Chapter 4

It has been a day since Luffy defeated Buggy, and the crew left Orange Town, and were now on the way to the next island.

Yesterday, after the battle, Luffy and the others gathered on the shore, Nami included. Luffy talked with her, and tried to convince her to join his crew.

It took a while, but Nami accepted to join his crew, but only after Luffy and the others helped her with something, and when asked what, she explained her story about her home Island being taken over by Arlong Pirates eight years ago.

She said how they just came, and took over the Islands, before they started to collect money, while killing everyone who didn't have to pay. She said how Arlong took her in his crew when he saw she can draw sea charts like no one else.

In the end, she said how she made a deal with Arlong, that if she can gather 100 mil belly, she will be able to buy the village from him.

Ever since, she has been going all over East Blue stealing money and gold from pirates, and is very close, but after seeing what Luffy is capable of, she thought he might be able to beat Arlong while the others can deal with his crew, so she decided to make Luffy promise her to help her and her village, and in exchange, she will join his crew as a navigator.

Luffy and the others were angry after they heard Nami's story, but have hid it well, as it hasn't shown on their faces.

So, Luffy went and promised to help her, and the others agreed. After that was settled, they all went on their ship, and left the Island.

XXX

Right now, the crew is on the ship which formerly belonged to the Bear King, and were going toward the next Island, which according to Nami, is supposed to be Gecko Islands.

Luffy is currently standing at the front of the ship watching in the distance, and thinking about the next steps in his journey, and is making some plans.

Natsu is in the crow's nest, making sure no one catches them by surprised being that Marines or other pirate crews, while Naruto and Zoro are seating at the side of the deck, with Zoro sleeping, while Naruto is once again thinking about Tsunade wondering if she is safe, and if she has given birth to his child, if she was even pregnant to begin with, though he had a feeling she is.

Nami on the other hand has been below deck ever since she saw all the gold Luffy, Natsu and Naruto have gathered, and after she took some deep in it when she saw it the first time, she has managed to gather herself, and has been trying to estimate how much gold they have on that ship, and then she will go to the one being pulled by Plesiosaur, to count it as well.

Luffy moved from the front of the ship, while the others didn't really pay attention, and then he went below deck to talk with Nami.

Once he got down, Luffy said Nami was completely focused on the gold, and was trying to estimate how valuable it is. Luffy noticed several pieces of paper next to Nami, with something written on them, while another paper is being filled by Nami at that very moment.

"Hey, Nami," Luffy called her, and Nami only mumbled, 'hm', without even looking at him, making Luffy sigh. 'She loves gold and money way too much.' Luffy thought in his head, but then said to Nami. "How much longer until we reach Gecko Islands?"

"Hm," Nami hmed again, but this time looked at Luffy, and he saw her eyes, which were bloodshot, indicating she hasn't slept for a while, most likely since yesterday morning. "About a day I guess." Nami said, and then went back to counting the gold, and writing something on the paper. Luffy assumed she is doing inventory of the gold, and how much it is worth.

Luffy got annoyed by her, and then after he approached her from behind, he placed his right index finger on her neck and let a little electricity shut her brain for a moment until she passed out, and went to sleep.

After that, Luffy took Nami in his arms, and took her in her room, where he left her on her bed to sleep, since she needs it.

With that over, Luffy went back on the deck and saw that all three of his other crewmates and friends, were still in the same positions as before he went to talk with Nami.

"Hey Zoro, wake up, I need to talk with you!" Luffy called Zoro with slightly raized voice, so Zoro will hear him and wake up.

Zoro first opened his left eye, and looked at who was calling him, so when he saw Luffy standing in front of him, he opened his other eyes, yawned, and then asked. "What's up, Captain?"

"You said you want to be the World's best swordsman, right," Luffy asked, and Zoro nodded, now standing in front of Luffy. "Then why are you sleeping and not training yourself?"

Zoro's eyes widened at the question, and then looked around, before he frowned. "We are on the ship, Captain, I can't really train much here."

Luffy looked at Zoro, and then around the deck of the ship, and said. "This is relatively big sip with a big deck, there is enough space for you to train some basic stuff."

Luffy then pulled one of the tree swords, and held it in his right hand, while looking at it. It was the sword he took from Billy the Orca Killer, and while at first Luffy couldn't remember the name of the sword, he remembered since. The name of the sword is Yamaoroshi, and is one of the fifty Ryo Wazamono grade swords, which is the third highest rank of the named swords.

Luffy looked at the sword for a few moments, and then looked at Zoro. "I want to see what you can do with those swords of yours, which is why we are going to have a little sparing match, and I will be using this sword instead of my original."

Zoro grinned like a maniac when Luffy said they will spar, but then he frowned when he heard what Luffy said about the sword he will use. "What do you mean by that? Aren't all three of those swords yours?"

"Oh they are all mine," Luffy said. "But this one and the green one I only got few days ago after I defeated their previous wielders, so I'm not used to the two of them as I am to my original which I had for years now." Luffy said, pointing to the third sword he had strapped to his waist.

Zoro looked at the three swords, and while he can sense nothing from the one Luffy is currently holing except that it is high grade sword, he can sense that the green one is cursed. As for the final one, the one that Luffy said is his original sword, he can sense some heavy aura around it, and it doesn't feel neither good nor bad, it's just there. He was sure thought that the sword is not cursed.

"Why won't you use your original," Zoro asked, and then narrowed his eyes? "Are you underestimating me by any chance?"

Luffy smirked. "Not at all," Luffy said. "I'm sure you might be a better swordsman then I am, since I taught myself swordsmanship, while you look like you have been trained by someone. The reason I don't want to use my original sword is that it might accidently break those two low level swords you have, and only your Wado Ichimonji would survive."

Zoro looked at Luffy with surprise in his voice. "How do you know that this sword is Wado Ichimonji?" Zoro asked while holding the mentioned sword.

"Wado Ichimonji is a named sword, and I have learned the names of all named swords from this blade smith who lives close to my village," Luffy started to explain. "Wado Ichimonji is one of the 21 Great Grade swords, which is the second highest level of named swords."

Zoro's eyes widened as he heard this, since he never knew that. He know understood why his sword master and his friend Kuina valued the sword so much, and was very surprised that his master even gave it to him in the first place.

Zoro then heard Luffy continue his explanation. "The sword I'm holding right now is called Yamaoroshi, and is one of the fifty Ryo Wazamono grade swords, which is a rank below Wado Ichimonji. As for the green one, it's called Shichiseiken, and is one of the Grade Swords, which is a fourth level of named swords."

"What about the third one?" Zoro asked, while pointing at the third sword Luffy has, his original sword.

"The third one is one of the Supreme Grade swords, which is the highest level of named swords," Luffy said and Zoro's eyes widened. "Up until several years ago, there have been 12 Supreme Grade swords in the world, and as far as the world is concerned, there still are only 12, but the fact is, there are 13, and this sword, is called Caliburn was made about five years ago by the blade smith I mentioned earlier, and is a 13th Supreme Grade Sword." (I'm not going to describe it, but it looks like Caliburn from High School DxD, which Arthur Pendragon uses.)

Zoro just stared at the sword strapped at Luffy's hip in ave, but said nothing.

"Do you understand now," Luffy asked, and Zoro looked at Luffy's face. "If I use Caliburn against you, it will most likely break your two low level swords, and since you are using three swords style, it won't be good for you."

Zoro nodded his head, indicating he understood, and so, he and Luffy stood on the deck, several meters from each other, with Luffy holding Yamaoroshi in his right hand, while Zoro had Wado Ichimonji's hilt in between his teeth, while the two low level Katana's in his hands.

Few moments later, the two went at each other, and their swords clashed, causing a slight breeze to go between them.

After that, the two continued to have their sparing match for as long as they could stand, or better said as long as Zoro could stand, because he has much lower stamina then Luffy.

During their sparing, Natsu and Naruto were simply watching, and didn't interfere or said anything, for the simple reason that neither of them is swordsman, and even if they wanted to say something, they couldn't, since they don't know what to say or which advise to offer.

XXX

Two Pirate ships of which one was pulled by Plesiosaur, were approaching the Island, where above the cliff, facing the part of the sea from which the ships were approaching, there is a slim tan-skinned teenager with medium-length black woolly hair, prominent lips and a long nose. He looks to be around 17 years of age, has two curly horns coming out from the side of his head, as well as white headband wrapped around his forehead and tied on the back of his head. He is wearing white t-shirt, and black pants tied with a belt. Over the t-shirt, he wears a black hoodie sweatshirt with a zipper at the front, which he wears unzipped, and with the hood over his head, though the hood doesn't cover his head completely, and only goes to about half of the top of his head, since the horns are preventing it from going all over.

