Hello everyone this is PortugueseRonaldo and welcome to a new chapter of "Reborn:Return of the King"! First of all, sorry for not posting yesterday I got a bit busy with life stuff. Last chapter I got a shit ton of reviews and I thank you for that! I pretty much forced last chapter because I'm a lazy bastard but after hearing your praise it just warmed my heart and filled me with conviction to continue. In terms of Gin joining it's 3-2 for the yes side, but that doesn't mean I'll make him join, because the last decision is mine. Now it's time for some AGR (Answering Guest Reviews)
Guest: Thank you for your support!
Guest:I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the story! In terms of a Lucy pairing I've been thinking of using her charisma to make her have a reverse harem, but be totally oblivious to it.
Guest: Sometimes I wonder what drugs were they taking to make Arlong join. I mean c'mon man that's incredibly unrealistic and it just puts me off. There was a fantastic story that started really well and then it did that. It just made me feel like flipping tables. But I have an idea on my head that you will probably enjoy (hint: Syrup Village Arc)
Enough questions let's go to the story!
One Piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda
"Wow it actually will take less than a week to get there." Thought Luffy with a sweat drop running on his head. They had defeated Captain Morgan and now they were heading towards Orange Town.
"Hey I see something over there!" Exclaimed Lucy from her spot at the front of the boat. Luffy activated his observation haki and what he sensed made him freeze. It was a presence that he hadn't felt in a long time, but he would never forget.
"What is it Lucy?" Asked Zoro, who was napping against the railing.
"It looks like a boat and it has some orange haired girl on it. I also see a chest." She said. "So, what do we do Luffy?"
Luffy now was taking his deep breaths while thinking "blue ocean, waterfall, spring" repeatedly on his head. He stopped and turned to Lucy
"Let's go to her."
Luffy didn't expect to see his navigator so soon, which means that he wasn't totally prepared to see her again. So when he saw her clearly he couldn't stop gasping. She was hanging limply on the railing of her dinghy with a treasure chest, and if it weren't for his haki who sensed that her aura was strong he would think that she was sick.
"Hey are you dead?" Asked the black-haired girl.
"Am... Am I dreaming? I actually found someone in this vast ocean. I don't know who you are, but can you please give me some water and food? If you want money I'll give it to you, but please save me." Said the orange haired girl.
Lucy looked at Luffy for what should she do, and when she saw him serious to suddenly starting to grin mischievously she reciprocated the grin. Zoro was looking at them clearly confused "Twin telepathy?"
Lucy looked at the girl with the orange hair and proceeded to stretch her arms around her and the treasure chest she had. This had obviously scared the living hell of Nami, who started shrieking. Lucy proceeded to lift them to their boat and when she set her arms free Nami suddenly started to run to the railing and screaming "What are you?!"
"Oh, I ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi which turned me into a rubber woman" Lucy said while stretching her cheeks to further prove her point.
"Ate? Wait you don't mean... a devil fruit?" Asked a pale Nami.
"Yeah."
Nami couldn't speak, she just kept making noises. She had just tried to rip off a small crew that contained a devil fruit user, especially one that could stretch.
"I would be so dead if they believed in me." She thought.
"Here's your food and water"
Nami looked to her left and saw a man with a straw hat giving her provisions. She accepted and started to eat them.
"It's funny, you looked like you were near starvation and suddenly you turned healthy." Said a green-haired man with 3 swords by his side.
Nami gulped, and when she started to answer she was interrupted by the black-haired man.
"It's rude to not give your name when meeting new people Zoro. Sorry about that, let me introduce myself, my name is Monkey D. Luffy, and what is your name?" Said Luffy.
For some reason the name felt familiar to Nami, did she hear it on the news? "My... My name is Nami."
Luffy, deciding to use one of the Shanks Famous Techniques of Charming™, grabbed the back of Nami's hand and kissed it while saying "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Nami's face was beet red and before she could say anything she was interrupted by Luffy's laugh that was echoing on the ocean.
"SHISHISHISHISHISHI YOUR... YOUR FACE! SHISHISHISHIHAHAHAHHA." Said Luffy between laughs while rolling on the floor.
