The next chapter is out featuring the Straw Hats reaction to the recent invasion. There are some important notes after the chapter so please read them. Also I modified my account so that members who do not have a fanfiction account can post reviews immediately and not have to wait. So don't hesitate to review.
Straw Hats React
The Straw Hats were sailing in the seas of the New World. They just had a battle with an unknown pirate crew that was trying to become famous by taking out the infamous Straw Hat Pirates. In fact the pirates actually believed that defeating the Straw Hats would allow them to become an emperor of the sea, especially since three of them were gone. However said pirate crew found out that it was easier said than done. Said pirate crew found out just why the Straw Hats were world famous pirates even while in the first half of the grand line. The Straw Hats with absolute ease dominated the no name pirate crew. It was a completely one sided battle. Luffy's absence didn't affect the crew with regards to how easily the fight was for them. The brief one sided battle showed that even without the captain, the crew was still extremely powerful and that they could function even without a captain.
The next day the group was going about their daily activities when the newspaper arrived.
There was a knocking on Nami's door.
"Come in," said Nami who right now was working on a map.
"Nami the newspaper just arrived," said Robin.
"Okay, just put it right there," said Nami who was pointing to the spot where she wanted Robin to put the newspaper.
"If you don't mind, I would like read it first, then when I'm done I'll give it to you," said Robin.
"That's fine," replied Nami.
"Thank you Nami," said Robin who took the newspaper and left the room while Nami went back to working on her maps.
Robin made her way to the bench and sat down and opened the newspaper to read it when she gasped at seeing the headline. Immediately getting interest she continued reading the article when she dropped the newspaper, shock was on her graceful features.
"Robin-chwan, would you like anything to drink?" asked a flirty voice.
Sanji whose feet were twirling together came to Robin with hearts in his eyes.
"Robin-chwan," called Sanji again still in love mode.
Sanji however upon seeing the look on Robin's face got out of his love state. The look on her face was one of shock and fear similar to the ones that Robin had at Water 7 and Ennies Lobby. Sanji knew that if Robin was like that, then something huge must have happened.
"Robin-chan, is something wrong?" asked Sanji.
Robin snapped out of her trance to look at Sanji.
"Yes cook-san, what is it?" asked Robin.
"Is everything alright Robin-chan?" asked Sanji again.
Robin was silent for a few tense seconds before answering the cook.
"Cook-san," said Robin with a grim look.
"Yes Robin," replied Sanji.
"Get the crew together. We need to have an urgent meeting. Something important has come up," said Robin.
"Alright," said Sanji.
Sanji then left to rally up the rest of the crew while Robin continued to have a grim look on her face.
The rest of the crew stopped their daily activities and gathered on deck as per instructions from Sanji though at first Zoro was not happy first from being distracted from his work out, then the one who distracted him of all people had to have been Sanji. And if that was not enough Zoro didn't want to have to listen to Sanji of all people. However he decided to let the love sick cook live since it was Robin who initiated the meeting. So he instead resorted to just grumbling about why he had to take orders from the dartbrow.
"Robin, what is it that so important that you had to call us out like this? I was working on a map," asked Nami.
"Yeah Nico Robin, I was working on some super inventions of mine," said Franky.
Robin was silent for a moment, a serious look on her face.
"What is it?" asked Zoro.
"I was reading the paper when I saw an article that is perhaps the biggest news in history," said Robin.
"The biggest news in history," said Brooke in surprise.
"I wonder what it is," asked Chopper.
"It is a world changing event. Bigger than anything that has ever happened in my opinion. In fact it is even bigger than the killing of Red Hair, Big Mom and Kaido," said Robin.
"What!" shouted the crew together.
"Bigger than the deaths of Red Hair, Kaido and Big Mom," said Ussop.
"Bigger than the deaths of three emperors," said Chopper
"I find it hard to believe that anything is greater than that," said Brooke.
"It is. I've honestly never ever read anything as big or as world changing as this," said Robin.
"Well what is it Robin. Don't keep us in suspense," said Zoro who was intrigued by what could get Robin to act like this.
Robin was silent for dramatic effect before unveiling the big news.
"The world government has been overthrown," said Robin.
Shocked looks were present on all the members of the Straw Hats.
"The," started Nami.
"World Government," continued Zoro.
"has been," continued Sanji.
