Deadly Drinking Pirate

by Mar 'Darry' Darren

Ace was wondering about that sake he stole from those pirates before allowing his little brother Luffy drink it when they became brothers. And now, Luffy has gained a new ability, one that defies the laws of Devil Fruits and yet makes him even stronger than before. Watch this drunk-proof pirate become the king of them all. Mature Luffy Dual Devil Fruit Luffy Luffy/Harem

5. A Clash Of Steel! Luffy's Ultimate Power

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.

"One Piece." – Speaking

'One Piece.' – Thinking

One Piece. – Flashbacks

One Piece. – Devil Fruits and Techniques

Deadly Drinking Pirate

A Clash Of Steel! Luffy's Ultimate Power!

Previously on Deadly Drunken Pirate,

And he did. Luffy learned a lot more about Nami. And over the course from Orange Town to Syrup Village, the two had found themselves in a relationship. Still, Nami didn't get any private training in Haki; Luffy never wanted to play favorites even with his girlfriend. He was just lucky that Nami won't have it any other way and so far, she had gotten a good distance in the basics and she could just barley sense when Luffy comes in when she is taking a shower after training. It was not much but anything is always more than nothing; after all, Luffy's crew still has a lot to learn about how vast the world is.

"Big Brothers!" That was one way to start the morning, with a voice of discovery. If only everyone appreciated that,

"Stop calling us brothers!" Nami snapped on hers, Kaya's and Alvida's behalf's.

"I can't believe that Captain let those two idiots led the way. Ah well, it was since we saved one of them of course." Alvida muttered and went back to her training; strengthening her body to handle large shifts with massive weights, for her fighting style with her club.

Nami couldn't argue with that last sentence though. Johnny and Yosaku were fellow bounty hunters that knew Zoro and vice versa all the way back when Zoro was merely a bounty hunter himself with the nickname 'Pirate Hunter'. How they met Luffy and the gang was after Usopp had finish painting the spare flags and sails with Luffy's style of the Jolly Roger.

The Going Merry, the scout ship of the King's Gourd and placed in a special compartment for any future use, had a single cannon compared to the five ones stored in the larger ship. Luffy was trying to make sure that the sole cannon on the Going Merry was working right. Usopp heard the racket Luffy was making and decided to give it a go but never specified his chosen target which was a large rock in the sea.

Instead of getting praise for it, Luffy berated Usopp for being so careless. He said that he didn't want to aim at the rock because he claimed to have felt two life forces on the other side. And attacking on their own deck was one of the said life forces. Revealed to be 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 the Kanji for 'sea'. Johnny 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 was smiling to see Zoro show himself on the deck.

Yosaku was supposed to be 'dying' since he collapsed all of sudden. And that attack on their only ship didn't help. Luffy said that Yosaku just had the common ailment called scurvy that can be cured. To do this, Luffy ordered Usopp to retrieve all the lemons from the storage closet and make Yosaku drink the lemon's juices.

Luffy explained that scurvy was caused when sailors suffer an extreme lack of Vitamin D which is abundant in lemon juice. Despite saying that it takes two days to cure, Yosaku claimed to have been cured almost immediately which annoyed everyone while Kaya was a little confused and begun to associate this 'miracle healing' with her own until Yosaku coughed up blood and collapsed again when they tried to make an impressive introduction. Kaya had lost every ounce of 'respect' on that moment.

Still, Johnny wanted to make up for all this trouble by telling them where they can get a cook that can adapt to sailing and also where the man that Zoro hopes to find and defeat to achieve his dream. And currently,

"There it is! The floating restaurant open to any type of sailor as long as they have money!" Johnny pointed out and the pirates were surprised to see something kind of building that was indeed floating in the sea but looked like something of fish with a fish head on one side while a fin on the exact opposite side. "That is where Hawk-Eyes usually goes to!" The bounty hunter added much to the excitement of Zoro while they both ignored Luffy's strange sneer to that sentence which is what the pirate captain always did to that piece of info.

"Well at least it is a restaurant Jonny and those are the best places to find a chef. And we need one before the Grand Line." Luffy said while glaring at the two of them, in an effort to get their minds back on track. And that helped, a little until they ran into someone first.

He was a Marine Lieutenant that was named "Iron Fist" Fullbody by the knuckle duster on his right hand. He looked like the real thing and since the King's Gourd had a pirate's flag, it meant that Fullbody had to take them down as a Marine. But Luffy didn't quite respect that because of the aura of arrogance and that Fullbody was only acting so cool to impress the woman on his ship; like a ladies man. "Sink it." Fullbody said and when one of the sailors obeyed and shot a cannonball into the direction of the King's Gourd, everyone there had the shock of their lifetime, at the first one.

Luffy had extended his arm just in time to catch the cannonball like it was a baseball but since it was still packing impractical force, Luffy's arm reacted like a spring reeling in. And then Luffy crushed the cannonball, releasing the pieces into the sea while his arm was still reeled in. "I am not in the mood Fullbody, you should have known better and you stink of Georgo's Heartbreak (1). That stuff is not only expensive but just poor wine disguised with perfume." Luffy said and when his arm finally released from its coiled spring-like shape to somehow blast Fullbody into the far away railing.

