Characters read The Demons are Back
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
Once they had finally calmed down, Hancock trying to bite Robin but being easily evaded or held back by the other woman, the book flashed into Mihawk's hand while he just looked amused as he opened it up.
"If we ever get separated again and could choose one place to meet up…where would it be?" Luffy had asked one day while the crew were all laying on the deck of Sunny watching the clouds. It was a lazy day and he had talked them into laying down with him to Cloud Watch."
"I remember that…a Marine Vice-Admiral had tried to attack us while we were Cloud Watching and Robin took exception to that." Usopp said recalling the event in question and the whole crew looked at Robin who merely smirked dangerously and bloomed a hand covered in darkness and shadows.
"At your home island Captain. That way we can see your home and thank them for looking after you until you set out to sea and met us." Zoro said instantly, not even having to think about it while the rest of the crew agreed, all of them smiling at the look of surprise on Luffy's face that soon melted into a wide beaming smile."
"Yeah sure was surprising that instead of a large Super death trap of an island we just found this quaint little thing." Franky said with a laugh while the others agreed.
"Luffy's eyes snapped open as he woke up, smiling slightly and feeling a certain shift in the wind. It had been two weeks since he had collapsed and transformed. He was content to wait on his crew to come to him though, he knew they were on the way."
"How could you know that for sure?" Katakuri asked glancing at Luffy who just smirked. The two stared at each other for a second before Katakuri gave an amused huff and leaned back in his chair.
"You okay brat?" Dadan asked slightly worried as she looked at Luffy, hoping he wouldn't collapse and scream again. He had scared the shit out of everyone when he had done that.
"I'm great Dadan. My crew is on the way here, you'll get to meet them soon." Luffy said smiling as he stood up and dusted off his pants. He had to duck to avoid hitting his head on the ceiling of the shack, his changes were easy to see to those that knew him beforehand. He looked older, his hair more wild, his teeth were sharper, his eyes were slit pupiled and glowed on occasion…there were also several scars on his body that weren't there beforehand. Most notably was the burned x mark on his muscled chest since he usually left his vest open and didn't bother with a shirt."
The crew was somber as they recalled what the X was from, each of them glancing at their captain or over at Ace who was pouting over his 'baby brother no longer being so tiny and cute anymore' still.
"Of course the biggest change was probably the fact that he was now about 8 and a half feet tall and didn't care if the meat was cooked anymore since he now ate it raw if he wanted to."
"Really Luffy? Raw?" Sabo asked pulling a disgusted look and making the other man shrug.
"Demon." Was the only answer he gave.
"Your crew?" Dogra was confused, the boy hadn't even set out to sea yet and he already had a crew that was coming for him?"
"Damn right we were."
"You'll see." Was all Luffy said before he left and went hunting.
The King was waiting."
"Sorry to keep you waiting captain." Jimbe said bowing his head to his captain who just laughed and waved it off.
"Don't be. I knew it would take a while."
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"Yohohoho! Are we too late to hitch a ride?" Brook called as the small boat that he stole from Moriah approached the dock where the newly completed Thousand Sunny had been anchored.'
"Just one of the small dinghy's from one of the lost and derelict ships in the Triangle." Brook said explaining that bit and making the crew nod their heads slightly.
"The now ten feet tall skeleton was pretty sure the only reason he ever made it to Water Seven was because Jinbe had found him and jumped on his boat, using the water to send it in the right direction."
"Yohohoho! True! I am a musician and can do some navigation however I am nowhere near the navigator or helmsman as our beloved Nami and Jimbe!"
"Yo! Brook-bro! Jinbe-bro! Good of ya to join me!" Franky yelled waving as he leaned over the edge of the boat with a grin on his face as he looked at his friends changes and noting how familiar they were.
Brook's afro had gotten slightly bigger, the skeleton was taller than anyone else on their crew"
"Jimbe and I are still taller Brook!" Yamato said grinning at the skeleton who merely laughed.
"now being a proud ten feet or so tall thanks to the experiments, and his bones were a lot stronger…and sharper."
"That is true! Why my spare rib acts as a spare sword if need be! Yohohohoho!"
"Jinbe's hair was longer and more wild, his gills were a darker red color with a scar going over the left gill, he had grew to about nine-"
"Eleven!"
