Hello to all of my favorite people in the world, Forzarismo here with another chapter here for The Rubbery Vengeance. I know I promised an EXTRA long chapter to start the new year strong, but to be honest, I just couldn't continue it much longer. And I know that some of you people already want Luffy to just go out at sea now. Trust me, I want that too, but with what I have planned out for him and his crew, this 'Pre-Romance Dawn Training' is necessary in my opinion as I don't want Luffy to be the only person to know Haki when he begins his journey. Anywho, I'd like to thank each and every one of my supporters out there as it truly means a lot that you guys actually take the time to read my fanfic. Also, I was thinking on posting my stories current stats so I can see the progress my story goes through the years. So as of January 9, 2016, these are my story's stats:

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Chapter 8: Abnormalities: Part 1

"…and that's all what happened before having this conversation with you Shanks." Luffy concluded as he sat up from his bed in order to get in a more comfortable position.

"…Wow…That's a lot to take in Luffy." Sighed out a clearly exhausted Shanks who was sorting out the new information he received about the future from Luffy. Even after leaving Luffy a couple of months ago, he is still making changes that he never thought he was even capable of even doing in the first place. "I mean, you not only ate a second devil fruit, but apparently that devil fruit is the Atom-Atom Fruit, a devil fruit which has never been recorded to have been used ever. Moreover, you used said new power to help you rescue your future crewmate Nico Robin. To be honest, I was completely surprised when you told me that she was one of your original crewmates as well as what actually happened to her to have gotten that high of a bounty at such a young age."

"You seriously thought she was capable of destroying 6 Buster Call ships at the age of 8!?" Luffy stated incredulously, making Shanks go silent as Luffy pressed on. "With a devil fruit power that is not naturally made to be destructive?" He further added on, much to Shanks' embarrassment.

"So what's your plan Luffy? How ARE you going to change the future?" Shanks asked Luffy who looked up at the ceiling.

"Well, I have been training my original nakama like Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Robin. I was also able to gain new nakama like Nami's sister Nojiko and Zoro's rival Kuina." Luffy said as he tried to make a ball of blue gas from the palm of his hand just like how Ms. Atom does it. "Now that I have a bigger crew along with the fact that they are learning haki, Their chances for surviving the Grand Line will be much bigger!"

"…That's it? That's all you are going to do?"

"Yep!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah!"

"*sigh*…Never change Luffy…never change." Shanks told Luffy as he hung up.

Luffy then hung up as he got ready to go to sleep. 'hmm…Well, I hope Robin is ready for tomorrow.'


5 Months Later…

It's been 5 months since Luffy decided to train Robin along with Ace in how to use haki. For the most part, things were pretty uneventful, with the only things being worth notice is Ace mastering Observation Haki and near mastering Armament Haki, as well as beginning to master his Conqueror's Haki. When Luffy began training Robin, she mastered Observation Haki in a span of three months which amazed Luffy, and used the remaining two months to train her Armament Haki. While they were training their haki, Luffy was thinking of new ways on how to use the Atom-Atom Fruit.

Luffy one week after his first day on training his second devil fruit had been contemplating rather loudly about how else he could use his Atom-Atom Fruit powers, Robin just went up to him and dropped off a couple of books on chemistry, physics, and astronomy. She told him that if he's having that much trouble trying to find new ways on how to use said abilities, that he should read books that have information and knowledge on what the atom does and such. But Luffy being Luffy, pouted then said that reading was boring and could not find anything fun about it (A/N: MOST. HYPOCRITICAL. STATEMENT. I. HAVE. EVER. WRITTEN!).

Despite this, Robin was able to bribe Luffy with meat so he would read them, and that she would be reading with him in case he doesn't understand some parts he's reading. For some reason that Luffy could not find, he found reading with Robin interesting, if not enjoyable. However, one day while reading late at night they unknowingly dozed off in very close proximity to each other and Ace captured the moment via den-den mushi camera. The morning after that, when they woke up right next to each other, it was one of the most awkward moments they've ever been through. Deciding it never happened, they got up for a quiet breakfast, only to be greeted by Ace who showed them photos at many different angles.

