Hello my peeps! Yours truly Forzarismo here back with another chapter of the Rubbery Vengeance for you all! Now I hope you all are having a good day, because I sure am! I haven't been able to upload recently due to going to a school trip to Washington D.C., but now that I'm back, I bring you all Chapter 13! This Fanfic is breaking records that I'm setting it faster than a Jamaican in the Olympics! Not only is this fic over 120k views, but it has over 780 favorites and 890 followers! You guys are truly the best! I hope this new chapter does not disappoint and that you will always be coming back for more. Anywho, let's try to reach 1000 favorites and followers soon! I know you guys can do it! Any who, here are the current stats for this story:
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Chapter 13: Finding Your Navigators and Swordsmen
"Food! Onward!" Luffy commanded the fearful sea king as he sat on top of its head. Marguerite and Coby stood beside him, one in awe at what Luffy did to command the sea king with the other looking at the scene with amusement. Using his Observation Haki, Luffy searched for his crewmates for a good amount of time as he made the sea king wander around the East Blue. After about 3 hours, his Observation Haki caught onto his tangerine loving, orange haired navigator and her sister.
"Food! Take us over at that direction!" Luffy commanded once more as he stretched his right arm so the sea king can see where to go. Once the sea king began to swim over in that direction, Luffy directed his sights towards Coby.
"How do you feel about getting one step closer to your dream Coby?" Luffy asked the pink haired teenager.
Coby grinned with excitement. "I'm really excited Luffy! With your training, I feel like I can take anything the East Blue throws at me. However, if what you say is true, then I'm going to have a lot of work to do to change how the Marines work." Coby stated, finishing with a serious tone in his voice as he remembered what Luffy told him about how many of the Marines are corrupt, how the World Government frames and erase a lot people, sometimes even entire islands, in order to keep their secrets secret, and also how the belief of Absolute Justice is a hypocrisy in itself. Coby knew that as of right now, there is no way that he would be able to change anything in the Marines for the better. But soon, soon he will rise up through the ranks, getting positions that grant him more and more authority. He knows that to do that, he has to put in the effort first in order to see the results.
Luffy then turned his attention towards Marguerite. "Marguerite, how do you feel about meeting our new crewmates?" Luffy asked, flashing his infectious, trademark grin.
Marguerite merely smiled back at Luffy. "Ecstatic. I can't wait to find out more about this world and what it has to offer. That way, whenever we go to Amazon Lily again, I can tell my fellow Kujans about all the strange things I have seen so far." Marguerite explained happily as she, Coby, and Luffy moved their heads to see a cruise ship.
'Well, at least this one thing hasn't changed' Luffy thought as he looked at Coby, then at Marguerite, before using geppou with the other two following suit, leaving the sea king by itself, which immediately left once it saw the opportunity.
At the Cruise Ship…
Once Luffy, Marguerite, and Coby used geppou, they suppressed their auras as best as they could before landing on a lonesome part of the ship. Once they got on, they entered the ballroom where lo and behold, Nami and Nojiko were.
Walking up to the pair of sisters, Luffy introduced himself to them. "Hello you two! Remember me?" Luffy happily asked as both women looked at him.
Nami looked at the man in front of her. He looked intimidating at first seeing as she couldn't see his entire face as it's covered by his straw hat, but when he smiled brightly, she felt her heart beat faster.
Nojiko's eyes widened when she realized who the man in front of them is.
"Luffy!?" She exclaimed in surprise as she took a step back to get a good look on the man that her sister has heavily crushed on ever since he saved their mother and their village from Arlong and his pirate crew.
Nami's eyes widened when she saw the now named Luffy take his hat off, showing how he really looked like. He never thought she'd see the little boy she met turn into quite the well built, handsome man in front of her. She felt her heart beat even faster and her face redden as she had some…pleasant thoughts about Luffy. Suddenly realizing what she is doing, Nami shook her head vigorously before giving Luffy a smile of her own.
"It's good to see you again Luffy. So you have finally begun your journey huh?" Nami asked as she placed her hands over her hips.
Luffy smiled. "Of course! It's been ten years hasn't it? It's time we make our mark on this world." Luffy said as he looked up at the ceiling. Nami only smiled at his statement before she realized the two other people standing behind him, as if they were awaiting his orders.
"Um, Luffy? Who are those two behind you?" Nami asked as the pink haired teen and the blonde woman smiled at her.
