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Now the fun begins.
Authors note : to all readers any part of the past that was skipped was done so because it happened the same as in canon. Also please Review.
One piece revised!
By
Monk D. drgn .
Chapter 2 : Romance Dawn & Beyond!
" You can have it all. Just not all at once. " - Oprah Winfrey
Location : Shimotsuki village, town Dojo.
In this Small Village were nothing really happened and everything was boring. There only one thing that had people coming to town and that was it's dojo, Said to be the best in all of these east blue ( Not that that's saying much . ) producing some of the finest students of the sword the east had ever seen ( Again Not saying much . ) but recently there had been a new focal point drawing people to the sleepy little Village. That thing being two students in particular from the Dojo. One kuina & one Roronoa Zoro Mostestly this was do to there Rivalry, Having started when Zoro came to the village to claim the Dojos sign and failing after he was defeated by kuina for the first time.
Since then Zoro has strode to become better than Kuina, that didn't go so well for him. Zoro challenged Kuina Again, and Again, and Again, and Again, And AGAIN! Until they dueled for the 2000th time, and for the 2000th time Zoro lost. Finally he snapped and challenged her to duel with the real swords, Zoro once Again lost, only this time he cried in frustration as his Dream to become the Worlds Greatest Swordsman looked like it would Never be Achieved, Kuina then exclaimed that While that was also her Dream, that she would never achieve It cause she's a Girl. ( I call bullshit, This is the 21st century for God's sake! ) Calling her on this and saying it just wasn't fair for her to say those things while she Beat him, So he Declared that they'd Make a Promise that One of them Would become The world's greatest swordsmen.
So it Was a Surprise when the next day Kuina was Gone ( No, She isn't it Dead. ) having Apparently RAN away after the Duel Leaving Only A note and Her Precious white sword behind. in the Note she stated that she had left to Achieve her Dream and that she couldn't accomplish it when only one person truly supported her, namely her Maine rival, and that she couldn't do it with a word like Wado Ichimonji. She also said that it was to be given to to Zoro ( Something about it being the perfect example of male swordsmanship, like Zoro. ) and that they would meet Again at the Top. Of course Zoro was a little Upset by this, but it was nothing He Couldn't Handle. The one who was really Upset by this wAs her father, for him this was somewhat Embarrassing, not to mention sad As his beloved Daughter was Gone. But life goes on, and it did. Zoro continued to train so that he would be strong eNough To meet her at the Top. So he trained for nearly Seven years until he felt he was ready to venture out into the world.
If he Only knew what he was getting himself into.
Location : Conomi island, Cociyasi Village.
In retrospect things could've been much worse, that's not to say that things were great or even Good. But in the end they could have been much, much worse. In the end no one died but Arlong still took over the Island. I Suppose your wondering how Bellemere Didn't end up Dead. Easy. Apparently 3 1/2 weeks earlier, Not even two months ago she found a can floating in the sea. How is that good fortune you ask? Well you see as it turns out the can was filled with exactly 150,000 Berries. This made the amount she had when Arlong asked 250,000 berries, a little more than Enough To Protect her and her girls. Of course Arlong shot her anyway ... In the shoulder opposite to the arm he basically crushed under his foot, not to mention having kuroobi cut up Genzo for trying to save Nami ( his girls, yea I said it! ) leaving numerous scars all over his body.
This of course being the case that when Nami returned during The villages plans to liberate her baring an Arlong Tattoo and coughing up some shit story about doing it for the money. Later on when confronted by Bellemere, Nojiko, and a concerned Genzo she confessed that she made a deal with Arlong to buy the Village for a 100,000,000 Berries ( poor naive girl. ) they decided not to let her know that they let her know that they told the villagers for the fear shed have of letting them down. When asked how she was going to get said money she replied " the one thing this place has going for it is pirates, and lots of them. " Genzo protested after being in shock, Nojiko just said " are you crazy?! " , and Bellemere just laughed until she was in tears ( after she struck nami on the head for doing something so foolish. ) and so the rest is done.
