Chapter 9: Our newest ship, crew member and first filler!

A/N: Now my character does become touchy around some people and things in the manga because he knows about some of the 'dark' history of his home if you know what I mean. I've also decided to add in the fillers from the anime to allow the appearance of every smasher if possible. Also, Satoru Iwata died recently and I felt so sad at the information that crashed on me the day after he died. He was a great man who not only helped Nintendo, but also gaming itself and I feel sad that such a great man had to fall against the evil of cancer.

New favorites: Finder18, Gladius52, Zymanee22, SpareTheInsane, KafeiDetour and quintonbarnum.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, that is meant for Oda. The only thing I own is myself as an OC.

"Thanks guys, I wouldn't have protected the village without you guys." Usopp said as soon as he came back with Zoro.

"Just standing up to them was credit enough, if you would've done nothing then I would do the same." Zoro said with his back to a wall.

"Yeah, same here!" Luffy replied smiling.

"Who cares about that? I got my hands on this sweet, sweet treasure so I couldn't be happier!" Nami chimed with snuggling her treasure bag.

"Well, I guess all of us wins in this case." I joined in making everyone laugh a bit.

"Everything that helped me here today, I've come to a very difficult decision." Usopp said looking out towards the sea. He soon left off for somewhere while Luffy requested that we should get some food, so we made our way back to the 'MESHI' restaurant. We all ate on fish and rice while Luffy was currently gnawing on a fish skeleton.

"Now that we have eaten we should probably get going." Zoro asked.

"Yeah, you're probably right." as Luffy swallowed the bones down.

"There you are." said Kaya as she entered the building.

"Hello there Miss." Luffy waved a hand at her.

"Should you be alright being out of bed?" Nami questioned.

"Yes, I think now I can truly start recovering. You see my sickness last year was caused by the mental shock of losing both my parents and Usopp's friendship helped me getting better. I can't stay in bed forever you know." Kaya said looking more confident and more of a person than a ghost. We all smiled at this on not only saving a village but also a good friendship.

"I can't thank you enough for all that you have done for me, I've prepared a present from the bottom of my heart to show how grateful I am to you. I'd be honored if you accept it." Kaya said in respect that even though we are pirates, we did good in helping out. We soon our way back to the shore and we were greeted by none other than the Going Merry! I've loved the ship from it's departure from Syrup Village all throughout their adventures... Until Water 7 slammed it like a brick wall on all the sad moments that happened along with it's death. Even though I'm the only one who knows of this ship's fate, I plan on making the best of it with this ship no matter what!

"A real caravel!" Nami exclaimed.

"You're actually giving it to us!?" Luffy shouted in amazement.

"Yep, as a token of my appreciation." Kaya replied.

"She's an older model but I've designed it personally and she sails like a dream." Merry said to us but I tuned out the part of him describing the ship type before revealing the name.

"Now allow me to explain-" Merry tried to describe how the ship works...

"Wait a minute, you'd be better off explaining the technical stuff to me." before Nami butted in because she's the brains in navigation.

"What a cool ship. Have you guys seen the front? It's totally awesome." Luffy said looking at the sheep's figurehead as a seat.

"We've loaded it with the provisions you would need for a long journey." Kaya said to us and thankfully that was good or we would have to buy them.

"Really thanks!" Luffy chimed.

"SOMEBODY STOP THIS THING!" shouted Usopp as he came rolling down the hill with a huge green backpack.

"Oh no Usopp!" Kaya said in worry.

"What's he doing? It's looks like fun." Luffy said.

"What's fun about getting your body flattened over and over?" I retorted.

"Well we better stop him. He's on a collision course with our ship." Zoro said bringing the urgency that he needs to be stopped. As he came closer, Luffy and Zoro both raised their feet and stopped the entire ball with their feet on Usopp's head.

"Thanks guys..." Usopp cried out.

