Chapter 39: Until Then, Strawhat Nakama! Meet Again in 2 Years!

Colour Spread: Couples-Ellix, Eri, Nami and Ace are all standing together for a photo. Eri's face is bright red, whilst Ellix has a depressive aura surrounding him. Nami is sighing whilst hugging Ellix, whilst Ace is also blushing whilst hugging Eri. Luffy can be seen in the corner, hugging a giant chunk of meat with a heart above him.

'Uuurgghh...my head...ack! What is that? It's too bright...a light? Oh crap! Don't go towards the light Ellix!'

"Seems like your awake." My eyes slowly adjusted, and I turned my head towards the voice.

"...Wait...are you...Trafalgar Law?" I groaned.

"Good to see your not dellusional." The well-known pirate nodded. "Your correct."

"What happened? Wasn't I just at Marineford?"

"You WERE at Marineford." Law corrected me as he stood up and walked over to the table, flipping through what looked like medical records. "We were followed by an underwater ship, turns out some of your allies came and picked you up after you fell unconcious, they practically begged me to help you."

"Everyone..." I whispered, they still helped me.

"Turns out you didn't need it, though." He continued. "It's strange, you went into that war with severe internal injuries and a certain chance of death, yet you emerge with a complete recovery, not even scars. Your a medical miracle."...Was it me, or did he say that with some hidden kind of knowing?

'I can't believe Nightmare Nightmare Horror completely healed me.' I thought, it was too unbelievable to be true!

"Your actually the last to wake up." Law stated. "Jimbei and Strawhat already-"

"Luffy!" I gasped, sitting up. "Where is he!?"

"As soon as he woke up, he ran out." He stated.

"Oh no!" I threw off my covers and ran forward, but I stumbled and had to lean on the wall.

"One more thing, your fatigue surpasses both of theirs combined." Law mentioned.

"Screw that!" I said, stumbling out of the room.

When I finally found the exit, I was met with a new bright light, this time it was the sun, and I could see Tack, Roy, Kalamar, Sarah, Dimo, Specter and Gundar waiting for me.

"Ellix!" "Ellix-sama!" "Kiddoe!" They all cried.

"You guys-" I took one step and instantly lost my balance, faceplanting the plank before tumbling down to the bottom. "Ouch."

"Are you okay?" Tack asked.

"Fine." I waved it off, before dragging myself forward. "Where's Luffy?"

"Having okayness is not you, Ellix-sama!" Dimo panicked.

"It doesn't matter!" I insisted. "Luffy...Luffy needs me!"

"Thenwe'llhelpyou!" Roy declared, before everybody picked me up.

"Your dedication to your captain is so touching, I feel like I'm going to cry." Specter said, dully.

With everyone carrying me, we walked into the forest, where were we anyway? "Luffy? Luffy!?" I called.

"Nani? Ellix?" A voice called back.

"Luffy!?" I looked forward to see my captain being carried by Jimbei! "Luffy..."

"Ellix..." He sobbed, tears streaming down his face, he stretched out his bandaged arms and hugged me. "I-I still have you, Ellix! And my nakama! I still have all of you!"

It was my turn to cry now. "You do, Luffy! You do!"

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"Whaaaaaa!? Ossan Rayleigh!?" Luffy gaped at the Dark King...who was bare-chested and dripping wet, did he frikkin SWIM here!?

"Ah, Luffy-kun and Ellix-kun! It's good to see you again." He greeted us.

"What are you doing all the way out here? We were just about to head back to Sabaody Archipelago by following the vivre card." Luffy said.

I fell asleep during the next part, I was VERY tired! Sleep was needed! When I woke up Rayleigh was talking to some woman. That was a thing.

"Luffy!" Hey, Boa Hancock was talking to Luffy, still with that lovey dovey look on her face.

'I guess we're on Amazon Lily.' I thought as I sat up properly.

"Ellix, y-your awake again!" Sarah sighed in relief.

"Don't worry about it, I'm just tired, that's all." I insisted.

"And who exactly are all of you?" The Hebihime asked with a glare that could turn people to stone. Little pun there.

"Ellix is my nakama, Hancock." Luffy explained. "And all the other guys are...er..."

"His friends." They all answered for him.

Hancock gasped. "Your...nakama?"

"Yep." I said, just before she got up in my face.

"You must tell me, how can I make Luffy marry me?" She asked.

"M-Marry!?" I gasped. 'Man, she really DOES love him! But Luffy wouldn't marry someone, think Ellix, thiiiiink!' "Er...give him lots of food."

"Right! I'll make sure Luffy has as much food as possible!" She declared with fiery determination.

"Luffy-kun! Ellix-kun!" I looked at Jimbei, who was very carefully eating, obviously paying attention to Hancock's words. "You should eat up! For to eat...is to live!"

