On an island in the calm belt sea, Ruskaina…
"Luffy-sama!" Margaret shouted.
"Yeah! I'll be there shortly!" he approached the white tree; his straw hat had been waiting for almost two years.
Luffy's growth had finally hit the brakes, after two years he was six-foot-eight-tall and had a muscular lean body, he was wearing a wine colored shirt that was a bit long for his torso, it had white fur for his collar and sleeves that ended in his shoulder.
The shirt was open revealing his muscular torso, and he wore his usual jeans that ended in his knees, however unusually he did not wear any footwear and loved to feel the texture of the grounds whenever he went.
His scar on his chest became noticeably smaller and he still had the same scar below his eyes, however if one would look at the rest of his body, they would see peerless skin, one not found in such a warrior who sacrificed himself countless times.
His face became even more angular as his hair grew to Hancock's preferred size, where she now only trimmed it every month, another difference was his eyes, they were now a stormy silver that glowed in the dark.
The man approached the hat and picked it up one hand grabbed the still intact Vivre card and adjusted it so it was inside the lace of the hat, he also picked the knit sack with old tattered books, looking at them he was reminded of his youth. Makino and Dadan taught both him and Ace how to read and write, he was eternally grateful for them, Dadan was like a mother he never had and Makino was like his older sister, always keeping him out of trouble, even after he learned who his mother actually was and her fate seven months ago on the records of G1 when he visited the marine base, he still had fond memories of them both.
He arrived at his camp although it was more of a wooden house and outside there was a huge campfire, today was the last snow of winter, tomorrow spring would arrive.
Sitting around the campfire were giant animals, their size was comparable to a six story building, they were a panther who had neon pink, violet and green colors on its fur, the large cat had golden eyes and transparent glass claws and fangs, another perched in a nearby tree was a falcon , it had grey stormy feathers, black obsidian talons and beak and red eyes, the other was a bear, his fur was a mixture between white brown and black as he had the genes of polar grizzly and black bears, his eyes were pure black, and his teeth and claws were pure white.
The three animals focused their eyes on Margaret, as the space around them started to tear, multiple shockwaves blasted the island, as the three animals unleashed their supreme king's Haki, animals capable of using Haki…
After not finding any more challenges in Ruskaina he searched the surrounding islands in this area of the calm belt, he brought the 3 strongest animals he could find and brought them here, he then succeeded somehow in teaching all of them in the basics of Haki so he could spar with the animals that he trained.
After a few moments of being blasted with Haki, Margaret's pupil started shifting as she aimed her snake bow, an arrow unsteady pointed at them, the animals expression became of mocking as if a flimsy arrow with a little Haki could hurt them they started making sounds so that she could start a fight.
"Oi…" Luffy arrived in the clearing, the mocking animals became paralyzed as their master arrived.
Luffy's voiced calmed Margaret as she lowered her bow.
"...Look where you are aiming your aura, these are my friends" the animal bowed meekly.
After they started fighting each other for a piece of meat, jumping all around the island as they destroyed mountains rivers and forests.
"...Fufu… Luffy is so cool." Hancock swooned; she was blushing.
"You've really become the boss of this island, Luffy!" Sonia remarked, impressed.
"Yeah… but because I made them my friends, I can't even eat them anymore… too bad they seem so delicious" Luffy pouted, eliciting some blushes on the Kuja warriors.
"Don't worry Luffy! We've prepared your favorite meals; they are on the ship!"
"Oh! Thank you! Hancock!"
Gloriosa just watched the princess with a disappointed look…
"Rayleigh left the isle eight months ago... I'm sure he's waiting in Sabaody."
"Yeah, he taught me everything he could… now." In an instant he vanished and appeared with the three defeated animals that were rampaging, a comic bruise on their heads.
"Was that his devil fruit?" Mari whispered.
"I don't know." Boa Hancock responded.
"It's time to say goodbye to you guys as well…" The animals instantly recovered, their eyes had tears as they nuzzled Luffy, both land animals also purred.
"Yes! Yes!" he petted them, however after a while he got irritated.
"Stop it! It's disappointing, I did not train you guys to be such weakling crybabies!" He clenched his fist vertically as steam got out from his head, the animals lay defeated with a second bruise on top of the old one. "Make sure you guys protect the island of women when I'm gone, alright?" The animals nodded with their great voices blasting the island with their roars and cries, their supreme king's aura resonated with his own aura as rock started crumbling around them.
The three animals were so powerful that no matter the size of the force attacking it would be annihilated no matter what. However these animals were not the only ones who were strong. Hancock, Sandersonia, Marigold, the three gorgons sisters had grown exceptionally strong as well.
He looked to his hat and raised it to the sky, a silent look, and a small smile as he looked towards one of his treasures.
He finally put it in his head, the hat that was too big now fit snugly in his head, he grinned happily.
"All right, let's go!" He was excited to see his crew again.
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Luffy laid down the bed, as he and Hancock had another love making session, he thought back on his training or specifically on Ray's lessons, he read many topics such as navigation, history, politics, math, the sciences, geography, cartography, and much more.
While he was smarter for his studies however, he wasn't as good as some in his crew.
For example he knew how to navigate on a normal sea, however he was lost on how to do it on the Grand line, no. Nami was a pure genius as a navigator and cartographer, her work always captivated him as he often stayed there just looking at her while she drew her maps, she was a prodigy in math as she liked money way too much.
He wasn't that good in history as Robin was, she was the most intelligent of the group, yet she rarely showed it, while being primarily an archaeologist she was also the scholar.
He could cook in an emergency; however they weren't Sanji's addictive and mouthwatering dishes.
His carpentry work was shoddy, he had to constantly repair his wooden house, Franky would be disappointed in his skills.
He couldn't learn any instrument, so music was also out.
He did not have any good swordsmanship skills or sniping skills, in fact he detested weapons, to him his body was his weapon, the only times he picked a gun or a sword was to have a bit of fun, nothing else.
He was pretty sure he was great at biology, but then he remembered that his knowledge of medicine was crappy, in fact his biology knowledge was where to strike to deal more damage, which parts to kill your opponent or disarm him, only fighting knowledge.
However… surprisingly the subject that he was perhaps a genius at was politics, it was comical to think that him would have any talent, but he had, and this talent would go to waste…
In his mind he knew it… He was a Monkey D., and had been raised as such, his grandfather made sure of it, he had reckless written on his blood, and fearless written on his heart, it was one thing he could not change about himself, it frustrated him so bad… but he try as he might he couldn't change this part about him no matter how desperate he was.
Ray said I had charisma to spare, that was a great quality of a leader, at least that's what he told me, hrm… my dream to become the pirate king and the strongest man… I can't do it on my own, but I have my precious crew with me… they'll help me with any shortcomings I have, and in return I'll protect them and their dreams with my life. He reassured his resolve as they travelled to the archipelago.
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"Pirates who have survived the first half had begun gathering on the island here again… and in droves."
"The arrival of Kid, Drake and the others was exciting now those guys are making waves in the new world… there aren't many as before, but there are a few rookies worth over a hundred million here and there."
"But what surprises me is that the straw hat pirates have shown up here after two years of silence, just when we started to believe he really was dead!"
"Idiot! Don't you remember what happened seven months ago? The marines tried to cover the incident, but it was clear who did it!"
