IMPORTANT: I am skipping the ASL arc since in my version it mostly goes the same except luffy is tied with seastone chains when getting tortured so it doesn't ruin that.

I will do it in the future if people want me to but i'm pretty sure lots of people want to get to the adventure itself so ye.

Also there was a typo in chapter 1 saying shanks will return in 3 years it actually 2 so ye

Ace also awakens Armament and Conquerors during the fire

1 Year 10 Months Later

It was early in the morning and people in Fuusha Village were up early considering it's a very special day, On the horizon they could see a ship barely visible sailing towards the island, they might not be able to see it but they all knew who's ship it was.

Today was the day Luffy was setting off with The Red Haired Pirates to train and become a great pirate, assuming he was strong enough of course, but certain people like Makino knew that was just a thing to motivate the young Raven Haired boy to train.

Meanwhile In The Mountains

Trees were being knocked down rocks were being smashed, and in the middle of it wall was 2 people fighting each other, one made of water the other one normal using a pipe covered in a blackish aura and color.

"Mizu Mizu no Whip!" Came out a battle cry, "Gomu Gomu no Bazooka!" Came another

"Mizu Mizu no Canon" Came out another completely demolishing several trees and knocking out the other Older Black Haired Boy

"Damn Luffy! What the hell was that attack!" asked the Older Black Haired Boy coughing out a bit of blood

"Shishishi, That was a new move I came up with what do ya think Ace, powerful isn't it" Exclaimed Luffy while grinning madly

"Yeah it's powerful alright" Ace said while getting up

"Im lucky i managed to dodge it, only the impact got me, seriously you trying to kill me!" Ace yelled out

"Shishishi, yeah sorry about that got a bit too excited, so what's the score now?" asked Luffy

"Ehh, that makes it 51,50 in your favour, lucky bastard if ya didn't have those powers you be done for" said Ace little bit jokingly

"Yeah well your much older so it makes it fair" Luffy said while sticking his tongue out

Ace just chuckled

"So today's the day huh Luffy" Ace asked sadness present in his voice

"Yeah, you know i can ask Shanks to bring you along right" Luffy stated hoping for Ace to accept

"Yeah, I know but hey i only have 4 years left anyways, and I rather stay here for now make sure everyone is safe till I leave, you go on ahead you need the handicap anyway" Ace said while snickering

"Hey, I do Not!" Luffy said while pouting

"Well I won't be seeing you off at the harbor, I'll just say farewell now, get going I see the ship approaching" Ace said while looking off the edge of the cliff

Luffy just stood there for a second, looking at the floor, then he walked forward and hugged Ace tightly, a hug which though he was surprised to receive but returned

"Thank you" Luffy said his voice breaking a little

"Be safe Luffy, don't get into too much trouble okay" Ace said doing his best not to look sad and make it harder for Luffy

Luffy stepped back from the hug and turned around to get ready to walk but stopped momentarily

"Now go" Ace said Gently nudging Luffy forward

Luffy smiled at him and started running, after all when Ace became a pirate he would meet him then.

Luffy quickly went to say goodbye to Dadan and the bandits before running down to the mountains.

Back At Fuusha Village

Shanks and the crew were currently waiting for Luffy at the Party bar

Shanks was busy catching up with Makino and everyone else were drinking themselves to death

Luffy then arrived outside the Party bar, he heard the sound of singing and laughing and a bright smile spread across his face, it all felt so nostalgic.

Luffy has grown a bit in these two years he is now 158cm and has lost all of his baby fat. He is still pretty scrawny but has some muscles on his arms, they don't look big but damn are they strong.

Luffy slowly opened the door entering the bar, no one seemed to notice they were all busy partying and such

He saw Shanks sitting at that exact seat he always sat and went and sat next to him.

This obviously took Shanks by surprise as he looked to the right seeing Luffy just appear next to him, Makino was also a little bit shocked, just how into the conversation were they?

Shanks took a good look at Luffy and grinned and side hugged him.

During all this everyone else stopped what they were doing and noticed Luffy being suffocated by Shanks

"Well look at you, you don't all babyish anymore!" Shanks exclaimed

"And you look even older than before" Luffy responded

Everyone in the bar save Shanks who was now pissed burst out laughing

Lots of catching up later

The Red Hair Pirates were getting back on the ship, getting ready to sail. Luffy promised Makino he would visit after his training ended and hopped on the ship

When they set sail Luffy noticed the bandits hiding behind a building, he just smiled and waved.

About 4 minutes after Luffy set sail they were far enough away too see bit more of the island.

When Luffy was looking at the island he saw a figure standing on a cliff with his arms crossed

Luffy instantly recognized who it was and screamed: "Bye ACE!"

