This is Polar, and now writing my second Fanfiction.

For any one who reads Shadowonthewall6's fanfictions, you would most likely be aware of one of his story's titled "Scarlet Wind", which itself is based on chapter 10 of his "One Piece Oneshots" story "Hero". So I've talked with Shadowon about my interest in writing something to tie in with the story and asked if I could do a prequel. So with his permeation, I'm writing the events that happened before "Scarlet Wind".

I'm contacting directly with Shadowon on this, so this prequel shouldn't contradict the events of "Scarlet Wind", and if anything I write does, it will be explained in a later chapter. This would include the early appearance of a certain character that I didn't reveal to even Shadowon at first.

I also haven't given up on my parody, so no worries there. I just want to write a little more serious things as well.

Not 3D2Y.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. That honour goes to Eiichiro Oda.

I hope you enjoy the prequel story of the "Scarlet Wind".

Prologue

Who am I? You sure you want to know? If I were to tell you, that I was the focus of this story, that I am the main protagonist, that you will read about and see this world through my eyes, my experience and my life... I be lying.

No, I am merely a spectator like you, a chronicler you might say, who wants this story to be shared and enjoyed by anyone willing to take the time to listen and read. To listen and read about the story of a young boy, who while at the age of his late teens, still has the heart of a child, as he gains unimaginable power, must make great choices, and cope with the consequences. Actions that will shape him into the person he will later become.

This free spirited, determined, optimistic boy, who shall face trials that will test his character. This boy, who will tackle foes of many numbers and strength, no matter what path or decisions he may make.

This this spontaneous, luck driven, simple boy...who is currently late for school.

Luffy's p.o.v.

"WHAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIT!" I yelled at the top of my lungs at the retreating bus.

I know what your probably thinking, 'This must be just a typical day for this guy.' , but I assure you. This is rarer than you might think.

Okay, I slept in, but I at least managed to make it to the bus stop... right before it started to drive off. And know, here I am, chasing after it and failing to convince the thing to stop in it's tracks. Naturally, I wasn't fast enough, so I took desperate measures.

I ran as fast as I could to the school, taking every short cut I knew while pacing myself so I don't waste all of my breath on one sprint. Climbing over gates, jumping over hedges, getting yelled at, being chased by dogs, and ran into a flying Frisbee. I didn't have a watch, so I just kept running, pasted the gates of Dawn High, through the front entrance, down the hall and finally, my classroom. I saw a few people in the hall, so maybe I might get lucky and my teacher hasn't showed up yet, or maybe I'm earlier than I thought.

It didn't matter, because I burst into the classroom without warning, slamming the door on something rough and bringing everyone's attention to me. I look around while I support myself with my knees and try to catch my breath. Some of my classmates smiled at my direction, a few were staring at me in shock, some were trying not to laugh and then there were one or two who looked they just faced palmed.

But most importantly, the teacher wasn't hear, I MADE IT!

I stood up and shot both my hands in the air, and I joyfully cry, "ALRIGHT, I MADE IT BEFORE BIG NOSE!"

Just then though, something griped the top of my head and dragged it backwards, forcing me to look up.

"Who are you calling 'big nose'?" says my big red nosed Math teacher, Palazzo Buggy, in a low sinister tone, who also had a really red mark on his face.

"Hey Buggy, what's with the red mark on your face?" I greet and ask with a smile. This causes about half the class to start laughing. I guess I said something funny.

Buggy just grips my head harder and leans his face closer to mine, before shouting, "THAT'S MISTER BUGGY!", he then let go of me and allows me to face him better, gives me the pointed finger and continues to yell, "This red mark happens to be the work of your incompetence, BE CAREFUL WHEN OPENING DOORS!"

"Why's that?" I ask confused, "And you still haven't told me what gave you the red mark."

"Use your brain for once and put two and two together!" he tells me loudly. He then faces the class and orders, "AND STOP LAUGHING!"

I take this moment to slip into my seat next to the window at the front of the class, and look at the clock: five minutes past nine, meaning I was fifteen minutes lat! I personally rather have picked a seat closer to the middle, but Buggy insists that I seat at the front.

I don't know what he has against me. Not that I don't have a lot of fun with him, and I do make other teachers mad form time to time, but Buggy's been on my back since day ONE! I think it has something to do with Shanks.

"Okay, Mini-Shanks, lets see if how you fared with that flashy homework I gave you yesterday." Buggy says as he grabs my bag to search for the said homework.

