One Piece: My Version

Chapter 4: The Journey Begins

(10 years later- Fuschia Village)

A young man of 17 years was standing on the docks of his home. He wore a red button-up vest, blue shorts, and adorning a straw-hat given to him by his mentor a decade ago. The scar under his left eye was still ever-present. A piece of wheat was caught between his set of jaws while smiling. Lastly he had a 3 ¼ foot long scimitar with a curved red handle and a silver hilt strapped to his side.

This was it for Monkey D. Luffy. Today, he would begin his journey towards his dream. But not before calling his pet.

"RYOKU! TIME TO WAKE UP!" he yelled, pouring a bit of Haki in his voice.

Deep in a sea cave on the ocean floor, a pair of glaring red eyes snapped open when it heard it master's command. He immediately shot out of his abode and up towards the surface.

With a loud splash, the creature surfaced, meeting upon his master. He knelt down so that his master could greet him properly. Indeed Ryoku had noticed his master's growth since they trained together as nakama.

Luffy took note of Ryoku's growth. For one, the Sea King grew in size at least 7x5 feet in length and width. And what's more, he noticed that the top of his dorsal fin was torn slightly and had a thin scar over his left eye; both results of his training.

"Ready to go, Ryoku?"

The creature nodded in agreement.

Luffy grinned. "Great! Now try this on for size." He reached into his boat compartment and unveiled a set of reins. The beast looked a little annoyed at having to wear that.

"Come on boy, I had this made just for you. How else are we gonna stick together. And besides this'll help travel fly by." he added.

Ryoku merely snorted and begrudgingly slid the pulling-bar in his mouth. Luffy had attached the reigns to the small dinghy and grasped of the handles. With a crack of the reigns and a 'giddy-up', they both sped off into the crack of dawn, where countless adventures awaited them.

(Further down the East Blue)

A cruise ship was anchored across from an uncharted island. A few marines were stationed there for guard duty and protection for the people and their valuables.

Of course they have yet to see any sign of danger or any potential threat upon this vessel, so as a result, the marine foot soldiers took the time to just hang around while the guy up on the crow's nest was keeping a lookout, albeit lazily. The only thing that transpired was that they managed to pick up a stray barrel out in the ocean that floated their way.

Things were pretty quiet. That is… until the marine on lookout saw a strange looking ship. It was pink, a skull with a heart on it for the flag and a swan with heart shaped eyes for a figure head. It was, in a word… ridiculous. Hell, if it wasn't for the Jolly Roger, the marine would have thought it to be some kind of themed ship.

"Oi! We've got pirates off the port bow!"

The marine soldiers down below were shocked by their comrades outburst and peered into the direction pointed out, to see if he was screwing with them. He wasn't.

On said ship, a brutish-looking, obese woman wielding an oversized, iron-spiked club, was looking on the potential jackpot that lay before her. Her crew already stole and swiped every piece of treasure and jewelry they could get their grimy hands on.

"COBY!" she bellowed.

And like lightning, a runt-looking, pink-haired, wimpy-boy with glasses (Basically, textbook-nerd) appeared before her, who was shaking like a leaf.

"H-Hai, A-Alvida-sama…" he squeaked.

"Who's the most beautiful woman in all the 5 Blues?"

… 'Really, Alvida? Because I think Boa Hancock and the Mermaid Princess might be offended by your statement.' Of course Coby wouldn't say that out loud, lest he suffer her wrath and receive her punishment by her club.

"Y-You are Alvida-sama." he stuttered.

The fat woman grinned maliciously.

"Good… now… GET A BARREL OF RUM FOR MY MEN!" she barked.

And with that, Coby left in a blur and scurried his way down to the cellar. Once there, he found the closest barrel he could find. Moving it however, proved to be more of a chore, as Coby found out that whatever was in that barrel was about as heavy as an anvil.

That's when three of Alvida's pirates came to get some rum for themselves. Coby tried to stop them, but they paid him no mind as one of them got to open the barrel.

However, none of them were prepared for what was actually inside it. With a great big yawn, two outstretched arms, a young 17-year-old with a straw hat burst out of the container and smacked two of the pirates upside the head and launched them about halfway through the roof.

The young man opened his drowsy eyes, taking in the environment around him.

"Huh? Nani? Where am I?" he looked from left to right, until he realized he was inside a ship.

"Hmm… must've dozed off…" he turned his head again to see both a scared Coby and a shaking pirate.

"Oi, you two know what this place is?" he asked.

Of course the pirate reacted by firing his flintlock pistol at him.

The bullet never reached its target as the young man had disappeared.

Coby looked around for him until he heard an unsheathed blade coming from his left. His head snapped in said direction to see the same young man but with his scimitar held against the pirate's neck.

This time, Coby noticed that the young man's demeanor did a 180. His straw-hat covering his eyes, and he had a serious, unreadable expression.

"Now that wasn't nice, I just wanted to ask where I'm being held in and you go and shoot at me." his voice was laced with a dark tone to it.

The pirate was shaking just as much as Coby was, only the pirate had nearly lost control of his bowels; just nearly. Instead, he just fainted.

The young man's expression changed back to confusion as he stared at the unconscious pirate.

He shrugged then turned to Coby, who was still shaking.

"Hey, do you know where I am?"

Coby, not wanting to be in the same position as the pirate before him answered him quickly.

"Y-Y-You're on A-Alvida-s-sama's pirate ship!"

The young man looked at him blankly then scratched rubbed his chin while deep thought (Yes, he does have the mental capacity to think) until his stomach started growling.