"feet in height as well, and his appearance was overall slightly more...wild looking. His eyes were sharper, his powers stronger, and his skin tougher than most metals."
"I've literally seen you punch straight through the reinforced hull of a Marine Battle ship…with your bare hand." Nami said dryly to the fishman who chuckled.
"To be fair everyone on the crew is able to do such a thing, it's just easier for me to do it without being damaged." Jimbe rumbled with a grin on his face, he loved hearing how the marines that had dared attack their crew scrambled and panicked over that. Well aside from the few innocent sailors who hadn't had any say and instead were just doing their best to follow orders or help those in need.
Anytime Luffy or one of the others sensed such a pure genuinely kind soul, Jimbe made sure that he saved them from the watery grave of their peers and the marine was escorted to the nearest island with a town or marine base.
"Franky himself had grown to his 7 feet tall size and was much thicker in the muscle department than he had ever been before, his weapons and mind all high-tech and his powers over his element stronger than ever before."
"Got that right." Franky said with a savage grin as the metal in the room thrummed while Kidd looked interested in hearing about him in particular.
"I got free and came to catch a ride to our meeting place with you, Jinbe-san found my boat and hopped aboard helping me get here!" Brook said as the skeleton and Fishman began climbing up the side of the boat using the hidden slots for if one of them fell overboard."
"Usually used whenever one of us needs to retrieve one of the anchors who fell overboard." Nami said giving a pointed look to Brook and Luffy.
"Why are you staring at me Nami-san?" Brook asked confused.
"Maybe for the fact that when Chopper fell in, you idiots jumped in to grab him despite knowing you can't swim!"
"Good point."
"Not a problem bro's. We gotta go meet up with Strawhat-bro after all. Think Robin knows how to get to Dawn Island?" Franky asked making the two of them chuckle slightly since they had noticed a woman walking out of a nearby shadow.
"Of course I do. I managed to secure us an eternal pose." Robin said making Franky jump with a yelp."
"Still startle so very easy Franky." Robin said with a chuckle.
"Don't do that Robin!" Franky yelled at her while Brook and Jinbe laughed at him. Robin loved pulling that trick as soon as she got used to her shadow powers.
"Sorry I mainly did it to freak out Crocodile. He gave me some…time off to recover from my transformation and I shadowed here as soon as I could." Robin said making the men tense as they looked at her worried, their eyes assessing her for injuries."
"If sand croc had hurt her, well…" There was water swirling around Jimbe without him moving a bit, the Straw Hats all looking dark and demonically as if Crocodile was there and could see their dark visages.
More than a few people shuddered at how protective the crew were of each other.
"The woman just gave an amused smile and small giggle as she looked at her friends and nakama as they checked to make sure she was okay. Unlike them she didn't grow any taller and her muscles were still slim…but she was toned and her skin had gotten paler. She stepped fully out of the shadows and smiled wider at them, showing her sharpened teeth and putting on her tinted sunglasses kept her sensitive but glowing blue eyes from view so that no one could tell if they were glowing blue or had flashed brown again."
"Why does it matter what color your eyes are?" Ace asked tilting his head curiously and he wasn't the only one wondering about that as they all looked at Robin.
She just gave them a secretive smile and motioned for Mihawk to keep reading.
"The King's Shipwright, Martial Artist, Muscian, and Spy were on their way.
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"Hey! Chopper! Are you here?" Nami shouted as she docked at Drum Island and yelled for her crewmate.
"Nami!" More than one villager screamed when the 'monster' from the forest came running over to the red-orange haired girl. A few thought that the girl was about to be speared by the antlers on his head, but the 'monster' stopped short and jumped on her in his Brain Point instead."
"I'd never hurt my nakama!" Chopper said and he was instantly in Robin and Nami's arms being cuddled.
"We know you wouldn't Chopper." Luffy assured the little reindeer who relaxed at that.
"How did you get here?" Chopper asked hugging Nami's neck and making her giggle as she hugged him back.
"I'm a navigator and a thief. I stole an eternal pose and got here all by myself, of course…it helps when I can manipulate weather." Nami said with a wink as she let him down."
"You showed up in a dinghy that might as well have been a raft!" Chopper said and everyone gaped at that and Nami grinned.
