Chapter 83

Nefertari Vivi, the princess of Alabasta, had finally arrived at her destination with the help of the mysterious guy, Zorro, or Mikita's dad as she heard her calling him.

Unlike the outfit that she wore as an agent. Vivi was wearing a long black robe that fit the Desert weather. She changed her hairstyle a bit to look friendlier as it was tied in a ponytail that reaches her back with two locks on the side of her face that reach her neck.

Vivi knows Alabasta very well, even though she was the princess, she grew up in the middle of her people, making her knows her country more than the palace. She called her duck, which was big as a horse and rode it. She gently kicked the side of the Golden duck and headed to toward the nearest city to buy supplies that were necessary for her journey toward the rebellion army's camp.

As she was moving, she didn't know that someone was reporting her movements already to her previous boss.

...

That day, after Crocodile got a report from Miss Valentine about Vivi, he had put spies on every beach in this country. He called all of the high agents to come to Alabasta as well, and two teams are here already.

"Mister 3 and Mister 4, take 10 armed and kill her, the location would be sent to you...." Crocodile gave his orders thought the communication snail.

"Mister Crocodile. I alone can carry this mission " Mister 3 said through the DenDenMushi.

"Carry with the orders," Crocodile's tone held a killing intent that directed to mister 3. Crocodile won't tolerate anyone that talks back to him or doubt his orders.

"Yes Boss"

..

Usually, Crocodile wouldn't be this worry and would only send one agent to deal with Vivi.

But things are more dangerous then it used to be. Here now, there is a Navy's Commodore who said he is in this country because it is interesting, and he won't follow the rules to avoid a Warlord in case Crocodile annoyed him. Again, this a Commodore, the 5th highest rank and, not some random pirate that he can take lightly. Crocodile thought that Lucas is a trouble maker. If he met with Vivi then who knows what will happen. Giving the impression that Lucas gave, he is a young arrogant man who won't give a shi* about the rules, and he loves troubles because he finds them interesting. That's why Crocodile wanted to kill Vivi as fast as possible. Playing with the Navy isn't the same as playing with pirates. There is a chance that he will lose his position as a Warlord before he achieves his goal.

'Once I put my hands on the ancient weapon, nothing would stand in my way, and I'll be the pirate king' Crocodile thought about the day he would realise his dream.

*****

Meanwhile.

Lucas was inside his Villa sleeping on the sofa while dreaming about the end of his journey.

He dreamed that he was inside a gigantic palace after he became the ultimate ruler of this world. He had achieved immortality (he has a plan for that). Around him, there are many pretty women giggling and a lot of cute kids playing, and he yelled at them to go back to their rooms.

*Bero* *Bero*

Next to the sofa, there was a snail that started to ring making Lucas wake up from his light sleep. Lucas picked up the snail with one hand and rubbed his eyes with the other. He yawned and picked up the call."Who".

"It's me, Mikita".

Lucas remembered. Today Vivi would arrive at Alabasta. He could calculate that since he gave Lucci the order to move at a specific speed, giving Crocodile the time to prepare himself.

"Ahh, Mikita, is there something"

"Yes, Daddy." Mikita found herself become more comfortable with calling him 'Daddy', she didn't know that was the effect of him massaging her head to be more comfortable with being obedient. "Vivi has arrived at Alabasta. She crossed the northern city to get some water and food..."

"Mm," Lucas nodded. He brushed his teeth and started to change his clothes.

"Crocodile had given his orders. Currently, Mister 3, Mister 4 with their partners, and a small army of armed men are waiting for her in her path to the rebellion army " Mikita said.

Lucas opened his eyes while thinking of what is going on. Even though he wasn't paying much attention to the manga, he still remembers that Crocodile had sent one of his agents each time to kill Vivi. But now. He prepared a whole force to kill Vivi as if it was a high-priority mission. After thinking for a brief, he knew that his existence must be the reason as he already showed Crocodile that he won't care about the rules and he is here for troubles.

"What is her location "

After getting the whereabouts of Vivi, Lucas hanged the call as he wore his clothes as Zorro.

Lucas used stealth footwork and his figure blurred as he ran with incredible speed leaving his Villa and heading in one direction. If anyone looked at the desert from a higher perspective, then they would either see nothing or see a dark shadow moving on the sands if their eyes can keep up.

'Next step, assuring that Vivi reach the rebellion army, safely'

*****

Nefertari Vivi, the princess of Alabasta, was currently riding her animal and heading toward a specific direction. The Duck was running faster than a horse leaving a sand cloud behind it.

There was no time to rest for Vivi. Saving her country is a must, and she had to reach the army's location and convince her childhood friend by Crocodile's schemes.

