While Zoro was sleep, Usopp was working on his pellets on deck, Nami was sun bathing having lemonade, Luffy was in the Captains room setting it up to his liking as he walked towards the door he turned to snatch the strawhat from the coat hanger deciding to go have a little fun then maybe go for a swim.
As he walked out on the deck you could see his athletic chiseld features and long unruly black hair that goes down his back slightly his bangs short so there not in his eyes. He looked at his 3 crew members he decided now would be better then later.
"Usopp can you grab a spare flag from below deck? We should decided on are mark" Luffy said simpy.
"So what is it going to be?" Zoro asked now awake.
"Rose Petals Pirates?" Nami asked with a chuckle at her joke.
"Yeah whats with the Roses Luffy?" Usopp asked coming back up from below.
"Vista one of my Uncles i guess you could say he is a famous swordsman in the grandline and new world. I still dont know how he did it but he was able to make Rose petals come from out of no where mixed in his sword technique. It looked awsome when i was a kid mainly because even before my Uncle came around it was my favorite color it always reminded me of my family" He said with a far away look.
"So did they were red alot?" Zoro asked
"Baka!" Nami said as she smacked him into the deck. "Anyway Luffy, so what's the design?"
"This!" Usopp yelled showing off his flag that looks to be a skeleton version of himself.
"Baka!" Luffy and Nami said at the same time.
"Make me a original skull and cross bones with a straw hat and Rose petals" Luffy told Usopp. (just imagine the flag at drum island but red petals across the original design)
"Thats a little girly dont you think?" Zoro asked
"So?" He asked confused finger in his ear as he walked off.
~Later that day~
Zoro looked up at the Jolly Roger now painted on the sails and cant deny it doesnt look bad the Red and Gold colors of there mark remindin him of his captain.
"So were we headed?" Zoro finally asked.
"Not sure yet but for now we.. *Boom* ... see what are new sniper just shot at i guess" Luffy said with a shrug.
As the Captain and Second in Command/Swordsman walked towards the sound of the cannon fire and smell of gun powder.
"Usopp whats up," he said getting Usopp's attention.
"What you fire at?" Zoro asked.
Usopp gave a smile before he replied.
"Nothing yet, but that rock in the distance is my true target" Usopp said.
The 2 watched on as Usopp set his aim on the rock and began to aim the cannon. They could see he was sweating a bit but didn't say anything about it. Usopp took aim and fired the cannon. The cannonball sailed through the air before hitting the rock smashing it into pieces. Luffy smiled when he saw Usopp hit his target, he was a sniper just like his father. All Luffy needed to do was get him to stop acting like a coward.
"Cool, you really are the head sniper," Luffy said congratulating him. Usopp turned to Luffy and smiled and made another ridiculous pose before he spoke.
"You can expect only the best from the great Captain Usopp!" he proclaimed proudly.
Luffy shook his head before he started walking towards the kitchen. "I am hungry, let's eat," he said causing his crew to follow behind him. Upon entering the kitchen Luffy sat down at the table and turned towards Zoro and spoke. "How much food do we have left?" he asked.
Zoro walked over to the fridge and looked inside before he replied.
"We have about two days' worth of food left," he said. Luffy nodded his head before he turned towards Tangerines
"How long till we reach land?" he asked. Nami looked outside and looked at the map before she replied to Luffy's question.
"We should reach there in a day if the wind keeps up," she said. Luffy took a sip of some sake before he spoke.
"Well it seems were all good" he said earning a nod from everyone.
Luffy then got up and walked out of the Kitchen to see who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to attack a random pirate ship. As he opened the door and looked down at the deck he saw a very angry man wielding a sword staring up at him looking like he was getting ready to yell and coming from his scent he was pissed and depressed and to be honest luffy could care less.
"Why are you on my ship," Luffy said in a puzzled bored tone as he jumped down from the upper deck. The man stood in front of Luffy with his sword raised in the air and yelled out.
"You all think you can just shoot at us and almost kill my partner!" he yelled as he swung his sword to cut Luffy in half. Luffy easily saw the swing coming and stepped out of the way. However, the moment he stepped out of the way the man's sword collided with one of the railings of the ship effectively breaking it apart and that pissed Luffy off.
Luffy eyes began to glow as he grabbed his head and with a growl flung him across the ship causing him to slam into the wall of the captain's quarters. Luffy looked up at the upper deck to see Zoro walking towards the edge of the railing to see who it is Luffy was fighting. Zoro saw the man and his eyes were immediately widen causing Luffy to raise an eyebrow at Zoro's reaction. Before Luffy could question him about it Zoro spoke.
