Me: I LOVE THIS PLOT BUNNY!
Ann: *covering her ears* What are you yelling about?
Me: I have been having some inspiration of stories where Luffy, Ace, and Sabo create a crew together.
Ann: But don't those stories usually have OCs and not the Straw Hat Pirates?
Me: Sadly, yes. But I also read One Piece: ASL Pirates by Hotspot the 626th, which was the biggest inspiration for this story.
Ann: Sweet.
Me: I know, right? So, this story is mostly going through the manga timeline (because that's the one I usually look at), but I will do the anime part when it comes to the separation in Shaboady(is that how you spell it?) so you can see the different situations the characters will be in. It begins where the Straw Hats are on their way to Log Town. So big changes shall happen in the events of One Piece!
Ann: I like where this is going. Proceed with the story!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Title: Together, We're ASL
Rating: T
Character(s): Luffy, Ace, Sabo, Straw Hat Pirates, OCs.
Pairing(s): None (maybe will be some as story goes on)
Summary: On the way to Log Town, Luffy tells his crew of his big brothers, Ace and Sabo, and the promise they made as kids. With three captains and the combination of three crews, what challenges lie ahead for the newly formed ASL Pirates?
Brothers' Promise
Log Town: The Beginning and the End
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"Shishishishishi!" Luffy laughed, holding up his wanted poster. "Looks like we're wanted men now! It says 30 million beli!"
"Once again, you splendidly fail to understand the gravity of your situation," Nami sighed, covering her face with her hand just as Usopp was bragging to Sanji. "Don't you realize your life is now at risk?! With that bounty, the Marine HQ as well as strong bounty hunter will be after you! With this, we can't afford to stay in the East Blue."
"Then let's go to the Grand Line!" Luffy laughed with Sanji and Usopp dancing in agreement. Luffy looked at his poster, grinning. "I wonder if my brothers saw this already." Everyone froze at Luffy's statement.
"Brothers?" Zoro questioned. Luffy grinned before looking into his pockets, taking out two folded pieces of papers.
"I have two older brothers," Luffy started explaining as he was unfolding the papers. "They left on their pirate adventure three years ago when they became seventeen. Though their birthdays are like two months apart. Ah, here we go." Luffy presented two wanted posters to his nakama. "These are my brothers." When they saw the wanted posters, their jaws dropped.
"Y-Your brothers," Usopp stuttered.
"Are 'Fire Fist' Ace and 'Blue Gentleman' Sabo?!" Nami finished for Usopp. Luffy grinned.
"Shishishishi, yep!" Luffy answered, putting away the posters. "We made a promise a long time ago, and Ace and Sabo said they would be waiting for me in Log Town once I became seventeen!"
"A promise, huh?" Zoro wondered, casually sitting back.
Luffy nodded vigorously. "It's a very important promise! Because it includes all of you guys, too!"
"Us?" Usopp squeaked. "How?"
"Well…"
Ten Years Ago
"Let me go!"Ace screamed, trying to get out of the ropes that held him to the tree.
"Shut up, brat!"Dadan yelled back. "We're doing this for own good. Do you want to get killed, too?!"
"I have to avenge Sabo! The person who killed him is going to-!"
"Ace?"a voice called out. Ace, Dadan, Dogra, and Mogra turned to the owner of the voice. Standing there was Sabo. Though he had dirt here and there and a burn mark over his left eye, he was fine.
"SABO?!" All of them yelled in shock. Mogra saw Ace's struggle with the ropes, and untied him. Ace ran to Sabo as soon as his feet hit the ground, and gave a hard hit on Sabo's head.
"OW! WHAT THE HELL, ACE?" Sabo shouted as he held onto his head.
"That's for scaring us, you idiot!" Ace snapped. "Geez, I really thought you were gone when Dogra told me you were dead!"
"I'm sorry, okay?!" Sabo argued back. "After my boat got shot at, I blacked out. The next thing I know, I'm on a cliff with a man who helped me last night."
"What man?"
"Never mind that," Sabo sighed, taking off his hat, and brushing back his hair. "I'm just glad to be back."
"Tch, so am I," Ace agreed. "Man, that was a real scare. Luffy was-oh shit, Luffy! We gotta tell him you're alive!"
"Where is he?"
"I think he's-"
"Mnn-Ace?
The two brothers looked to see their younger brother, Luffy. Luffy was rubbing his eyes sleepily, unaware what was going on.
"What's going on, Ace?" Luffy yawned. Ace put an arm around Sabo, pointing at said boy.
"Look who's back from the dead, Lu!" Ace exclaimed. Luffy, with droopy eyes, looked at Sabo.
"Oh, it's Sabo,' Luffy mumbled. There was a silence until Luffy's eyes popped open. "SABO!" Luffy tackled Sabo, dragging Ace down also.
