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Uchida Akira

And here I had my hopes that it was a real date. Great chapter by the way. You did real good. Keep it going!

Unfortunately, it could not be a real date since Zoro is naïve and Lucy . . . Well she's still kind of hung up on her guild. But they'll get there eventually.


amerdism

Awesome story, I hope to see more soon, when's the next chapter going up? I hope Lucy finds and eats a devil fruit, especially a logia devil fruit.

I think I may have discussed this before, but I have no intention of having Lucy eat any kind of Devil Fruit. It's something that I frankly think she would never do, nor is it something I want her to do, so yeah, no Devil Fruits.


Yo

No I have to agree I think luffy should tell zoro that zoro has feelings for lucy luffy can be smart and serious at times and he does know about marriage and what it means so he has some little understanding of love.

I believe that it's his instincts that are good, though yes, he can be a little smarter than he usually is at times. Since you are the second person to say so, I will consider it. I suppose if nothing else he can know because Makino told him.


Five days later, their new ship, which they named the Thousand Sunny, was revealed to them. They begin getting ready to set sail. Kokoro came aboard the ship to asked Nami if the Log Pose set yet, and Nami responded that yes, the Log Pose had set, but was pointing too downwards. The mermaid explained to them that the reason that the Log Pose was pointing downward was because the next island was the underwater island of Fishman island.

Sanji got excited at the prospect of seeing lots of beautiful mermaids, then he remembered that Kokoro was a mermaid and became depressed, to which she rather angrily responded that there were plenty of younger mermaids on Fishman Island. Robin expresses her concern about how Devil fruit users can get there, but Kokoro tells them that getting under the sea is not the problem, rather even getting there is. Between Water 7 and Fishman Island was the Florian Triangle, which was an extremely dangerous area of sea where hundreds, if not thousands, of ships have gone missing, been sunk, or have had their entire inhabiting crew killed and/or die. Some speculate that the ships that haven't sunk are cursed or haunted, a thought that gave Lucy, Usopp, Nami, and Chopper the chills.

Lucy had not summoned her new spirit yet as she was biding her time to see if Usopp would return to the crew first. A few distraught members of the Franky Family came running aboard the ship. They had several flyers with them and they were slapped one the deck. The flyers were the crew's new bounties from the events that transpired at Enies Lobby.

"Straw Hat" Luffy: 300 million beli.

"Summoner" Lucy: 160 million beli.

"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro: 120 million beli.

"Demon Child" Nico Robin: 80 million beli.

"Black Leg" Sanji: 77 million beli.

"Cyborg" Franky: 44 million beli

"King of Snipers" Sogeking: 30 million beli.

"Cat Burglar" Nami: 16 million beli.

"Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper: 50 beli.

Luffy and Zoro seemed happy with their new bounties, while Robin was neutral. Chopper and Sanji were depressed, Sanji because the hand drawn picture for his bounty picture was horrendous, and Chopper because of the miniscule amount he bounty was. Lucy, Nami, and Usopp on the other hand, were extremely worried by this.

"O-o-o-one hundred sixty million!?" she exclaimed with tears streaming down her face. "I could pay the rent on my apartment for almost three months with that kind of money if it was in jewels . . . Why is it so much!?"

"Shishishishi! Oi, oi, Lucy, Lucy! What are you so upset about?! " said Luffy with a grin. "Your bounty is even bigger than Zoro's!"

"Yeah, and it's your first bounty too, you should be proud." Zoro told her.

Lucy's temper snapped. "IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM!" she shouted at them.

What Lucy and the others didn't really realize, except for Robin, was the reason for her high bounty was in her alias. Her bounty was so high because she had this mysterious ability to summon people to fight with her, and these helpers also had their own special abilities. Aokiji told the Marines about Phoenix and Lucy's magic whip, CP9 and Spandam saw Aquila and Aquarius, and the Marines on the bridge saw Lupus. As such, the Marines knew the potential threat Lucy held, and they still didn't know the full extent of her powers. That added to the fact she claimed not to be a Devil Fruit user.

