Disclaimer: I don't own one piece
So I wasn't very proud of the last chapter. Everything moved very fast and everything was kinda not described well, and I'm still trying to make the romance not too cliche….I hate it when characters blush early in the story unless they are the type of characters to blush like Chopper or maybe Zoro when he's embarrassed about something. This chapter, I'll actually try to describe some thoughts…hahaha.
Luffy's POV
Nothing felt right when I woke up. Every part of my body felt weird. There was a strange "thing" between my legs and my chest felt very light. I went down to touch the mysterious things between my legs, and I let out a yelp. There was this thing….this naughty thing…and it was stretchy too….so it must be part of my body…
No…It can't be…that was just a nightmare right? I stumbled across the room, and headed towards the bathroom to take a shower. I slowly let my clothes fall off my shoulders. I stared down at my chest…it was flat. No! No! No! No! I was about to take my pants off…until I checked the mirror.
My jaw flew to the floor as I stared at a person in the mirror. "It" looked like me, but "it" was…a male! He looked at me with his jaw on the floor too, A part of my brain had a theory and recovering from shock, I decided to test my theory out. I waved my hands, he waved his hands. I made a funny face at the mirror…he made a funny face in the mirror. My eyes bulged out. His did the same.
My theory was correct. But I did not want to believe it , so I did something on natural instincts. I screamed and punched the mirror. My scream sounded a lot rougher, a lot more deeper, and a hell lot more manlier.
My fist was covered with glass shards and blood. I cringed. My fist hurt. Maybe that wasn't the smartest thing to do, but I did it...because in the back of my mind, I remembered the events of last night, and I remembered Ace leaving, and I remembered the pain I felt, but I didn't want to believe it. In the morning I had wanted it to be a nightmare, just a scary, painful nightmare, but it was not. It was reality…my cruel reality. I had to literally given up being a women, and became a man.
Hearing the sound of my scream, a few maids and butlers probably ran over here, crowded the door, and were ready to kick it down.
"Hey guys it's ok in here, but I think you guys will have to fix the mirror…ha ha…" I had said from inside the bathroom.
"Are v'you sure v'your ok, Luffy-san?"
"Luffy-san?" I muttered quiet enough so that they would not hear me. They couldn't have just renamed me right? No I did not want my name changed. It would just prove that last night's events did happen, and that I really was a boy. "Uh I'm really all right Ivankov!"
"Oh v'hat's good, If v'your going to take a shower do it fast! Vé need to cut v'your hair short and then get v'ou into v'your new male uniform, Hee-haw!"
No not my hair and uniform too. They were changing too many things in me! How will Ace recognize me at school? How will Ace find me! How will Ace still stroke my hair if it's all short and ragged? I love him! He's my older brother! It will scar my heart if he turned to me and said, "Who are you?"
Because of the lack of whispering, I guessed that the butlers and maids have left the hallway. So I cried, really hard.
After 5 minutes of crying, I took off my pants…{ignoring the ****} and I stepped into the shower. I soaked in the warm waves of steaming hot water boiling down my new body. The blood and glass shards from my wound washed off, and my fist had started to sting. I reminded myself to hide my wound when I talked to Garp and Dragon.
I normally hated showering because it reminded me of drowning {of course I never drown because it's fresh water, but I'm pretty paranoid} , but this time, it was ok. It made me feel happy and renewed, like as though it was washing off some of the pain from my body, spirit, and soul.
After getting out of the tub, I wrapped a towel around me {girl style} cause I still didn't feel self-conscious enough to walk around without a top on, considering the fact that I had been a girl for more than 14 years of my life. I left the bathroom and found a few butlers standing there. Strange. normally there were maids there to dress me…Oh yeah…I was a boy now. I let the butlers put on my new school clothes + tie. I saw one of the butlers eye my fist wound, but he didn't say anything.