"Anyways they are recruiting…! They plan to expand their crew and go wild in the new world...! The thought gives me chills! Maybe I'll see about joining myself!"
A trio of men in a bar discussed further as they were holding a poster of recruiting with the straw hat symbol.
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"Isn't there anything you can do?!"
The fans started shouting at the security man however he was quick to silence them, he said that this was the world tour of the star Soul king, that the tickets were all bought off weeks in advance.
"Manager! Today is going to be my best performance yet!" Soul king Brook said as he was in the drawing room, he sat down as he played his shark-shaped guitar, while he appeared the same he now wore pink pants with flowers, a plumage over his shoulder and a giant crown hat, coupled with sunglasses.
"Well I sure hope so! The sales are in the millions! You truly are the king of music! Just listen to the crowd cheering!" His manager was an individual hailing from the long-arm tribe as he pointed to the noise outside of the room.
"Manager, the truth is… I have something important to discuss before the concert begins."
"What is it?" The manager grinned.
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Inside of the concert arena, the crowd looked at the darkness with their light sticks in hands and started cheering for the main attraction to show up. Friends visiting together, ladies with barely-there clothing, families with their children, people, who just wanted to use drugs and party hard, a few rich millionaires and bandits, bounty hunters and rookies, every walk of life had shown in this concert
"Brook ! Brook!" the crowd cheered and then the music started.
The hall lit up and the stage had artistic flames going up.
"Hello!" The singer arrived from the midst of the smoke.
"It's the soul king!"
"Nothing but bones!" as the monitor on top came to life, Brook appeared center stage, the mic in his hands.
The fans went wild, some women even started screaming as if their life depended on it, that was the fame garnered by the man who was the king of music.
"Get a stretcher over here! People keep fainting!" a security guy called the medical team.
"Let's make today the best anniversary ever!" Brook yelled and people cheered.
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On the Grove with the number of forty-four, right on the sandy beaches.
A stunning blonde finally landed on the island, it had been two years, she reached five-foot-eight-inches in height as she wore a red formal shirt with four golden buttons on her sides tied with a golden string that strained because of her heavy chest, a beige tiny feminine tie rested on her J-cups, she had an hourglass figure, her wardrobe was a business skirt until the middle of her thighs, she also wore a black panty hose and night blue shoes.
She was gorgeous.
However curious was her face, framed by wavy golden hair that fell on her shoulders, bangs that covered one of her chocolate brown eyes and part of her forehead, and a swirly eyebrow—
"A woman!" The blonde locked eyes with the crowd of girls, her pupils became hearts as she almost yelled.
"Night after night I've dreamt of this, I finally got out of hell!" a tear fell from her eyes... She rushed forward.
"Viva Sabaody! I need ladies!" the girls fled from the strange blonde woman, the lust in her eyes creeped them out. It appeared she would have to remake her strategy from the ground up, she was too excited after seeing a woman in two years that she lost her composure, what women wanted was an experienced woman who could dominate them.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye Sanji-chwan. I am sad to see you go, but I am sure we'll meet again someday!" an ugly crossdresser said.
"It's Sora not Sanji! And I never want to see your ugly asses again! Thanks for bringing me here! Say hi and give a hug to Iva-chan for me. See you never shitty assholes!" Sora yelled as she gave the middle finger, the men around them also fled when they saw the crossdressers ship.
"I'll never forget her," the crossdresser said to her friends.
"Wait for me Nami-chan, Robin-chan, Sora the adorer of women worldwide and the greatest chef to ever live has returned from the pits of the deepest hell!"
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A certain bartender passed information to a girl that just arrived, informing people was so rewarding in his opinion. As he served his drink over the counter, he asked a question. "Did you know the marines moved their headquarters?"
"It's right near here at Marineford isn't it?" the lady asked.
The bartender pointed on the map. "They switched it with their G1 branch on the other side of the red line… this was the decision of the new fleet admiral who replaced Sengoku, this way their HQ is in the same sea as those monstrous Emperors. Thanks to that, and the complete destruction of the G1 seven months ago by this man here in paradise, the threat of the marines in here has lessened, the G1 is now fully operational again after massive disbursements at the expense of taxpayers, but they can't put enough fear in the outlaws like they used to."
He gave the redhead a wanted poster, she was stunning, her hair reached her lower back in waves, she only wore a revealing green bikini with intricate white designs, proudly showing her grown curves, in two years her breasts were more round and full, moreover she had a tight low-rider jeans that exposed a bit of her hip and her ass, orange high-heeled sandals and a pair of pearl-like earrings, she also sported a new belt with the berry symbol and she also had pieces of her sorcery Clima-tact on her right side.
Nami became even more beautiful and curvy as she matured to her twenty years.
She looked down at the poster as she drank her alcohol, it showed a photo of Monkey D. Luffy, the sky was dark as it showed a handsome, no… gorgeous face, his bangs had grown and his hair had a more wild quality, however she could still see his caring look behind those glowing silver stormy eyes, his hair was still dark as night and impossibly silky, and he still had that same scar under his left eye.
"Oh~, this hunky man is my lovable captain?" Nami whispered happily while blushing.
She looked down, Dead or Alive, '570,000,000' Berries.
"So that's why… I thought this place seemed rougher than it did two years ago…" she remarked.
On one of the tables in the bar it appeared that trouble was brewing.
"Huh!? Did I mishear you!?... A 55 million Bounty!?" the man fired a gun, a pirate screamed as he dropped to the ground.
"Go back and read the poster again, it says 70 million captains and above."
"Go home you piece of shit! I am the son of Dragon the Revolutionary!" a huge obese man with a straw hat yelled he was 'Luffy' the captain of the straw hat pirates.
"Hehe" an orange haired woman laughed she was 'Nami' the navigator of the straw hats.
"Ugh... Dammit!" the man clutched his wound.
"We have no use for people who will slow us down, we are the chosen pirates! - We are on a completely different level; we can't just let anyone join our crew" he was 'Sniper king', the sharpshooter of the straw hats.
"That Straw hat is sure heartless…"
"After all they've accomplished, it's no wonder."
"Hey Franky! How many does that make now?"
"Hmm… about a hundred, we now have three whole crews to join us and ten of those scallywags have bounties on them, they are a massive force at your disposal! And moreover two of them are the infamous Couribou brothers, they'll come in handy."
"But we need more lackeys — Hey old man bring us more booze… and you babe, don't just sit there around come over here… hehe she's a real prize."
"No thanks… I am waiting for someone." Nami finalized the ugly flirting form the fat man.
"She refused!"
"Hey, do as he say, that's straw hat Luffy, he's a crazy pirate that raised hell two years ago and he destroyed the G1 seven months ago, haven't you heard of him?" the bartender explained.
"Haha whoever you are waiting for must be a wimp who'll just apologize to the captain as soon as he arrives!" Sniper king said.
"I'm only going to say this once more… I have no interest in you, so I am not going to drink with you"
"Do you understand. Straw hat… what was it again?"
"That woman is dead" one of the bar-goers whispered with sweat falling down his brow.
'Nami' closed in pointing a gun to Nami's head, she boringly explained why it's bad to refuse her captain, Nami stopped listening from the fake and was about to floor them with her new powers over climate until…
"Green star — Devil." A man shouted as a green carnivorous plant grabbed the 'Nami' by the mouth, the plant moved and attacked the fake straw hats, the man was Usopp has become much more muscular than before and has grown his hair out. He had become 'manlier' and was slightly taller than before.