"Here, take this and go away." Fullbody got up only to have a full wine bottle shoved into his arms. He looked at the label and had a slight disgusted look on his face. But then he shrugged and ordered for a wine glass so that a sailor can try it for poison. Instead, that sailor had the look of total bliss on his face.

So Fullbody tried it out, seeing that ten more marines didn't die from poison but they could have from bliss given how happy they looked. The Marine Lieutenant was wondering how such a cheap brand, compared to the ones he is used to, can have the best example of wine in all his life. Fullbody just shrugged and kept it, despite protests form is crew who wanted a sip themselves.

Meanwhile, Luff and his crew had finally reeled in their sails and entered the restaurant. Luckily there was a table built for seven customers so they helped themselves and waited for a waiter to take their orders. That was the only problem with the place, there were no waiters!

Before they could try and find out how do the other customers get their orders when a commotion started at another table. Turning to face it, the pirates saw a familiar face and a woman that was dressed like this was a ball dance with a king as the host. With her was Fullbody and he seemed to be on a date with that woman and thought that getting the name of the wine brand served to them will impress not only his date but also everyone else; Luffy had other thoughts and was the real one right on the money when Fullbody asked someone else if he was right.

Instead, "Dead wrong sir." Everyone else turned to what looked like a young man that balanced bowls filled to the brim with soup not only in his left hand but on his head perfectly. "And I am no waiter, the name is Sanji."

Sanji is a slim, yet muscular, long-legged young man with blond hair and keeps his hair brushed over the left side of his face. Among Sanji's physical traits are his distinctive eyebrows. Both form a spiral but at different ends. His right eyebrow forms a spiral at the outer end, while his left eyebrow forms a spiral at the inner end. This means his face is asymmetrical with the position of his eyebrow spirals. This, however, is not fully seen due to his hairstyle. Sanji is wearing a black, double-breasted suit with a tie and a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt with pinstripes.

That blunt statement had caused everyone to laugh at Fullbody who was embarrassed with himself and silently wondered why he got it wrong. In his thoughts, it was revealed that he asked for the brand he proclaimed and thought that was the one he drank. That was the sure sign of a fraud and Fullbody wanted to get even by planting a fake bug in his soup to get back at Sanji but instead, the young man only caused the plan to backfire. That and Sanji flirting with his date had finally caused Fullbody to snap and break the table in half.

Then Fullbody had tried to get aggressive with Sanji in retaliation for having his date ruined and himself humiliated but he severely underestimated Sanji. In no time at all, Fullbody was covered in blood and dangled from Sanji's hand, the only thing about the blonde man that was stained with blood itself. Sanji then coldly talked Fullbody down about how he 'dared to waste food in front of a sea chef'.

"Hey waiter." Sanji turned with a sigh to see Luffy giving him his direct attention. "You better clean that up or you can get arrested for assaulting a high ranking marine. They hate that you know." Luffy said with a smirk and everyone got the nigh irresistible urge to do the same. "And you can forget about getting a date with that guy's girl, she is scared out of her wits. And you said that you love women." Luffy suddenly gotten serious and everyone felt something that made them want to avoid Sanji.

Then Luffy got up from his seat and to the blood pool where he started to lift Fullbody to his feet. And in a mere instant, a couple of marine sailors appeared. "Good timing, now get your boss and his girl out of here."

"Why don't you do it?!" One the customers shouted like they thought Luffy was being lazy.

"Because I am a pirate. Think before you speak and please spare this poor guy's bad day from getting worse." Luffy said in an honest tone that no one had ever found the strength or words to retort with.

"Hey! You had no right to barge in and scold me! You are just another pirate here!" Sanji yelled with a bored look but somehow had the shivers by seeing the look in Luffy's eye.

"You say you're a chef when you deliver other people's food, that you never made Sanji." Luffy said and somehow, that got everyone else's attention. "You call yourself a chef so where is your hat, your apron? You look nothing like a chef but a waiter so sue all of us." Giggling and snickering was to be heard and Sanji was starting to blush in embarrassment. "And what kind of chef smokes, you need that tongue still sharp to taste food right? Not only are you flirt, a liar, but also a waiter that has as much taste as last week's hamburger. Just look at yourself and you will see what I mean." Now the whole place was filled with laughter and Sanji was shaking; like he was going to explode until another voice was heard among the laughter.

"That is a good head on your shoulders kid. I never saw anyone talk down Sanji like that before and I had him for over half his life." That voice was like a man too but much older and gruffer, much like an elderly or experienced man. "The name is Zeff, by the way."

Zeff is an elderly-looking man who still retains his blonde-colored hair, which he keeps underneath his extra-long chef's hat. His mustache is considerably long, and complete with a beard. He wore his chef's uniform, with a blue ascot, and white apron. Also, he has a peg leg and he seems to have no trouble walking with it.

"Nice name and you smell of experience. I am scared to ask how you lost your leg as well." Luffy said with words that can be passed off as a joke but Zeff smiles, seeing that the boy was serious.

