Hey guys! Forzarismo here, with another chapter for the Rubbery Vengeance. This one is much shorter than Chapter 1, but I hope you guys enjoy it. I'll try to keep a 2-3 week schedule on uploading so I won't keep you guys hanging. Keyword: TRY. I also apologize for "Uploading" Chapter 2 and then delete it. I'm still new on this fanfiction publishing and adding chapters thing.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, But if I did, I would definitely make my OTP's canon.
Chapter 2: Brotherly Reunion with a Twist?
In the afternoon a day after the Red-Haired Pirates left, Luffy caught sight of a marine ship docking at the edge of the island. He grumbled as he knew he was about to get yelled at by his gramps.
"*gulp* Well then, time to prepare myself." Luffy thought as put on his backpack and approached his not-too-happy grandfather at the docks. Garp looked at luffy with anger beyond transgression. When he heard that Luffy killed the fishman pirates, he didn't expect to find them in such a brutal condition, with some mutilated to the point of being almost unrecognizable. *cough**cough*Arlong*couch*Chew*cough**cough*
"LUFFY! I TOLD YOU TO STAY AT THE CONOMI ISLANDS SO I CAN PICK YOU UP! WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY?!" Garp yelled as he ran towards Luffy.
"Well the reason for that is-" Luffy was interrupted by Garp yelling at him.
"DON'T YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR EXCUSE!"
"But you asked me why-" Luffy got interrupted again, but this time by Garp's 'Fist of Love.' hitting him on the noggin, knocking Luffy towards the ground. Because the haki overrode Luffy's rubber defense, Garp didn't notice that Luffy was a rubberman. Ignoring what just happened, Luffy got up and went to Garp.
"*sigh* Gramps, there's something I need to show you."
"What is it?"
"Follow me." Luffy said as he picked up his backpack.
Garp accepted Luffy's request and followed him into the jungle. For the first time, he sensed Luffy's presence. His mind just couldn't comprehend what he was sensing. His grandson's presence was SO massive, It was like comparing it to Whitebeard in his prime or even Roger. 'What happened to him?' was all Garp could ask himself as he continued following Luffy into the jungle. As they were getting closer, Garp noticed a foul smell coming from the direction they were going at. When Luffy stopped, Garp looked to where Luffy was looking at and was appalled at what his vision caught. There in front of him was a decomposing body swarming with flies. It seems to be a mountain bandit considering the clothes it was wearing. There was a hole surrounded by dry blood and maggots around the heart area and strapped on his face was a bounty poster.
Wanted
Dead or Alive
Higuma
8,000,000 Belis
"*Sigh* so you killed another person huh Luffy?" Garp asked no longer surprised by Luffy actions.
"Yeah, can I have his bounty?" Luffy asked uncaring of the mood around them.
"Sure, sure. Let me get you your reward." Garp muttered as he picked up the rotting body and left for about 8 seconds before returning to where Luffy was with a suitcase filled with the cash reward. "You better take care of that money Luffy. But seeing as you took out a Grand Line pirate with no effort from what the villagers at Cocoyashi village said, you shouldn't have any problems."
"Thank you gramps! You're the best!" Luffy said joyfully as he jumped and hugged Garp, who smiled at Luffy's affection towards him. He may be a Marine, but Luffy has no problem with the marines as a whole. He just hate those who abuse their power or are corrupt hypocrites.
"Luffy?" Garp asked his grandson as he put him down on the ground.
"What is it gramps?" Luffy asked looking at Garp dead in the eye after putting the suitcase filled with 8 million belis in his backpack.
"I would like you to train someone."
"Who is it?" Luffy asked wondering who it is.
"Just follow me and you'll see soon." Was all Garp said as he started walking deeper into the forest with Luffy following him. They were walking for about half an hour until they reached a rather humble-looking house. Luffy was no architect, but he could see that this was a very strong and durable house.
