Hey everyone! Hope you enjoy this fanfic. Also note, DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE!!!
Ten years ago, a young boy set sail to become king of the pirates. He created a crew of seven and headed for the Grand Line. Even though their numbers were small, they overcame many battles. But then, about two years after they had set sail, they were ambushed by the Navy, and the young boy was slain. The killer, Koby, was traumatized by this experience and he changed, from a fun-loving kid to a hardened killing-machine. He became famous for his viciousness in battle, and was even given the nickname "Kut-Throat Koby". He was feared by many, even by some of his higher ranking officers, and before long he shot up in rank, from Petty Officer to Commodore, in just three years. He now bore a long scar along his face and had grown out his hair and beard. He and his old friend, Helmeppo, had grown increasingly apart, until they no longer talked at all unless Koby was giving Helmeppo orders. This troubled Helmeppo, and he would often look at Koby and wonder, What has happened to the happy spirit I once knew..?
Nami gazed over the vast ocean outside the window of her cell. "Oh Luffy, where are you…?"
Nami, along with the rest of the crew, had been captured by the Navy and had been rotting in prison cells, chained and handcuffed, for over ten years. She was now a bit more mature, and her hair had grown out from lack of cutting it. Usopp had gotten his nose smashed in the battle with the Navy ten years ago, and ever since it was wrinkled into a disfigured stub. Zolo had a bunch of scars on his chest and arms from the crew's Navy battle, and he had begun to grow a small beard. Sanji's left eye was poked out in the Navy fight. Nico had longer hair, and a few minor scars, but still permanent scars all the same. All of them had grown taller from aging, except Chopper, who seemed to not change at all.
"Nami, just shut up already," Zolo muttered. "Luffy fell into the water and died twenty years ago. He's not with us any longer…"
Usopp spit into the corner of his, Nami's, Sanji's and Zolo's cell. Robin and Chopper were in special cells for Devil Fruit users. "Nami, please, just shut up. It's painful enough for us to know that our captain is dead, and that we're stuck in this smelly prison for life…But to rub it in by constantly talking as though Luffy was out there alive somewhere…"
"I…I didn't mean any harm…" she mumbled, tears streaming down her eyes.
"Luffy this, Luffy that," Sanji mumbled in his corner. "If I ever see Luffy again, I'll kill him for taking away my Nami…"
"Nami, you need to toughen up," Zolo said, licking his nose to scratch it, "Me, Sanji and Usopp's tear ducts dried out a long time ago, but you still cry yourself to sleep at night. Stop being a baby."
Nami's tears stopped. "You're right…" she sobbed.
Zolo made a smile that only one who had been tortured and locked up in a cage could.
Usopp moved into the most comfortable sleeping position a man in chains could. "I'm going to sleep. There's not much more to do anyway. Wake me up when they send the food in."
"Will do," Zolo said as he let out a loud yawn, "Nami, can you watch out for when the food comes for me, Usopp and Sanji while we nap? I don't like it when it's cold…"
"Sure thing, Zolo." She said, and Zolo moved into his sleeping position. Nami looked out her window of their cell again. Even though she would no longer say it, she still knew that Luffy was out there somewhere. No, it wasn't that she knew Luffy was out there, it was that she wanted to believe he was out there. She couldn't bear the thought of Luffy…dead. He never died, even when everyone was positive that he would die. Don Krieg, who had an entire fleet of pirates to command and had a huge ammount of militarty might at his fingertips, was toppled by Luffy. Arlong, who ruled a whole village by sheer force and was also a ferocious fish-man, was crushed by Luffy. Even Sir Crocodile, who was also a Devil Fruit user, almost overcame an entire empire and ruled a massive organization, was dominated by Luffy. Nami just couldn't imagine Luffy losing simply by being slashed in the stomach by Koby and then falling into the water. Even if he was a Devil Fruit user, falling into the water just didn't seem like Luffy's destined death. As Nami contemplated these thoughts, there was a knocking on the cell door, followed by 4 trays of a strange gray slop. "Food's here…" someone muttered from the outside.
Nami wriggled over to the plates and pulled them towards Zolo, Sanji and Usopp's face with her mouth. She then nudged them with her bare feet, her shoes taken away long ago.
