After a few hours everyone gathered in the garden outside the ruined castle. There was laughter and chatter filling the air. There were tables which had been set up. The food was piled high.
"Meat!" Luffy shouted as he started stuffing his mouth food. He ate an entire chicken bone in one bite.
"Luffy, leave some for the rest of us," Usopp scolded as he tugged at his arm.
Kaya sighed. "You'll choke if you eat like that," she remarked. "Althought you never have," she added.
Robin chuckled softly as she sipped her tea. "Some things never change," she remarked.
Raki leaned back against a tree. "He fights like a monster, but eats like a child," she said.
"How is this my Captain?" Porche remarked. She thought back to the Davy Back fight and losing.
"We have our own Captain," Raki said as she looked at Ben who was being served tea by Dorothy.
"He is not that bad," Kaya responded as she defended Ben as she looked at Luffy.
Robin chuckled. "We never said he was," Robin said. "And you have been defending him recently," she teased.
"I," Kaya said. She thought she was right to some extent. She thought when gave Ben everything she felt like she belonged to him.
Porche looked at them and thought they were like sisters.
Usopp puffed out his chest. "Well, I'm the one who made sure we had enough food in the first place," he said.
Maya raised an eyebrow. "You mean you stole half of it from the kitchen," she said. She had watched Usopp and Brook take food out from the canteen with the help of the Risky Brothers.
"No one needs to know that," Usopp said loudly as he went to Luffy and tried to pull a chicken bone.
"Mine," Luffy said as he swallowed the bone.
Nojiko laughed lightly. "It doesn't matter. We're all sharing now." she said.
"I can't believe I almost got married," Nami said.
"Ben came rushing to save you," Nojiko responded with a smile on her face.
Nami remembered back to Ben waking her up with a kiss on her lips. "He took my first kiss," she muttered with a smile on her face.
"Was it good?" Nojiko teased.
"I am not going to answer that," Nami fired back
"Kiss!" Sanji shouted as he started to weep on the floor. He had overheard Nami`s and Nojiko's conversation.
Zoro sat on a ledge and looked at Sanji crying like a baby. "What is wrong with that cook," he remarked. "He is pathetic," he added.
"What did you say?" Sanji said as he got up. He launched a kick towards Zoro.
Zoro raised his sword and blocked the attack. "What are you doing?" he shouted.
Zala and Alvida looked at the. Zala crossed her arms. "Those two never get along," she said.
"They do," Alvida responded. "In their own way," she added.
Zala smiled as she looked at the sky. "It is still impressive that we survived two Warlords in one night," she remarked.
"We have survived worse," Alvida added. "It is only going to get worse from here," she said.
Vivi walked towards them and smiled. "But together we can do anything," she said. Zala and Alvida smiled.
Franky flexed his arms. "Super teamwork," he shouted. He looked at Dorothy. "So you are a robot?" he asked.
"I am Dorothy," Dorothy said as her head fell off.
Luffy, Usopp and Chopper looked at her head rolling. "Her head," they all shouted.
"I apologies," Dorothy replied as she put her head back.
Honey was drinking a drink. Her eyes were sparkling. "I liked the part where Ben shattered Oars's spine. That was intense," she said.
"He stole my fight," Luffy shouted as he was stuffing his face with food.
"Well you are taking the next two," Ben responded as Ashivra stood next to him with Marianne.
"I am," Luffy said as he went back to stuffing his face with food.
Mikita smirked and swirled her drink. "I liked the part where I crushed his knee," she added.
"That's because you are on the heavy side," Zala said with a smile.
"That is my power," Mikita shouted back.
Kalifa adjusted her glasses. She thought this was a nice atmosphere. "This feels different," she said.
"What do you mean?" Conis asked as she looked at Kalifa.
"This feeling is new," Kalifa said with a smile on her face. She thought about the days she was trained. It was just training and more training. There were no breaks. She thought after the mission it was another mission.
"I think that feeling you are is good and you will feel that more," Conis responded.
"Ben, here is your tea," Marianne said as she poured tea into his cup.
"Thank you," Ben replied with a smile on her face.
"This tea is really good," Ashivra replied. Her wings were moving up and down.
Sanji walked away from Zoro after getting punched by Nami. He glared at Luffy. "Save some for the beautiful girls here, you glutton!" he shouted. He then looked at Ashivra. Her skin was a soft brown. She had long white hair that flowed freely around her. At the top of her back, she had partially curled dark charcoal-black wings. "Beatiful," he said.
At that moment, Ashivra leaned forward and pressed her chest against Ben. "This tea is good," she added.
Sanji shattered into pieces. "Not another one," he said as he started to weep.
Zoro looked at Ashivra and shrugged his shoulders.
Nami walked towards Ashivra and Ben. She looked to see Ashivra being close to Ben. She felt her heart beat. She shook her head. "Ashivra, are you a human?" Nami asked.
"No I am a lunarian," Ashivra responded.
Lola, who was proposing to another man, got rejected. She looked at Ashivra. Her eyes narrowed.
Saphir was spinning her spear around and showing it off.
Brook walked towards a piano and sat down. His skeletal fingers danced across the keys. He started to sing, " Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho,Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-hoo Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho," he started. Everyone started to look at Brook. "Gather up all of the crew! It's time to ship out Binks' Brew! The wind it blows, to where who knows? The waves will be our guide! O'er across the ocean's tide, rays of sunshine far and wide! The birds, they sing, of cheerful things in circles passing by!" he continued. He started to move left and right in on the keys. "Bid farewell to weaver's town! Say so long to port renowned! Sing a song, it won't be long before we're casting off! Cross the gold and silver waves, Changin' into water sprays! Sailing out on our journey to the ends of the sea!" he said.
Ben thought this song was good. He had not heard it in a while.
Luffy walked up and jumped on top of the piano. "Gather up all of the crew! Time to ship out Binks's brew! Pirates we, we'll divide and conquer all the seas! With the waves to rest our heads, ship beneath us as our bed! Hoisted high up on the mast our jolly roger flies! Somewhere in the endless sky, a storm has started comin' by! Waves are dancing having fun, it's time to sound the drums! If we let blow winds of fear then the end of us is near! Even so, tomor-row the sun will rise again!" Brook continued.
"Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho, Yo-hohoho, Yo-hoho-ho," he said.
The music filled the garden as everyone laughed. "Brook this song, we met Labon," Luffy said.
Brook stopped "Labon?" he asked.
"Yes, he said he was waiting for someone for 50 years," Luffy replied.
Brook started to cry. "He had been waiting for me," he remarked and tears came out of his eyes.
"Wil you join my crew?" Luffy asked.
"I will," Brook replied.
"A skeleton joined the crew?" Maya asked.
"That sounds about right," Alvida responded.
"My sister has an interesting crew," Nojiko said.