Luffy's smile increased in size. "Her name is Marguerite, and this is Coby!" Luffy stated happily as he gave the both of them a side hug. Once he let them go, Coby and Marguerite went up to Nojiko and Nami respectively.
"It's a pleasure to meet some of Luffy's crewmates." Coby politely said as he put his hand out for a handshake.
Nojiko saw the hand and put hers out as well. "Likewise Coby. Hope you're good enough to stay in the crew." She stated as the two of them shook hands.
Coby stifled a chuckle when he heard Nojiko say that, confusing Nojiko as she wondered what she said that made him do that. "That's the thing," Coby began, getting Nojiko's and Nami's attention. "I'm not joining Luffy's crew. I'm going to become a Marine." Coby explained, causing Nami and Nojiko's eyes to widen.
"What!?" The two sisters exclaimed in both surprise and shock, whilst gaining the attention of everyone else in the ballroom, including the security guards.
"ATTENTION! STOWAWAYS IN THE BALLROOM! I REPEAT! STOWAWAYS IN THE BALLROOM!" A siren exclaimed as the security guards instantly looked at Luffy's direction and charged at him. Luffy, not wanting to deal with this, unleashed his Conqueror's Haki on everyone in the vicinity, including his crewmates and Coby, but to a much lesser exposure. Both Coby and Marguerite resisted it with some difficulty, but remained conscious nonetheless. Both Nojiko and Nami had never experienced such a thing before, and thus collapsed to one knee each as they breathed heavily after the amount of pressure they felt. For that quick moment, they felt as if they were in the presence of some kind of primordial being. Once they got back up, they looked around the area and saw that their group are the only ones still conscious. They then turned to Luffy who merely looked at them beaming with pride.
"You two managed to stay awake after using my Conqueror's Haki. Even if it was on a low setting, good job!" Luffy praised his navigator and her sister as he then began walking towards the exit. While walking towards the exit, he noticed that neither sister walked with him. He turned his attention to see the two looting the unconscious bodies of the rich. Luffy couldn't help but smile as he shook his head at the sight. Even with their mother still alive, Nami and apparently Nojiko have an affinity for money.
"Do I even have to ask?" Luffy questioned as the two sisters stopped their activity to look at their captain with a blush tinting their cheeks.
"It-It's to help fund our crews activities! We're pirates and we need to have money in order to survive. Isn't that right Nojiko!?" Nami immediately said as she looked at her sister for support who just nodded to Luffy furiously. Luffy looked at the two seriously, causing the two to flinch a bit at their captain's reaction to their favorite activity.
"You know…" Luffy drawled out as his straw hat shadowed over his eyes, causing the sisters to get scared a bit before they see Luffy raise his head up at them with his trademark grin gracing his lips. "If you need any money, just ask me!" Luffy stated happily as he brought his right hand out in front of him, piquing both Nami's and Nojiko's interest. Soon enough, they were astounded to see that bluish dust revolve around his before solidifying into a miniature figure of Nami. When the dust suddenly dispersed, They saw something they never thought was possible until now. They were lo and behold, given sight of a miniature figure of Nami…,made out of solid diamond. Luffy then walked up to Nami, placing the small statue into her hands.
"You two don't need to worry about stealing from anyone anymore. If you ever need anything, just ask me." Luffy said as he motioned them again to follow him outside as he somehow got all the food in the ballroom into a sack. Nami just stayed put, looking on at the man she now knows she truly loves. Nojiko, on the other hand, snorted at her sister's reaction towards Luffy's action. Ever since that near fatal encounter with Arlong and his crew, Nami has always been helping their mother Bellemere in anyway she could, especially if it pertained to money itself. Every single time she and Nami left the islands, they would always come back with sacks full of money not only to help support themselves and Bellemere, but also to improve their skills and gain experience in using their haki and their respective weapons. So for Nami to suddenly have access to a man who is not only powerful, but can also make very expensive things out of the blue. She figured to tease Nami about this later, but now, she needed to get her out of her daydream.
"Hello? Earth to Nami?" Nojiko questioned as she snapped her fingers in front of Nami, getting her attention.
"Huh? What?" Nami asked confused to what's going on as she saw her light blue haired sister raise an eyebrow.
"What fantasies were you having about Luffy?" Nojiko asked slyly, making Nami stutter and blush beet red.
