"Alright guys, let me explain how the Grand Line works," said Nami while opening the map they stole from Buggy.
"All right! The Grand Line!" shouted Luffy while raising both arms in the air.
"You guys go ahead and do that while I get some sleep," replied Zoro while leaning on the side of the ship with hands behind his back.
"I can't blame you since you got injured badly from the last fight," said Mikey while getting up and heading up to were Nami is.
The crew had set sail and left the island were Buggy was defeated and continued their journey. It was a nice day with a gentle wind that pushed the boat they stole from Buggy. The waves were gentle and the sky was blue with big puffy clouds that looked like white cotton pieces floating.
"The world is split in two by the Red Line," explained Nami as she stood around a barrel where the map was placed on. Mikey and Luffy were standing next to here looking at the map while Nami explained.
"So then there is a massive rock formation that splits the world in half?" asked Mikey since he was intrigued by the geography.
"No Mikey, she means there is a red line drawn around the world that you can't cross," explained Luffy who had no clue what he is saying but didn't want to get left out.
"No you idiot! Mikey was right!" shouted Nami with shark teeth as she smacked Luffy on the head, creating a big bump with smoke coming out of it while Luffy was on the floor unconscious.
"I thought you were made out of rubber?" asked Mikey as he looked at Luffy with a big sweat drop.
"Ahem! Now imagine that being the centre of the world and draw a line all the way around across it. That would be the Grand Line," continued Nami explaining while drawing a circular line in the air.
"Right, right," was all Mikey would say as Nami continued with the explanation since he was trying to absorb all this information.
This went on for a while since the sun started setting and Nami informed Mikey that it was enough for today. Luffy left them after being smacked by Nami in the head. He was playing with the sleeping Zoro the entire day poking sticks and other things he cold find up his nose and watching his unconscious body react to the different things shoved in it.
"Will you stop doing that!" screamed Zoro as he finally woke up from all the irritation Luffy caused and grabbed Luffy from his cheek and stretched it to the max.
"Solly Zoro," was all Luffy could say while Zoro was trying to inflict pain on Luffy but failing because of his rubber powers.
"Oi Nami I'm hungry," shouted Luffy after Zoro let go of him.
"Well this is a good time to gather and eat," smiled Mikey while placing a barrel between him Zoro and Luffy. "Eating out on a boat while the sun is setting," Mikey said while stretching. "Nothing can beat this."
"This is going to be the last of our need to find an island soon and restock," said Nami while placing the last of their food supplies on the barrel. "We also need to find ourselves a real ship," she continued as she sat in front the barrel with everyone else.
"Mghg kogm kaftim too," Luffy said while stuffing his mouth with food.
"But this ship is too small Luffy," replied Mikey as he grabbed an apple and took a bite.
"Fgmh lifgm" Nodded Luffy while stuffing his mouth with more meat.
"How the hell did he understand that?" asked Zoro and Nami at the same time while sweat dropping.
"So Mikey, you said you were going to explain to me how that wound of yourself healed right away," Said Nami while grabbing a drink for herself and leaning against the boat rails with one leg on top of the other.
"You can heal right away?" asked Zoro surprised by what he just heard.
"Yeah the speed of the recovery depends on the injury," sighed Mikey while rubbing his forehead clean of any injuries.
"That's so cool!" said Luffy as he sat closer to Mikey and stared at him with shiny eyes. "Teach me how to that."
"I can't, now settle down and let me talk," he said while grabbing his head and scratching it trying to think of a way to say it without sounding too unbelievable.
"I came from a faraway place," finally Mikey continued as he stared at the crew. "From where I come from my people are naturally very strong; and when I say very strong I mean insanely strong. However since we have so much strength there are restrictions placed on our bodies that prevent us from using too much force and causing only destruction."
"Eh that strong? Kind off hard to believe," interrupted Zoro while taking a sip from a bottle of rum.
"I don't blame you for not believing me after all my people are not really supposed to interact directly with others," Mikey then threw the left over apple off the boat and watched it sink. 'What do you mean I am being sealed!' The apple slowly submerged below the water and bubbles started coming from around it as it began sinking. 'I am sorry son but you have brought this on yourself.' Mikey then kept staring at the spot where the apple disappeared. 'DON'T SCREW AROUND WITH ME! I told you I had no choice!'
