(A/N: Finals this Tuesday 😰 I wish my IQ Was as high as (Y/N)'s
I also got acrylics, so typing is hard 😭)
Panz Fry had sat up, and now was watching with myself, watching the raft become surrounded by green submarines. Marines and Neo Navy Soldiers were clashing, being shot, and slicing as much as they could with each other.
Our raft, so far has been left alone, although the sounds of the Neo Navy storming the ships around us were evident, but hushed.
"So you've got a bounty? Are you a pirate as well?" Shuzo asked, looking from Luffy to Zoro, who was still wet from fishing Luffy out of the ocean.
"Yeah?" Zoro said, sounding confused, but with all seriousness on his face.
"Well in that case..." Shuzo said, putting his hands on the deck of the raft and using them to propel himself forward, towards Luffy, neither making a move to dodge.
Luffy did a hair flip, which was actually... kinda...
'W-Why did he look good doing that?!'
"Leave this guy to me," Luffy said, as Shuzo was close to punching him.
I covered the lower half of my now burning face, embarrassed by my own thoughts as Luffy shifted into second gear, clearly yet narrowly dodging Shuzo's attack.
Luffy jumped into the air and sent a Gum-Gum Gatling towards Shuzo, who used Iron Body. Shuzo is clearly stronger now than Blueno, the bull-man from Water Seven, because he took the hits with no sweat, and sent Luffy back into the large space between Sanji and me, as Shuzo was across from him now.
"Heh. Interesting trick." He laughed, "You have a Devil's Fruit, I see."
"What's it to you?" Luffy asked, in a snappy tone.
"Well, whatever that was, pirate, it can't break through my Iron Body, I'm afraid!" Shuzo yelled, running towards Luffy.
"Oh, yeah?" Luffy yelled back, his smile growing as he ran for Shuzo.
Momonga went to attack them, but Zoro stopped him.
"Roanoa Zoro!" [Momonga]
"That's my name. Ready to pick up where we left off?"
I was going to watch their fight, but my observation Haki sensed a large group from the other direction, so Sanji and I started defending Panz Fry from Neo Navy soldiers.
A line of them in the back prepared to fire, and I created another armored wall to protect him, quickly taking it down once the shots ceased. They prepared to do it again, but I was so caught up with soldiers, that I wasn't able to make a wall, but someone else was able to help me, "Trienta Fleurs! Strangle!"
All of the Marines with aimed firearms keeled over from their necks cracking, and Sanji looked out towards the sea, "Thanks, Robin!"
Reminding me of Robin, I'm sure some of our smartest, Robin, Nami, and Usopp, are thinking of a plan to get us out any minute now!
"You're in for it now, brat!" [Shuzo]
"You've got some nerve, don't you?" [Momonga]
"Right back atcha." [Luffy and Zoro]
"WHAT THE?!" [(Y/N)]
"I'LL PROTECT YOU, (Y/N)-CHWAN!" [Sanji]
The two opponents Zoro and Luffy were fighting had jumped into the air, and while they did that, the little paws on the Sunny had shot out and connected to the raft with such a force that now Sanji, shrunken Lily, and myself had been pushed into the air above the raft.
Sanji was speaking on the transponder snail, but it was so loud with water rushing and yelling that I couldn't hear what Nami was saying.
I was turning in the air, and suddenly to my right, a large–almost like a water tornado– stream of water came from the left and completely shattered the Marine ship on top of it, making me stare at it, wide-mouthed.
I heard Shuzo yell something as I tried to gracefully land on the raft. The wave was so strong that the raft was slightly tilted now, and I knelt on the raft, Sanji landing with Lily next to me. Luffy was holding on by his arm, as everyone's hair was whipping around like crazy.
"Change of plans, guys!" Sanji yelled, making the three of us turn to him, "Let's get Lily's dad and Coup de Burst out of this mess!"
"Sure! Let's go!" Luffy called back, smirking at us.
