Chapter 2: Past Meets Present

Last Time…

"Well it's been fun, Straw Hats." Taiji said walking past the other Straw Hat members. "But your time in this period is up. Farwell, we'll meet again in the past."

"Wait, get back here!" Luffy shouted running towards Taiji. "We'll settle this now!"

"Time Flash!" Taiji jumped off the ship and in a blink an eye the Straw Hats and the Thousand Sunny disappeared.

Now…

Taiji landed on the waiting boat below him as his men row their way back to Taiji's ship. "Phase 1, completed." He said.

"They weren't that strong as I thought they were." Atsushi said.

"Don't be too quick to judge." Taiji said to his soldier. "They are stronger than what they've just displayed. If you underestimate them, that would the last mistake you would make."

"Yes sir, sorry about that."

"No matter, are the preparations done yet?"

"Aja said, 'everything is ready.' We're waiting on your commands."

"Very good, our destination: The Grand Line – Two Years Ago!" Taiji said as he, Atsushi, and Taiji's soldiers arrived at their ship and the ship disappears.

In the Grand Line, Two Years Ago…

The current Straw Hats (the post-time skip) were knocked out from Taiji's technique but Sanji was the first to stir and get up. "What the hell happened?" he said to himself. "What did that bastard do to us?" Sanji looked around and saw the rest started to move. "Robin, Nami, are you two alright?"

"We're fine." Nami said as she got up and looked around. "What happened?"

"That's what I want to know." Sanji said in a serious tone.

"Are we still alive?" Usopp asked, getting back up along with the rest of the crew expect for Luffy and Zoro.

"Feels like it." Franky said.

"I thought I was going to die." Brook said. "Although…"

"Although, you're already dead." Chopper said, cutting Brook off.

"Chopper, I've told you to never steal my punch line."

At the same time…

Cannonballs were fired from a marine ship toward the ship of a very famous crew, the Straw Hats."Fire!" A marine captain ordered as more shots were fired at the Thousand Sunny and missed completely. "Don't relent! We must capture those Straw Hats!" And more cannonballs were fired at the Sunny.

"Sir, three of the Straw Hats has invaded the ship." A solider said in panic.

"What?!" The captain said shocked. "Then, what are you waiting for you moron?! Capture them!"

"Damn it!" Franky cursed. "Those marines don't know when to quit!"

"Franky, set up the Coup de Burst!" Nami ordered. "Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji should be back in any moment!"

"Right!" Franky then prepares to use the Coup de Burst. Meanwhile, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro are taking care of the marine soldiers without any problems.

"Don't relent!" A high ranking officer commanded. "We must capture them by any means necessary!" Then a group of marines were send flying by the three straw hats. Several more marine soldiers charged towards the straw hats but the monster trio was ready for them.

"Gum-Gum Gatling!" Luffy fired a barrage of punches at some of the marines, knocking them out.

"Three Sword Style: Dragon Twister!" Zoro used his three swords to create a twister and send some soldiers flying.

"Party Table Kick Course!" Sanji fired some of his kicks, defeating the rest of the soldiers

"Yo Nami, everything's ready to go!" Franky shouted from the helm of the sunny.

"We can't leave yet!" Nami shouted. Then she saw a pair of arms stretched out from the Sunny to the Marine ship retracting and heard three voices of someone screaming getting closer to the Sunny.

"WWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" The voices belong to Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro as they were launched from the marine ship toward their ship at a high speed. Nami saw the three headed towards her and tried to move away but was too late and the three crashed into her.

"WE MADE IT!" Luffy shouted

"YOU MORON!" Zoro yelled. "GIVE US A WARNING WHEN YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT!"

"YEAH, YOU COULD'VE SERIOUSLY INJURED NAMI!" Sanji yelled in anger as Nami got back up to her friend.

"Ok, I'm sorry." Luffy said in pain.

"Franky, they're back." Nami said to Franky. "Launch the Coup de Burst now."

"Super! Everyone grab hold of something!" Franky said as all of the straw hats scatter around the ship to find something nailed down to hold on to. "Coup de Burst!" And with a burst of air pressure, the Thousand Sunny was shot into the sky, escaping the marines.

Back to the present Straw Hats…

Almost all of the Straw hats were trying to figure out what happened to them and what to do next.

"So what do we do now?" Usopp asked Nami as she tries to wake Luffy.

"I don't know." Nami said, and then returned her attention to Luffy. "Luffy, wake up." Luffy didn't respond. "Wake up Luffy!" Nami still got no response from the rubber captain. This is getting on her nerves. She kicked Luffy towards Zoro and he landed on top of the swordsman. That woke them up.

"Hey Luffy, get off me!" Zoro shouted as he shoves his captain off of him.

"Huh, what's going on?" Luffy asked.

"We want to know what happened." Nami said irritated. "How did you three let that guy walk all over you guys like that when you could have took him down with no problem?!"

"It's the effect of the Time-Time Fruit." Robin said. "It allows the user to manipulate time so he knows what will happen or what has already happened some time ago."

"Okay, what do you mean be that?" Luffy asked.

