Hello everyone and welcome to chapter 6 of "Reborn: Return of the King"! This chapter will focus on Gaimon's island, so it will be shorter than the other chapters. Also on a side note I want to thank you guys for surpassing 60 favorites, 80 follows and we're nearly at 20 reviews! It makes me so happy to know that people like this story. Now let's move on to the chapter.
One Piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda
"I still wonder why you wanted to go to this island Luffy." Said Nami. Right now, the Strawhat Pirates we're docked at an isolated island, with Zoro sleeping and the other three at the beach.
"So what do we do about Zoro? Said Luffy while preparing to walk towards the island.
Nami responded "Well Lucy could stay here with him and"
"NO"
Nami looked at Luffy, who right now looked like the incarnation of the devil. "Well she's strong so she can take care of herself and stay with him while we"
"NO!"
Nami gave up, Luffy was definitely the most stubborn man she had ever met "He also is the most overprotective brother I've ever met."
"Fine, Lucy can come with us explore the island."
Just like that Luffy's aura dissipated and he turned back to his joyful self "Actually you can explore it with Lucy, I'll go train by myself a bit."
Nami lifted an eyebrow "Can't we go with you? Why?"
Luffy started to sweat. Truth be told he wanted to reveal his powers in the most badass way he can imagine and he had already a plan, and discovering it by watching him train was NOT badass. "I... I get embarrassed! That's it!"
Nami wanted to question more but Lucy had already grabbed her by the arm and went to the forest while screaming "Adventure!" over and over.
Luffy sighed of relief, he had his strength as a secret for another day, now he composed himself and started walking to the island "Now where can I find house-sized boulders?"
Meanwhile at the girl's position
Nami was officially creeped out. A little bit before entering the forest they found some weird mutated animals and now they were hearing a voice in the forest. She mentally reminded herself to kill Luffy later.
"Who are you?" Asked Lucy while trying to detect the voice.
"I am the forest guardian."
"The forest guardian?" Asked the black-haired girl.
"That's right. So, if you want to live then leave at once! You are pirates, aren't you?"
"Yeah." Said Lucy, while Nami muttered "Why the hell would he ask that?"
"So you are pirates! Listen well, don't take a step further to the forest! Or else you will face...the forest judgement!"
Lucy got sick of hearing the forest guardian, so she activated her observation haki and sensed a presence different from the animals near them. She then stretched her arm to the presence. When she felt something solid she picked it up despite its screams and threw it to the ground. Then they got a good look at it.
"This thing doesn't look normal." Said the orange haired girl looking at it weirdly.
The thing then tried to get up "Hey lift me up damn it!"
"Holy crap it's a man!" Exclaimed Nami with a sweat drop on her head.
"What an interesting cauliflower head!" Said Lucy.
"Shut up and lift me!" Said the man.
Lucy proceeded to pick up the man in the chest and lead him to the coast. There they found out that his name was Gaimon and he told them how he had lived in the island for 20 years.
"So, you have been living by yourself for 20 years?" Asked Nami.
"That's really stupid." Bluntly said Lucy.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU WALK A MILE IN MY CONDITION." Angrily said Gaimon, but no one was taking him seriously. After calming down Gaimon said "20 years really is a long time. My hair and mustache have already grown this long and I've also grown an unibrow. I also haven't talked to anyone in 20 years."
Lucy hearing enough started to try to free Gaimon, but she couldn't while Gaimon begged her to stop. After stopping Gaimon said that since it has been so long since he moved that his body and the chest became on.
"But how did you get to this island?" Asked the navigator.
"I used to be a pirate. It's really nice being a pirate, venturing for treasures. Do you have any maps?"
"Yeah we have lots of them since my brother insisted on them. We also have one for Grand Line. He's going for the One Piece."
"Oh really? Does he also have a devil fruit like you?" Gaimon asked. Nami started to pay attention at Lucy's answer. She hadn't seen Luffy fight since she allied with them, heck she would think that he didn't fight at all if it weren't for the vice-captain of the Buggy pirates lying at his feet together with his lion.
"I don't know. He never said anything but that he would reveal if he had one or not later, no matter how much I begged him to show it." Said Lucy.
"But why he's waiting for so long to fight?" Said Nami, who was already to ocurious for the man with the straw hat.
"He told me that the East Blue was too weak for him, and that he didn't want to kill anybody. Heck when I was together with him he always easily beat me." Said the black-haired girl. Nami was stunned, if this monster was just swept aside easily by Luffy the he must be pretty powerful. She also scoffed at his comment about the East Blue, as if any human could defeat a fishman.
"Well I once heard that the East Blue was the weakest of all seas, but still it's a bit arrogant of him to declare that." Said the man inside of the chest.
"I believe in him." Said Lucy "Even though he got smarter than me he still is bad at lying. I can't say anything else about him because it would go against his plan.
"Oh really? You sure you can't tell us? We'll give you food." Said Nami while putting her most vulnerable expression. Lucy was about to accept it when she remembered her brother's proposition
Flashback
They had just stomped on the sea king, and Lucy suddenly had sparkling eyes "Whoa Luffy how did you do that?" She asked, referring to Geppou.
