"LIE DOWN ! " Law ordered.
Placing themselves on the ground, his companions and himself heard a huge explosion behind them, before turning around.
The explosion of the plane was one of the most striking moments of their adventure. In barely two seconds, the light, which had produced the detonation, chased away all traces of darkness around them and made it possible to see as in broad daylight. As for the sound, it was so deafening that Nami and Shirahoshi clapped their hands on their ears in order to best protect their eardrums.
While the plane caught fire, they were witnessing the scene, sitting or lying on their backs, catching their breath, after the race they had just completed so as not to perish in the fire.
"It was hot." Luffy remarked, lying on the ground and shirtless.
At least, ''thanks'' to the explosion and the fire that consumed the wreckage of the plane, he wasn't cold at all, despite his outfit. However, seeing him bare upper body, Nami rummaged through the bag of clothes and pulled out a T-shirt which she handed to him. "
"Here! Put that on, Luffy!"
Looking at the garment, Luffy stared at Nami before noticing that she was wearing his straw hat.
" My hat. "
"Oh? I found it by the plane when we were looking for you."
"Thanks for keeping it." Luffy thanked her, before picking it up and putting it on his head. "AHHHHH! I always feel better when it's on my head."
Remaining silent at first, Law looked at Luffy, before noticing that there was blood, which had dried on the left side of his face.
"Strawhat-ya...what happened to you?"
"Huh? I had a few issues! But, nothing major."
"What do you mean, nothing important?" Nami asked, examining her head. "You're hurt! Looks like someone hit you."
" We were all worried about you. " Shirahoshi affirmed. "What an awful day! Why did those monsters come to destroy the plane? I really thought he was going to mash us up! Not to mention that the fire almost charred us! Luckily you were there for us save, Luffy-san."
"In fact, how did you manage to find yourself in the same place as us?" Nami questioned her. "Did you expect us to exit through the baggage compartment?"
Before answering, Luffy wanted to grab the garment she handed him. But, touching it, he grimaced and immediately blew into his hands.
"Ouch! That hurts too much."
"What's the matter with you?" Nadia questioned him.
Not having time to say a word, Luffy winced as he felt Law grab his wrist and examine it. Immediately, he saw that all the skin on his hands was burned and blistered. It was almost as if Luffy had put his hand on an oven.
"How did you do this to yourself?"
"You were a bit slow, so I called you and looked around until I heard you outside the cargo bay door." He confessed to him. "I guessed that you couldn't open it, so I helped you from the outside! It was while taking the handle that I got burned! But, despite that, I continued to fired in order to open the door! That's the whole story."
"But then, when the door opened, it was not only because of our strength, but also because of his courage and his determination. "Shirahoshi noted.
Seeing Luffy continue to smile, despite his injuries, she felt a huge respect for him.
"Luffy-san...he's so amazing."
At that moment, Luffy started screaming in pain, while Law pinched his burned skin.
"OUCH! Hey, are you crazy? Why did you do that?"
" It's more up to me to ask you that question. " Law retorted. "You set the fire without thinking or telling us! You fool! Do you realize we could all have perished? Use your head next time."
" You're all safe, so it's fine, Law. " Luffy replied, smiling again. "Actually, you should be thanking yourself."
Immediately, the end of a fighting staff hit the top of his skull. Screaming in pain, as a bump appeared on his head, Luffy turned around, and saw Nami, with an aura of rage, around her.
"Do you want us to thank you...for almost killing us?"
Feeling immense fear, Luffy immediately bowed down to her.
" I beg your pardon. "
Staring at him, wanting to punch him a hundred times, Nami finally sighed, before shrugging.
"I don't see why I would waste my time hitting you unnecessarily again. "And then..."
Eventually sitting down cross-legged, she looked at the wreckage of the plane, before affirming.
"If you hadn't done that, we might be dead."
Listening to her, Law looked skeptical. However, he finally affirms.
"Yes! That's not wrong! But you could have come up with a better idea than setting the plane on fire."
" It wasn't what I wanted to do. " Luffy retorted. "But those animals left me no choice."
" By the way, where have you been again? " Nami wanted to know. "Judging from your head injury, I feel like someone attacked you."
"Huh...if I can sum it all up...actually, someone told me..."
