"Here they are." Gin said as he lifted two barrels up and walked up the stairs. "Hurry up!"
"I know!" she shouted back as she lifted a barrel. She started walking towards the stairs, but tripped over some rope and fell. She reduced her weight to avoid hurting herself, but the barrel she dropped started leaking a bit. "Shit!" she said as she propped it up. She looked at the small hole that appeared before he eyes widened. "This rum..." she said, recognizing that it had been tainted somehow. 'Mr. 5!' she thought.
"What are you doing?!" Gin shouted down to her, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Sorry." she said before putting the bad barrel aside. After giving the other barrels a quick check, she sighed in relief that none of them were tainted as well and started bringing another barrel up.
-End Flashback-
"So your old partner somehow put a bomb in there?" Luffy whispered.
"Yeah." she said before smiling. "Don't worry. None of those barrels are bad."
"Really?" he said before sighing. "That's good." He was glad that his friend wouldn't be hurt by that bomb like last time, but then remembered what Valerie said before. "So, if that bomb was in that barrel, then-"
"Yeah." she said as she looked out at the jungle. "Somewhere out there...Baroque Works is waiting." She had a grim look on her face before she noticed Luffy smiling at her. "What?" "See? You promised you wouldn't do anything against us." he said with a smile. She just looked at him before a small smile tugged at her lips.
"Well...you did let me on your ship." she said.
"Hey." Dorry said, gaining both of their attention. "What are you two whispering about?"
"Huh?" Valerie said. "Oh. We were just talking about...how to get off this island as soon as possible."
"That so?" Dorry said before laughing."
()()()()
-At Brogy's home-
"A brave warrior of the seas?" Brogy said. "What's that?"
"Someone like you." Usopp said. "I want to become like you two one day." "A giant?" he asked, causing all but Usopp to laugh.
"NO!" he said before thumping his chest with a smile. "I want to live with honor and pride, just like the warriors of Elbaf."
"GABABABA! I see!" Brogy said. "We giants longer lifespans that humans. Because of that, we wish for nothing more than honorable deaths. After all, one's forture or life will cease one day. To us Elbaf Warriors, to die with unbroken pride is what we call an honorable death. Our pride never ceases, making it an eternal treasue that is passed on throughout our land!"
"So your pride is your treasure!" Usopp said in admiration.
"Amazing!" Johnny and Yosaku said.
()()()() "I wanna go there one day!" Luffy said with a grin as Dorry finished the last of the rum. Luffy grinned wider when he saw for himself that the rum didn't explode, which also caused whatever traces of anger he felt at Valerie to disappear.
"GYEGYEGYEGYE!" Dorry laughed. "Is that right? Well then, Brogy or I will show you around one day. IF WE EVER FINISH THIS DUEL!" he shouted before laughing, which was followed by Luffy. Vivi however wasn't finding any of this amusing.
"How am I going to stop this stupid war if I have to wait for a full year to leave?" she asked herself. She just stared at the ground in anger until she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see it belonged to Nojiko.
"Don't worry." she said with a smile. "We'll get there it time somehow." "Hey Dorry!" Luffy shouted, gaining everyone's attention. "When we reach Elbaf, let's fight!"
"You're challenging me squirt?!" Dorry asked before laughing again. "YOU CRACK ME UP! YOU REALLY ARE A FUNNY LITTLE MAN!" he said before the volcano erupted again. Dorry looked at it with a smile before grabbing his gear.
"You're fighting again?" Vivi asked. "Even though you fought not that long ago?!"
"Yes." Dorry said. "Even with these wounds, I will fight! If I were to run from this duel because of that, I would lose my pride!" he said before walking off to battle.
"He's crazy." Vivi said.
"He's a warrior!" Luffy said with a grin.
()()()() Deep in another part of the jungle, there was what looked like a house made of wax with a charred dinosaur in front of it.
"Gotta say, only you could make a house in the middle of this place." said Mr. 5. "However, this job is still mine, so stay out of it."
"Is that so?" Mr. 3 said as he enjoyed his tea while Miss GoldenWeek was sleeping against the wall. "What a sad excuse from a weakling."
"Take that back!" Mr. 5 shouted.