A/N: I'm sorry if you guys think this seems kind of rushed, but my imagination was spazzing out as I was writing this. Please enjoy today's chapter of One Piece: Rubber and Scissors!
FluffyDestroyerOfPlanets, Thank you for the advice. I'll make sure to keep that in mind as I write future chapters.
Chapter 2: The Ultimate Duo! Esdeath and Budo?!
AT THE PALACE
"What happened?!" Budo shouted, unable to believe what he just heard.
"We don't know his name, nor did we get a good look at his face, but his power…" the Imperial soldier trailed off.
"To think he could overpower that teigu in mere seconds…" another soldier said.
"This is troublesome news, indeed." Budo said cupping his chin in thought. "Can you describe this power? What did it look like?" Budo asked.
"That boy, seemed to be able to stretch his limbs to inconcievable lengths." One soldier said.
"Also, he did this one move where he seemed to have pumped his legs twice, while calling out a name called 'Gear Second'. It apparently gave him the speed and power that can rival yours, maybe even higher." He finished.
Budo was more than shocked. Just the fact that a mere boy's strength can rival his own was a very scary thought.
"What happened to Seryu?" Budo finally asked, after giving it some thought. He never really liked that girl, because she reminded him of Prime Minister Honest, but he never tolerated the idea of abandoning your comrades to save your own skin.
All the soldiers froze, immediately remembering that they all ran away after watching Luffy kill Koro.
"No words, hm. That must mean you all abandoned Seryu to save yourselves." Budo said, with a dark gleam in his eyes.
All the soldiers felt Budo's killing intent rise, making some of the weaker and inexperienced soldiers piss themselves and fall unconscious.
They felt even more scared when the air suddenly turned cold. They looked behind them and saw General Esdeath with a sadistic grin on her face.
"Did I miss anything?" Esdeath asked, immediately catching wind of Budo's killing intent when she returned to the Capital.
Budo said nothing as he got up and walked away, thinking about what he should do about the boy who seemingly rivaled him.
"Stretchy limbs , huh?" Budo thought. "I never heard of a teigu that can manipulate the human body to that extent."
AT NIGHT RAID'S BASE
Everyone was currently gathered in the meeting room, because they wer curious about Luffy and what he is, exactly.
"So, tell us about yourself, boy." Najenda said.
"Well, my name is Monkey D. Luffy, uh…" Luffy started.
Mine and Leone snickered when he said the word monkey.
"Let's see here, I want to find One Piece and become King of the Pirates..." Luffy continued.
Everyone widened their eyes when the heard Luffy say he wanted to be the King of the Pirates.
"The king of what now?" Mine asked.
"The King of the Pirates." Luffy said. "Long ago, there was a pirate named Gol D. Roger who became King of the Pirates and owned the legendary One Piece. He was then executed by the World Government, and left his treasure, One Piece, for the whole world to find and keep. Luffy finished.
"Who's the World Government?" Najenda asked, curious.
Luffy balled his hands into fists. "Those rotten bastards took my brother, Portgas D. Ace, and plan on killing him the same way Roger died, because Ace is his son!" Luffy yelled, remembering him and Ace running away from Akainu.
Everyone was shocked, to say the least.
Mine had her mouth open, but didn't say anything.
Lubbock was looking down at the floor, slowly taking it in.
Akame kept her neutral stare, but on the inside, she felt sincerely sorry for Luffy. Her eyes widened when Luffy mentioned he had an older brother.
Sheele wanted to hug and comfort Luffy, but she held herself back.
Leone simply looked at Luffy with a shocked expression.
Bulat had his eyes closed, understanding what Luffy meant.
Tatsumi wanted to find the World Government, and shove his sword up their ass.
Najenda lit a cigarette, silently taking all this information in.
"That's why I have my nakama! The Straw Hat Pirates!" Luffy said with a big grin, immediately switching attitudes.
"You have your own group of pirates?" Najenda asked.
"Yep! Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, Franky and Brook!" Luffy said excitedly. "But then after we met someone, I forgot his name, we all got separated…" Luffy said, looking downcast.
Najenda nodded her head and decided it was time to stop inquiring about Luffy. In her eyes, He was clearly perfect material for Night Raid.
"Well, then. Welcome to the path of carnage, Monkey D. Luffy." Najenda said, holding out her hand.
"Just call me Luffy." Luffy said, with heartwarming grin on again. All the girls except Najenda started blushing again, only this time, they all thought the one thing:
"I WANT HIM."
"Very well, Luffy. Dismissed." Najenda said.
"Quick question." Luffy said, making everyone stop in their tracks." What happened to your eye?" He asked, looking at Najenda's eye patch. The whole room fell into an eerie silence for a good three minutes.
