Hello my fellow readers! Forzarismo here with the tenth chapter for The Rubbery Vengeance! Just to start, I have a lot of things to say to you all. First of all, I'd like to apologize for the the lack of content I have posted this month. Aside from the MASSIVE writer's block I have had this past month, I have also had to deal with gradually losing feeling in my left arm over the course of March and as of right now it is at the point that I can't actually close my left hand into a fist unless there is an external factor, thereby reducing my typing speed and prowess by at least 50%. So bear with me my fellow fanfic readers and writers, I can only pray that this can go away soon so I can get out chapters at a much faster rate.
On to some brighter news, HOLY. MOTHERFUCKING. SHIT. I never expected my fanfic to be this popular! I mean when I first started this, I expected to have at most around 300-400 favorites and followers for my story, but you people have proved me wrong! We are finally over 620 favorites and over 720 followers . Not to mention its's almost at 80,000 views! Like holy shit, but in all honesty, It has brought up a question in my mind. I mean I do not want to sound like a conceited bitch, but what I'd like to know is what is it about my story that makes you my fellow readers keep on reading it? I mean you all put up with my average writing, my slow updates, and to be honest, it's not the best fanfic out there, especially when we're talking about One Piece Time Travel Fanfics, so it really piqued my curiosity as to why you all still read this, not that I'm complaining mind you.
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Disclaimer: In the month it took me to create this next chapter, I have also gone off to meditate with the monks in Tibet in order to reach enlightenment in order to see what I need to do to obtain the rights to One piece. Once I had obtained it however, I had realized that not did I have to go through with assassinating the Great Oda himself, but I have to sign hundreds upon hundreds of papers in order to actually gain the rights to One Piece. And even then, I have to both plan out the story and draw out the manga. Seeing this as too much of a hassle, I have finally decided to abandon my plans of obtaining the rights to One Piece as it will all go to hell in my hands.
Chapter 10: Onward To Amazon Lily
9 years before canon…
Luffy knew that even with his guidance for Ace's and Robin's training, they could only get so strong in the East Blue. Sure they mastered how to use their respective haki, but that doesn't change the fact that they need to face stronger and faster opponents in order to improve upon it. It had been a month since his conversation with his grandfather Garp and the group of bounty hunters known as The Perditionists, and during that time Luffy realized something. It was during that month that Luffy saw both Ace and Robin begin to stagnate in their training, even when he focused more of their training towards the Rokushiki techniques. Ace had finally become adept with Tekkai and Soru while Robin still struggled on said techniques. They had already bested the beasts in the deep forest of Dawn Island and were currently doing their own thing with Robin reading up on historical books while Ace went on hunting without a care in the world. Luffy was thinking on how to improve their strengths when he suddenly remembered his two year training with Rayleigh. This brought a smile on his face as if he suddenly solved all of his problems.
"Hey guys!" Luffy shouted getting both Ace's and Robin's attention. "I'm thinking of increasing the amount of training you two will do in order to improve your haki." Luffy stated making both Ace and Robin raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"What do you mean by improving our haki? I thought we already mastered it?" Ace asked wondering how can they improve upon something that they had mastered.
"When I said mastered all those years ago, I meant that you were now capable of activating either Armament or Observation Haki at will even when heavily distracted." Luffy stated as he thought of the fight between he, Usopp, and Sanji versus the fat goat looking ball called Satori back in Skypiea.
"So how are you going to improve our haki then Luffy-san? Go to another island with people who are stronger than us who can also use haki?" Robin sarcastically asked while Luffy rubbed the back of his head in acknowledgement.
"Actually…You are right! We are going to Amazon Lily, the female only island! The place where all of those born there naturally have access to their haki!" Luffy explained as Ace instantly became excited at the prospect of fighting people who are also capable of using haki. Robin also seemed intrigued by the prospect of going to a new place that she has never been before, probably interested in the history of the island no doubt.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" A voice suddenly called out from the house. Rouge soon came out as she wave a haki-infused cleaver at the three. "You three have gone to too many places! You are going to train with what you have! Nothing any of you can say can change my mind about that!" Rouge exclaimed heatedly.
