Gear Third and....???

Another morning in this forest, and great sleep.

Everyone was still sleeping, I decided to let them sleep late they worked hard yesterday.

I took Ravi calmly from my stomach and put him on the floor, he seems quite happy with his dream and I don't want to get in the way.

'I remember when I used to sleep late because I was very tired and I had a very good dream when my parents woke me up and I couldn't come back I was irritated...'

A smile broke out remembering that time.

Let's go hunting for breakfast or lunch for everyone, but first the training.

'I can't falter for even a day, I need to get stronger and I don't know what daddy was saying about the present' (Read the last sentence of god when sending the mc to gravity falls, this sentence is important because it allows me to do several things more easily after the gravity falls series is over, and the drawings that have to do with gravity falls.)

After finishing his exercises he went hunting, this time he needs a really big animal, celebrating the effort of the staff and because I'm going to use gear third.

'I need to see the damage it will do without busoshoku, and so that when I use it in the future I don't get small due to lack of control over the inlet and outlet of the air.'

Soon I found what I was looking for, this time a rhinoceros, that's good your defense will be a good test.

I arrived in front of him and the sleeping rhino felt something dangerous next to him.

As soon as he opened his eyes he saw a figure in the distance with the shape of him he is a human but in this part of the forest? Even though he was a human he was not fooled the danger he felt certainly came from the human figure.

Get ready to charge forward and hit your opponent with your sharp horns, stamina, and body mass.

The rhino started running towards me, smiling at the challenge before me.

'I remember when Luffy uses Gear Third on Lucci and I have to say that scene left me with my blood boiling...'

Recalling the old days of watching different animes and getting into nostalgia, I decided to say the classic phrase when he punches Lucci with a giant hand, but in a slightly better way adapting to the now.

Biting my thumb, I quickly push air in and throw my spleen back.

'Hone fuusen!' I stretched my left arm back.

The rhino didn't stop anyway instead it accelerated, even if he is injured he needs to land a blow hard enough to win.

"See! My left hand... CONTAINS THE STRENGTH OF A GIANT!!"

The rhino was first curious, then scoffed, thinking that his opponent was arrogant to think that he could stop his advance which was accelerating faster and faster.

"Gomu Gomu no GIGANT PISTOL" Remembering again the entire building in Enies Lobby being destroyed what will happen here? He has less strength than Luffy for now.

As soon as the attack approached he realized a little bit of the power behind the attack, even powerful rhinos don't have such good senses so even with the attack is big he has faced animals of that size and even bigger, he was 15 meters from the opponent, being late to cancel and swerve so with the only option left to him he accelerated as much as he could in that short space, and his speed was no joke for his size a rhino the fastest is 80hm/h or 50 mph, in which case it has twice the speed.

As soon as the two attacks collided, there was a shock wave and several birds flew as far away as possible land animals also ran when they felt tremors and very loud noise.

The first to feel something in the blow was our protagonist, the horn pierced his hand after all he didn't even use haki to test his evolution and know how much still to overcome the protagonist of one piece.

Even though his hand was pierced Luffy didn't back down a step and put as much strength as he could on his arm.

The rhino feeling more pressured tried to contain the advance of the fist but it was proving ineffective.

Luffy yelled, "THIS IS A FIST OF A GIANT!!!"

Soon the rhino couldn't contain its advance any longer and its horn broke. He was thrown, not thrown is more appropriate, backward flying and destroying everything that hit his body, dealing more damage than he normally had after hitting him head-on with his giant fist.

"*Huff* It was more tiring than I thought, but it's better I do it now than leave it for later," Luffy said while breathing a little tired from the effort he had to put on his fist and...

"Wait?! Does my voice seem to be getting thinner? MY VOICE!" Soon after I realized the situation of my body.

"MY BODY!!" My jaw dropped to the floor but after 3 minutes of thinking about how to get back to normal faster, I got back to my size.

"What a relief I don't have to wait 10 minutes, it must be that I only used one attack" My brain processed everything that had happened in the last few moments after attacking the rhino.

So that's how Luffy gets small, the air escapes quickly and makes him small, even if it doesn't make sense usually but as bones are also bones this can happen.

While I was going after the rhino, I had already thought of a way to solve the problem for this.

I arrived after a part was devastated by the rhino.

'I'll need help carrying... Or I'll take it myself as a way to exercise, and build up my strength quickly.'

I thought of everyone trying hard yesterday, I must try too.

I pulled him, realizing his weight, to make it even more difficult I decided to carry him on top of me, with his head being dragged and legs.

My arms seemed to want to give up, shaking uncontrollably, and just hanging up right there was no different from what had happened once before, but I remembered everyone's effort and why I was here.

A determination stronger than anything I've ever felt was within me at that moment, if before your determination was like iron or steel now it was as strong as tungsten. in the comments. hehehe)

With every step I took the ground shook, it felt like I was carrying a mountain, I kept steady and slowly came home. (Wow, guys I kind of ate too much and ended up falling asleep by accident, I woke up now and continue writing I hope I can finish before bed.)

