Hello everyone and welcome to Chapter 2 of my One Piece Fic. Thank you for the follows, favorites, and reviews (more are always appreciated), and I hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the story.

Anyway, thank you to those that reviewed and specifically Void803 for giving me an OC to use. I'll take any more that someone wants to see me use, male or female, but to clarify: I do NOT do Yaoi, nothing against those who do, but it isn't my thing.

Also, I have a poll up for the pairings for Luffy, but you all can review for pairings for Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Franky, Chopper, and any other male members that join the crew so long as they are not being paired with Luffy. Keep in mind, Luffy and an amount of his crew, I haven't decided if all of Luffy's crew will travel with him, will be going to other worlds. Zoro, naturally, will definitely go as he gets new opponents to face, the others, besides those paired with Luffy, I am undecided on.

So this will cover Shells Island, Orange Town, and the Island of Rare Animals before ending just before arriving at Syrup Village and the Kuro incident. Also, this chapter will give some insight and details about some of Luffy's powers and potential.

Anyway, let's move on to what you all actually want to see.

Disclaimer: If I owned One Piece, then I would have fired the person who thought that Ace should have been killed off and then I'd never allowed such a thing to happen. LONG LIVE ACE… So long as he doesn't pull a Sasuke because Whitebeard died and then goes psychotic. Beyond that happening, then yeah… long live Ace.

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CHAPTER 2: A Hunter and Clown

Ocean: Just off the coast of Shells Island: A day later

Luffy was still resting on the back end of the boat with Makino in his lap and arms while Coby and Sabo were switching between the two for rowing assignments. After a few hours, they were almost to Shells Island and looked to see the small port they needed to dock at.

Disembarking to check out the island, Coby was excited to be joining the Marines, Sabo was looking for any rich idiots to rob, Makino was enjoying the sight of a new town/village, and Luffy was looking forward to meeting Zoro, "Hey Coby, where do you think we can find Zoro?"

Luffy asked and, before Coby could respond, the nearby people moved away with fear evident on their faces and Luffy shrugged it off and kept walking while Coby was confused, but shrugged it off as well thinking maybe the pirate hunter was just not a friendly person, "Uh, I guess Zoro *que more scared reactions* would be at the marine base under the command of Captain Morgan."

He stated and the people jumped back with pale faces at the mention of Morgan. Coby grew confused while Luffy blinked a few times before turning to Coby, "Still think that all Marines are good guys?"

Luffy asked and Coby sighed as he was starting to see Luffy's point and was getting more disappointed with what he was seeing of the Marines so far as they walked towards the base. Upon arriving, Luffy saw Zoro, strapped to a cross just hanging there in the middle of courtyard, when he climbed on the wall to get a better view. However, before he could go talk to him, a girl moved a ladder to the wall and climbed up before going up to Zoro and offering him some rice balls before some loudmouth named Helmeppo, apparently Morgan's son, came and took the rice balls before slamming them into the ground after he had tasted them.

He then had his subordinates throw the girl over the wall, which they reluctantly did, but Luffy caught her and made sure she was alright. Luffy then sent Makino and Coby with her to take her home while he went to talk with Zoro and Sabo decided to rob Helmeppo.

Zoro sighed tiredly as he was hoping the kid would be able to give him the food before someone saw, being tied down for 27 days with no food or water would do that to you, but at least he only had 3 days left before he would be freed. His thoughts were broken as he looked up to see Luffy there, "So you're Roronoa Zoro the pirate hunter?"

Luffy asked and Zoro looked him over and was able to feel the man's power and skill flowing off of him, "If I weren't tied down right now, I would want to fight him." He thought before he grunted towards Luffy, "So, what if I am?"

He asked and Luffy smirked, he liked this guy's attitude and spirit, "I was wondering if you would join my crew since I plan to become King of the Pirates."

He stated and Zoro widened his eyes slightly, "Sorry, but no. I have my own ambitions and I plan to stick it out here to fulfill a deal I made since in 3 days I get released. Even if I didn't, I can't afford to tag along with you when I have my own dream to follow; I will become the world's greatest swordsman and no one will stand in my way."

He stated and Luffy smirked and nodded, "Fair enough, though I have to tell you that you'll never succeed in your dream of greatest swordsman if you stay in the East Blue. The East Blue is considered to be the weakest of all the seas, so having the title of best swordsman of this sea means little to nothing when comparing yourself to the other oceans and their respective swordsman."

He stated and Zoro widened his eyes before Luffy grinned, "If you came with me, then you would be guaranteed to find and fight strong individuals that would test your skill, strength, and resolve." He stated keeping the grin and Zoro looked down in thought, "Hey, how about if that Helmeppo guy lied, then I free you and you join my crew?"

He asked and Zoro snorted, "Maybe. Now get out of here, but before you go, can you give those rice balls the girl made?"

