To Fruitstogether-Yeah he will, Luffy will get the same crew the same way with a few different edits!
To Himitsu no Neko- Thanks! And yeah sure I'll draw a picture of him for the cover, but I may have been a little over exaggerating and not too sure if you'll enjoy the drawing. And thanks for the corrections I'll make sure to use them this time! I'm really glad you're enjoying it!
To Annibananni-Don't worry! I will! Glad you're into it, and it's just that school is in the way right now, but I'll try and update ASAP!
Thank you for the nice reviews T^T Uuuu…Well here's Chapter 4! Enjoy
Chapter 4-First Mate, Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!
"Hahahaha, it's such a nice day isn't it guys?" Ace asked while looking up at the clear sky one hand shading his eyes from the sun.
"Yeah, but who knew that our journey would END RIGHT HERE!" Sabo yelled whacking Ace on the head. Ace fell onto the floor asleep and Sabo sighed.
"Wow that sure is a big whirlpool right Sabo?!" Luffy exclaimed pointing at the whirlpool that they were currently being SUCKED INTO. Ace quickly woke up again and looked where Luffy was pointing.
"Yeah you're right that's pretty big!" Ace whistled. Sabo whacked Ace on the head again while giving Luffy a flick to the forehead.
"You guys were going to die soon if we don't figure something out!" Sabo said quickly looking for anything they could use. "We just set off and now we're stuck in a freaking whirlpool, wow we have such great luck…" Sabo muttered darkly to himself, and his brothers weren't helping the situation either, both were currently staring at the whirlpool murmuring to each other how long it would take for them to drown. Sabo eyed the huge barrel they brought with them, maybe they could all fit in there…He opened the lid and nothing was inside because Ace and Luffy ate everything after five minutes of doing nothing.
"Ace hold Luffy and get inside this barrel." Sabo ordered and Ace quickly carried out the task quickly crouching inside the barrel, surprisingly there was still enough room for Sabo to fit in.
'What a big barrel…' Sabo though as he closed the lid. The boat finally broke apart in the middle and the three brothers rolled around for a good few minutes and everything stopped.
"L-Luffy, Sabo are you two alright?" Ace asked while shaking his head trying to clear the dizziness away. Ace felt Luffy's tail brush against his hand and he knew that his youngest brother was okay.
"Alive and kicking Ace, just really dizzy…" Sabo said holding his head in one hand. "Is Luffy fine?" He asked concern clearly shown in his voice.
"Yeah he's also dizzy though just give him a few moments to recover and he'll start running off his mouth." Ace replied. It was cramped inside the barrel and was really uncomfortable, Ace had to hold in the urge to burn it down or else all three of them would probably die. Sabo sighed in relief and crossed his arms, not that anyone could see it was pitch black in there!
"Wow what a ride! Ace where are we now?" Luffy exclaimed and then his stomach growled. "I'm hungry…FOOD!" Sabo and Ace sweat dropped.
"This isn't the time to be thinking about food it's the time to be thinking of how the hell to escape." Ace said wrapping his arms around Luffy tighter as if he was going to disappear any moment. After a few minutes of waiting they felt a sharp tug. All three yelped in surprise as they felt themselves being lifted slowly.
"Wow this is one heavy barrel it must be filled with lots of Sake!" A voice said. Sabo knew that currently someone on a ship was hauling them up thinking that they were booze, but who were they? The trio felt a thud and now they were aboard some random ship in the middle of the sea.
"Wher-"Ace quickly covered Luffy's mouth and he shut up. Luffy could feel the seriousness coming off from Ace and knew that something was wrong so he decided it would be best to follow what he says.
"Lucky!" Another voice said. Sabo grimaced; he hoped they didn't open this barrel right then, which would be bad.
"PIRATES! A PIRATE SHIP IS COMING!" Someone yelled. The ship that they were currently aboard on was rocking back and forth violently from some explosions in the water. The brothers went for another rolling session again as they hit objects here and there.
"I'm beginning to feel sick…" Sabo said weakly, the rolling just wouldn't end and finally after crashing into something else again they stopped. Ace and Sabo groaned happy that it finally stopped. Luffy's ears twitched as he heard screaming and yelling.
