Uta's Idol.

Off To Ringo! The Region Covered in Ghastly White.

Welcome to the next chapter of Uta's Idol! I humbly apologize for the late release as this chapter went through a lot of revisions before it was satisfactory. Last we saw Uta, she and Luffy helped in taking over Udon and just finished watching Momo win the hearts of the prisoners there. With Udon conquerored, what will Uta's next step be? Read to find out! I don't own One Piece.

In Udon, Uta watches as Luffy begins to eat a bunch of dango after recovering from the illness. Uta is glad that everything happened without a hitch and nobody on their side ended up dead.

"Looking healthy!" Chopper noted as Luffy asks Kiku for seconds. "I'm glad you're better."

"I won't lie, I was scared when Luffy was keeling over from the virus, but it looks like your antidote worked." Uta said while watching Luffy, relieved to know that he's fine after getting heavily exposed to Queen's Mummy virus. "It seems to have worked on all the other samurai too which is an added plus."

"After spreading the medicine that Chopperdono made, the plague has been completely neutralized." Kiku said happily. "It's like a miracle."

Chopper looks at the healthy samurai, happy that they are all doing better.

"He's quite the genius doctor, isn't he?" Hyogoro said, complimenting Chopper's work.

"You should go and teach Echo a thing or two." Uta said smiling.

"Indeed! Excellent work!" Momonosuke added in agreement.

"Are you trying to flatter me?" Chopper asked, clearly happy from the praise. "That doesn't make me happy at all, you buncha jerks!"

After eating all the dango, Luffy felt revived and energized.

"Powered up and ready to go!" Luffy yells happily. "Alright, back to training!"

With that, Luffy runs off and heads back to the prison mine. Everyone was glad to see that he's fully recovered, except for one.

"Huh? What do you mean by training?" Chopper asked as he ran after Luffy. "Get back here and rest!"

"It's never a dull time with him, isn't it?" Hyogoro asks as he watches Luffy go off to destroy some rocks. "Can't help, but want to cheer him on."

"Yeah, but I'm still going to go check and make sure everything is alright." Uta said as she went off after the pair.

"What're you doing, Luffy?" Chopper asked as he tugs on his captain's pants. "You still need to rest, you big dummy! Come with me!"

"Chopper, give it a rest." Uta said as she caught up to the pair. "With the raid getting closer and closer by the minute, Luffy needs to master this technique down before that day comes."

"What technique?" Chopper asked, more confused than before. "Why?"

"It's called Ryou." Hyogoro said as he appeared behind the three, sitting on a rock.

"You really, couldn't help yourself, could you old man?" Uta asked Hyogoro as he jumped off the boulder he was sitting on.

"Well, seeing Mister Straw Hat here train so hard, there's no way I'm sitting still." Hyogoro said to Uta as he approached Luffy. "So with that in mind, I decided to be his sparring partner."

"You?" Uta asked, taken aback. "You want to spar with Luffy?"

"Sure, he can come at me as hard and fast as he wants." Hyogoro said as he raises his hands up as he uses Ryou. "No need to hold back on me."

"Are you serious about this old man?" Uta asked, a bit skeptical of Hyogoro being a proper training partner for Luffy. "Just some friendly advice from someone who's actually sparred with Luffy, he doesn't know how to hold back."