Everyone was still shocked about Hiccup's little stunt, but Toothless was a little more stunned about his announcement.
"You're going to be King of the Pirates?" Toothless asked questionably. "You must be completely out of that reptilian mind of yours? Do you have any idea what that means?"
Hiccup looked at him. "So you're telling me you don't have a dream for yourself, one that you'd accomplish no matter what?"
Toothless remain quiet, because he did have a dream just like that one.
Hiccup then presented him with the three swords. "I managed to find your sword, but I can tell which out of the three belong to you."
"That's good, because they all belong to me," Toothless informed him. "I use the Triple Dragon Blade technique also known as Three Sword Style."
"Well, here you go, but if you take them from me now you will be no is a government defined villain. So it's either that or you be left out here to be killed by the Marines execution style?" Hiccup smiled.
Toothless chuckled. "So that was your plan all along. Well it doesn't matter, because if I don't choose your side are just in the dead on this pole. So let's do it."
Hiccup smiled. "Smart choice."
The Marines were still stunned about Hiccup's appearance.
"What the—? What is he?"
"He looks like a dragon and our bullets had no effect on him?"
Morgan just stared at him. "That runt is no ordinary human like the rest of us. He must have eaten one of those Devil Fruits that we've heard all those rumours about."
The Marines just stared up at him.
"Devil Fruit?"
"The hidden treasure of the sea."
"The Devil Fruits, those that eat them are said to gain extraordinary otherworldly abilities," Morgan explained. "The power degree fire. The power to cause tsunamis. Rumours persist that there are many types of these fruits, but next to nothing is known about them. It is said that the secrets of them lie somewhere on the Grand Line and there's no question about it, this runt has just shown as his devil power."
Hiccup immediately began to untie the ropes around Toothless.
"Quickly untidy the ropes!" Gustav yelled.
"These knots are quite tight," said Hiccup as he struggled to undo them.
"Come on, hurry," said Toothless.
"It doesn't matter what abilities they have all those that oppose me are executed!" Morgan roared. "If the guns won't work then we chop!"
The Marines then immediately traded their rifles for saw then immediately charge towards them.
Hiccup then immediately picked up one of Toothless' swords. "Shanna done this in the first place."
Gustav immediately closed his eyes as the Marines raised their swords, but Hiccup sliced through the ropes around Toothless just-in-time. Gustav heard the clash of metal and slowly opened his eyes and just stared as Toothless just stood there with his back against the Marines holding to the swords in his hands and the other in his mouth and somehow managed to block the marine swords.
"Toothless," Morgan growled.
"Impressive," Hiccup smiled as Gustav just stood this gobsmacked.
The Marines too were stunned that Toothless was able to stop every single one of them in an instant.
"Make one move and you die," Toothless warned.
The Marines immediately quivered upon hearing this.
Toothless then turned his attention to Hiccup. "Today I officially become a criminal after having fought the Marines. So I will become a pirate, that I can promise you, but I want you to know one thing. While I am with you the only thing I dedicate myself to fulfilling my ambition."
"Which is?" Hiccup asked.
"To be nothing less than to be the world's greatest swordsman," Toothless explained. "If somewhere along the way I have to give that up, then I want you to accept responsibility after which you get to apologise to me."
Hiccup smiled. "I can accept those terms. Besides, the King of the Pirates can't accept anything less than the best."
"Big talker, from this point are no matter if I'm a criminal or not I will spread the name Toothless throughout the world," Toothless assured him.
"Why are you standing frozen for?" Morgan roared at his Marines. "I want you to kill all three of them, right now!"
The Marines immediately panicked, with no idea whether they should be scared about Morgan or the others.
"You might want to duck," said Hiccup as he began to spin his body. "Dragon Whip!"
Toothless immediately ducked in time to avoid Hiccup's tail who struck every single one of the Marines behind him. Morgan just stared openmouthed as the Marines fell to the ground one by one.
"You knocked them all down," Gustav stared.
Toothless looked at Hiccup. "Mind explain what you are?"
Hiccup smiled. "Just a guy who ate the Dragon-Dragon Fruit."
