This chapter starts after the last chapter of Home. Please enjoy!
-Kaizoku-
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Will Become King
"What? You're saying that bottle of sake washed up on shore, Coby?"
"Y-Yes… There seem to be something inside… What should we do with it?"
"Great! Let's all drink it together!"
"But if Captain Alvida-sama found out…"
"She won't find out!"
This story begins watching over a group of obvious pirates, and a kid called Coby. The group had a barrel of 'sake' with them, and was in a wine cellar.
However, just as the group was talking about the barrel, it suddenly broke as a young male, 17 at most, stood up and stretched.
He had fallen asleep in the barrel!
"I'm alive! I was so certain I'd die there! Shishishishishi, Sabo's right I really do have the devil's luck!" the boy laughed.
This boy is our protagonist, Monkey D Luffy.
Luffy, being the idiot he is, was completely oblivious to the strangeness of coming out of a barrel, and bluntly asked the group who they were, only to get a reply of 'Why would someone come out of a sake barrel?'
That conversation was cut short by a spiked club being thrown at the pirates, along with the order to stop slacking.
That blow had, of course, destroyed the shack that they were all in.
Let's skip over the Roronoa Zoro stuff for now…
"Um… Are you alright? You got knocked away pretty far…"
"Shishishishi, I'm fine. I've had worse, I was just surprised is all. I'm Luffy, what's your name?"
"I'm Coby. I'm a cabin boy of the Alvida Pirates."
"Alvida Pirates, eh? That old hag who's fatter than Dadan? Shishishishi!"
"How do you know of her?"
"Oyaji knows about just about every pirate, so Pineapple made me and my brothers learn about them for when we were on missions. Well… for when they were on missions… Shishishishishi.
Anyway, that's not important-"
"How is that not important?!"
"-Do you have a small boat I can have? Mine got caught in a whirlpool."
"I have a boat but- THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT OVER! AND HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!"
"This is a boat? Poor boat…"
"Its a boat I've been secretly making for the past two years…"
"Two years? You don't want it anymore?"
"Yeah… I don't want it anymore. I was going to run away and try to achieve my dreams, but… it looks like I'm going to be a Cabin Boy for the rest of my life. I'd like to achieve my dream…"
"Then why can't you? If you don't like it here then leave."
"No! I can't! Whenever I try to think about that, I get all weak-kneed!" Coby says, shaking his head, "The thought alone makes me scared for my life!"
The pinkette paused.
"I was only trying to get onto a fishing boat… Just my mistake when it ended up a pirate one! I've had to stay as a Cabin Boy for these two years so I can keep on living!"
"You're pretty stupid and weak, huh? I don't like you."
"Eeeeeh, heh heh…" Coby sighed, black lines running down his face, "But you're right… I wish I had the courage… Luffy, why do you sail?"
"I want… to be the King of the Pirates!"
"Pirate King?! That's… That's the title of someone who has everything in this world! Wealth… Fame… Power… They have it all! The treasure you're seeking is the One Piece! Do you have a death wish?! All the pirates in the world are looking for that treasure!"
"Well, I am too!"
"Its impossible! Utterly impossible!"
Luffy took this moment to bonk Coby on the head.
"Ow! Why'd you do that?!"
"You were being annoying."
"Oh well… I'm used to it anyway…"
"I don't mind dying, as long as it's without regrets!" Luffy gently took off his straw hat, "Its my dream. I don't mind dying for it."
"You don't m-mind death?" Coby breathes out, shocked.
"I think I can do it. Though it might be tough."
"If I'm willing to die for it… Do you think I can accomplish my dream…?"
"Hm? What?"
"Do you think I can join the Marines?!"
"A marine?"
"I know that means that you and I will be enemies, Luffy-san! But joining the Marines and catching the bad guys… Has always been my dream! Do you think I can do it?!"
"I dunno."
"I have to try! I'd rather die trying than not try at all! I don't want to be a Cabin Boy all my life! And once I'm a Marine… I'll capture Alvida!"
"What did you just say?!" Alvida, a very fat and ugly woman, slammed her club onto the ground, causing Coby to panic. Luffy took a slight good look at her weapon.
It was as good as Coby's boat.
That it just destroyed.
"My… My boat!"
"Did you think you could escape?! Is this who you hired to capture me? He doesn't seem like to be Roronoa Zoro… Coby! Who is the most beautiful pirate on the seas?"
"So you're the ugly Alvida!"
This shocked the people around Luffy.
But… Coby finally stood up for himself. For his dream.
And this caused Luffy to protect his newfound friend, using his rubber body as a shield against the blunt spiked weapon.
"Its useless… I'm a rubber man!"
"I-Impossible!"
"Gomu Gomu no… PISTOL!"
With one attack, Alvida was defeated, shocking her crew, but also causing a fear of the straw hatted boy.
Luffy told them to prepare a boat for Coby, and prepare they did. In no time, Luffy and Coby were back out on the sea, talking.
Eventually, the conversation turned to Roronoa Zoro. Luffy decided that he'd ask Zoro to be a member of his crew, if the bounty hunter was a good person.
And so… they sailed on.
Hey… I wonder… how everyone is doing?
I've taken my first step, haven't I?
Keep on watching, everyone!
I'll be… King of the Pirates!
How is it?
Is it good?
I'm using the MangaPanda translations, kinda... so yeah XD Their English and Japanese voices are getting all messed up in my head, but I'm pretty sure they're in character.
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