AJJJ I wanted to delete one of my stories and I deleted this one by mistake. SORRY!!
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Being a pirate is tough. And I really mean it. Life at sea can be very depressing, being on a boat with the same people for months before you see a speck of land, seeing as the provisions you got at the last port start to vanish, fighting other pirates, sea kings or worse, marines.
One doesn't simply say "Okay, I wanna be a pirate", and POOF, you're a pirate. It doesn't work that way. First of all, you gotta be willing to leave your family, friends and hometown behind without any regrets. Second of all, you gotta find a crew. Or be brave enough to take the responsibly to make your own and become captain.
Being captain is tougher then being a normal pirate. The captains gotta take care of all his/her crew. Fight in order to protect them and so on and so on. I was surprised when my little bro became captain. His crew members must be crazy.
Anyway, I knew all this when I decided to go out to sea. But I was worried. And so was Luffy. He was freaking out. And truth be told, so was I.
The reason this decision was hard for me to take was... that I have a serious medical condition. I suffer from narcolepsy. What is narcolepsy? Well, it's very simple, due to stress or simply lack of sleep (though in my case I just had the luck to get the gens), one falls asleep anywhere at anytime without any kind of warning. It's very dangerous if you take a walk alone in the woods, alleys, places where people will rob you and leave you to die, etc.
So yeah, going out to sea alone was kinda of suicidal..... but I wouldn't let something like that get in my way. Luffy wanted me to wait or him so we could go together and so he could "take care" of me. But we knew we had to go our separate ways.
And at the age of 17, I left and headed towards my pirate life. I didn't really want to be a captain, not in my condition. So I researched various pirate crews to try and see which one would be more fitting for me.
Luckily, the first months I got my fits on dry land. Sure I got into a lot of fights with other pirates that came to mess with the town I was staying at so the people that thought I was just a nice traveler since my name, even if it was already getting a nice reputation, didn't have a face with which to go with, would help me and let me stay at their home and have some free food.
And thats when it happened. Almost a year after I left the village, I finally I found myself staying at the worst kind of island in the grand line. A pirate port. Okay so I had stowed away on a marine ship, so what!?
Back to the main point, it hadn't been three days and I had already gotten into a fight with half the pirates in the area. I was getting worried. The ambushes were being constant and the number of offenders was increasing. I had yet to get a fit but I wasn't gonna wait around to see if it happened. No way. So I was planing on leaving the island the next morning.
After having eaten (and bolting out the door), I made my way back to the inn along a dark and filthy round. I would not let myself have a fit here. I couldn't even tell what was what on the ground. And thats when an event was taking place. An event that would change my life for ever.
There seemed to be a fight going on. Now, I was very tired and on this island it was every man for himself. So thats what I fought until I heard a gasp of pain. The voice sounded... too young. Curious I took a peek into the fight being held inside an alley and saw that instead of a fight, it looked like a group of 14 or so well build grow up men were attacking what looked like a 12 year old scrawny kid. Now that just pissed me off.
I started to walk- umm okay sneak up on the guy that appeared to be the boss silently waiting to attack him. Really, how was it that none of the others had noticed me until now? Kilick, thats but one of the scum bags called him, was yelling at the kid to tell him some kind of location.
"Come on kid, tell us your captain's location!" A gruff voice demanded with a harsh tone. The kids captain location? Who the hell was the kids captain?
"I- I won't tell you!" Countered the with determination, yet his eyes showed fear.
The blood thirsty looking pirates cornered the young boy and were obviously not planing on letting him get away. Jerks.
"If you don't tell us what we want to know, we'll just have to break all your bones until you tell us." Kilick whispered with a psychotic look on his face. Maybe I should show him how much that really hurt.
"Leave me alone!" Yelled the boy as he spit on to the pirates face. This act surprised even me. But that of course only managed to piss Kilick off.
"You little punk!" He seethed as he raised his fist to punch the boys, the rest of the men encouraging him to. Bad move. In one swift motion I grabbed his arm and when he looked at me I have him my most scary-as-hell-I'm-gonna-kill-you-in-a-very-sadistic-kind-of-way-and-rip-your-heart-out glare, just to get my point across.
"It's shameful for big boys like your selves to pick on little kids." I added.
Though he did step back after seeing my face, his group of pansies gave him the courage enough to look cool. The bastard.
"Hou? What do we have here boys? What are you? A saint or something?" He asked smiling. Damn I was gonna punch him.
"And what are you? Low life's who think they're big just cause they could take out a 12 year old? Pathetic." I mean come on! This was just stupid. Uh oh, yeah, I forgot, those cowards had guns and knifes. And I had nothing. Niiiiice.
"Get him!" Yelled Kilick.
"Run kid! Get outta here!" I yelled at the kid. I didn't think I was gonna loose. But, just in case. I didn't want to deal with a hostage situation.