"Ace, Sabo I hear screaming…" Luffy said. Ace patted his head reassuringly and then they heard the door creak open. Luffy held his straw hat tightly as he heard footsteps approach.
"Hello is anyone here?" A timid voice said. You could see Ace and Sabo visibly relax if there was some light in the barrel, they both knew that this was probably a kid who wandered in here and would be no threat whatsoever. They heard a sigh of relief as the footsteps came closer.
"This is a big barrel I wonder what's in it." Luffy looked up curiously until the barrel jerked and started rolling, but thankfully it was at a slower pace this time. "I should take this back…"
"Hey Coby what are you doing here? Are you hiding like the coward you are again?" A gruff voice asked and more footsteps entered the room. Ace's eyes narrowed and Sabo held his cane tightly.
"N-n-n-no of course not! I-I just saw this big barrel and thought I would bring it back to the ship!" The timid voice or Coby said frantically. Another person whistled and they felt the barrel being lifted back upright.
"Heh we were getting thirsty anyways might as well take a drink or two." A third voice said while patting the top of the barrel.
"W-what, b-b-but if you do that then L-lady Alvida will kill you!" Coby exclaimed. Ace heard knuckles cracking and knew that they were probably going to bust the barrel open, well they'll be in for a surprise.
"Well she won't know if you keep your mouth shut right Coby?" The second voice sneered. Coby didn't say anything, but Ace guessed that he was probably scared.
"Let me open this old fashion way." The gruff voice said. Ace didn't want his younger brother to be hurt by any flying splinters or the punch so he broke the top and jumped out.
"What are you…" Ace started as the people stared in surprise, their mouths open, "going to open again?!" He finished while knocking out the biggest person first with a kick in the jaw. Sabo then jumped out and broke the swords that the other two used to try and attack Ace.
"Thanks but that wasn't really necessary don't you think Sabo?" Ace said while grinning. Sabo just huffed and put his cane over his shoulder.
"Well then that means you're hogging all the fun!" Sabo said while tilting his top hat. The two pirates shrieked and dragged their unconscious partner away. Ace took a good look at this Coby guy, he had big glasses and pink hair, and he also looked as if he had a weak build. Ace decided he was small fry and wasn't going to be any trouble so he looked around. They were currently in a kitchen and Luffy took the chance to jump out.
"Ace where are we?" Luffy asked looking around. "And who's that weakling over there?" Coby's mouth gaped, a small child no older or maybe even younger than him was calling him weak. Well he was he admitted that, but there was no need to be so straight!
"Ahha…Sorry about my younger brother here he's kind of straight forward." Sabo said while putting a hand on Luffy's head. "My name is Sabo, this here is Ace and right here is Luffy." He said while gesturing at the other two.
"Nice to meet you." Ace replied.
"Yo!" Luffy said holding a hand up. Coby's mouth hit the floor, they looked nothing alike! Except for Ace and Luffy, they kind of looked similar in away, but before he could think about it more the kid appeared in front of him.
"Hey do you know where any food is?" Luffy asked holding his stomach. Coby shrieked at the sudden appearance and backed away before shaking his head. Luffy's face fell until his nose twitched.
"I smell food!" He exclaimed while running off Ace and Sabo following close behind. Coby sweat dropped, these people were so carefree, and did they not know pirates were aboard this ship currently? They entered a small room where apparently was the food storage. Luffy opened a random box and drooled.
"This looks so good!" he said while wolfing down the apples, Sabo and Ace also helped themselves to the food, they were hungry after all. Coby closed the door and sighed, deeming that the room would be safe for now.
"Um, so my name is Coby…"
"We know." All three of them said at once, gulping down the food they were eating before continuing once more. Mentally Coby face palmed.
"So why were you in the barrel?" He asked, curious, it's not every day a three people are found inside a barrel.
"We got sucked into this whirlpool, but we managed to survive somehow luckily." Sabo explained, eating an apple. "Well even though we just became pirates we can't even have the first day peaceful." Coby's eyes popped out.
"You guys are pirates?!" He yelled and the three of them nodded. "Just the three of you?!" A nod in response once more.
"That's impossible, where are you heading right now?!" Coby asked waving his arms in the air.
