Present time 8 months since ace joined the team.
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It was another pleasant day on board the little teddy ship and we are all bored.
We would train everyday and when we what to take a break we will hunt down few bandits and pirates for bounty, which somehow gets over quickly.
It was one of these cases where we are going to hunt down a bandit group called swamp crocodiles, weird names but they had 1 million belli bounties on their heads so we reached a small no name island which they had occupied.
The place was filled with trees a lot of trees and the land was muddy "Deuce why don't you handle them yourself I am feeling sleepy" I said, while ace was already sleeping on the sand, and Borodo was reading the island map.
"What I had to capture them alone again" Deuce complained, he was a complaint box first time we asked him he said he was not strong enough then tenth time we asked him he said why he had to do it again and even this time also he complained.
Five minutes after deuce entered the island inner region.
"HEYYY HELP ME" Deuce shouted, his shout woke all of us.
"Something happened to deuce" we thought as we rushed into the forest.
The inside of the forest was actually without trees and we found deuce sinking into the sand while a group of people were running away.
"A Deuce why did you get yourself into a swamp" I asked as he was sinking, "First save me" he shouted, I got him out while ace has already captured all the bandits.
After checking out their hideout we found nearly two million belli and a treasure map.
"Arya we got a treasure map" Borodo said while laughing, "We" "got" "A Treasure Map" we three asked.
"It says it is in Ocean's Navel island" Borodo said, we all looked at each other's with an excited face as we all had a bright smile so much that it was brighter then sun.
"Then everyone, our next destination is Ocean's Navel" I announced "Aye aye captain" we all finally had something which was thrilling a thing which every pirate wanted to find a treasure.
"Captain I think first we should get this bandits bounty first" Deuce asked, we all looked at him like a idiot. "First comes treasure then bounty" ace and I both said while borodo face palmed.
We began our journey along with 20 tied up bandits, while singing a song with our not so pleasant to hear voice.
Later I was fishing to find something to eat since we are all hungry.
"Borodo how far is this ocean's navel" I asked along with a growl, "We should be near it but I cannot see any island" Borodo said as he was searching through his telescope.
Suddenly I had something in my hook and it looked like a big fish or a sea king as it dragged our ship, "Hey I caught a big fish" I shouted excitedly, and surprisingly we ended up near a rocky crater.
"Something is chained to it" ace said as he brought it to the ship, it was chest. "Is this the treasure" we thought as we opened it to find gold and diamonds.
As we opened the chest there was disappointingly only a skull, Borodo carefully checked it. While we were disappointed "Hey there is something written on the skull" borodo said "It says there is treasure that can make anyone dream come true and it lies deep in the ocean's navel" Borodo read out.
Then suddenly like a magic a large hole began to form near the carter, "Amazing" we though as we had sparkles in our eyes while deuce took photo of this.
Then the question raised how to go inside it.
"Ok the one of us will go with this rope tied, through den den mushi we will be communicating if it was too dangerous we will pull them out so who is first" I asked while turning towards deuce who was already being stared by ace and borodo.
"No I won't" Deuce said unfortunately his pleading did not work as he was kicked down us with a rope tied to him.
"Wuuuuahhhhhhh" He screamed.
Deuce luckily reached the ground safely, "phew those b**** I'll kill you all once I am back" As he looked around.
When suddenly a bat which was laughing greeted him, "I am the guide to those who seek the treasure. Follow me if you want to find the treasure" the bat said while flying away. "Hey wait" deuce shouted.
When suddenly he heard huge footsteps, deuce slowly turned his head and pulled the rope hard he was filled with fear as in front of him there was a huge freaking monsters, deuce did not make a sound and kept pulling the rope.
In his fright he pulled the rope so hard that the ship itself started to fall down, luckily it fell on the monster cushioning the fall otherwise the ship would be broken.
"Idiot why did you pull so hard" I (arya) shouted and saw a shocked deuce, and looked down to see a giant green octopus monster under our ship.
"Ace roast this octopus I am hungry" I said, and ace was already roasting it, while borodo took out a knife to cut it, the poor monster it was already heavily injured due the ship falling on it and now it was going to become food, it tried to struggle but alas with a fire monster roasting it become food.
After looking around a bit I remembered an episode about this Ocean navel but I cannot fully recall it since it was some ova series.
Looking around it was like a ship graveyard with a lot of ships here fully damaged and a lot of skeleton, if I was still in the earth I would have already fainted with shock but now I feel nothing but a little said that they had died here, I bowed o them a and maintained a minute of silence before searching around.
And believe it or not there was actually a village here under the sea, but the town people were very un-friendly.
I knocked a door as a kid opened it, "Who are you" he asked. "I am a pirate" I said and immediately the boy tried to shut the door but I forced the door to open.
"Let me in" "No, I hate pirates" after a tug of war I simply over powered the little guy. "HIhihi I am stronger" as a broken door lay in front of the house.