"And what exactly is a Dragon-Dragon Fruit?" Toothless enquired.
"A dragon man?" a Marine blinked.
"It looks like he does have the Devil Fruit powers," Morgan deduced.
The Marines immediately looked up at him.
"Captain, we don't stand a chance against them."
"Yeah, just look at them. They're insane."
"We can even take on Toothless by himself."
Morgan, however, seemed to be completely oblivious to this fact and was looking at his men furiously. "Consider this order, every marina just dismounted weakness is to pull their guts out and shoot yourselves!" He then immediately raised his axe. "I can't do anything with weak soldiers!"
The Marines quivered, but they knew they had no choice but to fight the two powerful men before them.
"That guy is really getting on my nerve," said Toothless as he held his sword is tightly. "I can't wait to take him down."
Hiccup then immediately took off and flew straight towards the Marines, he flew past the Marines and then raised his fist and swung it towards Morgan. He quickly raised his acts in order to block it with the flat of the blade and held his ground.
"Rankless lowlife bums!" Morgan roared as he immediately removed his coat. "You have no right to define my superiority! I am Marine Captain Axe-Hand Morgan!"
Hiccup just stood there emotionlessly. "And I am Hiccup."
Morgan then immediately swung his axe at Hiccup, but he quickly took off and avoided the blade and then landed behind him. Morgan quickly swung around and immediately slammed his axe into the ground towards him, but he jumped into the air and avoided it. The act then slammed into the ground and created a large crack in the surface. Then while in midair Hiccup quickly kicked him across the face and he was knocked to the ground.
The Marines just stared.
"Look, he's been hit."
Morgan quickly picked himself up and looked at Hiccup furiously. "You runt!"
Hiccup then immediately dashed towards him and he quickly raised his acts into the air once again. "Now die!"
He slammed his axe into the ground, but avoided it by spinning in the air.
"Nice try," said Hiccup and then struck him across the face with his tail.
The Marines were just completely bewildered.
"The Captain is getting pummelled out there!"
"It's embarrassing."
Hiccup then immediately grab the helm of his shirt. "You call yourself a Marine? But you destroyed my friend's dream!"
He then punched him across the face and was about to strike him again.
"Start right there, look at what I've got!" Sven yelled as Hiccup punched Morgan once again.
Hiccup then immediately turned and saw that Sven was pointing a pistol directly at Gustav's head.
"Good, now you should do everything I say unless you don't want this hostage to get harmed," said Sven.
The Marines just stared at him.
"Sven's crazy."
"If you value your friends live then you won't move a muscle," Sven yelled, though he was shaking his hand uncontrollably. "I'm serious, one move and I will shoot him I swear!"
"Hiccup, no matter what don't stop!" Gustav yelled.
"Don't worry I have no intention of stopping," Hiccup assured. He then looked at Sven. "Did you hear that, Gustav is ready to die by your hand?"
"Don't you move! I said don't move or else I'll shoot! I swear it!" Sven warned.
Hiccup had removed himself from Morgan and in that instant he immediately picked himself up and raised his axe towards him.
"Hiccup!" Gustav cried.
"Your time is up, because I am fearless Marine Captain Axe-Man Morgan!" Morgan roared.
"Daddy, hurry up and kill him already!" Sven yelled.
Hiccup then immediately opened his mouth which began to glow bright purple. "Plasma Blast!"
Hiccup then fired a ball of plasma which soared through the air incredible speed and slammed right into Sven. Hiccup clearly had controlled the amount of force to use into the attack, because it was just powerful enough to send Sven flying the moment it hit him.
At the exact same time Toothless immediately intervened and struck Morgan before his axe could slam on top of Hiccup. Morgan stood there for a few seconds before he collapsed to the ground and was rendered unconscious.
Hiccup then reverted back to his human form. "Thanks for the help."
Toothless smiled at him. "I'm just doing my job, Captain."
Hiccup smiled back at him.
The Marines just stared at the scene before them as Toothless began to sheath his swords.
"Captain Morgan has been beaten," a Marine gaped.
