Zou the Living Island

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The trip to Zou was eventful to say the least. They were all aboard the Kidd pirates ship where Killer took point as he was most familiar with it.

"...I soon rose to the number three and became one of Crocodile's top guys. But the Strawhats came and well…." Galdino proudly stated. He was formerly known as Mr. 3, but was easily defeat by Marco and his phoenix fire. "...I guess it was a good thing because look at us now!"

"Wow that's awesome, well I heard a lot about that time when I joined the crew but hearing it from someone on the other side is pretty cool." Perona had been listening to Galdino's accounts. Vergo sat beside Perona as he was reading a book. Yet he was listening to the accounts of Galdino, it was interesting indeed. Killer was outside by himself, he wasn't one for crowds, he was there for one reason, to retrieve Kid.

Apoo was playing some music for the group while Brulee openly criticize his rhythm and challenged him to try something new.

Caesar was explaining to Wanda how the poison was created and how he can counter it. It helped that he was a Gas logia, he would just take it all back in him, the poison at least.

"Wouldn't you die as a result?" Wanda was curious, it helped take her mind of the people in her home to talk to others.

"Well I hope not!" Replied Caesar causing a round of laughter. It was nice to get to know everyone, during hectic times, they didn't have much time to socialize. For example during the Whole Cake invasion, Galdino was aboard the Baroque Works ship fending off some beast pirates alongside Bon Kurei and Daz Bones. Apoo was dealing with Jack as he took Hawkins with his bare hands. Killer was on the beach and was about to attack King but he was taken away by Blueno and his door fruit. Caesar was passed out from shock while Wanda was missed the Grand Fleet by seconds as they disappeared in thin air. Vergo and Perona were aboard the Iron Maiden and that was that.

"How much longer till we get there Wanda?" Asked Vergo.

"Not long, with Kid Pirates ship we should get there in a day's journey." Wanda looked at her eternal log post. This was necessary for Zou otherwise nobody would be able to find it again. For you see…"Zou is a living island, we live on the back of a giant ancient elephant and that's why our island has remained so well hidden for thousands of years."

"That is pretty cool." Galdino exclaimed along with Apoo, they were certainly impressed.

"Hey clown man, what swayed you?" Brulee knew about Caesar the clown and his dirty work, she was truly curious on what made him change sides.

"Me? Well Mugiwara easily defeated me in Punk Hazard at it was sort of a wake up call. I apologize for all my mistakes and made amends with the children and their wasn't easy let me tell you but I finally got there favor when I defended their homeland against the fire tank pirates. To be honest Bege liked me so much that he brought me in with his family and that was how I ended up in Big Mom's territory. Then we were going to assasinate Big Mom but that went all to crap so I ran, like a coward and I ended up finding Kaido's armada! And I turned around, stuck between three Yonko." Caesar let out more than was asked from him and yet he did answer the question, although he had more details than necessary.

The rest of the trip to Zou was peaceful with everyone in the group bonding well, even Killer would come in just to listen, not wanting to share any part of his life with anyone.

In the break of dawn, the shadow of Zou, the giant ancient elephant, grazed their vision in the horizon.

"It's my home." Wanda had a massive smile in her face. But then remembered what had to be done, if Jack was in Whole Cake Island with the Beast Pirates, then he shouldn't be back yet...so why was there a massive amount of Beast Pirate ship surrounding Zou. Explosion can be heard in the air as the fleet was launching cannons at the legs of the ancient beast.

"Alright people we absolutely have to get to the back of this island, we have to push back the Beast Pirates away from the island and then we'll push them away in the sea. But first we need to make a path through." Vergo pointed in front of them as he can see the massive Beast Pirate ship who was turning its cannons towards them.

"Leave it to me." Killer placed both hands on his side as two scythe shaped blade on his side. The blades began spinning until it got up to speed and Killer disappeared in a blur, the next moment anyone spotted him he was running on water near the battleship.

"Like hell we'll let you have all the fun!" Perona had a smirk on her face as she turned into a hollow, she flew towards the battleship. Caesar and Brulee wanted to get in on the fun and he went inside Brulee's mirror and they both headed there as well.

Within a few minutes the two battleship began sinking. Vergo, Wanda, Apoo, and Galdino couldn't say they were surprised but it was still amazing.

The Kid pirate ship went through the wreckage of the battleship. Killer jump back aboard while Perona, Brulee, and Caesar went back through a mirror.

"Incoming!" They got the attention of the other Beast Pirate ship and some of the closer battle ship began turning their cannons towards them.

