Chapter 5
East Blue - Americas Archipelago
Old-Town Island – City Hospital
After being patched up and bandaged to the point of looking like a mummy, Luffy devoured the equivalent of a warehouse of food and soon after went to sleep.
That, combined with a good nap, was enough for him to wake up as good as new the next day.
Leaving the hospital after completely ignoring the doctor's request for him to rest a few more days, Luffy meets Maria, who is entering the hospital.
"Hi Maria, are you visiting someone who got hurt?", Luffy waves at her with a smile on his face.
"I'm visiting you, you idiot. What are you doing out of bed? You need to rest", she runs to him, worried and irritated by his carefree and clueless attitude.
"Nah, I'm fine, it was just a scratch. Besides, I want to buy some weapons for a friend. Do you know where I can find weapons in town?"
"…Sigh… How can dealing with you be so stressful?"
"I don't get it."
"Never mind, come on, I'll show you where the weapons store is", they then head towards the weapons store.
On the way, many people stopped them to thank Luffy for saving the city. They gave him fruits, food, clothes, and some even approached him proposing marriage for their daughters.
Luffy, of course, declined the marriage proposals, but he gladly accepted the rest.
Arriving in front of the weapons store with a large sign reading "Ammu-Nation" above the entrance, they enter and are greeted by a wide variety of weapons, ammunition, and related equipment.
Hearing the bell above the door, a middle-aged man with a mustache wearing camouflaged green clothes and a fisherman's hat comes out from the back of the store and greets them.
"Hello there, welcome to the haven of freedom. Bob Malour at your service. What can I do for you?"
"Hi, my name is Luffy and I want to buy some weapons, ammunition, and anything else that catches my interest."
"Ohoh, I recognize a freedom lover when I see one. You know, I usually don't show my custom-made weapons to just anyone, but I took a liking to you, and besides, you freed the city from Lampião's grasp. So, this is the least I can do for a hero like you", Bob says as he leads them to an arsenal hidden in the back of the store.
"I'm a pirate, not a hero, and I refuse to be seen as one", Luffy puffs his cheeks and crosses his arms while following him.
"Alright, Mr. Pirate, what kind of weapon do you have in mind?", Bob says, showing them numerous weapons behind a counter.
"Hmmm, do you have sturdy pistols that can take various types of special and different caliber bullets?"
"I think I have just what you're looking for", he then bends down and retrieves a decorated box from the counter "I present to you what I consider my masterpiece, the 'Malorian 3516.' It's a semi-automatic, 6-round magazine, that accommodates any type of bullet, and the gun's body is extremely sturdy and durable. It can easily function without maintenance for several years."
Inside the box were two large pistols, one was matte silver with a burgundy grip, and the other was matte black with a white grip.
"Wow, I'll take both. Do you have extended magazines and silencers for them?", Luffy says with his eyes shining in admiration of the weapons.
"I do, just a moment", Bob crouches and opens some compartments at the back of the counter until he finds what he's looking for and places them in front of Luffy "Here, 12 bullets per magazine and the best silencers you'll find."
"Great, I'll take two silencers and how many extended magazines do you have?"
"Hmmm, I have about a hundred, but I also have a machine that automatically makes more magazines. You just need to put in the raw materials and it does the rest. Interested?"
"Alright, I'll take the hundred extended magazines and the machine you mentioned. I also want a large box of ammunition, and do you happen to have a machine that makes custom ammunition?"
"I was going to suggest that next. So, it'll be two Malorian 3516s, two silencers, a hundred extended magazines, a box of ammunition, a magazine-making machine for both extended and regular magazines, and another that makes custom bullets?"
"That's right. I also want the raw materials to make magazines and bullets."
"Okay, all of that will be 50,000 Berries."
After paying, Luffy receives help from Bob and Maria to take everything he bought and received as thanks back to his ship.
Luffy then takes the opportunity to buy all the supplies he needs for his departure.
Maria then asks him a bit sadly "Are you leaving already?"
"Yes, I need to continue my journey", Luffy then messes up her hair.
