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Chapter 15: The Demonic Butler

Luffy looked on towards the horizon as he pondered on what his dream meant. He and his crew left Orange Town at midday in order to get everything in order. The mayor Boodle had given his crew a small ship, which was the only one that the Buggy Pirates didn't destroy before their futile attempt to raid the town. The moment they had received the boat from Boodle, Luffy used Atomic Size: Increase to make the boat four times bigger as to give them more space as it originally seemed to accommodate comfortably three people at best. Ironically, by making the boat four times bigger, he had also made the door, beds, and everything else four times bigger, essentially making them unusable to the crew, with the exception being for the beds. Once they had everything in order, and had Luffy fixed the proportions of the boat along with shrinking their lifeboat to one hundredth of its original size, they set out once more to the sea.

"So Luffy, where's our next destination?" Nami asked as she got her maps and compass ready.

"We're headed to Syrup Village! Our next crewmates are going to be there." Luffy stated as he aimed his finger towards the direction he felt Usopp and Kaya's presence, before his eyes narrowed a bit.

'Hmm? What's this?' Luffy thought as he put even more focus towards his crew's sniper and combat medic's general area. There's one more presence there that seemed really familiar, yet unfamiliar before it finally clicked.

It's Merry, but what caught Luffy's attention to it specifically is why does his aura seem…darker than usual? Sure, he also sensed that his aura size is around Mid-Grand Line Level, maybe even higher if he's suppressing it, but that really isn't what caught his attention in the first place, but rather the feeling he got towards it. It…worried him a little. Sure, he knows that both Usopp and Kaya got training from High-New World Level bounty hunters, and judging by their aura sizes it did them really good, not to mention that Merry in his original timeline was a really great guy, but he has seen enough in his first timeline to see that things aren't as they always seem and everything can go to shit in less than a second.

Not wanting to think any further on this, Luffy decided it was time that he called Hancock. Oh how he misses her and Robin so much. It's been a long time since he has seen them both and he longs to be with them again. He went inside the boat, not noticing Kuina staring at him.


With Luffy's Crew…

"Sooo…Is Luffy always like this?" Kuina asked Marguerite, who currently is feeding her bow snake.

"What do you mean?" Marguerite politely questioned back.

"Well…He acts so carefree, yet he seems to be hiding something under all that. He really doesn't seem to be the kind to always be thinking about." Kuina explained as she usually saw Luffy with either a happy grin plastered on his face or a rather hilarious blank face most of the time. On certain occasions though, she has seen Luffy have a troubled or serious expression, which is the main reason why she's asking Marguerite this question in the first place.

"If you're talking about how he acts, then I'm as clueless as you are. Luffy has always been like that for as long as I can remember. Whenever someone close to him asked him about it, he mainly stated that it was nothing or that it was none of our concern." Marguerite explained as she let her bow snake wrapped itself around her arm after she finished feeding it. "If you want to ask him about it, go right ahead. But don't say I didn't tell you." Marguerite commented as she entered the boat alongside Kuina.

When they entered the room, they noticed Luffy beginning to call someone with his den-den mushi.

"Who you calling this time Luffy?" Marguerite asked Luffy, who just turned towards her direction and grinned.

"Hancock. It's around the time I promised to call her, so I decided to do it right now since we have plenty of time before we reach the next island." Luffy responded as he finished dialing up the number and waited for Hancock to pick up. While this is going on, Nami, Nojiko, and Zoro entered the room as well.

"What's going on?" Zoro questioned as he, Nami, and Nojiko stared at Luffy.

"Luffy's going to call Boa Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Seas." Marguerite explained as everyone sans Luffy stared at her with disbelief.

"WHAAAAAT!" They yelled in shock and surprise. They never knew that Luffy has contact with such a powerful figure. "Why though!?" They further questioned.

"Well I did promise her that I would call her weekly and so far it's been great! She always worries about me, which I kinda find a bit embarrassing, but hey, what can I do?" Luffy responded cheekily as he heard the den-den mushi being picked up in the other side.

"Luffy?" Everyone heard Hancock softly ask, making Luffy smile heartwarmingly at hearing her melodic voice once more.

"Hancock! I started my journey not to long ago! It's only been two days and so far I have six people here, including me!" Luffy happily stated, making a giggle come out of Hancock's mouth.

"Of course dear. May you introduce me to them?" Hancock politely asked Luffy.

