One Piece the Movie
(the following is a nonprofit fan based parody any characters from one piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda, Toei Animation Co., Ltd., any characters from super Mario are owned by Nintendo, any characters from troll hunters, are owned by DreamWorks and universal)
Chapter 5: Welcome home
(The Thousand Sunny)
Luffy had been taking one of his afternoon naps after he ate a bunch of meat and had been sleeping soundly on top of the sunny's head.
But just then he suddenly awakened from his not after he had suddenly gotten a weird feeling in his gut.
He had jumped up from where he was sleeping and checked his surroundings to see if anything was happening, but to his surprise everything was fine.
He thought they were under attack but there wasn't a single ship anywhere in sight, it was as if it were just a random gut feeling he had.
He did know what it was but he could feel in his gut that something wasn't right, as if something really bad had happened(or was about to happen anyway).
He kept looking just to be sure there was nothing out there. Sighed in relief and sat right back down on the sunny's head, looking out at the open sea.
Whatever that feeling was just now it was gone as if it were a quick warning for him or something.
He shook it off and began to look out at the see, just wanting to admire it for a few moments.
He always loved how free and endless it was, never chained up or held down, just open and free to explore.
This was where he usually liked to be whenever he wanted to sleep or just be alone when he needed to be. And if he wasn't using it for that then he just wanted to get a better look at the sea just so that he could admire it or let the rest of the crew know if anything was happening, good or bad.
Sadly all of his other crew mates weren't there to be warned of anything because of them currently benign on vacation, well all except for his best buddy Zoro.
Speaking of which, Luffy turned around to see where his vice captain was. But try as he might, he saw no sign of the green haired swordsman.
As alarming as this looked, Luffy simply shrugged and turned his view right back to the sea. He wasn't worried even a tiny bit, because he knew that there were two things his crewmate loved to do.
It was either train like there was no tomorrow or take a nice and relaxing nap for almost the entire day.
And that's exactly what the swordsman was doing, well the training part anyway, and he'd been doing it to the fullest of his abilities.
He was in his gym practicing his sword technique by holding up giant weights by his mouth and lifting them.
This was meant to help him upgrade his speed and strength with his swords, in order to have as much power as he does, zoro has to push himself to the limit no matter how hard that might be.
Though in this situation it was more like lightwork for zoro just so that he doesn't push himself too far because that would've made him look like a hypocrite especially after what he told his captain.
Though Zoro had lectured Luffy earlier about not pushing himself too far by fighting another strong opponent, he himself was craving a good fight with a worth for as well almost made him want to go out and look for one.
But he knew he had to keep himself under control and keep Luffy and the ship in check while the others were gone.
So he just decided to just pass the time by working out and taking long naps just until the entire crew comes back.
He turned his head out of the window which was pointed directly towards the front of the ship where he was Luffy sitting on sunny's head looking out at the sea.
This sight made him chuckle and shake his head wondering how he even got this far with an idiot like that, he turned his attention back to his training but not for much longer.
Even though he sat back down but Luffy couldn't go to sleep again, he was way too excited to go and see his home again for the first time in almost 3 years.
He was super ecstatic to see all of the people he grew up with and what they would think when they saw how much he had grown from when he left to become a pirate.
He hadn't talked to them since.....Ace.
No
Luffy shook away the images in his head, not wanting to think about what happened that day, what happened to his brother.
There was nothing he could do to change what happened, all he could do now was make sure that he was strong enough to protect his loved one's, and make sure that what happened to Ace wouldn't happen to anyone ever again.
He took off his hat and just stared at it admiring how this old treasure had stayed together through all these years of his crazy adventures. He made sure to keep it safe because of how important it was to him.
He promised an old friend of his that he'd return it to him once he became a great pirate.
He'd been keeping it safe ever since.
He tossed it up in the air and let it land on his finger before spinning it in a circle.
He did this just as a way to kill time while he was just sitting there.
He did this for a couple of seconds before noticing something in the corner of his eye.
He stopped spinning his hat and placed it back on his head and stands up trying to get a better view of what he was seeing.
He blinked and rubbed his eyes before taking another look.
There it was DAWN ISLAND
Luffy was jumping up and down in excitement as he finally got to see his home for the first time in years.
He turned around and hop back on the ship,"ZORO WE'RE HERE"!!!!, he screamed before making his way towards the captain's deck.