"Rouge! Ace! Come on out! It's Garp!" Garp yelled at the house as he and Luffy waited for them to come out. Luffy was very surprised and happy to hear that name. This time, he'll ensure Ace doesn't die, by whatever means necessary. One question rose up though, who was Rouge? He has never heard of someone named Rouge in his first life. Soon enough though he got his answer.
"Garp-san! Welcome back!" A woman with strawberry blonde hair came out of the door with a rather grumpy looking Ace right beside her. The realization hit him like one of Blackbeard's Tremor-Tremor fruit enhanced punches.
'Ace's mother, she's alive. But how? She was supposed to have died when she gave birth to Ace, Unless…' Luffy let out a very audible gasp that was heard by the 3 other people there.
"What's wrong Luffy?" Garp asked as knelt down to look at Luffy.
"Huh? oh nothing Gramps. Just spaced out and thought of something." Luffy said as he rubbed his arms. 'Could me going back in time also change what happened in the PAST past, Like Rouge surviving Ace's birth. Or was it merely pru-probuh-probability! That's the word I was looking for.'
"...Alrighty then, Luffy, this is Portgas D. Rouge and her son Portgas D. Ace." Garp said as he walked him and Luffy up to the freckled woman and her son.
"Hello, My name's Monkey D. Luffy. I'm 7 years old, and I'm going to be King of the pirates!" Luffy exclaimed as he reached to shake the hands of Ace and Rouge, only to be hit in the head by Garp.
"FOOL! You will be a strong marine! Besides, you've already started your career as well, capturing Higuma the mountain bandit and the Arlong Pirates." Garp exclaimed to Luffy. Garp was going to say kill instead of capturing, but realized that a family was in front of him. Rouge just smiled at their interaction with each other while Ace just snickered at the kid getting the 'fist of love'.
"No! I will become a powerful pirate! I promised Shanks I would!" Luffy exclaimed as he subconsciously touched the rim of his straw hat. Luffy then realized his mistake of mentioning Shanks as the air around him suddenly dropped and it suddenly got cold.
"When was Shanks here Luffy?" garp asked in a dangerously low tone.
"He was here for about a month and left yesterday." Luffy explained showing no hint of fear in his voice while internally he was a little startled.
"So that's where you got your inspiration to be a pirate? Well, anyways, back to business. Rogue, I want my grandson to stay with you and Ace for a while. I want him to train your son in combat. Despite his age, with my grandson's capabilities, he should be able to."
"Well, I'm fine with that. You did save me and Ace from an unjust execution, so I thank you for whatever you do to ensure our safety."
"Wait, don't I get a say to this!?" Ace exclaimed clearly unhappy that he's going to be trained by someone 3 years younger than he is. He would much prefer to be playing and stealing with Sabo or messing with the Dadan family.
"No you don't Ace. Unless, you can defeat Luffy in a fight." Garp sneered at Ace in order to rile him up. Obviously, it succeeded to do so.
"Oken then. You ready for this pipsqueak! I'm going to beat you down!"
"Oh by all means try Ace, if you can actually land a hit." Luffy said as taunted Ace.
"Luffy, don't hurt him too much." Rouge said as she knew someone who defeated a mountain bandit leader as well as entire pirate crew at that age would definitely be powerful.
"MOM! WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON!?" Ace exclaimed as he pointed his finger at Rogue.
"Shishishishi! okay Rouge, I'll try to restrain myself." Luffy said again taunting the already frustrated, angry Ace. Ace launched himself at Luffy smirking as victory was closing in on him. Only for victory to turn into defeat as Luffy effortlessly dodge that very sloppy, slow, and weak punch (By his standards) by moving slightly to his right. It was at this moment that Ace knew...He fucked up. And Luffy launched a simple left hook at Ace's ribcage, launching him towards a tree, hitting and breaking said tree.
"You see Ace? That's why I want Luffy to train you, from what I can see, he's much stronger than you, on so many levels as well." Garp said smirking to a bruised up Ace.
"That was a fluke! he just got lucky." was all Ace could say, causing Luffy to chortle.
