Chapter II: Rorona Zoro; Pirate Hunter


Ben stared into the bright blue sky as he heard Koby groaning as he rowed them towards the closest town. Luffy leaned out the boat and looked into the sea.

"Hey Boss?" Luffy called out to him as Ben's gaze went from the sky to his newest crew member.

"Yeah?"

"How were you able to turn into that Armodrillo thing?" Luffy questioned curiously as Koby added his input.

"Yeah, how'd you do that?"

Ben's head snapped to the side as he turned back to his First Mate and Koby as he lifted up his left arm, "It's called the Omnitrix, with it I can turn into different aliens."

Luffy grinned widely, "WHOA! ALIENS ARE REAL!"

"That's impossible, aliens are a myth." Koby added, but was quickly silenced when Ben and Luffy glared at him, "I'll be quiet now."

"Anyway, the inventor created it, so someone can walk another mile in another species shoes. It was made to bring peace to the Universe." Ben explained as Luffy grinned widely.

"THAT IS SOOO AWESOME!" He yelled, "Traveling with you won't be so bad anymore! How many aliens can you turn into?"

Ben laughed at his crew mates antics, "Right now I have 65 unlocked, but the total number inside is like one million different species. If I had master control over it, well let's just say I'd be ten times stronger than I already am."

Luffy gripped his hat in amazement, "One million different aliens!"

"Yep, but right now it's only 65." Ben replied as he leaned against the boat as they sailed East.

"Can you turn into something right now?" Luffy questioned as he grinned when Ben smirked and raised an eyebrow, "Do it!"

Ben stood up on the boat, as he tapped the faceplate of the Omnitrix and the holowheel appeared. Scrolling through his playlist he found his choice. The faceplate slid back and the dial shoot forward. Ben leaped out the boat, slamming his hand onto the dial as an emerald light went from the boy who splashed into the sea.

Ben's skin started growing scales across his body, his face resembled a catfishs, with green eyes and black slits. A green phosphorescent light grew ontop of his head, his teeth made him look like a shark. He wore a black loincloth with yellow triangles going down the front of it. His hands and feet became webbed claws. He grew gills out the side of his neck, sporting the Omnitrix badge on his chest plates, "RIPJAWS!" The Piscciss Volann exclaimed as his loincloth took the from of a fish tail.

Luffy and Koby were looking off the side of the boat that Ben had jumped off, "Do you see him?"

"No." Koby stated worried he's been down there for awhile.

"I'm going after him!" Luffy stated.

"You can't! You'll drown!" Koby stated knowing Luffy had Devil fruit powers which made him an enemy of the sea.

"I can't leave him down there, he's my friend!" Luffy yelled, but was soon silenced when a large fish launched from the sea into the air, sailing over the duo.

Luffy and Koby went wide eyed as the Piscciss Volann sailed over them with a smile on his face. Koby caught a glimpse of a green and black badge on his chest before he dived into the other side of the sea. They raced to the other side of the boat where Ripjaws popped up.

"Hey guys." He greeted.

Luffy grinned in excitement as he leaned over the boat, "WHOA, IT'S A GIANT FISH!" He yelled.

"I call this form Ripjaws." He smiled as he climbed back into the boat with the two of them.

"That's incredible." Koby acknowledged as Ripjaws sat next to Luffy on the boat.

Ben tapped his badge and an emerald light flashed as he reverted back to normal, "What's the town we're closest too?"

"We should be getting near Shells Town." Koby replied reading the map, Captain Mercer gave Ben since he and Luffy saved them from Alvida.

"Boss, I think we need to find a Navigator since we can't read a map." Luffy suggested as Koby sweatdropped.

"Yeah, you're right. Maybe we can find one in Shells Town. How long till we reach this Town?" Ben questioned the boy rowing the boat.

"At least an hour." He stated making both Ben and Luffy groan in annoyance.