"Zolo, Usopp, Sanji," she cooed, "Food's here."
The Chessboard, an enormous battleship, sailed across the stormy oceans of the Grand Line. The Black King, a tall, dark man with a wide brim hat, a long cloak, and an eye patch over his left eye, stood on the tip of the mainmast, surveying the oceans as furious waves crashed on the ship and strong winds swept the mast in rapid directions. Meanwhile, on deck, chaos had struck. Black and White Pawns were rushing around, trying to keep the masts stable, preventing leaks in the hull, and keeping the ship on its course all at the same time.
The White King, a tall man with a trimmed beard, a scar over his left cheek and a straw hat, was standing in the middle of it all, holding down his straw hat to keep it from flying away.
"White King," the White Queen, a lady with long blue hair, said, "Why do you wear that raggedy straw hat? We could make you a nice ivory one."
"I don't know why, but I have this weird feeling that this hat belongs to me in some way or another, and that I must hang onto it no matter what…" said the White King, cradling his hat like a baby.
Alright then…But anyway, we need you to pull us towards land with your powers."
"Well, okay," he replied, looking off into the distance, "but I'll need someone to point me in the right direction of where I should shoot."
Just then, a burly man with a giant white moustache and beard ran up to the White King and Queen. "Sir," he said, his distinct Irish accent ringing in his voice, "White Rook 2 and I have found a small island about northwest of the ship!"
"Alright White Rook 1, show us." Said the White Queen and she and the White King quickly followed the Rook. When they reached the side of the boat, White Rook 2, a skinny man with an odd glass eye that rolled around as though it was lazy, pointed towards a large mass in the ocean.
"Can you reach it, sir?" asked the Rooks.
"Yeah, it's not even that far away," said the White King as he cracked his knuckles, "I just need someone to hold my legs down."
"I can do that…" The Black King jumped from the mast and landed lightly on the ground like a feather. "I'll just use my shadow control ability…"
He waved his hand, muttered "Shadou Shadou no Haji", and the White King's sandaled feet's shadow wrapped around his feet..
"Good," said the White King, "now I need someone to pull me back as far as they can."
"Roger, sir!" said the White Rook 1, and he grabbed the White King's shoulders and pulled him all the way to the opposite side if the boat, his rubber-like legs stretching. "Black Bishop 1," the White King said as the Bishop, an old woman with white hair and square glasses over her lavender eyes, ran up, "When White Rook 1 lets go, I want you to grab onto me. I might need you power to pull the boat to the island."
"Okay!" she said, and she grabbed the King's white coat.
"On my signal, let go of the King, alright?" the White Queen commanded, and the White Rook 1 nodded slightly. Rain poured down on the ship, and thunder boomed loudly in the sky.
"Gomu Gomu no…" The White King threw his arms back and they stretched almost a mile behind him.
"Now!" The White Queen cried.
"…Rocketto!" the White Rook 1 let go of the White King and he and the Black Bishop 1 soared through the air at a tremendous speed. The rush of wind and rain tickled the White King's cheeks. But just as it started, it ended. The White King's elongated fingers grabbed hold of a sturdy looking palm tree on the shore of the island and wrapped themselves tightly to it. The Black Bishop 1 crawled across the White King's stretchy body until she was able to jump down and land safely on the sand.
"Your Majesty," she began, "can you pull the ship on your own?"
"Umm…" The White King pulled himself towards the tree in an effort to pull the massive ship, but to no avail. "I think I need help…"
"Very well, my lord," The Black Bishop 1 took a deep breath. She then threw her arms in the air and shouted, "Saidai Saidai no Ude Shotto!"
Her body began vibrating slightly. Her veins bulged, her skin turned red from the blood flowing rapidly to get oxygen through her body, and her arms grew eight times their size. She grasped the White King's rubbery body tightly. "Alright, sir, I'm beginning the tug!"
She took a firm stance on the ground and began yanking the White King's body towards herself like a rope. The Chessboard began to slightly move in their direction, and many of the Pawns began to cheer. Perspiration slightly dripped from the Black Bishop 1's face as she struggled to pull the ship against the ocean's fiendish waves and the angry winds. The White King tried to pull the ship with his elongated body to help out the Black Bishop 1, but he barely made a difference.
