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Chapter 9: Abnormalities: Part 2
Syrup Village. One of the few villages and towns that are in the Gecko Islands, is a normal and simple village with nothing really too unique about it. As far as people are concerned, It is a peaceful place that is great for vacations. Over recent months though, things started to get…hectic around the village. For one, the arrival of the group of bounty hunters known as The Perditionists has made the daily lives of the villagers…a little more interesting to say the least. However, little did the inhabitants know that the current week they are currently on has something in store for the rather timid village. This brings us now to the Marine Battleships which are currently headed towards the Gecko Islands with Vice-Admiral Garp and Vice-Admiral Tsuru leading the helm of it.
"So, may you explain to me why you think our grandson is the one responsible for the murder of Saint Jalmack?" Tsuru asked curious as to why Garp would pin the blame on their grandson.
"Well, first off despite the den-den camera being far away from the incident, the size of the person that the government ship is about roughly the same size as Luffy. Not to mention, the only person I know who is crazy enough to even think of doing something like that in the East Blue is of course, our grandson."
"Yeah, you're right about Luffy being the only one to think of doing such a thing. The way you talk about Luffy though makes him seem like he's some sort of ruthless cold killer."
"I don't mean for it to sound that way, but I guess you're right. I did make him sound like that didn't I?" Garp concluded as the two Vice-Admirals looked towards the Gecko Islands and can now visibly see explosions coming from one of the smaller islands.
At this point Garp had decided that he had enough and geppou'd himself of the Marine Battleship, leaving Tsuru to shake her head in amusement.
"Impatient as always Garp. Gunilla!" Tsuru yelled out and not a second had passed when a dark royal blue haired woman wearing a periwinkle colored suit with 2 daito katanas strapped to her left side had appeared behind Tsuru.
"Yes ma'am!" Gunilla spoke prepared to do whatever order her teacher wanted her to do.
"My protégé, follow after Garp as backup. He'll probably not need it, but better safe than sorry." Tsuru stated to which Gunilla nodded and went after Garp.
With Luffy and Arasval…
"Hey Luffy?" Arasval suddenly stopped and spoke out with a hint of dread in his tone of voice. The two had been fighting for the past forty-five minutes non-stop as Aras tried time and time again to avenge his slice of pumpkin pie that Luffy 'accidentally' knocked out of his hands. At the moment though, both of their danger senses were going through the roof. "Do you feel that?"
"If you mean the feeling of imminent death and endless pain awaiting you, then yes, yes I do feel that." Luffy responded wondering what could give him that feeling right now and the only answer he could come up with was…his grandfather Garp.
"LUUUUUUUFFFFFYYYY!" "AAARRRAAASSSVAAALLL!"
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"Truce?" Arasval asked.
"Truce." Luffy confirmed.
And with that settled in their minds as they heard their names being yelled at, they ran out of there not wanting to deal with their fellow relatives.
With The Rest…
The eight people were enjoying their picnic when they were given a sight for sore eyes. Wayne, Ace, and Usopp fell to the ground laughing, the three women chuckled at the sight, with only Kaya and Neos looking at them instantly knowing what could get the both of them to run as if their lives depended on it.
"Guys! Vacation's over! We need to go!" Luffy exclaimed in a panic fashion while Arasval was behind him nodding frantically in agreement.
"What!? Why!?" exclaimed Ace, Wayne, and Usopp who were just getting to know each other and were rather fond of each other with Ace's brash yet kind personality resonating with Usopp's joyful happy-go-lucky one and Wayne's very bubbly prankster personality.
"Marines are coming. That's the reason why isn't?" Robin asked finally realizing why they would cut their vacation short to which Luffy and Arasval nodded.
"Yes they are, and for what reason I don't know, but it doesn't seem to be a good one." Arasval stated grimly as he looked towards the direction where they came from. "For all we know, they might be coming for you, Nico Robin."
Robin's body stiffened while Luffy proceeded to glare at Arasval. "What're you trying to say?" Luffy asked angered that the man in front of him would try to pin the blame on Robin for the marines coming over here.
"Oh! So that's why your name was so familiar! To think that the 79 million beri bounty woman would be here in the East Blue of all places." Wayne spoke as if he had an epiphany as he and Neos stood up.
"How do you know who I am?" Robin questioned though she feared what the answer might be.
"Well, if you had maybe paid more attention to our names, perhaps you'd know. I mean I know we're bounty hunters from the New World and everything, but can we at least get some recognition here!?" Wayne retorted while Luffy and Robin's eyes widened in shock.
'Of course.' Luffy thought as he prepared himself in case he needed to fight the three men in front of him. 'No wonder these guys are so strong. However, there's something else about them that I need to make sure of.'
"I have a couple of questions for you guys." Luffy spoke gaining the attention of The Perditionists.
"State your questions then." Neos spoke.
"When did you three come here in the East Blue and why?" Luffy questioned.
"We came here to do a job for the World Government almost 6 months ago." Neos stated wondering why he would want that information.
"What was that job about?" Luffy pressed on, with the murderous feeling growing in his gut.
"The annihilation of a New World pirate crew that entered the East Blue." Neos said confirming Luffy's suspicions, but despite the growing urge to kill the three men in front of him, he decided to ask one last question.
