"Talking"
"Thoughts
"Attack/Technique"
bsdurler: Luffy cannot do that yet but will eventually, though it will only work for short bursts not long distances.
Nihilist Verum: They will steal from more pirates and fight other crews, I may make a couple up.
Ninazu: I haven't thought of a pairing yet but will keep yours in mind.
sachin6291: I will add more members then canon and there will probably be a pairing but I'm not sure who yet.
thewhitedragon1993: Luffy knows about Haki but can't properly use it yet. I don't think I'll add any OC's but it's a good idea.
Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.
Luffy hoped that beating Marines could always end in an all you can eat buffet like today. After they had gotten Zoro's swords back the duo had gone to get something to eat, mainly because Zoro hadn't eaten in weeks. "This is delicious," Luffy said between bites of a large piece of steak.
"Do you need anything else?" Asked Ririka while she cleaned up the empty plates.
"More rum." Zoro ordered between bites of his food. "So where are we going now?"
Luffy swallowed a mouthful of meat. "We're heading towards Gecko Island."
"What's there?" Zoro asked as he took a large swig of rum.
"Hopefully a guy that will want to join us," Luffy replied. Then both pirates looked up when they heard the door opening and several people muttering.
Walking in was a Marine officer, who spared no one a glance as he walked right up to Luffy and Zoro. "Excuse me but are you the pirates who defeated Captain Morgan?"
Luffy gave Zoro a curious look before looking back at the Marine. "Yeah."
"While I thank you for stopping his tyrannical rule I'm afraid we cannot allow you to stay on the island." The Marine said evenly.
"What!"
"How can you do that!?"
"Is this how you show your thanks?!"
Several patrons yelled and jumped to their feet but the Marine didn't move or look away. Luffy nodded and stood up. "Alright, I had my fill anyway." While not true Luffy understood where the man was coming from. Zoro grunted but stood up as well, grabbing a bottle of rum as he and Luffy turned to leave.
"Do you have to leave?" Rika asked as she looked up at them sadly.
"We do but don't worry, I'm sure one day we'll be back." Luffy told the little girl as he patted her head, earning him a smile. She then ran and threw her arms around Zoro's legs.
"Goodbye big brother, I'll miss you!" She yelled and squeezed the man's legs.
"Whatever." Zoro said but didn't make a move to push her off.
After a second she let go of him and the duo made their way out of the restaurant, the Marine Officer following behind. "We will escort you to get whatever supplies you need and then to the docks." He said as they exited and saw more Marines.
"We're good on supplies so we'll head straight to the docks." Luffy replied. "Hmm?" The teen grinned when he saw a pink head of hair. "Hey Coby, you joined up!" Luffy ran to the boy and grinned at him, while Coby grew pale.
"You know him?" The officer asked as he moved to them. Coby grew nervous knowing if they thought he was a pirate spy they would lock him up.
"Yup, see I didn't know how to get here so I kidnapped him and made him help me sail here." Luffy said with a grin. "Wait, did you join just cause you were kidnapped by a pirate? Psh, that's a stupid reason."
Everyone stared at Luffy but luckily Coby caught on to what he was doing. "That's right and you got lucky today but eventually I'll arrest you and every pirate!" Coby said with the most confidence he could muster, which was just enough to make him sound believable.
"Enough Ensign." The Marine said. "We'll overlook the kidnapping as well but you really need to leave." Luffy chuckled but nodded his head and turned to leave.
"If you want to stop me you better aim to be an Admiral!" Luffy yelled over his shoulder. "Cause I'm going to be the Pirate King!"
Zoro chuckled at Luffy as they made their way to the small boat with their Marine escorts, he knew his life had just gotten a whole lot more interesting.
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"Soooooo hungryyyyyy!" Luffy moaned as he and Zoro lazed on his dingy.
"We ate like four hours ago." Zoro replied as he sat up. "And you ate almost all the supplies."
"Foooooodddddd." Luffy groaned out. "Hm?" He said and sat up in the boat.
Zoro cocked an eyebrow and turned to see what Luffy was looking at. There, lazily flying in the air, was a large pelican.
"Meat!" Luffy yelled as he jumped to his feet and horns grew out of his head. "Lightning Horn" Blue bolts flew out of the horns towards the bird but right before they hit the pelican dropped underneath the blast. Luffy's jaw dropped, not believing he could miss, as the bird looked down at them and huffed as it flew away. "….did he just do what I think he did?" Luffy asked as he pointed at the bird. Zoro shrugged, Luffy suddenly dropped to the seat and grabbed boat oars. "Come back here you dumb bird!" His arms grew and became covered in white and blue fur. "I'll teach you to look down on me!"
