Monster Nakama

Summary: The Strawhats, before they were nakama, all lived their lives thinking that they'd always be alone, that's they'd never be loved. It was a life of sadness, punishment for what they were. Then, one human changed that all. A human named Monkey D. Luffy. Monster!Strawhats, Human!Luffy, still OnePiece!AU but a little different

AN: Hey so I updated all of my chapters so my ideas don't clash and cause confusion. Like Zoro's features for example. Anyways, please and thank you!

AN: Luffy still has his gum-gum fruit but I thought I'd be interesting where the Strawhats saw just how much Luffy accepted and cherished them all despite their flaws (monstrous or not). This came to me while reading "Vampires and Werewolves, and Pirates, Oh My!" by pingo1387, which is a great read, about any number of the Strawhats being Vampires or Werewolves. If I were you, I'd check it out if that's your thing.

Flashback

"W!Zoro talking"

Attack Names

W!Zoro means Werewolf Zoro, just so you can distinguish that.

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"Is anyone really surprise?" Nami asked, the wind blowing through her hair.

The Strawhats, sans their captain, were standing on the remaining stone wall of Marineford, watching the battle unfold with determined expression. They were all closely watching Luffy, their captain, who had yet to notice them as he ran through the battlefield to his brother, who was on the scaffold, waiting to be executed.

"He's Luffy," Usopp sighed, gripping his slingshot, "Should we be surprised by anything he does?"

"By those he befriends?" Robin agreed somberly; watching as Jimbei, the shichibukai, defend their captain.

Robin's words caused everyone to pause; contemplating her words. All of them were monsters of society and legend. The Strawhats, before they were nakama, all lived their lives thinking that they'd always be alone, that's they'd never be loved. It was a life of sadness, punishment for what they were. Then, one human changed that all. A human named Monkey D. Luffy.

Zoro

"Why do you have a tail?" the skinny kid asked, tilting his head as he stared at the bound swordsman.

Zoro growled, shifting his green tail to be behind his person. "I'm a werewolf," he said, not bothering to hide the fact.

Zoro kept up his angry mask, unconsciously tensing his muscles and preparing himself for the onslaught to come, for the pain to be delivered. Werewolves were considered diseases, not even people anymore, just dogs with human-like features. Zoro didn't refute them though; he was a monster; he'd killed and eaten humans during the full moon. He's killed in cold blood and never shedded a tear. He was a de-.

"Awesome!"

Zoro jolted, his tail going frigid, and Zoro hid it again. "W-what?" he asked.

Luffy grinned. "Shishishi!" he snickered. "I've never met a werewolf before! Join my crew!"

Zoro froze, then growled, baring his teeth. "Are you stupid or do you have a deathwish!" he barked. "I'm a werewolf! Not cool! I've killed people! I've eaten humans! I'm a monster!"

Luffy laughed again. "So?" he asked, "I'm a monster too! We can be monsters together!"

Zoro had been stubborn but so had Luffy and soon he was first mate. Zoro didn't just get a captain that day, he found a friend, a brother. He went forward and hasn't turned back since.

Nami

Luffy tilted his head. "A witch?" he asked.

Nami scowled. "What of it pirate?" she asked with venom.

Luffy pounded his fist into this palm. "A sea hag," he said with a nod.

"Fuck you!" Nami barked. While she was a sea hag, technically, she didn't appreciate the fact at all.

Sea hags were ugly, old woman who lived on beaches, hexing and cursing ships and their captains. Nami didn't want to be that, but her mother, her real mother, had been one and Nami was born a witch without a choice. Nami had full control of her powers, but she couldn't use them for evil. Evil powers created sin that could be seen on the skin; it was why sea hags were seen as disgusting monsters.

She wasn't a monster. She didn't want to be anyways…

Luffy laughed and Nami bristled. "You must be a great navigator!" Luffy said.

Nami paused in shock; Bellemere had said something so similar before. She had said; "A sea hag uses her powers to manipulate the sea and looses her beauty; but why manipulate the sea when you can work beside it?". After that day, Nami began to learn to harmonize with the sea.

Nami smirked cockily, fake. "I'm the best navigator in the East Blue," she boasted.

"Shishishishi!" Luffy snickered. "Be my navigator! We need monsters like you!"

"Luffy," Nami whimpered, tears streaming down her face. "Help me…"

Luffy walked passed her, putting his hat on her head, before thrusting his arms into the air. "OF COURSE I WILL!" he shouted.

