Two Dreams, One Adventure

Forgiveness?

Franky landed on his face, his junk out for everyone to see. People at the stairs were shouting at him to put pants on when Luffy called his name, holding the pants up. Nami thought the whole thing was disgusting. "Thank you so much for the ship! We'll take good care of it!"

The man said, "Yeah, you're welcome. I wish you all a safe journey." Still, he was pantless. And it didn't bother him at all. Nami was looking away while Robin didn't seem to care at all, and was just lightly entertained by it all.

Luffy held the pants up and said, "If you want these back, then be our nakama!" The townspeople were yelling at him to get dressed, go away and that he destroyed the island again. Franky told him to give his pants back firmly, but there was a waiver to his voice. Iceberg was right, he wanted to come but didn't want to at the same time. "Then be our nakama."

"Don't be silly and think you can force me to come with you by taking my pants!" Luffy shot an arm down and took his sunglasses.

"Be our nakama!" Luffy insisted. "And I'll give these both back."

"That won't bother me!" and he struck a pose, completely naked in front of the onlookers. Luffy was impressed with how resolute and chill he was about this. Not embarrassed at all. Robin pleasantly asked if she could be a bit rough and help move things along. Luffy nodded, wondering what she'd do.

She smiled and crossed her arms using her devil fruit to form two arms on either of Franky's thighs before she yanked his privates, making everyone gasp and wince at the same time. Franky screamed at the pain. Zoro and Sanji were back, and Luffy said, "Cyborgs have a sword, t-" Zoro covered his mouth.

"You will never again refer to a dick as a sword. Understand?" he asked darkly. Luffy nodded. Everyone was gasping and screaming about how tight Robin was holding his junk. Painfully. Even the women were bothered and thought it would look painful the way Robin was squeezing, indeed being "rough".

She pleasantly said, "If you ask a group of pirates to back off in front of treasure, then you'd better have some good explanation. Otherwise there's no way they'll back off." It was true, and the other Straw Hats nodded in agreement to her words. Franky was now on his stomach, showing everyone on the island his hairy ass.

"I - I said I want to stay on this island!" Luffy didn't say he could tell he was lying. Even without his super hearing, it was clear. Or maybe it was just him in pain. "I- I'm really thankful to you guys! More than you can ever imagine! I want to go with you, but I have stuff here I need to take care of! That's why I gave you guys the ship!" he said, still wincing a bit but mostly looking irritated.

Then he continued. "First of all, I quit being a shipwright! So that ship would be the last I ever make! It was my wish, that is my dream ship!" Iceberg was listening the whole time, watching and unbothered. Luffy wondered what their relationship was.

"Wait, Franky. That ship has not become your dream ship, yet." Franky defiantly said he changed his mind on what he wanted to do, clearly referencing something only the two of them knew. "What you want to do?! No, that's not right. What you're doing on this island is atonement! You are still regretting and blaming yourself for Tom-san being taken away that day... but Tom-san already forgave you on that day, and directed you to the new road!"

He said Franky united those in the backstreets that had no home, called himself a bounty hunter in order to protect the island from real criminals and pirates. He did that to protect the Water 7 this Tom-san cared about. Though Iceberg was sure nobody saw those things as helping the island and not just himself.

The cyborg denied it all. Luffy could tell it was a lie. But Iceberg continued to pick him apart in front of everybody, a huge audience of the entire island. "You quit shipbuilding, and subdued your will to live. Is that what you're gonna do forever?" the mayor demanded.