As the ship got closer and closer to colliding with the whale, some of the crew started to grow just a tad bit nervous. "Well boss, feel free to save us at anytime." Kid muttered trying to hide the small bit of panic in his voice as a bead of sweat ran down his face while law had his hand extended with a troubled look on his face ready to use a Room at anytime. Izuku for his part simply jerked his fingers up and within seconds the ship was flying through the air and safely above the whale.

The majority of the crew collectively breathed a sigh of relief as they slumped down before looking towards Hawkeye, Hawkins and Monet who were the only ones not fazed by the danger. Seeing this Monet covered her face as it took on an amused expression, "My, it seems like some of us forgot out captain could do this." She lightly teased getting embarrassed looks from killer, Law, Sonia, and Gloriosa and burning blushes from Nami, Kid and Bonney.

"SHUT UP!" The latter three yelled trying to hide it as Izuku lowered the ship back into the sea and looked around. 'So this is it." He thought as he looked around and saw the seemingly calm sea stretch far over the horizon. 'The Grandline, the place that will hold the key to me getting home.' Izuku thought taking it all in. 'That's if you want to go home by that point.' A traitorous thought spoke up causing Izuku to scowl and quickly rid himself of it.

As their captain was doing this, those in the crew that have never been to the grand line looked around in wonder, ready to take on the sea that had been dubbed the "pirate's graveyard." Kid however were disappointed as to how calm things were. "And I thought the Grandline would be a little more exciting." The red head huffed as he crossed his arms while Law simply rolled his eyes. "We just narrowly avoided getting hit by a whale Eustass, I would think that would be enough." The dark doctor rolled his eyes while Eutass growled at him.

"Speaking of the whale where did it go?" Nami asked glancing around nervously as she searched for the beast that almost ended their journey only to find nothing and was about to sigh in relief when she didn't see it only to scream as the entire area started to shake with a large banging noise started.

"AHHH what's going on?!" Nami screamed clutching onto the mast as Gloria and Sonia went to make sure the Kuja were fine as the rest of the crew remained vigilant ready for a fight only for the their attention to be taken by to figures appearing on the shore. "Ahh that damn beast is at it again Ms.Wednesday!" A male voice screamed over the noise as a female voice replied. "I'm aware of that Mr.9! Oh this monster just lives to make our lives difficult doesn't it?!" She replied as the two came into view.

'Nefertari Vivi.' Izuku thought having to hide his smile as he looked at one of the most peaceful but determined young women in the world. 'Though right now she's technically an enemy.' He thought with a small sweet drop before smirking. 'Let's change that.' He thought before disappearing suddenly to his crews surprise before appearing right behind the two bickering pair shocking them and giving them no time to react as slammed his foot into Mr.9's stomach launching him onto the ship and into unconsciousness. "What the..?" Vivi shouted eyes full of disbelief and fear as Izuku suddenly grabbed her by the back of her jacket and repapered on the deck of his ship.

As Izuku was sitting the girl down his crew approached looking more then a little confused and irate. "Well captain mind telling us what that was about?" Law ask shouting to be heard over the on going banging only for him and most of the others to lose their balance as the whale suddenly emerged from the sea again launching their ship away from the shore.

"One second." Izuku promised before launching himself into the air before rocketing towards the whale before kicking him with such power it was forced back under the water. 'Sorry about that Laboon, but it's for your own good.' Izuku thought before his observation Haki activated and Izuku crossed his arms and covered them in Armament Haki right before the whale emerged out of the water and slammed it's tale into Izuku, sending him back hurtling into the red line and impacting with a mighty BOOM!

Getting up and ignoring the cries he was hearing from his crew he walked up to whale who was looking ready to strike again before Izuku held up his hand. "That's enough." He claimed adding a bit of Conquer's Haki to his voice. "Right now it's a tie so we'll have to settle this one day." He informed that whale. "So listen, me and my friends plan to sail across the whole world so that means we'll eventually be back here. If you can wait and not slam against the red line anymore we can have our rematch then." He proposed going for the Luffy approach and it seemed to work as Labon looked at him with wide eyes as if remembering something before pulling back and letting out a cry of joy as if accepting the challenge which brought a smile to Izuku's face.

Only for his face to immediately become smoke as Nami after reaching the shore again with the rest of the crew tried to slam her fist into his face. "Idiot! What the hell were you doing?!" She demanded only for the answer to come from an unlikely source. "Something I've been trying for the last 50 years." an old, gruff voice came from the light house followed by foot steps until finally the door opened and the man emerged.

'Crocus.' Izuku thought with a grin as he watched the monster of a doctor approach him. 'Just like with Rayleigh he's as strong as ever.' He continued his thoughts. Just as he suspected Crocus was just as powerful as be imagined him to be, time doing little to diminish his strength. The other Haki sensitive crew members seemed to realize this two as Sonia and Gloriosa froze up at seeing him while Hawkeye didn't show any reaction, though knowing him he probably already knew Crocus was here.