He asked and Luffy nodded gave them to him as he swallowed them and Luffy agreed to tell her that he enjoyed them and everything. Luffy began walking back to town with Sabo appearing next to him and caught a pouch of gold coins from him before leading Sabo back towards where he could feel Makino and Coby, "Dad was right, this sensing energy thing does come in handy."

Luffy thought before they entered a small bar and sat with their two friends while Rika's caretaker brought them food and everything while Rika was happy that Zoro enjoyed her food. Their moment of contentment was ruined when Helmeppo came in claiming that he was going to execute Zoro tomorrow.

Naturally, Luffy took offense to that and punched Helmeppo through the wall and lodged him into the wall of the opposite building. Luffy blinked at the wall before setting some money on the counter and apologizing for the damage before telling his friends he was going to go get Zoro. Sabo and Makino stood and followed him while apologizing to the others for the disturbance.

Luffy leapt over the wall while Sabo used his Speed Speed fruit to get himself and Makino over the wall. Luffy stood in front of Zoro and sighed, "Helmeppo is gonna kill you tomorrow."

He stated and Zoro widened his eyes before gritting his teeth. He then smirked, "Well, looks like I'm gonna be joining you after all, captain."

He stated maintaining the smirk and Luffy grinned, "Hey Sabo, go get his swords. Should be three of them together in the main building."

Luffy ordered and Sabo nodded before disappearing after tapping his feet on the ground a few times. Luffy then noticed a statue being raised on the main building and smirked, "I'll be back in a second."

He stated before stretching his arms onto the wall and launched himself towards the main building while Zoro was gaping at the sight before he turned to the giggling Makino, "Who the heck is that guy?"

He asked and Makino continued giggling, "My boyfriend." She stated through the giggles as she watched Luffy fly at the statue.

With said rubber boy/man, he had flown over the building and saw a large statue that looked like the high ranking officer with an axe for a hand observing its positioning, "Hey axe boy!" Luffy called getting everyone to look up at him, "That statue yours?"

He asked and the man frowned before nodding and then felt a cold chill go down his spine as Luffy grinned ferally, "Good, then I don't have to feel bad about this."

He stated before shooting his leg into the air and then slamming it onto the statue obliterating it causing the Marines and 'axe boy' to gape at him in shock before he dived through the roof door and made his way through the building with the officer ordering his men to find Luffy and kill him.

Luffy arrived at one room before seeing Coby and Makino trying to untie Zoro before some Marines aimed their rifles at them. Luffy frowned and launched himself between them as the Marines fired and the bullets hit him, causing Zoro and Coby to gape in fear and shock, before the bullets rocketed back hitting the soldiers or making them do a dance to dodge.

Luffy stood straight and popped his neck before glaring at the Marines as the area filled with the cold feeling of death. Makino was fine as she had been around Luffy and his father for a while so she had experienced worse, Coby was on his knees sweating, and Zoro was working up a sweat, "Do not ever point weapons at my friends or girlfriend again, or you will die."

Luffy stated in a cold tone before the feeling got worse and the Marines started collapsing. Luffy let it up as Sabo came carrying three Katanas and Luffy nodded before drawing his sword; a pure black, 3-foot-long, serrated, silvered edged machete with a gold handle and cut Zoro's bindings, while said swordsman noticed something like a hum coming from Luffy's sword, and Sabo gave Zoro his swords before they turned to see Morgan there with more Marines, who charged with their blades drawn. However, they stopped as Zoro appeared blocking the blades from touching his new captain with a blade in each hand and the third's handle in his mouth, "Move and you die."

Zoro stated and the Marines cringed in fear as Zoro turned towards Luffy, "I am telling you now; if you get in the way of my ambitions to become the greatest swordsman, I will kill you."

He stated and Luffy chuckled with a grin, "I wouldn't settle for anyone but the best. The King of the Pirates can't not have the best swordsman in the world on his crew. How could the Greatest Pirate not have the Greatest Swordsman on his crew?"

He stated and Zoro smirked, he was starting to like this guy. He then pushed up and spun slashing the Marines in non-vital points to get them off before they heard a click and saw Helmeppo there with a gun at Coby's head. Luffy frowned and nodded at Sabo, who disappeared and put his sais at Helmeppo's neck, "Drop the gun and I won't give you a new way to breathe."

Sabo ordered and Helmeppo obeyed as Morgan brought his axe down on Luffy. However, he and a few others were shocked to see Luffy catch the axe with his bare hand and not move at all. Luffy looked up at Morgan, who could have sworn he saw Luffy's eyes change into something dangerous, before he snapped Morgan's axe in half and then drilled him in the face cracking his metal jaw and sent him flying into the wall… and then through it before he became embedded in the main building's wall.

Luffy cracked his knuckles before turning to the remaining Marines and stopping Zoro from attacking, "Call Monkey D. Garp and tell him what happened."