Along with him there are three other kids, probably under the age of 10. Right now, all four of them were hiding behind the bushes, and were watching the approaching Pirate Ships.

"Captain Usopp, there are Pirate ships of Ganzack Pirates and Trump Pirates approaching," said a freckled boy with short spiky purple hair, and a red cap. His name is Ninjin, and he is a member of the so called Usopp Pirates. "What shell we do?"

"We will give them a welcome, of course," the captain of the Usopp Pirates, Usopp, said with a grin on his face and a glint in his right eye, making the three kids grin as well.

XXX

On the ship which formerly belonged to the Trump Pirates, Luffy and the others are standing near the front of the ship, with Luffy at the front, and the others behind him. They were all looking at the approaching Island.

"You said these are Gecko Islands, and we will be arriving in the Syrup Village, right, Nami?" Luffy asked Nami, who was wearing a scowl on her face, because she wasn't happy after she awoke from the sleep in which Luffy put her in yesterday, while she was in heaven, counting and estimating the gold the crew had.

"Yes, that's right," Nami snapped at Luffy, making him flinch at her voice, while Natsu, Naruto and Zoro smirked at the two's antics.

"Oh come one Nami, how long will you be like that?" Luffy asked Nami, who scowled at him, and looked the other way with her eyes closed and her nose held high.

"Until you apologize," Nami said, while Luffy just stared at her.

"I already did that, Nami," Luffy said, trying to stay calm, because as much as he has grown to like Nami during the two days since they met, she can be really hard to handle with her love for gold and snappy personality. "Not that I really had a reason to do it. You were tired and needed sleep, and that gold will not go away if you go to sleep over night."

Nami flinched a little at Luffy's calm tone of voice, but in the end, stayed in the same pose as she was. "Well, I don't like to be interrupted when I'm counting and estimating the gold. Besides, I think I can tell when I need to sleep, and there is no need for you to shock me into unconsciousness!"

Luffy sighed. "Ok Nami, you are right, I really am sorry, and I won't do it again." Luffy said.

Nami turned to him and opened one of her eyes to look at him and saw he is not really sorry and was only saying that.

Nami scowled. "You won't trick me with those words, Luffy, I know better than that!"

Luffy gapped at Nami, while at the same time he could hear Natsu, Naruto and Zoro laughing at him, which made him scowl. "What do I need to do for you to forgive me?" For some reason Luffy continued to press, and not even he knew why, because he knew he was right and she is wrong.

Nami was caught off guard by the question and didn't know what to say. "I…I…" she tried to say something, but couldn't come up with anything.

Suddenly, Luffy remembered something and got the idea, so he approached to Nami, and leaned toward her left ear, much to the confusion of others, and much to Nami's embarrassment, as she was seen blushing.

"You know, I found something on this ship in the room which belonged to that woman from Trump Pirates," Luffy whispered in Nami's ear, so that the others wouldn't hear him. "And if you want, I can use it on you."

Nami's face was as hot as a furnace by now, and there was steam coming out from her ears, as she was thinking about what could have Luffy found, and the few things which first came to mind, almost made her get a nose bleed.

"W-What did y-you found?" Nami stuttered, and Luffy smirked, realizing what Nami must be thinking he found.

"She must have a really dirty mind." Luffy thought, and then said. "Oh, it's just some massage oil, so if you want, I can give you a full body massage, which will make you feel like you are in heaven."

Nami's eyes widened when she heard full body massage, and if possible, got even redder.

She was thinking about what to do, as she was unsure. She could accept, as massage is something she really needed after years of running around East Blue and being under stress, but then it's not just a simple massage, but full body massage with oil, which means she has to get completely naked in front of Luffy.

Nami will admit she is not exactly shy, and has no problem to show some skin, but she has never been completely naked in front of another man, and if she goes with Luffy's idea, he will be the first to see her naked. "Am I ready for that," Nami wondered in her head? "I mean, the guy sure looks good, and I wouldn't mind getting hot and heavy with him one day, but we only know each other for two days, and I'm still not sure if he and his friends are good guys even though they agreed to save my village from Arlong."

Nami thought about this for a few minutes, while Luffy was just standing in front of her, now no longer leaning toward her ear, and was wearing a big smirk on his face, because he is sure he has her now and was sure Nami will accept his offer.

Before Nami got a chance to answer, something flickered in the corner of Luffy's left eye, and he shouted. "GET DOWN!"

As soon as he yelled, he pushed Nami to the deck, and threw himself on the other side, while Natsu, Zoro and Naruto also fell on the deck.

None of them saw what happened, but they heard a noise, and when they looked at where it came from, they saw that there was a bullet hole on the wooden stairs, which led on the upper level of the deck.

"What the hell was that?" Zoro yelled, as he looked around to see who shot at them, but couldn't see anything.

"It must have come from the Island." Naruto suggested, as he stood up slowly, and looked toward the island in the distance.

"I saw something flicker at the corner of my eye before I pushed Nami and fell on the deck myself, but when I looked again, it was gone!" Luffy said.

"That island is still far away for someone to shot like that," Natsu said. "Can it be someone with DF powers?"

"I don't know," Luffy said with narrowed eyes, while thinking at what Island this is, and who lives there. "But I will see."

Just then, there was transparent circle which appeared above Nami who was still lying low on the deck, and before anyone could react, the circle fell on her, before it disappeared in an instant, taking Nami as well.

Luffy quickly went at the front of the ship, and looked at the Island with narrowed and enraged eyes, but couldn't see anything.

"Naruto, can you sense someone there?" Luffy asked Naruto, without even looking at him.

Naruto looked at the island as well, and focused his sensory skills, to see if he can sense someone there, and if he can, how many of them there are.

Few seconds later, Naruto looked at Luffy and said. "Yes, I can sense five people on top of the cliff, and one of them is Nami.

"So one of those four must have some DF powers which allowed him to transport her from here to there in an instant," Natsu commented, and the others agreed.

"Well, whoever they are, they won't like what I'm about to do to them," Luffy said, while blue electricity was dancing around his body! "I'll show them that no one messes with my crew!"

Luffy suddenly teleported from the ship with his lightning powers, and in an instant was on the island, right behind the bushes where Usopp is with the three kids, and Nami, who was being surrounded by the four.

"What the f…" Usopp tried to say before he was grabbed by his throat and pushed until his back was pressed up the tree. He was lifted off the ground, so Luffy was holding him by the neck, and Usopp's legs were dangling.

"What do you think you are doing with MY Nami?" Luffy yelled at Usopp, not even noticing he said 'my Nami', which made Nami's eyes widen even more than they already where from when she saw Luffy appear and push the long nosed boy up the tree.

"CAPTAIN USOPP," the three kids yelled, and charged at Luffy with wooden sticks in their hands, as they were trying to defend their friend and captain.

Luffy looked at the kids charging at him, and only narrowed his eyes at them, which was enough for them to stop and start sweating. "You should think carefully what you were about to do," Luffy said to the kids in dangerous voice, and then he looked at Nami. "Are you ok?"

Nami nodded with a smile, happy that Luffy is concerned about her, though she was still thinking about him saying she was his, and wondered what he meant.

Luffy turned his head away from Nami, and looked at Usopp, and realized he was still choking him, as the guy was starting to turn purple, so Luffy led go of him, and backed away from him and went to check on Nami. "You should consider yourself lucky I didn't kill you, Usopp, son of Yasopp." Luffy said, while Usopp was coughing and trying to regain his breath, but when he heard his father's name, Usopp suddenly could breathe normally, and was in front of Luffy staring at him.

"You know my dad," Usopp questioned, and then nodded, making Usopp smile at him, and seeing the situation seemingly calm down, the three kids who were with Usopp sighed in relief.

"I met him 10 years ago when he came to my village along with the crew whose member he is," Luffy said, while he was checking Nami, to see if she is ok, which she is, and Usopp instantly wanted to know more. "But we'll talk about that later, let's wait for my crew to come here first."

Luffy said that, while looking from the cliff to the see where two ships were approaching, confusing Usopp and the kids.

"Don't those two ships belong to Ganzack and Trump Pirates," Usopp asked, while Luffy looked at him with raized eyebrow.

"I'm surprised you know whose ships they are," Luffy said, while Usopp shrugged.