Strangely all this wasn't the weirdest thing that happened within that year. No that would be Bellemere and Genzo getting married. That's right you read it here folks, these two tied the knot, About Damn time if you ask me. Genzo had always thought of Nami and Nojiko as his Daughters, and him & Bellemere were always flirting with each other any way, right? Of corse most people were just plain shocked when Genzo got down on one knee and asked, even more people were shocked when Bellemere said yes ( Present company excluded. ) and so it was set. The ceremony took place only 2 months later with Both Bride and Groom Dressed in there uniforms ( marine & Chief of police respectively. ) which some might think for Genzo was his regular clothes, but no as it turns out he had a dress uniform with long pants instead of the usual shorts & the lining was all Black, and of course he had quite a few mettles ( though annoyingly for him Bellemere had more. ) and so they got married. The ceremony would've been perfect had a majority of the fish-men not decided to attend. Most of the none Officer Fish-men just came and acted like regular guests, the officer fish-men had there own ways of Acting. Chew was indifferent as always , Kuroobi scowled like he hadn't even wanted to attend, ( And he probably didn't. ) And Hacchi, well ... He was blubbering like a baby. That wasn't so bad except he was crying so loud that you couldn't hear the music over his sobbing. Arlong,s reaction though was the most ... Unnerving, as he just stood there smirking like he had something to do with it (And in his mind he probably did.)but ignoring these things the ceremony went off without a Hitch. Nami was the Flower girl & Nojiko was the maid of honor, and the couples vows were still somewhat traditional, though clearly there were a few Undertones of bantering within. And finally the kiss, while it was still something the girls (Nami & Nojiko.) turned away from in disgust, it wasn't exactly traditional. To this Day the people of Cocoyasi village still debate whether or not it was planned, you see at the time the kiss was to take place (I'd just like to point Out that Dr. Nako performed the ceremony as Priest, and he did a amazing job I'd like to say. ) Bellemere spat out her cigarette, (that's right, she's been smoking it this whole time.) grabbed Genzo, and laid one right on him, (I'd at this point like to point out that they didn't come up for air for 2 1/2 minutes. ) and what happens when they came up for air you ask? Well that's simple, just as dr. Nako pronounced the Man and wife ... The flower arrangement burst into flames (as you can imagine this was do to Belemere,s cigarette. ) and of course at that point the newly wedded couple and their daughters just laughed as every one else tried to put out the Fire.
After that the couple left for a 2 Month honeymoon (strangely Arlong decided to just let them leave island but hey why look the gift horse in the mouth as some people say.) and the girls were left in the care of Dr. Nako. When they finally returned things proceed as they would with Genzo continuing as police chief, though his morning commute was a bit longer now that he had moved in with Belkemere and the girls, said girls and there mother continued to pick tangerines (with Nami making maps for the Fish-men Unfortunately ) and once the year was up Nami started going out on her own looking for the money needed to buy back her village.
If only She knew all she really had to Do was wait, for her Prince that is.
Location : East Blue, Island of Botany roww.
The island was small, sparsely Populated, and was heavily covered in forests. But that was why he chose it, he could Train here in Peace. After the incident on the snowy Mountain peak (which was incidentally still in the east blue, it just happened to have an island called White peak with a mountain that had a high enough altitude to have snow, go figure. ) he had found himself In the middle of nowhere with no way to get home and little reason to return. So he decided to move to a more hospitable island that had just as few people. strangely our young man was not looking Older like he Should, but actually he looked younger, like he had gone from ten to Six.
Currently he was bare chested (and was in Quite good shape for his Age ) and bare footed, wearing Black pants. He was surrounded by a number of Targets & training Dummies. He had just finished his martial arts training, before that he did his Weapons, and before that he was doing his studies. Now he was training his powers (what kind you'll just have to wait to find out.) and was staring down a row of metal Dummies, 19 in all. He held his arm out straight out open palmed at the Dummies & said " Serpent earth strike! " and as his hand glowed green a series of 7 vines came out of the ground, each taking the Dummies and crushing them into scrap metal. Next he lifted the other hand and Said " Neto Magnus! " and a white hot glowing Sphere was sent into the middle of the pile of scrap, and disappeared. the metal then started to come together as though pulled to the area were the sphere once floated. Soon other metal objects like loose nails and weapons were also starting to stick to what was now a big metal ball. Finally he said " impalers will, frozen cell! " and as he said this rock spikes came of the ground and impaled the the ball at least 13 times, followed by an ice cover around the none impaled area of the orb.
he then put down his hands and panted. He walked over to one of the tables in the warehouse and picked up a chilled bottle of water And a towel. He then said " I'm only able to use each attack 3 to 6 times, I need more training. " he then walked to what appeared to be a bath room to get ready for bed. As he turned on the light we got a better look at him, he had shorter hair and a scare on his left shoulder. He also had tattoos on his left arm and his back. On his Back was a simple classic skull and cross bones, on his arm there were 4 shapes. Just above the wrist was a 7 pointed white star with silver lining and the kanji for lightning in the center, further up his arm was a square that was dark brown with the Kanji for Earth, the next tattoo was of a blue Diamond shaped one with the kanji for water. The last one looked like the black half of the yin, yang circle.
