One Man Alone cannot be a Pirate
By: Zephyire
DISCLAIMED
Chapter dedicated to: Lady Geuna
Note: The dedication goes to reviewers (So if you want your name here, review!) : )
Summary: After the battle with Baron on Secret Island, Luffy faces a devastating fact about his nakama. Moustache offers Luffy his hidden treasure in hopes of pulling Luffy from his depression. Back in Time Fic. Serious Powerful Luffy. A second chance at becoming the Pirate King. Two devil fruits?
Longest chapter so far! Word count- 2150!
Chapter 5: Time to Train
After a full afternoon of partying at Makino's bar (ironically enough it's name was Party Bar), Luffy was heading home. His house, which he shared with his brother Portgas D. Ace, was on top of a hill over looking Fusha Village. Walking up the winding path, Luffy was startled out of his thoughts by a sudden voice.
"Hey! Luffy! I've finally decided. I'm gonna be a pirate!"
"Eh?" Luffy looked up.
On the roof, Ace was starring out over the sea.
"Yeah, I'm gonna get some odd jobs on the way to the Grand Line and then jump on the first pirate ship I find and convince the captain to let me join." Ace nodded to himself. "But first, I need to pack some food and water in my boat." After a brief pause, he continued. "Eh…Luffy?"
"Hmm?"
"Can you put the ladder back? I kind of…fell asleep… and the wind must have knocked it down."
Luffy snickered.
"Hey! That's not funny!" Ace took a step forward and promptly fell asleep. His body continued its trajectory and he rolled down the roof and ended up on the grassy ground. Luffy went over and poked him in the shoulder.
Ace jumped off the ground and patted himself off, looking slightly embarrassed. He then leaned over and picked up his cowboy hat.
Luffy took a step forward to accentuate his next point.
"And I've decided to find One Piece and become the Pirate King!"
"Sure, squirt." Ace paused. "I take it that Shanks left?"
"Yeah."
"Nice hat."
"Thanks. I'm keeping it for Shanks."
Luffy looked up at Ace.
"I thought you wanted to be a marine like grandpa?"
"Nah. Marines don't go on adventures or have any fun. Their just chained to their bases all the time. I want to be free on the ocean. And they put you through a hell of training. Better run Luffy, when you turn ten, grandpa's gonna come and put you through hell. He did it to me and he'll do it to you."
Luffy gulped. Memories of his past… future?… rose to his conscious thoughts.
Luffy nodded at Ace and turned to walk inside.
"I already had dinner at Makino's, so I'm gonna turn in."
"Okay. I'm going to wait a bit more." Ace continued to look out over the village. "Hey! Luffy! Someone's coming up here!"
"Huh?" Luffy paused in the doorway. Since their house was away from the village on a hill slightly to the west, nobody, except Mayor Slap and sometimes Makino, ever visited.
"Hey, it's Minatomo-san, the carpenter. Did we order anything?"
As Minatomo got closer to the house, they could see he was lugging a bag with him.
"Ace! Get your lazy ass down here and help me!" the old carpenter grumbled. "Kids today."
"Hey old man! What are you doing up here?" Ace said shouldering the bag.
"Seems Luffy's got some mail," he panted. He pulled a sack with the Marine emblem on it and threw it to Luffy. It hit Luffy, who was unsuccessful at catching it, and it knocked him to the ground.
"Oufh!" Luffy landed on his butt and the top of the sack unraveled.
"Seems that Higuma bandit guy you beat up had a bounty on his head. Congratulations. I'm going home."
Ace and Luffy looked into the sack. Inside were β three million berries.
"Luffy… you'd better tell me what happened today!"
OMAP
Early the next morning, Luffy, Makino and Mayor Slap were down at the dock, wishing Ace a safe journey. Luffy, his arm waving like mad, yelled his goodbye. After Ace's boat was gone from view, Luffy sagged slightly and began to walk back to his house alone.
"I swear! What is wrong with that family?"
"Mayor! Hush!"
"But I mean, look at their father! Garp's almost as bad! At least he's in the Marines. I remember when he lived here with his two sons. Dragon, the older one, was a more stoic boy than his brother. He acted like everything was his responsibility. He left here to change the world. I think he'd be forty or so now. The younger one was such a trouble maker. He kind of reminds me of Luffy. Luffy and Ace's uncle could laugh or smile anything away. Now Ace is leaving. He was slightly responsible, if narcoleptic. I wonder what's going to happen to Luffy. I bet he probably won't see any part of his family for four years at least. Then Garp will come and "bond" with his grand son. Heh. I feel bad for Luffy."
The Mayor turned and walked back to the village.
"Makino?"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you a favor?"
"Sure."
"Keep an eye on Luffy for me. I can't keep going up that hill now. I'm getting old."
"Don't worry about him. He's going to do great things."
Mayor Slap sighed. "That's what I worry about."
OMAP
Eight years later (2 years till Luffy leaves Fusha Village):
Luffy's age: 14
Luffy panted heavily. After four long years of self training, he had originally reviewed his Gomu Gomu Powers and found them lacking. Eventually, he surpassed what his previous abilities had been. Next, he had experimented with his new Kaze Kaze Powers. After finding out some frightening, yet awesome, attacks, he preceded to combine his two abilities. The results were massively powerful attacks, some even more devastating than Eneru's Advent of Thunder, Raigo.
'I made a promise to myself after Ace left. I won't be weak. I will protect my nakama. We will achieve our dreams!' was Luffy's mantra.
