Here is chapter 35.
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CHAPTER 35: SAILING FOR LITTLE GARDEN
A knock was heard on Luffy's door.
"Yes?"
"Luffy… can we talk? privately?" Zoro asked softly.
"Sure come in Zoro." Luffy looked up as his door open and Zoro walked in and sat down in the chair in front of him.
"What's up Zoro? This is unusual for you to come and see me in my quarters." Luffy says with a raised eyebrow
The swordsman straightened up. "Luffy, I noticed that you were buddy-buddy with that woman, even though she was Mr. 0's partner and she tried to make us weak enough to be killed. What's the deal?" Luffy blinked.
"I am thinking about asking her to join the crew." Zoro swore.
"Dammit!" Luffy cocked his head.
"Huh? What? Why is that a bad thing?" Zoro looked away, shielding his face from Luffy.
"Nothing, nothing! Forget it! I'll work this out myself!" Luffy scowled.
"What is it, dammit! Why are you hiding your face!"
"I'm not hiding my face, dammit!"
"No! Show me your face!" Luffy shouted as he had jumped across his desk and had started to wrestle with Zoro.
"Wow." Gold roger said incredulously. Luffy and Zoro froze, whipping their heads as one to the interloper. Only then did they realize the compromising position they had gotten themselves into.
"This probably isn't what it looks like…" The two sighed in relief. "…but I still don't want to know. I'm gone." And with that, he melted away. Luffy backed away a good ten feet, giving Zoro a wide berth as the two regained their cool.
"Now, are you going to tell me what's so bad about having Robin on the crew?" Luffy said crossly, arms folded over his chest. Zoro looked away once again, hiding his face.
"…nothing." Luffy's eyes widened.
"Was… was that… was that a BLUSH?" He said incredulously. He smirked as Zoro turned bright red. "OH! OH HO HO! HO HO! So THAT'S what's going on!"
"Shut up! Go away!" Zoro shouted, looking distinctly like he wanted a deep hole to hide in. Luffy loomed into his sight, leering.
"I kind of DID notice you were staring very intently at her face. Or… was it somewhere else? Hmm? HMM? A little lower than her eyes, perhaps?"
"GO AWAY!"
"I can't believe it!" Luffy clasped his hands together and made a nostalgic face. "It's finally happened. Our little Zoro-kun finally grew up!" He wiped an imaginary tear away. "It took him a lifetime, but he finally found his libido! I'm so happ-"
"SILENCE! I KILL YOU!" Zoro screamed. Luffy grinned, completely undeterred.
"So, if you think she's hot, why is having her on the crew a problem?" Zoro palmed his face.
"My goal, my dream, my ambition is to be the greatest swordsman in the world! I can't do that if I have a relationship bogging me down! If I have someone who would miss me if I somehow failed, then I could never be able to give my all!" Luffy nodded, semi-understanding.
"So, having someone around who you think is hot would distract you from your life's work. I think I can kind of understand that." He smiled warmly.
"Yeah, but for somebody to miss me like that… one day, I might have a family. But until I become the greatest swordsman and defeat Mihawk, that will always be a secondary dream." Luffy grinned.
"Amen to that." He then leered. "But, why Robin? I mean, Nojiko's quite the looker." Zoro smirked.
"Nojiko's the sister of the she-devil. Now why didn't you ask about Nami?" Luffy's eyes widened with a blush.
"NO! You're kidding me! What about Nami?" He asked worryingly. "Will wonders never cease! Zoro gets a libido, and Sanji FINALLY asks Nojiko out! It's a day of hilarious miracles! Oh heavenly Kronos, thank you for blessing me with hilarity in my life…" Zoro leered over with a smirk.
"Now was that a blush I saw on your face?" Luffy turns away.
"NO it wasn't." Zoro got closer.
"Oh really then why did you turn away from me then?"
"Because I wanted to." Luffy says trying to contain his blush but is not working. Zoro smirks.
"Oh look it's Nami." Luffy turns around faster than he should have.
"Where?" Luffy asks but then notices he was tricked and blushes more. "Dammit!" He swears.