He stated and the Marines looked at each other before Luffy growled, "NOW MARINES!"

He shouted and the Marines scrambled to obey, "And when you get ahold of him, tell him his grandson says hi."

He stated and the Marines, Helmeppo, and Zoro gaped at Luffy before the next ranking officer came up, "Thank you for stopping Morgan. Unfortunately, no matter how grateful we are, you can't stay as you are a pirate and we are Marines."

He stated and Luffy shrugged, "We'll leave tomorrow. It will take a while for gramps to get here anyway." He stated and the officer nodded as that was agreeable, "Also, give gramps this when he arrives."

Luffy stated as he gave the officer a note before walking off with his arm around Makino, Sabo right behind, and Zoro following with a confused expression on his face. The officer, too curious not to, looked at the note and had to suppress a chuckle, Hey Gramps, I want you to take Coby; pink hair, glasses, kinda scrawny, and the guy named Helmeppo; blonde with weird sense of clothing and cries a lot, as your students. Coby has good navigation skills and is quick on his feet while the Helmeppo guy seems to be somewhat competent in movement and quick hit and run attacks. I think they can both reach Admiral level depending on how hard you punch them throughout training. Anyways, love you and hope to see you soon.

Signed, Monkey D. Luffy: Future Pirate King.

The note read and the officer folded it and stuck it in his coat before helping his men drag the unconscious Morgan to the jail, while wondering what type of pirates Luffy would lead.

Next day: At Sea

Luffy and them were sailing towards the next island that the commander had told them was just a quiet island with a small town without any problems but they may find supplies or another destination. Luffy had thanked the man while saying goodbye to Coby and Rika before they started sailing with Zoro being somewhat happy that he at least had two fellow crew members to rely on, though he was curious to what Luffy had done in the courtyard, "Hey Luffy, what was that thing you did in the courtyard that made some of the Marines pass out?"

He asked and Luffy looked at him for a minute before speaking, "It's called Killing Intent, it allows you to channel your will to harm or kill something and then release it out into the air and those who are weak willed can't take it and pass out or a few have even committed suicide to prevent a worse death from befalling them. In extreme cases, you can even project an aura so strong that people's hearts either stop or explode from the power. You can also release it as a pressure to make enemies collapse to their knees or worse."

He stated and Zoro had a gob smacked expression to his face, "Where the hell did you learn to do that?!"

He shouted and Luffy chuckled, "My dad. He is the strongest person in the world and he wanted to ensure that I could challenge him for that title and grow to be able to take on anyone that I met."

He stated and Zoro widened his eyes slightly, "Was he really that strong?"

He asked and Luffy nodded, "Yeah, he never did anything to get someone's attention but all the high level people knew rumors about a man called Reaper moving from place to place looking for someone and they all stayed clear of him."

He stated and Zoro raised an eyebrow, "And what was he looking for?"

He asked as he felt that more primal side of him wanting to find the man and fight him and Luffy smirked, "A successor."

He stated and Zoro widened his eyes before smirking, "Ok, that settles it. We're going to fight at some point."

He stated and Luffy chuckled and nodded, "I figured. I'm not a pure swordsman, but I may be able to help you get better."

He stated with a grin while Zoro smirked before he remembered the sword from before and voiced his question, "About your sword, why did it give of a humming noise?"

He stated and Luffy raised an eyebrow slightly, "So you heard my sword enjoying itself? Strange, I wonder why you can't hear your sword then? I can feel its calm and calculating aura from here. It trusts you completely and is unyielding to anyone but you."

He stated and Zoro took his Wado Ichimonji and looked at it intently while Luffy smirked, "When you're ready, you'll hear its voice and it will allow you to use new and powerful techniques."

He stated and Zoro remained silent as he stared at his trusted blade and to an extent companion as he wondered what Wado wanted to say to him as he knew the other two blades were nothing special, just basic blades that could be obtained anywhere, while the other crew members just continued relax along the way to the nearest island.

3 days later: Just off the coast of Orange Islands

Luffy and them were just lazing about before Luffy saw a bird in the sky, "Huh, could be interesting."

He stated before latching to the top of the mast and launching at the bird as his crew noticed the size of the bird in comparison to his size and Zoro sweatdropped at the sight, "He's gonna be a handful, isn't he?"

Zoro asked and Sabo chuckled and Makino giggled, "Yes, but there is no one that you could want on your side over him."

Makino stated as Zoro sighed before he started rowing faster to the island that the bird was flying over before he saw it get hit by something and start falling.

Orange Town

The orange haired girl Luffy had bumped into when he encountered Alvida was running through a deserted town while three people chased her. This was Nami, the Thief of Pirates, and she had just stolen a map of the Grand Line, the most dangerous and wild ocean/sea in existence, from Buggy the Clown… Yes, a clown pirate/pirate clown, because what kind of world would this be without there being a pirate clown?