"Sure anytime." Luffy bluntly said. While Usopp was talking to Kaya, I wanted to explore the ship since I want to get used to how all the rooms work but first I had to gather my bag from the small boat. When we reached the railing, I loved how much room we have and my first place of exploration was the main room where I had to take a set of stairs on the left side. The main room looked nice with the kitchen on the left, the pole which controls the rudder is on the right, refrigerator, a table with benches and it looked like Kaya was right about provisions, there were a bunch of bags and barrels loaded with food. I soon made my way to the trapdoor near the mast to drop off my bag in the men's quarters. Seemed decent enough, hammocks, a couch, table and a chest which looks more like a closet.

"Well see you guys take care!" I heard Usopp shout as I left my bag there and climbed back up the ladder to the deck.

"I hope we meet again sometime!" Usopp continued as I soon made my way to the back of the ship.

"How come?" Luffy asked confused.

"Man you have no manners at all, I'm just saying since I'll be taking off and we can run into each other someday." Usopp explained but we won't go without someone.

"What are you talking about? Just get on." Zoro stated.

"We're friends right?" Luffy questioned Usopp.

"You better say yes before I drag your ass here." I said before Usopp jumped in the air fist pumping.

"Yes! I'm really a pirate captain now!" Usopp shouted out.

"Don't be stupid Usopp! I'm the captain!" Luffy retorted which made me, Nami and Zoro laugh at this.

"Wait! Before we go!" I said to them before they lowered the sails.

"What is it?" Luffy questioned as I got off the ship and took out my phone.

"Just to treasure the moment of our first ship!" I said as I took a picture then climbed back to the ship.

"That's so cool!" Luffy shouted as I showed them all on my phone a picture of the Going Merry.

"So that device can also take pictures? That's neat!" Nami complemented.

"Your box never ceases to surprise us." Zoro said with a smirk.

"Wow! What is this thing?" Usopp questioned me.

"I'll explain later, right now let's set sail!" I shouted as the sails were soon lowered and we were leaving Syrup Village. We soon began to explore the the rest of the ship which was the anchor room in the front of the ship, the storage that's under the main room, the bathroom was small but we could wing it one at a time and the water drawer was under the stairs. After a little while of leaving, Usopp began to play around thinking he was the captain and leaped from the front, down onto the main deck but he was confused on what we were doing. Zoro was sleeping against the railing, Nami was looking at a map, Luffy was doing something with paint and I was just wandering around just because I wanted to do it.

"Jeez, I expected you guys to be more lively than this." Usopp stated.

"Well-" I tried to say...

"I'M FINISHED!" shouted Luffy interrupting me and making Usopp jump holding up something that on a black cloth square.

"Look! Our pirate mark! Now that Usopp has joined we have 5 people! That's an entire crew so it's about time we had our own mark!" Luffy said as he showed us his completely disfigured skull mark that nobody would want to have on their ship even if it's the last one in the world.

"Um Luffy... Is that really going to be our mark?" Zoro questioned as he didn't really believe what he was looking at.

"Yep! Nice huh?" Luffy asked for our opinion.

"Our pirate mark should be scary to strike fear into our enemies hearts." Zoro replied as he thinks of a standard.

"If our enemies were terrified infants." Nami pointed out.

"Even they wouldn't be scared because of the lopsided smile." I added in.

"You guys should've really told me about this, maybe you didn't know but I was an artist." Usopp said feeling up to the challenge.

"Does that mean you can draw?" Luffy asked ignoring what we recently said.

"When it comes to drawing I'm in a league of my own. I've been drawing for 50 years straight!" Usopp proclaimed.

"Wow 50 years!" Luffy said.

"That would me he's an old man by now." Zoro joked.

"Which would give him 5 or 6 grandchildren and I don't see them." Nami bluntly added.

"And where's your wrinkles and gray hair?" I added in.

"That is so cool!" Luffy said still believing.

"Hey!" Usopp said backhanding the air.

"Behold! A priceless work of pirate art!" Usopp shouted as he drew a new mark... that had a long nose and a slingshot.

"That's just you on it! Jerk!" Me, Luffy and Zoro shouted while we punched him in the back of his head.

"So, how do you like this one?" Usopp asked as he drew a more better version of Luffy's mark with the hat and skull more straight.

"Wow, that's pretty good Usopp!" Nami commented.

"Yeah! Let's keep it!" Luffy said.

"So, we settled on our mark?" Zoro asked.

"I guess it is." I said.

