Chapter 7: The Grand Line!

Some time later, Lex's group finally reached the Whiskey Peak. It is the only city located on the Cactus island.

As they huge ship entered the river running through the island, they could see several peoples running towards them and cheered loudly from both the river banks.

"Pirates are here!"

"Welcome! To the town of welcoming, Whiskey Peak!"

"Welcome to the Grand Line!"

Looking at the cheering peoples, Lex's group stood quietly looking at them with smirking.

Zeke: "Indeed a good act. I might actually believe it if it wasn't for my high Haki strength."

Galand: "Hehe! Maybe I should turn all of them into stones. It would look quite good."

Lex: "Wait! We've some captives here."

Kaya: "Ok! Another woman? Tch!"

"Captain's a womanizer!"

Soon, they reached the port and docked their ship. As they landed, the peoples around rushed forward and greeted them with bright smiles.

"Ahem! Welc~ Ma~Ma~Maa! Welcome, my name is Igarappoi." An old man with curly hair came forward, greeted them and continued, "You may be a little shock at the welcome, but this is Whiskey Peak, a town of liquor and music. If it's fine liquor you want, we have an ocean's worth. So, please I cordially invite you to our banquet."

"Really! That's so nice of you!" Galand walked forward and bent down looking at Igarappoi with a smile which made them shiver. He looked back holding Igarappoi's soldier and said, "Captain! You see that's why I told you~ this is a good place!"

Jack: "Old man! How long for this place's log to be recorded?"

"Log? Don't worry about it. First, enjoy the party. Everyone! Prepare the banquet!"

"Alright! Time for a party!"

The peoples cheered loudly and led Lex's group into the city. Then, the banquet started continuing till late night inside the city bar.

Jack: "Thank y'all guys. I'll never forget your kindness when we kill you~hik!"

"What??!"

"Hahaha! Just kidding~hik!"

"Ahaha! So that's what it was!" *Phew!* They instantly sighed in relief, Jack had been talking nonsense about killing them, destroying the town, etc. which made them had cold sweats. Jack's jokes were too much for them to handle.

Galand: "Ok! Let's enjoy today!"

"Yeahh!"

Igarappoi: "Hahahaha! What a festib~ Ahem! Ma~Ma~Maa!~ festive night this is! Your enjoyment means the world to us! Truly, it means the world..."

Eventually, at midnight, all of them got tired and fell asleep including Lex's group.

While on the outside, several peoples were gathering and holding a discussion.

"Oh dear lord, they finally fell asleep!"

"Miss Monday!"

"Well, have you searched about them, Mr. 8? They look quite dangerous." Miss Monday asked as she removed the clothes covering her head.

"Yes, I've done my homework about this crew. It's indeed as I suspeb~ Ahem! Ma~Ma~Maa! suspected. You're right, Miss Monday. They're very dangerous!" Igarappoi who turned out to be Mr.8 said with a serious face and started explaining, "They are the recently famous, 'Sea No Evil' pirates having a total of more than 1 billion beli."

"What?! 1 billion beli?!" All of them were dumbfounded exclaiming with mouths wide open. Suddenly, they felt cold sweats remembering Jack's heavy jokes.

"Don't worry, guys! We've contacted the boss, reinforcements will soon be arriving." A girl with a beautiful face and light blue hair tied high in a ponytail jumped down from the building along with a man with crown and said to them.

"Yes, Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 are right. We'll wait for them to arrive here. Besides, they're just newcomers in Grand Line."

"Hehe! A bunch of ants gathering together trying to capture us? What a joke!"

The peoples all looked towards the voice and immediately became pale seeing 7 peoples standing on the rooftop staring at them with sharp deadly eyes.

Miss Monday: "H~How could they still stay awake after all that?!"

"You think that was enough for us to fall down? You're dealing with the hell, girl. Then~" Galand's cold voice sounded and instantly appeared behind Miss Monday, he asked with a playful tone,

"~let me ask you a question: Are you really trying to capture us?"

