Zack's story. ep 2: Looking back, Zack's relationships with the Dragon King Pirates.
With Zack...
He and his crew are on a very special ship.
Zack: You called Father, right?
Asahina: Well, we tell you that you helped those guys and that you have a good relationship with one of them.
Zack: I just hope he doesn't get mad.
Owada: Come on man. Do you know who you are talking about? He is the old man, surely he is happy.
Everyone arrives on deck and everyone smiles: they see a giant man, with numerous wounds on his chest and arms. In black pants, metal boots, and an orange jacket over his shoulders. His face is aged with the passing of the years and he has a scar across his face. Her hair is white without being abundant. He is drinking a bottle of sake, with a smile.
?: Jua ha ha ha. Zack, my kids, welcome home.
"The Dragon King. William Oldworld, Dragon Fist, Captain of the Dragon King Pirates, one of the Celestial Emperors and the strongest human in the Multiverse. Reward: 10,798,000,000"
Zack: Father ... I'm glad to see you again.
Dragon Fist: Jua, ha, ha. I hear you've managed to save those kids from Beacon and the Straw Hats. Nice job.
Zack bows before him, embarrassed.
Zack: Father, I'm sorry I intervened in this timeline, but I couldn't allow neither Doflamingo nor Big Mom to harm you. Also...
Dragon Fist: You have a girlfriend, right? Even if they didn't tell me, I'm old enough to know that sooner or later you would have it, boy.
Zack: Father...
Dragon Fist: But don't fight with your friends. Or if you do, let it be in a ring, at least it would be a good show! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
The old man does not get angry but laughs at how funny Zack got mad at his crewmate. This sweats before the fighting attitude of his father, like his friends ... But they immediately start laughing. So Zack turns to his comrades.
Zack: Yes and guys, I'm sorry I got super angry. Just want my first date to be special.
Sonia: Well, it's our fault.
Owada: It's true, buddy. Men do not intrude on the personal austerities of others.
Pekoyama: But is that the last time we could do things like that...
Zack: I know that, Peko. Well, next time if you want to know, I'll be happy to tell you everything, but who had the brilliant idea to spy on me anyway?
Everyone pointed to Sonia, who looks away. Suddenly she hits his palm.
Zack: Sonia...
Sonia: You see, HE gave me the idea.
Zack: "Him?" Oh ... that guy.
Owada: How is that idiot going to get us into these troubles, that bastard?
Celestia: The same with gambling, it always beats me. Someday I'll kill that son of a bitch; I'll rip him with my bare hands!
Dragon Fist: Hey, Celes, remember: breathe.
Celestia begins to breathe, returning to her calm state.
Zack: Okay, so is anyone lucky to find a piece of my true origin?
Dragon Fist: Sorry Zack, there is nothing yet.
Zack: Well ...
Asahina: Hey, cheer up; I'm sure we'll find out who you are.
Nidai: That, man! We are family. And the family is for what you need!
Everyone smiles at him and Zack sheds a tear.
Zack: Thank you ... You are the best. By the way, Father, do you know where those four are?
Dragon Fist: Your uncle sent them to Empire City to investigate the sightings of Dark Gaia´s Minions. I've been told that maybe your girlfriend and her friends are going there.
Zack: Ruby... Father, can I...?
Dragon Fist: No. You must wait.
Zack: What?! But, Father, she...
Dragon Fist looks at his son, dropping his gigantic hand gently onto his head.
Dragon Fist: That child is strong, but she must learn to fight without waiting for help. She will not be able to grow as a Huntress if she cannot fend for herself.
Zack was going to answer, but he understood that his father was right. However, Dragon Fist smiles.
Dragon Fist: That doesn't mean you can't surprise her.
Pekoyama: Father-sama, what do you mean?
Dragon Fist: Now is the perfect opportunity to regain your relationships with your family and friends.
Zack: Father...
Dragon Fist: Jua, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Surely if you explain yourself, they will listen to you and understand you.
Zack: Thanks. Come on guys, didn't you want to know about my girlfriend?
While Zack and his family leave talking about how to present themselves to Ruby and the rest, Dragon Fist returns to his chair and drinks his bottle of sake again, while talking to himself.
Dragon Fist: This Zack... He has grown a lot, and now, he even has a girl. It seems like yesterday when we met him...
Ten years ago...
