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You felt like a fly on the wall. You were sitting next to Ace as you watched both Luffy and Usopp mess around with the food Sanji had prepared. While Ace was offering to help Sanji, you were just quietly munching on some onigiri.
‘ Reminds me of Ririka. I wonder how she’s doing. I’ve sent her letters but it’s not like she can exactly write back to me.’ You took another bite of the food. You often had to pay someone to write down what you wanted on the letter and then you’d send it. Hermes could read and write, but he, much like East and Blue, couldn’t read the main language that was used by the rest of the world. Go figure, he couldn’t write it either. It was truly a recipe for disaster, it often ended in that.
‘ How strong is Hercules? I’m confident I could beat him up but one should never get too cocky.’ You reached into your satchel to take out your yo-yos. You inspected them to make sure they were still durable. It’s not like they could get damaged easily but you wanted to make sure as you headed into this fight.
You traced your fingers over the markings in the yo-yos when it was snatched out of your hands. You looked up to see Luffy flipping it over in his hands.
“Woah…what’s this?” Luffy asked you.
“It’s a yo-yo, Luffy. Here.” You take the yo-yo back and put your finger through the string. You let the yo-yo down, using your finger to move it up and down.
“And you can do tricks.” You threw out the yo-yo, looping it around your fingers to perform a Mach 5 trick. The yo-yo was spinning in the middle as you held the string with your finger. You began moving your right hand forward, keeping your left one back, before switching it back and forth, successfully performing the pop and fresh move.
“What?! I want to do that!” Luffy gestured for you to hand him the yo-yo and you did.
“You can try.” You reached into your bag and pulled out the books about yo-yo tricks that you had “checked” out many, many, years ago. You passed them to him.
“Yo-Yo tricks for dummies?” Ace read off the cover and looked up at you with an amused smirk.
“Oh…so that’s what the cover said.” You whispered it to yourself as you made sure to memorize it.
“What?” Usopp chuckled, thinking you were joking. “You say that like you can’t read.”
“I can’t.” You stare at him with a serious expression as his smile evaporates.
“Usopp!” Sanji lightly scolds him.
A smile spread on your lips as you bursted out in a fit of giggles. “Usopp, it’s fine, I don’t take offense to it.” You waved him off.
“Ah, I’m glad. I didn’t mean to be rude. But, if you don’t mind me asking, why?”
“I lived like a wild child for the first nine years of my life. It is scientifically proven that after puberty learning languages becomes more difficult, and while I can speak it, I can’t read or write it, and it’s much more difficult for me now.” You sighed.
“You don’t hit puberty when you’re nine though?” Sanji asked as he cocked his head to the side.
“Didn’t Sabo teach you to read too?” Ace added in.
“True. Sabo taught me to read, but it was too slow. I had to sound out the letters one by one, then together–plus silent letters will fuck you up, it was tedious. And when you’re disorientated, running from the law, barely having woken up after being sedated for the umpteenth time you don’t have the mind to read anything. You just run. So gradually I stopped bothering and my teen years came and went.” Before anyone could ask about that, you distracted them with another fun fact about yourself. You’re a chatterbox, you’re quiet till they get you talking.
“I also don’t understand the currency. The only berries I know of are the ones that grow on bushes. And I really do mean that, at the very least I know which berries you can and can’t eat.”
Ace could sense there was a little more to your statements and decided to ask. “I’ll bite, how?”
“From personal experience mainly.” You shrugged.
“Personal experience?” Sanji raised his eyebrow at you–still wondering about that sedation.
“Yeah, I don’t know if my brother thought letting me explore would be more educational for me, but he really let me eat whatever I could get my hands on. Word of advice, DO NOT eat the desert strawberries. You will die. Luffy, that’s directed towards you the most.”
“What happens if you eat a desert strawberry?” Usopp asked.
“Well, considering desert strawberries aren’t fruit, and are in fact venomous–not poisonous, people confuse the two–spiders, nothing good. You’ll feel fine for a few days and then just drop dead. They don’t even taste good.” You made it sound like their taste was the most important thing.
“You ate them?” Usopp’s eyes popped out of his skull.
“Yup. A few years ago, when I first came to Alabasta.” You took another bite of your food.
“So you’ve been here before?” Sanji asked as he got to washing the dishes.
“Yesssss.” You drew out the ‘s.’
“And you still don’t know your way–” Ace began to tease you.
