ONE PIECE X RWBY Volume 1: The Beginning of the Straw Hat Pirates

Hello! That's right, this is the first chapter that I've been working on for some days. I thought to upload it on the same day as the live action premiere, but I was a little busy. Fortunately, I worked a lot for this, and now it is here! This will be extremely long for the first chapter, but I think that it will be a big introduction because it has many details about the world that I'm creating! On other side, I am watching the Live Action of One Piece and, I can say, it's too awesome! Besides, yesterday it premieres the opening 25 of One Piece. If you read the manga, maybe you know what moments encompasses and it can feel like a kind of close of Wano. I'm going to propose something to you, but wait after the end of this chapter to say it.

GameMax10: And it is! I really enjoy watching the live action. It has a lot of elements of the anime!

Cluster: Curiously, this chapter talks about the differences between pirates and huntsmen and why Luffy decides to come to Beacon.

Me-B-Wee-G: Thanks again! I think that my big problem here is the grammar because I need to learn more to write in English, but it's an experience that I want to continue to enjoy and improve, which will be helpful in my life and possible workings.

Max: Thanks for your clearify, I will not going to repeat that mistake after this chapter. If any other word is wrote bad, let me know to improve more my writing.

SPOILER ALERT!: It is possible to find some references to the One Piece Live Action Series. If you don't want to be spoiled, I recommend you not read this chapter yet.

Now, let's begin the FIRST CHAPTER!

All rights are deserved for their own creators. One Piece is a creation of Eiichirō Oda and RWBY series is a creation of Mounty Oum.

Chapter 1: Straw Hat and the Beacon proposal


Since ancient times, the civilization of the world of Remnant has been forged with different stories that tell myths and legends linked to magic, powerful gods, alternate worlds, and legendary heroes. These tales are normally seen as fictional stories that the inhabitants can enjoy reading and even have the motivation to make even their deepest dreams come true. But it is said that many of these stories are based on true events and that, at one time, magic ruled all Remnant. However, no man has come to prove any of these stories save one who, in his own words, wanted the world turned upside down. This man was known as Gold Roger, a pirate who attained everything the world has to offer.

Once upon a time, a mysterious person left all his treasures in an unknown location after developing an ancient civilization. This man gets the iconic title known as "Joy Boy." After that, the man disappeared from the history of Remnant, along with his real name. However, Gold Roger goes far away from all the known places of Remnant that were researched and discovers this magic treasure, which has been related in many versions in some fairy tales. This treasure was considered all the things that a person would have, and by this, his name was made: The One Piece. With this discovery, the pirate Gold Roger shows the world of Remnant that fairy tales are not only legends. This was such a big feat that the people gave him the title of "King of the Pirates." However, his highest point in his life did not last long. For an unknown reason, Gold Roger decided to surrender to the Navy, a military force with the objective of protect the seas in its people. With this, he was not recently sentenced to be executed. But before he left the world, one person asked about the location of the incredible and magical treasure. Then, in front of all the audience, Gold Roger gave everyone a speech that is still remembered in the current times: "My wealth and treasure? It can be yours if you want it! Search for it! I left everything in that one place."

After his execution and in the middle of the war between the big kingdoms, it begins another era that the world of Remnant will never forget: the great pirate era. Any person, huntsmen, soldiers, archaeologists, and students, leaves their normal lives to become pirates and goes to sail to find the most mysterious treasure called One Piece. Until now, this era is still enduring, and the treasure is waiting for the arrival of the next man who wants to make a change in the world.


PRESENT DAY

" Ever since I was a kid, Shanks would tell me fairy tales about pirates and their adventures. So, yeah, the sea's been calling... Well, not exactly calling, because I pretty much can't swim, but you get the idea. I'm setting out to follow my dream—to find the One Piece and become the King of the Pirates! All I need is a loyal crew. I think about ten men should do it," *SQUAWK* said. "Sorry, ten men and a bird." It's not going to be easy. There are a lot of Grimms that would try to eat us, big unexplored continents, and the ocean... it's pretty big and kind of dangerous. So, what do you say? "Are you with me?"

*SQUAWK!"

In the middle of the East Blue, a young man known as Monkey D. Luffy is traveling in a recently stolen boat from an Atlas ship. After defeating a rival pirate and helping a new friend and possible "enemy", he is trying to arrive at the continent of Vale. But being lonely is far from boring, so Luffy was trying to remember some fairy tales that he liked as a child, especially the one that traces the origins of the pirate era and how Gold Roger becomes an iconic character in history. However, because he did not have anyone to tell his story, he was talking with a seagull who had been on his boat for a long time. The worst part is that, after telling his story, the seagull left him and rejected Luffy's petition to have a first crew member, or maybe he knows that he will become an emergency food.

"Mutiny," Luffy said with a sigh. Then he lay in his boat while his stomach was growling so hard. He had a lot of food the last day when he saved the Schnee Company's ship, but in only one day, he ate all the food and his hunger returned. At that moment, Luffy sees a cloud in the form of a piece of meat. He rounds the cloud with his hands and tries to bite the imaginary food in the air. After a moment, he returns to his reality and then huffs. "I'm totally hungry!" Luffy spoke with a desperate tone.

At that moment, his hunger was killing him. Anything will be a solution for this, even his boat. However, he is not so dumb to destroy his own transportation, especially when he can not swim. But, at that second, an idea appeared in Luffy's head. Using his arm as a rod, he decides to try to catch anything from the sea. It was not necessary to straighten all his arms in the water, so it is going to be helpful to avoid being weak. Also, thanks to his devil fruit, he can resist more damage from fish's bite. So, with all of this in mind, Luffy puts his hand in the water and waits for anything to eat. "Ok, desperate times call for desperate measures; it's time to catch some fish from this vast sea!"


30 MIN LATER

"Why is it not functioning?!", Luffy exclaimed with a lot of fury. In all the time he was with his hand in the ocean, no fish or sea creature tried to bite his hand. Straw Hat is so dissipated, he only wants to eat something. All his hopes were going to be history when..."AAAAAGHHHH!... Huh? Wait a moment," Luffy said a little confused before realizing something important, "I GOT ONE!"

Quickly, Luffy begins to pull his hand back and tries not to be shot down by the creature. It is a big confrontation; Luffy is in danger of going to the water, but his determination and his hunger are not going to let this happen. "Hey! I'm the pirate who's going to eat you, not be your FOOD!", Luffy shouted. After some minutes of hard fighting, the rubber man catches his prey. He is so happy to finally have something to eat, and his saliva is falling from his mouth, but something is not normal. Of course, it was a kind of fish, but this one was black, had skeletal parts, and his fangs were so big...oh, no.

ROARRRG!

It turns out that Luffy's prey was a Gloomtrap, a shark-like Grimm that is normally known for devouring pirates who are about to die of starvation and complain about a lack of food. "AAAHHHH!", Luffy screams and tries to return his arm, but it is too late. The Gloomtrap pulls Luffy with a lot of force. The straw-hat man tries to grab his boat, so he does not lose a platform where he can stay. Then, the monster goes in circles, making poor Luffy want to puke. Sick of this torture, Luffy prepared his legs, then straightened them and kicked the Grimm shark, "Gum-Gum SPEAR!"

The Gloomtrap is destroyed by Luffy, but there is another problem: the boat cannot be STOP!

"WAAHHHHH! "Maybe I needed to stop this first!" Luffy tries to hold on to the boat that is being thrown across the water, when suddenly...

*CRASH!*

Atlas's small boat collided with a big rock, throwing Luffy away and putting him at the mercy of the water. This is the end of Straw Hat, Monkey D. Luffy?

*PAF*

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! … Huh?", Luffy opens his eyes slowly and realizes something: he is not drowning in the water. Instead, he is laying on the ground. Then he moves his gaze to discover where he is and who is watching him. Around him, many people were watching him, so worried because of the destruction of the boat. "Kid, are you okay?" a woman said.

"Honey, it's clearly not okay; she just hit that wall really hard," a man said.

"Hey! We don't have time for this. We must call a hospital," an old man said.

Then Luffy stands up so quickly, surprising the crowd. Then he walks around the street to recognize where he is. At that moment, he realizes where he is, and a big smile draws in his face. Straw Hat jumps with joy and says, "Yes!" "MY FIRST ISLAND!" Luffy shouted with a happy tone, accidentally scaring the people around him.

On the other side, the place where Straw Hat arrived is a small town with a large population. There are not only simple houses, but there are also different markets, stores, and restaurants. However, the most visible structure in the town is a big blue tower covered with power plant-shaped towers that might shoot cannons.

"I want to know what kind of food this place has!" Luffy said before being stopped by the worried people who saw him crash into the wall.

"Wait, boy. You just had an accident; you can't walk without any treatment," the old man said with a worried tone.

"Nah, I'm ok. I can support that. See you later", Luffy was going to leave the confused people until he realized something fast: "One second, what is this place?" Luffy asked.

The confused people see each other; how does this strange young man not know where he is? "Well, we are in Shell Town, of course." "You can check it on your scroll," the woman said.

Luffy sees the people along imaginary interrogation signs around his head. "Scroll? "What is that?"

"You know, a scroll. A holographic device that has a lot of functions: you can call anyone with it, check your social media, use it as an ID, and, in your case, check your location. It's an important thing that everyone in Remnant have along them," a man explained to Luffy, who was touching his forehead with his finger to try to think about that last piece of information.

"Hmm... nope, I don't have one, but who cares? I'm going to find some food, bye and thanks!", Luffy waves his hand goodbye as he makes his way into the city.

"What a weird guy", all the crowd said at the same time.


Luffy explores the city through its many fruit markets. While he is walking, a strong sound appears from his belly. Fortunately for him, before going on his trip around Remnant, an old friend gave him a lien card with some charged cash. Luffy goes to a pear stall and buys a big bag with which he can satisfy his hunger. Upon obtaining his precious food, Luffy thanks the store manager and decides to follow his path when a conversation between two merchants is heard by him.

"W-wait, Dennis, you're kidding me, no? The pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro, is under arrest?" a merchant with a white mustache called Durian said with a nervous tone.

"It's all true, Durian. One month ago, that demon was caught by the son of Captain Morgan, Helmeppo, and it's said that he is still tied up in the Navy's base," Dennis, who is a young adult with glasses, said.

"No way! But you think that Vale's council knows about this?", Durian asked.

"I don't think so. If they knew about this, that cruel Captain Morgan would not have continued his dictatorship in this town. I heard that some people decided to move on to other places in Vale because of him and his repulsive son," Dennis said.

"Take care of your words, Dennis! If he listens, you might be the next to be executed!", Durian said.

"Executed for what?"

"AHHHHHHHHH!", At that moment, Luffy was close to the nervous men who were shocked about his presence. "How long have you been here, boy?!", Durian asked.

"Not so much, but did you mention Roronoa Zoro, right?"

Both merchants became pale when they heard the name of the dangerous swordsman who came from the continent of Mistral: "Sorry, young man, but we don't know anything about Zoro. We were just talking about how our daily sales were, right, Dennis?"

"Of course, Durian. We were only having a conversation between friends," Dennis said with a nervous tone.

"Oh, well. Sorry for scaring you, buddies," Luffy said.

"D-don't worry, it was nothing bad," Durian said with a fake smile to hide his impression.

"Ok, with your permission, I'm heading to the Navy's base," Luffy said with a smile.

When the merchants heard that, they quickly got out of their stalls and tried to stop Luffy. "Are you crazy, man? That's not a safe place to go!", Dennis said.

"Why not? I've overheard your conversation, and I'm interested to know how strong that pirate hunter is", Luffy said.

"B-but it's a terrible idea! Roronoa Zoro is known as the man who chops up bounty like a bloodthirsty beast," Durian said with a scary tone.

"People say he's a demon in human form. If you want to take care of your life, you shouldn't go to see that monster!", Dennis said while he holds Luffy's shoulders.

Luffy stayed for a few minutes with a thinking expression. Then, he breaks free of her grip and runs away in the direction of the Navy's base, saying, "Nah, it may be only stories. Thanks for your help!", Luffy said, leaving the shocked merchants.

"Wait, kid, there is another thing you need to know: the captain of this island is a cruel man!" Durian tries to comment on this last message to Luffy, but he disappears so quickly. "He's dead, man."


On other place…

Near an impressive and big cliffside, there is a high complex of structures: a large and high tower with an intricate clockwork mechanism, a structure specifically designed for intercommunication, and a big castle in the middle of the complex. In group, all these form Beacon Academy, a place where many young people of Vale come to become Huntsmen, the defenders of Remnant from the danger of Grimm. There's only one day left until the beginning of the classes, and every teacher at the academy is preparing for that special moment. However, someone is going to do one last thing before the initiation. This middle-aged man is walking to a flying ship known as a Bullhead. He has a fair complexion, black eyebrows, thin brown eyes, and short silver hair. He is wearing an unzipped black suit, a dark green buttoned vest. a green shirt, and dark-green pants. Besides, he wears shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. While he is walking to Bullhead, he is drinking hot cocoa in a mug with the emblem of Beacon Academy. Also, he is walking along a black cane with golden gears. Along with him, a woman with light-blonde hair tied in a bun is following the man. She is wearing a white long-sleeved, pleated blouse that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist, a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black fading into brown stockings, black boots with bronze heels, and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside. Besides, the woman is wearing a thin, black riding crop with a simple black and purple design on the handle. "This is not the right moment, is the initiation of Beacon Academy, and we need to end the preparations. "Why do you need to go to that island?" the woman asked with a serious tone.

