A/N: Hey everyone, after I upload this chapter I'm gonna start my favorite arc, Arlong Park. I'm super excited about it too. Tbh I might discontinue two of my stories. Idk which two tbh, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Chapter V: A Fellow Cook's Dream
Luffy was drawing their Pirate flag, when he finished he showed it to Usopp and Ben, "Tada." Ben and Usopp looked at each other before looking back at Luffy's drawing. The skull's mouth was slanted to the right, the bones on the top looked to big, and the ones on the bottom were too small. And the hat looked too small and slanted to the left.
"Luffy, uh, I don't think we could use this as our flag." Ben started trying to tip toe around his feelings, but Usopp didn't.
"Dude, your drawing sucks." Usopp stated directly earning a punch in the arm from Ben, "Ow, what was that for?"
Luffy glanced down at the flag, "Hm, ok maybe you can do better."
"Bet I could." Usopp wagered as he took another large black cloth and started drawing the Jolly Roger, by using the example on Ben's new jacket. Ben and Luffy watched as Usopp had clearly drawn the insignia perfectly shocking them both, "See, much better than yours."
"Shut up." Luffy pouted as he crossed his arms over his chest clearly angry at the marksmen.
"Now my Usopp Pirates, let us head to the Grand Line!" Usopp commanded as everyone looked at him like he'd grown a second head.
"Usopp, how many times do we have to tell you, Ben is the Captain." Zoro stated as he eyed the sniper, "And we're not calling our crew the 'Usopp Pirates'. No offense."
"None taken." Usopp replied as he looked over at Ben, "Listen, if I see you acting like a coward, I'm taking over as the Captain."
Ben smirked slyly as Nami yelled at him, "Are you even listening to us. He has literally battled an entire Marine Corp and it's Captain, Buggy's strongest crew members, and literally and I mean literally beat Kuro within an inch of his life. I don't think anyone would even be able to challenge him for the title of Captain."
"Deal?" Usopp responded as he ignored Nami making her angry as the Alien Hero in response smirked even more.
"Deal, but I can assure you. Nothing here can scare me." He stated as the waves started getting bumpier and bumpier the further they went. When suddenly the boat started shaking violently throwing the entire crew off their feet.
"What's happening?" Nami questioned as the ocean erupted revealing a large sea monster. Large was an understatement, it was humongous. It was white, with black Sea patterns, and blue fins ontop of its head.
"WOAH!! IT'S HUGE!" Luffy exclaimed as he glanced at the Sea King who seemed to be eyeing the tiny boat in front of itself.
"Uh, what do we do, Captain?" Zoro questioned as he started drawing his swords, when Ben raced forward. He vaulted over the sheep's head, activating the Omnitrix, and slamming his hand onto the dial. His crew saw a green flash before he splashed into the sea when they came running to the edge of the ship.
"BEN!!!" They screamed in unison when the large Sea King roared loudly.
"What do we do?" Usopp asked as he was shaking in fear from the large Sea King as Zoro and Luffy stood ready.
"We fight, isn't that obvious?" Luffy stated as he glanced at Nami and Usopp who were hiding behind the large sailing mast.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?! WE CAN'T FIGHT THAT THING!" Nami screamed as they soon felt another massive tremor and soon out of the sea a large figure erupted from the depths of the ocean.
"WAY BIG!" The To'Kustar erupted loudly. Way Big is a white colossal humanoid creature with a large fin on his head, which is black at the front and red at the bottom. He has blade-like growths on his shoulders and spikes on his waist. He also has red arms with two black lines and white fins on the elbows, wristband-like outgrowths on his wrists and green eyes on his head with two extra eyes protruding on his cheeks, one on each. He has red feet with two toes, a black sandal-like covering on the middle of his feet and three black lines on the side of his neck. Sporting the Omnitrix badge in the middle of his chest.
Way Big stood in front of his crew's boat. The entire crew's eyes bulged out of their heads as their Captain, had turned into a large monster that could squash them like a bug.
"WOOOOOAAAAAHHHH!!!!" Luffy exclaimed as he gazed at Way Big bewildered that he had something like that hidden up his sleeve.
Zoro grinned widely, "Now, I definitely wasn't expecting this."
Usopp cowered as he knew Ben was definitely meant to lead, "I definitely can't compare to THAT! IS HE EVEN HUMAN!"
Nami was at a loss of words, sure she knew he was strong, but she didn't think he had a form that was capable of growing to the size of a Sea King. Way Big glared at the Sea King who returned the glare as it raced towards him. Way Big charged forward as he threw a punch at its face. The Sea King tumbled backwards as Way Big threw another punch at him.
The Sea King dodged the large fist as it struck him in the chest. Way Big staggered slighty as he rushed the large monster and clasped his hands together and slammed them onto the Sea King's head. He launched his foot forward as he kicked the monster in the mouth. The group of pirates watched the giant monster battle baffled at their Captain's actions. The Sea King wrapped itself around Way Big's body as the To'Kustar thrashed around trying to get the large Sea zebra off of him. The Sea King bit into Way Big's shoulder as he screamed in pain. Way Big elbowed the Sea beast in the face, then his chest, and his face once again. He finally got loose from the Sea Kings hold on him as he quickly scrambled to his feet.
"THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING MONSTER BATTLE EVER!" Luffy screamed as the waves got bumpier from the two colossal monsters fighting.
"Luffy, be careful, before you fall off the ship." Zoro warned the rubber man as he sat in his favorite seat on the ship to watch the fight.
Way Big punched him again and again, but it didn't seem to cower from his attacks, 'It's about time I end this.' He placed his left arm behind his right arm in the form of a cross. A blue beam erupted his forearm as it collided with the giant sea serpent. The beam went straight through the Sea Kings chest, ending it's life. The To'Kustar tapped his badge and in a blinding green light he begun shrinking rapidly. Before he returned to normal he grabbed onto the railing of the ship, so he wouldn't be casted into the ocean.
He pulled himself up to see his friends, staring at him in shock, "What?"
"What was that?!" Usopp questioned him with wide eyes as Ben tilted his head at the sudden question.
"Oh, that was Way Big." He said nonchalantly as Luffy pushed pass Usopp towards his friend.
"THAT FIGHT WAS INCREDIBLE!" Luffy yelled happily never seeing a monster fight like that before.
"Thanks, I hardly ever use Way Big, unless it's a monster his size or if someone pisses me off beyond belief." He smiled as Usopp and Nami paled.
"Remind me to never get on his bad side." He whispered towards the navigator who nodded her head in response.
Zoro wrapped an arm around Ben's shoulder, "That fight was awesome, got anymore surprises we should be weary of?"
Ben cocked an arm under his chin and thought about it, "If I said I had a form that recreated a universe would you believe me?" He grinned widely. The four Pirates gazed at the boy with wide eyes and their jaws dropped to the floor, "What?"
"Ben, you literally just said you recreated a universe!" Nami screeched as Ben covered his ears, "That is literally impossible."
"TURN INTO HIM!" Luffy yelled as Ben paled at the thought of turning into Alien X.
"Uh, I'd rather not."
"Why not?" Usopp questioned him curiously.
"It's kind of a difficult situation revolving that form. Plus I swore I'd never transform into him ever again." Ben stated that he'd never turn into Alien X on account of having to deal with Serena and Bellicus. His friends gazed at him when Zoro spoke up.
"What was your life like before you became a pirate?" Zoro questioned his close friend.
Ben chuckled, "That is a very long story. I'll tell you guys about it one day." Luffy, Usopp, Nami, and Zoro shared a look with each other wondering what Ben went through for him to recreate an entire universe.
"Can you tell us the story on how you recreated an entire universe? It just sounds insane and very very hard to believe!" Nami asked as Ben crossed his arms with a stoic expression on his face. He usually didn't like talking about this, but if he was gonna travel with them, they needed to know his past life.