SMACK!
"YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"
Nami couldn't hold herself. The guy does something like that and then he starts laughing at her embarrassed face, what a prick! She started to regret what she did when she felt cold steel at her throat.
"That was my captain you just punched, so I guess I'll have to kill you."
"Wait Zoro."
Zoro looked at where Luffy was, he was sitting near the railing with a bruise on the side of his face.
"I kind of deserved it so don't do anything ok? Now state your name."
"Ugh fine! My name is Roronoa Zoro."
"Roronoa...Zoro? WAIT THE PIRATE HUNTER?"
"Ex-Pirate Hunter" Said Zoro.
Nami was stunned, the pirate hunter who was known as the strongest swordsman of the East Blue and a devil fruit user being subordinates of what looked like a normal guy was too weird to believe.
"Well then my name is Monkey D. Lucy! I'm Luffy's twin sister!"
So, the hammer was the captain's sister? Well they do look alike with the exception of height and the sexual differences. Since they all introduced themselves Nami started talking.
"So where are you guys going?"
"Ah We're heading towards Orange Town, there's a rumor that a pirate named Buggy has a map to the Grand Line, and since that's our destination we're going to take it." Said the captain.
After receiving this information Nami couldn't help but think "These guys are strong, I mean the Pirate Hunter and a monster girl? And if that guy is the captain that means he's stronger than them. Not only that but they have the same destination as me with the same objective." Nami's senses started to tingle, and then she exclaimed.
"We have to get out of here a storm's coming from the south!"
"Huh?" Said Zoro and Lucy. But before any of them could protest they heard Luffy.
"You heard her, let's get away from this storm!" He ordered.
After sailing away from it Lucy asked Nami with sparkling eyes.
"That was so cool! How did you know there was a storm coming? You're even better than Luffy!"
Nami smiled smugly and said "I predicted it of course. I'm the best navigator you'll ever find!"
"Well then want to join us? We don't have a navigator yet." Luffy asked Nami
"Join you?"
"Yeah join our pirate crew!" Lucy said.
Nami's eyes widened at this information, and Luffy could already feel the despise on her aura at hearing the word pirate.
"You're pirates!"
"Yeah." Casually affirmed Zoro.
Nami's eyes narrowed and then she said "Pirates are the most disgusting thing on this planet I'll never be one! So, I propose an alliance instead. I'll navigate you guys in exchange for all the treasure you find, since you guys look strong." She then lifted a hand "Deal?"
Before any of them could protest Luffy gave Nami a high five and said "Of course! Now let's go to Orange Town!"
"You're just happy that you don't have to navigate anymore." Said the swordsman.
Luffy laughed, because now he has Nami. Temporarely, but it wouldn't take much longer until she became an official member.
Timeskip to orange Town
AFter reaching Orange Town they deicded to head towards a house near Buggy's base. Luffy stayed behind and then headed towards an alley to cry of happiness. he composed himself and caught up to the others and entered the house.
"So, let's form a plan." Said the navigator. "I'll take Luffy with a rope claiming that he was my former boss and then deliver him to Buggy. While they're drinking I'll steal the treasure, you guys free Luffy and then escape."
"Nope."
All heads turned to Luffy "What's wrong with my plan?" Asked Nami, a little angry that someone was claiming her to be wrong. She had the highest IQ by far on Cocoyashi Village and this guy is trying to give her bad reputation?
"Your plan is good, but it's too boring. Let's do it like this, Lucy and Zoro are going to create a distraction by fighting against the pirates why you'll be going to steal the treasure and the map"
"What about you?" Asked Nami.
"I have something to do in this town. So, any objections."
Lucy and Zoro agreed to this plan, but Nami didn't seem to fond of the idea of fighting the Buggy pirates "Are you guys mad? You'll be fighting against Buggy the Clown with a bounty of 15 million berries!".
Luffy almost snickered when he heard Nami talk about Buggy's bounty like it was one of the biggest bounties of the world. But this was the East Blue, so it was understandable. "Man, I can't wait to go to the New World again, I'll die of boredom if I continue on this ocean."