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It was already afternoon and they started to wake up one by one, after yesterday's long day many are sore.

Ravi and Iron woke up too, soon realizing that Luffy wasn't with them which was rare.

But with his level of strength, nothing should happen to him in this forest unless he digs too deep. (Hints of what's to come.)

*Thum! Tham! Heavy steps

They started to hear heavy footsteps coming in that direction, getting louder and louder.

They started to get scared of the opponent that was about to be seen but Iron stood in front of them and prepared to at least buy time for Luffy to arrive.

Ravi stayed by his side preparing for the tough fight to come, even though he's small he's not the same as he was a few days ago, he's getting stronger...even faster than the others.

He plans to put his father's teachings into practice and, if possible, beat the opponent who gets closer and closer.

Soon all the wolves were lined up waiting for their opponent, with every step they heard they tensed up, the noise continually increasing.

But...

*Thum!! *Huff*Tham!! *Huff

Did they hear someone gasping? Then the sound began to get closer until the figure began to be revealed.

At first, they were startled by the size of the figure but soon the image revealed itself and it was a huge dead rhino, with head and legs dragged.

"*Huff Oh?!... A reception? How nice of you*Huff... I brought food*Huff... to celebrate your efforts yesterday*Huff... Hope you like it." Luffy said a smile never leaving his face.

With the smile he always had even though he was carrying a mountain on his back, sweating profusely, his arms were shaking uncontrollably from that weight but they were steady.

He might look weak in that situation but for all of them, they didn't feel it or even imagine instead they saw that even though Luffy was struggling to carry the rhino, his body threatening to shut down at every moment he was still smiling at them.

If this is not strength? WHAT IS STRENGTH? People get stronger when they're protecting something, that's no lie, I've seen it happen several times. A weightlifter who at most with all his strength and experience lifted 340kg, but to save someone he didn't even know from possible death managed to lift a 1-ton car... a father who would die for his child or a mother who would try everything, against all odds, to save her child.

Luffy ended up interrupting his train of thought "Hahaha... why are you so down?... It's almost like we're at a funeral..." Making fun of them for being distressed.

Ravi came out of his stupor and went running to check on Luffy's body condition, he was soaked like it was a very rainy day.

Seeing Ravi worried about his Luffy state he calmed him down saying "No need to worry... I'm strong aren't I?..."

Reminding him of the first day when he found his father and a bear attacked him from behind.

"Let's go... it's a party... there's no way to have a party without meat, right?..." And he started walking again towards the bonfire.

Iron tried to help and lighten the weight but it was really heavy even for him to lift making him wonder how long Luffy carried him.

"NO!... No need Iron... thank you very much but I need to finish alone." Luffy spoke seriously, he started and now he will finish.

Iron let Luffy pass, feeling his tangible determination continue.

Did the wolves see that Iron couldn't lift the rhino even 1 centimeter, how come its bones haven't broken yet?

A few seconds later watching him walk to the fire he hears silence.

An absolute silence, nothing was heard except the wind blowing the leaves, everyone looking at Luffy who was arriving at the desired location.

After a while, he was finally there and now he had to let go of the rhino.

*Boom!*

Luffy's left knee came down kneeling, or rather the leg failed to hold all the weight causing him to suddenly come down.

Causing a depression in the area and some cracks.

'Come on Luffy, I have to push the rhino to the ground LET'S GO!' And with all the strength he still had, and arms still shaking uncontrollably more than before, he began to slowly lift the rhino to the ground.

Everyone looked at this scene in silence but in the eyes of each one there without fail, they had respect, respect for being above this man, and for them what they carried was not the rhinoceros but the world on their back while still smiling at them saying 'do not worry'.

When Luffy was about to throw the Rhino his arms stopped...

He didn't have the strength to throw him in front of him.

He felt like he was going to pass out and if he used his eyes at that moment he would realize that his vision was blurred.

His kenbunshoku was no longer activated since he started using every ounce of energy in his body.

Blood dripped from the side of his mouth 'Let's go! I CAN- no... I HAVE TO DO IT!'

"AHHHHH!!!!" Putting in more effort than he could manage at that moment he...

*Boom!!

The body fell but it wasn't Luffy's but the rhino's, he made it.

*Breathing heavily

He felt immense pain all over his body, something he had never felt in his entire life.

Luffy looked back even though he couldn't 'see' them after that, he knew they were there looking at him.

Even with that terrible pain he was smiling and said "I told you not to worry.."

Everyone there saw his whole body shaking, no one said anything or even thought about it, what they saw was a warm smile despite all the pain he felt and a little blood running down the side of his lips.

They didn't know how much pain he was in but they were sure it was too much.

"Let's... go... now...heat..."

*Plaft

He passed out, everyone quickly ran to check on his situation and his body.