Two Months after this 'incident' happened, Luffy decided that it was time to go visit Usopp at the Gecko Islands. Sure he wouldn't be able to save his mom, but at least he'll be there for him and be able to teach him haki early. He knew that he'll excel in Observation Haki as his affinity in that was the highest among the original crew.

"Hey guys! Would you like to go to the Gecko Islands for a vacation?" Luffy asked suddenly as he and the 'family' as Rouge calls it, were currently eating a picnic in the forest under a tree with Makino as a guest.

"I'm okay with it, but why?" Ace questioned as he took a bite from the piece of alligator meat that was currently in his hands.

"I don't know…Just feel like it. And I'd like to make some new friends so they'll join my crew." Luffy explained as he gave those around him his trademark grin.

"Well, if Luffy and Ace are going, the I'm going as well." Rouge stated happily as she took a sip from her cup of juice.

"I…I could use a break from work, I'll close the bar temporarily. I really need a break." Makino explained gaining a nod from those around her.

"Seems like fun." Robin spoke cheerfully as she took a bite from her sandwich.

"One question though," Makino chimed in as they all stopped eating(minus Luffy) to pay attention to her. "How will you take us all there? I know you're strong, fast, and you can fly, but I don't think you can carry the four of us at the same time, at least not comfortably you can." She reasoned while Luffy let out a laugh and Robin smiled.

"Well Makino-san, Luffy-san thought up of a new way to use his new devil fruit power. Why don't you give them a little demonstration Luffy?" Robin stated as Luffy started lifting his right arm in the air. At that moment, blue, dust-like gas surrounded the perimeter of their picnic area and the huge chunk of ground that was under them was suddenly ripped off the island and started flying towards the direction of the Gecko Islands.

'Thankfully I was able to somewhat replicate Shiki's devil fruit. Even after doing it for a while, it never gets boring.' Luffy thought to himself as Ace enjoyed himself 'flying' through the sky while Makino and Rouge looked shell-shocked at the sudden turn of events. "At this speed, we'll be able to reach the Gecko Islands in 5 hours."

"Is this what they call psychokinesis!?" Makino exclaimed completely in awe as she watched they get farther and farther from Dawn Island.

"In a way, I guess you can say that it is psychokinesis." Robin answered as she rested under the shade of the tree while the piece of earth continued on its path.

'Oh, I'm glad I'll be able to go see Usopp now. I know that his mother died of an incurable disease, but I hope I can be there for him at least. Maybe I should also have Usopp's girlfriend join my crew too, so that way we will have more doctors and Chopper has less work to do.' Luffy thought nostalgically as lifted his head up and looked at the horizon.


5 Hours Later…

When they were beginning to see the Gecko Islands, Luffy sensed Usopp's aura. However, this wasn't the only thing that caught his attention, rather, that was only one of three things that caught his attention. The second thing was that one of the big hills on the island appeared to have been cut cleanly in half.

"Whoa! Do you all see that one big hill over there in the distance!? Who could do such a thing!?" Ace asked in complete shock as he's never seen something so big have such a clean cut going through it.

Rouge and Makino didn't say anything. Rouge didn't say anything mainly because she's seen that many times before when Roger had occasionally taken her to see the Grand Line in some of his journeys. Makino on the other hand, has never seen something so…unnatural that her brain was having difficulty processing what she was seeing.

Robin on the other hand, decided to humor Ace's question. "Yes we do see that Ace. It seems even here in the East Blue there are some things that can happen that usually only happen in the Grand Line." Robin mused as she herself thought that it should be impossible for a normal human to be able to cut a big hill in what appeared to be in one strike.

As this was going on, Luffy was more worried about the third and final thing that caught his attention. What caught his attention the most was that he sensed three EXTREMELY powerful figures on the island along with Usopp's aura, with all three of them seeming to be a couple levels under his own strength in terms of aura size.

'What the hell!? Who're these guys!? They are too strong to have been born here in the East Blue, or any of the Blues for that matter! Are they from the New World? I need to get there faster! NOW!' Luffy exclaimed in his mind as his face took a serious look and the piece of land suddenly quintupled its speed much to the surprise of those on said piece of land.

"Woo-hoo! Faster, Luffy go faster!" Ace yelled as the adrenaline started kicking in due to the excitement.

