A couple of notes before the story start.
This fanfic will feature Pokémon, Devil Fruits, Haki and Fishmen.
There will be Pokémon of all generations in this fanfic.
This fanfic is rated M and will feature the deaths of Humans and Pokémon and the use of Pokémon as a source of food.
There will be animals from both the real world and One Piece's world.
All Main Characters have at least three Pokémon's chosen for them beforehand that will appear as the story process.
All Main Characters will only have a maximum of six Pokémon on them each.
All Main Characters will have one Pokémon that is close to them and will almost always be out of their Pokéball.
Sometimes I will ask you readers which Pokémon that Luffy or a member of his crew should catch next.
All Main Characters have a theme so they won't have Pokémon outside that theme.
The theme will be told of the chapter were their first Pokémon appear.
Few Pokémon of major characters will appear more than once, unless they are owned by minor characters.
The Pokémon's will not just know four moves but will be able to use all moves they learned.
This is an AU story that will happen in neither One Piece´s nor Pokémon's world but a world based on both.
There will be no characters from Pokémon's world other than the Pokémon themselves.
Most characters will be from One Piece or be OC.
Most pirates from One Piece will be called Travelers instead.
Travelers transport themselves with the use of Caravans. A Land and Sea vehicle that is made up of one or multiple wagons and dragged by Pokémon.
One Piece is owned by Eiichiro Oda and Pokémon is owned by Nintendo
It was cold and cloud free night. The Pokémon Master Gol D. Roger and his Pokémons was dying of an unknown disease. In his final hours he broadcasted the words "Want to have what I have? Then fight your way to the top! I have left it all in One Piece!" with a giant smile on his face. The day after his death, the One Piece League opened, giving all who could gather the 8 gym badges a chance to fight The Three Powers and The Two Fist to become the Pokémon Master.
12 years went past. Many challengers had reached the One Piece League but few went past The Three Powers and no one had yet to beat one The Two Fist. In the little village of Foosha Village was a little boy, no more than 7 years old, running down the main road with his Chimchar at his side. They ran up to a place called "Party´s Bar" and loudly entered. Behind the desk stood an Audino and was putting bottles back on the shelf.
"Audino! Is Makino here?" asked the boy as he got up on a chair by the desk. Chimchar jumped up and laid itself on his head.
"I'm here." said a voice from the kitchen. A young woman came out and walked up to the boy "Hi Luffy."
"Hi Makino!" said Luffy and Chimchar waved at her. "The usual?" she asked with a sweet smile.
"Yeah!" he yelled, almost jumping out of his chair. Chimchar was jumping up and down on Luffy's head like it was saying "Hell Yeah!"
She just laughed and went back into the kitchen. Luffy and Chimchar was waiting for their food, when the door to the bar opened. Luffy looked to see who it was and a smile spread across his face. In the doorway stood a man with scarlet hair, three scars over his left eye and a straw hat on his head, by his side stood a Lucario with a Red Scarf tied around its neck. Under his arm was a small box.
"Shanks!" yelled Luffy, as happy as he was excited. He quickly jumped down from the chair and ran up to him. "Shanks! Battle me!"
"HA, Luffy do you think you can take on a Traveler captain on just like that?"
Shanks were a Traveler. A person who have dedicated his life to travel the roads in Caravans and train and catch Pokémon. Shanks weren't just any Traveler. He was captain for a band of Travelers was world renown. In his crew three people stood out. Yasopp and his Shiftry, Lucky Roo and his Munchlax and Benn Beckman and his Zoroark. Travelers were also not a part of the World Ministry that controlled the world and was sometime looked down on.
Luffy and Shanks had gotten up to the desk, where he put the box down, when Makino entered with two plates in her hands "Ah, captain. Will it be the usual?" she asked as she put the food in front of Luffy and Chimchar.
"Yeah and bring out all the booze. We caught some great Pokémon today and found a rare treasure so we got to celebrate." said Shanks with a smile.
All the Travelers cheered when they heard their captain and Makino and Audino began to serve of all of them drinks. Luffy and Chimchar was already a good way through their food, when Luffy raised his head and asked "Can I have some?"
Shanks looked at him and said "No way, kid!"
"Don't call me a kid! I am seven now!" yelled Luffy angry.
