The Prince and Two Princesses
Two princesses who have so much in common. Who both once had their kingdoms threatened, who both had their kingdoms saved by the very same person, who both held the very same person in the highest regards could only watch as said person betrayed them, and even worse betrayed himself. To Vivi and Shirahoshi, Luffy was not just a hero, not just a savior, he was a friend, a nakama and possible love interest. To Vivi he was an oasis in a huge dry desert while to Shirahoshi he was the light in the deep dark ocean. To them he was the thing they drew strength from, the one who gave them inspiration, the one who was their guiding light and their great savior. Now he stood before them, not as the wonderful boy they knew, but instead as one of the dreaded invaders of the Holy City.
"Luffy-san," said Vivi in shock.
"Luffy-sama" said Shirahoshi in equal shock.
Luffy continued to look at them with cold eyes. Eyes so unlike the warm happy ones he used to have. His eyes held so much power and intimidation in them that everyone present who knew him wondered if he was the same person or just an imposter trying to imitate him. It was rare to see anyone with such eyes though Shirahoshi saw similar eyes on Hody Jones. However to see such eyes on Luffy of all people, who eyes always held the desire to protect was a sight to both behold and dread.
"Luffy-san what are you doing here. Do you know what's going on?" said Vivi who right now honestly did not want to know the answer.
Luffy looked at the group for a second before answering.
"I do," he replied to Vivi's question.
There was few seconds pause before Vivi decided to ask the question on everyone's mind.
"Well Luffy-san, don't just stand their answer us," asked Vivi.
"You mean what's going on. Well it should be obvious, shouldn't it," replied Luffy.
"Luffy-sama, please answer Vivi-sama," said Shirahoshi in a pleading voice.
"The revolutionaries are invading Mariejois," said Luffy.
There was a tense silence. The revolutionaries were known as a mysterious worldwide notorious organization whose purpose was to overthrow the world government. Because of this they were considered the world's worst criminals and anyone found with connections could be killed on sight. It was also known that the enigmatic leader of this mysterious and dangerous group was none other than Monkey D Dragon, father of Luffy. So to hear that this group has finally done something as bold as attack the Holy Land directly was shocking to say the least.
"Straw Hat are you one of them?" asked Kohza the one least familiar with Luffy and his connections to his friends.
"Don't call me that. I'm not Straw Hat anymore," rebuffed Luffy angrily.
"Answer the question Luffy-kun. Are you one of them?" asked Fukaboshi.
"Yes I am. I am Monkey D Luffy, member of the revolutionary army." confirmed Luffy.
There it was. It was confirmed. Luffy himself confirmed that he was one of the invaders. The same Luffy who before fought with all his might and power to protect, was now one of those involved in attacking. And he wasn't doing it as a pirate, but as an underling. It was irony at its worst.
"Luffy-kun why have you decided to attack Mariejois? What could the revolutionary army gain from attacking the Holy Land? I understand the revolutionary army is supposed to overthrow the world government by why would they take such a bold and aggressive move?" asked Cobra who was well versed in current affairs.
Cobra was a man who made it his duty to keep himself up to date with world events. Being a king, such knowledge was important and being a frequent visitor of Reverie allowed him to know such things. But he has honestly never heard of the revolutionaries ever attacking with such aggression before. In fact the biggest news he ever heard about the revolutionary army was the massacre of several of its members by an unknown force.
"I can't answer that question," replied Luffy.
"Why's that?" asked Cobra.
"Because I'm not it's leader. My father is," answered Luffy.
"I see," said Cobra who finally received some kind of answer that he found acceptable.
Shirahoshi meanwhile had her eyes shadowed. Shirahoshi was probably the one who was most heavily influenced by Luffy. Being locked up for almost all her life, growing up knowing the persecution of her people and then having all that changed by Luffy left a huge impact on her. In fact the impact was so huge that she would willingly take his side over any other, even her own family's. But this, she could not accept this.
"Luffy-sama why?" asked Shirahoshi.
