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"I don't own one piece – I hope I did"


"Huff Huff! Somehow, I managed to roll myself off the ship, which also managed to break the barrel." Caribou sighed. He looked around to see that he was in a coral region, which he supposed was in the Fishman island. He couldn't exactly hear what the crew were speaking, but he did hear the yelling and the threatening that happened with the fishman before they entered the island.

He was terrified about the Straw hat wearing monster. Even the mere gaze held something far powerful than anything he had witnessed before. If anything, he would want to escape from this place without getting in the way of them.

He spotted a pool with several mermaids swimming. His eyes gained a predatory look and unsettling glee shone in his eyes. 'Mermaids!'

He slowly closed the distance between them. He was thankful that the sea stone nails in the barrel didn't touch him in any way, only weakening him slightly. He did need his powers to do what he wanted right now, after all. The mermaids were on the shore, playing with each other. They didn't notice Caribou as he closed in on them. He raised his hands, realizing swamp mud all around the place, surrounding the mermaids. Then he made the mud slowly move towards the mermaids, thanks to his devil fruit.

When the mermaids did notice the mud flowing towards them, they tried to jump around and escape, but it was for naught as they were completely surrounded by the swamp mud. They slowly started sinking down into the mud. They tried to yell for help, but they were swiftly silenced by Caribou.

"It's too late! You can't escape!" He laughed. "It's a muddy bottomless swamp! The more you struggle, the faster you sink!"

'These mermaids sell at the human auction houses for 70 million each! I guess I should be thankful to the straw hats for these!"


Coral Hill, Port town, Ryugu Kingdom,

"What happened, Madam Sharley?!"

"Huff… this is going to be terrible!" Sharley yelled.

"Find him! Find him! Find the man with Straw Hat!" she cried. "Straw Hat Luffy!"

"I didn't intend to look, but I got an ominous feeling to look into it!" She said. "It's terrible!"

"What Happened? What did you see?"

"He will bring ruin to the entire island! or else he would be the cause of something that can only be imagined by the likes of us!" She bellowed.


Meanwhile on another part of the island,

"Woahh! We can see majority of the island from here!" Usopp exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Chopper agreed. The view from the back of the megalo while travelling up to the royal palace was something that was quite the experience.

Luffy stayed unusually quiet, as he had sensed something that was troubling. The aura was malicious and dark, but the most intriguing or rather the terrifying part is that, whatever it was, had no thoughts.

It was rather filled with intent to kill, maim and hurt others. It was unsettling to say the least. But he supposed he could ignore it for now, he would take care if it were to harm their crew.

"I wonder how long it will take for us to reach the Royal palace? I am feeling quite hungry already!" Luffy whined.

"Didn't you just eat?" Usopp sweat dropped.


"Really? Did you say that the straw hats had kidnapped several mermaids?" A passerby commented.

"Yes, that's what the rumors say… that they supposedly kidnapped the mermaids on the shore!' another one replied.

"This is troublesome! What if does really bring destruction to the island? are we going to die?"

Many cried at the question. It was the fact that Madam Sharley's prediction always came true

"But they were talking nicely to the mermaid"

"Prince Fukaboshi!" someone yelled and everyone looked up to see the princes landing on the ground.

"Madam Sharley, did you really see the vision you mentioned earlier?" He questioned. "About Straw hat Luffy destroying the island."

"Yes… I did see that. There is no denying it!" she replied.

"Madam Sharley, your ability to foresee the future is known even in the castle. This is troubling. We intend to honor them for saving our sister's pet. The future isn't set, but we shouldn't let them on loose!" He sighed.


"Woahh! This is the palace! This is soo big!" Usopp exclaimed as he got down from the boat-taxi. "I wonder how the light reaches so far down into the sea. It is almost as if the fishman island lights up this part of the sea."

"That's the Fishman Island's secret. It is not because that fishman island is here, Sun light shines. But rather because Fish man island was located in such place that this would be the only place in the entire sea where light shines." A deep, guttural voice sounded from behind. Usopp screamed and turned back to see a giant-sized and muscular coelacanth merman standing proud with gold crown donning his head. He wielded a huge trident with gem fixed along the shaft and red poised tips.

"Announcing, His majesty, King Neptune!" A soldier announced. However, no one batted an eye or bowed in respect to him, just staring and aweing at the huge merman.

"Bow before him, he is the king of the Fishman Island!" the soldier screamed. But Neptune raised his hands to stop him.

