“It’s been a week since it was stolen,” Sanji said to the crew as he gazed over the waves. He was dressed in a white tuxedo and sat in the back of the duck boat that the Straw Hat crew was huddled in. “But, you know, couldn’t we have gotten a better ship?”
“Not to mention clothes,” Zoro complained. He was wearing a green montsuki kimono and he was very disgruntled about it.
“Quit complaining!” Usopp snapped in his Shinto priest outfit, “The only place open was a rental for wedding ceremonies.”
“By the way,” Luffy interrupted, “where are we?” Luffy was the only one that didn’t have to rent any clothes.
“I don’t know!” Nami yelled, “My maps and compass were all stolen with the ship, remember?” She was dressed head to toe in a white wedding dress with a white veil.
“And my katana too,” Zoro added angrily.
“I don’t even have a pair of shoes,” Sanji complained.
“It’s good we’re going after the thief and all, but why’d you set out to sea without any preparation!?” Nami growled at Luffy, who did not seem to sense the anger.
They rounded a rock and saw a boy splashing in the water. “Hey look, there’s a kid over there,” Luffy observed, “Is he drowning?”
“Guess I gotta do something…” Sanji said before he dived over his friends and into the water to rescue the boy. He swam over to him. The boy didn’t look to be about eight and he desperately tried to keep his head above the water. “Hey kid, are you alright?” Sanji asked as he swam up to him.
Suddenly, the boy stopped flailing in the water and grinned, “Thanks for asking!”
The Straw Hat stared at the boy with confused looks on their faces and then surprise as they were bundled up into a net that was connected by four long poles.
“What!?” Sanji shouted in surprise.
A boat came out of its hiding place by the rocks and came under the net. The boy skillfully swam towards the boat and crawled in. A man stared up at the net from the boat with his arms crossed across his chest. He had sandy hair and wore a long green coat.
“Akisu, good work,” he said to the boy as the boy leaped over the side of the boat and pointed up at the net.
“Easy victory, piece of cake,” Akisu grinned and put his hands on his hips, “Idiots like them are easy to trick.”
“You little brat!” Sanji growled through the net.
“But they’re only a gang of poor folk. You can tell they don’t have any money just by the look of them,” Akisu told the man.
“Duped, eh?” he strode up to the net and pulled on a string, letting them out of the net and tumbling onto the deck, “A group of paupers, huh?”
“Who are you?” Sanji demanded angrily as he sat up.
“Us?” the man mused, happy Sanji had asked, “Those in search of a mountain of treasure!”
“The Thief Brothers!” Akisu and the man both exclaimed and leaped up onto a pile of barrels and chests on the dock.
“Borodo and…” the man introduced himself.
“Akisu!” the boy smiled.
“Thief brothers?” Usopp stood up as the barrels and chests tumbled under Borodo and Akisu, causing them to fall to the deck.
“What’s that?” Luffy asked as stuff rolled out of the barrels.
“It’s just a bunch of trash!” Nami said after she took a look at it.
“Well, well… They’re nothing but scavengers,” Usopp shrugged.
“That’s not true!” Akisu yelled, “Watch what you say about Borodo! Borodo is the man that will steal the Diamond Clock from Clockwork Island and become the greatest thief in the world!”
“You mean the famous Diamond Clock?” Nami’s eyes widened in excitement. The idea of treasure always enthralled her.
“What’s that?” Usopp asked, clueless.
“The finest jewel and artifact ever crafted. The most valuable clock in the world!” she said proudly as if she owned it.
“That’s our knowledgeable Nami-san!” Sanji ogled at her.
“Ah, so if someone was able to steal it, he really would be the greatest thief,” Usopp understood it now.
“Oh, then he’s just like me!” Luffy grinned. Borodo looked at him, interested. “I’m aiming to be the greatest pirate in the world, the Pirate King!”
“Pirate King!” Borodo exclaimed, surprised, “With this ship?” he asked as he pointed at the duck boat.
“No way!” Usopp and Luffy shouted.
“Our ship got stolen,” Sanji told him, “But we don’t know who stole it.”
“Does your ship have a pirate mark wearing a straw hat?” Borodo asked them.
“You’ve seen it?” Usopp asked him.
“I saw it with the Trump Siblings,” Borodo said as he held his chin in his hand.
“The Trump Siblings?” Luffy repeated.
“They’re a nefarious group of pirates that have a stronghold on Clockwork Island and terrorize the surrounding area and the Diamond Clock that I’m after is also in their possession,” Borodo explained.
“They don’t look so tough,” both Sanji and Zoro said as the crew gazed at the Trump Siblings’ wanted posters that Borodo produced from his pocket.
“That bear guy is too cool!” Luffy exclaimed as Sanji and Zoro argued.
“What are you so happy for?” Borodo stared at him in disbelief and surprise, “They stole your ship! You’re supposed to be mad! You’re supposed to want to beam them up!”
“Borodo, over there!” Akisu shouted and pointed over the port side. They all turned to look and gape at the fleet of ships that came toward them. Their sails bore numbers and the four suits.
“The Trump Pirates,” Borodo whispered in fear.
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