"I know that we have more tasks to do this day. Just only I have a premonition", Ozpin said with a relaxed tone.

"A premonition about what?", Glynda asked.

"About someone who is going to have an important paper in this world," Ozpin said.

"Wait, you're not talking about Miss Rose, are you?", Glynda said.

"In this case, I want to show you about who I'm talking about Miss Goodwitch. Just wait that we arrive there", Ozpin said.

Glynda Goodwitch sighs and enters the Bullhead with Ozpin. "Did I tell you I don't like when you become so enigmatic?"

"Of course, a lot of times".


Navy's base N°153 - Big Door

After a long journey, Luffy finally reached the Navy's base, which was a blue-armored structure and highly armed in case of enemy attacks. In addition, in front of the young pirate, there was a huge metal door with the logo of the navy, which has the design of a seagull on top of two half-moons and the word "Marine" below. "Hmmm, if I were a navy prisoner, where could I go?" Luffy said he was trying to find the place where Zoro would be caught. At that moment, Straw Hat saw a big wall of gray bricks. Being so curious, the rubber man climbs the wall to see what is on the other side. There, a man with green hair, a tan complexion, a white shirt, green dark pants, a dark hood on his head, and a green haramaki is crucified with tied-up ropes around his extremities. Also, the man looks so tired, and, in some parts of his body, there are some injuries with some blood splattered.

"Wow, so you're the famous Roronoa Zoro!" Luffy said while he tried to climb where the injured swordsman was tied up.

Zoro wakes up and turns his gaze to the rubber man who tries to come near him. "Huh? Who are you? As for your information, I was having a great rest. Don't annoy me and get out of here, stranger," Zoro said with an intimidating gaze.

Even with that warning, Luffy still has the idea of approaching him. Suddenly, a ladder appeared next to Straw Hat, and a girl started climbing up through it. When she was at the top, the girl looked at Luffy and put her finger near her mouth to try to communicate that she must be quiet. After that, the girl checks the zone to see if any other person is rounding around the place, and then she throws a rope and goes through it with a bag in her hands. Finally, the child runs to the tied swordsman, "What do you want, child?", Zoro asked.

"You must be hungry! I made you some rice balls!", the little girl said, smiling at the green swordsman.

"Do you wanna get killed, pipsqueak? Scram!" The demon swordsman spoke with a serious tone.

However, even with these rude words, the little girl did not stop to try to give some food to the injured warrior. "You haven't eaten anything this whole time", the girl said while she opened the bag. Inside, there are two shiny white rice balls. These look so delicious that even Luffy, who is still watching the scene from the wall, seems to want to prove those dishes: "Here! This is my first time, but I worked really hard to make them!" the little girl said with a smile.

Zoro looks at the delicious rice balls, but despite their appearance, he rejects them, saying, "I ain't hungry! You're an eyesore! Get the hell out of here!", Zoro said with a serious tone.

"B-but …"

"I don't want'em! Don't make me kick your ass!", Zoro said to the little girl, who was a little sad about his answer.

"It's not nice to be a bully." At that moment, the door of the execution area is opened by three men. Two of them are marines, but the man in the center is an average-sized young man with a confident expression. He has a fair complexion and has blond hair in a mushroom style. The man is wearing a flashy leisure purple suit and a rubber-band ring on his left hand, "Hehehehe, you seem surprisingly well, Roronoa Zoro".

While this happens, Luffy watches the scene with a confused expression, saying, "Now there's another weird guy!"

"Oh, those are some tasty-looking rice balls," the young fancy man said before snatching one of the balls of rice and eating them in one bite.

"Stop!" the little girl said.

Immediately, his expression changed to an unpleasant one, and then he spit the food on the ground. "Too damn sweet! These're full of sugar! You're supposed to use salt in rice balls!" the man shouted to the little girl.

"But I thought they might taste better sweet..." The girl couldn't explain because the blond, grumpy man took her last ball of rice, threw it to the ground, and stomped on it with his boot. Luffy's expression changed so fast to an angry one; that girl only wanted to help, and the man who is supposed to be part of an organization that wants to protect the peace is mistreating her. Maybe he is a pirate, but he has principles. After seeing her food destroyed, some tears appeared in the little girl's eyes.

"And I worked so hard to make those..." the little girl said with a sad tone, while the long-haired man took a paper from his jacket.

"Did you not read this notice? Those who help criminals will be executed! Navy Captain Morgan", the man said, while the girl gasped with fairness because that man is in charge on the island. "Hehehehe, looks like even little brats know how scary my dad is!", the man said with a lot of confidence.

"Dad? Hmmm, so that stupid is the son of the captain in charge," Luffy said from the wall.

Helmeppo turns his gaze to one of these soldiers and says, "Hey you, throw this kid out."

"Huh?" the soldier replied, surprised by this petition.

Because of the soldier's doubts, the blond-haired man grabs his uniform and looks at him with an intimidating gaze. "I said throw her over the wall! Or can you not follow my orders?! "Don't make me tell my dad!"

"Y-yes sir, right away!", At that moment, the soldier comes to the child and grabs her. The little girl is so scared, but before being launched, the soldier comes to her ear and gives her some advice, "I-I'm sorry, little girl. Curl yourself into a ball."

The girl is launched by the soldier through the sky and screams with horror. At that moment, Luffy stretches his body and catches the girl to avoid her getting hurt by the fall. "Are you ok?" Luffy asked.

"Y-yup, thanks".

Meanwhile, Zoro is seeing Captain Morgan's son with a lot of hate because he just ordered him to hurt a little girl, "Damn you", Zoro said while the blond-haired man was laughing evilly.

"You sure are stubborn about staying alive," Helmeppo said.

"Yeah! I will live the full month!", Zoro said.

"Well, good luck for that," the evil blond-haired man said while he and the soldiers went out of the execution area.

"Ten days left, you know!" Zoro exclaimed.

"Assuming you can live that long," Helmeppo said while laughing.

Zoro turns his gaze down and lets out a sigh. Suddenly, he saw a shadow coming to him and looked at his owner. Luffy is in his seat with a big, confident smile. "I hear you're a bad guy," Luffy said.

"Are you still here?", Zoro said.

"Being stuck out here for all to see...are you really strong at all?" Luffy asked.

"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!" Zoro exclaimed.

Luffy approaches the tired swordsman and says, "If it were me, I'd probably starve to death in three days!" Straw Hat said while he put his right hand on his hat.

"I've got more spirit than you. I will live through this...I swear it!", Zoro said with a confident tone.

Luffy gives a smile before returning to the other side of the wall. "What a strange person!", the rubber man said. The young pirate is getting out of the crucifixion yard when…

"Wait!" Luffy stops walking and turns his gaze to Zoro.

"Huh?" Luffy spoke with a confused tone.

Then, Zoro looks at the stomped ball of rice before giving Luffy a petition, "Could you pick up for me?".

At that moment, Luffy is looking at Zoro with a confused gaze, "You're gonna eat this? It's mostly a mud ball now", Luffy said.

"JUST SHUT UP AND GIVE IT HERE!", Zoro replied.

With some doubt, Luffy throws the "mud ball" into Zoro's mouth. The swordsman bites it many times before coughing so strongly.

"Look, I told you," Luffy said. However, the expression of Zoro was not awful; it was more comfortable and seemed to feel better.

"It tastes good; thanks for the food", Zoro said with a calm tone. Then, Luffy returns to his path while he thinks about something."I knew it! That man is not a complete demon. Yeah, it's so rude, but it's really cool."


The Bullhead of Beacon's Academy just arrived in the landing area of Shells Town. At that moment, the pilot opens the vehicle to let Ozpin and Glynda get out of it.

"Now that we are here, can you explain to me the reason for visiting this island?" Glynda asked.

Ozpin turns his gaze to the Navy's base and says, "Well, Miss Goodwitch, have you ever heard about our connection between us and the Navy?"

"Of course, sir. It is well known that the Navy functions in multiple parts of the world, except in the four potential kingdoms, which include Vale between them. The reason that the Navy's base is on Vale's Island is that it only has permission to protect our frontiers," Glynda said.

"That's correct. But there's always a thing that the government of Vale needs to know: These bases need to be often checked, especially to test the efficiency of the branch," Ozpin said while he drinks his mug of black chocolate.

"So, that means…"

"It has been a long time since this Navy base had an evaluation.I'm not the right person to do this job, but it could be useful to visit this base to see how we are working these marines.".


"Wow! So that is why Zoro is stuck in that problem," Luffy said with a drawn-out smile on his face. After giving the "mud" of rice to the swordsman, Luffy decided to accompany the little girl to her home. During this time, the girl, whose name is Rika, explained why Zoro is trying to survive an entire month in the crucifixion yard. At that time, she was helping her mom in the restaurant, the Food Foo, where they both live, when Captain Morgan's son, Helmeppo, entered the restaurant with a huge and ferocious wolf. The animal was caught by Captain Morgan, and, as a funny thing, he gifted it to Helmeppo as his pet. The wolf was scaring all the customers, but Rika decided to drive the wolf away with a broomstick. Unfortunately, the animal attacked her and would be her end if Zoro did not kill the monster with his three katanas. The pirate hunter confronted Helmeppo, but the miserable man threatened to execute Rika and her mom if he did not surrender. Then, Zoro gives him a proposal to resist for one month tied up in a cross. If he resists, Helmeppo will leave Rika, her mother, and him.

"Yes, it's been three weeks since then. Helmeppo punches and kicks him while he's tied up! I- I", Rika begins to cry because, inside her mind, she was thinking she indirectly is responsible for Zoro's punishment.

*CRACK*

Something sounded inside the Food Foo restaurant. Quickly, Luffy and Rika come to research the origin of the disturbance. When they get there, they see Helmeppo, who is there with two soldiers, putting his food on the table and destroying some fruit that was on there. "I'm hungry! Let us all eat for free! Quick dawdling! Hurry it up!" Helmeppo said it with arrogance.

Rika's mom goes for a wine bottle and gives it to Helmeppo while he is laughing, saying, "I've been bored lately, so I've decided to execute Zoro tomorrow. Look forward to it!"

After that announcement, Helmeppo laughs harder while Luffy watches him with a lot of courage. Zoro accepted being trapped by questions of honor, and now this stupid person is trying to break his promise to kill him the next day. With all of this, Luffy approaches Helmeppo so fast that he later punches him strongly in the face. "W-what the hell're you doing?!" Helmeppo exclaimed.

Luffy was going to punch Helmeppo again, but he is stopped by Rika, "Luffy! Please stop!".

"This guy is scum!" Luffy said it with an angry tone.

"Y-you hit me! I'm Captain Morgan's son, you know!" Helmeppo said it with a nervous tone.

"SO WHAT?!" Luffy shouted.

"I'm gonna tell my dad and he's gonna execute you!", Helmeppo exclaimed.

"FIGHT ME YOURSELF!", Luffy said.

"Please, Luffy, calm down. If you continue, they might arrest you too in the Navy's base!", Rika said with some tears in her eyes.

"I've made me up my mind, Rika. I'm… going to take Zoro join my crew!" With those words, Helmeppo and his soldiers get out and run away to the Navy's base.

Meanwhile, a young woman is watching what is happening at one of the restaurant's tables. She has a fair complexion, brown eyes, and short orange hair. She wears a blue-strayed white t-shirt, a trademark orange miniskirt with two white rings on each side, and dark brown boots. While Helmeppo and his guards got away from the restaurant, the woman left her table and discreetly followed them.


Outside…

Helmeppo and his soldiers are running through the streets when suddenly a baton hits one of the marines without the rest noticing. The orange-haired girl drags the guard into an alley and then takes off his uniform. Moments later, the girl is on her way to Helmeppo with his other guard, wearing the clothes she stole. "What are you doing, my idiot? This is important Navy business, and you're lagging behind!" Helmeppo said as he grabbed his sore cheek.

"Sorry, sir. I promise that this will not repeat!", the girl said, imitating a man's voice.


Navy's base N°153

Ozpin and Glynda are in front of the giant door of the Navy. It's been thirty minutes since they knocked to check on the work of the marines on the island, but nobody responded. "This is unacceptable, if the Navy were doing a good job, at least they need to have troops who receive any citizen. Where is everybody?", Glynda commented while she adjusted her glasses.

"I agree with you, Miss Goodwitch, something is not right around here," Ozpin said.

At that moment, Helmeppo and his two soldiers arrive at the door and knock on it with a lot of punches, saying, "Listen, losers! Let me in! I need to see my father, NOW!". After that high scream of Helmeppo, the big door is finally opened by the soldiers. Then, Helmeppo passes immediately without noticing the presence of Ozpin and Glynda who were shocked by the behavior of the blond-haired man.

