I'm no Looking Glass-One Piece-Chapter 31

Recap-He stood, shakily, but still tall and proud.

Dorry picked up whatever the thing was, a mountain or a rock or a skeleton, and trapped Luffy underneath it! “Hey ossan what’s the big idea? Let me out!” Luffy yelled.

“I can’t stop now, this may be a 100 year old story… but once the battle has begun… running away from it means… to run away from the name of a Warrior!” Dorry said, picking up his sword, “And if I’m no longer a Warrior, then I am no longer myself. I’m sorry for doubting you. The God of War...Elbaf, has passed his judgment. I have just lost his favor, that’s all.”

Luffy struggle to get out, “Gods! Favor! Having it or Losing it! It doesn’t matter, are you going off to die just because your God says so!?” Luffy yelled. “Your duel was sabotaged! A sabotaged duel isn’t a duel! You know I’m right!”

“Silence! How could you impudent humans, who have lived but 10 or 20 years, have heard the divine words of Elbaf?!”

“So what does that matter! Oi! Get this off of me!!” Luffy yelled. “Oi ossan! Come back here you jerk! I won’t let you go like that!” Dorry left however and Luffy was still trapped, “THIS ISN’T HAPPENING!!!” he yelled, slamming the thing. “I thought that I had met an inspiring warrior!” You nod before trying to help him out. You dug and pulled, trying desperately! “Who was it?!” Who messed up the Giants’ duel!?”

“Come to think of it… Carue is missing.” Vivi said.

Suddenly Ussop came crashing into the clearing, yelling! “Emergency!” he yelled, running over to Luffy, “Nami got eaten by a dinosaur!! We ran into the jungle together to escape the dinosaur when all of a sudden she was gone!!”

“Hold up.” You say calmly. They got mad, freaking out, “I said hold up!” you growl, they stopped to look at you. “We don’t know that she got eaten by a dinosaur, you just assumed that. The same people that sabotaged Dorry could have caught Nami. There is only one group that I can think of who would do this.”

“Baroque Works.” Vivi said.

“Baroque Works is HERE on THIS island?!” Ussop yelled. “But then, how come they didn’t target me too?”

“You were unconscious when we found out about the secret, which means you aren’t on Baroque Works Death List. In any matter we need to find Nami.” You say.

“And that beer may have been intended for us as well.” Vivi said.

“Beer? What beer?” Ussop asked.

“Brogy gave some of your beer to Dorry. But when Dorry drank it the beer exploded in his stomach.” Vivi said.

“WHAT?! The beer exploded in his stomach?! And he went to duel in that condition!?”

“I tried to stop him but he put this damn rock on me! Their battle has been fought evenly at full strength for 100 years now.” Luffy said.

“Their battle must be the most honorable battle that exists!”Ussop yelled.

“Yeah.” Luffy said.

“How dare someone mess with their fight!!!”

Just then you saw a high arc of blood! Luffy started to slam his head into the ground, yelling! “WHO WAS IT!!!?” he yelled. “SHOW YOURSELF!!”

You heard something at that moment and dashed away. You delved into the jungle, senses on high. You saw something out of the corner of your eye and swiveled around only to find out it was too late! Your legs and arms were encased in something! You couldn’t get out of it and whatever it was stuck to glass! You couldn’t just have it bounce off or through you! “What is this!!!” you yell. “Where are you?!”

Aideen screeched and you only heard a laugh. You were stuck there as you heard footsteps go away. Aideen screeched flying around, but she fell to the ground before she could get any message to Luffy and the others. She fell heavily and you struggle towards her. Whatever you were encased in her lags were encased in as well! Before long Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine came, holding Zoro and Nami! They pulled you and Aideen up too, carrying you with them and you couldn’t do anything! Your hands were trapped!

All of you were brought to a clearing. In the middle of it Brogy was stuck to the ground in whatever the thing was! Next to him was a man with a large nose, a squarish jaw and thick rimmed glasses. He wore a ridiculous looking ruffled and striped bowtie suit. On top of his head his hair was twisted into a three, which was burning at the top! Candle! Wax!! You thought. In front of him was a gigantic cake of wax! The top looked like half of a jack-o-lantern, several candles adorning the top of it! Vivi was to the side, her legs trapped as well and you could see Dorry past Brogy…down. “Got them.” Mr. 5 said, throwing you on the ground before stepping o n Zoro’s head. “It was so easy it was embarrassing. It’s hard to believe we were beaten by these guys.”