"You got any food?" he asked.

Coby stopped shaking and looked at him oddly before taking him to the cellar and gave him a barrel full of apples.

"Oh, boy! Apples! Though it's not exactly meat, it'll do!" the young man exclaimed as he chomped down on the first apple.

Coby watched this guy from a safe distance so he could ask him questions.

"U-Uh… a-ano, who are you?"

In mid-snacking the young man faced Coby.

"Ihm Rughy." he spoke with a mouth filled with apples.

"Uh… what?"

With a loud gulp, the young man tried again.

"Sorry, I meant to say, my name is Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm a pirate."

Coby's eyes grew as big as his glasses.

"A-A pirate? But pirates are ruthless cutthroats of the sea! Why in the world would you want to be one?" he shrieked.

Luffy smiled. "For Gold Roger's treasure." he said simply.

Coby's jaw dropped to the floor. "One Piece? That treasure doesn't even exist! It's just a myth? It-"

*BONK*

Coby was now nursing a sore lump on his head. "Why did you hit me?" Luffy just looked at him blankly. "You shouldn't scoff at people's dreams."

Coby immediately reprimanded his actions. "Gomen. I just want to know why…"

"To become the new Pirate King." Luffy's grin widened.

This time Coby just stood there, speechless. 'Is this guy for real? He wants to become the next Pirate King.'

"What about you? What's your dream?" Luffy asked. Coby thought about it for a minute. For at least 2 years he had been in service to an ogress with a foul temper that he had nearly forgotten what his dream was, until the realization hit him like a ton of bricks.

"I WANT TO JOIN THE MARINES SO I CAN BECOME AN ADMIRAL! SO I CAN ARREST PIRATES LIKE ALVIDA!"

The roof above their heads suddenly exploded, revealing a very pissed off Alvida jump down to the ground. "What did you say, Coby? You're going to capture me? That's a laugh!" she scoffed. She turned her gaze to Luffy next. "You… You're not the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro. Who are you?"

Luffy just looked at her. "A pirate." he replied.

Alvida merely grunted and turned back to Coby to torture him some more. "Coby… Who's the loveliest woman in the world?" the pink haired boy went back to his stuttering until Luffy answered for him.

"Who's the boar?"

…

…

Coby as well as all of the Alvida pirates had their jaws drop to the floor and eyes popping out at the Luffy's death wish. Alvida's face was riddled with tick marks."YOU BASTARD!" she swung her mace at her target, which was Luffy. Of course, what she didn't realize, in her blind fury, was that Luffy was already gone, along with Coby.

Once she noticed that her club had missed her target, she looked from all sides to see where he went.

She growled as she snapped her head up to her men. "WHERE IS HE?" she roared. (Not a Dark Knight reference)

…

…

Now this was strange, usually they were responsive. She somehow managed to crawl out of the hole she made to see what was going on. Her beady eyes widened at what she saw.

All of her men lay unconscious on the floor, with foam coming out of their mouths and their eyes without pupils.

Alvida demanded what the hell was going on until she saw Luffy, standing with a frown and Coby was down on his knees, slipping in and out of consciousness.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CREW?" she bellowed.

Luffy looked at the sprawled crew members all over the deck and shrugged, while picking his ear.

"Eh, they had weak sauce. Probably someone from someone like you as their captain." he responded casually.

That was the line. Alvida charged at Luffy like a raging bull with her club held up high.

Luffy just shifted into a simple frontward stance and pulled back his right arm.

It all happened in a blink of an eye. Alvida was only 3 feet away from hitting her mark, but didn't even get the chance as an incredibly strong, power-packed punch socked her in her stomach, causing all the wind to be blown out of her. The force of the blow was so strong it lifted the fat woman off her feet and launched her into the sky like a cannonball. Alvida went soaring until she was a shining star in the blue sky.

Luffy clapped his hands together and brushed them off. "Well… that takes care of that."

He then noticed that the crew was still knocked out. He grinned sheepishly and scratched his chin.

"Hehe… maybe I should've kept at least one standing so I could ask where they keep the life-boats." But then he realized something…Coby!

He tilted his head down to the semi-conscious boy. "Hey… Coby was it…? Where are the life-boats?" Coby pointed a shaky arm in the direction of the life-boats.

Luffy grinned "Thanks." he said as he grabbed Coby by the scruff of his shirt and jumped into the small boat.

He used his sword to cut the ropes holding it down and they both dropped to the surface of the water.

Somehow, Luffy managed to catch an image of a young, red-headed female who seemed to be stealing from Alvida's pirate ship.

When the boat touched the surface, Luffy called out to his pet.

"Ryoku!"

Suddenly, the surface rippled and bubbled, until the serpent rose out of the water.

As soon as Coby regained full consciousness, he looked towards the towering Sea King. Coby adjusted his glasses so he could see properly, and then turned to Luffy with a neutral expression.

"You have a pet Sea King?" he asked the young pirate with an even tone.

"Yup! His name's Ryoku, and he's my first nakama."

It was after the small introduction that Coby fully fainted. Too much excitement in one hour could do that.

Luffy just laughed out loud with Ryoku and together they jetted off into the horizon.

Chapter 4 complete and here's the list of Luffy's current nakama (Because honestly, I wouldn't change a thing with them; they're awesome).

Zoro

Nami

Usopp

Sanji

Chopper

Robin

Franky

Brook

And here are the new additions

Alvida

Basil Hawkins

Gin

Perona

Trafalgar Law

Scratchmen Apoo

Bon Clay