"What was the name of the pirate crew you guys killed?" Luffy asked making some warnings go off in the bounty hunters' heads.
"May I ask why you are asking these questions?" Neos wondered as Luffy had a strained smile plastered on his face.
"I'm just curious, that's all." Luffy merely stated using all of his will not to kill them until he can truly confirm that it was 'them' they killed. "Now who were they?"
"The Young Money Pirates-!" Arasval stated before being shoved out of the way along with Neos by Wayne who got consumed by a transparent beam that was sent by Luffy himself.
"Wayne!" Both bounty hunters yelled out in shock as they couldn't sense their doctor/navigator anymore. It was as if he was blasted into nothingness, with the only thing showing that he was there in the first place is a dismembered hand. They weren't the only ones that reacted as Makino and Ace just gaped in shock to what Luffy had just done while Rouge and Robin widened their eyes. Usopp couldn't comprehend what he saw while Kaya took it REALLY bad.
"WAYNE-SENSEI!" She screamed out in horror seeing her teacher being blasted into nothingness.
"Robin! Take the others to the other side of this island right now, I'll meet up with you all later. But first, there's something I have to take care of." Luffy yelled out was she used her Flower-Flower Fruit powers to grab and launch Ace towards her mother's arms and they ran off.
"Usopp! Kaya! Get out of here and head home! This isn't something for the both of you to see! No matter what you hear, don't turn back!" Arasval also yelled out at the same time making the two crying children run over to Kaya's mansion.
Once they were in the clear, Arasval and Neos glared at Luffy while he did the same.
"You know…" Arasval muttered darkly as he pulled out his sword from its scabbard and Neos picked up his guandao. "You really are like your grandfather Luffy, happy, easy to get along, and kind, yet irrational and impulsive. Not to mention, It seems it wasn't the Gum-Gum Fruit you've eaten at all, as I highly doubt that that devil fruit has the ability to do what you just did moments ago. You seemed like a great person and I would've loved it if you had joined my crew."
"Even if you had asked me to, I would've rejected the offer." Luffy interjected not bothering on fixing Arasval's mistake about his devil fruit powers while Arasval let out a hollow chuckle.
"Yeah, I figured as much. It's such a shame though that because of your impulsiveness and irrationality, you're going to die right here, right now!"
As Arasval finished, Neos swiftly lifted up his left hand making Luffy go stiff.
"W-what!? Why c-can't I m-move!?" Luffy gritted out as he tried to force himself to move, failing in trying to do so. Before he can try to struggle again, Neos clenched his hand, making Luffy explode into a pile of blood and gore, filling the area around them with a terrible stench.
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"Well…It seems he's hiding more than what we had expected captain." Neos commented as he and Arasval watched Luffy reform back by turning his blood and remains of his body into a ball of bluish dust that then changed into a form that looked more human, before solidifying itself back into Luffy's original form.
"If you guys really want to kill me, you're going to have to try harder." Luffy said before seeing Arasval and Neos looking towards his direction in surprise, before they both gave off a smirk. Luffy was confused to why they were smirking before he felt one of most terrifying, if not, THE most terrifying aura he's ever felt.
"Oh don't worry, we weren't trying. This is just the beginning." A distorted voice spoke out from behind Luffy as the rubber man instantly covered his entire body with Armament Haki and turned around just in time to see a reddish-black gas covered Wayne hit him with the side of his warning sign axe, launching Luffy towards a big hill, decimating said hill in the process.
'What the hell!?' Luffy thought in shock at seeing the man he knew he disintegrated being there as if he wasn't hit in the first place. 'I'm sure he died when I hit him! I couldn't sense him anymore when I did! What did he do!?'
"I'm sure you're wondering right now Luffy how I am still alive despite being disintegrated down to the subatomic level. So I'll give you one hint before we end you: you can't kill something that exists in all of us." Wayne spoke out grinning mirthfully as he let his axe get covered by his trademark reddish-black gas, before dispersing the gas showing that his weapon is gone. and just when Luffy thought Wayne was done using his devil fruit power, he noted that his once silver eyes were now crimson red with the sclera turning into a pitch black color. He then saw that the same colored gas surrounding him infused itself into his right arm, showing that Wayne appeared to be unscathed by Luffy's de-atomizing attack while making his arm increase its size threefold while also gaining the same reddish-black color. Wayne immediately grabbed Luffy with his enlarged hand and threw him towards Neos at mach speed while Neos used his guandao and tried to slice through Luffy by infusing his weapon with haki. Thankfully though, Luffy's haki is much stronger than Neos, successfully blocking the attack with his right forearm taking no damage whatsoever while launching the black-haired man away from him.
Luffy then took the opportunity to take out the pistol he was given as a gift from Franky to shoot at Neos. The seastone bullets hadn't even made their destination halfway when Arasval stood in front of the bullets and sliced them to kingdom come with Caliburn.
'Damn it! Can this get any worse!?' Luffy thought angrily as he was facing a man who appears to have one of the best regenerative powers he has seen to date that also boosts his strength, speed, and size along with a man whose devil fruit power has the capability to keep Luffy from moving a single millimeter. Not to mention, their captain is fast and strong enough to get between the seastone bullets' trajectory towards Neos as well as slicing them to a near dust-like composition.
