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The Straw Hats spent the next few days exploring their new ship, the Going Merry. It wasn't huge, but for just 5 people, it was more than enough. Luffy had taken a liking to sitting on the figurehead of the ship, which was shaped like a sheep's head. He called it his special seat and Adrian couldn't help but figure he was just asking for trouble and worried he would fall off. Zoro took up a habit of taking naps in random places around the ship and Luffy, Usopp, and Adrian made a game out of seeing who could find him first. So far, he had been in the Supply Room, Crows Nest, Kitchen which doubled as a meeting and crew hang out area, and somehow, in the women's quarters, which Nami made her displeasure known about with several knocks over his head. Adrian had figured they must have left the emergency exit hatch that goes between the men and women's room unlocked one night after he had finished 'visiting' Nami.
Nami herself usually spent the time that she wasn't navigating the ship in her room drawing maps or sunbathing on the ship. That is if she got time to between yelling at the rest of the crew for being useless idiots. Usopp usually spent the day running around and playing with Luffy or the two would annoy Zoro and Adrian to no end trying to get them to join them in playing games. Usopp did have another hobby, however, as he spent his time in the kitchen working on new ideas for weapons for his slingshot. Adrian had asked if Usopp would be willing to help him build any new arrows for his bow and the young boy said he would think about it, but he would need supplies first. In the meantime, Adrian spent his time up in the crow's nest. He enjoyed looking out over the vistas of the ocean and enjoyed the peace and quiet away from Luffy and Usopp. He spent the majority of his time up there watching the birds and sky, enjoying how free he now was, thinking back on his time as a World Noble, and wondered if he would one day run into his family.
The next few days went by like this until one day Adrian noticed Luffy running around with a bunch of paint supplies and decided to see what he was doing. The rest of the crew joined in and gathered around their young captain as he painted something on the small spare sail that he found in the Supply Room. Once he finished, he held up the sail to show what looked like a pirate flag, if they were being generous. He grinned and said that this should be their symbol, but the rest of the crew yelled that they could barely tell what it was. Usopp stepped in and said that they should allow him to handle this since he won many art contests on his island, but Adrian wasn't sure if he was lying or not but didn't see any harm in letting the young man try. He soon regretted It though when Usopp showed them a flag design that was indeed better but featured his huge nose and bandana. Adrian and Zoro hit him upside the head and told him no one wanted to display that ugly thing and made him redo it correctly. Usopp displayed the new design, which was similar to Luffy's, with a skull over crossbones that was wearing Luffy's signature straw hat. Adrian helped the rest of the crew who were aiding Usopp in painting the symbol on the real sails of the ship. After they finished their hard work, they looked up and stood amazed at the ship which was now decorated in a real pirate flag.
Luffy asked Usopp what else he was good at and he replied by pointing at a small island off the side of the ship and boosted that he could hit it with a cannon in one shot, even from this distance. Luffy yelled in excitement and told him to prove it by seeing who could hit it first. Adrian was actually curious what it was like to shoot off a cannon himself and wanted to join in as Nami just rolled her eyes. Luffy decided that since he is the captain he should be the first to shoot and Adrian said he was next since he was the first mate, which made Usopp sad that he didn't even get to shoot it first even though he was the one who brought it up. Luffy took aim at the island and fired but missed completely, hitting somewhere off in the ocean to the right. Adrian and Usopp laughed while Luffy gave them dirty looks. Adrian came up next and took aim and fired. He was much closer to Luffy, actually managing to scrap the side of the small Island but it still wasn't really a direct hit. Luffy yelled in laughter that he missed while Adrian yelled back with sharp teeth that he was much closer than him. Usopp took aim at the island while the other two were still fighting and took a shot and hit it directly. Adrian and Luffy stood stunned and Usopp looked on in disbelief too, like he wasn't even sure he would hit it himself. Luffy quickly named him the sniper of the crew.
