Hey, guys! Welcome to my first-ever OC One Piece Story, 'Bombs Away!', and my first anime story overall. I hope you guys enjoy the story...anyway I don't own anything, except for my OC'S.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

{Bombs Away!-Season 1, Episode 1: Welcome to Gaimon's Island/Recruiting a Bomb Man}

"Cottontail! Where are you?" A 17-year-old Man yells while searching through a forest as he scratches his head in thought and hums curiously.

The teenage boy is a 5'10-feet-tall, 17-year-old Man with his left eye being blue and his right eye being completely white, long curly black hair that reaches past his shoulders, thin black eyebrows, a small nose, freckles on his cheek, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a tall muscularly slim build, and his outfit consists of a red bandana wrapped around his head, a black eyepatch over his right eye, a long-sleeved blue shirt with ripped collar and cuffs, long black pants with ripped edges, and no shoes. His name is Willis D. Asher, a Bombman and Gaimon's Adoptive Son.

"Come on out, boy! Old man Gaimon says that it's lunchtime!" Asher says as he looks through some bushes, and smiles. "There you are!" Asher exclaimed, spotting a male winged lemur that seemed to be made out of cotton, eating a couple of mushrooms. "What are you doing all the way out here, boy? Found something interesting to eat?" Asher asked as Cottontail nodded and swallowed his food.

"I smelt something around here, and I found these delicious mushrooms. Want to try some?" Cottontail asked as Asher nodded.

"Yeah, sure," Asher says as he is about to grab the mushrooms, but stops as the Bombman notices something odd about them as he takes a few steps back. "Um, buddy, where did you find these mushrooms?" Asher asked as Cottontail pointed behind him.

"Over there, why?" Cottontail says as Asher looks to where he is pointing and nods.

"Yep, just as I thought. Those are poisonous mushrooms, I can't eat those. I'm pretty sure I will die if I tried." Asher stated bluntly as Cottontail tilted his head curiously...before shrugging as he nodded.

"Eh, your loss," Cottontail says as he is about to eat more, but suddenly flinched with his ears twitching a bit as Cottontail looked around.

"What's wrong, buddy?" Asher asked as huge footsteps echoed across the forest, and a mighty roar rang out. "Oh, he's here early today. Bad timing, though, since I'm hungry, and everything." Asher mumbled as a giant, 30-foot creature that seemed to be a mix between a gorilla and elephant appeared in front of them and roared as Cottontail flew away.

"Good luck!" Cottontail yells as Asher rolls his eyes playfully.

"Coward," Asher says while pretending to shake his fist at the departing Cottontail angrily before composing himself as the Bombman grinned up at the giant monster and cracked his knuckles. "Alright, Gorillaphant! I'm kind of in a hurry here, so how about we wrap things up?!" Asher says with a cocky chuckle as the Gorillaphant glares at him and charges. "Alright! Let's do this!" Asher says as he runs at the Gorillaphant and leaps up high into the air. "Bomu Bomu no...Bomb Punch!" Asher exclaimed while throwing a punch at the giant monster's chest as, the moment his fist touched the hybrid's chest, a massive explosion occurred as Gorillaphant roared in pain and was sent flying into the forest.

"Nice punch." Cottontail complimented, flying back as he landed on Asher's shoulder. "You sent him flying even further than yesterday."

"Thanks, but it wasn't that hard of a fight. That guy is getting easier to defeat each day." Asher says, rather somberly as he walks away.

"You have been fighting this guy for ten years straight, so it makes sense why," Cottontail says as he glances over at Asher and notices that his owner looks a little depressed. "Hey, are you alright?" Cottontail asked as Asher sighed heavily and shrugged.

"I'm fine, it's just that I'm getting kind of bored of fighting the same monsters every day. Especially if they don't give me a challenge anymore," Asher says as he sits down on a cliff and stares out into the ocean. "Sometimes, I wish I can leave this island, you know. Explore the world, fulfill my dream, and become a pirate like my old man." Asher says with a slight smile on his face as Cottontail sits on his lap.

"So, you wish to become a pirate and explore the world, huh? You do realize that outside of this island lays a dangerous place, filled with powerful marines and rival pirates that can kill you in an instant, right?"

"I know, and I can't wait to fight them all!" A grinning Asher yells with his body trembling in anticipation as Cottontail sweatdropped.

"What am I going to do with you, kid?" Cottontail tiredly says as he looks out into the ocean, and notices something in the distance. "Hey, is that a boat?" Cottontail asked as Asher instantly sat up, startling the small lemur as he squinted his eyes and noticed that it had a pirate flag.

"Ooh, it has a pirate flag! That must mean their pirates! Come on! Let's go tell, old man Gaimon!" Asher says as he runs off. Running faster than a regular human could as Cottontail flew after him.

"Hey, wait for me!" Cottontail says as he tries to catch up with the kid, who is leaving a trail of dust as the young teen laughs joyfully and we then cue in the middle of the ocean as we see three teenagers sailing together on two boats with one of the teenagers being busy on sowing a straw hat as she then turned to one of the teenagers.

One of the Teenagers is a 5'7-feet-tall, 18-year-old Woman with brown eyes, short orange hair, thin brown eyebrows, a small nose, a sharp chin, C-Cup Breasts, Light Skin, with a black tattoo belonging to Arlong's Crew on her left shoulder, a slim hourglass figure, a perky thick ass, and her outfit consists of a short-sleeved white shirt with blue stripes on it, an orange mini-skirt, and a pair of thigh-high brown-heeled high boots. Her name is 'Cat Burglar' Nami, an Unofficial Member of Luffy's Pirate Crew, Bell-Mere and Nojiko's Adoptive Daughter/Sister, and a Reluctant Member of the Arlong Pirates.