"Unbelievable, those guys are unreal."
Toothless looked at all them. "If there's anyone else who wants to step forward to fight us then do it now."
The Marines looked at one another and then did the exact opposite, they immediately began to cheer tossing their weapons and hats into the air.
Hiccup just blinked. "I was certainly unexpected."
"They must have been afraid of their captain for such a long time, before we showed up," said Gustav.
Toothless then immediately collapsed with exhaustion.
"Toothless, you are okay? What's wrong?" Gustav asked.
"I'm just hungry," Toothless groaned.
While this was all going on Astrid and Fishlegs had managed to tie up to Marines guarding Morgan's office.
"Sorry you two," said Astrid apologetically as she slapped her hands together. "You'll just have to suck it up for a while."
The two Marines then immediately began yelling through their gags, but the two of them can understand a single word they were saying.
Soon they immediately entered into Morgan's office and began scavenging through the place looking for something.
"You sure it's here?" Fishlegs asked as he began looking through the drawers.
"It's got to be," said Astrid and that's when she noticed a safe.
She then immediately began shoving a couple of barrels out of the way to get a better look at the safe. She then reached for the handle and surprisingly found that it was unlocked, she then immediately opened it and found a document inside of it.
"That's it," said Astrid as she took out the document.
Fishlegs immediately looked at it excitedly. "A maritime chart of the Grand Line. I knew they were hiding it."
However, when Astrid unrolled the document they found that it was not a map. "This isn't a map, it's a pirate mark. Recognises symbol it belongs to Buggy also known as the seas as Buggy the Immortal."
"You mean and have to steal from a dangerous pirate all over again?" Fishlegs groaned.
Astrid looked at him. "You know the importance of this."
Fishlegs nodded sadly.
A few moments later Hiccup and Toothless were at Rico's cafe eating a well-deserved meal. The news of them are taking down Captain Morgan spread throughout the entire town like wildfire and everyone was looking to get the chance of the two men responsible for it.
"Boy I stuffed," said Toothless rubbing his stomach. "Having been unable to eat after three weeks, I was ready to gnaw through my bootstraps."
Gustav, Rica and her mother immediately laughed.
Hiccup shook his head. "I'm just glad that messes all sorted out and I'm grateful for the food."
Gustav nodded and looked at Rica's mother. "Yeah, thanks for preparing it for us."
Rica's mother smiled at them. "It was my pleasure, after all you guys did just saved the town."
Rica looked up at Hiccup in amazement. "You're the most amazing man I've ever met."
Hiccup smiled at her. "It was nothing."
Toothless looked at Hiccup curiously. "Another is one thing I haven't figured out? Why didn't your crew help you? How many do you actually have in your crew?"
Hiccup rubbed the back of his head. "Counting the two of us, two."
Toothless stared at him. "Wait, you mean—"
Hiccup shrugged. "You're the first member of my crew."
"So you and I are what amounts to an entire pirate crew?" said Toothless in bewilderment. "At least tell me you have a ship."
"Oh, I have a share," said Hiccup as he pointed outside.
Toothless leaned his head out the window and began looking for the ship, but the only ship we could find was a small lifeboat.
"You're kidding?" he said.
"Hey, I have to start somewhere," Hiccup pointed out. "Do you really think that pirate crews are formed overnight?"
Toothless groaned. "That is a fair assessment."
Rica looked at Hiccup. "Hiccup, where is your crew planning to travel once you leave here?"
"Once I get a few more crew members and a better share we're heading straight for the Grand Line," said Hiccup.
Rica blinked. "I've heard about the Grand Line, but is it really a terrifying place?"
Hiccup shrugged. "It is dangerous and with good reason. As everyone knows that after four different seas and running across them is the Grand Line, but they are also divided by a massive landmass called the Red Line. In all of recording history there's only been one man that has been able to chart the entire Grand Line and that is the King of Pirates himself, Roger D Gold.
"On the day of his execution, he inspired thousands of people to take to the sea in search of his greatest treasure the One Piece and soon began the Great Pirate Era. 22 years have passed since his execution, but still no one has been able to find the One Piece, partly because of the terrain, but mostly because it has become a massive battleground against pirates and Marines."
