[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]
Third Person POV
Sabaody Archipelago, First Half of Grandline.
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“Luffy!!” Nami approached him as he finally entered the place.
“Hello… I hope everyone is okay.” Luffy greeted them immediately.
“We are, but what about you…? You are quite injured!” Alvida spoke with some concern as she approached him.
“I am… it was a rather invigorating fight.” And he said with a satisfied tone.
“Did you win the fight, Captain?” Zoro asked curiously.
“No, nobody came out victorious… I just managed to go toe-to-toe with him. Despite his age, he proved to be a much tougher opponent than Kizaru…” he said. Kizaru seemed to rely a lot on his speed and logia, his endurance was less than many opponents Luffy had faced.
“Kong has always been a monster in the navy…” Rayleigh commented beside him.
“What happened then, Luffy?” Yamato asked.
“You could say that he and I made an agreement. I returned Kizaru who was outside the bar, in exchange for not getting involved there in that fight anymore, otherwise it would lead nowhere and we would continue fighting for days,” Luffy said.
After seeing that the fight would be like this for a long time with no winner, Luffy achieved this condition after talking a bit with Kong, the man although frustrated, nodded not wanting to continue like this in the situation the navy was in at that moment and ended up taking Kizaru and leaving Sabaody.
“I see.” Zoro commented.
“Well, anyway, it was quite a show,” Luffy commented, looking at the group with interest, even still a bit injured. He approached going to his servant who waited with a tray with some things for him and waited patiently for her master.
“It’s cold in a few hours in these, but it was made with love,” Baby 5 commented and Luffy thanked her as he took the juice and drank.
“You gave up the hostage so easily?” Lami complained.
“It’s okay… after all the navy can’t just ignore what’s about to happen… So it’s okay.” Luffy spoke with confidence that they would not be bothered.
“Something is going to happen…” Shakky commented interestedly.
“Yes, anyway, it’s good to see that everyone is here, even you, Bonney.” Luffy commented as Bonney looked at him frustrated.
“I shouldn’t have followed you, look at all the confusion that happened right after!” She growled.
“Relax, it’s all fine in the end.” Luffy commented and approached Kuina. “Look, you are the same age, you might even become friends!” Luffy commented.
“What do you mean by that?!” Both exclaimed.
“Anyway…” He ignored them and looked at Rayleigh who also maintained an interested gaze on the man who inherited Roger’s hat.
“You are Roger’s vice captain, it’s a pleasure to meet you and you are Shakky, a crew member of the Rocks pirates, sailing with Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Shiki, and Whitebeard…” Luffy declared with a smile.
“Hm… Seems the Mugiwara-boy knows me too… I’m surprised that someone recognizes my past…” Shakky commented while her crew was stunned.
“The same ship with Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Shiki, and Whitebeard?” Everyone screamed at the same time not knowing this.
“What kind of crew is this?!” Usopp shouted scared.
“Who is this…?” Chopper was confused.
“3 people he talked about are considered emperors in the new world!” Bepo shouted scared.
“What?!” Hachi also exclaimed not recognizing these names.
“What kind of crew is this made of monsters?” Lami frowned.
“All of them were just subordinates, their captain was the worst of all.” Luffy shrugged.
“Hahaha. Good times.” Rayleigh said with a nostalgic tone.
“Wait Luffy, are you saying that Roger surpassed this crew, after all he became the king of the pirates, right?” Vivi commented.
“No he didn’t surpass them…” Luffy commented and looked at Rayleigh at that moment.
“What?!” The majority quickly exclaimed not understanding the logic of it, after all Roger had become the king of the pirates.
“No, we didn’t surpass them…” Rayleigh admitted. “We joined forces with the navy to defeat them decades ago.”
“They joined with the navy?!” Robin commented before anyone, though all of us didn’t understand.
“The seas were dominated by that group and no one could stop them, some things happened that I prefer not to comment and we ended up joining forces with others to destroy them…” Rayleigh said.
Despite Luffy wanting to know the real reason behind the battle, he didn’t insist since Rayleigh didn’t want to talk about it. He looked at Shakky and praised her. “You really were in a great crew, I would have liked to fight your captain as I am interested in seeing the strength of Roger.” Luffy admitted, wanting to face the legends of the seas, Rocks and Roger were legendary figures he wished to test his strength against if possible.
“You think you can fight with that crew, they are monsters!” Nami exclaimed in a desperate tone at the idea of Luffy fighting them.
“Hahaha. Well, my captain certainly would have liked to have fought someone like you in our time.” Rayleigh laughed at that and spoke.
“Mugiwara-boy is so bold, but surely your crew will surpass ours.” Shakky commented, looking at the whole group.
“Can we surpass those monsters?!” Bepo shouted alarmingly.
“I hope so. We have never seen rookies with a crew full of mythical beasts and logia users at the same time, it’s unbelievable…” Rayleigh admitted, looking at everyone. It wasn’t easy to calculate the impact they would bring to the new world, but if they overcame all the challenges of those waters and survived, they would dominate that sea.
“Of course, we will!” Zoro said confidently.
“Yes.” Yamato also nodded.
“That’s it!” Shirahoshi shouted.
