Into the New World

Authors note - "····" = Speach '····' = Thoughts (····) = The author :D

-I DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE OR ANY OF THE IMAGES-

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Bubbles were floating in the sky gracefully

A few (disguised) men jumped down from the Moby

"Land Ho!" Luffy exclaimed, the only one not in disguise

"We should go search for Ray" Marco spoke as he walked towards a certain bar "No one run off, we can't catch any attention"

Marco was stopped walking by a hand on the shoulder

"Hey, uh, Marco" Haruta had stopped the first commander "Ace and Luffy ran off"

Marco inhaled

"God fucking damn it yoi"

Izo chuckled amused

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"Meat!" Luffy followed the smell of cooked food

"Oi! Lu! Wait" Ace quickly chased after his younger brother

"Come on, Ace! I smell food!" Luffy encouraged the older to go faster

The two brothers ran towards a certain bar that a certain phoenix was looking for

"Meat!" Luffy screamed as he slammed the door of the establishment wide open

The rubber man immediately began eating a plate of meat left on the counter

"Luffy! Be polite!" Ace lectured

"Ah, sorry Shakky" Luffy looked up at the amused woman smoking a cigarette

"It's fine, Monkey-chan, I prepared that food for you anyways" Shakky smiles

"Sorry about him, miss" Ace bowed slightly

"No worries, mister fire fist"

Ace narrowed his eyes at the woman

"How could you tell it was me?" Ace coldly asked

"No need to get defensive mister fire fist" The woman lifted her hands to show that she was no harm

"I'm sure 4 whitebeard commanders don't consider a harmless woman a threat"

Marco, Izo and Haruta came into the bar right after Shakky spoke

"You certainly aren't completely harmless considering the advanced observation haki" Marco looked at the woman with suspicion

"No need to get worked up, you're friends with Monkey-chan, I'm no enemy of yours since that's the case" The bar owner looked towards the straw-hatted captain

"Shakky's good! she's friends with Rayleigh!" The boy replied

"Ah! Speak of the devil" The woman exclaimed

A white haired man with a sword at his hip walked into the bar

"Oh! Luffy-kun!" Rayleigh lit up at the sight of his student

"Rayleigh! It's been a while!" Luffy went to said man's side

The man simply pats Luffy on the head

They both sat down at the bar and Shakky gave the man a glass of booze

"Mind explaining the situation of your friends here Luffy?" Rayleigh looked at the pirates, focusing on the second commander

"Time Travel!" Luffy happily yelled out

"I see" Ace feels slightly defensive with the old man's attention fully on him

"Uuhh, what is the pirate king's first mate doing here?" Haruta questioned "And how many connections do yo have, Luffy!?"

"Connections?" Luffy rubbed his head confused

"I'm a ship coater, I take jobs here" Rayleigh replied

"He's the Ray I was looking for" Marco turned towards his adoptive brother

"Huh? you've never told me the Dark king coated our ship!" Haruta pointed an accusing finger at the commander

"That's because you always run off with Thatch to do whatever you guys do" Izo deadpans

"We collect very important prank materials at Sabaody, you wouldn't get it Izo" Haruta said

Izo just rolls his eyes

Rayleigh chuckled "Now then, you needed me to coat your ship?" The white haired man turned towards the pirates

"Yep, the Moby's docked at the 7th" Marco pointed a his thumb behind him towards no direction in particular

"Alright, let's get going then" Rayleigh finished his glass of booze and got up

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Luffy chatted lively with his teacher as they walked to the Moby

Ace felt a bit jealous for some reason

Haruta looked towards the firebrain and giggled

"You jelly because your precious baby brother's attention is being stolen by the feared Dark King?" Haruta poked the second commanders arm while he teased

"Shut up! I'm not jealous!" Ace glared at his fellow commander

Rayleigh chuckled as Luffy approached Ace

Luffy grabbed Ace's hand

"Ace doesn't have to feel jealous! Rayleigh is my teacher but Ace will always be my big brother! I love my big brother a lot!" Luffy smiled

Ace blushed in embarrassment

"Wha-! I- Uh" Ace sputtered "I'm going ahead!"

Ace let go of Luffy's hand and ran towards the Moby Dick

The group giggled as they watched the fire user run away

"I heard that all the Whitebeards are invisible" Marco looked back to Rayleigh

"Yep, Tomei's devil fruit is really helpful for stealth yoi"

"While it's a great disguise, I doubt it will work in the New World" Rayleigh replied

"Huh? why not?" Luffy popped up

"I've recently been thinking about that too, it's because of haki, isn't it yoi?"

"Right on the money, young man" Ray closes his eyes "Invisibility doesn't do much if the other has observation haki" Rayleigh turns towards Luffy

The straw hat captain bumps his fist against his palm "oh!"

"That will be a big problem as not everyone on the crew can oppress their presence" Izo chimes in

"I've been having trouble coming up with a solution for that problem yoi" Marco rubs his temples

"There might be none" Rayleigh sighs "There's no way to stop haki"

Haruta hums thoughtfully

The three men walked in silence while thinking

"Man, if you could be like actual ghosts while being half transparenty, it would be so cool!" Luffy put his hands behind his head as he walked "It would be like you guys were haunting the ship!"

The three men stopped walking and turned their heads towards the youngest

"Eh? what's wrong? why'd ya stop?" Luffy looked back

"You might've just come up with the stupidest idea that might actually work yoi"

"Huh?"

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"We're going to pretend to be...ghosts...that are haunting...the Moby.." Thatch slowly said

"I know it sounds-"

"That sounds fucking crazy!?" Thatch yells

"We know" Izo puts his forehead against his palm

"It's the only thing we've come up with yoi" Marco sighed "A lot of the crew can't suppress their presence"

"I'll admit it sounds bonkers, but if that's what we have to do, then we'll pretend" Vista said

"Then it's decided" Whitebeard smirked "We're ghosts now! GURARARARA!"

"Ugh, of course pops would find this amusing" Namur complained

"All commanders inform their division of this" The captain smiled amusingly at his sons despair

Whitebeard stepped on deck

"Set sail towards Fishman island!"

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To Be Continued