A/N: Sorry this update took a little while, but like my other story, this won't have a set update schedule. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter 2: Beginning of a New Adventure

-Going Merry-

"Lu-Luffy, you can't be serious," Usopp said. "We just met this guy and you want him to join us? That's crazy."

"So? It was the same with you guys," Luffy pointed out.

"But this is different!" Usopp shouted. "This guy literally came outta nowhere! We at least had a bit of time to get to know each other first!"

"Actually, this is kinda similar to when I met Luffy," Zoro pointed out. "Although, he did kinda blackmail me."

"That's beside the point Zoro," Usopp said. "What I mean is, we don't know what this guy is or who he is for that matter." Usopp then started to shake a bit. "For all we know…he could be an extremely dangerous pirate from the Grand Line!"

"Don't care," Luffy said with a smile. "I still want him to join."

"Fine! But don't blame me when he tries to kill us all!" Usopp yelled as he stomped off back into the cabin.

"Usopp does kinda have a point," Sanji said. "We know nothing about this guy, so let's get rid of him as soon as we get to Louge Town and be rid of him." Sanji then also went back inside the cabin, getting ready to make the next meal for the pirate crew. Soon, everyone else dispersed and went to do their own thing, Zoro started to train, Nami looked over some ocean charts to make sure they were still on the right path, and Luffy is once again occupying his favorite spot at the figure head of the ship. Behind Luffy, Groudon continued his nap, leaning his back on the ship's mast.

-Lougetown Port-

Sometime after Groudon's arrival, the Straw Hat Pirates arrived to Lougetown, their final stop before heading to the Grand Line.

"Yeah! We're finally here!" Luffy cheered.

"Who's being so loud…I was in the middle of napping…" Groudon said as he woke up, looking at the side of the ship to see they had reached land. "Finally…we couldn't get to land fast enough." Groudon then stood up and walked up to the side of the ship before then jumping over the side of it and landing on the ground. "Seeya."

"Hey wait!" Luffy shouted as he jumped down as well.

"What do you want Straw Hat?" Groudon asked as he turned to Luffy.

"Join my crew," Luffy said with his usual smile.

"…No," Groudon said as he turned away from Luffy and started to walk off.

"What!? Why not!?" Luffy asked. "Being a pirate is awesome!"

"I don't care," Groudon said. "Like I said, I hate the ocean, and I wanna be as far from it as possible."

"Aren't you gonna chase after him Luffy?" Usopp asked.

"Nah, he can wait, I wanna see the execution platform!" Luffy then ran off into the town.

Meanwhile, Groudon was just walking though the town, thinking to himself as well as listening to what the people around him were saying.

"Was it this hot a minute ago?"

"Man…it got so hot so fast…"

"Weather sure is being strange today."

"These humans…looks like I still have my Drought ability," Groudon thought. "And if I still have that…there's a chance I still have all my other powers too." Groudon smirked as he then bumped into someone. "Hey, watch where you're going."

"My bad," said the man with white hair and, for some reason, smoking two cigars and having many more on his jacket. "But a word of advice, be careful what you say and do here. The Marines have a lot of authority here."

"Whatever," Groudon said as he walked off.

"Captain Smoker!" said a man in a white and blue uniform, gaining the man's attention. "Wait…isn't that the guy we were warned about?"

"I think so," said the now named Smoker.

-Flashback: An Hour Ago-

"Uh…Captain Smoker," said a marine soldier as he entered the captain's office. "You have someone requesting to meet with you."

"Really? What for?" Smoker asked.

"He…wouldn't really say," said the soldier. "All he said was that he needed to warn us of someone coming here."

"…Let him in," Smoker instructed as the Marine nodded and left.

"Ah…Captain Smoker I presume?" said the man who entered the room, wearing a white robe with his face concealed by the hood. "I come here baring terrible news."

"Before that, can you take your hood off?" Smoker requested.

"I'd rather not," the man said. "Anyways, I'm here to warn you about a dangerous man heading for your island as we speak."

"Oh? And who exactly would that be?" Smoker asked.

"No one you know, believe me," the man said as he the smiled a bit. "But I'll tell you this, he as a Devil Fruit ability like nothing you've ever seen before."

"A Devil Fruit? So what? I have one too, and I've captured many pirates with it," Smoker said.

"That may be so, but this man possesses an extremely rare and powerful one," the man said as he held up three fingers. "It belongs to a series of three Zoan Devil Fruits."

"Zoan?" Smoker repeated, becoming a bit interest now.