"Hey Mikey c'mon continue your story," whined Luffy while stretching his hand over Mikey's shoulder.
"Right where was I?" replied Mikey while turning around having been snapped out of his thoughts.
"You telling us how strong you are," Zoro said in almost a mocking manner.
"Well anyway after I broke some rules I was sentenced to wander earth aimlessly until the end of time with no hope of ever returning back home or ever seeing my family. Not that I want to anyway," explained Mikey who now has subconsciously started hugging his knees. Zoro picked up on that but said nothing.
"Till the end of time? What are you immortal or something?" said Nami.
"Well that's what they told me before sending me here," replied Mikey.
"You don't know!" Zoro said with a sweat drop.
"What kind of people cast away someone for breaking some stupid rules," shouted Luffy with anger in his eyes. "Those guys are jerks."
"Jerks or not that's not the worst part," said Mikey as he looked as his hand and formed a fist. "In order to not cause trouble, a powerful seal was placed on me rendering all my strength and powers useless. Right now I am just a regular human like you guys," smiled Mikey while staring at Nami, and Zoro almost teasingly.
"You say it like you are not human yourself," said Nami with a raised eyebrow and an devious smile interested by what Mikey just said.
"Not human eh? I wonder about that," said Mikey as he looked up in the now dark sky filled with stars. "Well all you need to know for now is that if I ever try to use any of my strength, then the seal placed on me will activate and force me to stop." Mikey now looked at the crew with his arms clasped together.
"So those symbols glowing on your arms when you were about to punch that guy, was that the seal?" asked Nami while leaning forward towards Mikey.
"Yup that was it," said Mikey while grinning at Nami. "It's okay though, all it does is stop me."
"It's not okay! You where screaming in pain when that seal activated. I had to drag you out of harm's way because of it. How can someone be so cruel and do this."
"IT's fine," Reassured Mikey. "My body starts healing right away remember? So the pain fades away right away," lied Mikey. The pain he experiences fro the seal is different, it's much more painful than any physical attack and the healing does nothing. He just bears with it until it goes away.
"Well is there any other people like you, maybe we can find them and ask them. I'm sure your family is worried about you," Nami said while making gestures in her hand trying to cheer up Mikey.
"It's fine. I'm used to it, so all this is not new to me," Mikey stopped her, he then smiled and eyed Nami. "Got you all interested in my story now don't I?" continued Mikey still smiling trying to hide the sadness he is feeling as he looked at Nami.
"You two are being awfully quiet," Mikey then looked at Zoro and Luffy only to find them sleeping on top of each other. "Not a care in the world eh?" he then placed a blanket on both of them and looked back at Nami. "Lets get some sleep too, ah I hope we find an island tomorrow because I never got to eat anything," said Mikey while stretching back and resting his head on top of his arms and staring at the stars.
"You are taking this all too well but I know that you are suffering deep down aren't you?" asked Nami while looking at Mikey not caring about what he just said only to find him ignoring her words and snoring with the rest of the crew.
"Jerk," muttered Nami as she closed her eyes and tried to get some sleep herself. "But am I not doing the same thing?" Nami said while feeling drowsy and tired from the sleep overcoming her. Mikey lifted an eyelid to that last comment but said nothing and went back to sleeping.
The night went by without any disturbance except when Luffy punched Mikey in the face while dreaming, rambling about a meat thief. The sun started rising and the first of the crew to rise was Nami.
"Alright get up everyone!" Nami grabbed a bucket of sea water and threw it at all three of them.
"That wasn't called for," Mikey said while wiping the water from his face. "You're just an evil demon aren't you?"
"What's that?" threatened Nami while clutching her fists in the air.
"Nami is scary," cowered Luffy behind Mikey.
"Oi I think I see some land over there," Zoro said as he pointed at a black object in the far away distance.
"Yahoo! We get to eat," yelled Luffy while jumping on the boat."Nami can we get there faster?"
