Er forgot to mention their ages so I'll do that right now…
Luffy-7
Ace-14
Sabo-14
Um, yeah I'm going to do my best to try and improve while making better stories for everyone to read! =^= Well here's the second? OAO
Chapter Two - Devil Fruit Activated
Luffy was walking through the forest while being awed at plants or insects, basically everything that he hadn't seen yet. He saw a green beetle that was latched onto a tree trunk and was pretty big, its outer shell was shiny which caught his eye. Luffy crouched into a pouncing position and eyed the bug while his tail was swishing back and forth on the soft grass. He would wait for a few seconds…the beetle began to crawl a little lower in search of food…Now! His legs pushed against the floor, causing blades of grass to fly up in the air and his hands were outstretched trying to catch his "prey". To the boy's dismay the beetle flew away and he skidded across the ground trying to avoid crashing, but failed. There was a dull "Thud" as his back collided with the trunk.
"Ow…" Luffy wailed rubbing his now sore back. He leaned near the tree and relaxed for a few minutes observing everything carefully. Some bushes rustled behind him and his head snapped around at the source of the noise. A large paw stepped out and eyes gleamed from behind the bush. Out came an over grown tiger which loomed over the small Luffy who hissed, ears flattened. The forest became silent as both pairs of eyes were locked onto one another not moving a muscle. The tiger took this as an invitation and took the first move. His massive paw swung down where Luffy stood and he gracefully jumped out of the way as rocks and plants were destroyed. Luffy hissed again and started to climb a tree very nimbly and was soon perched on a branch sticking his tongue out at the now furious tiger. Roaring, the wild animal slammed his body against the tree causing a massive vibration which shook the half cat off where he stood and down towards an open mouth. But before he could become a meal Luffy's tail curled around a branch and he swung around, jumping off onto another branch after a few good swings.
"Hah! Nice try you stupid tiger!" Luffy taunted while bouncing around waving his arms in the air. Before the tiger could crash into the tree again, Luffy had already bounded off, jumping from branch to branch on all fours. "Hey this is pretty fun!" He cried out in delight as he jumped off another branch. Deeming that he'd had run far enough from the tiger Luffy relaxed once more, this time up on the tree. The sound of leaves rustling reached Luffy's fuzzy ears and his eyes snapped open.
'Darn that tiger is so persistent!' He thought while gritting his teeth. Quietly he waited for the right moment to attack and when the noise got nearer, he pounced while snarling.
"Oomph!" A voice said as Luffy crashed into…a person? Luffy tilted his head in confusion as he took a good look at the person. Blond hair, obsidian eyes with a hint of blue, a top hat with goggles, can you guess yet? Yep it was Sabo, Luffy felt guilt since he did attack someone and he kind of knew him, as well as the pounce was a bit too high in strength.
"Sorry Sabo, I didn't mean to hit you I thought you were a tiger!" Luffy cried out with an apologetic look. Sabo just rubbed his stomach and smiled uneasily.
"That's alright Luffy it wasn't your fault, and it's actually a good thing you crashed into me since I was looking all over for you." He said while dusting off some leaves and twigs from his pants. "Don't worry me like that and don't run off again okay?" Luffy just grinned and helped Sabo up. Both began to take a walk around the forest with Luffy following right behind and Sabo started a conversation.
"So who are your parents? Was there anyone who took care of you before Garp?" Sabo asked while looking behind. Luffy thought for a brief moment and shook his head.
"I only know of Gramps he took me under his care after all." He said while looking up at a butterfly. Sabo chuckled and watched Luffy try and land a hit on the insect.
"Sorry about Ace, he's kind of on the cold side, but I think he'll warm up to you soon." Sabo said while looking back in front. Luffy stopped swatting and thought again.
"It's okay at least you're here!" He grinned. "After all you're nice like Makino!"
"Makino? Who's that?" Sabo asked. Having no reply he looked behind and saw Luffy climbing a tree going after a beetle. "LUFFY GET DOWN FROM THERE!" Sabo yelled cupping his hands to his mouth. Luffy looked down and he grabbed the nearest branch tightly as his tail bristled.
"SABO SAVE ME!" Luffy cried and he looked down in fear. Sabo began to panic and then swiftly thought of an idea. He climbed up on another tree and quickly jumped from branch to branch until he came towards Luffy. Sabo gently pried Luffy off from the branch and picked him up bridal style as he jumped back down onto the forest floor.
