A/N: Hello everyone, vocaloidHM01 here. I decided to make this chapter part of the main story instead of filler, since it took me this long to make. Also, I'm working on another fanfiction called "Sadistic Music Factory" for Hatsune Miku fans.
ShadingWolf49, hmm… that would make sense, considering Luffy's personality. I'll make sure to credit you when Luffy says that when he meets Budo.
Zero, No it's not a harem. I already decided the main pairing would be LuffyxSheele. You'll see more of that in this chapter.
AoiKishi, I'll explain that in this chapter. It's going to be kind of stupid, but you'll get an explanation nonetheless.
Chapter 3: Rubber and Scissors! Luffy VS Sheele!
IN THE ONE PIECE UNIVERSE, AT NAVY H.Q
Everyone ceased hostilities when Luffy disappeared after running into the circle pattern. Even Akainu, of all people, set aside his goal of killing Ace at the time, and started to hunt down Luffy instead.
But of course, Aokiji was there to talk him out of it.
"Let me hunt down the buoyant fucker!" Akainu yelled as his fists turned into magma.
"Calm down, Akainu-san." Aokiji said calmly, the air around him getting cold. "There's no reason to do so."
"Are you insane?! Do you realize how fucking dangerous that boy is?!" Akainu yelled at him.
Garp was walking in the room at the time, and when he heard Akainu say that, Garp ran up to him and punched him in the face, and sent him flying. Akainu finally skid to a stop and he was beyond pissed off at this point.
"Watch your mouth." Garp said with his eyes narrowed. "He may be a wanted pirate, but he's still my grandson, and I'll do everything in my power to protect him."
Akainu scoffed, wiping his mouth. "And you're supposed to be the 'Hero of the Marines', pathetic."
Garp merely glared at him.
"I can't believe that someone as honorable as you supports a wanted criminal." Akainu continued.
"ENOUGH BULLSHIT SAKAZUKI!" Someone yelled.
They all turned around saw the Fleet Admiral, Sengoku.
"We have to focus on the Straw Hat's mysterious disappearance, and what the hell was that thing that appeared out of nowhere!" Sengoku yelled.
"It's mindfuckery, I tell you." Garp said under his breath.
"I heard that Garp." Sengoku said. "And you'll be the one leading the scouting unit, since Straw Hat is your grandson."
"I also have a feeling that if I were to send Akainu, he would kill him on the spot." Sengoku said.
Akainu scoffed and turned his head.
Garp nodded, but then he saw a very drunk Borsalino come in through the doors.
"Hewwwwoo….?." He started. "Awe anyyy of the aaadmirals here? IIIIIIImmmm so afwaaaaaaaid..." He said, speech patterns slurred.
Borsalino then bumped into a wall and fell on his ass.
"Do yooooou think a band of assaaaaaaaassssins caaaaaamme and kidnaaaaaped him?
AT SABOADY
Everyone was looking at the big screen, jaws on the ground, and eyes out of their sockets.
A reporter is seen dashing past the crowd with a picture of the mysterious object.
IN THE AKAME GA KILL UNIVERSE
Luffy and Sheele were outside by the river. They were sitting down together, looking at the fish in the water.
"Hey Luffy, I have a question…" Sheele said.
"Huh?" Luffy said.
"How did you fix my body back there, you know, before Lubbock did the finishing touch…" Sheele asked.
Luffy had a neutral expression on his face as he remembered.
FLASHBACK START
On the Thousand Sunny, everyone was doing their own thing.
Robin was reading a book. Zoro was sleeping. Nami was looking at the ocean. Usopp was examining his weapons. Sanji was making tea for Robin.
Chopper had an action figure and was playing around with it, pretending to fly with it. Luffy watched him, then walked up to him.
"Hey Chopper, whatcha doing?" Luffy asked.
"Playing with my action figure." Chopper said.
"Can I see it?" Luffy said.
"Not right now, I'm still playing with it." Chopper said.
Luffy frowned. "Please?"
"No." Chopper said, backing up a bit.
