Luffy POV

I was a strong girl. Really I was, I stabbed myself with a knife and I only cried a bit, so I was strong, no matter what lies Shanks might tell you!

Still, I was glad for the apple juice and Makino's hugs. They made everything better, always.

"I told you I would do it, Shanks, it's your fault you didn't believe me you stupid tomato! Now, you have to give me all of your meat!" I said, demanding my rightful reward, using what Makino called my "outside voice". Well I was able to use it indoors so clearly she was wrong!

"Sure thing Princess, you can have it, all yo-"

"Really?!" I interrupted the stupid tomato, wincing slightly as I saw Makino grimace a bit at the use of my outside voice. Maybe I should only use it outside? Maybe Makino was right?

"All you have to do, is to reach it!"

How dare he. How dare this tomato take my, MY, meat from me!? From it's rightful owner?

"All right, THAT'S IT!" And with that exclamation I kicked him, hard, in the place Makino told me to kick weird old men. The stupid tomato head fell down, and the meat was once more with it's rightful owner, as the laughter of his crew roared around us, he was silent.

"The little thing got you good, didn't she captain?"

"That she did, that she did," responded one of the crew members, Lucky Roo, clearly not the one the question was posed too, grinning.

And just as I was starting to get worried Shanks joined in on the laughter.

"Well, I was planning on asking you if you would like to join us on an adventure, but clearly we can't have someone that would attack their captain over treasure follow along…"

"NO, YOU STUPID TOMATO HEAD, YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME!" That was, most definitely not my indoor voice, but at this moment I was far too worried to care.

"Haha, just kidding," really, so does that mean I can come along, I wondered, "we were never going to bring you along!"

He… He was bullying me. Treating me this way was not okay and I attempted to show my clear displeasure at this truly vile treatment by punching him where I kicked him, since it was so effective, but he succeeded at stopping me.

"Whoa, there young lady, who taught you to attack a man in that place?" he asked seeming to honestly want the answer, perhaps, so he could make that person tell him all of their good ideas, so he could stop me from taking my rightful reward from him…

I chose to answer him anyway, as I knew no one could win against Makino.

"Makino told me to do that against weird old men!"

He was stunned into silence, clearly not expecting Makino to be a tactical genius like this. Well, jokes on him, she is!

Shanks crew started laughing again, Yassop even falling over in his chair.

"Alright then Luffy, you win, I will get you one extra plate of meat!" Shanks said, in what had to be his outside voice to be heard over the roaring laughter of his crew.

"Fine." I graciously accepting his surrender, not at all pouting, no matter what lies anyone might spread to slander me.

Now after I had finished my meal, Shanks gift of surrender, I found he had been kind enough to prepare a strange fruit for me as desert.

It was black (didn't it use to be purple a small part of me whispered), incredibly so, green and it almost seemed to be covered in a mist that wouldnt leave the surface of the fruit. It was mesmerizing in my own humble opinion, so I started eating it.

It tasted of power and death, the two mixing in a blend of something tasting so good it tastes horribly, or perhaps the other way around. I decided to not make it overcomplicated(a fancy word I read in one of those books that silly old major made me read) and decided to simply say it was tasty. My thoughts were trailing over to the lights, in the surrounding people. All I had to do was reach out, grab and pull, it would be so easy, and I would have power.

But was Shanks (why was he on the floor laughing now?) really worth that power? I decided it wasnt and looked away as the lights, that were oh so blinding, faded and sound returned again.

"y dont you clean up some more?" Laughter came from this scarred man standing in front of Shanks as he smashed a bottle of the adult juice and poured it on Shanks.

That wasn't what made me angry. No, it was the fact that he had hurt Makino that made me angry, pieces of glass making her bleed, but she quickly hid it, and despite that stupid tomato not noticing I did. At this moment I decided I hated the scarred man. The vermin, a thing even lower than a rat. Maybe he would be missed, but I knew if he hurt Makino again that wouldn't stop me from reaching out and grabbing his light and making it one of mine. Maybe it was only the fact that Makino would be sad or that I didn't want him as my first light that stopped me.

During my glaring, and thinking, it seemed though as he had left. Ran away like the rat he was.

"SHANKS! Why didn't you do anything?" I asked, shouted, angry and hurt.

"Because I didn't need to, you dont need to fight everyone to be strong Luffy, thats not how it works."

He is stupid. That was all I could think of at that moment. Stupid stupid stupid tomato.