The Second of the Teenagers is a 5'8 feet tall, 17-year-old Man with round black eyes with a scar that has two stitches underneath his left eye, shaggy black hair, thin black eyebrows, a small nose, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a slim muscular build, and his outfit consists of a red sleeveless vest, short blue trousers with cuffs, and a pair of yellow sandals. His name is Monkey D. Luffy, a Rubberman and the Founder and Captain of his very own Pirate Crew as he dreams of finding the legendary treasure left behind by the late Gold D. Roger and thereby becoming the King of the Pirate.

The Third of the Teenagers is a 5'10-feet-tall, 19-year-old Man with black eyes, chopped green hair, thin black eyebrows, three identical gold earrings on his left earlobe, a small nose, a sharp chin, Slightly Tanned Skin, a tall muscular slim build, and his outfit consists a short-sleeved plain white shirt with three buttons undone at the collar, a black bandana wrapped around his left bicep, and long black trousers tucked inside a pair of black boots as he also carries around three swords that are bundled up with a green haramaki over his right hip. His name is Roronoa Zoro also known as 'Pirate Hunter Zoro', a former Bounty Hunter, and a member of Luffy's Pirate Crew.

"Here, Luffy. I fixed your hat." Nami says while finishing sowing the hat as Luffy perked up and reached over to eagerly snatch it from her hands.

"It's fixed!" Luffy excitedly yelled while lifting the straw hat up in the air as he laughed.

"I just mended the cuts..." Nami says while sweatdropping a bit at Luffy's excitement as she grimaces.

"You did a great job fixing my hat, Nami." Luffy complimented while poking his hat as Nami blushed a bit from his praise.

"Thanks, but try not to poke it too much. Otherwise, it will break," Nami says as Luffy nods rapidly.

"Right, right, thanks," Luffy says just as he accidentally pokes a hole in his hat. "...Oops."

"DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I JUST SAID!" Nami screams while poking him in the forehead with a needle as Luffy yelps in pain.

"Stop poking me in the head with that needle, it hurts!" Luffy yelled with a pout as he rubbed his head and the orange-haired busty woman huffed angrily as she glared at the Future King of the Pirates.

"It's useless to hit you since you're made of rubber, so I have to use a needle!" Nami yelled back as Luffy slowly blinked at what she said.

"Ah, that makes sense," Luffy says, following her logic as Zoro can be seen groaning in annoyance while resting on the boat as he yawns.

"You guys are too noisy! I can't sleep with all of this noise." Zoro says groggily as, before anyone can react, Luffy's stomach starts rumbling loudly and holds his stomach as he frowns.

"Hey, I'm hungry! Nami! Give me some food!" Luffy demanded as Zoro nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, share some of your food with us," Zoro says as Nami huffs and rolls her eyes as she scoffs.

"Oh, please! You need to be more prepared! You don't bring food or water, and you dare to go out at sea?!" Nami says as Luffy gets bored and looks around as he sees an island in the distance. "It's a miracle that you two have survived up to now," Nami says, handing Zoro a loaf of bread as he ate it.

"There's always a way," Zoro says with a shrug as Nami sweatdropped and sighed heavily as she shook her head.

"Hey! There's an island!" Luffy says as Nami takes out her binoculars and looks at the island.

"Hmmm, that island is no good! It's unpopulated, so it's useless! Let's keep going!" Nami says, putting down her binoculars as she turns to the boys and is surprised to see them sailing towards the island on their boat.

"Let's see if we can find someone who would join us there...and let's look for food too," Luffy says, rowing the boat as Zoro dozed off. "You know, Nami was right. We really are unprepared."

"WAIT FOR ME!" Nami screamed while rowing after the two as she struggled to keep up with the Boys.

{Bombs Away-Season 1 Theme Song!}

Wealth, fame, power

Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates,

Attained this and everything else the world had to offer,

And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas

At Loguetown, we see the King of Pirates himself, Captain Gold Roger, currently wearing shackles and kneeling down in a large stadium with two Marines standing beside him with a couple of swords in their arms as a huge crowd of people could be seen standing in front of them and were screaming at Roger to reveal where he had hidden all of the treasure and wealth that he had accumulated over the years as the King of Pirates heard this and, even though he was going to get executed soon, couldn't help but grin widely with excitement and glee.

"Oh, you all want my treasure?! You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place! Now you just have to find it~!" Captain Gold Roger exclaimed with a loud, joyful laugh.

These words lured men to the Grand Line

In pursuit of dreams greater than they've ever dared to imagine

This is the time known as 'The Great Pirate Era!'

Once the King of Pirates was executed, hundreds of Pirates immediately boarded their ships and set their sails as they all quickly sailed off into the dangerous ocean and began making their way to the Grand Line to find the Legendary One Piece as this officially issued, 'The Great Pirate Era!'.

Come aboard and bring along

All your hopes and dreams

Together, we will find everything

That we're looking for!

ONE PIECE!

Sharing an excited and determined grin, Luffy and Asher can be seen running up a hill as the Bombman then kneeled down and allowed the Rubberman to leap up to land on his back as Asher created a huge explosion underneath his legs, and it propelled them up high into the air as the Boys cheered loudly and numerous visions of all of the current members of the Straw Pirates appeared in front of them as a glaring and malnourished Zoro can be seen tied up against a post in Shells Town, a panting and panicking Nami can be seen running away from Three of Buggy's Henchmen in Orange Town, and a purring Cottontail eating a couple of mushrooms in Island of Rare Animals.

