Chapter 16: Cure Lovely vs Bellamy Hyena
Across the street from the docks in Jaya, a man seems to be urinating in the ocean, looking very drunk. Having finished, he pulled up his pants and left the dock. Seeing piles of papers on the ground, he picked them up. "Let's see what's in the news this time around...Eh? Those aren't newspapers, their bounties…"
Upon looking through the bounties, the man noticed a familiar name on one of them. "That one looks familiar...Yeah it's that boy that came today, He sure gave us a great laugh. Straw Hat having 30 milli-."
The man's expression immediately changed upon staring at Luffy's bounty. His jaws dropped, and his eyes bulged out in shock. He dropped the other bounties and ran desperately back to the pub.
"Those guys were just comedians!"
"Yeah~! Bellamy sure did a number on those four idiots!"
Laughter erupted from Bellamy crews at the pub as they celebrated their victory over their fight against Cricket. The laughter stopped when the drunk guy ran in the room.
"B-Bellamy!" The man called out. "You know the boy you just beat up? He is not worth thirty million anymore. Somehow it got up to one hundred million berries~!"
Hearing this made half of them freeze in shock. Everyone started mumbling to each other worriedly.
"O-One million! If that's true, then he might be coming back for revenge!"
"What are we gonna do?!"
"BWAHAHA!"
Their panicking was cut off by Bellamy's hyena-like laughter. "Marines are becoming a charity! Giving one-hundred million bounty to a random screwball like him!"
"Y-Yeah you're right," one guy said, looking relieved.
"He must have gotten eaten by the s-,"
"BELLAMY!"
The yell caused the crewmates to spit out their drinks. Bellamy, looking intrigued, went outside to find no one there. He looked up and noticed Cure Lovely standing on the roof.
"Well speak of the devil, we were just talking about you and your wimpy captain, " Bellamy mocked. "You decided to abandon them and join our crew?"
"As if!" Cure Lovely snapped back sternly. "Return Cricket's gold back now!"
"You mean the old man's gold?" Bellamy chuckled. He used his Spring Spring ability to bounce up to the same roof where Lovely was.
'Spring feet? He's a devil fruit user like Luffy?' Lovely asked, a bit shocked.
"You must be new to this whole pirating thing little girl," Bellamy said. "I stole it from that old man and I ain't giving it back."
"That's why I'm here," Lovely boldly replied. "I'm taking back the gold you stole from Cricket."
Bellamy laughed, causing the others to come out of the pub. Luffy was sitting on the ground, cross-legged. "Oh really? What are you gonna do, flash your panties at me to submission? Can you even throw a punch in that getup!?"
The drunk man noticed Luffy and jumped in fear. "I-It's him! The guy is worth 100 Million Berries."
"Oi," Sawkie said to the man. "What are you still holding that thing for? Just tear it up already."
"B-But what if it's real!?" The man asked.
"That's absurd. Look at the kid, he's a spineless wimp," Sawkie said laughing at Luffy. "I'm thinking of killing him now, but I want him to see our captain squash her like a bug."
"So are you just gonna stand there scared, just like your pathetic captain!?" Bellamy taunted.
"What happened back in the pub was different," Lovely responded, unfazed by his taunt.
Bellamy morphed his legs into springs laughing at her response. "Oh really now, I don't see anything special about your outfit. So why don't I shut your insolent mouth of yours!"
As soon as he said that, he launched himself high into the air, destroying part of the roof where Lovely stood. Lovely steadied herself from the force.
"I'll finish you in an instant, Spring Snipe!" The second he touched another building, he lunged towards Lovely who jumped out of the way causing Bellamy to crash into the house. Once Lovely flew to another roof, Bellamy leapt at her. She dodged the second encounter, but tumbled a bit almost falling off if she didn't hold on to the ledge.
"Hey Straw Hat, your friend is just entertaining Bellamy," Sawkie laughed. Luffy didn't say anything and continued watching the fight.
"Pathetic," Bellamy scoffed as he watched Lovely flip back on the roof. "You look more cowardly than your captain."
