Hello all, sorry been gone a while but ideas for other fics and writer's block kept getting in the way… IT REALLY SUCKS! Part of the reason is because I suck at doing filler (my filler not whatever series' filler) so it takes a while for me to do it.

In addition to that, I had to go back and watch some episodes of One Piece to make sure I had everything for Drum Island and what comes after, so it took a bit to track down a site that would let me watch it without it being chopped to pieces or messed with in some way or wanted me to pay for it.

Oh, for the people that want me to detail every little thing… yeah… that's not happening, if it isn't being changed or tweaked in some way then I'm not going to detail it all out because it's the same as it was in the anime/manga and it would just be filler for the chapter.

Also, I have a poll up for who should be the first pairing for my Danny Phantom Fic so check it out.

Ok, some of you have wanted me to move Koala to Luffy's harem instead of being paired with Sabo. If enough people ask then I will but I want someone to pair with Sabo then and it cannot be Nami, Nojiko, Hancock, Robin, or Makino. Anyone who says "anyone will work" will be ignored.

Lastly, taking suggestions for weapons for Bonnie since there are a lot of options and would like to hear from y'all.

Not much else to add so let's get to the usual stuff.

Anyway, let's move on to what you all actually want to see.

Disclaimer: LAST TIME I AM DOING THIS SINCE Y'ALL SHOULD GET THE IDEA BY NOW! I DON'T OWN ONE PIECE OR ANYTHING FROM IT!

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CHAPTER 6: Doctor

Open Sea: Three Days Later

Luffy was relaxing on the ship as it sailed for the next island since there had been little to no changes in things over the past three days aside from Zoro, Gin, and Nojiko helping the deckhands/lower crew become better at weapons. No word of Luffy's Bounty was in yet, but when they considered that the ship was stranded in the middle of the ocean they realized it was going to take some time to get word back to anyone.

Jack and Bonnie had kept to themselves for the most part, though it seemed Bonnie was a bit more open than Jack since she would talk with Makino and Kaya at times while Jack merely looked on as if ensuring no one tried to touch Bonnie. Luffy had his suspicions about Jack, but he wasn't going to ask or make any comments since the man had a right to his privacy, especially after what he had been through as a slave.

Luffy broke from his musings as he felt a small tug on his coat and looked to see a small velociraptor there. It was black with red stripes across its back and its eyes were a strange purple color. The little guy had come from an egg that Luffy had grabbed from Little Garden when he was going to save his crew since he had found a nest with the other eggs destroyed and one still there while two full grown raptors were dead nearby, "What's up boy? Hungry?" Luffy asked and the raptor seemed to understand him as it shook its head and got him to stand up before leading him to the common area of the ship and he saw Nami there.

However, instead of the usual perky Nami, he got a Nami that seemed to be having a tough time breathing and was sweating badly before she passed out on the table. Cursing to himself, he moved over to her and picked her up and went to his room, "KAYA! Get me water and a cloth quickly!" Luffy shouted as he went to his room and got Nami in bed before Kaya, Makino, Vivi, Alvida, and Nojiko came in and Luffy quickly put the cloth on her head once it was soaked, "Damn, I should have known since she was exposed to the jungle after that encounter with the raptors." Luffy stated as he took and tore a piece of fabric to dab the sweat off her face.

"What is it Luffy-kun?" Makino asked as Nojiko was by her sister looking worriedly and Luffy sighed.

"It's a rare fever that you can get when bitten by an insect that's native to jungles, specifically ones that dinosaurs would love." He stated getting realization from the others, "Yeah, I don't know how to cure it but I can slow it down enough that we should be able to find a doctor in time since the fever only gets worse." Luffy stated getting scared and shocked reactions as Nami shifted slightly and Luffy placed his palm against her before taking a breath as his arm glowed white and she seemed to begin breathing easier and some color came back.

However, when Luffy pulled his hand back, it was clear that whatever he did was not an easy thing as he had a bit of sweat on his head and was taking some deep breaths, "Makino-chan, make sure the ship stays on course with the other Log Poses while Kaya and I watch over Nami." Luffy ordered while catching his breath and Makino nodded and kissed Luffy's cheek before walking out, "Noji-chan, it will be alright, I won't let Nami-chan die." Luffy stated seriously to Nojiko, who nodded and kissed his cheek, "Good, now go help with the rest of the crew, if anything changes I swear that I'll come tell you."

Luffy ordered and stated and Nojiko reluctantly did as asked while the others, minus Kaya, left the room to give Nami time to rest and Kaya helped watch over Nami while keeping an eye on Luffy in case he tired himself out too much.

A Day Later

Luffy awoke to sensing something occurring on the sea and looked to see Nami trying to get up, "Luffy-kun, get the ship turned away NOW!" Nami ordered as Kaya got her to stay in bed and he moved quickly and got to the helm making Sabo stand aside as he quickly turned the wheel to get the ship to turn. The crew was confused by the action before the sea in front of them suddenly sprung up in a water spout (tornado over water) making them all pale in fear.

Luffy grit his teeth as he held the wheel in place and poured his power into the ship to ensure the rudder didn't break and to make the sea help him, "Everyone hang on!" Luffy called as all the crew members grasped the nearest objects and Luffy stretched his arms around to hold the wheel in place before moving his hands out and made the wind flow into their sails and the water to push the back of the ship helping to whip them around and out of the area the water spout held.