"Yeah sure! Guys, come on and introduce yourselves!" Luffy told his crewmates, who seemed a bit nervous with speaking to a warlord.

"I'm Roronoa Zoro, Swordsman." Zoro merely said. To him, it is short and straight to the point, so hopefully some professionalism will help him not get on her bad side.

They don't take random people to become warlords.

"Greetings Ms. Hancock, My name is Kuina, and I am a swordswoman." Kuina stated politely.

"Ummm…I'm Nami, the crew's navigator. It's a pleasure to meet you." nami vocalized out hesitantly. For some reason, she got the feeling she wouldn't like the woman, but the fear of facing a warlord's wrath overcame that feeling of hatred.

"And I'm Nojiko, the crew's spy. I hope we get along." Nojiko spoke out in a somewhat serious tone.

"Hmmm…So you lot are part of Luffy's crew along with Marguerite huh?" Hancock questioned in a much different tone of voice. This startled Luffy's crew sans Luffy and Marguerite as they can hear Hancock's personality take a complete 180. Before, they could practically feel the love and adoration coming from Hancock's voice when she was talking to Luffy. Now though her tone of voice changed, becoming cold, serious, commanding, and regal all at once. "Luffy chose all of your for a reason, so I will most definitely not question him about his choices for crewmates since you all must have something unique to give him. However, should I hear that you lot are causing him unnecessary problems, as his girlfriend, I will personally deal with you myself in the most brutal way I can think of without crippling you permanently. He is your captain and I expect you all to obey him without question. Am. I. Clear?" Hancock questioned dangerously, setting off a shit-ton of alarms off in Kuina, Nami, Nojiko, and Zoro's head.

"Yes ma'am!" they instinctually exclaimed as if their life depended on it.

By the look the den-den mushi had on its face, they all can tell that Hancock looked unamused by their response. "Marguerite…" Hancock said monotonously, grabbing Marguerite's attention. "I'm relying on you to keep them in line and to make sure they don't do anything to tarnish Luffy's name. This is my mission to you. Understood?" Hancock ordered Marguerite in a politer, yet commanding tone.

Marguerite gave a small smile at hearing her order, she was planning on doing that anyways as the crew's senior member. "Understood Snake Empress." Marguerite Affirmed in a strong, yet submissive tone.

"Good." Hancock merely stated before her personality once more took a 180 when she began talking back to Luffy. "Now Luffy, I know you're going to achieve your dream in record time. I wish you and your crew the best. Good luck out there dear." Hancock softly vocalized, making Luffy blush a bit as he laughed good heartedly.

"Thank you Hancock. I will call the moment I enter the Grand Line alright?" Luffy promised, receiving a 'yes' from Hancock before they both hung up. The entire room was silent for a good moment as Nami, Nojiko, Zoro, and Kuina took in what just happened.

Nami is the first to speak. "Wait a minute, GIRLFRIEND!?" Nami hollered out in shock, making Marguerite look at her.

"Well, the Snake Empress is one of Luffy's girlfriends." Marguerite corrected, making Nami look at her even more wide-eyed before looking at Luffy angrily.

"And when were you planning on telling us about this Luffy!?" Nami yelled angrily at her captain, who just laughed sheepishly.

"I was planning on telling you all when it the topic came up! Honest!" Luffy pleaded as he raised his hands up in a mock-surrender fashion.

Nami could only sputter out incoherent words in mixed emotions before she left the room. Nojiko realized that this revelation could turn out bad for her sister, so she went after her to make sure she does not anything out of haste.

Zoro let out a low whistle before smirking at Luffy. "Damn Luffy, never thought that you'd be quite acquainted with someone of that stature. A strong man needs a strong a woman by his side." Zoro complimented as he gave a firm pat on Luffy's back, before realizing what he just said. He turned his head to look at Kuina, who had an amused expression on her face, making Zoro turn away to avoid showing Kuina his reddened face.


With Nojiko and Nami…

"Nami…" Nojiko softly uttered out as she looked at her trembling little sister who looked on at the horizon, not showing her face to anyone. She could tell that Nami isn't taking the news on Luffy's relationship status well. She walked up to her sister and softly place her hand on her left shoulder.

