When Luffy Went a Little too Far

by Ssus

And the others did too. A story of how angry words can end up creating a whole lot of hurt and regret and turn into something they will never forget. Plenty of Hurt!/Luffy and Strawhat/Nakamaship (P.S There's some trouble with a few chapters, I'm trying to rue-load them, but it doesn't seem to be working. Trying to fix it!)

11. Chapter 11 - Room of Angel

When Luffy Went a Little too Far - Chapter 11

Yahharooo! I'm back a little sooner than usually! And it's all thanks to the wonderful reviews I've gotten lately. :o Thank you so very much! You guys are great. ,O.O, I had so much fun writing this. :) Or maybe fun isn't the right word, since it's quite dark… but anyway, I hope you like it!

Warnings: Alright! Finally I get to write something here. :3 Nothing good tho. Some pretty explicit describing of torture here, people. So, if you think you can't handle that, you may only read until the part where Genzo appears. No further than that, you hear me!

Disclaimer: Don't own it. One Piece. The characters. Nothing.

Name of chapter: Room of Angel by Akira Yamaoka, known from Silent Hill. I think this song has the exact desperate fear Luffy would be feeling. ;(

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Chapter 11: Room of Angel

On the Revolutionaries' ship, with Chopper, Franky and Brook

Even though the upcoming news about their Captain hovering so close ahead, Brook and Chopper took their time inspecting the ship they were in. It was huge, about the size of a marine battle ship. So far they'd just been walking along a very long hall and there was already all sorts of things to look at. The walls were made of soothingly deep brown colored wood and decorated with some posters and pictures here and there. The posters were most of wanted pirates or clips cut out of newspapers. Every now and then they passed a door, but each one was closed.

At the end of the hall they entered a door that led down steep stairs. Once at the bottom the two Straw Hats found themselves in a very warm and well-lit room full of beds and tables. Choppers eyes went wide when he realized that it was a huge infirmary. He took in all the amazingly advanced equipment, the rows and rows of medical books on one of the walls and the endless shelves of different medicines. He looked at his own little to-go bag and felt a little embarrassed. He would never trade his own little infirmary for anything, but he just felt a little silly coming in here thinking he could actually do something with the simple equipment he had.

The man who was leading them with Sam's help sat down on a bed next to another bed that was occupied by an old, heavily injured man. Chopper gasped at how thin and frail the old man looked. He quickly jumped on the stool next to the bed, introduced himself hastily and started inspecting the old man without further questions. Sam and the dark haired man next to him looked at the little doctor a little amazed, but let him do his thing.

After a while Chopper was done with the general check-up. He had asked Brook and Eliot to go fetch some more warm water and clean bandages, and they were still on their errand.

"Ossan, would you mind if I took some blood from you? Your pulse is awfully quick and blood pressure high. Also, it looks like you are very malnourished. A man of your age should be really careful with things like these, it could be very serious if you let this go any further." The reindeer rambled on while already drawing some blood samples without even waiting for his patient's approval. The old man looked at Chopper with a sad, gentle smile.

"Bwahaha. So you are one of that kid's crewmates. I guess I should've known that he would have such unique friends." Chopper came to a halt in the middle of bandaging the old man's elbow. His baffled eyes met the kind grey once with an anxious look, wanting to hear these people had to say about Luffy as quickly as possible without being rude.

"Make sure you inspect those blood samples well and be prepared with a treatment against this God awful poison that man forced into us. You are going to need it for your Captain." The tiny Straw Hat was stunned into silence, shaking a bit with anticipation.

"A… A poison? You mean… There's a… What?" Chopper was speechless. He wasn't sure which way he should be or what he should think. He tried to process the information he'd gotten so far. There was the young man on the other bed who had said he'd talked to Luffy just today. Then there was the old man who had supposedly also been where ever Luffy was. Both of these men in front of him were horribly beaten, skinny and exhausted. Which meant…

"Ossan, you know where Luffy is? Is he okay? How did you meet him?" There were so many questions floating through his mind.

