One Piece Rights Belongs to Eiichiro Oda

Chapter 3

As the ship anchored at the Foosha Village Port, old memories starting flooding Luffy's mind. He and Robin starting walking through the village. Villagers turned their heads towards the young couple which was passing by. Most of the young men starting swooning over Robin's beauty, to which she paid no mind and kept a straight face. Some of the elder villagers were intrigued by Luffy, searching their heads where they have seen them.

As the doors of the pub opened, Makino looked up. Generally, very few people turned up in her pub early in the morning. She saw a couple standing at the doorway with a big, familiar grin on the boy's face. She was looking questionably at him when she saw a familiar straw hat sitting on the boy's hat. Her eyes widened and tears started falling from her eyes.

"L-Luffy?" her voice fumbled.

"Hey, Makino! How's it going…"Luffy said. With sweetness and a flick of excitement in his voice.

"Luffy!" she hurried towards him and embraced him with a tight hug. Robin looked at Luffy with a warm smile.

"Where did you go? Huh? Where did you suddenly go? We had prepared for your 8th birthday party and then Garp-san came and told us that you were gone. He didn't even tell where!" Makino said, her voice cracking and tears flooding her eyes.

"Relax, Makino! I had gone to my father. I'll be going soon again but I'm here now." Luffy said, returning his hug to Makino.

"Going? Going where? And who is this young lady with you?" asked Makino, looking at robin.

"She is my nakama, my first mate, Nico Robin. And I'm going to the Grand Line to find One Piece." said Luffy.

Makino looked back at Luffy and then ran out of the pub. Luffy and Robin turned towards her with a surprised look.

"Oi! Oi! LUFFY HAS COME BACK! LUFFY HAS COME BACK WITH A FRIEND!" shouted Makino as people started gathering around the pub. How can they forget Luffy? He was like a hope to them, filling their lives with excitement and happiness. When he went, the village almost seemed to stop.

"Oi Minaa! How are you?" said Luffy to the people around him. They all gave him a warm smile.

Robin looked at Luffy in awe. He has come back to the village almost after 10 years and still they are talking like he had never left. She saw an old hat popping in the crowd walking towards them. The crowd cleared making way for the village mayor who walked up to Luffy.

"How are you, Ossan?" grinned Luffy.

"I'm good Luffy. And who is this gorgeous woman?" asked Mayor and received a deadly glare from Makino.

"Oh yes I remember! Makino! Can I have two glasses of sake?" asked Luffy. Makino nodded and went back to the pub bringing a bottle of sake with two glasses. Luffy poured a little in both glasses and handed one to Robin which she happily accepted.

"Let me toast!" said Luffy. "This day will mark my return to Foosha Village and beginning of my adventures as a pirate. From today onwards, we will be called Straw Hat pirates." He cheered and both drank their share of sake.

"Pirates! Lady, do you accept it willingly or is Luffy forcing you?" asked a villager to Robin.

"I accepted the offer willingly and I will follow my Captain-san anywhere!" she declared to the crowd.

"You are very lucky Luffy-kun." Makino smiled deviously to Robin. A light blush crept the face of Robin but kept her straight face

Next day was big day for Luffy. He was going to begin his adventures with his nakama. Last night was great as Makino threw a feast at the pub on return of Luffy. Now he is getting ready at the guest house he and Robin got, in his best outfit to mark his adventure.

"Shit! Why is this tie not knotting properly?" he shouted as he kept tying a knot but failing.

Robin who was waiting for Luffy at the dinner table heard him shouting. Curiously, she made her way towards the bathroom where Luffy was trying hard to tie a knot.

"What happened Captain….Luffy-san?" she said, deciding that when alone, she will address him as Luffy.

"I am tired of tying this knot, but it is not happening." Said Luffy with a pout face.

"Let me help you Luffy-san!" said Robin as she walked towards her crush. She extends her hands to hold the tie and pull him a little closer. As she is tying the knot, Luffy kept looking in her eyes. Robin felt him looking at her and a blush came on her face with her eyes shimmering with happiness.

"Ara...Luffy-san! Take a look" she said. Luffy looked in the mirror and grinned.

"Yes! That is what I wanted. Arigato, Robin." Said Luffy jumping and then giving Robin a small hug. An even darker blush came to her face.

"Okay! Let's eat and go!" said Luffy as he went out.

Two hours later, it was time for the Straw Hat Pirates to leave and begin their journey. Earlier, Luffy had taken Robin to nearby forest and dug under a large tree revealing 2 big bags of gold. He took them both out and carried them back.

"This is my personal savings. I used to collect it for today with Grandpa's pocket money when I was a kid." He said to Robin as she smiled.

The mayor had presented them with a small ship, enough for 4 persons. Luffy kept both the bags in the ship.

