#nami thank you but get away from those guys they are like the evil versions of sanji in that department

[hauntingblue]

Big mom backstory time?????

[doctorgerth]

how about a lil thing where a fem strawhat who went with Nami, Luffy and Usopp to look for Iceberg, met Kaku outside the dock and she immediately has a crush on him right when she looks at him. she won't stop blushing, stuttering and accidentally blurts out that she thinks he's really cute, and if it fits, she faints when he replies back to her! hope that made sense babe! 💖💖🦒🦒

Ahhh the good ol Water 7 days. My favorite arc! Kaku is truly a cutie ugh I wish he wasn’t so evil 😔😔😔

thanks for this request honey, ily and hope u enjoy it 💓

Love at the Docks (Kaku)

Word Count: 942

“Who are we going to look for again?”

(Name) couldn’t help but question out loud to her friends. The hustle and bustle of Water 7 had completely captivated her, making her forget the reason the Straw Hats were even here in the first place.

“Icepops!” Luffy smiled at her cheesily, until Nami swatted at his head with an annoyed look on her face.

“It’s Iceberg, you idiot! I swear, how do I always get stuck with you?”

(Name) giggled to herself, walking alongside Usopp while Nami and Luffy bickered amongst themselves, “I’m guessing these are the docks. Do we just go in?” Usopp asked the group.

A tall figure emerging from the shadows caught (Name)’s eye, causing her to take a defensive stance, startling the rest of the group. Nami and Usopp hadn’t even paid attention to Luffy trying to climb the fence to get into the docking area. As the tall figure approached Luffy, the crew were visibly on edge.

“What do ya think you’re doing, squirt?” The male asked, preventing Luffy from going any further.

Squirt? Though she could hardly see his face, (Name) knew this guy was far too young to be calling anybody squirt. Just who was this guy?

“We’re just trying to get into the docks. We’re looking for Icepops!” Luffy beamed as he tried to push past the guy.

“Now, now. I can’t just let you in like this. How about we go have a little chat over there?” The words sounded so threatening but his tone was so soft? At last, the man stood straight, revealing his face from the neck of his jacket. Once everyone got a clear view of his face, everyone gasped in shock.

Nami, Usopp, and Luffy were amazed to see someone with almost the same kind of nose as Usopp. This guy’s was square, but still it was long and protruding just as Usopp’s. They got over this initial shock quickly while (Name) still remained awestruck. This man was so handsome!

His round eyes were gentle, a little sparkle in them as he smiled at the group. His hair, tucked away in his hat, looked so soft and (Name) felt an intense desire to run her fingers through them. His smile, wide and kind, made her heart leap in her chest. This strange man was making (Name) blush from head to toe. She hardly knew the guy but she had heart eyes for him instantly!

“It’s no offense of course. We just can’t let outsiders in here all willy nilly ya know?” He reassured the group, climbing over the fence with his long legs in order to get closer. (Name) knew if he got any closer to her she would explode into a million pieces. She swallowed hard as his tall figure loomed over her, making her already feel on the version of fainting, “I’m Kaku, by the way. What brings you youngsters to the docks today?”

Kaku. (Name) could imagine hearts around his name already as it repeated in her head over and over like a siren song. Kaku and (Name). Something so simple was enough to make her feel all giddy inside.

“Uh, how old are you exactly?” Usopp peered, studying Kaku quizzically.

“23.” He responded simply. A small victory in (Name)’s head as she realized he wasn’t too much older than her.

“For someone so young, you sure do talk like an old person!”

A light laughter echoed from Kaku, making (Name) grow weak in the knees. How could such a stranger hold so much power over her? She couldn’t look him in the eyes without blushing all over!

“Yeah, I get that a lot.”

(Name)’s mind trailed off in thought as she watched his every move, studying his mannerisms and the sweet smile that graced his lips as he talked with Nami and the rest. She could feel herself getting lost in those eyes, the way they wrinkled shut with amusement as he smiled and laughed. He looked so kind, so friendly, so loving. In their brief meeting, she was head over heels for Kaku.

“And what’s your name little missy?” Kaku asked, bringing (Name) back to reality in an instant.

“M-my name?” What was her name again? What even were words at this point? She couldn’t look him in the eyes as she became flustered and averted her glances to anywhere but him, “I-it’s (N-Name)…”

“(Name)? That’s a cute name.” He smiled sweetly, placing his hands on his hips.