"Bwahaha. Yes, I know where the kid is. Or where he was. Now..." He let out a heavy sigh and then with some effort he positioned himself so that he could do a sort of a bow towards Chopper.

"Please forgive us for failing to save the kid. He was in no condition to take care of himself, and I told him my people would help him. But as it turns out, I broke my word. As of now, I don't know where he is. I'm sorry."

Chopper cast his disappointed eyes downwards so they wouldn´t betray his true feeling to the sick old man.

"There is no need to apologize. I am thankful for whatever information you can provide me with. Can you tell me everything you know?" The old man lifted his head and looked at Chopper, trying so very hard to hhide all the emotions swirling behind his eyes.

"Bwahahaha. You sure are interesting. Too polite to be a pirate, I'd say. Then a again, knowing your Captain is who he is… cough… pardon me. Now, I can't tell you much. Just that I was held in a cell with Luffy at Genzo's ship. He's not doing too great. He was given the same poison as us. Nasty stuff, that's why we can't eat. Makes you puke up everything. The kid seemed to take that pretty hard, not being able to eat. A stubborn one that Captain of yours. He angered Genzo like I've never seen him being angered before, and I've been after him for a pretty long time. Was held in there quite long t… cough cough…" The man went into a bad coughing fit which drew Chopper back from his shock. After hearing about the poison and them not being able to eat, he knew he needed to act fast. The ran to the medicine shelves and with a quick apology for intruding he started gathering what he needed to make the needed liquid. He worked quickly and sooner than anyone could believe, he was hooking the old man along with the younger one on IV's.

"Here, these won't help with the poison, but at least your bodies are getting some of the nutrients they need. I will have to look at the poison later. Now… You said Luffy was also given this poison? Do you know the amount?" The little Doctor had a notepad and a pen with which he was quickly scribbling down different possibilities for poisons and their treatments.

"Khuh… well, as far as we know, he was only given it once. But that put together with the bullet… I'd imagined it's not good." Chopper immediately stopped writing and looked at the man alarmed.

"Bullet? What bullet?" Bullets didn't work on Luffy, except…

"A kairouseki bullet. He was shot three times when he was captured. I think one of them just nicked his leg, but one went through his shoulder and one is still stuck in his stomach." The old man explained wearily. He could see the growing horror in the pirates' eyes.

"It's still… No! You can't do that, that's… Something like that would..." Chopper couldn't finish his sentence for he had no idea what would happen. But just the thought of having even the smallest piece of kairouseki inside a devil fruit's user for a long period of time… It made him shudder. He knew what it felt like to fall in the ocean. He knew what it felt like to be touching that damned stone… He tried to think about all the facts he knew about long term exposure to kairouseki. He'd read about some research on the subject, but he'd never finished said papers because the experiments seemed to be just another word for torture in his eyes. He remembered how weak Robin was after Enies Lobby, being held in kairouseki cuffs non-stop for a long time. She'd felt the effects weeks after that. She'd been tired and fatigued, her white blood cell levels had been lower than normal, making her immune system weaker and her body more exposed to illnesses. And that had been after only two days of being in cuffs…

He knew he couldn't do much for Luffy now, except be as prepared as he could. He would take this chance and see it as a blessing in disguise.

"Can you tell me anything else about his condition? How were the wounds? Any sign of infection, fever, redness? And how about any other injuries?" If you didn't know the little doctor better, one would've said that he was perfectly calm. But any of his friends would have noticedthe almost non existing tremor of Chopper's knees (never his hoofs, after all, he was a trained doctor and always had steady hooves), and the way his blue nose was crunched up a little, indicating that he was focusing very hard on anything besides the overwhelming worry he was feeling. And behind the worry was anger. Anger that someone would do something that awful to another human being.

"No, unfortunately that is all I can tell you." At this point Brook and Eliot came back, baffled by the tense athmosphere in the room. What had they missed?

"Well, then, if you don't mind…Do you by any chance know where Genzo might have taken my Captain?" The old man looked at the reindeer closely, seeing the loyalty and love under the rage and worry. He couldn't help but smile. Apparently it didn't matter that they weren't able to save the kid. That kid obviously had people who would go to the end of the earth to get him back and nothing could beat that.

