Sorry for the late chapter had stuff to do this week

Expanded Crew: I have decided I will do it but only add 1 or 2 characters none of them are from the east blue so don't bother thinking that. They might surprise you.

SEASTONE: It still has full effect on Luffy since the energy of the sea including Sodium Chloride is mixed into the metal and Luffy can't remove Sodium Chloride from the metals so ye. Full effect

1 Day After Setting Sail

It has been a day since the start of Luffy's adventure and he has somehow refrained from using his Devil Fruit abilities. He has set a challenge for himself to not use them in the East Blue. The only challenging part is waiting to find an island

Luffy was currently looking at a whirlpool a few feet away from him

'Should probably do something' he thought

Luffy then sensed lots of people coming from a nearby ship and decided to use Geppo to get over there abandoning his poor dinghy which got obliterated.

Meanwhile On The Cruise Ship

A pirate ship was coming into view. The flag belonged to that of Iron Mace Alvida the self-proclaimed most beautiful woman on the seas. Everyone on the ship went into a panic, seeing this an Orange Haired Girl decided to take advantage of the situation and decided to steal all the pirate's treasure while they were busy with the cruise ship. She somehow changed from a dress into a Blue shirt, black bandana and some brown pants. (I think)

As soon as the pirates started attacking the ship the Orange Haired Girl sneaked onto their ship and started looking for treasure. She found the room with ease and as about to go in when

"Hey Who are you?" asked a random pirate

The girl jumped back in surprise

While the pirate was busy checking her out she kicked him in the groin and proceeded into the treasure room

Meanwhile Back On The Cruise

"Well well if it isn't our favorite coward, what are you doing here hiding again," a pirate asked a short pudgy boy with pink hair and glasses.

"H-H-Hey I was just pulling in this barrel I found floating on the sea!" The boy replied in a scared voice

"Oh let us take a look at it," The pirate said as he picked it up with his 2 buddies

"The hell this is light as hell, What kid you trying to trick us!" said the pirate in a threating tone

"N-No I swear I'm not" as he was pleading a figure broke through the side of the ship

"Aah crap, gotta work on my landing," said the figure as he sat up patting the dust off of himself

"Who the hell are you!?" yelled a pirate

"Oh yeah sorry bout that, My name is Monkey D Luffy, who are you?" Luffy asked politely while knowing exactly what the hell was happening

"We're pirates kid and now you are a slave of Alivda-sama," said the pirate

"Oh really," said Luffy while smirking and folding his arms

"Ye and while your at it why don't ya give me those swords i need new ones anyways!" the pirate said as he lunged forward for them

He instantly got sent flying back and his two friends just fell down with white eyes

"Like hell, I'd let you touch my katanas," said Luffy

Luffy then noticed the shocked pink-haired kid just standing there mouth open and eyes wide

"Oh hey sup, what's your name," Luffy asked

"I-I-I'm Coby," said the pink-haired kid

"Well Coby it's nice to meet you" Luffy exclaimed while grinning

"N-Nice to meet you too," Coby said obviously nervous due to his trembling

"Oh and don't worry I won't hurt you, say do you know where I can find some food?" Luffy asked with a more comforting aura

After Luffy told Coby his dream and ambition and after a bit of freaking out Coby told him his dream of being a marine, Coby explained how he got captured and his backstory, Luffy took him to the deck where they encountered Alvida

"Well you don't look like Pirate Hunter Zoro to me, what a disappointment," said Alvida

Luffy was shocked, to say the least, Luffy had seen some shit in his life but this was by far the ugliest thing he had ever seen

"Aaah Coby I see you are rebelling, tell you what I'll let you redeem yourself, Now Who is the Most Beautiful woman on the seas!" asked Alvida

Luffy nearly burst out laughing at this, does this woman own a mirror. Well to be fair the mirror probably wasn't big enough he thought highly amused

Coby now had a choice he could either say what he wanted to say as Luffy told him a man should do or just cower.

