A/N: Hello all Tene here as the summary says this is an intelligent luffy story. Basically in addition to the fighting talent that he has in canon luffy will also have great intelligence. Essentially his talents will be cultivated but don't expect luffy to be yonko level until after the time skip, and that's way after the start of the time skip. Also i will have doruki reference in this story so that you guys can compare my fan fic version of luffy to the Goda (canon) version, as well as how he stacks to everyone else. Do keep in mind though that doruki only measure physical strength not speed, stamina, endurance, durability or any of the other aspects of fighting ability. Hope you guys enjoy. please leave your criticize. oh one last thing i will update this story once a week

Peace out.

Chapter 1

Wealth, fame, power. Once there was a man who took everything in this world. The "Pirate King". The words he left on the verge of death drove people throughout the world to the sea.

"My Treasure? If you want it, you can have it… Search for it! I left everything in the world there" The world ushered in the Great Pirate Age!

Foosha Village, Goa Kingdom

About one year ago a pirate ship landed here, a small peaceful village in the east blue.

"Oi! What are you doing luffy?" A man asks a 7 year old boy standing on the top of his ship's dragon figure head with a small knife in his hand.

"Hmph, I'm not joking this time, I've had enough I'll prove it for you all to see!" The child now known as Monkey D. Luffy shouts

"Ha ha ha go for it, let's see what you're gonna do" the same man from before cheers on Luffy. Almost immediate Luffy stabs himself underneath his left eye. Shocking the man as well as all of his companions around him

"Idiot what the hell are you doing?!" the man shouts at Luffy

'Owww!" Luffy screams out in pain

Later – Makino's bar

"Ga ha ha let's drink up and celebrate to luffy's sudden craziness and out greatness" the group of men shout while all drinking, eating, and some brawling in the local bar.

"Ah it didn't hurt one bit" Luffy says with a force smile and tears gathering in his eyes

"Liar don't do anything so stupid again" the man with red hair shouts at him

"I'm not afraid of pain at all next time take me out to sea, I want to be a pirate too" Luffy shouts with a smile on his face

"Da ha ha ha you can't handle being a pirate you're too young luffy" the man and pirate captain now known as red haired Shanks laughs at the boy.

"What do you mean too young? I can swim really well and I have tried trained rigorously, my punches are as strong as pistol fire, and I can cut small tress with a sword." Luffy shouts at shanks

"Pistol fire… wow really?" shanks replies in an unimpressed manner.

"What kind of tone is that!?" an offended luffy shouts

"Luffy you seem unhappy"

"Be happy to face anything"

"Yea 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" individuals in the crew all chime in getting luffy excited

"Don't give him dumb ideas guy, the sea can be the most dangerous place in our world" shanks reprimands

"Captain why don't you take him with us one time? It's not a big deal" one of the crew suggest

"Well, then next time one of you get off the ship and let him take your place" shanks fake compromises

"Ah we've said enough lets drink" they all say walking away

"Traitors" luffy shouts

"Listen luffy you're still too young wait another 10 years and I'll reconsider taking you out to sea" shanks says to him

"I'm not a little kid anymore" luffy retorts aggravated

"Don't be mad drink some juice"

"Ok, thanks" luffy says as he gulps down the juice causing shanks to burst into tears laughing

"You really are a kid how funny" shanks says laughing

"What a dirty trick!" luffy shouts at the laughing form of shanks

"Luffy you should try to understand shanks' feelings, he know being a pirate is interesting but also hard and very dangerous." Benn Beckman the vice-captain lectures luffy

"No shanks just takes me for some helpless little kid" Luffy points to shanks comparing his height to the bar stool "see" he says point as shanks

"Captain you seem to be happy as usual" makino the bar owner says coming in seeing shanks laughing

"Yep. Making fun of him is my joy" he replies

"Luffy would you like something to eat" she asks him

"Ok! And I'll pay you back when I find some treasure, so put it on my tab" luffy says taking a seat up on the bar

"I'll be waiting" she says with a smile serving luffy food

"Hey shanks how long are you gonna stay?" Luffy asks

"Hmm? We'll sail a couple more times and then head north" shanks answers as the door to the bar is kicked open and a man walks in.