"I am afraid that I don't have to time to tell you my story, just to pick up my idiotic and lout mouthed son." Zeff said and he did, in a very rough way as he ignored Sanji's protesting and dragged him away as if Sanji was suddenly a bag of potatoes. Meanwhile, Luffy relaxed back into his seat and started to eat along with his crew who knew better not to piss Luffy off by eating before him.

When they finished their food and were planning to pay the bill as well as see if they can recruit a chef into the crew, something else happened and it was bound to be interesting. The crew of pirates learned that while they were eating, there was another customer that appeared. One that hadn't eaten in five days but had no money so he was kicked out and denied of food. That man happened to be Gin, the 'Man-Demon', from the Krieg Pirates named after their captain who had an unhealthy reputation for cowardly and dirty tactics a sailor can ever think of.

The reason they were getting nervous was that Sanji had secretly fed Gin and that convinced the 'Man-Demon' to consider this restaurant to the rest of the Krieg Pirates. The chefs were all in an outrage that Sanji not only fed an unpaying customer but also unleashed the Krieg Pirates on the Baratie. While most of the crew were worrying about this, Luffy had gotten an interest in Sanji's selflessness and thoughtfulness so the captain might consider recruiting the latter as the cook.

While Luffy's crew had their own thoughts about this decision, the discussion was put to aside when the customers looked to see a ship with a Jolly Roger that had an hourglass on both sides. One of them said it was the sign of the Krieg Pirates as it means that once anyone saw the flag, their time on earth is over. However, they forgot about panicking at the flag to notice that the ship itself was a wreck!

It had the signs of a storm wrecking it but Luffy was the only one to notice that there were also signs of intense battles as well. Just what could happened that involved a storm and a battle at the same time? Ocean battles are the worst but a storm at sea will never make thing easier.

Meanwhile, Gin came in with a man that was much bigger than he is and was wearing a regal attire consisting of a fur-lined coat over a yellow vest with black spots-like motifs. Around his thick neck there is a big golden chain. He also was wearing light-purple pants and black shoes. Krieg had begged and bowed for food, something that caused the customers and Gin himself to be shocked at and the chefs to shamelessly mock Krieg for.

But once again, it was Sanji's cue and he arrived with a plate of food and something to drink while delivering a kick to one of the main chefs who was still laughing at Krieg. But the other chefs were quick to try and stop Sanji while also trying to destroy the food before it reaches Krieg. But they never counted on Luffy expertly catching the dish while not even wasting a crumb.

"Thank you. The food was just fine but you need a better taste in wine Sanji." Luffy said while shattering the bottle that Sanji initially had on one of the chef's head; when some of the droplet got into his mouth, that same chef said that it was terrible. "Here. Try it now." Luffy then placed the plate of food and a wine bottle of his own right where even a man starving to death like Krieg can reach easily. And he did, cowing it down like a frantic and greedy pig. And while he was at it, he chugged the wine bottle until it ran dry.

The chefs protested and questioned Luffy's sanity but they couldn't even scream when they saw and felt something out a nightmare. "You call yourselves cooks and what is worst, you call yourself sea cooks. I thought you job, you duty was to feed those who are starving to death. Are you that foolish and cowardly to let someone die of starvation to sleep better at night?"

Before anyone could answer, Krieg emerged from the floor and stood up with a might roar. Just like when a bear awakens from hibernation. "That food was delicious, I feel that my strength is returning. Thank you, boy with a straw hat." Luffy tipped his spoken hat as one of the manners he learned from back home. "Now then, I ask of you all to make food for my crew."

Once Krieg made that announcement, everyone started to protest. As if that was the same as being told to jump ship and die or something. The chefs all refused, they all claimed that if they do feed Krieg's crew then they doom the ship. Sanji, of course, ignored them and tried to get to the kitchen to start cooking but the other chefs had suddenly surrounded him and pointed their pistols at Sanji, threatening to kill him.

But all of a sudden, the cooks all but fell to the floor. They started to complain about how numb they started to feel and so much that they can't find the strength to stay on their legs. "One of the many things I learned from a friend who is a sailor in the Grand Line is this; 'guns and rifles are only used for threats when they handled by cowards, real men use them for actions instead of words'."

"HA!" Krieg started to howler at the sight. "You are alright kid, too bad that I can't have someone young like you on my ship!" Then Luffy saw that Krieg was going to change his tone and signaled for his crew to duck; something that the pirates had learned to obey without question. "But then again, I HATE ISOLENCE!" Krieg then shredded his regal look to reveal golden wootz steel armor, which is fur-lined like the rest of his attire. Consisting of a chest plate, shoulder guards, and elbow guards. His Jolly Roger is painted on the shoulder guards. Under those, he has a brown shirt, and his hands are covered by a pair of fur-lined gloves.

But everyone soon ignored all that once Krieg pulled out a pair of double tubed pistols and some more under his golden armor and shoot at the down chefs point blank. Shouts of unfairness and disbelief were soon heard throughout the entire restaurant. And while everyone's focus was on both shot sea chefs and Krieg's armor, Luffy made a curious signal that only Nami saw and nodded at. She even gave Luffy a quick kiss on the cheek before sneaking past everyone and through the front exit.