After Usopp had finished boasting about his ability, the crew went inside to eat dinner. While they are feasting, Nami makes another comment about needing a cook and Luffy and Adrian agree. Zoro says he doesn't care as long as he has booze and Nami hits him and yells at him for being so carefree. They are interrupted when they hear yelling and crashing coming from outside on the ship. Luffy and Adrian go to check to see what is going on and they see a man in a blue jacket and wearing sunglasses destroying the ship. Luffy immediately defeats the man by slamming him into the side of the ship. He reveals that his name is Johnny and that he was taking care of his sick friend on the small island that Usopp blew up earlier and he wanted to come to get revenge. Usopp sweat drops and says he doesn't know anything about that as he points at Adrian saying that he was the one who hit the island, which prompted Adrian to hit him. Nami sighs as she looks at the sick friend and heads toward the kitchen and passes Zoro on the way. Zoro had come out to see what the commotion was but recognizes Johnny and asks what he is doing here. Johnny is shocked to see Zoro on a pirate crew and the Straw Hats look on confused. Zoro says he knew the two from his pirate hunting days. Nami bumps past him and throws a bunch of limes on the deck next to the sick man and tells Luffy and Usopp to feed him the lime juice. They looked confused again, and Nami yells that he has scurvy and that they shouldn't be sailing if they didn't know something as simple as that.
After the second man was healed, whose name was revealed to be Yosaku, they immediately began a party on the ship, which Luffy and Usopp were quick to join in on. The good times quickly spread through the rest of the crew as everyone joined in on the party. The two pirate hunters had heard that they were looking for a new cook and they brought up that a floating restaurant called Baratie was nearby, and the crew decided that it would be their next stop to find a cook.
The partying lasted into the night and ended with everyone going to pass out in their rooms. Johnny and Yasaku proved to be very loud snorers so Adrian decided to go back out onto the deck to watch the night sky. Adrian looked up at Luffy's special seat and decided to give it a try to see what all the hype was about, and he hopped up onto the ship's figurehead. Adrian had to admit it was a great view and the feeling of the wind hitting his face was nice. He laid back against the figurehead and looked up at the night sky and enjoyed the tranquil feeling. He found himself starting to nod off when he was awoken by someone climbing up onto the figurehead. He looked up to see Nami and he gave her a puzzled look as she sat down between his legs and laid back onto his chest and stated that she heard the snoring through the walls and decided to get some fresh air and saw him climbing up onto the figurehead. She looked up at him and asked him why he liked watching the sky so much and Adrian chuckled as he put his chin on the top of her head and used his arms to wrap around her and pulled her closer. He decided that it wouldn't hurt telling her and began explaining even more of his past as a World Noble. He explained how he always felt trapped, being forced to be inside, studying and never having the freedom to do as he pleased. He told her about the bullying he would go through with his older brothers and how he would be locked inside dark cellars for hours. He said the only time he felt at peace was when he would sneak out onto the roof and stare at the night sky, wondering what was out there in the rest of the world. He said even after he escaped that life, whenever he needed time to think and just wanted to get away, the stars were always there to comfort him.
Nami smirked and said that the stars weren't the only ones willing to comfort him as she turned around and faced him. She got close to his face and asked if there was anything else he liked doing underneath the stars as she brought him into a kiss. She explored his mouth with her tongue, and he began to fight back with his own tongue. She ran her hand into his pants and began to massage his cock with her hand as she made out with him. She felt it getting hard in her hand and began stroking it, enjoying the feeling of it expanding in her hand. She used her other free hand to pull his pants down and free his cock. Once it was free from the repressive nature of his pants, she went down and spit on it to get it wet as she started stroking it faster. She was using her tongue to lightly lick all around his tip while she sped up her stroking. Her goal was to get him to cum all over her face and she couldn't believe how much she was craving the thought of being drenched in all his hot cum. She looked up to see if he was enjoying this, but she was met with a devilish look. He grabbed her and spun her around and pulled her back against his chest as he used his hands to pull her legs apart. He got close to her ear and told her that tonight she would be the one to suffer as his right-hand slide up under her shirt and unhooked her bra, pulling it off and throwing it back onto the ship. He pulled her shirt up over huge tits, making them exposed to the cool night air which quickly made her nipples harden. Adrian took advantage of this and began to trace it with his fingers as his left hand slowly ran down her left thigh, getting closer to her pussy. He took one finger and lightly traced it over her pussy through her panties and continued to use his finger to trace her sweet spots entrance. He came up to nibble on her ear and kiss down to her neck as she moaned at how thoroughly he was exploring her body.
He begins to pinch her nipples as his finger digs ever so slightly into her pussy through her panties, causing him to feel how wet she was beginning to get. He kisses into her neck again as he uses his finger to pull her panties to the side before going back to now lightly tracing her exposed pussy. She moans into his neck as he pushes his finger deeper inside her, slowly making sure it explores every part of her. She pops her head back in pleasure as he pushes his finger as deep as he can, spinning it in a circle as he uses his thumb to play with her clit. He pinches her nipple again as he pushes in another finger, using it to reach the areas his first one couldn't. When he pushed one finger in the direction, he made sure the other was exploring the other side of her pussy and she moaned into his neck as his fingers stretched her pussy out.