"I've heard stories about it from people passing through," said Rica's mother. "They say that no one who has ever entered the Grand Line comes out of that place alive."
Hiccup chuckled slightly. "That's not entirely true, after all I was raised on the Grand Line."
Everyone's draw then dropped as the stared at Hiccup.
"You were born on the Grand Line?" Gustav stared.
Hiccup shook his head. "No I was born in the East Blue, but I was raised part of my life on the Grand Line. My father then dropped me off on a small island on the East Blue and I haven't seen him since."
Toothless frowned. "Wait, your family has travelled from the East blue to the Grand Line how is that even possible?"
Hiccup smiled. "That's my little secret. Either way the One Piece is located on the Grand Line and defined it were going to have to go on it."
Toothless shrugged. "Makes sense."
"You can't just go?" said Gustav.
"What do you care, you're not coming with us?" Toothless asked.
"No, but I still worry. Isn't it so wrong to care about the two of you?" Gustav asked and then looked at Hiccup. "Hiccup and I haven't known each other for very long, but I still do consider him a friend."
"I feel the exact same way," said Hiccup. "We may have to part ways, but we'll always be friends."
Gustav smiled. "When I was just a little kid, I never had any friends much less anyone who would bother fighting on my behalf. So I always tried my hardest to never fight for anything, but the two of you have taught me a lesson that I could never learn on my own and I will live for what I believe in. So I have decided to make my one childhood dream and reality, and I'm going to join the Marines."
"Then don't you think you should be a little more concerned with your situation?" Toothless asked and Gustav looked at him confused. "I mean you did spend two years with Alvida's pirate ship, even if you were nothing but her cabin boy. The Marines information gathering is top-notch, they will find out about your time with Alvida, you'll never join."
Gustav looked crestfallen. "I—I never thought that."
They were then interrupted when several Marines entered the café.
"Hey, you there," said the commander. "We've heard that you fellows are actually pirates, is this room a true?"
Hiccup shrugged. "I'm afraid it is and I have just acquired the first member of my crew so it has become official."
"We do appreciate everything you have done to save our town from a horrible tyrant that terrorised all of us for so long," said the commander gratefully. "However, now that we know that your pirates as you read we cannot stand idly by and what you go about your business. Therefore, you and your crew will need to leave this town immediately, but out of respect what you've done we will not report you to headquarters."
The townsfolk were not exactly too pleased with this statement.
"Are you crazy? How can you find the nerve to talk like that?"
"Before these pirates came along, you guys was scared of Morgan as we were!"
A woman nodded. "Without them we would still be under his reign, we owe them our lives."
Hiccup stood up. "We were planning on leaving anyway and we extremely appreciate the food."
Rica looked a bit upset. "Wait a second, you're leaving already?"
"Afraid so," Hiccup smiled as he began making his way to the door and Toothless followed him.
Gustav just stood there feeling very nervous.
The commander looked at him. "Aren't you the crew was well?"
"Well—I—um," said Gustav looking nervous.
The commander then looked at Hiccup, stopping him before he is the cafe. "Hold it. Is he with you all what?"
"No, but I can tell you what he's been up to up to this point," said Hiccup.
Gustav eyes widened as he turned to face him. 'Hiccup, you wouldn't?'
"I met him when I crossed past with the pirate known as Alvida," Hiccup explained.
Gustav looked at him in horror. 'If they find out that I ran with a pirate crew, I'll never join the Marines.'
"She was ruthless swinging that iron club of those around and even got this wimpy kid to be her cabin boy," said Hiccup as he approached Gustav.
Gustav clenched his fist. 'Hiccup, stop. You can't do this, they'll know.'
Gustav then suddenly punched him across the face much to everyone's surprise, but Toothless smiled as he realised what was going on. Gustav then realise what he just did and looked up at Hiccup.
"That was a dum move," said Hiccup and then immediately struck Gustav with a punch of his own and kept on punching the guy.
"Get out of here now!" the commander ordered. "We can't have you pirates traipsing around this town more than you already have, you hear me!"
