Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, plain and simple. Nor do I intend to make a profit off this story.

Author's Note: This story was commissioned by avatoa and it's premise is something that everyone who's read One Piece can easily see happen. After all Luffy saves so many women yet only one truly falls in love with him canonically, Hopefully this story can someday reach the point of the actual One Piece story, but right now we'll start from the very beginning.

Props for the idea definitely goes to Wolvenstrom and I know that he already has a Yami Luffy story and I know flames and flak are to be prepared to fire at this "copy." But the idea of Luffy having darkness powers is a great and fun idea that shouldn't be subjected to only one story. So if Wolven is reading this, please don't flame and respectfully read my story just as I do to yours. Plus, this is a big harem story, with plenty of hot sex later on, with a bunch of hot, sexy women. So there's the divider.


The East Blue may have not been the most powerful sea in the world, nor was it the vastest. But no man would argue that the sea housed many powerful pirates and criminals. The legendary mastermind Kuro, the merciless fishman Arlong, and the gold wearing pirate admiral Don Krieg.

Indeed the East Blue had no shortage of government nightmares, but no Marine or pirate would ever suspect that the second greatest pirate who ever sailed would start…sailing into a massive whirlpool.

Less than two hours had passed since he had sailed from his home island and already his life was in jeopardy. His little boat was swirling with the flow of the whirlpool and was slowly creeping closer to the middle. He didn't look like the typical pirate, or even a sailor. Instead he wore only a red vest, cut blue jeans, open toe sandals, and sporting what would be a world renown straw hat.

With a mouth bigger than his brain and more muscle than common sense, Monkey D. Luffy scratched his chin as his little boat was slowly being sucked into the sea.

"Hmm. Well I can't swim in this even if I didn't have a Devil Fruit power. No one around either." Luffy shrugged. "Aw well, guess life's over."

Looking around his doomed ship he spied a barrel once full of fruit that never saw tomorrow on account of Luffy's bottomless stomach. It took a few seconds but a proverbial light bulb lit up in Luffy's brain.

"I got it!"

Thus began the story of the next Pirate King.


"Eek! Pirates!"

A young woman cries out over the waltz music as the passenger ship she and the other wealthy were on was bombarded by cannon fire. Off the starboard side a very… feminine ship was unloading its cannons and sending its pirate onto the passenger ship. It's a wonder the guards didn't discover the pirate ship earlier; it was pink, had a sawn for a figurehead, and a Jolly Roger with a heart on it.

Needless to say the passengers and crew were scared beyond belief and were frantically searching for a way out. As the all the pirates began to converge on the dance hall, one lone fat figure stood out of all of them. She was large, portly, freckled, and currently in charge of the situation.

"Alright!" She hollered. "This ship is now under the boot of Captain Alvida and her beauty demands that every single one of you start donate all your valuables to us. Now!"

The hostages had no choice but to do what the pirate hag demanded, all except one. Hidden and now wearing her preferred blue and white shirt and an orange skirt with matching high-heeled boots instead of the weighty dress she subjected herself to wearing in hopes of doing a little pick pocketing with the gentlemen while dancing, an orange haired girl quickly darted to a rope that a pirate swung on to reach the ship and stealthily boarded Alvida's pink ship.

While Alvida was doing the usual pirate business a small, meek looking boy was roaming the halls of the passenger ship. With his square glasses and pink scruffy hair, Koby definitely didn't look like a pirate, yet he's the unfortunate cabin boy for Alvida.

'Stupid ugly Alvida, if only I can find a way to escape from her fat hands and reach a Marine base.' Koby deeply sighed while in thought. As he reached the ship's kitchen he noticed a large barrel seemingly out of place. It was still dripping with seawater so Koby could only imagine that the crew of the ship only recently fished it out of the ocean.

Before he could inspect it however three men from Alvida's crew found Koby and made their way to him.

"Hey Koby, what's that you got there?" One of the men asked.

"A barrel that was just laying here. I don't know what's in it though."

"A barrel eh? Must have some booze in it." Another man said. "Let's crack it open and take some swigs."

"I don't think Alvida would like that." Koby warned.