Chimchar looked up from his food and looked at Lucario. Lucario just shook its head and Chimchar jumped up and down, pissed off. Luffy turned back to the food, grabbed the box and looked inside.
Suddenly someone kicked the door open and everyone looked at the entrance. In the doorway stood a tall man with black hair, a black goatee and an X shaped scar above his right eye. Coiled around his neck was an Ekans, looking ready to attack. Behind him stood a big group of men, with different Fighting and/or Poisons types. The man walked up to the desk like he owned the place and said "All the booze you got." while the Ekans hissed at Audino.
Audino flinched but quickly regained its posture. Makino walked up to the man and said "Sorry but we are sold out at the moment."
The man looked around and grimaced. Shanks handed the man a bottle and said "Sorry about that. Me and my men have just bought it all. Here, it's on me."
The man took the bottle and smashed it into Shanks face. Shanks fell to the floor, his back up the desk. Makino and Audino were shocked. Luffy and Chimchar just sat there with mouths agape. Shanks Travelers looked at the man who just smashed a bottle into their captains face. Lucario didn't even flinch when his trainer was attacked.
"Do you know who I am?" asked the man in a mocking tone as his Ekans hissed at Shanks. He then pulled a piece of paper out of his clothes and held it in front of Shanks. It was a bounty poster of him of 300.000.
"I am 'Poison' Higuma, the leader of the 'Fighting Bandits' and expert Poison type user. A lowly Traveler shouldn't even think he can look at me and only offer one bottle." he then turned around and he and his gang walked out the bar. When they were gone, Shanks grabbed his straw hat and burst into laughter. Soon after all the Travelers and their Pokémons follow his lead and in the corner of the bar stood Lucario and chuckled. Luffy was angry and confused. That bandit had just looked down on them and they were just laughing.
"Why the hell a you laughing!?" yelled Luffy as he stood up on his chair. Chimchar stood on Luffy's head and was shaking its fist. Shanks looked at him then turned his head to Lucario, who just shrugged. He then looked back at Luffy and said "I know how you feel, but it was just a bottle of booze, nothing more."
Luffy and Chimchar turned towards the door and Luffy yelled "I am going to kick their asses!" with Chimchar shaking its fist in agreement.
Shanks grabbed a hold of Luffy's arm "Take it easy. It's not like-" was all he said when Luffy´s arm suddenly stretched. All the Travelers spit out the booze they were drinking and was shocked to say the least. Their Pokemon was just as shocked. Lucario couldn't believe its eyes and Shanks began to say "It can't be…"
"Don't tell me…!" came from Yasopp.
Lucky Roo quickly ran up to the desk, grabbed the box and looked inside "The Gum Gum fruit is gone!"
"What!" yelled the Travelers.
Lucky Roo then made a quick sketch of a weird fruit and showed it to Luffy.
"What do you see here!?" yelled Lucky Roo.
"…Desert?" answered Luffy.
Shanks got up and grabbed Luffy's shoulders and yelled "Luffy! That was the treasure we just found! The Gum Gum fruit is a Devil Fruit that turn your body into rubber but takes away your ability to swim!"
"What!" yelled Luffy.
"You damn fool!" yelled Shanks.
Chimchar was incredible confused and looked at Lucario, who just pinch the bridge of its snout.
A couple of weeks later were Luffy running down to the fish store with Chimchar. When they entered, a Quagsire and a couple of Woopers bid him welcome. The store owner noticed him and asked "What can I get you today?"
"A couple of fish and a piece of Wailmer meat!" said Luffy with a big grin.
"Oh my, your happy today." said the store owners wife.
"I have been a lot happier since I ate that fruit!"
"I can see that. How is it going on becoming a Traveler?"
"Shanks haven't been back the last couple of weeks so I haven't been able to convince him to let me join."
"That's a good thing." said a voice from the doorway.
Luffy turned around to see the village chief and his Herdier in the doorway.
"To become a Traveler will bring bad reputation to this village! The captain may be a kind man but don't let that fool you! Travelers always-" was all he said when he noticed that Luffy and Chimchar had put a finger in their ears and was sticking out their tongues. This ticked him and Herdier off.
A little while later was Luffy and Chimchar sitting in the bar and drinking apple juice. Audino was putting bottles on the shelf and Makino was wiping glasses.
"…Shanks and Lucario haven't been here a while…" said Luffy and Chimchar looked down.
