~Sorry I haven't updated, I was busy and lost inspiration through the death of the one and only brother of Luffy, Ace!

I do not own One Piece in anyway shape or form, if I did then Ace wouldn't be dead.......... Ace! Wah! Why did he have to die?

Nakama

Nakama. Such a simple word, only made up of four different letters n, a, k, and m. But isn't the words that have the most meaning, the most depth to them simple? Love and hate, both are such strong feelings that can be used to create feats that all deemed impossible but at the same time they're such simple words. But nakama is simple but at the same time complex because it mixes love and hate together so finely. You can love a nakama but at the same time you can hate them. You can do magnificent things for a nakama or do terrible devilish deeds with the thought that it's for a nakama.

And Monkey D. Luffy was no exception to the feelings of loyalty to his nakama.

"Mr. Monkey you are here today to be judged for your multiple crimes. Which include theft, homicide, and destruction of property worth over six hundred billion dollars. How do you plead?" A stern man, the judge, sat behind a raised podium staring down at the riffraff that had finally been caught. Monkey D. Luffy, the Don of the mafia family the Straw-Hats and the 'King' or Don of all Dons in Grand Line.

"Guilty as charged sir." An innocent smile that made the judge pause a moment. Could this young man, no, this teen be the vicious criminal that was Monkey D. Luffy? Wanted for killing hundreds?

"Now Mr. Monkey, if you give names to the ones that helped yo-"

"No" The dark haired teen wasn't smiling anymore, in fact his face was terribly blank for someone of his age.

"Mr. Monkey I don't think you understand the severity of your crimes and what we're offering you. If you just give us names then your sentence will be shortened considerably." A stern look sent to the teen in cut off denim pants and the judge once again found him wondering, could this really be Monkey D. Luffy?

"No." This time the judge had no problem seeing what made this man, this teen, one of the most wanted men in the world. His face had turned hard, his eyes flat and stormy, a killer's face and a killer's eyes. The face and eyes of someone who would never give up and back down no matter what they had to do. "You're asking me to betray my nakama sir. And that's something I won't do."

"Nakama?" A foreign word to the old judge, maybe it was a new slag term made in the same way that so many before it had been created.

A single terse nod. "Nakama, the people who I would do anything for." Such a solemn expression on such a young face the judge wondered what had happened to this world that such younglings were hardened criminals.

"Even kill? Would you do all of your past crimes for your 'nakama' if you knew that you'd end up here?" It was a true question, would this murderer who masqueraded as an innocent teen really do anything, even go to jail, be sentenced to the death penalty for his 'nakama'.

Without a second thought, in a single moment with any hesitation Monkey D. Luffy answered with a completely different look on his face. This one was softer, eyes warm with fond thoughts and a gentle smile that spoke of many things. Adoration, joy, loyalty, and finally love all the things that made life worth living for. "Yes."

And with that single word the courtroom broke into thunderous howls and raging protests that this child that this innocent lad couldn't possibly be Monkey D. Luffy and for the authorities to stop being such simpletons and finally catch the scum and let the poor boy go. On the opposite side scared screams and cries filled with woe called down to the circle that was made from the jury, judge, guards, and criminal to stop with this mockery and kill, incarcerate, and destroy the filthy scum that had terrorized them for so long, that had killed the ones that they had held precious to them.

"Silence!" All went still at the yell from the stone faced criminal in the middle of the circle. "Your honor, I plead guilty of all accusations and am ready to face the consequences of my actions. And I realize what I'm doing by not naming my accomplices." With the final words the innocent smile was back in place.

"Well then Mr. Monkey if that is all then I here by sentence you to death." A loud echo rang hauntingly from the gavel as it landed sentencing one of the world's most feared criminals to death. The judge looked down at the teen that was what one could call a mass murderer and was shocked to see a look of absolute peace and acceptance painted across the face of the condemned man.

Not three weeks later in a richly decorated mansion a group of twelve people could be seen delicately sipping fine wine with tears in their eyes as the footage of the criminal known as 'Straw Hat Luffy's' judgment was played on the enormous flat screen.

