Supreme Swordsman Zoro

Zoro watched as everyone started to debark from The Going Merry, he watched as Kaya and Usopp started to sniffle as they looked at the boat, unfortunately for them, it would be Merry's last ride with them on it. Robin watched everything passively, she wasn't that attached to the ship, they only sailed for a short while of a few weeks but she did like the atmosphere in the straw hat crew, it was certainly very different from what she was expecting.

Luffy was an airhead to her, all he did was play around and do whatever he wanted, Sanji was a 'womanizer' but he was quite nice and easy to manipulate in her opinion, Nami was a nice girl with a penchant for money Usopp was looking to be a decent guy who just wanted to protect his friends and his new fiancee, Kaya was an upcoming doctor and Chopper was just a cute little fluffball to her, Zoro seemed the most distant from the crew in her opinion, he always liked to train and only sometimes he would start to train with others these days, at first he would train with them daily but after a while, he started to depart from their daily training and he started doing harsher training by himself.

Zoro didn't know what Robin was thinking about when she looked at him so he just nodded at her, he started to train harder these days and let the others train by themselves as they already got the basics of the training down and they didn't his supervision anymore, they could train by themselves with no problem.

He walked around the streets of Water 7 along with his crew behind him, they left the Merry alone while they went to exchange all of their treasures into bills, they had quite a lot of treasure from where they stole from other pirates, combined with the bounties Zoro got in his early days of pirate hunting he was reaching the amount of his bounty in cold hard cash.

After finishing the exchange into big bills of bellies the straw hats walked away from the bank with a few briefcases full of cash. A few strange men wearing dark-colored armor with a pink star on it watched the straw hats swagger away from the bank, they immediately went away to their hideout on the outskirts of the city to meet with their boss.

There they met with a blue-haired man who wore nothing but a speedo and a floral aloha shirt, he was pretty buff and his nose was made of metal in a square-ish shape he also wore black sunglasses, they both walked forward to him as they said:

"Boss Franky, we got a big fish the amount of money they exchanged was hugeeee from what the briefcases say, should we go over to steal it?"

Franky looked at his two more trusted subordinates and said:

"You fools, what are their bounties? are they supeeeeer?, tell me Zambai, Barolo"

Zambai and Barolo scratched the back of their heads as they mumbled:

"We uh didn't check their bounties..."

Franky shook his head at his subordinates and said:

"If their bounties are over 100,000,000 and below we can try to attack them, but if they are above... I'm not sure even I could handle them, I might be a superrrr boss, but I know my limits."

Franky struck a pose putting his big arms over and joining them, two women with long noses and square and triangle haircuts appeared near him where they struck their pose, they wore nothing only but a yellow and red bikini.

Franky chuckled then he told them:

"Ok now tell me what their features were, I can look over their bounties then."

Zambai started to explain the straw hats features then Franky looked at his stack of bounties that he always kept with him, he made sure to always have them updated so he wouldn't kick an iron plate when he didn't need to:

"Hmm no, green hair, straw hat, no, no blonde hair, no, hmmm, WAITTTTT THEY ARE SUPER, 350,000,000, 80,000,000, 50,000,000 hmm it seems their bounties increased recently? wait, is that Nico Robin with them? There's no way we can attack them, I even heard some rumors about Demon Blade, anyways why are they in Water 7?"

Zambai started to sweat as he didn't know why Franky started to get a little bit angry at his subordinate then shook his head, everyone in the Franky family was his family there was no reason to get mad at Zambai, he just looked over at him and said:

"Take me to them, maybe I can pursue them to invest in us, diplomacy is not my forte but I need to do that... I need to do it for Teacher Tom!" Tears started to stream from Franky's eyes as he mentioned teacher Tom, them women started to cry with him and even Zambai started crying.

It seemed like Teacher Tom was really important for these people for them to get so emotional, Franky walked outside his hideout which wasn't a hideout, it was a big house with big bold words that wrote 'FRANKY FAMILY'.

Franky looked over at Zambai then asked:

"You must at least know where they were heading to right Zambai?"

Zambai nodded his head, he knew this much, he knew Water 7 like the back of his hand so he could infer where they would go based on the direction they walked in:

"Boss I'm pretty sure they are going to Galley-la"

Franky frowned as he looked at Zambai:

"Galley-la is it? You know that I'm not welcomed there anymore, not since the incident..."

Zambai started frowning then he said:

"But boss it wasn't your fault."

Franky shook his head, he still blamed himself for what happened back then, it was still fresh in his mind, how his creations did those things, how he became a wanted man himself, how he practically...