"Don't worry Nami they can handle it! Now let's go!" Said the man with the straw hat.
10 minutes later. Buggy's temporary base
"So, shall we start with the plan?" Asked Zoro who was already grinning at the prospect of a fight.
"Yeah I guess." Said Nami, who was already thinking of the riches that Buggy had.
"Ok then, HEY YOU BIG UGLY RED NOSE!" Exclaimed Lucy to the bar where Buggy was.
Zoro's and Nami's jaws dropped and before they could hear anything they heard
"FIRE THE BUGGY SPECIAL CANNON BALL TO WHOEVER INSULTED ME!"
"ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?!" Said Zoro and Nami.
A cannon fire was heard, and when it was nearing Lucy she breathed in and started to swell
"Gomu Gomu no Balloon!"
She caught the ball with her belly, which received a shocked face from the spectators, then proceeded to rebound it back to Buggy
Kaboom!
"Well their numbers have certainly decreased, let's go." Said the green-haired man with the bandana tied on his head.
"Wha...Ugh I don't understand anymore! I'm just going to steal the treasure." Said Nami who looked like she had given up on life.
"Are you enjoying chatting around?" Said a figure that was in the smoke.
"They used their crewmates...as shields?" Said the orange-haired girl.
When the smoke cleared it revealed a man who had the attire of a clown and another man who had half of his hair shaved with a scarf around his neck.
"I'm so mad, words fail me" Said Buggy, who had his hands floating around.
"This is probably the most humiliating moment of our crew captain." Said Cabaji, who was holding three random guys by their collars.
"His hand... is floating!" Said Nami.
"I ate the Bara Bara no mi, which turned me into a split human, thanks to that swordsmen are useless against me."
Zoro's eyes widened at this information, a fruit that could make a fool out of swordsmen?
"He's a monster!" Said Lucy.
"LIKE YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!" Roared the other two crewmembers.
"However, what that girl did wasn't normal, did you perhaps eat a devil fruit?"
Hearing Buggy asking her a question Lucy stretched her cheeks and said "Yeah I ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, which turned me into a rubber woman."
"I see, well since Mohji isn't here right now guess we'll have to handle this Cabaji."
"I'm more than enough Captain."
Cabaji then started to pedal on the unicycle he was standing own and rushed to slice Lucy, but he was stopped by Zoro.
"You're a swordsman, so you'll be my opponent."
"As you wish."
The two men separated and started to battle.
"Acrobat Technique Fire Trick" attacked Cabaji by breathing fire towards Zoro's face. Zoro surprised by the attack covered his eyes, which lead to Cabaji having an opportunity to kick him on the side.
Zoro grunted, from the attack but regained his composure quickly, but Cabaji attacked again by spreading a cloud of dust using his speed.
"Acrobat Technique Murder Mist Trick"
Zoro concentrated on trying to be aware of Cabaji, who tried to surprise attack Zoro but he had blocked it. Stepping back Cabaji smirked.
"I see that your reputation doesn't fail you Roronoa Zoro."
Zoro took a deep breath and said "My goal is to become the world's greatest swordsman, now let me teach you the difference in our skills."
"Tch, impudent fool." Said Cabaji.
Zoro proceeded to cross his arms and point his swords up
"I'm sick of your stupid little tricks."
"Then I'll defeat you using my real swords skills!" Said Cabaji, who was now pedalling with his swords pointing towards Zoro.
"Onigiri."
In an instant Zoro passed by Cabaji swinging his three swords, giving him three slices across his chest.
"Being defeated...by mere thieves" Weakly said Cabaji.
"We're not thieves, we're pirates." Said Zoro.
"Nice Zoro! Now it's our turn to fight Baggy." Said Lucy who was already winding up her arm.
"IT'S BUGGY YOU BITCH!" Roared Buggy "But wait you're pirates?"
"Yeah, we're pirates, now hand over the grand line map!" Said the girl.
"Speaking of maps where's Nami?" Said Zoro, who was leaning against a house possibly for a nap.
"She went already to do her part of the plan. I wonder what my brother's doing." Said Lucy.