And just then, a large white sack fell on the ground right in front of Krieg. And on the other side to him was Zeff. "Here. Enough food for even a hundred sailors. Now take it and get out of here." Things looked good; Krieg will take what he really wanted and with nothing left to deal with a restaurant, he will be on his way. That is until one of the loudmouth chefs had to ruin it.

"What are you doing Chef Zeff!?" He said until Luffy suddenly glared at him.

"Do you ever shut up and now Krieg will never leave." He said and everyone was wondering why until Krieg finally spoke up.

"Zeff? As in 'Red Foot' Zeff? You are still alive?" Krieg asked the head chef of the restaurant. "I thought you perished in a storm nine years ago."

"So what if I am alive. I can't be a sailor anymore now that I have only one leg. But that doesn't matter to me." Zeff said. "I am now a chef and I still have my two hands so I can still cook. You are looking at an old man who is nothing like when I was Red Foot."

"Who is Red Foot?" Usopp asked and Luffy answered.

"The owner Usopp. He wasn't always the head chef of the Floating Restaurant, he used to be a pirate." He started to explain and everyone gasped at that fact. "When he was a pirate, he was the captain and cook of his crew so he was unique. He never used his hands in combat and instead used his legs to fight. His monstrous strength and skill with his kicks can shatter granite and leave footprints in steel. He was known as Red Foot because of how his legs are usually strained with the blood of his enemies." Everyone was amazed once Luffy finished his story; who would have thought that the one legged chef used to be a pirate and a very well-known one at that. "I even heard that after a year in the Grand Line, you came back only to vanish from the seas."

"Got it all in one package boy. And now that is all in the past." Zeff said in a stubborn tone that showed some modestly as well as honesty.

"You forgot to mention one more thing straw hat boy." Krieg decided to cut in as well. "Once you made it back from a year in the Grand Line, you had a notebook. A notebook that contained everything you ever learned, everything you ever used, everything there is to sail on the Grand Line. I need it since I just came from the Grand Line myself but didn't last more than a week."

Now everyone was scared, they were aware of how powerful Krieg and his crew were but to hear that they failed to last more than a week in the Grand Line. Just how dangerous is the World's Greatest Ocean?

"No." Zeff finally broke the ice. "That notebook is also everything about me and my old crew. It is a testament to our own strength and I will keep it until I die!"

"Fool!" Krieg burst, "I had everything once I entered the Grand Line! Power! Numbers! Tactics! All I didn't have was information and you are the only man in the East Blue that has it! I need it!" Krieg shouted but Zeff was not budging.

"Sorry Krieg." Luffy cut in once again. "But when only you still standing and a starving crew behind you, you can't be taken seriously and neither will be your words. A general without an army to lead is as good as dead."

Krieg gritted his teeth and sighed. "Fine straw hat boy. But don't think that you will off the hook for denying me what I want. I will be back and with an army to lead. Then I will take that notebook even if I have to sink this stinking restaurant to the bottom of the ocean!" Krieg then took the sack of food, hung it over his shoulder left the Baratie via the front door.

After a moment of silence, everyone soon turned to Zeff. "Now what boss?" "You have doomed us all!" "Wait until every single one of Krieg's pirates finally gets fed!" "Then we all are dead!"

"SHUT UP!" Zeff sighed in relief that Luffy had silenced his idiotic brand of chefs.

"Thanks boy. And you lot should be grateful that Krieg was smart enough not to sink this place with all the food going down. We have been given time to defend ourselves, if you are cowardly enough to jump ship for all I care." Zeff said to the chefs and they never budged, just bring out an oversized eating tool for each one to hold like a spear. They all said that they have no place other than the Baratie so they are going to defend it.

But all that was dashed when Luffy had violently left the table and headed towards to the front door to say. "Guys, Zeff. The hawk has arrived to finish off his prey." As soon as those encrypted words were said, the sound of a large mass hitting the water and screams had lured everyone else outside.

XXXXX

Outside the restaurant was the same ruined ship that scared away the customers but it had a large cut that pretty much sliced it into two. "Captain, the ship is listing!" One of the sailors that was unfortunately still on the listing ship shouted to Krieg who was on a safer portion, watching in horror and disbelief.

"Listing?! My flagship galleon!? Impossible!" Krieg could only watch until his signature ship finally collapsed under all the damage and now it is garbage floating on the sea around the Baratie.

"Hey Krieg!" The large man turned to see Luffy smirking at him. The sight alone had started to make him angry. "You sure were stupid in the Grand Line. You dared to interrupt his nap and now he has followed you all the way back to the East Blue. Thanks a lot." Luffy said in a sarcastic tone that dragged a proverbial dagger through Krieg's chest.

"What the hell are you talking about!? That bastard attacked first and look at the hell he had down to my ships! That was my only own left!" Krieg retorted but Luffy just shook his head in a way to say 'whatever'.

"Captain! There he is! That is the man who almost sank us and now he is here in the East Blue with us!" Another of the Krieg Pirates shouted and pointed into the direction of a boat that was in the shape of a coffin with a single sail, a couple of eerie candles and then there is the sailor that is on the ship.

