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“Our local Sea monster!” Luffy almost announced to no one in particular, staring down the serpentine beast rushing towards his dinghy, his eyes locked onto the beast with unflinching determination “sorry I have to do this but, I’ve been meaning to pay you back!”
He grinned, shooting his arm back and feeling his body stretch, his fist almost reaching back to fistbump Makino one last time before it stopped, elasticity at its limit, and he let it snap forward, giving it even more speed by twisting his torso.
His punch would knock it out. He was sure of it.
Then, something he couldn’t have imagined happened.
A woman blinked into existence above the Lord of the Coast, her white hair swaying with the wind as she looked around in panic, then her amber eyes landed on him.
She shot him a smile that matched his own, and Luffy was lost on what to think for a moment, the feeling of camaraderie igniting in his chest like a blazing inferno.
He didn’t stop his fist, his attack continuing as the woman landed on the head of the Sea King, sounds of shattering bone echoing over the choppy waves. The Lord of the coast let out a wheeze as it started drifting with the waves, already knocked out by the airborne attacker.
His punch hit her on the chest, and the woman laughed it off, grabbing his wrist and letting herself get pulled into his dinghy as his arm snapped back. She crashed against him with a giddy laugh, pinning him to the deck under her massive form.
Luffy looked owlishly up at the woman hovering over him, and she gave him a grin that felt familliar. She was thirsty for adventure; he could feel that in his elastic bones. For once in his life, he was at an utter loss for words.
“Hey, Luffy! Lemme join your crew!”
Luffy blinked, and his brain finally rebooted; his face splitting into a smile that threatened to leave the tight confines of his cheeks. “Sure!”
She cheered, hugging him against her chest with a boisterous laugh that matched his own, wiggling with excitement. “Let’s go!”
Luffy laughed and wrapped his arms around her waist tightly, returning the hug. “First day and already a new crewmate! Being a pirate is the best!”
Makino rubbed her eyes again, trying to make sure she wasn’t seeing things.
Whoopslap looked like he was going through the same process.
“...did- did a seven-foot-tall woman just…”
“Uh-uh” Makino nodded, looking back at the two pirates that looked like they could barely fit inside the dinghy. “I think she’s closer to nine feet…” she added, trying to focus on something more tangible.
Whoopslap groaned, rubbing his face “Open the bar, please. I need a stiff drink.”
Makino hummed, barely seeing the red horns poking out of the white hair that seemed to flow with the waves of the sea. She could only blink as she watched the… stowaway? start to cuddle their rascal as the dinghy floated away. “...I think I need one as well, mayor.”
It was an hour before the coin dropped, and Luffy blinked, looking at the woman who was currently hugging him from behind. He was never the one to shy away from physical contact, hell it— “you’re comfy.” he stated matter-of-factly, leaning back onto the softness that was her chest. What had Ace called them again…
“And you’re small!” his new crewmate shot back with a grin in her voice. “Can’t wait to find the one piece together!”
“Yeah!” Luffy cheered, pumping his fists up in the air “I’m going to be the king of the—” the statement died in his mouth and his head snapped back to her, his neck stretching in a way that always spooked Dadan. “Huh?”
She giggled, patting his cheek, and avoiding his hat in the process. “You’re going to be the king of the pirates?”
She blinked once after she said it, and the coin dropped for her too “oh! I forgot, you didn’t tell me yet!”
“ Huh?” Luffy’s head was starting to ache already, trying to figure out what was going on. Then, his brain snapped like a rubber band and reached the simplest explanation “you can read minds!?”
Her eyes widened “you know about that!?”
Mystery woman. His brain supplied, and Luffy huffed with a sage nod. “Right, I understand now.”
“Great!” she cheered happily, excited that she didn’t need to explain herself further. “So where to, Luffy?”
Luffy thought long and hard. “Dunno. Guess more crewmates first?”
She nodded with a hum, then her body flinched, Luffy turning to see her eyes lock onto a different side. “Oh, I can feel Nami!”
“Nami?” Luffy mumbled, not recognizing the name “who’s that?”
The white-haired giant blushed and covered her mouth. “Oh…uh…no spoilers!”
Another mystery woman. His brain supplied with ease, it was still struggling to figure out what spoiler meant, but he chalked that up to another mystery thing. “So many mysteries.” he hummed sagely, before looking back at his first crewmate “let’s go find her! This sounds fun!”
She cheered, pumping her fists up before they grabbed the oars, starting to paddle rapidly. With their combined strength they managed to cause the dinghy’s front to lift out of the water, the small boat skipping along the waves.
