One Piece: SHF Film - STRONG(ER) WORLD Scene 10

Scene 10

Family Reunion

    We return back to Shiki’s palace, and more specifically the pool room. Inside was still Nami, the weird electric bird creature, and the Booted Mynx. The Booted Mynx now recovered from its injuries from its earlier attack. At this point though, they were not the only ones here. There was also a Self-propelled Video Transponder Snail with them, but it was preoccupied with a meal of leaves picked from one of the trees in the room. As for Nami and the animals, they had sat out of sight of the snail and had been planning.

“Are you guys ready?” Nami asked, greatly determined to succeed.

Both the bird and the cat nodded. They too were determined to escape.

Nami nodded back to them. She soon stood up and walked over to the lounge chair nearby. On it was a backpack which she quickly grabbed. Before moving again, she looked over at the snail to check on it. Seeing that it was still eating, Nami hand gestured to the animals to follow. Cautiously, the bird and cat sneaked over to Nami and then sneaked further. They carefully entered the pool, careful not to make any noise, and silently swam across the pool. Then, once they reached a spot in the pool, Nami and the Booted Mynx dived down. The bird waited in the water for a few moments before the woman and cat came right back up, gasping for air.  Immediately, they all looked back at the snail; and again, it remained eating its meal. Nami thus sighed in relief.

“Okay,” Nami said before turning to her companions. With determination, she told them, “Alright, let’s go!”

Both animals nodded, and all three dived down into the water. After a minute of time passing, they had not returned.

They had escaped!

    As the group’s escape commenced, there was much happening on the island. On one of the few islands actually in the ocean, there was a port with every dock occupied with pirate ships. Literal shiploads of pirates went ashore in an orderly procession, and in fashionable and orderly clothing, into the island. They then proceeded up towards the summit of the island, walking on pathways created on the cliffside of this island. All this happened and seen through the eyes of many Video Transponder Snails - or “Cameko” - that psychically sent the images to the main snail - a “Proko” - located in the main room of Shiki’s palace. Here, many men surveilled the screens making sure everything was in order, and report any disturbances. As they did this, Shiki and Scarlet were also in the room as well. Shiki was looking at some pictures of a small sailboat - Ace’s Striker - and the Jolly Roger it flew by; Whitebeard’s Jolly Roger. This got Shiki looking very concerned.

“Is this Newgate’s doing?” Shiki asked rhetorically.

In his mind, Shiki recalled back twenty-two years ago. When he had gotten out of Impel Down, and found his crew and learned of this place, he had gone to Whitebeard to try and convince him to join his cause. Though they shared drinks and reminisced over the past, Edward Newgate had refused his offer. Choosing instead to continue with his usual routine rather than rule the world. It had displeased Shiki, but he respected the man’s decision as someone of the same generation of pirates as him. Not only that, but he was sure the man had no intention of stopping his plan either. So, learning that one of Whitebeard’s crewmates was on his island somewhere was troubling.

“What are you up to?”

From the screens, a man approached Shiki cautiously. He then spoke, “Um, Lord Shiki…”

Breaking from his thoughts, Shiki looked at the man with slight annoyance. “Yeah? What is it?” He asked.

“The pirate captains and their crews are arriving as we speak,” the man explained nervously, “and they are gathering as you requested.”

Shiki began to smile. “Good,” he said now pleased. He then gave orders to the man, “Make sure all the preparations are ready for after the meeting.”

“Yes, sir.” The man said obediently.

As the man rushed off, Shiki turned and looked at one the screens. Seeing the hundreds of men marching up to his ‘resort’ brought him into a jolly mood. “So, everything is finally coming together at last...” He said eagerly.

Then, he turned to one of his men. “You,” he said singling the man out, “release one of the men from the village.”

Surprised, the man asked, “Are you sure, Boss?”

“Yeah,” Shiki said with a devious grin. “It’s only natural to give them hope before their fall in despair.”

The man, now a bit afraid, nodded obediently and took off to perform the task. As he left, Indigo soon entered the room. His pooting shoes immediately grabbing the attention of Shiki. Once he had been noticed, Indigo stopped moving and making that noise. He then began moving around, making gestures with his hands and arms and contorted his body in weird positions. Shiki, as well as the whole room, watched on confused.

“What is it?” asked Shiki.

Indigo then finally spoke, “Captain Shiki!”

Everyone was shocked. “You could talk?!” They all shouted in unison.

Indigo continued. “Bad news, Captain! That girl escaped!”

“What!” shouted Shiki, more shocked.

“Yes, it seems she realized that the pool is connected to the sea.”

Shiki felt anger for a moment but then smiled as he was impressed by the woman’s action. “So, she got us. Impressive,” he said, “but we can’t let her get away.”

The man turned and shouted to the men on the communications devices. “Inform all our networks!” he commanded determinedly loud, “Find her!”

“Yes, sir!” The men said obediently.