Luffy just deadpanned at her before responding. "What if I take you to Sabaody Archipelago to see Rayleigh and Shakky who you told us about last week while the three of us go train?" He asked.
The moment Luffy finished that sentence, Rouge had brought out with her two suitcases from seemingly nowhere. "Okay, When are we leaving?" She chirped excitedly.
A day later…
"I immediately regret this decision." Rogue stated solemnly as she held on to her dear life as Luffy used his Atom-Atom Fruit powers to use the same piece of land they used to fly to the Gecko Islands to get them through the Calm Belt while weaving out of the way of the occasional Sea King trying to eat them.
"Rouge, it's not that bad." Robin tried to reason, but was failing as she couldn't stop chuckling at Rouge's reaction towards the occasional Sea King launching itself towards them before being dodged at the last moment courtesy of Luffy. They had asked Luffy if he knew where he was going, to which he stated sagely that the 'voice' will guide him. Not convinced by this, both Robin and Rouge had put it upon themselves to navigate Luffy through the Calm belt in order to get Rouge to Sabaody before heading towards Amazon Lily. After dropping off Rouge to Sabaody, they went back on course to Amazon Lily, ignorant to the fact that they had caught the attention of a certain Pirate Empress who gazed at the group who were headed to her island like a predator.
With Boa Hancock…
Boa Hancock has had a bad voyage and is barely restraining her anger. For the first three months in their voyage she and her crew were out searching for anyone who was unlucky enough to enter the Calm Belt and couldn't find anyone. Then, once they had finally caught sight of a ship, they failed in plundering it as it was actually a submarine belonging to a small group of three bounty hunters who were apparently training two children on what to do when confronted by Sea Kings. Needless to say the Kuja Pirates got their asses handed to them in twenty seconds flat that day.
On a side note, the two children were also taught how to deal with rowdy warrior women.
After that embarrassing fiasco, they decided to head back finding and raiding the occasional cargo ship for about another three months or so. Even so, this did not bring up the Pirate Empress' mood. What made her snap however is seeing an unknown flying in her territory as well as heading towards her home island.
"Whoever that is, they'll regret the day they crossed me!" Hancock exclaimed in anger as she began to yell at her crew to follow that floating piece of earth. As soon as the ship got in a good position, Hancock kissed the tip of her index finger, making a massive pink heart suddenly grow out of said fingertip.
"Slave Arrow!" She exclaimed as she let out a storm of pink heart shaped arrows at the person she aimed at. She smirked seeing her arrows get closer and closer to her target by the second.
…Only for said arrows to be dodged with ease as the piece of earth weaved around the projectiles. She gritted her teeth in anger as she saw the intruder head into the forest of Amazon Lily.
"EVERYONE! WE HAVE AN INTRUDER IN OUR TERRITORY! HEAD BACK TO AMAZON LILY ON THE DOUBLE!" Hancock ordered with her crew yelling back in acknowledgement.
Back with Luffy…
Luffy couldn't help but let out a chortle as he dodged every attempt that Boa Hancock had made on him and his passenger's lives. Once he was deep enough into the island's forest, he dropped off both Ace and Robin.
"Okay, I'll go confront the ship that was attacking us to see if we can stay here. While I'm doing that, I want you two to protect each other and to stay safe. I'll be back." Luffy stated as Ace and Robin nodded in agreement. Luffy then used his Atom-Atom Fruit powers to make himself 'fly' towards the last place he saw the Kujan pirate ship. Finding it almost immediately, he began to descend towards the deck, gazing upon his good old future comrade Boa Hancock.
However, what he didn't expect when he set sights on the newly made Warlord of the Sea is that he began to feel his heart flutter a bit, along with his face heating up. He couldn't help but stare at the admittedly beautiful woman in front of him. It's like some of those times when he would gaze at Robin and just admire how she looked. 'Even if I keep telling myself not to become like Sanji, I still do.' Luffy thought to himself as he began to concentrate on the matter at hand.
