CH 31

Then I'll take it by force!" Krieg stated. He went to tell them how the Grand Line did beat him, but he wouldn't give up. That he lost due to lack of knowledge about the Grand Line. That with Zeff's logbook, he'll have the information to find the One Piece and conquer the Grand Line.

"No way!" Luffy said as he walked between them all and declared loudly. "The one who will be King of the Pirates is me!" Everyone was looking at him with mixed reactions.

"Hey, back off before you make things worse kid!" Patty yelled.

"Not a chance!" Luffy said with a grin.

"What did you say kid?" Krieg asked annoyed. "I'm not in the mood for your idiocy."

"I don't care. I'm just telling you the truth." Luffy said without a trace of doubt.

"This isn't a game." Krieg said.

"I know it isn't. I'm dead serious about conquering the Grand Line." Luffy said, finally causing Krieg to lose his patience.

"Enough!" he shouted. "I lost 50 ships and almost all 5,000 of my crew after only seven days. That sea is a nightmare!"

"What? One week?!" Patty screamed.

"I'm tired of hearing you spout nonsense boy." Kried said. "If you want, I'll kill you on the spot." Luffy remained quiet as Krieg bared his hidden weapons again. Krieg then spotted Zoro and Usopp before laughing about how small his crew is.

"I've got two other members." Luffy said, causing Sanji to yell that he wasn't a part of his crew. Instead of attacking, Krieg left to feed his men, stating that he would take the ship when he did, and that if they valued their lives, they better leave. After he did, Gin began to apologize to Sanji, saying that he didn't think Krieg would do this.

"You've got no reason to apologize sailor." Zeff said, shocking the cooks. "Every cook here did what they thought was right." The other cooks started asking why he was taking Sanji's side and how it was Sanji's fault that Krieg was after the restaurant.

"YOU FOOLS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!" Zeff shouted. He then went on to say how they didn't know what kind of horrible pain it is to starve. "The difference between you all and Sanji is that Sanji knows." The chefs began to wonder what he meant before Zeff spoke again. "If complaining is all you'll do, then get out." All the chefs went silent for a moment before claiming that they would stay and fight. That the Baratie was the only place they had left. Gin was asking if they lost their minds, only for Sanji to reply that now that they've been fed, he had no problem killing them. While Sanji was speaking to the other cooks, Luffy turned to Gin.

"What happened out there Gin?" he asked, getting Gin's attention. "On the Grand Line." Gin just stared at the floor as he told them what he saw. On the seventh day of their voyage, they came across a single man who, one by one, sunk Krieg's entire fleet. Needless to say, everyone was freaking out at this news. Gin then explained it was only due to a freak storm did their flagship escape.

"His eyes...sharp and murderous...were like that of a hawk." Gin said. Luffy heard Zoro react to those words as Zeff said that it could only be Hawk-Eye.

"Hawk-Eye Mihawk!" Zoro gasped.

"Sounds strong." Luffy said. "Is that someone you know Zoro?" Zoro calmed down a bit to tell them that Hawk-Eye was the man he was looking for. While everyone was talking, Luffy thought back to when Zoro and Hawk-Eye fought, which ended with Zoro losing badly. He then remembered how Hawk-Eye nearly killed him at Marineford and how good with the blade he really was. He was brought out of his thoughts when Usopp asked if they really had to go to the Grand Line. He looked back at him with a grin. "Of course we're going." he said as Zoro said that he would finally fight his rival. Sanji just told them all that they're stupid, and that idiots like them that wind up dead. While Zoro told them off, Luffy was cracking his knuckles and walking out toward the galleon.

"Hey, where are you going kid?" Gin asked.

"To fight Krieg. What else?" Luffy said.

"Are you crazy?!" Gin yelled. "Have you not seen how strong Don Krieg is?!"

"I have." Luffy said. "But he hasn't seen how strong I am." He then looked Gin straight in the eye. "Besides, I told you before, didn't I? I'm not afraid of any Krieg pirate." Gin just stared in shock, while Zeff smirked at Luffy's confidence. Everyone looked back at the galleon as they heard Krieg's men roar to life with energy. They were about to attack, only for Krieg's ship to be cut in half. Everyone was freaking out as Krieg shouted out his disbelief at what was happening. Zeff ordered someone to raise the anchor before they sunk with it. While this happened, Zoro and Usopp came out to check up on the ship, only to see Yosaku and Johnny floating in the water and crying.

"What happened?" Zoro asked. "Where's the ship?"

"I'm sorry Big Bro." Johnny said. "Big Sis Nami. She..."

"Took the ship and treasure and sailed away!" Yosaku yelled. While Zoro and Usopp yelled out in disbelief and anger at Nami, Luffy just stared off at the ship in the distance, faintly picking up on Nami with his haki.

"Nami..." Luffy muttered with a sigh. He knew why she did it, so he couldn't get angry at her. He turned to Johnny and asked where his and Yosaku's boat is.

"It's moored to the restaurant."

"Zoro. You and Usopp go after her." Luffy ordered.

"Why? Let her keep the ship. It's not worth it to keep that witch." Zoro said in annoyance. Luffy calmly stared at the far off Merry.

"She has her reasons." he said in a calm voice. Zoro just looked at him like was crazy, but agreed.

"Fine. But what about you?" Zoro asked.

"I'm gonna stay and fight these guys." Luffy said. "I like Pops here, so I'm gonna help them out." Before they could set sail, some of the Krieg pirates were freaking out.

"Don Krieg! That man is back!"

"He's come back to finish the job!"

"What? He followed us?!" Krieg shouted. Everyone turned towards the sea to see a tiny raft with two candles, each burning with an eerily green flame, sailing towards them. Even Zeff looked surprised at the sight of him as everyone saw his eyes. Yellow, cold, and murderous.

"It's him." Zoro said in shock. "He's here...Hawk-Eye!"

Sorry if it sounds a lot like the anime. Couldn't think of many things to change. Hope you like it.

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