Anyway, she was running before she heard Buggy's cannon fire and hit something before something else fell from the sky and smashed into the street right in front of her. She stopped just at the edge before she saw the same guy with a strawhat standing there dusting himself off, "Geez, I just mind my own business playing with that bird and someone has to go and shoot it down before I can finish my fun. *Sigh* maybe this is why Makino-chan jokes I can't have nice things, because people will try to break them. Ah well, I have plenty of money to fix or replace anything I need."

Luffy stated and looked around to see the same orange haired girl from before looking at him and it seemed like she had beri signs in her eyes and Luffy raised his hand, "Oh, hello again."

He stated before moving too fast for her to follow and stood behind her with a sword caught in his hand while the Buggy Pirate behind Nami stood there in shock and fear as he was seeing flashes of his violent death when his eyes met Luffy and he passed out just before Luffy flicked the sword away and pinned another pirate to a house before he caught the last by his throat and held him off the ground.

Luffy turned towards the man and he started shaking, "You mind telling me why you are trying to hurt this cute girl?"

He asked and Nami found herself blushing at his comment while the pirate was struggling to get free, "She-she stole captain Buggy's map of the Grand Line and he wants it back."

The pirate stated frantically and Luffy raised an eyebrow, "Buggy the Clown with 15 million beri as his bounty? Why in the five seas is he here? This place serves no purpose for him to be here at all."

He asked and the pirate shook in fear, "We don't know, he just said he was using this town till he was ready to leave and we listened."

He stated and Luffy nodded, "Fair enough." He stated before punching the man square in the gut knocking him unconscious and Luffy dropped the man. Luffy sighed as he figured that Buggy was going to be annoying, but nothing he couldn't handle.

He turned back to the girl, who looked at him with a bit of contempt and Luffy frowned and pinched the bridge of his nose as he realized she saw his Jolly Roger on his back, "Let me guess, pirates took someone you care about and now you hate them all?"

He asked and Nami widened her eyes that this man before her just read her like a book within a few seconds and Luffy looked at the sky for a second, "Want me to kill him for you?"

He asked and she looked at him in shock, "Unless he is a Yonkou level person, he isn't even a threat for me so I could take him out pretty easily if you want."

He stated, to Nami's shock, before frowning slightly, "Regardless, do what you like. I'm gonna find some food."

Luffy stated before he walked off towards one of the houses while Nami followed him wordlessly as she felt she could at least survive with the strange man while the pirate pinned to the house was trying to get free to tell his captain there was someone dangerous on the island.

A few minutes later, back with Luffy and Nami, he was currently eating after placing a small stack of money on the kitchen counter with a note apologizing for eating their food and the money should cover the loss. Nami was eyeing the money, but didn't have it in her to take it from whoever was attempting, unknowingly, to feed the person in front of her. Luffy swallowed some food before turning towards the girl in front of him and took his hat off and smiled, "Excuse my manners, my name is Luffy."

He stated and Nami just looked at him before he continued eating and she sighed for a second, "I'm Nami."

She stated and Luffy paused before swallowing and smiling at her, which drew another blush, "A pleasure to meet you Nami-chan."

He stated and shook her hand, while seeing her blush and deciding to ignore it since Makino had to approve before he even considered flirting. Hey, he isn't whipped but when your girlfriend of a year says she'll share you and can change her mind in heartbeat, then you keep her happy if you don't want her to be upset, "Nice to meet you too Luffy."

She stated as Luffy grinned before going back to eating until he twitched slightly and finished before heading outside, "Hey! Where are you going?"

She asked and Luffy looked back with a smirk, "My friends are pulling into the docks."

He stated and Nami wondered how this man could know that but shrugged it off and moved over to him, "So, you're just gonna leave?"

She asked and Luffy frowned, "No, I'm gonna tell my allies what is going on then I'm gonna beat the hell out of Buggy for getting these people involved and disrespecting them. There isn't any reason to terrorize the populace if you just wanted to use the island as a base."

He stated and Nami widened her eyes, "He's gonna take on a potentially dangerous individual just because he is making the locals unhappy?! Who the Hell is this guy?"

She thought before she saw a girl with a bow and crossbow, a guy with three swords, and a guy dressed up elegantly walking towards them. Luffy smiled at seeing them before he caught Makino and kissed her when she jumped into his arms.

When they separated, Makino saw Nami and looked her over before smirking, "So, what's going on Luffy-kun?"

She asked as she turned back to her boyfriend and he smirked slightly, "Buggy the Clown is here, and I want him gone."

He stated and Sabo straightened his suit while Makino adjusted her crossbow and took her bow into her left hand while Zoro placed his hand on his blades. However, before they could do anything, a dog came up and sat by Luffy's leg. Luffy knelt and petted the dog, "What's your name?"