After they were done I went towards the kitchen for breakfast. Oh breakfast! One of my favorite times of the day. I had almost forgotten that because of the mental stress I was facing before, but now all of those thoughts were gone and I raced to the kitchen, avoiding maids and butlers passing by.
I quickly sat down, and started to eat, before I was punched by Garp and his fist of "love?", who was looking at me in disappointment. I quickly hid my bloody fist.
"What? Why did you punch me?"
"BECAUSE YOU NEED MANNERS!"
"Why! you never told me I needed manners before! Anyway you eat like a pig, too!"
"NO I DON'T, AND YOU NEED MANNERS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE NEW HEIR TO BEING THE PRESIDENT OF MONKEY CORPS."
"Ugh why can't dad do it!"
"BECAUSE HE'S THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED CRIMINAL RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T JUST GIVE MY COMPANY TO YOUR FATHER, HE'S GOING TO RUIN OUR BUSINESS. AND (I'd hate to say this but) YOUR OUR FAMILY'S ONLY HOPE NOW!"
I choked. "Wha! You never asked me what I want, you bastard, you just keep on pushing responsibilities on me and Ace and now that Ace is gone, you are just pushing the whole company onto me! You even freaking changed me into a boy….at least you should have done that…BEFORE I went to school. Now they'll be confused that "Lucy" is a guy!"
"Bah, it doesn't matter, Shanks will take care of any confusion."
"Well can you at least turn me back into a girl when I go to school?"
"You'll have to change genders too much, and that will affect your body, and anyway, I have to make the fact known that I have a "grandson" called Monkey D. Luffy to be the next head of the family."
Suddenly I felt angry, sad, and frustrated. This man right next to me, just ruined my life, and he's just acting like it was normal? I felt like punching him, but I was wise enough not to. Instead I forced myself to smile and said,
"Grandpa…I'm not hungry, I'll be going now…" and then I left, but I was first dragged to the dressing room, and patiently waited for Ivankov to finish cutting my hair, before one of the butlers drove me to school.
"God this is going to be a hectic day." I said, already tired out, as the black limo with flames on it was parked in the school parking lot. I got out, thanked the butler, who was apparently named Aokiji, and I headed off to school.
Stares. I felt them everywhere. I entered my first class, which was English and I sat down. Shanks gave me a funny look. so I turned to him and said, " Ivankov and Garp" He gave an understanding nod. I looked around and saw that Ace wasn't there.
I felt my heartbeats pounding faster and faster. He wasn't there? Maybe something happened to him last night, and he got hurt, or maybe he was fighting some gangsters, maybe he got a fever or…maybe…maybe…well he wouldn't get hurt by punches and other things because he was a logia' type, …unless they knew how to use haki'
I was worried about him, but secretly I was also relieved that Ace did not see my in my male form. He wouldn't recognize me, and that was my worst fear right now.
I sat down behind Nami, who looked at me strangely. "Um, that's Lucy's seat…uh are you even in our class?"
I bit my lip, she didn't even recognize me a single bit, but I gave a foolish grin and I said, "I am in this class…I'm the twin brother of Lucy, you see, Me, Lucy and Ace are siblings, and yesterday I was sick, so only Lucy and Ace were here yesterday. Today, well, Lucy decided to drop out, and Ace got my illness." I was a terrible liar, but I think that was believable. I even avoided sweating and whistling.
"Hm? Lucy dropped out? Aw, I thought I could have been good friends with her." I bit my dry lips again, making it start to bleed. "Yeah, she told me a lot about you…Nami right?"
"Huh…yeah…what's your name."
"Luffy…Monkey D. Luffy." I almost cringed at the new name, but managed to keep a straight face while saying it.
"Oh…Luffy, that's an interesting name. Hmm?" Nami stopped to glance at my bandaged fist. "Where did you get that?"
"Oh…that? Um…someplace." I said, avoiding the real answer.
