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Deadly Drinking Pirate

Hello…Grandpa

Previously on Deadly Drunken Pirate,

Luffy vanished without a sound; very like when he first appeared. There was just Smoker and Hina, still standing stiff as statues in that cabin. Then the ice was broken,

"Hina, I am going to get ready for a serious phone call about my promotion." Smoker said with a calm sigh, "But tell the crew that I am stuck with them for a while longer." Hina didn't make a sound, just crack a smirk before leaving for her own crew.

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A week later,

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ON OUR SHIP!?"

"Wahaha~!" The Straw Hats had quite the shock for when they finally returned to the King's Gourd. It was watched over by none other than the drama king/queen, Mr. 2 Bon Kurei himself. "I made sure nobodies and pesky so-sos wouldn't get this beautiful vessel. And I had fun with it, like always!"

"Whatever." Luffy grumbled while he got himself and his crew onboard. "Now why are you looking after our ship? I was under the impression you still were with Baroque Works. Especially after they promised to turn you guys in."

"I gave them the slip! Just to see you all again!" Mr. 2 let himself go again, "We are friends are we!?" Luffy felt that his eyebrow got itchy for some reason,

"Well, I can see that you are pulling our leg. And if we are friends, then take this." Mr. 2 turned to Luffy and took a small piece of paper, that had the captain's name and his pirate flag on it. "This will both keep you from getting arrested, and find us should you be in a real emergency. I trust that you won't try to use it excessively."

Despite the serious and heavy atmosphere, it seemed that Mr. 2 will never get out of his bad mood. "Understood perfectly! And now I will take my leave, as friends forever!" Mr. 2 jumped off the ship with the spin of the ballet dancer that he was. And the Straw Hats watched the swam-themed ship finally leave their sights.

"Now everyone…" Luffy spoke to break the silence. "It's time to search for the next adventure! Get ready for the seas and find our next course!" And the crew cheered and ran off around the ship while the captain heads to the helm. But, they had one last surprise that day.

"There you are, you little brat!

That thundering voice got everyone's attention to the starboard side of the ship and saw another ship, with the sails that had the marine symbol and yet there was a dog-head as the forehead. While the crew were mostly curious and a little nervous about a marine ship sitting parallel to theirs, Luffy was an absolute wreck. "Everyone, don't try to attack this time. I know this ship and a Vice-Admiral is on it."

This was enough to scare the whole but soon, four started to shake. "Please Luffy…" For a man demon, Gin sounded more like a child awaiting punishment for his mischief. "Don't say it. There is only one Vice Admiral that we've met."

"Yeah…" Sanji spoke next, so nervous that he couldn't get his lighter to lit his death stick. "Back in Loguetown before we got you from those bozos in makeup and their sham of a show."

"We all know him as, Garp the Fist." Now the ice has been broken, by Zoro. You will have had lived under a rock to not know the Hero of the Marines. Who fought pirates for over half a century, especially during the age of the Pirate King. Speaking of whom, no other marine was able to corner the King like Garp did. "And you called him your…"

"My Grandpa." Luffy actually whimpered out. This was something that scared his crew, varying from person to person. They truly thought that Luffy was fearless and powerful to take on anything in the World's Strongest Ocean. Of course, the crew soon joined their captain's fright when a certain large old man jumped from off the marine ship and onto the Kings Gourd; both ships sinking and shaking terribly in the process.

Once that was over, everyone looked up to see the gorilla of a man that was, without a doubt, to be Vice Admiral Garp. Meanwhile, Luffy just stared at his grandfather in the face, waiting for whatever this old man was going to do. Suddenly getting a smile and pull Luffy into a killer hug was not on the list.

"I should kill you for still being a pirate but I am too proud of you for what you did for one of our allies! You even got close to your old man by becoming a Shichibuki (Seven Royal Warlord)! You are definitely my little grandson!" Garp shouted this, brawling all the way and really freaking out his little audience.

"Whatever Gramps. And I am guessing that you were the one Sengoku sent to set me straight about being one of the government's 'dogs'?" Luffy was not amused by all this, especially with the old man crushing him with just one of his gorilla arms. Eventually, the captain was able to slip out like an eel. "I could've sworn you were going to bash my head through the deck of my ship like you did for less."