Luffy had helped her, even after everything she's done; they all had. She realized just how serious Luffy had been. Nami had never felt more beautiful than when she was leading her crew to journeys undiscovered, and to stories yet to be told. The sea and herself had never been closer than when she was on the Going Merry or Sunny.

Usopp

Luffy frowned. "Cambion?" he repeated, then turned his head. "Zoro! What's that?!"

Zoro peaked an eye open. "Lust-drinkers," he explained, and Usopp flinched, looking at his shoes.

Luffy frowned. "Lust?" he repeated.

Nami swatted Zoro. "Ignore him Luffy," she said with a nervous smile.

Usopp spoke up. "I'm a half-demon," he muttered, "I'm already a disgrace to this world and the demon world… I can't even access my powers… I'm weak..."

Luffy tilted his head, like Usopp had something stupidly obviously. "Of course you are," he said simply and Usopp flinched.

"Thanks," the sharpshooter muttered, downhearted.

Zoro and Nami chuckled while Luffy snickered. "You're weak," Luffy repeated, "But nakama make you strong."

Usopp looked up in surprise and was momentarily blinded by the teen's smile. "Come with us!" Luffy said.

Usopp didn't need the powers his father gave him to be a strong warrior of the sea. All he needed was his nakama. He regretted having ever tried to leave such a great thing behind. His crew was his strength.

Sanji

"Really? A vampire?!" Luffy asked excitedly, hopping in his seat.

Sanji rolled his eyes. "Yes, yes," he said in annoyance. Reactions always varied from good or bad.

"You should join me crew!" Luffy announced.

"Fuck no!" Zoro barked, not at all liking the leech.

"No thank you," Sanji replied, still annoyed, then rounded on the werewolf. "Fuck you fleabag!"

Zoro stood with a growl, his tail rigid. "You wanna repeat that bloodbank!" Zoro roared.

Luffy laughed in the background. "You're perfect!" he said. "You're joining my crew!"

"Don't decide that yourself!" Sanji shouted.

In the end, just like the rest of them did, Sanji had joined the crew. He had thought it would be hard, being without a constant supply of blood, but Luffy, Usopp, and even Nami, had never minded being his personal donators. She's even found him a sunstone so he wouldn't go through sunscreen like it was water.

Sanji had thought he'd spend an immortal life of solitude. And while he still would, at least he got to say he'd truly lived before that time came. These days, his never-ending life, never had a dull moment.

Chopper

"I'm a monster!" Chopper shouted, adamantly hiding his tears. "Monster don't belong with humans!"

"Luffy? A human?" Usopp asked himself, jumping from the green, wolf-man hybrid's back.

W!Zoro, in his werewolf form, rumbled and Chopper squealed in fright, hiding incorrectly behind Luffy. Luffy beamed.

"Zoro!" he said, tackling the beast in a hug.

"I see my magic wasn't wasted," Nami noted with a tired smile.

Around W!Zoro's neck was a thick leather collar with a silver buckle and a large opal stone in the center; a moonstone. The stone allowed for W!Zoro to keep his human consciousness while transformed.

W!Zoro nodded at her in thanks.

Chopper looked at them in horror. "You know it?!" he replied.

"Mah; not it, 'he'," Luffy whined. "This is my first mate, Zoro!"

Sanji smirked, limping towards them. "A real monster," he smirked and W!Zoro growled.

"Imma kill you shitty leech," W!Zoro growled, though no one understood him.

"He says he going to kill you," Chopper translated without thought, then flinched when they all looked at him.

Chopper screamed when suddenly W!Zoro was hovering over him. "He's staying."

"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed, "Welcome to the crew!"

Chopper had joined, and when he did, he had cried for so long. He really was the wasn't a monster compared to his crew, and he'd never been happier to be a reindeer who'd eaten the Hito Hito no Mi. Zoro and he had become fast friends, and Nami and Vivi call him cute, and Luffy and Usopp played with him. Chopper didn't know what it was like to have a home, but he felt that this was it. With Luffy, and everyone.

Robin

"Leave me!" Robin cried, "I want to die!"

Luffy stared with a blank expression, the Strawhats standing beside him, just as determined to help their nakama. Luffy glanced over at the annoying flag; a piece of fabric that had more hold over Robin than anything else in the world. Luffy glanced at Sogeking, who he knew was really Usopp; only Usopp made his shorts feel weird.