Luffy wasn't going to argue, so he simply shot his hand at the figure and started pulling on it.
Chopper wasn't budging.
"Let it go!" Chopper said.
"I wanna see it!" Luffy said.
As they were pulling the action figure, it snapped in half from the waist horizontally.
Luffy's jaw fell to the ground as he stared at the "broken" figure.
"You broke it!" Luffy cried out, not believing his eyes.
Chopper sighed and picked up the two halves of the figure. "At least it's a figma." He said as he aligned the two halves together.
"What are you doing?" Luffy asked.
Miraculously (to Luffy), the figure was back together in One Piece, when he heard a 'pop' sound.
"WHOA!" Luffy exclaimed. "How did you do that?"
Chopper face palmed and said: "I connected the joints together."
FLASHBACK END
"Wait a sec, just like that?" Sheele said, surprised.
"Mmhm." Luffy said.
"So, where exactly did you learn those moves?" Sheele asked.
"I just told you." Luffy said, a little annoyed.
"I meant the moves you used on that teigu from the other day." Sheele said.
Luffy started picking his nose, not understanding what she meant.
Sheele sighed and said: "The dog."
"Oh!" Luffy exclaimed. "I didn't learn those moves. I created them."
"How?" Sheele said.
"A lot of fighting." Luffy said, remembering the fight with CP9.
"Alrighty then. Why don't we begin our training session?" Sheele said.
"Let's start by seeing how much you can endure in the water." Sheele continued.
"I can't go in the water." Luffy said.
"Why not?" Sheele asked.
"Beacause I'm completely defenseless in the water, also I can drown and die." Luffy stated.
Sheele blinked a few times, then said: "Alright then, how about a sparring session with me?"
"That's more like it!" Luffy said, getting excited.
Sheele smiled and pulled out her teigu, Extase.
"For your information, I have no intention of going easy on you, Luffy." Sheele said, fully prepared.
"Good. It wouldn't be much of a fight if you were, anyways." Luffy said cracking his knuckles.
Luffy and Sheele stared at each other, waiting for the other person to make a move.
The entire forest and river was silent. A leaf fell from the tree and onto the ground, beginning the fight.
Luffy dashed toward Sheele stretching his arm and yelled:
Gomu Gomu no Pistol!
Sheele blocked the blow, but the sheer force and momentum pushed her back a couple of feet.
"He really is strong!" She thought.
Luffy jumped in the air and yelled:
Gomu Gomu no Axe!
Sheele jumped away to the other side of the river. Luffy returned to the ground, turning his head toward Sheele.
Sheele jumped towards Luffy and attempted a downward slice, but Luffy easily dodged it.
Sheele quickly brought it in for a upward slice, but it only sliced a strand of hair off Luffy's head.
"Hm." Luffy jumped back. He decided it was time to end it quickly, but Sheele had one more trick up her sleeve.
EXTASE!
There was an extremely bright light being emitted from the blade of the scissors.
"Argh! I can't see!" Luffy said, rubbing his eyes.
"I thought I said I wasn't going easy on you." Sheele said, slicing Luffy's arm.
"Yeow!" Luffy exclaimed holding his arm.
Luffy jumped away from the light, still rubbing his eyes.
"Darn it, where is she?" Luffy said looking around.
"Behind you." Sheele said, about to slash his back.
Luffy quickly jumped to the side and looked at her incredulously.
"All right, time to end this." He said, stretching out both of his arms out.
Sheele took a defensive position.
Gomu Gomu no...
Luffy smirked, knowing Sheele wasn't going to be able to endure this attack.
Bazooka!
Luffy shot his body toward Sheele. Sheele had not expected this coming and ended up taking the brunt of the blow, because Extase was knocked right out her hands.
Sheele was launched into the forest and stopped when she hit the back of a rock.
Sheele coughed up a little blood and wiped her mouth. Luffy walked up to her and held out his hand.
"It looks like I win, Sheele." Luffy said smiling.
Sheele smiled back and said: "I suppose you did."
"I can't get up." Sheele said, trying to stand up.
"That last blow must've really got me." She said.
