AN: First Canon Chapter. Going back, I feel the quality has gone down so I might go back and do some editing. What do you guys think? Please rate and Review!

It was mid-day, the sea was calm and empty, save for a single boat manned by a handsome young man and two breathtaking, raven haired beauties. The trio had been sailing smoothly for the past few days, ever since they left Dawn Island. However, the fishing boat Luffy had purchased in one of the villages was only about 5 meters long with a single sail and therefore was rather small for the three of them. After the first night they agreed to get a real ship as soon as they could. They had initially thought about using the celestial dragon's ship, but regardless of the fact it was very recognizable, it was simply too massive. The ship spanned for at least a 100m, easily displacing 10 000 tonnes of water, and needed to be crewed by at the very least 80 people.

Luffy was laying his head on Hancock's lap, napping. Robin was manning the helm, as she had read a few books on navigation, and was maintaining a course towards Loguetown where they would look for a crew and a proper ship. Meanwhile Hancock was lovingly playing with Luffy's hair as Salome was coiled around the mast acting like a periscope. All was right in the world until Salome began to rattle her tail attracting their attention to the horizon. In the distance, they could see a rich looking passenger ship being attacked by a rather large, but horrendously pink, pirate ship. After waking their captain for orders, they trio headed for the two ships.

Luffy immediately jumped aboard using Rokushiki soon followed by Hancock and Robin. The battle was already pretty much over and the passengers were tied up on deck, while a huge woman was bullying a pink haired kid into complimenting her. As soon as the trio landed on deck, all eyes were drawn to them. The minute they laid eyes on Hancock's beautiful figure, most pirated were turned to stone without her even trying, the few that remained were speedily knocked out by the arms that had sprouted out of them. Luffy grinned devilishly as he spoke.

"So, where's the gold?"

While Luffy had about a billion beli in his darkness taken from the Goa kingdom and the World Noble's Ship, he was a pirate and therefore could never have enough treasure.

However, instead of fear and resignation, the young man was met with an angry glare from the fat woman who was looking hatefully at his beautiful crewmates. Before he could speak again however, the woman charged at him like an enraged bull, wielding a huge iron mace. Breathing out in annoyance, Luffy held out his hand coated in darkness, the fat woman was sent flying outwards and got knocked unconscious by the impact of her fall. Luffy's darkness swallowed the treasure that the pirates had conveniently piled up on the deck of their own ship.

As the trio was about to depart, a sweet feminine voice called out.

"Luffy?"

The curious young man turned around just in time to see a flash of orange as a missile collided into him, knocking the breath out of him.

"N-Nami?!"

Looking down he saw a beautiful 17-year-old with shoulder-length orange hair, a narrow waist and shapely breasts. At the mention of her name, Nami looked up and smiled lovingly at the young man.

"You remembered!"

"What are you doing here?"

Nami blushed as she released him and looked down.

"Well- um... I-I wanted to surprise you… so I… I bought a Ship!"

"Huuuh!"

The trio deadpanned. The girl looked a bit embarrassed.

"I studied navigation a lot, so I could be useful! And I order a custom ship, perfect for navigating the Grand Line. I-I told the ship builder that I would pay him monthly until he was finished… So, I've been stealing from pirates for a few years to pay… But I'm still short 20 million for the last payment…He said he was finished last week and that I needed to come pick it up!"

She said as she began to tear up.

"I'm sorry! snif!"

"20 million! How much did it cost?!"

Asked a shocked Robin.

"O-one hundred million…"

"One hundred million! Is it made of fucking gold!?"

One hundred million beli was a lot of money, you could buy at least three ships with that much money.

"I-It's a really good ship! You'll see! I-I just hoped I could have gotten the money in time to surprise you…"

Luffy sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"It's fine… I'll pay the missing 20 million."

"I'm sorry…"

"I told you it's fine"

As they were about to leave again with Nami in tow an annoyingly squeaky voice sounded out.