"Sogeking," Luffy said, "That flag is annoying."

Zoro smirked, his wolf-like ears pitching forward. "It's pretty ugly," he agreed.

"It's worse than the sun," Sanji snorted, adjusting his sunglasses.

Chopper shrugged nervously. "It is kinda useless," he said.

Usopp nodded. "Hai," he said, and cocked his slingshot. Fire energy began to gather. "Demon technique: Fire Kitsune Star!"

Everyone watched in shocked awe as the star flew, creating the shape of a kitsune before it hit the world government's flag; engulfing in it flames. Everyone but the Strawhats looked on in either awe or horror.

"You're crazy!" Spandam shouted. "You can't beat the world government!"

Luffy threw his arms up. "You wanna bet!" he shouted and Spandam screamed.

Robin looked at them in shock and Luffy made eye contact. "Robin! TELL ME YOU WANT TO LIVE!" Luffy shouted.

"Robin," Chopper muttered determinedly and everyone else watched on in silence.

Robin bit her lip as tears streamed down her face. Live? Could she live? ...Did she deserve to live…?

Robin's past dictated her future; she was a monster, she deserved nothing less than death. And yet… None of them treated her like a monster; Zoro even went on to call them all family. Sual had said…

'There is nothing more ridiculous than being born in this world to be alone. Someday you will meet brave friends who will protect you. Go and live with them Robin.'

Robin pitched forward. "I WANT TO LIVE!" she begged. "Take me to the sea with you!"

Luffy smirked.

After her home village was destroyed, and her mother was killed, Robin had forgotten what happiness was. Now she knew. Happiness was with Monkey D. Luffy, and the Strawhats.

Franky

"Why would I join a bunch of weirdos like you?" Franky snorted, not at all deterred by the fact his panties were missing.

"Shishishi!" Luffy snickered. "Why not?"

Robin smiled. "Aren't weirdos more interesting than normal people?" she asked.

Nami snorted. "Who's normal?" she asked.

"Normal?" Chopper asked her, it was such a foreign concept to him.

Franky frowned. "I'm a cyborg," he said, "Even if I joined you, I would have nothing to give. I have no heart."

Luffy shrugged. "You can take mine," he said with a shrug. "I'll share."

Franky jolted. "Share?" he asked incredulously.

Nami sighed. "Alright, alright," she conceded. "If you're going around giving out hearts, I guess I can give mine too."

"Me too!" Chopper beamed, "Thought it isn't really possible…"

"Haruharuharu!" Robin chuckled. "I shall share as well."

Franky stared at them, and he knew he wouldn't be able to say no now. The real question now was, what the hell was he getting into…?

Becoming a cyborg, Franky had forgotten how to express emotion; he'd always faked it for those around him. With the Strawhats, his new family, and Sunny, Franky didn't have to fake it anymore.

Brook

"Yohohoho! Hello there," Brook said, looking at the stunned crew. "My name is Brook."

Sanji sighed, turning towards the galley. "I don't even had to ask," he said, shaking his head.

"Good one Luffy," Zoro said, before returning to his weight training.

"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed. "Thanks!"

"He's interesting," Chopper noted from a doctor's perspective.

"I'll get a new bunk ready," Usopp announced.

Brook frowned, tilting his head. "Am I missing something?" he asked hesitantly.

Nami shared an exasperated smile with Robin before looking at Brook. "You're a part of this crew now," she said.

Brook was never alone when with the Strawhats crew. Brook had almost forgotten what it was like to be alone.

"We're going to save him," Chopper said, in heavy point, "Right?"

Brook nodded. "And that young man by the looks of it," he noted.

"Portgas D. Ace," Robin said factually.

"Luffy's older brother." Sanji added, breathing smoke in.

"When are we going?" Franky asked, a stray bullet hitting him.

Zoro pulled his swords out, accessing his powers to enhance his senses and agility. "No time like the present," he said, then jumped down.

Everyone sighed before jumping into the fray, activating their powers as they went. "LUFFY!" they all shouted.

Luffy gasped and turned before a wide smile spread across his face. "MONSTERS!" he shouted back.

Everyone smirked in reply. Monsters indeed. Luffy's monsters.

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So there you have it, Luffy and his monsters. I thought it'd be interesting to write. Luffy doesn't give a shit about your abilities, or past, unless it's super cool; Luffy only cares about your future.

Anyways, tell me how I did,

Til next time,

Ja ne~!