Hi there everyone, Luna here. Welcome Life Force. This fic is officially finished with editing so there'll be no more detours with making new chapters.
I'd like to thank everyone reading this for taking time out of their lives to bother with my work. I hope it's worth it.
A quick thank you to The Patient One for helping me with writing this. You should all go read their work.
Oda-sensei owns One Piece, not me.
Prologue
"Ne, Rayleigh. Can you help me?" Luffy started setting down his drink to look the Dark King in the eyes.
"What do you need help with, Luffy?" Rayleigh prompted after a pause slightly surprised Luffy had asked for help at all.
"You'll be leaving soon?" Luffy asked although the question sounded more like a statement than anything else.
"That's right, I have nothing left to teach you," Rayleigh replied curious as to where this conversation was going.
"Then, can you get me a vivre card and write a message on it?" Luffy asked, looking hopeful and grinning widely.
"What kind of message?" Rayleigh asked without pause; if his many months of teaching Luffy had taught the Dark King anything it was how stubborn the young man could be, so Rayleigh just went along with whatever plan Luffy had conceived now.
"In case I die," Luffy answered without a moment of hesitation.
*THE PIRATE KING*
Steadily bubbles formed from the soapy grass of Sabaody Archipelago, rising lazily into the air and contrasting with the giant trees for a picturesque, dreamlike scene in Grove 46. Or it would have, were it not for the massive armies of pirates and Marines, the smoking craters from what had once been extremely powerful robots, and four wanted criminals—a young man with a straw hat, a young green-haired swordsman, a young blonde-haired martial artist, and an old man with silver hair, and glasses.— standing a little ways off, uncaring of the destruction around them.
"Rayleigh, thank you for everything these past two years," Luffy said looking up at the silver haired man.
"You're acting out of character, just go!" Rayleigh laughed, throwing down a small box. His apprentice caught it, and then set down both his giant backpack and the box.
"Rayleigh! I'll do it!" Luffy shouted, taking a triumphant pose as his signature grin stretched across his face.
"I will become the pirate king!"
The two men behind him smiled as their captain laughed, knowing that they would follow their Captain to the end of the earth. Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy all turned and continued running towards the Sunny where the rest of their nakama were waiting. Each and every one of them wore a smile on their face, ready to begin their journey again.
*WORLD'S GREATEST SWORDSMAN*
It was many weeks later, after saving Fishman Island from Hody Jones, taking down the rogue admiral Z, and forming an alliance on Punk Hazard with Trafalgar Law in order to take down Kaido of the Four Emperors, the majestic Thousand Sunny set its course towards Dressrosa, home of the Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo. The Straw Hat Pirates sailed with their usual carefree attitude that even Law found himself drawn into.
After all, how could they possibly know about the unexpected detour that they would soon take, and the challenges that they would have to face from it?
'til next time!