AU/Canon - as in it fits the storyline, but it'd never happen. XD

The main characters are Luffy and his companion is Mikuru Asahina, from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. HOWEVER. It will feature characters from other anime. So it's a multi-crossover.

Be prepared for a load of sexy girls. ;D

This all happens in the space of time between just before his seventeenth birthday (when he leaves home) and when he first meets Koby.

Written for my deviantART and real-life friend, Decorie, who I love very much. :3

Luffy only had one day left until his seventeenth birthday.

In other words, only one day left until he came 'of age', and would leave this village behind to pursue the ocean as a pirate.

He couldn't wait for tomorrow to come.

However...

"GAHHHHHHH, when's something interesting gonna turn up?" he moaned, striding carelessly through the forest undergrowth.

Mysteriously, all the animals had disappeared. How wise of them.

But that now meant Luffy was bored and left without anything to do, now that his usual source of entertainment was absent.

And to make matters worse...

"Aw, man," he groaned as his stomach growled deafeningly. Had there been any animals remaining behind at that point, they'd have taken that as the cue to evacuate. No hesitation. "I'm staaaaaaaaaarving..."

Daydreams of catching a giant bird formed hazily in his mind. He, Luffy, capturing a monster the size of a ship, digging into the mountain of poultry once it had been cooked to perfection over a massive fire and been turned on a spit larger than a mansion, at least twice as tall... the village would make something out of the beak and talons... a statue? A GOLDEN STATUE!

(Luffy's mind is yet to be understood.)

"THAT'S IT!" Luffy suddenly shouted, startling pigeons (that had been hiding well up until now) from their trees in a flutter of flailing wings. Luffy didn't notice. "I'm going to catch a giant bird RIGHT NOW!"

Without hesitation, he aimed skywards as he swung his arms backwards to wrap around two tree trunks, one for each arm. He drew himself back like a slingshot, a mad grin cracking his face with excitement. He took a deep breath –

"GOMU GOMU NO... ROCKETOOOOOOO!" he hollered as he let go of the trunks and was hurtled straight into the air at jet-like speed.

...

"...eh, maybe I should have looked before firing myself," Luffy pondered, bonking a fist into his palm thoughtfully.

Indeed.

Maybe he should have.

"Crap!" Luffy yelled, as he realised he was aiming straight for the ocean. "GOMU GOMU NO- ehwhat?" ._.

There was a flash of orange, and he collided with something bulky in midair. The bulky thing shrieked.

"SWEET! I caught something!" Luffy beamed. "Ahh..." he realised.

Curses.

He couldn't grab on to anything. He'd drop the thing he was holding.

"NOOOOooooOOooooOooooouuuu..." Luffy wailed dramatically as he plummeted towards the sea.

Then –

SPLASH!

The sensation of sinking... the weight of the water weighing down his arms and legs... his vision going black...

...A light?

"COFFHACKCOUGHHACKHACKBLELRRR," Luffy gasped, spluttering, choking up water in buckets.

"Eep!" a feminine voice squeaked, centimetres away.

"Unnnh?" Luffy mumbled groggily, turning his head, and promptly sneezed when he inhaled the scent of flowery perfume.

Except he noticed his head was resting in the lap of an incredibly beautiful girl in what looked like a sailor uniform. Her legs were bare, save for the knee-high socks, and they were actually incredibly comfy to rest on, but Luffy immediately bolted upright and scooted away so that he could look at her properly.

The girl squeaked again and flinched.

"I-I'm sorry – I'll leave you alone now – " she stammered.

"Hey, who are you?" Luffy demanded, bewildered. "I've not seen you around the village before!" His hand automatically shot up to straighten his hat on his head, and realised when he felt tufts of his own dark hair (sticking up, from lying on the girl's lap) that it was not there.

"My hat!" he panicked, wildly whipping his head around, searching for it.

"O-oh, you mean this?" the girl smiled nervously, holding up Shanks's straw hat, that she'd put to the side.

"Wow! Thanks!" Luffy grinned, taking the hat out of her hands and bonking it straight on his head. It was a little damp, but not a scratch on it.

He peeked at the girl from under the brim.

"What's your name?" he asked, folding his legs in a cross-legged position, genuinely interested. "Did you save me?" he added, as he remembered falling into the ocean, everything darkening around him as he struggled to breathe... blacking out...

"Y-yes," the girl stuttered in a breathy voice, looking incredibly anxious. Luffy, who probably didn't even know the meaning of 'shy', thought she was acting incredibly weirdly, and grinned suddenly. Maybe she could join his crew!

"Y-you flew straight into me... a-and we fell into the ocean... I started swimming back up, but you struggled but you seemed to be sinking... and you fell unconscious really quickly, so I swam down and brought you back up to the surface... a-and... and then..." she paused, and started blushing madly, looking scared about what she would say next.

"And?" Luffy persisted.