The man nodded as he said, "Yes, for you see, these three fruits have been lost to time, nearly forgotten by the rest of the world. For they have the ability of what seems like multiple Devil Fruits."

"But a person can only eat one!" Smoker yelled, quickly standing up at his desk. "You're telling me that there are Devil Fruits like that!?"

"Exactly!" the man shouted. "And I have even learned what these Zoans are called. They are called the Beast Beast Fruits. And the model this man possesses is Behemoth."

"Behemoth…" Smoker repeated. "What about the other two? You said there were three total."

"They're not as important, but I guess knowing about them could be useful," the man said, a small smile on his face. "The other two are models Leviathan and Ziz."

"You better not be making this up," Smoker said as he narrowed his eyes at the man.

"Now why would I lie to a Marine officer?" The man said. "Well, it's best I take my leave now." One of his hands started to glow. "Oh wait, I nearly forgot; look for a man dressed in red as well as with red hair. That's who he is. Now then, ta-ta." Then a bright flash of light appeared. When it died down, the man was nowhere to be seen.

"A man in red…" Smoker said.

-Flashback End-

"What should we do sir?" the marine soldier asked.

"…Keep an eye on him, inform me if he does anything suspicious," Smoker instructed.

"Yes sir!" the marine said as he ran after Groudon.

As Groudon was walking, he was thinking, "I should probably go to a secluded area and see if I can use any of my moves." But before he could ponder any further, his stomach growled loudly, drawing some attention his way. "...But not before I get something to eat…" Groudon looked around and went into the first restaurant he saw. Soon after he took a seat at a table, a waiter approached him.

"How may I help you sir?" the waiter asked.

"Got any meat?" Groudon asked.

"Why…yes we do," the waiter said.

"Twenty pounds of meat," Groudon said.

"Twe-twe-Twenty pounds?" the waiter questioned, very surprised, as were other patrons that were sitting around and heard them.

"Yeah, that a problem?" Groudon asked, gaining a threatening look.

"N-N-Not at all sir! Your order will be coming right up!" the waiter said frightened, and then running off into the kitchen.

"Geez…humans here are really strange…" Groudon thought. Soon after, a large plate of meat was brought out to him, and placed on his table.

"Please enjoy sir!" the waiter said before rushing off again.

Groudon then started to dig in into the meat pile, finishing it off in several minutes. Afterwards, Groudon gave a content belch then saying, "That was good…"

"Alright sir, now that you have finished, here is your bill," the waiter said as he placed a piece of paper on the table.

"Bill?" Groudon said as he picked it up and looked at it, confused by the amount. "The hell is this?"

"The bill for the food you ate," the waiter said. "That will be 50,000 Berries."

"Berries?" Groudon questioned. "Why are you using fruit as currency?"

"Are you an idiot? Berries is the name of the currency used throughout the world," the waiter said, taking out a 10 Berry note. "It looks like this. Look familiar?"

"…I don't have any money," Groudon said plainly.

"You…don't have any money?" the waiter questioned.

"Yeah, so?" Groudon asked as he got up and started to wake away, leaving the bill behind.

"…Don't dine and dash!" the waiter yelled as he grabbed the back of Groudon's trench coat. "You're not going anywhere until you've paid off your bill!"

"…It would be smart to let me go," Groudon said as he turned around a bit.

"Like hell I will! You owe us a lot of money!" the waited yelled. Groudon turned around and grabbed the man's wrist tightly, and soon after, smoke started to rise from where Groudon was grabbing. "AH! Hot! Hot! Let me go! You're burning me!" the waiter yelled as he let go of Groudon's coat and tried to pull away. Groudon then let him go as he pulled back, letting him fall to his back and holding his wrist in, screaming in pain.

"I'll be going," Groudon said as he turned around and exited the restaurant. "Now…where do I go?" Groudon said as he looked around.

"Hey! You there!" yelled a man, gaining Groudon's attention. The man was the Marine that was following him, and he was currently pointing his gun at Groudon. "You're under arrest!"

"…I don't have time for you," Groudon said as he started to walk away.

"Stop!" the Marine yelled as Groudon surprising stopped walking.

"You're annoying," Groudon said as he turned to face him, slowly raising one of his legs into the air.

"D-Don't move! I'll shoot!" the Marine shouted.

Groudon then quickly brought his leg down, stomping the ground as he shouted, "Earthquake!"