Following said training, Garp showed up, having taken military vacation leave for two years. The first ten days were spent looking for his grandson and the following three days were spent chasing after him. When Garp finally caught up to Luffy, he incapacitated him using his patented 'fist of love'. After that, Garp put Luffy through rigorous stamina training exercises.
Such exercises included those considered normal (like weights, running laps, push ups, etcetera) and those not so normal (hundreds of pounds of weight, leaving him a forest at night with wild animals, and pushing him off cliffs to name a few). After overseeing Luffy's intense régime, Garp went back to the Marine Head Quarters to receive his promotion to Vice Admiral of the Marine Fleet.
Luffy, on the other hand, had no source of income. He had exhausted the β Three Million Berry bounty from his victory over Higuma half-way during his grand father's stay.
Thus, Luffy was forced to break from his training and get a job. After making sure that Garp had left Fusha Village, Luffy made his way to The Party Bar. Inside, a group of pirates had made themselves at home. Luffy made his way to the bar. Sitting down on a stool, Luffy waited for Makino to finish serving a tray of drinks to a large table of pirates. After setting down the tray, she made her way back behind the bar.
"Hey, Luffy. What can I do for you? Need more supplies?"
"Well, I'm kind of wondering if you…"
Luffy was interrupted as two of the larger, obviously drunk pirates stood up and began to brawl.
"Need help?" Luffy asked the waitress / owner, already making his way to intercept the drunkards.
"Yes, please."
"And I need a job."
OMAP
After forcibly throwing the troublemaking pirates out of the Party Bar, Luffy made a beeline for Makino. The rest of the pirates, seeing their captain and crew member easily dispatched, made a hasty retreat.
"I was wondering if I could do errands, help serve tables, do anything really, to make some money…I'm kind of…well…broke. And I was wondering if you were hiring?"
"I would be happy to have the extra help. Let me see. Like you said, you would be running errands, like going to the dock to get food stuffs and other supplies for the bar. Serving tables and acting as a sort of bouncer would also be a part of the job. The pay is β 20 berries a week, plus what ever tips you get, if any. Today is Thursday, so you can start Monday."
"Thanks Makino. I won't let you down."
OMAP
One year later (1 more year until Luffy leaves Fusha Village):
Luffy's age: 15
The double doors of the Party Bar swung open a hundred some men waltzed into the room, their captain at the front. All of the crew members were wearing a white short sleeved shirt emblazoned with the Marine emblem (a seagull with "MARINE" written underneath the emblem), dark blue trousers, and a baseball cap with "MARINE" and a smaller G15 written across the front.
"Ah some new recruits from G15," Makino hurried behind the bar. "LUFFY!"
"Eh? I was putting away these boxes you made me go get from the dock," Luffy complained.
"We've got customers!" Makino said in a sing song voice.
"Oh? Marines! We don't get them much what with the new temperance rules by the higher ups. So… what can I do you for?"
"We're celebrating the initiation of our new captain! Captain Morgan!"
Cheers went up around the bar. Luffy laughed to himself inwardly. It would take the men several months before realizing what trouble they were in.
"Beers all around!" The Petty Officer yelled.
"So, you're all from Shell Town, huh?" Makino asked, making conversation with leading and paying officer.
"Yeah! Right now things are great. We've got a new captain and there is this pirate hunter Zabo or something that's been catching a few pirates."
"Well, I'm glad to here that. Oh! And make sure that your crew men don't get out of hand."
"Will do ma'm!"
After several rounds of alcohol, the marines began to stumble back to their ships.
"Hey Mr. Officer!" Luffy cried out to the now penniless marine.
"Huh?!"
"Take my picture!"
"Why?"
"'Cause I'm gonna be the King of the Pirates!"
OMAP
1 year later:
Luffy's age: 16
"He finally left, chief. We're going to miss him."
"He's going to ruin this town's reputation!" Mayor Slap grumbled. "I never thought that he would be so serious about it!"
The carpenter, Minatomo, began to laugh.
Out at sea:
"Ah…the weather sure is nice today."
Suddenly, a large eel like, sea king stuck its head out of the water.
"I've been waiting for you, you sea monster. Today is your unlucky day! I'll show you what I've learned in the past ten years!"
"Gomu, Kazeno…PISTOL!!"
Luffy's arm shot out, a vortex of wind circulating around his fist. The punch slammed into the giant sea king, first using the air vortex to suck it in, dealing more force with the punch. Suddenly releasing the vortex, the sea king was blasted into the air with enough force to break most of its ribs.
"And now… my dream can truly begin! But first, I'm going to get back my nakama!"
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AN: Hurrah! A new chapter up! Lots of life occasions going on right now, so updates might slow a bit. Sorry: ( I have a general idea of where I want to go with this story, but as I type, it seems to write itself out. It's pretty cool that way. I wanted to give you a longer chapter, because I wasn't able to update for a bit. I played these scenes over and over again in my mind as well as some fight scenes that might come up later.
Note: the reason I degraded Higuma's bounty was due to the fact that a.) I wanted Luffy to work at the Party Bar, and b.) He couldn't have spent the 8 mil in the ten years he lived in Fusha Village before setting out to fulfill his "King of Pirates" dream.
The vortex in the gomu, kazeno pistol attack is much like Jin's attack from Yu-Yu-Hakusho.
Yes, Luffy's picture is the exact same minus Usopp in the back ground.
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Spoiler/Question: In the One Piece Manga Chapter 441, did Ace just create an Advent of Fire?! If it was, it was freakin' sweet!
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Next time: Luffy, Koby and Zoro. Oh my!