Dorry and Brogy, their axes now turbocharged with Raja's "Mystical Overdrive Tune-Up," unleashed their combined Hakoku—SLAAAASH!—splitting the Island Eater like a birthday cake at a giant baby's first birthday party.
"Take THAT, overgrown sardine!" Brogy boomed, flexing like a bodybuilder.
Dorry scratched his head. "Wait… why were we fighting again?"
Brogy shrugged. "Something about a little girl… and a Sea King?"
Dorry blinked. "Huh. So… we just kept going for a hundred years?"
Raja, floating midair on his hoverboard like a budget wizard, gawked. "HOLD UP. YOU'VE BEEN FIST-FIGHTING OVER A RIDDLE FOR A CENTURY?!" He conjured a giant question mark—poof!—and waved it like a flag. "That's the dumbest epic I've ever heard!"
Brogy laughed. "Tiny wizard's got sass!"
Raja smirked. "Tiny? I'm compact chaos, thank you!"
Back on the Going Merry, Usopp clutched his heart, swooning dramatically. "Giants are LEGENDS! I'm gonna conquer Elbaf someday and be the tallest sniper ever!"
Raja twirled his cape, eyes sparkling. "Their island's gotta be GIGANTIC—bigger than them! Picture it: trees the size of mountains, bananas like ships—adventure of a lifetime!"
Luffy grinned. "YEAH! LET'S GO NOW!"
The trio—Luffy, Usopp, Raja—broke into a jig, imaginary capes flapping, belting out, "Giant laaaaand, giant plaaaans—!" They spun so wild they nearly toppled overboard—Zoro, their designated babysitter, grabbed them mid-twirl, growling, "Morons. You'd drown in two seconds."
Meanwhile, Nami, pale as a haunted bedsheet, handed Vivi the Eternal Pose like it was her last will and testament. "Take it, Princess… I'm out…" She swayed, clutching the railing.
Vivi clutched it dramatically, whispering, "I must live for Arabasta—or my kingdom's toast!"
Raja popped up, conjuring a tiny crown—poof!—"Royal pep talk, princess: you've got this!"
Vivi swatted it away. "Not helping!"
Sanji materialized from the kitchen like a culinary angel, trays balanced with flair. "Vivi-chwan, don't strain yourself—I've prepared something delicate and nourishing for you~" He handed her a steaming fruity concoction, winking.
Nami croaked, "Water… please…"
Sanji cooed, "Anything for Nami-swan!"
Luffy, Usopp, and Karoo barreled over, drooling like starving puppies—"FOOOOD?!"—eyes sparkling.
Sanji drop-kicked them into the railing—WHAM!—"Your slop's in the kitchen, pigs! Don't drool on my ladies!"
Luffy rubbed his head. "But I'm captain…"
Raja cackled. "Captain of Geniuses, maybe!"
In the corner, Zoro hefted a cannonball as a dumbbell, muttering, "I couldn't cut that wax… I need to slice steel without smashing everything…" He dropped the weight—THUD!—narrowly missing Raja's foot.
"Watch it, mosshead!" Raja yelped, conjuring a tiny shield—ping!—"This crew's insane!"
Sanji smirked. "Says the guy in sparkly pajamas."
Sandy Island - Mr. 2 Bon Kurei's crew scrambling onto their swan ship.
"Time to dance to Arabasta, darlings!" he trilled, pirouetting aboard with a flourish, leaving a trail of glitter.
Nami staggered mid-sentence—"Gonna rest…"—and collapsed like a sack of potatoes—THUD!
Raja swooped in, conjuring a doctor's coat with "Dr. Raja, MD (Probably)" embroidered in glowing thread. "CLEAR THE AREA, PEASANTS—A GENIUS IS AT WORK!" He poked her with a glowing stethoscope—beep-beep!—and announced, "Fever, shakes, bug bite from Jurassic-ville—yep, she's got a dino-virus!"
Sanji dropped his cigarette.
Usopp screamed, "SHE'S DYING?!"
Karoo fainted flat—flop!
Raja scooped Nami up, zapping a "Healing Bumble Rune" over her room—buzz!—golden bees humming like a lullaby choir. "Sleep tight, witch—this'll keep you stable!" He spun to the crew, hands on hips. "But I can't fix viruses—just cuts and bruises!" (Total lie—he just wanted a dramatic detour.) "We need a real doc—Drum Kingdom, then Arabasta!"
Sanji clutched his heart. "NAMI-SWAAAAANNN!!!"
Luffy tilted his head. "Can't you magic it?"
Raja gasped. "How dare you doubt the Wizard King's limits?!"
Suddenly, Raja whirled on Zoro, cape flapping. "Mosshead, why'd you let the Pose drift?!"
He sniffed the air—sniff-sniff!—"Atypical wind's brewing—cyclone incoming!"
Zoro barked, "Turn starboard, NOW!"
The Merry veered—CREAK!—dodging a swirling vortex—WHOOSH!
Raja struck a pose, wand sparking. "Elemental instincts, baby! Saved your sorry hides again!"
Usopp peeked out. "I was gonna say that…"
Raja zapped a tiny thunderbolt at his foot—ZAP!—"Sure you were, sniper!"
Snowflakes drifted down, painting the Going Merry in a winter wonderland—except this wonderland came with hypothermia.
