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chapter 14 friends

Captain Morgan groaned as he woke up on the ground. The battery he just took freeing him from his trance. His officers panicking as their captain fell. Confusion was on their faces as he was on his feet seconds after he hit the deck. 'Didn't he get shot? I swear I saw arrows hit him.' They all thought.

"Any of you still want to capture us!?" Zoro glared, daring them to come closer. Zelda and Link, bows drawn, approached the downed captain. He was coming to as his officers celebrated his loss.

"Ughh." Was all he said as he propped himself up on his elbow. The Hylians helped him up with protests around them.
Zelda silenced them with one sentence:

"He's been under a dark influence for a while now. The presence is now purged."

Sounds of confusion and disbelief responded.

"Is this what you're searching for across the ocean then?" Luffy asked them. Zelda nodded.

"This is why we are needed here. This evil darkness is everywhere, influencing people with very low mental defense.
Such as a Marine Captain, wanting to be strong. Or a lost soul who yearns for power, strength, or glory." Zelda paused for a second, wondering if she should tell them about the scourge of their bloodline.

"The evil behind this is a man called Ganondorf. The man who destroyed our home, the reason why we're pirates." Link interjected.

"Our dream is to purge this evil and keep our home safe. This world is the same as ours, primed for destruction." Zelda added.

"Then you'll need friends to help, pointy" Zoro added in. Zelda nodded her thanks to him with a smile. Edwedd latched onto his sister's arm, calming himself down. Seeing the Captain walk towards them, axe down.

"Thank you for freeing me, it's going to take a while to get used to being able to control myself again."

"You're very welcome, Captain." Link answered. Helmeppo came to and whined as his father told him he had to shape up,
signing him into the Marines, as a start. As a thank you, he also signed Coby in as well. The first thing they all wanted made it's need known, stomachs growling in unison.

"Umph! I'm stuffed!" Zoro exclaimed when he finished. "Not eating for nine days was worse than I thought!"

"See, you'd never have survived a whole month!" Luffy jabbed. Forking for food into his mouth.

"Funny...You seem even hungrier than me!" Zoro sneered at his captain, watching as the Hylians got up and left the house.

"Thank you for the meal, ma'm." Zelda bowed, her crew copying the gesture.

"Well, thank you. We owe you so much, it's the least we could do." Rika's mother bowed back.

"All the same ma'm. Have a nice rest of your day." With that they went back to their ship to check on Merrian.

Walking up the gangplank into the galley, Merrian was cooking up a storm for their black hole of a stomach captain.

"Merrian! We're back!" Damyin yelled into the room. Merrian came out the door and saw them waiting on the deck.

"How did it go?" Merrian asked, drying her hands on the apron around her waist.

"Relatively good, we found a Navy Captain under an influence here and got rid of it." Allistar answered. Merrian nodded and asked about the ruckus in town she heard earlier.

"Nothing we couldn't handle." Damyin puffed out his chest. Link swat his back and he fell forward.

"Anyways, we have a new crew member, so be alert or you might attack him by accident." Zelda informed the cook. "In fact you should come meet him, follow us." The Hylians walked back to Rika's house just in time for a fist to punch their other captain.

"SHUT UP!" Coby screamed as Luffy righted himself. Only to punch him back. Zelda restrained him as he made another move to hit him again.

"IT'S CLEAR YOU'RE NOT FRIENDS!" The marine pointed to the door. "PLEASE, LEAVE TOWN NOW!"

"That was some pretty bad acting...I wouldn't be surprised if they saw through it." Zoro jabbed Luffy.

"It's all up to Coby now, he'll get in somehow!" Luffy assured him, untying the mooring line in front of him.

As they were about to sail off, Coby appeared at the docks.

"L-lu, L-lu, LUFFY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH CAP'N LUFFY!" Coby yelled, bringing his arm up in a salute. "YOU TOO ICHIGO!
SHUIJINKO! ALCID, ALLISTAR, EDWEDD, AND YOU TOO MERRIAN! I'LL NEVER FORGET ALL THAT YOU DID FOR ME!"

"WE'LL MEET AGAIN, COBY!" Luffy yelled back as marines lined up behind Coby. After the town had dissapeared, Zelda smiled to herself, just having had a vision.

"You'll become a great marine, Coby. I know we'll meet again soon, but for now, just try not to cry..."

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