Nami not knowing exactly who she was addressing raised an eyebrow. "And just what is it that?" She asked with Crocus only gaining a frown. "That's a long story." He replied as he walked past the crew with them looking at him in confusion and slight curiosity. "Well it's not like we have anywhere to go right now." Bonney rebutted, growing more and more interested. Reaching his beach chair, he sat down with a sigh before looking over at them as if analyzing them before beckoning them over.

"Alright kids you want to know what the hell was wrong with that whale, and why it nearly killed you when you barely entering the grand line?" He questioned with the group nodding. "Well it all started with another group of pirates named the Rumbar Pirates."

And from there Crocus told them of the music loving pirate crew from 50 years ago, how they had come from the West Blue with a baby Laboon following after them He spoke of their sorrow at having to leave the whale behind but absolute refusal to take their friend into danger before he was ready and most Importantly he spoke of their promise to travel around the world and meet them again coming from the exact same way and finally reunite with their friend again.

"But." Crocus said a tired sigh on his lips. "As you can guess they failed to keep that promise, After a couple of years I had heard they all died. I even joined up with a pirate crew for a year a couple of decades back to search for any survivors. but could never find them." He spoke with a regretful shake of the head.

When I returned and gave Laboon the news, he refused to believe me and the next day he started bashing his head against the red line, convinced that if he could knock that hunk of rock down he could go and find his friends again. He's been at it ever since." Crocus finished his tale.

The reaction from the crew was mixed. Kid, Hawkins and Killer were mostly un affected by the tail though Kid had to admit the Whale had guts to keep at what was an impossible task for 20 years. Law was mostly in the same boat, but he did sympathize with Laboon somewhat, know all to well how it felt to be to weak to help those you care about when they needed it most.

The girls felt awful for the poor whale, each having to either grow up with out a family or losing their family in the process while Gloriosa bowed her head in silent prayer for the lost pirates. Izuku knew the story by heart, knowing it by both sides of the story. Still it hurt to hear especially with the whale in question being just a few meters away.

"But that stunt you pulled kid." Crocus went on with a laugh as he shook his head. "That kind of insanity is what I would expect from my old captain, the crazy bastard would always pull asinine stunts like that and leaving me to patch him up afterwards." He remised as those like Kid, Nami and Bonney were wondering just what the hell kind of pirate captain would act like that.

Law however picked up on something else. "Wait a minute old man." He said getting Crocus' attention. "You said you had to patch up your old captain, so does that mean you were the doctor on your old ship?" He asked hoping to rack his brain a little if that is the case. The retired man just nodded with a grin. "Yup you heard right, I was responsible for keeping all those crazy bastards alive." He admitted before raising an eyebrow. "Why, you the doctor of these little brats?" Crocus asked ignoring the glare he was getting from Gloriosa at being called a brat by someone who she was willing to bet was around her age if not younger.

"Yeah I was hoping I could ask you some questions about what's to come, so I could be prepared." Law told him with a lazy tone though his eyes had hardened, something Crocus noticed. "Interesting most rookies these would boast about how they would have gotten on fine on their own and reject anything help offered." Crocus commented with Law offering a shrug in reply.

"Most rookies are idiots."

This earned a bark of laughter from the lighthouse keeper. "True enough!" He laughed before turning around and walking towards the lighthouse. "Wait here a moment I'll be right back." Crocus told them as he headed inside as the crew looked at Izuku who only shrugged back confused, showing even he didn't know what was going on. The only one who kept his eyes on the lighthouse was Law who's eyes were filled with a greed filled excitement hoping the old man was doing what Law thought he was doing.

The answer came seconds later as Crocus came out caring three books under his arm. "Here brat." He spoke to law holding the books out to the younger doctor. "In these are all the notes I took over my years at sea. They contain everything I learned from different disease to medical recipes and everything in between, I even made notes on several of the islands we visited and what to watch out for." Crocus reveled to the gaping crew and stunned Law who slowly and shakily took the information gold mind before looking back at man with gratitude, something the crew hasn't seen from Law before as he asked a simple question.

"Why?" he asked his voice still shaking slightly wondering what the catch could be. All the old man did was snort. "Don't look to deep into it brat. I'm an old man who has nothing to do with his time, so a few years ago I started writing down notes and offering them to any doctor or crew that was willing to ask for them." He revealed getting a nod from Law who was regaining his normal composure.

"Anyway welcome to the grand line, should have said it earlier but what can you do?" The old man formally welcomed the Devil Kings as he once again turned around. "Normally I'd let you dock here for food and booze but considering what you did for Laboon kid, I guess we could call it even." He said as he headed back inside his home. "Just don't stay to long or I will charge you." He threatened thought it was obvious he didn't mean a word. Waving goodbye he shut the door behind and turned on the light to his home before walking over and setting at his table.

'Izuku Midoriya huh?' The old doctor thought as he started down at said pirate's wanted poster before leaning back. 'Well can't say I see you in him captain, Ray diffidently but not you.' He thought before looking out the window and saw the crew circled around no doubt planning what to do next before focusing on Izuku as he let a grin come to his face.