She reaches her hand down to try to slow his pace down so she won't scream in pleasure but soon allows him to continue as she reaches her hand behind her and starts stroking his hard cock again. He asks if that is what she wants as he pushes his hard cock up against her ass, rubbing it between her ass cheeks. She moaned something he couldn't hear but she nodded, and he positioned himself beneath her and brought his cock up between her thighs, using it to rub against her wet pussy. He loved how wet it felt and started to slide his tip inside of her. He made sure to go slow to tease her with each inch of his cock. As he pushed himself into her deeper and deeper, he loved how tight and warm it was compared to how chilly it was outside and it created a great sensation for his hard cock and as he started to thrust in and out of her. He was holding her legs in the air as he was fucking her from behind, enjoying the feeling of her big soft ass bouncing off of him.
He moves his hands down to her hips as Nami keeps her legs spread in the air and grabs them, making them ram into her even harder and making her scream out in pleasure. He notices her giant breasts bouncing and gets an urge to reach up and grab them, he decides to use just one hand to grab her soft breasts as he uses the other to keep her in the air as he fucks her from behind. He pinches her nipples again as he thrusts so hard into her, bringing her to climax and squirting her juices onto the figurehead. She slumped down on his body as she didn't have the strength to keep using her arms for support. Adrian was still hard when he started to pull out of her, but she stopped him before he could get all the way out. She winks at him and says he needs to cum too. She pushes him flat on his back and mounts him completely getting his cock back into her still wet pussy. She is clearly intending to give him a view of her amazing ass as she rides him in the reverse cowgirl style. She rides him slow at first to get used to taking a cock again and Adrian admires the view of her perfectly round firm ass slowly bouncing off of him. She notices him staring at her ass and she leans forward and arches her back, making her ass stand out even more as she bounces it on him.
She soon gets lost in the pleasure of riding his big hard cock as she moans into the air. Adrian grabs her ass with one hand as she speeds up. The sight and sound of her ass smacking off of him was turning him on even more and he can tell he is getting close to cumming. He decides to have a little fun first though as he uses his hand that was grabbing her ass to spread her cheeks and uses his thumb to quickly slide into her asshole and finger fucks it in rhythm to her riding him. This takes Nami by surprise as she screams in pleasure. The feeling of his hard cock filling her pussy up and his finger fucking her asshole makes Nami cum again as she squirts all over his cock and the figurehead for the second time. This caught Adrian off guard as the feeling of her pussy tightening around him again while she came brought him over the edge too. He grabs her hips and makes her fully take his cock as he explodes his cum inside of her, completely filling her tight pussy up. Nami moans in pleasure as she feels his hot cum completely take over every inch inside of her. Eventually, she pulls herself off of him as she falls on top of him exhausted with his cum still dripping out of her.
The two spent a little while under the stars admiring the view before going to take a shower together and then going back to sleep. Adrian must have slept pretty late because he was awoken by Luffy poking him and asking if he was dead. Once Adrian confirmed that he was indeed not dead, Luffy told him that they were arriving at the Baratie. Adrian went outside and saw the floating restaurant that was shaped like a fish, Adrian wasn't sure if that made the restaurant look appetizing. He was about to make a joke about it when a marine ship suddenly pulled up beside them. The two bounty hunters on the ship tried to hide but then got pissed when the marine lieutenant made fun of the two by saying that they got captured by nobodies. They tried to attack the marine but were soon knocked back onto the ship. As Johnny fell, a bunch of wanted posters fell out of his pocket all over the deck of the ship. Nami noticed one of them and picked it up and became distant as she looked at its image which Adrian notices. She quickly snaps out of it though when the marine lieutenant's date appears beside him.
Adrian noticed that the woman looked to be about Nami's age. She had equally as sharp facial features, but her eyes and hair were a light purple. Her hair was long and flowed down to the middle of her back. She was wearing a sparkling tight red dress that Adrian assumed she got as a gift from her marine date. He had to admit that the dress showed off her curves really well though, in fact, Adrian had to admit she was just as curvy as Nami if not a little more. The two women met eyes and quickly turned away from each other in a huff, causing Adrian to sweatdrop. He was about to ask what that was about when he was interrupted by the sound of cannon fire. The marine decided to sink the pirate ship but Luffy inflated himself into a balloon and tried to send the cannonball back at the ship, but his hand slipped from the mast and the cannonball accidentally hit the Baratie instead.
