After our heroes' fateful encounter, a few days without much to eat have passed by,

"Luffy?"

"Hm?"

"I know I might be seeing things right now, but I think we might be heading towards a whirlpool."

"Eh?" Luffy utters, "I don't think you're seeing things."

"Oh, okay,..." Jaune replies and quickly realise his situation, "WAIT WHAT?!"

"Come on, I know what to do." Luffy declares out of the blue, then grabs Jaune's wrist and jump,

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On a cruise ship somewhere in the sea,

Sailor 1: "Hey what is that over there?"

Sailor 2: "I think that's a barrel."

Sailor 1: "What's a barrel doing in the sea?"

Sailor 2: "I don't know John, I think it just floating."

John: "Hey Jack, you wanna hook it and see what's inside?"

Jack: "Yeah sure, there's nothing better to do anyway."

While John and Jack attempt to hook the barrel, they fail to notice another ship painted pink coming their way.

Without any warning, *BOOM* goes the first shot, followed by another *BOOM*, and another *BOOM* with the "OH SHIT PIRATES!" mix in with the cannon shots.

Not long after, the rest of the ship's crew and passengers were captured by the pirates.

"Secure anything that isn't pinned to the floor!" shout one of the pirates

While the pirates busy themselves with the hostages and supply, a young boy with pink hair and a lanky body spots a barrel floating in the sea.

"H-hey, I f-found something," the boy points at the direction of the barrel,

"Huh? What'd ya find?" a pirate looks at where the boy is pointing, "A barrel? How'd it get there?"

"I t-think it might be a wine barrel, that got k-knocked overboard during the raid." the boy replies

"Hey guys! I found something!" the pirate shouts to his two friends

"What'd ya find?"

"If we don't finish this quick, we're getting the mace."

"Coby found a wine barrel!" this instantly gains the attention of the other pirates,

"Wine?!" they ask at the same time

"Yeah, Coby spotted it, now what do you say we drink for a bit?"

"Let's drink it dry!" the two pirates yell while Coby counters, "Alvida is gonna kill us if she finds out."

"She won't if she don't, and I'm sure that you won't tell her, right Coby?" the pirate asks in a tone that promised lots of pain if Coby ever disobeyed them,

"O-okay, I w-won't, I p-promise." Coby says meekly

"Good, now help us get it!"

Moments later, the four pirates manage to hook the barrel and drag it on board.

"Hey just to be safe, let's bring it to the kitchen."

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"Now let's crack it open!" one of the trio says while reeling his arm back to break it open.

Suddenly a boy wearing a red shirt, blue shorts and a straw hat burst out from the barrel, punching the pirate, knocking him out while screaming, "WHAT A GREAT NAP!" Then another boy with blond hair and armour then join the straw hat boy yelling, "SWEET MOTHER OF JESUS WE'RE ALIVE!"

As Coby and the two pirates stare in confusion, the straw hat and the blonde armour boy start to argue,

"What were you thinking Luffy? I mean we survived, but that's beside the point. I was so scared o-"

"FOOD!" Luffy yells

"WHERE?!"

Spotting the pile of food, the two boys, without hesitation, fling themselves on to the pile like a pair of ravenous beasts, seconds later the pile of food is now a pile of nothing but air and emptiness, with them on the floor where the pile used to be.

"That was, the best, that I, have ever *Burp* eaten, in my entire life, ever."

"I want more."

"I think you ate three quarters of the food."

"I'm still hungry!"

"Hey Luffy, do you feel like someone is watching us?"

*Luffy then turns to his left* "Who are you guys?"

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TWO?!"

*Jaune notices something next to him* "Hey tell that guy, sleeping on the floor will give him a cold."

"That was your fault."

*Luffy gets up and helps Jaune to his feet* "Hey you know where I can find more food?" Luffy asks Coby, completely ignoring them

"Alright that's it! *Shink* Since there was no wine, guess we have to take care of you two."

"See ya on the other side."

The two pirates then raise their swords up high, "Die you brat."

"LUFFY! WATCH OUT!"

Jaune immediately leaps into action and move in front of Luffy, effectively shielding his new-found friend from danger.

When both blades make contact with his skin, something flashes and repels the blades.

"The hell?! You're a power user?"

"What is wrong with you two? Why were you trying to kill him? Hey why are you two backing away? Hello? Anyone there?"

"RUN!"

"..., Well that was weird."

"That was so cool, what was that?"

"Oh that's just my aura."

"Aura? What's that?"

Meanwhile, at the front of the ship, stands the fattest, ugliest and scariest creature that has ever walk the earth.

"Men~, tell me who's the prettiest in this world?" a woman sing songs

The pirate crew then chants, "That would be you m-" "MONSTER!" the two pirates from earlier shout

*Crack* "Excuse me?"

Back to our heroes,

"So aura is like a forcefield right?"

"Yeah I thought that too."

"That is so cool."

"Oh yeah," Jaune then looks at Coby, who's listening very intently, "Aren't you with those people?"

"Oh no no no, I'm not really with them, I'm more of being forced to be on their crew."

"What do you mean?" he asks

"Yeah I kinda, got on their ship by accident thinking that it was a fishing boat." Coby replies

"That's dumb." Luffy comments and Jaune nods his head in understanding, "I know your pain, I have to write on the back of my shoes, which is left and which is right, just in case I forget."

"Aren't they the same?" Luffy asks and Coby says, "I think something is coming."

Right on cue, the ceiling of the kitchen collapse due to whoever's standing on it, and the whoever happens to fall and land right on top of, . . . Luffy.