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"Sword of Light"

Fueled by the last words of the man who had obtained everything -the Pirate King, Gol D Roger -the great pirate age began. An era of fighting between the World Government's Marines, as they tried to maintain peace and security for the people of their land, against the barbaric pirates who bring disorder and chaos.

In this age I was born, Zentoku D Naosu. I lived happily in the village of Foosha, of the Goa Kingdom, located on the Island of Dawn, in the East Blue. My family lived there happily for twelve years, until that fateful trip that changed my life forever. We had gone on a vacation, a cruise across the East Blue; when the ship was attacked by pirates. They were cruel and merciless, even though both of my parents were former marine commanders and fought and killed many pirates. I made the mistake of trying to help, but got captured. My father's last words to me were, "Live my son. Rise and become a guardian of life and justice. Surpass us, live a life with no regrets, and never forget that we love you, son." Their smiles were the last I saw of them. I watched helplessly as bullets pierced their stomachs and my parents slowly bled to death. Last thing I heard was "all hail, Captain Burst!" I knew that name and vowed to bring him to justice and never allow evil to hurt others again; I felt a sharp pain to the back of my head and then everything went black.

==A few weeks later==

I woke up in a bed that was familiar to me. I looked around and saw Makino, who was a close friend of my family. She was like a second mother to me also the bartender at "Party's Place", the bar in Foosha village. I wanted to call her over, but for some reason I could only manage to whisper; thankfully, it was enough. As soon as she heard my voice, she dashed over to me and hugged me, as she started crying. I just lay there, wondering what could have happened.

"We were all so worried for you and your family," Makino began, still crying. "I read in the newspaper that the ship that you and your parents were on had been taken over by pirates"

I was confused. I had no memory of being on a ship of any kind, but as I tried to remember, my head started to throb, as if my body was telling me not to, but I wanted to know, no matter what. So I continued to listen to what Makino said.

"We were all so worried about you guys and had feared the worst. But when you showed up, we were relieved." As she said this, she sat up and smiled and wiped her tears away, trying to act tough. Then she asked me, "When will your parents get here? I'm guessing they sent you out ahead for some reason, I mean you are a great navigator after all."

I stared at her blankly, trying to remember.

"What's wrong, Naosu-kun?" She put her hand lightly on my shoulder. I could see that the smile on her face had been replaced by a worried look.

"I…. I….." I began to say, trying to remember. My head throbbed from the strain. She watched me, waiting in anticipation. "I… don't…rememb-" before I could finish the sentence, images of my parents slowly bleeding to death flooded my mind, and I remembered.

My eyes started to flood, and a huge knot was caught in my throat. Tears began to flow down my cheeks. I saw Makino cover her mouth, as her eyes began to tear up, as well.

All I managed to say was, "Dead….. They're dead…."

Makino hugged me, as she cried. I hugged back tightly, as I remembered that horrendous scene. Tears flowed down my cheeks threatening to make a new river, but I did not make a sound, trying to be strong. I repeated to myself the last words that my father had told me. I reconfirmed that vow I took. I would become strong, so that no one would have to suffer at the hands of evil.

We cried for what seemed an eternity. Finally, I found the courage to speak again.

"Makino…" A whisper was all I was able to manage.

"What is it, Naosu-kun?" she barely managed to reply.

"I wish to sleep for a while, I feel exhausted. I'm sorry."

Makino nodded and hugged me tightly. She proceeded to walk out of the room. I laid down and sleep quickly overtook me.

"NO!...I, ah, want to keep him…. You know as a servant…Yeah that!" exclaimed a young girl who seemed to be roughly my age.

"Whatever you say, Sweetie Pie," a man answered in a high pitched voice. "You, there. Carry the servant to her room," his voice changed radically into a firm and scary tone. I couldn't quite make out his face though. I felt someone pick me up….

"Where am I? Who are these people?" I asked myself…..Everything began to fade and images of my parents dying flooded my mind, and then everything went dark….

I shot up, gasping for air, trying to flush out the images of my parents. Trying to think of other things wasn't helping. My head began to hurt terribly, but then I remembered the first part of that strange dream. "Who was that girl?" I whispered to myself.

Just then I heard the door to the room open. I looked up, and saw Makino walk in. It seemed like she had only recently stopped crying.

"Naosu-kun, are you all right?" she asked worried.