Luffy then turned his gaze over to Shirahoshi.
"Why would you do this? Why would you leave you crew? Why would you attack this place?" asked Shirahoshi who was close to hysteria.
Luffy then looked down for a bit.
"Things are different now Shirahoshi. I could no longer be the same person that I was. Things are just too different for me that I have to do this. I can't do this if I were to remain with my crew," said Luffy.
"But Luffy-san whatever you're going through I'm sure you're crew could help you. I've travelled with you and the others for a while. If you needed anything, then I know they would have helped you. Just like they helped me. Just like you did," said Vivi.
"That's where you wrong. There are certain things they can't help me with and wouldn't help me with," answered Luffy.
"What are you talking about Luffy-san?" asked Vivi.
Luffy closed his eyes for a second and immediately the others felt a strange sensation hitting them. The sensation of someone who only wanted to destroy everything. For Shirahoshi it was similar to the feeling she had when Luffy battled Hody while Noah was falling. But it never felt so real.
"Hatred, revenge," answered Luffy with steel in his voice and haki flaring violently.
"W-What?" asked Vivi who was shocked by the answer she received from Luffy.
"You heard me. Revenge and hatred. Right now I'm filled with both," replied Luffy.
"L-Lu-Luffy-sama what's happened to you? Why are you talking like this?" asked Shirahoshi.
"I hate the world government. I hate them with every ounce of my being. They have done nothing but make me miserable ever since I could remember," answered Luffy angrily.
"Luffy is this about Portgas D Ace," asked Igaram who spoke for the first time during the conversation.
Hearing Ace's name, Vivi immediately place her hand on her mouth. Of course that's what this was all about. The world government executed Luffy's brother so it's only natural he would hate them.
"Luffy-san, is this true, is this about Ace?" asked Vivi.
Luffy looked down his eyes, shadowed at the mention of his deceased brother's name.
"Yes," answered Luffy.
"Luffy-kun, you shouldn't let revenge take over you. It would only destroy you and nothing good would come from it. I should know," said Fukaboshi.
Luffy then turned to look at the eldest son of Neptune.
"My mother was killed before my very eyes. I wanted nothing more than to make the killer pay. But thanks to my mother's final wishes, I was able to at least push aside my hate for the killer to continue her life's work. And I was able to overcome my hate for Hody when I saw how hard you and your human companions were willing to fight for us," said Fukaboshi.
Luffy listened silently to what Fukaboshi was saying knowing the truth behind his words.
"He's right Luffy-san. I too wanted revenge. Revenge on Crocodile," said Vivi continuing what Fukaboshi said.
Luffy then turned to his ex nakama Vivi.
"Crocodile tried to kill me and my father and destroy my kingdom. I hate that man more than anyone else. But I was not consumed by that hate. And that was thanks to you and you're friends especially you Luffy-san. You all saved my kingdom and you defeated Crocodile and saved my kingdom. I have no reason to hate him since I know you defeated him and my country was saved. In fact I didn't care at all when you two were fighting together during that big war two years ago," explained Vivi.
"Vivi, bro-hoshi," said Luffy.
"Don't let revenge get the better of you. Nothing good would come out of it. Look at what it did to Hody. I don't need to say what hatred and revenge did to him," said Fukaboshi.
"It's different with me," said Luffy.
"How so?" asked Ryuboshi speaking for the first time.
"What happened to Ace is not the only reason I hate them for. They have done a lot of wrong to me and I intend to make them all pay. That's why I joined the revolutionary army." stated Luffy.
The group continued to silently listen to what Luffy was saying.
"Not only that but I'm a lot stronger. Thanks to my father, I am now much stronger than ever before. Strong enough to kill those bastards," said Luffy.
"Luffy-sama don't do this. I don't want you to end up being consumed by revenge. This is what mother didn't want to happen so please Luffy-sama, please stop this," cried Shirahoshi who finally began tearing up.
