-Enjoy the Journey, because you'll never know its over until its over.-


Laugh Tale

Before an all out war could take place, Luffy needed to know the true content of Laugh Tale, the true story of One Piece, and its significance to his assendance.

The entire Grand Armada moved with haste, but they stopped a couple miles from the promised land. They knew what was ahead of them, the entire forces of the Marines and World Government.

Thanks to Robin's understanding of the Poneglyphs, the Strawhats were able to locate the final island, finally, after all these years, the One Piece was finally available for the taking.

But they would have to go through the World Government and the Marines, for they have surrounded the island of Laugh Tale. They always had the ability to get to the final island, they just forbid access to the final island for obvious reasons.

"Safe journey's captain." To see him off, Katakuri stood at the edge of the ship, beside him Hancock and Mihawk.

"We won't engage as per your orders." Mihawk said.

"Be careful out there." Hancock embraced her love, while Yamato approached the group.

"Tell me what the true history is, I must know." With that Luffy went ahead, jumping down to the small boat below.

"Corazon, Pudding, and Lucci with me." The trio followed their captain and jumped below the thousand sunny and into the small dingy below.

Aboard the Thousand Sunny, the strongest members of the Grand Fleet were currently gathered.

Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, Brook, Chopper, Jinbei, Usopp.

Katakuri, Mihawk, Hancock, Corocodie, Enel

Whitebeard, Marco, Jozu.

Oven, Smoothie, Cracker.

Kaido, Yamato, King, Queen.

Shanks, Ben Beckman, Yasopp.

Ace, Sabo.

The Nine Red Scabbards of Lord Oden.

The Worst Generation.

Kozuki Momonosuke(age 28), Kozuki Hiyori

Poseidon- Shirahoshi

Pluton- Dr. Vegapunk

So at the guise of the night, Luffy and a select group of three people went to the final island, hiding in plain sight, moving as a unit.

In his party were people important for the covert mission to succeed. Corazon to cover their noise, Pudding for memory manipulation for any personnel that they meet, and Lucci for assasination if necessary.

Luffy stood on the helm of the tiny dingy, Corazon slouched over the back of the ship while Lucci looked ahead in a similar manner as Luffy. Pudding was taking a nap with a blanket over her. Their journey was quiet, too quiet. This was good of course.

Lucci tapped Corazon and he immediately knew what to do, surrounding them with his ability to keep their conversation muted.

"Captain, incoming message from Tom." Lucci then turned to Luffy.

"Patch him through." Luffy continued to look onward. Static over the sound echoed throughout the small boat, but again, no sound could escape the soundproof room created by Corazon.

"Hello, hello Captain." Tom began on the other side of the call.

"Go ahead Tom."

"Alright Captain, the Pluton ship is above the Red Line where the holy land sits, and the old fishman island is below. We are ready to destroy the thing down with this ship." Tom stated.

"Who's we?" Asked Luffy.

"Hello Luffy, it is I Dr. Vegapunk!" With that Luffy passed the call to Lucci and began to shake his head. "I will give you my aid in this war."

"Thanks." Lucci answered for the captain. "Wait for his orders."

"Of course." Tom replied and dropped the call.

"We are approaching the land captain." Over in the distance, Corazon called the island. Its shape was so simple, a tropical paradise with no outstanding features. Luffy looked onward, a bunch of fruit trees surrounded the island.

But before making it to the island, a massive marine battleship was heading straight for them. Luffy thought that it was time to fight, but the ship came to a sudden halt. Then from the front of the ship, Kuzan emerged, jumping down into their tiny dingy.

"What do you want?" Luffy's voice was venomous. Afterall, his grandfather was dead cause Kuzan could not reveal his true allegiance. Kuzan had the power of ice, but he could feel chills run over his back as Luffy's voice was so deadly.

"To begin, I sincerely apologize for your grandfather, he was a noble and just man. He would not let me reveal my standing with the World Government in fear that all the years of our hard work would crumble."

