Here is chapter 50! Uploaded 6/23/17. Also here are chapters that have been updated. Chapter 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49, so be sure to reread these chapters.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
[Creature speech]
/Radio communication/
:Demonic Speech:
Disclaimer: See heading to chapter 1.
Answer to Reviewers:
Captain James H00K,I plan to follow all the arcs, I will also be incorporating some of the movies into the story, but not many, maybe two or three of the films, the ones to be used are Dead End Adventure, Strong World, Z, and One Piece film: Gold, the last one being a good movie if you haven't seen it, I recommend it. So as I said, I will be following all the arcs even the filler arcs. Now about Blackbeard? You will have to wait till later chapters to find out. The situation about Arlong, as he is still trying to get adjusted to the crew it may be a while, probably as they near Sabaody or Fishman Island, not sure yet, but it will be around those arcs.
Now for a little rant. To those who leave guest reviews, I appreciate your reviews, but I find it annoying that you are doing them as guests, because it makes it harder for me to answer a reviewer if I do not know who left it and it is very frustrating. I know that there are a lot of other writers who sympathize with me on this. I find it stupid that the Fanfiction site allows this, I think that they should make it to where if you want to leave a review you have to create an account. There my rant is now over. So with out further more enjoy chapter 50.
Chapter 50: The Island of Goats
Now it was the next day and all but Zoro was inside the ship, some were in their rooms, or were in the lounge. Robin was reading a book, Nami was reading the newspaper, Sanji and Anna were washing dishes, Nojiko was making some fresh juice out of some tangerines, Chopper was talking with Carue, Usopp was tinkering with a new invention, Gin was cleaning his guns, Zoro was outside keeping watch, Johnny and Yosaku were sleeping up against the wall, Arlong was asleep as well as Jones, Kuro was with June Harper going over some expenses, Kaya and Merry were in the infirmary, Luna was playing with her niece out on deck, and Luffy was up on the bridge, looking at sea charts and discussing some things with Thomas. Zoro's voice is soon heard on the intercom and told them that he saw an island, causing Luffy to get to his feet and walk out the door. The Iowa stops and drops anchor three miles away and the Going Merry is lowered into the water and heads for the island. Most of them disembarked onto the island, leaving Robin and Zoro to guard the ship. They walked into a small town and discovered that a fireworks festival was tonight, making them all smile at the thought of fireworks. Sanji offered to be an escort for the ladies, to which they turned him down and made him go into a depressive slump. Usopp ran off to see if they had any gunpowder they could spare, and the rest scattered to check out the town. Nami, Luffy and Iowa, who was sitting on Luffy's shoulder walk in a random direction.
2 hours later
Luffy and Nami find a little Cafe and Luffy lets Iowa off his shoulders and she takes a seat. They are soon joined by a waiter with some menus and leaves giving them a couple minutes to decide on what they want. Luffy and Nami then couldn't help themselves as they started making out since they had ordered one plate of spaghetti to share between the two and ended up eating the same string of noodle and they kissed as they both finished but they took it further, while Iowa had wanted something else.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Iowa exclaims covering her eyes. Luffy and Nami break the kiss with smiles on their faces as they then look at their daughter.
"Don't worry sweety, when you get bigger you'll be doing the same thing." Nami says with a smile. Luffy folds his arms.
"Not if I have anything to say or do. If a boy so much as even thinks about kissing you he'll have to answer to me, and I'm pretty sure the crew as well since they see themselves as you aunts and uncles."
"Lucifer! She's only five." Nami says as she glares at Luffy.
"So? She will always be my little princess."
"Daddy!" Iowa says with a small blush.
Hours later
It was now minutes until the fireworks and the whole town, along with the Straw Hats, were now waiting to see them go off. Usopp was nowhere in sight while the rest of them were all leaning up on a higher spot to watch the fireworks. While they were all talking, Sanji was calmly walking up towards them and taking a drag from his cigarette. Shortly after that, Luffy came by with his face so full of lumps it looked like he tried shoving a few dozen watermelons in his cheeks. His eyes were black and swollen, his teeth were broken, and his face was black and blue everywhere.
"Why do you keep beating Luffy up?!" Chopper yelled as he began treating Luffy's face.
"Dunno." Sanji said as he looked to the sky. "Those fireworks starting soon?"
"Almost." Elizabeth said as she munched on a rice cracker. While they were waiting, Nojiko started whispering to Nami.
"So, why are your legs trembling?"
