A/n - Hi, back again with new chapter. This one is where some changing is made to reflecting the previous chapter, although the conclusion is almost the same. need to step up my story skill.
FIGHT, EATS AND FAREWELL.
""" Zoro! """ Ussop and Luffy shouts as Mihawk slash at Zoro.
As soon as Zoro fell into the water I jump in to brings him up to the surface, Zoro wounds is really bad, from shoulder to the waist, luckily Mihawk held back and the wound is not fatal and can be recovered from. Luffy start to attacking Mihawk as he thinks Mihawk killed Zoro, but Mihawk calmly explain that he does not kill Zoro and told Zoro that he will waiting him at the peak of the world. Zoro make an oath at Luffy, He will not be defeated ever again and be the greatest swordsman that a pirate king should have.
Accepting Zoro's oath Luffy ask us to catch up with Nami, he will follow after finish this fight with Krieg. I told Ussop to go follow Nami, as I will stays with Luffy and help fight krieg's men. I jump to the floating restaurant and take a stand next to Sanji, Sanji looks at me and ask if its okay that I let them go by themselves, I shrugged and say that they are adult they can take care of themselves.
Krieg tries to attack Mihawk, but Mihawk just left him hanging, what a scene to see the selfproclaim strongest man in East Blue left hanging like that. Krieg said that Mihawk is a coward for running away, this dude is even seen what kind of damage Mihawk did to his ships, even with his prided armor can get sliced like a paper if Mihawk want to.
Luffy make a deal with Zeff that he'll be pardoned if he chased Krieg and his grunts, Zeff readily agreed because the longer Luffy here the larger his loss is. With green light from Zeff, Luffy start his attacks by flying toward the destroyed ship and hitting krieg's grunt down to seas, without a stable platform luffy is forced to clinging to a mast to avoid falling to the seas.
Baratie's fish head detached itself from the main ship, Carne and Patty is paddling the fish boat and start shooting the canon toward the rest of Krieg's crew. They then started to rush toward Krieg and try to ran him over, but Krieg easily stop them and threw them up to the sky, the fish boat is falling toward Baratie but Sanji kicked the boat aside to avoid unnecessary destruction of the floating restaurant.
Sanji had Baratie's floating platform open so we can fight outside the restaurant, the pirate that has been pushed down in the water start to climb and attacking the cooks, the Krieg's pirate proves themselves as stronger than what the cook anticipated, it's seems they don't get the title the strongest of east blue by having the largest crew after all.
Patty and Carne emerges from the seas and prove themselves stronger than the pirate, they easily beat Krieg's grunt proving that they are not regular cooks. Then something appear from the seas that look like a big shield, a person named pearl who's using a big shield with a pearl to punch Patty and Carne down with one shot. One of the grunt start to looting Patty's knife and earn Sanji wrath as he get kicked on the face with Sanji steel toes shoes, Sanji then gives Patty his knife back and proceed to kicks all of Krieg's grunt.
Sanji took a shot at Pearl but stopped by his shield, Pearl then start to brags how his shield can even stopped a warships canon ball and then Luffy drop at of his back and his face is smashed into his shield bleeding his nose.
At the sight of blood Pearls started to panic and set his shield on fire, he also start throwing a flaming pearls all around effectively set the wooden platform on fire. Sanji is pissed at how his home about to be burned he stated to attack pearl and proving his fiery shield is ineffective to stop Sanji from hitting him, Pearl responding this by throwing more flaming pearls. Don Krieg's who sees his next ship about to be burned decide to sink the platform and his man with it without second thought, Luffy stop and send back the huge flail that Krieg's throw to him, but the ball hits Krieg's ship mast and make it fall atop of Pearl head and put him out of commission.
" Stop this fighting Sanji! I don't want to kill you " said Gin while holdings Zeff at gun points, even if Zeff is a powerfull pirate long time ago, but with one leg and age factor he is not as strong as he used to. Gin demanded that we leave this ship and Sanji refuse without a second thought , Sanji ask Gin to point at him and let the oldman go. Pearl who now up from his fainted state start to threatened Sanji not to move with Zeff life, he started to swing a his shielded punch at Sanji.