"Yep! Oh and draw one on the sail too." Luffy requested pointing up at the main sail. Well it took us some time to draw the mark on the sail even though I requested that we should put the sail down on the deck to paint it easier but Luffy didn't want to because doing it up there would be cool.

"Ok! Now the Going Merry has everything she needs!" Luffy said as we also replaced the two flags with our mark.

"Man that was exhausting." I said as the rest of us laid down around the mast tired.

"Anyways, I propose a toast to our new ship, the Going Merry and crew member, Usopp!" Luffy said as he came out of the kitchen door with a barrel and cups. We soon got our cups and filled them with what I think is beer, I've never been really fond of that stuff from seeing what it does back home and with that bad taste it had.

"CHEERS!" as we all raised our mugs and began drinking it but the moment I swallowed a bit, I was instantly reminded of that time when I accidentally drank some of it out of a shot glass, thinking it was water when I was younger.

"Hey Victor? You ok?" Luffy asked as I was coughing a lot from that bad taste.

"Sorry, it's just that I was never that into alcohol." I explained.

"Well it looks like you can't hold it in like a man." Zoro taunted.

"Well not all of us has been born with a strong tolerance." I retorted.

"Are you sure we are going the right way? This looks kind of dangerous." Luffy stated as there were a bunch of storm clouds in front of us.

"Wait, is it what I think it is? Yeah it is!" Nami said as she looked through binoculars.

"What is it?" Usopp questioned.

"The legendary treasure island." Nami stated.

"Is it cool?" Luffy asked.

"Well legend said that anyone who has landed on the island will incur a god's wrath." Nami explained when a thunderbolt appeared above us and Usopp was screaming like crazy.

"Hey guys, I think that legend might be true!" Usopp shouted.

"I think that's pretty cool!" Luffy said which thew Usopp off.

"Wait! We're not gonna land there are we!?" Usopp said feeling nervous.

"Sorry Usopp, but we are." I said trying to comfort him but it only increased his nervousness. Me, Usopp, Luffy and Zoro had to hold down the ropes to the sail to make sure that the storm doesn't tear it apart. When we made it to the island, we had to pull up the sail and tie it up but it was hard to do that with all the crazy wind and rain. As we walked through the jungle, I was like Luffy in terms of looking around as I was behind Zoro who had Nami and Luffy in front of him and Usopp in the back. I did happen to see a Venus fly trap open it's mouth with a tongue in it but hey, it's anime logic mainly to One Piece where you can always expect something weird.

"Hey, this place is creepy." Usopp said while walking behind me with his hands on his shoulders.

"Well, we haven't seen anything else other than plants, so it's best to be calm for now." I said to him.

"Well, it's said that here on this island there's an unimaginable fortune just waiting to be found. Many pirates have came here, only to flee in absolute terror before they can even look for it." Nami explained.

"Absolute terror?" Luffy questioned.

"Like one guy's face suddenly turned into a boar's face and another pirate's mustache soon stretched out like a couple of snakes and strangled him." Nami said while Usopp was sweating and his face was turning blue.

"But that's not true is it?" Usopp sputtered out.

"Some of these stories are exaggerated." Nami pointed out.

"Stop saying things like that!" Usopp demanded.

"Nap time." Zoro said as he soon slept on the ground instantly.

"How can he sleep in a place like this?" Usopp questioned with a sweat drop.

"He's either dumb or he has nerves of steel." Nami responded with a sweat drop.

"I think he has both." I bluntly pointed out. We soon just stayed and looked around while Luffy was looking in a bush and hadn't gotten his head out.

"YAHHHH!" Usopp shouted as something fell around the back of his neck.

"What's wrong!? Are we in danger?" Nami questioned Usopp.

"Uh, no I was just making up a dance to liven things up." Usopp said as he got out of his scared stance and decided to do the Egyptian.

"Uh Usopp, you know there's something licking your hand..." I said as I saw a rooster-fox hybrid lick his hands.

"Hey Luffy, cut that out." Usopp said thinking it was him before looking at the hybrid.

"Keee!" another hybrid dropped down on us that was a panda and a bat which made Usopp and Nami scream.

"Leave now..." a voice just spoke out all around us.