Meanwhile, near a certain pet store
While the others were fighting Luffy went to Chou-Chou pet food store. When he got there, he noticed the Mayor feeding the dog.
"Hey old man!"
The man looked to his right and saw a young man with a straw hat on his head walking towards him. He stood up and greeted him.
"Hello young one I'm mayor Boodle! I don't recognize you though are you from this village?"
"No, I'm not I was just passing through. I'm Monkey D. Luffy by the way."
The mayor gasped "This village is being controlled by Buggy the Clown now! You could've been killed!"
"Don't worry I'm strong. Besides my crew has probably almost dealt with the Buggy pirates, the only guys left is the captain and the guy with a lion since I haven't seen him."
The mayor was confused. Crew? Was this young lad from a ship? He was about to ask when they heard a rumble.
Looking to Luffy's left they saw a big lion with a guy standing on top of it.
"That's the vice-captain of the Buggy Pirates, Mohji the beast trainer!" Exclaimed Boodle.
Boodle started to run to safety, which means Chou-Chou and Luffy stayed.
"This time your treasure will be safe Chou-Chou." Thought Luffy. Mohji stopped right in front of them.
"Look at that Ritchie a pet food store. Want a snack?" Mohji said. Ritchie grunted and started to head towards the food store, but boticed a little dog barking at him.
"What is it Ritchie? Oh, look a dog. Hey you can you take your dog out of the way Ritchie wants to eat."
"The dog isn't mine."
Taken back by the abrupt response Mohji chuckled darkly "So you have a death wish huh? Well then Ritchie attack!" Mohji jumped out of Ritchie, who was now swiping his paw at Luffy. However, what none of them expected was to Luffy stopping the attack by grabbing Ritchie's paw.
"The dog wants to protect the food store, and since I like the dog I'll help him!" Said Luffy. He then proceeded to lift Ritchie with one hand, jump high in the air and slam him to the ground, knocking the lion unconscious.
"What...How?"
"Oh, I'm not done! Now it's your turn!"
Mohji knew that he was going to get defeated easily so he started to run. The man with the straw hat appeared suddenly in front of him. The man turned his back towards Mohji and jumped. Since it happened so fast Mohji was still running, which allowed Luffy to put Mohji's head on a headlock on his left shoulder and then...
"RKO!"
Mohji was unconscious by the sheer force that Luffy put in the attack. Luffy stood up, clean his shorts and walked towards the food store, where Chou-Chou and a flabbergasted Boodle were waiting for him.
"My god you killed him!"
"Oh no don't worry he's just unconscious." Said Luffy. "Well now I'll wait for my crewmates."
"You also mentioned a crew earlier. What crew is it?" Asked Boodle
Luffy smirked "Pirates."
Back at Buggy's temporary base again
"So, what's your goal then? The Grand Line isn't a place for sightseeing." Said Buggy.
"To be the strongest woman in the world!" Said Lucy.
Buggy froze with thought of Big Mom and how captain Roger didn't even fight her, just stole the poneglyph. Not that he couldn't defeat her of course but that woman was a monster.
"Strongest woman in the world? Yeah right as if a nameless pirate like you could become something like that!" Exclaimed Buggy
"I will, and then I'll battle my brother when he becomes pirate king!" The girl said. Buggy froze again.
"Your brother wants to be the pirate king? Another hopeless fool. Maybe I should head towards him and show him the harsh reality of the world."
"He's on this island. He's the captain."
"Wait you're not the captain?" Buggy asked. Lucy then said.
"Well according to him I'm captain Jr., and I can only evolve to co-captain when I beat him."
Buggy thought "If this girl is saying that then she's weaker than him. It's the East Blue so in terms of pirates there are none with haki. Which means the most likely option is that her brother has also a devil fruit. Well this has been the worst day of my life."
"Well then, that will only happen if you beat me, so let's start."
"YEAH!"
Buggy made the first move by releasing a knife on his boot and separated his feet.
"Bara Bara Windmill!"
Lucy jumped, which was what Buggy intended. "Moving in the air it's quite impossible you know?" Buggy then proceeded to throw a bunch of knives at Lucy.
