One upon a time, there was a great pirate by the name of Gol D. Roger, or Gold Roger. He had conquered every single treasure that existed. His last words before his execution had inspired pirates all around the world.

"Want my ultimate treasures? It's possible... I will give them to those who can find them. I have gathered everything in this world and already hidden them in 'that' place." And with those final words, he was executed, and the world had entered the "Great Pirate Era"!


Several years later at a small seaport in the East Blue, there was a pirate ship. Standing on it's figurehead were two children. One was a boy with black scruffy hair and a white t-shirt with a blue anchor on it and it read "Anchor". He also had on jean shorts and a pair of brown flip-flops. The other was a small girl with a red hood and a black dress. She also had black hair with red on the tips and silver eyes. These two were known only as Monkey D. Luffy and Ruby D. Rose.

"Oi! What are you doing, Luffy?" yelled the captain, a man with red hair and a straw hat known as Shanks.

Luffy was currently holding a knife with a determined look on his face.

"Luffy, are you gonna do something stupid again?" asked Ruby.

"I'm not joking this time! I've had enough!" Luffy yelled. "I'll prove it for you all to see!"

"Ha ha ha! Go for it! Let's see what you're gonna do!" Shanks yelled.

"Luffy is gonna do something funny again!" yelled a man, getting an angry look from Ruby.

"Uncle Qrow! This is serious! Luffy with a knife can't be a good thing!" she yelled, getting a shrug from him.

"Just let him do whatever he's gonna do. You should know better than anyone that nothing can stop him when he's got that look on his face."

Ruby sighed. Her uncle was right. When Luffy had his mind set to something, there was no stopping him.

She looked over to Luffy, who right then and there stabbed himself right under his eye.

"OWWWWW!"

"IDIOT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" everyone yelled.


Everyone was now in a tavern.

"Let's drink up! To Luffy's craziness and to our greatness!" everyone began eating and drinking while Ruby sweatdropped.

"I can't believe they're celebrating Luffy injuring himself..." she said to herself.

"It didn't hurt one bit." Luffy said. He now had a band-aid under his eye.

"You liar! Don't do anything so stupid again!" Shanks yelled, getting a grin from Luffy.

"I'm not afraid of pain at all! Next time bring me out to sea! I wanna be a pirate, too!" he yelled.

"Me too!" Ruby yelled, causing Shanks to laugh.

"You two can't handle being pirates! Not being able to swim is a pirate's greatest weakness!" he said.

"As long as we stay on the ship we'll be fine!" they both said.

"I've been training, too!" Luffy said. "My punch is as strong as a pistol!"

"A pistol? Wow, really?" Shanks said in a dull tone.

"What kind of tone is that!?" Luffy yelled as Shanks' crew walked over.

"Luffy! Ruby! You seem unhappy!"

"Be happy to face anything!"

"Yeah, a pirate's life is great!"

"The sea is so wide and deep! You can go to any island and seek adventure!"

"Nothing is greater than freedom!"

Hearing all this caused Luffy and Ruby to smile.

"Don't give them these dumb ideas, guys." Shanks said.

"But it's the truth, right?" said Qrow.

"Captain, why don't you take them with us just one time? It's not a big deal."

"Yeah, I agree."

"Well, then next time two of you get off the ship and let them take your place." Shanks said.

"We've said enough! Let's drink!" yelled the whole crew.

"What kind of friends are you!?" Luffy and Ruby yelled in unison.

"The most important thing is that you're both still too young." Shanks said. "Wait at least another ten years and I'll reconsider taking you out to sea."

"Dang it, Shanks! We're not kids anymore!" they both yelled.

"Don't be mad. Here, have some juice. And Ruby, have a cookie."

"Thanks!" Luffy said, drinking the juice.

"Yay, cookie!" Ruby cheered, shoving the cookie in her mouth. These actions caused Shanks to laugh.

"You two really are kids! How funny!" he said.

"Hey, no fair!" Ruby yelled.

"What a dirty trick!" Luffy said.

"I'm tired of this!" Luffy said. "I even cut myself today and he still won't agree."

"Well, cutting yourself was a stupid move on your part..." Ruby said.