"Are you sure you don't have a thing for Nami?"
"What? Are you out of your mind?"
"Oh so you won't mind if I go tell her?" Zoro asks walking for the door. Luffy panics and launches at Zoro.
"No!" Luffy screams and tackles Zoro. The two wrestle for a few minutes with Zoro winning.
"Spill!"
"No!" Luffy says.
"Fine I will call Nami here then. Hey Na-Fine I'll talk!" Luffy says. Zoro stands with a victory smile.
"Alright let's hear it."
"Nami and I are in a relationship." Luffy says.
"How long?"
"Since the Baratie."
"That was almost six months ago."
"Yes."
"Hey daddy can I tell Zoro something else about you and Nami?" Iowa says with a smirk and Luffy looks at her with wide eyes. Zoro smirks at this.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Oh there is more?"
"Yes my daddy here is go-Iowa No! don't you dare!" Luffy shouts.
"What is it?" Zoro asks wanting to know.
"My daddy is going to be a father again." Iowa says. Zoro's and Luffy's eyes are wide but Luffy is turning red from the blush.
"W-What?" Zoro asks.
"Yeah Nami is pregnant." Zoro is shocked then is scared.
"The two devils pro-created!" Zoro yells.
"Hey!" Luffy says back.
"Wait till Sanji and the others hear this." Zoro says walking for the door.
"No!" Luffy yells tackling him. "Don't tell anyone!"
"Why? It should be funny to see Sanji's reaction."
"True that would be funny but if you do you will have to answer to Nami." Luffy says and Zoro stiffens. "That's what I thought. So what are you going to do?"
"I will keep quiet."
"Thanks. Let's go everyone is probably wondering where we are." Luffy says and he and Zoro walk back to the bridge.
Luffy and Zoro walk onto the bridge and he walks over to Nami and asks her if they could talk about something. They leave the bridge and go to Luffy's quarters. They walk in with Luffy closing the door.
"What do you want to talk about Lucifer?" Nami asks.
"Nami. Zoro knows about us." Luffy says and Nami's eyes widen. "He got me to spill that we were in a relationship, but Iowa told him that you are pregnant. He was going to tell Sanji. I was kind of looking forward to Sanji's horrified look but then the word would spread and you would have been pissed at me and you being angry is scary but add that you're pregnant I became terrified." Luffy says as he looks at Nami who has her head down and her fists are clenched. He starts to take a step from her as an aura surrounds her.
"Lucifer." Nami says making Luffy go rigid. She walks two steps towards him and looks at him. What he sees shocks him to see her smiling and not angry.
"You're not angry?"
"No. but I have to agree seeing Sanji freak out like what you imagined would be funny to see." Nami says.
"Haha. Hey Nami when will we tell everyone?" Luffy asks sitting in his chair and Nami walks around and sits on his lap.
"I don't know. Probably after we get Vivi home." Nami says. "Luffy how long is it from Little Garden to Alabasta?"
"Close to a weeks sailing. I have heard about the state Alabasta is in and it does not look good. Chances are we will get sucked into the civil war." Luffy says in a solemn tone.
"You really think so?"
"No. I know we will. Then there is Crocodile. I will have to take him out which will just gain the attention of the World Government and Marines even more." Luffy says.
"What will happen if that happens?"
"Well my bounty will more than likely rise when I defeat Crocodile."
"Hey Luffy there has been something that has been bothering me for a while."
"What is it Nami?"
"Why is it that the other members of the ship wear a uniform similar to the marines?" She asks. She feels Luffy stiffen.
"That's…..that's because this ship is military." Luffy says. Nami turns to him with wide eyes.
"Are you with the marines?"
"No. *sigh* Nami this ship is not from this world. When I was around 7-9 years old I vanished from this world to another. The world I went to used these type of ships. I bought this ship because it was old and not used anymore. Those newer ships were really nice but if I wanted one I would have to wait almost a hundred years to be able to get my hands on one, so the next option was buy an older outdated ship. What I did was some what military. I was a mercenary who would attack pirates to protect ships and sometimes military ships although I was not military." Luffy says. Nami just stares at him and he continues. "I was part of a group that fought the major pirates. In that world there are not as much pirates like there are here. Before I came back to this world I was given the chance to become an admiral and I would have a fleet of at least 40 ships." Luffy says. Nami's eyes widen at hearing this.
