Hey! So I was really dissatisfied with the previous version of this chapter. That's why I'm fixing some stuff up. Sorry for the repeat.

"I want to STOMP the Yonko! Except Shanks! Shishishishi!" – Speech

'This guy's gonna give me a heart attack on day…' – Thoughts

"Diable Jambe: Concasse" – Attacks

I don't own One Piece. If I did, the manga updates would be almost non-existent

Chapter 15

Now, as you might know, Luffy was a smart person, controlling to control his emotions, as Benn had taught him. However, he still lost control of his emotions, when someone he loved, got hurt. It was like that time, which made him wince every time he thought about it. No, it was not when his crew died. That was different. The incident that occurred happened about 4 years ago. However, that's a story for later.

Back to the story, Luffy had changed into his Gear Fourth, to fight Arlong.

"Gear Fourth: Tiger Man." He whispered, snarling at Arlong.

Arlong was silent for a moment. Then he laughed. A cocky laugh. That's what is was. He was clearly underestimating Luffy. "Do you REALLY think that changing your form would help defeat me? If you thought yes, you were WRONG!" Arlong sneered.

Silence filled the air. No words were said. Luffy was silent, his head facing the ground, his face shadowed.

Arlong laughed once again, then pointed his nose towards Nojiko's clothes, intending to rip them off. Nojiko had tears in her eyes, and was trying not to cry. A stray tear fell from her eyes. Everything was in slow motion for Luffy. When Luffy saw the tears fall from her eyes, it was the last straw for Luffy. Just before the tear hit the ground, Luffy moved, and appeared behind Arlong, ready to SMACK him down.

For Arlong, Luffy had vanished in thin air. He then felt a towering presence behind him. He slowly turned around, and saw something that mentally scarred him for life. There, was Luffy, on four legs, approaching him, as a tiger would approach its prey. Arlong threw Nojiko at the wall, willing to hurt her, to preserve his pride. He looked towards Nojiko as she went flying. When he blinked, Nojiko wasn't there anymore. He blinked again. He gritted his teeth, angry, not seeing her in his range of vision. Then, he looked at Luffy. Or where he used to be. When he turned around, he was met face to face with Luffy's. He paled. He had severely underestimated his opponent. He took a step back. Luffy took a step forward. Luffy stretched his 'front leg' (his right hand) back, the hand compressed into his arm. The tension built up in his rubbery hand. He mentally did the calculations, solving the amount, which would cause the maximum damage. His rubber hand sprung back towards Arlong.

Meanwhile, Arlong saw his death approaching him, as Luffy's arm approached him. He closed his eyes, waiting for it all to be over. The pain never came. He opened his eyes slowly, only to see the fist a few inches from his face. He felt dizzy, ready to throw up. As heturned around, he faced the sight of Arlong Park, rather the lack of Arlong Park. He gaped. Arlong Park had been reduced to rubble. Before he could say anything, he heard a voice, that sent shivers up his spine.

"You're lucky… You're lucky that the people are out there. If there weren't, along with the park, your bones would also be pulverized." Luffy said, making Arlong gulp. Luffy shrank back down to his original form, still glaring at Arlong. "I don't have much time to waste. So I'll finish you off, before I get too bored." He said, before yawning, earning twitches from everyone, spectating the fight. Was he even serious about this?

Luffy sucked in a lungful of air again, this time, blowing the air into his bones, in his arm, rather than his lungs. The expanded, inflating until it was as tall as a giant, maybe even taller. He covered it with his Busoshoku, making it shine. Meanwhile, Arlong was trembling in fright.

'This man. H-h-he's…'

"Gomu Gomu no…"

'- he's a-a-a'

"… Elephant Gun!"

'HE'S A MONSTER!' Arlong mentally screamed, trying to run away. However, the size of the fist was too big. As it hit Arlong, the fish man felt his bones break. He roared in pain, never have suffered this much pain before. He couldn't take the pain anymore, as he lost his unconsciousness.

Meanwhile, the villagers gaped, staring at the view. They watched as the kid in the Straw Hat annihilated Arlong, in ONE PUNCH! (A cookie for who gets the reference… Although it's pretty much given away lol) As for the Straw Hats, they mentally reminded themselves not to enrage their captain. Yes, this also included Sanji and Zoro.

The two knew, that they were the only ones in the East Blue, who ACTUALLY stand a chance against their captain. Unless Garp was in the East Blue. They shuddered, at the thought of the grandfather and grandchild clashing their fists. They would destroy the East Blue, that's for sure. They shook their heads, getting rid of the thoughts. They two wouldn't THAT dumb, right? They two nervously chuckled at that.

Back to the fight, Luffy huffed, cursing himself for losing control of his emotions. He looked at Arlong, and sighed.' I mean… he did deserve it for groping Nojiko…' The shark-like man was lying flat on his back, not even twitching. He was breathing, that was for sure. How did Luffy know that Arlong was breathing, you ask? Simple. Magic *snort snort* (Whoever gets this reference, gets not one, not two cookies, but 1.5 cookies!). Nah, just kidding. He was trained to improve his senses to help him for his haki. He was snapped out his thoughts by the sudden clap from a villager, which slowly increased, until the entire village was clapping. Hell, even the Straw Hats were clapping and cheering out loud for Arlong's defeat.

All of a sudden, a random male villager yelled out, "LET"S PARTY!" , to which everyone roared in happiness and glee.

A few hours later, Cocoyasi Village

Everyone was partying. It was the usual. All the men villagers were drinking till their satisfaction, which was endless, all while listening to Ussop's terrible lies, which they somehow liked. Sanji was spending time with Pudding, as always. Zoro was drinking, trying to get drunk, while thinking about his lack of a love life. Nami was spending time with Nojiko, enjoying their night. Luffy was eating ham melons, which he was very excited, because he had never found them last time. And to be honest, it was well worth it.

