Chapter 1: Enter, Monkey D. Luffy and the Pirate Hunter, Roronoa Zoro!

AUTHORS NOTES: This chapter took me about half a week-1 week to complete so please be nice :P. Anyways I'm quite happy with the outcome of this chapter, so as always enjoy :)

Disclaimer: If I had a nickel for every time I owned one piece and Oda didn't, I would have no nickels.

-On a ship somewhere in East Blue-

It was a beautiful day on the sea. There were barely any clouds, the sea was calm and the temperature was mild. However, there was an unknown danger lurking around the ship. The ship was a civilian cruise ship. It was about the size of a small marine ship with 3 sails and a large deck. It was a ship that hosted balls and parties for various occasions, the perfect target for looting and plundering.

Just as the passenger ship was at the peak of it's party, a ship with a skull and cross bones with a heart in the middle as its jolly roger was spotted coming closer to the passenger vessel. The ship was going to be under attack by pirates at any second. The captain of the vessel ordered everyone to the lifeboats and to not panic.

A certain woman in the crowd took this as an opportunity to gain some quick money. While all the pirates would be busy raiding the ship, she would go over to the pirate ship and steal all their treasure. She gave a devious little smile at the thought of all that treasure just waiting for her to come and take it. She quickly changed into something to fit her persona, a thief.

She zip-lined down the passenger ship onto the smaller (in comparison) pirate ship. After sneaking around and making sure no one was on board she was at the door that leads to the storage room where all the treasure was probably kept. Just as she was about to open the door a pirate came out and she gave a cute little yelp and stepped back in surprise.

The pirate looked surprised as she did. He began looking up and down the girl trying to recall if he had seen her before.

"I don't remember seeing you here before" said the pirate as he was inspecting the orange-haired woman.

Taking advantage of his distracted state she quickly kicked him in the you know whats and the pirate was down for the count. She quickly ran past the unconscious body down to the storage room. What she saw gave her an expression of disappointment and excitement. She saw a pile of treasure of decent size, but much to her disappointment it was not the best quality of treasure. However, not denying the free money she was beaming with joy as she quickly ran to grab a bag and stuff the treasure inside.

-Meanwhile on the Passenger Ship-

A boy about the age of 13 walked into a room and said, "H-hello, is anyone here? … phew, thank god I don't have to fight anyone."

The boy was short and scrawny. He had large glasses that covered his eyes and pink hair. He was wearing a white shirt with blue pants similar to that of a marine uniform.

The boy looked around and searched for some supplies he could take. That boy, surprisingly enough, was part of Alvida's crew, the crew that is raiding the passenger vessel. Although if he wanted to be on the crew or not was yet to be decided. He continued looking around and then he eyed a barrel and tried lifting it up with no success. So being intelligent enough he tipped it over and started rolling it away out the door and down the corridor. As he was about to exit onto the deck, he was stopped by a group of pirates.

"Hey Coby what are you doing here. Don't tell me you were hiding from the fight?" the big pirate said while freaking out the teenager.

"N-No it's not what you think; I was just getting this wine barrel because I thought we could use it since we are low on alcohol. Hehehe…" The little boy was as pale as milk and was about to piss himself from nervousness.

"Hmm… good idea, lets have some, I'm thirsty anyways."

"N-No way, if Alvida-sama finds out she would kill all of us."

"Well, she isn't going to find out if you don't tell her right Coby?..." The pirate was holding a sword close to Coby's neck threatening him.

"Y-Your right, okay you guys open it up."

"Hehe, I'm gonna smash open this barrel! Ready…" The pirate raised his fist into the air and then smashed the barrel revealing nothing but a puddle of water.

"This isn't wine Coby! This is just a stupid puddle of water!"

The pirate was about to hit Coby in the face for his mistake. But was interrupted when someone said, "I wouldn't call myself stupid."

The pirate forgot about Coby momentarily and looked around to find who had spoken those words. He was confused for several moments then decided to look down at the puddle because that was the only place he hadn't looked. His expression was priceless. He looked at the puddle wide-eyed with his jaw dropped to the floor. What he saw was a face in the puddle smiling at him with a wide grin.