"You damn peasant, what is filth like you doing in my ship, not to mention in my presence? Do you have a death wish?" Hancock asked Luffy in a calm, yet deadly tone that promised endless misery.
Luffy merely smiled. "Hello! I'm Monkey D. Luffy! What I want is access to your island so I can train my brother and my friend so they can get stronger." Luffy stated which only made Hancock's temper rise even further.
"Is that right? Well let me tell you that you won't be seeing your brother or your friend any time soon." Hancock angrily said as she brought her hands together to make a heart shape. "Love-Love Beam!" Hancock called out her attack as a beam of pink hearts went towards Luffy. Luffy just stood there letting the harmless attack pass right through him as he gave off a radiant smile, which only made to irk Hancock even more as she saw her attack fail in turning Luffy into stone.
Hancock is absolutely confused. Her attack should've turned the horrendous man in front of her into stone. Was the man's fear greater than his impure thoughts on her, therefore keeping him from turning into stone? Yes that has to be it Hancock thought as she clapped her hands twice. Suddenly, her sisters Marigold and Sandersonia were at her side, ready to do whatever their eldest sister told them to do.
"My sisters, kill him." Hancock commanded as her sisters nodded in confirmation and transformed into their zoan forms. Once they had completed their transformation, they launched themselves at Luffy, poising their lances to pierce his body. Luffy just stood in the same place until the last second, where he moved so fast that not even Hancock saw what had happened. A moment later, Hancock saw Luffy standing behind her sisters, and not a moment too soon, said sisters fell unconscious.
"WHAT!?" All of the Kuja Pirate crew exclaimed in shock except Hancock who just stared with widened eyes in silence.
"Impossible! There's no way that just happened!" Exclaimed one of the Kujas.
"Who the hell is this man!?" Yelled another Kuja.
Hancock felt her some of her anger into fear. She had never seen her sisters get beaten that fast, even when they faced those three bounty hunters a couple months ago. Then, suddenly, she felt an immense amount of pressure fall upon her ship. Not a gravitational pressure, but rather one that forces your soul to submit to a superior being. She fell on her left knee trying to not succumb to the man's Conqueror's Haki as she heard her crew fall down left and right immediately. She will not submit she told herself, not to anyone. Ever since that day, she had promised herself that she will be strong for not only her sisters, but also for her fellow Kujan members. She will not submit to anyone. Not the World Government. Not Elder Nyon. Not the World Nobles. And especially NOT THIS MAN!
She let out an angry, ferocious roar as she got up and rushed the straw hat wearing man in front of her trying to kick his head off. The man flashed a smile at her. When she saw that smile, she subconsciously hesitated as she saw nothing but warmth, joy, and happiness in that smile that he flashed her with. That hesitation made Hancock almost not notice that Luffy had dodged her attack and threw a punch of his own. Hancock barely had enough time to block the punch with her haki infused leg. When the hit connected, Hancock winced in pain, wondering how this man's punch can hurt her when it wasn't even infused with haki. Ignoring the throbbing the pain in her leg, Hancock kept launching attacks one after another while Luffy either dodged or blocked said attacks before retaliating with his own. Soon enough however, she could no longer feel any anger towards the man in front of her who is currently giving her an equal fight that she is very much enjoying at the moment.
After about ten minutes had passed, the Kuja Pirate crew started getting up one by one almost immediately noticing the battle going on between Luffy and their captain Hancock. When they took a good look at their captain, they noticed that she was smiling. It wasn't one of those sadistic, malevolent smiles, but rather one filled with content and enjoyment. They then looked towards the man she is currently fighting and saw the same smile on his face. The two seem to have begun enjoying their fight as they fought toe to toe against each other equally. Soon enough however, Hancock began to get tired, which consequently caused her movement to be more sluggish. When Luffy threw out a kick, she wasn't fast enough to block it, causing for a direct hit on her gut.
