Chapter 27

Grandline, Paradise, little garden

A few minutes ago the sun had begun to rise over the prehistoric island of little garden and the night active dinosaurs went to sleep while the apex predetors and their prey, that lived under the sun awoke which filled the island with bustling wildlife once again.

In between the wildlife a man and a girl walked through the jungle, on their way to the last known location of the other two officer agents of baroque works that had been sent to kill the oafs that called themselfs warriors of elbaf, though the man of the two took them for nothing but fools.

He was a slick man, just like the power he commanded thanks to his devilfruit, wearing a blue and white striped shirt and white trousers. Though the most eye catching thing about him was his hair. Said hair was shaped into the form of a three and the upper end of said three was constantly burning. Weird you ask? Yes, but not as weird as his partner which was but a child, working as an officer agent to hunt bounties. Luckily for her she had one special ability which went well in combination with her partners wax fruit. She was able to paint symbols on the ground which influenced the emotions of said person to the point that they weren't able to get out of their state of for example depression. Truly a deadly combo, for Paradise at least. And those two had sent another pair of lower tiered officer agents to finally collect the heads of the two fighting giants living on this island. What happened to them though the both of them didn't know. And so they had decided to investigate while the giants began their fighting once more.

Soon the two arrived in the clearing where the giants normally slept and kept their food.

Before stepping onto the clearing though, they heard a female voice, clearly distressed by something so they decided to listen first, before taking action as it seemed someone else had arrived on the island, possibly some more berry in human form.

"Why are they fighting? They seemed to be such good friends and now all of a sudden they hate each other? Why?" Vivi asked, not understanding what happened to the giants.

"Hate? What makes you think they hate each other? They are just dueling..." Azul asked her, her stupidity absolutely baffling him.

"But then why are they fighting? This makes no sense! If they are friends than there is no reason for them to fight!" Vivi, spoke nearly yelling the last part to which Azul, seemingly having an apiphany, started to laugh uproariously in response, which seemed to tick Vivi off even more, going by the gnashing of her teath.

"Let me guess, you are a pacifist? Or have only known people that fight to kill? I can kind of understand how you would think like that then, but there is one thing you have to hear before you keep on judging: The world is a gigantic place and the different lands and islands act on different traditions and opinions. If you understand that then you may want to try and see the world from the other persons perspective before judging them to your ingrained standards and opinions." Azul said with a kind smile on his face which made Vivi pause. Was she really so rigid that she had forgotten to keep an open mind? But then again she had only ever fought against those that fought and killed with hatred in their hearts and minds.

"I guess you have a point there..." Vivi responded while sinking deeper into her contemplation, meanwhile Azul had already turned around, not waiting for her answer and kept on observing the giants fight. Suddenly his neck snapped around into the direction of the jungle, bringing confusion to Luffys face who had seen Azuls action, after which he shrugged his shoulders and turned back around, doodling in the ground. Soon after though he jumped up with a little roar of annoyance and told Vivi that he would be going back to the flying lamb since he was hungry and Sanji should cook him something. Azul though ignored their little banter and had stood up, walking towards the jungle which caused two figures in the woods to slightly panic.

Soon they regained their clear minds and unleashed their attacks on the approaching figure. A large wave made of wax splashed out of the woods, tinged with the colors from miss aprils attacking style.

Luffy and Vivi had by then started to head back into the jungle, until they saw the attack rush towards Azul and cried out in alarm, while Vivis eyes widened slightly when she registered whom the attacks belonged to. Luffy prepared to launch over to Azul to rip him out of the way by means of his gum-gum rocket, though Azul seemingly disappeared from their vision as if he was a ghost, only to hear to cries from the jungle before two figures flew out of it and smashed straight into the rocks near the giants campsite, which caused Vivis eyes to widen in shock, while Luffy ran over to the approaching Azul, stepping out of the woods, and smacking him on the back, screaming to the world that he simply had to join his crew.

"Come on, come on, Azuuuul, it will be fine, shishishishishi" Luffy said with a goofy smile on his face while embracing Azul with one arm, who had a slight tick on his right eyebrow.

"In your dreams rubber boy!" Azul said while gnashing his teeth in ennoyance. Not really at Luffy since it was simply his personality. No, at his two attackers which, once again! , caused Azul to be distracted from the giants duel, for f.u.c.ks sake!

"That are mister three and miss april! We have to tell the others about them. There might be more of them here!" Vivi yelled in alarm, grabbing Luffy and nearly charging back to the lamb.

Azul meanwhile stood before the two agents, poking them slightly with his foot, waiting for a reaction that didn't come, before asking: "You know these clowns?"

"Yes, they are members of baroque works, a bounty hunters organisation!" Vivi responded.

"I can tell you more if you want to know, but we need to warn the others of the possible danger first. You can come with us to the lamb and I'll tell you all about them there." Vivi said while pulling Luffy alongside her, who protested vehemently.

'Why not, maybe I'll hear something about some strong figures in that organisation that are worth fighting against...' Azul thought to himself, before walking after the two figures that left for the lamb to meet witht the rest of the crew.