As if responding to Luffy's question, two pure white wings sprouted out of Arasval's back as well as his clothes being changed to a white hooded robe and a golden rope appeared to be tied around his waist along with his arms being wrapped around by light beige colored bandages that appeared to have poneglyphic writing on it. To make matters even worse for Luffy, Arasval's blade started to glow a soft golden light, emanating massive amounts of power.
"Hybrid Form!" Arasval yelled out as he disappeared from Luffy's sight. Luffy's eyes widened as his danger senses skyrocketed and activated his Armament Haki Armor to its maximum effect. Very soon after, he felt like he was being punched millions of times at that exact moment while being engulfed by a white flash of light, making him close his eyes to protect them from being blinded.
"Damn, those punches hurts!" Luffy exclaimed as he kept getting hit. "Even if he isn't using haki to power them up, they still hurt. Will he just hurry up and stop punching me already!"
Little did Luffy know that the flash of light wouldn't be going away anytime soon. From other people's perspective, it looked like Luffy was engulfed by an orb made of pure white light.
"Follow my lead you two!" Arasval exclaimed to both Wayne and Neos as he lept out of the ball made of light, going between his crewmates before he shot a continuous beam of light towards the light ball. Following his example, Wayne and Neos each raised one of their arms and a ball began to form on the palm of their hands.
A reddish-black liquid ball the size of a basketball swirled around Wayne's palm convulsing erratically.
A massive ball of water with a diameter size of a football field 'grew' in Neos' palm before being compressed into the size of a tennis ball.
At a single moment, time seemed to slow down, and it is at this very moment that both Wayne and Neos fired their own beams. The beams hit the ball of light, which then turned into an abnormal, erratic ball made of light, water, and whatever Wayne shot at it.
After firing for a good couple of seconds, Wayne decided to one-up his fellow captain and shipwright. "Is that it?" He taunted his crewmates as the beam being fired from his palm expanded in size, increasing the output whatever Wayne is firing.
"Say what you will…" Neos stated uncaringly as he also increased the size and output of the amount of water being shot at the unstable ball.
"Let's do this you two!" Arasval exclaimed as he is the last one to increase the output of light his beam fired.
"RRRRAAAAUUUUGGGHHH!" The three bounty hunters yelled out as they gave the final push to their attacks. The increase of all three beams caused the ball to convulse violently as it expanded from all of the attacks it absorbed before finally exploding in a form equivalent to that of a high grade explosive blowing up in midair. With their eyes, they can see the smoldering body of Monkey D. Luffy falling down lifelessly. Despite this, they never caught Luffy himself smirking at their attempt to kill him. Suddenly, to The Perditionists' surprise, Luffy's body disappeared. Neos' Observation Haki screamed at him to move out of the way. Unfortunately for him, Luffy's rankyaku is faster than Neos' can react, causing Neos' body to be sliced in half diagonally. As soon as the sharp compressed air blade known as Rankyaku passed through Neos, He transformed himself into a blob of water before reforming himself back to his normal state. As Luffy launched himself backwards in order to gain some distance from the three bounty hunters, Arasval's about to launch a sword strike towards luffy when suddenly his and Luffy's danger senses along with the doctor and shipwright's told the four that someone or something dangerous is coming towards them at an alarming rate.
"LUUUUUUUFFFFFYYYY!" "AAARRRAAASSSVAAALLL!"
The four men froze in their positions.
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"Is that truce still in effect Aras?" Luffy asked emotionlessly.
"Y…Yeah…" Arasval muttered in acknowledgement, making Wayne and Neos hesitantly stop attacking Luffy.
Not a second too soon, Garp suddenly appeared throwing a haki infused fist at Luffy who countered by throwing out his own haki infused punch, each fist hitting the other. Meanwhile Tsuru's protégé Gunilla took out her two daito katanas trying to slice Arasval who retaliated by blocking her blades with his own sword.
"LUFFY! WHY DID YOU KILL THE WORLD NOBLE!? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MADE ME WORRY!?" Garp yelled out in anger making The Perditionists look at Luffy in surprise.
'He killed one of those abominations!?' The three unknowingly thought at the same time, boosting their opinion of Luffy just a bit.
"And to think your grandson would actually be fighting my little Aras and his ragtag group of bounty hunters. How cute." Gunilla chuckled out while Arasval gave the older woman a glare.
"Shut up…mother." Arasval muttered out now making Luffy, Wayne, and Neos look at him in surprise.
"Wait you mean the hot woman in front of us is your mother!?" Wayne exclaimed piecing together how the two of them resemble each other.
"*Sigh* Let me introduce to you Vice-Admiral Tsuru's protégé, Rear-Admiral Gastun D. Gunilla, Also known as my mother." Arasval introduced in an uncaring, yet irritated tone as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Aww, sweetie, no need for the cold shoulder. Anyways Garp, looks like we had interrupted a scuffle between our descendents. From looks of it, it appears my son would've won." Gunilla commented making Garp huff in defiance.