"You are the ugliest whale on the seas, you bitch!" Coby screamed out

This time Luffy did burst out laughing that was just too funny

"You bastard I'll kill you!" she went to swing her mace at Coby when it suddenly shattered, in front of her was Luffy holding out his fist.

"Nicely said Coby, now let me deal with this pig" everyone was shocked this guy just broke a mace without even trying

Alvida at first shocked got angry and went to attack Luffy when he punched her and sent her flying across the sea

Suddenly a few marine ships appeared shooting cannons

"Hey, all of you give us a boat Now!" Luffy said looking stoic

Everyone immediately agreed not wanting to die and did as he said

Luffy and Coby jumped on the boat and it dropped in the sea

Their boat Landed next to another

On it Luffy saw a Girl with Orange Hair with a small bag with her

Luffy's eyes suddenly widened as he swore he remembered that hair. If he wasn't wrong it was Nami

Then the boats went further apart from each other

Deciding to deal with it later he just moved on

4 Hours Later

"How much longer to Shells town Coby," Luffy asked

"Not much longer" Coby replied

So Coby who is this Pirate Hunter Zoro that hag was talking about?" asked Luffy

Coby instantly freaked out and told him how he was known as a ruthless monster and was currently held captive at Shells Town

Monster huh? Tch Guess I'll have to see that for myself Luffy thought remembering the kids from his own village

"Well he sounds interesting if he is a good guy i'll let him join my crew" Luffy exclaimed while laughing

"What no Listen he is way too dangerous you can't he's a monster," Coby said panicked by Luffy's statement

"Oh, and how do you know that have you met him? Or maybe you saw him being this so-called monster, people say he is" Luffy said all of a sudden serious

"W-Well i…" Coby started but ended very quickly

"You haven't have you? You just go off what you hear not caring for what the actual truth is because you are too scared to find out. Let me tell you something Coby, Not all pirates are bad and not all marines are good, the last thing you should do is judge someone by their given reputation monster or saint" Luffy said in a very serious tone

Coby just sat there shocked, his entire view was just changed. Luffy had not said a single wrong thing, the confidence in his voice when he was saying it showed him there was only truth to what he was saying

"I see," said Coby still lost in thought

At Shells Town

When they reached Shells Town they started walking towards the marine base

"Wonder if that Zoro guy is still here?" Luffy said while picking his nose

Suddenly everyone around them jumped and ran while screaming

"Maybe we shouldn't say his name out loud Luffy," Coby said trembling

A little while later they saw a sign saying Protected by Marine Captain Axe Hand Morgan

"So this place is protected by Axe Hand Morgan then?" Coby asked out loud

Suddenly everyone just flipped, some even climbed up walls

"Shishishishi! Man People here sure are funny!" Laughed Luffy

"That makes no sense why are they scared at Morgan's name?!" Asked Coby confused

"Who knows maybe he's evil," Luffy said still amused by the people hanging off walls

"What n-no thats i-impossible!" said Coby

"Is it I mean the marines back at Alvidas ship shot with no concern for the passengers, what makes you think this guy can't be worse. Remember what I told you Coby" Said Luffy in a serious demeanor which lasted 5 seconds and instantly Luffy started laughing at the guy who just fell off the building

"Yeah but still…" Coby said in a somewhat weak voice

After a while, they arrived at the building and Luffy started climbing up the wall to look at Zoro

He saw a man stuck to a cross, bloodied and beaten a bit. He was wearing a black bandana, white shirt with blood on it, Green haramaki and Dark Green Pants

"Well those ropes look easy to break to me, even for someone in the East," said Luffy a little disappointed

Coby just raised an eyebrow at what Luffy said about the East then realized that that guy is ZORO

"Aaah wait Luffy please he will kill you I'm telling you to stop, forget it!" Coby yelled waving his arms around

Luffy just ignored him, he decided to use his Haki to sense Zoro's power, he was shocked to say the least he is more than strong enough to kill everyone here, but him and is just staying there

