The Straw hats had returned in great fashion after two year of relative silence, they had made their statement towards the world government by destroying the armada going after them. The five Elder stars were furious by his return, remembering the absolute destruction of the G1 base in paradise and the highest authorities in the government decided one thing, Monkey D. Luffy would be dealt with in the New world. Meanwhile the crew belonging to the worst generation started their journey towards the depths of the ocean, towards the land of the Fishmen, Ryugu Kingdom.
In the way they met three different groups. A new rookie called Caribou and his crew who were swiftly dispatched by the Kraken… Their captain whose bounty was 200 million berries was executed on the bottom of the ocean by Luffy himself. Dragging the body of the fruit user outside of the bubble, Luffy stranglehold the man by his neck while the ocean's pressure obliterated his bones, organs, and tissue, making a mess of blood that was later consumed by one of the sea creatures in the vicinity. The second group was a haunted ship called the Flying Dutchman, led by a sea creature called an Umibozu, a man larger than a giant who walked with his two feet on the seafloor. An underwater volcanic explosion intervened before any conflict could truly start between the two crews of pirates. The third group was met on the sunlit seafloor near the Kingdom itself, a bunch of mobsters calling themselves the New Fishmen pirates who rode sea beasts and kept them as mounts. These mobsters whished to make the Straw hats their slaves and with the ship stranded 10,000 kilometers below sea-level any fight would have had tragic consequences.
The Straw hats made the option to escape by using the 'Coup the burst' and launching their ship towards the protective bubble of the Kingdom, they got immersed in sea water after reaching the second protective bubble, which made them be separated by the sea currents, Luffy held Chopper and Usopp, while Sora who was one foot smaller than her Captain put his arm over her small shoulder and swam up using her incredible physical strength while Luffy also helped. Before losing consciousness from exhaustion for being so below sea level Luffy saw a familiar green-haired mermaid. His friend Camie had arrived to help them.
The district was dark and full of water, no bubbles or air here. It was famously called the Fishmen district, an abandoned place by the Ryugu kingdom's government, where many Fishmen and rejects lived.
There was a monumental ship, the size of a continent stationed there, It was Noah, the fabled promise ship, yet her purpose was entirely forgotten.
"Straw hat Luffy… so he is finally here." A deep voice said.
"—Yes... W—What are your orders... Boss?" Hammod said, a little afraid.
"Bring him to me." a grey-skinned great white shark Fishman said — He had a large belly with a tattoo of the New Fishman pirates design on the right side as well as a long scar on the left side of his stomach, he had muscular arms and legs able to crush a human in two. His facial features included glaring eyes with long and distinctive eyelashes, a mouth full of sharp triangular teeth, and a stub nose. He had long dark brown curly hair with a long tuft hanging on the left part of his face. His left arm was intricately tattooed with the Arlong pirates' Jolly Roger near the wrist and several circular designs above it ending with two skulls on the upper arm; he also had some spikes protruding from his bare wrist and circling it all, they were decorative piercings.
And now, on the Ryugu Kingdom, the famous Fishmen island.
LEMON WARNING
Luffy felt warm, a tingly feeling, he also felt soft hands tracing his body, giggles and squeals reached his ears as he slowly woke.
The view was incredible four, five, no… seven mermaids were tending and playing with his body, he was in a warm big bath, he had no clothes on, only his three bracelets safely secured in his biceps as he saw their sinful bodies, each and every one of them were bustier than the other, their bodies had soap over their curves, their skin wet as they brushed and rubbed his body with towels and sponges and their plump breasts with their salmon pink nipples.
They were cleaning his body all the while squealing and swooning over him, At this moment an overpowering lust overcame him as he caressed the waists of these beauties.
"Ara~ He woke up~" A violet haired beauty hugged him pushing her breasts up to him, she smiled lustfully at him, her blue eyes softening. He took her nipples in his mouth as he sucked, she moaned and trembled, the other mermaids took this opportunity to get closer and started massaging his muscles, licking his neck and kissing his cheek in adoration. One of them even found his length inside the pool, the raven haired beauty grabbed it but was confused, her freckled face tilted cutely as she raised his man meat, the thing was monstrous as it poked out of the water.
"Uah…~" The raven haired beauty exclaimed, her mouth open in a smile as a blush came to her face, her tiny hands could not even circle its girth. The other mermaids stopped their biting and nibbling as they looked down towards his colossal cock, all the while he was taking the violet haired one's mouth for himself as the will of a king possessed him to conquer all of them for himself, her eyes were already rolled to the back of the head, a stupid smile as she came just from kissing and fondling, his lust overpowered his control over his passive ability bringing her and every woman he touched into a high, she groaned as she came hard.
"Look~" The other mermaids put their hands on his length, It gave him a good view of their tits, his cock throbbed for attention, he was getting hot, he wanted to fuck these lusty mermaids and dominate them.
"His cock is sooo haard~~ It is soo hot as well~" a brunette with red lips and black eyes stared and clung her hands to the base of the veiny monster, her mouth was open with wonder, it was spongy, yet hard - they never saw human cock before so they were astonished.
"It's like a burning steel rod~~" A blue-haired mermaid with dark purple eyes stared with an open blush.
"Haa… your cock smells so nice~"
"It looks so delicious~" Their faces closed the distance as they sniffed the sinful smell, their tongues lapping and started running around his length, two lucky ones seized each of his balls and started massaging underwater as six mermaids started giving him a blowjob, he groaned at their attention, after their cute tongues covered his cock his length started burning with need, as he focused his fingers on the violet mermaid sitting on his chest, she licked his neck, like a pet saying she liked her master, he finally found her pussy after much searching, it was hidden inside the flesh where it met with scales, so the smooth scales acted like natural panties, he pushed a bit of the scales down, showing her lower lips, he played around for a bit, but she started to tremble.
"Master~~ pleaseee~" she whined with her mouth drooling, her face was burning, she rubbed her boobs in his chest as she reached the tip of a new orgasm.
"Please, what?" He grunted and whispered in her ears, she trembled with shame as his fingers did circular motions around her pussy.
"Please~ I need your fingers inside me~" He obliged as he put two fingers in and bit her ear, drawing her to another orgasm, she screamed again as she came, her mouth opened to a silly grin as drool escaped her mouth.
He groaned as four mermaids joined their tongues right in the fat tip of his penis.
I can't think about anything, my cock is feeling good. they lapped their tongues on the sensitive head as they sucked and licked all the while panting, his left arm went around the mermaid on his chest and grabbed the raven-haired one pushing his tip in her mouth, he used her head like a toy as she came from the degradation- his lightning powers were really scary when he was lustful.
"Here you whores, you want my cum so much you can have it… but treat this like it's your greatest treasure" His will of the supreme king's often took a hold of him, like a secondary personality, and it was really cocky sometimes.
He blew his load across the pool, it landed on their bodies and faces, their instincts ordered them to lick this delicious treat of the source, so they covered his head with their tongues as his batter did not stop, after cumming at least a gallon on them he lifted the violet one and inserted his cock on her pussy, she was already high on her pleasure, and this, she could do nothing but laugh as happy tears fell down. He groaned as he felt her tightness, the interesting and exotic part was that he felt her scales on his length instead of thighs, it was an indescribable feeling, her cold scales and her hot insides as he plowed into her pussy, reshaping her to give him more pleasure.
