Here comes the baka banana

"No. I'm just offering you the one thing you want in your life right now," Ken said.

"Oh! And what is that?" Law asked, curious if this guy even knew what he wanted.

"Showing Doflamingo what hell looks like," Ken said, with a very wide smile. It was as if Ken was saying a very normal thing, but that name made Law shudder a bit. So much so that he looked around from the corner of his eye to see if anyone saw Ken talking.

He wanted revenge for sure, but mentally he hadn't reached that mindset yet. Law became silent for a few seconds and said, "You don't know anything about me."

"I know plenty about you, Trafalgar D.  Water Law," Ken replied. Those words made Law's sleepy eyes wide open for the first time. He looked at Ken like some kind of monster. Nobody knew his full name, not even his own crew.

Those who knew were his parents, Corazon, and maybe Baby 5. He was sure that Baby 5 didn't remember that anymore, and others had already died. So how the hell did this guy know about him? He was tempted to fight him right here at the moment, but the advent of an Admiral made him stop.

But he definitely needed answers.

"Who told you this?" Law asked, gritting his teeth.

"D? Like you?" Sanji asked.

"Another D... This is interesting," Robin mumbled.

"You will get your answers if you join us. We can have this talk later. You should leave the island. It's not safe here anymore," Ken said. Though Ken did invite them, he didn't mean to invite him at this moment. These were tumultuous times, and they had a lot of work to do. Law also didn't want to ask more because even if the Straw Hats knew they themselves had D in their crew, and even two of them, so it didn't matter if they knew he was D or not.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Law shouted. Ken just smiled at his response and looked at Bepo, who was kind of hiding behind the other crew members.

"Bepo, take care of the Captain. He might be harsh, but he is a softie inside." Those words somehow made the Heart Pirates shiver a little, and they tried their best to stifle their laughter.

Up until this point, no one had called their Captain a softie, and this was the first. All they had known until now was that he was the Surgeon of Death and a menacing pirate. But now another person said that he was a kind-hearted person.

This definitely was enough to make them laugh, but out of respect, they stopped themselves. Law was fuming in anger, but he soon left with his crew while the Straw Hats stayed behind to see if more Marines showed up. But there were none.

"You deliberately picked a fight with them? Why?" Zoro asked.

"Some will be our friends, some will be our enemies in the New World. It's better to know them more closely," Ken said.

"So this Mid guy and Law guy will be our friends. Got it," Luffy said.

"From what angle will this Kid guy be our friend?" Everyone shouted at Luffy, showing their sharp teeth. But Luffy knew Ken much better than them. If Ken was angry with someone, he would attack more ferociously. Here Ken just 'touched' Kid, which meant something else was going on.

"Let's go," Ken said as he called upon the Bifrost, and in the next second, they vanished, leaving the auction house in shambles and guys lying unconscious. The Bifrost landed just near Shakki's bar, and they all went inside, where Rayleigh was waiting.

It was there that he gave them a proper introduction. They were confused about how their crew was fine, and Rayleigh had to tell them that Roger had surrendered since he had very little time to live. Robin also asked if they knew about the history, to which Rayleigh said.

Even Ken himself was tempted to know the history, but he stopped himself. He would know it someday anyway. Rayleigh also spoke of Shanks and how he also belonged to their crew, though some of them already knew.

"Luffy, we need to leave," Ken said after everyone had their fill.

"Rayleigh-san, we might need help from you soon," Ken also said to Rayleigh. He was confused as he didn't understand what Ken meant.

"I want you to train some of us in Haki," Ken spoke about his intentions.

"Hahahah... You guys have already learned Haki, especially you, who has such fine control over Observation Haki. Why would you need my assistance?" Rayleigh asked.

"Rayleigh-san, we both know that our Haki isn't enough for us to last in the New World. I hope you can teach us some advanced techniques," Ken said. Rayleigh was impressed by Ken's knowledge and promised to train them at the right moment.

Meanwhile, the news had already reached Marineford about how the Straw Hats had kidnapped the Celestial Dragons. This made the Celestial Dragons furious and they wanted the person who did it to be publicly hanged.

Sengoku wanted to curse at Garp, but he was nowhere to be found as he had left to meet Ace. He was frustrated. Thankfully, Kizaru said that he would take the job of apprehending the Straw Hats and left with a small marine fleet.

"Nami, you should leave," Ken said. Nami placed her hand on two of her friends and vanished. She came back again to do the same until only Luffy and Ken were left.

"Yosh. Now they're gone. We're brothers again and fight the world," Luffy gave a wide grin.

"Yes, and hopefully the plan goes well," Ken murmured. With that, Ken and Luffy separated from each other. Of course, this was a temporary separation, and Ken had other things to do at this moment.

Luffy made a run while Ken just used his new technique that he had learnt over the last few days. He had finally awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and now he could use it to teleport just like Obito did.

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