Logia Luffy: Goro edition
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. Though I am looking to trade. You think he'll take payment in expired bologna?...I am so tired right now.
Chapter 1: Monkey ascends to heaven
"My son shall be the greatest marine that ever lived!"
Monkey D Garp said that 30 years ago when Monkey D Dragon was born. He said it loudly, proudly and in front of not only his friends and family but to more than half of Marineford. Like 'all' of Marineford.
He bragged about it day and night for years. Dutifully planning out his son's path of progression up the ranks. Well more of a path of prediction really with rough guesses as to how long it would take his son to kick Kong out of office. He spent months with some of the worlds best designers deciding on his suit when he advanced past grunt. He spent many a day thinking about all that the two of them could accomplish and would fall asleep each night to dream about hanging up his coat, the world would have no need of marines anymore since the two had abolished all crime.
He didn't take it all that well when his son joined the revolution.
Windmill village used to be a town.
Jump forward 19 years
"Ace shall be the greatest marine that ever lived!"
He used to be allowed to have devil fruit users on his ship.
Three more years.
"My grandson shall be the greatest marine ever! Really! I mean it this time!"
Indeed he did. As he gazed down at the small form still suckling on his mothers teet...
"PERVERT!"
*SMACK*
"OW! Blasted woman!"
...He made a vow that come hell or high water that his member of the Monkey family would follow in his footsteps. No matter what.
Then red hair just 'had' to use his home town as a port.
"I wanna be a pirate!" The six year old chirped happily. Mere hours ago he had been amazed and excited by the pirates who'd dance and sing and regail him with story's of great adventure.
Garp stared down at the oblivious offspring of his offspring. Everyone else running for the hills. Luffy squawked loudly when the older man picked him up by the front of his t-shirt and held him nose to nose.
"Oh like hell you are."
"Now THIS is the life eh Luffy!" Garp cheered loudly while holding his Grandson on his shoulder.
The boy looked down on his grandfather with half open eye. He put a hand over his mouth and let out a deliberately unnecessary yawn.
Lets face it, life on a marine vessel and a pirate ship were as differant as steak and salad. A pirate ship has a lot more energy and life in the air. Every day is a thrill as the crew sets out for the great unknown, risking everything in the name of adventure. Pirate ships for the best of examples tended to be more like a close family, They understood each other, helped one another and shared bonds that could never be broken.
A marine vessel on the other hand was so stiff and stuffed with 'regulations' and 'rules' that you'd think they were all machines. Everyone looked like everyone else unless you were an officer. You were still treated like family, That is distant family that you rarely visit because of some incident that happened years ago that neither can remember but refuse to let go of. Marines were not known for love of adventure of venturing into the unknown. In fact the ship they were on right now wasn't even Garps. It was a routine patrol ship while the heros vessel was at waters 7 for repair. Apparently he'd forgotten that you couldn't just drop a cannonball back onto the deck no matter how frustrated you were.
Luffys impressionable young brain had already made up his world view about the opposing factions of Marines and pirates. One was exciting and thrilling while the other was about as fun as washing your socks. Guess which was which.
"Can we go home yet? Shanks might Mph nunuh." He muffled the last two words when the hero wrapped his fingers around the boys face.
"Ix-nay anks-Shay." He whispered/ growled to the boy. The last thing he wanted was for anybody to know that his own back yard was a hideout for a member of Rogers crew.
Luffy tried to pry the mans fingers from his face, going red as he tried his hardest without even the mans pinky giving any way. Garp grumbled and turned to a random ensign. "Where the hell are we anyway? I can't show my grandson how awesome marines are if we don't have anything awesome to do!"
The lowly marine stumbled at being addressed by the living legend himself but as a marine forced himself not to look like an idiot "The island closet to us is Jaya sir!"
"Jaya huh?" Garp mumbled "And not more than a hairs breadth from Mock town."
The marine blanched when he heard. "Mock town sir! That place is a nest for the worst kind of pirates."
"Yes. A perfect place to show Luffy how great his grandfathers job is! HA HA HA HA!"
Against all protest from the crew and the actual ships captain Garp used his rank and total disregard for logic or reason to take control of the ship and veered it towards one of the most avoided locations in the grand line. Pirates paradise or as it's officially known Mock town.
The island wasn't that far away. Only about a half days hard sailing. So with Garp at the helm that was what? Two hours?
The marine vessel whizzed through the water like a torpedo. Men scrambled under the deck as the engine that was standard in marine vessels for moving through the calm belt was smoking from exertion.
"Vice admiral Garp. I don't think were supposed to be moving this fast." Said One marine while holding onto the guard rail for dear life.
The grey haired marine laughed loudly at the wind whipping across his face. Luffy who was still on his shoulder joining in. "HAHAHA! And you call yourself a marine! You don't get anywhere in life traveling at a snails pace! HAHAHA!"
"No sir I meant that literally! We shouldn't be able to go past 40 knots!"
"Really!" He said over the roar of the back of the ship. "And whats our speed!"
"I don't know, the meter exploded after 120!"