The other mermaids cleaned each other in an erotic dance of tongues, after cleaning themselves they landed on his body, and started kissing him and massaging him with their mounds, each and every one worshipping him as if he was a God, after a few minutes thrusting he came hard on her, but his mind was not working anymore, his lust override any rational thought, he picked the next mermaid and started fucking her, indulging in the flesh of the others, he continually used them for pleasure, as the passive power turned their attraction to his body to mindless worship of his being, after a couple of hours he was finished, he raised from the shallow water, his dick was now becoming flaccid, all around him were seven mermaids with a fucked silly face.
He now reigned in his pent-up lust.
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"Girls I brought a towel and Luffy-chi's clothes are already cleaned and dry," Camie entered the communal bath of the dormitory of the mermaids, she had a black T-shirt with the criminal logo, her short green hair and purple eyes were exotic, Luffy smiled she did not change a bit.
"Girls I know you like bathing him, but two hours is too much…." Her goofy disposition changed as she looked around, her fellow mermaids were splayed on the water or the ground, their faces were pure with bliss. They were completely naked, the bikini they swore they'd wear was nowhere to be seen, as they unconsciously drooled, they also had cum running down their skin, privates and scales.
"What?! What happened here?" She said worryingly, Luffy rose from the water, he turned around and displayed himself in front of her.
"What happened Camie?" Sora barged into the bath, however one look at Luffy's naked body had her face redden in utter mortification, she put her hands on her face to block the view, however she left a comical opening on her left eye so she could see his cock.
She kept whispering. "No, I—I shouldn't be looking at a man's thing, even if I am a woman now, I am a proud lesbian!"
Luffy shamelessly approached them step by step bare and naked for the two girls to see his glory and splendor, just like a magnificent supreme king who did everything he wanted without repercussion. He grabbed the towel that Camie had offered in her hands, he started calmly drying his body, all the while both were looking at his body, after drying off he put the towel on his neck.
"Alright! Let's go." He said with a deep voice; confidently with a grin.
"Oi! the towel is not for your neck it's for your waist" She slapped his torso in mock anger.
"Don't worry Camie, these mermaids were just helping and servicing me from their own volition."
"Ah! I see…" was Camie naive reply, although she was still burning.
Luffy laughed, then put the towel around his waist, although he still showed his strong muscular legs.
After Camie got out of her shock they came out and he put his jean shorts on, however he lost his shirt and his shoes to the current so he walked bare again, he hosted his hat on the back of his shorts and walked out.
"Camie It is really good to see you again! You are prettier than ever…." Luffy said with a cheerful expression, she blushed a big from the compliment.
"Sorry, Luffy-chi, I was going to pick you guys up, but I messed up on the date… By about a month!" She rubbed the back of her neck as they entered her room where Usopp and Chopper were waiting, they greeted their captain, and Chopper settled on his shoulder.
"So we arrived on Fishmen Island?" He asked.
"Yeah! Camie and the other mermaids brought us here after Sora saved us." Chopper replied, he was already giving massage to Luffy's raven hair.
"The three of us were unconscious, but the other mermaids came and wanted to clean you, you were in the worst condition!" Usopp said while Luffy looked around. her room was very pretty, half of it was a marble floor, the other was a pool, Camie floated because she had a ring of bubble around her hips, she resumed her cooking with the help of five excitable mini-mermaids.
"This is Camie-chan's Home, Captain." Sora explained.
"Oh, so how are the others, we separated… have you found them?"
"No, but I hope they are okay!" Chopper said with worry.
"Well, I'm sure they will be fine, I believe in them"
"'Bones' is useless in the water, But 'Robot' and 'Green' are with him, They should be fine, I tried to see where they went but I had to save my Captain first…" Sora replied easing the worries while he petted her hair for a great job and praised her loyalty to him, all of them were sitting on the bed.
"I want to see the others too! You must be cold from the water, here have a soup to warm you up!" Camie brought a tray of food.
"Great!" Usopp said the others cheered for the food.
"It's a cold kelp soup! It's good!" She approached the bed.
"Cold soup?" Chopper and the others had their hopes dampened, and Luffy smiled wryly at her obliviousness.
She is really an airhead. He chuckled in his mind.
"Wait! You can't warm up with cold soup!" She said shocked.
"I made a mistake!" Her shocked face scared Usopp, however, Luffy picked the soup and started eating anyway, Chopper and Sora followed and after a while, the five Mini-mermaids came back.
They told everyone that the mermaids were already recovered and were waiting on the reef.
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"We are at the bottom of the mermaid inlet, this is a female dormitory for the mermaid cafe, a lot of my friends live here too."
"F—Female dormitory? Mermaid cafe?" Sora started her daydreaming.
"That's where I work as a waitress, a lot of pretty mermaids work there." Camie pointed out that she worked on the mermaid café a very touristic spot that many pirates and wanderers came to spend their money. "Let's go up to the reef! I'll introduce you to my friends!" She cheerily said pointing out there was a place where the mermaids lounged.
"Hey, Turtle-chin can you take us up!" She said, as they went out into her balcony, it was encircled with a bubble as the outside was pure water, the dormitory itself looked like an underwater reef, and the apartments were inside of them, the turtle was large and had a giant bubble on the back with seats, the bubble had letters on it that formed 'Sea Turtle elevator' the turtle also had a cap and a whistle in its mouth.
"It's a living elevator!" Chopper cheered in Luffy's shoulders as they took their seats.
"These are the underwater coral apartments; my rent is cheap but I'm way down the bottom… The rooms at the top get more light so they are more expensive..." She said looking at the apartment complex underwater as the turtle moved up.
"You mean you are poor? By the way, where are Hachi and Pappagu?" Usopp asked.
"Hachin got badly injured last year!" Camie exclaimed.
"He was protecting Sunny, right?" Sora asked a rhetorical question that Franky had explained earlier, Hachi, Duval and Kuma were the ones who protected the ship all this time.
"I heard he's better now, Hachin comes from the Fishmen district, so he is resting there"
"Fishmen district?" Usopp asked — Luffy was showing Chopper all kinds of fish and wonders inside of the sea, Sora was sitting close to him and looked amused at seeing her Captain with such awe.
"That place is kind of scary if you'll stay with me, I don't mind showing you around but…" she broke into a cold sweat, she really did not like that place.
Luffy wanted to meet with Hachi, but seeing her discomfort about that place, he didn't want to burden her any more than this she continued speaking.
"And about Pappagu… He's a really famous star designer, he has a huge mansion in a rich area called Fishverly hills."
"You are his owner, right? Why don't you live with him?" Luffy asked, curiously.
"Haha…. Well, that's not exactly my status. Besides, the clams around here taste better!" she said with closed eyes.
Luffy saw there was a touchy topic there as well and didn't ask any further than this.
They approached the surface, where they could see giant tubes of water sprouting from the surface creating arches, Camie demonstrated by swimming in them.
Both Chopper and Usopp were amazed at how ten kilometers down into the sea there were clouds, sky, and a light as bright as the sun showering them.