"She's busy with those passengers. Besides, this little drink never leaves this room right?" All three pirates all look at Koby who was furiously nodding in agreement.

"Alright let's break the lid open." The burliest man of the bunch tried his best to pry open the lid but it was stuck. He tried again but still to no avail.

"Gah this lid's stuck shut." The man complained as he gave the barrel a light kick in his frustration. Suddenly from the cracks of the barrel little black flecks started to pop out. The other men didn't really notice as they decided who would try next but Koby did and he curiously stepped forward to get a better look. Noises came from the barrel and Koby stopped in his tracks.

'Noises? Just what's in there?'

"Oi, Koby, unless you're going to try with those scrawny arms move over."

Koby quickly moved over as another man cracked his knuckles just before he grabbed the lid and pulled.

Suddenly a pillar of black exploded out of the barrel, flinging the pirate across the kitchen and knocking him out. As the dark mass stopped growing, it dissipated to reveal a young man. Koby and the other two pirates were scared out of their minds and watched in awe as the new figure yawned and stretched as the darkness around him finally disappeared.

"Ahh! That was a great nap. Too bad about my boat but at least I lived." The kid joked. He looked around confused as to why he was in a ship and looked at the Koby and the two men.

"Hmm? Who are you?"

"THAT'S OUR LINE!" The three exclaimed.

"Oh! I'm Monkey D. Luffy. Nice to meet ya."

"I don't care who you are ya ass. You're dead." One pirate charged forward with his sword unsheathed.

"Look out Luffy!" Koby couldn't help but scream.

Luffy didn't even look fazed. Just as the man slashed at him, Luffy ducked, grabbed the man's arm, and swung him behind him into the wall. The resulting crash effectively knocked the guy out and made a huge hole in the wall.

The last pirate was already in mid-charge when Luffy was turned around to face him. Luffy dodged to his left and let loose a punch that sent the pirate into another wall.

Koby could only watch with his mouth agape. Here this unknown guy just beat three pirates so easily. He barely noticed when Luffy walked right in front of him and when he did he fell onto his back in shock.

"Ahh! Don't hurt me!" Koby pleaded with his eyes shut.

Luffy looked confused. "Why would I hurt you?"

"Y-you won't?"

"Well you didn't fight me. So no. Anyway is there any food here? I'm so hungry after that long nap I had." Luffy patted his stomach as it growled.

"Well I guess that pantry there has something you can eat." Koby pointed. Luffy smiled widely and grabbed Koby's arm and ran inside. Once inside Luffy instantly found a bag of apples and began to stuff himself, only stopping once in a while to spit cores out.

"So," Luffy said between mouthfuls. "Who are you by the way?"

Koby situated himself on the floor and watched Luffy eat. "My name's Koby."

"Oh. So what are you doing with those pirate guys? You don't look like one."

"Well, I always dreamed on becoming a Marine. But the boat I was on was attacked by Alvida and I was forced to become her cabin boy so she can spare me."

"Oh."

Koby suddenly grew wide-eyed. "Oh no! Alvida!"

"Hmm?" Luffy stopped to look at Koby who was looked scared.

"If she finds out what happened here we're dead." Koby explained. Luffy still looked on confused and slowly ate more apples.

"Then we'll just get out of here." Luffy said simply. Koby looked at him deadpanned.

"We can't just escape like that Luffy-san. She'll catch us and then beat us to death with that iron mace of hers."

"Then we'll fight."

"We can't win against her either. We're dead either way."

Luffy finally finished the sack of apples and burped and patted his stomach. "You're a weakling aren't you."

Koby looked shocked. "W-well I-I umm."

"If you really want to become a Marine and fight pirates, you can't just hide away and run when you have to face them. I'll kick this Alvida's ass."

Koby managed a small smile at Luffy's enthusiasm. "W-well I still think the best way is to find a small boat and sail away without anyone watching. I think there might be one somewhere on this boat-"

"KOBY!"

A large holler rang through the halls that shocked Koby. Luffy looked unfazed however and found another sack of apples and started eating those.

"Luffy-san," Koby shook Luffy. "We have to find a way out of here."