Lovely managed to evade Bellamy's attack, but fell off the roof. She knew that she could use her wings, but didn't want to give Bellamy an advantage with his Spring ability.
"You said you want to take back the gold, but you're just all talk!" Bellamy yelled. "You and your captain are a disgrace to all pirates! A man who blabbers on about dreams can only be described as one word. Pathetic!"
Bellamy sprung himself at the vulnerable Pretty Cure, finally landing a punch to her stomach which sent her crashing into the boardwalk.
"No surprise that she's finished already," One woman from Bellamy's Crew mocked.
"Yeah what a wimp." Sawkie laughed.
"..." Luffy didn't say anything as he stared at the area where Lovely landed.
Bellamy landed on the wall, looking unamused. "Don't tell me she's finished already?"
As he said that, Lovely emerged out of the crater. She wobbled a bit, but still stood tall, which made Bellamy grinned. "Good, because I'm just about to start the real show, Spring Hopper!"
Bellamy bounced around, increasing his speed each time he ricocheted off a building or floor. Despite the dreaded attack, Lovely stood looking unphased.
"He's using the same move against the Executioners he fought earlier," One bystander said.
"You, your captain, the old man and the monkeys are all part of the dumb race. Believing old lies about ancient artifacts! WHAT CITY OF GOLD?! WHAT SKY ISLAND!? THE ERA OF DREAMS ARE OVER! YOU'RE DISGRACE TO ALL PIRATE!"
Cure Lovely ignored his rant. Her hair covered her eyes as she raised her right fist. "You said if I can throw a punch in this getup?"
"Hurry up and finish her off," Sawkie cheered. He felt confident in his captain. "Fools like her have no right to live in reality!"
"SO LONG BRAT!" Bellamy yelled as he rocket towards Lovely at incredible speed.
"...YAH~!" With all her strength she had, Lovely swung her right fist downward at the right time, pounding Bellamy through the boardwalk.
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Nobody moved. Bellamy's crewmates couldn't believe their eyes to find their captain on the ground unconscious with a nasty fist imprint on his head. Lovely stood tall, with Bellamy's blood dripping off her fist. Luffy stood up flashing a smile at her.
"Haha…" Sawkie broke the silence, laughing nervously like Bellamy was joking. "Quit playing around Bellamy...Hey, can you hear me? It's not funny anymore..."
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"QUIT BEING SUCH A RETARD BELLAMY!" Sawkie roared. His body trembled with fear and anger at his captain's defeat. "YOU CAN'T LOSE TO SOMEONE WITH NO BOUNTY ON HER HEAD!"
"You don't need a bounty to kick someone ass," Luffy said while picking his nose.
Sawkie glared at Luffy while twirling his giant knife. "YOU SHUT YER TRAP YOU WIMP!"
With all the rage in his body, Sawkie charged at Luffy and was about to strike him with his big knife. However, Luffy caught the knife with his right hand and crushed it into multiple pieces.
"GAH~!" Sawkie screamed as he landed on his butt, terrified that he would be the next victim.
"Now where's chestnut guy's gold," Luffy asked sternly. He and Lovely glared at Sawkie. As the others ran away from the pub not wanting to be involved with the two.
"Fix the ship!" Masira, and Shoujou chanted. The Monkey Alliance, Ray, Kinoko, George, and a few Straw Hats worked together to retrofit the ship. With the help of Chopper and Wendy, the injured were able to keep working.
"I'm amazed at how energetic they are after getting brutally beaten," Gray commented.
"Yeah, either they're the world's fastest healers or Chopper and Wendy are the greatest doctors." Usopp agreed, and then turned to Gray. "And you put your shirt on!"
"Damn it!" Gray yelled, forgetting that he stripped.
"Explain to me again why you two didn't go with Luffy and Megumi?" Nami called out to Zoro and Natsu on the Going Merry.
"What with you?!" Natsu comically yelled. "First you don't want us to fight, then you do?! Make up your damn mind!"
"Didn't you three get beaten up at the pub?" Kuroko questioned. "Like you were scared of them or something?"