“Listen, Ace, I don’t remember half my life time, ok? I don’t know where East, South, West or Blue is.” You said in a defensive manner.
“Blue? You mean north?” Sanji asked.
“Blue, North, still don’t know where either are.” You waved your hand dismissively. You theorized that Blue, the nymph, was restricted to the East Blue and that’s why you haven’t seen her since crossing the Red line.
‘ I think the drugs are starting to get to me. There’s no way years of this hasn’t damaged my brain.’ You thought to yourself as you took another bite of your food.
‘ What does that even mean? ’ Usopp was slightly concerned. He didn’t know you, but you seemed…out of it. Like you had many thoughts running through your brain but it was also empty at the same time.
Ace chuckled, “Aw, did Blue abandon you?” Ace teased.
“She didn’t abandon me…I just haven’t seen her in a hot minute.” You huffed with frustration.
“Right, right, of course.” Ace nodded along. ‘ They look cute when they’re annoyed.’
He couldn’t stop himself from reaching out and pinching your cheek.
“You and Hermes would get along so well.” You glanced at him, “Luffy, how is Ace as an older brother? Any fun stories?”
Luffy moved to sit next to you, pinching your other cheek. If Ace could do it, so should he.
“Let me tell you about this one time Ace got chased by farmers and he screamed like a little girl–” Luffy began to say.
“We’ve been over this, that was you!”
“Nuh-uh!”
“Yuh-uh!”
The two got into a playful argument, thankfully letting go of your cheeks. You slide down, crawling under the table, and take the spot next to Usopp where Luffy had previously been. You grabbed your yo-yo and the book. As you slid the book into your bag, you felt a tap on your shoulder.
“Can I see your yo-yo?” Usopp asked.
“Sure.” You tossed it to him, completely forgetting that the weapon was heavier than it looked. As he caught it, he forcefully leaned forward from the weight.
“This is heavy! How did you make it seem so light?!”
“I’m just that strong. It’s made of the best iron there could ever be.”
“Did you make it?” Usopp set it down on the table, reading the words embedded into the iron. At least he tried to, the language was different, unlike any he’s seen before.
“No, that was my brother.” You replied without elaborating, a habit that bothered Hermes to no end. By now he’d gotten used to it, and knew to ask follow ups to get the answers he actually wanted.
“Hermes?” Sanji guessed. He heard you tossing that name back and forth with his captain.
“No. It’s Hephaestus. He’s the God of craftsmanship, among other things. Though he might as well be the God of ugliness too.” You chuckled to yourself.
“That doesn’t sound very nice.” Sanji commented.
“But it’s very true. The story goes that when he was born, he was so ugly his mother, Hera, threw him off Mountain Olympus–”
“Didn’t that happen to you too?” Luffy asked, his bickering with Ace had quieted down.
“--Yes, but that’s because I’m a bastard child, not because I’m ugly. Anyway, Mountain Olypus is a
very
tall mountain so he was heavily disfigured after the fall too.” You explained.
“That doesn’t sound like a nice woman.” Usopp grimaced. For most of the strawhats, they had loving mothers, Usopp certainly did, so to picture a mother being that vain was difficult.
“She’s…unique to put it politely.” You shared Usopp’s grimace. “What was I saying again? Oh! Right! So my brother Hermes asked him to make the yo-yo’s for me, as a present.”
“Some nice brothers you have.” Sanji commented with a drag of his cigarette.
“Yup! Well, at least Hermes, I haven’t met any of the other ones.” You shrugged.
“Do you want to?” Luffy asked. Truthfully, he was a little curious too. Your family seemed to be interesting and you were still as much of a mystery as you’d been a few years ago.
“Depends on who it is, and if they’ll snitch.” You replied. Some of those Gods weren’t trustable
“Hey guys, we’re going to stop the boat for a second so Vivi can give Karoo a message to deliver.” Nami said as she peeked into the kitchen.
“Of course Nami-swan~!” Sanji’s attitude immediately changed, his eyes turning into hearts and his voice going into a higher pitch.
You looked taken aback by the change as you leaned away slightly. Usopp chuckled at your reaction as he handed you your yo-yo. Quickly stuffing it into your bag, you got up to follow everyone else as they made their way onto the main part of the ship. You descended the stairs and made your way to the center of the deck. You spotted the bird’s nest of the ship and decided to have a looksy.
