Lost Time

I Do not own one piece. If I did, then I would use my free time for something else, now wouldn't I?

Flames are welcome, I really don't care about reviews, this is my first story, if I like how it turned out I will write more.

-Coreman

Monkey D Luffy. Many people in the grand line know this name quite well by now, as it has been nearly 3 years since Luffy first left his hometown in a Dinghy, floating on the blue sea, into the distance from the eyes of the small group of villagers gathered around the shipyard, if it can even be called that. At age 17 Luffy left that town, and found a group of the most unimaginable fighters ever. Zoro, the swordsman, Nami, the navigator, Usopp, the village liar and sharpshooter, Sanji, cook on a floating restaurant run by former pirate Zeff the Red Leg, Chopper, reindeer doctor with the human human devil fruit powers, Franky, the Cyborg Shipwright, Robin, archaeologist and currently only known person capable of interpreting the Poneglyphs correctly, and Brook, undead and somewhat perverted swordsman, who ate a devil fruit allowing him to come back to life after death.

It has been three years since this great band of pirates blasted through the grand line, and it has been one year since the crew found where one piece was to be, but instead found empty boxes, dust and decaying corpses where one piece should have been.

And last but not least this one single year, 365 days, 55 weeks, and many, many hours has been how long it has been since the great pirate captain known as Monkey D Luffy and his crew split up, leading their own separate lives. Luffy vanished from sight, the navy still leaving his now 1 billion beri bounty posted in the walls of decrepit, dusty, and unpopular taverns scattered about the world, Zoro fought Mihawk, and won, but gained a larger scar across his arm, chest and neck, still alive, and running from the navy as a bounty hunter.

Nami returned to her hometown, where she lived peacefully, yet missing something in her life, perhaps the adventure shared by the Straw hat crew. Usopp went back to his town as well, and married Kaya, after his adventures, and told of his adventures yet this time, they were not lies.

Sanji found the all blue, and acquired a lot of money after finding it, which he used to open a floating restaurant which he dedicated to Chef Zeff who was killed some years earlier. Chopper followed Usopp, not rejected by the children, and majority of the population in the village, living his life happily as a kind of personal medicine instructor for Kaya.

Robin finally found a place to call home, an undiscovered village in the New World, living in peace with the natives, spending much time reading, writing, and studying their culture.

And Brook? Brook became a bounty hunter with Zoro, and assisted him in his fighting and capturing of enemies. Some would say that he was slightly more serious this time.

But our story takes place one year, down to the date even that the Straw Hat crew was abandoned.

Rain poured down over a dank and somewhat deserted tavern in the grand line, as a man in a night blue overcoat walks in, hood covering his face, looking about for the barkeep, then smiling at a wanted poster on the wall, "so he's still wanted hmm?" The man whispered to himself. "Barkeep, please, a shot of rum and a plate of whatever food is good please." The apparent barkeep looked up from his newspaper and peered at the customer, adjusting his spectacles upon his nose, bristling with Grey hair forming a somewhat bushy beard underneath his nose. "Coming right up sir." the man said, a heavy accent clouding his speech. He left the counter, and returned in a moment with a steaming plate of rice with meat and beans mixed in, and a bottle of rum.

The man in the blue coat paid and sat down in a table in the corner. "This is an interesting place you have here. And that wanted poster really attracted my attention. I thought the navy said he was dead?" he said, making idle chitchat. "the navy SAID." the man smiling from behind his magazine. "you know, he actually came here and visited once with his crew. They weren't as bad as normal pirates you know, the kid was fairly light headed, and kind. He saved this island from an unnatural force: the fish men. You know, the race which a huge blow was dealt on just last year? Almost all of their major leaders killed. And one of that kid's crew members lives here, in this village!"

The last sentence sparked a flash of interest in the strangers eyes as he ate the rice and meat that was placed in front of him. "really? And who would that be?" "the one here in the village?" "yes." "that would be Nami, the navigator of the crew." the man said proudly standing up from his chair. "Yessir, I figure she would be about 21 tomorrow." "do you know where she lives?" the stranger inquired, interest sparkling in his now visible black eyes. "ye, I know where she lives, she lives with her sister, Nojiko, why?" the man asked, looking suspiciously at the blue hooded person.

"oh, I once knew someone by that name, and I wanted to visit them to see if it is who I thought it was. The food was excellent, I'm surprised that there aren't more people here." he said and placed a thousand beri bill on the counter. "keep the change." he said as he left, the barkeep staring after in disbelief at the massive amount of money he had received for such a small meal.