The axe hand never made it to its target as Morgan was flung away by the slash of the trio of blades in the hands of Zoro, while Helmeppo was knocked away by the stone shot from the crystal man. Morgan fell onto his back as he was knocked out from the strength of the attack. Zoro, Koby and the de-transformed Luffy were all surprised when the Marines dropped their weapons and began to cheer at the change of events. The sailors were yelling out their joy at the defeat of their captain.
No one knew it, but an orange haired woman had been digging into the base for treasures and maps for locating such. She had just gotten to the place where the marines kept their most important map, but it had been replaced by a note from a person named Buggy. The note stated this person had taken the map already, which left the woman frustrated. She decided to react by looting more of the marine base.
Later...
Luffy and his two new friends were in the restaurant with the little girl and her mom, eating their fill of a meal made in their honor. The little girl Rika asked Luffy, "Where are you going to next? "
"I'm going to the Grand Line to find One Piece so I can be King of the Pirates! " claimed the transforming boy, as he continued to pack it away. He never noticed the look of terror in the pink head's face as the boy began to speak.
"The Grand Line is the most dangerous place in the world, which is why it's called the Pirate's Graveyard. 'Cause of all the pirates which lost their lives looking for One Piece and failing. Do you really think you can make it pass all the dangers there? " asked Koby as a sense of doubt crossed his mind.
"Doesn't matter, I am going to make it to One Piece! " said the captain of his own dreams as he chow down on some meat.
"How many people are in your crew, captain? " asked Zoro as he looked to the man he had become connected to.
"There's you and me, so about... two. If you look out the window, you can see my boat. It's the small one out there." said the straw hat wearing man as he continued with what he was doing.
It was then that the Marines stepped into the restaurant and were looking for something. They all turned to the trio at the table as their leader spoke, "I'm Lieutenant Ripper and I would like to thank you for you help in getting rid of Morgan and his cruelty... but I am going to have to ask you to leave the island since you are pirates. We should be arresting you, but all of us have suffered under Morgan we have decided not to report you were being here. You are going to have to leave as soon as possible."
"Well, we should be ready to get out of your hair. Right, Luffy? " asked Zoro as he looked to his captain, who responded with a belch and a nod.
Lieutenant Ripper looked at Koby and asked, "Isn't he with you, is not he a pirate? "
"Not unless you count his time with Alvida as her slave..." started Luffy, not understanding things. Koby was reacting with anger as any hint of piracy in his background would remove him from consideration of being a Marine. This was transmitted by way of a rage filled punch at the transformer, raising a bump on the straw hat's head.
"I guess he is not with you, so he can stay. The two of you are to leave as soon as you are able. So, men, move out." said Lt. Ripper as he began to leave.
"Wait, sir. If it's all right, can I join the Marines? It's always been my dream to be an officer in the service." said the pink haired Marine wannabe as he decided to act on his wish.
"We're always looking for good recruits. Follow us to the base and you can sign up with the rest of the men." said Lt. Ripper as he smile at the boy's excitement at joining.
Moments later...
Luffy and Zoro loaded themselves into boat as they set sail to the Marine saluting the pirates. Koby also saluted as he called out, "We'll meet again, as a Marine meeting a Pirate. Then I will use all my strength against you Luffy! "
Luffy smiled and said, "Not if I use my strength against you first! "
Zoro was floating in the tub with his captain, neither of them knowing how to navigate the oceans they were in. The wind picked up and caused the strange boy's straw hat to lift and fly away, only for the black hair boy to scramble after it. Zoro caught it with ease before it got to far, but asked on it's return to the owner, "What's so special about this hat? "
"It's my treasure! It goes back to...
Seven years earlier...
The Bar was filled with pirates as young Monkey D. Luffy watched with great interest. A red haired man was making fun of Luffy by saying, "You're a little short to be a grown up yet kid, so you might want to enjoy it whiles you can."
"I got a kid his age, still running around..." said the man that Luffy had learned was named Yasopp, one of the red haired man's crew. The red haired man was named Shanks and was the captain of these pirates, wearing a straw hat with a red band.
They were interrupted by a man running in the bar by kicking the door down shouting, "Give me all the sake you have, give it to me now! "
The female bartender by the name of Makino said to him, "All of the sake is with the Captain and his crew."
"If you want a bottle, then you can have it." said Shanks as he handed a bottle to the man, only to have the newcomer smash it.
"I'm a wanted man with 8, 000, 000 beli on my head, I do not have time for any of your games." said the man as he stormed out of the bar in a hurry, causing the pirates to laugh.
"Why did not you fight him, Shanks? " asked the young Luffy as he looked at the captain.
"Not worth the time to fight unless you have to." replied Shanks as he returned to the party.
Luffy decided to get back at Shanks for being a coward and headed to the box the pirates were protecting. He snuck up on it and was not seen by anyone as he took the box before opening it, before someone out of the young black haired boy's sight shouted, "What are you doing? "
Luffy jumped as the box closed and launched into the air, before the box was caught by Shanks. Luffy had only just seen a purple, swirly fruit inside before he lost it. Yet Shanks went to Luffy and looked him in the eye, "This is the Gomu Gomu fruit, which has the power to make you a rubber man if you eat it. Yet it also robs you of the ability to swim forever. We were just trying to decide if we would keep it or sell it for profit, and whom would eat it if we kept it. I do not think it would be a good idea for you to eat it right now. Better to eat regular fruit to get big and strong."