"Oh," Luffy finished his apples before stuffing some in his pockets. "I know. Follow me"

Before Koby could reply, Luffy kicked down the pantry door and found a very fat woman not too far from them.

"Ah! Alvida!" Koby yelled as he hid behind Luffy.

"Koby! Just who is this boy and why are you hiding behind him?" Alvida demanded as she gripped her studded iron mace and plopped it on her shoulder.

"This is Alvida?" Luffy asked while raising a brow. "I thought you called her a she."

"You little insolent pest!" Alvida roared. "Koby! Tell me, who is the most beautiful woman of all the seas and lands?"

Normally Koby would answer that Alvida was the most beautiful, fearing for his life, while Kami knows that's a flat out lie. In his eyes even a whale is more beautiful than her freckled fat face.

"N-not you! You ugly old sea hag!" Koby all but yelled, releasing all his pent of frustration. Alvida looked even more pissed while Luffy laughed.

"Hahahahaha. That's a good one Koby."

"I'm gonna kill both of ya!" Alvida roared. Before she could even lift her legs Luffy grabbed Koby and raced up the stairs, leaving an angry Alvida to slowly wobble up another flight.

Once Luffy and Koby ran up to the ship's top Alvida's entire crew was waiting for them, all with their swords and guns ready.

"Ahhh! We're dead." Koby screamed.

Luffy grinned and waved to them. "Hi."

"Get them guys!"

The pirates charged forward with their weapons ready to devastate Luffy who was still grinning ear to ear.

"Stand back Koby." Luffy cracked his neck and got ready to fight. Koby could only nod and gulped as the pirate drew closer.

"Yami no kawa (River of Darkness)" Luffy threw his fist out and it shot into the crowd of pirates. The arm turned into a swirling dark fog as it flew through the crowd. The pirates outside the group looked in frightened awe as their comrades were slowly drawn into the dark arm. They couldn't escape or run from it and soon their screams faded away as the last of the charging group disappeared into the dark fog and the darkness retract into Luffy's body.

"What in the world was that?" Koby asked. Luffy smiled at him.

"Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you. I'm ate the Yami Yami no Mi. I'm a man of the darkness."

"That explains the black spots from the barrel." Koby muttered. "Where, where did they go?"

Luffy laughed. "I don't know."

Koby looked frightened at Luffy's mirth while the other pirates yelled. "Oi, where did they go?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah you can have them back." Luffy shot his arm out again but this time the darkness on his fist expanded to the size of a door.

"Jomei (Expulsion)." Out from the darkness the same men who were sucked in were thrown out. Their swords were all bent up and some lay in odd angles with their bones broken or moved.

"What the hell is this guy?" The pirates asked one another.

"Sorry guys." Luffy apologized. "I really didn't want to fight you. All I wanted was just a way out of here…and maybe some more food too."

"I'll give you a ticket to hell then!"

Koby barely scrambled away from Alvida's sweating form as she emerged from the deck below. As Luffy turned around she swung her mace right on his head. Luffy's body bent a bit as the iron mace struck the back of his head but he didn't make a noise.

"Luffy-san!" Koby yelled.

"Ahahahaha." Alvida laughed. "You little runt. Know who's laughing?"

Surprisingly Luffy grinned under his straw hat and he effortlessly stood upright again under the weight of the mace.

"What, what the hell?"

"It'll take more than a big club to take me down. Shishishi." Luffy laughed. He jerked his head up and the momentum threw Alvida's footing off. As she struggled to keep her balance Luffy cocked his fist back.

"Lady Alvida!" The pirates yelled.

Koby looked on wordlessly as Luffy unleashed his attack.

"Juryoku Osu (Gravity Push)" Luffy punched Alvida in the gut and an unknown force was added to the punch courtesy of Luffy's darkness that sent the woman flying into the sky.

"Ugh." Luffy patted his stomach as some sweat rolled down his face. "So hungry."

"Luffy-san that was amazing!" Koby gleamed. By now all the pirates were frozen in their places and only watched the two boys talk.

"Hahaha. Well," Luffy turned to the pirates. "Anyone of you guys know where we can find a small boat?"