Luffy's stomach grumbled, "I don't think my stomach will last that long. Boss, please tell me you have some sort of alien that can get us there faster?"

Ben smirked slyly, "Good idea." He tapped the Omnitrix faceplate as the holowheel appeared. He scrolled through his playlist as he found his target. He tapped the alien's face as the faceplate slid back as the dial popped into the air. He jumped off the boat, slamming his hand onto the dial as an emerald light blinded both Luffy and Koby.

Ben's skin turned blue as he was dressed in a black and white jumpsuit. His head turned into a cone with a black visor on it. His elbows sprouted blades from them as his hands turned into three claws. His legs were standing on wheels as a black and blue tail grew from his back. Sporting the Omnitrix badge on his chest, "XLR8! Better hang on guys." The Kineceleran exclaimed as he grabbed the rope from the front of the boat and took off in a blur. The sea parted as XLR8 ran dragging the boat.

Luffy was screaming in excitement as he gripped the boat and his hat from flying off. Koby was crying in fear trying to grip the boat from falling off. The Kineceleran zoomed through the sea with the boat bumping upwards every few minutes. An island could be seen in the distance and XLR8 thought what town it was, 'Must be Shells Town, just a few more minutes. Better pick up the pace!' He smirked inwardly as he sped up seeing the giant Island getting closer and closer when XLR8 hit the docks.

XLR8 tied the role to the pier in the blink of an eye as his visor slid up revealing his dinosaur like features. He had green eyes, with black lines racing around his eyes and lips, "Enjoy the ride?" He questioned his passengers.

Luffy got off the boat and placed his arms on his shoulders, "THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!" He yelled shaking the Kineceleran.

"Thanks." He replied as they both heard groaning from the boat. They turned to look at Koby who turned green as he hurled into the sea, "What a square."

"Right?" Luffy agreed as they both laughed at him.

"Stop laughing." He groaned as he leaned against the boat.

"Hurry up Koby, we got some exploring to do." XLR8 said as he tapped his clawed hand onto his badge as he reverted back to normal in an emerald flash.

"Yeah, I'm getting hungry." Luffy pouted as they waited for the boy to stop puking his guts out.

"I can't go on, leave me behind." Koby replied. Ben and Luffy looked at each other as Ben nodded to him. Luffy nodded in response as Luffy extended his arm grabbing the sick boy by his collar, "Ugh."

Ben had Luffy drag the boy as they explored Shells Town. They saw a large base in the back of the Island and a town at the top of the hill. The duo with an unconscious Koby, climbed up the hill and smiled in happiness.

"Shells town." Ben read the sign as they entered the town and people were already staring at them. Luffy dragged the unconscious boy until they to a restaurant near the base.

Inside the restaurant was a women with brown long hair, white button up shirt, and a long blue dress. A little girl was sitting at the bar eating rice balls. She looked just like the women who greeted them, "Welcome." She smiled brightly.

"Hello." Ben greeted in response as they both took a seat at a table. Luffy dropped the boy on the floor who groaned in pain.

The waitress came over to them and smiled bringing them the menus, "Hello welcome to my restaurant, what would you want to eat?"

Luffy gazed at the menu before seeing meat on the menu, "I'll take alot of meat!" He yelled with a giant smile on his face.

"Would you like a certain kind of meat or just any type?" She questioned as Ben jumped in.

"Just bring us any kind please." He said as she nodded and walked off. Ben looked over to Koby and then looked at Luffy, "Is he ok?"

"I don't know."

"Poke him to see if he's conscious." Ben suggested as Luffy leaned over and poked the pinkette who groaned.

"Well he seems to be alive." Luffy grinned as Ben laughed at him. The waitress soon brought them there food when a man kicked the door open.

He was really skinny, had a bowl cut with long blond bangs, his ears seemed to be located onto his cheeks. He wore a purple suit with a pink collared shirt underneath. He was surrounded by men in white and blue uniforms with hats that read 'Marines.' on them. By his feet was a weird looking dog, it was large and seemed to resemble a pitbull and a German Shepherd.

