A/N: Warning: Grab a Tissue ... Chapter re-posted due to writers idiocy. (Sorry because I forgot to paste the introduction from the original doc)
Another end of calm day in the red waters of the New World filled with men's blood and dreams and lulled with the sweet and warming sound of bullets and cannon balls and screams with pirates having their parties and showdowns to prove who's stronger or an entire marine fleet surrounding pirates ... or so it would be if it was not for the Jolly Roger of a Skull wearing a Straw-Hat being the pirate ship in the middles of the marines or the marine Fleet Admiral himself in the front line of the warships surrounding the pirates.
"Look at what we have here. It's been a long time Straw-Hat Luffy, it seems your time has come. Soon you will meet that trash of brother of yours. When i killed him i couldn't believe how idiot someone could be! Hahaha, he was already free and could have just flee, yet he jumped to protect you." the scene repeated at Luffy's mind again and again but soon another image came and he was frozen with it.
The image were his friend protecting him and dying the same way ace died, that was enough to scare him to death, the though of loosing another part of his treasure, his precious friends.
"Franky!Get us out of here with a Coup de Burst! Aim right ahead! We are flying over Akainu's head! Everybody hold to something and be sure to avoid any attack!" Luffy's voice was shaky but with resolve and everybody followed his instructions.
The sunny prepared to fly away from the marines and everybody held on to the ship to not fall when they rocket themselves but everyone was dumb folded to what happened. Luffy punched each of them unconscious letting only Zoro and Franky and Brooke.
"What do you want us to tell them?" Zoro said while placing one hand on his katanas and letting the other fall to his sides
"There is nothing to tell."
"I lived the best time of my life under you command Captain Luffy, even though I'm already dead! Yohoho!" Brooke said while tears came out of his 'eyes'.
"Luffy, I'll take the Sunny and the others to somewhere safe." Franky said with his voice all shaky and tears raining down hard.
Luffy took his hat and gave it to Zoro. Both man just looked at each other, no words were needed. Zoro lowered his head, tears could be seen falling from his face and only two words came out of his mouth "Yes Captain!"
Zoro and Franky and Brooke stood next to each other looking at Luffy on the Head of the Thousand Sunny facing Akainu.
As Luffy rocketed himself in the marine ships Akainu went after him, a heavy rain was over the Thousand Sunny as it flee over the marine fleet that was easily over hundreds of warships. The scene under the Sunny was unique. Ship after ship wrecking and sinking followed by magma explosions ... after flying further the ships couldn't be seem anymore just faint sounds of explosions and red clouds on the horizon.
Luffy rocketed himself to the ship right next to Akainu and while mid-air activated his Third Gear and with a single blast "Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun!" the warship bent in two and started to sink. Luffy quickly jumped to the other ship dodging Akainu's hand by a hair and repeating the same scene and as the second marine warship sank the Sunny had just used the Coup de Burst to brake through the marine enclose. Luffy followed his ship in the corner of his eyes.
A scene made Luffy closed his eye as the Sunny was high in the sky. Zoro and Franky and Brooke were making the same position of when they left Vivi at Alabasta even though Franky and Brooke still weren't part of the crew by the time. A tear fell of Luffy's eye and in a low voice with his head down words spoken in the lowest of the voice's he ever used "Thank you all for being my friend and accompanying me until here and being able to bear with my stubbornness." even though his crew couldn't hear it from his voice his words such made their way to the heart of each of his crew members.
"Aren't you being way too relaxed in the middle of a fight, Straw-hat?!" Akainu yelled as his fist came closer and closer to Luffy's head.
Luffy barely dodge the attack but was able to leave with just a burnt piece of hair "Are you blind flower-shirt? I'm not wearing my straw-hat anymore." holding his tears at bay he rocketed to the last line of ships that were trying to turn and run after the Sunny and blew it to pieces.
"Zoro! You better become the best swordsman! And also remember to protect Robin! Not that she need any protection! Shishishi"
"Usopp! Don't ever chicken in front of any enemy ever again! Remember to say my Hi to Kaya!"
"Sanji! Sorry but i can't be with you and find the all blue together! Tell uncle Zeff that I won't be able to buy him another ship!"
"Robin! Don't ever give up on discoverying the secret at the poneglyphs! Also support Zoro, he may not look by he tend to be too soft!"
"Chopper! Cure as many people as you can and never forget that you are more normal than anyone else! And Doctorine still scare me as hell!"
"Franky! Take care of the Sunny and don't ever stop being a pervert!"
"Brooke! Tell Laboon I'm sorry but it looks like i can't keep my promise and fight him one more time!"
"Nami! It looks like I won't be able to see you map of the world ... and ... i'm sorry!" another ship sank as he yelled and the Sunny that was barely visible by now.
