Luffy stood on deck with his firstmate's old poster in his hand. The swordsman supposedly scary face didn't faze him, instead it brought him warm memories.

Luffy was heading to Raftel already. Just a few hours away and his dream would be complete.

But of course he expected Marines to be trying their best to prevent that but his crew... Easily could overpower armies.

He smirked and scanned the area with his enormous skills of observational haki to find their enemies, tense and nervous. Nearly a million. Akainu was not kidding this time... But behind all those troops he saw the overpowering aura of Akainu and his three admirals, and the seven warlords. Bit among that seven, he couldn't find Mihawk, the man whom his firstmate used to yearn to overcome. Instead in his stead, was a man... As strong or stronger as a yonko.

His aura sent shivers down Luffy's spine. So cold, yet so... Familiar? It was almost as strong as Luffy's aura!

Who was this man?!

He had heard rumors of Dracule being defeated but why did no one mentioned anything?! The aura suddenly flared and the man seemed to turn to Luffy, finally sensing him. It flared with excitement and... A confusing emotion... Nostalgia? The man seemed to enjoy his presence and the coldness was gone, replaced with happy excitement... What?!

"Sanji!"He hollered quickly, confused and strangely excited. His cook came in deck and ordered Sanji to use his observational to see this powerful man. The cook was shocked as the mysterious man seemed to turn to him with excitement and... Cockiness?!

"OI YOU STUPID MAR-" Then he snapped his mouth close. Suddenly it hit them both why it felt so familiar. It felt like... Zoro. The man seemed to feel their sudden sadness and he gave them a wave of warmth, pity and sorrow. Goodbye he seemed to say.

Sanji and Luffy whipped their heads up as the man hid his presence and they instantly missed it, whining slightly.

"What's wrong with you both?!"

They turned to see the rest of the crew with Nami in front, an impatient look on her face. "We're about to have a war here and you two are just staring of into the distance with... Sad faces! At least help in cannon preparation or food!". Everyone expected Sanji to go Ah Nami-swannnn is so dazzling when she's angry! But instead he gave a small bow, motioning to his captain to explain. Now that caught the crew's attention.

"We... Saw a man. With our observational haki, he was as strong or even stronger than a yonko. First that did surprise me but one thing even shocked me more... He... Felt like... Z-Zoro..." Luffy trailed off silently, his hat covering his face.

"Luffy..." The older crew members whispered. Slowly they hugged him together and reassured him, everything was going to be fine. Luffy grinned his goofy and cheeky smile.

"Ok!".