With a Yo Ho Ho
AN: It's me! Back with another chapter of 'With a Yo Ho Ho!' Anyways, my exams are over! And I got marks better than my whole class! *rejoices*
Hopefully, my retelling of God Valley can be accurate. When extra info is given to us I'll probably end up editing this entire chapter. Enjoy!
Nearly forgot. God Valley will be next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. It belongs to Eiichiro Oda. I also don't own these lyrics of Crazy Rainbow. Those belong to the Youtube channel One Piece Music, and I will put a highly edited link here for it. Replace the 'dots' with actual dots.
www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=N3x2O6ZfVi8
-3 Years Before God Valley-
-Paradise-
-Sabaody Archipelago-
"Captain! We're back! At the Archipelago!"
"Okay, Uri. Please dock over there…"
As Brook guided the two ships over to dock, Travis marvelled at the spectrum. Benny lightly slapped him on the back, while saying, "Great sight, eh? You'll be seeing it for quite some time yet. Let's go!"
Once they had docked in, about five larger ships surrounded them.
"Your 500 million bounty will be mine, Bones! Give up or be annihilated by my 1,000 strong fleet!" a squeaky voice started.
Brook facepalmed, and gestured to Laboon and Travis. Understanding, Travis pulled out his drum, and boarded Laboon.
The giant whale immediately rushed straight through the nearest ship, black sheen disappearing from his skin while Travis jumping to another and banging his drum. The enhanced soundwaves bounded straight through the ship, destroying it.
In no time whatsoever, the bounty hunter ships had been eradicated.
As Laboon and Travis returned, Yorki materialised and asked Brook, "Now where would we be going?"
Brook smiled. "To a certain place run by a certain woman."
Said certain woman was very, very shocked when nineteen pirates showed up at her front door. Welcoming them in, she enquired what they were doing here.
"Well, Shakky, we're just taking a break from the New World. The Archipelago sounded good this time of year."
"Quit the bullshit, Brook. How did you find me, and what are you doing here?"
"Yohohoho! In that case, may I please see your panties?"
Yorki angrily punted Brook out of the bar with a cry of: "Manners, Brook! You don't say that!" as Shakky watched on, amused.
When Brook returned, he told Shakky that he had his sources. As far what he was doing here, well…
"What do you reckon a concert would be like here?" Brook asked.
"Well, there would be a lot of pirate publicity, as well as Marine interference."
"Perfect. Crew, we're off to compose ourselves some songs!"
(Bone to be Wild and New World were some of his best, but he'd need new ones as well. Maybe the others knew something.)
Paul was a dedicated Marine. Fighting for Justice, and to uphold it.
So when he saw pirates setting up some kind of makeshift stage, he knew he should probably report it in. Then he realised, they weren't doing anything illegal, they were just setting up a stage. Quite legally, as he could see someone spending beri to buy wood.
Pulling out his Transponder Snail, he called HQ.
"HQ, HQ, this is Bravo 26. Do you receive me?"
"Get on with it."
"Uhh, there are some pirates setting up a stage. Legally."
"So it's fine. Return to your post. Out."
"But sir they're pi-"
That was enlightening. The pirates had set up their stage by now, and were setting up what looked like large Video Snail screens, and instruments.
People were starting to crowd around now, and Paul decided to continue watching.
It was time. Brook watched as Benny tuned his saxophone, David strummed his guitar and Travis prepared his drum. Brook pulled out his own guitar (he didn't question having two guitars in the band) and remembered the opening song they were about to perform.
"Darling, darling…"
The guitars started strumming, and everyone else joined in playing.
"Sailing on the cobalt blue, the clouds float above the sea!"
By this time, many of the people in the plaza had started noticing.
"Hanging out, just me and you! Our time is now, and soon you'll see!"
Some had started cheering.
"Smile with all your heart, as you go past the problems that await you. Keep your hopes alive, never look down upon yourself, just cast a magic spell,"
Now the majority of people had started watching and smiling, and that brought a smile to Brook's face.
"We will get through!"
"Crazy crazy rainbow star! Twinkle twinkle rainbow star! Fast-paced premonitions, just like the colours from all the rainbow beams."
People were now flocking to the plaza like moths to a fire.
"Crazy crazy rainbow star! Come with me and we'll go far. We're just fallen angels, shooting arrows into our hopeful dreams!"
