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After Night Comes Morning
When the man known as Davy Jones screamed at the top of his lungs, everyone on the ship could hear the anger from his voice. No one dared to stand by him. They all knew he was out for blood this night and they did value their lives. No one moved a muscle for minutes while Jones was spewing out his anger.
The rain had stopped and Marco knew exactly what he had to do. He ran towards Whitebeard and looked at the Old Man without saying a word. Yet the Captain knew exactly what his first mate was going to say and he just nodded. No one knew how to control Jones' anger except four people and those four were Whitebeard, Marco, Thatch and Mika.
His arms had transformed into fiery light blue wings as he flew towards the angered demon. Once he was standing in front of him, Marco looked at the eyes of the man and they were filled with anger, hatred and a hunger for blood. Any other person would have been completely terrified and frozen just by looking at him but Marco had his usual expressionless face filled with no emotion himself.
He looked at the man and said "Jones yoi, if you want to kill anyone, kill me." Marco was challenging the man to come after him. Fully transforming into the Phoenix that he was known for, he had flew off towards a certain direction.
Jones had his sword in his hand and started running towards Marco. The ship was relatively large and Marco did have the advantage of flying while Jones had to run so Marco was beating him in this "race" which lasted for a couple of minutes.
In his anger, Jones had all of his attention towards Marco. He cared about nobody in his way. His vision was dark but only following a bright blue light which was going to be his target to kill. What he didn't notice was that Whitebeard was waiting from him with his bisento.
Once Marco and Jones were in Whitebeard's vision, took his weapon and clad the blade with armament Haki and also had his devil fruit activated on the blade as well. When Jones came right within arms reach of the older pirate, Whitebeard had stabbed Jones with the weapon right in his chest. The blade was clad in Haki so it went through to the body of Jones and the earthquake ability of Whitebeard was working and damaging the man as he could hear Jones scream in pain until eventually he fell down and he changed back into his human form.
People thought that Whitebeard had killed Jones because they saw blood coming out from the still body that was on the ground but that was soon proven wrong because Jones had slowly gotten up with the help from Whitebeard and Marco. His eyes were back to normal and his zoan fruit wasn't active so it was safe to assume that he was back to normal. Jones looked at the two of them and then looked at the terrified and confused faces of the crew and apologized sincerely.
Whitebeard had laughed at the apology because it was unnecessary but then he did get serious and asked what happened. Jones took a deep breath and told them everything. He said Teach had come after the devil fruit that Thatch had, he stabbed him and was about to leave but Luffy and the newcomer Sakata had seen this occur so Sakata tried stopping him but Teach had overwhelmed him. And then he told him how he arrived too late and as he tackled the man, he had thrown his dagger and it hit Luffy right underneath the eye and that he let Teach go to get some help for both the two heavily injured men.
The entire crew was in a chaos. Everyone was mad that one of their own had betrayed him. Whitebead himself gotten so angry that he said "If I ever see Teach. I'll kill him myself for harming our own." but he did also tell everyone that Teach should be left alone. It is too risky to send someone after Teach knowing that he is much stronger than what he appears to be. Everyone was fine with that except Jones. He felt responsible for this. He was too late and three people got injured because if it. One being his nephew, the other being one of his closest friends and the other being a soon to be student of his. He was beyond angry at himself. But he tried to remain calm. He knew he was bleeding badly so he looked at Whitebeard and Marco once more and said "Thank you." and left.
Mika's mind was racing. She felt very uneasy. All she wanted to do was crawl up in a corner and cry. Normally, she wasn't like this. She was a hard boiled and strong woman. But today, not being able to help three of the people she cared about, she definitely wanted to escape from reality.
In front of her was a pale barely breathing Luffy with a knife beneath his left eye. She and another nurse carefully removed the dagger and tried to stop the bleeding as best as they could and once the bleeding had gone under control, the nurse started to stitch up the injury.
Dealing with Thatch was pretty difficult because not only did she have to keep an eye out on Thatch, she also needed to keep an eye on Sakata as well. Surgeries were required for both of the men as Thatch had broken ribs and Sakata had a punctured lung. Those took up a lot of supplies and time and they were running short.
