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Luffy laughed as Orlumbus hit the ground for a final time. The younger blonde haired pirate was bruised and bleeding but nothing serious. He didn't want to hurt his future Nakama after all.
"You're strong for someone still in Paradise." He said and crouched down extending his hand to Orlumbus who glared up at him.
"I lost. So it's either join your crew or die?"
Luffy nodded. "Yup."
He could see the resentment in Orlumbus eyes. The Captain wasn't just a pirate, he was a fellow adventurer. Same as him. And right now he was taking away the man's sense of adventure. "I've got to fix that."
It wouldn't do to have a crew and worse friends who didn't like him.
"But not yet." Standing up he retracted his hand. "You're strong but this is still Paradise. When you reach the New World I'll come find you again and we'll have another fight."
"And if I lose I join your crew?"
"If you want." Luffy shrugged his carefree grin back on his face. "But the New World's dangerous. Big Mom, Kaido, and Whitebeard. They're powerhouses with crews just as strong. But you'll see for yourself once you get there."
Walking past Orlumbus and the still unconscious crew Luffy grinned as he heard Orlumbus mutter.
"What a strange man."
It could have been an insult but it didn't sound like one so he kept walking. His Log Pose wouldn't reset until tomorrow so he had the rest of the day to spare.
"What to do?" Luffy folded his arms behind his neck. He had already recruited Orlumbus and his fleet and without Bellamy causing problems Mock Town wouldn't be that exciting.
And without Enel causing problems in Sky Island there was no reason to go there either.
Stopping as he passed a familiar tavern he grinned and went inside. The bar was filled with laughter and exaggerated tales of finding millions of beri's worth of gold. He ignored all that and sat down surprising the barkeep by ordering juice and not something alcoholic and a plate full of meat.
"Researchers from Ohara, heh? Those dusty old books you genius 'scholars' read must be worth something."
Lifting his head Luffy looked across the bar he had decided to eat at. Ohara. "I know that name."
It was the name of Robins home island. The one Spandam had used the Buster Call to destroy.
"We are not handing over our research to you pirates."
That voice. It was slightly different but still so familiar to him. Standing up from his table Luffy pushed his way through the slightly crowded bar following the voice as she continued to speak.
"These books are going to help enlighten the world to its true history."
"The only thing those books are gonna help is our pocket. By filling them with gold!"
Breaking through the crowd Luffy noticed the male speaker first. A large man with orange hair, a giant chin, and small ears wearing a dark-colored buttoned shirt and a light colored coat. Next, to him, a small boy with a bruised eye and a bandaged chin stood by as the woman who had spoken was pulled from her table.
"Robin?" Luffy frowned shaking his head. No, it couldn't be his friend. Robin was a child when Roger was executed.
But this woman looked almost identical to his crewmate. Yet there were also differences he noticed after giving her harder look. She had white hair instead of dark hair like Robin. And her skin was lighter as well.
"Unhand Olivia, pirate!"
Olivia? Luffy's eyes widened. That was Robins mothers name. Nico Olivia. One of the archeologists from Ohara that had set sail to find the Poneglphys. He remembered her from when Robin had told him and the crew about what happened to Ohara after they had rescued her from Enies Lobby.
"Back off old man!" One of the men holding Oliva used a hand to push the man who had spoken away.
"Were the Barrels pirates, under the great pirate Diez Barrels. You don't want to mess with us."
"Diez Barrels? I've never heard of him." Luffy said drawing the attention of the bar to him.
"You must have set sail after hearing Gold Roger talk about his treasure, huh?"
Diez Barrels, the orange haired man turned around drawing the sword at his hip. "Mind your own business, unless you want to die."
"This is my business." Luffy cocked his head to the side so he could see Oliva behind Diaz.
"She is from Ohara. I had a friend from Ohara so I can't let you hurt her. Or any of the other archeologists."
Ducking as a bullet shot past his head drilling into the wall he glared at the pirate who had shot at him.
"You shouldn't have done that." Focusing his will on the pirate that had tried to shoot him and the two men holding Oliva, Luffy watched as their eyes rolled and they dropped to the floor.
"Hey!"
"What did you do!"
"Does he had a Devil Fruit?"
Diez growled as his underlings shouted at and cursed the stranger that had interfered in their business. They were all idiots. Naive to the larger world that lay outside their own greed. None of them knew what just happened. But he did.
"To think we would run into someone with 'that' power here of all places."
"Crew, we're leaving!" He announced and shoved the small body next to his forward.
"Cover our escape, Drake!"
Blinking as nearly half the pirates in the bar fled out the door Luffy frowned as one stayed behind. A kid dress in a tattered, bloodied shirt with pants and boots that were just as bad as the shirt with holes and rips in them.
"Are you going to fight me?" He asked, "You should escape with your friends."
"They aren't my friends. And I have to fight you." Drake charged at the pirate hoping that he would fall unconscious like the others.