"Hey Camie~ Master~" Camie on the tube greeted the voice, all of them turned around and were greeted by the same mermaids that were in the bath with Luffy, now they were all playing in the water.
"Master's friends are alright as well? They nearly drowned~"
"Hello~ you guys don't look so scary, being pirates, master has such great friends~"
"Master~ is it true that you didn't come from the entrance?"
"Master~ came here illegally! That's just so wild! I just love pirates~"
Sora, who was distracted by her Captain's body previously on the bath, now looking at all these beauties made her cry in happiness, she wailed like a crybaby, Luffy caressed her shiny golden hair.
"You know, you're crying more than when you left Baratie, Zeff… I feel so bad for him…" He murmured as she enjoyed his ministration.
"B—But… " she looked at her captain's stormy eyes.
"Hey, everyone! You already know Luffy-chin, he is the captain."
"The crybaby is Sora-chin"
"I finally found the All Blue!" Sora embraced her Captain, crying on his chest.
"So, your quest is over Sora?" Usopp deadpanned.
"The one with the big nose is Usopp-chin."
"The raccoon dog is Chopper-chin."
"I'm a reindeer!" Chopper said fuming.
"Why are you crying? Let's dance together!" A mermaid said holding Sora's hands, afterwards they invited them for a swim.
Luffy entered the water, sitting closer and leaning back on the smooth rocks, while he could swim, it was better if he was waist length there was less burden on his body this way, the mermaids used his body to lean closer to him, sitting on his lap or torso, leaning their breasts on his arms and shoulders as they discussed. The mermaids had no sense of personal space with him, but Luffy did not care about personal space in the first place, Sora and Usopp played around the reef with the mermaids beneath the water as Chopper cheerily discussed with the mermaids, Camie joined them afterwards.
This island was very good, almost paradisiac. I have a great feeling about this place.
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Sora played in the pool with the mermaids, loving the attention, but after a while she returned to her Captain and all of the other mermaids, her hyper was not over as she jumped around him and giggled in happiness, she grabbed his arm and started waving it around, it was good seeing her so happy.
"It's so good that you are happy Sora" He said with a deep voice as he caressed her wet golden hair, as she momentarily basked in the attention of her Captain, the pleasant buzz of his ability was also great, she was wearing her bikini under her clothes, well when they travelled down to the sea it made sense to put swimwear under their clothes.
He looked towards Camie, she was leaning her head on his left arm, resting like that.
"Hey, Camie, there's someone in the Ryugu kingdom I want to see!" Luffy said excitedly, she leaned her head right facing him.
"Hmmm… Who? The Mermaid princess?" She asked smiling.
"No, he is a longtime friend of mine, I owe him my life, the person I want to meet is Jimbei"
"Boss Jimbei?"
"When Ace died two years ago, he was there to help me through it, as Ray and Hancock were, I want to see him!"
"Jimbei, Luffy you know about another warlord of the sea?... Well, I guess former warlord now… How come you know all of these people?!" Usopp exclaimed.
"We'll meet again in two years on Fish-man island! I'll look forward to seeing you and your crew there!"
"We promised to meet up here" Sora was now sleeping in his chest, Luffy thought she played enough for now and wanted to rest, or perhaps his chest was that comfortable? Hancock always slept on it, preferring it over her own pillow.
"Now that you mentioned it, I remember reading an article about you and big boss Jimbei a while back."
"Mhm, when we invaded Marineford together, that was a while back. So where is he Camie?" He asked while looking at her.
"Hmmm, well… he is not on the island right now."
"What a waste, well I hope he returns soon." His comment was also accompanied by giggles and laughs as they played with his body.
"After the war ended he quit being a warlord, and former Fishmen pirates aren't allowed to stay here anymore, they all left the island with Boss Jimbei...It's a long story but after the war a lot has changed on this island." Just as she said a splash sound was heard as Chopper and Usopp looked to the high sea, there was a giant serpent fish glaring at them, it reared to attack but Luffy taped his finger on the ground, the beast dropped unconscious, they were relieved but did not understand what happened.
"Ara~ master… Boss Jimbei was sighted in the Sea forest~~"
"Yes~yes~ he was sighted there, at least according to the rumors, don't you think so girls?"
"Yes~"
Luffy felt six abnormal presences coming his way, although they were not a threat in his eyes, they were pretty weak compared to some eldritch monsters he fought on the calm belt, honestly, that was one horrible sea.
"Camie!" The mini-mermaids came flying warning about a ship coming, they elaborated that it was a ship from the royal palace and argued that they came for Luffy because they entered illegally.
"Well, if they came for us we gotta hide, we don't want to get you girls involved in our business" He lifted Sora, Usopp got their clothes and Chopper was still relaxing in his shoulder, they hid behind a coral and observed, the ship was a Gondola with a fish creature guiding it, on the side it had The Ryugu kingdom displayed in bold letters, In the ship were three
"Stay hidden guys…" Luffy warned.
"Hello, girls of the Inlet. There is something I want to ask you." The prince who asked was an enormous, muscular shark merman, with a wide chest and large arms. He had a long face, framed by wavy fair blue hair flowing down to his shoulders, a sharp and pointy nose, and a dot of some sort printed in the middle of his forehead. He had gills on his massive neck and a dark blue tail with light blue polka-dots, well that was what Luffy could gather about this man.
"We received a report of an illegal entry. Did they come here?!" The giant shark merman was Fukaboshi, the first son of the King, he had a golden trident in his left hand resting on his shoulder.
"Red Mambo! Shake, Shake! Wow! Let's all just relax and play here too!" He was a bit smaller than his brother and plumper than him, he was also energetically dancing around, He was Mamboshi third son and a sunfish merman.
"If they did come tell mi fa so la ti do! If they didn't then it's too bad mi re do..." He was a bit taller than Fukaboshi but a lot thinner He had wide eyes, long wavy dark pink hair, and beaver-like teeth and sang along, he was an oarfish merman, his name was Ryuboshi.
"N—No! No one came here."
"Are they that important? Worth the princes coming here?"
"I'm not sure they are the ones I'm looking for." Fukaboshi replied.
"Not sure mi re do!"
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"—What's going on over there?" Hammod asked
"—They are the greats of the Neptune army! Hic~" The octopus swordsman replied.
"What are they doing in a place like this? What a pain…" Behind them was something resembling a dog and a raccoon; however, it was bigger than a normal bear.
"I see. Thank you very much. I suppose we'll look elsewhere; the border patrols must have been mistaken I apologize for interrupting your play time." The prince told them.
"That's okay!"
Sora twitched in her sleep very hard, she seemed to be having a nightmare, Luffy tried to wake her up, but all he heard were her murmur of 'failure' or 'father why did you leave me here, it's so dark', he had to get here out fast.
They noticed them, and they came out of hiding.
"That's straw hat Luffy", Ammo knights! " Fukaboshi ordered.
"—Yes sir!" The peacekeepers all dropped from the ship and the three brothers also jumped.
He cradled Sora and caressed her cheeks.
"Sora, you are not a failure, it doesn't matter what anyone says, everyone else is wrong, why? Because I believe in you." He softly whispered in her ear, she stopped shivering.