"Because it's starting to be a pain standing." Nami whispered back. "I am about five months pregnant with twins. Remember?"
They waited before colorful explosions filled the sky in a grand fashion, with the whole thing ending with a firework so huge, it looked like a meteor shower had completely filled the sky. A roar of cheering and awe filled the whole island as the annual Fireworks Festival came to a glorious end.
BOOM!
Zoro's eyes slowly opened at the sound of the cannon going off, which was soon followed by sound of something exploding off in the distance. He could hear his crew shouting from the front of the ship about the great shot before he reached for his sword as he looked to his right to see Robin there with a blanket in her hands. Both of them then began a conversation about rumors about his title of Pirate Hunter before she left with a smile to read her book while he thought about the dream he was having of when he first met Johnny and Yosaku.
'Hard to believe that they'd become pirates of their own free will.' He thought. He was truly surprised that they'd accept Luffy's invitation, but now they're here so that was it.
Later that night
The crew had just finished dinner, before they all did their own thing before getting tired. Zoro, having rested earlier, was put on watch for the night while the others were heading off to bed. Zoro was looking down from the crow's nest to see everyone disappearing into the ship to go to their quarters, since they had moved dinner outside and onto the deck, before he stopped at Luffy. Luffy was about to walk in before he suddenly stopped, having a feeling that he was being watched. He looked up to see Zoro looking right at him with a serious look on his face. A few moments passed as Luffy silently understood and vanished and reappeared next to Zoro.
"Need something Zoro?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah. Training." Zoro replied.
"But it's night, and I'm tired." Luffy whined.
"Not now, dumbass!" Zoro barked before regaining his composure. "I mean that we should start some serious training at the next island."
"Yeah. You're right. We'll train at the next island." Luffy turned around and was about to jump before Zoro stopped him.
"One more thing." Zoro said. Luffy looked back at him as Zoro finished. "I need one question answered. Nico Robin. Is she trustworthy?"
"Yeah." Luffy said with a smile. Luffy then jumped down and entered the ship.
A few minutes later the door to the crows nest open as two sailors walk in.
"Your relieved for tonight if you want Zoro. We are suppose to be doing the night shifts. You have higher seniority over us." One of the sailors says.
"Well I probably would let you, but I slept most of the day." Zoro says.
"Alright then we leave it to you sir." The two say and salute, which still discomforts Zoro, but he is not the only one who is discomforted by this sometimes.
Next day
The Iowa was sailing as fast as she could with a few marine ships chasing after them and bombarding them with cannonballs.
"This is bad guys!" Nami yelled as the water around them erupted from all the missed shots.
"The Marines are gonna sink us at this rate!" Vivi added. Everyone else was either fishing, napping, or just hanging over the railing in hunger.
"These shots are deliberately missing." Nojiko said while looking for any tangerines on the trees.
"Exactly. Vivi's on board, so they won't risk sinking a ship with the princess on it." Anna added from her lawn chair.
"Since they managed to figure out that she is with us, they pursue, but know that they can't get close without bringing harm to Vivi." Kuro says as he turns a page in the newspaper that he is reading.
"Usopp." Chopper whined in hunger. "Catch anything yet?"
"Not at the speed we're sailing." He groaned.
Sanji walked up the stairs towards with a few plates with some food on them.
"Ladies, I've brought you all your tea. And for a snack, Mille Feuille." He said.
"Thank you, Cook-san." Robin said while most of the men began to drool and ran towards Sanji trying to get the food.
"Give me some!"
"I'm starving!"
"Back off! These are for the ladies, not you jackasses!" Sanji yelled as he ran away from them, keeping the food away so as to safely give it to the women.
"What's wrong with all of you?" Nami groaned as Robin sprouted some arms and had them tickle a few of them into submission.
"Nami! Fog!" Johnny shouted.
"Straight ahead!" Yosaku added.
"Again?" She said as they entered the fog. She barked orders for the rest of them to steer the ship to avoid the rocks and currents while the marines were having a rough time following. One of the marines suggested that they turn back, while another said to keep going after them.
"Withdraw the ships." Commanded the Sergeant of the fleet.
"But sir, our orders from Captain Moore are to apprehend the Straw Hat Pirates and safely rescue Princess Vivi of Alabasta!" Said the Corporal.
"Captain Moore's not here! Right now, I'm in charge. And I say we withdraw." Said the Sergeant as he walked away.