"Excuse me! Hehe so this is what pirates look like, this is the first time I've seen pirates they look dumb to me" he says walking over to the bar as luffy sees a strange fruit in a chest and takes it up to examine it. "We are bandits, we're not here to cause any trouble. We just wanna but 10 barrels of sake" the man known as Higuma leader of the bandits group says

"I'm so sorry but we are out of sake" Makino responds

"Oh, that's strange then what are they drinking is it water?" he asks

"It's sake, but that's all we have" she says

"I'm sorry looks like we finished up all the sake here. Here if you don't mind take the last bottle" shanks says with a smile. Higuma breaks the bottle with him fist causing the sake to spill all over shanks and the floor.

"Oh no, now the floor is all wet" shanks says holding up his bounty posted Higuma speaks

"See this? My head is worth eight million beli, I'm one of the prime fugitives here and I've kill 56 people before you cocky bastard. Now that you know who I am don't mess with us again" Higuma says as shanks kneels down to pick up the broken glass asking makino if she has a mop. Higuma draws his sword and destroys the rest of the glass bar at the bar before turning to leave. "Well seems like you enjoy cleaning, now you can enjoy doing it more. Later you bunch of chickens" he says leaving the bar

"Phew da ha ha ha" shanks and the rest of his crew laugh as luffy looks on

"Shanks" Luffy says getting his attention "why did any of you guys fight back?" he asks with a blank expression on his face.

"Look I know how you feel luffy but sometimes so battles are worth lifting a finger for" he explains

"Hmm well whatever I don't really get that now, but shanks what is this?" Luffy asks as he takes out a strange purple and spiral pattern fruit.

"Ah! Luffy where did you get that? Don't eat it or anything!" shanks says as he and the rest of the crew look shocked.

"Hm? I found it in this chest you guy have open here. What is it?" Luffy asks again as he hands the fruit back to shanks

"It's a devil fruit" shanks says tucking in her shirt

"Devil fruit" luffy asks as his head tilts to the side slight

"Yeah, it's one of the rarest treasures of the sea. If something eats one it grants them mystical powers but they lose their ability to swim. This one is called the Gomu Gomu no mi it give the user's body the properties of rubber, making them a rubber human" Shanks explain

"Ehh? Really are there more or different types?" luffy starts to ask

"Well yeah but its long explanation" shanks says lazily as he turns but around to the bar

"Stingy Shanks! Explain it!" Luffy says

"Ha ha ha here you go luffy" Lucky Roo says as he hands luffy a book title Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. "It's all in there along with the picture and explanation of some known ones.

"Ah thanks!" luffy says with a big smile opening the book and beginning to read it as shanks watches him from the corner of his eye.

A few days later - Makino's bar

Luffy is sitting in Makino's bar with an empty glass in front of him "You miss them don't you luffy" she asks

"Nah, they'll be back soon" he says putting on a brave face

"Well looks like the pirates aren't here today, it sure is quiet. We're back again" Higuma enters the bar with his followers behind him. "What are you waiting for? We're customers bring us some sake!" he shouts at makino

Later

"Chief hurry luffy has been kidnapped by bandits" Makino shouts as he bursts into the village mayor Woop slap's house

"What!? Ok lead the way makino" he says getting up and rushing with her

With luffy and Higuma

"Damn what a strong brat" Higuma says breathing a little hard with a tied up luffy underneath his foot, which he is pressing down on luffy's head. "He took down five of my guy" as Higuma looks around to see five of his men bloody and broke. "Hehe if I sell you I could me a lot of money based on your strength" he says as he kicks full as hard as he can in the face

"Shut up! Apologize to me right now! I'm gonna kick your ass" Luffy screams underneath his foot.

"Let the child go" Mayor Woop slap shouts. Bowing down he pleads "I don't know what luffy did and I don't want to argue with you, but I'm willing to pay so please let the child go" he says stunning luffy

"Well it seems that the elders always know how to handle a situation, but this kid took out my men, he has pissed me off too much he won't get off that easy" he says as he kicks luffy again in the face

"It's your own fault you stupid baboon" Luffy shouts. A now irritated Higuma draws his sword and sneers

"Fine I'm not gonna sell you, I'll kill you instead."

