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Water 7
It was now the next day as Luffy woke up to a wonderful sight. On his right arm was Boa Hancock, his very first love. Then on his right arm was Monet, her green hair was resting across his arms as she tried her hardest to inch as close to him as possible. To round out the members on his bed were Robin behind Hancock, then Baccarat and Viola beside Monet.
He sat up stretching his arms, what a wild night that was. He wondered why it was only now that he discovered women, for they are amazing, definitely better than meat.
So Luffy got up, letting his ladies rest for the time being. He had a long day ahead of him, many places to be, lots of people to meet.
To think that two years ago he was in an alternate timeline, one where Kaido nearly killed him, but successfully killed all of his allies. Yeah it was fucked up but now, he was given this chance to right his wrongs.
Luffy looked back at his adventures, realizing the wild ride he's been in. As soon as he put on his attire, he made his way outside, saying goodbye to the robot which guards the hotel.
"Good Morning Captain!" He was greeted by Gem who ran past him with a pile of wood on his back. Luffy waved and continued on, just looking around, meeting all the new recruits later. They are people he knew in his previous life, so all he really needed to do was sway them to his cause. Achieving true knowledge of the world will definitely make him the King of Pirates, but really, all he wanted was the safety of his precious people, to do that he had to pad his crew into massive safety nets. These safety nets consist of some of the most formidable, powerful people that he knows. At Least those which are attainable, there are some that will take some time before he can get to.
"Oye Captain!" This time, it was Machvise who greated him, the hulking powerhouse was a welcomed addition to his Armada. Before, he was a nuisance, but now he really liked the guy. He waved at the man who was accompanied by Dice, a member of Gild's former crew.
Luffy continued his walk when he spotted a woman in her twenties, hungrily going through plates he knew exactly who it was and Luffy decided to welcome her on.
"Ever breathe in between bites?" Luffy approached her, he immediately noticed her skimpy attire.
"Shut the hell up, you don't know me." Responded the girl, she continued to eat everything on her plate with ease. Her appetite was insatiable and yet Luffy was not bothered.
"Sure sure well my name is Luffy and welcome to the Grand Armada."
"Whatever, I just want to meet this Mugiwara, see what he's about." She took a massive bite off of a drumstick and then pointed it at Luffy. "What are you doing here Luffy?"
"I just believe in the cause." Luffy did not tell the truth but he didn't lie either. He was Mugiwara but he wanted to mess with her for a bit. "But what's your name, it's not fair that you know mine and I don't know yours."
"Jewelry Bonney, the baddest bitch in all the seas." She then stopped eating as she felt full, a mountain of plates in her wake. "See you around Luffy, take care of my tab for me." Bonney gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran away. The shopkeeper tried to race after her with no luck.
Luffy began to take out his purse full of gold coins but the shopkeeper insisted that it was okay, anything for Captain Luffy. He thanked them kindly but still left three times the amount of Bonney's tab, got to help the local businesses.
...this woman was trouble, but the Captain is taking a particular interest in her…Jewelry Bonney
The third unit recruited her by finding her in her home sea in the south Blue, with their unit, Lucci could afford to split his people into different teams to locate the targets in the list. Vergo was the one to locate her, heavily disguised for he was hiding from the marines. It was easy to sell her on meeting the captain, as she was interested in treasure. Plus she was also interested in what he wanted from her so badly.
Luffy left the restaurant and made his way to a nearby bar, it was there where he found another new recruit.
"You must be him huh? When Lucci came to me, I didn't believe that it could be possible, when Lucci was in cipher pol training, he was heartless. And to see him with a heart. Well...well I just had to meet you." A long nosed fellow acknowledged him without turning from his spot. The man wore a black hat, paired with black jumpsuit. He had a pink handkerchief over his breast pocket.
In his hands was a cup of ice tea and yet he held it like it was alcohol.
"Am I who you thought I'd be?" Luffy sat beside the squared nose man, he then asked for a cup of ice water, something to keep his wits.
"You're definitely shorter than I thought. Scrawny even. I just can't believe that Lucci would follow someone else, and totally give up his hunger for chaos. My name is Kaku by the way."
"I know who you are, I made that list."
"For a secret organization, Cipher pol sure can't keep any information from the likes of you."
"I guess not."
"Well it was nice meeting you, I think I'll hang around, but I take orders from Lucci."
