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"Word"-Speaking

'Word'-Thoughts

"Word"-Devil Fruit


Chapter 4: Devil Fruit and Brotherhood

Foosha Village

"Are you still disappointed over what happened, Luffy?" asked Makino.

"I thought Shanks was a cool pirate the way Oyaji talked about him, but he just let bandits do that to him. I would never let anybody talk bad about Oyaji or my family. I would beat them all up" he said while playing with the cup.

"Yes, but not every fight is worth fighting, and sometimes people just talk bad to get out a reaction out of you, and lure you into a trap" Makino simply said. Luffy was there thinking and was about to say something then suddenly the doors bust open.

"You better have the sake woman. Me, and my men are thirsty" said Higuma. Makino just nodded and started serving them.

"Those stupid weak pirates arent here, thats unfortunate I wanted to kill them all" spoke a bandit. As they got drunker they also started getting more rowdy talking bad about Shanks and his crew, but Luffy was trying his hardest to stay still and not do anything as he remembered what Shanks had said about being a man, and Makino about knowing what fights to take and which to not.

That was until he saw a bandit grab Makino, and pull her into his lap while Makino tried to struggle and get up, but the bandit just tightened his grip. Luffy suddenly got up and took out his collapsible bo staff, and thrust the end of the staff into the face of the bandit, and pulled Makino behind him. "Don't touch my older sister bastard, and don't talk bad about my friends".

After he said that the bandits all got up so Luffy pushed Makino behind the counter, and got ready to fight. The first bandit rushed forward swinging his sword at him but Luffy just sidestepped, and hit him across the face then he felt a presence from his right, and quickly parried the sword which was heading down towards his head. Then suddenly the rest of the bandits along with Higuma started attacking, but Luffy was just easily dodging the attacks while hitting them with his staff keeping a distance and making sure not to get stuck in a corner. As the bandits were all getting irritated about not being able to hit the kid Higuma yelled. "Stop fighting brat or I'll shoot the woman" he said in a booming voice stopping every movement while holding a gun to Makino's head.

"Just get out of here Luffy" she said worriedly, but Luffy just dropped his staff and told him to let her let her go as the other bandits surrounded Luffy, and held him down.

"Take him outside I'm going to teach him a lesson not to mess with bandits", he said and the other bandits complied by emptying out off the bar. As they left Makino made her way towards the Mayors office.

{III}

"Let the kid go. I'll give you how much ever money you want" said the legend himself Woop Slap.

"Please let him go, you can take me instead," Makino said worriedly.

"The old man knows how the real world works, but it's too late I'm going to teach the brat that you don't mess with people stronger than what you can handle," he simply said.

"I was wondering why the bar was empty. If it isn't the bandits from the other day" Shanks said as he came from behind.

"Shanks-kun", Makino said in surprise.

"I thought you said you were a pirate Luffy", Shanks said.

"Shut up! I was beating them up, but they had Makino at gunpoint" Luffy shot back. As he finished Shanks walked forward until a bandit pulled out a pistol and pointed it at his head.

"Put your life on the line" he simply said to the bandit who looked irritated and confused. "Now that you've drawn your pistol you put your life on the line" Shanks said, his eyes shadowed by his straw hat.

"What are you talking about you idiot" the bandit said irritated.

"I'm saying those aren't for threatening people they are for action" as soon as he finished there was a gunshot but it was Lucky Roux shooting the bandit in the head.

"Those bastards fight dirty", said a bandit.

"Dirty?!" said Yassop in a mocking tone.

"Cut the crap, you think were saints or something?" Benn Beckman added.

"You're looking at pirates," Shanks said.

"Shut up, this has nothing to do with you," Higuma said.

"Listen bandits, Whether I'm splattered with alcohol or food or evem spit on most of the time I'd just laugh and forget about it. But anybody who hurts who hurts my friends no matter the reason has to pay" Shanks said his pupils constricting.

"Has to pay huh...kill them all" Higuma barked out.

Benn Beckman walked forward. "I'll handle this, they're weaklings" he said as he brought out the handle of his gun and quickly took out the bandits. "If you want to fight us, bring out a Buster call or something".

"It was the kids fault he attacked and beat us up first", Higuma said, his sword still against Luffy's neck.

"You have a bounty, do you not? Big shot" Shanks said in a mocking tone. As he finished he quickly threw down multiple smoke bombs. "Damn I let my guard down scatter, and look for Luffy" as he said that they all took off.

{III}

On the boat out in the bay as Luffy was about to attack Higuma then suddenly the Guard of the Coast came out off the water looking down at Higuma and Luffy. "LUFFY!" yelled out Shanks and Makino from the pier as the sea king had his mouth opened about to eat them, but Luffy by a sudden urge just punched forward and when he did little cracks in the air formed hitting Higuma killing him, and pushing the sea king away.