He said she was cute? She felt like a little school girl as she internally squealed, heart fluttering as the sound of him saying her name replayed over and over in her head. She wanted to hear him say her name over and over for the rest of her life, “No, you’re cute!”

In an instant, her hand flew to cover her mouth. Eyes wide and sweat pouring down her body as the air grew awkward and silent. Nami, Usopp, and Luffy couldn’t help but look at their friend questioningly, but Kaku’s genuine laughter breaking the tension made (Name) feel at ease once more.

“Well thank you. That’s nice to hear from such a pretty girl as yourself.”

Pretty? Pretty? That was enough to make (Name)’s knees weaken under her, causing her to collapse and faint with a content sigh and small smile on her lips. Usopp tended to (Name) while Nami explained that they were there to have their ship looked at. Kaku was amused by the entire exchange to say the least, and even as he leapt from the buildings to go check out the Going Merry, he smiled to himself as he couldn’t stop thinking about that cute girl at the docks. He’d love to see her again.

[neverwatchedonepiece]

648-649: "Making a Sortie! The Legendary Hero Usoland!" and "The Fierce Battle Coming to the End! Lucy vs Chinjao!"

*looks into the camera like in The Office*

The fight between Luffy and Don Chinjao is finally over! I think after what happened, Luffy might have found a new friend. Law also made a stressful phone call to The Krusty Krab Sunny and ordered delivery of one ship to Green Bit.

Zoro and Franky have teamed up with Sol at Resistance HQ in Flower Field, and if Usopp keeps perpetuating his fantastic bullshit, the entire Strawhat crew will be elevated to God status in the Tontatta tribe.

Slightly worried about Law and the Strawhats stuck on Sunny but I’m seventy percent certain they will pull through and won’t be captured by any Donquixote family affiliates. (The thirty percent left over remains a huge, nagging doubt.)

Luffy’s Tough Love Fight Therapy

The Colosseum showdown between Luffy and Don Chinjao picked up at the start of episode 649.

The action was fast and furious. Luffy pulled out all his quick moves: jet pistol, jet gatling, jet stamp gatling. All defended against by Chinjao. The crowd went wild. It was one of the greatest matches the Colosseum had ever seen! Some cheered for Lucy. Others cheered for Chinjao. The atmosphere was electric.

“You’re quite a fighter,” Don Chinjao said.

“Yeah, you’re strong too, as I thought,” Luffy answered. You know. Being honest as he is.

Don Chinjao totally overreacted. “WHAT U SAY? STRONG? U TRYIN TO INSULT MEH??”

Luffy was, quite rightly, bewildered. “Wtf, all I said was that you’re strong?”

Apparently, this was a grave insult to Don Chinjao. A huge kick in the ego. Chinjao had been much stronger before.

“I’m no better than a wolf without its fangs now. A skin-headed man without his drill. A brat like you can’t understand how miserable I feel living my life like this. I’m frustrated, disappointed and sad. But you can never understand.”

I laughed when Luffy yelled, “How can I understand? You keep messing with me without explaining anything!” (He’s just saying what we were all thinking, right?)

“You really want to know why I’ve become like this?”

“No, I’m not that interested.” (Lmao! We meet again, harsh Luffy.)

“Well, I’ll tell you before you die, since you insist.” 

Don Chinjao is one of those old dudes that is TELLING you that long and rambling story even though you have showed zero interest and have been glancing at your watch for the past half hour.

Suddenly, Luffy the Fight Therapist was unwilling and open for business.

According to Chinjao, Garp punched his head in thirty years ago. Literally. As in Don Chinjao once looked like Dan Akroyd from 90s sci-fi comedy, Coneheads. 

That was until his resplendent, pointy napper met Garp’s fist.

The whole flashback was hilariously weird. Turns out Chinjao’s drill-like bonce was the only means to access his remote family treasure vault under an ice sheet. Once Garp took away the key, Chinjao fell into a deep depression. Heartbroken, he retired from piracy, a lifeless shell, just idling away time.

That was kind of sad. I felt for Chinjao then. He’s like the model of the old, proud working man who suffers a physical injury, can no longer work and slips into anger and depression. Since Chinjao knows and values nothing but strength, wealth and power, he cannot and will not see another way forward. Unlike Luffy, Don Chinjao got his ass beat and never found the strength to crawl out of the gutter and retrain.

Instead, he decided to lay the blame for his misfortune squarely at Luffy’s feet.

Luffy, naturally, was outraged. “Wtf are you talking about? Grandpa and I are different people. Look, mate. I’m busy. I’m gonna win Ace’s fruit at any cost and become the Pirate King. I have no time to be your therapist.”