"Luffy" Makino cries

"Please let him go" Woop slap begs

"Oh so this is why no one was at the dock to greet us" shanks says suddenly appearing out of nowhere. "What's the matter luffy, I though your punch was as strong as pistol fire" shanks continues

"Shut up shanks there were too many of them" luffy defends

"Ah you did well" shanks observes as he sees 5 downed men and a ruffled Higuma. He begins to walk towards them.

"Huh? Your that pirate, don't come any closer chicken or I might shoot" Higuma arrogantly states. Yet shanks continues to walk. One of Higuma's henchmen point a pistol to shanks head and laughs "Are you deaf you were told not to come any closer"

Shank stops and says "Your life's at stake here, I'd quit point that gun me"

"Huh what did you say" the henchman asks confused.

"I said don't use this to scare people" shanks clarifies point at the pistol before Lucky Roo appears next to the henchman and kills him by shooting him in the head.

"That was dirty you bastards" the henchmen complain.

"Dirt? How do you thing stands before you? We are pirates!" shanks declares

"Pirates who float around on a ship can't match up to us!" Higuma shouts as him men charge shanks.

"I'll deal with them" Benn Beckman comments stepping forward raking out his rifle. As the first bandit reaches him he takes the cigarette out of his mouth and stick the ignited end in the bandit's eye, gripping his rifle by the muzzle he uses the grip to beat the rest of the bandits unconscious with a second. "Don't over estimate yourselves bandits, if you want to fight us you better get a fleet of marine to back you up." Benn declares impressing all the onlookers

"Wait a minute this little brat messed with us first" Higuma pleads

"It doesn't matter, after all, there's a reward on your head" shanks says chilling like. Immediately Higuma throws a smoke bomb he had hidden at his feet to cover his escape. He takes luffy with him and when the smoke clears they are both gone.

"Oh no we got carless he took luffy what should we do!?" Shanks starts to panic.

"Captain don't panic let's split up and find them" Lucky Roo says trying to calm him down

Out at sea

Higuma has the still-tied-up luffy with him in a small dinghy drifting along with the waves.

"Ha ha ha can't believe we escaped" he laughs. Luffy manages to get to his feet and launch a Higuma landing a head-butt with little power.

"You brat" he grunts as he takes the kicks luffy off the dinghy

Damn it I couldn't even beat that bastard. Luffy thought as he was falling into the ocean. Uhh I can't swim with my hands and feet all tied up like this. Luffy struggled to stay afloat, as he looked towards Higuma he saw a sea king open its jaws and devour both the man and the boat. Before it spotted him and started to swim towards him. "Ghah somebody help me" Luffy screams as the sea king opened its jaw to eat him.

Suddenly he is swept away. "Shanks" luffy screams as he recognizes who saved him.

"Get lost" shank says to the sea king causing it to become intimidated and swim off. "Thanks for sticking up for us luffy makino told me everything" noticing luffy crying he continues "Hey now don't cry you're a man right?"

"But shanks your arm" luffy cries out see that shanks lost and arm when the sea king bit down.

Later Foosha village port

"Are you really leaving this time?" luffy asks shanks as his crew mates prepare to sail off

"Yep, we've stayed here long enough. It's about time we moved on" shanks confirms to luffy

"I won't ask you to take me along anymore. I'll train hard become a pirate find a strong crew that'll surpass your, and find the One Piece, and I'll become the king of the pirates!" luffy shouts

"Oh so you want to be bigger than us huh? Well then" shanks takes off his hat "this hat is my gift to you this is my favorite hat you know, when you become a great pirate in the future return that hat to me." Shanks puts the straw hat on a crying luffy and walks off

"That kid's gonna be big" Benn Beckman says on the ship

"I know he reminds me of my early years, Men! Set Sail!" shanks orders as they leave the port.

10 Years later

"He finally left mayor, we're going to miss him" makino says watching luffy leave port

"He'll ruin this town reputation!" the mayor comments a bit annoyed

"I never thought he would be so serious about it" a random villager comments

"Oi! See you guys later!" luffy shouts waving goodbye to everyone. At 17 years old Monkey D. Luffy stands at a 7 feet 6 inches, she has short messy black hair, a scar with two stiches underneath his left eye, and an athletic well-built physique. He wear a black pair of dress pant and shoes, a red long sleeve dress shirt with the two top buttons opened, a straw hat with a string attach to it to keep it from falling off around his neck, a red sash tied around his waist, and lastly an odachi that has a circular guard, purple sheath and standard appearance, it is placed on the left side of his waist held by his red sash.

