Chapter 26: Chapter 26: New Plans!!!
"Fine, I know that you are from the North Blue and you have a difficult relationship with your family. Do you want me to continue?" I asked.
"Ah! No that's enough you've proven your point!" Sanji said nervously.
"Oh? I didn't know you were from the North Blue Sanji." Nami said.
"Oh cool! Do me next! What number am I thinking of?" Luffy asked excitedly.
"He reads fortunes not minds Luffy." Zoro explained.
"Oh, Boo!" Luffy said disappointed.
"A-Anyway I didn't come to meet you guys just to show off." I said. Although that is exactly what I came to do. "I actually have something important to give one of you. Char, bring it out." Charlemagne then threw me a long thin bag. I then removed a sword from the bag.
"Some time ago, I acquired this blade from a legendary samurai, I keep hold on to it until I found a man who was fated to wield it. I believe that man is you Roronoa Zoro." I said as I tossed the sword to Zoro.
I made up that story to explain why I was giving him the sword. The truth is, since I kind of changed the story already since I defeated Moria before they met him I just wanted to make sure Zoro got the sword he was supposed to get. Plus he needs to take it back to Wano.
"Huh? You want to give me this?" As Zoro held the sword he could tell that it was a special blade. "Why did you decide to give it to me? Why not keep a sword like this for yourself."
"I told you, it's not my decision. It's fate. And I'm not just giving it to you for free either."
"What do you mean?"
"That sword is a national treasure in Wano and needs to be returned there. You're free to use it until you find yourself in Wano, but don't worry you'll be rewarded when you do."
"Tch, whatever I don't know about fate or anything like that, but I won't refuse a blade of this quality. Thanks"
"No thanks are necessary, the sword is supposed to travel with you anyway. Just be careful, it's a hard sword to handle. Don't feel the need to use it right away."
While I was hanging out with the Strawhats, Captain Smoker of the Navy was informed by one of his soldiers that I was in Alabasta.
"What? Buster Gaileo of the Warlords is here? What could he possibly be doing here? There's no way HQ sent him as backup. I don't know why he's here but we need to find out. Do you have any information on his whereabouts?" Captain Smoker asked.
"No sir, we don't have an exact location for him or his crew yet. However, we found his ship. That's how we determined that he was here in Alabasta."
"That's fine. Send some of your men to search for him. In the meantime I'll go and wait at his ship, he has to go back there eventually."
"Yes sir!"
"I don't know what you came here for, but I can't let you interfere with our duties." Smoker thought to himself.
Meanwhile, Crocodile was also being informed of my arrival.
"Oh? So that new Warlord is here too? There's no way the Navy is already onto my plan, I doubt they would send him anyway. I need to find out his intentions. There's no way it's a coincidence that he's here." He said, although it was kind of a coincidence that I was there. "As of now he's the biggest threat to my plans. Send someone after him right away." He ordered.
After we had hung out with the Strawhats for a little while we ended up heading out back to the ship.
"Well I've done what I came here for we should get going. I'm glad I got an opportunity to see you in person. I can see great things in your future Mr. Luffy, I look forward to seeing what you do next." I said as I shook Luffy's hand.
"Thanks Mr. Bandanna. See you next time!" Luffy said with a big goofy grin.
"Mr Bandanna? Eh, whatever I guess I should have expected that Luffy wouldn't bother to remember my name." I thought.
As we left Celeste asked me a question. "Captain Gaileo, shouldn't we help them? It seems like Crocodile is up to no good around here, and they could definitely use some extra help." She said.
"I agree Captain. I thought we always help people in situations like this. We definitely can't let Crocodile do what he wants, and I doubt those guys can handle a fight against a Warlord by themselves." Jack added.
"No, you guys don't need to worry about it. They will win without us needing to intervene. If we carelessly get involved we might just make things worse." I replied.
"Hmph, that actually makes sense, which is unusual coming from you." Rei said.
"When we get back I'm going to make you walk the plank." I responded dryly.
When we got back to the ship I was surprised to see a bunch of Marines on board. Among them was a familiar face, Captain Smoker.
"Ah, what a surprise to see you here Captain Smoker. What can we do for you?" I asked.
"Huh? How does he know who I am? We've never met before. There were rumors that when had some sort of fortune telling ability. I still don't believe it, but maybe there's something to it." Smoker thought. "You should know why we're here. We want to know why you came here at a time like this." He said.
"No real reason, I just had some errands to run is all." I said dismissively.
"You think I'd buy that?"
"It doesn't matter because I'm not selling. You asked why I came and I told you. If that's all you need, we were just about to leave."
"Hmph, sure. Men let's move out." He said ordering his men off my ship.
"Captain, he was clearly up to something why did you just let him leave?" Glasses lady asked Smoker.
"You're right, but either way it's better if he leaves. We already have our hands full dealing with Crocodile and Strawhat. The last thing we need is ano pirate causing trouble around here. We will be reporting this to Headquarters though."
Meanwhile Crocodile had been informed that I had left as well.
"I don't understand what he came here for, but if he's not here then that takes care of my biggest threat. My plans should go off without any problems now." Crocodile said. "What about the men I sent?"
The men Crocodile had sent were all cut to ribbons by Charlemagne. On our way back to the ship, he said he had to take a leak and when he came back he informed me that he had to cut down a couple guys that attacked him.
As we were on the ship Yuma and Rei asked me what our next heading would be.
"So Gai, where are we off to next?" Yuma asked.
"You mentioned before that you wanted to head to the New World. Is that still where you want us to go?" Rei asked.
"No, not quite. Not yet at least I have a new plan." I said.