"overthrown," finished Ussop.
"You're kidding Robin, this has to be a joke," said Franky.
"I really wish it was but it's not," said Robin.
There was a tense silence among the group as the weight of what Robin told the crew began to settle in. The world government, the organization that rules the world has been overthrown.
"Was it the revolutionary army?" asked Zoro.
The group looked at Robin expecting an answer.
"Yes," Robin confirmed.
"I can't believe it. If I didn't hear it from Robin-chan I would never have believed it," said Sanji breathing out some smoke.
"This certainly is the biggest news in history. The organization that has ruled the world has now been defeated. I still having trouble believing it," said Franky.
"I can't believe that the revolutionary army actually did it," said Ussop.
"The revolutionary army actually made a direct assault on Mariejois where they engaged the marines and world government forces," said Robin.
"A direct attack on Mariejois. It would be the only way to completely overthrow the world government. But to think that anyone would attack them directly. It's suicide to even attempt," said Nami also in shock.
"And yet they did it," said Sanji.
"I guess we shouldn't be that surprised. It is Luffy's father after all," said Zoro.
The Straw Hats had to agree with Zoro on that one. Luffy did some outrageous and reckless things in the past. So it is of no surprise that his father would do something equally if not more daring that what his son did in the past.
"But still even though the world government is our enemy and the revolutionaries are led by Luffy's father, I can't help but feel uneasy about all this," said Ussop.
"You're right," responded Nami.
"I'm sure we're all uneasy about this Nami-san. So much has happened in just a month. First three of the strongest pirates in the world were murdered, then revolutionaries were killed and now the world government has been overthrown," said Sanji.
Zoro upon hearing what Sanji just said remembered something.
"But several revolutionaries were murdered. So why would they attack Mariejois when several of their men were killed?" asked Zoro.
"I was thinking the very same thing swordsman-san," replied Robin.
"Anyway what else can you tell us about the attack Robin-chan?" asked Sanji.
"Well during the attack, all high ranking members of the marines and world government were killed. Every single marine and world government official was killed. That includes all the Tenryuubito and marine vice admirals," said Robin gravely.
"All the Tenryuubito are dead," said Franky.
"Serves those power hungry bastards right," remarked Ussop.
"I'll agree, those guys deserve what they got," agreed Brooke.
"Well besides that it's unreal to think that all vice admirals are dead. I don't think we've really fought any of them before but there just below admiral. So they must all be really strong. All of them being dead is hard to believe," said Sanji.
"The revolutionary army must have some extremely strong guys in their ranks to pull off something like that," commented Zoro.
"No kidding, even though there with Luffy's dad, I still not comfortable meeting so many strong guys at once," said Ussop.
"One more thing everyone, the Gorosei and world government commander in chief Kong are dead as well," said Robin.
"The Gorosei. Aren't they suppose to be the highest ranking members in the entire world government?" asked Nami.
"And the commander in chief is suppose to be just below them," said Sanji.
"The Gorosei are the heads of the world government. That essentially means that they rule the world," said Robin.
"Also all members of the Gorosei were former marine admirals," said Robin.
Shocked faces were present on all the Straw Hats. Nami had her hands on her mouth and Sanji's cigarette fell from his mouth.
"F – f – fo – former admirals," stuttered Ussop.
"And they are all dead," continued Brooke.
"I'm scared," cried Chopper.
"And Kong was the fleet admiral during Gol Roger's time before his promotion to commander in chief," said Robin.
"Six guys who were all admirals just died like that. That's just crazy," remarked Sanji.
"Just how strong is the revolutionary army to have guys that could make former and current admirals die just like that?" said Nami.
"More importantly we should be asking just how strong is Luffy's father to command guys as strong as that," remarked Zoro.
A chill went through the spine of each of the Straw Hats. Even Robin who pretty much nothing ever got too felt unnerved. However given she does loose her cool whenever the admirals are involved it shouldn't be so surprising. Given how she reacted when one admiral was present, a reaction should be expected when there are not one but six guys who could kill an admiral.
"Last but not least amongst those killed that you should know about are admiral Kizaru and fleet admiral Akainu," said Robin
There was once again silence.
"K - Ki- Kizaru as well, just what's going on?" stuttered Ussop.