Before the pirates could respond a flurry of cannonballs flew into the ship, rocking the pink ship.

"What was that?" Luffy and Koby were hurrying to their feet and Koby's eyes lit up at the sight of a Marine ship.

"It's the Marines. Wow. I never saw as ship in action before!"

Luffy was about to comment on running away until he heard someone on the other side of the ship. He peered to the side and saw an orange haired girl preparing a small boat with a large sack on it.

"Koby, let's go."

"What? But those Marines are here to help us."

"Didn't I tell you who I am?" Luffy grabbed Koby and jumped off the side of the ship.

"I'm Monkey D. Luffy. And I'm gonna be the Pirate King!"

"Hmm?" The orange haired girl looked up and yelped as Luffy and Koby soared down and landed on the dinghy. She instinctively latched on to the sack, fearing it would be knocked off.

"Ahh!"

"Ugh!"

"Hahahahaha!"

After the initial shock was over, the girl and Koby both screamed at Luffy, "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"

"Hmm?" Luffy murmured. When he saw the girl's angry face he smiled. "Hi there. Mind if we catch a ride on this boat?"

The girl looked absolutely flabbergasted at Luffy. "Are you insane? What makes you think I'll let you two just sail with me when you came out of freaking nowhere and scared the living shit out of me?"

"Guys."

"Sorry but the Marines are firing on that pink ship and we needed a way out. I didn't hurt you did I?"

The girl was surprised that this guy actually cared about her well-being but she brushed that aside. "No, but my point still stands. I'm not carrying you two to the next island."

"Guys!"

"Name's Luffy by the way. What's yours?" Luffy smiled as he reached into his pocket, fished out an apple, and began to eat it.

"What's wrong with you? You want to eat in the middle of this?"

"GUYS!"

"What?"

Just then a huge explosion rocked Alvida's ship and blew soot and splintered wood down on the three.

"Okay, name's Nami, I don't care about you two, let's get out of here."

Nami quickly unfurled the sail and another explosion blew the little ship far enough that the Marines could barely see it.

"Whew." Nami and Koby sighed as they lay on the wooden boards.

"Hahaha, that was pretty exciting." Luffy joked as he kept eating.

"Thanks again Luffy," Koby said.

"Hmm? Oh it's not a problem."

"What are you two talking about?" Nami asked. If she was going to sail with those two for the next few hours until the next island was in sight she might as well keep herself entertained.

"Luffy was on that ship and he used some darkness powers to beat Alvida and her crew and sent her flying."

"This guy beat Alvida? The great lady pirate?" Nami looked skeptically at Luffy who was throwing an apple core out to the sea while eating another apple.

"Yeah, and he used his Yami Yami no Mi to beat her."

"Yami Yami no Mi? You're a Devil Fruit user?"

"Yep, got this power a long time ago back on my home island."

"From where?" Nami asked. "Devil Fruits don't just grow in the wild."

"Some weird salesmen who docked at the island when I was young."


(Three weeks before Luffy's life changing meeting with Shanks at the bar)

It was a normal day in Fuusha Village as the usual rituals about the small village went smoothly. Today was going to be different however with the arrival of a very interesting man.

A seven year old Luffy was lounging about in Makino's bar when the door opens revealing a curiously dressed man. He was about five foot ten and he wore black slacks, a black suit, a white dress shirt, and a golden tie. He also donned a black top hat and he carried a large sack on his back.

"Why hello there." Makino greeted.

"Hi, I'll just have a mug of water if you please."

"Of course."

As Makino went about her business, Luffy went up to the man and looked at him curiously.

"Who are you and why are you dressed so weird?"

"Oh, well I'm a salesmen. I have to look sharp when I do my job."

"Umm, okay. Well what's in the bag?"

"Why those are my wares that I have for sale. You want to take a look?"

Luffy nodded eagerly while the man laughed and set his bag on the bar table. He pulled from it a number of boxes, each either big or small or wide or long. All of them were red with a small lock in the middle with a very thin slot on them.

"I don't get it. What do you sell? Empty boxes?" Luffy asked.