"There is no need. I can see he won't be bowing to anyone. His crew only bows to him. You can't force him to bow." King Neptune said. The soldier merely bowed his head in acceptance.

"I welcome you all to the Ryugu Castle! Make yourself home!" He boomed and stretched his arms wide in welcome. The straw hats smiled in response.

"This palace looks like fun!" Luffy grinned.

"Oh, your majesty! This is unfortunate!" Minister of Right spoke.

"You brought our guests… we just received word from Prince Fukaboshi!" The minister of left said.

"What did he say?" The king questioned.

"Where did Luffy go?" Nami questioned. Hancock immediately stretched her Haki throughout the castle. She found Luffy lurking around the West part of the Castle. She then relaxed knowing that he was still here.

"Don't worry. He is in the castle" Hancock replied. Others shrugged, knowing Luffy wouldn't stay in one place when he is bored.


The palace was huge, but with Luffy's excellent smelling sense, especially with Meat food, he had no trouble going around it. He had smelled delicious aroma from the castle when he entered it, and his stomach cannot handle the wait for food anymore. So, he started walking towards it.

He stopped Infront of huge doors, made out of steel. It had several Axe hanging off of it and it was dented in multiple places. He sensed something very powerful beyond the doors. If his 'memories' were to be correct, it was the Mermaid princess. But he wanted to check anyway. So, he entered the room. What he didn't remember was how the Princess looked.

The room was completely dark, but for Luffy, the food shined in golden light. He walked on a smooth, bouncy surface. He didn't understand why this place was so bouncy. But his excitement got better of him and he started bouncing there, eliciting squeaks and moans from the other side of the room.

He then recognized the owner of the sound, but he remained quite as he couldn't sense if she was a danger or a friend.

"Is… someone there?" Came out a low pitched, feminine voice. She sounded young and vulnerable, completely opposite to the power she held.

Lights were turned on and Luffy saw a huge mermaid with the hair tied to a bun. She was sweaty all over the body.

"Why are you stepping on me?" She questioned, though that came out as a bunch of stutters due to fear. "Who are you?"

"Ohh! A huge mermaid!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Have you come to kill me too? I…I am not afraid. I am the daughter of King Neptune and a princess!" She yelled. And she did the exact opposite thing one would expect from someone who just said they weren't afraid. She started crying.

"Dad! Brothers! Help me!"


Deep under the sea,

"Wadatsumi! Did I get an answer yet to my letter to princess Shirahoshi?!" Vander Decken yelled.

"Not yet, Captain!" He replied, cowered at the fear.

"How many years have I waited for her answer? For about ten… and yet she hasn't bothered to reply me... It's all that Neptune's fault. He is planning to marry off Princess Shirahoshi for political reasons, I think!" Vander Decken ranted. "Why else would he imprison her in that tower for ten years! I guess it is time for me to send her another Rose Axe!" Vander rose from his seat and took a double-edged axe with a rose symbol etched to its middle. He held the Axe in his Left hand and threw it with as much force as he could muster. The axe spun at high speeds, heading towards the Royal Palace.

"Princess Shirahoshi! You are destined to be mine and mine only. You will never live with any other man… if you do, you will die!" He laughed.


Ryugu Castle, The kingdom of Ryugu,

"Wahhh!"

"It came from the Shell tower!" A guard said.

"That was Princess Shirahoshi's cry! What happened to the security!" Someone barked. Footsteps sounded as panic ensured outside the tower.

"Man! She is quite loud! What do I do?" Luffy exclaimed. "Hey! I didn't come to kill you... I didn't know it was your food. I just came here to eat!"

Luffy suddenly straightened up, his Observation picking up on something heading towards them at extreme speeds.

"Hey!" Luffy said, his voice laced with dangerous aura donning around him. Shirahoshi immediately stopped crying, Looking at Luffy with fearful eyes.

"Something is coming! It's an axe…" He said.

"Oh no! The doors are open, it is going to hit me!" She started to cry.

The huge axe entered the room, heading straight towards the mermaid princess. But Luffy raised his Left hand, Haki covering his arms as he held the Axe at its place, stopping it from hitting the princess. The axe struggled to get out of Luffy's grasp, but Luffy held it in place, his face showing no signs of struggle.