When the soldiers were going to close the door, Ozpin and Glynda approached them. "Excuse me, gentlemen, I'm Professor Ozpin, director of Beacon's Academy. We came to check if all is well in your base. Is anything wrong?" Ozpin asked.

The soldier turns his back to check if Helmeppo is still nearby. Then he returned his gaze to Ozpin, "S-sorry, Mr. Ozpin, but this is not a right moment to talk. We will thank you if you return later; we need to announce your arrival to Captain Morgan", the soldier said before closing the big door.

"Well, it seems that my suspicion is right," Ozpin said.

"Those soldiers are not doing their work as protectors of this island. We must..." At that moment, Glynda stopped to talk because he saw a young man with a straw hat stretching his arms to the wall of the Navy's base. Then, Luffy climbs over the wall to the execution area. Goodwitch was shocked by Luffy's power because of his rubber body. Otherwise, Ozpin watched the scene calmly while he drank his mug of black chocolate. "Actually, Glynda, maybe we are going to an unusual help," Ozpin said while he drank again from his mug, and Glynda gave him a serious gaze.

After this moment, Rika arrives at the Navy's base gasping because of his running. Both professors of Beacon's Academy detect her arrival and approach her to research what is going on, "Excuse me, little girl, do you know what is happening here?", Glynda asked Rika who is recovering her breath.

"H-he needs help; he's in serious danger", Rika said.

"Stay calm, little girl; who needs help?" Ozpin asked.

" is gonna be executed!"


Inside the top of the Navy's base, there is the principal office, where the captain has the task of commanding the marines and protecting the frontier of the Vale. Just the people who have special permissions from the kingdoms, such as the academy's students, licensed huntsmen, soldiers, or important diplomats, can pass directly to Vale's City. However, in the case of the rest of the foreigners, they must pass through Vale's islands as Shells Town and get permission to enter Vale. Obviously, people who do not care are commonly pirates, so that is where the marines appeared to defend Vale from pirates—or that is supposed to happen because, at this time, the major threat is the same marines, especially with Morgan as captain. Currently, he is sitting at his desk, smoking a cigarette, and looking out over the vast ocean from a distance. The captain is a tall, muscular man with tanned skin, blonde hair, a well-defined face, and a steel jaw etched with the word "Möwe". The man wears a large, sleeveless, ornate overcoat that is given to the marines of high rank, a black sleeveless shirt that shows the muscles of his chest, and striped pants with a pattern reminiscent of the Navy's base design. Finally, the most notable characteristic of Morgan is a huge metallic axe with a system to shoot dust through its point. This weapon is replacing Morgan's right hand, which is stuck in his bones. "I am...GREAT!", Morgan said to a marine soldier who was in the entry of the office.


Axe-Hand, Morgan – Captain of the Navy


"Yes! You're exactly right, Captain Morgan, sir!", the marine replies with a military salutation.

"But hasn't tribute to me been a bit lacking lately?", Morgan said with a serious tone.

"W-Well, the citizens' wallets do have their limits…", the soldier replied.

"The issue is the level of respect for me. Wouldn't you agree?", Morgan said while he smoked.

*PAF*

Suddenly, Helmeppo opens the door of the office while he rubs his cheek where Luffy punched him, saying, "Dad! There's someone I want you to slaughter!".


(EYE CATCH: ZORO AND YANG)

Yang destroys many Beowolves around herself. Then, Zoro appeared, cutting more of them, receiving thumbs up from Yang.


(EYE CATCH: LUFFY AND RUBY)

Ruby is going to eat her delicious cookies when Luffy appears and eats all of them in one bite. After this, the red hooded girl chases Luffy furiously while he laughs.


Navy's base N°153 – Crucifixion Yard

Zoro is resting under the shiny sun of Remnant. For three weeks, he was living a slave life, being punched, kicked, or spit out, but even through all these tortures, he did not complain, and his spirit still had the same strength as always. However, that does not mean that he was enjoying all this mistreatment. In his mind, he was thinking in another promise that he had made in the past. When he was a kid, he still remembered how many times he tried to defeat his friend, Kuina, who was his rival and a skilled swordswoman. At that moment, Zoro realized that someone is watching him. "You again, you have too much time free," Zoro commented when he discovered Luffy watching him with a confident smile. However, the thing that the pirate hunter did not know is that Straw Hat has different plans for him.

"I'm going to untie the ropes, and you will become my comrade," Luffy said.

"What did you say?", Zoro asked with a confused tone.

"I'm looking for people to join my pirate crew," Luffy said. At that moment, the swordsman has no words about what is happening. From nothing, the man who met him for two hours is near him again and is proposing to liberate him if he becomes a pirate and becomes a part of his crew.

"I refuse! You want me to be a bad guy?", the swordsman exclaimed.

Meanwhile, Ozpin, Glynda, and Rika arrived quietly at the Navy's base, and, currently, they are hearing all the conversation between Luffy and Zoro through the grids of the execution area. "So, it's him?" Ozpin asked Rika.

"Yes, that man is Mr. Zoro, and the boy with the straw hat is Luffy. He's a friend that I just made when I was launched to the other side of the wall. He saved me with his weird power," Rika explained.

Glynda adjusts her glasses while she hears about how the rubber man wants to convince Zoro to become a pirate. "Sorry, but I don't know what I can think about this situation. For one thing, I'm so angry that you, little girl, and the rest of the citizens of this town were living in dictatorship for long months. This is unacceptable for the Navy. But, I can't totally defend that guy. Roronoa Zoro is known as a dangerous young man who creates chaos wherever he is implied, and Monkey D. Luffy is not so different. Two days ago, he entered into a transportation of Atlas without any permission, and he recognized that he wanted to become a pirate, an other definiton of criminal. "I don't respect the acts of the Marines, but those people are not exactly innocent," Glynda commented with a serious tone.

"Of course, they have done questionable actions around these days, but you need to confess that his objectives have a kind of pure valor, especially from the young Luffy", Ozpin said.

"What are you trying to say, Ozpin?", Glynda asked.

"Glynda, you are watching your answer to a previous question that you answered. The man who is going to have an important paper in our story."

Glynda's eyes were disturbed a little because Ozpin revealed that the guy he was looking for was a pirate.

"Hey, what's wrong with being a pirate?" Luffy asked with a serious expression.

"Pirates are scum. Who would want to be one?", Zoro said.

"Does it matter? You're known as an evil pirate hunter", Luffy said with a smile in his face.

"I don't care about what society says. I've never regretted doing anything", Zoro said with a confident smile, while maintaining his gaze on the smiling young man. "I will survive and do what I want to do!", Zoro said with a big feeling of pride.

"Huh? Is that so? …. But I've already decided that you will be part of my crew!", Luffy said with his crossed-arms and an innocent smile.

"You can't decide that by yourself!", Zoro exclaimed.

"You use a sword, right?" Luffy asked.

"Yeah..., but that stupid son took them", Zoro said while he turned his gaze down. Even if he decided to be in that situation, he would be lying if he said that he did not miss his katanas, especially the white one, which has more special memories.

Luckily, Straw Hat really wants to help his "new" crewmate. So, without thinking at all, he made a proposal with which Zoro would never disagree. "Well, man, I'll go get it for you. "So, when I return your sword, you will become my comrade!" Luffy said with a confident smile.

"YOU REALLY ARE DENSE!", Zoro exclaimed again because he was so sick of the insistence of the rubber man. However, even with his complaints, Luffy goes away happily to the Navy's base because he will save his new comrade and possible friend. At that moment, Zoro is a little surprised because Luffy is going to try to recover his sword without any help, and there are many marines who will stop him. "Is he going to attack the base by himself?", Zoro thinks before realizing that Straw Hat is going to the wrong way, "You idiot! The base is the other way! Not over there."

Luffy heard Zoro's indications and decided to use his rubber arms to impulse himself to the Navy's base, "Gum-gum Rocket!".

At that moment, Zoro sees how strangely Luffy moves. He is trying to realize what happened with his arms without having any idea about his power, "That guy … What the hell is he?" Zoro still watching the way Luffy was last seen without having any idea of any other presence that is near him. The pirate hunter realizes this and turns his gaze to find a silver-haired man drinking a delicious black chocolate near him with a cane in his other hand.

"So, you're the famous pirate hunter, Roronoa Zoro", Ozpin said while he approached the confused green-haired man with his cane.

"Who the hell are you? How did you get into this place?!", Zoro exclaimed.

"I really want to answer you, Zoro, but we don't have enough time, or I need to say, you're who don't have time", Ozpin said.

"Wait, what are you trying to say?"


Navy's base N°153 – Rooftop

Many soldiers try to lift a large marble statue of Captain Morgan while he watches over them, so they don't make any kind of mistake. On the other hand, Helmeppo desperately tries to get the attention of his father, who is more concerned with his own image than with him, "Dad! Why aren't you want to get revenge?! The guy hit me! Not even you've ever hit me in the face!", Helmeppo complained, trying to convince his father to fulfill his whim.

"Do you know why I've never hit you before?", Morgan said in a serious tone.

"Eh? Because you think I'm…"

"Yes, because you're…"

*POOOOWWWW!"

"… a stupid son who isn't ever worth hitting!", Captain Morgan, with his only arm, punched Helmeppo in the face, making him fall to the floor of the rooftop and with more pain than when Luffy punched him at the restaurant. "Don' get the wrong idea!", the axe-hand marine said while he approached with an intimidating face. Morgan then uses his huge ax to lift Helmeppo up from his expensive shirt, causing him to cry in terror of his father. "Your dad It's the only who is great! Me!", the evil captain said, while he threw his repulsive son to the floor again. "Which reminds me, I hear a rat snuck into the crucifixion yard."

Helmeppo's eyes shot out when he heard his father asking about Rika's whereabouts, "I-I-If you mean that pipsqueak, I made sure she was deal with…"

"You killed her, I hope?", Captain Morgan said.

At that moment, Helmeppo was totally shocked. Of course, he's still thinking that the little girl is totally an annoyance, but killing her sounds like an extreme idea. "N-No! I mean, she was just a little kid…"

Hearing this, Morgan turns his gaze to one of the marines and says, "Lieutenant! Go into town and exterminate her!", the captain ordered.

"Y-You can't be serious! She's just a little girl! I can't in good conscience…", the Lieutenant exclaimed with a surprised tone because of Morgan's insane petition.

"Anyone who disobeys my orders is a traitor, even little brats," the axe-handed captain said while he approached the soldier.

"But… I can't do it!", the soldier replied with a serious tone. With this answer, Morgan turns to him with an angry expression and hits the lieutenant's head with his big axe.

"Lieutenant!", the rest of the marines exclaimed with a surprised tone.

While this happens, Helmeppo is so shocked about the action of his father, "Y-You didn't have to go so far!", the son of the captain commented while he saw the lieutenant with blood in his face.

"It was my strength that I rose to my rank of captain!", Morgan said while he showed his powerful Pride Axe to their squad, who were intimidated by his rude behavior. "Listen! In this world, titles mean everything! That means that I, the captain and the highest-ranking officer at this base, am the most superior person here! "So, everything I do is right!" the captain explained.

"ISN'T THAT RIGHT, YOU GUYS?!"

"YES, SIR. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!", the soldiers answer with a military greeting.

"The kid's death can wait for now", Morgan turns his gaze to his big statue of himself with a lot of pride, "Observe! This is the symbol of my authority, which took many years to finally complete! Now stand it up!"

All the soldiers begin to pull the statue except one, who approaches Captain Morgan, "Hey you! Why are you not pulling?!", Morgan exclaimed.

"W-Well, there is something important that I need to tell you, sir. When your son entered the base, we had an encounter with the director of Beacon Academy, Ozpin. He's here because he wants to check our work," the soldier said.

"And now you tell me?!", Morgan said, totally angry, before punches his soldier.

"You begin to pull quickly! Then, we are going to see Ozpin. He has connections with the Vale's council. If he finds out about my actions on this island, it will be the end of my career, and I will not allow that!", Captain Morgan said while threatening the marines with his axe.


Navy's base N°153 – Captain Morgan's office

In the entry of the captain's office, two marines are in a surveillance position. In that, the girl with the orange hairstyle, who was still disguised as a marine soldier, approaches the office door. Seeing this, the soldiers grab their sabers because she had never been seen in the barracks and ask, "Who are you? I don't recognize your face," the soldier said.

"M-me? I was recently assigned to this branch. Besides, Captain Morgan told me to enter his office to take some important documents," the young woman said, trying to cover her nervous tone.

"If that's true, give me your scroll to check your Navy license," the other soldier said with a serious tone.

"S-sure, let's wait a second; I only just..."

*POW!* *PAFF!*

Immediately, the orange-haired woman take out her cane and knock down the soldiers. Then she tied them and entered Captain Morgan's office. Inside, she begins to check the entire place to see if the device that she wanted. "Come on, where is it?" At that moment, the girl sees a curious decoration on the wall: two large axes crossed over each other. She inspects it, and pushing one of the axes opens a secret door in one of the walls, revealing a safe that can only be opened by entering a digital password. "Great, more work."


