Kaede

>Dressrosa

I sneak alone the roof tops until I am on the roof above where Ace and Marco stood. I stay hidden as they start talking.

"What are we doing here Marco?" Ace asks looking at his brother.

"Your sister's fruit is up to get as a prize for winning a fighting competition yoi." Marco says and Ace raises an eyebrow.

"And?" Ace asks leaving Marco confused.

"I thought you would want it yoi. Stop anyone else from getting it." Marco says and Ace shakes his head as I jump off the roof I was waiting on above them. I land softly behind Marco and quickly knock him out before throwing him over my shoulder.

"Fire Fist Ace," I say dodging the punch Ace throws at me. "You will enter that fighting tournament if you wish to get your friend back but you must do it secretly. No one should discover who you are and if they do you lose."

"Give Marco back." Ace shouts going to shoot me with fire but I jump up onto the building.

"Do as I say and you will get Marco back. If you win a reward will also be granted." I say before disappearing from his view and moving over to where Franky and Luffy were currently.

"Hey Kaede," Franky says before noticing the blonde thrown over my shoulder. "Who's that?"

"That's Marco, watch him for me please." I say handing him over to Franky before disappearing again. I appear behind Sabo and Koala. One well placed karate chop to the back of the neck and Koala's down. I throw her over my shoulder before turning to Sabo who has his pipe at and aimed at me.

"You will enter the fighting tournament if you wish to see her again." I say.

"And if I don't?" Sabo asks being the defiant one.

"Then it will be your fault. If you enter you get your friend back and if you win then a reward will be given as well but you must not let others discover who you are." I say before backing into the shadows and disappear only to reappear beside Franky again.

"Another one?" Franky asks as he hands Marco back over and I turn my attention to Luffy.

"Why would I want the fruit?" Luffy asks tilting his head and the guy sputters.

"Who wouldn't want the fruit? It belonged to Death's Tempest. She had a two billion beri bounty and could easily handle the admirals." The guy says.

"She could handle the admirals without the fruit though." Luffy says confused and the guy blanks.

"What?" The guy says scared.

"The admirals are pussies." I say causing them to look at me.

"You're back," Luffy says smiling before noticing the two unconscious people. "Who are they?"

"This one's a top tier revolutionary agent while this one is Marco the phoenix." I say and I smirk as the random guy pales greatly. I gain an evil smirk as I walk over and the guy shivers as I raise my foot. "Good night," I say smashing him in the face with enough force to knock him out.

"We still needed to get where the factory is out of him." Franky says and I shake my head.

"He wouldn't know, besides we got some allies here and Luffy enter the fighting tournament." I say smiling with a mischievous glint in my eyes but they can't see it due to my hood.

"Okay," Luffy says shrugging and a groan brings our attention to my hostages. I set them down so they're sitting with there backs to the alley wall and I take a few steps back.

"Who the hell hit me?" Koala asks as soon as she opens her eyes and she has her fist ready to hit someone.

"I'd guess the one with the hood covering part of their face yoi." Marco says and Luffy crouches down in front of them.

"I know you." Luffy says looking closer at Marco. "Pinapple ossan is on the same crew Ace is."

"Correct and the girl works with Sabo." I say and Luffy's head whips around to look at Koala.

"You work with Sabo?" Luffy asks with puppy dog eyes.

"We have things to do Luffy and you can ask Sabo all the stuff later." I say hitting him on the head before crossing my arms over my chest. "Sorry about the rough housing back there."

"Who are you and why did you essentially kidnap us yoi?" Marco asks.

"You can refer to me as the Assassin." I say in a dramatic voice. "As for the kidnapping, I needed those two to enter the tournament. Got a surprise for them."

"You couldn't have just been, go enter and something good will happen?" Koala asks and I raise an eyebrow even though they can't see it.

"Would Sabo really have entered if I said that when he's on a mission? I guess I could've said Luffy was entering but then he might have just watched. Ace probably would've entered either way." I say before shrugging before realizing something. "You can get back to work if you want Koala. Just don't contact Sabo."

"You're just letting me go just like that?" Koala asks surprised.

"Well you have stuff to do and its important stuff so why would I keep you here?" I ask back.

"What would happen if I did contact Sabo?" Koala asks and I pout.

"Then you would ruin the reunion." I say and Koala's eyes widen before she lets out a laugh.

"You have to record the whole competition for me as well as the reveal. That's the cost of my silence." Koala says getting up.

"I'll get Marco to do that." I say and Marco just looks done with everything at the moment.

"It's good to have you back, whole this time." Koala says patting my shoulder as she walks past. "Give them hell."

"I will. I always will. They earned that hell." I say before turning back to Marco. "You good with recording the competition and then meeting up after the fight to get the reveal?"