Zoro heard this and almost immediately put the weights back in their original spot and walked outside his gym to get a better look.
And by the way it looked even Zoro had to admit that it was quite the sight to behold.
He walked up to the captain's deck and lied against one of the walls," so this is where the infamous straw hat pirate captain originated from"?, He asked out of curiosity.
He looked towards Luffy who was still looking out towards the island.
Luffy turned to look back at him,"Yup (chuckles) you're gonna love it here" before returning his gaze back to the island.
Zoro did the same,"I just might", he said, before heading towards the island, waiting for the next adventure to come.
(Foosha Village: Party Bar)
It was an average normal afternoon at the bar, customers coming in and out of town for a cheap drink.
Makino (the owner of the bar) was more than willing to help them out.
She has been working in that bar for as long as she could remember seeing pirates, families, drunks passing by. It was a simple life. She got to meet new people all the time. She even serve people who live in the same town as her, it was enjoyable.
She was a young woman with brown eyes and black hair (dark green in the anime) that goes up to just above her shoulders..
She was also a very kind woman and she was a close friend of Shanks, his crew, and Luffy. Makino appears to be a very prominent figure in Foosha Village.
She had just finished serving the one customer his beer when she took a step back, and I looked behind the bar counter to check and see if her baby was all right and there he was sleeping soundly.
She smiled and made her way back to the front. Checking to see if anyone else need a drink?
But to her surprise there weren't that many people today for some reason.
That was unusual, because everyone in that town needed a drink.
They would always come to her bar, not only in support, but for a drink.
She knew for a fact that no new bars had opened up in the town so she thought that was weird.
It slightly disappointed her because she loved the company of people, especially those she'd called friends.
She had been cleaning up one of the glasses when a strange man came into the bar.
He wore a mostly white suit with a black button up and gray dress shoes with a white top hat.
He poked his head through the door and looked around for a bit, as if he was trying to see if the place was open.
Makino noticed this and called out to the man," you're free to come in if you like, we're open", she offered.
He nodded at this and stepped inside, taking off his hat, and taking a seat right in front of her.
Once he had gotten closer, she got a better look at his face.
He had all gray hair That was tied in a ponytail that practically went down to his ankles. His face was covered in stables. He looked old almost as if he was in the 50s, maybe 60s. His skin looked extremely pale, as if he hadn't been out a lot. But that was the thing that put her off in the slightest. It was the pale, yellow eyes he had, as if she was looking at a demon.
"Uh, hello", he asked her confusingly, wondering why she was staring so intensely at him.
She had just noticed this, and turned bright red, not wanting to offend the nice stranger.
"S-sorry, it's just that we don't see too many new faces around here anymore, I hope I didn't offend you", she said apologetically.
The stranger simply smiled," it's perfectly fine I can be quite standing offish whenever I get into a new town", politely reassuring her," and no need to worry about my order I didn't really come here for a drink, just to get some directions".
This news didn't really surprise her; lots of people came into town to get directions on where else to go pirates, especially.
"Looking for someone ", she asked curiously.
He gave her a sly smile,"am I that obvious".
She giggled a bit," I don't mean to pry".
He placed his hat on the counter," I'm looking for some old friends that I met a while back. We agreed to meet here on Daw Island, but I haven't been able to find them yet, he said in a sad tone, "I was hoping to ask for some directions in order to find where they were but so far my luck hasn't changed".
She looked up at the ceiling,"Well I guess that makes sense, this is a fairly big island", she looked back down at him,"Have you checked the entire island"?
He responded by shaking his head, "no, just some of the harbors really, I kind of just got here".
She put her finger on her cheek and looked up again," well I guess if you just arrive, you could try to go to the capital I'm sure they'll help you out a lot better than I can", she suggested.
He thought about it for a moment before considering it,"you know what I just might do that", he stated before grabbing his hat and getting up from his seat,"thanks again for your help".
Sheave a reassuring nod,"No problem I hope you find your friends".
As he made his way to the door he opened it and said,"Oh believe me", he turned around to face her with an almost too wide smile on his face,"They'll die when the see me".
This sent a very tiny shiver down Makino's spine, she didn't really like how he made that sound.
His smile went back to normal as he placed his hat back on his head,"Have a good one", he stepped out and left the bar.
She tried her best to give a friendly wave goodbye, but to be honest she was a little put off by that man.
Though he was friendly, sure but she had gotten a lot of bad vibes coming from him.