Zoro fell onto a seat from the sudden jerk as Luffy used his strength to chase after the bird. "Seriously it's a bird!" The swordsman yelled.
"A bird that thinks he's better than me!" Luffy yelled back as he continued to row. "And there's no way in hell some bird is better than the future Pirate King!" Zoro sighed and shook his head. Realizing nothing was going to stop Luffy he sat back and decided to wait it out.
"Help!"
"Please save us!"
Luffy looked over Zoro to see three men treading in the water waving at them. "I'm not slowing down so if you want to be saved grab on!" Luffy called out. The three men looked distressed but quickly swam so they were in the boat's path. As Luffy sped by the men quickly grabbed on and pulled themselves onto the boat, each gasping for air.
"Thanks for the save, now hand over your boat." One of the men, wearing a black shirt and beanie, said as he and the others pulled out knives. They paused however when they noticed Luffy's arms were not human.
Luffy also stopped his rowing as the men examined his arms. Being insulted by a bird is one thing but trying to take his boat… "I was already pissed off." Luffy growled as he cracked his knuckles. "Now I'm angry."
Zoro actually felt a little bad for the three idiots, but it was quickly forgotten as he found a sake bottle.
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"We're so sorry Mr. Luffy sir." The beanie wearing man, who Luffy had dubbed Moron Number One, said with a smile, that was missing two teeth.
The other two men, Morons Number Two and Three, both nodded as they rowed the boat. Luffy huffed at them as he leaned back in the boat with his arms crossed, while he had gotten some frustration out on them they had made him lose the bird. "Damn right you are." Luffy growled out.
"So what were you three doing in the water?" Zoro asked as he chuckled at Luffy.
"Our ship was stolen by a woman." Moron Number One replied with a frown. "She tricked us onto her ship and then ran off with ours."
"So where is it?" Luffy asked with a raised eyebrow.
The three looked down. "It was hit by lightning." Luffy and Zoro both shared a look. "Seemed like it came out of nowhere." Luffy let out a nervous chuckle then cleared his throat.
"Well I feel bad so I'll let you row us to an island where you can get off." Luffy said with a nod to himself as the men sweat dropped.
'Wait a minute, we can take these two to Captain Buggy and he can pay them back for beating us up.' Moron Number One thought and smiled. "Thank you so much Mr. Luffy! It so happens there's an Island nearby. We were heading there ourselves when our boat got stolen." His crewmates looked at him before they understood what was going on and quickly nodded in agreement.
"Sounds good." Luffy threw his hand behind his head and relaxed as the Morons rowed.
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Luffy looked around as he got off the boat, he was extremely surprised to not see anyone at all. 'Weird,' Luffy thought as he turned to Zoro and the Moron's. "Town seems kind of empty." Luffy commented and watched the reactions of the Moron's.
"Their probably at the party!" Moron Number Two yelled and looked to his crewmates.
"Of course," Moron Number One slapped his forehead. "That's where they are! Come on, we'll show you." He gestured for them to follow as the other two Morons moved ahead.
"How dumb do they think we are?" Luffy asked quietly as he and Zoro followed them.
"Real dumb apparently." The green haired swordsman replied as he dropped a hand to one of his swords. "How do you want to play this?"
Luffy grinned. "Well they went through all this trouble, the least we can do is see who they're taking us to." Zoro matched his grin and chuckled.
The Moron trio led them through the town, which Luffy noticed was more than empty, it had been ransacked. Almost every shop door was open and looking in the windows he could tell the place had been torn apart. He frowned and flexed his hand, he was very eager to meet the person who ordered them to do this. After a few minutes of walking they came to a large building and they could hear multiple voices on the roof cheering and singing. Neither pirate missed the large grins on the Moron trio as they heard the voices and led the way up to the roof.
Coming out on the roof Luffy looked around to see several pirates drinking and laughing with each other. He noticed that some of them had a circus theme to them, even those that didn't were doing acrobatics, balancing things or juggling. "Captain!" Moron Number One said as he ran towards a raised platform with a chair on it.
Luffy and Zoro both paused when they saw the man sitting on the throne like chair. They couldn't tell how tall he was because he was sitting but he was wearing a red and white horizontal striped tee shirt under an orange cloak with yellow tasseled shoulder pads. Under that he had a dark green sash around his waist and light blue pants with black shoes that had points on the end going up. The oddest thing about him was the orange captain's hat with blue tassels on each end and what appeared to be his Jolly Roger on it, a skull and crossbones with a large circular nose. A nose that matched the man's own big red one that stood out on his face even with the crossbones painted on his forehead that extended down and over his eyes. "What is it, can't you see we're celebrating our new crewmate?" The Captain asked impatiently as he waved to a girl standing near him.