"Wasn't he the admiral that attacked us back at Sabody Archipelago and nearly killed Zoro?" said Chopper.
Zoro was silent as he remembered those events well. How the powerful admiral nearly took his life if it wasn't for Rayleigh.
"That guy was unbelievably strong. To think a guy like him is dead. Even though he was an enemy it makes me uneasy to think that there is someone out there even stronger than him. Heck right now there are so many guys stronger than him," said Franky.
"And that Akainu guy, he's the admiral that killed Ace," said Zoro.
The crew was silent as they reminisced on the events from the newspaper. Thinking about Luffy's tragic loss always made them feel terrible. Not only for the loss their captain and nakama suffered, but also for the fact that they weren't there for him to console him in his grief. It was a major regret each of them had. Luffy had done so much for each of them having saved each of their lives, freed some of them from their past, gave them a place to belong and allowed them to pursue their dreams. And when he needed them, they weren't there to help him in his time of need. Despite Luffy asking them not to meet him so that they could better prepare themselves for the challenges of the New World, it was a guilt that would never go away completely.
"It serves that bastard right for what he did to Ace," said Nami angrily.
"No kidding," agreed Ussop.
Nami was silent however internally she was somewhat happy.
"Luffy, the one who killed your brother is dead," thought Nami in her mind.
"The revolutionaries must have some really strong fighters in their army if they could kill two admirals," commented Zoro.
"It's a scary thought," said Nami suddenly.
The group all looked at Nami in confusion.
"Well it just that there are so many strong guys out there. I mean the emperors are supposed to be some of the strongest pirates in the world. Yet they were defeated. And we already know how strong the marine admirals are and yet they too were defeated. It makes me wonder just how many strong people are really out there. And worse yet there all on the same side," said Nami.
"You're right. I don't know about any of you but I'm feeling a bit outclassed here. With so many strong guys dropping left and right so fast, it makes me wonder if we're going to be next," said Ussop whose negativity was beginning to return full force.
Despite him getting much more confident over the two year time skip, three emperors, two admiral and six former admirals dieing just like that really got to him.
"I wonder what he would think?" said Nami.
"Nami-san what do you mean?" asked Sanji.
"Luffy, I wonder how he's feeling about all this. Akainu was the one who murdered his brother. I really wonder how Luffy's feeling knowing that the one who killed his brother is finally dead," said Nami.
Nami could connect with Luffy in regards to a family member's death. When Arlong killed Bellemere, she was both angry and saddened. Saddened from her death and angry at the one who murdered her. However when Luffy defeated Arlong she felt amazing, like a burden was lifted off her shoulders which was what happened since Cocoyahsi village was freed from Arlong's rule. She's wondering if Luffy is feeling the same way. However with Arlong, it was a friend who avenged her. With Akainu however it might not be the same.
The crew was all silent as they thought about it and realized that Luffy would indeed be affected by this.
"He's probably really happy to hear that bastard is dead," said Ussop.
"It might just be the opposite," said Zoro.
Ussop turned to look at Zoro.
"He might be angry," said Zoro.
"Why would you say that Zoro - san?" asked Brooke.
"Well Luffy naturally wants to kill Akainu for what he did to Ace. However now he'll never be able to do that because someone killed him first," replied Zoro.
"I'll have to agree with marimo on that one. As Ace's brother he feels that he has to be the one to kill Akainu. He has his pride too and he wouldn't let someone else interfere with his fight," said Sanji agreeing with Zoro.
"That might not be the case," said Robin.
"Why's that?" asked Zoro.
"I'm about to tell you the real reason for why I called for this meeting," said Robin.
"Real reason, what are you getting it Robin? I thought it was to tell us that the world government has been overthrown by the revolutionary army," said Ussop.
"That and that the admiral who killed Ace is finally dead," continued Chopper.
"The defeat of the world government and the death of Akainu are both related to why I called you here but it is not the real reason," said Robin.
"I can't imagine why you called us here then. I mean for the life of me I can't think of anything bigger than the world government finally being taken over," said Franky.
"Well then Robin – san please tell us, we're all anxious to hear it," said Brooke.
Robin then took a deep breath before finally speaking.