He asked and the dog barked and Luffy grinned, "Nice to meet you Chouchou, I'm Luffy."

He stated and Zoro and Nami looked at him like he was crazy before a man came over in strange fur armor, a spear on his back, and glasses on his face, "Chouchou! There you are."

He stated and the dog barked before moving over to him while Zoro and Nami gaped at the man for confirming Luffy was right about the name and the man noticed the group of five, "Who are you?"

He asked and Luffy just smiled, "Someone who is gonna get rid of Buggy for you."

Luffy stated and before the man could get over his shock, Chouchou ran off barking and Luffy frowned before taking off after him. Luffy disappeared behind some buildings before they heard a loud crash and took off after him.

When they came around, they found Luffy holding a man with a strange haircut and a lion smashed into the ground and Luffy appeared pissed, "Do NOT EVER touch the pet shop again! That is Chouchou's treasure and I won't forgive you if you try and damage it again."

He stated in a tone that made everyone shutter in fear and they turned to see a shop with a hole in it and Chouchou appeared to be crying at the sight. The man, who informed them as they ran to catch up to Luffy was named Boodle and was mayor of Orange Town, then informed them that Chouchou's owner owned and ran that shop before he died and Chouchou treasured it above everything else.

Luffy pulled the man close, "Run, tell Buggy that I'm coming for him."

He stated and dropped the man who scrambled away as Luffy lifted the lion and hurled it at the bar where the pirates were. Zoro, Chouchou, Nami, and Boodle were shocked at the strength before Luffy walked over to the hole and frowned before patting Chouchou, "Don't worry, I can fix this."

Luffy stated as Chouchou looked at him hopefully and Luffy placed his right hand on the edge of the hole and breathed deeply before his right arm glowed Brown and, to the shock of all of those present, the wood of the building began moving and growing before the hole was sealed up good as new.

Luffy dropped his arm and took a few breaths and then grinned down at Chouchou, who knocked Luffy over and began licking him like crazy causing Luffy to laugh, "Alright, down boy, down."

He stated and Chouchou obeyed and Luffy petted his head before standing, "Let's go."

Luffy ordered his crew and two nodded while Zoro just followed with a gob smacked expression and Nami followed as she wanted to see what was going to happen and Boodle was just wondering who the heck these newcomers were.

It only took a minute before they were at the cliff the bar sat on with the Buggy pirates out and waiting with their cannon ready. Upon stepping in the clearing in front of it, Luffy took a deep breath and yelled, "HEY BIG NOSE! COME FIGHT ME!"

He shouted and the pirates gaped at him while Makino giggled, Sabo chuckled, and Zoro, having gotten over his shock after deciding he had the world's most interesting and weird captain and Luffy would explain later if asked, smirked. Buggy was seeing red before he fired his cannon at them and Luffy smirked before his right arm glowed green and he took a deep breath and then began blowing out a large gust of wind that launched the ball back at the pirates where it exploded.

When the dust cleared, all that was left standing, besides the bar, was Buggy and some dude on a unicycle. Luffy popped his neck, "Makino, Sabo, stay out of this. Zoro will take on the cyclist and I'll pummel Buggy."

He stated and the two nodded before leading Boodle and Nami to the back… or they did before Nami went to rob Buggy. The cyclist rode forward and drew a sword, "I am Cabaji, acrobat and first mate of the Buggy Pirates. So you are Roronoa Zoro? I expected someone more threatening."

He stated as he rode at Zoro, who dodged and kicked the cycle out from under him while Luffy socked Buggy into the cliffside when he tried to sneak attack Zoro. Zoro crossed his arms and knelt low as he faced Cabaji, "You should never underestimate someone as that will always be a costly mistake. Oni" he stated before flashing forward as Cabaji ran at him to strike and Zoro appeared on the other side with his arms out wide, "Giri!"

He finished stating and began sheathing his blades as Cabaji fell over with three large cuts across his torso. Zoro walked over to Makino and Sabo as Luffy stood where he was as Buggy pulled himself out of the cliffside.

Buggy was growling as this no name before him was disrupting his entire plan and was destroying his crew like they were nothing. Then he saw the hat on his head and growled louder, "That damn strawhat, it reminds of that bastard Shan… UGH!"

He stated before Luffy appeared in front of him with his fist buried in his gut, "I don't like people insulting my family and I do not like people cursing in front of women."

Luffy stated in a cold tone before he swatted Buggy into the bar like he was a fly. Luffy then turned towards him as Buggy burst out of the rubble with blades coming out of his shoes, knives in his hands, and one in his mouth… oh and his body was flying at Luffy in pieces.