I barely arrived in time to counter his punch, even though I already fixed my gauntlet with Pearls strength it's feel like I'm just wrapping my hand with a thin cloth. As Pearl sees I block his attack he is furious that I move even with his threat.
" Well you only said Sanji not to move, everybody else is free to move as they wants. Also lets the two talk, I accompany you for a moment " I said to Pearls who's face look like about to explode.
" You're dare ?! you just a weakling that can't even get past my shield. " as he said that he take a swing at me, he missed as I start to evading all his attacks.
Even though his power is high but his agility is low, with my fighting style that use all of my body I can easily evade all of his attacks. But I forgot about the other grunts as I bummed into them they start to try hold me down for Pearl to attack me, even with such distraction I just get hits one or twice but with Pearl powers, even one of his punch is enough to make my gauntlet fall apart. Finally I backed at the corner and force to take full brunt of his power.
His full strength is huge like his body, I felt like I died for a moment. My gauntlet is already destroyed and my pain is all over my body, as I think what to do I remembered the fruit that I found at Gaimon's island. Even when the devil fruits power is lame they still can be usefull on battle, with my level right now even a low level fighter like Pearl can take me down, I need an edge is I want to survives this battle. I took the devil fruit out, Zeff seems sees me and recognized what I'm holding, I hesitate a little but I steeled myself and ate it.
Pearl appears behind me and pull me up, then he hit me with both of his shield at my head. Well I'm not a logia as the shield hurts pretty bad, I felt like head just exploded. Pearl then jump and ready to smash me, with time like this I wish I had my extra thick gauntlet. Then something happens, something forming at my hands, when it complete I saw that at my hand is my extra thick gauntlet, with this I can barely punch Pearl as he fallen atop of me.
Pearl is shocked at the fact that I counter his attacks. I stand up and looks at my hand, I think I know what this power do, but it still hard to use it at full potential. for now just gauntlet will do just fine. Pearl ready to attack again, I also ready to fight but we interrupted by Luffy.
" Gomu gomu no, Axe ! " shout Luffy as he stomp the platform breaking it to pieces. the fins completely detach from the restaurant and broke to pieces, luckily I do not fall to the ocean.
" Luffy ! give a heads up next time please. " I said to Luffy.
" That brat! Gin! just blast that geezer head! " Don Krieg order Gin to pulled the trigger.
" Hey I never laid a finger on you guys at all, all I did is break the platform. " Luffy in respond of Krieg's oeder.
" Errand boy! what do you thinks you're doing! " Sanji ask Luffy.
" I'll sink this ship. " Luffy said the like it the obvious answer.
Sanji started to shout at Luffy about what they protecting, but Luffy said their plan will failed if there is no ship to takeover. Sanji said all this is for his debt and he is no idea of how important this to him, Luffy asked if he planning to die for the restaurant and proceeds to shout at him that he's won't be repaying any debt by dying that Zeff saves him not for him to waste his life and die afterward.
" Well you don't need to argues, as long we has a hostage you cannot fight back, and I means all of you " Pearl started to threatened us again and this time no loop holes for me to act on.
" I bring you guys to death with my fiery pearls! " Pearl said as he running toward us.
Gin who just listened all this time started to move and smash Pearl with his canon ball tonfa, in one hits Pearls shields is shattered to pieces. He apologized to Don Krieg and ask him to let he'll be the one to finished their savior with his own hands.
" Sanji, I don't want to hurt you that's why I ask you to leave this ship, but you will not leave no matter what right?, so then atleast I can killed you myself is the only solution I can think of. " said Gin to Sanji.
" Thank you, eat shit." respond Sanji.
" You two also, you should just leave with your crewmate when they left. " Gin said while looking at us.
" Hm, nah it's not as if I could ever be beaten by weakling like you guys. " Luffy said truthfully what in his mind. that incite rage from all of Krieg's pirate and told Luffy that not to look down on the strongest pirate crew on East Blue.
" Weren't you guys just the biggest pirate crew? " Luffy ask but the opposition cannot refutes such sound argument.
