Welcome back! I'm ready to type! Are guys ready to read? If yes, get ready to read the next chapter! I won't make you wait any longer, cause I also want to let my imagination WILD! Also, for Gecko Island, I'm leaving Pudding and Sanji out, since Luffy, Zoro, and Nami are more than enough for the upcoming battle.

"Shishishishi! Who laughed?" - Speech

'Is he that oblivious?' – Thinking

"Gomu Gomu no Leo Bazooka!" – Attacks

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece. If I did, the final battle has to be Go D Usopp vs Buggy D Clown.

Chapter 8

A day had passed. They were almost at Gecko Island. Usually it would've taken a mere few hours, had they used Geppo and Soru. However, since they had three members who couldn't fly, while only two, who could actually fly, so they couldn't fly to the island.

As much as Luffy and Sanji wanted to rush ahead, their pent up exhaustion caught up to them, and they ended up falling asleep. Before their heads hit the ground, the two girls caught them, and placed them in their respective lap. Pudding held Sanji, while Nami held Luffy. Nami and Pudding smiled, and ran their hand through their partner's hair. 'Smooth and silky…' Pudding and Nami thought, mentally noting it down.

A few hours later

"…fy…ffy… uffy… Luffy… LUFFY!" Luffy sat up, and looked around. He turned around and saw Nami, with her hands crossed, staring at him, annoyingly. Luffy paused. He looked at where his head previously was. It was Nami's lap. He gulped. Then that meant… 'She gave me a lap pillow?' Luffy thought, nervous for some reason.

"We're here, at Gecko Island. Now let's go get your Sniper." Nami said. As he got off the boat, along with Zoro and Nami, he heard a familiar voice. "Halt! I am Captain Usopp! I am the captain of this island! Take one more step, and my army of 80 million people will crush you!" A person yelled from behind the bushes, sounding like a man, no older than 17 years of age.

"Don't you mean an army of three?" Nami asked, teasingly, not surprised. Luffy and Zoro were amused, but just listened to the conversation.

"Ahhh! We've been found! I admit I may not have an army of three, but I DO have an army big enough to beat you all!" Usopp boasted. Brave outside, sweating inside. Nami easily caught onto his lie.

"You mean those three kids in the bushes?" At this, the voices of three kids came, yelling "They found us!"Nami, Luffy and Zoro laughed. It was really amusing, considering they had meant no harm.

"Hah! Even if you caught me, I will defeat you with my slingshot!" Usopp barked, pulling out his slingshot, and aiming at them, intending to scare them away. He would hit their captain, and hopefully, chase them off.

Luffy shadowed his eyes. "Now that you've pulled out your weapon, will you use it?" Luffy asked in a serious tone. He loved saying those words. Those were the exact same words Shanks had said, in his previous life, to save him from the bandits.

Zoro, catching on to his captain's plan, once again, continued "This, in front of you, is a real pirate." Zoro tried to intimidate him.

"And plus…" Luffy continued, unlike last time. He pulled out his gun, and aimed it at the sky. He fired. This confused everyone. Why had he done that. Within five seconds, a bird fell from the sky. There was a bullet hole in its head. Everyone's jaws dropped. Even Zoro's. He hadn't been expecting his captain to use a gun. When he saw the gun, he thought it was just for intimidating purposes. Luffy proved him wrong. Now he started to think about his katana, which was strapped on his right side of his kimono.

Usopp then cried. He was spouting stuff about how he could never measure up to a real pirate. Luffy had enough of it. The Usopp he knew was a pirate. Not all too brave. But more brave than he was at the moment. "Hey, you're Yasopp's son, aren't you?" Luffy asked, wanting to end Usopp's crying. At that moment, Usopp came crashing down the hill, and landed in front of Luffy. "How do you know my old man?" He asked, curious as to how this pirate knew him.