Ben and Luffy watched as he strided inside with a giant smirk on his face. He sat down in a chair near them kicking his feet on the table like he owned the place, "I'll take all your meat and Alcohol for free!" He yelled out, signaling Koby's immediate healing.

Koby looked at them as he dreamed to be a Marine, 'Whoa, a real Marine Corp!'

Luffy didn't pay them no mind as he soon went back to his grub, when the man yelled out again, "HEY I WANT ALL YOUR MEAT AND ALCOHOL FOR FREE!"

The waitress walked over to them with a solemn look on her face, "I'm-I'm sor-sorry, we currently do-don't have any more me-meat to give."

His face turned red with anger as he shot up from his seat and raised his hand to slap her when a hand grabbed his. He looked over to see a man who had shaggy brown hair, pale skin, in a black shirt with green running along the edges with the number 10 in the middle, brown pants, and tennis shoes. Holding him by his wrist. Luffy turned around to see his Captain had intervened.

"Who the hell are you!?" He yelled in anger as he tried to free himself from the boys grasp.

"Don't worry about who I am! Who the hell are you to raise your hand to a women?!" Ben gritted out as he started tightening his grip on the blondes wrist.

"I'm the Marine Captain Morgan's Son, Helmeppo! Let me go you peasant!" He revealed to boy.

"Release him or else!" The Marine around him shouted, but didn't get far because Luffy was in front of them in a matter of seconds.

'Ben? And Luffy too?' Koby questioned as they defended the poor waitress.

"Leave and never come back or else!" Ben yelled as Helmeppo gazed into his emerald eyes as they shined in fury. Helmeppo gritted his teeth in anger as he snatched his arm away from Ben and snapped his fingers as he and his soldiers left the restaurant.

"Are you alright, Miss?" Ben asked in concern to make sure she wasn't hurt.

"Oh I'm alright, thanks to you two." She smiled kindly at the duo.

"Who were those assholes?" Luffy asked as he and Ben took their seats at the table.

"There the Marine's who run Shells Town. There just a bunch of thugs who terrorize us with insane taxes." She explained, "But a drifter appeared a few weeks ago and defended us, but he made a deal with Helmeppo. If he could for a month in the sun, then Helmeppo would leave us alone."

Ben and Koby perked up at this, "Do you know where this guy is?"

"Yeah. He's near the base on the training grounds." She responded as Ben had gotten up drawing Luffy's attention.

"Ben?" Luffy questioned as the boy walked out of the restaurant, grabbing a bunch of the food he followed Ben out.

"Ben! Luffy!" Koby yelled as he bowed to the waitress, "Thank you." Before running after the duo.


Near the base in the blistering sun tied to training post, with his legs extended laid an exhausted man. He had tanned skin, wore a green bandana on his head, white shirt, black pants with green outlining the sides, black boots and a green haramaki. He said nothing as he noticed his silence was interrupted when multiple presence's appeared.

Ben, Luffy, and Koby stood on the gate staring at the man who didn't know they were here into Koby went wide eyed in fear.

"What's wrong, Koby?" Ben questioned as Koby stuttered and pointed at the man in tied to the post.

"Tha-That's Rorona Zo-Zoro!" Koby said as Ben and Luffy looked at each other in confusion, "He's the legendary Pirate Hunter. He's said to wield three swords and kill anything that gets in his way."

"Pirate Hunter, huh? You thinking what I'm thinking, Luffy?" Ben asked his cohort as he gazed at Zoro.

"We found our newest recruit." Luffy smiled widely as Koby went wide eyed.

"You guys are insane! There's no way he, a Pirate Hunter, would join a pirate crew!" Koby yelled trying to make the two pirates understand.

"If you guys are done conversating, can you guys get lost, I'm trying to concentrate." He replied annoyed but the three insects over by the wall.