"No…" Nami softly whispered, Nojiko only being able to pick up what she said thanks to her haki. Suddenly looked up into the sky, pure unadulterated conviction etched on her face. "No! I will not falter! I will not stop! I will prove to Luffy that I am worthy! I will be his queen!" Nami yelled towards the heavens as she pumped herself up, completely ignoring the now smiling Nojiko.

Nojiko merely shook her head as she left Nami to her own devices. She took out a map and compass to see if they're still headed towards the Gecko Islands. If she paid more attention to Nami, she would've noticed a flicker of fire in her eyes as she said that.


Two Days Later…

"Everyone! The Gecko Islands are just over there!" Nami stated as she got everyone's attention. Everyone could see the bundle of islands just as they passed the horizon. Soon however, much to their surprise, An arrow passed all of them and hit the wall behind them.

"What the!?" Kuina yell in surprise as she took a good look at the arrow and pulled it out of the wall. She saw that there was a letter tied to the arrow for Luffy. She gave the letter to her captain, who read the letter out loud.

"Luffy! It's about time you got here! Me and Kaya are waiting for you at beach! Sincerely, The Great Captain Usopp." Luffy said as he read what it said on the letter. Smirking, Luffy used his Atom-Atom Fruit powers to pick up the pace and reach his sniper and her girlfriend sooner. "Everyone! Grab on to something!" Luffy warned as the boat suddenly reached neck-breaking speeds. Zoro and Kuina stabbed their katanas to the ground so they won't fall. Nojiko stabbed her knife on the rail of the boat while grabbing on to Nami. Marguerite just stood there, already used to Luffy's sudden changes of speeds whenever he becomes impatient and picks up the pace. Once they ad reached the shallow part of the beach, Luffy decelerated the boat to a complete stop.

"DAMMIT LUFFY! MAKE THE WARNING A LITTLE EARLIER SO WE CAN PREPARE BETTER!" Both Zoro and Nami roared angrily as they tried to smack Luffy's head with haki-infused fists, only for said fists to be easily caught by their captain's own unprotected hands, while he just grinned at the two.

"Maybe you two just need to improve your reaction timing." Luffy retorted as he let go of their fists. "Usopp, Kaya, It's good to see you two again. How ya been?" Luffy asked as he turned from Nami and Zoro to look at their new crewmates.

Usopp is most definitely the one who has gained the most change out of all the crew so far. Heck, he's even bulkier than when his crew reunited in Sabaody 2 years after Kuma separated them. He seem to have grown a good three inches, changing his original height from 5'8 and a half to 5'11 and a half, making him even taller than Zoro! Whatever The Perditionists did to him seemed to have done wonders to his body it seems. He's wearing a camouflaged tank top and forest green baggy overalls along with a pair of running boots. His black woolly hair is tied in a ponytail fashion with a camouflaged sun visor over his eyes. Like before, his red-tinted goggles are around his neck resting in place. On the side of his legs there are two rectangular metal boxes, probably where he holds his arrows and his gadgets. On his back he can see a type of frame that is holding three weapons: a very intricate and adorned gold and ivory bow, a lever-action repeating rifle, and a black slingshot that looks like a black version of his slingshot Kabuto.

Kaya on the other hand, looks much more womanly than before. Her fine face looking very bright, smiling at Luffy and the rest, her long, blond hair drifting lightly in the wind. She's wearing a pale long sleeved yellow dress that reaches below her knees and looks to also be wearing flexible black leggings along with a pair of armored boots. Over her clothing she is wearing a chestplate that's covering all of her vitals along with shoulderplates and gauntlets to complete the fit. On the left side her waist is where her sword is kept, looking radiant as ever, especially with it's golden drill-shaped scabbard. Overall, Kaya and Usopp looked ready for action and looked even more intimidating than they ever had in his first timeline.

"Everyone, I'd like you all to meet our new crewmates Usopp and Kaya!" Luffy introduced happily as grinned at his sniper and combat medic. Usopp puffed up his chest proudly as he raised his closed fist to his heart while Kaya gave a serene, gentle smile to the crew.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you. I hope we get along." Kaya said delightedly as she went up to each and every one of the crewmembers to shake their hands.

"It's great to meet all of you. You all look to be very capable. Let's go have some outlandish adventures! Like the time me, Kaya, and our senseis fought this big, tanned, red-haired guy and his army in a desert he suddenly summoned out! Or when we helped that one king and his tactician defeat that one demonic dragon with the human face and its undead minions!" Usopp proclaimed proudly as he thrusted his right fist into the air victoriously.

