Chapter 227: The next step
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Chapter 227: The Next Step
"I see…Vivi has been taken by Doflamingo…" Kinemon said with a grave expression.
Momonosuke became visibly shaken after hearing that name.
"You know him?" Asked Sanji.
"We had an encounter with his crew. They were the ones that captured my son." The samurai answered.
"You don't need to go with them if you don't want you. You are not pirates, we can take you somewhere else."
suggested Tashigi.
"No, we owe too much to the Strawhats and I owe my life to Vivi…my honor as a samurai would not allow me to look the other way. Besides, we have another reason for wanting to go to that island." he looked at the little boy and this one nodded in approval.
"It is decided then, well come with you."
"We will need to take that man with us if we are expected to negotiate, will that be a problem?" Zoro moved from the unconscious Caesar to the two female marines.
"You can rest at ease, Strawhats. I have reached an agreement with Law," explained Gion.
"You can have Caesar for now, We will come to Dressrosa to retrieve him at a later date and arrest Doflaminngo for his betrayal."
"What about those two?" Franky pointed at Baby 5 and Buffalo.
"They are still part of a Shichibukai crew, we can't arrest them unless they commit a crime right in front of us, and they haven't. I was only planning on detaining them for information but you can take them too." The Vice admiral added.
"Guahhh!" Luffy seemed to revive all of a sudden and stood up with a jump before yelping in pain and sitting down.
"Ouch!, Everything hurts!"
"Luffy you can't move yet! Your internal organs are still damaged from the poison." Chopper said.
"Poison… that's right!" He looked around but then got confused.
"Why is everyone here? Where did that Gas guy go?"
"We have much to tell you, Captain," Robin spoke.
"You guys have much to do, but so do we…we will take our leave now." Gion looked at the pieces of Vergo.
"Will he come back to normal on his own if we leave him like this?"
"In around three days the effects will disappear or you can manually put him back together if you want it to be earlier." Said law.
"Well keep him like this, he will make a mess on my ship otherwise." Gion gave Tashigi a glance.
"Take him back to the ship, I'll bring Sebas…well give him a proper burial when we are back at the Headquarters."
Gion sighed and picked up the body of her former captain while Tashigi carried the pieces of Vergo inside his own coat.
"Children, you are coming with us, we'll take you home." Said the vice admiral.
The kids cheered with happiness and said their goodies to the pirates.
After the two marines had left, the Strawhats spent some time explaining what happened after his fight with Caesar.
"How dare he take one of my crewmates! I'm going to kick this flamingo guy's ass!. Where is he?" Luffy shouted.
"He is on an island called Dressrosa. It will take us a few days to get there by ship. " Explained Law.
"Wasn't this Doflamingo on the island too a moment ago? he couldn't have gone too far. Maybe we can catch up with him before he reaches his island." Suggested Sanji.
"Not a chance…Dofflamingo doesn't need a ship to travel, he can use his ability to latch on the clouds and fly through the air at a much higher speed than any ship. He will probably reach Dressrosa in a few hours." Said Law.
Nami looked at the log pose. The three needles were pointing in three different directions.
"Which one is Dressrossa?"
Law looked towards her.
"The middle one. Don't worry, I have been on that island before, I know the way."
"Shouldn't we secure that guy before he wakes up?." Buggy pointed at the unconscious Caesar.
"You can leave that to me!" Usopp put in hand inside his bag and took something out something metallic.
"Where did you get seastone cuffs?" Asked Robin who had immediately recognized the object.
"I collected a few of those from Impel Down and gave them to him." Said Nami.
"If we are all set, let's get moving, I want to get Vivi back as soon as possible."
"Of course, we'll get her back. And I'll make that Flamingo guy pay!" exclaimed Luffy.
"Is Dofflamingo…and you better not underestimate him. He is one of the most dangerous men in the new world and he has a big crew of very dangerous and loyal individuals at his side. He also has complete control of the Dressrosa island so we can expect to have eyes on us since the moment we land." Said Law.
"We have time to form a plan while we get there. You need to tell us everything you know about him, his crew, and his island." Sanji spoke with a serious tone.
"And you need to rest, Luffy!. Your condition was very serious." Said chopper.
"I don't feel that bad now…I'll be much better after eating some meat." Assured their captain.
"I had to restart to heart twice!. And the second time you came back…your heart was beating with a strange rhythm…" Chopper added.
"Strange rhythm? , are you talking about arrhythmia?" Law asked the other doctor.
"No, it wasn't that…I don't know how to explain, it sounded almost like…music." Chopper looked troubled by his poor explanation but he could not think of any other way to describe it.
Luffy seemed to find the whole thing amusing.
"shishishi, my heart was playing music?, That's hilarious!"
A.N: - Punk Hazard arc is over...puff, that was a chore to write. This is the first arc where I'm forced to write different perspectives because things were going too differently than canon so it would get confused if I only wrote it from Vivi's perspective. I had to take into account all of the moving pieces, it was not fun write... But I hope it was enjoyable to read.
On to Dressrosa!-
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