    
From the pool, Nami and her animal companions had removed the grate from the pool and swam straight down into the shaft. Swimming with the flow of water, the group sped through the water quickly. Adding to their speed, the unusual bird kicked and moved his long tail as Nami and the Booted Mynx held on around its neck. They all swam down through the darkness for a whole minute before finally exiting the shaft. Now, they were in the sea; the sea that hugged and floated along the coast of the floating island. The bird did not stop after that, it kept swimming in a slant and downward direction until finally splashing out of the water.

Immediately, the group together gasped out for air as the soared downwards. Despite being able to fly, the bird seemed not to be able to at the moment. Most likely because it had one human and one very big cat hanging on both sides of its body covering its wings. Thus, they descended down to one of the lower floating islands, and right into a lake atop of a mountain. Or perhaps a volcano by how it formed a convenient lake. They splashed down into the deep blue water, and immediately, the attracted the attention of many. From the deep, four aquatic creatures rose from the deep. One was a giant bug like a water beetle with a design on its back similar to a Union Jack symbol on its shell. Another a large and vicious sea turtle with large spikes protruding from its shell. Next was a large and ugly fish. Finally, there was a long bug creature with many small fins propelling it and an underbite with long, sharp fangs. All of them quickly noticed the group in the water and began swiftly swimming up to them.

STRONG Dex, the Quadrumvirate:

“Identification: Oh Umi Gappa. This aquatic bug skims the watery bottoms to surprise attack anything floating above it. It is said to have a fondness though for cucumbers.”

“Identification: Maou Game. It can break an entire galleon with its tough, spiky shell. It was a rough attitude and always sets to do more harm than good.”

“Identification: Gyoriiza. Not the prettiest fish in the sea, but definitely one that’ll fight tooth and fin to survive. It can often be found chasing after sharks!”

“Identification: King Umi Mukade. King of the bottom-dwellers, this centipede-like bug will even attack creatures swimming out in the open. Its powerful under jaw can crack bones.”

Seeing Nami’s group as easy prey, the four aquatic beasts prepared to snatch as much as they could before any of the others could. As they surrounded the group, the bird was the only one of his group to notice their presence. Immediately, the bird began to panic, and in doing so, electrocuted everyone in the water. The whole lake glowed with yellow electricity until it ceased altogether. Moments later, the bodies of the beasts floated up to the surface; all unconscious. Not only them but Nami and the Booted Mynx too floated up and were unconscious. Finally, the bird itself surfaced, completely unharmed, and looked around with amazement. Then, it saw its friends as they were and began freaking out.

The Bird immediately took flight and grabbed the human and the feline and carried them over to the inner edge of the crater. It placed them gently on the ground and waited for them to awaken. Unfortunately, after a minute or two, neither was waking up. The bird began to worry and paced around them wondering what to do. Then, it had an idea. Stopping in between both of its companions, it quickly began pecking upon their foreheads furiously.

And in a few moments… “Stop that!” Nami shouted, and the Booted Mynx replicated, in irritation as they awoke. Punching the bird also in their anger.

Despite being punched, the bird called out in joy in seeing its two friends alive and well. It flew quickly up to them and hugged them both, crying out in delight. Though she had initially been annoyed with the bird, both Nami and the Booted Mynx forgave the bird its transgression.

“Alright, alright,” Nami voiced embarrassed as she pushed the bird off her. As the bird ceased hugging, the woman then warmly replied to the bird in gratitude, “Though a little extreme, thanks for the save.”

Happy, the bird chirped out and gave the woman a salute, accepting her appreciation.

Nami smiled at the bird, but then began to look around at her surroundings. “Where are we anyway?” she asked concerned.

Both the bird and the cat were just as curious to their new location. Together, they traveled up further towards the outer edge with the bird flying there naturally. The bird waited and watched as it' companions soon reached his spot. Then, all together, they began looking out from the top of the crater, searching for anything distinguishable. For the animals, they could hardly tell. For Nami on the other hand, she was surprised when she located something down at the base of the volcano.

“The Thousand Sunny!” Nami shouted out happily.

Nami was astonished to see her ship was well and unharmed just a mile or so away. To see her home was such a great relief for her and a welcomed sight. She only wished her crew was there to meet her. Especially her husband and daughter.

Then, there came a rustling in the jungle around the Sunny. The group looked to the left of the ship and something large came galloping out. To Nami’s surprise, it was a large two-headed dog being ridden by two humans. Even more surprising though, she recognized the two; one of whom she had never expected to see.

“Akio? Ace?!” Nami said.

Not noticing the woman, Ace and Akio were both exhausted and astonished. “It’s the Sunny!” Akio shouted out astounded.

“Wait,” Ace said, now looking at the kid quizzically. “Is your crew…”

Then, on the other side of the Sunny, more rustling came from the jungle. This time, only a person ran out of the foliage. Nami’s eyes widen in disbelief when she recognized the person; or actually, persons. It was Luffy, and he was carrying Mika on his shoulders. While Nami was completely speechless at the coincidence, father and daughter were astonished to find the Thousand Sunny.

“Mika!” Luffy shouted cheerfully. “It’s the Sunny!”

“Yeah!” Mika replied amazed. Then, instantly, Mika turned her head - her eyes glowing red for a moment before ceasing their glow - and saw her mother up the mountain. Her eyes widen, tears of joy formed from the bottom of her eyes, and she rejoiced.

