Brothers in Battle:
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"Get everything stowed!" Nami ordered. The Straw Hats had made it back to the Going Merry and were getting it ready to cast off. "We're shoving off right way!"
"Aye-aye!" Usopp replied, as he, Sanji, Zoro, and Carue attempted to put away all the supplies they'd bought in Nanohana.
"But it took us so long to finally get here," Chopper pointed out as he followed Vivi down a set of steps, both of them were carrying large sacks of supplies. "And now we're leaving already?"
"Yes," Vivi answered, "but remember, we only stopped here to get the supplies we needed for the rest of the journey. And now that we have all of them we're going to head up river into the interior of Alabasta. Our next destination is Erumalu."
"HURRY!" Zoro urged the others as they hurried to get everything stored and the ship ready to set off, he raised the anchor while Sanji dropped the main sail, Usopp ran into the galley and took hold of the whipstaff.
"SET SAIL!" Nami commanded as she took her place standing on the deck outside the galley so she could properly navigate the ship.
"What about Luffy and Y/N?" Usopp asked. The Captain and First Mate were still absent.
"Our first priority should be to protect the ship," Nami reminded him. "If the Marines spot it, they'll destroy it so we can't escape. Either Y/N will lead Luffy to us or we can go back and get them once the commotion has died down."
"That idiot," Sanji muttered, "why'd he have run off and create such a huge commotion?"
"He's got Y/N with him," Zoro pointed out, "and Y/N's spent most of his life trying to keep that idiot out of trouble. Helping him escape some Marines should be easy enough, especially with those three Whitebeard Pirates in the town too."
And with that, the Going Merry set off without its captain or first mate.
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Luffy, Y/N, Ace, Han, and Ollie stood in the alley having triumphed over Captain Smoker, Lieutenant Devo, and twenty-eight other Marines.
"Uuuggghhh..." Y/N groaned and collapsed to the ground. The other four rushed over to him in time to see him pulling the four five hundred kilograms bands off of him. "I ran all the way across town lugging two thousand kilograms with me."
"Since when do you use the metric system?" Ollie asked.
"A friend made them for me and two of my other Nakama to help our training," Y/N explained to his old Nakama, "She has Devil Fruit Powers that let her manipulate weight and she measures in kilograms."
"Rest up, kid," Han advised, "I'll hold onto them for you." Han picked up the weights with ease and slipped them on his arms. Ollie hefted his money bag onto her shoulder and slid it around to her back along with her quiver of arrows.
"Luffy," Y/N said to his younger brother, "these two are Han King and Ollie Queen my former Nakama. Han, Ollie, this is Luffy my younger brother and current captain, Monkey D. Luffy."
"Nice to meet ya," Luffy replied, he looked over at Ace and beamed, "HIYA ACE!"
"It's been a while, hasn't it?" Ace commented.
"You could say that," Luffy agreed. "How many years has it been?"
"Three for you, one for me," Y/N informed him.
"It's good to see that you're not dead," Ace said, he seemed pleased to see his other younger brother but at the same time gave him a pointed look that said 'explain'.