She had short orange hair that fell just below her chin and wore a white tee shirt, with a deep v cut all the way to her breasts, with a thick blue stripe over her bust and two smaller stripes under that and on each hem line. Her outfit was completed by a short orange skirt with hollow white circles on the side. "She's the one who stole our boat!" Moron Number Two yelled and pointed at her.
The Captain cocked an eyebrow. "Is that true Nami?" He asked the girl.
"Sure is." She replied with a grin. "But who cares, we're all working together now." She gave him a bright smile.
"Too true." The Captain laughed, much to the shock of the Moron Trio. "You all are lucky, normally I'd punish you for losing treasure to a single women." He glared at them for a second then smiled darkly. "But Nami's not an ordinary woman."
Zoro sighed as he watched the exchange, it had nothing to do with him and it was boring. He turned to say something to Luffy, only to see the teen had disappeared. Looking around quickly it took only a second to spot Luffy, who had found a spot at a table and was inhaling large amounts of food. "So you're Bounty Hunter Zoro." Zoro turned to see the Captain had stood and Moron Number One was standing next to his chair.
"Yeah and?" Zoro replied as he dropped a hand to a blade at the Captain's announcement while almost everyone had gone silent and was watching.
"Come to collect my bounty have you?" The man asked with a grin while many of his men chuckled.
"Nope." Zoro replied making every stop laughing and stare at him. "I don't even know who the hell you are."
"WHAT!" The Captain yelled. "You mean to tell me you've never heard of Buggy the Clown?!"
Zoro hummed in thought. "Oh yah I remember you now." He said with a nod.
"….And?" Buggy asked impatiently.
"And what?" Zoro replied again, he was starting to get annoyed by this conversation.
"If you're not here to collect my bounty then what are you doing here?!" Buggy yelled impatiently.
"I'm with him." Zoro turned and pointed at Luffy, who stopped his eating and turned around.
"Hey you guys have some great food!" Luffy called out as he hopped up off his seat, taking a chicken leg as he did, and walking over to Zoro.
Buggy eyed the teen and his eyes narrowed at his hat. "And who the hell are you?" He was getting tired of asking the same question.
"Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy replied with a large grin.
Buggy eyed him up and down again. "Never heard of you." He said though he wondered how he had never heard of someone travelling with Zoro, and by appearances leading their little two man team.
"Just started out but don't worry." Luffy said. "I'm going to be King of the Pirates, then you'll have heard of me."
There was a small pause before Buggy burst out laughing, followed quickly by his men joining in. Luffy knew people would react like that, for now at least, and he would let them. It would put them off guard and get cocky. "You think you are going to be King of the Pirates?" Buggy chocked out through his laughter.
"I don't think, I know." Luffy replied seriously. Buggy calmed his laughing and studied the teen.
"Hmph." Buggy said and his men all started to quiet down. "So you think you've got what it takes to be Pirate King?" Buggy grinned. "Cabaji!"
"Yes Captain." A tall slender man said as he moved forward from the sideline. He wore a sleeveless brown jacket, white pants that flared out at the bottom and a large blue and white checkered scarf. His hair was a black and while the left side was long and covered his eye the right side was shaved and had lines shaved out of it.
"Why don't you show this weakling how real pirates fight?" Buggy asked with a dark chuckle. The slender man nodded and drew a sword.
"With pleasure Captain." Cabaji replied and started to turn back to the crowd.
"Hey, if you want to see how tough I am then get your big nose down here and do it yourself!" Luffy called out and noticed all the pirates freeze, their eyes going wide as they looked to Buggy.
"WHO'S GOT A BIG NOSE!?" Buggy roared as he leapt to his feet.
Luffy cocked an eyebrow. "Ummm….you. I mean you have looked at a mirror before, right?"
"You little whelp!" Buggy yelled before turning to his men. "Show this boy our special Buggy Balls!" Quickly two men turned a cannon towards the streets below and lite the fuse. "Now witness true power."
Luffy was curious, after all it seemed like a normal cannon so why was Buggy making a spectacle out of it. His answer came when the fuse hit the bottom and the cannon fired, blowing apart several houses with a huge blast. Luffy and Zoro both stared wide eyed at the destruction. "Hahahahaha how do you like that kid?"