"Johnny, is that you?" Zoro asked while looking at the man now named Johnny with a surprised look on his face.
"Where is Yosaku?" Zoro asked again before the man Johnny could reply to the first question. Johnny looked up at Zoro from his position on the ground to see who was calling his name. The moment he saw Zoro he immediately sprang to his feet and spoke to Zoro.
"Big bro Zoro!?" he yelled/asked.
"Why are you on a pirate ship?" he asked again. Zoro sighed before he spoke again.
"Would you calm down," Zoro said as he began walking down the stairs.
"Where is Yosaku?" Zoro asked again. Johnny then began to tear up before he ran to the side of the ship causing Luffy and Zoro to follow him. Then they got there they saw a man lying on the small boat looking ill.
"He's been sick," Johnny said. Zoro signed before he turned towards Luffy who simply nodded before walking away. Zoro then turned back to Johnny and spoke.
"Bring him on board," Zoro said to Johnny causing him to nod he head rapidly. When Johnny jumped off the ship to get his friends Luffy spoke to Zoro.
"Dojo Family?" he asked as he sat on a barrel he brought outside. Zoro sighed and walked over to Luffy before he spoke.
"Naw I met them a while back during my bounty hunting days," He said causing Luffy to nod his head.
"Their good people," Zoro said as he watched Johnny drag Yosaku's body on the ship. Zoro then walked over to them and spoke. "What's wrong with him?" he asked.
"Up until a few days ago, he was healthy and full of life. And now he keeps fainting and getting pale," said a very emotional Johnny.
Nami and Usopp had just arrived next to Luffy and Zoro on the deck of the ship as Johnny explained what was wrong with Yosaku.
"So, I thought maybe we should rest on a little island, but then a cannonball came flying from this ship," He said causing Luffy and Usopp's eyes to widen. Luffy chuckled nervously Luffy got up from the barrel ignoring Usopp's rapid apologies.
"Don't worry about your friend," Luffy said causing Zoro and Johnny to look at him waiting for him to elaborate on what he meant. Luffy then lifted the lid from the barrel he was sitting on and it was exactly what they needed. "These all the limes we got but its way more then enough to cure the bastard"
"What does he have big bro?" Johnny asked Luffy. Luffy turned towards him and was about to speak but Nami beat him to it.
"He has scurvy," she said making Johnny look to Luffy for confirmation to which he nodded.Luffy told Usopp to squeeze the lime juice into Yosaku mouth as he got to squeezing. Luffy went back to sit on the barrel.
"Scurvy is caused by a deficiency of plant-derived nutrients like vitamin C," Luffy said from his position on the barrel. "You two dumbasses got lucky" Luffy said surprising Zoro, Usopp, and Johnny while Nami simply nodded her head in agreement.
"Every sailor should know about scurvy before they set out to sea, dumbass," Luffy said causing Johnny to look down in shame.
"But don't worry your friend will live," He said causing Johnny and Zoro to take on a bright smile on their faces. Just as Luffy finished speaking Yosaku shot up into a sitting position before looking around trying to figure out where he was. When his eyes landed on Johnny he smiled and shot up to his feet and started dancing with Johnny.
"I'm cured!" Yosaku shouted as he and Johnny danced around. Luffy sighed and looked towards Nami and nodded. Nami then slugged the two of them over the head and began scolding them about not being cured just yet. Just as she started to scold them Yosaku passed out again. Luffy sighed and Looked towards Zoro.
"Take him inside and have him get some rest," Luffy said earning a nod from Zoro. Luffy then walked back to the back of the deck and summoned his cloud throne again and sat down. Johnny, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp soon join Luffy at the back of the ship. Luffy then turned towards Nami and asked a question. "Clear skys till we get there?" he asked. Nami looked ahead of the ship and replied.
"We should be fine," she said before pointing off into the distance. Luffy and the others looked ahead and saw a tiny silhouette of something which Luffy had a feeling he had seen before.
"Ah, I see you guys are going to the Baratie," Johnny said getting all of their attention.
"You know that place?" asked Nami to which Johnny nodded.
"Yes, I do" he said. "A restraunt were the food is to die for. However lately I've been hearing rumors about a certain hawk-eyed man showing up there," he said while looking at Zoro. The moment Luffy and Zoro heard what he said both smiled a bit, however, Luffy's smile was less blood thirsty compared to Zoro's. When the ship was about fifty feet away from the restaurant Luffy and the crew was startled by a loud horn and the sound of bells ringing coming off of the starboard side of the ship. Everyone looked over to see a Marine ship coming up beside them causing all of their eyes to widen at the fact that the marines snuck up on them so easily. Luffy got up from the barrel and walked down towards the main deck of the ship before he jumped up on one of the rails and stood there staring at the marines with Zoro by his side.