The little girl from the restaurant popped up and looked between them and silenced them as she threw her pack over the wall. Ben and Luffy watched in confusion as to what she was doing when Koby warned her saying it was dangerous to be near him.

She raced over to him as Zoro glared at her, "You have a death wish, kid? Beat it!"

She smiled brightly as she unwrapped her pack to reveal riceballs, "I made them myself. For you."

"I don't want your charity! I said beat it!" He yelled at her, but it was too late. The metal gates opened revealing Helmeppo and his men. Who sneered at the captured Pirate Hunter.

"Well, well, well, look what we have boys." He snarled as he grabbed one of the homemade rice balls and bit into it.

"Hey that's not for you!" She yelled as Helmeppo coughed at how sweet the ball of rice was.

"Ew this stuff tastes too sweet! You should use salt instead of sugar you idiot!" He yelled at her as he smacked the pack of rice balls from her hand and stomped on it.

She went teary eyed as her riceballs she spent all morning making was destroyed in front of her, "M-my ric-rice balls."

"You know what I've had enough of you, get rid of her boy." He stated as he patted his dogs head who growled menacingly at her. She cowered in fear as the dog pounced at her.

"NOOOO!" Zoro yelled out.

A fist came flying from the wall smacking the dog in the face as he went flying into the sky. Helmeppo and his men went into shock as they saw it was that boy and his partner who were fuming with anger.

"Get her out of here, Koby. Me and Luffy will deal with them." Ben stated as he activated the Omnitrix and scrolled through his playlist as he found his choice. The faceplate slid back as the dial launched into the air.

He hopped onto the gate, and slammed his hand onto the dial as an emerald light blinded the field. Ben grew to seven feet tall figure wrapped in green vines with leaves covered in various places, his forearms were a mix of orange and yellow, his feet were roots, his face was wrapped in vines with flame like patterns erupting from his hair. The Omnitrix badge was wrapped in between the light green and dark green vines, "SWAMPFIRE!!" The Methanosian exclaimed as the emerald light died down.

Zoro went wide eyed at the sudden transformation never seeing anything like it, while Helmeppo and his men cowered in fear not only was there someone with devil fruit powers, but he was traveling with a shape-shifting alien hero.

"Why not pick on someone your own size?" He yelled out as he and Luffy rushed the Marines. Fire erupted from his hands as he threw fireballs at them.

Luffy started throwing his arms forward as multiple versions of his arm's appeared as he uttered, "GUM GUM GATTLING!" He yelled as he beat up the Marines surrounding Helmeppo as Swampfire grabbed the spoiled brat by his suit.

"This is strike two, there will be no third chance." He replied darkly as he nodded his head quickly having run inside the base.

"Who are you guys?" Zoro questioned as Swampfire and Luffy turned towards him.

"I'm Ben Tennyson, this is Monkey D. Luffy and we're putting together a Pirate Crew. Because Luffy is going to be King of The Pirates." He announced as Luffy looked at him in confusion.

"Wait what?" Luffy stated.

"What?" Ben questioned.

"I don't wanna be King of the Pirates." He replied, "That's your dream."

"Luffy, at one point in your life you envisioned yourself as King, right?" Ben questioned as Luffy thought it for a second and nodded, "I'm going to do everything in my power to make you, King, the two of us will be unstoppable."

Luffy thought it over, "King of the Pirates, huh? Alright, but if it doesn't work out your taking over."

"Sounds fair." He replied.

Zoro stared at the two in astonished, "Pirate King? You need the One Piece in order to do that."

"I know, but first I need a crew, who'll be willing to travel with me." He replied as he tapped his badge reverting back to normal, "So what do you say, wanna join us?"

Zoro snorted, 'All his life, he'd hunted Pirates never in a million Years would he be offered to join a Pirate crew.' He sighed, "What the hell, I'll give it a shot." He shot them a sly smirk as Ben and Luffy grinned happily.