As Shanks saw this he thought to himself. 'You gotta be kidding me out of all the devil fruits he got the most destructive one'.

"The Gura Gura no Mi" Benn simply said out loud looking at Luffy he then looked over at Shanks as they had to do something as it was a dangerous power for somebody to have without control over it. "We can't just let him be that power is to dangerous, and destructive especially since he can't control it" Benn added while looking at Shanks who simply nodded in agreement.

But at the same time thinking. 'How am I suppose to tell Whitebeard this without Marco finding out, and being an overprotective mother and trying to come kill me. Now hes never going to join my crew' he sighed.

As Luffy was got back to the pier Makino instantly brought him into a hug sobbing. Shanks just looked at Luffy, glad he was safe. "Luffy did you find out the name of your fruit?" he asked.

"Yea, the Gura Gura no Mi".

"Yes it gives you the power to produce create vibrations and tremors it is the most powerful paramecia in the world and one of the most dangerous". Luffy just nodded understanding how dangerous producing a natural disaster at will is. "I'm going to train you so you can get an understanding at how your devil fruit works so you don't destroy everything" he simply said as Luffy just nodded.

{III}

It had been a couple of weeks and Luffy discovered how to use his powers; he wasn't even close to mastering it as that would take years, but he could now control when to cause tremors, and crack the air and just throw a normal punch. Luffy and Makino were now at the pier as Shanks and his crew were getting ready to leave. As Shanks was getting ready to leave Makino gave him a hug and kiss. "You better not break her heart or I'll beat you up" Luffy said.

"I would never break her heart. I'm going to come back after we take a little trip through the Grand Line and marry her" Shanks responded.

As Shanks walked down the stairs he turned around took off his straw hat and put it on Luffy's head surprising him. "Take care of it, its my treasure give it back when you make Whitebeard the King, and complete the special final part of your dream after he's king", he told Luffy.

Luffy suddenly let out a couple tears. "After I make pops King we're going to duel and show you I'm the strongest in the world" he told Shanks.

"I'll hold your word, Anchor" he said in a mocking tone at the end. Luffy and Makino stood there as the Red Force and sailed away.

'I think it's time I follow Ace all the way and be friends with him after all I have limited time and I already wasted 6 months' he thought to himself as he and Makino walked back towards the bar.

{III}

Back on Mt. Corvo a couple days later

Luffy was waiting up on a tree waiting for Ace to go out like he usually did. As Ace made his way towards the jungle Luffy followed from a distance making sure not to get spotted. As he followed Ace for a couple of minutes they reached what seemed to be a junkyard where trash was piled high. He stopped following Ace and went to just walk around exploring as he had never seen a dump like this.

Luffy was exploring, and paid no mind to the people looking and whispering to each other behind him. Then suddenly a man with what seemed to be a pocket knife came out from behind a pile of trash and tried to rob him. Luffy quickly beat him up and took the pocket knife as just in case he might need it later.

Luffy then once again looked for Ace and saw him carrying a bag into the forest. He quickly followed and hid behind a bush where he saw Ace and somebody who he didn't recognize talking so he got closer so he could hear. "How much did you get?" the blonde boy asked.

"I don't know but it seems like a lot of gold and it looks like it more than yours" Ace answered.

"How much do you think a pirate ship cost?" the blonde boy asked.

"I don't know, 10 million, 100 million beri we just have to get more so we can set out and be free" Ace answered.

"So you guys want to be pirates?!" Luffy came out acting like an idiot startling both of the boys.

They quickly climbed down the tree and Luffy let them catch him and tie up to the tree. "So he's the kid you were talking about, he finally made it here" the blonde kid missing a tooth with a top hat said.

"I guess so and I didn't take any of the walkable routes either" Ace said.

"Well he found out about our treasure so what do we do?" the blonde asked.

Before Ace could answer Luffy spoke "Eh I don't know who you are. What's your name?" he asked.

"My name's Sa..what I'm not telling you" he screamed back.

"We have to kill him," Ace who was standing off to the side said.

As he heard this Luffy narrowed his eyes, and moved his hands toward the pocket where his knife was so in case he had to get away if he needed to. "I guess we have no choice" the blonde responded.

"Ok so do it" Ace said.

"What why me you're the one who came up with the idea" the blonde shot back.

"I came up with the idea so you do it. I have never killed anybody" Ace frantically said.

"What makes you think I have either. We use for pipes for a reason you idiot" as they were arguing they heard a voice and got quite so they could hear.

"I heard a kids voice this way" a man off in the distance said. "Free him or now and we'll see what we do later" Ace quickly said and they both quickly untied Luffy before chucking him towards a bush as he was picking his nose with his pinky mid air.