See what I mean?

He of course finds it and drops my backpack on the floor, but it doesn't make that much of a noise because barely anything is in it today. It's partly how I ran so fast. As he scans through it, I notice he's just wearing his most conman school outfit; a yellow shirt, with a red blazer, trousers and a pair of pointed shoes. He also had his long blue hair tied back in a pony tail.

After Buggy was done he looks back at me, with a brilliant frown I must add, and says in a low voice, "I see you got every question correct."

I gave him my best smile, with my eyes close and my teeth showing, proud at my achievement on my worst subject.

"So who helped you?"

"Nami." my eyes shoot open, and I slap my hands on my mouth at my slip. I so wish that would have helped, but even I know, you can't change the past.

I could hear a audible slap from my friend, likely hitting her forehead, and the snickers I was hearing from most of the class. Without even looking, I could feel the satisfied smirk from my mean teacher.

"As I thought, but we'll have to save this little spout for another flashy day, for..." Buggy suddenly looks at his left wrist, which I noticed for the first time had a watch attached to it, "our time is short."

He lightly threw my work on my desk and walks back to the whiteboard. "All right everyone, continue to get as many of these flashy questions done in the next ten minutes as you can." he announces as he goes to lean on his chair. I look up to see that most of the questions involve money in some way, his favourite type of questions. And as if that wasn't bad enough, I noticed about three of them had something to do with the bank. HE EVEN MIXED ALGEBRA IN THEM!

I'm just glad he won't have time to complain, because today, happens to be A FIELD TRIP!

Ten minutes went by slowly, and I didn't do well on those questions, but I don't care right now, I'm just glad it's over. We all grab our bags and follow Buggy out the door.

Today were going on a field trip to some lab or something. Nami says, it experiments on a lot of different combinations of Physics, Biology, and other stuff. It's not really where I would like to go on a trip, but any adventure is a nice change from just going from class to class.

"Nice going idiot."

Speaking of Nami.

I look at her and try to give her a apologetic smile as I scratch the back of my head.

"Hey, this is the guy who can't lie OR keep his mouth shut."

I turn to the new voice, my yawning, tired looking friend Zoro.

Okay, I'm probably confusing a few people now.

Like I said before, I'm Monkey D Luffy. I live with my family in Down City, which I like to call, 'The City of Adventure'!

My Mother, Makino, owns a bar in the more peaceful parts of the city next to the park with lots of low houses, 'Windmill Town'. She's loving, and really nice most of the time... which is why getting her mad is a really, REALLY bad idea.

My Brother, Ace, is a fireman who works for the local fire brigade, 'Blue Whale Brigade', run by non other than Old Man Whitebeard, a legendary fire fighter who has saved countless lives in his days in service, and still continues to save lives to this very day. Ace is polite around most people, but I know him as my cocky, wise cracking and hot headed brother, and I wouldn't have him any other way. .

My Father, Shanks, is a pilot who flies people to all different places. He's not home all the time, but never the less, he's my idol! He's a kind, laid back kind of guy who will laugh off pretty much anything, which causes some people to view him as a pushover. But mess with his Nakama or family, he won't let it slide no matter the reason!

Funny thing is, neither of us are blood related, but that doesn't make us any less of a family.

I am wearing the school's uniform of course. The uniform is basically a white shirt, black pants and shoes, a bright red tie, and a dark red blazer with the schools logo sowed near the left side of your chest.

I however barely ever bother to wear the blazer though, and usually leave the tie on loosely.

"Hey, Luffy."

I look towards Zoro in confusion, "Yeah?"

"You haven't talked much since you got here." he says simply.

I just raise my eyebrow at him, "But didn't you just say I never keep my mouth shut?" Nami snorts at this while Zoro just growls and turns away.

Zoro is probably my most loyal friend. He looks scary and acts like a grouch for the most part, but he's a good guy at heart. When to a fight though, he's a complete monster! He's easily the toughest guy in school and regularly gets challenged by other people, whether it's just some random guy from another school, or someone who pushes him too far, especially if you hurt one of his Nakama. And it's no wonder too, considering he lives with his uncle, Dracule Mihawk. Unlike me, Zoro had the blazer on, though it was unbuttoned, and the tie was only on loosely.

I turn back to Nami, "How did Zoro do?"