"So that is how you created the Caspian Fleet."
"Yes. I started out with 40 ships, but with the money I was being payed I then started to buy older ships that were docked and never used again or had ships that sunk rebuilt after attaining the blue prints for them." Luffy says. His phone goes off and he hits the speaker button.
"Yes?"
"Captain we are one and a half miles behind the fleet."
"Thank you Linares." Luffy says hanging up the phone. "Well shall we head to the bridge?" Nami stands and the two head to the bridge.
"Captain on the bridge." All salute.
"At ease. Distance till fleet."
"Sir we are half a mile. We are preparing the boarding lines and gangways." Gunther says.
"Good. Engines drop from all ahead down to 2/3."
"Aye captain." Yosaku says.
The Iowa sails between the four ships and the crews toss lines from one ship to the Iowa and tighten the ropes and get the ships about 10 feet from the Iowa. They secure the lines and lay the gangways across to the ships and the crews from the other ships come aboard the Iowa.
"Sir. We are attached to the fleet." Gunther says.
"Good. All engines ahead full."
"Aye, aye captain." Yosaku says pushing the six throttles all forward. The ship lurches from the sudden increase of speed. Luffy picks up the mic for the intercom.
"Attention all crew, attention all crew. Right now our course is set for Little Garden. We are currently 200 miles away. We will arrive at 2 o'clock, we will dock and the exploration team will set out to explore the island, when they return we will be doing training excersises before we raise anchor at 9 o'clock. That is the plan." Luffy says hanging up the mic.
-2 o'clock-
"Attention all crew we will be dropping anchor in five minutes. I repeat we will be dropping anchor in five minutes. All crew stand by at their posts." Luffy says.
The Iowa stops in a waterway and drops her anchor and the crews prepare to go ashore. The crews get off the ship and they all gather on the shore waiting for Luffy to talk to them.
"Alright we are only here to do some training but the fleet will be splitting up. Radios will be in the process of being installed so that you are in contact with the Iowa. You will be able to go on your own but still report to me. Understood?"
"Sir!" the crews shout.
"Good. Your training starts now." Luffy says. The training takes most of the day.
Everyone was looking around at the island's thick foliage as they sailed inland down a river.
"Looks like a freaking jungle." Gin said as some of the crew were looking around.
"It's all humid as well." Nojiko said as she fanned herself with her hand.
"They got the 'Garden' part right." Arlong said. "But what part about this place is 'Little'?"
"The reason it's called Little Garden is because the island is really small. To go from one side to the other would take you only an hour." Luffy says. "Let's go and explore!"
"So who's going to watch her," Nojiko said as she looked at Anna. "And who's going to watch him?" she asked as she pointed towards a grinning and very jumpy Luffy.
"I'm not going to do anything." Anna pouted. "I promise."
"See?" Luffy said looking at them all. "She promised, and this can be a way for her to prove herself, so let's go."
'He's way too trusting.' most of them thought.
"Sanji! I need a pirate's lunch." Luffy said.
"Alright." Sanji said. After Sanji made lunches for everyone, they all thought about who did what. It was decided that Luffy, Vivi, Carue, and Nojiko would explore, Zoro and Sanji would get/compete to get the food, and the rest would stay with the ship and watch Anna, while the crews did some training.
"Why would you want to go out there Vivi?" Nami said.
"Nothing I can do until the log pose sets and we leave, so I'm going so I can take my mind off of my home for the moment." she said. "Don't worry. Carue's coming as well."
"QUACK?!" Carue said in a surprised fashion while Nami looked at her sister.
"And why are you going with them Nojiko?" Nami asked.
"Cause it sounds like fun." she said with a smile. "What's wrong? Surely all of you can watch one person and a few ships, right?" she asked.