"Where did the brat go? Do you know their names?" a man with whitish blue hair asked.

"Yes his name was Ace, Porchemy-san" a man said.

"I heard of him it's a brat who supposedly robs people in Gray Terminal we have to find him, and deliver the money to captain Bluejam or he's going to kill us" he said before walking off back towards the junkyard.

"Damn it I didn't know those people I robbed work for Bluejam" Ace hissed out.

"You robbed from Bluejam are you an idiot" Sabo retorded.

"What's Bluejam sounds like food, is it tasty?" Luffy said from behind them startling the boys in surprise.

"You idiot Bluejam is a pirate, a real pirate who kills people" the blonde replied.

"Well yeah that's what most pirates do well for different reasons but still do it. Isn't that what you both wanted to be?" he asked, confused.

"Forget about that right now, how did you even follow me either way?" Ace asked as he always thought the kid had gotten lucky on blocking his attack on the bridge and was weak.

"I just decided to finally follow you all the way instead of going back when you knocked trees towards me or aggravated the animals which caused them to come after me" he said.

"Wait so you could have followed me all along?" he asked, surprised.

"Yeah, I just didn't want to rush things so I just took things slow, but I'm only going to be here for 2 years so I have to make you my friend".

"Why do you want to be my friend?" Ace asked.

"Because you seem lonely and are full of hate so I just want to try and make you happier" Luffy said shocking Ace as he quickly turned around and asked.

"What would you think if Roger had a son?".

"Why does that matter? It's not like his son is Roger himself" he said his head tilted to the side confused, shocking Ace.

"Where are you going to go back to in 2 years?" Sabo asked.

"The Grand Line" Luffy simply said, making the boys mouth hand all the way to the floor.

"You're from the Grand Line?" he asked, shock evident in his tone.

"Yeah, I've lived there all my life" he simply laughed at their reactions.

"Have you ever seen a Fishman?" the blonde hair kid asked stars in his eyes.

"Yeah there's a whole island of them even my mom is one" he simply said Ace raised his eyebrow.

"A fishman is a your mom?" he asked.

"Well not really, but I called her mom, and she said I was her son so she is basically my mother" he said with a smile on his face.

"How did you even survive the Grand Line if you're so weak?" Ace asked.

"I'm not weak I'm stronger than both of you" Luffy shot back immediately jumping to his feet.

Ace just rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say".

"You're just mad I blocked your pipe when you tried to hit me off the bridge" Luffy said aggravated with sharp teeth.

"You're just lucky" Ace responded.

"No I didn't let's fight and see who wins", Luffy said. Ace and the blonde both agreed and led the way to where they usually sparred.

{III}

Ace was laying down on the ground as the boys had fought 100 times each. "I wasn't expecting that".

"What were you expecting Sabo?" Luffy asked as the blonde had finally told him his name.

"I thought you were weak since you're small" he simply said. The results of the fights were 30-20 Luffy winning against Ace and 31-19 Luffy winning against Sabo.

"In some of the fights it looked like you moved like you knew where the attack was coming from how did you do that?" Ace asked.

"A secret power shishishi" Luffy answered.

"Don't tell me it was one of those devil fruits I hear people always talk about" Sabo said.

"No it isn't. I did eat one recently on accident, but that's not what it does".

Ace popped back up curious. "Wait, those are actually real?" he asked eyebrows raised.

"Yeah I didn't know it was one though I knew they were real, but I didn't know what they looked like" Luffy answered.

"He probably got some stupid power like turning into rubber" Ace said mockingly.

"Those aren't my powers! And even if they were being Rubber would be a cool power" Luffy shot back.

"So what powers did you get?" Sabo asked.

"I have the powers to basically cause vibrations and shockwaves that can travel through anything and cause tremors if I wanted to and tsunamis if I get strong enough" Luffy answered.

"There's no way that's true" Ace said back shocked.

"Yes it is let's go the coast, and I'll show you"

After a couple of minutes of walking they finally go to the coast Luffy walked up to the beach a couple of feet before the water then he suddenly punched the air causing little cracks to appear and the water slightly rising into a wave before the wave just went out into the ocean. Ace and Sabo were staring wide eyed at the display as Luffy had practically cracked the air and caused a medium sized wave to rise up and go off into the distance.

"See I told you I could do it".

"That's just unfair" Sabo said.

"Shishishi, well I want to become the strongest in the world at least this helps me on the way there" Luffy simply said.

"Good thing you didn't use that in the spars" Ace said imagining their deaths.

As they were walking back into the jungle Sabo quickly asked. "What am I supposed to do now Bluejam is looking for us and where I usually sleep is close to their hideout, what would happen if they found me?" he said.