"Bwahahaha! Seems like I don't need to worry about the youngster anymore. He's in good hands." He smiled brightly at the pirate who was a little taken aback by the fondness in that smile. It was as astounding as ever how Luffy succeeded in making people care about him. Brook stepped closer to the bed, not sure what had led to this part of the conversation, but very keen to know anything regarding to Luffy's whereabouts.

"Yes I can tell you where he is, most likely. Given the location we were at when were rescued, we think Genzo was heading to Misto Island. He has a few trading posts there. The main one will be easy to find, but given the circumstances, I doubt he'd taken the kid there. Lucky for you, you are talking to someone who happens to know most of Genzo's side posts. Sam, be a darling and give them the map with all the locations we've narrowed down as possible hideouts." The girl bowed and disappeared up the stairs.

"Thank you. We are eternally grateful. I shall head out with Franky-san right away. I'm sure Nami and the others are heading to that same island. Chopper-san, you stay here and help them however you can. And make sure you are ready, for when we get Luffy back, he's going to need you." With that the musician walked after Sam and was gone before anyone else had time to react.

Chopper had stars in his eyes and tears streaming down his face.

"Brook is so cool! I have to do my best too." With a newfound determination Chopper started making rounds around the infirmary, tending to all the people that had been injured during the rescue mission, his mind set on doing this well and quickly so he could get to figuring out the poison as soon as possible. After all, he wasn't just any Doctor, he was the Doctor of the future Pirate King.

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Genzo's secret hideout, with Luffy

Luffy was pretty sure that when you started to get used to waking up all groggy and not knowing where you are, you could say that the situation was pretty bad. Because, yes, he had once again woken up to that heavy feeling of being submerged completely, only it got worse every time it happened.

Gone was the sweet numbness he remembered hating once upon a time. It had been replaced with the pain he first experienced when being tortured by Genzo, except it had intensified and spread like a fire. He couldn't even tell for sure where it was coming from anymore. It was all over, consuming his whole being to the point where he could swear that it wasn't logically possible he was even conscious. The only two things he could separate from the pain was that he was horribly cold, shivering and shaking all over and that he could not breath. That was probably the worst of all. Every breath was a struggle that left his lungs feeling like they were crushed and his head was woozy with the lack of air.

So yeah, not fun.

Luffy wasn't sure how long he laid there, his only goal being the next breath he was supposed to take in. He really didn't want to even try and collect his thoughts. He had done that a lot too, thinking. It was one of the reasons why he hated being alone: it meant he had to do all the thinking himself.

The young Captain knew that a lot of people would think of him as weak since he was so dependant on others simply to survive in his day to day life. But they didn't know he did just fine after Ace left and it was just him waiting for his turn to start his own adventure. Well, he did have Makino and Dadan along with the bandits, and his Grandpa visited every now and then… but that was besides the point. The point was…

Wait a minute, what was he thinking about again? Damn it, it hurts so bad… OH RIGHT!

The point was that now that he was so used to having his crew around and not worrying about anything but making sure his nakama were okay and somewhat safe, he didn't know how to take care of himself anymore. And wasn't there some people who had helped him? Yeah, Bari Bari no Ossan and Hidoi-kun. What happened to them? Or maybe they were still here but he just couldn't sense them.

Time to try to open my eyes…

Very carefully Luffy blinked his eyes open and then quickly back shut again. He didn't want to take the risk of hurting them any more than necessary in case there was a bright light in the room.

See, all this thinking is making me smarter already.

But there was no light in the room at all. Or maybe he was blind? He tried again, this time daring to keep his eyes open a bit longer. With heavy lids he did his best to focus on something, but couldn't. Next task was to move his head. With a deep breath to ready himself (which just caused a coughing fit that hurt like hell and made breathing only that much harder) he relaxed the muscles in his neck and let his head fall on the right. And there! There was a window on what Luffy assumed was a door to the room he was in. Few dim rays of light shone through the three thick bars that decorated the very small square shaped hole.