"Grrk!" Hancock coughed out as the hit launched her a good couple of meters away from Luffy. She struggled to get up as the hit knocked the wind out of her. She saw the man named Luffy walk up to her slowly, with a serious expression written on his face. Seeing this, she steeled her will, ready to defy whatever lecherous things this man wants to do to her and ready to sacrifice herself if needed to ensure he wouldn't harm anyone else. Even if she doesn't have a personal relationship with her crew, sans Marigold and Sandersonia, they are still her crew, and she would do anything to protect them from inevitable harm.
To her surprise however, Luffy merely crouched down and extended his hand towards her. She looked up and saw that he is smiling. That radiant smile of his. Hancock looked at his hand before taking it. 'It's surprisingly soft.' She thought as she grasped his hand with her own. She looked at his face again as he lifted her up from the ground and felt a strange sensation go through her body along with the feeling of her face heating up. For some reason, she didn't have the same reaction towards him as she did with other men.
"So…can me, my brother, and my crewmate stay on the island?" Luffy asked showing his trademark grin.
Hancock just took a deep breath and sighed. How can she say no? This man in front of her had just beaten her with ease even when he was so plainly holding back on her. Not to mention, he knocked out not only her entire crew, but also her two sisters, who are her personal bodyguards. But even so, through his actions, she had seen that he held nothing negative against them. And even if she did say no, he seemed like a very stubborn person, who wouldn't take no for an answer. "Ugh…Fine, you and your people can stay on our island to train. But be grateful man, for you and the rest are the first to have ever been granted such access. Should you abuse it, I will find a way to kill you and your group in an excruciating manner." Hancock replied much to Luffy's delight.
"Sister!" Exclaimed both Marigold and Sandersonia at the same time completely shocked at Hancock's decision.
"Don't! Sandersonia, Marigold, this is my decision. I trust the both of you that you'll be okay with it?" Hancock asked to which her sisters hesitantly nodded in affirmation.
"YES! I can't wait to show my brother Ace to you along with Robin!" Luffy exclaimed happily as jumped in joy despite it looking weird with his 6'6 perfectly chiseled-out body.
"Kujas! It's time to head home!" Hancock commanded to which her crew yelled in confirmation.
Later…
Once the ship landed on the island's docks, the fellow natives were shouting praise at the pirates as they brought in the supplies that they had plundered off whichever ship they could. Soon after though, they were all left silent in confusion as they looked on at the male figure known as Luffy. But just as quick as they were silent, Luffy began using his devil fruit powers to entertain them, which soon gave him a massive audience. Before he can continue though, he remembered about Ace and Robin and used his Observation Haki in order to find them before flying away, once again surprising his audience to what he is capable of, gaining some admirers in the process.
Soon enough, he had found both Ace and Robin around a campfire along with a little blond haired girl in the outskirts of the city. They seemed to be getting along pretty well as they all seemed to be enjoying themselves. Then Ace and Robin noticed Luffy hovering over them grinning.
"Luffy! Took you long enough!" Ace chastised his younger brother who just rubbed the back of his head as he grinned sheepishly.
"It doesn't matter though, we made a new friend while we waited for him. Isn't that right Marguerite?" Robin politely asked the now named Marguerite.
"Yep! It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Luffy! Your brother and friend have told me about you while they waited. It's also the first time seeing a man ever! I have so much to ask you!" Marguerite stated as she went up to Luffy to shake his hand, to which he took.
Luffy chuckled at her enthusiasm happy that she still has the same curious nature as before. "As much as I'd like to tell you about how guys are, I have to introduce Ace and Robin to Boa hancock so she knows who they are." Luffy explained as Marguerite's eyes widen in surprise.
"Really!? You met our Empress!? You're so lucky!" Marguerite exclaimed as she looked at Luffy with stars in her eyes.
"Well, why don't you come with us? I'm sure Luffy and the Empress won't mind." Robin assured the girl who looked at her with uncertainty.