"What the fuck is that!" exclaimed the group of pirates all looking wide-eyed at the puddle.

There was a smiling face with a grin that showed a big set of white teeth. Black eyes looked at them with their care free expression.

The puddle suddenly started churning and it turned into a boy around the age of 17. He looked scrawny for his age. He wore a tattered old straw hat, a red cardigan that showed off his toned chest and abs, blue shorts that went down to his knees with a yellow sash tied around his waist, all while rocking sandals. His most noticeable feature was a small scar under his left eye and the long katana tied to his left hip. But what really gave him the intimidating look was the long cloak on his back going down from his neck to his ankles. It was a white cloak with a hood which was probably meant for hiding purposes. There were brown spots covering the body of the cloak with a fuzzy lining on the bottom. This gave the young boy an intimidating look that could even frighten a sea king.

The men just stared at the boy with unblinking wide eyes. They looked like they were about to piss themselves from the fact that they had just seen a boy appear out of a small puddle and the fact that, that boy looked extremely intimidating and gave off an aura that could knock a weak minded person into a coma and turn them into a vegetable.

"Ahhh… that was a nice nap. Mmmm… I'm hungry, I wonder where I can get some food." The 17 year old was looking around for some food before he was interrupted by the pirates.

"Hey! Don't just ignore us who are you?" The pirates exclaimed while holding out their swords.

"Me? I'm Luffy."

"Okay prepare to- Hey I'm hungry, do you have any food? Don't Just ignore us! The pirates yelled at the boy who was asking Coby for food.

"Okay kid that's the last straw your going to die!"

The two pirates attacked Luffy while his back was turned. As they were about to stab him, Luffy just grinned and dodged both of the attacks effortlessly. As the pirates stumbled after losing their balance from the disappearing boy (who just stepped to the side), Luffy reach for his katana and with a movement that couldn't be seen by a normal person he cut the pirates' swords in half, leaving them defenceless.

After seeing his small display of skill the pirates began freaking out and stumbled across the corridor stepping on each other before running away as fast as they could away from the intimidating boy.

"Man, what's their problem, attacking someone right after they're nap."

Coby was the only one didn't run away and just stared at the 17 year old with a look of admiration. Coby was both amazed and terrified of the older boy. Coby was trying to gain his composure and managed to muster out a question.

"Who are you?" asked the little pink-haired boy.

"Hmmm? Me? I'm Monkey D. Luffy, pleased to meet you." He said while holding his hand out for a handshake.

"N-Nice to meet you Luffy I'm Coby." Said the little boy nervously trying to make his words audible.

"Hey Coby, say… you wouldn't know where I could get something to eat would you?" Luffy asked while holding his hand to his stomach making the point that he is hungry.

"Umm… I guess there could be some food in the storage, follow me."

"Cool! Thanks Coby!" said the happy Luffy.

They walked for about a minute until they reached a dark room with an opening in the middle. Luffy walked over and peeked over the edge. His mouth then started pouring with drool once he saw all the food that was just sitting there, waiting to be eaten.

He then jumped down and opened a barrel revealing some fruit and began happily one biting the fruit. He looked over to see a nervous Coby and remembered that he was with those pirates and that they were about to hit him.

He then began asking, "Hey Coby, why were you with those pirates?"

Coby's head was flushed red from embarrassment. Coby was recalling how he ended up on the pirate ship to begin with. Guessing that Luffy was a trustworthy guy, seeming as how he had that much power but didn't attack Coby, he decided that he could tell him.

"Well, I was out fishing then I fell asleep. When I woke up I didn't know where I was but I saw a boat nearby. So I rowed over to it and I didn't realise it was a pirate ship. They captured me and forced me to be their nakama and I've been stuck here for 3 years ever since." Coby finished with a sigh of angst.

Luffy just stared at Coby with unblinking eyes. It was awkwardly silent for a couple seconds before Luffy burst into a hysterical laughter. He was laughing so hard that tears were falling from his eyes. Coby didn't take it too lightly and began blushing furiously from embarrassment. While laughing, Luffy managed to say a couple words which only made Coby blush even more.

"You're an idiot" he said jokingly and his laughter started to die down.

"Haven't you ever thought of trying to escape?"