Luffy sighed in relief as they got away from it and released his hold on the helm before he grabbed the railing beside it to steady himself while Sabo manned the helm again as Luffy caught his breath and the lower crew cheered for him, but he waved them off, "Thank Nami once she is better, she's the one that warned me to turn the ship." Luffy stated between breaths since using his powers on such strong currents was not an easy thing since he had to fight them while holding the ship together and in place to move with the currents. With Reverse Mountain and the way down it was easier since he didn't redirect the currents, he merely focused them or made them divert only slightly. This however was changing the winds to flow perfectly in the circular motion to fill the sails and the currents to flow an even way, meaning not being sucked into the water spout, before they both had to be forced to slam straight through the cycle to get the ship out.

Luffy sat down with his back against the railing as Makino quickly came up with some water and Luffy drank it down quickly before letting out a gasp of air, "Damn that was tiring." He stated as his raptor quickly came and rubbed against him showing he was there to help if needed. Luffy smiled and pet the little guy while absently remembering he needed to name him at some point. He then stood, "Alright, I want everyone to keep their eyes open for any nearby Islands. I don't care if the Log Poses point us there or not, we'll check them out since there may be a doctor on it." Luffy ordered and the lookouts sounded off in the affirmative while the rest of the crew went back to their routines while Luffy decided to head back and sit with Nami.

A few hours later, Luffy sensed something and frowned before he came out on deck and found that it was noticeably colder than before and had Sabo go and retrieve the winter clothes he had had Gin retrieve while in Logue Town and began having the crew bundle up in the fur lined coats just in time to see it begin snowing. Luffy frowned still as he sensed there was someone nearby, multiple people in fact, and got his answer as a large hippo style ship pulled up along them and boarded them with several riflemen there aiming at them and Luffy's crew didn't bat an eyelash since they knew Luffy was capable of handling this if needed.

Luffy basically ignored he riflemen as a rather fat, hippo-like, man got on the ship while eating a leg of meat, "What is this? An ugly ship in my presence? Hmm, oh well, give me your treasure and food and make it snappy or I'll have my men shoot you all and then I'll eat your ship." He stated and Luffy didn't blink.

"No." Luffy stated simply enjoying the outraged face the man gave before grabbing the guy by the throat when he tried to take a bite out of the ship. The man gasped for air as he clawed at Luffy's arm and his men aimed their rifles at Luffy before several dropped them when they got cuts on their arms, several guns were cut to pieces, and the lower crew members all drew their guns on the others while Makino had her bow pointed at a man dressed in a jester uniform and was holding a bow too, "I don't take kindly to anyone making demands of me let alone those who do that and then try to actually eat my ship." Luffy stated coldly before his fist stretched a couple hundred yards back before it flew forward just as Luffy let him go and slammed into him sending him flying and he turned to the rest of the invaders and flared his Killing Intent, "Leave." He growled in a tone that had his own crew willing to leave if he wanted and the riflemen quickly got back on the ship and sailed after their apparent captain.

Luffy sighed and reigned in his KI (killing intent) and moved back to the helm while a few of the crew gathered the rifles, both broken and whole, and took them below since the broken ones could still be used for parts or melted down into anything else they needed. Luffy sighed as he leaned on the railing, "Makino-chan, take Kaya some clothing and Nami a warmer blanket." Luffy stated and Makino nodded before she went to grab the items and Luffy breathed out, "Let's hope we get to an island soon and that we're lucky enough that they have a doctor to help Nami or that we're even lucky enough to get a doctor that will come with us." Luffy stated and Sabo nodded knowing that, while he was good at hiding it, Luffy was becoming exhausted at using his powers to help Nami's condition since it involved affinities he didn't possess yet and it was taking its toll on him the more he did it, but a captain is not supposed to show weakness so he hid it as best he could.

Sabo just hoped they reached an island soon.

1 day later

The ship was sailing along with Luffy and Kaya keeping an eye on Nami as the ship sailed and ensuring she was kept warm with the decreasing weather temperature. However, today was going to be different as Luffy sensed a large number of people a distance off and he got up before leaving Nami's room and moved to the Helm before grabbing the wheel and turned it a few degrees to starboard before holding it in place while trying to use his wind affinity to clear the fog that was around, "Lookouts! Straight ahead, keep an eye out for reefs and rocks." He called getting affirmatives from his sentries with Usopp heading up to help out as they sailed forward.

All was quiet till Usopp sounded off, "Luffy, five degrees starboard." He called and Luffy turned the wheel slightly as she ship angled to the right slightly just before a rock passed their left nearly scraping the side of the ship while another was on their right just a bit farther away than the one of the left. Luffy sighed as he made sure the water lifted them up slightly in case of shallow water that they couldn't see before they pulled up alongside a cliff and Luffy stood on the deck before an arrow hit next to his foot.

This naturally sent the crew on edge as the fog cleared showing several people, clearly not professionally trained, brandishing some bows, pitchforks, swords, and some other items and Luffy held his hand up to keep the crew from trying anything, "Leave this place pirate scum! We were already raided by one band of pirates and we will not allow it to happen again!" One of them shouted and the crew frowned since they didn't like someone insulting their captain.

Luffy then shocked them all as he removed his hat and bowed to the ground, "Please, we just want to see a doctor to save one of our crew then we will leave in peace." He stated while the crew all grit their teeth as it was common for the crew to hate for their captain to bow to anyone, but it was worse for them since it was Luffy who was doing the bowing.

The islanders didn't know how to react before a large muscular man with an axe on his back stepped up, "Bring your sick or wounded and we'll attempt to help, but don't try anything." The man, who one of the islanders then identified as Dalton, stated and Luffy nodded before putting his hat back on and went into the cabin to get Nami before he helped her into a heavy coat and thicker pants before he tucked her into his coat and tied her sleeves around him to help carry her.