"HAHAHA FANTASTIC!" His wrinkled face twisted in mad delight "THIS ENOUGH EXCITEMENT FOR YA LUFFY!"
"WAHOO!" It wasn't a definite yes but Garp would take it.
"SIR! We 'really' need to slow down!" The seaman gripped the rails tighter and tighter as he was being pulled backwards by the increasing speeds. On deck everyone was either clinging for dear life to the masts or pressed firmly against the cabin walls.
"What! I can't hear you over your gutlessness!" He kept grinning, continued pushing the throttle ever foward despite the lever already being as far foward as it could go. He was lost in the thrill he was feeling. Not the thrill of speed because he could move much faster than this dinky tug boat on his own. No it was the thrill of knowing that he was successfully converting his Grandsons line of thinking. With every knot Luffy's laughter grew louder and his smile impossibly wider.
Faster! FASTER! The faster they go the closer he gets to a future where he stands side by side with his grandson, his 'fleet admiral' grandson! He didn't care for safety, for the rain that had quite suddenly appeared hitting his face as hard as buckshot. He had tunnel vision that made Akainu look like Shanks!
"SIR FOR THE LOVE OF NEPTUNE STOP!" The marine screamed only for his cry to fall on deaf ears. 'Ah well. I warned him.' He shrugged internally before letting go of his grip. Flying over the back of the boat to land in the water with a resounding splash.
Garp took a second to peer back and wonder why he just let go like that.
"GRAMPA LOOK O...!"
*CCRRAASSHH!*
That first marine was joined by several others when their ship came to a sudden jarring halt. Those that weren't so lucky as to be flung into the water were either knocked out from smashing their heads into the wood or at least very banged up. Even Garp was not spared, the wind was expelled from his gut by a ships wheel being jammed into his stomach, Luffy being the smallest, lightest and least braced person on the ship flew off his fathers fathers shoulder and over the heads of everyone else, Ultimately landing on the deck of the ship Garp had crashed into.
The shock didn't last long. Garp wheezed out his first few breaths but righted himself as did the crew members who were not in lala land at the moment. His first thought was 'What the hell was that?' which would have immediatly been followed by 'Wheres Luffy?' if a loud voice hadn't answered his first question.
"YYOOUU BASTARD! YOU UTTER HORSES ASS!" A man that looked more ape than human climbed up onto the front of the ship, which was mostly intact thanks to good old waters 7 engineering as opposed to everyone else. His shirt and dungarees bulging against the enormous pecks and rock hard abs outlined in them, his simian face contorted in rage.
Before they could move away the enraged 'man' wrapped his enormous hand around one unlucky ensigns leg and hung him upside down, face to face. "WHICH ONE OF YOU MARINE DICKS DESTROYED MY BOOAATT!" He roared in the ensigns face covering it with spittle.
"I...I...I...I..."
"SPIT IT OUT!"
"Me." Garp said. His voice much quieter yet just as loud as the monkey man.
"THEN DIE!" He reached for his back and pulled out what looked like a flintlock only three times bigger than normal to fit comfortably in his hand. Before he could even fire it the weapon fell form his grip and he doubled over, Garps fist buried in his stomach.
"The only screaming monkey around here is me." He pulled his fist out to let the larger 'man' fall to the ground. "Now tell me what your gripe is before I haul you to the brig for attacking a marine vessel!"
"DAD!" "DAD!"
Two smaller forms leap up onto the deck and rushed at the ape man. One of a similar build wearing almost a carbon copy of the older mans cloths and the other looking more like an orangutan in a severely stretched button up shirt.
"Masira. Shojo, you two stay back." The gorilla man wheezed out, pushing his 12 year old sons behind him. "Your dads about to deal with the marine asshole who rammed us for no reason!"
"Oh like hell you are! I'm not gonna just let you flap your lips like that at me" He cracked his knuckles loudly, which would later contribute to such a crippling arthritis in his right hand that he was forced to become a lefty.
"Uh sir." One incredibly brave marine dared interrupt his hero "Technically the monkey is..."
"I AM NOT A MONKEY! I AM A MAN!(1)" A massive fist collided with the marine and sent him skipping over the water like a stone.
Another marine spoke up "...The 'man'..." Looking at the not monkey man he sighed in relief when no motion was made to kill him "...is right sir. You did ram into his ship when you insisted on abusing the engine."
"Oh so it's my fault then is it!" Garp sneered and jabbed a finger in the marines chest...not 'literally of course, even though he could, the 'non deadly' sort of finger jabbing.
"Yes sir."
"Oh. Alright then." He said, his anger vanishing instantly. "The marines will only be to happy to replace your ship Mr..."
"OOK! No time for that!. We have to get out of here!" He ran for the steering wheel but was grabbed by Garp once more.
"Whoah whoah whats the rush?"
"WHATS THE RUSH? The knock up stream that's whats the rush!"
Garp stared at him blankly. With everyone else seemingly more competent than their commander an unnamed ensign with all but threee weeks of experience under the government flag decided it was his turn to make the hero look even more like an idiot.