"Well I'll let you in on a little secret my boy. I have a Devil Fruit's ability. I'm a Box Box man."

Luffy didn't look too thrilled. "So?"

"So? I'll tell you. My power allows me to fill any box with anything I think of. Like this one." The man gestured to a very small cube box. "If I imagine there were to be say, a gold ring in there." He opened the box and suddenly there was indeed a gold ring inside it.

"Wow!" Luffy said. "That's so cool!"

"What's so cool Luffy?" Makino asked as she brought the man's water.

"This guy can put anything he wants in a box even when there's nothing in there."

"Really?" Makino looked skeptically. "Are you sure it's not a trick?"

"I assure you there's no trickery involved my dear." The man said as he drank his water. "In fact I'll show you."

"Can you make that mug on that table appear in one of these boxes?" Makino pointed out.

"No dear, it only works when that object itself is in a box too. If I can make anything appear in my boxes without that rule I would be a very wealthy man I assure you."

"So then make something one of a kind appear then." Luffy suggested.

"Very well." The man thought hard for a second and smiled. He put his hand on a medium sized box and said.

"Well what if I materialized a unique, long sought after, exquisite, powerful…


(Meanwhile on board Whitebeard's ship)

He had done it, Marshall D. Teach had broken the dearest rule of ship. He committed mutiny. There on the wooden floor lay his once dear friend Thatch in a pool of his own blood.

But it didn't matter. The blood on his hand, the vengeance Whitebeard would demand, the subtle guilt that lay in the mutiny, none of that mattered.

All that mattered was the prize he had waited decades for.

Teach smiled as wide as he could, as he reached for the box that Thatch placed the legendary Yami Yami no Mi. He could just taste the power already. And when he opened the lid…

It was gone.

Instead there was a small paper in its place and on it said.

You mad brother of the sea? Don't worry find the Phantom Salesmen. He'll be touring the Grand Line soon and you can catch him and his collection of valuables you cannot find anywhere else in the world. Devil Fruits, treasure, and more! And all for a reasonable price.


"… Devil Fruit!"

Miraculously out from the box a Devil Fruit did appear. It looked like a bunch of grapes with pointed bottoms and swirls decorating its outsides.

"Cool!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Wow, how neat." Makino commented. "What else can you make appear?"

As the salesman and Makino talked, Luffy started poking at the fruit. Unfortunately for the fruit Luffy's stomach began to growl. Peering back at the busy salesman, Luffy quickly took a large bite of the fruit. Not really tasting anything, Luffy took another bite and finished the fruit off, this time the flesh tasted like…

"Shit!"

Makino looked stunned as the salesman cussed at a gagging Luffy.

"Ugh, that tasted horrible."

"My boy what have you done? You've eaten a Devil Fruit, you now have the curse."

"Curse?"

"It's the curse of the Devil Fruit. You can't ever go into the ocean ever again or else you'll die."

Then, from two corners of the world, two of the largest screams pierced the sky.

"NO!"

"That's incredible Luffy-san." Koby commented as Luffy finished his story.

"Yeah it is. A salesman who didn't demand money for that stupid mistake? That's pretty amazing." Nami mused.

"Yeah well everything turned out okay now." Luffy concluded.

By the time Luffy finished he was tired of talking and took a nap with Koby following in suit. Nami chose to stay awake just in case something bad happened like a Sea King or a ship. But a few moments later the next island came into sight and Nami smiled.

"Now onto more business."

Luffy and Koby woke up a while later and to their surprise found the boat docked to a pier with Nami nowhere to be found.

"At least she helped us." Koby said.

"Aww, I was gonna ask her to be part of my crew." Luffy pouted.

Koby took in the sight of the new island. He knew there was a Marine base situated here and supposedly the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro was being kept here.

"Well I think there's another person who could join your crew Luffy."

"Who's that Koby?"

"On this island there's a bounty hunter called Roronoa Zoro. He's a swordsman but he hunts pirates for a living so I don't think…"

"Cool!" Luffy exclaimed. "Let's find him and ask."

"Wait Luffy!" Koby yelled as Luffy ran off towards the town.