As the duck was moving. *Pew* *Pew* Suddenly, she heard gun shooting sound. The sand around the duck's feet flew up as it was hit by the bullets. Vivi and the Duck quickly reacted, the Duck stopped and changed its direction to the right.

*Pew* *Pew* bullets kept flying at Vivi and her mount. But because of the speed of her mount and the old style of the guns in this world, no bullet could hit her.

Because of the heat of the desert and the slight yellow sands in the air, it was a bit hard to see. In front of her, she slowly saw the silhouette of a few armed men in different locations. Vivi kicked her duck slightly in the left and the animal changed his direction. But then, she saw someone 40 meters in front of her "This, Mister 4".

Mister 4, was fat and tall blond man. If anyone looked at him, they would notice that he is a quite slow-thinking person, and having some kind of mental issues. Behind him, stood a short woman that looked like a humanoid mole and her job was to guide mister 4 since his mental abilities are low.

Not far from them, and behind the men with guns, stood two persons. one was a young girl with a hat, she looked to be 16 years old, but she was too short compared to One piece world's girls, as her height was 145 cm.

Next to her, stood a man with average height, average look, he wasn't handsome. His hair's shape made number 3, he wore glasses. Obviously, he was Mister 3.

Mister 3 combat abilities weren't that impressive, but his number as number 3 agent was because of his abilities to finish missions with the assistant of his devil fruit.

Since he thought that Crocodile was overestimating Vivi, he didn't make a masterplan and decided to kill her directly.

Mister 4 was holding a 4 tons bat between his hands easily. Looking at Vivi, he waved his Bat and hit the ground. As he hit the sand, with his force and along with his 4 tons bat, the sand started to shake and created a small shockwave.

'Guess her luck ends here' Lucas was somewhere near watching while using his Haki. He wondered if she is lucky to survive the bullets since she should have some sort of Plot armour. To him, there was no risk to know, since he has observation Haki.

" Time to step in."

The impact that was made by Mister 4's 4 tons bat wasn't that scary, but it was enough to shake the ground slightly and stop the princess.

Vivi was shaken, the Duck lost its balance, and Vivi flew up a bit to back. She going to fall to the ground "Kyaaa".

Everything is going to end, yet she couldn't achieve a little thing despite doing her best.

Vivi closed her eyes. She felt that she didn't touch the ground. Instead, she felt two arms around her, one arm on her thighs, and a hand on her back. Vivi opened her eyes to see who. Seeing the blond strands of hair that fell on his mask, the blue-sky eyes, the black clothes, and the hat. She immediately knew who and opened her eyes widely "Zorro!".

"Are you fine?" Lucas asked Vivi, not noticing her uncomfortable breathing rate.

"I'm... I'm fine" Feeling the direct contact as her body so close to him. Vivi blushed.

The people around were shocked by the twist in the events. From thin air, this masked man appeared and held the princess in his arms. Who wouldn't be shocked if someone appeared from nowhere?

"Shoot," Mister 4 yelled. Now he understood why Crocodile has sent this many to kill Vivi. As it seems, she has someone to protect her.

the ten armed men jumped forward, knelt and aimed their guns before shooting Vivi and Lucas. Vivi closed her eyes as her heart started to beat faster. Lucas, to be in a more conformable pose while moving, lifted Vivi and put her waist on his shoulder. He put his arm around her buttock so she won't fall.

Vivi was looking behind Zorro with wide-opened eyes, even though the situation was scary, her cheeks started to turn red. The thing was as she was being lifted in this position, she can feel his hands were around her buttock. That made her blush very hard.

*Pew* *Pew*

Bullets flew toward the two, but the next second. Both Vivi and Lucas vanished in thin air. Mister 3, who was behind the armed men and next to his partner, rubbed his glasses. He didn't believe his eyes, the speed that Lucas moved at was in the level of teleportation. "Where is he".

"Behind you" a voice came from behind Mr3 giving him a shock. He wanted to turn and use his devil fruit ability. But unfortunately, the owner of the voice likes to waste no time, neither allows the other side to waste it.

*Splash* Lucas from behind held a rapier and waved on Z shape.

"Aaa," Mister 3 felt both of his back a chest getting cut as a Z mark appeared on his chest.

Mister three looked to his chest with a pale face, seeing the blood falling from his chest. He touched the Z wound with shaking hands.

"Impossible" Mister 3 fell on his back from shock, fear, and blood loss.

[Ding. Wax-Wax devil fruit is in the storage now]

And Lucas gained another Devil fruit.

Everyone here looked to the scene with shock on their face, except for Vivi, who couldn't see due to the fact that her face is on the opposite side while she was blushing being held by her h.i.p.s, but she endured it silently since he was protecting her.

Mister 3 fell down with Z mark appeared on his back. Everyone looked to Zorro in front of them with different gazes.