"Alright." Ben walked over to the railing as the ship sailed North, "About a year ago, we had visitors from outer space and they brought a bomb that could wipe out the universe. Well before it detonated, I had transformed into Alien X, that's what I call him, so I tried using him to defuse it, but it blew up. It killed my friends and family. Everyone in the universe was wiped out in the blink of an eye, because of that bomb. I know I recreated the universe, but you can't imagine the pain of having to watch everyone you love die right before your own eyes, but I did and it shook me to my core. I still have nightmares about it, I replicated an entire universe where my friends and family were still alive, but in reality their really dead and it's my fault. I have to live with it. The burden of knowing I wasn't strong enough to save everyone. It broke me inside. Everytime I look at them it hurts because there just duplicates I created to make myself seem happy they were still alive. I did something unforgivable and I'm always gonna have to live with it. I failed them. I carry all that pain and anger to this day knowing that everyone I ever loved died. I was supposed to save them. I was supposed to be a hero, I'm no hero. I'm just selfish." Ben explained as he started crying about how everyone in his original universe died, but were brought back to life seconds later like it didn't even happen. Nami, Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro watched as the boy in front of them shed tears on one of his most tragic events. They couldn't speak, Ben who'd been strong for them this entire time broke down, in his old universe they'd talk about it, but no one believed him, but he's the only one who can remember it clearly. It was the first time he's ever told anyone what really happened.
Nami walked over to the Omnitrix Wielder and patted him on the back as he kept crying, "Ben, you're not selfish. You did what you thought was right. If we were in your shoes, we'd do the exact same thing."
"She's right. You're anything, but selfish you put our lives before your own. That alone says you truly care about us and don't want us to get hurt." Zoro agreed as he smirked slyly at the alien teenager.
"Boss, I know I'm something of an idiot, but I understand it. We were all at one point at death's door, but we always found a way to overcome it. So like it or not we're with ya to the end." Luffy spoke as he grinned widely.
"I hate to admit it, but Luffy's right. If you can't fight anymore we'll do the fighting for you. You can't give up and live with the pain forever. You have to let it go or else it'll consume you." Usopp replied knowing what Ben was going through.
Ben smiled, genuinely smiled. He hasn't smiled since the incident, "Thanks guys, I'm lucky to have friends like you."
"Anytime. Did anyone ever find out you recreated it?" Nami asked curiously.
Ben face palmed as he remembered the events afterwards, "Yeah, I was arrested for universal manipulation had a trial and everything. I was almost convicted until I was forced to fight a gladiator version of Alien X."
"You were arrested for saving everyone?!" Usopp yelled.
"But didn't you save everyone?" Luffy questioned as he seemed to be following along in the story.
"Exactly, but certain people don't like it when you tamper with something that's out of your hands. Anyway I reigned victorious against the gladiator and they dropped the charges." Ben explained how he was arrested for recreating the universe.
"Wait, why do you call him Alien X?" Zoro asked on why Ben kept saying 'Alien X'.
Ben lifted up his left wrist showing them his newest version of the Omnitrix, "The first Omnitrix, I had rebooted into a different version of a watch. With a playlist of ten new forms, Alien X was the last form I used, but with all that power he has, he has a major weakness." Ben sighed as he relived the first conversation he had with Bellicus and Serena.
"And that would be?" Nami questioned curiously.
"When I use Alien X, I'm one of three personalities inside that head of his. The other two personalities have to be in agreement with me in order to do anything. Alien X has alot of power, but it's not worth it." Ben chuckled as he remembered how he had to throw insult after insult at the anger and love personalities in order to turn into a different alien.
"Whoa." Luffy exclaimed as he jumped up and down in excitement, "TURN INTO HIM RIGHT NOW!"
"idiot, have you not been listening?" Zoro replied as he yelled at the rubber man.
"Sorta, but I wanna see with my own eyes!" He yelled as Usopp pushed passed the straw hat boy.
"So question, how did you survive?" Usopp asked a bit confused on how Ben survived a universal explosion. Ben chuckled lightly at his question and was thinking on how he should answer it.
"That's kinda hard to explain, but he had an immunity to it. That's how I survived, after debating with the two personalities, I finally got them to help me recreate the universe." Ben tried to explain Alien X's Universal Destruction Survivability and then paraphrased on how he argued with Bellicus and Serena to help him recreate the universe.
"Woah." Zoro spoke, "So you're saying, a bomb wipes out the entire universe and you just recreate it like nothing ever happened, but months later you're arrested for doing this act?"
"That's the simplest version, but yeah." Ben replied simply as Zoro's way of explaining it sounded a bit crazy.
"Ok, now you're definitely gonna have to show us?!" Zoro demanded as Luffy nodded his head in agreement.
"YES, TURN INTO HIM RIGHT NOW!" Luffy screamed in agreement.
"Guys, I'm sorry, but I can't there are things that even I can't explain, but I will in time and transforming into him won't solve much of those problems." Ben stated that he couldn't and wouldn't use Alien X.
"Aww." Luffy said a bit discouraged.
"Here I'll make you all a promise. I'll explain more about my life and if it comes to a battle we can't win. I'll use him. Deal?" Ben offered wanting them to know his life while countering incase a massive threat ever appears and Atomix or his Ultimate's weren't enough then he'd reveal Alien X. What Ben doesn't know is that in the near future he wouldn't even need to use Alien X.
"Deal!" They all exclaimed happily.
"By the way, when you turned into that colossal monster and fought against the Sea King, I've been meaning to ask how many different powers do you have?" Nami asked curiously as to what powers Ben held within the Omnitrix.
"Depends, different forms have different abilities. I have super strength, super speed, high intellect, fire, water, ice, electricity, plant manipulation, radiation manipulation, telekinesis, flight, space survivability, underwater survivability, enhanced sight, growth abilities, shrinking abilities, Intangiblity, web manipulation, duplication, metal manipulation, sound manipulation, time manipulation, instant regeneration, the list is endless you name it, I can do it." Ben listed then explained any power they could name he probably had a form that could use it.
"Woah!" They exclaimed knowing their Captain was one man army.
"Yeah." Ben replied as Luffy's stomach rumbled.
"Ben, we need to find a cook!" Luffy yelled as he laid on the ground wanting something to eat.
"Yeah, I'm getting pretty hungry myself. Let's set sail." Ben announced as the Straw Hats raised the sails and soon set off to a certain Sea restaurant that was in the distance. Ben stuffed his hands into his pockets as he, Luffy, and Zoro watched Usopp paint their pirate logo onto the main sail.
"Is this good, Ben?" Usopp called out to the Straw Hats Captain who grinned widely.
"It's great Usopp!" Ben shouted as Usopp came back down the main sail, "Great job."
"Thanks." Usopp smiled as the group of males turned towards the large Sea. The ocean breeze filled the boat as Usopp saw a small boat in the distance, "Ben, I see a boat heading this way." He grabbed his telescope and then handed it to Ben.
"Alright, everyone stay on gaurd." Ben replied as he took control of the Helm as he spun the wheel towards the small boat heading towards them.
Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp stood on the deck as the small boat consisted of two men. The first man has a black shirt with a green coat and red headgear. He has plaid yellow boxer shorts over unshaven legs and dark shoes and, like his partner, carries a sword. The second man an average-sized man with somewhat tanned skin. He is always seen wearing a pair of sunglasses and has a black tattoo on his left cheek that reads "sea". He has short, black hair and is usually seen carrying his sword. His eyebrows always seem to be pointing down to make a scowl, even when he is smiling. He wears a blue hooded jacket with a purple undershirt, tan pants, boots, and a watch on his left wrist.
They gazed up at the hearty crew as they both saw a distinct man standing next to a man with a straw hat and a female with orange hair, "BIG BRO ZORO?!" They shouted in unison as Zoro rubbed his eyes annoyed at the two men.
"Zoro, you know these two?" Luffy glanced over to the swordsman who nodded.
"Yes." He replied as the two men came aboard the ship, "This is Johnny." He pointed towards the second man, "And Yosaku." He pointed towards the first man.
"Big bro Zoro, what are you doing on this pirate ship?" Johnny asked a bit shocked to see his old partner here.
"Yeah, wait don't tell us, you're about to kill them?" Yosaku exclaimed as he moved over to his sword that was strapped to his waist.