As luffy turns around and sits down he sees the same sea king that took shanks' arm a decade ago emerge from the water. Spotting him it charges open its moth intending on eating him whole.

"Oh so you have come have you Lord of the coast" Luffy says unsheathing his blade he jumps forward, delivers a one hand vertical slash that deals a fatal blow to the head of the sea king and lands back in his humble single sail dinghy. "What's wrong stupid fish can't take more than just one hit?" Luffy says smiling as he goes over into a barrel he has with him. He takes out a map and a compass. "Ok so I need to keep sailing in that direction to get to shell's town. Heh I need to gather at least 10 people and make a flag. Time to start my journey to become the pirate king!" luffy shouts to the heavens.

Later

After sailing for some hours luffy's boat comes across a pink ship flying a pirate flag, and sees men attack what looks like a cruise ship. "Hehe my first plunder" luffy says as he ties his boat to the pink ship and jumps abroad from behind. He walks make his way into the heart of the pink ship until he runs into a short boy with pink hair and glasses. "Hey this wouldn't happen to be your boat would it?" he asks

"Ah no, no I could never be the leader of these pirates not in 100 years" the short boy says aggressive shaking his head. See that he didn't look to be much of a threat luffy continued.

"Oh are you just part of their crew then?" The boys sudden got a little nervous and downtrodden

"Ah no not really… wait who are you?" He asks luffy suddenly realizing the man in front of him could be an enemy.

"I'm Monkey D. Luffy who are you?" luffy asks in return

"A-Ah my name is Koby" he answer a little nervous

"Ok koby if you're not really a member of this crew then what are you doing here?" luffy asks

"Well you see luffy-san two years ago I went fishing and ended up on this pirate ship. Now I am stuck as it caretaker" Koby answer ashamed of him

"Oh I see and you're too scared to leave then." At Koby nodding his head luffy starts to laugh "you seem pretty helpless I don't really like people like you" "say koby do you know where the treasure room is oh and the food room?"

"Why do you ask luffy-san?"

"Because I'm a pirate"

"Really? Well you do look really strong. Wait luffy-san why are you sailing as a pirate?" Koby asks

"Shishishsi to become the pirate king" luffy says with a big smile and absolute conviction.

"Wait are you telling me that you're looking for the world' greatest treasure the "one piece", the same treasure that all the pirates in the world are looking for?" Koby shouts

"Yep" luffy answers simply

"Im-Impossible absolutely impossible, utterly-utterly impossible, to become the pirate king in the pirate era… there is no chance utterly impossible" Koby rants shouting. *Boink* "Ow! Why did you hit me?"

"Because you were becoming incoherent. Listen Koby being pirate king is my dream and I will achieve it, even if I have to die for it" Luffy says taking off his hat mesmerizing koby.

"Will I also be accomplish my dream luffy-san?" Koby asks quietly

"What dream?"

"To become a marine. I know it will mean we would become enemies but it has always been my dream to become a marine and catch people like Alvida" Koby declares

"I wouldn't know that's up to you koby" luffy answers

"Who did you say you were going to arrest koby!?" Alvida charges in a whale of a woman with a spiked bludgeon destroying parts of her own ship with her crew behind her.

"Oi koby is the deformed whale the captain of this ship" Luffy asks stunning every one there. Koby quickly turns to luffy

"Luffy-san quickly repeat after is Alvida-" Koby stops short remembering what luffy just said about dying for your dream. "Alvida is the most deformed whale in the east blue!" he shouts at the top of his voice.

"You little brat!" Alvida shouts as she charges at koby

Laughing luffy grabs Koby and jumps over Alvida and her crew and onto the deck "Well done Koby"

"Men bring me Koby and that man or suffer my club." Alvida orders causing her crew to rush luffy

"Stay back Koby" luffy says as he run into the crowd of pirate faster than anyone on the ship can see. A kick to the abdomen breaks ribs of one pirate, a punch to the head caves in the skull of another, a palm thrust to the shoulder causes it to dislocate and a quick chop to the back of the next send another pirate into unconsciousness. This pattern continues until only luffy is left standing.

