After a While

"Captain! I see a Marine ship," a crew member informed Donel. He looked in the direction the other indicated. Along with the Marine ship was a ship that looked familiar. But he couldn't quite place where he had seen it before.

"Please, get me a spyglass. I want to know what's on that flag." The member nodded and rushed to get him what he asked for. That ship looks awfully familiar. Where have I seen it before? Damnit. I want to know. The member quickly came back with the spyglass in hand.

Grabbing it, Donel looked through it. His chocolate brown eye widened at the symbol on the flag and sail. The Marines were firing cannon balls straight at the ship. His body started to shake at the sight. "Captain, what should we do?" his first mate asked.

"I want to get over there. Quickly, we have to get over there," he answered. Rushing to the forecastle deck of the ship, he wanted a good look at what was happening in the area. "Hurry! We need to get over there soon!" His crew shouted in agreement as they scattered to make the ship go full speed to the fight.

Luffy! You are always getting into fucking trouble! You owe me big time for this! Getting to the fight, he saw that the ship was practically in ruins. Not completely destroyed. We can take it back with us to get fixed. People were in the water. "Commander! A Yonko is here! What should we do?!" Anger filled him at seeing the state of his best friend's ship.

"Captain, please calm down!" his first mate shouted at him from the main deck. Not listening to him at all, Donel leapt onto the Marine ship. It started to shake. "Donel! You're fucking insane!"

"How dare you!" Donel roared as the ship continued to shake under his feat. He knew what was happened to the ship. Wasn't going to be long before the ship was no more. "Finn! Get them out of the water! Attach their ship to ours!"

"Aye, Captain!" He never looked away from the Commander that was on the deck. Everyone on the Marine ship looked terrified as they tried to keep their balance.

"I hope you can all swim, Commander," a malicious grin appeared on his face as he spoke. Soon after saying that, the ship started to splinter where he stood. Cracks scattered across from underneath his feet. The fear rose n everyone around him as he stomped his foot. The cracks grew to look like fissures in the wood.

"What are you doing?!" the Commander yelled as his eyes grew wide. Donel thought they would pop out of his head if they grew bigger. "What did we do to you?!"

His grin quickly changed to a frown. Walking toward the man, the cracks scattered from underneath his feet at each step he took. Stopping right in front of him, Donel reached down and grabbed him by the throat. He raised him to be eye level. The Commander struggled to breathe and get away from him. "You attacked a friend of mine and his crew." A sadistic grin replaced the frown on his face. "All of you will pay for what you have done to them." He crushed the man's windpipe before dropping him to the ground. "Like I said before, I hope all of you can swim." They all started to run around in a panic. "Also, I believe that there are about two or three sea kings in this area."

With that, he turned around and hopped back onto his ship. The force of him pushing off the deck finished the damage he had already cause to the ship. The Marine ship shattered to pieces and started to sink into the water. He grinned wider at the sight. Donel revealed in the sight of the ship sinking and the people flailing about in the water.

"Captain," his first mate got his attention.

"What is it Finn?" He turned his sight on his friend. "Are they all okay? Is the ship attached to ours?"

"Aye. They are all in the medical bay. A few of them are struggling and trying to attack some of us." Donel nodded.

"I'm going in there. Keep the others from entering unless they are trying to help tend to the wounded." Finn agreed before rushing off to tell the rest of the crew. Donel made his way to the medical bay. He took a deep breath before entering the room.

About two of them were trying to fight his medics who were tending to them. "Let us go! We won't go down so easily!" It brought a smile to his face. The good thing was that he knew all of them by name.

"Zoro, you need to calm down. I don't want to hurt any of you anymore than you already are," he announced. They looked up at him with wide eyes. There was fear in them but also, courage. He was used to the fear, but the courage was a new change.

"Why did you help us? What is your motive? You're a Yonko. What do you want from us?" Sanji questioned as he finally stopped struggling. Donel sat in a chair across from the bed he was in. There were about eight more in the beds next to the two. Most of them were knocked out or trying desperately to stay awake.

"I know Luffy. He's a friend of mine." There was confusion in the room after his answer. Sighing, Donel got up and walked over to the bed Luffy was in. "Hey there, crybaby," he greeted the much smaller male with a smile.

"I'm not...a cry...crybaby," Luffy answered with anger and a hoarse voice. He was tired and Donel could tell that.

"Yeah, you are. Ace and Sabo would tell you the same thing." Luffy's eyes widened at the mention of the two.

"How...How do you...know...know them?"

Donel showed him the bandana tied to his arm. Luffy's eyes changed from confusion and suspicion to happiness and recognition. "Long time no see, Luffy. Been getting into trouble, right?"

"D-Donel? Is...Is that really you?" Luffy struggled to sit up to get a better look at him.

"The one and only. Didn't expect to be saving your ass today." Luffy laughed before coughing. "Take it easy for now. You and your crew need to rest. We'll talk some more after you all get a little bit better."

"O-Okay." Luffy smiled up at him. It looked sad on the wounded man. Donel smiled back with happiness. "Th-Thanks."

"Don't mention it." Walking away, Donel looked to one of the beds. There was a bunny woman laying there. She wore a tattered carrot-orange dress, light brown boots, a frayed, forest green cape, and a white paw glove. He didn't remember ever seeing her on Luffy's crew before. I'll ask him about her after they get better. For now, they need time to recover.

Leaving the room, Donel went to his deck. There was a group of men together. "Captain, is there a reason that we saved the Straw Hats and you killed a Commander of the Navy?" one of them asked.

"I will explain it later. For now, we need to see if the ship is in good enough condition to make it back home." The men nodded before rushing off to check it. Donel looked over to his friend's ship. "I've never seen grass nor tangerine trees on a ship before," he said to himself. A chuckle escaped him. "Luffy, you are one strange man. Even when you were little."

He walked to his room to wait for dinner. He had many questions as to why they were being attacked amongst other things. It had been years since he had seen the ball of energy. Too many. We should've met up sooner. This was not a good way to meet each other after so long.

"I've decided, I will talk to them tomorrow after they have rested for the day." He nodded in confirmation. That was what he was going to do. For now, he was going to get some rest before eating. He had a long day and used up a good amount of energy to hold back on splitting the ground underneath the Marine ship.

Here's the first chapter. Hope you all like it. Please, let me know if you do. Have a good day. Tatty-bye!

FeralG3 - I hope this is to your liking for the first chapter. Let me know if it is or if it isn't. I can fix it if you don't like it.