A smirking Usopp crossed his arms as he stood on top of a tall cliff in Syrup Village with Kaya standing beside him and wrapped her arms around him as the wind blew their hair away, a stoic Sanji walked through the Baratie while smoking a cigarette and carrying around a dish filled with food as he could be seen serving the food to Jack and a glaring Gin can be seen standing in the background as the Krief Pirates Flag can be seen waving behind him, Akira can be seen sitting on the chair and was being served food by a smiling Nojiko in Cocoyasi Village, and a giggling Apis flew through the air while being morphed into the form of a Dragon as she soared through Warship Island.

After the visions were done, the Future Pirate King and the Future Strongest Man In The World then perked up as they spotted the Going Merry sailing through the seas, and a laughing Luffy grabbed onto Asher's body as he then stretched his free arm to wrap over to latch onto the Straw Hat Pirates Flag and they propelled themselves forwards with the Duo laughing joyfully as they crashed right into the Going Merry's Deck.

Compass left behind

It'll only slow us down

Your heart will be your guide

Raise the sails and take the helm

The Going Merry can be seen sailing through the treacherous ocean of the East Blue with numerous Sea Kings swimming past it as huge waves of water rang out, and the Straw Hat Pirates can be seen either staring at them in awe, cheering loudly, or panicking as they continued sailing through the ocean.

That legendary place

That the end of the map reveals

Is only legendary

'Till someone proves it real

Zooming into the Going Merry, we see Nami drawing maps inside of her room, a glaring Zoro and Gin sparring with each other on the main deck, Jack sailing the Going Merry, Usopp fixing up the damages done to the ship, a blushing and heart-eyed Sanji serving some food that he had cooked to a smiling and bashful Kaya, Akira washing the deck with the help of some mop and soap, a grinning Luffy residing on his usual seat (The Going Merry's Sheep Figurehead) to enjoying the beautiful day, and a smirking Asher could be seen riding around on the masthead with Apis riding around on his shoulders, and the Duo went starry-eyed at the sight of the amazing journey laid before them as Cottontail can be seen flying ahead of them.

Through it all, through all the troubled times

Through the heartache and through the pain

Know that I will be there to stand by you

Just like I know you'll stand by me

Narrowing his eyes furiously, Zoro gripped his three swords tightly and swung them around as he was able to slash away a group of charging Pirates, a glaring Gin twirled his tonfa around and spun around elegantly as he was able to whack away various Pirates, a calm and collected Sanji smoke his cigarette as a horde of Pirates surrounded him and aimed their swords at him as he swiftly got down in a handstand and twirled around as the blonde-haired simp was able to kick them all away, Jack opened up his mouth and fired a hot torrent of hot flames at a group of charging Pirates and sets them on fire as Cottontail flew by and hardened himself as he proceeds to trip every single one of the burned and flaming Pirates out of the Going Merry.

Crouching down, a grunting Akira then jumped up into the air and began slashing and punching every Pirates that he saw, a gleeful Kaya can be seen running around at high speeds to knock away every single Pirates that was in her sight before she began running around in a circle and created a huge gust of wind that blew them out of the Going Merry and splashed down into the ocean, a giggling Apis dodged and weaved to avoid all of the incoming sword slashes as she then jumped up into the air and ran her hands across a nearby flying Cottontail as she was able to absorb his DNA and morphed herself into a Winged Cotton Lemur as Apis hardened herself and twirled around as she fire multiple white spikes that pieces through the Pirates body.

Standing back to back, a nervous yet determined Usopp fired various of his specially made explosive balls at all of the nearby Pirates as a scowling Nami used her staff to whack every Pirates she saw, and we see the Last Remaining Straw Hat Pirates standing near the end of the Going Merry and spotted the Enemy Pirates Ship floating beside them. Getting an idea, Asher then crouched down and jumped up high into the air as a smirking Luffy stretched up his arm and grabbed onto his leg as the Rubberman grunted and proceeded to swing the Bomberman down at the Pirates Ship with said person creating a huge explosion that blew apart the ship as the rest of the Straw Hat Pirate cheered loudly at what they did.

So come aboard and bring along

All your hopes and dreams

Together, we will find everything

That we're looking for

Multiple vast images of all of the Incoming Arc Villains appeared as we see Iron Mace Alvida, Axe-Hand Morgan, Buggy the Star Clown, Kuro of a Hundred Plans, Eldoraggo, Foul-Play Krieg, Arlong the Saw, Garp the Fist, Smoker the White Hunter, Bear King, and Eric the Whirlwind as all of the Straw Hat Pirates Villains posed menacingly and scowled stoically.

There's always room for you

If you wanna be my friend

We are, we are, on the cruise

WE ARE!

After arriving near the Grand Line, Luffy can be seen sitting at his usual favorite seat in the Going Merry with Asher standing behind him as Nami wraps her arms around him and places her hand on his shoulder as an annoyed Zoro stands near them on their right with Cottontail residing on top of his head as Gin can be seen resting on the edge of the boat lazily, Usopp stood beside the Lovebird on their left, and Sanji stands beside him as he smoked a cigarette and sighed heavily with Jack smiling widely and enjoying the sea breeze as Kaya stood behind them and smiled warmly while holding onto Apis and Akira in her arms as the logo of the story appeared in front of the readers.

{Bombs Away-Season 1 Theme Song Over!}

"Hey! Old man Gaimon!" Asher screamed while running into a little shack with Cottontail flying in through a window as they spotted a middle-aged short man stirring up a pot in front of them.