Luffy deflated and the air shooting out of his mouth shot him into the hole in the top of the Baratie that the cannonball created earlier. The crew waited for 15 minutes for Luffy to come out, but he never did. Zoro made a joke about the cooks killing him for the damage but Adrian yelled at him that maybe he will kill him instead. Adrian composed himself and said that they should go inside to see what is going on. As they made their way inside, the crew noticed the marine Lieutenant and his date and decided to sit on the opposite side of the restaurant. They noticed that he seemed to be yelling at a blonde-haired waiter, which soon turned violent as the marine slammed the table down and tried to fight the waiter. The blonde-haired man wasted no time in completely beating down the marine and tossing him towards the door. Adrian noticed that his date had disappeared in the commotion.
While the marines tried to pull their lieutenant away, someone sat down beside Adrian. He looked up and noticed that it was the date from before. He almost didn't recognize her because her hair was now in a ponytail and she was wearing what looked like a full leather bodysuit with the zipper on the front halfway unzipped, revealing a lot of cleavage and midriff. She didn't seem to be wearing a bra as the only thing keeping her boobs from being completely exposed was the sides of the bodysuit. He was about to make a joke about how fast she could change but she shushed him by putting her finger to his lips and focused on Nami. Nami coldly greets the girl and calls her Carina, which makes Adrian's and Zoro's eyebrows raise as they remember that name from Nami's story. Carina smiles and tells her not to give an old friend such a cold welcome when she is interrupted by marines shouting at the door.
The marine had just been shot by a man behind him who proceeded to sit at an empty table and demand a waiter. Some patrons from the restaurant got scared and said that the man was Gin from the Krieg Pirates. A waiter comes up to take his order, but they are interrupted by Luffy crashing through the restaurant followed by an old blonde man wearing a giant chef hat. Luffy gets up and casually greets his crew and says that he has to work for the restaurant for one year to make up for the damages. Adrian mocks him on the busboy outfit he is wearing but Luffy says he will figure something out to get out of this. The old man introduces himself as the owner of the place, Zeff, and that he won't be getting out of working so easily. Carina went back to trying to work things over with Nami, but the orange-haired girl wasn't having any of it. Adrian could tell it was because of their past and was wondering why Carina would think Nami would forgive her so easily when she almost got her killed.
Carina seemed to have a 6th sense about something going on between Adrian and Nami because she started to focus on him. She got closer to him and complained to Nami that it wasn't fair that she found such an attractive and muscular man to keep all to herself as she used her arms to push her giant breasts together and kissed his cheek while not looking away from Nami. The orange-haired girl had a big blush on her face and quickly looked away and said that she didn't know what she was talking about. Adrian wouldn't say it out loud, but he definitely didn't mind the view, Carina's tits were easily as big as Nami's if not slightly bigger, and her tight leather bodysuit wasn't leaving anything to the imagination. In fact, Adrian was sure that if she kept pushing her boobs together anymore like she was, they would pop out and be completely exposed to the world. Adrian was glad when the awkward moment was stopped when the waiter who was taking Gins order started to beat him up for threatening him with a gun. The waiter kicked the pirate out and told him to never come back again as the crowd cheered him on. Out of the corner of his eye, Adrian could see the young blonde-haired chef who beat up the marine walk towards the kitchen and Luffy following after him.
After about another hour of awkward air between Carina and Nami, Luffy returned with a giant smile on his face saying that the blonde-haired cook, whose name was Sanji, was going to join their crew as their chef. Sanji kicked him from behind and told him that he already told him no. Sanji then lays eyes on Nami and Carina and his eyes become shaped like hearts which creeps out everyone at the table. He spun over and got on one knee and reached around Adrian to grab both of the girl's hands. He kissed both of them and asked what he could do for the two angels. Adrian was actually a little jealous when they both started flirting back but that was quickly replaced by sympathy for the chef when he realized that they were both just taking advantage of him to get free food and he fell for it so easily. Just then Zeff appeared behind Sanji and kicked him for goofing off and told him that he should just leave to be a pirate since he wasn't any use to him. This pissed Sanji off and he ran into the kitchen.
