That mysterious woman was still walking through the rain and she began remembering the words that Roger D Gold cried out during his execution.
'Destiny… Fate… Dreams… These unstoppable ideals are held deep within the heart of man. As long as there are people who seek freedom in this life, these things shall not vanish from the Earth.'
"The Pirate King, find by me," she said softly.
Hiccup and the others were running as fast as they could back to the harbour.
"What the hell is up with all this rain?" said Toothless.
"Fishlegs was right about this storm, if we don't get back to the ship and set sail we're going to be stuck here for good," said Astrid.
"On the plus side this will give the Marines some trouble, their gunpowder must be soaked which buys a little time to get to the ship," Ragnar pointed out.
"Just keep running," said Hiccup.
The Buggy Pirates was still fighting against the Marines and had completely lost track of hiccup and his gang. Page was now on his unicycle and has jumped into the air with his sword in his hand.
"Carnival of Colours!" he yelled as he swung his sword and unleashed waves of colourful slashes at the Marines.
Alvida was using her iron club to knock the Marines down one by one. A Marine then tried to grab her, but his hand just slipped off her skin and then she struck him on the head.
"You're wasting your time, you silly little man," she smiled. "There isn't anyone alive, who can lay a hand on this perfectly smooth skin."
Buggy was still flat on his back, but he managed to regain consciousness and sat up straight.
"That was weird, I saw a field of flowers," he groaned.
"Captain Buggy!" Page cried with relief. "You're not fright a crisp."
"I don't die that easily," he grunted.
"This isn't good, Buggy," said Alvida. "Their sending Marines to headquarters, they'll never stop."
"I don't care," Buggy growled.
"What now?"
"We go after that little runt, Maddox and Fang are birding his ship as we speak so he's got no place you can run to. All that is left for us to do is do what Buggy Pirates do best, kick his ass!"
The pirates immediately cheered.
"Motor!" Buggy ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Then suddenly Pirates tossed a pair of axles and one of them had a motor engine on its back. Buggy then removed his head sticking it on top of his body and then grabbed hold of the axles with his arms and legs, making him look like some kind of motorcar.
"Chop-Chop Buggy!" he yelled. "Bum engine activate!"
Then suddenly the engine immediately activated and he took off blowing away several Marines.
"Set the ramp, now!" Alvida ordered.
"Right, ramp is set," said several pirates as they lifted a steel ramp upwards.
Alvida then kicked off her sandals and jumped into the air.
"No Friction! Smooth Smooth Tracks!" she yelled as she landed on the ramp.
Then using the very soft skin on her soles, she then skidded down the ramp and kept on accelerating down the street after Buggy.
"Don't let those pirates get away!" a Marine roared as the Buggy Pirates followed them.
Smoker then stepped forward and suddenly his hands turned to smoke and then flew across the air. Then suddenly both Buggy and Alvida found themselves grabbed by him and lifted up into the air.
"With this smoke come from?" Alvida panicked she found she was unable to slip away as per usual.
Smoker didn't just grab those two, he also grabbed the other Buggy Pirates.
"What is it?" Page cried.
"Whiteout Time!" said Smoker.
"Smoker!" Buggy choked.
"I can't waste my time with you little fools," Smoker growled.
Several civilians watched in awe as Smoker had captured them in several seconds.
"He's so strong."
"So that's the power of the Plume-Plume Fruit," said a young woman.
"He took down Buggy's entire pirate crew just like that."
"Fire!" Smoker commanded.
Immediately several Marines held out a pair of net guns and fired nets around the pirates, but they were made of rope in fact there were made of some sort of metal. The moment it touched Buggy and Alvida they found the strength leaving their bodies in an instant.
In no time at all they tied at the pirates in the square.
"Smoker you bastard," Buggy growled.
"I can't break free of this horrible steel net," said Alvida. "Where did they get a gun like that?"
"It's a cage shot developed by the Marines to deal with Devil Fruit powers, cowards," Buggy growled.
"I'll get the boy, bring my pike," he ordered.
"Sir!"
Meanwhile Snotlout was leading the charge to the harbour, much to the dismay of the twins and Fishlegs, who were struggling to keep up with him.
"They're going to be going after the Going Tiger, the Marines might already be there," said Fishlegs. "We have to get back to the ship as soon as possible."
