hi this is Fernmoom. Hope you like this chapter. I have had this idea for a while and it took ages to write. Should I write the parts that stay the same or should I just write those too? Please give suggestions. i do not own onepiece.

Luffy yawned as he stretched his arms, pushing the lid off the barrel and accidently hitting someone in the process. All the people in the same room as the boy would describe him as about 17 years old. He wore a straw hat on his head with a red t-shirt. With shorts the color of the sea and raven hair, his brown eyes stood out. But something about the scar under his eye and the way he carried himself, told everyone around him that he was dangerous.

Not realising what he had done, Luffy looked around. Grinning in such a carefree manner, he made people doubt that he was as dangerous as he looked. Checking to see if he was in a hostile territory, the boy decided that no one was dangerous. Around him, people looked at him in surprise. It was not that strange considering the boy just appeared in a barrel. Standing in the barrel, the boy looked around. He was in a ship's kitchen, two men with swords were looking at him and, quivering in a corner, was a pink-haired boy. Stepping out of the barrel, Luffy advised the two ruffians, "Your friend shouldn't sleep like that; he might get a cold". Luffy looked at the kid. "Where am I?" he asked, ignoring the outrage behind him.

The wimpy kid answered, "On a voyage ship being ransacked by pirates led by Alvida." As he paused for a second, two swords flew down towards the raven's head. Sidestepping, Luffy raised his fist and executed two punches, swiftly knocking the sword bearers out.

"As you were saying," prompted Luffy as he dragged the pinky with him heading towards the store room.

"Well… I'm Coby, what is your name?" the boy continued. They were now in the store room and Raven-head was helping himself to some apples.

Luffy looked up and flashed a grin. "I'm Monkey D Luffy and I'm going to be king of the pirates!" Coby looked stricken as Luffy continued to eat.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, NO!" Coby shouted. "It is impossible it - ow!" Luffy punched Coby lightly on the head. "Why did you punch me?" whined Coby, starting to tear up.

Luffy stood up, crossed his arms and turned to leave, saying back to Coby, "You are annoying, I'm leaving." Walking out, he looked around and decided to go to the deck. Luffy yawned, muttering to himself about how tired he was. Looking around he decided to sleep on one of the boats that were not in use. Getting himself comfortable he fell asleep.

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Yawning, Luffy looked around to see what had woken him. Around him was the sea and a very angry woman holding a staff. She glared at him and spoke "What are you doing? Who are you? And are you going to kill me?" Looking closely, Luffy noticed that a bag was behind her.

"Shi shi shi, I'm Luffy. I was sleeping and I will not kill you." he replied, laughing at the rude woman. Looking confused, he asked the female her name. He sat up from his lying down position.

"I'm Nami. I'm so sorry for being rude to you but I thought you were dangerous." Nami looked up, sweetly fluttering her eyelashes. "Oh, since you are here I was wondering if you could help me get 100 million berries to buy back a certain village."

"Can you navigate? Because if you can, then yes," Luffy answered, smiling happily. Just then a seagull dropped a newspaper down to Nami. As she read, Luffy noticed Nami becoming more and more concerned. "What's the matter? Is it something bad?" Luffy asked getting out a rope with a hook on it to fish.

"This very bad," Nami muttered in response. "Apparently one of the ASL pirate trio is in the east blue. That means everybody will be on guard in case they attack," she continued on, her hands shaking. Luffy looked away so Nami couldn't see his pale face.

He didn't want the navy on to him yet. There was a tense silence, "Where are we going? And aren't you that thief who is on Arlong's crew?" Luffy asked as an island came into view. His straw hat rustling because of the wind, Luffy held up a letter addressed to him that he had received a few years ago.

Nami snatched the letter. "Let me see that," she snapped. Unfolding the piece of paper, her eyes skimmed the page. Nami's eyes widened as she comprehended what was written on it.

"Dear Luffy, I understand it has been a few years since you visited but I would like you to help Nami. I know how strong you are and I am aware you might never meet Nami again but please if you ever see her, keep your promise. Help her defeat Arlong and help Nami achieve her dream of making a map of the whole world! Sincerely Genzo."

"Where the hell did you get this? Who are you?" shouted Nami, rage in her chocolate-brown eyes. She stood up and made some adjustments to the sail. Then Nami looked at Luffy curiously. "Oh, you're that boy who would continuously run from his Grandad," she exclaimed with understanding as a memory rose to the surface.

Flash back -ten years ago at Cocoyashi village-

"Mum, I'm going out!" shouted an orange haired girl, sprinting out the door and grabbing a piece of paper and some pens as she went.

"Make sure you behave!" shouted Bellameer. She leaned against the door frame smiling to herself. 'My little one is finally chasing her dream,' she thought.

Nami wandered the streets watching the townsfolk. Some were whispering about how a marine was visiting the town. Apparently this was an important man and he had come with a child. Nami was mildly interested in the news, but she had a job to do. Going up to the bayside cliff, she decided to start drawing her map there. Nami heard some laughing. Looking around she noticed a boy with black hair and brown eyes staring out to sea.

The boy looked up. "Hi, I'm Monkey D Luffy. Nice to meet you." Standing up, Luffy wiped the dust off his shorts.