As he was heading back outside, his raptor jumped into his coat pocket to keep warm and snuggled in as Luffy went out, "Moor the ship here and everyone be ready to leave after we have Nami looked at. There's no telling what trouble we'll find here or how fast we may need to leave, so have everything ready." He ordered and got a round of 'Yes Captain' from everyone as Vivi, Usopp, Makino, Nojiko, Valentine, and Sanji went with Luffy and the rest anchored down the ship and pulled in the sails.

Luffy quickly jumped to the cliff and followed Dalton to the nearby village where an older guy looked her over before informing them that she was beyond his medicine and their best chance was the top of the middle mountain where a Doctor Kureha, who was the only doctor there was left on the island after the former king left with all the others, lived alone with a creature.

Luffy looked out the window and frowned at the sight of the towering mountain before turning to Nami, "Nami-chan, do you want me to carry you there?" He asked ignoring the incredulous looks from everyone else as Nami stirred slightly and looked at Luffy slightly.

"If you can get me there, then yes, carry me." She stated weakly and Luffy nodded before he channeled another burst of energy through her to keep her stable longer before he lifted her and tied her to his back, "Just don't overdo it, Luffy-kun." She stated knowing that taking care of her was draining him.

Luffy nodded as he situated her better before walking out the door, "Wait, Luffy-kun, I'm coming with you." Nojiko stated and Luffy looked back before shaking his head.

"No, you can't keep up with how I'll be moving and carrying you is a risk since I don't want to drop you." Luffy commented as he looked at her and saw her frown with her hands on her hips and he sighed, "Fine, but I'll have to carry you too so come here." He stated and Nojiko nodded with a smile as she came over to him and he lifted her bridal style making her blush before he nodded to the others and turned back to Nojiko, "Hold on tight to me and Nami." He stated and she nodded and curled in against him while holding on to Nami's coat before he launched away from the ground causing a burst of snow.

Everyone that stayed behind gawked at the sight as Luffy seemed to rocket away towards the mountain, "What the hell was that?!" Dalton, Valentine, and Vivi exclaimed looking on in shock at the fast man while the members of Luffy's crew just waved their hands.

"He's complicated." They stated in unison before shaking their heads since they didn't know if they would ever be able to understand how their captain could do what he could and decided just to wait for him to come back.

With Luffy

Luffy was jumping as he used his full strength in his legs to launch him as far and as fast as possible while holding Nojiko and Nami to him. As Luffy was leaping across the terrain, he idly became aware that something was watching him as he did and knew it was an animal of some kind from what he was sensing around him, "Damn, dad was right, the more I focus on it the easier it gets for me to sense things in general without trying." Luffy thought before he came to a stop before an army of large rabbit creatures and they seemed scared of him, "Move." He stated calmly as he walked forward while Nojiko was ready to draw her pistols.

However, she didn't get the chance as the mountain groaned before an avalanche occurred. While Nojiko and the rabbits began to freak out, Luffy frowned before he shifted Nojiko to one arm putting his left hand on her ass, which naturally made her blush, before he extended his right arm and the trees suddenly sprouted multiple branches that formed into a massive wall that diverted the snow around both the rabbits and them before he stopped it once the avalanche ceased.

Luffy looked at the rabbits gathered and they moved out of the way letting him walk forward after he shifted Nojiko back to both of his arms while she was still blushing. Luffy nodded his thanks before he took off again landing at the base of the mountain that was towering over him.

Luffy frowned at the height before he sighed and stretched his arms around Nami and Nojiko securing them tightly to him without causing them discomfort before he jumped as high as he could and caught a ledge on the mountain side before he began climbing/rocketing up with Nojiko snuggling into him both for safety and because it was cold while Luffy tightened his hold on her when he felt her get close to him. However, along the way he heard Nami's breathing get more ragged and grit his teeth slightly before he quickly grabbed an handhold and moved his hand back to Nami to keep her stable again before grabbing the handhold again and walked down the mountain before rocketing up and grabbing another handhold.

"Damn it, I need to hurry. My vision is getting blurry and if I have to keep helping Nami-chan then we are going to all be in danger since this is draining me the longer I have to go. I guess dad was right about the powers getting taxing after a time no matter how small a burst it is and this is only worse since I don't have this affinity naturally yet, dad just taught me the basics to help my body along." Luffy thought as he heaved slightly and continued climbing since his father had taught him something that pertained to a person's body, If my body cannot handle my ambitions, then I must break it down and rebuild it until it can. My physical limitations will not hold me back from my dreams and goals.

Those had been Damon's words and Luffy had taken them to heart as every time he became exhausted and struggled to move in his training, he slapped himself and went even further until he passed out… then he'd jump back into it once he was awake again. To protect his crew and family, Luffy couldn't afford to be bound by normal limitations, to be normal would mean that he'd never stand against the likes of the Shichibukai or the Yonkou and they were going to be in his way for his goals and none of them were normal by any definition. So he broke his perceived limitations and continued building up his strength and power to the heights he currently had and was still pushing it whenever he could, though he wasn't planning on making this one of those times but he had no other option at the moment.

He broke from his thoughts as one of his handholds broke and he quickly dug his fingers into the mountain and grit his teeth as his fingers scraped against the surface. He wished that he could use his stone affinity to make a way up, but that would drain him more and this mountain was compressed dirt along with stone/rock so it wouldn't be as effective as he would've liked.

However, he had something that would help but he hadn't tried it before and now seemed as good a time as any. Retracting one of his hands, he flexed it while focusing on it before his fingers shifted into three inch claws surprising Nojiko while he grit his teeth before he stabbed them into mountain anchoring him in place before he did the same with his other hand and began to scale the mountain again with his fingers quickly stabbing and ripping out of the mountain as he climbed.