'But still you pestered that kid, chasing him to the end of the world to get him into your crew wouldn't you?' He thought as he closed his eyes and drifted of to sleep and memories of the past.

'Roger?'

Line break.

"Wait a minute Kid you want Izuku to do what?" Nami asked as she and the rest of the crew looked over to the magnetic power user in confusion only getting a tsk from the red head. "I want him to to raise the ship so we can see if there's any damage down to the bottom the ship we need to repair. I know the captain can repair anything thanks to his powers but still I want to take a look." Kid explained his odd request.

Still seeing the looks of confusion Killer decided to explain. "When we were kids Kid spent a lot of time building, and learning how thing go together. He was going to be the shipwright of our crew before we meet you guys, so you could say it's just old instinct surfacing." The masked man revealed getting looks of understanding from the crew as Kid reddened in embarrassment. Keep stuff like that to yourself Killer, these bastards don't need to know that!" The red head roared as the rest of the crew shot him looks of waring amusement from Law and Gloriosa snickering to Nami and Bonney's full blown laughter.

Before Kid could snap at them the area around them started to shake and the Charon was raised as Laboon appeared underneath it letting out another happy yelp wanting to be helpful to his new friends. "Aww thanks Laboon, but Izuku can take care of it!" Nami cooed at the whale as she and Bonney pet the whale affectionately as Izuku used the power of the Float-Float Fruit to raise the ship up high as Laboon moved so he could see better.

"Well Kid what do you think?" Izuku asked not seeing anything wrong himself but wanted to get Kid's opinion on it. Kid's eyes scanned the ship carefully going over everything carefully before letting out a sigh. "Everything's fine, no need for anything to be fixed." Kid told the crew who breathed out in relief as Izuku gently set the ship down gently in the water.

That done Izuku turned to Mihawk. "Well Hawkeye, are we ready to go or is there anything we need?" The captain of the crew asked his swordsman who merely looked up and studied the position of the sun for a moment before giving his answer. "There are 7 islands that we can get to from here thanks to the log pose." He started while indicating to said compass that was now on Navi's arm. "And all seven of them can be reached by night fall if we leave now." He explained getting excited looks from the crew before his gaze shifted to the cloud homie around Nami.

"And if what you told me about Su is correct we'll reach which ever one the log is pointing us towards even sooner than that." Mihawk spoke as the crew was quick to hurry to the ship. "Wait shouldn't we say goodbye to Crocus first?" Nami asked as they hurried to the ship only to be waved off by Kid. "That wave he gave us over his shoulder seemed like a prettygood good bye to me." He dismissed as they reached the Charon and made it ready to sail as soon as possible.

Izuku who had flown over to the ship was saying goodbye to Laboon in the meantime. "I promise Laboon, you will see us again, no matter what we have to do." Izuku promised, figuring he that once he did find away home it wasn't something time sensitive and he could come say good bye to the friendly whale before he felt. "In fact." Izuku went on leaning closer to the whale. "I've got this good feeling in my got that at least one fo your old friends is alive, and if he is I'll bring him back with me." Izuku promised.

And that was the breaking point as Laboon could no longer hold in his happiness and let out a mighty cry of joy as tears began to fall. "Izuku!" He heard Nami call his name and turned to see his crew standing there will confident grins and smiles." "Everything's ready captain, just give the command!" Nami told him causing a smirk to appear on the green haired teen's face.

"Well then everyone, set sail!" He ordered getting a roar of "Aye!" in return as the crew did as they were told and the ship started to move and as the Charon moved ahead Izuku and the rest of the crew caught sight of Crocus standing next to laboon who was giving his own goodbye while the old man simply raised his arm with a smirk. A bidding of farewell and good luck.

A gesture the entire crew retuned until the two were out of side. "Well then everyone." Izuku once again getting his own crews attention.

"Let's get started."

Line break.

It's a well known fact that outside the New World that most dangerous part of the grand line based on the weather and sea alone was the section between Twin Cape and the first set of islands that follow it. This was due to the electromagnetic fields of the 7 islands right after Twin Cape that caused the weather to change at a moment's notice making it exceptionally difficult for some and nearly impossible for others.

However should one have the proper tools this leg of the journey could prove much easier then usual if used correctly.Luckily the Devil Kings had two of these in the forms of Izuku and Su. Su on Nami's command flew and merged with clouds letting the cloud homie control the weather in area, and while it couldn't move or disperse the storm the homie was able to open up a hole in the storm allowing sun to shine down on the ship keeping it peaceful even as the storm raged unforgivingly around the ship.

With the storm problem taken care of all that was left the raging waves of the sea which was taken care rather easily by Izuku once again utilizing the power of the Float-Float Fruit to soar above the waves below leaving the only need is for Nami to keep her eyes on the Log Pose so they wouldn't be turned around in the air.