"Luffy, Ruby." came a voice. The mentioned two turned their heads to see a man with grey hair and a small pair of glasses. "You should try to understand captain's feelings."

"Understand Shanks' feelings?"

"Yes. After all, he is our leader. He knows that being a pirate is interesting, but he also knows that a pirate's life is hard and very dangerous. Do you understand? He doesn't purposely tease your ambitions of being pirates."

"I don't understand! Shanks just takes us for idiots!"

"They can't swim!" Shanks yelled in the distance.

"See!?"

"Captain, you seem happy as always." came a woman's voice. This was the bar owner, Makino.

"Yep, making fun of him is my joy." Shanks said.

"He really is very happy." Ruby said.

"Luffy, Ruby, would you like something to eat?" Makino asked.

"Okay! We'll both pay you with our treasure!" Luffy said.

"What treasure?" Shanks asked. "You're lying again."

"No!" Luffy yelled. "We're definitely gonna be pirates, and we'll pay her with the treasure we find!"

"Yeah!" Ruby cheered while Makino laughed.

"Ha ha ha! I'll be waiting!" she said.

"Shanks." Luffy said.

"What is it?"

"How long are you gonna stay?" he asked, taking a bite out of the meat that Makino gave to him.

"Well, it's almost been a year since we used this town as our base. I plan on setting sail a couple more times, then we'll leave this town and head north."

"A couple times..." Ruby said.

"We'll definitely learn how to swim by then!" they both yelled.

"Alright! Good luck!" Shanks said with a smile.

Just then, someone kicked in the door.

"Excuse me!" he yelled, walking into the tavern. "Heh. So, this is what pirates look like, huh? This is the first time I've seen pirates. They look pretty dumb to me." He walked past Luffy and Ruby, the former was eating a strange fruit, and the latter was giving the man dirty looks.

"We are bandits." the leader, known as Higuma, said. "We're not here to cause any trouble. We just wanna buy ten barrels of sake."

"I'm so sorry, but we are out of sake." Makino said. Higuma looked at her as if she just told a bad joke.

"Oh? That's strange, then what are they drinking?" he asked. "Is it water?"

"It's sake." Makino responded. "But that's all we have."

"I'm sorry." Shanks said. "Looks like we finished all the sake here. Sorry about that." he held up a bottle of sake. "Here, if you don't mind, take the last bottle."

Higuma looked at him, clearly not amused. Then, in one swift motion, he smashed the bottle, sending all the sake flying in Shanks' face. Makino, Luffy, and Ruby looked on in shock, the bandits had grins on their faces, and the pirates looked expressionless.

"Just who do you think I am? Don't take me so lightly. One bottle is not enough." Higuma said in an angry tone of voice.

"Oh, no." Shanks said. "Now the floor is all wet."

"See this?" Higuma said, holding up a wanted poster of himself. "My head is worth eight million beli. I'm one of the prime fugitives here, and I've killed fifty six people before, you cocky bastard."

Luffy and Ruby were now glaring daggers at Higuma.

"Now that you know who I am, don't mess with us again. After all mountain bandits and sea pirates don't mingle very well." he said while Shanks got on the ground and started to pick up the glass shards.

"Sorry about that, Makino. Do you have a mop?" he asked.

"That's okay, I'll clean it up." she said.

Higuma, on the other hand, unsheathed his sword and swiped it across the counter, causing sake to fly everywhere.

"Well, it seems like you really enjoy cleaning." Higuma said. "Now you can enjoy doing it even more." And with that, he walked off. "Later, you bunch of chickens."

"Are you alright, captain?" asked a crew member.

"Did you get hurt?" Makino asked.

"No, I'm fine." Shanks said.

Suddenly, the whole crew busted out laughing.

"Our captain looked so silly!"

"He fixed you up good, captain!"

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING!?" Luffy and Ruby yelled in unison, causing everybody to look over to the duo.

"That was disgraceful! Why didn't you fight back!?" Ruby yelled.

"Yeah! So what if they have more people!? Who laughs after getting picked on!? You're not a man, and not a pirate, either!" Luffy yelled.

"Look, I know how you feel." Shanks said. "But it's just a bottle of sake, there's nothing to get worked up about."

"I never want to see you again, coward!" Luffy yelled as he began to storm off.