"Zoro." Luffy said to his first mate who was shaking like a leaf. "That is the man you claim to beat. I present the Greatest Swordsman in the World, Dracule Mihawk."

Mihawk is a tall lean man with black hair, a short beard, mustache and sideburns that point upwards. His strangely colored red eyes resembled that of a hawk. He wears black and red ornate clothing with a crucifix pendant 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 white 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 on his back at times he isn't using it. The large sword is a curved black blade in the shape of a crucifix, with a golden handguard decorated by red beads, and a hilt wrapped in bandages, with a particularly big bead at his extremity.

"Hello Luffy. I thought you will be in the Grand Line by now." Mihawk started to speak in a calm and otherwise bored tone.

"You know how I take lessons of others to heart and it doesn't hurt to take people with real potential along or they will just be wasted away if they stay in the East Blue." Luffy said in a causal tone that scaring everyone. Luffy was by all means an actual swordsman but even other swordsmen are reluctant to be this way with the best in the world.

"Fine, fine. And who is this approaching me?" Mihawk said before he got everyone facing Zoro who seemed to be in a trance of something.

"My name is Roronoa Zoro and my dream to be the best in the world. And to do that, I ask to challenge you." Zoro said which caused no only gasps from almost everyone present but the Krieg Pirates all recognized Zoro as the 'Pirate Hunter' and user of the Three Sword Style.

"You think you can make yourself look brave by thinking you are the first to challenge me frog? I know of a real swordsman, one that I can truly call a rival. And then there is Luffy, he is someone I can actually take seriously." Mihawk said to very blunt. "But…" Mihawk then jumped so fast that he practically teleported from his boat and behind Zoro, much to the horror of the Krieg Pirates. "I must ask, before I kill you over such rashness, why do you challenge me? It is bravery or foolishness?"

"Neither. It's called ambition and also a promise to a late friend. And I will not die before any of them are fulfilled." Zoro answered while taking out his personal double blades while placing the Wado Ichimonji from his late friend in his mouth.

And yet, Mihawk ever even reached for the large sword on his back. Instead, he took what seemed to be a necklace with a cross in the middle. Taking the cross, Mihawk reveled it to be a disguise for an unusually small dagger with the top half as the handle.

"What's that for?" Zoro said in growing frustration, that Mihawk not only wasn't afraid of him like all the previous prey but thought that a blade that small will be all Mihawk needed to fight him.

"That's Mihawk's Kogatana." Luffy said, not caring if anyone heard or not. Sensing that he at least got some attention for that statement, he continued. "Mihawk uses it to determine if his next opponent is really all they say. It took me an entire year fighting that thing to even get Mihawk to realize how old it was getting."

"What do you mean Luffy?" Usopp asked and Luffy smiled, "You trained with Mihawk!?" A smirk was all anyone needed for an answer. That and this,

"Sure but the rest is a story for another time." Luffy said and faced the conflict which could only be a one-sided battle. Zoro was now fighting like a madman, enraged at the silent insult Mihawk was showing. That was because Mihawk is so good with blades that he was able to match and overwhelm Zoro will only a 'pocket knife'. When Zoro tried to get serious, he unwilling let his guard down and was stabbed in the chest with the Kogatana.

"Brother! DAMMM!" Jonny and Yosaku were outraged at the sight but suddenly found themselves dizzy and unable to even lift themselves over the railings. Usopp was a little surprised at the sight but only looked at Luffy with the expression on his face, saying everything running through his mind. Meanwhile, Zoro was not even trying to escape and it was because he treasured his honor over his life; in one twisted way, that is a good way to go.

Mihawk was impressed that Zoro realized that the former had missed the latter's heart on purpose. Taking out his biggest blade from his back, that Mihawk called Black Sword Yoru, he charged for Zoro who was preparing to use his strongest move. However, it was not enough and Zoro was left with two broken swords in his hands and even more damage to his body. But he refused to back down now.

"Scars on a swordsman's back is his greatest shame!"

"Excellent." That was to be the last word heard until the sound of flesh ripping apart and settled in everyone's ears. And after only a few seconds that felt like an eternality, this cut the silence in half;

"ZORO!"

Zoro was in great pain and it seemed like the world had suddenly gotten silent and numb. But all this was actually the moment Zoro needed; to see just how strong the World's Greatest is. And all this reminded him of just how strong Zoro saw of his captain that made him feel like a little frog in a big ocean. It was back when and where Zoro actually first saw Luffy and also saw just how powerful the raven haired pirate captain really is.

Flashback Begins!

"You!?"

"Luffy!"

"NOO!"

"STRAWHAT!"

They all reacted to Luffy taking in the marine bullets and yet Luffy didn't get riddled with holes like a piece of Swiss cheese. "It will take more than that to kill me!" Luffy laughed at everyone's expressions.

"Just who the hell are you!?"

Everyone shouted while ignoring the armless marines and the pile of rifles at Luffy's feet. And neither did Luffy who said proud and clear. "I am Monkey D. Luffy and my dream is to be the best pirate of them all! I am going to be the Drunken Pirate King!"