"It would be easy if we dropped the fish," said Snotlout.
"Ragnar will kill you if you do that," said Ruffnut.
"Yeah, he won this thing in a cooking competition," said Tuffnut.
"Shut up," Snotlout grunted.
Meanwhile Maddox was attempting to burn down the ship, but he was having problems. He was trying to light a bunch of matches, but they were completely soaked by the rain.
"Dammit, why did it have to start storming now?" Maddox grunted in frustration. "How am I supposed to burn down this ship when it's wet?"
He eventually managed to light a match, but when he held it out it immediately put out by the rain.
"Oh man, Fang. We're really going to get into trouble if we can't get a fire going in this rain," said Maddox looking at Fang. "One more try."
Fang groaned as his stomach growled, he was extremely hungry.
"Relax, Fang, I'll feed you in a minute," said Maddox.
"What are you doing?" Snotlout's voice yelled.
They quickly turned and saw Fishlegs and the others standing there.
"Maddox," Fishlegs stared.
"Well, if it isn't one of our two thieves," said Maddox as he rose to his feet. "Go, Fang!"
Fang and immediately pounced and made his way straight over to Fishlegs, but Snotlout came out of nowhere and punched the massive lime right in the face sending him flying back to Maddox.
"Let's go," Snotlout smiled as he grabbed the fish's head once again.
They then immediately rushed towards the Going Tiger but Maddox wasn't quite through them just yet.
"Not so fast, you have to get past me," said Maddox as he placed himself between them and the ship. "The name is Maddox, I am a proud Buggy Pirate and I won't let you get anywhere near this stupid ship."
Then suddenly they heard the sound of gunfire and a bullet zoomed right past Maddox and struck the ship. Quickly everyone turned and then saw the Marines standing there, now having their rifles shielded from the rain.
"Get ready to fire!" said the sergeant in charge.
"Marines," Fishlegs quivered.
"We're surrounded," said Ruffnut.
"Not good," said Tuffnut.
"Aim!" said the sergeant as the Marines took aim. "Fire!"
The Marines then fired their rifles at all of them and Maddox soon found himself dancing around trying to avoid getting shot.
The sergeant then looked at a Marine. "Go and contact the canning unit, we have to capture this pirate vessel."
"Sir!"
"Fishlegs," said Snotlout as he faced him.
"I know," Fishlegs nodded.
Smoker was on a specially crafted bike that had been designed specially for him. He merely turned his legs into smoke which activated the engine causing him to move at incredible speed. He was now hunting for Hiccup and the others and nothing was going to stop him.
'Damn this storm,' Smoker cursed.
Hiccup and the others were still making their way towards the harbour, but with the town being so big it was hard to navigate.
"Which way is the sea?" Toothless asked.
"It's a big blue thing ahead of us," said Astrid.
"This rain makes it hard to see anything," Hiccup growled.
Suddenly they heard noises behind them and saw a group of Marines following them.
"There they are!"
"Damn, they're like roaches," said Toothless as he looked at the others. "You wanna stop and fight them?"
Ragnar shook his head. "We don't have time for that."
Astrid looked ahead of them. "Guys, I think you might want to look ahead."
They all turned and saw Stormfly standing there in the rain and she had a very hateful expression on her face.
"I didn't know you were Toothless and a pirate as well," she said directing her voice to Toothless. "You lied, you're just another liar!"
Ragnar looked at Toothless. "Friend of yours?"
"It's a long story," said Toothless and then he faced Stormfly. "I didn't lie, you just never asked to me my name."
"You know there's no way I'm going to let someone like you leave town with such a legendary sword," Stormfly spat. "Give it to me, the Light Fury. Right now!"
Toothless grasped Light Fury. "You want is, you have to come and get it."
Stormfly growled at him and immediately drew Spiteblade and then immediately clashed with Toothless' blade. The two of them looked at one another briefly before they clashed once again, but Toothless was fighting her swordplay cried interesting.
'Okay,' he said with a small smile on his face.
Stormfly glared at him with a hateful expression.
"Should we jump in there?" Ragnar asked.
Astrid shook her head. "I think this is a fight between the two of them."
"She's right, this is a fight between swordsmen so you lot can stay out!" Spitelout spat.
"You heard her, get out of here," said Toothless.
Hiccup looked at the others. "Let's go."