"You'll die" Ace said.

"Cooked like barbecue." Luffy answered. Sabo just paled at Luffy's answer. "But you can stay with us," Luffy said and Ace just nodded as they made their way towards the bandit base.

{III}

"Oiii! Were back" Luffy called out when he saw Dadan while Ace and Sabo were carrying an alligator toward the base.

"I had hoped you didn't come back brats" she said then she saw a kid with a top hat and asked. "Whos the new brat?!".

"So you must be Dadan, Luffy and Ace said you were an old gorilla looking hag, man they were being nice, you look much worse" Sabo said while laughing.

"Watch your mouth brat" she shot back.

"Well I'm going to be staying here for a while since we caused trouble with Bluejam, Thank You for taking me" Sabo said while bowing.

"This isn't a daycare!" Dogra, Magra, and Dadan said screaming with sharp teeth.

"Man you really are a nice person" Sabo said while walking in.

"Of course just cook the alligator, and sleep with Ace and Luffy" she said.

"Our boss has no backbone," said Dogra and Magra sighing.

{III}

Couple months later

Luffy, Sabo, and Ace had gotten closer as they hunted animals and went into High town eating ramen and beating thugs and stealing from nobles. Now they were all in the forest after eating ramen and running away without paying. "Who was that man who called you?" Ace asked.

"I don't know he must have mistaken me with somebody else".

"Stop lying!" Ace shot back.

"Fine! He's my dad. The truth is I'm a noble and both of my parents are alive", Sabo answered.

"What? Then why did you run away?" Ace asked, now stepping back.

"Because they don't care about me. They care about status, and their reputation and glory not their own son those aren't real parents" he said while looking down.

"Well we're always going to be here for you no matter what" Ace responded.

"Let's go back to the tree house," Luffy said.

"Do you know your parents Luffy?" Ace asked as he was thinking about telling him the truth as they had gotten close over the months and he left in around 5 months".

"I know who my dad is, but I never met him. I have Oyaji tho so I don't care as for my mother I don't know my real one, but I have one who treats me like her own son." he said while playing with his straw hat.

"Who's your dad?" Sabo asked.

"I think grandpa said his name was Monkey D. Dragon" said Luffy making Sabo stop as he looked at Luffy with his jaw on the floor.

"You mean the Revolutionary?" Sabo asked shocked while Ace didn't really know who it was.

"Yeah" Luffy simply replied.

"Who's that?" Ace asks, confused.

"He's the World's most wanted criminal" Sabo answered gulping which made Ace's eyes widened.

"Yeah, so see Ace, you're not the only person who has the blood of a person the world calls a demon, people are just ignorant and would blame their parents' crime on their child."

As Ace heard this he stepped back in further shock as he thought there was no way Luffy knew who his father was. "What do you mean?" he said in a shaking voice.

"I know your dad is Gol D. Roger" Luffy simply replied while twirling his straw hat on his finger.

"How long have you known?" asked Ace shocked.

"When Makino was making you guys all new clothes grandpa called me over and asked me what I would think if Gol D. Roger had a son. And I just simply said just treat him like everybody else, and be his friend as he's just the son and is not responsible for their parents actions, and he told me you were his son".

Ace was shocked and simply asked "So you don't hate me?"

"Never your my friend, shishishi" Luffy answered. They just kept walking towards the tree house and Ace just had a smile on his face.

{III}

It was now a couple days later Ace had brought Luffy, and Sabo to a cliff overlooking the ocean with a tree stump in the middle of the clearing and then he brought out sake and 3 red sakazuki cups and filled them with sake. "Did you know that when people exchange a cup of sake they become brothers." Ace simply said, which caused Luffy and Sabo to smile.

"We might not end up on the same pirate ship when we're older since Luffy already says he is a part of the crew and won't say the name. But that doesn't matter as we will always have our brotherhood" finished Ace as they all had smiled on their faces and then they lifted their cups and hit them all together.

"KANPAI" they said at the same time and down the sake from their cup Sabo and Ace not liking the taste and Luffy not minding it somehow.


Author's Note

As always Leave a Review of what you think. Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Currently:

Luffy:8

Ace and Sabo: 11

I didn't really go into detail about their adventures on the Island as you all know how what happened and I felt like I didn't need to go into detail.

Yes, Luffy ate the Gura Gura no Mi, and No he is not immediately going to be able to use it like Whitebeard in canon. Whitebeard does not have a DF that is why I didn't include his name in the last chapter when Luffy mentioned Marco and how all of them would sink. I am basically making Whitebeard a Haki only user like Roger has been portrayed as that's just more impressive, and that is also why I haven't described him with all his Ivys and medicine like in canon as he is not sick at the moment.