Chapter 5: The Demon Children

This was a mess. The entire situation was a mess. They lost their home, they lost all of their friends and family, and now they are just drifting along the empty oceans, searching for land that seemed to be nonexistent the longer they went. 'This is my fault. I let all of those people get killed, I let my home be burned to waste… this is all my-' Luffy's depressing thoughts were interrupted when he spotted a giant tsunami in the ocean in front of them. Makino screamed in terror, thinking she and Luffy won't make it. Luffy, however, developed a scowl on his face as he stood in front of the natural disaster and pulled back his fist. "I won't let you … HURT MY FAMILY ANYMORE", Luffy screamed as he punched the tsunami!

To Makino's surprise, Luffy's fist was actually pushing back the tsunami! Luffy gritted his teeth and tried to push it back far enough for the boat to swerve away from it's direction. However, Luffy's physical and willpower wasn't enough to push it, and the entirety of the boat was washed away and demolished in the the tsunami's path, sending Luffy and Makino plummeting into the dark ocean below. Luffy tried to move. He tried to swim to Makino and pull the both of them to the surface and to safety. But alas, his body wouldn't respond and he continued to sink deeper and deeper into the depths of the ocean. 'D-damnit….' Darkness slowly overtook his vision…

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He woke up in a room filled with blackness. He couldn't feel anything, he couldn't see anything, and he couldn't hear much. Keyword: Much. His ears were soon able to pick up on some silent sobbing in the far distance. Slowly getting his bearings together, luffy stood up and followed the sound of the sobbing for a few minutes until he could make out a small raven-haired girl, wearing an orange ragged cloak and ripped sandals. Luffy knelt down at the girl and asked: "Hey, you ok? Where are your parents?" The little girl looked at him for a while before dashing towards him, hugging him for dear life. Luffy was taken by surprise from this sudden motion, but eventually hugged her back, letting her cry on his shoulder. This went on for about four minutes until the girl spoke. "They took it all...everyone is gone… Mama … Saul … Everyone…" Luffy was confused as he didn't know who this "Saul" person was. But that confusion was soon replaced by shock as a marine captain with a molten fist impaled the girl and melted her entire small, frail body, leaving her cloak to slowly burn away. "YOU BASTARD! WHY WOULD YOU-", Luffy started before he recognized the cap on his head and his jacket. 'This guy is a marine-', Luffy thought before he too was impaled by the marine. As luffy fell to the black abyss, he heard the marine speak these lines:

"Demons of the World Government…"

"Perish by the hand of Justice…"

"AND FALL INTO HELL!"

As the marine started to maniacally laugh, Luffy heard more screaming, more crying, more flesh being cut open and blood being spilled. Every single bad memory from that fateful day came rushing back and ringing in his head like a nonstop bell. Overtime, the ringing got louder and louder and louder, causing Luffy to dig his nails into my head, drawing blood that dripped slowly down the sides of his cheeks. 'Make it stop. Make it stop. MAKE IT STOP!'

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"STOP!"

Luffy awoke again, this time in a cold sweat, on a beach he didn't recognize, and breathing like he just ran three marathons. "Thank goodness. It was just a nightmare. God, what the hell was that?", Luffy asked noone in particular. He laid there for another minute until he decided to find Makino since she wasn't with him. Well, he tried to. When Luffy moved just a inch of his body, every muscle in his body was burning in unmeasurable pain, causing him to stumble back down. This process repeated three times until Luffy used all of his willpower to ignore the searing pain and shakily pull himself up. He then slowly trek his way inland, where he came across a small busy village, filled with people coming and going, buying and selling, etcetera etcetera. Luffy looked around the area, trying to find either 1. Makino wandering around (looking for him, most likely) or 2. A place to rest from the burning muscles in his body. After some pep talk, he stood up straight, mostly, and made his way into the village. Sure, his slight limping had attracted some unwanted attention, but he ignored the comments others made and, for some reason, he ended up in front of a bar. 'Why the hell…?', Luffy thought before he dodged a man flying from the bar doors. 'Ok, it's official. They're drunk fighting… just my luck…', Luffy thought before a lady greeted him at the door.

This woman was light-brown in skin, had long raven-colored hair, had pretty long eyelashes, and a soft smile on her face. But what got Luffy's attention was her outfit. She was wearing an oddly familiar orange cloak and ripped sandals. Then, Luffy realized who she was. 'SHE WAS THE GIRL FROM MY DREAM!', Luffy's mind screamed at him. "I wouldn't go in there if i were you. They are … not so friendly at the moment", The woman said. Luffy didn't respond. He was still frozen in shock.

'YOU NEED TO PROTECT HER.'