"No, I gave up being a Pirate Hunter. I'm a Pirate now." He stated as he crossed his arms Johnny and Yosaku went wide eyed at his declaration.
"YOU'RE A PIRATE!" They shouted in unison as he nodded his head.
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" He yelled, "This is Usopp our sniper and Nami our navigator." He introduced his team to them.
"You're the Captain of this Crew?" Yosaku asked gazing at Luffy who shook his head no.
"Nope, he's right there." Luffy pointed towards the shape shifter who walked out of the kitchen/meeting room/helm room, "Meet our Captain Ben Tennyson." He had green and white shoes, brown baggy/skinny pants, a black and green shirt with a number 10 in the middle. He had a black jacket with a ten on the left pectoral, a green and black logo on the right arm, and a Jolly Roger with a straw hat on the left arm.
Ben looked at Johnny and Yosaku, "Who are they?"
"My old Pirate Hunting buddies. Johnny and Yosaku." Zoro revealed from when he was a pirate hunter.
"Hey, I'm Ben Tennyson, nice to meet you." He smiled as he stuck his hand out for them to shake.
Johnny clasped his hand with Ben's, "Likewise, I'm Johnny."
Yosaku also shook his hand, "I'm Yosaku."
"What are you guys doing here?" Zoro asked the two pirate hunters what they were up too.
"We were on our way to hunt down Don Krieg." Johnny answered as the group of teenagers gave the duo a look of confusion.
"Who's that?" Ben questioned.
"He's a Fleet admiral/Captain of the Krieg Pirates that has returned from the Grand Line, he has a bounty on his head for 17 million berries. Because of his underhanded methods and domination over a fleet of 50 pirate ships, he is infamously known as Foul-Play Krieg and Pirate Fleet Admiral. They say he's been spotted around here." Yosaku explains who Don Frieg is and his nickname.
After Yosaku got done explaining who Don Krieg was, this sent Ben thinking into multiple scenarios and situations where his crew ran into him. Ben's thoughts were broken when Luffy's stomach growled again.
"Sorry, Ben, I'm hungry." He chuckled sheepishly as the shape-shifter rolled his eyes.
"Your appetite never ceases to amaze me." Ben stated as he then gazed to the duo, "You know any restaurants around here?"
"Yeah, there's this floating restaurant in the sea. It's called the Baratie." Yosaku revealed as the group soon started sailing towards this floating restaurant.
In the distance, Luffy was sitting on the Going Merry's head again. When Luffy looked over to Ben who was with Nami looking over a map, "Ben, I wanna try out the cannon." Ben looked up from the map as he raised his eyebrow, "Please?"
"Fine." Ben replied as Luffy exclaimed in excitement. Zoro, Johnny, Yosaku were catching up on what they had been up too. Nami had left them for their shenanigans. Usopp, Ben, and Luffy loaded the cannonball inside the cannon and fired it.
"COOOOL!!!" Luffy yelled as the cannon soared through the sky. Ben and Usopp grinned as the cannon soared and splashed into the ocean eighty feet from them, "LOAD ANOTHER ONE!" He yelled as Usopp placed another one inside and Luffy fired it.
This one soared a great distance before colliding with a large, floating ship in the distance. Luffy went wide eyed as the cannon hit the roof of the building. Ben glared at Luffy who chuckled sheepishly, "What'd I do?"
Ben gritted his teeth at the straw hat man, as he started strangling him. The three swordsman joined them as the building got closer.
"What happened?" Zoro asked him.
"Luffy blew a hole through the roof of that building. And Ben's strangling him for it." Usopp explained as Ben strangled him which made the group snicker.
"That building looks familiar." Yosaku replied as he and Johnny gazed at it.
"Now that you mention it, it does look madly familiar." Johnny stated when realization hit the two of them.
"You two know this place?" Zoro questioned when they nodded their heads in response, "What is it?"
"It's the Baratie." They replied in unison as Ben had stopped strangling the rubber man to gaze at the floating restaurant in front of them. Nami had came out due to all the commotion they were making.
The Baratie is a fairly large ship. It takes an oval shape, with the normal masts but has a fish as a front-piece/head.The Baratie has a round bottom. A small array of cannons are lined on the sides, which can be used for battle. The Baratie also has four levels: Lower deck, which is where the main restaurant is. Middle Deck, which is the main kitchen. Upper Deck, where twenty three cooks reside. The fins that fold out to the sides from underneath are to stabilize the restaurant.
Inside the restaurant, the chefs were going crazy as the cannonball had landed inside the kitchen. An elderly-looking man who still retains his blonde-colored hair, which he keeps underneath his extra-long chef's hat. His mustache has grown considerably long, and he grew a beard. He wore his chefs uniform, with a blue ascot, and white apron. Also, since he lost his right leg, he has a peg leg and he seems to have no trouble walking with it. He glared at the cannon ball as his coharts were all a bit shocked as it crashed inside their building.
The older chef looked out the window and saw a distinct ship in the distance. It was a fairly large ship with a sheep in the front and two cannons underneath. It had a large sailing flag with a Jolly Roger painted onto it with a straw hat on it. He glared as the ship got closer until it docked with their restaurant. The older chef walked out the kitchen, into the dinning room where tons of customers were enjoying his employees cooking. He walked across the dinning room and out the large double doors to see a group of teenagers heading towards them.
The older chef gazed at them as the boy in the black jacket grabbed the straw hats head and slammed him into the ground, "We're sorry. Luffy here was the one who launched that cannonball into your restaurant and he will do whatever he needs to do to fix it."
"What-?!" Luffy exclaimed as he tried to get up, "Ben, I don't wanna do chores!"
"You broke it, you'll work it off or no food." Ben glared as he threatened the straw hat man who went wide eyed at his declaration.
"You're bluffing." He shouted as Ben's glare intensified.
"Try me." He spoke in a dangerous voice as Nami, Zoro, Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku took a step back incase something were to happen between the two pirates.
Luffy caved in and kneeled in front of the older chef, "I'm sorry mister, I'll do whatever I can to repair the damages."
"Follow me." He spoke as he headed inside the building with Luffy and Ben. When Zoro grabbed his Captain's arm gaining his attention.
"What do you want us to do?" He asked as Ben smirked.
"Relax, I'll keep an eye on Luffy. Order whatever you want I'm buying." He smiled as he followed after the older man and his comrade.
"You heard him, let's eat!" Usopp shouted as he and the rest of his friends entered the restaurant and found a table near the entrance.
The three men entered the kitchen to see it extremely busy. The older man stood before the duo, "My name is Zeff and you will be doing chores until I'm satisfied that you worked off your debt." Luffy nodded as he got to work washing dishes. Ben walked over to the hole that Luffy caused as Zeff walked over to him.
"I can fix that hole for you." He spoke making the older blonde stare at him.
"How?"
"Allow me." Ben lifted up his left arm and revealed the Omnitrix. He tapped the faceplate and a green holowheel appeared. He scrolled through the playlist till he found his selection. The faceplate slid backwards as the dial shot upwards. He slammed his hand onto the dial and an emerald light engulfed the entire kitchen. The employees covered their eyes at the light show.
Ben became a robot-like alien with skin that is made of golden metal, with black stripes and a transparent piece of green glass on his chest, revealing the gears inside of him. He had a larger body and holes on the key on his somewhat restructured head. The piece of glass on his chest is now in the shape of a hexagon, and there is a black stripe on his back that splits into two stripes with a keyhole between them. Sporting the Omnitrix badge on the green glass on his chest, "CLOCKWORK!" The Chronosapien exclaimed in a German accent, "Mister Zeff, I'd like to introduce you to Clockwork, time is always on my side."
"Interesting." He stated his curiosity piqed wondering what this giant robot could do. The employees were shocked at the sudden transformation.
The Chronosapien lifted his hands as an emerald light surrounded them. Zeff went a bit wide eyed as he witnessed something amazing. The hole in the ceiling was being repaired, but it seemed different. When Clockwork repaired the roof, he placed his hands onto his knees, a bit out of breath.
"Are you alright?" He questioned the boy who tapped his badge and another emerald light occurred, but this time he reverted back to normal.
