18 First Battle

Nuke, Luna, Lyn, and Reed reached the end of the Wood Dimension where they first entered with the ship. There is White mist surrounding till now as they saw before.

"Luna, I will leave it you", Nuke said.

Everyone boarded the ship Reed built, a wind began to rotate and swirl around the ship. Soon a small Tornado appeared fully covering their ship.

A gentle wind came and lifted their ship, and headed towards the White Mist region. Even though the pressure is high, it wasn't able to do anything to the High-speed tornado formed by Luna.

With a little bit of difficulty, they forced their way out of the Wood-filled place and came out. Soon the Blur Sky greeted everyone by showing they came back.

"Yahahaha, I finally got out of that place. I can now roam around this world." Reed jumped in joy.

Using the recently built ship, Nuke and his crew began their voyage to the Next Island. Thankfully, their log pose pointed at a certain direction that means they are not far away from the place they entered.

After a day, they reached the next Island which resembles a backward like Country while the buildings are constructed with white marble stones and clay. The whole Island is filled with mountains and rocks.

The constructed buildings are worn out and many of them are half destroyed, it's like a war took place here before.

What they don't know is, as soon as they reached the Island, a report was sent to Marine headquarters.

Since Marine posses Eternal pose for almost all Islands in Grand Line so without a doubt Shuzo and Ain will be able to arrive here. A confrontation is soon going to take place.

There were no pirates ships, no docks, no ports... It looked like simple Island with no contact to the outside world.

"Our Luck is indeed bad for this past few days, we weren't able to find an Island with peoples. We also don't have fresh waters, foods... yeah, we don't have anything." Nuke spoke in a complained tone.

Their supplies also destroyed along with the ship, when they entered the Wood dimension.

Thankfully, even though this Island is barren one, Nuke sensed some beasts that means water will also be here.

"Nuke, I will go and catch some beasts for dinner." Saying this luna flickered from her place. Reed set up a camp with woods near the seashore area for their rest.

After one hour Luna appeared with three beasts, a large bear, a moose like a creature and fish. She also looked freshened up, certainly, she discovered water source, took a bath and caught a fish there.

Then Nuke, Lyn and Reed also followed Luna's direction and took a bath to freshen up.

When they came back, the three beats were already inside a pot, steaming. From a small age, Luna's the one who took care of the cooking and she is also good at that. Not as good as chefs, but her cooking has its own taste.

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Somewhere in the Grand Line,

"Shuzo, we got the coordinates of 'Origin Star' Pirates. Get Ready, We will reach there tomorrow." Ain spoke.

"I am always Ready. I told that brats to not become pirates, what a pity they are going to die..."Shuzo said while shaking his head.

"Don't come to any conclusion. We don't know about their full abilities, so we can't be careless in dealing with them." Ain rebuked.

Shuzo snorted but didn't say anything. When it comes to fighting ability, Shuzo is stronger than Ain but he is not a tactician, as good as Ain.

At that moment, Z came before them and said: "Be careful, Don't underestimate the opponents. If anything unexpected happens, contact me."

"Yes, Z Sensei" Both of them replied and set off in a ship.

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Next day Morning,

Nuke woke up from his sleep, entirely freshened up. Yesterday's food was very good, Luna and he devoured two full beasts while Lyn and Reed only ate a little.

Reed doesn't have much of an appetite as his main source of energy is trees and Water. Only when Reed came out of that place, he found out, using the water he can also replenish himself and strengthen his wood related abilities.

Lyn is still in the early stages of developing his physical qualities. Even so, his appetite is growing day by day.

"Luna, is the direction for Next Island is set?" Nuke asked.

"No, I think it will take another day", Luna replied.

"Nuke, I am feeling bored. You said marines will come for us but no one came till now... I thought after becoming pirate, we will have an exciting adventure!" Luna complained.

"Haha, Girl, you are too eager... Only when you encounter a strong opponent you will realize this kind of peaceful Journey is better than fighting and killing." Nuke spoke.

Luna grunted, she always hates it when Nuke talk as he is someone older and better than her.

Nuke and Luna spared for some time. Both of them could feel, they could break through any time they want from the 'colored Haki' stage to the Advanced 'General' Haki stage.

Even though their control in haki reached an unprecedented level, Nuke wanted to improve his Haki further. He wanted his haki to reach a stage, where it will coat itself around the body when there is a danger.

That why he told Luna to suppress the desire to advance their haki to the next stage.

Suddenly both Nuke and Luna looked at a certain direction, they sensed a ship some distance from the Island.

"Haha...Finally, I can stretch my body." Luna excitedly said.

Nuke frowned because he sensed a strong presence nearby which suddenly disappeared. 'Looks, like it's not simple. I have to be careful.'

"Luna, use this battle to temper your haki and advance it to the next stage." Nuke said. Luna nodded her head and finally, two figures arrived before them.

The two figures who arrived by walking on the air are Shuzo and Ain.

"Haha... I told you before when you become pirate, I will be the first one to arrive to take your head." Shuzo laughed and amusingly looked at Nuke.

"True... But, I didn't know Neo Marines are lap dogs of Marines. I thought highly of Neo Marines, looks like I am wrong." Nuke said.