Navy's base N°153 - Low level

Meanwhile, the sounds of the soldiers, who are standing up Morgan's statue, are being heard from a distance, and Luffy finally arrives in the base. At that moment, Straw Hat checks the area to find if any marine is near, "That's weird, there's no one here… I gotta find that stupid son and get Zoro's sword back".

"Pull, pull!", Suddenly, the rubber man looks towards the terrace to see that all the soldiers are working to raise a big statue.

The marines are using all their strength and trying to be careful not to damage the statue because they do not want to see Morgan's fury. However, it is simpler to say it than to do it. In a unfortunate situation, a tired soldier leaves for a second, a rope and lets the statue hit the tower in the base. The man is sweating a lot for his mistake while, at his back, the captain is watching with a terrible gaze, "You, there! You bumped it, didn't you?"

"I-I'm sorry, sir! I was careless!", the soldier exclaimed with a panicked tone.

"I told you to think of this statue as me! The slightest scratch or speck of dirt is treachery against me!", Morgan was going to punish the marine when…

"GUM GUM ROCKET!", Luffy stretched his arm to get to the rooftop, but unfortunately, he was launched so much higher than he went to the sky. "I JUMPED SO FAR!".

The soldiers were shocked by the presence of Straw Hat. "What is that?!", a soldier exclaimed.

"It flew from below!", another marine said.

The rubber man was going to get launched to another place. So, he had the idea to grab one of the ropes that was being used by the soldiers to avoid this. "I stopped!" However, doing this caused the statue to fall so hard to the floor and then be destroyed by the impact. The soldiers and Helmeppo were feeling a lot of fear when this happened because of Captain Morgan's possible reaction. …

"Hehe, sorry?", Luffy said, trying to soften the critic's situation.

"CATCH HIM! I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!, Morgan ordered with a big, furious expression, pointing his axe to Luffy's neck.

"YES, SIR. RIGHT AWAY!", the marines said at the same time.

While this happens, Helmeppo realizes the identity of the inspired visitor and points to him with his finger, "Dad! That's him! He's the guy who hit me!"

At that moment, Luffy finally recognizes Helmeppo and comes to him so fast for bad luck of the captain's son, "Oh! It's you! I've been looking for you. Come with me! There's something I want you to give back". After this, Luffy takes Helmeppo and runs to the inside while the scary blond-haired man tries to liberate himself.

"AFTER HIM! DON'T LET ESCAPE!", Morgan ordered.

However, the problems are not coming to an end, "Captain, there are three people in the crucifixion yard!".

Morgan goes to check on the identity of the intruders. At that moment, he sees Rika trying to liberate Zoro from the cross. But the most surprising thing is the presence of two known figures. Along with the girl, there are Ozpin and Glynda who are supervising the liberation of the man. Seeing this, Captain Morgan's face gets some tears of sweat because if Ozpin is there, it is because he already knows about his illicit actions in Shells Town. However, even if Ozpin has an important reputation, he is liberating one of his prisoners. So, he decided to maintain his own honor and go there to confront Ozpin. "You know what, I don't care anymore. I'm the captain, and no one, even a famous director, is going to end my reputation!", Morgan said before going with the rest of his squad to the yard.


Navy's base N°153 – Inside the base

Luffy is running through the hallways with Helmeppo while the marines are trying to chase him. "Where's Zoro's sword?", Luffy asked Morgan's son.

"I'LL TELL YOU! I'LL TELL YOU! JUST STOP DRAGGING ME!", Helmeppo said with tears in his eyes.

Luffy stopped running and punched Helmeppo's face, "Alright, tell".

"In my room, we just passed it," the captain's son said with a tired tone.

"What? Why didn't you say that? Now we've gotta go back", Luffy said.

At that moment, the soldiers manage to get to Luffy and point their dust rifles at him, saying, "Freeze! Let Mr. Helmeppo go!"

"No", At that moment, Luffy picks up Helmeppo and puts him in front of him. "Go ahead and shoot if you dare!"

"AAAAAHHHHHHH! NO, DON'T!", Helmeppo screamed before being used as a human shield by Luffy and avoiding the soldier's attack.


Navy's base N°153 – Crucifixion Yard

"Come on, little, you don't need to liberate him. He's a dangerous man, and we don't know if we can trust him", Glynda said while Rika is trying to liberate Zoro.

"Sorry, but I can't take this anymore." Since those bad guys from the Marines appeared, everyone on this island can't live in peace, and this has caused some Grimm to come here. The worst part is they don't care of that, and now I don't want to let this happen anymore," Rika said.

"Wait! You're telling me that stupid man was not going to respect the agreement, Zoro exclaimed.

"You need to believe me. Luffy and I were in my mom's restaurant when that horrible man told everyone that he was going to execute you tomorrow", Rika said.

"Huh? that guy was with you?", Zoro asked.

"Yeah, and then he punched Helmeppo because of that," Rika said.

Zoro does not know how to feel. At first, he feels angry because of Helmeppo's lie, but in other ways, he is confused about why, without knowing him, the rubber man wants to help him and try to recruit him to his crew.

At that moment, Ozpin comes to him with his cane and says, "You know, young Zoro, hearing about all of what happened, it seems that you got the interest of the young Monkey to come with him."

"What are you trying to say?" Of course, I feel thankful that he wants to save me, but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna join him. Being in a pirate crew is not a plan that I have. I prefer to fight alone. On the other side, I don't think you're the right man to talk about this", Zoro replied with a serious gaze.

"Of course, but that doesn't mean that I don't have experience with this kind of thing," Ozpin said.

"What?"

"You know, pirates and huntsmen are not so different if we talk about aspects of teamwork. Both travel to many places and face many challenges in groups. Of course, it exist cases of pirate crews that only take care of themselves but eventually perish in the seas. However, when a crew is constantly worried about each other, their bonds become strong, and those pirates will prevail for a long time. With this, I don't try to recommend you to join in a pirate crew, but I can say that, at the same time that Luffy can save you, you can save him." At that moment, Zoro stayed looking at the sky while reflecting on what Ozpin was trying to say to him.

"END OF THE LINE!", Everyone turns their gaze to see Captain Morgan and some marines pointing at them. "Ozpin, what are you thinking to do with my prisoner?!".


After some minutes, Luffy finally arrived in the floor where is Helmeppo's room. Its door was too easy to localize because it has a Hawaiian decoration on it. Straw Hat was getting there, when…

*PAF*

The rubber man, with Helmeppo in his arm, hit another person. After the collision, Luffy kneads his head while Helmeppo's eyes swirl. At that moment, the person who shocked him stands up and looks at him so angry. It is a girl with a marine uniform, "Watch where you walk! Do you have any idea how much time I'm wasting?"

"Sorry! But I'm also hurrying; my new crewmate is waiting down", At that moment, Luffy realizes that the orange-haired woman is looking at something when he sees a strange holographic device near him. The man picks it up and tries to give it to the girl, saying, "Whatever, I think this is yours." Luffy stops when he realizes something about the marine uniform. "No way! More marines!" Quickly, he goes to Helmeppo's room and closes the door.

"HEY! GIVE ME MY SCROLL!", the girl said. At that moment, she takes a lock pick from one of her boots and tries to softly open the door.


Inside Helmeppo's room, one can witness a lot of expensive furniture and decorations, including gold-framed mirrors, a dressing table made of high-quality wood, precious jewelry, and a comfortable bed with soft fabrics. However, the objects that Luffy is more interested in are three sheathed swords: two black and one white. "Bingo!" Luffy exclaimed with a happy tone, "But there are three here. Hey, which is Zoro's sword?", the rubber man asked a passed out Helmeppo. Obviously, he could not respond at that moment.

However, not all are solved, because the orange-haired woman entered the room and, with her cane, hit Luffy's head at his behind, saying, "Hey! What's wrong with you?" Luffy exclaimed.

"You took my scroll from me, now give me it back!", the girl said.

Luffy takes Helmeppo again and says, "Hey, working with her doesn't scare you?"

"W-What are you saying? I've recently seen her", Helmeppo said before returning to pass out.

With this answer, Luffy takes the scroll to see what the girl wanted, "Wait a minute, this device has a map!" Then, the rubber man analyzes more and realizes what it is about that map, "And it's not another map, it shows the Grand Line!"

"Yes, stupid, I stole that map because normally, to get access to that information, it is necessary to have the permission of a kingdom or a world government's organization." I got the chip and inserted it into my scroll. "Now, give me back to me!" The orange-haired girl exclaimed

Straw Hat sees the map and then draws and smiles, "Wow, I'm impressed. You've stolen a map from a Navy base."

"Thanks, but I don't want your compliments, I only want to return my map and leave this island", the girl said.

"Actually, I have other proposals; I give you the map… and you join my crew," Luffy said with a smile.

The young girl sees Luffy for some minutes before taking his cane and points to him, saying, "I only want to clarify something, I don't want to join to your or any pirate crew. I hate pirates."

"Well, that's because you didn't know me yet.", Luffy said.

"Whatever, I say no, and that's it," the orange-haired woman said.

"Well, in that case, I still need this map, because after this, I plan to go to the Grand Line and find the One Piece!" Luffy said it with emotion.

"Huh! As I supposed, you want the map because of a stupid treasure that is not real," the young girl said.

At that moment, Luffy realizes what is happening in the window. He approaches it and sees Captain Morgan and many soldiers pointing to Zoro and Rika. On the other side, he notes the presence of a silver-haired man and a woman with a wrist. "Zoro! Rika! and … who are those guys?"

The problems do not stop appearing because, from the door of Helmeppo's room, there are many steps. The marines are coming!

"Ok, now we don't have time!" Luffy grabs Zoro's swords, and the orange-haired woman who was shocked about Luffy's action says, "Ready?"

"Hey, what are you going to do?!", the woman exclaimed.


Navy's base N°153 – Crucifixion Yard

Captain Morgan and his soldiers have surrounded Zoro, Rika, Ozpin, and Glynda, this being the one who is too upset with the actions of the head of the Marine division, "Captain Morgan, what do you think you're doing? The council will never accept this type of abuse. This is still our kingdom, and you know the rules!", Goodwitch exclaimed.

"Of course, I know. That stupid law that the World Government gave to the four biggest nations of the Remnant after your stupid war. The World Government and his institutions can't do anything in those kingdoms unless they give special permission...," Morgan approaches the professor and points him with his axe,"but I still think that the Navy and the World have more power than the four kingdoms."

Ozpin approaches Morgan with his cane and says, "Excuse me, Captain, but I need to refuse. Of course, the World Government still has authorities in multiple parts of Remnant, but there are always parts where you need to respect diplomacy. Besides, in Vale, we must avoid any military force hanging around here because we want to avoid Grimm presence. So, I want to ask you to stop mistreating the people of this town. No more executions and no more tributes for you. Do your work as their protector, because in this place the most valuable thing is life."

"Yeah, that's why you're helping criminals." If I were you, I would forget this and return to that academy on that crappy cliffside," Morgan said, pointing to the Navy's tower, showing that it has a lot of vigilance cameras. "As you see, I have all your actions recorded. So, if you don't want to ruin your reputation, I recommend desisting and leaving me this island in my charge."

Zoro directs his gaze to Morgan with an angry expression, saying, "I've always fought alone. Unlike arrogant bastards like you who use soldiers as cronies!".

"Roronoa Zoro … Don't you dare underestimate me!", With that answer, Morgan points his axe-cannon to the swordsman and says, "You may be strong, but before my authority, you're as good as scum! AIM!"

The soldiers pointed at Zoro, Ozpin, Glynda, and Rika, with their rifles. Glynda tries to calm Rika who is getting tears for the fear, while, even with the situation, Ozpin is still calm and is drinking more black chocolate. On the other side, the pirate hunter is in shock because of the critic's situation, "I… can't afford to die here!"

"GUM- GUM ROCKET!"

"FIRE!"

"WAAHHHH!"

At that moment, Luffy breaks the window with his body while he brings the orange-haired girl in his other arm, who was so scared to fall. The marines are in formation and are ready to kill Zoro.

"Sorry, but you need to roll on the ground once I arrive," Luffy said.

"WHAT?!"

Luffy landed and left the girl rolling on the ground at the same time when…

*BANG!"

"WHAT ARE YOU?!", Zoro exclaimed.

"LUFFY!", Rika screamed.

"NO WAY!", Glynda exclaimed.

"T-THIS IS A JOKE!", the orange-haired woman said.

"Hehehe, this guy has weird forms to make an entrance", Ozpin said with a relax tone.

Surprisingly, Luffy was not only intact, but the dust bullets that hit him bounced in his body and were returned to the soldiers, "That doesn't WORK!"

All the soldiers were surprised, even Morgan, "HAHAHAHAHA, I told you I was so strong!"


(EYE CATCH: USOPP AND BLAKE)

Usopp and Blake are walking when a big Borbatusk appears. Blake displays her Gambold Shroud to fight the monster, but Usopp turns invisible and runs away, making Blake sigh.


(EYE CATCH: SANJI AND WEISS)

Weiss is serving herself a cup of coffee when Sanji comes and serves her a delicious plate of food. She eats the dish and smiles at Sanji who has his eyes in the form of hearts.