"NO! SLOW DOOOOOOWWWN!" Exclaimed a hugging Rouge and Makino at the same time as they were never used to such speeds, much less in the air.

Robin however, stayed silent. One look at Luffy's face and she could tell something's wrong, and and that something is going to happen real soon.

While getting closer, Luffy and Robin caught a glimpse of a silver and ivory colored submarine docked on the harbor.

'Why would there be a submarine here in the East Blue?' They both thought at the same time unknowingly.

A couple minutes later, they landed on the outskirts of Syrup Village, just far enough that no one will know how they got there.

"Okay guys! Let's enjoy ourselves and have some fun!" Luffy stated hiding the feeling he felt before as he handed each of them 100,000 beris, much to their shock or surprise, or if you're Robin, amusement.

"How did you get this much money Luffy?" Makino asked before she remembered how.

"Higuma's bounty." he answered as Makino turned a little red for forgetting that day.

"Yeah, I remember now." Makino spoke with a hint of embarrassment in her tone of voice.

"I'm going to go explore a bit." Luffy told them as he left to do his own things in Syrup Village. Ace, not wanting to leave his only brother alone, decided to go with him.

"Well, he did give us money, so let's go shopping!" Rogue exclaimed happily as she grabbed Makino's and Robin's wrist and began leading them into Syrup Village.


With Luffy and Ace…

Luffy was following the direction that led him to Usopp's presence when Ace suddenly jumped on top of his shoulder.

"Hey lil' bro, whatcha doin?" Ace asked as he leaned on his head.

"Wouldn't you be the lil' bro now Ace?" Luffy retorted not answering Ace's question.

"Nope, even if you are bigger than me and WAY stronger than me, you'll always be my little bro." He replied getting a chuckle out of Luffy.

"As to what I'm doing, use your Observation Haki Ace. You'll know why." Luffy said seriously as a confused Ace did as he was told. Suffice to say, He was in shock to what he felt.

"W-W-What was that Luffy!? Are you going over to where they are!?" Ace asked worryingly and much to his dismay, Luffy nodded. "W-Well I'll go with you too. That way, I'll be there to help you in case of anything." Ace promised as Luffy continued walking towards Kaya's Mansion.

As they were getting closer, He saw the gate at Kaya's Mansion open and saw five people getting out of there. He noticed that two of them were the children-sized Usopp and Kaya, each holding a weapon. Luffy narrowed his eyes as he looked at the bigger figures, but was surprised to sense nothing bad about them. He and Ace continued spying on them and was surprised by what they were doing with Usopp and Kaya. The guy with the dark royal blue hair looked to be teaching Kaya the art of swordfighting while the black-haired man was testing Usopp's aim with different weapons.

"Let's go down there and talk to them." Luffy said as Ace looked at him as if he grew another head.

"Why!?" Ace hissed out as to not get their attention. "Weren't you saying that they were strong!?"

"Yeah, but they could help us get stronger!" Luffy reasoned with Ace who still looked skeptical.

"Whatever, just try to not get them angry." Ace murmured out in defeat as he and Luffy looked back at Kaya and Usopp training.

"And just who are you guys not trying to get angry?" A male voice behind them kindly asked much to Luffy's surprise and Ace's horror. They turned around and saw none other than the man who was training Kaya on how to use a sword: Gastun D. Arasval.

'Mihawk!?' Luffy thought for a quick moment when he saw Arasval's eyes stare at him and Ace, but realized it wasn't him just as quick. But then this revelation brought up another question, Why does this guy have the same eyes as Mihawk?

"So," Arasval began getting the brothers' attention. "May I ask who you two are and why you were spying on us?"

Not feeling any bad intentions from him, Luffy answered in his usual happy-go-lucky tone. "My name is Monkey D. Luffy, future King of the Pirates!" Luffy proudly exclaimed as Ace gained the courage to introduce himself as well.

"Portgas D. Ace, Luffy's brother, and I'm the one who's going to be King of the Pirates." Ace stated cockily trying to irritate Luffy, who just chuckled at his statement.

"Okay then…" Arasval started not really knowing how to comment on their introductions, before deciding on introducing himself. "Well my name is Gastun D. Arasval, or Aras for short. It's a pleasure to meet fellow D members."

"D? What do you mean by D?" Ace asked as he really wants to know what the D in his name stands for.