Zoro raised an eyebrow at Usopp's proclamations. "There's no way any of that happened." Zoro expressed disbelievingly.

"Uh, Zoro-san? Both of those events actually did happen." Kaya piped up, defending Usopp from being called a liar. She knows what Usopp just said definitely sounds like a lie, but they've never known Wayne. He's capable of doing things people could only dream of doing.

"You're kidding…" Zoro stated incredulously, making a tick mark appear on Usopp's forehead.

"Hey, you calling her a liar!?" Usopp yelled angrily at the swordsman as he pulled his slingshot-staff out of the frame on his back.

"What's it to you longnose!?" Zoro yelled back as he took out Yubashiri, ready to face the sniper that's a little bigger than him.

Using his unnatural speed, Usopp immediately sprinted away from Zoro to gain some distance as he took out what appeared to be five metal golf balls and fired them off with his slingshot-staff in quick succession. Zoro, realizing that the projectiles were coming at him too fast for just one blade, took out the other two and tried to slice through them. The moment his katanas hit the projectiles, Zoro realized that he in not capable of slicing through them, so he had to resort to deflecting them away.

"What the hell are those things made of!?" Zoro questioned as Usopp's projectiles hit the ground. Hard. When the balls hit the ground, they caused a slight tremor, making him lose balance for a quick moment before he strengthened his hold to the ground.

Usopp grinned. " Compressed high density tungsten. Four times stronger than titanium and many times stronger than steel. Perfect for incapacitation." Usopp explained as he loaded up his slingshot once more and continued shooting projectiles at Zoro. Zoro increased his speed, dodging each and every one of Usopp's projectiles in order to get closer and strike him. When he got close enough, Zoro slashed towards Usopp, who deflected the attack away from himself with his slingshot-staff. "Even though I may appear to have more muscle than you, I know for a fact that you have much more strength than I do, which is why I didn't block that attack." Usopp stated, making Zoro grin at his analysis.

"Truer words have never been spoken." Zoro said as he rushed at Usopp once more, only to be surprised by Usopp suddenly moving faster than his eyes can process. 'What the hell!? How fast is he!?' Zoro thought as he looked around looking for the long nosed sniper. He caught a glimpse of a red flash coming from inside the forest, most likely from Usopp's goggles. "Tch, coward." Zoro muttered as he entered the forest, using his Observation Haki to help him find Usopp.


With the Rest…

"Sooo…Why aren't you stopping this?" Nojiko asked, surprised that Luffy just looked on at the fight as if it were a daily occurrence.

"Why should I? They'll find out more about each other this way." Luffy reasoned as Kaya led them back to her mansion. As they continued on towards the road, ignoring the battle going in the forest between Usopp and Zoro, Nami noticed the massive mansion at the end of the street.

"Whose place is that? They must be stacked!" Nami exclaimed as she took a good look at the house.

"That would be my family's mansion Ms. Nami." Kaya informed the thief/navigator, making her and her sister stop in their tracks and look at Kaya with a 'why?' look. "What's the matter?" She asked, confused by Nojiko and Nami's expression.

"Why in the hell are you becoming a pirate if you have such a stable, relaxing life here!?" Nami questioned, making Kaya let out a small chuckle.

"I have my reasons." Kaya merely said as she thought of the talk she and Usopp had with Arasval-sensei.

"What are your reasons?" Nami pressed on.

"Secret." Kaya responded, causing Nami to pout. When they reached the gates, they all noticed a tall, formally dressed butler with lamb horns coming out of the top of his white, bushy hair. "Hello Merry, I'm back with my guests."

"Pleasant evening's mistress. I take it these people are the ones who you and Usopp will be joining?" The butler now known as Merry asked politely, smiling warmingly at each of the crew members.

"Hello Merry, My name is Luffy! With me are Marguerite, Nami, Nojiko, and Kuina. We another one with us named Zoro, but he's currently sparring with Usopp." Luffy spoke sincerely as they can hear explosions going on in the forest behind them.