Miss Valentine laughed, “It’s because you are weak.” The guy with the three said.

“What did you say?”

“It was nothing. Hurry up and place them on the candle set.” The man said. You presumed him to be Mr. 3, it was a bit obvious.

“What is that?” Nami asked.

“Nami-san, Levia-san, Mr. Bushido!” Vivi said.

“What happened! Weren’t you with Luffy?” Nami asked.

“If you mean Straw Hat I finished him off.” Mr. 5 said. Aideen screeched and you growled, looking up at him. “It was an easy job.” Mr. 5 said.

You chuckled quietly, no way had he finished Luffy off. “You?” Zoro asked with a grin.

Just then the jack-o-lantern part of the wax cake started turning around! You were all placed on it, and the leg casing was released but your feet were stuck! The wax on everyone but your arms was taken off. “Welcome to my Service set!” Mr. 3 said.

“So this is what it feels like huh?” Zoro said from next to you, his arms crossed, “To be a candle on a cake.”

“What’s that thing spinning around up there?” Nami asked.

“It looks like a jack-o-lantern.” You say, looking at where Aideen was. They didn’t put her on the cake and they let her free, but not before they knocked her out!

You looked to your hands behind you and frowned. “Are you alright?” Zoro asked.

You sigh a bit, “No better than everyone else.” You said.

“I can’t move my legs at all.” Nami said.

“Why the hell would he let us move?” Zoro asked. “He’s our enemy you know.” He dragged one of his swords along the wax, “Tch! Too hard.” He said. “And in this stance I can’t use any of my strength.”

Little particles of something white were falling, and you were pretty certain it wasn’t snow. “Something’s coming down!” Vivi yelled.

Mr. 3 laughed. “Enjoy the taste of the Candle service! The wax falling down from above… will turn your body into wax figures! There is something that even my artistic skills cannot create: the perfect human statue. Just as the name implies you will soon become wax figures that contain souls. For the sake of my art, you will die.” Mr. 3 said.

“This isn’t art! This is murder! No art could be created by intentional murder!” you yell.

“I won’t die!” Nami yelled. “Why the hell do we have to become your ‘art’! Brogy-san! Don’t just lay there!” Nami yelled. “Do something or you’ll become a wax figure!”

“It’s no use begging him. He only just noticed that without noticing his opponents injuries… he killed Dorry, the friend that he had been fighting with for the past 100 years… With his own two hands, and the fool even wept tears of joy at his victory! Or perhaps you were lamenting the death of your old friend?” Mr. 3 laughed, “Well nothing can be done to help him now you fool!”

“I knew, I knew something was wrong.” Brogy said, “From the moment we began our fight… I knew Dorry was hiding something.”

“Hm? You say you noticed? Such a liar! If so why did you continue the battle? I saw how hard you fought, I didn’t see a single shred of sympathy.” Mr. 3 said.

“How could a CHILD who doesn’t understand the significance of the word ‘duel’ possibly understand the reason for my tears. What the hell would you know? A warrior conceals his injury and continues to fight and you would DARE insult him!? HOW CAN YOU SHOW SYMPATHY TO A WARRIOR WHO WISHES FOR A DUEL!?” Brogy yelled, scaring Mr. 3, “And now I understand how this happened. And now that I do I’ll finish this with my own two hands!” Brogy said, breaking through the wax, “As a courtesy to my friend Dorry!”

Mr. 5 held an explosive booger and you saw Mr. 3 edge away. You got it now, he was afraid to fight! There was explosion after explosion and Brogy fell! “Brogy-san!!” Nami yelled.

“What an irritable monster.” Mr. 5 said.

“I will restrain him properly this time.” Mr. 3 said, locking him down so that he was encased! He then drove stakes of wax through Brogy’s hands and feet!! “Now you will e completely unable to move!” he laughed.

“What cruel torture!’ Vivi said.

“Quickly now my candle service! Turn them into my very own wax figures!”

“My chest hurts, the wax is getting into my lungs! If this continues I’ll be turned into a wax figure from the in side out!!” Nami said, coughing.

