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Chapter 2: Time To Get Physical!
Foosha Village
Luffy was woken up by the sound of the swaying waves in the distance. He groaned and rubbed his eyelids. Once he opened his eyes, he was surprised by the familiar scenery. "Where am I?" He said to himself. A clear blue sky, calm waves brushing gently against the cliff he was currently on. "Why does this seem familiar?" He thought to himself. He sat on the ground, rubbing his chin while thinking to himself, "Am I back in the east blue?"
Suddenly, a thought popped in his head. "Maybe I can search for their auras!"
As soon he tried to search for everyone's auras, he was shocked by two things. 1.) Everyone's auras felt weak to him. 2.) Why can't he barely sense anyone? As he was trying to figure out these two questions, He finally realized something. "
"Ahhh! Why am I little again?!" He shouted out loud.
He looked down and saw that he looked exactly he was when he was 7 years old. He had on a black tank top that had a skull with crossbones on it and red shorts with white cuffs at on at the bottom. He also was wearing his straw hat that shanks gave to him. The shocking part is that he still had the scar that Akainu gave him!
"Did that mystery beam send me back in time?!" He said.
As he was still trying to see if he was back in time, he decided to confirm something. He ran deep into the forest, jumping over branches. Finally, he reached his destination. The treehouse that he once shared with Ace and Sabo was in his view. He walked over and rubbed on it.
"It's the same as I remember it." He thought to himself.
After 30 minutes, he sat down in front of tree and said to his self, "I guess that mystery beam really did send us back in time. Wait if I was sent back, does that everyone else was sent back too?! Well I hope they are because I want to us get stronger again. The New World has way too many strong guys for to handle if we aren't strong enough. We barely were able to escape from Big Mom and each of her crew was very strong! I don't want to see my crew members to get hurt anymore and I know I can't be for them all the time. Now since I want us all to get stronger than before, how can I help them get stronger?"
Suddenly, a crazy thought appeared in Luffy's mind. "Maybe I can have grandpa train me! I mean I know the training might be hard but I want to get stronger."
While Luffy was deep in thought about becoming stronger, he didn't notice a tall brooding figure blocking his shadow.
"LUFFY! YOU CHEEKY BRAT! HOW DARE YOU RUN AWAY FROM YOUR GRANDPA RECEIVE THIS FIST OF LOVE!" Garp yelled while slamming his fist into Luffy's head.
Before Luffy could even defend his self against Garp's "Fist of Love", It was too late. Garp's fist connected with Luffy's head, sending him two feet into the ground.
"Owwwww! GRANDPA! THAT HURTS!" Luffy cried. He was still trying to pull his self from the ground while rubbing his head.
"That'll teach you to stop running away from your loveable grandpa. Bwahaha." Garp laughed proudly.
"One of these days, I'll hit you with a punch that will hurt you too!" Luffy yelled back. "This is the best chance to have grandpa train me!" Luffy thought to himself.
"Oh really? Okay how about this, if you can manage to make me move from this spot, I'll grant you a free request?" Garp said with a smug look.
Luffy smirked a bit because he knew he was going to knock that smug look off his grandpa. He got ready to stretch his arms but stopped himself and thought about this situation. "If I hit him with a Haki infused punch, he won't train me and want to drill me with questions, but I do want to hit him for making my head hurt."
Suddenly, another crazy thought formed in his head. "Ok watch me." Luffy said.
Luffy stood by the tree and crouched into a position that Garp never knew about. All of a sudden, Luffy pumped his muscles with adrenaline twice and a red steam appeared from his body. Garp was surprised learned a move like that. The air around Luffy started to distort because of the sudden increase in heat pressure.
"Crap. I can only do this for 15 seconds, so I better make this count." Luffy mumbled to himself. He couldn't maintain this form for too long because his younger body couldn't take the sheer pressure.
"Here I come gramps." Luffy said. He suddenly stretched both of his arms back as far as he could and as soon Garp tried to figure out what Luffy was doing, it was too late. In a blur, Luffy shot straight towards Garp while reeling both of his arms into Garp's chest.
" Gum Gum JET BAZOOKA!"
As soon as the hit connected, Garp felt like he was hit with two mini cannons and managed skid only a couple feet back. But that wasn't the shocking part that Garp was concerned about. He was more shocked that Luffy had managed to learn a move like that.
