Hours later
Hawkins and Robin had already traveled a long distance thanks to Kokushibyō, they were closing in on Erumalu and soon found Law and the others.
"Captain... Do you know how to read the Poneglyphs?" Robin still had her mind full of questions regarding what had happened before.
"No, I just know when they're lying to me... for now let's focus on looking for Law and the others" Hawkins couldn't tell her the real reason why he knew she was lying to him, so he decided to divert the subject.
"I hope they haven't been eaten by a desert monster" Robin said seriously causing a shiver to go down Hawkins' spine as he grimaced.
"That's a bit of a pessimistic way of thinking..."
Later
Hawkins and Robin arrived at the Erumalu Pier where they saw Law and the others preparing to leave on the Polar Tang, they landed and got off Kokushibyō causing the others to notice them.
"CAPTAIN!" Sadi yelled as she ran to hug Hawkins, who accepted her hug as he put a hand on Sadi head and combed her hair.
"Calm down, we only part for a few hours." Hawkins had a slight smile as he looked at Sadi.
"That bratty little girl was bothering us all the time after seeing the Tokikake clone was destroyed, she wanted us to go find it, Captain," Sarquiss said as he floated close to Hawkins.
"Captain! That fool Law didn't allow us to go support him" Sadi said while pointing at Law who was looking at her with a bored expression.
"Sadi-Chan, you must understand that Law is the second in command in this crew, therefore he is in charge when I am not here, you must follow his orders because he takes them for the good of the crew, besides, don't you trust in my strength?" Hawkins said as he looked Sadi in the eye.
"I understand captain… it's just that I was worried about you" Sadi said as she turned her gaze to look at the ground.
"Thanks for your concern Sadi-Chan, come let's get on the Polar Tang" Hawkins said as he started walking towards the Polar Tang.
"Captain who was he fighting against?" Ideo asked as he followed Hawkins.
"This Crocodile guy came looking for me" Hawkins said without giving importance to the subject.
"Did you defeat a Shichibukai?! Captain you are amazing!" Ideo said excitedly.
"A Shichibukai is nothing to our captain, in this sea there is no one more powerful" Bellamy said with a big smile and pride, Hawkins only gave a slight smile.
One day later
"Captain, is there no problem with the Log Pose?" Ideo asked as he looked at the Log Pose on Hawkins' wrist.
"No, our next destination is an island in the sky," Hawkins said as he looked at the Log Pose.
"Island in the sky? Does such a thing exist?" Ideo could not believe such a thing.
"Ideo you're a fool, if the captain says there is an island in the sky then that's the truth" Sadi said as she hugged Hawkins from behind.
"Shut up Sadi, you're the only fool, you look like gum stuck to the captain, leave him alone now," Ideo said as he started to pull Sadi's foot to free Hawkins.
"Captain, how do we get to the sky island?" Robin who was reading a book while leaning back on a chair asked Hawkins as she put the book aside.
"There are two ways I thought to go up, one of them was-" Hawkins couldn't finish speaking as a cannonball landed next to the Polar Tang, causing a large amount of water to rise into the air and rain down on him. everybody.
"CAPTAIN, THE MARINES ARE ATTACKING US" Bellamy yelled as he looked over from the side of the polar tang to see a much larger than normal Navy ship approaching. The front of the ship was shaped like a dog's head with a bone in its mouth, there are also many sails on this ship, with the masts shaped like bones and dog legs. The ship overall has a dog theme, one of the main forward sails is marked HQ-03.
"That ship is Garp's," Hawkins said as he stiffened.
"GARP?! MONKEY D. GARP?!" Everyone else screamed in fear, everyone knew the name of Mokey D. Garp, the strongest hero in the navy, the one who stopped the king of pirates.
"Captain let's run away" Bepo yelled as he ran along the bow of the Polar Tang along with Shachi and Penguin.
