I was a bit ahead of schedule so I figured "why not? Double update!" So enjoy your two for the price of one special.

After Luffy and Ace settled their fight (with Luffy insisting that a tie was not the same as losing), Ace set off on Striker, the glorified surfboard that ran on his Flame-Flame Fruit powers. Ace's original plan had been to hand Luffy a Vivre card and then continue his hunt for Whitebeard. Now, he was aiming to get to Sabaody and back through Fishman Island into the New World. Ace would be their Trojan Horse into Whitebeard's crew. Blackbeard, pah. He was nothing. He would be found and Embraced eventually, and all his sins forgiven as his soul was cleansed of whatever madness or evil had afflicted him. Ace was just eager to spread this glorious feeling, this new way of life, this Embrace to his adopted family. He'd track down the Moby Dick and spread the Embrace to everyone on board.

And from there they'd tour Whitebeard's islands, contact the crews affiliated with the Whitebeard Pirates, and generally spread the Embrace throughout the New World.

Ace worried a bit about Marco finding out about Ace's crush on him, but figured that a life of no secrets and a little awkwardness was worth psychic coexistence.

Luffy watched his brother rocket away into the distance, following the Vivre card back to the Whitebeards' contact in Sabaody. Ace hadn't bothered to give Luffy his own, since they would always be together and able to find each other now thanks to Goo.

Accepting the bittersweet feeling of seeing a member of his family leave in body, even if they would be united in spirit, Luffy turned to his crew and the Alabastan guests. "Yosh! So, Robin, Nami, and I cross the river to get to Rainbase, right?"

Vivi nodded. "Yes, though I'm not sure how you'll get there."

"We could head towards Spiders Cafe. An F-Wani should be there tomorrow evening in order to pick up the Officer Agents and transport them to Rainbase. We could Embrace them with the help of Galdino and Leona and hitch a ride," Robin suggested.

Luffy frowned and shook his head. "No. Let Wax-guy and Art-girl handle that. I don't want to ride some dumb croc when I'm here to beat one up!"

"There are Kung Fu Dugongs in these waters. If you Embrace a few, they could swim you up the Sandora very fast and get you close enough to just run," Igaram put forth.

"You mean those guys?" Luffy asked, pointing to a bunch of shelled manatee-like creatures that had popped up out of the water during Luffy and Ace's fight. They'd been minor distractions at best, all falling to one hit from two-thirds of the ASL trio before resuming their duel.

"Yes," Igaram said, sweat-dropping. He'd been focused on protecting the princess during the fight, so he'd missed that small interlude.

"Nah, I'll leave them to Embrace all the other local wildlife in these waters." Luffy grinned. "I know. Goo?"

'Luffy, there are still terabytes of calculations necessary before an actual flight is…'

"Goo. Sometimes you need to run before you can walk," Luffy said with all his counterintuitive wisdom.

'*Sigh* Very well. We Are Here To Help,' the slime muttered just a tad ruefully.

With a surge of biomass, Luffy, Robin, and Nami sprouted wings.

"Oh, yeah! This is a much more fun way to travel than riding some dumb animals," Luffy cheered.

"There are no 'dumb' animals in the Embrace anymore, remember Luffy? Not since we got Tony-kun," Vivi tried to explain.

"Don't bother, Vivi, he's not listening," Nami said, inspecting her new appendages with a critical eye while Luffy continued to gawk at his own wings.

"Fufufu! I made a move like this, but I could only hold it for ten seconds. This will be much more sustainable," Robin commented, running a hand over the biomass construct and feeling the neural feedback Goo provided.

"How come they get to fly while we have to walk?" Chopper complained, right up there with Luffy in thinking the wings were awesome.

"Because it's the dutiful man that takes the well-trodden path," Usopp nodded, trying to sound wise and succeeding, at least where the impressionable youth was concerned.

Luffy gave a few flaps, coming a good ten feet off the ground. "Shishishi! This is fun!"