"Bye Makino!" he shouted as he and Robin boarded the ship.

"Take care Luffy" she said with tears in her eyes.

As they started moving towards the next island, Robin came to stand near Luffy who was breathing the fresh sea breeze on the deck.

"Ara... Luffy-san" she said, taking his attention "Now that we have gold, we should also buy a new bigger and durable ship."

"Yes, Robin! I was also thinking about the same thing. We will look for one when we reach a big town."

As the day drew to the end, Luffy felt the pang of hunger rising in his stomach, but having no idea how to operate a kitchen, he approached his cabin where he saw Robin sitting on the lower bunker bed, reading a book.

"Oi Robin! I don't know how to cook, so I think I should hit -" his line cut up by loud growl of his stomach. Robin looked at him with concern.

"I can cook some soup if you want", she said hoping to spend some more time with him and might help him from his hunger pang.

"Oi thank you! You are a life saver." Said Luffy, with an expression of relief and happiness on his face.

After spending some time in the kitchen, Robin managed to cook three bowls worth of tomato soup, one for her and two for her captain, knowing he still won't be satisfied. She saw Luffy's eyes sparkling with a drool coming from his mouth, waiting for her to bring in the food.

After thanking Robin for the meal, Luffy went back to sleep on the bed near her. As he quickly drifted into sleep, Robin couldn't stop to take glances at her young captain's sleeping face. His innocent face was warming, loving that feeling she couldn't help but chuckle.

"…Robin…"

She froze, figuring that her chuckle was too loud and Luffy had woken up. But as she looked up, she smiled seeing that Luffy was still asleep and dreaming about her.

"..Meat..."

She quickly covered her mouth to control her giggle and made a mental note to buy some meat and some cooking books when they approach the next town.

It was a bright afternoon. The Straw hat pirates were having an amazing day. Luffy had caught a Sea King while fishing and to the amazement to Robin, killing it just with his finger. After chopping it in small pieces, he brought it in the kitchen to roast.

"Luffy-san, do you know how to cook it?" Robin asked her captain curiously.

"Ya! I learned it when I used to stay in jungle."

"Jungle?"

"Yes, the one where I picked up the gold, remember? When I turned 5, my grandpa used to throw me into jungles giving me nothing and I used to keep roaming for weeks, finding my food myself."

"Ara...who would do that to a 5 year old?"

"My grandfather wanted to grow me into a strong marine." Luffy stated as he turned the meat on the stove, adding some salt he picked up from the Foosha Village. After the piece was cooked, he passed it to Robin who placed it in her plate and took a small bite and finding it completely cooked. 'Not bad! Not bad at all! His survival methods are well developed.' thought Robin.

After eating their share of food, Luffy and Robin found themselves sitting on the chairs on the deck. Robin kept reading a book, Rainbow Mist, and Luffy sleeping hiding his face with his straw hat. Suddenly, to Robin's surprise, Luffy sat up, looking in one direction in sea with nothing in view.

"What happened, Captain-san?"

"Robin! Turn the ship towards that direction." Luffy said firmly pointing towards a direction.

Curious though, Robin didn't dare question him. Using her devil fruit powers, her extra hands turned the wheel towards the said direction.

"What is it, Luffy-san? I don't see anything there."

"I could sense some fear in that direction" said Luffy as he sat back.

As they moved towards that direction, Robin could see two ships standing with one definitely looking like a pirate ship, possibly looting the other. Robin stood up amazed but maintaining her straight face somehow. 'How is it possible? I know he said something about Haki but it couldn't cover this big area.'

"Luffy-san, how did you know about this? Did you use Haki?"

"Yes. I used my observation haki. It helps me sense my people's movements and powers around me."

"But it was like 4 miles away. Does everybody has this much of coverage?"

"No. My father could sense something within half a mile range. I asked my father about it and the only possible reason he could find out was that my devil fruit powers boost up my brain and nerves when I use haki, increasing the radius. So when I land on any island, I could sense every living being on it" he simply stated.

"You know about brain and neurons?" Robin asked curiously, thinking that her captain was just a simple-minded man.

"Shishishishi. Of course I know. My father helped me explore my powers. You know I am very good in interrogating and other useful stuff" he said, his voice trailing off in the end.

As they approached near the cruiser, they jumped aboard and saw people running here and there in fear of something. Not bothering about what is happening, they silently kept moving towards the ship's pantry, hoping to find some food and drinks for their ride. As they entered a room labelled 'pantry', two pirates bullying a small, pink haired boy over a large sake barrel.

"Oi! Coby! You are just Alvida-sama's chore boy. Let us take the barrel to her." One of the pirates said, with no intent to take it to their captain, Alvida.

"But I f-found it. If I d-don't take it to h-h-her, she will b-beat me!" the boy named Coby replied, sounding scared.