"Leave it to us big sis!" Johnny and Yosaku shouted as they had originally volunteered to watch her.
"Whatever." Gin, Kuro, and Arlong said.
"D-don't worry!" Usopp said trying to sound heroic. "If anything h-happens to you all, the brave warrior of the sea Usopp will come to your aid!"
'These guys are either too relaxed or too crazy.' thought Anna as she just stood there and watched everyone either leave or stay on the ship.
-A few minutes later-
"So that's the story behind why you're on our ship now huh?" Usopp said after asking Anna a few questions.
"Yes, now please stop asking." Anna said in an annoyed tone.
"Sorry. Just being careful about who's on our ship." Usopp said.
"Speaking of your ship, isn't the Going Merry a little small to be a pirate ship compared to the Iowa?" she asked.
"Lay off the ship." Usopp said.
"What's your problem?" she asked.
"From what I heard, that ship was a gift from his girlfriend who is the doctor on board." Gin said.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Usopp said with a blush, causing some of them to smirk.
"Kyahaha." Anna laughed. "Now I get it."
"Shut up!" Usopp shouted before looking at Johnny and Yosaku training. "And aren't you two supposed to be watching her?!"
"We are." They said before going back to fighting each other.
"Mind if I ask a question?" Anna said.
"What is it?" Nami said.
"Your captain...what's he like?"
"He's a great captain." Everyone says. Thomas snorts and all look at him.
"What's funny Thomas?" Nami asks a little irked at Thomas for laughing about their comment. Thomas held up his hands.
"Don't worry. Luffy is a great captain. I have had more joy serving under him than any of the other captains I served under. The reason why I snorted is because you all may think that you know him but you don't. If he ever gets mad, then you better find a very good place to hide." Thomas says shuddering as well as some of the crew on the bridge.
"Tch, ain't that the truth." Dallas says.
"What do you mean Dallas?" Gin asks.
"Well one time when the Admiral was in a bad mood, we may have abandoned ship." Dallas says causing everyone to have wide eyes.
"W-What?" Nami asks in disbelief.
"Oh yes. That was a bad week. Half of the ship abandoned ship and hid out on other ships in the fleet, me included. I will never forget that week. I sometimes have bad dreams especially when that time of year comes around." Thomas says shivering. Eric gasps and all look at him.
"What's wrong dude?" Johnny asks.
"That week is next week!" Eric says and Thomas, Dallas and some of the crew pale and one crew member dropped a box with tools and ran into the ship screaming about demons and wanting to hide under his bed.
"It's next week? Oh shit. And there are no ships nearby. Hopefully Admiral is not in a bad mood like last year." Thomas says putting his hands together and starts praying towards the sky.
"I have another question." Anna asks wanting to change the subject since she wast starting to get freaked out as well as the others.
"W-What is it?" Usopp asks.
"Is he in any kind of relationship?" Anna asks and Nami's breath catches in her throat.
"Not that we know of." Gin says.
"So he is free game to say?" Anna asks and Nami's eyes widen at what she is hearing.
"I believe he is. Why you thinking of hooking up with the captain?" Arlong asks.
"Probably." Anna says. Nami starts to worry. She wants to say that her relationship is beyond a couple it is that of a family since she is married to Luffy and is pregnant with his kid.
Nami walks inside the ship to calm down and to look for a book. After a bit of searching, a suspicion of hers was confirmed.
"Everyone! I found out why this place is called Little-" She said before she and everyone else on the ship became aware of the giant figure staring down at them all. "...Garden." All of them were now staring up at a giant before some of them screamed in terror.
"GABABABABABABA!" Laughed the giant.
With Luffy's group
"Check this out you guys!" Luffy called after some walking.
"What the hell is that?"
"That looks kind of like an animinoid." Vivi said.
"An animinoid?" Nojiko asked. "Aren't they supposed to be extinct?" Before anyone could answer, the ground began to shake with the sound of heavy footsteps.
"What's that?!" She said. They looked around before getting their answer. "Is that a-"
"DINOSAUR?!" Vivi shouted in shock.