"Please don't do anything to us you can take whatever you want" a girl with short indigo hair said, "I am not going to do anything to you" I said as borodo and others entered.
"Captain what did you do to them to make them cry" Deuce questioned, "I just wanted to ask them few question that's all" I said.
"Hey did are you the one who wrote this message" Borodo asked, "Yes I wanted to have friends who can help me defeat the monsters and help me protect the village" The kid said.
We found out that the kid name was Hamu, and the girl name was meroie, as we were speaking a massive crustacean monster attacked us.
And I held down ace who was about to roast the monster, "Hey Borodo, deuce you both deal with that crab guy we will see the treasure" I said while pulling ace along me.
"Ok leave it to us" they said as they began to attack the crustacean, while I had to hamu in another hand.
"You wanted to save your village right take us to the treasure place so I can defeat them" I said, who nodded his head.
While borodo and deuce were having a hard time fighting the crab monster I had already reached some type of grave, the kid struggled a little and went and sat near a grave.
"Kid whose grave is this, someone special" ace asked, "My mother" hamu said.
"Eight years ago a pirate group and their captain joke invaded our village and destroyed and went after the treasure. My mother tried to stop them because if someone took the treasures the god mountain will release the sealed monsters but was killed by captain joke" the boy said while tears flowed.
"Come lets go, we still have to fight those monsters and also find the treasure" I said while picking him up, as hamu showed the direction we reached the mountain of god.
"Hey kid stay here until we return" I said while ace and I both reached the mountain top, the kid was actually following us.
I laughed at his courage and carried him; the mountain was weird as there were many tunnels it was confusing and a huge monster with long spikes around its body tried to kill us.
I used my new technique the liquid slicer (ref: Water release-water severing wave), to slice it into two halves, shocking hamu.
"Oye arya when did you learn that technique" ace asked impressed by the technique, "When you are throwing up in the centrifuge" I replied, "Want to fight you idiot captain" ace said angry that mentioned his not so good past.
"Any time you want" I said, and suddenly we both were fighting, whatever ace tried was useless as my liquid would completely suppress his fire. But he did not give up and increased the fire more as my liquid turned to vapours.
"You seemed to have improved ace, but I still stronger" I said as I made a huge liquid rush at him like tsunami, and to my surprise ace was able to guard against my attack by evaporating the liquid.
When I wanted to further attack the laughing bat which was annoying us suddenly disappeared and a skeleton stood up and fixed its head I may be wrong but it looked like the skull we found earlier.
"I am finally back, and those traitors were all dead the treasure is finally mined" the skeleton said, I was kind of pissed on how a skeleton dared to take my treasure so I captured him.
"Yes the treasure is ours your skeleton jerk" ace kicked him sending his skull flying away, while hamu was also shocked a moment ago these powerful jerks were fighting then suddenly they are kicking other person.
"You jerks what is wrong with you both" Hamu asked, "Nothing" we both replied.
The skeleton suddenly moved forward and fixed it skull again, "I am captain joke and I'll kill you both before taking the treasure" the skeleton declared as he fired his Gatling gun.
I wanted to try my new technique great waterfall (made of sweet water jelly), as I raised a huge water wall and as expected the bullets stopped mid way.
"I'll definitely beat you after training" ace said while watching my techniques, the place here was beginning to fall apart due the impact.
The skeleton joke was also thrown out but he somehow swim through it and reached me before punching me.
It was a solid hit as I felt dizzy and my lip had a cut, I was hurt.
"You both kid don't think your logia ability will let you be invincible before this captain joke you are nothing" Joke said while his hand was holding a knuckle.
"Sea prism stone" I said while wiping out the blood, "why you die" Ace said "fire fist".
That is the end of it as was burned like black coal.
We went to see if he was still alive, and believe it he was still conscious but his skull had crack and was his body was black and hot.
"All I wanted was trustworthy crewmates" He said, even though he was a jerk and bad guy I still felt a little sad at his finally words.
Hamu stood above joke pointing a sword "Do you remember me" hamu asked, joke smiled "You are her son I remember, I killed her. Good for you kid you can have your revenge" Joke said.
"You, get lost from this village as the son of the village chief I order you" hamu said, he did not kill joke.
"You are a kind kid" I said and turned towards joke "you skeleton jerk join my crew" I said, 'I simply wanted him because I too wanted a skeleton friend like brook'.
"You want me a dead man to be your friend, hahahaha" joke laughed, ace who was beside me punched him shutting him up.
"You want to be my friends, I am a murder I killed people for my selfishness I am a cruel person" Joke shouted.
"That is why you shall protect your new crewmates with your life as punishment" I said, while ace smiled.
Joke had tears even though he did not have eyes, he cried hard. After that we went the treasure place where a blue liquid was there.
I let hamu have it and as soon as he touched it the liquid disappeared and a light shone on all of us.
The mountain top started to crumble as it was already weakened due to our earlier fight, as we escaped by punching a hole to the top.
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