"That's what you girls think?" Zoro sighed in disbelief. "Look, those guys didn't beat us... We refused to fight them. It doesn't mean we were beaten, we just stood down."
"Uh huh," Kuroko nodded sarcastically. "Standing down. I admire your bravery."
"SHUT UP~!" Zoro yelled while punching the mast. "You two don't know the first thing about a real fight~!"
"Don't tell me to shut up you useless ape!" Kuroko yelled back.
"Guys take it easy on the ship!" Usopp wailed.
"Yeah, Nami! Take it easy on the ship!" Zoro yelled,
"Why are you yelling at me? You're the one punching the ship!" Nami shot back. Soon Zoro, Usopp, Nami, and Kuroko all end up yelling at each other.
"Look at them all yelling like idiots," Accelerator scoffed, while leaning back on the house wall.
"Why don't you get off your lazy ass and help you albino freak," Gajeel threatened
"Keep it up Scrap-Shit and I'll make those ugly features of yours look even worse," Accelerator shot back.
The two began to glare at each other, while Levy and Last Order sweatdropped. Levy noticed Hime staring at the ground. "What's wrong Hime?"
"I'm a bit worried about Megumi, " Hime answered. "She's going to fight human beings. Pretty Cures like us aren't supposed to fight humans unless their hearts are covered in darkness."
"So you're worried that Megumi might get hurt fighting Bellamy and his men?" Levy asked.
"Yeah," Hime sighed deeply. "According to what Natsu and Happy said. The reason why the three didn't fight back at the pub was that they had no reason to. Bellamy and his crew only made fun of them when Nami mentions Sky Island. Then they beat them up for believing in dreams like it's worthless in the Pirate age. It just makes no sense!"
"You know not every single living being has to believe in dreams you know," Jackal said, getting the three girls' attention. "What's the point in fighting someone just because they think dreams are pathetic."
"It just feels wrong," Hime groaned. "As a Pretty Cure, we are supposed to protect people's happiness and their future from evil beings who threaten their life or badmouth it."
"Words have no meaning," Jackal shrugged. "That Bellamy fellow must've just spouted nonsense of what he thinks is right with being pirates."
"It's weird for you to say stuff like that since you tried killing us back at the resort," Hime said with a deadpan look.
"I'm just saying what's on my mind Twerp," Jackal scoffed.
Fumed about being called a twerp, Hime grabbed Jackal's cheeks and began stretching it. "Who are you calling a twerp furball!"
"Q-Quit stretching my cheeks stupid brat!" Jackal comically yelled.
"I've got the gold!" Cure Lovely called from inside the pub while carrying a sac. She turned to the owner and bowed. "Thank you very much, mister."
"No problem," The man responded. Lovely came out to meet with Luffy. Bellamy was still knocked out with his crewmates trying to wake him up.
"That was amazing Megumi!" Luffy said, amazed at how strong she was.
"Y-You can call me Lovely in this form Luffy," Lovely replied grinning sheepishly.
"T-This is impossible!" Sawkie yelled angrily. He turned towards the two. "I'm not accepting this defeat. We'll teach you two brats a lesson in what a real pirate is!"
"Hey wanna go find some beetles?" Luffy asked as the two were walking away. "I've seen a couple of Atlas beetles on the way down!"
"Sure but why Atlas?" Lovely asked.
"Because if we sell them, then we'll get more food," Luffy answered.
"HEY I'M TALKING TO YOU~!" Sawkie yelled when he found they were ignoring him. "WHERE ARE YOU TWO EVEN GOING!?"
"Where are we going?" Luffy stopped walking and raised his fist. Sawkie's confidence instantly drained out of his body as he fell back in fear.
There was a short silence until Luffy used his fist to point up the air. "We're going up there, to the sky."
"Huh…?" The others were dumbfounded as Luffy ran to catch up to Lovely.
"What are those two doing right now?" Cynthia asked, looking impatient.
"Yeah with Lovely's help they should be back by now," Iona added.
"Knowing those two, they must have spent their time searching for something," Usopp replied.
"You don't think they got beaten up do you?" Chopper asked, frightened, causing Hime to flinch.