"When I find you my king, i'll be ready. "
Location : Foosha village near the Docks.
Luffy was not having a good day. First the Pirates still weren't Back yet from there latest voyage, He Had no one to play with, And finally the mountain bandits had come back and were currently harassing Luffy For insulting them. Thing's Just couldn't get any worse. Higuma the bandit leader currently had his foot in LUFFY,s face and said " What is this? " We were just drinking and having a nice time, until you showed up. " Luffy just said " You apologize, no one messes with shanks Crew! " Higuma just kicked him again.
" I don't think I said anything to offend you directly " Said Higuma.
Luffy replied " you think wrong Now apologize! " with a Bandits booted foot still in his face.
" You should watch your flapping gums kid. No one who's made me mad has ever lived to tell the painful and horrifying tale. " said Higuma who was putting his hand on his sword.
" Wait,hold on! Let the boy go, I beg you! I don't know what he's done and I Certainly don't Intend to fight you over it. If you'll except i'll even pay you, just please spare the boys life, please "Said the mayor as he lowered his head to the Bandit.
" Mayor. " said a Slightly exasperated Luffy.
" While the oldest generation may know the way of the world better then us all, I'm sorry but this rotten kid has already mad me angry " despite his life being in danger Luffy said " your the rotten ones around here. "
" And your a lost cause, which you can regret in the next life. " the mayor and Makino panicked " please, you have to let him go! " just then some one interrupted them and said " I was wondering why the bar was empty on such a fine day. so it's the Mountain bandits. " again said shanks calmly.
" Pirates, your just now showing your heads? Have you been spending all this time scrubbing the village? "
" Luffy, didn't you say earlier that your punches were stronger than pistols? " asked shanks Sarcastically, completely ignoring the Mountain Bandit.
" Listen, I don't know what your doing here but you might want to leave. You Wouldn't want something bad to happen, And I am just the man to deliver this message. "
" I'll blow your head off if I have to, but that is up To you my Friend." Said the man holding the gun to shanks head Sarcastically. Most of the Other bandits snickered . Then shanks said calmly " Would you risk your life? " The bandit just seemed dumbfounded by this question as Shanks continued " now that you've drawn you pistol are you willing to use it ? " as shanks Said this he started pointing at the gun barrel And the bandit said what the hell you talking about ?! "
" I'm Saying that guns aren't for threats , there for actions " .
Just as shanks said this Lucky Roo shot the Man point blank. Lucky just continued chewing on his rack of lamb as every one but the pirates starred in shock. There was out cry from the Bandits as some said " you, your a dead man! " and " These Pirates Fight dirty! "
One pirates repeated the word " dirty? " like the bandit was was a crazy person & Ben Beckmann, first mate said " Who did you think you were Dealing with? We Never claimed to be Saints or anything. "
" You fellas are staring down a crew of Pirates. " said shanks who had his head Down with his hat covering Eyes intimidatingly.
" Shut up! we just want the boy , not you! "
" Listen up bandits, wether I'm sprayed with Alcohol or Doused with food, Hell even if I'm Spit on, Most the time I'll just laugh it off and forget about it. But if you hurt a friend of mine, You'll pay regardless of your reasons. "
Higuma just Laughed and said " So where going to pay ? Lousy Pirates, kill Them all men!"
The bandits charged in attempting to kill the Pirates as ordered, That didn't go so well for them. Ben finished them off by simply clubbing them with his rifle. " Don't get so cocky, You really want to fight us get something big like a battleship, probably would've been more useful. "
" Hold on, please! " said Higuma who was all that's left.
" I thought you were wanted man , Isn't there a bounty on your head? "
Desperate Higuma threw Down a smoke bomb. " a smoke screen " said a still calm Shanks, that was till he saw that Luffy was gone " OH NO, HE TOOK LUFFY! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? " Of course the situation would seem a lot more serious if shanks wasn't making a ridiculous face while holding his head in his hands. " calm down boss, We'll find him in no time. " Said a placating lucky Roo.
-ONE-PIECE, Meanwhile, ONE-PIECE, Meanwhile, ONE-PIECE, Meanwhile, ONE-PIECE-
" Looks like I made a clean getaway , No one would expect a mountain Bandit to escape to the sea. " said Higuma was holding on to luffy still while standing Upright in a small boat.