"Hmph! You know my grandson would win, I mean, your son had to face him with his other two crew members after all." Garp retorted taking pride that his grandson was holding his own against some of the most dangerous people in the New World aside the Yonkou themselves.
"Gramps…WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" Luffy yelled out in frustration trying to make his grandfather and the woman beside him focus back to what they were originally going to do.
"Oh Luffy! You ate a devil fruit didn't you? You've changed a lot this past year. No longer the small 7 year old boy, but a grown strong man I see." Garp stated proudly now realizing his grandson looked completely different, while ignoring a pissed Luffy's statement. At this point, Luffy face faulted wondering how his gramps can be oblivious to the most obvious changes before realizing he had the same problem in his first life.
"You just realized that!? At what point did you see a small 7 year old me gramps!?" Luffy exclaimed while everyone around him looked at Luffy in confusion.
"Wait, what do you mean he's changed a lot? And what do you two mean that Luffy's supposed to be 8 years old!? He looks like he's in his mid twenties!" Exclaimed Wayne wondering what had caused Luffy to turn from a little kid to an adult.
"Yeah, what did your grandson do to become the hunk that he is?" Gunilla purred out leering over Luffy's well toned body.
"Mother…are you really hitting on someone who's technically eight?" Arasval asked appalled by his mother's actions towards the manchild in front of them.
"Well, my life is mine and your life is yours, we could do whatever we want with it, even immoral things." She called out nonchalantly.
"You're damn right we can!" Wayne enthusiastically agreed.
"Of course you'd agree with the perverted woman." Neos stated making Wayne glare at him.
"Would you care to repeat that?" Wayne questioned dangerously.
"You must be getting deaf from old age if-"
"ENOUGH! WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC HERE!" Garp frustratedly bellowed out making the two bickering men shut up for the meantime. "Getting back on topic here. Luffy, why, OH WHY, did you think it was such a good idea to go on and kill a World Noble? Huh!?" Garp bellowed out in anger, making Luffy angry as well in the process.
"It was because of that damn noble that Ace and Sabo got hurt okay!?" Luffy retaliated, making Garp shut up in surprise at the reason why Luffy had killed the World Noble. "Because of him, they had hired pirates and tried to burn the Grey Terminal so that the Goa Kingdom can boast about how clean their kingdom is! They were willing to hire pirates to kill innocents for something stupid like their public image! If you were in my shoes, what would you do gramps!?"
Garp had remained silent. In all honesty, even he wasn't sure what he would do if he were in Luffy's predicament. He then realized that despite what position of power anyone has, if they ever messed with Garp's family, he'd end their existence the moment they were in his sight.
"To be honest here Luffy…I'd probably do the same." Garp admitted. "There is one more thing I have to know though. It's about the criminal, 'Devil Child' Nico Robin."
At this, Luffy's face contorted to a hardened glare. "What do you want with her gramps?" Luffy asked ready to defend his nakama.
"She's dangerous Luffy! She was able to destroy six Marine Battleships at the age of eight! She has to be brought to justice!" Garp tried to reason, only to receive a haki-infused punch in the face from Luffy.
Luffy was livid. To think that his gramps would actually believe what the World Government had told him about how dangerous Nico Robin supposedly was when in reality she's just a young woman who wants nothing more than to know the true history of the world.
"YOU KNOW NOTHING GRAMPS! DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO DO ANYTHING TO ROBIN! SHE'S MY NAKAMA AND I'LL DO WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE SHE IS PROTECTED!" Luffy exclaimed in anger.
With Robin and the rest…
Unknowingly to Luffy, Garp, and the rest of those currently there, Robin overheard their conversation as she used her devil fruit ability to check on Luffy to make sure he's alive and well. They had been rubbing for roughly 10 minutes when they reached their destination and Robin decided to use her devil fruit powers.
'Thank you…Thank you so much…Luffy.' Robin thought as she cracked out a small smile while letting arms down to her sides.
"Robin, what's going on with Luffy?" Ace asked worried that something might've happened to his younger brother.
"Don't be afraid Ace. He's okay." Robin assured the young boy. Robin, Makino, Rouge, and Ace are currently waiting on the piece of land that they came on when both Ace and Robin suddenly went alert.
"The marines…" Robin began.
"…They're coming" Ace finished for her as the both of them prepared to defend themselves.
Not a moment too soon, a platoon of marines came out of the trees aiming their rifles toward the four. before anyone could do anything, a voice rang out.
"Men! Stand down!"
The marines hesitantly did as they were told as Vice-Admiral Tsuru walked forward where she was greeted by a joyful Rouge and a much brighter Ace.
"Tsuru-san! It's been so long! How are you?" She greeted the old Vice-Admiral woman.
"Obaa-san! Why haven't you visited? You should've seen what happened so far this year!" Ace exclaimed as Tsuru crouched down and gave a warm smile while she patted Ace's head.
"Yes, it's been too long since I have visited any of you. Hell, I don't even think Luffy remembers me." Tsuru stated as the once tense atmosphere became the opposite. The Marines seemed much more relaxed seeing as their commandant knew the woman and child. Makino and even Robin seemed to calm down and be more at ease.