Glynda, Rika, the orange-haired woman, and especially Zoro can't realize what just happened and why the body of Luffy was so weird, "W-What the hell are you?", Zoro asked with a nervous tone.

Luffy turns his gaze to Zoro with his thumbs up and a big smile, "I'm Monkey D. Luffy … The man who's gonna be the KING OF THE PIRATES!"

Everyone does not know what to think. This unusual boy who magically arrived from the sky is announcing something that, even the most madness people, would have carefully to say because the title of king of the pirates means to find a treasure that most people will consider impossible.

"W-What?! The King of the Pirates?! Do you even know what that means?!", Zoro replied.

"Don't you know what you're trying to say?", Glynda said with a serious tone.

"King of the Pirates is the king of the pirates! Are there other meaning?", Luffy said.

"That's amazing. I don't know what it is, but it sounds like something great," Rika said with a smile.

At that moment, Luffy turns to Ozpin and Glynda, "Whatever, who are you guys? I've never seen you before."

"It's a pleasure, Monkey D. Luffy, I really want to present me, but maybe you have important work to do first," Ozpin said.

"I'm going to say the same thing as him. However, I'll clarify that I don't support your methods to solve this situation, especially if I can talk about the destruction, Glynda said with a serious tone.

"Ok! Well, nice to meet you too, witch!", Luffy said.

"And I'm not a witch!", Glynda said with an angry tone, scaring Luffy.

While this happens, the orange-haired girl stands up and sees Luffy with a confused expression, "How did you do that? We were there and now…"

Luffy turns his gaze to the young woman with a smile and says, "Oh, simple. My body is stretchy!" Then he achieves Zoro and gives them their swords, saying, "Here's your treasure! Which is yours? I couldn't tell, so I brought three of them."

"All three are mine. I use the three swords style," Zoro replied with a serious tone.

Luffy sees Zoro with a confused expression. It's the first time he hears about a three-sword style, but it sounds so cool to him. "You'll take 'em, right? If we fight together now, you'll be a government defying villain! Would you prefer that or being killed by the navy like this?", Luffy said with a big smile.

After all he watched and heard, the pirate hunter, Zoro, has made a final decision. "What are you? The devil's son?! Well, whatever… I'll be your pirate if I'm just gonna die here instead!"

With this answer, Luffy jumps with joy. "HURRAY! So, you'll join my crew?! Alright! Woo-hoo! This is great! Alright! I get finally two new members!"

"OKAY, NOW UNTIE THESE STUPID ROPES ALREADY! … Wait a second, did you say two?", Zoro asked, confused.

"YEAH! That girl is too a new crew member," Luffy said, pointing at the orange-haired girl, who is getting angrier about his answer.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I said no, and you still have my scroll!", the young girl replied.

"Come on, let's have an adventure with me, you... Sorry, what's your name?"

The orange-haired girl wants to explode, but because of the critical moment, she decided to calm down and answer his question, "Nami, my name is Nami, but that doesn't mean we're going to be teammates."

Glynda locks her interest in Nami, "Ozpin, I think that girl has a connection to the assault on the value properties of that Atlasean ship".

"Well, I could not refute that, but maybe we need to pay attention to other problems," Ozpin said.

All the marines were still shocked about Luffy's mysterious power, "W-What is he?", a soldier said.

"He flung the bullets back!"

Morgan returns his composure and sees Straw Hat with a serious face, "He's not an ordinary human, that Straw Hat… Must've eaten one of those rumored Devil Fruits!"

"A Devil Fruit? Well, that makes sense," Ozpin said.

"Ozpin, sorry to interrupt, but I don't have a lot of experience with the consumers of those fruits. Can you explain it to me?"

Ozpin drank more chocolate from his mug before continuing to talk, "Well, a fairy tale exists that explains that. Once upon a time, during the creation of Remnant, the god of darkness were interested in the evolution of humanity, so, for simple fun, he created some magical fruits by using the wishes people have in their dreams. Those were the Devil Fruits, magical fruits with properties that gave people imaginable powers. In difference with semblances, the Devil Fruit users use their power more depending on their energy than their own aura, making them powerful. However, the god of light saw this as a mistake because of the bad nature of humans and the creation of possible wars to get control of these fruits. So, he gave a curse to his brother's creation. With this, whoever eats any of these fruits could lose his capacity to swim, generate an aura, and eliminate semblances. That was the origin of Devil Fruits, which until now have kept a lot of secrets."

"Magical unlimited powers,it is just like other stories that I heard from you," Goodwitch said.

"Yeah, something like that."

Meanwhile, Luffy and Rika are trying to liberate Zoro while Nami is only watching their attempt, "Sorry, but have you even known how to untie?", Nami said.

"WHY YOU ASK THAT? TRY TO HELP, DAMN THIEF!", Zoro exclaimed.

Morgan is pissed off because of the situation, he points his cannon again before beginning an order, "No matter who they are, everyone who opposes me gets executed! If guns don't work, then chop them to death!"

"AAAAAARRRRGGGHH", With his words, all the soldiers come to attack.

Glynda puts Rika behind her and prepares her riding crop. Along with her, even if Ozpin still relaxed, he left his mug on the ground and prepared his cane. On the other side, Rika and Luffy are still trying to liberate Zoro who is so desperate. Nami is still watching this scene without doing anything, making the swordsman angrier, "Huh, that's weird! It got tighter instead!", Luffy said.

"You're doing it wrong, take it faster," Nami said.

"STOP CRITICIZING AND DO SOMETHING!", Zoro exclaimed.

With less time, the pirate hunter was so sick about the incompetence of his "heroes", "THAT'S IT! JUST ONLY GIVE ME A DAMN SWORD!"

The marines are so close, and they are drawing their swords. Rika watches the scene behind Glynda and is so worried about Luffy and Zoro, "LUFFY!"

*CLANG!*

From nothing, Zoro achieves liberation and brings his three swords to block the marine's attack. Morgan and his soldiers cannot believe Zoro's skills, while the rest are impressed, especially Luffy, who says, "So COOL!"

"Mr. Roronoa, I need to say you have an amazing skill with those katanas", Ozpin commented.

The pirate hunter gets all the control of the battle even if there are more enemies. "Move, and you're dead," Zoro said with an intimidating gaze to the marines.

With that answer, the marines begin to cry because of the demonic power of the green swordsman, "Too scary!"

Then, the ex-bounty hunter directs his gaze to his new captain and says, "I'll be a pirate, I promise you that. I'm officially a criminal now that I've fought the navy. But I'll tell this right now, I'm only going to fulfill my ambition!"

"Ambition?", Luffy's asked.

"To be the greatest swordman of all the world. If I wind up having to give that up, you'd better accept responsibilities and apologize to me", Zoro said.

Luffy has a big smile about the swordsman's answer because his wish has the same ambition as yours, "The world's greatest swordsman! That sounds great! The King of Pirates would need no less than that on his crew."

Zoro smiled with his captain's commentary, "Ha, you sure talk to big. At this point, whether it's as criminal or whatever else, I will spread my name throughout the world!"

"Well can I say, both have problems with ambition", Nami commented with a tired tone.

"Hmm, world's greatest swordsman, what an interesting objective", Ozpin said.

"What're you standing around for?! SLAUGHTER THEM THIS INSTANT!", Morgan shouted. However, the soldiers were too scared to try something like that.

"Duck, Zoro!", Luffy said.

"Huh?"

At that moment, Luffy prepared his leg and, with his rubber power, straightened so long to the marines, "GUM GUM WHIP!" With this, he defeated all their enemies that were blocking Zoro.

"That was a great attack, Luffy!", Rika said.

On the other side, Nami was again shocked by the power of Luffy, "Wow, this guy has a lot of skills."

"What the hell are you?", Zoro asked to Luffy.

Luffy gets up on one of his legs and shows his allies his rubber body, saying, "I ate the Gum-Gum fruit."

"Gum-Gum fruit?", Zoro said.

Glynda adjusted her glasses when she heard Luffy's clarify, "That makes sense. His body seems to have the same rubber properties as flexibility and resistance."

"This day is getting more interesting each second," Ozpin said with a smile.

"What are you doing? Continue attacking!", Morgan said.

Many soldiers come in group to attack. At this time, Nami uses her bass and begins to hit many marines with them. Glynda uses her riding crop and, from nothing, the soldiers begin to float and are launched to a wall. That skill surprises Luffy a lot, "What was that?!"

"Not much, it was only my Semblance, Telekinesis", Glynda said while she makes float more marines. "Normally I don't like to attack our allies, but you must need a correction!"

"So, you are definitely a witch!", Luffy said.

"I'M NOT!", Glynda shouted.

On the other side, many soldiers surround Ozpin. "Sorry, Mr. Ozpin, but we must respect our captain," a soldier said.

"Don't worry, I know that your circumstances don't let you do the right things. "I also need to apologize for this," Ozpin said before using his cane to hit all the soldiers at once and knock them out.

Luffy comes to another group of marines and launches a lot of punches to them, "Gum Gum GATLING!"

Along with Luffy, Zoro defeats more soldiers with a rotatory attack, creating a big wind around him."Three swords style: DRAGON TWISTER!"

After a time, the marines return with Morgan with a lot of injuries and less energy to fight, "Captain! We don't stand a chance against them!", a soldier said.

"These guys are so crazy and powerful!"

"We can't even handle Zoro by himself!"

"Besides, I think it is a mistake to confront Professor Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch. "They have a lot of skills!"

Looking at the weakness of the soldiers, Morgan's eyes are covered by a shadow, hiding his big fury, "This is a direct order! Everyone who spouted weakness just now must now shoot themselves in the head! I have no need for weakling soldiers!"

This commentary makes me so indignant to the soldiers. What were they doing? Of course, two of them could probably be considered criminals, but the rest were not exactly doing something bad. The reason why Ozpin and Glynda are there is to stop the corruption and bad actions of his evil captain, and, in the case of the girl, she is only wanting to defend the man who saved her from the same people who had the task to protect people's safety. All of this is complete madness!

"I can't believe this. You go far, Morgan, you must be judged by your actions and crimes to Vale!", Glynda said with a serious tone.

"I'm not the right person to think this, but he doesn't have honor as a marine," Nami commented with an angry tone.

"Huh! Those troops are mental," Zoro said.

On the other side, seeing how Morgan is mistreating the soldiers, Luffy goes fast, preparing his punch for the evil captain.

"Luffy, crush this navy!", Rika said.

Straw Hat is near to punch Morgan, but protects himself with his axe from the hit of Luffy. "Rankles, low status, bums have no right whatsoever to defy me!", Morgan said as he removed her cape. "I am Navy Captain "Axe Hand" Morgan!"

"I'm Luffy! Nice to meetcha", Luffy said while changing his happy expression to something more serious.

"DIE!", Morgan attacked Luffy with his Proud Axe. The rubber man dodges Morgan's first attempt of slash him. Then, the evil captain tries to smash him with his weapon, but as the last time, the rubber man dodges his attack, destroying the ground. Unexpectedly, this created a big hole, causing some soldiers to fall. Fortunately, Luffy uses his stretching powers to save them from the fall. "Wow, that was near!" Straw Hat said.

"Haha, surprised by my Semblance? I called it Pride Hole, it makes me create holes in the earth when I smash my Pride Axe to it," Morgan explained with big confidence.

"Are you sure you're strong? Get this!" Luffy kicks Morgan in the face with his two legs, sending him to another place.

"Ozpin! We must intervene now, Morgan's Semblance will cause more destruction!", Glynda said.

"Miss Goodwitch don't worry and have more faith in Luffy. I think he can manage him," Ozpin said.

Morgan stands up so furious, watching Luffy smile so confidently, and says, "You think this is funny! Your attacks can't defeat me, now die once and for all!" The axe-handed captain changes his axe mode to a cannon and shoots a big cannonball of fire dust to the rubber man. This impressed the young captain, who dodged it with a big jump, but let it impact to the Navy's base and destroy an enormous part of the structure. "Damn, that was so close!", Luffy exclaimed, trying to recover his breath.

"I don't care if I need to destroy all this base; I'm going to do anything to kill you, STRAW HAT!", Morgan pulls a lever from his cannon and changes the fire dust to the ice one. Then he shoots many of them at Luffy, making the ground freeze. This makes some soldiers stumble and then fall to the icy floor. A time later, Straw Hat begins having problems stabilizing on the frozen ground before stumbling and falling. This is an unfortunate moment, and, with a big smile, the evil captain changes his axe-hand and prepares to create a hole with his Semblance, "FINALLY, DIE!"

However, …

Roronoa Zoro appears and blocks the strong attack of Captain Morgan, saying, "Sorry, but if you want to kill my captain, you first need to pass over my dead body!". Morgan pushes Zoro and tries to slash him with his Pride Axe. The swordsman dodges the attack and cuts Morgan's leg, making his aura shine. The angry captain tries to connect Zoro other attack, but he blocks it and unleashes his spiritual aura to keep it far from him. At that moment, Morgan changes his axe-hand to cannon mode and uses it to shoot lightning dust to the ex-bounty hunter. Zoro rolls around the ground to avoid the electric bullets, but it is more difficult for him. The axe-handed captain finally locks on the green-haired swordsman and hits him with his lightning cannonball. This creates a big smoke around the camp, and everyone is gasping about what happened.