His arms were a little swollen, he was a little pale, and his legs were reddened from so much weight he'd been carrying around for who knew how long.

Ravi was crying a little worried that his father would end up leaving him too.

Iron quickly got up and ran in a certain direction.

The wolves were going to get up and put him in a more comfortable place, but Ravi wouldn't let him and he wanted to do it alone.

They were worried that Ravi would end up the same way as Luffy but he reassured them that he was going to put him in the shade of the tree next door.

After putting Luffy in the shadow with difficulty, the others were looking worried not knowing what to do.

*Thum*Thum*Fast and heavy steps

As soon as Iron appeared with his trunk filled with what appears to be water, he looked at Ravi as he continued running towards him.

Ravi understanding what his friend was trying to tell him quickly ordered everyone to help make a shallow hole around Luffy as quickly as possible.

They started to work and soon the hole was not so deep but also not so deep.

Iron threw the water at Luffy and filled it into a small lake.

Luffy's color started to recover slowly but surely, his arms weren't so swollen anymore.

Everyone was surprised at how fast Luffy was healing to their senses, even Iron who was the one who brought the 'water'.

"*Barking!" Ravi asked what it was.

To which Iron promptly responds that it was from a hot spring a bit far away so he ran, but the effects shouldn't be that quick but rather long term.

Ravi noticed some bruises around Iron but didn't ask about it, already knowing what must have happened.

Ravi looked at the rhino meat and decided to surprise his father by commanding everyone to disassemble the meat.

After seeing it a few times he learned the basics of how to disassemble but only the basics so there will be unwanted stuff.

Everyone started ripping and skinning according to what Ravi said.

After a while, the piece of meat was ready, 1 hour and a half, Ravi asked Iron to put the meat in the holder that Luffy had made.

The stand began to bend but it held and then Iron began to rotate constantly.

After a while, Iron began to sweat from the constant heat, his thick fur, and the running he'd done before that but the flesh was getting color.

Ravi was always looking at Luffy's situation but he hasn't woken up yet but he's much better.

After a while, with Ravi overseeing the meat as well so it doesn't go past the point Luffy does, it was ready.

But Luffy still didn't wake up, Iron had an idea he sucked the air around the meat and threw it in Luffy's face containing all the smell of the meat.

*sniffs *sniffles

Luffy slowly got up from the lake hypnotized by the smell and soon woke up.

"Hmm?!" Sensing the surroundings he saw Ravi wagging his tail and soon began to howl, the other wolves followed too. Even Iron was yelling into the air.

"Sorry guys I ended up worrying you about my condition" I scratched my cheek embarrassed for worrying them fainting.

"AH!" Ravi and Iron ran towards me with Ravi jumping on me first and Iron hugging me with his trunk next.

"I'm fine guys I'm much better than before and..." I paid attention to my condition.

"Stronger... But what's that smell? Do you guys cook the meat for me while I was gone?" They lowered their heads a little embarrassed that maybe Luffy didn't like it, as they weren't experienced disassembling meat or cooking it and they only did it as per Ravi's orders who saw Luffy's cooking sometimes.

"Well then, let's eat! After all, I took this meat to turn a feast with your efforts, so EAT YOURSELF!!" I said them and already jumped on the meat starting to eat, so the others wouldn't run out of meat they quickly hurried while Iron laughed back since he didn't eat meat.

Luffy had already noticed about the lake he was in when he woke up but didn't ask about it after all it's not cool to spoil the mood, everyone deserves a rest tomorrow he'll ask about it.

The meat couldn't be the best but it was his friends and companions who made it and this climate made this meat have a special taste.

Everyone partied until dusk and then fell asleep, I was with Ravi and Iron as usual.

"Forgive me for worrying you...Ravi...Iron, I hope you guys are okay even though I passed out." Luffy said to them as he caressed them.

Iron and Ravi looked at each other remembering some of the panics he had when he passed out, they both smiled knowingly.

Luffy saw this and asked "Hm? What is it? Did I miss something?"

Ravi started licking my face and Iron ruffled my hair with his trunk.

"Hahaha! Okay, let's go to sleep now after all I'm sure it was a tiring day for everyone!" And so they slept peacefully.

Even though these guys have only known each other for a few days you can see how much they care for each other, and another dangerous and worrying day has passed and a new day is to come.

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Sorry for the delay guys I was going to continue the chapter but my back hurts and if I continued I would only release it tomorrow so I decided to release it anyway, I took a while to release chapters for certain reasons...

Come on, the first reason was basketball sieve, if that was all it would be ok I would throw it on Tuesday since I had sieve it was Saturday, Sunday and Monday but then my parents needed my help and with the high accumulation of stress I had to rest, and no, I won't abandon it ff and in the next chapter there will be a little time jump and I'm SURE THE CHAPTER WILL BE OUT THE AFTER TOMORROW!!!. (I hope I didn't raise any flags for something to happen.)

Thanks for reading the chapter and sorry for the delay, I'm sorry. (Bows deeply)

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