So it's been a long time... Just blame school and stupid teachers that give out tons of homework over Christmas break.
Chapter Three, Go!
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As he finished his story a sudden thought struck Marco. "Thatch, why were you so eager to get off the Moby Dick, yoi?" He turned to the still whistling chef, who started plating the food. When the chef merely ignored him, he glared. "Thatch?..." The chef started sweating. Marco sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "... Your secret is safe with me, yoi..."
The chef laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "Well I might have, I don't know, hidallofIzuo'shairproductsandreplacedthemwithfakes... Again..." He froze and gave him a fake, innocent smile.
The commander silently got up and walked up to Thatch before smacking him in the head. "How many times do I have to tell you not to mess with Izuo and his stuff, yoi?!" Marco sighed. "The last time you did that half of his division ended up lost in some jungle island looking for those things! It took three days to find everybody and Izuo's stuff, yoi!" He hit him on the head again and sat back down.
Luffy was clapping and laughing at their display. "Shishishi! You're interesting, Pineapple-ossan! You too, Pimpadoor man!"
Nami facepalmed as Usopp, Brook, and Franky held in their giggles. "Luffy, it's Pomp-a-dour not... Pimpadoor..." She explained, sounding out the word and pausing in embarrassment before repeating what her captain had said.
At their navigator's own instance of saying the word the struggling trio couldn't contain their amusement and openly laughed, arm in arm. Her face heating up, she yelled at them. "Oh will you shut up already you little kids?!" They immediately went silent, looking towards her as if expecting a fist to fly their way.
"Look out, you've angered the sea witch, again..." Zoro commented before guzzling down food and sake.
"Nami-swan is not a sea witch, you damned Marimo! Take that back!" Sanji stood up from his seat at the table,slamming his hands against it, and leaning closer to the swordsman.
"Who're you calling Marimo, Mr. Nosebleed!" Zoro followed in suit, smirking slightly before retorting with his own nickname for the cook.
"This coming from an idiot who can't even find his way along a straight path during a race?!"
Zoro flushed slightly at the memory. "It's not my fault the pathway kept moving!"
"It was not moving!" Sanji yelled back, his teeth comically turning into sharks teeth.
"Whatever, it's all in the past. I don't care anymore. Why don't you just go back to the kitchen, Number 7..." Zoro replied smoothly.
"Don't keep calling me by that number just because you miraculously got to Shakky's bar first!" Sanji yelled, losing his temper.
"That's it, you picking a fight with me, curly brows?!" Zoro said, standing up.
"You bet I am!" Sanji replied.
They exchanged kicks and slashes till they found themselves outside. Luffy was laughing the entire time. "Go Zoro! Go Sanji!"
"PICK A SIDE!" They both yelled back. Luffy simply laughed and continued to eat and watch their fight.
Marco looked on in confused astonishment. 'These guys are pirates?!' He looked at Ace's little brother. 'If I hadn't seen him fight before, I wouldn't believe it'
Marco smiled when the 19 year old captain cheered loudly at some move the swordsman did. 'He really is like his brother, isn't he?' The Whitebeard Pirate looked over to his friend. Thatch was currently throwing in tips like he was some boxing coach. "Give him a left! Now a right hook! Yeah that's it!" Marco sighed.
Thatch was pulled down into a sitting position by Marco. "Stop it, they aren't even using their fists." Thatch rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Suddenly Marco got serious. "Thatch, something's been on my mind. Do you have the Vivre card to the Moby Dick on you, yoi?"
Thatch got pale. He frantically searched his belongings before sprinting off towards the infirmary. Marco face palmed before taking a few deep breaths. 'I knew something like this would happen... Damned storm!' Marco paused, deep in thought. 'I swear there was something important that I had to do when I got back...'
He was pulled from his thoughts when Thatch flopped down besides him. "It's... It's gone! It's nowhere! Dammit! If I hadn't fallen asleep in that storm!"
Luffy walked over, the fight having died down. "What's gone?" He asked, his mouth full of food.
"Our Vivre card... Oyaji has a bunch of Vivre cards that he hands out when someone goes somewhere far from the ship, so we can get back in case the Moby Dick has to make any sudden travel changes. And we kinda lost it in the storm, yoi..." Marco sighed.
"And?" Luffy replied, quirking an eyebrow. "What's the problem?"
Now it was Marco's turn to be confused. "We can't get back to the Moby Dick without it, yoi."
"Why dont you just get another one?" Luffy said, also confused.
Everyone fell to the floor. Picking himself up, Marco replied. "It doesn't work that way, yoi."
"Why not?"
"It's a mystery, Luffy." Robin said calmly.
"Oh that makes sense! Thanks Robin!" Luffy continued to eat as everyone fell over again. "Anyway if you need to find this Moby guy then why don't you just call him?"
Usopp stood up and quickly rushed to his captain's side. "LUFFY! One does not simply call the most powerful man in the new world, no, the entire world!" Usopp paused and looked towards the two commanders. "Right?!"
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Chopper carried the denden mushi to Marco. "We hardly ever use the Deneen mushi, so I'm not sure if anyone will pick up, yoi." He started dialing the number he wrote on a piece of paper. "I'm not sure we even still have the snail around. That thing is ancient, it's been around since I joined the crew, and that was a long time ago, yoi."