"Wait! Take me with you! If I stay, I'll be arrested even though I'm innocent!"

Shrugging, Luffy allowed the pink haired snot ball to tag along.

Somewhere in the East Blue

The five of them were very cramped inside the small boat and it didn't help that Hancock and Nami were both vying for the position of Luffy's lap pillow. Despite that the boat continued to sail smoothly as they began sailing to the closest Island to drop off the pink haired kid, who was called Coby, and try to recruit the famed 'pirate hunter'.

"So, you wanna be a Marine huh?"

"Yes sir! My dream is to be an admiral!"

"Why would anyone ever want to be part of such a useless and corrupt organization…"

"They're not-"

"Really? Than tell me, why are you with us? Because the Marine are dutiful servants of justice? Or because they would execute you the minute they knew you were a pirate, regardless of the fact you were one against your will?"

"I-"

"Yeah, the marines are just the largest pirate crew in the world. They force you to pay for their protection and if you disagree, they kill you or lock you up. That's all they are."

"You're wrong! They protect people!"

"Do they? Did they protect you?"

"They hunt evil pirates!"

"They hunt competition. They don't care if you're evil, if you refuse to bow down, they hunt you."

"You're lying!"

Slap!

"Ouch!"

Coby looked tearfully at the glaring Hancock who had slapped him.

"Don't call him a liar!"

"Hey, it's ok beautiful."

Said Luffy as he stroked Hancock's hair calming her down, a radiant smile bloomed on her face as she snuggled lovingly to his hand like a kitten. Coby felt entranced by the scene and almost turned to stone, holding on only thanks to his strong will power.

Meanwhile Nami looked on jealously. Bellemere and Nojiko had assumed the Nami's feelings would die down and fade away after a few months, but instead the young maiden's love intensified through her longing. More than once Bellmere had found Nami trying to run away and find Luffy, it had gone out of hand when she actually made it to the next island. From there Bellemere had tried a different approach, she convinced Nami to train and practice so Luffy would be surprised and impressed when he saw her again. It had worked a little too well and the young girl had gone and ordered a custom first-class ship from the best shipwright in the East Blue. In truth, Nami was simply scared Luffy would forget about her. So when she heard Luffy say her name, she had been overjoyed. While she remembered Hancock's parting words, seeing her and Luffy so happy together, she wasn't sure Hancock hadn't changed he mind.

Near Shells Town

The boat soon arrived at the island fortress of Shells Town, base of the 153rd Marine branch. The group got of their boat and began to ask around for the famous 'pirate hunter', they soon learnt the 'pirate hunter' had been arrested and was being held at the base. Leaving the others behind, Luffy went over to the base. Faced with a rather high perimeter wall, Luffy easily jumped over it. He found himself in an empty yard, save for a beautiful raven-haired woman, tied to a post.

Kunia had spent the past few weeks tied to that fucking pole, starving and drinking rain water. As she was thinking of her childhood friend Zoro, she heard footsteps. Assuming it was that kid that had returned, she looked up to tell her to leave. But instead of a young girl, she was met with a handsome raven-haired young man wearing black shorts, sandals, a red shirt and a black captain's coat. He looked down on her and spoke calmly.

"Why do you stay here?"

"... because I'm tied up you idiot!"

She answered rather annoyed at such a stupid question.

"I can see that, but I know a strong person when I see one. Those ropes won't hold you. So why do you stay there like an idiot?"

A bit taken aback by the young man's statement, she grinned and began explaining how the Marine captain's son had challenged her to a month tied up under the scorching sun without food or water, and that he had threatened the citizens if she refused.

He laughed.

"And you believed him? He was just in town bragging that he was going to kill you anyway."

Kunia was a bit taken of guard but hardly surprised at a Marine going back on his word.

"I take it you come with a solution?"

The young man grinned.

"Of course. From the minute you leave, you'll be wanted by the world government. So might as well join my crew. I'll be setting out for the Grand Line soon, I could use someone of your… caliber."