“Anyway, I have a question.” Rayleigh looked at Luffy with a more serious gaze.
“What do you hope to achieve in those waters, what is your motivation?” He asked, wanting to hear Luffy’s reasons.
“Very simple, I want to find out what the last island has hidden, but I plan to become the emperor of all the seas… What I want is to bring autonomy to all the countries of this world. I want to give freedom to this world.” Luffy spoke, thinking of the dark figure of Im at that moment.
“Emperor of all the seas… Give freedom to this world…” These words were not exactly Roger’s, but Rayleigh respected his ambitions and even sympathized.
“Seems like a great goal, but are you prepared to face the world?” Shakky asked with some admiration.
“Of course, I am. You didn’t see the meteor these days going towards Merry Geoise, it was my companion who sent it.” Luffy spoke calmly while pointing to Bepo.
“…” Shakky.
“…” Rayleigh.
“…” Bonney.
All three who didn’t know about this were shocked by it, “You can’t be serious!?” Bonney immediately shouted.
“It wasn’t my fault! I’m sorry! The captain forced me to do it!” Bepo immediately shouted, crying.
“Hahaha. It was quite fun, I requested it while talking with the Five Elders.” Luffy spoke.
“This is incredible… But wait… I thought only Shiki could do that, is he dead?” Rayleigh asked surprised.
“Yes, I killed him.” Luffy responded calmly.
“You what?! Why am I surprised by this…” Rayleigh was having a hard time digesting all this information.
“But did the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi fall into your hands…?” Shakky asked, equally surprised as her husband.
“Yes, I have a secret for that…” Luffy said, shrugging.
“You are more shocking than the newspapers show…” Rayleigh admitted.
“Anyway, I would like you to coat one of our ships.” Luffy commented.
“A coating?” Rayleigh asked, surprised.
“Wait Luffy, didn’t you say we weren’t going to the new world?” Nojiko asked, confused.
“Yes, I don’t intend to go to the new world. But I want to use it for something else.” He said, leaving the group quite confused.
“We are going to split up here again… I plan to take Uta back to Skypiea.” He spoke, leaving Uta quite surprised by this.
“Skypiea? What do you mean by that, Luffy!” She exclaimed.
“We are going to get involved in a war… it’s better you don’t take part in this… I’m sure it won’t be pleasant for you…” Luffy spoke, making the girl hesitate.
“A war?” Shakky asked, surprised by this.
“Yes… There will be a war between the Whitebeard pirates and the entire high command of the navy…” He said.
“WHAT?!!” Everyone exclaimed at the same time.
“Are you serious, mugiwara-boy?!” Shakky asked, stunned.
“Yes, the navy has Ace of the Fire Fists and they intend to execute him soon, I bet tomorrow the newspaper will be going around the world about this.” He spoke.
“Ace?! Your brother, Luffy?” Kuina exclaimed.
“Yes… of course, I don’t intend to let him die at the hands of the navy, even if the White
beard pirates won’t go to the war with the navy, I plan to go to Marineford, even if I have to do it alone.” Luffy spoke firmly, after all, he would never let Ace die, even if he had to face all the forces alone.
“Wait, how do you know all this!?” Lami exclaimed, looking at Luffy.
“I had a conversation with someone special just now…” Luffy said.
He had just handed over Kizaru to a scowling Kong, who did not like the situation at all. It was after he left that his den den mushi rang, and Kuma was calling Luffy. First talking about Ace, something Luffy had already suspected was happening, the changes in this world hadn’t altered Ace’s fate and he had been captured, another reason and the most important one for Kuma calling Luffy was about the situation with his sister.
“What’s the plan, captain…? After all, we can’t let you go to this war alone.” Hugo spoke.
“Yes captain, if you’re going, we’re going too!” Yamato said firmly.
“A battle with the navy elite… that sounds very interesting!” Zoro spoke.
“Probably Mihawk will be there.” Luffy said and Zoro nodded with satisfaction.
“Yes, let’s fight with Luffy-Sama!” Shirahoshi spoke.
“Nee… I’m going too!” Hachi spoke firmly.
“Of course, we’re participating!” Reiju said.
“Yes…” Usopp spoke, even though he was crying.
“Is that what you meant in Thriller Bark…” Nojiko remembered Luffy saying they would go to war with the navy, but he hadn’t mentioned why…
“I’m not going to let you go alone while your brother is in danger of death!” Nami exclaimed, though she was crying like Usopp, after all, the idea of entering a war with the world’s strongest pirate and the navy elite seemed terrifying.
All the others agreed too and Luffy nodded, satisfied with his crew, those he could always count on.
“This is really surprising, you really know how to surprise a woman of my age…” Shakky spoke right after that.
“It’s true…” Rayleigh also admitted, after all, Luffy has been surprising him at every turn since they finally met.
“Hahaha. Well, let’s start with the plan, after all, we have many interesting things to do and I plan to go to Impel Down and invade the prison along with most of you;” He declared with a smile while the group was speechless at what their captain had said.
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Raccoon here:
I don’t remember Luffy talking about the real reason for the war with his crew, just that they would be fighting against the navy, am I forgetting something?
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