Usopp now has a new pair of goggles around his neck and has some headphones or ear protectors on. He also now has a little goatee along with a new white sun cap he wears on his head. He also has a new pair of rolled-up yellow pants with red suspenders, and a pair of boots his trademark yellow satchel has been replaced with a red one, but he still has his blue and white striped wrist band on his left arm.
Nami then hugged Usopp.
"Usopp it's been ages! Look at you you've gotten kinda manly now!"
"W...well you've grown some yourself!"
"That's yours?" she pointed at the funny tree attacking people.
"Yes that's my new weapon, pop green! Sorry but I've graduated from the weakling trio! I've now gotten closer to becoming a brave warrior of the sea, nothing scares me now!"
"Oi you brat! Did you do this?"
"What!? Sniper king!? How!?" he screamed.
"Wait ya bastards! Who do you think you are!?"
"Huh Luffy?" Usopp asked as he was dragged outside by Nami, the bartender yelling for their tab was ignored, she was a thief and a pirate, there was no way she was going to pay here.
Just as they were exiting a thunder blew inside of the building.
Screams were heard behind them, but they were ignored by the two straw hats
"...So I've learned new skills myself but…"
"Seriously? You were in a sky island?"
'Luffy' had his skin charred but he raised himself. "...! Find those two and kill them!"
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At the thirteenth grove on Shakki's rip-off bar.
"That stupid swordsman got here first…. Sounds like we'll be in for a rough time." Sora's soft voice came out.
"And Franky-chan was second, he got here ten days ago, and already headed to the ship" Shakki shook her head.
"Oh good I'm glad the Sunny's safe." Sora spoke.
Nami had arrived third, Sora was strangely interested, Shakki said the young woman went on a shopping spree as she waited for the Straw hats to arrive. After Nami Usopp arrived in fourth place, three days ago…
"Fifth was Chopper-chan, who came yesterday, and then you San... Sora-chan… Brook-kun arrived today for his concert, in other words the seven of you are already on this island somewhere."
"Concert?" Sora asked with confusion in her eyes.
"That just leaves Luffy-kun and Nico Robin. Getting back in this island is quite a feat, I'm impressed." Ray commented.
"Yeah. I'm surprised you've trained Luffy though, he must be really strong now" Sora remarked.
"I haven't seen him in eight months, he was already a monster back then, I'm looking forward to seeing how much he's grown… there's also the matter of his bounty." He threw the poster at Sora.
"His bounty was raised to 570 million, after he destroyed the G1, the marines on this side of the red line are still recovering, I don't know why Luffy did that, his motivations are unclear." He said to Sora, as he looked at her, he could see her hiding a tiny redness in her face at seeing the photo on the poster.
"Then, what happened to you Sanji, no it's Sora now?"
"I was sent to the Kamabakka kingdom, there Iva-chan ruled as king, my training in hell started when he transformed me into a woman with his hormone powers, I had to survive everyday getting attacked and pursued by those ugly guys… after two years, I finished my training…." She said with her hand on her cheek.
"But Ivankov did not turn you back into a guy!? That is strange."
"He offered it but I refused…" the atmosphere became calm as they heard bubbles popping outside, both Shakki and Ray became tense a cold sweat in their faces.
"W...Why did you refuse?" The atmosphere was so sharp that it could cut skin, Ray's glasses became darkened, Shakki also had her face shadowed, Sora's pink lips were opened.
She grabbed both her tits as she fondled them, her face darkened with lust and her eyes became hearts.
"Who wants to go back to being in an ugly ass body! I love this body! I love women! ...Before I had a healthy respect for women, now I know every hidden secret! ...Now I surpassed all limits and became a women connoisseur!" Sora shouted with a serious and seductive voice.
Both face palmed at the perverted answer, and missed Sora's sad face, she was clearly lying about the real reason she changed genders.
"Then… I've explained this to the other six but… I need to tell you about Luffy-kun… and how he lost his powers over rubber…"
XOX
"I've spotted Nico Robin." An agent reported.
"Don't kill her, bring her back alive!" The transponder snail answered.
In an alleyway, a woman stood after evading the agents view. "Did I manage to shake them?" she whispered.
An incredibly voluptuous woman thought as she hid, Robin's black hair has grown longer, down to her lower back and is pulled back, revealing more of her forehead and ears. Her outfit after the two years passed now consisted of a long salmon sari-like skirt with a partially-zipped navy blue leather vest with a V-neck line and a periwinkle rose printed on the left breast near the shoulder that exposed her stomach, sunglasses, pink high heeled pumps, and a pink backpack, she had an hourglass body and her skirt was low so it exposed a bit of her hip and bubble ass.
"Brook's concert — Straw hat's recruiting new members?" she had both pamphlets in hand
"Soul king? What is going on here...?" She wondered.
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Chopper followed the fake Zoro, Sanji and Robin, they wanted to take the naive reindeer to their leader their evil intentions to kidnap the reindeer so they could impersonate the real crew better was working, the little pet didn't even realize that they were the fake ones, however some shady guys kidnapped the fake Robin and Chopper got real mad at his comrades for abandoning her.
Three shots were heard as 'Luffy' aimed his pistol at an orange haired woman, her husband caught her as she fell, her husband caught her and glared and shouted at the fat man for the sudden attack. The fake Luffy confused the red-haired woman for the bitch who attacked them at the bar back then.
XOX
At the G1 Branch of the Navy.
The building was under reform as it was previously destroyed seven months ago.
"The Straw hat pirates…"
"Are they on Sabaody archipelago?"
"Yes apparently that monster is recruiting on that island…"
"Contact HQ… if it's true, then we need reinforcements, send the Pacifistas!" A vice admiral yelled out his orders.
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"You shot her!" The crowd watched silently as a man hugged his dead wife. "What did you shoot her for…?! What did we ever do to you?!
"I apologized, didn't I? It was a mistake; I'm looking for a couple just like you two a man and woman with long hair and long nose - Hmm? You're not going to complain are you…?" the fake Luffy taunted.
"… Ugh…!"
"I think you might be!" He shot the man dead.
"Straw hat Luffy is terrible!"
Just then a man walked by, he was wearing a long coat and hood, shadowing his identity, His large sack knocked the fat man with the straw hat, he screamed as he fell to the ground.
"Oh… Did I hit you? Sorry! Goodbye!" He waved.
"Stop right there!"
The man turned, his face shadowed, the only thing they saw was glowing stormy silver eyes.
"..." the real Luffy stared at them.
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"Luffy, we know that you became strong, but the Marines can give you a bit of trouble… we wish for you to wear this disguise," she said in their room, she was naked as his cum streamed down her legs, she showed her amazing ass while fishing for clothing, she pointed at the giant coat as he took her from behind.
"Luffy mmhmm… you should know ...ahhh… that we cannot reveal our relationship… mmmm…."
"Don't worry, this is not goodbye… I feel like we'll see each other again in this yeat Hancock."
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"You bumped into me didn't ya? Ya think I'm gonna let that slide when you made a fool out of me… I am a pirate with a bounty of 570 million, now grovel to the ground and beg for forgiveness!" As he pointed the gun in Luffy's head, he walked forward without a care.