"I want to see with my eyes the difference in power between me and the great monsters of this world." Hawkins created his straw sword and then used Geppo to position himself in the air at a distance from which he could see Garp on the prow of his ship.
They both locked eyes for a second, before Hawkins began his attack.
" Ken kara no namida no ame (Rain of Tears of the Sword) " Hawkins moved his sword around him in a semi-circle generating a trail of his sword on the way, then he made the first thrust, then the number of slashes increased to one incredible speed and the trail became hundreds of blades raining down on Garp's ship, where the blades hit that place was destroyed.
"Bwahahaha, you are an arrogant brat." Garp taunted Hawkins as he leapt at him, Hawkins' attacks being deflected by his outstretched fist.
Hawkins was surprised at how easily Garp had to deflect his attack, a second later Garp was in front of him and before he could react, he landed a heavy punch covered in Armor Haki, sending him straight into the sea.
"CAPTAIN!!" The entire crew screamed as Hawkins was thrown into the sea, unable to swim due to the Devil Fruit curse.
"Shachi go find the captain, Ideo and Sadi take shelter inside along with Kokushibyō, the others prepare to flee" Law quickly gave the orders, knowing that if Hawkins was defeated with a single blow, they wouldn't stand a chance.
Immediately afterwards Shachi jumped into the sea and swam at high speed looking for Hawkins, in a matter of seconds she found him sinking unconscious.
While this was going on, Garp returned to his ship, where he began requesting cannonballs to launch.
"Defend the Polar Tang!" Law ordered as he cut a cannonball with his sword, followed by Bellamy who using Rankyaku also destroyed more cannonballs, so they all began to use their abilities to protect the ship.
Meanwhile inside the polar tang.
"Ideo let go of me, I'll go beat up that old man who hurt the captain!" Sadi screamed as she tried to free herself from Ideo who was hugging her from behind, Sadi could only kick the air to try to break free.
"Calm down silly, it's about the marine hero Garp, even in your dreams you won't be able to defeat him" Ideo said while holding Sadi who was still kicking the air.
"I don't care who it is! I won't forgive someone who hurts the captain" Sadi said as she managed to free herself from Ideo and ran towards the door.
"STOP SADI! The vice captain gave us the order to take refuge and you remember what the captain told us… when he is not there Law is the one in charge and we must follow his orders" Ideo said while looking at her seriously.
"…You're right, that's what the captain told us…it's just that I want to help…" Sadi said as she stopped before opening the door.
"Then once we get out of this we must intensify our training, we are the weakest at the moment, but if you really want to be of use to the captain you must become stronger... let's become stronger Sadi" Ideo said as he held out his hand to Sadi .
"You're right Ideo, I must become stronger... we must be stronger, let's do it together" Sadi said as she shook Ideo's hand and gave him a smile which he reciprocated.
"By the way, I already told you that you should call me Sadi-Chan" Sadi said as she kicked Ideo in the calf.
"Uh oh oh, you're fucking crazy!" Ideo said annoyed as he rubbed his calf and Sadi just gave him a faint smile.
Meanwhile outside.
Shachi climbed onto the deck carrying an unconscious Hawkins with her, laying him down on the deck waiting for him to wake up, but Hawkins had his eyes rolled back, blood pouring from his nose and mouth.
"Get ready to dive with the sub, let's all go in" Law said as he took Hawkins's pulse, when everyone nodded and prepared to enter the sub, Hawkins regained consciousness and grabbed Law's arm.
"Sarquiss…must take us to the…sky island," Hawkins gasped as he coughed up water he had swallowed.
"Captain do you think I'll be able to?" Sarquiss asked, he wasn't that confident about floating the polar tang.
"Yes, do it" said Hawkins as he got to his feet, slowly recovering from the blow, although the pain was unbelievably great for him.
"Okay, here I come," Sarquiss said as he began to float above the sub and then concentrating with all his might to try and float it up.
On Garp's ship
"Bring more cannonballs Bwahahaha" Garp laughed as he fired the last cannonball.
