Ok so this title is from the first book/movie of a popular Book/Movie series! Also tell me if I'm being too descriptive and crap so I can improve my Fanfictions. I tend to write like I'm writing an essay. So, if I do, I'm sorry. XD Anyways, Chapter 1, commence!

The Demon, the Noble, and the Crybaby...

They were running through the woods trying to run from their crazy gramps. Behind them followed the cracking of falling trees and the occasional yelp of an unlucky animal that had gotten in Garp's way. Soon the children found themselves stuck between a cliff and the crazy Jiji.

That's when Luffy decided to think. 'We have three options. One: We fight gra- We have two options. One: We dive off the cliff and into the ocean..." He glanced at his brothers, whose faces were full of terrified determination. 'I guess that leaves option two...'

"Gramps!" Luffys outburst made all of the three look at him in confusion. He stood in front of his brothers and put his hands on his waist. "I want you to train us!" All three of their jaws dropped to the ground, looking at Luffy with shock. There was a moment of silence.

Garp was the first to recover. "Gahahaha! That's my grandson!" He rubbed his chin and quirked an eyebrow. "What brought about the change of heart?"

"You mean other than its either training or death by drowning?" Luffy said, peering over the cliff. Ace and Sabo were still in shock, though their jaws had returned to their faces. Garp nodded and sat, beginning to pick his nose. Luffys face turned to one of determination and he crossed his arms. "I don't wanna lose." He glared at the horizon and facing the ocean, remembering his dying Nakama, and remembering Ace (and almost Sabo) when he died. "I wanna be able to protect everything! I don't wanna lose anyone! Not Sabo, not Ace, and you neither gramps! When I set out to sail, I'm gonna become the Pirate King!" He paused, slightly amused at Garp's now agitated, yet proud, face. "A pirate King can't be the king without a crew to call his Nakama!" He turned to his older brothers. "So Sabo, Ace will you join my-"

"No!" They both said simultaneously. Although already knowing the answer, Luffy pouted.

Garp sat the with his eyes closed and arms crossed, frowning while in deep thought. 'I don't wanna lose anyone! Not Sabo, not Ace, and you neither Gramps!' Garp cracked a grin. 'That damn brat!'

He stood up and cracked his knuckles, his eyes were shining as he gazed down on the boys. "We'll if you want me to train you so much!" Luffy gulped, thinking that suddenly jumping off that cliff didn't seem like such a bad idea.

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The three boys were beat. They had been tied to balloons, fighting monkeys, thrown into 'bottomless' pits, and much more for a whole month. Luffy hadn't used his Haki, which was incredibly pitiful because of his small, weak child-like figure, so he could strengthen his body and his brothers.

They crawled into Dadan's shack and bathed, wanting to get some-what clean before going back to their hideout.

"I'm hungry!" Luffy whined, falling to the floor alongside his brothers. "S-Ace food!" 'Oops, almost said Sanji's name there... Gotta be more careful.' Luffy rolled towards Ace and pulled out his best puppy dog eyes. "Pleeeeaaaaassssee?!"

Ace sighed. "Fine, how about tomorrow we go into high town and get some food there? But first we have to fix our base, it got a little banged up after the last storm." Luffy beamed and snuggled close to his brothers. 'Ive missed this...' He thought as he drifted asleep.

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They were in the middle of Gray Terminal, which was oddly desolate, and were about to enter Goa Kingdom. "I wanna find a telescope!" Luffy yelled, oblivious to their surroundings. Ace hit him on the head and told him to quiet down and look for usable wood. "Meanie..." Luffy whispered, nurturing his hurt head. 'How is it that he does that? Haki?' Luffy peeked over at Ace's hand to see almost microscopic specks of black fading. 'So, he can use haki! Ace is so cool!'

Luffy's grin faded as he was pulled into the arms of one of Bluejam's men. 'So it's time for this, huh?' He was kicking and trying to get out of the adults grip. 'This child's body is really annoying! I can't do anything...' He yelled for his brothers help. "Ace, Sabo, help me!" Just then two more of Bluejam's came from behind them and captured them. "Ace! Sabo!" Because of his continued struggle his captor shoved his face into the ground, which was littered with sharp objects. "Owww!" He heard shouts from the other two telling the man to get away from their little brother and barely suppressed a proud grin. From the direction of high town came a line of troops, a nobleman leading them.

