One Piece: Different Beginnings
Courageous Warrior
Authors Note
Hey! Weekly Uploads died i know. But exams came up in full swing. Didn't have much time. I won't promise weekly updates for now but there will be updates
Enjoy
"Assassinate is such an ugly word" Klahadore started "How about 'Accident?' "
"Aah yes Accident, we shall call it an accident Captain Kuro" Jango answered immediately
Klahadore's demeanor suddenly changed to being called Captain Kuro. "Captain Kuro.. I gave up that name 3 years ago" Kuro said looking coldly at Jango, making the man shake in fear. "Do not call me by that name again Jango, you are the Captain now, Understood?"
"Y-Yes Of Course!" Jango almost spat out. Never heard of a Captain that takes orders from others Jango thought
Meanwhile up on the cliff Usopp and Luffy were listening to every word that was being said. The former terrified and the latter Picking his nose like nothing was happening
"So, who the hell is Captain Kuro?" Luffy asked, finally done picking his nose and disregarding all manners taught to him by Benn, Not like he will ever find out Luffy thought.
On a Ship in the New World..
A sound of a mug breaking could be heard. Shanks looked at Benn who had crushed a mug in his hand
"The hell is up with you?" Shanks asked
"I have a sudden urge to hit Luffy…" Benn answered looking into the distance
Shanks just stared at him with a Giant sweatdrop "Ooookayy?"
Back at the cliff above the shore. Usopp was panicking scared for his life
"What's wrong with you?" Luffy whispered
Usopp finally calmed down and started to speak "That's Captain Kuro! The pirate infamous for his careful planning before robbing and plundering. I heard he got caught years ago and got executed" Usopp explained to Luffy
A tactician? Luffy thought. He almost considered asking him to join the crew until he remembered the robbing and plundering part. He knew there was something fishy about him, the way he made Usopp attack him only to accuse him of being a savage.
"I still remember that day" Jango began looking at the sky with his arms spread out wide "It simply shocked me. The day you said you were going to give up being a pirate and make me the captain. Everyone thinks Captain Kuro has been executed but here he is hiding away in this little village. You told us to come here in three years' time." Jango sat down on a rock and started to speak once more "Before when i worked for you there were always lots of 'benefits', That's the only reason i worked for you! I can get a good share this time right?" Jango finished looking up at the man in the suit
"Yes you will get your share, given you do what is required of you" Kuro answered
"Good leave that girl to me" Jango said pointing to himself with his thumb
"No, killing will not be enough, you have to make it look like an accident" Kuro said "It looks to me like you aren't ready yet!"
"No, I am completely ready!" Jango countered "When you send the signal we will charge into the village and kill the girl. Then you can claim all her inheritance"
"I wonder if you were born with a brain" Kuro started "How can i claim her inheritance when i'm not a part of her family. The most important part is you hypnotise her and make her sign a document saying she wants all her wealth to be left for Klahadore!" Kuro said pointing at Jango
Usopp lost all panic and suddenly became very mad at that
"This way i can openly claim her wealth! I have spent three years being a damn butler for her and that stupid family gaining everyones trust! This way when she perishes no one will suspect me of the crime" Kuro said with quite an evil face and a hand on his chest
"This is what you spent three years on?" Jango began "Why didn't you just raid the village from the start?"
"If i had done that then the marines would have been after me. This plan can get me tons of money plus I won't have to worry about the marines chasing me. I like using my head to find a peaceful way to settle things" Kuro explained
Jango started laughing at that "Peaceful way to settle things you say? You mean murdering her entire family is a Peaceful way?!" Jango finished and kept laughing
"Hey! What do you mean her entire family! Her parents died naturally! That was outside of my plans" Kuro said in his defense
"Anyways there is no point in arguing about this. Just know we are ready whenever you give the signal. We have had our ship docked near the island for a Week!" Jango said "They can't wait any longer!"
Back at the cliff Usopp and Luffy were hiding the former thinking of ways to come in at the right time and save kaya and the latter thinking of ending this now
Luffy stood up
"Hey what are you doing!" Usopp said
"Hey you two!" Luffy yelled out, catching the attention of Jango and Kuro "Don't you dare hurt Kaya!"
This guy has a deathwish! The hiding sniper and the two men at the shore thought
Usopp stood up trying to pull Luffy back "You idiot get back they'll see you!"