Seeing her best friend and little sister crying, Vivi moved over to her and hugged her allowing the little mermaid princess to cry into her chest. Tears also began forming in Vivi's eyes.
"Damn you Luffy-san, you made Shirahoshi-chan cry," said Vivi cursing Luffy while tears were forming in her own eyes.
Luffy seeing Shirahoshi crying couldn't help but feel bad. Despite how much he changed and how much hate he possessed, he still cared for Shirahoshi and didn't like seeing her cry. It was ironic because before he beat up Arlong for making Nami cry and now here he was making both Vivi and Shirahoshi cry.
"The reason I hate the world government is partly because of what they did to you," said Luffy.
Shirahoshi hearing this removed herself from Vivi's chest to look at Luffy.
"What did you just say Luffy-sama?" asked Shirahoshi timidly.
"I hate what the world government did to fishmen and merfolk. I may have been asleep during Jinbe's story but I know all about what happened to the people of Fishman Island," said Luffy who remember his fellow Knight of D Sanbi telling him about the dark history of fishman.
"The Tenryuubito take fishmen and mermaids as slaves. And discrimination still happens on Sabody Archipelago and the world. And the thing that angers me the most is that the world government let it happen. They are the world government, they could do stuff to stop it but they don't. They let the discrimination and even slavery of fishmen happen. That's one of the biggest reasons why I hate them," said Luffy.
"Luffy-sama," said Shirahoshi.
"I may be different but I still care about Fishman Island Shirahoshi. And on the whole island the person I care about the most is you Shirahoshi. Anyone who wants to hurt you will have to face me. That's why I killed Big Mom," said Luffy finally revealing who killed a member of the Four Emperors.
"What, you killed Big Mom?" shouted the Minister of the Left.
"That's right. I did say I would beat her. And even though I didn't make Fishman Island my territory I still took her out. And that's because he wanted to destroy Fishman Island. I have a lot of important people on Fishman Island including you three bro-hoshis. But among everyone I the island, the one care about is you Shirahoshi," said Luffy.
"Luffy-sama, I, don't know what to say but thank you. Thank you for saving my kingdom again from Big Mom. This is the second time you saved it," said Shirahoshi who couldn't express her gratitude to Luffy.
"It's nothing really. It was for you after all," replied Luffy with his first real smile.
"Luffy-sama," was all that could come out of Shirahoshi's mouth.
"To think Luffy-kun would become strong enough to kill one of the four emperors. It's so hard to believe," said Chaka.
"No it isn't," said Vivi.
"This doesn't surprise me one bit. When I met him, I said the exact same thing but he proved me wrong by defeating one of the Shichbukai. So for him to defeat one of the four emperors of the sea is no surprise." Said Vivi.
"I see Vivi-sama," replied Igaram.
"But Luffy-san. What about your dream? What about becoming the Pirate King?" asked Vivi the question everyone wanted to ask at some point.
Everyone looked at Luffy all curious as to what the answer to that question was.
"Pirate King," said Luffy with his eyes shadowed by his hair.
"That dream is gone," replied Luffy to the question.
"You can't Luffy-sama," shouted Shirahoshi.
Luffy then looked at Shirahoshi who just shouted at him.
"You can't give up your dream to become King of the Pirates. It's your dream. Because of you I was able to see my mother's grave and now I can help to make mother's dream real. Luffy-sama you can't give up on your dream," shouted Shirahoshi.
"She's right Luffy-san. You were so determined to become King of the Pirates. And I fully believed that you would be able to do it. You can't just give up," said Vivi.
"In order for you to become Pirate King you must have a powerful crew. Something which I don't have so I obviously can't become the King of the Pirates," said Luffy.
Vivi and Shirahoshi both had water in their eyes. Just how could Luffy have fallen so low as to become this. Just what happened to him.
"What happened to you Luffy-san," asked Vivi whose tears finally fell full force.
"What?" answered a confused Luffy.
"What happened to you. You used to be so happy, so determined to achieve your dream. And determined to protect your nakama. What's happened to you for you to become like this," asked Vivi tears in her eyes.