I made a strategic retreat, leaving them behind when I ran out of there as fast as my legs could carry me. It was pretty fast, all things considered.

I might have cried a bit. He was meant to be a hero. He was meant to save the day and take the pain away, wasn't he? But now he ran, ran from that stupid bully. He was a coward.

When I was done crying, I started walking towards a familiar light, one that I disliked, one that hurt Makino. He wouldn't do that again, I decided, he wouldn't bully anyone again.

Ever.

Unnamed Bandit POV

The strange kid that was with that coward pirate today was coming over. She was kinda creepy in all honesty, and her glare couldnt exactly be called cute anymore.

"Hey there kid, You can't be here," said Johnny, ever the soft-hearted bastard. Couldn't help but care about him, even the boss did, somewhere deep down in his cold dead heart.

The weird kid didn't say anything to him, just kept glaring and walking towards them. Some other of our little merry band started look towards Johnny's and the creep's confrontation as we gathered around on this street. Kid looked like she was about to do something stupid like fight Johnny.

She didn't, she just reached her hand up and touched him, and then Johnny wasn't moving anymore. He fell flat on his face and the kid didn't as much as twitch as she glared towards the boss.

Bob tried to stop her as she walked forward but all he got for his trouble was the same fate as Johnny. After she touched him with her hands. Huh, that might be the key here, I thought, and quietly told the boss.

"Hey boss, I think she needs to touch ya to do whatever her trick is!"

We couldn't let her figure out we found out now then, could we? If we catch her unguarded we might win this, and those devil fruits might actually exist. I bet their users weren't sold for cheap.

I looked over at the boss and was gonna inform him of my thoughts, but as I looked at him I knew it was useless, he really had a soft spot for Johnny.

She wouldn't be alive after today.

Luffy POV

This idiot actually beat her. Pushed her down to the ground, and now she couldn't move anymore.

"So Princess, you seem to be in some trouble!" A so annoying voice, that had an edge to it, asked. I couldn't have wanted to hear it more than now. It was like all my worries had washed away and now I knew it would be safe.

I felt a pain in the back of my head after that, and the next thing I felt a rocking sensation, from side to side it went, and then a pain in my ribs.

"Up yet you brat?" It was an angry voice, oh so angry, and then I opened my eyes. Wood was all I saw until I turned around, and noticed I was in a boat, not a big one either.

My throat hurt, hurt so much I didn't want to talk, so I didn't, I just glared at this vermin, this rat, until he walked forward and hauled me up by my neck.

"Johnny is dead cuz of you, so I think I might have to repay the favor!" A chuckle followed this statement. Makino said dead is bad and making someone dead is worse, but I didn't make anyone dead, I just made them dissapear. Made them go to sleep for a long time.

He dropped me into the cold water, and then I heard a roar. But I also felt someone drag me up to the surface again, and maybe I wished that someone hadn't as I saw the monster, huge and scaled that stared at us, for only a moment, but it felt like more, so much more, before it charged.

My savior, Shanks glared at it once he pulled us out its path. It fled, fled like a coward. Fled like I never wanted Shanks to, except for now when I saw his arm, or didn't see his arm. It was gone, as gone as those people I made go away, gone to never come back. Or at least not the way they were, but as echoes of what they used to be, hollow shells of power and skills.

I only felt safe once I was back in Makinos embrace, my own little safe place, for now and ever. Shanks joined in and for once I could say he didn't feel like he made our embrace too full. It was perfect now.

Third POV

Deep down in impel down, beneath the building itself, sat an old man. Well, he didn't look to old, being large enough for it to be intimidating, and with most of his facial features a scarred mess, but he was old.

He, for the first time in over 7 decades, smiled when he wasn't mocking anyone.

He, for the first time in over 16 decades, let out a genuine smile, with far too many teeth for it to be human.

He smiled because he knew soon, he would be free.

He smiled, because now he knew. He knew why world government feared the void century becoming known.

He smiled, because he had just made a purple fruit change into a green and pitch black one. Soon, his chains would fall and crack.

The monster laughed on his seat in the darkness.

And thats it folks, hope you enjoyed this.

Luffy's power will basically be Glastig Uaine's from worm, cuz its a really interesting power in my opinion.

She doesnt really get that killing someone, would well kill them. In her opinion (so far, it might change) they live aslong as their light lives.

This light is what she is able to take btw, kinda their soul.

Please leave a review telling me what you think of this concept so I get to know if people want more or not. Keep in mind its my first story so please be somewhat gentle with the flames, although I always welcome constructive criticism.