"Yeah that was a fun little challenge." Nami said while the Whitebeards, Revolutionaries, Big Mom pirates, and Kaido pirates were all gaping in disbelief.
"What the fuck?" Brulee's whispered words seemed to capture everyone's feelings perfectly.
"So you're one of the brats my boy has been telling me about." Kureha said walking over and making Nami look at her while Chopper checked Nami over with a critical eye.
She wasn't any taller than she had been after they met up after the two years training, but she was more developed and more toned in the muscle department. Her hair was also brighter and there seemed to be a spark running along her body, the lightning she commanded ready for use in an instant."
"Should have seen the looks on the marines faces when one grabbed her arm and got zapped by lightning. I swear they almost had heart attacks!" Luffy said with a laugh as he recalled watching their faces when his navigator had kicked their asses on her own, after all the highest commander had been a mere Captain.
"Well the lightning could hav-"
"Don't finish that sentence Robin!" Usopp said stopping the woman immediately and knowing that whatever it was she was about to say would scare or gross most people out.
"Yes I'm the navigator. Nami is my name and stealing is my game." Nami said smiling at Kureha and accidentally flashing her pointy eye teeth at the woman as well as her brown eyes that had different colors arching through it.
"Me and Chopper are on the way to meet with our Captain now but we'll come back through here in a few months." Nami said looking at Chopper, he was a bit taller now. He reached about around her knees in his Brain point and his Walking Point had been taller than her, his antlers were sharper and his fur was thicker while his blue nose seemed to glow slightly with a white light and his eyes were warm and yet dark. He was ready to go feral and protect his nakama if he had to."
"Damn right."
"WHO THE FUCK TAUGHT CHOPPER HOW TO CURSE?!"
The Straw Hats raised hell for a solid ten minutes over that as most of them went at Zoro but a few went after Sanji. Usopp just smirked slightly as he stayed out of it and didn't bring attention to himself while Luffy laughed. Whoops.
"The King's Navigator and Doctor were on their way.
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"Marimo what the hell are you doing here?" Sanji shouted as soon as he sensed Zoro's familiar presence on the floating restaurant, the man hauling himself up the side and looking to be soaking wet. Sanji would never admit it but he was glad to see the Marimo.
"I was heading towards Dawn Island and saw the Barate ero-cook." Zoro shot back although he was glad to see one of his nakama again, even if it was the shit-cook. He didn't need to say it for Sanji to know that he had swam there."
"I mean it was pretty obvious since he hauled himself up the side of the ship and was soaking wet." Sanji said rolling his eyes.
"You dumbass! You swam the wrong way! Dawn Island is over there!" Sanji yelled pointing in the direction Zoro had just came from.
"Shut up! It's not like I had a map!"
"Even if you did you'd get lost Zoro!"
"Shut it witch!"
"Don't talk to Nami-swan like that!"
"Oh fuck off Ero-cook!"
"I'll add another 30000 to your debt if you idiots don't shut up."
"Zoro shouted back even as he took in his cook's appearance.
The lanky man was toned and had the air around him shimmering slightly with heat, his hair was scruffier and covering his right eye, he had a scar going down his lips to his chin, and had grown to about six feet tall.
Zoro himself was bulging with toned and chiseled muscles, had Mihawks scar"
"Hm so I gave you that scar?"
"Yeah first time we fought and I lost. Cut me across the chest with Yoru."
"Hm."
"across his chest along with a few others, his hair was darker, he had the scar going down his eye, and there was a greenish glow around his one visible eye. His white sword also had a small glow around it in a greenish color.
"Dumbass. Let's just wait for Nami-swan and the others to pick us up or else you might end up in Alabasta."
"With Zoro's luck he'd end up in Wano somehow." Nami said with a snort and the rest of the crew agreed while Zoro scowled.
"Sanji said snorting and making Zoro glare at him.
"You wanna go pervert?" Zoro asked his hand on Wado's hilt.
"Sure I could use that green head of yours to mob the deck!" Sanji said glaring back as the heat around him got higher.
The Kings Swordsman and Cook were…distracted."
"That's nothing new!" The rest of the crew chimed in laughing at the end and even Mihawk huffed amused as he closed the book.
It flashed from his hand to Luffy's and Ace and Sabo wondered if their brother even knew how to read.