"Come on, don't go, Luffy, Ruby..." Shanks said, grabbing both of them by an arm... only for Luffy's arm to stretch, much to everyone's surprise.

"HUH!?" everyone yelled.

"His arm is stretching...!" Ruby said.

"WHAT'S HAPPENING!?" Luffy yelled, panicking.

"IT'S GONE!" one of the pirates said, looking inside a small treasure chest. "THE FRUIT OF RUBBER WE TOOK FROM THE ENEMY ISN'T HERE!"

"WHAT!?"

"Luffy, did you eat this...?" one of the pirates said holding up a picture of a fruit.

"Well, yeah, it didn't taste very good, though..." Luffy responded.

"Then why did you keep eating it...?" Ruby asked, getting a shrug from Luffy.

"That was the Gum-Gum Fruit!" Shanks yelled. "It's one of the legendary Devil Fruits, the rarest treasures on the sea! Whoever eats it will turn into a rubber man, and will never be able to swim!"

"WHAT!? YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT!?" Luffy and Ruby yelled.


Luffy and Ruby were walking down the trail of the village, eventually approaching a building with a sign that read "Fish Shop".

"We want to buy some fish, Mr. storekeeper!" Luffy said cheerfully.

"Hey, Luffy, Ruby! You both look like you're in a good mood!" the shopkeeper said. "So, did the pirates leave you behind again? Either way, Luffy can't swim anymore."

"That's okay! I'll just be a pirate that doesn't fall onto the water!" Luffy said cheerfully. "And after eating the Gum-Gum Fruit, I've become even happier! Look!" he said, stretching out his cheeks to inhuman lengths.

"What's so good about that!?" came a voice causing everyone to turn towards the source; a man that was walking towards them. "Maybe the whole village thinks that's cool, but what good does having a rubber body do?" he said.

"Chief!" Ruby said.

"I'm gonna tell you two again, don't become pirates! It will ruin this town's reputation! The captain may look like a reasonable person, but don't hang out around him again!" he said to Luffy and Ruby, who were both covering their ears.


Luffy and Ruby were now back at the tavern.

"They've been away for a while, now." Ruby said.

"Do you two feel lonely?" Makino asked.

"Nope, I still haven't forgiven them for the thing with the bandits yet." Luffy said.

"I kinda feel lonely..." Ruby said.

"But you've got me!" Luffy said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right..." Ruby said. "But I wish she was here, too..."

"Don't worry, Ruby. I'm sure she misses you, too." Makino said. "After all, she is-" Makino was cut off by someone entering the tavern.

"Excuse me."

Luffy and Ruby looked at the doorway to see Higuma and his bandits standing there.

"Well, looks like the pirates aren't here today. It sure is quiet. We're back again." Higuma said as he, along with all the bandits, took seats. "What are you waiting for? We're customers. Bring us some sake!"


"Chief, hurry! Something terrible has happened!" Makino said, barging in the door of the chief's house.

"What's wrong, Makino? What's all this fuss about?" the chief asked.

"Luffy and Ruby were... kidnapped by the bandits!"


In the middle of the village, the bandits were surrounding Luffy and Ruby.

"What an interesting boy. It seems punching and kicking him won't work. The girl, however..." Higuma looked over to a bloody, beaten, and unconscious Ruby.

"Leave her alone, damn it!" Luffy yelled, attempting to punch Higuma, only for Higuma to grab him and slam him on the ground.

"A rubber human, huh? Who would have thought such a thing existed in this world. If I sell him to a circus, I'll be sure to get a lot of money out of it."

Luffy got up and charged at Higuma with a stick.

"What a strong..." he lifted up his leg. "BRAT!" he slammed his foot down on Luffy's head, sending him face first into the ground. "We were just having a good time drinking and talking. Did we say something that pissed you off?"

"Yes you did!" Luffy yelled. "Apologize right now, damn it!"

Ruby was beginning to wake up. Using what little strength she had left, she lifted her head to look at Luffy, her vision hazy.

"Luffy..." she said weakly.

"Move your damn foot, you damned bandit!" Luffy yelled.

"Let the children go!" came a voice. "Please!"

"C-chief...?" Ruby said.

Suddenly, the chief got on his hands and knees.