"Y-Yes sir." The Corporal saluted before looking at the blurry speck of the Iowa while the Marine ships withdrew. It was tense, but the Straw Hats finally got out of the fog.
"Hey, there's an island straight ahead!" Usopp shouted from the crow's nest. Everyone was looking at it in interest for different reasons. Luffy and most for food, Zoro for some serious training, Nami to make a map of it, and Robin to explore and to search for ruins. They all got off the ship and were gathering around while a spyglass was looking at them all up the hill.
"21 people and 2 animals." Said an aged voice as he messed with an abacus. "You won't leave this island alive." He said as the Straw Hats all began venturing in towards the island. They kept on walking before Luffy suddenly stopped.
"Something wrong Luffy?" Vivi asked from atop Carue. Luffy looked up at her with a face splitting grin.
"Yeah. We're not alone on the island." He said.
"We're not?!" Usopp shouted before quickly whipping his head around, looking for anything that might pop out at them while Zoro flicked his white blade from its sheath.
"You mean that baby goat up there?" Nojiko asked. Everyone looked to see a cute little baby goat eating grass at the top of the hill.
"MEAT!" Usopp, Sanji, Gin, Kuro, Arlong, Jones, Merry, Chris, Johnny, and Yosaku shouted before giving chase.
"They're not gonna eat that baby goat, are they?" Elizabeth asked.
"How come you're not running off to eat it yourself?" Nojiko asked as they all started chasing after them.
"You'll see." Luffy said with a grin. They chased the baby goat towards a lone tree before Luna stepped in the way.
"You are not eating that baby goat!" She said as she held her arms out wide, acting like a shield.
"That little goat has friends." Said Zoro while flicking out his white blade. Everyone looked around to see a few dozen adult goats had surrounded them, each of them with angry looks in their eyes.
"It lured us into a trap!" Said Chopper as the goats all began charging towards them.
"No choice then!" Zoro said as he pulled out his white blade while the others all got out their weapons as well.
"I got this." Luffy said as he calmly walked towards the goats. All the others just stared as the goats were closing in on Luffy before they felt a small wave of Haki roll out of Luffy, causing all the goats to stop dead in their tracks and look at Luffy with wide eyes. Luffy grinned before an old man fell out of the tree and onto his butt.
"What did you do?!" He yelled as he frantically pointed at Luffy with his eyes bugging out at him.
"Who's the old fart?" Elizabeth asked.
"Maybe he's the leader of these goats." Luna suggested.
"Is he?" Chopper asked the goats, who answered back that he was. "He is."
"What is that?! A talking raccoon-dog?!" The old man shouted as he pointed at Chopper.
"I'M A REINDEER!" Chopper shouted, making the old man flinch before scurrying back a little.
"Please sir." Vivi said as she held up her hands and approached him. "We're not here to hurt you."
"PAH! As if I'd take the word of a pirate!" He shouted. "I'm only gonna say this once, so listen up. I'm flat broke, so don't even bother looking for any treasure!"
"How much money could an old fart like you have anyways?" Gin asked.
"Shut it, pirate!" Shouted the man as he sat on the ground and folded his arms. "Do your worst! I won't talk! You could boil me or roast me! My lips are sealed!"
"Good thing I'm a cook." Sanji said as he cracked his knuckles. "Should I fillet you first then?"
"I WAS JUST JOKING ABOUT COOKING ME!" Shouted the old guy before he threw rocks at them and scurried away into some bushes. "VANDALS! THIEVES! MURDERERS!" He shouted as he got stuck in the bushes. The old man watched as Zoro approached and sliced up the branches he was stuck in, causing his eyes to roll back and faint.
"Faint of heart, huh?" Anna said.
"What's wrong with that guy?" Usopp asked as Chopper ran over and placed his ear to the man's chest.
"THIS IS BAD! HIS HEART'S STOPPED!" Chopper shouted. Most of them gasped before they started insulting Zoro, who was yelling at them that he didn't touch the guy. They all decided to bring the old man back to his hut after Chopper got his heart working and waited for anything to happen. He woke up after awhile, but then started yelling how they owed him for nearly scaring him to death. He began to cry and say how he had given up on life after Nami argued the finance before Luffy said they'd stay and do some chores, making the man smile and rub his hands together in joy. After that the old man, that they learned was named Zenny, was soon having them do all kinds of chores like chopping wood, feeding the goats, drawing fresh water, fixing the hut, cleaning, and massaging his shoulders.
With Zoro
Zoro had wandered off to find some food, getting lost almost immediately as usual, before he stumbled upon a half built ship way up in the mountains.
