1527-1528
M:12~1
D:26~14
"When I get older, I won't cry anymore!"
"USOPP!"
"I'll become really strong…"
"Stop! They're- They're..!"
"That I'll be the one to protect you guys!"
"THEY'RE MY FRIENDS! DON'T TOUCH THEM!"
"I~diot!"
"I SAID…"
As if a weakling like you,"
"STOP!"
"could protect anyone!"
"NAMI!"
"Shut up!"
"Robin, Franky, Sanji, Zoro, Jinbei, Chopper-"
"I'll show you!"
"RUN! NOW!"
"I'll be so strong that…"
"Franky! Robin!"
"That I'll be able to take on anyone!"
Running
Run
Run
I can't let the remaining die
"Nobody will be able to defeat me…"
"Luffy."
"and…"
"I won't die" The remaining promise.
Please don't die.
"I'll be able to protect you guys no problem!"
It's so heavy
The weight
It's too much
It hurts
"Hmph."
Last time I said that, Zoro told me to bear it.
That it was the weight of being the captain.
But everyone's lives feel so much heavier.
"As if we'd want some crybaby weakling to protect us."
Please stand up
Anyone
Stand up and tell me to get my act together
"Shut up! I'll show you, Ace!"
It's so hard to keep up this strong act
I don't want to do it anymore
But I have to
The fight isn't over
I can't just slack off, I need to fight
"Sabo, would you want someone like Luffy to protect you?"
He's the Pirate King yet he couldn't protect anyone.
His crew.
His friends.
Torao.
"Well putting it that way is a little…"
Torao was one of the first to go.
Why couldn't he protect any of them?
"See!"
He couldn't even protect Torao's crew who came along.
He was useless
Weak
"But being saved by Luffy would hurt my pride, yeah."
"ZOROOOOOO!"
"OI!"
What Pirate King?
What Captain?
He couldn't protect anyone.
He can't protect anyone.
All he can do is lie bleeding on the ground after beating everyone up.
If only he had managed to do that before everyone else was gone…
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"AGH!" Luffy cries out as his back slams into something. Pain? But he's rubber. It also didn't feel like he bounced off at all. His body did hurt but not like it did before. Luffy opened his eyes to see a monkey's fist about to meet his own face.
"Geh-!" Luffy barely managed to dodge in time. Why? It was such a slow punch. His body doesn't feel tired or sluggish so- the monkey turns around and attempts to land another blow. Again, Luffy barely manages to dodge. Why is there a monkey?! Why is he in a forest? This is nothing like the area from before! There were no forests on that island! Where is everyone?! The monkey comes at him again and Luffy sends a glare.
"What's the deal with this thing?! Gum-Gum…" Luffy pulls back his am, "Pistol!" He thrusts his arm forward.
But his arm doesn't stretch.
"H-Huh?" Luffy froze and stared at his fist that was… really small? Freezing up was a bad mistake because the monkey took the chance to punch his face again, but this time succeeding. Luffy gets sent flying back and falling roughly onto the unforgiving ground. He hears a sigh that's oddly familiar.
And terrifying.
"Haah... And here I thought you were finally taking training seriously…"
Luffy immediately bolted up and whips his head towards that voice. His eyes widen when they land on the large muscular man standing not too far away from him. He knew that person painfully well. Literally.
"G-G-G-" The man raises a brow at Luffy's splutter.
"GRAMPS?!"