Luffy dodged through the storm of death while inwardly chuckling, "It's funny. If it was a simple battle of Devil Fruits, you and I would be perfect rivals." Luffy stated and Buggy paused a minute to look at him with a confused expression and Luffy chuckled, "It's just, my Devil Fruit makes me immune to blunt attacks but weak to cutting attacks, while yours makes you immune to cutting attacks but weak to blunt attacks. It's just kind of funny that we have polar opposite Devil Fruits."

He stated before laughing out loud and Buggy had to admit that if the kid hadn't pissed him off then he may have found that bit of coincidence and irony funny. However, he became distracted by the sight of Nami moving with a large bag that he had no doubt held his loot in it, "YOU WENCH!"

He screamed as he shot at Nami before he felt pressure on his head and realized Luffy was grasping his head in an iron grip and was slowly squeezing him. The pain reached the point that he couldn't focus on his powers and his body rushed back together. He then tried to stab Luffy, only for him to catch the blades and snap them in half like they were nothing but twigs and drop the pieces on the floor.

Buggy began punching Luffy's torso repeatedly only to feel like he was punching a wall of iron before the pain of Luffy squeezing his head caused him to black out. Luffy dropped him before kicking him aside and moved to Nami. He pointed down and she complied and put the bag down before Luffy rummaged through it and then looked at the bar and the few buildings Buggy destroyed before Luffy got there and took a chunk of treasure out and set it down next to Boodle and telling him to use it to fix up the town.

However, he paused as he turned and slammed his fist into a recovered Buggy's face sending his head flying while his body broke apart. Luffy stretched his arm and took some rope from the camp wreckage by the bar and tied up Buggy's arms, torso, and legs before Buggy reformed with his head on his feet and his hands sticking out of his head, "AHH! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!"

He screamed and Luffy grinned ferally before stretching his arms back, "Made your life more interesting, bye!"

Luffy stated before his arms launched forward and smashed into Buggy sending him flying off into the distance. Luffy then turned to the recovering Buggy pirates and popped his knuckles audibly causing them to shift away from him in fear, "Leave before I give you a one-way trip too."

He growled and the pirates screamed before picking up their few crewmates that were still unable to move well and ran for their ship before sailing off. Luffy turned back to his crew before he heard clapping and saw a woman to the side with a white cowboy hat, purple corset, short purple skirt, a long white fur coat, and knee length heeled white boots, "That was an impressive handling of Buggy the Clown."

She stated and Luffy looked her over for a second before connecting with her eyes and saw the pain, fear, and sorrow in them while the woman was struggling to suppress a shudder that was fighting to come out as she gazed into Luffy's eyes and saw raw and untamed power just wanting to be released, "Thanks, but someone as famous as you has no business being in the East Blue. Even if it is the weakest sea, someone with a 79 million bounty is bound to get attention."

He stated and the woman, Boodle, Nami, and Luffy's crew widened their eyes before Luffy sidestepped a hand that came out of the ground to grab him, "Relax, personally I think the government is lying about why you got that bounty, so you have nothing to fear from me and I wouldn't mind helping smash a few faces in if you wanted some help."

He stated and Robin opened her mouth slightly in shock as this man apparently knew who she was and who she was going to be fighting and didn't care. Luffy smiled at her, which got a small blush to her face, before turning and heading for the docks, "If you want to join the crew, Robin, then feel free to just say the word since anyone on my crew is under my protection and I will end anyone who dares to threaten my crew whether they are an Admiral or some lowly weasel that wants a promotion."

He stated and the now named Robin widened her eyes again, "How can this man know so much about me and what I am doing?!" She thought before her mind rebooted to why she was there and regained her expressionless face, "I don't suppose you would be interested in joining the organization I am a part of?"

She asked and Luffy paused before turning to her with a smirk, "If I can be the boss, then sure. Otherwise, tell sandy that I'll probably be crossing his path soon and he should be prepared for a beating of a lifetime."

He stated giving her a knowing look and Robin's expressionless face shattered like a pane of glass as Luffy apparently knew who the leader of the organization she worked for was and that was a deadly and top secret… well, secret. Luffy smiled at her, getting the bit of blush back, and kept walking before he thought of something and turned back towards her, "By the way, I have it on a reliable source that the Pirate King actually found the Rio Poneglyph where he learned the history behind D and the century that the Government fears."

Luffy stated and Robin froze before running and grabbing hold of Luffy with her eyes wide, "Are you telling me the truth?! I swear if you are lying then I will kill you now!"

She screamed as her eyes had tears on the edges and Sabo stopped Zoro from interfering and Luffy kept his face neutral, "It's the truth, my dad met members of Roger's crew and confirmed that Roger actually discovered a lot of the world's mysteries that the government wanted buried. He never told them as that would have made them hounded for the remainder of their lives instead of leaving them be as time passed. I don't know the specifics about the century or the Poneglyph, but I was told some things about those who possess D as the middle initial."