...I had never heard such greater words in all my life, and I wasn't going to resist! I immediately grabbed and tore into a large chunk of meat with Luffy, only now realising how hungry I was. I continued my meat eating frenzy, occasionally beating Luffy to the best parts, I missed meat!

"Luffy-kun! Ellix-kun!" We both turned to Rayleigh, whilst still eating. "You both intend to head to Sabaody from here, right?"

"Uh-huh! We have to meet up with our crew!" Luffy nodded.

"Are you absolutely sure about that?" I raised an eyebrow at Rayleigh's question. "I am sure you remember what happened to you all on that island."

My eyes widened. 'That's right...we were completely outmatched...that could easily happen again...'

"Do you want to meet up with your friends...only for that to happen again?" Rayleigh continued. "I have a proposal for you. Naturally, it is entirely up to you, whether to accept it or not."

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You know, thinking back, it seemed pretty ridiculous. Stealing a Marine ship to go back to a recent war zone, but it made much more sense with the fact that we had to deliver a message to our nakama.

The Ox Bell...I never thought I'd see it in person, but Luffy deserved to ring it, deserved to have a mourning to Ace.

As I stood there with my head bowed, the bell resounding out, and the constant clicking of cameras, I had time to think. I thought about Ace, but also about Oren, and Marcus. I thought about my nakama, Vivi, Eri, and everybody else who was important to me.

I've met a lot of friends on this journey, but I've also lost a few, sometimes I think about what might have happened if I hadn't decided to go with Luffy, Nami and Zoro. But, what the hell, no point focusing on the past, right?

Me and Luffy had decided to train separately over the two years we had decided, though promised to stay in contact via Den Den Mushi. Whilst my captain went with Rayleigh, I went with Gundar, and this also meant that I had to say goodbye to my new friends.

"So...I guess this is it." Tack sighed.

"We're gonna miss you!" Roy cried, whilst Kalamar blubbed sadly.

"I'll miss you guys too." I smiled sadly.

"Please don't forget about us!" Sarah begged.

"Are you kidding? No way!" I insisted.

"He will be with me and Grandpa, he will be fine." Specter nodded dully.

"And don't think for a second I'm gonna let you slack off in Haki training, Kiddoe!" Gundar said.

"No you ugly ossan!" I saluted.

He nodded. "Good! That's the respect I deserve!"

"Ellix-samaaaaaaaaa!" Dimo screamed as he attached himself to my torso, tears like a waterfall. "Never forgotten youness I shall be having!"

"And how could I forget you, Dimo?" I laughed.

He instantly switched to serious mode. "Ellix-sama! Swearingness I shall be having to be obtaining strength! Then having happyfull reunioness in New World! And having the stopping-byness at Coloury Carnivalness any times!"

"...Everyone...Thank you for all you've done for me." I smiled, before we had a group hug.

And so we parted ways, with me, Specter and Gundar heading back to the Thief Pirates' hideout, the rocky cave in the middle of the fog. I had finally got out of those bandages and changed into some new clothes, reminiscent of my ones when I first left Orange Town, a basic Criminal brand shirt and shorts.

"You'll be safe here to train, Kiddoe." Gundar explained. "This area has a specific wind current, which keeps the fog constantly surrounding us, like a barrier."

We walked into the cavern, lamps lighting a long path down, down into a large cave with tents and huts everywhere. "This is our base of operations." Gundar nodded. "But YOUR training will take place...in their."

I looked to where he was pointing, and saw a large pair of thick, steel double doors. "What's behind these?" I asked as we walked up to them.

"When I was expanding this cave for my crew's base, I dug into a seperate cave all together." Gundar told me. "A maze of twists and turns in complete darkness."

"So, why the doors?" I persisted.

"Monsters live in this maze." Gundar continued. "Monsters that have not even been categorised, and that are definitely stronger then you at this point in time. They will be perfect for training your Busoshoku Haki, and the darkness will leave you with nothing but your Kenbunshoku Haki. I call it...the Madness Maze."

I crossed my arms and nodded. "As long as I can get stronger, I don't care what I have to face!"

"Good answer." Gundar turned to his grandson. "Specter! Open the doors!"

"Right." Specter stated, before he pressed a switch.

With a tremendous amount of noise, the double doors slowly opened, revealing nothing but a tunnel of darkness.

I hoisted some firewood onto my back, as Gundar carried a flaming torch. "We'll begin training as soon as we enter."

"Then what are we waiting for?" I smiled, as I started walking.

'Luffy...Nami...Zoro...Usopp...Sanji...Chopper...Robin...Franky...Brook...See you again...in two years!' I ran into the darkness, as the doors closed behind us.

Ellix's journey continues...in One Piece OC Special: 3D2Y!

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So now, for the final time in this story! Everybody say it together!

NAKAMA!