"Are you sure?" Marguerite asked.
"Certainly." Robin confirmed.
"Okay then." Marguerite happily chirped out as he began to walk towards the City within Amazon Lily with Luffy and Co. following her. After a good ten minutes of walking, they were soon in front of the Kuja Castle.
"Halt! Who goes there!?" Asked one of the Palace Guards.
"My name is Luffy! This is my brother Ace, and my friends Robin and Marguerite. Hancock had asked us to go to her castle once I found them." Luffy explained to the two guards in front of her door.
"Oh! You're that man Hancock brought with her aren't you!? Well why didn't you say so? She's been expecting you for a while." The other guard explained as she and the first guard opened the doors to the castle. Once they entered the palace, they were greeted by Enishida, one of the castle's attendants.
"Hello, we've been expecting you. Follow me, I'll take you four to Empress Hancock." She stated calmly as she began walking further into the palace with the four trailing behind her. Soon enough, they were led into throne of the castle where Hancock sat in with her sisters beside her.
"Welcome Luffy, I see you have brought your family member and friends." She stated professionally as she set her gaze Luffy.
"You bet! The little girl is named Marguerite, my brother here is called Ace, and the woman beside me is Robin!" Luffy introduced as he gave Robin a side hug.
Hancock then set her sights on Marguerite, then Ace, before finally settling on Robin. For some reason, when she looked at Robin, she could help but let out a low growl for seeing her so close to Luffy.
Thanks to her natural perception that became further enhanced by her Observation Haki, Robin noticed this and couldn't help but let out a small smirk seeing the woman in front her look on at the scene with jealousy.
Setting her unapparent jealousy aside, Hancock then spoke to the group in front of her. "Okay before anything, I need to set a rule for you three to follow. You will NOT cause any unnecessary trouble for any of the citizens in this island. Failure to complying to this one rule will result with me and the rest of the citizens of this island to force you out, whether you like it or not. Anything besides that is alright. You may use our coliseum to fight against other Kuja Warriors as a way to improve your brother's and your 'friend's' strength." Hancock stated putting a little emphasis on the friend part. Before she dismiss them, Elder Nyon barged into the throne.
"Princess how could you!? How could you let in some strangers into our island! It's preposterous! You're breaking the laws and traditions we've so held for generations-!" The old elder exclaimed before get kicked into the air by Hancock, interrupting her in the process.
"You four may leave now, meanwhile I will teach this old cur what it means to not only interrupt me, but to also question my decisions. There's a hidden manor in the northeast side of this island that the three of you can live in during your stay. Marguerite, I expect you to guide our new guests around should they ever need it alright?" Hancock commanded Marguerite who nodded in joy. "Good, now go." She then said as the the four left the throne ignoring the shouts and smacks going on behind them.
Once they were outside the castle, Luffy just took a deep breath in before smiling in contempt. 'That went easier than expected.' Luffy thought as he genuinely thought it might take more than what he did in order to convince Hancock to let him, Ace, and Robin stay.
"So what now Luffy?" Ace asked as Luffy turned his head to look at his brother.
"Let's rest for now, tomorrow, I'll decide on what you two are going to do." Luffy said as he looked at Robin who had a compass out, looking at it to see where northeast is before leading the towards that general direction.
OMAKE: The Perditionists vs. The Kuja Pirates
10 years before Canon...
On the Perditionists' docked submarine, Gracielson Wayne is currently telling both Usopp and Kaya one of his many adventures that he has had throughout his very long, fruitful and eventful life.
"So there I was, fighting against this one hot-headed, pink-haired dude who had the ability to use flames from what he claims are for slaying dragons. Of course, due to my many, many years of fighting along wth my devil fruit power, I was easily beating him and those who tried to support him." Wayne told the two star-struck children who looked at him with awe. "Before I can do anything else however, the guy, I believe his name was Natsu I think, started giving off a speech about how the power of friendship or some bullshit like that will give him enough strength to defeat me. and I shit you not, his power increased ten-fold after said speech!" Wayne exclaimed making the two children gasp in anticipation.