"I don't know what Luffy and Ruby did, and I don't want to argue with you! But I'm willing to pay! So please, let them go!" the chief said, causing Higuma to chuckle.

"As one would expect, it's the elders that know the proper way to handle any situation... but it's too late! you can't save these little brats now, because they really make me angry. When weaklings like these two insult me, it makes me so angry...!"

"It's your fault, you wild baboon!" Luffy yelled.

"Fine, I'm not gonna sell you, I'll just kill you both instead!" he unsheathed his sword.

"Luffy! Ruby!" yelled Makino and the chief.

"I was wondering why nobody welcomed us at the port..." came a voice.

"Shanks...? Ruby said. She could barely see him due to her vision being hazy.

"Luffy, what's wrong? Isn't your punch as strong as a pistol?" he asked.

"Shut up...!" Luffy yelled back.

"Pirate..." Higuma said. "Why are you still here? Are you going to clean up the whole town this time? I suggest you leave right now. If you get any closer, I might have to open fire, you coward."

Shanks began to walk towards him, anyway, only for one of the bandits to point a gun at his head.

"Didn't you hear? He said not to come any closer!" said the bandit. "Do you want to get shot?"

Shanks just stood there calmly.

"Well, since you pulled out your gun, I guess we have to fight." he said calmly.

"Huh? What did you say!?" asked the bandit.

"I said don't use this to scare people." he said, pointing to the barrel of the gun.

Suddenly, the bandit was shot in the head, courtesy of a fat pirate known as Lucky Roo, who was eating a piece of meat at the same time. The bandit's corpse fell to the ground with an audible thud as everyone watched.

"Now you've done it, bastard!" yelled one of the bandits.

"That was dirty!" yelled another.

"Dirty?" Qrow said. "Don't make us laugh. Do you think we're saints or something?"

"The people standing in front of you are pirates." Shanks said.

"Shut up! This is none of your business!" yelled one of the bandits.

"Listen well, bandits!" Shanks said. "You can whip food or sake at me, or even spit on me, and I'll just laugh it off. But, I don't care what reasons you have! I won't forgive anyone who messes with my friends!"

"Shanks..." Luffy said, tears welling up in his eyes while Higuma laughed.

"Won't forgive me? You bunch of pirates who float around in a ship all day want to challenge us!? We will destroy you!" he said as the bandits started to charge at the pirate crew.

"GO TO HELL!" they all yelled.

"Let me take care of this." Qrow said. "I can take them all down myself."

One of the bandits attempted to stab Qrow, but he quickly dodged it. Then, unsheathing his large sword, he slashed the man on the chest, causing him to fall over. And as more bandits charged at him, his sword turned into a scythe, which he used to beat the rest of the bandits.

"Don't overestimate your selves, bandits." Qrow said calmly. "If you want to take us on, you better get a fleet of marines to back you up."

"W-wait a minute!" Higuma said. "These little brats messed with us first!"

"It doesn't matter." Shanks said. "After all, there's a reward on your head."

Higuma, now with a terrified look on his face, used his last resort.

"Smoke bomb!" Higuma through down a smoke bomb and a large puff of smoke appeared. "Come with me, you two!"

"Hey, let go of me damn it!" Luffy yelled.

Ruby, who had regained almost all of her strength by now, was also struggling to break free of the bandit's grasp. When the smoke cleared, all three of them were gone.

"Oh, no!" Shanks yelled. "We got careless! They took Luffy and Ruby! What should we do!?"

"Captain! Don't panic!" Lucky Roo yelled. "We'll split up to find them!"


Luffy, Ruby, and Higuma were on a small boat on the water.

"Looks like we got away! Who would have thought a bandit would escape by boat!" he looked over to the two children. "Well, I only used you two as hostages, but you're useless now. I've killed fifty six people who messed with me before, you know!"

"GO TO HELL!" both Luffy and Ruby yelled as they each threw a punch at him, which he easily dodged.

"Good riddance." he said as he kicked them both off the boat.

"Damn it!" Luffy yelled as the two fell into the water.

"You said they were cowards, but you didn't even have the guts to fight them!" Ruby yelled.


"Remember the expressions on those pirates' faces the other day?" said one bandit.