‘ Maybe I’ll see the hydra, Hermes, or Hercules…why do so many of my relative’s names begin with an H? What’s the obsession with that?’ You saw as Luffy’s second in command, Zoro, put on his shirt again as he made his way to lower the anchor. You were mesmerized for a bit, he was very handsome, before you climbed up the nest. You reached the top in no time and you began to survey the area.
You sighed as you realized the most you could see was water and desert.
“Did he get to the Hyrda already? The Hyrda is super tall, there’s no way that I wouldn’t be able to see it…then where is he? Would I have to go to the king who gave him the labor? He’d have to report back at some point, but then I’d have to come back again. ” You rolled your eyes, already feeling frustrated.
“Damnit Hercules, this is why Hera tried to kill you. You’re a nuisance!” You turned your gaze towards the sky hoping you’d see Hermes coming at you before he saw you. No doubt he’d be pissed because technically you left when you weren’t supposed to, but you’re sure he’d understand. At least you hoped he would, you’re positive you’ve aged him by thirty years.
Not seeing anything, you decided to use your advanced search. You closed your eyes, placing your pointer and middle fingers on your temples as you looked without seeing. You furrowed your brows as you used your enhanced senses to search the desert. You went through windy storms, over hills, under beasts as your vision revealed to you a city. It wasn’t too big, it was a small place. The population couldn’t have been over 1,000. As your vision led you through the different streets you could sense yourself getting closer to your target.
Luffy had noticed you were ‘missing’ once everyone got back on the boat and kept moving forward. He looked left and right before spotting you in the bird’s nest. You were looking around, before turning your gaze upwards and then closing your eyes.
‘ What are you doing?’ He tilted his head to the side as he stretched his hands out to hold onto the edges of the barrel. He jumped up, easily landing in front of you. Despite the small breeze his landing caused, you didn’t open your eyes.
‘ Woah…cool.’ Luffy watched as your eyes moved rapidly under your eyelids, the pace getting faster with each passing second. Without thinking, he reached out to touch your eye. He meant to simply place his finger on your eyelid lightly, but he lost his grip and accidently poked your eye.
“Gah!” You were snapped out of your trance. You reached up to hold your eye as you opened your other to see what happened.
“LUFFY!!!” You yelled out with your God voice. It rang out through the entire country, being heard all the way out in the edges of the cities, causing ripples in the water. It shook the Go Merry, even knocking Usopp, Chopper, and Ace off their feet.
“What was that?” Zoro held his ears as he waited for everything to fall back into silence.
“They certainly have a pair of lungs.” Nami rubbed her ears, along with Vivi.
“Sorry!” Luffy sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck.
“What were you doing?” You asked, you blinked for a bit to get the tears out of your eye. You helped Luffy into the bird’s nest as your vision cleared up.
“Your eyes were moving like crazy. I wanted to see how it felt.”
“So you poked my eye?”
“That was an accident.” Luffy crossed his arms over his chest.
“You mean like how I’m going to accidentally chuck you into the ocean?” You deadpanned.
“You wouldn’t! I know you wouldn’t.” Luffy pulled you into a hug.
‘ Didn’t East and Blue kiss Y/n to make them feel better?’ Luffy thought as he kissed your eyelid.
“There, now it’s all better.” He smiled, pretty content with himself.
“Thanks Luffy.” What Luffy didn’t know was that a nymph's kiss has healing properties. So when Blue and East kissed your boo-boos, they actually did go away. Not that you were going to tell him that.
“Let’s get down from here.” You hopped down from the bird’s nest, using a gust of wind to soften your landing so as to not rip the boat in half. Luffy came down onto you, he held onto your shoulders as you both watched the rest of the crew getting ready to head into the desert.
“Because any exposed skin will get sunburned, you have to cover up in the desert.” Vivi explained to Sanji after he freaked out about them losing the dancer outfits.
‘ Speaking of…’ You reached into your bag and pulled out your sand yellow cloak. You had tucked it away for a bit, but it looks like you’ll be needing it again.
You wrapped it around your shoulders, making sure to do the three buttons you had in the front. You pulled the hood over your head, and kept your arms at your sides. Your entire body was covered perfectly.
“Put these on.” Vivi handed Luffy some clothes that would cover him up real nice.
“Well, hello, stranger~” Ace teased as he came up to you. “We never determined who won that contest, y’know?”