"Yeah, I'm good." Ben smiled as he gazed to the roof where the hole once was. Zeff also gazed at the roof a bit shocked.
"How did you do that?" He questioned the boy who smirked.
"Why don't we go somewhere else and I'll explain." Ben reasoned as the employees had been staring at the shape-shifter as Zeff glared at them.
"Get back to work!" He yelled as they immediately got to work, "Sounds good, let's head to my office." Zeff took the Straw Hat Captain up the stairs heading towards his office.
Nami, Usopp, Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku were looking over the menu for what they wanted to eat when a slim, muscular, long-legged man with blond hair which he keeps brushed over one side of his face walked over to them. He wore a black, double-breasted suit with golden buttons and a tie together with a long-sleeved buttoned shirt. He had a cigarette in his mouth as he bowed to them lightly, "Hello, welcome to the Baratie, I'm Sanji. What would you like to start with?" He gazed over his guests when he noticed the orange haired girl sitting with them.
His eyes immediately ignited into hearts as he got down onto one knee, he held her hand and kissed it lightly, "Hello mon cheri, for you the food is on the house."
"Why thank you." Nami smiled brightly as Usopp grinned happily.
"Is our food on the house as well?" Usopp questioned as Sanji's mood shifted from love to disgust.
"No you four are paying for your food." He stated in disgust as the four men glared at the blonde haired man who poured Nami a glass of wine.
"WAITER!" A voice screamed gaining everyone's attention inside the dinning room. Sanji glanced over to the man who was an average-sized Marine that wore a white pinstripe suit. His hair is pink and was well-combed and he had a scar under his right eye and bolts attached to his knuckles.
Sanji got up as he walked over to the man and his beautiful woman sitting across from him, "I'm not a waiter, I'm the head assistant chef. What is the problem?"
"I didn't know that this place served bugs with their food!" He yelled as he slammed his hand onto the table. The women sitting across from him had a look of worry on her face.
"I'm sorry sir, I'm not really a bug expert. I can assure you that we don't have bugs inside this establishment." Sanji quipped as everyone snickered at the blonde chef.
"DON'T SCREW WITH ME!" He yelled as he slammed his bolted hand onto the table splitting the table in half as the food and drinks spilt all over the floor.
Sanji looked at the soup on the floor, "I spent three full days and nights preparing the soup. If you had removed the bug it still could have been consumed." He replied as the man stepped onto his hand.
"Fullbody!" The women yelled as she tried to calm him down, but he wasn't listening to her as he threw her to the ground, "Fullbody?"
The Marine Lieutenant Fullbody was angered at the blond cook, "I'm a paying customer, that should be treated with respect!"
"Can money fill your stomach?" He asked as in a blur he was on his hands and his long legs twirled in opposite directions. As fast as it begun it was over. Sanji held Fullbody by his throat who seemed to be groaning as blood flowed from his head down to his bolted hand, "You should know, messing with a cook in the sea is a good way to die. Now get out." He dropped Fullbody as he walked away.
Sanji headed towards the kitchen as he saw the straw hat man doing the dishes as he grabbed the broom and dustpan. Usopp, Nami, and Zoro watched in surprise as they didn't know Sanji had that in him.
"You guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Usopp questioned his two friends as Zoro huffed in annoyance.
"No way, are we asking that playboy to join us. Nope!" Zoro replied as Nami laughed at Zoro's state.
"I think he'd make a good addition to the crew." Nami smiled as Usopp nodded in agreement, "And I think Ben would agree."
"Why would you guys want him?" Johnny asked the group of pirates.
"Ben needs a cook because of Luffy's bottomless stomach." She answered as Johnny gave a simple, 'oh.' The three pirates looked over to Sanji who seemed to be cleaning up the mess Fullbody made.
"Are you guys heading to the Grand Line?" Yosaku asked curiously.
"Yeah, that seems to be the plan." Usopp replied, "Aslong as we don't spend too much time here."
"Interesting." Johnny stated.
Zeff sat down in his chair as he gazed at the young boy who sat across from him, "Who are you?"
"I'm Ben Tennyson, a pirate." He replied as Zeff narrowed his eyes at the boy.
"What are you? How'd you turn into that giant robot? How did you fix the roof?" Zeff questioned the boy who smirked.
"I'm human. I fixed the roof by reversing time. I turned into Clockwork by using the Omnitrix." Ben answered the question's but a bit out of order.
"Omnitrix? What is that?"
"It was designed for intergalactic peace. The user can walk a mile in another species shoes." He answered, but went with the shortest explanation he could muster instead of going for the longer explanation.
"Intergalactic peace, you say? Interesting." Zeff looked the boy up and down and noticed he wasn't nervous in the slightest and could see he was telling the truth, "Why are you here?"
"Me and my crew are heading to the Grand Line, but we're in search of a cook and a doctor." Ben answered as Zeff smirked a bit.
"A cook? Is it for that straw hat boy downstairs?" Zeff questioned as Ben smirked slyly.
"Yeah, he has a humongous appetite. It gets really annoying." Ben laughed as Zeff chuckled a bit.
"I'll see about getting you a chef." He replied, "Since you fixed the hole."
"No worries and thank you." He smiled as he got up and left the head chef's office. Ben made his way downstairs to see Luffy breaking multiple plates and face palmed, "We're gonna be here a while."
Ben soon joined his coharts who seemed to be surrounded by empty plates, he sat down next to Usopp, "What'd I miss?"
"Nothing too important, but I think we found ourselves a cook." Usopp replied as Nami nodded her head in agreement, but Zoro just scoffed.
"What's wrong with Zoro?" Ben questioned as Nami chuckled at him.
"He's a bit angry at how Sanji was flirting with me and made the guys pay for their meal." Nami smirked as Zoro rolled his eyes.
"Weird." Ben answered as the doors soon busted open.
A relatively lanky, average-sized man with short, scruffy hair and slight stubble. His eyes are surrounded by dark rings, possibly stemming from the terror and exhaustion. He wore a consist of an open gray-white jacket lined with twin red sea-serpent designs, a green undershirt, gray trousers, a gray headband with blue stripes, and two round earrings on each ear. He walked into the restaurant gaining everyone's attention.
He sat down at a table when a large, muscular man with a lot of hair on his arms and legs. He has a shaved head, large lips, and a short black beard. He wears a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with yellow buttons on both sides, and light blue on the end of the sleeves. He has knee-length shorts that are the same color as his shirt, along with brown shoes. He also wears a white apron, a pink ascot, an earring in his right ear, and a white rope tied around his head. He has two heart tattoos on his left arm. This was Patty
"Hello, what can I get for you?" Patty asked with a cheery grin on his face.
"I don't have any money." He stated as Patty's grin soon disappeared.
"Then I'm sorry we won't be serving you." He replied as he started walking away. When the man got down on his knees.
"Please I'm starving I haven't eaten in eight days." He begged as Patty gritted his teeth.
"Sorry I only serve paying customers." He replied as he begged even more, but Patty was getting annoyed at the man as he punched him sending him flying onto his back. He soon grabbed him and threw him out.
Sanji had watched the entire thing and walked into the kitchen and prepared something for him. The man laid on the ground as he sobbed this is where he was gonna die. When the doors opened to reveal Sanji with a plate of food. He set the plate down in front for the meal and sat down next to him as he took out another cigarette and lighted it. He inhaled the tobacco before saying, "Eat."
Ben and Luffy sat on top of the roof of Baratie watching the scene unfold as the man stopped sobbing and quickly started scarfing the food down. Ben watched with a small smile on his face then he looked over to blonde haired chef, "Are you Sanji?" The blonde in question gazed at the chore boy and shape shifter in confusion.
"Yes I am? Who are you?" He questioned as Ben and Luffy grinned.
"I'm Luffy D. Monkey, the man who's gonna become King of the Pirates and this is Ben Tennyson." Luffy introduced themselves as Sanji cocked his head to the side.
"What do you want?" He questioned them as Ben decided to speak up since he was the Captain.
"Wanna join my crew?" He asked as Sanji took the cigarette from his mouth and blew the smoke from his mouth.