"He didn't even say anything after getting hit by a bottle!" said another. "What a gutless pansy!"

"When I see a chicken like that, it just makes me so mad." Higuma said. "I really wanted to kill him. Pirates only know how to act cool."

"Shut up!" Luffy yelled. "Don't underestimate Shanks! He's not a coward!"

"Shanks is cool! And he's way more awesome than you could ever hope to be!" Ruby yelled.


Luffy and Ruby had fallen into the water, and were desperately trying to stay afloat, but to no avail.

Suddenly, from behind Higuma arose a giant sea monster.

"Where did that come from...?"

Then, in one bite, Higuma and his boat were gone. The monster then set it's sights on Luffy and Ruby.

"Somebody help!" they both screamed.

Then, just when the monster was just about to eat them, a figure came and saved them at the last moment.

"Shanks!" they both yelled as Shanks gave the monster a terrifying glare.

"Get lost." he said. And, after a few moments, the monster left.

"Thanks, you two. Makino told us about everything. Thanks for sticking up for us." Luffy and Ruby, however, were still crying. "C'mon, don't cry."

"But... Shanks..." Ruby said, unable to finish the sentence.

"YOUR ARM!" Luffy finally yelled.

"It's nothing." he reassured them. "It's just an arm. It's okay as long as you're both alive."

The two continued to cry all the way back.


"You're really leaving this time?" Ruby asked.

"Yep." Shanks simply said. "We've stayed here long enough. Are you two upset?"

"Yeah, but..." Luffy said. "we won't force you to take us along anymore. We'll become pirates by ourselves."

""I wouldn't take you two even if you begged me! You don't have what it takes to become pirates!" Shanks said.

"Yes we do!" they both yelled. "One day, we'll find a crew that's as strong as yours!"

"And then I'll find the world's biggest treasure!" Luffy yelled. "I'll become king of the pirates!"

"And I'll get to fight strong people and be a hero just like in the storybooks!" Ruby yelled.

"So, you want to be bigger than us, huh? Well then," Shanks took off his straw hat and placed it on Luffy's head. "this hat is my gift to you. When you become a great pirate in the future, return that hat to me." he then looked over to Ruby. "Hey, Ruby, you always said that you wanted to wield a scythe, right?"

"Y-yeah...?" she said, getting a grin from Shanks.

"Wait right here." he said as he quickly ran to his ship. A few moments later, he came out with... something red.

"This is a High-Caliber Sniper Scythe, or HCSS for short. It's a scythe that's also a high-caliber sniper rifle. I only use it on special occasions."

"A what?" Luffy questioned, getting a chuckle from Shanks, who unfolded the scythe.

"It's a scythe..." he turned it into a sniper rifle. "...that's also a gun." he folded it back into it's compact form, then gave it to Ruby, who struggled to hold it.

"Thanks! I think I'll call it... Crescent Rose!" she said, getting another chuckle from Shanks.

"What a fitting name." he said, before he and his crew got on the ship and started to sail away, waving goodbye to everyone.


Ten years later, Luffy and Ruby set sail and were now on a small boat.

"They finally left, chief." Makino said. "We're going to miss them."

"They'll ruin this town's reputation!" the chief said.

"I never thought they'd be so serious about it!" said the owner of the fish shop.

"The weather sure is nice today." Ruby said.

"No argument here." Luffy said.

Suddenly the large sea monster from before rose from the sea.

"We've been waiting for you, sea monster!" Luffy said. "Today is your unlucky day!"

"We'll show you what we've learned in the past ten years!" Ruby said.

The sea monster charged at them, but Ruby jumped high in the air. Then, unfolding Crescent Rose, she started doing front flips while descending and slammed the tip of the blade into the monster's back, causing it to yelp in pain.

"Gomu Gomu no..."

The sea monster was getting extremely close to Luffy.

"PISTOL!" he flung his arm forward and punched the monster in the face, sending it flying backwards, Ruby landing safely on the boat.

"How'd that taste, stupid fish?"

"We'll need to gather up a strong crew, Luffy." Ruby said.

"Yeah, I'm hoping we can find at least twenty people." Luffy said. "And then we'll make a flag, and I'll become king of the pirates!"

And with those words, the ultimate adventure began.