"That idiot, why he jut wouldn't tell them about us!" A crash as the fragile glass that had been holding a dark red wine smashed into a pristine wall. "Who the hell does he think he is!?!?! Leaving us like this? Damn it!" Eleven pairs of eyes turned to look at the furious green haired man as he raged on about the stupidity of their one and only Don, Luffy. Some were overflowing with understanding at the mans plight while others were filled with pity and some were packed with an overabundance of sadness.

"Zoro, Bro, calm down this is Luffy were talking about. We wouldn't of been able to make him tell them anything of importance if we were even their. He was just that stubborn." A blue haired looked at the steaming man with profound grief in his eyes that were hidden by a pair of designer sun glasses.

"Franky's right Zoro, we couldn't have done anything, Anchor would have found a way to stop us if we tried even if he was being watched." A red head with three slashes across his face stared at the by now panting man in understanding. He knew why Zoro was so torn up about Luffy's death; the green haired man had been by Luffy's side since Luffy had started his own family. He had seen Luffy at his best and worst he had been as close as Ace, Garp, Makino, and himself had been to Luffy. As he thought the names Shanks looked around the luxuriantly decorated room to the people that matched the names, they to had a look of understanding in their eyes. They knew the pain the man was feeling.

"Just……. Why did he have to leave us?" At that question the tears flowed freely from several of the people present.

"Because Zoro, my idiot of a brother would never let us, his nakama, get hurt."

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~I know I'm a bad person, I killed Luffy! Bad self, do not kill Luffy. Bad, very bad.

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A rattling of chains in the dimly lit room resounded off the sea stone walls in a cruel laugh that mocked those that were locked away in its confining stockade. A single lamp in one of the corners of the room flickered weakly giving out just enough light to show striking red hair with goggles restraining the spiky mass out of a pale face, long fingers clenching and unclenching with all the letters to the word death excluding the a in bold black, and a large cheerful smile that puckered the scar under the left of a pair of bright onyx eyes that dug into your very being. A loud crash as a door was opened with force brought blinding light into the previously dark room showing that the three men in the cell that was kept to the right side were none other then three of the Eleven Supernovas. In fact the three men that were entrapped within the cage like cell were the three of the Eleven Supernovas with the highest bounties. Eustass 'Captain' Kidd, the 'Surgeon of Death' Trafalgar Law, and 'Straw-hat' Monkey D. Luffy, with a combined bounty of 815,000,000 belli. "Pirate scum wake up, you're being moved below deck to make room." Shuffling from the three caged men as the man who shoved the door open before grabbed a set of keys from the wall then slowly made his way to the cell.

"Don't know how he thinks we could of fallen asleep in this place, idiot." A glare was shot at the 'Surgeon of Death' before the nameless marine hit him in the back of the head forcing him to the ground.

"Shut up you scum, you should be grateful you had this cell. It's one of the nicer ones." A dark soul ripping stare landed on the huffy marine by Law as he got up lazily acting like he hadn't been knocked down a moment ago.

"Hey Marine Guy! Can I have some food! I'm hungry….." The three other occupants in the room looked at the still smiling Straw-Hat as he stared at the marine with a pleading look in his expressive eyes. "Please? I won't cause any trouble! Can I just have some food?" A disgusted look was shot at the rubbery man by the marine who was starting to put shackles on Law and Kidd. "Oh! And have you heard anything about my nakama? Did they get away?"

"Shut up you pirate scum! No, you can't have any food. Bottom feeders like you don't deserve it and you're so called nakama escaped, seems like you weren't important enough to rescue Straw-Hat." The scathing words rushed forth from the impassioned man as Luffy stared at him, and then finally smiled as he mockingly said that his nakama had gotten away.

"Well, that's good then!" A happy sun shine smile.

A blank look from the marine ,"Whatever you pirate scum, come here so I can shackle you I'm already behind in my work and don't need you slowing me down anymore!"

Silence descended on the trio of pirates as their captor clasped the shackles and chains on them with a shink. One happy smile boarding on maniacal to the others, a laid back bored look with focused calculating eyes, and a cheerful grin that lit the dark hallway with a supposed sun. All three thinking of different things; one of how much he would love to rip the stupid ass marine into little tiny pieces then feed him to a sea king, another of why was it taking Bebo so long to find him?, and the final man was thinking about how great it is that his nakama had gotten away and that he didn't need to worry anymore that they'd get caught!