“Yes, but you already got what you wanted, right?”
“I suppose.” Ace hated how he couldn’t see your face when you wore the hood. It’s like there was just a dark void in place of your head.
“Kung Fu Dugongs!” Vivi’s yelling caught your attention. You made your way to the railing, with Ace following after you, and looked to see the little creatures that were creating an issue.
“Cute.” You mumbled.
“They do look adorable.” Ace agreed with you.
“I want to hug one so tight it pops.” You gushed, earning a few side glances from other members of the crew.
“Alright.” Ace grinned at you.
Somehow, Luffy managed to become the master of those cute yet furiocious creatures as everyone else got off the ship and walked onto the shore. After some bargaining, the creatures decided to leave the crew alone in exchange for food. Something that earned Luffy a scolding from the crew. You walked side by side with Ace, holding onto the white, cape-like garment that was wrapped around his neck.
“Now our food supplies have gotten a lot smaller, thanks Luffy, thanks.” Sanji said with annoyment.
“He’s a handful.” Ace said.
“You’re telling me.” Sanji moved some hair out of the way of his single exposed eye.
“Sanji, I have some food.” You piped in. It’s not like the Hyrda was going to need it, and you were very well planning on feeding both Hercules and his little nephew to it either way.
“Isn’t that for your friends?” Ace asked.
“If I couldn’t see a 90 foot tall creature from the highest point of the ship, then I’m positive that they’re no longer alive.”
“Is it a person or a creature? I’m confused.” Zoro asked.
“It’s not a person. It’s like a sea king, but not a sea king.” You thought about how to explain it better.
“It’s called the Hydra. It’s a creature that Hera created with the sole purpose of killing Hercules.”
“What did he do?” Vivi asked, it sounded like everyone was after this man.
“Be born.” You replied nonchalantly. “She hates his ass so much. She chooses not to kill him because she wants to make him suffer.”
“Hera? Does this woman just have it out for everyone?” Usopp didn’t think she could get any worse.
“Not a woman, a Goddess. And I wouldn’t say she does, she just really, really hates Hercules. She’d probably come after me too if she knew I was still alive. She even tried killing him as a baby. Anyway, she made Hercules so mad that he murdered his own wife and children and as a result he has to perform ten labors, maybe more because Graceians are sneaky people. I should know, I am one. His second one is killing the Hydra, which I tamed and have been with since I was a child so obviously I don’t want that.” You explained.
“Alright, that’s…disturbing, but what exactly is it?” Nami asked.
“The Hydra is a giant sea creature. It had three heads that look like a mix between dragons and serpents. Everytime you cut off one of its heads, two more sprout as a replacement. It’s about 90 feet tall now that it’s an adult.” You finally answered.
“And I’m guessing the different heads were your friends?” Ace sounded skeptical.
“Yup!” You popped the ‘p.’
“The heads have different personalities, but the immortal head is the most aggressive.”
“S-Should we be worried?” Usopp asked.
“Nah, they’re friendly. Anyway, where to, Vivi?” You successfully put that conversation in the grave.
Vivi didn’t respond as she reached the top of the sand dune. Her eyes widened, so you turned to see what she was looking at. Your eyes widened too. As you looked out into the sea of sand, you could only see what remained of the abandoned City of Green.
“Take a good look around everyone, this is what Baroque Works has been doing to my country. The people of Alabasta, this is what they’ve had to go through.”
You swallowed, you hadn’t seen cities be this destroyed in a while. You blinked, as everyone began making their way through the desert.
“Wow, there’s nothing here at all anymore, huh?” Luffy said, merely pointing it out.
“No, it’s nothing but a ghost town now. Up until a few short years ago, it was a thriving city of lush greenery. Rain was scarce, but by saving every last drop of water, and using it wisely, the city was able to make the foliage flourish. Unfortunately, that stopped when the rain did. Not a single drop of water has fallen in any part of this country for three years now.” Vivi explained.
Your eyebrows shot up in disbelief, three years? You couldn’t even begin to imagine that, you were always surrounded by water in one way or another.
“Three years?!” Sanji repeated with concernment.
“Wow, that long?” Chopper asked.
“But wait, even without rain, isn’t the river another water source?” Zoro pointed out.
“And it’s close, why couldn’t they just pipe the water in from over there?” Usopp followed up Zoro’s question with his own.