"There was an incident here few years ago and ever since I made it my business to know the names, faces and flags of all Pirates in East Blue." Usopp said, and Luffy and Nami raised their eyebrows, wondering what incident he was referring to.

Luffy wanted to ask about that, as well as ask about, how Usopp took Nami from their ship, but decided to wait the others to come to the island, and then they will talk.

"Let's go and wait for my crew down on the beach, and then we can talk somewhere," Luffy suggested, and Usopp agreed saying there is a restaurant in the village where they can sit down, eat and talk.

XXX

It didn't take long for Natsu, Naruto and Zoro to reach the shore with the two ships, which were then moored, after which the three reunited with Luffy and Nami, as well as met Usopp.

By then Usopp has sent the three kids home, but has stayed behind as he has to talk with Luffy. He has also apologized to Luffy and the crew for what he did, or tried to do to them, as well as for kidnaping Nami.

Half an hour later, all of them were in the restaurant in the Syrup Village, where they have ordered some food, and were waiting for it to get there.

"So, Usopp, why don't you start and tell us about yourself, and your powers, as well the incident you mentioned earlier," Luffy said. "I'm quite curious to hear about you considering your father talked so much about you when he visited my village 10 years ago."

"Well, I guess you can say it all started about five years ago," Usopp started his story. "You saw that small Island not far from here on the way here, right," after he got nods from everyone, Usopp continued. "Five years ago two pirate crews ended up in a war against each other on that island.

"They were Space Pirates, and Phenex Pirates, and they were pirate crews from the Grand Line, who for unknown reason came here and fought until they killed each other, with the captains being the last to kill each other. They have also destroyed that entire island, which used to be uninhabitable, but completely covered in trees, grass and other plants."

Everyone was listening to Usopp story with interest in their eyes, since this seems to be a good story.

"Anyway, the battle between the captains drew the attention of us here on the island, but no one dared to go and check it out, even after it was obvious that the battle is over," Usopp continued. "But I was interested and couldn't keep myself from going there, so I built myself a small dinghy, and went to check it out.

"Once I arrived there, I saw corpses all over the place, everything was destroyed, there wasn't even one tree or even a bush left since it was all burned from the face of the earth. I thought I should just go back to the island and tell the villagers that everyone is dead, and that maybe we should call the marines to come, but in the end, I decided to check out the two ships.

"It turned out to be a good decision on my part because I found A LOT of gold, food, and weapons, so I decided to take it all, since it won't be useful to anyone, and besides, with my father a pirate, I always liked to think that one day I will become a pirate myself, and a pirate would loot everything valuable, right?"

Everyone nodded at this, as they couldn't say they wouldn't do the same thing if they were in Usopp's shoes. Luffy did decided to ask something, though. "How did you know the names of the crew's and that they are from the grand line?"

"Oh, well after I came back to the village and told everyone, the villagers called the marines who came and gathered the bodies and later told us who they were," Usopp said, and then smirked. "They asked about the gold and the fact that there was nothing left on the two ships that has any value, but everyone denied that they took anything, and none actually lied, since I was the one who took everything and didn't say anything to anyone."

"So the marines just up and left," Nami said in disbelief, and Usopp's smirk widened even more?

"Yep," he confirmed.

"But how did you move everything from there to wherever you moved it," Naruto asked? "It must have taken you a while."

"It wasn't easy, and it took me few trips with my dinghy, but since no one went there to see what was happening, and no one knew I went there until I told them two days after I first set foot there, no one even thought I would be able to move it all by myself," Usopp said, and everyone looked at him incredulously.

"So what happened next," Nami asked, interested in the gold and if she can get her hands on it?

"Well, as I said, it took me two days to transport everything from there to here, and then I hid everything in the cave which was not far from the shore where we met," Usopp responded. "After I told the villagers that I went there, and that there are dead bodies everywhere and no one alive, they called marines, who came the next day.

"After the marines simply burned all the dead bodies on that island since they didn't want to transport hundreds of corpses anywhere, they questioned people around the village if they took anything but in the end they just left, since they couldn't exactly arrest the whole village, and also couldn't search every house, and even if they did, they wouldn't find anything.

"With that over, I went to the cave the next day, and decided to go through everything I looted, since I literally took everything I could lift and move from that island to here on my dinghy. There was some food, which I used all myself, as I couldn't give it to anyone. The same goes for the weapons and the gold, which I separated and left in the cave, where it still is to this day, as I had no use for any of it ever since. Besides, even if I could spend it on something, the villagers would start asking questions, which I didn't want to answer.

"One of the things I found among the food I took from the two ships, were two very weird fruits. One was a red pineapple with black leaves, and black swirls on the fruit, and the other is also red pineapple but with orange leaves and orange swirls. I didn't know what they were, so I took them with me, and went to visit a friend of mine who lives in that big mansion you might have seen on the way here," everyone nodded, as they saw a huge mansion from the distance.

"Her name is Kaya, and I thought maybe she or her parents might know what the fruits are, and why they are so strange. In the end, I was right, and Kaya did know that the two fruits were DF, and she knew this because she read about them, and coincidently, there was a DF encyclopedia in library she has in the mansion.

"We took the encyclopedia and looked all over it, but couldn't find what the fruits were because none of the two I had were in the book," Usopp said, and Luffy narrowed his eyes at this, because it means he was right and the powers that Usopp got from the fruit are similar to his own.

"Even though we didn't find what powers we would get if we ate the fruits, I was really interested, so I ended up giving one to Kaya and took the other one. I ate it immediately, while Kaya waited to see what will happen. The one I took was red with black leaves and swirls, and I'll tell you that there has been nothing I ate before and after that which tasted worse than that fruit. I was only able to take one bite and swallow it, but it was enough to in the end give me powers. I also gained these horns, as well as something else, though let's leave that unknown for now."

Everyone looked at him curiously for a few moments, until Natsu talked for the first time since they came to the restaurant, and asked. "Which powers did you get?"

"First you need to know that it took me a while to figure out which powers I got, and it was by accident I managed to use it for the first time few weeks after I ate the fruit," Usopp said. "Kaya's choice was to keep her DF and wait to see if I will get some powers and what they are, after which she might eat hers."

Usopp then looked at Luffy and asked. "If you knew my father, then you know he is a sharpshooter, right?" after Luffy nodded, Usopp continued.

"I always wanted to be like him, so I always practiced my sharpshooting skills with a slingshot. So, here I was one day, practicing by shooting some small rocks at the mark I draw on the tree, while feeling annoyed because I still haven't figured out what my DF powers are, when suddenly, as soon as I shoot a rock, there was a transparent circle right in front of me, and another right in front of the mark on the tree. So when the rock shot from my slingshot, it went through the circle in front of me, but then disappeared for an instant, before it came out from the other circle and hit the mark."

Usopp explained with a smile, while Luffy, Natsu and Naruto were looking at him with wide eyes, and Nami and Zoro were confused.

"Wait, I don't understand, what happened," Nami asked? "What is your power?"

"I can open holes in Space and Time," Usopp said, and Nami's and Zoro's eyes bugged out. "Remember how I took you from the ship," Nami nodded, "well, I opened a circle next to me and another one on your ship, the two are connected, so if something goes through one, it will come out from the other. When the circle on the ship swallowed you, you came out from the one next to me the very next instant."

"Wow," Nami said in disbelief. "That's an amazing power."

Usopp smirked. "It sure is, though I mostly use it with my sharpshooting skills."

"That's how that bullet appeared on our ship, isn't it," Naruto asked, and Usopp nodded.

"I shot the bullet through the portal in front of me, and it came out from the portal I opened on your ship."

"But I assume you have to be able to see where you open the portals, right," Natsu asked?

"Yeah, I do," Usopp said. "I always had a good eyesight, it's the trait of all sharpshooters, and it's why I was able to see on your ship even though it was quite far away. Of course, I only saw shapes, and not every single detail, but it was enough to see you all, and to catch one of you off guard."

Nami scowled and glared at Usopp, who started sweating a little under Nami's glare.

"Why don't you continue with the story," Luffy suggested, and Usopp nodded, happy that Luffy draw Nami's attention.

"Anyway, after I awoke my DF abilities, I went and told Kaya about it," Usopp continued with his story. "Of course, I didn't know how I did it, and I couldn't prove it, but I promised I will, and she believed me. After few more weeks, I was finally able to learn how to use my ability at will, and I showed it to Kaya.

