Sorry it took so long but here you go let me know what you think
After a few hours they arrived at Shells town. Luffy and Coby got off the boat and stared at the town while Nami tide the boat. Luffy reached into his hakama and pulled out a roll of bills he put on the side for quick access. Luffy flipped through the bills for a 1,000 barri bill then turned to Nami to hand her the bill.
"Here Nami, as thanks for taking us here." Luffy said holding out the bill. Nami surprised by the action stood there for a moment then grabbed the bill. "Not that I don't appreciate it, but why are you paying me?" Nami asked still a bit confused.
"Lets just say I don't like being in people's debt." Luffy answered but really he didn't want her to say he owed her for the ride latter.
"Fair enough." Nami said as she grabbed her bag of treasure. "Well this is where we part ways" Luffy watched Nami runoff and smiled. "Man that was tense. She looked like she was going to kill you if you said you're a pirate." Coby said relieved she was gone. "Really, I like her, she seemed nice." Luffy said still looking towards the direction Nami went. "So why didn't you tell her you're a pirate Luffy?"
"Because technically I'm not a pirate yet. Not until I get a ship, make a flag, and fly it on the mast." Luffy answered.
"So why did you want you come here Luffy?"
"You said you wanted to become a marine. Well here's your chance." Luffy said at a fruit vender where he took a bit of a pair and flipped a coin to the vender owner. "Besides I want to see if this Zoro guy will join my crew." as soon as Luffy said Zoro's name everyone in earshot back away in fear. Luffy laughed at everyone's reaction.
"You want to recruit Zoro why?!" Coby yelled as they started to walk again. "Haven't you heard what they say about that guy? He's a PIRATE HUNTER. You know why people call him that? It's because he HUNTS PIRATES!"
"So" Luffy said picking his nose with his pinky, leaving Coby standing there gaping at Luffy's seemingly blunt stupidity. "If he's as strong as he sounds I want him in my crew, besides he sounds cool." Luffy said before turning towards the base again and asking. "Who runs the base again? I can't seem to remember."
"Cap. Morgan." Coby said causing the townspeople the back away hugging the buildings just like when Luffy mentioned Zoro's name. Luffy burst into laughter.
"I'd expected that reaction from Zoro's name, but Cap. Morgan's?" Coby said as they kept walking. "Maybe he's a badguy." Luffy said not remembering Morgan at all. "Of course he's not he's a marine and marines are the good guys. They fight for justice." Coby shouted at Luffy causing both to stop in their tracks. Luffy stared at him for a moment.
"Coby, what is justice? What is right, and what is wrong? Justice is just a government's morality pushed on to other people. Yes, there are a lot of morals that are widely accepted, but there are others that are questioned. In a system like the one we have it is easy of someone that has obtained a rank of power to push their morals onto the people and call it justice even if the people don't agree with it. Power can corrupt thoughts who are weak in heart very easily. Trust me I've seen it. Most conflicts in the world are simply a battle of ideals and morals. Tack the world government and revolutionary army for example. The world government believes that the world should find peace by uniting under one government whether by choice or force, and when it is by force they call it a liberation. The revolutionaries believes the world should find peace by working together as separate entities and find common ground and compromises for our disagreements. So who is right and who is wrong in this situation? On one hand you have a system that the world has lived in for hundreds of years but is more likely to cause corruption and on the other hand we have a system that is basically unknown and is more likely to lead to multiple power groups and wars between them which we already have. I chose to been a pirate for the freedom to live my life the way I want to and do what I believe is right." Luffy said leaving Coby awestruck and dumbfounded.
"Luffy…..I..." Coby began to say. "Coby, all I'm saying is don't be surprised when you see marines hurting people and calling it justice. You should follow the path to believe in and stick to it." Luffy said before he started walking towards the base again. Coby stood there for a moment thinking on what Luffy just said then smiled and ran to catch up to him.
"Well, here we are." Luffy said looking up at the building. Coby started at large gate with 'marines' written on it. Coby couldn't believe it his dreams were about to come true, he started to say his goodbyes but when he looked over Luffy was hanging over the wall trying to peer over it. "Luffy, what are you doing?"
"Looking for Zoro." Luffy answered jumping down, running further down the wall, and climbing back up to peer over again. Coby walked over to Luffy.
"He's not going to be out in the middle of the base. He's probably in an underground cell." Coby said as he climbed up next to Luffy.
"Then who's that?" Luffy asked sarcastically pointing towards Zoro. Coby looked to where Luffy was pointing and nearly had a heart attack. In the middle of the yard, tied to a crucifix was Zoro. "that hood on his head and a haramaki, it's Roronoa Zoro."
Luffy stared at Zoro with a big grin as all the memories of Zoro came flooding back. Coby was shaking like a leaf in the wind.
"Hey, you two you're an eyesore. Get lost." Zoro said to them snapping Luffy out of his memories. "Luffy there's no telling how long you'll survive with a guy like him on your crew." Coby said then they heard a ladder clank against the wall. Luffy and Coby looked over to see a little girl with big brown eyes and brown hair tied into pigtails climb up. She looked towards Luffy and Coby and put a finger over her mouth to signal to be quiet before jumping over and running towards Zoro with a smile. Coby started freaking out. Luffy laughed a bit.
