Ultimate Fruit

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AN: I can see that some have trouble understanding who's speaking in the dialogues and I tried putting names on it but...it just felt weird for me to write it like that and it felt like a script from a play. I wasn't comfortable with it so I changed it back.
I will try to improve on it more but usually, when I don't put names and more than 2 people are speaking, it means that it doesn't matter much who speaks that dialogue. Or the person is still a mystery XD

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Chapter 50: Separated

Going back to a few days ago, after being sent flying away by Kuma, Nami landed on a strange sky island in the Grand Line.

Surprisingly, even though she was sent flying from so far away, there was hardly any injury when she landed. Instead, a strange paw-shaped dent was made on the ground.

Nami breathed a sigh of relief but soon remembered how dangerous the situation earlier was. She was worried about Lucas and the rest at the same time.

Suddenly, she saw a shadow cover her from behind and heard a familiar voice.

“Well now. Quite the shape you put yourself in, Nami.”

Nami quickly turned around and saw a familiar light blue-haired woman with tattoos on her chest and shoulder that formed a heart.

“Nojiko!?”

“Yo, how have you been, little sis?”

Finally seeing family after such a long time, Nami was overwhelmed with emotions as she jumped into Nojiko’s embrace while crying.

“Nojiko! It’s...so good to see you!”

Nojiko smiled and patted Nami’s back, waiting for her to calm down.

Then, another voice rang out from behind.

“My, what a touching reunion.”

“!?”

Hearing another familiar voice, Nami was shocked and immediately pushed Nojiko behind her while drawing out her staff to face the enemy.

“You! What are you doing here as well!?”

Nami remembered what Lucas told her before about wanting to recruit the former CP9 members. For Kalifa to appear here...was it Lucas’ doing?

But then, what’s Nojiko doing here as well?

“Well, Nami. Calm down. We’re all on the same side.”

“Nojiko? Just what’s happening here?”

Seeing the confused look on Nami, Nojiko led Nami to a bench to sit down so she can start explaining.

Once she heard of the explanation, Nami was even more surprised.

“You have a devil fruit ability now!?”

“Hehe, yep! Though I may not be fighting on the front lines with you, I will be sure to support you from the back or from the skies!”

Nojiko grinned and waved her hand, allowing the huge floating island of Merville to appear on top of them.

It wasn’t just Nami who was shocked with this development when a huge shadow had cast over the sky island, the elderly people living in it had come out to check the situation.

Nojiko saw them all look at the floating island so she withdrew the island and let it park at the side.

She turned over to Nami and spoke.

“Nami, this is the small sky isle of Weatharia. A country dedicated to the study of weather! Here, your knowledge of the weather is sure to increase. During this period of time, I suggest you learn everything you can. I will be here with you as well temporarily.”

“I…”

Nami looked around and saw various large scale weather measuring equipment. She knew that she can indeed learn a lot from here and power up. But…”

“No, I don’t have the time. We promised to meet back in Sabaody in 5 days!”

Nojiko smiled wryly and handed her a newspaper.

“Everyone else from your crew has been sent off to a distant island where they could grow. Lucas had already made arrangements and left people there to receive them. As for Lucas…”

Nami took the newspaper with a confused look. But after she read through the front page, she was shocked and a trace of worry appeared in her eyes.

What was written on the front page was a huge headline that shocked the world.

[Former Shichibukai Lucas crushed the neck of a World Noble!]

[Guardian no more! The Reaper of the Seas, Lucas!]

She looked back to Nojiko in askance. She wanted to know how this had happened.

Nojiko sighed and shook her head.

“Lucas found out that Luffy’s brother, Ace, has been captured and was about to be executed soon. Him being taken to Impel Down was probably his plan...but that’s all we know.”

Kalifa also added.

“Heh, it’s not like this is the first time a World Noble has died.”

“But I heard the culprit was already killed the other time?”

Nami frowned as she felt that this had nothing to do with them.

Kalifa just smiled and didn’t bother answering.

Actually, the other time, it was also because Lucas had ordered it! Kalifa was convinced that Lucas had a way out and she wasn’t too worried.

Ah, like I thought. I’m the only one who knows Lucas-sama the best!

Nami and Nojiko ignored Kalifa who suddenly started blushing and mumbling about some things.

Meanwhile, on a certain winter island in the Grand Line.

Franky had similarly landed on this island and was suddenly attacked by what seemed to be a cyborg dog.

“Wait, wait! Stop Taroimo!”

*Boom*

The cyborg dog owner failed to stop it in time as it had already fired at Franky. The owner ran quickly towards Franky in panic.