Hiccup then immediately stopped. "Fine. I think I've done enough."
Gustav then immediately collapsed on the ground.
The commander then immediately looked at Gustav. "It's obvious that you're not crewmates so stop battering the poor kid and take your leave our town this instant!"
Hiccup merely smiled then he and Toothless left the café.
Gustav then realised what hiccup had done. 'That was on purpose? Hiccup did that just to help me out, he worked me up and got me so mad that I hit him and look like that I wasn't on his side. Even at the very end of our journey together I wound up continuing to rely on him, I couldn't do anything for myself. Nothing has changed for me at all, I'm such an idiot!'
Gustav then immediately got to his feet and looked at the commander. "Sir, please, sir. Please you have to let me join the Marines, I'll clean and scrub any chores that you would like me too. I'll do anything to become a Marine."
The commander looked at him.
A Marine then approached him. "Commander, I can't say that I fully trust this kid, but I wouldn't be against the idea if there were clear cases of certain Marines being pirate spies. I say that we should conduct a background check first."
Gustav then immediately looked at them firmly. "No matter what you say, I am a man that will become a Marine!"
The commander stood in silence for a few moments. "I can't tell you how many of our, have been killed by pirates over the years, this is a big step that you're taking."
Gustav's eyes widened. "So?"
"Permission to join, granted."
Gustav face lit up and immediately saluted the commander. "Sir!"
At the docks Astrid and Fishlegs were preparing their boat and the two of them knew what their next target was going to be.
At almost the exact same time Hiccup and Toothless had reached the docks as well.
"That was quite the act you put on back there," Toothless noted. "I wouldn't be surprised if the Marines saw right through it."
Hiccup shrugged. "I did what I could, but the rest is up to Gustav now."
"I suppose it is a fitting way to leave this place," Toothless acknowledged. "Unable to turn back because everyone hates us now. Very pirate like."
"I suppose it is," Hiccup laughed as he undid the rope around their boat.
"Hiccup!" Gustav's voice cried.
They immediately turned and saw Gustav standing there with Rica and her mother.
Gustav then immediately saluted. "I can never thank you enough, you have done more for me than anyone ever has!"
Toothless looked slightly amused. "I've never heard of a Marine thanking a pirate before, that's one for the history books."
Hiccup chuckled and the immediately began to set sail.
"We'll meet again, Gustav! Someday!" Hiccup called.
"Aye, Hiccup," Gustav nodded.
"Hope to see you again someday," Rica cheered as she waved.
"All hands salute," said the Marine commander.
Then to their bewilderment they found that the Marine commander and all of the Marines at the base were saluting them. Hiccup couldn't help but to salute back with two fingers.
"That's a good friend you've got there," said the command as he looked down at Gustav.
Gustav realise that the commander didn't buy Hiccup's little act and he couldn't help but nod. "Yeah."
The commander then looked at his men. "Men, since our current salute is in violation of Marine law, we will all go without food for three days. Do you understand this?"
"Yes, sir!" said Gustav and the other Marines.
All the Marines had stopped saluting, all except for Gustav. 'I know we will meet again someday, deep inside I feel it as much as I ever felt anything. Even if we are divided as pirates and Marines, I still look forward to that day.'
Hiccup was standing upright checking their heading and nearly smiled.
"At last, our pirate crew finally set sail," Hiccup smiled.
Toothless smiled as he sat at the back. "I have a feeling that some interesting adventures are waiting for us."
Hiccup chuckled. "I wouldn't have it any other way. One thing is for sure, I will become King of the Pirates."
Toothless looked at him curiously. "You seem more than a little obsessed about this King of the Pirates business. Is there some kind of story behind it or any kind of reason at all?"
Hiccup just smiled. "It's just that I made a promise a long time ago. I swore that I would gather a crew, find the world's greatest treasure and become King of the Pirates. There's only one thing I truly want in the world and becoming the King of the Pirates is the best way to get it."
"I see," said Toothless.
They then continue to set sail towards off towards the horizon awaiting for their next adventure.