"The Grand Line!" Luffy said throwing his arms in the air. Coby shook his head and repeated the word impossible until Luffy hit him on the head.
"Ow what was that for…"Coby whined.
"You were getting annoying." Luffy said and Ace nodded in agreement. Coby laughed nervously, he was used to this already.
"Hey…do you think I could become a marine?" Coby blurted out. His eyes widened, he wasn't so sure why he had said that, but he just…did it.
"Yeah of course, as long as you believe in yourself and put effort while holding onto that dream you can probably do it." Sabo said while nodding. Coby smiled and then his confidence hardened.
"Yeah I'll do it, I'll become a marine a strong one and then capture pirates like Alvida and-"but his sentence was cut off short as an iron mace with spikes crashed down through the wall.
"WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CAPTURE? COBY!" A voice yelled and a fat lady walked in Ace and Sabo watched her carefully while Luffy kept gorging himself in food. Coby lost all his confidence and became weak as his legs shivered in fright. "Coby, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?" The fat old hag asked while smirking.
"W-why of course y-" Coby started, but was interrupted.
"Who's that fat old biddy?" Luffy asked pointing at the woman. Ace howled in laughter as he rolled on the floor clutching his stomach. Even Sabo kind of chuckled at the comment. The pirates mouths fell to the floor and Coby paused sweating a fountain. The pirate, named Alvida grew a few tick marks as she held her iron mace in the air preparing to strike the young boy.
"YOU BRAT!" The iron mace swung down but was shattered as an angry Ace appeared in front of the boy.
"Don't you dare hurt Luffy." Ace said in a menacing and dark tone that guaranteed death. Sabo's eyes narrowed as he saw the act, but decided to leave it to Ace. Alvida stepped back and her crew grew frightened, someone had actually destroyed the mace, and with one hand no less! What did he do? Luffy swallowed the rest of his food as he tugged at Ace's pants.
"Can I try this time?" he asked innocently. Ace smirked and nodded moving out of the way as Luffy ran forward arm reeled back in a punch. Luffy landed the hit, hard reinforced with his devil fruit as a brief transformation took place. Alvida flew in the air and landed in the water causing a huge spray of ocean water to burst up.
"Wow she's heavier than a cannonball." Ace said while smirking, Luffy laughed and Sabo stood up while pointing to the pirates who shivered.
"Give this kid a boat, he claimed that he was going to be a marine, now hurry up!" Sabo said in a cheerful, yet commanding voice.
"Yes sir!" they said while running and placing an extra dingy down into the ocean.
"Coby lets go!"Luffy said while laughing and jumped onto the boat with Ace and Sabo. Coby tried to go in easily but slipped and hit his head on the boat hard. Luffy noticed another boat next to them and saw an orange haired girl who looked in surprise, he gave a smile and they rowed away.
"Ah~ so bored." Ace groaned while leaning his head over the edge of the boat. It's been a few hours of rowing and there was absolutely nothing to do. Luffy showed Coby his ears and tail when both Ace and Sabo allowed it and his expression was hilarious to Luffy. Now they were currently playing I spy.
"I spy something blu-" Luffy began but was cut off by Coby.
"The sky." Luffy looked amazed and asked how he knew which Coby sweat dropped. He was looking straight into the sky it was really obvious.
"We should be arriving at the next island soon." Sabo said looking at the sky, he was also bored and he knew basic navigation so they were fine for now, but they really needed a real navigator. The group drifted on until Luffy spotted the island as his ears and tail shot up. Coby still had to get used to those features, he had never seen one and this would probably be the last he would see of it. Once they docked at the island, Luffy rushed off and made sure to hide his cat features before rushing off, his older brothers had taught him it was very very very important to do so. Ace and Coby ran after him while Sabo went around town asking for information. Luffy found a marine base and was awed by it while Ace and Coby ran up to him.
"L-Luffy-san…please be a little less reckless…" Coby said while gasping for breath. Ace looked at the base and then at the wall which Luffy was currently trying to climb. Ace gave Luffy a heave and he jumped over. Ace jumped after him with Coby having a little more difficulty.