"Seeing that I truly did gain some ability and not just lost the ability to swim in exchange for the horns and one other thing, Kaya took the one I gave her, and she ate it," Usopp said, and looked at everyone to see their reactions. There was none, which surprised him.

"Just like in my case," Usopp decided to continue, "it took Kaya a while to figure out what her powers are, though unlike with me, she didn't have horns, but instead she gained a tattoo on the right side of her neck, and it is of some strange pink bird which sort of reminds me of the mythical bird Phoenix. There were some other changes noticeable with Kaya very early, and it is that she appeared to be of much better health, which was strange, since she was always a sickly girl and got ill very often.

"After some time passed, she discovered that she has the power to heal, both herself and others. Her powers can only heal injuries on herself and someone else, but she can't heal illnesses, though she alone became immune to almost any illness."

"Damn, that's some powerful DF you found, Usopp," Luffy commented after Usopp finished. "You sure were lucky to find them."

"Yeah, I was," Usopp said. "After I realized what powers I have and what powers Kaya got, I realized that the captains of Space and Phenex Pirates had eaten those fruits before, and after they killed each other the DF reemerged on their ships. I also realized that the reason the captains called their crews Space Pirates and Phenex Pirates are because of the DF powers the two had."

Luffy then mentioned how he ate the DF ten years ago, and gained the horns and powers just like Usopp and just like him, Luffy still doesn't know what the DF was, though now he was sure that the DF he ate is similar to the DF's Usopp and Kaya ate.

"We named the DF, you know," Usopp said, and everyone looked at him.

"What do you mean," Nami asked? "How did you just name DF?"

"Well, we couldn't find them in encyclopedia, so we assumed they were not given name, and while the Captains of Space and Phenex crews had them before, the marines and the government never knew what they are, so Kaya and I decided to name the DF's we ate.

"And what names did you gave them," Naruto asked?

"We knew that the fruits were Zoan, because Zoan are the only ones that made sense," Usopp said. "We also knew that the powers we gained are godly, but since the fruits are called after Devils, we decided to name them; Maou Maou no Mi, Model: Phenex, which is the one Kaya ate, while the one I ate, I named; Maou Maou no Mi, Model: Dantalion."

As Usopp said that, everyone looked at him like he was insane. "Seriously Usopp, Maou?" Nami asked.

"Yeah," Usopp said, with a confused look on his face, not understanding what's so strange about that. "Why?"

"You do understand that the Maou's are considered to be the rulers of the demon world, right?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I do know that, but think about it, the fruits are called Devil Fruits, so I don't see the problem with some of the strongest ones being called after Devils themselves." Usopp explained.

The others shrugged as they didn't really care what names Usopp and his girlfriend gave to their DF, but Luffy was in deep thought. "Hm, Maou Maou no Mi," he muttered to himself, making everyone look at him. "How about, Maou Maou no Mi, Model: Baal?" Luffy asked while looking at the others, who gave him questioning looks.

"What are you talking about, Luffy?" Nami asked.

"My DF," Luffy said. "It doesn't have a name, and since it's so similar to the ones that Usopp and Kaya ate, I think I can name it the same as they did, only the model name will be different. And since Usopp and Kaya named their Phenex and Dantalion which are the names of the 72 highest ranked families of the Underworld according to the stories, then I chose Baal, which is another of the 72."

"Yes, that legend is why we chose those names," Usopp said with a smile. "It's perfect for the DF name."

Nami shock her head, but in the end she let it go, as there was no point in arguing with Luffy. She then looked at Usopp and asked. "Is your story over?"

"Mostly," Usopp said, and the other were all ears. Usopp looked at Luffy and said. "Remember I said that I made it my business to know all the pirates captains and their ships in East Blue," Luffy nodded, so Usopp continued, "Well, that was because of that battle five years ago. Ever since, I paid attention to the bounties of Pirate Crews from East Blue, and some from the Grand Line if I could get my hands on the bounty posters.

"It turned out in the end that it was a good decision on my part, because one day, three years ago, when Kaya's parents came back from their trip, they brought with them a man who said his name is Klahadore. Apparently he was injured and Kaya's parents saved his life, after which they offered him to work for them as a butler, since he had nowhere to go, and he accepted.

"He worked for them for about two days, until I went to visit Kaya, and when I laid my eyes on him I couldn't' believe who I'm seeing, because in front of me, dressed in a butler suit, stood Kuro of the Thousand plans, a captain of the Black Cat Pirates, a guy with 16 mil. belly bounty on his head, and the guy who was supposed to have been executed few weeks before by a Marine Lieutenant Morgan, who was named a Marine Captain after that."

Luffy, Natsu, Naruto and Zoro looked at each other and groaned when they heard this, making Usopp and Nami look at them curiously.

"What," Nami asked? "What's wrong?"

"We've met Morgan when we were in Shells Town few days ago," Luffy said. "He was using his position as a Marine Captain in the base there to threaten people, and execute everyone who even looked at him the wrong way, even his son was allowed to do what he wanted by threatening people with his father's name."

"So what happened in the end," Nami asked Luffy?

"Well, long story short, Naruto went to the base, killed Morgan and about half of the Marines in the base, as well as destroyed over half of the base in the process." Luffy said, making Usopp and Nami widen their eyes, and had their jaws on the floor.

Luffy then looked at Usopp, and told him to continue.

Usopp coughed a little, and then continued. "Anyway, as soon as I recognized him, I said to Kaya and her parent who Kuro is, and while it took me a while to convince them, they in the end believed me because they knew that I was gathering wanted posters so I would know who they are and how dangerous they are, if some pirate crew's comes to our village.

"Seeing that he was exposed, Kuro didn't have other choice but to try and kill us all, before he runs away.

"Now, at that point, I had my DF powers for about two years, and Kaya a little less than that, so when Kuro attacked, I was able to put up a good fight and even though I was losing for the majority of the fight, I and was able to catch him of guard with my powers because he wasn't expecting it. I admit that he was better than me, and definitely faster, because he was able to move at extreme speed, and was slashing all over the place with those cat claws of his.

"At first, when he was running all over the place slashing everything in sight, I wasn't able to see him, but then suddenly, I started to be able to feel him," Usopp got raised eyebrows from everyone, "or better said, I wasn't able to see his body, but more like able to feel his presence like it was moving around the room in slow motion. My eyes couldn't keep up, but my brain somehow could, and when I sensed him coming at me from the front, I immediately opened the portal in front of me, and he run straight inside, without being able to stop himself."

Usopp stopped after that to allow everyone to process what he said, and after few moments, Naruto asked. "So, what happened next, where did he come out, since you said that those who enter into the portal at one location, come out from the other portal on the other location?"

"Yes I did say that, but that was half-truth," Usopp said, getting raised eyebrows again. "If I open two portals at the same time, and something goes through one, it will always come out from the other, but if I only open one portal and let something come inside, and then close the portal, that something will forever be trapped in the void with the only way to come out being if I let them come out."

"You can't be serious," Nami asked with wide eyes?

"I am," Usopp confirmed shortly, and then continued. "At first I was surprised, as I have never before tried to only open on portal, and have always been opening two or more and they are always connected. That was the first time I opened one, closed it immediately, which trapped Kuro inside."

"So what happened to him after that?" Luffy asked.

"Well, after I trapped him, Kaya had to used her powers to save her parents, who were injured badly, and her father even had a missing right arm which was cut above the elbow," Nami winced at that. "That was actually the first time Kaya tried to heal something like that. She tried to close the wound, but instead ended up re-growing the limb back."

Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. "I'm not lying," Usopp said with raised hands like he was surrendering. "Kaya's healing ability allows her to heal ANY injury on herself and other, and that includes re-growing limbs, but she can't cure illness on someone else. Even a simple cold, is above her ability to cure with her powers. On the other hand, as I said before, she is immune to any illness, disease, or anything of the sort.

"Of course, when I say she can re-grow limbs, I refer to arms or legs, as I don't think she can re-grow a head if it's cut of, or revive dead people."

Natsu shock his head, and said after a while. "It doesn't matter if she can revive the dead or not, her ability to regrow the limbs is still over powered, and I can't remember I have ever seen or heard about something like that."

Everyone agreed with Natsu, since none of them have also heard of a similar power.

Usopp continued again after few moments of discussing about Kaya's powers. "After Kaya healed her parents, I decided to see if I can bring Kuro back, or is he lost forever, so I opened the portal, and he dropped out of it, but was thankfully unconscious, so we called the marines, and told them that we have Kuro captured.