Several cannon ball almost hit them but Apoo and Galdino each protected the ship. Apoo created a sound wave that destroyed the ball in mid air. Galdino put up a wax wall that prevented the cannonball from reaching them.

Wanda looked in amazement as everyone seem to know what to do already. And here she was feeling sorry for herself. Now the problem was scaling the legs of Zunisha in order to reach the top.

She turned her head and found that Vergo was missing. Suddenly they were vertical as if they were sailing up the legs of Zunisha. "What is happening?" She exclaimed as she held onto a railing. Perona and Caesar were laughing their butts off while everyone was holding onto anything to keep them from falling down.

"Vergo is carrying us!" Yelled Perona, knowing the full extent of Vergo's capabilities, she was not surprised. Other than that everyone else were, specially Wanda.

He wasn't just running straight up either, he was skillfully dodging the cannon balls aimed at them by weaving the ship back and forth, combining his advanced armament haki with his passable observation haki.

After a few moments, Caesar decided to help out to make them faster. He got on the tail of the ship and boosted it with his gas fruit. The ship, along with the Kid pirate ship and its inhabitant were launched to the back of Zunisha.

They have finally arrived at Zou. "Home sweet home..." Wanda said. But they couldn't relax just yet. A loud bang could be heard in the air as it was coming from center of the capital, she knew where it was, she knew that the sound came from the capital. "We got to go now!" Wanda began running into a sprint and boy was she fast. Killer was the only one who can keep up.

"Here Brulee stay here, Apoo you too. Galdino, Perona go after them! Caesar watch the perimeter!" Vergo threw a mirror at Perona as they bolted after Wanda and Killer.

"Apoo help me cover this ship. Brulee keep in touch with them." Vergo and Apoo quickly got raw materials such as giant leaves and branches to camouflage the Kid pirate ship.

Wanda and Killer were headed to the village center, Perona and Galdino were hot on their tail.

Apoo and Vergo were covering the ship while Brulee was keeping the mirrors connected between her own and the one Perona has.

Welcome to Zou.


Meeting

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16th Division Commander and 15th Division Commander

"For the 16th and 15th division, the new allies will be integrated into the fold. Leo of the Tontatta tribe….

Strawhat Grand Fleet 16th Commander

The Warrior•Leo• Tontatta Tribe Pirates

180 Million Beri

and Bartolomeo of the Barto Club, welcome to the Grand Fleet." Stated Kuro giving the duo there time in the light.

Strawhat Grand Fleet 15th Commander

Luffy fan club leader•Bartolomeo• Barto Club

200 Million Beri

During the war in Dressrosa, they were both pretty involved in ensuring that the civilians were safe. Leo owed the Strawhat Pirates for freeing their repressed tribe from the grasped of the Donquixote pirates while Bartolomeo is just Luffy's number one fan.

Though in all truth, despite Bartolomeo's win in the colosseum in his block he felt like he still hasn't showed his hero all he could do. Meanwhile Leo was responsible for stitching the homes of people together. Upon the Grand Fleets preparation for attacking Big Mom for the first time, Leo helped the people of Dressrosa repair their homes along with his entire tribe. It was there way of giving back after years of taking things from them.

Bartolomeo tried to helped, but he was more of a nuisance than actual help. He would drop things accidentally, take long breaks, such a child in a man's body. Yet somehow, the two got along just fine.

During the first attack in Whole Cake Island, Leo sewed many of the Beast Pirates ship together as he was hard to catch. Meanwhile Bartolomeo was the perfect defense for his barrier fruit. They were very helpful but they didn't do as much as they thought they could.

"I will do my best!" Proclaimed Leo as he raised his needle sword into the air.
"I will be the best!" Bartolomeo had to one up Leo, it was just a friendly jab, nothing more.


14th Division Commander

"As far as the 14th division goes, it will be led by our most skilled assassination division, Rob Lucci, the Cipher Pol Agents are currently out on a covert mission to infiltrate the marine meeting. We should hear from them shortly."

Strawhat Grand Fleet 14th Commander

Death's Assassin•Rob Lucci• Cipher Pol Agents

370 Million Beri

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It had been four days since Rob Lucci and co have infiltrated Marine HQ and have been gathering information that would benefit the Grand Fleet.

"Update?" Rob Lucci or Rob as he was being called in his cover was leaning on a bar. He wore a black suite that made him blend in with the crowd. Tonight was elegant night at the local bar for the marine soldiers located in G-1 Marine Headquarters. They, meaning the Cipher Pol Agents managed to infiltrate the base to obtain some information regarding the upcoming Levely and any future movements by the marines.

