Hi! Guess nobody know what this story is about, right? Before that, I would like to say that I'm new here, this is my first I publish my story in here and I'm not really good like any authors here so please go easy on me. (- v -)

Oh yeah, where am I? Right, in this story there's some addition story in Luffy's childhood past and some new characters which are my own characters. Also, the personality of our favorite character especially Luffy will be different other than he's usually be (Cheerful, Energetic, Idiot, Terrible Liar, Unpredictable, etc. but same old him, you name it) because, well, I want to try how he act with the personality that I added. Reason? Let just say this story content of spy thing and much more secretive. If you had ever watch the movie title of 'R.E.D'-Retired-Extremely-Dangerous mainly played by four peoples- Bruce Will, Morgan Freeman, Mirren, and John Malcovich, same goes for this story. Well, almost. Except the main characters in this story is Luffy and his precious members but not as pirate. But don't worry, I did say Luffy had his precious members before but that doesn't mean the Straw Hat crew will not anticipate in this story 'cause they are also play important part as well. You'll know when you start read it. Before that, One Piece is own by Oda Eiichiro.

So, enjoy.

OMEN

Life can be confusing…

Some peoples say, life is full of happiness;

some of them say, life is full of sadness.

Life is also weird…

A part of them say, life is beautiful;

Other say, life is ugly.

But I wonder…

Is that how peoples think, about life?

Do they even know, what is life?

Maybe yes,

Maybe not,

But who know…

Only those, who went troughed obstacles, and even death …

Understand the meaning of life…

And these peoples are one of them…

CHAPTER ONE: IT IS TIME

Night fall at an unknown island, somewhere in Grand Line, where place full of buildings with different height and dark colors, light of lamps shined brightly to every corner and streets, place where the citizen lives in peace. The laughter contented with joy filled the spaces. As for the peoples live in the city, continue their routines. Unknown about them had been under the watched by someone, from above the highest building that no light from any lamps can reach except under the moonlight.

There, a girl around ages of 20, with straight dark raven followed by the colored of orange and red until the tips of the hair stop at her mid-neck, blow drifty by the cool breeze. Her eyes were shadowed, make it hard to read her expression. She wear a coat with long sleeve colored with black night and there's a large odd symbol, ancient ruins circle with four diamonds shape like flower petals in crimson red color mark behind the coat. Under the coat were loose red shirt without collar pair up with loose brown pants stuck in a pair of dark boot. Around her waist were tied up with large khaki belt and some small dark blue that had green colored like creeper swirl at the side of the bag hanged tightly. Standing there looking at the view illuminated her back by the moonlight made her appear like a death angel herself.

Looking at the sky, an owl flew toward the girl. It size is as big as an eagle and it whole body were dark brown color. What make it recognize easily is, there is a large scratch at it breast and it appear had happened a long time ago. The girl extended and bended her arm, make a settled to the night bird type. She look at it right leg, there's a small tube wood were tied with string. Open the tube's cover, showed inside there's a sheet of small paper. Pull it out, and took two pieces of rolled papers shoved inside to the tube and closed it back.

"Find the others. Send my messages to them." The owl nodded, understand her order and flew away to do it job. After the owl lost from the sight, she then unrolled the paper and read. After several minutes, she's smirk. Turn her head back to the view in front of her.

"Soon enough, guys… Soon enough..."

An island somewhere in the Grand Line, a group of peoples around four were camping in the forest near the cliff. View can be seen at night throughout the sea. Near the camp fire where the group is sleeping to keep themselves warm, all of them looking peace. Only one person left awake to watch out the night. He is sitting under the tree not far from the camp and near the cliff.

The boy looked around age of 18-19, short khaki hair upward toward the sky. His eyes were covered by his bang and his face shaped like oval but a little sharp at his chin. He wore a light khaki tank top with short sleeve pair up with loose grey pants stuck in a pair of dark boot. Around his waist were belt that tied his yellow sword sheath and his dark blue half-head cap. His left knee were at his chest while other leg straight on the ground. His left arm rest on his knee and the other arm were put on the ground to support his weight. The moonlight shined on him with only his other part of his body shade in shadow. Looking at the view of the sea, like waiting for something to appear.

His wish were granted however, when something moving at the sky. The dot seems getting bigger and bigger, after several minutes the dot become blur and the shape turn to some kind of bird form. It seems the bird is flying toward the boy in a fast speed, making him in a defensive mode. But when the bird flew closer in a low speed, it became clear enough for the boy to see and made him drop his defensive mode. The boy were surprised to see the scene in front of him, his eyes were slightly wide.