There were two people on board the ship however who weren't happy with this but seeing as those two were Mr.9 and Miss.Wednesday who had been tied up before they set foot on Twin Cape the crew were quick to ignore them and their constant complaining.

Though they all did have a good laugh when they saw the shocked and terrified faces of their two faces when they saw exactly where they were.

And seeing as they had a bit of a grace period before reaching the next island Izuku with the help of Mihawk, Sonia and Gloriosa explained and started the crew's Haki training which was really only giving an a bitter explanation of the three types then he had before the crew entered the Grand line.

Observation, a sixth sense in away that let one detect living being around them and if trained enough could get an idea of what an enemy would do next. Izuku also informed them that if trained enough then one could see several seconds into the future. Something that got most of the crew very interested.

Armament, the physical aspect that increases one's attack and defensive power acting as a shield, armor and powerful weapon against devil fruit users with the use of Hardening. The advance techniques were even more interesting. Emission which launches one's Haki in a small powerful burst and emission which is an attack from the inside, letting the user destroy the target from the inside out.

Conqueror's, the rarest type of Haki born to only one in several million, it is the power to enforce one's will onto others and force those of weak wills into a state of submission as if to say they were not worthy of the conqueror's attention with another use being that if used with a sufficient amount of power one could damaging inanimate objects and structures within the user's vicinity. Going on to explain the black lightning that occurs when two Conqueror's truly clash. Finally they went over the power of Infusion a rare skill even among the conqueror's that allow them to infuse their body and weapons with their conquering sprit in a way similar that of Armament, immensely augmenting the power of their attack.

After the explanation for each type Izuku demonstrated how each works. Observation was simple enough as he predicted what his crew would say several seconds before they did several times before putting one a blindfold and let Killer and Hawkins slash at him in vain as he dodged effortlessly. Armament was also easy to show case as he just hardened up different parts of his body and showed how it worked as both offense and defense as well as imbuing several weapons to show the deference in terms of strength.

He also showed off Emission and internal Destruction but it easy to see that they weren't as honed as the other techniques seeing as he didn't use them nearly as much as the more basic techniques.

Izuku didn't dare use Conqueror's here, knowing that one a flying ship in the middle of a artificial eye of the storm wasn't exactly the safest time to do so. But with the help of Kid and Law who saw Izuku preform it against the marines back in Lougetown.

Finally done with his expiation Izuku turned to his crew with a sigh. "And that's the basics of it. We probably won't need Haki much in the earlier parts fo the grenadine but learning it by the time we get to the new world is non-negotiable." Izuku told his crew as he took in the reactions of the non Haki users.

Kid was actually salivating at the idea of mastering the powers of Haki and annihilating anyone who got in his way. 'Even if I only master the basic forms of each, it along with the rest of my strength should let me get rid of anyone.' He thought a greedy smirk on his face as considered the possibilities. Law, Hawkins and Killer were also in the same mindset already making plans on how to incorporate Haki into their fighting styles.

Nami, Bonney and Monet, while less enthused than there shipmates were quite excited at the prospect of learning Haki while also understanding the necessity of learning it before they got to the other half of the grand line.

Seeing the state of the younglings Gloriosa shock her head with a sigh but a hum from her right caused her to turn and see Sonia deep it thought. "Is there something that matter Sonia?" The older Kuja asked with the middle snake sister thinking for a second before turning to the elder. "Elder Nyon, big sister can you infuse her conqueror's Haki to her physical strength right?" At seeing the elder woman's nod Sonia looked down towards her own hand as he covered it in Hardening.

"Out of the three of us only big sister was born with all three types and was even able to push and master her Conqueror's Haki as far as possible and even then she was thrown around like a rag doll." Sonia said recalling the horrible day their island was taken as her hardening started to fade a bit. "I can easily say my specialty is Observation while Mari's is Hardening and even then we've really only taken them as far as mastering the basics." Sonia said speaking quietly more to herself then the elder next to her, looking every bit like the small child Sonia currently was.

"it worked fine for years since we never went into the New world. But now.." Here she trailed off not as she shook her head as she tried to gain the nerve to finish her thought with Gloriosa putting a hand of comfort on the green haired girls back and smiled encouragingly. "I know, and you're absolutely right Sonia." the elder agreed knowing what the girl was going to say causing the snake girl to smile as before the two turned back and watch as Izuku and Hawkeye snap the crew out of their thoughts. "Luckily it seems you'll have plenty of help in the future." She guessed getting a nod of agreement before going to check on the other Kuja.

Back with the rest of the crew Izuku clapped his hands together to regain the others's attention. "That's enough daydreaming people, focus up." He called out as the others snapped out of their own thoughts and turning their attention back to the captain. "Well know that you know what Haki is you need to decide how far you wanna try and go with it. Like I said mastering the basics are going to be requirement if you want to survive in the new world, but if you want to learn the advance techniques I'll help you in anyway I can." Izuku told them

"Are you out of your mind captain? Of course we're going to master that advance forms!" Kid declared a clenched first in front of him, his powers activating unconsciously causing the metal in the area to rise into the air forcing all the weapon users to hold onto their weapons as they glared at kid in annoyance. "KNOCK IT OFF YOU IDIOT!" Nami shouted at him smacking on the head with her Jitte with the sea stone tip, canceling out his devil fruit causing him to glare at the navigator while nursing the new injury on his head.