"You'll probably know when you're older. As to why I'm here, why were you two spying on us? I haven't seen your faces before either, so that brings up the question where are you from as well?." Arasval questioned the brothers politely as he wasn't looking for a fight. Yet.

"We came from Dawn Island for a vacation. And we spied on you guys because we wanted to know what you guys were teaching those kids." Luffy responded honestly as Arasval nodded in understandment.

"Well why don't you guys join us then? You guys might learn something new." Arasval offered to which Ace and Luffy looked at each other before nodding to each other and responded with a yes. "Alrighty then, follow me."

The three walked back to where the rest of the Perditionists were and Luffy felt very joyful to see Usopp again…Even if he is a little kid again.

"Guys, we have some guests here from Dawn Island to join us, so introduce yourselves." Arasval elucidated as the four nodded.

"Hey guys, The name's Wayne, Gracielson Wayne." The orange haired man stated playfully as grinned at them.

"Grasmick Neos." The black haired man spoke neutrally as he sized up Luffy and Ace. Unnoticed by those around him, his eyes widened slightly as he felt Luffy's presence. 'This man…Even though his presence seems to feel above average for the East Blue, I can tell he's suppressing it…heavily, meaning he's much stronger than he's letting us in at.'

"Good afternoon, My name is Kaya! Pleasure to meet you!" The pale blonde girl chirped out happily as she leaned on her sword Caladbolg which was stabbed into the ground.

"Hi, you may have heard of me, the great man of the seas, the Great Captain Usopp!" Usopp proudly exclaimed much to Luffy's amusement as he too stuck his slingshot staff into the ground.

"Hello to you guys as well, My name is Monkey D. Luffy and this is my brother Ace." Luffy introduced Ace and himself towards the new faces.

While they started chatting to each other, an eye and an ear on a tree that was nearby spied on the brothers for a while looking towards the group's direction before disappearing, leaving only flower petals.


With Robin…

Nico Robin had spied on Luffy and Ace for quite a while when she waited for Makino and Rouge to be finished with their shopping spree. She was really interested in the new people that Luffy and Ace had met as they seemed to be very interesting personalities at the very least.

"Robin! Come get your bag, we're done paying for the clothing!" Rouge happily said getting Robin's attention as well as having her dispel her eye that was spying on Luffy.

"Okay, okay I'm coming." Robin stated as she grabbed a box filled with clothing. "Would you two like to come with me to go find Luffy and Ace to see what they're doing?" Robin asked the other two women in the group who looked at each other before nodding and humming agreement. Using her newfound ability of Observation Haki, Robin was able to pinpoint Luffy's location as there appeared to be other people there around his level. For some reason though, she didn't feel worried or anything of the sort. As matter of fact, she felt rather relaxed…truly relaxed in a way that she never truly felt in a long time. For over half of her life, she had to constantly worry about being betrayed and backstabbed by people even when they seemed to be kind and trustworthy. Even when Luffy brought her to his home, for the first month or so, she didn't really feel safe, that is until she had a life-changing conversation with Ace's mother, Rouge.


Flashback…

Robin was currently helping Rouge prepare lunch when she finally decided to ask the question she has wanted to ask her for a while.

"Rouge?" Robin spoke softly getting Rouge's attention.

"Yes Robin?" Rouge responded ready to answer any question she may have.

"Why haven't you or Luffy betrayed me yet?" Robin bluntly questioned much to the shock and surprise of Rouge.

"What do you mean? We would never abandon you! Where did you ever get such an idea!?" She exclaimed completely appalled by the idea of abandoning someone who she would consider family.

"I've been on the run for a little over ten years. Every single person or group I have meet always either accept me with open arms, only to betray me at the worst possible moment, or they chase me down and try to either kill me for my bounty or trying to have their way with me." Robin explained causing Rouge to have a grim look on her face.

"And how do you know that we are like those who have persecuted you Robin? What makes you think we would ever betray you?" Rouge questioned trying to figure out more.

"I…I don't know. I feel…conflicted. Whenever I'm near you or Luffy, I feel a mixture of emotions that are hard for me to describe." Robin stated making Rouge nod in understanding.