"—They are there! It's the straw hats!" Hammod's gang sighted them.
"—What now they are going to be captured!"
"—There will be more trouble if we have a scuffle with the Neptune army right now!"
"—Of all the people it had to be the Princes, well it doesn't matter, they are weaklings in the end"
The guys from the sea beasts are here, time to get some payback before we leave. Luffy thought with a glare.
"—Oi Straw hat! Come with me to Fishman district, captain Hody Jones of the new Fishman pirates ordered you to come!"
"Fukaboshi-sama, that's Hammod from Fishmen district."
"I don't care! I don't take orders from anyone, even less if it's another captain!" Luffy explained.
"—Grr, well take you by force then" Hammod aimed a gun at them.
It shot a net, Luffy's eyes were shadowed as he pushed the little net aside with the wind force of his palm hitting the air.
He punched the air in front of him, reminiscent of the hidden power that Lucci showed him but a lot more practical, it launched a gust of wind so strong it was like a giant wall of steel hitting you at 100 miles per hour, it was purely physical, it hit all three pirate Fishmen, two of them were grievously injured, they fell backwards and had their backs in a pool of their own blood, while the other had only some broken bones, it was the octopus swordsman left standing,
The raccoon dog became an obedient puppy after just a glare from the supreme king's will.
"Usopp, Camie, grab on, we are getting out of here!" he lifted both, Camie had her arms around his neck and he grabbed Usopp with his arm, the other held the still sleeping Sora, Chopper was on his shoulder, and then he jumped out of there at extreme speeds, his body maintained a good windshield as they soared through the sky. Most in the inlet did not perceive what happened, at one moment they were attacked by Fishmen pirates, the next all of them are beaten, bleeding on the ground.
The octopus swordsman dragged both of his fallen out of there, he was stumbling and coughing blood, even if he blocked the air pressure it still did major damage to him. It was a mistake to come so underprepared in a fight against a man whose bounty surpassed 500 million.
"What happened? Master is amazing~" One of the mermaids murmured.
"Impressive!" Fukaboshi, the first prince, said.
"...Camie, where should I go?" He asked while jumping in the air, like an imaginary foothold, Chopper and Usopp had their eyes comically stretching out, looking towards the ground that was so distant, Camie was mostly cheering, this was better than the Rollercoaster at Saobondy park.
"Perhaps madam Sharley's room, I believe we can let Sora-chi rest there!"
"Ok, guide me there…"
Shit… I didn't want to cause those girls trouble, but I did it anyway. The hatred towards us in that guy's face was concerning as well, I guess prejudice goes both ways as well. He thought as he jumped midair with his powerful leg strength.
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"I don't believe you girls, why did you harbor these pirates?"
"I'm sorry Prince Fukaboshi, They were friends of Camie, and Luffy is a great person."
"They seemed such nice people, we didn't want them to be charged with the illegal entry"
"I hope Sora-chan is going to be alright, she seemed very distraught for some reason."
"You jumped to conclusions, even if the Straw Hat pirates entered illegally, the Neptune army and our warriors wouldn't be able to do anything against Monkey D. Luffy or his crew, we already know what that man is capable of, we can't afford his wrath and Boss Jimbei said he is a great friend, Speaking of him we missed the chance to leave the message from Jimbei, huh?..."
"That octopus merman also disappeared, but with those wounds…" were Fukaboshi, last murmurs as they left.
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On the Coral hill district, right on its port town.
On the backroom of the mermaid café, Luffy and his allies arrived.
"Sora…" He caressed her face, as she opened her chocolate eyes and stared at her Captain.
"Sora-chin!"
"Sora, did you come to?!" Usopp and Chopper asked.
She was laying on a white bed, Luffy was sitting right beside her and chopper hugged her waist.
"Where am I?"
"You're at my friend's house, Luffy brought us here in a rush after you started having those horrible nightmares"
"Nightmares? I was sleeping?" Sora than contemplated, yes she was sleeping, on the best pillow, the dreams started so sweet as she went on dates with her female friends, oddly enough, Luffy was accompanying her, then she was about to kiss Nami and Robin, and make sexy time with them, when her past invaded her dreams, however during the middle of the nightmare, someone saved her it was her older sister and Luffy? She did not understand much of her dream, but she would let it rest, for now, it was time to ease the worries she saw in her Captain's eyes.
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Cheering and giggling were heard as the merman dragged himself and his two comrades out of there.
"Those mermaids are sure annoying." He gasped as blood dripped from his mouth.
"...Now, what should I do with these guys? Hic~" He looked at both being held by his tentacles, they had bled too much, he didn't know if they were going to survive.
The man grabbed his sword in a threatening position as another tentacle brought a bottle of sake to his mouth, he started to sway as he went to the Fish-men district, he had six massive orange octopus tentacles in place of legs with large motifs vaguely reminiscent of eyes on them, making eight limbs with his two arms. He had an average, slim pink upper body and two human arms. He had unkempt, black medium-length shaggy hair. He had a sleepy look on his face and an unusually large mouth that protruded out from his face, he also had a toothpick in his mouth, he wore a blue shirt covered by a black dirty suit.
This was a hitman called Hyouzou, he was a very strong swordsman in service of the fish-man pirates.
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"How is the blond girl?" a large mermaid asked.
She was a beautiful lady with purple nail polish, red lipstick, and blue eyes with slanted pupils that resemble shark eyes. She had short black hair that covers over the right side of her face. Her tail is dark blue with a dorsal fin on her lower back where her human and fish halves meet, a white patch below the dorsal fin, smaller fins on the lower front and back, and a lunate caudal fin, telling that she was a shark mermaid.
She wore a hooded purple blouse that is only buttoned in the middle, revealing her cleavage and stomach and had a chain around her waist. She was 'smoking' a pipe, although instead of smoke she was releasing bubbles.
"She is fine now! Thank you for letting us use your room Madam Sharley!"
"...I see" She smiled.
"Let me properly introduce myself, I am—"
"Monkey D. Luffy, the man who has achieved Godhood…" the madam responded.
"Godhood? Luffy-chin is a god?" Camie asked confused
His surprise was clear on his face as he looked into her blue slit eyes, he unconsciously rubbed his bracelets. "...How did you know?" He looked curious, while he wasn't afraid of other people knowing his power, he had only revealed its information to his crew and some of the Kuja.
"I dabble in fortune telling, it was a hobby of mine until a few months back, but… the future is best left unknown…"
"I see, in my opinion, the future might be predicted, there is nothing wrong with that, however, the future can be changed, everyone has the power to do it!" Luffy replied.
Sharley had a different opinion from the boy-God when it came towards the future, but she would leave it at that, after all arguing with a God seemed foolhardy, you would always lose. "Well, let's leave it at that… Camie, you can take the day off, show your friends the island…"
"Really are you sure?" Camie asked excitedly.
"Of course, we haven't had any human pirates here for some time, there is almost nothing to do, the girls from the Inlet will come here soon so we will have enough star waitresses to handle the customers."