"No." He stated as Ben and Luffy looked at him determined to have him join, "I owe this place my life and I plan to serve them till I die."
Ben could see the conviction on his face that he meant what he said and no matter how much they pressed him about it, he wasn't gonna change his mind, "Alright." Ben said as Luffy looked at him with a crazed look on his face.
Ben slid off the roof and landed by the man who was still eating and the chef as he smiled at him. He headed inside as Luffy also slid down and went after Ben, "Ben, are you really gonna give up on asking him to join our crew?"
"Of course not, but he needs a bit more convincing from someone else not me. He'll join I'm betting everything on it." He revealed to Luffy that he was willing to bet everything that Sanji will join of his own free will.
"Oh." Luffy replied as they walked to the dinning room to join their friends. They soon started eating well Ben more so than Luffy, who was devouring everything.
"Blondie, thanks for the food." The man choked out as he devoured the entire plate not leaving a crumb behind.
"My names not blondie, it's Sanji and you're welcome." He smiled as he took another puff from his cigarette.
"I'm names Gin." He introduced himself as he got up from the floor as did Sanji who took the plate from the ground, "Thanks again, Sanji."
"Don't mention it." The blonde chef walked back inside leaving Gin alone. Gin soon walked towards his boat and started sailing back to someone you'd never expect him to worship. He saw a large ship in the distance the front of the ship resembled a large saber tooth tiger. He smirked as he recognized what ship it was.
The Dreadnaught Sabre was a very large galleon ship, almost triple the size of the ocean-going restaurant Baratie. It had the figurehead of a saber tooth tiger. After returning from the Grand Line, the flagship was in a total wreck, to the point of being compared to a ghost ship. Gin had rowed all the way towards the giant ghost ship as he soon climbed aboard.
Gin was surrounded by pirates, as a large, muscular man, with purple-gray hair and distinct sideburns. His attire features many fur-lined elements, "What's the word, Gin?"
Gin smiled mischievously, "I found one, Don Krieg."
The large, muscular man now named Don Krieg smirked evilly and yelled around to his crew, "SET SAIL! We have a ship to steal."
Ben was gazing out into the sea leaning on the railing, the food here was amazing, but his crew needed a chef and he couldn't leave without one. He was soon broken from his thoughts as a voice spoke up.
"Here to clear your thoughts?" The voice asked as Ben turned his head to see the Head Chef Zeff coming down the stairs that were located to his left.
"Yeah, trying to keep myself sane, ya'know." He chuckled as Zeff stood beside the young man as they gazed out into the sea.
"You asked Sanji to join your crew didn't you?"
Ben looked over to Zeff as he smirked and gazed right back into the sea, "Yeah, he said no tho. He also said this place saved his life and he'll be here till the day he dies."
Zeff's face didn't change as Ben told him Sanji's response, "Hm, I see. Don't worry, I'll talk to him"
"Thanks, old man." Ben grinned as they both gazed at the sea to see fog cover up their vision. Ben raised an eyebrow as the fog gotten thicker in a matter of seconds, "Hey, old man, what's happening?"
"I don't know." He replied as the two men kept their eyes on the fog when a large silhouette was seen coming through the fog. The ship looked to be destroyed, with their flags torn to shreds, on the front of the ship was a large saber tooth tiger. Ben was now on guard as he knew it was another pirate ship. Ben saw their Jolly Roger it had two hourglasses to the sides, to show to their victims that their time is up. Krieg's skull is displayed with sideburns on its cheek bones, similar to the ones Don Krieg himself has.
"It's him." Ben replied, Zeff looked over at the shape shifter. But Ben rushed back into the restaurant as Zeff turned back towards the approaching pirate ship. Zeff also saw the pirate flag, and followed after the shape shifter.
Ben came racing down the stairs as he soon jumped over the railing gaining the customers attention as he raced toward the door. Luffy, Nami, Zoro, and Usopp looked at their Captain in concern and soon raced after him leaving Johnny and Yosaku behind. Johnny and Yosaku shared a look and followed after them. Sanji was pouring a customer a glass of wine when he saw Ben jump over the railing, so he decided to follow them.
Ben stood on the deck of the Baratie when he saw Krieg's ship approaching. Luffy, Nami, Usopp, and Zoro stopped beside him. Johnny and Yosaku gazed from behind them as did Sanji and Zeff. Patty also came to see what all the ruckus was and saw Krieg's pirate ship and paled as he ran back into the restaurant, "EVERYONE, RUN AWAY DON KRIEG IS HERE! HURRY RUN AWAY!" He yelled as the customers soon ran out the door unto their respecting boats leaving the Straw Hat crew, the Bounty Hunter duo, and the Baratie employees.
Don Krieg stood ontop of the Saber's head and glared at them darkly as everyone had panicked and fled the ship, "LISTEN UP! I'M HERE FOR YOUR SHIP! IF YOU DON'T FLEE I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" He yelled as Ben looked over to Zeff.
"What do you wanna do?" Ben questioned as Zeff smirked then scoffed.
"What do you mean? Your about to solve my problem for me." He smirked as Ben turned forward as Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp stood with him.
"Nami, look after the Going Merry." He looked over at Sanji, "You with us?"
"I don't know you guys that well, but the fact you're gonna defend our restaurant." He started as he grabbed a cigarette and lighted it, "Of course I'm with you."
"Johnny, Yosaku, we'll take it from here." Ben replied as he took off his jacket and tossed it to Nami with a glare on his face, "Keep that safe for me."
Zeff looked over to Patty, "Activate the platform." Patty nodded as he ran back inside and activated a large platform that appeared before the group of men. Nami finally found her chance to escape to her destination.
Don Krieg and his pirates came off their ship with Gin behind him, "You here to surrender?" He grinned evilly.
"Not on your life pal." Ben stated as Usopp pushed his goggles over his face and grabbed his slingshot, Zoro tied his bandana over his head and drew his swords, Sanji glared at them taking a puff from his cigarette, Luffy tightened his grip on his hat as it rested on top his head, as Ben smiled widely as he raised his left arm, "IT'S HERO TIME!" He slammed his hand onto the dial and an emerald light blinded everyone.
Ben transformed into a large orange dog-like creature with no eyes, ears, nose, or tail. He stands on all fours and his movements are somewhat apelike. His teeth are very defined and his bottom jaw sticks out of his mouth. The various spines found all across his body function similarly to whiskers with tactile sensing, and are not fur. Since Ben doesn't have eyes, he uses his sense of smell and hearing to navigate, which are aided by three gill-like nostrils located on each side of his neck. The Omnitrix badge was placed on his chest. Instead of screaming his name he roared loudly.
As soon as the light show died down, Ben was gone and in his place was a large dog like creature with gills on the side of his head. Everyone gazed at the large dog in confusion until Luffy spoke up, "Ben?" The large dog's head snapped over to him, "That's you right?" He nodded his head up and down as his tongue hung out from his mouth like a dog.
"What do you call that guy?" Usopp asked, but Ben still didn't say anything as he gazed at Usopp and howled.
"Interesting, a shape shifter. I've never fought against one before." Krieg explained intrigued with Ben's sudden transformation, but Ben or what he named Wildmutt snarled at Krieg, "Attack." He commanded as his crew went racing forward.
Wildmutt roared loudly as he raced forward, followed by Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, and Zoro. The two pirate crews clashed. Wildmutt's instincts were blaring like crazy as multiple men approached him. He jumped over them, with excellent agility as he swiped at them knocking them into the sea. Luffy dodged a sword slash as he grinned, "GUM GUM" His head extended backwards as he came racing forward, "BELL!" His head clashed into his enemies as he was rendered unconscious, when another enemy soon raced at him, Luffy jumped over him as he extended his arms and flipped the man over him and slammed him onto his neck. Usopp stuck close to Zoro as he slung eggs at anyone and Zoro soon cut them down. Usopp changed his approach as he grabbed a small metal spiked orb and started firing it at their feet making it hard for them to walk. Men stormed Sanji as he glared at them as fast as it begun it was already over. He twisted onto his hands and his legs swung in a full 180 as he knocked them all out. Krieg was getting frustrated as Gin stood beside him as he watched his comrades be taking out quickly.