The next two days were filled with Luffy frantically trying to find a way out of his deal while simultaneously being the worst employee the restaurant has ever seen. Luffy was also taking the time to keep pestering Sanji every chance he got to join the crew. Carina keeps flirting with Adrian to spite Nami and Nami keeps making sexual advances towards Adrian to spite Carina. Adrian just found himself looking up at God and asking him to put him out of his misery. Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku spend their time scarfing down food in the restaurant as Zoro spends his time, napping or drinking. On the third day, the crew was inside enjoying breakfast when the door to the restaurant was busted open and Gin walked in carrying a huge man on his shoulders. The restaurants customers screamed that it was Don Krieg and the man himself was begging for food. The chefs of the restaurant were hesitant to feed the man and actually wanted to call the marines to come capture him while he was weak. However, they are shocked when Sanji walks past them holding a plate of food and gives it to the man who immediately starts scoffing it down. Gin seems pleased to see Sanji feed his captain, but that expression soon turns to shock when his captain gets up and decks Sanji across the restaurant. Don Krieg states that this ship now belongs to him.
Adrian sighs at the fact that they got themselves caught up in another mess again. Krieg orders the chefs to bring him food for the rest of his crew that was still alive from their trip to the grand line. Sanji gets up to head towards the kitchen but he is confronted by the rest of the cooks and held at gunpoint to stop. They were warning him that they wouldn't let him do anything foolish when they were cut off by a huge bag of food flying past them and landing at Don Krieg's feet. Zeff appeared and said that they have nothing to fear from defeated men from the Grand Line.
Don Krieg recognized Zeff as a former pirate and asks him if he had a logbook from his time in the Grand Line, which Zeff agreed that he did. Krieg says he will take that too and then looks at the crowd of civilians and tells them that he will give them until he returns with his crew to get off the ship or he will kill them as well. After he left with the food, the place is left in an uproar as the crowds try to escape, leaving only the Straw Hats and the chefs. The chefs say that they will not abandon their only home and will fight for it with Luffy saying he wants to beat up Krieg as well. On his way out Gin apologized and said he didn't know it would be like this and stated that they were defeated within seven days of arriving in the Grand Line by one man with the eyes of a hawk. This line seemed to pique Zoro's interest.
Adrian asked Zoro what he was getting so worked up about and he replied that a man with the eyes of a hawk was the person he was looking for since he is the worlds strongest swordsman. Luffy gets excited after hearing how there are so many strong people in the Grand Line and Sanji berates them for wanting to risk their lives after what Gin had just told them. Zoro remarks that he would rather give his life for the sake of his dream than dying and not having tried at all, which Luffy and Adrian agree with. Sanji sighs but he is clearly fighting with something inside of himself about following his own dreams.
The ship is soon rocked by something outside and everyone goes to see what is happening. When they arrive outside, they see Krieg's huge ship, which was already in disrepair, had been sliced in half again. Usopp tries to check on the ship but notices that the Going Merry is gone and Johnny and Yosaku were currently pulling themselves out of the ocean. The crew was wondering what had happened when they noticed that Nami was gone too and Adrian heard Carina snicker that they got played by Cat Burglar Nami.
Luffy notices the Going Merry on the horizon and demands that Johnny and Yosaku tell them what had happened. They tell the Straw Hats that they were guarding the ship when Nami got on board and asked to see a certain bounty poster that Johnny recognized belonged to Arlong. He tried to explain to her that he was the most dangerous man in the East Blue but she suddenly told them to turn around so she could change since it was so hot. They did and she immediately pushed them overboard and stole the ship and all of the treasure. Adrian couldn't believe that they could be so stupid. Zoro says good riddance but Luffy yells that he only wants Nami to be his Navigator, which causes everyone to sigh. He orders Zoro and Usopp to go after her while He and Adrian take care of the Krieg Pirates. Zoro was about to agree when he looked up and saw a man in a small boat approaching. The man looked up at the individuals and Zoro could make out his hawk eyes. He stood frozen for a minute before he told Luffy that he wouldn't be able to go after Nami since the man he was looking for just appeared in front of him. Zeff claims that the man's name is Dracule Mihawk and that he is indeed the worlds strongest swordsman. Zoro jumps down onto some of the broken parts of the Krieg Pirates ship and demands that Mihawk fight him in a duel.