"Wha-Wha-Wha-What are y-you talking about!?" Nami exclaimed as she moved away from Nojiko and started walking towards Luffy's direction.
"You were looking at him with deep longing Nami, I know that look anywhere. Especially since you always had the same expression every time Luffy was brought up in a conversation." Nojiko explained, making Nami sulk in defeat. Once the five were at the deck, Nami asked Luffy a question.
"Luffy, how did you make that statue?" Nami asked, really wondering how Luffy is able to create such a thing out of midair.
"Oh that? It's just me using one of my devil fruit powers." Luffy explained, causing Nami's eyes to widen.
"Which devil fruits did you eat?" Nojiko asked curiously.
"I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit and the Atom-Atom Fruit, making me a rubber and atom man." Luffy explained as both sisters looked at Luffy with amazement. The sisters knew that everything in this planet is made up of atoms. For one to be able to control all of them is downright frightening, yet amazing to them. As for the Gum-Gum Fruit…It just sounded so pathetic. However, this is Luffy they are talking about here, maybe he found a good use to that power. Luffy then got one of the lifeboats on the cruiseship and threw it down with him in it. While halfway down, Luffy decided to try one of his new moves that involve the Atom-Atom Fruit.
"Atomic Size: Increase!" Luffy exclaimed as the lifeboat became ten times its original size. "C'mon everyone! Hop on and let's get out of here!" Luffy called out to his crewmates. Half an hour later, the lifeboat had all five of them in it with Coby, Nojiko, Luffy, and Marguerite rowing and Nami navigating them to the closest island which subsequently also is where both Zoro and Kuina are at.
"*Sigh* This is going to take a while isn't it?" Nojiko asked as she stopped rowing and leaned back, making Nami's vein bulge in irritation.
"Well if you stop rowing, it would take even longer!" Nami shouted in anger. Suddenly, Luffy also stopped rowing as he had an epiphany. "Dammit, not you too!" Nami exclaimed once again in anger as she saw Luffy stop rowing as well.
"No wait! I have an idea!" Luffy explained as he raised his arms up and pointed them the opposite way they were heading. Soon enough, the bluish dust coming out of Luffy's arms went into the ocean and somehow caused a massive wave to take them the rest of the way to the island. After ten minutes of high speed sailing, they had reached the island…
…Only to find the Marine base on it sliced cleanly in half.
At Shells Town with Zoro and Kuina…
A sitting Zoro looked on at his newest masterpiece, ignoring the dead Marine Captain a couple feet away from him and his rival Kuina's bickering as he took in the sight before him. He still finds it amazing that he's capable of such a feat using the swords before him: The Sandai Kitetsu, Yubashiri, and Shusui. Over the decade, His daily spars with Kuina always ended with him breaking katanas. In order to stop wasting any more money in replacing Zoro's swords, Kuina took him to Loguetown in order to get some higher quality swords. After some bet he had with the owner of a certain shop, he had gotten Yubashiri and the Sandai Kitetsu for free, no charge whatsoever. During the decade, they had left their home, going all over the East Blue in order to find stronger opponents. Their venture for finding stronger opponents have made the two rather infamous as the best swordsmen duo in East Blue to the point that they have gained the epithet 'Unity Pirate Hunters' with Kuina being known as the 'Yin Pirate Hunter' and Zoro being known as the 'Yang Pirate Hunter'.
When they came to this island to rest, they noticed how much the people feared the Marines, which confused them greatly.
They soon knew why however when some Marine-guarded blonde dumbass who truly is as dumb as he looks purposefully let go of his wolf, which launched itself towards a little girl they soon came to know as Rika. Before the canine could even harm the little girl, Zoro sliced the wild wolf cleanly through the middle, killing it instantly. The blonde bastard who they learned is named Helmeppo tried to intimidate Zoro by threatening not only him, but the little girl as well. Kuina didn't take the threat too kindly as she pinned Helmeppo's thigh through the ground with a smaller katana that she kept along with Wado Ichimonji. After that, the two swordsmen walked towards the Marine Base, where they stormed in and confronted the Captain of the base: Axe-Hand Morgan.
Captain Morgan started yelling at the two about how superior he is compared to them and how he would enjoy ravaging Kuina's body after he was done with them. Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly depending on how you look at it, Zoro took this the worst as he didn't even give the man a chance to defend himself as he not only sliced him in half through the middle, but the Marine Base behind him as well, including that stupid statue on the top.