"Oi! What the hell, Lu?!" Ace shouted.
"S-Sabo's alive!" Luffy cried. He sat up, giving a confused look through his teary eyes. "But Dogra said…"
"Well, let's just say a miracle happened, Lu," Sabo laughed a little. Dadan went up to the three boys.
"Brat, you know this means you can't go back in town," Dadan told Sabo.
"Who cares?" Sabo said. "As long as my so called parents don't come back for me and try to kill my brothers. I hated that town anyway."
"Yeah! And we can still hunt for food here!" Luffy stated.
"Luffy is right! He and I can try and get things for Sabo if he ever needs anything," Ace suggested. The three laughed, causing Dadan to give a (really) small smile. She went back to scowl.
"Alright, alright," she said, acting unconcerned. "The three of you get back inside and get washed up!"She began kicking them to intimidate them. But the boys kept laughing as they ran back their way to the Dadan house.
That night, the brothers went to their room after a tiring day. Luffy and Ace instantly flopped down onto their futons while Sabo sat on his. Sabo looked at his brothers before speaking.
"Hey, guys," he said, getting their attention. "Remember the time we argued about who would be captain?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Ace asked. "Then again, we haven't come up with a conclusion."
"Well, I was thinking," Sabo began, "how about we all become captains…of one crew."
"Huh?" the two Ds said in confusion.
"Is that even possible?" Luffy asked. Sabo shrugged.
"Doesn't hurt to try it out," Sabo said.
"Hold on!" Ace interrupted, sitting up. "We're to leave this place when we become seventeen! That means we'll be leaving at different times. What are we going to do about that?" Sabo smirked.
"I thought you say that. You see before I left High Town, I was reading a map. Apparently, there's this island called Log Town. It's a place where pirates usually go to before going to the Grand Line," Sabo explained. "Ace, you and I will meet each other there once Luffy becomes seventeen. From there, we will combine our three crews together!" Ace made a face, indicating that he was thinking. His face grew into a wide smile.
"I like that idea," Ace agreed.
"Yeah! It's perfect!" Luffy exclaimed. "We'll be the ultimate crew!"
"The freest of them in the sea!" Sabo followed by.
"On the search of the One Piece!" Ace replied.
"To become Pirate Kings!" the three finished together, laughing.
"GO TO BED, YOU BRATS!" Dadan's voice screamed from below.
Luffy laughed after he explained the promise to his crew.
"So…we're basically going to have a bigger crew," Sanji simply said.
"Yep!" Luffy answered. "I can't wait to meet their nakamas!"
"Sounds like you guys are really close," Nami said, admiring the sibling bond. Luffy laughed again, only to be interrupted by Zoro.
"Hey, I see an island," he called out. The crew gathered to the front of the Going Merry. They saw the island ahead, relieved to see they could resupply.
"Oh, this island," Nami started, "is Log Town. It's known as the island of the Beginning and the End."
"Because the Pirate King was born here and was executed here," Luffy finished for her, with a neutral look slapped onto his face.
"So you know about that, huh?" Nami asked her goofy captain. Luffy nodded before smiling.
"Yosh! Let's go meet my brothers and our new nakama!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly, gaining smiles from the others. "Onward to Log Town!"
:ONEPIECE:
A male blond about the age of twenty took the newspaper from the News Coo, thanking the bird before paying it. The blond opened the paper looking through it. Then a paper fell from one of the pages. Picking it up, he looked at it. He then grinned madly before running into the hotel. Passing the people in the lobby, he ran up the stairs to his hotel room. He went in, seeing black haired male sleeping on the couch of the hotel room.
"Oi! Wake up!" the blond shouted, kicking the other off the couch. The black haired man yelped in surprise before sitting up, glaring at the man.
"What the heck?! What's your deal?"
"Shut up and look at this," the blond interrupted shoving the wanted poster in front of the other's face.
"Wha-holy shit, thirty million belis as his first bounty?!" the black haired man exclaimed in surprise.
"I know, right? It took us at least three bounties to get this high," the blond laughed. The other laughed with him.
"So, Sabo," the black hair man began, "shall we get ready?" Sabo smirked.
"Assemble the others, Ace," Sabo replied. Ace stood up, and the two walked out the room, thinking the same thing.
'We're waiting, Luffy.'
To be continued…
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Me: Whoo! Done with the first chapter!
Ann: *reads it over* I'm hooked.
Me: Glad you are. Anyway, before you start wondering (probably too late for that), I'm sorry, but I won't be accepting OCs from other people. The reason why is because sometimes, when I use someone else's character, I tend to make his/her character out of character. So, it's a huge problem. But, I hope you stay tuned for the next chapter of Together We're ASL!