"You know…" Rouge began. "Me and Ace were being persecuted by the World Government for a long period of time after The Pirate King Roger's death before being saved by none other than the Hero of the Marines Monkey D. Garp."

Robin was rather shocked by the revelation, never knowing that Rouge had went through something similar through what she went through. "Why though? What did you ever do that would cause the entire World Government?" She asked really wanting to know what she did to ever make the World Government.

"My crime against the World Government was just bearing Roger's Legacy." Was all Rouge said while she continued making lunch. It only took Robin a couple of seconds to put two and two together to realize what she meant.

"Wait…You don't mean-!" Robin started before getting interrupted by Rouge.

"Yes, Ace is Roger's son. After Roger's execution, the World Government looked through every single town in every single island that Roger had been in order to find out if he had left any children behind. They killed who knows how many children in trying to purge Roger's 'tainted blood' from the face of this planet." Rouge spat out that last sentence in distaste. Robin could only look at the older woman in shock. How in the world was she able to escape the World Government was currently the biggest question ringing in Robin's head.

"In order for Ace and I to have survived that event, I held him in me for around 20 months, and let me tell you, I'm not planning on having another kid any time soon." Rouge continued,trying to lighten up the mood around the kitchen while also answering Robin's question.

Robin has heard, seen, and been through many weird things in her life, from finding out about devil fruits all the way to seeing her home island Ohara being burned to the ground. Rouge's story however, just went up in her list as one of the most amazing and unique experiences she has ever heard or seen. 'She held a baby in her for 20 months!? I wonder if her vagina is still intact?' Robin thought a little darkly.

"Of course, the doctor that was there for Ace's birth told me that me surviving the birth after having hims in there for so long, it would be nigh impossible. Despite this though, I wanted my child to live a normal life with at least someone there to be for him. With Roger gone, I willed myself to survive as long as I could so I could see my baby grow up to be a wonderful man. And now here we are, with Ace living a somewhat normal life as well as gaining a younger brother, though you can't call Luffy little anymore. Not to mention, Luffy brought you into our family as well, and I really am thankful for that." Rouge concluded her story as Robin looked at her with glistening eyes.

"That is why neither me nor Luffy will ever betray you or abandon you Robin. You have a special place in both of our hearts. And from what I can see, that certain place in Luffy's heart is getting bigger every moment." Rouge playfully told Robin who gave off a very slight blush at what that comment implemented.

"Why do you keep assuming that something is going on between us? We aren't even dating." Robin questioned Rouge who just gave her a grin.

"Yet." Was all that Rouge said much Robin's unseen ire.


Flashback end…

Robin continued walking along the road with Rouge and Makino beside her for about half an hour when they heard two distinct voices yelling at each other.

"YOU WILL EAT THIS DELICIOUS MOTHERFUCKING PIE EVEN IF I HAVE TO SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT! AND THEN I'LL MAKE YOU SAY THAT MY PIE IS DELICIOUS!" Yelled out one voice that only Robin knew to whom it came from whereas the other two females in the vicinity were new to said voice.

"NO! PIES ARE DISGUSTING! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" Exclaimed the other voice to which all three women knew was Luffy's voice.

Not even a second had passed before they were greeted by the sight of Luffy flying away from a dark royal blue-haired young man who was chasing Luffy with a sword in his right hand and a slice of what appeared to be pumpkin pie on the other hand.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…You know, If it wasn't for Luffy being so strong, I would've been worried for his safety." Makino chimed in breaking the silence that appeared when they saw the young man chase Luffy.

"Agreed." Stated the other two women neutrally before a couple of seconds later, an audible explosion was heard followed by more yelling.

"YOU PRICK! IT TOOK ME OVER AN HOUR TO BAKE THAT PIE! YOU'RE SO FUCKING DEAD!"

"WELL YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO HAVE FORCE FED IT TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!"

"I…I think we should go look for Ace and see what happened." Rouge told Makino and Robin who nodded in agreement. Robin decided to take the lead and walked to where she sensed Ace's aura as well as a couple other ones. Much to their surprise, Ace was calmly chatting with the four other people there while having a picnic. The moment they came into view though, Neos looked at their direction and grunted gaining the attention of the other four people.

"We have some visitors." Neos stated as he pointed to where the three women were.