"Awesome!" Luffy yelled.

"But first I need something." He said.

"What's that?" Ben asked curiously.

"My swords. I can't be the World's Greatest Swordsman without them." He stated boldly as Ben and Luffy smiled.

"Where are they?" Ben asked as Zoro pointed over to the large blue base.

"In there. That asshole Helmeppo took them from me." He replied.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back for you!" Luffy yelled as he wrapped an arm around Ben who looked at him puzzled.

"What are you doing?"

"We're going for a ride!" He extended his arm and went flying through the air with Ben on his shoulder.

Zoro sighed not knowing what he was getting himself into, "Idiots."


On top of the base was a large man with tanned skin, blonde hair, had a metal brase under his jaw to make it look like fangs. He was very muscular, but on his left arm was a large metal axe. He wore blue button up shirt, dark blue jeans with black patterns on them. With a Marine's Captain jacket wrapped around his shoulders. He was ordering his men to pull a stone statue of himself onto the roof of the building.

"FASTER! YOU BETTER NOT STRATCH THAT STATUE OR I'LL KILL YOU!" He yelled and threatened as they kept pulling it upwards when his spoiled son came running inside.

"Daddy!" Helmeppo yelled annoying him.

He clenched his teeth in annoyance as he ran over to him, "What do you want?!"

"Dad, some kid with devil fruit powers and another kid with a weird watch attacked me!" He told him, "I want you to execute them!" He ordered him which made him angry, "Dad?"

Captain Morgan raised his left arm and punched his son in the face, "Your a disgrace, get the hell out of my sight you weakling."

Helmeppo had a large bruise on his face as he whimpered, "Dad."

He turned back towards his men who almost had the statue upright when a gleam shined in the sky. He raised his hand over his face when a kid with a straw hat had another kid wrapped over his shoulder. The crashed landed on the statue shattering it into pieces. Morgan and his men paled as the statue broke with two groans coming from the rubble.

"Luffy, you idiot! You almost killed us!" One voice spoke from the rubble.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hear you, but where are we?" The second voice named Luffy spoke out.

"How am I supposed to know, you flung us into the air!" Ben grew a tick mark as he yelled at the straw hat man.

"It worked tho." He smiled proudly.

Ben groaned in annoyance at his cohart as the dust cloud disappeared. Ben and Luffy noticed they were surrounded by Marines. Captain Morgan was pissed, it took over 10 million berries for them to craft that statue and it was broken by two nameless delinquents.

"MEN, KILL THEM!" He yelled angrily.

"Dad, there the ones who attacked me!" Helmeppo pointed out as Luffy noticed his presence.

"Your the one who has Zoro's swords." He extended his arm and grabbed him by the shirt and pulling him towards them. He then took off running into the building, "YOUR ON YOUR OWN, BEN!" He yelled as Ben face vaulted into the ground.

"LUFFY, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Ben yelled as the Marines surrounded him, "Damn." Ben tapped the faceplate of the Omnitrix as the holowheel appeared, scrolling through his playlist, he found his choice and tapped it as the dial launched upwards. He slammed his hand onto the dial and an emerald light engulfed the roof of the Base.

"What's happening?!" Captain Morgan yelled shielding his eyes from the blinding light.

Ben's pale skin turned crimson red as he grew bigger and taller, as two smaller arms popped out of both his sides. His usual attire was changed to a white and black jumpsuit. His four hands grew black fingerless gloves. He grew two extra eyes as they all glowed yellow, Sporting the Omnitrix badge in the middle of his chest, "FOUR ARMS!" The Tetramand yelled out extending his arms. The emerald light died down when the transformation ended.

The soilders around him went wide eyed in the boys place was a red four armed monster. Captain Morgan was a little shocked, he's seen devil fruit powers before, but this was something else. Something even he didn't know what it was.