"Well, let's see…" Luffy put his hand on his chin, and started to think. "Well first of all, he came to my island 10 years ago. He never stopped talking about you." Usopp laughed at this. "That's so much like him." He said. Luffy continued. "He was the one who taught me how to use a gun." Now that caught everyone off guard. Well, except Zoro, who already knew he had trained with Shanks and his crew. After seeing Luffy use the gun, he put two and two together, and came to the conclusion that Yasopp must've been the one, who taught Luffy to use a gun.

Usopp and Nami didn't know that Yasopp was the part of a Yonko's crew. So they just assumed that Yasopp had taught Luffy at his village. Luffy, noticing this using his Kenbunshoku, decided to tell them later onwards. Just so that they don't have a heart attack, or die of shock. "By the way, can we get something to eat?"

After a few hours

"Hey Usopp! Do you know where we could get a ship?" Luffy asked, after gulping down his mouthful of food.

Usopp stuttered. He didn't want to tell them about Kaya. So he lied to them, and said that there isn't a place to get a ship.

"Well… What about that mansion on top of the hill?" Nami asked, having seen the mansion while walking with the other three. She knew that id there was a mansion, that meant there was money. If there was money, they could have someone build a ship for them.

Usopp was freaking out, mentally. They had found out about the mansion. It wouldn't be long before they found out about Kaya. In defense, all he said was "Don't go there! You won't find a ship there!", before he ran away, to tell Kaya his lies.

Luffy and Zoro continued filling their appetite. At that moment, three kids rushed in, demanding where their 'boss' was. At that time, Luffy decided to have some fun with them. "Mmm~ That meat was amazing!" The kids looked horrified at this "W-W-What d-did y-you d-do to our captain?" The children asked, terrified for their answer. Zoro gave them a dark smirk, and said "Your captain… was eaten!"

The children looked at Nami, their eyes widened, and they screamed "AHHH! Onibaba!" Nami got a tick mark on her face. Why did the children have to look at her while screaming? When she was about to scold them, she felt someone place a hand on her shoulder. She turned around. It was Luffy, giving her a warm smile. It made her feel warm inside. She calmed down.

"Wait, so boss isn't here?" One of the three kids asked. Luffy shook his head. "Then the only place he could be is…"

And that's it for this chapter. Now Syluk has left some reviews. It's time to answer them.

About Jimbei. No, the Straw Hats did NOT abandon him. I WILL include him afterwards. Now Oda has mentioned the locations of 3 of 4 road poneglyphs. Who know how long it might take to find the final one. In my story, the Straw Hats managed to discover it, at an unknown place, and find the final place. To balance things in a place, it takes time. A lot of time. Maybe a few months. Maybe more. Maybe less. That's why Jimbei wasn't in the crew at that time.

The reason I summarize everything is because I have college, AND I upload a chapter almost daily. So I don't get time to write every single sentence. And you're saying that Luffy can't use Gear Second at age 7? Well He only used it for a second. At 17, he could use it for like minutes. Do you see the time difference? 1 second vs several minutes? Does that make sense?

Yes, I know that my work is rushed, as well as too short. Why? The same reason as before. Time. If I take too MUCH time, people start to lose interest.

I have also said this before, but this is my first time writing. In short, I have NO writing experience, in terms of writing stories. For the fourth wall failure, it was for comedic purposes.

About all the 'How' questions. Well it's called plot armor. It helps the characters do something they shouldn't be able to. (Includes all your questions from the Chapter 4 review)

As for the handgun and katana? What's Luffy supposed to learn from Yasopp and Shanks then? Honestly, I see Luffy taking every opportunity to get stronger. As for him meeting Ace and Sabo, I don't like that arc (ASL arc, as I like to call it).

I don't mean to offend any of you with this rant, as you may call it. But their the thoughts coming from me, about this story. I manage to write one chapter in an hour. It's hard, even if it's only around 1500 words.

Anyways, I'm going to end this chapter off at this moment. I have a lot to think about this story… Right! See ya next time! Bye!