The people around were shocked, this guy with the sack and coat just casually ignored one of the most infamous pirates.
"Okay, I see how it is."
The fake Luffy took aim however—
The man took another step, as the wind blew, all the bubbles in the vicinity popped as four bodies hit the ground at the same time, frothing at the mouth, it was 'Luffy' 'Sniper king', 'Nami' and 'Franky.
On this day, the 'Straw hat' pirates were defeated by a light stomp of feet, well at least this time the stranger wore footwear.
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Robin had arrived on grove seventeen, where their ship was located.
"The sunny…" she smiled as she saw their ship, their home. "We've kept you waiting didn't we? It has been two years, it's good that you are alright." she saw that the ship did not have any damage.
"Hm? Ow~! That nice beauty can only be...! The super archaeologist of our very own creeeew!... if it isn't Robin!" Franky entered his usual pose.
The man had blue short hair, wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt and a black speedo, His shoulders, torso, and arms are also much bigger than before, and with studded hands that look almost robotic in appearance, He now appeared to be wearing metal rigged suspenders. He had replaced his elbows with large, light blue hinges, his shoulders with a large red ball and socket joint with 'BF-37' written on them, and his forearms with large, light blue cubes, with his trademark star tattoo being split by an edge.
He stayed in the same position with his teeth showing, as silenced reined through, finally Robin processed the new changes.
"You never do change, Franky." She commented.
"I have changed you fool! Take a good look at this sheer romance-packed body! Behold a remodeling of the likes never seen before, now I've exceeded human comprehension."
"Yes, I don't think we can consider you as a normal human any longer."
"Hey, are you calling me a pervert? You sure know how to give a man a compliment!"
A while later, Robin climbed on and inspected the coating on the ship as Franky explained how it worked.
"I'm number eight, we're waiting for Luffy…" she calmly explained.
"I see! So the time to set sail on our new voyage draws near! Well I've fixed her up good and proper! New weapons and all!" Franky laughed as he drank a cola drink.
Then, they discussed the possibility of Brook returning to this ship, he was now a shining star, why would he leave a life of fame to one of infamy, Franky argued he was not coming back.
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Chopper ran crying, he could not believe that 'Luffy and the others' did not want to rescue Robin!
All the while the marines reported a meeting of the 'straw hat' crew at grove 46, their strategy was simple a cornering attack with marine warriors, dealing with any lackeys while the two Pacifistas would go in for the kill towards the Straw hat main crew, outside of the outpost in Saobondy they were preparing their attack, they were to block any exits from that grove.
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"Hey Mr. fisherman! How's the haul, here's hoping for a discount!" Sora approached good-heartedly.
"Ahhh!" the man yelled while looking at the sea.
"What's wrong?" Sora asked.
"I've done something terrible, ya see a green haired brother came to my shop and he wanted to go fishing cuz he was bored… So I say, then can ya wait on board… yeah?" He started telling the story.
"A green-haired guy with 3 swords and a belly-warmer around the waist?" she asked.
"Yeah! That's it, him! One-eyed and all!"
"One eyed…?" she supported her breast as she assumed a thinking position, her finger on her chin she took a poster from her bag. "Is this the guy?"
"Ahhh! Yep, this is the guy all right! He is a friend of yours?!"
"Well… I know of him… yeah… kind of..." she had a very angry look.
"You gotta believe me, I've said for him to wait in my fishing ship, but when I arrived he was already asleep on a pirate galleon, now they must be heading towards Fishman island right about now."
"That idiot… just when Luffy is about to arrive… what would happen if aren't all here for him." Sora worried. "Well if it comes to that I can cheer him up with some delicious meals"
Just then the water bubbled, and Sora clicked her tongue, a giant ship cut in two emerged from the depths, the people screamed in surprise.
"How dare you destroy our dreams of going to the new world"
"-That's your fault for bringing a curse to this ship…" the green-haired man said as he swiped his blade clear from water.
"What drivel!" the captain of the galleon complained as he fainted.
The man who brought disaster to the ship was none other than Zoro.
His frame got larger, showing considerably more muscle mass and his hair got shaggier while slicked back. Zoro now wore a long, open dark-green coat closed on his waist and is held by a red sash, in which his three swords are now tucked into, and his black bandana is tied around his left forearm. His coat exposed his bare chest, revealing his green belly-warmer underneath the coat. He has also grown noticeably taller, he also had a new scar running down over his left eye, it was now always closed.
"What? You're back… not that I care either way, but if it makes Luffy happy…" Sora whispered.
Zoro coughed water.
"I got on the wrong boat!" He sheathed his blade, in his sitting position, right on top of their mast.
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"Robin! Haaa haaa…. Robin! Where have they taken you?!" Chopper in his mount form galloped looking around for clues to the Fake Robin's whereabouts.
"Damn… damn… What's wrong with everyone…? Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Sanji, even Franky! … You used to care so much about your comrades…!" Chopper teared up.
"But now Robin gets kidnapped and all you can say is 'leave her' ?! Haa haa… you're all terrible…! What have I worked so hard for these two years…? For whom!? Ahhh… Luffy! Why?"
"Heyyy! Chopper!" Usopp screamed, he was driving a bubble car, with what seemed thousands of supplies behind it in bubbles, he waved towards Chopper.
"...Ah!?"
"Over here!" He got out of the vehicle and approached Chopper.
"Usopp!" Chopper bellowed in surprise.
"Well, Look at you! You sure have grown!... I bet that back of yours would make a ride in a half! How've you been?!" Usopp exclaimed.
"You're right! He's even fluffier than before!" Nami gave Chopper a hug as she felt his soft fur.
"Huh?" he was still massively confused.
"It's been a while Chopper!" She greeted him.
"Huh!? Nami?" He thought back to the fake Nami, his mind was confused now.
"...Yes?"
"No… Forget that! I'm happy to see you guys but something terrible has happened to Robin!"
"..." Nami looked back at Usopp and a massive explanation happened after that.
"Huh?! They're all fakes?! So that's why there were two Nami's!" Chopper exclaimed.
"Oh dear..." Nami sighed.
"Look Robin has been on the run from the Government for twenty years, since she was just eight you know, there's no wait a couple of random dudes could catch her"
"... Of course… I thought something was off back there… now I'm pissed off, what's up with those guys pretending to be like us… those filthy copycats, why it's almost as we are famous celebrities dammit!" Chopper did a happy dance at the last part as Nami slapped his head.
"What are you so happy about… in the first place this is because the whole world knows who Luffy is!" she delivered his bounty to chopper so he could look.
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Both Fake Sanji and Zoro rushed, looking for the tiny racoon, their captain ordered them to get him back at all costs, they were rushing at full speeds, passing the crowds looking for the funny little animal until, a caped man with stormy eyes looked at them.
The man grinned, he sensed something interesting.
On a nearby alley.
"Grove forty-six… and fake Straw Hats… So that's what those guys were back then, how I wanted to murder the lot of them with my bare hands." He held the Fake Zoro's neck by his strong muscular arm, one of his legs pinned the Fake Sanji, both had seen better days, they were beaten to a bloody pulp.
"Please let us go!" The man cried.
