Ultimate Fruit

Somewhere in the Grand Line, a huge ship with a lion's head as its figurehead was sailing.

A young man wearing a straw hat sat on the lion's head while holding onto his hat to make sure the wind didn't blow it away.

"Shishishi! I can't wait to see what surprise Lucas said he would show us!"

Luffy grinned with expectation.

Earlier today, they called Lucas to let him know that they will be back soon and he also told them that he had a surprise waiting for them.

It must be meat! He probably found the Kingdom of Meat!

On the deck, Nami saw the drool on Luffy's mouth and rolled her eyes. This guy must be thinking about food again.

She sighed and looked at the horizon with a smile.

"It feels weird not being with Luna for a while. I hope they had fun."

"I'm sure Lucas is taking care of her well."

Beside her, Robin smiled as well and looked forward to seeing Lucas again.

"I just hope they're not damaging Merry...that guy can be quite destructive…��

Usopp muttered while Kaya just chuckled.

"Ladies~! I made some dessert~!"

"Luffy~! Say ahhh~!"

Hanc_o_c_k quickly took one and ran over to Luffy's side while feeding him.

Sanji froze from the blatant display of affection.

While he was frozen, the other girls had already taken their desserts from him and walked away.

Zoro opened an eye and smirked.

Beside him, Kuina sat down with a dessert on hand and also presented it to Zoro.

"Ahh~"

"..."

It was super effective!

Brook took a cup of coffee and sipped on it while watching this scene.

"Ah youth. Back in the day, I had also given my heart to the ladies...but now, I don't have a heart! Yohohoho!...Geh-!?"

"Oi, why are you being depressed by your own joke...?"

Brook initially laughed at his joke at first but then thought about it, it was quite depressing!

Franky was speechless.

"Guys! Look! What's that!?"

Suddenly, Chopper shouted from the lookout.

Everyone looked up first to see Chopper pointing to forward and they all redirected their gazes to where he pointed at.

On the horizon, they saw something sparkling as it reflected the sunshine.

Usopp used his goggles and zoomed in on it.

"That's...a ship!?"

"Eh?"

Everyone was confused. How is a ship sparkling?

Nami took out Lucas' vivre card and saw it was pointing forwards. It seems to be pointing to where that sparkling thing is.

As they got near, they were able to make out more of what it was.

Sure enough, it is as Usopp said...a huge...golden...ship!

"Oooooohhh!!!"

When they got close, they saw two huge turtles pulling the ship. At the front, there was a string of letters.

[CITY OF DREAMS]

"Wooooaaaaah!!! Let's go! Forward!!!"

Luffy shouted while pointing forward.

They entered a long tunnel at the front and suddenly, golden flakes started to fall down on them like golden snow.

"Is this...gold!?"

Usopp was shocked as he looked at the golden flakes using his goggles to take a closer look.

Nami's eyes had already turned into golden berries sign and spread her arms to the sky as if wanting to take in more gold while laughing weirdly.

"Kyaaaaaa~!!! Mine! Mine! Mine! Guhehehehe..."

"Are these...all gold?"

"We're rich!!!"

Usopp and Chopper rolled on the deck floor which was now covered in gold flakes.

Brook took out his guitar as the gold flakes stuck to his bones.

"Let's go! My new single! GOLDEN BONESSSS!!!"

As Brook sang and strung his guitar in the background, everyone was in a good mood.

Robin stretched out her hands as well to catch the gold flakes.

"Is this what Lucas meant by a surprise?"

"Kyaaa! I love you, Lucas!!!"

Nami's eyes were still stuck like golden berries sign as she twirled around while bathing in the golden rain.

Behind her, Franky struck his signature pose while covered in gold.

"GOLD ROBOT!"

"WOOOAAAAAHHH!!!"

"..."

As the rest of the crew celebrated and had fun, they soon reached the end of the long tunnel and saw a huge clearing with a stage.

On the stage, a woman with indigo hair was dancing together with a group of women in the background while a familiar white-haired man was singing in the front while holding the hand of a little white-haired girl.

Luffy and the rest paused as they were shocked to see who was singing on the stage but soon started to dance as well.

As the song was ending, Lucas raised the mike and everyone shouted together.

""WE ARE!!!""

The audience cheered and clapped.

Lucas smiled bitterly as he didn't think he would be performing a second time. But since his little lady Luna had requested it, there was nothing he could do.