He then applied pressure on the axe. Cracks started forming around his grip, travelling down along the shaft of the blade. It suddenly broke apart, shattering into multiple pieces. Luffy calmly dusted his hands off and turned towards Shirahoshi, who was shell shocked from the near death as well as the powers shown by the straw hatted man. Not even her father could stop the Axe. He could only change its course of direction and he struggled a bit to do that too.

Before she could say anything, footsteps started coming from outside the door.

"Look! The gate is open! What happened here?!"

"We saw an Axe, where did it go?"

"Princess Shirahoshi! Are you all right?" the minister of left asked, panic evident on his face.

Luffy was held tightly on Shirahoshi's hand, and her hand was behind her, covering him from the minister and the guards.

"I am sorry for worrying you... but everything's fine… I just had a bad dream!" Shirahoshi placated.

"Ohh? Is that so? Then I am glad you're safe." He said. He didn't notice the shards of Axe lying on the ground, which was subtly covered by the enormous tail of Shirahoshi.

"What happened to the Axe?" A guard asked.

"Axe? There was no Axe here!" Shirahoshi said quickly, hoping they would believe her.

"Huh, is that so? I think it must have my imagination then." The guard said, confused.

"Oh yes, there is something I have to tell you. It regards to the Straw Hat Luffy, who saved megalo!" The minister said.

"Huh? What is it?"

"He and His pirates are suspected of kidnapping the missing mermaids. And it is said that he will bring doom upon this kingdom! It has been decided that they would be imprisoned in the castle dungeons. The swordsman has already been captured. "he said. Luffy was silent, listening to all of this. Shirahoshi was sweating slightly, confused as to what to do in this situation.

"It won't be long before the others are arrested. Please be wary as the captain has disappeared. He could be hiding in the castle!" the minister requested.

"Oh, our five minutes are up! We must excuse ourselves now!" He said looking at his pocket watch.

"Thank you very much for the warning. Please forgive me for worrying you. "Shirahoshi said.

As the minister and the guards left, Shirahoshi slowly brought up Luffy so that they were facing each other face to face.

"You saved Megalo right, your name is Luffy?" She asked warily.

"Yeah." He answered, petting the shark.

"You are a pirate… does that mean you are a bad person? "She asked.

"Hmm… I don't know. You can decide that yourself." Luffy said, looking at the table, which contained various dishes.

"Your friends have been captured by the soldiers" she said, looking at Luffy who was eyeing the meat.

"Nah, don't worry about that. They could never be captured by you guys!" He said confidently. Now, there was an issue which was on the back of his mind. He had seen some visions on a similar scenario before.

"About the Axe, the one who threw that, does he go by the name Vadner… no… Vander Decken?" Luffy asked, looking straight at the princess. She flinched at the gaze of his.

"Yes, He wants to kill me because I won't marry him. He has the mark-mark devil fruit. He can hit any target he aims at. That's why it is dangerous for me to go outside. I can't even leave the shell tower." She said, her eyes gaining a sad look. "I have been a prisoner here for ten years."

Luffy jumped at the food, and started eating. But that stopped when he heard the imprisonment. "10 Years? Why didn't anyone do anything about this Decken guy."

"They couldn't find him. No one could spot him and he usually evades the eyes of the guards." She said, looking at Luffy curiously. "I only have Megalo to talk to. He's my dearest friend. That's why I wanted to have a Banquet"

"That's awful. I don't think I can be in a place for ten years without doing anything." His mind started whirling of all the possibilities he could do. Usually, Luffy wouldn't go around helping everyone. But, at the core of his dream was to be the person with the most freedom in the world. And since this was someone who wanted to feed him and his crew, he really wanted to help her.

"You humans are small… but you seem to eat quite a lot for your size" she said, unknowing of Luffy's train of thoughts.

"The hairy guy said he was going to throw us a banquet, but I smelled food here and I was quite hungry. So, I just came" He shrugged. "You are the princess of this kingdom, right?"

"Yes, I am the daughter of King Neptune, my name is Shirahoshi." She introduced herself.

"Oh, I am Luffy!" He introduced, though it came out as a bunch of gibberish as he was eating food.

"I don't think you are a bad guy, Luffy-san. I heard that pirates go on a lot of adventures. Does that mean you see the sun? and various plants and animals that roam around the lands?" Shirahoshi trailed off.

"Wait wait! You are asking too much questions… I am eating..." Luffy said. "Can't you see that?"

"Wahh! Don't yell at me, Luffy-san!" Shirahoshi started crying. Luffy sweat dropped.