"I have but the thought of being caught trying to escape from Alvida-sama stops me from trying every time."

There was another long awkward moment of silence between the two. After a few seconds Luffy burst into laughter again because of how cowardly Coby is.

The thing Luffy said next shocked Coby and if one could die from embarrassment then Coby would surely be dead.

"You're a coward, I don't like you" Luffy said with a giant grin while laughing his ass off.

Coby didn't say anything for a few moments and then asked a question which turned the atmosphere into a serious one.

"Well, when you were fighting those pirates I bet you were scared too." Coby exclaimed at Luffy

"There is no way I'd be scared by a couple of weaklings like those and besides, if they were strong than I would not be scared of dying anyways. As long as I'm fighting for my dream I don't mind dying." Luffy looked at Coby with a serious look that told Coby that Luffy was not bullshitting him.

Coby was wondering what his dream was so he asked him, "So what's your dream Luffy?"

Luffy took off his hat and looked at the hat with a proud expression and simply answered, "I promised the person who gave me this hat that I will become a great pirate king."

After hearing those words Coby looked at Luffy with an angry expression. He couldn't understand why a person such as him would want to become a pirate. Sure he was nice an all but a pirate is still a pirate… right?

"How could you want to be a pirate! They are all evil and hurt innocent people wherever they go!"

"That is ignorance kid. The world is a lot larger than you know, just like there are bad pirates there can also be bad marines and vice versa. Just because someone says they are a pirate doesn't automatically make them a bad person. Think before you speak next time."

Coby was speechless. He didn't think that Luffy could be this wise. For the 30 minutes he had known Luffy he thought that he was on of those people who act and speak on instincts alone and nothing else. However, Luffy had just proven him wrong and gave him a whole new perspective on how he should approach things. He was even gaining hope for his own dream. Without thinking Coby began asking Luffy if he could accomplish his dream as well.

"Hey Luffy, you think I could accomplish my dream if I try and am prepared to risk my life?" Coby asked with a quiet voice.

"I know you can do it Coby, shihihihihi. Anyways, what's your dream?" Luffy asked casually.

"I want to become a marine!" Coby said with words full of pride.

"A marine?" Luffy asked to confirm what he had heard.

"Yeah it's always been my dream to catch bad people and protect society."

"That's cool! If you want I could help you accomplish your dream of becoming a marine!"

"Really Luffy! That would be great… but first we would have to get away from Alvida."

Just as he uttered those words he remembered that oversized woman. She was ruthless and unforgiving. She would kill anyone who said she wasn't beautiful, talk about self centred. But Coby had finally gained this massive hope of escaping from Alvida thanks to his new friend, Luffy. Just as he remembered his strength he recalled him transforming from a puddle of water to a 17 year old boy! He forgot about that whole incident with the pirates.

"Hey Luffy how'd you do that trick with the water back with those pirates?" Coby asked curiously wanting to know his secret.

"You mean this?" Luffy turned his arm into water and freaked Coby out.

"I ate the Mizu Mizu no Mi. It's one of the Devil Fruits. I can control water and turn my body into water at my command." Said Luffy not thinking the power was a big deal.

"W-what, you ate one of the legendary Devil Fruits! Aren't worried about not being able to swim?" Coby asked completely shocked that his new friend had such a terrifying power.

"Oh well, my teacher told me when I was training, that normal devil fruit users would fall like a hammer in water. But he stated that since I have complete control over water, I can swim faster than anything in the ocean, even fishmen! I can also breathe underwater too. He told me that this Devil Fruit could possibly be the most powerful one in the world, how lucky am I eh?"

Coby just nodded at this statement. It seemed quite possible that having a devil fruit that can turn your body into water can nullify the handicaps the other devil fruit users' face, which could mean that the devil fruit he ate was probably the strongest.

After stuffing his face for about 40 minutes Luffy finally decided that he should get going. Coby directed him to the deck where he saw it was empty. But then all the pirates came storming out of their ship with what looked to be a woman the size of an elephant. Luffy immediately thought that this was the woman that enslaved Coby to the crew for 3 years.

"Coby, who is the prettiest lady of them all!" Alvida asked while looking angrily at Coby for abandoning his post.