Soon enough everyone fell asleep. They would party tomorrow again, as all of their hard work had paid off, in the form of the young teen, Monkey D Luffy.

Next Morning, Cocoyasi Village

Under a tree, there was Luffy lying down on the grass. He opened his eyes, yawning as the sun rose, the light finding its way through the leaves of the tree. He smiled, remembering how he had annihilated Arlong the other day. To be honest, he hadn't been using even 15% of his total power. If he had, then the Marine admirals would have had something to check on. That was something that Luffy did NOT want. Not until he and his nakama had become strong enough to face them on. He himself wasn't strong enough to defeat one. Sure, he could give them a tough fight, but he still had to become more powerful to defeat even just one of them alone. He shook his head, getting the thoughts out of his mind. He would worry about that later.

He stood up and sighed, enjoying the greenery and peace. He started to think about Shanks and his crew. He smiled softly at the thought. He considered Shanks as a father. Even though his real father was still out there, he never thought about him as one. To him, a father was the person who listened to his talks, did everything to make him laugh, cry, angry, but never scared nor alone. Sure Benn had taught him to control his emotions, but that was only during fights. Benn never stopped him from showing his emotions in front of the crew. Whenever he had nightmares, mostly about his nakama, Shanks and Benn were the first to show up, and comfort him. Even though he had never revealed his nightmares, the two merely smiled, and understood his privacy. His thoughts were interrupted when he bumped into two other people.

Sanji woke up with both Pudding and Reiju snuggled into him. He smiled. He looked at the ceiling and sighed. What did he do to deserve such a happy family? He frowned at the thought of his other 'family'. Sure he was neutral with the Germa 66 in the previous life, but this time, it was different. They kicked Reiju out of the family. He clenched his fists and ground his teeth at the thought. It was good that they didn't hurt her. If they did, he would've gone and murdered them. He had mixed feelings of Reiju being kicked out of the family. On one side, he was angry for denying her a family. However, at the same time, he was happy that she met Zeff. Wait. His visible eyebrow rose. If she met Zeff, who helped her get onto the Orbit in the first place? She couldn't have escaped to the Orbit on her own, after all. He would have to ask her later.

He stepped outside his room. His thoughts went to his training with the Big Mom Pirates. It had been a while since he first snuck onto the island. That was the calm before the storm. Big Mom had drilled everything into him, from speed to strength. He let a chuckle when he thought about when Big Mom tried his cooking for the first time. She looked like she was in heaven. The smirk on his young face at that time had been enough for him to get several onee-sans, which were the maids, due to his cuteness. At first, whenever he challenged Katakuri to a fight, Katakuri had always ignored it. It always enraged him. It was later on, in his teens, that Katakuri had accepted his first match, granted that he had lost. It had taken him nine-and-a-half of his ten years of training to finally defeat Katakuri. When he did, he challenged Big Mom to a fight, which he lost after giving her a bit of a fight. As a 'gift' for giving her a good fight, she had allowed him to take Pudding with him. In the final six months, he married Pudding. He had been 'introduced' to Pudding when he was 12, and slowly increased his relationship from a stranger to a beloved husband.

Zoro woke up on the floor. He grumbled. He must have fallen off the stool, when he fell asleep. He remembered his thoughts last night. He sighed. He wouldn't reveal his thoughts in front of anyone, not even his crew. Meanwhile, his thoughts wandered to his fight with Mihawk. He had still been tired from his fight with Marco. 'Damn that phoenix bastard.' Marco had easily been the strongest opponent he had fought before Mihawk. Also, for him to fight two strong people within a few days; it had taken out a lot of energy out of him. The others, he could defeat without going fully out. He still had to fight Whitebeard, but he knew the major gap of difference between him and Whitebeard. Sure, he could give the old man a fight, but the old man wasn't known as the strongest man for nothing. He wasn't about to go into a losing battle. He had even met Ace. Strangely enough, Ace acted more calmly than Luffy and the Whitebeard Pirates had told about Ace. He had shrugged it off. Anyways, it would still take him a few more days for him to recover fully.

He stepped outside the bar, and stretched. He had made a good first impression of himself. He knew that it was because of his origins from Wano, that he had such natural efficiency in swinging his sword. He still remembered going around on Kuruigana Island, defeating the dojos, until ultimately he had lost to Kuina. His thoughts leaped to his training with the Whitebeard Pirates. Training with them was hard. They were slave drivers, having pushed Zoro to the very core. However, they were also good at heart. Staying with them reminded him of his times with the Straw Hats. His thoughts were interrupted when he bumped into two other people.

The three people blinked, and looked at the person to their left, confused.

"Sanji/Zoro/Luffy?"

Then they turned their heads to the right, looking at the other person, still confused.

"Luffy/Sanji/Zoro?"

Had they been that lost in their thoughts, that they completely missed each other's presence?

Without any other words spoken, they sat down on the grass, completely bored.

Complete silence.

Finally someone opened their mouth. "So Luffy. Did you sleep well enough?" Sanji asked, worried, as he knew about his captain's nightmares. In response, there was no answer. Worried, Sanji looked over, only to see Luffy sleeping, with a snot bubble. A tick mark appeared on his head.

Back in Cocoyasi Village

Nami woke up with a yawn, smiling to herself. All of a sudden she felt like her captain was in troub-

"WAKE THE HELL UP, YOU SHITTY CAPTAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNN!"

She sighed, and went back to sleep. There was time before the Straw Hats were going to leave anyways.

Alright! That's the end of this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed. If you did please rate and review. Again, sorry for the long hiatus. And I will see y'all again next chapter. Bye!