Nami, seeing that I was uncomfortable to the topic, did not ask further questions, but her eyes looked at me suspiciously. Maybe she thought I got it in a fight. Well technically she was right…I was in a fight…with my own mirror image.
Usopp and Choppy appeared just as the bell rang. They glanced at me, but they did not say any further questions. Shanks had started talking already.
"Today, we have another new student, please come up here and introduce yourself."
I came up and gave a big smile, " Hey I'm Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm the twin of Monkey D. Lucy and step brother of Monkey D. Ace ! But sadly Lucy has dropped out, and Ace is sick today, so I'll be the only D. in class today. Ha ha."
A few guys booed and the girls seemed to have perked up a bit, seeing that they had one more guy, and 1 less girl. It seemed like a Lucy fan club had been formed yesterday afternoon, and those unnamed saps who formed it were utterly devastated and they glared at me.
I sighed. This wasn't good. I sat back down and ignored glares from guys and coos from girls. I wasn't ready to suddenly become attracted to girls yet, considering how i had just been a girl yesterday.
Usopp and Choppy saw nothing wrong with all of this, and we all started talking. I decided to act stupid and I goofed around with them to gain their favor, and I soon began to get tired and I fell asleep during class.
I was punched awake by Nami. It did not hurt, but it startled me awake. Nami looked at me in shock as my skin bounced back. "Hrugh?" I mumbled as she looked at me.
"Why do you have your sister's devil fruit powers?"
I sat there, shocked. Other people in the classroom were questioning this too. Oh Crap, I forgot about that variable. "Uhhh When we found the fruit, we broke it in half and shared it, so we both got the power, but it gave us only half the power each…but we made up for that, because we both know haki'" I said quickly.
"Oh!" Nami said, surprised.
"Wait you mean the fighting Lucy did at the lunch room with Lucci was only half powered? ...That's incredible. I would love to see you two both fight at the same time." Choppy said, excited.
"Uh I'd rather not…they would be like monsters…" Usopp said, slightly shaking.
Wow…they actually bought it, luck must be on my side today.
"Uh we'll see about that…" I said, dismissively and the day went on. Gym was normal, Since I "wasn't here yesterday" and Lucy dropped out, I was now with Ace. Since Ace wasn't here, I sat on the side of the gym and didn't do anything. Science and History were boring, nothing happened except for the few times I tripped or fell asleep, earning giggles from both girls and guys. And then the bell rang.
Lunch came, I did not eat lunch for the very first time of my life. I sat with Nami, Usopp, Choppy and the others, depressed and thoughtful.
"Hey, Luffy, your not eating?"
"Uh, yeah, I'm not hungry today."
"Oh….hm? Have you met, Zoro, Sanji, Robin, Franky, and Brook yet?"
"Uh, no," Technically I have, but obviously I couldn't say that.
"Then let me introduce you."
I was quickly introduced and I noticed mixed reactions. Zoro, Franky, and Brook were surprised that Lucy had a twin, Sanji was crying about "Lucy" leaving, and Robin chuckled {maybe she knew?} Vivi was sad and Kaya greeted me…and she was the only one to do so properly.
Usopp had eyed me carefully as I talked to Kaya, so I decided to back off…well it wasn't like I was interested in girls anyway. I decided to become good friends with the guys in the school, well…because they looked cool and strong, and I needed more male friends than female friends.
As I was getting to know Zoro, Usopp, Choppy, Sanji, Franky and Brook, Robin had come by too. She got up, and got closer to listen to our conversation.
"Oh you play that game too?! Awesome! High Five!"
"Can I get your username?"
"Sure!….here you go."
"Oh thanks."
"I play that game too!"
"You too?"
"What character did you choose?"
"I choose the character named SogeKing."
"Oh cool! I choose…" I stopped…omg I had forgotten that I had chosen a female character in the game, and I had given my username to them so that they could friend me, so I couldn't lie…well maybe I could.