The Mysterious Man is a 4'3-feet-tall, 43-year-old Man with black eyes, a massive green afro, a black unibrow, a huge nose, thick pink lips, a huge black beard, but the weirdest thing about him was that his entire body was stuck inside a treasure chest with only his head, hands, and feet sticking out. His name is Gaimon, Asher's Adoptive Father, and a Former Pirate who lives as a hermit on the Island of Rare Animals.

"What is it, kid? Can't you see I'm trying to make dinner?" Gaimon asked with an annoyed tone while turning to Asher as said man grinned excitedly.

"Cottontail spotted a ship nearby, but it's not just any ship, it's a pirate ship!" Asher yelled as the Hermit of the Island of Rare Animals turned to the Bombman in shock and worry.

"What!? A pirate ship!?" Gaimon asked anxiously as Asher nodded rapidly.

"Yep. It was kind of small, though, so I don't think there are many people." Asher says as Gaimon sighs in relief.

"Good, then it will be easy to get rid of them," Gaimon says as Asher pauses a bit and groans loudly as he scoffs in annoyance and crosses his arms.

"Do we have to do the stupid 'Forest Guardian' routine again?" Asher asked dryly as Gaimon nodded firmly.

"Yes, son," Gaimon says as Asher rolls his eyes, and leans against the wall.

"I don't know why we can't just talk to them instead? I'm sure they will be nice people." Asher says rather naively as Gaimon gives him a stern look.

"Son, if there is one thing I learned in my life as a pirate, is that there is no such thing as a nice pirate. If your not careful with these people, they can kill slit your throat or worse!" Gaimon warns his son as Asher rolls his eyes, but doesn't say anything as he knows that arguing with his father would be pointless.

"Yes, I know, father. You gave me the same speech for all my life now." Asher says as Gaimon gives him a look, and he sighs. "Fine. I promise I won't talk with the pirates or make contact with them," Asher says as Gaimon nods in satisfaction.

"Good. Now come and help your old man scare off some pirates." Gaimon says, walking off as Asher grumbles, but reluctantly follows him as Cottontail flies off.

"...we've reached the isolated island!" Luffy screams as he and his crew land on the beach of the 'isolated' island.

"There's nothing here but a forest," Nami says as she looks around with a disinterested look. "As I said, this is an unpopulated island! It would be weird if you found someone for the crew here!" Nami says as Luffy turns to Zoro.

"Hey! Zoro, come over here!" Luffy yells before blinking as he notices that his First Mate is sleeping on the ship. "Oh, he's sleeping," Luffy says as he is about to wake him up, but Nami stops him.

"Let him sleep. He's still injured from the stab wound that Buggy and Cabaji gave him." Nami says as Luffy nods.

"You're right. Well, let's go."

"Go where?" Nami asked as Luffy pointed at the forest.

"Towards the forest, of course. You never know, there might be people there."

"There's no one here, but poisonous snakes and wild animals!" Nami says just as a small creature pops out, and the teens stare at it curiously as they notice that it seems to be a mix between a fox and a rooster. "...What is that?" Nami asked with a sweatdrop as Luffy spotted another creature.

"Hey, look! A weird rabbit!" Luffy says, grabbing a creature that seems to be a mix between a snake and a rabbit.

"It's weird, alright, but I think that its a mutant snake."

"How about that lion?" Luffy says, pointing at a creature that seems to be a mix between a pig and a lion.

"It looks more like a mutant pig to me, and why are you only pointing out the strange part about the animals, but not the obvious ones!?" Nami asked, annoyed just as a small explosion occurred above them as they covered their heads. "What was that?!" Nami asked as Luffy shrugged.

"Don't know. A cannonball, maybe?" Luffy asked as Nami hummed thoughtfully and looked around as she was about to try and search where the source of the explosion came from, but then-

"Stop right there! Don't come any closer!" A loud voice boomed out across the forest, surprising the Duo as they looked around.

"Huh? What was that sound?" Luffy muttered as Nami looked around anxiously.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I am...the Guardian of the Forest!" The voice screamed as more explosions rang out.

"Where are all those explosions coming from?" Nami asked herself nervously as we zoomed out, and we see Asher and Gaimon hiding behind a bush as the young teen lazily threw shurikens in the air, and they exploded.

"Am I done now?" Asher asked Gaimon, who shushed him as he cleared his throat.

"Those come from me! As the Guardian of the Forest, I can blow things up just by looking at them, and unless you want to be blown up into pieces, I suggest you leave this island at once!"

"Aw, but, I'm not done exploring yet!" Luffy whines while pouting.

"W-What!? Exploring!? You are pirates, aren't you?" Gaimon asked as Luffy nodded with a big wide smile on his face.

"Yes."

"Why did he ask that?" Nami asked herself in bewilderment with a small sweatdrop on her head.

"Oh, then I guess Asher wasn't lying,"

"Who's Asher?" Luffy asked.

"U-Uh, no one important!" Gaimon says as Asher gives him an offended look.

"Hey!"

"Shut up, boy!"

"Who are you talking too?" Nami asked.

"No one!" Gaimon snapped before turning to Asher. "Just shut up and keep throwing more bombs!" Gaimon ordered as Asher rolled his eyes, and threw more shuriken bombs as, a few feet away from them, we see Gorillaphant walking across the forest as he heard a familiar bang nearby, and he grinned, realizing that his enemy was close by as he made his way towards the sounds of the explosions. "Listen, well, pirates! Don't take a step further to the forest or else you will face...the judgment of the Guardian of the Forest!" Gaimon screamed as Nami gained a nervous look.