"Ace look there's a man in the middle!" Luffy cried out while running towards the man. He had a white T-shirt with a green stomach warmer, a black bandana around his head and black pants with boots. He wasn't in the best shape, but he was still living and strong willed. "Hey who are you and why are you tied up?" Luffy asked. The man looked at him and then blinked. What the hell was a kid doing here? Was he stupid or something?
"Go away kid, this isn't a place where you should be." The man scoffed. Luffy just smiled as he walked closer. "Please can you tell me your name?" He pleaded with his killer move, the Big Eyed Puppy Face. The man clearly was unnerved by the look and eventually gave in.
"My name is Roronoa Zoro, now leave." Zoro said while giving a glare. Ace just sat back and watched the small conversation. Coby fell off the wall after hearing his name, the pirate hunter Zoro no wonder he looked so familiar!
"Wow what do you do mister?" Luffy asked, becoming interested with the man. Zoro sighed and knew he probably wouldn't go away.
"Look if you don't go away the marines will come here soon and they'll kill you; they won't have any mercy even on a five year old now scram." Zoro said in a low voice. Ace raised an eyebrow at the word kill; he never knew the marines were this cruel, but then again thinking back on his grandfather…no he didn't want to remember that.
"Roronoa Zoro, I see you're having some trouble with a kid hm?" A mocking and annoying voice said. A man with a double chin wearing a suit and mushroom blond hair walked inside, two marines behind him. Luffy looked at him with a blank look and lost interest while asking Zoro more questions. Ace decided to watch a little more before stepping in, he should see what his little brother would do.
"Hey brat, guess what you're not allowed to be in here and the rule states that whoever helps out this criminal will be executed." The blond sneered while holding out a poster. Luffy blinked and yawned.
"Well I wasn't helping him, I was only talking." Luffy said with a confused look. The mushroom head, or as Luffy liked to call him didn't appreciate the comeback and ordered the marines to throw him out of the area. Ace stepped in and held his hand up.
"Whoa there, let's not start a fight, you put a scratch on my little brother here and you'll regret it badly." Ace said with a calm tone, but the gleam in his eyes showed that he wasn't lying and the marine backed away. "My name is Ace by the way it's a pleasure to meet you." The mushroom head stepped in front and looked at Ace in the eye.
"Don't you know who I am? I'm Helmeppo, son of Captain Morgan and you're in the way." Helmeppo said proudly. Ace shrugged and said,
"Don't know who you are at all and I apologize, but I got to be leaving now." Ace said politely as he picked up Luffy and walked away. Luffy looked behind Ace's shoulder and waved a goodbye to Zoro who was a bit surprised at the gesture. Helmeppo scoffed and walked away the two marines following quickly. Ace jumped over the wall Luffy in his arms as Sabo ran towards them.
"I heard from the town that the marines were causing trouble and only send fear throughout the citizens to keep them in order." Sabo said with a dark look, this kind of thing was despicable even for marines. Ace nodded confirming that.
"Yeah I noticed back there." He said while flicking his head back towards the marine base. Luffy jumped down and stared blankly at the ground for a few minutes.
"Ace I want that man to join our crew!" Luffy declared suddenly. Coby's mouth dropped to the floor and ran in front of Luffy.
"No way! Don't you know who he is?!" Coby exclaimed while putting both hands on his head. "He's the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro and they say that he's a demon under human disguise… He even uses three swords they said!" Luffy looked back with a bored expression.
"So? I like him so I want him to join the crew!" Luffy said his mind already set. Sabo kneeled down to Luffy's height and put one hand on his straw hat.
"Luffy, do you really want him to join?" Sabo asked with a gentle look and Luffy nodded furiously, Sabo looked into his eyes and saw only determination. He smiled and stood up again.
"Well Ace looks like out brother has already made up his mind." Sabo said while walking towards the marine base. "And it looks as if we have a mess to clean up." Ace grinned and nodded while walking alongside of him. Luffy cheered and ran towards the wall jumping over again. Coby just stood there watching in horror as the three jumped over and walked towards Zoro.
"Hello there, Roronoa Zoro, my name is Sabo and over here is Ace." Sabo introduced while tipping his hat in politeness. "Right here is my younger brother, Luffy and he decided that he wanted you to join our pirate crew." Zoro just scowled and looked back.