Mihawk looks amused at the young man in front of him and removes the pendant from his necklace, revealing a small blade. Zoro thinks that he is mocking him but Mihawk simply states that you don't go all out to squash a bug. The two clash for a bit before Mihawk remarks that he is a big frog in a small pond before piercing his chest with the blade. Adrian winces at the act but can't help but notice that Zoro is completely outclassed. Mihawk is impressed that Zoro isn't backing away. He removes the small blade from his chest and remarks that he will show him the world's most powerful blade as a gift for impressing him. Zoro thanks him as they clash one more time, ending in Zoros defeat as two of his swords are shattered. Zoro gets up and sheathes his treasured blade and stands in front of Mihawk with his arms in the air, saying that a scar on the back is a swordsman's shame. Mihawk agrees and slashes him across the chest, spewing blood everywhere and causing Zoro to fall into the sea.
Luffy and Adrian immediately jump to go to avenge Zoro. Mihawk swiftly dodges Luffy and swings his sword at Adrian, who manages to just barely block with his own sword. Mihawk seems intrigued by something for a second but then overpowers Adrian and uses another sword swing to send Adrian flying into the remains of the Krieg's Pirate ship. Luffy and Adrian emerged from the wreckage pretty unscathed but Mihawk continued to stare at Adrian's blade.
"That's a rather interesting blade you have there…" Mihawk remarks as he points at Adrian's sword. "When our swords met, I felt a strange aura emitting from it, and when I purposely tried to break the blade with my second swing, it survived without even a crack."
Adrian just looked down at his blade and wondered what he was talking about.
"But no matter, your friend is alive, see?" Mihawk points at Johnny, Yosaku, and Usopp who were pulling Zoro out of the sea and giving him basic first aid.
"It would be disappointing for such an interesting light to be snuffed out so young," Mihawk told them before he yelled towards Zoro that he will be waiting at the top for him.
Luffy shouts at Usopp to ask if Zoro is ok and the long-nosed man answered that he was alive. Everyone is shocked when the green-haired man suddenly raises his sword in the air and shouts at Luffy that he will never lose again until he becomes the world's greatest swordsman. Luffy smiles and says that's fine with him as Adrian looks on smiling as well. Mihawk tries to leave but is stopped by Don Krieg shooting at him but Mihawk just slices the ship again and disappears in the confusion. Luffy calls to Usopp to take Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku and go after Nami, which they agree to do. Luffy and Adrian return to where the rest of the chefs are and Luffy asks if he can go free if he beats Krieg and Zeff replies that he can. Adrian and Luffy begin to get battle-ready as the Krieg Pirates finally get ready to attack.
Adrian looks back at Carina and tells her that she should go inside if she doesn't want to get involved in this, however, she shouldn't go far because he has questions he wants to ask her. She winks at him and says she can't wait to be interrogated by such a strong man, but she can handle herself and she wants to see what the Straw Hats are made of.
The cooks raise a platform around the restaurant, so they don't have to worry about fighting inside and messing the place up. The fish head from the side of the restaurant detaches and two cooks are piloting it straight at Don Krieg, who simply picks it up and throws it at the ship, but its kicked away by Sanji at the last second, shocking Adrian and Luffy with his strength.
The pirates storm the restaurant and the chefs begin to fight back causing complete chaos. The chefs and Straw Hats are winning until a huge man gets out of the ocean and starts pounding back the chefs. Adrian takes a look at the hulking man who is completely covered in huge iron shells on the front and back of him and his hands are covered in big pearls that he is using to fight with. He says his name is Pearl and Adrian sweat drops at how stupid that is. He boasts about never having been hurt before but is cut off when Luffy, who was fighting Don Krieg, is blasted into the back of his head. The impact makes the man get a nosebleed.
Pearl takes a look at the blood on his fingers and starts panicking, somehow igniting himself on fire and using it to wildly attack everywhere, causing the deck to be set on fire. In an order to quickly end the fighting and to get Pearl to calm down, Gin takes Zeff hostage at gunpoint and tells everyone to surrender before he kills him. Adrian glares at Gin for using such an underhanded method before looking down at Zeff and giving him a sly smirk to let him know what he was about to do. Adrian speed blitzes the raging Pearl and hits his steal body plate directly in the center, causing it to completely shatter and sending Pearl flying back into Krieg Pirates ship, unconscious. Both the pirates and the chefs look stunned. The pirates are stunned that he was able to break the steel armor and knock Pearl out in one hit. The chefs and Sanji were stunned that he would recklessly put Zeff's life in danger. Adrian just holds his blood-covered hand in the air and cracks his knuckles.