" Dammit, let go of me you dumbass idiot! I really hope you die! "
"Yes I know that's what you want, But I'm afraid the one dying today is you. Remember what I said about making me angry. "
( " Dammit, Filthy bandit that dumb And I couldn't sweep off one hit. " ) thought Luffy As he was tossed in the water and started the struggle, Despite the fact that he shouldn't even be able to do that much.
The bandit Laughed up until he was eaten by The Lord of the cost (Dawn island's personal sea king.) Unfortunately it then set its eyes on Luffy. it looked like it was over for Luffy when ...Shanks arrived just in time. Shanks then looked at the Sea king dead in the eye and said "Get lost " (Totally Bad Ass, Am I right?) and scared the beast off.
" Im in your debt Luffy, Makino told me everything About how you stood up for us,how you were willing to fight, to put yourself on the line. " as he was saying this luffy was crying into his shirt " you can't cry, your a man now. " he didn't listen though and continued to cry. " But shanks! Your arm, your arm! " Shanks just smiled and said " its just an arm, i have another one. I'm just glad your alright. " And as they Floated There Bobbing in the Water, Luffy crying, Shanks trying to comfort him.
ONE-PIECE!, a Few days later.
The Pirates felt after everything that had happened it was time they left.
" so your really leaving this time? "
" That's right, it was a nice extended Vacation, but now we have to go. Are you sad? "
" yeah, but that's okay Cause I've Decided to Become a Pirate on my Own. "
" You a pirate? Don't make me laugh, You'll never make it as a Pirate. " said shanks as he laughed and stuck his Tongue out at Luffy.
Luffy Of course didn't react well this. " I WILL MAKE IT IS A PIRATE ! SOMEDAY I'LL HAVE AN EVEN BETTER CREW THAN YOURS, I'LL FIND THE GREATEST TREASURE IN THE WORLD! THEN I'LL BECOME KING OF THE PIRATES! "
" Oh, you'll surpass us will you? Well in that case I'd like you to have this. " Said Shanks as he took his worn Old straw hat off his head and placed it on To Luffys. " That hat means the world to me, I want you to return it to me someday, In good condition. And only after you become a great pirate. That's our promise Luffy.
Then After LUFFY was taken By his Grandfather to mt. Corvo to live with Mountain bandits. He believed that having Luffy live in a peaceful village had Tainted him (Yeah cause having him live with a bunch of criminals is going to turn into real Marine, Because that makes perfect sense.) And he believed That He needed to be toughened up. As it turns out LUFFYS Will of the conquering King (Conquers Haki.) was Awakened by Shanks own Haki During the sea king Incident. At this point luffy met his soon-to-be brother Portgas D. Ace who was 12 ( in this universe Ace,s mother rouge only Carried him for ten months as Garp just Barely made it there, This allowed rogue to live past the birth of her son, And this allowed her to tell him about his father. Instead of listening to what the Ignorant people had to say, He heard the truth.) Unfortunately rouge only lived until ace was about six, right before he met a certain Curly haired blonde. Good News All three boys got off without a hitch this time.
The boys spent 10 years training (5 for ace since he was oldest, 7 for Sabo who was 10, and the full ten for Luffy who was 7 ) & thanks to Sabo,s influence the other two decided to learn other sailing essentials besides fighting, like navigation, just a bit of cooking (Though Luffy Would probably eat anything anyway.), and just a bit of The most basic medical skills (Not like they're really gonna need it but hey, Who knows what's going to happen right.) Some of you are probably wondering how Sabo survived, well It's really quite simple. Luffy Knowing some haki Thanks To what shanks and his gramps told him was Able to educate His brothers (Now that's funny. ) and teach them what he knew. Since he only had the basic principles he had to build it up from there. Both raven haired brothers were proficient in the use of the color of the conquering King (Not masters but good enough to tame several of the animals on the island, though not the big tiger.) and All three were good with the color of observation, though Sabo Was the best. Finally there was the color of Armament. Though All three were once again proficient, Only ace was truly great at it. Sabo Could barely use it . Luffy was better. But Ace was The only one to make the black armor of the haki appear. it was because of Observation that Sabo Managed to get out of the boat before it blew.
So when it came time for ace to set off, he was seen off by both his brothers. Next was Sabo, And finally Luffy Who was seen off from the Village. He almost Immediately ran into the Lord of the Coast, and they had unFinished Business." Hey Eel! " he then proceeded to punch it (with haki. ) and the real Adventure Has finally begun.
Man, What a pain in the ass.
Anyway please review this time.
Until next time, this is Monk D. drgn.