"…Sorry." Luffy said.
"It's alright, its my fault for underestimating you, even though I said I wouldn't go easy on you." Sheele said.
Luffy said nothing, but nodded.
"Do you think you can carry me back to the base?" Sheele asked cutely.
"Sure." Luffy said, picking her up bridal style.
Luffy's heart was still beating really fast, even though the fight ended a couple of minutes ago.
"What is this feeling I'm getting? And why is my heart beating so fast?" Luffy thought, genuinely confused with himself.
Sheele's heart was beating the same way.
"Am I falling in love with him?" Sheele thought, confused as well.
Luffy and Sheele was still for a moment, then went back to the base, picking up Extase on the way.
BACK IN THE BASE
Luffy, Sheele and the other members of Night Raid were sitting at a big table, with a grand meal made by Akame, courtesy of Luffy and his precious meat.
Luffy noticed some of his meat gone, but he wasn't suspicious of anyone. Yet.
Tatsumi was sitting to the left of Luffy, while Sheele was sitting to the right of him.
Sheele, Leone, Bulat and Akame were the only ones who were able to tolerate Luffy's horrible table manners.
"Oh my gosh!" Mine exclaimed, finally fed up with him. "Learn how to chew with your mouth shut you pig!" She yelled.
Luffy did not hear her, as he was still steadily chomping on his meat.
Leone and Akame was eating the same way Luffy was, only they were not as loud as Luffy.
2 seconds later, Luffy cleared his plate, beating Akame's record of 5.
"Thanks for the food!" Luffy said, walking away satisfied.
Tatsumi looked at Mine.
Mine saw this and said: "And what are you looking at, newbie?"
Tatsumi quickly turned his head back to his food.
"To think I'm still being treated like I'm the newbie." He said under his breath.
Mine, being the observant one she is, heard this and smirked.
"It's because unlike you, the other newbie is actually quite experienced in real battles, so he technically isn't a newbie." Mine said.
"Yet, you cried in his chest the other day as he held you in his arms." Tatsumi said with a mischievous grin on his face.
Mine stopped smirking and mumbled in anger while gritting her teeth "You insensitive little shit-stain…."
Akame whacked Mine's head.
"Don't talk with food in your mouth. Also, don't start arguments at the table." Akame said.
"Double goes for you, Tatsumi." Leone said.
"You have got to be shitting me." Mine and Tatsumi thought.
IN LUFFY'S ROOM
Luffy was looking outside. He was thinking about what all the other Straw Hats were doing.
Someone then opened the door. Luffy turned around and saw Sheele.
"May I?" Sheele asked.
"Make yourself at home, I suppose. Even though this is your home." Luffy said.
Sheele sat beside Luffy on his bed.
Luffy got the same feeling inside his body from earlier.
"So, how does it feel to be in Night Raid?" Sheele asked.
"Well, I like the food that Akame makes, but I'm wondering where some of my meat is at." Luffy said.
"I'm also looking forward to joining that tournament tomorrow, too." Luffy said grinning.
Sheele smiled and blushed.
"Tell me, what is your crew like?" Sheele asked.
"Why are you asking me so many questions?" Luffy asked.
"I want to know more about you." Sheele replied.
"Well, since I'm tired right now, I'll make this brief." Luffy said, yawning.
"Ok." Sheele said.
"I like them all, and I want them all to be there when I find One Piece and become the King of the Pirates." Luffy said.
Sheele nodded her head and looked at the night sky from Luffy's window.
"If you hadn't been there to save me back there, then…" Sheele trailed off.
Luffy fell asleep before she said that. Sheele looked at him and still smiling, said:
"Then I wouldn't be able to do this." Sheele said, as she kissed his forehead.
She walked out of the room, quietly closing the door.
Luffy's lips curved and formed a slight smile.
A/N: I know that the main feature of this chapter is Luffy vs Sheele because of the chapter name, but I decided to make it kind of short to make some progression, Romance wise. So I sincerely apologize to those who expected a long, fleshed out fight scene between the two of them. See you next chapter!