Thunder Demon Luffy's

Chapter 21's

"A long time no see, Luffy" said a man standing on a coffin-shaped boat. Luffy grinned before he replied.

"That's true ... Hawk-Eye," said Luffy as he looked at the man named Hawk-Eye. All the chefs have come out and are now standing behind Luffy and Zeff, who are standing there to watch Hawk-Eye's interaction with the Kreig Pirates. Zoro who was to Luffy's right looked at Hawk-Eye with a very excited expression.

'That's him .. the greatest swordsman in the world, ' Zoro thought, as he placed his hand on his sword. 'I didn't expect to meet him so soon, but I won't back down now, ' he thought with confidence.

Before he could continue his thoughts, the voice of one of the cooks took Zoro out of his mind.

"How did he split the giant ship in two?!" tanya/yelling the cook over there. Zoro also wondered, how could someone split a ship of that size in two.

It was at that moment that Luffy chuckled slightly before giving everyone the answer to the cook's question.

"He cut it off" Luffy said as he narrowed his eyes at Hawk-Eye, while the others stared at Luffy waiting for him to explain more, but Luffy never did. Zeff noticed the confusion on the faces of the chefs and Zoro, then he decided to try to explain in more detail.

"The man there was Dracule Mihawk, also known as Hawk-Eye. He is the greatest swordsman in the world" Zeff said, surprising the chefs. Mihawk is a tall thin man with black hair, a short beard, a mustache, and sideburns that point upwards.

His eyes were a strange yellow color that resembled an eagle. He wore black and red ornate clothes with a cross pendant, which gave him the appearance of a Spanish swordsman.

Her outfit consists of a wide-brimmed black hat adorned with large fur, and a long black coat, with sleeves and collars patterned in red flowers. He wore light purple pants that were supported by a decorated belt and slipped his pants into boots that were too big compared to the size of his feet.

"And if you're wondering what he cut the ship off with .. he cut it with a sword tied to his back," Zeff said causing everyone to look at Mihawk's back to see the sword. The blade is a decorated blade full of decoration and very long. On the handle of the blade it is shaped like a cross.

The blade itself was pitch-black with an extremely strong sheen, a long sword with a single blade with a slight indentation at the end of the blade. Overall, the blade looks like a big black cross.

One of the chefs looked like he was about to say something about Mihawk's sword, but as he was about to speak, Mihawk stretched out his hand and grabbed the hilt of his sword getting ready to use it, the gesture caused Luffy to narrow his eyes and put his hand on his sword.

be prepared to defend yourself if necessary. Everyone held their breath, waiting to see what Mihawk was going to do, Luffy would ask Mihawk what he wanted to do, but before he could speak, Zoro walked up from behind Luffy and then stood beside Luffy with a green bandana tied around his head.

Luffy turned around and looked at her to see what she was planning, but with one look Luffy already knew what Zoro was planning. When Zoro was about to jump from the restaurant and head towards Mihawk Luffy pulled his shirt from behind and threw Zoro behind him.

Zoro was startled by Luffy's actions, and he got up and shouted at him.

"Why did you do that ?!" Zoro asked/ shouted. Luffy continued to stare at Mihawk and did not even turn his head towards Zoro as he replied.

"You're going to die in vain" Luffy said angrily at Zoro.

"What does that mean?" Zoro asked angrily. "Are you saying I can't beat him !?" He yelled. Luffy who was still on his back spoke in an emotionless tone as usual.

"That's exactly what I said," said Luffy to the surprise of the pirates and the chefs there. "You don't know how big the ocean is and you're just a little fish in this ocean" Luffy said as he pulled out his sword and raised it into the air before he continued speaking.

"If you can't even do this, you're not ready to challenge him" he said. As he finished speaking, Luffy lowered his sword with a single swift move aimed at the already split-up pirate ship Kreig.

As Luffy's sword descended, the next thing everyone saw was that the two halves of the pirate ship split into two right in the middle, causing the ship to split into four pieces.

Zoro and the chefs stared at the scene with eyes as wide as dinner plates. The pirates along with Kreig who was still on board shouted and gripped the piece of wood that was split from the ship in order to float.

Kreig himself managed to climb back up to the part of the ship that was still intact and stood there drenched and looked at Luffy with an expression of hatred. Luffy did not care about it, instead he turned towards Zoro and spoke.

"Still think you have the ability to fight it?" Luffy asked. Zoro looked at him for a while before he tightened the bandana in his head and spoke.

"Just one way to find out," he said before he jumped out of the restaurant and landed on a fragmented piece of the ship. Luffy sighed and looked towards Mihawk before he spoke.

"I want him back alive, Hawk-Eye," Luffy said with a sigh. Mihawk looked at Zoro for a while before he turned around and looked towards Luffy and spoke with a small laugh.

"I'll try" Zoro said causing Luffy to narrow his eyes. Zoro then took out all his swords and spoke to Mihawk.

"Dracule Mihawk," he said attracted everyone's attention. "I challenge you to a duel for the title of the strongest swordsman in the world" Zoro said with confidence, causing Mihawk to get off his ship shaped like a coffin and jump into the part of the ship that was split before he spoke.

"Luffy's right. You don't know how big the world is and you're just a little fish in the ocean" Mihawk said, angering Zoro. Zoro was about to run towards Hawk-Eye but before he could, everyone heard someone shouting from their right.

