Luffy and Coby arrive at an island with a large Marine base, as they tied down there boat. Luffy looks around 'it dont look like a demon swordsman came threw here' he thought. Him andCoby walks down the main road to the marine base surronded by a huge wall that Luffy jumped on top of to see a man tied to a Cross pole. "Hey coby does this Zoro guy have green pants, boots and a bandana?"
"Yeah and a waist band thats also green" Coby said frightend.
Luffy nods "stay here Coby you dont want to be scene with me i might brake him out" before Coby could protest Luffy already jumped down on the other side.
Zoro heres feet walking towards them slow steps but they want heavy or light more like taps? He looked up to see a guy his height with slightly long black hair and light scar verticaly down his cheeck. He had a black fedora with a red ribbon covering his eyes his hair covering the left cheeck down to his mouth and nose being the only thing visible. he noticed his captains coat is closed its also all black with Red rose petals at the bottom of his coat at his ankles showing he has black boots similar to his.
"May i help you?" was Zoros sarcastic response to the stranger.
"Yeah actualy i was curious of something" he said voice giving zoro a estimate of his age 'hes around the same age as me' zoro guessed.
"Zoro do you have a Goal? Ambition?, or Dream you chase?" Luffy asked tilting his head upwards to look zoro in the eyes with his one visible glowing eye.
'Why does his eye glow like that?' Zoro asked himself before pushing the questions down look dead into this strangers wierd eye "To be the Greatest Swordsman in the World"
"That sounds like a lot of traveling or do you expect all the top swordsman to come to the East Blue?" Luffy urged him to awnser.
"No i headed out to sea to look for that man i will defeat him and be the best" Zoro said
"So why not go with friends to travel make the journey memorable?" Luffy asked another question.
"Because they will just distract me" Zoro said with a glare
Luffy growled at him "Do you know what i was once told by a great swordsman a few years back?"
"That the journey is the forgery the craftman ship that makes the Best of the Best"
"Only the dullest of blades remain the same, In the middle of the Fire, The clashes along the way the bonds you create they sharpen your blade more then any Wet Rock or Dojo can"
"As a fellow swordsman i wanted to free you and ask you to join me on my journey to also be the Best.."
"Swordsman!? Why in the hell wou.."
"...Pirate. That is my dream to be the King of the Pirates to be the one above all others not to rule but to be the most Free. To challenge the world and come out still standing as the Winner to make friends with many, to laugh, fight, challenge and to be challenged the Ultimate Freedom The Warriors freedom" he said with so much heart Zoro just looked at this guy this warrior he corrected himself he himself wanted to fight 1 man and people called him crazy while this guy have the Balls to challenge the World with just him and a pirate crew.
Zoro was so lost in thought he almost missed the next few words he said "Will you rise to thw top with me under my flag? The pirate king will have nothing but the world greatest swordsman" he said sincerely. There was no mocking in his voice or no fear. Just respect and faith that he will reach his goal. Weather he accapeted the other younger mans proposal or not this stranger earned his respect.
"Well you see i have another 3 weeks until the bet is up. Me and the marine captains son has a deal i stay alive for 4 weeks on these sticks. He will leave the Bar in town alone never to be bothered agian he already said he wouldnt step feet in there while im out here aslong as i hold breathe there safe from the bastard it was i who killed his pet after all."
"Yeah i heard of a guy cutting up a crazed wolf about to attack a little girl on my way here, im guessing thats the rest of the little story?" seeing zoro nod he sighed "Alright ill stay in this town for 3 weeks then were out to search for a crew?"
Zoro nods "Yeah but im not sure if i want to follow you as my captain yet but as a friend i will journey with you around the East blue while you look for other recruits and before you leave this sea ill give you my awnser before then" he said with a smirk knowing the guy has good taste in fighters atleast seeing as hes the first he looked for in the East blue.
"Alright im heading out ill stop by agian later we can talk get to know eachother better" they nod to eachother as Luffys walks off to the gate then jumps over it.
