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Grand Line – Paradise
Somewhere in the middle of the sea – Having just emerged from the snowstorm
One day after that unpleasant encounter with Wapol, Merry had finally exited the snowstorm, with the ship of the deceased Wapol following them alongside. The weather had now stabilized, with a clear sky and a cold climate.
"Finally, I couldn't stand this snowstorm anymore", Usopp comments, noticing that it was no longer snowing as he stepped onto the deck after spending some time helping the doctors take care of his sick girlfriend, who was no longer in any condition to help with anything.
"Luffy... the weather's stabilized... it means we're close to an island... I managed... I brought us to Drum", Nami says with a faint smile, barely staying conscious, being extremely stubborn about staying on deck until now to help with navigation.
"Yeah, you did it, beautiful! Now rest, we'll take care of the rest", Luffy, holding her tightly, says, caressing her cheek and then kissing her forehead, not having left her side for even a second until now.
Finally relaxing, Nami passes out immediately, leaving the rest to the crew, trusting that they would take care of everything.
Picking her up in a princess carry and then taking her to the room where the rest of the girls were being cared for under the watchful eyes of the doctors, Luffy turns to one of the doctors, who seemed to be taking a break, and asks, "How are they, old man?"
"Getting worse little by little, we've managed to slow down the deterioration of their condition, but it would be good if we reached Drum soon", the doctor says, informing Luffy about the overall condition of the girls.
"Alright, we're close to Drum, so we'll be there soon", Luffy tells him before returning to the deck, grabbing some ropes from the storage in the middle of the way.
"Hey, Usopp, get ready to steer the ship, I'm going to tie the ropes to the Merry to pull it to the island", Luffy yells to Usopp as soon as he reaches the deck.
"Didn't Nami say it wasn't a good idea to do this?", Usopp asks doubtfully.
"She just said that when the weather stabilizes like this, it means we're close to an island. I'll use Observation to locate the island exactly, let's just hope it's Drum and not a different island", Luffy says while tying the ropes to the Merry's anchoring points.
"Alright, leave the steering of the Merry to me", Usopp says, heading toward the ship's helm wheel.
Finishing tying the ropes, Luffy uses his Observation Haki as a narrow beam to gain more range and then spins on his own axis, acting like a lighthouse.
In the middle of his spin, he senses an island a few thousand kilometers away, almost at the limit of his Haki's range, "Found it!"
"Zoro, transfer all those idiots on the other ship to Merry. Apparently, the people of Drum don't like that weird fat guy who died and his subordinates. The doctors said before that they'd receive us better if we told them he's dead and delivered those idiots soon after", Luffy says, almost forgetting about those idiots who were trapped on the other ship.
"Leave it to me", Zoro says, putting down the dumbbells he was using before going to do what he was asked.
"Hey, Usopp, when you have sight of the island, call one of the doctors, they're from Drum, so they should recognize the island just by looking at it. Oh, and Sabo! Hold my hat for a sec, please", Luffy says, handing his hat to Sabo and then taking off his shirt, tossing it aside on the deck.
As soon as Zoro finishes transferring the idiots to Merry's deck, Luffy grabs the loose ends of the ropes and ties them firmly around his waist before jumping into the sea in front of the ship.
A few seconds later, everyone feels a strong pull, and then the Merry begins to move quickly, leaving the late Wapol's ship behind.
"Usopp, start turning the Merry to starboard to avoid breaking the rudder because of Luffy pulling the ship to that direction", Sabo guides Usopp, holding his brother's hat.
"I'm already doing that", Usopp says, already maneuvering the helm wheel to turn Merry to the right direction.
Thus, the Merry sails smoothly at the same speed as a speedboat of our world, with Luffy not swimming faster because he was scared of accidentally breaking something on the ship. And then, just about twenty minutes later, the island could already be seen perfectly on the horizon.
"Zoro, can you bring one of the doctors here?", Usopp asks, unable to go himself because he was managing the helm wheel of the Merry.