Then a girl jumped up the wall next to Luffy and went to Zoro

"Luffy stop her!" Coby screamed

"You stop her" Luffy replied

"What do you want kid, go away," said Zoro in a dangerous voice, though Luffy could not sense a single bad intention in him

"I thought you would be hungry so I made you some Rice balls by myself!" the girl said

"Listen I ain't hungry now get lost kid" said Zoro

"B-but"

"Now Zoro no one likes a bully," said another voice causing everyone to look at it. It was a pretty ugly blond guy who looked like he wore makeup, he was Axe Hand Morgan's son Helmeppo

Coby was relieved under the impression the girl is now safe

"Oh some Rice balls I'll take those" Helmeppo said as he forcefully took them and started eating

He instantly spit them out and started yelling at the girl at how she used sugar instead of salt and proceeded to stomp on them

Coby was horrified to say the least, marines should not act this way

"B-but I worked so hard on that Rice ball" said the girl as she started crying

"You know I should execute you for assisting a criminal but I'm feeling nice, hey soldier throw her over the wall now! Helmeppo commanded

"B-but sir it's just a girl," said the soldier

"Are you defying me soldier, do you want me to tell my daddy!" said Helmeppo

"I'm sorry just curl into a ball okay" said the soldier as he picked her up and threw her

Luffy instantly appeared where she was landing and caught her

"Are you all right?" Luffy asked warmly

The girl nodded

"Ok now run home ok" the girl nodded again and hugged him before running nack towards the town

Coby just looked at the exchange, there was a pirate acting more like a marine than the marine themselves

When Helmeppo and the guards left Luffy went over to Zoro

"Who the hell are you" barked Zoro in another fake angry voice

"You don't need to act that way I know it's an act" Luffy said

"Oh and what makes you think that?"

"I have my ways"

Zoro then noticed Luffy's swords, they looked extremely well kept, cool and unique

"You are a swordsman I'm guessing" Zoro spoke up

"Not exactly, I'm skilled in multiple things, hand to hand combat, swordsmanship, gunmanship and many other things" Luffy said

Zoro just smirked, whoever this was, he was no normal person that's for sure

"So why don't you just break out of there" asked Luffy

"It was a deal I have to survive a month no food no nothing, I have 10 days left" Zoro stated

"I see, so when do you take shits exactly" Luffy asked surprising Zoro

"We don't talk about that..." Zoro said looking the other way

"Anyways how would you like to join my Pirate Crew" Luffy asked

"What and give up on life to become scum" Zoro retorted

"Oh so do I look like some guy who plunders and rapes women to you?" Luffy asked sarcastically

"On my crew we don't do that, all you need is a dream and proper resolve. I won't ever stop anyone from chasing their dreams, even if it means I give up on my own" Luffy stated while crossing his arms and looking at Zoro with a serious expression

Zoro was to say the least taken aback by this. A pirate saying things like that shocked him to no end

"Oh and what is this dream of yours?" Zoro asked keeping his calm demeanor

"My dream, it is to be King Of The Pirates" Luffy said his straw hat covering his eyes

"Oh and what makes you think you can?" Zoro asked

"I don't think I can, I know I can" Luffy said confidence all over his voice, he didn't sound the least bit cocky just as if he was stating a fact

This caught Zoro off guard, he was not the least bit cocky, he just knew

"And what is your dream?" Luffy asked

"My dream, it is to be The World's Greatest Swordsman!" stated Zoro same amount of confidence if not more than Luffy

"Well The King Of The Pirates wouldn't accept any less than the best" Luffy said

Zoro smirked, maybe this was a good opportunity for him. The man standing in front of him was not only confident in his own ambition, but cared for the ambition of his crewmates as well he could tell from his voice he didn't lie once

"Fine I'll join your crew but you have to wait 10 days for me to be set free, I'm not losing this bet. Oh and also if you get in the way of my ambition I'll cut you down myself" Zoro said smirking evilly at Luffy

Luffy just chuckled

"And before you go can you pass me that Rice ball" Zoro said

"You sure you want to eat this, it is basically just dirt now" said Luffy

"Just give it!"

