Hello and welcome to my first story. So, I tried to be original, but it's hard when there's so many other fics out there. So please do not judge my story originality and I am blabbing like an idiot. Sorry, please enjoy the story and I own no rights to One Piece or its characters, they all belong to Oda-san. Thank You.
This first chapter will be Post-Time skip as well 3 years in the future.
Chapter 1: Remembrance
Marine High Security Prison 'Impel Down'
Lower Dungeons, Level 6
If you ever find yourself in Level 6 of Impel Down, as a prisoner, you are done for. There is no help for you there. There is an oppressive cloud of dark emotions: hatred, agony, despair, sadness and loneliness; they all hang in the air, smothering any and everything. It was a great weight, crushing all thoughts of hope, help, freedom, dreams and life itself. It was as if Death himself had declared, "Abandon hope, all ye who enter". Level 6 was pitch black, very little light ever shone down there. The darkness seemed to suck in everything around it like a black hole. It left an emptiness that could not and would not be filled by anything. Whatever light that made its way down into the dungeon provided little help, allowing only the silhouettes of people to be seen. Identifying people was left to recognizing their voices. Level 6 held the most dangerous, most notorious, most feared criminals of the World Government. Level 5 was dome like structure at the bottom of the Impel Down facility. Cells filled the outside of the dome all the way around, each cell was fitted for each prisoner personally. This was because very few prisoners were held here and precautions had to be taken so they wouldn't escape. In the center room was a stone brick spiral staircase that led up to the next level, Level sounds of clinking metal came from one of the cells, said cell contained the most dangerous criminal the Marines caught. Said criminal was none other than Monkey D. Luffy, The Pirate King, AKA 'Straw Hat Luffy'.
Luffy's hands were cuffed behind him by sea prism shackles, which were chained to the wall behind him. His head drooped in a sign of defeat and of man who was broken, his iconic straw hat was nowhere to be seen. He was horribly thin, his skin was a sickly pale color and he was withered and wrinkled like an old man. His eyes were blank, hollow, devoid of any life. The time he had spent in his cell had brought him pain and torture every day, for the last 2 years. For those 2 years, he relived over and over again the day became Pirate King and the day he lost everything; his friends, his family, his life, his love. That day Luffy gained everything the world had to offer only to have ripped from him leaving an empty hole in his soul. Even though it had been two years, he still could remember that day perfectly like it was yesterday. Nothing could ever make him forget that day, nothing.
Flashback 2 years
"Yahoo!" Luffy yelled, he was bouncing around the deck of the Sunny like a little kid. He was joined by Usopp and Chopper, dancing in a circle like a bunch of idiots. Nami laughed and shook her head, she turned and looked at Robin, "I can't believe we finally made it to Raftel." They were sitting in the crow nest staring out the front window looking at the island in the distance. The whole crew was standing on the deck looking at the island. Zoro and Sanji were on the second level leaning against the railing smiling, Franky stood on the lawn, arms crossed, grinning like Luffy. Brook leaned against the tree tuning his violin, "Yohohoho, I should write a piece to commemorate our accomplishment today. It makes me so happy I could cry my eyes, but I have no eyes to cry with. Yohohoho Skull Joke." Most everyone on the crew had completed their dreams; Sanji had found out the All Blue lay near Raftel; Zoro had challenged Mihawk to a duel and won earning him the title of World's Greatest Swordsman along with Mihawk's onyx sword, Yoru; Usopp was able to visit Elbaf, train with their warriors and prove himself a great warrior of the sea; Chopper had found a cure to every disease and had become an inspiration to all doctors across the fours seas; Franky's dream was about to be complete once he saw Luffy to Raftel; Robin's and Luffy's dreams would be completed once they reached Raftel, only Nami's and Brook's dream would have wait till after Raftel.
As they came to dock with the island, Nami yelled down from the crow's nest, "Franky, drop the anchor here we'll take the soldiers to the island." Franky nodded and went to work. They reached the island about 20 minutes later. Luffy jumped off the Mini-Merry yelling, "Adventure, Ow!" "Luffy wait for everyone else to get here." Nami said as she hit Luffy on the head. Everyone else joined them on the beach, Luffy grinned his to-big-for-his-face grin and said, "Come on everyone." They all started to walk towards the middle of the island.
Few Hours Later….
The crew was walking back with the last of Rogers treasure when Luffy stopped everyone. Nami looked at him, "What's wrong Luffy?" "We're surrounded." As soon as he had said that hundreds upon hundreds of marines popped out of nowhere surrounding the Straw Hats. Luffy turned towards Nami, placing his hat on her head, "Keep this safe for me okay." Nami blushed. Luffy turned back towards the marines, cracking his knuckles saying, "WHO FIRST!?"