Luffy was suspecting that Coby would answer the way Alvida wanted to answer, Oh but of course, it's you Miss Alvida-sama you are the most beautiful person on the planet or something like that Luffy thought. What Coby said next surprised Luffy almost as much as it made him laugh his ass off at what Coby said.

"Not you! You are the sperm your mother should have swallowed! You fat crazy bitch!"

What Coby said was so unlike him, but he probably had that built up inside of him for these past 3 years. Luffy couldn't take it anymore and was crying from all the laughing he had done.

Alvida was boiling with rage and several veins had popped up on her head from stress. She ordered her men to begin her assault on Coby and Luffy. Coby was completely terrified but he Luffy just looked at them looking completely unfazed by the large group of men coming at him. He decided he might as well milk all the fun out of this battle so he closed his eyes and put his hands behind his back.

Coby just looked at Luffy with puzzled eyes and was about to ask Luffy what he was doing before being interrupted by him.

"Coby, just hind behind a barrel or something, I got this." Luffy said while grinning at the frightened pink-haired boy.

Coby nodded and ran for the nearest barrel to hide behind while poking his head out to watch the fight. Luffy was just standing there with his eyes closed and smiling a large carefree grin. As the pirates got to him they started swinging their swords around but only to be hitting air. Luffy was dodging all the attacks with no effort at all; this was all thanks to his Kenbunshoku Haki which allowed him to predict the movements and emotions of everything around him. After Luffy was done toying around with the pirates they were all exhausted from their relentless assault while Luffy just stared at them with a bored expression.

"Oh come on you little pansies, are you tired from just swinging your swords around for 5 minutes, I thought you were supposed to be killing me." Luffy said while his eyes were still closed, because having them open would be too boring.

The pirates got madder at him and began their assault again but this time with more fury. Luffy took out his katana and just waited with this katana out. The pirates started attacking Luffy, this time the pirates were attacking with about 3 times as much precision and speed as before. Even still, Luffy was standing there blocking all their attacks with his eyes closed and a blank expression. People watching the fight would could only see Luffy's sword moving around at extreme speeds and in perfect grace knocking away the attacks coming to him.

Luffy was now bored of playing around with them so he decided to finish them off (but not cut them, because they didn't really deserve it). So when he found openings he just smacked each of them with the back of his katana, knocking them out. He did this in one swift motion and all of them were knocked out on the ground crying uncle. Luffy just gave a sigh that his fun just ended and sheathed his katana.

Alvida was shocked to see her crew defeated so easily, by a kid no less! At this point she was fuming with rage and ready to beat the daylights out of the boy. Alvida jumped over to Luffy with a demonic aura that Luffy was unfazed by. Without a second thought Alvida took a swing at Luffy's head only to look wide-eyed as it went through him as he turned to water.

"What are you?" Alvida asked completely spooked by what had just happened.

"I'm a water man. I ate the Mizu Mizu no Mi." Luffy demonstrated by turning his arm into water.

"So the Devil Fruits are not just a legend, they do exist." Alvida boldly stated after she regained her composure.

"Nonetheless I will still beat you senseless boy."

"Considering you couldn't hit me and that your nakama all got their asses handed to them while I was fighting with my eyes closed I'd say you're wrong." Luffy said while chuckling.

"Stupid Brat!" Alvida took another swing at Luffy, only for it to be stopped by his hand. Luffy wound up for a punch and hit Alvida straight in the stomach with a haki infused punch and sent her flying for a mile into the ocean. Luffy just casually put his hat back on his head before grinning and heading over to Coby.

Coby just looked at Luffy with wide eyes and a jaw that hit the floor. He didn't know that his new found friend was this strong.

"So Coby I think we should get out of here, there are some marine ships over there and I don't think they feel like talking." Luffy was pointed with this thumb behind over his shoulder to 3 marine ships aiming at the pirate ship and the passenger vessel.

"So lets go." With that being said, Luffy ran over to the nearest lifeboat and motioned Coby to him.

"O-Okay Luffy-san, since it's with you I'll know I'll be safe."

"That's the spirit Coby now jump on board."

