A New Beginning (Luffy X Robin) Chapter 1Luffy is a Logia type devil fruit user and is raised by his father. But his will to find the one piece is still there. Chapter 1
Luffy rubbed his eyes as he woke up in the middle of the desert. Hunger and thirst was taking toll on him as he stated walking with his tongue out, with one hand on his iconic Straw hat and other hand on grumbling stomach.
It had been 2 weeks since he bid farewell to his father and Revolutionary Army to go out on his own adventure as a pirate. He wished to go back to Foosha village in East blue from where he want to mark his life as a pirate. Even at a young age of 19, he became an indispensable person for Revolutionary Army. With his unique ability of devil fruit, Haki and harsh training from his father, he had unofficially become Number 2 in the army with the World Government placing a bounty of 400,000,000 beri on his head. But his father, remembering the dream his son carried, let him go with the log pose to Alabasta and start his own new life as a pirate.
Slowly walking through the endless evening desert, he could see huge walls of the Alabasta kingdom. Hope, finally started rising in the straw hat's heart and he quickened his steps towards the towering kingdom. But as he neared the walls, his Haki sensed tension in the air.
At first, he thought that his eyes are playing tricks with him. He saw a banana-headed crocodile coming towards him. Delirious in hunger, his mouth started watering as he walked towards it. As he neared, he could see a white cloaked figure on top of it. He thought as if some angel has come down to serve him food.
"Meshi! Meshi! Food!" he cried.
"Who are you?" the person on the crocodile asked.
Luffy could see a woman with a cowboy hat and long white fur coat with a purple top underneath, standing on top of the crocodile, which looked like a carrier. She was beautiful with a mature look on her face. Luffy now really thought that his guardian angel has come to his rescue. Damn, his hunger!
"Meshi!" said Luffy
"I asked who you are. "The woman said firmly. She could not tell who he was. His face and body was covered with a brown cloak and his eyes were shadowed by a somewhat familiar straw hat. The man slowly came near her crocodile and bit it on the banana head. Nico Robin alias Miss All-Sunday got into her stance, crossing her hands near her chest, to activate her powers and catch the man.
Ocho Fleur
Four arms sprouted from the on the crocodile and caught the Luffy. When he saw that, he looked up to see the 'angel' again and ...
Raijin Step
...disappeared from there and was standing in front of Miss All-Sunday, holding both of her hands straight. She got perplexed and saw the eyes of the man standing in front of her. Oh the eyes, the black eyes seemed to pull her to him, giving her butterflies in the stomach. Even in the insecure situation, a sense of security was slowly washing over her heart.
"Who are you?" asked Luffy
"Ni...Miss All-Sunday."
"That's an odd name. Isn't it?"
"N-no. Who are you?" said All-Sunday slowly keeping her cool.
Raijin Step
...And he disappeared again. She looked around but couldn't find a trace of him. 'I think I have to inform Crocodile.' thought Miss All Sunday as she advanced towards her headquarters.
Luffy entered a tavern just outside the city and removed his cloak. He was wearing black coat and pants with a red shirt open halfway his chest with a loose black tie and hanging outside his trousers. He relaxed himself a sat and ordered a water and a tub load of meat. As he was devouring the meat his mind was still thinking about the 'angel' he met.
'Miss All-Sunday. Or Nico Robin as it was often discussed in Revolutionary Army. So she is working under Sir Crocodile huh! A shichibukai! Interesting.' A smile came on his face thinking about the future.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Sir Crocodile slammed the desk. Miss All-Sunday was facing him keeping a straight face.
"I said that I saw a straw hat wearing man wandering in the desert." she said.
"SHIT! Not now. If he is the one I think he is." cried Crocodile pushing his hair back with his right hand. Never did Miss All-Sunday saw the shichibukai this scared. And she was quite amused.
Mr. 1 came in with a tanned man wearing a brown cloak and a lot of jewelry. "We have the Alabasta King, Sir." said 1.
"Good. Finally! But Mr. 1, I have one more assignment for you. Please find a man wearing a Straw hat and bring him in. If you cannot, please finish him off. Even take an army unit if you want to." Said Crocodile as he advanced towards the king. With that, they left.