Marco finished dialing and the snail started ringing. Everyone tenses up (except Luffy, who was still eating.) They waited: Would the person who picked up be the strongest man in the world or a fisherman from some no name town?
"Berobero... Berobero... Berobero... Berobe- Gocha"
"What brat decided to call me?!" Marco sighed in relief.
"Oya-" before he could begin Luffy grabbed the receiver out of his hand.
"I'll be the King of the Pirates!" He handed the receiver back and sat down (eating, may I note) a serious expression on his face.
"Hey, Oyaji..." Marco said, exasperated. "Me and Thatch ran into a bit of a storm and you wouldn't believe where we ended up, yoi... Please note my drained expression."
"Isn't this your normal expression!" Thatch commented, flying back as Marco threw a shoe at him.
"Gurararara! Seems you ended up in quite the place! How's the cheeky brat holding up?"
"I'll be the king of the pirates!" Luffy replied from his position.
"So he's doing well?!" A gulping sound was heard as if someone was drinking alcohol. "So, why the long distance call?"
By now most of the crew had started wandering off, with only Luffy, Zoro, and Robin still with Whitebeard and the two commanders. "We kinda lost the Vivre card you gave us while in the storm, sorry..." Thatch said.
"Ah, sorry to hear that. At least you two made it out alright."
Marco smiled and pulled his arm around the Straw-hatted teen. "We couldn't have made it without the brat and his crew, yoi!"
"I'll be the King o-" He was stopped as a new voice came over the receiver.
"Geez Lu. Is that the only line that comes out of your mouth?! Hahahaha! It's been a while."
Luffy's eyes widened and he swallowed his food. His face brightened and he pulled the receiver close to his mouth. "ACE!" His eyes lit up and he laughed. "It's been two years! Where have you been! Shishishi, you said you'd meet me on Fishman Island but you never came!"
"Yeah, sorry about that. I had some... Pressing matters to attend to. Hahaha!" He paused for a moment. "Anyway, I hear my favorite flaming blue turkey and prankster have found their way onto your ship."
Thatch laughed at the overused nickname and Marco silenced him with a glare then smirked slightly. "You tease me while I'm hundreds of miles away, Ace, but when I get back on the Moby Dick..." He cracked his knuckles threateningly.
Whitebeard took back the receiver on his end back. "Gurarara! Brat, what island is your ship heading to right now?"
Luffy thought about it for a second. "Nami! What's our next destination?!"
The Navigator poked her head out from one of Sunny's doors with a toothbrush in her mouth. She thought for a second before replying with "The villagers at the last island said it was called 'The-Plain-Old-Island-That-Nobody-Cares-About-Because-Its-So-Plain-Island' but I don't know if that's the actual name. If that's all Ill be getting some shut eye, g'night!"
"Good night!" Luffy said waving. "Yeah so, what she said, why?"
"Since two members of my crew can't be making it to us, we'll just have to meet them there. Also I'm pretty sure there's a certain doting older brother that is waiting to see his little brother again, isn't that right, Ace?" Whitebeard replied. A muffled "Hey!" Echoed across the Denden mushi and those present laughed.
Marco answered. "Sounds good, Oyaji! See ya soon." He clicked the receiver and the snail went to sleep.
"Yahoo!" Luffy cheered as he ran around the deck. "I get to see Ace again!"
He stopped running around as a thought occured to him. "He hasn't met Robin, Franky, and Brook yet! Shishishi! Or seen Sunny!"
He ran up to the figurehead and lay back on it. "Shishishi, I'm so excited!"
Marco Walked up to the young captain, not taking his eyes off the sea in front of them. "Don't get too excited, we have to get there first."
Luffy looked towards him confused then followed to where his finger was pointing and saw a marine warship approaching from the front.
Luffy stood up and grinned. "EVERYONE," he yelled, cracking his knuckles. "BATTLE STATIONS!"
Chopper descended from the crows next as Zoro woke up underneath. Robin put down the book she had been reading as Sanji emerged from the kitchen, where he'd been preparing to cook a pot roast overnight.
Franky, Brook, Nami, and Usopp came after being awoken from sleeping. The navigator looked at the approaching ship and sighed. "Can't we have just one peaceful night where I actually get a full night's rest?"
"I could let you try a pair of ear plugs I invented Nami-sis!" Franky offered, checking his cola storage.
"Or I could let you use some sleeping pills!" Chopper added.
"I think I'll just try being the ships swordsman for a day, but thanks anyway!" She replied, readying he climatact.
"Oi." Mentioned swordsman said still yawning.
The battleship was close now. "Want our help?" Marco offered.
"Do whatever you want!" Luffy replied, running towards the front of the figurehead before leaping to the marines ship.
Marco smirked. "Oyaji's right." He started shifting into his Phoenix form. "He is a cheeky brat!"
To be continued!
Yay it's done! That was fun. I'm planning on skipping over their fight with the marine ship since we obviously know what the outcome is but if you guys want me to do it, I will.
A guest review inspired me to stop being lazy and write this chapter already so here is a reply to their wonderful review:
I'm glad you're enjoying my story! As per request here's the next chapter!
Until next time dumplings,
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