The Voice in his head understood what Luffy was thinking about. After what happened to her in that dream, he needed to do something to make sure it didn't happen in reality. It seemed to famil- ... Suddenly, Luffy's eyes widened even more as he remembered what she said in that dream.

'They took it all...everyone is gone… Mama … Saul … Everyone…'

It all made sense now. She lost everything she loved because of the marines. Just like him. 'She suffered the same thing as me… i thought i was the only one…. damn..' , Luffy thought, sadly. "Hey, you ok?", The woman asked him, snapping him out of his thoughts. "Oh. yeah, i'm okay. Hey, can i talk to you, privately?", Luffy asked. "Umm.. sure.", she said, cautious. Luffy then lead her to an empty house they conveniently found and entered inside. Once inside, Luffy decided to let the suspicions run loose.

"Who are you?", Luffy started.

"... Why do you want to know?", The woman questioned.

"Something came up to me…", Luffy vaguely stated.

"Ok… then just call me Robin", She said.

"Robin. As in,... Nico Robin?", Luffy asked, getting curious.

Robin was shocked. No one she encountered before this point had known anything about her. She was perfectly hidden. She thought she could finally live in peace and hide from the people who made her life a living hell. She, as an act of emotion, pinned Luffy to the wall and held a seastone blade at his throat. "The fuck?!", Luffy exclaimed. "I'm only going to ask you once and once only," Robin coldly stated, "How. Do you know. My name?"

"I had this sort of impulse that it would be you since the name was familiar to me. That's all!", Luffy lied, defensively.

"LIAR! All info about that girl was burned away years ago! And no one who witnessed those events happening could leave alive! WHO ARE YOU?!", Robin asked him.

'I'M GETTING IRRITATED WITH ALL OF THESE THREATS AND QUESTIONS…'

"I know, i know. I'll take care of it", Luffy said out loud. To be truthful, Luffy was slowly losing his own patience as well. He needed answers to what the hell that dream of his was.

"Ok, Robin. Please just answer me thi-", Luffy didn't get to finish before pairs of hands clamped over his throat and mouth. "I'm not listening to another word you have to say. If i let you live any longer … you'll rat me out to the World Government", Robin said as she began to suffocate him. He tried to break free of them by wrestling and tossing around, but it worked to no avail. He was quickly losing oxygen, his vision was getting blurrier and blurrier. He needed to do something.

"G-G-Get off…. G-Get off… GET OFF!", Luffy roared before forcefully breaking out of the hands and shoving her to the wall. Robin was taken off guard by this and the look in Luffy's eyes. In place of his calm black eyes, a pair of crazed, black and red eyes that pierced into one's soul, stared right back at her. Once again in her life, she was instilled with great fear.

"ALL I WANT TO ASK IS ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. NOW I'M IN NO MOOD FOR SHIT ANYMORE SO PLEASE JUST LISTEN UP.", The Voice spoke from Luffy's mouth. Robin recognized this pressure. She felt it a little a few days back while she was starting her new life here in this village.

"This kind of pressure. You wouldn't happen to have the … Konton-Konton fruit, would you?", Robin cautiously questioned, knowing full well on what that fruit can do to it's victims.

"YOU … YOU KNOW WHO I AM?", The Voice spoke, shocked.

Robin nods before she explains: "I've done some research on forgotten devil fruits after hearing stories from the owner of a few bars around the island. It took a while, but I found your fruit in a few leftover pages. And i must say, it scared me a little."

"WOW. YOU'RE ONE SMART COOKIE, AREN'T YOU?", The Voice said.

"You shouldn't underestimate me, you know. I come from a long line of archeologists, so i know what i'm doing.", Robin said, quite confidently.

"HUH. OH! I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF… My name's Luffy. Monkey D. Luffy. Nice to formally meet you.", Luffy said as he calmed down and the pressure decreased.

"I knew it! You were the survivor from that … Buster call…", Robin trailed off. One thing that they both had in common was how they didn't like to remind themselves or be reminded of the horrific events that occured in their lifetimes.

"Yeah … Guess that's something we have in common … oh robin?", Luffy asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah?"

"Have you ever wondered if you got near a croc, would it take your head first or your organs first?', Luffy asked, letting his dark fantasies run wild.

"Hmmm… i thought it would take the legs then work it's way up…", Robin answered.

"True. true. Or would it start with the arms…", Luffy thought out loud.

For the next hour, they debated on the cruel deaths people would go through at the hands of an animal. But overtime, an hour turned into two, and dark fantasies turned to normal conversation. 'I guess being here won't be so bad.',Luffy thought as he continued to chat with her.

A/N: And here's chapter 5. Whooo … took me a while to figure this out. Sorry if this seemed a little rushed, i just was lost about half way into writing this. Also, i made a poll on my profile. Please check it out and vote. And always remember to message me, review, please don't flame, and have a great day. Peace.

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