"Spit it out—come on, cough it up!"
Sakura grabbed Law by the ankles, flipped him upside-down, and shook him like a maraca.
But mid-shake, a translucent bubble dropped from his hands and swallowed them both.
Sakura: "…"
"Whoa—what is this? What's happening to me?!"
Law flailed wildly. A slash shot out and sliced Sakura clean in half at the waist.
Seeing the girl cut in two by his own power, the light in Law's eyes went dead.
"…"
The poor kid finally cracked—twitched once and passed out cold.
"Trouble… but man, the Ope Ope no Mi is wild!"
As a fellow medic, Sakura checked herself, then her lower half did a smooth roll and stood up.
After a few wrong turns, it wobbled over to reattach to her torso.
"AAAAHHH—GHOST!!!"
Perfect timing: Marines landing en masse for rescue and cleanup caught sight of her… state.
"Idiots! That's the Ope Ope no Mi's effect!"
A major in dress whites smacked the screaming soldier upside the head, then yanked a blue-and-white striped Den Den Mushi from his coat and slammed the button.
"Surveillance ship! Fruit's been eaten. User's a boy. Accompanied by…"
BWOOOOOM!
Half-a-Sakura erupted with Conqueror's Haki. Black lightning cracked the air. Emerald eyes opened in their minds.
The clash of wills knocked out every Marine who couldn't even muster Armament—clattering weapons, bodies hitting the dirt.
"Moshi moshi! Major Quinn—what's the accompaniment?!"
No time for the snail. Sakura snapped her body back together.
"You little punk—unless you start showering me with treasure, I'm beating you nine times every three days!"
She hoisted the unconscious Law over her shoulder and bolted for the Leviathan's dock.
Click!
As she ran, the visual Den Den Mushi—before blacking out—snapped a photo of Sakura and beamed it to HQ surveillance.
"Image incoming!"
The monitor Marine cross-checked the figure, then pulled her wanted poster.
"Confirmed: person escorting the fruit user is Witch · Sakura Haruno—bounty 440 million berries!"
The intel officer handed the file up the chain.
"Nice work. Broadcast fleet-wide!"
The officer on high flicked his justice coat. Orders flew—every Marine on the island got the update.
All forces surged toward the north shore. Doflamingo, hunched over a spy feed inside his warship, clutched his head and started shaking.
"Heh heh heh… HAHAHAHA! Corazon, Law, Witch Sakura… of course."
"Doffy, what now?"
Trebol oozed closer, cane thumping.
"Fufufu—chase them. Take our family back."
Conqueror's Haki roared out full blast. Anyone with that kind of guts is a fearless lunatic.
Sakura having the same vibe just made him respect her—she still wasn't worth compromising his goals for.
The Donquixote family snapped into action.
At the coast, oblivious, Sakura leapt aboard the Leviathan with Law slung over her shoulder.
She pumped heat manipulation into the engine room. The speedboat rocketed forward like it sprouted wings.
BOOM!!!
A thunderous barrage—dozens of scorching cannonballs arced across the sea.
Sakura flicked a finger. A blazing slash carved through the air, slicing every shell into fireworks.
Observation Haki flared: a warship with "Tsuru" on the sails led a fleet out from the northeast.
"Hey, hey—why are you everywhere, Vice Admiral Tsuru?!"
Sakura shoved the stirring Law behind her and yelled across the water.
"My, my. If you two would just be good little children, none of us would have to work so hard."
Tsuru's face stayed calm as a pond—no emotion, no tells.
"Sakura Haruno—return my family!"
Right as the standoff peaked, a third voice cut in.
A flamingo-prowed pirate ship burst from the northwest. Doflamingo stood at the bird's head, eyes locked on Law.
"Things just got messy. Wanna duke it out first, you two?"
Sakura leaned on the mast, hair whipping in the wind, and stirred the pot.
Doflamingo and Tsuru locked eyes—no collusion. Both attacked her at once.
Scorching, writhing Overheat String Whips lashed out!
Invisible Wash-Wash waves shimmered down like silk!
What are you blabbering about, you instigating mutt—die first!
"HAHAHA, now that's the spirit—I love it!"
Laughing like a maniac, Sakura hefted a massive ice axe and swung.
Chakra boiled across the blade, black lightning crackling.
Eighty Gods: Owl Commander!
A colossal slash screamed forward, layer after layer shredding strings and waves, grazing their ships before plunging into the sea.
BOOM!
The ocean ripped open in multiple gashes. Towering waves erupted!
Chaos currents tossed the giant ships like toys, crashing into each other—pursuit impossible.
"So cool! Big Sis Sakura, can I learn that?!"
Law clung to the rail, eyes sparkling at the axe-wielding girl casually carving a storm.
"Depends on my mood!"
Sakura spun, yanked his spotted hat over his eyes.
As they goofed off, a low roar closed in from behind.
"STOP, WITCH—GIVE ME MY FAMILY!"
Doflamingo sky-walked on air strings, barreling toward the Leviathan.
Sakura tightened her grip on the axe, cold eyes rising. Her free hand shielded Law.
"Fufufu—Law, don't you want to burn it all down too?"
"Come home. Be my right hand for the next ten years!"
Strings exploded from Doflamingo, weaving into a massive net—Spider's Nest!
Snap!
Law grabbed Sakura's wrist and forced her axe hand down.
Eyes no longer dead stared straight at the man in the sky.
He sucked in a breath. The boy's young voice rang over the ocean.
"Doflamingo—I will never waste the life Mr. Corazon entrusted to me on meaningless destruction!"
Doflamingo froze mid-air, veins bulging on his face and forehead.
"WITCH—you and that idiot ruined my perfect family!"
Black lightning danced. Conqueror's Haki surged toward Law and Sakura.
He yanked the net tight—every escape route sealed.
"Well said!"
Sakura stepped forward, intercepting every ounce of Doflamingo's Haki aimed at Law.
Her own will—several times stronger—ignited. Azure Conqueror's roared out wild.
"The kid finally has his own dreams—stop barking orders at him, parent!"
More frost poured into the axe. It swelled—bigger, bigger!
A heart yearning for freedom pulsed. The spear to carve the future burned with fighting spirit for its enemies.
Elbaf Spear · We Nation!
Hundreds of meters apart—a titanic spear of sea-freezing cold hurtled forward!
It churned the world, blanketed everything.
Icy winds shattered strings and slammed into Doflamingo's face.
"Oh crap—!"
BOOM!!!