“I’m so sorry...are you alright!? This guy mistook you for prey you see…”

“Yeah, I’m fine…”

Franky didn’t really care much as he simply scratched his head and dusted off the smoke clinging on him.

Seeing this, the owner was shocked.

“Ahh! How on earth are you alright!?”

“Yoyoyoyoi! You have finally arrived!”

“Ah?”

Grand Line, the Isle of Dreams, Momoiro Island.

This is the second island to be famed as an ‘Isle of Women’. No matter where you look, the plants, the animals...everything is pink.

And all the people who gather on this island too...have pure maiden’s hearts.

At the moment, Sanji is currently running on the beach along with a Fukurou.

Behind them were several people with maiden hearts chasing after the two.

“Ahh~ Wait~!”

“Come on~ Stop running away~!”

“LIKE HELL WE WILL!”

“CHAPAPAPA! WHY DO I HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED IN THIS PLACE!?”

Un, despite Sanji’s attitude on women, he was completely frightened by these people with maiden hearts.

Naturally...it’s because these people are all Transvestites!

“WELCOME TO THE KAMABAKKA KINGDOM!!!”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

It was safe to say that Sanji and Fukurou...had arrived in a hell scarier than Impel Down!

Grand Line, Boin Archipelago.

Usopp had landed on this island while he was still unconscious when a large beetle suddenly launched itself towards him.

“Take this!”

A man wearing what seemed to be a beetle helmet stabbed through the gaps of the large beetle’s shell which instantly killed it.

The man looked at the unconscious Usopp and asked the person behind him.

“Is this the person you were waiting for-un?”

“Hm? Ahh, yeah. It’s that brat. Hehe, Lucas told me to whip him into shape…”

Jabra saw Usopp and let out a nasty grin.

Grand Line, Namakura Island. The land of poverty, Harahettania.

“It’s true...the black magic has summoned a real Demon! What a fearsome sight!”

“Truly, it is no creature of this world…”

“Our wish...may yet be granted! We will have our revenge!”

“The Tenaga tribe are going to pay for stealing everything from us!”

“Demon King, Satan-sama! If you grant us this wish...every one of us is prepared to sell you his soul!!!”

Several people dressed in black robes formed a circle outside an ominous-looking magic circle in the middle.

At the center of the magic circle was a skeletal figure with an afro.

“I must return...I have to find the others…”

Hearing him, the people in black robes panicked.

“No, Satan-sama! Please, do not return to the Demon Realm!”

“Is the tribute we have prepared not enough!? Do you want a sacrifice!?”

Only now did Brooke look at his surroundings as he heard the commotion. His hollow eyes locked on a cute looking woman with a black hooded robe.

The woman trembled at his sight.

“Excuse me...may I by any chance see your panties?”

“He wants panties! Hurry, show him the panties he desires!”

Suddenly, a door opened in midair beside Brook and a man with horn-like hair appeared.

“Ahh! Satan-sama has summoned another demon!”

“...”

Blueno’s expressionless face twitched when he heard that…

East Blue. The Bridgetop Country, Tequila Wolf.

Just yesterday, this place was packed with slaves doing manual labor as they moved stones after stones in the harsh winter to build the bridge.

Now, the flags of the Revolutionary covered the place.

Robin landed on the bridge and met with a familiar man.

“Nico Robin. We’ve been expecting you.”

“You are...the leader of the Rebels back in Alabasta...Kohza, was it?”

Kohza nodded.

“Lucas sent me here to assist you. During this period of time, we will be following the Revolutionary Army.”

From behind him, a woman wearing a red open jacket that showed her chest appeared and sized up Robin.

“Hmm, so you're Nico Robin? Make sure you can keep up, trash.”

Surprised at suddenly being talked like that, Robin raised a brow and looked at Kohza.

Kohza just laughed wryly and shook his head.

“Don’t mind her way of speaking. She’s like that to everyone...well, I guess apart from Lucas.”

“Lucas is different from you scum.”

“...I see.”

Robin didn’t really mind it. For her, those petty words didn’t mean anything and she had also been called worse in the past.

Also, though Betty had spoken that way, she didn’t feel any malice or ill intent at all from her.

Betty puffed out the smoke from her cigarette and spoke.

“Well, Lucas asked for a favor, and the Revolutionary is more than happy to help since this is also the work of one of ours.”

Kuma was once their friend and ally as well. She knows that he is currently doing something as a Shichibukai but for him to send Robin here, he must have a plan.

Thinking about it, Betty thinks that Kuma and Lucas were actually quite similar.

Robin fell silent for a moment as she sorted the information in her head.

Seeing Kohza and Betty here must mean that Lucas had intended for them to escape in such a way. Since this was the case, there must be a reason.