"I don't think so!" [Shuzo]
"You're mine!" [Momonga]
When they simultaneously spoke, another powerful water stream shot up the second of the three Marine ships. The waves were rocking the boat like crazy, to the point where even Sanji and I were dodging blows from the Neo Navy general and the Marine Vice Admiral.
I dodged Shuzo, who was going for Luffy, and heard a large crash. When the dust cleared, Shuzo was holding Luffy with his arms in such a way that he couldn't leave. I saw Sanji busy running to help Zoro, who was also in a pickle, so I stepped in.
I made wood around my foot, and covered both my foot and the wood in Haki, giving a second layer of strength.
I jumped and used a spin for momentum, lodging the kick in the back of Shuzo's head, immediately giving Luffy traction to move from the hold. Luffy jumped away and from the momentum, I landed next to him, him death-staring the Nao Navy general.
Shuzo spared me a single glance, one of almost excitement, but I jumped away when Luffy went to attack him again.
I jumped away and back to Sanji, who had just finished speaking to Nami on the phone, putting the snail in his pocket. He turned to me, "(Y/N)-chan, could you help me keep everyone secured to the raft?"
"Yeah, has Nami made a plan?" I asked, looking around, getting eyes on everyone to secure, and putting my hands on the floor of the raft. I made simple trunks of wood over everyone, shocking Sanji, pushing him back onto his butt, Panz Fry, holding him as much as I could, and myself. I made a small one for Lily, because she asked for it, though I found it pointless.
I shocked the four people fighting, strapping Luffy and Zoro to the ship, and hitting the two stronger ones in the back of the head with trunks made from the raft, re-enforced with Haki. As soon as I did that, the two I hit turned to me, but before they could react, a water stream appeared on the final ship and moved us around so much they mainly focused on their balance.
I tried to secure myself as everyone saw the next stream preparing to form under us. Once it did, we went from going up to being pulled to the side, to falling. The raft was made of specifically four logs, and three of them shattered, making Panz Fry, Sanji, and Lily hold onto that one.
Sadly, despite my seatbelts, Luffy, Zoro, and I were all on some of the logs that shattered, making us fall with the admiral and general.
Shuzo and I were farther away from the rest of the group, so for Luffy to grab me to slingshot us back to the ship I had to get closer. I used a piece of wood and brought the confused Shuzo closer, then used his head and pushed myself with my legs, causing him to godown and me forward, enough to wrap my arms around Zoro's waist, who Luffy already had a hold on, as he used his free hand to connect to the raft and fling us there. I swear I saw something shiny zoom past my head, but I shrugged it off, even though my observation Haki picked up on it as well.
As we followed behind the flying Sunny, Luffy laughed, "I can almost taste the volcano cooking!"
~~~
We had made it out of Maubegemour Sea and had gotten to a small group of above-water reefs, with nice weather, so we could lie low for a bit.
I was not on the ship right now. Actually, I was helping Chopper treat Panz Fry, or at least give him a checkup. I walked from behind the reef to where Sanji, Luffy, Brook, and Zoro were waiting, while Lily was pacing. When I walked out from behind the rock, all eyes were on me, while Lily jumped on my chest and pulled the collar of my shirt, shaking me around, "How is he?! How's my dad?!"
"H-He's fine!" I yelped, shocked by her tiny form, but large strength, as she was actually able to shake me.
Chopper appeared next to me, "His head injury is pretty bad, but he should be good with some rest. Maybe three days?"
She let go of me and her mood did a 180, "That's wonderful! Thanks a lot! You're a great doctor!"
"Heh~! You think you can flatter me, well you got another thing coming, little big lady!" [Chopper]
Luffy stood, "I'm just glad you're alive, pops. So, could you go ahead and cook us up something? Like now?"
Sanji kicked him in the head so hard, Luffy's body was stuck in the reef below, "What is wrong with you?!" Sanji asked, as Usopp called for me from the boat, getting me the large glass of water I asked for.
