I got something to tell y'all, one piece doesn't belong to me. Unfortunate but true. To be honest I don't own much of anything, outside of the ideas behind this story and a few characters.
Go read New game, New life. It's my new story, tell me what you think. Sorry I'm two days late, I randomly got sick. An unfortunate thing considering I never get sick.
Responding to comments
Johnystring: If you made it this far, I'm happy you enjoy it. Some people will probably end up liking the gamer one more but oh well.
Johnystring: To respond to your other comment, I 100% agree. There's a lot of room to grow on writing female characters, I usually ask advice from my friends but they all got their own stuff going on so I stopped bothering. I don't really understand a girls perspective on anything, that's one of the many things I need to improve.
"Hey Princess! Get this oversized poultry dish away from me!" Keres shouted.
Sanji spun over to her with a plate in his hands. "I heard you wanted poultry." He bowed as he revealed the cooked bird.
Karoo looks at the dish with a look of horror on his face. He ran and hid behind Vivi pointing his wing at them in fear. "Hey guys! You don't have to be so mean!" Vivi scolded.
Sanji looked confused but Keres just laughed. "If that duck doesn't stay away from me, I'll have Sanji cook it for me."
Sanji seemed conflicted, he was stuck between the two and didn't know what to say. "I-I could always cook some other duck, I couldn't cook Vivi's friend." Karoo ran over to him in a hug that didn't last very long. "Actually we could try Rotisserie, we'd need a really big pole or stick but it might work." He threatened.
Karoo immediately retreated again. "Sanji!" Nami complained. "It's an animal, you don't have to treat him like the rest of the guys!"
"So we're just gonna accept the fact that he treats us like crap." Ryushi sighed.
Usopp patted him on the back. "You get used to it, he has always been that way."
"Hey, does anyone know where Zoro's at?" Kaya asked. "He was supposed to guide my training today."
"He's knocked out in the boys room with Jay." Nami told her. "He's been drinking all day, I guess he held true to his promise."
Kaya sighed and walked over to Usopp. "Hey, come help me with my aim again today."
"Okay!" Usopp answered enthusiastically.
"Hey Nami!" Luffy called.
"What is it?" She shouted from her place on the figure head, somehow picking up Luffy's habit of sitting there.
"Can I have a tangerine?" He asked. "I haven't had one in weeks!"
Nami used a Sparkport to get up to where Luffy was standing under the tree. She searched through the tangerine, finding a good one. "Here, take this one."
Luffy's smile widened. "Thanks Nami!"
Nami smiled back. "Of course! It'd be nice if I could finally move the tree to the training room, I still want to build the whole orchard."
"Hey, do you think those two are dating?" Vivi asked Sanji.
Sanji looked up at the interaction before looking back down with a dejected look. "That bastard, hogging Nami all to himself." A fire lit in his eyes. "I refuse to fall behind!"
Vivi looked at him in surprise. "I respect the enthusiasm I guess."
"Hey guys! Have you seen Jay?" Ryushi asked.
"He should be sleeping right now! It is the middle of the afternoon and there's no reason for him to be up at this time without Kura here." Usopp answered in between aim practice with Kaya.
Ryushi shook his head. "No he's not in there. I just checked."
"I'll look for him!" Nami offered as she activated her wraith world, seeing a dark shape at the very edge of it. "He left the ship, he must be on his way to Alabasta. Probably still angry about yesterday."
"Wow, going to Alabasta and yet he couldn't just take me with him!" Vivi pouted. "Can't we just follow after him?"
Nami shook her head. "He's fast, we'd lose sight of him. We'll just have to let him go."
Luffy looked up from his snack. "Jay can handle himself, I'm sure he knows what he's doing."
"Could've taken me with him." Vivi whispered.
"What'd you expect him to do, carry you and that oversized poultry dish all the way over there?" Keres asked.
"Whatever." Vivi dismissed her.
"This isn't good." Usopp whined. "We lost three of our top fighters and we're heading to another island."
"Nami, do you have any knowledge about the next island?" Sanji asked. "We need to stack up on meat and vegetables."
A bit of light appeared in Ryushi's eyes. "The next island we're going to is called Little Garden, it's the place where I can gain a new reptile form. It's an ancient island, everything is set in the time of the dinosaurs."
Usopp looked frightened. "Are we sure we should really be going to this island?"
"For once I agree with him, that place doesn't sound too safe." Kaya agreed.
"We have to go!" Ryushi shouted. "There's some plants there that I need. I want to make a garden in the training room so we never run out."
"A garden?" Keres said in surprise. "Never pictured you as the gardener type."
Ryushi smiled sheepishly. "It was my mom's favorite thing to do, I picked it up from her."
"Hey guys!" Vivi called. "Guess it's set now, I can see the island!"
As the island drew closer, Ryushi became more and more excited. "Wow everything here is huge!" Keres shouted. "There's Dinosaurs here, right?"
"All these plants are great! The fruits here are perfect!" Ryushi hopped off the ship and ran into the forest.
"Hey wait!" Nami shouted, but he was already gone.
A bird call could be heard from up above, as they looked up as the giant winged creature flew past. "It's a giant bird!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his arms into the sky. "I'm going to ride it!" He declared.
"Hey Luffy, don't run off without lunch!" Sanji shouted after him as he jumped off and chased him.
"I'm going to kill a T-Rex!" Keres yelled as she hopped off the ship in excitement.
"Why do they all keep leaving so fast?!" Nami asked angrily.
"Um Nami, Usopp and I are gonna go explore the place. See you later." Kaya told her before leaving.
Nami looked at Vivi, the only remaining member outside of the sleeping Zoro. "Come on." She ordered. "We might as well go exploring as well."
Vivi smiled lightly. "I was starting to think you'd force me to stay on the ship, come on Karoo let's go!"
Nami turned to Vivi with a smile. "Hey after we save your country, is there going to be some sort of a cash prize?"
Vivi shook her head. "I've known you for a few days now, a cash prize to you is likely all the money we have."
Nami began to pout. "No fair, why couldn't we save a wealthy princess instead?"
Ryushi and the Painter
"This is not it!" Ryushi shouted in frustration. "All the plants here are just oversized versions of the ones we already have!"
