Somewhere in the Grandline

A week prior to the attack on Amazon Lily a man sat at the peak of the slaver ship. He surveyed the surrounding trying to locate any sign of life. Though no luck. The lead which he had followed led to a dead end and he was riding blind.

The carcast which had covered the deck was thrown overboard, to feed the sealife. He was a lone man floating aimlessly.

Who was he? Well his name was…

"Agent 1, do you copy." A voice echoed throughout the empty ship. That was him, his code name under the Cipher Phol agency.

"Copy." Was his reply. Short, simple, concise. He took a bite out of an apple he found at one of the barrels the occupied the ship. Food shouldn't be a problem on his trip since he had enough food for the 49 slavers he found on the ship.

"There's a lead for your target 500 clicks somewhere in the northwest direction. Then your target became a ghost."

"Copy HQ, over and out." He then disconnected the call before finishing his apple. With the ship that he stole, it should take him a good 3-4 days depending on Grand Line weather. If he were to find his target, he would need a little luck.

For the days he had estimated, all he could really do is to stay his course and push forward no matter what the weather brought his way. He worked out when he could and rested when he could. But the journey was still turmolous, but his spirit would not waver. He had a mission, and he never failed his mission.

Never failed. His eyes closed as the memory passed through him again.

There he stood, over a body of 500 soldiers, with the last of the hostages in his hands. A pirate crew had taken them hostage in order to bargain for the kingdom which they wanted to conquer, claim for themselves. The memory faded from his eyes replaced by the moment which he took the pirate captain's head. He was shot on his back leaving him incapable of battling for some time. They were going to dispose of him as his injuries were too dire, but he persevered killing those who tried to kill him. It was then that he became the best. Nobody dared questioned him in the organization again. But why did he murder all those people, well?

Then his eyes opened removing him from his daze. Hmm a story for another time.

His journey has taken him on the outskirts of what seems to be a remote island. His gut was telling him this was the place but there was simply nothing. He needs to circle the island several times to find an entrance way.

So that he did.

But he couldn't find anything, not even a sign of life. So why did intel bring him in this direction? They did say that his target disappeared after the initial intel. Did he leave?

Though yet again, good fortune smiled upon him as a remote group of about four women, dressed in indiginous native attire came out of the wooden forest, a few clicks ahead of him. They never looked in his direction, focused on something else. What was it? He didn't really care all he knew was to wait for them to clear the area, disappearing in the distance and he finally had a way in.

He steered his ship to the direction which the indigenous came from and slowly went through a tunnel of giant trees. Then he found a giant wooden gate, it was going to be a problem.

Then he had an idea, the agent went below deck, gathering as much oil as he could find and covering the entire ship. If it was a giant wooden gate, he should be able to burn it down.

As he got close to the gate, he could hear a ring of panic from the indeginous hiding from the top of the gate.

"What is that?" Stated one of the guards.

"Must be a lost ship. It will simply sink upon collision with the gate." Replying to another guard, the agent looked from his hiding location below the deck, where the slaves were held previously, and saw that only two women were guarding the gate. They were really confident about their security, they were going to get a rude awakening.

The agent took out a match and lit it against the wall. Then as the ship collided with the gate, the agent ignited the entire ship, and with the ship covered in oil the fire spread quickly. The impact generated a giant explosion, covering the bottom of the gate in flames.

But the agent, he punched a hole on the bottom of the sea, and swam underneath the wreckage.

He was finally in, and he just had to find his target. That should be easy enough. A target with a billion beri on his head should be located at the central area of the island. His importance shouldn't be ignored and therefore he will be in the capital.

So the agent dashed through the forest, his speed was nothing to blink about. At the tender age of 18, he mastered the art of Rokushiki early and all he had to do was hone it.

Within a few moments of blowing a hole through the gate and traveling the massive remote island. He finally found the capital. And where will his target be? The tallest building of course.

He quickly scaled the side of the building, reaching the highest room. There he found a man speaking to someone over the line. He knew this was his target because the aura he was letting out.

He attempted to kill him early, a quick swipe to his jugular should make it quick, but his target was stronger than that. For the man caught his arm before even turning around.