He saw Sabo's face pale as he gaped at his father. "Sabo, I've come to bring you home. These shenanigans need to come to an end at once!" The man, Outlook lll, held a bored glare the entire time, thinking of a million places he would rather be than here. "You need to return to High Town, and your studies, this instant!"

Sabo held a pained face. "I don't want to go back! I hate it there!"

The nobles expression didn't change. "Stop acting like a brat! You've had you fun, playing with this... Filth!" He wrinkled his nose and waved his hand in Luffy and Aces direction.

Ace slipped out of his captors hold and rushed towards the man. "We're not filth!" He was shoved roughly to the ground by one of the pirates, causing blood to splatter on the nobles face, which now held a slightly shocked, and disgusted, expression.

"What do you think you're doing?!" He shot the pirate a glare as he wiped the blood off with a handkerchief. "You got some of that filth's blood on me!" The pirate muttered an apology and pulled the kid back.

Sabo was scared so he pleaded towards his father. "Fine! I'll go, just don't hurt them! Please, I'll do anything you want!" He hung his head in defeat and walked to inner tween the rows of guards that had accompanied the noble.

"Bye, Ace, Luffy..." And he began to walk away...

"SABO! DON'T GO!" The two brothers yelled, tears threatening to fall from their eyes. As Sabo walked farther away a small telescope fell from his pocket and was trampled by one of the guards.

After Sabo was taken away, Bluejam, the pirates captain, offered them a job, which Ace accepted. Luffy really didn't want to do it, knowing how many people were going to be killed but Ace's punches just hurt so much!

After completing the job, which consisted of placing boxes at various positions in the gray terminal, they returned to Bluejam's ship. There Bluejam told them about what was happening in Gray Terminal and what was in those crates.

Ace was pissed. "WHAT THE HELL! We've got to warn them! Do you know how many people are down there?!"

Bluejam looked at Ace threateningly. "You ain't doing nothin!" Turning towards the other two in the room he yelled at them. "Tie them up, now that they know the plan they can't be allowed to live!" Ace and Luffy were quickly tied to a beam in the middle of the ship.

"You aren't gonna get away with this!" Ace shouted, struggling in his bonds. Bluejam just laughed as a explosions sounded in the distance and declared that the fire would be spreading here pretty soon so they had to leave. After they left, Ace was trying to find something to cut through the ropes while Luffy kept trying to slingshot his head into the glass. "Luffy, what are you doing?!"

"Breaking the glass!" He said as he almost reached it. He flung his head back once more and it flew into the glass shattering it. "Got it!"

Luffy was grinning, waiting for Ace to understand what he was doing.

Recognition sparked in Ace's eyes and he reached for the glass with his feet. "Sometimes your a genius, Lu!" He got hold of a shard and began cutting the rope as the fire finally reached the ship.

"Hurry Ace!" Luffy said, scared despite knowing that it took them longer last time. When the fire was halfway across the ship the ropes slackened and Ace pulled him out of the ship. Minutes later and the ships deck crumbled down.

They were headed towards the Goa Kingdom, cutting across the burning trash heap. "Ace where are we going?!" Aces reply was interrupted by mad laughter. They both stopped running. Well Ace running and dragging Luffy along. Before them was Bluejam and his men. Bluejam asked for the treasure and Ace agreed to give him a map. "Ace, don't, that's your pirate fund!"

"Shut up, Luffy!" He said as he started drawing the map. "Right now your-our lives are more important!" Luffys eyes widened at his slip in words.

Suddenly he couldn't help it, he hadnt gotten the chance before so he rushed up to Bluejam and gave him a nice punch to the face before being pulled back by another pirate, who was pointing a sword at him.

Ace charged Bluejam and was doing rather well fighting him until he got pinned against the ground. Ace kept floundering around under Bluejam, muttering curses from his surprisingly colorful vocabulary.