"They didn't believe at first and said he was executed, but after some arguing Kaya's parents managed to convince them to send a marine ship with some marines to check it out, so the marines did that, and showed up two days later.

"During those two days, we kept Kuro tied up in prison cell we have in the village just in case we ever need it.

"When the marines showed up, we led them to the prison cell where we kept Kuro, and they confirmed it is Kuro after they saw him and then questioned him. He revealed that there was a member of his crew who looked just like he does, and another member who is hypnotist, so the hypnotist put the other one under hypnosis and made him believe that he is in fact Kuro, and that Morgan executed Kuro's doppelganger, while Kuro walked away.

"Kuro also said that he and Morgan came up with the plan, so that Kuro can walk away free and Morgan would get promotion."

"So why Morgan wasn't demoted or even arrested?" Naruto asked, now angry again at Morgan and his son, even though Morgan is dead.

"I don't know," Usopp said. "Maybe the marines didn't want to say that one of their own was working with a criminal, so they let him free."

"Yeah, that's just what I would expect from the Marines and the World Government," Luffy said. "They always try to cover things up if it means they will save their own asses, and would look good in the eyes of the civilians."

"So what happened with Kuro?" Nami asked.

"Well he was taken by the marines, and this time he was really executed," Usopp said. "I was even given the money from his bounty."

"Really," Nami said, and Usopp nodded.

"Yep, 16 mil belly," Usopp said.

"So, I guess that's you full story, right," Luffy asked. "I can assume you attacked us on the way here because you thought we were enemy pirates."

"Yeah, I guess that's about it," Usopp said. "And yes, the moment I saw the ships of Ganzack Pirates and Trump Pirates, I thought they are her to kill and plunder, so I wanted to take someone as a hostage, but I guess I was wrong, and you are not the enemies."

"I doubt your plan to take hostage would have worked if it was the real Ganzack and Trump Pirates since they didn't struck me as someone who would care about one or two members of the crew being killed if it means the overall victory." Natsu said, and Luffy and Naruto who met the two Pirate crews agreed.

"How did you get your hands on their ships anyway?" Usopp asked, and then Luffy told him about how they run into some pirates who pointed them in the right direction, and how it turned out in the end.

"Damn you were lucky," Usopp commented with a whistle.

"Everyone says that." Luffy said, while smiling.

After that, they all ate in peace and silence, and when they were finished, Usopp decided to take them all to meet Kaya, after which, he might take them to show them the cave in which he hid everything he looted from Phenex and Space Pirates.

XXX

Once Usopp brought Luffy and the others to Kaya's house, Nami was amazed by how big it was, as well amazed by the beauty of the garden, in which, right now, everyone saw two blonde haired woman, one the same age as Usopp, while the other looked to be in her mid-thirties, and looked pretty much like the older version of the younger girl, and with long curly blonde hair, instead of straight, which the younger girl has.

The group thought those two are Kaya and her mother, and were proven right when Usopp approached Kaya, who was smiling when she saw Usopp, and kissed her on the lips, much to the shock of some of them, while some just raized their eyebrows in surprise. "Hey Kaya, I've missed you so much." Usopp said, while Kaya giggled.

"You saw me last night, Usopp," Kaya said, and Usopp hugged her.

"That's too damn long," Usopp wined, making Nami and Kaya's mother giggle at his actions, while the others rolled their eyes.

Kaya then noticed the others and asked. "Who are your friends, Usopp?"

"Oh," Usopp exclaimed, and turned around to look at the others before he started the introductions. By then Kaya's mother approached and stood next to Kaya and Usopp. "Everyone, this is my beautiful girlfriend, Kaya," Usopp said with puffed chest and pride in his voice, drawing another giggle and eye rolls from the others. "And this is Kaya's mother, Katrina." He motioned toward the older woman, who nodded with a smile at everyone.

"Kaya, Miss Katrina, this is everyone," Usopp said seriously, while trying not to laugh, though he made Kaya laugh, and her mother to snicker. The others gave him deadpanned looks.

"Nice introductions, Usopp," Luffy said with sarcasm in his voice.

Usopp laughed as well, and then did the real introduction, and pointed at every person in Luffy's crew, while saying their names. "They are pirates who have come to visit our village." Usopp finished, and Kaya's and her Katrina's eyes widened, before Kaya tensed as if she was ready to battle.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt anyone, or try anything," Luffy said after he saw Kaya and her mother got nervous.

The two woman relaxed a little, but were still on guard, so to say. "Sorry, it's just that we didn't have much luck with pirate's who came here." Katrina said, and Luffy waived it off, not really bothered that they don't trust him and his crew, since he knew about what Kuro tried to pull.

"It's ok," Luffy said with a smile. "We just came here as this Island was next on our journey, and because I wanted to meet Usopp, and ask him to join my crew."

Luffy's words surprised everyone and shocked Usopp, who didn't know this, as Luffy has never mentioned it before.

"But if you came here specifically for Usopp, that means you knew him from before," Kaya said, with small frown on her face, since she knew that Usopp will probably join the crew since it was his dream to become a pirate, but that would mean he would have to leave her behind, as she is not interested in being a pirate.

"Well, I didn't exactly know him," Luffy said. "But I heard a lot about him from Yasopp, Usopp father, when he visited my village with the crew he is a part of, 10 years ago. Every time he would get drunk, all Yasopp would talk about is the son he left in Syrup Village and how much he cares about him. He also talked about how much promise he showed in sharpshooting, and that one day he might even be better than he is, which is a big praise, considering I saw Yasopp shoot a fly in between the eyes from several hundred meters." Usopp puffed his chest again, happy that his father loves him, and is proud of him, while the others were either surprised or in disbelief, by how good of a sharpshooter this Yasopp is.

"Ever since, I planned to one day come here after I start my journey, and see if Usopp is interested in being a pirate and a sharpshooter in my crew." Luffy said, and everyone looked at Usopp.

Usopp looked at Luffy and then at Kaya, and thought about what to do. He really wanted to become a pirate, but then he has to leave Kaya, as he knows she doesn't want to be a pirate and is studying to become a doctor, so she can cure illness's and not just injuries with her powers.

"Can I think about this for a while," Usopp asked, and everyone looked at him for a few moments, before Luffy said.

"Sure, we are not really in a hurry. But tell me, is there any place here where we can hide some gold, and someone who is interested in selling a ship?"

Now everyone looked at Luffy with raised eyebrows, before Katrina said. "I can help you with the ship," she said, drawing the eyes on her, "I can take you to see it if you want, while Usopp and Kaya have a talk."

"That's fine with me," Luffy said, so he and Nami followed Katrina to see the ship. Usopp and Kaya went to the house and then to Kaya's room to talk, while the others followed after Merry, who is the butler of Kaya's family, who took them inside of the leaving room in the mansion, where he served them drinks and let them wait while the others finished their business.

XXX

When Kaya and Usopp arrived in her room, Kaya closed the door, and then pushed Usopp to sit on her bed, while she stood in front of him, with a stern look on her face.

Usopp was confused by the look and why she pushed him like that, but then figured she is probably not happy that he will most likely join Luffy's crew, and leave her behind.

Usopp was prepared for the yelling, but was completely thrown of guard by Kaya's words. "Usopp, I think you should accept Luffy's offer to join his crew." Kaya said, and Usopp got wide eyed, as he didn't expect that.

"W-What, but what about y-you?" Usopp stuttered out. "I know you don't want to become a pirate, and I don't want to leave you."

"Usopp, your dream has always been to become a pirate," Kaya said. "And I don't want to stand in the way of that dream. I have a dream to become a doctor, so I will follow my dream, but if you stay here just for me, I will feel bad because you are giving up your dream for me."

Usopp looked at Kaya as she was talking, and didn't know what to say.

Kaya was quiet for a few seconds, and then continued. "Besides, just because you will leave the village to go and become a pirate, it doesn't mean that we still can't be together in the future. I will always love you and will wait for you to come back no matter how long it takes for you to return."

Usopp continued to look at Kaya, and was feeling relived by her words, and slightly worried if he will be able to stay faithful to her, like she will to him. He will be a pirate, and pirates are known to love to party, get drunk and fuck every girl they can get their hands on, and while he loves Kaya as much as she loves him, he is still a man, who will have desires and temptations.

"Kaya I…" Usopp started to say, but Kaya interrupted him.

