One Piece: The Lottery Lottery Fruit!
Who in their right mind would gamble their power devil fruit power based on a lottery? Monkey D. Luffy did. It is said that crazy people have crazy luck. You have the Paramecia, the Zoan, the Logia, and the Mythical Zoan. Enter the long forgotten fruit. The Deity Deity Fruit : Model Xxxxxxx
Chapter 2: Enter Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro
"Wow! We actually made it here!" Luffy exclaimed as he observed the unique looking Marine towers. Despite the small town, the marine base was quite large. Was it really necessary to have a marine base half the size of the town?
Coby tied the boat to the docks. "Navigation is one of the basics that everyone should know when they set out for sea. You can't just wander around and hope to reach your destination!" Luffy shrugged, "Floating works just fine for me. Now lets get some grub!" He skipped away singing about meat while Coby watched with envy.
Crazy Lucky People.
"Wow that was good!" Luffy had somehow packed away quite a lot of food. "So we're finally parting ways here ehh? You'll become a marine."
Coby teared up a little from happiness. "Its all thanks to you Luffy, without you, I would still be a cabin boy working under Alvida. You gave me hope and the resolve to follow my dreams. Even though we'll be enemies in the future, whenever you need help, I will do everything in my power to repay you. I promise this."
Luffy leaned over and clasped his hands to Coby. "You really have grown up haven't you? Don't forget, a man never goes back on his words."
Coby smiled back, "Yessir."
"Hey, you want to head to the marine base together?"
"Um, sure. I was planning to enlist there anyway," Coby said with a hint of happiness. Luffy was cheerful and easy to hang around with. "Yeah, I'm still wondering if they have Zoro locked up over there. Besides, I don't have a crew nor did I commit any crimes yet. They shouldn't try to arrest me."
At the entrance of the base, the two outpost were empty. The only thing that greeted them was the twelve foot high wall that enclosed the perimeter. Without hesitation, Luffy jumped up and hung onto the side of the wall. "I think I see something that side!" This time Coby took a peek over the wall after enlisting the help of a nearby garbage bin and promptly fell flat on his backside.
"T-there's n-no mistaking it. That black bandanna and harakimi, It's Roronoa Zoro!"
Tied to a crudely made cross, Zoro looked quite menacing. There was an air of danger that hung about him. Without a doubt, Zoro is strong.
Noting their presence, Zoro looked up at them with a strong gaze. "Hey you! Could you please come over and untie me? It's been nine days and I'm exhausted."
Luffy frowned, "Those ropes look pretty weak to me, I'd break them easy."
Maybe a little incentive was needed. "I'll repay you by hunting down a fugitive and giving you all the reward money. I'm not lying, I'll keep my words."
Before either of them could reply, they were all surprised when a ladder propped up next to them by the wall. A little girl climbed up and put her finger over her lips and shushed them.
Coby watched in growing horror as the little girl approached the demonic Zoro who looked down at her neutrally. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
"Save her Luffy!"
"Do it yourself"
"Get lost brat!"
The little girl smiled, "But you must be so hungry Onii-san. I made some rice balls for you!"
Zoro snarled. "I'm not hungry! Get out of here before I kill you!"
She stammered, "b-but."
A nauseating spoiled brat made his presence known. "Now now Roronoa Zoro, don't you go picking on kids or I'll report to my father about it." The owner of the voice was a garish looking youth who had a deformed pumpkin haircut on his head. Garish gold chains and necklaces adorned his body. Coby started having doubts about the Marines after all. No marine should display his wealth like that.
The odd looking fellow, Helmeppo, was as rotten as they came. He spat out and crushed the young girls riceball beneath his feet before ordering his men to throw the girl over the fence. Coby caught the girl, using his own body as a shield to protect the girl. While Coby tried fixing his sprained ankle, Luffy approached the haggard swordsmen.
Zoro ignored the lanky teen and eyed the flattened dirtball on the floor. "Hey. Pick that up for me."
Luffy's eyebrow shot over his hairline but he picked it up anyway. "It's more dirt than rice now. You still want it?"
Zoro growled, "Just shut up and give it to me." Luffy shrugged. He knew hunger made people irrational but eating dirt was too much, even for him. Zoro gagged and choked down the muddy Onigiri the little girl made for him. "It taste great."
Luffy cocked his head. Did he hear wrong? The dirt ball tasted great? He glanced down at the muddy remains. "Tell her I ate every bit of it." Luffy tilted his hat and grinned.
Looks like Zoro was a pretty decent guy after all.
"I've decided." Luffy said mysteriously. "I want you to join my crew."
Zoro perked up. "Crew?"
Luffy grinned, "Yup! I'm a pirate. One day, I'll rule over all the Seas and be even greater than the Pirate King."