The figure then uncrossed his arms and waved

"Hey Luffy who is that" Shanks asked

"That's my big brother Ace" Luffy replied grinning happily

"YOUR WHAT!" Shanks and some of the other screamed

A Few Days Later In The Calm Belt

"Keep on rowing everyone, we are nearly out" Shanks ordered

Shanks decided to go through calm belt since Luffy said he wanted to save it for his own adventure, or at least till he returns

They had killed several Sea Kings so far and Luffy was busy stuffing his face, while crying for some god forsaken reason

"Bwahhh! I never tasted anything so good, Bwaaahh!" Luffy exclaimed while eating and crying

'That seriously why he's crying thought everyone'

"Right Luffy listen up now, we are entering the Grand Line so it's best if I teach you some stuff about the sea"

Shanks went through a pretty thorough explanation of the grand line how first half is Paradise and second is The New World, Luffy surprisingly picked this all up like a vacuum showing his determination

ENTER THE DRABBLES

Drabble 1

The first month for Luffy was hell

All he did was study study study

no training at all

Shanks said that he had to learn a lot before he could start his training, so far Luffy had learned about Haki, The Six Powers, Some Navigation and Some Medicine

Luffy was currently in a makeshift classroom, which the crew made specially for him

He was learning proper manners and junk from Benn

"So whenever you go to a restaurant, especially a fancy one its best to dress formally, don't be too loud and speak respectfully" Benn said looking all strict and relaxed

Luffy just smashed his head on the table

'Maybe this was a mistake'

Drabble 2

Luffy was currently controlling the waves around the ship or at the very least trying

Shanks said there is no point to having a hybrid fruit if he only mainly focuses on one power and is shit with the other.

So he gave Luffy the task of Moving the ship no matter how slow they go, he even folded up the sails

Luffy at the start could barely make it flinch but now he can make the shi move at like 2 miles per hour so there is some improvement (Kinda)

Turns out it takes a lot of physical strength to control large bits of water, so this was the best way to increase his strength for now anyways

Luffy was just glad he was finally training, though he still had classes to 'attend'

Drabble 3

It has been 3 years now since Luffy started his training, Luffy had grown to 165cm and now had muscles that didn't look like small jelly beans, Shanks had Become an Yonko as well, so far Luffy had learned things like gunmanship, Navigation, Basic to Mediocre Medicine, All his Haki (Not Advanced) and The Six Powers

Today Shanks was taking him somewhere on an island in the New World

They stopped outside what looked like a Blacksmith's Hut

Apparently this guy is an old friend of Shanks and he his so skilled he can make weapons just as good if not maybe better than the legendary ones that are sold for millions of Berries.

Luffy and Shanks entered

"Yo Victor its your Old Pal Shanks" Shanks Yelled out

A large man came around the corner

"Yo Shanks, been a long time what brings you here" Victor asked

"Well you see This Scrawny kid over here is my student, I need you to make him 2 swords for me, i'll obviously pay you" Shanks said with a proud smile

"2 Swords huh he learning Nitoryuu then" Victor asked

"Yep he said it himself" Shanks stated

"I see what's your name kid" Victor asked

"My name is Monkey D Luffy and i'm going to be King Of The Pirates" Luffy said confidence booming in his voice

"King of Pirates ehh, Well King deserves no less than the best swords, what are you after then kid" Victor said while laughing

"Katana's two of them" said Luffy

"Right so you want to choose the material yourself?" Victor asked

Shanks was a bit shocked Victor never let people choose the material for their sword EVER

"Wait really, Sure!" Luffy said with starry eyes

Shanks and Victor just chuckled

After a few minutes of looking at materials Luffy finally chose two one for each sword, One was a Crimson Red Metal apparently really sturdy and also expensive to which Shanks cried in despair, The Other being A Dark Blue Metal also just as Strong and sturdy and equally expensive. Safe to say Shanks Regretted Letting Luffy choose the metals

Victor told them to come back in a day which they did.

When they came back boy did Shank's Jaw Drop and Luffy's eyes turned into the biggest stars they ever had.

The first sword had a Golden handle and a Crimson Black color sheath with what looked like a Blue serpent drawing wrapped around it. When you took it out it was completely Crimson red and extremely Sexy Looking as Shanks described it.

The Second sword also had a Golden Handle, A Dark Blue sheath with a red serpent drawing wrapped around it, The blade itself was Dark Blue just like the metal

Victor said he called the Crimson one NethersBane and the Dark Blue one DraughtsBane

After thanking Victor and Shanks paying the 500 MILLION BERRIES BILL

They Headed back to the ship, One with the Brightest of smiles Other with the Saddest of Frowns

Drabble 4

Garp eventually did find out and tho Makino did tell him not to sto Luffy he still went to at least look for him and check his well being

Luffy was now 15 and was moving the ship fairly easily with his Mizu Mizu powers now that he ain't so weak.