"I know what you were going to say," Kaya said, surprising him. "I'm not stupid, Usopp, I have heard the stories about the lives the pirates live, and I know about all the temptations you will be put under. I know you will be forced to drink, kill, maim and even desire to sleep with other woman, and even though I will admit I don't want you to do any of those things, I will gladly let it slide if it means that one day, you will return to me."

Usopp was listening and couldn't believe what Kaya said. She knew about the temptations of a pirate, and she has just now literally gave him a free pass to do what he wants, as long as he comes back to her one day. It made Usopp wander how anyone can be that nice, and how much she loves him if she is willing to forget everything he does as a pirate just so they can be together.

There was a silence for a few minutes, with Usopp seating on the edge of the bed, and Kaya standing so close in front of him, that is face was inches from her impressive breasts.

After about five minutes of the two just looking at each other without saying anything, Usopp asked. "Are you sure about this, Kaya? Since the moment you told me that you want to become a doctor, I knew that I will have to sacrifice my dream if I want to be with you, and I was willing to do that. But now, you tell me that I should follow my dream, and are basically giving me a free pass to do anything I want and you will simply forgive and forget. How can you just do that? How can you be so nice? I know that I'm not that nice, and I wouldn't be able to forget or forgive if the situations are reversed."

Kaya smiled. "I just gave you a chance to accomplish you dream of being a pirate, as well as have sex with as many woman as you want all over the world, and you are still here asking me if I'm sure about this. This is why I love you, Usopp. Nearly any other man would have already been half way down to the shore on their way to get more girls, and you are still here.

"That's why I'm doing this, because I know that no matter what you do, you will always come back to me. So, to answer your question. Yes, I'm very sure about my decision. You are free to go be a pirate, and do what you want, and one day, when you get back, we will get married, and will spend the rest of our lives together."

Usopp sighed, and while he was still unsure about all of this, he said. "Ok Kaya, if you wish for me to go and fulfill my dream while you are still here fulfilling yours, then I will do it."

Kaya smiled at Usopp, before she walked away from him towards the door, and then she locked it, confusing Usopp, who looked at her with curious expression on his face.

"Well, then I guess I need to give you a sendoff the likes of which you will never forget." Kaya said, and then she pulled her shirt over her head, exposing her braless breasts. Then she removed her pants, and her pure white thong, making Usopp immediately look at her perfectly shaven pussy, which then made Usopp lick his lips, before she unzipped his pants as well, exposing his 7 inch long, rock hard dick.

Kaya licked her lips as well, before she pushed Usopp back so he was lying on his back on the bed, with his dick sticking in the air. Kaya then climbed on the bed, straddled Usopp, and licked two of her fingers which she then pushed in her asshole.

Usopp looked at what Kaya was doing and after he saw he lick her fingers and then stick them into her asshole, he felt his dick twitch, his eyes popped out of his head, and he got a nose bleed, before he managed to stutter. "K-Kaya, what are y-you d-doing?"

"I allowed you to go be a pirate and fuck any girl and woman you want, but now I'm going to show you that none of them will ever be better in pleasuring you then me." Kaya said in a seductive voice, which made Usopp heart start beating like crazy.

While this was not the first time he and Kaya will have sex, this is the first time he will get to fuck her asshole, as she has never allowed him to do it before, even though she knew it was one of his dreams.

After Kaya finished stretching her asshole, she crunched down, took Usopp steel hard dick, and pressed the head on her asshole, before she said. "Enjoy it while you can, Usopp, because it will be a while before you get a chance to have a go at my asshole again."

And with those words, Kaya pushed the tip of Usopp's dick in her asshole, making Usopp's eyes roll back into his head from the pleasure of Kaya's tight asshole. Then after five seconds, Kaya looked at Usopp, smirked at his expression, and then crunched all the way to his pelvis, effectively taking all seven inches of Usopp cock in her small asshole in one push.

It won't be for a few hours later that anyone has seen the two, and after they finally came out, Usopp was looking pale and drained of all of his bodily fluids, while Kaya had a limp in her walking as well as a satisfied smile on her face.

XXX

Luffy, Nami and Katrina walked for about ten minutes after they left the mansion until they reached the docks, where Luffy and Nami got a first full view of a ship, which they assumed is the one Katrina wanted to sell them, as it is the only one there.

The ship they saw is decently sized, caravel class ship, with one mast at the center of it and another smaller on the back of the ship, and with a sheep figurehead at the front of the ship, under which is a cannon which points forward. On top of the main mast there is a crow's nest, and both masts have sails attacked to them, though they are raised now, since the ship is docked.

On the first sight, the ship looks well made, and should be perfect for the East Blue, but Luffy doubted that it will hold itself long in the Grand Line, so he voiced his opinion to Katrina as he wanted to hear her opinion on the ship.

"You would be normally right, as the caravel class ship like Going Merry, yes, that's its name, would not be able to survive harsh sea on the Grand Line, but this one is a little special," Katrina said, getting raised eyebrows from Luffy and Nami.

"How so?" Nami asked.

Katrina looked at the two for a few moments, before she said. "First you need to know that the business that me and my late husband did were not always legal," Katrina started and Luffy and Nami widened their eyes, first because they didn't know that her husband and Kaya's father is dead, and the second because she said that the two have been doing illegal businesses.

"We were able to make a lot of money from illegal businesses, and on some occasions, we got some other stuff and not just money," Katrina continued, while Luffy and Nami listened closely to see where she is going with this explanation. "About two years ago, we were able to get out hands on the piece of the wood from the Treasure Tree Adam."

Luffy and Nami looked at her with confused looks on their faces, and Katrina realized they never heard about the tree, so she explained. "There is a Legend that says that in some war torn country, there is a giant tree which is capable of surviving anything, No matter what happens around it, not matter the death and destruction, the tree is never damaged, and will always survive.

"From time to time, a piece of that wood shows up in a black market, but it is very expensive, so people rarely buy it, and on top of that, the World Government has forbidden the use of that tree in the building of Pirate Ships."

Nami interrupted here, and asked. "Why?"

"It is said that the Ship which the Pirate King Gold Roger used, was built from the piece of wood of the Treasure Tree Adam," Nami's and Luffy's eyes widened at that. "After Roger became Pirate King, while using that ship, the Government declared the use of that tree illegal, so no one has even attempted to make a ship from it, even if someone could buy a piece of the wood on the black market."

"Then why are you bringing this up?" Luffy asked. "Are you going to tell me that you actually built Going Merry from the wood of Adam Tree?"

Katrina smiled. "Partly," she said, and seeing their interested faces, Katrina continued. "There was someone in our business who owed us a lot of money but couldn't pay us, so instead we were willing to take something else in return, and he gave us a piece of Adam wood which he had. He had more then he gave us, but what he gave us is about equal to the money he owed us, so in the end, everyone was satisfied.

"Now, the piece wasn't really big, we couldn't use it to build a ship, even the one as small as Going Merry, and even if we did have enough, we wouldn't do it, since it someone finds out, then the World Government would be after us. So, instead of just sorting the wood somewhere, or reselling it for money, we used the piece, and built a keel for the Going Merry."

While Nami was still confused even after she heard this, it dawned to Luffy where she is going with this. "I read in some books about ships which said that the keel is like the heart of the ship," Luffy started to say, and now Nami and Katrina were listening to him, Nami with curious look on her face, while Katrina with smiling. "It is said that if the keel is damaged then the ship cannot be fixed, because you would have to replace the keel, and in doing so it becomes a completely different ship, but if the keel is undamaged, then even if you were to replace every single remaining piece of wood on the ship, it is still the same ship, as it is considered that its heart is still the same."

"So, your point is," Nami asked still confused?

"My point is, that since the keel of the Going Merry is made from the wood of the Adam Tree, it can potentially sail all the way to the end of the grand line, and the keel would not be damaged. The rest of the ship will practically fall apart long before that, but it can be replaced and it will still be the same ship as long as the keel stays the same."

"Exactly," Katrina confirmed. "I think that with Going Merry as she is, you will be able to get to the Water 7, and once there, if you are able to buy a piece of Adam Tree you can replace everything BUT the keel and then continue your journey and it will still be the same ship."

"That's fine with me," Luffy said, and Nami nodded in agreement. "So, how much do you want for it?"

XXX

Luffy, Nami and Katrina walked into the leaving room or Kaya's and Katrina mansion, and saw everyone else was there, including pale looking Usopp, along with a smirking Kaya.

They noticed the three right from the door, making them raise their eyebrows because of the expressions on the faces of Nami and Katrina. Were Nami was looking very red in the face, Katrina was wearing a smile even bigger than her daughter.