They all nodded and immediately ran past Toothless and Stormfly. The Marines finally caught up and they stopped when they saw who Stormfly was battling with.
"Stormfly has got one," said a Marine.
Toothless then calmly reached for second sword and Stormfly prepared herself. The moment that he unsheathed Moonlit, he immediately swiped at her and she quickly blocked it. However this released Light Fury and Toothless came in for another swing meaning that she had a block that one as well. It became evidently clear that she had not much experience when it came with fighting at duel swordsmen and she was quickly becoming overwhelmed, but despite this she was holding her own.
Toothless then slammed both blade against her single blade and with another striking pushed her against the wall and then disarmed her. A split second later she found Light Fury striking the wall next to her and she was completely speechless.
"I hate to disappoint, but you never get this stored away from me," said Toothless.
He then redrew his swords and place them back into their sheathes, the Marines just stood there completely perplexed.
"I can't believe she lost."
"I've never seen her lose before."
Toothless looked at Stormfly. "Now I think it's time for me to go."
He then walked off and that just made Stormfly even more furious.
"Why didn't you kill me?" Stormfly roared. "I know, it's because I'm a girl! It's pathetic that you can't fight me because I'm a woman! It's embarrassing, you may be physically stronger but you don't have the guts, this sword isn't just for decoration. I don't even think you know what it means to carry a sword!"
Toothless looked at her furiously. "Will you shut up for one second?"
Stormfly was completely taken aback.
"You sound just like her, in every respect," Toothless grunted. "You're not the only one who has been spared by swordsmen of immense calibre, that happened to me twice and one of them was a woman. Perhaps I'm just interested to see what you'll become, but you need to learn that swordsmen come from different ways of life whether they are Marines or pirates."
"Pirates have no honour and as such swordsmen pirates have no honour, they just throw it away for treasure," Stormfly spat.
"Marines aren't exactly that much better, I've seen Marines that had been corrupted by their standing and simply look the other way when they are given a large amount of money," said Toothless looking at her. "We pirates may be dishonourable, but at least we're honest about it."
Hiccup and the others were still making their way towards the harbour and they were almost there.
"The harbour should be up ahead," said Hiccup.
However, they then saw blocking their path was none other than Smoker.
"Great, now what?" Ragnar groaned.
"Dragon Conqueror Hiccup, you're finally here," said Smoker. The three of them then immediately came to a stop. "I already told you that you couldn't make it to the Grand Line without meeting me first, didn't I?"
"I seem to remember something along those lines," said Hiccup.
Astrid looked at Hiccup. "Let's go."
"Astrid, Ragnar, I'll meet you at the ship, just go on," said Hiccup.
"I don't know about that, this will be the end for you," said Smoker.
Astrid and Ragnar looked at one another, but they could tell by the look on Hiccup's face that he was determined to stay here and fight.
"Go," Hiccup ordered.
Fishlegs and the others were having their own problems, they were causing the crossfire between Maddox and the Marines. Though the Marines were much more troublesome as they had guns.
"Fire!"
The Marines fired their rifles once again, with one good jump Fishlegs and the others managed to jump on board their ship.
"Cannons fire!"
Cannons then fired from the cliffs, but the wind was causing so much problems that they missed the Going Tiger, though a few of them were bit too close for comfort. Fishlegs and the others were now toppling over from the rough waves created by the cannonballs.
"If we stay here even a minute longer, the Going Tiger will be done for!" Snotlout yelled.
He then quickly lifted the anchor up, but Fishlegs was concerned that half their crew was still on dry land.
"We can't set sail yet, Hiccup and the others aren't back," Fishlegs yelled.
"If we stay here, she'll be sunk," Snotlout yelled.
Reluctantly Fishlegs agreed and they unfurled the sails they began to move the way from the shore.
"What about the others?" Fishlegs asked.
"We'll pick them up later," said Snotlout.
"Assuming that we actually stay afloat," said Ruffnut.
"And that the Marines don't send big massive vessels after us," Tuffnut added.
"You too aren't helping things," Fishlegs groaned.
"Don't let the mistake!" the sergeant ordered. "After them!"
"Wait for us!" said Astrid's voice.
"It's Astrid and Ragnar," Fishlegs beamed.
Running along the shore was indeed Astrid and Ragnar, but they didn't see any trace of Hiccup or Toothless.