"What is he talking about?" Nami asked as Luffy shrugged.

"Don't know. What a weird guy."

"What did you just say, you straw hat brat!?" Gaimon yelled with an annoyed look as Asher laughed. "And you! How dare you laugh at your father?!" Gaimon screamed as Asher laughed harder.

"Hey, do you hear that?" Nami asked, hearing Asher laughing as Luffy nodded.

"Yeah. I think the voice is coming from over there." Luffy says, pointing at Gaimon and Asher's location as Gaimon panicked.

"Hey! I told you not to come any closer!" Gaimon screamed, but Luffy ignored him as he took a step forward. "That's it! Face the judgment of the Guardian of the Forest!" Gaimon screamed while pulling out a gun as Asher's eyes widened in horror.

"Wait! Dad, no!" Asher screamed as Gaimon pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew in the air as it hit Luffy's chest.

Elsewhere, we see Cottontail relaxing on top of a tree, eating mushrooms as he looks down, and spits out his food in shock as he sees Gorrilaphant walking through the forest, heading straight towards the group as Cottontail quickly takes flight and flies towards his owner, hoping that it won't be too late. Nami shrieked in horror as Asher gave his dad an angry look, and was about to yell at him when suddenly, the bullet that was in Luffy's chest bounced off his skin harmlessly and flew off into the distance.

"...Huh?!" Asher and Gaimon exclaimed as Nami sighed in relief.

"What a shock! That was a bullet, right?" Nami asked Luffy as he nodded. "So, bullets...can't hurt you?"

"Yeah, but I still don't like being shot at."

"How did you do that?!" Asher asked, coming out of the bushes as the teens turned to him.

"Huh? The Forest Guardian is really just a normal guy?" Nami says in disbelief as Gaimon pops out of the bushes.

"Asher, wait!"

"Ehhhhh!? A boxman? Hey, box guy! You wouldn't happen to be a boxer, right?" Luffy asked as Gaimon was about to retort when suddenly Cottontail appeared as he landed on the ground.

"What is that thing? This day keeps getting weirder and weirder." Nami says as Luffy looks at Cottontail excitedly.

"Oh, cool! It's a winged-lemur made out of cotton!" Luffy yells as Asher smiles and picks up his pet.

"His name is Cottontail, and he's my pet/best friend," Asher says before looking down at his pet. "Anyway, what are you doing here? I thought you flew off to eat?" He asked Cottontail as Nami stared at him weirdly.

"Is he talking to his pet as if it can understand him?" Nami asked with a sweatdropped.

"I was, but I had to spot eating when I noticed Gorillaphant heading straight towards here," Cottontail says as Asher raises an eyebrow.

"Really? What does that weakling want?" Asher asked as, before anyone could react, Gorillaphant appeared out of the forest and roared as he pounded his fists on his chest.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Nami screamed in fright as Luffy stared at it with stars in his eyes.

"Whoa! It's a giant elephant!" Luffy says excitedly before his eyes widen as he sees Gorillaphant approaching Nami. "Nami! Look out!" Luffy screamed as he was about to stretch out his arm to grab Nami, but stopped as Asher suddenly appeared in front of Nami.

"Whoa, he's fast," Luffy says to himself as Asher glares up at the giant hybrid.

"Don't you know its rude to gang up against someone like that? I think its time that I teach you some manners." Asher says as he bends down and leaps at the creature as he reared back his leg. "Bomu Bomu no...Bomb Kick!" Asher throws a mighty kick at Gorillaphant's chest, his leg detonating upon impact as the giant monster is sent flying across the forest.

"Whoa!" Luffy says, amazed by what he saw as Cottontail landed on Asher's shoulder.

"Nice kick." Cottontail complimented as Asher grins.

"Thanks, buddy," Asher says to Cottontail before turning to Nami as he smiles reassuringly. "Don't worry, miss. I'm pretty sure he learned his lesson for now. He won't come back for a while." Asher says as Nami stares at him, astounded.

"What are you!?" Nami asked as Asher grinned.

"I'm a Bombman," Asher says as Nami stares at him, confused

"Bombman?" Nami asked as Asher nodded.

"Yep. When I was a kid, I ate the Bomu Bomu fruit. I can make any part of my body blow up like a bomb without hurting myself. I can also make anything I touch explosive. For example." Asher says with his hands glowing pink as he pulls out a shuriken, and covers the small weapon with a pink aura as he then throws it, and the shuriken explodes mid-air. "See?" Asher said as Nami stared at him with a blank look.

"Oh, no. Not another monster." Nami thought to herself as Asher turned to Luffy.

"So, anyway, how did you survived the gunshot? The bullet just bounced off of your chest like if you were made of rubber." Asher says as Luffy grins.

"That's because I am. I can stretch any part of my body thanks to my Gomu Gomu fruit and became a Rubber Man." Luffy says as he then stretches his cheek to demonstrate.

"Whoa! That's awesome!" Asher says as Luffy smiles.

"I know, right?" Luffy says as the boys grin at each other.

"So, straw hat. You ate a devil fruit like my son here?" Gaimon asked as Luffy nodded.

"Yep, ate one when I was 7-years-old," Luffy says before blinking. "Wait, son?" Luffy says as he looks between Asher and Gaimon, and scratches his head confusedly. "I don't see the resemblance."

"HE'S ADOPTED, YOU IDIOT!" Gaimon yells as Luffy nods.

"Ah, that makes sense," Luffy says as Nami turns to Asher.