Zoro grunted. "Alright. So Luffy, the witch, and Robin will fly to Rainbase. That leaves the rest of us to take on Katorea and the Rebel Army."

Sanji bonked him on the head with his heel. "Don't call Nami-swan a witch!"

"I'll call her whatever I want, you exiled prince!"

"Oh, we're going for childhoods now? Then I'm sure you won't mind me bringing up how you lost 2000 times to a girl!"

Before Zoro could retort, he and Sanji felt a foreboding presence. They both turned to find the three women looking at Sanji with shadowed eyes.

"What was that Sanji?" Vivi asked politely, promising plentiful pain.

"I'm sure I heard you wrong," Nami said, looking like an avenging angel with her flare wings.

"Are you perhaps suggesting that losing to a girl is shameful?" Robin asked rhetorically, her bangs shadowing her ice-blue eyes.

Zoro wisely backed away.

"Um… you see… that is… what I meant…" Sanji sputtered, knowing he was in deep shit. Leaping on a sudden thought, he shouted "Last one to Katorea is a rotten egg!" With that, he took off into the distance.

The three girls dissolved into giggles. "That's not even the right direction!" Vivi chuckled.

"Did you see his face? Hilarious!"

"Fufufu! We sure showed him!"

"I don't get human women," Chopper said plainly.

"You're not alone, my friend. You are not alone," Usopp said solemnly.

And so the group split into two. Luffy, Robin, and Nami used their new wings to take flight, aided by the fact that they were only 1 Kilo in weight thanks to Miss Valentine's Fruit being available to them. They'd fly like falcons through the sky, aided by the muscle memories of a few thousand birds in the Embrace. And if they got hit by a gust of wind or cramped a wing muscle, they had Moonwalk to correct their course and a half-dozen different ways to negate the impact should they touch the ground.

The others went to Katorea, where Kohza and the Rebel Army were based, and more than a few Baroque Works Millions and Billions were embedded.

Carue alone ran through the night, a message from Vivi clutched in his bill, the miles being eaten up under his claws as he made for the Royal City, Alubarna.

Nami admired the sunrise. "You know, once you get the hang of this, it's like a nice jog. You can just relax and let your body move."

"Indeed. Though I personally find it a bit boring and repetitive for my taste," Robin called back.

Nami rolled her eyes. "You can always follow the idiot's example."

"Woohoo!" Luffy screamed out, executing a double loop-de-loop before dropping into a vertical dive, waiting until the last possible moment to angle his wings and catch the air before slamming into the ground.

"No, thanks. I prefer activities with a minimal chance of a broken neck." Robin paused. "For myself, at least."

"You are way too wicked for this crew," Nami dead-panned.

"Fufufu!"

Between the strength of their wings and the lightness of their bodies, they devoured the miles like Wapol at a buffet. By the time the sun was starting to set, they had cleared the distance to Rainbase, having done a three-day land journey in one via the air.

"Luffy-san, Nami-san, I shall go ahead as Miss All-Sunday. I will oversee the final meeting for Operation Utopia. Then I will give the signal for you to be… well, you, Luffy-san."

"Shishishi! I can't wait to kick a Warlord's ass! Mihawk doesn't count. We ganged up on him. I want to do it just me!" Luffy grinned.

"One solid hit and you win the fight. How is that a challenge?" Nami questioned.

"It's a challenge to see how fast I can do it! And how much damage he manages to give before the biomass knocks him out."

Nami rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I'll be robbing the vault to give us some spending money to have on hand. Have your little duel. If you were smart, you'd just let Robin do it. Didn't the fight with Ace tide you over any?"

"I have to fight Ace, that's what we do! This is just for fun!"

"What Captain wants, Captain gets," Robin said cheerfully.

'Sadly, yes. The whims of the First are always the most heeded.' Goo admitted. 'It is how we repay our debt of gratitude for saving the Seed and allowing the Embrace to spread to a new planet.'