She walked towards the door slowly and opened it just a bit, just so that she wouldn't draw too much attention to herself, especially if it was the man's attention.
She peeked outside to see if he had left or if he was still hanging outside her bar.
But there was nothing there, It was as if he disappeared out of thin air.
She sided in relief as she closed the door and Wally went back into the bar.
She didn't know why but she all of a sudden had a bad feeling about that man she just gave instructions to.
Though he didn't do anything alarming to her or the bar she just did feel right about him.
She went back around the bar counter and took another look at her baby, checking to make sure he was alright.
Was she saw that he was fine she made her way towards the dish sink and started scrubbing some of the glasses.
She continued this for a couple of minutes before one of the other villagers and her friend Woop Slap suddenly barged into her bar, startling her.
She turned to face the old man.
Woop Slap is a short, wiry, bespectacled man with something of a cleft chin. He generally wears lightweight "tropical" clothing, along with a selection of striped hats.
"Makino you have to come see this!!", he said excitedly.
He was holding his can in one hand and a newspaper in the other.
She gave a shocked and annoyed expression," dammit, you almost gave me a heart attack ", she said as closed her eyes and placed her hand on her chest to calm herself down.
He saw this and stepped forward,"oh sorry I should've been more careful, I didn't wake the baby did I", he asked concerningly.
She shook her head," No, he's just fine, she picked up the glass and rag and started to scrub it again,"Now what were you talking about just now"?
He suddenly remembered that and continued,"oh yeah I almost forgot", he stepped back toward the door,"We've got some visitors that I think you should come and see".
She looked up at him for a second before going back to scrubbing the dishes,"Well if they want to see me so badly then I'm sure they can easily stop by the bar".
He chuckled and continued towards the door,"Believe me these are some visitors I think you love to see",he said before opening the door as if to hold it open for someone.
She looked up to see who it was, and she immediately dropped the glass to the floor.
It was an all too familiar face that she could never forget.
How could she when she basically watched him grow up.
It was the same boy who would always get into trouble and cry all the time.
The boy who would always love to eat whatever she cooked for him and his brothers.
The boy who constantly said that he would be the king of the pirates.
It was luffy.
He walked through the door and waved to her with the biggest smile on his face.
"Hey Makino, been a while huh", he said giggling loudly.
It was really him, standing right across the room from her, looking almost exactly the same as when he left.
He still had his black shaggy hair, round black eyes, and a slim muscular build.
Though there were a lot of differences as well between his new look.
He had grown slightly taller and was significantly more muscular.
He also had a slightly thicker neck, more pronounced deltoids, and a better-defined chest, which shows the X-shaped scar in the middle of his chest.
His usual attire is mostly the same as it was two years ago, but instead of a vest, Luffy wears an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four buttons, with a yellow sash tied around his waist.
But even with all the differences, he was the same boy as she remembered.
After a moment or two of her just staring at him with a shocked expression he put his hand down and stepped forward.
"Hey Makino you-", she jumped over the counter and ran over to the young pirate, yanking him into a tight hug interrupting him as she began to cry.
This shocked Luffy at first but then he soon hugged her back, tightly, embracing one of his old friends.
After a few moments, she finally let go of him and started wiping the tears off her face.
She noticed that she had grown a little taller and placed her hand on his hair,"You really grew".
Luffy smiled and did the same now tall enough to place his hand on her head,"You really shrank".
That caused her to chuckle before hugging him once again.
Once she was finished she let go of him and took a step back,"how've you been", she asked curiously.
He looked at her and smiled,"I've been awesome, I've been going on adventures, meeting new people, eating all types of food, and building up my crew",listening excitedly wanting to tell her everything.
And all she wanted to do was listen and hear how he was.
"And speaking of crew mates", he pointed towards the door where a very muscular green haired man walked through it and took a quick look around the bar before telling her,"This is my vice captain/best friend Roronoa Zoro, one of the world's best swordsmen".
She stepped closer to Zoro, just to get a better look at him.
He had a scar running down over his left eye, which was implied to be critically injured, as it was closed. His frame gets larger, showing considerably more muscle mass, and his hair has gotten shaggier, while slicked back. He wore a long, open dark-green coat closed on his waist that's held by a red sash, into which his three swords are tucked. He had something black tied around his left forearm. His coat exposes his bare chest, revealing a green haramaki underneath the coat along with a massive scar.