"Oh, I just jumped on the air, now Lucy I have something important to say." Said Luffy with his serious persona on.
"Oh, what is it? Are you showing me the"
"Nope." Said Luffy "I want you to promise to not tell anyone about what I did ok? Or about Haki got it?"
"But bro- "
"Say it to anyone else and I'll make sure to make you vegetarian for the rest of your life." Said Luffy with a serious voice. Lucy gulped and nodded furiously.
"Good, now let's go to an island." Said Luffy while trying to change the mood.
Flashback off
"Sorry Nami but I can't."
Nami wanted to question it more but she got interrupted by Gaimon "So if he wants the One Piece he has to go to the Grand Line correct?"
"Yeah, so do I, since the strongest woman in the world is there and I plan to beat her." Said Lucy with a determined face.
"Well it definitely won't be easy since the Grand Line is also called as the Pirate's Graveyard."
"Really? My brother said that people called the Grand Line Paradise."
"HOW THE HELL WOULD A PIRATE'S GRAVEYARD BE PARADISE IS YOUR BROTHER INSANE?" Said Nami
"Well I can't say for myself since I haven't been there but that treasure might be nothing more than a legend. Get what I mean?"
"I think it has to have a better ending? Besides my brother is really lucky." Said Lucy while sitting on a rock.
"I don't understand where you get such confidence from." Said Nami.
"Now I will tell you why can't I leave the island!" Said Gaimon. He then explained how 20 years ago he reached his island with his other crewmates in search for treasure, but they didn't find any. When they were leaving Gaimon remembered that they didn't climb the mountain, so he climbed it and saw 5 treasure chests. Sadly, he fell off and got stuck on the chest. He tried to crawl to the shore but when he got there he saw that his companions left him. He then proceeded to protect the treasure from anyone taking it.
"I know what I saw! I'm sure there were treasure chests up there! But now I'm stuck on this chest even though the treasure is all mine!"
"Okay Gaimon-san we'll help you bring down the treasure!" Said Nami fired up.
"Wait weren't you a thief that stole from pirates?" Said Lucy.
"I HAVE PRINCIPLES TOO!" Exclaimed Nami.
They then started to walk to where Gaimon claimed to see the chest, but they weren't expecting to see what was in front of them.
"Wh-What?" Asked Gaimon, clearly stunned by what he was looking.
In front of them was a gigantic rock, however it was laying on the ground with the chests near it right in front of them.
"Hey didn't you say that the treasure chests were on top of it?" Aske Lucy
"Yeah but... it wasn't like this yesterday!" Exclaimed Gaimon.
"Whatever let's look at the chests Gaimon-san!" Said Nami. Nami opened them and they were filled with treasure. However, there was a note written on it.
"Humm what's this?" Wondered Nami. She then proceeded to read it out loud.
Hello guys it's me Luffy! I was walking around and saw these chests so I opened them up and saw that they were empty but since I like treasure hunting I decided to fill them up with treasure I found! Hope you have a good use for it!
PS: if Nami is reading this don't worry I didn't take it from your sack.
"Luffy..." Thought Nami. Even though it wasn't Luffy's intention seeing Gaimon so happy it warmed her heart, which made her forgiving him to put treasure on the chest for anybody to take.
"Luffy, he's your captain, right?" Asked Gaimon who was crying.
"Yeah...he is." Said Nami with a fond smile on her face and no sign of lying on her voice.
"Give him the treasure back, I don't need it since I was planning to stay on this island to protect the animals."
"But he-"Said Lucy.
"He's a good man, he deserves it. And I hope you both achieve your dreams."
"Thanks, old man!" Said Lucy while grinning.
After Lucy and Nami leaving Gaimon then looked at the rock "However it's still weird that the rock is turned. And why are there hand marks on the base of it?" He thought.
Luffy was currently resting at the ship, currently sweating from his training so he discarded his cardigan. "That was some good training, I'm starting to get even more faster! I just hope by the time we reach Sabaody Archipelago I'll be physically ready to take on guys like Doflamingo or at least close. But damn it there weren't bigger rocks than the one where I found Gaimon's chests. Maybe when we meet Franky again I'll ask him to create a high-tech training room, I know Zoro will love it." Thought Luffy. He then sensed his sister, Nami and Gaimon returning so he got up to talk to them "Hey guys how did your adventure go?"
"Oh, nothing special, we found this man called Gaimon and retrieved the treasure you put inside. By the way he wants to give you the treasure as a reward." Nami said. Luffy found a bit weird how she tried to look at him in the eyes to later revert them to his chest but he didn't speak about it.
After saying goodbye to Gaimon Luffy and his friends started to sail the sea. "Now it's your turn Usopp. I can't wait to hear your silly stories again."
And that's the end of Gaimon's arc! Bear in mind that this is actually canon, because I won't be putting filler on this fanfic. Also, I'm going to start my driving lessons tomorrow so I'm going to have more time to write since I don't have to work on those days, but I also need a little "me" time, since this week I've basically spent my free time writing and watching YouTube and I want to play Fallout 4 again (bought it on steam summer sale and I had never played any game from Fallout previously, so I basically have no idea what I'm doing on that game.) That's about it thank you for your support and see you next chapter! Bye!