"Sure yoi." Marco says cautiously.

"You don't have to be cautious Marco. I just needed Ace to enter the competition and this way you get to watch it as well." I say.

"It would probably go smoother if he knew who you are." Franky says and I stick my tongue out at him.

"Fine, don't freak out on me phoenix." I say looking at Marco before taking off my hood and smiling at him. Marco's only response is to drop his jaw in surprise and I put my hood back up.

"That's impossible." Marco finally says after a minute and picking his jaw off the floor. "You're fruit's up as the prize for the fight yet you're right here."

"Couple little things to inform you of. One, I don't actually have a fruit. Two, I am cursed with the curse of the devil fruits instead which gives me the ability to use every single fruit. Three, I also did die back at Marineford and only came back about three weeks ago. Lastly, no Ace does not know I'm back but he does know I am cursed. That is why I want him in the competition. All four of us will be entering and the finale will be a shock for them." I say and Marco nods slowly.

"I will assist in your plan then Kaede yoi." Marco says getting up.

"Thanks Marco," I say before turning back to Luffy. "Let's go enter now and you aren't allowed to use your real name."

"How come?" Luffy asks.

"Mingo's after you right now so you need to hide that it's you." I say and Luffy just looks at me with a what face. "Go by a different name and we can surprise those two."

"Okay, I'll kick their asses." Luffy says and I roll my eyes.

"It's going to be a free for all buddy so you have to worry about all of us." I say shaking my head with a smile on my face and I take the lead towards the sign-up table.

"I can still kick their asses. Not yours though." Luffy says pouting and I laugh.

"That's true bro." I say stopping in front of the sign-up table. "I'd like to enter."

"What's your name?" The guy behind the table asks looking bored.

"They refer to me as The Blood Raven so put that down." I say and the guy just rolls his eyes.

"Okay you're good to go in." The guy says as he hands me my name thing and I move off to the side while Luffy goes through the same five second process but with Franky hitting him in the middle.

"Here's the snail Marco." I say handing a visual snail to him before pointing to a set of stairs. "To get to the seats go up that way."

"Who are these allies you mentioned earlier Kaede and how would they know where the factory is?" Franky asks and I glance around looking for ease droppers only to find a certain one-legged toy.

"Hey, one legged solider." I just about yell and Kyros looks over. "Come here."

"Why are you calling over a toy yoi?" Marco asks.

"To fill you in Marco, we're here to take down Doflamingo and the 'toy' has a hand in the rebellion that's brewing. Right, Mr. Solider?" I ask the toy that now stood beside us.

"How do you know that?" Kyros asks.

"She's not going to say, probably." Franky says.

"I have eyes and ears everywhere." I say before crouching down to his height. "Think you're willing to give us a hand?"

"If you help us free this country then yes, I'll give you a hand." Kyros says.

"Franky's in charge of taking down the factories so can you lead him there after taking him back to your guy's base to inform the others it's time to move." I say.

"I'll lead him." Kyros says.

"Thanks Kyros." I whisper so only Kyros hears me before standing up and making my way towards the participate entrance. "Tell the moss head he better not get lost or get in my way when I'm fighting."

"If we see him I'll tell him." Franky says.

"Thanks, now get moving." I say passing through the contesters door just in front of Luffy and a guide leads us to the contester's waiting room.

"You're free to do what you want until you're up." The guide says and I scan the room. I spot Sabo in a back corner with his top hat covering his face and I almost laugh since directly across from him is Ace leaning against the opposite wall with his arms crossed. Ace threw on a red three quarter sleeved shirt to hid his tattoo's and I see his hat has a cover placed over top of it just like Luffy's. Ace is angrily glaring at the ground and anyone near him.

"The last participates to come in." One guy says.

"What that'd little guy come here for?" Another guy asks.

"They're the kind I hate the most. The ones who come here just looking..." A third contestant says and he comes are way. "Hey, you false beard kid. This isn't an arena, you know? This is no place for you. Get out." The guy says throwing punches and Luffy just dodges them while I step to the side out of the fray. I see both Ace and Sabo looking over at Luffy now with a raised eyebrow. They both look impressed when Luffy flips the guy and I can't tell if they actually know it's Luffy.

"Shishishi, Nice to meet ya." Luffy says smiling and leaving everyone shocked before they start causing a ruckus.

"Did you just cause this ruckus? Get out of here this instant. You're out of the game." One of the workers says with a check list and I take a step towards him only to have three members of the Chinjao family interfere and tell it as it is. I ignore the other shenanigans that go on as I stealthily steal one of the fighting legers. I scan through the thing and go through the whole thing. I smirk when I spot a Blue Gentleman in Black A, a Hothead in Block B, Lucy in Block C, and The Bloody Raven in Block D.