He definitely looked the role of a pirate and a powerful one at that.
She extended her hand out to him,"Hello, welcome to the bar, any friend of Luffy is a friend of mine".
Zoro smiled and accepted the handshake,"of course glad to see his hometown for the first time".
"Yeah we'll, anyone who can handle any of Luffy's shenanigans definitely deserves quite a few drinks", she stated jokingly.
He looked straight at her with a blank face," You have absolutely know idea".
Shingled at this and the two began conversating.
While that was going on, Woop slap placed his hand on Luffy's shoulder, getting his attention.
Luffy turned around to face him,"So how long do you plan on staying in town for",he asked curiously.
"Only for a few days until the Navy calms down",he answered.
Woop slap rose a brow,"the military, don't tell me you got yourself in trouble", he asked in a concerned tone.
Zoro heard that and turned to him,"Well I don't know if you count punching one of those silly ass celestial dragons, trouble then shouldn't be too much".
Woop slap's eyes went wide and he stepped back,"YOU PUNCHED A CELESTIAL DRAGON"!!, he screamed almost tumbling backwards in shock.
Even Makino is surprised that Luffy, a kid who used to cry all the time when he was younger, was able to do something like that and be absolutely fine afterwards amazed even her.
Woop however was too happy about his incredible feat,"LUFFY WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING"!!!!
Luffy just stood there and,"Come on Woop you know I didn't think, he messed with my friend so I kicked his ass and sent him flying", he blurted out without a care in the world.
Woop simply stood there fainted from all of the shock from what came out of the young man's mouth.
Makino stepped forward wanting to quickly change the subject before Luffy said too much,"So Luffy, where are the rest of your crew mates?".
Luffy looked back at her and smiled, oh yeah sorry but they're all out on vacation after everything in Wano".
Zoro spoke up as well,"It's kind of the main reason why we're here too, just so that we can fully recover and get back out there".
Luffy jumped back in,"Yeah and I was hoping to-", he was saying before he was interrupted by loud thuds coming from outside.
This made Zoro instantly get into a fighting stance, ready to attack if he needed to.
Luffy saw this and put his hand in front of his friend and shook his head signaling that what was outside wasn't a threat to them.
The sounds got louder and louder as the sound came closer to the outside of the bar.
Zoro saw the outline of a giant figure coming from the outside.
He looked over at Luffy and Makino and to his surprise neither one of them showed any signs of fear, if anything they seemed almost excited to see whoever was about to come through that door.
He turned his attention back towards the door and saw the nob being slowly twisted open, as if the figure was trying to toy with them before coming in to attack.
Suddenly the door swung up causing Zoro to jump back into one of the tables.
A massive woman came walking into the bar.
It was Curly Dadan.
She was the leader of the mountain bandits on Mt Colubo.
She was a rather tall and overweight middle aged woman with long, orange, curly hair and a big, masculine face.
She wore a black shirt with a light-colored open coat over it, a pink beaded necklace, checkered trousers held up with a large belt, and heeled boots.
She came walking in with a curious look in her eye,"Hey Makino, what's with all these idiots hanging around....", she instantly paused the ones she saw Luffy.
She stood there, looking at him with a shocked expression on her face.
She quickly shook her head and rubbed her eyes to see if she was really seeing what she thought she saw.
She kept her eyes closed for a moment before opening them back up again.
She wasn't imagining it, she was really seeing her surrogate son for the first time in 3 years.
Luffy smiled and waved,"Hey Curl-",she scooped him up and embraced him with the tightest hug a mother figure could give.
Luffy did the same, hugging her tightly and giggling happily.
She pulled away to look straight at him,"Is this r-really you, Luffy and not some sick joke", she asked hopefully.
"Yup", he said, giggling.
She sighed in relief,"Good", before slamming her fist right into Luffy's head.
This scent his head through the floor creating a small hole.
Makino's eyes went wide as she saw the hole in the floor of her bar.
Curly pulled Luffy's head from out of the floor (who had a big not on the top of his forehead from the blow), grabbed him be the shoulders and shook him back-and-forth," WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOUR LITTLE SCRANNY ASS SO LONG TO COME HOME AND VISIT US, YOU THINK BECAUSE YOUR SOME BIG SHOT PIRATE MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE REST OF US ANYMORE", she roared,"AND WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL US YOU WERE COMING HOME SOONER, WE COULD HAVE PREPARED SOMETHING FOR YOU WHEN YOU ARRIVED".
