Ch 2: New Events Happening
A few days passed since Shanks left the village and when Garp returned to find out that Shanks was here and inspired his grandson to be a pirate, to say he was pissed was an understatement.
He then took Luffy to the home of the Dadan family and then Luffy saw him.
Ace...
As soon as he saw him, his breath stopped for a few seconds before Garp broke him out of his trance. When he saw his brother breathing again, he made his resolve stronger so that he could change the future.
He then re-met Sabo and when he met Porchemy, he beat him and his cronies to a bloody pulp.
Then, Ace and Sabo managed to accept him into their lives.
Then when Sabo's dad came with Bluejam and his crew, Luffy managed to sneak away on the night of when the Grey Terminal was set on fire to save Sabo.
He and Sabo managed to fly over the metal wall and land exactly on Bluejam's ship, where Ace had just gotten free. They were about to get away, when an insane Bluejam and his crew showed up to kill the trio.
Sabo nearly lost an eye and Ace discovered his Conqueror's Haki, when Dadan and the bandits showed up, Luffy knocked out Ace and ordered Dadan to take them and leave.
At first, everyone was in shock and surprise, before Dadan said that he was her responsibility and Luffy sent out a small blast of Haki to tell the bandits otherwise.
He gave his hat to Sabo, who was in tears begging Luffy not to do this, and ordered them one last time to leave and they did, leaving Luffy to face Bluejam and his slowly awakening crew.
Within 5 minutes, Bluejam's crew was beaten and the mad captain was buried underneath a mountain of burning trash.
When Luffy returned back to Dadan's house the next morning, the bandits were relived to see him, while Ace and Sabo beat the crap out of him for making them worry so much.
But this brought good fortune upon the trio, due to Sabo losing his hat in the fire, the army found it and the nobles believed that Sabo had died.
Though this might have stopped them from going back to the Grey Terminal and Goa Kingdom, Luffy was happy that he had both his brothers now in this timeline.
Then, years finally passed and Ace and Sabo set off to become pirates and defeat Whitebeard. Luffy managed to train harder with his brothers now gone and grows stronger.
Finally, the day has finally come for him to re-start his journey to see his crew and go back on his journey to become Pirate King.
...But there would be some new changes this time around.
In the forest of Mt. Corvo, a giant bear is running away from something in fear. It glances it back quickly and sees, to its horror, a silhouette appears from the smoke.
"Now, now," a male voice calls out "Who says you could get away?".
From the smoke emerged a seventeen-year-old teenager wearing a red vest with black flames on the sleeves and the bottom off the vest and the phrase 'Pirate King' is knitted on the back in gold.
He wore black boots and shorts with multiple pockets full of meat and money and the most noticeable thing was the Strawhat that he wore on his head.
It was Monkey D. Luffy.
"Gum-Gum... PISTOL!" he exclaimed, stretching his fist into the bear's face, caving in the bear's face, therefore killing it.
He grinned at his victory. "All right!" Luffy yelled happily "Now for lunch!" looking at the bear's body hungrily.
A while later:
The only remains of the bear was his bones and Luffy letting out a satisfied burp with a full stomach.
"Yummy!" he said happily "Now with my stomach full, I can finally go now!" as he starts to make his way down to his home village.
He makes his way to his village ready to set off on his journey, when he sees a screaming man stumble on his feet.
''Huh?" Luffy asked the man on the ground "What's wrong with you, old man?".
"PIRATES! PIRATES ARE COMING!" he shouted at Luffy, whose eyes widen in shock. 'What?' he thought in shock 'But there were no pirates attacking the village when I left the first time.'.
"Where? Where are the pirates?" Luffy asked the man, who responded "They're entering the harbor as we speak.".
And with that, Luffy took off running as fast he could and arrived at the harbor in 20 seconds, where he saw a pirate ship enter the harbor.
"All right men," a single voice called out upon the cries of the pirates bloodlust "Now that they're aren't anymore obstacles in our way, we will now ransack this village and begin my revenge of 10 years!".
It was Higuma the Bear, the man who Luffy beat when he was a child and is now a pirate with a bounty of 17,000,000.
"NOW GO!'' Higuma roared "AND STRIKE DOWN ALL WHO STAND IN YOUR WAY!".
The crew roared in approval and charged into the village, while Higuma grinned maliciously waiting for the screams of pain and death from the villagers.
When suddenly, his men are launched back onto the ship and he sees a lone figure in the middle of the harbor.
"YOU!" he yelled "Who the hell are you? What have you done to my men?" while Luffy just looked at the man and grinned.
"Oh, it's you!" he said happily "I thought that ass-kicking I gave you before would have made you think twice of stepping into this village.
Higuma looked confused at first, before he paled in realization. "No," he whispered in fear, taking a step back in fear of the newcomer in front of him.
Luffy smirked. "So you do remember me?" he asked the terrified pirate in front of him. Higuma clenched his teeth in anger.