"Where are the others?" Fishlegs asked.
"They're a little preoccupied with the Marines at the moment," said Ragnar.
"Don't worry about them, I'm sure they'll catch up," said Astrid.
The Marines were now chasing after the two of them and they were gaining.
"Behind you!" Fishlegs yelled.
"Look out!" Snotlout cried.
Ragnar quickly dealt a few powerful kicks at the Marines and Astrid and knocked aside with her battleaxe. However no matter how many they took down more seem to take their place.
"This is endless," said Astrid.
"We have to get closer," said Ruffnut.
"But there's no way we can take the ship back against this current," said Fishlegs.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," said Snotlout.
Then to their astonishment they saw Snotlout jumping over the side.
"Snotlout!" Fishlegs stared.
Snotlout landed in the water began to power swim towards the shore, he then lifted himself up and began striking down as many Marines as he could hit. Astrid and Ragnar then took advantage of his little assault and quickly took down more the Marines, but they kept on coming and the Going Tiger was floating further and further away.
"Guys!" Fishlegs yelled.
Hiccup meanwhile was facing against Smoker and the two of them stood there despite the fact that the rain was pouring down in buckets. The drains were already getting overflown by the water, but the two of them were more focused on one another than anything else.
"I am going to enter the Grand Line then I will become King of the Pirates," said Hiccup.
"I'm bored, enough talk," said Smoker.
His hand then immediately transformed to smoke an extended towards Hiccup and quickly encircled him. In one second alone, Hiccup is now contained in smoke and was lifted into the air.
"Neat trick," said Hiccup as he struggled to break free.
"I ate the Plume-Plume Fruit so my body can be smoke whenever I want," Smoker explained he then immediately slammed Hiccup into the ground and his arms transformed back to normal. "What's wrong? Had enough already?"
Hiccup then transformed into his human dragon form and drug got back to his feet.
"Dragon Fist!" Hiccup yelled and dashed towards Smoker and slammed a powerful fist right into his chest.
He was only able to push him back a few inches as his hand got swallowed by the smoke around his body. He quickly pulled back and try to put as much distance as he could between him and Smoker.
"This is why I hate Logia types," Hiccup grunted.
"Now it's my turn," said Smoker. "Smoke Screen!"
He then launched a powerful burst of smoke from his hands which slammed into Hiccup and pushed him against the wall of a nearby building.
"Let's try this… Plasma Blast!" Hiccup yelled and fired a plasma blast.
However, the attack just went straight through Smoker and suddenly there was an explosion behind him.
"Don't you get it, you have to go through me to get to the Grand Line," said Smoker who somehow managed to get behind Hiccup and grasped the back of his head. "I told you…" They then launched into the air and Smoker landed on top of him as the struck the ground, "you're not worth 30 million Gil. Your luck has run out."
He then began to reach for his pike which was strapped to his back, but then a hand stopped him. He looked up and saw standing behind him was the robed woman.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," she said.
Smoker's eyes widened. "It's you."
Hiccup was totally unaware what was going on, Smoker had pinned his head to the ground preventing him from looking at the new figure, but he could still hear.
"Hey, what's going on?" Hiccup demanded. "Who is that?"
"How nice," said Smoker giving her firmed expression. "Now the government can have both your heads."
"The world is still waiting for our answer," she said simply.
Then suddenly completely out of nowhere was a powerful gust of wind which formed a tornado in the square. It was so powerful that the wind smashed through every single glass window and everyone in the streets were sent flying.
Smoker was unable to hold onto Hiccup as the wind carried them away. It had also freed Buggy and his gang, the wind kept on blowing knocking marine and pirate of their feet. It was even destroying the mounted cannons on the cliffs. Fishlegs and the twins were holding onto the side as best as they could so they wouldn't be blown away.
Eventually the wind finally died down they continue to rain, but the damage had been done. The Marines were now battered and bruised and the pirates were now free. Toothless began to emerge from the rubble from a group of buildings on the harbour and soon everyone else emerged. Apparently the wind had blown everyone together, much to their confusion and bewilderment.
"What just happened?" Hiccup groaned.
"I've got no clue," said Astrid equally confused.
"Hey!" Fishlegs' voice cried from the Going Tiger which was now sailing away. "Guys!"
"It's Fishlegs and the twins," said Hiccup.