Luffy's head was bobbing back and forth,"I wanted to surprise you guys, and my buddy Zoro said it would be a bad idea to let anyone know we were coming in case anyone suspicious overheard us and called the navy".
This made her shake him even harder,"WELL THEN YOU COULD'VE CALLED EVERY NOW AND AGAIN YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE SHIT".
While she was screaming at Luffy, Makino had finished helping Zoro up off of the ground and began dusting himself,"So who's this weight watchers participant?", he asked in curiosity.
Makino took a quick glance toward them before coming close to his ear,"That's Curly Dadan of the mountain bandits, Luffy's Guardian, he and his brothers were like with her and her gang back when they were kids, I guess you could say that she's sort of a mother figure to him".
Zoro turned to her and raised a brow,"So what are you to him like an aunt to him or something",he asked.
She turned to Luffy's direction,"More like an older sister but if it's easier thinking that way than sure", she answered with a smile.
Zoro chuckled as he made his way to his captain, who was still being shaken like a rag doll.
He tapped Curly on the shoulder to get her attention,"Hey not to break up a tender mother and son moment but I was kind of hoping we could get help hiding the ship, we're kind of trying to lay low while we're here".
She stopped shaking Luffy and angrily turned to the swordsman,"AND YOU,HOW COULD YOU LET HIM GO SO LONG WITHOUT SEEING HIS FAMILY", she asked him with a burning sensation in her eyes.
Zoro took a step back just to give himself some room to speak,"Well considering he's a pirate no wait scratch that one of the world's most wanted and powerful pirate there is right now, and him I being the way he is, I doubt that he'd want to come back home in risk of bringing too much heat to his home, hence why we decided to keep us coming here on the down low in case the military or any rival pirates that want him dead would try to use this place as a way to make that happened, well that and he's still trying to find the one piece and become the king of the pirates", he said, all while keeping a straight face,"But if your if your really not convinced that he loves you all with the bottom e of his heart than go ahead and feel free to keep shaking him up till you feel better".
Curly(hearing for herself how much sense that made) let go of Luffy and fixed herself up and looked at Luffy,"Sorry just needed to get that outta my system, been preparing to say that to you for when you came back home for a while no and i guess a got carried away,sorry",She said apologetically before fixing him up a little bit and patting him on the back,"So all that's commotion done at the docks must be you huh".
"Yup", Luffy said giggling,"Its good to see to see you again Curly, how's everyone else been".
She smiled widely,"Oh they're all fine, still a bunch of pansies but fine, we actually brought in some runaway orphans a couple of months back so we've sorta just became a mostly criminal daycare center all of a sudden", she grabbed on of the cigarettes from the box in her pocket and lit it,"So I've heard you've made quite the reputation of yourself mrs fourth emperor of the sea".
Luffy smiled proudly by that, after he had Kaido and the beast pirates he was promoted to be one of the fourth emperors of the sea.
It had been about 3 weeks since this happened and he hadn't really been acknowledged about this much from anyone other than from his crew mates.
He smiled and placed his hand on the back of his head while giggling,"Yup and I'm not gonna stop till I become King of the pirates".
That made her burst out laughing, almost dropping her cigarette,"Wow kid, even after all this time and all your accomplishments you're still going on about being that crazy old dream".
Makino (who had just been watching their little reunion up until this point) had started to step toward him,"Luffy, aren't you happy where you are now, I mean your one of the most powerful pirates in the world, isn't that enough", she asked him in a worrying tone.
Luffy turned to her, still sporting a silly smile on his face,"Yeah sure I'm a strong, but i want to be the strongest and greatest pirate there ever was", his silly look changed to a more determined smile,"and i'm not gonna stop till i become the king of them all".
The two of them had stopped laughing once they saw the determination in his eyes and that told them for sure that he wasn't joking around.
Zoro smiled at this and walked up towards his captain and place his hand on his shoulder,"Not to break this little reunion up but if you don't mind, I was gonna go walk around town a little bit while we're here for the next couple of days", he said.
The smile on Curly's face suddenly disappeared after hearing that,"Wait your only staying here for a few days"?, she asked in worry.
Zoro turned to her,"Yeah sorry to disappoint but the only reason we're here is because this idiot pissed off the military a lot worse than usual and now we have to lay low until the heat goes down".