"Are you sure about that?" Lucy asked and grabbed onto a pole, dragging herself to it.
"What an interesting ability."
"I could say the same thing to you Buggy."
"Gomu Gomu no Pistol" Lucy throwed a punch towards Buggy who dodged"However it has its weaknesses!" Lucy thought quickly and grabbed a window, pulling herself with an arm ready to clothesline Buggy. "Gomu gomu no Scythe"
"Bara Bara Emergency Escape" Quickly said Buggy, detaching himself before Lucy could reach him. Thanks to this Lucy crashed into a bunch of debris.
"Kuhahahaha, you aren't that much of a threat."
Lucy popped up from the debris and said "God that ability is annoying, separating into sections."
Meanwhile Nami was watching the fight behind a house "Amazing, how is it possible for a fight like this to exist. It feels like I'm dreaming."
Lucy cracked her knuckles and said "Prepare yourself Buggy."
"And what you'll do missie?" He said
Lucy grinned and stretch her arms backwards, followed by an amazing burst speed she reached Buggy.
"Wha- "
"Gomu Gomu no Bazooka"
Lucy snapped her arms forward and hit Buggy in the gut, making him fly to the sky. "Aww damn it I wasn't intending to already finish it."
Buggy's crewmembers who were starting to wake up decided to lay low when they saw their captain being sent flying.
Lucy then noticed Nami watching her with an amazed expression on her face and waved at her. "Oi Nami did you see it? I sent him flying!"
Nami regained her composure "Yeah...you did. I've finished stealing everything, including the map."
"Ok, let's go wake Zoro up and head towards my brother at the meeting place.
Later on, the two pirates and one ally walked towards the Pet Food Store and saw a knocked-out man with white hair that looked like a hood, an unconscious big lion with cracks formed on the ground, a laughing old man and Luffy playing with a dog.
"Oh, hey guys! Finished the fight already!"
"It was easy captain. Now who's this and what happened here?" Asked Zoro.
"Oh, this is mayor Boodle, this is Chou-Chou the dog and those two on the floor are some lion and a guy that was the vice-captain or something like that."
Suddenly Boodle bowed "Thank you! Even though you're pirates you saved this village and Chou-Chou's treasure!"
Nami's eyes glinted at the sound of treasure. "Treasure, where is it?"
"It's the pet food store." The mayor said with a sweat drop on his head.
"But it's just a store." Nami questioned.
"For you maybe but for Chou-Chou it's something more." Boodle said. He then started to tell Chou-Chou's story, how he was founded by the owner of the store who adopted him. They became friends but one day the owner felt sick and he had to go to the hospital. He ordered Chou-Chou to guard the store during his stay.
"Sadly, he died, but Chou-Chou is an intelligent dog so He must've noticed that his owner is dead. So right now, the store is Chou-Chou's treasure and if it weren't for this young man it would've been destroyed."
Everyone turned their heads towards Luffy, who was rubbing the back of his head. "It wasn't a big deal. Besides I know how Chou-Chou feels because I have a treasure as well." He then grabbed his straw hat "This straw hat was given to me by my idol and mentor. He is one of the strongest and greatest pirates to live and told me to give it back once I become the pirate king. This is the reason why it's my treasure and I'll never forgive anyone who touches it with evil intentions."
Nami was shocked "He fought the vice-captain because of the dog.?" Nami took a good look at Luffy. How he acted wasn't how a normal pirate would act. He was kind, generous, friendly and happy all the time.
"Ok guys let's go!" Said Luffy stooding up.
"Heh right now? But brother can't we eat?" Said Lucy while grabbing her belly.
"I've already filled our boats with food and water, so let's leave!" Said the captain running towards the docks.
"Good luck on your adventure!" Said mayor Boodle, followed by a bark from Chou-Chou.
The four reached the boats and released them, leaving Orange Town for good.
"Okay we've done that; now where would you like to go Captain?" Nami asked
Luffy with a thoughtful face suddenly said
"Is there an inhabited island nearby?"
And that's the end of the chapter! Next chapter will be Lord Gaimon's island! Thanks everybody for your support and leave your criticism on a review! See ya!