It was a warm summer morning when a boy with a straw hat and his Monferno with a Red Scarf around its neck, chose to leave their village and become Travelers. The village's chief, its villagers and their Pokémons all stood outside and bid them farewell.
"I can't believe he is going" said Makino as Audino waved them goodbye.
"Hmp, he is going to be the disgrace of this village" said the chief as he patted Stoutland's head.
"Good luck!" yelled the owner of the fish shop as his Quagsire waved and the Woopers jumped up and down.
The boy walked to the nearby lake and yelled "Get out here you damn fish!"
Rising out of the water was a Gyarados and it looked at the boy and his Pokémon.
"Remember us?" asked the boy and he readied a punch. The Monferno fist began to shine light blue and it also readied a punch.
The Gyarados charged forward and readied Bite to eat them. Just as it closed on them the boy yelled "Gum Gum Pistol!" and punch out. The arm stretched and sent a fist colliding with the Gyarados face and sent it flying back over. The Monferno then disappeared and reappeared over Gyarados and punched it so hard that it crashed against the water's surface and made a big wave across the lake. The Monferno then used Gyarados as a stepping pad and jumped back on land.
The boy took out a Pokéball and threw it. It hit the Gyarados and bounced back towards land. It opened up and absorbed the Pokémon before landing on the ground. It shook for a little while but then stood still. The boy grabbed the ball and grinned. He threw his hands into the air and yelled "I will become the Pokémon Master!"
Luffy and Monferno was walking through a forest while humming a little song. "The islands in the south~ are warm~ Paina-purupuru~ Their heads get really hot~"
"Help me!"
Luffy and Monferno looked to where the voice came from and saw a pink haired boy with glasses running towards them. In his arms was something that appeared to be an egg. The boy ran up to them and yelled "Please help me! They are going to take my Pokémon!"
"There he is!" yelled a voice and four men came running towards them. By their sides was four Pokémons.
Luffy and Monferno quickly got ready to fight and when the men came close, attacked they and in the blink of an eye were the men and their Pokémons down for the count. The boy stood there unbelieving of what just happened. One person and his Pokémon just took down four people and their Pokémons in a second.
"Who are you?" asked the boy.
"Monkey D. Luffy! Future Pokémon Master!" Luffy answered with a grin on his face.
"Pokémon Master!?" yelled the boy in disbelief.
"What is this?" asked a voice.
Luffy and Monferno looked towards the voice and saw a really obese lady. She was carrying a large iron mace and had a Purugly by her side. She looked around and asked "Are you the one who took down my men?"
The boy froze up when he saw her and yelled "'Iron Mace' Alvida!"
"Who is she?" asked Luffy.
"Who is she! She is a criminal with a 150.000 dollar bounty and she is a Black Market dealer!"
"Oh, so we have someone with information here!" said Alvida "Hand the rare Pokémon! Now!"
"No! You can't take Togepi!" yelled the boy.
"What! She is the one after your Pokémon!?" yelled Luffy.
"Y-yeah…" said the boy, not knowing how he didn't figure that out.
"Enough talk! I'm taking both of your Pokémons!" yelled Alvida as she swung the iron mace at the boy.
The mace fell at him but Luffy pushed the boy away and took the hit. The boy cried, Alvida smirked and Monferno looked on before a smirk crept on Luffy's face.
"Sorry" he said "I am made of rubber!"
"What!" yelled Alvida as the mace bounced back. Luffy looked at Monferno and said "Mach Punch"
Alvida ordered Purugly "Shadow Claw!" and readied another swing. She swung but Luffy dodged and sent her flying into a tree with a punch. Purugly tried to attack but too late. Monferno sent it flying into its owner with its attack and knocked it out.
The boy was stunned to say the least. They just took down a team that was worth 150.000 dollars with one punch each.
Luffy turned to the boy and asked "What's your name?"
The boy smiled and said "Coby"
It was evening and Luffy and Coby had set up camp for the night at the edge of the forest and was now looking for food. Coby returned to camp with fruits and berries and began to prepare them.
"Oy, Coby!"
Coby looked over and saw Luffy and Monferno. Luffy was dragging a boar he had hunted down and Monferno was carrying a couple of Pidgeys.
"We got a boar and some Pidgeys! What did you get?"
"Some fruit and berries"
"Yosh, lets cook them and eat them!"
"Sorry I can't eat the Pidgeys"
"Why not?"
"Because I think it is wrong to eat Pokémon"
"But, you can eat the boar?"
"Yeah"
"Why?"
"Because it's an animal"
"What's the difference?" asked Luffy.
"You don't know?" asked Coby.
"No"
"The difference a three main things. 1: animals cannot be caught with Pokéballs"
"Really"
"2: Animals can't evolve like Pokémons can"
"Ok"
"And 3: is about Devil Fruits. Do you know what that is?"
"Yeah, I've eaten one"
"Good, now…. WHAT!"
"I ate the Gum Gum Fruit and became a rubber man" said Luffy as he stretched his cheeks.
"Amazing… well 3: is that if a Pokémon eats a Devil Fruit they will die"
"What! Why?"
"Experts don't exactly know the cause yet, but they say the death is similar to when a Devil Fruit user eats another Devil Fruit"
"I see… so the reason is a mystery!"
"Well yeah, but…"
"Let's eat!"
