Ok guys, me and Friz have been working on something special, unfortunately it's not gonna be out until after the 2 year time skip...
Which brings me to a question. I plan on doing EVERY episode (as much as it'll probably kill me) which means HUNDREDS of chapters. My question is, do you think I should upload every chapter in the one story OR should I break each arc into its own seperate story? tell me what you think, because with my added non-canon arcs and added chapters and such there is going to end up being SOOOO many chapters.
Tell me what you think, and feel free to review *hint hint* I love hearing from you guys. I also love hearing some of your ideas and theories, some people are on point with their observations ;)
As always enjoy!
Even ten years on, Luffy couldn't resist the anger that ran through his veins when someone bad mouthed Shanks, he glanced over at his sister, who was silently fuming, couldn't either. She so sadly wanted to sink her teeth into the big nosed bastard, but didn't dare leave Zoro's side. Knowing the dirty bastard, he'd attack the swordsman while he slept, no she had to stand aside and let Luffy do his thing.
"I've never meet a man who pissed me off as much as he did" Buggy growled, "Shanks denied me a lot of my treasure! I don't know how you're related to him, "I don't know how you're related to him, but it's my right to say whatever I want about him!"
"Then it's our right to break every bone in your body" Leo growled dangerously, cradling her brothers treasure to her chest.
Buggy ignored her, and proceeded to tell the story of how Shanks 'ruined' his life. They had been cabin boys on the same pirate ship, and during a raid had obtained a map and a Devil Fruit. Through some stupidity that Leo wasn't really listening to, Buggy ended up swallowing the Devil Fruit and somehow ended up in the water. To be honest she had stopped listening after 'which is colder, the south pole or north pole'
"Ehh, so Shanks saved your life" Luffy's voice pulled Leo out of her daze
"That's not the point I was trying to make!" Buggy shouted,
"But you can't deny that he did in fact save your life...you kinda owe him" Leo pointed out
"Because of him, my plan was delayed 10 years! I have realized...If I can't get the treasure beneath the sea, I'll just grab all the treasure on land!"
Leo wanted to smack her head against a wall, all this man seemed to do is complain and obsess over treasure, like yeah sure he's a pirate, but there's more to pirating than treasure!
"With my splitting ability...I'll cut down anyone who dares touch my treasure! I won't let them live!"
The man's torso detached from his body, floating up before shooting past Luffy, knives drawn. Straight towards...Nami? Leo blinked staring at the orange haired woman, she came back! With a bag full of treasure,
"MY TREASURES! UNHAND THEM!"
"Oh crap he saw me!" Nami swore making a break for it.
Leo went to rush after them, when she paused, looking back at her brother. He was walking towards the clown's lower body, which had remained where it was. An evil grin spread across her face, just because she couldn't leave her first mates side didn't mean she couldn't have some fun.
"No matter where you run, I'll find you Nami!" Buggy swore as he chased after the thief, "I'll slice you into pieces!"
His attack was brought to a sudden halt. He just froze in mid air.
Luffy had taken a page out of his sisters book, and kicked the pirate right between the legs. Said pirate collapsed to the ground instantly, whimpering in pain,
"Balls" he whimpered, "M-My B-b-ba balls.."
"My turn" Leo grinned widely, pushing her brother aside. With much more enthusiasm than was probably normal she pulled her arm back, letting a punch fly right into the pirate clowns dick. She could have used her hammer, it would have hurt more, but this way was just so much more satisfying. Buggy let out another high pitched squeal.
"Your opponent is me" Luffy turned back to Buggy, shooting his sister a side glance. She just shrugged,
"I just really wanted to punch him in the dick" she explained, skipping back over to Zoro, "Sides I'm captain too, so your enemies are my enemies"
Luffy let out a huff but pushed no further,
"Oi" he called out to Nami, "Leave the treasure and run, or he'll come after you again"
"No! Leave the treasure you say? No! Defiantly not! Why should I throw away my treasure?"
"I don't think you quite understand" Leo frowned, "If you keep it, he will try to kill you, and may very well succeed. Is a bag full of treasure really worth your life?"
"Those are your treasures?!" Buggy growled, Leo was impressed at how fast he had recovered...maybe they didn't hit him hard enough,
"Of course it is! I'm a thief that steals from pirates. Now that I've stolen from one, of course the treasures are now all mine!"