"Ah, hi. I'm Nami," Nami stuttered and glanced at the ground. "What are you doing? You are not from around here," she asked. At his confused look, Nami added, "I can at least tell that much."

Turning to her, he explained, "Well you see, I'm hiding from Gramps". Nami's eyes widened. The two children sat back down, staring towards the ocean.

Nami, not turning her eyes away from the view asked, "But why would you hide from him?" as she fiddled with one of her pencils. Luffy sighed.

Answering her, he explained, "He wants me to be a marine, but I dream of being a pirate. I want to get a crew and have a great adventure!" Standing up, Luffy asked, "What do you want to be, Nami?"

Nami looked at the ground and blushed. "A navigator. Someone who will map the whole world!" she proclaimed then whispered, "Could I be part of your crew?" Looking up, she gained confidence. "I could navigate your ship and have adventures with you - please?" Luffy studied her. Nami's eyes were shining and he knew that she truly meant it.

"Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way." Luffy chuckled and promised Nami "On my honour as a pirate, I will let you on my crew when I am seventeen." Nami and Luffy shook hands.

Then they heard a roar: "Luffy!" The ground shook and Garp came thundering in. "You will not be a pirate!" he bellowed. Luffy glanced at Nami.

"Got to go" he whispered and sprinted away. As he ran, Luffy yelled, "Will so!" and he was not seen again.

Getting up, Nami picked up her pens and paper and started to draw her first map. "Got to keep my promise after all," she whispered to herself, happy for what would seem the last time for many years.

End -the present-

Nami stared at Luffy, "It is you! I thought I would never see you again!" She smiled, lighting up the rest of her face. But then she frowned, "You should see this," Nami whispered, pulling up the sleeve of her shirt to reveal a tattoo of a swordfish. "I'm part of the Arlong crew. They have made me their navigator against my will." She paused, tears welling up in her eyes, "Please help me."

Luffy grinned, "Of course. I didn't choose you to be my navigator for nothing!" He pointed to the island that they were about to leave. "You still haven't told me where we are going." exclaimed Luffy changing the topic.

Nami lightened up at the change of topic and the acceptance of Luffy. "Well we are going to Shelltown to pick up some supplies and steal a map, a map of the grand line." Nami then pointed to the big building that had the word Marine on it. "The map is in there. We should be careful, for this base is ruled by a marine that rules by fear so don't try anything." Nami dashed towards the building with Luffy half-watching her leave.

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Luffy wandered around trying to find a good place to climb the wall. Finding one, he climbed up, his coal eyes sweeping across the courtyard. He stopped at the middle of it. Taking out a piece of newspaper, he read the description: Roronoa zoro has a dark green bandana, three earrings on one ear, black pants and a white t-shirt. "Yep, this is the person alright," confirmed Luffy. As he looked back and forth between the piece of paper and the person in the middle of the courtyard. A few days before he officially left Dawn island, Makino told Luffy about Roronoa Zoro and recommended that Zoro should join his crew. And there he was, staring at his soon-to-be first mate.

Just then there was a "Shh". A little girl had used a ladder to climb the wall. Hopping over the wall, the little girl sprinted to the middle of the courtyard. "Hi, I thought you would be hungry. I made some rice balls," the little girl held up the rice balls from her pocket.

"Go away, it is not safe!" yelled Zoro. Seeing she wouldn't budge, he changed tactic and started threatening the little girl, "Go away or I will stomp you to death!".

About to argue, the little girl opened her mouth only to be interrupted by a two-chinned freak with marine bodyguards. "Oh Zoro, you shouldn't be accepting gifts from other people," sneered the guy with two chins in a sing-song voice. Zoro visibly cringed at the way the marine said his name.

"Shut it, Helepemo," exclaimed Zoro, sending a death glare to him. Helepemo then noticed the rice balls in the poor girl's hands. Reaching over he snatched the rice balls, ignoring the protest from the child.

As Two-chin bit into the rice ball, his face turned from delight to disgust. "You stupid girl! You are meant to put salt in these rice balls, not sugar!" Helepemo threw the rice balls to the ground. Stomping on them as if they were disgusting bugs, he commented on the food again, "I'm sure the ants will love your rice balls."

The little girl's eyes filled with tears. "B-b-but, it was for Zoro," she whimpered.

Crouching down to the girl's level, Two-chin pointed to a sign. "You are lucky you are a child. If you were an adult you would be dead." The sign said, Any one helping the prisoner will be punished by death, signed Captain Morgan. Turning to one of the maines accompanying him, he ordered the girl to be thrown over the fence.

Luffy stopped hanging on the fence and jumped up to catch the flying girl. As Luffy rolled back from the force of the girl's fall, he asked what was wrong. "They will not let me feed him," she sniffed.

Luffy smiled one of his trademark smiles. "Then I will get him to eat". Standing up, Luffy jumped over the fence and walked right up to the dangerous bounty hunter. "Recognise me?" asked Luffy, taking off his straw hat.

Zoro looked up and responded with a dry grin. "Of course I do, I wasn't born yesterday." Luffy smirked as Zoro continued, "How are you… L?"