The agent couldn't believe what was happening, all of his targets were eliminated swiftly, in and out in a matter of seconds. This was not good, not good at all.

"Hello Lucci." Said the man.

"How the hell?" Then as quick as lightning, emptiness. The man had caught him before he could react, his fist colliding with his own face once, twice, thrice, then the agent couldn't count anymore as he was being barraged with punches, like a machine gun. Each strike was hitting him on his way down. Then nothing.

His target was none other than Luffy, who was a bit on edge for getting interrupted from his moment with his women. And beating him down was from pent up frustration against him, especially for what he did in his previous lifetime. But something happened. Another vision passed through him as his finally punch nearly connected with one of his most hated enemies. "Fuck!" He exclaimed as he knew these things happen to gain a sense of how that person's past shapes their future. It was how he saw Queen Otohime's past which urged him to help save Fisher Tiger's life, how he saw the life which Hancock had to endure...now a peak into Lucci's life.


Luffy found himself standing at a village on fire. A man, possibly in his thirties was running. From what? He couldn't tell. In his arm was a child, no older than eight. His father stopped, holding the child up and holding his shoulders, violently shaking him to his senses.

"Listen here boy, she is dead, your mother is dead and it is because of my weakness." The child stopped crying still not understanding the situation. "If you are not on top, then you are dead." And as the words escaped his mouth. A bullet went through his head, blood spewing all over the child.

No tears escaped the child's eyes as all he could do was freeze in shock. And before him, an uncanny figure with a strange looking mask. The figure's left hand held a gun, its barrel still hot from the bullet which escaped it. The masked figure pointed its gun at the child's head to no reaction. Then as the masked figure was about to pull the trigger, the child disappeared in a blur attempting to kill the figure which murdered his father in cold blood, but he was not able to reach him. It took another two masked figures to subdue the boy who was going berserk. The masked figure disappeared in the shadow, with the child's eyes never leaving the assailant for even a second.

Then the memory transformed to another, this time the young boy had yet to grow but a certain fire was in his eyes. He was on a training field, practicing the basics, it couldn't have been more than a couple months since the boy had lost his father. Then time seems to fast forward as the boy continued to train, from sunrise, to sunset. His resolve was absolute, his will was undying.

Nobody could beat him wherever he went, the perfect tool of war. His goal, his goal was to kill the agent which killed his father. But to do so, he needed to get stronger, and he needed to be high enough in ranking to gain access to top secret information.

Then the boy grew after some time, possibly in his early teenage years. He stood before two mask figures, a different mask from the people from the earlier memory, but they seemed to be the instructors." Agent 93, in order to prove your worth, you must destroy a warring kingdom. The pirates which have overthrown the sovereign power of that land have created an annoyance in which must be properly disposed." Stupid numbers...was his thought, he only needed to move up to Agent 0 in order to reach his end goal, in order to get what he needs from them...

The second masked figure then placed its hands on the shoulder of the teenager. "Upon completion, your place in the Cipher Phol agency will be significantly favorable for you. And conversely, upon failure, you will be terminated."

"Copy." He had no choice, in this world which he was forcefully brought into, it was killed or be killed, he needed to get his revenge, but at what cost? Luffy finally understood the foundation which made the monster, driven by revenge, and thirst for power. He was just a child when he witnessed

Then it was the faithful mission, the mission to assassinate the 500 kingdom soldiers who were held hostage and to kill the pirate crew which took the kingdom into their own hand.

Luffy watched as the assassin cleanly eliminated all of his target, skillfully and masterfully. Though nothing could prepare him for the end, for as he took the head of the pirate captain, his men shot him in the back causing him to fade away.

His mission was over but he had failed, and failure was termination and he was not going to die that day. He had a man he had to kill and his life would not end there. In the carnage of which he left behind, two masked Cipher Phol agents were sent in to kill the wounded agent. But he was not ready to die as he killed the men who were sent in to eliminate him.

The last memory that Luffy saw Lucci, recovering from his injuries with the masked cipher phol agent. The agent gave him a document, marked Agent 1. And then nothing.