However, while Sakata was being worked on, even though he was on anesthesia, he had woken up with bloodshot eyes. He took a look at Mika who stood in front of him quickly and he said "Take care... of.. Rey..Na" and then he closed his eyes and drew his last breath. There was no heartbeat and no pulse. Mika was furious that someone had died on her watch because it rarely had happened but there was nothing more she could do.
But once the surgeries were over, the doctors and nurses had noticed something. Luffy was becoming a lot worse than he was before. Then they took a look at Thatch and noticed that it was the same for him as well. They took a look at their blood samples as fast as they could and noticed that they were poisoned. They did not have the right equipment to treat poison. And this poison was working fast. They needed to get the two of them to a hospital.
Mika had ran out of the infirmary and looked seriously worried. Everyone's attention turned towards the head doctor. "Oyaji we need to get to a hospital and fast. The weapons that made those injuries were poisoned and it is doing a lot more damage than we can fix." She then said "Sakata died from his injuries. His last words were to take care of his sister."
Whitebeard and Jones had raised their eyebrows. But the two just nodded. Everyone was concerned but quickly started working quickly around the ship. Jones and Marco looked at each other. Even in tough situation, both men knew that her voice was confident. Not today. Then she had walked towards the three men standing in front of her and she said "They are dying." with tears flowing down from her eyes. Whitebeard looked at his 'oldest' daughter and hugged her. He tried to comfort her as best as he could. Then she looked at Marco and Jones and said "Sorry." The two men looked at her and smiled. "Luffy's tough, he won't die that easily yoi. After all you did raise him to become a strong and brave child.."
Jones also said "Thatch may be a little shit sometimes, but you and I both know he can take a lot of damage. He'll be fine too." And the two men hugged Mika. She still had tears flowing down her face and the two men tried to comfort her as best as they could.
She took a deep breath and composed herself to get back into the infirmary. Just as she was about to leave, one of the pirates in the first division had came to Whitebeard and said that they will arrive at an island by dawn.
The crew worked double time for an attempt to get the ship to reach its destination faster and somehow it worked. The current was on their side and so was a wind that had picked up during the few hours they had.
Just as they had arrived, Mika took out the two hospital beds and the people that were in them looked much worse than before. Both were on the verge of dying. Mika, Jones and Marco went to town with the hospital beds are they were carefully rushing. As soon as they got to the hospital they called out for some doctors to help. They explained the situation to them and the doctors moved as fast as they could. And even though Mika was a doctor, she was not allowed in the room while they were working on the two patients.
Mika did not argue as both Jones and Marco had held her back and told her to trust these doctors. Hours were spent as the three of them were awake. Both comforting Mika as best as they could. Sometime during the seemingly long night, Mika had fallen asleep. Marco had also slept once he noticed that Mika fell asleep and Jones was the only one awake. He hoped the three of them would survive this but deep down he feared losing Luffy and Thatch. They meant a lot to him while he was on this ship and he didn't know how to act if one of them did die. Especially Luffy. He could not lose his nephew. So he waited.
The two of them were woken up shortly after by Jones. And standing in front of them was the doctor. Mika, Jones and Marco stood up, waiting to hear what the doctor was about to say.
"I have some good news and bad news…" said the old doctor who looked very tired himself
"How's the child?" asked Mika
"We got the poison out of the child fully, however he is still in recovery. Currently he's sleeping and should wake up within the day or so." Hearing that made the three relived. Luffy was going to be fine.
"The man with the stylish hair however, is a different situation. Because of the broken ribs and the poison doing more damage to him, he right now is in a coma. We don't know how long it'll take for him to wake up but he will eventually wake up soon. Could be in a few days or on a month. That all depends on him." The three looked worried now but the doctor continued "We did get the poison out of him and he is on medication right now. For the time being all he needs to do is recover."
The three of them were hit hard with the news that they heard. Thatch was going to be in a coma. Thankfully Luffy is going to recover quickly but they also wanted Thatch to recover just as fast. All three of them were worried for their friend. As the hours had passed, Whitebeard and the rest of the division commanders had arrived. They told them the news and everyone was worried about Thatch, but they all knew he was a tough one and since they were told that he was going to survive this, they all had their hopes up that he would wake up soon.