"I have never seen that pirate flag before," a pink-haired marine said as he walked over to the edge of the marine ship. "I am Ironfist Fullbody, but you can just call me Sir," said the marine as he stared at Luffy.
"I'll pass" Luffy said in an emotionless tone. Fullbody was clearly pissed off by Luffy's comment, so he clenched his fist and slammed it on one of the rails of the marine ship before he yelled at Luffy.
"Just who do you think you are punk?" yelled Fullbody.
"Me?" Luffy asked while pointing at himself, "I am Portgas D. Luffy, the captain of this ship," he said.
"Why is it that I don't recognize your flag?" asked Fullbody. Luffy looked at him like he was an idiot before he replied.
"Well because its only a day old," Luffy said. As Luffy said that he noticed Fullbody's face took on a cocky smirk before he began to chuckle.
"Is it?" he asked in a condescending tone. Full body was about to speak again but something caught his eye. He looked over towards the main cabin of Luffy's ship to see two men hiding there. Luffy looked over to see what Fullbody was looking at and saw Johnny and Yosaku peeking out of the door. "You two," he said while looking at Johnny and Yosaku. "You're that bounty hunting duo that goes after the small fish," Fullbody said mockingly. A beautiful woman in a red dress then walked out from behind Fullbody and spoke to him.
"Come on babe lets go," she said as she latched onto Fullbody's arm. Fullbody looked at her and nodded before he turned his back to Luffy and the crew and began walking away. As he was walking away Johnny jumped out and pulled out a large stack of wanted posters and threw it in the air and screamed.
"Do you think small-time bounty hunters will go after these guys!" he yelled as the wanted posters scatter all over the ship. Fullbody paid no attention to him instead, he looked to his Marines and gave out an order before leaving the ship.
"They're an eyesore, sink em," he said before leaving. As he said that the marines aimed one of their cannons right at Luffy causing him to smirk.
"They're pointing at cannon right at us!" Usopp screamed. Luffy held up his hand silencing Usopp before he spoke.
"Relax, I'll handle it," he said causing everyone except Nami to look at him to see what he was about to do. Without any warning, the marines fired their cannons right at Luffy. Luffy just stood there and stared at the incoming cannonball before he stuck out his right hand and caught the cannonball causing all of the marines, Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku's eyes to widen.
"Now this is ironic" Luffy said in a tone that sounded like nostalgia. He then threw the cannonball at a similar speed towards the marine ship's main mast. The cannonball then collided with the main mast and exploded destroying the mast and a large chunk of the deck, while also sending a group of marines flying back. They had never seen anything like this before. They had heard stories of people with devil fruits and the things they can do, but they never actually saw someone that strong to catch a cannonball barehanded. Fullbody who was already on a small dingy with the woman in the red dress and two marines quickly ordered the two marines to turn the dinghy back around after they heard the explosion on their ship. Luffy hopped off the railing and turned to face his crew. He was about to speak but Johnny spoke before he even had a chance.
"Wow big bro Luffy," he said as he Yosaku stared at Luffy. "You took out that a Navy ship with just one move," he said causing Luffy to turn and look at the burning marine ship and spoke.
"They're lucky Im not a bigger ass then there captian" he said causing their eyes to widen. Luffy then turns back towards his crew and spoke. "I'm hungry, let's go eat," he said with a smile.
When the crew reached the door of the restaurant, Luffy didnt think twice and shoved the two large doors open. When the doors open everyone in the restaurant stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Luffy and his crew. It was obvious that they were pirates, and it was even more obvious who their captain was based on how Luffy was dressed. Luffy noticed a few women in the restaurant was looking at him with small blushes on their faces. Luffy saw a man walking up to them holding a silver platter. He was an average-sized, muscular man with a lot of hair on his arms and legs.
"Hello and welcome to the Baratie," he said with a smile on his face which Luffy clearly saw bullshit.
"Allow me to show you to your table," he said before leading Luffy and the crew towards an empty table. "Your waiter will be with you in a moment to take your order," he said as he handed out the menus. Luffy nodded his head in acknowledgment before looking through the menu. Five minutes later a blond-haired man wearing a black suit came over to the table and spoke.
"Hello, my name is Sanji. I am the sous chef here but will be acting as your waiter for today," He said with a cigarette in his mouth.