"Useless I'll do it myself" Alvida says attempting to bring down her club on luffy's head. Only for it to be stopped when Luffy catches the club by one of its spike. "Impossible" Alvida stammers

"No not impossible, you're just weak" Luffy says as he lifts her and the club into the air and delivers a heavy punch to her abdomen send her flying out across the ocean.

"Alright Koby show me the treasure room and food storage so we can get out of here" Luffy says with a smile turning to the now almost paralyzed Koby

"H-H-Hai" Koby barely gets out.

Shell's town Dock

"Your navigation skills are pretty good luffy-san. We got here fast" Koby praises

"Shishishi, I still can't believe Alvida about 1.3 million beli on her ship. Not much food though other than apples and some meat" Luffy says getting up and walking over to the barrel on his ship and taking out a pistol, tucking it in his waist, and a black leather backpack that places the beli in. "Let's go Koby" Luffy said tying up the ship.

"Luffy-san are you sure about recruiting Roronoa Zoro they say he is a demon in human form" Koby said as he and Luffy walked through the streets of shell town. The mention of Zoro caused the citizens to from them in fear jump away.

"Shishishi these people are funny, I'll only try to recruit him if he is a good guy Koby I want to see for myself." Luffy answers

"But luffy-san I heard that he caused a ruckus here, the marine lieutenant here Morgan was the one to stop him and was captured." At the mention of Lieutenant Morgan the citizens once again jumped back away from them.

"Shishishi so that's it huh?" luffy laughs understanding the situation

"Huh why would people be afraid of a Marine… luffy-san?" Koby asks

"Keep an eye on the situation Koby drew your own conclusion at the end.

Execution grounds

"Oh so that's the pirate hunter Zoro huh" Luffy says as he and koby are looking over the wall into the execution platform. "Those ropes look pretty easy to break to me, maybe he's planning something"

"Like what luffy-san?" koby asks

"Hey you could you please come over here and untie me? I've been tied up for days and I'm exhausted. I'll repay you, I could hunt down a fugitive and give you the reward I'm not lying I'll keep my word." Zoro says to them

"Nine days huh? So he is strong, let's hope he is a good guy koby" luffy turns smiling to koby

"Don't listen to him luffy-san if you free him he'll kill us and escape." Koby panicked

"He can't kill me because I'm strong too" luffy replies with confidence. Suddenly a little girl puts a ladder next to koby and climbs up on it.

"Shh" she tells them as she climbs over and approaches Zoro

"Don't do anything dangerous!" koby shouts after her "Luffy-san so top her she could get killed"

"Nah, let's just watch koby" Luffy says watching the situation

"Do you want to die or something get lost" zoro says

"Oni-chan I made some rice balls for you, you haven't eaten in a long time right? This is the first time I made rice balls." the little girl says

"I'm not hungry, go away!" Zoro tells her

"But-" she tries to say

"I don't want it leave me! I'll kill you if you don't go!" he shouts

"Roronoa Zoro don't pick on little kids, or else I'll have to report to my father about it." Helmeppo the son of Lieutenant Morgan's says walking in with two marines behind him

"If it isn't the lieutenant' bastard son" Zoro sneers

"Bastard don't get cock my dad is a marine lieutenant." He walks over to the little girl. "Well hello little girl, these rice balls look pretty tasty" he says talking her rice balls

"Stop it" she protests

"Blegh! Horrible you put too much sugar in it, you're supposed to put salt in these things" Helmeppo spits out the rice balls and stomping on them

"But I thought they would be sweet if I put sugar in them" the girl says crying

"Don't cry, this is why I hate little brats. It's all your fault you know? Didn't you see what was written here?" he as pointing at a sign ""Anyone who helps a prisoner will be charged with the same crime – Marine Lieutenant Morgan"". "You know how scary my dad can be, right? You would've gotten the death penalty if you were a grown up." "Oi, throw this brat out." He says to one of the marines

"But sir-"

"I'm telling you to throw her outta here, are you trying to disobey me?! I'm telling my dad" the spoiled blond brats shouts

"Ay-Aye sir" the marine hesitates before he grabs the little guy and throws her out. As her body went over the wall and began to descend luffy jumped up and caught her.