"I'm sure Luffy and Megumi wouldn't be beaten that easily," Natsu said.
"Even if they do lose, then I'll beat them up myself," Nami growled.
"You're a confusing woman," Happy acknowledged
"HEY!" They all turned to the south and found Cure Lovely flying with Luffy.
"There they are,' Masira said.
"Finally," Gray huffed.
"Come on you two! We're already behind schedule!" Misaka yelled.
"Guys look what I found!" Cure Lovely shouted, showing that she got two Hercules beetles, while Luffy got two as well.
"WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU TWO DOING!?" Almost everyone comically yelled. Robin and Yuko just giggled.
Once they two got to the others, Lovely rubbed her back laughing nervously. "Sorry for being so late, Luffy showed me these cool beetles and searched for more."
"Cool!" Natsu's eyes sparkled. "I heard they were pretty rare!"
"You mean you two spend time searching for stupid bugs?!" Chris barked.
"But these things are worth 1 million beli each!" Luffy replied.
"How much are they worth!?" Nami's eyes turned to beli signs.
"Would you focus, Nami!?" Lucy comically backhanded her upside the head.
"Whoa, that's so amazing!" Luffy gasped by the Going Merry with bird theme armor.
"May I present to you the GOING MERRY AERO MODE!" Usopp dramatically introduced.
"It looks like a turkey~!" Luffy exclaimed with starry eyes.
"I don't know… it looks more like chicken to me," Misaka argued.
"I got an uneasy feeling staring at that thing," Nami said with a sweatdrop.
"Yeah," Gajeel agreed. "Chickens can't fly, pigeons have a better wingspan."
"What's that got to do with anything moron~!?" Nami comically snapped.
Lovely and Luffy set the gold down in front of Cricket. "Here you go Cricket. All the gold that was stolen."
Cricket stared at them and sighed coldly. "What are you waiting for idiots? Get on the ship before you miss your trip to Skypiea."
Hime was a bit angry by how Cricket thanked her friend and was about to yell, but Lovely responded with a smile. "You're welcome."
"Yeah and thanks for fixing our ship," Luffy said, also smiling.
"Don't thank me," Cricket pointed to Masira, Shoujou, Ray, Kinoko, and George. "These fives were the ones who did all the work."
"Wow thanks, guys~!" Luffy said.
"You're welcome Luffy," Kinoko said dreamily.
"Here you guys go," Lovely gave Masira, and Shoujou each an Atlas beetle.
"We can have one?!" Shoujou and Masira were surprised as well as their crew.
"Of course we're friends aren't we?" Lovely replied.
"We better get on the ship," George said sternly. "We won't make it in time if we dilly dally."
The Straw Hat Pirates, George, Kinoko, and Ray got on the new Going Merry. Cricket hollered to the Shoujou and Masira "Alright Monkey Mountain alliance! Don't screw this up! No matter what happens, get these guys to the Knock-Up Stream!"
"AYE CAPTAIN!" Shoujou and Masira replied
"I guess that's they're way of saying thanks," Index said.
"You heard him, everyone!" Nami ordered. "Let's set sail!"
"Alright!" Chopper, Usopp, Manatsu, Hibiki, Happy and Cynthia cheered.
"Hey Straw Hats!" Cricket yelled out, getting their attention. "I'd like to let you know one more thing before we parted ways."
"What is it?" Sango asked.
"The stories of the City of Gold and Skypiea, No one has been able to prove that they exist, but it also means that there is no proof that it doesn't exist," Cricket explained.
"That's true," Zoro agreed.
"Also people may laugh at me saying that common beliefs are nothing but folktales," Cricket continued. "But I don't give a damn about what they think. That's what makes it monotonically! And about the gold, thanks...and don't get killed by falling and crashing you got me?"
"What an odd way to say goodbye," Touma sweatdropped.
"BYE OLD GUY!" Luffy waved.
"BYE CRICKET!" Manatsu yelled waving as well.
"Don't try to mess around with your health, Cricket!" George called out with a smirk.
"MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!" Cricket yelled, also smirking.
Final Chapter of Jaya Arc: The Knock-Up Stream