"Uh, Well the thing is, My sister and I share this account, and she kept begging me to do a female character, so I listened to her."
"Oh that sucks."
"Yeah."
"Mr. straw hat?"
"Yes, Robin?" I had forgotten that Robin was here.
"I need to talk to you privately for a moment."
As she said that, Sanji looked at me very suspiciously, but he said nothing.
I followed Robin outside of the lunch room. A dozen pairs of eyes glared at me. I guessed that Robin was popular.
Robin went to a far and isolated corner of the school and she faced me.
"You're …..Lucy, aren't you?"
"….what….what are you talking about?" How did she know?, I thought as I faced her, scared of the outcome of this.
" Don't deny it Lucy. I've got plenty of proof. Like when I said straw hat, you reacted like you had been called that many times already. Shouldn't your sister be wearing that? Also, you've been stuttering when someone mentions you sister, and you movements like a girl."
"What do you mean I move like a girl"
"Like when you sit, you look like you're wearing a skirt. and your posture is really good…Also, the thing you said about the half devil fruit powers hasn't been proven yet, And the most solid proof I have is that statistics show that Garp only has two grandchildren, and one is Ace, an adopted kid, and the other is Lucy. Lucy never had a twin brother, but yet you look exactly like her. So the only thing I can deduce from that is that you are Lucy"
I gulped. Where was Shanks when you needed him.
"But of course there is one thing that is not clear, and that is why you have a boy body, But I have a theory. Considering that anything can happen in this world, I think that you have a close friend that has the power to change your gender…am I right?"
Well I wasn't going to lie to her anymore, so I nodded.
"Hm…So i was right...Of course I am not going to announce this to the whole school, but you should at least tell your little group of new friends. They would understand."
"But…it's not time to tell them yet. I have to tell them one by one, and apologize for lying to them and I need to try to explain everything to them…"
"Yeah I guess you could do it at the pace you feel most comfortable with…but remember If they do not react well with it, then I cannot do anything" and after saying that, Robin left.
I sighed and walked to the lunch room too, only to be blocked by somebody.
"Hey new kid…I just heard something interesting, and I'd like to know more about it."
I looked up and saw a handsome guy named…Boa Hammock? That sounds about right. "What did your hear?"
"I heard everything." He said smiling.
I gulped.
"I hate girls, cause their such sluts, but I thought you were interesting. Now that you can change genders, You are even more interesting in my eyes. Of course I'm not trying to push questions on you, but I've heard rumors about your brother being in the mafia"
I clenched my jaw.
"Ah so they were right? Well, since you're already so close to mafia people, then I'd like to ask you to join my mafia group only for men."
"No, you bastard, I'm going to be a mafia leader, not a member of the mafia, and I'd never join you, but I might join Ace….If he ever invites me." I said the last part quietly.
"Ohohoho, you've got a soft spot for your brother eh? Well, It's not like he's your real brother anyway. He's just an ado-" I punched him before he finished the sentence.
"Don't you ever say that, Ace is like a ….a real brother…" I looked away. I wanted Ace to be my brother, my hope, my mental support, my shining light…, but at the same time, I didn't want him to be my brother anymore…I wanted it to be more, but I don't know how much more. Maybe not lovers, but I wanted us to be close. but, I didn't want change…I was…scared of change.
(How Ironic that I thought that after I changed my hairstyle, uniform, and gender).
"Ugh you punched me…your the first person to ever hit me."
"Shut up you annoying, whining bastard."
Hancock looked at me strangely while nursing his cheek. " This is so new…Nobody's ever reacted like that, All the girls I've ever hit on have all acted like sluts, but you're so stubborn...I think…I like it."
"…WTF…? You like being punched?"
"No I like you're attitude. Nobody has ever dared to yell at me or punch me…so this is so….so interesting."