"When is me punching you on the torso and launching you to a tree with enough force to break it a fluke?" Luffy asked Ace causing the freckled boy to reddened in embarrassment and frustration.
"So there it is. As of Tomorrow, Luffy will be training Ace so he can get stronger."
"Whatever. I'm going to hunt." Ace said leaving the vicinity of the area in order to save face.
"Don't come back too late Ace" Rogue said happily.
"Should I follow him gramps?" Asked Luffy already leaving to follow him as well as not stating long enough to know Garp's response.
Later…
Ace was running around the forest looking for something to eat. He then found a large tiger, who also noticed Ace, but proceeded to ignore him. Readying his pipe, Ace launched himself at the beast. When his pipe hit, it did no damage to the tiger except making it angry. The tiger went on to try to crush Ace with his paw. Keyword: try. Right as he was going to get hit, Ace heard the voice of the person he was trying to avoid for the rest of the day.
"Rankyaku!" Luffy yelled out as he kicked the air launching a blade of compressed air that cleanly sliced through the tigers arm,amputating it. this of course caused said tiger to roar in agony, and making him even more angry. As Luffy landed on the ground, he unleashed a blast of haki to both the tiger and Ace, just enough to make them shudder in fear.
'What's this ominous feeling?' Ace thought to himself as felt himself freeze up in front of the straw hat-wearing boy. The tiger was no less better as he started backing up limply in order to escape Luffy. Luffy just looked up at the tiger and gave him a sadistic grin. Luffy then took Ace's pipe out of his hands and started walking up to the tiger.
"Wait dumbass! My weapon did no damage to the beast!" yelled Ace to Luffy attempting to talk some sense into the boy.
"Just watch this Ace." Was all Luffy said as he infused the pipe with haki, blackening the pipe, shocking Ace as he didn't believe what he saw. Luffy proceeded to smack the tiger once on the head, killing it immediately.
"B-but how?" was all Ace can squeak out of his mouth as he saw Luffy walking back towards him and returning the pipe.
"Haki is what I used Ace. Gramps did say I would be training you so you can be much stronger than before." Luffy said as went back to pick up the enormous tiger to take with them. "So where we headed Ace?" Luffy asked ready to go.
"We're going back to my place." Ace responded as they went further inside the forest. As they were walking there, Ace finally asked Luffy "What's my training going to be?"
"Your training is going to be training" Luffy responded as he drooled while thinking about eating smoked tiger meat.
"I know that dumbass, but what are we going to do?" Ace clarified irritated by Luffy's dense, blunt mind.
"Well…I'm going to mainly teach you haki, The Rokushiki as well as work on your physical strength, stamina, and endurance."
"That's it?"
"Yep!"
"You're not going to teach me any type of martial arts or fighting style?"
"The Rokushiki is a fighting style."
"Well what about your personal fighting style?"
"I can't teach it to you as it's tailored to my devil fruit powers." Luffy explained to a now shocked Ace.
"You ate a devil fruit? You're joking with me right? I thought they weren't real." Ace said skeptically clearly not believing Luffy.
"Yeah I did, and they are real. Mine's called the Gum-Gum Fruit, making me a rubberman." Luffy said proudly.
"That sounds like one of the most useless powers I've ever heard." Ace deadpanned.
"Oh yeah?! Watch this!" Luffy then dropped the tiger's carcass as he got into a fighting stance. "Gear Third!" Luffy yelled out as he blew massive amounts of air into his arm until it was triple the size of the dead tiger beside Ace. "Gum-Gum Giant Pistol!" Luffy said as he then launched his fist towards an area filled with trees. The attack decimated the entire vicinity and left a massive fist shaped crater. To say that Ace's jaw hit the ground is pretty much the pinnacle of understatements. I mean, he's a ten years old antisocial narcissist who doesn't believe in things he perceives as fake such as devil fruits. So for him to see a real devil fruit power who even then he perceived as being a useless ability actually be destructive as fuck, it literally blew his mind.