"Ah!" the Marine shouted as he closed his eyes and flinched, only nothing happened. When the Marine opened his eyes and looked where Groudon was, he found he was no longer there. "He tricked me!"

Groudon meanwhile was running through the streets of Louge Town. "What the hell!" he shouted. "Why can't I use Earthquake!? Last I checked, I was at least level 76!" Groudon continued to run, as he then wrapped his arms around himself as he shouted, "And why is it so damn cold!? …Wait…cold?" Groudon then looked up, to see that the sky was totally blocked out by clouds. "What the…this weather…no way it's natural." Groudon soon stumbled upon the town square, where a large group of people had gathered, some of them dressed up like clowns. "What's going on here?"

"Groudon!? What are you doing here!?" Luffy shouted from on top of the execution platform, being held down by a clown.

"No one is going to be able to help you Straw Hat, just watch as your friends struggle against my crew!" the clown shouted.

"…I don't know what's going on, but I don't care," Groudon said as he turned to leave.

"Where do you think you're going!?" yelled one of the pirate clowns from behind him.

"Shut up!" Groudon yelled as he quickly turned around and punched him in the face, sending him flying back into the crowd, now unconscious.

"What the…he took him out like he was nothing…" said one of them.

"If one of us can't take him, then let's gang up on him!" shouted another as he and many others charged at Groudon.

"I don't have time for you!" Groudon said as he put his hand on the ground. "Mud Shot!" Then several streams of mud burst from the ground, hitting all of his attackers. "Geez…so I can only use my weakest moves."

"Groudon? Looks like we ended up meeting again," Sanji said as he kicked several clown pirates.

"What are you even doing here?" Zoro asked as he cut down his own opponents. "I thought you didn't want to see us again."

"I don't!" Groudon shouted as he punched is attackers. "I was chased here by some weird guy holding a gun!"

"Zoro! Sanji! Ussop! Nami!" Luffy yelled as the clown pirate, Buggy, brought down his sword. "Sorry, but I'm dead." As Luffy said this, he had a smile on his face.

"Don't say that!" Sanji and Zoro yelled.

Unbeknownst to them though, Smoker was watching the events unfold, and was surprised when he saw Luffy smiling while he was so close to death. But right before the sword was at Luffy's neck, a bolt of lightning struck the execution platform, setting it on fire and causing it to immediately collapse, as it then started to rain.

"Hey, my hat," Luffy said as he picked up his hat off the ground, totally unharmed as Buggy was burnt to a crisp. "Lucky! I'm safe now! Hahaha!" The whole audience was silenced by this turn of events.

"Hey, do you believe in God?" Sanji asked.

"Don't say something stupid," Zoro said. "Let's get out of this town before those Marines get here."

"Surround and close the streets!" yelled a Marine. "Let's arrest them!"

"Here, they come! Let's go" Sanji yelled as he, Zoro, and Luffy all ran away.

"What a heavy rainstorm," Zoro commented as they ran.

"They're still following us, should we stop and fight them?" Luffy asked.

"No, it's worthless. Besides, Nami told us to get back to our ship as soon as possible, and one more thing…" Sanji said as he looked to his side and saw Groudon running next to him. "The hell are you following us for!?"

"Like I was gonna get arrested!" Groudon shouted back. "I saw you guys escape through an opening, and I followed."

"Okay, so now go your own way and leave us be!" Sanji yelled.

"And risk getting cornered!? No way!" Groudon yelled.

"Roronoa Zoro!" said a Marine officer with a sword, standing in front of them.

"It's Tashigi!" yelled one of the other Marines

"I've never thought that you were Roronoa Zoro!" Tashigi said, thinking back to when she met him in the sword shop. "You must be so proud that you can trick me! I can't forgive you now!"

"What have you done to that lady!?" Sanji yelled at Zoro.

"So you were a Marine?" Zoro said, ignoring what Sanji said.

"I will take the Wado Ichimonji from you," Tashigi said.

"Try if you can," Zoro said, as in the next instant, both he and Tashigi were locking their swords. "You go first!" Zoro said to the others, as they ran past the two sword users.

"Still following us?" Sanji asked as he looked over to Groudon.

"I don't think I have much a choice at this point," Groudon said. "Looks like I'm as wanted as you guys."

"Hey, is someone standing there?" Luffy asked.

"You have come, Luffy," said Smoker as he stood next to his bike. "And I see you're with that man in red as well."

"Hey! You're the guy who bumped into me earlier!" Groudon shouted. "What's your deal! I didn't do anything worng!"

