IMPORTANT A/N AT BOTTOM, PLEASE READ
NITL
Volume One
World of Remnant
Chapter Twenty: Character – Luffy
(Background)
Monkey D. Luffy; first name Luffy, last name Monkey; is a 17 year old young man standing at the height of 5 feet and 7.5 inches – approximately 172 cm in the metric system. He is tanned skinned and has black hair paired with dark-red eyes. Scratched just underneath his left eye is a scar that is stitched together by two stitches.
As a young boy, Luffy was orphaned. His mother died at some point of his toddler years and his father went missing not even a day later. As such, the boy's guardianship was given to his grandfather. Growing up within his grandfather's hometown, Luffy, despite not having any peers his age, spent his childhood alongside people nearly decades and above older than him. As such, Luffy has become used to and accustomed to being pampered over and can be very spoiled when he wants to be. An excellent example being when he throws large tantrum when he's hungry.
Regardless of his days as a child, being the grandson of a retired Atlas Lieutenant General, Luffy has been often forced by his grandfather, Garp, to become a strong capable Hunter since a very young age. As such, the man would often send Luffy into vigorous training that seemed very sadistic and very abusive to most eyes. One of the many things Luffy listed was being pushed off into a 100 feet canyon, sent drowning into a raging whirlpool, and – while shivering from head to toe – fighting an all-out brawl with his grandfather.
Around the time of this 7th year, Luffy was introduced to Ace and Sabo, two young boys Garp adopted a few years ago. While the three's first impression of each other could've been better, they soon grew a strong bond of brotherhood together. Treating each other as brothers, despite not being of blood relations, the brotherly love between the three could be said to be unrivaled.
Soon, days turned to weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. Finally, Ace and Sabo were able to attend an Academy they have wanted to attend as children. As the two boys left, Luffy, despite being lonely, vowed to become stronger and catch up to his two brothers in all but blood. It was the day when Ace and Sabo left that Luffy discovered his Semblance when the three had their daily spars.
Around this point and time, a new restaurant had just opened at the town where Luffy lived. Being an appetite monster he was, the boy quickly grew to love the restaurant and named it as his "go-to" restaurant. The owner, named Sanji, simply invited Luffy into his restaurant and allowed the straw hat wearing boy to be his waiter, a fact he'll regret until the day Luffy attends Beacon. As time went on and more employees were hired, Luffy nonchalantly declared the restaurant to be his new home and be known as his private group of adventurers. It didn't take long for everybody to quickly deny being adventurers, much to Luffy's dismay.
It only a year before Luffy's turn to attend Beacon that a devastating news traveled back to him. Not only did the team Ace and Sabo were utterly destroyed by what appeared to be a Grimm attack (although many has suspicions that the White Fang also had a hand in this), but Sabo was reported MIA and Ace was reported KIA. The boy was devastated. Despite his depression, Luffy was able to come back to his normal self with the help of his friends.
Seemingly now capable of fighting even his grandfather in a standstill – although Luffy is still hilariously outclassed – the boy is now allowed to attend Beacon. However, because of recent news of his brothers', Luffy refused to go. It was only because of his grandfather that the boy even went to Beacon in the first place, having had turned in his application form for him.
And now, armed with his own unique knowledge of battle, the once little boy who wanted to chase after his brothers and feared loneliness will now stand on his own feet and learn to fight with his own arms.
(Appearance)
An average height young man, Luffy is tanned skinned and has black hair and dark-red eyes. He is often seen wearing a large grin and his eyes fully displays his eagerness to experience a great adventure of some kind.
As the grandson of a retired Atlas Lieutenant General, Luffy is obviously trained to become a strong young man. Despite his lean muscles and posture, Luffy is actually strong enough to wrestle with an Ursa. His high metabolism also plays a factor with his slim posture even with his rather large appetite.
Being a rather lax fellow when interacting with people, both casually and fighting, Luffy based his default uniform entirely out of what one would expect out of a relaxing person. His top is an orange tank top with a teal collared jacket over it. On his head is his treasured straw hat which Luffy has acquired as a youth. Sometimes, Luffy would be wearing an orange leather flying helmet with goggles.