All of them were shocked with the inhuman speed and shivered hearing the question. Miss Monday also could see their strength, so she thought of buying some time,

"O~Of course not. You're our guests." She lied to him.

"Hehehe! You liar!"

"What do you mea~Eh?!" She wanted to act confused but suddenly her legs felt numb. She looked down, saw her legs had already turned to stone.

"N~No, I'm sorry~!" *Crack!* She regretted it and wanted to change the result but she was still late. She gradually turned into a stone statue.

"Miss Monday!!?"

"N~No way! She was defeated without even fighting?!!"

All of them exclaimed in terror looking at the statue of Miss Monday. Now, they really wanted to leave the place and go home.

'We're just little bounty hunters ok! How can we deal with these monsters!'

Galand: "Huh! It's a little crowded here and it's getting noisy... *Swish!*"

*Boom!*

Galand waved his weapon on the left side which created a strong wave instantly clearing everything on the left, it became empty!

"What!!? Only one swing?!"

"T~There's no way we can fight with them!"

They all fell weakly on the ground trembling in fear. Now, they didn't even have the strength to run away not mention even stand.

"Nose Fancy Cannon!"

"Hmm?" *Boom!*

At that moment, they heard a voice from behind and Galand was directly bombarded.

"Seems like it's troublesome here. What a bunch of weak peoples."

"Kyahaha! You can't expect them to be capable as us!"

Two figures slowly walked out from the shadow, a girl with an umbrella and a man with funny hair.

"Miss Valentine!! Mr.5!!"

"Ah! Please, help us deal with them. Maybe with you two we can succeed!" Miss Wednesday sighed in relieve, she didn't wanted to die like this before completing her mission.

"Well, we're here for other business but don't mind cleaning the~ *Swosh!* " Before Mr.5 could finish his words, a figure suddenly flashed beside him.

"It tickles you know, now die!" Galand swung his weapon directly cutting the head. The speed was so fast that Mr.5 didn't even realise it.

'Eh?! I died like that?!' Thats what he thought before losing his life.

*Swirl!*

The slash was so powerful that it created a big tornado instantly blowing everything around.

Lex: "Oy Galand! I told you to hold back a little."

"Ahaha! I did hold back!"

Jack: "Ugh! So this is what you called holding back. Just give me a break!"

"Cough! Cough! N~No, I can't die like this!" Miss Wednesday came out from the rubbles and fell weakly on the ground. She was breathing heavily with blood leaking from her stomach.

Lex: "Tch! This bastard. Koro, help her!"

"Ok! Captain!"

Koro easily healed the wounds on her stomach, even the scars had disappeared completely.

"Hmm?! Why did you help me?" She asked in confusion to Lex's action.

"How can I let a beauty die in front of my face? Now, tell me what's the reason for your eagerness to live?"

"I can't die yet, I've an important mission to complete. I've to save my kingdom." She replied clutching her fist tightly, her nails piercing the skin.

Lex: "Heh! Your Kingdom? So you're a princess."

"Yes, I'm the princess of Alabasta, Vivi Nefertari! I came here to spy for information."

Lex: "Ok! A brave princess, I like it. So? What're you going to do now?" Lex still continued his act.

Vivi: "Please! I beg you! I know you're strong. Maybe if it's you, my kingdom can be saved. Please, help me save my kingdom!" She immediately bowed on Lex, she had no choice but to depend on the pirates...

"I'll do anything you want in return!"

"Well! Anything?" Lex showed an evil grin. 'Completely fallen to the trap!'

"Yes! Any~Anything!" Vivi bit her lips hard, now she had to beg the enemy for her kingdom.

Lex: "Fine then! I'll help you, but in return you'll join us. What do you say, Princess?"

Vivi: "T~That~I... Sigh! Fine, I promise."

She had no choice, 'It's fine if the kingdom can be saved!'