"He's refering to a immense water spout caused by ruptures in sea bed caverns sir. Big enough to send ships the size of Buster vessels into the sky."
"Ahhhh..."
Having quite enough of the man. The ape like father of two ape like sons tore away from his grip and pointed out over the waters which were rapidly growing stronger.
"This area is rotten with undersea caves. There's a knock up stream here at least five times a month! It's my job to know where and when ones going to happen and WERE FLOATING ON GROUND ZERO RIGHT NOW!"
"...aaahhhh."
"WERE ALL GOING TO DIE HORRIBLY IF YOU DON'T MOVE YOUR SHIP!"
"...zzzzzzz."
"OH COME ON!" The 'man' screeched like a simian. Pushing past Garp for the third and final time, successfully making it to the captains wheel while the ships crew gaped like fish.
"DIE HORRIBLY REMEMER!"
It was amazing exactly how screaming at a person seemed to make them dumber. Regardless of how urgent what you were saying at the top of your lungs those listening always appear to take some time before the message really filters in. It took everyone of the government dogs a full 20 seconds before they realised that a painful death may be a bad thing.
They scrambled over the boat. Rigging the sails to catch as much wind as possible, throwing everything that wasn't bolted down overboard to reduce weight, some managed to acquire conveniently long poles to push the ruined ship they had collided with. Everyone's utter sense of urgency to preserve themselves making them forget about the small child on that vessel out cold.
In fact they were already a considerable distance from ground zero before either unconcious monkey woke up.
Garp was snoring away, drool pooling across his kick ass coat until the *ewww* snot bubble he was in and de-flating suddenly popped jolting him awake.
"Wha...Whats. HEY! Why are we going so fast!" He shouted out at none in particular before grabbing a random marine as he ran by."
"A knock up stream is about to occur sir. We need to evacuate the area."
"Knock up stream. GREAT! I havent seen one of those in a long time! You ready to see something amazing boy?...boy?" He noticed that his super humanly strong shoulders weren't carrying the extra weight of a six year old.
"Luffy! Where is that boy?" He peered around calmly despite the bustle, that is until his eyes feel on a rapidly diminishing sight.
"LUFFY!" He yelled spotting the shrinking form of his grandson. Without the smallest hint of hesitation he flung off his coat and was over the side before anyone could yell for him to stop.
It was moments like this that he lived for. Each time he hit the icy cold water, every gulp of salty filled brine reminded him of his days as a lad spending days on end swimming with his friends. The countless men he'd saved doing what he was doing now.
Nature itself seemed to be against the old hero, the waters growing increasingly angry and the skys above becoming darker and darker. Rogers rival ignored all of this, his eyes never moving from his off springs barely conscious form.
He paddled harder and harder against the ever strenghtening current. Using his mastery of Soru as best as his old bones could. He was in spitting distance of the crashed boat.
"LUFFY!"
The injured boys eyes fluttered open "Uhh...G-Grampa?"
There was no warning.
*BBOOMM!*
The currents created by all the underwater activity were the only signs of the stream. Those though could take hours, rapidly growing stronger but then stabilising for a while, of growing over a few days. The actual event however was instant with no whirlpools forming as a sign. (1)
The water shot up like a gigantic missile with Luffy's wrecked boat being pulled along with it. The G-force crushing Luffy into place while making it very difficult for Garp to keep pushing himself forward.
"Hang...on Luffy. *Guh* I'm...coming!"
Would if he could. Unfortunately the damaged planks under his fingertips choose that moment to give up the ghost, turning to splinters in a second.
The old hero fell away. The roar of water and the crys of his grandson deafening.
"GRAMPAAAAAAAA!" The rapidly diminishing form cried out, disappearing into the heavens.
The eruption soon subsided, falling back to earth as Garp did, as soon as he splashed down all that was left of it was the calming ripples in the water. Monkey D Luffy was nowhere to be found.
A cold biting wind past over the once more downed boy. Sending a razor blade up his back and making him jump a foot in the air.
That little shiver instead of just disappearing spread across his whole body making him wrap his arms around himself for protection.
"W-W-where a-am I?" He managed to mumble through chattering teeth. Too wrapped up in himself at the moment to really notice that the clouds were far to close to the ground to be natural.
End chapter.
(1) I AM A MAN! *PUNCH*
I have the biggest head ache since Jerry Springer had an epiphany about what he'd been doing for the past 20 years (no offence.) I'm tired, bored, distracted and quite frankly I just wanted this out of the way before I move onto the next chapter.
As usual I warn you that my spell check doesn't work for some reason or another so forgive me for not being able to spot every mistake by eye alone.
So yeah, he gets shot up into the clouds, congrats anyone who figured thats what would happen. Next chapter will be on the war again followed by a little more backstory.
Next time Chapter 3: The land of angels
P.S Work will continue on my other logia storys and 'welcome to the club' shortly. Flames will be used to burn copys of Twilights and D-grey man. You want either then go watch Hellsing or Full Metal alchemist!