Luffy did as he was asked and fed him the Rice ball. Zoro looked like he was about to throw up

"Hey that girl Rika is her name, tell her the Rice ball was delicious"

This made Luffy grin even wider. This guy was a Badass With A Heart Of Gold. Luffy just hit the jackpot

"Shishishi sure see ya in 10 days" Luffy said as he walked away

Luffy then got Coby and headed back into town to find Rika

At A Restaurant

Luffy and Coby found Rika pretty fast. Luffy's stomach is actually the reason they found her, turns out her mother is actually the owner of the restaurant.

Luffy told her how he ate her rice ball and said it was delicious, Rika was ecstatic at this and was jumping around

"Looks like Zoro might not be that bad after all" Coby said

"What no big bro Zoro is not bad at all, it's that stupid Helmeppo who is bad!" Rika exclaimed

"Oh what happened then Rika why is Zoro tied up" asked Luffy

Rika then explained how Helmeppo had a pet wolf who always broke thing and how he was attacking her mom's restaurant. She told him how Zoro saved them by killing the wolf and got tied up so they don't get executed

Coby was awestruck, how can marines be this bad!

Luffy just gained a whole new level of respect for Zoro

Suddenly Helmeppo came barging in demanding free food and such. He also stated how he will kill Zoro just because he is bored and has nothing to do. This angered Luffy and he punched Helmeppo through multiple walls. He then got carried away by the marines screaming how he would send his daddy after him

"I'm going to go free Zoro" Luffy exclaimed as he left with Coby running behind him telling him this was madness

At The Base

"Oh you again" said Zoro

"Come on I'm freeing you" said Luffy surprising Zoro

"Wait I still have that" but Zoro was cut off by Luffy "Helmeppo is not keeping the deal, he announced he is killing you tomorrow" shocking Zoro and angering him

Luffy asked him where his sword was

"My swords are in that base somewhere, I have three of them I use Santoryuu" said Zoro pointing at the base with his head

"Right! wait here I'll be back" said Luffy

'Is he going by himself' Zoro thought

Luffy later jumped up all the way to the top and landed on a statue of Morgan being lifted up, successfully breaking it

He saw Helmeppo took him and ran in the building

"Get that damn bastard NOW!" Morgan yelled

Luffy dragged him across the floor then picked him and asked

"Where are Zoro's swords?"

"They are in my room, we just passed it" Helmeppo said half dead

"Why didn't you say so!" Luffy said ignoring how he dragged his face along the floor

Luffy threw Helmeppo away like a doll and ran back there he saw a Pink door with a heart and Helmeppo's name in it

"...what the fuck…"

As soon as he opened the door, he knew he had made a mistake. Never before has he fought something so dangerous, he would RATHER FIGHT GARP

The room was bright pink with plushies and girly toys and was that a MAKEUP KIT

"MY EYES, THEIR BURNING OH GOD!" LUFFY YELLED IN PAIN

Luffy then used his Haki found the swords and evacuated ASAP (He jumped out the window)

When he opened his eyes in the air he saw Coby and Zoro being held at gunpoint

Rankyaku Luffy screamed as he cut all the guns the marines had and landed in front of Coby and Zoro

"W-What the hell!" Zoro screamed how did he do that with his leg

Luffy then broke Zoro free and handed him his swords

Zoro immediately stopped the marines about to attack Luffy

"Thanks"

"Just doing my job Captain"

"I see you must have eaten a devil fruit, that is how you did that!" Morgan exclaimed

"What Nah it's actually a marine technique but you aren't relevant enough to be told that obviously" said Luffy

'Marine technique' Zoro thought confused and decided to ask him about it later

"The hell did you say! I am a Marine Captain how dare you!" Morgan yelled enraged

"So, not like you are some vice-admiral I actually NEED to worry about," Luffy said while smirking

"Bastard!" Morgan yelled but everyone stopped due to a scream elsewhere

Helmeppo was holding Coby hostage with a gun and a giant lump on his head

"Surrender or he dies!"