"Shut up Kuzan, I don't want your sentiment. Again I ask." This time Lucci, Pudding, and Corazon watched the ice user carefully, sizing him up if he was going to do anything. "Once again, what do you want?"

"Just wanted to let you know that all of Sword are present, and will flip on the world government as soon as the battle begins. And your journey to the final island is secure, as I am put in the head of watching the island. There are some ground troops patrolling it, but nothing your people can't handle."

"Very well Kuzan." Luffy dismissed the Marine Admiral, leader of Sword.

Kuzan nodded his head once, then jumped back on his giant battleship, turning to the opposite direction to avoid Luffy's small dingy.

To the final island they went.

Arriving on the final island, Luffy immediately jumped away from the ship, true to his words, there were about a hundred marines scattered on the island, protecting the promised One Piece from anyone who wanted the prize treasure of the late Pirate King. They were silent in their approach, stealthy as they assassinated any marines who stood on their way.

Pudding appeared behind a marine and pulled his memory from his head, it revealed their mission. To protect the One Piece, even if it cost them their life.

Their dedication was for nought as Luffy and the group went through the marines like they were nothing, Corazon silenced anyone who tried to call for backup.

Luffy knew where to go, somehow, someway, he felt like he needed to go to the center of the island.

On his left Lucci just chopped the neck of a marine captain, effectively knocking him out. On his right Pudding just made a marine officer drool as his memory was wiped until he was a baby. She did not feel bad for doing this as the man's only purpose was to serve the world government, no matter what. Meanwhile Corazon hovered, jumping from tree to tree to get a vantage point and silence any noise that could possibly escape.

That was it.

There was no stopping him from reaching the final treasure. It was the Pirate King's inheritance, what was it.

Luffy and company stopped at a massive entrance way, one that was well hidden by the heavy vegetation of the tropical island.

"Wait here." Luffy was going to learn of the true history, and he needed time to observe everything.

Luffy opened the massive cavern blockade with one arm, showing his immense strength. He then entered the darkness leaving his group behind.

Upon entry, he could feel that there was a lone presence within the confines, one that transcends the normal aura of a human being, it was as if a spirit was present. Despite not being able to see in the darkness, he was able to follow the spirit.

Until finally, his long journey led him to what he could only assume was the heart of the island, where within the heavy guise of darkness, a small flicker of light could be seen in the bottom of the massive room, it was where the spirit resided as well.

So Luffy followed the small light, and as he got close, he found that it was nothing more than a stone. A small beautiful rock that emitted a small flicker of light. His instincts told him to grab the stone, and grab it.

Then what happened next was unexpected, for around the dark cavern, something forced the lights to open from all around the cavern. Its size was definitely larger than he could see, for the room he was in must have been below the island of Laugh Tale. And true to his promise, Gol D. Roger left a massive amount of treasure within the hollow cavern. It was a room filled with treasure, enough to last someone for eternity.

Though treasure was not what Luffy was interested in, for Luffy continued to look at the small glowing rock, ignoring the treasure around him.

"Reveal yourself." He called. Suddenly the rock began to shake violently and emitted a glowing white light from itself.

"I thought you would be as you are." There was no doubt of who this person was. "Hello Luffy, looks like you found the One piece. Atta Boy." The spirit of Gol D. Roger emerged from the stone and walked towards Luffy, as if it was a real entity.

"You are the former Pirate King." Luffy knew this by his wanted poster, complete with his red trench coat and epic mustache. A man exemplified power with his mere presence alone.

"And you are my successor. Congratulations Luffy."

"So this rock is the One Piece?" A bit anticlimactic, but there's got to be more.

"No Luffy, it's the key to the truth, by this I mean that the One piece is truly an endless amount of treasure that currently surrounds you. But what good is treasure if there is one being who rules the world."

"You are talking about the bastard that killed my Grandfather..." Luffy's hands tightened around the glowing rock, though despite his anger, he could not break the stone.