For his bottom, Luffy wears pink pants with fur on the sleeves and pockets on either side of the pants. Covering his feet are red Mistralian Toe Shoes fit for maximum mobility and comfort. Crisscrossing over his pants are Luffy's weapon holsters, fit so that it would be easy and simply to draw and sheathe his weapons.
(Weapon)
A revolver and an automatic pistol, both named "Hawk" and "Eagle" respectively.
"Hawk" is a red colored revolver, with an oversized revolving cartridge and an oddly shaped handle. Its magazines are normally cylinders with 13 rounds within, making it easy to switch with used magazines rather than individually inputting rounds into the weapon. Its barrel is thick and is almost as large as Luffy's own arm. Primarily used for Burn Dust bullets, "Hawk" is a powerful weapon of its own right, being able to punch holes in hard steel.
"Eagle" is the complete opposite of "Hawk", being white in color and having a more modernized shape rather than a revolver. As an automatic pistol with the same oddly shaped handle, "Eagle" is primarily used for when Luffy needs lightning speed firing rather than power behind the bullets. Having the same oversized barrel, the weapon is also powerful on its own right, despite being less powerful than "Hawk". Its magazines is the modernized traditional clip with 13 yellow rounds within. Using Shock Dust, the weapon is also primarily used for temporarily paralyzing the target to allow "Hawk" to bombard it.
The two weapons' secondary form are a pair of brass knuckle gauntlets with a pump action feature to allow Luffy to use his weapon's ammunition as power support behind his punches.
To transform from gun form into gauntlet form, Luffy first slams the top of the weapons at each other, activating a mechanism that – leaving the trigger, grip and stock alone – folds the weapon backwards and onto Luffy's forearm. From there, "Hawk's" cartridge unfolds and wraps itself around Luffy's right forearm, each of its rounds now rolling around the weapon before stopping with a click. "Eagle", on the other hand, while also unfolding its barrel around Luffy's left forearm, doesn't use the same function as "Hawk" wraps Luffy's forearm. Rather, the weapon simply folds itself over Luffy's forearm and switches the barrel's direction of where it will shoot its bullets. From there, both weapons' uniquely shaped handles then separate to allow finger mobility but still keeps the shape of a brass knuckle.
While complex in its mechanics and powerful in its firing capabilities, Luffy hinted that his weapon can "become even more powerful than now!" but made no further comments, leaving the rumors of his weapon shrouded in mystery.
(Semblance)
Pachinko
Luffy's Semblance, dubbed by his two adoptive brothers as Pachinko, is an amplifying Semblance. By taking in hits and absorbing them, Luffy is able to then increase his level of speed, power and endurance all at the same time.
Once it hits an acceptable level, Luffy is then able to activate what he calls "Second Stretch". What happens is that Luffy's skin begins to burn bright pink and steam begins to pour out of his body. Sabo was able to deduce that this was due to Luffy's metabolism reaching its peak and the blood flow speed increases, leading to the pink colored skin. Also, because blood has increased speed, Luffy's natural body heat increases as well, forcing his sweat to evaporate upon release.
Ace nonchalantly compares it to doping.
Luffy is also able to activate his Semblance on his own, albeit, by using up more Aura during the process.
However, despite what people may think, the effects aren't permanent.
Because his metabolism gradually increasing to its absolute peak, Luffy is actually losing more stamina and energy then he is increasing power. Continuously gasping for breath, as his blood is flowing too fast to receive any oxygen and send it to the needed muscles and tissues, Luffy also fights for his breathe. Once the Semblance is deactivates, Luffy actually stumbles and crashes, nearly falling asleep while doing so.