Leo smacked herself in the forehead, did this girl have no brains? Yes let's antagonize the pirate intent on killing you, very clever,
"Oh I see!" To Luffy it made perfect sense,
"Bullshit! Those are my treasures!You think that it's yours just because you stole it?" Buggy growled
"Well that is how the rules of treasure claiming goes" Leo pointed out, "If you can steal it, it's yours. Your own fault for not protecting it better"
"What kind of an education did you have?!" Buggy continued
"A crook lecturing another crook is ridiculous" Nami scoffed
"It really is" Leo giggled to Luffy, "A pirate telling a thief off, sounds like the start of a joke"
"What?!" Buggy screeched
"I will not bring myself down to the same level as you pirates" She stuck her tongue out at them
Ok Leo couldn't help but feel a little offended, ok sure she had helped steal quite a lot of treasure back in the day, but it was always from people who could afford to lose a bit of money here and there. And to be fair, the nobles they robbed probably deserved it! A sickening coil of hatred curled into her belly when the burning of the Grey Terminal crossed her mind. As far as she was concerned all the nobles who stood by and did nothing were responsible, and therefore accountable for those crimes.
"You better prepare yourself Nami" Buggy sounded surprisingly calm for a man who was seething,
"Bara bara Festival!"
Every part of his body split into even tiner pieces! Leo swore, bringing her hammer up to bat away any that got too close. How was that even fair?!
"If you think you can help your friend, you better do it now, rubber man"
"Shit! He split into even more pieces"
"No fucking shit Captain Obvious" Leo growled, "Hurry up and kick his ass already!" her side was really starting to hurt now. She blinked when she noticed that while the other body parts floated, the feet had to walk,
"Oi" she poked her brother pointing at them, "Bite his foot or something"
"I'm not going to bite it otouto!" Luffy shot back as he grabbed one of the feet, picking it up,
" It's a valid option" she shrugged.
"Nami! Return my treasure!" Buggy went to attack Nami again,
"Never!"
Luffy pulled the foot out of the shoe and began to tickle it. Leo huffed, biting it would hurt him more. It did the job, it stopped the clown in his tracks,
"Pinch it!" Leo called, so her brother did, "Bite!"
"If you want it bitten so badly you do it!"
Setting her hammer aside she strode forward, taking the foot from her brother and bit into it hard. Buggy let out a howl of pain, she bit hard enough to break the skin and draw blood, dropping the foot back she skipped back to Zoro,
"Ok I'm satisfied"
"You're such a weirdo" Luffy muttered, "How much more can you take?" He asked Buggy, taking the bleeding foot, slamming it into the ground. Buggy's pained cries were like music. Ear shattering music.
"Stop that!" he howled
"The one that should stop is YOU!" Nami growled, swinging her bag of treasure, hitting Buggy right in the face,
"Yeah go Nami!" Leo cried
Their cheering was short lived, as Buggy had grabbed the bag with his floating hands,
"You've returned the treasure to me."
Nami shook the bag, trying to dislodge the hands firmly holding it,
"Let go!"
"Let go? You let go!"
Realizing just how bad a position Nami was in, Luffy sprinted forward towards them. A good thing too, as the hands did in fact let go. Only to raise with knives, ready to run Nami through,
"Didn't I tell you that I'm your opponent?!" Luffy shouted as he launched a kick right at the clowns face. The force of the kick sent the pirate's face right into the bag of treasure, bursting the bag, and sent both the treasure and its master flying. Further inspection revealed the clown had been piratically knocked out. All his body pieces falling to the ground.
"You can take that kick as a gift from the mayor"
"Wooo! We won!" Leo threw her arms in the air. A terrible mistake. She let out a hiss as her side was yanked painfully. She glanced down and was annoyed to find it has started to bleed again,
"Fuck balls again?" She muttered
"Thank you. You saved my life" Nami pulled herself to her feet,
"No problem"
"Any time" The Monkey siblings replied
"The map!" Luffy remembered
"I have it-" Nami cut off with a gasp
Ok so Buggy wasn't as defeated as they had hoped,
"It's not over rubber man!"
"He's still alive!"
"Oh for fucks sake" Leo grumbled
"Shut up! How dare you inflict so much pain upon me!I won't forget this!"
Nami did the smart thing, and made a run for it. Buggy was absolutely fuming. Leo's eyes followed the orange haired navigator, her shoulders relaxing when she saw what she was doing. She was a smart one wasn't she?
"Bara Bara Reassemble!"
He reassembled alright. Though only partially. His head was attacked to his hands and feet. And that was it. The rest of his body parts had been tied into a tight bundle by Nami, preventing them from reattaching. Leo tried not bursting int laughter she really did. But he just looked so stupid.
"Are you looking for these?" Nami taunted
"My parts!"
Luffy couldn't help it either, he began to laugh almost as hard as his sister,
"No wonder you're a thief!" He started to stretch his arms back behind him,
"Oh god you're brilliant!" Leo got out through her giggles, "We're keeping you!"
"Hey Buggy!" Luffy grinned widely, "Gomu Gomu no..BAZOKA!"