The Franky Family pleaded with Luffy to take Franky with them on their journey since he was now wanted by the World Government, and as a shipwright would be a useful asset to their ship. Speaking of the blue haired shipwright, he was hiding from the Straw Hats, so together with the Franky Family, they came up with a plan to bring Franky to the ship so Luffy could ask them to join. And that was how the Franky Family stole Franky's speedo and began running through Water 7, leading the mostly naked Franky to Zoro, Chopper, and Sanji, who shoved him into a cannon and fired him towards the Thousand Sunny. When he lands, he finds Luffy holding up his speedo, which the Franky Family managed to get to him. He told Franky that if he wanted them back, he had to join the crew.

Lucy, of course, turns away from the scene. Franky's junk was something she could have happily lived her entire life without seeing. She hears Franky screaming and, against her better judgment, to see Robin using her powers to crush his testicles and quickly turns back around. She sees Robin stop using her powers, but still hears Franky shouting. He continues to refuse as everyone tries to convince him, until Zoro and Sanji come running back to inform them that Garp and the other Marines were heading towards them. It is then that Iceburg tells Franky that his dream hasn't been fulfilled, his dream to see his ship sail around the world and experience many adventures, and the mostly nude cyborg finally relents and boards the ship.

They begin to set sail, without Usopp, as the Marine ship came around the island and Garp began literally chucking cannon balls at the crew. At this time, Usopp came running to the shore. Shocked that they would leave without him, he called out to them, talking about all the good times they've had together. Luffy and Chopper were crying as the crew fought back against Garp's inhuman ability to through cannonballs. They really wanted to take Usopp back, but Zoro told them that this was the way things had to be. Usopp needed to realize that he had been prideful and admit that he had been in the wrong. Then, finally, breaking down into tears, Usopp finally shouted his apology, for all his lying and all the stupid things he had done. And finally, tears flowing and snot dripping out of his nose, Luffy literally extended a hand out to Usopp and brought him back to the ship.

Then Garp took an extremely large wrecking ball, that was larger than the Thousand Sunny, attached to a chain currently in his hands, and began swinging it at them. They say their last goodbyes and thanks to the people of Water 7 before Franky uses the Coup de Burst, sending them flying through the air, escaping from the giant wrecking ball and the Marines. Lucy collapses in relief and the rest of the crew celebrate the return of Robin and Usopp, and their latest addition to the crew.

Speaking of which, Lucy figured it was about time to introduce her new spirit to the crew. She had to shout to get everyone's attention, but she did.

"Everyone, there is someone I'd like you all to meet." said Lucy, grabbing her white key. "Open, Gate of the Sea Ram! I summon thee, Going Merry!" she called out, making everyone's eyes widen in surprise.

With the chime and golden light of a celestial gate being opened, the spirit of the Going Merry stood before them, now a Celestial Spirit. He took the form of a small boy of about eight or ten years old. He had straight, short, white hair with curling ram horns coming out of his head and dark brown eyes. Merry wore a long white raincoat that had a hood, red and white striped pants, and brown rubber boots. The most noticeable thing was the skull and crossbones tattoo on his forehead where the skull wearing a straw hat, their crew's jolly roger. It was a mark he seemed to bear proudly.

He grinned widely at all their shocked, surprised, and some teary, faces. "Hello again everyone, I'm so glad I will be able to continue on adventuring with, and that we were able to meet each other like this!"

"And the best part is, Merry's key only took about as much energy as a silver key to use, so he can be around all the time." said Lucy.

"M-Merry!" Nami, Usopp, Chopper, and Luffy cried, glomping the poor spirit all at once in a crying, sobbing, mess.

Lucy smiled as she watched, but then she saw something that took breath away and made her heart skip a beat. Zoro was smiling, actually smiling. He was always handsome before in that bad boy way, but seeing him with a genuine smile . . . he was practically sparkling.

"I . . . I don't understand . . . How?!" asked Sanji. "How is this even possible?"

"I must say, I was wondering much the same thing." said Robin.