"I'm not some kind of strange creäture that you just find interesting." I said, backing away from him. but Boa Hancock got closer to me, pushed me against the wall and then lifted my chin and smirked, "And you're pretty cute, for a guy."
Then Hancock leaned in closer, licked my earlobe and whispered into my ear. "I think i like you, Luffy."(sending shivers down my spine), and then he smirked and left.
"…That was so weird…." I said shivering as I headed back to the lunch room, rubbing my head. This was getting too complicated for me. I deduced that Hancock was a gay weirdo.
After sitting down and getting some weird looks from my friends, the bell rang, and I was off to my next class.
I had fallen asleep again, and when I had woken up, I muttered, "Shut up Ivankov, your just a okama." I opened up my eyes and noticed 30 pairs of eyes staring at me, and I immediately sat straight up. "Uh I'm sorry I fell asleep again. Buggy"
"Agh, you twerp, that's the second time…this period." I laughed sheepishly. Sanji was in my class this time, he let out a laugh and whispered,"You know a okama?"
"Ah yeah…his name is Ivankov. He's one of my maids…um…I mean butlers"
Sanji suddenly shivered as though he remembered something bad.
"Are you okay Sanji?"
"Yeah…but I just felt something weird after you said Ivankov…like dread…It's as though I know him."
(A/N Sanji felt a bit of what his other self felt, in an alternate universe.)
"That's strange."
"Yes it is."
I said goodbye to Zoro, and I reached my house. Today, I walked home, through the shortcut that Zoro was talking about before. As I entered, I saw Grandpa and Dad talking…again. I set down my bag, and walked towards them.
"What he's been accepted into Whitebeard Corps?"
"Yes…He's adopted him."
"No…that's bad, he can give away all of our secrets…unless If we contact him and ask him to come back….or no…I've got an even better idea, we can let him spy on Whitebeard."
"Well Whitebeard wants to make him his successor, after seeing how smart he is."
"That's even better, he'll have more excess to secret files."
"But, we can't be sure Ace would listen to us, I mean, we were the ones who kicked him out…"
"Yeah but he won't disobey us because we have Lucy."
"You can't blackmail him with Lucy, I let you change Lucy into a boy because of that incident, but your going too far! Ace isn't a tool, and neither is Lucy!"
"No…this is all for Jack. This was his dying wish, It was his wish to see the company bloom. It was a hard decision, but I had to choose the company over Ace and the promise I made to Roger."
"No, Garp, you're not listening, you're hurting Lucy and Ace, your destroying their freedom, their life….you can't do this. You're only caring about Jack, but what about my wife? She died to try to protect Lucy from the government, when she was a baby, We all know about Uranus..."
"No I can do this! I'll make it work out, watch me!"
That was when I come in.."Secrets….you guys are keeping secrets…And Ace…he's with Whitebeard? What's going on…You're going to use me…to blackmail Ace? Using me…?"
"…Lucy…" Dad looks at me in shock, while Garp just stares at me with a face that doesn't show any emotion. I close my eyes and suddenly I'm short of breath. My heart starts to pound really hard, my ears are ringing, the room feels hot, sweat runs down my forehead. And that's when my sanity temporarily disappears, and I'm out of control.
"NO! You Can't! What happened with Ace? Is he okay? And what do you guys mean Whitebeard Corporation? What promise with Roger? Who is Jack? What about mom? Uranus? What is all of this? And why are you guys all keeping secrets from me!" I start getting dizzy for some reason. I'm struggling to breathe. My hand shakes and I feel left out, alone. Kept into the dark. My family isn't telling me about something important. I suspected this when I was little, but this proved it...
I can't think. My body goes numb and I feel like throwing up. My heart throbs and pulsates painfully...The beats are irregular, it is so strange. I feel so light-headed. The world is spinning around me, I almost fall, but I grab a chair. My veins are pulsing strangely and my breathing is irregular too. What is going on?