"Terrible." She answers. Nami then gives him a deadpan look, "If you need help on something, who don't you ask Mihawk, or even Robin?"

Nami, probably my closest friend. She's kind of a sister to me. Nami lives with her mother Bellemere, a tough and kind captain of the police force, and her sister Nojiko. Nami can be very bossy at times, but only to those she cares for, and while there are times she can be mean or rude, she's a good person at heart who would never sell someone she cares for. She's also one of the smartest students in the school, her best subjects being Geography, but is also the best at maths. I think that might have something to do with her interest in money though. Nami was the only one of us who was wearing the complete uniform properly, with the tie smugly tied around the collar and her blazer neatly buttoned. She of course wore the girl uniform though, which meant she wore a black pleated skirt that covered about half her thigh.

She also wore knee length loose socks. She also wore Nojiko's bracelet on her left wrist.

Zoro scoffs at this, "And waste my time, I rather just train, and I imagine she would have her own things to take care of anyway."

"Now, now Mr. Zoro," We all turn to our left to see Robin, "I would be more than happy to provide you with my assistance." she says with a soft smile.

Robin, another dear friend of mine. Well considered the smartest student in school, some people even wonder if she's secretly ten years older than she actually is, but believe it or not, she's about the same age as Zoro. Her and Nami are probably as close to each other as me and Zoro. Sadly, Robin is the only one among us who lives on her own, but she also happens to live in a apartment next door to Zoro's, meaning those two are never far apart. She wore her school uniform like Nami's. The only difference is that she wore her hair back in a pony tail, and I think she wears something on her legs, that I've been told are either stockings, or pantyhose.

"Like I said, I'm not interested." was Zoro's blunt reply.

"I see." is Robin's simple reply.

"Hey, hey!" we turn to the new figure, who happens to be Ussop. "She's offering you help, can't you see the clear advantage of a smart girl such as Robin helping a moron such as you?"

Ussop, our lovable liar. He spends a lot of his time making stories, which are usually really cool, and often star himself. He lives with his Mother and Father who happens to be a art teacher here. He's a good guy and a loyal friend. He doesn't wear the tie for the uniform and is usually seen wearing instead a bandana tied around his head and a pair of goggles. He's also a bit of a coward.

"What, like you and Kaya?" Zoro asks sheepishly. He then turns and yells "And who are you calling a MORON?"

"I.. I.. have... no idea what your talking about, DON'T HURT ME!" He then hides behind me.

"Excuse me."

Ussop suddenly screams from behind me... right in my ear!, and jumps to safety.

I turn around to see a startled Kaya. Kaya is a rich girl who lives in her private estate. She's pretty shy around people she doesn't know, but she's no slouch when it comes to school work and talking with us. She's also a fan of Ussop's stories. She wore her uniform about the same way as Nami did, only her socks were tighter fitting and her blazer was unbuttoned.

"Oh, Kaya, I, I didn't see you there!" Ussop says in a stutter.

"Oh, yeah, sorry." Kaya apologises awkwardly.

"Hey guys!" We all look down to see Chopper, "Excited to go on the trip, I know I am!"

Chopper is the youngest of our friends. He lives with his adoptive parents Kureha and Hiruluk, who are infamous as a witch doctor and quack doctor respectfully. Despite being the youngest in class, he's also one of the smartest. Though he's a bit timid, like Ussop, he's a loyal friend. He also can't hide his emotions. He's pretty short, with short brown hair, blue eyes and wears a pink top hat with a white X in front of it. Like the girls, he wears the full uniform.

"Will you all stop standing around, AND ACTUALLY GET A MOVE ON?" we all turn quickly at the yelling Buggy. The rest of the students were out of sight, except one.

"Um, sir, your disturbing the other classes." Vivi spoke up from in front of us.

Vivi is another rich girl like Kaya, but unlike Kaya, her family's wealth comes from a more political background, or something Robin explained to me but can't remember. She lives with her father Cobra. I've also met her butler once, a music guy called Igaram. She's a very devoted person to whatever cause she sets her sights on, but she does tend to forget some important details. Whether she's talking about something, or forgets to worn us about something else. She wore her uniform the same way as the other girls, except she had her folded her socks downward. Vivi also wore her hair in a pony tail.

"Your right, how inconsiderate of me," Buggy say's in a thoughtful manner, "NOW GET GOING!" He yells even louder this time.

He then runs behind us and waves his arms about while yelling, "MUSH!"