Lucy, startled out of her daze turned to Sanji and Robin. "Well, it's possible for the same reasons I'm here and I can still use magic." said Lucy. "You see, I can still summon my spirits here because the Celestial Realm is connected in some way to this one, but there is also magic in this world. But I can tell you more on that later, the more important matter is, since the this world and the Celestial Realm are connected, the Celestial Spirit King was able to capture Merry's soul and link it to this key. So, whenever he's not in this world, he can live happily with all the other Celestial Sprits in the Celestial Realm." she explained.

She didn't mention the fact that the Celestial King seemed to have gone through so much trouble as a result of her emotions when they had been burning the Going Merry's physical form. Like how her spirits could sense when she was in danger, they were able to feel her grief, and so the King made Merry a spirit and was already linking him to a key when Lucy had sent a prayer to him. That being said, he had Vulpecula deliver the key to Lucy's hands.

Sanji stared at her. "That's wonderful Lucy-swan!" he shouted, doing his little noodle dance over to her and glomping the poor girl. "As expected, our wonderful Lucy-swan is so amazing and smart!"

Zoro's eyes narrowed as he watched the blonde haired chef fawn over the Celestial Mage. The cook was always annoying, but for some reason he was getting really pissed off at him now. "Oi, Pervert Cook, why don't get lost." he said.

Face turning serious, Sanji turned to Zoro, ceasing his fawning over Lucy. "What did you say, Moss-head?" he challenged.

"You heard me, Dartboard Brow." said Zoro, smirking at the chef. Mission accomplished.

And like that, the two had started fighting. Ignoring the two males, Robin turned back to Lucy. "How do you figure there is magic here?" she asked.

"Well, it's quite simple really." said Lucy. "The magic here is a little different than what I am used to, but it's also the same. This magic is the Devil Fruits." said Lucy.

Robin's brows shot up in interest. "How so?"

"Well . . . you explained to me that when someone eats a Devil Fruit, it's hard, if not impossible, to tell what power you're going to get. Well . . . it's kind of the same for magic, if it's not suited for you, you can't learn it. For instance, I'm a Celestial Spirit Mage, I wouldn't be able to learn Takeover like Mira, or Ex-quip like Erza. But some strong mage can learn two types of magic, but again, the magic types have to be compatible. And with magic energy, just like with Devil Fruit abilities, if you use too much energy, you die." Lucy explained.

"I think it must be the same with these Devil Fruits, what powers you get are most suited for you. The fact that they give people powers is magical in itself, even if it takes away one's ability to swim. This world had created many powerful creatures and animals. My mother always told me . . . that magic comes from the heart . . . and look, the Going Merry gained it's one spirit because we all loved him so much. That's why . . . I think there's magic in this world." she finished.

Robin processed the information Lucy had given her. "Hmm, you do have a reasonable point, no one has been able to explain the existence of Devil Fruits, and the Going Merry was able to have it's own spirit, something that should have been impossible. But if there is magic in this world why wouldn't people have been able to harness this magic naturally?" she pointed out.

"Well, I thought about that too." said Lucy. "And who's to say they haven't? The members of CP9 are able to harden their bodies like steel, the Priests in Skypiea could see future attacks." she reasoned. "I know of two people you could do that. Gajeel can harden his skin to the point where it's like iron, and Cobra could tell what moves Natsu was going to use next. Then there's Carla who can see into the future. Even in Fiore, the most magic orientated country on Earthland, only about 10% of the population can use magic. And just like Devil Fruit abilities, or the other abilities I've seen here, you have to learn how to use magic, you're just good at it off the bat."

"Hmm, perhaps you have a point, Mage-san." said Robin. "But we will have to see if your theory proves correct."

Zoro notices a barrel floating in the ocean and notifies the rest of crew. They fish the barrel out of the sea and notice it's and offering to a sea god. Thinking there might be food or sake inside, they open it. But they find neither, instead a bright red light shoots out of the barrel and straight into the sky like a beacon. With a big storm heading towards them, and fearing that someone may have spotted them because of the light that came out of the barrel, Nami orders the ship away from the storm, but they are caught in the wind. Franky reveals Soldier Dock Channel 0, which was a set of paddle wheels, which allows them to get away from the storm as they enter the Florian Triangle.


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