By the time Koby caught up to Luffy the straw hat-wearing boy had already absentmindedly asked some of the townsfolk if they know where Zoro was being held.

"Excuse me. Do you know where Zoro is-"

Before Luffy could finish the people around him had ran off. Luffy looked confused.

"What did I do wrong?"

"I guess they don't like talking about Zoro." Koby concluded.

"Oh well, let's see if we can find him ourselves."

Soon the two did find Zoro, just not in the state they expected. He was bloodied and tied on a cross to the left of the seaside Marine base. Luckily there was no one patrolling the area so Luffy and Koby jumped, or in Koby's case was thrown, over the fence so they could get a closer look at the bounty hunter.

Besides the blood and grit on his body, Zoro also looked famished and overall tired. He wore a dirty white shirt and black pants. On his head he wore a green bandana that sort of covered his mint colored hair and on his left ear were three gold earrings for some odd reason. His breaths were deep and he gave Luffy a glare as he approached him.

"Get out of here." Zoro heaved.

"Nope. You wanna join my crew?"

Koby nearly tripped at Luffy's bluntness while Zoro looked shocked.

"You kidding me? Do I look like that kind of person? Do you even know who I am?"

"Yep," answered Luffy. "And I don't really care. I want you on my crew."

Zoro looked down to Koby. "Oi, is this guy right in the head?"

Koby shrugged. "I don't really know. He's strong though."

"Aren't you supposed to be a swordsman? Where's your swords?" Luffy asked.

"If I had my swords I wouldn't be TIED HERE WOULD I?" Zoro exclaimed as Luffy's stupidity.

"Hahahaha," Luffy laughed. "You're pretty funny. You're definitely on my crew now."

"Umm excuse me?"

All three guys looked behind Luffy and Koby to find a little girl with pigtails holding some rice balls.

"Umm, these are for you Zoro-san. I made them for you and you looked really hungry." The little girl said meekly.

"Umm Luffy I think we should leave them for a minute." Koby proposed to a salivating Luffy.

"Aw why? Those rice balls look good." Luffy pouted before begrudgingly pulled aside by Koby

"You shouldn't be here Rika. If they find you here they'll kill you and me." Zoro said. Rika didn't back off though and offered one to Zoro's mouth.

"Oi, you little brat!"

The four of them looked over and saw a really cheeky and queer looking blond stroll towards them with a few Marines behind him.

"Can't you read the sign outside the fence you little squirt? Anyone caught here will face the same punishment as the criminal here. Are you really going to risk your life to-Ooh rice balls."

The blond grabbed the one in front of Zoro's face and took a bite.

"Yeuck! Disgusting." The man threw it to the ground and stomped it flat and grinded it into the dirt just for good measure.

"Now just what should we do with you girlie?" The blond asked more to himself than the Marines behind him. "One of you, throw this girl over the fence."

"But Helmeppo-sama she's just a girl."

"I don't care! Father will get angry with you if I don't get what I want. And do you want my father angry?" Helmeppo said. That effectively shut the Marines up and one slowly walked up to the girl.

"Hey!"

Everyone turned to find Luffy walking towards them with Koby right behind him. Koby saw Luffy actually angry for the first time and opted to stay back as Luffy walked up to Helmeppo.

"It's not nice to make a little girl cry." Luffy said as a teary-eyed Rika watched on.

"And just who do you think you are commoner?" Helmeppo asked.

"And it's not nice to make Marines do bad things." Koby piped up.

"Do you know who I am you fools? If my dad were here he would kill you right away!" Helmeppo exclaimed while looking furious though to everyone else he looked rather frightened. "I don't even know why he's still here. If were up to me he would be dead already."

That really ticked Luffy off and the Yami man punched the blond snob clear in the face, leaving a circular red mark.

"Ahhh! My face!" Helmeppo screamed as he rubbed his sore nose and cheeks. "Run! Get out of here!"

The Marines and Helmeppo made a beeline right to the Marine base as Zoro and the rest watched.

"Bastard." Luffy said as he turned to Zoro. "So, join my crew Zoro! "

"Just who are you anyways?"