Natsu and Naruto were the first who realized what must have happened between the two, and judging by the smile on Katrina's face, and the fact that they know Luffy very well, and know that Nami is not like that, they realized that Katrina was the one responsible for what ever happened.

The two looked at each other, and groaned in a way that no one else noticed them. "Where do all these woman come from?" Naruto whispered to Natsu, who shrugged, but said nothing.

"Kaya, I'm assuming your conversation with Usopp went well," Katrina asked, and Kaya nodded.

"Yes, it went perfect," Kaya said, and Katrina gave her daughter a knowing smile, which made Kaya blush a little. "I was able to convince him to go and become a pirate, as that is his dream and it wouldn't be right for him to give it up because of me."

"I'm happy to hear that," Katrina said.

"What about you," Kaya asked? "Did you come to an agreement about the ship Luffy wants to buy? I'm assuming you would be selling the Going Merry."

"Yes, we came to an agreement," Katrina said. "Though I don't think selling is the word I would use here. It was more an exchange."

Nami blushed deep crimson as she heard that, while Katrina smiled a predatory smile, which scared the shit out of most people there, and made Kaya, Usopp and Zoro wonder what is it that Katrina did?

Luffy was just standing there and seemed uninterested in the conversation, but then he decided to simply change the subject and ask what he wanted to know. "We have a ship now, but I do need a place where we can store large amounts of gold. So is there a place like that here on the Island. It has to be a place for which no one knows about, though."

Usopp was the one who spoke. "Well, you can use the same cave I'm using."

Luffy looked at Usopp, and then at Kaya and Katrina, and Usopp realized what the problem is. "Don't worry, Kaya and Katrina know about that cave and what I did back then."

"Ok," Luffy said. "But does no one else in the village know about that place?"

"Well, people do know about it," Katrina is the one who replied. "But no one really goes there since they have no reason, and the only way to enter the cave is with a dinghy."

"So there is no shore in front of the cave," Luffy questioned. "There is no way to enter it from the land, and only by the sea."

"No," Katrina said. "The entrance is only through the sea, and we have never found the land entrance, and trust me, we, well, manly Usopp searched that place, and found no other entrance."

"If there is no shore in between the entrance of the cave and the sea, wouldn't the place get flooded?" Nami asked.

"Well, part of the cave is always flooded, while more does get flooded every time the tide rises," Usopp said. "But the place is very big, so not the whole cave is flooded, only the lover part, while there are narrow tunnels all over the cave which led everywhere under the island. There are also several chambers which are empty, and can be used. Those tunnels and chambers never get flooded, and it is there where I stored the gold and weapons I looted from those pirates five years ago. The place is big enough so if you want, you can place all the gold you want there."

Luffy nodded. "Well, I'm going to have to check it out, and if I'm satisfied, then we will leave all the gold from the two ships we've been using so far, and can also find a way to bring more from where we originally found it."

Usopp, Kaya and Katrina wanted to ask how much gold they have, but decided to just wait and see.

"I'll go with Usopp, and whoever else wants to check the cave, while those who don't want to come can go and transport all our stuff from our old ships to the new," Luffy said, and Natsu and Kaya decided to go with him and Usopp, while the others, minus Katrina, decided to go and transport their stuff to the Going Merry. Katrina decided to stay in the mansion, since there was no need for her to help anyone.

XXX

As Luffy, Natsu, Usopp and Kaya were walking toward the shore where Usopp has a small dinghy moored, Natsu asked Luffy without Usopp and Kaya hearing it. "What did you do with that woman and Nami?"

Luffy looked at Natsu, and after few moments, he sighed. "Better question would be what did she do with the two of us?"

Natsu raised his eyebrows at that, and waited for Luffy to continued, because Luffy knew that Natsu is interested.

"She is just like Makino and Ririka," Luffy said, and Natsu sighed, and shock his head. "No, actually, she is even worse."

Natsu looked at Luffy as he heard that, and couldn't believe it.

"How could she be worse?" Natsu asked.

"Well, apparently she has always been nymphomaniac, but was sort of able to control herself while her husband was alive, though she admitted she has cheated on him a lot since he couldn't satisfy her completely. Then after her husband died about a year ago, she stopped having sex completely as his death was her fault. Apparently, an angry lover killed her husband because she didn't want to leave her husband for the other guy.

"But after a year of abstinence, she couldn't take it anymore, and wanted to have sex with both Nami and me, and in exchange she will give us the ship for free."

When Luffy finished, he noticed Natsu was looking at him with wide eyes, which surprised him a little, as he has never seen Natsu show such emotions.

"So you fucked both of them," Natsu said, referring to both Katrina and Nami.

Luffy shock his head. "I fucked Katrina, but not Nami," Luffy said. "Apparently, Nami is a virgin and didn't want to lose her virginity like that, so she and Katrina went at one another and had fun, and I only fucked Katrina. Though, Nami did give me blowjob, and I ate her out, but nothing more than that."

Natsu shock his head. "We need to stop running into nymphomaniacs like that," Natsu said, and Luffy looked at him.

"It's not like we are looking for them," Luffy countered, and then shrugged. "Besides, it's not really bad or anything. I liked all three times it happened."

"I'm not saying I didn't like fucking Makino and Ririka, what I'm saying is that if this keeps happening, we might end up in trouble one day, and I really don't feel like dealing with angry husbands or boyfriends if one day one of those woman turns up to be married or engaged."

Luffy didn't say anything at that, instead the two just continued to follow Usopp and Kaya in silence, until they reached where Usopp's dinghy was moored, and after they boarded it, all four went to the cave not far from where the dinghy was moored.

XXX

About ten minutes later, Luffy, Natsu, Usopp and Kaya arrived in front of the cave which Usopp mentioned in his story, and then went inside with the dinghy, since there was no other way except to just swim in there.

"The entrance and the inside of the cave are bigger than I thought," Luffy commented as they were traveling through the cave, which, at least in Luffy's opinion, didn't look anything special, as there were just some simple rocks and rock spikes here and there on the side of the cave, as well as hanging from the ceiling. "I'm pretty sure we can enter inside with the Going Merry."

"Yes, you can," Usopp confirmed. "I can't say I ever tried it as I didn't have a ship, and there was no reason to enter with the Going Merry, but it is big enough, and the water is deep enough, so you can enter with the ship which is even bigger than the Going Merry. Maybe not as big as the two you rode to here, but I'd say almost as big."

They traveled for a few more minutes, until they reached the shore inside of the cave.

As they all came down on the shore, Luffy and Natsu looked around and noticed that this part is actually much different than the entrance, as it has a surprising amount of light mostly from the crystals which are decorating the cave.

They looked at the shore, and where the cave goes from it, and saw several tunnels several dozen meters from the shore.

"I'm assuming those tunnels are the tunnels you mention earlier which lead to the upper level." Natsu commented, and Usopp smiled.

"That's right," Usopp said. "There is a shit load of them, and some are just tunnels, which go forever, while few other go for several dozen meters, until you get to big chambers.

"Now, I have only explored few of the tunnels and the chambers, but they all seem to be stretching for miles all over the island. Though as I said there is no other entrance from the land, and only the one from the sea, and that has been confusing me for a while, because with all these tunnels, you would think there is at least one entrance somewhere on the island."

"Maybe there were entrances on the land, but were for some reason covered," Natsu suggested.

"It could be, but mom and dad never mentioned those entrances, if there ever were some," Kaya said. "Which means that even if there were, it was a long time ago before they were even born, and my dad was actually over a decade older then mom."

"So, most likely those entrances very covered more than fifty years ago." Luffy said, and Kaya nodded.

"Is there a possibility to open an entrance somewhere on the island on land?" Natsu asked, getting curious looks from Usopp and Kaya, who looked at each other in wander.

"Well," Usopp started. "It is possible to dig a hole on the ground above, but the problem is we wouldn't know where to dig to reach one of the tunnels or chambers. It might work if we were to dig from below, and up, but it's still questionable, as we wouldn't know where we would come out from the ground, and we could potentially dig a hole in someone's house."

Luffy though about this, to see if he can find a solution to this problem. Well, maybe not a problem since they could still enter from the sea, but it would be good to have a tunnel which will go on land.

Luffy looked at Usopp and asked. "You know this island well, right," Usopp nodded, while looking at Luffy to see what he has come up with. "So if you were to guess, right now, are we under the village or not?"