It took Luffy almost a half hour to climb the rest of the mountain and when he reached the top, he was tired and his right hand was bloody since his foot had slipped when he was reaching with his left hand and he had to hold with his right and skidded down the mountain a ways leaving a large gash in the mountain while his fingers were not that well off. Now that he was on top, he quickly set Nojiko down, who gladly got down to give her shared boyfriend a rest before he set Nami down too as an old woman and a reindeer walking on two legs came over to them from a frozen castle just before Luffy collapsed onto the snow covered top making the two people hurry over as his claws receded and he had fingers again, though the right hand was beat to hell.

The woman checked Nami over while the reindeer was looking over Luffy before Luffy reached out and grabbed the woman with his right hand, "Please, she's important to me, help her." Luffy asked with ragged breaths and the woman looked at him before nodding just before Luffy passed out.

The woman looked at Nojiko with a curious and surprised expression, "He climbed the mountain carrying the both of you?" She asked incredulously and Nojiko nodded surprising the woman and the reindeer, "Regardless, let's get them inside and out of the cold." The woman stated before they got Luffy and Nami inside.

Back at the town

Everyone was on edge, why you ask? Because the fat hippo man that Luffy had sent flying was there and was actually riding a hippo only it was covered in fur while all his soldiers were with him while Dalton was on the ground wounded from trying to fight them and get them to leave. Apparently the hippo man was the former king of their island named Wapol, who abandoned the country when it came under attack. Usopp was currently in a standoff with the jester as both were just aiming their respective bows at the other while Sanji and a guy with an afro that was with the fat guy were staring at each other.

However, before anything could be done, they all turned as a massive avalanche of snow came at them and they all moved for cover as the snow washed over the village.

A few minutes later, the hippo broke free with Wapol riding it and his two subordinates went with him to his mountain castle while his soldiers secured the village and kept the others from digging out Dalton, who was buried under the snow. However, they didn't see one very pissed off first mate to the next pirate king along with a demon of the crew glaring at them and approaching them dangerously.

At the castle

Nami stirred on the bed slightly, feeling better than she had for a couple of days now and looked around to see she was in some kind of frozen castle before seeing Luffy on a bed a little ways away from her with his coat hanging on a rack and Nojiko asleep in a chair between them and she smiled slightly knowing Luffy must have gotten them up the mountain. She then turned and saw a peculiar sight of a reindeer on two legs wearing a large pink hat and brown pants staring at her and trying to hide. I say trying because he was doing it backwards in that he wasn't behind a wall peeking out but was peeking behind the wall and thinking he was hiding, "Hello there." Nami stated making the reindeer jump slightly, "Are me and my captain going to be ok?" She asked figuring this person was either a Human that ate a Zoan fruit or a reindeer that ate a weird fruit since Luffy had been telling her about the different things a devil fruit could do depending on who/what ate it.

She broke from her musings when the reindeer spoke, "Yes, you both should be ok." He stated before he was patted on the hat by the older woman and she walked up to Nami.

"You're lucky, girl, that infection and fever you had was going to kill you in the next few days if you hadn't found a doctor." She stated as she lifted the shirt Nami was wearing showing a large red and slightly swollen spot on her stomach, "Why the hell you were shirtless in a jungle is beyond me." She continued and Nami frowned.

"It wasn't intentional, we had to go there for our Log Pose and then we got attacked by a pack of raptors so excuse me for getting my shirt torn a bit." Nami stated with her frown being a pout now and the woman frowned before conceding her point, "What about Luffy-kun?" She asked with some concern.

The woman waved her off, "He's fine, he's just exhausted and his hand needs to heal a bit, but otherwise he is fine." The woman stated and Nami nodded with a sigh of relief, "Now stay in bed so you don't aggravate your condition and you should be able to leave within two weeks." The woman stated shocking Nami.

"What?! No, I can't stay for two weeks! We have somewhere important to be and it's time sensitive!" Nami exclaimed knowing that the situation in Alabasta possibly wasn't going to hold out for two weeks on top of however long it took to get there!

The woman didn't seem to care, "That's too bad since I can't very well let a patient in as bad a shape as you go until you're in the clear." The woman stated as she poked Nami's head and walked off with the reindeer still looking at them.

Nami pouted with her cheeks puffed out before she sighed and looked at Luffy before she smiled and got out of the bed getting the reindeer to panic before Nami pulled Luffy's blanket back and climbed into the bed with him and smiled at the warmth along with Luffy instinctively wrapping his arms around her before she snuggled into his chest and went to sleep.

2 hours later

Luffy groaned as he awoke finding himself in a bed with two weights on him and blinked his eyes a few times to get them to focus and saw both Nami and Nojiko sleeping on his chest with smiles on their faces. Luffy smiled and kissed their foreheads before he gently got out of bed making them whine at the loss of heat and get close to each other making them spoon and press their assets together. If it weren't for the fact Luffy had to ensure Nami was ok, he'd probably think a few dirtier thoughts concerning their positions at the moment.

Shaking his head away from those thoughts, he noticed his hand was bandaged and began undoing the wrappings before he heard a quick succession of clacks of something on the floor and found two hooves keeping him from unwrapping his hand any more. Luffy turned and saw the Humanoid Reindeer looking at him with a scared yet serious expression, "Leave those on or you'll risk getting an infection." The reindeer stated making Luffy blink before he chuckled.

Luffy pulled his hand away and kept unwrapping showing his hand was healed fully making the reindeer widen his eyes seeing Luffy didn't even have a scratch on him when his hand was a mangled mess before, "I heal quickly." Luffy commented as he undid the bandages entirely and flexed his hand to make sure nothing felt off in the muscle and bone structure.