At a nearby Marine Base
Captain Moore was chewing out Sergeant Minchi for pulling back when they had the Straw Hats in their sights before telling him to organize a landing party and to capture the Straw Hats. The Sergeant and Corporal left the room and began walking away before they started talking about the Straw Hats and the island they've anchored on, with Minchi bearing a grin at the thought of who else might be there.
Later that Night
Zoro had come back and told them all about the pirate ship he found while unloading a bag of fruit he had. Nami smiled at this before leading all but Chopper and Elizabeth up the mountain to investigate, with Zoro realizing that it was closer than he thought. Usopp freaked when Robin said it was a ghost ship, which only caused the sight of the fireflies to cause his mind to think they were spirits of the dead. They all searched it, wondering what it could be before Nami said that she couldn't find the treasure.
With Chopper and Elizabeth
Elizabeth was rubbing her eyes, feeling very tired after the chores that Zenny had them do. She wasn't one for work ethic, so it was very taxing to her.
"This is not good." Chopper whispered as he stepped out of Zenny's hut.
"What's wrong?" She asked as she looked at him. "He have another heart attack?"
"No...it's worse." Chopper said as the others all came back.
"I'm telling you, we should all just get off this island." Gin grumbled.
"I'm with you there." Usopp said. "That old goat's gonna work us till we drop."
"We were supposed to train at this island, not work for some senile old man anyway." Zoro grumbled.
"Chopper. Pack your things. We're leaving." Anna said. "You too Elizabeth."
"I'm staying here." Chopper said with his eyes to the ground.
"Why? If you do, then there's no end to the chores that old man's gonna put you through." Usopp said.
"There will be an end." Chopper said. "He didn't faint earlier because he was frightened. He's sick."
"Then, that end you were talking about was..." Nami said.
"There's no doubt in my mind!" Chopper said, looking them all in the eye. "He's got three days tops left!"
"Three days?!" They all shouted.
Morning
"That was a good sleep." Zenny yawned before he sniffed the air. "Something smells good."
"Hey, old-timer." Usopp said.
"Hope you're hungry." Said Sanji as the Straw Hats all presented a huge feast.
"All this is for me?!" Zenny shouted in disbelief.
"The goats told us all the good spots to fish and find fruit on the island." Chopper said, with the goats baaing behind him. Zenny looked at the food with a suspicious eye, claiming that pirates turning friendly was a bad sign and that the food might be poisoned. It was only after Luffy tried taking the food, and scaring the man with his darkness powers, did he eat the food.
"This is delicious!" He said with a smile. The Straw Hats were all encouraging him to eat, with Sanji claiming to make more if he wanted. Nami punched Usopp after he tearfully said that it could be a last meal, which Zenny didn't quite catch. Zenny happily ate before he dropped his chopsticks and brought his hands to his throat, scaring all the Straw Hats before he swallowed. "Too delicious. I forgot to chew." He said, causing everyone but Robin to fall over.
"I knew it was too early." Chopper said.
"Too early for what?" Zenny asked as Nami threw a sandal at Chopper.
"Never you mind. Go on old man. Have my plate."
"And mine."
"Here you go." All the Straw Hats began to offer him food, with Luffy still trying to take it, making Zenny laugh and smile. Zoro was watching with a raised eyebrow, wondering if he truly did have three days left, with none of them suspecting a greedy marine hatching a plan far away.
The Straw Hats, Zenny, and the goats were all now working on the ship that Zoro had found in the mountains. Zoro was cutting up the wood for the goats to transport onto the ship, Johnny, Yosaku, Gin, and Usopp were nailing the wood into place, Elizabeth offered to paint it, which Zenny allowed with a smile. Sanji was checking out the interior, and the rest were helping however they could.
"Is that as fast as you can move?" Zenny yelled. "Come on! Put your back into it!"
"Just relax old man!" Chopper said in his Heavy Point. "We'll take care of all this."
"He's right." Said Nami as she sat him down. "Sit and relax."
"Shall I massage your shoulders for you?" Robin asked before two arms sprouted out from behind him, freaking him out a bit before he relaxed as Sanji asked why he built a ship all the way up the mountain.
"Oh, it's not a ship." He said with a grin.
"It's not?" Elizabeth asked as she kept painting.
"Don't give me that!" Usopp said as he pointed a hammer at Zenny. "If it's not a ship, then what is it?"
"It's...my coffin!" Zenny answered.