Vivi wrapped Nami in blankets, but the redhead still shivered like a leaf in a hurricane. Meanwhile, Sanji and Karoo flailed dramatically.
"SHE'S DYING! DO SOMETHING!"
Raja, ever the problem solver, snapped his fingers. POOF! A steaming hot cocoa fountain appeared.
"Calm down, drama queens—she's stable-ish."
Luffy, completely ignoring the crisis, chewed on a chunk of meat, eyes locked on the sea.
"Oh, cool! A dude's standing on water!"
Zoro narrowed his eyes. "Oi… That's NOT normal."
Raja conjured MAGICAL BINOCULARS—POOF! He zoomed in, squinting.
"SUSPICIOUS! Ten bucks says he's trouble."
Then—BOOM!—a submarine battleship, The Bliking, EXPLODED out of the ocean like a whale crashing a pirate rave.
Bliking Pirates swarmed the deck, surrounding Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Raja. Sanji stepped into the ring—CLINK!—cigarette dangling, radiating Cool Anime Guy Energy™.
Raja clutched his chest. "OH NO, PIRATES! WE'RE DOOMED!"
Luffy wailed, "MY MEAT!"
Usopp sobbed, "MY LIFE!"
Raja added, "OUR PAYCHECKS!"
They flailed in perfect dramatic synchronization.
Zoro twitched. "Shut up."
Sanji muttered, "Amateurs."
The enemy pirates blinked. "Are they… serious?"
Then Wapol, their rotund leader, did something DEEPLY UNHOLY.
CRUNCH!
He ATE A SWORD. Like it was a breadstick.
Luffy froze mid-chew. "DID HE JUST EAT A SWORD?!"
A goon cackled, "Our king ate the Baku Baku no Mi—he can eat ANYTHING!"
Luffy turned PALE."E-even… MEAT?!"
Wapol lunged, drool leaking.
ZAP!
Raja flicked a lightning rune, frying him mid-chomp. "OH NO YOU DON'T, TUBBY!"
"He tried eating your spot, Luffy. What next, your meat stash."
That did it.
"UNFORGIVABLE!!!"
Luffy roared—STRETCH!—launching a Gomu Gomu no Sun Rocket—BOOM!—blasting Wapol into orbit.
Zoro's swords flashed—SHING!—minions spiraled like anime fireworks.
Sanji spun—WHAM!—snapping ribs like glowsticks.
Raja grinned, raising his wand.
"MAGIC-MAGIC THUNDER PARTY!"
ZAP! ZAP! BZZZZZT!
The pirates danced involuntarily, their hair standing up in glorious afro formations.
Usopp, hiding behind the mast, yelled, "I'M HELPING BY CHEERING!"
Raja sent a spark his way—ZING!
"Cheer louder, coward!"
The Bliking Pirates shrieked and fled.
"REMEMBER US!!!"
Raja adjusted nonexistent glasses.
"I won't—NEXT!"
Somewhere else…
Captain Smoker took a deep drag, finishing his cigar in one puff. Cough!
A Marine saluted. "Sir! We intercepted a call—Mr. 0 and some weird cook!"
Tashigi replayed a static-filled transmission.
"...Baroque Works… Arabasta…"
Smoker grinned, swirling smoke.
"The Grand Line's heating up—let's crash the party."
He stubbed out his cigar on the desk. SIZZLE!
Night fell.
Luffy poked Nami. "Feeling better?"
She threw a pillow. WHACK!Direct face shot.
"Go away!"
The crew, like an overprotective duck family, huddled around her, snoring in chaotic harmony—Zoro's grunts, Sanji's romantic mumbling, Karoo's quacks of questionable volume.
Nami smiled at the mess, then conked out.
Meanwhile, Raja hovered above the ship on his MAGICAL FLOATING BOARD, conjuring glowing fish guardians.Plink-plink!
"Wizard Kings never sleep!" he muttered, striking DRAMATIC MOONLIGHT POSES.
He POOFED up a disco ball. "Should've brought my baboon army… they'd love this."
A fish flopped onto his head. SPLAT!
Raja gasped. "Rude!"
Morning arrived.
Usopp HAMMERED AWAY.CLANG CLANG!
Sanji roared. "SHUT UP, SNIPER!"
Usopp yelped. "I'M UPGRADING!"
Vivi shivered. "Cold… that means an island's nearby!"
"DRUM ISLAND!"
Raja conjured a snowman."LAND HO—FROSTY EDITION!"
The Merry docked—only to be greeted by VILLAGERS WITH GUNS.
Dalton barked. "OUTSIDERS! LEAVE OR GET SHOT!"
BANG! A bullet whizzed past Sanji's ear.
He cracked his knuckles. "Oh, you wanna play?"
Raja POOFED up a tiny boxing ring.
"Round one, chef!"
BANG!
A bullet grazed Vivi's arm.
Raja's Magical AURA FLARED—WHOOM!
The villagers TREMBLED.
"DID YOU JUST SHOOT OUR PRINCESS?!"
His wand crackled.
He conjured a storm cloud—RUMBLE!
Lightning DANCED.
"FINAL WARNING. Our navigator's sick, and we need a doctor—NOW!"
He pointed at a tree.
BOOM!
It EXPLODED into a billion splinters.
Dalton gulped. "W-we'll help…"
Raja smirked.
"Good choice—smile next time!"
He conjured a giant floating SMILEY EMOJI over Dalton's head. POOF!
To Be Continued…!