**Its me, you favorite fanfic writer. I'm back with another chapter of this story and I must say, I got a single actual review of my last chapter and it made me wayyyyy to happy. To the random guest who did that review, I hope you have a great day, month, year, LIFE even. I freaking love you so much for being my first constructive review. If you are worried Luffy is too OP because of his bounty, don't worry, there is a reason his bounty is so high and it's not because he is crazy OP. He will dog walk all of the east blue but things will get a bit more difficult when he enters the grandline. The reason his bounty is so high….Heres a hint…..Goa Kingdom ;)

Personal rant Incoming!

WARNING!
WARNING!

MANGA SPOILERS INCOMING!

IF YOU AREN'T CAUGHT UP ON THE ONE PIECE MANGA T CH. 1046…..READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I just read the latest OP chapter and I must say, I've been loving the last 3 chapters. Some people don't seem to like gear 5 because it's "too goofy' but I think that's just the point. When something is called, "the most ridiculous power in the world", then expect it to be ridiculous. Onigashima is about to fall, the end of the Wano arc is near, the Marines better look out because, Luffy is coming to free his brother. And now...

we have to wait 2 weeks for the next chap. :|

I plan on incorporating the idea of the Hito Hito no mi: Model Nika into this story in a different way. You can prolly guess what I plan on doing but if you guess right, I'll PM you. But there's no point in looking forward to it because it is so far ahead it might as well be irrelevant rn.

OP = Naruto in entertainment now.

Rant Over!

Ok, enough chatting, let's get into the story.

Cruise Line ship, 43 miles of the coast of Dawn Island

Previously

"WHAT!" Everyone on the ship yelled in shock and slight fear.

Luffy's face spread into a stupind grin as the poster in Alvida's hand flew out of it as it was carried away by the wind, showing a picture of Luffy grinning similarly to the way he was now, the 400,000,000 berry bounty he had posted just below the picture

"W-what! Why would someone like you even be here?" Coby asked shakily

Luffy tilted his head curiously at the question before responding.

"Well, I can't exactly be pirate king if I keep sailing under pops' flag. That's rather unproductive don't ya think?"

Alvida looked skeptical.

"You don't actually expect me to believe that Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, would simply let one of his commanders leave like that?"

Luffy shrugged,

"I dunno what I should say. I just told pops I wanted to leave and he let me go."

Everyone looked shocked at what Luffy said. A yonko would simply let their commander leave the crew? The idea was rather absurd really.

Alvida scoffed before hefting her kanabo onto her shoulder.

"Well, it's no matter. You might have a high bounty but you look scrawny. Just because you are some big shot on the grand line doesn't mean you can just push us east blue pirates around!"

She dashed at Luffy far faster than one would expect for someone her size. Everyone on the ship saw a large blur launch at the younger man. Well, it was a blur to everyone but Luffy. He was surprised at her speed, yes, but to him, she moved as though she was wading through deep water.

She hefted her kanabo and swung it down at Luffy, fully expecting him to be crushed into a smear on the deck.

Right as her club reached the young man, it came to a sudden halt. The floorboards underneath Luffy caved in a bit as splinters flew into the air.

Alvida was shocked as the boy caught her kanabo with one hand. He even seemed lackadaisical in the way he did it, as though she was barely even worth the effort.

Before she could react, Luffy pushed back, forcing the kanabo to face upward and throwing her balance off.

As she tried to regain her balance but before she could, a fist struck her stomach. Her body folded in half around Luffy's outstretched limb before, with a large gust of wind, she went flying off of the boat and her body disappeared into the horizon.

Luffy put his fist back down and turned to face the rest of the crew and the people being held hostage.

The crew members of Alvida looked angered at the sight of their captain being sent catapulting out of sight and raising their weapons. It seemed as though they had forgotten their previous fear to false bravado. They charged at Luffy as he simply stood there, his hat shadowing the top half of his face.

A feeling of dread settled upon the entire ship like a tsunami as the sun seemed to have been blotted out. Every single civilian passenger on the ship promptly collapsed onto the deck, foaming at the mouth. All of the Alvida pirates followed suit leaving just Coby still standing, even if just barely.

Luffy cocked an eyebrow as he saw that the small, pink-haired boy still standing before chuckling to himself and walking towards the boy.

Coby was shaking as the man who took out everyone on the ship without moving walked toward him. As the man reached for his head, Coby squeezed his eyes shut, awaiting the pain of death that was sure to be upon him any moment now.

'Damn it! I'm going to die without even trying to be a Marine!'

With these thoughts in mind, Coby was justifiably shocked when he felt a hand land softly on his head.

He opened his eyes to see the significantly taller man smiling down at him. At the sight of the smile, Coby relaxed, he hadn't had anyone look at him like that in a long time.

"For you to still be standing even after encountering the force of part of my spirit. Just what is the ambition that bestowed you, an untrained boy, with such a powerful will?" Luffy asked

Coby hesitated, telling a pirate his dream of being a marine couldn't be a good idea. In the end, he decided that if he couldn't stand by his dreams, he didn't deserve to have them.