Bars… So he was in a cell then. He was in a cell before too, with Bari Bari no ossan. But then…

And it all came rushing back to him. Being carried, falling, Genzo's voice… He felt ashamed how just the memory of that voice sent chills down his spine. And just like bad guys had a habit of doing, said bad guy chose that very moment to enter the room.

Luffy thanked the fact that he had turned his head earlier, because now he could see his enemy. Then again, what he saw was not something he wanted see. Somehow the light illuminating the figure at the door made him look that much more intimidating.

Tired eyes stared back at the crazy gleam shining in Genzo's black glare. His plan had been ruined by those ever meddling revolutionaries. He had lost some of the biggest sales he'd ever had. But he had refused to let the Straw Hat go. That boy who somehow dared to stare him down, even now. There he was, lying broken and defeated on the freezing floor, half dead and still, behind the fear and pain there was a fire that refused to go out. And it made him mad, in both senses of the word. It had gotten to the point where he no longer cared whether he got his money or not. He just wanted to make it disappear! Damn money and damn his business!

So when those bloody roaches invaded his ship and it became clear that his men had no chance against them, the first thing he thought was getting Straw Hat. Of course stopping them from taking the boy was extra sweet knowing his relationship to the big boss behind the merry gang of so called revolution. It had taken some effort. The ship had already been partly sinking and the smoke coming from the flames had made finding the boy rather difficult. But it had also helped him avoid unnecessary confrontations.

The moment he spotted the yellow hat, he'd drawn his sword and attacked the man carrying the pirate. Only he had underestimated the man and instead of killing him off instantly, he had to fight the guy off. On the good side the man had dropped Straw Hat, and after knocking him down, it was a piece of cake to jump to the lower deck after the fallen boy, and hide in the smoke again.

He'd pick up the shivering body and jumped with him in the pitch black water where he waited for his selected men who were always ready to pick him up in case something like this happened.

They'd arrived on Misto Island as planned, but instead of going to his usual trading place, he'd taken the boy to his side post, not interested in facing any angry clients.

And here he was, staring at the problem himself. (Or what he had convinced himself into believing being the problem).

He remembered the absolute terror he'd seen in the pirate Captain's eyes when he'd reacted to the poison in the food. He'd decided it was time for another round.

"Not doing so well, are you?" He teased as he walked over to the other side of the room to light the torch there. He needed a good light to see clearly, of course.

"You should be thanking me, you know. I could've left you in the ocean. Would've been a nice, quick death at that point. Oh wait..." he lit the other torch on the left side and then turned to smirk at his victim who had somehow succeeded in turning his head so he could see Genzo again.

"Now that I think about it, maybe you shouldn't thank me at all. You see, you have made me quite angry, and what I have in mind as a punishment makes a quick nice dead sound… well, nice." Genzo waved at the person standing by the door and took the item offered to him. It was a tube with a funnel at the other end. The doubtful look he got from the Straw Hat just for seeing said item made him shiver with pleasure.

"Gurahaha… You know what it's for yet? You see, I normally use this method to make sure my merchandise learn not to steal food. It might be a bit extreme, I admit. I mean, after this some never eat again. Gurahaha..." Genzo man was now kneeling next to Luffy and bringing the funnelless end of the tube dangerously close to the pirate's face. Panicked eyes darted to look at the bowl that was now being held in view by the man standing silently on Luffy's other side.

"But, that ain't my problem now, is it? Besides, most of my clients use their slaves so quickly they die anyway. Gurahaha! Now, let's see how quickly you learn."

Luffy used up every thread of strength he had left to turn his face away from the tube, but it was kind of sad how little that did to help him. Genzo took a hold of his chin and easily turned the terrified eyes back his way. The black orbs soon disappeared behind tightly shut lids as the slave trader squeezed on his captive's jaws to make his mouth open and started to force the tube down the boy's throat.

Luffy had never been as scared in his life. Well, maybe back in Sabaody on that horrible day, or when he realized Ace was dying. He'd been scared plenty of times, but never for himself. This was torture. This was terrifying, and not because he felt like he was dying. He was rather okay with dying, actually. But the fact that he felt like he was dying, but knew he wouldn't… That scared him more than anything.