Brook stepped back to let others have the spotlight, and David strolled up with his guitar, and sang.
"Crazy crazy rainbow star! Twinkle twinkle rainbow star! Within the cobalt blue, seven colours will come to our surprise!"
"Crazy crazy rainbow star! Twinkle twinkle rainbow star! Abandon all your worries, your troubles show through the mirror of your eyes."
David stepped back, and everybody belted out the final lines.
"Let me comfort you, my love! I'll hold you tight within my glove! We sure are fallen angels, just singing our hearts all out form up above."
"Darling, darling…"
The song finished, to the crowd's deafening applause.
Brook grinned. "Who wants more?"
The shout that came in response was answer enough.
"Alright, our next song! Bone to be Wild!"
-2 Years Before God Valley-
-New World-
Brook grinned. They had been touring through many islands throughout the seven roads of Paradise, and their publicity had increased massively. There had been many times where the Marines had tried to capture them, but all of them had failed.
There were many surprises with this though. One time, Roger had showed up and requested a rendition of Bink's Sake, and the Rumbars had happily complied. Then there was the time when Rouge of all people had shown up to a concert, and wasn't that a surprise.
Unfortunately for civilians in Paradise, they had moved to the New World recently for the next part of their tour. Fortunately, the now-called 'Soul King' was much more popular there due to the lack of Marines stopping them from supporting a pirate. Pirate rockstar, but still a pirate.
Then Roger decided to show his opinion by pulling a Yorki and burning Marineford.
Upon this reaching Yorki's ears, he had rejoiced and partied for the entire afternoon. Which led to how he was now, sitting on the deck, drinking milk. Oh yes, and Yorki was still drunk. Very, very drunk.
"Oi, Benny! Get me more sake! David, get us to Marineford! Or Garp, whichever's closest!"
"Why the hell would I have a way to find Garp?" David shouted back.
"Doesn't matter! Benny! Where's that damn Sake? As Second Mate of this crew I command you!"
"I'm the Second Mate, spiridiot!" Benny countered.
"The hell does that mean, jazz bastard?"
"Spirit idiot, you spiridiot!"
The two continued to bicker as Brook saw a News Coo and paid for the paper. Recognising the usual notice about the 'Soul King's next tour location, he then saw that his epithet had been changed to 'Soul King.' Took them long enough.
"Captain, we're approaching the island!" a crewmate called Skit shouted. "Want any flashy entrances?"
"No, just dock in. Ray, Lenz! Prepare the stage!"
Yes, it truly was a great time.
*splash*
"Who threw Benny into the water?"
"Yorki! You idiot!"
A tradition between the New Rumbar Pirates and the Roger Pirates was to meet up once a non-concert month and trade stories and tales. Mostly about pissing off Rouge and the Marines.
"Okay, so there was this one time, when I had infiltrated the Marine Base, crept up to the Vice Admiral in charge and BOOM! Socked him right him the face! No Haki, it was purely natural!
"So Captain was fighting Newgate, and I saw an opportunity and managed to cut off a bit of his moustache! I nearly died afterwards!"
"Remember that prank we pulled on Rouge? That was brilliant! Ah, but we must mourn Drenavin. A loss we can never forget."
"MY ARM IS STILL BLEEDING, YOU ASSHOLES!"
"Yes, a very unfortunate loss."
"Barkeep! More drinks all round!" The extremely drunk bartender hastened to comply, quickly catching the money Roger threw at him despite being incredibly inebriated.
As the pirates continued to eat, drink and share stories, Roger yelled out, "I got something that beats all of you!"
Benny grinned, suspecting potential blackmail material, and noticing Rouge's well-hidden Haki nearby, started recording using a hidden Tone Dial. "Do tell."
"Alright! So this one day, I managed to break seven of Garp's rib bones, peek on Rouge and not get noticed, and get Rocks to retreat for once!"
Rayleigh sighed. "Captain, Rocks only retreated because Garp was there. Even he knows that Garp plus Roger is absolute madness."
"I also got to fight Newgate again! And his good friend Kaido!"
"Kaido isn't Newgate's friend."
"Oh, okay."