"WE'RE NOT HUSKIES!" half of us yelled.

"MUSH!"

A few minutes later, we made it out side with the rest of the students.

"MUSH!"

"STOP YELLING THAT!"

I look at the bus and notice that Sanji was running towards us. "NAMI, ROBIN, KAYA, VIVI, I'm so sorry that left you all alone like that!" Sanji apologises quickly, as if it was a big deal.

But that's just Sanji for you. Another friend of ours. He lives with Zeff, a famous cook around hear who is known for his five star restaurant, The 'Baratie'. Sanji himself is brilliant with his hands, and treasures them so much, that he learned a fighting style that ONLY uses kicks, and while he's not as strong as Zoro, the two often fight evenly matched. Like Chopper and the girls, he wore the full uniform. He also loves women, and not only is he really nice to them, would never kick a girl. He's yet to gain a girlfriend though.

"It's all right Sanji," Nami began, apparently talking for all the girls, "we're fine, so lets just go on the bus and..."

Suddenly, something was strangling my neck from behind me! Preventing me from breathing, and throwing me around like a doll in a tight grip!

"OWE LUFFY," Hancock squeals in delight, "I'm so sorry, but I lost you when we left the room, but we're together again my..!"

"HA HANCOCK... ack... RESTRAINING ORDER!" I choke out.

She lets go of me in fright, and more importantly, allows me to breath again. "I am so sorry, I got a bit carried away!" she apologises quickly.

"You think?" Some of my friends comment deadpan.

"Shi shi shi shi shi shi," I just laugh it off, "Don't worry, just, don't choke me next time." I tell her with a smile. Hancock just turns her head away from me, I think her face also went a bit red like usual.

Hancock is considered by many to be the most beautiful girl in the school. She also probably wore her uniform in the most distinctive way, wearing no blazer or tie, and has a few of the top buttons of her shirt undone. Hancock lives with her Grandma along with her two sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold. She's pretty nice, if a bit clingy at a lot of times. She always offers me food when I'm hungry and does listen to me when she goes too far.

Oddly, most of my friends don't like her. Though, I'm not really sure why. I met her around a over a year ago and after getting to know her, I considered her a friend. I learned about a week later though that she was a bit of a bully. But I went to her about this and got her to confess this. I made her swear she would stop doing this, to really promise, and she did. We've been pretty good friends ever since, if very clingy.

Though, I do have to admit, she's been acting odd recently, even for her.

"All right everyone, in the bus." calls Mr. Beckman, who I like to call Becky.

With that said, we head in. "I CALL THE BACK SEAT!" I yell as I rush in first, and true to my word, I'm the first on there. Naturally, Hancock wasn't far behind, as she took the space next to me.

Sandersonia and Marigold took the seats in front of us. From what I can tell, they were keeping everyone else away from us. Hancock really lights to spend time with me you see, and is VERY clingy. See, Hancock's sister's are infamous for being the toughest girls in school, and Hancock's personal helpers. If she tells them to do something, they'll do it, no questions asked. And in a fight, their no push over's either. A lot of people would be too scared to mess with them.

"Hey Luffy." Zoro says as he flops down on the other space beside me.

But not everyone.

I notice that Hancock's grip on my shoulder tighten, so in my confusion I look at her in a questioning matter. I notice she was glaring at a specific direction before noticing me and giving me a soft apology. I look at where she was glaring but only saw Zoro drinking a bottle of water.

Was she mad at Zoro for joining us? But he's my friend too, so she shouldn't have a reason to be mad. I shrug and let it go as just nothing.

I look around in front of me to see Buggy standing at the front supervising us. I spot the rest of my classmates;

Johnny and Yosaku, two friends of Zoro, who are sort of wannabe tuff guys. If one is around, the other is usually not far behind.

There's also Conis and Ceimi. Two other nice girls I know and friends with Nami and the other girls. Conis is pretty good at music and while she prefers the harp, she can play other instruments well. She's also a bit religious, but is by no means a annoying preacher. Ceimi, while she tends to overreact, is a excellent swimmer. I've even wondered from time to time, if she has fins instead of feet.

Then there's Ram and Daisy. I don't actually know much about them. Hancock once told me they were followers of hers, whatever that meant. I do know though, that they have a lot of respect for Hancock and her sisters, but that's about it.

I notice that the rest of my friends were taking the remaining seats at the back and Ben wasn't on the bus, so I just presumed he was on the next one.