Adding fuel to the fire, the old man dropped the happy-go-lucky stance for a more sheepish kind. As if Luffy hit the mark with his old man. Then Garp out of his stupor in a flash with a megawatt smile on his face. "Why yes I am here because my good friend Sengoku doesn't want any other snot-nosed brat to waste their time with my only grandson."

"And your little stowaway can agree on that." Garp then said that got everyone off guard. "You can out of that little room you are hiding in, Nice Robin." Silence was heard and the sound of a door opening way enough to roar across the sea.

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"You truly are the Hero of the Marines. The one that not even the Pirate King can get by." The marines and the Straw Hats were shocked to a familiar, mature woman with a fair tan and the most mysterious eyes ever.

"You!" A majority of the Straw Hats got on guard; Grace, Frank, Carol and even Yokogao looked like they were staring at the devil in the face. And in the case of their ex-boss's former partner, which was as deadly as he was, it made sense.

"Robin!" Luffy shouted out and everyone's attention immediately shifted from her to him. "I could've sworn you already left Alabasta when Crocodile was arrested. Why are you risking yourself on my ship!?" All the while, Luffy marched right over to Robin and then got into her face. "And why the hell are you wearing my girlfriend's new clothes?" This caused Nami to start screaming and ranting when the realization hit her worse than a cannonball.

"I suggest that you give me some space, Monkey D. Luffy." Robin spoke, calmly as always, and simply set up a chair to relax in. "After all, I am your guest and I am just borrowing Miss Navigator's new clothes." Nami's itch to strangle Robin was getting worst by the second. "As for you, don't think I will forget what you did to me." This, of course, set Sanji off with the wrong idea and grabbed Luffy's collar. But Luffy just pressed his hand on his cook's face, shoving Sanji to hit the mast.

"I don't recall ever violating you in any way after how you went with me to stop Crocodile." Luffy spoke with a tone that no tolerance for nonsense. "Was it the part when I said that you won't find what you want more than the whole world? Was I wrong?"

"No." Robin said, comfy on the chair she 'borrowed'. "Yet that is just it. That's your crime towards me." The only sounds to be hear were the restless waves of the sea they all were sailing on.

"A-anyways…!" Garp tried to break the ice. "I still have to make clear that you are aware of your duties as one of the Shichibuki (Seven Royal Warlord)." This was an awkward way to end an awkward atmosphere, so the marines and pirates just tried to gather their bearings.

Garp cleared his throat and spoke, all in a single breath. "One, a Shichibuki is free to sail outside the pursue of any local or else nearby marines. Two, a Shichibuki is to exterminate non-Shichibuki pirate crews; either on their own accord or at the orders of the World Government. Third, any loot stolen from non-Shichibuki pirates will be divided into thirds; with a single portion collected by government officials." This time, Nami tried to keep herself from blowing off steam at the idea of sharing money with the World Government; especially after Cocoyasi Village. "Fourth, a Shichibuki must obey the summons of the World Government to any clear conflict with pirates in the future. And finally, a Shichibuki's title is a privilege instead of a right; the World Government has the power to remove a Shichibuki should they see it fit due to the Shichibuki's behavior or the current circumstances."

"Thank you, gramps. I believe that we all have it all jogged down." Luffy responded and the whole crew agreed in their own fashion. "And if that's all you have, then can you stay a little longer for…" Luffy halted in his speech and stretch his arm to pull Nami into a rough embrace, that which she settled in without a hitch. And the old man got the big picture; Garp begun brawling and crying again, this time about his grandson getting a mate. Maybe make the old man a great-grandfather before Garp retires.

Later,

"Be a good little brat, my grandson! Don't do anything bad or I will have to swim over and give you what for!" By this point, everyone was convinced that this was Garp's way of saying that he will miss his grandson.

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Soon enough, the dog-faced marine vessel was out of sights and the crew could release the breath they were holding in. 'Luffy's family is just crazy!' Only the captain had no thoughts toward the matter; after all, there is nothing that Luffy could say about his grandfather which is already obvious.