“Well, the answer to that is up ahead.” Everyone began to follow Vivi again.
“Even though it’s a desert kingdom, never in the thousands of Alabasta’s history has the rain ever stopped completely. However, there was one place where the rain fell more than usual. Much more, in fact. Alubarna, the capital. The city where the king’s palace is located.” Everyone kept silent as Vivi took a breath before continuing this history lesson of sorts. It was evident this was a difficult topic for her to discuss.
“The people of the land called it the “King’s miracle,” that was until one day…” Vivi went on to explain the incident that led to accusations of the King using dance powder.
“Dance powder?” Nami asked.
“So you’ve heard of it?” Luffy turned to Nami.
‘ She must be very knowledgeable.’ You thought to yourself. From what you’d gathered, she was the crew’s navigator, and a good one at that.
“Yes, I sure have. It summons rain.” Nami explained in the simplest of terms.
“Rain summoning?” Chopper questioned further.
“I’ve only heard stories of it, but apparently, dance powder was created by a researcher in a country where it never rained. Burning it creates a misty smoke, which rises into the sky. Once it reaches the clouds, it causes them to rain, in essence, it gives you the ability to create artificial rain on the spot.” Nami explained with more detail.
‘ For someone who ‘only heard of it,’ she sure knows a lot.’ You smiled to yourself, Luffy sure knows how to choose them.
“Oh, I know what you’re talking about! I’ve seen that stuff before. I ate some a while back, it tasted pretty gross though.” Luffy said with a little pride.
“You ate dance powder?” Nami narrowed her eyes at him, before walking past him. Though the skepticism was clear in her voice.
You doubted it a little, ‘ Luffy wouldn’t eat powder, would he? What’s the point in doing that? There’s not much flavor in that.’
“It’s not even food, it’s for making rain.” Zoro walked past Luffy as well, also clearly not believing him.
“Hey, I’m not lying! I’m telling the truth, I did eat it! And it tasted so gross I–” You watched as Luffy swung his arms in the air, jumping from side to side. You couldn’t help but laugh.
“Y/n, you believe me, right?” Luffy came up to you. He wrapped his arms around you, holding you close to try and see your face.
“Sure.” You said it in a normal tone, with a hint of laughter.
“I can’t tell if you do or don’t, I can’t see your face.” Luffy leaned in closer, while you leaned away.
“I do. I do.” You didn’t.
“Ok!” Luffy let you go and went back towards his friends.
“I don’t understand, wouldn’t that be perfect for a desert country like this one?” Usopp asked.
“You’d think so. Allow me to explain, the mist from the dance powder targets small clouds that aren’t ready to rain yet, causing them to mature faster. Said clouds would’ve still matured into full clouds, but when they were further down wind.” Nami answered.
“Oh, so it steals the rain that would’ve normally gone to a neighboring country. I bet it caused some major problems.” Usopp said.
“It did. A war broke out between the two countries and ever since then the World government has instituted a worldwide ban on the production, distribution and possession of the powder.”
“Even so, some of it managed to show up here, huh?”
“When it happened, the country had been experiencing strange weather. There had been no rain, not a single drop had fallen anywhere, except the capital.”
You winced as you realized how this could lead to a civil war of sorts.
“Vivi, that means your dad is the bad guy here!” Luffy pointed towards the princess.
“Luffy!” You yelled. Before Sanji could even kick Luffy’s head, you generated a small electricity ball from the tips of your fingers and flicked it towards your friend. Upon contact, it caused him to spasm and twitch before falling to the ground.
“Her father was framed.” You went over to pick him up, he wouldn’t be able to walk for a bit. Sanji stared in disbelief. It’s not like anyone knew much about you anyway, and new displays of power were always incredible to see.
“And here I thought, I was the stupid one.”
“I’m not stupid!” Luffy used whatever strength he had to hit you on the head. You slowly looked over your shoulder, your hood still keeping your face in the dark but your eye’s ominous glow pierced through it.
“Fine, you can walk by yourself then.” You threw him off your shoulders and he landed in the sand with a ‘thud.’
Your antics had gotten a small chuckle out of the princess. Something that was appreciated, particularly by Nami and Sanji. Nami appreciated it since she was closest to her, and it did help your case to prove you weren’t a violent beast like the World Government painted you to be. Of course this gesture earned you points with Sanji, you made a woman happy, and he loves women. You blushed upon hearing her laugh, you were thankful no one else could see it.