I nodded, "Yeah, just a bad dream. Sorry for making you worry."

She looked at me almost as if telling me, 'You lost your parents. How can you be okay?'

"I'm fine. Really. I just needed some sleep," I continued while removing the covers I had on and proceeded to sit on the edge of the bed. "By the way, Makino… how long was I asleep?"

She looked at the clock, and it was around seven thirty at night. Now that I looked at it, how did I not notice that clock on the wall?

"Roughly, eight and a half hours," she answered.

I nodded and got up. As soon as I did I felt light headed, and was about to fall. Makino rushed over to me and held me up before I could.

"Sorry, Makino-san, I guess I got up too fast." I gave her the best smile I could pull off.

"You should have been more careful! Don't go scaring me like that again!" Makino scolded

"Sorry, sorry," I said, as I stood up and did my best to maintain my smile. "Ummm," I began.

"What's wrong Naosu-kun?" Makino asked.

"I don't know if it's appropriate to ask, but I'm hungry. Could you make me something to eat?"

She stared at me blankly and just as I was about to say sorry, she began to giggle. It threw me off guard and I looked at her, confused.

"Of course, I can. Come on. I'm going to make you your favorite dish."

I watched as she began heading for the door. "Thank you, Makino-san," I said.

She looked back at me and smiled, "You're welcome. Now put on your smile, I'm not that bad of a cook."

I chuckled, and began to follow her. She really was a good cook, "I'm sorry Makino-san, for making you worry."

She stopped, and hugged me, "We all are worried about you. So don't think you have to hold everything inside. If you need to talk, I'm willing to listen. Okay?"

I nodded, offering a smile. "Thank you."

We headed to the bar, where she began to cook a hamburger and French fries. I walked to the other side and took a seat, watching her as she cooked. A few minutes later, the delicious smell of food filled the air, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on that burger and fries. She put the plate in front of me.

I looked up at her and grinned, "Thank you for the food!" I grabbed the burger, gobbled it down along with the fries, within seconds.

Makino-san had turned around for a bit to get me a tall glass of milk. When she turned around, she put the glass on the table and looked at me in shock, "What happened to the food!" she exclaimed.

I grabbed the glass of milk, chugged it down and reached out with the glass, "Food is gone, was tasty. Can I have more milk, please?"

She looked at me, and then just started laughing, "Like father, like son, I guess."

I couldn't help but smile. I felt proud that I resembled my Dad. I wanted to become a marine like him one day, as well.

"Makino-san."

She turned and faced me as she filled the glass with milk. "What's up?" she asked.

I looked at the table and started to draw circles with my finger. "Umm. Could you make me another burger and lots of fries?" I looked up grinning.

She came back with the milk and nodded, "Sure thing. I'll make it twice as big this time and twice the amount of fries."

I jumped on my chair in excitement for the food "Yay!" I exclaimed. "Thank you, Makino-san!"

A few minutes later, you could smell the food in the air again, and all of a sudden, a little boy burst through the bar entrance and jumped on the seat next to me, "GIMME FOOD! GIMME FOOD!" was all he would say.

I turned to see who it was. I smiled, "Hey, Luffy. Long time no see, Bud."

The young kid just kept on ranting, completely oblivious to my presence. All I could do was laugh.

I looked over towards Makino, "Makino-san! Could you get Luffy some meat, please?"

She nodded, as she laughed. When our food got here both of us inhaled it and sighed satisfied. So I tried again "Hey, Luffy. Long time no see," I said, turning to him.

He looked at me, and his eyes got big the moment before jumped foward and hugged me, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! I HADN'T SEEN YOU IN SO LONG. THIS TOWN WAS SO BORING WITH NO ONE AROUND TO PLAY WITH!"

I held him and smiled, "Don't worry, Bud. I'm back now, we can play every day," I said smiling, looking down at him.

His eyes grew big with excitement, as he stood up and wiped his tears away and a huge grin popped on his face.

"You betcha. We will play all day, every day," I said smiling.

This kid, he had a knack for cheering me up. Even though he was six years younger than I was, we always got along well and had lots of fun together. I watched him run and jump around happily. When all of a sudden, a giant man appeared in the door with a menacing aura.

"LUFFY!" came a deep voice.

As soon as Luffy heard it, he dashed behind me shaking in fear. I covered my mouth, trying to hide my laughter and looked up to see the legendary marine, Monkey D. Garp.