The young man's words were like the devil's temptation. Yet she merely laughed.

"I don't really have a choice anyway. However, there is a promise I must fulfill and if you get in the way… I'll cut you."

She said threateningly.

"Oh? A fiancé back home?"

The young man teased. Kunia blushed and yelled back.

"Of course not! I promised a friend that I would become the greatest swordsman in the world!"

She insisted on the word friend, as if it was offending to suggest anything more.

"Well that's good, as a future Pirate King it would be a stain on my honor if you were anything less. Nami!"

An orange haired girl appeared from seemingly nowhere carrying two dozen swords which she dropped on the floor.

"I took the liberty of stealing back your sword, though not knowing which one it was I took them all"

Kunia easily tore herself free and picked up one of the swords with a with scabbard, just in time to see marines running towards them.

"Thief!"

"Get back here!"

"I didn't get your name. I'm Kunia by the way."

"Monkey D. Luffy"

And with that she became a blur and suddenly all the marines were cut in half at the waist. A few more marines ran at her from the side but Luffy suddenly materialized and all of them were sliced by a single kick.

"What the hell was that!"

The two girls exclaimed.

"Rokushiki. I'll teach you later. Let's get outta-"

"Halt!"

They were interrupted by a large man with an axe for a hand followed by two dozen marines and a blond guy with a face that looked like an ass.

"I'm the great captain Morgan, the stronges- urgh!"

Before he could finish 3 bullets were lodged in his chest, fired from Luffy's finger where a small dark circle had appeared.

"Let's go, Hancock's gonna be mad at you if her cooking gets cold."

Why at us! They both internally deadpanned. Though Nami knew he was right, Hancock would never be mad at Luffy and unfortunately, they were the next best thing…

At the restaurant

The cooks were a little confused by the breathtakingly beautiful woman who had barged in and began to cook using their stoves, throwing them a few bills every time they raised their voice.

At a table in the corner, Luffy was eating like he had been starved for weeks, while Kunia who had actually been the one starved for weeks, was eating calmly after introducing herself to the others. Robin had pulled her aside and briefed her on the dos and don'ts of Boa Hancock, putting an emphasis on never disturbing her while she cooks and never eating food meant for Luffy.

The group and their newest member were getting to know each other when a few Marines barged in. They thanked him for dealing with Morgan but as he was a pirate, they asked him to leave, magnanimously promising to overlook the incident if he didn't make a fuss. Luffy simply laughed.

"You know if you had waited a few hours, I would've left without you telling me. But now… I can't just give my crew the impression I bow down to a weak bunch of marines, can I now?"

He got up and walked past the marines, his group following him. The marines rushed after him. As soon as he was outside, Luffy contemplated the Marine base.

"Let this be a lesson you arrogant fools…"

Luffy murmured as he extended out his hand out towards the base and it slowly began to sink into darkness. In moments, the base was gone. Luffy turned to the Marines and pushed Coby towards them.

"This guy wants to join you idiots, I suggest you take him…"

He said threateningly. The Marines violently nodded.

"Good, bring him to the Marine HQ. Tell Admiral Garp, Monkey D. Luffy sent him."

Too terrified to make a connection between the young man before them and the most famous

Marine Admiral, the marines only nodded faster.

Luffy smiled and headed to one of the Marine patrol ships. It wasn't huge, but it was better than their previous boat. The ship was about 10 meters long with a single sail, it had a canon at the prow, a cabin and even a hold below deck. The group boarded and they began plotting a course towards Ricco Island, where the best ship builder in the East Blue resided, to pick up their ship. They planned two stops for supplies, one at Orange town, the second at Gecko Island. And with that, they were off.

AN: Just to let you know, this story will be on pause for a few weeks while I'm on holiday. But I'm thinking of a Harry Potter Fanfic so I might post that in my free time. Not sure. Please Rate & Review