"The holy city of Mariejois has been invaded by the revolutionary army. All high ranking marines and world government officials were killed during the invasion including admiral Kizaru, fleet admiral Akainu, world government commander in chief Kong and the Gorosei. But that is not the real reason I called for this meeting. I'll admit that the overthrow of the world government is indeed big enough news to warrant an urgent meeting but it is not the one I called this meeting for. You see the real reason I called for this meeting is because of a particular revolutionary who was part of the invasion of Mariejois," said Robin.
"This person must be someone to get Robin like this," remarked Franky.
"It has to be Luffy's father, the leader of the revolutionary army," said Ussop.
"Well Robin, who is it?" asked Zoro.
Robin took a moment to collect herself before answering.
"The revolutionary I'm talking about is not Luffy's father," said Robin.
She paused before revealing the person.
"The revolutionary is Luffy himself," said Robin.
Silence. That was all that was present. Silence. Luffy's leaving hurt every member of the crew though Nami and Robin were most effected since they each had feelings for him, Nami more so since she felt she was responsible for Luffy's leaving. Sanji also felt that it was his fault that Luffy left.
"Luffy is a revolutionary," said Ussop.
"Luffy," cried Chopper.
"Straw Hat," said Franky.
"Luffy - san," said Brooke.
Nami was silent as she just heard that Luffy was with the army. Despite being happy hearing about him for the first time in a month she was deeply hurt by Luffy's decision to join the revolutionary army. In fact so hurt that she was in denial.
"You're lying," said Nami her orange hair shadowing her eyes.
Robin turned to Nami as did the rest of the crew.
"Excuse me," said Robin.
"I said you're lying. Luffy's our captain, our nakama, he would never join anyone other than us," said Nami.
"Nami-san, you need to calm down," said Sanji trying to calm Nami down.
Robin was hurt by the accusation. From complete strangers she wouldn't be but coming from her nakama, who risked war with the world government hurt her a lot. But she couldn't blame the orange haired navigator. She couldn't because she understood that Nami was in great pain. Robin herself took the news badly and while on the outside was a mere frown, internally she was grieving as much as Nami for than man who saved her.
Robin responded by showing Nami and the crew the newspaper.
"Th - this is real," said Zoro.
"Straw Hat, really did it," said Franky.
The newspaper showed the revolutionary leader Dragon. On his left was Luffy, their beloved ex captain and two his right a handsome man with long flowing blonde hair a few years older than Luffy.
"He actually became a member of the revolutionary army," said Ussop.
"Why would he do this?" asked Chopper in tears.
The Straws Hats were still taking in what they heard, that their nakama, one of their own and their captain nonetheless was on a different side instead of their own. It made each of them resent the army solely because they had Luffy on their side.
"What are we going to do about Luffy now?" asked Zoro.
The crew all looked at him.
"If Luffy's with the revolutionary army, then chances are that he wouldn't return to us," said Zoro.
Each member of the crew looked down. Luffy not coming back to the crew. It was something they never really thought about till now. True Luffy had left the crew and he didn't return to them. But the crew never fully considered Luffy absolutely never returning. They were thinking that when they ran into him again, he would return after he apologized that is.
"Luffy he looks so different," said Nami.
Indeed the crew noticed the changes in Luffy. He didn't change much physically in the last month. However he did get a wardrobe change. He wore revolutionary attire surrounded by a dark green cloak. It made him look far more menacing than the clothes they were used to seeing him wear. Menacing was a word they would never associate with any of their nakama much less Luffy but that was the only way to describe him.
"You're right, he doesn't look like our Luffy anymore," said Ussop.
"Luffy, what happen to you?" said Chopper.
"His face looks so different," said Robin placing her hand on the picture of Luffy.
"Before his face was always happy, full of life. Now he looks nothing like that anymore. He looks darker, colder" said Robin.
Indeed Luffy's expression was one they all saw before. It was the one he had present against his most powerful enemies. However that was only an expression they saw on his face during battle against extremely powerful foes. And it disappeared in the aftermath of battle to be replaced with a big grin. However he clearly was not in battle. The look on his face coupled with the clothes he was wearing made him appear like a completely different person, an extremely dangerous person.
"It's probably Dragon. He forced Luffy to join," said Nami angrily.
"Yeah that must be it," said Ussop angrily.
"Yeah," agreed Chopper.
"Yosh let's go super kick Dragon's ass," said Franky.
"I agree fullheartedly," said Brooke holding his sword it.