Coby jumped on and they released the ropes suspending it into the air as the boat dropped 40 feet, crashing into the water. As the boat crashed into the water it surprised a certain orange-haired girl that was securing the gold to her little boat. She let out a small yelp as she looked at the person who caused it. They're eyes met and time seemed to have stop for a couple seconds before everything went back to normal. However, the girl didn't notice a cannonball coming towards her, when she did notice however; it was about 30 feet from hitting her directly.

Luffy noticed this moments before the cannon was even fired thanks to his haki and was waiting for the cannonball to come closer so he could cut it. As the cannonball was closing in on the girl he jumped onto her boat with his back facing her. Luffy effortlessly cut the cannonball in two and sent the pieces back flying at the ships, one piece smashing through 2 ships and causing them to sink and the other completely obliterated the remaining ship.

"Marines firing at a defenceless girl, I hardly call that fair." Luffy said with his back still facing the girl.

The orange-haired girl just looked at the person standing in front of her and then the wreckage of the 3 massive marine ships. Did he just destroy 3 marine ships without even trying? she thought. She just looked at the back of the boy standing in front of her, his cloak moving with the wind, his broad shoulders making him look more intimidating, his raven hair all messy, the straw hat dangling from his neck with his massive 5 foot katana in his hand. She kept staring at him admiringly until she remembered the situation she was just in.

"Th-thanks for saving me just then." She managed to muster out.

Luffy slowly turned around and gave a heart warming smile to the girl. He looked at her and stared right into her eyes. He was just staring at them, lost in their gaze. He managed to gain back his senses and replied,

"Oh no problem, you should be more careful next time." He said while smiling at her again.

This caused the orange-haired girl to blush from both embarrassment and thinking that the boy who had just saved her was cute. She simply nodded and he smiled yet again which made her heart flutter. He walked to his boat which was right beside hers and jumped on board.

"Well I'll see you later, bye." He said while walking to sit down in his boat and lowered the sail.

She managed to wave at the boy as she was still staring at him still amazed at his strength. Get your self together! You have to stay focused on your goal remember! She mentally slapped herself as she finished securing her treasure and began sailing off. After a few minutes she was prepared and lowered her sail and began sailing off.

-Back with Luffy-

"Man that was fun." said Luffy as he was lying down on the boat with Coby opposite to him.

He was thinking about his crew. He really wanted strong people that were also cool. Just as he was thinking about that he remembered something Alvida mentioned during his fight. Wait a minute, your not Bounty Hunter Zoro is what Alvida had said. Luffy was thinking, if he was this well known and was a pirate hunter he must be really strong. Luffy grinned at this and decided he wanted him as a crew mate.

"Hey Coby, what do you know about this Bounty Hunter, Zoro." Luffy asked hoping to get more information.

"He's a beast that can take down any pirates in his path! He is the most feared bounty hunter in the East Blue!" exclaimed Coby surprised at Luffy's question.

"Yosh, he sounds pretty strong, I decided that he's gonna be my first crew mate! Shihihi." exclaimed Luffy with a wide grin, happy that he's found his first crew mate.

"What, you can't be serious! He's a monster, he's not going to work under anybody!" exclaimed Coby completely shocked with Luffy's statement.

"Don't worry Coby, Zoro is probably a nice guy, he probably just acts like a monster to gain a reputation." said Luffy utterly confident that Zoro is going to be like how he expects him to be.

Coby didn't reply because he knew that Luffy wouldn't change his mind now. He just simply replied with a question. "So how are you going to find him? We're lost."

Luffy just dunked his hand into the water and closed his eyes while concentrating; he then took his hand out and smiled at Coby.

"There is an island about a mile that way from here, we could stock up and ask for directions there. Maybe there is a marine base and you could join them. Shihihi." Luffy said to Coby knowing that that was his dream.

Coby smiled and nodded while adjusting the sail and rudder pointing them to that direction. Luffy did something that surprised Coby. With a quick motion of Luffy's hand he formed a fast current and they were rocketing towards the island at about a hundred miles per hour. Coby was holding onto the boat for dear life while Luffy was just laughing like a maniac.

