Raftel.

They had finally made it. After months and years of travelling together, the Straw Hat Pirates had finally reached the Raftel Island; island home to the ultimate treasure- the One Piece.

Under Nami's instruction, the Thousand Sunny was tethered to a rock close to the coast of Raftel. The island look uninhabited, with no piers or docks to settle Sunny in. Despite being home to the wonderful treasure that many pirates had been after the years, the island was dead. A few plants scattered here and there, but there seemed to be a constant cloud lurking over the island, making it seem dull and grey and lifeless.

"Oi, Luffy. How's Law supposed to get onto the island if he can't dock anywhere?"

Upon realising how dangerous the waters leading up to Raftel were -the Sea Kings dominating those waters were absolutely lethal, never mind the currents even Nami struggled to deal with- the Straw Hat Pirates had paired up with none other than the Surgeon of Death and his crew in order to reach the island smoothly. Trafalgar Law was, after all, indebted to Straw Hat-ya after the events following Dressroa, and an unlikely friendship had been formed between the two Captains and their respective crews.

"Shishishi. Don't worry bout it! Tra-guy will figure something out!"

Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky and Brook all sweat-dropped at that sight. Yes, even after all these years of friendship, Luffy still struggled with Trafalgar Law's name, despite being a fellow D. Pity.

Speaking of the Surgeon of Death, Nami watched as the the previously submerged yellow submarine managed to emerge on top of the choppy water. Now with the rest of Straw Hat's eyes on the yellow submarine, they watched as a large door was banged open, and a large polar bear came flying out of the door, with the calm and collected Surgeon of Death following him.

"Neh, Tra-guy, look- we made it!" Luffy yelled to the Surgeon of Death as he stood on his submarine and simply observed the island, something that the other Captain had failed to do previously. After some consideration, Law stuck out a hand, spoke "room", and swapped him and Bepo for some rocks that had been scattered around where the Straw Hat's were stood waiting for him.

"Straw Hat-ya, doesn't the island seem dead to you? Are you sure that this-" Law gestured to his surroundings with one hand. "Is where the One Piece is located?"

Luffy, who had surprisingly matured a little over the years, just looked up at Law with a small smile on his face. "Tra-guy, this is Raftel. I know it, I feel it. This is where the last Pirate King hid the one Piece." Unusually serious, Luffy looked towards his crew and gestured them forwards. "Everyone- Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky and Brook... Thank you! Shishishi. I'm going to be the Pirate King!"

So typical of Luffy. The comments ranged from "this isn't making me happy!" from Chopper, to a simple "Aye, Captain" from the green-headed swordsman. However, everyone in the crew were wearing equally proud smiles.

Ignoring the small pit of dread in his stomach, Law began walking towards the actually island's coast. Ignoring murky atmosphere of the island seemed to surround it. Not one to be trailing behind others, Luffy stretched out his arms and rocketed himself ahead of Law.

"Tra-guy! I'm going to be the Pirate King, so stay back! I'm not sharing!"

*.*.*

"So this is it." Robin breathed, as she observed the large poneglph in front of her. She brought up a hand and gently caressed the engravings on the stone. This was was it. She would finally be able to learn what she had set out to do all those years ago. Stepping back, Robin began to read the text on the Poneglph...

A gasp of horror escapes the normally composed woman's lips. "No...what..? What is this?"

*.*.*

As any Pirate King should do, Luffy left to go search for the One Piece with Zoro, Nami, Brook, Law and Bepo. The rest of the crew decided to guard the ship, just in case any marines showed up. Although that outcome was very unlikely, seeing as it had proven troublesome enough for the infamous Straw Hats and Heart Pirates to navigate their way to Raftel. Franky was left doing repairs. Usopp and Chopper were whining outside of the kitchen, begging Sanji for food.

"Oi Usopp! Where did Robin-chwan go?"

"Oh, she said something about going to find the last pony-glip... I hope she doesn't fall over and die."

Mildly annoyed at that comment, Sanji's foot crashed down onto the poor sniper's nose.

"ONLY ROBIN-CHWAN CAN SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, BASTARD."

"Iw'm 'ery sorri Sanji."

Ah, so this is the introduction! What do you think Robin's found out? What do you think is going on? ^O^

Sorry for the OCC-ness. This is the first time I've attempted One Piece!

Next chapter should be longer!

Preview?

"This... is the One Piece?"

"Somehow, I thought it'd be bigger."