It only took Luffy a full day of rest to finally wake up. The waiting room was empty except for Marco, Jones and Mika who had been staying for the time while everyone else had left. The three rushed in to see Luffy once they were allowed and once they saw Luffy staring right at Thatch, they surrounded him. Once he saw Mika, he got up while on his bed and jumped on Mika and hugged her. He started to cry loudly and that made Mika cry. "I'm sorry." was what the five year old child had said and hugged Mika tighter. The two men were standing and doing their best to comfort both. Jones said "Don't be sorry Luffy. You saved him… If you got killed, Thatch would have died and we'd be without the two of you. But you were a strong boy and ran. You saved yourself and you saved Thatch."
"That's all the matters yoi. The two of you are alive." still the two were crying. Jones and Marco just rubbed their backs and were there for comfort. But Marco and Jones both looked at each other. Neither of them wanted to see Luffy and Mika cry. The next time someone did, they would have to pay with their blood.
Luffy stayed in the hospital for another day until he was allowed to leave. Mika said that she would take him for a walk on this island. Marco and Jones wanted to come with her but the two of them stopped themselves. Mika was more parent like to Luffy unlike how the rest were like older brothers to him. They knew she wanted to spend time with him alone. So they let her. One they saw Luffy smiling again, there really wasn't much of a choice.
The two had walked into town and Mika had more than enough money to get whatever Luffy had wanted. Their first trips were to some toy stores and Luffy had picked out whatever he liked. The next thing he wanted to get was some new books to read so the two went into a bookstore and Luffy found some books that looked interesting enough for him and Mika paid for the two. Next Luffy wanted to get flowers but he didn't tell Mika why he wanted flowers but she did buy the flowers anyways. Her initial thought was that the flowers were going to be for Thatch.
The last thing they did was go towards a restaurant to eat. The two had been walking around the town for hours it ended being night time. They walked around for quite a while and they were both getting hungry. Once they got to the restaurant, she noticed the atmosphere was pretty bad. Her instincts told her that the people in this place were bad news. She just hoped nothing would happen to Luffy. Not after everything he saw and had just gone through.
When they had entered, some of the men had started whistling and catcalling, trying to get her attention. Just by the way they were acting, she already knew these people were bandits and thugs. But she was in her motherly protective mode and cared for no one except Luffy. After they had ordered their food and waited a short while before it arrived, Luffy was stuffing his face with the steak that Miak had ordered for him and she was really enjoying this fried rice dish.
Once they finished and paid for the food, they left the restaurant without trouble. However, when they left, the group of bandits and thugs had followed her. And they outnumbered her and Luffy by a lot. She was a Whitebeard Pirate but she was very tired over these past few days after getting little sleep. She was tired and wanted to get Luffy to safety. But that was going to wait.
Mika and Luffy were walking a pretty fast pace and walking in the town was pretty helpful but once the bandits had eventually caught up to the two of them, they were surrounded and ended up in an empty, dark alley filled with bandits.
"You're a stubborn one." says one of them, who seemed to be the leader.
Mika remained silent and held on to Luffy's hand tightly. Luffy just looked at her and knew that something was wrong. So of course little Luffy started becoming protective. "Don't come near my mother you bastards." Mika looked at Luffy. In another situation, she would have smiled at the fact that Luffy called Mika 'Mother' but this was a slightly more serious situation.
"That's one pretty mother." says the man looking at Luffy and stepping forward. Mika winced. Her old memories were coming back to her. And without noticing, some of the men that were behind her had come forward and separated Luffy from Mika. Luffy started screaming and kicking and was struggling until a gun was pointed towards the head of the five year old. Mika looked at Luffy and saw him getting angry. Very angry. Almost like his eyes were becoming black.
Black eyes…. She now looked more worried than ever. She remembered what Jones had described her when he told her about his bloodlusting curse and how his eyes go all black. They were doing the exact same thing for Luffy as well. "Luffy, look at me." she said and instantly the child looked at Mika, his eyes were having a conflict within itself and she thought Luffy was having an inner conflict of remaining calm and going crazy. "It'll be alright okay… I'll be fine." she said and then the leader of the bandits slapped her across the face and ripped off her clothes, exposing her bare and naked body.
"Fine? You won't be fine. And I'll make your worthless son watch you get raped and if either of you try to struggle, I'll shoot the two of you. But I'll kill the kid first."