As Ben's crew started mopping up Krieg's another boat in the distance sailed towards them gaining everyone's attention. Krieg and Gin went wide as they saw the man sitting on a throne like boat.
He was a tall lean man with black hair, a short beard, mustache and sideburns that point upwards. He had yellow eyes which resemble a hawk's eyes. He wears black and red ornate clothing with a crucifix pendant that hides a little dagger, which gives him the appearance of a Spanish swordsman. His attire consists of a wide-brimmed black hat decorated with a large plume, and a long, open black coat with no shirt underneath, with red, flower-patterned sleeves and collar. He wears light purple pants held up by a decorated belt and tucked inside overly large boots in comparison to his leg size. He wears a kogatana around his neck, appearing as a golden cross-shaped necklace, and carries his sword Yoru on his back when he is not using it.
Everyone had stopped fighting each other as the man had his legs crossed as he had his left hand resting underneath his chin, with a bored look on his face. Zoro went wide eyed as he saw who it was.
"No-no way. He foll-followed us here." Krieg replied as the man glared at Krieg who paled immediately.
Zoro glared at him as he slashed through multiple enemies making his way to the world's strongest swordsman. He glared at the man as he stood in front of him, he placed his swords down as the man looked at him, "I'm Rorona Zoro, and I'm gonna be the strongest swordsman. I wanna challenge you!"
His hawk eyes pierced his as he stood up from his throne, "Fight? You should know the difference in strength, weak one." He spoke, "You should be able to see the disparity in our abilities before we even cross swords. Is it your courage or ignorance that causes you to turn your sword on me?"
"It's my ambition!" Zoro shouted as he picked up his swords and placed it in his mouth. Mihawk grabbed hold of the gold cross around his neck and grabbed hold of the top revealing a dagger, "What the hell is that?"
"I'm no beast that goes all out hunting a rabbit. Unfortunately I don't carry any smaller sharp instruments than this one." He replied as Zoro gritted his teeth onto the hilt of his white sword.
"Let's do this!" Zoro raced forward as he crossed his swords into one of his stances, "ONIGIRI!" He shouted, but Mihawk was faster and stopped his technique with the small dagger.
Luffy and Wildmutt watched in shock as Mihawk stopped Zoro's Onigiri. Johnny and Yosaku also went wide eyed, "He stopped Big Bro Zoro's Onigiri." Sanji and Usopp also watched the swordsman fight.
"Wh-what?" Zoro couldn't believe it Mihawk was using a small dagger and stopped it without any effort, he tried to move all three blades forward, but was struggling, 'I can't move them! What did he do?' He thought. Zoro jumped back and rushed him again. This time he slashed him with all three blades. Mihawk without any struggle used the tiny blade to block every single strike Zoro threw at him.
The swordsman battle raged on as Zoro struggled to land a clean strike on Mihawk, but was failing everytime. He soon pictured his own childhood the first time, he ever lost. Mihawk chopped him in the back of the neck, causing Zoro to collapse onto the ground. Zoro was losing energy fast as he walked towards him and swung his left sword which Mihawk dodged with ease, as Zoro collapse onto the ground again.
"What do you bear on your shoulders?" Mihawk questioned the swordsman, "What do you desire once you've obtained power, weak one?" He demanded wanting to know why Zoro wanted to become the strongest swordsman. Wildmutt had enough of not being able to speak so be reach towards his chest an tapped his badge.
In an emerald flash, Wildmutt was gone and in his place was a tall figure, who has a black body with one green eye in the middle of his head, two antennae, a tail with round plugs on their tips, four-fingered hands, and feet with only two front toes. His chest is colored green, with the Omnitrix badge resting on his chest, "FEEDBACK!" Mihawk turned around slightly as the Conductoid caught his attention.
"How dare you call Zoro weak!" Luffy yelled as he launched into the air, but didn't get far when Feedback's tail wrapped around his leg. Slamming him back onto the floor as Luffy rubbed his head in pain gazing at the Conductoid in confusion, "Ben, what are you doing?! We have to help him!"
The Conductoid shook his head, "As much as I wanna jump in as well this is Zoro's fight and he needs to do this alone." He stated firmly.
Mihawk turned his attention back to Zoro as he had gotten back up. He sliced through the air as both his swords were behind his third sword, "TIGER" He yelled, "TRAP!" He finished, but before he could execute the move, in the blink of an eye Mihawk had stabbed Zoro in the chest with the small dagger.
"Are you just going to let me pierce your heart?" He questioned wondering if Zoro would retaliate.
Blood started leaking from his mouth as more started leaking from his chest, "...if I were to withdraw even a step, I feel like those various important things such as pledges would go to waste. I'd rather die than surrender."
'What a strong heart! He chooses death over defeat!' Mihawk thought a bit surprised at the sudden tenacity Zoro is displaying. He withdrew the dagger and quickly sheathed it, "Kid! State your name again." He demanded as Zoro readjusted his swords as they were in opposite directions.
"Rorona Zoro!" He shouted as Mihawk grabbed hold of Yoru a blade that resembled a cross, he carried on his back and quickly drew it.
Mihawk dropped down into a stance and stood ready as Zoro started twirling his dual swords, "Fall." Mihawk charged the three sword style swordsman as they clashed for the final time.
"THREE THOUSAND WORLDS!"
Just like that Mihawk had shattered both Zoro's swords and slashed his chest diagonally. He dropped his broken swords and sheathed his white sword, "I'd never imagined I'd ever lose." Zoro turned around and faced Mihawk and held out till the very end.
"Admirable." He grinned lightly as he ended their dual. Mihawk slashed him one final time going from the top of his left shoulder blade to his right waist line. Mihawk looked at Zoro with honor, "Don't live so hastily, young man."
Luffy was screaming in anger as Sanji watched in shock as Zoro chose to die rather than surrender. Ben himself couldn't contain his rage as Zoro lost to Mihawk, half of him wanted to go Ultimate Way Big and smash his face in. Zoro fell into the sea after that final slash.
"Damn it...damn it...DAMN IT...DAMN IT!!!" Luffy yelled as he launched his fist at Mihawk who dodged it as Luffy came flying at him getting his head stuck in the wood of the ship. Johnny and Yosaku dived into the sea after Zoro.
"BIG BRO!!" They replied in unison.
Feedback launched upwards as he shot electricity from his hands. Mihawk slashed the attack in half as Feedbacks hands gathered a ball of electricity and flung it at the swordsman who grinned lightly as he sliced it as well, "You two are the young swordsman's comrades?" He spoke as Luffy got his head unstuck and as Feedback landed in front of him, "Don't worry. I didn't kill that man."
Johnny and Yosaku had carried Zoro towards Usopp who was waiting on the deck of the ship and helped pull him out.
"No matter, how many years it takes, I will hold this seat of the strongest and wait for you. Try to surpass me! RORONA ZORO!" He screamed at the unconscious swordsman. He then looked over at Feedback and Luffy, "What are your goals?"
"I aim to be King of the Pirates." Luffy replied
"I aim to be the world's strongest being." Feedback stated, originally Paradox demanded he'd be King of the Pirates, but settling for the world's strongest being has a better ring to it.
Feedback and Luffy looked over at Zoro who raised his shakey sword high into the air, "Did I worry you? You need no less than the world's greatest swordsman, right? I... I will not be defeated ever again!" Zoro cried, as Mihawk grinned eagerly at his declaration, Feedback and Luffy smiled at their friend, "Until the day I defeat him and become a master swordman... I'll never... be defeated! Got any problem with that... CAPTAIN AND KING OF THE PIRATES!" Zoro yelled swearing he'd never lose another fight until he defeats Mihawk.
"No I don't." Feedback announced.
"I agree." Luffy nodded his head firmly.
When out of the corner of his eye their ship was sailing away, "BEN, OUR SHIP!" Luffy yelled as Feedback saw their ship sailing Southwest.
