AN: Ok, I just had a sleep over and stood up till 6 XD anyways, as a one piece fan, I decided to see how funimation was doing on the dubbing voices…. I will warn you, it was the worse thing I've ever seen! I'll put a link up on my profile. So here's chapter 3. Enjoy:D
Chapter 3
The little detective was stunned. "Zoro's your little brother…?"
"Yes, that's him" the Ghost smiled
Luffy looked at Zoro again and sighed "So why is he stealing now…? Is it something with his dad?"
"Yes…" The ghost explained "After I killed myself, I always helped guide him, spiritually, in the right direction. Like getting a job and some day, razing a family. And one day, Zoro found father. Father was very old and feeble. He lost both his legs in a gruesome accident. Zoro at the time had only one dream… to help his father walk again. So, he decided to work at many different places, save all his money until he had enough money for his father's prophetic legs… but for no reason, all the shops started firing him…Zoro didn't steal at that time of his life…"
"Then that's dumb" Luffy said
Then the ghost continued on "So that night, Zoro decided to steal the Golden legs for father. He stole with so much grace, no one could tell he was stealing…and got away very easily… but that night, when Zoro came home to see his father walk again, he was already too late… Zoro found father Laying on the ground in a pool of blood…it crushed Zoro so much that all he could to is steal to make him self feel important, but mostly… wanted…"Then the ghost looked over at her brother "and that's how he became the way he is today…"
"Well, some damn thieves took my family away from me!" Luffy yelled "That's why Sanji raised me and that's why I was trained to become a detective." Then Luffy frowned "I know my brother's still out there… I still have to find him…"
"Good luck" the ghost sighed "from what I heard, he's already on the other side…"
Then Luffy turned pale and screamed "Wait When!?"
"Yesterday, 4pm, heart attack, right in front of the detective's office." The ghost sighed "He finally knew where you were but at the time, you were after Zoro with Sanji. You never saw the body because an ambulance passing by took him with them…" The ghost sighed
"Ace…" Luffy clenched his fist "this wouldn't have happened to me if people like thieves didn't roam around the world! I lost my family because of the evilness in this world! You think a little child can deal with their family being taken away from them at the same time!? I was beat up and tossed aside when Sanji found me!"
Then the ghost looked at Luffy and said"you think a child can deal with three loved ones being killed right in front of him? One by force, one by suicide, and one by murder"
"…no…" Luffy growled
"You're not the only one, Luffy…" the ghost said "every one struggles in life…"
Luffy became irritated and said "I'm aware of that, but right now, I just want to get the hell out of here!"
"Too bad…" The ghost sighed "until the lesson is learned and accepted, you can't leave… or you'll die…"
"Ugh… just great…" Luffy said rolling his eyes.
"You'll thank me later in life for this…" and with that, the ghost disappeared
Luffy stumbled against the wall and yawned "…I'm tired…." He slid on the floor and in a matter of seconds was fast asleep.
Later that night, Zoro walked out to get some water, and he noticed the little detective asleep, shivering on the floor.
Zoro shock his head "That little brat should have brought a coat…" Zoro said as he was taking off his coat and put it on Luffy "there…" then Zoro walked back to his room.
"n-naa…?" Luffy mumbled "did that thief give this to me..?" he said, touching the fur near the hood. Luffy just shrugged and fell asleep.
The next day, Luffy was as stiff as a board. As he was trying to loosen up, he wined "ah, I'm kind of stiff!"
"No wonder" Zoro sighed "you were sleeping on the floor…"
"I know…" Luffy sighed "I didn't feel like moving, it's not my place…" Then Luffy noticed he was still wearing Zoro's coat "I guess you want your coat back…."
"Nah" Zoro said "you can keep it"
"O-ok…" Luffy said with little comfort.
Then Zoro smiled sweetly and said "see, not all thieves are heartless…." The thief walked out and the little detective followed; because after all, where else would he go? Zoro waked in the kitchen and found a ripe apple. Then Zoro looked at Luffy and said "you want half?"
Luffy shook his head "no, I'm not hu-" Luffy was interrupted by the loud roars of his stomach. Luffy grew very red and quite embarrassed. Then Zoro walked over to Luffy and pulled a weird looking device out of one of his millions of pockets; after all, where else would a thief put all his gadgets? With out touching the apple, with in 5 seconds, the apple was cut in half.
"Naa…." Luffy sighed "how did you do that?"
"Years of practice" Zoro smiles "my father taught me how to use the apple cutter" then Zoro handed Luffy one of the halves.
Luffy looked at Zoro and nervously said "you sure…?"
"I'll have my half and you have yours" Zoro smiled
"Thank you" Luffy whispered as he munched on his apple. "I'm sorry I'm all shaky… I'm usually like this when I'm in a place where I'm not welcomed in the first place…"
"Don't worry, I basically own this place" Zoro went on "and my morals are to treat everyone as an equal. Like, when a homeless guy asks for food, I give him a feast. So you're welcome here, Luffy!"
"…o-ok…" Luffy stuttered "S-Sanji tried to help me c-control myself b-but…. I c-can't help it…."
"Help what?" Zoro questioned
"…my s-shaking… I-it doesn't help t-that… people t-treat me like a kid though…" Luffy stuttered
"Nah, you're an adult here, and if you shiver don't worry, I don't mind" Zoro sighed
"R-really…?" Luffy said
"Yes, really Luffy." Zoro smiled
"Well, d-don't you hate me…?" Luffy said
"For now, we're equals" Zoro explained "let's see how we feel after this, and then we can either become buddies or continue hating each other. Ok, Luffy?"
Luffy lightly blushed and sighed softly "…Having a buddy sounds nice…"
"Yeah… it does" Zoro smiled
"I really don't have any friends… I-I just do my job…" Luffy frowned
"Don't worry… I don't have many friends either…" Zoro admitted "being a thief sure takes up a lot of your spare time…"
"Ah…" Luffy sighed as he sat on the ground… Zoro really didn't hate Luffy as much as he did before so he sat right next to him.
It was so quiet, the only thing heard was the wind passing through the trees branches…
AN: sorry I took so long to update! I've been getting a lot of home work, having some family problems and I got stitches in my head a few days ago. But everything's good now :D