Ryushi was in search of a certain seed, with enough time the tree would bear fruit and he would gain the strength he needed to take on the world. Enough with the dramatics though, that fucking seed was so hard to find. It should be emitting some kind of aura and yet it's nowhere to be found. He knew it was here, he felt it.
"Hey." Someone called out dryly. "What are you doing?" The young girl asked.
"Hm? Oh, I'm looking for a seed. It has scales like a reptile with a faint glow, the color varies depending on the value of the seed." Ryushi told her.
The young girl held up the item in question. "Is this it?" She bit into another rice cracker.
Ryushi smiled. "That's it, give it to me. I need it."
"Hm, I don't know." The girl replied. "Want a rice cracker?" She held one out to him.
"Huh? Oh thanks." Ryushi bit into the cracker before immediately turning back to her. "So can I have the seed?"
"Maybe…" She answered with a lack of emotion. "What's it do?"
Ryushi scratched the back of his neck, beginning to get impatient. "It plants a tree that sprouts up immediately and enriches the land it covers. It's perfect for a garden, the tree itself grows to a kilometer tall." Ryushi explained, though he left out the details about the fruit that grew from it.
"My name is Goldenweek, nice to meet you." She greeted him.
He returned the greeting. "Ryushi. So can I have it?"
"I guess I don't need it, but I need to know something. Why are you on this island?"
"My crew landed here not long ago, speaking of, why are you here? This island is extremely dangerous." He told her.
Goldenweek nodded. "Yea it's dangerous, see." Underneath Goldenweek was a small reptile-like dog. "It tried attacking me, but now it's my friend." She explained.
"Um, are you a tamer of some kind?" Ryushi asked her.
"I'm a painter." She replied dryly. "It seems like me and you are enemies, especially since you're with the strawhats."
Ryushi sighed. "Don't tell me you're a baroque works member."
Goldenweek nodded. "Yep, my partner goes by Mr. 3. Wanna meet him, or would you rather have some tea?" Goldenweek laid out a picnic blanket and set down some tea.
Ryushi looked at her in confusion. "Last I checked were enemies, will I have to fight you for the seed?"
Goldenweek mixed some colors in her palette and splashed them onto Ryushi's clothes. "Yellow green of Friendship. Can you sit down now?"
Ryushi took a seat. "Of course, what kind of tea is this anyways?"
Goldenweek shook her head. "No idea, want a rice cracker?" She began petting the prowler that was still under the effects of her paint.
Ryushi took one. "Thank you, so what's your partner like?"
Goldenweek took a sip of tea. "Annoying and obnoxious, though he gets the job done."
Out of nowhere the prowler jumped up, the paint having run out. The reptile jumped at Goldenweek, grabbing the seed and running away.
Ryushi shot to his feet. "He took the dragon seed!" He ran off after the reptile. "Bye Goldenweek, see you around."
Goldenweek waved and finished her tea.
...
Luffy and the giant
"Woohoo!" Luffy cheered. He thoroughly enjoyed this, the wind in his hair and the endless sky that surrounded him. "Hey bird, go faster!" The bird sped up circling the island over and over again, after the third time around Luffy spotted something. "Hey bird, take us down there!" He ordered.
"Caaaa!" The bird screeched as it dived down landing on top of a piece of wood.
"Woah!!" Luffy shouted. "It's a giant ship!" Luffy began scurrying around.
The ship stood at a height of seven hundred meters, even bigger than the ship of Big mom. The wood was made out of ancient wood from the island, half as durable as the legendary Adam wood. All the doors were 30 meters or more in height.
Luffy ran up to a door in the middle of the ship and tried to push it open. The door having been made out of iron was way too heavy for Luffy to push open. "This must be the captain's quarters! All the other doors are made out of wood." He tried pulling and pushing again but the door wouldn't budge, until suddenly it began opening from the inside.
Luffy fell backwards off the door falling to the ground. From the other side of the door a giant man walked out.
He had muscular limbs and a body to go with it. He had long flowing red hair and a goatee of the same color. On his head he wore a skull-like helmet that had long bullhorns, and a green coat with a white-furred scarf around his shoulders.
The giant took a step accidentally landing on Luffy. As he was about to move he felt something on his foot, suddenly he was toppled over out of nowhere. "Huh? What just happened?"
"Hey you! Why did you step on me!" Luffy shouted.
The giant looked down seeing Luffy. "Sorry little man, I didn't see you there. What are you doing on our ship?"
Luffy sat up. "So this is your ship? It's so big! Are you the captain?"
"Blycacaca! Yea this is our ship, the giant warrior pirates. It has to be big to accommodate giants like us. My captain's friend sent out a notice and a few of the older members found their way back here to rejoin the crew. Though honestly it's a bit late, there's already a new version of the crew. The captain is excited about that one." The man explained.
"Wait if you're not the captain, who is?" Luffy asked.
"Our captain is Dorry, he should be on the island grabbing the rest of his belongings. He apparently won the 100 year duel with a game that his friend advised, something called paper rock scissors. I'm the ship guard Blyue." Blyue took a seat in front of Luffy. "Who are you little man?"
"My name is Luffy, I'm going to be king of the pirates!" Luffy shouted.
"King of the pirates huh? Take a shot at me kid, if you manage to leave a bruise. I'll believe that dream of yours." Blyue offered.
Luffy smiled. "Alright I'm not gonna hold back!"
Sanji meets a cook
"Luffy!" Sanji shouted. "Get back here!"
Luffy was flying on a giant bird and to Sanji's infinite dismay he took a sharp dive and disappeared behind the trees. "Damn it! That idiot better not blame me when he's all hungry wherever he's at."
Sanji began walking off in a random direction before realizing something. "Oh no! I left the girls behind on the ship! What if they get attacked?!" Sanji began to panic and started running back towards the ship until suddenly he heard a voice.
"Pafafafa!" The voice boomed. "This is going to be my best dish yet! It's a shame that my gluttonous daughter isn't here to eat it!"