Stopping the Tone Dial, Benny quickly ran out the door using his Devil Fruit and sailed the Big Benny out of the port to where Rouge was waiting. Handing the Dial to her, he quickly sailed away from Rouge's ship before an explosion of Haki and a loud shout of "ROOOOGGGGEEERRR!" filled the air.
Meanwhile, in the bar, Roger was talking about how he had officially been granted the title of 'New World Lord' by the Marines to join Rouge and Rocks when the explosion of Haki happened.
Benny then burst into the door, shouting, "Get the hell out of there! Let's go before we're—" he cut himself off and rushed off while shouting, "Laboon! Please delay Rouge for a while!"
The ridiculously sized whale literally just blocked Rouge's access to the port using his massive body.
"Go, go, go!" David shouted as he dashed over to the Rumba. The rest of them followed, Roger Pirates included.
As the three ships sailed out of the port, Brook did a quick numbers count with his Observation Haki and found three people missing. Fortunately, it was no-one on his crew.
Unfortunately, it was Roger, Rayleigh and Gaban.
"CAPTAIN! WE'LL REMEMBER YOUR SACRIFICE FOR GENERATIONS!" the Roger Pirates shouted.
(Later, Travis would tell Brook that their battle lasted for five days, and that Rouge had won. Roger had still managed to break her favourite halberd though, which was an impressive feat.
-1 Year Before God Valley-
-New World-
The New Rumbar Pirates had eventually circled back to Sabaody, playing a final round of Bink's Sake for their many loyal fans. Like many others, it had been attacked by the Marines. However this time, they had sent a certain Vice-Admiral. Namely, Sengoku.
Unsure of his own abilities, Brook had decided to simply retreat by then, as he knew Sengoku was quite strong. It was still a disappointment though.
Over the next year, they had returned to the New World, robbed a corrupt kingdom of all its riches, given it all to an exceptionally poor town they had found, and had also grown stronger.
Brook was now able to have Yorki fully physically appear for longer, though draining on his own energy, due to his personal link with him. He could also make some of the original Rumbars appear in spirit for longer as well.
Yorki had become learned in Armament especially, and had trained himself in it to a truly exceptional degree
Benny could now whizz around a battlefield as if it was second nature and could easily dispatch enemies with his saxophone and the Song.
David could now snipe someone with a pistol from easily several hundred metres (or half a mile), and could disguise his Voices better than anyone else on the crew.
Travis's drum soundwaves could easily burst the internal organs of an unsuspecting person, and he could also move faster than using Shave on the soundwaves. Knowing Shave and Moonwalk also helped.
The rest of the crew weren't as strong, but could still hold their own, and most of them knew at least one form of Haki.
On one venture in the New World, their mettle was tested especially when they happened to pass upon Kaido's division of the Rocks Pirates.
"Soul King Brook… you don't look like too much of a challenge. Get lost before I kill you for being in my way."
"Now, now, now. Young man, you should know to respect your elders. I didn't earn a bounty higher than yours by doing nothing after all."
"Wororororo! You have respectable strength, I'll admit that. But you seem to forget I am stronger."
A MEMBER OF THE ROCKS PIRATES
KAIDO
BOUNTY: 400 MILLION BERRIES
Brook rushed forward at the imposing figure of Kaido. The mighty figure swung his kanabo at Brook, who blocked with a Soul Parade, freezing the weapon. Leaping onto it, he ran to Kaido and jumped into the air.
Aiming downward, he shouted, "Swallow Banderole!" and dived at Kaido, sword-first.
Before Kaido could counter, he shredded straight into Kaido's chest, causing a deep wound and freeze burns. Shouting in unexpected pain, he grinned as he moved quickly to Brook, slamming him into a wall.
Struggling, Brook rose and swerved out of the way of Kaido's next swing, aiming his sword at Kaido again. Quickly, he Shaved straight past Kaido, then again and again, faster than Kaido could track. Every time he did this, he initiated a Three-Verse Humming: Soul Notch Slash, until pausing after the tenth pass and sheathing his blade.
"Thirty-Verse Humming: Soul Notch Slash!" As he said this, ten cold cuts erupted on Kaido's skin.
Kaido was slammed back, clutching his wounds. His crew shouted in fear, "Kaido-sama! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. This has just been a better fight than I've had in a while."
Saying this, he quickly Shaved past Brook himself, with a cry of "Thunder Bagua!"