"Coffin?" They all said, visualizing a giant coffin around them. Zenny then began to explain that a coffin wasn't so bad since he was old and going to die eventually, which caused a few of them to shed a tear.
"But why up a mountain?" Sanji asked, only for Zenny to slump over.
"AH! OLD GOAT!" Most of them shouted as they ran towards him and began yelling at him to hold on, only for Nami to shush them and point out that he was sleeping, making them all sigh in relief.
At the Marine Base
Sergeant Minchi was putting his plan into action, which was having Captain Moore giving him the authority to lead a trap against the Straw Hats to rescue Vivi, all the while keeping the treasure a secret.
On the Island
Zenny and Nami were playing chess, Chopper was making medicine, in the hut, Sanji was next to the makeshift kitchen ready to make food for Zenny if he asked, Robin, Anna, Nojiko, and Vivi were feeding the goats, and the rest were off who-knows-where.
"Hmm. My next move..." Zenny mumbled as he ate some cheese. "Delicious! Where'd you get this cheese?"
"It's made from goat milk." Sanji said. "Eat up. I'll give you strength." He said before he frowned. 'Though it won't make a difference at this point.' He thought as Zenny beat Nami in chess. She asked for another game while Zenny smiled.
"Nothing beats a game of chess while eating cheese and getting your shoulders rubbed!" He said with a huge grin as the rest of them came back with fish as big as they were.
"We got a good haul, Brother Sanji!" Johnny said with a smile as they placed the fish in front of him.
"Make another feast for Big Bro Zenny!" Yosaku said.
"Leave it to me." He said while Usopp told him that if he needed any food or work to be done, then to let them know.
"Sure." Zenny said. "If I were to die today, I'd be happy. This is nothing short of Paradise." He said with a peaceful smile.
"AH! Don't give up Brother Zenny!" Johnny and Yosaku yelled with tears in their eyes. Other members were soon crying as well, telling him not to give up while Gin and Zoro just looked stone faced.
"Hey, don't you think it's strange?" Zoro asked, getting their attention. "Chopper said he had three days, right?" They all nodded in sadness before crying again. "Those three days ended three days ago!" He said, making them all stop.
"Hey, you're right." Said Gin as they all looked at Zenny, who was happily munching on cheese.
"He looks healthy." Usopp said.
"Healthier actually." Said Zoro as Zenny held out the plate and asked for more cheese.
"Old man! Here's your medicine." Said Chopper as he ran out of the hut with a bottle of pills. "Make sure to take them."
"I don't wanna! Makes the food taste bad." He complained before moving a piece on the chess board. "Checkmate!"
"Not again!" Nami yelled as she put her arms over her head while Chopper and the Straw Hat men were talking.
"Luffy..." Zoro calls and Luffy turns to the first mate.
"Yeah Zoro?"
"Luffy, you are the devil correct?" Zoro asks making the others stare at the two.
"Yeah..." Luffy says wondering where Zoro is going with this.
"If that is the case, you are connected to souls more than normal right?"
"Of course. When someone dies, I have to see them to the other side, but I usually have my demon servants do it, but I can feel when someone dies no matter where they are, same as if a child is born." Luffy says.
"If that is the case then you can tell if Zenny is going to die, or should have right?"
"Yes," Luffy says with a nod. "By all means, he should have died three days ago, but since we came across him and have been helping him and taking care of him, his health has been restored and he has been getting better." Luffy says shrugging his shoulders.
Later that night
Everyone was eating and laughing as they sat around a campfire, where they learned why Zenny was on this small island. 20 years ago, he was Money Lender Zenny, a man who loaned money to pirates. He told them all that he was driven by his dream before he washed onto this island, and that dream was to become a pirate. He told them that his ship was destroyed by some pirates before he washed onto the island, and that he'd spent a long time building the ship to escape, but became too old to set out.
"You shouldn't give up old goat guy." Luffy said with a mouthful of food. Zenny looked at him as he continued. "Doesn't matter how old you get. Anyone can become a pirate." Zenny's eyes widened as a few of them told Luffy it was a bad idea.
"He's just drunk. Right Zenny?" Nami said.
"I'm drunk alright!" Zenny said with a laugh. "This kid's got me thinking! A toast to the Zenny Pirates Maiden Voyage!"