"Are you alright? Those bastards" Koby checks over the girl

"I didn't think you'd have this kind of endurance, I'm gonna keep you alive for one whole month." Helmeppo gloats

"You better keep your promise." Zoro says

"Hehehe oh I'll keep my promise, if you can live like this for one whole month I'll keep my word and release you. Good luck." Helmeppo says leaving

Looking up zoro sees luffy standing in front of him. "You still haven't left yet? Leave now or else he'll go tell his about it"

"I'm looking for someone to join my pirate crew" luffy ignores his comment

"Pirate? So you just gave up on life and became a crook huh?" zoro insults

"Becoming the pirate king is my dream, there's nothing wrong with that. Besides as a pirate I get to choose exactly what I want to do." Luffy responds

"Hm? Don't tell me you're gonna set me free and force me to join you?" zoro asks luffy

"Hmm maybe, everyone seems to think that you're a bad guy but I don't think so I'm not sure yet."

"A bad guy huh? I'll never join you because I have something that I need to take care. I could survive even if you don't help me, if I can survive for a month I'll be set free that idiot son made me a promise. I'm gonna do everything I can to stay alive and fulfill my dreams!" the swordsman declares

"Really? You seem strong and have big dreams huh? Hehe I can't wait for you to join my crew if you check out" luffy says smile and turning to leave

"Hey hold on, that rick ball can you pick it up and feed it to me?" he asks a bit desperately

"Hehehe sure" luffy feeds zoro the rice ball as he desperately chews it down

Coughing zoro says "tell that little girl "the rice balls taste very good, thank you very much""

Later

"Really?" the little girl now known as Rika exclaims as luffy tells her what zoro says

"Yep he ate all of it"

"He doesn't sound like that bad of a person" koby says in the background

"No he isn't, oni-chan didn't do anything wrong it's just that the people in this town are afraid of him, he got arrested because of me, he killed Helmeppo's per wolf because Helmeppo let his wolf run around and everyone got sacred" she tells the incident

"So maybe he has a bad temper, but chasing down fugitives isn't really a big crime" Koby says coming around

"The only bad guys are the Morgan's, you'll get executed if you disobey them so everyone is afraid of them" she complains

"Hehehe who dares raise his head? I'll tell my dad!" Helmeppo shouts at the top of his voice forcing people to bow down as he walks through the streets.

"Do you want to be like Roronoa Zoro? I'm gonna publicly execute him in three days, I'll use him to set an example for all of you. It's gonna be pretty interesting" Helmeppo brags

"Hey I thought you promised him that you'll release him after a month." Luffy says getting his attention

"Who are you? How rude. I was only joking with him only an idiot would believe that." Helmeppo said making fun of zoro

Immediately luffy appear in front of him punching him in the face. "Luffy-san don't you'll get in trouble with the marines" said says trying to hold luffy back

"Koby I'm going to get zoro to join me" he said walking away leaving behind a half conscious Helmeppo

Execution grounds

"Yo I have made up my mind, you're gonna join me." Luffy says walking up to zoro

"It's you again I already told you I don't want to be a pirate." Zoro says

"Why do you care? Everyone already thinks you're a bad guy" luffy question

"I don't care what they say about me, I haven't done one thing that I regretted in the past and it will be the same for the future" the tied up swordsman tells him

"Yep, you're definitely gonna be my first mate" the straw hat teen says unwavering

"Don't go deciding these for yourself! And when did I get promoted to first mate!" zoro shouts with shark teeth

"You use a katana don't you? Where is it? Luffy asks ignoring the swordsman protest

"That bastard kid took it, it's something that I treasure most other than my life" zoro informed him

"Ah, I see well I'll be right back. But if you want me to return it to you, you'll have to join me" luffy smiles as he walks off in to marine base.

"That's dirty" the tied up swordsman protests

The sword is his treasure huh? Were luffy's thoughts as he steeled his resolve to find and recover the sword no matter the situation

Marine base

"Lift the statue" Lieutenant Morgan shouts as a group of marines lift a stone statue of on the roof of the base. Suddenly Helmeppo comes through the roof access door being carried by two marines.