He let them go, they immediately rushed to the exit of the alley, however all they heard was a static sound, and then nothing…
Both these men exploded in a pile of charred gore, the man had a small amount of electricity in his leg as he walked away, he had a devilishly handsome smile, he found something to be entertained after all.
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I want… to go to the coast. I want to do some fishing…" Zoro nodded.
"Forget that you shitty moss head!" Sora declared.
"Why do I have to listen to you, and what happened to you anyways you shitty cook?"
"I don't have to explain myself to the likes of you, and you need to follow my orders, because you empty head will get lost here again you brainless fool, we need to welcome Luffy back!"
"Ah…?! I'm number one I arrived here first. I don't need to take orders from number seven"
"Why are you putting the order of arrival as a ranking or prestige, don't get all high and mighty because just by pure coincidental luck you arrived first!" Sora complained with a glare.
"Sure whatever… seventh."
"Oh, that does it! I will kick your ass six ways to Sunday… now, immediately!" She raised her pantyhose leg.
"Bring it on I've always wanted to slice you in two!" The two readied to attack, the danger those two posed made everyone flee, as they started destroying buildings and other property in their fight.
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The marines had invaded the hall, his manager pointed a gun to his head, however the Soul king was not impeded, he was going to follow his Captain to the ends of the earth.
"Straw hat is dead you say? Utterly preposterous, tell the world for me, Monkey D. Luffy is alive!" He roared, as he started to play his guitar.
The marines started advancing.
"The man who will one day be king of all seas… How could his embarkment on this new journey possibly be a quiet affair be a quiet affair! Oh Baby~!" all of the reporters were talking to their transponder snail.
"A message to my beloved friends!" he whispered pf the mic, but then returned to the mic with a face of a determined soul, this was the great swordsman musician Soul king Brook.
"Listen, my friends! To this final soul melody! Yeah! ~"
"Don't be ridiculous this show is cance—"
"—Shut up marines"
"—Let us hear just one last song… just let him sing once more!"
"—That's right! Does it matter who the Soul king really is, even if he is a criminal, even if he is a pirate… let us hear him once more!"
"You see? Music is my ally 1...2...3...1...2...3...4~"
"New world!~~" he started his last song as the crowd screamed and cheered.
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Most of the crew was on board the thousand, sunny, they got introduced to new functions from Franky as Usopp and Chopper drooled over his robotic body, Nami and Robin shook their heads in disappointment at the scene, Rayleigh arrived and started explaining what happened to Sanji — now Sora, afterwards he also started explaining how to navigate underwater.
"Well what's this the tension is on the rise, but Rayleigh… Luffy isn't here yet."
"Don't worry Luffy, he has already arrived in this island... in fact he is quite clearly broadcasting his location, what a huge presence…"
Usopp and Franky grinned, Chopper was alight with happiness, Nami and Robin were smiling, although one could see faint flushes on both.
"That's the best news I've heard in a while" Robin was very happy.
"I gave Sora a transponder snail when she stopped by, she is with Zoro now I believe."
Shakki then delivered the Vivre card to Nami to serve as a point for them to reconvene.
"Grove forty-two seems like a safe bet… It's right on the outer edge of the archipelago, get the whole crew there together, it might get a bit rough, but the time has come for you to set sail once more!" Rayleigh declared.
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"Yohoho, Oh! If you hadn't arrived at that moment mister Rider, I'd be a goner!"
"Liar, you froze every attacker there, anyways we are heading towards your ship, miss Shakki's orders… Your crew is waiting for you there!" the flying fish rider commented.
"Ah! My chest is about to burst with expectations — Not that I have a chest to explode anyway, Yohoho!"
Back in the arena, the long-armed manager and his brothers were on the ground trying to fight the frost bite, and all the Marines were either cut with a blunt blade or suffering from unbearable cold.
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… A Wasteland… all of the buildings were either cut down or destroyed in a crater, the land was barren, however you could see two people, a man with three swords equipped, they were dark as night as well as his hands, the other was a beautiful blonde, lifting and kicking a good chunk of the Mangrove forty-one up and down, like a soccer player, she then launched the tree at the swordsman with her legs at incredible speeds, only for the swordsman to cut the trunk of the tree into pieces.
A transponder snail rang, stopping the fight immediately. Sora fished it from her pocket on her skirt. "Hmmm… Franky huh? Grove forty-two? Ok I'll see you there, hey dumb moss head. Marines. Coming. We. Ship. Run — got that?"
"Do you take me for a baby?! Speak in full sentence!" As he sheathed his swords and put his bandanna away, Sora also put her leg down.
"I figure that was the best way to get through such an undeveloped brain you have."
"Right, I'll just cut you later… Hmm..." He looked over the destruction towards another island.
"Hey shitty cook you sense that?... And what all the ruckus on that island?"
"... Hmmm… you're right. That way. Noisy. Powerful presence…"
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"That's as far as you go you pirate scum! Straw hat Luffy and all of you bastards! I suggest you come quietly! We have sealed off all of the exits from this isle, there is nowhere to run!" The marines circled the gathering of pirates in the plaza.
"—The Marines!"
"—Captain they got us all surrounded"
"Hey Caribou! Coribou! Use the marine soldier we captured as a hostage; we're getting out of here"
"—A marine soldier?" A lieutenant asked.
"—It appears one of our scouts has been captured by this rabble." The marine captain said to his soldier.
"Sorry but I can't do that boss, this snot nosed brat lied to us! Told us he hadn't called for help!" Caribou then aimed at the scout.
"Idiot! Stop!" the fake Luffy tried to order the rookie to stop but it was useless.
Caribou pulled the trigger and shot the man anyways.
The marines brandished their weapons in rage of that happening right in front f their eyes. "—It doesn't look like they plan on surrendering."
"Is it one of your unwritten rules that it's fine to lie to the bad guy, eh? Kehihi!"
"Well there's nothing to it" A pirate with a bounty worth over seventy million unleashed his blades.
"Caribou, you Crazy bastard! You ignored my orders! Orders from your Captain!"
"—Shoot the pirates down!" Was the cry from the marines before the battle truly started.
"- Kehihi! I smell blood for the spillin' ! The filthy blood of a buncha hypocrites!"
"Idiot marines our captain has a bounty of 570 million, he's Straw hat Luffy!" the rabble of pirates roared and went forward with their weapons.
"—Take them down!"
The battle raged on as the pirates gained ground on the marines, the fake Luffy thought they could do it and cheered his men on, however a scream was heard as two Pacifistas shooting the crew.
"—Arrrgh!"
"—It's the Pacifistaaaassss!" His men cried as one by one they were being defeated, the rays of light that came from the mouth and hands of these abominations blasted through chucks of pirates, their bodies could not be pierced or cut by normal weapons, they were massive easily surpassing twenty feet but even then they were unbelievably nimble for their size.
"Bounty 570 million, pirate 'Straw Hat' Monkey D. Luffy has been sighted." The Pacifista spoke stonily.
A pirate called Lip Service Doughty, worth 88 million challenged the Pacifistas for a fight but one blast from their hand immediately defeated him, he was on the ground, blood pooling underneath him.
"—No way! Captain Doughty!"
"A man worth 88 million was taken out like nothing…" the crowd of pirates were stunned then started panicking, the marines regained their morale as they had the upper hand now.