Not being able to breath got a whole new meaning when he felt the thick tube scraping the sides of his throat. He gagged, coughed and trashed but nothing stopped the intruding object. It pushed further down and for a moment Luffy panicked, thinking that it might end up in his lungs. But apparently Genzo knew what he was doing because he was now confidently taking the bowl of mashed food from his minion and starting to pour it in the funnel.

At this moment Luffy didn't even have the sense to fear the effects of the poison he knew was in the food. He could feel the tube shape with the food, getting thicker and then thinner again. Next came the pain in his stomach. The food was filling his already abused stomach way too fast and it started to cramp in protest almost instantly. The gagging got worse and tears streamed down his face as the torture went on. The only hope Luffy had was that he would pass out from the lack of breathing, but just when he thought he would, Genzo pulled the tube out forcefully, leaving the boy's throat throbbing and scratched raw.

The slave trader watched with curiosity as his captive squirmed and arched on the floor, trying to get some air in his lungs. His eyes were still closed, but the moment they shot open Genzo knew the poison had started to work. With what was probably just the power of adrenaline at this point Luffy rolled to his side and threw up everything that had just been forced into him. The pain was making his stomach spasm and somewhere inside him the bullet made itself known as he convulsed and shook.

As quickly as it started, it ended, and Luffy was reduced to a sobbing mess. It wasn't fair how his lungs refused to work properly, how his heart seemed to beat too quickly to keep up with the abuse, how his limbs twitched every now and then as his exhausted muscles protested the treatment. It just wasn't fair that he had to endure this. Blood and food was mixed together as it still dripped from the corner of his mouth. He couldn't even close his eyes, he just stared as shock started to overtake his abused body.

Genzo on the other hand was thriving. The blank stare on the Straw Hat's face was getting close to what he wanted to see. But a little more, he just had to find that one thing that would push the stubborn pirate over the edge. He considered this for awhile. The boy was obviously exhausted. Even with all the pain he was in, Genzo could see his consciousness giving in and his tired eyes slipping shut. He wouldn't have any of that. He was an expert on torture, and knew exactly what he would do next. He got up and whispered to his minion who fled the room, only to come back with an old looking record player. The slave trader hummed a happy little tune as he set everything up and took one last look at the boy on the floor before placing a pair of earplugs on himself. He gestured for his minion to leave, which he did happily.

"Hope you have a good night's sleep, boy. You obviously need it. Gurahahahaha!" Genzo smiled maliciously as he set down the needle on the record. He left the room quickly, hearing the screeching noise even through the earplugs.

Luffy had been blissfully close to falling asleep when his head was filled with the most horrible sound he'd heard. It was a high pitch screech, a monotonous, never ending tone that made his eyes water only five minutes after it started. There was nothing he could do but keep listening. He was so beyond tired that he couldn't even lift his hand to cover his ears. And no matter how much his body wanted, the sound wouldn't let him fall asleep. He was stuck inside the screech, feeling like he was becoming one with it, knowing it would never end. This was probably what hell was like. An unbearable torture you could never escape from.

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Genzo's secret hodeout, with Genzo

It was early in the next morning when Genzo woke up, already excited to visit his captive. He still had a few more things he wanted to try out.

Somewhere between capturing the Straw Hat Boy and now his whole world had changed. His boring life of catching more promising high bounty people to sell to boring, airheaded rich bastard. The disappointment he'd gotten every time he thought he'd finally found someone who might entertain him for longer than a few days and then proving himself wrong. But this boy… He was so much fun! Genzo had never faced such a challenge before. He was going to break the boy, and then he would leave the pathetic excuse of a pirate somewhere for his so called nakama to find. He didn't care about the bounty or the glory he'd get for handing the infamous Straw Hat Luffy to the World Government. He just wanted themto know what he'd done. The Crew. He wanted them to see he'd face the challenge and he'd won. That he'd beaten the Captain they had such high hopes for. Yes. First the crew would know, and then the rest of the world. It would be on the papers everywhere that he, Genzo, had put out the fire they called one of the eleven supernovas, one of the worst generation.