"Um... I... I..." she faltered, her voice getting more and more high-pitched, "I – I gave CPR!" she burst out, the poor girl's cheeks flaming and looking teary-eyed. Babbling, she hastened to explain herself: "Y-you weren't breathing, and banging on your chest wouldn't work, so I – I –" she said, her hysteria increasing as her embarrassment grew.

"What's CPR?" Luffy asked innocently.

...

He didn't know what CPR was?

"Um... never mind..." the girl muttered, looking puzzled, yet extremely relieved.

"You've still not told me your name," Luffy grinned widely, startling the poor girl again.

"O-oh, I am sorry... my name is Mikuru Asahina," the girl smiled, her hands clasped in her lap.

Luffy eyed her, looking her up and down. She was small and slim, with milky-white skin and really long, shiny hair, a sort of burnt orange colour, which curled down her back. Her eyes were hazel, her cheeks were slightly pink from blushing, and she smiled politely in a cute, humble way. And... she had a pretty big chest, despite her tininess.

"Milk?" he repeated back at her, not quite pronouncing her name accurately.

Poor Mikuru flushed bright red, and faster than Luffy could tilt his head in confusion, she covered up her chest defensively with her arms.

"I-it's Mikuru," she mumbled, her cheeks burning.

"Milk," Luffy said defiantly. He giggled. "Shishishishi!"

Mikuru's face could have fried a couple of eggs on it, it felt so hot, but at Luffy's genuine laugh, she didn't have the heart to correct him. "What's your name, sir?"

"Me? Oh, I'm Monkey D. Luffy!" Luffy announced happily, straightening his hat with a wide smile.

Monkey D. Luffy... Mikuru smiled back, weakly. He seemed very nice, but a bit dense. After all, he didn't seem to register the fact that he'd caught her as she was in mid-air. Come to think of it, he seemed to have been flying himself... she stared, mystified.

"So, can you fly, or something? AWESOME!" Luffy suddenly exclaimed, shocking Mikuru out of her train of thought, with an expression filled with more awe than if he'd found a treasure chest.

Oh, so he had noticed.

"N-not exactly," she muttered, straightening out her school skirt as she stood up. She glanced at him, taking in his red vest, tanned arms, ripped blue shorts and flip-flops that showed funny-looking toes. He blinked at her innocently with round eyes.

"...w-would you mind telling me where I am?" Mikuru whispered, twiddling her thumbs. She glanced around herself nervously. It didn't look familiar at all...

...she'd meant to go to her home in the future, on the way back from school in the twenty-first century...

... this didn't even look like Japan, let alone...

"Ehwhat? Did you get lost or something?" Luffy laughed, also standing up. "We're just outside Fuusha village. My hometown," he added, proudly. After all, this town held many memories for him. He knew he'd miss it dearly when the time came to leave.

Mikuru looked uncomfortable, and her fingers started fidgeting.

"W-where's that?" she mumbled.

Luffy frowned. "Dawn Island... weird, how'd you get so lost you don't even know which island you're on?"

Desperately, Mikuru stammered, "-this isn't Japan...?"

"Japan?" Luffy repeated, scratching his nose. "Never heard of that place before... sounds like jalapeno... mmm, I'm really hungry for a meat sandwich..." he muttered distractedly. He'd have to make his way back, soon.

Mikuru's eyes widened. He didn't know about Japan? Where on earth was she?

Unless...

"This... IS Earth, isn't it...?" she said hesitantly. Luffy looked human... but so did Yuki, so that didn't mean anything... she felt a pang when she remembered Yuki, and Haruhi, and Itsuki, and Kyon.

"Of course it is!" Luffy chuckled, but stopped when he saw the utter panic crossing Mikuru's features. He stepped closer. "Hey! What's wrong?"

"W-which sea? Or continent?"

"Er..." was all Luffy could say for a second. Then, "East Blue. Strange. You didn't cross over the Grand Line, did you? Hey, if you have, maybe you could join my – "

Mikuru fell to her knees, looking utterly defeated.

She had no idea where she was.

There was a good chance she was in a completely different time period, but judging from Luffy's clothes, reminiscent of Western clothing, she couldn't have been THAT far off. Not far enough off for Japan not to exist anymore, or for the oceans to have changed names...

Then she had an idea.

It was the only solution left.

'I'm in a parallel world... an alternate reality...' she gasped, realisation crashing down on her full-force.

Her heart sank.

Something had gone wrong when she was travelling through time to get home. It had never happened before, but... If only Yuki was here! She'd know what to do... or she could even call her future self, to tell her how she managed to get out of this... but... it seemed she was unable to summon her here...

Which meant...

"I can't get home," Mikuru whispered, her entire body quivering.

She couldn't help it.

She fainted.

Luffy tilted his head and frowned down at her, puzzled.

'Well, that was weird.'

...DUN DUN DUN! Cliffhanger! :D

I've no idea how long this is going to be.

But if you want me to write more, then I will. ^-^