"Well I can't because I have things to do, and I don't want to be a bad guy like a pirate." He scoffed. Sabo held a puzzled look when he mentioned "things to do", but quickly went back to his smile. Ace played around with Luffy while Sabo took care of everything and currently they were playing tag, running around the execution ground.
"Well that's unfortunate for both you and me." When Zoro gave a confused look Sabo answered his question. "The thing is, it was my little brother who asked, and we can't say 'no' to him." He said while sweat dropping, remembering the times when they had said no to his antics and they really got frantic then. "How about this, if we free you from here, then will you join our crew?" Sabo asked, trying once more. Zoro shook his head and smirked.
"I just need to stay alive for one month and he promised to free me afterwards, I'm going to do everything I can to survive and fulfill my dreams!" Zoro said while Ace and Luffy looked up finally gaining interest on the conversation.
"Hey you use swords right, that's what Coby told me!" Luffy asked while walking towards him. "So where are they?" Zoro scowled again and looked towards the marine base, Luffy followed where he was looking.
"Somewhere inside that base, that bastard son took them and they're the things I treasure most other than my life." Zoro said while his scowl deepened. Luffy touched his hat, so it was a very important treasure.
"Okay then I'll get you your swords in exchange for you joining my crew!" Luffy declared while running off into the base.
"DON'T DECIDE THAT FOR YOURSELF AND THAT'S BLACKMAIL!" Zoro yelled at the running figure, then he noticed, "Hey you're going the wrong way!" Luffy stopped abruptly and ran the opposite direction, he then changed into his small flying form and flew upwards. Zoro looked at the flying figure in surprise while Ace and Sabo ran inside the building.
-With Luffy-
Luffy flew upwards as fast as he could and once he reached the top he changed back into his normal form.
"Ah I flew too high…" He said while plummeting down on the building, but he saw a rope and held onto it tightly until he heard the sound of rock breaking. Luffy landed on the roof and saw that a statue had broke in half. "Sorry…" Luffy said while sweat dropping, everyone paused for a few seconds in shock.
"GET HIM I WANT TO KILL HIM WITH MY OWN HANDS!" A man roared as he pointed at Luffy. Luffy's eyes sparkled, the man's hand was an axe, but he didn't really need to worry about that right now where was that guy? Then Luffy spotted him and began to run towards the blond.
"But sir he's only a child…" A marine muttered. The big guy just looked at the marine with a glare and yelled again.
"I DON'T CARE IF HE'S A CHILD NOW HURRY UP BEFORE I KILL YOU TOO!" He yelled while raising his axe and the marines began to charge at the child half heartedly. Luffy nimbly dodged everyone and grabbed mushroom blondie as he ran down the stairs.
"Hey do you know where your room is so I could get Zoro's sword?" Luffy asked looking down at the choking Helmeppo. "Hey, can you please tell me?"
"You…you just passed it…" He said while foam began to form in his mouth. Luffy went back and found a door with a wreath and opened it. He found three swords and was puzzled; did this man collect swords too?
'He even uses three swords they said!' Luffy grinned and took all three tying them on his back and thanked Coby in his mind before crashing out of the window and jumping down.
-Meanwhile-
A whack on the head and they were out. Sabo sighed; the marines really needed more training. Earlier him and Ace had seen an orange haired girl, but ignored her as they had more important matters to do. Firstly, find their younger brother Luffy, and secondly beat whoever's in charge of this place and bring real justice. Marine's way of seeing justice was pretty stupid.
"Hey I hear a commotion outside." Ace said skidding to a stop. Sabo strained his ears and he did indeed hear yelling along with gunshots. Ace punched a hole through the wall and didn't like what he saw, neither did Sabo. Their younger brother was currently being pinned down by a marine and a big guy was raising his hand axe readying to slice their brother in half while the pirate hunter was free and was trying to get there fast, but was failing with marines blocking his path. Were they going to just sit there and let their brother die? Hell no like as if that was going to happen.
"LEAVE..." Ace and Sabo started as they jumped out. Ace with a flaming fist and Sabo holding his cane with both hands above him. "LUFFY...ALONE!" They both yelled simultaneously while slamming down on the man's head. It was a knockout as his eyes turned white and he fell onto the floor unconscious. Both brothers ran towards the marine and Ace picked him up while Sabo knocked the living hell out of the marine. Zoro walked towards them, swords sheathed and took off the bandana revealing short green mossy hair.