"Don't worry about me I don't care if I die!" Coby yelled

"I see, well you heard him he doesn't care," Luffy said as he appeared in front of Helmeppo and knocked him out

"Pro tip: Next Time take the Safety Off" Luffy said while laughing like an idiot

Zoro was shocked he just disappeared and reappeared HOW

He then saw Morgan charging Luffy and intercepted him

Onigiri!

Just like that Zoro beat Morgan

"Nice job Zoro!" Yelled Luffy

"Thanks" Zoro replied and immediately fell unconscious due to starvation

All the marines celebrated and threw their swords away at the Tyrants defeat

Back at the Restaurant

Luffy and Zoro were eating to their heart's content. Courtesy of Rika's Mother

"Man I'm stuffed" Zoro said patting his stomach

"Yeah me too" said Luffy even though he was only like 50 percent stuffed he did not want to be rude

"Hey how am I the one who was starved and you ate twice the amount I did?" Zoro asked looking badass in his new clothes which look exactly like his old ones just without the blood and stink

"It is both a gift and a curse," Luffy said in an old man voice

"Wow you are so strong Big Bro Luffy and you too Big Bro Zoro!" Rika exclaimed

"He thanks Rika!" Luffy exclaimed

"So next step is to find more members since right now it's just us" Luffy said

"Course it's only us…" Zoro deadpanned

"But hey I already have two of our members planned out and who they are gonna be so that's something!"

"Oh and who are they" Zoro asked interested

"Well first is a navigator her name is Nami I have to convince her to join when I meet her, and second is Usopp a Marksman I have to convince him too"

"So you just found some people you don't even know and are gonna force them" Zoro deadpanned why did he expect something more outta this guy.

"Heyy I know their parents so that's something!" Luffy pouted like a child

Zoro just looked at him pouting and sweatdropped This is the next Pirate King?

"Wait so you know their parents but not them?"

"YUP" Luffy said nodding his head furiously "But don't tell them that ok, it will be a surprise for just before we enter the Grand Line"

"Umm ok then, assuming you can make them join first"

"Oh don't worry about that" Luffy said with a VERY evil face

Zoro just started feeling pity for those two souls

Coby then woke up from his nap

"Oh hey guys"

Just then the marines came in

"Excuse me but you two are pirates correct" Luffy and Zoro nodded "Well I'm sorry but we have to ask you to leave regardless of your actions here today" The marine said

"Meh it's fine would feel wrong if we weren't told to leave honestly" Luffy said

Zoro snickered

As they started to walkout

"Wait isn't he with you" the marine asked referring to Coby

"Oh him nahh, but hey I'll tell you something about his past"

Coby was horrified at this

"You see he spent two years at this fat stupid whales ship, her name was i think Al-OOF" Luffy said as he got punched

"STOPP!" Coby screamed feeling betrayed

"You little bastard" Luffy said as he punched him back taking the wind out of him

"Ok that is enough, it is clear he is not with you now please leave," said the marine all knowing the act that just happened

Luffy and Zoro left

He did that for me Coby thought eyes filling with tears

At The Docks

"This is our ship?" Zoro asked

"Yep, but don't worry we will have a big one soon!" Luffy exclaimed

They got on and set the sail

"That was quite the act you put up back there, nice work" Zoro said

"Thanks!"

"LUFFY!" Coby screamed causing Luffy and Zoro to look at him

He saluted them and said THANK YOU

Behind him all the other marines started saluting them as well

"Marines saluting pirates now I've seen everything" Zoro said

Luffy just laughed at this and waved back

After a while

"Well Zoro since you are the First Mate I think I should tell you something"

Zoro looked at Luffy and saw him holding his swords and gun, he grinned since he had a hunch what came next

There we go Sorry for the late chapter, I just had some other things I needed to do but hey next chapter will be out soon.

Next up Nami