"Yes. The same bastard that cleansed the world of his existence during the void century." Roger began to walk, to where Luffy did not know, but he followed him. "Luffy, did you know that I laughed when I discovered this island."

"Why is that?" Luffy asked as they walked side by side. Then Roger pointed at the hat over his head. "My straw hat?"


The Holy Land- Mary Geiose

A massive, truly terrifying unidentified floating object resided above the holy land. Its citizens pointed up, confused at what was happening before them.

The Celestial Dragons were elevated for having familial ties with the nineteen families which supported Uranus.

Above the battleship, Tom and Dr. Vegapunk currently look down on the Celestial Dragon. My how times have changed. Among the scientist/demigod and the carpenter were two members of the Strawhat Grand Armada, the two members that wanted to stay away from Laugh Tale as they knew what was in store. Plus they knew they needed to see through it that the Pluton machine actually did its job.

"My my it will be pleasant to finally stick it to these celestial dragons." Rayleigh was the first to volunteer to go with Pluton.

"After needing to be quiet in Sabaody, this will be nice." Shakky replied. The former first mate of Roger's pirate and the former member of the Rocks pirate shared a kiss before jumping below. They both declined going to the final island Dr. Vegapunk followed straight after and the trio wreaked havoc on the holy land.

The streets of the once heavenly environment were covered in royal blood. For the people of the world. The slaves of the former celestial dragon rose up along with the aggressor. The guards of the holy land were no match for the uprising.

While all this was going on Dr. Vegapunk did not fight unless he needed to. For he was in the holy land for one reason, and it was located in the dungeons.

Dr. Vegapunk knew his way around the holy land, for he lived there once. It had not changed in centuries. He made his way to his brother's room, where the tree of the devil was located. He observed his creation, angered by the work of his brother.

But alas, he must move on, for he the three of the devil will go soon enough. He needed to go deeper, deep into the dungeon where the 'treasure' was.

He then finally arrived in the frozen dungeon of the holy land, before him was a giant strawhat one that was dubbed as the national treasure.

Why is that?

"Your secret is no longer safe brother." With that Dr. Vegapunk gathered his fist, infused it with his will and punched straight through the massive strawhat. It was fake, for the real key was where it needed to be, with Strawhat Luffy.


Laugh Tale- One Piece

"Your hat is the key to the true history of the void century." Roger guided Luffy's eyes to a stone structure that has an etching where his hat fits perfectly. "You see, despite his godly powers, Uranus loved his Joy unconditionally, but Joy did not return his creator's paternal love. For Joy knew that it was right to oppose his sadistic creator. For Uranus wanted to keep a record of all his misdeeds, extracting his memory of the events and placing it in one place...and so here we are."

Luffy followed behind Roger as he explained what he needed to. He went over the true history of Uranus, Pluto, and Poseidon.


At the beginning of time, there was Uranus, the creator of all things, the ruler of the sky.

Uranus grew bored of his solitude and decided to create his siblings, Poseidon who was his sea loving sister...then there was Pluton, his earthbound brother whose obsession with creating new things jump started the creation of humankind.

Twenty pairs of men and women were created by Pluton to satiate his hunger for discovery. Though Uranus, who believed his superiority complex far surpassed that of his creation, decided to hunt down Pluton for creating such disgusting creatures. Uranus created seven stars from his vision, and these stars were used as a weapon in the war against his own brother.

Pluton caught wind of this and decided to instill a secret tree filled with wondrous powers, a gift to the mortals to give them an edge against Uranus and his seven stars.

Now where was Poseidon in all this? She wants no part of such conflict, thus the fruit of the devil shall never enter the domain of the sea monarch.