"N-no…", Rika said with tears in her eyes while she was being comforted by Glynda.

Morgan approaches his soldiers with his cannon hand and is laughing so hard, "LOOK! "This is just what I can describe as power!" Then, the captain changes the cannon into its axe mode and points it to Ozpin, Glynda, Rika, and Nami, "Now, you're the next. Especially you, Ozpin!"

"Wow, that tickled me!"

The axe-handed Morgan heard a familiar voice in the smoke. He could not believe what was happening. In the middle of the yard, Luffy is in front of an impressed Zoro. The rubber man is showing some sparks around his body, but he seems to be doing very well, even with the attack of the evil captain. "Don't try again to damage my comrades!" Luffy said it with a serious face.

The swordsman draws a smile on his face while he remembers what Ozpin said to him."…when a crew is constantly worried about each other, their bonds become strong, and those pirates will prevail for a long time. With this, I don't try to recommend you to join in a pirate crew, but I can say that, at the same time that Luffy can save you, you can save him".

"Huh! Looks like this man with silver hair had reason", Zoro said, giving a gaze to Ozpin who is smiling to the camaraderie scene. "So, captain, do you have any plan to defeat this stupid guy with a horrible jaw?"

Luffy watches Morgan analyze a possible weakness and then turns to Zoro and Nami to think about what they can do in his plan, "Well, I have one, but I need you, Nami, to participate".

"W-What?", Nami exclaimed while he watched the axe-handed captain approach angry.

"Just we need to disestablish his axe. When I say now, you go fast and try to take his dust," Luffy said.

"B-But what are you gonna do?", Nami said.

Luffy draws a smile while Zoro draws his swords, "We're gonna kick his ass!"

"ROOOARRR!", Morgan shouted and hits the ground to create a hole to Luffy and Zoro while Nami was running so quietly to the evil marine's behind. Luffy and Zoro jump and dodge the hole, while Luffy runs to the big man. The axe-handed captain begins to make more holes in the ground to destroy the pirates, but none of them have results. When the swordsman is near him, he tries to cut his head. The green swordsman blocks his attack, while Luffy jumps in behind his partner's back to punch Morgan. The Navy captain stops his recoil with his ax.

At that moment, Luffy goes to front and stretches his face to mock him, "Hi! I'm a stupid Marine Captain, and I do what I want! "Look at me, I'm so important."

"WHY YOU LITTLE?!", With this incitement, Morgan changes his axe-hand to his cannon form and points to a smiling Luffy with a fire dust cannonball, "Now this is when you SHUT UP FOREVER!"

"I enjoyed fighting you, but I hate you. Nami, NOW!", With this order, Nami runs through the captain. Morgan was so confused until he realized something weird, his cannon is disabled. The orange-haired thief sees Morgan showing her tongue in sign of mockery while she plays with Captain Morgan's dust bullets.

"Huh! You really think you defeated me?! I don't need dust for this, just only my pride and the strong of my axe!", Morgan exclaimed.

"If I were you, I might shut up now", Nami said before revealing that the dust bullets were not the only thing that she stolen from Morgan. Unexpectedly, Pride Axe become to shake and then becomes destroyed in only seconds. The captain is so shocked about this while, on other side, Luffy sees him with a big smile.

"GUM GUM WHIP!", Luffy straightens his leg and kicks Morgan making him fall in one of his holes, which was created by his Semblance.

"Nice!", Luffy smiles to Zoro and Nami, "Zoro, Nami."

Zoro sees Luffy with a smile while he saves his katanas, "My pleasure, captain."

On the other side, Nami tries to avoid watching Luffy, but because she is hiding a proud smile, "Well, I need to admit it. This man has special skills.

At that moment, the soldiers were still shocked because his abusive captain, who was ruining the lives of the people, was already defeated. "Captain Morgan has been defeated!"

"Unbelievable!"

"These guys are insane!"

Zoro changes his expression to a serious one while seeing the soldiers, "If anyone else still wants to catch us, come forward."

"HURRAY!"

"WE'RE FREE!", the soldiers exclaimed while they left their weapons on the ground and began to celebrate Morgan's dictatorship.

"Huh? Everyone's happy their captain's been beaten?" Luffy asked in a confused tone.

"Of course, Luffy", Straw Hat turns his gaze to see Ozpin and Glynda approaches to him, "with his defeat, now they will feel calmer and return to their real labors of protectors of this important Vale's Island, and all because you, pirates, decided to intervene", Ozpin said while he recovers his mug from the ground and begins to drink it again.

"Ozpin, that chocolate is cold now, are you still want to drink it?", Goodwitch said a little confused.

"Hehe, what can I say? I like it even if it's cold!", Ozpin said with a smile.

"THAT'S ENOUGH! HEY, STRAW HAT, CHECK THIS OUT!", Everyone was interrupted when they saw Helmeppo pointing Rika her head with a pistol. The little girl seems so scared. "LET OUT MY FATHER, OR I'M GONNA SHOOT THIS GIRL!"If you value this girl's life, don't move! Save him or I'll SHOOT!" Luffy sees Helmeppo with an intimidating expression because he is hurting one of her friends. He prepares to punch the captain's son when, unexpectedly, the arm of Helmeppo begins to move while his expression is totally freaked out. "W-W-What's going ON?!" At that moment, Helmeppo's body leaves the weapon and Rika while Professor Glynda approaches to him with a serious face.

"You and your father are in serious problems, you know?", Glynda said while she shows her riding crop, the Disciplinarian, to a scared Helmeppo.

"C-Come on, Professor Goodwitch, I don't want to be in prison", Helmeppo said while crying.

"That's the place you must go, but if you tell me all the activities of your father and show all the proofs, the Vale's council will consider reducing your sentence. Do you understand?", Glynda said with a scary gaze.

"O-Ok, Professor", Helmeppo said.

"However, I think it is more likely that you return to Atlas Academy. General Ironwood will ready to reeducate you," Glynda said.

"Glup"

At that moment, Zoro approaches Luffy with a serious expression and says, "Hey, Luffy, I have another question: how did you meet that girl?"

"Oh, I find her while I was finding your swords. She was stealing a chip that include the map of the Grand Line and, because of his thief skills I decided to invite her to the crew. It's not that right, Nami?... Wait, where is she?" At that moment, Luffy realized that Nami is not in the yard anymore. To make matters worse, Luffy felt that something was missing. He checked his pockets and realized that he no longer had the scroll. "The map is GONE!"

"Wait, are you serious? That girl stole a chip of a dangerous place. Ozpin, this is so critical. We need to find that girl now!", Glynda siad.

"We can do that, but I think that the soldiers and our unexpected allies are totally tired to do that", Ozpin said.

"B-But Ozpin, the girl has important information, if she leaks it..."

"Hmmm, I think that this is not the last time we are going to see her; at least we have her name and some recorded videos from the battle. With this, we can find her", Ozpin said while he drank more of his mug.

Meanwhile, Luffy was totally quiet without saying a word when he said, "Zoro, do you know what this means?"

"You invited the wrong woman, and we lost our path to begin our trip," Zoro said with a serious expression.

"She is a greater thief than I thought! Now I want her more to be in my crew!"

"IDIOT!", Zoro exclaimed to his stupid captain. However, he couldn't give a big rebuke because he was beginning to feel bad. Then, he fell to the ground.

"Zoro!", Luffy approaches his crewmate, who is totally tired.

"Mr. Zoro, what's wrong? Are you hurt?", Rika said with a worried tone.

"I-I'm hungry", Zoro said.

At that moment, Ozpin approaches Luffy and Zoro, "Logically, you two spend all your energies in the battle".

Luffy sees Ozpin with a serious expression and says, "Really, who are you? Are you a kind of rich man or something else?"

"Hehe, no. My name is Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy. But why don't we get a better place to talk?" Ozpin said.

"Hmmmmm… it can be a restaurant?"


In other place…

Nami is trying to rest in an alley. With her scroll having the map, part of her job was over. Currently, she is trying to get the videos of the battle to erase the evidence and not be chased by the Navy. At that moment, she watches a video showing Luffy's power. She stayed looking at him with a serious gaze. "How wonderful powers, but sorry, as I told you, I don't want to join your crew, Nami said in her mind. Suddenly, her holographic device begins to sound. She immediately takes her scroll and contests the call, "Yes?"

Then, from the scroll, a tenebrous voice is heard: "Sweet Nami, good to hear you again. You get the map, no?"

"Of course, I finally got it at the Navy's base in Shell Town. However, it was not so easy; some people made things difficult for me", Nami replied.

"Yeah, I could imagine that, but if you want to be liberated by your debt, you must do whatever I order of you. For now, I'm going to give you your next location for a new mission. Don't worry, it's so near the place that you are," the voice said.

"Got it, I'm ready for that, I can swear", Nami said.

"Go to Vale's city, and when you arrive, call me. I'm going to give the details of your mission, ok?"

"Understood", Nami said with a serious tone while the voice begun to laugh.

"SHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


Restaurant Food Foo

"I'm stuffed! I was definitely at my rope's end, haven't eaten for three weeks!", Zoro said with a big smile in his face.

"I really appreciated that you like my dishes, Mr. Zoro", Rika smiled"

After the battle against Morgan, Ozpin asked little Rika if she knew of any restaurants where he and Glynda could have a chat with Luffy and his hungry new crew member, Zoro. Hearing this, she couldn't help but be excited, and she invited everyone to her mother's restaurant. After an hour of a lot of food, and especially drink, Zoro had already recovered all his vitality, although for others there were some things that still didn't seem right about the swordsman. "Excuse me, Mr. Roronoa, but how old are you?", Glynda asked.

"Well, I am eighteen, but I've been drinking alcohol since I was fifteen years old. I have a lot of resistance," Zoro said.

"I can't believe this; why does he remind me a lot of Qrow when he was young?" Glynda said to his mind.

"Miss, do you want more sweet rice balls?" Rika said to Goodwitch.

"Well, maybe one more will not be a big problem," Glynda said to Rika with a smile. Then, the little girl leaves the dining room and goes to the kitchen to begin the preparation of the rice balls.

While this happens, Luffy is eating as much food as he can. However, in a moment, he sees Ozpin watching him with a relaxed expression, making him feel a little uncomfortable, "Seriously, what have you been watching me for? I have a big stomach.

Ozpin laughs softly before answering Luffy's question, "Don't worry, young Luffy, I'm going to pay for the food. See it as a kind of thank you for helping the Vale's government."

"Vale's government?", Luffy asked Ozpin while he had food in his mouth. Glynda watches this so disgustedly because she is the kind of person who prefers to have modals at the table.

"Of course, as you see, Shells Town is not only a part of East Blue. According to his geography, it is in the territory of Vale as one of its islands. However, this island is also a frontier between our kingdom and the rest of the world. Also, because of an old agreement, Vale, along with Atlas, Mistral, and Vacuo, are not linked to the World Government. So, the Navy can only act in the kingdoms with the permission of the Vale's council, Ozpin explained.

"But why a Navy's base is here?", Zoro asked.

"Well, that's because, even if we have skilled huntsmen, we have other problems that, unfortunately, are difficult to handle", Ozpin said.

"You're talking about pirates, no?", Luffy asked.

"Yes, even if the big war between the four biggest kingdoms of the world finished, it increased the number of pirates because of the Great Age of Pirates. This had consequences, such as the increase of Grimm in the world or the invasion of some civilizations. Because of that, all four kingdoms decided to have Navy's bases on their islands to defend their frontiers from pirates. But, as you saw, there is also a job that the four governments has to do: an entire check of the Navy's bases to determine if the marines are doing their job to the benefit of the kingdom," Ozpin said.

"Oh! And that's why you and the witch are here?" Luffy said this with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, not exactly. I need to say that this job didn't correspond to us. However, thanks to my connections with the government, I have permission to use my authority to do the right things," Ozpin said.

"Luckily, we found at the time that Morgan was taking corrupt actions to keep his status in the Navy. Besides, I told you that I'm not a witch, so please have more respect to my person ", Glynda said with a serious tone.

At that moment, Luffy finished eating before leaving a burp, "Aaaah! That was a nice meal; I really liked to talk with you, but now I need to go to my next destiny. Come on, Zoro!".

"Wait, Luffy, you said that you wanted to go to the Grand Line, no?", Ozpin said.

"Yeah, but Nami stole the scroll with the map. However, if I see her in the future, I will talk to her. I will use the map to begin my trip and ask her to join my crew!", Luffy said.

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU SHE IS NOT RELIABLE?!", Zoro shouted.

Glynda turns her gaze toward Luffy with a serious expression. "So, when you found her, your plan was to escape with that map, no?"

"Yup, my plan is to go to the Grand Line to find the One Piece. Why don't you want other people to know that information?"

Zoro turns his gaze to Goodwitch with a serious expression and says, "Yeah, normally maps are on the internet, but weirdly, a Grand Line map is not easy to find there. Besides, it is considered illegal to have one without any authorization; why does this happen?

