The Jackal Guardian's Ascent

Chapter 37

"If it's all good with you, Zoro, this one's mine." Anu declared.

"Are you insane?!" Zambai asked. "He'll cut you in two, along with this train!! Men, ready the artillery!!"

"Wait!" Luffy yelled out. "Let Anu handle this."

"Thank you, Luffy." Anu said as he stood near the front of the engine. "I'm only going to say this once, get out of our way!!"

"This road leads to justice!! As a Captain from Navy Headquarters, I'll stop you here and now by cutting you in two!!" T-Bone declared.

"Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. Nothing is going to stop us from getting Robin back!" Anu declared as he readied himself.

"Bring it on, then!!" T-Bone challenged. "Right Angle Flying Bird Bone: Bird of Prey!!"

Anu's arms turned purple and grew larger in size in anticipation for the attack. "Divine Hellfire Cross!!" Anu charged the through T-Bone's constantly angling attack and hit T-Bone in the chest with his attack, breaking T-Bone's sword and leaving a green, burning X on his chest. T-Bone was sent flying into the water off the side of the tracks, defeated.

"Whoa!! He beat the Ship-Slasher!!" members of the Franky Family cheered.

"He must've come from those disconnected cars." Anu said to himself as he hopped back on the engine car, his arms returning to their normal size and color. "While I admire your sense of justice, Captain, we have our own justice to uphold."

"Alright! Go Rocketman!" Luffy shouted. "The enemy's close!! We're gonna send that pigeon guy flying!!"

The train continued charging on for a time before Luffy noticed a certain figure on the tracks.

"Turn around!!" he demanded.

"Why?!" Nami asked. "We're already all the way out here!"

"Why do we have to go back now, Straw Hat?!" Paulie asked.

"That's not what I meant!" Luffy yelled. "Turn around and LOOK!! That frog jumped onto the tracks!!"

"Yokozuna!!" Chimney said aloud.

"Oh, him?!" Kokoro asked herself.

"Look out!!" Luffy yelled at the frog. "Get outta the way, frog!! We're gonna hit him!!"

The train continued charging ahead while the frog resolutely stood it's ground. Yokozuna continued to stand his ground against the oncoming train and braced himself to try and stop the train. While he was unsuccessful in stopping the train, he did manage to derail the train and alter it's course. In the process, the Franky Family's ship detached and got separated sending them in a different direction.

"Shit! What is that frog doing?!" Anu asked as he regained his balance.

"Why you little..." Luffy began to yell at the frog.

"Ribbit!!" it replied.

"Don't "ribbit" me! I'm gonna eat you, you jerk!" Luffy yelled at the frog. "We'd almost reached Sanji and the others, and then you derailed us with your sumo moves!!"

"Hey, what in the world's happened to this sea train?!" Paulie asked, concerned about what had just happened.

"We got derailed by a damned sumo frog." Anu answered as he teleported back into the car.

"How did we get derailed by a frog?!" Paulie and Zambai asked, shocked at the news.

"Kokoro, we'll manage to get to Enies Lobby, right?!" Zambai asked, worried that his Family members might arrive their alone.