Luffy and Zoro awaken in two different parts of East Blue, both with the same thing on their mind. Protect the crew. There would be no failures this time around, Captain's orders. As bits and pieces of the unknown past that the two comrades share are gradually revealed, the rest of the crew can only speculate. For all their absolute resolve, they're hiding something. Time Travel AU

Luffy loses everything before he reaches Raftel. After 5 years of complete isolation, A broken Luffy does the unthinkable. A certain someone however, has different plans for the rubber man. Join Luffy as he begins a slightly different adventure from the past in order to change the fate of his nakama. Dark, Smarter, and OP Luffy. (LuffyxHarem). Time-Travel AU. Multiple pairings.

Luffy had been alone most of his short life, with no one to love and no one to rely on. This all changed, however, when the Whitebeard Pirates stumble upon his lonely little island and take the four-year-old boy under their wing. Who knew that the little rubber brat would become one of Oyaji's strongest commanders when he grew up? Ha. The Whitebeard Pirates sure didn't. AU

The Straw Hat Pirate crew spends a week thinking their captain is gone forever. It goes about as well as one would expect. That is to say, very, very poorly. Angst with a happy ending.