"And that gave me the idea to come back here and visit you guys, for like a vacation so that we can rest up and get back to finding the one piece", Luffy said with a grin of his face
Curly looked down at the floor in sadness, she was just given the chance to see her son again and he was only staying for a few days.
While she was still looking down at the floor she felt a hand touch her shoulder, she turned to see none other than Maniko, who was giving her a look of reassurance.
It was basically meant to tell her that they would just have to make do with only seeing Luffy again for a few days.
This brightened her mood up a tiny bit and she shook off all of the small bits of sadness she had.
Though she was disappointed that Luffy would only be staying for a few days, she was still more than happy to see him again and wanted to make sure he had the time of his life while he was here for his short time.
Makino turned and looked towards the two young pirates (who were talking about their next move) and she walked up to them,"you know sense you're here, why don't we throw a little bit of a celebration for you while you are here and I'm not taking no for an answer", she suggested.
Luffy and Zoro turned to look at each other before turning back towards her,"Well as long as there's drinks I'm not complaining", Zoro said looking towards the bar.
Makino chuckled,"Don't worry they'll be plenty of drinks on the house", she said cheerfully before putting her finger to here chin and looking up at the ceiling,"but it's gonna take a while before we can it started and i'm gonna have to try and wake whoop up from his little nap", she looked over at Woop Slap who was still fainted on the floor.
"So until then why don't you all take a walk around town and come back a little later when the parties all started up", she suggested before gently ushering them out of the bar.
Once they were outside she waved to them,"Alright you all have a good time see you tonight", She said before closing the door shut.
The three of them stood there with blank expressions on there faces for a few moments before Luffy spoke up to say something,"So what you guys wanna do".
Zoro Looked in the direction of the town before suggesting,"Well I was gonna take a walk around town for a good place to take a nap".
curly had remembered something and turned to the two boys,"Oh yeah, before I forget, Luffy there's someone I want you to meet", she turned around in the opposite direction,"VANELLOPE GET OVER HERE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE I WANT YOU TO MEET"!!!!,she screamed, startling Zoro a tiny bit.
She waited for a few seconds before yelling for the person again,"c"!!!.
"I'm right here you old hag",a sudden childish voice called out to curly from out of nowhere cause both Luffy and Zoro to start looking around their surroundings to find where the mysterious voice came from.
"I'm up here", the voice came from behind them.
They turned around and looked up to see a little girl hanging upside down from a tree branch.
She was swinging back and forth from the tree as if she was a monkey.
Curly looked at her with frustration,"Get down from there and introduce yourself", she said sternly.
The little girl stuck out her tongue,"no way, i like it up here a lot better than being down there with you, you shriveled up prune".
Curly turned bright red as she stepped forward toward the tree,"YOU GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW OR I'M COMING UP THERE", she threatened.
The girl then gasps,"Oh no please dont come over and spread your ugly disgusting hag germs to me, I like my eternal cuteness",She said laughing aloud.
Curly had stepped a bit closer to the tree, teeing her best not to get too worked up over the rude little girl,"Look here you little snot nosed brat, there's an old family member of ours along with his friend that I want you to meet",she motioned for the girl to come down.
She shook her head,"why would I want to meet the friends of an old hag like you". She said before unchanging herself for the branch before walking on it.
"Because I said so and I think you might like meeting him,NOW GET DOWN HERE", She screamed.
She pretended to think about it for a second,"Hmm, Na I think I'll just stay up here enjoy this view other than your ugly view', she said before turning in the other direction.
Curly simply smirked and shrugged," oh well, I Guess you won't get to meet the infamous straw hat pirate Luffy".
Those last words echoed in the little girl's ears, causing her to spin around towards them and take a closer look and there he was.
The straw hat, the scars on his eye and just, the goofy smile, it was the captain himself along with his right hand swordsman.
She gasped loudly from seeing him in person.
Luffy smiled widely and waved at her, while Zoro simply nodded his head at the young girl who was standing up in the tree.
But not for long, because after seeing them for the first time she had to see if they were the real deal, so she jumped right off the branch, shocking both of the pirates.
Luffy immediately stretched his arm over to where she was about to land in order to catch her before she hit the ground.
But to his surprise, she never landed in his hand because she wasn't falling.
She was gone, just like that, she disappeared out of thin air and was nowhere to be seen.