"You guys aren't gonna come to me? Guess I'll go to you!" His gruff voice broke them from their stupor as he rushed them, smashing his arms into the ground. A spiderweb of cracks formed into the ground as the men lost their footing, but Four Arms wasn't done.

Since he was an alien and Four Arms could break them like a pencil he decided to hold back since they honestly didn't do anything wrong. He picked up one of the soldiers and flung him into two to his left. Captain Morgan watched as his soldiers we're getting taken out one by one and smirked.

"Your not so bad, kid." He acknowledged him, "But those guys were weaklings compared to me." He replied grabbing his coat and tossing into the air.

Four Arms tightened his fists, "There only weak because their leader is weak." He quipped making Morgan angry.

"Let's see what you got, kid!" Morgan yelled as He and Ben rushed forward.


Luffy had Helmeppo over his shoulder and could hear a bunch of smashing and crashing and knew exactly who it was, 'Leave some for me and Zoro, Ben.' He thought as he rushed through the building looking for Helmeppo's room.

A girl was hiding behind a corner as she followed had Luffy and Ben into base. Well she snuck in, compared to what Luffy and Ben did. She was looking for the Marine Captain's room, seeing if she can steal his treasure.

She gazed at the end of the hallway as multiple Marine soldiers were storming the building looking for the intruders, she slipped into the hallway Luffy had went down in hopes of finding his room.

Luffy slapped Helmeppo repeatedly, "Where is Zoro swords?!" He asked as he slapped him again.

"Their in my room." He pointed to the right as Luffy smiled.

'Sit tight Zoro, we're on our way!' Luffy thought as he carried his prisoner to his room to find the swords he'd taken from him.

The orange haired girl had lost sight of Luffy and groaned, "Where'd he go?!" She looked around and went down a long hallway before seeing a picture of Captain Morgan before seeing a door that read Morgan's Room, "Bingo!" She exclaimed as she grabbed the knob and opened the door.

She closed the door behind her to see a large room with a wind right in front of her, with a large desk in front of it too, a large chair, couch to the left with a small table, a small fridge to the left and a large portrait of Morgan, "If I were an idiot Marine Captain, where would I put my treasure at?"

She walked over to his desk and saw a old torn up parchment rolled up. She grabbed it and red the note, "Map to the East Blue now belongs to the Buggy Pirates." She noticed the skull with two long slits over the eyes, another long slit horizontally drawn through the eyes, and a red clown nose. She crumbled up the note in anger, "Dammit, now I have to find a way to get that map back." She quickly noticed everything was shaking intensely and ran for the door.

Luffy had arrived at Helmeppo's room and kicked the door down. His room was pink, with a bedset to match. Luffy groaned as he noticed a white sword with two black swords bundled up in the corner, "Hey, which one is Zoro's sword!"

Helmeppo didn't respond as he was unconscious due to Luffy smacking him repeatedly, "Guess I'll take 'em all." He scooped up the swords and smashed through his bedroom window. Luffy held onto the swords tightly as he descended to the ground at alarming speeds. His hand shot out, grabbed the smashed window, as he started slowing down touching the ground.

He rushed over to the training grounds as Zoro looked over to the Straw Hat boy who smiled widely, "I didn't know which one was yours, so I grabbed all three of them."

"You idiot, their all mine. Nevermind, hurry up and untie me, we've got company." Zoro said as Luffy turned around to see multiple Marine soldiers entering the grounds.

"You got it!" He grinned as he soon untied him and handed him his swords.

"Where's your friend?" Zoro asked as he stashed his swords haramaki, "He's not dead, is he?"

"Ben? Of course not! He should be joining us soon." Luffy grinned as he tightened his fists.

"Good." Zoro grabbed the white sword and put it into his mouth. As he drew the other two black swords. The duo stood back to back as the soilders advanced on them.