Don Krieg take controlled of his men, he then said the last man standing is the one that strong and ask Luffy who is more fit to be Pirate King and Luffy whitout hesitates to answer that question. Krieg start to feeling annoyed at Luffy and shoot his shield canon at Luffy, as Luffy tries to kick it away the canon ball explode and release all kind of shrapnel. Krieg said this is what battle is and he has more ways to kill him, then he asked Luffy again his question and Luffy answer the same. Krieg is enrage with Luffy that he told Gin that he will kill Luffy himself and take care of Sanji and me.
Gin started to attacks Sanji as I take the back seat and help Zeff up. with his tonfa Gin attack is deadly as a cannon ball itself, In just of few exchange Gin succeed in pinning Sanji down. Because of me, Sanji avoided the Pearl's beats down and easily get himself out of Gin grasp, but with calm and collected Gin he manage to hit Sanji at the rib as Sanji kick him to get himself free.
Luffy tries to attack Krieg while he distracted but Krieg prove to be a man with many toys as he repelled Luffy from come close to him. Gin prove to be a capable fighter as he manage to take Sanji down for the second time, but I noticed that sometimes gin would hesitates for a second and gives Sanji a chance to counter his attacks. Finally Sanji body started to respond to all of his probably broken bones from being hits with a cannon ball, even his own kick make him flinch as the broken bones started to feel the recoil of his own attacks.
With such state Sanji is not capable to defend himself when Gin pin him down for the third time, with all of Krieg's crew asking for Sanji executions Gin seems hesitate and froze. Gin shout to Don Krieg telling him that is not possible to killed his own savior, never has ever anyone treat him so kindly in his entire life and his body refuse to kill such man. Gin ask for Krieg reconsideration form taking over Baratie and tries to argues that they saved because of this restaurant.
I can see that Don Krieg only felt his own rage as he ready to fire his poison gas, he told Gin to throw his gas mask and he is no longer part of Krieg's crew. Gin throw his mask and followed Krieg's order, even is his captain is an a-hole his loyalty is to the bone, such man is wasted on Krieg's hand. I brought Zeff to the back of the restaurant as Krieg will launch the poison gas, after that I tried something with my newfound power and seems to worked, I can create a gasmask for myself but I cannot pass this mask to another person.
My devil fruit power seems to fallen in a normal paramecia as I can only affect myself. Zeff seeing my face suddenly covered by a gasmask is seems to come of understanding, he told me the he sees that I took a bites at the devil fruit. Zeff said he think he knows what kind of fruit that I ate, Armor devil fruit a fruit gives the power to create any armor that his wielder to wear, the armor produce is not stronger than any armor existed and some sees it as a low rank devil fruits.
Hearing Zeff knowledge on my power, make me happy as I know what to expect from this power. With my mastery it is hard for me to make a full body armor, but I can maintain a small section of the armor just fine. With this at least I don't have to worry about my gauntlet broken anymore.
As five minutes past by the poisons gas already start to clear up. Then we saw that Gin is holding the gas mask on Sanji and he poisoned himself by not wearing any mask, Krieg laughed at Gin actions and told him that to felt indebted for some grub is foolish. Zeff told Sanji to put the gas mask on Gin, there must be some antidote on the gas mask for Gin to ease his suffering.
Luffy is scowling at Krieg, Luffy always hate peoples like Krieg treating his crew like some disposable pawn. Luffy start to running full speed at Krieg, even when Krieg fired all of his trick bullet, Luffy just ignore it and full speed charging at Krieg. Don Krieg covered himself in spiked cape to protect himself from Luffy punch, but Luffy is determined to punch Krieg even if he hurt himself.
Down with Luffy punch, Don krieg prided ego is hurt and start to attack Luffy with his shield but his downed again by Luffy. Downed for second times make Krieg's crew have doubted at Krieg's might, hearing this Krieg brought out his exploding spear and started to swinging and slashing and exploding at Luffy, but with five strike Luffy broke the spear tip and now Krieg's spear has become a bomb stick.
As Luffy and Krieg brawling Zeff goes and talk to Sanji, he told Sanji to watch as Luffy beats Kriegs because Luffy is the kinds of man that will brought storm in this world. Even if his body is wounded, Luffy lies no hesitation of beating Krieg, prepared to survive no matter what and a conviction that fears no death.