"I'm Monkey D. Luffy and I'm gonna be the Pirate King." Luffy bravely announced, not caring that the man he was talking to was a well-known pirate hunter.

"And just why do you think I want to join a pirate crew?" Zoro inquired.

"Hmm, well it's either join me and go on fun adventures and fight strong guys or stay here and die." Luffy put it bluntly.

"Heh, you make a great point." Zoro joked. "Fine, if you can get my swords back, I'll join you. Deal Luffy?"

Luffy laughed and smiled. "Deal Zoro." He then ran off towards the Marine base, figuring that the swords should be in there.

"Wow, is that guy your friend?" Rika asked as she rubbed the tears off her eyes. Koby nodded.

"Yeah, anyways you should get out of here before something bad will happen?"

"What do you mean?"

"I just have a feeling."


"Who did this to you son?"

"Some stupid straw hat wearing kid. And he was with that Zoro guy outside too."

Helmeppo was still crying about the punch Luffy gave him and went right to his father for help. Not a bad choice considering his dad is the Marine Captain Morgan, the tall, large, bulky, burly, tan, and blond captain who was ruthless on the battlefield with his ax that was actually a replacement for his hand.

"Roronoa eh? Wait here. Marines! Form up!" Morgan yelled and quickly a number of Marines formed behind him with weapons in tow. With Morgan in the lead, the group marched out towards where Zoro and Koby were.

"Hahaha, those idiots never stood a chance against father." Helmeppo quipped as he walked up several flights of stairs and to his room.

"I mean I almost feel sorry for those- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Helmeppo yelped as he saw Luffy climbing through his open window.

"Whew, now where are those swords? Ah here they are?" Luffy smirked as he saw three swords lying next to Helmeppo's bed.

"I-I s-s-said, what are you d-d-doing h-here?" Helmeppo all but whimpered as Luffy scratched his chin, not noticing Helmeppo in the room.

"Umm, does he have two swords or all three of these his? Ah who cares I'll take them all." Luffy grabbed all three and he willed his hands into darkness, which sucked the swords in. "I better control how much gravity is in there carefully. I don't want my new swordsman sad that I bent his swords." Luffy mused as he jumped out the open window.

Helmeppo was now in deeper shock after witnessing Luffy's power. He had snot dribbling down his upper lip and his eyes were as wide as saucers.

"Oh no! Father!"

The blond raced down the stairs and hurried to warn his father.


"Oi, hurry up Koby. They're coming now." Zoro urged. After exchanging formalities for a second Koby worked on trying to untie Zoro's ropes. Unfortunately he only managed to tie the ropes on tighter.

"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Koby cried.

Unfortunately by then Morgan and his Marines had reached the two.

"What the hell do you think you're doing whelp?" Morgan asked a now shaking Koby. Zoro looked more pissed than scared as Morgan turned his gaze towards the swordsman.

"I should've killed you that day. But watching you starve was good while it was funny. Too bad this runt tried to help you cause you're both dead now. Marines!" Morgan pointed at the two.

'Shit! So close to escaping too!' Zoro thought.

'I should've known I would never become a Marine. Now I'm about to be killed by them,' Koby thought.

"Fire!"

Just as the Marines unleashed a volley of bullets Morgan heard a voice from above.

"Whoa! I got your swords Zoro!"

Luffy was still in the air from jumping off the Marine base and landed in front of the bullets.

"Idiot!" Zoro yelled.

"Luffy-san!" Koby cried out.

"Hehe." Luffy chuckled. "Kokuban (Blackboard)"

Dark fog flowed out of Luffy's hands and formed a large rectangle in front of him. When the bullets hit the dark rectangle, they disappeared into it and didn't come out the other side.

"Nani!" Everyone but Luffy screamed while Luffy laughed to himself.

"By the way, I didn't know which sword was yours so I grabbed them all." From the back of the blackboard came the three swords Zoro had grown to love and use.

"Just what the hell are you Luffy?" Zoro asked as Koby picked up his swords.

"I ate the Yami Yami no Mi. I can control darkness." Luffy said.

"Is that so?" Morgan said. "If guns won't work. Then swords will. Men, charge!"