"LUFFY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" he yelled.

I watched, as Luffy, shaking behind me, was trying to answer, but couldn't due to the fact he was scared.

"LUFFY! ANSWER ME!" He yelled again.

"We were having supper," I looked at him and grinned.

He looked at me for the first time, "OH! It's you. Zentoku's brat. My, you've grown up," he began, but then remembered why he was here and looked back at Luffy. "Luffy! If you were hungry, why didn't you tell me instead of running off," he said much gentler now.

"Cause it smelled really good, and I couldn't control myself," answered Luffy, looking down at his feet, slightly less scared now.

Garp sighed, and walked over to the bar and took a seat next to me. Luffy sat down on the other side of me. "Sorry for the trouble Luffy caused you, Makino-san."

Makino just smiled and replied, "No problem at all. I rather enjoyed seeing him so happy. It is nice after feeling so down," as soon as she said that, she covered her mouth and looked over at me, her eyes saying, "I'm so sorry."

I smiled, "It's okay. I'm fine. Really, I am."

Garp looked at me and smiled, then asked, "Makino-san, how about you bring us all the meat you have. It's all on me, boys." That last part directed at Luffy and me. We both looked up at him and grinned.

"Thank you, Grandpa!" we both said at the same time. In a few minutes, the meat was ready and we all stuffed our faces.

When we finished we were all tired and decided to call it a day.

"Grandpa, tomorrow could you come over I want to ask you something" I asked as he was leaving with Luffy in his arms.

"Sure, I need to talk to you as well," he smiled and waved good bye.

Then it dawned on me, who was I going to stay with? As if she had read my mind Makino said with a big smile on her face "OH! By the way, 'til you become old enough to live on your own you'll be staying here with me, you will be using the room you woke up in."

Tears started to form in my eyes, I quickly brushed them away "Thank you, Makino-san."

I hugged her then went to my new room, laid down and thankfully fell asleep fast.

The next morning I woke up early, it was roughly five thirty. I got out of bed and headed over to the bar, when I got there I saw Makino and grandpa Garp; Makino was cooking while Garp seemed to be talking to her about something that I couldn't clearly make out.

"Good morning, Makino-san. Morning, Grandpa," I said as I headed over.

She looked up at me and smiled "Good morning, Naosu-kun"

Grandpa waved at me smiling "Morning, kid."

I smiled and took a seat next to grandpa "Makino-san, what's for breakfast?" I asked.

"Scrambled eggs with bacon and toast. Would you like milk or juice with it?" she asked turning to me.

I thought about it for a second and then answered, "Could I have both?" I asked grinning.

She nodded and continued working, soon our breakfast was ready. She placed a plate in front of me and one in front of grandpa.

"Thank you for the food!" we both exclaimed and we began eating.

"You're quite welcome," she said with a smile as she brought us our drinks.

She brought a third plate to the counter and pulled a chair and began eating. Grandpa and I were done first so I figured this would be the best time to ask him.

"Grandpa, may I ask you something?" I asked looking up at him.

"Sure, what's on your mind?" he responded as he took a sip from his glass.

I looked down not really sure how to go about this, so I decided to just ask him.

"May I join you in the Marines, grandpa?"

He smiled as he put his glass down the he turned to me.

"I had a feeling you were going to ask this," he replied, and scratched his head as he thought.

"Well," he began, but I cut him off, already knowing what he was going to say.

"Not right now of course. I'm too weak right now, so I have an idea," I said looking up at him.

He nodded then asked, "Okay, what is your plan then?"

I took a deep breath, and started, "Well as I am now, I would be useless, so I want to wait one year. I'll train my body hard every day so I can get stronger, and when the year passes you come back and test me if I pass then you let me join you. And besides I promised Luffy I would stay here for a while and play with him."

Grandpa looked at me a bit surprised, and then spoke, "That's a bit surprising I have to admit, I thought you were going to ask to join right away."

"Last time I jumped in to do something without preparing myself or planning it cost my parents life. This time I'm going to be ready so I can be of help and not a burden." I answered with determination, as I looked up at Grandpa.

He smiled at me and then ruffled my hair, "Very well. In one year's time I will come and test you."

I smiled and hugged him, "Thank you so much grandpa, I will become strong, I promise!"

He hugged back and smiled, "I know you will, I expect great things from you, kid."