The fake Luffy took this chance to escape, however he was cornered by Sentomaru and another Pacifista. The pirates cheered as they would see what a 570 million wanted man was capable off.
All the while the caped man was watching, close by, it was interest seeing a copycat, he was already that famous, while it was fun seeing him de-masked the real fun, he sensed was in another island, two people were fighting, if his senses were right it was Zoro and Sanji?
What the hell happened to him? Her?... I'm confused…
"Why are these people calling you 'Straw hat'?" Sentomaru asked, the Pacifista behind him.
"Hey big sumo guy! Don't you know who're you talking to, I'm the grandson of Garp 'the hero', I'm the son of Dragon 'the revolutionary', I raised hell in the war of the best, I'm also the man who destroyed Marineford G1! I am the man with a bounty of 570 million Straw hat Monkey D. Lu—" Sentomaru bashed his head with his axe.
"Straw hat is not a piece of shit like you!"
"—What?! Big Boss Straw hat!"
"Big boss Straw hat? I see they were fooled by this guy… PX-5 who is this guy?"
"Bounty 26 million — Pirate 'Triple Tongue' Demalo Black" The Pacifista calmly replied.
"—A fake?!" The pirates exclaimed, not believing they were so easily swindled.
"The deceivers may be fools but you lot is still in bad luck, we'll apprehend everyone here… and by some crazy coincidence it looks like the real one is here in this grove, PX-5 detected him as soon as we arrived here"
However at this time they witnessed Grove forty-one, the giant tree falling as it was cut into smaller pieces, and those pieces were launched at random parts of that grove.
"—Wha?" some exclaimed.
Everyone was stunned at the situation, but a man smiled, they grew very powerful. Were the man's thoughts.
After the marines regained their bearings.
"PX-5 chase Straw hat out of hiding!" The Pacifista fired a shot at a random location, blowing the pirates to the sky as a giant sack came flying and landed on a nearby ruin, a man was already there as he discarded his cape, showing his form to the world.
"H...H...Here's the poster" As a small-time pirate dropped the poster on the ground, it had a photo of a gorgeous man, with hair as black as night, a strong jaw, glowing grey eyes, and a scar in his left cheek, the man before them had the same face, a man who had a bounty of million, one of the worst generation pirates, their eyes were wide as saucers as they looked shocked at him, even Sentomaru had broken into a sweat.
"—It's the same face!"
"Men, compose yourselves, we came to fight the real one, do not fear!" A marine captain yelled as he cheered their men.
"Man it was so fun seeing the battle, why did you have to rob me of my fun? You are not here to impede my departure… are you? I tagged you as an intelligent man two years ago sumo-guy?" Luffy smiled, however it did not reach his eyes. "And you brought the Navy… the Navy with you, how nice."
He then moved, and he started rummaging through his backpack, all the while glaring menacing towards the whole crowd.
"—He's probably looking for a weapon?!"
"—What incredible weapon does a man with a 570 million bounty have?"
After a while tensions got high as they gulped their saliva… the time finally came as he retrieved the 'weapon'... A giant piece of meat on the bone.
"MEAT?!" they said with a dumbfounded look.
He then started eating it fast and only the bone was left, as he huffed.
He then glared again, the tension got extremely high as the world became black and white from the pressure and only his grey stormy eyes were glowing.
The man became fearful, he the tilted the head and started eating the bone like a shark...
"—STOP THAT!" They yelled with sharp teeth at the stupidity being displayed by the biggest name here on these seas.
He glared again the world became black and white as his eyes and face were shadowed by the straw hat, his aura unleashed it was black with a glowing red outline growing in waves from the ground he was standing on.
"Hah…" he opened his mouth as steam got out, the people were on the ground with fear, but then a sleeping bubble got out from his nose, as he softly snored.
"—DON'T SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE!" both the pirates and the marines yelled.
"Stop with these tasteless jokes Straw hat!" Sentomaru yelled.
The bubble popped, and he woke up. "What? I was having such fun sleeping…" He yawned. He did all this to curb his massive hatred for marines, he couldn't slaughter them here and cause a massive disturbance on his master's island.
Sentomaru continued with meaningless boasting. "I'm not the same man as two years ago, now I'm a fully-fledged marine, I'm going to capture you here — Get him PX-5!"
The Pacifista shot three shots at Luffy, however all of them were parried by a finger, it hit his hand and it split in various rays behind Luffy, the hand was not even coated in Haki, Sentomaru gasped as he saw the level of danger, he turned to his men, and tried to order them to retreat however before he could utter a word, a Thunderous sound made them almost deaf. Sentomaru looked at the Pacifista, only that it was a piece of scrap on the ground, as discharges surged from its body sending parts flying off, the Pacifista's insides were completely melted, even the special metal alloy was melting and evaporating, sending dangerous fumes around, and his blood vaporized, the ground around it was a giant crater full of molten rock, the body or what was left of it caught fire and did periodic explosions, as it burned.
"Assault series: Crash Bolt." Luffy spoke as his hand was covered in dark blue lightning bolts, dancing through as his index finger was pointed at the destroyed Pacifista, the air around his arm was super-heated and turned into plasma, it was a pretty sight, if you ignored the fact that it was melting stuff around it but for some reason Luffy wasn't getting burnt.
"What happened?" Sentomaru sweated bullets.
"-=In a single attack?" as the pirates started fainting.
"…Well, see you… I've got the feeling this isn't the last time we will meet, next time however, you'll die by my hands… that's a promise Sumo-guy." He left the warning up in the air
He rushed to meet Zoro and Sanji?
But the second Pacifista tried to block his way, but Sanji? kicked the head clean off the shoulders with her amazing legs and Zoro bisected It's body.
"Zoro! Sanji! Wohoa! It's been a long time!" He cheered as he carried his bag in one arm.
"Luffy… You are the ninth." Zoro explained as he pointed at him.
"Shut up empty head! stop these stupid rankings!" Sora looked at Luffy, a redness in her face as she desperately tried to hide it.
"And Luffy, It's Sora now — come Luffy everyone is waiting on the ship," she said softly.
"'Pirate hunter 'Zoro', and a woman called 'Sora' … So the whole crew is alive, and they are here, call the other teams!" A marine captain ordered.
"Ara?" Sora exclaimed.
'What's wrong?" Zoro asked Luffy, the man in question was looking towards a hill.
"Ray!" He shouted.
"?!... Tha… That's! The 'Dark King' Rayleigh?!" The soldiers were now paralyzed, they could not move an inch for fear of being instantly killed by such a legend, it was too much for them, when they finally mustered the courage to go up against Luffy after what he did to G1 many had panic attacks and sleepless nights, in fact much of the force here were soldiers that tried to defend the mighty island when he destroyed the Plaza and the marine building in one great strike, in fact they asked to go to this mission so they could move past their fear but now…
"Ahaha… I thought I'd drop by and take a look… but it doesn't look you need any help… You've gotten really strong… my son" Ray said with pride in his eyes.
"...!" The marines were not moving, they were sweating up a storm, they could not believe their eyes, wasn't he the son of Dragon in the first place?
"Father! I'm… Going to do it!"
Ray watched with interest.
"I will find One Piece! And become Pirate King!" He Exclaimed, as Zoro smirked, and Sora smiled.
Rayleigh had tears in his old eyes, it was like seeing his old captain, he was very happy to know Luffy.