"The idol's enthusiasm aside." Law muttered with a roll of his eyes while ignoring the glare now pointed at him from the red head. "He was correct in saying that we'll take it as far as we can to increase out strength." The doctor announced getting a nods from Hawkins, killer, Bonney and Monet. "Monet you two actually agree with that?" Nami asked confused as to why they wanted to go that far.

Of course she was going to do as Izuku said and learn what she could about Haki and hopefully master the basics, but considering as she was a thief and not a fighter and that her devil fruit was literally made others to fight for her she considered the basics more then enough for her to survive.

Bonney hearing Nami's question rolled her eyes while Monet let out a giggle. "Why so surprised Nami we're a tiny crew right now planning on taking on millions whether it be the yonko or the world government. We're going to need all the power we can get. And if we amass a truly gigantic crew we're going to be the ones who will lead them as commanders so we will need to be strong for hundreds if not thousands to put their trust into us and lead them into battle." Bonney explained her reasoning with Monet nodding in agreement.

"Not to mention how it will optionally help our devil fruits Nami. I mean image me adding Armament Haki to a blizzard created by my Snow-Snow Fruit or Ama and Su getting buffed by you challenging Armament through them. Not to mention if you get the Observation Haki's future vision it could help if we're ever caught in an ambush for the like." The snow woman threw in her two cents.

Nami meanwhile frowned but remained silent but had to admit the two both made good points. If they remained small then when the time came to fight massive amount of enemies at a time then she is going to be expected to take care of her own share of them as to not burden her friends during those critical times. On the other hand if they did gather a massive amount of numbers it will be expected for her to be put into a leadership position and will need the boost Haki could provide.

And Monet was right as well if she could learn to transfer Haki over to her homies then they could be come much stronger and thus she becomes much stronger.

As Nami was going over all these thoughts in her head Law started looking over the books Crocus gave him in earnest and the more he read the more impressed he became. "Hey captain." He called getting Izuku's attention. "Do you know what crew Crocus was apart of?" He asked wondering if the crew the old lighthouse keeper was apart of had any devil fruit user that his captain could use to discover what the crew was. To his surprise however Izuku simple chuckled with nod.

"The Roger Pirates."

It was as if the whole world grew silent as the crew had to take a second to process exactly what they just heard. "H-Hey now." Kid stammered slightly not even noticing his stutter his eyes locked firmly on his captain. "Are you telling us, that the crusty old man who spent close to 5 decades with a whale and only left to find said mammals friends was the doctor on the king of the pirates' crew?!" The magnet power user demanded as all but Hawkeye looked on in shock at what Izuku just said.

"Yeah that's right Crocus was apart of his crew on their very last voyage." Izuku told the metal armed man. "So does that mean that he knows about the one piece?" Killer asked turning his head to the in the direction as if trying to catch one last glance at the man even though they had departed hours ago.

"Yeah he does." Izuku admitted as a silence fell into the crew before a thought struck Kid that caused him to go stiff. "Hold on, wait a minute." He whispered as he broke out into a cold sweet. Startling the rest of the crew slightly having never seen him like this. "Izuku do you know about the one piece, as in where it is and what it is?" He asked causing everyone to snap their heads over to Izuku awaiting his answer with the captain only letting out a sigh.

"I do." He admitted before adding on. "At least I do about the other world. A lot of things are already different and I have no idea if the circumstances regarding how to find One Piece or where it is are the same as they were in the other world. Though regarding what it actually is can't say I want it to be the same considering it's the only thing I can think of that can get me home."

This gave the crew pause as they considered what Izuku just said. Looking at it from that angel it made since why Izuku would not tell them about that. Misinformation was worse than no information and it was the captain said. There was no guarantee that what the One Piece was, where it was or how to get to it was anything close to how it was in this world. If they simply rely on just the memories Izuku has, some of which have already proven unreliable then the only thing they'll end up reaching is disaster.

An awkward and uncomfortable silence filled the air as no one knew exactly how to break before finally Bonney let out a tired sigh and looked up through the hole Su created and glanced at the small bit of parted sky they were traveling under. "Well looks it's a little early for dinner." She commented causing everyone to look at her with raised eyebrows as she headed towards the kitchen. "So why don't I prepare us a light sack? I mean we need to celebrate entering the Grand Line don't we?" She asked and like that the awkwardness as one by one the crew adopted smiles as the voiced their agreement and headed for the ship's dinning room until it was only Izuku and Hawkeye.

the two simply watched as the storm and waves raged around them just out of reach from their ship both seemingly happy for the silence. until it was Hawkeye to break it. "You know I still find it hard to believe you've been able to gather the crew members that you have." Mihawk told his captain who let out a small snort of agreement. "You have no idea. Bonney, Kid, Law and Hawkins." Izuku listed. "They're all captains in the other world and would never have even considered joining another's crew." Izuku told the swordsman who nodded recognizing that each had the potential to be a captain in their own right.