Young and Reckless - One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 OST [32]
Dragon Fist´s ship arrives at Mobius when his crew and the captain himself begin to fight with Eggman's machines and G.U.N. in the forest of Mystic Jungle.
Dragon Fist: "My men, destroy the robots and loot what you can!"
The pirates destroyed the robots and managed to knock out the soldiers, putting them in an improvised cage. The dragon king was not aware that he was going to be the victim of an aerial attack.
Pirate: "Father, behind you!"
Pirate. 2: "Old man, defend yourself!"
Several Eggman warships were targeting him, home pretty easy due to your gigantic size. However, he only smiles.
Dragon Fist: "Hey, be careful. I heard it's going to rain metal."
Egg Pawn Commander: 2HA HA HA! What do you say, lots of meat?"
Then, as if it were lightning, a woman fell, smashing through the ships' armor.
Egg Pawn Commander: "They attack us!"
The ships fall and a very peculiar woman emerges from them: her large complexion, deep voice and stern appearance often cause her to be mistaken for a man. He has long white hair, reddened and dark skin; very pale blue eyes and a scar on her face and right shoulder. He often uses his expression with a frown.
His school uniform consists of a traditional Japanese seifuku style school uniform consisting of a white shirt, a blue sailor collar, a short blue skirt, and a red tie. The uniform sleeves are torn to make room for his muscular arms. She wears bandages wrapped around her calves and forearms. His shoes are gray and look like Uwabaki, with the kanji for his last name on the toe.
"The strongest woman in the world." Sakura Oogami, former Ultimate Martial Artist and martial arts teacher for the 7th Division of the Dragon King Pirates. Reward: 894,670,000
Oogami: "Father-sama, I did it. Sorry I'm late."
Dragon Fist: "Jua, ha, ha. You don't have to apologize, my daughter. You always arrive at the right time. But you should never forget your training."
Oogami: "Father-sama, let the others and I take care of this."
Dragon Fist: "Okay, but be careful, you still haven't recovered from our last match."
Dragon Fist lets Oogami and his men take care of the matter, as he advances, destroying and defeating more enemies. Suddenly, he hears a shot and sees a hooded figure.
Dragon Fist: "Oh, Syrion, you are here."
The person known as Syrion sighs and stands next to Dragon Fist.
Syrion: "Yes, and it's not because of you, Grumpy Old Lizard. Stop attacking planets just for fun!"
Dragon Fist: "We are pirates, we always do these things. And if we help the innocent, better."
Syrion: 2You're ... huh? But what is that?"
Syrion sees something red, pushes the bushes aside, and discovers an eight-year-old boy with thinning hair, as if he were wild and a scar in his eye, soaked with blood and slightly burned. Syrion gasps in shock as he tries to catch the boy, when a robot gets in his way.
It is a dinosaur robot, yellow in color and has large teeth. Her eyes are green. It has two legs, two arms, and a tail.
Syrion: "Hey, toaster with legs, if you don't want to be recycled, you better get away!"
The mecha attempts to hit him when a long dragon-head halberd blocks him.
Syrion: "Old Lizard, this boy..."
Dragon Fist: "I see it. Tell Mikan to prepare the infirmary, the boy is serious."
Boss - Sonic Rush Adventure [OST]
The Ghost Rex roars at him as he moves his waepon against the metal beast. The Rex bites the arm that his halberd is holding, however Dragon Fist uses the remaining arm to grab the head and knock it to the ground. Then he takes his halberd and threads it on the body, to finish off by throwing it at a wall.
Back on the ship, almost everyone is at the door of the infirmary, waiting for the boy's result. The door opens and a young woman with long, pale, dark purple hair comes out. She has light grayish purple eyes. There is a mark of beauty under the corner of his left eye. She wears a nurse uniform consisting of a pale pink collared shirt sleeve shirt with puffy sleeves. She wears a white apron over this which is tied behind her neck with a ribbon. There are two red lines on the left side of the apron, one low at its center and another short red line perpendicular to the vertical. A short pale blue pleated skirt is visible under her apron. He also has bandages wrapped around most of his left arm and right leg. Lastly, he has a bandage on his left kneecap and wears white socks and shoes.
"Deadly Medicine." Mikan Tsumiki, former Ultimate Nurse and doctor of the 7th Division of the Dragon King Pirates. Reward: 697,000,000
Dragon Fist: "Mikan, how is he?"