"Father there is someone I want you to kill" the blond brat says

"I am great! Ehh who did that to you Helmeppo?" his father asks seeing Helmeppo bleeding from the side of his mouth and head

"A straw hat wearing guy" he tries to shout. "He hit me you have to kill him now for that, even you haven't hit me before"

"Do you know why I never hit you?" He asks his son

"Yes because I'm you-"

"Yes, because you are a bastard son who is not worth hitting" he interrupts hitting Helmeppo causing him to scream out in pain. "Don't forget I am the one who is great here not you" "I also heard that a young girl sneaked into the execution site, did you kill her?"

"Huh? She is just a little girl she didn't even know what she was doing." Helmeppo says

"Oi you there go-" Morgan was interrupted by a one Monkey D. Luffy opening the door to the roof and sees Helmeppo

"Ah, there you are I have been looking for you everywhere." Luffy points a Helmeppo

"Ahh! Dad that's the guy who hit me" he points at luffy. Within a second luffy is next to Helmeppo

"You're coming with me luffy says as he grabs Helmeppo, draws his sword and slashes as the ropes sending an invisible cutting wave cause the roof to snap and the statue to break and falling off the roof.

"Ehh?!" everyone says completely shocked. Taking advantage of the chaos he caused he sprint into the lower levels of the base dragging Helmeppo behind him.

"After him kill him now" Morgan orders all his him as they begin to run after luffy

"Hey you where did you put zoro's swords?" he asked the beaten form of the bastard blond

"It's the room right behind us you just pass it" he barely got out. Dropping him and going back into the room where he sees three katana two typical ones and a fully white katana

"I heard zoro uses up to three katana, I'll pretty sure the white one is his but I'll take all three" luffy says strapping them to his back. Looking out the window he sees Koby trying to untie zoro

Execution ground

"Oi you need to get out of here, they could kill or arrest you" zoro warns koby

"I have to free you, I hate marines like that. My goal is to become a marine and even though luffy-san wants to be the pirate king we are still friends and I need to help. Koby says struggling with the ropes.

"What the pirate king?" Zoro exclaims

"Yeah I was shocked to when I heard him say it but he is determined to fulfill his dream." Koby says before he is shot. "Ahh I'm shot, my blood" koby panics

"Halt right there. I am great. We thought we chased that brat down here but it's just more traitors" Morgan says "men aim your rifles and them and fire on my command"

I can't die here I have a dream I still need to fulfill were Zoro's thoughts as he remembered his many fights with Kuina that ultimately lead to him promise to her.

"I am Great! FIRE!" Morgan orders. The bullets fly towards zoro and koby. Suddenly luffy appears with his sword drawn. Uses the blade to deflect all the incoming projectiles.

"Such skill, who are you" zoro asks luffy

"Monkey D. Luffy the future pirate king" luffy says with a smile "Here I brought these three. Use whichever one you like."

"I use all three sword my style is Santoryu" he explains

"I said kill them you fools!" Morgan's shouts as the marine draw their swords and charge

"Oi there are coming cut me down and I'll deal with them" Zoro says. Luffy draws his sword cuts the rope and re-sheaths it handing zoro the swords.

"Watch out Luffy-san Zoro-san" Koby shouts panics

The moment the marines attack zoro blocks all of their swords. One in each hand and his praised sword in his mouth with his back turned to them. "All of you better not move or I'll kill you" he says impressing luffy and koby while scaring the marine and Morgan. "I already agreed to be a pirate with, either way with this incident I'll be labelled an outlaw. But it's okay I still have my own goals. I'm going to become the world's greatest swordsman, I no longer care if my name is clean or not. Bad guy, good guy it no longer matter as long as my name is known worldwide. If you do something that ends up in the way of my goal I will have you cut your stomach open to say sorry!" The first mate informs his Captain

"Greatest swordsman huh? I expect no less from my right and man. I mean if you can't accomplish something so small I would be embarrassed" Luffy smiles

"Hehe well said" zoro compliments

"Duck zoro" Luffy says as he draws and swings katana hitting the marine's sword and blowing them back

"It's no use they are to strong we can't beat them" the marines complain

"All those who just said that kill yourselves right now. I don't need cowards" Axe-hand declares causing the marines to shakily put their rifle to their heads

"What's wrong with this marines?" Zoro asks as luffy sprints towards Morgan and punches him in the jaw knocking him down

"I'm a pirate why don't you execute me if you can" the straw hat boy challenges. Morgan Struggles to his feet.

