Chapter 1: Start Of A New Adventure

Monkey D. Luffy stood on his ship, barely bigger than a rowboat, saying farewell to his home village. He was drifting out to sea, beginning his long and arduous journey to become King of the Pirates. "Well, Ace, we're finally leaving."

"Yea. Travelling to sea to become King." Travelling with Luffy was his older "brother", Portgas D. Ace. Ace and Luffy met when they were just kids and quickly grew into best friends, calling each other brother.

"Man, I'm hungry!" Luffy complained as his stomach grumbled. "Ace, did Makino pack us any food?"

Ace looked into a backpack he had before answering. "Yea, but we better keep it r-" Ace was cut off by the sounds of Luffy eating. "Dammit Luffy! At least save some for me!"

And so the two brothers began eating what little food they had. They also had a barrel of water each, so no concerns were on their minds.

"Hey Luffy, did you remember to pack a map?" Ace asked his younger brother between bites.

"A map?" Luffy stared blankly into the sky as he pondered the question. "Nope" Luffy replied nonchalantly before going back to his food. Ace looked at Luffy for a short while before he just shrugged and went back to his food.

Luffy suddenly stood up with his chest puffed out. "So, first mate, where is our first destination?"

"Who the hell are you calling first mate?" Ace asked as he stood up as well. The two brothers suddenly got in each others faces, each had a fist pulled back.

"Haha! We'll figure that out later!" Both brothers sat back down, although Ace noticed Luffy had a grin on his face. "What's so funny Luffy?"

"You have a bounty!" Ace blushed as Luffy spoke.

"How the hell do you know about that?!" Ace asked as his face got redder.

"I saw your bounty posters over town, why did you think everyone was scared of you?" Ace calmed down as he took in Luffy's words.

"Hmm, they were acting shady now that I think about it."

"15 million! My brother's an outlaw!" Luffy celebrated this joyous occasion by stuffing himself with food.

"Well, what can I say? It's the life of a pirate." As Ace waited for Luffy to turn 17, he explored the East Blue a little. Eventually becoming a wanted criminal.

"I bet my first bounty will be double yours!" Luffy said as he gorged himself. Ace laughed at his brother as he sat back and relaxed.

"Hey, Luffy? Can I tell you something?"

"Sure, anything."

"I want you to keep my father a secret." Ace asked his plea in a low voice.

Luffy took notice and became serious. "But why? That's totally awesome. Being the son of Gold Roger!"

"I don't wanna live in his shadow. My father was the King, he set the mark high. If people find out, especially marines, I'll be hunted to the ends of the Earth. I don't want that. I wanna be chased for my crimes! I wanna be famous for my actions! I don't wanna live in anybodys shadow." Ace gave a low sigh as he finished his little rant.

"Ok, we'll keep it our secret. I know how you feel. My grandpa is a hero of the marines, I'd hate to be compared to him. I wanna be a pirate in control of my fate!" Luffy yelled out the last part of his speech, loud enough to make Ace wince.

"Yea! And then I'll become Pirate King!" The two brothers laughed as their ship continued its journey.

It was the third day into their journey and the two brothers were eating the last of their food. After a while, Luffy noticed Ace had stopped grabbing food. "Huh?" Luffy looked up at Ace and was angry at first. "Ace, you fell asleep again!" Luffy suddenly stopped as an idea popped in to his head. "More food for me!" Luffy began stuffing food into his mouth, completely unaware of the whirlpool in front of him. Luffy stopped eating when he noticed the ship moving in circles. "Huh, what's happening?" Luffy noticed the whirlpool. "We're getting sucked into a whirlpool...awesome!" Luffy quickly climbed into his barrel as Ace finally woke up.

"Huh? What the hell's happening?" Ace looked around groggy as he noticed the whirlpool. "Shit, is that a whirlpool! Luffy, where the hell are you?!" Ace looked around but could not find his younger brother.

"In here! Get in one, it'll be fun!" Ace looked at Luffys barrel and sighed.

"If we die, it's your fault!" Ace felt the ship tipping over, but the barrel withstood it. 'Don't die on me Luffy. Not like Sabo'

Take everything on the ship in the name of Alvida! A pirate crew was robbing a cruise ship.

A pink haired boy was rolling two barrels out of a room. "Man, these are heavy! They must be filled with sake. Hopefully this'll get Alvida off my back for a while."

"Alvida?"

The boy jumped in surprise at the voice. "W-what was that?!" Before he could get an answer, three pirates walked into the room.

"Hey, it looks as if choreboy is trying to steal some barrels!" One of the pirates said.

"N-no! I was gonna take them to Alvida!"

"Hey guys, how about we keep one? For ourselves?" One of the pirates asked.

"Yea! But what about choreboy here?"

"You won't tell, right kid?"

"N-no. You guys enjoy yourselves!"

As one of the pirates was walking to the barrels, he got a huge surprise.

"THAT WAS A GREAT NAP!"

So concludes chapter 1. Please R&R