Luffy looked around but couldn't find her anywhere and a wave of confusion flooded his brain, until he heard a sudden screaming voice coming from behind him,OH MY GOSH YOU REALLY ARE THE LEGENDARY STRAW HAT LUFFY, YOU HAVE THE STRETCHY POWERS, THE STRAW HAT , THE SCARS, AND EVERYTHING",the little girl suddenly appeared everywhere on his body.
He turned his head around in confusion,'How did you-",once he turned his head she was gone once again.
Luffy was even more confused now than he was earlier as he looked around trying to find where the girl was.
Even zoro was confused about where she was, when all of of sudden, she was on his shoulder, laughing,"AND YOUR ZORO THE LEGENDARY PIRATE SWORDSMAN RORONOA ZORO", she suddenly disappeared from his shoulder and reappeared at his right sidle,"WOW YOU EVEN HAVE THE THREE SWORDS TOO, Wado Ichimonji, Kitetsu III, and Enma (Gasph) THESE THE SCRATCHES YOU GOT FROM YOUR FIGHT WITH KING", he blinked and she disappeared from his side and reappeared right in form of him,"YOU EVEN STILL HAVE THE SCARS YOU GOT FROM MIHAWK".
He tried to shoo her away from him but she disappeared yet again where she was.
Both Luffy and Zoro were now both confused and curious about how she was getting around so fast to the point where she was running circles around them.
After a few seconds of looking around for her, the two pirates were surprised to see the little girl appeared right in front of both of them out of glitching particles, this helped give them a better look at the young girl.
She had long, raven-black hair with candy sprinkled over it in a high ponytail. She had a slender body, with a noticeable overbite, large, round ears, and a small, pink button nose. a mint green hoodie with a dark brown double-layered skirt that resembles the wrapping of a peanut butter cup, green, white, and purple-striped tights and small black boots. Notably, her leggings were mismatched, one covered in broad mint green bands, the other in thinner mint bands and purple lines. They were designed to resemble candy cane stripes. Her hoodie laces and stitches are red and resemble licorice candies. Underneath her hoodie is a violet shirt. Her high ponytail is held by a red Twizzler. The pink squiggles under her boots resemble icing.
It was as if she were some sort of human piece of candy that was able to walk around and speak.
She looked at them with wide eyes,"WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY MEETING THE LEGENDARY STRAW-HAT PIRATES HERE IN THE FLESH OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN", She stopped noticing the nervous looks on their faces.
She instantly fixed herself," ahem sorry, got a little excited to see you guys", She extended her hand out for a handshake,"I'm Vanellope Von Schweetz, I'm from whole cake Island, you know the place you went to a while ago, and now I don't mean to brag but i'm kind of a legend here".
Both Luffy and Zoro shook her hand. Luffy began talking to her," how do you keep popping up everywhere ", he asked her.
Vanellope grinned," you mean like this", She said before using her glitch-like powers to teleport closer to him.
Luffy gasped in amazement after seeing this.
"I ate the glitch-glitch fruit, which allows me to teleport myself by glitching anywhere I want", she teleported once again , this time behind him."whenever I want, as long as it's not through other living things and the more I use it the more drowsy, I get".
While Luffy was wowed by her powers, Zoro however wasn't too impressed by her abilities,"So you can teleport, wow super impressive", He said sarcastically.
Vanellope caught this and turned to him," you know Zoro when it comes down between you and Sanji, every other kid my age always picks Sanji and i don't personally see why, he so weird when it comes to all the girls, and he has weird eyebrows and all he does his kick people", she said with annoyance before looking at zoro and brightening up,"while you on the other hand, you have your cool sword techniques, you massive massive muscles, your way better than he could ever be", she said in a reassuring way,
This surprised Zoro, because during his time in the crew with Sanji, Zoro had never once been told that he was better than Sanji, like at all, don't get him wrong he already knew this was all true, but to hear it from someone else other than himself gave him a strange scene of pride.
He leaned over to his captain,"I think I'm gonna like this kid", he said to Luffy with a grin.
Luffy looked back at him,"And her powers are so cool too", he said excitedly.
That made her smile, seeing that her hero's were impressed by her.
Curly walked up behind Luffy and whispered in his ear,"She's a big fan of you and your crew".
Luffy looked down at Vanellope (who was still talking to Zoro) then looked back at Curly,"Really".