A young girl then comes by and offers Zoro some rice balls that she made herself. After a quick bite and a Thank you Helmeppo, the son of Marine Captain Morgan, discovers her in the yard and has Rika thrown out. Zoro thinks about joining the guys crew, Luffy and Coby meet Rika in town, who is happy to hear that Zoro enjoyed the rice balls and to meet another guy who isnt scascared of the meanies. She tells them how Helmeppo brought his vicious pet dog into their bar and that Zoro knocked it out to protect everyone inside. He then made a deal with Helmeppo: if he can survive being tied to a pole with no food or water for thirty days, then Helmeppo will spare the people in the bar. However, Helmeppo walks into the bar cutting off Rika and says "Haha heeeey miss me? Im going to execute Zoro tommorow despite that stupid bet i hope you all come see it!".
Luffy stands up angered "What did you say?" he asked
"What are you stupid? Matter a fact who are you talking to! Do you know who i am? Im a" Helmeppo didnt get to finish his sentence because luffy punches him outside the bar. Helmeppo being the brave son he is runs off to tell his father. While Luffy secretly follows a little behind into the Navy base to find Zoro's swords, Coby attempts to untie Zoro and explains the situation to him. Morgan looks over the roof after his statue was finally standing up proudly and sees a short pudgy little insect trying to free his scarecrow. Angered he gives out a order that they are both to be executed.
The soldiers run down the stairs of the building into the open plaza. Luffy ducking the panicked marines while sniffing out the wierd boys room and not cunfising it for the boy himself. He even caught a scent of 'Tangerine Thief?' he thought as he smelled her scent in one of the rooms but decided to keep at the task at hand. He finally finds what he would like to describe as netured colored room he found 3 katanas that matched the description he recieved from Rika earlier he looks oit the window snd sees that the marines were about to open fire, but before the bullets can reach them, Luffy leaps from the base and uses his iron body to block the bullets. Making them simply hit him and fall to the floor.
'The Fuck!??!' everyone thought together.
"Great you ruined my only coat now they have holes in it" Luffy said calmly
"There should be holes in you instead Dumbass!" Zoro yelled comically behind him
"Get them men! If bullets dont work chop the bastards up!" Morgan yelled to his men
"Oh relax Zoro i wouldnt be out at sea if i was weak, i got your swords by the way" he said as he shrugged off the coat and hung it up on the cross pole that zoro hands were tied too showing his face to everyone as his hat fell to his back only been caught by the string keeping the hat there. Now hes your swords he said as he place 1 in his hand leaned the other 2 agianst the swordsman legs.
"Try to stay out of this it shouldn't last that long" he said as he brought a sharp nail out and swiped at the rope holding zoro wrist freeing his arm in 2 slashes zoro was freed as he sat down on the floor.
"Yeah im not really in the mood to fight im to hungry" Zoro grumbled
"Dont ignore us!!"
A large sharp blade of air pressure swung from luffy hand slicing off all the marines blades in half moving so fast the marines only saw him twitch while zoro saw the blur of his hand coming down but never saw it go up.
"Next time it will be your heads that touch the floor, stand down this isnt your fight. Ax Hand Morgan i challenge you to a fight name your turms."
"Your head" he said with a cocky smirk
Luffy eyes glowed golden scaring the marines shitless and Ax Hand Morgan slightly but his ego wouldnt have it. Zoro or Coby couldnt see luffys face so didnt know what the fuss was about but Zoros mind was more on what would luffy ask for as price knowing his head is on the line surely it will be head for a head. He was shocked when Luffy said "Your strength i want to deflate your ego and show you TRUE defeat" He said mysteriously
"Just say your going to kill me don't make it sound like your the good guy now" Morgan sneered confusing everyone even more 'so thats what he ment the whole time?' *sweatdrop* 'He mist love the dramatics'
"Nope not the right awnser metal jaw come fight me for i can show you what i ment but i promise you you will still be alive when i leave here but you will be not even be half the man you think you are now" he said sliding his sword back in the sheath as he slowly raised up his hands in a boxer like fashion letting his body get loose jumping side to side
"Come on shiny beard im handing out ass whoopings for only the next 10 mins" He said with a lazy bored look in his eyes and a shit eating grin.
Ax Hand Morgan wad going to exblode with rage did this little pretty boy bastard think he can defeat him! Him!!? "Ill kill you!" he roared as he rushed the boy ax hand high ready to split something in two. Luffy skips to the right letting the blade pass him leaving a huge crater in the ground as it made contact in the ground Luffy then with a quick right jab with about 75% of his strength hit Morgans left arm at the shoulder dislocating it then with a wide left with about the same percentage as the jab hit morgan square in the timple raddling his brain as his world started spinning and he blacked out.