He saw that Luffy and the rest had also arrived so he carried Luna and spread his wings to fly towards their ship.

As he landed, he grinned and released Luna. She quickly found Nami and jumped into her embrace.

"Mommy!"

"Luna!"

Lucas smiled as he saw the two together and chuckled.

"Did you enjoy the show?"

"Shishishi! Yeah! It was fun!"

Luffy laughed.

Robin looked around them as asked the billion-dollar question.

"Lucas, this is…?"

"Oh, it's mine now. This whole ship."

""WHAT!!!!?""

Everyone looked like their jaws would drop to the ground.

Lucas scratched his head embarrassingly and coughed to clear his throat.

"It's a long story...I'll tell you all about it later. Anyway, long story short, I managed to steal this whole thing which should cost about 500 billion berries."

"..."

There was silence for a few seconds, followed by a scream and a tackle.

"KYAAAA~!!! LUCAS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH~!!!"

"E-err, Nami dear? There are kids watchi- hey! Stop touching that!"

Suddenly, Lucas felt a warm breath on his ear as Nami whispered to him.

"Take me…"

"..."

Lucas' mind went blank for a second before exploding.

I really want to! But now's not the time!

Lucas coughed and quickly separated from Nami before his dragon flew up.

"Well, I'm sure you all have a lot to ask. Come on, let's dock the ship somewhere first then we'll talk in the restaurant."

Hearing the word 'restaurant', Luffy cheered.

As they docked the ship and left, a woman approached them with a smile.

She had an indigo short hair with a golden headband and wore a beautiful violet dress.

Nami saw her and was surprised.

"Nojiko!? You're here too!?"

"Hi, sis! Since Lucas owned this whole place, Kohza and the rest of us came down and helped re-organize it. I'm on my break at the moment so I thought I'd drop by and see you guys."

Nojiko chuckled and hugged Nami.

Nami saw her dress and asked.

"Such a beautiful dress! Where did you get it?"

Nojiko rolled her eyes and laughed.

"Haha, didn't you hear me? Lucas is now so freaking rich! He bought me this dress!"

"Really now?"

Nami turned and glared at Lucas who simply turned his head away.

Nojiko smiled and hugged Nami's arm.

"Come! I'll show you guys around!"

Everyone followed as they walked towards someone. A beautiful redhead awaited them with a smile and her back on a long car.

Baccarat smiled and bowed slightly, causing her twin peaks to sway and almost spill out.

"Hello everyone, My name is Baccarat. I'm the concierge for VIP guests."

Sanji's eyes turned into hearts and quickly made his move.

"My lady! Your hair is as beautiful as a rose! Can I-"

"Baccarat, just drive slowly. We'll be at the back."

"Yes, master."

"Geh-!?"

Lucas ignored Sanji who looked frozen again and got inside the car at the back while the rest followed.

Robin looked at Baccarat then to Lucas.

"Master?"

"Err, I own the place so she's calling me that."

While the car drove off, Lucas began recounting what happened after they separated.

When he told them about the dragon, they didn't believe him at all so he pointed at the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw a huge red dragon flying while following them and their jaws dropped to the ground.

Luffy's drool was dripping while mumbling something about dragon meat while Zoro and Kuina were holding their katanas with a grin, seemingly wanting to cut the dragon…

Lucas had to stop them and say that the dragon is now their friend.

Luffy was the happiest after gaining a new nakama which is a dragon…

Then, when Lucas told them about the kidnapped kids, Nami and Chopper were worried about their condition.

Nojiko helped calm them down and told them that Doctor Kureha is already curing them back on the floating island. They will soon be sent back to their families once they're back to normal.

Chopper said he wanted to help as well so he would be going there later.

After that, he told them about this place and they soon began talking about its specialties.

"This place has everything! Hotels, shops, cinema, swimming pool, hold it there Sanji. I know you're desperate to see gorgeous women in bikinis but don't jump out of the car yet!"

Lucas quickly held Sanji back as he was about to jump out already.

"There's also several attractions and rides here as well as a casino. Later, you all can play as much as you want. For now, let's have dinner."

"Food!!!"

Luffy cheered again.

"Oh, and let's not forget. Since you're all here, you should dress the part as well."

Lucas snapped his fingers and instantly, their clothes changed!

