A/N: I am trying to preserve the way Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper act. Even though they have gained powerful crewmates, they are still the same as in the canon series, especially Luffy, who only becomes serious when it comes to meat or fighting.
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Meanwhile, Luffy and the others were aboard the Quinjet, flying high over Drum Island toward the castle where King Wapol had left. It was located on top of Drum Rockies and
"This jet is really amazing!" Luffy said, his face pressed against the window as he watched the clouds rush past them.
"Yeah! You know what?" Usopp said proudly, puffing out his chest. "I once flew with a thousand crew members and defeated the entire Marine force all by myself."
"Really?" Luffy asked, eyes sparkling with admiration.
"Yes! In fact, we were fighting a fish-man with ten arms, and we still won!" Usopp continued without the slightest hesitation.
BAM!!
"ARRRGH! That hurts!" Usopp cried, clutching his head as he collapsed onto the seat.
"If you're so great, then how come you were so weak against Kuro?" Zoro asked flatly, not even bothering to look at him.
"It was just a lie!" Usopp blurted out, desperately trying to defend himself.
"You lied to me?" Luffy finally realized, staring at Usopp in disbelief.
"Didn't you know?" Zoro asked lazily with a smirk on his face.
"I thought his experiences were real," Luffy replied honestly, looking genuinely disappointed.
"You idiot," Sanji added with a sigh, while shaking his head in disbelief.
The noisy atmosphere abruptly felt out of place as attention shifted to the back of the Quinjet.
Nami was still lying unconscious, her breathing shallow and uneven. Nojiko sat quietly beside her, gently replacing the wet towel on her sister forehead. Despite the cold air and the vibrations of the aircraft, Nami showed no sign of waking up.
Her condition was critical. Even with all the noise from the others, she didn't stir and move, not even once.
"Nojiko-neechan… how is Nami-neechan?" Bonney asked softly, her voice trembling as she held onto Kuma's coat.
"She'll be okay," Nojiko replied, forcing a smile that barely hid her worry.
"Yeah, don't worry. We're almost at the castle," Koala added, trying to reassure them while glancing at the controls.
"Dr. Kureha is a famous doctor who has lived for a very long time," Kuma said calmly. "She is an expert in medicine."
"Really, Papa?" Bonney asked, her eyes widening with hope.
"Yes," Kuma answered.
In the past, Kuma had searched for doctors all around the world. He knew many famous medical experts, but every single one of them had eventually told him the same thing, that Bonney could not be saved, her body would fail and die. He had also heard rumors of Dr. Kureha, a doctor said to have lived for over a hundred and thirty years, but he had never known where she lived… until now.
"We've arrived," Koala announced.
Her words caused the entire people in the crew to fall silent.
Luffy straightened up immediately, his playful expression disappearing. Zoro adjusted his swords, Sanji flicked away his cigarette, and Usopp swallowed nervously.
Everyone prepared themselves to meet Nami.
Because if Dr. Kureha couldn't save Nami, No one wanted to think about what would come next.
But then, someone asked a genius question.
"Anoo, how to go down there?"
"Easy, we punched the mirror then we get out," said Luffy. "Shishishi."
Bam!
Luffy were kicked by sanji and punched by Usopp.
"Idiot, do you want to destroy this flying jet?"
But before they could continue, Quinjet spew them out using a blue light.
This light similar to how they entered earlier.
Yeah it is a light where an alien would eject or inject someone to the spaceship.
***
Dr. Kureha lounged comfortably in her old wooden chair, one leg crossed over the other as she flipped through the latest newspaper. Her room are very warm thanks to the fireplace just sit behind her.
This castle has been left by Wapol so to not waste it, she and chopper decided to migrate here and make this place their new home.
She completely enjoy her life when suddenly her eyes paused on a new headline.
STRAW HAT PIRATES SHAKE THE WORLD - ADMIRAL DEFEATED!
"Tch," Dr. Kureha scoffed, adjusting her glasses. "That D family again. Wherever they go, chaos follows, why they can't just settle down."
She leaned back, the paper resting loosely in her hands. Memories stirred onto the past, remembering the dead of the D Family, they are many of them that she had lost count that always appear on a headline of the newspaper.
Rocks D Xebec, Gol D Roger, Monkey D, Garp and they are several other who are famous and also decided to keep their moniker D as a secret.
Some are lucky and most of them had been erased so thoroughly from history that a new generation didn't even know they existed.
Why? Because they burned too bright and challenged the world.
After that the World Government responded with force and buried them under the ground, delete their names from history.
Dr. Kureha snorted. "Hmph. The world never changes. It just repeats itself with different fools."
Across the room, Tony Tony Chopper sat quietly on the floor, completely absorbed in a thick medical book nearly as big as his body. His small hooves flipped the pages carefully, his eyes sparkling with curiosity as he studied diagrams and handwritten notes.
"Hmm… so if I add this NaCl on my solution and injected it with to my herbs, I can create stronger rumble ball," Chopper muttered to himself, scribbling his notes.
When suddenly something disturbed both of them
BRBRBRBRBRBRBRBR!!
The entire castle shook violently.
"GYAAAH!" Chopper yelped, his book flying into the air as he tumbled backward. "E-Earthquake?!"
The walls rattled. Snow fell from the ceiling beams. Even Dr. Kureha grabbed the arm of her chair.
Another tremor followed, it is more heavier this time.