He stated and Robin let him go as she shook realizing her hopes, dreams, and ambitions were not fantasy and could be achieved to spite those bastards in the World Government. Luffy straightened himself out before smiling at her, "Whether you join my crew or not, I'll be having my own war with the government at some point or another, so you would probably just expedite the process."

He stated while his crew, Boodle, and Robin looked at him in shock and surprise, "Anyway, we'll be seeing you Robin-chan."

He stated and she blushed slightly before waving his group and Nami to follow him. Meanwhile, Boodle just stared at the retreating pirates along with Robin, "That boy, is going to be someone important one day."

Boodle commented and Robin said nothing before going back to her ride, a giant turtle named Banchi, and decided she would follow the enigma that was Luffy for a while to see what he was like and if she could really join his crew and put her faith in him.

Two hours later

Boodle was busy telling everyone about how Luffy had freed the town before Chouchou got his attention with some barks and he saw some folded flags and a note there with Chouchou. Picking it up, he read the note out loud: Dear Boodle, what you didn't know about me is that I am a pirate and am aiming for the title of King of the Pirates. As such, I will be taking/claiming territory to show that I am competent and not just blowing smoke. With that in mind, I left flags with my Jolly Roger on them and if you fly them it will be a sign that your island, and town by extension, are under my protection and no pirate will touch you and if some try, those flags have something special sown in them that will allow me to come if needed. I already have part of Dawn Island as my territory only because I would probably burn Goa Kingdom to the ground just to spite the World Nobles. Anyway, back on track, you can choose to ignore these flags and they will find a way back to me or you can fly them and be put under my protection. The choice is yours, as it should have been from the start.

Signed, Monkey D. Luffy: The future King of the Pirates

It read and Boodle widened his eyes before smiling and nodded before putting the flag on his home and Chouchou put one up on his shop before the rest of the villagers began hanging the flags as well. Boodle chuckled lightly as he pat Chouchou on the head, "Yes, that boy will become great in no time at all."

He stated and Chouchou barked in agreement as they watched their fellow villagers celebrate their freedom and new protection.

With Luffy and Company

Luffy was sitting on one of the two boats currently tethered together as Nami decided to travel with them for a bit and he was relaxing with Makino snuggled up close to him and Sabo relaxing by the rudder while Zoro and Nami looked at him with curious expressions. Luffy, feeling them staring at him, sighed, "Ask. Just do it calmly and coherently."

He stated while also noting an ear appearing on the mast of his boat and figured Robin wanted in on the conversation. Zoro and Nami looked at each other before doing rock, paper, scissors to decide who was first and Zoro won and took a breath, "How did you make the house repair itself?"

He asked and Makino and Sabo perked up as they were curious as well and Luffy could feel Robin's curiosity. Luffy sighed and straightened himself before pulling up his right sleeve revealing a grey ring, then emerald, navy blue, tan, brown, and sapphire colored rings going up from his wrist with the snout of some kind of creature being more detailed now as the creature gained more form with each ring, "These are marking given to me by my dad that show my ability to use affinities for things that exist. I started with the grey ring which showed my affinity to stone and each successive ring shows my connection to another affinity. The brown one represents wood and thus using my own energy and command over the affinity, I can control it thereby allowing me to make the wood repair itself by feeding it my energy."

He stated and he felt shock from three of the listeners while Makino pouted, which made her cute in his opinion, "Luffy-kun, how come you didn't tell me you unlocked more of your affinities?"

She stated and Luffy chuckled, "Because the last time I did, you demanded I show you what I can do and then I nearly lost control and almost launched you into the ocean five miles away from where we were standing. I only got it somewhat under control the day before we left."

He stated and Makino blushed slightly before looking down as she remembered that incident when Luffy gained his earth element and he almost made a pillar launch up under her and send her flying. If Sabo hadn't been coming by and saw Luffy's panicked face, then she may very well have been launched that far as the basket of apples she was carrying were launched even further according to Sabo, who used his Speed Speed Fruit to see how far the basket and items flew.

She then remembered his arm, "So what was the color after the wood element? You didn't mention having that one."

She asked and Luffy chuckled, "I just unlocked it the day after we left Shells Town and haven't been able to train in it. Though from the list dad gave me, it is the Thunder affinity."

He stated and Makino gulped, "No practicing on the boat. Got it?"

She stated seriously and Luffy nodded with a serious expression, "Of course Makino-chan. I am not going to risk you guys just to get to test out my abilities."

He stated while Makino realized she hurt his feelings slightly and kissed his cheek before snuggling back into him, which naturally made him smile. Meanwhile Zoro and Nami were getting over their shock and did another rock, paper, scissors to pick who would ask what as Luffy just brought more questions up. Nami won this time and, after deciding the money questions could come later, asked, "So what affinities do you have now?"