While Luffy was seeing this happen in front of him, he felt something nagging him on the inside. He didn't like that feeling but at the same time he wanted to figure out what this intense feeling was. Shutting his eyes as hard as he could, he could hear Mika call his name and to look at her. Which he was easily able to do so. But he could see her pain. He didn't like it. He just saw Thatch nearly die. He couldn't just stand there and do nothing. At least back then, his uncle was there and told Luffy to run but he wasn't here. No one was. He had to do something.
His own thoughts were terrifying him. There was a voice in his head screaming out "Kill" and another voice saying "Save her". The innocent five year old child was having this weird conflict within himself that he did not fully understand yet. All that was going on in this five year old child's head was kill. He was scared. He knew he should not be having these thoughts yet it was. The more the voices in his head kept telling him to kill, the more scared and angry he got.
"Stop it" he said in a low voice as he shut his eyes once more. Not having enough strength to see the lifeless eyes of his mother. He said stop once again in the same tone but then he started hearing the bandits punch and kick her. He opened his eyes and saw blood from the mouth of Mika and this time, in a louder voice and at the top of his lungs, Luffy yelled out "DON'T HURT MY MOTHER!" releasing a wave of conquerors Haki, but it wasn't as strong as it was on the ship. The only person who wasn't unconscious was the leader of the bandits. He looked at the knocked out bodies of his allies and got off of Mika.
Pointing his gun towards Luffy, he could tell that the boy lost his mind. Luffy stood there as the man had his gun pointed towards him and looked right into his eyes. Making two fists, he moved as quick as he could and first punched the knee of the man. The punch was abnormally strong enough to break the leg bones of the man as the crack and pops could be heard loud and clear.
The man screamed out in pain as he fell on his knees and he was just slightly taller than Luffy, but the child still took advantage. He punched the ribs of the man with his right hand and the neck with his left hand and you could again hear the bones break. The bandit had broke his ribs and started coughing up blood because of the punch to the throat and the ribs. Next, Luffy looked right into the man's eyes as he went to punch the face. But before that, Mika could swear she saw Luffy's fist turn black and just as the punch landed. The impact was so strong that the bandits head twisted so much that it snapped and he instantly died.
Mika was terrified seeing this. She didn't know how to stop Luffy. She didn't know if she could stop him. Just as she thought there was no one else, she saw a large figure coming towards her and Luffy and she didn't know what to do. She was hurting in many places and was almost violated by many bandits. She didn't have the strength to get up but what happened next was something she did not expect.
The man was wearing a large coat and he took that off and dropped it towards Mika. Then the man went to Luffy and picked up the angry child and said "As I thought… you were born with it… It'll be alright Luffy. She's fine thanks to you. You can calm down now." and he hugged the child.
Mika didn't know how to react but the first thing she did was put on the coat that easily covered her body. Seeing how she was able to get up, the man led the way out of the alley, with Luffy still in his arms and that was when she saw the face of the man.
"Vice Admiral Garp?..."
"Hush now Luffy you don't need to cry." the old man said to his grandson as he gave him to Mika. He latched on to Mika very tightly and cried. She comforted him as any mother would do but she herself wasn't in the best of shapes.
She followed Garp unknowingly until she realized that she was going back to the port where the ship was anchored. Once she had entered, she saw Whitebeard, Marco and Jones who got up to greet her. And they look furious once they saw Luffy who still had tears rolling down his face.
"What happened my daughter?" asks Whitebeard
She looked at him and told him everything. From when they entered the restaurant until they reached all the way here. She told them how Luffy used Conquerors Haki and how he brutally killed the leader of the bandits. Marco gave Jones a look but Jones said nothing. Garp was talking to Whitebeard while Marco, Jones and Mika were together. Both men comforting Luffy and Mika once more.
After dinner, Whitebeard had called for the three caretakers and Luffy. Once they went to him, they saw Garp standing by. Whitebeard looked at Luffy and said "My son would you like to spend time with your grandfather for a few months?"
The five year old boy wanted to stay for Thatch and was about to say no but Mika said "Luffy, Thatch will be fine alright. I think it's a good idea for you to go." He looked at Mika hesitantly "It'll only be a few months and plus you need this more than anyone."