"KANPAI!" They shouted. They kept on partying before most of them fell asleep, with Zenny and Robin talking up on the ship. She told him about how Luffy saved her when she wanted to die, with him telling her that she didn't look like she regretted it. "You're life is just beginning. My dream...will stay on this island." He said as Dawn arrived, with two goats baaing in worry as they stared off into the distance. "What's wrong?"
Out on the water
The Iowa was heading back to the island since she went out to do some night training, but had stumbled upon a small group of Marine ships heading for the island.
"Fill the tanks! Dive! Dive!" Gunther orders as alarms blare. A few minutes later the bow of the Iowa starts to disappear below the surface. Fully submerged the Iowa speeds towards the island passing directly below the marine ships. Twenty minutes later they surface, but on the opposite side of the island, but they can see the marine ships, but the marine ships can't see them.
"Dallas!" Gunther yells as he is looking through some binoculars.
"Sir!" Dallas says walking out onto the bridge wing and salutes.
"Prepare to fire flares." Thomas says.
"Sir! What colors?" Dallas asks as he opens a box that has a rifle and a bunch of small tubes.
"Fire a white, orange, and green flare." Thomas says.
"Yes sir." Dallas says as he puts three flare rounds into the cartridge of the rifle. He pulls the trigger three times and the flares fly into the air lighting up.
Up on the mountain
Everyone looks up to see three glowing balls of light in the sky, which starts to concern everyone. Luffy tenses.
"Luffy what are those?" Luna asks.
"Those are flares, they came from the Iowa. The white one is to get our attention, the orange means emergency, the green means an enemy. If I was to hazard a guess I would say the green is refereeing to possibly the marines. I can't talk to them as I don't have a radio." Luffy says as the same colors of flares are fired into the sky again.
Down the mountain
Chopper was running up from the coast towards everyone, stating that the marines were there.
"What?" They all asked before they jumped up and ran down the mountain to see one ship in the coast.
'So it was the marines.' Luffy thinks.
"It's only one ship, but why aren't they firing?" asked Usopp.
"Hello there, Straw Hat Pirates!" Sergeant Minchi greeted as he stepped forward on the ship, not noticing Luffy vanishing and reappearing on the deck of the Going Merry and running into the cabin. "And of course to you too, Princess Vivi of Alabasta. Looks like you're okay despite your present company. I'm Sergeant Minchi of the Marines. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you?" Nojiko said.
"Yes. Please forgive me for my rudeness last time." He said. "Had I realized who you all were, I'd never have chased you down. And for that, I apologize."
"What kind of crap is this?" Luna asked. "Marines are supposed to chase pirates."
"Something's fishy about this guy." Usopp added.
"This has trap all over it." Said Anna as a few of them went for their weapons.
"Whoa! Whoa! Hold on!" Minchi pleaded. "I know you guys are the ones who took down Crocodile. Nobody on this ship would stand a chance against you. And even if I wanted to fight, I'd have brought more than one ship."
"Then what about all those other marine ships waiting in the fog?" Luffy asked bluntly, reappearing. Minchi flinched, confused and horrified that Luffy would know.
"What?!" He yelled out before composing himself. "I mean, what are you talking about?" He asked with a few beads of sweat.
"Now that you mention it, I smell gunpowder from somewhere else. And it's not from his ship or ours." Said Chopper as he sniffed the air.
"Not here to fight, huh?" Arlong asked with a grin.
"Liar." Elizabeth said as she munched on a rice cracker. Minchi's facade slowly left his face as he laughed.
"I don't quite know how you managed to find out, but it doesn't matter." He said. "Still, I'm not heartless, so I'll give you a choice. Hand over Princess Vivi, and we'll see that you get a fair trial."
"No." Luffy said bluntly.
"What do you mean 'no'? Don't you care that your lives are in my hands?!" Minchi yelled.
"Play along." Nami whispered to the others, seeing as a few of them looked confused.
"Course, you come onto shore and try to take her by force." Gin shouted as he held a gun to Vivi's head at point-blank range. "But I doubt you want the World Government on your ass when they found out your screw up lead to her demise." Minchi's eye twitched a little while Sanji looked ready to kick Gin's ass for pointing his gun at Vivi, only stopping when Nami took a step back in front of him and whispered that they were fooling them. Minchi growled at them before a grin came to his face.
"Well that would be a problem for me if anyone actually believed you." He said. "All I would have to do is say that we found her dead by the time we apprehended you pirates. Who would the world believe? A marine such as myself, or the very pirates that kidnapped her?"
"Tch. Rotten bastard." Usopp growled as Minchi continued to grin at them.