Sanji looked up for a moment at the giant cooking over the volcano before continuing running back towards the ship. Almost immediately he did a double take and looked back at the Giant. "There are dishes that can be cooked with lava?" He asked himself. "As a cook I must be able to cook all kinds of dishes, I guess I have to go see now."
Sanji ran towards the volcano at maximum speed. "Pafafafa! I'm sure the others will like this, my famous Sea Animal Churrasco!" The giant flipped the food in his pan causing a shock wave to be sent out and push Sanji back.
"Hey old man!" Sanji yelled.
The giant looked down at Sanji, narrowing his eyes on Sanji's hands. "Ah, hey there little chef."
The giant had a bulky build, long, wild, green hair and beard, as well as pointed pink markings on his cheeks and nose, and thick lips. He was dressed in traditional Viking wear with golden bracelets, spoons in his belt, and a chef's hat with horns.
"How could you tell I'm a chef?" Sanji asked.
"The scars and blisters on your hands are from years of experience in cooking. Based on that alone, you might be an even better cook than me. So what's a guy like you doing on this island, here for some exotic meat?" The man asked.
Sanji smiled. "My crew actually landed here, we're on our way to Alabasta. I never imagined I'd meet another cook, could you possibly teach me some lava dishes."
"Pafafafa! I like you kid, unlike my gluttonous daughter, you actually have an interest in cooking." The man praised. "My name is Panz fry, it's nice to make your acquaintance, little chef."
"My name is Sanji, you said that you have a daughter? What happened to her?" Sanji questioned.
The man pulled out a giant piece of paper that fit perfectly into his hands. "Yep this is her, she ran off to become a pirate on the other giant crew. She said she wanted to run with people her own age, not be around a bunch of geezers like us."
The picture was big enough to make the daughter appear at a normal human size. Sanji swooned immediately. "She's cute! Too bad she's a giant, but giants have their own charm." As Sanji jumped back and forth Panz fry began to sweat.
"Hey kid, how about you help me finish this dish." The giant offered.
Sanji's love mode turned off immediately. The only thing he loved more than women was cooking. "Of course, so what kind of spices do we use?"
...
Keres vs. The king
Keres was bored out of her mind, the T-Rex she fought so far were total weaklings. What she was looking for was the king of the forest. Her father told her that, on this island in one of the deeper caves was a dinosaur that somehow learned fishman Karate. It was dangerous and could control the vast ocean with its abilities, even going so far as to create ice. It was almost a devil fruit ability. Anyways, she finally made it to the cave when a primal roar shook her ears.
The ground began to tremble as the giant T-Rex came into view. The gills on its head showed that it could definitely swim. Likely stuck on this Island due to some bigger predator in the waters surrounding it.
"There you are!" Keres yelled triumphantly. "I got a score to settle with you, long ago my mom came here and you had the nerve to chase her off. I'm going to kill you in her place!" She declared.
The massive creature looked at her in confusion. "Really… you're coming after me because I defeated your mother? If she lost what chance do you have?"
"Well obviously I'm stronger than she was back then. Stupid oversized lizard that can somehow talk." She stated before reevaluating what she just learned. "How the hell can you talk?!"
The T-Rex looked at her as if it was undermining her intelligence. "Can't all creatures talk? You just have to learn the language, it isn't really that hard considering the crazy things that happen in this world."
Keres seemed incredibly confused. "There's no way, so any animal can learn to talk? How is that possible?"
The giant creature shook his head. "No, not all creatures can learn how to talk. They have to have proper intelligence behind it, I happen to have been around for hundreds of years. I just learned over time. Now what's this about fighting me?"
"Oh right! Well I want a fight, one that's on equal standing. A good clean duel, and when I win I'll send you back to the ocean where you came from! How does a creature like you even come about?"
"Well that was incredibly disrespectful, what creatures like me can't happen? My mother was a T-Rex, and as an egg I fell into the ocean and evolved to fit that atmosphere." He explained.
"Oh, so you were abandoned at birth and now you came back to look for your mom. Hopefully I didn't kill her on my way here, I happened to meet a few of your kind." As she said that the tail of the T-Rex flung out, the hit sent her flying into a tree, going through the fist one before smashing against the second.
An audible crack was heard throughout the clearing, causing the giant creature to laugh. "Are you sure you're capable of winning after getting hit like that?"
"Of course I'll win." She retorted. "I'm just getting warmed up."
The two stared at each other for a few tense moments before an explosion was heard signaling the start of the battle.
The Captain of the giants
"Hey Kaya, look at this flower, it's so big!" Usopp called.
"Hm, doesn't that look predatory?" Kaya asked.
Usopp began poking the flower when it suddenly chomped down on him. "Ahhh! It's eating me! Kaya help!"
Kaya began laughing. "Maybe I'll wait a bit, I'm sure you can get out of it."
"Come on Kaya, hurry up. I can't get a hold of my slingshot from here." He complained.
"Alright, fine, fine. Explosive!" She yelled as her gun glowed a faint red. The bullet that shot out looked like a modern bullet but when it made contact it exploded forcing the plant to let go.
Usopp sighed. "So now everyone uses explosives? It was my thing first." Suddenly the ground began to tremble and a dinosaur appeared. "Is that a T-Rex?"
"No, that's the true apex predator. The Siats, twice as fast and with a deadlier bite." Kaya explained.
"I don't see why it matters! Rex or siats it's just another way of telling me we're fucked!" Usopp began to panic even more when the reptile charged at them.
Suddenly a huge sword cleaved cleanly through the beast. "Gyagagaga! I heard some explosions over here, turns out it's a little woman and a little man. I could use some company for my last few days here!"
"Hey Kaya, think he wants to eat us?" Usopp whispered.
"Giants are usually friendly in nature, I don't think we'll have to worry about it." Kaya informed him.
"Gyagagaga!" Dorry picked them up in his hand. "Let's go little humans!"
10 minutes later.
"There, it's ready to eat!!" Dorry told them as the dinosaur meat was finished cooking. "It isn't as good as Panz but it's edible."
"Why are you on this island?" Kaya asked. "I thought giants came from an island called Elbaf."
"When Giants reach a certain age, we leave to train and become better warriors. Some become marines, some become pirates, there are a few with the revolutionaries, and there was a bounty hunter back in my time. Though he didn't collect bounties for the money, he collected it for honor." Dorry told them.