"T—Take Straw Hat down, don't falter now!" The horde of marines went to them.
"Oh… do they want to die…?" Luffy looked at the horde coming, however Sora patted him on his broad shoulder, he looked down at her smiling.
"Captain…" she tilted her head pointing at the exit to the island while smiling warmly at him, she was a head smaller than him so it was easy to pet her head, she closed her eyes in bliss, however her love for women made her shake her head.
"Then let's go… we don't need to get involved here any longer… Thanks a bunch Ray! See you later father!" He waved as they ran towards their ship.
"Indeed… Head straight to the top!"
"—After them!"
"—They are heading to grove forty-two," a marine said in the transponder snail.
The army proceeded to chase but Rayleigh appeared in front as a line made in the ground was carved with his sword slash.
"My son is setting sail. You can do as you please." he pointed his cutlass at them. "...But I would suggest that you would not cross that line, for your own health", he glared at them while smoking.
"-...!"
They encountered one group, but they were defeated by that thriller bark girl, Luffy remembered her presence when he faced World a year back, she now wore a long gothic dress, a black top hat with flowers. She had a bat tattoo on her arm and she was floating from the ground as her ghosts circled her, then Sora started molesting and fondling her boobs from behind, while Luffy enjoyed the show, it was time to go so he picked Sora bride style while they ran, Perona stayed behind to deal with more groups of marines, Luffy sensed warships coming from the distance.
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"Yohohoho! Usopp-san~, Nami-san~, Robin-san~, Frrrrrankyyy-san!~"
"Brook!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Got to say I'm impressed; you gave your life of stardom to that of an outlaw just to travel with us!" Franky exclaimed.
Brook jumped from the flying fish and landed, in the deck cane guitar and all.
"Ahhhh~, such memories, these faces bring back memories! Oh yeah!"
He sat on a barrel and started to play his guitar.
"Are you going to sing something for us?" Usopp asked while they gathered around the Soul King.
"Well then, Nami-san… for the first time in two years… would you kindly show your pa—"
He was kicked all over the deck by Nami. "I never showed them in the first place!"
"A—Ahhhh… my heart flutters… at this touching reunion…! Not that I have a heart to flutter, of course! Yohoho…" he groaned.
"Um… We have a superstar convulsing on the floor…" Usopp remarked.
"Honestly… don't you people ever grow up…?!" Nami complained her hands on her hip.
"It appears that we are not yet all assembled…"
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On top of a bird, Luffy chopper, Zoro and Sora were in a sitting position, Chopper was on Luffy's lap while Luffy petted the reindeer, Sora was right on his side clutching his shirt while holding her hair, Zoro was on his other side with his white sword gripped on his shoulder, all of them were smiling.
"...The Sunny." Luffy smiled, he was unbelievably happy.
"Heyyyy! I've brought them!" Chopper jumped excitedly on his captain's lap.
Robin was the first to notice them approaching as the bird arrived on the side of the ship.
"Luffy! Zoro! Sora!"
They already been briefed by Rayleigh; Brook also had been given the information by Shakki-chan on his way so the only surprise was how beautiful she looked.
"You guys, you look cooler than ever!" Franky put his glasses up as he saw the changes to his friends.
"Luffy-san, I have missed you so much!" Brook said as the dam opened in his nonexistent eyes.
"Heh! We're all together again!" Usopp teared a bit.
All of them landed and thanked the bird, Sora turned around and saw Nami waving with both arms, her round plump breasts jiggled with her movement, Robin had her hand on her hip showing her ripe cleavage, Sora's eyes darkened in lust, Luffy came close to her.
"Hey Sora-chan are you alright?" He had a concerned face, however Sora focused on his body, those tantalizing chest muscles, that amazing eight-pack, his gorgeous face, that amazing v-line going down from his navel, his entrancing glowing eyes, his muscles rippled every time he breathed, now blood flowed freely as she drooled, and then fainted.
"HEY! Weren't you supposed to be a woman connoisseur why are you drooling over Luffy as well!" Usopp yelled to the fainted Sora, now secured within Luffy's arms as Chopper treated her, after carefully laying her on the grass Luffy put a blanket over her body, and then he looked at Franky.
He closed the distance between them faster than anyone realized.
"Whoah Franky! Y...You! Can you shoot beams? Can you launch rockets? Can you transform? Can you combine?!" He had stars in his eyes as Franky did his pose, glad that Luffy had approved of his transformation.
"Hold that thought Luffy! I can't say I understand, but leave the awe for later, we just got word that the war ships are almost on top of us!"
Nami tried to budge Luffy by pulling on his broad shoulder but his body was too strong for her, A she said that a cannon shot blew the water near them, Luffy was gone from Nami's hands, as he sat on the rail of the ship looking at the small fleet of ships.
"Hrm... so they can think they can sink our ships…" He looked towards the marines, now everyone had their attention on him even Sora woke up. "Well, I can't let that happen…. Sunny is our precious ship."
Countless Lightning bolts circled his hand and was rotating in a circle around his hand as he pointed two fingers at the distance, the storm raged in his hand, it eventually became black as it collided with themselves, the friction caused a foreboding sound.
"Omni series: Plasma Railgun." From his hand, a crimson black ray shot, the sea waved around as the sunny was pushed back a bit, The last the Marines saw was the beam coming at full force, before they were completely vaporized, hundreds of soldiers, captains, and a rear admiral, it didn't matter what ranking they were their bodies being heated by five million Kelvin, their organs, tissue, muscle, bones, all of it instantly turned into vapor.
The Omni series is now that powerful… I'll just stick to the Assault series… that was the weakest attack from that row… and there's no way I'll use Singularity series… that much power is world ending… was Luffy's thoughts as he saw the damage, he then braced himself for the shockwave from the attack.
It was one of the side effects from eating those two fruits at the same time they both exponentially raised each other's power passively, Luffy did not know if it was a mistake of recklessness or not, well the answer would come eventually.
The ray blasted everything that was in sight, the Straw Hat's only saw a deep red, the sky was nowhere to be seen, only a flash then a deep red, several minutes later the sky returned to normal as they saw the fallout, in the distance a giant black smoke cloud, there were lightning storms as the cloud raised.
"Well that was a bit overkill…I'll refrain from using my lighting powers unless necessary." Luffy nonchalantly said as he dropped to the deck, the Straw hats were still in awe of the power displayed, they knew that he had lost his rubber powers and that when Ray left he had a choice between two fruits, but this…
Nobody cared if the Marines died, most of them were desensitized about death back in whiskey peak where Zoro killed a hundred bounty hunters, the civil war in Alabasta did not help, Robin was an assassin since she was a child and Franky had also seen plenty of death in Enies Lobby, also he had no love for the government and Brook was a skeleton, he had seen some things in his past and was more mature in that regard to many of the straw hats present...
"Well, Franky prepare the ship for sailing!"
"Y—Yeah Luffy!" Franky swam down to the ship the water was warm like a hot spring, was it because of the explosion, were Franky's thoughts as he opened the valve from the coating.
The bubble expanded beyond their bodies as it formed a bubble roof.
While this was happening in the archipelago the army left was impeded by various people that helped them in these two years.
"Alright Nami! Do an explanation of how we are going to Fishman's island!" Luffy asked her with a gentle voice, she blushed a bit.
