Chapter 227: Rocket Man
Rocket Man was a prototype to the Puffing Tom (the regular sea train). Tom, the shipwright who built Gold Rogers ship built this years before he completed the Puffing Tom. Unfortunately the tee reason why it wasn't useable was because it would go out of control.
"It looks so fast!" yelled Luffy.
"That was painted on there as a joke." Said Kokoro.
That was when Iceberg came out of the train with a toolbox.
"Ice Guy!" said Luffy.
"Good you're here." Said Iceberg.
"Thank you so much for doing this." Said Gaara.
"Since when are you so polite?" asked Kiba.
"It wasn't a problem." Said Iceberg, he went to take a seat, "Remember I can't guarantee your lives with this."
"Yeah, yeah." Said Luffy who went to explore the train. That was when he remembered something and began pouting.
"What is it?" asked Sakura.
"I just remembered! I recently created a new attack! I should have used against the leopard guy!" yelled Luffy.
Everyone sweat dropped.
"Well, Luffy still is Luffy." Laughed Hinata.
"By the way, where's Ino and Nami?" asked Kiba.
"Don't ask me." Said Sakura.
That was when the two came into the room with a large cark filled with a large sack.
"Where were you two?" asked Luffy.
"We were getting food." Said Ino.
"ALL RIGHT!" cheered Luffy.
Luffy began easing while Iceberg and Kokoro hammered out the details about what was going on.
That was when there was a yell of "Straw Hat!"
They saw at the door were members of the Franky Family.
"What do you want?" asked Sasuke.
However they were crying.
"Please take us with you!" cried one of the members, "We heard you were going to Enies Lobby! Our bro was abducted by the government! We want to go with him but we get though the Aqua Laguna!"
"You're dealing with the World Government you know." Said Kokoro.
"We know and we don't care!"
The crew war unsure about it considering all that happened.
"You really think after all you did…" said Nami.
"Please… we're swallowing our pride here." Cried one of them.
"Get on"! yelled Luffy, "Hurry!"
"WHAT!" yelled Sakura.
"Luffy what do you think you're doing?" asked Nami.
"It will be fine!" said Luffy with a big smile.
The Franky Family cheered and explained they were going to take their own boat and hitch it to the train.
Within a few minutes they were ready to go. The Rocket Man shot out of the place it was stored in, whose riding were surprised how fast we're going.
"It's like we're flying." Said Nami.
That was when Sakura realized something.
"By the way does anyone know where Luffy is?" she asked.
Sasuke pointed to the roof.
Sakura face palmed.
"Of course he is." She muttered.
"If he's falling off I'm not going to rescue him…" muttered Isaribi.
That was when they heard a loud crash, turns out the Franky Family used some sort of gun to hitch them to the train.
Zoro was yelling at them.
"Just ignore them." Mumbled Ino.
"Yeah, they're helping us remember." Said Hinata.
After a few minutes they got a notice from Kokoro.
"Everyone hold on tight, we're about to hitch with the tracks when we do we will be picking up speed very rapidly... Hold on to something and your injuries will, be minor."
"Hold onto me." Said Sakura.
"Wait did she says we'll be injured anyways…" said Kiba.
Chimney and Gonbe who stowed away, riding on the roof got into the train before it accelerated when hitting the tracks.
Thankfully Luffy didn't fall off the train when this happened.
He managed to get in along with the Square Sisters and Franky's right hand man who was named Zambai.
Oh and there were three more stowaway, Paulie, Lulu and Tilestone.
"When did you even come in?" asked Sakura with a sweat drop.
"And why are you here?" asked Nami.
"The enemy who took your crew member were the same as who tried to kill Mr. Iceberg. I know I can't stop you I'm joining your fight. I'm doing this on my own, Galley-La has nothing to do with this." He said.
However it should be pointed while Paulie knew who the enemy was, Lulu and Tilestone did not.
When they were told it was Lucci, Kaku and Kalifa (as well as Blueno) they were beyond shocked.
"That thought didn't even cross into your mind… did it?" asked Paulie.
"We thought it was Michel and Hoichael from the back alleys." Said Tilestone.
"Who are they!" yelled Paulie.
They were a couple of punk kids… it's best not to think about it…
Luffy who was just eating food during this, finished up and began a speech.
"Galley-La Shipwrights, Franky Family, we might have been fighting in town, but from now we got the same enemy." Said Luffy, "That guy with the pigeon is probably the strongest, I'll be the one to send him flying.
"We have to get them back." Said Zoro, "Otherwise this will never end."
At the same time, Chimney saw that a large wave was headed their way.
"Can't we steer away?" asked Nami.
"Sorry but like I said it's a run-away train." Said Kokoro, "My job was to guide it to the tracks."
"That means that there's nothing else we can do…" said Isaribi.
"But one…" said Sakura.
"Hey! We're going to crash into a huge wave!" yelled Nami.
However Luffy just continued his speech as he offered his arm to Paulie and Zambai.
"We're already heading in the same direction and it would be pointless to fight separately." He said.
The two grabbed each other's arms to form a triangle.
"From this point on we're comrades!" said Luffy.
There was a silence as everyone took it all in.
"And we have comrades on the other sea train, and when we all get together again we will be united in our battle!" Said Luffy, "We're not going to let any waves do us in! We're going to accomplish our goal no matter what!"
The others nodded, they knew that if they worked together nothing would be able to defeat them…
Of course the thing they had to worry about the most right now was getting thought that guidance wave.
Then again with this crew it was probably nothing.
Next Time: The Journey to Enies Lobby continues, will they be able to destroy the wave? Meanwhile with Naruto's group, Usopp refuses to help. However there's a mysterious masked man who joins them when he leave. Who is he? Well... then again he's wearing brown overalls... and he has a long nose... Never mind... There's no mystery...