Coby gave up on trying explaining it to Luffy and helped him cook the meal. During dinner, while Coby was spoon feeding his Togepi, asked Luffy "Where did you get Togepi?"
"You want to know?"
"Yeah"
"A couple of years back I chose I to join the Grand Leaguers"
"Who?"
"The Grand Leaguers. They are an army under the World Ministry that has the power to arrest criminal of the Black Market. You can say that they are Special Forces against the Travelers of the Black Market"
"Wait a minute! What do you mean by the 'Travelers'?"
"You don't know? Over the last 10 years have the activity of Travelers on the Market has multiplied by 10"
"I would never go to the Black Market!"
"Wait you are a Traveler?"
"Yeah and I'm proud of it!"
"I see. Well Alvida that you just took out was a Traveler and she uses the Black Market to do business"
"Wow, things really have changed, huh"
"Yeah, but back to the subject. The Grand Leaguers are usually called 'Leaguers' and stand for the security of the different leagues like the One Piece League. Almost all Gym Leaders are members of the Grand Leaguers, with the few exceptions"
"What about Togepi?"
"What… oh right. I forgot. Well, when I decided I would become a Leaguer, my Uncle was so proud that he bought a Pokémon egg on the White Market. When he gave it to me I couldn't believe my eyes. The egg hatched in my hands and out of it came Togepi. It was like he was meant to be my Pokémon"
"Shishishi, that's a nice story"
"Yeah"
The night went on and they talked about different things.
The next morning they took off to the nearest town with Coby leading the way. The reached Pyrite Town when it was noon. The town looked a little rough and was hosting a Gym.
"There is a Gym in this town?" asked Luffy.
"Yeah, it is a pre-Gym meant to qualify people to the One Piece League and the Black Sword League. When you beat all pre-Gyms then you can start to fight through the Gyms for the One Piece League"
"You have to get badges to get the right to fight to gain the right to enter the One Piece League?"
"Wha… yeah, it's to control the amount of trainers that want to enter one of these two leagues. Don't worry, there are only three pre-Gyms"
When they neared the pre-Gym saw they a riot in front of its gates. They walked up to the people and asked one what had happened.
"What happened!" yelled the man angrily "Just look for yourselves!"
He pointed towards the courtyard and Luffy and Coby looked. In the middle of the courtyard was a man tied to a cross. The man was wearing a black bandana and a white shirt. His torso was badly injured and had received no treatment.
"What did he do to be treated like that?" asked Coby, horrified by the sight.
"He won" answered the man.
"What!"
"He won against the Leader of this pre-Gym or he would have if Morgan didn't pull a dirty trick!"
"Morgan?" asked Luffy.
"'Axe-Hand' Morgan. He is a strong man and is suited to be a fighter for both the One Piece League and the Black Sword League. The problem is his pride. When that man fought Morgan was Morgan overwhelmed. He got Morgan down on his last Pokémon and what did Morgan do? He attacked a member of the audience!"
"What!"
"That's right and do you know what that young man did!? He jumped in front of the attack and took the blow! He was ready to sacrifice himself for a complete stranger!"
"Who is he?" asked Coby.
"Roronoa Zoro!"
"'The Dragon Hunter'!" yelled Coby.
"Who's he?" asked Luffy.
"Luffy! He is a monster! They say that he fights fully evolved Dragon-Type Pokémons with swords alone!"
"Cool!"
"But what are he doing out in the courtyard like that?"
"Morgan put him there to put an example of what happens if you cross him!" said the man.
Suddenly a gunshot could be heard. The man, Luffy and Coby looked towards the gate and saw a group of armed soldiers with black and white uniforms standing in the gateway. Before them were a couple of Growlithes growling at the rioters. They began aim on the rioters and one of them yelled "People of Pyrite Town! Return to your homes, now!"
"You can't do this!" yelled a man in the crowd.
"That man is a hero! At least treat his wounds!" yelled a woman.
"Leave now or we will be forced to open fire!" yelled the soldier.
"Go to hell!" yelled the man Luffy and Coby had talked to.
"Is there a problem?" asked a voice and the soldiers and rioters all froze up. Behind the soldiers stood a very tall muscular man with short blonde hair, an iron jaw and axe for his right hand.
The soldier slowly turned around and said "No Captain Morgan. They were just about to leave"
"Good. Now, there is just one problem."
"W-what is it?"
"I told you to call me Leader!" yelled Morgan as he swung his axe-arm and cut the soldier in half.
The crowd began to scream and run for their lives. The pre-Gym Leader had gone nuts. Soon not a soul stood in front of the pre-Gym and Morgan seemed satisfied.
"Now…" he began "Is there anymore troubles?"
"NO LEADER, NO!" yelled the remaining soldiers.
"Good" said Morgan as he returned inside.
Behind a nearby building were Luffy, Monferno, Coby and Togepi hiding out.
"Why didn't you let me take him down!?" asked Luffy, angry as hell.
"That would have been stupid! He would have made you a wanted man and you would never be able to enter the One Piece League!" answered Coby.
"Still…!"
"Can you do it?" asked a voice.
"Who's there!" asked Coby and from behind a trashcan stepped a little girl out.
"The name is Rika. Can you really do it?" she asked Luffy.
"Of course!"
Rika looked at him a while and then turned around and said "Then follow me"
Hi everyone. I will just say that the One Piece League will sometimes be referred as OPL and the Black Sword League, BSL.
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