Like that, Vivi made a one-sided deal with Lex. Lex didn't care about her kingdom as he already had plans for it. He just need to make Vivi see the scene of him saving her kingdom.

"Well guys since we already have the Alabasta's eternal pose. Let's leave!"

"Cough! Cough! Princess! You mustn't believe the pirates!" A weak voice sounded and Igarappoi's half dead body could be seen under a broken wall.

Vivi: "Igaram!! What happened to you!"

Igaram: "Leave it, princess! I'm fine, you don't go with them!"

"I'm sorry, Igaram! With this, I can save my dying kingdom. You can't stop me!" Vivi had already made her choice(she had no other way).

"Princess~Cough! Cough!" Igaram slowly came out dragging his body but Vivi had already followed Lex's group.

Vivi: "I'm sorry, Igaram! This is goodbye..."

She left the injured Igaram and came beside Lex who was very tall for her. Looking at the handsome face, she walked blankly thinking about her future.

"What? You've said goodbye?"

"Ung!" Vivi only nodded an continued staring on his face.

"You wait! 100,000kg Press!"

Vivi was immediately brought back from her thoughts hearing a loud female voice and looked up to see the dirty Miss Valentine.

Vivi: "Eh!? Miss Valentine?!"

*Swosh!*

She immediately shot down towards Lex at great speed wanting to crush him. But, reality was cruel as Galand appeared in the front and directly caught her with a single hand.

"Y~You?! How could you catch me so easily? N~No! Release me~ 200,000kg Press!"

Galand: "If you talk anymore, I'll turn you to a statue. Do you understand?"

"Y~Yes! I'm sorry!"

Lex: "Hehe! Interesting one! Bring her, I'll make Alpha train her very nicely."

"N~No! I don't want to~!!"

Galand: "Statue~" .... *Silence!*

And so, after loading the supplies, they released the sails and started sailing forward leaving Whiskey Peak.

Lex: "Ok! Zeke! You eat this one. It'll help you the most." Lex handed a fruit with a bomb shape, the Bomb Bomb devil fruit. While loading supplies, Kaya luckily found a strange fruit among the apples which turned out to be a devil fruit.

Zeke immediately took the fruit and directly ate it which he soon started vomiting because of the taste like shit!

"Fuck! It taste like shit!"

Kurogiri: "Oy! How do you know that shit taste like that?"

Jack: "So, Titans eat shit!"

"Shut up guys! I'll deal with you later!"

Lex: "So? How do you feel?"

Zeke: "Nothing~ just some surge of power. Let's see~"

Zeke instantly transformed into beast titan, took some cannonballs and walked towards the poop deck. He stretched his arms, aimed and directly threw the cannonballs towards the Cactus island.

*Swosh!*

On the edge of Whiskey Peak, Igaram was watching the leaving galleon when suddenly a bright light shone from the ship. A huge figure suddenly appeared and threw something towards the island.

"Hmm? What's that?!" Igaram soon saw the incoming cannonballs immediately turning pale, "Oh! Princess Vivi, what foolish thing you've done..."

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

Several cannonballs rained on the island destroying every piece of land in it. While, Vivi was resting in her new room inside the ship. She didn't hear anything except the clock ticking sound.

"Haha! This is quite a good ability. It's like dropping bombs... Ok! One more time... Again!"

Zeke continuously threw hundreds of cannonballs towards the completely destroyed island.

Galand: "It's really suitable for him. An island was completely crushed in just a few minutes."

Alucard: "Indeed a good destruction! Also, what shall we do with the little mouse hiding in the corner."

"I think you should come out and enjoy the view too!"

Kurogiri opened a fog portal at the air and a figure fell down in front of them. She was a woman with brown skin, sky blue eyes, dark black hair wearing a cowboy hat. She was shaking fiercely looking at the destroyed island in terror. She seemed to have remembered a sad past.

Lex: "Heh! What've we have here? It's the 'devil child', Nico Robin!"

"W~Why? Why would you destroy the island?"