Luffy didn't want to say yes but he did. He listened to whatever Mika had told him because to him, that was his mother. He knew she wasn't his real mom but she acted like a mother.
Please take care of him Garp." says Mika and the older man laughed
"Said it like a true mother… Don't worry, that brat won't leave my sight." as he left the room to prepare for his journey.
Everyone hugged Luffy and told him that it would be alright. They all knew he didn't want to leave but for now they wanted him to get away from misery. He practically saw one of his older brothers die and saw his 'mother' get assaulted, causing him to have these weird scary voices in his head which made him kill a person.
It was going to be a long journey so Garp did bring his Navy ship as it too was anchored by the Moby Dick. He had his trusted men on board and they knew to not say a word about Garp. Their sense of justice was much more different than the Marines had now days. The plan was to leave now so they could get some rest while on their journey and because Garp really wanted Luffy out of there.
So once the tearful goodbyes were done, Garp and Luffy had sailed off. The Moby Dick was going to be very quiet for the first time in a very long time. The little ball of sunshine known as Monkey D. Luffy was leaving and Thatch was still recovering but in a coma. They all just hoped that this would end quickly.
As Luffy waved his goodbyes, Garp had ruffled Luffy's hair and said "Listen Luffy, we are going to start real training tomorrow. I don't know what those damn pirates have been teaching but but from tomorrow until we get to East Blue, you will be training like a man. Once we get to Foosha, you'll be training like a real man."
"Foosha?" asked the child with a confused look on his face
"Ah, that's my home. You'll like it. Oh and you're going to meet Makino, Dadan and Ace so be on your best behaviour okay." as the man walked away for a moment to talk to one of his men
Luffy looked at the night sky that was lit up by many stars. As he saw the Moby Dick getting further away, he had another tear fall but then he went to walk around the ship because this was unfamiliar territory for him.
Days turned into weeks as Luffy had constantly kept training with Garp and the Marines. Unlike training with Kingdew and Jozu, he was actually able to fight with these people. His caretakers were always overprotective of Luffy so he wasn't allowed to fight yet, but training with Garp and the Marines, it was a learning experience. He was able to try out all the things he was taught and was kind of a good fighter but still lacked the strength and actual muscle to do a lot more damage.
Garp was impressed at Luffy. In just three short weeks of this journey back to East Blue from the New World, he had seen a great deal of improvement. He saw a fire in Luffy's eyes and he understood what that meant. He wanted to get stronger. He wanted to be able to protect his family. After everything he saw before he left, Garp knew that fire was not going to be extinguished until he became as strong as Whitebeard. It reminded him of his younger days when he was just an ordinary cabin boy of the Marines.
Luffy's fighting style started out as boxing but as he and the Marines kept on pushing Luffy, the young five year old was able to modify his fighting style. It was still boxing but it didn't look like it. His footwork had improved by a lot during those weeks and how he fought people was different. Garp noticed that Luffy was a blessed child. Not only did he carry the D initial but having the blood and genes of himself, Dragon, Jasmine and her assassin family, fighting was in Luffy's blood. Which made sense because for a normal five year old, they shouldn't be that good at fighting but here was Luffy. Exceeding expectations like always.
Another key improvement that Garp was proud of was Luffy's haki. For a five year old child, Luffy's observation haki was getting better and his armament haki was still a work in progress. As Luffy would get older, that would change. Garp didn't even touch his conquerors haki. That was something he couldn't necessarily teach to a five year old.
On the fourth week, they were nearing an island. Luffy went up to Garp and said "Jii-chan is that your home?"
"No, we have to stop there for a few hours. We kind of ran out of meat and donuts." he said laughing
"We ran out of meat?" Luffy looked worried, they couldn't run out of meat. Luffy would die without his meat. He started panicking and was running around in a circle screaming "WE'RE OUT OF MEAT?!"
Garp started to laugh and then realize that they were out of both meat and donuts. His eyes widened and he started screaming "YOU BASTARDS WHY'D YOU WAIT SO LATE TO TELL ME WE WERE OUT OF DONUTS?!" and all the Marines could do was facepalm while Grandfather and Grandson were acting like children.