"Those two seem to be going overboard." Merry mused before turning back to kaya and her crewmates. "Why don't you all come inside and make yourselves at home? Dinner is going to start in half an hour and Banchina is cooking today, so expect something delicious." Merry continued on as he opened the gate to allow them to enter. When they entered the house, Nami and Nojiko looked in awe at all the expensive things they have. Kuina looked curiously at a wall that has a bunch of portraits and photos placed all over said wall. She looked intrigued by these photos, but the one that caught her attention the most is the a photo of a young Usopp and Kaya with three men behind the two.

"Who are they?" Kuina asked Kaya as she pointed at the picture. Kaya turned towards Kuina and walked up until she was next to her and looked at the picture with nostalgia.

"Those three…are Neos-sensei, Wayne-sensei, and Arasval-sensei. My senseis obviously." Kaya said happily as she thought of all the memories she, Usopp, and them made together.

"They don't look that tough." A dirty Zoro stated as he suddenly appeared behind the two women. Everyone looked at Usopp and Zoro, each looking like they've seen better days.

Kaya merely raised a brow at his statement. "Zoro. Trust us when we say this, but they are more powerful than you can possibly imagine. The only one that we know of that is of equal power to them would be none other than Luffy himself." Kaya stated emotionlessly as the more 'disturbing' things she and Usopp went through in their training popped up in her mind. 'Sometimes, I can't help but curse your existence Wayne-sensei.' She thought as she pushed those certain memories back.

"Yeah Zoro! Don't insult our senseis by saying they aren't tough!" Usopp exclaimed. Zoro was about to retort back before Merry clapped his hands together.

"Everyone, get cleaned up. It's about time for dinner." Merry said, making Luffy and Usopp drool in anticipation.

"Alright, chow time!" Zoro eagerly walked towards the dining room before being stopped by Kuina.

"Zoro, you are dirty and you stink. Clean yourself up first." Kuina chastised her fellow partner, causing him to growl and concede to her wishes.

"Tch. Controlling woman…" He muttered low enough so she wouldn't hear as he walked up to Merry. "Hey butler, where can I go to get myself cleaned up?" Zoro questioned the butler.

Before the butler could even respond, a smiling Luffy walked up to Zoro. "Don't worry about it Zoro! I got just the thing." Luffy stated in an upbeat tone.

"What is it?" Zoro asked. Luffy placed his palm over Zoro, confusing him

"Atomic Structure Analysis." Luffy uttered out as blue ethereal ripples went all over Zoro, shocking him. "Atomic Structure Analysis: Complete. Atomic Restoration." Luffy spoke once more as Zoro became engulfed in a blinding blue light. Once the light dimmed down, they all saw Zoro back to normal with no smudges of dirt and no rips in his clothing visible. Luffy did the same thing to Usopp, making him look at himself in surprise.

When they walked in the dining room, they found enough food on the table for a feast. They then turned their attention to a long-nosed woman who is wearing a head chef's outfit. "I hope you all enjoy yourselves. It's good to meet my son's friends." She said contentedly to the crew as she motioned them to sit down.

"Thank you for the food mom, but why are you here? It's usually Klahadore's job to watch our needs here." Usopp asked curious as to why his mother is doing a butler's job.

"Klahadore is no longer working here Usopp." Merry suddenly spoke, gaining the crew's attention.

"Why?" Kaya wondered seeing as Klahadore was one of the best butlers here and a good friend to her.

"He…" Merry began as he thought of what happened roughly two days ago.


Flashback Two Days Prior…

"So, Klahadore what were you doing in the mistress' room?" Merry asked politely as Klahadore, known before as Kuro of a Thousand Plans, looked at his fellow butler.

"I was just making sure the mistress didn't need anything." Klahadore merely replied, hiding the fact that was gloating over her sleeping form. 'I have been planning this for over three years. Once I get my crew to attack in three days, I will finally be able to live in peace.' He thought sinisterly as he kept his poker face on. "Is there a reason as to why you called me over in your office?" He asked, wondering what the man wanted.

"Ah yes. Klahadore, the reason I called you over here, is to commemorate your three years of continuous hard work here. Kaya was planning on giving this to you next week for your birthday, but she and I decided to give it to you as a Anniversary gift." Merry explained as he gave a blue box wrapped in a golden ribbon to Klahadore. Klahadore emotionlessly opened it to see some custom-made glasses inside the box.

"It seems your glasses slip quite frequently, so the mistress had this custom-made for you." Merry explained the use of Klahadore's new glasses.

