Fanatics

After their encounter with Bege and his family, Luffy and Hancock left the tavern. Hancock's face was still flushed and her heart was racing. 

(Luffy said I'll be married and have kids in the future! Surely it's his way of proposing!) 

She snuck glances at Luffy as they walked down the streets. He wore a small smile on his face. Hancock found this smile quite mysterious, so much that she couldn't help but ask— 

"Luffy, what are you thinking about?" 

Luffy looked at her and placed his finger over her lips. 

"That's a secret." 

Hancock's body froze up. 

"Oh, you're supposed to put the finger on your own lips..." 

Luffy placed the same finger on his lips with a grin. Hancock's heart flatlined for a second before beating rapidly. 

(I want to kiss him! I want to kiss him! I want to kiss him!) 

She screamed in her head as she looked at Luffy's lips. 

"C-Can't you at least give me a hint?" 

(Try to keep it together, Hancock! You can't just go kissing Luffy whenever you want!) 

Hancock was trying to keep her composure. However, her heart eyes betrayed her. 

"A hint huh?" 

Luffy thought about it for a bit before smiling. 

"I just thought about life after becoming Pirate King." 

Hancock's eyes widened. She recalled Luffy saying he wanted to travel with her after becoming Pirate King. 

"A-Are you having second thoughts about being with me?" 

"Huh? What are you talking about? Of course I'm gonna be with you. I'm more certain of it than ever." 

Her eyes lit up. She drew closer to him until their bodies touched. 

"Did seeing that family give you some ideas?" 

Hancock wore a teasing smile. 

"......." 

"Huh? Really? Was that it?" 

"You'll find out eventually." 

Luffy smiled at her and started walking. 

(Wait, wait, wait! Isn't that basically telling me that he plans to make a family with me?!) 

"Hancock, are you coming? I want to check out the rest of the festival." 

"I-I'm coming!" 

Hancock quickly walked up to Luffy and the two walked hand in hand. The two walked until they reached the section of the festival filled with game stalls. 

"Oh! Look at all the games, Hancock! I want to play them all!" 

Luffy excitedly pointed at the games with starry eyes. Hancock nodded. 

"Let's play together, Luffy." 

They approached a stall where there were some pirates were firing at targets. 

"Looks like if you get whatever you cause to fall over with the bullets." 

Hancock mumbled as she observed the game. 

"Do you want to play, Luffy?" 

Luffy nodded his head with bright eyes. Hancock smiled and approached the stall. 

"What the hell is this?!" 

As she approached, she saw the scene of a customer shouting at the guy operating the stall. 

"I definitely hit that bear!" 

"I'm sorry, sir. Maybe you just need to keep trying?" 

The stall owner grinned. 

"You son of a—" 

"Comrade?" 

Bartolomeo turned around with a glare when Hancock called out to him. 

"Oh, Comrade!" 

His mood shifted after seeing her. 

"Did you come to play this game too?" 

Hancock nodded and pointed behind her. 

"I came here with Luffy." 

"Oh, Lomeo! It's been a while!" 

Luffy was all smiles when he saw Bartolomeo. 

"L-L-L-L-L-Luffy-Senpai?!" 

Barto fainted on the spot. Hancock held him up. 

"Comrade, get a hold of yourself!" 

Barto slowly opened his eyes and looked at Hancock. He looked like he was on the verge of dying. 

"C-Comrade, I can't...I can't look at him directly." 

He gripped his chest. 

"My heart can't take it." 

Hancock nodded. 

"I understand, I completely understand." 

She looked at Luffy for a bit before turning away as if in pain. 

"It's like looking at the sun, his brilliance will blind you." 

Bartolomeo nodded. 

"What are you guys doing?" 

Luffy asked with a confused expression. 

"Oh, the beauty!" 

The two spoke in unison. 

"Ahem. If you guys aren't going to play, can you go somewhere else?" 

The Stall Owner put on an annoyed expression. 

"You're scaring away my customers." 

"Heretic!" 

Bartolomeo sprung up and gripped the Stall Owner's face. 

"Ow ow ow ow!" 

The Stall Owner cried out in pain as his body was slowly lifted off the ground by Bartolomeo's iron grip. 

"How can you not be moved by the radiance of the holy being known as Monkey D Luffy-Senpai?!" 

"Unculture swine!" 

Hancock looked at the man with disgust. 

"Comrade, what should we do with this sinner?" 

Bartolomeo looked towards Hancock, who made a throat-slitting gesture with her thumb. Bartolomeo grinned. 

"Your fate has been decided." 

He took out a dagger and ran it against his tongue. 

"You shall become a sacrifice for our god!" 

"Wait, wait, wait! Let's talk about this!" 

"Silence, ignorant fool!" 

Hancock shut down the man's pleas. 

"Comrade, purify him of his sins." 

Bartolomeo lifted the knife. 

"Lord, guide this lost lamb that I'm about to send to you!" 

"Ahhhhhh!" 

The owner screamed out in horror as the knife thrusted down towards him. 

"Lomeo, Hancock, stop bullying the owner. I want to play his game." 

The knife stopped a few inches away from the man's face. He fell on his butt as he was released. Hancock and Bartolomeo kneeled before Luffy. 

"As His Holiness wills it!" 

They shouted in unison. Luffy looked at them in confusion for a bit before walking up to the stall owner. 

"Hey, Old man. I want to play your game." 

The man looked past Luffy and looked at Bartolomeo and Hancock who were glared at him. He quickly nodded. 

"That's great!" 

After barely escaping death, the man returns behind his stall. Luffy had a toy gun in his hand as he eyed the prizes on the shelf. He saw a stuffed snake and grinned. He aimed and fired. The shot hit the snake, but it didn't fall over. 

"Huh? I thought I got it." 

"You can try again if you—" 

"Heretic!" 

Hancock and Bartolomeo reached behind the stall and dragged the man over to them. Bartolomeo pulled the man's tongue out of his mouth and rested the tip of his knife on it until it started bleeding. 

"The lord was merciful and forgave you of your sins, you go and try to deceive him?!" 

Hancock forced the man to look in her eyes. 

"Even if god forgives you, we won't." 

"Ekkk!!" 

The man started shaking his head. 

"Do you want to live?" 

The man nodded at Hancock's question. 

"Then there is only one way to atone for your sin." 

Bartolomeo rubbed the knife against the man's tongue slightly cutting it. 

"Do you want to know how?" 

The man nodded as if his life depended on it. Hancock and Bartolomeo grinned. 

"Then all you need to do is make an offering to our lord." 

A few minutes later, Hancock, Luffy, and Bartolomeo were walking through the festival. Behind them were members of the Barto Club carrying dozens of stuffed animals. 

"What do you want to play next Luffy?" 

Hancock was all smiles while holding a Stuffed Snake Luffy handed to her. By the way, she dubbed the stuffed animal a Holy Relic. 

"Let's see…." 

Luffy started looking around. After a few seconds, he spotted a long line. He followed where the line led and saw a stadium-like building in the distance. 

"What's that?" 

He and the others approached the stadium and soon saw a sign that read "Prehistoric Rodeo". Upon seeing the sign, Luffy— 

"Let's go!!" 

He became excited.