"Drunken Pirate King? What the hell does that mean?" Zoro asked, suddenly lost all his shock and was now feeling confused.

"It means what it means Zoro. You ought to know that." Luffy said and took out his prize to show to Zoro. "You didn't say which sword was yours so I took them all. Are any of these your sword?"

"They all are. I practice Three Sword Style and those are my treasures." Zoro answered and Luffy nodded.

"I know that I promised to get your swords but you can still refuse and die here or you can live as their enemy." Luffy said while directing the attention to the navy who were frozen in shock from all this.

"You…are…a…real demon. You know that right?" Zoro said and not caring if he got an answer or not. "Oh I have nothing to lose most anyways. I will do it! I will be a pirate!"

"Then here you go and hurry it up, they are already here." Luffy just extended the three swords and showed that the navy had decided to abandoned firearms in favor of swords. Zoro was wondering why Luffy hadn't untied the ropes until old reflexes and kicked in. The ropes were already untied!

Zoro didn't care for it anymore and used his three swords to block every single blade that was aiming for his neck. Coby and Alvida were both in shock and awe at the sight while Luffy chuckled. "There. I have fought the navy so I am an outlaw. I don't care anymore but I do have a dream. To be the best swordsman in the world. And I will succeed with or without your help. So don't get into my way."

"I don't intend to and especially not with men with dreams. There is just so little of us in the world." Luffy said before raising one of his legs. "So duck." Zoro was wondering why Coby and Alvida started to back away. "Gomu-Gomu no Muchi!" Zoro suddenly felt like dropping down and just in time to avoid Luffy's extended leg, wiping out every Marine literally on his back.

"Just what the hell are you!?" Zoro managed to shout despite having his Wado Ichimonji still in his mouth.

"I am a man with many talents and with many powers Zoro. And I am also the only captain in the world who can kill his crew if they rebel, so don't think about it." Luffy answered with a grin that sent a slight shiver down his spine.

"Enough! You cowards can't do anything right! I will give you my last order, to all who are off no use to me!" The voice of Morgan had settled in everyone's ears once again. "Every single Marine in this courtyard better prepare to slit their throats once I give the signal or I will kill you all if you hesitate!"

That really sent things over the edge and the poor Marines just picked up their swords and placed the tip on the skin of their throats, ready to take their own life due to cowardice. "Good one father, look at me!"

Luffy and Zoro turned to see something that enraged them but only made Morgan indifferent. There was Helmeppo in all his own cowardly glory but he was having a couple of hostages; Coby and Alvida! Helmeppo dared to have a gun at Coby's temple while having his other hand on one of Alvida's breasts, threating to rip them off! "Don't you move or they both will met their end! They must have been stupid to cross us and follow a selfish idiot like you! You sent them here just to get Zoro all to yourself! Admit it!"

Luffy didn't say a word but only smirked like a madman only waved his hand briefly only to settle off a chain of events like never before, all at the same time. The first thing to happen will be Helmeppo suddenly started to shake and let go of his hostages. "Go." Luffy said and Coby picked up the pistol and shot Helmeppo in the eye!

"Now you will never look at the world like you just looked at us and the Marines Helmeppo. I will be sure of it!" Coby shouted with confidence and bravery that appeared out of nowhere while Helmeppo just struggled with a bleeding right eye. That is until he was knocked out by the bare side of a spiked club by Alvida who put her hand on Coby's shoulder with a look of new respect.

The second thing that happened was all the swords the Marines were holding had all rusted in mere seconds and lost their edge that they can't even scratch bare human skin. The blades then shattered and crumbled off the handles and onto the ground, completely useless and harmless.

And the final thing to happen started with a scream, from Morgan. Everyone saw to their disgust that Morgan's metal lower jaw had suddenly started to fall as the surrounding skin and tissue had dissolved completely.

Morgan couldn't even speak while trying to stop the bleeding at his mouth and could only grumble and mumble in anger. But he couldn't even get up for some reason and he couldn't even give orders to his Marines who had appeared before him. He mumbled something like he was trying to call out to them but saw that the Marines were no longer afraid of him.

They were angry at him, they started down with hateful looks and with their rifles back in hand. Morgan couldn't lift his axe hand or even scream to save his life while the courtyard was filled with gunfire. This went on for one single minute with five rounds a second given how low tech the rifles were.

Once the gunfire finally left the air for the remainder of that day, there was only a smoking carcass that had a metal lower jaw and an axe for a right hand. Morgan was done in by the very Marines that feared and thus, secretly hated him. And that will why the life of a captain is always about waiting for the crew to kill you for any reason they fine suitable to do so.

But Luffy will be a different captain, his crew will fear him but not in the way Morgan had done. They will fear him for his power to protect them and deal with their enemies rather than abuse and cruel treatment to them from the captain, Luffy himself. "Will you really kill us Captain? Because you can."

"I will do what everyone thinks is right and you can't deny it. If I need to kill, it will not be you. It will be the evil that dared to use like puppets, and puppets are only freed once the strings are cut." Luffy answered, "And I try to cut them until I give up. And I will never give up, not until the end." Zoro never forgot those words that day and he never will.

Flashback Ends!