Genzo realized somewhere in the back of his mind that he was starting to leave all sense behind, but who cared. He already had enough money to last for the rest of his life. And besides, he'd only done slave trading because he didn't know what else to do. Now, for the first time ever he was getting thrilled over something. He had a goal, a purpose, and that was to destroy Straw Hat Luffy.

He took his time to get ready before heading to the cells. He made sure his ears were protected before entering the room and quickly turning of the torturing sound. He had made sure that one of his men came to rewind the record back to the beginning every hour. That way it would have the effect he was looking for. And just as he thought, when he took the earplugs out and looked at the Straw Hat, what a beautiful sight it was.

The boy was had deep purple rings under his eyes, said eyes being bloodshot and weary, full of anguish. The was a touch of what Genzo could only call insanity hiding in those onyx some point during the night the boy had started to scratch the floor, probobly in an effort to escape the torture to his mind. All it had done was break his nail and make his fingers bleed.

"Slept well then, I assume. Had a pretty good night myself. Gurahaha!" He kneeled next to the boy and gripped his hair painfully to turn his face towards his assailant.

"You know, I was thinking and I realized that we should really get you cleaned. All that blood and dirt… Can't be very healthy. But no worries, I've prepared a nice cool bath for you." Not bothering to wait for any kind of reaction Genzo just stood up and pulled the boy after him, still having a strong grip on the youngster's hair.

he dragged his prey little ways down the hall to another room with an old, rusty bathtub in it. The tub was filled to the brim with ice cold water and Genzo wasted no time plunging the boy's head under the freezing liquid. That was when Luffy finally became aware of what was going on.

The stabbing pain of the water brought him back to reality in a truly cruel way. He tried to push against the side of the tub to get to the surface, but failed miserably. It seemed like forever of numbing coldness that froze his brain before he was pulled back up.

Luffy coughed and spluttered as the water excited his mouth and nose. He had had no time to take a breath before being submerged and the water had immediately invaded his lungs. He took a few shuddering, painful breaths before he was forced back under.

This went on for a few minutes, but Genzo soon got bored. There was no point in this if he couldn't see the boy's face. He dragged the boy back to the cell and finally let go of his hair. Luffy was now shivering madly from being drenched in the cold water. He was gasping loudly, barely getting any air in. His lungs were failing him.

Genzo paced back and forth and wondered what he should do. He realized that making breathing even harder for the boy probably hadn't been a good idea. the poor thing sounded like he was choking.

With a depe sight the slave trader decided he needed a time out. His mind was abandoning him, he was losing all logic. He couldn't go on like this or the boy would die. He turned back to the boy when he finally decided what to do next.

"How does it feel, eh? Hurts, I bet. But no worries, I have a little something here for you to make you feel a bit better." He took a vial from his jacket pocket and slowly inserted the clear liquid in the skinny elbow of his victim.

It took exactly three seconds for the boy's eyes to roll back as he lost consciousness and his body relaxed.

Genzo took his sweet time staring at the face that was dripping with water and even in sleep it was crunched up in pain. He stood there mesmerized, wondering how one boy could get him so worked up and completely lose his… well, everything, it seemed. He lost his best ship, most of his men and all other captives… Yet, as he stood there staring at the helpless body on the floor he felt satisfaction like never before.

His momentum was interrupted by one of his minions running in to the room, looking panicked.

"Genzo, sir! We just found the front guards beaten up in the East side storage room. We don't know when this happened, but we think there might be an intruder in here. What should we do, sir?!"

The slave trader looked at his man, bored and irritated.

"Find them, of course! Take care of it. I don't want to be disturbed anymore. Now GO!"

The man bowed quickly and rushed off. Genzo sat down by the wall and settled to stare at the sleeping pirate, waiting for him to wake up.

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Sooo… Genzo's sort of losing it, don't you think? Torture… Not fun. .

I still find it a challenge to write Luffy like this. I just want him to be happy again! ,-.-,

Anyways, that was it. Next time we'll find out what's going on with Nami's group and who was it that invaded Genzo's hideout. Till then! ^^

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