"Hahaha ... looks like you already made your farewells, straw-hat!" Akainu's rain of magma drew closer and closer to Luffy.
"It looks that way but i'm sure that there are still way more people that i have to apologize to but it looks that my time is running out." Luffy said while flying to another ship.
The fleet that was initially thousands of warship now were reduced to about 10 warships as a result of the fight between Luffy and Akainu. Now the Sunny was long gone and already far away and couldn't be spotted nor stopped anymore.
Somewhere between the New World and some other ocean, in the middle of the Calm Belt to be more accurate, Brooke and Franky were looking from the direction they just came from while Zoro kept his gaze forward while holding to the straw-hat that few minutes ago were on his Captain head.
The two man were crying while calling for their captain but were brought back when Zoro yelled at them "Stop it now! He sacrificed himself so we could escape! Don't you dare think about going back to him right now and we aren't in safe zone yet!" his voice was still shaky but he kept his strait stance by the side of the helm. "Franky, give us another Coup de Burst and let's get out of the Calm Belt, we are leaving the Grand Line."
Franky tried to recollect himself but his tears wouldn't stop and with another explosion they were flying once again straight to the Ocean.
This time they were out of the Grand Line, they were in one of the four Oceans but still didn't identify which one they were on.
An island could be seen far in the horizon, Zoro looked at Franky that got the message and between his tears and sobs directed the Sunny to the island. It was a short distance to the island but as the distance between them and Luffy grew they felt as if they were dieing as the Sunny moved forward and what was minutes to reach the island was like eternity for them as images of his captain grinnig and calling for them to play or to explore an island. As they were about 5minutes away from the island the other crewmates started to wake up, slowly they were getting up.
"Ouch, I don't know what hit me but it sure got me surprise" Sanji said while he stood up and scratching his head while lighting another cigarette he looked around, all the others were getting up too and Zoro,Franky and Brooke were by the helm. Brooke was crying his eyes out -kinda- as well as Franky that was barely holding the Sunny in a straight line and Zoro was straight with his arms crossed his head high and what caught his attention the most was the straw-hat at the swordsman's hand. Sanji jumped at the helm.
"Hey, what happened here? Where are we? Most importantly, WHERE IS LUFFY?!" Sanji said while grabbing Zoro by his collar.
By now all the others noticed the same as Sanji just noticed. Chopper and Usopp ran inside the Sunny in search of Luffy while Nami and Robin hugged each other.
"Hey, I'm asking you what happened, marimo!" Sanji was screaming at Zoro's face that turned his gaze from the island to the blond guy to mutter just few words that he already said once before to the cook "Nothing Happened."
The blond cook gripped harded at the collar of the swordman "What do you mean by nothing happened?! Then where the hell is Luffy and where the hell are we?!" Zoro averted his eyes avoiding eye contact with the man grabbing him by the collar. "HEY DAMN IT! TELL -".
"STOP IT SANJI!" Sanji stopped and released Zoro as Franky yelled and looked at them, Zoro was gripping hard at the straw-hat on his hand and by now everybody already realized what really happened ... Luffy saved them by staying behind and fighting Akainu.
Usopp and Chopper left the quarters crying their eyes out while Robin and Nami where crying and hugging each other at the lawn deck.
As they got closer to the island a shock of reality and irony came to them. A giant sign in the port of the island made everything look even more ironic and sad. "The island is under control of the Vice-Admiral Monkey D. Garp. This has to be a joke. From all the places" Franky said while they got near the coast and by the port there was a crowd waiting for them, none marines though, they were just citizens that probably were there after recognizing the Jolly Roger.
As they ported they people that were there were happily screaming and calling for Luffy and at behind the public at the entrance of the city, there was the man, Luffy's grandfather, Garp looking at the ship and besides him was a fat woman and a young woman and another old man.
As the straw-hats left the ship the crowd fell silent, the air around them wasn't the even bit happy. All nine of them headed direct to Garp and stopped in front of him, heads low and tears falling with a murderous silent in the air and receiving the message without a need of word tears formed at Garp's eyes and the two woman also burst into tears.
"He was a great person and THE BEST CAPTAIN! HE IS OUR ONLY PIRATE KING!" Zoro said while giving the straw-hat to Garp that just stood there looking at the crew and at the hat in front of him. "I feel that I should give this to you."
Garp took the hat from Zoro's hand and turned away. "There is a river right ahead, use it to bring the ship inside the island. Right now I'm the only one securing this island. After you hide the ship come inside the forest."
A/N: Damn it! I cried while writing this first chapter!
In the further chapters i'll be including things that have been on my mind and also some spoilers. For those who are not up to date with the manga I warn you ... take care with spoilers!
PS: Please R&R! It's my first FanFic and I really want to know how you like it. There will be grammar and other errors about the language since english ain't my mother language.