He narrowed his eye at the only suspect who could do something like this, "Nami." He looked over to the marksman who was tending to the injured swordsman, "Usopp, grab a boat and go after Nami! Take Johnny and Yosaku with you!"
"What about you and Luffy!" Usopp responded as Feedback crossed his arms over his chest.
"Me and Luffy still have some work to do here, don't worry we'll catch up to you, hurry up!" He replied as Usopp nodded quickly as he, Johnny, Yosaku, and an injured and unconscious Zoro sailed after the Going Merry.
"You three have an incredible bond." Mihawk interrupted the Conductoid's train of thought, "King of the Pirates, World's greatest swordsman, and the world's strongest being. I look forward to seeing your bond grow, nurture it, and I will see how it holds. Take care you two. I'll be leaving." He twirled Yoru around before sheathing her as he walked over to his tiny throne like boat, "I'll be waiting for you three in the Grand Line!" He shouted before sailing away. Feedback and Luffy looked at each other.
"Despite him defeating Zoro, he was kinda friendly." Luffy replied as Feedback facepalmed himself.
"Friendly? Yeah, right. He was like a shark attending a clown fish's school. I think we gotta get you checked out buddy." Feedback replied as Luffy stuck his tongue out at him. The Conductoid grew a tick mark on his head before trying to shock the rubber man before he remembered something.
"You can't electrocute me, I'm immune to electricity!" He grinned as he laughed heartly when an emerald flash broke the rubber man's laughter, "Huh?" Feedback had transformed into a tall, muscular, four armed monster in a black and white jumpsuit.
"What was that?" His gruff voice responded as he cracked all four knuckles as Luffy paled as he then gazed over to Don Krieg who quickly snapped out of his trance, "You got lucky this time."
"You two think you can defeat me? Ha, without Mihawk here to save you, I'll take your lives and this ship!" Krieg yelled, "Gin, Pearl, your up." He responded to his first and second mate. Gin walked forward with his dual metal tonfa's.
A towering man, Pearl's ensemble includes two large iron plates covering his front and backside, as well as two small plates with large pearls embedded in them for strong, blunt attacks. When introduced, he claims that he is "a shield man", but also "a dandy man", referring to the iron plates he wears on his body, as well as his notably handsome face.
Four Arms and Luffy turned then attention towards the first and second mate with their grinning Captain in the back. Sanji walked forward with a glare on his face, "I'll take Gin."
"Luffy take care of the shield. I'll deal with Krieg." Four Arms gruff voice stated as Luffy nodded his head in confirmation.
Luffy and Sanji raced forward as Pearl hopped in front of Gin, but Luffy cocked his arm back as it extended backwards, "GUM GUM" He chanted, "PISTOL!" He yelled as his arm shot forward and punched the shielded man who blocked it. Sanji launched over Pearl and kicked Gin, who blocked the attack with his left metal tonfa.
"Well, well, well, it looks like your a devil fruit user." Pearl acknowledged him as Luffy narrowed his eyes at him, "Which fruit did you eat?"
"The Gum Gum fruit." Luffy replied nonchalantly as Pearl chuckled at him, "What's so funny?"
"You are, if you think your able to defeat me!" He replied cockly, "I've never lost a battle, matter of fact I've never even split a drop of blood. You'll never be able to break past my shield."
"Then I'll break your shield." He replied nonchalantly as he raced forward, "GUM GUM" He chanted as he launched into the air as multiple fists started appearing, "GATTLING!" The attack hit Pearl's shields as he started struggling while blocking the attack, "GUM GUM" He chanted as both his arms extended backwards, "BAZOOKA!" Both his arms shot forward slamming straight into Pearl who was pushed back.
"I gotta admit your pretty strong, devil fruit user, but it's my turn!" His shield's started glowing a light white as he rushed Luffy, he punched the devil fruit user in the face, then in his chest. Luffy gritted his teeth as he punched against his shielded hands. Pearl bashed his shield against Luffy's face as he raced forward, "GUM GUM" He chanted again as his leg extended, "WHIP!" His foot collided with Pearls face as he knocked the man into the ground.
Pearl looked down as he saw blood leaking from his mouth, "Blood?" His eyes went wide as he saw the red liquid oozing from his mouth. He gritted his teeth as light blue flames bursted from him as he launched flame covered pearls at the rubber man. Luffy dodged each pearl as a larger pearl headed straight for him, "GUM GUM" He chanted as he started bloating up like a balloon, "BALLOON!" The pearl got stuck in the rubber man's stomach as it started burning the boy.
Luffy groaned in pain as he launched the flame covered pearl right back at Pearl who blocked the attack. Luffy looked over at burn wound that appeared on his chest, "Ouch, it burns!" He exclaimed as he touched the burn wound it just received.
"Seems I've been underestimating you, devil fruit user, but this is the end." Pearl replied as he rushed the rubber man. Luffy jumped over him as he dodged his attack, he extended his feet, kicking him into his back. Watching him stumble forward, he soon turned around as Luffy was on his hands as his sandals were clasped together and soon rocketed towards him.
"GUM GUM" He chanted as the attack raced towards Pearl, "SPEAR!" The attack collided with Pearls unprotected face. He stumbled backwards dazed at the attack as Luffy flipped back onto his feet as he raced forward, "GUM GUM" He chanted as his arm extended backwards and soon came flying forward, "BULLET!" He screamed as it collided with the second mates face knocking the man unconscious. Luffy grinned victoriously as he had defeated him, "Told you that I'd beat that record."
Sanji kicked Gin again as he dodged it, he spun onto his hands as his feet swirled around trying to hit Gin who blocked the attacks.
"You tricked me!" Sanji yelled as he raced forward as he launched into the air, as he slammed his foot downwards trying to axe kick him, but Gin blocked it with both his tonfas, "Do you have anything to say?!"
Gin pushed upwards as Sanji flipped in the air landing onto the ground as Gin twirled his tonfa's around, "I didn't trick you, I used you. There's a massive difference." He rushed the blonde chef and smashed his right tonfa into the heavy foot blonde's stomach.
Sanji gritted his teeth as he grabbed Gin's arm and launched his foot at him, but Gin blocked it with his tonfa. Sanji grinned as he saw his opening. Applying more pressure into his right foot he launched upwards and spun his left foot into Gin's face knocking the tonfa used onto the ground.
"You're pretty good, kid. I'll give you that, but you're out of your league." Gin acknowledged as he wiped the blood off his lip and twirled his tonfa's around as he urged the blonde chef to come at him. Sanji glared at him as he rushed forward, but when he was within range Gin smashed his tonfa into Sanji's face then into his chest. He grabbed his arm once again about to kick him, but Gin wasn't gonna allow that, when he hit him with his tonfa again.
Sanji wobbled back, as Gin spun around and smashed his tonfa into his face again. Sanji dropped to one knee as Gin placed his tonfa under his chin, "See, you're out of your league." Sanji grinned as Gin looked at him, "Is there something funny?"
"Yeah, this." Sanji kicked his legs out from under him as Gin slipped and fell, Sanji axe kicked him again, but this time connected with his stomach.
Gin hit Sanji with his tonfa as he raced towards Zeff and Patty as he smacked his tonfa into Patty's chest and pulled out a double barreled shot gun and pointed it at the back of Zeff's head, "Don't move or else I blow his head off."
"Bastard! Resorting to such a cowardly move." Sanji spoke as he glared at Gin who didn't make any sudden moves.
Four Arms had watched Luffy and Sanji's battles and knew it was his turn. He uncrossed his arms as he looked over at Krieg, "It's you and me, now." He shouted as he raced forward.
"Let's do it!" He shouted as he pulled off his massive black cloak revealing his pure gold armor. That covered his entire upper body in it. He grabbed his two shoulder pads and slammed them together as it formed into a large battle spear. A large silver blade appeared out the end of it as Krieg rushed forward as he launched into the air and slammed the spear downwards onto the large Tetramand.
Four Arms caught the spear with his two larger arms as he exploded causing Krieg to smirk, "Feel that, the blade explodes upon impact." He grinned as the smoke started clearing up. He went wide eyed as he saw the Tetramand unharmed, "What!? How?!" He questioned as Four Arms pushed the Foul Played Captain away.