"Now as much as I hate to say this, even more so to do it, I would have to ask the four of you to follow me, including you Nico Robin." Tsuru explained as she took a good look at the four people in front of her. Rouge and Ace looked alright with it along with Makino, though she was a bit hesitant. Robin on the other hand subconsciously took a step back and seemed very nervous.
"Do not fret child. I'll assure you that Garp will take no excessive action towards you, especially since my grandson seems smitten by you." Tsuru lightly teased at Robin who gained a slight blush before nodding.
As they headed back, they began to hear chatter and laughter, much to everyone's confusion. They were greeted to the sight of Luffy, Arasval, Wayne, Neos, Gunilla, and Garp sitting down together in a circle as Kaya wrapped herself around Wayne crying in joy while Usopp sat beside Neos sniffing slightly.
"Okay…what did we miss? And how is he back!?" Makino asked as she wasn't expecting the then serious situation to become more of a reunion between family and friends, not to mention the returning of the orange haired doctor/navigator whom she swore she saw get obliterated by Luffy's attack.
"Oh, we just had some disagreements, but nothing that a good ol' fashion chat and fight can fix. And as to why I'm still here alive and kickin, that's a secret for only me and my crew." Wayne explained as he petted a sniffing Kaya's head.
"Yes, well even so, we're going to have to make this vacation a short one. I'm sorry for trying to kill you guys. And thank you for giving them a proper burial." Luffy stated as he gave his trademark grin.
Arasval couldn't help but smile as well. "Well…let's let bygones be bygones. We hope my little comment doesn't deter any of you from being acquainted with us." Arasval apologized knowing this all started with him unintentionally accusing Robin for being the reason why the Marines came.
"Oh, don't worry about it. Even though you, Wayne, and Neos are bounty hunters, I'd still like it if we became allies." Luffy suggested to which the three bounty hunters nodded in agreement.
"Luffy…"Garp spoke gaining Luffy's attention. "Are you sure you will be able to get me a competent marine to replace you within 10 years?" Garp asked.
"Yes I do gramps. Believe me, the one I choose will be more than enough and I promise you he'll be an Admiral a few years in the marines." Luffy promised making Garp sigh in content.
"Now Luffy, While I do have a problem with you and Rouge sheltering a criminal," Garp said as he looked at Robin who shifted around uncomfortably at Garp's narrowing gaze. "But, If I try to stop you from keeping her safe, that'd make a hypocrite now wouldn't it." Garp said as he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.
"Wait, you mean-!" Luffy began happily before being interrupted by his grandfather.
"YES! Now go before I change my mind!" Garp exclaimed in a mixture of anger and frustration. At hearing this, Luffy immediately stretched his arms to wrap around Ace, Rouge, Makino, and Robin before using soru to hightail it out of the area.
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"Um…Now that I think about it, it seems like Luffy did eat two devil fruits." Wayne mused to himself making those around him raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"Wait, shouldn't it be impossible for two devil fruits to coexist within a single vessel?" Gunilla asked knowing from what she has read about devil fruits is that one cannot have two devil fruit powers.
"That is true for the most part. However, in all of my years in living, I have seen cases, albeit pretty rare even for one of my lifespan, where someone has eaten more than one devil fruit and survived the event." Wayne explained shocking those around him.
Out of nowhere, Vice-Admiral Tsuru went up to Garp and smacked him on the top of his head rather hard,.
"OW! What was that for!?" Garp asked completely confused as to why Tsuru would hit him while he rubbed a large bump that appeared on the top of his head.
"That's for making our grandson leave without him saying hello to me! Honestly Garp, I haven't seen him in so long and you send him away before he had a chance to notice I'm here!" Tsuru shouted out as she continued to smack Garp on the head much to the amusement of those around him. While this was going on, Arasval took Usopp and Kaya's hands and took them to a much more secluded place.
"So," Arasval began as he looked at the two children with a serious expression. "What are your thoughts on Luffy's offer?" He asked them both as they gave him a look of uncertainty.
Seeing the fear in their eyes, Arasval gave a calming smile. "If you two want to know my thoughts on this, I could care less whether you accept it or not. Whatever it is that you want to do, be it pirate or marine, me and my crewmates will support your decision." Arasval assured the children who gave him a smile of appreciation for his truthfulness. The two looked at each other before nodding and looking back at Arasval
"Well…"
Much Later with Luffy…
Luffy contemplated the series of events that corresponded over today as he laid down on his bed. He never thought that the bounty hunters themselves would bury the entire Young Money Pirate crew and give them a proper resting place, even if Neos had stated that they did it because they had enough money and were too lazy at that point to just turn them in to the Marines. And even then, he didn't think he would win his argument with his grandfather Garp in ensuring that Robin won't do anything bad as well as promising him a good marine in exchange. He chuckled as he thought of a certain pink-haired marine who at this moment is still a kid with a dream to become an admiral. Still even after all of this, one unanswered question remained in his head: Who are The Perditionists and why hasn't he met them during his first life?
'Good, good…You've finally asked the question I was waiting you to ask…' An all too familiar voice stated making Luffy sit up in surprise. He was then greeted to the sight of the very same old messenger man who told him about his second chance in life.