"Awesome!" Luffy shouted.
-Back at the ships-
"Well?" Asked the giant.
"I-I'm sorry." Nami said as she, Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku looked up at him with tears ready to fall from their eyes. Gin, Arlong, Kuro and Anna stared up as well, keeping a straight face despite feeling terrified. "What was...the question?"
"I asked if you all had some booze." He said. Usopp was nodding furiously while Nami said they had some. "Really? You've got some then?" Asked the giant with a smile.
"We haven't drunken much, and we use it sometimes for cooking." Nami said. "But if you like, you can have all we got." She said. Suddenly the giant screamed, which was soon followed by everyone on the ship before he looked behind him to see that a T-rex had bitten his ass.
"A...dinosaur?" Most of them asked in shock before the giant grabbed his axe and swung behind him, lobbing the dino's head clean off.
"AHHHHHH!" They screamed.
"I, AND I ALONE, AM ELBAF'S GREATEST WARRIOR! BROGY! GABABABABABABA!" Laughed Brogy. "And now I've got some meat. Come, join me as my guests." He said before he noticed that Nami and Usopp had fallen over and didn't move. Johnny and Yosaku froze, Kuro, stared up at him in fear, and Gin and Arlong looked ready to pass out.
"I'll...go get...the booze." Anna said, hoping not to anger the giant. She knew that giants existed, but didn't want to get on the wrong side of one.
"I'll help." Gin quickly said before following her.
-With Luffy's group-
"Luffy! Get down from there!" Vivi shouted. Luffy had climbed up to the top of the Dinosaur's head and was looking around, admiring the view.
"How's the view?" Nojiko asked.
"It's great!" Luffy shouted back. "We should have a picnic up here."
"No!" Vivi shouted.
"I'll pass." Nojiko said. She just watched as Vivi kept yelling up at Luffy, while he tried to get the dinosaur to go towards a mountain. Unfortunately, he hurt the dinosaur by twisting its head in one direction, causing it to yell in pain and attract it's herd towards him. After swinging around on their necks for awhile, Luffy was eaten by the biggest of them all.
"LUFFY!" Both of them shouted before the dinosaur's head was cut-off its body, Luffy popped out of its neck and landed on the hand of a giant while twirling his sword.
"GYEGYEGYEGYE! That was quite a show!" Said the giant. "Watching you jump around with those long-necks is the most entertainment I've had in awhile!"
"A...giant?!" Vivi croaked out as she and Nojiko stared up at Dorry in worry and slight terror while Carue fainted.
"You're HUGE!" Luffy said with a grin. "Are you human?"
"Human? GYEGYEGYEGYE! I AM ELBAF'S GREATEST WARRIOR! DORRY!"
-At Brogy's home-
"There." Brogy said after placing a giant hunk of meat in front of Usopp, Nami, Anna, Gin, Johnny, Yosaku, Arlong, and Kuro. "It's ready everyone. Dig in!" He said with a smile.
"We're...not hungry." Most of them said except Nami.
"No need to decline out of modesty." Brogy said. "Eat all you like. Dino meat's truly delicious."
"It's fine. I'm not very hungry anyway." Most of them said again.
"He's gonna eat us too!" Usopp whispered.
"Only after fattening us up first." Gin whispered back. Anna looked like her heart stopped at those words and turned a little blue in the face.
"Not good." Johnny and Yosaku said in unison as Kuro stayed quiet.
"Really? More for your friend then." Brogy said. Everyone looked at him before hearing meat being ripped from the giant bone.
"He's right you guys." Nami said with a mouth full of food. "This aint bad."
"GABABABABABA!" Brogy laughed before eating some himself, clearly amused by all of their faces.
"Um...Brogy, was it? Mind if I ask a question?" She said, hoping he'd be in the mood to talk.
"What's that?" He said.
"How long d-does it take for the log pose to finish recording on this island?" She asked.
"Just one year." He said with a smile. Nami's eyes shot open as she stopped chewing while everyone else fell off the log they were resting on. "So relax everyone! GABABABABA!"
