89 Chapter 89

89

*Splash

The rest of the crewmates hurried to the front of the ship just as their captain jumped into the water.

They were a bit worried when they didn't see Luffy resurface for a few seconds. Zoro and Sanji already got their sandals and shoes off along with their shirts, in case they needed to jump in save Luffy.

Gin on the other hand had absolute confidence in his captain as he focused on the water below. But Luffy was yet to show… And even he was getting a bit worried.

But then suddenly the ship jerked forward a bit. As if someone was pulling it.

Nami was wide-eyed. "He's actually doing it…" she said fondly before sighing… "Why am I even surprised…"

And just like that Luffy started pulling the ship, and his head finally came out of the water as he gritted his teeth and used every ounce of strength to pull the ship. And after some time it gained a considerable amount of speed.

The crewmates calculated that it was half of Momoo's speed. Which was quite a lot, considering the sea gave any devil fruit user a huge debuff.

All of them watched and Nami had a small timer in her hand as she looked back at the clock. One minute had passed… and ten more seconds later the ship stopped moving forward, before slowing down and stopping.

Zoro and Sanji were about to jump into the ocean when Luffy's body was thrown out of the sea onto the deck, where he coughed out water with a huge grin on his face. "Thanks, Hatchi… Shishishi…" Luffy said, the adrenalin rush felt amazing… it truly felt great to be alive. "Nami's what's the time."

"One minute and ten seconds." She said, now relieved that her captain was back at the deck. But then again, it bugged her quite a bit why she was worrying about him so much…

"Whoohooo! A total of ten seconds increased… I have been getting stronger it seems." Luffy grinned, he then sat up suddenly with a huge grin on his face. "Let's do that a few more times… it's a good workout."

"What!" Nami grumbled. "Uh… forget it." She stood up, and walking into the navigating room. "I don't know why I worry about you in the first place." She mumbled to herself.

Luffy frowned a bit… it felt good that Nami cared about him. But he wouldn't stop because of her. In fact, if he isn't strong enough, who would be the one to protect her… well, her and the rest of the crewmates. Yeah… it's not like he had any feelings for her or anything.

"Sparky let's do it again," Luffy said jumping up and standing. "You count this time."

Sanji who was by his side, whispered as he looked between Luffy and Nami, back and forth. "Is he dense…"

"No, he's rubber," Gin answered, nodding to himself.

Sanji wanted to say something back, before shrugging it off. He had better things to do anyways.

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Time passed and the sun was almost rising when the crew reached the Sakura Island. The Island looked quite beautiful, the pink color blending in with the crimson red of the sun rising…

No… looking closely, the famous Sakura Island was in a state of chaos. Trees and houses were on fire, it wasn't just the sunlight that brought the crimson color out.

People were fighting, some were fleeing… all that was happening near the port as well, where a few ships were docked. Those with enhanced senses, like Coby or Sanji or those with Observation Haki, could hear the people's fearful scream from here.

"Momooo, full speed ahead." Luffy ordered, Hatchan patted the beast as the sea king mooed and speed up as all the crewmates gathered on the ship for the upcoming island. Something was wrong here.

As they got near they could fully see what was happening, it seemed that a pirate crew decided to attack the island… but then looking closely, it seemed that two pirate groups were attacking each other. Pillaging the whole island in an unsynchronized chaos.

They could even see the pirate flags of the ships. One was of course of Black Cat Pirates the other was unrecognizable. It seemed that both pirate groups were fighting each other.

"We have to stop them." Coby said, one could see that the islanders were trying to flee from the area of chaos… the port was already destroyed, a few houses were on fire, a few ships were already broken. There were even dead bodies floating on the nearby water with red blood mixing with the water.

"And I sense Captain Kuro…" Luffy sighed after expanding his Observation Haki towards the island. He could sense three powerful auras. One was Kuro's the other might be the other pirate captain… then there was a third one… who had a very powerful aura. And it seemd that both Kuro and the other weak-willed pirate captain were both fighting against him, while their crew fought amongst each other.

"Its a good thing we came here… Usopp shoot a canon ball in the middle of the fight, it should stop the fight and introduce our arrival…" Luffy said pointing at where the main fighting was going on.

When Usopp observed closely he saw three people that were fighting against each other. Two against one. Usopp didn't say anything and quickly moved the canon toward the direction… aimed and shot.

And like the best aimer Usopp was it smashed into the pavement, near Kuro, and the whole fight for a moment.

The place went still for a moment as all heads snapped at the new arrival. And they were shocked to see that a sea king was pulling the ship…

"Hey, am I seeing things but is that actually a sea king." One of the pirate lackeys asked the other.

"I have no idea… but I hope it's not the marines… I just recently got out." The other said, "Who ever it is, if he can tame a huge ass sea king, I'm not gonna be here when the fight starts… first the insanely strong sailor, now this… I don't think the pirate life suits me."

The other lackeys that were once fighting against each other all thought the same. There were rumors that Garp was here in East Blue, and he was the boogyman for the pirates, they only hoped it wasn't him.

"Wait, are the marines already here?" Captain Kuro cursed. "But how did they get here so fast… the fight didn't even go for half an hour."

There was another burly guy, who was double the hight of Kuro, squinted his eyes, looking at the new arrival. He had an axe for a second hand and a metal mask to cover his face. He had blonde hair that made a afro on his head. "Look carefully, that's not a navy ship…." The man said, pointing at the flag. "It's a pirate ship."

"Oh, great another one." The third man grumbled, he was shirtless and a bit wounded, his most notable features were his huge forearms —one of which had an anchor birthmark— and a smokeless pipe that was on his lips. His body was littered with battle wounds that made him look like a veteran in of the sea. He had a small white hat and was wearing blue jeans with brown shoes. His choice of weapon was a unique anchor that he used more like a hammer. "I will take all of you at the same time. These hands can do more then hammer swords…"

The other two didn't say anything but cautiously looked at the man with huge forearms. The fight wasn't over yet… no it just got intense. But it also gave hope for the two of the other pirates, if the third pirate group joined in maybe they could take care inhumanly strong man.

But of course, things were going to be that easy.

More so when suddenly a figure dropped in between the three men. A straw hat, two naginata strapped to his back in a cross-shape, and unbuttoned shirt that showed a figure packed with muscles.

"Partying without me Kuro… Shishsishi." The cold laughter sent shivers down the spines of all the people around them.

More so for the people who recognized Luffy from his grown fame as the bounty-hunting hero. There were even rumors that he took down Arlong…