"You're huge. Yet you cry like a baby" he said. "I hate you! Shishishi". Shirahoshi's heart was pierced by an imaginary arrow.

"Ahh! Those horrible words! No one has ever said something like that to me before!" She said, crying. Luffy burped out loud and patted his stomach in content.

"That was good!" He said. "So, you have been here, cooped up in this small little room for what, 10 years?"

"Luffy-san! Go away. You are a bad person!" She cried again.

"Are there any places that you would want to visit?" He asked.

"O-of course… There are many places that I want to visit." She said, tears welling up on her eyes at the thought.

"Then, how about we get out of here and take a walk outside? I can assure you nothing can hurt you outside!" Luffy grinned.

"Ehh?!"


"Capture those humans! There are only five of them!" A soldier yelled as they closed in on the straw hats.

"Please surrender guys, you will only make things worse for you if you try to resist!" Camie pleaded.

"But we didn't do anything. We don't want to surrender. They are just making up excuses to arrest us!" Usopp said, taking his Kabuto and readying it.

"These pirates are very famous for all the trouble they caused. they are plenty strong even without the captain. Not to mention the former warlord of the Sea, Pirate empress, Boa Hancock is now part of this crew!"

"Stand your ground soldiers! These are just a glimpse of what to come. Save your homeland!" Minister of the left said.

"What? We are only fighting because you guys attacked us." Usopp said, drawing out his Kabuto loaded with bullets. "You guys are nothing compared to the giant bugs on the Bown island."

"King Neptune! We require your assistance.!" Minister said.

"I don't think people should be imprisoned on the basis of a Prophecy. Therefore, we will only arrest you for now!" The king thrusted his giant spear at the straw hats, though none of them were fazed by it.

The metal clanging into something similar sounded through the air. The vibrations travelled through the air as Hancock's leg clashed against the Giant spear. Hancock showed no signs of struggle as she floated in air.

The king on the other hand, was struggling to get the upper hand in their fight as he tried to block the incoming force that could hurt him.

One of the ministers also tried to force into the fight by thrusting his spear at Hancock, But another sword blocked it. The ministers and the soldiers yelled in surprise as Zoro held the spear at its place with a grin on his face and pushed it back effortlessly.

"Zoro! I thought you were in jail!" Usopp said in surprise.

"I heard you guys were having fun! So, I decided to join…" Zoro said, grinning.


Noah, Fish-man District

"Wait right there!"

"Captain Vander Decken is here" Wadatsumi announced.

"Right this way" A fish-man pirate waved.

"Sorry about the late, got caught up in a volcanic eruption." Vander Decken said walking into the huge ship. "So you are the infamous Hody Jones right?"

"I would like to believe we both are famous, but our madness prevails in our identity. Isn't that right? Vander Decken!" Hody laughed, extending his hand for a handshake.

"Yes, I suppose so… Oh a handshake? Just wait a second" Decken wore a black glove on his right hand. At the questioning look of Hody jones, he just waved it off and clasped his hand tightly on a handshake.

"Ba ho ho! Nice to meet you Hody jones!" He said.

"This will benefit both of us. Let us crush the Neptune's army. They are the bane to the pride of fishman and mermen's. we will take the head of the sea god Neptune and bring total ruin to the Neptune kingdom!" Hody laughed boisterously along with Vander Decken, Unaware of a young god present on the island.


Ryugu Palace, The kingdom of Ryugu,

"This is just too much!" Usopp yelled.

"Yeah! Reflect on what you have done! You must ask for forgiveness!" Brook yelled at Zoro.

"Yes, Marimo. Can't believe you would do this" Sanji shouted.

"You guys were the ones who started fighting!" Zoro yelled back.

"Stop it! It wouldn't do us good just yelling at each other" Hancock's voice cut through the conversation. Zoro grumbled and huffed. Brook and Usopp just walked around frantically, thinking about the consequences.

"Hai! Hancock-san. Your word is law, Please let this lowly servant follow your footsteps to heaven!" Sanji danced around. Hancock looked at him with disgust, but didn't bother to reply him, moreover gone through his character.

"I thought I would just have some food and go shopping around" Nami said sighing.

The area surrounding them was laid with struggling Fishman soldiers lying on the ground with broken hands and legs, cuts all over their body. The ministers were tied up with ropes, Along with the King who was wrapped around with iron chains.

"What sort of Evil pirates does this make us?" Usopp said.