"She really is attentive and considerate." Klahadore mused looking at the glasses before turning his attention back to Merry. "Speaking of Anniversaries, An event three days ahead is certainly going to be an event to be remembered." He turned to look behind him towards the open window and gazed at the moon. "It's a crescent moon tonight, isn't it? A night like this makes my chest throb harder and blood boil for excitement." Klahadore blood thirstily stated as he dropped the gift he got and crushed it under his foot.

"Klahadore!? What do you think you are doing with the mistress' present!?" Merry questioned angrily seeing his co-worker treat their kind mistress' gift in such a manner.

"I have accepted the present. But not just that, it's everything in this mansion!" Klahadore exclaimed in a calm, yet maniacal manner.

"Where are you getting at with all of this Klahadore?" Merry interrogated Klahadore with a calm fury casting over him.

Kuro merely glanced at Merry as if he were a little, putrid insect. Suddenly, Klahadore began to grow much larger, growing black fur all over his body, his muscle mass increasing by a lot. His once human ears now became Black cat ears and he grew out a black tail. His fingernails soon became claws ready to eviscerate the lamb-themed butler to oblivion. Facing Merry was no longer Klahadore, the butler, but Kuro of a Thousand Plans, also known by his unofficial moniker, Kuro the Black Panther. "There's no more need for me to continue this act. It's been three years too long!" Kuro exclaimed with a grin, showing his sharp fangs to Merry as he suddenly began moving faster than the normal eye can see. At this point my dear viewers, is when Merry would try to warn Kaya about what's going on, before getting seriously wounded. But you see, in this timeline, it wasn't just Kaya and Usopp that got an upgrade or two from the bounty hunters. Before Kuro's attack could strike Merry, Merry stopped it by latching his haki-infused hands onto Kuro's wrists, tightening his grip to bone-shattering levels.

"Grrk!?" Kuro growled in shock and pain. He never expected the lanky-looking butler to be capable of blocking his attack, much less have him feel a great deal of pain.

Merry looked on emotionlessly at his former co-worker as he made Kuro's back face the open window. "Let's take this outside, we mustn't awake the mistress." Merry coldly spoke as he kicked Kuro out of his office and into the forest with an incredible amount of force. As Kuro continued on his path, occasionally hitting and breaking a tree with the amount of force that he was launched with before finally settling down when he hit a massive stone, he stared out at the ground in wonder as to what he got himself into. When he looked up, he could see Merry walking into his vision. He then noticed the area around him. The vast, flat, grassy area is surrounded by many, many trees, depriving him the vision to see the other side of the forest. He got up, steeling himself in preparation for what might be his hardest battle ever.

"Klahadore…or is it Kuro?" Merry asked, making Kuro widen his eyes at the butler's knowledge before narrowing them in anger. "I have seen your bounty in an old newspaper a couple of years ago when the Marines supposedly executed you. I am quite the fool, not seeing it until you showed your true colors. Thankfully, I will be rectifying that mistake, since I'm the one that hired you after all. As my duty as the Head Butler of the family you are trying to destroy, I will stop you. Permanently."

"Don't think that one lucky shot will win you the battle!" Kuro snarled out as he got up and got in his fighting stance. However, he soon became slightly unnerved when he heard the butler chuckling, before it turned into full-blown laughter.

The laughter went on for a couple more seconds before it suddenly came to a halt. "Oh wow! Mr. Wayne is definitely right about that drug. Definitely makes you loosen up a screw or two." Merry said to himself, but Kuro heard it thanks to his enhanced hearing. Merry looked back at Kuro and started talking seriously once more. "Now see here Kuro. I know for a fact that what I did was not just 'one lucky shot'. For you to understand even better as to the difference of power that we have, let me show you the gap between a Zoan, and a Mythical Zoan." A massive pair of black, feathered wings sprouted out of Merry's back. The little lamb horns on his head soon split into two each before suddenly growing to be three times the length of his head in a spiral corkscrew formation. Before Kuro could see any more, Merry became engulfed in a massive ball of intense blue flames. When the flames suddenly went out, what he saw caused his danger senses to hit overdrive as he took a good look of the new being was in front of him. The demonic beast-looking creature six times the size of Merry had albino fur covering every single part of his body except for his black feathered wings and from the waist below, in which the fur became a dark grey color. A goat head with four spiralling horns with a torch in between, a pentagram engraved in the middle of his forehead, and eyes made out of blue flames looked down at Kuro, further increasing Kuro's fear as he averted his sight towards Merry's furry goat legs.