"So, if your Gaimon is not your real father, then where are your biological parents?" Nami asked as Asher shrugged, grabbing Cottontail as he petted him.

"Don't know. I was washed up shore here on a small boat when I was only 4-years-old, heavily injured, but luckily old man Gaimon found me a few hours later and treated my wounds." Asher says as the middle-aged man nods.

"I asked him how he got here and how he got his injuries. But Asher says that he doesn't remember anything from his past. I think he got amnesia or something." Gaimon says, absentmindedly as Luffy tilts his head confusedly.

"What's aneshia?" Luffy asked as Nami shook her head.

"First of all, it's pronounced amnesia, Luffy. Second, amnesia is when somebody loses either some of their memories or all of it due to a head injury, illness, traumatic events, etc." She says as Luffy nods understandably, and turns to Asher.

So, you don't remember anything?" Luffy asked as the Bombman shrugged.

"I can remember somethings like my name, how to walk, talk, and all that stuff. But other than that, nothing. I don't even know how I lost my right eye." Asher says, pointing at his eye as Luffy stares at it.

"Oh, cool! You have an eyepatch like a pirate!"

"Yep. My dad gave it to me when he healed me." Asher says as Luffy reaches for his eyepatch.

"Can I see what's inside?" Luffy asked as Nami punched him in the head.

"DON'T TOUCH HIS EYEPATCH WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION YOU IDIOT!" Nami screamed as Luffy pouted.

"But, I'm curious," Luffy whined as Asher gave Nami a grateful look.

"Thanks for the help, miss."

"You're welcome," Nami says.

"Hey, old man. Why are you in a treasure chest anyway?" Luffy asked Gaimon as the old man turned to him. "Are you a jack in a box?" Luffy asked as Gaimon nodded.

"Yeah, my parents took care of me when I was still small-are you an idiot!?" Gaimon says calmly, before screaming at Luffy as Asher and Cottontail snickered. "I'm a person, not a toy! I've been stranded on this island and got stuck in this damm box for 20 years!" Gaimon screams, surprising everyone except for Asher and Cottontail.

"You have been stuck here for 20 years?!" Nami exclaimed as Asher nodded.

"Yep and Cottontail have been stuck here for 200 years," Asher says as Nami gives him a blank look.

"Why would I care about how long your pet had been stuck here?" Nami asked, before blinking. "Wait, 200 years?! How can he live for that long!?"

"Cottontail told me that his species have extremely long lifespans compared to humans," Asher explained while scratching Cottontail's head as Gaimon coughs.

"Can I finish, please?" Gaimon says as they nod. "Good. Anyway, I've been stuck here for so long that my hair and mustache grew out like a wildman! And in all that time, you're the first people I had a real conversation with, outside of my son, of course. Do you understand the pain that I've have been through?"

"That's ridiculous," Luffy bluntly says as Gaimon glared at him.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Gaimon screamed as Asher was about to calm him down when suddenly his keen senses detected footprints coming their way.

"Guys, we got incoming," Asher says as everyone tensed, but Nami and Luffy relaxed as they saw that it was only Zoro.

"Oh, there you guys are! I've been looking everywhere for you." Zoro says while yawning as he sits down, and finally notices Asher, Cottontail, and Gaimon. "Who are you two? And why are you stuck in a box? Are you a jack in a box?" Zoro asked as Gaimon nodded.

"Yes, ironically, I am stuck in a box, and my name is-you idiot! We have already been through all that!" He says calmly, before screaming at Zoro as Luffy grabs him by his afro.

"Zoro, come and give me a hand," Luffy says, pulling Gaimon by his afro as Zoro nodded, and went to help his captain.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! It hurts! What the hell are you two doing!?"

"Stop it, you guys! You're going to kill my dad!" Asher yells, pulling them off of his father as he goes to check on him. "Are you alright, old man?" Asher worriedly asked as Gaimon nodded.

"I'm alright, son."

"Why couldn't we pull you out of the chest?" Luffy asked as Gaimon glared at him.

"Next time, think before you act, stupid! I've been stuck in this blasted treasure chest for so long now that it slowly became part of my body! If you tried to take me out of this chest, then I will be done for!" Gaimon screamed as Asher nodded.

"Yep, that's what he told me when I tried to pull him out," Asher says as he remembers a 4-year-old version of himself trying to pull his dad out of his chest, and Gaimon yelling at him to let go.

"Anyway, you mentioned earlier that you guys were pirates, right?" Gaimon asked, after calming down a bit as Luffy nodded.

"Yep. I'm the captain of this crew. My name is Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy says before pointing at his crew. "This is Zoro, our first mate/swordsman, and that girl over there is Nami. She's our navigator." Luffy says as Nami waves at them while Zoro looks away.

"Nice to meet you all. My name is Asher D. Willis, and this is my pet, Cottontail." Asher says while pointing at his pet as Gaimon stepped up.

"And, my name is Gaimon, Guardian of the Forest, but before that, I used to be a pirate," Gaimon says, shocking them as they stared at him in disbelief.

"Really?" Luffy asked as Gaimon nodded and looked up to the sky with a nostalgic look.

"It was nice being a pirate, searching for treasure, and risking my life." Gaimon says as Asher smiles.

"Old man Gaimon used to tell me stories of his adventures when I was a little kid. I was one of the most favorite times of my childhood." Asher says as Gaimon smiles at him, before turning to Luffy.

"Since your pirates, that must mean you have a map, right?" He asked as Luffy nodded, and pulled out a map from his pocket.