The memory ended and Luffy once again stood over the body of Rob Lucci, his body was beaten to its limits, the stone floor on his back has collapsed on its own. Lucky for him, Luffy had been holding back, not wanting to destroy the building for Hancock.

By seeing his life, Luffy understood the man's goal and motivation. But yet he could not overlook everything that he has done, atleast not for some time.

Mihawk had been a warrior, brewing up fights all over the world in order to become the strongest. Arlong had yet to perform the atrocities he brought upon Nami's island. Brulee and Katakuri were strictly working for their mother and as far as he could tell, they were mostly responsible for their own areas and didn't really bother with their mother's business. So for their case, ignorance is bliss.

His thoughts were interrupted when his crew finally arrived, probably alarmed by the abrupt ending to their call.

"Everything okay?" Katakuri was the first man to arrive, looking first at Luffy who's fist was still covered in the assailants' blood. Then Mihawk barged right in as well, relaxing slightly at the sight of the captain being alright.

"He's alive, I did not kill him." His voice was low, almost as if he had slight remorse for the assassin.

"Well what now?" Asked Mihawk observing the beaten man on the ground.

"Bring him to the prison cell." Was Luffy's command, confusing Katakuri.

"Sure Captain but are we okay to do that?" Katakuri asked. Lucci was currently stuck on the ground, etched into the foundation. Katakuri and Mihawk had their back turned against the door while Luffy was facing the doorway.

All Luffy could do was smile before a call came into Lucci's messenger snail.

"Agent 1, mission report." Luffy picked up the snail and placed it close to his mouth speaking to whoever was on the other line.

"Whatever you wanted to do, you failed." He responded.

"Who the hell are you? Where is Agent 1?" The man on the other line had an annoying voice.

"Doesn't matter, whoever you are your agent is done for, you have failed.."

"Who the fuck cares?! Doesn't matter who you are, doesn't matter what happened to that stupid boy, all I care about is if Mugiwara has been eliminated?" His words woke up the fallen warrior, his wounds were immense but his body was numbed by his commanders words.

"I will never die." He then hung up the snail call before they could trace the call, but did he let the call go on for too long? If so then Rob Lucci's former agency, the Cipher Phol, will be sending a group after them.

Lufffy was deep in his thoughts, queuing the rest to leave their Captain in his thoughts. Katakuri and Mihawk picked up Lucci from the ground, partly conscious from the beating that he received from Luffy. Arlong and Brulee finally arrived but it was too late, they ended up following Katakuri and Mihawk.

Though a half hour pass, before his lover joined him in the room, he was still stuck in his thoughts, contemplating the situation.

"The perimeter has been secured, the flames have contained at the gate." Hancock had arrived and snapped Luffy in his thoughts. It was then that Luffy came into a realization. "Luffy what happened?"

"We have to move out quickly, Cipher Phol is on my tail for some reason and we need to get out of here, in the open sea, where you're not in danger, where your people are safe." Luffy assumed that Hancock would choose to stay with her country, but to his surprise, she chose him.

"Luffy." She then kissed him on the lips. "I'm going with you."

"Really you will go with me?" Luffy could not believe him, his heart fluttering at her answer to a question he had asked her earlier. "But what about your kingdom? Your people?

"I will be succeeded by my sister, Sandersonia for the rule of Amazon Lily...I'm going with you silly, after what we did, there's no one else I'd rather be with, but why do we have to leave? We can make our stand here, here in Amazon Lily, we would have the advantage." It was a valid question but Luffy also had a more valid answer.

"That's a good point, but also it is not. In your land of Amazon Lily, we would have an advantage of them coming to us, but there is the problem of having to look after your people, I don't want to risk your people's life when there is another way.." He then brought her outside on the balcony, pointing at the open sea that was over the horizon. "In the open sea, we don't have to worry about anyone, it gives us a chance to let loose, for the Cipher Phol agency to see what the real Strawhat Grand Armada is about."

With that, Hancock smiled, finally understanding him. She knew her abilities and power, she was a Royal Shichibukai despite being so young, but her lover was a 1 billion dollar man, she couldn't help but shudder in excitement at seeing his power first hand.