"Maybe we can find a ship on this island," Mikey said as the boat got closer to the island.
"Yosh we are going to find some food then a ship!" Luffy said as the boat stopped by the sand.
"I finally get to stretch after that long nap," Zoro said while jumping of the boat and taking a few steps.
"Well what do you know the map led us to an island," said Luffy while looking at the map.
"Something tells me this is the first time you used a map," Nami said while dropping.
"Stop right there pirates!" Screamed a boy while standing 10 meters away from the anchored boat. He had curly black hair and a long nose, he wore olive green overalls with a big messenger bag over his left hip.
"And who might you be?" Asked Mikey while eyeing the boy.
"I-I'm the great captain Usopp! With 80 million followers!" Usopp said while puffing his chest and tilting his head up.
"Woah! Are you serious!" Screamed Luffy with jaw wide open."That's so cool."
"Idiot he is obviously lying," replied Zoro while smacking Luffy's head.
"Crap they caught my lie!" shouted Usopp as he jumped on the ground and cowered.
"So you were lying," Nami said with a sweat drop at the amateur attempt to lie.
"Haha did I just say that?" replied Usopp while sweating .
"Oi!" replied Zoro, Nami, and Mikey.
"Haha, you're a funny guy," laughed Luffy while grabbing his chest from laughing too much.
"Relax we don't mean harm,we are just looking for a restaurant," reassured Mikey while lifting both his hands in the air to show that he means no harm.
"Yosh! If it is a restaurant you are looking for, then I shall guide you since I know this town like the back of my hand," Said Usopp as he stood up and smiled at the pirates.
-LATER AT THE RESTAURANT-
"Hey I want more meat!"
"Get me more sake too."
"Can I get a cleaner glass, plate, and fork!"
"You guys stop shouting, here use my fork Mikey I'm done eating anyways," Nami said while handing her fork to Mikey. "Stop banging the table for more meat!" screamed Nami as she stabbed Luffy with the fork she was about to hand Mikey.
"Ewwww! I'm not touching that fork, you ate from it!" Mikey said in a whiney tone while leaning away from the fork Nami was holding.
"What's wrong with eating from what I ate with?"
"Well I could get sick from some disease that you have and not know about" Mikey said while wiping his glass with a napkin trying to clean it more than necessary. "Aaaah! That hurt" screamed Mikey while pulling a fork from his forehead.
"So... Like I said earlier," Usopp said while sweat dropping at the whole scene in front of him. "That mansion with the rich girl is your only chance. Oh look at the time. I've got to go," Usopp said after looking at the clock hanging by the wall and rushing outside of the restaurant.
-A WHILE LATER-
"Good afternoon, please lend us a ship!" Shouted Luffy while grabbing the railing of the house gates .
"That's not what Mikey said!" Screamed Zoro with shark teeth."Where is he anyways?"
"That idiot never got to eat because he was stressing too much about clean cutlery," sighed Nami as she stood next to Zoro who was strangling Luffy.
"Let's go guys!" shouted Luffy as he grabbed the three boys, Zoro, and Nami launching them to the other side of the house.
"One day I'm going to kill him," Muttered Zoro who was a the bottom of the pile of bodies that flew with Luffy.
"Shishishi, that was fun!" said Luffy as he stood up and placed his straw hat back on.
"You guys why are you all here here," exclaimed Usopp.
-MIKEY-
"Man this sucks I barely managed to eat anything ," whined Mikey while grabbing an apple and taking a bite. "Well since I'm alone lets go exploring "
"Man I really don't like hiding stuff from people ,it feels like I'm a bad guy," whined Mikey as he kicked some sand while walking. 'No Ramon stop! It's forbidden!' "If I can only go back home and forget all of this," Sighed Mikey.
Mikey walked to the other side of the island where he saw a small boat docked and a weird man with a long chin jumping of it and walking backwards. The man went up the cliff past Mikey lifted his hat a little bit then continued walking backwards like nothing happened.
"Another weirdo shows up," commented Mikey while turning and heading back to the village. "Might as well head to that mansion those kids were talking about."