"You see the difference between us Kuro? While you ate the Cat-Cat Fruit: Panther Model, I have eaten the Capri-Capri Fruit: Baphomet Model, a gift from the mistress' teacher. Now I know you're wondering why I'm bothering to tell you this, but you see, it's not only to show you how outclassed you are, but to show you what happens when someone messes with the mistress or her friends and family!" The massive, towering, demonic form of Merry boomed at Kuro, who was now running into the dense forest, in hopes that he would be able to escape the monster after him. "Run as much as you like Kuro, It makes little difference." Merry spoke emotionlessly as he flew into the air, getting a good view of the entire forest, and by extension, Kuro. A massive ball of blue flames half the size of Merry grew before it compressed itself into a ball small enough to fit in Merry's snout. As Merry put the ball of blue flames in his mouth, the blue flames in his eye sockets and torch intensified before Merry shot the ball out towards the direction.

"Rubicante: Hell's Fury." He muttered, taking in the sight of the ball of blue flames explode into a pillar that reached the sky, bringing in a beautiful display from far away as it did its job of turning every single thing in its vicinity into ashes. He descended downwards to the melted ground, looking for the remains of the man who plotted to do something against the mistress. After a minute of searching around, he found Kuro's charred, but still alive body in the outer edge of the explosion radius.

"*hah*…*hah*…kuhuhuhu…" Kuro gave a painful chuckle despite having trouble breathing.

"What's so funny Kuro?" Merry asked, wondering if he just realized something or if he lost his sanity in his final moments.

"I…might be…a dead man, but at least I…won't be going down…by myself…" He uttered out, not being able to speak properly as he can feel the muscles in his throat melt down and slowly suffocate him to death. Merry merely watch in confusion as to what he meant by that. Seeing as he can't talk to the dead, Merry created a small ember that soon engulfed the remains of Klahadore's body. Merry reverted his body back to its human form as he looked at Kuro's smoldering ashes with melancholic eyes before walking away from them and heading back to the mansion. 'I knew who you truly were for a year Kuro. Seeing you interact with the mistress…I thought you were a changed man. Sadly…things just weren't meant to be.' Merry thought sorrowfully.


Flashback End…

"…Quit his job to look for something. He's very thankful for the gift Ms. Kaya. Now why don't you all enjoy yourselves to the food before it gets cold." Merry lied smoothly, making everyone except Luffy accept the response.

'What are you hiding Merry?' Luffy thought seriously before digging into his food.


At Marineford…

"It's been five years…" He stated grimly. After everything he went through all those years ago, he couldn't help get angry. He had been killed. Killed by that rubber bastard. At least he was able to take the majority of his allies and his crew down with him, before succumbing to his injuries. Now though, he's somehow back, in a different timeline where it seems that the Marines are far better off than usual. He kept all of his improvements despite being in slightly younger body than before when came to this new timeline. He knows that it is this year that the massive flux of the worst pirates in recent history will come and join the fray. He had done everything in his power to improve the might of the Marines: Massive reformations, wiser decisions, enforcing his idea of 'Justice', improving both the individual strengths of the Marines as well as a whole, and massive recruitment campaigns all over the Grand Line and the Blues.

Thanks to all of this, he was able to increase the numbers of the marines by an astounding two hundred percent! Not only that, but in this timeline, Heaven's Wrath is a success, albeit one of their 'weapons' left to do his own thing, dropping the group down to ten. Not like it matters though, since each and every one of them are essentially humanized supercharged buster calls. He would've put a bounty on his head, but his crime of leaving has already been pardoned by Sengoku, the sentimental bastard that he is, superior be damned. Somehow, thanks to a certain someone that he thought he would fucking never see again, Zephyr-sensei's family is still alive, and he and his students never got attacked by that damn bastard of a pirate, who quite thankfully, he dispatched before his damn superiors could even give him the invitation to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. As a result of this, not only are all the Marines in the Grand Line ranked Ensign and above stronger than ever before, but they are higher in numbers, with each of them being adept in at least one form of Haki and at least half of the Rokushiki techniques.

He couldn't help but grin. Thanks to his interference, the Marines are going to be prepared to nip at each of those pirates looking for whatever it is they are looking for. "Just you wait Straw Hat… When I get my hands on you, I will grant you the pleasure to seeing your so called 'nakama' getting murdered in front of your very eyes."