"Impressive." Luffy replied. "…But you still have a big nose." He said with a grin.
"BASTARD!" Buggy yelled as he leapt at Luffy. "I'll show you a big nose!"
Luffy moved forward and shot his hands out, catching both of Buggy's. "You know that made no sense right?" Buggy blinked and Luffy used the moment to kick him in the stomach, throwing him back towards his men.
"Damn it!" Buggy yelled as he got to his feet. "Hit him with a Buggy Ball!"
"Shit." Luffy said as he turned and saw the men already turning a cannon towards him. "Zoro run!" Luffy yelled as he turned and ran for the edge of the building, Zoro right beside him.
"You just had to piss him off, didn't you?" Zoro grumbled as they reached the edge of the building and leapt into the street below. As they fell they heard the boom of the cannon. Luckily the pirates aimed a bit high and the ball sailed past them but hit an area towards the edge of the town.
As they fell both clung onto a building, Zoro using a sword while Luffy changed his hand into a claw, and slide down the side. "Couldn't you have shot it with lightning?" Zoro asked as he looked at the roof.
Luffy shrugged as he changed his arm back to normal. "I probably could have but I might have blown it up." Zoro nodded as that seemed like a possibility.
"So what now?" Zoro asked.
"I don't care!" They heard Buggy yell. "Find them and bring them back here!"
"Hmm, let's find somewhere to hide out for a bit and think out a plan." Luffy decided after a second of thought.
"This way." Both men turned to see Nami waving them to follow her.
"Isn't she one of them?" Zoro asked as he tightened the grip on his sword.
"Supposedly." Luffy replied. "Let's follow her." Luffy declared with a large grin as he ran towards the girl, Zoro sighed but sheathed his sword and followed his Captain.
Nami held her smile as the duo came towards her, but on the inside she was pissed at them. Her plan was going well, she was gaining the trust of the Biggy Pirates and after the party, when they passed out drunk, she would steal all there treasure and be gone. But since they showed up and got them all riled up she had to think of a new plan, in the mean time she would hide them away in case she needed to use them as bargaining chips. "I know a place we can hide." She said when they got close and led them through the town, turning up and down alleys so no one would be able to see them. Finally they came to a house and Nami led them inside, jumping onto the kitchen counter as they entered.
"Whose house is this?" Luffy asked as he looked around and listened to see if anyone was upstairs.
Nami shrugged. "No idea, Buggy and his boys ran everyone out of town when they showed up."
"I see." Luffy replied as he walked towards the fridge, after all if no one was around the food was going to spoil anyway.
"Why are you helping us?" Zoro asked with narrowed eyes at the girl.
"Well you guys ruined my plans so you owe me." She replied sweetly to Zoro.
"What plan?" Luffy asked with his head in the fridge as he looked around inside.
"Well after they were all drunk I planned to steal all of their treasure." Nami replied. "Since you guys showed up and caused trouble you owe me."
Luffy looked over at her. "If you want to get technical since you stole the Moron Trio's boat, thus making them meet us so it's your fault." Zoro chuckled as Nami's jaw dropped.
"Well if you hadn't pissed off Buggy my plan could have worked!" Nami huffed after collecting her thoughts.
Luffy chuckled as he came out of the fridge, holding various cuts of meat. "Ha, true." He walked over to the table and sat down. "So what are you? Pirate, thief, both?"
Neither missed Nami's eyes harden. "I'm not a pirate." She said with a bit of venom. "Pirates are the scum of the earth, I'm a thief and probably the best navigator in all of East Blue." She held her head up high.
"A navigator, great!" Luffy said with a large smile. "Then you can join my crew."
"What!" Both Nami and Zoro yelled. "I just said Pirates are scum so why would I join you?" Nami asked.
"He was a bounty hunter and I got him to join." Luffy replied as he pointed to Zoro. "Besides I can make it worth your time."
Nami cocked an eyebrow. "How so?"
"How about me and Zoro beat up all the pirates and allow you to keep all the treasure as payment." Nami perked up at the plan. "You in turn will get us to Gecko Island, after that we'll talk more."
Nami hummed in thought. 'That could work, they do all the work and I get the treasure.' She studied Luffy as he began to eat. "But what's at Gecko Island…wait it doesn't matter. If it's valuable I can steal it and if not then I'll just leave them there." She thought with a smile. "Alright you have a deal."
Zoro groaned as Luffy grinned and jumped up. "Great, welcome to the team Nami!" He grabbed her hand and shook it.