I woke up to a loud bang resounding throughout the entire room I was currently in. I slowly open my eyes to see a small girl at the door of the room in a stance that would resemble someone trying to sneak out.
"Uh, sorry. I guess I woke you, haha...ha." I hear her say.
"It's okay, I was going to get up anyway… Wait… where the hell and I?"
"You're in a spare room of my house." said a busty girl who was coming in through the door. "Lucy here found you in the woods covered in blood and gunpowder."
"Seems like an infirmary too me, but where am I? And what's your name?" I ask her with a slight nosebleed.
"My name is Makino and you're in Foosha Village in East Blue. Normally you would introduce yourself first." she replied handing me a tissue for my nosebleed.
"Ah sorry, my name is August. I'm really in Foosha Village…? Fuck." I take the tissue and clean up the blood on my nose. This situation was quite the opposite of what I was hoping for. If news spread around that someone fell from the sky onto the island, Luffy is bound to show up.
"A boy like you should not be using that kind of language." she said walking out the door. "There are some clothes on the table over there for you to change into. Let's give him some privacy for a few minutes Lucy."
"Eh...but I want to ask him questions." the small girl said reluctantly walking out the door with a somewhat sad face. She looks back at me for a brief second and I get a quick look at what she looks like. She is about only 144 centimeters tall and has short black hair. She has a small scar on her eye and a young face that made her seem really young. On the top of her head there was a tuft of hair that sprang up giving away that she had brushed her hair in only a few seconds.
I quickly change into the new set of clothes which composed of a plain white tee and pair of jeans and leave the room. The room outside was just a standard living room with a coach and a few chairs. Makino and the girl called "Lucy" was sitting down at the table holding a hat in her lap. "Lucy" had a look on her face that gave the impression that she had just been lectured. As soon as she saw me the face she just had on was gone with the wind and was replaced with a look of happiness and curiosity.
"So are you an angel or something?" was her first question.
"Did you not hear what I said before Lucy?" replied Makino angrily. "Are you hungry do you want anything?" she asks me.
"Yeah I can eat something. Anything will suffice. And no I am not an angel. Where did you get that from."
"Don't egg her on please. She could go on for hours asking whatever is on her mind." said Makino from the kitchen.
"You came from the sky didn't you so you must be an angel?" Lucy said ignoring Makino's comment.
"Not everything that comes from the sky is an angel. I didn't even come from the sky, I came from North Blue." I respond to Lucy's question "What's your name by the way?"
"My name, shishishi. My name is Monkey D. Lucy, I'm going to be the queen of the pirates."
I was leaning on my chair to where only two legs were touching the ground. When I heard her name I was in so much shock that I fell back in my chair. I jumped off the ground and picked up my chair and sat back down trying to act like what I just did never happened.
"Are you alright. You're pretty weird. Shishishi."
"I don't want to hear that coming from someone who thinks that everything that comes from the sky is 'angelic' and that asks questions all the time."
I think I was just shaking it off but I was in a state of shock. I've always seen Luffy as a guy and not a girl. It was a massive surprise to me plus with the fact that I was meeting the main protagonist of the original story so soon was too much. I got a better look at her and realized that I was an idiot for not realizing it. The scar under her left eye and under the table in her lab was her famous straw hat.
"Your dinner is ready August." came Makino as she walked over to the table carrying two plates of food for Luffy *cough* sorry, Lucy and me. "And you seemed so shocked after learning her name, are you okay."
"I just pushed too hard and the chair fell back. And dinner?" I reply trying to keep my cool.
"Yeah you were out cold for three days straight. The sun's been done for about two hours. Lucy has been waiting for you to wake up thinking that you will be able to entertain her. She's supposedly been bored for the past few months.
"The real reason she saved me." I reply.
After I finished eating I said I was going to go out for a breath of fresh air. I notice Lucy got up as soon as I said that so I decided to start a little test.
After leaving the house I decide to turn to take off and run around the house into the woods surrounding the village. Generally knowing where Dadan and the ASL tree house is I decide to run at full force to get there as fast as I can.