"She needs help," said the White Queen, frantically trying to find a way in which she could assist the two."
"Here, I'll do it…" said the Black King as he waved his hand in the direction of the Black Bishop 1 and muttered "Shadou Shadou no Nijuushin...". The Black Bishop 1's shadow began to ripple, and then it pulled itself off the ground until it stood as a black doppelganger of the real Black Bishop 1. It grabbed the White King and began to tug with the Black Bishop 1. Slowly but surely, they began to make noticeable progress, and in ten minutes the ship was pulled to shore and being docked on the island's small port.
"I didn't know this island was even inhabited…" mumbled the Black Bishop 2, a tall man with a hood over his face that only showed his eyes.
"Neither did I, but maybe it's a good thing,' said the White King. "I want some good rum!"
"I will admit that the rum we looted off those annoying clown pirates was pretty awful…" said the Black King.
"Alright, I have a plan," said the White Rook 2. "How about we spend the night on the island while Black Knight 1 and I repair the boat, and we leave early tomorrow?"
The White King scratched his chin. "I'm up for it."
"As log as the Navy doesn't catch us, we've all got high bounties…" muttered the Black King.
"Well, what about the Gray King?" chimed in the White Queen. "He makes all the decisions."
"I've already spoken to him beforehand," said the White Rook 2, "and he said as long as the Black and White kings are alright with it, we can stay. He said he'd rather stay in his cabin onboard, but you all should rent some motel space. It will be noisy over at the Chessboard."
The crewmen all agreed, and after a few hours of drinking rum by the barrel and demanding motel rooms, they were all settled in and getting ready for sleep. But not all was well
Commodore Smoker was sitting at his desk smoking three cigars when Tashigi rushed in, a worried and anxious look on her face.
"What's the problem, Tashigi?" he asked as she nervously straightened her.
"I just got an urgent message from the Transponder Snail Phone," she said, "It seems that the Sea Turtle Isle Naval base has reported a crew of strong looking pirates just docked in their port. Two of the crew members are confirmed to posses Devil Fruit powers."
"So what's the big deal then?" asked Smoker, lighting a third cigar, "Can they not handle the situation or something?"
"It's not that, it's…" Tashigi gulped, "One of the members was reported to have a straw hat and rubber powers…"
Smoker's jaw dropped, his cigars falling to the marbled floor. "No way…how the hell…?"
Smoker flashed back to the fateful day of Monkey D. Luffy's "death". He remembered it well. "Were any of the other Straw Hats with them?!"
"No sir, the report said nothing about any of the others, and I went to check their cells before I came to you. They're still there…"
Smoker stomped out the cigars on the floor and lit two new ones. "Report back to the Sea Turtle Isle base. We're heading out to sea."
Hope you like this story so far. It might be a bit confusing because I left out a lot, but I did that on purpose for suspense. It should all make sense in time. Anyway, here's some translation...
1. Gomu Gomu no Roketto: Gum Gum Rocket. You all have probably seen this move on the anime or manga, so I shouldn't have to explain.
2. Saidai Saidai no Mi: Max Max Fruit (Max as in maximum). This is a new devil fruit I made up that allows the user to increase their body's capabilities (one thousand fold at full power), but the downside is it weakens the user after it is used. Since she is an old woman, she is not nearly as strong as, say, a young man would be, but maybe that's a good thing for her enemies...
3. Saidai Saidai No Ude Shotto: Max Max Arm Shot. This technique boosts the user's arm strength.
4. Shadou Shadou no Mi: Shadow Shadow Fruit. This is also a new devil fruit I made up that enables the user to control shadows. It works when the sun isn't out even, because he can control the darkness caused by no sunlight.
5. Shadou Shadou no Haji: Shadow Shadow Hold. The user manipulates shadows to wrap around the target and hold them in place.
6. Shadou Shadouno Nijuushin: Shadow Shadow Doppelganger. The user brings the target's shadow to life. However, the shadow does not have emotions or a free will, as it is controlled by the user. The shadow has all the abilities the target has (or had) when the shadow was brought to life. Therefore, if the target gets weaker or stronger after the shadow is brought to life, the shadow's strength stays the same.