Tsumiki: "I have done my best, but I doubt it will come out of this. Not only because of the trauma of an explosion, but because he appears to have been tortured many times."
Oogami: "How do you say?"
Owada: "Are you telling us that this boy has tortured him?"
Tsumiki: "Something like that. I´m sorry, but this is the only that I can talk about him sanitary condicion."
Dragon Fist looks at the boy and without thinking twice, makes the same decision he made with the Hope's Pick students.
Dragon Fist: "Don't worry boy, you're home."
Present...
Dragon Fist: Ten years later and we still haven't found anything about him. It doesn't matter, I promised him I would help him find his past and that's what I'll do, even if it's the last thing I do.
Meanwhile, Zack and the others head to Shamar's territorial waters, when the Sunny arrives.
Zack: Come on, the blonde breaker. What do you want?
Yang: We... Uh... We want to say we're sorry.
Zack: For what?
Yang: For thinking you were one of the bad guys and all that. And also...
Zack: "For spying on your date." So it is true; you spied on our date, huh?
Jaune: How do you know that?
Zack: For two simple reasons: One: I can feel the aura and soul of your boys. I didn't use Haki for that.
Pyrrha: Wow.
Zack: And two: because mine did the same. So, let's say that I already had an idea that you would do it.
Weiss: Sorry about that too but we...
Zack: Utututu. tu. Weiss Schnee, you don't have to worry; I understand, what happens is all of you drew conclusions without thinking. I know you have a history of those people.
Franky: The truth is that it has a point.
Zack: That and that Luffy is the only one who trusts me.
Sanji, Weiss and Nami: He is an idiot.
So, does it count knowing how Luffy entered Impel Down and released Jimbei, huh? The guy who just met and knows about Ace, explains that?
Nami: Sorry Zack, but that's in the public domain.
Zoro: You're going to have to try harder if you want to convince us.
Zack: So how about this: Do you know a god named ... Solaris?
Tails: No idea.
Nora: Don't look at me.
Sonic stands in front of Zack.
Sonic: How do you know about that?
Tails: Sonic, what's up?
Zack: Let me explain: Solaris was the Sun God in the Sonic universe, but was split in two by a human experiment, called the Solaris Project: The physical form of the flame called Iblis and the intelligence called Mephiles the Dark. For reasons that do not come to mind, Sonic along with his friends managed to beat him, but none of this has happened...
Sonic: ... because Solaris has never existed.
Yang: Is this supposed to be a joke?
Sonic: Not much less.
Zack: What happens is that Sonic made Solaris disappear from existence, eliminating him from the original timeline but, somehow, Sonic is the only one who retains all the memories of everything related to Solaris.
Sonic: It's totally like he says.
Zack: Exactly.
Yang: Okay, how about we start again?
Zack: Okay, but I have four conditions.
Blake: Anything.
Zack: 1. Rule out anger and trouble to control it. I have this strange ability to drain and absorb negative energy and negative emotion, but most of all anger, trust me, you don't want that. 2: Make sure Nora and Sanji don't try to hurt me like Yang tried because you think I was bad, it bothered me a lot. 3: When I want, I will go on your boat and I can also go for free. Without rent and without paying or paying for things.
Nami: Hey! That is not fair! Who said you could be here for free?
Zack: Saving you is beyond millions, billions and a lot of that along with being in Luffy's crew, just do the math and boom! What I mean is that you know you lose a lot, so it's free for me and how I wanted to do it.
Nami then got lost and with nothing to say, she sighs in defeat.
Nami: Okay, you win.
Sonic: And what is the last condition?
Zack: That you trust my friends, please.
Tails: Why weren't we going to do it?
Zack: Everyone has a dark past that, to this day, they are still trying to overcome.
Luffy: Sure, don't worry.
Zack: Thanks. And Nami, here you have, an advantage of letting me be free of rent.
Open the portal and bring a large diamond and a large gold brick that makes Nami have eyes with the symbol of money and faint with joy.
Sanji: Nami-swan!
Nami: Feel at home, dear friend!
Franky and Zoro: Oi, oi, oi, oi.
Usopp: Wow! Nami has fallen!
Weiss: Do you have all that money?!
Zack: Yes, ma'am. It is the minimum that one can expect from a captain like me and my reward.
