Cherry gazed at the buffoon, completely flabbergasted at the words that came out of his nasty mouth. She glanced at the men who looked like knights in armor and government agents in black suits and sunglasses. None of them were notable enough for her to have paid any attention to, which was why Cherry didn't bother to avoid them.
"Go get the mermaid for me." The buffoon spat, both figuratively and literally.
"Yes, Saint Charlos!" They replied with way too much enthusiasm.
"Wait wait wait!" Cherry said, realizing what the title 'Saint' meant in this world. "THAT thing is a Celestial Dragon?! PFFT, BAHAHAHAHA!"
She couldn't help but laugh. The wretched creature before her barely passed as human at all, let alone a supposed superior specimen of humanity.
"Who are you laughing at?!" Saint Charlos shouted in rage. He fired his gaudy golden pistol at her until it ran out of ammunition.
"Why aren't you dead?! I shot you!" Saint Charlos' disbelief held no fear, only frustration.
"Shoot me with what? These?" Cherry opened her hands revealing all the bullets that had been fired at her. Saint Charlos was much weaker than the average person, so he naturally did not see her hands catching them out of the air.
The same was not true of his guards, however. They were still weak by Cherry's standards, but they at least managed to catch sight of the after images of her arms. Nervous sweat beaded all over their bodies, but they held firm with the faith that the woman in front of them would not recklessly attack Saint Charlos or his entourage.
Cherry flicked the bullets away to somewhere behind Saint Charlos causing him to flinch.
"Don't you know what will happen to you if you touch me?!" He shouted incredulously. His men started to move towards Cherry. Outmatched they may be, but they would not have been chosen for these positions if they would abandon their duty because of fear.
"Why would I touch filth like you? Besides, I don't need to, isn't that right boys?" Cherry's face split into the visage of a smiling demon.
"U-unhand me, slave!" Saint Charlos squealed. His men turned around to see the slaves no longer had their collars and had taken Saint Charlos hostage with his own sword.
"I won't live as a slave any longer! Bring me a ship or I'll cut his ugly head off his fat neck!" The formerly enslaved pirate shouted with crazed eyes. No one doubted he would hesitate to do it either, not even for a second. In fact, they were only afraid he might realize there was no chance for him to escape and kill Saint Charlos right then and there.
Whilst they were busy with their hostage situation, Cherry dashed away with Camie who was trembling in fear.
"Y-you shouldn't have done that Cherry. Now their going to send an admiral!" Camie said, feeling like it was her fault this happened.
"I don't know about that. Slave revolts probably happen from time to time and I didn't lay a finger on the pig or his men. There's a chance they'll resolve it without involving an admiral. That pig seemed as stupid as he is ugly, too. He might forget all about me by the time they rescue him." Cherry said.
This helped Camie to calm down, but she still felt bad about it. She cheered up quickly, being the optimist that she was, though.
Cherry brought Camie back to the Thousand Sunny at an easy pace that Camie could handle. Although, the others were still frantically looking for her, Cherry felt that Camie should be somewhere that felt safe. Serene and Merry were there guarding the ship. Serene could handle anyone without Observation Haki pretty easily, so the safety wasn't just an illusion.
Cherry went back towards the auction house where the others had converged a while ago. She wasn't sure what they were waiting for exactly, they should have just confirmed that Camie wasn't there and left right?
Cherry walked up to the front door of the auction house. The guards tried to stop her from going in, but she simply brought them down with a few well placed kicks to the family jewels. She added a little Hasshoken in there so that they'd hurt until a doctor decided it was better to amputate, too. She really didn't like slavers.
She opened the door and was greeted by the sound of a gunshot. The celestial pig from earlier had shot Hachi who was trying to stop Luffy from barging in backstage and accidentally revealed his other four arms, revealing his identity as a fishman.
Saint Charlos was doing the same stupid dance and cheering that he'd caught his very own fishman.
When Luffy started walking towards Saint Charlos, Cherry knew what was about to happen. She didn't have the heart to stop him though.
A well placed punch sent Saint Charlos flying through several set of chairs with a satisfying crunch as the majority of the bones in his body shattered. Cherry could only admire Luffy's restraint with how Saint Charlos was still alive.
A fight broke out amongst World Nobles' guards and the Straw Hats as the other auction goers fled for their lives.
Rayleigh came out from backstage and used his haki to knock out the other guests and guards, leaving only the pirates conscious.
Cherry and Rayleigh made eye contact across the auction hall and shared a look of exasperation.
"Oh, Hachi! How are you doing?!" Rayleigh shouted with a big smile when he saw the octopus fishman. "Seems you've gotten into some trouble. Thank you guys for helping him."
"Old man, did you see a mermaid back there?! We came to save her!" Luffy shouted.
"Hm? That little lady by the entrance already saved her though?" Rayleigh pointed at Cherry.
They all turned to see Cherry standing there rubbing her temples.
"Idiot! I told you that you should just be patient!" Nami wacked Luffy on the head.
After setting the other slaves free, Rayleigh said they should talk more later. The building had already been surrounded by the marines and it wouldn't be long until an admiral came to the archipelago.
"Never thought I'd get to see 'Dark King' Rayleigh in this place." A pirate with spiky red hair said with a cruel smile. He was Eustass 'Captain' Kid.
"That was quite the power he used on us, he even made it look casual." A pirate with tattoos on his arms and a spotted fur cap said. He was 'The Surgeon of Death' Trafalgar Law.
"I'm not going to use that power again here. I don't want to have the government on my tail again. You'll have to deal with the marines yourselves." Rayleigh said.
Eustass Kid went towards the door first, saying he'll deal with the marines himself so they can just sit back and relax. A provocation of course, but it was effective against Trafalgar Law and Luffy.
He glanced at Cherry as he passed her and he felt a chill go up his spine when he met her eyes that seemed to pierce directly into his soul.
Fighting through the marines was like cutting through melted butter with a hot knife with this group of super rookies.
A beam of light pierced down grazing the leg of Eustass Kid. Cherry looked up and saw what appeared to be Bartholomew Kuma, only it didn't seem to possess either his devil fruit and very little vital energy.
The Straw Hat group got away from the fight safely and without pursuit along with Rayleigh. they went back to the bar he usually lived at when he wasn't getting himself into trouble.