Meeting

As the ship docked I was kind of excited. I wasn't the biggest One Piece fan and I had only read until the end of marineford but still, to actually meet characters who you've read about and actually respect is still quite exciting.

There's also the fact that I had run across very few pirates as not many even come here and those who do, well let's just say the moment they cause trouble, Jonathan takes care of it. Though I have fought a couple of pirates as training.

I suddenly heard Jonathan gasp and I swear I heard something about a hat but I shrugged it off and focused my attention on the approaching figures.

'Straw Hat' Monkey D Luffy, 'Pirate Hunter' Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Ussop, 'Black Leg Sanji', and the princess of Alabasta Vivi and her duck Carue.

"What business do pirates have hear?" Jonathan asked breaking the silence. I'm quite sure he knew why they were here but I guess he wanted to be sure.

"We're just waiting for the log pose to set. Do you know how long that may take?" Nami asked.

" That would take about 2 days miss" Jonathan answered, before making a serious face.

"You can stay but you better not cause any trouble to the townsfolk." He said.

"We'll try our best. We're actually in a hurry so the sooner we leave the better." Vivi said a little nervous.

"C'mon old man relax. They seem like nice people." I told Jonathan. He looked at me with a questioning gaze as to how I was sure but I shrugged and he just rolled with it.

"I'm Dave by the way. Dave D. Watson, or you can call me Techno, whatever you prefer." I said introducing my self to the crew.

"I'm Nami", "Zoro", "Sanji","My name is Vivi and this is Carue", "I'm Captain Ussop"

"I'm Monkey D. Luffy, The Man who will become The Pirate King!" The crew introduced themselves. Luffy's introduction and declaration did however cause quite a few gasps to be heard. Jonathan seemed to be inspecting Luffy but said nothing. The crew then looked towards Jonathan waiting for him to introduce himslf. Jonathan sighed

"I am Jonathan Smith, Mayor of this town. I would like to request you all to not cause any trouble. Though I doubt that's possible judging by your hat and that declaration." He said , the last part in a hushed tone so no one could here except for me who was standing beside him.

This really made me wonder just who Jonathan really was. I mean, man says he was an explorer, but not many explorers can venture Paradise, let alone The New World like Jonathan has. He seems to know a lot more then he lets on and was actually surprised seeing Luffy's hat. I, however don't really want to ask him. That's because whenever we talk about his past he only ever says he was an explorer and nothing else. This just means he has secrets he doesn't want people to know and I'm okay with that.

"Now what do we do?" Nami asked the crew as they really had nothing planned.

"You could go to the bar or just explore the island." I told them.

"Let's go to the bar then. We can party there!" Luffy exclaimed jumping excitedly like a child.

The straw hat's then made their way to the bar as I and a couple of the hunters and Jonathan followed them.

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Hey. I'm Back. Really not sure how frequently I can update this the next couple of weeks as I have exams coming up and need to catch up on two years worth of studies.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I hope I was able to portray the straw hat's well.

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