Characters read The Demons are Back
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
Luffy gave a low chuckle as he flipped to the next chapter and began to read, his voice having more than a few women swooning again. Hancock chief among them as she sighed happily and sprawled across the back of the couch, mostly curling around Luffy.
"So how do you all know Luffy?" Makino asked as she served the pirates some juice, except for Zoro who wanted some liquor.
"He saved our lives." All nine of them responded within a second, no hesitation, no thinking about it, just an instant response."
"He's our captain and king." Yamato said grinning slightly as she looked at her captain.
"I was a bounty hunter trying to get stronger and be the best, made a deal with some marines and they were going to go back on it and kill me. He didn't let me die and at first he blackmailed me onto his crew but I don't mind." Zoro said shooting Luffy a secretive smile and making the boy laugh."
"He tracked down the person thought to be a demon to the East Blue and blackmailed him." Usopp said dryly and making Luffy and Zoro exchange grins and fist bumps.
"I was a thief that was just using them both for a while and yet…when I needed them…they were there. I joined them after they helped me free my town from pirates." Nami said unapologetically."
"You still are a thief." Franky said grinning at Nami who stuck her tongue out.
"Was a thief? You still are one witch." Zoro said with a snort making Nami smile sweetly at him.
"Oh what's that? You want more added to your debt? Well if you insist." Nami said making the whole crew chuckle or laugh as Zoro scowled at her without any real heat behind it.
"I was the village coward and liar. My dad's a pirate on Red Hairs crew and I wanted to be a Brave Warrior of the Sea like him, so when Luffy and the other two helped me save my best friend and village from some pirates I joined up with them." Usopp said smiling at the other three who had been at Syrup Island."
"God I was conceited and arrogant back then." Usopp said shaking his head ruefully as he looked at his crew who had been there for that.
"You got a lot better Usopp." Nami said reaching over and patting his arm while Zoro smirked and nodded to him.
"I was a chef in debt to the old man in charge of the Barate, a restaurant on the seas, and I forgot what it was like to live for my dream. This shitty-captain reminded me what it was like to fight for my dreams and helped save the restaurant from some pirates. I joined him after that." Sanji said lighting a cigarette and trying to look cool although he knew that anyone from Luffy's island was off limits."
"If it wasn't for Luffy I'd still be wasting away an empty shell on that boat…and that? That's a fate worse than death I believe." Sanji said grimacing and looking at his captain who glanced over and smiled at him, reaching over and putting his hat on Sanji's head for a little while.
The rest of the room were amused at how Sanji went a bit wide eyed and blushed a little bit but pulled the hat down a little more.
"I was next to meet the crew! They came to my home island looking for a doctor cause Nami got really sick. I…I was always called a monster but Luffy called me his friend! Then he beat up the bad man, the King that took away all the other doctors but me and Doctorine!" Chopper said beaming up at Luffy who patted his head with a grin."
"And the Doctors rose petals bloomed!" Chopper said wide eyed and happily enjoying some soft head rubs from his captain.
"Ever since what happened to Sabo Luffy has disliked nobility." Makino said giving Luffy a worried glance while Dadan gave a rough snort.
"You think he's bad? If I got my hands on those bastards that shot down the blond brat I'd show you just why Mountain Bandits are feared." Dadan said her voice a dark deep growl that Luffy wasn't used to hearing from her."
"She would have too. She wouldn't care if they were a Celestial Dragon or not. She was ready to wring their necks for you Sabo." Luffy said glancing at his brother who looked moved to tears.
"Actually I met the crew before you did Chopper but I didn't join until after you had. I…work for a Warlord named Crocodile but I hate it. He's tearing apart a country for a weapon that I wouldn't give him in a million years. I…Had to work for him and I'm used to those kinds of people. I've had a bounty on my head for twenty years after all…but…Luffy literally saved my life even though I asked him, told him to let me die. I believe his exact words were 'Why should I listen to you?' before he carried me over his shoulder away from the collapsing tunnel. I…had nowhere to go and had taken a nasty stab wound to my back that barely missed my heart. I…snuck onto their ship and may have gotten Luffy into a spot of trouble with the others." Robin said averting her eyes slightly but smiling as she spoke of how Luffy had saved her the first time."
"And then you all saved me a second time, from the darkness within." Robin said softly as she stared at them with a fond grateful smile on her face and Luffy reached out and rubbed the top of her head.
"We'll always be there for you Robin." Luffy said seriously and she was a little flushed at the action but smiled as she leaned into the head rubs.
"You literally said that what he had done to you was unbearable and that he needed to take responsibility." Zoro said looking at Robin who gave a small chuckle as Makino and everyone over the age of fifteen in the bar choked on nothing at how it was phrased."