“Pirates off the starboard bow!”
The call almost sounded like music to Nami’s tired ears. If she had to listen to one more rich bastard try to use their shitty pickup lines on her she was going to tear her own ears off. Leaning against the wall, she steadied herself as the rest of the occupants of the cruise liner started to panic rushing to and fro in an effort to escape.
To where, she didn’t know. They were on a boat.
That's when her ears caught something unusual. Giggling.
Giggling which was getting louder and louder, faster than anything that could be on the waters, except…
Why would they be here!?
Something crashed onto the opposite side of the ship, sounds of wooden beams clattering against each other echoing in her finely tuned senses. That didn’t make sense. The pirates were supposed to be coming from the other side… was she confusing the layout of the ship? That wasn’t possible, she was the best when it came to mapping out areas.
Alvida pirates managed to get on board during her small bout of confusion, calling out to the other passengers to stand down and hand over their valuables.
Then hell broke loose.
A giant woman, pulled up by a shorter man, hopped aboard, both laughing giddily at something. Nami didn’t even know women could get so tall. Her eyes landed on the man next to the tall beauty, taking in the straw-hatted teen wearing a red cardigan and denim pants, smiling and talking to the woman that looked like she’d jumped out of a different timeline. Nami could recognize what she was wearing as something close to what she knew to be from a far-off land, white kimono with a red hakama, an egregiously big knot hanging off her back.
Nami could just blink, her brain struggling to explain just what she was looking at. None of this made sense. She didn’t even want to take note of the red horns on top of her head.
Seems like the Alvida crew had the same issue, all of the pirates turning around and looking at the two that had joined them on the deck. “Who the hell are you!?”
“Monkey D Luffy!” the roguish, short man announced, puffing up his chest. “Next pirate king!”
“Yamato!” the woman boasted, puffing up her chest. Nami felt bad for her kimono straining against her shapely form, it looked like it was about to tear off. “Next Kouziki Oden!”
“Ooooh!” Luffy whistled, his head snapping to look at the woman with stars in his eyes. “Who’s that?”
The woman shot him a smirk and a wink, turning to look at…
Nami paled as she glared directly at her. Did I steal from them? What is Happening!?
Yamato’s face broke out into a grin “Nami! It’s been too long!”
In a blink, the taller woman pulled her into a hug, shoving Nami’s face into her surprisingly soft chest, swinging the navigator around with a laugh.
“Mystery woman!” Luffy accused, shooting his arm out, grabbing onto the mast, and snapping down on the ground next to the two with a laugh “we found you!”
Nami babbled, brain firing every single nerve at the same time, none of the signals approaching sanity.
“Who’s the most beautiful woman of the seas!?”
Their merriment paused, Yamato and Luffy turning to face a new arrival.
Somehow, there was yet another woman that was larger than usual, as wide as Yamato was tall. Nami’s eyes were getting glazed over.
“Wanna kick her ass?” Yamato mumbled, looking down at Luffy.
“That thing is a she? ” Luffy barked, holding onto his hat like it was about to fly off from his shock. “I didn’t know girls could look that way—” his face scrunched, and tilted his head to the side “...oh wait, yeah kinda looks like Dadan. Nevermind.”
The new arrival’s rage grew visible, every other pirate taking fearful steps away from the so-called woman. “H-How Dare you!?” she growled through clenched teeth, shooting a dangerous look to the side. “Coby, who am I!?”
Yamato blinked to another spot again, appearing in front of the pink-haired boy most had ignored till that very moment “oh! Didn’t recognize you Coby! Man, you’re so weak here!”
Nami blinked and looked down at her feet, realizing that she was back on the ground. “Wh-what is happening?” she mumbled, looking to her side, trying to get some form of an anchor with Luffy.
“Adventure!” he stated wistfully, not helping her at all.
Alvida, getting enough of this utter nonsense, decided to do what she always did when things weren’t going her way. Smash it with her mace.
Alvida had wound up halfway to smack the tall bitch before the short man blitzed her from the side, his arms stretching in a way that they surely couldn't, her eyes widened as she looked back at his roguish grin and determined eyes.
It was love at first sight.
“Don’t attack my crewmate from behind!” her love bellowed, and his arms snapped forward, slamming her stomach and sending her flying.
Nami blinked.
She rubbed her eyes and blinked again. Her eyes must be wrong. She must’ve been dreaming. Her vision settled on the tall woman teasing and pinching the cheeks of the pink-haired child that had a navy-inspired shirt, and the man who was watching the woman he’d sent to the upper atmosphere with a whistle.
