Hey Again, I hope you guys enjoyed the first Chapter becuase here's the second!
Just a Warning, I got a lot of the text in this Chapter fro the Manga, and the Characters (especially Luffy) my seem a little OC. But Kiyoshi os mine to begin with so dont worry about him...
Disclamer: I do not own One Piece!
Kiyoshi watched on as the dozens of Marines laboured away while trying to lift the giant statue of Morgan. "Ok! Steady! Stand it up!" yelled Morgan. Frowning slightly he tried to imagine how Luffy would react if he saw this power hungry fool right now...
Not too well he concluded.
Thankfully Coby wasn't here to witness this disgrace; he had gone down to the courtyard to try and find Luffy.
He had been following the Commodore like a puppy ever since he had been saved from Iron Mace Alvidia. It was funny really; Luffy had gone out for the afternoon in a dingy, and then come back with Coby... without the dingy.
He had also said something about a whirlpool and a barrel in there somewhere but he had long since learned to ignore the antics of the Commodore. That's just how Luffy was. Kiyoshi frowned and raised his head when some commotion started between Helmeppo and Morgan.
"Father! Why aren't you doing anything about that Marine! Even you have never yelled at me!" yelled Helmeppo. Morgan frowned and put his cigar back in his mouth, "Do you know why I never yelled at you?"
"Because I'm you beloved S-"
"I'll tell you why..." said Morgan slowly standing up. "IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AN IDIOT SON NOT EVEN WORTH YELLING AT!" he shouted punching Helmeppo right in the nose sending him flying backwards.
"Why should I fight you battles? You're big enough to wipe your bottom..." he said putting a hand on his Axe-hand. "I don't mind you using my status... But I only lay a hand on people who defy ME." He said slowly marching up to Helmeppo.
"Don't fool yourself... YOU are not the great one! I am great! I am the GREAT ONE!" he yelled in Helmeppo's face. By this point Helmeppo had tears running down his cheeks and his knees were rattling showing everyone just how afraid he was.
Morgan then turned his back and began conversation as if nothing had happened. "I heard a little mouse snuck into my parade ground."
Helmeppo nodded, "The little girl? I dealt with her. I-"
"So you killed her." He asked chewing his cigar. Helmeppo's eyes bulged out of his head. "What! No... I, uh... She was just a little girl and I..." he stuttered. "She didn't even know what she was doing..." he reasoned.
Morgan spun on the spot and pointed to a nearby Lieutenant. "YOU! Find her and kill her!" he yelled. The Lieutenant took a step back in shock, "Huh!"
"Child or not, ANYONE who defies me must suffer the penalty!" said Morgan raising his Axe-hand. "But Captain, she's just a little girl... I wouldn't obey such a cruel order!" he said.
Captain Morgan turned on him, "Oh, wouldn't you? You are a Lieutenant in the Marines aren't you? And I- A Captain- Am your superior officer, am I not?" he asked walking towards the Lieutenant with his axe slightly raised.
The Lieutenant gulped, "Uh... yes sir..."
"THEN YOU ARE DUTY-BOUND TO OBEY ME! IF I SAY KILL HER THEN YOU KILL HER!" he yelled. The Lieutenant yelled right back. "I... I won't murder a little girl!"
Suddenly Morgan raised his axe over his head and slashed the Lieutenant across the chest, "MUTINY!" he yelled. The Lieutenant let off a gurgled cry and fell to the floor. Kiyoshi jumped to his feet and rushed over.
Kneeling at the young Lieutenants side he saw that the man was still breathing. "You go too far Morgan! The Commodore will not forgive the slaughter of one of your own men."
"No matter, the town's people must be taught RESPECT! I'll handle it personally." He said pulling the axe to his chest. "For years I laboured to achieve this rank, and I did it by my own strength... at great personal cost!" he said stroking the back of his axe hand.
"Rank means EVERYTHING in this world, remember that! My rank is the highest rank on this base... which makes me superior to everyone else here..." he said. Kiyoshi felt himself grinding his teeth; there was nothing he could do about Morgan. He was only a Lieutenant himself... under a different command no less.
Where was Luffy when you need him?
"That means everything I do is right! IS THAT CLEAR!" he yelled. The marines on the roof top grimaced and saluted "Yes sir! You are the greatest, sir!" they said.
With his ego shooting through the roof, Morgan commanded that the statue be stood up. "This is a monument to my rank and power! It took years to build but today it is finally complete! Raise my statue! Put it at the highest point of the base as a symbol of my greatness!"