"You're a real trouble maker you know that?" Sabo sighed as he bent down and brushed off debris from Luffy's shirt. Luffy sniffled and hugged Sabo tightly.
"That was so scary!" He cried while tightening his grip on the shirt. "Thank you Sabo for saving me!" Sabo had a look of surprise at the sudden movement and then smiled as he gently ruffled Luffy's hair.
"Don't do that again okay?" He scolded lightly and Luffy nodded. Sabo grabbed Luffy's hand tightly to make sure he didn't run off into trouble again.
"So who was Makino that you mentioned?" He continued while looking down at the boy who stopped his tears.
"She was a nice lady who worked at a bar in Foosha Village and she was really nice to me!" Luffy beamed. "You're kind of like her since you're also nice to me!" Sabo chuckled and piggy backed the small boy to his delight.
"I see that's nice to hear." Sabo smiled, "Want to go meet your new caretaker?" Luffy's face fell and he stuck out his tongue.
"No bandits suck and they're mean." He pouted. "I hate them."
"Well these bandits aren't too bad, after all they've been taking care of me and Ace for many years." Sabo said while remembering the time when they first came.
"Hey why is Ace okay with you?" Luffy asked. "He didn't look like he cared about anything else…" The blond smiled sadly.
"Well his past was kind of rough for a child his age, and let's just say me and him quickly became friends when we first met." Sabo explained simply, he knew Luffy wouldn't understand a complicated and detailed description. Luffy pondered and thought about what happened back then to make Ace this cold until Sabo disrupted his thoughts.
"We're here this is the bandits hideout I guess you could say." He said while putting Luffy down. Luffy frowned deeply and held onto Sabo's pants.
"I hate it here already…" He said looking over at the building. Sabo sweat dropped.
"Well you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, now come on lets go inside and meet Dadan." He said while gently urging Luffy to go inside. Luffy allowed himself to be pushed along, he trusted Sabo, but what did "shouldn't judge a book by its cover" mean? He kept wondering what it meant and finally came to a conclusion.
"So if the cover of a book looks bad then that means it's really good?" Luffy mumbled to himself until he heard loud footsteps and felt a killing aura. He made a small squeal and ran behind Sabo his head poking out of his left leg.
"Good afternoon Dadan." Sabo said while tilting his hat. "I brought Luffy here to meet you." The woman named 'Dadan' only huffed and placed down a huge bowl of meat.
"Save that for later ITS LUNCH BOYS COME AND GET IT!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Luffy didn't even know if Dadan could be defined as a she, but quickly put that aside as he dived in for the food. Other bandits and Ace came crashing inside grabbing for the meat. Then the fight for food began. There was a massive competition for just one piece of meat and there were many kicking, punching, biting, scratching, anything they could do to get the meat. Sabo and Ace got their share while Luffy bit into a piece of meat and ran away. The piece was pretty big and he had targeted it since the beginning. After running outside Luffy gorged on his prize hungrily, it tasted great! Yearning for more he looked around for any sources of food he could find. He found a bunny nibbling on some plants and charged forward.
"MEAT!" He yelled and chased after it. The rabbit, once hearing the approaching feet and the yell, it quickly ran off underneath a tree. Luffy gave up immediately after seeing its tail disappear in the hole. He huffed and turned around only to face the same tiger that was chasing him earlier. He processed what he saw in his mind and so did the tiger. A few seconds had passed and it finally clicked. The tiger roared and chased after Luffy who was now running at full speed, tail trailing behind. The tiger tried to bite his tail to catch him a couple of times and Luffy grabbed his tail holding it close so it wouldn't get bitten off. He yelled out in surprise as the tiger lunged forward causing a small crater to form under its heavy paw. Luffy began to get tired and whirled around while biting at the tiger's face. It roared in anger and pain as his small sharp teeth sank in the flesh. He quickly let go as the tiger tried to swat Luffy. He ran again and then found a rocky wall in front of him and skidded to a halt. Luffy looked around to find an escape route but only found more walls, the place was caved in and open at the top. He looked in front frantically and saw his only escape route which was back into the forest but found the tiger looking back, blocking the way. The gleam in his eyes showed that there would be no escape. Luffy panicked even more and more by the minute, soon the tiger dashed forward and Luffy shut his eyes tight while crossing his arms in front of him so try and block the attack. But the pain never came except for a strange tingling throughout his body. He opened his eyes; the tiger's hungry look was gone and was replaced by a look of fear. He ran away tail between legs as Luffy made a confused look. He felt the weird feeling again and shivered. It felt weird and strange but he shrugged it off and decided to have some fun chasing.