"That's not good." Arlong said after finishing his food.
-At Dorry's home-
"GYEGYEGYEGYE!" Dorry laughed as Luffy stuffed his face full of dino meat. He had invited Luffy, Vivi, Nojiko, and Carue to his home for a meal.
"This is delicious!" Luffy said.
"And your pirate lunchbox is great too! Small though it may be." He said with a laugh.
"Yeah. My chef made it, so I'm glad you like it. Otherwise, I'd have to kick your ass." Luffy said, causing Dorry to stop laughing.
"Did you just threaten me?" He asked, causing Vivi, Carue, and Nojiko to jump with worry before he started laughing again. "I like you shrimp! You're funny!"
"They're getting along so well." Vivi thought. Even Nojiko was a little surprised at them becoming fast friends.
"Do you live here Dorry?" Luffy asked.
"No." Dorry said. "I come from a village deep in the Grand Line called Elbaf. It's a village for Warriors." He said.
"Elbaf huh?" Luffy said with a grin.
"Yes." Dorry said. "But my village has a certain law. If a fight breaks out and can't be settled, then we call on our god Elbaf for judgement. He blesses those in the right and protects them. I've gotten in one such fight with another giant, and this island is our battleground. The winner will be the one who will win and survive." He said before laughing. "AND WE STILL HAVEN'T SETTLED IT, EVEN AFTER 100 YEARS! GYEGYEGYEGYE!"
"100 years?" Nojiko asked.
"It's nothing. We giants live 3 times longer than you squirts!" Dorry said before laughing.
"Even so, why keep fighting after 100 years?" Vivi asked. "Can't you resolve this another way? Do you want to kill each other that badly?"
"Dorry I have a question." Luffy says after taking a bite of his food.
"What's that?"
"How long does it take for a log pose to set?"
"Oh. It takes one year to set." Dorry says and everyone looks at him shocked and in Vivi's case horrified.
"A year?! I can't wait a year!" She looked ready to go on until a large volcano erupted.
"Guess it's time." Dorry said as he got up and grabbed his sword and shield.
"What do you mean 'guess it's time'?" Nojiko asked.
"I don't remember when, but the eruption of that middle volcano signals the start of our battle." Dorry said. Vivi started ranting about why they would want to kill each other again before Luffy stopped her.
"It's not about that anymore Vivi." Luffy said.
"Exactly." Dorry said as Brogy came into view, looking ready to fight. "This battle is one of pride." he said before he and Dorry rushed each other. "THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT IS LONG FORGOTTEN!" All four of them were knocked onto their butts after a shockwave from their battle hit them. Vivi and Nojiko stared at them while Luffy had a huge grin on his face.
-Back at Brogy's home-
Nami and the others were watching the duel as well.
"This is a good time to leave!" Nami said.
"Right behind you." Gin said. "Come on you guys."
"Wow." Usopp said, staring up at the two giants trying to kill each other.
"What are you doing Usopp?" Nami asked.
'The reason? I forgot a long time ago!' were the words going through Usopp's head at the moment.
"No reason, yet they fight." Usopp said.
"They're just being stupid." Anna said.
"Fool!" Usopp said. "This is what a man's fight truly looks like!" He said crossing his arms.
"Huh?" Nami said.
"Think of it this way." Usopp said as Johnny, Yosaku, Arlong, Kuro, and Gin began to join him in watching the battle. "Both of them have raised a metaphorical flag in their hearts. One that they value more than their own lives. They wish to keep those flags raised, no matter what. So they protect that flag by fighting each other, even after 100 years." He said. Gin and Arlong was smiling while Johnny and Yosaku were on the verge of tears from understanding what he meant. "This fight," Usopp went on. "Is one of pride between these two great warriors!"
"That was beautiful big bro." Johnny said as he and Yosaku wiped their eyes. Gin, and Arlong only smiled while Anna and Nami just stared at them before trying to leave, saying they weren't interested.
"I'm staying here to watch." Usopp said. "This is what I've always dreamed of becoming one day."