"I don't think that's the case," said Robin.
"Robin how could you say that. Luffy's our captain, our nakama. He would never betray us. Dragon made him join," shouted Nami and Robin.
"Robin-chan I'll have to agree with Nami-san on this one. That Luffy may be a shitty rubber idiot but he'd never betray us," said Sanji.
"I'm with Robin on this one," said Zoro.
"Marimo what's with you? You're supposed to be the first mate. You're the one who should have the most faith in Luffy and now you actually believe he betrayed us," said Sanji ready to pick a fight with Zoro.
"That's enough cook-san," said Robin.
Sanji hearing Robin relented and decided to let her continue. Robin turned her attention to Nami.
"Nami, you and I have both betrayed the crew in the past because we were forced to. You to free your village and me to save the crew. However look at Luffy's face. Does he look like he's being forced into anything? You and me who both betrayed many times in the past should be able to tell from the look on his face," said Robin.
Nami looked at the picture of Luffy in the newspaper and try as hard as she might she couldn't find any indication that Luffy was doing this against his will.
"And there's something else too," said Zoro.
The group turned to Zoro.
"Luffy has issues with the world government especially after what happened with Ace. Joining the army would have been the perfect opportunity to kill Akainu and avenge Ace." Said Zoro.
Remembering the events of Marineford made the group realize that Zoro was right. Luffy would want to kill Akainu and since he was not with them anymore, the revolutionary army was definitely the place for him.
"In fact I'm sure Luffy was the one who killed Akainu," said Zoro.
"While I'll definitely admit you're right about Luffy joining the revolutionary army, I don't think even he could take on an admiral yet. He would still need to get a lot stronger," said Sanji.
"And Dragon must've done just that. Made him stronger, given him the power to avenge his brother. Dragon must be extraordinarily strong to have so many fighters who could take on an admiral. It would be no surprise if he could pull off a miracle like make Luffy that much stronger in just a month," said Zoro.
"For power and revenge. He could have gotten that if he stayed with us yet he chose to leave. That selfish bastard, how could he do this to the crew? I knew he could be really selfish at times but this is a new low for him," said Sanji angrily.
"Sanji how dare you say that. It was your fault that he left in the first place," shouted Ussop angrily.
"Yeah bastard," said Chopper also angry even going into heavy point for added effect.
"Che whatever," grumbled Sanji though internally he couldn't help but feel it really was his fault.
"Even now he's showing no regret for making him leave. In fact I think he should've been the one to leave," said Ussop before catching himself.
Several arms bloomed around him and Chopper. They were not in a position to harm either of them but it did help to express the seriousness of what both of them just said.
"That's enough, both of you," said Robin angrily in arms in a cross position.
Ussop and Chopper relented realizing that they crossed the line. They may be angry with him but he was still nakama. And no matter what, nakama always was the most important thing to them. Despite how they may bicker and banter and infuriate each other and drive each other crazy, they still valued each other more than anything. And they would never wish that any one of them leave.
"I'm sorry Sanji. I didn't mean to, it sort of just slipped out," said Ussop.
"Me too Sanji. I'm sorry," said Chopper who was in his regular form and hugging Sanji's leg.
"It's alright you two," replied Sanji.
The three quickly reconciled with each other.
"One more question," said Zoro.
The group turned to Zoro.
"What about Luffy's dream to become the pirate king?"asked Zoro.
The question once again brought the crew into silence. The question made the crew think. Luffy always ranted and raved about how he would become the king of the pirates. When each of them first met him, they believed him to be some fool ranting about a crazy dream. But after he helped each of them, after he fought and defeated monsters, they fully believed that he would do it, he would become the pirate king. But what about now? Now that he has become a revolutionary, does he still want to become the pirate king? That was a question that they never had to ask in the past. Before when they first met him, the question was, is this goof ball really capable of becoming pirate king? Now the question was no longer asked. Because they all already knew what the answer was. The answer was yes, he would definitely become the pirate king. But now they had to ask that question. Zoro being one of the more hardened members of the crew decided to ask the question.
"Does Luffy still want to become the pirate king?" asked Zoro.
"Come on Zoro, don't be stupid. Of course he wants to become the pirate king," said Nami waving her hand frantically as if in denial.
