A/N: I changed the rating to T for now so it will attract a grester audience...for now. Eventually, the arcs will become darker which is why it will eventually change back to M, but for right now I'll leave it at T.

Today was a slow day for Makino. There wasn't that much business so she was simply cleaning the glass cups used to serve to customers. She had to keep the place looking nice if she ever wanted returning customers and new ones recommended by her older customers. She sighed. Nothing eventful happened today. She wondered how Luffy was doing all the way across the seas serving the Marines. Knowing Luffy, he would probably be fighting bad guys or eating off all the Marine food supplies quite quickly. It put a smile on her face remembering how Luffy acted while he still lived in Foosha Village. Oh, how she missed the boy. There was always this charm to him that made him a pleasure to be around.

While Makino was reflecting on the good times she had with Luffy, the doors to the bar swung open. In came several men. From the looks of it, they appeared to be mountain bandits. They seemed like the stereotypical ones too. This was going to be a pain. She put on a false smile and greeted the men.

"Hello. How may I serve you gentlemen today?" She asked politely.

"Well, my men and I are pretty thirsty. We were going to ask for 10 barrels of sake, but we may just have you instead." The lead bandit exclaimed.

The bandits had wicked smiles on their faces as they began to approach her. Makino was backing away from the men and tried to make a run for it. She was fast, but not fast enough. The lead bandit grabbed Makino by her shirt collar and yanked her towards him. He reeked of alcohol and the smell was suffocating to Makino. It was as if this man hadn't taken a bath since forever.

"Now. Now. Where do you think you're heading off to?" He questioned her mockingly.

The bandits began to group around her with plans of 'sharing' her. Of course, the leader would get firsts.

"Hey. You should be glad. After this, you may even be bearing Higuma The Bear's child for all we know." Higuma stated.

After hearing these words, Makino began to squirm even more trying to break away from Higuma's grip on her, but he began ripping at her clothes.

"HELP! HELP! ANYBODY! PLEASE HELP!" She screamed with tears in her eyes as Higuma was beginning to assert his dominance.

Right before he could though, a blast of air pressure hit him. The force behind it was so strong that it caused him to lose his grip on Makino and send Higuma flying back. The bandits were shocked seeing their leader fly back like that and looked to the entrance in order to see if anyone was there. Sure enough, there was. A man standing at 6'2 was at the entrance. He was wearing a tattered white suit and a straw hat. Not even sandals he was wearing. He was barefoot. He had an angered look on his face, but he also showed signs of being tired and malnourishment seeing as how he had bags under his eyes and his bones appeared to be very prominent on his face. They doubted this was the man who sent their captain flying. They had full confidence that it would be a piece of cake taking this guy down.

Oh how wrong they were….

None of their hits connected and instead they ended up harming each other. It was as if the man wasn't even there. A mirage like they were in the desert and they were seeing things.

"Enough of this!" The malnourished gent yelled.

He grabbed one of the men by their head and crushed it under his grip leaving a red stain on the floor and a lifeless body missing a head. The other men were shocked seeing this. Some of them even wanted to throw up after what they witnessed. He grabbed the sword of the dead man and used it against the other men slicing at their bodies. You could hear their screams of pain as their bodies were getting sliced by the man in the suit. By the time he was done, his suit was no longer white, but it was red with the blood of all the bandits.

He was breathing heavily from exhaustion. He turned to see Higuma get up and try to get to Makino who was trying to flee the scene. He wasn't having any of that today.

"Soru." He whispered.

He disappeared from his position and appeared in front of Higuma kicking him in the family jewels. The kick packed enough strength to shatter his balls. Higuma screamed in pain before glaring at the one in front of him.

"Do you know who you just messed with?" Higuma threatened.

"Yeah. A man who is no longer able to produce testosterone. A man who will now have decreased sexual drive, problems with erections, and is now infertile. That means even if you were to ever find a woman who would want you, you would no longer be able to have any offspring to continue your legacy."

"I'LL KILL YOU! You've messed with the wrong person boy! I am Higuma The Bear! I'm a wanted man worth 16 million beri!"

"News flash. I'm a wanted man as well and I've taken down men with more than quintuple that amount." He whispered.

Fear was brought to Higuma's eyes especially after seeing the carcasses of his men. Impossible.

"I'll give you two choices. You can leave this village and never return or I can kill you here right now and in the most painful way possible. Which do you choose?"

Higuma answered the question by running out of the bar as soon as he found an opening. The straw hat wearer smirked.

"Smart choice."

He looked over to Makino and unbuttoned his suit.

"Oh no." Makino said to herself thinking the worst.

He took off his straw hat leaving it on the counter and taking off the shirt he was wearing underneath the suit. It was crimson red.

"Makino. Put this on. I can't stand to look at you with your current attire. By the way, it's Luffy."

Hearing these words put a sense of relief to Makino as she gladly put on the shirt and found that it was incredibly stretchy to the point she could wear it as a sort of dress. It didn't feel wet or reek of blood either which relieved her even more.

"I'm glad you came when you did Luffy. I don't know if I could have escaped these vile men." She spoke in disgust.

She made several plates of food for Luffy knowing how he was when it came on to food. Even then, she doubted this would completely fill him up looking at the condition of his body, although he was getting better.

"So, what brings you back to Foosha Village? I figured you'd be back with the Marines on a mission or something or are you visiting?"

Luffy shook his head in response causing Makino to raise an eyebrow.

"I can't stay here long Makino. During my time with the Marines, I discovered how corrupt the World Government is. That's why I defected."

"You did what?!" Makino yelled.

Luffy was calm over the situation.

"I defected. I could no longer stand for the unjustness of the World Government so I defected from the Marines. I'm sure they've either put a bounty on my head or they are trying to keep everything under tight wraps so nobody finds out. Anybody they find out has ties to me that aren't Gramps are probably going to have Marines knocking at their doorsteps as soon as possible which is why I can't stay long. I just wanted to see you one last time Makino. You've been the closest thing I've ever had to a mother."

Luffy finished his food quickly and got up to leave.

"Oh, and before I leave."

He put on a tactical skull mask to conceal his face and handed Makino a steampunk designed pistol.

"To protect yourself from any others who would ever try to use you since I won't be around to protect you if there is ever a next time."

Luffy walked out of the bar with his straw hat on his head. He got some weird looks from some of the villagers, but they just shrugged him off as some weirdo.

He looked at his small raft. If he wanted to become a pirate, he would need a much larger ship than this. This would have to do for now though.

He went to a nearby store getting some new clothes since he didn't want to continue smelling like blood the whole journey. He was now wearing an open, white cardigan with long sleeves, black pants, and army boots that were in black and white camo. Of course, he had his straw hat on top of his head. He was still kinda hungry, but the less time he spent in Foosha Village, the better.

He was also tired, but he could rest after he began gathering his crew. Right now, there was no time to waste. He got in his dinghy and forced the wind to send him somewhere else. Hopefully a place where he could get another ship and restock on supplies.

A/N: This chapter was slightly longer than the first one, which is a good thing. As you can see, some stuff was about to go down if Luffy never made it in time to rescue Makino. Now, I know it may seem like Luffy is still incredibly strong although there are several things going against him, but that was Higuma. Come on. As for why his bounty is double that of the original, that's because it's been 10 years. You guys would question why his bounty is only 8 million beri if I left it as it was in canon. Why he was even still alive in the first place will be revealed in later chapters. If you still have questions, post them in the reviews. Bionic-TitanX out!