To everyone watching the fight all they seen was Morgan go for a assault, smash his ax hand into the ground just barely missing Luffy then Luffys right arm blurring and a loud crunch Captain morgans normal arm was bent at a bad angle from the shoulder and then a second blur from Luffys left arm and Morgans head is whipped to Luffys and the viewers right side showing it was a shot to the timple and then Morgan eyes roll to the back of his head as he fell foward right arm with the ax still stuck in the floor from his first attack.
To make matters worse the boy vanished then the stone statue the marines just lifted to make stand Arms were cleanly cut off a few seconds after the other as they both fell at the statues feet crumbling to chunks of stone. Earning question marks until he appeared behing the fallen marine as he was slowly gaining consciousness cleaning severed both his arms causing him to once agian pass out from shock.
"Cauterize the wonds so he wont bleed out" Luffy said plainly as he cleaned the only smugges on his blade with a Red rag as he slid his blade back in its sheath.
He walked back towards the 2 he came with laughing "Shihihihihihi pick your jaws up before you catch flys" he told the new recruit to his crew and his little friend.
"How you get that Fast!/Strong!" Zoro and Coby asked
"Training" he said with a grin
"So a fellow swordsman?" Zoro asked
"Yes and no i love a nice dance more then anyone but my main weapons were and will Always be my body i guess you can say its a family tradition we mostly if not all take up weapons as a secondary but never are primary fighting style has always been fist fights" Luffy said
Zoro nodded understanding slightly happy that his future captain 'Yeah im pretty sure im excepting' even if he was stronger then him he isnt a threat to his greatest swordsman title as he will be stronger then him overall but when zoro reaches that title he wants to be the greatest with a blade no matter who he faced.
"So who trained you?" Zoro asked
"No one really just tips here and there from 2 other swordsman when i was a pup" Luffy replied
"Cool like my 3 sword style" the swordsman nodded
"You Drink i got some Food and Rum on the fishing boat i thought a ship dont matter yet were not pirates yet just Criminals now i guess after this situation, Lets go say buy the Bar family"
"Why shouldn't we just leave?" Zoro asked
"Naw i guess you can say i have a real soft spot for Bar owners"
Zoro raised a eyebrow "Really i wouldn't see you as the Fetish type man? I like Good drink more than the next man but Bar maids dont do it for me you know?" he said with a shrug
He rolled his eyes but then smirked "We all got are types man, im guessing you more of a sword man huh?" he said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk
"Huh?" Zoro said until he understood the double meaning reaching for his swords "I will kill you" he said darkly with a glisten in his eyes.
"Relax i was just getting you back, my soft spot for Bar OWNERS comes from my Older Sister she owns my old towns only Bar."
"Ahh you got family back home?" Zoro realised
"Naw not by blood any way me and my 2 older brothers call her are older sister bc she was always in are life since we can remember and we would can any man that comes near her you know that bond us 3 had with her is for life" Luffy said wishfully as he looked up to the sky. "My blood relatives on the other hand Shihihi are all out somewhere also on the Sea My 2 older brothers left 3 years before me, besides them its just are Old Man hes are grandfather but he might aswell as been are whole world besides my sis he was always there when he can but he has to go back to see often as well."
"I see i dont remember my birth parents but i was raised at a nearby dojo those guys are like my family" Zoro said
"Cool, were here" Luffy said as he pushed past the doors.
"Hey Mr!!" Rika yelled
"Quite Rika" Her mother yelled "We dont want to cause trouble with Morgan"
"Oh dont worry about that your little sister isnt going to get in trouble i heard the marines took care of that situation since it was there own causing the trouble" he said with a smile as he sat at the bar.
"Oh hello i didnt think the swordsman had a friend im Rikas mother" she said with a smile
"Oh i thought you were her sister my apologies miss" he bowed
"Oh my" she giggled
"That's enough there play boy, we were coming to say bye were heading off now that the situation handle itself" Zoro said seeing were this was going.
"Aww ok" The mother giggled then winked at Luffy who smirked as they left.