He couldn't think about it anymore he shook his head and combed his pompadour blue hair, then started walking over, he needed cash to buy the treasure tree adam, it was quite expensive but it was the best wood in the world to create sh.i.p.s, he already knew how he wanted to create his dream ship but money was little tight.

With the help of the straw hats, he could create his dream ship and give it to them... maybe they could complete his dream for him!

Franky decided to go against the rules Iceburg his old friend put on him so he could accomplish his dream, it was for the sake of his Teacher's old dream that he took over, Iceburg would understand after all the lived together for such a long time.

Franky reminisced a bit about the good old days and his subordinates decided to keep mum since he sometimes did that and he didn't like being interrupted.

Back with Zoro and the others, they finally got the right direction to the Galley-la company from a local and decided to walk there immediately, after all, they were here to get a new ship for the new world, maybe the Galley-la company would be kind enough to take care of their old one as well, maybe make it a tourist attraction or something.

They finally reached the entrance of the company, they looked around and saw how many workers were around doing their best to create sh.i.p.s, a man who wore a blue overall smoked a cigar that had blonder hair and safety goggles over his head approached them and asked:

"May I ask what are you here for?"

A big buff man with a white beard and tattoos who wore a white tank top walked over and said:

"Paulie, are you scaring customers again? don't tell me you want to steal their money to pay your gambling debt?"

Paulie scratched the back of his head, the big man was his friend and he saw right over his act, the big man came over and said:

"My name is Tilestone, may I inquire what are you here for?"

Paulie sulked then backed away, it wasn't his job to meet with newbies anyway, he went back to do his job and left the straw hats alone with Tilestone.

Luffy walked forward and said:

"We are here for a new ship!"

Tilestone smiled then he shouted:

"Kaku someone is here that needs your expertise."

Kaku the man with the square-shaped nose came forward running around and doing acrobatics like a monkey around the place, he was working on a ship a little distance away. He jumped down from where he stood and walked forward towards the straw hats, inwardly he narrowed his eyes when he saw Nico Robin then he smiled and said:

"What can I help you with customers?"

He looked fairly friendly Usopp walked forward and eyed him strangely, Kaku did the same, they looked rather similar but that was an illusion created by their nose.

Zoro coughed to stop them staring at each other than said:

"We need a big ship, but not enormous, an average middle size would be good a sloop would do, we have almost 350,000,000 to use for it, do you have any recommendations?"

Kuina nodded her head, it would be a great ship for them, Vivi was still waiting on the Going Merry with Chopper while most of the others went with Zoro, Chopper liked Merry quite a bit and he decided to say his goodbyes to her personally while Vivi just didn't want to leave the ship yet, she said she felt quite unwell. Sanji, of course, wanted to stay behind as well but he was needed to carry the sacks of cash and treasures, Ace remained on the ship to protect it, with him there, there were going to be no problems.

Nami walked forward, she was the best with money so she wanted to see what prices Galley-la would offer them and maybe haggle a bit with them.

But before they could enter the big building that housed sh.i.p.s a blue-haired man with an iron-nose came forward and said loudly:

"Yo, things aren't as superrr as I remembered them around here!"

Franky did his pose as he looked over at Zoro and the others, Kaku narrowed his eyes as he told Tilestone:

"Go get Iceburg over, nothing goes well when Franky visits us." Then he shook his head and face the crew while having an apologizing look on his face:

"I'm sorry about this, he is a local of a relatively medium-sized gangster family here, he likes to create problems for us occasionally, it was just unlucky timing, I will get you to see the sh.i.p.s after we deal with him."

Franky immediately got over to near the straw hats then shouted:

"Yo guys you won't get a good ship from here, they don't use the good stuff for the sh.i.p.s they sell for the public, I can help you make a SUPERRR SHIP!"

Luffy eyes were contemplating, he wanted to see a SUPERRR ship as Franky put it, and he was a rather beliving of whatever someone told him so he wanted to see what Franky could do.

Kaku narrowed his eyes, this was first now, stealing customers from Galley-la?

Franky narrowed his eyes as well under his sunglasses then started to say:

"You know they don't use the treasured adam wood on most of their sh.i.p.s, it most likely that you wouldn't be able to sail the whole world with one of their sh.i.p.s."

Robin knew a little bit about the wood so she decided to interject:

"I see then, without the adam wood there would be some problems I guess, you can procure it then?"

Franky nodded and smiled, he liked this woman, she knew how to work with the flow then said:

"I can immediately order it, I know some people on a nearby island that sell it, I can make a ship based on your ideas and fully incorporate them into the ship creating a ship made for you!"