An owl, as big as eagle with dark brown color feather spreading it wings and flip the opposite wind to stop it flight. A large scratch marked at it breast were easy enough for the boy to recognize. The boy extended and bended his arm to the owl to settled, he stare it a little longer before he speak up.

"It's been a long time, Oz." Ruffle the owl head gently. A smile appeared on his face when Oz ruffled under his palm. He then realized a small wooden tube at it leg. Without any defer, he uncovered the tube and looked inside it, noticed there's two pieces of rolled small papers. He took out, unrolled the paper and read it. His smile become wider, turn his gaze to Oz, which seems it stared back.

"About time, eh?"

Meanwhile in other island at the same night, a group of people around four gather sat around the camp fire where they set near the cliff. They were chanting about random thing with energetic despite late night.

"Did you see that guy this morning? Man, that was crazy! I can't believe she really did that!" Said a boy around age of 17 with green yellowish hair with like-porcupine haircut. He had big brown eyes and sharp chin, high pitch and loud voice. Other than that, he wore a yellow large shirt with faded tint grey color pair up with faded blue loose jean knee length and matched with a pair of dark brown sneaker. He sat on the ground cross-legged and his hands resting on his knee.

"Still, it hurt just looking at it. I mean, hit at any part of physical body is accepted but been kicked at men crotch is hell for men. Even I can feel it. I pity for that guy." He sighed, a muscular man around age of 20 with short dark blue hair stop 'till his mid-neck, his forehead were covered by his bang and he's wearing a blue dark beret on his head. He had dark narrow eyes and sharp face. He wore a black opened vest with white top and long sleeves, his pants were black and black slippers, sat on the fallen tree next to his friend, hands resting on his knees. His proud black riffle is put at his left side. Any women will fell for him every time they see him.

"So what, he deserved it. He's the one who started the mess, that woman did the right thing and she only did it to defense herself. If he know about the law not to molest someone especially woman, everything will went smoothly." Said a girl around age of 17 with light purple plait hair stop at her waist tied with red ribbon yellow stripped and her front hair is wavy to left side. She had oval shape face and big round violet eyes, her physical body were smaller compare to the other two. Aside from that, she wore a white shirt shaggy hood, short sleeve, with large size pocket at the middle-bottom on the shirt. Her shorts upper-thigh are red matched with purple belt around her waistband, pair up with light purple legging stuck in black shiny boot. Her gloves black half-finger and a red-brown sword sheath with red strip black hilt were rest put at her right side.

"You really are cold-heart bloody girl." Said as both guys shook their head before sighed wryly to their group members.

"What? I'm speaking the truth." The girl shrugged.

"Well, whatever. What happened had happened. We can't change the past so don't think about it later." All of them shifted to the last group member next to them, a young looking man around age of 18 sitting on a large rock near the campfire opposite with them. His mix-colored light blue green hairs are slightly long and messy pass through his forehead and mid-neck, slight narrowed dark blue eyes and a plaster under his left eyes on his long face with non-sharp chin. A shiny grey diamond shape earing on his right ear lobe dangling. He wore a short sleeve thick jacket and pants and whole is dark brown color with red shirt underneath that tucked in, pair up with red-yellowish sneakers. On his neck were tied loose with dark purple bandana, next to his right were small brown bag pack along with large belt, and single-hand black glove rested.

"Right now, I need to find a toilet." Standing up and was about to make a turned around headed to the forest before the members speak to him.

"Just be careful. Don't let yourself get kick by someone especially women where the sun won't shine~" The girl sing a san, a hand near her mouth giggled which unnerved the males in the group.

"Shut up!" Now the boy's face shade in red from embarrassed before leaving the group to do his business, only make the girl laughed harder, clutching her stomach shook violently. While the others males members muttered something about devil and psychopath and such.

The boy manage to get to the bushes under the big tree near the cliff but far away from the group where they were not be able to peek on him, he quickly done his business and relief wash away his face. He turned around and just about to return to his group when an odd sound captivate his hearing above him. He took a stance in battle mode, raising his head to see his attacker only met with something, or rather a night bird that flying towards him. Flipping it wings and landed gracefully on one of the branches him.

"…Oz? Is that you?" The boys stuttered, voices shaking and his body trembling terribly like he would pass out in any moment. The night bird, Oz nodded. He fell on his knee, sating on the ground where he stood before after several seconds, his eyes wide staring on the ground and breathing heavily, his body still trembling. He didn't move until he felt something heavy on his knee, looking up and just realized that Oz already landed on his stand knee as settled. They eyes lock to each other, silence filling their surround. After for how long silence is kept, the boy were finally break the eyes' contact. His body are no longer trembling like before, instate he sighed relief and shoulder slump completely. His eyes were shadowed and hard to see his reaction.