"So if, say, Sanji or Arlong had been the one to find it…" Nami asked, a curl of dread in her heart.

'Things would be mostly the same as they are now. Though Sanji would get inside hints on which girl to flirt with and Arlong would have wanted every Embraced to be modeled after Fishmen, not humans. The First is by no means 'king' or 'queen' of the Embrace. They are simply… the First.'

"The favorite child," Nami muttered, understanding.

'Every child is our favorite.'

"Uh huh, yeah, sure."

The three touched down in the desert outside the city, not wanting to draw undue attention by landing in full bodysuits in the central plaza. Luffy and Nami shifted into versions of the local attire, whereas Robin went with a flamboyant white cowgirl outfit complete with a fur coat. She looked drop-dead sexy, not that Luffy even noticed. She smiled and them and stepped into the city of Rainbase.

Luffy and Nami waited 15 minutes before shadowing her route, making it eventually to the heart of the city and the pyramid of Rain Dinners. Despite the late hour, the entrance was packed with people lounging and talking, taking a break from gambling inside.

Resisting the urge to Embrace anyone, Luffy and Nami sat at adjacent slot machines. They mindlessly slid coins Nami had pickpocketed into the machines, most of their attention on Robin.

Robin had breezed past security, whom recognized her on site. She made her way through the innards of the casino to Crocodile's office, which for whatever reason he had down in the prison section. Excuse her, 'underwater aquarium' section.

"So, you're finally back, Nico Robin," Crocodile growled around the cigar in his mouth. The scar that Whitebeard had given him across his nose was really quite distracting. He was dressed in a casual suit with his usual fur coat laid over it in flagrant disregard to the heat. His eyes were like two cannon barrels, aimed at whoever was unlucky enough to be in his path.

"I thought we agreed that we wouldn't use that name," Robin said neutrally. "I got swept up in the tragedy I was following. A lost princess, desperate to save her people, going up against Baroque Works alone only to perish in the end. It was like watching a play."

"Did you really have to follow her for so long? The results were inevitable. I've had to do all your duties as manager on top of running communications and keeping up the front of 'Hero of Alabasta'. The Officer Agents are due to arrive in less than an hour!" Crocodile snarled, much like his namesake.

"Then isn't it lucky I arrived today instead of tomorrow?" Robin pointed out. "Never worry, I'll still read the Poneglyph for you. Your true plan is still on schedule."

Crocodile narrowed his eyes. "Did you put on muscle?"

Robin didn't even blink. "No, I just skipped a few meals. I traveled light in order to arrive her promptly."

"Ah, that must be it." Crocodile held her under his reptilian stare for a moment longer before closing his eyes and waving his hands. "Get the Penthouse ready for our guests."

"Right away," Robin said pleasantly, turning her back on the predator in her midst, confident that she had tamed it for the moment.

Nami let out a breath. "That was close."

Luffy nodded before blinking as his machine started flashing lights. "Whoa, I won!"

While Nami and Luffy dealt with the mad scramble for dropped Bellies that centered on their machine, Robin set up the best room in the casino for the Officer Agents. Goo informed her that the Mr. 3 pair and Mr. 5 pair had succeeded in embracing their superiors. So now almost all of Baroque Works was in the Embrace, save for a few stray Millions and Mr. 0 himself.

Robin greeted the flamboyant characters as they arrived in the F-Wani and guided them through the casino to the grand table where Crocodile bid them to sit.

Five minutes, ten minutes, an hour passed.

"STOP JOKING AROUND!" Mr. 2 Bon Clay, aka Bentham, shouted at the top of his lungs, every inch the jilted diva. "Just how long is he going to make us wait? I'll dance! I'll do it, you know! I'm a swan!"

Mr. 4 laughed in his slow way at the okama's antics.

"Mr. 2, please be quiet," Miss Doublefinger asked tiredly.

