One Piece: Throne War

Cross's hands were immediately embraced by Shizuka and Saeko when he returned from North Blue. Cross got the idea because he saw the behavior of two girlfriends.

"Tonight, how about we go to Megalodon?" Cross whispered to Saeko and Shizuka.

Saeko only nodded and Shizuka nodded with a very bright smile. Shizuka began to bleed thinking about tonight she and Saeko would accompany Cross. Cross saw Shizuka nosebleed just laugh because he knew Shizuka was a pervert. Cross looked at Sairaorg and the others and decided to leave now.

"Let's go to the capital," Cross said.

"Eh? Are we not waiting for the others?" asked Bepo, who was a little surprised because everyone hadn't gathered yet.

"I'm sure they will head to the capital when they realize they have been abandoned," Cross said.

"Come follow me, I've bought a few horses for us," said Sairaorg and walked to the horse storage area.

"Isn't running faster than riding a horse?" Bepo asked confused.

"People will be suspicious if we can get to the capital quickly without using horses," said Sairaorg.

Bepo hearing Sairaorg's explanation just nodded. Bepo felt he needed to think more often to be smart and not to embarrass Cross. When they arrived at the horse storage area and chose their respective horses they immediately left for the capital.

On the way Cross asked, "Sairaorg, do you know what really happened at Deox?"

"I do not know, I only know about the former royal family, the current royal family and some nobles are fighting over the king's throne. My cousin said he will tell everything when we get there" answered Sairaorg.

Cross said nothing more because he knew that Sairaorg also had little information about what was happening at Deox. After a few hours riding the horse they finally arrived at the capital. Before entering the capital they were all checked whether to carry weapons or not. They didn't take long time because there was no one in Cross's group who carried weapons. All weapons are stored in inventory. Sairaorg then shows the way to his cousin's house and when it arrives the guards open the gate.

"The young master has told us that you will come," said the gatekeeper. Sairaorg just nodded and walked into the house.

"This house is huge," Bepo said admiringly.

"Of course, Sairaorg's cousin is a nobleman," Saeko said.

"Was your house this big?" Cross asked Saeko.

Saeko only nodded because she remembered the house that had been destroyed. Seeing Saeko getting sad Cross said "I'll make a big house if you want."

"No, I will stay in the palace when you become the king of the world," Saeko said and held Cross's hand tightly.

"You're right hahaha," said Cross and immediately embraced Saeko.

"Kuhum, I'm Grayfia going to show you the way to Sirzechs room," said a maid.

"Ah, sorry. You can show the way," Cross said.

Grayfia brought Cross's group into a room that was quite far from the entrance. In the room there were several people who were talking seriously at a large table.

"Sirzechs-sama, I brought Sairaorg-sama and his friend," Grayfia said.

"Ah, nice to see you here, Sairaorg. Are you all Sairaorg's friends?" Sirzechs stood up and approached Sairaorg.

"Yes, I am their captain and you can call me Cross," said Cross and went forward in front of Sirzechs.

"My name is Sirzechs Gremory, let's sit down and talk about the plans that have been made" Sirzechs said and returned to his seat.

Cross and Sairaorg sat near Sirzechs. While the others sat a little far from the big table.

"Sirzechs-tan are you sure you brought the pirates into this problem? They could have betrayed us. They are too young and look weak," said a woman who was like a child.

"Have you read the newspaper?" Cross asked.

"Yes, don't treat me like a child!" the woman answered angrily.

"I'm not mocking you, Sairaorg and the others are the ones who freed Coco Island. And I was the one who got the marine bribe book. I sold the book to the Diablo Family but I didn't expect that they would publish it in the newspaper," Cross said.

"You guys are the group that defeated 4 pirates with bounties above 10 million berries?" Sirzechs asked in disbelief.

"Yes, we defeated them all," Sairaorg said.

"And you are the one who got the bribe book? How did you get the book?" the woman asked Cross.

"Of course attacking the marine branch headquarters," Cross said with a smile.

"Hahaha Serafall, are you satisfied with the answer? My name is Falbium Glasya-Labolas," said the bald-headed man.

"Yes, I'm satisfied. Sorry for being late to introduce myself. My name is Serafall Sitri" said the woman who was like a child

"I'm Ajuka Astaroth," said the man next to Falbium.

"And I'm Shuri Himejima," said the woman next to Serafall.

"Himejima? Why is the Himejima Clan here?" Sairaorg asked confused.

"Are they famous?" Cross asked.

"Yes, they are quite famous. There used to be a very strong commander in the kingdom and the commander came from the Himejima Clan," said Sairaorg.

"It's just an old story, my daughter and I have been expelled from the Himejima Clan," Shuri said with a forced smile.

"Eh? Does the Himejima clan expel someone? I just found this out " said Sairaorg.

"I was expelled because I had a child with a marine," said Shuri sadly.

"Having a child with a marine is a bad idea?" Cross asked, confused.

"Of course not, but if you are a member of the Himejima Clan then that is something bad," said Sairaorg.

"Why?" Cross asked.

"I will explain that and why this kingdom is divided into 3 factions. Our ancestors left a message not to contact the World Government. The former king factions followed that message until a few years ago. But one day they wanted to take over another island because they considered the tax they had to accept on this island is not enough. Some Clans unite to bring down the former king faction. After winning the war the next king would be someone from the Bael Clan because all the Clans who fought agreed on the clan who contributed the most was the Bael Clan. This island was peaceful for several years after the war, but that peace turned into tension because suddenly the current king announced that the Kingdom of Deox would join the World Government. The Clan Himejima was the most loyal clan to the Bael Clan but because the decision taken by the king made the leader of the Himejima Clan unhappy and joined the former king's faction "Sirzechs said explaining history Deox kingdom.

"But not everyone agrees with that decision. Finally, the Himejima Clan is now divided into 2 groups and is now fighting for the clan leader position," Shuri said and was moved to tears.

"This kingdom is really complicated. The Himejima clan is definitely an extreme clan because they want to keep the ancestral message but they see the message from the wrong perspective. And why did the former king faction accept the clan that had become their enemy several years ago?" Cross said and massaged his head.

"That's because the current leader is the new leader. The old leader of the Himejima Clan died during the war a few years ago," Shuri said

"New leader? Really suspicious," Cross said and began to think.

"Is there something that makes you uncomfortable?" Sairaorg asked.

"Yes, the first is why your ancestors forbade joining the World Government? And the second is that I feel the World Government wants this island. They want to get this island by making a civil war," Cross said.

"We also don't know why our ancestors forbade this," Falbium said.

"I think only the king knows about it," Ajuka said while holding his chin.

'Does this island have anything to do with void century?' thought Cross.