The fear and the truth

Luffy didn't immediately ask for an explanation or started screaming like he usually does but looked deep into the eyes of Ken. Luffy's big cross eyes seemed to be trying to look deep into Ken. Ken had forgotten how creepy sometimes the eyes of Jin Mori could be.

Ken changed his eyes of Sharingan to get away from this creepiness but he knew that Luffy wanted answers. He had already stopped fighting and Enel too backed away, almost like escaping the eyes of Ken, which seemed to be filled with fear.

"I had to do this because I didn't see any other way out of the current predicament." Ken said. Sanji seemed to be lost in his anger and kicked Ken at his face. Ken deliberately didn't avoid the attack and took it in his face like a champ. He was thrown a few meters back but didn't fall in the ground. His body was too tough to be affected by Sanji's half hearted kick.

"You have some guts to come to us after hurting our friends." Sanji said as he puffed up his smoke in anger. Sanji was ready to kick Ken again but was stopped by Luffy himself who had been silent. He was still looking for answers of why his own brother would send someone so powerful after them and had almost killed one of their own friends.

"I am sorry Captain. I had to do this because we have grown way too faster and didn't receive any set back. All our fight until now had been easy and we have become slack. If we continue like this we will be decimated before we can reach the New World. I sent him to show you the difference between us and them. This guy doesn't even have Armament Haki and was almost able to wipe the floor with you three." Ken said. His words rang like an alarm in front of the three.

Zoro had slowly gotten up on his feet after Chopper bandaged him up. The three hung their head in shame. Ken was right. Enel was able to take on three with only his logia fruit and Observation Haki. Though he had taken some hit from Luffy and Sanji but this wasn't enough.

His raw power overwhelmed everyone and they didn't have the proper answer to his power. Since Mihawk, this was the first time Zoro was taken down. Ken had been trying warn them but except for Zoro it fell into deaf ears for everyone.

Sanji and Luffy were only good because their character had been progressing, not that they had been practicing on their powers.

"But you could have said this in a much friendlier way. We don't hurt out friends." It was Ussop who came and defended Luffy and Sanji who got silent when Ken spoke his mind.

"Talk in a friendlier way? Lives won't care for emotions. Once we die, no act of kindness will bring us back. Do you think all of this is a game? People die in this journey. Since Captain Roger, there hasn't been anyone who had reached the Laugh Tale. Just think of the chances we have." Ken said. Again reminding that this journey was all fun but it wouldn't be so in the long run.

Luffy slowly walked forward and Ken half heartedly was ready to be reprimanded or get beaten by his Captain, but surprisingly he came and hugged Ken. Ken's stiff shoulders loosened up a bit as he saw his own brother in this way. All these years, he was the outlier of the 4. He always felt himself a secondary character in the story.

He never felt himself as the protagonist of the story, because he always believed that being the main character would lead to his death, even after having an awesome cheat. And thus from the beginning when he was placed under the care of Dadan, he had thought out of the plan of attaching himself to the leg of Luffy.

He wanted to be as obscure as possible until he was powerful enough. Now that he was, he still felt a little awkward in front of others. It was always Luffy who had made him feel welcome. Even now, after the small betrayal he was hugged by Luffy.

It was the same with Nami and even Sanji in the future where he betrayed them after the Dressrosa arc. He accepted everything because deep down he knew that his friends were for his life and eevn trusted Jimbei with all the baggage he came along in the beginning.

Ken proceeded to hug Luffy tighter and he almost had tears in his eyes thinking of his past. He was grateful for this new life and his own brother who never saw him like an outsider.

"I am sorry for making you worried about us. We promise that we will work hard and be more powerful." Luffy said softly in his ears. But his words were heard by everyone. This brought a smile in the face of everyone.

Everybody came together to give a group hug. Even Robin who always refrained from human touch wrapped her arms around. Meanwhile Enel had flown away and almost vanished from their sight. He didn't want to get beaten by Ken again.

Of course Ken noticed the escaping Enel and shouted

"Come back right here."

Enel's face got black and slowly came back with dropped shoulders.

"What do you want now? I have done everything you have asked me." Enel said with anger.

"You want to see land or in your words Vearth. Right?" Ken asked. Enel stiffened and nodded. He wanted to go to the Fairy Vearth or in simple words the Moon.

"There is almost nothing in your dream place. But you will come across some robots and some ancient texts. And come across some space pirates. You will able to rule the land easily."

Enel was greatly surprised by this. He didn't expect that this enigmatic guy would know his end goal too. He wanted to ask more but his ego stopped him. Ken didn't bother with him and just proceeded to have fun with his crew as they would make a banquet.

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