Omake: Usopp and Kaya's Training Adventures

"So…How did your training go with Arasval, Wayne, and Neos?" Luffy asked as he looked towards Usopp and Kaya.

"It was really great Luffy! It's because of those adventures we went through that I was able to get my bow from a guy named Arjuna. Apparently I impressed him with mys aiming skills despite my age at the time, that he gave me his trusted bow. It's really powerful, but not really good for doing sneak attacks since the string glows whenever I notch an arrow onto the bow." Usopp explained.

"Well, did you two have any bad experiences while training?" Nojiko asked, wondering if their teachers were such great people as they describe them to be.

Usopp and Kaya looked at each other with widened eyes as they remembered some of the horrible things they saw.


Flashback Eight Years Ago…

"Argh! Wayne! What the fuck are you doing!?" Arasval exclaimed through a den-den mushi as he is currently fighting a massive sea abomination that suddenly appeared in a river while at the same time avoiding the hail of blades being launched at him by a guy in the sky wearing golden armor.

"I'm currently in the process of killing the old fucker made of worms! I have my hands full at the moment!" Wayne yelled back as he held the naked body of a purple-haired little girl as he fended of some weird penis shaped worms from coming towards him.

"Grrr…! What about you Neos!?" Arasval questioned.

"Currently have my hands tied sir!" Neos responded.

"Doing what!?"

"Protecting Usopp and Kaya while shooting water drills at the abomination!"

"…Carry on then."

"JEEEEEAAAAANE! COME TO ME MY HOLY VIRGIN!" The abomination yelled in fury.

"Shut up you damn pedophile!" Arasval exclaimed in irritation.

"This place seems lovely." Kaya said excitedly as she was the first to speak.

"Yeah, everything looks so cool!" Usopp stated happily, wanting to see what this place.

"Nope. We're leaving." Wayne suddenly stated seriously.

"Why though?" Neos questioned, wondering why Wayne suddenly wants to leave this place.

"The power of bullshit is strong in this world" he explained sagely.

"Not this shit again. Can we just give this place a try!? I already wasted so many years of my life trying to keep everyone that isn't you alive." Arasval explained angrily.

"Fine…but don't say I didn't warn you." Wayne warned.

"Come on…What's the worst that can happen?" Usopp asked them all.

"Not even half a day Wayne…Not even half a day and you already did so much…destruction!" Arasval yelled out angrily.

"Well excuse me for trying to prove that the power of bullshit and hocus-pocus magic wouldn't win them all their victories! And their pipe music is so damn annoying!" Wayne retorted back as if her were talking about the weather.

"You wiped out the entire country's population…and you currently have both me and Neos crucified and chained in seastone just for those reasons!?" Arasval yelled back, finding so much flaw in Wayne's reasoning to country genocide.

"…I will make every single one of your organs explode one hundred times over as soon as I'm off of these chains." Neos growled out, all three of them currently ignoring their students hugging each other in fear.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Both Usopp and Kaya yelled in terror as they weaved and dodged every single root that was trying to absorb them for food.

"God damn! This flower sure is persistent!" Arasval mused himself as he kept slicing through each and every root sent at him.

"You fucking got that right. Neos! Why aren't you helping!?" Wayne angrily questioned his teammate as he followed Aras' lead. In response to this, Neos merely aimed his palm at the perpetrator, Baron Omatsuri and the Lily Carnation, and used his Water-Water Fruit powers to make them implode on themselves. Everyone there, the Perditionists, their students, Briefs, and Papa and his family just looked at the man wide-eyed while he returned the look with confusion.

"I helped?" He stated hesitantly with a shrug.


Flashback End…

"Nothing happened." They responded with a shiver.

"C'mon, tell us-" Zoro could finish his sentence when Kaya and Usopp glared at him.

"Nothing. Happened." They repeated monotonously before going back to eating quietly.


Welp, That's a wrap! New stuff unveiled and let's see where this takes Luffy and his crew to!

Thank you all so much for reading and make sure to favorite, follow, and review! As I have said before, us writers thrive on your reviews, so keep them coming as much as you can! I also love to hear what you guys think about each chapter and the speculation you guys make. It really helps me with my motivation for writing!

Forzarismo

July 26, 2016