“Mama!”

Nearly crying herself in joy, Nami smiled emotionally. “Mika! Luffy!” She called out in exaltation.

Luffy, as well as Akio and Ace, turned upon hearing the woman. While both Ace and Akio were surprised to see the orange-haired woman here, Luffy was speechless upon seeing his wife. Then, he began grinning with jubilation. “Nami!” He shouted before running straight for her.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Nami took off running as well. Of course, heading right down the gentle slope of the volcano to her husband and daughter. Nothing was going to stop her from reuniting with her precious family.

Except maybe what was to come next.

From the left, where Akio and Ace came from, the Natsu Salamander shot forth from the jungle attempting to eat them and their ride. Neither Ace or Akio had noticed the beast coming for them, being too distracted by the shouts from the others. Luckily, Bark-Bite were able to dodge the chomping jaw and then took off at a gallop up the mountain slope. At the same time, several beasts on the right side emerged, having been chasing Luffy and Mika. The first was a group of three large scorpions; one dark red leading the pack, a dark purple one with sharp pincers and stinger, and lastly a dark green bug with two stingers on its tail. On top of each of them, the Sentai Hamsters were attacking them fruitlessly, After this group of arachnid came a large, chubby lion with small legs. It roared out as it chased after the scorpions and the humans. Much like the hamsters, the Paw-tailed Sarokami was attacking the lion, and not having much effect on it as well. Regardless, the companion animals attempted to stop the beasts.

STRONG Dex, Double Creature Feature:

“Identification: Black Brothers. These arachnids are always born in groups of at least three. They form a brotherly bond that’ll be key for hunting prey.”

“Identification: Fat Lion: Just because it looks slow, doesn’t mean it is. Though retired from being the ‘King of the Jungle’, this beast is still fearsome.”

Making it a quarter of the way down, Nami immediately stopped in shock. Not only her, the Booted Mynx and the bird stopped as well. The cat looked utterly shocked to see so many beasts coming towards them.

As he ran, doing so cheerfully despite the number of deadly beast behind him, Luffy called out to his wife. “Nami!” he said. “Good job escaping that creep!”

Hearing Luffy, Ace looked on his left to see his brother. “Luffy?!” He shouted surprised.

In hearing Ace, while still running, Luffy looked on his right. “Ace?” He said also surprised.

Akio soon joined in. “Mika!” he shouted. “Captain!”

“Akio!” Mika called out cheerfully.

Ace looked at Akio, now confused. “Mika?” He repeated.

Finally, Nami began shouting, specifically to Luffy and Ace. “You guys!” She yelled out furiously, pointing at the beasts behind them. “Get rid of those!”

Before getting a response from them, the bird suddenly flew past Nami. As they saw the bird coming, Bite-Bark and Luffy split away to let the bird through. Once so, the bird passed them and began lighting up with electricity. Then, as soon as it was close enough, it released its stored electricity upon the all the animals. In seeing the flash of light, Luffy and Bite-Bark turned around to see what happened. To all’s surprise, the single bird and completely defeated all the animals. The bird even chirped loudly in the victory over its triumph over the beasts, despite not realizing that it had also taken out those that had been helping.

“Whoa! That’s…” Luffy was about to exclaim how cool the scene was when his daughter suddenly slipped off his shoulders. He looked back to see his daughter running further ahead of him. To his wife.

Mika called out happily, “Mama!”

In response, Nami held her arms out and bent down slightly. She then captured the young girl in her arms and hugged her tightly. “Mika,” Nami said relievedly.

Luffy, of course, smiled contently at the scene.

With the danger defeated, Ace and Akio dismounted Bark-Bite. Both of them looked at the two females with different reactions; Akio being happy that Nami was safe and back with Mika and Ace confused and baffled. Thus, to get an answer, Ace turned to Luffy.

“Um, Luffy,” Ace spoke sounding confused. “What’s going on?”

Luffy looked at his big brother and flashed him a grin. “In a minute,” he told him before walking forward.

While hugging her precious daughter, Nami was quick to notice Luffy approaching them. Knowing what was to come, and wanting it herself, Nami finished hugging Mika and stood up. Husband and wife soon united as they tightly held each other. Then, loosen up just a little, Nami boldly kissed the man. Luffy was surprised, but instinct took over returning her affections with his own by kissing back. Neither of them cared to show their passion in front of the kids - Mika was just confused while Akio blushed and covered his eyes -  or to Ace, who was blushing a bit but regardlessly impressed by his little brother’s display. Luffy and Nami’s kiss lasted for a (hot) minute before finally, the two stopped. They both stared into each other’s eyes for a moment before they began smiling.

Nami then spoke, “How'd you even find me?"

“Mika said you’d be this way,” Luffy stated cheerily.

Mika nodded. “Yeah,” she said happily. “I just knew you were somewhere over here.”

Looking at her daughter, Nami was a bit confused as to how her daughter knew this. Yet, at this moment, she didn’t really care. She was back with her family, and her friends couldn’t be far from being found next.