The hit sent Buggy flying, how far? Who knows! Far away.
"I win!" Luffy cheered,
"Woo!" Leo cheered, "For reals this time!" She skipped over to her brother, high tenning him, "Three wins in one day! A record!" She grinned
Leo then walked back over to Zoro, picking up Luffy's hat, which she had placed on his chest, turning back she placed it back on her brothers head gently,
"Your hat is pretty torn up" Nami commented
"That's alright, I can still wear it. I'm not angry anymore since Buggy's been beaten"
Leo was quiet as she fussed with his hat, moving her hands done to run them over his face, readjusting his vest. Little touches reassuring her he was still there and in one piece. Luffy leaned forward, pressing their foreheads together as his hand moved down to caress her side, careful of her wound.
Nami looked away, rather feeling like she was intruding on an intimate moment,
"Don't worry. I'll help you patch it up later"
"Eh what?" Nami broke the two out of their moment,
"Nothing at all!" Leo grinned, the girl was soft on them, she just knew it.
"Anyways, I had to split this in two. Can you help me carry one? It's really heavy"
"You never give up do you?" Luffy asked,
"Buggy is really selective about his treasure, so everything here is high quality"
"Gotta give ya credit. You're a dedicated woman" Leo walked forward, "I'll carry a bag and you carry moss head"
Nami looked at them for a moment, before pulling out a bit of rolled up paper, holding it out to them,
"Here, take it"
"Huh?"
"The map to the Grand Line. You wanted it right?"
"You're giving it to us?"
"You did save my life"
"I best hold on to it" Leo took it, carefully stashing it in her coat, "I'm least likely to lose it"
"Thank you Nami! I finally got the map to the Grand Line!" Luffy grinned,
"WE finally have a map to the Grand Line" Leo bumped her hip against his
"Ah!...Does that mean you're joining us?"
"Didn't I tell you that I won't become a pirate?...But it's ok, being with you guys will earn me a lot of money. But I'm only working with you, remember that"
"FUCKING YES!" Leo screamed happily, shocking everyone, "We finally have someone who can read a fucking map!" Tears of joy streamed down her face, "We're saved!"
Luffy laughed at his sisters outburst. Nami, after a moment, joined in.
"Right" Leo clapped her hands together, "Time to wake the beast" she pushed her brother in the direction of Zoro, "Go wake up our first mate"
"Hey Zoro." Luffy did as his sister said, "Wake up!" he crouched down patting the mans head hard, "Come on let's go"
"Rise and shine sunshine!" Leo sang skipping over
Zoro let out a groan as he pushed himself up,
"Is the fight over already?" he mumbled,
"Yup. You missed all the cool bits. But don't worry I'll fill you in later"
"I got the map and a navigator!" Luffy declared happily,
"Huh?" Zoro turned to stare at the woman for a moment, eyes flickering over her taking her all in. Before groaning and holding his head,
"Oh crap, I'm going to faint" he moaned "I can't move either"
"Of course. If you could move, you guys wouldn't be human"
Suddenly Leo's body decided it had had enough and needed to remind it's owner just what a state they were in,
"Alrighty, so we're all good now" she asked no one in particular, "The fighting's done, we're safe right?"
"Yeah..."
"Fantastic" She let go of the iron clad grip she had on her stomach, nearly toppling over as she lurched forward, her stomach emptying itself. Nami squealed in disgust, even Zoro and Luffy edged away,
"Oh fuck that feels gross" Leo whimpered, finally allowing herself to relax, "I think I reopened my side earlier,
"You idiot!" Nami cried, "You're as bad as they are!"
"Most probably" she groaned, she always felt so exhausted coming out of a battle haze
Nami let out a aggravated sigh,
"We best look after the Mayor"
"Oh right!"
"Completely forgot about him"
"We should wake up the old man as well" Luffy stood, taking hold of his sisters elbow to steady her.
"Anyone got a bucket of water handy?"
"Hey you!" Was heard from behind them. They turned to see a crowd of people...Leo squinted, how long had they been there for?
"You're not from here, are you?"
"Yeah...and you?" Her brother asked back,
"Do we look like we're from around here?" Leo muttered,
"We're the residents of this town. What happened to the pirates?If you know anything, please tell us"
"Oh you're residents" Nami sounded relieved, "I thought there were more enemies"
"Oh! Mayor!" They finally noticed the unconscious old man, "What happened? Get a hold of yourself! Hey Mayor!" "The pirates must have done this!" "Why would they do such a horrible thing?!"
"Sorry I had to knock him out" Luffy apologized,
"Was the only option" Leo nodded along, feeling rather light headed so she stopped
"What?!" Probably not a smart thing to say
"Hey! You didn't have to say it!" Nami growled
"You saw it"
"I did see it, but there's a good reason..."
