บท 3: Whirling Tides

Well update time little boys and girls, it's official I think I'm going to die. Why you may ask? Because apparently some things appear to happen no matter what I try to avoid. You see I avoided the whirlpool Luffy would have been sucked into. Yes that iconic ship destroyer we all know and love. That same one that would have left us in a barrel for only god knows how long.

Well you may be asking, 'if you avoided it why are you freaking out.' Well that's because I'm currently stuffing myself into said barrel with Luffy at this current moment. Why not get into your own you ask? DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE O DONT KNOW IF I HAVE PROTAGONIST AURA YET. 'Cough' sorry should've yelled well I'm not ready to die and I know the ocean won't let Luffy die yet sooo...

"Shishishi, hey John your not going to shit are ya. You're making a right funny face."And of course the my little bastard of a captain had to make a joke in this situation.

"I'm fine captain. We really need a navigator bad, and a boat that won't flip with a slight breeze. Let's just hope I got us close enough to a island that we'll be spotted."

"I'm sure we'll be fine, if not well nothing we can do about it Shishishi."

"J-just go to sleep captain I'll wake ya up when we get picked up." I said through gritted teeth.

As the little fucker finally nods off I think about the last 3 days. You know in the show you never really got to see how long it takes to travel. I know there's supposed to be over 20 million islands and the map the anime shows us that the world is still mostly water. So I'm certain this world is at least a few times bigger than earth. Well in these last few days I continued to get used to my bigger body by doing what little workouts I could do in such a small space.

I know I can do all 100 of the sacred workout the the bald man himself uses easily. And I went for as many pushups as I could on the second day. I was able to do almost 400 before falling, and didn't get winded until I was in the 200s. So I'd say this body of mine is pretty decent for the blues I'll have to start working out more when we get Merry.

Other than that I practiced more with my pistol, at first I just tied a bunch of pieces of wood I had in my ring on rope and let it trail the boat. Then I would shoot each one as fast as I could in that line. Once I got tiered of that I got Luffy to toss some into the air or sea for me and I'd try to hit them at there apex. So all in all I'm pretty confident I could take anyone in the east blue but Smoker and Luffy. Anyone else and as long as I play it safe, I'm pretty confident I can win.

Other than that I haven't done much. I don't have the money for Gatcha or anything in the store. So that's been a bust, I get another free roll tomorrow but I don't have my hopes up for it.

'Well no use worrying about it I think I'm going to rest to. Damn lucky bastard I guess what they say is true. Ignorance is bliss.'

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"Hey boys look what we have here. There's a barrel floating right towards us." Grunt 1 said with a crooked smile.

"Oi Coby get your ass over here help us pull it up. Damn things so heavy, it must be full of booze." The equally 'dashing' Grunt 2 called.

"Y-yea sirs. Got it sirs. I'll be right o-over." Said a shy 13 or 14 year old pink haired boy. Said boy was shaking in his shoes with fear as he helped load the barrel up from the sea.

"Haha boys let get us a few drinks before we get back to work what do ya say." Said Grunt 2

"A-ahh miss A-alvida w-will be angry if you d-do that." Said the pinkette himself.

"Ohhh and are you going to tell her huh Coby." Grunt 1 ground out 'menacingly.'

"N-no sir I-I- I woul." Just as the shy shorty was trying to talk his way out or the beating that was surely coming his way. He was assaulted by a sea of rubbery flesh.

"I AM ALIVE. Shishishi." Said a giant ball of fresh as he shrunk down to the size of a normal teen. Said teen wore an open red shirt, blue shorts and an iconic straw hat and a grin the reached his ears.

"Id give it an 8 out of 10 Captain. Your execution was a little off but good none the less." Said the dapper little giant himself.

"Shishishi, I'll do better next time believe it. Shishishi."

"WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE!!!" Screamed Grunt 1 and Grunt 2 in unison.

"Shishishi, these guys are funny." Said Luffy grinning even further.