"Look!" Shouted Nojiko as the fog lifted, revealing nine more warships. "Luffy was right! They've got a whole fleet out there!"
Ballup Ballup Ballup, Ballup Ballup Ballup.
Minchi reached into a his pocket and pulled out a baby Den Den Mushi and answered. "Sergeant Minchi here."
"Sergeant! Emergency!" Shouted the Corporal from the other line. "The landing party's been wiped out!"
"What?!" Minchi shouted.
"These hands started popping out of nowhere! Please Sergeant! We must contact Captain Moore for reinforc-"
"SHUT UP!" Minchi shouted, his patience at an end. "WE'RE NOT CONTACTING HIM! I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT ZENNY'S TREASURE! GOT IT?!"
"I KNEW IT!" Nami shouted in joy. "That old guy does have a treasure somewhere on this island!" All but Luffy just stared at her while Minchi looked like he wanted to kick himself for shouting that. Everyone's focus was now pointed to the top of the mountain, where they saw Zenny and his goats sailing down through the forest.
"Old Goat Guy!" Luffy shouted with a grin as Zenny's ship plowed through the forest. The Straw Hats watched before they panicked and jumped out of the way of the ship, letting it go out into the water. "Nice job Old Goat Guy!" Luffy shouted, with the others telling him not to encourage him to much.
"OLD MAN! YOU ALRIGHT?!" Chopper yelled in worry. Zenny could stare around him in disbelief before looking back at the island.
"I'm actually out at sea." He said before a grin came to his face. "I've done it! This is no longer my coffin! This is the official ship of the Zenny Pirates!"
"GREAT JOB OLD MAN!" Luffy shouted.
"Shut up, Luffy!" His friends shouted at him.
"He's ill!" Chopper yelled. Zenny and Minchi began to shout at each other before Usopp yelled to him that Minchi was after his treasure. Zenny and Minchi shouted again before Zenny dared Minchi to take it if he could.
BOOM! Is heard and a whistling noise is heard as three orange glowing balls fly overhead and connect with three marine ships in the distance. Everyone stops and stares at the three sinking marine ships.
"WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT HAPPENED?!" Minchi screamed in shock. The straw hats and Zenny stare in shock as well, not noticing Luffy whispering to his hand, that had a radio in it as he was giving firing orders and firing coordinates to the Iowa, that was firing from the other side of the island.
"Oi, guys!" He shouted to his crew that were getting the ship ready. "Grab on if you wanna fight!" Gin, Zoro, Johnny, Jones, Kuro, Arlong, Luna, and Yosaku grabbed on before Luffy vanished with all of them towards the ship to help Zenny, who's goats were running wild on the ship while Zenny laughed. Luffy and company fell into the water after Minchi sliced the ropes, leaving them to swim up towards it started climbing. Chopper was yelling for his friends to hurry and get the ship moving so he could check on Zenny.
Up on the mountain
"Is that true?!" Came Captain Moore's voice over the Corporal's Den Den Mushi.
"Yes sir. I apologize for not reporting sooner." The Corporal and landing party were limping down the mountain after their run in with the mysterious hands that attacked them.
Back to the part you all care for
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THEY'RE GOATS!" Minchi shouted at his crew as the goats jumped and attacked them.
"Don't forget about us." Minchi turned to see Luffy being dragged on board, followed by the others. Each of them were grinning before they got out their weapons and attacked alongside Zenny and his goats, with Robin assisting unnoticed from Zenny's ship. The marines tried to fight back, but they might as well been throwing rocks for all the good they were doing. By the time the Going Merry pulled up alongside, the battle was already over.
"Zenny!" Chopper yelled when he saw Zenny clutching his chest and breathing hard. He ran over to him before lying him down and getting to work on giving him a shot, with Zenny watching and calming down after the shot. "How do you feel?"
"I feel great." He said. "I've finally become a pirate. I feel more alive then ever." He said before laughing. Nami tied up Minchi while Usopp chatted with a marine that was saying that they were following orders.
"The attacks should subside now." Chopper said after helping Zenny.
"Thank you, Dr. Chopper." Zenny said.
"Hey Old Goat Guy. How was that for profit?" Luffy asked.
"Pretty good." He said before they started laughing.
"Now then," Nami said as she walked towards Zenny. "About that treasure." Zenny turned around and laid down on the ship.
"Don't startle him Nami!" Chopper yelled.
"When it comes to treasure, Nami becomes more stubborn than Luffy." Nojiko said, earning a collective nod from most of the crew.