“...I want to get stronger.”

“And stronger you will. Come, Dragon has been expecting you.”

Betty started to walk towards the carriage that waited for them. Robin and Kohza looked at each other and nodded.

In the past, they were both enemies. Now, they are allies.

While Robin starts to get stronger, Kohza...has started to leave his cards in the world.

South Blue. The Isle of Treasure, where birds rule over men. Torino Kingdom.

Chopper had landed on top of a large nest as gigantic birds looked down on him.

“Ahhh! A-a-a-a bird monster!”

Chopper quickly got up and ran away.

However, with his injuries and fatigue, he stumbled on the nest and fell off to the ground!

One of the natives saw him and brought him back to the village.

“A tanuki just fell down from the nest…”

“Oh...let’s make tanuki stew.”

“Stop! I’m a reindeer!”

Chopper shouted.

“Then let’s make reindeer stew...huh? Did it just speak!?”

“Please wait, he is the friend I am waiting for.”

“Ah! Kaya-san! Your friend is this tanuki?”

Kaya smiled sweetly and nodded.

She looked at Chopper and matched him with the pictures that Lucas showed her.

Un, the real thing is indeed cute.

Having been let go of, Chopper thanked Kaya with a teary face.

“Waa! Thank you so much! I almost got cooked!”

“Hehe, there there, it’s alright. Isn’t Chopper-san quite strong too? I’m sure you could manage even if I didn’t help.”

Kaya smiled and lightly patted Chopper’s head.

“Uhh, un! That’s right! I’m strong so I don’t need your help, idiot!”

“...”

Grand Line, Kuraigana Island. The ruins of the Shikearu Kingdom.

After being sent away by Kuma several days ago, Perona had arrived here and she really did like the atmosphere.

“I’d like to go somewhere dark, and damp...near an old castle, engulfed in malice...and spend my days singing accursed songs…but that doesn’t mean I wanted to have no servants!”

Perona shouted but there was no one else here but her. The other resident and master of the castle is currently away and she had nothing to do.

In other words, she is now...incredibly, and absolutely...bored!

“Waaaaaah! Where am I anyway? Moria-sama! I want to go back to Thriller Bark…”

She started to cry when suddenly, she heard a loud boom in the forest.

Curious and bored as she was. She few over to have a look.

When she saw the person in the middle of a large paw print, she laughed.

“I knew it! Somebody else has been sent here like me!”

But when she got near and saw who it was, her face paled.

“Ah!? This guy’s one of the Strawhat’s crew!”

Suddenly, she heard footsteps from behind and a casual voice.

“Well now, he is quite injured huh? Seriously, these Strawhats, quite a handful.”

Perona turned back and was surprised! She didn’t think there as also someone else here this whole time!

When she saw the long nose, she knew who this was.

“You! You're also one of the Strawhats aren’t you!?”

“...No, I’m not that guy.”

Kaku sighed as people seem to always misunderstood when they saw his long nose.

Finally, in the real Isle of Women.

Grand Line, Amazon Lily.

Luffy had just landed and saw a huge jungle. For a while, he started eating various mushrooms as he was quite hungry.

He didn’t care at all if it was poisonous or not as he just ate everything.

After a while...his whole body was covered in mushrooms!

Luckily, the island was inhabited and soon, several women had found him. They thought Luffy was a girl from the village and brought him it to get rid of the mushrooms in his body.

Once they took Luffy back, they quickly removed the mushrooms and burned him to get rid of all the roots so it won’t grow again.

Luffy woke up briefly from the pain but was knocked back unconscious once more.

Feeling bad about him, Marguerite took Luffy to the baths and washed him.

“Hm? There’s one more mushroom?”

Everyone looked at Luffy’s crotch and indeed found another...mushroom…

She tried to pluck it out but it wouldn’t come out at all. Instead...it stretches!

“What’s this? What’s going on?”

“Ah, Elder Nyon! There’s a mushroom left on her body that we can’t pull off!”

Marguerite saw the elderly approached and showed Luffy to her.

When Elder Nyon saw him, he was shocked.

“You...thi-this person...Isn’t this a man!?”

“EEEEEHHHH!?”

Having not dealt with a man before, they tossed Luffy to the prison and waited for him to wake up so they could question him.

After some time, Luffy finally woke up and looked at his surroundings.

“Huh? Where am I?...What was I doing again? Oh yeah, that bear guy sent me flying from Sabaody and...I can’t remember anything after I ate the mushroom...”

Luffy scratched his head in deep thought when he noticed something missing.

“Ah! Where’s my hat!?”

He looked around and didn’t find it nearby. He saw that there were several people looking at him and one of them was wearing it.