"Who's there?" Luffy shouted out.

"Leave now!" the voice shouted back to us.

"Where's that voice coming from?" Nami questioned us.

"It has to be someone who can speak this loud." I responded.

"I am the island god, leave at once if you value your lives!" the god spoke to us again.

"Island god?" Luffy questioned.

"Wait! You guys are pirates right?" the god questioned.

"Well yes, we are." I said.

"I knew it!" the god shouted in exclamation.

"Why would a god need to ask something like that?" Nami questioned to the god.

"I don't know- I mean- Take one more step into the forest and you will receive my divine punishment! And meet your doom which is your punishment! Wait uh-" the god warned us again but gotten thrown off at the last part.

"Ok, that made no sense at all." Luffy said tilting his head to the side in confusion.

"This coming from the guy who rarely uses his brain?" I deadpanned.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean Victor!?" Luffy retorted back at me.

"What are you two talking about?" the god questioned us as then we were surrounded by a bunch of hybrid like animals that appear to be more of being born with it instead of being a freak lab experiment.

"What are these things?" Usopp whimpered out.

"They used to be humans looking for treasure but all they found was my wrath!" the god shouted.

"You transformed them? Then you are a god!" Usopp said while going down on one knee and placed his hands together in front of him.

"Look at all these weird animals! Is this a pig?" Luffy exclaimed with that usual cheeriness as he picked up a pig that had a lion's mane.

"Could be a lion." Nami responded before Luffy's face was bitten down by the hybrid's sharp teeth.

"Wow Luffy, I guess everything wants a piece of you the moment you make contact." I joked around as Luffy's face stretched a bit before the hybrid let go of him.

"What are you!? Some stretchy freak of nature!?" the god shouted in complete confusion.

"Yep, I ate a devil fruit and now I'm a rubber man." Luffy explained as he stretched a cheek out.

"Yeah right, a devil fruit. I've heard those stupid stories back when I was a pirate!" the god exclaimed.

"Back when you were a pirate?" Nami questioned the god.

"Uh, no! I wasn't remembering the old days! Enough of that now! I don't want to hear anymore about the old days damn it!" the god said in frustration.

"Are you nuts? You're the one who brought it up!" Luffy exclaimed.

"You faker! You sound too dumb to be a god!" Nami retorted.

"Even Usopp can do better than you for not bringing up the truth that easy!" I added in.

"Hey!" Usopp shouted while slapping the air in front of me.

"Shut up! If you won't leave, then prepare for my divine judgement!" the god shouted before wooden stakes began to shoot out of nowhere landing around us and I grabbed one from the ground. Then a crate of boulders fell from a tree and began to fall around me and Luffy where I shoved the stake I was holding right into the huge rock making a makeshift hammer, while Luffy just stood there and let the rock hit his head.

"You're really pushing your luck god." Luffy said as the rock slides off his head and have no injuries.

"Yeah because stakes and rocks won't work on everyone." I added in.

"How are you two not dead!?" the god spoke out in disbelief but sounded more closer to us instead of all around.

"There you are!" me and Luffy said as we saw a bush move around and was showing sweat. I knew only one guy who would have crazy hair like that even though Zoro would really be called moss if he had an afro that huge!

"Don't move!" Gaimon shouted at as but Luffy was already moving forward.

"I said don't move!" Gaimon shouted again as a gun appeared in front and shot Luffy in the heart but the bullet was stretching out of his skin and then exited out from the back.

"No! That can't be!" Gaimon moved around in disbelief.

"Hey god! Even mortal men know that bullets can't hurt a rubber man!" Nami pointed out.

"Maybe not but I still hate them." Luffy added in.

"You're some kind of monster! I have to get out of here!" Gaimon cried out before dropping it's gun and running away.

"He's getting away!" Usopp pointed out to us.

"No he's not!" I said as me and Luffy were soon running after the bush. After we went running straight for a while, we soon found the path ended by a cliff side that leads all the way into the ocean.

"Where did he go?" Luffy questioned as soon as we heard a branch snap nearby.

"There he is!" I shouted as soon as me and Luffy gotten closer to the bush which was inside a treasure chest.