"I got it, keep in mind, he takes orders from me." Luffy gave Kaku a smile to which the former cipher pol agent scratched his head.
"Yeah huh?" And with that Kaku left, leaving Luffy to finish his drink.
...very strong, yet his allegiance could be anywhere, he will also be a powerful ally. Kaku
Lucci found Kaku in a bar in a similar manner as to how Luffy met with him. Kaku was found while in the middle of an espionage mission. Lucci offered him a way out and Kaku was immediately intrigued. So Kaku dropped his mission and left with Lucci. He was one of the first agents to disappear from the cipher phol agency.
It was strange, for this time, Luffy was joined at the bar by a blue eyes, blonde hair woman wearing glasses. "May I sit here?" She asked, Luffy knew she meant business.
"Sure." Luffy knew immediately who it was, he then looked at her and found that she was studying him.
"So, you are Mugiwara then?" She joined Luffy and got her own drink, a glass of lemonade. "I saw you speaking with Kaku."
"Yes I am. And you are?" He knew the answer, but it as only polite.
"Kalifa. By the way, how do you know we are not here for Cipher Pol? That we did not take your crew up for their offer so we can infiltrate your division." Kalifa was very calculating, analyzing his every action to read what he is about. She was also straight to the point, just as he remembered.
"I'll tell you what,if you were spying on me, then I'll figure it out eventually. Plus what do I have that I want hidden from the World Government?" Luffy was the one to get up this time, leaving a pouch of gold on the bar, of course more than what the glass of water was worth. Kalifa was taken aback by the rejection of the strawhat captain, but she was now more interested than ever.
"Mugiwara...fascinating." Kalifa spoke to a recording device. "Day seven, made contact with the Strawhat Captain..." She then waved her hand over the bar counter and cleaned everything. Where her hands touched, the surface of the bar was spotless.
...Beautiful but deceitful, perfect for his crew of intelligence gathering. Kalifa
This time, it was Galdino who found Kalifa, he found her on a tip by Lucci on her last known location. She was sitting along a bench waiting for her contact when Galdino took the spot. Galdino went on and offered Kalifa a position. She thought about it, for some time, and eventually conceded to her curiosity. She agreed to go along with him to possibly join the Strawhats. As a spy? Even she will not give an answer to that.
"Mugiwara right?" The ever so stylish underworld crime lord walked alongside the Strawhat Captain. He puffed his cigar while having both hands behind his back. "When I heard from your messenger that you're interested in my services, why I could not believe it. You mean to tell me that the same man who took down Joker is interested in little old me?"
"He is not my messenger but one of my crewmates."
"Right then, well Mugiwara I am here, what is so grand that I should stay?"
"I got it, tell you what, you can challenge me in one thing, and if you win, you take over the Grand Armada." Knowing full well of the man's ambition, Luffy took advantage of his prior knowledge in offering the entire fighting force of the Strawhat Armada if he won in whatever he wanted to play. In terms of confidence, the Strawhat Captain was not lacking one bit.
At first, the man was taken aback by the bold request of the strawhat captain, and yet his confusion was replaced by a smile. Who would pass up an opportunity to take over such a massive armada.
"But if you lose, you have to work for me." Luffy finished his sentence to which the underground powerhouse agreed.
"Alright Mugiwara you drive a hard bargain, so here is my game." His body suddenly had openings like castle doors, and Luffy was immediately surrounded by 10 soldiers who enlarged once going out of his body, each pointing a gun at him. "I'll just defeat you and really take your entire fleet."
"Nice try Bege but..." Luffy released a small wave of his Conqueror's haki, knocking out the 10 soldiers around him. The power was enough to make Bege fall on both knees. "...you're ten years too young to even think of challenging me." Once Luffy finished his words, Bege fell flat on his face, overwhelmed by Luffy's Conqueror's haki. The Strawhat Captain cooly walked away from the passed out bodies of the underworld crew/
...Very strong player in the underground world, why would Captain be interested in this man? Capone Bege
The underground world has been in turmoil for some time. Joker's death caused a massive black hole in the distribution section of the underground world. Capone 'Gang' Bege was going to get in on the action but was instead met with Law and Corazon. He was surprised to see the brother of Doflamingo join the same man who killed him.
"He was going to kill me anyway." Corazon explained, their conversation was in broad daylight in the middle of a busy street and yet they seemed to just be staring at each other. It was due to Corazon's devil fruit ability.