"Mmmph? Oh hey! Come on over! There's enough food for everyone!" Wayne greeted happily as he lifted up a plate of assorted meats and cheeses for them to see.

"Mom! Robin-san! Makino-san! You should try this food! It's soooo goooood!" Ace said joyfully as the two other children beside him gave a hum in agreement.

"Hello everyone! I hope we aren't intruding. My name is Makino." Mako introduced herself while giving a slight bow.

"My name is Rouge and I'm the mother of the little boy Ace." Rouge presented herself while making Ace blush in embarrassment by Rouge's comment.

"I'm known as Nico Robin, I hope we get along." Robin announced politely as she sized up the two men's aura in front of her with her Observation Haki. What she saw shocked her as she didn't expect people with such massive auras to be here in the East Blue of all places. The black-haired man aura appeared to be the cold, serious, no nonsense type while the orange-haired man's aura felt to be akin to that of a playful, teasing jokester type. Despite them feeling like the opposite of each other, she knew that their auras had one thing in common: They were massive, especially the young orange haired man as it felt just as big, if not bigger than Luffy's. Before she can go further into it though, she was interrupted by the same orange-haired man who she was staring at.

"Well now, I know I'm sexy and everything but can you please stop staring at me and my crewmate? We'd really appreciate it." Wayne said in kind tone but gave Robin a look that screamed stop what you are doing right now if you want to live. "No why don't you beautiful ladies sit down and enjoy yourself to some of the captain's food, it's really delicious and nutritious!" He continued on as if he hadn't given Robin a threatening look while he motioned them to sit down and eat with them.

The three women sat down not wanting to be rude to the people who appeared to have befriended Luffy and Ace and took some of the sandwiches that were laid out on the blanket.

"This is really good!" Makino exclaimed in delight as she took another bite.

"It really is delicious!" Rouge agreed as continued chewing.

"Agreed." Robin stated as she took a sip of coffee that surprisingly went well with the sandwich.

"So now that we have introduced ourselves and eaten a little, may we ask your names?" Robin inquired while the two men and two children nodded in agreement.

"I don't see why not. My name is Gracielson Wayne. The constipated looking fellow is Grasmick Neos while the long nosed kid beside him is his disciple Usopp" Wayne spoke as he first pointed to Neos (Who gave a less than pleasant reaction to how he was introduced), Usopp (who looked at the women emanating with pride), before giving Kaya a side-hug. "And this intelligent girl is Kaya, the daughter of the owners of the mansion not too far from us. Not to mention she is also my student seeing as she really wants to become a doctor herself and I hold a good amount of knowledge in the medical field." He boasted on while giving a beaming smile towards Kaya who smiled back.

"Okay, and now I want to ask a question." Makino said.

"And what question would that be miss?" Neos questioned neutrally as he took a slice of pie and bit it.

"Who is the blue haired man that is chasing Luffy and why is he chasing him?" Makino asked which caused the Wayne to give off a snicker while Neos shook his head.

"Well you see…" Wayne began.


Going Back A Couple Of Minutes Ago…

"So you're learning how to master those three long range weapons as well as bo-bo-" Luffy began before being interrupted by Usopp who was holding a long dark green slingshot that also doubles as a staff along with rifle, bow, and arrows strapped on his back.

"Bōjutsu Mr. Luffy" Usopp interrupted

"Yes that. That's amazing! With those skills you can be one of the best snipers in the world! Maybe even the best!" He praised boosting Usopp's ego.

"And you Kaya are learning to be a doctor as well as a swordswoman?" Luffy now asked the blonde-haired girl.

"Indeed I am Luffy-san! Wayne-sensei is one of the smartest, if not the smartest doctor I know! Plus he's really good with explaining how to do certain procedures and why you need to do them. With Arasval-sensei he started out by giving a demonstration on how good I can be if I keep training. At first, I thought that learning how to use a sword was going to be really difficult, but Arasval-sensei's personal style really was the easiest style for me to learn out of all the other ones he has shown me." Kaya proudly stated as Wayne and Arasval gave her a smile, albeit Arasval's was a considerably smaller one.

"Oh? And what kind of sword style is that?" Ace questioned really interested in what kind of fighting the girl can do.