Soon they reached the island and docked on shore. Luffy and Coby were strolling around town when Luffy asked Coby,

"Hey, do you think these guys have heard of Zoro?" Everyone in the area looked shocked and just gave Luffy and Coby looks of surprise and terror. "I guess that's a yes…" Luffy said while grinning at the towns shenanigans.

"Hmm… I heard this town has a marine base under the command of Captain Morgan." Again, the town had the same reaction as when Luffy mentioned Zoro's name.

"That's odd, I could understand them being scared of Zoro, but why a marine captain?" Coby said looking genuinely confused.

"Remember Coby, like I said before, just like there are bad pirates, there are bad marine, there is a possibility that Captain Morgan is an evil man but flying under the marine flag." Luffy said wisely.

Coby just nodded and they continued walking until they came up to a huge wall. On the other side of the wall was a giant marine base that took up 2 thirds of the small island. There was a clearing and in the centre was a cross with a man hung to it. The man had a drag black-green bandana, a white t-shirt with a green sash around his waist. From the looks of it, he was tied up for quite some time now, as his clothes were dirty and worn out.

"Th-That's him! The Pirate Hunter, Roronoa Zoro!" said Coby with a fearful voice.

"Ehhh, he's all tied up, I know! I'll just go over there and release him! He'll definitely be my nakama if I do that. Shihihi." Luffy was grinning at the idea of him joining his crew and was excited.

"But if you untie him he'll kill you!" Coby was shocked that his wise friend was this carefree and made such rash decisions.

"Don't worry Coby, I'm strong." Luffy gave him a blank stare; he was dead serious in releasing him.

But just as Luffy was about to go and release Zoro a latter plopped beside them. A little girl climbed up and signalled them to be quiet by putting a finger up to her lips. After looking around to make sure no-one was around she jumped over the wall and ran to Zoro with something in her hand.

"Hey kid, what are you doing here, get lost." Zoro said coldly to the girl.

"I thought you were hungry, so I made some onigiri with all my heart." she said while holding the rice balls out with a warm smile.

"You better get out of here kid, if the marines catch you then they'll kill you." Zoro said with concern in his voice.

Just as he said that a group of marines came walking through the gate with a man in a suit walking in the middle.

"Scaring little girls now are we Zoro?" asked the man in the suit.

He walked over to the little girl and just looked at her.

"That onigiri looks delicious, I'll just take one." said the man in the suit as he grabbed a rice ball from the girl.

After taking a bite and chewing for a few seconds his eyes widened and he spit the rice ball out of his mouth. He looked at the girl mad and said,

"This is full of sugar, onigiri must have salt you idiot! SALT!"

"I'm sorry I thought it would taste sweeter if I put in sugar."

He grabbed the other rice ball out of her hand and started stomping on it crushing it into a pancake. The little girl was filled with sadness as she saw the rice ball she worked so hard on being crushed into the dirt.

"I worked on that with all my heart…" the little girl said, tears building up in her eyes.

"You know what happens to people who help criminals don't you? They are punished by death. But since I'm feeling nice today, I'll just throw you out, literally! Throw her out immediately, or my father will hear about this." said the man in the suit.

A marine walked up to her kneeled down and said, "I'm really sorry about this, tuck up into a ball when I throw you so you absorb the impact." as he finished he grabbed her an threw her over the wall, only to be caught by Luffy and be safely put down while Coby checked her for injuries.

After the marines left, Luffy jumped over to the wall and stood about 10 feet away from Zoro.

"I'll untie you if you become my nakama." said Luffy trying to get Zoro to join his crew.

"No thanks, I want to show them that I can survive." said Zoro grinning.

"You're a pretty stubborn man, just like me shihihi." Luffy was delighted to see that the crewmate he had decided on was determined.

Zoro eyed the flattened rice ball and his stomach growled. He looked up to Luffy and asked, "Hey, you mind getting that rice ball and putting it in my mouth."

"What, this thing? It's more of a dirt ball now."

"Just do it!" as he said that Luffy put it in his mouth and began to chew. When he was done he coughed a little and sighed.

"That was delicious."

Luffy just left him there to meet up with Coby and the girl.

-Back in Town-

"WHAT? He really ate the whole thing?" asked the little girl delighted to hear that.

"Yup, he ate even though it was covered in dirt and said it was delicious." said Luffy grinning.