"Yeah, really! You idiot! Id-! Id-!" Miss Merrychristmas rattled, off, speaking too fast for her mouth.

"You too, Miss Merrychristmas," Miss Doublefinger added.

"Fufufu! It seems you aren't getting along! Not that it really matters," Robin noted, standing on the stairs leading down into the sunken room.

"Miss All-Sunday," Mr. 1, aka Daz Bonez acknowledged.

"Thank you for coming all this way. I'm glad that you could make it," Robin stated as she walked down the stairs. To the city where people dream of winning an instant fortune through gambling: The City of Dreams, Rainbase. And to the largest casino in this city, Rain Dinners, I welcome you."

"Skip the formalities and get to the point, Miss All-Sunday," Mr. 1 said in a bored tone.

"As you wish, I will continue the briefing," Robin said.

"Yeah, start it! Get to it! Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!" Miss Merrychristmas babbled.

"But before I do, I must introduce to you the Boss of our organization, whose face you've yet to see," Robin continued. "Until now, I have acted as his representative, and relayed his orders to you. But there is no longer a need for that. You understand, don't you?"

Crocodile spoke up from the head of the table, turning the chair so they all could face him. "In other words, the time has come for Operation Utopia!"

The Officer Agents all gaped, shocked at this turn of events… or at least they put on splendid acting performances to the same effect. Crocodile didn't notice.

"The final objective of Baroque Works," Crocodile elaborated.

"As expected, you seem to know him. His public face, at least," Robin spoke up from the side.

The Officer Agents all raised a fuss over working for a pirate all this time. Crocodile listened to them with eyes closed before opening them to stare them all down. "Any objections?" he asked menacingly.

There was silence.

"I have no objections, but I have to wonder. The Seven Warlords of the Sea are pirates sanctioned by the World Government to pillage at will. Why would you need to form this organization?" Miss Doublefinger asked.

"What I seek is neither money nor social status. It is military power." Crocodile began, moving to take out a cigar.

'Now, Luffy-san' Robin mentally commanded.

On cue, Luffy stood up, donned his bodysuit and cowl, and roared. "CROCODILE!"

Luffy then 'attacked' all of the casino patrons, injecting them with biomass while knocking them out. Luffy made sure to stop and roar "Crocodile!" a few more times. Meanwhile, in the chaos, Nami slipped past security to get to where they kept the Belly.

Robin coughed into her hand. "Beg your pardon, Mr. 0, but some sort of monster is causing a ruckus in the casino. It's calling you out as well."

"What?" Crocodile asked, pulling his lighter away from his cigar.

"A rather tall man wearing some kind of costume or armor is wreaking havoc on the main floor. He's knocking down the security like flies. I think this requires your personal attention."

Crocodile scowled. "Damn Rookies, have the nerve to cause trouble in MY city. I'll deal with this idiot soon enough." Dissolving into a swirl of sand, Crocodile swept through the halls of his casino until he got to the main floor. As Nico Robin had told him, a guy in a costume or suit was rampaging around, knocking people and furniture around like paperweights. It paused and turned to face the Warlord.

"CROCODILE!" Luffy roared, licking his shark-like teeth and leaving his tongue to hang out as he breathed.

Crocodile would forever deny it, but he was the teensiest bit scared by that terrifying visage.

He rolled his eyes and snorted. "Want to test yourself against a Warlord, huh? You and I are not the same class of pirate," he said condescendingly.

Luffy's only response was to lunge at lightning speeds. Crocodile shifted into sand on reflex, which scattered all over the room as a fist tore through the space his body used to be.

Crocodile reconsidered his position as he reformed behind the monster. "Alright, you have some skill. But it's not enough. Desert Encierro," he intoned, reaching out with his right hand.

Except the beast was no longer there. Crocodile gaped. If it was fast enough that even he couldn't see it, then this was much more serious than he'd expected.

He felt a finger poke his shoulder.