Within a few minutes I stop to take a look around and too see if Lucy was following me. I stood there for 10 minutes before I heard footsteps running to where I was. I could hear heavy breathing and slight muttering of "Where did he go?" From where I was standing I peek around the corner a bit to see Lucy jogging up the forest. Letting her get a slight glance of me I continue to run in the forest going at a slower pace to let Lucy catch up.
"Wait up, what the hell are you doing?!" I hear behind me.
"See if you can catch up then." I pick up my pace and start using the terrain to slow her down.
After about twenty minutes of that I come to a stream and I jump across and I wait at the other side. Not one minute later I see Lucy running down the path to the stream. After seeing me she picks up speed and she reels her arm back as if she was going to stretch her arm out to me. I play along and act like I don't know what is going on by getting up and slowly jogging away. As soon as she releases I continue until it's within a few feet away from me and then I slide to the left and run towards her. Surprised that I dodged it without looking she quickly tries again with her other arm only to end in failure as I do the same again. I jump across the stream and run past her within a second to taunt her. The taunt works and going at full speed she runs after me yelling "I will catch you!"
After multitasking running from Lucy and searching for the ASL tree house I finally stumbled upon the massive trees that housed the tree house. 'Lucy wouldn't dare to look here for me' I thought.
I get to the top only to hear in the distance "I finally found you!" I look at the clearing below to find Lucy staring up at me and the treehouse. She stretches her arms up and launches herself up.
"Why did you run from me?" she asks immediately.
"It was a test. You said you wanted to be a pirate so a test like what I did should be no problem." In reality it was a test for two reasons, if she had the Gomu Gomu no Mi and if she was athletic.
"Well you could've told me before and not of started right after we ate. I have cramps in my sides because of you." she said sheepishly.
"Well my goal was achieved so why don't we head back now." I offered. I learned what I needed so we could head back to Foosha Village. I was however a bit surprised Lucy went along with what I did. I did though, swear I saw a bit of happiness in her eyes as she chased me.
About half-way out of the forest I finally see Lucy fidgeting slightly.
"What is wrong, you're fidgeting." I say to break the silence between us.
"Nothing. Just thinking something." she responds.
"Ok whatever." I start to walk ahead.
"Uh, actually. I have something to ask you?" Lucy has her head low and she stopped walking.
I was a bit confused, I had never seen Luffy like this in the anime. Was there a difference between the male version and the female version. Maybe I caused something from not originally being part of the original story line or was Luffy like this during this time as well?
"August, would you join my crew?" she asked nervously.
"Why are you nervous, shouldn't a captain always have confidence when asking people to join his or her crew?" I asked her.
"It's just that I'm not even a pirate yet and I'm asking someone I hardly know to join my crew." she replies nervously.
At this point I was seriously wondering whether or not I was talking to the same person who would ask anything that he thought cool to join his crew. Maybe it was female hormones? How the hell I am supposed to know, I'm just following the original storyline. Or maybe it's not for those reasons but rather an excuse to be nervous? I just shrug it off.
"So will you join my crew?" she seemed to be a bit more confident.
"This actually came to a surprise. I never intended to become a pirate so getting asked like this so suddenly is a surprise. Let me think about it for a few minutes." I lied.
It wasn't a complete lie I really was surprised that she asked me to join her crew. Though everything after words was a lie. I just needed an excuse to think about what I want to do and maybe change my plans.
After about a few minutes of walking I decided to start the conversation again. "I think I will need a bit more time than just a few minutes to decide on whether or not to join your crew."
"Ah. Okay. How long until do you need to decide." Lucy said again.
Lucy thinking logically, what the fuck? At this point I was 50% sure that this isn't the real one and that I might not be in the original One Piece world. I look over at Lucy to find a twinge of sadness and a bit of a relieving look. She really does want me to join her crew doesn't she? I guess I really will think about it then, if she is trying this hard.
We were about at the edge of the forest when I began to notice something trailing us.
"Do dangerous animals live in these forests?" I ask Lucy
"There are some big animals but nothing too dangerous if you're strong. Why?" she responds.
"There is something trailing us so I just wanted to know if I should actually try when I take it out."
As soon as I finished my sentence a massive tiger jumps from the trees. I adjust my body and perform a spinning crescent kick into the tigers temples to send it flying to the side.