"Is Zoro really a bad guy?" Coby asked doubting his thoughts from earlier before.

"No! Zoro-neechan is a good person, he's only in jail because of us." said the girl as she looked saddened.

She then explained to Luffy and Coby how Helmeppo goes around terrorizing the town with using his father, Marine Captain Morgan as a threat. One day he brought a coyote into town and in her moms bar. The coyote began trashing her mom's bar as the little girl tried to stop it. The coyote then became enraged and tried attacking the girl, only being thwarted by Zoro who threw a stool at it. Helmeppo became enraged and tried attacking Zoro, only to be knocked to the ground and have Zoro point his sword to his neck. Helmeppo then threatened to have the little girl and her mom to be executed if he were to continue to attack, unless he is imprisoned for one month. If he were to survive that month he would be set free. Zoro accepted and it had been 3 weeks since then.

Luffy was now eating at the bar when Helmeppo walking and sat at a table. He declared that he was going to eat here for free which pissed Luffy off a little. But what really pissed Luffy off was that Helmeppo stated that he was going to execute Zoro tomorrow, just because he was bored. This sent Luffy over the edge and he punched Helmeppo to the wall.

"What are you doing, why did you punch me?" Helmeppo asked while holding his hand to his cheek where he had been punched.

"This guy is trash!" Luffy exclaimed trying to hit him again but being held back by Coby.

"My father will here about this!" Helmeppo exclaimed with tears building in his eyes.

"So what!"

"He'll have you executed!"

"Why don't you do something about it instead of using your father's name to prance around you little shit! Luffy was visibly upset and almost felt like using his katana on him but managed to hold back.

Helmeppo fled the bar and Luffy knew exactly where he was going. So Luffy ran out the bar and headed to the clearing where Zoro was being held. Luffy ran up to Zoro who looked worse than yesterday.

"Hey, after I release you, you will become my nakama." Luffy said while grinning.

"You can't just decide that by yourself!" Zoro yelled at Luffy.

"Of course I can. I'm your Captain." Luffy said with full confidence.

Zoro simply sweat dropped and looked at the goofy 17 year old.

"Hey by the way, you said you used a katana." Luffy stated questioningly.

"Yea, but that bastard Helmeppo took it."

"I'll go get it for you, and then you'll have to be my nakama SHIHIHI." Luffy smirked evilly as he stormed off to the base.

Is that kid really going to attack the base by himself? Zoro thought as he looked at the scrawny kid who was getting farther away.

Using his haki, Luffy sensed that Zoro's katana was near the top floor. So he rushed in and ran as fast as he could through the hallways and up the stairs towards the room the sword was in. As Luffy was running, he saw someone very familiar. He saw that orange-haired girl he had saved before. The girl noticed him running towards her and their eyes met. Again, time seemed to have stopped as the two gazed into each other's eyes. After what felt like an eternity, they returned to normal and the girl went back to picking the lock she was trying to get into and Luffy ran past her to the end of the hall where the room he was searching for was.

When Luffy finally got to where he sensed the sword was he was surprised, he saw 3 swords leaning on the wall. Not knowing which was Zoro's he grabbed all 3 and jumped out the window. He saw that marines were surrounding Coby and Zoro and had their guns pointing at them getting ready to shoot. He quickly went over to them and stood in the path of the bullets. Instead of the bullets hurting him, they splashed into his water body and the bullets were floating around in his body. Zoro and the marines just looked at the boy wide-eyed and wondered what is he? They were then snapped back to reality as Zoro's binds were cut and he was set free.

"Oi! What are you!" Zoro asked, demanding to know what the hell just happened.

"I'm a water man, I ate the Mizu Mizu no Mi which is a devil fruit. I have complete control over water and I can turn my body into water at will.

Zoro couldn't believe that this kid has the power of the devil's fruit and just nodded knowing that this was not the time for a conversation.

"I didn't know which sword was yours so I grabbed all 3" Luffy said while holding the swords out to Zoro.

"They're all mine, I use Santoryou (3 sword style)." said Zoro while grabbing his swords.

"That's unusual, anyways you can take care of that big Captain guy over there, I'll get rid of the small fry."