"A giant?" Nami asked as she and Anna sat back down in defeat.
"NO! DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ANYTHING JUST NOW?!" He demanded as the others snickered. He calmed down before resuming watching. "Imagine a whole village of warriors like them. I wanna see it one day." He said with a smile.
"Same here!" Both Johnny and Yosaku said in agreement.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd like to see it too." Gin said.
"Same here." Arlong says.
"Men." Nami and Annaa said with a sigh before both giants reached the end of their 73,466th fight, which ended in yet another draw. Both fell to the ground and didn't move for a few moments before they both burst into laughter.
"GABABABABA! Hey Dorry! I got some booze from our guests!" Brogy laughed.
"Great! I haven't had any in a long time. Mind sharing?! GYEGYEGYEGYE!" Dorry laughed back as they both got up. Brogy handed him some barrels, but stopped Dorry before he could leave.
"One moment." Brogy said. "One of the guests said they needed to speak with their captain. Said it was urgent."
"Alright." Dorry said. He waited for a few moments before Brogy came back and handed him Anna.
"Thanks Brogy!" She said.
"Anytime! GABABABABA!" He laughed before heading back to his home, with Dorry heading back to his home as well.
"Hey Dorry!" Luffy said. "Looks like it was a draw!"
"GYEGYEGYEGYE!" He laughed. "Just like always!"
"What are those barrels?" Nojiko asked.
"Booze from Brogy's guests." Dorry said. "They wouldn't happen to be your crew, would they?" He asked. "Along with this woman?" They all looked up at him to see Anna standing on his shoulder.
"Hey Anna!" Luffy said. "Yep. They're our friends." He said before his eyes widen.
"Hey Captain Luffy." She said as she floated down until she was standing next to him and sat down next to him. While Vivi asked Dorry if it really takes a year for the Log Pose to set, Anna and Luffy got to whispering about something.
"We've got trouble." Anna whispered. "Baroque Works followed us to this island."
"They w-" Luffy started screaming before Anna covered his mouth. She let go of him so he could whisper "How do you know?"
"Because...back on the ship-" She said.
-Flashback-
"Where's the booze?" Anna asked Gin as they went below deck to find the alchohol and give it to Brogy.
"Here they are." Gin said as he lifted two barrels up and walked up the stairs. "Hurry up!"
"I know!" She shouted back as she lifted a barrel. She started walking towards the stairs, but tripped over some rope and fell. She reduced her weight to avoid hurting herself, but the barrel she dropped started leaking a bit. "Shit!" She said as she propped it up. She looked at the small hole that appeared before her eyes widened. "This rum..." She said, recognizing that it had been tainted somehow. 'Mr. 5!' she thought.
"What are you doing?!" Gin shouted down to her, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Sorry." She said before putting the bad barrel aside. After giving the other barrels a quick check, she sighed in relief that none of them were tainted as well and started bringing another barrel up.
-End Flashback-
"So your old partner somehow put a bomb in there?" Luffy whispered.
"Yeah." She said before smiling. "Don't worry. None of those barrels are bad."
"Really?" He said before sighing. "That's good." He was glad that his friend wouldn't be hurt by a bomb, but then remembered what Anna said before. "So, if that bomb was in that barrel, then-"
"Yeah." She said as she looked out at the jungle. "Somewhere out there...Baroque Works is waiting." She had a grim look on her face before she noticed Luffy smiling at her. "What?"
"See? You promised you wouldn't do anything against us." He said with a smile. She just looked at him before a small smile tugged at her lips.
"Well...you did let me on your ship." She said.
"Hey." Dorry said, gaining both of their attention. "What are you two whispering about?"
"Huh?" Anna said. "Oh. We were just talking about...how to get off this island as soon as possible."
"That so?" Dorry said before laughing.
-At Brogy's home-
"A brave warrior of the seas?" Brogy said. "What's that?"
"Someone like you." Usopp said. "I want to become like you two one day."
"A giant?" He asked, causing all but Usopp to laugh.