Then Chinjao made two Big Mistakes.

Wow, Chinjao has Really Specific Taste

Mistake #1?

Chinjao laughed off Luffy’s chances at becoming Pirate King. The reason was typical crotchety old man talk: “the media lionised you worst generation squirts and it emboldened you. But none of you are strong enough to sail across the sea *we* fought on. After Whitebeard’s death, I ain’t expecting much. The only guy who looks good is Blackbeard Teach.”

At the mere mention of Teach, Luffy’s eyes became two circles.

“If I had to pick one, it’s him. But anyway, if you’re only good enough to compete against me, just give up!”

Oh, Chinjao, I thought. Ohhhhhhhh, you just goofed. You goofed big time. You do not mention Teach in a positive light within Luffy’s earshot. You just do not. Teach was the asshole who captured Ace and handed him to the Marines. He shares Public Enemy Number One status with Akainu. Tell Luffy you believe Teach will become Pirate King and your fate is sealed.

Mistake #2?

Chinjao’s fighting style is kinda lame. People who spin during fights in shounen anime are always fodder (the one that sticks out is that spinning top guy in the HxH Heaven’s Arena arc.) This was not his mistake. It’s just a side thought.

The Teach comment pushed Luffy’s buttons. But what Chinjao said next was even worse.

“You’re not too bad but if a guy like Rayleigh chose a brat at this level as the flag bearer for this generation, he’s not as smart as he used to be. The Marines were smart when they squelched the most evil one of the lot: Ace. That man had demon’s blood in his veins. Do you think you can beat the Marine admirals, the Yonkou and surpass Roger? That’s impossible!”

Demon’s blood? Most evil one of the lot?

*cue Kill Bill red-mist music*

“Stop whining over one punch!” Luffy yelled, as he wound up a Thor Elephant Gun attack. “I can’t count how many times I got punched by Grandpa!”

When the attack connected and that spike popped back out of Chinjao’s head, I laughed like a drain. Luffy hit Chinjao so hard, he turned the clock back thirty years.

I’m sure Chinjao will be ecstatic. Take the L with good grace, mate. Your conehead is back! Go and wreak havoc on the high seas again. Recoup that treasure. The world is your oyster!

Up on the balcony, Bartolomeo still has not revealed his connection with Luffy. Cavendish is still throwing a strop. Bellamy is lurking in the shadows, clearly in two minds about his new assassination mission. And Burgess, thanks to Cavendish and his big mouth, knows that Luffy is Lucy.

Thanks, Cavendish.

(And Burgess really does walk around chortling and flexing all the time. He’s like an evil All Might.)

Thus the Legendary Heroes of Green Bit were Born

This cast reunion based on Usopp’s total bullshit was so much fun.

I loved Usopp and Robin’s expressions when the Tontatta took them to their airport. They were starry-eyed. And so they should’ve been. It was a miniature version of a proper, fully-equipped modern airport. I wouldn’t be surprised if the place had Duty Free, passport control and Starbucks concessions.

But it was not a holiday destination Usopp and Robin were flying out to. The entire airport had been overtaken by a military operation. Cub, the yellow bee squad leader, and Bian, the pink bee squad leader, reported for duty. Usopp picked up the bee planes and kept saying, “I wanna show this to Luffy.” (They are such good pals, it warms my heart.)

Unfortunately, Usopp and Robin were too big to travel by bee plane, so they had to take the local number 20 bus to Dressrosa. The buses were cute, vulpix-like foxes with huge, fluffy tails you can sink right into for a comfortable ride.

While they made their way through the tunnel, Master Roshi - the pervy little Tontatta chief - emerged from Robin’s cleavage. He bore dire warnings. “I should tell you because you will risk your lives for our cause.”

Usopp was thinking, “I ain’t gonna die for you but go on...”

“Doflamingo has been causing our tribe a lot of pain recently, but our connection with him goes way back before the last decade. Nine hundred years ago!”

Then the narrator interrupted and I was like, “So you’re just going to leave it there when I was about to get Doflamingo family history? I am not at all mad about this. No, sir. Not one bit.”

The action cut to Flower Field, where Franky and Sol descended a secret stairwell. Said stairwell led to the Resistance Army HQ! Some soldiers ran up to Sol and addressed him as “Captain”, so Sol is a Big Deal in the Resistance.

Franky was like, “Why are all these small people swarming me?”