"Oh it's Usopp" Kuro said smirking
"Ahhhhhh he saw me!" Usopp said with his jaw dropped and sharp teeth
"Did you hear anything?" Kuro asked, giving both a cold stare. It intimidated Usopp but Luffy was a different story
"Nope! Not a thing!" Usopp answered scared for his life
"We heard everything" Luffy answered
"Are you crazy! Why did you tell him that!" Usopp said looking at Luffy like he was crazy
"Oh well you guys take a look at this pendulum" Jango said holding out the Pendulum
Luffy being the idiot he is decided to stare straight at it
Not like hypnotism actually exists thought the Water Rubber man from the sea of monsters made of lava, food, sand and god knows what else
Usopp was smart enough not to look and decided to duck and look straight down at the grass
"When i say One Two Jango you will fall asleep" Jango said "One Two Jango!"
Luffy suddenly fell asleep standing up. Meanwhile Kuro woke Jango up "You still haven't gotten rid of that habit have you?"
Luffy then fell off the cliff and fell on the rocks below him that collapsed and he was buried in a pile of giant rocks
"Hey wait are you alright!" Usopp said looking over the cliff
"Damn it! I didn't want to kill him" Jango said "Broken Neck and buried under all that, he's dead for sure.."
Usopp started shaking "B-B-Bastard! You killed him!" Usopp screamed
"What about that one? Kill him too?" Jango asked Kuro
"No leave him. No matter what he says nobody will believe him" Kuro said calmly "Jango tomorrow morning take the crew and attack the village and kill Miss Kaya"
"Did you hear that Usopp! No matter what you do you can't save the village!" Kuro said smirking at Usopp
Usopp ran away screaming
"Are you sure it will be okay?" Jango asked Kuro
"Yes, nobody will believe a word he says. He's the village's liar after all!"
"This is bad! Really bad!" Usopp said running "I love this village. I have to save them! I'm too weak!"
"Wait is that?" Usopp said as he saw a Orange haired woman and Green haired man sitting near the path the former sitting on the fence and the latter leaning against it. He also saw Carrot, Pepper and Onion
"Hey look it's the captain!" Carrot yelled out
"Wasn't Luffy meant to be with him?" Zoro questioned
"Is he still mad at the butler for looking down on his dad?" Nami asked getting off the fence
"Who knows" Zoro answered back also standing up straight
"No his expression is different" Carrot said
"Something must have happened at the shore" Pepper said
"The Captain looks like he is panicking" Onion said
"Hey kids how do i get to the shore?" Zoro asked
"I think something very big happened at the shore" Carrot said
"Yea that crazy hypnotist guy went that way as well" Pepper said
"Ok Usopp pirate crew is moving!" Onion said
"Oi.." Zoro said feeling ignored
Usopp ran into the village screaming pirates are coming. Suddenly all the villagers came out will their 'weapons'
"Like we would believe you! If you were an honest man like Klahadore we would!" The Villagers screamed out.
'No matter what he says nobody will believe him' Usopp has a flashback of Kuro and finally realised what he meant. He had lost the trust of everyone in the village after the continuous lies. He was essentially the boy who cried wolf.
"No please! Just this once trust me! Pirates will really be here tomorrow!" Usopp screamed crying at the same time
No one trusted what Usopp said and drove him out
Usopp made it back to the kids and the two pirates. They questioned him about where luffy was.
"Luffy is dead! He was killed by Klahadore and that Hypnotist guy!" Usopp said a few tears leaking out through his own eyes
Nami for one was shocked there was no way he could be dead..
Zoro on the other hand didn't buy it. No way someone as strong as Luffy was killed by a butler and a weirdo
"Let's go to the shore." Zoro said with a straight face. The kids started to lead the way while Usopp said he had something to do and ran in another direction
Nami didn't know if she wanted to go and see Luffy's dead body. Yea he was strong but Usopp didn't look like he was lying, he looked genuinely terrified. She gulped and started to follow Zoro and the kids.
At The Shore
"This is the cliff Captain Usopp always comes to when he's down" Pepper said
Zoro and Nami started to look around. Then Zoro looked off the cliff and found Luffy. "Over here" Zoro said
Nami went to look off the cliff and her eyes opened wide. Luffy was buried in giant rocks. They all made their way down the cliff to get a closer look. Nami saw Luffy closer up; only a small part of him was visible. He was buried in Giant rocks that looked like they fell off the cliff straight onto him. There was no way he was alive. It made her a little sad. Sure he was a pirate but he didn't act like one, hell she'd even call him her friend
"He really is dead.." The Three kids said feeling sorry for the two older people standing looking at Luffy
Zoro smirked and kicked Luffy's face as hard as he could
"What the hell are you doing!" Nami screamed at him
"Ehh.. What the hell happened.. Where am i…" Luffy said as his eyes opened
"He's Still Alive!" Nami and the Three boy's screamed
Nami was definitely relieved but also Kicked Luffy as hard as she could just for good measure
"Ouch! Heyyyy" Luffy whined like a little kid "What was that for?!"