"What is this?" Luffy asked us.

"Could it be the island god?" Usopp said in disbelief as I saw two big sweat drops on the bush.

"Hey, it's moving!" Nami said as two feet appeared at the bottom of the chest and tried to run away... only to crash into a tree. The storm clouds soon began to clear out and let the sun shine through, that also shown that there is a face on the bush.

"Stand me up already!" Gaimon demanded us while struggling to stand up.

"It's a person!" Nami exclaimed.

"Awesome! He's like a talking scrub brush!" Luffy said in excitement.

"Don't you mean bush Luffy?" I said.

"That's it? You're not even a minor god, you're just a box." Usopp exclaimed.

"Come on! Stand me up already!" Gaimon pleaded with us again.

"Relax, we aren't going to kill you." I said as soon as Luffy and Usopp placed Gaimon upright.

"Uh, I'll let you off with a warning this time!" Gaimon shouted before trying to run away but Luffy has gotten a grip on his chest. However, Luffy had nothing to hold onto so he tried to improvise by grabbing my right arm.

"Luffy! What the-" I exclaimed but unfortunately I had to be taken for the ride as both me and Luffy stretched back and crashed into Gaimon, sending the three of us flying right over the cliff side before gravity played it's part.

"Damn it Luffy! A person is not an anchor!" I shouted at him while we were falling down as Luffy was laughing his ass off and ignoring me. I was left to hang onto his torso as he had one hand holding Gaimon, while his other grabbed a branch. Both arms stretched out and the one holding Gaimon came back to us first however we both collided with Gaimon's hair and we were soon flying over the cliff side and over the island. We soon crashed down around the cliff side with me and Luffy on the Gaimon's hair as a cushion while his face was on the ground. I didn't beat up Luffy because I figured that I will be flying all over the place even if it wasn't Luffy's fault so it's best to go with it. Nami and Usopp soon came around to see if we were ok with Nami pounding Luffy's head for dragging someone with him. Fortunately the only damage that Gaimon received was a small bump around his temple, which Nami patched up with a bandage.

"You're a pretty popular guy Mr. Island God." Nami said as we saw some of the hybrids surrounding him.

"So let me get this straight, these crazy animals help you scare off the pirates who came looking for treasure?" Usopp questioned.

"I've never seen a person stuck in a treasure chest before. You're a real life jack-in-the-box!" Luffy said.

"All he just needs is a big cover and a crank." I added in.

"Yes I am ironically stuck in a box and my name is- You idiot! I'm a person not a toy!" Gaimon shouted at him for getting the wrong idea.

"I've been stuck in this box for 20 years all alone." Gaimon said.

"That long?" Nami questioned as we soon saw Usopp take out a thermos and began to drink coffee out of a cup.

"Usopp, why are you drinking coffee right now?" I asked confused with a sweat drop on mine and Nami's faces.

"Cause I need something to calm me down. Also you have been here for 20 years, that's pretty impressive." Usopp said answering my question and complementing Gaimon.

"Yeah just take a look at me, my beard has grown to be a wild man's, my eyebrows have combined and my hair became a bush. And you are the first people I've had a real conversation with, can't you understand how painful this is?" Gaimon questioned us.

"That's ridiculous." Luffy replied bluntly.

"What did you say!?" Gaimon retorted with white eyes and shark teeth.

"Oh there you are, I've been looking all over for you guys." Zoro spoke out as he was walking toward us just barely woken up.

"Ugh, how could you have slept through everything that happened?" Nami said a bit mad. Zoro then took the cup from Usopp and began to drink out of it, not caring that it was already in his mouth.

"What the heck is that!?" Zoro shouted as his eyes landed on Gaimon and fell off of his rock seat.

"He finally sees him." Nami deadpanned.

"Check it out he's in a treasure chest." Luffy said pointing at Gaimon.

"Like a jack-in-the-box!" Zoro put together.

"Yes I am ironically stuck in a box and my name is- You idiot! We've already been through that!" Gaimon retorted from going through the exact same procedure.

"Tell me about it..." I joined in with a sweat drop.

"Hey Zoro give me a hand here!" Luffy said as he grabbed Gaimon's front teeth and began to pull his head up.