"Since you saved me and returned my swords, I guess I'll join you. But remember this, if you do anything to jeopardize my dream of becoming the world's greatest swordsman, I'll cut you down." Zoro stated with a demonic aura.

Luffy just grinned and nodded as he turned around and made quick work of the marines, knocking them out with the back of his sword. As Zoro was about to strike down Captain Morgan, Helmeppo took hostage of Coby.

"Mugiwara Boy! Sheathe your katana and don't move a muscle or I will shoot the boy." Luffy just grinned and sheathed his katana.

Zoro looked at Luffy wondering what he was plotting and was surprised at what happened next. Luffy just looked at Helmeppo and an indescribable force went through the air, hitting Helmeppo and the remaining conscious marines. After feeling that force they all fainted; all the while Luffy didn't move a muscle and remained in the same position. After they all fainted Luffy just grinned and turned around facing Zoro who looked at him wide-eyed with a surprised and confused look.

"I'll explain it once you're ready." Luffy said while grinning. While the Morgan was looking wide-eyed at what Luffy had just done, Zoro took this opportunity to strike down Captain Morgan and end this battle. The reaction of the marines after Zoro defeated him shocked him. After Zoro defeated him, all the marines began cheering that they're captain was defeated.

"I guess they were just being forced to do all those things because of their captain." Zoro stated.

"Come on Zoro, Let's go back to town and pack up. I bet you're hungry." Luffy said with a toothy grin.

-Back in Town-

Zoro and Luffy are stuffing their faces full of food.

"So Luffy do you have a boat?" Zoro asked before drinking down some beer.

"It's out in the harbour, It's small right now but we'll get a huge one." Luffy said imagining the huge ship he wanted.

"Hahahaha and how do you plan on doing that?" Zoro said laughing at Luffy's lack of planning.

"I don't know we'll figure that out later, shihihi."

Just as they were enjoying themselves, marines walked into the bar. They looked pretty serious and had more reinforcements outside just in case if things got ugly. One marine walked up, who looked like the commanding officer.

"Is it true that you are pirates?" the marine asked with a serious tone.

"Yea we're pirates."

"We are grateful that you saved us from Morgan, but we are marines and must live out our duty of catching pirates. However, instead of capturing you, we simply ask you to leave." said the Marine, feeling somewhat guilty that they had to do this.

The townspeople in the bar and outside were complaining that their saviours were being asked to leave and mistreated. However, Luffy didn't care and nodded to Zoro and started to pack up and grab some food for the journey. He thanked the little girl's mom for the food and made his way to the door. He then remembered something; this was a good chance for Coby to live up to his dream. So he walked up to the marines and said,

"Hey, see that little pink-haired boy over there, he wants to be a marine, mind giving him a job?" said Luffy grinning at the marine.

The marine nodded and walked up to Coby. Coby was shocked that Luffy just asked him that. He knew that being a marine was Coby's dream and he was about to fulfill his dream.

"So little boy, you want to be a marine do you?" the marine said with an intense gaze.

Coby simply nodded.

"Well then, you'll start with simple jobs such as cleaning, work your way up, I'm sure you will be a fine marine."

Coby felt like he had died and gone to heaven. He was so happy that he finally accomplished his lifelong dream, and it was all thanks to Luffy. He felt like he was indebted to Luffy and was always going to be friend with him. As he looked up, he saw Luffy smirking and walked out of the bar with Zoro.

As Luffy and Zoro were sailing out of the harbour they heard the marines.

"Men, Salute!" the marine said as all the men saluted.

Luffy just gave a toothy grin and waved back like a maniac. "SEE YA" is what Luffy said as him and Zoro were leaving their site. This was an awesome start to my adventure is all Luffy could think of as they continued sailing to wherever the see would take them.

END

AUTHORS NOTES: Ooooo Lala is that some LuNa? Yes since LuNa is my favourite pairing, I have decided to make this both an adventure and romance fic. Don't worry there will still be lots of action, but there will be some fluffy moments of Romance/friendship. Hope you guys enjoyed and be on the look out for chapter 2 which will be released before the end of June hopefully :). As always I would like reviews and feedback and reviews to improve my story. :)