"Just get up dumbass" Zoro said
Luffy then noticed all the big rocks on top of him and just stood up pushing them all aside leaving Nami and the three younger kids shocked. Those rocks were big after all and he didn't have a scratch on him!
Luffy started patting all the dust off his clothes and his swords and gun. It was the first time Zoro or Nami got a Good look at his swords or atleast the sheath anyways. They still didn't know what the actual swords looked like. All they knew was by the sheath the sword was definitely in the Millions Maybe more!
The first sword had a Golden handle and a Crimson Black color sheath with what looked like a Blue serpent drawing wrapped around it. The Second sword also had a Golden Handle, A Dark Blue sheath with a red serpent drawing wrapped around it.
Nami thought for a second. Those swords were definitely worth in the Hundreds of Millions! How did he get those! She then thought even if she stole one and sold it she could probably have enough money to buy Cocoyashi 2 or 3 times… However, she didn't know if she could do that to Luffy.. She had also heard stealing a swordsman's sword is the biggest mistake you can make from Zoro. Nami disregarded the Idea completely. Dealing with Luffy is one thing but dealing with him when he is beyond mad is something she didn't want to do.
Zoro meanwhile just looked at the swords and smirked for some mysterious reason...
"So, what brings you guys here?" Luffy asked, putting his straw hat on his head. Thank god it didn't get hit by the rocks Luffy thought
"We're here for you dumbass!" Zoro screamed at him
"Geez is dumbass the only insult you know?" Luffy asked crossing his arms causing Zoro to hit him and Nami to giggle
Luffy went on to explain to everyone present what happened and what he heard regarding Kuro and the assassination plan and how he ended up snoozing in the rocks.
"Only an idiot like you would get hypnotised like that…" Nami said facepalming
"So that bastard butler was the bad guy!" Carrot said
"No wonder he gave me the creeps!" Pepper said
"And that hypnotist was a fake as well!" Onion said
"That explains why your captain looked so scared and was running around warning everyone. Well anyways it's good you are the first to know you should run away before any of the pirates get here" Nami said to the three little kids
The three nodded and ran away to pack their stuff
"OH NO!" Luffy screamed shocking both Nami and Zoro
"What is it?" Both asked looking ready to take on the world
"We forgot to get the meat! The butcher will run away too!" Luffy screamed and instantly got knocked out cold by Nami and Zoro
At The Mansion
Usopp had run all the way to Kaya's mansion. He had to warn her of what could happen. The villagers may not trust him but he knew she would trust him, she had to otherwise he didn't know what he would do.
Usopp made it outside her mansion and climbed over the walls. He ran up to climb that same tree and called for Kaya. Said blonde haired girl opened the window and Greeted him with a smile, however, the same expression was not met by Usopp.
"Kaya! Hurry you have to escape or else you'll be killed!" Usopp screamed at Kaya
"Wait what?" The blonde haired girl asked in great confusion. Was this another one of his lies?
"You were lied to by that butler! He's actually a Pirate!" Usopp screamed once again trying to make his friend understand
"Wait wait, how can you call Klahadore a pirate?" Kaya asked, even more confused than before. What is Usopp on about? She wondered
"It's true! I overheard him talking to another pirate. He came here for your wealth, he is planning to kill you!" Usopp said sounding desperate
"W-What are you talking about Usopp.." Kaya asked in disbelief
"He and other pirates are coming tomorrow morning to kill you! If you don't leave now it will be too late!" Usopp warned
"Stop it! Usopp I was wrong about you!" Kaya yelled in anger
"W-What.." Usopp asked in disbelief
"I can't believe you are willing to go this far to get your revenge on Klahadore! I Know he was harsh on you talking about your father that way but.. How can you make up lies about him like that!? I can't believe you're this type of person!" Kaya yelled out in anger and sorrow "In the past i always listened to your lies! I made them into hopes and dreams! They made my life fill up with happiness. I really liked the lies you made up but now you are using them to harm such a good person!"
"It's not like that!" Usopp yelled out in defense
"You're a terrible person!" Kaya said as tears started to fall from her eyes
"Miss Kaya are you ok?!" The two guards asked as they came in. They noticed Usopp sitting on the tree. He jumped off the tree as soon as he saw them ready to defend himself. "Don't worry Miss Kaya we will throw this pest out" as they started to Grab Usopp and drag him out
"No wait! You have to Believe me! Let me GO!" Usopp said as he bit the hand of one of the guards and broke free
The guards both pulled out their guns and Usopp expertly used his slingshot to hit them in the head with rocks as he dodged their bullets
Kaya Looked in horror as Usopp fought with the two guards
"Stop it!" She screamed but it had fallen on deaf ears
Usopp finally managed to knock both of the guards out and instantly ran to kaya. "Please! You have to believe me! Before the butler comes!"