"Good timing." He said while he looked over at the other marines who looked shocked. Sabo checked Luffy over for any wounds, finding none he sighed in relief.
"Anyone else want to fight?" Ace asked while setting his fist on fire again. Zoro put a hand on one of his swords while slightly unsheathing it. Instead of running away or preparing to fight the marines just threw their caps up in the air while cheering. Ace, Zoro and Sabo had dumbfounded looks while Luffy fell asleep in Sabo's arms. Zoro finding no more tension in the air collapsed onto the floor and the older brothers panicked, Luffy wouldn't like it if they let him die, but sweat dropped as they heard his stomach rumble.
"Hungry…" Zoro said.
-Later-
The four along with Coby walked to a restaurant, which luckily had taken a liking to them after defeating "Morgan". Sabo was conversing with a little girl at how Zoro had ended up tied to the post. Apparently he had saved her from a wolf and the idiot son had made a deal with him, which he accepted. Sabo felt some respect towards the swordsman while Ace was busy engulfing himself in food. People began to crowd outside the building trying to take a good look at their "saviors".
"How can you eat more than me?" Zoro asked finishing his final plate which was the sixth.
"I haven't eaten in hours." Ace said while eating some bread.
"I haven't eaten almost in a month…" Zoro muttered under his breath as he sweat dropped. "So who's the captain out of the three of you?" He asked. Might as well get to know the crew better, since he was after all going to be traveling with them, he picked up a glass of water and drank it. Sabo and Ace pointed at the sleeping Luffy and Zoro spit his water out, coughing.
"He won a bet when we were younger." Sabo explained while digging into some of the food himself. Zoro mentally face-palmed, great his captain was a ten year old kid.
"Then where's the ship?" Zoro asked slightly irritated that he'll have to listen to a kid. Ace pointed outside to a dinghy that was currently being peed on by a dog. Zoro grimaced. "Is there at least one person who may have some common sense in this crew?" Sabo raised his hand while chewing on a piece of meat. Zoro ran his hand through his short hair and sighed.
"Yeah isn't it kind of ridiculous and they're already going to the grand line…" Coby said while drinking orange juice.
"Who are you?" Zoro asked.
"Oh right, I'm Coby and I'm just traveling with these three for a while, I want to become a marine." Coby introduced and Zoro was about to say something before a voice interrupted.
"We're sorry, but you're pirates correct?" A voice said as footsteps entered the restaurant. Sabo nodded as he helped put the dishes away, it was the least he could do for feeding them. "Again I'm sorry, but you'll have to leave." The people that were crowded around the restaurant yelled in outrage. How could the marines send away their heroes after what they've done? Ace gently picked up Luffy and walked out while saying nothing with Sabo, Zoro understood the gesture and also stood up and left.
"Wait is that boy with you?" The marine asked.
"Nope, we don't know him at all, but I did over hear that he wanted to become a marine, you should hear him out." Ace said and bowed towards the owner of the restaurant. "Thank you for the food." Sabo also bowed while walking outside and the citizens moved out of the way with sad expressions. Zoro waved a hand and went outside last. Coby just stood there unbelieving that they would do something like that for him, and so he took the chance. While walking back to the boat, the three men heard a loud and happy voice. Ace grinned as he jumped onto the boat and Sabo took Luffy from Ace's arms while gently letting his little brother sleep in a more comfortable position. Zoro unwrapped the rope and hopped on as they sailed towards the sunset, and to their next destination.
"Thank you for everything!" Coby yelled while saluting and the marines appeared behind him.
"Salute!" The current leader said and all the marines saluted.
"Marines saluting pirates, now that's new." Zoro smirked as he sat cross legged and put his arms behind his head. Ace waved good bye as Sabo gave a smile and this was how their first crew member was obtained.
Huzzah um right fourth chapter is done now! And Zoro has joined the crew! What will happen in the next chapter wait and find out. =w= Um sorry…this chapter might've been a little too boring…I'll try and make it more fun and lively next time! My brain is dead…Sorry!