No humans, but there are enough ships from Sabaody travelling here every month, at least that's what Ray said, are they are not arriving? Nami told us that seventy percent don't arrive, but what about the other thirty percent, I see… they are getting stopped by those Fishmen pirates, thinking about it they wanted us to go with them, perhaps to Fishmen district? But what is happening down there? Those were Luffy's thoughts as Sora walked out of the room fully clothed, they greeted her, and she smiled, although you could see she smiled, even more, when she saw her Captain's eyes.
"Star…. Oh no! I have to deliver the clams to Pappagu! He must be starving!" Camie exclaimed, she entirely forgot her delivery.
"If you are looking for monsieur Pappagu, he's here in the cafe, he said he bumped into an old friend." The madam responded.
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"I'm sorry I couldn't tell this beforehand but, when she was young Madam Sharley predicted that many pirates would come to this kingdom, and next year the Age of the pirates began, she also predicted the death of Whitebeard as well"
"Wow!" Usopp and Chopper were thrown off by this revelation.
"I'm impressed…" Sora said with a smile, Luffy was strangely quiet at this revelation but then again the tiny drool escaping his mouth, his eyes focused on the entrance to the cafe, and his sniffing might have something to do with it.
"This is the main entrance to the mermaid café!" Camie opened her arms showing the strange reef-like building, it was a very gaudy entrance with the logo on top, it had also some seahorse graffiti on the white walls.
"Hah… I'm hungry… need food… what is this smell." He sniffed the air; he smelled a lot of seafood.
"It's a cafe man!" Usopp said, complaining.
"Ah, but it serves food as well as drinks, the specialty is cake and fruits from the ocean."
"...I see…" Sora smiled.
"What about meat?" Luffy asked.
"Mermaids don't eat meat or fish so that menu is off the table, what we have are things like kelp brulee, seaweed tart, and kelp souffle"
"But those things are deserts are they not?" Luffy asked confused.
"Ah... oh..., if you want meat, we have shellfish! Scallop sandwiches, clam pizza, shrimp and lobster, and some species of crab as well…"
"Hrm, I may like lobster and shrimp but crab is sooo goood..." He grabbed Sora in a side hug as they went to the cafe.
"Crab~~"
"Mermaids~"
Both went singing towards it.
But before they could enter the cafe, Brook exited it with two mermaids and a familiar star shape on his shoulder, he had kiss marks on his face, Luffy smiled, it seemed Brook had some fun as well, but wait… how?
Well, I guess there are things better off not knowing… He looked over to the horizon, an understanding, enlightened face came over him, Usopp in the back asked what his captain was doing.
"Luffy-san! Usopp-san! Chopper-san! Sora-san! And oh my goodness! Camie too!"
"Hi, Brook-chin!"
"There you are!" Usopp said.
"Straw hat, everyone! I missed you guys! and…" The starfish on Brook's shoulder was Pappagu, he did not change much, except for the sunglasses he had. He saw Sora and had a puzzled look on his face, Usopp grabbed him and talked to him in a corner about Sora's basic situation before the star had to be kicked to the moon and back by her rage.
"Come again, Soul King! You were wonderful…" the beautiful mermaid kissed his bony cheeks, while the other nuzzled his afro
"Yohoho! I will, I definitely will, my lovely mermaids!"
"What?!" Usopp was shocked at how much of a ladies man Brook became, while Luffy was understandable when he knew firsthand how charismatic the future King of the pirates was.
Brook he never guessed, while Brook was quite perverted before, no women gave him the time of day, Usopp guessed it was the fame for being the Soul king.
"Ahh… It feels like they took my backbone!" Brook exclaimed
"Wait, but if I lose my backbone, I will have nothing left! Oh, but I don't care if I die today~ wait I am already dead!" Brook twirled around.
After they stopped Sora approached both and started seducing and molesting them both in the background with a dark lusty look on her face. "Ufufu~ are these F cups~," she said as both started to moan.
"He got that worked up over the cafe?!" Chopper was shocked.
"What happened in there?" Usopp asked.
"Hold on! You guys aren't leaving today right?" the star said to them.
"No, we will probably remain here for a week or two, there is no point in traveling if we are not going to explore"
"Then you can go to the mermaid cafe later! Right now I was about to take Bones here back to my mansion, come with us! You like sea beast meat, right?!" Luffy salivated if it was meat, only two fish beat Sea beasts, Sea monsters and Sea kings.
"You have some? Sora, will you cook Sea beast meat for me?" Luffy asked.
Sora returned, nodding happily, straightened her formal business shirt, she left both mermaids panting and moaning on the ground after a great orgasm, her lusty high was mostly gone.
Papagu responded. "Of course I have some, I am a wild man! I don't eat no seafood! My main diet consists of savage sea beast meat!"
"Oh, Pappagu! Here's your clam for today!" A blissful look came upon the starfish face as he looked over the clams.
"Yay! Camie's delicious calms!"
"You are eating shellfish!" Usopp raged over the lie.
"The mermaids don't really eat meat and fish, but fishmen eat them all the time! There is plenty of cuisine around here in the Ryugu Kingdom."
"That's a relief!" Luffy cheered.
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A taxi approached the street, it was a fish with a bubble to allow flying it had a conductor's hat and the lips were a v upside down.
"Huh? Look!" Brook pointed at the wall it had a wanted and danger poster, but this was different from the standard issue from the world government, it had a Fishman face with an ugly hat, he had sharp teeth and had a mustache, his skin was an orange-brown, Sora and the others realized that it was probably issued by this kingdom and the fact it was the same guy they met before the volcanic eruption.
"Ahh! It's Vander Decken! Why is there a poster for a ghost here?!"
"Oh, wasn't that the guy from the ghost ship we saw?" Chopper asked.
"Get on!" Pappagu urged them as the others were already on their seats on the taxi, Sora as always at close to Luffy, and Usopp was by his other side as they discussed their sightseeing, they were amazed at how comfortable the seats were, it was equivalent to those soft clouds back in Skypiea.
"Why is that man, Vander Decken is wanted?" Luffy asked.
They were flying towards Pappagu's mansion.
"He sends a love letter to the Mermaid princess every week, he started off with letters and packages, but after a while he sends threatening letters, demanding her hand in marriage, nowadays he sends dangerous weapons aimed at her. The Mermaid princess is too scared to do anything now." Pappagu answered
"That's right. And her mother, Queen Otohime got mad and sent his three sons to look for him—You know the guys we saw earlier. They've got the army with them and yet they can't find him anywhere!" Camie cut through Pappagu speech, leaving him sobbing in the background.
'="Well, the fact that he was wandering around the sea floor with a ruined pirate ship might clue us in a bit, I think he was looking for treasure of sunken ships, and perhaps he also wanted to hide, he had an Umibozu with him to guide the ship so I guess that's why they won't find him…" Luffy responded after careful consideration.
"And while the sea here only reaches 10km of height, the seafloor is vast, we traveled a total of 700km to reach here, if it weren't for the cascading current, we would arrive a day later you know?" Sora complimented the response her captain.
"The ruler of this land, the sea goddess, Queen Otohime, she has four children… the mermaid princess is the youngest at 16, the three princes are her older brothers, the army is named after the deceased King Neptune" She described the state of the government to them.
"But isn't Vander Decken a cursed pirate from hundreds of years ago and whatnot?" Brook asked.