"Stay for today. Tomorrow you leave, and since you're leaving tomorrow, the people were planning a party today to celebrate Lampião's defeat, so it will be a farewell party as well", she says, grabbing the hem of Luffy's clothes.
"Why didn't you mention there was going to be a party before? Come on, Maria, this is going to be a party worthy of a pirate", a very excited Luffy leaves the port, hopping with Maria trying to catch up with him.
=Scene Break=
"Urgh, what a hangover", Luffy wakes up in a corner of the square, hugging a half-empty bottle of rum. Around the square, several people are seen sleeping.
"Good morning, Luffy", Maria looks at Luffy with amusement.
"Urgh, you don't have to speak so loudly. What happened at the party, anyway?"
"Well, you decided you wanted to try rum and—"
=FLASHBACK=
As everyone drank and socialized in the square, the band seemed to be getting ready to play. Suddenly, Luffy, without the sea stone bracelet, appeared in the square drawing everyone's attention as he moonwalked across the square to the stage where the band was. Then, altering his vocal cords, he began to sing with Michael Jackson's voice.
"Aaow!"
At the same time, the band began to play.
"Tcha!"
"Shoo-cha-choo-cha!"
"Shoo-cha-choo-cha!"
"Tcha! As he came into the window
Was a sound of a crescendo, Tcha!
He came into her apartment
He left the bloodstains on the carpet, Tcha!"
"She ran underneath the table
He could see she was unable
So she ran into the bedroom
She was struck down, it was her doom."
He then began to dance like Michael Jackson in the video, and at this point, no one could take their eyes off him.
"Annie, are you okay?
So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
Annie, are you okay?
So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
Annie, are you okay?
So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
Annie, are you okay?
So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?"
Then Luffy starts singing with a higher-pitched voice, with the band accompanying him as backing vocals.
"Annie, are you okay?
Will you tell us that you're okay? Tcha!
There's a sign at the window
Then he struck you, a crescendo, Annie."
"He came into your apartment
He left the bloodstains on the carpet, Tcha!
Then you ran into the bedroom
You were struck down, it was your doom."
=Scene Break=
At this point, everyone was dancing, eating, or drinking, when the band started another song.
Luffy, dancing among the villagers with a bottle of tequila that he took sips from occasionally, started singing.
"Your butt is mine, gonna tell you right, ah
Just show your face in broad daylight, ah
I'm tellin' you on how I feel, ah
Gonna hurt your mind, don't shoot to kill
Sha'mon, ah, sha'mon
Lay it on me, ah, alright."
"Ah, i'm givin' you on count of three
Just show your stuff or let it be, ah
I'm tellin' you just to watch your mouth
I know your game, what you're about."
"Well, they say the sky's the limit
And to me, that's really true
But my friend, you have seen nothing
Just wait till I get through."
The backing vocals start singing with Luffy as he climbs onto a table and starts dancing like Michael Jackson, holding his straw hat in one hand and the bottle in his groin with the other.
"Because I'm bad (bad), I'm bad (bad)
Sha'mon (really, really bad)
You know I'm bad (bad), I'm bad (bad)
You know it (really, really bad)
You know I'm bad (bad), I'm bad (bad)
Sha'mon (really, really bad), you know
And the whole world has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad?"
=Scene Break=
Everyone was jumping and headbanging while Luffy on stage was doing the same, holding the microphone and singing.
"Those who died are justified
For wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died
By wearing the badge, they control your life
Those who died are justified
For wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died
By wearing the badge, they control your life."
"Come on!"
The band's guitarist starts a solo while Luffy jumps around the stage.
"Huh!"
"Yeah"
"Come on"
"Huh!"
When the solo ends, Luffy starts singing quietly with anger while shaking his head forcefully.
"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
He then starts singing loudly while jumping around the stage.
"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
"Motherfucker!"
"Huh!"
=Scene Break=
While everyone was dancing and enjoying the music, Luffy was jumping around the stage, drinking rum from a bottle and singing.