Usopp's eyes sparkled. "Which one are you?"
"Back 100 years ago I was a pirate." Dorry answered.
"What happened?" Kaya asked.
"I don't remember exactly, but me and my friend Brogy had an argument about something. As per the rules of elbaf, we decided to have a duel that ended up lasting until about 6 months ago." Dorry explained.
Usopp's smile widened. "How did the duel end?"
"Two years ago we were met by two little humans. They were powerful and suggested that we could train them and they would finish the duel for us. There's nothing more honorable than teaching the younger generation, so we accepted. Eventually they grew stronger than us and we had a battle against them in which Brogy and I lost." Dorry shivered. "That little woman drowned me until I passed out."
Kaya shivered at the thought. "Not very honorable."
Usopp interrupted. "Yea but how did your duel end?"
"They suggested a game for us to play, called Rock Paper Scissors. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and paper beats rock." He explained as he showed the hand signs for each part.
"Such a simple game." Kaya commented. "So it's been six months since then?"
"No, they left a year ago. It took Brogy and I half a year to finally have a winner. I was the one who won in the end." Dorry finished.
Kaya sighed. "Six months of a game as simple as that? You two must really think alike."
"Gyagagaga!" Dorry laughed. "Yea I guess we do!"
...
Nami, Vivi, oh and Karoo
"Hey Nami, are you and the Captain dating?" Vivi asked.
"H-Huh?!" Nami sputtered. "Where did you get that idea?!"
Vivi laughed. "You two are always together, and he seems to trust you with everything."
Nami regained her composure. "He trusts me just as much as he does everyone else, that's just how he is."
Vivi looked thoughtful. "Maybe, but you're much nicer to him than the other guys. You like him don't you?"
"Even if I did, we can't date." Nami told her.
"What why?" Vivi asked.
"It'd get in the way of his dream. If he started trusting me or caring for me more than the others then he might prioritize my safety. If Zoro and I were about to die, Luffy would work twice as hard to save us both. There's no telling how a relationship would hold him back." Nami explained. "He has love for the crew but I can't allow him to be focused on me."
"Becoming the pirate king right? He talks about it a lot, so there's no dating for you until he accomplishes that. What if he dies first?" Vivi questions her.
"That's the point, I truly believe he'll reach his dream. The only way we'll ever date before that is if he can a hundred percent reach his dream regardless of his wavering feelings." Nami finished.
Vivi just sighed. "I'm happy I don't have such a troublesome love life, becoming the queen of a country is all I got set in my future. Only way I could date is to bring peace by an arranged marriage with some prince."
"Arranged marriage? Guess that's the life of a princess, what's your country like?" Nami asked.
"Desert, desert, and more desert. Even before the problems that started happening, we've always been a desert kingdom. All that sand and dust gets boring, I'm happy I got a chance to experience the outside world. I still love that country." Vivi thought back to her childhood with a smile.
"Kabababa! Hey, it's two little humans!" The giant man said in excitement.
Karoo squawked loudly in fear before running and hiding behind Nami. "A giant?!" Vivi said in surprise. "I knew they existed but I've never seen one."
Brogy pointed at Nami. "You, your energy is familiar. You're a wraith aren't you? Have you come for training? Who sent you, Aria or Jason?"
Nami gasped. 'He knows?' She thought. "Wait, are there others, who's Aria and Jason?
"Oh so you don't know them. Kabababa! They were the water and sand wraiths, according to the tiny man there are supposedly a lot of them." Brogy told her.
'So there's more of us? Like Jay thought, we were not the only ones. Who are the others? What are they like?' Nami refocused on the situation. "Do you think you can tell me more about Jason and Aria? Where did they come from, are they pirates? Good or bad people?" Nami asked rapidly.
"Kabababa! Come with me, little woman, I'll tell you all I know. They are my benefactors so understand, if you try anything against them. The entire of the giant warrior pirates will be after you." Brogy warned.
Nami began to sweat. "Right…"
"So we're just gonna follow a random giant just because he knows about some weird wraiths. Of course, there's nothing that could go wrong." Vivi sighed as her and Karoo followed Nami.
Ryushi
"Hey!" Ryushi shouted. "Get back here you oversized lizard dog!"
The lizard growled as it ran faster jumping over broken trees and even a pool of Ash likely from a past eruption.
"Damn that thing is fast." Ryushi commented. "You know what, I've decided. I was gonna get a T-Rex but that prowler is much better for me. All I gotta do is kill the creature." Ryushi chased the prowler into a cave that looked dug up. "Come here so I can kill you, I'll use your body much better than you!"
(Anyone else getting orochimaru vibes? Wasn't meant to happen but rereading this, that's exactly how it sounds.)
As Ryushi entered the cave he felt a presence. "Wraith energy? One of the others has been here, is that the energy of the old hag? The other energy must come from the Prince. Are all the wraiths regathering? If that's the case that means there's a new threat, a god that can't be beat." Ryushi immediately regained control. "I have to get that seed, I'll worry about the other wraiths later. Get back her you fucking lizard dog!"
Ryushi eventually cornered the beast in the bottom room. The dead bodies of its family surrounding it, some waterlogged and others buried in sand.
The dog walked over to one of the bodies and placed the seed on top of it. Though nothing happened. Ryushi's smile dropped. "Seems you've had a hard life, you've lost your parents and been left alone in this world. Everyone you have ever known is now dead. I can sympathize with that. However it means nothing, let's have a battle. If I win, I want that seed."
The beast growled as if accepting the fight. Though the two were evenly matched the fight was over quickly thanks to the power of Ryushi's curses. The beast was bleeding out on the ground, its breaths becoming slower and slower.
Ryushi walked up to the beast and knelt beside it. "You have two options here. Give your soul to me, allowing me to take your form and us to coexist. You will live on within my consciousness. The other option is, you refuse and I'm forced to use your body and reform myself through it. I'm forced to go through the pain of reshaping my bones and you're forced to die. Which one?"
