'S FOUR TIMES ARLONG'S BOUNTY!" Nami yelled. "NO WAY!"

"Okay." Luffy said, making Nami almost cry and the rest of the crew look at him from either blank to disbelief.

"We are eternally grateful." Igaram said before humming some scales and talking a bit higher. "Now I, Vivi, shall take my leave."

"Nice imitation." Luffy said.

'Not really." Most of them thought. "Of what?" Zoro asked.

"Now Princess Vivi, please give me the Eternal Pose." Igaram said. Vivi looked at him with sad eyes before giving him the Eternal Pose.

"What's an Eternal Pose?" Nami asked.

"You don't know?" Igaram asked.

"It's like a permanent version of a Log Pose." he said holding up an hourglass shaped pose. "The Log Pose points you to the next island. An Eternal Pose always points to the same Island no matter where you are. This one is to our home counrty of Alabasta."

"And you three will head home this way?" Vivi asked worriedly.

"Yes. Please take the indirect route home Princess Vivi." Igaram said in a quiet voice. "I've never gone that way, but it should only be two or three islands until Alabasta." He then looked at Luffy. "Please, take care of the Princess in my absence."

"You got it." Luffy said with a smile.

"All of you." Vivi said as she looked at the three who were about to sail away.

"I expect your journey to be a harsh one." Igaram said with a calm voice and gentle smile. "Please be careful."

"I will." she said as they shook hands.

"Take care of yourself." Miss Monday said as she patted Vivi's head like a small child.

"Bye Bye Baby." Mr. 9 said as he placed his hand on her shoulder before they started towards the boat.

"Hey, wait a moment." Johnny said.

"What about this one?" Yosaku said. Everyone looked to see Miss Valentine's Day still sitting on the ground, her hands and feet tied with rope.

"That's a good question." Igaram said.

"Stay here and hope Baroque Works forgets about her?" Johnny asked.

"No." all of the ex-Baroque Work members said. They knew Crocodile would leave no loose strings.

"Flee on a ship?" Gin said.

"There's 2,000 people that she'd be running from." Mr. 9 said.

"Well if you can't stay or flee," Luffy said. "Why not come with us?"

"Huh?!" all of them said.

"Did you forget that she was sent here to kill Vivi?" Alvida said. "I know that." Luffy said. "But now the people who sent her here want her dead too, right?" Everyone just stared, unable to argue with that logic.

"You'd seriously let me on your ship?" she asked in equal disbelief.

"It's not like you've got any other options." Luffy said. She just stared at him, then looked down in thought. She remained like that for a moment before sighing.

"Guess I really don't have a choice then." she said with a grim look. "Please...can I join you guys?" she said.

"Okay." Luffy said before they untied her and gave her umbrella back to her.

"Be careful." Igaram said. "She's not to be trusted."

"Don't worry." Luffy said. "If she tries something...I'll sit on her." "Huh?!" she said as some of the crew tried not to laugh while Vivi glared at Luffy, clearly still angry about earlier.

"Right. We're off then." Igaram said as they sailed away. 'Princess Vivi, I wish you safe travels, and hope we meet again in our home country.' he thought

"I like those three." Luffy said.

"Weirdos, all of them." Nami said.

"But nice weirdos." Nojiko said as they all started walking away.

BOOOOOOM!

Everyone turned around to see that the ship that just left had exploded in a bright light and was now engulfed in flames.

"What just happened?!" Alvida shouted.

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