“So, what is this? A road?” Sanji asked when they arrived at the dried up canal.
“It used to be a large canal that piped in fresh water from the Sandora river. That is, until someone destroyed it. With the canal gone, the City of Green lost their source of freshwater.”
“Something like that and the dance powder incident would really dwindle people’s trust in the King.” Nami thought out loud.
“Fighting broke out, leading to people leaving for other oases and then…the city just…withered away.”
A random gust of wind picked up the sand, blowing it through the City of Green. You placed your hand on top of your hood to keep it on.
“What is that?” Nami asked as the wind exposed her ankles to the sun.
“Creep from Baroque Works?” Usopp guessed.
“The rebel army?” Chopper added in.
‘ Hermes?’ You really hoped your guess was wrong.
“No, it’s just wind.” Ace declared, causing you to relax.
“It sounds like a voice, right?” Luffy glanced over his shoulder at his brother.
“It’s coming from all directions! Ace, what are we going to do?” Usopp turned towards the crew’s big brother.
“There’s no danger. It’s just the wind blowing through the old town and echoing off the buildings.” Ace calmed down the crew, getting them to stop their fighting stances.
A particular gust of wind blew harder than the rest, knocking both Vivi’s and your hoods off.
“It’s like the city is wailing over what happened to it.” Vivi’s voice cracked.
The wind picked up even more as a dust devil made its way through the group. Everyone bent their knees, covering their faces with their arms as the wind passed by. You closed your eyes to avoid the sand, you leaned in closer to Ace. You hid your face in his shoulder, pulling your hood to cover one side of your face.
“You upset?” Ace whispered to you. It was both teasing and caring. He assumed Vivi’s story had upset you enough to cause a weather related reaction.
You didn’t understand what he was trying to say at first, before it clicked, “That wasn’t me.” You whispered back to him.
“Just checking…”
Once the wind had passed, everyone stood up again. You rubbed the sand out of your eyes and hair. You decided to keep your hood off now. You opened your eyes to see Luffy running towards some cloth in the sand.
“Someone’s collapsed!” Nami yelled out.
“You mean there are still people in the city?!” Vivi said in disbelief.
‘ I wouldn’t count on it.’ You didn’t say anything, you’ve been wrong in the past.
As everyone else rushed to catch up to Luffy, they came to the realization that it was just a corpse.
‘ Not even a corpse, it’s a skeleton.’ You thought to yourself as you looked down at the skull.
“What did my father, and all the other good people, ever do to deserve this? It’s hard enough to live in the desert, everyday is a struggle to survive. Somehow they found a way of doing it but Crocodile destroyed that! What gives them the right to do that?! What?! All the while, as one of the seven warlords, he passes himself off as a hero of the people! No one realizes that he’s actually deceiving the entire country even as they cheer him on!” Vivi cried out in pain and frustration. Feelings that you knew all too well.
You stood next to Ace, watching as she cried over the skull. You wanted to help, to comfort but you didn’t know how. Would she even like that? It’s not like you knew each other that well. Still, you tried and lightly patted her shoulder.
“I can’t…I can’t let him get away with this!” Vivi cried harder, reaching up to place her hand over yours. You may not know each other that well, but any comfort was better than none.
“Ah!” Luffy screamed in anger as he punched one of the buildings, causing it to slowly but loudly fall onto it’s side.
“Oh well, hope that made him feel better.” Zoro mumbled to himself.
Ace squatted down next to you, and he began to dig out a hole for the body. You rubbed Vivi’s shoulders one last time and began digging as well. Once the hole was deep enough, Vivi placed what remained into the hole, the three of you working to cover it up. You passed her a stick and she placed it on the center.
“Vivi! Let’s get moving” Luffy popped his shoulder, which was much louder than you’d expected, “And do this!”
“He’s right, let’s get to Yuba.” Nami extended her hand for Vivi to take.
“That’s where the rebel army is, right?” Zoro asked.
“Yes, I have to stop them, I’m going to persuade their leader.” Vivi took Nami’s hand and got up onto her feet.
“How so?” Zoro questioned.
“I’ll tell the rebel leader the truth, that this is all Crocodile’s doing, and have him stop all of this pointless bloodshed.” Vivi said with determination.
“Let’s go.”
Just like that, everyone was back to walking, heading further into the desert.