I left his embrace and then stood up quick and saluted, "YES, SIR!"

Both he and Makino laughed, I soon joined in the laughter and took my seat next to grandpa, as the two began to talk again.

"Well I guess that settles that," grandpa said to Makino with a smile.

She nodded and replied, "I guess there's no helping it, at least I'll be able to rest easy knowing he will be with you." A worried smile spread over her face.

"Look at you, worrying already, he isn't leaving today you know," he laughed as he teased her.

"So what? It's my job to worry!" she yelled at grandpa and she smacked him on the head.

I laughed as I watch the two go on, then grandpa looked at his watch and freaked out.

"DAMN IT! IM LATE! Thank you for the food, Makino. I leave the kid in your care," he said as he put the money for the food on the table. "Work hard kid… you got a long way to go," he said as he left the bar.

"Bye, Grandpa!" I waved good bye.

With a quick wave he said his goodbyes and dashed out of the bar and was on his way. I turned back to Makino and thanked her for the food and told her I was going out to start my training. She smiled and came over to me and hugged me. She wished me luck and reminded me that lunch would be ready around twelve. I trained as much as I could, and somehow I was able to convince Luffy that training was a game so he also trained with me. A few days passed of this routine until another fateful day.

The Red hair Pirates had docked in our town, the mayor went and talked to them, apparently they meant us no harm and just needed a base of operations. At first, I was really hostile to them and thought that they were evil just because they were pirates, but over time, as we got to know them, I learned that not all pirates were evil. We had many fun times with their crew and grew quite fond of them. One time Luffy accidentally ate the devil fruit that they had found, their captain, Shanks, at first was mad but then soon laughed it off as his entire crew joined in. He was also the one who inspired Luffy to become a pirate. I was disappointed because I wanted us to work together and become a supper awesome team, but this was Luffy, nothing short of a miracle would change his mind.

One day, as Luffy and I were heading home from another day of training, we saw what looked like a shooting star, it seemed like it crashed into the forest that was behind Foosha village. I started to run towards that direction, Luffy close behind grinning, looking forward to find out what it was. When we got there, it was pretty easy for us to spot what had crashed since there was a fairly large crater around it, we were surprised that we hadn't heard it though. I told Luffy to wait for me at the top while I headed down to check out what it was. He didn't listen he just jumped down there, all I could do was follow. We saw that it was a fruit we assumed it was a devil fruit, but when Luffy tried to pick it up his hand fazed right through it. We looked at each other confused wondering what had happen, I reached for it expecting my hand to do the same but it didn't. I picked it up as both of us looked at it completely confused. We began walking home slowly trying to think of anything that could help us figure out this mystery. I stopped suddenly as an idea popped into my head.

"Hey, Luffy, what if I ate it, then maybe we can find out what type of devil fruit this is." I said with an excited grin.

"Yea, do it! This could be fun! Then we will both have devil fruits!" Luffy exclaimed.

I began eating it. It tasted like cotton candy, but when I finished it I didn't feel anything.

"So what type of fruit is it?" Luffy asked excitedly.

"I don't know yet, It might take a few hours before it takes effect, I think," I replied. Luffy looked disappointed, so I pat him on the head and smiled, "As soon as I find out I'll tell you okay?"

He looked up at me and smiled as he nodded. Suddenly Luffy grabbed his stomach and looked up at me. "I'm hungry." he said.

I laughed and then pushed him forward, "Then let's get some food, I'm hungry, too."

We ran the rest of the way and when we got to the bar we saw that Makino had the food out and was waiting for us.

"Where have you two been?" she scolded and she put a bump on each of our heads.

We covered our heads and then Luffy replied, "We saw a mystery thing falling from the sky so went to investigate, then Naosu ate it."

She added another bump to my head scolding me, "Why did you eat something that you have no idea what it is?!"

"Let me explain, I'm pretty sure it's a devil fruit but wasn't sure which one it was so I ate it so I could find out," I answered still rubbing my head.

She face-palmed herself and then looked at me.

"You are one crazy kid, let's hope you don't end up looking all weird because of the fruit."

Luffy and I smiled at her, then thanked her for the food and dashed over to it, as I ran over I began feeling light headed and losing my balance, most likely the effects of the devil fruit, I thought to myself. All I remember was falling into Makino's arms and then all went black.

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