Logia Luffy: Pika edition

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I don not own One Piece. One piece is a creation by Eiichiro Oda and distributed by Shonen jump.


"I'M BORED!"

It had always bugged Zoro. It seemed to be some sort of unwritten law of the world that 'power' went hand in hand with 'insanity'. The weaker, normal people tended to stay fairly uninteresting for the most part except of course for the rare few. Strong people by contrast almost all had some glaring personality flaw that made it all but impossible to take them seriously. Unless of course that flaw was that they were sadistic psychos who considered other people as disposable as one of those cheap throwaway cameras you get so you don't have to worry if it's stolen, at which time you should take them very seriously.

The Monkey line in particular was a prime example of this theory. Both Garp and Luffy were revered for their strength, and were also known to be bat sh%t insane and annoying as hell. Both of them having endless appitites, overabundent energy and an impossibly small attention span which required them to be almost constantly stimulated.

This made boat trips hell to be on if either was on your ship. Zoro learned that the hard way.

He closed his eyes as tightly as he could. Trying to focus on his swinging and ignoring the marine bouncing around like a luminous superball.

"I'M BORED!"

Zoro groaned turning to a nearby marine on the ship who was fairing much better "Is he always like this?"

The marine nodded sagely, pulling out two small orange plugs from his pocket and handing it to the swordsman who quickly snatched them up. Sighing in relief at the chattering died down.

Luffy meanwhile was quite obviously as jumpy as his name sake. He 'hated' traveling by boat. For one who could travel at the speed of light anything that took even the smallest period to wait for wasn't worth his time of day.

He'd been in the East Blue on big...goverment type buisness that he'd not really been paying attention to when he heard an incoming distress call from the last island. If it had been anyone else it would have taken a few hours to reach it and by then the emergency may be over, but for him it took only a handful of seconds...plus the few minutes for that bases commander screaming at him were exactly this other base was, navigating is the navcigators job not his. He hit stuff.

Like Krieg and his son who were currently behind bars below deck.


Flashback


"DIE!"

*VOOM*

"DIE!"

*VOOM*

"DIE OBVIOUSLY!"

*VOOM* *VOOM* *VOOMITY* *VOOM*

Luffy stood perfectly still with his arms crossed. Bord as a fan of Hellsing watching Twilight as Morgans determination to bisect him in every which way. Which had grown tedious after 5 minutes. Each strike which could kill a giant if aimed right passed harmlessly through the young officers energy based form.

The other marines, this idiots son as well as the two behind him had summed up the outcomes exactly four minutes and fifty three seconds ago. With only one not loking happy.

He yawned loudly despite Morgan cutting into his neck hard enough to go through a nomal person effortlessly. "You done?" He asked lazily.

*VOOM*

Apparetnly he wasn't.

Luffy on the other hand.

"DIE!"

"Flash bullet."

Morgans axe came down just as Luffy casually raised his finger toward the axe, it glowed slightly before a ball of light the size of a marble blasted forth and struck the blade.

*BANG*

The steel axe which was Morgans namesake exploded into a hundred tiny shards, none of which hit anyone except their former owner who was peppered with them. Saved only because he was so enormously muscular.

The blast sent the man flying past his men and crashing into the stone walls, leaving a cracked outline that held form for only a moment before crumbling on top of him.

Silence hung heavy in the execution yard for a moment. Nameless soldiers blinking slowly as though they were staring at the dawn sun after months of dark. They gazed between Luffy and the pile of rubble covering their commanding officer.

"You...beat Leitenant Morgan." One breathed out. His gun almost slipping from his fingers before catching it.

Luffy didn't smile "Yeah right. Guy didn't even put up a good fight."

The facts filtered into their brains, forcing the way through the years of abuse and terror their superior had inflicted upon them which made them believe it impossible. Sending of fireworks in their minds.

"It's over...it's...it's finally over. He he IT OVER! MORGAN IS FINISHED!"

Every man threw their loaded guns to the ground, not caring if they discharged. Cheers rose up loud enough to echo over the entire village, the entire island! Fists pumped, men hugged and laughed and cried. Not one tear on their faces shed out of sorrow.