But as they all went deeper into the marine ship and closer to their deaths; Luffy's at Marine Headquarters ASAP and Laws and Kidds in the newly built and reinforced Level Six of Impel Down. Two of them thought about the conversation they had had with the 'rubbery idiot' about how they all got caught mere moments before the marine had barged in.

Silence in the little room only broken by the breathing of the three occupants. "So, how'd they catch you Kidd?" The 'Surgeon of Death' smiled at 'Captain' Kidd in pure glee that he wasn't the only one of the Supernovas to be caught and his smile only grew wider as he realized that 'Straw Hat' Luffy was in the cell with them.

"Che why the hell should I tell you Law?" An unseen glare was shot.

"Hm, no reason just curious. What about you Mister Straw-Hat? How'd they catch you?" A mocking smile was directed at the infamous hell raiser known as 'Straw-Hat Luffy'.

"Ara. They cheated! It wasn't a fair fight…….." A pout and a childish voice of disappointment met the other two Supernovas. A scoff from Eustass 'Captain' Kidd and some mumbling that Law could of sworn was 'idiot, there is no such thing as a fair fight.'

"And how did they cheat Mister Straw-Hat?" Still the same mocking smile but this time with amusement fluttering in his eyes as he stared at the dejected teen, or at least where he thought Luffy was he couldn't really tell in the limited light. Really 'Mister Straw-Hat' was so naïve it was getting harder to believe that his bounty beat his own.

"They used my nakama against me! And that weird pink guy, with the feathers. You know the guy who wiggles his fingers-" Luffy kindly demonstrated the finger wiggling for the two even though they couldn't see. "-he made them fight against me."

Doflamingo? A shichibukai? Curious. "Go on Mister Straw-Hat, so the pink feathered guy wiggled his fingers and made your crew fight you?" At his repeated description of the shichibukai Kidd snorted again. "How did that get you caught?"

"Oh. I turned myself in!" A cheerful answer with an accommodating jovial grin plastered on his face as if he didn't just say something completely stupid.

Kidd spluttered while Law raised an eyebrow in question. "You turned yourself in?"

"Yeah, I made a deal with Gramps that I'd go with the marines if they let my nakama get away." That same exuberance was injected into the rubbery teen's voice. "I couldn't fight them, I can't hurt my nakama." As the last words were uttered Luffy's voice took a dramatic turn and his voice matured into something that Law could imagine would fit the look he bore before punching the Celestial Dragon that had shot the fish man.

"You just turned yourself in?" A disgusted snort came from Kidd when Luffy responded with a joyful 'yep!'.

Straw-Hat Luffy was an enigma he was renowned for being crazy. Hell, he'd taken on a shichibukai in the last week and didn't find anything weird about it. He was….. Selfless, he's turned himself in for his nakama. It was an act that not many would do. As Law and Kidd pondered on Monkey D. Luffy as they were led to the lower depths of the battleship a crash was heard from above a voice shouting afterwards stopping the four men in their tracks. "Oi! Luffy where the hell are you!" Followed by worried calls of 'Are you ok?'

The smile on the teens face grew larger before he began to shout back, I'm down here guys! And I'm hungry……."

Chuckles as a louder smash before the ceiling caved in filling the hallway with dust. "Yep, he's fine."

"Zoro!" Law and Kidd watched as the dust dissipated revealing 'Pirate Hunter Zoro' in its wake with all three of his swords drawn.

"Captain, it's time to go. Sanji has food on the ship."

Luffy nodded happily before kicking the marine in the head then bounding off to follow his first mate. "So, did you guys have any fun adventures while I was gone? Did you find anything interesting to eat? Did you save me any?"

Roronoa simply kept walking forward ignoring his captain's questions before stopping then sparing a glance behind him. "Do you know how to get out of here Luffy?"

"Um… Nope!" A cheerful laugh as if being lost was the best thing in the world.

"Hm, we could just break through walls until we find the others. Yeah, let's do that." Luffy turned to stare at Kidd and Law as Zoro started to break through the steel walls of the ship.

"Bye you guys!" An exaggerated wave as Luffy hurriedly followed Zoro through the hole in the wall. Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kidd just peeked at each other before separating and going their own ways.

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This was more of a way to show the lengths Luffy would go for his nakama. It steamed from the beginning paragraph about nakama then just grew.