She nodded to him before turning to look at Vanellope too,"She's been for a while now or at least sense I found her a few months ago", she explained.
The young pirate captain had never had a fan before, especially one that new so much about him either.
It was kind of surprising for him and he wasn't really complaining either.
Vanellope stopped talking to Zoro and started looking around,"Hey speaking of which, where are the other crew mates, are they here, is nami here cause I would love to talk to her about how much she's stolen", she said excitedly.
Zoro shook his head,"Sorry kid, the rest of the crew on vacation, trying to rest up from the war on Wano".
She frowned and lowered her head in disappointment before quickly brightening up her mood,"Oh Well, at least I get to meet my favorites of the straw hat pirates", she said reassuring herself.
Zoro chuckled loudly at that.
She than suddenly had an idea and glitched on his shoulder,"Oh you gotta let me show you around town please please please please plllleeeeaaaasssseeee", she begged.
He was surprised at her sudden outburst but than smiled,"Alright alright I guess I could use a little tour before the party tonight'.
She heard this and gasped,"You guys are throwing a party, can I come", she asked.
"I'm not your parent so it doesn't bother me as long as your not gonna do anything stupid and dangerous", He said and shrugged before taking a quick glance at Luffy at before turning back towards her and whispered,"And hey if you want we'll let you explore the sunny to as long as you don't tell anybody".
Her eyes went wide,"REALLY", She asked in excitement.
He nodded as he began to walk towards the direction of the city holding her on his shoulders.
It was just Luffy and Curly sitting near the tree, both of them smiling at what had happened. He was about to walk ahead when curly stopped him.
Luffy turned around to see her with a sad and serious face.
This looked Back at her with concern," You alright curly you".
"I honestly should be asking you that Luffy, she responded in an even sadder tone as she placed her hands on his shoulders,"How have you been doing since.....Ace.
Another image of his brother flashed into his mind after she asked the question and brought him, shocking him.
Luffy froze for a second or two before immediately shaking it off.
He looked back at her and smiled,"I've been trying to do my best to keep getting stronger so that what happened that day never happens to any of my friends ever again".
Curly looked at him worriedly,"Look I know I wasn't there for you boys when you were out there on your own, and I sure as hell wasn't there for you when everything happened, But I'm here now and I want to at least make sure your ok your okay before I let you go off out there again", she said, with a less worried face, and more of a serious parental face.
Luffy put on a smile,"I'll be fine especially when I become the king of the pirates, that's what Ace would want for me to achieve my dream now matter what."
Curly still looks worried," I know Luffy, but it's ok to talk about it, it hurt all of us in all kinds of ways and it's okay to still be hurting even now",her face turned from worried to serious one again,"But it's all in how you deal with it that matters".
Luffy had thought about what she had said in that moment before putting on another smile and turning to her with a nod.
She caught this and smiled before patting him on the shoulder,"well that's enough of all that", she began to walk forward before turning to him,"come on why don't we all go and catch up over lunch before the party, cause I'm starving".
He nodded, causing her to walk forward to the others.
Luffy was about to step forward before he felt it again, that feeling as though he was being watched.
He felt something almost like this on the ship except this time felt a lot more intense.
He looked around, trying to find the thing that was watching him, but to no avail, there was nothing out there.
After a couple seconds of looking around he caught something in the corner of his eye, a luminous figure watching him atop one of the houses.
Luffy couldn't see him very well due to the sun but all he could somewhat make out were the figures' bright yellow eyes.
The brightness of the sun had started to blind Luffy, causing him to close and rub his eyes.
Once he had finished and his eyes were alright looked back up to where the figure was.
Except that there was no longer a figure there. He along with the feeling once again just disappeared.
It was as if whatever was watching him had just moved somewhere else.
Luffy kept looking however, making sure that whatever was watching him had truly gone away.
Look in all directions if he had to.
But he could find any trace of the figure that was watching him.
Curly looked behind herself and saw that was just standing there, looking for something.
She turned to him,"HEY LUFFY WHAT ARE YA DOING UP THERE COME ON", she shouted.
Luffy (who had almost instantly forgotten about what had happened) turned to her and smiled,"oh yeah here I come", he said before running towards her direction.
Oh wow, this was going on a luminous figurehead move to another building, watching over him with a wide smile.
(End of Chapter)
(sorry for the long wait took me a while to figure out what to put into this chapter. I know it's taking a little bit but all of the excitement will come by soon just wait)