"Yes Captain. But not funny haha." Josh said as he grabbed both grunts by the neck an smashed their heads together. "Do you want me to leave them here Captain or throw them over the edge."

"Ehhh just leave 'em they haven't hurt us yet. Hey pinky where is your food." Luffy said as he turned to the kid on the verge of tears.

As Luffy and Coby struck up a conversation I started looking for stuff to throw into my ring. 'Ahh some cured meat mine. Ohhh a full barrel of booze, don't mind if I do. Great bags of rice and corn, I'll take that.' As soon as I finish raiding the food storage I turn my attention back to my Captain as he hits Coby on his head.

"And I'm John David Brewer, I'll have my name

Etched into the the history of this world." I decided to throw my two cents in.

"Shishishi, so what's your dream Coby?"

"My dream?" As he contemplates his life with a constipated face he comes to his on concussion. "My dream? My dream is to be the best marine I can be."

"Shishishi let's get you off this boat then." As soon as he finishes that sentence he sucks in a deep breath of air and screams. "OI ALVIDA YOU FAT UGLY WHALE WHERE ARE YOU. Shishishi let's go kick some ass Josh."

"Yea yea, you go fight the whale. I'll keep the cannon fodder off you. Lethal or non-lethal Captain?"

"John only kill when there a danger to us or our family. That's not the kind of Pirates I want us to be." Luffy said with a seriousness he rarely uses.

"Aye aye Captain. Understood, just wanted to make sure." I said with a small grin already anticipating that answer. "Well let's get this over with I'm ready to go to get to the next island. I need a nice steak hahaha."

As we made our way to the deck of the ship Alvida noticed our arrival with a grim expression. "Which one of you is the fucker who called me ugly. Can't you see what I am, Coby tell the who the most beautiful woman at sea is." She said with a visceral sneer.

"A-ah mis A-alvida is the m-most." Coby pauses and thinks of his conversation with Luffy. "S-she's the. SHE THE MOST HORRIBLE UGLY ROTTEN PIECE OF SHIT I HAVE EVER SEE AND WOULD LIKE NOTHING LESS THAN TO SEE HER ROT AND DIE BEHIND BARS. Huff huff huff."

One Coby is done with his rant everyone present can see the anger rolling off of the fat lady. "Coby. You will DIE TODAY!" She says as she swings her mace with everything she has.

"Shishishi, we'll said Coby let us handle this." Laughs Luffy as he takes the hit for him.

As soon as the mace strikes I begin to take care of the small fry. No point in have a drawn out battle with the second weakest people in the world. It doesn't take long to a a bullet or two in all of 'em. They were all done and down before they got half way to me. "Oi Captain hurry up all the cannon fodder are out. It's just you and her left."

'Shishishi, they must be really week. Well you heard my vice captain bye bye. Gum Gum Bazooka." *BAM* "Shishishi, and she's outta here."

"Nice Captain, I'd say that's at least a triple if not a home run. Oi you wastes of space where is a boat so Coby can get out of here." I ground out to the Pirates on the ground holding their bleeding legs.

"There's one hanging on the starboard side. Please just leave we won't ever hurt anyone again." Grunt 17 pleads.

"Shishishi thanks, good luck bye funny guys."

"As my captain said, good luck your the marines problem now." I say as cannon fire sounds around the ship. "Come on Coby. You have to sail us to Shells town. Neither me or my captain can sail hahah." I laugh while jump into the boat as it's being lowered to the water.

"Y-yes let's go. Thank you Luffy, Josh." Said Coby griming with tears in his eyes.

"Shishishi, let's go. I want meat. Come on Coby get us to the nearest restaurant. Shishishi."

Well at least I made it out alive, I really could of sworn I was going drown. Well at least I didn't come out of this empty handed. I filled up my food stock, got some booze. And learned that yes. I am at a level higher then the trash in the east blue. So all in all not bad. 6 out of 10 would not do again.