"… I'm glad that you still alive from roasted." This earned a hard peak from Oz on his head.

"OW! Okay, okay, I was just joking that's all." A big red bump grown on his head and were rubbed by himself glared by Oz that seems pissed off.

"But seriously," his lower his hand, face become serious, stared right through his bird-friend's eyes. "I'm glad that you still alive." Oz nodded. Then he noticed the small tube that tied at the bird's leg. He opened the cover and took a peek inside, and spotted the papers. Without any hesitation, he took it out, unrolled the paper and read. A smile plastered on his face.

"I can't wait … you guys…"

Night slowly replace with cool dawn, and eventually slowly become bright warm morning. Somewhere on the sea sailed a happy small ship with lamb as a figure head, the sail were decorated a skull and a straw hat on top. The day were peaceful, no marines, no sea king, nothing can bother them until the galley's door bust opened followed by a shout.

"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!" A boy with short raven hair, big brown eyes, and there's a scar under his left eyes on his round childish happy face. He wore a red loose vest and short length knee jeans on his thin body with a pair of sandal flip flop on the floor, a straw hat on his messy hair. He looked young despite his age around of 17 years. Before he could snatch the food on the table, a kick hit on his face hard and enough to make the boy flying out from the door followed by thud sound.

"YOU SHOULD LET THE LADIES IN FIRST, LUFFY!" Leg lowered that own by non-other than the blonde with bang covered his left blue eye and funny swirly eye brow, cigarette rolled at the corner of his mouth, black suit and tie match with black shoes. A quiet looking guy in age of 19. His hands shoved in his pocket and glared at his captain. "And another thing, don't shout early in the morning. It's annoying!"

Luffy pull his face out from the floor and sit leg-crossing on it, both hands on his laps firmly, whining. " But, Sanji~ I'm hungry~" puffing his cheek and pouted like a cute seven years old kid, swaying his body left to right.

"NO BUT, AND YOU KNOW IT!" As soon as Sanji's said, footsteps heard coming from the woman headquarters and approaching the pair.

"What's with the noise early in the morning, can't you guys get along for a bit?" Said with annoyed from a short ginger hair girl stop at mid-neck, big brown eyes, short sleeve white T-shirt with blue striped match up with yellow skirt 'till her upper thigh, tapping her sandals with buckle in annoyed. She looked pretty and young, no less and more than 18 years.

"Nami-swan is so pretty when she is bossy~" Heart appear on Sanji's eye and start dance noodle toward Nami in a second though she just ignore him.

"I believe Cook-san must have chase Captain-san away from the kitchen as usual." Said a woman from Nami's behind approaching them with her high-heel clicking the floor. The woman around age of 28 years had long raven hair pass over her shoulders, narrow dark eyes, she also wore her favorite black dress that showed all her body curves. A smile plastered on her long sharp face as she greeting towards Luffy.

"Hi, Nami! Hi, Robin!" Grin on his face, waving his hand to the sky, happy seeing to his Nakama coming to the galley for breakfast.

"Oh good morning to you Robin-chwan~ Sorry for the waiting but this shitty brain captain trying to eat all the food that I made just now." Dancing around the older woman with heart still on his eyes before turned around to open the door gesturing them to all of them enter and take a seat.

After every members take their seat, as usual Luffy sat on the captain seat eat greedily like there's no tomorrow and keep stealing other people's food. Everyone guarding their food from snatched away by some glutton, if he did they just stab his hand with their fork. It's normal for them because they always keep their routine almost every day.

"LUFFY, YOU ALREADY ATE YOUR'S SO STOP EAT MY FOOD!" shout by curly dark hair tied with green striped bandana on his head, black eye with long eyes slashes for a guy, big lips and long nose like Pinocchio. He wore green brown dungarees pair up with boot, bag rest next to him, sitting on the chair near his captain.

"But, Usopp~ I'm still hungry~" Looking at his friend. "Beside, you too slow." He said with his mouth full. This had tick the long nose pal in anger.

"I BARELY EVEN TOUCH MY FOOD, NOR EVEN EAT IT!"

But Luffy ignored him as he looked over Nami's plate, her food is still there. He stretched his hand and was about to snatch it away before his hand planted by a kick on the table.

"DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO STEAL NAMI-SAN'S FOOD AND BOTHERING HER, YOU SHITTY RUBBER BRAIN CAPTAIN!" Sanji came into the view with shark teeth, pressing the stretched hand under his feet harder and scolding his captain. Not like Luffy can hurt from that any way. Nami drink a drink and ignored these idiots, she know Luffy will try to snatch her food away, but did not attempt to stop him 'cause she always knew that Sanji being gentleman he said it himself will always be there to help her.

"But Sanji~ I'm hungry~!"

"YOU ALREAD'Y ATE YOU FOOD!"

"It's not enough."

"THEN STOP GETTING HUNGRY ALREADY, YOU GLUTTON!"

"Hey! I can't blame my tummy for being hungry can't I?"

"UUURGH! You shitty brain captain!" Gritted his teeth and dove toward his captain, attempt to kick rapidly on his face but flew pass through him as Luffy managed to dodge all of his attacks despite all the foods that stuffed in his mouth leaving the fuming Sanji behind him.

"The meals is delicious, Sanji!" Said a 15 years old cute small reindeer with big round eyes and pink hat on his head despite of his small body, but like everybody said: look can be deceiving. He sitting next to Usopp as he continued eat his meal before Luffy ate all it.

"Yes, Cook-san. As Doctor-san said the meals you made for us in this morning really delicious. As expected from the most talented chef like you, Cook-san." Robin praised smiling to Sanji just as he suddenly danced happily toward the older woman and saying about sweet talk but not before he thanks to his reindeer friend.

"Thank you, Chopper and OH MELLOWRINE MY DEAR ROBIN-CHWAN! YOUR PRAISE AND YOUR BEAUTY IS ENOUGH TO SEND ME TO THE PARADISE~ I, SANJI WILL ALWAYS AT YOUR SEVEICES~"

"Tch, Ero-cook."

Heart shattered from Sanji's eyes replaced with a glare angrily toward the swordsman, his rival that sitting at the edge of the table next to Usopp. The guy had short green head, narrow eyes and long but non-sharp face, and tan skin color. He wore a white shirt and black pants that tucked in his shiny black boot. Around his waist is his haramaki striped in green and also got his gold earrings shaped like water drop dangling by the sun light at his left ear. His beloved three swords were put rest next to him. He doesn't look up from his breakfast as the blonde walking toward him and glare.

"What did you said, you shitty swordsmen!?"

"Why not at my services then?"

"Over my dead body."

"Not before I slice you into pieces of meat."

"Your slicing just way too crappy."

"DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH, ERO-COOK!?"

"I'M THE ONE WHO SHOULD SAY THAT, SHITTY SWORDSMAN!"

And the fights began, well almost if it wasn't for Nami whacked the heads of pair to the floor leaving big bumps drifting smoke in the air as she growl down at them.

"CUT IT OUT, YOU TWO!" She sighed as return to her seat and about to drink her drink but halted before look over the crew. "So, who' watch is tonight?"

All of them were silent as the crew turned their head staring at their childish captain with blank face like he some kind of alien. Luffy hasn't realized yet as he keep eating the food until he felt the stares at him, he look up and take a noticed about their crew which still staring at him then he finally take a pause.

"What?"

"It's your watch duty tonight, Luffy." Usopp said.

"And I hope you not going to run off from you watch tonight, especially watch night duty."Nami added.

"So, no more run away from your duty and NO FRIGGIN IN THE KITCHEN CAUSE IF YOU DO THEN BE READY FOR YOU HANDS TO BE CHOPPED!" Sanji said as he pointing his finger angrily to Luffy at the last of his sentence, still had his bump on his head with blue fire background.

"Also don't fall asleep during the watch." Robin said with a smile.

"Don't get yourself fell overboard during the watch." Chopper added with worried.

"'Cause I'm not gonna save you from drowning if you did." Zoro said as he rubbing his bump that hit by Nami.

Luffy frowned over his crew. Clearly not happy about duty to watch at night. "Awww~ but do I have to? It's boring~ and there's nothing to watch at other than the sea and sky and moon and star and-"

"Yes, Luffy. You have to. Every one already had taken their watch in previous nights including me minus you 'cause you always run off forcing one of us to took care of it so you need to do your job this night for the crew safety, you understand?" Nami cut off his whining before it go further, slightly irritated of his childish behavior. She didn't hate him really cause he already help her and also the members in this ship, they all respect him and loyal to follow whenever he go but sometimes he can be annoyed them over something small matter. Robin seen it amused despite she's still new in this ship.