"What she means is that he knew what we were going to do and he saw that fight ending in his favor." Zoro said.

"Exactly, but what he did to us is still a mystery." Robin said. "Our best option is to go the next island for now. How far is the next island, Nami?"

"According to the log post, we should be on top of it." Nami said.

"Uh guys…" Zoro said getting the crew's attention. "Does this island look familiar to you?"

"What do you mean?" Then the rest of the crew looked at the island and remembered arriving at this island once before. "What the…How did we end up back here?!"

The younger Straw Hats…

"There's an island up heard!" Usopp shouted from the crow's nest getting the attention of the rest crew.

"Really, Usopp?" Luffy asked, stretching his arms to Usopp's spot and launching himself there. "Where?"

Usopp handed Luffy his telescope and pointed to where he saw that island. "Over there, do you see it?"

"You saw an island Usopp?" Nami asked from.

"Yeah, it's looks like it's too far from here."

"I see. Well, we could restock on supplies." Then Sanji came out of the kitchen with a tray of treats for Robin and Nami.

"Here you go Nami, Robin, a special treat made especially for the both of you." Sanji said, presenting the treats to the ladies.

"Thanks Sanji." Nami accepted the treat from the love struck cook

"Yes, thank you Mr. Cook!" Robin said

"It's my pleasure." Sanji said happily.

"Hey Sanji, what about us?!" Luffy shouted.

"Yeah, you jerk!" Usopp shouted

"What about you two?" Sanji said to the two boys in an irritated tone.

"You guys should be getting ready to leave." Nami said. "We're landing soon."

"You're the one to talk." Zoro said. "You're stuffing your face with curly Q's food."

"Don't talk Nami that moss-head!" Sanji shouted at Zoro.

"You want to go a few rounds ero-cook!" And the fight between Zoro and Sanji started and was put to an end thanks to Franky.

The present Straw Hats...

"How did we end back here?" Usopp asked looking at the island as the ship arrives at the dock.

"How should we know?" Sanji responded with a question of his own.

"Guys, I'm starting to get worried." Chopper said scared.

"You know what will cheer us up?" Brook said, brining out his guitar and started to play it. "A song!"

"Now is not the time for music!" Nami shouted.

"Ok, but may I see you pan..." Brook was cut off when Nami whacked him over his head.

"How many do I tell you to stop asking me that question?!" Nami cooled down and said. "Look, we need answers. So we going to split up groups of 3 and search parts of the island. Maybe, we could have a clue on what's going on here. Group 1 would consist of me, Luffy and Usopp. Group 2 would have Zoro, Franky and Brook. Finally Sanji, Robin and Chopper would make Group 3, understood." The crew nodded as they drop anchor and departed from the ship.

The younger Straw Hats...

"Alright, we're going to split up in groups of three." Nami said as she decided the berries into three piles. "Now we're only here to supplies that should last us until we reach the next island. So don't spend more than you have to. Group 1 would consist of me, Luffy and Usopp. Group 2 would have Zoro, Franky and Brook. Finally Sanji, Robin and Chopper would make Group 3, understood." The crew nodded as they grab the berries and departed and went their way.

"I'll see if this island got some cola." Franky planning on how he's going to spend some of the money. "I'm starting to run low on it thanks to those damn marines.

"Maybe, they have some paper for me to new songs on." Brook said. Zoro was walking behind them, not caring about what he wants to get from the island. He started to look at the ships on the dock and noticed something off and stopped.

"What are you looking?" Franky asked, curious to see what caught the swordsmen's attention. He and Brook looking the object and were shocked when what it was. It was their ship, the Thousand Sunny. "What the hell?"

"Th...That's our ship!" Brook said shocked. "But we just got off the ship. What is it doing here?"

Franky looked at the ship they're standing of and the ship they just departed from. "There's no way!" Franky went over to the ship to investigate it. "There's supposed to be one Thousand Sunny in the world. Who did this? Who made a copy the Sunny?"

The present Straw Hats (Luffy's Group)...

Luffy held his stomach as it started grumble. "Man, I'm hungry." he said.

"Is there anything you think besides what to put in you stomach?" Nami asked not surprised.

"Nami, his stomach is what does his thinking for him." Usopp said.

"You're right."

"Hey, that's not true." Luffy said insulted by Usopp's comment.

The younger Straw Hats (Luffy's group)...

"I'm hungry." Luffy complained as he holds his stomach. "Is there any restaurants around?"

"I guess we could stop for a quick bite." Nami said. Then Luffy and Nami noticed that Usopp stopped moving. "What's wrong, Usopp?"

"Look..." Usopp said, pointing in front of him. The two looked in front of them and saw three figures that looks almost like them.

Luffy walked to the person that looks like him. The two Luffys stared at each other for a few seconds until the look-a-like asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Luffy. And I'm the next King of the Pirates!" Luffy said with a smile. The other two look-a-likes looked at Luffy in shock.

"Huh, but I'm Luffy." The look-a-like said surprising Nami and Usopp.

To be continued...

Next time: How will the two straw hat crews react now they've seen each other? Next chapter will be posted on July 5th.