Upon reaching the mansion Mikey heard a scream from a girl and rushed over the gate and saw Usopp heading his way. Usopp was very angry and upset at the same time. His cheerful nature wasn't there anymore.
'Something happened' thought Mikey. He then approached Zoro.
"What's going on? What happened he.." before Mikey finished he noticed Klahadore and felt a chill down his spine ."Zoro, Nami, Luffy, let's get out of here"
"At least one of you has some sense in him," commented Klahadore at Mikey.
"No Mikey this guy is an idiot," shouted Luffy while pointing at Klahadore.
"Luffy why don't you go after Usopp, didn't you say that you knew his dad?" Nami said while trying to calm Luffy.
"Oh right. USOOOOP!" shouted Luffy as Zoro let go of him.
Mikey stood there without moving, staring at Klahadore. Zoro approached Mikey and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You told us to leave so let's go," Mikey didn't reply to Zoro and kept staring.
"Well I expected you to be the rational one but I see that you still haven't left," Klahadore said while adjusting his glasses.
"You're not who you claim you are," stated Mikey while still looking at Klahadore.
The butler tensed up and glared at Mikey, "I'm not sure I know what you are talking about."
"I'm not sure myself but whatever it is. It's not going to happen," smiled Mikey while turning away and following after everyone else.
"What was that all about?" asked Zoro.
"Well ever since our fight with Buggy I can somehow feel the presence of people, be it good or bad," stated Mikey while gesturing in the air explaining. "But it is very limited, I had to be very close to the person to the sense it."
"Man you are just full of surprises," grinned Zoro while facing Mikey.
"Remind me to talk to you about your swordsmanship," Mikey said as he ran past Zoro and towards Nami. "Oh look who finally shows up!"
"Nami I don't feel comfortable on this island, it's like something is going to happen. Why don't you go take all the valuables form our boat and place it somewhere safe," Mikey said while staring at Nami with a very serious face.
"Eh! What do you mean?" Gulped Nami at Mikey's sudden request.
"Just do it!" Mikey said while still looking at Nami not even blinking.
"F-fine," Nami said while walking away and heading to the boat.
The group where now standing near a farm fence were Zoro was leaning on one and the two kids sitting on it ram ling about Klahadore. Mikey sat on the floor beside Zoro, with his legs crossed.
"Ahhh I'm so hungry. All I ate was two lousy apples, hey kids do you mind finding me some food that is not dirty, wet, rotten, dry, salty, sweet, or sour?"Asked Mikey while rubbing his stomach.
"There is no such thing!" screamed the two kids with shark teeth.
"Then how about a bag of apples?" asked Mikey while snickering since he loved teasing those kids.
"We will be right back," the two shouted as they jumped of the fence and ran off to fetch some food for Mikey.
"You act serious all of a sudden then carefree a second later, I really don't get you," Zoro said as he looked at Mikey with a raised an eyebrow.
"Haha, well there is no point in acting all serious when there is no need to, besides I just wanted the kids to leave us alone," Mikey said as he looked up at Zoro.
"Why is that?" Zoro asked.
"Well I saw you swordsmanship and got interested since I have never seen someone use three swords to fight. You're quite good at it too."
Zoro grinned at the last comment, "Of course! I am aiming to be the world's strongest swordsman."
"Bald-ossan we brought you the apples," shouted the two kids as they ran towards Mikey and Zoro while holding a sack each from one side.
"Wow that was fast, and I'm only 20 years old!" shouted Mikey.
"Well we didn't know your name," The two kids said while handing an apple to Mikey.
"My name is Michelangelo but call me Mikey," he took a bite from the apple then asked, "where is Luffy anyways?"
"He went to chase after Usopp," answered Zoro .
"He is probably at the cliff by the edge of the village," said the first kid
"Yeah he always goes there! Wanna go there," the second kid said while handing another apple to Mikey.
"Nah, we will just wait for him," Zoro said while as he leaned down and sat against the fence pole.
"Where is your other friend?" Asked Mikey still eating the apples.
"Oh you mean Tamanegi, he always disappears and comes back running and shouting," Said one of the kids.
