Eventful Descent

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They talked about their own experiences, besides Sanji, until they got to the deeper parts, and the more dangerous creatures came out.

Though Luffy was able to not frighten animals anymore, he could still do it voluntarily. But it wasn't necessary, and the monsters mostly left them alone. For now, at least. Luffy noticed something a bit annoying. Everybody looked at his arm more. When it didn't move too much unless he was doing something with it, they looked at it. "Please stop looking. It's not gonna change, and I can use it just fine now." He brought it up and waved it around, and stretched it, covered it in haki. Chopper was amazed by it.

The others nodded. They'd try not to look. It was just unsettling to them, like it had been for Luffy at the start.

Zoro took him inside by the hand, his right hand, and to the bedroom. He pulled his kimono down and to the side. It sure was a different look than before. But he looked even more buff. He trained with Hawkeye after all, after the guy tried slicing him in half. Luffy took the hint and bit down.

His blood still tasted better than anyone else's he's ever had before. Zoro ran his hands up Luffy's back, one hand rubbing fingers in Luffy's scalp. He let out breathy moans, but was able to control it now. He didn't moan super loudly. Luffy pulled away and licked the spot, and began to cry.

"I'm so happy, too," Zoro said in his ear, knowing why Luffy was crying. Not in sadness but complete relief. "Let's go watch the scenery." Zoro said, kissing Luffy softly, their lips moving together slowly, lovingly. They left and went outside. Sanji was bleeding from the nose badly, and Chopper was setting up blood bags.

"What the hell? Those are Luffy's blood bags!" Zoro said in annoyance and anger. Luffy asked what on earth happened. Apparently Sanji looked at Nami too long. This was weird... was he more obsessed with women now than before? He ate three of the lunch boxes Hancock made as he watched Sanji get treated in worry.

He asked, "Will he be okay?"

"Well, if he can control his nosebleeds, then he should be fine I think."

"God, what a loser. Getting sick from a nosebleed?" Zoro scoffed. Brook wondered what on earth happened to him for him to act like this. The reaction was completely over the top and concerning. Luffy nodded. He wondered if it really had to do with where he went. There were women in the new kama group. Even if they used to be men, well, they were women now. Pretty ones for most people! Luffy had seen them all. They were a fun bunch of people. Luffy hoped Bon-chan somehow made it back to level 5.5 and was safe there. He liked to imagine his friend hadn't died there.

Luffy smiled at his memory. What a lifesaver he was. "Hey, what will pop the bubble?" Luffy asked, looking at a school of fish. He wondered if he could catch them. Nami said the bubble could stretch to a certain extent, but they wouldn't be trying anything stupid.

"That means you! And Zoro, nothing stupid at the bubble, understand?" Nami threatened. Luffy nodded and Zoro scowled, looking away. Luffy watched his crew in content silence, so happy to be back. They all made it. Things went according to plan perfectly. It was strange, but lucky! Luffy was excited for Fishman Island now that he could control his aura completely.

Chopper came over, and commented on that. "Yeah, I can control it completely now. Animals aren't afraid of me unless I want them to be. I hope the same is with fishmen. Jinbei wasn't afraid of me at all. Even when I kind of went too far against Blackbeard. He didn't think I was a monster or wanted to get away from me," Luffy said with a happy smile. "I can't wait for everyone to meet him!"

Chopper asked how Luffy had killed Blackbeard when Ace couldn't even do that. "I strangled him with a seastone chain. Along with some other stuff, but I don't want to talk about that. The seastone stopped his fruit from working. I'm so glad I was collecting them through the prison and the marine ship," Luffy explained proudly of his idea.

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"It's so cool that you handcuffed Kizaru!" the reindeer said. Usopp came over and said it was hard to believe.

"It was lucky! Same with Magellan. The poison man. He was a dangerous guy. Neehee, we ruined the prison's reputation! It was scary and stressful, but also fun in some ways. When I was scaring away the animals or turning them to my side. Shishishi!" The others didn't find his story funny at all.

Sanji was awake now, and wiped his bloody nose. Zoro looked at him in disgust. "You really are weak. Bleeding out from seeing a woman's boobs or ass. Using up Luffy's blood bags for a damn nosebleed."

"Shut up!"

"It's okay, I have Zoro now. Shishishi!" Zoro blushed. "There's enough blood bags for a while," Luffy said. He wanted to tell them he found somebody else like him, but didn't want to give Hancock's secret away. "Neh, I found somebody else like me. One of the pirates on Amazon Lily."

Everyone was shocked, and demanded to know why he didn't say that in the beginning. "I forgot. But she drank blood and could use senses, too."

"Wow! And right after Rayleigh told you!" Luffy laughed, and agreed it was a weird coincidence. Then he saw a huge fish that looked great. He asked Nami if he could catch it.

"No, that's way too big for the bubble!" Nami replied snappy. Luffy pouted, crossing his arms. "You have enough lunch boxes from Hancock." Just at her name, Sanji's nose started bleeding again. Everyone sighed.

"Sanji woulda' been killed on Amazon Lily," Luffy commented lightly. Robin said she was surprised Luffy wasn't killed there, too. "Cause I guess I didn't act like a guy. I saw Hancock naked twice and didn't really feel anything."

"Luffy-san! How lucky!" Brook cried. Usopp and Frankhy looked angry, too.

"Not really. If he felt nothing seeing her naked, then there's nothing really special about it," Nami said, though her cheeks were a bit pink. Luffy simply said Zoro looked better in the bath. The women giggled.

"I missed this. So cute. And seeing you all embarrassed... gold," Nami mocked Zoro.

He said, "You look pretty good in the bathtub, too." They were surprised by the response since before, he hated when Luffy said embarrassing stuff like that. Sanji looked at Luffy in disgust. How could he feel nothing at seeing Hancock in the bath!? Luffy just laughed. He was happy to be back!

"Oh, Nami, do you want this coat?" Luffy asked, handing her the robe Hancock gave him. "It's super soft and warm," he added. Nami was more than happy to have it. It was long on her since Hancock was taller.

"It's beautiful, I love it! She has very good taste," Nami said happily. Sanji got mad at Luffy for getting that reaction. "Sanji, stop it. You have no competition for any woman. Luffy doesn't like girls! When will you get that?" Besides, Sanji could never get Nami, anyways. She was gay, too, even if Zoro and Luffy were the only ones that knew. He could see Robin figuring it out somehow, though.

A huge sea king was coming after them, and Nami shouted at Luffy to scare it. Luffy used haki, not his aura to deter it. It froze and swam away. "That wasn't what you usually do." Luffy turned around and said he had a new power. "Another?"

Sanji said, "Haki, right? Thought so." Luffy commented that it awakened during the war. Right before Akainu was going to get him, he used it. Then he bit his lip hard, not wanting to have a flashback so soon and in front of everyone.

"Let's not talk about the war anymore," Robin said, seeing Luffy's hand shaking and how hard he was trying to not show it. Chopper and Zoro were the only ones to really know what happened. But everyone agreed. Though it was Luffy who was bringing it up most of the time. It passed quickly. Talking and thinking about Akainu was the worst trigger. He was the one to rain down magma fists and boil people alive.

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