Luffy grinned and fixed his hat. He turned to the two behind him, Zoro both awed and slightly on edge what with the boy still being a marine and all. He tugged on the brim of his hat and faced Coby.

"So, Which one of you made the call?"


After properly containing the now 'unarmed' Morgan and taking care of his bawling brat Luffy had been debriefed by the now acting base commander Ripper. It would be needless to say that Morgan would be spending quite a bit of time in the great gaoul. Helmeppo who although could not be charged with abuse of power as he wasn't an officer was still sharing in his fathers punishment. The towns folk wanted turns with the whimpering heap which Luffy was willing to let them have. It was Coby who had the idea of having the boy make up for his fathers misdeeds, so starting that day helmet head Helmeppo was officialy made part of the Marines as a chore boy.

Followed by Zoro and Coby.


Flashback numero dos


"WHAT!"

"D-Do you mean it!"

Luffy smiled at the the two in front of him as he sat on the acting base commanders desk much to the mans annoyance, dangling his legs and kicking the wood like a child. He'd just told the two of their enlistment into the forces of justice. Coby was understandably on cloud nine, and Zoro was understandlably pissed.

The swordsmen unsheathed Wado and pointed it right at the boy. Temorarily forgetting Morgans own lack of success. "Who do you think you are!"

The vice admiral seemed not to notice the anger since his answer seemed to be for Coby. "Sure do. I figure anyone who has the guts to stand up to a creep like Morgan 'needs' to be a marine."

The rest of what Luffy said was drowned out by the angelic song filling his ears, he was finally starting on his dream of being a marine admiral. If he'd been able to hear anything but divine music at the moment the next few words from Luffys mouth such as 'training' and 'grampa' then he'd be hearing something entirely different altogether.

Zoro didn't want to hear it. He lowered his freinds sword and headed for the door "Well you can forget it. I have a goal to accomplish. Working for the goverment will only hamper me."

Luffy childishly pouted but nodded "Fine."

The moss haired man nodded and opened the door, only to be greeted by two armed marines pointing rifles between his eyes and his heart.

"What the!"

"Take him away men!" Ripper ordered the two, who grabbed Zoros wrists and were immediatly thrown into opposite walls with increible force.

"What is this!"

Luffy held up his hands with three fingers extended while Ripper spoke "Assaulting civilians, two counts of assaulting marines and now resisting arrest." Luffy whistled. "We've got enough to put you away for at least a few years."

Zoro sputtered when he felt another barrel pressed against the back of his head. Luffy slid off the table past the still dreaming pink haired boy.

"Helmeppo before his drafting was technically a civilian, by slicing up his pet that counts as assault, when they tried to arrest you the first time you attacked a few good men before coming back to the base."

"And resisting arrest?" Zoro said bitterly.

The vice admiral grinned "Just now when you threw those two off."

He ignored the glare and continued "So heres the deal. You join the marines and your slate is wiped clean. Or we fit you with black and white pajamas."

"So whats your answer?"


Flashback end


It wasn't so bad be supposed. They still let him keep his swords, and he was given a rank that didn't have him racing around with a mop like the other two new marines. In fact Luffy seemed quite insistant that he have a rank that fitted with his already existing fame.

From bounty hunter to junior leiutenant in one day was a hell of an advance.

He'd also made it quite clear that he still had every intention of being the greatest swordsman in the world. Luffy laughed like he did at almost everything, telling the santoryu user that having the number one swordsman as a marine instead of a former pirate would be great for everyone. He then said that he could introduce him to Mihawk one day . If he ever bothered to show up for a shinchibukai meeting that is.

Say what you want about how smart he is, but Monkey D Luffy had an almost instinctive ability to say just what needed to be said to get the effect he desired.


Meanwhile. In another little town in the east blue, one without the furtune of a marine base a lone figure stalked the back alleys. Drawing closer and closer towards a building filled with singing and other merryment.

The map was in there. No doubt about it.


End chapter 3


Not a very big chapter I know, but it's not supposed to be. This story is meant to be much easier for me to write than the ever growing yami edition whose every chapter only gets longer.

Hope you enjoy and remember I only accept criticism if it's constructive.