He burping before he said in childish way. "Don't wanna~"

"Oh you will before you regret something…" Nami said with devilish smile and eyes seems smile but were shadowed and dark aura surrounded her forcing the members scooting away from the navigator minus Robin avoiding from something unpleasant happened to them. Even Zoro and Sanji back off, not wanted to seeing things like this going to be a happy ending.

"Make me~"

'You in big trouble…' thought of the members with sweat drop back of their head.

"Huh, I can't believe Nami trick me about meat not getting to eat it for a whole week if I didn't do my job…" The straw hat boy sighed as he stood forward resting his elbow at the rail with head fall down, leaning against the crow nest. His straw hat hanging behind him with a loose string tied around his neck. He is now in the watch at night because of the threat from Nami made to him. "and I can believe I fell for her trap like that… how stupid I am…"

Raise his head up to the night sky, stared at the stars twinkling above him. A long and peaceful silence cover around him other than the gentle waving on Going Merry ship from the mother ocean, like the babies swayed gently by their mother, smoothing them to fell asleep. Cold breeze brushing the captain's bang away from cover his eyes, hardly to see any of his reaction. Usually the captain will go fringe at the kitchen and eat some snack or some leftover food to satisfy his bottomless pit' but this night he didn't. He didn't feel like it. Instead he just stand there in silent without moving and doing his job smoothly like a normal person. This uncharacteristic of him is kind of odd and made him liked a different person. If any of his crew sees this side of him they will say something is wrong with him.

After what like a decade have pass even only several hours, he sighed again slouched, closing his eyes.

"Just like the old time… I wonder how they've been doing now…" He raised again his head, opened his eyes just to see some small black dot from a far that slowly become larger. "What the…" Rubbing his eyes and narrowed, looking at the unknown object that kept getting larger. "Must be seeing something… there's no way a bird flying toward here especially at night… right?" How did he know that dot is a bird despite the dark? Instinct.

Well, he did wish that he thought of only seen something. Oh how wrong he is, the dot kept larger and larger, soon become a little blur and shaped began to form. Luffy keep looked at the unknown bird until the distance between them become closer. When it did, the unknown bird clearly to be seen, paused the boy. His eyes widen, mouth slightly opened, his body stiffen, grip tighten on the rail. In short, he's in shocked. In fact, he didn't even make a move. Why? Cause he recognize the bird immediately.

A dark brown owl, size as big as eagle, with large scar at it chest; Oz. Flying towards him, flipping the air as soon as it near him and land gracefully on the rail of the crow nest. They eyes locked to each other and did not even blink. They have been staying like that for several minutes, not caring about their surround, the night watch duty forgotten. For now, the boy just staring the bird whole. As he wanted to sure what he seen is right and not fake. No sound, no movement, anything. Only the ship swayed gently by the wave keeping them in peace undisturbed. After for a while, he finally slumped down on the rail, head down with his bang covering his eyes, breath exhale shakily that he doesn't realize the breathe he had held for long time. The wind gently brushing his bang again from his eyes along with his hat slowly dangling at his back.

"I can't believe my eyes… that you suddenly in front of me… Oz." he said, almost like whispered. Looked back to his companion, small sad smile appear on his face, eyes soften. Even without the light, his face still clearly seen. That side of look will surprise the crew if they really see him like that. Not to mention, he become a total different person.

The bird seems understand him as he nodded, raising his leg to showed the small tube that tied around it. Luffy saw what he trying to do and realized about the tube, he then open the cover and see through the small hole. He took out from inside the tube, unrolled the small paper and looked it. He is not that idiot as his crew think he is, they think he can't read or write. But mostly, he's not. He just pretended that he is.

A small symbol with ancient ruins drawn in circle with four diamonds shaped in form of flower's petal at the center of it, three of four petals have some blood print, or more like finger print used with blood. There's another small paper slit underneath in form of letter, just like the others related peoples he read it. He chuckled not long after that, put his hand gently on Oz head and ruffle him with love of contented. Oz just let him be as he like the feel from his human friend. Luffy as he is rising his head stared at the sky filled with billions or countless of stars twinkling above him, whispering something with smile.

"So… It is time."

To be continued…

So, how do you feel? That is only the beginning. And yeah, before I'm out I want to tell you guys earlier that this story will be long and I don't know when I'll be write but don't worry I still gonna continue this story till it complete. Well, if there is people want to read it anyway. My grammar is totally awful so please go easy on me. Then, if there's any suggestion, please review. I'll be more than appreciate for it.

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