The Jackal Guardian's Ascent

Chapter 22

"This is where I get off." Anu told them, his arm throbbing from the pain of using the Impact Dial.

"Thank you, Anu." Nami said as he teleported away. "It's up to us now!"

"Right!" Robin and Usopp replied.

The Barrel Tiger continued on with the race. Widening their lead as much as they possibly could until they came to a rather peculiar sign.

"Donut Race Go Right" it said with an arrow pointing to the right.

"Go right." Okay! We'll go right!" Nami said as they sailed closer to the sign. "AS IF!!" she yelled as she destroyed the sign with a single punch.

"Wow! She saw right through the boss's special Bonus Sign Blitz!!" the commentator announced. "She's tough! Does this young woman have any trust in her heart?!"

"SHUT UP, YOU!!" Nami yelled, shaking her fist at the announcer.

"She talks rough too!" he continued. "The race continues. The Barrel Tiger maintains it's lead!"

"Yikes! This is dangerous!!" Usopp yelled out as they dodged multiple bursts of water that shot straight up into the air.

"What's with these water bursts?!" Nami asked aloud.

"Long Surge Waves shoot up, but the team clears them! Boss attacks, using another evil trick!!"

"Old lady? Hey, boss-- I mean, old lady!" an obviously dressed up Hamburg said to a person laying on the ground.

"Ohh...I'm dying...you there! In the boat...will you help me?" an obviously dressed up Foxy asked of Nami and her group.

"They completely ignored him! Navigator Nami is absolutely heartless!"

"SHUT UP!" Nami yelled at the announcer. "NO ONE WOULD FALL FOR THAT DUMB TRICK!"

"She talks rough too!"

"LOOK! THE GOAL!" Usopp yelled out, pointing to the finish line before them.

"ARE YOU STUPID, USOPP!!" Nami angrily yelled at him. "I TOLD YOU THAT WON'T WORK!!" she yelled as she destroyed the fake goal with a single punch. "THIS IS GETTING OLD!!"

"They even saw through the Bogus Goal Blitz!! She's tough! Too tough!!"

Nami and the group kept sailing on and began to notice that Porche and her group were beginning to quickly close the gap between them. She then noticed a bamboo forest that was growing on the upcoming coastline.

"Usopp! I have an idea!!" she told him.

"What is it, Nami?" he asked.

"You see that bamboo over there?" she asked him.

"Yeah, what about it?" he asked, wondering what her plan was.

"Knock them all over!" she told him.

"Right away!" he replied as he quickly began using his slingshot to shoot down all the bamboo trees, causing them to fall on Porche and her team.

"Capote!" she said, checking on her teammate that had been knocked unconscious by a falling bamboo tree. "Those creeps! I'll never forgive them! Cutie Baton!! Flower Shuriken!!"

A massive barrage of shurikens  flew toward The Barrel Tiger. Some of them ended up being embedded in the back of the boat.

"Think they can make it?" Anu asked as he finally rejoined the rest of the crew.

"They might." Zoro replied.

"Where the hell have you been?" Sanji asked, wondering about why Anu hadn't been anywhere to be found until now.