Last Resort

[elvenarchress.livejournal.com]

Title: Last Resort

Characters: The Tyrant: Bartholomew Kuma

Rating: G

Prompt: Position

Word Count: 289
A/N: With no One Piece this week, my imagination wandered off and unearthed an older Mystery I puzzled over then buried in favor of cheering for Luffy breaking into Impel Down…What was Kuma doing in Shabondy?... I’m so asking to be jossed with this…

 

 

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The Strawhat Crew has gotten themselves into a world in a world of trouble again.

 

After Moria, he’d hoped that they’d keep their heads down, at least until they’d passed Marine Headquarters, but he supposes it would have been a stretch for Dragon’s boy to ignore Shabondy’s darker dealings and outright impossible with the Tenryuubito thrown in.

 

Like father, like son. Both incapable of accepting ‘what is’ and more than willing to challenge it.

 

Even as he pushes himself towards the Archipelago, he knows he has preciously few options.

 

With the Shichibukai convened at Headquarters, no orders and marines swarming the place, he has no real excuse for even being there. And though they’d normally let his deviations slide, he doesn’t doubt his superiors would tighten his leash if such a notorious crew escaped twice in his presence.

 

He can't afford to lose their favor.

 

So just what could he do?

 

Cursing inwardly, he lands in the grove; there are too many witnesses that wouldn’t conveniently disappear for him to launch a not-enough-to-kill-the-Strawhats attack.

 

Push the lot of them off Shabondy? No. Not enough.

 

With the Marines planning to execute his brother, Strawhat would doubtlessly throw himself headfirst into battle and what else would his crew do but follow? He’d witnessed their loyalty for himself.

 

They’d escape this mess only to leap into a bigger one.

 

There was no other solution then. Even the Dark King was in a bind.

 

So he scatters them, each to a different island but with nothing that could kill one of their caliber. Surely Strawhat Luffy would seek out his nakama before anything else after seeing them disappear before his eyes.

 

Hopefully by the time they regrouped, the war would already be over.

 

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And yet the “why” of the situation still escapes me…

 

Imagination: cause he’s a revolutionary spy and Dragon’s friend?

Common Sense: Mr. Loyal-to-the-World-Government?

Imagination: Why not? It’s One Piece

Common Sense: …

Need a Kuma tag?

Comments

[arcielfreeder.livejournal.com]

A viewpoint of your own and questions bugging the mind~~ interesting! :D

Imagination: cause he’s a revolutionary spy and Dragon’s friend?
Common Sense: Mr. Loyal-to-the-World-Government?
Imagination: Why not? It’s One Piece
Common Sense: …

I had exactly the same thing in mind!! XD

[elvenarchress.livejournal.com]

I tried to get into Kuma's head...not sure I made it though ^^;

but I've been curious about Kuma ever since Thriller Bark and Shabondy drove me nuts XD Can't wait for Oda to clear up the Tyrant's character.

thanks much for reviewing :)

[arcielfreeder.livejournal.com]

but I've been curious about Kuma ever since Thriller Bark and Shabondy drove me nuts XD Can't wait for Oda to clear up the Tyrant's character.

Yes!! It's like he was helping the Strawhats-- must be in relation with Dragon. And Odacchi really should clear that up some time soon~~<3

I had fun reading it~~<3

[shayera.livejournal.com]

Cool! Kuma is such an enigma... But it's an interesting thought you put forward, that he scattered them so that they wouldn't be able to get involved in the war! That makes sense.

Except, yeah... Why protect them in the first place?

We will find out. It might take five years, though. ^^;

[elvenarchress.livejournal.com]

I couldn't see why else he'd bother ^^; I mean, if he just wanted to get them off the island, he could have chosen just one spot. And with all the islands being nonlethal, I thought it was like a delay tactic...maybe it's just me...who knows what Oda's thinking?

He really is a hard one to figure out...letting a crew go once could be passed off as a whim but going to their rescue (Kizaru and Sentomaru were surprised to see him too)? There's gotta be something behind that. My bet is that it's Dragon-related (sorta like Iva-chan helping Luffy break out of Impel)

yes we will! :) Hopefully I don't go nuts by then XD

[shayera.livejournal.com]

It does make sense! Although nonlethal is a matter of perspective (men get killed on spot on Amazon Lily! And Chopper got caught in a battle between cavemen and giant birds...), it should have been much easier to just drop them in the ocean. Which he didn't.

The only clue we have is that Kuma knows Dragon, so it should have something to do with that. But what kind of relationship does Kuma have to Dragon? Bartholomew Kuma, "the tyrant", the one Shichibukai who runs the government's errands??

Oda makes us all go nuts!! Remember how long we had to wait to find out what the deal was with Robin?

[elvenarchress.livejournal.com]

true..the Strawhat level of "nonlethal" is pretty intense ^^; but it was Luffy, mr. "make the impossible possible", he sent to Amazon Lily, (it wouldn't even have been the first country/ruler he won over or failing that, the first Shichibukai he's beaten) About Chopper... it was an island ruled by birds (send the animal to an animal country) and all the other times he's been able to win animals over... Kuma probably didn't know about the paralysis after Monster mode as well I have no clue what he was thinking when he pushed Sanji though

XD those questions are running through my mind as well. Wouldn't it be so Oda for the one Shichibukai who runs the government's errands to be a revolutionary spy though? my imagination won't let go of that idea

oh God yes...so much head/heartache over "traitor?...blackmail?... own agenda?...secret past?...And how about waiting to find out what happened after Ace's fight with Blackbeard?