Mr 2! Clone Clone!!

"That guy was Mr. 2?" Vivi asked in a shocked tone.

"So, not only does our enemy know what we look like, but he can also turn into us," Luffy said with a sigh.

"That's not all," came the distressed voice of Vivi. "I saw something in his memory of all the faces he had copied," she said, causing Luffy to narrow his eyes. "One of them was...my father," she said, causing their eyes to widen in shock.

"Crocodile may be a bastard, but I have to give it to the man who knows how to take over a country," Luffy said as he folded his arms and leaned against the side of the ship.

"Yeah, having the ability to impersonate a king that easily can cause a whole lot of trouble for a country," Zoro said with a serious look on his face.

"We sure let a bad one get away, huh?" Usopp said as he shook his head.

"To make matters worse when he finds out that we are the ones Baroque Works is after he can transform into any one of us, and we won't even be able to trust our own friends," Nami said with a serious voice as she walked to the middle of the deck. Luffy couldn't help but agree with Nami. Sure, he trusts his crew, but they have only been together for a couple of weeks now, and so far, someone has already committed treason on his ship. The last thing this crew needs is someone impersonating one of them and causing even more trouble from the inside.

"That's true; however, this may be a good thing for us as well," Luffy said, causing everyone to look at him with a puzzled look on his face. "With us knowing his ability, we can beat him at his own game," Luffy added with a smirk on his face. "Okay, everyone, gather around; Johnny, go get Sanji!" Luffy said, causing everyone to step forward in a circle with him in the center while Johnny raced into the kitchen to find Sanji. While Johnny was getting Sanji, Luffy began rummaging around his coat, looking for something. After about a minute, Luffy found what he was looking for and pulled it out for everyone to see. In Luffy's hands was a plain old black marker. When everyone saw what it was, their sweat dropped.

'How are we going to beat Mr. 2 with a marker?' They all thought in a deadpan tone. Just then, Sanji and Johnny joined them on the deck and took a place in the circle around Luffy. Naturally, Sanji positioned himself between Nami and Vivi.

"Okay, stick out our left arm...and wing," Luffy said, adding the last part when he saw Vivi's duck Karoo in the circle as well. He then went to each of his crew members one by one and drew an X on their left hand, just above their wrist. "From this point on, no matter what happens, This left arm is proof that you are members of my crew, and more importantly, we're all friends," Luffy said as he drew the mark on his own hand and stuck it out.

"Aye, Captain!" they all replied with a smile on their faces.

"Oh, and find something to hide the mark," Luffy said, causing them to nod their heads. Zoro was about to say something to his captain, but before he could, the entire boat started to rock back and forth violently, and the water around the boat began to get extremely rough. Suddenly, something extremely big began to rise from the water off the right side of the ship, causing everyone to panic.

"What the hell is going on!?" Yosaku screamed as he and Johnny pulled out their bisento.

"Something is coming out of the water!" Nojiko screamed as she took out her three-section staff and got ready for a fight.

"It's a sea cat!" Vivi yelled as the creature became more visible. Out of the water came a giant cat-like sea monster staring down at the ship.

"It's a sea monster!" Chopper and Usopp screamed as they hugged each other.

"It looks like food to me!" Zoro yelled as he unsheathed all three of his swords, getting ready to attack the thing.

"No, I can't. I can't eat it!" Vivi yelled at Zoro, causing him to stop. "Sea cats are sacred animals in Alabasta; I cannot allow you to eat them," Vivi said with conviction, causing Zoro to sigh and sheath his sword.

"Fine, we will just have to scare it away," Luffy said in a bored tone. As he said, an audible thunderclap came from the clear blue sky, scaring the giant sea cat away.

"We must be getting close to Alabasta," Vivi said with a smile as she watched the sea cat swim away after being scared by the thunder Luffy caused.

"Yeah, well, those things you see behind us over there are all the proof I need that we are getting close," Nojiko said with a smirk as he stared out the back of the ship, causing everyone to look at where she was looking.

"That's a lot of ships," Luffy said as he stared at about 50 ships.

"Yeah, and they are all flying the Baroque Works symbol," Usopp said as he looked through a telescope.

"It would seem all the agents have begun to gather," Luffy said in an excited tone.

"These must be the billions; they are the subordinates directly under the officer agents," Vivi said as she stared at the ship.

"Ignore them for now," Luffy said in a serious voice. "We've got to keep our eyes on the prize," Luffy said.

'Plus, I don't want to be killing my future employees,' he thought as he stared at the ships with a smirk.

"Hey, I see the island!" Johnny yelled, causing all of them to stare at the front of the ship and see the desert island of Alabasta.

"Let's dock in the town of Nanohana; we need to hide the ship," Vivi said, causing Luffy to nod his head in agreement. The entire crew began running around and getting ready to dock the ship while Vivi and Luffy made their way to the upper deck to oversee everything.

"You must be happy to be home," Luffy said to Vivi, who is standing to his right. "Do you have any plans on how to deal with the rebellion?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah, I do have a plan, but I don't know how well it is going to work," Vivi said as she stared at the desert island. Luffy didn't bother saying anything to her; he knew whatever plan she had in mind involved her trying to save lives on both sides. Luffy has been around the world and has seen multiple conflicts; he knew that there was no way of ending this thing without bloodshed. It took them another 15 minutes before the ship docked at the safe location near the town of Nanohana. When the ship was safely docked, Luffy went down to the main deck and spoke to his crew.