"Sir, there is a guy floating on the ship…it is Sarquiss who has a price on his head of 60,000,000" This was said by a man who was observing the Polar Tang with binoculars, he was a man with short brown hair dressed in a completely brown suit Wearing a marines jacket, carrying a sword and a brown hat, this man is Bogard, Garp's right-hand man.
"Floating? Is it...?" Garp showed some curiosity upon hearing that and then his eyes widened in surprise.
"The ship is flying!" A Marine yelled as he pointed at the Polar Tang that was beginning to float away into the sky.
"La Fuwa Fuwa no Mi" Garp said
"The Fuwa Fuwa no Mi? That's the fruit that belonged to Shiki, isn't it?" Bogard said as he watched the Polar Tang depart in the sky.
"If so... Sengoku will have a headache to know that pirate group has such a troublesome ability...Poor Sengoku Bwahahahaha" Garp laughed as he smeared his nose and thought of Sengoku stressed.
With the Hawkins Pirates
Sarquiss was concentrating on floating the Polar Tang, thus far this had been the largest and heaviest object he had floated, meanwhile the others were gathered around Hawkins.
"Captain, I'm glad you're okay!" Sadi was hugging Hawkins with all her might.
"Captain, you survived a confrontation against the hero Garp, without a doubt you are the strongest pirate in this place!" Ideo said excitedly.
"Nonsense… A confrontation? That was a humiliation, Garp knocked me out with one blow, I allowed the victory against Crocodile to inflate my ego and I thought I was not far from the level of the most powerful… but the truth is that I am still a frog at the bottom of the well" Hawkins was serious while in his mind he remembered the moment Garp knocked him out, he couldn't even react.
"Captain..." Bellamy wanted to say something to encourage Hawkins, but he didn't know what words to use, he couldn't imagine how hard it must be for someone's pride to be defeated in one blow.
"This just shows us that we have a lot to improve, you're not going to get depressed right now, right Hawkins-Ya? You're not that kind of man" Law said while giving a smile.
"It's true, we still have a lot to improve, but to take our time to improve we must have some peace of mind, that's why I must get the position of Shichibukai" said Hawkins.
"We will follow your orders captain" Law said while the others nodded with smiles on their faces.
Hours later
All had to take refuge in the polar spike while crossing the White Sea, which was formed by marine clouds and rose 7,000 meters high.
Then, without stopping on Hawkins' orders, they climbed another 3,000 meters, this time crossing the white-white sea.
Once over this sea, they all stepped out onto the deck of the Polar Tang.
"Wow, I never would have guessed that there are oceans in the sky" Sadi was in awe as she looked at the incredible sea of clouds.
"This sea is called the White-White Sea, the one we passed before was the White Sea," Hawkins explained as he looked at the direction the Log Pose was pointing.
"Captain, how do you know these things?" Ideo asked curiously, making the rest of the group pay attention to what Hawkins would say.
"A wizard doesn't reveal his secrets," Hawkins said with a smile.
"Fufufufufufufu the captain is a mysterious man" Robin said as she laughed and covered her mouth with her hand.
"Captain, where are we headed now?" Bellamy asked. Hawkins sat down and began going through his cards.
"Let's go in that direction..." Hawkins said as he pointed to a place where apparently only clouds could be seen.
Later.
"Get out of here old man! How dare you seek peace right after a battle!? Did you forget all the things that have been done to my people in the past!?" A young man yelled in annoyance.
"Things are resolved with dialogue young man, you are still impulsive, I wish to end the war before innocent citizens are harmed" An old man with a long white beard and dressed in a white robe was the one who said this.
"Innocent citizens!!? It could be true if we weren't at war!! Perhaps we should involve all citizens in this fight!" The young man screamed again.
"Don't be absurd!" The old man replied.
"Wyper calm down, don't make me regret accepting you as a warrior of Shandia" Said a relatively older man, he was the father of the young man named Wyper, Wyper had recently been recognized as a warrior of Shandia although he was only 14 years old.