Three of the guys came up behind me. I managed to knock two of them out, but one of them held me from behind. Meanwhile, two other guys attacked me from the front, both with knifes. I jumped and the two idiots stabbed their own nakama.
As I was released, I got ready to fight the rest of them when it happened. "No! Not now please! I can't- I can't die here! Luffy, what would Luffy think!?" I thought desperately. I was having a fit now of all times.
As my brain shut off, I could hear the surprised gasp of the men standing being replaced by very sadistic laughs. "Oh shit, I was gonna get it bad." Was the last thing that came to mind before darkness overtook me.
Even if I was asleep, I could feel the pain. Those bastards had probably had fun hitting me, kicking, stabbing and God know what else. When the pain was getting worse, I knew I was going to wake up soon.
As my senses came back, I realized that even though I was in pain nobody was actually touching me. And thats when I heard the terrified screams of Kilick and his dumb ass group. I tried to stand up, but my wrist was broken. Damn them. It hurt like hell. I let out an involuntary groan and tried, instead to flip onto my back. Before I could manage this however, I felt a presence above me, a presence so intimidating that it made me stop what I was doing.
After a few seconds of silence, whoever was standing there kneeled down and helped me sit up, back against one of the buildings wall. Thats when I came face to face with the one and only Whitebeard. The man was fricking huge! I vaguely noticed the forms of the probably dead assholes lying all around in the background.
"You sure got the hell beat out of you kid." My thoughts were interrupted by the mans booming voice. I tried to answer, but all that came out was a bloody cough or two.
"Looks like he has some internal damage. I'll go get the doc." Came a voice from someone I could not see.
"You do that." Responded Whitbeard.
"Wh- why?" I asked trying to breath. My ribs hurt and my lungs burned. The sun was rising. How long was I out? The hell had they done to me?
"Hmmm, kid, you wanna know why I saved you?" He asked followed by the roar of his laughter. The man had some lungs!
"Well, I couldn't leave the man that saved one of my sons to die now could I? What kind of a thank you is that?" He finished laughing again.
"So that kid was from your crew eh?" I asked after gaining my voice back, relieved that the boy was indeed save. I tried to stand up but only managed to fall back down.
"Anyway thank you for your help, I really should get going now." I said in an attempt to look like I was not about to pass out.
"Get going? Like that!? HA! Kid you're almost dead! Which reminds me, your name is clearly overrated." He said casually. Wait what? My name?
"Hmmm? You're that kid right? Portogas D. Ace. Rumor has it you're a good fighter but it doesn't look thats way. Not if these douche bags managed to knock you out cold." He said after seeing the confusion in me face. Followed always, by a laugh.
"Hey! I could have beaten them in a second if it weren't for my condi- " I started angry at the remark before I cut myself halfway into the sentence. "If it weren't for my condition as a narcoleptic" , was what I was going to say. But that was a pathetic excuse to use in front of one of the strongest man in the world. No, it was a pathetic excuse for a pirate. Period.
"...."
Whitebeard saw how my angry comeback suddenly turned into a miserable frown and became very interested. I think. Why else would he ask what I meant.
"If it weren't for what?"
And I just snapped. All the stress of being on a voyage through sea, stowing away afraid to be caught by marines, the lack of nakama or the lack of progress as a pirate, having to be very careful were I walk so as to not have a fit someplace where.. bad things could happen., everything came back at me with such force that I just broke down.
"If it weren't for my damn narcolepsy! I'm so sick of having to take care of my back, to make sure I won't get a fit near or during a battle, or having to steal when I wake up to find myself beaten and robbed of the only money I have! I'm tired of being left behind by my nakama because I can't be counted on in a fight! Tired of being betrayed and I am tired of thinking I won't be able to face my little brother when he realizes I don't even have a crew! So why don't you leave my fuck alone to die here!"
Oh my God... I still can't believe how much and loud I had yelled at Whitebeard! I mean, I think I had gone suicidal or something. I lowered by head, a part of me happy I had finally let it all out and the other part scared shitless with the thought of what Whitebeard was gonna do to me.
Instead... all he did laugh louder and longer. And all I could do was stare. Was he laughing at me? Was I really that much of a joke. I slumped and lowered my head.
"You really are interesting kid." He said after a while. I lifted my head somewhat. Whitebeard stood up and looked at me hand extended out.
"This is no place for you to die, boy..."
"Huh?" Was all I said.
"Take my name upon your back... and rage across the seas to your hearts content!!!
What was he saying?! Was he crazy?!
"Become a son of mine!!!!!" He boomed with determination.
"WHAT!? You want me to join your crew! WHY! After what I told you! I am a liability! ARE YOU CRAZY!!" I yelled angrily. Was he making fun of me?
He just laughed again.
"I invite you to join my crew as one of my sons and you complain? You're the one thats crazy! Marco! Help the kid up, doc taking for ever to come." He said as he turned.
Thats when "Marco" came and helped my walk back to that ship.
"Whatever..." I said indifferently. But my big smile and shining eyes betrayed me.
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