"Count me out then. I got my own goals and ambition. I just got to stay alive for thirty days and then they'll release me. I WILL live through this, I still have my ambition to fulfill."
Zoro's determination and resolute will leaked through to his words.
Luffy was pleased. If Zoro joined his crew, that'd be great. Zoro was already on his way to realizing his Haki.
On the dark hair teen's face was a knowing smile as he walked away.
"Don't worry, you will definitely realize your ambition but I can also tell you for sure. You'll join my crew."
"Wow, Zoro-Nii really ate it?" Rika gushed.
Luffy grinned, "Yeah, he even wanted seconds." Coby who was applying a bag of ice to his swollen ankle asked, "So why was he arrested in the first place? He's a bounty hunter but it isn't illegal to hunt or kill fugitives according to the law."
Rika pouted in annoyance. "It's because Zoro-nii protected me from Helmeppo's pet wolf! It was going to bite me when big bro appeared and cut it up. Helmeppo got mad and locked him up." Cobys gasped, "But that's outrageous. There was no grounds for arresting Zoro like that." Rika smiled sadly. "It's because Lieutenant Morgan is his father and no one dares go against him. Anyone who does is killed." Coby clecnhed his fist hard, 'This isn't the 'Justice' I want to uphold! The marines here are corrupt!"
Luffy cracked his knuckles. "I'm going to 'convince' the Marines to let him go."
Karma always comes backs to bitch.
Poor Helmeppo.
Helmeppo was strutting through town, making the citizen's bow before him, when 'he' showed up. He was dressed up in a red button vest, blue knee length shorts and a Strawhat. "What are you doing? Get out of my way or I'll execute you like Roronoa Zoro in three days time."
The dark haired stranger shrugged. "I'd like to see you try. You're a fool weakling who rides on his fathers coattails. If you want to put me to death, do it. Take my life." His dark eyes showed no fear, no deviation from his iron will.
Helmeppo felt the hair on the back of his neck raising. Gut instinct was telling him to make a run for it. "Watch out you straw hat brat! I'm going to tell my father on you!" The teen spread open his arms in an open invitation.
"I will break Zoro free. You don't have to find me, I will find you and when I do, I will teach what happens when you oppress others."
Coby looked on at awe from the side. The easy going and naive Luffy he knew was gone, replaced by a serious and charismatic man. Luffy turned to Coby. "Do you want to see Justice? If so come along, I will show you what true Justice is."
And they departed for the Marine base.
Meanwhile, Helmeppo ran to his daddy crying. "Dad I want you to kill someone!" Lieutenant Morgan stood up. "Oh? Why should I take care of your mess? I AM THE GREAT AXE HAND MORGAN." He booted Helmeppo across the face. Putting a lit cigar between teeth, he rubbed his iron plated jaw. "You're a bastard son not worth hitting. If you want to do something, use your own two hand to make it happen. Cheat steal, anything goes as long as you win." He glared at his tearing son, "Now get out of here."
Luffy walked up to the restrained Zoro. "You're joining my crew."
"No I'm not going to be a pirate. I have things to do. I don't care what other people think of me. I haven't done anything I regretted in the past and the same goes for the future."
"Well, I want you for my crew. You can use swords right?"
Zoro looked wistfully at the sky, "I do have a Katana. It's something I treasure most, second to my life."
Luffy finally found an opening. "I'm going to get that Katana back for you but if you want it back, you're going to have to join me."
"THAT'S DIRTY!"
Luffy waved him off, "I'll be right back."
Luffy peered up at the roof of the marine base where he could hear voices from.
Alright, time to get up there.
Geppou!
Using the moon walk technique, Luffy jumped up and jumped again in midair. The technique used a lot of leg strength in order to jump in midair but he trained enough to ignore the stress on his legs. On the last midair jump, he used to much power and overshot over the roof. Luckily there was a statue where he landed on. The huge stone statue collapsed backwards, breaking in half as it hit the edge of the roof.
Whoops.
Luffy looked sheepish and bowed in apology. "Sorry."
"KILL HIM! I'll PARADE HIS BLEACHED SKULL AROUND TOWN FOR YEARS TO COME!" Captain Morgan was frothing at the mouth. Ten years of hard work and misappropriated funds were gone in a blink of an eye.
Luffy eyed Helmeppo and dashed past the crowd of marines with surprising grace. He snagged the youth by the collar and started running. "Hey, where are Zoro's swords?" Helmeppo's head was bumping against the floor with each step Luffy took. "It's in my room a bit back, we just passed it." Luffy kneed Helmeppo in the crotch. "Why didn't you say so sooner?" In the room, there were three Katana's, Luffy didn't know which one it was. Helmeppo wasn't much help seeing that he was sleeping. Well a knee to the crotch tends to do that. When he glanced out of the window, his blood grew hot and heavy.