'You were right captain. I am not ready to complete my dream. I really am weak compared to the best of the best.' Zoro thought as he laid there in his own blood. 'But I will not give up from here, not until the end.'

XXXXX

Meanwhile, at the same time as Zoro was sliced terribly

"ZORO!" Luffy yelled and as he roared, the grunts of Kreig's crew all fainted while still floating in the water. The other chefs also fell to the might of the strange energy that filled the area with a mile long radius the least. That will explain all the fish and sharks floating to the surface while foaming at the mouth. Ignoring all that, Luffy still charged at Mihawk who still had his giant black blade out. When Mihawk tried to block Luffy's attack, it failed and Luffy was suddenly on the other side of Mihawk and only a few seconds afterwards, a gash on Mihawk's cheek had appeared!

"What!?"

"That kid landed a cut on the World's Greatest Swordsman!?"

"What is going on Chef Zeff!?"

"I have no damm idea turnips! I never seen this happen before and I never thought I will live to see Mihawk actually getting cut before! Not since he became the greatest swordsman in the world!" Zeff shouted with his calm and controlled expression was actually broken.

While everyone around the wreckage were in shock, Luffy's crew were feeling something else; worry. They have seen this happen before and it usually means that Luffy's anger has been triggered and when that happens, people get serious hurt and more serious wounds were soon to happen to them. Jonny and Yosaku suddenly found the strength to get to Zoro and take him away for the wreckage.

Meanwhile, Mihawk actually smiled for once and was able to block Luffy's next attack but the remainder impact force had sent him right into one of the broken masts in the wreckage. No matter how hard Mihawk had tried to push Luffy off of him, the latter had a firm pressing hold on the former, even when he used his remaining hand to grab his saber as he had his katana out first as a habit.

"I am not the same as you last saw me Mihawk and now you have finally gave me enough reason to show you what I can really do without limits." Luffy said with a voice that only his opponent heard. "And I told you that once a mold breaker, always one."

Mihawk knew what Luffy saying and gave one last push with some extra strength than usual in order to try and get some space but once he did, there was an incredible pain in his shoulder. Luffy had somehow landed a direct hit even on someone as evasive and fast as Mihawk!

"You truly have grown so let's see this power that you never used in our matches in days long ago!" Mihawk shouted before the two titans with a sword went at it again. Every blow that was matched had caused something no more or less of an explosion. The sound and impact had shattered the battlefield of broken ship wood even rose and affected the nearby Baratie; windows shattered, the sea shook all around. It was like a true battle between titans on the face of the earth.

Everyone found it hard to follow the patterns and movements of the blades or the swordsman using them but they saw that they were pretty much even, giving each other the equal amount of cuts and bruises. But someone didn't appreciate the honor and dignity to leave this duel the way it is.

"Krieg." Luffy said in a deadpan tone that Mihawk had matched, the situation has turned sour by the large man. "I thought you would have fled by now."

"I am Don Krieg! I will not be seen as a coward by fleeing from who dares try to follow me!"

"Krieg, there is a thin line between bravery and foolishness. But no one will notice the character of 'coward' on your list of bad features, it is just under 'dishonest', 'cruel', 'vile' and finally 'pathetic'."

"Pathetic!? Why you…!" Krieg tried to charge for Luffy but was intercepted by a slash that had left a mark on the piece of wood both they were standing. "Hey that's my ship!"

"Was you ship Krieg and if you are the cunning, backstabbing and scheming cheater you are, you will know not to cross that line." Luffy said before making his way with his Saber in hand while his Katana back in its scabbard.

"Like a little boy with a straw hat is going to scare me! Now diiii~!?" Krieg, of course, never listened more out of pride and indeed foolish bravery and crossed the line anyway. But once he set his first foot on the other side, he kneed down in unknown pain that caused him to choke in blood. Krieg tried to speak but the blood clogging up his throat and mouth made it nigh impossible.

The strength throughout his entire body had left in an instant, like when Krieg was on the brink of starvation. 'W-what the hell is this? I never felt so much pain in my bones and my skin feels like it is trying to keep in lava.' Krieg thought until he heard the very last voice he ever wanted to.

"Do you remember that bottle of wine I gave you when you first arrived at the Baratie?" Luffy said. "I wasn't lying. I made that wine and that bottle myself. And I never give it except to those I wish to kill in the next twenty four hours. And that is because I can easily use my powers to poison you Krieg."

Everyone gasped in disbelief, shock and horror. This kid actually tricked Krieg into digesting poison!? Just what is wrong with this boy!? All they can do is ask themselves that once they saw that Krieg couldn't even stand on his knees anymore and fell to the deck with his face contorted in pain and something he claimed to lack, fear. And if that wasn't ugly enough, the eyes and mouth were leaking tears of foam that caused something of an acidic reaction with the deck wood.

And then, nothing happened. No one moved. No one spoke. It was like no one was able to breath. That is until coughing was heard and water leaving one's mouth had followed. It was Zoro and he finally came too after that near death experience that sent Luffy over the edge for only a few minutes.

"Zoro!"

"Big Brother!"