"What? It's fine. Chopper said he's okay, so..." [Luffy]
"Here, please drink this water, " I said to Lily's dad, showing him the large glass Usopp hastily made, which he seemed shocked to see. He nodded and drank the whole thing. It was large for me. But still kind of tiny for him.
"That's not what I said, Luffy! You weren't listening! I said he'd be okay after some rest!" [Chopper]
"But... volcano cooking." [Luffy]
"Ugh! Listen, you big pig! Even if he did feel like making something for you, there's still one little problem. We have no food to cook!" [Sanji]
"Oh! We have plenty of food, actually!" [Lily]
"Really? Where?" [Luffy]
"Look! It's on those rocks!" [Lily]
"Oh, when did that get there?" [Brook]
"When that Warship got blown away, the rations they were carrying started falling from the sky!" [Lily]
"Okay, we've got food and he's not dead. He should have everything he needs to make dinner." [Luffy]
"You're so insensitive!" [(Y/N) and Sanji]
The ground shook slightly, as Panz Fry stood, "Let me cook–" He tried standing but fell over, so Chopper and I went to his side.
"P-Please try and relax Mr. Panz!" I asked him, as a hand of his held his head.
"I told you to get some rest!" Chopper barked.
"No. No. It's not too strenuous! I'll be alright," Lily's father tried to persuade us.
After us trying to persuade him, he knelt down, making me stumble back into Sanji, with Luffy to my left. Panz looked dead at Luffy, "Luffy, I believe that was your name, wasn't it?"
"Uh-huh! And one day soon, it'll be 'King of the Pirates'!" [Luffy]
Panz started laughing.
"Lily, listen to me. Luffy desperately wants some volcano cooking, and that's something that only I can prepare. And for a cook like me, there's no greater honor! Besides, you and I might've lost our lives if not for Luffy and his friends. And if I allow kindness like that to go unrepaid, then that's against my code as a cook and a giant!" [Panz]
"Oh, Dad!" [Lily]
"Now, if someone could bring those ingredients over here, I could get started. This will be a meal you won't soon forget!" [Panz]
Brook, Sanji, Zoro, and Chopper went back to the ship, and Lily and Luffy went to get the food. I stayed with Panz under Chopper's orders, since after him, I have the most medical experience, though it is still very little.
Before the two could get back with the food, an explosion happened on the reef Panz was leaning on, and he went forward, while I was knocked onto my back from the impact of his landing.
I sat up and watched the waters become rough, the Sunny shaking, and the same little green submarines attempt to attack our ship, only to be stopped by Sanji and Usopp.
"It's an ambush!" I called out, "It's the Neo Navy again!"
"Hold on! Those aren't torpedoes! They're ships with people in them!" Brook yelled, and I heard an unknown voice yell something, before three or four submarines launched from the water and into the reefs, causing explosions. Those people are surely injured or most likely, dead.
After a few submarines stopped and I heard some yelling from the Sunny, the largest sub, clearly a submarine this time, with black and brown, jumped from the water and landed near Panz and me.
From the top of the sub, when the dust settled, out popped two long arms, which were used to propel the one and only Shuzo, back for more fighting.
He laughed, "Long time no see, pirate scum. Time's up!"
"How'd he find us here?!" Nami yelled.
He pulled a hand from behind his back and showed something off, waving in the wind between his two pointer fingers, "I have this!"
"A Vivre card?" Nami quiestioned.
"When your ship went soaring out of the Thrust up Stream, I threw it on the raft!"
"I knew I saw something!" I mumbled to myself, mentally cursing myself for brushing it off.
Some more subs came from the water behind him and aimed a the ship, but Zoro and Robin stepped in.
Because of the explosions, the only people who heard what was said next were Lily, Lily's father, Luffy, and myself, "They sacrificed their lives. They won't perish in vain!" He sat there, smirking and glancing between Luffy, who was still at the food, and myself, who was near Panz, as his own men were sacrificing themselves for him and the Neo Navy, "Wretched pirates like you are the reason the new world is such a mess. That's why we can't stop! Not until all of you are dead!"