"Like I said before, I've changed" answered Luffy.
Vivi then showed Luffy the X mark on her hand.
"What about this Luffy-san. What about this? Does it mean anything to you?" asked Vivi showing the X mark on her hand signifying their friendship.
Luffy then looked at his hand, the mark now long gone.
"We're still nakama. That would never change. Not ever. It's just that we're not the same as we once were. Besides the mark on my hand is gone," said Luffy.
That was all it took to break Vivi. Vivi held Luffy in high regards as a friend savior and secret love interest. And now he threw that love back in her face by saying the mark that meant so much to her was no longer important.
Luffy however looked away guiltily at having made Vivi cry so hard.
Shirahoshi couldn't take this Luffy anymore. First finding out that her crush has turned into some kind of being similar to Hody and then seeing how he treated her big sister.
"Luffy-sama what about our promise. You know that one about taking me to see a real forest," said Shirahoshi who finally had enough of Luffy.
Luffy looked at Shirahoshi as if thinking hard about the answer. Then he finally answered.
"Who knows. I haven't kept it yet. But maybe after all this is over. Just maybe. But I can't guarantee," said Luffy
Those words now made Shirahoshi cry. Shirahoshi ever since the events of the battle against the New Fishman Pirates used every bit of her time to make herself stronger. She believed that if she was stronger, then Luffy-sama would like her more. And she really looked forward to seeing him again because then she would get to see a real forest. And best of all it was with Luffy-sama. But now after hearing what Luffy-sama just said even if she did see a real forest, it might not be with him. The mere thought drove her over the edge and to tears.
"You bastard, how dare you make those two cry. Do you have any idea how much you hurt them both," said Kohza who has had just about enough with Luffy and was ready to attack him regardless of the huge difference in power.
Luffy was about to answer when he suddenly sensed something. Using his observation haki he was able to pick out a certain someone or something amongst the chaos of the Holy Land. It was similar to a Pacifista but different at the same time. There was no need to think about who it was, it could only be one person.
"Everyone I need to go. Vivi, Shirahoshi, I'm sorry things turned out this way but that is just the way things worked out, I'm sorry," said Luffy regretfully.
Vivi and Shirahoshi than looked and Luffy who was preparing to head out.
"Wait Luffy-san," cried out Vivi.
"Luffy-sama please wait," cried out Shirahoshi.
"Goodbye Vivi, Shirahoshi," said Luffy before blurring out of their vision indicating he was one the move.
"Luffy-san" shouted Vivi.
"Luffy-sama," shouted Shirahoshi.
They two princesses could do nothing but watch as their hero, savior and love interest disappeared before their very eyes. A long time ago he appeared before them by chance, by pure coincidence when they needed him the most. And now just as he appeared before them, he left and now they couldn't stop him. They couldn't stop him from leaving them forever. The one who helped them, the one who saved them, the one they loved was now gone. The two could do nothing but cry.
Elsewhere Luffy was heading quickly towards the presence he sensed with his haki. It was a presence he wanted to meet for a while and knew that he had to meet this person.
At yet another location in the chaotic Holy City of Mariejois where none other than the two most powerful beings in the revolutionary army, Monkey D Dragon and Sigma D Ren. Both sensed the presence and where Luffy was heading.
"It appears Luffy is heading towards Barthomew Kuma," said Ren.
"I see," replied Dragon.
"What should we do," questioned Ren.
"Nothing, let's leave things to him," replied Dragon.
The meeting between Kuma and Luffy is close by. How will it turn out. Until next chapter.
This chapter turned out similar to the one in Shippuden, sorry about that but it was hard not to.
I noticed that in every episode the X mark Luffy and his crew got after the Alabasta adventure got is no longer there. That's why it's gone.
Isonade D Sanbi the fishman of the Knights of D told Luffy about the story between the world government and fishmen.
Luffy's OC was established since chapter three Knights of D due to certain events and Dragon's brainwashing.