Coby was lying motionless on the floor, covered in blood while the rest of the marines pointed there rifles at Zoro. It was his turn to act.
He crashed through the window and put himself in front of Zoro with his arms open.
TEKKAI!
When using Tekkai, the technique hardens the users' muscles to the level of iron, in order to nullify damage taken from attacks. In this case, Luffy conditioned his body to the point where bullets would have not effect pierce his body. He had considered using his shield but the size of it would not be enough to cover Zoro who was behind him. he burst out laughing. "It's no use! Bullets won't work on me!"
It was the half truth. While the bullets didn't pierce his body, the force behind the bullet left bruises. The jarring force behind the bullets felt like a sledgehammer shot but he couldn't afford to show weakness.
Coby knew Luffy was great but having a bullet proof body? It was too epic. So he fainted, frothing foam from his mouth. Zoro was shocked, "What kind of human are you?"
Luffy quirked an eyebrow. "It's one of the six skills of the Rokushiki, Tekkai. I can harden my body to the point where it's like iron carapaces."
Zoro shook his head in amazement, "Never mind, rather than dying here, Why don't I just accede to your request and become a pirate?" Luffy pumped his arms up in the air. "Yes! I have a crewmate now! Which one of these swords are yours?"
"All three. I use the Santōryū, the three sword style."
Luffy snapped Zoro's rope off and handed him the three katana. "Let's see how strong you are Zoro." Zoro put the Wadō Ichimonji in his mouth and unsheathed his other two Katanas. "No problem Captain."
What happened next was total slaughter, It was eight versus one. Zoro blocked eight swords with his own three and disarmed all of them in one sweeping slash. "Don't move, or I'll kill you." Luffy noted with some glee that Zoro was already tapping into his haki, those of weaker will would be freaked out by the danger emanating from Zoro. "Since I've resisted the marines, this will mean I will become an outlaw. But that is fine... I still have my own goals. I'm going to be the worlds greatest swordsman. It doesn't matter if my name is clean or not. My name will be known worldwide but if you do something that ends up in the way of my goal, I will cut your stomach open to say sorry!"
Luffy grinned at Zoro's proclamation. "Don't worry, your name will spread through the seven seas and even the heavens will hear of it. I promise you that and a man never goes back on his words."
Lieutenant Morgan dashed forward in a wild rage, he swung his axe arm at Luffy who dodged. The axe was so sharp, it cut through the metal fence and stone walls. Luffy did a Tekkai in midair and took Morgans chopping slice. He was sure he heard one of his ribs creak in protest but he quashed the pain. He twisted his body and kicked the forearm which had the axe implanted all the way to the elbow. There was a sickening crack as the bone and wooden stake splintered inside Morgan's arm. Luffy gave the kneeling Lieutenant a lightning fast right hook that unhinged the iron jaw he was so proud of. Lietenant Morgan collapsed to the floor but Luffy did not stop his assault. His punches broke ribs, knocked loose teeth, and damaged Morgan's internal organs. Lieutenant Morgan was literally getting beaten to death.
"Stop right there you Strawhat!" Luffy turned to see Helmeppo holding a flintlock pistol to Coby's head. Turning back to Morgan, he bashed the man across the face one more time before turning to Helmeppo.
"You should have stayed asleep." Luffy growled towards Helmeppo. Every time he got into battle, he always felt a bit more... violent. "Don't come closer or I'll blow his head off!"
Coby screwed his eyes shut, prepared for death. "Luffy! I don't want to be a burden! I am not afraid of death!" Luffy let the wind caress his face as he let out a true grin. "I know."
He ignored the squawking of the dumb Lieutenant's son.
Soru.
It was a speed technique that allows the users to moves at extremely high speeds in order to avoid attacks, as well as to attack at higher speeds. It was revealed that the principle of this move was to kick off the ground at least ten times in a blink of an eye. Luffy used the speed to close the distance between him and Helmeppo in a blink of an eye. At the speed he was going at and the force behind his blow, it was a one hit K.O.
"Go back to sleep fool."
Helmeppo's eyes rolled up to the sky as he grabbed his badly abused crotch and went to "sleep".
All the men in the vicinity grabbed their kintama in phantom pain. "Scary." Even Zoro winced a little.
The battle was finally over.
Zoro sheathed his swords.
"We're free!" The rest of the marines jumped in joy seeing that that they were finally free. This was the cue for Zoro to collapse.
"Wow. That was great. I see where Rika got her cooking skills from. I almost starved after not eating for nine days." Zoro laughed and patted his stomach. Luffy stacked the dishes neatly, which was twice the size of Zoro's stack. "How can a scrawny guy like you eat more than me? "
Luffy shrugged. "Using the Rokushiki takes a lot of energy." Zoro took this chance to grill Luffy for info. "How did you block bullets and move so fast?" Luffy was chewing on his toothpick thinking hard. "Well, you would basically train until your body can enter a state of absolute tension. The only draw back is that you can't move a lot while using this skill. Watch this. This is another part of the Rokushiki. The Shigan. It is a close-quarter combat technique, in which the user pushes their finger into a certain target at a very high speed, leaving a wound similar to a bullet wound, making guns unnecessary."