Chopper yelled for Panz to stay still, but he went rushing off, making my clothes flow in the wind that followed. Shuzo used Iron Body and deflected it immediately, and Lily jumped into action. She grew to full size and lunged at him, her fork pointed in his direction. He jumped onto the fork and made it to her stomach, charging up an attack as he ran. He hit her in the stomach, and she almost crushed Usopp and part of Sunny, but before she landed, she found the strength to shrink herself.
I turned back to Shuzo, to see now Panz with his back in the water, and Shuzo looking at him, "You may have gotten lucky the last time. But you won't escape twice!"
He started winding up his arms, to the point that they looked like propellers or a fan. I jumped reef to reef and caught a quick sight of Luffy watching me, as before the attack was charged, I reinforced my arm with wood and double Haki, slamming it into his side. He wasn't ready for the attack, so he was sent into another reef, me now standing on the original.
I saw him for a second, then he rubbed his head and sat up on the crevice on the reef, looked at me, gave a maniacal smile, then vanished into thin air.
I looked around, as everything seemed to have gotten quiet. All of a sudden, I felt the wind, but it got stronger and stronger, making me almost lose my balance. I heard a faint call of my name, then a louder voice of Shuzo laughing, when I was finally picked up off my feet, and stuck inside of a tornado-like current of wind.
I could feel the wind current was moving, but I couldn't see where. I was just flipping around and trying to stabilize myself, by grabbing for something– anything.
Almost in an instant, the noises around me went quiet, and I tried to scream, but nothing came out as I realized how high in the air I was.
As I started falling, I tried balancing myself and thinking of a plan.
'Either Reefs or water or maybe something tall enough to grab onto...'
I looked to the tallest reef could and latched onto it, pulling myself rather than falling. When I landed, I caught sight of the situation.
Shuzo was holding an almost unconscious Luffy by the head and something just went into his mouth, as Panz was unconscious and Shuzo was a weird animal gun on his arm.
Shuzo laughed, "Hah! Come on, did you think I hadn't guessed your plan?" He yelled towards the Sunny, then threw Luffy to the side, "Nice try! Now I can get back to killing the rest of you!"
As soon as Luffy hit the ground, I armored my arms with Haki and attacked Shuzo in the back of the head, sending him to the floor, and making his arms stuck.
I touched the reef and almost made a Haki-covered sphere around him, but he disappeared before it was finished, and as soon as he reappeared, I used my Haki-coated arms to immediately turn and block, blocking the attack from Shuzo. He spread his arms, and I went skidding backward, when I stopped, landing on my knee, panting.
"So, back already? I must say, although Devil FAruits are annoying, yours amuses me!" He laughed, and I gave a confused yet angry look, "So! Let's see how you do in battle, Red (Y/N)!" He maniacally laughed and got into a position ready to attack, aiming his animal gun, and I wobbled back onto my feet.
Before either of us could move, he turned to Luffy, who had started moving first, making a move to stand. He got onto all fours and turned to us, groaning, "Not yet. 'Cause I'm still not finished with you!"
"You stupid–" Luffy started standing, shocking Shuzo, "Why won't you die?!"
"First, I'm gonna... kick your sorry ass..." Luffy grumbled, standing upright, his hand on his heart, "Then I'll eat this guy's food! Got it?!"
Shuzo growled, and I heard a small mumble from Luffy, but it wasn't his voice. It sounded like-
All of a sudden, Luffy started puffing up, and even he seemed shocked. My mouth was agape, as my eyes followed his figure, which grew ten times bigger, making me shake all over.
"W-What...?!" I mumbled, and I noticed Shuzo was staring as well.
"This is crazy... Where'd these badass horns come from all of a sudden?" Luffy asked, his voice now louder, as he prodded at the newly grown black horns on each side of his head.
He looked down, towards the Sunny, then towards Shuzo and me, "You guys are so tiny! (Y/N), did something happen to you?" he asked.