Suddenly a marine ship appeared on the horizon and from it jumped a large man from al the way over there and landed on The Red Force (Ships Name)

Shanks and Benn instantly ran out to see whats wrong, Luffy also looked and boy his blood ran cold

Right there was standing Garp Looking pissed

Shanks and Benn saw what happened and who it was and instantly got ready in case a fight was needed

"Don't bother im not here to fight" Garp said

He walked towards Luffy and hit him on the head, and hugged him VERY TIGHTLY

"Damn Bastard, Running away like that hell is wrong with you!" Garp said

Shanks let go of his grip on his sword and stood straight up

"And you damn Red Hair Bastard" Shanks flinched "You're lucky i'm not on duty right now or else I'd sink this ship right now!" Shanks gulped

After Garp explained to Luffy he won't bother forcing him to be a marine anymore and news about Ace being a super Rookie, he wanted to test Luffy out so they docked and started fighting Luffy obviously got his ass beat hard but hey at least he ain't being told to be a marine.

Garp left very soon after due to work

That was easier than expected Thought Shanks completely ignoring the giant pulp that was Luffy

Drabble 5

Luffy's 16th birthday was today Luffy walked in and instantly

"SURPRISE!" Everyone yelled

Luffy was shocked to say the least the never threw parties before why now

"Luffy you are finally of age to drink, so let's PARTY" Shanks yelled

'Just a reason to drink' Luffy thought

Well why waste this so Luffy went along ahead and started drinking

Apparently being water helps with holding your drink it ended with everyone passed out and Luffy still drinking to his heart's content

1 Year Later

It was finally time to set off back to the East Blue

Luffy was currently saying goodbye to everyone, hell Shanks even cried a bit

Luffy now wore: Long Black Pants, A Crimson Red Shirt folded to his elbows and top three buttons undone showing off a bit of his chest, His Straw Hat dangling off the back of neck, And Black Shoes

He had his Swords to his right side, a Pistol with a Red grip on his left and a New World Log Pose on his Left arm

Luffy got on his new boat powered by his Mizu Mizu no mi, Courtesy of Benn and waved one final goodbye before setting off at a pretty high speed

Shanks finally let his tears fall while his hair was covering his eyes and a smile adorning his face

"That kid is gonna be big someday" Benn said

"That he is" Shanks replied

At Crocus's Lighthouse

Luffy dropped his Boat at the lighthouse owned by crocus, and socializing with the guy for a bit making a new friend

He then heard about Laboon and his story of how he got left behind and his despair

Almost as if on queue Laboon came out the water

Luffy being Luffy challenged him to a fight and called it a draw after purposely taking a blow.

He Drew his Jolly Roger on Laboon and promised when he is done with his journey they will continue their brawl then and told him to stop hurting himself, therefore giving him hope

Crocus just smiled at the exchange

Luffy then used Geppo to go over Reverse mountain and go to Fuusha Village

At Fuusha Village

It was calm everyone was enjoying the Sunny day, Suddenly a person Landed in the middle of town wearing a Straw hat and started walking towards The Party Bar

Everyone was shocked since they all realised who it was, they started walking behind him and followed him

Luffy just chuckled and kept walking

He entered the Party Bar

"Welcome sir how may I help you toda…" sound of a bottle falling to the floor could be heard

"Yo it has been a long time huh Makino" Luffy said calmly with a smile

Makino instantly ran into Luffy and hugged him, she had tears in her eyes

"I promised I'd come to visit before I started my journey remember" Luffy said his voice cracking just a little bit

After Makino regained her composure she stepped back and looked at Luffy

"You're so big and strong now" She said pride dripping from her like cockiness from Donald Trump (hehe)

"Yep Shanks and the others trained me real hard shishishi" Luffy laughed while rubbing the back of his head

Suddenly The entire village started pouring into the bar, all admiring Luffy and his new appearance

Luffy ended up telling them stories of how he trained, which made some of them faint while the others went pale

Finally Luffy decided to stay the night and set off the Next Day

The Next Day

Luffy took a small dinghy from one of the villagers and started using his powers to make it move

He promised Everyone he would return after he became the Pirate King to visit at the least

Suddenly the same Sea King that took Shanks arm rose from the sea

Luffy just turned towards it laughed and then

Luffy suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of it and hit it knocking it out

He then Reappeared on his boat before waving to everyone one last time and using his powers to make a current to travel faster.

Now he had to gather a crew, he already knew some people he wanted, One being usopp son of Yasopp, and the other being Nami the rest he would figure out when he gets there

After a few minutes he realized

'I forgot to say hi to Dadan oh well meet her when im king I did tell her that to be fair' Luffy thought while chuckling

That's a wrap Next chapter Luffy's adventure will Start for real, there are other drabbles i have that will remain a secret for now

I am also thinking of having an EXPANDED CREW what is your opinion on that, Yes No