"What did he do?!" The Charlottes were staring at Luffy in disbelief and shock now. He hadn't seemed like that kind of pirate while Ace was choking on how it was phrased.
"I saved her life." Luffy said smirking at the thoughts running through their heads.
"Yeah I didn't know what that could have meant for like five years. You and Nami were the ones who had explained it to me when you noticed how clueless I was." Luffy said with a snort making the two girls giggle slightly."
"Which had explained a lot about how you didn't notice a lot of things that the others had or reacted the same way they had." Nami said grinning slightly while Ace and Sabo were freaking out over their clueless innocent baby brother being corrupted.
"You couldn't look at us for months without blushing!" Nami almost cackled outright while the rest of the bar frowned. When had this happened and why did they act like they had been around each other for years? Luffy hasn't left the island!
"I was next to join when they needed a new ship and after a lot of trouble. These guys are SUU-PER! I still hate how they recruited me though." Franky said glaring at Robin and making her giggle slightly while the other males on the crew winced."
"Fufufufu. Well you shouldn't have resisted us so much then Franky."
"What did you do?" Dadan asked looking at Robin curiously and making Nami cackle harder as Robin gave a sweet smile, too sweet of a smile.
"Let's just say…there's a good reason men are scared of me, and not just because of my ability to snap hundreds of necks and spines in an instant." Robin said while Franky was cupping himself protectively."
"Harder to tell which one the marines feared more. You snapping their necks or spines or you using that method." Vivi said snickering as she remembered how Robin had gotten her hands on one Marine who had Chopper hostage and had ripped his off.
"I thought you were going to tear them off you Devil Child!" Franky yelled at her making most guys not apart of the crew look confused before their eyes slowly widened in horror."
All of the males not in the Straw Hat crew winced and looked horrified at that while a couple of the women were grinning or snickering at the mens bad luck.
"Thank you for the compliment but I'm more of a Demon than a Devil."
"Honestly I think you're still a Devil too. Black Maria would agree I'm sure. Yohohoho!"
"Besides…most guys like it when a woman grabs them there don't they?" Robin asked her eyes lowering to half mast as she teasingly ran her fingers down Franky's chest towards her prize.
"Not when you're squeezing them so hard they're ready to pop!" Luffy was the one to answer since Franky jumped from the table and hid behind him at Robin's actions. He was no fool. He knew Robin wasn't going to be gentle or nice to his precious if she grabbed it again."
"Don't worry Franky. You're safe from my grasp."
"Until he argues with you again you mean?"
"Fufufufufu."
"You really are a demon." One guy said pale as he covered himself protectively, Dadan however was laughing.
"All ten of us are." Robin shrugged it off easily.
"Yohoho. I believe I was after Franky! Luffy found me in eternal darkness and hell and saved me. From my loneliness, from the darkness. He showed me the light again and gave me a reason to live my life, although I quite clearly already lost it! Yohoho~ Skull Joke!" Brook said making Chopper, Usopp, and Luffy bust out laughing."
Most of the room looked a bit horrified and confused but a few were snickering at the skull joke.
"I was the last to join. Until recently I was the Captain of the Big Sun Pirates, which were disbanded a few months ago for training and to find a new reason to fight. Many of my crew were tired of being pirates and wanted to settle down anyways and those that wanted to continue the pirate life found new crews easily. I have some more…unfinished business to deal with but Luffy-kun and the others will fight with me I know. They do not see me as a Warlord or a Fishman. They merely see…Jinbe." Jinbe said smiling at Luffy and the others who smiled back at him."
"And as Fish Dad." Nami said grinning at him and earning a chuckle from the man.
"What about us though?" Yamato asked pouting at how she didn't get to tell her story and of how she joined the crew.
"Yamato, you can come back and visit Dawn Island with us later if you want. All of you can. But they were the only ones there at the time." Luffy said patiently to her and she grinned at that.
"Alright! Get to visit Captains home!" The princess's looked just as thrilled about that as the fox was.
"That's all there is to see. Jinbe is Jinbe, just like I am me. Nothing else matters." Luffy said making the bandits look at him surprised.
When did he get so wise?
If they had asked him he would have said it was probably when those scientist were using he and his crew as test subjects for crossbreed devil fruits and genetic manipulations."
"What scientists? Just aim me at them Lu." Ace said his eyes glinting darkly at that and more than a few others were fully prepared to go nuts on those scientists as well.
"After all Demons never forgot and rarely forgave."
"Damn right we don't." Zoro said baring his teeth in a facsimile of a smile but it was more feral than anything.
"My turn to read Captain." Yamato said and was grinning when he passed him the book and flipped it open to the right page.