Helping Nakama
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.
Chapter 1: Reunion at Sabaody Archipelago and the Nightmares
It's a sunny afternoon and a certain rubbery captain was waiting on a certain ship waiting for his nakama. After 2 years of training with Rayleigh, Luffy made it back and waiting on the Thousand Sunny for his crew. "Man, where are they?" Luffy complained to himself, impatient, "It's been two years already. They should be back by now." He just laid on top of Sunny's head. About an hour passed by and then Luffy sensed a familiar presence, thanks to his Haki abilities, heading towards the ship. "Hey, Luffy!" a familiar voice called, "Are you there?" Luffy, then, sat up and saw that it was Zoro. "I'm up here, Zoro!" he called back.
Luffy, then, jumped down right in front of Zoro. "Long time, no see, Captain," Zoro said, giving Luffy a strong, firm handshake. "LUFFY! ZORO!" several more voices called. Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were running towards them. "Nami! Usopp! Chopper!" Luffy called. As soon as the three reached them, they gave both Captain and First Mate a tight, teary hug.
"Nami-swan!" It was obvious that it was Sanji that was calling, mainly, Nami. He and Robin were heading towards them. "Sanji! Robin!" Luffy yelled in excitement. "Don't forget us!" Franky and Brook called. "Franky! Brook!" Luffy greeted his last two nakama.
As soon as the crew finally reunited, they each shared their adventures on the island that Kuma had sent them to two years ago. "You know," Luffy started, "Something seems off here. I mean, think about it. The places that Kuma had sent us flying to actually helped us become even more stronger in our own way. It seems like he's helping us prepare for the New World and other things to come." "Well," Robin said, "I've heard from your father that he knows him. He helps both Dragon and the Revolutionaries by spying on the Government. So, maybe, not only is he helping us prepare for the New World, but to, also, defeat the Government's offenses, like the 3 admirals, just in case." "Well, it seems like we have the upper hand," Zoro stated, "I mean, thanks to Luffy, we have 3 of the 7 Shichibukai on our side when we need them."
"I was wondering how you were able to get 3 of the 7 most powerful pirates to be on our side, anyways, Luffy?" Luffy just gave her a pained look. "Um, Nami," Robin whispered, "I don't think that he wants to be reminded about what happened then." Nami just gave her a confused look, but then she knew what she was talking about. "Oh," she said as realization hits, "I'm sorry, Luffy. I didn't mea-" "It's alright," Luffy interupted, "I know that it's not your fault." Everybody looked at them in confusion. "I'll explain things later," Robin said, making sure Luffy didn't quite hear her. "Anyways," the very optimistic captain continued, "let's have a party for our reunion!" The whole crew cheered in agreement. They celebrated day in and day out, non-stop.
*Few days later* "Wow," Usopp said, exausted, " that was the longest party we had ever threw." Everybody agreed. They, then, went into their rooms, which they haven't entered in 2 long years. *That night, Luffy's dream* "Ugh, where am I?" Luffy said in confusion. "Luffy!" a voice called. "Ace, is that you?" "Luffy, look out!" Ace was then hit by the lava guy's punch. "ACE!" Luffy shouted. "Luffy," Ace said, weakly, "I'm sorry, I don't think that I'll make it this time." Luffy was, then, starting to cry. "I'm sorry that I won't be able to see you fulfill your dream of becoming the Pirate King. But there is one thing that I would like to say to you." "What is it, Ace?" Luffy asked as the tears rolled down his cheeks. "Thanks for being a great little bro. Good-bye, Luffy." Just then, Ace disappeared from Luffy's arms. "Ace?"
*Back in reality* "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luffy screamed, waking everybody on the ship up. "What is it? What's wrong, Luffy?" Chopper asked worriedly. Both Nami and Robin, then, entered the room to see what the commotion's about. "What's wrong with Luffy?" Nami asked. Luffy was gasping and was covered in sweat. "We don't know," Sanji replied, "he just woke up like this, screaming."
"Luffy, are you okay," Nami asked him with a worried expression. The whole crew were just as worried. "I'm okay," he lied reassuringly, "it was just a bad dream." They all looked at him in disbelief. "I'm sorry I woke you guys up," he appoligized, "I'm sure it won't happen 's go back to sleep, okay?" Everyone looked at him with an even more worried expression, but Luffy smiled at them reassuringly, though it wasn't his usual goofy grin that they all knew, loved, and missed these past 2 years. They, then, let it slide and went back to bed. 'Man,' Luffy thought, 'I hope I won't have that nightmare again.' He then went back to sleep.
Wow, that was a pretty good start for my first story.
I practically cried during Luffy's flashback on Ace's death. I even cried while reading that chapter in One Piece. I've, also, just read Chapter 598: 2 Years Later. It was a really good start for the start for the second half of the series. I can't wait for the Straw Hat Pirates to actually reunite with one another. I'm practically growing anxiety just waiting for the next chapter.
Anyways, R & R, please. :D