"Yep! We have a navigational map for the Grand Line! I'm going to use it to find the One Piece!" Luffy says excitedly as Gaimon, Asher, and Cottontail stare at him with shocked looks.

"The One Piece!?" They yelled as Luffy grinned.

"And, become King of the Pirates!" Luffy says as Gaimon stares at him with his jaws open.

"So, wait. You guys are sailing to the Grand Line to find the legendary One Piece?" Asher asked as Luffy nodded. "That's so cool!" Asher yelled as he stared at Luffy awestruck. "I can't believe you guys are brave enough to sail the most dangerous sea in the world!" Asher screamed before calming down as he gave Luffy a pleading look. "May I please see the map? I've never seen a real pirate map before." Asher says as Luffy smiles.

"Sure," Luff said with a shrug as he handed him the map, and Asher stared at it in awe.

"Whoa, the map of the Grand Line," Asher says as he opens the map...and blinks as he realizes that he doesn't know how to read a map. "So, which one is the Grand Line?" Asher asked as Luffy shrugged.

"Don't know. Hey, shrub guy! Do you know which one is the Grand Line?" Luffy asked as Gaimon stared at the map for a few seconds before shrugging.

"Sorry, I never really learned how to read a map."

"That's okay, shrub guy. I never learned either," Luffy admitted.

"Me three," Asher says as the three stared at each other before laughing like idiots as Nami sweatdropped at the scene.

"Asher, I understand, but you two are pirates! How do you guys not know how to read a map?" Nami asked as Asher turned to Cottontail, who was on his shoulder staring at the map curiously.

"What do you think, buddy? Think, you can read this map?" Asher asked as Cottontail shook his head.

"Sorry, I don't understand your human writing."

"It's okay," Luffy assured him as Asher and Cottontail mumbled thanks, before turning to him in shock.

"You can understand him?" Asher asked, surprised as Luffy nodded. "Oh, that's great! Now you have someone else to talk to, buddy!" Asher says as Cottontail sweatdropped.

"But why did it have to be the dumb one?" Cottontail asked as Luffy glared at him.

"What did you say, you stupid rat!?" Luffy yelled in outrage as Cottontail cowered behind Asher.

"Enough!" Nami says, stepping in between Luffy and Asher. "Anyway, even if we do make it to the Grand Line, the best course of action is to get as much treasure as we can and escape,"

"Treasure? Are you a treasure hunter like my old man?" Asher asked as Nami looked away with a grin.

"You can say that, but I'm more of a pirate burglar." She says as Asher gives her a confused look.

"Pirate burglar? But aren't you also a pirate?" He asked as Nami shook her head.

"No. I'm just traveling along with these guys for the time being," Nami says as Asher nods.

"Good to know." Asher says before chuckling as he looks out into the ocean. "Man, I'm still freaking out that you guys are going to Grand Line. I always wanted to go there ever since my dad told me about it when I was a little kid."

"And, do what, exactly?" Nami asked as Asher grinned.

"I want to go to the Grand Line to fight all the word's strongest people, and become the strongest man in the world!" Asher screamed as Zoro stared at him quizzically.

"The strongest man in the world? So, you're aiming to become the Kind of the Pirates like Luffy?" Zoro asked as Luffy stared at him with an emotionless look, waiting to see what his response was.

"Nah, not really," Asher says, surprising everyone as he turns to them. "I really don't want to be the king of anything. My dream is to explore the world someday and become the world's strongest man. I know that my dream may seem simple to you guys, you can laugh all you want. But I don't care because it's my dream and I'm sticking by it." Asher says with a determined look as everyone stares at him, stunned.

"Well said, Asher," Luffy says as he nods approvingly, before turning to Nami. "Anyway, you can steal all the treasure you want, but the Once Piece is definitely going to be there, and I'm gonna find it," Luffy says as Gaimon scoffes.

"Good luck with that, kid," Gaimon mumbled as everyone turned to him.

"What do you mean by that, old man?" Asher asked as Gaimon sighed tiredly.

"There's a reason why they call the Grand Line a pirates graveyard, son. Let me explain, a long time ago, before you showed up, a group of pirates returned from the Grand Line. Every one of them had lost their spirit and looked as if they were dead! Their facial expressions were even more painful to look at! It looked like they met something horrid, maybe a pirate or perhaps a monster. Nobody dared to talk about it, but you could see it from their look...the look of the Grand Line!"

"...Whoa." Cottontail said as everybody got invested in the story.

"I have no other proof either than this. The rumors only made it more and more mysterious! It's already been 20 years since the beginning of the 'Pirate Era'...that treasure might be nothing more than a legend." Gaimon says before turning to Luffy as he gives the teen a solemn look. "Can't you see that the One Piece might be nothing more than a dream inside of a dream?" Gaimon asked as Luffy didn't say anything at first, but then he suddenly smiled as he laughed.

"Maybe, but I will never know until I look for it for myself!" Luffy says with a big grin as Gaimon stares at him in shock, before gasping as he realizes something.

"You're just like me!" Gaimon yelled as everyone stared at him, confused. "You even look like me! We could be twins!"

"Are you sure about that old man Gaimon?" Asher asked, looking between Luffy and Gaimon as he gave his dad a blank look. "I don't see the resemblance.

"It's supposed to be a metaphor, you dumb brat!" Gaimon screamed before turning to Luffy. "Young man, I understand about the pursuit of your dreams! When I was a younger man, we used to feel the same way! We were willing to put our lives on the line to search for treasure! It was that single-minded seal that changed my life forever!"

"Wait! Slow down! What are you even talking about?" Nami asked, but Gaimon continued talking as if he didn't hear her.