As the king, Miss All-Sunday and Sir Crocodile were walking towards the hidden chambers, the king noticed a perplexed look on Crocodile's face.
"Are you feeling scared crocodile?" asked King.
"No I'm not. I am Sir Crocodile, a Shichibukai! "Said Crocodile, trying to mask his fear but failing miserably.
Luffy was simply walking down the street as he could see a battle between the Royal Army and Alabasta Rebellion, with the spies of Crocodile's Baroque Works working on both sides. And he was paying no mind to it. 'I think I just have to find the shichibukai to end this.' he thought.
Mr. 1 was searching for this certain person in the straw hat with his small unit when he saw an identical man in the middle of the battle, simply walking paying no mind to the battle. 'How can a person not scared with battle exist' he thought while moving towards this straw hat guy.
As he was moving forward, he saw a tall tanned man with a kanji tattoo on his chest, looking at him with an intent to fight. As Luffy was only interested in finding Crocodile, he paid him no mind and kept moving. As the tanned guy came running toward him, he just dodged and activated his Conqueror's Haki, covering the whole battlefield with the wave. And suddenly all the soldiers fell on the ground unconsciously. As his eyes became blur, Mr. 1 saw the straw hat guy kept moving forward and he fell on the ground.
As Nico Robin read through the pone glyph and failing Crocodile in delivering Pluton, an ancient weapon, he didn't think twice before hitting her.
Thud
"You are useless to me. Your both are. Miss Robin your services are no longer needed." said shichibukai as he opened the poison hook on his left hand. She just managed the attack but got bruised by it.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the roof and a man with the straw hat appeared in place of it. "You shouldn't treat your friends like that." heard Robin as she was slowly becoming unconscious.
"How did you get here, Straw hat Luffy of the Revolutionary Army?" asked the perplexed shichibukai. His presence in front of Luffy looked like a bucket in front of an ocean.
"I was looking for you and I got here. And I am no longer from Revolutionary Army, shichibukai crocodile" said Luffy. The King and Robin, even on the verge of losing consciousness, couldn't believe their eyes.
"I have heard about you. You destroyed islands and battleships with like there were nothing. Even if there are no photos of you available, the rumors of your straw hat and lightning have spread all around the world."
Luffy was paying him no mind. He saw a dazed Robin sitting behind Crocodile slowly trying to regain consciousness and walked towards her. He removed his coat and placed it on Robin.
"Are you alright?" asked Luffy.
Nico Robin looked towards Luffy and the weird feeling returned when she saw his eyes. Slowly lifting her head, she managed to nod.
"Good" Luffy whispered.
Luffy stood up and removed his hat and gave it to Robin and smiled, "I'll be back in a minute." He then looked at Crocodile and said, "I have to stop you. You went too far."
Armament Haki Hardening. Thor Rifle
In an instant, Luffy's black lightning was through the Crocodile's chest. Nobody in the room was able to comprehend what just happened. Luffy slowly removed his hand out of dead Crocodile's chest and set him down. He looked at Robin and smiled. He then picked both Robin and King and bolted out of there.
A huge feast was planned in the Royal Palace. The king himself invited Luffy to grace the occasion. Luffy took no time in accepting as the thought about meat and feast came in his mind. Whereas, Nico Robin had disappeared from the hospital.
Luffy enjoyed the feast and asked favor to drop him on Foosha Village from the king, which he gladly accepted. A special ship, which is always reserved for the king himself, was prepared to let the straw hat man travel to East Blue.
It was early evening when Luffy boarded on the ship for Foosha Island. His thoughts lingered on the events occurred in Alabasta and what's going to happen next. As he entered his room, he saw a girl in her mid-20s wearing a white shirt and blue pants reading on the table. He excused himself and closed the door behind him. He saw his ticket again to confirm his room, it was his room. He entered again and locked his eyes on her face to see her carefully and saw Nico Robin sitting there.
"So you are here." They both said simultaneously. They both smiled and the Robin introduced herself.
"I am Nico Robin. And who might you be?" she said, scanning his eyes.
"I am Monkey D. Luffy. I am going to be the pirate king." Luffy grinned. "What are you doing here?"
"You have to take the responsibility. You saved my life even when I did not ask you to." Robin smiled.
"NANI?"