They wore the same thing as they did in the movie while he had to imagine a bit for Hanc_o_c_k, Kaya, and Kuina.

Hanc_o_c_k wore a red Chinese dress with a golden dragon embroidered on it and a circular hole on her c_h_e_s_t which showed her deep cleavage.

Kaya wore a white one-piece dress with frills and a white flower clip on her head.

As for Kuina, Lucas originally thought of a kimono but figured that he should save that for when they go to Wano so he just gave her a black dress with floral designs.

"Woah!"

"Lucas! You can do this now?"

"Hehe! I can do it too!"

Luna laughed and clapped her little hands.

Suddenly, Nami's clothes changed into a beautiful golden dress that hugged close to her body and highlighted her figure.

Everyone's jaws dropped again.

"...I say...these two are getting more and more unreasonable…"

Zoro sighed and shook his head.

Everyone nodded in agreement including Baccarat while Nojiko just laughed.

Soon, they reached a restaurant and got inside.

The others were already waiting for them.

Kohza, Koushiro, Bellemere, Kureha, Lucci, and the rest of the former CP9 were there.

"Umm, let me introduce the others. I'm sure you all know her already. This is Black Cage Hina. Former Marine Captain but now she's following me."

Hina just nodded curtly and didn't say anything after being introduced.

"This is Belo Betty. She's the Commander of the Revolutionary East Army. Her boss is Dragon. Your father, Luffy."

"Yo. Nice to meet you pieces of trash."

"..."

"Ignore her, she's usually trash talking everyone else."

Lucas coughed and moved on.

"This half bird half woman is Monet. She used to work for Doflamingo but she's following me now."

"Hello."

Monet smiled and bowed with her right wing on her c_h_e_s_t.

Everyone seemed surprised to see such a creature except for Sanji whose eyes had long turned into hearts.

Melorine~ Melorine~ Melorine~!!!

No one minded the fool with a bleeding nose as Lucas continued.

"This emo here is Law, I think you've already met him before."

"Stop calling me emo!"

Law���s mouth twitched in irritation.

Lucas ignored him and moved to the next one

"This is Kinnemon. He's a retainer of a friend of mine from back then. He's a samurai from Wano. Also, he's a pervert."

"Hey! That was uncalled for!"

"Next to him is the kid of a friend of mine from Wano. Momonosuke. Don't be fooled by his cute looks. He's a lecher like Kinnemon."

"Uncle! I'm nothing like him!"

Momonosuke shouted but Lucas ignored him as well.

Lucas pointed at another woman who wore a bowl hat and sunglasses.

"Nami, I think you know this one. This is Carina. A thief."

"Shishishi! Nami! It's been a long time!"

"No way! It's you!?"

Nami looked surprised to actually see Carina here.

After the introductions, the food had arrived and everyone started to eat!

Though the place was wide, it was essentially divided into two.

On one side, there's the guys. On the other side, there's Lucas surrounded by a lot of women.

Around Lucas, it was also divided into several groups.

There's the area of Hina, Kalifa, and Baccarat. They seemed to be arguing something about who is better to be beside Lucas as his secretary and confidant.

Then there's Nami, Carina, and Nojiko. The three girls from East Blue. Nami and Carina were arguing about stealing Lucas while Nojiko was trying to calm them down.

There's also Robin, Monet, and Betty. The three onee-sans were simply chatting and giggling while drinking wine.

Lucas decided to stick to Luna and just ignored everyone else since it was giving him a headache…

On the other side, Zoro, Kaku, Kuina, Koushiro, and Kinnemon were talking about swords, as usual.

Luffy, Usopp, Franky, and Momonosuke seemed to be having fun and would stick two sticks on their nose and mouth while making funny faces.

Kohza, Law, Bellemere, Lucci, were simply chatting along with the rest of the former CP9 members.

Kureha and Chopper discussed about the kids from Punk Hazard.

Brook watched on and felt a warm feeling inside him as he looked at the people around him. He started to sing a song while playing on the piano.

Soon, the others started to dance and have fun.

After a while, Nami approached Lucas and glared at him.

"So? How is it that while we were away, you picked up not one...or two...not even three...but five women!?"

"...Err…d-didn't I just explain earlier?"

"This and that are different!"

"..."

How else was I supposed to explain it!?

Lucas started to sweat.

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AN: The Strawhats are back!

See ya next chapter!