The Marines looked way too scared to fight the Yami user but one look at their ferocious leader was all the push they needed to charge, even if it was half-assed.

"Hmm?" Luffy said. "Oh you guys can have your bullets back. Jomei (Expulsion)." The bullets that were sucked into the darkness suddenly shot out towards the charging Marines. After some screaming the men turned tail and either ran or jumped out of the way.

"Shishishi, no problem." Luffy joked. He dispelled his darkness only to find an angry Morgan hunched over him and his ax arm rose to strike Luffy down.

"Damn, Koby! Give me my swords!" Zoro shouted.

"But your hands-"

"Unsheathe one and but the hilt in my mouth sideways." Zoro demanded as Morgan's ax flew down.

Koby had no time to argue against Zoro's logic but once he did what he was told he realized he didn't need to. Immediately Zoro cut through his bindings and even got his other two swords unsheathed. And just as Morgan's ax was about to meet Luffy's head, Zoro rushed forward and blocked the weapon with his three swords.

"Nice Zoro." Luffy commented.

"No problem, Captain." Zoro said.

Morgan was not ready to give up yet and he threw his fist forward to punch Luffy.

"Nope not gonna work. Juryoku Osu (Gravity Push)," Luffy ducked under the punch and gave Morgan his own right in the Marine's gut. The force of the blow caused the tall man to grunt in pain and he soared like a cannonball into his own base.

"Wow, nice job Luffy." Zoro said while grabbing his sheathes off the ground and sheathing his swords. "We should leave now before more Marines dock here. No doubt someone in the base called a ship already."

"Okay, oh before we leave though." Luffy reached out with his hand and suddenly a Marine all the way from his base flew into Luffy's hand like a magnet to metal.

"Ahhh! W-what do you want?"

"When the next Marine ship gets here, you mind putting Koby on there as a new recruit or something? He really wants to join you guys." Luffy asked politely. The Marine furiously nodded and when Luffy dropped him the man fainted.

"Huh. Well Koby you can join the Marines now." Luffy said. Koby couldn't help but to cry a little at the great news.

"Arigato Luffy-san! I'll never forget this, ever." Koby said.

"This means we'll be enemies in the future though." Luffy said. Koby gasped but realized it was the truth.

"Yeah, but next time when we fight I'll be much stronger." Koby proudly said.

"Hahaha, I'll look forward to it. Good luck. And you should probably drag that guy back." Luffy pointed out. "Anyways, bye!"

Luffy raced off towards where the little boat was docked with Zoro right behind him. Koby watched them for a bit before walking over to the man and dragging him back to the base by his leg.

"Gosh he's heavy. I hope I won't have to lift weights when I start training."

As he reached the front door he opened it and dragged the man to what he assumed was the infirmary. After he was done putting the guy on a bed, he left and once he reached the stairs he tripped. Looking down he found a knocked out Helmeppo with a large comical bump on his head.

"Must have tripped running down these stairs." Koby guessed. Sighing, he grabbed Helmeppo's legs and retraced his steps back to the infirmary.


"By the way you didn't happen to run into an orange haired girl did you Zoro?"

"No. Why?"

"Aww, cause I met her earlier and I wanted her to join my crew."

"Just how many people are in your crew?"

"Just us two right now."

"So I'm assuming out ship's not really a normal ship."

"Nope, it's a little dinghy."

"Maybe I should've taken the other choice."

"Hahaha, come on. We'll be fine."


I hope this was a good enough chapter to start this story off. I changed Luffy's fighting style to accommodate the Yami Yami no Mi and I think it's fine.

Props for this story goes to avatoa who sparked the idea and is the beta for this story. Anything concerning this story you guys can PM him or state in your reviews and he'll read them.

avatoa also decided on the harem group already but any input on the list from you guys will be appreciated as well. The list currently consists of:

Nami

Vivi

Nico Robin

Conis

Camie

Margaret

Boa Hancock

Shirahoshi (I don't know how mermaids would work out in the harem but I'll find a way)

Reviews are always welcome and I would love to know what you guys think about Luffy's fighting style and the story so far. Thanks!