Chapter 26 (1/2)
Grandline, Paradise, little Garden
Two days after Azul had entered little garden another ship sailed down the small river down into the core of the island until they came about Azuls ship, which stopped them in wonder. It seemed someone was already on this island. The strawhats began to tie the flying lamb to the shore after which some people decided it was time to go exploring to the growing horror of the other half of the crew, after all it was already darkening and the island was filled with dinosaurs. All of them though were ripped out of their ongoing conversations by a male and female scream that echoed through the jungle accompanied by the far away sounds of metal clashing against metal. This caused even more horror amongst some crew members while letting others grow a little more wary of the islands inhabitants, except for one, the captain.
”Luffy, there may be dangerous individuals on this island, maybe even a warlord or something!” Nami yelled at her captain, being accompanied by the quiet sobbs of Usopps wails not wanting to die a v.i.r.g.i.n.
This however brought laughter to Luffys face while sticking out his tongue in Namis direction while proudly proclaiming: ”I don't care! I want to ride a dinosaur!” and with that being said Luffy turned around while singing a wanderers song and hitting the trees with a stick he had picked up from somewhere, to find and ride his dinosaur. The rest of the crew remained, except Vivi, who followed after Luffy, and Zoro who wanted to explore as well which shortly after that evolved into a match on who, between him and the love cook (Sanji), could hunt the bigger dinosaur for dinner. And so it came that Nami and Usopp where the only ones remaining on the flying lamb, slowly crying themselfs to sleep.
(meanwhile with Azul, a few minutes before the flying lamb arrived)
”So? Are you gonna tell me, or do I have to get rough?” Azul asked the two people in front of him who had began to heavily shiver, caused by the heavy pressure Azuls passive haki was emitting.
”W-we were just ehm, err, sightseeing! Yes, that's right, sightseeing! hahaha” the woman in the yellow and green dress said, hoping her honestly pityful lie would work. Sadly she was having bad luck today as it seemed.
”Ohhhh, so you were sightseeing, I see. And? Did you find anything while sightseeing?” Azul asked, a beautiful idea forming in his head which slightly made his lips twitch upwards.
”Err, yes! Those barrels! Don't they look fascinating? And look the delicious beer inside of it. How about you take a little sip dear sir? I bet it tastes wonderfully!” The young woman kept on going while trying to lure the man before them into drinking the bomb spiked beer, originally intended for the two giants, to earn the bounty that was placed on their respective heads.
”After you, my lady. No please, I insist!” Azul said with a devilish grin on his face which caused the womans eyes to widen in horror, as Azuls iron grip landed on the top of the womans head, forcing it into the barrel which soon afterwards exploded outwards in a mighty explosion, with said woman in the center of it causing her to scream loudly. Azul on the other hand simply formed a protective bubble made of haki around himself to shield him from the blast. A little excessive but you could never be too careful!
The man had tried to escape from Azul, not effected by the explosion thanks to his devilfruit but Azul always knowing where said man was threw a punch at him which, on impact, caused said man to cry out in pain before fainting and ripping the trees he crashed into on his flight through the jungle out of the ground.
After having taken care of those morons, Azul walked over to a nearby tree and jumped on top of a branch to keep on spectating the rest of the giants duel.