"It's true, I was there." Law tagged along Corazon as they made a good team, plus he trained him on how to use his new devil fruit ability.
"Ahh the proud new owner of the Ope Ope no Mi. I know you, Trafalgar Law. I got my contacts…" His influence was wide, which is why Capone was so damn dangerous. Law took a heavy sigh when his real name was not revealed, did Capone know that too? "Mugiwara huh?" Bege opened his eyes revealing his army behind them, an aged cigar over his lips. "What do you say boys? Wanna go mess around with pirates instead of the underworld?"
Cheers erupted from within the body of the living fortress. Bege was on board though his motive was to overtake the grand armada.
Luffy then passed by a tall man, with a hairstyle that resembled the hair of a bull. Luffy smiled, remembering the time he had to take himself to the next level in order to defeat the door user. Not a word was uttered between them as they passed by each other, the bull headed man not noticing that the Grand Armada Captain just passed him.
"Blueno hold up!" A dark skinned man with stylish facial hair and long braided hair ran after Blueno. He also passed the strawhat captain without noticing him.
"Ah Jabra have you met him yet?"
"Nope, but who cares, we're really here for Lucci." Jabra put his hands in the back of his head. And the two continued to walk.
"I'm glad you two are on board." Luffy commented to himself, moving along his journey throughout water 7. "But how am I going to ensure that you gain your destined fruit abilities?"
...His abilities are perfect for infiltration, sort of similar to Brulee, he'll definitely be a valuable ally. Blueno
Blueno entered through the front door of his safehouse, one arm carrying groceries. He had to look normal despite being on a deep undercover mission. Blueno immediately realized that his window was open. Two figures sat on the other side of the room, playing a card game of all things.
...He knew this guy from training, he will be an interesting guy to convince. Jabra
"Hey Blueno." One of the men was Jabra, who sat across from a familiar figure one of which he thought was wiped out by Cipher Pol.
"Hey." This time it was Lucci who spoke, a cigarette over his mouth. "Say you wouldn't want to come join me and become a pirate would you?" Blueno dropped all of the groceries, tears welling up on his eyes. He never thought he'd see his friend again.
"I'll go where you go Lucci." Blueno stated with conviction. Blueno cared for the young Lucci as a brother despite his early mishaps, so did Jabra. The two took Lucci under their wing once they joined the academy all those years ago.
"That's what I said!" Jabra joined in, dropping a straight flush with nine, ten, jack, queen and king. Although Lucci had a smirk on his face when he dropped a royal flush beating his older competitor.
"Welcome to the Strawhat Grand Armada." Said Lucci with a smile.
Luffy met all the new recruits, some knew who he was, some did not.
He had a grin over his face as his plan was coming along nicely. Though he felt weird, something didn't seem right.
His last stop was the dock, where his ship was being made. In his time in Water 7, he met Tom's apprentice: Iceburg, and Cutty Flam. Though he knew Cutty Flam as his super cyborg shipwright, Franky.
Now how exactly did he gain the trust of Tom and gained the favor of the entire Water 7 island?
Well…
One and a half months ago...Water 7
Luffy and his queens arrived at Water 7, after a two week trip. In his company were Hancock, Robin and Viola. And their first stop was Tom.
"This is crazy if you ask me, we'll need billions of beri for this project."
"Alright I understand. But can you start the skeleton of the ships with what money I have now then we can talk once we have the money?"
"Are you sure about this Mugiwara? We can do as you ask but what if you don't get us the money? Then that's just wasted resources and time."
"I guarantee that no such thing will take place."
…
Tom was scheduled to be executed due to his refusal to give Spandam the blueprint for the ancient weapon Pluton. He was set to be freed by the judge for helping make the Oro Jackson, but instead he earned his freedom by creating the sea train. That is until he bumped head with the smug new head of Cipher Pol 9.
Spandam hired people to steal the ships created by Franky and launched an attack on Water 7.
Tom took responsibilities for the crime and was now sentenced to death.
Franky attempted to intercept the sea train but was ultimately run over, left for dead.
Though Luffy intercepted at just the right time, where Robin and Viola took care of Franky, bringing him to the nearest hospital and ensuring that he survived. Luffy and Hancock took care of the guards along the sea train and retrieved Tom.
