The Last Pirate King

Chapter 6: Return and Departure Again

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Chapter 6: Return and Departure Again

On the Moby Dick

"Oyaji, Marco, Thatchty, Haruta, Izo, Teach, everybody!" Yelled Luffy as he was running towards the deck where the commanders and part of the crew were currently located, he then jumped up to Whitebeard's shoulder.

"Hello my son" said Whitebeard with a smile as he had finally been able to see his youngest after 2 years.

"How was the trip yoi?" asked Marco with a smile on his face happy that his little brother had finally came back as it hadn't been as fun and lively around the ship without him.

"I missed you, now we can prank the rest of the crew again" said Thatch as he and Luffy were the pranksters of the crew.

"Don't even think about it, you have already messed up more than enough of my kimonos!" yelled Izo.

"Our little brother is finally back," said Teach with a smile. "But Red-Haired said you ate a devil fruit when you were away, which one was it?" he asked with a stern gaze which none of the commanders noticed as they were curious themselves.

"I ate the Gura Gura no Mi, I been trying to get better with it, but I could only do so much on the island without someone strong enough to watch over so I only trained when Shanks and grandpa were there, and he also gave me his hat which he said was his treasure" he said.

When he finished Teach had an evil grin on his face that went unnoticed. 'Now if I can just get my hands on the Yami Yami no Mi the power to destroy the world would be right there for the easy taking' he thought to himself.

"I also made new brothers and a big sister" Luffy finished. "But can I go see mom, and my little sister now, Oyaji? I want to spend time with them as I know we're probably going to have to leave soon". As everybody heard this, they all put their head down as they didn't know how he was going to react.

"I have to tell you something son, so sit down" Whitebeard finished and so Luffy hopped down and crossed his legs and sat down. "Neptune died protecting your mother. She was in a deep depression afterwards causing her to leave the kingdom afterwards, and nobody has found her". When Luffy heard this, he felt wave of guilt wash over, and was now worried.

"Oyaji what happened?" Luffy fiercely asked. "She wouldn't have left us alone, she loved and cared for us she would have taken care of Shira and the others", Luffy said while tears came from his eyes.

"You have to understand she feels responsible for her husband's death so she probably felt like she couldn't stay. She did leave a note saying she will be back so you don't have to worry too much" Whitebeard added.

"She probably wanted to get stronger so she could protect what she cares about, yoi". Luffy just nodded, and asked Marco if he could take him to Neptune's grave.

{III}

Sea Forest

When Luffy saw the memorial and the picture of Neptune on top of the tombstone he dropped to his knees, and let out a wailed cry while holding his straw hat over his eyes openly sobbing. He kept hitting the ground to the point his knuckles started to bleed. "Oi Marco why did he have to die? He was family, he was a good king, there's not a lot like those around. Maybe if I was here, I could have protected mom and he would be here with Shira".