"Oh hey! You're ba-!" Luffy halfway exclaimed before suddenly knocking out.
'Go to sleep, we'll talk somewhere where no prying ears can hear.' The old man stated as he looked towards the corner of the room where he saw an ear and an eye. Even though Robin seemed to be looking straight at him, she couldn't really see him at all as the old man only makes himself visible to those he want. Perks of being an angel, even more so since he's God's messenger.
In Luffy's Mindscape…
Luffy suddenly found himself back in Ms. Atom's laboratory, more specifically the corridor. At the end of the corridor, there's an open door, which caught Luffy's attention for obvious reasons. He started walking towards the open door, and when he entered, he was greeted to the sight of Ms. Atom, the Gum-Gum Devil, and God's Messenger all sitting at a table waiting for Luffy to come and join them, albeit the Gum-Gum Devil looked like he was going to blow a fuse.
"Hello Luffy, please-" The messenger began before being interrupted by the Gum-Gum Devil.
"HURRY UP AND SIT DOWN ALREADY!" The Gum-Gum Devil shouted impatiently much to the annoyance of Ms. Atom and the amusement of the messenger. Luffy did as he was told and sat down facing forward at the messenger.
"Right. So as you've probably already noticed Luffy, the world you're in right now is essentially the past, but at the same time, it isn't the one you're originally from." The messenger explained as Luffy nodded. "As I've told you before, there were going to be many things that happened differently compared to your original past. For instance, I'm sure you know that Arlong and his crew weren't supposed to go to the conomi islands a year ago, but rather the year after this one."
"Yes, I already knew that. What are you getting at?" Luffy questioned wondering what the old man is trying to say.
"*Sigh*…Have you ever heard of the multiverse theory Luffy?" He asked genuinely interested in Luffy's answer while Ms. Atom had realized what the old man meant, making her eyes widen in surprise.
"Well, I have seen that term once in one of the books that Robin had lent me in training my new devil fruit power. What about it? Are you saying that you took me into the past of a different universe!?" Exclaimed Luffy in amazement.
"You're getting on the right track. Now I know you want to know what had happened with The Perditionists as well as the Young Money Pirates in your original universe, so I'll start there." The messenger began as he got comfortable on the chair he is currently sitting on. Luffy suddenly leaned forward in anticipation to what he's going to learn about the bounty hunters as well as the friendly pirate crew that got killed by said bounty hunters. Even the Gum-Gum Devil and Ms. Atom seemed very interested in this topic, albeit Ms. Atom didn't lean in as much as the two males in the group.
"Let's start with the oldest guy in the bounty hunting group, Gracielson Wayne. six years before you began your journey, there was a meeting between Kaido and Big Mom. During the meeting, he barged in and challenged both of their crews in a battle, claiming they won't be able to kill him. They did…sort of."
Luffy was baffled at this revelation. Well that explained why he wasn't there in his own timeline. This did bring up a question though. "Why did he go and challenge both Big Mom and Kaido? Even he should've known that he was going to die should he attack both pirate crews at the same time." Luffy explained as from what he saw in Wayne even in the short time they've gotten know each other is that he most definitely has a screw or two loose in his head.
"That's the thing though luffy, he wanted to die." The messenger explained causing Luffy to cock his head in confusion. From what he saw with Wayne is that he seemed to be like any other person, wanting to live and keep on living. Seeing Luffy's confusion, He tried to further explain it. "Let me explain his situation to you Luffy. How would you feel if one day, you accidentally eat a devil fruit that essentially makes you the very essence, the embodiment, the very thing that no one wants to be and in exchange, you'll never die through any normal means. Because of said fruit, he had to see all of his loved ones and their descendents die, while he continued to live on. He was afraid of making new bonds with people as he didn't want to keep feeling loss. It had gotten to the point that he had tried every single way of killing himself that he would've thought would do the trick. Old age? He lived to be over 4 centuries while trying to kill himself a number of times throughout. Seastone bullet? Once removed, he'll be as good as new after seemingly 'dying'. Drowning? He tried that, and thirty years later his body washed up in the coast of an island seemingly unharmed. Seastone blade to the heart? Same with the seastone bullet. Jumping into an active volcano? He did, and a century later, said volcano erupted, launching him out in the process. Injecting himself with impossible amounts of poison? The moment the poison entered his body, it was killed off by his immune system." After explaining Wayne's situation, Luffy couldn't help but feel pity for the orange-haired man. Even Luffy didn't think he could have gone through what Wayne had gone through.
The messenger continued on the topic of Wayne. "So, as a last ditch effort, he went to the New World, by himself might I add, in search of someone who might actually be capable of killing him. Thus he went on and did the most insane thing he had ever done. And it succeeded…Sort of."
"Wait a moment. You keep saying 'sort of', what do you mean by that?" Ms. Atom, who had been silent throughout the conversation chimed in wondering what the old messenger meant by 'sort of'.
"Well when he was fighting off both Charlotte Linlin and Kaido himself, something…strange happened. It had never happened before in all the times I've gone through different universes of this world. He…became the devil fruit. My guess is as good as yours as I don't really know what he did to become the very devil he had eaten, but when he fought, he suddenly became a devil fruit. For some reason, Kaido grabbed the fruit and chucked it towards the ocean, never to see the light of day again. Since then, the devil fruit has been in a cavern in the deepest part of the New World ocean." The messenger finished while all those around him remained silent.
