Whiskey Peak

"Calm down, Laboon is still here"

Luffy summoned Laboon out of his Pokeball. After that, he called Chansey and healed the wounds on Laboon's head. Old man Crocus was shocked about the abilities of the Egg-Pokemon. He was even more shocked that this guy caught the huge Laboon in such a little ball.

Luffy invited the man and the two other two on his ship. Old man Crocus sat down on a chair and looked towards the crew.

The crew looked back in confusion.

"SAY SOMETHING!", Sanji yelled.

The old man looked towards the cook without answering.

Zoro walked towards Crocus with a smile.

"Hey old man, would you mind telling us just who you are?"

"It's common courtesy to introduce yourself before asking others questions, you know?", the old man said.

"Oh, right. Sorry about that. My name is-"

"My name is Crocus, the lighthouse keeper of Twin Capes. I'm 71 years old, a Gemini, and type AB blood."

"NOBODY MINDS IF I KILL HIM, RIGHT?"

Luffy laughed. This was one of the funniest scenes in the manga.

"Don't be disrespectful, Zoro. This guy is a living legend. He was the doctor on Gol D. Roger's crew."

After Luffy said that, the crew was shocked. Crocus ignored Luffy's statement and looked towards him with a frown.

"What was that little ball? And why did you catch Laboon? And what's with this egg, how can it have such abilities?"

As a doctor, it wasn't a surprise for Luffy that Crocus was interested in Chansey.

"I know a guy named Brook, and he really wants to meet his old friend again", Luffy smiled. "Don't look at me this way, old man. He is still alive. In this world everything is possible. He ate a special Devil Fruit that prolonged his life. I will bring Laboon to him."

Crocus was relieved that one of the pirates he met decades ago was still alive. "And why are those guys here? They wanted to kill Laboon, you know."

He pointed towards a man with a crown and a blue-haired beauty.

"We are in trouble, Miss Wednesday.", the guy with the crown said.

"We have to report to the boss, we are long overdue in our mission to catch the whale, Mr. 9", she answered.

Both of them looked towards the sky and had fear in their eyes.

"THE UNLUCKIES!", they screamed in unison.

Before they could flee, they saw that the Unluckies, also known as Mr. 13 and Miss Friday, were hit by a Thunderbolt. Both of them looked towards the sheep that was responsible for the Thunderbolt with fear.

"DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ATTACKED?", they screamed.

Luffy grinned at them, especially at the girl that called herself Miss Wednesday.

"Don't worry. It will end soon, Vivi."

Miss Wednesday had a shocked expression on her face. She couldn't believe that this stranger knew who she was.

"We will talk later. Crocus, can you give me a Log Pose? We will continue our journey."

Crocus just nodded towards Luffy. "If I look at your ship, I can see that you are not a pirate crew. I think you would be a good pirate. Don't you want to change that?"

Luffy laughed. "Why should I? Because your old captain was searching for someone who couldn't finish his old business?"

Crocus glared with a serious expression towards Luffy. This guy wasn't simple. Not many in the new generation knew about him, and this brat definitely knew more than he should.

"A man like you lives for his freedom. I can see that you wield the power of a king. Even if you don't want to be a pirate, there will be a situation in the future where you have no chance but to oppose the authorities if you want to enjoy your freedom longer. Even if you don't want to be a pirate, I don't think you can escape that fate."

Luffy nodded. "Well, I was born with this fate. But you are right, our next mission is something that could bring us a lot of enemies. I just have to be smarter than everyone else."

They departed and set sail towards Whiskey Peak.

In one of the rooms of the Merry were Luffy and Vivi alone. Both of them looked at each other. There was a moment of silence until Vivi began to speak.

"How do you know my name?"

Luffy smiled. He walked towards Vivi and patted her shoulder.

"It doesn't matter, princess. You only have to know one thing. We are on our way to Alabasta, and we will kill that guy who made a mess of your country. I promise you that."

Vivi was in a daze for a couple of seconds.

"Are you stupid?", she yelled. "Do you even know who this guy is? He is Crocodile! One of the seven Warlords!"

Luffy laughed at that. A look of confidence on his face.