Instead, "Now that we are our privacy…" Luffy spoke towards Robin, still resting and relaxed in her lawn chair. "Tell me more about my 'crime' to you. You can just find another lead back where you came from." Robin smiled but then hesitated for just a second before opening her mouth, 'I don't want to ask this since I already know it all.'

"…because I have nowhere to go back to and I have no other place to go to." Robin said which got everyone's attention. "I only joined Crocodile because I heard that he was also interested in ancient stones with dead writing on them; a language that only I can read. That's was the only reason he ever invited me…"

"It was a Ponegylph." Luffy suddenly spoke, startling everyone and even Robin herself. "My old masters have seen them but never understood them like their late captain. Only a few bits of them they got down and they both remembered what it meant." Luffy then sat down with a sketchbook and a wet paintbrush in hand, out of nowhere. Usopp was joined by his partner otter in his rant about 'burrowing without permission, even if it's the captain'.

Robin just smirked and barely held a giggle. "Don't bother try to act like you understand, Captain-san. I can easily tell that…" Robin was interrupted when Luffy revealed what he drew; and it took her breath away.

The drawing was of a large, perfect cube of some kind of material; best if unknown. There was a wall covered in vines behind it and moss littering the floor. But what got everyone's attention was the writing on the single face of the cube. They couldn't make heads or tails out of it but robin looked like she was seeing a ghost.

"H-how…?" Robin then dripped tears out of her eyes. "I thought I was the only one who can understand them? And you drew a Ponegylph perfectly." It was scary to see just a deathly calm woman break down, even just a little.

"I only did my best since the first Ponegylph I ever seen was the one you were sent to read back in Alabastra." Luffy commented. "And I know that you don't want to learn about…Pluton."

It happened in an instant, the lawn chair was kicked away and Luffy found his collar once again grasped by human hands; only these hands belonged to Robin. "How!? How the hell do you know what that damn Ponegylph said!? You claimed to not understand them!? And what do you know about my…"

Luffy said nothing the whole time and neither did the crew, but the ship then turned silent when Luffy pulled out a notebook from his pocket and Robin happened to recognize it. "I didn't understand the Alabastra Ponegylph and I never would've if I didn't use your key to the language. And I was going to return it to you…" Luffy halted in his speech and held the notebook out for Robin to reach; and she took it without as much as a whimper.

"…What's Pluton?" Chopper asked, feeling a little too much of the silence. He then flinched to see everyone turning in his direction. The little reindeer doctor hurried over to his older brother's leg, while still hiding in the reverse fashion. But nobody was in the mood to even point that out.

"I hate to repeat so listen up." Luffy answered. "Pluton, Neptune and Uranus. They are said to be the most powerful and destructive forces in the world; should you find them all, you have the power to rule the world or else destroy it. That is why even the Gorosei (Five Elder Stars) fear them." This shocked the crew to their core and Robin looked like she was looking herself to the mention of that name. "And when a certain land of archaeologists was on the blink of uncovering where the weapons are, they sealed their fate when they got a lead on the Void Century."

Robin said nothing and still tried to calm herself down. Luffy went on, "The Void Century describes an entire one hundred years that were erased from every history book you can find anywhere in the world. The Gorosei also fear those who learn about the Void Century, because once word gets out then the World Government itself will collapse."

"Enough!" Robin finally released the emotions bubbling and boiling inside. No one said a word, "Yes. Everything the captain says is the truth. I am the only person who uncover the Weapons and the Void Century so the Gorosei blew up my home island and hunted me for twenty years." Robin confessed and the sight of her breaking down was enough to shatter anyone's heart; those who do have a heart that is. "I mean it when I have no home and I have nowhere else to go. I can only be here, on this ship. I hope you'll understand." With that, silence spread across the King's Gourd once again.

"…I do." Luffy finally spoke. "I can't kick you off my ship. I did cause you to come to me and, as a man, I will take responsibility. Welcome aboard."

"LUFFY!" The crew sure took their time.

End of Chapter 30.

*What do you think? I could only hope to make this my best view on Luffy becoming a Shichibuki after Alabasta. And I apologize for making you wait again. I will welcome reviews and any CC you might have but flamers will be ignored!*