"For your information, the Gran Line is one of the oceanic routes that connects many countries in the world, including Vale and the other three biggest kingdoms of Remnant. However, is also known as the most dangerous one because of the presence of pirates and Grimm since the beginning of the Great Age of Pirates. For that reason, only authorized people, such as professional huntsmen or marines, can pass through that route with special permission that is given by a kingdom or organization of the World Government. The reason that we save those maps, at least in our case, is for the protection of people because that route has a lot of misteries" Glynda said before sighing. "Unfortunately, it seems that the girl ,who stole one of those maps, achieved in erase the evidence of the Navy's base. It will be a problem in the future if that map arrives in the wrong hands."

"Hmmm, I see. Well, in case we can't find Nami, maybe we should steal one from another part. Thanks for the food, Mr. Richman and Miss Witch. Come on, Zoro!" Luffy said with a smile in his face, while Zoro stood up with his three swords.

Glynda stands up with an angry expression and points her riding crop at the pirates, saying, "Wait a moment! Don't think you can go without any consequences for your actions. Not for nothing, this is Vale's government island, and as pirates, we can't let you leave this island so easily!"

"Wait", Ozpin said while he stops Professor Goodwitch with his cane.

"But Ozpin, you're gonna let these pirates leave the island?, Glynda said.

"Don't worry, I have something to say." Ozpin said while he approached the pirates, "Listen, I know that we are on opposite sides and recently met each other, but I have a proposal that I want to tell you."

"What?", Luffy said.

"Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, would you like to come with me to my school?" Ozpin said.

After this question, Glynda was totally shocked. Is Ozpin going to let pirates into the academy? "Ozpin, what are you saying?"

"Yes, what is your point in inviting us to your academy?!", Zoro exclaimed.

"I watched you attack an entire Navy's base for yourselves. Of course, that will be considered a crime in all senses. However, you had better reasons to do that. You didn't want to let any innocent people be abused and damaged by the corrupted authorities of this island. Besides, you wanted to liberate them from a long dictatorship. If you weren't there, it would become a critical situation, and Grimm would attack this island. For this reason, I want to propose that you come with me to Beacon Academy , and then, when you finish your studies, I'm going to give you a Grand Line map and special access to that route. You will have a lot more benefits than any pirate wishes to have," Ozpin said.

Luffy and Zoro cannot believe Ozpin words. He said he wants to support them in their adventure and give them more facilities that will make their trip easier. "I don't understand. What do you gain from this? It's something similar, like the World Government and the Seven Warlords of the Sea?", the ex-bounty hunter asked.

"Not exactly, I'm only giving you the opportunity to still be the pirates that you are. You're the kind of pirates who prefer to fight for freedom, not only for treasure. Join my academy, and I promise that I'm gonna support you at any chance. So, what do you think?", Ozpin said.

Straw Hat has been silent for a long time since Ozpin made his proposal. He is bringing an option to have a better beginning for his adventure, but... "I appreciate the proposal, but I can't accept."

"Hmm, interesting. Even if I propose that you give more benefits that a pirate will appreciate, you're considering declining. What is your reason, young Luffy?", Ozpin asked.

"Well, in the past, one man told me that the best path to granting our wishes is the hardest ever. I'm not only wanting to find the One Piece; I also want to prove myself, and if I need to cross storms or fight with the most dangerous pirates, I'm going to do it because I want to deserve the title of King of the Pirates," Luffy said.

Ozpin drinks his mug, before sending a smile to Luffy, "Insteresting, kid, so interesting. And who is the name of that man?"

"That man is Shanks, he is a pirate too!", Luffy said with a smile. With that answer, Glynda expression turns so surprising, while Ozpin is feeling happy for some reason. "As I supposed, that straw hat seemed so familiar to me. So, you took a decision, no, young Shanks?"

At that moment, Zoro stands up and prepares his katanas to go out from Shells town, "Well, captain, let's go before these professors begin to try to catch us. Tell me, where is your boat?"

"DAMN! I FORGOT THAT!" Luffy exclaimed.

"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?!", Zoro shouted.

Luffy turns his gaze with an innocent smile while Zoro is watching him with fire in his eyes, "Hehe, how can I explain this? It could be possible that a Grimm attacked me during my arrival, and then I lost my boat in the sea."

"AND NOW YOU TELL ME THAT!", Zoro shouted.

"Sorry!" Luffy said, clasping their hands in a sign of forgiveness.

"Well, that means you don't have a place where you can run away," Glynda said with a serious tone.

Luffy stayed in silence for a long moment after seeing Ozpin with a decided gaze, say, "Mr. Richman, I want to make a deal."

"What?!", Glynda exclaimed, while Ozpin watched Luffy with interest.

"Tell me, do you have an idea for your situation?", Ozpin asked.

"Of course, I was planning to get my own pirate ship out of this city, but because I don't have many options, I can tell you this proposal," Luffy said.

"I hear you", Ozpin said.

"We're going to go to your academy, but only for a time until we get a boat for ourselves!" Luffy said.

"Luffy! Are you sure about this? It could be a trap, and we don't know if they are saying the truth to help us!", Zoro exclaimed.

However, Luffy doesn't seem to end his proposal with, "Besides, if we achieve our goal of getting our own ship, you will let us and give us a Grand Line map to finally begin our adventure. That's enough help that we want to receive. Finally, if we find any potential new crewmates among your students, you will have to let them go with me. Do you accept?"

Ozpin makes a thinking expression, while Glynda seems to be totally in disagreement. "Ozpin, think about it well; they will be a bad example for our students, and they are also threatening to become any of them in pirates!" Goodwitch said.

Ozpin sees Glynda with a calm expression and says, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. If anything bad happens, I'm going to take the responsibility." With these words, Ozpin stands up and gives his hand to Luffy, "Ok, I accept your conditions, tomorrow you and Zoro will go to the initiation of Beacon Academy, and depending on if you get that ship, I'm going to give you the map and leave you to begin your adventure through the Grand Line."

Luffy gives him a smile before shaking his hands with Ozpin and leaving a scream of joy, "YES! Now this challenge is BEGINNING!"

At that moment, Rika comes with her sweet rice balls, showing a big smile because her friends are going to begin their path as pirates, "What good news! I'm going to make more rice balls for your trip!"

"Thanks, Rika, I want to eat more of them," Luffy said, seeing Rika's rice balls.

Zoro does a facepalm, but then he smiles so confidently that wherever his captain goes, he's going to be with him.

On the other side, Glynda sighs before showing a smile,"I don't know what you are planning, Ozpin, but if you think that we need to form bonds with these pirates, I'm going to support you. I just hope this situation doesn't end like Qrow and Raven's case."


In other place…

Inside a dark place, there's only a light that's reflecting two men. One is a tall, slender man with a unique dark green hairstyle that covers half of his face. He wears a large blue and white checkered scarf, a sleeveless brown coat reaching down to his knees, white pants, a light blue sash, and white shoes. On the other side, the other man has a peculiar appearance. He is a Faunus who has a muscular torso, thick lips, and bear ears. He wears a white fur vest that covers the area of his chest, blue pants held up by a yellow sash, and shoes in the shape of white animal fur feet. The man with the blue and white scarf approaches to a kind of throne that is covered by darkness, and there, a mysterious man is watching the two men. "They were pirates, captain, just like us, and they got the map."

"And you two didn't stop them," the mysterious man said.

"We could, but we had a problem. From nothing, the director of Beacon, Ozpin, appeared, and we know we aren't rivals to him," the Faunus bear said.

"What?! And why was Ozpin with those rookies?!", the figure said with an aggressive tone.

"We're trying to discover why, but we know where those pirates go. They were invited by Ozpin to study at that academy. It seems that they are accepting pirates just like Vacuo or Mistral are doing it," the man with the scarf said.

"Huh! I see. If those amateurs are inside, the academy, it will be more difficult to steal the map from them," the mysterious form said.

"But there is another piece of information, apparently an orange-haired woman has the map now. We can assume that she is part of the Straw Hat crew, so she will be in Vale too," the Faunus bear said.

At that moment, the lights came on, revealing the place as a huge circus as well as the identity of the mysterious captain. It's a slim, blue-haired man with an appearance resembling that of a clown because of his big red nose. His face is covered by makeup, with crossbones going down his face forming an X, two blue lines near both of his eyes, and a red lipstick. He is wearing an orange pirate hat with a Jolly Roger of a clown, a striped white and red shirt with short sleeves, white gloves reminiscent of the ones worn by clowns, a green sash, a purple scarf, an orange, fur-lined captain's coat, light green pants, a pair of striped socks, and pointy shoes. The man is sitting on his throne, putting his hand in his head, with one leg resting on one of the padded arms of the throne. While the lights are covering the circus, the clown is drawing a mad smile.


The Star Clown, Buggy. Bounty: 15,000,000 Liens


"Well, that's my map, and I'm gonna get it back. No matter who I have to kill", Buggy said while he began to laugh completely insane, "Hahahahahaha, HAHAHAHAHA, GYAHAHAHAHAHA!"


Next day …

"AWESOME! Why didn't I see these in my life? Zoro come here, these views are incredible!", Luffy said with stars in his eyes. Currently, Luffy and his first officer, Zoro, are flying in a Bullhead to Beacon Academy. Before their travels, Ozpin gave them all the necessary things that they will need in the academy, like books, clothes, scrolls, and especially food, a lot of food. On the other side, Zoro is not so happy because he was prohibited from bringing any alcoholic drinks. Maybe he just has enough age to drink, but at the academy, that is not possible.

"Luffy, are you sure that we can't steal a ship, show it to Ozpin and get out of here quickly?", Zoro asked

"Nope, finding a ship is not only finding transportation; it is also finding a new crewmate who will be with us for a long time. So, I plan to get one legally," Luffy said.

"Whatever, at least we have break days."I will drink as many bottles of liquor as possible in those days, I need alcohol in my body to battle", Zoro said.

Meanwhile, other events are occurring around the two pirates. In another part of the Bullhead, there are two women who are talking each other. One woman is a tall, fair-skinned young woman with lilac eyes and long, thick, wavy, bright golden hair. She wears a tan jacket that bares her midriff, with a low-cut yellow crop underneath. Besides, she wears a brown belt covered by a pleated brown piece of material reaching from hip to hip around the back of her waist. Underneath this is a long, white, asymmetrical piece of material reaching to her knee on the right side, as well as a pair of tight black spandex compression shorts that reach her upper thighs. She wears a pair of brown knee-high boots and orange over-the-knee socks, with the right sock pushed down just below the knee. Also, a gray bandanna is tied around her left knee. In some parts of her outfit, there are emblems with the design of a heart in fire. Finally, in her hands, she has black fingerless gloves along with golden-yellow bracelets, whose shells inside are red and orange.

On the other side, the other girl seems to be the youngest among everyone in the Bullhead. She has a fair complexion, silver eyes, and neck-length black hair with red tips. She wears a black long-sleeved blouse with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, over which is a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, and a matching skirt with red lining. Furthermore, she also wears a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, red trims around the top, and red soles. Along with this, there is an emblem of a rose on her black belt. Besides, her distinctive clothing is a red hooded cloak. Finally, she is carrying a red sniper rifle stored underneath her red cloak. At that moment, the golden-haired woman hugs the red hooded one and says, "Oh, I can't believe my baby sister is going to Beacon with me! This is the best day ever!"

"Please stop!", the youngest woman said.

"But I'm so proud of you!" The golden-haired woman said.

"Really, Sis, it was nothing", the hooded girl said.

"What do you mean? It was incredible! Everyone at Beacon is going to think you're the bee's knees", the golden-haired woman said.

"I don't want to be the "bee's knees" okay? I don't wanna be any kind of knees! I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees", the black-haired young woman said.

"What's with you? Aren't you excited?", the goldy woman said.

The hooded girl turns her head down because of the question, "Of course, I'm excited… I just... I got moved ahead two years. I don't want people to think I'm special or anything."

The golden-haired woman approaches to her little sister and puts an arm near her neck, saying, "But you are special."

In another part of the Bullhead, a blond-haired man is watching the environment, he looks a little serious while he picks up a box of cigarettes to then save it in his black jacket. He has a fair complexion and blond hair, which he keeps brushed over the left side of his face. He wears a black, double-breasted suit with golden buttons, a black tie, a long-sleeved button-down blue shirt, and dark blue dress shoes. Also, a curious characteristic of his appearance is his eyebrows, which form a spiral at the inner end. The man is known as Black Leg, Sanji, the sous-chef of the Baratie. Though the sky is blue, Sanji is focusing more on the ocean, which is at a long distance. "Well, here we come, Beacon Academy. Unless I become stronger since I work at the restaurant at night, "Damn Geezer, don't think I'm going to leave the Baratie so easily, even if I reject my dream.", Sanji said in his mind.