When they had anchored the ship, Garp took Luffy out for a walk where there was a building seemingly in the middle of a forest area and Garp told Luffy to wait here for a few minutes as he entered this place. Luffy was alone and bored and that meant he would wander around until he heard his grandfather call out his name. But knowing his grandfather in those short four weeks, that would probably take half of the day and since it an hour or so before sunset, Luffy knew he was going to be here for a while.
Luffy was alone and walked around the area until he heard a noise. It sounded like heavy breathing and struggling so Luffy of course went towards the voice. As he got closer to what was making that heavy breathing sounds, he noticed a small, tanned, green haired boy practicing with three kendo sticks. One in his left hand and one in his right as well as one in his mouth. Luffy found that odd but after seeing the boy train with the practice dummy that was placed, he was quite good for a kid.
After the green haired boy was done with his training, Luffy said "Why do you use three swords?" and that startled the green haired boy. He didn't expect anyone to be watching him because it was after hours for the dojo which meant that all the students went home. And the boy didn't know who he was so he was defensive and had his kendo swords pointed towards Luffy.
"Who are you?" asks the boy
"I'm Luffy. Monkey D. Luffy. What's your name?"
"My name's Zoro. Why are you here?"
"I dunno.. Jii-Chan told me to wait for him while he went into some building to talk to a friend. So I walked around and I found you."
The boy looked confused "Why aren't you scared? I'm clearly stronger and older than you and I have three swords. You should be scared."
"Nah, I'm a pirate." he smiled widely. The green haired boy looked at Luffy with a raised eyebrow. There was no way a kid his age could be a pirate. But there was something odd about Luffy. He wasn't like a normal kid. Well the kids Zoro was accustomed to were all weak and scared of him. He was now the best fighter in the dojo that even beat adults, but Luffy wasn't afraid of him.
"Oh yeah, what crew do you belong to?"
"I'm a Whitebeard Pirate." he says but this time he said it with a proud look on his face. And for some reason he believed Luffy. Those eyes looked like he couldn't tell a lie and that proud face of his, it made it all more believable.
The green haired child obviously knew who Whitebeard was and laughed "There's no way a kid like you would be a Whitebeard Pirate."
"I'm one of his sons." says Luffy
"Pssshh yeah right. And I'm the World's Greatest Swordsman."
"Woah really? You're stronger than Vista? Awesome!" Luffy was gullible enough to believe Zoro.
"How about this…" Zoro suggested "Let's have a fight. Because there's no way a wimp like you can ever become a Whitebeard Pirate."
Luffy agreed, he liked to train and this would be the first real test for him. He'd normally fight adults like the Marines and Garp and the punching bag and the occasional spar with Jozo and Kingdew. This was his first time he was in a fight with someone around his age. A real test for him to see how strong he really was.
The match started when the Zoro came charging quickly towards Luffy with the three kendo sticks. Luffy dodged them and for now was just defending himself and blocking. Making sure he didn't get hit from the swords.
Zoro was impressed that Luffy was able to see through the moves and dodge them. In the short time that Luffy had trained with Garp and the Marines, Luffy became a quicker fighter and also stronger. His footwork had gotten better but the way he attacked was a combination of recklessness and strategic style of fighting. He would throw out punches and kicks which were being blocked by Zoro but some hits did land. Luffy was a persistent fighter that wanted to get in as many hits as he could and take the least amount of damage possible.
Zoro for his age was a tough one to. He was very durable and took in all the hits that Luffy threw at him and he was slightly faster than Luffy on the offensive so most of this match consisted of Zoro being in the driver's seat. But as time went on, Zoro was starting to feel all the blows that Luffy had hit him with and he was starting to feel tired. Looking at Luffy, he noticed the same thing but Luffy had more determination in his eyes to finish the fight and once the little Whitebeard Pirate noticed that Zoro was getting tired, he tried to finish the fight by throwing all that he had left in the last few attacks.
A perfectly timed kick to the legs of Zoro caught him off guard, making the green haired boy lose his balance. Then Luffy hit him in the stomach area while seeing that Zoro lost his balance and that caused him to slightly lower his upper body and then Luffy went for the finishing blow with a punch to the face of Zoro.
Zoro fell to the ground, breathing heavily and Luffy did the same. He fell face first right beside the green haired boy and was catching his breath.