Everyone: WHAAAAT ?!
Sonic: Are you the captain? No wonder you are so strong!
Zack: uh, not a big deal. I cannot compare to my father.
Ruby: Wait ... So are you the captain or not?
Zack: I am a captain but not that of the entire fleet.
Luffy: Oh I got it.
Blake: Really?
Luffy: Yes. Also, I like him, so he's good people.
Celestia: Is it my thing or is this Straw Hat Luffy a completely stupid person?
Nami: It's always like this ... Oh; you're one of Zack's crew members, right?
Celestia: That's right. It is a pleasure to meet you all. My name is Celestia Ludenberg, financial administrator for the 7th Division.
Nami: F-Financial administrator?
Nami and Celes had to talk to each other, animatedly.
Zack: I-I feel the beginning of something terrible.
Then several members of Zack's crew arriving.
Saionji: So these are the ships Zack was talking about. They are not ugly at all.
Mikan: W-Wow, they are awesome.
Chopper: Hey, are you okay? You have many bandages on arms and legs.
Mikan sees Chopper and his eyes go starry, hugging him.
Mikan: You are the cutest thing I've ever seen!
Chopper: D-Don't think that makes me happy, asshole!
Mikan: Uhaaa, I´m sorry!
Zoro: Don't worry; he does that whenever someone compliments him.
So they decided to make a meal to get to know each other better. It was amazing how well the Straw Hats and Beacon Hunters get along with Zack and theirs. Sanji and the former Ultimate Cook, Teruteru Hanamura, had a kitchen duel (and also to impress girls.) Franky gives courses on manhood to Nidai and company and and Robin spoke to Sonia and company. Although, the main event was on the table: Luffy and Zack had a food duel.
Luffy: Mmmfff! I'm not gonna lose!
Zack: This is ... not ... nothing!
Zoro: Oi, how long have they been?
Blake: Let's say Luffy carries 20 mountains of meat and Zack another 20 along with 10 barrels of root beer.
Jaune: What?! That's a lot more than Yang drinks.
Usopp: Also Zoro.
Yang and Zoro: And so much.
Celestia: What surprises me about Zack is that he never gets fat.
Saionji: And at our parties he always drinks a lot of root beer kegs, at least 10 barrels of root beer.
Weiss: A-A-At least?
Zack: Oh no, you don't believe it.
Zack uses his tongue as if it were a frog to eat his food and Luffy's.
Nami: I never imagined that there was someone who surpassed Luffy in matters of eating.
All: Wow.
Ruby: "It's so cute ..."
Asahina: Easy, girl.
Zack covers his mouth to not let out the burp.
Zack: Wow, that was a tasty meal. Thank you very much for the food and the party.
After the party, Zack helps Sanji and Hanamura clean up.
Sanji: Oh no, don't worry. We already deal with it.
Zack: Of that nothing. Together with Hanamura, you have cooked for me and my family. The least I can do is help you.
Hanamura: Oh, don't worry, Sanji. Zack always helps me wash the kitchen and the dishes.
Sanji: Come on, really? Well at the table...
Hanamura: Well, it's the life of the party. But it always helps us, in anything.
Ruby: It's a charm...
Zack leaves the cooks and is reunited with his girlfriend.
Zack: Sorry I kept you waiting.
Ruby: Nothing happens. I am so glad that we are together.
Zack: Does your father know our relationship?
Ruby: I haven't told her yet.
Zack: Oh great.
Ruby: Sorry.
Zack kisses Ruby on the cheek.
Zack: It is not your fault. Perhaps it is better that I tell you in person.
Ruby: It's very overprotective, be careful.
Zack: I know, your sister is a clear example.
Ruby: Hehehehe.
Zack: You're heading to Empire City, right? Well, you may be lucky and see four friends of mine.
Ruby: Oh yeah?
Zack: My father sent you to investigate the Dark Gaia Minions sightings.
Ruby: What a coincidence, we have been told the same thing.
Zack: Be very careful, please.
Ruby: You calm, love. I am always careful.
A group of girl observes the happy couple.
Saionji: They make a great couple.
Koizumi: I never thought Zack would have a girlfriend.
Celestia: I hope she knows what she's doing.
Asahina: Don't be rude, Celes. She is very strong. "Please, don't hate us when you know about our past. What we are."
To be continue...