Zeke: "Don't mind it, just having some fun... Hehe!"

"Fun!!? You're joking, right?!!" Robin had completely lost it. She came here just to check on the situation but her mind went blank after seeing the burning island and got exposed.

Lex: "She's completely lost her mind. Alpha, locked her up with those three. I'll get them all later."

"Understood Captain! Leave it to me."

Zeke: "Ok guys! Lets' party on reaching the Grand Line!"

"That's good!"

Thus, Lex and his crew held a party celebrating about reaching the Grand Line and claiming the second island.

The next morning...

On the foot of Twin Cape, a pirate ship rushed down from the mountain and landed on the sea of the Grand Line.

"Hooray! We've finally reached the Grand Line!"

"Hmph! Don't be too happy, this is the hell for pirates!"

"Shut up! Don't ruin the mood, bastard clown!"

"I'm called Buggy!"

The pirate ship that landed is the Going Merry of the Straw Hat pirates. After several events, they finally entered the Grand Line. Currently, the crew consists of Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji. Buggy also recently joined them on their journey. They found him floating half dead on a piece of wood. Now, they are on the journey to find 'One Piece' and also to defeat the 'Sea No Evil' pirates.

Nami: "It's strange! I heard that there seems to be a lighthouse here somewhere, where's it?"

Buggy: "Yeah! The lighthouse should be there."

"Well, someone seemed to have destroyed it. Look at that burnt wall."

"It must be them! They even destroyed the Logue town completely!"

"I think so too~"

"Let's go! They should be nearby!"

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On the other side, the 'Cursed King' was sailing towards their next island...

The door of Lex's room suddenly opened and Vivi slowly came inside wearing a gown given by Kaya. She just had breakfast and came to Lex's room wanted to talk to him.

"Can I come in?"

Lex: "Come in! What is it, Vivi?"

"Um, I wanted to t~talk about something about last night." She said weakly as Lex took her to sit on the bed.

"So? What do you want to talk about?"

Vivi: "I~It's about that promise. C~Could you please change to any other that that?" Even though she said in a mosquito voice, Lex could hear it clearly. He just smiled lightly looking at the trembling Vivi.

'Well! That was expected afterall. But, hehe! It's your fault my little princess. Now, I'll make you completely mine...'

Suddenly, an evil thought came in Lex's mind. He acted a little dissatisfied,

"Huh! What? You finally regretted coming with us?"

Vivi: "N~No! It's not what you think? It's just that~"

Hearing the cold voice, Vivi immediately panicked and wanted to refuse but she had no words.

Lex: "Sigh! Whatever, I'll change it. You don't need to join us~"

"Really?" Vivi was a little surprised but Lex's next words made her completely pale.

"~but instead, you'll just have to warm my bed till we reach Alabasta as a compensation."

"W~What??! That's~"

Lex: "That won't work, princess! Either this or you'll have to join our pirate."

Hearing the words, Vivi remained silent lost in thought. Seeing her, Lex again added more fire,

"Think carefully, princess! You just need to accompany me only until we reach Alabasta or you'll have to join us. You don't have much time to think!"

Vivi slightly shivered, she started regretting her decision but soon recovered. She must be strong and protect her kingdom. The success is getting nearer, she just have to sacrifice a little.

After thinking for a while, she had made her decision. Vivi weakly looked at Lex's sharp yellow eyes with a little blush, her lips were already bleeding biting hard, her hands clutching her gown tightly and finally said with a trembling voice,

"T~Then, please t~take care of me! Mr. L~Lex!"

Lex immediately showed an evil smile, slightly smirking, he bent down and lifted her chin up facing his face and looked at the misty eyes,

"As you wish, Princess! You call me Lex!"

Then, Lex came forward and instantly stole the maiden's bloody lips.

"Mhmmph~!!?"

'Ah! My first kiss! It's gone~' Suddenly, two small drops of glistening tears ran down her rosy white cheeks....

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