"We've got to go, the ship will be gone soon," said Ragnar.
"And how do you suggest we get there?" Snotlout questioned. "No way we can catch up to them on a rowing boat."
Hiccup then transformed into his dragon form. "I might just be able to carry everyone. Hop on my back."
"You think you can fly for these winds?" Astrid asked.
Hiccup looked at her. "We just have to fall the wind current heading towards the ship, don't worry I flown through tough winds before."
Giving the situation no one questioned and they began to mount on his back. However, Hiccup only had room to carry three on his back and they were Astrid, Ragnar and Toothless.
"Hey, what about me?" Snotlout asked.
Hiccup smiled and then began to flap his wings taking off and then right at the last second he grabbed Snotlout with his claws and began flying back to the ship. Snotlout screened the entire way as they flew back towards the ship, but on the plus side as Hiccup predicted following the air: to the ship was virtually simple.
Hiccup dropped Snotlout on the deck and he landed face first and then he himself landed and the others jumped off.
"You're here," said Fishlegs relieved.
"Nice entrance," Ruffnut smirked at Snotlout.
"Looks like a lot of fun, you think we can have a go?" Tuffnut asked excitedly.
"Muttonheads," Snotlout groaned.
They were now far away from Loguetown and all Smoker could do was watch as the Going Tiger disappeared into the distance.
"I'm sure she brought the wind with her, I knew it was her from the day that Roger D Gold was executed," Smoker growled in frustration. "She appears like a brilliant flash of lightning and then she disappeared. It's her!"
He then began to remember Hiccup's announcement and then he heard laughter, he quickly looked up and saw the mysterious woman standing there.
"Why did you help that man, Valka?" Smoker demanded furiously.
Valka just stood there with a smile. "It is not our place to come between that man and his chosen path, Smoker."
Smoker turned his gaze back to the Going Tiger.
"Set sail, we're going after him," Smoker announced.
Several Marines stared at him completely taken aback by this order.
"What?"
"We'll enter the Grand Line," he said.
"But Captain y-you can't abandon your post on this island what would come and say?"
Smoker looked at him. "Tell them I don't care about orders."
Stormfly stood beside him clutching Spiteblade in our hands. "I'm coming with you."
"Sergeant Major Stormfly?"
"I have to hunt down Toothless, he's mine," she announced. "I will get revenge."
Amongst all this confusion Buggy and his men had managed to get onto their boat and sailed away.
"That was certainly unexpected gust of wind for all of us," said Buggy folding his arms. "I have never been one to turn down luck that was in my favour."
"Where are we headed now?" Alvida asked.
"The Grand Line."
Everyone stared at him in shock.
"The Grand Line?" Page stared.
"I am going to settle this, that boy will face me, there is nowhere he can run," Buggy smirked. "He won't stop until the Grand Line."
Hiccup and the others were now making their way towards the entrance of Reverse Mountain and they were doing their best to make sure the shifting capsizing the storm. Then suddenly they came close to a lighthouse that was flashing away.
Fishlegs beamed. "Hey, look! A light!"
"Is that a lighthouse?" Ragnar asked curiously.
"It's one of the guideposts, the entrance to the Grand Line is somewhere ahead," Fishlegs explained.
"The Grand Line is just the," Hiccup smiled.
"What now?" Astrid asked.
"Do we have to go there in the middle of the hull again like this?" Snotlout questioned.
Everyone just smiled.
"Okay, I think that we should say something to mark the occasion," said Ragnar.
Everyone agreed and pulled out an empty barrel.
Ragnar then placed his leg on the barrel. "I'm going to the Grand Line to find the All Blue."
Hiccup then placed his leg on the barrel. "I'm going to be King of the Pirates."
"The world's Best swordsman," said Toothless doing the same.
Astrid then joined in. "To go on a massive adventure."
Fishlegs was next. "I'm going so that I can draw a chart of the entire world."
The twins then place their legs on the barrel at the same time. "We want to just cause as much havoc as we can possibly make," they said in unison.
Snotlout was the last. "And I'm going to be a brave warrior of the sea."
Separate dreams they may have, but they all shared a common cause that they would make each dream a reality no matter how hard or impossible it might seem.
"And now to the Grand Line!" Hiccup announced.
They then lay raise their legs into the air and with one share they slammed them back onto the barrel.