"The Kuraigana One Sword Style." Kaya stated as-a-matter-of-factly. Luffy and Ace looked at her in awe as she said that, but for different reasons.

'That sounds like an amazing sword style. I wonder how strong it has made her?' Ace wondered.

'Isn't that Mihawk's sword style? And this Aras guy knows that style as well and is now teaching it to Usopp's soon-to-be girlfriend Kaya. Something seems fishy here…' Luffy thought seriously as he began to wonder what changes did him going back to the past cause.

"What was the presentation he did?" Ace asked curiously as he begun to put two and two together as he looked at Arasval.

"Well, first he had Neos shoot a volley of bullets at him and then he deflected them with such skill that he made the bullets hit the targets behind him." Kaya praised before continuing. "And for the Grande Finale, Arasval slice One of the biggest hills here in the Gecko Islands. In Half!" She concluded while Arasval was bashfully scratching the back of his head, confirming Ace's suspicion.

"So HE'S the one that sliced that one hill in half when we got here!" Ace stated in shock as he what appeared to be a kind guy was really a super strong kind guy.

"Well now if you guys are done talking, How about I bring dinner for us outside today? I made a bunch of sandwiches along with barbeque ribs as well as some delicious pumpkin pie!" Arasval stated as he opened up some golden portals and a couple of plates filled with sandwiches, pots filled with barbeque ribs, and pumpkin pies neatly landed on the blanket Arasval set up before taking out the food.

This caused all those around to start salivating and immediately dug themselves in as they all got at least one piece of each food that was served, except for Luffy, who just grabbed one of the pots filled with barbeque ribs and dumped the entire thing into his mouth.

"…" Was all the sound that came out from the Perditionists, Usopp, and Kaya. While the two children have heard of devil fruits, they've never seen one in action. With the Perditionists, they were not surprised by Luffy's devil fruit power, but by how he was using said power.

"Well, in all of the years in my life, I never thought I would see a new wielder of the Gum-Gum Fruit so soon. That explains why he eats like that though." Wayne murmured catching the attention of his crewmates.

"So you've had past experiences with people who've eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit?" Neos asked getting a rather nasty grunt in confirmation from Wayne.

"Yeah I did, and they were the most immature people I have met in my entire life." Wayne muttered angrily as he gnawed on one of the ribs.

"What did they ever do to you that causes you to react that way Wayne-jiji?" Arasval questioned before receiving a glare from Wayne.

"Don't wanna talk about it." Wayne growled out before going back to his usual joyful self. "Well anywho why don't we just dig in before Luffy here decides to eat all of the food."

"Oh don't worry about that, I won't touch the pies." Luffy stated making Arasval sigh in relief, before wondering why he wouldn't touch the pies.

"Wait, why wouldn't you touch the pies?" He questioned, despite getting a feeling he won't like the answer..

"I just hate pies. They're disgusting and they remind me of a big, dark, burly, gay man with missing teeth." Luffy stated with extreme prejudice as he thought of Blackbeard.

"Well, maybe trying one of my pies will make you think differently?" Arasval spoke as he tried to hand a slice of pie to Luffy…only for it to be 'accidentally' smacked of of his hand.

"Oops! Shishishishi! Sorry about that!" Luffy apologized while Arasval's eyes got shadowed over.

'Oh shit…' Thought Wayne and Neos as they saw the slice of pie fall towards the ground. They know through many years of experience to never waste food, especially when the person who cooked the food is right in front of you. They both remembered the first and most definitely last time they accidentally wasted food in front of their captain. As to what he did to his crewmates for that sin…let's just say they sang soprano for a good month or so.

"You…" Arasval spoke darkly.

"Huh?" was all Luffy could say before his Observation Haki screamed at him to move out of the way.

Thankfully Luffy did move out of the way, as what was there where he was sitting not too long ago was Arasval's sword with Arasval holding the piece of pie Luffy dropped.

"I'LL AVENGE MY PIE YOU SHITHEAD!" Arasval yelled out as he swung his sword again at Luffy only for Luffy to dodge again as he started to use geppou in order to gain some distance from Aras. Luffy thought he was going to be alright before his haki senses screamed at him to dodge. He dodged whatever what was going to hit him before his eyes processed what he saw: Arasval above him with his left hand stretched out aiming the slice of pie into his mouth.

while this was happening, Ace was contemplating if he should help his brother before deciding that this will happen regularly as continued to eat the food off his and Luffy's plate while the other four did the exact same thing with their own plates not really worried about either person from their respective group.