"You did survive! It's a miracle." Noticed a voice, coming from the forest.
"Who's there?" Nami wanted to know, jumping.
"There's another person?" Shirahoshi wondered.
"Where are you?" Law asked, grabbing his sword.
" Is he still there? " Luffy wondered, recognizing that voice.
Rising to his feet, he began to scream.
"Where Are You, come out of hiding, so we can settle our accounts, once and for all."
"I AM WHO'S WHO." The man roared.
Then, coughing before calming down, he declared.
"I saw everything, Mugiwara. " He said, remaining hidden nonetheless. "Your magnificent efforts to destroy the plane! Tsss, you just did something horrible."
"Horrible? How so?"
"I already explained it to you, didn't I?" He affirmed. "You just put yourself in the crosshairs of all the survivors of this place! Abandoned on a non-existent island, without knowing why and frightened by monsters as dangerous as each other! In order to keep your sanity, we have to count on something that can get us out of this, don't you think?
" What are you talking about ? "
Clearly, this person had a knack for beating around the bush during a conversation with other people.
" But finally, who is he? " Questioned Nami, knew this mysterious stranger.
The boy completely ignored her. Truth be told, he hung on the lips of this person, who seemed to know a lot about several things he didn't. He had to take advantage of her knowledge at all costs.
"Everyone was crying when they abandoned the plane." Who's Who continued. "It's true that it may seem strange but..."
Hades paused briefly while managing to build up the suspense.
"This plane represented their hope."
"Their hope? »
"Because maybe one day they could fix it and go home, right? With such an explosion, everyone must have noticed that the only way for them to leave this hellhole is burning.
"But what happened?" Shouted a girl, on a beach. "Did you see that explosion? And isn't that smoke coming from where the plane is?"
The three boys next to her couldn't believe it either.
"The plane, it's burning." exclaimed a boy, with impossibly long arms.
"But… But that's impossible?" A glasses boy declared.
For his part, clenching his jaws, a boy with blond hair, grinding the end of his cigarette between his teeth, as he couldn't find the words to express his dismay.
"Sanji-kun..." the girl in his group shouted. " What are we going to do ? "
Turning to her, Sanji tried to wipe the anger off his face, before placing his hand on her head.
"Don't worry, Pudding-san! We'll manage to get off this island, with or without a plane."
" It's not possible. " declared a boy, with very short blond hair and an imposing musculature. "The plane is on fire."
"But why is it burning?" " Wondered a teacher, who was with him.
"It's over." Perospero understood, as he chewed on a lollipop stick.
Lying on the ground, Katakuri barely glanced at the column of smoke that could be seen. Then he closed his eyes to try to sleep. After all, now that the pilot was dead, wasn't the plane already unusable?
"Ace, look." Called a girl with long blond hair, who was part of his group.
The boy immediately came out of the cave where he was sleeping, along with a few other survivors, and saw the smoke rising in the distance - illuminated by the light of the explosion.
"But what else is going on? »
"Oh no." A boy lamented, beside him falling to his knees, his eyes filled with dread. "This time it's over and done with! We're going to stay and die on this island."
"We can never go home again." A girl sobbed.
" Why ? Why are all these misfortunes befalling us? Is it because of what I did? " Ace wondered, his face clouded with fear.
"How are you feeling, Mugiwara?" Asked Who's Who. "Your gesture, as impressive as it is, put your name on the red list! Not only did you try to kill me, but you also destroyed their hope. "
Listening to him, Luffy felt his heart stop beating once again, while sweat ran down my forehead. In addition, he was shaking all over and had sweaty palms.
"You destroyed everything." Exclaimed Who's Who, with a huge laugh, which defined the opposite of cheerfulness.
He paused to calm down before finishing what he had to say to her.
"Take advantage of the reprieve you just won because your end is near! But I promise to avenge myself when the time comes! Well, this time, I'm leaving you for good! Come on, ciao!"
But before leaving, he added one last thing about her.
"And don't forget what I told you earlier! Your brother is no longer the person you thought you knew."
"Hey, you." Nami exclaimed suddenly. "Luffy burned the plane to save us! He had no choice! I forbid you to criticize him! If you are better than him! Why didn't you come piru nosu to save? Who are you? ?"
Too late for an answer. Who's Who was already gone. Anyway, Luffy was that he wouldn't have had the kindness to answer her.