"Stop. We are not Evil for doing this. They were the ones to attack us. We were just defending. Remember, at the end we are pirates. We must do whatever it is to stay alive. Don't let your morals get in the way of your life. We are not saints, nor did we struggle for these two years just so we could die because they suspect us doing something" Zoro warned. Usopp stayed silent, but didn't refute his point.

"What should we do now?" Brook asked.

Nami grabbed the face of a Minister and squeezed it, "Tell me where it is? Which direction is the treasury!" Her eyes gained shine, beli signing shining through.

"Oi! Stop that" Usopp yelled.

"King Neptune! Are you alright? Can't believe the great sea warrior has come down to this!" Minister of Left said.

"I have a bad back pain and I am getting old. This is a huge blunder I am sorry!" The king apologized.

"When the three princes get back, they will never let you get away from this place alive!" the minister shouted.

"Where is Sunny? We need to get everyone together and go!" Zoro asked.

"The sunny lost its bubble when we entered the fishman island. Franky is taking care of it right now…" Nami said. "And the Log pose is acting weirdly since we entered this island. it hasn't settled down yet."

Suddenly, a bell sound rang through the palace. "That must be the prince Fukaboshi!" Minister said.

*Outside*

"Huh? That's strange, why are there no guards?" Fukaboshi questioned.

Zoro attended the Den-den mushi, "Hello who is this?"

"Hey you can't attend this!" Usopp and Nami protested.

"Help us! Prince Fukaboshi!"

"Shut up!"

Multiple voices sounded through the Den-Den mushi, most of them being cries of help.

"Brother! There must have been an incident at the palace La ti do!" Ryuboshi said.

"Yeah, I think so too… Is father and Shirahoshi alright?" Manboshi asked.

"Its me, Fukaboshi. What is happening on the other side. Open the castle gates and Imperial gates right away!" He demanded.

"We can't do that" Zoro replied, with a bored look on his face.

"Which one of the straw hats are you?" Fukaboshi asked.

"Fukaboshi, He's the swordsman of the Straw Hat crew! His bounty is 120 million belis. He is pirate hunter Zori!" Minister said.

"Its Zoro!" Zoro shouted. "Anyway, you heard him. We have the King and other hostage. If you want them back alive, you have to do what we say!"

"We will need you to contact our shipwright and assist him on a new coating for our ship – Sunny. Then you have to contact the rest of our crew, one dark haired woman and a racoon looking reindeer!" Zoro said.

"Racoon looking reindeer!" Brook laughed out loud.

"We understand your demands. We will arrange for you and your crew to leave this island as soon as possible. But in exchange, you must guarantee the safety of the hostages.!" Fukaboshi said.

"Brother!" Ryuboshi and Manboshi exclaimed.

"We have no other choice. This gate is the only way to enter the Palace. Every other section is protected by countless layers of bubbles!" Fukaboshi said. "One thing, Zoro"

"Hmm?"

"I am reluctant to do this now, but I must keep my promise to Jinbe!" Fukaboshi said. "The former warlord, the first son of sea, Jinbe left two messages for Straw hat Luffy!"

"Jinbe?" King and the ministers exclaimed.

"That's right, Luffy did mention they are friends!" Brook said.

"Luffy isn't here now, but I will pass on the messages to him… Go ahead" Zoro said.

"First… "Do not fight Hody Jones" and the second is "I await you in the forest of the sea""

"Hmm? Forest of the sea? Jones?" Zoro questioned.

"Those were the two messages left by him" Fukaboshi said.

"I wonder what those mean?" Hancock said.


And that is it for this chapter. Sorry that it took so long. Studies and this getting mixed up and I don't get enough time to sit and complete a chapter through. I will try to post a chapter once two weeks, though it may arrive early or late.

Reviews corner:

TheGreatBubbaJ:

Thank you for your reviews!

Tsuyukami:

I totally didn't forget about the snake… (*Sweats profusely*) I already have a way to bring her into the current arc. I can only hope it is smooth and doesn't look like I am trying to cover up something…

ModNsparksPhilo22:

Thank you! I want to continue at this pace. I hope you will continue to read this story!

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Thank you for your comment! I hope you enjoy it!

PraetorXyn:

Yes! Hancock in the crew is something I wanted to do forever. I am glad now I get a chance to do it.

With that, I will take my leave now. I will return with another chapter soon. I hope you are enjoying the pacing and story. Do leave a comment on what you think! See ya soon! Byee!