"That only validates my point, at the absurdity of it." Mihawk continued before he narrowed his eyes with a serious frown coming to his face. "However I would advice caution even with the crew we have gathered Captain." Mihawk warned Izuku who nodded seriously. "No shit, we have 30 Kuja albeit inured and turned into kids in the medical bay and I doubt they're going to be in the best of moods when they wake up and after hearing what happened at Amazon Lilly they'll probably be the least of our problems." Izuku predicted as scratched the side of the his head before speaking again.

"Believe Hawkeye I know I've been lucky so far and that if I due want to do what I've been saying then everyone is going to have to fight and grow so they can be prepared for who will eventually be facing. Nor am I so deluded that I think we can get through everything that we're gong to face without losing some people especially if we start gathering people on mass." Izuku told Mihawk who's full attention was now completely focused on Izuku with the same intensity that he showed when they first fought.

"And what will you do when that time comes? When you do eventually lose your first comrade, how will you react? Will you rise to the occasion or will you wilt and bulk like so many bright eyed fools before you?" He questioned his captain wanting to see how the young man would answer his challenge.

Izuku himself actually did surprise Mihawk when all the younger man did was snort and wave his hand dismissively. "Do you really except me to answer that with out it sounding like some generic, childish bull crap?" He asked before turning back to staring out towards the horizon. "I'll fight like hell to prevent that day as long as I can just like the rest of the crew comes. He said before going for silent for a minute. "And when that day does come." He started again before clenching his fist. "Then you'll have your answer." He said before shifting his eyes over to Hawkeye. "That good enough for you Hawkeye?" He asked dryly.

Hawkeye looked his captain in the eye for a moment before turning away with a smirk. "A satisfying answer I could ask for." He admitted before his smirk turned amused. "Though if you were hoping to avoid sounding like some generic story character I hate say but you failed." He told his captain who gained an embarrassed look on his face as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

Great instead of sounding like some generic optimistic naive fool he sounded like a stone faced, no emotion edge lord sharp enough to steel. He didn't know which one was worst

"Hey Izuku, Hawkeye." Nami's voice suddenly rang out from behind them causing them to see her sticking her upper body out of the dinning room. "You two better hurry in here before these idiots eat everything." She warned while ignoring the shouts now coming from the kitchen. Turning to his swordsman he smirked. "Will shall we?" He asked getting a smirk from the man as the two headed inside.

Line break.

"Well there it is, our first stop in the grand line." Nami said as they watched the island Izuku identified as Cactus Island. A feel hours had passed since Izuku's and Mihawk's talk and the ship was back in the water with the storm and monstrous waves dying down a little bit ago. The two whale hunters Mr.9 and Ms.Wednesday jumped into the sea a couple of minutes ago with the crew not batting an eye as they watched the two weirdos go.

With them gone Nami asked a couple of questions that Izuku couldn't answer when they had their 'guests' on board. "So Izuku how long will it be before the Log Posts is set?" She asked having been told by Hawkeye and Izuku how the log post works and each island has a certain time frame before it sets and can point to the next island. "Less than a day." Izuku answered getting a nod from the navigator before moving on to her next question.

"Okay will what kind of place is Cactus island? I mean what kind of people live there?" Nami asked trying to get some information on the island. The answer came not from Izuku but Mihawk and it did nothing to put Nami at ease. "It's a town full of bounty hunters, who act as a town who welcomes pirates. They throw a feast and fill them with alcohol and when the pirates all fall into a drunken slumber slab them in chains and send them off to marines for the bounties." Mihawk explained freaking Nami out and intriguing the others.

"Those bounty hunters are also members of Baroque Works, a criminal organization run by the warlord of the seas Crocodile, the so called hero of Alabasta." Izuku added on casually only working to freak out the already nervous navigator and exciting and intriguing the other members. "So that's are first play in the Grand Line, taking down Crocodile?" Law asked a smirk on his face as leaned against one fo the walls of the ship while Kid was shaking in excitement as at the thought of fighting a warlord of the sea.

Nami wasn't as intrigued. "U-Uhh..Do we really have to go to this island?" Nami asked a shakily hand in the air as she glanced around the rest of the crew taking excitedly though Bonney was currently more interested in the so called feast that would be supposedly waiting for them. The only one not looking excited was Hawkins who was doing his usual fortune telling.

Something that she could never tell if it was a good thing or not.

"Chances of any misfortune befalling us 5%." Hawkins announced before doing another reading. "Chances of benefits from the island 98%." Hawkins announced only causing Nami to sigh in defeat. Between Izuku's knowledge and Hawkins readings there really was no reason not to go. 'Plus.' Nami added a greedy smile coming to her face. 'Who's to say that those benefits don't involve a ton of cash.' she thought while Ama and Su were grinning at seeing their queen so happy.