*Cough cough*

"I didn't kill your first mate Luffy. I merely tested him and since he proved to be better than the insects that come and go, I spared him." Mihawk said and faced the direction of Zoro after placing his Yoru back into its holder on the former's back. He then announced to Zoro that he will waiting for the latter to come and take his title. "And you should look for Zoro, Luffy. Because if he dies before taking my throne then I will hunt you down and kill you. Understand?"

"Yes Master." Luffy but Mihawk just chuckled, something as rare as a blue moon for the all serious and stern Mihawk.

"You have no reason left to call me that Luffy. I really have nothing left to teach you about. And I know you will not abuse my teachings so see the world, make more friends and do what only Roger was able to do." That was to be the last of Hawk-Eye Mihawk for the remainder of the day and pretty much the whole year; unless Luffy has anything to say about it.

XXXXX

Later,

It was then a hassle to ship out the scrap wood from Krieg's old ship. And what is more is to handle the corpse. The chefs found out that they could cover up even half a year's worth in costs and bills if they turn in Krieg for his bounty. As for the rest of his crew, they were all piled into a rowboat and told to never go near the Baratie ever again. With one exemption of course,

Gin, despite being called the 'Man-Demon', never wanted any of this to happen and foolishly mixed his feelings of being in debit with his loyalty to Krieg and the Krieg Pirates. But it helped when one of the Krieg Pirates, a large man named Pearl, tried to protest and even become the next captain; Gin put a cork in it and Pearl out of business for good despite the fact that Pearl never lost even a pint of blood in all of his battles or get a scratch on the various shields on his body.

Because of that and Luffy taking an interest in Gin, the staff at the Baratie reluctantly let Gin off the hook unless Luffy will take responsibility. Not even hesitating, Luffy agreed and Gin burst into tears at how a young man had shown him more kindness than everyone else in his life combined. But while everyone was taking a Gin on rowboat to go after Nami who had supposedly 'stolen' the King's Gourd, Luffy couldn't leave yet. There is still the need for one very important crew member, one that no crew should be without.

"You said that you need a cook on your crew right?" Luffy and Yosaku turned to Sanji who was leaning on one of the walls, taking another smoke like usual and yet they both knew that those words came from his mouth.

"I do but I can't afford to have an indecisive person in my crew and working in my ship. What made you change your mind?" Luffy was excited to hear the one he chose finally wanting to join but if he just said yes, it will only make him sound desperate. Desperate was a word that Luffy will rather die than to hear someone call him that.

"Because I have a dream." Sanji said and got Luffy's attention. "My dream is to find the All Blue where all four of the Blue Seas meet. Where every single ingredient in the world are in one place; paradise for a sea cook like myself." Sanji finally admitted and expected to hear at least some laughter; silence was all he heard instead. But Sanji just couldn't wait for a response either, "And I have learned everything there is to cooking and the old man's fighting style. I am sure to be able to handle whatever will happen if I join you. Is that good enough…Captain?"

Luffy was silent, trying to spot any deception in that tone. There was none. That is when Luffy smiled and patted Sanji on the shoulder. "Then you are in Sanji. And I promise you that once we are done sailing the Grand Line, that dream will just be around the corner. Because by then, you will a chef worthy to cook up anything that can be found in the All Blue."

"Thank you…Captain." Sanji said before he started to show tears down his cheeks. "Thank you." Sanji then left saying that he needed to pack up but it was also to hide his tears while within his room. Tears that he was finally leaving the restaurant and that he was given a chance to try at his dream.

Dreams, that is what truly Pirates are for. To seek adventure and see the world as they can before their untimely ends. Whatever dreams were completed or not, pirates don't die screaming or crying but laughing at all the fun they had before they die.

End of Chapter 5.

*I sure took a while to get everything in mind and put it all down. So I hope it is the best it can be. This will be the first update this ear so I am going to put everything I can into it.

And I hoped that this will answer any questions about Luffy's other Devil Fruit Power. I am calling it the Kuri-Kuri no Mi or the Drunk-Drunk Fruit; Kuri-Kuri is an onomatopoeia for hiccupping, like what we do when we are generally drunk from alcohol. Basically, it allows the eater to do two things; one, never become drunk and two, cause anything else organic to become drunk instead. But past the basics are the power to control the properties of all alcohol and feed on the strengths of drunken living beings to increase one's own strength.

It is all thanks to the user letting out a colorless cloud of toxins that make up alcohol which anything that breathes will take in to become instantly drunk. When anyone is drunk, they lost half their natural balance, reflexes, strength and even perception of time and those can really hinder one's fighting prowess. And since this means that the user can reach down to the bloodstreams where the influence of alcohol reach, it is very easy for the user of the Kuri-Kuri no Mi to poison a target. I thought hard on this take on how Mr. Oda does his Akuma no Mi.

Thanks for all the support anyways and I will love to hear on the creative ways you thought up for your own designs on new Akuma no Mi. I will love to hear back if you have any suggestions for another new fruit to appear any time in this story.*

I don't care if that is a fake name or an actual wine brand, I came up with it for the sake of having Luffy not only control over alcohol, but also an extended knowledge on the brands in One Piece.