At the same time, Luffy fell to his knees, lamenting his fate.
"But what did I do? But what did I do?" He wondered aloud. "I just set fire to our only way out of here."
"Don't say that, Luffy! You did it just to save us all." Nami tried to reassure him.
"Even if it really is... How the hell am I going to explain this to others?"
Suddenly, Law let out a sigh of annoyance.
"I'm not sure that in such circumstances, things are the same as in our world! On the other hand, deep down inside, there are always people who remain mentally weak."
"What are you talking about?" Shirahoshi questioned him.
"It really was destroyed." He asserted, looking in the direction of the fire. "Whatever we do or say to explain this act, the plane is now unusable! I, too, have a hard time believing this but, Luffy, you really just infuriated everyone else. currently being on this island."
"I know." Luffy assured him. "And because of me, you too are in danger."
"So what? It doesn't matter, we'll get over it eventually! In any case, that's not what will prevent me from surviving and seeing the sun rise tomorrow morning."
Immediately, Luffy looked at him.
"Ho… How so?"
"Since the beginning, you haven't once given up, both mentally and physically." Law assured him. "! And that's what prompted us to follow you! Therefore, I have just one thing to tell you! You will have to overcome this new obstacle, like all the others! Because from now on , we will fight against the creatures on this island as well as against everyone! And, to face that, we will need you. "
It was strange to hear this dialogue coming out of his mouth. Usually, he argued this kind of story with sentences that put his brain in value.
"Hey, Law! Are you kidding?" Nami questioned. "I have no desire to fight the others! It's not their fault that we're in this mess."
Ignoring her, Law grabbed his bag, while declaring.
"You have a choice, Strawhat-ya." He assured him. "Just make the decision you won't regret later."
"Why are you telling him that?" Nami exclaimed, stepping in front of Luffy. "I remind you that if he has problems, it's because he did his best to save us! Even if it means losing his life."
For his part, Luffy remained silent. Suddenly, a gust of wind hit his face and lifted his hat. Seeing it fall in front of him, Luffy glared at it. Then, he remembered the voice of a man, who had handed him the same hat, when Luffy was a child.
" When you become a champion, you can return this hat to me! Make him proud to be with you. "
Immediately, Luffy opened his eyes. Then he reached out and took his hat, to put it on his head. Then, getting up, he went to his backpack, before putting it on his shoulder.
" Luffy ? "
"Let's get out of here!" Luffy decided, turning to his comrades. "We need to find a place to spend the night! Those who want to stay with me...gather your things and follow me! The others, I won't blame them for their choice and wish them luck."
For all answer, Law immediately picked up his laptop, while Shirahoshi took the medicine bag which also contained the clothes belonging to him. Then, both of them followed Luffy leaving Nami behind.
"But…?" The young girl wondered.
Then, she saw Luffy turn to her and ask her.
"Nami…do you want to come with us?"
Surprised, Nami looked at the confident smile displayed by Luffy. Yet she only managed to see the seriousness that was now on his face.
"He's not the Luffy I knew anymore. " She noted, seeing my serious expression. "He has become more mature and seems to know how to manage a group of people without having to raise his voice! I would never have believed that from him, him who was only having fun or getting into trouble in high school! »
Suddenly, she gave him a smile, before also picking up her bag.
"Of course! We will stay together until we can leave this island! I promise you that."
On his words, she joined them running and that was how their real journey began which made what they had already lived look like a walk in the park. Monsters, betrayals, murders, alliances… All were there to have a chance to survive on this island.
"Do you understand what I wanted to tell you, Mugiwara? " Law thought, just after we left the place. "Before anyone knows it, we all already have to rely on you!" You are that kind of person! You're the one who can't do anything except properly lead a group like ours! So I leave it up to you for the rest of our adventure. »
With Luffy : Law / Shirahoshi / Nami
Other passengers: Sanji / Usopp / Nami / Ace / Coby / Vivi / Katakuri / Perospero / Zoro / Chopper / Johnny / Yosaku / Kid / Wapol / Musshru / Pudding / Tashigi (teacher) / Smoker (teacher)
Died: Dalton (pilot) / Kaya / AO / Mero / Curiel / T-Bone (teacher)
? : Who is who