Chapter 54: Climax Part Two.......

" I never expected things to turning out to be like this. " Robin said in a soft melodic voice. Luffy turned around and saw an astonished looking Robin. Luffy told her. " Now, what should I do with you? "

She crossed her arms, perceiving his words as a threat.

" You may have defeated Crocodile, but power and speed mean nothing to me, Monkey D Luffy. " She told him, with slight panic in her voice, but she didn't use her power.

Luffy smiled, " Is that so? " Then felt another aura approaching them.

" I've finally found you! Eh...." a male voice announced. A warrior with white paint on his face and white clothes with black symbols on them approached. It was Pell. But then he noticed Crocodile on the ground, unconscious and looked at Luffy who was observing Mr. AllSunday with her arms crossed.

Said woman looked very nervous for the first time he had seen her.

'He was in control. The whole time.' Robin thought and dropped her hands from her stance.

" It would seem I'm at your mercy then. " She said with a slightly shaken voice. Pell looked at her in surprise. He was astonished by how easily the boy had gotten her to admit her defeat and by using words alone.

" Yes. " Luffy confirmed, "But don't worry. As long as you help me end this war, nothing bad will happen to you and i have also a proposal for you. "

" WHAT?! " Pell yelled, " HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID? "

" Shut up she did some bad thing, yes. But all this was his doing. Not hers. Besides i will do as i want, you have no rights to say anything to me. " He told him and pointed at the fallen warlord. The warrior gritted his teeth, but then sighed in resignation.

" But first, we three need to go stop a war. " Luffy announced and went to free everyone from the Sea-stone cuffs.

....

Currently Luffy was standing on castle rooftop with Vivi, Nojiko, Zoro, King Nefertari Cobra, Robin and some of the royal soldiers.

" Vivi. " A voice suddenly said.

" Kohza! " Vivi shouted upon seeing him. "Listen, … "

" VIVI! " he interrupted, " Who was it that stole the country's rain? "

" Crocodile...." She said and pointed at the fallen warlord. The rebel leader's eyes widened in shock.

" This country's hero? He was the one behind everything? " he asked in a puzzle face.

" Crocodile was never a hero." Luffy told him and everyone turned to him, " He has planned all of this, but he doesn't even want the country. " Everyone looked at him confused.

" WHAT? " Vivi yelled, " SO WHY DID HE DO ALL OF THIS? "

" He wanted the ancient weapon, Pluton. " He told them. He turned then to the king, who looked at him, shocked, " You know of this weapon, don't you? " Cobra nodded.

" It's location is supposed to be inscribed on the Poneglyph underneath the Royal Tomb. " It's what the royal family is protecting." He told all of them and Luffy nodded.

" Mrs. AllSunday searched for that stone as well, but for a different reason. That's why she helped him. " He told him and Robin nodded. Then he walked past them and picked Crocodile up again, " Let's go stop the war. "

Kohza looked at him.

" Sorry, but who are you? " he asked to Luffy and turned to him.

" I'm Monkey D Luffy, a Pirate. " He answered. Everyone gasped hearing this.

" A pirate? " Kohza asked with narrowed eyes. " What's a pirate doing here? "

" I'm the one who beat up this Shichibukai right here." Luffy told him.

" Is that true? " Kohza asked her. She smiled and nodded.

" Let's go now. " Luffy interrupted them. " The more time we waste, the more people may die. "

They quickly nodded and went after him. Luffy, Vivi, Cobra and Kohza all walked down the stairs that led to the palace.

" FLY THE WHITE FLAG! " Vivi yelled. Everyone looked up.

" THAT'S RIGHT! " the king yelled in confirmation and ordered, " EVERYONE DROP YOUR WEAPONS! ROYAL ARMY! "

" If we do that, what'll become of the country?" one of the royal guards asked. Then they noticed who was walking beside them.

" That's Kohza! What's the rebel leader doing inside the castle? " a royal soldier asked in shock.

" LISTEN TO THEM! " he yelled. " WE NO LONGER WANT VICTORY OR WAR! THIS BATTLE MUST END! " They looked at him shocked, very surprised by his words.