"Tetramand's are extremely durable, so your little explosive spear won't work on me!" Four Arms yelled as Don Krieg glared at the four armed Tetramand as his armor opened up revealing a set of ten gun-barrels—two beneath each shoulder-plate, and three beneath each of the carapace's waist-flaps.
"Let's see if you can survive this!" He yelled as he started firing large yellow and green stripped needles as they headed towards the Tetramand.
Four Arms smacked a few away as one got lodged into his thigh and another into his shoulder. Four Arms yelled in pain as three more were launched into his forearm. Don Krieg laughter evilly as he kept firing even more needles as Four Arms picked up a large piece of wood and tossed it at him. Krieg went wide eyed as he dodged the attack when an emerald flash engulfed him.
Four Arms turned into a phantom/ghost-like alien with a gaseous appearance and claw-like hands, and grey skin with black lines running all over him. The Omnitrix badge peeked out of his skin on his lower left chest and he had a pink eye with a black pupil, "GHOSTFREAK!" The Ectonurite exclaimed, "Hm, let's play a game Krieg."
Krieg looked at the Ectonurite a bit shocked, "Now you see me." He begun as he turned invisible, "Now you don't." He went wide eyed as he started looking around trying to find him when he appeared behind him and punched him square in the face, "Strike 1." He replied in a ghostly voice as he vanished again.
Krieg started getting annoyed as he looked back and forth trying to locate the phantom/ghost like alien. Luffy was looking around as Ghostfreak had disappeared, "Ben, where'd you go?" He asked curiously as Luffy soon heard his voice.
"I'm gonna borrow your body." The eerily voice replied as Luffy replied with a 'huh', but it was too late Ghostfreak flew into Luffys body. Luffy's eyes turned pink with a black pupil. Black cracks appeared around his eyes as Ghostfreak took control of his body. The Omnitrix appeared on Luffy's left pectoral, "This should be fun." Ghostfreak/Luffy stated as he cracked his knuckles, "Prepare to get your ass whooped."
"Bring it on kid!" He exclaimed as he grabbed his battle spear and twirled it around as the possessed Luffy launched into the air as he cocked his arm back, "GUM GUM" He chanted as his arm soon extended forward, "PISTOL!" Luffy's fist went flying as Krieg sliced at the boys arm, but went wide eyed as his arm turned intangible. The possessed straw hat laughed as he floated above Krieg, "I can't believe you fell for that!" He laughed even harder as Krieg started getting angry at the teenager was messing around with him.
He gritted his teeth in anger, "CHEW ON THIS!" He yelled as he started shooting the large green and yellow striped needles at him, but soon went eye wide as it passed straight through his body.
"Let's play another game of now you see us." He grinned as he was currently intangible, "Now you don't." He turned invisible as well as Krieg slammed his battle spear into the ground as it exploded in attempt to look for him.
"WHERE ARE YOU?!" He shouted angrily as Luffy appeared in front of him.
"Right here. Now my turn. GUM GUM" He shouted as Krieg saw multiple fists heading towards him, "GATTLING!" Each strike hit Krieg's body armor in attempts to destroy his armor, "and BATTLE AXE!" He yelled as his foot extended upwards and soon brought it downwards and slammed it into Krieg's head.
Krieg groaned in pain as he was slammed into the Baratie's platform cracking the platform in the process. Don Krieg grabbed the boys leg and smirked, "Since you have devil fruit abilities, the body your in won't be able to swim have fun drowning!" The sinister side of Krieg came out as he threw the possessed Luffy over into the sea.
Ghostfreak/Luffy crossed his legs in middle air as Krieg started laughing menacingly when he suddenly realized he didn't hear a splash, "Wait, I didn't hear a splash." He looked over at where he flung the possessed Luffy as he came to the edge, "Where'd he go?!"
Luffy floated upside down as he leviated next to Krieg, "Did you lose something?" He asked curiously wanting to know what Krieg lost.
"Yeah, this possessed devil fruit user I flung him into the ocean, but I never heard a splash." Krieg replied as Ghostfreak/Luffy crossed his arms over his chest.
"Interesting, here let me help you." He replied as he cocked both arms back, "GUM GUM" He chanted gaining Krieg's attention.
"You sound familiar?" He looked over as he went wide eyed at the possessed rubber man, "Oh no!"
"BAZOOKA!" Both arms rocketed forward as he punched doubled decked him in the face. As Luffy flew forward and punched him again and soon roundhouse kicked again. Krieg stumbled back as Luffy soon rocketed forward as he clasped his hands into a mace, "GUM GUM" He yelled as he raised his hands over his head, "HAMMER!" He smashed it into Krieg's head who flew backwards.
Ghostfreak flew out of Luffy's body as he started shivering, "Thanks Luffy." His eerily voice replied.
"Why am I so cold?" He questioned as he kept shivering as Ghostfreak flew forward.
"No time to talk, I got a fight to end." He replied as he slammed his hand onto his badge and another emerald flash occurred as Ghostfreak became a hulking, broad-shouldered alien covered in natural, yellow armor plating on his back, shoulders, and the backs of his arms. He is mostly white with black on his upper half and has four claws on both of his hands, the black stripe on his chest was gone, his eyes were green, and he wore the Omnitrix badge on his chest, "CANNONBOLT!" The Arburian Pelarota exclaimed.
Cannonbolt rolled himself into a ball as he headed towards Krieg who started getting back up a bit dazed after that attack. He looked up to see a yellow large ball heading straight towards him, he held up a white flag as Cannonbolt landed right on top of him. Cannonbolt unrolled himself to see his handy work, Don Krieg laid in the platform, his armor cracked in various places, he was unconscious as well.
"Heads up." He quipped as he turned towards Gin who dropped the gun and released Zeff.
"I'm sorry, Sanji." He apologized as he walked past the trio and grabbed the unconscious Krieg, "I'll be seeing you guys soon in the Grand Line. Hey shape shifter mind giving me a hand on collecting my crew."
"Sure." Cannonbolt replied as he slammed his hand onto his badge and transformed into a blue velociraptor on wheels in a black and white jumpsuit, with a cone ontop of his head, a tail that was blue and black striped. The Omnitrix badge appeared in the middle of his chest, "XLR8!" The Kineceleran exclaimed as he raced around the sea and collected everyone of Krieg's crew members and loaded them onto a boat.
"Thanks kid, I'll cya soon." He replied as they started sailing off. XLR8 tapped his badge and reverted back to normal.
"That was exhausting." Ben replied as everyone started cheering for the trio. Luffy grinned as a boat started approaching them. Everyone turned their attention to the boat as Yosaku soon jumped onto the platform.
"Big bro Ben, big bro Luffy, we need you! Nami is in danger!" Yosaku exclaimed in horror as their navigator was in danger.
Ben's face turned into anger, before he jumped onto his feet and looked over to Luffy, "Let's go save our navigator."
"I'm right behind you!" He agreed as Luffy jumped onto the boat with Yosaku. Ben looked over at Sanji who was talking to Zeff and Patty.
"Go with them, Sanji." Zeff bellowed shocking the blonde haired chef.
"Why? I wanna stay here." Sanji replied as Zeff turned his back on the boy.
"Your soup was terrible." Patty stated as Sanji went wide eyed as they told him his cooking sucks.
"Leave, you have your own dreams to accomplish maybe one of those is becoming a better chef." Zeff stated as Sanji remembered when he was a kid, he'd always wanted to find All Blue.
He started crying as he got on to his hands and knees, "Thank you for taking care of me, I'll never forgot you all!" He thanked them for all the years he's spent here, "I promise I'll make you all proud!"
Zeff, Patty, and the rest of the employees smiled at the boy as he got up and walked over to Ben, Luffy, and Yosaku, "Is that invitation still open?" He questioned as Ben and Luffy smiled widely.
"Of course welcome to the crew." Ben greeted as Sanji jumped onto the boat with them and soon set sail towards the dangerous island that Nami was heading towards, "Hold on Nami, we're coming."
To Be Continued...