"You miss them?" asked Makino and Luffy answered "No."
"Why not?"
"Because I haven't forgiven them for the bandit incident…"
"Why not? He just turned the other cheek."
"Because there is a time where a man got to fight."
"I guess I wouldn't understand." said Makino with a sweet smile.
"Damn right you wouldn't."
"Excuse me." came from the door and Luffy and Chimchar looked to see who it was.
The village chief was reading the newspaper and Herdier was lying by his feet, when Makino and Audino barged in and yelled "Chief!"
"What is wrong Makino?"
"Luffy have been kidnapped by bandits!"
In the middle of the town square circled the bandits around a beaten up Luffy. Chimchar was being beaten down by a couple of Machops and Croagunks. Luffy and Chimchar got up again and tried to fight back but Luffy was kicked in the face by Higuma, who stepped on his head to hold him down and Chimchar was whipped by Ekans, who afterwards used Wrap to try and squeeze Chimchar to death.
"A Devil Fruit user, huh. We can probably sell him to a circus for a nice prize." said Higuma.
"What about his Pokemon?" asked a bandit.
"Ekans need a snack." answered Higuma before he and his men burst into laughter.
"Apologies! NOW!" yelled Luffy angrier than before.
Higuma just looked at him and asked "Why should I do that? I just said the truth."
"Don't demean Shanks ever again!" yelled Luffy.
Flashback 10 min earlier
The bandits were loud and obnoxious. They drank the booze like it was free and yelled a lot of bullshit.
"Those Travelers!" began Higuma "Are nothing but shit! They actually capture Pokémon to sell them legally! Why would they go to the White Market when the Black Market brings in so much more cash!? And their Pokémons! They looked weak as hell!"
The bandits began to belittle Shanks and his Travelers and it became too much for Luffy and Chimchar. They both stood up on their chairs and Luffy yelled "Don't talk down on Shanks, you shit faces!"
The bandits stopped drinking and looked at Luffy and Higuma said "What did you call us…"
End of flashback
Luffy was struggling getting the foot of his face and Higuma just pressed him down harder when a voice yelled "STOP THIS! Please…"
Higuma looked over to where the voice came from and saw the village chief, his Herdier, Makino and her Audino. The Herdier walked up to Ekans and Chimchar and growled at Ekans, who tighten its grip on Chimchar. Then the village chief and Herdier did something unexpected. They got on their knees and put their head on the ground. The chief then begged "We will pay, just release Luffy and Chimchar!"
"As one would expect, the elders know how to handle this situation. But it's too late! This brat really pisses me off!" said Higuma as he stomped on Luffy's head.
"It's your own fault, you shitty baboon!" yelled Luffy.
Higuma drew his saber and said "Very well, I'm not going to sell you! Instead I'm going to kill you! Ekans! Swallow up!"
The blade slowly descended towards Luffy's throat and Ekans opened its mouth real wide to swallow Chimchar, when a voice said "I was wondering why no one was welcoming our return…"
Makino and the chief turned to see Shanks, now wearing a black cape, and Lucario walk pass them. Behind them were all of Shanks Travelers and their Pokémons, looking ready to fight. Shanks smiled and said "Hey Luffy. Didn't you say that you would kick their asses?"
"Sh-shut up!" yelled Luffy.
"Traveler… why are you here? Are you interested to buy this kid from me?"
Shanks just walked towards him until a bandit put a gun to his temple and said "Do you think we are playing around here?" the bandit's Croagunk stood next to Lucario with Brick Break ready.
"Well since you pulled out a gun, I guess not." said Shanks calmly. Lucario just closed its eyes and smiled.
BANG! The bandit was shot in the head by Lucky Roo and fell to the ground. The bandit's Croagunk was crushed by Munchlax's Body Slam and died on the spot.
The other bandits and their Pokémon flinched by this action and one of them began yelling "N…now you have done it!"
"You bastards! That was dirty!" yelled another.
"Dirty? Come on, it's not like we are saints." said Benn.
"Now listen here!" said Shanks "The people in front of you are Travelers!"
"Shut up you sleazy dog!" yelled a bandit.
"You can whip food or rum at me… or even spit on me! I'll laugh it off! But…" began Shanks before giving the bandits a dark glare "I don't care what your reasons you have! I won't forgive anyone who messes with my friends!" Lucario turned an equally dark glare towards Ekans, making the Pokémon shake with fear.