"I-I want t-to be a m-marine. I w-want to be the g-greatest marine in history. I want to be a protector of the people!" Coby said, his hesitation slowly disappearing as he spoke

Luffy's smile widened into a grin as he laughed boisterously.

"A marine huh? And the greatest marine ever? That's one crazy dream!" He laughed

Coby lowered his head in embarrassment. Of course he thought his dream was ridiculous. Someone as weak as him could never be that strong.

"But then again, who am I to talk? I want to be the damned pirate king. My dream is even more ridiculous than yours. Do whatever the hell you want."

Coby's head snapped up to look at Luffy. He was no longer standing facing him, he was walking toward the side of the ship.

"Wait!" Coby yelled

Luffy stopped walking and turned to look at Coby.

"What?" Luffy asked

"Do…Do you really think I could become a marine?" Coby questioned

Luffy cocked an eyebrow at the boy's question.

"How the hell would I know? I'm not the one who needs to decide that, that's all up to you. Now hurry up and let's go. There are marines on their way here and there's no way they'll let you join if they find you here."

Coby's eyes widened as he quickly ran to catch up with Luffy who had already started making his way to the side of the ship.

"Hey, Mr Luffy? Do you have a boat or something? How are we gonna get away from here?" Coby questioned

Luffy turned to glance at Luffy before he smirked and jumped over the side of the ship.

Coby yelled in shock at the seemingly suicidal act and rushed to look over the ship.

He was forced to quickly back up as something came streaking upward past his head

Coby tripped and fell and winced as he fell on his butt. He looked up slowly as the pain subsided and was surprised to see the straw hatted man sitting on top of a…cloud?

Yes. The pirate was sitting on a floating white cloud, legs crossed over each other, like it was a solid platform.

"W-w-what the hell!?" Coby screamed

"OI, get on quick before they find out I'm here. Don't want all of the east blue marines coming for my head. It would be too troublesome to beat all those people up."

Coby stood staring at Luffy, still in shock, his mouth opening and closing like it had a faulty hinge.

Luffy sighed in exasperation at the flabbergasted boy. The cloud he was on streaked at the boy before he could react and swept him off the deck of the ship before rocketing into the sky and out of sight. Right on time too because not even 5 seconds later, a volley of cannons went sailing into the mast of the ship.

With Luffy and Coby

Coby was starting to come out of his shock as he shook his head before looking where he was. He was no longer on the ship. He was sitting on something very soft. The form of Monkey D. Luffy was laying next to him, seemingly asleep.

He looked around to see that he was not sailing in the sea or anything of the sort. He was actually flying through the air, on a small cloud, hundreds of feet above sea level. He could see something moving in the water directly below them but he couldn't make out what it was.

"Finally snapped out of it huh?"

Coby nearly threw himself off the cloud in shock as Luffy spoke.

"You were completely out of it for a couple of minutes. Thought you died with your eyes open for a bit."

Coby smiled embarrassedly and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Ahh, Sorry about that, Luffy." Coby apologized

Luffy didn't respond, simply chuckling slightly, never once looking at Coby.

As he looked around, Coby couldn't help but wonder just how he was riding on a cloud.

"Ano, Luffy? How exactly are we riding on a cloud?" Coby asked

Luffy finally turned his head to look at Coby before answering.

"Oh, this. I ate a devil fruit." Luffy answered simply.

Coby was shocked. He had previously thought that devil fruits were a myth, made up to explain why some people in the world were so strong. But here was someone who actually had eaten one of these 'mythical' fruits.

"A devil fruit? I thought those were fake. To think they actually exist."

Luffy snorted at coby before saying,

"They exist alright. Back in the Grand Line, everyone and their damned mother has one. It's honestly rather annoying sometimes. No one ever has a good ol' fashioned fist fight. Trying to spear me through with dozens of spears of gold or some other shit. But again, I cant exactly talk either, I do the same thing"

Coby was in awe. To think that there were people who could do things like that and he hadn't ever seen it. The world really was a far bigger place than he had first believed.

"So, what fruit did you eat, Luffy?" Coby questioned

Luffy sat up before turning to face Coby.

"Me? I ate the Saru Saru no mi: Model Sun Wukong. It's a special Zoan that gives me Zoan-like abilities without being able to transform in the original sense."

Coby was rather confused. What the hell was a Zoan? He shook his head, deciding it would probably be too much work to ask.

"Anyway, where are we headed?" Coby asked

Luffy tilted his head almost a perfect 90 degrees and it looked like a question mark appeared above his head.

"Eh? I have no idea. I'm just flying until I see land." Luffy said

Coby's eyes widened at Luffy's words. This guy was gonna get him killed. Why on earth did he decide to travel with this idiot?

Oh, wait…..

He didn't…..

He practically got kidnapped.

Coby's heart could no longer take the stress. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed onto the cloud, passing out.

Luffy sweatdropped at Coby. This guy was really weird. He's lucky he had such a strong will.

**AN: Yes, this took far too long to get out. I also didn't get to the point I wanted too but I just wanted to get another chapter out. Next chapter will for sure introduce Zoro, and who knows, he just might be different from canon. Look forward to it, First-mate, Roronoa Zoro is going to be making his first appearance, and it will be great!

So, for the sake of my sanity, read and review!

Bye Bye ;)**