Cursing the fact he'd never picked up Haki, Crocodile swung around with his hand transformed into sand. "Desert Spada!" he sent out a blade of sand with the cry that would erode everything in his wake.

He hit nothing but the walls of his own casino.

Crocodile felt hot breath against his hair.

He looked up just in time to see white teeth and a pink throat.

And then Crocodile, Warlord of the Sea, a man who'd had a bounty of 80 million Belly, got swallowed whole.

Luffy waited a few seconds, armoring his GI tract internally with Armament so Crocodile couldn't dehydrate him. When he was certain that all his fluids had coated the man and soaked him through with biomass, Luffy opened his mouth and heaved. Crocodile slid out, his clothes patchy from Luffy's stomach acid, sleeping like a baby. A baby having a nightmare, perhaps, but a baby all the same.

"Well, that was boring. He was so slow," Luffy complained. "I'm off to fight the giant Bananawani in the basement. That should be a challenge, right?"

"Very well, Luffy-san. The other Officer Agents and I will go out and start Embracing the rest of the city. We should have it done by morning if we go for the aggressive route." Robin poked a purple biomass-covered toe at Crocodile's face. "To think I once feared this man so. The Embrace has made me more than I ever dreamed possible."

'That is our intent, Robin. Ever better, that is our creed. We Are Here To Help.'

"Indeed. Now let's go 'help' Rainbase."

Clad in their bodysuits, the Officer Agents of Baroque Works exited Rain Dinners and set out to spread the Embrace.

The sun shined brightly down on Katorea. Vivi and Igaram walked right into the center of town, not even trying to disguise their appearance. The Straw Hats stood around her like bodyguards. People stopped and stared as they realized the Princess of Alabasta was in their midst. Vivi made sure to give each of them a kind smile.

When they got to the town center, Vivi stepped up on a merchant's crate and called out. "I am Nefertari Vivi, Princess of the Kingdom of Sand, Alabasta! As your future queen, I demand you listen to me!" Her voice was projected, carrying out throughout the dusty town.

"I have evidence that the Dance Powder found in the royal palace was planted. I have evidence that a criminal syndicate is framing the King, your King, Nefertari Cobra! I have evidence that this war you are getting ready for is based on a lie!"

People stopped and murmured. Could it be true? What if she was just trying to clear her father's name. Could there really be a conspiracy?"

"I know the Rebel Army is based in this town. I ask that I be led to the leader, Kohza of Yuba, that I may present my evidence and state my case. I swear on my honor as a Princess, as an Alabastan, and as a member of the Sand Sand Band that he will not be arrested for his crimes against the crown!"

They waited, Vivi staring gently but firmly into the crowd. Finally, a man stepped forward. "I'll take you to Leader."

"Kebi!" Vivi noted in recognition.

The man gave a half-grin at his childhood friend. "I hope this isn't a trick, Vivi. I'll never forgive you if it is."

Vivi swallowed. "What I do, I do for the good of all Alabasta. Even the Rebels."

Kebi nodded and led them through the town, taking them to an out of the way warehouse. Word had already been sent ahead, it seemed, because Kohza was waiting for them.

"Princess," the Rebel leader said with just a touch of scorn.

Vivi bowed her head. "Leader," she called him, like she had when they were little.

"We're not children anymore. Unless you're here to join the Rebellion, don't call me that." Kohza's words were sharp and honed as a knife.

Vivi squared her shoulders. "I would never join this foolish organization. You're ready to tear this country to pieces over rumors and false evidence!"

"So you claim. And how convenient is it that the daughter of the man causing this drought is the one to come forward with evidence of his innocence?"

"Don't insult me! You have no idea what I had to do to get this evidence. I had to join the very crime syndicate inciting this rebellion. I had to fight, and trick, and do horrible things. All so I could learn of their plan and the name of their leader!"