She asked and Luffy smirked, "In order from wrist up; Stone, wind, water, earth, wood, and now thunder. Each of these affect me in some way besides giving me control over them. However, I need a certain level of control to gain those benefits and I have yet to achieve that."

He stated and more questions arose for them and Zoro went, "So how do you unlock the affinities?"

He asked and Luffy shrugged, "There are a multitude of ways; fighting is generally the fastest method even if I only fight small fry I can still begin unlocking them. There is also exposure to certain things that causes my body to unlock the affinity as a means of protection, they may unlock if another ability my dad gave me unlocks as they may be connected, and there are just many ways it can happen."

He stated and Nami went, "Do you know how many there are?"

She asked and Luffy smirked as he knew this would get reactions, "My dad had the highest count ever recorded, 50."

He stated and all five, counting Robin, widened their eyes in shock while Luffy just chuckled, "I sometimes wish my dad could have unlocked them all for me, but he was pushing certain rules he has to follow just giving me stone and a few other abilities."

He stated and this merely drew more questions, "Do you know what you may gain when you master the affinities you have?"

Zoro asked and Luffy shook his head and Nami went next, "What other abilities do you have?"

She asked and Luffy smirked, "Well, I ate the Gum Gum Devil Fruit making me able to stretch pretty far and be resistant to bullets and blunt attacks. Other than that, you'll just have to wait and see."

He stated and the two stayed silent for some time as they were trying to process what Luffy had told them already and were both starting to have hope in them. Zoro due to the fact Luffy was possibly the strongest person he ever met so he had a Grade A sparring partner now and Nami due to Luffy seeming to be more and more capable of crushing the pirate she despised so strongly.

Unknown to them, Robin was also filling with hope as she was starting to understand, at least from her point of view, what Luffy meant by having a war with the government as his powers could make him incredibly strong. That made her start to consider his offer to join… that and the archeologist in her wanted to solve the mysteries he was hiding as he and his dad just became a very curious pair and she wanted to carve out that mystery the more she started learning about him.

Later: Unknown/named island: Unofficially, the Island of Rare Animals

Luffy and them were exploring an island with many different animals, though the crew and Nami were confused as to why the animals seemed either intimidated or respectful towards Luffy while Makino and Sabo had an idea.

They weren't there long before they met a man named Gaimon who apparently fell from a cliff and became trapped in a treasure chest. Apparently the man had been there for over 20 years guarding the island to get the treasure chests at the top of a mountain and took to either scaring off people or shooting them. Luckily Luffy informed him that he didn't need the money nor would he harm the animals, which got them on his good side.

Luffy then offered to go to the top of the mountain to get the chests for him and Gaimon accepted. Luffy went up and found the chests empty. Not wanting to break Gaimon's heart, he pulled out a scroll and put some items into the chests and put the scroll up before taking the chests down.

When Gaimon opened them, he was surprised to find a blanket and pillows shoved into one, seeds in another; an axe, pick, and knife in another, and some cotton in the last. He sighed while talking about wasting his time before Luffy pointed out that he made a family out of the animals and that they were his real treasure.

Gaimon had widened his eyes before smiling slightly and stating Luffy was right before bidding them farewell as they sailed away, but not before thanking Luffy for the items in the chest which caused Luffy to chuckle slightly and wave goodbye.

Once out to sea again, Makino kissed Luffy's cheek and thanked him for trying to help Gaimon not feel bad while Sabo nodded, Zoro felt his respect for his captain go up slightly, and Nami was wondering what kind of pirate Luffy was as he didn't act like a pirate at all.

Luffy smiled at his girlfriend before turning to Nami, "So where are headed to now with our current course?"

He asked his unofficial navigator and Nami frowned as she looked over her charts, "Hmm, it appears we are heading towards the Gecko Islands."

She stated and Luffy twitched slightly before smirking, "I think we are gonna have another bout of fun there."

He stated and Nami and Zoro were confused while Makino and Sabo smirked since they knew what Luffy's definition of fun meant and it usually entailed him thrashing someone that deserved it.

Unknown to them, but Luffy, Robin had seen the interaction and couldn't help the smile that came to her face as she saw what Luffy did. However, she was also intrigued by the scroll item he had used as she had never seen anything like it before. She just laughed lightly at the growing list of mysteries surrounding Luffy as she continued following them, while wondering what Luffy meant by fun as well.

Done! Luffy has taken down two of his first pain in the necks and met two new girls, both of which are extremely curious about him. He also has a new crew member and two waiting to be admitted crew members.

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and are anticipating the next chapter which will cover Kuro, Krieg, and maybe part of Arlong as well. Which will be fun, especially Luffy's little clash with Mihawk after Zoro gets injured.

Anyway, as I said above, there is a poll up on my profile for pairings for Luffy, so check it out.

Well, that should be it, later everyone.