"Former Fleet Admiral Sengoku had a tear jerking ." Replied Kumadori on his phone as he was avidly listening for any conversations that would peak his interest. Jabra and Kaku were hanging back playing darts, they were trying their best not to stand out but many of the marines were getting pissed of that they kept on winning the darts game.

Nero was hanging back near their ship incase they needed to make a quick escape, he wore a stolen marine uniform. Blueno was usually their escape but well, he died.

Fukuro was playing chess with one of the marines while Khalifa was chatting with random members of the marines.

"Good game there my friend, unfortunately I have to go now. Catch you next time!" The pink haired man stood up and walked out of the bar.

"Did you hear what Admiral Teach...I mean Admiral Kokushibyo did to the revolutionaries! He's such a strong person. And to think he was a pirate before that!" Drunk marines are talking marines. This was good as Lucci casually focused in on their conversation. He slowly took a sip of his alcoholic beverage when he heard more from the same two marines.

"Oh yeah well did you hear about the Marines plan to stop the clash between Strawhat Luffy and Big Mom Charlotte Linlin? They're saying that they're clash is within a weak." Said one of the marines.

"Yeah too bad Admiral Ryokugyu will be in the holy land to ensure the Levely will be without a hiccup."

"Shut up now or we'll get our head chopped off if this was heard by badddd people!" Exclaimed one of the marines and they began laughing hysterically. They both walked out holding each other up as they have had one too many drinks.

"Keep going kids, we're getting some good info here." Lucci teased his friends as they have yet to gather any use full information. Well that was until Khalifa called in some very impressive intel.

"Get a load of this…." Khalifa began though her voice was tuned out by the sound of the party goers.


13th Division Commander

"Wealth is power, and with the blessing of the Strawhat Pirates commanders, and the overall confidence of the council, Gild Tesoro will take this mantle." Gild Tesoro, who owns 20 percent of the world's wealth, was now part of the Grand Fleet. Although he has yet to arrive as he had just decided to join the Grand Fleet right before the meeting. So he was basically dragging his giant casino resort through the grandline in order to reach them

Strawhat Grand Fleet 13th Commander

Golden Man•Gild Tesoro•Gran Tesoro Pirates Captain

-Any amount- Beri

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Similar to Monkey D. Dragon, Tesoro was a very wanted man. Not because of his notorious deeds, but due to his immense wealth. And now that he's allied with the Strawhat Grand Fleet, they now had access to 20% of the worlds wealth. This was Tashigi's thinking of course and everyone seemed to be on board with this addition. He seemed like a genuinely good guy he just had unfortunate circumstances.

If they can redeem the likes of Crocodile who imprisoned an entire nation, and Doflamingo who did the same but worst, then they can redeem Gild Tesoro.

Speaking of Gild…

"You made a good choice Gild." Carina was hanging beside the captain, while his crew surrounded him. He had just announced his intention to join the Grand Fleet and the crew was all for it. Well he did it the day before but he wanted to talk to his people regardless.

"It would be nice to help crown the next pirate king, and we'll all be part of it." Said Baccarat learning plenty of things regarding Strawhat Luffy.

"I agree." Said Tanaka with Dice grunting in agreement.

"I was going to say if anyone wanted out...but you all seem to agree to this. Well we're headed there now, so prepare yourself. According to Tashigi, they have a massive Fleet with many powerful figures."

"We're strong on our own, we deflected countless of strong pirates from our casino before..." Said Tanaka proudly.

"We'll be okay.." Said the newly appointed 13th commander as he saw Enies Lobby in the horizon, though he had a confused look in his face as he could see a massive ship island coming towards Enies Lobby as well. "Double six...?"


Luffy's Inevitable Meeting:Usopp

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Here goes another one.

"Hello Usopp." Luffy could remember their fight quiet well. For the first time in his young piracy life, Luffy was scared of Usopp. Well that was at least that was during their time in Skypie. Now things were different, Luffy feared no one and Usopp had grown from that time.

"Hello Mugiwara." Usopp replied. He wanted to understand his purpose, his drive, why he should be pirate king.

"So you have questions and I'll start with asking you to join my Grand Fleet. You know what you're capable of, I know what you're capable of and.."

"That's fine and all Mugiwara but I wanted to know why should you be king? My services would be welcomed by Red Hair, Big Mom, and The Beast. Why should I choose the strawhats?" Straight to the point.

"As I've told you when we were in Skypie, I will be the King of the Pirates. At first I was in it for the adventure. But growing up this past two years, I realize that my father was onto something. The world needs to change and they need a rallying point. That will be me. To become pirate king is to become the voice of all people. This is my answer to you." Then a brief moment of silence as Usopp broke into a smile. Luffy never thought he'd see the day.

