TNST
Chapter 1: Welcome Back
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.
Prologue;
An unnamed island in the New World, time is unknown;
"Guys?" Luffy is running around the island frantically, "Guys!"
No answer came as Luffy was losing his breath and his voice after all that shouting and finally fell to his knees; not from exhaustion but from confusion and grief. He didn't know what to do; he was alone again, no crew, no friends, and no family.
Where did the Strawhats go? Why did they leave without their captain? What did Luffy ever do to deserve this?
A few weeks later,
The East Blue, a few years before current day of the year; various islands have reported sights of a flying ship with a figure head of a lion and bearing the Jolly Roger of the Strawhat Pirates. On top of that, some people have left their homes for some reason besides going after the flying pirate ship. Everybody wants to learn about the ship because it belongs to the current Pirate King, Monkey D. Luffy.
A spring island in the New World, time is now; a campsite untouched by time finally appears with actual people sleeping in it. As the sunshine shines upon the piece of earth, they became to awake.
"Luffy must be sleeping in because it is too quiet," Sanji spoke as he finally got up. Nami also got up with a grumbling stomach,
"Sanji, I am hungry. Go and cook some breakfast." Sanji put on an in-love face,
"Yes Nami-Swan!" When Sanji went into the tent, he was in for a surprise;
"What happened to the food?"
The tent was a mess, everything was everywhere else and the whole place stank of ten-year old cabbage. Not only that, other peoples' things suddenly went bad; Zoro's swords are dull and about to break exempt for the one he always has in his mouth, Chopper's herbs went dried and spoiled and can't be used to make machine, Usopp's Arsenal was almost useless, Robin's books were falling apart, Franky's Cola was expired, and Brook's violin needs a repair.
While everyone was frantic about the ruined campsite, they heard an engine sound that came from above; it was the Thousand Sunny that appeared to the Strawhats especially Franky: "WHY IS MY SHIP FLYING IN THE SKY?"
As the pirates looked at the sky frozen in fright, the Sunny stopped above the campsite and a figure appeared out of the blue. It was too far to understand his voice but then the Sunny launched some grapping hocks around the pirates, lifting the very earth under their feet! The tremor really shook the pirates off their feet and they passed out the moment they met the Sunny; all they hear was many voices talking at once.
When the dark world became light, they were on the Sunny's deck which was big enough for their camp. The Strawhats all got at different times by a few seconds with Nami to awake first; she saw her tangerine grove to her delight.
"At least the tangerines are okay but I better start picking them," Nami thought as she entered it only to find that most vines shown traces of harvested much to her shock,
"Someone is also collecting my tangerines!" Nami stormed her way trying to find who has been 'stealing' her fruit and she heard a noise,
"Sounds like a clipper, clipping at my mother's tangerines!"
She was getting madder when she finally caught him; a young adult with leather boots, a jacket tied to his waist; slightly louse pants, a summer shirt, a carpenter's knot on his forehead, and a conical hat resting on his back by a thread. Nami was about to burst when he finished harvesting the fruit because he grabbed a full basket of tangerines and ran off!
"Stop! Wait!" Nami tried to catch up but he was too fast, always turning corners so she had the rest of the Strawhats to try and corner him but he was clever as he even gave them the slip and was having fun when, "WHAT IS GOING ON OUT HERE!?"
The man gave up on playing with the pirates because he flew the coop and jumped out of the grove. When the rest of the Strawhats got out only a few minutes later, they saw that a captain figure was arguing with the young man about something; "And why does it take enough noise to wake the ship up just to pick a basket of tangerines?"
"I was nearly done when a bunch of mad-people…" The man was interrupted by a slap at his face that knocked him off his feet,
"In case you didn't know that one of those 'mad-people' is the real owner of the tangerines you are taking care of! Nami!" That outburst somehow sparked something in Nami's heart and it just made the man tremble,
"N-Nami? You mean Ms. Nami, the Cat Burglar?"
"Yes, and it is nice to hear such good manners out of your ignorance," The captain said helping the man up and turning to the Strawhats with a stern look. For a while he did nothing and then speeded off leaving everyone blinded. Before they knew it, the man from the grove was bowing in front of Nami,
"Mistress Nami, forgive my playfulness but I was just following captain's orders to take care of your orchard!" Nami was really taken by this man's mood swing yet she still was going to hit him; for a while she did nothing but then her stomach growled like the rest.
"If you are hungry," the young man started "the captain is probably cooking breakfast in the dining room." Since the Strawhats were forced to skip yesterday's meals, they were double hungry. When they entered the kitchen, Sanji had his eyes on a beautiful lady wearing a skirt that covered her whole body like an expensive piece of clothing but Sanji didn't mind because he was approaching all romancing and WHAM* CRASH!* someone with lightning fast foot work had appeared out of nowhere and sent Sanji flying into the wall right through with everyone shocked mostly for the Strawhats all to Usopp,
"How dare you lay a hand on Mistress Kaya?!"
"Enough with this," the captain broke the silence and chaos to be seen making breakfast in the kitchen; it so good to even smell it, "Let's eat."
"Yes," the new people on the Sunny all said, "Captain Luffy"
"Luffy!?"
End of Chapter 1
*First time writing an One Piece fan fiction so easy on the critics. I will try to follow the manga as i can. Thank You.*