Four Arms and Captain Morgan raced forward clashing in a test of strength. Four Arms caught his large Axe with both his right arms as his large left arm caught his left arm. Morgan pushed forward, but didn't notice his smaller left arm punch him in the chest, which made his heart skip a beat. The Tetramand followed it up with a knee to his face and then double decking him in the face.

Morgan glared at him in anger as he started slashing the red four armed monster who dodged swiftly. He smashed his axe into the ground having it getting stuck into the concrete, which gave Ben, his opening. He soon rushed Morgan punching him, sending him flying through the air. Four Arms rushed after him and leaped into the air as Morgan grinned, righting himself and soon slashing him in the chest. Sending him right into the roof, as a crater formed under the Tetramand.

Morgan landed right on top of him as the roof gave out as the two monsters duked it out. Four Arms gritted his teeth as he dodged a strike aimed for his face, he wrapped his arms around the Marine Captains waist and slammed him straight through the multiple floors of the Marine Corps. Morgan yelled in pain as they landed onto the lobby floor, where Four Arms picked him up and tossed him out the wall making a crater. He charged him as he sent the two of them outside.

Morgan was bleeding from his face, and arms as Four Arms gave him a beatdown. Morgan gritted his teeth in anger as he got back up, "Is that all you've got?!"

Four Arms smirked eagerly as teased him to come at him, which he did. Morgan slashed him again, but this time the Tetramand caught the large blade with his hands and tried to keep it in place. He grinned as his smaller arms decked in the face, stumbling backwards, his vision got blurry as Four Arms charged him. He punched him with his large right arm, then followed it up with a punch from his smaller left arm and then ended it with a punch from his large left arm sending the Marine Captain flying through the training grounds wall.

Everyone stopped when Captain Morgan came flying through the grounds. Luffy and Zoro grinned as Four Arms came into view breathing heavily as he had beaten Morgan, "It's over, your leader is defeated!" He yelled scaring the soilders.

Then the weirdest thing happened they all started crying and thanking them. They were all scared of Morgan and didn't have the strength to defeat him in combat. Four Arms tapped his badge as he reverted back to normal.

Zoro sheathed his swords as he joined Luffy and Ben, "You two are pretty crazy."

"We know." Luffy grinned.

The trio soon left the base making their way back to the restaurant Koby was hopefully waiting at when Zoro asked a question that he's been dying to know. He gazed over to Ben and Luffy, "So, since he's gonna be Pirate King does that make him or you our Captain?" Ben and Luffy looked at each other as Luffy nodded at him.

"Ben, here is our leader." He acknowledged which made Ben go wide eyed.

"No, Luffy's the Captain." Ben stated which made Luffy shake his head no.

"You put this crew together, honestly I think your better fit to lead us. I'll become Pirate King only if your our Captain." Luffy responded as Ben thought it for a second.

"Alright, but your our First Mate and you Second Mate." Ben granted Luffy first mate meaning that after him he was in charge of the crew and Zoro had second mate meaning after him and Luffy he was next to take command.

"I'd be honored to fight by your side." Zoro replied as Ben rubbed his head sheepishly.

"Me too!" Luffy yelled making Ben laugh at them.

The trio soon wandered into the restaurant and saw the waitress, her daughter, and Koby. They all gasped as they came in, "We're back."


It was soon time for the trio to depart, when the Marine Soldiers soon barged into the restaurant. They gazed at the boys and soon surrounded them.

"You guys are Pirates, correct?" The new Marine Captain asked as Ben eyed them carefully.

"Yeah?" Ben answered as Luffy and Zoro raised their eyebrows towards them.

"On account to being Marine's I'm gonna have to ask you and your crew to leave." He stated as a crowd had formed and started yelling at them.

"But he saved us from Captain Morgan!"

"This is unfair!"

"Why should they leave! They did nothing wrong!"

Ben didn't say anything as he wiped his mouth and threw the napkin onto the plate. He stood up from his seat drawing everyone's attention as he had a grin on his face, "Ok. Time to go guys." He walked passed the crowd as Luffy and Zoro followed him out.