"YOU WILL EAT THIS DELICIOUS MOTHERFUCKING PIE EVEN IF I HAVE TO SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT! AND THEN I'LL MAKE YOU SAY THAT MY PIE IS DELICIOUS!" Arasval yelled out in fury as he landed on the ground and ran at Luffy.

By this point Luffy had had enough, and was beginning to reach his boiling point. "NO! PIES ARE DISGUSTING! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" Luffy exclaimed in anger as he continued to geppou himself away from Arasval.

Not even a moment had passed when Luffy felt Makino's, Rouge's, and Robin's aura rather close but didn't decide to ponder on it. As he continued to 'fly' away from Arasval, he decided that enough was enough and did a U-turn towards Arasval and smacked the pie out of his hands with extreme amounts of force while covering it with Armament Haki, causing the pie to become a kinetic missile as it hit the ground, causing a small explosion.

"YOU PRICK! IT TOOK ME OVER AN HOUR TO BAKE THAT PIE! YOU'RE SO FUCKING DEAD!" Arasval yelled out with renewed fury, seeing the once still-edible slice of pie turned into a mixture of dirt and mush.

"WELL YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO HAVE FORCE FED IT TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Luffy retorted back angrily as he didn't know what it would take for the guy chasing him to stop.


Back to the present…

"And that's what happened before you three came here!" Wayne finished up his story as he chugged down some water.

"So…This all began because Luffy expressed his dislike of pie and accidentally hit said food, causing it to hit the ground?" Rouge questioned to which both men and all three children nodded sagely.

"Well…I've heard stranger things." She pointed out with Robin humming in agreement.

"I wonder what Luffy referred to when he said big, dark, burly, gay man with missing teeth?" Makino questioned to which everyone around her just gave a shrug.


On the Moby Dick…

"ACHOO!" Sneezed out Marshall D. Teach suddenly as he and the rest of his division were eating dinner.

"Whoa there Teach! Cover your mouth when you sneeze. We don't need another sickness going around here again." Thatch scolded as he brought out more food for his crewmates.

"Zehahahaha! Sorry about that Fourth Division Commander!" Teach called out to which Thatch responded back with a wave. Teach then went back to his own thoughts. 'I hope I can find that fruit soon. The sooner the better.'


Back to the Gecko Islands…

"Well whatever Luffy meant doesn't matter for now, I just hope Marines wouldn't suddenly come over here with a Vice-Admiral or two. That would make this vacation end early." Robin mused gaining a chuckle from Wayne.

"Hah! What are the chances of some Vice-Admirals actually coming over here in the East Blue of all places." Wayne questioned.

"Well I hate to break it to all you, but you two just jinxed us because that is exactly what's coming towards us right now." Neos chimed in with a careless tone in his voice, causing everyone to go silent and look at him as if he grew a second head.

"You're serious aren't you?" Wayne stated grimly as a serious look came over his face.

"Correct. Beyond the horizon lies Vice-Admiral Garp and one other Vice-Admiral along with approximately 200 marine soldiers." He stated making everyone around him except for Wayne, Rouge, and Makino worry.


With Vice-Admiral Garp…

Garp was a little pissed to say the least. He most definitely knew within the bottom of his heart even if he himself tried to deny it time and time again that the perpetrator to Saint Jalmack's death was non other than Luffy himself. With him and a couple other Marine Battle ships sent out to search every single island in a pincher fashion in order to make sure murderer won't escape.

"I really hope Zephyr knows what he's doing. It took us a couple of weeks to get here, so he might not even be hiding in the East Blue anymore." Vice-Admiral Tsuru spoke

"Oh trust me, he definitely is here. I can sense it." Garp proclaimed seriously.

Just an hour later, they can see their destination, the Gecko Islands, and from what Garp can see, there seems to be some action going on there.

"Luffy…You better pray to God that you're not there, or there'll be hell to pay."


Well that's all I have for you guys. I hope this story still has your interest.

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Forzarismo

January 9, 2016