"Probably not, sea kings are very old, and they had that certain quality about their presence that is probably due to their age, I met some other creatures with this distinct quality… The fact that man did not have this quality, even if he was a bit less weak than the rest, means that he is not centuries old Brook — and for the record, I sense the same quality in you Brook!" Luffy responded, the others nodded, not really understanding the presence thing, but if Luffy said so...
Speaking of presence, ever since we arrived the seafloor, my observation has been over encumbered by the thousands of millions of sea kings that live in the depths —they are monstrous in strength, while I believe that my crew can handle the weaker sea kings one on one, the most powerful ones can give even Zoro and Sora a decent challenge — Not to mention, ever since I reached this island, I sensed something enormous in power — a hidden power it feels like — and like me, this power can destroy the world, and there is another presence in the kingdom, it's very strong, stronger than Zoro and Sora? Perhaps it is Jimbei? No, It doesn't feel like him, this one has a very gentle and feminine disposition.
"I can't wait…" Luffy grinned in anticipation, a person stronger than Zoro or Sora here on this island and a person like him who could similarly destroy the world? He could barely hold the need to meet them.
"Yes Straw Hat is right, legends always grow with time, the crazy captain Vander Decken actually existed, but after sinking his ship and everyone in it, he ended up here in Fishmen island and then he died here, the ship you just saw is probably the legendary Flying Dutchman all right, but the current captain is a descendant of the original—" Pappagu told the story.
"—He's Vander Decken IX!" Camie completed leaving the starfish sobbing leaning on the bubble of the taxi.
"Descendant… I see so that's what happened, I thought he was a real ghost!" Brook was
"Huh, I found one, it's an old mermaid!" Luffy pointed, she was perhaps fifty, she had fin legs instead of the mermaid tail.
"She has two fins just like granny Kokoro, when you turn 30 you will grow legs too right, Camie?"
"Not necessarily, mermaids will have three paths, they can grow fin legs just like that, they can stay with their tail, or even grow human legs, however, the third case they will be able to switch their legs for a tail anytime they want!" Camie answered.
"I see, the third case is best because fins aren't as powerful as tails and being able to switch between legs and a tail is great!" Luffy surmised.
"But does age matter at all Camie?"
"No, this transformation can happen at any point in their life, but it is true that mermaids are always born with a tail!"
On the way they also taught the diversity of race that the fishmen and merman had, they entered the highway, it was a bubble tube with a fast current.
"What is that?" Usopp asked it was a giant building with a giant pirate flag the Jolly Roger was a skull with thick lips and wearing a pirate tricorn on a fluffy background with several candy canes crossed behind it in place of normal crossbones. A tree is seen coming out of the cane on the bottom right.
"That's a Jolly Roger…" Luffy pondered.
"That's the candy factory Usopp-chin"
"But why is there a Pirate flag on it?" Usopp asked Luffy and Sora's eyes were shadowed as Pappagu started to explain.
"There's one at the entrance of the port too, this island is now protected by that pirate flag, it belongs to Charlotte Linlin of the new world, She's also known as Big Mom! One of the four emperors…."
"Before the war, we were under the protection of whitebeards, other pirates didn't dare attack us, but now big mom has taken over, in exchange for her protection she asks for loads of sweets every month, that's what the factory is for."
"Sweets?" Chopper asked his eyes blinking like stars.
"It goes to show how dangerous this place can become, with so many pirates coming and going, we need someone strong to protect us…"
"But she protects you in exchange for candy? That's very generous of an emperor of the sea." Sora asked with skepticism.
"Yes, Whitebeard never asked anything of us in return, maybe it's just business…" Pappagu replied.
"Big Mom… Charlotte Linlin, she is one of the emperors, the strongest pirates in existence right now, I wonder if she is an alright person…" Luffy hoped she was a good person, he really liked the Ryugu kingdom so far, however he could feel the inkling inside of him, he wanted to challenge the Emperors so bad.
To become the Pirate king he had to defeat each and every last one of the Emperors, well he hoped he wouldn't have to fight Shanks, but if both were serious about becoming Pirate king, then it would be inevitable that he and Luffy would come to blows in the future.
"Look up ahead, that's Fishverly hills, where the rich folk live!"
"That big mansion you see in the front is Pappagu's home!"
"That?! But he's just a starfish!" Usopp whined.
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Back on coral hill, near the mermaid café.
"—What happened madam Sharley?!"
"Huff… Huff… I can't seem to understand, why?" Sharley grabbed her head.
"—What's the matter?!"
"—It's the owner of the mermaid cafe"
"—Madam Sharley, what happened to you?"
"Find him! Find the young God with the Straw hat…. Huff… huff"
"—What's wrong did you see the future again?"
"I didn't intend to look, but I sensed something terrible in him, I saw two futures" She closed her eyes in pain, she saw him with the most practiced ease annihilating the island, the mermaid princess by his side, her face was blank, her eyes were blank, but you could see a hidden obsessive adoration in her eyes as she gazed him even while he killed her family she did not even care, the other future was very different, it portrayed him as a savior or a prophet, all the Fishmen reached towards him as an idol of adoration, their salvation, the royal family supporting him by his side, the mermaid princess looked at him, there was still an unhealthy obsession in her eyes, but they were hidden by her teary eyes full of love.
"What will happen?! It's best if we drive him away, but he is a God, there is nothing that can be done… Find the young God with the straw hat, please! Straw Hat Luffy… He will bring ruin or salvation to Fishmen Island!" She was sweating, her forehead was banging with pain, she was delirious as she said her last.
Twenty meters away from her was a mermaid with a height of fourteen feet, a little bigger than Madam Sharley, she had a golden tail, a belt made only of precious pearls that ended in a silk cloth covering her navel, her belly button and torso was on display, she had quite a bit of lean muscle hidden underneath her soft skin, she had creamy white skin with a few rosy blushes on her shoulder and elbow, she had a bikini made of flowers that softly held her giant breasts, she had a ruby stone collar around her neck with blue gemstones attached.
She was a beautiful mermaid with golden wavy hair, her golden blonde hair was partially held up in two loops behind her head, her eyes were a kind sea blue, she also had a ruby stone tiara in her hair, she also carried a huge twelve foot trident, it was violet in color and had a corrupted look, the eye in the base of its three tongues did not help with its appearance, the three tips had a reddish white glowing metal, giving it a deadly exotic look, she wielded it in her left hand hovering over her shoulder, behind her were some bodyguards from her Neptune's army.
This formidable woman was the Queen of the kingdom, the leader after the death of Neptune, she was Queen Otohime, after the death of her husband she has changed a bit, while she still looked for peace, she was not a pacifist as she used to be, in fact, she became the greatest warrior of the Ryugu kingdom, she had to become strong to protect her children, although she was still limitlessly kind to everyone.
Behind her was the biggest shark, standing at sicty-five feet in length.
"Sharley?" The Queen closed the distance between them and supported the young lady.
"—Queen Otohime!"
"—It's her!"
"—She is so pretty!"
"My queen, Monkey D. Luffy…"
"Monkey 'D.' Luffy, what about him? He is an unusually powerful pirate if I remember, what about him?" She asked with care.