"Lowly pirate trash like you can defeat me!" he shouts swiping to his left hopping to cut luffy in half horizontally, only for luffy to dodge as the aftershock want tears through a fence and part of a stone wall. Luffy grabs Morgan's to axe hand twisting until it break and delivers a punch to Morgan's abdomen forcing him to double over in pain on the floor. As he is about to break down a food on Morgan's help Helmeppo shouts

"Stop or I'll kill this boy." He says with a gun pointed at koby's head

"Don't worry about me luff-san, I'm not afraid to die" koby shouts out to luffy

"Okay, I know" Luffy responds with a smile. With the next second three events happen almost simultaneously. Morgan got up behind luffy his broken axe hand lifted in the air with the support of his good hand aiming to cut luffy in the back, luffy swiftly draws the pistol form his waist and fires two shots, on hits the gun out of Helmeppo's hand and another that goes into his should causing him to fall to the ground, and zoro charging and cutting down Morgan before he brings his hand down making him follows his bastard son's example

"Nice Zoro" luffy compliments

"Anytime Captain" Zoro returns.

"So anyone still up for a fight?" Luffy's asks turning to the marines

"Yay Lieutenant Morgan is defeat" "We are free" the marine celebrate seeing the, would be tyrant on the ground.

"What's wrong with these guys" zoro asks as he collapses to the ground

"Shishishi funny marines. Come zoro let's get you some food and water you haven't eaten in nine days, and we need to patch you up." Luffy laughs as they leave

Rika's Mom's restaurant

"I'm full haven't eaten for nine days almost starved to death" the now full bellied first mate exclaims

"Haha sorry I ate a lot too" Koby says rubbing the back of his head

"Here this is for the food. We almost ate you out of house and home. I won't take no for answer" Luffy says handing Rika's mother 300,000 beli.

"Oni-chan you're so strong" Rika compliments Luffy

"Yeah and I'll keep getting stronger too" he tells her

"By the way Captain what do we do next" Zoro asks

"Hm well we need to pick up someone else at syrup village, hopefully mind some good nakama, but first get a decent ship and the closet island is Orange town so we head there next. After all that we head to the grand line" the captain answers

"Luffy-san even though I'm going to be a marine and you're leaving, we-we-we are still friends rights?" Koby asks negatively

"Shishishi of course we are koby" he says causing koby to smile

"You should worry about yourself" zoro tells him "travelling with luffy may have made it impossible for you to join the marines. They are concerned about pirates infiltrating them. Don't understand they ability to gather information." Zoro warns

"Excuse me" a marine says walking in with all the other marine behind him. "Is it true you are pirates" he asks

"Yeah zoro he is my first crew member and first mate" Luffy responds

"Even though you are pirates you, you saved our town and base. For that we are grateful, but since you are pirate as marine we cannot allow you to stay any longer. Please leave this place immediately. As for the events that occurred here, we will be reporting it to the headquarters." He finishes. The village protest in difference of luffy and zoro.

"Well then let's go zoro" luffy says as they walk past koby without a work

"Please hold on it's he with you" the marine asks referring to koby

Putting an evil smirk luffy replies "Who him? He keeps following me after talking about capturing pirates" he says to koby's fear "all he does is talk about being some stupid marine. You should have seen him when I found the little she he was on this wha-"

"Shut up!" koby yells as he punches luffy

"Oh you got brave did you, you little shit" luffy says as he starts punching koby

"Stop that at once I can see that he is no friend of yours, place leave this town immediately!" the marine yells

As luffy and zoro walking to the boat they can hear koby shouting, convincing the marines to allow him to join.

"We'll at least you have a half way decent boat for us" Zoro comments upon seeing there single sailed dinghy

"Luffy-san" Koby shouts out behind them saluting. "Thank you very much I will never forget you for the rest of my life"

"I've never seen a marine saluting pirates" Zoro adds

"Hehe, Koby we'll meet again someday get strong!" luffy shouts back

"Group salute" the marine command says as all the marines behind Koby salute luffy and zoro "you have great friends" he tells koby

"Yes sir" koby replies in tears

"We just saluted pirates and violated the marines' code, so the punished will be no food for a week" the command shouts

"Yes sir" the marines acknowledge

Luffy and zoro look out to sea as they start on their adventure together, the beginning of a legend.