Kuma

The whole thing went on for a while as it wasn't until the moment Usopp brought up the question about where the "one-piece" could be in which made Luffy mad.

Alexander and Nojiko stood there next to them as they prepared themself. Alexander was standing there, Rayleigh went next to him. "You know what we have to do."

Alexander knew what he meant by that as he wanted us to help the Stray Hats leave the islands alive. Rayleigh went towards the door after having said what he wanted to Alexander.

Rayleigh stopped by the door. "Your ship... is over at Grove 41, right? I'll go and handle that myself. What about you guys? There may be an Admiral here on the island already, you know."

Nami seemed a little disappointed hearing the last part. "Well, we don't want to cause anyone any trouble... shall we just go shopping somewhere?"

"What's with that crazy laid-back attitude?!! They're after us, you know! We have to hide ourselves away!" Usopp yelled at Nami when she said that.

"Mmm, yeah... if we all went with him, then we might just end up drawing the guys chasing us over there as well. If we want this to go nice and smoothly, our best bet is to run wild all over the town..." Franky said what he thought.

"So what, we split up and then meet back up at the ship when it's finished?" Zoro said as he casually sat on the couch.

"Yeah, like your on to talk about "meeting up" according to plan." Sanji replied to what Zoro said.

"Shakkie, you have that don't you?" Rayleigh asked Shakky

"Yes, I have on sheet."

"I'm a wanted man myself, you know I think I'll be taking your ship somewhere else to work on it." Rayleigh said as he took out a Vivre Card from his coat and ripped a small piece before giving it to Luffy.

"That's... a Vivre Card!" Luffy said in surprise when he saw that it was just like the one Ace had given him.

"Oh, you know about them? That makes things quicker" Rayleigh said in a little surprise.

Chopper, took the Vivre Card and turned towards Zoro. "So, yeah, Zoro, here's how you use the card."

Zoro getting mad at how Chopper thought he didn't know how it worked just yelled back. "I know how to use it!! Shaddup already!!"

"I'll need three days to finish coating your ship." Rayleigh said after quickly thinking about it.

"It'll take that long?!" Luffy said as it was too long.

"Your lives depend on the quality of my work. That's the quickest I can manage." Rayleigh replied

"So we just have to survive for three days, correct? Yohohoho!! How scary!!" Brook said as he heard what Rayleigh said.

"We'll meet up three days from now, in the evening. I don't know what grove I'll end up in if you just follow the Vivre Card, you'll find me waiting there for you. I'd suggest you prepare yourselves for the underwater voyage to Fishman Island, gather anything you need." Rayleigh explained to them.

"We're up against an Admiral... we've gotta be careful nobody dies!!" Luffy said with laughter.

Usopp, hearing him laugh as he said that started panicking. "Are you trying to jinx us or something?!!"

"Indeed, I think I'll just play dead." Brook said.

Before they were about to leave, Nami just remembers that she didn't get to have some quality time with Nojiko, so she quickly jumped on Nojiko, crying.

Nojiko, seeing her little sister so sad she just gently stroke her head whispering. "We will meet again, Nami, and I promise I will make sure that Alexander takes me to you when this is over."

"You promise?" Nami looked at Nojiko, trying to act cute.

"Why do you start trying to act all cute all of a sudden?" Nojiko said with laughter.

"I didn't start acting cute I've always been cute, so don't forget to keep your promise now." Nami said as she also began laughing with Nojiko.

Alexander seeing that just smiled and told everyone. "It might be time for you to leave now before someone finds you here."

Seeing Luffy and the others depart, Alexander and Nojiko stood there and watched as the backs of the Straw Hats got further and further away.

When they weren't able to see them anymore, Nojiko went from all smiles to a

"Alex, I'm scared that my sister will get hurt, so please can you use Earth Eagle to watch over her and the others until they leave?" Nojiko said with sadness in her voice as she buried her head in Alexander's chest.

"Don't have to worry I'm going to watch over them until they can safely leave the island, and don't be so sad. I promise you just like you just promised Nami that you will be able to see her again." He said with a smile on his face as he caressed her head.

After that, Alexander told Nojiko to go in and try to relax even if she can't right now. When Nojiko got inside, Alexander summoned Earth Eagle, so he could watch over them as promised.

When Earth Eagle got summoned, he instantly used his Eagle Eyes and asked Earth Eagle to follow the trail Luffy and the others went.

After a while, he finally found Luffy and the others, but they weren't alone because standing before them was an almost 7-meter tall man that Alexander instantly remembered was Bartholomew Kuma. Seeing him here, Alexander also got a flashback about the 2-year event and some parts as to how it went.

And an emotion instantly came to Alexander, and that was resolve as he just found out one thing he had to do on this island, and it might be dangerous, but he was willing to take a small risk helping a potential ally and friend.