Here we go chapter 3! I admit that I rushed the last chapter. (I might redo it later) There was just so much to work with. I went slower with this one. I decided to watch the episode that corresponded with the scene I was writing about because I haven't watched those episodes in awhile. I might move my average from 1,500 words to 2,000. sorry about the spelling errors. I think i fixed them all now. Thanks for the reviews!


The crew stood silently. They felt there was no need to comment on the events they just saw. Of course their captain would be crying right now. He had just lost his brother and was forced to help burn down his childhood "playground". They stood behind Luffy and Ace as they looked out to the sea. The older brother comforting the younger: "Luffy, I will not die."

Usopp and Chopper were bawling by then. The rest of the crew stood with a shadow over their eyes as they saw Luffy's bright smile as he believed Ace's lie. They knew what would happen a decade from now. Ace would break that promise.

The scene faded back into white emptiness.

"Amazing, Luffy was a monster even as a kid. Two 10 year olds and a 7 year old beat up a Tiger bigger than the one we saw on Little Garden." commented Usopp.

"But now he could probably do it by himself in his sleep." suggested Franky.

"Well he can sleep-eat." commented Sanji

"At least now we know what happened to the other brother... Ouch!" Said Zoro, Nami had smacked him on the head for bringing up the subject.

"Honestly instead of losing respect for the captain, I'm gaining more and more with each scene we witness." Robin chuckled

The rest of the crew agreed. The light appeared again.

They saw a brief image of Ace's departure and then Luffy's from the Fuusha Village.

"Aw look, Luffy kills his first sea king!" stated Sanji as the others couldn't help but laugh.

The scene changed. They were standing on a party ship.

"Hey this is where I first saw Luffy!" Nami said

"NO. We met you when were fighting Buggy remember?" Zoro mentioned

"I didn't actually meet him I just saw him. Look theres me about to steal from those rich people!" Nami protested

They turned to see Nami zip-lining across the boat. They then turned back to Luffy punching Alvida off the ship.

"Oh I see. I guess this is where Luffy meet Coby." Zoro replied

"Coby?" The crew stated in unision. Remembering the brave looking officer under Garp. (Except for Brook- who was still completely lost)

"Yeah, there." Zoro said as he pointed to the short stubby glasses wearing cabin boy.

"Well he... changed" Chopper said pointing out the obvious.

Next they were in the life boat with Luffy and Coby. As they all could not fit, some were floating above the ocean. Successfully freaking out Chopper.

"YOU'RE KIDDING ME? THATS HOW I GOT WRAPPED UP IN THIS? Next time is see Coby he's dead meat." Zoro yelled as he listened to Coby tell Lufffy about himself.

The rest of the crew just stood or floated, holding back a laugh, as they watched Zoro try to knock Coby out of the boat.

The scene shifted to Luffy looking over the fence at Zoro who was tied to a post.

Sanji fell over laughing. "What happened to you Marimo? How'd you end up like that?"

"Shut up you ero-cook!" Zoro said as the two started to quarrel, which was quickly ended by Nami. Zoro gave a backstory on how he ended up there.

The crew watched Luffy beat up axe-hand Morgan and Zoro become the second straw hat pirate.

"Well there's a straw hat history lesson for you." commented Robin

"You guys know that when Luffy decides to kick someone's ass, his ass gets kicked." commented Usopp

The scene kept changing more rapidly, sometimes only showing a brief conversation.

They watched as Luffy dealt with Buggy and persuaded Nami to be their navigator. This happened fast, the original four crew members silently thought that the big Nami scene would be the one with Arlong.

"Yohohoho! I feel better knowing Luffy-san wanted a musician from the very beginning!" said Brook as he listened to Luffy talk to Zoro and Nami, sailing the East Blue on two small boats.

"Oh ya, you being the last to join probably had no idea what we've been talking about." said Franky

"Well YOU don't know much either, being second to last." commented Sanji

"Shush up you guys! My big scene is next! I'm after Nami but before Sanji so I'M NEXT! Watch as captain Usopp takes command! Welcome to Syrup Village!" Usopp said proudly.

"Really Usopp?" said Chopper, now very excited.

Zoro and Nami held back a laugh as they knew what was actually going to happen.

The entire crew was laughing after the scene changed.

"The captain of 3 kids playing pretend pirates!" Nami said, remembering the hilarity

Usopp didn't say anything after that, he just watched as he saw Luffy kick Kuro's ass... again.

"Usopp! WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A CUTE GIRLFRIEND?" Sanji roared, insanely jealous of Kaya.

"Ah! so that's why you treasured the Merry Go so much Usopp, it was a gift from your girlfriend!" Franky said. "Brook that was their first ship that they went all they way to Water 7 on. But now we have the Sunny Go!" Usopp tried to hit Franky but he broke his hand, Franky was made of steel after all.

Brook was thankful for the comment, as there was only so much the log explained.

"And the Straw hat pirates were born! officially." commented Nami as she watched Usopp paint their jolly rodger.

"Ah Robin-chwan watch as I fight!" Sanji with his eye hearts stated.

"Oh yeah, Sanji's next!" Usopp said.

"And here's the part where Luffy blows up my restaurant." comments Sanji when the scene shifts.

"Ha. It's almost like as soon as Luffy sets his eyes on a nakama they don't get away." said Franky. Everyone agreed.

"From what I've seen this is defiantly true." responded Robin

"You're one to talk being to only member to ask to join first." Zoro stated.

"Don't insult Robin-chwan you dumb muscle head!" Sanji stated, but not with much enthusiasm. He was feeling too nostalgic standing in front of the Baratie once again.

"Wow, look at Luffy-san go!" said Brook as they watched him beat up Don Krieg.

"And now comes my valiant rescue Robin-chwan, Nami-swan!" Sanji proclaimed as he watched himself dive into the water.

The scene went black.

"Wait! what about my heroics?" yelled Sanji.

"I'm pretty sure he's unconscious right now." smirked Zoro

"urg..." Sanji pouted.

The scene came back.

Sanji started to cry as he watched himself say good by to his makeshift chef family.

The four members from the grand line watched in amazement as they saw how close the original five were. Now very proud to call themselves members of this crew. It was really like a history lesson for them, and more like flipping through a photo album for the others.

Nami remained silent as the next event played out, she held back her tears as she watched.

The other three acted like narrators explaining things here and there to the others.

"Hey that's Hatchi!" commented Chopper, "He was a bad guy? That's why you didn't want to save him during that whole Duval thing."

"Yah but he's good now!" commented Usopp

"Says the guy who ran from the fight." said Zoro

"Hey I beat that other fish guy!" Usopp retorted.

"I bet you just played dead with your ketchup pachinko." Sanji stated

Usopp was quiet now. That was exactly what happened.

Nami started to cry when she heard the speech Luffy made to Arlong when they were in her room. She never heard that before, neither did the other 3.

"Nami-san I'm sure this is very hard to bear, you can cry on my shoulder-" Sanji flirted, which earned him an uppercut from Nami who was now on the floor, covering her face with her hands.

"I'm...sh...sh... I'm...SO GLAD I MET LUFFY..Y..Y!" Nami cried, now completely weeping.

"He may be an idiot but he's a good idiot." Franky stated as he adjusted his sunglasses.

Usopp patted Nami on the shoulder, she had started to calm down now. But that didn't last because she heard what Genzo told Luffy about her smile, and she started crying again.

"And thats why the ship had orange trees." commented Sanji as they watch the Merry Go sail into the distance.

The scene shifted again, the white nothingness coming and going. Tossing the crew on a roller coaster of memories.


this time I double checked the names and capitalization!

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