A low clap was heard coming from nearby as a man wearing a brown suit with a blue tie, came forward, he had a shortly neat cut hair that resembled a fade, his hair a bit bluish and he had a little white mouse in his c.h.e.s.t pocket, behind him came his secretary the same blonde-haired woman from before Kalifa!

Franky narrowed his eyes as he said:

"Iceburg."

Iceburg nodded and said:

"Franky."

An awkward silence ensued after they greeted each other which was broke by Franky's voice:

"Ok then now follow me back to my house, I can get the wood over immediately after all Galley-la can't get their hands on the wood normally, they are a 'legit' business after all."

Iceburg knew Franky was right, the world government forbade making sh.i.p.s with the treasured adam wood as they were the only ones who could use it on the marine sh.i.p.s, but that didn't stop pirates or some gray merchants to get their hands on the wood at all, while they could buy the wood at Galley-la there would be a problem if they were traced.

Franky had no such problems as he was already a wanted man, he was an enemy of the world government anyway so he could care less.

Iceburg couldn't stop the customers if they wanted to go with Franky and he said:

"You can go with him if you want, but we might also be able to get our hands on some wood but it would just take a little longer while what do you say?"

Zoro wasn't sure what to make of Iceburg or Franky, they seemed to know each other from their reaction and they didn't seem to have a good relationship.

He didn't know their story but he wanted his ship to be quickly made, he didn't have much time to wait on the island, as they progressed more into the grand line they got nearer to marine ford, that meant there was a chance people from marine ford would be sent to deal with him, he wasn't ready to take on an admiral yet so he didn't have time to waste around.

On the ship, Ace was training on the deck while Vivi was watching him, as he looked over at the sea he saw a man on a bicycle cycling on the water as he got near and near, Ace started to clean his eyes to see if what he was seeing was true.

He extended his observation haki then his eyes widened as he looked over, as the man quickly made his way over a voice could be heard:

"Arara, what is the second division commander of the whitebeard pirates doing on Demon Blade's Zoro crew?"

Ace knew this was a fight he wasn't certain he would win but he had to protect the ship till the others came back, he flared his aura to make sure Zoro could feel it, he needed back up, Aokiji wasn't going to be an easy opponent even if the two of them teamed up!

Aokiji narrowed his eyes as he said:

"Calling Demon Blade over are you? I don't like fighting you know, *sigh* whatever, I didn't want to come here anyway let's get this over with."

His body started to transform, becoming thoroughly white as he appeared near the ship in a burst of speed wanting to freeze everyone on it directly, Ace shouted:

"Chopper, Vivi get out of here now!"

Chopper carried Vivi off the ship in his tall humanoid form and started to run away, Aokiji didn't bother chasing them, he could feel that they were very weak with his Haki, and he didn't recognize Vivi as he didn't look at the newest bounties yet.

Ace transformed into the fire to counter the ice that was sent directly toward the ship, he had to make sure the ship wouldn't get destroyed so he had to lure Aokiji a bit more inland.

Back at the Galley-la company Rob Lucci got his message that Aokiji has got to the island, he smiled as he walked away from the ship he was fixing then the pigeon on his shoulder said:

"I have to take break guys."

The other's didn't bat an eyelid, Lucci was a hard-working man if he needed a break that meant he needed it.

Lucci entered his trailer as he changed from his work clothes into a form-fitting black suit and put a white mask over his face, the face had a blank expression as he said into his mini den-den mushi:

"It's time to act CP9, capture Nico Robin alive, and hand her over to Admiral Aokiji."

Kalifa narrowed her eyes as she also took a break while Kaku said he needed to go to the bathroom.

All of them now wore similar black outfits with different types of white masks.

Zoro was already rushing back to the ship as he felt Ace's aura flare-up, he needed to help Ace! He could feel the bone freezing aura coming from Aokiji, he wasn't sure who had such an enormous and peculiar aura but he knew it was an enemy!

The others followed behind Zoro but they couldn't catch up to him due to him being way faster than them all.

Suddenly Lucci appeared and kneed Robin in the back while he put his finger directly on her back and whispered into her ear:

"CP9"

Robin's eyes widened in horror as she looked at the others who stopped and were ready to attack Lucci to free her, Luffy was ready to throw himself over when she shouted:

"Don't come over!"

Luffy wanted to just jump over and help his friend, despite the short time they had together Luffy considered Robin one of his precious Nakama but Robin shouted again to not come over.

Lucci smiled as he suddenly disappeared with Robin in tow, he used Soru!

Luffy looked around and spotted Lucci on a rooftop, he needed to save Robin, so he just launched himself directly there.