What .
Yamato suddenly shot to her feet, looking to the side “Navy, we should bounce!”
That does it!
“We aren’t leaving till I loot their shit!” Nami screamed, stomping her foot down.
Both Luffy and Yamato turned to her with raised eyebrows. They looked between each other with a laugh.
What were they?
“They must have good food!” Luffy announced, rubbing his stomach. “Let's go!”
Nami’s eyes widened as the man’s arm shot out, wrapping around her waist, pulling her against her before he grabbed onto Yamato, the taller woman jumping onto the pink pirate ship and pulling them across.
Nami screamed during the entire process.
How in the fuck did she end up in this position?
That thought ran through Nami’s head with every lap of the waves against the small life raft they’d borrowed after Yamato, Luffy and her took everything valuable and edible from the pirate vessel. Now the two were looking to the seas with wide smiles on their faces, turning around to play patty cake of all things whenever they got bored.
“...what is going on?” She mumbled finally, letting out a breath. “Who are you two?”
“Next pirate k—” Nami clapped a hand over the rubber moron’s mouth.
“That’s not answering my question.” she insisted. “How do you know me?”
Luffy’s eyes landed on Yamato, and the taller woman looked decidedly uncomfortable, whistling and avoiding her gaze “It’s a seeecret!~” she mumbled with the side of her mouth.
“I’ll tear those horns off your head.” Nami threatened. She doubted she could do it but still said it with enough authority to make it somewhat believable. Luffy shuddered with fear next to her, and Yamato’s hands went up to her horns protectively.
Good, they bought it.
“I- hehehe… uh…” the giant woman poked her tongue out with a sigh. “I’m kinda from the future…”
Nami’s hand fell off Luffy’s mouth as the statement registered.
“Oh, that makes sense.” Luffy hummed, clapping his fist over his palm.
Nami felt like screaming. “What do you mean you’re from the future!?”
“Wellllll….” the taller woman rubbed the back of her head, making her long hair jiggle. “I can’t say more! It’d be spoilers!”
Nami’s face twitched. “ Bullshit! ”
“I’m being honessttt!” Yamato insisted, her shoulders slumping and pulling Luffy into her lap, hugging him like a teddy bear. “Luffy Nami’s being mean to me!”
He shot her a disappointed look which somehow worked , the young navigator’s heart clenching in a weird way.
The moment passed, and Nami smacked Luffy upside the head, the man screeching with pain. Yamato looked at the interaction with stars in her eyes. “You know it already! So cool!”
“ Know what!? ” Nami barked, still lost on what the other woman was on about. “You’ll need to prove you’re from the future, tell me something only I would know!”
Yamato craned her neck, chewing on her lips with thought. “Something that wouldn’t be part of our journey for One Piece…”
Hold up .
“You’re saying we traveled the grand line!?” Nami accused, jabbing a finger against the taller woman’s chest.
“Impossible!”
All heads turned to the young man also on the boat. Nami couldn’t believe she’d missed him this entire time. Coby, right?
“You all couldn’t have possibly done that!” the child insisted, shaking up a storm “there is no way, no way!”
Yamato reached forward, and flicked the kid on the forehead, causing him to wince and shut up. “Get a grip.”
Coby nodded and sniffled.
Luffy nodded sagely, “it’s where my dream leads, I’ve got to sail it.” he stopped and looked up at Yamato with a dangerous glint in his eyes. “Don’t tell me how it ends.”
Yamato grinned widely “wouldn’t think of it, captain!”
Nami doubted that she could ever follow that moron to the next island, let alone the grand line. “I still don’t believe you, Oni-woman.”
Yamato tapped her forehead and squinted her eyes, poking her tongue out with effort. “I should have something that wouldn’t be part of the journey to say…”
Nami looked at her with an unimpressed glare.
“Oh right!”
Luffy blinked owlishly as Yamato leaned in and whispered into Nami’s ear.
“You love it when…”
Nami’s face bloomed into a blush, her entire body shuddering as the woman counted off things she’d never imagined doing, her vision starting to swim as a part of her grew aroused with the descriptions.
Yamato pulled back with a smug look in her eyes, sure that her point was proven as she patted Luffy’s shoulder. The man looked more interested in how the clouds looked.
Nami’s face burned as she looked at the man, her heart hammering in her chest harder and harder with each passing second.
“It stretches!? ”
Luffy jerked and turned to nod at her. “Everything does? I’m a rubber man?”
Nami robotically turned around, and dunked her face to cool off.
Yamato’s boisterous laugh filled the seas.