"STYLEE!" came a familiar voice for Zoro and Luffy. Everyone looked to the right and saw Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku in a small lifeboat paddling towards them. One thing Luffy realized was that Nami was not with them.

"Nami, he threw us out of the ship and stole it" Usopp said. As soon as he said that, Luffy turned his head quickly towards Zoro and shouted.

"I thought I told you to keep an eye on him!" Luffy shouted at Zoro. Zoro picked up the sword in his mouth and answered Luffy.

"I was watching him the entire time before he left to move the ship," Zoro shouted back. "How do I know he's gonna steal the ship?" Zoro asked. Luffy was about to reply but Mihawk spoke before he could say anything.

"Well, it seems you've had a mutiny in your crew, Luffy," said Mihawk, laughing, upsetting Luffy. Immediately a blue electric spark could be seen around Luffy's body, the wind blew fiercely and the sky above started to darken and was completely covered by the thunderclouds.

Suddenly a loud burst of lightning rang out above the baratie making everyone frightened, even Mihawk was a little worried. Luffy then turned towards Zoro and spoke in a cold tone.

"Speed up whatever you want to do there and then go get my ship back while I'm going to recruit the chef and kill Kreig," Luffy said causing Zoro to nod his head in agreement. Luffy then turned towards Usopp and spoke.

"After Zoro is done, I want you to follow Nami and get her ship back. I'll be right behind you and I'll deal with Nami myself" Luffy said, giving everyone there the same thought.

'I feel sorry for Nami, ' they all thought. Luffy then turned towards Zoro and Mihawk to watch their battle already beginning. Mihawk was fighting Zoro with a small dagger that Luffy knew felt from the cross-shaped pendant around his neck.

Luffy could see Zoro trying his hardest but could not match Mihawk's skill, but was also annoyed that Mihawk used a small dagger instead of an actual sword.

Luffy and everyone there watched Mihawk stop Zoro's strongest attack without any distress at all.

'Welcome to the real world, Zoro, ' thought Luffy when he saw Zoro begin to question his strength after his attack was successfully stopped. Everyone around them couldn't believe what they saw.

They did not believe that even a famous bounty hunter like Zoro could not defeat Mihawk. Luffy did not pay attention to the murmur going on around him, Luffy kept watching Zoro.

The next thing that happened shocked everyone including Luffy. Mihawk stabbed Zoro right in the chest. From the corner Luffy stood, looking like Zoro was impaled right in his heart.

But even though he was stabbed, Zoro did not back down, he did not fall. Instead, he increased his defenses and attacked Mihawk again. Luffy could see that they were talking to each other, but he could not hear what they were saying.

Whatever Zoro said to Hawk-Eye, it made him smile before taking his main sword and slashing at Zoro which caused the 2 swords in his hand to be cut off and his chest hit by Mihawk's sword slash. Zoro then falls into the water causing Usopp and the Bounty hunter duo at the restaurant to scream.

"ZORU!" they shouted, then they jumped into the water to save Zoro. Luffy put his hand on the sword and took it out while looking at Mihawk, who was staring back at Luffy with a grin on his face.

The next thing everyone saw was Luffy disappearing from where he was standing causing the pirates and the chef's eyes to widen at the speed he had.

The next thing everyone heard was the sound of metal clashing with other metals, along with a huge Shock wave that caused debris to fly all over the place, The shock wave also caused some chefs and pirates to faint or kneel almost unconscious, while at the same time making glass all over the baratie broke and the remaining pieces of krieg ship were thrown in all directions.

At first, everyone was at a loss as to where the Shock wave was coming from. Until they checked the center of the shock wave it came from, and saw Mihawk and Luffy standing there with their swords clashing against each other. Luffy looked into Mihawk's eyes before he spoke.

"It's not that I've said I want him back alive" Luffy said before he pushed Mihawk's sword and jumped to make the distance between him and Mihawk. Mihawk increased his vigilance before he answered Luffy.

"I think I got carried away," Mihawk said casually. As he said that, Luffy moved and ran faster than the eyes of an ordinary person could track. Mihawk barely had time to raise his sword to fend off Luffy's slash from below.

When the two swords clashed, it created another shock wave that caused many pirates and chefs to fall. Kreig stared at the two swordsmen with wide eyes before he whispered to himself.

"Such strength in just one swing of the sword" Kreig whispered as he looked at Luffy and Mihawk who were dueling amidst everyone. Sanji whose eyes were also widened from seeing the strength of the two men could not believe what he saw.

"Are they human?" Sanji asked out loud. Zeff snorted and folded his hands before he replied.

"That's what's on the Grand Line," he said before he patted Sanji's shoulder causing him to look towards Zeff. "Look at the sky" he said, pointing to the sky.

Sanji and the other chefs along with the pirates Kreig and Usopp and friends look up to the sky and see all the lightning clouds that were formed earlier, which is the same as the previous one, now it's split right in the middle creating some kind of trench in the sky.

Clouds from both sides like rising through a trench, but no one crossed the trench. Everyone looked at the sky in disbelief.

(The sky was split like the White beard Scene against the Shaks on the White beard ship)

"They split the sky.no. they split the heaven in two," said a frightened chef in a surprised voice.