The twenty kings promised to help Pluton in the war against Uranus consuming the fruit of the devil, but then nineteen out of the twenty kings were secretly working with Uranus behind their creator's back. Only one king remained loyal to Pluton and thus on his deathbed, before Uranus slayed him, Pluton gave the loyal king a weapon that could reach the skies and destroy his tyrannical brother but the blueprint was instead hidden, for the king feared for the life of his family.

Meanwhile the 19 kings who helped Uranus in killing Pluton were raised within a red wall, near the heavens close enough for Uranus to toy with their desire and greed.

Though Uranus never expected one his own creation a boy, one of the star, his most precious joy...In order for Pluton to survive long enough to pass on his blueprint, Joy Boy held off Uranus long enough, but he too perished... living in his wake a dream that one day Uranus' tyrannical rule will be put to an end...it was enough to allow for his resurrection every hundred of years to attempt to kill his creator...

What happened to Poseidon?

Well, she continued to rule in her domain, passing her lineage to the first female born mermaid of the royal family. She feared for her people so she did not interfere with the war of her siblings. (Chapter 46)


"Ah so Shirahoshi is Poseidon...that old man Vegapunk on the moon is Pluton...and Uranus is the bastard that killed my grandfather." Luffy responded after Roger explained the beginning of time. Roger then guided Luffy to place his hat on the stone etching.

"Your hat once belonged to Joy Boy. And with Uranus eternal love for his greatest creation, he made this strawhat the key to his own memories. Thus giving the key to the true history. He thought he had the correct key under his castle but alas what he had was an imitation created by Joy Boy before he died with the hat being transferred to the next inheritance of the will of Joy Boy." Roger then caught his spectral breath. "I laughed because I left the strawhat with my sickly apprentice, Shanks. It was then that I laughed at the irony as my death was coming near. Anyway it is now your mission to unfold the truth, go on then lad. Though once you enter and learn of the void century, I won't be present for your journey. For my spirit can only go as far as this entrance way. Afterall, my spirit can only reach what the real body experienced."

"Sure Roger, thank you for your help." With that Luffy placed the hat into the etching and he was suddenly launched to an empty field, Luffy looked around and found that Roger was gone. Though he was not alone, for around him, the lone god of the world sat on his throne on his empty field.


Void Century

Uranus grew tired of the resistance of the humans, they did not want to be subdued, they rose up with the leadership of David. For David was the inheritor of the will of Joy Boy and he wielded the power of the sky.

The strawhat wearing David countered everything Uranus wanted to happen. For the resilience of men outperformed his own ambition.

So Uranus came to a conclusion that the only way to rule the world as he wanted was to erase everything in relation to David and his resistance. In order to do that, Uranus needed to burn everything down so he could reshape it into his image.

On the morning of the first day of the onslaught, Uranus raised titanic monsters made from the earth to slay any who resisted his rule. The titanic golems killed everything in its path, without a care of the innocent and the guilty.

David learned of the massacre and brought along a group of resistance forces, though Uranus was ready for them.

David was brought to submission as his friends were beheaded before him. But his will was strong, and David said. "One day you will get what you deserve." And David was killed. Little did Uranus know, David was the inheritor of Joy Boy's will. Uranus did not know of this but once he learned of his actions from his six stars, he grew into a depressive state, for his love for Joy was unconditional.

After the death of David, Uranus his the key to his memories under the holy land, the strawhat, and then he went on a rampage, vowing to erase everything in existence, for he could only express his pain through violence.

Though the resistance continued to hide from the power of Uranus, David's story began to evolve into something more, something that surpassed time itself.

The Will of Joy, which was the Will of David transcends time, eventually evolving into the Will of D.

The Kozuki family etched the true history into indestructible stones known as Poneglyph, recounting the true events of the massacre.

Throughout the centuries, the skill needed to read this ancient language disappeared, and the only people who could remained in hiding in fear of losing their lives.

Finally after 700 years of death, pain, and suffering. Uranus finally rid his world of the resistance against him, not once did Joy Boy reincarnate in this time. At Least he thought he did as there are people who hid their intentions well.