Once he was satisfied that his wounds hadn't left any damage behind, he turned to the reindeer, "So is Nami going to be alright?" He asked the reindeer, who took a minute to process his question.

"Wha? Oh! Uh yes, she should be fine with bed rest for a few weeks to aggravate her body's recovery." The reindeer stated making Luffy frown.

"Damn, that's gonna be a problem for later." Luffy muttered as he was still too weak to try and accelerate Nami's healing. Sighing to himself he sat in the nearby chair and looked at the reindeer, "So what's your story? Are you a Human who ate a reindeer fruit or are you a reindeer that ate a Human fruit?" Luffy asked since he knew this little guy wasn't like the Fishmen or one of the Zoan Kingdom inhabitants that Damon had told him about so that left a Devil Fruit.

The reindeer merely stared at him a long moment before talking, "I was a normal reindeer that ate the Human-Human Fruit and got turned like this and ended up outcasted by both the reindeer and the Humans until my mentor, Dr. Hiluluk, took me in and nursed me back to health before teaching me about medicine and about how free Pirates were on the seas and even gave me the name Tony Tony Chopper." The now named Chopper stated with both happiness and a hint of sadness in his voice.

Luffy smiled slightly, "Sounds like he was more your father than just a mentor." Luffy stated with a smile making Chopper look up at him quickly with wide eyes, "I mean, he fed you, took care of you, raised you for some time, and even named you. That sounds like a parent and child to me." Luffy stated with a wide grin that reminded Chopper of Hiluluk and the two began talking about different things whether losses, fun memories, silly stories, and more while only Luffy was aware of the older woman standing outside the room listening to them talk and enjoy themselves.

She even smiled when Luffy suggested Chopper going with them since then someone would be around to monitor Nami and ensure she didn't take a turn for the worse. Of course, Chopper tried to deny it stating it was dumb for him to go when he wasn't Human before Luffy patted his head and told him that being Human was over rated anyway and he should just be whatever he is. Luffy explained that he was a pirate and despite what the World Government and others would try to say about him, he wasn't a monster that killed innocent people and tried to enslave nations, but he was a monster to the World Government since they condoned acts that Luffy despised. Thus, he was a monster to his enemies, but he was always a friend, brother, or leader to his crew and anyone that was under his protection.

Chopper was enthralled by his story and the woman could only smile as her mind wondered to Gol D Roger and being the same way with his crew when he was sailing the seas. She idly noticed some similarities between Roger and the boy there.

It was close to an hour later that Luffy suddenly flicked his eyes towards the cliff edge that was outside the castle and quickly stood before taking his coat and slipping it on and called his sword to his hand before drawing it and walking outside surprising Chopper, the now awake Nami and Nojiko, and the old woman, named Doctor Kureha, as they moved to follow him.

Upon reaching outside, they found Luffy standing across from Wapol and his two henchmen Chess and Kuromarimo. Luffy stood impassively between the three and the castle as Wapol munched on some form of food while looking at Luffy, "What is this? Interlopers living within MY castle?! And what is that hideous thing on the tallest tower?" Wapol stated while looking at the group then at the flag at the top that was Hiluluk's.

Wapol then frowned before he turned his arm into a cannon and aimed at the flag, pissing an already pissed off Chopper who launched at him and was intercepted by his goons as Wapol fired. However, before the cannon fire could reach halfway to the flag, the shot was cut in half and fell to the ground as a dud. Everyone turned towards Luffy who had his blade in the air and his hair covered his eyes, "Touch that flag." Luffy started before raising his head making everyone, especially Chopper, took a step back at seeing his eyes, "And I will end you." Luffy stated with a sneer as his blade hummed with power.

Luffy then swung his blade sending an arc of wind out that cut Wapol's arm off. Wapol howled in pain since even if he turned his arm into a cannon, that cannon was still attached to his body and he controlled it. Luffy then walked forward as the blade scratched the ground as he did before he moved and grabbed an arrow that Chess fired at him before throwing it right back and hitting Chess in the leg making him drop his bow and scream in pain.

Luffy then swung rapidly to cut through a bunch of hairballs that Kuromarimo threw at him before Luffy flexed his right arm and suddenly a stone spike shot up and tore into his left shoulder making him scream. Luffy continued walking towards the three before he drew one of his pistols and shot the two lackies in the head before a gust of wind blew them off the mountain and he stood in front of Wapol.

Wapol grit his teeth and tried to stand before he launched forward and blasted Luffy point blank with a grin only for a tight grip to grab his throat making him gasp as Luffy emerged from the smoke unharmed and held Wapol there within his grasp, "Luffy stop!" Vivi screamed as they came from the gondola lift and Luffy merely looked at her, "He's the king of this country, you can't just kill him." Vivi stated as the rest of the main crew came up along with Igaram, Dalton, and several of the townspeople along with the crew from Wapol's ship.

Luffy merely raised an eyebrow at her, "Really? Well I think you are mistaken." Luffy stated making Vivi frown, "Dr Kureha, is this your king?" Luffy asked looked at the old woman who caught on to what he was asking before she frowned and shook her head, "Chopper, is this your king?" Luffy asked again and Chopper shook his head. Luffy then turned to Dalton after asking the other townspeople who shook their heads and even the doctors and guards from Wapol's ship shook their heads when asked "Dalton, is this your king?" Luffy finally asked Dalton.

Dalton stared long and hard at Luffy before he shook his head, "No, he is not my king." Dalton stated with some venom aimed at Wapol and Luffy nodded before lifting Wapol off the ground.

