Chapter 297: Report In

In the Skypiea lab, Ben watched the ring go through. "Maybe they have not arrived?" Ben asked.

"They should have my love, it has been a few days," Alvida replied. 

"It's not that far from here in the first place," Nojiko added. 

At that moment, the connection was established and they saw BM, Rubis and Emeraude watching the screen. Behind them was a woman and another girl. 

"Ben," Emeraude remarked. She had a smile on her face. 

"Hi Emeraude, Rubis and BM. It is good to see you again," Ben said.

"Sis has been talking about you all the time," Rubis teased. 

"Hey so have you," Emeraude shot back. The other girls giggled in the room with Ben.

"Hey sis," Saphir jumped in.

"Saphir, it's good to see you. Ben I hope she has not been trouble," Emerade replied.

"She has a habitat for that," Rubis added.

"Hey," Saphir said. 

Ben smiled. "Saphir has been lovely, she has been helping out a lot," Ben replied and kissed her forehead. Saphir smiled. 

"My lord, I have successfully obtained the Smoke Smoke fruit power and NT has arrived to get the Sand Sand fruit power," BM reported.

"That sounds good," Ben replied.

"That guy in Alabasta was strong when he used the Smoke Smoke fruit," Kaya remarked.

"Now we also have it," Vivi added.

"Princess, Vivi," Ivy and Cherry shouted from the screen. 

Vivi looked closer and saw Ivy and Cherry. "Ivy, Cherry what are you doing there?" Vivi asked. The last time she saw them was when they fought Simon. 

"Vivi`s fan club is there my love," Avlida commented. 

"I can see that," Ben replied.

Vivi looked at them. "Princess Vivi, we wanted to help you," Ivy proposed.

"Princess," Nojiko teased. 

They looked at Ben. Ivy and Cherry bowed down. "Captain, prince, lord, emperor Ben, please may I join the crew," Ivy requested. Cherry nodded as well.

"Prince?" Marianne asked. 

"Vivi is a princess," Robin replied.

"Lord, is from BM," Raki replied.

"Where does Emperor come from?" Mikita asked.

"NT has called Ben that," Rubis informed. 

"Pervert," Kaya remarked. 

"So we all get a chance to call him something unique," Conis remarked.

"You are free to do so," Alvida stated. Ben could not say anything and this entire conversation seemed to be over. He thought there would be no point, he could see in their face, they were determined. 

"Captain, please let Ivy join us," Emeraude pleaded.

"Please Captain Ben. I will do anything for you," Vivi joined in. She looked at Ivy and saw her face. She looked like she wanted to join. She felt a responsibility to them, to Ivy. They trusted her and she sort 

Alvida smiled. "My love cannot deny his Princess," Alvida teased.

"She always does get her away," Nojiko added.

"Anything?" Zala asked.

"You are a pervert," Kaya added.

"Poor Vivi," Honey replied. 

Ben thought he was getting bombarded. He didn't say anything and he was looking at a monster. "You are making me look evil," Ben remarked.

"He is taking innocent girls away," Robin said, faking a sad voice and tears. 

Ben looked at Ivy. "You can raise your head, I am not like that," Ben replied. Honey coughed. 

"You can join us. Vivi did tell me before about you but I was not expecting you to join but I am glad you did," Ben replied. He thought she had seen the labs, the girls let her so they want her to join. 

"Yes," Vivi replied. She looked happy. 

"Ivy can join but not Cherry," Ben added. He said, "She is young and this is too dangerous but she can stay with Ivy in the lab and go to a local school there in Parita or wherever she likes."

Cherry was a bit sad she was about to be separated but now she was happy. "Thank you Prince Ben," Cherry replied. She hugged Ivy, "We can be together," Cherry said. 

"Thank you Prince Ben," Ivy replied.

"You can just call me Ben," Ben replied.

Vivi jumped and hugged Ben. "Thank you," she said again as she kissed Ben`s cheek. The girls smiled. Vivi let go and smiled. "I," she tried to say.

Ben kissed her forehead. "I love you too," Ben replied. 

Emeraude smiled. She knew Ivy would be accepted and Cherry would get a childhood. They had money on the Miss Love Geese so they could put her into the school. 

"Ben, we were attacked by people wearing red afro, purple suits and white masks," Rubis explained. She talked about how Ivy and Cherry were in trouble and how NT came to save them.

Ben thought for a second. When they won the race, he met Giberson, also known as "The Concealer," a well known underworld emperor. "The people you met sounded like part of the Organ Dealing Assassination Group," Ben replied.

Robin looked shocked. "They are a dangerous underworld organisation who kidnap, murder people for their organs," Robin explained. 

"There are underworld elements already present there," Ben added. He thought and then said, "Actually it's best not to send Cherry out there, we will be drawing attention to ourself." 

"I can tutor her," Rubis offered.

"The island sounds dangerous," Zala cautioned.

"It's not safe there," Saphir agreed.

"The lab is crucial, so we should keep our activity to a minimum," Mikita advised.

"It is risky, messing with the underworld cannot be good," Nojiko said.

"Right now, no but soon we will get strong," Ben replied. He stated, "I trust all your strength." The girls smiled at the comment. 

"Oh one more thing, this lab we are in acts like a satellite control centre which means we can control all our Miss Love Fleets," Ben explained.

"That is amazing and more convenient to travel," Rubis replied. 

"It is and we have a flying ship called the Miss Love Maxima," Vivi added.

"Wow," Cherry replied. 

"Wow indeed," Marianne added.

"We will work out logistic and how to best handle these labs and transport with Sumi," Ben explained. 

"We should call Sumi up, it has been a while since we had spoken to her my love," Alvida added. Honey`s eyes lit up. 

"Someone is eager," Mikita remarked. 

"Okay, we will let you be for now," Emeraude said.

"My lord, let us know where we can be most useful. NT would like to assist you together then she can move," BM said.

"You can decide where to go," Ben replied.

"Thank you my lord," she replied. 

"Thank you Captain, thank you Ben," Ivy said. 

"Bye," Cherry said with a large smile on her face. 

They ended the call.