"It doesn't matter, we have twice the men that I had before and I will destroy this village and kill everyone in it!" Higuma bellowed before laughing evilly with his crew joining along in his laughter.
Luffy glared at the man in front of him. "Like hell you will." he whispers dangerously.
"Attack, ATTACK!" Higuma commanded and his men charged at Luffy, who just kept standing there.
"Die, you brat! " one of the pirates yelled, swinging his saber at Luffy, who just easily dodges it and punches the man in the stomach.
The man is sent flying into the group, knocking down a few of the pirates behind him. A dozen or so pirates charge at Luffy, roaring in anger of their comrades defeat.
Luffy measly uses a Gum-Gum Whip to knock them away and then punches another in the face, sending him flying into the water.
Luffy then felt someone breathing dwon his neck, so he turns around and sees the pirates glaring at him, Killing Intent pouring out from their blades and souls.
He then runs from the pirates who chase after him with Higuma watching in a sick glee. Luffy however, then grins and latches onto a building and runs some more with the pirates looking at his arm to see if they weren't drinking heavily.
When they realized that it was no joke, they screamed in terror and Luffy then said "Gum-Gum... ROCKET!", launching himself back at the pirates, knocking them down.
Luffy then looked around and smirked at the work he's done, then look at the villagers and smirks wider at their reactions and the awe shining in the children's eyes.
'Awesome,' he thought in glee 'I've begun to inspire children to follow my footsteps.'.
He then felt footsteps behind him and sees a dark look on Higuma's face. "You!" he hissed out venomously "You have angered me for the last time!".
Luffy just laughed. "I'm told that phrase all the time," he said while snickering "And besides, I can't die yet, after all I'm gonna become King of the Pirates!".
Higuma laughed and Luffy then realized that his sanity was slowly snapping. "You! King of the Pirates!" he laughed maliciously "Like an urchin like YOU could become that! Let me give you some advice kid, back in the old age, if you were a pirate, you used to have a idiotic dream! But today, dreams are merely dead things and repetition is the only thing that matters in a pirate's life!".
Luffy looked at the man with emotionless eyes, but if anyone could read eyes, they would see a mixture of anger, disgust and even a little pity... but all without a trace of clemency... but Higuma must have sensed this as his face turned into one of rage and fury.
"DON'T YOU DARE LECTURE ME, YOU BRAT!" he bellowed in anger "THIS IS HOW PIRATES ARE AND WILL BE!" with the last of his sanity snapped, he pulled out his saber and charged at Luffy.
"YOUR DEATH WILL ONLY BE AN EXAMPLE OF THESE FOOLISH AMBITIONS!" he roared, as Luffy dodges the blade, stabs it to the ground and glares at Higuma.
"It's because of these 'foolish ambitions' that I want to be a pirate." Luffy hissed, before yelling out "IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, THEN HERE'S MY ADVICE!" he stretches both of his arms back.
"DON'T BE A PIRATE!" he roars, as his arms retracts back and his hands impact with Higuma's stomach, making him cough out blood and sent him flying into the water.
Higuma splashes from the water cursing Luffy, when suddenly, a dark shadow looms over him and Higuma freezes in fear.
He slowly turns around and finds... a Sea King licking its lips with hunger in its eyes.
"AHHH!" Higuma screamed out, before he is eaten whole by the beast, which dives back into the water.
All the pirates slowly stands up and gazes at Luffy in shock and fear in their eyes, as one brave soul manages to stutter out "Wh-who are you?".
Luffy turns his head around and says "I'm Luffy and I'm gonna be King of the Pirates! Now get out of here!" as all the pirates are quick to agreement and boards their ship.
They then sail off and the villagers cheer at Luffy's victory, but if anyone were to pay attention to the teen, they would have seen the shadowed look in his eyes.
Later that evening:
Luffy then puts the last of his stuff onto the small boat that he has and turns to the villagers with a wide grin.
"Well, I'm off!~" Luffy says to the crowd, watching him leave.
''Are you sure that this is all you need?" a woman asked Luffy.
"You should take my boat, Luffy!" the fishmonger "That way, you won't sink in your boat!".
"Nah," Luffy said, waving his hand "This will be all I need!".
And with that Luffy set off on his journey, but then.
"Oh yeah!" he suddenly said "Oi, Makino, show everyone your new flag!" to which the villagers grew confused and Makino giggled before pulling up a flag that brought a lot of gasps and angry yells from a certain man. (coughcoughMayorcoughcough).
"AS OF NOW, DAWN ISLAND AND ALL OF ITS PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE STRAW-HAT PIRATES!" Luffy exclaimed out loud for the whole island to hear.
The villagers cheer at this and the Mayor, despite being angry, couldn't help but smile at the boy's happy attitude.
And with that, Luffy finally began his journey, once again, to save his friends, brother and of course achieve his life-long dream.
"I'M GOING TO BECOME KING OF THE PIRATES!".