One Piece (Love Story) [Part Two]

Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Four [Rewritten]

-Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty-Four-

"Yeah, we'll see" Zoro grinned.

"You cocky little scoundrel! Alright, men, let's—" the man was cut off by the sudden appearance of a King Bull which caused the entire ground to shake.

"Grab on! Here!" Paulie shouted as he threw ropes down towards us which we all quickly grabbed hold of one, clinging tightly onto them as we were dragged up towards the top of the Yagara's back. I sighed the minute I plopped down into one of the seats beside Zoro as he gently took my hand and started to gently rub the back of it with his thumb.

"Thanks, but you could have let us have some fun first though" Sanji said.

"You idiot!" Paulie snapped. "Don't forget the reason you came here—save your energy for the real fight!" he scowled.

"You're right, we'd be here all day with that many guys" Sanji mumbled as he peered down at the ground and at the multitude of men we passed by. My mind seemed to just wander as I looked all around us—looked at the mess that was this island which had been caused by all the fighting. It was amusing to see the ruckus we've all kicked up with just our appearance.

"Uh-oh! They're going to jump up on the Bull!" Chopper cried out, snapping me out of my daze as I peered over the edge and down at the Watch Dogs that were chasing after us and making attempts to jump onto the giant Yagara.

"What?" Nami owlishly blinked.

"Huh? They're persistent" I said with the tilt of my head.

"Can we go any faster?!" Chopper frantically asked.

"Bad dogs!" Nami snapped.

"Nami, calling them bad dogs isn't going to work—I doubt they've ever been called good boys before" I said, having my doubts that the men ever took the time to baby and spoil the dogs they rode. Couldn't do that if you wanted to train them to be used for fights.

"Hey, cook" Paulie said.

"What's up?" Sanji asked.

"You take the reins—here" Paulie said as he handed the reins over to the cook.

"Wait! What's going on here?" Sanji asked just as the three shipwrights made their way to the very back of the Yagara.

"When you see them, I want you to pass on a message for me" Paulie said, just barely looking back at us. "You're all fired."

"You got it" Zoro grinned.

"No problem" I chirped with a salute.

"Not so fast!" Paulie growled as he and the other two shipwrights jumped off the Yagara and proceeded to hold back the men that had been chasing us.

"Good luck, Galley-La! We're leaving this to you!" Zambai called back to the men as he and the other members of the Franky Family followed closely behind us on the other King Bull.

"That was so cool!" Chopper awed as he watched the fight going on below.

-Later-

"Way to go Sodom! Gomorrah! Keep charging forward!" Zambai cheered as we continued charge through the island.

"Sodom? Gomorrah? Such interesting names" I mumbled as I looked at the two large Yagaras.

"Fire! Don't let up!" Zambai ordered as he and the Franky Family fired at the Marines around us in an attempt to keep them back. I found myself a bit indifferent to the madness happening all around us, only blinking back in surprise as I witnessed the swordsman beside me deflect one of the oncoming cannonballs. There were days when I wondered if he and a few of the others were even human—not many normal swordfighters could do the things I've seen him do, even I couldn't pull off all the big, fancy-schmancy moves that he could. I guess you could say I fought like a normal person, I fought using my swords how they were meant to be used—for close combat as I hadn't stuck around home long enough to learn the more eccentric ways one could use a sword in my training.