"I'm sorry, father…" Wyper took a step back as he lowered his head and looked at the ground.
"If you want peace, you have to pay! Give up the land that rightfully belongs to us!" Wyper's father demanded.
"I can't do such a thing!!!" The old man replied somewhat aggrieved.
"If that's the case, this meeting is over! Get out of here unless you want to die!" Wyper's father said as he turned around and started to walk away.
"It's a pity that you are such a foolish leader." The old man spoke with regret.
"¡¡¡I DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK BADLY ABOUT MY FATHER, WE ARE DESCENDANTS OF KALGARA!!!" Wyper charged Gan Fall causing a fight between the two sides present.
"What an entertaining meeting, I hope not to interrupt" Said a voice that caught everyone's attention. When they all turned around they saw that a group of people without wings had arrived, these people were Hawkins and his crew.
"Alright, who am I supposed to support?" Hawkins said as he looked at the young Wyper, a man he assumed to be Wyper's father, and Gan Fall.
"Who are you? Get out, we don't need strangers interfering in our affairs!" Wyper's father yelled at Hawkins.
"Oh what a bad way to treat people, I'm just passing through, after all even though I'm a pirate I also have the desire to be an adventurer like Mont Blanc Noland" said Hawkins while smiling slightly, he used his knowledge to get the attention of the Shandias.
"Noland?...How do you know that name?" Wyper asked.
"Oh, it's because I come from the same sea as Nolad, the North Blue," Hawkins said.
"I see…" Wyper was intrigued by Hawkins at the mention of Noland.
"Very well, as I could hear many years ago that the Earth that belonged to you was taken from you, do you need help to get it back?" Hawkins asked and his crew, although he had some doubts, said nothing.
"Would you help us!?" Wyper's father asked with some hesitation, although Wyper subconsciously viewed Hawkins favorably due to his association with Noland.
"Of course...it's too simple" Hawkins activated his Conqueror's Haki causing all the Skypieans to pass out, leaving only Gan Fall standing. "
You... this power... is equal to Roger's!" Gan Fall said while trying his best not to pass out.
"You flatter me old man" said Hawkins as he walked until he reached Gan Fall, Gan Fall looked him in the eyes with some fear, Hawkins grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up making Gan Fall kick and try to break free hitting him with his fists on the arm from Hawkins, Gan Fall regretted not bringing his Impact Dial.
"Hey boy, do you want me to kill him?" Hawkins tightened his grip on Gan Fall's neck causing Gan Fall to begin to lose consciousness.
"Kill him!! That man considers himself a God and it was a self-proclaimed God who took away our land from our ancestors" Wyper said with anger as he remembered the long war that his tribe leads with God and his warriors, his father nodded showing that he agreed.
"Very well, although I would like to ask you for something in return… but first, what is your name? Suppose you're the leader?" Hawkins asked as he twisted Gan Fall's neck.
"...My name is Gwiber and I am the leader of the warriors of Shandia." Gwiber was shocked at how easily Hawkins had killed Gan Fall.
"I understand, I'm assuming the boy is your son, and if I heard correctly, his name is Wyper," said Hawkins as he tossed Gan Fall's body aside.
"What do you want to ask in exchange for the help you have given us?" Gwiber became somewhat alert.
"In exchange for giving them back their land, you and your tribe should join my crew. What do you think?" Hawkins was prepared to kill the Shandia if necessary, but he preferred to get subordinates, Wyper was relatively strong, but more importantly, a baby of this tribe was born with extremely high Observation Haki, he wanted to try to make her his own Katakuri .
"Such a thing…" Gwiber took a step back, though he was grateful for the stranger's help, he didn't want to subordinate his people.
"Oh, don't think that I will simply treat your people as slaves, they are free to live on their Earth again, only their warriors must be available for my service, your tribe will also have the benefit of my protection, I assure" said Hawkins giving him a mocking smile.
