Chapter 21- Power Leo joins the crew. Rocket's story.
"Why are you here?" Rocket asked.
Leo pushed his hat up a little. "I want to join this crew." he said.
"Okay!" Rocket said.
Noyrea looked at Rocket. "Who is he?" she asked.
"His name is Leo and he captured me." Rocket said.
"So your letting him join?" Noyrea asked.
"Yeah, why not?" Rocket asked.
Noyrea shrugged. "Okay, then."
"I'll be the Navigator, then." Leo said.
"Okay. We're going to the grand line. I'll join the straw hat pirates and find the stone of travel."
"Why do you need that?" Leo asked.
"Because I'd like to go back in time and kill the marine that burned down my city." Rocket said.
"Okay." Leo said. "Well, I'm going to sleep. It's getting dark out."
"Whatever." Rocket said.
That night Rocket had a dream about his past.
(Hehehaku island, 22 years ago.)
A pirate with a large bounty came to Hehehaku island. The marines said that if they nobody revealed his location, they would burn down Hehehaku village. Then a few months later a very new pirate came to the island, who was trying to form a crew, so to find him, the marines burned down the city.
Rocket's mom died in the fire and he had never even met his dad. Once he saw the marine that started the fire, the new pirate saved him, and raised Rocket as his own son. He mentored Rocket on being a pirate and let Rocket on his ship. Before Rocket left though, he had eaten a fruit he found in his mother's cabinet – the Cupid devil fruit.