"Well looks like that's settled." Sonia muttered as she and Gloriosa exited the infirmary after checking on their fellow Kuja. "You know Sonia we might be able to get you some knew clothes from this place. I mean there's bound to be some female bounty hunters there that we can steal you some clothes from." Monet told the snake girl before turning to Izuku. "Right captain?" She asked getting a nod from the captain causing Sonia's eyes to light up in excitement at the thought of getting clothes that can fit her older self.

By this point they were nearing the island and the Haki users could already pick up the life energies from the island. However there was only thing that bothered Izuku. "Captain." Mihawk spoke up getting a nod from Izuku. "I feel it too Hawkeye." Izuku confirmed as he continued to focus on the island where he was sensing 4 stand out energies from the island. 3 were all reasonably stronger than the rest but the last was so much stronger it could be considered monstrous.

The rest of the crew had no time to even ask what they were referring to as they had entered the channel that went through the island and entered a cave. "This is it people, get ready to party." Izuku warned as they excited the cave.

"WELCOME PIRATES!"

"HELLO!"

"CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT HERE!"

It was exactly like Izuku had told them, an entire town who seemed to love and welcome pirates to their town. "Welcome pirates! we of Ma~ma~ma! Whiskey Peak welcome you. I am the mayor of this island!" A man said as he made his way to front to greet the new arrivals. He a tall man with a small red nose and has blonde hair in a style that resembles a powdered wig and dressed like a gentleman. 'Igaram.' Izuku thought as he looked over the undercover royal guard captain. 'No surprise he's here.' The captain thought before his eyes drifted over all the bounty hunters trying to find the source of the stronger presences. 'Now let's see who you ar.... No way.' Izuku denied in his head he stared at 3 of the 4 people he felt earlier.

'Heat, Wire and Baby 5? What the hell are they doing here?' Izuku thought to himself as he glanced back at Kid and Law both of which he caught giving them a brief glance before turning away. 'What the hell is going on here I thought Kid and Killer said their entire crew was killed and Law's acting like he's never seen 5 before. Don't tell me it's another change.' Izuku as Igaram continued his practiced speech.

"Now I'm well aware of that this certainly looks strange but rest assured this town truly does love pirates and their life styles." Igaram continued with the lie with the bounty hunters throwing in their own support. "Now please if you will follow me we will hold a magnificent feast in celebration for your victory in making it here!" He declared with the Devil kings looking towards their captain. "Well if they're going to go throw all that trouble we might as well enjoy ourselves." He decided getting cheers from the crew as they docked and disembarked however before Izuku got off his eyes glanced towards the infirmary where Gloriosa and Sonia were also looking towards worryingly.

"Relax you two I've got this covered he said as his right hand began to glow along with two glowing circles appearing on the deck of the ship. This is the power of the Summon-Summon Fruit and through it one can summon a vast array of creatures. The bounty hunters and two conscious Kuja stared in shock in slight horror at what exactly came up.

Izuku couldn't help but smirk at seeing their reactions "Death knights do tend to have that affect on people." He told the two Kuja who slowly came out their hunk and headed towards the island. After all judging by the terrified looks on the bounty hunters faces they're not going to be risking a fight with the two undead anytime soon.

Content with the security he was leaving he made his way over to Law and Kid who had waited on the ship for him. "Always got another trick up your sleeve don't you boss?" Kid muttered with a smirk and shake of his head while Law looked like he wanted nothing more then to dissect the two of them. "Well I gotta keep the enemies on their toes." He argued as they three made their way off the ship before Izuku's face adopted a serious expression which his cremates saw and did the same.

"So tell me something did the two of you see anyone you recognized even a little?" Izuku asked getting negative reactions from the two. "Not at all." Law asked before his eyes hardened and narrowed. "Why should we?" He asked with Kid doing the same as the two figured out what their captain was trying to say.

"Those three." Izuku told them while discreetly pointing towards Baby 5, Heat and Wire. "Those 3 huh? how do we know them?" Kid asked examining the 3 in question. "The two men were part of your crew in the other world Kid." He told the red head who after hearing that snapped his head over to the two and examined the two much more closely. "And the woman is part of the bird's crew." He whispered to Law who understood in an instant what he meant and gained a harsh glare of suspicion on his face as studied the woman.

"Calm down you two." Izuku told his crew and while Kid did as we was told Law was still glaring at the woman causing Izuku to sigh in annoyance before whispering to Law. "Look the other you meet her when the both of you were kids and growing up she was never given an assiment this far away so if she wasn't there before you were chances are we can count on her not being affiliated with Doflamingo." Izuku tried to reason with the doctor who only shifted his glare to Izuku. "And if she is part of his crew?" He asked with a dangerous tone with Izuku not blinking as he stared Law in eyes.