The new Marine Captain looked at Koby, "Aren't you apart of their crew?" He asked as he started shaking nervously, "Hold on I expect an answer."

Ben, Zoro, and Luffy stopped and turned around as Luffy spoke up, "Well we know what he's been up too."

'Luffy won't tell them will he? If he tells them I was aboard a pirate ship, I'll never be able to enlist in the Marines.' Koby thought.

"She had this big iron club, an ugly old hag, and this guy served as her chore boy for two whole years." He revealed poking Koby in the head.

'Stop it! Stop it Luffy!' He thought and without hesitation he slugged Luffy square in the face. Making his hat fly off his head.

Everyone in the room, but Ben and Zoro gasped. Ben crossed his arms and closed his eyes a smile dawning on his face, as Zoro gave a sly smirk. Koby finally realizing what he did grew scared.

Luffy grinned mischievously, "Now you've done it, you bastard!" He immediately started punching Koby square in the face, "Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"

"Hey, that's enough we won't allow you guys to disturb the peace anymore!" The Marine Captain yelled as Luffy kept hitting him.

"LUFFY!" Ben's voice yelled out as everyone stopped and looked at him, "That's enough, let's go." He turned around and left with Zoro in tow. He smirked as he picked up his hat and followed after them.

'They did this on purpose. For me.' Koby thought as he laid on the restaurant floor with bruises all over his face. He quickly got up and bowed politely, "I wish to enlist in the Marines!" He stated, but a solider stepped forward.

"Sir, I'm against this, this boy might be a spy for those pirates." He said, "We'll perform a background check on you."

"I'll become a Marine Officer!" He stated with fire in his eyes.

"We lost many fellow men to the hands of pirates. The life of a Marine, is no easy task." He started earning a slight gasp from Koby.

"So?"

"Permission to enlist granted!"

Koby smiled happily as his life long dream was finally coming true. Shaking off the feeling he soon saluted to his commanding officer, "YES, SIR."


"You know you went abit overboard, Luffy." Ben said as they made it to their boat at the harbor.

"I know, I couldn't help it." Luffy replied sheepishly.

"Your a moron." Zoro stated as he got onto the boat with Luffy following behind him. Ben undid the ropes knots and soon followed suit.

He hoped into the boat as they soon set sail for their next destination. When Koby came to the harbor just in time, "BEN! LUFFY! ZORO! LET'S MEET AGAIN ONE DAY!"

The trio grinned at the pinkette as the Marines stood behind him, "MARINES SALUTE!" They all saluted to the trio as they sailed away, "You have some amazing friends."

"Yeah." Koby acknowledged.

"Men, since this is a clear violation we will be punished! Starting tomorrow no food for a week!" The Marine Captain yelled as a crowd of 'yes sir' echoed out.

To Be Continued..

A/N: Hey everyone, I fixed the little situation on originally Ben becoming King I gave it back to Luffy. But I'll be keeping Ben as the Straw Hats Captain. When Luffy acquires Gear 2, I'll reveal his evolution function since right now the bosses for the first episodes weren't that strong unless you count Don Krieg and Arlong, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Also I have a surprise in store once Luffy acquires Gear 3 I'll reveal a surprise for Ben and no it won't be devil fruit powers, but an old ancient power that'll be overwhelming even for him to control. Pairing? I don't know tbh, I actually haven't gotten that fair in One Piece, I got to when they entered East Blue after defeating Arlong. So probably gonna have to pick it back up soon. Anyway one final announcement, after this chapter I'mma work on Chapter 2 for Alien Ninja and Chapter 4 for Kouh Academy's Alien Hero. I won't be starting Season 2 Rise of a Hero right now, but it'll come I swear, so keep supporting me because I'm off from both Jobs till Wednesday and massive updates are coming till then I'm outtie. Bye.