"At first, Charlotte Zoro earned my respect enough that I tagged along with him and his mom's bidding. But you just surprised me, first you actually defeated me in Skypie that woke me up into realizing that I am no God. Then you launch a full frontal assault into Big Mom's territory, and the man I trained when he was separated from you, Enel, was strong enough to stand against me. Lastly was the size of your Grand Fleet, what a collection of powerful people." Usopp extended his hands to shake Luffy's.

"Welcome aboard." Luffy took it and they both shook hands.

"Glad to be here." They both shook hands for a brief moment before they both let go of each other's hands.

"I'm glad you accepted because Kuro has a plan for you and the people who were involved with bringing me to Amazon Lily."

"Can't wait." Replied Usopp and with a final nod they both went their separate way with Usopp formally accepting a place in the Strawhat Grand Fleet.


Marine HQ G-1

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"You can't just go around attacking our own people, it doesn't look good!" Akainu slammed his fist against the wall as the Fleet Admiral was yelling at the admiral besides him. Marshall D. Teach has just returned from making an 'example' out of Vice Admiral Smoker.

G-5 base 12 hours earlier…

"Welcome Admiral Kokushibyo, the acting commander awaits you." A marine greeted him with a salute. Teach gave him a flimsy salute in return, stupid codes...he thought to himself. That stupid name he got for being an admiral, Kokushibyo meaning black death, what a stupid name.

"Jesus Burgess..make sure you keep our people on the tail of those stupid Revolutionary." He said on a snail call but the marine in front of him heard what he said.

"Sir I thought you eliminated the Revolutionary?" The marine immediately learned that he asked the wrong question as he found himself swallowed by a black hole that came out of nowhere. "AHHHH!"

"Too many questions, just shut up!" Teach continued walking by himself, donning his admiral coat with the words justice plastered across the back of it.

"Admiral Kokushibyo sir!" Vice Admiral Smoker greeted him with a salute, once again he returned him with a half-ass one.

"So where's Vice Admiral Nami?" Teach plopped down on the couch of the office space.

"She is out on a mission sir." 'Liar' Teach knew exactly where she was, Katarina did a masterful job invading the Grand Fleet HQ. She got plenty of good information that he could use as leverage for negotiation or he could simply leak out to the marines. Who knows?

"Why are you helping pirates Vice Admiral?" Darkness suddenly encompassed the entire room. Smoker looked around wondering what the heck was going on. "I shall make an example out of you!"

Smoker tried to fight back for his life but ultimately lost as Teach emerged victorious from there battle within the darkness spear. His opponent was non responding and Teach thought of something that will piss the marine off even further.

As he left he turned around to admire his work. Behind the G-5 base he left Vice Admiral Smoker attached to the center of the entrance way, just for everyone to see. He was badly beaten and bleeding all over. Per Admiral Teach's orders, only Vice Admiral Nami can take him down, or otherwise he will go ahead and send anyone who tries to help Smoker towards impel down.

"It was for justice, he was covering for that lady's tardiness!" Teach defended himself, but he hardly cared anyway.

"Whatever Teach, those damn Gorosei has been at my neck since I appointed you into such a high position. But I told them all to shove it. Don't make me regret my decision or I will personally kill you." Akainu threatened but Teach merely laugh at this. They finally made it to the meeting room, where Fleet Admiral Akainu had called for a meeting.

News travels quick of the Strawhat Grand Fleet trying to eliminate the Big Mom Pirates.

That is troublesome news, a Yonko eliminating another Yonko will bring one of them closer to the title of Pirate King.

The whole purpose of the Yonko system was to ensure there will be a balance to keep every pirate in check of reach Raftel. Then the Shichibukai system was created to keep the Yonkos in check, incase they tried to one up the other. But times have changed, and it all began at the death of Whitebeard. That stupid old man is still a pain in the ass even after death.

"Let's get to it, first order of business will be the new bounties of the Strawhat Pirates, they need to be eliminated as soon as possible. Hopefully the bounty hunters will find the raised bounty to be intriguing and eliminate this threat immediately." Akainu began. In attendance were several high ranking officials, but Teach was the only one who was notable. The rest were pen pushers, as Teach would put it. He had his feet up on the table and was eating a chicken leg, how disgusting.

"Sir! I will begin." The announcer saluted the Fleet Admiral and began listing the new bounties. He began listing their crimes and the list was wonderfully long. Teach was impressed.