"Wow that was amazing!" yelled Lucy. Out of the corner of my eyes I can see Lucy's eyes sparkling like she would if she saw something she believed to be amazing.
"Is it? All I did was kick him." I reply.
"That kick was amazing. It looked so cool." she said.
'Finally, the real one that I know of' I thought.
We finally arrived back at Foosha Village to find Makino standing outside her house looking around for us but not looking overly worried. After getting hearing distance from the house Makino spots us.
"Oi you two. I was looking for you for the past two hours that you were gone. And August your wounds aren't fully healed so get back here I need to apply bandages again and check if there is any damage. And Lucy I told you not to go running off everywhere." she yells.
…
After Makino finished she said I had to get some rest and to not do anything stupid like what I just did for two days. She shooed Lucy away and said she was going to get some sleep.
I stayed up for another hour thinking on whether I was going to accept her invitation or not. Considering my plan that I had before about creating my own crew was still the same and I haven't swayed from that decision. What made it so hard was the fact that I was getting invited to the Straw Hat crew. My final decision was swaying back and forth and I think I have gotten my final answer.
I was going to lie that I haven't decided yet for the entire week. After the week ends I will say I will not join your crew but I might change my mind in the future. I would then train for three years and after that it could go two ways. If I find the straw hat crew while in East Blue I will join the crew. However if I don't I will follow my original plan and create my own crew.
The week past and it was about time I was going to tell Lucy my decision. I had met most people in town during that time and spent most of the time there with Lucy. The nervousness she had when she asked me to join her crew was no longer there. For the rest of the week she was the same old Lucy (or Luffy I guess) that I knew from the anime and manga.
I woke up in my normal bed at Makino's house. I had stayed there because my wounds wouldn't heal for the two days that she said but rather healed in a week. I got up and changed into my clothes from the first day and tried to rush out of the house early. I open the door in my livingroom to finding Makino and Lucy eating at the table. It seemed like I interrupted an important conversation because both stopped talking as I entered the room.
Trying to get in over with fast and easy I say "Lucy I think I have come to a decision on your invitation."
"Really!?" she asks with excitement. 'She's confident that I will say yes. Too confident' I thought.
"I'm going to say it quick and I'm going to say it easy. No, I am not going to join your crew. However if we meet again I will reconsider my first answer."
I could see a hint of sadness but that went away as soon as I finished my sentence. Almost as if she knew I was going to say that.
"'When we meet again' you say, are you leaving?" Makino says.
"Yeah, I'm leaving later today. Maybe in a few hours."
"Why are you leaving?" they both asked.
"I need to prepare for the seas. I'm going to train for three years and after that I am thinking of becoming a pirate. Whether I join someones crew or I create my own."
"When are you leaving?" Makino asks.
"After I eat I'm going down to the harbor to get a boat"
"Where are you going to go?" Lucy asks.
"No idea, I'm just going to sail."
"Well come eat. We'll come down to the harbor with you."
I ate along with them and we went down to the harbor. Within an hour I got a paddle boat similar to Luffy's when he first left.
…
"Well, I guess it's goodbye huh." I say to Lucy as I prepare to sail off.
"No it isn't. We will see each other again. Though when we meet again you have to join my crew." She says smiling.
"Alright I will. Well see ya later, Lucy." I say to her to end the conversation.
"Yeah see you soon." she says.
I push off with my paddle into the free ocean and start paddling off. It only took me a few minutes to get far enough to meet the Lord of the Coast. He rises up out of the water and within a few seconds attacks me at full force. Instead of doing my normal spinning crescent kick, I just due a Luffy-style punch to his face sending him forward. He sinks back into the water allowing me to pass. I look back at Dawn Island say to myself "Three years huh."
A/N: The last chapter of my OC's past. The next chapter will take place from the main story line. However there is a few things I want to point out in this chapter. The reason Lucy acted so nervous was not me changing her character too much. There is a reason for it and I dropped some hints in the chapter. Tell me if I did Makino and Lucy correctly as it will improve my characters. And no Lucy will act like she did in this chapter for the rest of the series. Favorite and/or follow if you enjoyed and review if you want to convey thoughts on the series. Peace