"So…that's what you can do with your ability?" Ace said as his brain was trying to process what his eyes saw. After a couple seconds though, ACEdotEXE just gave up on life and crashed, or in simpler terms, Ace fainted.
"Maybe I showed him a little too much?" Luffy asked himself as he went towards Ace and threw him on top of the tiger.
Later on at night…
Rouge was waiting on the porch patiently for the two boys to come back. Beside her was a blond boy wearing a tophat and a cravat messing around with his pipe. Sabo wondered where Ace was the entire day as he waited for him at the same place as always. When he went to Ace's place to find out where he was, Ace's mother Rogue told him that he went hunting and that some boy who went by the name of Luffy went after him. It's been a couple of hours since they've been gone, but Rogue said that there was nothing to worry about since Luffy was with Ace. Soon enough though, They could see a laughing boy carrying a dead tiger who Sabo presumed was Luffy walking alongside a grumbling Ace who for some reason was blushing heavily. When Luffy saw the boy who was waiting beside Rogue, he felt massive amounts of joy, but guilt as well.
"Hey Ace! Where were you? I was waiting the entire afternoon you know?" Sabo said as he ran up.
"I went hunting…but then this kid came along-" Ace began
"And I saved his ass! The name's Luffy by the way, and I'm going to be the King of the Pirates!" Luffy finished for Ace, suppressing the urge to cry and hug Sabo while making Ace further redden.
"Well hello Luffy and what do you mean 'you saved his ass?'" Sabo inquired not really understanding completely what Luffy said.
"What I mean is that I killed our food for us when Ace couldn't and almost got smashed by it." Luffy explained causing Ace to explode in rage.
"Shut up Luffy! I could've handled it by myself!" yelled Ace trying to save face in front of his mom and Sabo. Luffy just laughed off Ace's anger and placed the tiger in front of Rouge.
"So when we gonna eat?" Asked Luffy as his stomach grumbled rather loudly.
"Give me an hour to prepare that tiger. Meanwhile you three should take a bath." Rouge said as she brought the massive tiger to the back of the house, actually surprising Luffy of her strength that her body doesn't look like it should have. 'Then again, I'm only 7 years old and I'm just as strong as I was originally.' Luffy thought to himself as he followed Ace and Sabo to the bathhouse.
In the Bathhouse…
"So how strong are you Luffy?" Sabo asked since it was pretty obvious that the youngest of the three boys was ironically the strongest among them.
"Hmm…Well, I guess you can say that I'm the strongest person in the East Blue right now, excluding gramps." Luffy said nonchalantly at the wide-eyed boys as he prepared to heat up the water.
"I know you're strong Luffy, but I highly doubt that you are even that strong." Ace deadpanned as helped pass luffy the firewood.
"Well, the East Blue IS the weakest of the four seas. And I also took down a fishman pirate crew from the Grandline as well as a leader of a mountain bandit crew yesterday, so that should give me some credibility." Luffy explained to the now shocked duo ten year olds as he dunked himself into the bathtub.
"...Okay then. So Sabo..." Ace announced suddenly as he joined Luffy in the tub.
"What is it Ace?" Asked Sabo as he joined the other two.
"Would you like Luffy to train you and me so we can be stronger? He's definitely stronger than the both of us and he knows some techniques that are pretty useful." Ace explained to Sabo as Ace scrubbed his head with soap.
"You know what? Sure, I'll do it. Besides, if the 3 of us want to be pirates, so we're gonna need to be strong!" Sabo agreed.
"Alrighty then! Let's finish up here and go eat some meat!" Luffy said happily as he got out of the tub to dry himself with Sabo and Ace followed suit soon after. Once they left the bathhouse, All three of them could smell the wonderful aroma of grilled tiger meat. Sabo was drooling with anticipation while Ace just looked at the other two and gave them one of his rare, genuine smiles. 'So far, everything's going well. I hope it continues like that.' Luffy thought happily as he walked side by side with Sabo and Ace as they entered the house.
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Forzarismo
September 15, 2015