"Who the hell are you people?" Spandam cowered at the arrival of Luffy and Hancock, all of the guards stationed along the sea train were either turned into stone, or beaten to a pulp. The four in the train carts were the only people who remained conscious for the encounter.
"Mugiwara? What are you doing here?"
"I'm saving you of course." Luffy commented with Hancock removing Tom's bindings.
Luffy turned his attention to the poor excuse for a human being, and slowly approached him. Spandam continued to back down, trembling in his heel. He then left trails of yellow liquid on the ground as he quite literally pissed himself.
"Please, spare me." He fell on both knees, his clothes soaking in piss. "I'm just following orders."
"Spandam...Spandam...Spandam." Luffy stopped going forward, standing over the kneeling cipher pol leader. "I should kill you...I should...but I won't and if you ever step out of line again, I will find you, and I will kill you with my own hands, understand?"
To this Spandam teared up, crawling on the ground and grabbing Luffy by his shorts. "Thank you...oh thank you." But Luffy wasn't going to let him off easy. He delivered a powerful kick straight through the guts of Spandam, sending him through the roof of the sea train and launching Spandam far through the ocean. If he doesn't survive...oh well.
"I...why?" Tom was at a loss for words.
"Because you don't deserve to die Tom. You are a better man than Spandam will ever be." With that Tom was rescued, the entire water 7 was indebted to Luffy and Cutty Flam only lost his limbs, which was now replaced by mechanical ones, it could have been worst.
Thus Luffy became the savious of Water 7 which jumpstarted the development of his requested ships.
He smiled at the memory and found Cutty Flam.
"Oi Franky, how are you!" Luffy went to join the shipwright who was working tirelessly on his ship.
"Ah Captain, you know, with you calling me Franky all the time I think I'm starting to like it." Cutty Flam although better known as Franky, commented to which Luffy gave him a smile. "By the way Captain, as far as your ship goes, the crew have been working hard on it and it's almost ready. You know when you proposed the plan for your ship, I could feel the ship as if it's part of my heart. It was as if you were digging into my deepest desire and figuring out the ship that I wanted to create." Franky led him to the bay, where the familiar lion head was on the front of the ship.
"It looks beautiful." Luffy inspected the ship, looking over its details, just as he remembered it.
"Yeah well it helped a lot that you gave us so much money to work with, I never saw sir Tom grant a massive loan at a promise, but you are our saviour." Franky remembered the recent events and smiled.
"Hey Franky wild question here but by any chance would you like to travel the sea? This way you can always watch the Thousand Sunny in order to keep it in top shape."
"Thousand Sunny...I love that name, it's SUPER!" He then rubbed his chin, now his arms were noticeably cyborg arms. Unfortunately Luffy didn't get to him on time. "Alright Mugiwara, I will talk to Iceburg and sir Tom first and take you up for your offer after. How about it?"
"Sounds good to me." Luffy then shook the hands of the cyborg now known as Franky. "I'll be seeing you around." With that Luffy moved on, the sun was finally beginning to set as his day was a long one.
The Thousand Sunny was coming along nicely. Now Luffy began to think where would the shipwright best work? Possibly the sixth division.
Though his thoughts were interrupted when suddenly a massive explosion occurred in the distance. He looked at the area where it happened, swirls of blue and yellow flame launched all the way into the sky.
Luffy immediately knew who it was, but why is he here?
Without a second to waste, Luffy ran to the disturbance. What he saw was the bodies of Gem, Kurobi, and Tanaka were laid out. Then there was also Monet, halfway covered in snow as she was contradicting the flame with her abilities. She was struggling while the man continued to yell for Mugiwara...that was him, what does he want with him?
Luffy immediately panicked, seeing Monet in the state that she was. Anger filled him and he dashed straight to the floating figure. He grabbed the man by the neck and immediately slammed him on the ground.
Luffy's grip was tight, and no matter how hot the man's flames were, the blue and yellow swirls were no match for Luffy's absolute furry.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?!" Luffy's arms were covered in haki, his eyes gazing deep into the man's soul. Crackles of his conqueror's haki pressured the phoenix further.
In that moment, Marco in all his years with Pops, never experienced outstanding aura such as this...and it was then that he immediately knew Mugiwara was the real deal.
And yet the phoenix was defiant. "Let me go." He said between breaths. "Pop's is going to kill you all...if you don't...here to warn you…." The ease at which Mugiwara held him down was scary.