The Crew fought wave after wave of marines for hours on end. But, they could not last forever. Around evening, the Straw Hats had their first casualty. Robin was ambushed by three devil fruit users working in unison. Using their powers and sabers they sliced Robin to ribbons, she screamed out in agony and pain. Luffy and Zoro heard this and turned to see Robin fall, Luffy screamed, "ROBIN!" Zoro finished off his opponents, rushed over to Robin, cutting down the three marines before they even knew what happened, and caught Robin before she hit the ground. Robin stared up at him and smiled, "You saved me *cough* once again, Zoro," Zoro's heart jump when she said his name, "Thank *cough* you, m-my love." Robin used the last of her strength and kissed Zoro before passing away. Zoro's heart fell hard as he felt the life leave the woman he loved. That's when Zoro snapped, losing the last of his sanity. He screamed a primal scream to the heavens. All Luffy could do was stare at his best friend as he lost his mind. Zoro laid Robin down and closed her eyes. He stood up, sheathing his three sword, and he drew Yoru. He then yelled and started to running and cutting down waves of marines. Through his creams he heard a familiar voice yell at him. He turned to see Tashigi, "Zoro, I challenge y…", she never finished her statement, she looked at Zoro and saw a man with nothing left to lose, she saw a demon. Then, six marines jumped towards Zoro, impaling him with their sabers. He barely even felt it, he slashed out, cutting down the marines. He then ran towards Tashigi, being cut and slashed by swords and sabers. He was now a few feet away from her when he just stopped. He dropped Yoru and fell to his knees, his head hung down. His mind finally caught up with his wounds and his body gave out, he just sat there dead. "ZORO!" Luffy screamed as he saw all this. Tashigi realized this and started to burst into tears.
Luffy then heard a piercing roar he looked up and saw Chopper in Monster Point, fighting two giants. One wielded a double-bladed axe, the other a broad sword. The one with sword had ambushed Chopper from behind and pierced Chopper with his sword, causing Chopper to his knees. The other giant took this opportunity to swing his axe towards Choppers neck. Luffy watched as another of his friends was beheaded, "CHOPPER!" Luffy quickly finished off his enemies and ran off to find his other crew mates.
Luffy had found Brook and Franky, but it was too late. He got there only to see them die. Brook was facing off a marine with a sword. "Yohoho, a fellow swordsman, well, have at thee." Brook was able to disarm his opponent, but then the marine pulled out a green bubbling sword from his skin, "Acid Sword" "Oh, and a devil fruit user too, Yohoho." Then Brook's cane was cut in half, Brook stared in disbelief before sheathing his broken sword, realizing he was defeated. The marine realized this too, "I am honorable man, I will make your death quick and painless." "Yohoho, that chills me to the bone." "Acidic Geyser" A fountain of acid burst from the ground beneath Brook, surrounding him in acid. All that was left was a puddle of bubbling liquid. "BROOK!" Luffy had knew Brook could never return without his original body. Franky flew into a rage when he saw this. "You bastards are going to pay for that." He swatted away marines like flies. Then, Vice Admiral Garp walked towards him. "Hmph, I don't care if you are Luffy's grandfather, move or be crushed." Before Franky could even move Garp had jumped towards him and had ripped his head off his body. "I'm sorry, but Luffy forced the government's hand" Garp said as he placed Franky's head down. "FRANKY!" Luffy was outraged at what his grandfather had done. "How could Grandpa, YOU BASTARD!" Luffy a haki infused punch into Garp's face knocking him out.
He rushed off to find the others before anything else happened. He saw in the distance Usopp, Sanji and Nami in a clearing fighting off Marines. Suddenly, three men step forward towards the trio. They were the other three VA, Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru. Luffy saw Usopp pitted against Aokiji, Sanji against Akainu, and Nami against Kizaru. Luffy entered Gear Second to get their quicker. Usopp Bravely fought off Aokiji, "You think you can defeat me, a brave warrior of the sea, think again." Aokiji then appeared behind Usopp. "Man, you talk too much big nose. You're rather noisy." Usopp turned around only to feel Aokiji place his hand on his chest. "Ice Time" Suddenly Usopp's body was frozen in place and turned to ice. Aokiji removed his hand causing Usopp to fall backwards and shatter into a million pieces as he hit the ground, "Oops". "USOPP!" Now Luffy was furious.
Nami saw this and started to cry, "Nami, we mourn our losses later. Right now we needed to win." Sanji said to comfort her. Nami nodded and faced Kizaru. "Boy, you shouldn't get distracted on the battle field. Especially by a woman, let me take care that problem. Dog Bite Blaze" Akainu yelled sending a wave of lava towards Nami. Sanji eyes widened, he rushed over and pushed Nami out of the way. "A gentleman always protects a lady" Sanji smiled as the lava collided with him. Nami screamed, as did Luffy, "SANJI!" Nami began to cry. "Kizaru, finish off the girl so we can deal with straw hat." "But I'm having so much fun." "Just do what I say!" Akainu yelled. "Hmph, you're no fun. Fine, sorry little girl. You have to die now." Luffy heard and entered into a secret gear, Gear Second +. He suddenly vanished. "Eight Shaku Curved Jewel." Kizaru yelled as he released his attack. Luffy was inches away from Nami when a light beam pierced her heart. All three admiral were shocked when Luffy appeared holding Nami close to him. He was crying, "Nami, please, please don't die. Please don't leave me. I can't lose you, I love you Nami. Can you hear me, I love you." Nami smiled at Luffy, "It's okay. I've wanted to tell you also. I love…" Nami's life passed before finished her sentence. "Nami, please don't go. Nami, NAMI, NAMIIIII!" Everyone stopped and stared as Luffy screamed as he finally lost all will to fight. "UWAAAAAAAAAA!" Everyone swore that what they saw and heard was not the notorious Straw Hat Luffy, but a man who had just lost his soul and everything he ever loved. They cuffed Luffy and took him to one of the ships.
END
As Luffy came he began to cry dry tears, as he had every day, for the last 2 years.
I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of my story. I don't know how long it will continue but it will be great. All review and comments are welcome, and all flames will be ignored. Please continue reading this story in Chapter 2.