" I'LL INFORM THE REBEL ARMY THAT THIS BATTLE IS MEANINGLESS! THE ENTIRE THINGS WAS CAUSED BY THIS MAN HERE! " he yelled and pointed at Crocodile. Luffy lifted the Shichibukai and put him into a near standing position, so that everyone could see him.

" Crocodile? " they whispered.

" PLEASE FLY THE WHITE FLAG! " Vivi once again shouted, " I BEG OF YOU! "

They did as he said and took up white flags at the front. The approaching rebel army stopped upon seeing that. Rebel leader Kohza also took one and stepped at the front. The other three were behind the royal army.

" THIS BATTLE IS OVER! " Kohza announced at the front. " REBELS, CALM YOUR ANGER AND THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPONS! THE ROYAL ARMY NO LONGER WISHES TO FIGHT! "

" Is that true? " one of rebel soldiers in the front asked. Presumably he was one of the people in charge.

" Yes, stop this fight. " The leader confirmed.

Then Luffy jumped down from the platform that Kohza and he were standing on. He stepped in the middle between the two armies and threw Crocodile on the ground.

He turned sideways, so that he had the royal army on his right and the rebel one on his left.

" Who is that? " multiple voices asked from both sides.

" I'M MONKEY D LUFFY! " he announced. "I'm here to stop this war. "

" Luffy-san … " Vivi whispered with tears in her eyes somewhere in the background. The king looked at her and grabbed her arm and smiled to her.

" You have found a great friend this time. " He told her. She nodded and smiled.

" This man! " Luffy continued and pointed at the fallen enemy. " Crocodile, is the man who caused this war. "

This caused quite the commotion between the soldiers. They were in a state of disbelief.

" But Crocodile-san …"

" … This country's hero … "

" … Our savior! … "

" … Can't be … "

" SHUT UP! " Luffy yelled and interrupted them. They all put their attention back on him. " He used that dance powder thing to make this country dry. Have some faith in your own King you idiots but instead of him you are trusting a outsider. '

" He and his group Baroque Works are the reason this war even began! " he announced. " It was their plan all along to have this country fight, but I defeated him and my crew defeated his agents. " They started whispering amongst themselves again.

" If anyone wants to fight any longer … " Luffy announced and pulled out his Sword of Rupture.

'Sorry, Shanks, but I'm stealing your line here.' Luffy thought and grinned inwardly.

" Then come on, fight me! I'll take you all on! " he said and released a tiny amount of Haoshoku haki.

Suddenly someone recognised Luffy and shouted, " IT'S THE DRAGON KING LUFFY, CAPTAIN OF THE DEVIL DRAGON PIRATES WITH A BOUNTY OF 1.2 billion, WHO KILLED A CELESTIAL DRAGON TWO YEARS AGO. "

The soldiers gaped at him in disbelief, as well as Kohza, Cobra and Vivi. They couldn't believe what their eyes saw and their ears heard.

This was the man who shook the world two years ago.

' Luffy-san … ' Vivi thought to herself as she looked at him, positioned between the two armies.

" If not, then everyone drop your weapons. You have no reason to fight anymore. " He added after a few minutes.

The men looked at each other and after a few moments started dropping their weapons. Luffy could see that even the agents started dropping them, not daring to go against the man that they learned had beaten up the man, who they now knew was their boss.

Then Luffy sensed another presence among the crowd, a distinctly different one. He saw ensign Tashigi and two other marines trying to make their way through the rebel army. The soldiers moved out of their way upon seeing the Marine insignia.

After they made their way through the crowd, Tashigi looked at Luffy with uncertainty. Luffy nodded to her.

" He's all yours. " He told her. She nodded and looked at the unconscious Shichibukai.

" A Baroque works ship carrying dance powder has been captured! " she announced, gaining everyone's attention, " Leader of the secret organization, Baroque works, Royal Shichibukai pirate, Sir Crocodile. By order of the Marine Headquarters, acting with the authority of the World Government you are henceforth stripped of all titles and privileges granted to you by the government. "

Luffy grinned. She turned his attention to him now.

"Dragon King Luffy! " she said, " You're a pirate too, but you saved this country, so I thank you." She bowed her head. This earned gasps of surprise, because of a marine thanking a non-Shichibukai pirate.