AN: Probably should mention that I, in fact, do not own One Piece. I am just a fan :)
Zoro had just fought the best swordsman in the world, Hawk Eye Mihawk, the man he set out to beat.
And he failed miserably.
As Zoro was knocked into the dark ocean, Luffy wanted to kill Mihawk, to avenge his first mate.
But Zoro was alive! Not only was he alive, he had also earned the respect of Hawk Eye Mihawk, a great feat.
"And you, what is your goal?" Mihawk asked Luffy.
"I'm gonna be king of the pirates!" Luffy said.
"A rather high goal. Yours is even harder than his."
By this time, Johnny and Yosaku were shouting stuff along the lines of "Big bro Zoro! Say something!"
"Luffy," Zoro said, raising his sword, "Can you hear me?"
"Yeah!" Luffy shouted from where he stood next to Mihawk.
"Sorry for worrying you! You won't have anyone less than the best on your crew." He then coughed up blood.
"Big Bro! You can stop saying stuff now!" Johnny shouted panicking.
Zoro ignored him and continued, "I will never, I will never lose again! Until I defeat him and become the greatest swordsman, I'll never lose to anyone! Is that alright with you, Pirate King?"
"Sure Zoro!" Luffy replied, a grin on his face. Zoro would be alright.
"You two make a good team," Mihawk noted before turning to leave.
"Hey you!" Krieg shouted, "Are you going to fight me?"
"I considered it," Mihawk said without turning around, "But I've had my fill of fun for today."
Krieg was furious, but if he wanted a fight he was going to get one.
- [Scene Change] -
Nobody had listened to Usopp, no one at all! The word of the village liar was not the most trusted, after all, but this time he was serious! It was a disaster! The Black Cat pirates were going to attack!
"Did you warn them?" Nami asked when Usopp returned. She then noticed his eyes, and the tears that were threatening to overflow.
"They-they don't believe me," Usopp said, "Tomorrow at dawn, Kaya's going to die! I need to do something!"
"Well, what do you plan to do?" Nami asked.
His knees were shacking, his eyes were watering, and he knew he was no match for captain Kuro, but Usopp swallowed his sobs and proclaimed, "I am going to protect this village, even if it cost my life!"
Nami thought for a moment before saying, "I'm going to help."
Usopp looked at her for a minute before she continued, "But any treasure we get is mine!"
"We're going to help you too!" Three little kids said, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"Ninjin! Piiman! Tamanegi!" Usopp shouted, "You guys just go back!"
"So you weren't lying!" Ninjin shouted, "I knew it! We really are going to be attacked by pirates!"
"Why did you send us home?" Piiman asked.
"Yeah! You can trust us Captain Usopp!" Tamanegi added.
"No!" Usopp said, "It's too dangerous!"
"This village is our village too!" All three of them shouted together.
"We're going to protect it!" Ninjin said.
"Yeah! With our lives," Tamanegi added, fixing his glasses.
"You aren't going to just send us home!" Piiman said.
Usopp knew he wouldn't be able to convince them to turn around and go home. He would have to find ways to keep them safe when the time came. For now, he would have to keep them busy.
Night was falling, they had to get busy.
- [Scene change] -
Hawkins and Pearl had started fighting.
"You will not win!" Pearl laughed, "Nobody has ever been able to spill a drop of my blood."
WHAM!
Bonney was fighting the ever coming group of men with a frying pan that happened to be near her. Head chef Jenny had taught her how to fight using one for when pirates attacked. Unfortunately for Pearl, Bonney spun a little too much during her last attack and managed to accidentally hit the back of his head. Blood dripped out his nose.
"What's this?" Pearl asked, wiping his nose with the side of his hand. "Is this blood?"
"Indeed it is," Hawkins replied.
"That girl made me bleed!" Pearl shouted in mass panic.
At this point, the men fighting Bonney had backed down a bit and were telling Pearl to calm down and to take it easy.
"AHHH!" Pearl shouted, bursting into flames, "These people are too dangerous! We have to burn them up!"
Krieg just wanted to see these pesky rats defeated. Burning them up was a little much, but he wasn't going to say anything because it wasn't like they were on a ship, or something that could burn easily like that.
'Pay attention when you're fighting me!" Luffy shouted, charging towards Krieg.
"Runt! I can beat you with my eyes closed!"
Hawkins did not turn into his Voodoo form, because he knew if he did, he would take on colossal damage from the flames that now surrounded him. He drew his sword. This was not his preferred method of fighting, but Hawkins saw that shadow of death upon Pearl, so did not worry too much.