The pirate holding Luffy down swung his sword at him as he trie to escape, slicing his face but not killing him. Aces eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. "DON'T TOUCH LUFFY, YOU BASTARDS!" Unbeknownst to anyone but Luffy, Ace had let out a blast of haki. Everyone except him, Luffy, and Bluejam were on the ground with foaming mouths, unconscious. 'Cooooooool! Ace already unlocked conquerors haki on top of armament haki?!' Blood poured into one of his eyes and Ace was pinned down even harder by Bluejam.

"What the hell was that, brat?!" He said pointing a gun at Ace's head. Luffys remaining open eye widened. He was running towards the bastard to stop him when he was grabbed from the side and the gun was redirected right as it fired. "DADAN!" He yelled as a couple of the bandits looked at his wound, their eyes widening.

"Now... WE RUN!" Dadan said as everyone except Ace began running. "Oi, Ace! What the hell are you doing?!"

Ace was glaring at Bluejam. "I won't run!" The bandits looked at the kid with shock and Luffy was hiding his frown under his hat. 'Stupid Ace, that's gonna kill you one of these days...' With Dadan deciding to stay back with him the other bandits scurried up the hill, Luffy crying in their arms. He knew Ace and Sabo were going to be okay but kept thinking of all the bad that was going to happen, or could happen because of his interference...

Days later Ace and Dadan returned to the shack, meeting a Luffy who pounced on the both of them. Ace punched him. "Did you think I was dead or something?!" Luffy sniffed and Ace looked even more annoyed. "Don't write be off so easily, you bastard!" They got in a scuffle, with Ace being victorious.

Life went back to normal for not even an hour before one of Dadan's men burst through the door. "Sabo..." He panted bending with his hands on his knees. "Sabo, was killed! He was killed by a Celestial Dragon!" Everyone in the room froze.

Luffy felt himself tear up. He glanced at Ace, whose bangs covered his eyes, when he spoke. "Liar."

Ace lifted his head, showing eyes that gleamed. "Tell me your lying!" When the man didn't respond Ace ran over and punched him in the face. "Tell me your lying, dammit!"

"I I'm not! I don't want to believe it either! But- but I saw it! Sabo set out on a small fishing boat and crossed paths with the Celestial Noble's ship! The noble fired at his ship and not even his body remained! I saw it!" The man sputtered out, tears forming in his eyes as he spoke.

Ace glared at him and gritted his teeth before running off.

The bandits turned towards Luffy, who ran off after Ace shortly after.

Luffy followed Ace from a distance until he was at the small cliff that the trio had always hung around and talked about their future pirate careers. Luffy witnessed Ace do something he'd never seen Ace do until Marineford. He cried. Luffy's eyes widened and he stayed put even after Ace ran off.

He walked up to the cliff and lied down. His eyes watered so he pulled his hat over his face. A sob escaped his lips and he felt a light punch on his head. Ace was back. "How long are you going to go moping around?!" He said sharply, his emotions on the edge.

Luffy sniffed and glanced over at Ace. "I couldn't do it, Ace..." He said, thinking about Sabo, Ace, and his crewmates. "I was too weak! I-I couldn't protect anything!" Tears and snot covered his face as he thought of those he had lost.

"I wanna become much, much, much more stronger! Strong enough so that I never lose anyone ever again!" He wiped his face as his emotions got under control. "Ace... Please don't die!"

He received another hit on the head and turned towards Ace, who was now bending over and putting his face up to Luffy's. "Idiot!" He yelled. "I'll never die!"

He faced the ocean, his arms crossed and his eyes distant. "Luffy, someday were gonna go out to sea! And when that happens, we'll definitely live a life without regrets!" Luffy have him a watery smile and hummed in agreement.

'Without regrets...' He thought. 'Yeah... This time, Ace, I'll definitely save you, save my Nakama...' He gazed out at the vast waters that enveloped his home. 'This time I'll have no regrets!'

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Holy crap this was long! It took me forever! I hope you guys like it! I know it wasn't canon, but it shouldn't be... I mean he's redoing his journey so he's gonna say different stuff. I want to keep the quotes from the characters(as long as they still fit the scene) that were really memorable cause their awesome! Well anyway, hope you liked the chapter! I'm probably not gonna update this story often but I'll try!

Until then Dumplings,

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