"Yeah, you're such a stupid idiot, that's got to be the stupidest question ever," remarked Ussop laughing frantically as well.
Sanji however was silent as if he thought differently.
"The marimo does have a point. If Luffy still wanted to become the pirate king, then he wouldn't have joined the revolutionary army," said Sanji.
"But" said Nami but was interrupted by Zoro.
"Nami, I know you're feeling the worst because you think this is your fault but it's not, Luffy had no right to just leave us all like that," said Zoro.
"Also everyone, if we ever meet up with Luffy again, then we're going to have to be prepared that he wouldn't return to us. When Nami and Robin left, it was because they were both forced to leave. Luffy however chose to leave of his own free will. Also we should be prepared for him to be much stronger and that he might be our enemy," said Zoro.
"Oye swordsman – bro don't you think that you're going a bit overboard with this. I mean Luffy may not be our nakama anymore but he wouldn't be our enemy now would he," asked Franky.
"We never really thought Luffy would ever abandon us but he did. And we don't know what's been happening to him or what's been going through his head ever since he joined Dragon. Right now we can't assume anything anymore," said Zoro.
"Now ignoring Luffy for now, the revolutionary army is now the sole undisputed rulers of the world. With the deaths of the three emperors and the overthrow of the world government, there is no one left who could oppose them with the exception of Blackbeard, the last emperor," said Robin.
"Do you think, the killing of the emperors was the doing of the revolutionary army?" asked Sanji.
"The evidence does point to that. Even if the revolutionary army overtook the world government, the Four Emperors would still oppose them. So killing them would give them full control over the New World. And given that they have so many powerful fighters in their ranks they could certainly do it," said Robin.
"If what you say is true then," said Ussop.
"Luffy is on the same side as the ones who killed Shanks," finished Zoro with the grim truth.
"Th – that can't be," stuttered Nami whose hands was on her mouth.
"That bastard is on the same side as the ones who killed the man who gave him his Straw Hat. This is just messed up," said Sanji.
"That's it. That is proof that Luffy was forced to join. He would never team up with the ones who killed Shanks," said Nami.
"It's just a speculation. There is no definite proof to support that the revolutionary army was the ones responsible for Shank's death. Everything just seems to point in that direction," said Robin.
"And even if they were responsible, chances are they would not tell Luffy to make sure he stays," said Zoro.
The group was silent once again as all the information they learnt from the life changing event settled in.
"I think we should all get some sleep. A lot has happened today and I'm sure we each have a lot on our minds," said Zoro.
"If that's the case I would like to take the night watch," said Nami.
"I would like to take night watch together with you Nami," said Robin.
Sanji seeing his two lovely ladies taking up watch together thought this was a chance to spend a whole night alone with his two lovely ladies. A perverted look appeared on his face. He twirled next to the two women of the crew and placed a hand on each of their shoulders.
"Well if that's the case I would also like to stay up for watch," said Sanji in between with a suave voice with shiny sparkles all over him.
"What a dork," said Zoro.
Sanji was broken out of his perverted fantasy by Zoro's insult.
"What was that you shitty marimo? You're trying to ruin my chance to spend a whole night alone with my beautiful Robin-chwan and Nami-swan," said Sanji angrily his eyes pupil-less and his teeth sharp.
"Why would I do that? Besides who would ever want to spend a whole night with a swirly cook like you," said Zoro.
"What was that?" said Sanji ready to kick the shit out of his nemesis.
"Let's leave them alone for now. Given each of their pasts I'm sure their taking Luffy's actions the worst. I'm sure they have a lot on their minds so let's leave them alone," said Zoro seriously.
Sanji hearing that knew that he was right. His ladies needed this time to clear their heads. Hell even he had a lot on his mind feeling partially responsible for what happened so he too has a lot on his mind. The least he could do was give his female crewmembers the time and space they needed.
That night inside the crow's nest were Nami and Robin. They both wanted to stay up after today's events to clear their heads. They needed this time together.
"You know you could talk to me Nami – chan," said Robin softly.
"It's nothing really Robin – oneesama," replied Nami.
"Nami I though after we spoke last time that it became obvious that you could talk to me," said Robin.
Nami looked down as tears accumulated in her eyes.
"Just when did everything go so wrong," said Nami softly.
Robin being the big sister decided to listen silently as Nami poured her feelings out.