Chopper scrambled to his feet. "D-Dr. Kureha! We have to get outside!"
Before she could protest, Chopper grabbed her arm and dragged her toward the exit. The cold wind hit them instantly as they burst out of the castle..... and both of them froze.
Because hovering above them, something so massive are floating on the sky.
They didn't know what it was because the design is new and it wasn't a ship and their mind just black.
A massive, sleek machine floated silently in the air and Dr Kureha finally know what make the castle vibrate, it wasn't an earthquake but from this Unknown Flying Object.
"A… flying ship?" Chopper whispered.
Dr. Kureha wiped sweat from her brow, despite the freezing temperature. "What kind of lunatic builds something like this…?"
Before either of them could move, the underside of the machine glowed brighter. A soft hum filled the air, and a blue light spread across the snow.
One by one, figures descended slowly from the ship, floating gently to the ground.
"Huh," said a boy wearing a straw hat, stretching his arms. "This is so cool. I wanna do that again!"
Chopper jaw dropped. "…They're floating…"
"You know what?" added a long-nosed boy, eyes shining. "We should totally ask Jack to build one of these jets for us later!"
Dr. Kureha stared at the group in silence.
A straw-hatted idiot grinning like a child and his eyes widen a bit when she noticed who was the boy at the moment. It is strawhat pirates.
"…So," she muttered quietly, a crooked smile forming on her lips. "The storm's finally reached Drum Island."
Suddenly the last person being transported down, it was young woman being hold by another woman.
"Please save my sister, she is sick," begged Nojiko.
Her plea make both Dr Kureha and Chopper moved forward, the duty of them as a doctor make them wanted to help those who are in sick.
***
Meanwhile, a few kilometers away from the wapol castle, the atmosphere was heavy with silence.
Earlier Dorry and Broggy are coming to them when Garp are telling the event where Rocks D Xebec died. Luckily, after they both sit down garp continue his story.
Garp voice was low when he reached the part where Rocks transformed into a monster.
"Rocks… transformed into a monster," he said slowly, as if each word weighed a ton. "His body grow a wing, his teeth become sharp and his haki went berserk."
Garp clenched his fist.
"The last thing we heard from him…" his voice cracked slightly, "…was him begging us to kill him while crying. Screaming that he didn't want to hurt his crew and beg us to kill him."
He stopped there.
Bogard lowered his head. Sabo jaw tightened. Even the Marines who had heard stood frozen, their faces pale. None of them had ever heard this story because Rocks has been deleted from history.
Dorry and Broggy exchanged looks, their expressions darkening. Their hands trembled slightly because earlier Jack had told them that the World Government had a weapon that can turn them into a monster.
"…It's the same," Broggy muttered.
"The same as our king," Dorry added quietly.
Their memories flashed back to Jack illusion which their king harald grow wing, their teeth become sharp and attacked all the giant.
Now hearing Garp also told the same make them believe with Jack story about King Harald.
"So it wasn't just Elbaf," Broggy growled. "That cursed power…"
Jack stepped forward and get close to Garp
"That thing has a name, the thing that turn something into monster," he said calmly, though his eyes were sharp. "Domi Reversi."
Garp head lifted slowly. "…Domi Reversi?"
"Yes," Jack replied. "A power that doesn't care about haki, strength, or will. No matter how strong you are, once it takes hold, you lose control."
Jack voice hardened.
"It can turn you into a weapon. It can force you to slaughter your allies… your family… even your own children."
The words hit like a hammer.
"And you can't stop it," Jack continued. "Not with Armament or even with Conqueror haki. Not even with the strongest will."
Garp breath caught.
"No wonder…" he muttered.
His mind drifted back to that island, he remembered Rocks face, twisted in pain rather than rage. He remembered how wrong it felt.
Rocks wasn't laughing, he was terrified.
"I knew something was wrong," Garp said quietly. "Even then. That wasn't the will of a man who wanted to rule the world… that was someone being forced."
Jack watched him closely.
This was what he wanted to know.
"So tell me, Marine Hero," Jack said. "After seeing all that… after seeing civilians butchered, after seeing Rocks turned into a monster… why did you still choose to stay as a Marine?"
The question hung in the air.
Garp didn't answer immediately.
His shoulders slumped, just a little.
"…Because if people like me leave," he finally said, "then the Marines would truly become nothing more than the World Government dogs."
Everyone become silent even Dragon had a look of give up
Jack clapped.
"Congratulations on protecting the marine, but didn't you know your behaviour wasn't actually saving them but instead making civillian lives in terror, you can save them by just creating a new marine for example follow the path of ex admiral zephyr. With both of you, you guys can gain more ally and train them become strong," said Jack.
This time Garp didn't answer instead he just looked at Jack.
"Or let me guess, you believe if you try to create your own marine, you will be forced to fight with Sengoku, Tsuru, Aokiji and all your former subordinates, they would claim you as a pirate and you know your limitation."
The words hit the nerve, even marines looked at Garp.
"If you know why did you ask me?" asked Garp.
"The answer is simple but please finish your story, I wanted to know what happen there," replied Jack.
Garp can only looked at Jack with hate.
"I and Roger we manage to beat rocks and he finally return to his human form and before we could do anything, the world government kill Rocks on that island." Finished Garp.
"Thank you for telling me this but first give me 10 billion beri and we will return Admiral garp and the others too," said Jack.
"But my question," replied Garp.
"Yes, your question too and I also would give a bonus info," said Jack
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