The beast nodded in understanding as a soul lifted from his body and flew into Ryushi's. Ryushi smiled as he morphed his body into the prowler. "One step closer to a dragon." He laughed. He then picked up the seed and headed back towards the ship. "Time to start my garden."
He took off in his new reptilian body, the scales of the reptile turning white with his eyes going red.
...
Luffy
Luffy tried punching Blyue but the giant's body went black. "Huh?! What is that?!" Luffy asked, waving his uninjured hand.
"It's my devil fruit." Blyue told him. "The Kachi Kachi no mi, I can harden my body at will. It's the reason I was put in charge of guarding the ship."
"That's so cool!" Luffy beamed. "Alright I'll try again!" Luffy threw both his arms back and stretched them out to their limit. "Gum Gum!" He jumped up to become parallel to Blyue's chest. "Bazooka!" As the attack hit it left a small dent in the man's skin.
Blyue smiled. "You actually did it! Little man, you may just achieve that dream of yours. You better watch out though, we giant warrior pirates will be keeping up all the way."
"What kind of ship is this?" A voice asked as they landed on the ship looking around. Luffy and Blyue looked up, locking eyes with the intruder. "It's you!" The man yelled pointing at Luffy. "You're the idiot I was sent here to kill, along with those two annoying giants back on the isl- why is there a third one?" The man asked as he pointed at Blyue. His hair shaped like a big 3.
"Blycacaca!" Blyue boomed. "A little man like you was gonna kill Dorry and Brogy? What tricks would you resort to, to do that?"
Mr. 3 immediately shifted his focus back to Luffy. "I was sent here to kill him, and only him. The others were just maybes." Mr. 3 began to sweat. 'The unluckies said there were only two giants on this island, where did he come from?' He thought. 'No matter as long as I kill that pesky strawhat and the annoying wraith everything will be fine. Mr. 0 might go easy on me.'
Meanwhile, Miss Goldenweek. "Did you get the seed?" She asked as she bit into another rice cracker.
Ryushi nodded as he did the same. "Yea it wasn't all that hard, the creature was fast but it was pretty predictable."
'I wonder where Mr. 3 went.' She thought.
Luffy pointed to himself. "Why would you want to kill me? Are you with the group that took Kura?!" Luffy glared.
"Huh?! We didn't take anyone, she came with us on her own. I was sent to kill you and that annoying wraith, my boss doesn't like their kind." Mr. 3 explained.
"Blycacaca! Don't worry I won't interfere if your target has changed." Blyue assured him. "Though looking at you, I'm quite sure you won't be able to beat the little human next to me."
"Alright!" Mr. 3 declared. "Wax Wax Tsunami!" He shouted as he sent a wave of Wax at Luffy.
Luffy jumped out of the way but Blyue was caught. At least until his body began heating up and the wax melted off of him. At that moment Luffy's stomach began to rumble. Luffy ran to the edge of the ship and jumped off. "Sorry wax guy but I'm hungry, we'll continue this fight later!"
Mr. 3 looked in the direction Luffy disappeared in shock. "Hey get back here!" He yelled as he ran after him.
Sanji
"So there are volcanic fruits?" Sanji asked the giant.
"Yes, deep inside some volcanoes you can find the sweetest fruit you've ever tasted. It pairs well with many different foods, in fact one of my crew mates recently picked many of them. He's probably enjoying them as we speak." Panz Fry told him.
"Any recommended dishes using these fruits?" Sanji asked. "I'd like to take one back and see if we could possibly find a way to grow them ourselves."
"Hm, I've seen a lot of sweets and chocolates being made with it. It tastes great on desserts."
"Chocolates. I'm not too great with that but it should taste good all the same." Sanji threw in another sea king as he continued to cook with Panz fry, helping with what he could despite the size difference.
"Where'd you learn to cook, little chef?" Panz fry asked.
"I worked at a sea restaurant in east blue. The old man taught me everything I know, he's more of a father to me than I'll ever admit." Sanji told him.
"And your dream?" Panz fry followed.
"I want to find the all blue, it's a chef's dream." Sanji added in some spices dancing across the ring of the ban. "What about you, do you believe in it?"
"Pafafafa! The all blue huh? Long ago I was on a search for it as well, I may be old but I plan to start my search once more. How about this, the first to find the legendary place is the better chef." Panz fry suggested.
Sanji smiled. "Alright let's do it, I don't plan to lose."
"Pafafafa! Of course, I don't plan to lose either." He boomed.
At that moment Sanji felt a stare. A stare that spoke to him. He looked down and saw Valentine, the girl that was apparently an enemy but was such an angel. At least to him anyways, everyone else just saw her as overly cocky and rude.
The second Valentine and Sanji made eye contact, the former immediately looked away not wanting anything to do with the other after what happened last time.
Sanji however, had other plans. "You must excuse me Panz, there's something I must deal with."
Panz fry looked at Valentine with a look of confusion. "Alright."
Sanji spun off in a love tornado, down the volcano in seconds. "My dear Valentine!" He shouted all the way.
Panz fry seemed amused. "Ah young love, I remember those days."
Valentine immediately took off in the other direction. "Leave me alone!" She shouted. "I don't have time to deal with an invincible chef."
Sanji sped after her. "There's no reason to run from my love, come on allow me to cook you a nice dinner."
Valentine lightened herself and picked up speed. "I'm alright, thanks for the offer!"
Sanji just sped up along with her. "How about dessert, I just learned about this great dish made with chocolate, one befitting your beautiful name."
Valentine paused for a moment. She's been looking for more chocolate dishes recently. She was a chocolatier after all. However as she saw that love crazed look in his eye she sped off again, passing by Ryushi and Goldenweek who were still drinking tea.
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Keres Vs. Rex
Rex(The new unoriginal name for the T-Rex) charged at Keres chomping down on thin air as she jumped up and slashed him, leaving a deep slash in its cheek.
Rex recovered quickly and stacked attempting to slam down on her with his tail. Keres rolled to the side and jumped back to gain distance and assess the situation.
'That thing is way too fast! How the hell is it faster on land than the actual land versions, this thing comes from the sea. Maybe because the tension with swinging in water is greater. Either way, it definitely deserves the title of king.' Keres threw her chained glaive forward, aiming for its chest. "Crimson assault!"