Krieg tried to destroyed Luffy footing by throwing bomb from high up, but Luffy just follow him no matter what. Krieg is shocked to sees Luffy not even flinching from his bomb and proceed to rubber bazooka him in the stomach and sends him flying, but just one attack is not enough to breaks Krieg's golden armor so Luffy gives another one and more powerfull as he sends Krieg slamming down. But before he fall Krieg catch Luffy in the net and tries to throw him into the oceans, Luffy without hesitation wrap himself all the way to Krieg and sledge hammered him to Baratie's broken fin.
Zeff stop me from jumping into the seas to safe Luffy who's sinking in the ocean, he sends Sanji to retrieve Luffy instead. I completely forgot how I already became a hammer in the water, the curses of devil fruits. Krieg suddenly shouting about how he is the greatest and so on, it seems he already lose his consciousness and just rambling instinctively. Gin appear and stop Don Krieg rambling and send him rest, he seems better for someone whose just got poisoned.
" What're you planning by taking away the very man who tried to kill you ?, you better off without him. " I ask Gin on his intention.
"….. Sanji when that kid wake up pass him this message ' Lets meet up on the grand line ' for me " Gin said that to Sanji.
" What, are you ignoring me? how sad. " I said.
Sanji gives Gin the restaurant supply boat to take his men out of this place, Gin said he will try to start over again with this time his own way, on his own term. After Krieg's pirate left the fight is officially over, and all the cooks started to cleans up Baratie. Luffy only suffers from superficial wound and nothing serious, well when your body make of rubber I don't think you can get any serious blunt damage only bladed weapon can hurts him, he now sleeping at Sanji rooms.
Few hours later
I search for Zeff to ask him more about what he knows about my devil's fruit power, but I saw him on the rail outside sneaking watch Luffy and Sanji talk about All blue. When Zeff notice my presence he told me his plans to make Sanji leaves this restaurant and ask me to take him with us even if it means using force, I give him no promised as the one with power to recruit people is Luffy. Sadly Zeff has no more info about my powers and I has to research it myself.
When Sanji and Luffy came down to eat they start the plan by let Sanji eat at the floor, then they start to insult Sanji's soup, the soup is delicious but all the cooks is in it and all of them threw Sanji's soups on the ground. Even Zeff started to criticize Sanji's soup, Sanji explode on Zeff saying how his is any different from Zeff's soup, Zeff whose committed to chase Sanji out for first time ever punch Sanji and told him he is more experience and already go all over the world to cook, how can a mere cook of this little part of oceans to compare with him. Sanji who cannot refute such argument stomp outside in rage.
Luffy ask the cooks what is they all talking about, the soup is amazing and the food is good. Zeff explain to Luffy what are they doing and ask Luffy to take Sanji with us, but Luffy refuse saying that if Sanji himself don't want to come he don't want to take him.
Suddenly Sanji and a mermaid crash into the restaurant, Luffy then recognized the mermaid as Yosaku and ask him why is he's here and where is Nami and the others. I help Yosaku out of the shark, he explain that they cannot catch up with Nami but can guess where is she headed by her route.
" Alright if likes that, let's go! Hikaru ready up! " Luffy already make his mind.
" Wait! take me with you. You guys need a cooks right? we both whose has a crazy dreams should stick together right? Pirate King. " Sanji ask Luffy for a spot in the crew, Luffy of course is overjoys that he finally has a cooks and happily dancing with Yosaku.
We were leaving with Sanji's boat, I help the cook of Baratie to stock up the supply and get the boat ready for sail. After a while Sanji came out of Baratie and ready to set sail, but at the last moment Zeff came outside and give Sanji a parent like adnvice.
" Hey Sanji, don't catch a cold " Zeff said.
Sanji cannot hold his tears back start to cry and says his goodbye " Owner Zeff! I'm eternally grateful, for taking care of me so damn long! I shall never forget this debt all of my life! " the others cook also start to crying and says their goodbye to Sanji.
" Damn idiots, men should says their goodbye silently. " Zeff said while wiping his tears.
We're started to sailed towards Cocoyashi Village as we departed from Baratie.