"On the contrary," Smoker said. "The Marine officer I had following you informed me that you dined and dashed, assaulted a civilian, and resisted arrest. That sounds like enough reason for me to arrest you."

"Who are you?" Luffy asked.

"My name is Smoker, and I am the Captain of this Marine base," Smoker informed them. "I won't allow you to escape!" As Smoker shouted this, his arms turned into smoke, and extended towards Luffy and Groudon.

"What the!? Let them go!" Sanji said as he charged forward and kicked Smoker in his head, only for his foot to go straight through it.

"Don't mess with me, you weakling! White Blow!" Smoker yelled as he sends Sanji flying back with a fist of smoke.

"Sanji! Why you! Gum-Gum Pistol!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his arm towards Smoker, only for it to go through him. "Eh?"

"What the…what's going on?" Groudon asked.

"So, your head is worth 3 million Berries?" Smoker asked as he grabbed Luffy by the back of his head and pinned him to the ground, and continued hold Groudon in the air. "You have some real bad luck." Smoker then reached for his jitte on his back.

"I don't think so," said a man behind Smoker as he too grabbed his jitte, preventing Smoker from moving it.

Smoker turned around and was surprised by who he saw. "You!" He shouted.

"What? Who? Who is that?" Luffy asked, unable to see his savior from under Smoker as he also held his head down.

"Who are you?" Groudon asked, still unable to move.

"The World Government is looking for you," Smoker said.

"The world is waiting for our answer," the man replied. Soon, a strong gust of wind appeared, freeing both Luffy and Groudon from Smoker's grip, sending them flying down the street.

By now, Zoro had already caught up with them. "Let's go Luffy! Before they close off the island!" Zoro yelled. "And the storm is getting heavier! Hurry up!"

"So, this is what Nami was talking about?" Sanji said.

"Hey! Don't leave me behind!" Groudon yelled as he ran to catch up with them.

"Go! It is your destiny!" the man yelled.

"Why are you helping them Dragon!?" Smoker yelled.

"What is your reason for stopping them?" the man, now identified as Dragon, asked

-Lougetown Port-

"Luffy!" Usopp yelled. "Hurry up! I can't hold onto this rope much longer!" Usopp was indeed holding onto a rope, making sure that the Going Merry stayed near the port.

"Hurry! We have to go now!" Nami yelled.

"Hey! What's he doing here!?" Usopp questioned, seeing Groudon.

"I'm getting off this crazy island!" Groudon said as he followed them onboard the ship.

"So you're really coming with us?" Zoro asked.

"I don't really have a choice at this point," Groudon said. "If I stay here, I'll be arrested."

"Then let's get going!" Luffy yelled as he and his crew left Lougetown, and headed out to the ocean.

"Ah! Will our ship be able to stay afloat!?" Usopp panicked, due to the intense weather.

"Look at that light!" Sanji shouted.

"A lighthouse?" Zoro questioned.

"That's a guiding light," Nami informed them. "And at the end of the light is the entrance to the Grand Line. So?"

"Don't any of you feel scared in the middle of this storm!?" Usopp shouted in panic.

"Shall we begin the ceremony for entering the ocean then?" Sanji said as he brought out a barrel. "To find the All Blue." Sanji then rose up his leg and put his heel on the lid of the barrel.

"To become the world's greatest swordsman," Zoro said as he did the same.

"To draw a map of the world," Nami said as she also put her heel on the barrel's lid.

"To become a brave warrior of the sea!" Usopp shouted as he did the same as well.

"To become the Pirate King!" Luffy shouted as he also did the same. Luffy then looked over to Groudon as he said. "Hey, aren't you going to join us?"

"Let's get one thing straight Straw Hat," Groudon said. "We're not friends and I'm not a part of your crew. I'm only here until I can get somewhere safe were I can find out how to get back to my world."

"Just shut up and join us," Zoro said.

"We all didn't want to join at first too, but now look at us," Sanji said. "Since Luffy wants you to join, you're probably going to end up joining us."

Reluctantly, Groudon walked up to them and put the heel of his boot on the lid of the barrel as he said, "To find a way back to my home."

Everyone then lifted up their foot, as everyone but Groudon yelled, "Let's go to the Grand Line!"

A/N: It feels so good when a chapter gets done and is posted. But for now, I need to focus on my other story, which I feel is over due for an update. Hope you guys enjoyed this. Leave a Review on your thoughts on the chapter and Favorite and Follow if you haven't already. Seeya later.