"Then it would appear, that this is a fraud and a liar." Luffy stated before walking to the edge and looking Wapol directly in the eyes, "Long live the king." Luffy stated before he stabbed Wapol right through the heart shocking many before Luffy pulled his blade out and cut Wapol's head off before spartan kicking the corpse off the edge letting it fall to the ground below as Luffy flicked the blood from his blade.

Luffy then sheathed his blade and walked back to the others while the natives couldn't believe they just saw Wapol die. Let alone that he was killed by a pirate of all things that wasn't even trying to raid their home. Vivi and Igaram were just in a state of shock that Luffy killed the ruler of a country and even more that the people of the country were fine with it. Vivi then turned towards Luffy as he checked on Nami and talked with Chopper after handing the old woman a key of some kind. The woman smiled and hugged Chopper as both cried before Kureha stood and had Dalton and some of the others help her with something as Chopper went to his room and packed his things including some books for Kaya to study as Luffy told him he had an in training doctor on board but not a full-fledged one.

Two Hours Later

Luffy and company, now with the addition of Chopper, sailed away from Drum while seeing the bright cherry blossom rain that Kureha finished for Hiluluk as Chopper had more tears going down his face. Luffy merely patted his head before turning to the wheel and was thankful the Log Poses had set during their time there or there'd be problems for them.

Luffy had left them flags to fly if they chose to become his territory and under his protection and was even willing to fight the Marines and others if they dared to try and attack the island or reclaim it as the Marines would put it. Kureha had been agreeable to it and flew Luffy's flag side by side with Hiluluk's with a few of the towns agreeing and putting his flag up much to the shock of Vivi, Igaram, and Valentine. Luffy had also informed them that there may be refugees coming to them in the future as he had helped some in the past and had freed several slaves from the Celestial Dragons, which shocked the people but Dalton was all for it since he despised the Celestial Dragons since the first time he met one. The fact that Wapol and them got along well was just another reason to hate them for him.

Once negotiations were finished, Luffy and then prepared to set out with Luffy refusing any supplies they offered since they'd need them and he'd try to get some supplies sent to them soon, much to their gratitude. However, Luffy noticed Vivi seemed to be struggling with something and decided this was something that the whole crew should probably hear as they sailed, "Vivi, what's wrong?" Luffy asked loudly while steering the ship making a few look to see what the problem was.

Vivi bit her bottom lip in thought as she tried to form the words correctly, "How can those people just turn their back on the king? I agree he wasn't the nicest person but still." Vivi stated and Luffy sighed.

"Vivi, before you even think that, you should have gotten the whole story." Luffy stated making her look at him in confusion, "That bastard Wapol, when his kingdom was invaded by pirates, he ran and took all the doctors and soldiers with him except for Dalton. Before that though, he took all the doctors for his personal care stating that the king should be cared for above everyone else and then decided to execute Chopper's father because he kept helping the poor people instead of letting them make the trip up the mountain and pay Wapol for the doctors' services. The man wasn't a king, he was a tyrant and asshole that decided he could take what he wanted when he wanted and anyone who disagreed was someone to be executed." Luffy stated shocking her.

"The man was no king and therefore had no right to rule that island. A real king would have ensured his people were taken care of before himself; he viewed it as the people existed to provide him with his position, but his position exists to provide them with a life worth having. Despite knowing the truth, he would have destroyed everything than admit he was wrong, so he had no right to call himself a king." Luffy stated still steering the ship, "All men and women are entitled to freedom, but if their ruler, king, leader, or whatever you want to call it won't lead them to it or let them have it, then they have the right to rise up against them to have that freedom whether they get it through victory or get it through death. Personally, I'll die on my feet before I ever live on my knees." Luffy stated making many of the crew sound their agreement.

Vivi didn't say anything as she was too lost in thought since she was raised that all kings were a benefit to their people, not tyrants that the people would gladly try to get rid of. She then walked to the female quarters to think with no one bothering her since they knew she had a lot to think about.

Luffy merely watched her before turning his eyes back forward while Igaram was happy that Vivi had learned this. While their King was a good man, she had to understand that not every ruler was one that should be ruling their kingdom and at times it was better for the people if they were removed. The reason that the World Government didn't do anything was because 1) if they started interfering then who is to say they wouldn't decide at any time that the current ruler wasn't one that aligned with their plans and just remove them? And 2) Because the next ruler may not share the same views of the World Government that the previous one did.

All in all, the World Government essentially had a 'you support us and we won't get in your way' policy unless the leaders really started acting up and drawing too much negative attention.

It was one of the things that Luffy intended to correct when he started gaining more power and followers. While Damon had explained to him that once he fully matured as a Reaper, he'd be able to stand up to armies of thousands on his own, it was always best to have people you knew could watch your back and ensure you never got blindsided or worn out against enemies.

He just had to hope he was ready when the war started.

3 Days Later: Unknown Island

Luffy steered the ship as it came up on a forested island, which didn't seem to be inhabited, since the Log Poses were locked onto it and there was nothing they could do until they reset. Since they were going to be stuck here anyway, Luffy ordered the crew to relax, see what supplies there were available, and train till the Log Poses were set. He also wanted everyone back at the ship by nightfall and no one was to go off on their own just to be safe.

Sanji and Yosaku immediately took off for a run while stating they'd bring back anything they found to eat while Zoro, Johnny, Alvida, and Gin went off to spar. Yosaku went with Sanji since he and Johnny had noticed their different dominant traits: Johnny was faster but Yosaku was stronger so they both decided to push their weaker trait to not have such a disadvantage. Kaya stayed on the ship to study the books Chopper gave her while Chopper was heading out with Makino to find any medial plants there may be. Nojiko and Usopp were setting up targets at varying distances to practice on especially since Luffy wanted Usopp and her to practice knife throwing since if they ran out of ammo or someone snuck up on them then they'd need something faster than trying to whip their weapon around to shoot. Once they wanted to switch gears, then their job was to hit Sabo or at least be able to keep up with him. Nami was ordered just to relax for at least three days under both Chopper and Luffy's orders and she was complying.