Sol explained. The Tontatta people were called fairies in town, how they moved faster than the human eye could detect and how they were immensely strong. Franky put two and two together and realised one of them stole Zoro’s sword!

And guess who reached Flower Field before Franky? Before any of the other Strawhats!

That’s right. It’s our boy Zoro. (So proud he learned to follow directions.)

Zoro, hilariously, had made himself at home and was watching Luffy vs Chinjao on the big screen TV. He was absolutely fuming. Why hadn’t Luffy told him there was a fighting competition? THE BETRAYAL. Will he get over it? Probably.

He must’ve been distracted by the fight, as he completely forgot 

Then some intelligence scouts ran up. They had a report for Sol. “We already know what our enemies and Sugar are doing!” (Sugar? Who dat?) “And with the battle close at hand, some legendary heroes have appeared at Tontatta: Usoland and Robiland. They have brought with them Luffyland, Zoroland, Namiland, Sanland, Chopperland, Fraland and Boneland.”

Franky and Zoro exchanged a Look. They knew instantly Usopp was on the bullshit wagon again.

“Um, I think I’m Zoroland,” Zoro said. (Lmao, better get into character quick.)

“And I’m Fraland. Nice to meet you!” Franky added.

It was round about then that Zoro remembered that Nami, Chopper and Brook were in serious trouble back on Sunny. He now wants to skip the battle (he doesn’t yet know about) and rescue the other Strawhats.

I wonder how this will go? Wicka did say she would let Zoro go back to Sunny once he’d taken her back to Resistance HQ. But Leo and the others back on Green Bit were suspicious of Robin and Usopp escaping. Will they let Zoro go or will he have to fight the battle first? Hmmm... I’m fifty/fifty about this.

God damn it, Caesar

*curb your enthusiasm music kicks in*

Meanwhile, back on Green Bit, Law was under heavy bombardment. Fujitora took a step back in this episode and Doflamingo stole the limelight. The cool music from Enies Lobby (as I call it in my head. I have no idea what the real title is) played as Doflamingo pursued Law. 

As Doflamingo was about to land a finishing blow, Caesar shrieked, “OI, JOKER! Before you kill Law, I need you to take something back for me. Law took my heart and I don’t know what he’s gonna do with it!”

Doflamingo looked round like, “Wtf... are you talking about?” And while he was distracted, Law shambled his way out of trouble.

Doflamingo was furious. FFS, CAESAR. I bet he wanted to say that but couldn’t. Gotta keep your cash cow scientist happy..

Please send help. Our art teacher has locked us in class.

Unfortunately, Law didn’t have time for a breather. He had an urgent phone call to make.

While Nami, Chopper and Brook were brought up to speed on the Humans Turning Into Toys situation by Giolla, the ship’s DDM rang. Chopper hilariously ignored Giolla and answered the call (she was maaaaad).

It was Law. He said, “Is that Nami-san?”

To my disappointment, Chopper did not answer, “No, this is Patrick.”

“I don’t care what’s going on over there,” Law said. “Listen carefully. I need you to sail Sunny to Green Bit right now. I wanna leave Caesar with you guys. No time to explain. Bye!”

Okay, so I added in the “bye” part. Law abruptly hung up.

I like how he has faith that Nami, Chopper and Brook will be able to handle the situation, but their weapons have been rendered usless by Giolla’s Art Art Fruit power. I have no idea how they’re going to get out of this one (and I’m keen to see Oda’s creative solution).

The shitshow that is Law’s current existence continued once he hung up. Doflamingo is Doflamingo. He caught up with Law again near the end of episode 648. With that slasher smile, he shot Law with a string bullet and demanded to know who Law had called for help.

Doflamingo must be confident he has Law where he wants him because he spilled the beans on his diabolical plan to snare Luffy. “Give me back Caesar’s heart already. It’s so meaningless for you to keep hanging on here. Strawhat has already walked into the trap I set. He’s fighting in the gladiatorial contest at the Colosseum. Tough contenders from all over the world come to fight in it. Outlaws only. It’s a deadly competition. When someone loses, it’s a one way ticket to hell! He will never come out of the Colosseum alive! It’s the end of your alliance, Law. Just give up!”

I wonder if Law will use the heart as leverage. Maybe he’ll give up Caesar’s heart to escape, regroup and stop Doflamingo the old-fashioned way: with Tontatta military might. (Doflamingo better not kill him off...)

Don’t worry, Chinjao. Luffy will beat you until you feel better! :D