Keep in mind this was through the eyes of the marines.

Subjugating and entire nation, fishman island. Destroying an island, Punk Hazard. Defeating Donquixote and holding Dressrosa hostage, Dressrosa. Evading Marine boundaries protocol and entering a Yonko's territory, Whole Cake Island. Defeating and recruiting Gild Tesoro, the holder of 20 percent of the world's wealth, Gold. And the list goes on.

"For these crimes, the bounties of the Strawhat Pirates and allies have significantly increased. They see this as an honor, but we must raise awareness so that we will motivate our allies and forces to capture them immediately!" Then he provided everyone a list of the new bounties. Though most notably, Monkey D. Luff and his crew.

Monkey D. Luffy 3.5 Billion Beri

Katakuri 1.2 Billion Beri

Tashigi 980 Million Beri

Enel 900 Million Beri

Marco 800 Million Beri

Law 700 Million Beri

Marguerite 450 Million Beri

Vergo 550 Million Beri

Perona 600 Million Beri

"For Wanda from the Mink tribe, she will receive the bounty of 100 Million Beri for associating with this group!" That concluded the main crew, now it was time for the commanders and the well known subordinates, and the list was very long.

This concluded the bounty part of the meeting, now to other matters.

"For the former Fleet Admiral Sengoku, we will hold a proper military burial for him in two days. He was missing for several months and only to be found by Fleet Admiral Akainu. No word on what he did in that time as it has been completely disregarded in order to give him a proper burial." It was the gorosei wish to dismiss the history of Sengoku with the pirates, he deserves a proper burial, he was just a piece in the World Government's giant puzzle.

More things were discussed but Teach tuned them out. Levely will be watched by Admiral Green Bull, he will go with Admiral Fujitora in order to stop the war between Big Mom and Strawhat yada yada. Admiral Kizaru had been on a renaissance, capturing at least 10 pirate crew a month. Though something interesting happened.

"SIR SIR!" A runner busted into the room.

"What?! Spit it out boy!" Exclaimed one of the elder members of the marine.

"Impel down level six prisoner has escaped!" Exclaimed the young runner man.

"Who is it!?" This time it was another elder member of the marine to yell at the poor messanger boy.

Impel Down Level 6

"Chief Warden Hannyabal, what do we do?"

The cell was broken through the wall, the man behind the prison cell had punch a hole that was letting sea water into the bottom floor. The man who was behind the bar was suppose to be former Fleet Admiral Sengoku, was Hannyabal just being careless?

He slapped his hands on his forehead, "Damn it.." He had the jail staff work around the clock to patch the massive hall. He had his jailers move the prisoner to level five for the time being and that in its own was dangerous as level six prisoners were extremely dangerous.

He now stood on the 6th level of impel down, the water level reaching his waist when the hole was finally patched. He studied it and it couldn't have been a hole big enough for a man to squeeze through the hole. But who was it, who could it be?

A man strong enough to break his binding, swim through the sea king infested ocean surrounding impel down, and probably does not have a devil fruit.

...

"Monkey D. Garp sir..." Said the messenger boy bowing his head in fear that they would lash out on him for delivering the message. Don't shoot the messenger he like to say.

This got Akainu thinking, Garp goes missing, Sengoku reemerges with the Grand Fleet but there was still plenty of news that Sengoku was within Impel Down Level Six.

"They switched places..." Exclaimed Akainu. This was going to be a problem.

...In the depths of the calm belt, a man swam with all intent and purpose to make it to the new Marine HQ. This was a man who was regarded as a hero in all the seas. He punched away any sea king who dares gets in his way.

This was a man dedicated on seeing his best friend of onto the next life,his funeral was in two days, this his mission, this was Monkey D. Garp.


Strawhat Pirates

Luffy•3.5 billion beri•Enies Lobby

Katakuri•1.2 Billion beri•Enies Lobby

Tashigi•980million beri•Enies Lobby

Enel•900million beri•Enies Lobby

Marco•800million beri•Enies Lobby

Law•700million beri•Enies Lobby

Marguerite•450million beri•Enies Lobby

Vergo•550million beri•Zou

Perona•600million beri•Zou

Wanda•100million beri•Zou

Strawhat Grand Fleet

1st ?•2nd ?•3rd ?•4th ?•5th ?•6th ?•7th ?•8th ?•9th ? •10th Kid•11th ?•12th ?•13th Tesoro•14th Lucci•15th Bartolomeo•16th Leo•17th Sai•18th Gin•19th Hawkins•20th Arlong•21st Dorry•22nd Orlumbus•23rd Kuro•


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