Vivi was as well while all you could do was encase a glass filter at the back of your mouth, and in your nose, desperately stopping the wax from entering your system. It was practically the only thing you could do with your Devil Fruit, and you couldn’t even do it for the others, it would just be dodging one death for another. So you were waiting, hoping for a chance to do something. “That’s it! That’s it! Show me all the pain you can muster! A desperate face of pain and anguish… is the kind of art I admire! Harden in that desperate look!” Mr. 3 yelled.

“What kind of art is that you knot-haired freak! How dare you do that to Brogy-san! You’re gonna get what you deserve! You hear me!?”

Brogy was crying, and Mr. 3 turned, “What a great expression! Exquisite! That bitter, mournful, agonized expression is the highest form of art!”

Slowly you felt the wax start to envelop you, “Oh no! I can’t move my hands!’ Nami yelled. “I don’t want to die like this! Can’t we do something? My body is already hardening!”

“What can we do!?” Vivi asked.

Zoro was just staring at Brogy while you stared down Mr. 3. “Zoro, Levia! Think of something!”

“Oi ossan.” Zoro said, “You can still move right? I can still move too, Feel like killing these guys with me?” he asked, pulling out his sword.

“Zoro what are you doing? You aren’t…” Nami asked frantically.

“Yeah..” he said, getting his other sword out.

“Cutting off your own legs?!” Nami asked.

You froze, staring at Zoro, horrified. “You can’t be serious!” you say.

“No joke, it’s the only way we’ll get out of here. What’s your decision?”

You fell quiet while the other two girls were frantic! “Our decision? Even if we manage to get down we’ll be recaptured just as quickly!”

“How do you know if we don’t try? We’re going to die here anyway.” Zoro said. “Why don’t we make it ugly and struggle a little. There isn’t a reason to die so easily against these worthless scums! Right?”

You looked to him, and finally realized what it was he was saying, but didn’t say a word. It was too familiar, too matching of your memories. He was so determined, and it made you realize how much you had changed from before. “What the hell is he talking about? Is he insane?” Mr. 5 said.

“Hmph. You’re bluffing.” Mr. 3 said.

“What makes you think he is?” You say firmly.

“There is no way you could bring yourself to do it! It’s simply your tough guy act!” Mr. 3 said.

Brogy laughed, “What a fearless kid… I thought I had lost my reason to fight. With a spirit like that how could I refuse!”

“How are you going to fight without your legs?” Nami asked.

“I dunno.” Zoro said. “But I plan on winning.”

You grin, laughing almost maniacally. The agents looked at you strangely as well as vivi and Nami. “What else is there to do.” You say, “I’ll fight!”

“Wait! I’ll fight as well!”

“Alright, gotcha.” Zoro said.

“Here we go kid!” Brogy said.

“Don’t even think about it!!” Mr 3 said.

Just then you saw Luffy, Ussop, and Carue fly through the clearing, “I’M GONNA KICK YOUR ASSES!!!” Luffy yelled. They crashed into some trees before standing up, “Let’s do it Ussop!”

“Right!”

“Bird!” Luffy said.

Carue quaked, agreeing! “Luffy!!” Nami yelled. “Ussop!!”

“Carue!!”

“Brogy-san, we’re here to avenge your suffering!” Ussop said.

Just beat these guys to a pulp till they’re full of holes, and then send them flying!” Nami yelled.

“Yeah. That’s what I plan on doing!” Luffy said. “They ruined the Giant-ossans’ duel!”

“Oh it’s you? The man with the highest bounty in the East Blue? The Marine Headquarters seems to have lowered its standards.”

“Whoa you’ve got a weird head!” Luffy exclaimed.

“That’s none of your business!” Mr. 3 snapped.

“It’s a 3! A 3 and it’s on FIRE!”

“Before that, Luffy, destroy this pillar! We’re about to become wax figures!” Nami said.

“What? Were you in trouble?” Luffy asked.

“Nah, we’re not in trouble.” Zoro said.

“Wait! Your legs!!” Nami said.

“No big deal, I only got through them about halfway.” Zoro said.

You were shocked, but you stared to the jungle, anybody could die from that. You knew he wouldn’t but you just couldn’t help worrying! “How is that “no big deal!?”” Nami yelled.

“Anyway Luffy… Mind destroying this pillar first? I’ll leave the rest to you.” Zoro said.

You grin, turning back towards the others. “Gotcha.” Luffy said.

“I don’t think so.” Mr. 3 said.

“Hurry up damn it! We’re hardening!” Vivi yelled.