Meanwhile, another blond-haired young man is having problems with the movement of the Bullhead. He is a fair-skinned, quite toned young man with dark-blue eyes. He wears a black short-sleeved hoodie with detached reddish-orange sleeves, blue jeans, brown wrist-length gloves with exposed fingertips and small metal plates over the back, and black sneakers . Besides, his hoodie is covered by a white diamond-shaped chest plate, and a sword is strapped to his left hip in a sheath. The young man in the armor is showing a green face due to the urge to vomit. "Oh no, why didn't I take my motion sickness pills?" *GLUP*

During this, a young red-haired woman with her hair in a ponytail is watching the guy with a worried expression. She is tall and quite muscular, with a fair complexion and green eyes. She wears a brown overbust corset with a vertical strip of lighter brown in the center, an elastic, black, A-line mini skirt, a red ankle-length sash that wraps around her skirt, and brown opera-length gloves. Besides, she wears armor formed by bronze greaves, thigh-heeled brown boots, and a bronze bracer. Finally, her most characteristic things are a small circular bronze plate on her right hip and a brown circlet adorned with a pair of small, green, teardrop-shaped emeralds on thin chains. Along with her, she is carrying a bronze shield and a sword on her back. "Poor guy, I hope he will be ok when we arrive at the academy," the girl said in her mind with a worried face.

Suddenly, the ship began to shake while a red light appeared, scaring everyone present. Among those affected was a pale-skinned girl with pale blue eyes, long white hair tied in a ponytail, and a scar in her left eye. She is wearing a thigh-length strapless dress with a faint color gradation from white to pale blue at the hem and a snowflake design in the hem of her dress. Over the dress, she wears a bell-sleeved bolero with the same color gradation as her dress, lined in red, and with a ruffled collar. Also, she wears boots that are white, wedged-heeled, and higher. Finally, on the back of the bolero, there is a known emblem that looks like a snowflake. "What is going on here?!", the pale-skinned girl said.

At that moment, the alert stops, and the Bullhead continues his travel before an announcement is made."Our condolences to all the passengers. We had problems because the ship is carrying a lot of weight. Stay calm and continue enjoying your trip to Beacon."

"What? But this ship is designed to bring a lot of people… unless",the elegant girl sees other passengers around her. Then, they focused on the possible guilt of the alarm. In the center of the ship, a Faunus chameleon is carrying a big green backpack. He is a slim, tan-skinned teenager with short, curly black hair, prominent lips, yellow scales in his body, a reptilian tale, and a long nose. The young Faunus is wearing a dark green jumpsuit, a light green striped bandana tied on his head, a sash around his waist, and large dark green boots. Besides his big backpack, he is carrying a green slingshot and an additional brown backpack. He is known as Ussop, the liar of Syrup Village. He is feeling so intimidated because of the angry views of the people. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, FAUNUS? This ship can't carry all your things!", the pale-skinned girl said.

"Hehe, well, it might be possible that they didn't want to receive my belongings when I sent them to the academy. But don't worry, I have the strong of one hundred people. If any problem happens during this trip, I'll be ready to manage, even with all my belongings at my back," the long-nosed teenager said, trying to cover his embarrassing moment with an innocent lie.

"Wow, what strong you are with those slim arms", the pale-skinned girl said sarcastically before turning her gaze and forgetting what happened.

Meanwhile, in a corner, another woman tries to read a book in the Bullhead. She has a fair complexion, a long black wavy hair, amber eyes, and a black ribbon on her head. She wears a black, buttoned vest with coattails and a single silver button on the front. Underneath this is a white, sleeveless, high necked, crop undershirt, white shorts with a zipper on the front of each leg, black boots, and a small black scarf around her neck. Along that, she is carrying to swords along his belt. She seems totally focus on her lecture and prefers to do not intervene in the scene between the pale-skinned girl and the long-nosed Faunus.

Otherwise... "Hahahaha! Look at him, Renny. This man said it was so strong, but his arms said all the opposite," said an energetic, fair-skinned young woman with orange hair and turquoise eyes. She is laughing because of Usopp's situation. She wears a collared black sleeveless vest, with a blue central front section with red accents and an emblem of a hammer in it. Also, under the vest, she wears a white sleeveless t-shirt with a heart-shaped cutout above her breast line in the center, accompanied by a pair of white detached sleeves on each arm and a pair of light pink fingerless gloves. She wears a short pink skirt, silver armor, and ankle boots with pink soles. Besides, she has a grenade launcher on her back.

"I told you, Nora, we are not here to begin to be bullies; we need to focus on becoming better than that", Alongside the young girl is a young man with a fair complexion and long black hair tied in a low ponytail. He wears a dark green, diagonally buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat, a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit, and light-tan pants with black shoes. Along with him, there are two green pistols stored along his pants.

"Boo! Sometimes you are a killjoy", Nora complained.

Suddenly, some news is shown on a holographic screen of the flying ship, "… the robbery was led by the nefarious criminal Roman Torchwick, who has a bounty of 19.000.000 Liens and continues to evade authorities. Besides, we have some pieces of information that relate to the fact that some crimes are linked to pirates around Vale who were coming from the East Blue, especially, the wanted star clown, Buggy, who has a bounty of 15.000.000 Liens. There are rumors that his crewmates are moving around Vale. If you have information on their whereabouts, please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa".

"Other pirates? You think that they know about our presence?", Luffy asked with a smile.

"I'm not so sure; however, I feel uncomfortable knowing that we're not the only pirates in Vale. On the other side, that man, Roman Torchwick.."

"Who is him?", Luffy asked.

"Nothing special, he is a criminal master who was making many assaults around Vale only to steal dust. Also, he was the reason that I came her", Zoro explained.

"So, do you have an idea what to do if we cross with him?", Luffy asked.

Zoro sends Luffy a serious gaze and says, "I don't know, you're the captain, so I'm gonna whatever you say. However, I recommend that we take him and reclaim his bounty. It will be useful, especially if we want to get a ship."

"Right!", Luffy replied with a smile.

At that moment, the recognized reporter, Lisa Lavender, begins to present other news of Vale," Thank you, Cyril. In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now been disrupted…" Then, the transmission of the news cuts and a hologram of Glynda Goodwitch appears.

"Hello, and welcome to Beacon!", the hologram of Glynda said.

Luffy turns his gaze to the hologram and points it out, saying, "Check it out, Zoro, is the witch!"

"My name is Glynda Goodwitch you are among a privileged few who have received the honor of being selected to attend this prestigious academy. Our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace, and as future Huntsmen and Huntresses, it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage needed for such a task, and now it's your turn to provide you with the knowledge and the training to protect our world." After all of Glynda's speech, her hologram turns off, and some of the students are clapping.

"Huh, what a nice speech. What a pity that we have other objectives to be here, no Luffy?", Zoro said while he realized something… LUFFY IS SLEEPING!

"E-Excuse me, do you have any pieces of meat here?", Luffy said while he is sleeping.

"What have I done with my life?!", Zoro said, "At least this academy will not have a lot of weirdos", Zoro said before hearing a blond-haired man with an armor puke on the boots of the golden-haired woman.

"Oh Yang, gross, you have puke in your shoe!", the hooded girl said.

"Gross, gross, gross, gross…", the golden-haired woman said.

"Get away, get away, GET AWAY FROM ME!"

"What trouble have I gotten myself into!", Zoro shouted.


Ozpin's office

Ozpin is preparing some documents before the initiation while he drinks his favorite drink. At that moment, Proffesor Goodwitch enters to the office with her scroll in her hands and says, "Ok, Ozpin, in a few minutes the new students are going to arrive. Are you ready for the ceremony?"

"A little, I'm trying to think of the best speech for the ceremony", Ozpin said.

At that moment, Glynda approaches to him with a worried expression, saying, "Ozpin, I don't want to judge you, but why did you want to let those pirates to Beacon?"

Ozpin leaves his documents and turns his gaze to Goodwitch, "Well, if I explain to you, I may, but I would need more time."

"Don't worry, I think there is enough time to hear your reasons", Goodwitch said.

Ozpin stands up with his mug and cane and approaches to Glynda before saying, "Well, Glynda, the reason is linked to an ancient fairy tale. Once Upon a Time..."


FINALLY! The first chapter is here. Sorry for the wait; this chapter is longer than I ever thought. But it's here! In this chapter, two main characters were finally met: Luffy and Zoro, and now they are going to study at Beacon! First, I'm going to confess that I use some references from the recently premiered live action, especially for Buggy's part and the early encounter between Luffy and Nami. On the other side, this first chapter has its differences with the original anime of One Piece. First, Luffy's ship is destroyed by a Grimm. In the original, this didn't happen, and he continued his travels normally. The other difference is the paper by Rika and the omission of Koby. If you read Trailer Red, you need to know that Koby decided to stay with the Atlesian soldiers to go to Atlas Academy. So, instead of the anime, Rika replaced him as another supporting character for Luffy. However, that does not mean that he is not going to return, especially with the revelation that marines go to study at Atlas Academy. But what is the relationship between the Navy and Atlas?

On the other side, the early encounter with Nami is based on the live action, where Luffy knows Nami in a similar situation, whereas my version of the orange-haired thief has a different situation.


ALERT OF SPOILER

In the live action, Luffy heard that Nami stole a Marine's uniform, so he was not cheated by Nami. However, because this didn't happen in my story, Luffy is confused with Nami as a marine and tries to avoid her because of his lack of time. On the other side, I decided to give Nami hacker skills because in Remnant, the technology is more advanced and lets her manipulate the heavy box. Also, in both versions—anime and live action—Nami helped in the battle with Morgan. I need to clarify that this is not Nami's Semblance, but it will be revealed in the future. Finally, the big difference is that Nami decided to escape with her scroll, which contains the map of the Grand Line. So, yes, the thief is not yet in Luffy's crew, but this last one is considered to recruit her in the future. To justify why she is not at Beacon with the others. However, because of the mission given by a particular character, she is going to Vale's City, so there are more probabilities that she will cross paths with Luffy.


Another thing is that I finally created the form in which the four kingdoms and the rest of the world are separated. Indeed, after the big war between the four powerful kingdoms, the World Government decided to make a treaty with them to let many resources go to other parts of the world in exchange for not being linked to them and creating its own government system. But there are other reasons why the World Government access to this agreement. Maybe this question is going to be answered in the future.

Besides, there are some details about the four kingdoms and their relationships with pirates. Some of them, especially Vacuo and Mistral should prefer to do the same things as the World Government to accept pirates in some institutions as military forces in exchange for some benefits, like the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Another thing that I want to mention is the confirmation that there is a Grand Line in Remnant. I've thought about whether I need to include it because of the geography of Remnant and how this will make sense in a world where technology is so advanced. So, I decided to create a rule that it is not easy to get a map to the Grand Line because it is considered so dangerous to navigate there. After that, it's all up to the travelers to survive around the sea. One other thing is the structure of the oceans and their connections with the four kingdoms of Remnant. Originally, I was thinking that the Grand Line was going to separate some continents, like in its original form in the story of One Piece. But after thinking well, I decided that the Grand Line is one of the oceanic paths that is connected to Vale, Vacuo, Atlas and Mistral but is considered dangerous because it is infested with pirates and dangerous Grimm. This is an important piece of information that I'm going to give for the future of the crossover. Also, Ozpin has a mysterious reason for letting Luffy enter Beacon; what is that secret story about?

Finally, there are a lot of new apparitions. From the RWBY series, we finally have the four members of the future team RWBY and JNPR whose names are not presented in this chapter except for Yang, Nora and Ren in a little dialogue. Besides, we have the debut of Ozpin and Glynda who have the paper to judge Morgan's actions. . On the other side, in the case of One Piece, we finally get the first appearance of the great Buggy the Clown! I need to admit it, his appearance is taken from the live action, and because Nami stole the map, he will be an obstacle to her and Luffy because he still assumes that the thief is in his crew. Also, we have the apparition of Cabbagi and Mohji, two crewmates of the Buggy Pirates, and the cameo of a monstrous character who was talking with Nami in the last moment. What does he really want from this man?

The only thing that I need to add are some changes that I made in this chapter and the Trailer Green. Originally, Roman Torchwick had a bounty of 25,000,000 Liens, but I decided to change it to 19,000,000 because it would be discordant with another character who is going to appear and, in One Piece, is recognized to have the highest bounty of the East Blue before Luffy arrives. Also, I decided to change the reference to that guy because of the same reason and replace it with the reference to another character with big armor who appears in the East Blue Arc. Sorry for the changes, but I promise this will not happen again in the future. With all of this, thank you so much for your support. In the future, I will make corrections to the grammar of the trailers and, possibly, this chapter. The next chapter will be uploaded on Saturday. Send your reviews, follow this story, make it your favorite, and that's all for this day. See you later!

P.S: The proposal that I want to ask is if you like that I write opening versions of ONE PIECE X RWBY based in the openings and intro of their respective series. Let me know your opinnion about this.


ONE PIECE X RWBY Volume 1: The Beginning of the Straw Hat Pirates

PREVIEW:

This is so INCREDIBLE! This place is so big! And look, Zoro, how many of the students have incredible weapons. I wait to see a laser beam!... Huh? An explosion. What happened there? … Wait a second, she has a big scythe!... What? That we need to go there, and we will get our own team? Shishishishi, finally a challenge! Maybe I will find potential new crewmates here!

Next chapter: Welcome to Beacon! Team LUSZ