Zoro was brought back from his thoughts when he got struck on the head by Kuina's scabbard.
"Pay attention to when I'm speaking to you dumbass!" Kuina scolded her partner, who just grunted in response. Even now, she still could not believe that the man beside her is her rival.
"Okay, okay, just stop striking me in the head. Jeez, what's with everybody striking me there?" Zoro asked himself as he now paid attention to Kuina.
"As I was saying, can you feel that?" She asked him with a smirk, making him raise an eyebrow at her before realizing what she is implying. Using his Observation Haki, he focused around the island until he felt a strong, familiar presence.
"Captain…" Zoro breathed out as he stood up from where he sat and looked towards the direction of the docks. Sensing even more strong presences, he grinned and began to walk towards the docks with Kuina trailing not too far behind him. As they ignored the cheering coming from both the civilians and the marines, much to their confusion, they continued walking towards the docks, where they focused their sights on the group of five in front of them. The moment Zoro and Kuina laid their eyes on the group, they were surprised by how big he got. He looked so much…older, more mature in both of their opinions.
"You've changed a lot Captain." Zoro bluntly stated as he looked at the grinning man who kinda towered over him.
"Thank you Zoro! You and Kuina have changed quite a bit too." Luffy answered back as he continued to walk forward and looked on at the destruction that Zoro caused to the Marine Base.
Much to everyone's surprise, Luffy slumped a bit before pouting. "Aww man…I wanted to beat up Morgan." Luffy complained, making those around him sweatdrop and Zoro snicker.
"Well, too bad 'cause he's dead." Zoro stated uncaringly as he stretched his back a bit.
As the group continued to chat and introduce each other, Commander Ripper walked up to them, interrupting their conversations.
"Hello to you all. As much as I want to thank you Mr. Roronoa for killing off that corrupt abomination of Justice, I'm going to ask you and your group to leave." Ripper stated professionally as the marines behind him stood their guard.
"But why!? We just got here!" Nami asked why they would be ordered to leave the island just as they got on it.
"Well, we can't allow pirates on this island. And seeing as Mr. Roronoa said captain to the tall man in front of us who is obviously wearing a coat with his jolly roger on it, it's easy to connect the dots together." Commander Ripper explained, making them sigh in defeat.
"Well can we at least rest for a while? I'm hungry!" Luffy exclaimed as his stomach gave a perfectly timed rumble.
"But-!" Ripper tried to retort before being cut off by Luffy.
"If you do, I'll fix up your Marine Base." Luffy offered, making Ripper just look at him with disbelief.
"How can you possibly-!" Again, Commander Ripper did not have a chance to finish his sentence as Luffy vanished from their sight. They all looked around in confusion until Coby pointed towards the destroyed Marine Base. When they looked towards the base, they saw Luffy standing in the middle of it. They then saw a big cloud of bluish dust come out of Luffy, before said cloud went over and covered the destroyed Marine Base.
"Atomic Restoration." Luffy said as there is a bright glow that engulfed the area. Once the light dimmed down and the people opened their eyes, they saw the Marine Base back to its former glory. However, when Luffy used his move, he inadvertently also restored Morgan's statue. The moment Luffy laid his eyes on the statue, he aimed his index finger towards the statue as a small, bluish, ethereal orb formed on the tip of said finger.
"Atomic Dissipation." Luffy murmured as he fired off the small orb towards the statue. For a moment, nothing happened. Suddenly though, people saw the statue slowly disintegrating into nothingness, as if it were never there in the first place.
As Luffy walked back to the group, everyone, including Zoro and Kuina just looked at the Straw Hat-wearing man with awe seeing the feats that he pulled off.
As Luffy walked up to Commander Ripper, he asked once more."So, can we stay now?"
So! Four new crewmates in one chapter! Now the only ones left are Usopp, Kaya, and Sanji...
...or is it?
Thank you all for the support and make sure to favorite, follow, and review! I hope this chapter is to your liking even if it is quite short compared to my other ones. If you guys have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a PM, I will answer back whenever I have the chance. Now I have a question for you guys. Who else besides the aforementioned three do you think will join the crew and why? Leave your answers in the reviews and have a good one!
Forzarismo
May 20, 2016