Her blades pierced the dinosaur's chest before pulling the blades back. Her blades glowed red as they drained some of the beast's blood on its return. "Is that all you got, Human?" The beast laughed as it stomped on the floor and ice spikes jumped at her from the ground.
"Bloody stride!" She yelled as she slid across the battlefield in a pool of blood. Rex dived at her again trying to consume her whole. Keres used that moment to jump on top of its head, slashing him as she jumped. Once on top of his head she dug her blades in deeply. "Explosive blade!" She pulsed blood into him before erupting it causing some internal damage.
Rex immediately threw her off and snapped at her again. Keres dodged once more but the dinosaur saw it coming and immediately sent out its tail. The tail hit Keres and knocked her to the floor, taking the breath out her lungs.
"Hahahaha!" Rex roared. "Oh come on, I was starting to have fun!"
Keres' eyes changed to a deep red as a bit of her anger leaked out. She immediately reigned it in, knowing it wasn't her influence that caused it. The creature inside her had a love for blood and a hatred of insults to its name.
Rex roared as a wave of water started crashing down towards Keres. She jumped up into the trees and ran deeper into the forest as Rex followed behind her breaking down trees and causing destruction with each step.
Rex roared with laughter. "Hey why are you running? Are you scared!" With the next stomp a pillar of ice shot out at Keres.
Keres cut through the ice and kept jumping. "I'm not running, it's a strategic retreat!" She announced to him and the forest alike.
Rex picked up speed, thrashing about in his chase. Keres jumped up to one of the higher trees and baited him forward. Rex crashed into the tree at full speed knocking it over. Keres jumped up above its head and began falling down at high speed. "Eradication!" She yelled as she dragged her blade along its back. Rex staggered to the side but stood his ground and glared at Keres.
"You got lucky this time Human! I will return one day and defeat you!" Rex declared as it ran off towards the shore.
Keres smirked. "That's what you get! The next time you show up, it'll just be another easy win!" Keres fell to the ground exhausted. "I'll take a quick break before heading back to the ship."
Kaya vs. Usopp
"Elbaf the island is made up of a race of brave warriors." Usopp said in awe. "Do you think I could become a brave warrior like you?" Usopp asked him.
"Gyagagaga!" Dorry laughed. "Little human, it ain't hard to be as brave as me. You'll reach there in no time."
Kaya smiled. "Hey Usopp, what do you say we practice for a bit. One on one, just a bit of training."
Usopp nodded. "Alright, you're on!"
"Dorry will you watch us, maybe give some tips?" Kaya asked.
"Gyagagaga!" Dorry boomed. "I don't know much about snipers or gunmen but alright, I'll help you guys out." Usopp readied his slingshot. Kaya brought out her guns. "Alright begin!" Dorry ordered.
"Stick to one element, Usopp. I'll do the same." Kaya told him.
"Lightning?" Usopp asked.
"Lightning." Kaya confirmed.
Usopp took the first shot as his slingshot glowed blue. "Thunder star!" He yelled as a bolt of lightning flew at Kaya.
Kaya jumped nimbly to the side before preparing her duel guns. "Shock bullets." She called as her guns began to crackle. Kaya took aim at Usopp's shoulder and shot.
Usopp dodged to the side with a smirk. "I got good eyes, Kaya, I can tell where you're aiming."
Kaya smirked back. "That's funny because you seem to forget I usually shoot more than one bullet."
Usopp immediately jumped back as another shock bullet fell from the sky on his previous location. "Thunder star!"
Kaya dodged the projectile and pushed the offensive closing in on Usopp attempting to get in at close range. Kaya shot again as Usopp jumped to the left but was immediately hit by a shot aimed in the same direction. Kaya drew in closer aiming for a kick to his chest.
Usopp ducked and threw some caltrops on to the floor causing Kaya to jump back once more. "Thunder star!" He yelled as he hit her in mid air.
Kaya fell to the floor barely landing on her feet as her boots began to glow white. She dashed at Usopp tiptoeing around the caltrops as she kicked him hard enough to send him flying into a tree.
Usopp smiled as his plan was complete. Kaya immediately dropped into a hole he had made. Kaya climbed back out shooting him a glare. "I said only one element!"
Usopp simply waved it off. "I set that up before the fight even began so technically I stuck by the rules."
At that moment a man stepped out from behind the tree line. "Sorry to bother you fine folk, unfortunately I am back and I'm looking for someone to assassinate." Mr 5 smiled at the two.
Kaya took a step forward. "I heard about you from Jay, you like explosions and you use a nice little gun. I can always accompany you in this fight."
Mr 5 smirked. "Well then little missy, I hope you're ready."
(Yea his personality is random, I couldn't quite understand the original.)
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Vivi and Nami, Karoo is probably sleepin
"Kabababa! One of them was a dark skinned man the other was a beautiful Hispanic girl. At least that's what she called herself. The girl controls water and the other controls sand. I fought the man himself, he's really skilled in combat. The girl decided to drown my now captain in order to beat him in a duel." Brogy told them.
"Any idea what they're doing now?" Nami asked.
"Kabababa! That I can't tell you, he wants it confidential. Something about wanting to surprise a friend." Brogy explained.
Nami just nodded along. "Anyways Brogy right? Do you know how long it takes for a log pose to reset?"
"A year, I wonder if you guys can make it. Jason and Aria made it the full year, I wonder if you can do the same." Brogy told them.
"What do you mean a year?" Vivi asked in a panicked voice.
"The skills of little humans like yourself are scattered around. Didn't you see them? Their bones are scattered around the island, usually anytime a human lands here they never last the full year." Brogy explained. "Some become dinosaur food. Others die of heat or hunger. Some die because they attack us. But they all die. All except those two, turns out they weren't humans but wraiths. A year on the island is more than puny humans can endure. Your crew is full of them, I'd be surprised if you lasted."
"Ouch!" Nami yelped as she slapped her arm, a small bug falling off.
"Anyways, would you two like some volcano fruit?" Brogy asked as he put a huge basket in front of the two. Luckily the rim was low so they could reach in.
"Might as well, what are they?" Nami asked as she bit into one. "They're really sweet."