"H—He will either be the salvation or ruin of this country, and he is not a simple pirate or human, he is a fledgling God my queen, he has arrived on the island not too long ago, please drive him away, the possibility of him destroying the island terrifies me!"
She petted the young lady's hair, even though she could see the future Sharley could not make an educated decision, she was too young. "Drive him away? Did you not say that he will save us?"
"But that's one of the possible futures, the ruin is too terrifying…" She cried.
"There is no need for you to be scared, there is no need to consider this disastrous future, the other one is what we need to focus on, I firmly believe that this is not the end for our people!"
"A tree is known by its fruits, a person is known by his or her deeds, a good deed is never lost! Those who sow courtesy reaps friendships, and those who plant kindness will receive love in return!"
Sharley raised her head to stare at Otohime in admiration, the Queen never considered destruction as a possible future, in fact she was not even putting the blame on Luffy. It would be so easy to put the blame on him and try to drive him out, even she, after meeting the man himself, wanted to drive him away — Sharley knew when she saw him, he was a larger than life figure, not to mention he was a God himself, then she remembered him speaking.
"In my opinion the future might be predicted, there is nothing wrong with that, however the future can be changed, everyone has the power to do it!" the conviction in his eyes were true, he believed that everyone had the power to change the future.
So what Otohime thought, it was true, the blame did not lie with Luffy, it laid in the hands of this kingdom, the Queen did not want him ostracized but instead received with kindness, as every act of kindness shall not go to waste…
"God is not cruel, this I believe! It's time for us to show our passion... are we a doomed race? Or do we still have something to give to this world?!" She raised her trident, her army behind stomped they tridents on the ground as people started making cheering noises, ignorantly the queen did not realize that this conversation was being heard by the whole country, a recording transponder snail delivered Sharley prediction and, Otohime was a most beloved even before she became a ruler, but after Neptune's death the people were awed by her inner strength, her actions brought awe and adoration.
Only those who were hardcore human haters despised her, to them her words were worse than poison.
"Now it's time our civilization prove to this God, to Monkey D. Luffy that we are worth living! That we deserve salvation, not destruction!" Her trident stomped the ground causing a shockwave that was felt in the entire Ryugu kingdom, it gave everyone a chill down the spine, even the three princes who were searching for the Straw hats, Otohime's words might not have been heard by Luffy, Usopp, Sora, Brook, Chopper, Camie, and Pappagu, however the other Straw Hats scattered around the kingdom heard it well, they smiled and grinned in excitement.
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Noah, The Fish-Man district…
"Damn that poisonous mouth of hers" Hody ranted, he looked towards an underling, he was angry at her speech. "You are telling me that they ran away"
"—Yes boss"
"Shit, the Straw hats have arrived and we couldn't capture even one of them, not to mention only Hyouzou came back alive the other two bled out, now this speech from that viper woman, now some of my slaves are running away…" he whispered, grinding his teeth. "Hah… What a bad day…" He sighed.
"The humans run all the time…" This was Zeo he was a tall and thin fishman with a strange body, covered in wavy light blue and indigo stripes, and '02' tattooed on his chest. Tentacle-like whiskers hanged from his face and he did not have a mouth, nose or ears, only eyes remained on his face.
"Let's tear them limb from limb Kya Kya!" He had circular eyes, a flat nose, and sharp teeth; his arms were notably larger than his hands and his skin is red and he was very small perhaps three feet tall. On his right arm is a tattoo of the New Fishman Pirates' Jolly Roger, he wore jean pants as well as a green vest and a black and gold hat. He was Daruma.
"They ran away Dosun? They never give up Dosun…" He was Dosun a hammerhead fishmen, his mouth was full of sharp triangular teeth. His chest was wide and his arms very large with extremely prominent round forearms, his hands and thin legs were quite small in comparison. He had light blue skin and long, wavy, light-pink hair reaching down to his shoulders and to the dorsal fin he has on top of his back; as a fishman, he had gills on his large neck. On his left arm was his crew's Jolly Roger tattooed in red ink.
He wore an unbuttoned, dark short-sleeved shirt with many dark yellow T-like motifs on it, simple light pants and sandals, he also had a sash tied around his waist and a large buckled belt hanging on his chest from his left shoulder.
"Hahaha! Fine! We'll make an example out of them again." Hody said with a smug look.
"Much! Then allow me to take care of them!" he was extremely tall, towering over every other member of his crew, he was a squid fishmen called Ikaros Much and possessed eight arms. Each pair of arms seemed to have a corresponding pair of pectorals, as eight of them were visible on his chest. He had a long beard complete with a mustache, white skin, and a bulbous nose. On both his topmost forearms and on his belly, he bore swirl-like tattoos, and on his right shoulder is tattooed the New Fishman pirates Jolly Roger.
He wears a round helmet with goggles, with a dark stripe on top of it, and a large loop earring on each ear. He's bare-chested but has a pair of suspenders-like belts reaching down from both of his shoulders to his waist. These are attached to a pair of rings, supporting some sort of light apron around his waist; he also dons dark pants reaching down below his knees and sandals. Each of his arms has a bolted wristband and holding a long spear with a tassel right below the head.
"You don't have to go Ikaros!" Hody said.
"Much! Understood!"
"I'll go!" Hody picked four red and blue pills from a giant stack.
"What?!" All the executives said.
"Get the bubble ready," Hody said as he put those pills in his mouth.
"You are taking too many at once again!" Daruma worried.
"Ugh…. mmmm! ….. Aaaaahh!" He grunted as his veins popped, his muscles were flexing beneath the skin, his heart was beating loudly for everyone to hear and his eyes were red.
"Jahaha…"
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"And we are here!" Pappagu exclaimed, in front of his mansion and shop.
"—Welcome back master"
"This is my place!" Pappagu exclaimed.
"—It's Straw-hat Luffy, he's being accompanied by monsieur Pappagu!" The murmurs started as they gazed at the incredibly handsome man walking near one of their celebrities, he was the 'savior' they heard about, seeing him up close they did not know how to treat them.
"—The Savior."
The murmurs continued as Luffy looked around, Sora also looked around to see what they were going on about, finally, they looked at each other, they tilted their heads as question marks started appearing behind them.
"I am the president and celebrity designer of the criminal brand here."
"She is inside," Luffy said pointing to the store.
"My designer clothing is all over the world—" Pappagu continued but was promptly ignored.
"The first floor of the criminal store Luffy-chin, but who is inside?" Camie said.
"I'm telling you, everything in your store is overpriced — even if it's really cute!" A fuming voice reached their ears
"Who's complaining so loudly?" Usopp asked, he had a hand on his forehead as he looked around, but Luffy already had a happy disposition, Sora also was happy as they had sensed her presence since they got into the taxi, she licked her lips.
"I'll give you 10,000 berries! And I'll add fifty articles of clothing extra, it's my last deal!" The fuming voice was Nami.
"—That's less than half miss! and you are adding even more?!"
"She is the complainer?" Usopp whined.
"Hey, Nami!" Luffy arrived in the store, he and the others were greeting her from the distance, she rushed forward and gave a tight hug to her Captain.