"What are you doing!?" Gaimon shouted in surprise as Zoro pulled from Gaimon's hair.

"Stop it!" Gaimon shouted again as Luffy and Zoro couldn't pull him out after a while.

"Sorry I'm afraid you're stuck." Luffy said a bit disappointed.

"Don't be stupid! I've been stuck in this blasted chest for so many years that it's become part of my body! If you break it, my body will receive that same force!" Gaimon retorted and explained at the same time.

"You're a strange little man." Zoro said.

"Alright enough about me. What about you guys cause you are especially not like those other pirates that come around here that's for sure." Gaimon asked us.

"I'm Luffy and I'm going to be King of the Pirates." Luffy said sitting down in front of Gaimon.

"You're what!?" Gaimon said in surprise.

"I'm gonna find the One Piece to be able to earn that title!" Luffy continued ignoring the confusion from Gaimon.

"The One Piece? Don't tell me you idiots are planning to go to the Grand Line!?" Gaimon responded in even more confusion.

"Yep! We even have a chart right here!" Luffy responded with no doubt.

"Don't be such a fool! The Grand Line is a graveyard! I once saw a group of pirates who have escaped from that horrible place and I'll never forget it!" Gaimon warned as he soon described how the men just became hollow shells of themselves but that's what happens to those that try to enter the Grand Line that aren't that prepared or strong enough in body and mind to withstand anything it throws at you.

"Now listen to me well young pirates, the rumors of the One Piece spawn even more rumors! Who know's what's out there and it's already been 20 years since the Great Pirate Era and the One Piece is a dream within a dream beyond a legend." Gaimon continued to explain to us. Now that may be true to most people but for others like Luffy, they never steer from their path even when they have the world against them though that will be the case for us soon.

"So, which one of these is the Grand Line?" Gaimon questioned Luffy as he already unfurled the chart to show it to me, himself and Gaimon.

"Maybe it's that big red line." I said pointing at the red line that ran all the way across from the map.

"I don't know, maybe you could tell me Mr. Scrub Brush Guy." Luffy asked Gaimon sort of ignoring my guess.

"I've never learned to read a sea chart." Gaimon responded.

"Neither did I." Luffy and me said at the same time before the 3 of us laughed.

"Ignorance is bliss isn't it?" Nami said in disappointment.

"Anyway even if we do make it to the Grand Line, the best idea is to get as much treasure we can and then escape." Nami explained her plan for the Grand Line.

"You go ahead and do that Nami while I find the One Piece." Luffy responded.

"Come on Nami, what's sailing on the Grand Line about if we don't get any adventure?" I questioned her.

"What does adventure have to do with treasure?" Nami responded with a question.

"Well, we would have to check out where we are first in order to get an idea of where it can be and besides, it can be fun." I answered.

"Well, you do have a point and anyways Luffy, where do you get all that confidence from?" Nami responded to me and then questioned Luffy.

"I'll find it, you'll see." Luffy responded still stuck on his choice.

"Whatever you say." Nami said giving up on getting an answer. That's when Gaimon began to talk about how he and Luffy had the same drive to pursue their dreams, even with their lives on the line going into his past. He then finally revealed his name as he was talking about how he came here with a pirate crew to look for treasure, only to find an empty box. As they were leaving, Gaimon decided to climb up the cliff since no one else has looked up there before and was greeted with the sight of 5 treasure chests. As he tried to call out to them, but he lost his grip when a piece of the cliff broke where his hand was making him fall surprisingly in the empty box. His crew then left without him and he even had the issue of getting up the mountain since he couldn't even get out of the chest in the first place.

"And after all this time, the fortune I saw but only for an instant has never strayed far from my lonely, old mind." Gaimon finished his story to us.

"Countless pirates have searched for my treasure but fortunately my friends here scared them away. It was how I kept is safe for 20 years and it's my treasure!" Gaimon proclaimed.

"It's yours alright." Luffy quickly accepted.

"You know, I think we can help get the treasure down for you Gaimon." Nami explained.

"Wait do you mean it?" Gaimon asked gaining hope.

"Of course since we have nothing else to do right now." I said.