"...Sigh... fine, wasn't I supposed to be Luffy's Chief Mate or something?", Zoro responds to Usopp with a sigh before asking himself in a low voice, putting his dumbbells aside again to go do what he was asked.
As soon as he sees a doctor approaching, Usopp asks, pointing to the island on the horizon, "Hey, doc, is that Drum Island?"
"Yes, that's the one", the doctor says as soon as he lays eyes on the island on the horizon.
"Goddamn, she really is a weather witch, she managed to find the damn island without the help of a Log Pose or an Eternal Pose, and sick as fuck on top of that", Usopp says, admitting it, Nami was made for this shit.
And then, shortly after, Merry was already entering the island through a large river. Seeing no need to pull the ship anymore, Luffy returns to the deck, completely drenched, seemingly not feeling the cold of minus 10 degrees that was there.
"Old man doctor, tell the other old men to prepare the girls for transport", Luffy says, running his hand through his wet hair to remove the excess water.
"Alright", the doctor says before heading off to do what Luffy asked.
As soon as the doctor enters the ship, everyone on the deck hears a deep voice coming from one of the riverbanks, "You have gone too far, pirates! Turn back immediately."
"We're looking for a doctor, an old witch apparently. We want her to treat our sick friends", Sabo says, briefly looking at the whole crowd of people occupying both sides of the river.
"Stop lying, you damn pirates!"
"This is our home and we won't let any pirate set foot here again!"
"Raise the anchor and turn around! Or we'll turn your ship into a sieve!"
And these are just some of the threats the island's citizens kept throwing after hearing what Sabo said.
"Enough! We didn't come here to cause harm to you guys or your home, but I need a doctor capable of healing my crew, and I've been told that this island has someone capable of that, so there's no way we're leaving until that happens", Luffy says firmly.
"And you expect us to believe pirates? Our island was recently attacked, and we are still sensitive about that. Besides, I don't know where you heard that, but there are no doctors on the island; all of them left with the former deserter king", the man from before, the one with the deep voice, says, still on guard, not trusting Luffy.
"No, I know there's a doctor. What do you guys want me to do? Do you want me to prostrate myself before you guys? Humiliate myself? Want me to get naked so you can see that I have nothing to hide? Because I do it, just please, save them! We also brought this so-called King's subordinates as a bargaining chip", Luffy says while pointing to the idiots tied up and gagged in a corner of the deck, putting his crew's health above his own pride.
All the citizens of Drum look to where Luffy was pointing and see those they immediately recognize as the Wapol subordinates. However, they remain silent, their thoughts unknown.
Seeing them all quiet, not saying a word, Luffy slightly nods before starting to lower himself to kneel before all of them, and this isn't a sign of weakness or anything like that, it's just a Captain being a real Captain, proud and unshakable, ready to give everything his got for his crew.
Seeing their Captain having to do this with no way to do anything about it was difficult for Zoro and Usopp, who were the only ones from the crew on the deck at the moment.
For Sabo, however, seeing his brother as a true leader was a reason to be proud, he didn't see Luffy as weak or this as something shameful.
"What's going on?", Sanji asks, arriving on the deck after hearing they had arrived.
Reaching Sanji's side at that moment, Chouchou, Karoo, and the doctors are confronted with Luffy prostrating himself on the deck.
Upon noticing the crowd on the riverbanks, one of the doctors speaks upon recognizing a familiar face, "Dalton?"
"Hm? What are you guys doing here? And even more so with these pirates?", the large man with the deep voice from before, now known as Dalton, asks upon noticing the presence of the twenty doctors who had fled with Wapol when the island was attacked by those pirates.
"Wapol is dead, that boy sent him flying away with a punch, and he sank into the sea and drowned. They have patients in serious condition on board who need urgent care from Dra. Kureha, we are unable to treat them", one of the doctors says, pointing to Luffy, still prostrated on the ground, waiting for a response.
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(AN: 1,612 Words)
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