"She speaks the truth, Kohza. I joined the organization alongside her, so I could continue to fulfill my duty as her bodyguard. And when we were discovered, we were marked for death. It has been a harrowing journey home for us. Were it not for these kind strangers, we both would not be here," Igaram spoke up.

Kohza eyed the ragtag group of the Straw Hats. "So, you owe them your life? What price did you offer them?"

"Vivi's our friend. As far as our captain's concerned, that's reason enough to help her," Zoro spoke up, resting a hand on Wado at his waist.

"Like a real man needs a reason to help a lady in need," Sanji muttered, chewing on his toothpick.

"We had to fight members of this syndicate in order to protect Vivi. I know you have no reason to trust us, but we have no affiliation with this country. Surely our word counts for something?" Usopp argued.

"Vivi could be paying you to bear false witness," Kohza fired back.

Vivi reacted as if he'd slapped her. "How dare you? Do you really think that low of me?"

Kohza looked just a mite guilty. "I thought the best of you. And I thought the same of your father. And then he shattered it to pieces."

"But that wasn't him! It was Baroque Works!" Vivi counterred fiercely.

Kohza perked up. "What? Say that again."

"Baroque Works. It's a criminal organization that operates primarily in the first half of Paradise. It's goal to overthrow the crown of Alabasta. They're inciting this rebellion to weaken us. They want you and the Royal Army to bash each other to pieces so their forces can swoop n and take over!" Vivi said passionately. "Why? How do you recognize the name?"

"A week ago, we found a man in the attire of the Royal Army trying to poison our water. But he had a tattoo on his arm with that name as part of it: Baroque Works." Kohza pulled a hand through his hair. "Shit! This actually is starting to sound plausible."

Vivi stepped forward. "I can tell you everything there is to know about Baroque Works. But it won't matter one bit if you don't believe me." Vivi held out her hand. "I'm asking you to trust me, Kohza. Trust that my father is the good man you remember and all these horrible things you think he's done were a frame job. Trust that I'm not making this up. Trust that I want what's best for our country."

Kohza considered her for a long moment. Then he pulled off his glove and shook her hand. "I do trust you, Vivi."

"That's good." Vivi smiled sadly. "Which is why I'm really sorry for what's about to happen."

"Wha…" Kohza's eyes rolled up in his head as he collapsed.

The Rebels in the room panicked. "Leader!"

"Poison!"

"Treachery!"

"Ambush!"

Vivi had her eyes closed. "Take them down," she whispered with a heavy heart.

The Straw Hats put on their bodysuits and charged, taking down all the men in the warehouse in a matter of seconds. Then they sallied forth back into Katorea, eager to hunt down every last villager and Rebel until they all were injected with biomass and entering the Embrace.

Carue had blown past all the guards in his way to make it all the way to the Throne Room. Then he'd 'quacked' and waved until the King read his note, which was coated with biomass. To the worried Chaka and Pell, it looked as if the King had fainted from the news. Chaka and Pell went down to 'nuzzling' done by Carue. That done, Carue decided to play tag with all the palace staff, sweeping through at near supersonic speeds to deliver biomass. It was amazing what happened when you gave an animal born and bred for sprinting the Shave technique.

The next day, as Rainbase and Katorea awoke in the Embrace, Cobra declared a public feast for all of Alubarna, sending out his cooks to prepare food for everyone in the city. All of it laced with biomass, of course. The excuse was to celebrate the return of Princess Vivi. Even though she wasn't physically present in the city, she still made a number of public appearances. Bentham's Clone-Clone Fruit was put to good use.

The Straw Hats both congregated at Alubarna, taking a day and night to make the journey for both parties. By then, all of the Royal City was in the Embrace, those few that didn't attend the festivities touched or hunted down by those that had and then fallen asleep from a big lunch.

King Cobra shook hands with Crocodile, whom was cleansed of much of his negativity much as Wapol had been. The Warlord would soon be leaving Alabasta, out to scour other parts of Paradise for 'prey'.