"Nami..." Usopp deadpanned on how she just wants it to herself.

"Hey, aren't you a thief that steals from pirates?" Luffy questioned.

"How rude! I may be a thief but I do have morals!" Nami retorted.

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" I said as Gaimon was speechless for a moment.

"Right!" everyone responded as we made our way towards the cliff on a cow-elephant-turtle hybrid.

"So it's here?" Luffy asked as we soon reached the tall cliff.

"Yep this is the place." Gaimon confirmed as all but me and Zoro are smiling at him because I knew what was there but he needed to figure out in the next moment to realize what his treasure really is.

"The time has finally come, it's a great day! Get to it straw hat!" Gaimon shouted.

"Sure thing! Gum Gum Rocket!" Luffy said as he stretched one hand to the edge of the cliff and launching himself in the air to land on the top.

"Hey! Do you see the chests?" Gaimon shouted at Luffy as we were all waiting.

"What the hell is taking him so long?" Zoro questioned in annoyance.

"Hey Luffy! What's going on?" Nami shouted out to him as we finally saw Luffy with a treasure chest but his eyes were shadowed by his hat.

"I found them! 5 treasure chests!" Luffy shouted to us.

"Yes! Now toss them down here!" Gaimon requested.

"No way." Luffy responded smiling.

"What do you mean 'no way'!?" Gaimon shouted out in surprise.

"I don't wanna, sucks for you!" Luffy taunted.

"What kind of crap is that Luffy!? Give him his gold!" Nami shouted.

"You asshole! That treasure belongs to Gaimon and you know it! So just toss it down!" Usopp joined in but Luffy was silent during the exchange.

"I'm not joking around!" Nami threatened.

"No, it's alright." Gaimon accepted another idea that came to his mind back then.

"What do you mean!? It's not alright!" Nami tried to reason.

"She's right Gaimon! You-" Usopp tried to back her up.

"Usopp, Nami, don't you think about another reason as to why Luffy won't bring it down?" I interrupted him gaining looks of confusion from the two.

"Straw hat... You're a great guy!" Gaimon cried out with tears to Luffy.

"I've always dreaded this outcome and tried not to think about it but now it seems to be the case. THEY ARE ALL EMPTY!" Gaimon shouted leaving everyone but me, Zoro and Luffy in surprise.

"Yep, every last one of them." Luffy backed up.

"How sad..." Nami said in pity of how the only thing Gaimon guarded was boxes.

"It happens all the time with treasure. We set out on a quest to find it but it appears that someone else has found it already! That's the kind of risks that's needed to be taken when you are looking for treasure as a pirate!" Gaimon cried.

"Ha ha ha ha! Try not to be too upset scrub brush guy. It's a good thing we came here after 20 long years, 30 more and you would be dead." Luffy laughed and comforted Gaimon at the same time. This made Gaimon lift his spirits up along with Nami and Usopp wondering what is Luffy going to say.

"Since this treasure hunt is a bust, you need something else to fill your time. Why don't you join my crew?" Luffy requested.

"What!? Really!?" Gaimon said in surprise as he cried out on how it has been so long that he has ever had a friend that would speak to him and act this way to him. We soon made our way back to the Going Merry as the sun was beginning to set beyond the horizon.

"So, you're really staying here Gaimon?" Luffy questioned.

"Yes, there was something more valuable than treasure that's worth guarding. For the past 20 years, these guys have always been with me through everything, I can't leave them." Gaimon responded as the hybrids were behind him and was laughing as he was being licked a lot.

"Now that there's no treasure here, I can finally be free and besides, I've grown to be fond of this box." Gaimon continued.

"Yep, you're a neat guy and cool for a scrub brush." Luffy said.

"The weird creatures here are your true friends." Zoro joined in.

"And besides, what's weirder than a walking bush with feet and in a chest?" I added in.

"Excuse me!?" Gaimon retorted with white eyes before we soon all laughed out loud at the joke just enjoying ourselves.

"See ya! Take care ok?" Luffy shouted as we were soon sailing away from the island with all of us on the back of the ship watching it grow smaller.

"Well, do you think we should sleep?" I asked as soon as the island was gone from our sights and the sun has finally set down.