Dungeons- Amazon Lily

His body would wake up every now and then. Each would be worse than the last. Never in his life had he ever lost to anyone. A master of the rokushiki, undefeated, cold hard assassin. And here he was, cuffed against a stone wall, with the man who defeated him without a sweat, standing in front of him.

Lucci spat blood that built up in his throat, his eyes slightly open from being inflamed.

"Cipher Pol is coming." Luffy had his left hand on his chin, surveying the prisoner. "They do not care for you, if you die, it's not really a big deal to them." He knew that, he heard it before passing out again. "What do you want to do?"

"There's only one thing I need to do...kill that man."

"The one who killed your father?" Luffy knew this, he saw his memory.

"Yeah." He replied angrily

"Then why become their puppet? A tool at their disposal."

"Access...if I reach a high enough rank in the organization...I'll get to learn his name." That makes sense, revenge can really shape a person to do horrible things for the sake of retribution.

"Okay Lucci. But what do you do now, your organization has abandoned you."

"I know. I'll have to ask you..." Lucci looked him directly in the eye. "That if I die here in this foreign land, to kill them all."

"You won't die in this land Lucci, you will be coming with me. I plan to meet the Cipher Pol unit that is heading this way. In the open ocean my crew will destroy them all. Will you accept?" Luffy would not have done this if he didn't know what the agent had gone through. Everyone had a story, everyone had a purpose.

"Yes." To this, Luffy removed the agents arms from bondage and caught him before falling on the floor. He collapsed from exhaustion, and blood flow was not good when hanging from a dungeon wall by the wrist.

"Good."


The very next day

Lucci was immediately rushed to the infirmary ward, with a day to recover from his wounds.

The strawhats were debrief of what the plan was to which they all agreed would be a good plan.

Sandersonia was given the throne of Amazon Lily to which everyone joined in on the brief celebration.

And finally it was time to go.

"Thank you for the ship Hancock." The crew was given a spare ship that the Kuja woman had taken from a lost pirate crew.

"I hope it is good enough before we get to where you want to get a ship."

"It will." He gave her a kiss on the lips before she slapped him playfully on his chest.

"Not now there's people here." For a pirate empress, she sure was shy when showing affection.

They were currently on the deck of the ship, except for Lucci, who had been placed in one of the rooms below the deck.

Arlong had his arms around Brulee. Katakuri was paying attention to the meeting and so was Mihawk.

"Right right. So everyone, once we meet them, we don't hold back. They are coming after us to kill us, to destroy anyone who gets in the way of their goal."

"Right Captain." Replied Katakuri. "I shall prove my worth."

"Let's make it a competition!" Exclaimed Arlong.

"I'll take your wager Arlong. A month's cabin boy chores to the one with the least enemies slain." Mihawk proclaimed. "You can even combine yours and Brulee's total to make it fair."

"Fine!" Arlong replied knowing Mihawk would mop the floor on him, but with Brulee, maybe they'll have a chance.

"Excellent, me and Hancock will take care of the command center, I feel…" Then to the surprise of the crew. Lucci had walked out of bed and towards the deck of the ship, gripping onto the railing for support.

"They will probably bring 3 ships full of maybe two high ranking Cipher Phol agents, a commander and about 200 recruits. And leave me him, that rat will definitely be there...I will kill Spandine myself." He was Agent 1, his access was one step away from gaining absolute knowledge within the organization.

He surveyed him for a moment, his body oozing with anger that Luffy couldn't deny his request. "Alright" Revenge was truly an unbelievable driving force. Luffy smiled at Lucci, maybe he'll get the answer he's been looking for.

So their plan was now in motion. The ship which they boarded finally set its course to the open sea, its trajectory was on a collision course with the Cipher Phol attack unit that is heading to Amazon Lily, to kill them.

Some distance away from them, in correlation with Lucci's intel, the Cipher Pho did bring three ships. They did have 200 capable fighters within the organization. And lastly, they did have commanding officer Spandime and two additional high ranking Cipher Phol agents...Agent 2 and Agent 3.


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