To this Luffy let go, his eyes widening. The phoenix which he held down out of anger took a moment to catch his breath. "What did you say?" Luffy asked, in all of his planning, this he did not anticipate at all.
Right when Luffy let go of Marco's throat, his commanders arrived, surrounding the lone Whitebeard Pirate. Boa Hancock was immediately by his side, with Viola and Robin going to the injured. First Commander Katakuri arrived with two donut rings, his hands ready to swing at the Captain's command, Monet's fallen figure cause Katakuri became enraged, she was a member of his division. Second Commander Mihawk was inches from piercing Marco's heart, Yoru lusting for some blood. Third Commander Lucci stood by Katakuri, his arms crossed and his eyes intently watching Marco. Fourth Commander Arlong had his newly acquired golden trident ready to throw, he found Kurobi on the ground which angered him greatly. Fifth Commander Brook floated in the air, emitting cold air to keep him afloat, he looked down at Marco with the intent of battling him if he attempted to flee. Sixth Commander Crocodile joined Brook in the air, swirling in sand. Newly recruited commanders also joined the fold. Seventh Commander Gild arrived adjusting his suit in case he was needed, he noted that Tanaka was down which irked him. Eight Commander Hajrudin stood over the group, looking down at Marco with his arms crossed.
"Does it get this interesting? Kishishishi" The Ninth Commander Gecko Moria arrived, with his scissor blade on both hands. His recrutement was interesting, and it took the combined effort of Lucci and Mihawk to bring him in.
...Fuck that was a warlord, how was he going to get access to this person. Gecko Moria
A man leaned on the former Shichibukai, his shit eating grin was massive, the newly appointed Tenth Commander of the Strawhat Armada, specially requested by the Captain himself... former member of Roger's Pirate, the greatest of them all...the one, the only Buggy the Clown! His recruitment was easy once Galdino figured him out, he just buttered him up and he was immediately on board.
"Get the hell off me Buggy!" Said Moria by removing Buggy on his shoulder causing the bara bara user to fall on his face.
"You'll pay for that!" Claimed Buggy shooting up immediately and threatening Moria with his knives. "What's up Mugiwara! Been some time eh?"
A complete contrast to when he first met the clown all the way back in the East Blue. This Buggy was more of what he remembered back in his timeline, and Luffy was happy about that.
...This man was a former member of the Roger's Pirate, he needs to be cautious. Buggy 'the Clown'
Marco looked around at the ten commanders of Mugiwara's crew and coughed some blood, his airway finally opening up from the tight grip.
"Pops...Mugiwara...he wants your blood for taking his territory." Luffy knew Marco long enough to know it was no bullshit, but to wage war on him. This was getting crazy. "He wants to make an example of you for stepping on his toe so to speak." Marco could speak a bit clearer now he looked at the other commanders. Despite being powerful, he managed to piss off an entire Armada with trying to warn them of impending doom.. "Sorry about your people, they attacked me first."
"Fuck." Luffy then brought out a golden mini den den mushi on his pocket, and suddenly, his voice could be heard in all the speakers all over the island. "Emergency meeting, be at the hall in 10 minutes." He looked at his commanders who all nodded their head and left for the hall, his queens following shortly after. After declaring his announcement, voices from all over the island buzzed in excitement as what the meeting was about, people began to rush into the hall and Luffy looked at Marco.
"Come Marco, I'm going to need you there for this."
"You are seriously considering a war with Pops are you?" Marco asked joining Luffy in the walk to the meeting hall of Water 7.
"My divisions are ready, my manpower is ready. Our ships are ready." Luffy looked at Marco with a smile, he then held the double door before opening it. "So why not knock some sense into the old man to retire." The Luffy opened the door, revealing the entire fighting force of one Mugiwara, and Marco couldn't help but think. 'Damn.'
"Thank you all for coming." Luffy made his way to his seat, Marco walking beside him. "This urgent meeting was called out of necessity" Luffy took his seat next to Hancock, he then addressed the entire Grand Fleet, all were from different walks of life. They were all united under his ambition, under his flag. "...for we are going to war with Whitebeard!"
The Strawhat Grand Armada, with the First Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates as witness, has returned the declaration of war with one of the emperor's of the sea.
'Mugiwara' Monkey D. Luffy vs 'Whitebeard' Edward Newgate