"I guess… You actually are… A Whitebeard.. Pirate." Zoro said causing Luffy to laugh. Both boys spent a few minutes on the nice cool ground to catch their breath and once they did, they both got up and walked to a river and sat down by the rocks in front of the river and dipped their feet in.
The silence was quite peaceful as the wind was blowing lightly. The fight took a lot longer than . The flowing river made a calm and relaxing sound. Luffy really enjoyed spending time with someone his age. Everyone else in his life was older than him so normally as a child he felt alone. That was until he met Zoro. He found his first real friend. Breaking the silence he asks "Zoro do you have a dream?"
The green haired boy looked at the sunset and said "I made a promise to become the World's Greatest Swordsman." Luffy looked at him smiled
"I think I'll be a Captain of my own crew when I get older."
"You don't want to be Pirate King?" Luffy didn't really think about his future but seeing Zoro and how he had his own ambitions, hearing the question put a spark into Luffy's head.
"You know what… Ne Zoro how about I become Pirate King and you be the World's Greatest Swordsman and we do this together. You'll be the person on my crew when I come back." Zoro laughed.
That was a bold statement coming from a kid but Zoro's goal was just as hard too so he held out his hand and said "Agreed, Captain."
As time went on, the two boys bonded by the river talking about their lives and Luffy told him about the adventures he went on and neither of them seemed to notice that their two elders were right behind them. It was only until Garp said "Luffy, it's time to go" which caught the attention of both Luffy and Zoro.
"Jii-chan guess what?" Luffy said excitedly
"What?"
"Zoro here is going to be my first mate. And I'll become Pirate King and he becomes the World's Greatest Swordsman." Garp laughed at the child. Not because of what Luffy said, but the manner he spoke. With full confidence. Seeing the bright eyes of his grandson light up made Garp smile.
"Oh Garp, I thought you'd force your grandson to become a Marine just like how you did with Dragon." says the man with glasses that was beside Luffy.
"Sensei... " said Zoro "Sorry for worrying you… I made a friend…." the green haired boy said shyly.
"No need to say sorry Zoro. Afterall, if you really going to be the first mate of the next 'Pirate King' then it would be nice to know your Captain."
"Ah Luffy, meet Koshiro Sensei. He's an old friend of mine from the Marines."
"Hi, I'm Monkey D. Luffy" says the child with a wide smile
"Hello Luffy." says Koshiro Sensei "Nice to meet you." shaking the extended hand of Luffy
Garp told Luffy to say his goodbyes because they had to leave now. There was still one more island in their way before they could make it to the Goa Kingdom and to Foosha village. Which meant that they had to hurry because people were waiting for him. Once Luffy and Zoro said goodbye, Garp turned around quickly and said "Teach him haki when you think he's ready." said Garp and he turned around to start walking again towards the ship. Koshiro chuckled and said nothing to his old friend. He just simply smiled and looked at Zoro and then walked back to the dojo.
Another day passed by and this time, the Vice Admiral told Luffy to be on his best behaviour as they were walking through a town until they reached to an isolated house. Garp had knocked on the door and a girl with orange hair and a girl with blue hair had answered the door.
"Who are you and what do you want?" says the orange haired girl
"Don't be so rude Nami." says the other
"Well, I'm here to meet your mother. I'm an old friend of hers. Tell her it's Garp." the girl in the blue hair ran inside the house while Nami stayed at the door.
"Nami huh… So you two are the reason she quit the Marines." Garp said while laughing. A couple of minutes later the girl with blue hair came and so did a woman with dark pink hair with an odd hairstyle. Both the orange haired and blue haired girl ran outside to play once they knew that Garp was a friendly.
"Now who do we have here?" asks the woman looking directly at Luffy
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy." he said with a smile
"Monkey D. huh… Don't end up like your Grandfather here okay." she says while laughing and tells the two to enter. Luffy was about to enter until the girl with blue hair asked if he wanted to play with them and Luffy looked at Garp and then went to the two girls.
The door remained opened as Garp and the woman, who had introduced herself as Bellemere, had entered the house. Luffy went up to the two girls and since they knew his name, they told him theirs. "I'm Nojiko" says the blue haired girl "And she is my sister Nami."