"So!? What happened next!?" Usopp asked really wanting to know how the doctor/navigator survived the encounter.
"I survived by utilizing the full power of my devil fruit which gave me the obvious advantage over Natsu. Then before I could take my leave, my Observation Haki suddenly warned me about him giving off another bullshit speech about friendship. So I did what i could to stop the horror from coming. I shut him up. Permenantly." Wayne finished sinisterly, making the children look at him with a little fright.
"Was...Was this Natsu a bad guy?" Kaya asked hoping that her sensei wasn't the bad guy in this story.
"Well...I wouldn't say he was, but he annoyed the hell out of me. I was hired by a family to kill this group of criminals as they had kidnapped too many people. As I was right about finished turning said criminals bodies into crimson red paste, Natsu and his group, which consisted of a guy with stripping problems, an armor wearing red-headed girl, a fucking flying cat, and a really well-endowed blonde girl, entered the building to see their employers all dead. Despite not having any obligation anymore towards said group, the four came at me with all they had. I had just decided on just beating them to within an attometer their lives, but that pink haired guy's persistence really pissed me off, so I decided to deal with it the good old fashion way. After that, I went back to get my payment, and I warped myself back to this dimesion. The end." Wayne concluded his story as the children looked at him with a little fear visible in their eyes.
"What was the name of the group of criminals?" Kaya asked.
"Their name was Blue Pegasus. From what I heard during my time there, they were originally a good, just group, but soon after almost all of their core members died during this thing called the Alvarez War, It became a shell of its former self, being led by the last surviving core member named Ichiya. This ugly motherfucker soon began getting some of the weaker willed people in his group to kidnap women to either sell them for profit or for their own lecherous reasons." Wayne explained, gaining an understanding nod from both children.
"Done with your story Wayne-jiji? Lunch is ready." Arasval stated as he brought out two thirty-inch pizzas. Before any of them can enjoy it however, they heard cannon fire towards their left. They all turned their heads to see on of the new Seven Warlords of the Seas Boa Hancock and her crew getting closer towards them as they continued to shoot their cannons towards them.
"Okay you two, here is your new lesson: How to deal with Rowdy Warrior Women. Neos, Leave some of your Water Clones to guard the submarine while we go teach our fellow students." Arasval commanded as Neos grunted in agreement as he created five clones of himself. After he was done with that, Neos and Arasval grabbed Usopp and Kaya respectively while the three core members of the crew went towards the Kujan Pirate Ship their own way with Neos riding a massive wave, Wayne using geppou, and Arasval summoning a set of white wings to fly. Seeing this, the Kuja Pirates all got out and prepared themselves to battle. The preparations though were deemed unnecessary as the three bounty hunters slaughtered the crew with incredible ease. They were knocking them out so fast that Hancock and her two bodyguards looked baffled by the scene. Once they were done with the grunts, Neos and Arasval put Kaya and Usopp down while they each fought their respective opponent. Arasval with Hancock, Wayne with Sandersonia, and Neos with Marigold. Despite it being a one on ine, it didn't even last five seconds as they were attacking the sisters so fast that they couldn't keep up even with their haki.
Hancock looked at the three man group with anger, frustration and defiance. Arasval merely chuckled as he crouched down and looked at Hancock dead in the eye. "Next time," Arasval began as he let out a blast of Conqueror's Haki. "Be more careful with which opponents you pick. It may save your life one day." Arasval finished lecturing as he saw Hancock finally knock out.
"Well, now that that's done, let's now enjoy our fresh pizza before it gets too cold." Arasval mentioned as he sprouted his wings and took both Kaya and Usopp back to the Submarine with Wayne and Neos following soon after.
That's is all I have for you all this time. I hope you all can bare with this short chapter seeing as I should've had more detail done into it.
On another note, what do you think about my first omake? yay or nay?
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Forzarismo
March 28, 2016