Higuma began to laugh "Hahaha, a bunch of Travelers who believe them above us of the Black Market wants to fight!? Men! Destroy them!"
The bandits drew their weapons and their Pokémon readied their attacks as they charged Shanks. Shanks and Lucario was just about to step forward when a hand stopped them.
"I'll take care of this." said Benn before ordering Zoroark "Night Slash."
Benn took his rifle and charged the bandits together with Zoroark and in the blink of an eye, laid all the bandits and their Pokémon's on the ground, beaten to a pulp and slashed up. Benn pointed his rifle at Higuma and Zoroark readied Dark Pulse and aimed at Ekans.
"If you want to fight us you'll have to bring at a fleet of Caravans worth of men with you." Benn said while lighting a cigarette. Higuma panicked and yelled "W-wait, the brat messed with us first!"
"It doesn't matter. After all there is are bounty on your head." said Shanks.
Higuma stood frozen a second before throwing a Pokéball in the air and out of it jumped a Koffing that used Smoke Screen. The smoke was dense and no one could see anything before it cleared. When the smoke was gone so was Higuma, Ekans, Luffy and Chimchar.
"Dammit, he got away with Luffy and Chimchar! Everyone split up and search!" ordered Shanks.
2 kilometers from the village is there a big lake. Higuma had sailed out on the lake with Luffy and Chimchar and his Ekans was once again coiled around his neck.
"I have heard that Devil Fruit users can't swim and I believe Fire type Pokémon is weak to Water. Let's see how you guys handle a little swim." Higuma said before throwing Luffy and Chimchar overboard.
Luffy and Chimchar did their best to stay afloat while Higuma just laughed from the boat. Ekans then sensed something and turned its head. Behind the boat had a Gyarados swam up and attacked. In one bite was Higuma, Ekans and the boat crushed between its fangs. It then noticed Luffy and Chimchar and commenced the attack.
Chomp! It bites down but it didn't reach its target. Shanks and Lucario had intercepted it and was helping Luffy and Chimchar stay afloat.
"Get lost!" said Shanks as he and Lucario glared at the Gyarados. It began to shake as the two stared it down. It turned around and dived away. Shanks turned his head to Luffy, who was crying in his chest.
"Thanks for sticking up for us." said Shanks "Makino told us what happened and why they took you."
Luffy was still crying and so was Chimchar who looked at Shanks.
"Come on, boys don't cry."
"But…" began Luffy "Shanks your arm!"
The Gyarados had taken Shanks left arm. The blood was flowing out and the water turned crimson.
"It's just an arm… It means nothing as long as you are alive."
Luffy and Chimchar cried a long time after that.
A couple of weeks later Shanks and his Travelers decided it was time to move on.
"You are really leaving?" asked Luffy as he and Chimchar looked as the Travelers and their Pokémons was loading the Caravan.
"Yeah, we have been here for a long time. It's time to move on." answered Shanks as he and Lucario oversaw the process. "Are you upset?"
"Yeah, but now I want to be a Traveler captain instead of being your underling."
"Dahahaha, you? Captain of a band of Travelers? Like hell that will happen."
"It will happen! And when it does I will have a crew stronger than yours and then I'll beat the One Piece League and become the Pokémon Master!" yelled Luffy.
"I see, then…" said Shanks as he removed his straw hat and put it on Luffy's head. Lucario untied its Red Scarf and tied it around Chimchars neck. Luffy and Chimchar was crying when Shanks said "Take these gifts from us. It's my favorite hat and Lucario's favorite scarf. When you become a great Traveler in the future then give them back, ok?"
He then walked up to his Caravan and Benn said "They will become big in time."
"Of course they will. They remind me of my captain." Shanks said with a smile.
Luffy and Chimchar was waving their hands wildly, crying, when the Caravan drove off. 10 years later would their journey begin.
So what do you guys think? I would like to read what you guys think about this story, so leave a Review. I will follow the storyline of One Piece but try to be as original as possible and create a new story. I will not change the order that the crew appear in, but I will try to change the reason and cause they join for.
Luffy´s theme is Fighting so all his Pokémon will either be Fighting types or physical strong.
If you have a question then send me a PM or write a Review and I will answer as well as I can.