Luffy walked over to the wall and his hand flashed out in a blur. His index finger was knuckle deep into the wooden wall. When he pulled out his finger, there was a perfect hole in the wall. Coby and Zoro gaped. If that shigan hit the liver or any of the internal organs, the opponent was screwed. Luffy dusted off his hands chuckling. "I'm not that good at some of the skills yet. I've seen masters put their fingers through iron plates."
Luffy propped his hat back on his head, "Anyway, Zoro and I are heading to the Grand line next. If you want, you can join us Coby." Zoro seemed to agree. "I don't mind."
Coby was happy that Luffy wanted him to join but ... "You two taught me to live by my dreams. Sorry Luffy but I want to be a marine and uphold 'JUSTICE'!"
There was a cough from the doorway. It was the Marine captain of the base. "Excuse me. We were wondering if you are really Pirates?" Luffy glanced at Zoro, "Well I just found my first crewmate so that would make us pirates."
"While we are grateful to you for saving our town, As marines, we cannot let you stay here any longer. Everything that happened will be reported to the headquarters."
Luffy got to his feet and bowed to Rika's mother. "Thank you for the excellent food but we have to go now, our journey awaits us." Zoro stood up and followed suit. Coby dropped on his knees to the floor, pressing his head down in a bow. "LUFFY! ZORO! THANK YOU! YOU TWO TAUGHT ME TO LIVE BY MY DREAMS! PLEASE, LET ME JOIN THE MARINES, CAPTAIN!"
Luffy patted the Marine captain on the shoulder. "If you want to thank us, Let Coby join the marines." In a quieter voice, he whispered. "One day he will go far, maybe even climb to the ranks of an admiral." The captain looked down at Coby. 'Stand up Seamen Recruit Coby! I'm allowing you to join the Marines but don't think we don't know about your past! Don't under estimate our marine's knowledge gathering ability!"
Coby lept to his feet and saluted, "YES SIR!"
Luffy and Zoro took this chance to set off, their provisions restocked and their dinghy ready to set sail.
"LUFFY! ZORO! THANK YOU! REMEMBER MY WORDS BACK THEN! A MAN KEEPS HIS PROMISES!"
Luffy grinned, "No problem!"
The rest of the marines appeared behind Coby.
"MEN! SALUTE!" The Captain bellowed.
It was a fitting farewell to the towns savior as they sailed towards their next great adventure.
Omake
The Lottery Lottery Fruit : Kagu Kagu no mi Part 2
"Join me." Luffy said in a deadly serious voice.
"Never." Zor shot back.
"Why not?" Luffy questioned.
"Cause I don't want to have a captain who farts all the time!"
Luffy look awkwardly to the side and started whistling. "No I don't."
*Bloooop*
"..."
"That was my stomach growling."
*Blooooooop*
"Well, I'm really hungry."
Zoro had already passed out by the noxious gas, so were the marines and Coby.
One shock wave flatulence and a lit match had taken care of the entire marine force. Luffy can control different types of gases. In this case, Methane gas plus fire equals big explosion. The battle was over in a second and a big ball of roaring flame.
Luffy lugged Zoro's unconscious form over his shoulder and went off to the docks.
"One nakama down!"
And thus Zoro joined the crew.
Sneak Preview :
Luffy tried to pry his head loose from the bird mouth with no avail. The Straw Hat was stuck to the beak and he didn't want the bird to fly off with his hat. The only warning Luffy got was the sound of cannon fire and the sound of a projectile whistling through the air. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a cannonball zooming towards him. He cursed and steeled his muscles.
Tekkai!
The impact and following explosion obliterated the bird that was carrying him, and blasted him to earth with bone crunching impact. Luffy struggled to his knees and coughed in pain. He had only managed to activate a partial Tekkai due to the suddenness of the attack. He hacked and spit out blood onto his hands. The cannonball was stronger than most and the force of the explosion did some internal damage which he was feeling at the moment.
Who the fuck shot a cannon at him?
A/N: YES I KNOW! ROKUSHIKI! I'm sorry you didn't get to see more of Luffy's Devil fruit abilities but I felt it was fitting to introduce Luffy's new fighting style. More of Luffy's power will definitely be revealed!
Here is some quick info.
Luffy did not master the Rokushiki yet!
He's more developed in certain areas but he's still a far way from becoming a master.
Next chapter, Luffy reveals his another part of his devil fruit power!
Any questions you have just can be asked for the SBS board next chapter!
Ciao until the next chapter~
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T-T
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