"So I guess that's the end of his story is it not?" Ms. Atom stated while she looked up at the ceiling above her. "So what about the other two? What happened to them?"
The messenger just smiled sadly as he remembered what had happened to them. "Well, with Gastun D. Arasval, he died at childbirth, along with his mother Gunilla who died due to complications. Actually this is one of the very few universes out there that has him alive and well. In most of them, the World Government's project on creating the ultimate force the Marines will have to offer had failed spectacularly. All children born from this project known as CPX or Heaven's Wrath were genetically altered and enhanced by both Dr. Vegapunk and Ceasar Clown to maximize their capabilities, but because of this, they had unknowingly increased the chances of them dying to the point of survival being near non-existent. Therefore, the reason why you hadn't heard about him in your own timeline is because he never existed in the first place." The messenger told them sadly.
"With Grasmick Neos, He died fifteen years before you started your journey as a result of a civil war which happened in his home island in the new World. He was a commander in his country's military that led his platoon through the most dangerous missions given to him. At some point though, A very destructive secret came out and the government needed a scapegoat to blame the incident on, namely Neos and his platoon. One day, his platoon was given the task to hold off the rebels from crossing a very important bridge which could've changed the tides of the war. They weren't however, given the information on how big the group of rebels was going to be. So when the rebels came, they were initially underprepared for them as their numbers were in the hundreds of thousands, but Neos, prioritizing his comrades lives over his own, ordered his platoon to retreat and to bring back-up while he held them off, using the power of the Water-Water Fruit to help him. After two days of constant fighting and defending, The rebels had lost over seventy percent of their forces in that area, causing them to retreat while Neos stood there on the bridge tired and wondering what happened to his platoon and why there wasn't any back-up. He went back to his base to give his report, but was greeted to the sight of his dead platoon members stacked in a pile as his superiors looked down on him. They then did the stupid thing and started monologuing about what happened and why they did what they did. Needless to say, It caused something in him to snap, causing his devil fruit power to awaken and consequently using his power to implode his enemies and those who wronged him and his platoon. Little did he know though that one of his former superiors had requested help from the World Government, causing them to send in an Admiral along with three battleships. Needless to say, that's where things went downhill for him." The messenger stated as he took in a deep breath as he slouched in his chair.
The Gum-Gum Devil took a lot of interest and was exasperated that the old messenger had stopped. Seeing his reaction, the messenger couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction. "Well when the Marines came, they were greeted to the sight of the entire island being covered with blood, guts and disfigured bodies. The further they went into the island, the more blood and gore appeared, with some areas literally being big ponds filled with nothing but water. However, what scared them was when they finally reached a spot that had no blood on it whatsoever, which turned out to be the graves of Neos' platoon. Then Neos seemingly appeared out of nowhere, then one thing led to another, and soon enough, the destruction caused by Neos and the Admiral literally wiped the island off the face of this planet, along with the civilians, remnants of the rebels, government, and themselves as well." The messenger concluded while Luffy looked at him in amazement. 'This old guy has a lot of information about these guys.' Luffy thought as he now knew why he hadn't met any of The Perditionists when he sailed throughout the Grand Line. He suddenly became curious about the admiral who was capable of taking down Neos.
"I have a question." Luffy said, getting the attention of the old angel in front of him.
"What is it?" the angel asked.
"Who was the Admiral that killed Neos?" Luffy questioned.
"His name was Hisoka, also known as the Fifth Admiral Akainu. He was known throughout the Marines for his strong belief in Absolute Justice as well as his destructiveness with his devil fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit." The angel responded while Luffy looked at him in surprise.
"So he was the one who had the Flame-Flame Fruit before Ace. And those other names they have…" Luffy began.
"Yes, those are preset titles given to those who become an Admiral, sometimes new ones have to be created to suit the admiral, but for the most part, there are other people who've had used that title before. For example, Sengoku was known as the Third Admiral Kizaru in his time before becoming known as the Fleet Admiral and The Buddha." The angel explained as Luffy nodded in understandment. "Going back to Neos, his fight with Admiral Hisoka caused the both of them to kill each other. After that, no one had been able to find their bodies along with the Water-Water Fruit, but Ace had found and eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit a good twelve years later."
"Okay, Now what happened that caused him to be alive right now?" Ms. Atom asked wondering what had happened in this universe for Neos to have survived.
"Wayne and Arasval." Was the angel's answer.
"What did they do here that caused the change?" The Gum-Gum Devil wondered not knowing how they were the ones that kept Neos alive.
"Everything. For you see, since Arasval survived his birth as well as his mother, along with the other children that were part of the CPX Program, he left Punk Hazard, which was the base of the project, at the age of eleven. Half a year later being by himself, he had a chance encounter with Wayne trying to end his own life, and befriended him. Another six months pass, they caught sight of the battle going on between Neos and Hisoka. Once they dealt the final blow to each other, Wayne and Arasval went on to save Neos' life, and thus, The Perditionists were created." The angel summarized finally giving the big picture to Luffy and his devil fruits.