She nodded and grabbed everyone's attention.
"A coated ship has the ability to reduce the surrounding pressure, in other words it cannot float with its own accord so if we remove the buoyancy bag underneath the ship it will start to sink beneath the surface!"
"I see…" Zoro had a look of a philosopher while not understanding.
"—I've released the bag," Franky climbed from the water and landed on deck.
'All right we are going down! Everyone go raise the sails!" Nami ordered.
"The sails?" Chopper and Brook asked.
"Apparently coated ships can use the sea currents as a substitute for the wind to propel the ship."
"There's more to it than just sinking to the bottom?!" Usopp asked.
"Are we setting sail Nami?" He climbed on the bench on the bottom of the main mast, he crossed his arms over his abs.
"That's right Captain!" She smiled at him.
"Alright… Men! I have tons of things that I've been wanting to say to each and every one of you after all this time… The first word that comes to mind is gratitude, I am very grateful for having every one of you as my comrades! Well enough of this mushy stuff, afterwards we can exchange stories of our adventures these two years, but for now, let's leave it at that!"
Everyone smiled.
"Thanks for going along with my selfish desires for these past two years!" he sincerely bowed to them.
"Yes, like this has been the first time you swept us along in some crazy whim of yours, Captain!" Sora said happily.
"That's right! This is just what you're always like, Luffy!" Usopp grinned.
It was a joyous occasion to hear Luffy talking, his words had such charisma behind them, it evoked warm feelings in all of them, this was the homecoming for them.
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"Sister, you aren't going to see Luffy?" Sonia asked.
Boa Hancock was looking at the sea, contemplating.
"Luffy, we had sex many times, are you not afraid We shall become pregnant with your child?" He petted her head, he smiled sadly.
"Hancock, perhaps I was born this way, perhaps it was the multiple gear seconds and thirds, perhaps it was Aokiji freezing my body, perhaps was the amount of poison that affected me in impel down, perhaps it was Iva-chan's treatment and hormones, perhaps it was the magma strike in the war, perhaps it was the shock of seeing ace dead, perhaps it was the treatment from Tra-guy, but… i cannot produce a child anymore, i am infertile…" Hancock gasped.
"But… perhaps this was a good thing, Ace eternally cursed his dad because he was Pirate king, the worst of the worst, he cursed his 'bad blood' until the end, I haven't even met my father and they call him the most dangerous criminal in the world, imagine if that information had been leaked in my early life, I was raised by Makino and Dadan with some visits from Gramps, for this reason I... I don't want to have a child only for them to hate me… I don't want to have children who are outcasted by everyone because of the association to my name." He smiled at her sadly.
She rubbed her tummy, his seed was still sloshing around, it was so warm, she hugged him with all her force, she wanted to show that she loved this man without question.
"No, for us this is not goodbye," she said to the wind.
"For we shall meet again… Isn't that right Luffy?" She looked at the sky.
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"That idiot swordsman, how dare he, so ungrateful for my help" Perona flew home, while thinking about Zoro. "Well at least he was my favorite toy, I'll miss him"
Above Saobondy an island of weather stood "Nami-chan you're a good girl, good luck on your journey! We'll miss you here!"
On a back-street A warrior wearing a roach armor, looked to the sky.
He sniffed. "No, true men never say Goodbyes! Good Luck on your adventure my Disciple Usopp'n!" The man posed as insects crushed the marines on the main street.
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He breathed in, his mighty lungs expanding.
"It's time for the return of the Straw hats, again I'll ask you, will you be my comrades in arms and turn this entire world upside down with me?!" He asked his face broke into a giant grin while a few tears fell from his silver eyes.
"Of course!"
Everyone said at the same time, Franky, Chopper, Brook and Usopp cried waterfalls while laughing, Nami had both her hands in her face as she cried while nodding, she would follow Luffy to hell if it came to that, Sora was crying from both eyes as she had a gentle face directed at Luffy, all of them accepted her change of sex without discriminating against her like she feared, they all respected her decision, Robin cried from one of her eyes as she had a finger remove the wetness in her face, she finally had somewhere she would belong she would always stay by his side, Zoro tensed up in his remaining eye, there was no way that he was missing this adventure.
Everyone here was indebted to Luffy, they were glad for the bond that they had, however they did not know that Luffy was even more grateful for their bond than they realized.
"Let's set sail!"
"Yeah! Fishman island here we go!" As Sunny sank underwater, it was finally time.
Back on the archipelago, Caribou hunted and killed the rest of the fake straw hats, now it was time to pursue the real ones, he wasn't worried after all he had eaten a logia, he was now invincible.
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"As I've told you already the situation was insurmountable, there was nothing that could had been done here… Monkey D. Luffy was already out of our reach in terms of power and we were stopped by the Dark king, the same man who stopped Uncle Kizaru, what was I supposed to do against that? Also the man who described 'black leg 'Sanji' was wrong! It was a blonde woman named Sora! Huh… I am telling the truth, she had the same swirly eyebrows, we'll send a photo so you can update the poster!" Sentomaru was sitting on the fake Luffy's stomach as he reported.
"The only ones who escaped this plaza were some Fake Straw hats and the Caribou brothers. All the rest of the offenders were caught, but the real Straw Hat's dealt severe damage to the Pacifistas, we can't even scrap PX-5, The units were the same that cornered them two years ago… they had the same strength as two years ago… It's the straw hats themselves that have changed! The level of growth is incredible, and also make it clear for the Marine HQ Monkey D. Luffy is a giant threat and the Straw hat pirates are at large once more!" Sentomaru exclaimed while looking at the melted alloy from the destroyed Pacifista.
"Huh… We are still investigating what happened in grove forty-one, the area is a complete wasteland"
"Monkey D. Luffy, I confirmed it with my own eyes, he's dangerous, he has eaten a new Devil fruit and has not been confirmed using rubber powers anymore, Vegapunk's theory of him dying and coming back to life without the fruit may hold true after all, especially after reviewing the events of the 'Bell of war' that happened a few days after the battle with White beard… Wait rear admiral Hanamura died? and his fleet was destroyed?l" Sentomaru asked while shouting towards the microphone.
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"Gone in a blink of an eye…" Shakki remarked. "Monkey-chan and the others became incredibly strong… perhaps he can give you a run for your money…"
"You were watching?" Rayleigh replied.
"—Of course, I'm their fan remember? Are you… reminiscing about something, perhaps? Ray-san… Hmm?"
"...Yeah… I suppose so...hahaha…"
"Hey! That's some ship you've got there" A man with a straw hat and black shirt arrived at the coast a man was laying in the boat with all of his stuff.
"Oh, this… I stole it, my house was burned down so I am living here now"
"I see! What's your name?"
"Rayleigh."
"Well, I'm Roger! This meeting must be fated, Rayleigh! What do you say to turn the world upside down with me?!"
"The world? Hahaha! Who the hell are you anyway? Get outta here!"
"Don't sweat the small stuff! Let's set sail Ahahaha!"
He cleaned his tears.
"...It may just be that there's no such thing as coincidence in this world… as though it was always meant to be, mysterious bonds slowly but surely weave their forms. At any rate Luffy has taken another step in his adventure… He already became a worthy man of that hat he wears! That boy makes me want to live longer..." he said as Shakki smiled.