"Volcano fruit, they only grow deep inside volcanoes on the cliffs." Brogy told them.
"Why is this one a different color?" Vivi asked as she moved to bite into it.
"Wait, don't!" Nami shouted, but it was already too late.
Vivi had bit into it and immediately spit it out. "It's disgusting, is it rotten?"
Nami sighed. "I regret to inform you, but you ate a devil fruit. You can't tell me you didn't know what they looked like."
"Huh?!" Vivi shouted. "I mean I know what they look like but how was I supposed to know the difference between fruits I've never seen? What's gonna happen to me?"
"Well let's see." Nami shot a low voltage shock at Vivi with no warning.
"Ah!" Vivi screamed expecting an impact but nothing happened. She opened her eyes and saw her body turned partially into ash. "Just like Crocodile." She realized.
Brogy swung his ax but it just hit Vivi, sending her flying into the tree. "Oh it seems it doesn't do it voluntarily, oops."
Nami rushed over to Vivi and helped her up. "According to Jay, you gotta train to unlock that effect." Nami said calmly.
Vivi on the other hand was fuming. "Why did you decide it'd be a good idea to hit me, you could've killed me!" Vivi yelled at him.
"Kabababa!" Brogy laughed. "That was nothing but a touch, if I had hit you, you'd be splattered against the tree."
Nami rubbed Vivi on her shoulder. "How about I help you train somewhere far away from here. It'd be nice for you to at least learn to use it a little bit."
Vivi stormed off. "Fine!"
Nami turned back to Brogy with a sorrowful wave. "See you later Brogy."
"Bye little human." Brogy waved. Karoo was still snoring away in the corner of the area.
Luffy vs. Mr 3
"Leave me alone!" Luffy shouted. "I just wanna get something to eat!"
"Get back here Strawhat! Candle lock!" Mr 3 yelled as his hair began to burn and wax blasted at Luffy locking his legs in wax shackles.
Luffy saw some fruit in the tree and stretched his arms so he could grab a few and eat them. Luffy looked down at his legs. "If you wanna fight, let's go." He said before he looked down at his unmoving legs. "Woah my legs look like a hammer now."
"Wax wax tsunami!" The wave of wax was dodged as Luffy jumped using his hands.
He latched onto a tree spinning around it at rapid speeds. "Gum Gum hammer!" He yelled as his legs flew at Mr 3.
Mr 3 flooded the area around him with a mass amount of wax. "Candle wall!"
As the two attacks collided and the wax from both parties broke apart. "Look, the wax, it came off."
Mr 3 jumped to the side creating a weapon out of wax. "Wax wax harpoon!"
"Whoa." Luffy jumped above the harpoon sending a fist his way. "Gum Gum Pistol!"
"You're never gonna hit me, Strawhat! Candle wall!"
"Hey, let me hit you!" Luffy yelled.
"I'm gonna turn you into a beautiful art piece, one that shows that fruit of yours in action." Mr 3 flooded the grown with wax. "Candle lock."
This time it caught Luffy's hand. "Thanks for the weapon!" Luffy smiled. "Gum Gum Hammer!"
"Wax wall!"
"That's getting old." Luffy told him as he burst through the wall connecting with Mr 3's face.
Mr 3 staggered to his feet wiping blood from his mouth. "You're pretty strong Strawhat, I wouldn't want to feel inconsiderate by holding back on you." Wax flooded the area around Mr 3 slowly building up until he was covered in full armor. "This is my Candle Champion! It increases my physical abilities. I even beat a man with a 42 million beri bounty. This is my greatest work of art!"
Brief intermission with Golden week. "So when do you plan on going back to your ship?"
Keres took a sip of tea. "I'll go back later. Why do you work for these people?"
Goldenweek bit into a rice cracker. "I don't have a way out." She told her.
"What if I offer you one? You and anyone of you who would take it, if you're not up for joining another pirate crew we could have you paid out and you can join the marines." Keres offered.
"You'd pay money to set us free. Where would the money come from?" Goldenweek asked calmly. "I'd like to try to fight without being chased, the marines might be nice."
Keres smiled. "Well, Jay may or may not have left some money on the ship when he left for Alabasta. Jay's the Vice captain, I'm sure he won't mind if he's a little short on cash."
"Champion fight: Harvest field maneuver!" Mr 3 shouted as he ran at Luffy in boxing formation.
Luffy stretched his arm back grabbing a tree. "Gum Gum reverse rocket!" As he rocketed back he flung around the tree and disappeared into the forest.
Wax fell from the feet of the champion. "Candle assault!" He yelled as multiple cannons pelted the forest and exploded. "I had some wax modified with the help of Mr 5, now my canons are more realistic. How about you stop hiding?"
Luffy jumped from one of the trees above Mr 3's head. "Gum Gum bazooka!"
Mr 3 took the hit and sent out a right cross connecting with Luffy's stomach causing him to fall to the ground winded. "Bye Strawhat!" Mr 3 shouted as he moved to stomp on Luffy. Luffy threw his hands back and rocketed out of the way. "Candle lock!"
Luffy smiled. "I was waiting for that." He dodged letting one hand get caught in the wax as he ran forward at Mr 3. "Gum Gum!" He yelled as he twisted his arm and stretched it far back. The moment he was close enough he reeled it back in. "Carbine rifle!" He finished as the attack broke through Mr 3s armor and sent him flying off the island.
Luffy took a seat and began eating more fruit. "I'm exhausted." He says as he bites into another one.
Sanji chased Valentine into an open clearing where she disappeared. Sanji took a puff of his cigarette. "Seems she got away. I never even got her actual name." That's when he noticed a small white house. "This is candle wax."
"Pere Pere Pere Pere Pere, Pere Pere Pere Pere Pere, Katcha." Sanji answered the call, a bit surprised due to the fact that most people just used phones. Though he was a bit more old fashioned himself.
"Hello." A man greeted him. "It's 0."
'Mr 0, one of the seven warlords, according to the others this must be Crocodile.' Sanji thought.
"It's already been quite some time since I sent you my orders. What is your status, Mr. 3?" Crocodile asked.