-Meanwhile-
"Ace you should really try and give him a chance, he's a nice boy." Sabo persisted. Ace huffed and leaned on a tree arms behind his head.
"No way Sabo, you know that I only trust you and Dadan." He said while closing his eyes. "Plus he's stupid."
"You are too, now come on please?" Sabo asked. "Come on for god's sake he's going to be our new brother."
"BECAUSE THAT STUPID OLD MAN PUT HIM IN OUR CARE!" Ace finally snapped. Sabo pinched the bridge of his nose and then yelled back.
"WELL HE'S JUST A SMALL CHILD DO YOU REALLY EXPECT HIM TO FEND OFF FOR HIS OWN?!"
"WELL WHEN I WAS HIS AGE I MANAGED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT CRYING OR WAILING!" Ace shot back. Sabo sighed in frustration and covered his eyes with a hand.
"Then what does he have to do in order for you to give a care about him?" Sabo tried again. Ace shrugged.
"Nothing, like I said before I don't give a care." He replied while yawning. Then thundering footsteps came towards their way and they saw a huge tiger heading towards them. Ace and Sabo grabbed their poles readying for a fight, but the tiger just shot past them. They looked at each other confused.
"COME HERE MEAT!" A voice yelled. Sabo sweat dropped and immediately knew who it was. Luffy also shot through the bush and chased after the tiger. Both boys' jaw hit the floor. A small 7 year old boy was chasing a tiger around twenty times his size.
"LUFFY THAT'S DANGEROUS!" Sabo yelled chasing after him. For some reason Ace felt an urge to go as well, but he stayed put until his eye twitched and he ran after the two of them. A few good hours later of chasing all three males collapsed onto the soft grass.
"Shishishi, that was so fun!" Luffy laughed. Sabo gasped in air and also laughed slightly.
"Yep you are a real trouble maker Luffy." Surprisingly Sabo noticed the corners of Ace's mouth curve up slightly.
"Ah! You enjoyed it too didn't you Ace?" Sabo teased while sitting up. Ace's face heated up and he sat up quickly.
"No I did not!" He yelled, denying it.
"Aw come on just admit it, you had a fun time, right Luffy?" Sabo chuckled and Luffy nodded while giggling. "You haven't smiled in a long time Ace it's good to see that you still can smile." Ace flopped back down and rolled over showing his back to Sabo. A few silent minutes passed and Ace sat up again.
"Yeah you're right." Ace said smiling again. "It has been a while since I could smile so freely." Sabo grinned, it seemed like Ace had finally started to like Luffy, now to only increase that.
"Hey Luffy, I can kind of accept you, but not too much since you're annoying." Ace said, but there was no reply. "Hey are you listeni-"Soft snores came from the half cat's form. He was curled up into a tight ball, tail wrapped around his legs and arms and ears twitching in his sleep. Ace's eyes had softened but he quickly went back to his dull expression.
"Let's carry him back to the tree house." Ace whispered while picking the sleeping figure up gently. Sabo smiled and nodded. The two walked back to the tree house and a small spark formed between their little brother and them.
-Next Morning-
Sunlight seeped through the opening in the tree house and shined on Luffy's small figure. He groaned and rubbed his eyes slowly. He was still tired. Yawning, Luffy stretched, tail curling up as his sore muscles felt much better. Now slightly awake he looked around and found that he was inside that tree house that he was at before. His ears twitched backwards as he heard snores and turned around to find Ace and Sabo also sleeping next to him. He looked for his hat and found it on the table. He took it and put the string over his neck, the straw hat now hanging limply on his back. He jumped outside and looked for a water source. Luffy kept walking around randomly and found a river. He waded in not too deep and started washing his face. Then he grabbed a handful of water and cleaned his ears thoroughly along with his tail. Slowly dragging his hand across the soft fur to make sure that all the dirt washed off, Makino had taught him that washing his ears and tail were what cats do to clean themselves, for some reason he kind of enjoyed it since it passed the time, maybe it was a cat thing? Luffy walked out and shook his head clearing the water off and flicked his tail back and forth. After drying off Luffy went back and ate some fruit along the way. He was hungry.