"Just when did everything go so wrong. I mean we were content to go sailing and having adventures and fun. Just what happened for things to turn out this way," said Nami.
"Nami there would always be hard times for us. We are pirates after all. I'm sure the events of Water 7 and Sabody Archipelago would show you that," said Robin.
"Back at Water 7 we had to deal with the loss of Merry and Ussop leaving the crew. Then there was me leaving to surrender myself to the world government. But in the end, we all pulled through. You all rescued me from the world government. Not only that, Ussop returned to the crew. Franky joined and we got a brand new ship," said Robin recalling the events of Water 7.
"Then Sabody Archipelago we were defeated and separated from each other. And Luffy lost his brother during that big war. But two years later we returned and in the end we returned stronger than ever before," said Robin.
"What are you saying Robin?" asked Nami.
"What I'm saying is that there will always be times when all hope is lost. When we feel that things wouldn't get better and that they'll only get worse. When we loose faith in ourselves. But what we have to remember is that we would always pull through if we don't give up. We never gave up at Water 7 and Sabody Archipelago and we shouldn't give up now. If we continue forward like we always have, then things will work out," said Robin comfortably.
"But those times things were different. We had Luffy's strength and guidance. Now he's gone," said Nami.
"We're strong in our own ways. Luffy chose each of us because we're all strong. He stated himself that he relies on us. And now is the chance to prove it. Please Nami-chan do it. Do it for me, for your crew and most of all for Luffy. The crew needs you now more than ever," said Robin.
"But," said Nami.
"Nami Luffy may be gone but no matter what he's going through we can help him. We can help him just like he's helped us. But to help him we need to be strong. He's really important to me Nami just like he is to you. Luffy needs all of us, so please be strong for him," said Robin.
A smile appeared on Nami's face feeling better after her talk with Robin. Robin always knew how to cheer her up and make her feel better. It was not the same as Luffy's cheering up but it was good nonetheless and she really appreciated.
"Thanks Robin-oneesama. You really know how to cheer me up," said Nami.
"Anytime Nami-chan. Now let's continue watch and if there's anything on your mind, feel free to tell me" replied Robin.
The two stayed up for watch and continued talking to each other to make each other feel better after finding out that their hero and savior had gone rouge.
The next day the crew got together and the topic was what to do about Luffy. Yesterday they were informed about the harsh reality that their captain was with the revolutionary army. Now the main issue was what were they going to do now.
"So what should we do?" asked Zoro.
"Isn't obvious, we find that idiot and kick his ass for leaving us and then make him come back," said Ussop determinedly.
"Yeah," shouted Chopper.
"Super," said Franky agreeing.
"I agree," said Brooke.
"I have to kick that shitty rubber idiot's ass for making the ladies worried," said Sanji lighting a cigeratte.
Nami and Robin were silent but the expression on their faces showed that they agreed. They were both happy that the crew wanted to bring Luffy back. It meant there was a chance to see him again.
"That's true but I doubt Luffy would let us take him back," said Zoro.
"You just have to ruin everyone's mood you shitty marimo," said Sanji.
"The issue still remains that Luffy might not choose to come back," said Robin.
"But Robin, you and Nami at first didn't want to come back but we were still able to convince you both anyway," said Ussop.
"Yeah but both of us were forced to leave. It's different with Luffy however," said Robin.
"That and there's the entire revolutionary army on his side," continued Nami.
"We'll just kick the shit out of them and drag that idiot back," said Sanji.
"Let's not forget that several of those guys are strong enough to take on an admiral or an emperor. We already know how strong an admiral is. And they have several guys like that," said Zoro.
Sanji chose not to comment. He didn't show it but he knew that an enemy strong enough to take down an admiral or emperor was not someone you want to mess with. And the fact that there several guys that strong did scare him.
"Before we can convince him to return, we'll have to find him first. So I believe we should focus on that for now and avoid battling any of the elite revolutionaries. When we find him, then we can focus on convincing him to return," said Robin.
"That sounds like a good idea," agreed Brooke.
"Sounds good to me," said Nami.
"Robin – chan is so smart," said Sanji in his love state.
"So we're in agreement. For now we'll focus on finding him. When we do we'll focus on making him come back and if he'll return at all and what not," said Zoro.
"Yeah," said all the Straw Hats in unison.