Luffy listened to this as Shanks moved the box to inside his coat.
Later that night...
Luffy was looking at the stars and making a wish, 'I wish I was strong enough to be a pirate right now, to kick the butt of anyone who comes between my dream. I wish for the strength to make my dream come true, to be king of the pirates and protect my friends."
The young ten year old was watching the stars shooting down, when he saw one landing closer to the Earth before a huge explosion occurred in the distance. The wide eyed boy figured that if seeing a shooting star granted you a wish, catching one would be even better. He rushed to the site of the landing, noticing the trees uprooted and a gash on the earth. He walked into the up turned earth to find the shooting star, which looked like a metal sphere. As he tried to approach and touch the star, it opened and revealed some kind of band like a bracelet. Which then jumped at the right hand which was still hovering over the metal star and stuck itself on his wrist.
Luffy over reacted instantly by trying to get it off by biting and yanking it, only for nothing to happen... until he pressed a button. This caused the round face of the bracelet to rise and twist from a hourglass shape into a diamond with some kind of monster's shadow on it.
Luffy over reacted instantly by trying to get it off by biting and yanking it, only for nothing to happen... until he pressed a button. This caused the round face of the bracelet to rise and twist from a hourglass shape into a diamond with some kind of monster's shadow on it. He pressed down on the face and there was a flash of green light, then Luffy felt a sudden change in the temperature as he felt cold.
Back on the boat...
"That's how I discovered my new forms, starting with Mr. Flame. Did not know where the thing had come from at first, but I learned all about it during the adventures after it." said Luffy as he looked at the object on his wrist.
"But that doesn't explain the straw hat..." said Zoro as he wanted to hear that part of the story.
"It happened like this..."
Back into the past...
Luffy had just lucked out at discovering the time out feature of the object, and had only managed to make some small fires before sucking the flames back into his body as instinct. He was walking home to figure out what to do next, when he spotted the man who had barged into the bar as well as some other tough men. The alien boy was about to change his direction when he found himself surrounded, with men on either side of him.
He was about to use the new device to get himself out of the mess when he was lifted by the arm it was on. The man smirked as he looked at Luffy, "Look what we have here boys... looks like a squirt with some kind of new jewelry on his arm. Why do not you just handed it over?"
While Luffy and the bandit's attention were distracted, the bartender Makino was watching and began to run in silence to get help. Currently, Luffy was trying to tell the bandits the bracelet would not come off him. They refused to believe him... until they started to lose knives and other blades trying to cut the object off. Finally the bandit leader took a moment to think before saying, "This thing must be valuable to stay on the wrist likes this, but I wonder if it would stay on the wrist of the arm it was one was cut off? It might just pop off then, right boys? "
Luffy was nervous at the thought of losing his arm and his cool new tool, but a voice stopped everyone as it came out of nowhere. It said, "Stopping what you are doing might be the best option for the lot of you. Try to make the smart choice..."
The bandits regrouped themselves as Shanks and his crew came into view. A bandit pointed a gun so it was aim between the eyes of the captain before saying, "Don't move or you will be getting a new breathing hole."
The second the last word exited the mouth of the gun bandit, he feel down to the ground as a bang exploded in the air. Lucky Roux had claimed another victim with his sharpshooting skills, while at the same time still eating a giant rack of meat. Shanks just smiled with a deadly edge to it as everyone of the bandits gasped and said, "We're pirates, facing danger is a career requirement. I still say stopping what you are doing is the best plan. Are you listening this time? "
The bandits did not listen as they charged Shanks, only to run into Ben Beckham who was Shank's first mate. With a long rifle at the ready, he prepared to... club the bandits with the iron rod. They entire charge of men were taken down in seconds. Higuma the bandit leader took this moment to drop a smoke bomb and run for his boat, while grabbing Luffy. As he reached the boat, he chucked the you boy into the water.
Luffy seemed to react on his gut feelings as he trigger the transformation with the watch, and then flash green. Higuma laugh as the boy seemed to sink under the waves, not noticing the gain sea beast arriving behind him... at least not until he was swallowed alive by the monster. The Monster then turned and went after it's next target, Shanks who had dived after the lost Luffy. The beast was about it bite Shanks, when it started to scream!
From below the water came a humanoid sea monster with sharp teeth and a dangling light from its forehead. Black, green and grayish blue was the most common colors on the beast. Shanks was shocked a little when it asked in a deep voice, "Are you all right, Captain Shanks? It's me, Luffy! Also sea beasts taste like raw meat, kinda beefy and fishy at the same time. Maybe some chicken in it as well."
"Okay, you are either Luffy gotten into some kind of weird adventure... or Lucky Roux. Only the two of them would think about what kind of meat that Sea Beasts taste like. I am guessing there is a great story about this. Do you need help, Luffy? " asked Shank as he watched the Fish-man attack the beast, making bites out of it and scratching the heck out of it. The beast started to turn from the free lunch and move to the open ocean, where there is less pain in the butts... flukes, neck, face, back...
(Posted Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:49)
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