"That actually managed to sting for a couple of seconds! Where did he learn a move like that?" Garp thought.
As Garp was deep in thought about where had Luffy learned a move like that, Luffy reverted back to his original self while panting heavily.
"Damn. That was tougher than I thought. Looks like I'll have train even harder" Luffy cursed.
After 30 seconds passed by, Garp suddenly spoke up.
"Looks like you pack a hell of a punch you cheeky brat. I'm so proud of you. I can't wait to enlist you into the marines."Garp said with a gleam in his eyes.
"Crap! I forgot he wanted me to go to the marines! But in order for my plan to work, I have to convince him to train me now!" Luffy thought. He would have to create a believable lie that his grandpa would believe.
"Anyways, What's your request Luffy?" Garp said.
"Um I was wondering if you can train me so I can enlist into the marines in 10 years?" Luffy said in a fearful manner.
"Why now? Can't you wait until I take you to the marine branch to sign you up?" Garp asked.
"No! I want to train now so I can be as strong as you when I grow up!" Luffy said in an almost admirable tone.
"My grandson wants to be as strong as me? This young boy is going to make this old man's heart melt!" Garp thought.
"Okay. I can do that. But I will have to call into Headquarters and let them know I'm taking a break. So what do you want to learn boy?" Garp asked.
" I want you to teach me EVERYTHING! Including Haki and the Six Powers." Luffy said.
Garp suddenly tensed up. He was not expecting his grandson to say anything like that. Now Garp started to become suspicious of Luffy's behavior.
"Where did you hear those words from?" Garp said in a low tone.
" I saw these guys in black suits walking around in town calling themselves Cipher Pol, talking about them." Luffy said. Luffy knew he was lying but he had to convince his grandpa that he was telling the truth.
"Damn Cipher Pol." Garp cursed. "Fine Ill teach you but just to let you know im not going easy on you boy."
"Thanks gramps! I will do my best!" Luffy said.
That's my boy!" Garps said. "Your training starts now."
"Ok!"
Luffy then puts his hat inside the treehouse, which was the safest spot in the forest. "Hopefully, I can help everyone get stronger." Luffy thought to himself.
…...
(2 years later)
Deep within the forest, A battle was taking place between a young boy, and a tiger. Luffy, who locked in a fight with the viscous tiger, was grinning madly. Why was he grinning madly you ask? Because he knew he hasn't even started breaking a sweat and was about done with this warm up. The tiger on the other hand, was covered in bruises but refused to back down against Luffy. Luffy and the tiger was fighting for 2 hours. The area surrounding them looked like a warzone. The trees were covered in huge scratch marks and half of the forest was pretty much almost obliterated because Luffy kept on wanting to practice new moves on the tiger. Surprisingly, it was almost a miracle that the tiger lasted this long, but there's a saying, "All good things must end."
"Sorry big guy. Time for me to end things now. How about we spar some more another day?" Luffy suggested.
"GRRRRRR." The tiger roar ferociously.
In a blink of an eye, Luffy was gone. The tiger froze. It never even saw when Luffy appear on the right side of it. Luffy stretched both of his arms back and prepared to strike.
"Gum Gum Modified LEO BAZOOKA!"
Both of his arms shot forward and slammed together with one on the top and the other on the bottom and slammed right into the tiger right side. The attack resonated all of the forest. The tiger who was the king of the jungle, fell silently onto the ground, unconscious. Luffy bent his arms back to his side and sighed to himself. Maybe that attack was a little bit too much. He could've held back a little, but he was so caught up in the moment in having fun with the tiger, he forgot. He walked over to the tiger and patted him and said, "That was fun big guy." After he got done patting it, he finally looked in the sky and noticed that it was the afternoon.
"Whoa. I didn't even notice it was the afternoon. Wait didn't gramps say he was coming back today? FUCK!" Luffy thought.