"This statue is like my person! Scratching it will be the same as attacking me!" he yelled.
Suddenly a blast of cold air raced across the rooftop causing even Captain Morgan to stop his rant. Kiyoshi looked towards the doors that lead to the rooftop and felt a deep chill seep down his spine.
This was a bad sign; Luffy was standing in the doorway, his hand still holding the doorknob which was creaking under the strain of his grip. The straw hat on his head had been tipped over his eyes hiding them from view, but if the unnaturally cold air was what anything like Kiyoshi thought it was, Morgan was best off giving way.
Luffy's hand dropped off the doorknob and turned into a tightly clenched fist at his side. "Coby... go help Kiyoshi." He murmured. In the shadows behind him, Coby stared at the scene before quickly spotting Kiyoshi and running over. "Is he still alive!" he asked slightly panicked.
Kiyoshi nodded, "Yeah, but you might want to help me get him under cover. Things are about to get a bit wild...you have a strong stomach right?" he asked as an afterthought. Coby nodded and the two quickly escaped from the roof top and to the infirmary.
Luffy raised his head and stared at Morgan. "You call this Justice?" he murmured.
Before Morgan could respond, a sudden shock wave pulsed across the roof and the ropes holding the statue at an angle snapped while some of the weaker marines fell down unconscious. Before the statue could hit the ground a blur shot across the rooftop and the statue shattered.
Morgan's jaw dropped and the cigar fell from his mouth. "BRING ME HIS HEART ON A PLATTER!" he screamed as he recovered from shock. The armed marines hesitated but when they saw Morgan they ran forward with a battle cry.
"You men stand down!" said Luffy waving a hand in their direction. "This is not your fight. Nor is it your duty to obey Captain Morgan anymore." He said glaring up at Morgan who was standing slack jawed and staring at Luffy. "Under Marine Law, any man found guilty of knowingly harming his own men or harassing the city they are stationed at, will be given a fair trial before being sent to Impel Down." Luffy began to walk forwards towards Morgan.
"Captain Morgan. You are to be stripped of all rank and imprisoned here until the next marine vessel harbours in Shell Town. Then you are to be taken to the judicial island to be judged for your crimes." said Luffy coming to a stop just in front of Morgan.
Morgan seethed and he raised his axe-hand above him ready to strike down at Luffy, "INSOLENCE!" he screamed only to strike down at thin air. Luffy was nowhere in sight and this was making the Captain nervous.
"Morgan, let me teach you a very important lesson that was once taught to me..." Morgan flinched and spun around violently, searching for Luffy who's voice seemed to ghost out of thin air.
"Where are you! Show yourself coward!" he roared, hacking at the air around him with his axe-hand. "To make people respect you, you must respect them first. It doesn't matter who they are: Marines, Everyday Citizens... even Mermen and Pirates. Respect them, and they will help you rise into greatness."
"What are you raving on about! The only thing at matters in this world is power! The more power you have, the more the people should fear you and therefore the more they should respect you!" He crowed triumphantly. Turning around for another rant, Morgan spotted Luffy standing behind him, arms crossed over his chest and a deep frown etched into his childlike features.
"You're wrong Captain... The only time any person should fear another, is when they have wronged the other in a way that cannot be forgiven."
Suddenly Morgan fell to his knees, and invisible force pushing him down into the paved floors of the rooftop. "And you have done something that I can never forgive... therefore Captain..." he spat staring down at Morgan in disgust.
"You have been given a one way ticket into Impel Down with no refund. If I ever hear your name again... then pray I'm merciful." Luffy grabbed the incapacitated ex-Capitan by the scruff of his suit.
"Captain Morgan, you are under arrest." He murmured before striking Morgan with a blast of Haki, causing the man to slump to the floor unconscious. Turning around to face the remainder of Morgan's soldiers he pointed to two of them, "You two, find some restraints and then help me take this... murderer down to the brig."
After a few moments of silence, the entire marine corp. began to cheer. "Three cheers for the Commodore! He's defeated Morgan!" Luffy smiled softly as Morgan's Second in Command walked up to him. "Thank you Sir. I don't know how we could ever repay you..." he said, bowing lowly. Luffy pulled the man out of his bow and lay a hand on his shoulder.
"You don't have to. I apologise for letting this go on for so long, I would have come sooner if I had known." He said picking his hat off the top of his head and dusting it off before forcing a smile. "Freedom is a right, not a privilege. Everyone deserves to live their life the way the wish to." He said heading to the stairwell.