You see, we're only one of the two classes going on this field trip. And while Becky was a obvious choice to supervise us, they needed at least one other teacher to come too. They probably offered Buggy a raise if he went on this trip too or something. He doesn't seem too bothered at the very least.

Buggy's p.o.v.

So here I flashily am, watching each of the students of my class walk in the buss to pick a seat, and I flashily think, 'Why did I agree to this?'.

I think back at that conversation I had with Principle Raleigh's in his office. And I remember that glorious piece of flashy paper that he lightly waved before me. I recall his exact words, "If you do this flashy piece of paper for me, I'll give you a flashy piece of paper for you to flashy piece of paper as you please."

How could I refuse? The offer was so tempting, so tempting, so alluring, so radiant, THAT I JUST HAD TO TAKE THE OFFER! That is until I discovered what he wanted me to do.

Never the less, I did my flashy job as I'm suppose to, and made sure that everyone the students were safely in the bus. After that, I flashily tell the driver to go when ready.

And even as the bus started moving, I enjoyed a peaceful moment of silence.

THEN EVERYONE STARTED TALKING!

I don't know how long I putted up with all of this racket of girls talking about girly things, shouting from afar, or any other flashily annoying things. All I did know, was that it couldn't get any worse.

"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The bus actually stopped at that cry, causing me to fall off my seat! I landed on my head, slid a bit, rolled over and smashed into the front of the bus! DAMN BUSES WITHOUT SEAT BELTS! As I recover from my flashy wound, I look up from my upside down position at the source of that noise.

"Mini-Shanks!" I say in anger as I get up to march to the back seat.

"WHAT WAS THE FLASHY MEANING OF THAT NOISE?" demand from the boy.

He looks up at me in a surprisingly sulky matter, which actually made me wonder what could have been so horrible, that his irritating smile would vanish.

"I forgot my lunch!" he sulks in a low voice.

I however, felt no sympathy.

"Don't worry Luffy," his annoying girlfriend/stalker, I don't know reassures him, "you can share my lunch!"

The boy instantly perks up, "REALLY, THANKS HANCOCK!"

That was the last straw!

I grab him by his shirt in my fury, intending to murder the boy!

But I remember, he's a student, and I'm not really aloud to even handle him like this, let alone hurt the lad.

So instead, I say in a low threatening voice, "Listen to me boy, and listen well!" he more clearly starts to do what I say, and I then continue with a little more frightening tone, "I have had two headaches today, because of YOU!"

He was quiet. Very quiet in fact. It would seem that my words were getting to him. He just stared at me with furrow brows, as if trying to grasp the situation. Finding my anger subsiding, but the pain still relevant which gets my anger boiling again, I let him go, but leave him with my final warning.

"There is a powerful thing in this world that effects all of us. Through the decisions we make in life, big or small, planed or sudden, right or wrong, we have to live with the consequences. It's called karma boy."

Everything was quiet, and I knew I was making too much of a scene. With a sigh, I decided to end my one sided discussion. "My point is boy, if you cross me one more time today, I will make sure you never live it down!"

With my final words sent into him, I made my way back to the front of the bus and told the driver to keep going. Beckman will likely want to know what happened, but I'll deal with him when he confronts me.

Luffy's p.o.v.

I was honestly surprised.

I have never seen Buggy that serious before. He must of been REALLY angry to react like that, and even then he must of been not thinking in all the right places. The one thing Buggy will not do as a teacher, are things that could get him into serious trouble.

Everyone was quiet, even after the bus starts moving again, and I wonder how many people heard what Buggy said and how much.

Look at my friends. They had given me concern looks a minute ago, but were now just sitting there. I look at Hancock to find that she was glaring daggers at our teacher. I look at Zoro, who is just focused on the window on the next seat.

I look forward again, and spot Nami looking at me. She mouths something, but I can't quite make it out, so I just smile and nod my head. I say she was just asking if I was all right. She smiles back and turns back from her seat.

I look down, thinking back on what Buggy just said. I don't fully get it, but I know he was telling me to not piss him off even more than I already have.

But out of all of the things he said, the one thing that kept popping in my head was...

"What's Karma?"

TO BE CONTINUED in Chapter 1: The Fist Decision

Reviews, Advise and Criticism would be appreciated.

I'm Bear D Polar and I hope you have enjoyed this, Later.

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