"Hm, no, I don't think we are under the village," Usopp said. "In fact, I'm pretty sure we would have to go few miles through the tunnels to get below the village. I'd also say that the chamber where I left gold and weapons is also not below the village. It is actually just few hundred meters from here through that tunnel over there," Usopp said, while pointing to a tunnel to the right side of the shore.

"So if we were to dig a hole in the ceiling above us right now, no one would have known," Luffy asked?

Usopp shock his head. "Unless someone is in the area, then no, no one would know," Usopp said. "But, if we dig a hole up there, then it could be found by someone else if they come to the area."

Luffy smirked. "Unless, someone is to buy the land where the hole is, and then raises a fence around the properly, forbidding anyone from coming in." Luffy said, and Usopp's and Kaya's eyes widened, while Natsu raised his eyebrow.

"Actually," Usopp stopped and thought about it, and then continued. "That might work. But who would buy the land?"

"I will give the money, and Kaya and her mother will buy the land as their property," Luffy suggested. "I'll even give them enough money to build something so that it wouldn't look suspicious to the villagers or anyone else when they surround the land with a fence and forbid the entrance."

"It might work," Kaya said. "But what could we build?"

Luffy looked at her with raised eyebrows. "You have the power to heal any injury, and even to fix cut of or destroyed limbs with your DF powers. So why not build a hospital, and then let the word about it. I'm sure people from all over the world will come here to have their injuries treated, and if you learn to become a good doctor, you can even treat illnesses."

Kaya's eyes widened at this.

"You can build a hospital exactly above the hole, and then only build an entrance over the hole, it will be perfect, as no one will be able to find it, and no one will even know it's there." Luffy said. "You will also have to build stairs from her to up there, but that shouldn't be a problem."

Usopp and Kaya immediately agreed that that was a great idea, but then. "Wait," Usopp said. "How will we dig a hole from here up there? There must be several dozen meters of earth above us until the surface."

Luffy smirked and looked at Natsu. "Do you want to do it, or should I?" Luffy asked.

Natsu looked at Luffy, and smirked, before he walked a little away from Luffy, Kaya and Usopp, confusing the latter two in the process, as they didn't know what he will do.

After he walked about two dozen meters from Luffy and the others, Natsu stopped, and then stood completely still on the underground beach, and started to focus.

As he was focusing, the others were watching him and Usopp and Kaya got very curious when Natsu started to glow red, but when he was enveloped in fire sphere, they started to back away from the immense heat they were feeling.

"W-What is he," Usopp asked? "And what is he trying to do anyway?"

"He's going to burn the hole through the ground," Luffy simply said, while Usopp's and Kaya's eyes widened to epic proportions. "I would back away if I were you," Luffy added. "You won't be able to be anywhere near him when this happens or you'll burn to death."

Kaya and Usopp nodded, and quickly run back to the dinghy, from which they were still able to see everything, while the heat coming from Natsu was now more tolerable.

Natsu stood there for about a minute, while the fire swirled around him like a sphere, until, Natsu pushed his right hand upwards, with the palm facing the ceiling. Then, the fire sphere around Natsu started to transfer into a fire sphere on his palm, while it's was being compressed at the same time.

About a minute later, the fire which was surrounding Natsu was gone, and all of it is now on his right palm, in a shape of an about five inches wide sphere.

"Fire Dragon King Secret Art: Orb of Destruction." Natsu said, as he launched the ball toward the selling.

Kaya and Usopp saw this, and expected a big explosion when the fire orb collides with the ceiling, so they lied down in the dinghy, and tried to shield themselves.

After a few moments of lying in the dinghy, the two turned their heads toward each other, and Usopp asked. "Are we still alive?"

"I believe we are," Kaya said, and then they heard some grinding sound, almost like a drill is digging a hole, so they decided to look and see what's going on.

The two lifted their heads from the dinghy, and saw Luffy and Natsu were standing in the same positions where they were before, and while Luffy is standing normally, Natsu still had his right palm facing the ceiling.

Usopp and Kaya looked at each other and then they both looked at the ceiling, expecting to see a big hole, but what they saw was a five feet wide circle hole, from which they could hear the grinding noise.

"Hey Luffy," Usopp called. "What's going on?"

"Natsu is digging a hole on the ceiling, which should open a hole in the ground up," Luffy said.

"Yes, but how is he doing this," Kaya was the one who asked?

Luffy looked at her, and sighed, after which he started to explain. "Natsu's fire is very powerful to the point that it can literally burn anything, including the ground and water," Usopp's and Kaya's eyes widened at this. "Earlier, he has created an orb of destruction fire, which he then highly compressed, and is now acting like a drill, which is digging through the ground, and Natsu is standing there controlling it from bursting, as that would destroy a lot more then it is needed, and it would also be seen by the villagers, which we are trying to avoid, so there won't be any reason for them to come here before Kaya and her mother buy this land and start to build the hospital.

"And if you are wondering why the hole is so much bigger than the orb, well, the reason is that the orb is so hot, it doesn't burn just the place it touches, but also some of the surrounding area."

"I see," Usopp said. "But wouldn't that ball be seen when it comes out in the open? I mean it should either explode little above the ground, or fly into the sky and then explode. But in any way, it would be seen and heard by the villagers."

"No, it won't explode nor will it be seen by anyone because Natsu can diffuse it before it explodes by reverting the ball back into the shapeless fire, which he can then recall back and eat." Luffy said.

"W-What do you m-mean, eat?" Kaya stuttered.

"Natsu and Naruto are different then we are," Luffy said. "Their powers are not DF powers but instead are different. One of many things Natsu can do with fire is he can eat it, which would power him up. When we first met, he could eat any fire but his own. After two and a half years of hard training, he became able to eat his own fire as well, but it will not power him up, it will only return him the energy he used."

"Wow, that's amazing," Usopp said in disbelief, and Kaya agreed with him. "It makes me wonder how powerful the three of you are if Natsu can do this, and it doesn't even seem like it's his full power."

"Well, all three of us are very strong," Luffy said. "Though truthfully said, while I'm the captain of the crew, Natsu is more powerful than I am, while Naruto is about equal to me."

Usopp and Kaya were surprised by this, as they thought that the captain of the Pirate crew is always the strongest in the crew, but in this case, it's not like that.

It was a minute later that Natsu apparently finished with digging the hole, which was known to the others by the fire which descended through the hole, and went straight into Natsu's mouth, who, much to the amazement of Kaya and Usopp, actually ate it, just like Luffy said Natsu can.

"It's done," Natsu said, and Luffy approached him, followed by Usopp and Kaya. Once they got under the hole, they could see it's dozens of meters from the ceiling to the exit of the hole, and all of them were also able to see the sky.

"Damn, I wish I could do that," Usopp commented.

"Well, if you experiment with your power, maybe one day you could do something similar," Natsu advised Usopp, who looked at him along with Kaya. "I couldn't do this not that long ago. My fire was only meant for battle and nothing else, but after a lot of training and experimentations, I became able to do this, and so much more."

"Ok, now that that's over, let's go and see few of those chambers and see if we can actually put all the gold in there," Luffy suggested, and Natsu agreed, after which the two went toward one of the tunnels for which Usopp said would led to a big chamber.

Five minutes of walking through the tunnel later, and the two pirates, one soon to be a pirate, and a doctor in training arrived into a huge underground chamber, which was completely empty save for the sky blue crystals which could be seen all over the chamber covering the walls, and giving the chamber the light.

"Yep, this is definitely big enough," Luffy said with a smile on his face, as he was happy to have found a place where he can store all the gold he, Natsu and Naruto took from the Isle of Gold, as well as all the rest which stayed back there. "Now to just find a way to just transport it here as fast as possible."

"Well, I could do it with my powers, but I can only open the portals in my line of sight, so…" Usopp said, and waited to hear if anyone else has some idea.

"The only way I can think of is to use your power to transport the gold to the Going Merry, which can then enter here in the cave all the way to the shore, and then you can use your powers again few times and move it from one place to the other as far as your line of sight is. It will take a while, but there is no other way except to carry it by hand, and that will take forever even with Naruto's clones."

Kaya and Usopp didn't know what Luffy meant by 'clones', but didn't ask as they assumed they will see it sometime.

The four of them then returned back to the dinghy, and left the cave to reunite with the others, so they can see how far they have gone with moving the stuff from the old ships Luffy and the others used, to the Going Merry.

XXX

The Going Merry looks just like it did in the anime and manga, but is about three times bigger. I have a reason for this, and that is because after the ship is remodeled in Water 7, it will be pretty much the same ship.