Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 304 DAMN THE CONSEQUENCES

“You sure you want to help?” I asked Rebecca as we began to move through the forest, toward Dressrosa. 

“Of course,” she said. Swinging a small sword that she picked up from the dwarves she had to use both hands to hold it with her teddy bear paws. 

“Alright, time to give them some hell,” I said. I had replenished my chakra with Kame Mode and was ready to go. “I’ll get Luffy. You all cause some havoc!” I yelled. 

The dwarves cheered as I floated away on a disc of ice. Rebecca holding onto my back I was sure we looked an odd pair. I doubted the dwarves even knew who we were, but they were an excitable lot. Finally able to help bring down the man that killed their friend, the Dressrosa king, they were ready to stop hiding on Green Bit. 

“I can’t believe you are taking the lead like this,” Rebecca said as we moved through the trees. “I’m so much weaker in this body.” 

“Even weak I have a lot of tricks,” I said. I really doubted I could beat anyone too strong, but I could at least piss people off until I was turned back into a human. I really hoped Usopp could beat the girl. Back in canon he had scared the Sugar girl so bad she passed out. With such an ugly face I believed he could do it once more, for me. His adoring husband. 

Able to control my water/ice I reminded myself to look for my Chikyugi Necklace when I had a chance. A part of me had hoped it would randomly show back up in my Status Screen, but it was still gone like my Baria Reef Map I had taken out so long ago in Naruto World. Running through my current skills I had tricks, but no real jutsus. No Tremor Devil Fruit, no epic strength, it was left to my cute fluffy body to kick some ass. 

We flew off Green Bit. No one at the bridge connecting the 2 islands we skirted the seawater as we picked up speed. I couldn’t remember who I probably looked like. Floating on a disc of ice it felt so familiar. There had to be some movie where someone did the same method of traveling as I did. Granted they probably weren’t turned into a cute black teddy bear, with another bear at his back, super powers, and other worldly knowledge. Some of me was at least original. 

Passing over the rocks that surrounded Dressrosa we shot down to skirt over the roofs. The Coliseum just ahead I made a beeline for where I felt Franky. Feeling some of his emotions from the distance I could tell he was worried. Dropping down into an open window we skated across the air and went down the stairs of a house to come upon a room full of marines. 

Screeching to a halt we stood there for a moment. Floating on the ice, 2 dolls staring at the group of marines surrounding our shipwright. He was no longer in his guise of All Might. 

“Hello,” I said, trying to play it cool. “We are just 2 peaceful toys…” The marines sighed. Lowering the guns pointed in our direction I poured chakra over them and pushed them away by the water in their body. As they were knocked back I moved to Franky kneeling on the ground. Touching his bald head I stuck to him with chakra. With great effort I picked him up. Bursting open the door with a hit of my Nen we flew away. 

“What the hell is going on!?” Franky yelled as my stubby hands stuck to his face. He tried to grab onto the ice disc but it broke every time he touched it. 

“No time to explain. Working with the Straw Hats. I’ll take you to them. What were the marines doing here?”

“They’ve been here the whole time,” Franky rasped as I raised us in the air. “They’re led by this Fujitora guy that ate the Gravity Devil Fruit.” 

“Is he a blind guy with a sword? Looks distinctly like Zatoichi?” I asked. 

“Who? Yeah he has a sword and is blind!” Franky yelled as I barely passed us over a home. 

“Damn. Okay, gonna have to watch for him,” I said. “Did you find the Smile Factory?”

“I did! It’s North of the palace. Underground,” Franky said as he calmed down. 

“Perfect,” I said. Leaving the island I dropped him down to the bridge as I noticed the dwarves and other Straw Hats start on it. “We are getting Luffy. Join the others!” I yelled as I turned us around. Twisting in the air Rebecca held on for dear life. 

“You’re driving crazy!” She yelled. 

“This is the fun part,” I assured, growing excited. “Get ready for the really crazy stuff.” 

“When does that start?!” She yelled. 

“When Luffy joins in on the fun!” I laughed as we stopped above the coliseum. Shaped like a donut as well, the fighting ring was surrounded by stands filled with people cheering the fighters on. At the center of the coliseum was a large platform surrounded by water. 2 large men were fighting on it. 