"You aren't the Usopp I used to know.." Kaya said with tears building up
"Look he's over there at the Mansion!" A Villager screamed as they all charged towards the mansion
"If you won't listen I have to take you by force!" Usopp said as he started jumping to Kaya's mini balcony and started to pull her. However he was met with a slap!
"Look at yourself! How can I believe you!" She said as Usopp fell off the small balcony and fell on the grass
Suddenly Merry came in with a gun "Get out of here or i will.."
"Stop!" Kaya screamed but it had no effect
Merry shot Usopp in the arm missing his chest as the young man tried to dodge the bullet
"No!" Kaya screamed seeing her friend hurt and snatchd the gun from Merry before he could do anything else.
Usopp felt betrayed, hurt and many other things but he knew he had to run. Otherwise the very town he is trying to protect might kill him. Usopp ran back to where the strange group of pirates were as fast as he could
Usopp was unable to find them so he just sat on the grass far away from the village. He was suddenly approached by the three kids who looked up to him and also by the strange group of pirates.
The kids had bumps on their heads as if someone had beat them to a pulp and looked scared of the girl with the orange hair. The hell did they say to her to deserve this..? Usopp wondered
Carrot and the other two instantly 'cried' to Usopp saying "All we wanted to do was help"
"You ran me over!" Nami yelled back at them.
"We were going too fast!" the kids said in unison
Suddenly Usopp heard a familiar voice "Hey Usopp!" Luffy said as he approached him "What happened to your arm?" he said with a concerned look on his face
Usopp looked blankly at Luffy for a second before screaming "How are you still alive!" and jumping back pointing at the man in the Straw Hat with his arm shaking
"I just woke up" Luffy responded nonchalantly
"He was asleep the entire time" Nami said still Glaring at Luffy for his stupidity
Usopp just blinked
Luffy walked towards Usopp and took a look at his arm. Seeing a bullet wound "You got shot?" Luffy asked
"Y-Yea" Usopp responded not familiar with Luffy's new serious mood.
Luffy was glad he only got shot in the arm. Luffy instructed everyone to go back to their 'ship' so they could fix Usopp up.
At The Boat
Luffy fixed Usopp's wound up by himself surprising the people around him. Nobody expected him of all people to know anything about Medicine. Zoro thought he might have but disregarded it seeing how he acts. Nami was searching for any natural disasters, Luffy and medicine? Surely the world is ending. Granted she didn't know him well but the way he acts no way he could sit still long enough to learn about medicine
The three kids had left Usopp in anger and disappointment after Usopp said he was just lying about Kuro planning to kill everyone. The kids believed him and left in anger and disappointment. Not something Usopp wanted but something he needed to do. This fight was too dangerous for kids
"So what happened to your arm Usopp?" Luffy asked, picking his nose causing Nami and Usopp to look in disgust. Zoro was used to it
"I- I rather not talk about that.." Usopp started "Just i have to protect this village, nobody believes a word i say so i have to face those pirates head on!" Usopp finished. While his eyes were filled with determination his legs were not. They were shaking at incredible speeds causing Luffy to snicker
"You're a pretty good guy you know. Lying to your crew to protect them" Zoro said with a smirk. He was a coward but he was someone he could respect
"Yea! Don't worry we'll help you protect this village!" Luffy reassured Usopp while he held his left shoulder and started winding up his arm.
"Yea but not before I get their treasure first understand!" Nami added both with eyes of determination and eyes of Beri.. literally
"W- What?! You guys are willing to fight with me?!" Usopp asked purely shocked but also grateful
"Only because the enemy outnumber you" Luffy explained
"Also you have 'Im scared' Written all over you" Zoro added on
'Wha What! I am Captain Usopp and I am not scared! How dare you accuse me of such things! Who cares if they outnumber me! In my veins I have the blood of a courageous warrior!" Usopp screamed out loud having a thumb pointing to himself
"Ah…." Nami looked at his furiously shaking legs
"Damn it stop shaking!" Usopp screamed as he started punching his legs
"What are you guys looking at! It's Captain Kuro's fleet, of course I'm scared!" Usopp screamed at the three pirates "I don't need your sympathy now go away!"
"We aren't sympathising with you. Instead we are commending you for your courage" Zoro answered
"Yea. Otherwise why would we risk our lives?" Luffy said cracking his knuckles his hat covering half his face
"You guys.." Usopp said extremely grateful
"Alright i have a plan!" Usopp said getting serious
Chapter End
There
Next chapter Syrup Village should be finished. Then we can get to the juicier stuff
Making Strong Luffy not completely dominate the East Blue is such a pain. I still have to figure out how to finish the Kuro fight so
Peace