Sanji remained in silence for a while. 'Mr 3, he must be the one with the Wax powers.'
"What are you being so silent for? I'm asking you a question. Have you eliminated Princess Vivi and the Strawhat Pirates or not?"
"Yes I've carried out my mission. Though it wasn't all that easy, that cook of theirs was an especially good fighter. He's dead now, all of the people who know your secret are now no more. There is no need for further pursuit." Sanji told him.
Crocodile did what equates to a chuckle from him. "A cook? Have you lost your touch 3? Anyways good work, the unluckies are headed your way now. Once they confirm your mission's success, they'll hand you a certain package."
Sanji smiled. "No haven't lost my touch yet, you said the unluckies are coming with a package?"
"That's right. An eternal pose to Alabasta." Crocodile answered. "Once you receive it, head to Alabasta with Miss Goldenweek immediately. The time has come, we must carry out the most crucial part of our plan."
At that moment an otter and a vulture with sunglasses appeared in the window. 'Who the hell is this guy?!' Miss Friday thought.
The otter pointed at Sanji in confusion. 'This isn't mister 3! What the hell happened to him?!'
"The hell?" Sanji asked himself aloud.
"What's the matter?" Crocodile voiced through the snail.
'Only one option left.' Mr 13 decided as he pulled out some claws.
From there a fight between Sanji and the two animals began. Within moments they were defeated. Though Sanji left them conscious enough to fly through the window just to be immediately stopped by the women standing outside.
"Sorry about that, you two." Valentine apologized. "This conversation has gotten interesting, I'd like to see how he deals with our mysterious boss."
"What happened?" Crocodile asked.
"Oh, never mind that. It's nothing, one of the strawhats managed to just barely survive. I just finished him off for good though."
"One of them was alive? Didn't you just say, you had carried out the mission successfully?"
(Damn crocodile asks a lot of questions, I don't know what to use right here. Ask is starting to become a bit bland, we'll just move on.)
"Yes, if you want to get technical." Sanji answered.
"Fine, just head to Alabasta straight away then. This will be the last time I contact you via transponder snail, I don't need the marines tracking the call."
"Why don't you just get a phone then?" Sanji asked on a whim.
"It'd be foolish to think that they wouldn't monitor us through there as well. After all, they created them." Crocodile hung up the phone leaving Sanji with his thoughts.
"Crocodile huh? Whoever he is, if he took Kura then it'll take more than wax to take me down. They won't last long, without trust their relationship won't last long. He's likely to have at least two traitors in his group."
"Then let's make one more." A voice called as Valentine walked through the door with an eternal pose in her hand. "Though it wasn't my intention, I did hear the boss's name. That's punishable by death, I can't believe it was him leading us all this time."
"VALENTINE CHAN!!" Sanji swooned as he spun over to her before being stopped by her hand.
"Arms length lover boy." She laughed. "Call me Mikita."
Usopp and Kaya made their way back to the ship after a successful defeat and save of Mr 5. "Hey guys." Usopp called. "I just beat the toughest guy in their entire group, did it all with one hand behind my back."
Kaya giggled. "You truly are a brave warrior."
Vivi and Nami showed up shortly after. "So we got news, Vivi is now a part of the unfortunate group of people that are a devil fruit without meaning to."
Vivi sighed. "Princess of a kingdom and yet I'm starting to seem more like a pirate day by day." Karoo walked alongside her in a comforting manner.
"Let's go! I did it!" A voice yelled from inside the ship. Ryushi came out of the training area with a large smile on his face. "The seed has been planted and now we have a place to keep a garden." When he felt the stares of the rest of the crew his face turned slightly red. "This will not be spoken of after this."
Zoro yawned from his place on the deck. "Hey guys, nice morning isn't it. What have you all been up to?"
Everyone just glared at Zoro until Sanji and Valentine approached the ship.
"So you've decided to join us?" Ryushi asked.
"Yea." Valentine answered. "Names Mikita, and now since I know the name of Crocodile I quite literally have no choice. I'd rather not die."
"What can you do?" Luffy asked.
"I make chocolate," Mikita offered.
Luffy smiled. "You're in!"
"Really?!" The rest of the crew shouted.
"She tried to kill us, Luffy!" Nami yelled as she joined the conversation.
"So did Usopp, kinda." Luffy retorted.
"Whatever." Ryushi sighed. "Captain's orders." Nami ultimately decided to give up.
"Then let's set sail." Luffy declared.
"Hold on." Dorry told them. "You won't be able to get to the next island. Not without our help. Make sure to sail straight ahead."
The ship left shore. "Alright. Sail straight ahead." Luffy ordered.
"We'll meet again." Dorry smiled. At that moment a huge creature raised from the water. "There it is." He started.
"The island eater." Brogy finished.
"What the, it's a huge goldfish?" Usopp said in surprise.
"One the size of an island." Kaya added. "Unfortunately though we won't be the ones to deal with it."
"Hey guys! Maybe we should turn the ship." Nami announced.
"The giants said sail straight ahead." Zoro reminded her.
"Oh shut up, you weren't even here to participate in the fight! For what reason would I take your opinion?!" Nami yelled.
"We're sailing straight!" Luffy ordered.
"Why do I even try?" Nami asked herself as she took a seat.
Mikita glared at Sanji. "I swear to god, if I die my first day on this ship I will meet you in hell just to kill you myself."
"Island eater, you overgrown fish. We'll take you out." Dorry declared. "Isn't that right Brogy?!"
"Yes Captain! It still feels weird to say that." Brogy said.
"It's Dorry, Captain is just a title." The two brought their weapons back and swung forward.
"Hakoku Sovereignty!" The two shouted as the air pressure from the attacks pierced the giant goldfish, putting a hole in its stomach. The crew sailed out the other end.
Almost immediately Nami fell on her knees sweating. "Nami!" Everyone shouted.
Upon seeing the strawhats sail off, Dorry smiled. "Brogy, gather the crew." He ordered. "The giant warrior pirates are making their return today."
Brogy nodded. "Right away Dorry."
Vivi gets a devil fruit on a whim though the fruit itself has been something that jumped around the fan base quite a lot, along with the wind logia.
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