For Bonnie, Valentine, Koala, and Jack, they had some training time with Luffy so he could get an idea of what they were capable of. The rest of the crew were ensuring the ship was moored correctly and were relaxing on the ground near the ship.

Luffy led his group to an open area before turning to face them, "Alright, I'll be working with each of you to see what exactly it is that I can help you improve on." Luffy stated making them nod, though Valentine was a bit more reluctant since she didn't even think she was staying on with the crew if she could help it.

"So how is this going to work? Are you going to give us basic instruction each then go from there or what?" Jack asked before Luffy smirked and closed his eyes a moment before three more of him suddenly appeared surprising the others. One of the copies went with each of the girls to an edge of the clearing while the original was with Jack.

"So, what can you do?" Luffy asked and Jack flexed his hand making the dirt shift and form over his hand to make a large gauntlet, "So you have an Earth based fruit. Alright, how much have you pushed it?" Luffy asked making Jack frown in thought.

"Not that much, I only had it for a small amount of time before I was captured. I have some techniques, but not many." Jack stated making Luffy nod, "So what the hell are you anyway? I've seen Devil Fruits before but none that give the user so many abilities." Jack stated and Luffy smirked slightly.

"I'm… complicated and it would take a long while to explain it. Though I'm surprised you've noticed my abilities since you're blind." Luffy stated making him raise his eyebrows, "Don't be surprised, my eyes are better than many other people. I'm guessing your Devil Fruit let's you feel tremors through your feet which is why you prefer no shoes?" Luffy stated making Jack nod, "Ok, then one thing to work on would be you increasing your range and focusing on your ears more since there will be enemies that don't need to step on the ground to attack you." Luffy stated making Jack nod slowly, "Then we'll switch off from training while you wear shoes since it will muffle if not blind your sight and then we'll work on me attacking you from a long range to both let you try to see further and help increase your other senses." Luffy informed making Jack frown since he hadn't considered that.

"After we make progress with that, we'll have to find you a suitable weapon and working on my own way of handling the sea and Seastone. I will not have a member of my crew possessing such a glaring weakness and you can confirm with Sabo that I have made myself essentially immune to the sea and the Seastone that the Marines use on every Devil Fruit user." Luffy informed making Jack look curious since he knew of no one with a Devil Fruit being immune to the powers of the sea and this man here was not only claiming to do so but also claiming his… third in command? Possibly. His third in command would verify his story.

If that was true then Jack had found someone worth sailing with and the fact he wasn't a weakling afraid to attack the Celestial Dragons and their ships further cemented this. It also meant Luffy could help himself and Jewelry Bonnie get their revenge on one specific Marine and another person since they were responsible for slaughtering their crews and sending them to slavery at the request of a fat noble.

It was that moment that Jack and Bonnie had sworn revenge for their crews and had stuck together in their processing to be slaves to slowly be sent out and sold. Then like a twist of fate for it's own amusement, Luffy and his crew actually attacked and won against the convoy that was responsible for transporting them and against one ship that convoy should have easily won!

He smirked slightly finding this crew to be very interesting, though outside of Luffy, Makino, and Sabo their strength was debatable since it was clear those three were the big guns of the group regardless of anyone else's views and positions.

He broke from his musings as Luffy motioned for him to get ready and grinned at the prospect of getting stronger.

With Valentine and her Copy

Valentine was very confused since first the guy decimates her and her asshole partner, then takes her on his ship, then attacks a Celestial Dragon convoy, continues doing weird and impossible things, and now he wants to train her. She hadn't considered training since her floating and then crashing down on an enemy worked just fine… until Luffy came along that is. She knew that for a Devil Fruit's power to really show, you had to train and practice in it, but Valentine didn't want to risk someone higher than her viewing her as a threat and her current way of attacking worked fine.

Now, now she had someone who not only bested her and killed her partner, but had power beyond anything she had seen in her life and he wanted to train her! She wasn't even a part of his crew officially, mainly just staying on board since she'd be assassinated by Baroque Works or killed by someone on the crew when she tried to leave. Although, part of her was telling her that he latter wouldn't happen due to Luffy, but she didn't know why.

She was broken from her thoughts when Luffy started to speak, "Ok, so besides going extremely light and heavy, have you practiced anything else?" He asked and she shook her head making him nod, "Ok, do you lose any muscle mass or strength when you change your weight?" He asked and she shrugged clearly not having tested that theory, "Ok, do your powers only work on you or can you use them on others such as slapping someone and making them feel couple thousand kilograms heavier?" He asked and she stared at him blankly making him sigh, "Okaaay, what about testing to see if you could put more than just one thousand kilograms of weight on something or even go higher than 10,000 kilograms when you launch yourself at someone?" He asked and she just stared at him blinking owlishly making him facepalm.

Valentine had the decency to look sheepish, she wasn't a combat oriented kind of girl so she never thought of her powers from a fighter's point of view and now that he mentioned the possibilities possible after some testing, she felt really bad about not trying out her powers. Maybe if she did, she would've been ranked higher in Baroque Works or even been a better fighter to not have to depend on Five so much.