"We are pirates, expecting us to listen to demands is just asking for trouble." He points at Luffy and continues… "In terms of power, speed and everything else, I am on par if not stronger than him, so don't underestimate me either."
Luffy just looks on smiling and Gin is stunned. Sanji takes the opportunity to kick Gin off of Zeff as Luffy continues his fight against Krieg.
Adrian starts using his bow to push back the pirates off of the deck. He looks over to see Sanji and Gin fighting pretty evenly and Luffy trying his best to offset Krieg's dirty tactics. After shooting some more pirates, Carina brings his attention back to Sanji who had been pinned by Gin and was about to be killed. However, Gin dropped his weapon and started crying, saying that he couldn't kill the one man who was ever nice to him.
Don Krieg is pissed that Gin is disobeying him and says that he is no longer a part of his crew as he pulls out a weapon and unleashes a poison gas bomb. Luffy steals two gas masks from the pirates for Sanji and Gin but panics when he can't find one for himself. Adrian grabs Carina and pulls her inside the restaurant with the chefs.
After the gas clears, Adrian and the chefs come out to see Luffy and Sanji wearing masks, but Gin was left suffering. Luffy shouted that Gin gave him his mask to sacrifice himself for him and Sanji to live.
Krieg starts to laugh at Gin for sacrificing himself for someone else and Luffy charges him. Adrian picks Gin up and tells Carina to help look for an antidote for the poison with the chefs. He brings Gin up onto the balcony so they can be out of the way of the fight and still be able to see what is going on. Carina comes up with Zeff and gives him an antidote that they hope will work. Carina remarks on how cruel pirates can be but Adrian jokes that's the first real emotion he has seen her display, which makes her yell at him. Adrian helps Gin take the antidote and Carina jokes that its weird to see a pirate helping another pirate out. He just calmly points at the fight over the balcony and says she should pay attention and she will see something even crazier.
She looks up to see Luffy slamming Don Krieg into the deck, defeating him. Luffy fell into the ocean but was saved by Sanji. After seeing the two Straw Hats go out of their way to help people, Carina couldn't help but see why Nami had gotten so attached to them.
After Luffy woke up, the chefs threw a great feast for the Straw Hats. They sat around the table and dug into the delicious food. Carina had taken a seat beside Adrian and he decided to return the favor by constantly teasing her about the way she ate, which she didn't seem to mind. Adrian couldn't help but feel she was definitely less hostile than Nami. He states that he is glad she chose to sit near him and that he would love to hear all about her past with Nami. She said that it was better than the alternative as she pointed at Sanji, who was currently looking at her with heart eyes and had kicked a chef out of a chair next to him so she could sit there. During the meal, Luffy was stealing food off of everyone's plate as Adrian went between fighting him off and subtly flirting back and forth with Carina, much to Sanji's dismay. The chefs bring up Sanji joining the Straw Hats and Zeff states that he should see the world, which Sanji agrees with. He asks Luffy if he will still let him join the crew and Luffy agrees excitedly. Sanji tells Zeff that he will finish his dream and find the All Blue. Adrian jokes that he is glad he doesn't have to eat Nami's cooking anymore which causes Carina to laugh, but soon makes a sour tone overtake the Straw Hats. Luffy pushes himself away from the table and shouts that its time to go and get their navigator back, which the rest of the Straw Hats agree to do.
Outside they run into Yosaku who had to swim back to tell them he knows where Nami is. Luffy, Sanji, and Yosaku get in the small boat provided by the chefs of the Baratie. Adrian catches Carina trying to sneak off but grabs her arm and tells her that she is coming with them since she seems to know a lot about Nami's past. She sighs and joins the boat with the young men as they set out to where Nami is.
TO BE CONTINUED
Arthurs Corner –
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Sorry, this took so long to post; I spent the last two weeks with my Mom and Brother to make sure they were ok. I just got back to my apartment this week and I had to hurry up and write this chapter before Friday since the Final Fantasy VII Remake comes out and my whole weekend would be dedicated to that and Rainbow Six Siege.
This was a great Arc to introduce Carina, since she can play a big role in the next arc with Nami. In terms of her appearance, I decided to go with her final outfit from the Film Gold movie. The Full body Leather suit one that matched what the rest of the Straw Hats wore in the final battle. I chose that one mainly because it was different from what the rest of the females wear on the ship and also because… well… Let's be honest... it was pretty hot haha.
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