For Joy Boy had reincarnated into a little boy, who would later be known as the daimyo of Wano, protected by the sword god himself, Ryuma. Yet in life, there is death, and so the daimyo passed, but so did his will.

The Will of D was passed on to the next inherator or Joy's resistance. Then onto the next until it found someone who could resist the power of Uranus. Then the lineage of the Will of David and Joy now rests on the hand of one Strawhat Luffy.

But Uranus, or now he is known as Im, could not move against the will of David or risk exposing his deep secret. So instead, he worked in the shadow, and he lived that way ever since. He created the world government with his six stars as his puppets, acting as the head power of the organization to keep himself in control.

Members of the Cipher Pol worked for him, killing any and all who could pose as a threat to him.

The Marines were made to counter the age of piracy, but never could Uranus account for the rise of power of his Joy.

How the Will of D transcended time and was now passed on from Xebec, to Roger, and finally to Luffy.

How the true key to his secret was not hidden in the holy land, but in the possession of the late pirate king, his apprentice, and now his successor.

Then there was nothing.

For Luffy had learned so much in so little time.

Yet the new King of Pirate only became angry with the revelation. All the pain and suffering of people around the world only for one man to control the world.

How selfish, and sadistic.

If anything, Luffy will only prove once again, that humanity is resilient, no matter the circumstance.

Luffy then turned from the memory, exiting the tunnel which he had entered and retrieving his straw hat.

He made his way past the mountains of treasures, past the dimly lit cavern, and back out to the surface of the island, the trio waiting patiently for him.

"I've learned all I needed to know." Luffy said, feeling the rock on his pocket. Not a single person asked what the One Piece was, for they knew they would know when the time comes.

It was then that the Strawhat Captain pulled a golden mini snail, contacting the head of his armada.

"Katakuri." He called, it took a few seconds for his right hand man to respond.

"Aye Captain."

"Attack." Was his simple command.

"Aye aye." Katakuri replied with excitement in his voice.

The air was covered in silence, as Luffy and company waited for the signal. Suddenly the air was filled with alarm as the sound of gunfire and explosion covered the air.

The once quiet dawn was filled with so much noise, it was deafening.

Luffy then looked at Corazon, Lucci and Pudding.

"Let's go." With the command of their commander, the Strawhats in the island of Laugh Tale went forward, jumping the war filled ocean of massive marine ships against pirate ships. Hundreds of devil fruit wielders battled against one another in a war of ideology.

Luffy activated gear second, preparing to make one massive leap to the thousand sunny, which led the Grand Armada into battle.

Though something flew through the island, its target obviously being Luffy.

Though the attacker was intercepted by Lucci, whose speed was top notched amongst the Grand Armada.

"Take care of it Lucci." Luffy said, knowing who it was that tried to assassinate him. He then embraced Pudding and Corazon and bound to his main ship.

Behind him, Lucci was left behind with a blonde haired assassin, leader of the Cipher Pol Aegis Zero, Stussy.

"I've been looking for you." Lucci looked menacingly at the person who killed his parents.

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. (Chapter 10)

"Who the fuck are you?" Responded Stussy, a sadistic smile plastered across her otherwise, beautiful face.

"I'm the person that's going to kill you."


Aboard the Thousand Sunny

Luffy arrived at the mother ship of the massive pirate fleet. Pudding and Corazon got oriented and made their way to their own group.

He then addressed the people present.

"My orders are simple." Luffy then got up, looking at the people before him. "Get me to Im, and will end this once and for all."

Above him, Kaido in his Dragon form circled around, roaring into the sky at the declaration of the newly crowned Pirate King.

Luffy found the One Piece, and it was now time for the Pirate King to take the world by storm.

It would not be easy, but he knew he could do it.

For Luffy had his Armada, his friends, his family.

Meanwhile Im had his puppets, his slaves, his blind followers.

Love will triumph against tyranny. Always and forever.