"Luffy! You came, here let's show this man how to do business… Oh and Camie is here too! Hey!" She dragged Luffy towards the counter.
"Here, now this gentleman wants some more discount, the last price is 5,000 isn't that right?!" She glared at the cashier.
"—B—But miss"
Luffy put his forearm on the counter, the weight of his muscle causing a stomping sound on the wood, his intense eyes focused on the cashier, the man should have been grateful to do business with his wonderful navigator, who did this man think he was to refuse such a thing?
"—B—B—But…"
Luffy's eyes became even fiercer as he glared at the man, Nami leaned by Luffy's side, her bountiful breasts pressing against his left side, while Sora did the same in the other, Luffy's iris glowed a grey hue intimidating the man even further.
"—Hiiii!"
"What is happening here?!" Pappagu arrived with the others as the rest of the straw hats facepalmed in the background as Nami used her Captain for intimidation tactics, the fact that Luffy went along with it and Sora as well, something was wrong in their head, was what Chopper, Brook and Usopp thought.
"—Phew! Monsieur Pappagu! You came at the right time! I have some difficult customer on my hands." The cashier was relieved to see the owner right here.
"What's wrong with your store? Everything is such a rip-off!" Nami swiftly grabbed the starfish cheek and pulled his body to her height.
"Y—You have to pay a premium for the brand name. Designs. And I'm very popular"
"—Monsieur!"
"I want a discount!"
"Come on, girl… You don't need a discount! We owe you big time for what happened two years ago take whatever you want for free!" Pappagu cooly replied.
"For free?! Really?!" She clasped her hand her eyes were stars and a blush of happiness appeared.
…
The sound of rustling was heard as Luffy put a dark blue waistcoat over his white formal shirt, the waistcoat had two pockets, a star on the left chest, and a decorative gold chain, both it and the shirt were extremely form fitting, showing his amazing muscles even behind them, the long sleeves were raised until the elbows, leaving his forearm in the opening, he also had black leather gloves, he also wore a dark blue pants and dark leather shoes, finally he had proper footwear, he also put his hat on his head.
Finally, he lifted four giant sacks full of clothing as everyone had their own huge sack.
"Good for you guys!" Camie expressed, seeing them clean shop.
"—Monsieur, the shop is empty!" The cashier exclaimed.
"You guys don't hold back, do you?!" Pappagu cried.
"What's is going on?" Chopper asked.
"There seems to be a commotion outside" Brook exclaimed, both Luffy and Sora had serious expressions on their face, all the Straw hats now had similar outfits but now with the criminal brand logo.
"—It's her"
"—She is here"
"—Monsieur, it seems that there is trouble outside."
"What?"
"The Queen…"
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They reached outside and a stunning mermaid came flying through the sky through her circular bubble around her hips, the guards followed her from behind but they were out of breath, some even were exhausted.
"Hey!" Pappagu exclaimed in shock.
"What is she doing here! I never saw her in person before!" Camie said her piece in shock as well.
"—Is she here because of the Savior?" The murmurs continued as all of the straw hats were outside, Luffy gazed at the beautiful golden mermaid, and in his mind he was anxious.
I thought she was only slightly above Zoro and Sora's strength, but she… she is leagues stronger than World, and that guy would give an Admiral a run for his money, how the hell? They won't be able to handle her at all if she attacks.
She gazed at the Straw hat, she was still very distant, in fact she was perhaps four miles away but she instantly arrived in front of him, everyone was shocked, her baby blue eyes gazed at him, they were full of emotion and compassion that Luffy couldn't help but lower his guard, he knew by just looking at her that she would not attack him, she would never raise her weapon against him, that was the feeling transmitted.
"W—Why is the sea Goddess here, why is Queen Otohime herself here?" Pappagu exclaimed shocked.
She looked at those glowing stormy eyes, and a goofy grin appeared on her beautiful face, Luffy couldn't help but give a grin back at her.
"That's one big mermaid!" Usopp exclaimed.
"But very stunning if I say myself!" Brook exclaimed.
Sora just looked nervously, her observation told her she could not defeat this woman, well, not that she would ever attack a woman even if it killed her.
Behind her came a great shark, it was the same that was rescued from the Kraken.
"Megalo, were those the ones that saved you?" A heavenly voice came out from those lips.
The shark nodded.
"Monkey D. Luffy, let me invite you to the Ryugu Palace." She declared happily to the confusion of everybody.
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The seafloor, near Noah. Someone on the human ship shouted for them to hurry up or they would be noticed in their covert escape from the New Fishmen pirates.
Someone else said that it was hard to catch a current in the Deep Sea and added that they should have fixed the ship with a paddle. Two crew members noticed something in front of the ship. It was Hody Jones. Hody held his wrists to show he was handcuffed.
"—What's going on, he's handcuffed!"
"Jahaha…" He stretched his arms outwards and it gave a clang sound.
Ikaros Much commented on how the Energy Steroid, a power drug, was a real treasure that they acquired while overlooking the battle with the other officers.
Meanwhile, Jones slammed into the ship and bored a hole in the port side hull of the ship.
One human pirate called for them to take out the fishman, as he was all alone. Jones then burst up through the deck, catching a crew member in his teeth and sending two others flying.
He chomped down and the was crushed by the power of his jaws, his medulla was hanging off the teeth of the Fishman as blood speed out and the two parts separated as some threads of tissue kept elongating before they were ripped like strings, a massive burst of blood ran down Jones face as he smiled.
The Captain then stated he had fought fishmen before and overcame everything in front of him to come this far into the Grand line, he roared with motivation. He attacked Jones with his fake arm claw, however Jones bit off part of the Captain's fake arm, breaking the claw, his weight slammed down on the Captain, killing him by stomping on his face and as if it were a tomato it splashed over the ruined deck.
The fearful crew then fired on the Fishman for killing their Captain, but Hody emerged largely unscathed. He then bit into the mast of the ship and threw it away.
A crew member realized why Jones wore the handcuffs, to show that he could beat them without using his hands.
Zeo, while holding an Energy Steroid, stated that fishmen are naturally born with ten times the strength of humans. One Energy Steroid raises their power two-fold and taking two would boost their power another two-fold, so four-fold in total.
And since Jones took four, he was at least 160 times stronger than a normal human temporarily.
In exchange, part of their life was shaved away but... They did not care, as they would carry out their plans without the fear of death. Jones went on to talk about how Fisher Tiger's life was destroyed by humans as was Arlong's will. He went on to say that the Fishmen will end their dark history in this generation. There won't be more waiting.
The mast that was bitten off was now thrown upside down back through the deck, impaling the ship which was trapped in a bubble. As he broke off his handcuffs, Jones gave the order for the bubble to be sent back up to the New World, exclaiming with some disappointment that the whole crew did not die.
He said he needed them alive, he wanted them to go back up to the surface and tell the humans what happened to them and who did it and spread fear of his own crew. Spread the word that vengeance and carnage were arriving in the human's doorstep.
"We will take the throne of Fishman island away from that weak goddess Otohime! Then we'll drag humanity into the darkest abysses of the ocean! And the whole world will know that the Fishmen are the superior race! Jahaha" Hody exclaimed, taking in the cheers and praises from his underlings.