“Hm? There it is! Give that back, dammit!”

His arm stretched and grabbed the hat from her.

“!?”

“Its arm stretched!?”

“Phew, that’s better.”

Having put on the straw hat, Luffy felt relieved. Then, a cold wind blew across his body and only now did he notice that he wasn’t wearing anything.

“Ah! Where's my clothes!?”

He’s slow!

“Ah, before you put your clothes on...um...could you tell us what on earth is inside that bag between your legs?”

Marguerite asked while pointing at a certain thing between Luffy’s thighs.

“Bag? What...you don’t even know that? You’re pretty weird...those are Kintama!”

“Kintama…? What are those?”

“Just what it sounds like. Balls of gold of course!”

!!!

All the women suddenly felt Luffy’s crotch shine when they heard that!

“GORGEOUS!!!”

“BALLS OF PURE GOLD!?”

“Say, could you take them out so I could have a look?”

Marguerite and the other women stretched out their hands as if asking to get something…

Luffy’s face paled as he shouted at them.

“LIKE HELL! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!?”

Actually asking him to remove it and show them!? Are they idiots!?

Marguerite then handed Luffy’s clothes to him but when he put it on, he saw that there were all sorts of frills stitched onto it…

“I’M A GUY DAMMIT!!!”

Angry, Luffy snapped at them.

They all felt a trace of murderous intent as they all quickly stepped back and pointed their arrows at Luffy!

“What the!?”

“Weapons at the ready!”

“How ferocious! So that is your true nature!?”

“Going wild without a thought for the kindness of those who have saved your life!”

“A truly savage temperament!”

Luffy was shocked at their instant change of mood and was also surprised to hear that they saved his life.

“Whoa wait a minute! Did you say you saved my life? Did something happen? You’ve gotta tell me!”

Luffy wasn’t able to remember anything after he ate the mushroom so he was confused when they said that they saved him.

One of the women answered.

“You consumed a deadly mushroom. Marguerite found you collapsed out there!”

“So that’s what happened! Hey, thanks for that, really! I’m sorry I complained about the clothes, just stop with the shooting, okay!?”

Luffy knew he was in the wrong so he apologized. However, they no longer listened to him.

Seeing as they were about to fire, Luffy felt he had no choice but to break out of the place and escape.

He stretched his foot and smashed the roof open.

While escaping, he felt his pockets and found that the vivre card Rayleigh gave him as well as the note that Lucas left him was missing.

He saw one of the women that was told to have saved him and decided to kidnap her for a moment to ask about the paper.

Stretching his arm, he twisted around Marguerite’s body and escaped!

“Let me go! Help me!!!”

“Oh no! Marguerite has been taken!”

Once they were in the jungle, Luffy let go of Marguerite and asked about the vivre card and note.

Marguerite was cautious of Luffy and held a knife but when she heard that he was only looking for some paper, she handed it to him.

“You mean this?”

“Ah! That’s it! Thank god I didn’t lose it! Thanks so much for keeping it safe!”

“Well...it looked like it had something written on it, so…”

Marguerite let her guard down a bit seeing Luffy smile and thank her genuinely.

Luffy grinned and showed the vivre card to Marguerite.

“How mysterious, it seems to move!”

“Yeah...a lot of stuff happened and me and my crew all got blasted off into the sky. But we’ve all got one of these, so we should be able to find each other again. We’re all pretty tough, after all.”

“...”

Afterward, Luffy opened up the note from Lucas to see what was written on it.

[Luffy, once you’ve read this, it means you have safely reached Amazon Lily. You will probably not listen to me if I tell you to stay there on the island for a while so listen. 

That island is found in the Calm Belt. Meaning there are no winds or current for you to sail. The only ships that can sail there are the Marine Warships and the Kuja Pirate’s ship. The leader of the Kuja Pirates is also the Empress of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock. 

She has a lot of burden on her shoulders but I know you will be able to help her deal with it. Who knows, she might even fall in love with you haha. If she does, don’t be in such a hurry to decline her. I know you wouldn't want to marry anyways as you don’t want to be tied down...but you don’t have to marry her immediately.

Even the previous Pirate King Roger had a wife and a son. Isn’t a Pirate Empress the perfect fit for you who will one day be the Pirate King?

In short, win her heart and she may lend you her ship! Good luck!]

“...”

Right now, Luffy felt like crumpling the paper and throwing it away. He really wants to give Lucas a punch!

He made it sound so serious before...but isn’t this just telling him to get a girlfriend!?

But…

Luffy looked at the outer edges of the paper and saw it was burning away bit by bit.

He knew what this meant. This paper was also a vivre card...and right now, Lucas’ life is in danger!