"I… I must discuss it with the tribe leader." Gwiper said not knowing what to say on the subject.
"Ah very well, talk about it later, but my feeling tells me that for now it would be better to go and ring a bell" said Hawkins as he turned around and began to walk with his crew towards where they had left the Polar Tang.
"That's right, the golden bell of Shandora!" Wyper said excitedly as he started running to head for the Upper Yard.
"Oh by the way… My name is Basil Hawkins" Hawkins said before leaving.
A few hours later.
Things had been going smoothly since then, once they reached the Upper Yard Hawkins met Nola the giant snake, using his King's Haki he managed to tame it, proving once again how strong the Conqueror's Haki is.
While there Hawkins indicated to Gwiper that the bell was on top of the Giant Jack, in this way with the help of Sarquiss the crew along with Gwiper, Wyper and the chief Shandia arrived at the indicated place where Wyper with great joy rang the bell.
While this was happening, Robin read them what the Poneglyph said, causing the chief Shandia to cry with happiness knowing that the wishes of his ancestors had been fulfilled.
The others were shocked by the revelation of the ancient weapon called Poseidon and that Gol D. Roger had left words written on the Poneglyph.
Now, after all that had happened they were at a banquet in the golden city of Shandora, everyone was eating around a campfire.
"Captain with all this gold we could buy an entire country Hahahh-haha" Bellamy was already drunk and holding a bottle of sake in his hand as he laughed like crazy looking at the city of gold.
"Captain what do you plan to do now that we are rich?" Sarquiss asked as he floated upside down, he had gotten used to using his fruit at all times.
"First I need to know Gwiper's answer, so, Gwiper, what have you and the boss decided?" Hawkins asked as he drank some sake and offered some to Robin who was sitting on his left side eating together with Sadi.
"We... we will accept your proposal, I hope you keep your word to provide protection to our tribe and allow us to keep our land" Gwiper said as he looked at Hawkins, he tried to notice any sign of lies in Hawkins.
"Ah, I'm glad to hear that, and there is no problem now that Shandora is one of the territories under my protection and as a way to seal the deal I will take your son as one of my nakama, now let's celebrate the joining of a new member of Hawkins Pirates!" Hawkins finally raised the sake he was drinking to toast with the others, though Ideo, Bepo, and Sadi drank juice.
"Now…my next plan is going to take a little bit of time," Hawkins said.
"How long exactly captain?" This time it was Law who asked.
"6 months, Sarquiss, you have 6 months to take control of this island with your power," Hawkins said.
"Six months!!?...I'll try to make him captain" Sarquiss said with a little hesitation.
"I know you will, during these six months we all must intensify our training, I hope that those who have not learned haki yet, at least manage to master the basics at the end, I also hope that Wyper and the Shandia warriors learn something from Rokushiki" Hawkins told them told everyone his plan, Law and the others knew that the encounter with Garp had made their captain realize how weak they all are.
"Rokushiki?" Gwiper asked.
"It's a very useful set of skills, it will at least double your strength…" Hawkins explained to Gwiper, the others just nodded.
"I understand, I'm eager to improve my strength... I wish to be a powerful warrior like Kalgara" said Wyper who was sitting next to his father.
"You will, now Gwiper I want you to give me the information you know about an island in the sky" Hawkins became serious when talking about this.
"Which island in the sky do you want to know about?" Gwiper asked. "Birka…"
End of chapter.
It's been almost 20 days since the last chapter, but as I told you ~I'm in college, at the end of the semester so I'm very busy~
Wyper's father is obviously a made up character, I originally wanted to use the scene of the argument between a young Wyper and Gan Fall but I remembered that it wouldn't be right chronologically.
I hope you liked the chapter, the next one will be about the encounter with Enel and a crazy monk.
I tried to improve the writing in this chapter, this time I translated paragraph by paragraph instead of a full page, tell me what you think.
I appreciate all comments as they encourage me to improve.