"Sabo I'm hungry." Luffy whined trying to wake his brother. Sabo groaned and turned around. Luffy pouted slightly until he felt arms wrapping around his waist. Ace hugged him tightly mumbling words. Luffy sulked as he just laid there acting like a stuffed toy to hug. He decided that it was becoming uncomfortable so he squirmed out of Ace's arms quickly and ran outside to hunt. Walking along he found some mushrooms and plopped them in his mouth. They were pretty good for raw mushrooms. He quickly devoured the last of them and he was still hungry. Luffy saw a spider, but stuck his tongue out with a disgusted look, last time he ate one they tasted bitter and stringy. He sprinted and found a bird. He crouched and his eyes narrowed as he crept forward. He waited for a few moments and sprang out. The bird tried to fly away but Luffy caught its neck between his teeth and he swiftly killed it.
"That was easier than I expected." Luffy said to himself as he bit into the flesh. Bones were left in a pile as Luffy's stomach was filled for now and he licked his lips. Any meat tasted good on his tongue.
"Now what…" Luffy began to get bored and he adventured around the woods. Luffy found a stick and held it. While walking around he hummed a tune while tapping the stick on his shoulder. Maybe it wasn't going to be so boring after all. Luffy found another river and it was bigger this time. "Ooooh!" He noticed some crocodiles swimming inside and crouched over the edge, looking inside the clear water.
-Back at the Tree house-
Sabo woke up and stumbled upwards only to trip over a blanket and he fell on top of Ace waking him up in the process.
"Sorry…" Sabo said while giving a weak smile. Ace gave a glare and stretched. Sabo looked around. "Hey where's Luffy?" Ace's mouth began to form a frown and so did Sabo's. Luffy was an idiot and he always dragged trouble around with him wherever he went. Both looked at each other and shared a silent agreement. Jumping out of the tree house they looked around metal pole in hand. Then a scream was heard in the distance.
-Back with Luffy-
There were many fish swimming in the clear water and Luffy looked in awe. It looked so pretty, but he didn't notice something slide out of the water slowly. Luffy was suddenly grabbed and hurtled into the water. He fell with a splash and saw a crocodile going back inside and about to drag him down. With no options left he gave a loud scream, hoping someone would hear and come rescue him. He tried to stay above water as much as he could, but to no avail. His body started sinking like a heavy weight again. The crocodile watched making no move as his prey began to drown and then it heaved Luffy's small body up throwing him in the air for fun and opened up his jaw. Luffy quickly regained strength once again and held the jaw open with his two legs as long as possible. The crocodile was too strong and began to slowly close his sharp teeth around the small boy.
"LUFFY!" Ace and Sabo yelled as they charged through the trees and whacked the crocodile hard on the head. Ace huffed while dragging breakfast out from the river while Sabo ran towards Luffy, checking for any wounds. Luckily he found none and Sabo sighed in relief.
"Sabo, Ace…" Luffy wailed as his ears and tail drooped. He was cold and wet, but fine.
"YOU IDIOT ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF?!" Ace yelled while hitting him on the head. Luffy then started to cry.
"S-sorry!" he sniffled and hugged Ace's pants tightly his small fingers grasping the fabric. Ace had a look of surprise and his eyes softened. No matter how, he just couldn't get mad at the boy. Sighing he kneeled down to face Luffy and ruffled his hair.
"Are you okay?" He asked sternly. Luffy nodded and brushed away his tears. "Never do that again okay? Make sure you have me or Sabo with you." Ace scolded and Luffy nodded again. Sabo smiled, Luffy was really becoming more important to them as time passed he had noticed. Days had passed and both Ace and Sabo had been keeping a very close eye on Luffy and he was always seen with one or both of them. Dadan had admitted that she had also warmed up to the child and Luffy finally managed to trust the mountain bandits finding out they weren't bad at all. Weeks had passed and now both became protective of Luffy, he was pretty oblivious and they decided to keep him away from society until he grew up a little more. Luffy had become an important part in their lives and all three ate, slept, adventured and did many things together. Then came a day where a fruit came into play.
