At that moment he felt a slap on his face, which confused him, and then felt another one, making him see a light.
He blinked a few times and saw that he was under a tree.
"What happened?"
He pushed himself up a little and saw Nami hitting Luffy in the face.
"How can you think of waking him up like that?!" Nami yelled angrily.
"He just wouldn't wake up," Luffy said.
"And you wake him up like that?!" she yelled at him again.
"Hey, how about you calm down for a moment and tell me what happened?" Oliver said.
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"Well, with the hit you gave him before fainting, you left him pretty injured, and then Luffy finished him off, so the rest of the pirates ran away scared," Nami explained.
"I see, it was expected. Luffy is pretty strong to finish him off," Oliver said.
"And what happened to you?" Zoro asked.
"I think I was a bit tired and since I was injured, I fainted," Oliver said.
"Food is good for tiredness," Luffy said.
Luffy received a punch to the head after saying that.
"Do you only think about eating?" Nami said.
"I'm hungry too. After that fight, I think we deserve it," Oliver said.
"Then it's decided. Let's eat!"
And for saying that, Luffy received two more hits on the head.
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Now everyone was in the restaurant eating to recover their strength, since Luffy was going to keep complaining about wanting to eat, so they also went to buy supplies.
"So the kids helped Kaya get to the Mansion safe and sound, while Usopp was going to become a pirate?" Oliver said while drinking a soda.
"Yeah. He said he was going out to sea to be a pirate," Luffy said while eating a fish until he started choking.
'That's good, there's no change in that,' Oliver thought relieved.
Luffy then put his hand into his mouth and pulled out a large part of the fish's skeleton.
"Fiuu, got it," Luffy said with the bone in his hand.
"Idiot, if you don't relax your throat muscles, the bones will get stuck," Zoro told him.
"Sorry to interrupt, but normally when you eat fish, you leave those parts," Nami said.
"That's why I don't eat fish. It's hard to eat them without those bones, and it's annoying," Oliver said.
"Well, we've eaten. Time to go?" Zoro asked.
"Of course," Luffy said.
"Let me get the food I ordered yesterday," Oliver said.
At that moment, the restaurant door opened and Kaya walked in.
"There you are," Kaya said.
"Oh, hello miss!" Luffy greeted her.
"Are you well enough to be out and about?" Nami asked.
"Yes. This illness I had since last year was mostly mental exhaustion from the pain of losing my parents. Usopp-san helped me a lot… I can't ruin my whole life staying sick," Kaya said, remembering what Usopp had done for her. "But anyway, you needed a ship, right?"
"You're going to give us a ship?!" Luffy asked happily.
Oliver grabbed the food he ordered, so everyone could follow Kaya, who led them to the shore where butler Merry was waiting along with the caravel ship.
"Hey, look at that," Zoro said.
"A caravel!" Nami said, seeing the ship.
"Wow!" Luffy exclaimed, amazed by the ship.
"It's impressive," Oliver said, looking closely at the Going Merry.
"I've been waiting for you. It may be a bit of an old design, but it's a ship I designed myself. It's a wooden caravel, with an external rudder and a triangular sail. I call it the Going Merry," Merry said, presenting the ship.
"So you're the ones who bravely defeated the Black Cat Pirates with Usopp-kun. I thought you'd be bigger," he said while staring at them.
"Can we really have it?" Luffy asked, excited.
"Yes, I insist you use it," Kaya said.
"Now I'll explain how it works…"
Merry started explaining how the ship worked to Luffy, who stood still not understanding a single word.
"Oh, no, no, no, explain that to me," Nami told Merry, who then started explaining to her instead.
"What a cool ship!" Luffy said, looking at it up close.
"We stocked you with everything you need for a trip at sea," Kaya told them.
"Thanks for causing all this trouble!" Luffy said.
"That's 'for going through all this trouble'," Zoro corrected him.
"We should start checking the ship to see what's inside," Oliver said, a bit excited to properly see the Going Merry from the inside.
In the distance, a loud scream was heard, and looking toward the hill they saw Usopp rolling down at high speed, unable to stop.
"Stop meee!!" Usopp yelled.
"Usopp-san!" Kaya said, shocked to see him.
Right before reaching them, he was stopped by Luffy and Zoro with a kick.
"T-Thanks," Usopp said, grateful they stopped him.
Usopp stood up, grabbing his things.
"So you're really leaving, Usopp-san," Kaya said.
"Yeah. I'm leaving before I change my mind. Don't stop me," Usopp said, prepared with a big supply bag.
While Usopp and Kaya were talking, the group began boarding the ship to wait for them to finish their conversation.
"I'm not going to stop you; I feel it's what you want. It's a bit sad," Kaya said.
"When I come back, I'll tell you stories of my adventures, which will be even crazier than my usual lies!!" Usopp said with a smile.
"Alright. I can't wait," Kaya said with a smile.
"And you guys! Good luck. Maybe we'll meet someday," Usopp told the pirate group.
"Why?" Luffy asked.
"Huh? What do you mean? You idiot, we're both going to be pirates, so maybe we'll meet somewhere in the sea," Usopp explained.
"Shut up and get on the damn ship," Zoro said.
"Huh?" Usopp didn't understand what he meant.
"Well, now we're nakamas," Luffy said.
Usopp looked at them, realizing he was invited into a pirate crew.
"Uh…! I-I'm the captain, alright?!" he said, jumping with joy.
"IDIOT!! I'M THE CAPTAIN!!" Luffy yelled angrily.
Usopp boarded the ship, and they set sail toward the sea, leaving the island behind.
"Alright everyone! For a new ship and a new nakama!! Cheers!!" Luffy shouted so everyone would jump with joy and celebrate.
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Hello, how are you all doing? I hope you're doing well. I'm writing to tell you that, after comparing the old chapters with the new ones, I did make a few small changes, and I will continue making them. I also want to explain that the whole thing about talking to that "Administrator," if you can call it that, was added as a way to clarify the reasons behind the changes and other things that will be explained in a few chapters.
And one more thing. In this new version, I originally planned for Usopp not to join the Straw Hats and considered replacing him with someone else (mainly because he's very weak). But after remembering how many important things he does and all the funny scenes he brings, I decided to keep him. So he was spared—plus, I remembered he's part of the Weakling Trio.
And that's all. Don't forget that the voting for the new nakama is still open.
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