"Do you know how to play tag?" Nojiko asked and Luffy nodded no. He had actually never played tag before. This was his first time doing actual kid things. He normally only played with his toys and the two pets. His family would be much older than him so they wouldn't be playing children's games with Luffy. The only game they did play was hide and seek. He liked having friends his age. It was fun.
Once they explained tag to him, they started playing. Luffy was 'it' first and he started chasing both girls around the large field and yard around. The three had played for about an hour straight before finally tiring out from all that running. Belle-mere had called the three in to eat lunch so all three went inside to the dining table and saw that the food was already on the table. There was a steak dish in front of them and all five dug in once they sat down. Luffy really enjoyed the food, like always, and wanted seconds but there wasn't any so he was just gonna wait until he got back to the ship.
After everyone was done eating but still on the table, Nojiko asked Luffy what he does back home and he replied with "I'm a pirate for the Whitebeard Pirates."
"Yeah right" says Nami as she didn't believe him. "And I'm the World's Best Navigator." sarcastically
Luffy laughed a little and said "Zoro said the same thing but he said he's the World's greatest Swordsman."
"Who's Zoro?"
"My nakama. And he'll be the first person I pick up when I go on my own to become Pirate King."
"Oh Pirate King… How interesting." says Belle-mere, who was interested in Luffy.
"Hey Nami…" said Luffy with bright eyes and a smile "Wanna join my crew"
Nami looked at Luffy in a weird way. She didn't trust Luffy but he seemed like a very trustable person. Even though only a child with a huge and impossible dream, her dream was to see the entire world and draw a map of it. And that would be her best chance to do so. So she agreed. He then asked Nojiko if she wanted to come but she said she would stay to help Belle-mere out and Luffy respected that. But he did find a new friend and crewmate.
As the day went on and all five were talking for a few hours. Garp had decided to it was time to leave. When the goodbyes were said, Garp turned to Belle-mere and said "Get her observations sharp. She'll need it to become a navigator in Paradise and the New World."
Belle-mere had laughed and then said "Always as pushy as ever huh old man." and then closed the door once Luffy and Garp had walked out. She then went to Nami and was teaching her the ways of being more slick and to not get caught stealing from town.
When Garp and Luffy got to the ship, Luffy said "I love East Blue. I made new friends and nakama." with a smile
"Protect them at all costs Luffy. And to do that, you have to get stronger so we are going to train now."
The next day came by and finally they had arrived. They had arrived to Foosha village. Garp was treated like a hero by the town as he walked through. He took Luffy up to a forest and to an isolated place where he saw a green haired woman doing laundry.
"Makino!" Garp called out and the woman had looked up and ran towards Garp. Greeting him with a hug.
"Garp-san! You're here!" she says excitedly. And then she saw the young boy beside him and she exclaimed "And you must be little Luffy." she easily recognized his big brown eyes. "You don't remember me, but I was looking after you for a short time with your parents." and she picked Luffy up and gave him a kiss on the cheek and she put him down.
"Where's Dadan?" asked Garp and just as he said that, a big woman with curly orange hair and a few other with her had arrived. Dadan looked shocked to see Garp but once she saw Luffy, she flipped out.
"So you stole the brat from Whitebeard and now you're making me look after him. A son of a pirate… No thank you I already have my hands filled with your first grandson." she nagged but then said "Hello Luffy." and Luffy said hello back.
The four of them were talking for a short bit until Luffy had eventually wandered off because he heard something. Garp stopped talking and then turned around and then smiled.
Standing in front of Luffy was a kid three years older than him. He had raven hair and had freckles on his face. He wore a red sleeveless shirt and was looking at Luffy aggressively for no apparent reason.
"Luffy, I want you to meet your older brother, Ace."
Alright this is where I'm ending this chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed.
I know the pacing might be weird for this chapter and it was all over the place but like I thought this would work out. But I really couldn't think of how to make this chapter without not meeting Zoro and Nami. I also added in Ace there at the end because of course, Luffy needed to meet Ace.
Next chapter will be strictly Ace and Luffy (and Sabo). Might be a late(ish) upload because I'm not working on this during the weekend because Saturday I'm busy and Sundays are meant for Game of Thrones. Which is also why I wanted to get this chapter out today (being Friday) because I'm not doing anything fanfic related.
Anyways, have a great day/weekend. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. As always leave a fav/follow/review and God bless.
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