Draping us in shadow I moved down into the coliseum unnoticed. Under the stands for the spectators was a barred in section where all the fighters were. Moving to one of the bars I risked transferring energy. Pulling it from my side I pushed it into the metal. The bar glowed red then melted. I did the same a few feet below as well, making a gap in the bars. 

“Come on,” I whispered. Dropping our chakra guise I moved into what was left of the fighters. Only the strong ones left I found Luffy at the far end talking to 2 men. 

One was tall with green spiky hair and a red overcoat. No shirt underneath I recognized him as Bartholomeo the Straw Hat fanboy. Obsessed with Luffy for some reason I knew he could be trusted. 

The other man was who I expected. Blonde hair, scar over his eye, he wore a top hat, black overcoat and had a steel pipe in hand.

“It’s really you,” Luffy cried, holding onto the blond man. “I knew you were alive.”

“How? Hell, I didn’t remember you and Ash until I saw you in the paper 2 years ago,” Sabo said. Luffy’s other brother….er only brother, Sabo had grown up with Luffy. Hating his royal obsessed parents he had been fired upon by a cannon but was saved by Dragon, Luffy’s father. 

“I don’t know, I just knew you were alive,” Luffy cried. 

“Sorry to interrupt the family reunion, but we gotta go,” I said, causing the trio to jump. 

“Who are you?” Bartholomeo hissed as he tried to unsheathe a dagger. 

“I’m a Straw Hat pirate,” I said, raising my tiny paws. 

“You are?” Luffy asked. “Awesome. We have a toy on our team.” His eyes wide he accepted me wholeheartedly, which was nice for once. 

“Anyway, we gotta go Luffy. We are attacking Doflamingo,” I said. 

“But the fruit…” Luffy said, turning around. We could see the Tremor Devil Fruit sitting on a platform next to the ring. I wasn’t exactly sure how there were 2 of them, but my whole situation was otherworldly, so I wasn’t going to question it. A couple of Donquixote executives guarding it I thought it was too out in the open.

“I was hoping to get it,” Sabo said. “I am sure Ash would prefer one of us to get it.”

“That sounds like a great idea,” I said. “Let’s do that now, then get this attack going on.” 

“The last fight is coming up,” Luffy said. 

“Luffy…we are pirates, right?” I asked slowly. He nodded. “And this whole tournament is run by a pirate and his crew. Why don’t we just take the Devil Fruit?” 

“A couple of guys tried that,” Luffy said. “Do you have any cool Toy powers?” 

“I do in fact. Let’s just steal what we want, damn the consequences, eh?” I asked. Making a move to crack my knuckles I remembered I didn’t have any. I acted a little weird as I kept my paws outstretched as I moved to the bars holding us in. “When I have it, make a run for it.” 

“You coming Rebecca?” I asked. She jolted and jogged after me. Latching onto my back I jumped out as I pulled some water from around the ring. Freezing it I draped us in dark chakra and skirted the shadows as I made my way to the fruit. 

No one suspected anything. I tried to think about what to do but decided simpler was better. Raising up I dropped the chakra. Making 3 ice bullets I shot 2 into the guards and 1 into the glass case holding the fruit. Flying in I grabbed the fruit, latching onto it with chakra. A few other Donquixote guards fired guns at me but a cheer rang out as I got away. 

Looping around the arena on my ice glider I threw the fruit into the open hands of Sabo. Without hesitation he took a big bite. Stunned silence was the only sound as the people watched him eat the fruit without a worry in the world. At the last bite he forced it down and the people screamed. Some cheered, others groaned, most cursed him as he stole their show. 

“Get them!” A pirate yelled from the platform the fruit had been on. 

“Time to go!” I yelled, pulling more water up to the fighting platform. Luffy didn’t question it as I froze the water. Sabo and Bartolomeo as well moved to it. Raising us up, bullets were fired at us but I moved us around, dodging them as we floated over the coliseum. 

“My bear crewmate is awesome!” Luffy laughed as we glided over the homes. 

“I am awesome,” I agreed. “Time to fuck up this island, captain. They’ve been doing some very bad things here.”

“Will there be food afterward?” He asked, perking up. 

“Of course. A huge feast to make all the others look like a snack,” I promised. 

“Yosh! I’m in,” Luffy said as I moved us to where the main attack party started rushing at the castle.