"Then we'll make an example out of her." The answer caused brought the trio to a standstill just long enough to confuse the disguised bounty hunters before Law nodded seemingly satisfied. Seeing his crew members Izuku grinned as he continued to the town "Alright men." He said as they entered the building where the feast would be held.

"Let's party."

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And what a party it was. Music, dancing, eating, drinking, the feast had it all proving that while it was just to get them to drop their guard and get them drunk the bounty hunters had proven they new how to throw a celebration. Bonney, Kid and Izuku all entered the eating contest knocking out the other contest and seven chefs with Izuku barley pulling out a win thanks to the powers of the Gum-Gum Fruit and the Munch-Munch Fruit though he did shutter in fear when Bonney declared she would get her revenge in the future.

The more reversed members of the crew Law, Hawkins, Monet, Hawkeye and Gloriosa simply ate and peace while talking pleasantly with the islanders with some of the more bloodthirsty members enjoying the slight nervousness some of the towns people when they talked about previous fights not helping calming the terror they secretly felt when they first saw the world's greatest swordsman as part of the crew.

Sonia left with a nun which was really Ms.Monday a tall, muscular woman with dark skin and pink hair in disguise and came back a short time really with clothes big enough that allowed her to go back to her 16 year old body, while also picking out some clothes for the other Kuja. Nami and Killer participated in the drinking contest with Nami unsurprisingly winning it and the cash prize that came along with it.

While the party was going on however Izuku and his crew kept their eyes on Heat, Wire and Baby 5, Izuku having told the rest of the crew who they were and their importance to Law and Kid.

As the night went on however the bounty hunters were growing more and more nervous. The pirates were blazing through their food and alcohol and even though if they mange to catch both Devil King and Hawkeye they would gain enough money they would be set for life, Neither showed in signs until finally long into the night the Devil King pirates seemed to finally drift off to sleep.

"Finally." Igaram muttered in relief as he checked on the pirates and saw all members played out in some fashion. 'When the princess told me about them I was nervous about how a warlord and pirate worth 120,000,000 million were coming to the island but it seems they're just as human as everyone else.' The undercover royal guardsman though as he went to go meet up with the princess and 'Co-workers.'

Only to jump when a blood curtailing roar of rage enveloped the island, the roar was primal, ancient and it once again caused Igaram to be thankful that the source was unconscious and they had enough sea prism stone to keep them locked up.

Still the screaming needed to be stoped immediately otherwise it could wake up the pirates and then it would be a problem. Coming up to were they other agents were waiting he immediately asked, "What the hell are you all doing standing around, go sedate her again!" He ordered not wanting the other pirates to wake up and discover and try and free their prisoner because of some weird pirate honor.

"We're all out sir Mr.8, we used the rest of it the last time she woke up! Mr.9 screamed in fear as he trembled in fear and who could blame him, Luck had given them a pirate from the new world, and one from a yanko's crew at that! They were out of their depths and if she kept going like this she might actually mange to pull her chains free from the wall and then they'd be screwed.

"Damn it." Igaram swore as sweat rolled down his face before turning to the strongest one there. Ms.Monday. "Ms.Monday go and try and gag that beast, the last thing we need is for her to wake up the other pirates." He ordered with Ms.Monday nodding swiftly and was about to do as ordered.

Only to feel her blood freeze in the next second.

"Oh there's no need for concern." A voice said from atop the roof with the 4 agents slowly turning their heads to see something that scared them even more then what they currently had tied up.

The Devil Kings, all awake and looking ready to fight. The light of the moon shining down on them and also shadowing their eyes leaving only Hawkeyes piercing glare and Izuku's two emerald eyes, glowing with power.

"B-B-But how?" Izuku saw Vivi stutter as she dropped to her knees only getting a scoff from Nami. "Please like any true pirate would fall for such a stupid act." She said sounding like she was personally insulted they thought she was that stupid. This caused the 4 agents as well as the slowly gathering bounty hunters burned red with embarrassment. "But enough about us." Izuku continued with a grin that chilled the agents to the bone. "How about we talk about you and whoever you have in the chained up over there." He pointed towards were the screaming was coming from only increasing their fear even more but it was what the young captain said next that sent them into a true panic.

"Well how about it?" Izuku said his eyes glowing ever more Sinister which was soon joined by the rest of the crew.

"Baroque Works?"

To be continued

Wow it's been a long time since I worked on this, feels good to get back to it even though it was manly just talking, oh well there's going to be plenty of action next chapter I promise.

Anyway I don't have much to say about this one. Meet Crocus learned about Haki and made it to whisky peak where we meet some familiar faces, and yeah Heat and Wire weren't part of Kid's original crew so they weren't killed by Eldoraggo. As for Baby 5 well she simply wasn't found by Doflamingo, that's all I'm saying for now. As for the one shouting well I think Ive left enough evidence to at least let people narrow it down who it is until next chapter.

One last thing is that I did make it so Izuku isn't a master of the more advance forms of Haki, one so he has more things he could train to grow.

Not sure what's going to be next, maybe hazbin hero but I'm not sure.

Until then

Bye.