-A Year Later-
Luffy hummed while jumping from tree to tree. Ace and Sabo had taught him how to fight and now he became pretty good at it. They also taught him many other skills that they knew and Luffy soaked it all in like a sponge. Today was the day that they were going to verse the king of the jungle which was another tiger but this one had a nasty scar over its eye and was bigger. He was excited and couldn't wait to fight, how this happened, let's go back a bit.
-oOo-
"Hey Luffy what do you want to be when you grow up?" Sabo asked and Luffy immediately answered.
"I want to be the Pirate King!" Sabo and Ace held a look of surprise before laughing and Luffy fumed.
"WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!" He yelled tail bristled. Ace stopped laughing, and he ruffled Luffy's hair.
"Because we have a similar dream like you!" Ace replied. "We also want to become pirates and be free." Luffy smiled and he lightened up until Sabo ruined it.
"But we were laughing because a small kid like you can't become pirate king, especially when you can't swim, Pft." Sabo said and then laughed again, Ace also howled in laughter.
"YOU GUYS ARE CRUEL!" Luffy yelled. "STUPID ACE AND SABO!" Ace came up with an idea.
"Hey why don't you two join my crew?" He asked with a hopeful look.
"No." Both answered plain and simple. Ace grinned and knew that this would be their answer. All three asked one another but the same answer was 'No'. Then Sabo declared that they should have a contest to see who's more fit to become captain.
"Good idea Sabo! Let's fight the king of the jungle and see who wins!" Ace said his grin even wider. Luffy became determined to defeat the king and become captain. All three put one hand in the middle and wished luck to each other.
"Let's see who's going to be the best captain out of all three of us!"
"OUU!"
-oOo-
He finally arrived at the place where Ace was going to drag the tiger in. Sabo was already there sitting on a rock, metal pole by his side. Both teens had also gifted Luffy a pole of his own and he used it well.
"Sabo!" Luffy cried out running over. Sabo grinned and waved until thundering footsteps was heard and flocks of birds flew into the sky causing a ruckus. Sabo jumped off and both of them prepared for the fight. Ace appeared from the forest and ran towards them a massive tiger on his back.
"Ready, set, GO!" And the battle began. Luffy charged straight ahead while Sabo flanked its side with a body slam. Ace jumped up high in the air and swung his metal pole down onto the tiger's head. None of their attacks would do anything though and would only cause the tiger's anger to well up even more. The tiger had enough and flung a huge unsheathed paw at the youngest, Luffy. Ace and Sabo noticed this and rushed over holding the paw to prevent it from crushing their precious younger brother.
"Luffy move out of the way!" Sabo yelled teeth gritted. Luffy nodded and scrambled away as both teens let go while jumping out of the way. The earth was crushed underneath the force and Ace whistled at the strength. The tiger whirled around and slammed his tail into Ace's and Sabo's stomach knocking the wind out of their lungs as they were slammed into a boulder. Luffy cried out in surprise as the tiger raised its paw for another attack and Luffy ran towards them. The tingling was felt again and he started to run on all fours. Obsidion black fur grew on his body as he morphed into a creature of some sort and was as big as the tiger itself.
"STAY AWAY FROM MY BROTHER'S!" Luffy snarled as he bit into the tiger's shoulder. He roared in pain while Ace and Sabo watched in shock. Luffy pulled away and pounced on his back striking again while clawing at the tigers flank making crimson blood seep down onto his fur. The tiger quickly pulled away and ran away while favoring its wounds and Luffy changed back to his normal size.
"Yeah! Did you see that Ace, Sabo? I beat him so badly!" Luffy cried out.
"L-Luffy, what was that?" Sabo asked. Luffy stopped and looked behind him while tilting his head in confusion. He wasn't aware. "N-never mind." Luffy cheered and claimed that he was going to be captain and both brothers snapped out of their shock as they hit him on the head claiming that they'll never work under a boy smaller than them. Ace and Sabo never found out what the heck that creature was, but they will soon.
Yay it's done but nooo its short T^T errr here's the second chapter? THANK YOU for the kind reviews you have given me many inspirations to continue the story QAQ Err I hope you enjoy it? Owo This was done kinda quickly….