Brook was knocked back, rolling on the ground several times. Getting up, bones cracked, he groaned in pain.
'Though, I do believe this is weaker than the one he used to defeat Luffy-san with. Perhaps because he is younger?'
Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he pulled out and drank some milk quickly, replenishing his bones, before unleashing a frozen flying slash at Kaido. The Zoan-eater was incredibly surprised that Brook was still standing, but still managed to quickly dodge out of the way.
"Well, it looks like the rumours Linlin have been spreading are correct. You are very, very strong. It seems I have finally found a worthy opponent."
Finishing his sentence, Kaido prepared to charge Brook with his kanabo again. Panting, Brook prepared to counter it.
Kaido then rushed and slashed at where Brook was. Brook slid under the attack, rushing to Kaido's chest and flying past him with his blade, slicing Kaido's chest from top to bottom.
"Song of Scratches—Blizzard Slice!" Brook slashed out the cut with all his energy to penetrate the tough skin.
Kaido fell backwards, but not before shooting an emission of Haki at Brook that decapitated his skull.
"Kaido-sama!"
"Well fought, Brook. I respect your strength. Though you are now dead for real! For I have surpassed you!
"Yohohohoho! I would think twice about that statement."
Kaido could only watch as Brook's skull reattached itself to its body. Scowling, he turned and retreated to his ship. "We shall meet again, Soul King!"
"Don't speak as if you are wise. For you are not. You are but a child compared to my experience."
Kaido moved to attack in anger, but coughed up blood and fell.
"Kaido-sama! You're bleeding out from all those cuts!"
As Kaido's ship moved into the horizon, Brook fell down, exhausted. Before he passed out, he issued one more order.
"Someone…go find Roger. We're paying him… an early visit."
Roger would prove elusive to be found, and it took careful following of the Log Pose to find him.
He was on Lodestar Island. The final island of the Log Pose, but not the last one of the Grand Line.
"Brook, you finally made it! Took you long enough! I heard about your fight with Kaido, that was impressive." Roger spoke.
"Eh, it was okay. Seems he's far past the days of being a cabin brat. So, it took you this long to find Lodestar?"
"I swear, the damn thing keeps moving on me and my Log Pose kept pointing in the wrong direction. Now, it just doesn't even work! Well, at least I got here before Rouge. I swear if she… whatever. I don't really know what to do now, to be honest."
Brook looked thoughtful. "I know someone who can get you a Twin Capes Pose if you want to go through the Grand Line again."
Roger grinned. "Crocus, right? Sounded like a nice guy. That idea sounds good, I could go see a different path this time."
Suddenly, Brook's Transponder Snail started ringing and he quickly picked up.
Loud noises immediately filled the room, and a voice Brook recognised as Oden's responded.
"Brook, ol' pal! It only took ten tries to get this working! Anyway, I've become Daimyo of Kuri!"
Brook beamed. "Congratulations, Oden. Perchance you could tell me who is shouting in the background?"
"Oh those are my retainers! There's Kin'emon and Denjiro, you met them in the Capital, but there's also Kiku and Izo from Ringo, Kanjuro from Kibi, Raizo from Udon, and Ashura Doji from Kuri! Guys, this is Brook, my old pal from the outside."
Brook's eyes widened in surprise. The future Nine Red Scabbards? He had to tell Oden about Kanjuro. His hesitation was broken by Roger who snatched the receiver and said, "Hi Oden! My name's Roger, I'm Brook's pal and rival pirate. How are you!"
"Well Roger, I used to want to sail on the sea, and I still do! But I have duties now, as Daimyo of Kuri. Maybe I shall see you out on the seas eventually, but for now it will have to wait. You seem like a great guy!"
The retainers' chatter filled the room until Oden said, "Gotta go bye see ya!" and hung up.
"Well," Roger began, "he seems like a nice guy."
Brook and Roger continued to share tales all throughout the night.
AN: My god, that was a real beast of a chapter. I really put in some creative thinking into this. Oh, and 'Thirty Verse' is essentially 'Three Verse' done ten times quickly with one sheathing and a lot of Shaves.
The emission that was Kaido's final attack is essentially Kaido's version of Yamato's Narikabura. If you don't know what that is, check the wiki.
God Valley next chapter, and my god I'm excited.
See ya then!