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Up to the Fishman Island Arc I don't think the Straw Hats actually faced a vice admiral. Garp was just visiting and Jonathan did not engage the Straw Hats directly. Even then Jonathan was just an anime filler character though I liked him a lot. Also the vice admirals present during the Buster Call on Ennies Lobby also never engaged the Straw Hats though if they did, the Straw Hats would have lost for sure. The admirals are a little different. When the Straw Hats faced Aokiji, they lost badly. They didn't do any better against Kizaru. Now they are going up against several enemies with powers comparable to an admiral's. And I did say in the author note that this story diverges after 653 so the Straw Hats never fought vice admiral Vergo.
Robin was with the revolutionary army for two years. However she never meet any of the Knights and never saw Dragon fight. So she was unaware of why so many admiral level fighters just died or the true power of the revolutionary army.
The article simply stated that the Gorosei are dead. It never said that Dragon was personally responsible for slaying them all. The Straw Hats simply assume that five elite revolutionaries took on the five Gorosei. It is unthinkable to them that one man can take on five former admirals.
Regarding Luffy's Straw Hat. Luffy left the hat with the crew as Luffy forsook essentially everything about being a pirate when he left the crew ang the Straw Hat was a major part of that. It's also a reminder to the crew that their nakama and captain is gone. As to who is wearing the Straw Hat. In this fic it would be shared between the Nami and Robin who both have feelings for him. I wouldn't explicitly state which of the two is wearing the Straw Hat. That is up to you the readers. If you want Nami to wear it half the time while Robin where's it the other half, then that's fine. If you want Nami to wear it on their regular relaxed times while Robin wears it during times of crises then that's fine too. Hell if you're a LuffyxNami fan and want Nami to wear it all the time and Robin never wears it, or a LuffyxRobin fan where Robin is wearing it all the time and Nami never wears it then that's fine as well. It's the reader's choice. I wouldn't in this fic mention who is wearing it, at least not unless a certain character explicitly mentions it. For example one of the Knights might mention how one of the women is wearing Luffy's hat. In cases like that I would have mention who's wearing the hat.
Why is there a war going on? Remember even though the world government has been beaten, there are still several factions out there that would want the revolutionary army gone, for example the remaining marines and former marines. All the marines and former marines alive are good ones like Smoker, Tashigi, Aokiji, Garp, Sengoku, Coby and Helmeppo. Also the remnants of the Red Hair pirates would oppose the revolutionary army since they know that is what Shanks would have wanted, especially since Blackbeard revealed himself as a revolutionary. The remnants of the Whitebeard pirates would also oppose the army since Blackbeard is a major part of it even though they don't know it. And obviously the Straw Hats would oppose them. Right now the threat of the revolutionary army is so great, that all these groups will have to put aside their differences and work together to overcome this ancient and powerful foe. In other words all these groups would band together to fight the revolutionary army in war. So the whole world would fight the revolutionary hence this being a war that engulfs the entire world. And while the Knights are at the frontlines of the revolutionary army, the Straw Hats are at the front lines of the other side.
The Straw Hats reaction appears to be a lot less than what everyone has been expecting. Remember the Straw Hats only know what Dragon stated in his broadcast. They simply know that the world government has been overthrown by the revolutionary army and that Luffy is part of the revolutionary army. They deduced that the revolutionary army has some overwhelmingly powerful fighters and that Luffy might have been the one to kill Akainu since he has a grudge against him. From this they deduced that Luffy is as strong as an admiral. They further deduced that the revolutionary army is responsible for the deaths of the three emperors since they would oppose the revolutionary army when they come into power. However they have no proof, it's just speculation but the evidence points in that direction. If that is true then that would meant Luffy is one the same side as the ones who killed Shanks.
Dragon in his broadcast simply announced the overthrow of the world government, the powerful members who died along with the fact that they are now in control. He never mentioned anything about resurrecting the ancient kingdom of Imperion, or the Knights of D being part of an ancient and powerful order he revived to aid in his cause. Also he never mentioned anything about him having the ancient weapon Uranus in his possession or knowing the location of the other two. And he never said anything about Luffy's mother or how he is meant to merge the two most powerful bloodlines in the world to truly solidify his rule. He didn't mention all that so the Straw Hats don't know about any of that. Nonetheless they would fine out in time.
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