"Something happened to you!" I yelled, a clear shake in my voice, "We didn't get tiny, you got gigantic!"
"Huh?" He looked at me with his mouth open.
"Lily flew into your body and made you grow!" Usopo yelled, "Did you not notice that at all?!"
"Oh, I guess not!" Luffy said, almost in a cheery way, "Oh, so that's why I can hear your voice!" He looked at his stomach, "I was so hungry, I thought it was my stomach talking!"
Chopper was fangirling, saying how cool it was, and I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty cool, but it's also terrifying knowing that this is still my idiot captain. He cheered and balled his hands into fists, facing the sunny, "Look at me! I'm so much bigger than you guys now! Woohoo!"
"You idiot!" Shuzo yelled, clearly nervous, though just as clearly trying to push it down, "Big or small, you're still a pirate! Ars are the rest of you!" He yelled, aiming from me to Luffy, "And I will still crush you!" The animal gun fired at Luffy and hit him in the back of the head, and he turned and rubbed the spot, showing it barely hurt.
I shuddered, and Shuzo laughed and turned to me, as Big Luffy spoke, "Right. I forgot."
He aimed his gun at me and fired. I put my arms up but didn't have enough time to activate Haki before It went dark for a second.
When it got bright, I was looking down, at a height higher than when I was swept away by the tornado.
I almost yelled, but I heard Luffy's voice, "Phew, that was close! You alright, (Y/N)?" I turned to the voice, and his face was right next to mine, massive, as he had his hand flat, me sitting in it.
"I-I'm fine..." I said, as he chuckled, still looking at me. He only blinked once, but I didn't realize until now how deep Luffy's eyes were. He's always smiling, so they; 're hard to see, and I don't see him when he's normally angry, but he had very deep brown eyes, and I couldn't help but look at them.
He moved his hand towards Sunny and set his hand near the edge, as I got off as quickly as I could, still shaking. He laughed again, "I can't believe you're still afraid of heights!" Before I could respond, He turned, with an angry face towards Shuzo. He attacked but was too slow.
He activated second gear and after that, the fight was practically over. A few more hits were shared, and it was done. His last attack shook the Sunny, to the point where it left the water and flipped around, somehow managing to land right side up.
Once I stood up from the attack, Luffy landed next to me, startling me again, but this time he was normal.
"Okay! Now your dad can make some of that volcano food and I can eat it!" He cheered, holding Lily in his hand.
Well, he was excited, only to find out his giant attack was so strong it burnt and absolutely destroyed the food we had found.
Nami negotiated with him that we'd pick up food on the way to find a volcano.
We set off after Franky made a functional raft for both giants to sail alongside us. We found a volcano and food very quickly, and the food was amazing! The only problem we had was that The food was in giant portions. He made one for Lily, and one for us, But once the normal people on our crew had gotten some, Luffy ate the whole thing, so Panz made him another one. It was one big party.
While everyone was eating, I had gotten my share and went towards our new giant friends' ship.
I inspected everything and got to the mast when I firmly put my hand around the handle of a small dagger. I pulled it out and inspected it, replaying in my mind when I saw something go past my head while escaping.
'It might be dangerous to keep, but I have a feeling I should... Besides, I bet he lost the Vivre card that goes to this thing.'
I kept staring at it, almost getting lost in its features. It was a basic dagger, silver with a cross guard, yet holding intricate and gorgeous designs of an elephant, or some kind of mammoth, with the cross guard having an inscription, though it being too worn away, it was illegible.
I turned it around, my hand covering the white handle, and smiled.
'Might as well keep it. The less I have to use my devil fruit, the better.'
I walked back, slipping the dagger into the rim of my dress, making it accessible and out of sight, as I walked back to our group.
The knife was a good asset, don't get me wrong, but there was something about today's situation that told me this wouldn't be over as quickly as I'd like.
(A/N: Saving for Alhaitham😍 )