Vivi showed Robin the secret entrance to the Poneglyph chamber. Robin read every one of the ancient words. "The Ancient Weapon, Pluton. A warship that could destroy an island with one blast." Robin closed her eyes, tears coming to them. "What horror will we unleash when we have an armada of such ships?"

'We will use them only in the event of violent resistance, the likelihood of which is reduced every day. Two Warlords, an Emperor with ready plans for two more, a quarter of Marineford taken. In an ideal scenario, we will never need to use them. But better to have and not need than to need and not have.'

"Very well. It is located at the mouth of the Shandora. Behind the waterfall, there is a door. The combination is described in the Poneglyph. Behind that door, Pluton waits in drydock. The sacred duty of the Nefertari bloodline has been to guard this secret."

'We will send a party to find and consume it. For now, you should get back to the party.'

Robin smiled and left the chamber behind, never again to be touched for another generation.

The Straw Hats were showing the Alabastan royalty how a pirate banquet went down. With Crocodile ceasing to cause the drought, it was raining buckets all over the kingdom. There would never be a water shortage again, of course, because Goo could filter seawater, but it was still nice to have some freshwater stored away, especially in Alabastan culture.

After the Straw Hats each had consumed their weight (or several times it, in Luffy's case), they all went to the Royal Bathhouse.

"This is the palace's esteemed bathhouse. We're really only able to use it when it rains," Cobra explained, not that Luffy or Usopp were paying attention. They were too busy gawking at the golden lion faucets or the marble tiles.

Zoro helped Chopper wash his back while Luffy and Usopp messed around in the pool portion. Sanji nudged Igaram with his elbow. "So, where's the women's bath?" the lecher asked.

Luffy turned, for once not wearing his straw hat. "Are you dumb, Sanji? They're on the other side of that wall! Don't you have your Observation up?"

"I was under the impression we were relaxing, rubber idiot," Sanji muttered, even as he scrambled to climb over the wall. Deciding to join in the fun, Usopp, Chopper, Igaram, and even King Cobra joined him. Zoro alone refused to look.

"This feels so good!" Nami moaned as Vivi massaged her back in the steamy air. "I wonder if we can get the Merry to have a bath this big?"

"We would likely have to consume a great deal of biomass. Perhaps all the Sea Kings between here and our next destination," Robin mused, giving herself a massage with her powers.

"This sea is so vast!" Vivi gushed, finally taking a moment to enjoy her wild adventure back home. "We've seen Giants, dinosaurs, sakura bloom in a land of snow! The Grand Line might contain so many more unbelievable things!"

Nami grinned at the younger girl before turning to face the guys peeping on them. "You do realize your daughter is on this side, right?" she called out to Cobra.

"I see two babes I'm not related to on this side as well!" the royal winked.

"Father?!" Vivi screeched, horrified.

Robin stood up, unashamed with her nudity. "I've been working on something. This isn't how I imagined testing it, but it seems a good opportunity." Crossing her arms, Robin intoned "Cuerpo Fleur!" In a flurry of petals, an exact copy of Robin appeared in front of her.

Sanji looked in danger of an aneurysm. "She wouldn't, would she? Oh please, oh please, oh please…"

Both Robins smirked and then the leaned in and kissed.

Sanji, Igaram, Cobra, and Usopp all created craters in the ceiling, so fierce were their nosebleeds. Luffy just laughed at his nakama's antics and Chopper logged the data that human males are very interested in twincest.

The Merry sailed up the Shandora to be closer to the crew. On the backs of the Supersonic Duck Squadron, the Straw Hats returned to their precious ship the next day. They sailed down the river, feeling the well-wishes and farewells of millions of Alabastans as they bid adieu to the heroes of the country, the ones that had protected Princess Vivi, foiled Crocodile's dastardly plan, and most importantly, spread the Embrace.

When they reached open water, they lined up with the closest island Nami could sense, and then they set off, the Alabasta Kingdom and millions of new nakama behind them.