"NO!" He said before thumping his chest with a smile. "I want to live with honor and pride, just like the warriors of Elbaf."
"GABABABA! I see!" Brogy said. "We giants have longer lifespans that humans. Because of that, we wish for nothing more than honorable deaths. After all, one's future or life will cease one day. To us Elbaf Warriors, to die with unbroken pride is what we call an honorable death. Our pride never ceases, making it an eternal treasure that is passed on throughout our land!"
"So your pride is your treasure!" Usopp said in admiration.
"Amazing!" Johnny and Yosaku said.
"I wanna go there one day!" Luffy said with a grin as Dorry finished the last of the rum. Luffy grinned wider when he saw for himself that the rum didn't explode, which also caused whatever traces of anger he felt at Anna to disappear.
"GYEGYEGYEGYE!" Dorry laughed. "Is that right? Well then, Brogy or I will show you around one day. IF WE EVER FINISH THIS DUEL!" He shouted before laughing, which was followed by Luffy. Vivi however wasn't finding any of this amusing.
"How am I going to stop this stupid war if I have to wait for a full year to leave?" She asked herself. She just stared at the ground in anger until she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see it belonged to Nojiko.
"Don't worry." She said with a smile. "We'll get there in time somehow."
"Hey Dorry!" Luffy shouted, gaining everyone's attention. "When we reach Elbaf, let's fight!"
"You're challenging me squirt?!" Dorry asked before laughing again. "YOU CRACK ME UP! YOU REALLY ARE A FUNNY LITTLE MAN!" He said before the volcano erupted again. Dorry looked at it with a smile before grabbing his gear.
"You're fighting again?" Vivi asked. "Even though you fought not that long ago?!"
"Yes." Dorry said. "Even with these wounds, I will fight! If I were to run from this duel because of that, I would lose my pride!" He said before walking off to battle.
"He's crazy." Vivi said.
"He's a warrior!" Luffy said with a grin.
Deep in another part of the jungle, there was what looked like a house made of wax with a charred dinosaur in front of it.
"Gotta say, only you could make a house in the middle of this place." Said Mr. 5. "However, this job is still mine, so stay out of it."
"Is that so?" Mr. 3 said as he enjoyed his tea while Miss GoldenWeek was sleeping against the wall. "What a sad excuse from a weakling."
"Take that back!" Mr. 5 shouted.
"Why?" Mr. 3 asked in calm voice. "Remember that we're professionals. To lose and let our targets live means risking our organization being known to the world. That's why our orders must be completed without fail. Still, since you're here, we'll give you 30% of our work." He said before giving Mr. 5 a dark look. "I suggest you take it before I make you vanish along with those pirates and that traitor Miss Valentine." He said, making Mr. 5 gulp in nervousness. "Calm down. Here, have some tea." He said as he handed him a cup before explaining that it's for a special occasion. "On this island, we have yet another job to add to our list."
"Another job?" Mr. 5 asked.
"Indeed." Mr. 3 said before showing him a wanted poster of Dorry and Brogy and explaining about how 100 years ago, both were captains of the Giant Pirates who wreaked havoc over a century ago and that both are still wanted by the government, and that each was worth 100,000,000 berries each, making the reward 200,000,000 berries.
"200,000,000?!" Mr.5 said in shock before he noticed his legs were being covered with wax. "Hey, what are you doing?!"
"Simple." He said. "I'm a little...upset that the bomb you planted failed to go off." He said as a bit of wax came toward Mr. 5's neck before morphing into a sort of blade and stopped just inches from killing him.
"Hey man, it's not my fault!" He said as sweat started forming on his face. "I put the bomb in the rum like you asked!"
"Indeed you did." Mr. 3 said before making the wax disappear from around Mr. 5. "That's why I'll be taking care of the giants now. As for you," He said before finishing his tea. "Only one person could've figured out and stopped that bomb from doing its job. So Mr. 5, your new objective...is to kill Miss Valentine yourself and retrieve Princess Vivi for me." He said with that same dark look. "Understood?"
"Yeah. I got it." He said, still nervous.
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