Luffy then sighed breaking her from her inner musings, "Alright, first we're going to see what extent your powers can reach and what you'll need training in in order to reach those peaks. With your ability to lower and increase weight, you'd be a monster in a fight and able to do a lot of different things if my theories pan out." He stated making her nod as she listened to his instructions feeling a sense of… anticipation at the prospect of getting stronger.

With Koala and her copy

Koala was panting in exertion as her Luffy wasn't asking her questions, he just came at her with the intent to pummel her into the ground and she reacted accordingly while being amazed that he was anticipating and keeping all of her attacks from making contact aside from her fist meeting his hand. She wasn't even holding back and he was treating her as if he was a master in the martial arts and she was just a beginner. Even her thousand brick fist was stopped by his palm before he gave her a hard punch to the gut that made her nearly blackout and vomit.

Luffy meanwhile was analyzing her stance and style since Damon had given him a breakdown and analysis of the Fishman Karate and found it lacking in several areas. For instance the whole thing was based around power since most Fishmen used it in the sea where they were naturally faster thus on land they were much slower than in training but compensated that for raw power. However, this made a big flaw since if you can't hit your opponent then what was the point of having the one hit win?

There was also the fact there were several people who could take one of those hits and keep coming and at least five them were on his crew. It was evidenced in their stance, the amount of hits they could take and still keep pushing, and more that they were not an opponent that just a one hit move would stop them unless you were able to deal a definitive death blow such as destroying the heart, brain, or severing the head. Ironically, it was one such thing that was needed in order to move up certain ranks in both the Marines and the Rebels since if they made you a commanding officer, they damn well wanted to be sure you didn't die in one hit and leave the people following you leaderless.

Luffy broke from his musings as he analyzed another flaw in Koala's movements: she always planted her left foot before attacking. That would not do at all since professionals would notice that pattern and aim for the leg to ensure her moves became even slower and less powerful. Now if she had been doing this to bait an enemy then that wouldn't be that much of an issue, but if she was doing that and still trying to do it even after Luffy showed he wasn't falling for it then there was a problem. There was also the fact she clearly hadn't taken too many beatdowns in her learning since one punch that he would give Sanji, Zoro, Gin, Sabo, or even Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku and she had been stunned and in pain for a good five to ten seconds and he could have dished out a lot more hits in that stunned couple seconds and even could have killed her. IF they went against a Commodore or anything higher in the Navy ranks and Koala faced off against them then she'd probably lose.

While Captain, Lieutenant, Sargent, Corporal, and Commander were all gimme ranks, the higher ones were all fought and earned in some way whether hunting pirates, doing a service for the World Government, assassination though that was kept much more descreet, or even all of the above. It was why most pirates weren't afraid of captains in the Marines, but if a Commodore showed up then they'd start getting tense and anything higher than that just made things worse for pirates. Considering Luffy's no doubt at least tripled bounty after raiding the slave convoy, they wouldn't let anything less than a Rear Admiral level Marine hunt him, though he knew Smoker would still be chasing him regardless since the man had obviously never had a beatdown before so finally getting one would push the man to become stronger after getting nothing but bottom feeders for opponents.

But back on task though, Koala would need a lot more speed and some extra power, which meant she was getting the weights treatment to both make her go faster and hit harder. There was also the fact she essentially telegraphed her movements as she prepared to attack, she got angry too easily shown via her frustration while facing him, she couldn't read her opponent and act accordingly, and other issues that he'd have to correct before anything too dangerous occurred.

Now he just had to show her how much she still had to work on. How to do that you ask? By beating her down into the ground to get his point across.

With Bonnie and her Copy

Bonnie was nervous since she hadn't been much of a trainer or fighter before. She had mostly been able to go about her pirate time just being seductive and tapping anyone she could to reduce their age to that of a toddler then steal anything they had and leave. She hadn't ever been a fighter or pushed her Devil Fruit to the limit, but then again maybe that was why she was in this situation in the first place.

She would train now if for no other reason than to get revenge on the bastards who killed her crew and branded her and Jack. She just honestly had no idea where to start and was hoping Luffy had some ideas. If he didn't then it was going to involve a lot of trial and error on her part, which it would be with Luffy helping her, it would just be easier if he was helping her.

She put her attention back on Luffy when he spoke, "Alright Bonnie, have you tried anything with your powers besides touching people?" He asked and she shook her head making him nod, "Ok, since your power is so unique this is gonna involve some practicing and experimentation. If your powers can work the way I think they do then it is possible that you may not have to touch someone directly to affect them." He stated and she nodded while focusing on him entirely, "Alright, the first things we are going to do is work on your physical capabilities since if you have the metabolism of all the different age groups then you may also have the energy and stamina meaning you could easily outlast most opponents and increasing your physical prowess will help in that regard since you can't depend on your powers forever."

He stated and she nodded already knowing that from her fight to help keep her crew alive, "Next we'll see if your powers can affect things that aren't people such as trees and animals since that could be used in other ways later on but it would be dangerous to know if it would even work until we test it and make sure." Bonnie nodded again seeing as how she hadn't thought of using her powers on objects, animals, or plants and was curious about the results herself, "We'll then move onto the experimentation part until I can find you a suitable weapon since you can't fight unarmed all the time as that becomes risky." Luffy continued making her nod again and Luffy nodded before beginning her instruction.

He just hoped then when the bounty hunters and Marines started coming out of the woodwork that the crew would be ready to handle everything. His training may seem harsh now, but with what he was doing and planned to do his crew had to be ready to face the harshness of the world and the cruelty that the World Government had to offer.

Only time would tell for his crew.

DONE! I know I said last time that people's reaction to Luffy's bounty and the bounty itself was going to be here, but I couldn't find the right place to put it to let it flow with the chapter so it will be next time and hopefully it will be sooner than this one.

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