As they were arguing, they felt some presence behind them turning around, they found a straw hat wearing boy with a tall, slender woman beside him.

"Kawaii!" mumbled both pirates, looking at Robin with heart eyes.

Ignoring their presence, Luffy pressed forward, picked up their barrel and started moving back.

"Oi Gaki! Where do you think you are going taking our sake?" said both pirates simultaneously, pointing their swords at Luffy's chest. Luffy kept moving as their swords bent in U-shape. This baffled the pirates and Coby.

"Who are you?" asked Coby scared, who never in his life had seen such monstrous feat. This was a whole new level above his captain.

"I'm Luffy and I'm going to become pirate king" declared Luffy as he and Robin moved towards food barrels.

The two pirates ran towards the deck to inform their captain. This was a big news for them. Coby slumped down, not able to gather enough courage to stand up. He saw that the lady had picked up some apple bags and Luffy had picked one bread container and stuffed meat in his pocket. Before he could gather enough courage to speak again, the roof broke making some room for a fat lady to fall through.

"Taichou (Captain)" Coby cried, crouching and protecting his head with his hands.

"Who are you lads and what are you doing with my loot?" asked the fat lady angrily, anger reflecting in her eyes.

"Oi baka Coby, who is this fat lady?" Luffy asked curiously to Coby, pointing his finger towards the fat lady. Her brows twitched. Coby almost passed out in fear. Robin chuckled at her Captain's question.

"Alvida-sama" mumbled Coby.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING 'FAT LADY'? YOU RUNT!" roared Alvida as she swung her iron mace to hit give a defining blow on the straw hat's head. Luffy sensing her movement swiftly placed the barrel down and caught the hammer single-handedly.

"WHAT THE HELL?" everybody but Robin exclaimed in the room. Robin just kept her poker face. Luffy swung his hand and sent Alvida back through the roof hole she came down from.

Picking up his stuff, he motioned as they jumped towards the deck and started moving back to their small ship.

"Who are you runt? Where are you running now?" asked Alvida standing up and motioning her crew to gather.

"I am Luffy. I'm going back to my ship with my first-mate" Luffy simply said and started walking again. Angered by his ignorance, Alvida motioned her men to attack them.

"Robin, please take care of their captain. I'll deal with her men." Luffy said.

"Hai! Captain-san" Robin replied as they both turned back.

As the men neared Luffy and Robin to attack, Luffy's eyes widened as they felt like a tsunami has hit them, all of them falling on the floor with a thud, unconsciously. Robin, who had never seen this trick before, had her arms trembling. 'What was that?' She looked towards her captain, his eyes were widened. 'So he can defeat people without even lifting his finger!' she thought with feelings of fear, curiosity and excitement. Coby, who was a bystander, also fainted.

Alvida saw her men falling like moths. She could not take it. 'What did the runt head do to my men?' she thought, fueling her anger and charged towards Robin. Robin seeing her running, crosses her arms on chest…

Seis Fleus: Twist

…and four arms sprout near Alvida, two grabs her feet stopping her and other two holding her shoulders twisting her Alvida's upper body.

Clutch

Two more arms sprout holding Alvida's chin as Robin pulled her head back and breaking her neck.

"Aah!" cried Alvida as her neck broke and…

Flip

..Robin picked her up and threw Alvida's unconscious body in sea.

Luffy was impressed by how Robin handled her opponent. He placed his stuff down and stretched a bit.

"What is it, Captain-san?" asked Robin, looking curiously at her crush.

"I am charged up a bit now. I don't think that fat lady will need her ship." Said Luffy as he pointed towards Alvida's pirate ship with his hand in claw shape. A while glow appeared in the centre of his hand which spread entire hand emitting chirping sounds. Robin could see sparks coming out of his hand.

El Thor

Suddenly, a beam of electricity emerged, annihilating Alvida's ship in two seconds. Robin could only see some ash and golden liquid floating on the water, which she presumed was molten gold.

"How much voltage was that?" asked Robin?

"Around 100" Luffy said without looking at her.

"Just 100?" asked Robin confused.

"Not 'Just 100' Robin. Sorry. I meant 100 million."

"Isn't that too much." Robin asked, surprised by his answer.

"I can easily emit more. 10 times more" Luffy simply stated.

'No wonder he is known for destroying islands' thought Robin, slowly learning her captain's abilities.

They came back to their ship and placed the stuff. Luffy turned back and again jumped back on the cruiser. To Robin's surprise, he brought back sleeping Coby back with him.

"What is it, Captain-san?"

"He is a coward but he has a clean heart. We will drop him off at the nearby island."

Robin smiled at her Captain's nature and her respect for him rose multifold. She used her powers and turned the ship back to their previous route and they continued their journey towards their next adventure.