"Why aren't my flames scaring you? You should be running away in fear!" Pearl shouted, increasing the heat of his fire.
"Fate has informed me that I shall not fail," Hawkins said, "The shadow of death in upon you."
Pearl began to panic (not that he wasn't already); everyone backed away from his flames!
"Pearl Present!" Pearl shouted, using his fist shield to try to knock out Hawkins.
Hawkins easily stepped aside, avoiding the contact.
"YOU!" Pearl shouted, "Pearl Close!" With this, he slammed both his fist shields together on either side of Hawkins' head. The skin on his head came open and for a brief moment, Pearl thought he had finished him. Something strange than happened, voodoo dolls fell from his head.
"I did not believe I would be in much danger in the East blue," Hawkins said as Pearl watched in shock, "I am grateful that I decided to bring twenty."
"Time warp!" Bonney shouted, her hands stretched out in front of her. Pearl began to age, growing smaller until he was crushed under the weight of his armor. "You idiot! Why were you not fighting him seriously?"
"The cards told me I would not die," Hawkins said.
With Pearl defeated, the men on Krieg's ship were starting to worry; the only ones who were stronger than Pearl were Ghin, who was nowhere to be seen, and Krieg, who was tied up with another battle. Everyone had stopped battling to see what would happen between Krieg, the ruler of the East Blue, and Luffy, the new guy nobody knew about.
"GUM GUM PISTOL!" Luffy shouted, stretching his arm and punching Krieg.
"Captain!" one of his men shouted, "None of these three are normal!"
"Idiots!" Krieg shouted, "These three are devil fruit users! They may seem really rare here, but in the Grand Line they're a dime a dozen."
A fight continued. Despite the sharp object and advanced weaponry Krieg had, he was never able to take down Luffy. Not with blades, or shooting spikes or even explosives. Despite his heavy, 'indestructible' armor, he was unable to defend himself against Luffy's punches. Somehow, someway, Luffy had defeated the king of the East Blue, Don Krieg.
After he knocked Don Krieg out, Luffy fell to the ground, exhausted and heavily injured.
"So Bonney, are you going to join my crew?"
- [Scene Change] -
It was a normal day at the Baratie. A few days before, Sanji had feed yet another broke, starving Pirate, this one by the name of Ghin, second in command of the Krieg Pirates, the most feared pirates in the East Blue. Apparently they had only lasted a week in the Grand Line. It was a truly frightening place.
"Sanji!" Zeff said. It was unusual for him to call Sanji by his first name, so instantly Sanji knew it was important, "Why have you never set out to find the all blue?"
"Stupid old man," Sanji said, drying some dishes, "I owe it to you to stay here and help."
"Your cooking's rubbish and you fight with customers every day. You're the one who scared all the waiters away, why the hell would I want you in my restaurant?"
"What are you trying to say old man?" Sanji asked, furiously.
"I'm saying I didn't save you so you could mess up my business! I saved you so you can set out and find the All Blue!"
Sanji lit his cigarette and stared off into the distance. It was true, his dream was to someday find the All Blue, a great sea where ingredients from all four seas lived together. This had been the dream of Zeff when he was younger, before he passed it onto Sanji, but Sanji hadn't gone off to chase it.
"I've talked to the other chefs and they've all agreed. Tomorrow, we're setting out for the Grand Line."
Sanji's eyes widened. The Pirate Grave Yard and The Sea of Disaster were two very common names for it, and Zeff wanted to sail there? "Are you crazy old man?"
"Knock it off you disrespectful little runt!" Zeff said, kicking Sanji in the back of his legs, "The Grand Line is filled with disaster. I made this restaurant to serve food to starving people on the seas. There's plenty more in the Grand Line, and far less help that people can get. We are going to sail there, and we are going to find the All Blue!"
And so, the Baratie would no longer be stationed in the East Blue, but it would head out, towards the Grand Line and towards the All Blue!
So, I have been adding scene changes (the little stars that go [ *** ] and that hasn't been working. Hopefully these scene changes work. I'm sorry if anything was confusing earlier.
I did not write in the Zoro VS Mihawk battle or the Luffy VS Krieg battle because those were in the manga/anime, so you all know what happend. If you want to review, go rewatch/reread this arc.
Any advice leave in the reveiws
Oh, and I want to write some oneshots. PM me with prompts if you have something one piece related you want me to write :)
Sorry for the extra long author's note, I promise not to make a habit of this