"Well, seeing as how you all helped me, I guess I can tell you." Zenny said, much to Nami's joy. He explained that he did have treasure and that he had it all changed into cash.
"Cash!" Minchi whispered from where he lay, both having Berri symbols in their eyes. But that quickly changed when Zenny told them that he had the cash with him when he washed onto the island and woke up to the goats eating the cash.
"THEY ATE IT?!" Chopper, Nami, and Minchi shouted. Zenny smiled when he said that he lost his money, but gained loyal friends in the goats. All of them were smiling at him as he told them he had the greatest treasure in the world.
"That's so wonderful!" Johnny and Yosaku cried in unison.
"I may stumble, but I don't come out empty handed." Zenny said before most of them started laughing.
"What rubbish!" Minchi groaned. "This isn't over Straw Hat! You still have six marine warships to deal with!"
"Are you still here?" Luffy asked before lifting him up and throwing him towards the marine ship at blinding speeds. "GET LOST!" Minchi screamed in terror before smacking into the mast of the marine ship and sliding to the deck in front of Captain Moore. Moore stripped him of his rank before contacting the Straw Hats, requesting to meet with Luffy, who accepted much to the protest of the crew. They see Luffy walk off with the marine captain and the corporal and they walk behind a rock.
"Hello Admiral." Captain Moore says as he and Corporal Hinton salute with a smile.
"Hello Grant, David." Luffy says with a smile as he shakes Grant's and Davis'd hand. "How have things been in the marines?" Luffy asks.
"Things have been progressing smoothly. We have gotten some more to join us. The six remaining ships are those who have come to us about other marines being corrupt and we have shared with some of who we really are in the marines and they completely support us. The three the Iowa sunk happened to be some ships that were corrupt with marines. We have been trying to find away to get rid of them." Grant says.
"Excellent. That is good to hear Grant. Continue sending your encrypted reports to Commander Hamilton and his men." Luffy says.
"Yes sir Admiral." Captain Moore says as he and Corporal Hinton salute. The three return. Luffy couldn't help but chuckle at seeing his crew all tense then looking at the marines, who nod or smile at him knowing who he really is to them. He gives a slight nod back. The three stop in between both crews in front of the marine ship before Captain Moore says that he'd let them choose the battlefield for rooting out the scum of their ranks. After a fond farewell, and wishes of meeting again and of good luck, Luffy and crew sailed off to deal with Moore while Zenny and the goats went back to the island to repair the ship. The Going Merry sailed into the fog before coming out the other side, leaving Moore's fleet at the mercy of the rocky waters.
"Will he be alright Doctor?" Robin asked after Chopper tended to the bump on her head.
"The medicine will prevent the attacks, but won't cure his illness." He said in a grim tone. "He shouldn't be a pirate in his condition. His heart's weak, and he's fairly old."
"Don't worry." Luffy said as he appeared from the tangerine trees. "If he wants to be a pirate, let him. Who knows? He might find a cure for his illness out on the sea."
"You think so?" Chopper asked.
"Don't worry about that old goat." Zoro said. "He's old, but he's got guts."
"Don't worry Chopper. We'll see him again." Luffy said. Chopper looked at him before he smiled.
"You're right." said Chopper as the other crew mates all smile.
"WE'LL BE WAITING!" Luffy and Chopper shouted. "ZENNY PIRATES!" The Going Merry soon is reunited with the Iowa an hour later and is stowed on the rear of the Iowa as the Straw Hats continue on their journey.
"Well there is a little surprise for ya with the marines. Poor Iowa may have a difficult time finding a boy when she gets older with a protective father like Luffy and her aunts and uncles that make up the crew on the Iowa, so 2,000 aunts and uncles, who can be very protective of her as well. I pity the fool that tries to impress Luffy. *Dark chuckle* And now I have some news that will make you all hate me. *Prepares to run* This is the last chapter of this story.*Jumps behind a couch*"
"What?!" The Straw Hats scream and send a glare at ElderH.
*Pops head over couch*"Yes this is the end of the first book, as this will now be a series. The second book will be titled Luffy and the USS Iowa Book Two: The Grand Line. It will be published on 07/07/17."
"So the story will be continuing?" Nami asks in hope.
*Standing up from hiding position*"Yes the story will continue. there will be a total of three books. this is just the end of the fist book." The Straw Hats all relax at the news. "So then, since it looks like I won't be killed then, this is ElderH signing off. So till July 7th adieu."