"You must be hungry. I made you some food." she said to Zoro clearly not intimidated by him.
"Whatever it is, tack it and scram kid."
"They're rice balls." she said opening up the cloth revealing two rice balls. "It's the first time making them, so I hope their good." Zoro eyed the food like a wild animal before looking back at the kid and saying. "I don't want those, tack them and leave."
"But-"
"Do you have a hearing problem or something? I said get lost!" he shouted losing his patience. He was about to say more but stopped when a group of marines showed up.
"Temper temper Zoro no one like a bully." a whiney voice. Two marines and a skinny blond kid in a purple suit with a smug grin walked towards them. Zoro smirked as the boy looked at the girl. "Oh, rice balls." he said grabbing one and eating it despite the girls protest. "Blaaa! Too sweet!" he yelled spitting it out. "These are packed full of sugar! You're supposed to use salt you idiot, salt!"
"But I thought it would taste better sweat." she said.
"Give me that." he said grabbing the other rice ball, throwing it to the ground, and stomping on it.
"No, stop I worked so hard." she said teary eyed trying to get him to stop. "But… I...worked so hard….. To make….those." she said practically crying at the muddy blob that was a rice ball.
"To bad I guess you didn't read the notice that was posted. 'Those that assist criminals in anyway are to be executed on sight. Signed marine Captain Morgan'" he read off a piece of paper causing the girl to go into a state of fright and worry. "Hehehe, is seems even little brats fear my daddy." he then pointed to one of the marines behind him and ordered the marine to throw her over the wall.
"But… Helmeppo sir she's just a kid." the solder protested.
"I said throw her over the wall solder! Now if you won't follow my orders I'll tell my father." Helmeppo threatened.
"Yes sir I'll do it." the soldier said frantically. The soldier then approached the frightened little girl, knelt down telling her to curl up into a ball, and throw her over the wall screaming. Coby watched in horror as the girl flew over the wall only for her to be caught by Luffy who was standing right where she would have landed. Coby astonished looking to where Luffy was on the wall then back to where Luffy is now.
"How did he…" Coby started to ponder.
"Coby, take her back to town." Luffy told him. Coby did not question Luffy's order went to take the girl into town.
"Dame you." Zoro said to the laughing Helmeppo.
"You're just dead set on staying alive aren't you?" Helmeppo asked teasingly. Zoro was about to say something when Luffy jumped over the wall and started to walk towards them with his hat shadowing his eyes.
"Who are you?" Helmeppo demanded.
"I have no reason to give my name to the likes of you little girl." Luffy said mockingly to Helmeppo while releasing some bloodlust with king's haki mixed in.
"Like hell you do, this is a marine base! And how dare you call me a girl, I'm a guy!" Helmeppo shouted trying to look intimidating but failing miserably. Zoro was the only one not shaking like a leaf and he was sweating profusely. All of them could tell Luffy was extremely dangerous, it was like they were looking at an existen far superior to their own. Luffy stopped right in front of helmeppo who was now wetting himself.
"O, you're a guy?" Luffy said with a devilish grin putting a hand on his hat and pulling his right leg up behind him before slamming it into Helmeppo's groin. "Well, not any more" he said stopping his bloodlust. Helmeppo's face became twisted with pain with mouth hung open. Helmeppo then fell forward cupping his groin.
"HELMEPPO!" they yelled before picking him up and running off before the monster decides to go after them. Luffy and Zoro busted out laughing at this. After a little while they stopped laughing and looked at each other with smirks.
"I don't know who you are but that was the most entertaining thing i've seen in awhile. So just who are you kid? I can tell you're no ordinary guy." Zoro said.
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the king of the pirates. I heard about you pirate hunter Zoro."
"So what does a pirate want with me, if it's a fight you'll have to wait."
"I want you to join me."
"I refuse." Zoro said bluntly. "I'll survive this ordeal and do what I want"
"What do you want?" Luffy asked
"To be nothing less than the world's greatest swordsman." Zoro said with a smile.
Luffy turned around and said in a soft voice. "Watashi wa anata ga mottomo ōkiku naru koto o mezashi, sanshō shite kudasai. Sonogo, watashitoisshoni tatte, watashi wa anata no saidai no o tsukurimasu. Anata no namae wa sekaijū de narimasu. Kite, watashi o sapōto shi, watashi wa anata ni shitte okuto, yori sekai de mottomo idaina kenshi Asura ni naru tame ni hitsuyōna subete o o oshie shimasu."
Zoro's eyes bulged. Luffy's words were both foreign and familiar. As Zoro stared a Luffy he began to see an apparition of of a young man slightly taller than Luffy wearing the same outfit as Luffy minus the hat with long silver hair tied in a pony tail. The apparition repeated Luffy's words but this time Zoro understood them.
"I see, you aim to be the greatest. then stand with me and I'll make you the greatest. your name will ring across the world. come with and support me and i will teach you all you need to know and more to be the world's greatest swordsman Asura."
"Sh...Sh...Shiro sensei." Zoro said without knowing it. Luffy having hired this spun around with wide eyed and said. "Asura?"
sorry about the spelling and grammar I'm looking for a beta reader if your interested pm me.