"For this guy, I don't even have to move a finger.", he pointed towards a little dragon that stood behind him. It was, of course, Gible, who was smiling towards Vivi. "This little guy will take out Crocodile alone."

Vivi couldn't help but frown. This guy in front of her was too confident. There was no reaction on his face when she mentioned Crocodile. She looked towards Luffy with confusion.

"Why are you doing this for me?"

"Do I need a reason?", he answered and walked out of the room. He tried to look cool while he did it. He couldn't tell her that he watched her in the manga and liked her, could he?

…..

When Vivi and Luffy entered the room, Nami, Nojiko, and Alvida stood in front of the door with a frown.

They all had their ears near the door. They wanted to hear what their captain was doing with this beauty alone.

After they heard their conversation, Nojiko laughed.

"He is doing it again. Saving a damsel in distress, I mean", she looked towards Nami that frowned in disappointment.

"I thought he did it with Arlong because I was special…", she sighed.

Alvida was a little bit jealous. „He should train me… Why is he talking with another woman?"

Nami and Nojiko looked towards the huge woman with a frown. Was she a masochist or something? She was the only one in their crew who begged their captain for training. They didn't know what was wrong in the head of this girl.

Ain walked towards the three girls who were spying on their captain. She started to laugh.

"You know that the captain can sense you even if you are miles away? He is aware that you three are sneaking in front of his room…"

All three of them blushed. Then they started to cough.

„I have some navigation to do…"

„I will read a book…"

„I will start my training until the captain arrives…"

...

The group finally arrived at Whiskey Peak. In front of the ship was every citizen this town could offer. All of them smiled and winked towards the crew.

"Welcome to the town of Whiskey Peak!"

"Welcome to the Grand Line!"

After that followed a moment of silence. The citizens looked towards Luffy's crew with a frown.

"What? They aren't pirates?"

"Why are we even doing this if those guys aren't criminals?"

"All the preparation we did was for nothing? Damn it!"

"Screw you, you damn civilians! Why aren't you pirates?"

The whole crowd was angry. After that, they left. Only the Major of Whiskey Peak and a woman stayed at the port.

The crew looked towards them with a frown.

"Isn't something wrong here?", Usopp asked. "Isn't it usually the other way? Why are they angry that we are not a bunch of criminals?"

It wasn't too surprising. This town was a huge trap set up by Bounty Hunters. Nobody in the crew had a bounty, so they weren't interested in even talking to them.

Luffy looked towards his crew. "Alright guys, we had a long journey. Enjoy yourself and buy everything you need."

Luffy patted Alvida who looked at him with puppy eyes. Everyone knew that this crazy woman wanted to be trained.

"I will go train Alvida. Do what you want. We will meet here later."

Then the crew saw that Luffy and Gible jumped on Alvida's back. After that, the huge lady began to run with a strange smile on her face.

"Something is wrong.", Nojiko said.

"In the first weeks, he trained us like a madman. But now he is ignoring us. Is he scheming something?" Nami questioned.

Hina and Ain laughed. They both knew Luffy longer than the crew.

"He isn't always such a madman. He trained you because you were weak. He told you about the New World and what the people there a capable of, so you should understand that you need to improve your strength on your own now. He did everything he could."

Hina nodded towards Ain's explanation and continued.

"Hina agrees. He will only help you if you ask him from now on.", she pointed at Chansey that was still with them. "But Hina would train even without him. If someday you get beaten up by a guy in the Grand Line, he could change his mind and you all know what that means. If even one of you screws things up he will punish us all for it. But if you are strong enough, the captain is really fun to be with. So, Hina suggests you should train your Haki in your free time. If he gave you a Devil Fruit, you should make yourself familiar with it. The New World is no joke. He is doing all that training so that you guys can protect yourself against the monsters that will try to kill us in the future."

The crew nodded towards that answer with a serious expression. They all knew that they had to be stronger and they all wanted to continue their training. Chansey's abilities were just too good to ignore.

But they were also happy that their captain wouldn't torture them on a daily basis anymore. Well, with the exception of Alvida. This girl was a masochist.