"They don't look to happy" Leo was now leaning heavily on her brother
"Why did you harm our mayor?" one of the men growled,
"He was in the way" she shot back
"No excuses! Who are you people? Are connected with the pirates?"
"We are pirates" Her brother stated bluntly
"We started this morning" Leo added with a drowsy smile
Zoro just started laughing while Nami shouted at the captains,
"Why did you say that?!"
"It's the truth!"
"We ain't liars!"
"Pirates, how dare you cause so much destruction to our town!"
"Hey only like half of it was us!" Leo tried to defend themselves,
"We won't forgive you, even if you're just kids!"
Luffy ignored them, walking over to crouch next to Zoro, leaving Leo to sway on her own,
"What now? They won't listen to anything anymore?" He asked his hatted captain
Luffy glanced over at his sister, who had grabbed a bag of treasure off Nami. She swayed once more, before offering her brother a grin. She had one last burst of energy left. Pulling Zoro's over his shoulders he bolted,
"RUN!"
"Don't let them get away!" "How dare you harm out mayor!"
Despite having the shortest legs and a pounding injury in her side Leo still managed to be the fastest of the three, shooting slightly ahead of Nami and Luffy,
"Why do you always speak without using your brain?" Nami cursed her brother
"Nii-chan doesn't have a filter between his brain and mouth" Leo supplied,
"This is a good town." Luffy replied, "For the sake of their mayor, everyone's doing their best to fight!"
Nami looked over her shoulder as they ran,
"No matter what excuse we came up with, they'd still be just as angry"
Leo then made a sharp turn, shooting down an alley,
"Oi turn here!" Luffy called out to Nami, following his sister, trusting her instincts
"Wa-wa-wait! Don't say it at the last second!" she struggled to turn in time,
"They ran into the alley!"
Leo grinned, she was right, half way along the alley Shushu sat waiting. Grinning she leapt over him,
"Thanks Shushu!" she called out
"Shushu?" "Dog?" she heard Nami and Luffy question as they jumped over him.
When the mob reached Shushu the little dog started to bark angrily at them
"Hey! Get out of the way Shushu! Hey!"
"They're evil pirates. You shouldn't be barking at us!"
"Why are you blocking us?"
"Shushu let us through!"
Nothing the residents said could soothe the dog, nor cease his barking. The little dog refused to move.
To be completely honest Leo didn't remember much of what happened after. She vaguely remembered reaching the boat and casting off. She certainly remembered the part where it was revealed that Luffy had left a bag of treasure, when had she given the treasure to someone else to carry anyway?
She also remembered Nami trying to drown her brother for leaving said treasure...but all the rest of the details were just a blur.
She woke suddenly to a finger poking her in the side. She blinked in confusion, staring at a darkening sky...when did it get so dark? When did she go to sleep,
"We're nearing an atoll" Zoro's voice filled her ears.
Blinking she glanced at the green haired man, who was sitting beside where she lay,
"We're gonna drop anchor for the night and carry on sailing tomorrow. The navigator is charting our course" he sounded like he didn't trust the woman. Smart.
Leo's eyes immediately went to the swordsman side. The bloodied bandages had been changed, glancing down she lifted the blanket off her...when did she get a blanket? Her own side had been wrapped...as was her chest, flattening her breasts,
"Who?..." she trailed off,
"Luffy." Zoro supplied, "He insisted that only he was only to see his 'otouto' naked"
"Oh" she let out a sigh of relief,
"Are you going to be imouto or otouto to the navigator?" he asked after a few minutes.
Leo was quiet for a moment, she had never really considered it before. Sure her brothers would keep her gender on the down low, but she was a pirate now...
"I think for now it's best that the world sees me as Leo, the younger brother of Luffy" she finally admitted, "It's gonna be hard enough getting people to take me seriously being my size"...she trailed off
Zoro nodded and pushed the subject no further.
"Leo!" Luffy cheered, flopping down next to her, "You're finally awake! You slept all afternoon!"
"It's been a stupidly long day Nii-chan" she pointed out yawning, "A whirlpool, three enemies and two nakama. Not to mention being punched in the neck and stabbed in the side. We packed three adventures into one!"
"Well we're stopping for the night! So Leo can sleep all they want!" Luffy grinned, before wiggling behind her, setting her head on his lap. It was then she noticed someone had moved her goggles, a quickly feel around revealed they were around her neck.
"We finally did it Leo" he smiled down at her, running his hands through her hair, uncharacteristically calm, "We're real pirates now! With a crew and a ship and everything" one hand trailed down to the S of her tattoo.
Leo let out another yawn, closing her eyes and drifting back off to the land of sleep,
'Just watch us Sabo, we're going to make you proud'