" It HURTS! My heart…it hurts…stop it! Stop blocking me out of all of this…your ruining my life…What's going on! It's your fault right? Grandpa, Tell me, What is going on." I grab Garps shirt collar and start shaking him. Tears are rolling down my cheeks, I start screaming "Why are there so many secrets I don't know, and why does It revolve around me and Ace…Stop keeping secrets Grandpa…I HATE you Grandpa, Hate you so much!" I scream into his ear and then I stop shaking him, and I fall to the floor.
Grandpa looks at me with pity, and he walks away with his head turned away. With Pity? Why was it with pity? Hasn't he already humiliated me enough. just stop it…stop. I'm a big mess, I'm screaming, crying, and twitching on the floor. There is already a puddle on the floor. My mental mind is breaking. They can't force me to hurt Ace…this is too much…too much for my fragile mind. I'm going through a mental breakdown.
Dad comes over and kneels down next to me and strokes my hair. "Dad…please give me power…give me the power of freedom…" I say between sobs. "Let me become what I want to be…a mafia leader…let me have some freedom at least…please…..Please…I'll join Ace, and then….I'll be free of this…I'll run away somewhere, I'll defy the world, this wrong sense of justice…I'll do something to shake the foundations of the world, just like you are trying to do…you are a rebel leader right?…, relieve me of this…this confinement…the confinement of having my life chained down…by him...by secrets…I want to see Ace too…Ace…is he alright…is he hurt? My mind is breaking down…Help me Dad!. Why is my body like this...Why is my heart hurting...Does it have something to do with Mom? the government...? Ugh it doesn't matter...just answer my first question!"
He stroked my hair gently and said, "I don't know Lucy...the risk are high and I can't guarantee your safety if you go against the government."
"Noooo, I'll do anything…anything.."My eyes go out of focus for a bit, and I reach for a knife and slam it under my left eye…It hurts, but the burning sensation feels good, but it's not enough, My heart is still hurting. It needs to stop...It really needs to stop. It's the cause of my pain. I take off my only shirt, and dig the knife in my chest, Dragon tries to stop me but, I'm fast and soon I'm breathing very hard. I'm bloody and I'm losing consciousness, Dragon stares at me in shock
"Please...please give me permission to be one, I'll side with you...I'll go against the government. They killed mom right? What's Uranus? It's one of the ancient weapons isn't it? Please let me side with you, Dad...I'll even help avenge mom..."
"...ugh, you're giving me no choice, Lucy...Fine. But once you are a mafia boss...don't let anyone know who you are…Hide you identity…and You mustn't tell your gang your real identity. Choose your members carefully"
"...Deal." I choke up blood, and I faint.
Omake: Q and A
Questions for Lucy:
Q: what is your house like, Lucy?"
A: If you're wondering about our house structure, well…some people say it's like a navy base, and other people say it's like an underground secret base. Well It's like both. Grandpa designed the first floor to be like a navy base, and Dad wanted a place to do his secret rebel work at, so the basement is his secret base. So the mansion was sorta both. My corner of the house on the second floor was painted red and blue, because I liked it better than Gramp's military styled building. Ace's was orange, but he….he's gone, so they were repainting it to become Gramp's personal study room. the second floor is mostly for the maids and butlers though.
Q: How does changing genders feel like?
A:That's an interesting question…hmmm…I think It feels weird….like…a mystery feeling!
Q:What happened to Bellamy after you kicked him?
A: Eh? He was sent to the hospital. So that's why he wasn't appearing anymore.
Now questions for me:
Q: Why is Garp such a bastard?
A: It will be revealed later.
Q: Why aren't the other characters shown often?
A: Eh, I guess I should show them more…but the story doesn't really revolve around them….yet.
Q: has Lucy gone insane…?
A: Temporarily…ha ha…don't get too close to her.
Well, Again I made Garp a son of a ***** but he'll be put into a better light...later. Hancock was weird...and Luffy...yeah...he's gone bonkers.