Soon after Tamanegi came running towards the group shouting about a man walking backwards. No sooner than half a minute, a man appeared in the distance walking backwards heading towards the group. Mikey recognized the man but sensed no threat so he simply continued to eat his apples while watching the kids interact with him. Zoro decided to take a nap. The man took his leave after managing to hypnotize himself and the kids. Nami arrived shortly after with a key to a room she rented out since the sun was beginning to set.
The group then encountered Usopp running as fast as he can, Zoro grabbed him by the shirt before he went past them. Usopp was very frantic and worried. He was panting trying the catch his breath. The group waited for him.
"Your... captain is... dead...!" exclaimed Usopp between gasps before grabbing his knees and taking a deep breath. "Your captain is dead! He fell of a cliff an landed head first!"
"Which way is the cliff," Zoro said as he got up and tied his katanas around his waist .
"We will take you there!" shouted the three kids.
"I'm going to warn everybody about pirates coming since I heard their plans!" Shouted Usopp while finally able to talk normally .
"What plans?" asked Mikey after finishing his last apple an placing it on his pyramid of eaten apples.
Usopp then proceeded to tell everybody about the Klahadore being a pirate in realty and not a butler as he claimed, and another weird guy named Jango who was responsible of hypnotizing Luffy causing him to fall down the cliff.
"Hmm... From what your friends told me, the village is not going to believe you because of your constant lying," asked Mikey while eying Usopp wanting him to realize that his lying has gotten him into.
"I don't care I have to go warn Kaya and everyone else! Even if they don't believe me!" shouted Usopp
"There is no point in warning you is there?" asked Nami while crossing her arms.
"Let's go get Luffy," Mikey told Nami while catching up to kids who are leading Zoro leaving her and Usopp behind.
"Wait! I'm coming!" shouted Nami while running after Mikey and Zoro."Be careful Usopp!"
-AT THE CLIFF-
The group found Luffy down the cliff with his head imbedded in the rock. After a couple of pulls from Mikey and Zoro his head finally came out and they found Luffy to be sleeping the whole time. Nami was furious at Luffy's carelessness and ended up waking up Luffy with a couple of bruises on his head.
"So what do you plan to do captain?' asked Nami.
"Well if the village is going to run away then that means that the butcher is running away too! We haven't bought our meat supplies yet!" shouted Luffy now fully awake and aware.
"Let's just head back to the village for now," Mikey said while grabbing Luffy's hand and pulling him up.
-OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE-
The group stopped at the same place they were earlier only to see Usopp running towards them again.
"What are you guys doing here? Woah! You are still alive?" Exclaimed Usopp as he looked at Luffy with eyes wide open to the sight.
"Yeah, I was just sleeping earlier," replied Luffy .
"Luffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, a devil fruit," interrupted Mikey trying to explain what Usopp really meant.
"Ah I see," said Usopp calmly. "Wait. What!?"
"Captain you're back! Is it true what they said about the butler?" asked the kids.
Usopp hid his injured hand behind his back and pretended to have lied about the whole matter, since he didn't want to get the kids involved. The kids were angry at Usopp but and left just like Usopp planned it. The group then headed to the cliffs so that no one can hear them.
"So the village didn't believe you," Mikey said while standing in front of Usopp who was sitting on a small piece of rock.
"I'll protect the village myself and prevent those pirates from attacking. Then this will pass and just become one of my lies," shouted Usopp with determination as he stood up while everyone just looked at him.
"Even if they shot me and chased after me… This village… I grew up here" Usopp started sobbing and lifted his arms to cover his face. "I love this village, how can I just watch them get killed!"
"Heh well said," Mikey sated as he folded his arms and smiled at Usopp.
"You are a pretty good guy. You even lied to your own crew in order not to bring them any harm," Zoro said.
"That's it. I'm definitely going to butt in," Said Luffy as he formed a fist and punched his other palm.
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Wow that took a while eh!
Mikey: Don't make excuses.
Redaerbot3000: well I really was busy, imagine having your whole week booked off!
Mikey:yaya when do I get to fight!
ReaderBot3000: soooon.
In case I don't make it please tell my mother I love her!
Peace out!