Najenda broke the silence, and gritting her teeth, said "Esdeath".
"Esdeath? Luffy asked.
"That son of a bitch took my right arm and my right eye!" Najenda yelled, remembering her fight with Esdeath after defecting from the Empire.
Luffy opened his jacket, to reveal a big X-shaped scar.
While all the girls thought that he looked hot, they also wondered how he got the scar.
"A man named Admiral Akainu gave me this scar, while I was escaping from Marineford with my brother Ace." Luffy said.
Najenda looked at it, only to look back down again.
He pointed to the stitched part under his eye.
"I got this patched up when I stabbed myself to prove that I was pirate material." Luffy said.
Everyone's jaw dropped to the ground when he said.
"You dumbass!" Mine cried out. "And to think I wasted my tears on an imbecile like you!" Mine said, showing a tsundere side to her.
Leone and Lubbock was rolling on the ground, laughing their asses off.
"Please don't laugh at Luffy." Sheele said, trying to calm them down.
Bulat and Tatsumi stifled a giggle. Even Akame cracked a small smile.
Najenda sighed and said, "I getting too old for this shit. Just go ahead and leave." She said lighting up another cigarette.
Luffy went to his room. Akame snuck behind him. She wanted to see exactly how much meat he really had. Luffy opened his pockets and pulled out 5 gigantic pieces of meat, a fried chicken leg, a bone, raw beef, and a fried chicken wing.
Akame was drooling and wetting herself at the sight.
Luffy heard dripping and immediately closed his door with an extended hand, thinking it is a ceiling leak. Akame pouted and went back to her room, making plans on how to get Luffy's meat.
Sheele tripped over a bone left behind by Luffy and lost sight of glasses. Or any sight at all, for that matter.
"My glasses, My glasses..." Sheele said, crouching and feeling around the floor.
Lubbock used that chance to get a nice view of her butt, but was immediately beaten to it by Leone, who then proceeded to beat the living crap out of Lubbock for 30 minutes straight.
By then, Sheele found her glasses and walked away to her room, humming a tune. Lubbock was left cramped on the ground unable to move around for hours, until Tatsumi finally noticed and helped him up.
Luffy then got up outside to train with Bulat and Tatsumi. Needless to say, that was one of the most entertaining times in his stay at Night Raid so far.
Gomu Gomu no…
Bulat prepared himself, crossing his arms in a X-shape.
Gatling!
Luffy said, unleashing a barrage of punches of Bulat, who was barely able to keep up with the amount of punches.
"Nngh!" Bulat grunted. Bulat grabbed ahold of one of Luffy's arms, and he swung him toward Tatsumi, who had never saw it coming.
Luffy crashed against Tatsumi and they both fell near a tree. Luffy dusted himself off and yelled:
Gomu Gomu no Pistol!
Bulat countered with his own punch, making a mini explosion from their fists colliding.
They started to have an all-out brawl, with Bulat activating Incursio.
"WOAH! That's so cool!" Luffy exclaimed as he rushed towards Bulat getting ready to punch.
"You really think so?" Bulat said behind the mask, blushing. "Then prepare yourself for round two!" He yelled as he readied his own punch.
BACK AT THE ROYAL PALACE
"So it seems I'm going to have a change of plans." Esdeath said. "I originally wanted to send the three beasts out to eliminate Night Raid, but now this interesting boy appears out of nowhere and shakes up the whole capital." Esdeath said.
"Yes." The Emperor said. "Like Budo said, he's proving to be quite troublesome…" He trailed off.
"I want to fall in love, but I also want to meet this boy, too. So I think I going to host a tournament to have a candidate for a teigu. This will help me find strong and worthy members for my new team, too…" Esdeath said.
"How is a teigu tournament going to lure him in if he has his own special power that could match Budo's?" Prime Minister Honest said, chomping on a piece of meat.
"Oh, I have my own special methods, for doing things like this…" Esdeath said with a grin, making the air go ice cold again.
BACK AT NIGHT RAID'S HIDEOUT
It's been a long day, and Luffy finally overpowered Bulat after he went into Gear Second and aimed a well-timed Jet Pistol strike at him.
Lubbock ran outside to the training grounds, after a few hours of walking through the Imperial Capital and looking at ads.
"Hey guys, you might want to hear me out real fast…" Lubbock said, panting.
"What is it?" Tatsumi asked. Luffy was curious as well.
"Esdeath is sponsoring a city-wide tournament for capable teigu wielders." He said.
A/N: And done! The next chapter is going to somewhat filler, because I'm going to show the One Piece Universe, and it's reaction to Luffy's sudden disappearance, so I hope you still stay with me readers.