"I'm the strongest on the crew, it's my job!"
Swinging his fist Luffy backhanded the boy sending him crashing into the tables next to them. He'd made sure not to hit the kid too hard so it was only a little surprised when Drake jumped back to his feet.
Ignoring the blood dripping down his face from the cut above his eye Drake charged again. . .
. . .and was thrown back into another set of tables.
"What are you doing?" Luffy questioned when Drake crawled out the rubble standing on unsteady feet.
"You can't beat me, obviously you see that. So why are you still fighting?"
"I told you," Drake coughed spitting up a bit of blood. "I'm the strongest on the crew."
Grinning as Drake charged him a third time Luffy put more strength behind his punch knocking Drake all the way across the room.
Slamming into the wall Drake was dug so far into the wood he didn't fall right away. Glancing out the window he saw his father and the crew lying in the street, all unconscious before he fell to ground lying limp as Luffy walked towards.
Trying to move his arms Drake's eyes widened as footsteps got closer to him but his body wouldn't listen to his mind. "I. . .I can't get up."
He was going to die. The pirate was going to kill him and he would die. And for what? To protect his bastard of a father?
Closing his eyes as sandaled feet stopped in front of his face he squeezed them tight waiting for the final blow that he was sure was coming. . .
. . .Only it never did.
Cracking his eyes open Drake stared up at the monster that had crushed him and his father's crew with ease.
"You're strong," Luffy smiled. "Id hate to see you die here. If you really want to fight, take my name and sail the sea with me."
Drake's jaw dropped as Luffy extended his hand.
"Become my son."
"WWHHAAATT?!"
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"Olivia, we should go."
Rochet was tugging on her arm, trying to get her to leave the tavern with the other researchers but Olivia couldn't leave. Not yet. She wanted to talk to the strange man who had just defeated an entire pirate crew and then recruited one of its members in his 'family'?
"He said, son." Did he really mean son, or was it some kind of pirate slang that she just didn't understand?
Taking a step toward the pirates she felt Roschet hand tightened around her wrist.
"What are you doing, Olivia?" He hissed. "You're going to get us all killed by messing with pirates."
Ah, so he was angry that she had immediately refused to hand over their books. Shaking his hand off Oliva walked across the tavern and sat down next to the pirate that had saved her. From the corner of her eye, she could see that Roschet had fled the bar leaving her alone.
"Pirate-san, you said you knew someone from Ohara?" She asked the black-haired pirate.
"Do you mind if I asked who-"
"Luffy."
"Pardon?" Oliva frowned.
Luffy grinned holding his hand out to Robins mom. "Portgas D. Luffy. Nice to meetcha."
Not wishing to be rude Oliva took the hand and shook it. "Nico Olivia."
"From Ohara," Luffy nodded let go fo her hand as his food arrived.
"Is he. . .okay?" Olivia asked as she looked past Luffy at the younger pirate who had collapsed over the bar.
Looking up his cheeks bloated up like chipmunks Luffy grinned keeping his lips closed.
"Drake's a tough guy, he'll be fine. Besides, I didn't hit him too hard. Now, you were going to ask me something?"
"Yes," Oliva nodded. "Your friend from Ohara-"
"She was looking for Poneglyphs just like you." Luffy grinned. "We actually met right before I came to Jaya for the first time. She-
"Did she find the Poneglpyh here?" Olvia interrupted. "We've been searching for it for weeks. Nearly the whole island but we can find it."
"That's because it's not on Jaya."
Olivia frowned. That couldn't be right. All the records they had on Poneglyphs said one was supposed to be on Jaya.
"But Jaya isn't actually Jaya either." Luffy continued. "The island we're on is only half of Jaya. The other half, the half with the Poneglpyh is ten thousand meters that way."
He pointed a finger to the sky.
"In the sky?" Olivia asked with a disappointed sigh.
This pirate was obviously crazy. And that meant he was just another dead.
"Yep, the Knock Up stream sent the other half of Jaya into the air. Now it's called Sky island. Or Skypeia."
"Sky. . .island? That's in our records." Olivia realized with a jolt. Which meant it was real. Or at least that there was a chance it was real.
"Can you take me there?" She asked before she could think about what she was doing.
"Sure."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have. . .did you say yes?"
Nodding Luffy finished his meat and stood up grabbing Drake by his collar and slinging him over his shoulder.
"I don't have anything else to do here. But you have to make me a promise." He said focusing his will on Olivia who froze as pressure filled the room.
"Whatever you learn from this Poneglyph. You keep it to yourself if it doesn't need to be shared."
"Of course." Olivia lied. Her mission was to discover the truth of the world to share it with the world.
She would not let a pirate stop her from completing that mission.
Sorry for the long wait but here is the third chapter!
Updated the first two chapters as well so the story is kind of rewrite but not really. Just added a few things.
Thanks for reading and the next chapters will be updated faster!