Another glaring weakness is that Luffy can't actually attack while under the influence of his Semblance. Doing so will force Luffy to lose all the power increase that he has obtained while taking in hits and absorbing the energy. Instead, Luffy has to minimize how much damage he takes from each hit, slowly increasing his power level, before countering with as much energy as he was able to absorb, leading to an incredible explosion of power. Because of this, Luffy is subject to being attacked by a counter, or even a counter-counter. Once Luffy attacks with his Semblance, everything is once again reset, and Luffy would have to once again obtain back the lost energy he had gained before. If, for example, Luffy began with "1" power point and has obtained 9 hits, then Luffy will have gained a total of "10" power points; once Luffy uses his Semblance to attack, then his total power point will revert back to "1".
A Semblance where the user has to take hits to gain power before using it all up in one go and resetting, Luffy's Semblance is truly the epitome of a double-edged sword.
(Trivia)
Symbol: a jolly roger wearing a straw hat
Despite suspicions that the White Fang may have killed Ace and/or Sabo, Luffy never once blamed the Faunus.
Luffy is the only member of his team to not be named (or nicknamed) after a food.
Ace was the first of the three brothers to have attained his Semblance. Being a young boy at the time, Luffy thought that Semblances were learn-able and tried to use Ace's Semblance. While he never did get to attain the Semblance, the whole act became a ritual for Luffy after the death of his brother.
(If NITL was an Ultimate Ninja Storm video game)
Ultimate Technique: Grizzly Magnum
"Haaaaahh!" Luffy roared, sending his target down with a whip of his two guns.
"I'm gonna beat you up!" He declared, hitting the top of his guns together, forcing the barrel and revolver of his weapons to swing back and attach to the back of his forearms. Immediately they transformed into its brass knuckle forms. Punching his fists together, Luffy allows his weapons to cock back and ready to fire all bullets at once.
With his Semblance activated, Luffy was quick to rush towards his target. His "Eagle" pistol glowing in an imaginary bleaching aura, Luffy released an attacking yell and slammed his weapon at his target, "White Eagle Pistol!"
Once again, his target was sent tumbling.
Chasing after it, Luffy cocked back his right arm, as well as his "Hawk" revolver. It burst in imaginary flames as Luffy did a powerful uppercut, "Red Hawk Gun!"
His target now soaring through the air, Luffy summoned as much power as he could into his legs, his Semblance allowing his legs to glow red and spew steam. With a roar, Luffy jumped and flew past his target. This time, he cocked back both his weapons.
Both glowing in a powerful imaginary purple aura, Luffy roared once more and slammed both his brass knuckles at his target's stomach at the same time, "GRIZZLY MAGNUM!"
With an explosion, Luffy's target was sent to the ground, creating another large explosion as well as leaving a fairly large sized crater.
Landing safely onto ground zero, Luffy allows his weapons to form back into guns, glaring back at his target, "Consider yourself beaten, jerk!"
(A/N)
So I'll be honest and say that I sorta rushed Luffy's background. While it is liable to a certain extent, some might be hard to understand due to my rushing. As such, I apologize.
Another thing is that, other than Naruto, Luffy's Semblance was actually one of the hardest I had to figure out. Compared to Ichigo, who's Semblance I figured out right off the bat, and Naruto's, which was changed about 2 or 3 times, I changed Luffy's Semblance about 6 times.
Who said that this was easy!?
Getting back to news.
And so ends the World of Remnant - Character Info for Team NITL! Now, I turn to you, the fans, to choose what to do next for World of Remnant! Keep in mind, that the World of Remnant will now be irregular updates in contrast to the story updates. And the contenders are:
... Character Info (this time of other characters / OC)
... If [NITL] was an [Ultimate Ninja Storm] (using the Ultimate Ninja Storm series, I'll interpret what the character's Ultimate Jutsu will be)
... Trailer (fairly obvious)
And that's all I got for now. If any more interesting things were to show up, I'll be inputting those into the World of Remnant List!
Despite what people and fans say, I'm actually pretty excited for RWBY Chibi. Chibi has always have had a warm place in my heart, and this will be no exception.
Also, Red VS Blue Season 14, WHOOOOOO!
Both coming out on the second weekend of May, so stay tuned!