He shivered when he thought about his grandpa returning. He DEFINITELY ready for his grandpa to return. Over the past 2 years, training with his grandfather was...Hell. When his grandfather said he wasn't going easy on Luffy, he was not joking at all. He basically drilled everything into Luffy's mind, body, and soul. For the first 6 months, Garp made Luffy do a intense training regime each day. each night Luffy felt like he was picking up houses each hour. After 6 months, Luffy was fit enough to learn about the basics of Haki again and learn the Six Powers. Although he only wanted to use a few for himself, he was going train his crewmates with the others. Garp also tried to teach Luffy how to act more like an adult, but Luffy was actually having difficulty in the department. He felt like he can learn more about that later on.
Later on that day, Garp arrived at the port and sensed for Luffy, but was surprised on how strong Luffy's aura was. For a 9-year-old boy, Luffy's aura was actually comparable to a captain level that lives at the marine headquarters.
"Maybe I should stop training him? Nah. I want him to become a strong marine." Garp thought. He was so proud that his grandson was getting so strong so he can be like him. He almost wanted to start crying.
Garp started walking through the forest so he can meet his grandson, but was surprised when Luffy appeared on top of a tree branch in front of him.
"Hey gramps." Luffy said. He was perched on top of the tree branch looking down at his grandfather.
"Did he sense me all the way from the port?" Garp thought.
"I came all the way from the Grand Line back here just to see how you're doing and all I get is a "Hey gramps"? Looks like ill have pound some more manners into you brat. You ready for Round 2?" Garp said while cracking his knuckles.
"Yeah!" Luffy said excitedly.
Later on that day, Luffy was wishing that he never said those words.
...
(10 years later)
"Thank you all for coming to see me off." A young man said. He was standing inside a boat getting ready to sail off.
"Whatever just get the hell off this island. You and your grandfather have been nothing but a nuisance to this town with your constant "training"." The mayor said.
"Mayor! That is not nice. Goodbye Luffy. Have Fun!" Makino said cheerfully.
"Have a safe trip Luffy!"
" Don't forget to come back and visit us!"
" Bring back some money if you can!"
"It's a miracle that Luffy is leaving after everything that has happened to him." Makino said.
"Maybe It's a miracle or it's fate?" The Mayor mumbled.
The townsfolk were currently on the cliff giving Luffy a farewell send off. Luffy, who was standing in the boat, looked even more mature than before. Standing at 5'10', even more toned than he was in the New World. He was wearing his regular New World attire with his straw hat attached to a string hanging on the back of his neck. As he was about to sail off, he couldn't help but to feel guilty about lying to his grandfather.
(Flashback 1 year ago)
"So Luffy which marine branch were you going to enlist in?" Garp asked.
" I think Shell Town has one." Luffy said.
"Okay I'll come to Shell Town in next year to see how you're doing. ok?" Garp said.
"Ok gramps." Luffy said.
"Make me proud boy." Garp said excitedly.
"Yes Sir." Luffy shouted.
(Present Day)
"Bye everyone. I promise you guys... I'LL BECOME KING OF THE PIRATES!" Luffy yelled proudly.
As soon Luffy was out of sight of the island, he started to search for all of his crewmembers. Of the past 10 years. Luffy has completely mastered his Haki again and has even improved it so much that he has better mastery over it than he did in the New World. He also managed to master all of the Six Powers. It was miracle that Luffy survived round 2 with his grandfather. It was moments when he almost forgot the reason why he was doing the extra training. As Luffy started to search or everyone, he immediately detected two familiar auras.
"Looks like I've found Nami and Coby first. And Zoro is surprisingly back at Shell Town. But his aura seems than usual. Well first things, I have to go rescue Coby and see if Nami remembers me." He said.
While Luffy was thinking, he detected a Sea King swimming towards his boat. The Sea King suddenly bursted through the water and looked at Luffy like he was a little rabbit. The Sea King prepared to launch at Luffy, but was frozen in place when Luffy glanced at it.
"You have two options. You can do as I say or you can have a hole in your stomach? Which one do you prefer?" Luffy said in a calm, yet threatening manner,
The Sea King was cowering in fear and started to lower it's head in a shy manner,
"Good boy. Now will you let me get on top of your head?" Luffy asked,
The Sea King nodded. Luffy jumped on top of it's head.
"Okay now go full speed ahead until you see two ships come into your view ok?" Luffy said.
The Sea King started to nod and accelerated forward.
"Nami, I hope you can remember me. Here I come." Luffy said.
Chapter 2 is finally done guys. Tell me what you guys think. XD
