**So like, sorry for me having so many stories going on but I read the first 2 chapters of Kairomaru's story with the same idea and I really liked it so I decided to write one. Mine will be a bit different but I completely got the idea of this story from them so please check them out, their stories are hella good and I love em. I might focus solely on this story for a while so please forgive me for that if you liked the other stories. My Monkey King Izuku story was not inspired by Kairomaru though, that was all me. Again, shout out to Kairomaru for the idea and PLEASE check them out.**
"Shanks! I'll prove to you that I'm strong enough to go out to sea with you!"
In a small bar in a village next to the Kingdom of Goa in the East Blue, a small 7 year old boy with shaggy black hair and black eyes yelled from atop a stool in the bar called Partys Bar. The person he was yelling at was a tall red headed pirate wearing a long black coat that rested atop his shoulders with a white button up shirt and brown, weirdly patterned pants. He had warm brown eyes, a stubble beard, and a claw-like scar across his eye.
"Really? Just how do you plan on doing that now Luffy?" Shanks asked
Too late, Shanks noticed the sharp object that no kid should have anywhere near them. When kids get their hands on knives, things tend to get stabbed. In this situation, the thing getting stabbed just happened to be the little boy, Luffy.
Before Shanks could react, Luffy raised the knife and, screaming, stabbed himself just below his left eye. Everyone in the bar yelled in surprise at the absolutely moronic thing the kid had just done.
Timeskip- 30 mins
Luffy was now seated in the bar, the stab wound having been stitched by the doctor of the pirate crew. He was holding back tears of pain from both the stab and the stitches.
A green haired woman named Makino was fussing over the poor boy and trying her best to comfort him, even though she had been furious with him at first.
"Jeez kid, that's no way to prove yourself. Just what was your plan there?" Shanks asked
"Well, I thought your scar looked cool so I thought I could give myself one, but I missed my eye and got this lame scar instead." Luffy responded while rubbing the mark.
Shanks looked at the boy with a sweatdrop before breaking out into raucous laughter, the rest of his crew who had been listening following suit.
Luffy pouted as the men laughed at him, even Makino, his dear mother-figure, giggled a little.
"Luffy, no matter what you do, you're just too young and weak for me to take with me. Try again in 30 years and maybe I'll think about it then."
Luffy looked offended at Shanks' words before standing up on the stool again.
"What?! No way! I'm not weak. My punches are as strong as pistols!" Luffy proclaimed while mimicking punches
Shanks laughed out loud again before grabbing a glass and handing it to Luffy.
"Just calm down gaki. Here, have some juice will ya?"
Luffy immediately grabbed the glass and plopped back into his seat. He started downing it as Makino rested a hand on his head.
The sound of laughter tore through the bar again and Luffy stopped drinking to see the crew laughing at him…..again
"AHAHAHAHA! I've never seen a pirate drink juice in my life! AHAHAHAHA!" Shanks said through his laughter, tears brimming in his eyes.
Luffy snarled and was about to respond until the door was shoved open as the bar went silent and a group of men walked in like they owned the place. The leader of the group stepped forward with a cocky grin on his face.
"Oi, gimme all the alcohol you have and I'll leave peacefully. Who owns this place anyways?"
Makino stepped in front of Luffy and to anyone who paid attention, it was with the intention to protect him.
"I'm the owner of this place and I must apologize but we're all out of alcohol at the moment." Makino stated
"Out of Alcohol huh? Then what are these idiots drinking? Water?"
Makino's eyebrow twitched slightly before responding, "That was the last of what we had in stock."
Before the leader could respond, Shanks handed the man a bottle of alcohol.
"Here, this is the last bottle. You can have it." Shanks said amicably
The man to the bottle before snarling at smashing it on the ground.
"You think one measly bottle is enough? I am Higuma the bear, a wanted bandit worth 8 million belli. I'm gonna need a lot more booze than that." the leader, Higuma, responded.
Shanks looked at the broken pieces of glass and spilled alcohol on the floor before sighing.
"Man, you've made such a huge mess. Ne, Makino-chan, do you have a rag I can use to clean this up?" Shanks said, not even paying attention to Higuma.
Higuma was not happy with being ignored and snarled.
"Oi, you bastard, what the hell are you doing? Maybe I should just pillage this town. I know for sure I could have some fun with the women here, especially this one."
After he said that, Higuma grabbed Makino by the wrist and pulled her towards himself. Makino tried to wrench herself from his grip but he was just too strong. Before Higuma could do much else, a blade was put against his neck and the click of a pistol was heard.
Higuma let go of Makino as she rubbed her bruised wrist. He looked for who had the blade at his neck and looked to see Shanks with his Sabre in hand and his first mate, Benn Beckman, holding a cocked pistol at his head.
"Oi, think about your next move carefully, before I blow your brains out." Benn drawled
Higuma scowled and reached for his own sword.
"You damned bastards, did you already forget who I am? Herne, get these idiots."
One of Higuma's men stepped forward while unsheathing his sword but, before he could get far, a bang was heard and the man toppled to the ground, a hole in the middle of his skull.
Behind the man was another one of Shanks' crewmates, Lucky Roo, eating a piece of meat with one hand and holding a smoking pistol in the other.
The bandits along with Makino where stunned at the quick death of the man before the Higuma screamed in rage.
"YOU BASTARDS! How dare you kill one of my men! You pirated, always fighting dirty."
Shanks scoffed in laughter before saying,
"Dirty? We're pirates, not samurai. We don't fight with honor."
Higuma growled as he fully unsheathed his sword and swung at Shanks. Before he could hit him, he was stabbed through the throat and toppled on the floor, gurgling on the blood flooding his throat. He died not too shortly after.
Before the rest of the bandits could try to avenge their leader, a bunch of gunshots echoed through the bar as they all fell onto the floor, dead as well. Another one of Shanks' crewmates, Yassop, was putting away the pistol he had just used.
Shanks sighed as he wiped off his sword and put it way before commanding the rest of his crew to clean up the mess. In a matter of minutes, the bar looked as though nothing had happened, not a speck of blood anywhere.
"I apologize for that Makino-chan, I simply can't stand when people threaten my friends so I lost it a bit." Shanks said while flashing a small smile at the slightly shocked Makino.
She told him it was okay and there was no need to apologize before she went back behind the bar and the crew went back to chatting loudly.
Shanks turned to talk to Luffy who had been completely ignoring the events as he chocked down a large fruit that was in his hands.
Wait…..Large fruit.
"LUFFY! Wh-where did you get that from?" Shanks yelled
"Hm? Oh, this fruit? I found it in the chest you guys brought in with you. I thought it was desert so I ate it but it was really gross but Makino told me I should never waste food so I ate it all."
Shanks' jaw had seemingly merged with the floor, the rest of his crew mimicking him.
"Anchor, you just ate a devil fruit. You won't be able to swim again." Shanks said
Luffy began to panic because if he couldn't swim then how could he become a pirate? His tail was waving frantically behind him as he panicked.
Wait?
A tail?
His tail?
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT/THIS?!" Everyone in the bar yelled
**Yeah it's a really short chapter but I just had to get through Romance Dawn. Next chapter will be a time-skip and things will be quite a bit different. I will explain what happened to Luffy using flashbacks as the story goes on and will have a chapter or 2 dedicated to the ASL brothers backstory in the later chapters. I hope you guys enjoyed this and have a nice day. GhostHunter, going to get to class.**