"That's really amazing! Well what about the Young Money Pirates? What happened to them?" Luffy asked wanting to know why he hadn't heard about or met the Young Money Pirates.
"Well…" The old angel began. "They…ummm…kinda pissed of both Garp and Borsalino so they sent out the equivalent of three buster calls at the same time and annihilated them while gaining the Gold-Gold Fruit as a spoil, which is why they have obtained so much money and resources, before the person who ate the Gold-Gold Fruit got murdered by Vergo so Doflamingo can obtain the Devil Fruit, before it was once again stolen by Gild Tesoro. So all in all, they were already dead at this point of the timeline as well." The angel told luffy sheepishly as Luffy looked a little sad that they were already dead by this point of time even in his original universe.
"So…The if this universe is so different to my first one, then why did you bring me to this one instead of my own one?" Luffy asked wondering why this old man's leader would ever send him to a similar yet different place.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out. Also, I have to get back to heaven, I have to continue doing my job before I get in trouble the man in the throne up there. So that's all I have for you Luffy. Have a good night." The angel said as he got up and walked out the door, before the room flashed white, blinding Luffy.
In the morning…
Luffy groaned as the sun hit his eyes as he woke up. Remembering what he was told about the origins of some of the new people he has met, he wonders if they'll do any significant change in his journey. Smelling the wondrous smell of cooking meat, he pushed that question out of his mind for now, and went downstairs for breakfast.
Current Statuses of the Characters
Gastun D. Arasval
Age: 18 years old
Height: 6'5
Hair Color: Dark Royal Blue
Eye Color: Gold
Devil Fruit Power: ? (Is a Mythical Zoan type devil fruit)
Affiliation: The Perditionists
Haki Specialization: Conqueror's Haki
Gastun D. Gunilla
Age: 36 years old
Height: 5'11
Hair Color: Dark Royal Blue
Eye Color: Brown
Devil Fruit Power: None
Affiliation: The Marines
Haki Specialization: None, equally proficient with Armament and Observation.
Gracielson Wayne
Age: 468 years old (Can pass for a 17 year old)
Height: 6'1
Hair Color: Orange
Eye Color: Silver, (When using devil fruit) distorted mix of black and red
Devil Fruit Power: ? (Is a Paramecia type devil fruit)
Affiliation: The Perditionists
Haki Specialization: Armament Haki
Grasmick Neos
Age: 26 years old
Height: 6'3
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Devil Fruit Power: Water-Water Fruit
Affiliation: The Perditionists
Haki Specialization: Observation Haki
Monkey D. Luffy
Age: 8 years old (looks like he's 25)
Height: 6'6
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Devil Fruit Power: Gum-Gum Fruit & Atom-Atom Fruit
Affiliation: The Straw Hat Pirates
Haki Specialization: Conqueror's haki
Nico Robin
Age: 19
Height: 5'11
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Devil Fruit Power: Flower-Flower Fruit
Affiliation: The Straw Hat Pirates
Haki Specialization: Observation Haki
Now that's all I have for now-WAIT! THERE'S MORE! SNEAK PEEK TIME!
On The Going Merry...
Luffy sighed in irritation as a couple of moments ago, Nami had collapsed after obtaining a very dangerous fever. Seriously, How'd the hell did the same exact insect bite her even though she actually listened to him for once and dressed with a layer of clothing and give her the same disease no less. At times like these, he really felt like cursing the heavens, even if they did give him his second chance on life.
Then suddenly Luffy's knees buckled and he almost fell onto the ground.
"*Sigh* I hope I can at least stall my symptoms from showing to my crewmates. The last thing they need right now is me making more trouble and work for them." Luffy said to himself as he leaned on his 'favorite seat' and rubbed the right side of his neck, which had a very noticable purple swelling around the bitten area which he kept hidden with a scarf he had brought from Foosha Village. While he was doing this, Usopp was watching the crow's nest with Marguerite while Sanji trained Gin and Brook in the art of Haki. Meanwhile, Nojiko, Vivi, and Kaya stood by Nami's side to make sure anything bad doesn't happened to her with Kuina and Zoro walking around the perimeter of the Going Merry in case someone suspicious stowed away with them.
"Oh well..." Luffy sighed out in relief as he took in the air around him, seeing The wonderful Drum Island coming from the horizon. 'At least nothing could make this any worse.' Luffy thought before he heard one of the most horrifying laughters he has ever heard, be it this timeline, or the one he's originally from."
"ZEHAHAHAHAHA!" The albeit unnoticeable laughter was heard, taunting as if he was daring for anyone to come and face him.
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You know what? Fuck whatever compliment and positive outlook he had for this alternate universe, the man in the sky must've definitely planned for this to have happened. Shit is about to get real.
Okay for real now. That's all I have for you guys today! I hope you guys have enjoyed this chapter!
What do you think of my OC's origins? Would really like to know in order to improve myself.
Anyways make sure to favorite, follow, and review! Once again, I'm sorry I took much longer than expected to bring out this chapter, but it is now my longest chapter to date and I hope you all will enjoy it as much as I did typing it up for all of to read.
Forzarismo
February 20, 2016
