Prologue
The man with the straw hat knelt at the end of the execution platform. He kept his calm gaze on the wooden floor as the two guards beside him raised their sword.
They kept them raised as the other members of his crew knelt beside him. He looked sideways and was rewarded with the beautiful face of his wife. Next to her sat the best swordsman in the world who had journeyed with him to the end.
After him came his joyful marksman who had a huge grin on his face as he stared forwards. The womanizing cook was next. And after him came the crew's cute little doctor.
The archaeologist knelt next to him with her face hidden by her hair. Taking the space beside her was the super shipwright. And finally the crew's dead musician knelt at the far end.
The man smiled as he looked at the crowd below. Before the execute command could be shouted, one man burst out of the crowd with an excited gleam in his eyes.
"Oi! Pirate King Luffy! Where'd you leave ya' treasure!?"
The Pirate King grinned along with his crew mates.
"My treasure eh?!"
"Why, it's right where Gol D. Rodger left it!"
"I didn't move it an inch!"
"You can have it if you want!"
"But it's not going to be easy!"
Again he smiled as he looked at a rooftop of a nearby building. A cloaked figure stood watching the scene below. He laughed as the execute command finnaly announced itself and the sword came flashing down.
The straw hat that was around his neck floated free and the cloaked figure plucked it out of the air as it made past him.
Sniffing he clutched it in his hands.
"Don't worry Mum and Dad, I'll make you proud!" And with the hat in his hands Monkey D. Naoko made towards the building stairs.