"Tirou a roupa, entrou no mar
Pensei: Meu Deus
Que bom que fosse
Tu me apresenta essa mulher
Meu irmão, te dava até um doce
Sem roupa ela é demais
Também por isso
Eu creio em Deus
Meu bom, meu Deus
Meu bom, me traz."
"Ainda bem que eu trouxe
Até meu guarda-sol
Tenho toda tarde
Tenho a vida inteira."
=Scene Break=
With the melody playing in the background, Luffy starts to rhyme, raising and lowering his arm.
"Deixa eu falar procê
Tudo, tudo, tudo vai, tudo é fase, irmão
Logo mais vamo arrebentar no mundão
De cordão de elite, 18 quilates
Põe no pulso logo um Breitling
Que tal? Tá bom?"
Around the square, some people were already seen sleeping against the walls of the buildings.
"De lupa Bausch & Lomb
Bombeta branco e vinho
Champagne para o ar, que é pra abrir nossos caminhos
Pobre é o diabo, eu odeio ostentação
Pode rir, ri, mas não desacredita, não
É só questão de tempo o fim do sofrimento
Um brinde pros guerreiro, zé povinho eu lamento
Vermes que só faz peso na Terra
Tira o zóio, tira o zóio, vê se me erra
Eu durmo pronto pra guerra e eu não era assim
Eu tenho ódio e sei que é mal pra mim
Fazer o que se é assim? Vida loka, cabulosa
O cheiro é de pólvora e eu prefiro rosas
E eu que, e eu que sempre quis um lugar
Gramado e limpo, assim, verde como o mar
Cercas brancas, uma seringueira com balança
Desbicando pipa, cercado de criança."
=Scene Break=
Doing a strange dance, spinning both arms in the same direction, Luffy continues singing without even knowing where he is anymore.
"Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more."
With a dragged voice imitating a country accent, he continues.
"I got the horses in the back
Horse tack is attached
Hat is matte black
Got the boots that's black to match
Ridin' on a horse, ha
You can whip your Porsche
I been in the valley
You ain't been up off that porch, now."
=Scene Break=
At this point in the night, most people were either passed out somewhere in the square or had already gone home.
Meanwhile, very drunk, Luffy was hugging a drunk Jerson, both with one hand up, singing together.
"We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world."
=END OF FLASHBACK=
"Awww, man, I had so much fun and I don't remember anything", Luffy says, feeling down for not remembering the party.
"Maybe don't drink so much next time?", Maria suggests, shrugging.
"Right, from now on I won't drink alcohol anymore, unless it's for a very special occasion."
=Scene Break=
After recovering from the hangover, Luffy spends some time interacting with Maria and company, telling them various stories from our world, like Batman, Spider-Man, Transformers, etc.
After a while, they head to the port, where he calls Chico, who was relaxing nearby. After tying the boat to the King of the Sea, he says goodbye to everyone and sets off in the direction of the call.
"Take care, Luffy", Maria shouts, waving to Luffy as he moves away from the shore.
"Bye everyone, keep an eye on the newspapers, in a few years I'll show up a lot there", Luffy shouts back, waving.
After moving far enough from the island, Luffy heads to the bow of the boat and starts talking to Chico.
"So, buddy, what did you do while I was on the island?"
"Chico ate some fish, relaxed on a nearby coral reef, and kept an eye on Lu's boat."
"Cool, I'm in the mood for some fresh fish for lunch today, so I'll fish at the stern of the boat, okay?"
"Don't worry Lu, Chico takes care of the boat's movement", he puffs his chest with pride for being responsible for the movement alone.
A few hours later, after eating a giant fish he caught, Luffy starts to feel sick, then notices purple spots slowly appearing on his arms.
"You're kidding me, I ate a poisoned fish, right?"
Suddenly, he spots a gigantic snail carrying a castle on its back approaching his boat. Already starting to hallucinate, he sees a beautiful woman with pink hair standing at the edge of the platform where the castle resided, whom he identifies as Vinsmoke Reiju, looking at him with interest.
"Hi there, you look like a guy I know named Sanji. Do you happen to have an antidote to get this poison out of me?", That's the last thing Luffy manages to say before passing out.
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(AN: 2,550 Words)
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