"It was 20 years ago, my crew and I had landed on this island for one single reason...to find the treasure that was rumored to be there! 200 hundred men had searched for an entire month, and nothing has been found, except for this broken treasure chest!" Gaimon says, gesturing to the box that he was stuck in as he continued talking.

"The Captain had ordered everyone to go back into the ship, and I was about to follow them. When suddenly I noticed a large cliff that nobody had checked yet, so I climbed it and much to my shock, there was a bunch of treasure chest just sitting there right for the taken! I tried to call out to my crew, but then I accidentally fell off the cliff, and landed in this treasure chest, knocking myself out. By the time I woke up, my crew had already sailed away." Gaimon solemnly says as everyone gives him sympathetic looks. Including Asher and Cottontail, even though they heard the story over and over again.

"I'm so sorry to hear that, Gaimon," Nami says as Gaimon smiles and looks at Asher.

"Thanks, but thankfully life here wasn't so bad, especially with Asher was around. He sure did lighten things around here with his antics all of these years. Treating everything as if it was a fun adventure, but he sure was a handful."

"That's nice and all, but what about the treasure?" Zoro asked as Gaimon rubbed his neck sheepishly.

"Ah, yes, well, about that...there wasn't any treasure at all!" Gaimon says as everyone gives him a shocked look.

"EH!?" They exclaimed as Asher nodded.

"It's true. I found that out by myself." Asher says as everyone turns to him. "When I first found my Devil Fruit, and after hearing my dad's life story. I made a promise to myself to I will master my new powers and get strong enough, so I can help my dad recover his treasure! I trained intensively for 10 years straight, and when I finally finished my training, I propelled myself up the cliff and quickly began to open all of the chests. But much to my dismay, they were all empty." Asher says as everybody gasped, and Gaimon nodded sadly.

"At first I was sad that the treasure that I longed for wasn't real, but after having a hard conversation with my son, I come to realize that while the treasure that I have been craving for wasn't real. At least I found out about it when I was relatively young, so I didn't have to waste my entire life guardian for fake treasure."

"After that incident, I made a vow to myself to live the rest of my life to the fullest! I spent more time with my son, made friends with the animals of the Island, and lived my life to the fullest! I was content with my life, and that's when I realized something, I had found treasure! My son and my animal friends, they are my real treasure!"

Asher smiled proudly at his father as all of the harmless animals came out of the forest, and licked him in appreciation. Nami and even Zoro smiled at the scene as Luffy walked up to them with his hat covering his eyes as Asher and Gaimon stared at him confusedly.

"Luffy?"

"Straw Hat? What's wrong with you?" Gaimon asked as Luffy slowly looked up to them and grinned.

"I want you two to join my crew!" Luffy yells as Cottontail flies in and lands on his shoulder. "You can come as well, Cottontail, since you're Asher's pet." He says as both Asher and Gaimon stare at him with their jaws open.

"What!?" They exclaimed as Nami smiled.

"Yeah, it will be great to have you both on board!" She says as Zoro nods.

"Indeed. And the kid's bomb powers will certainly come in handy in future fights."

"Y-You're asking us to join your crew? To become pirates?" Asher asked with a hopeful look on his face as Luffy nodded.

"Yep! So, what do you guys say? Want to become our Nakama?" Luffy asked as Asher grinned widely.

"You bet, I do!" Asher screamed as he leaped in the air and cheered. "This is great! I can finally become a real pirate!" Asher yelled as he landed back on the ground, and everyone stared at him amusedly as Asher turned to Gaimon. "And, you can become a pirate again and finally leave the Island! Isn't that great?" Asher says happily to Gaimon before frowning as he notices that his father is eerily quiet." Uh, Dad. What's wrong?" Asher asked as Gaimon slowly looked up to him and gave him a big toothy grin.

"Sorry, son, but I'm staying."

"Eh!? But why?" Asher asked as Gaimon turned to the teens.

"You wouldn't mind if an old man talks with his son in private, right?"

"Sure. Come on, guys." Luffy says as the other two nod, and walk away. Including, Cottontail who was still sitting on Luffy's shoulder.

"Dad-"

"Son, sit down," Gaimon says, sitting down as his son sits next to him. "I want to stay on the Island for a couple of reasons. One, I need to stay here to take care of the animals and protect them from outsiders. Two, I will only slow you guys down."

"Dad, that's not-"

"Son, stop lying. I'm stuck on this chest. I can't run as fast as a normal person or fight at all, so I will be a major burden on all of you. And third, I want you to experience the world by yourself without your dad around, living the life of a pirate! I want you to sail around the world, make new friends, make powerful enemies, and, most importantly, follow your dream! Can you do that for me, son?" Gaimon asked as Asher nodded determinedly.

"I will, father!" Asher says as Gaimon smiles and hugs him.

"I love you, son. Always remember that I have faith in you, and wherever life takes you. Just remember that your old man will be sitting here. Thinking how proud he is of his stupid, stubborn, reckless, child!" Gaimon screams with tears streaming down his face as Asher's one eye teared up as well.

"I love you too, dad. Thank you for taking care of me all these years. I will never forget everything you've done for me, old man." Asher says as Gaimon eyes widen, and his lip trembles.

"Dammit! I'm going to miss you, you brat!" Gaimon sobs as Asher cries as well.

"I'm going to miss you too, you old bastard!" Asher screamed as they shared a hug and cried.

"When you think there going to be finished?" Zoro asked with a bored tone as he lay down on his ship. "It's been 20 minutes already."

"Hey, give them some time, this is probably the last time they will see each other for a very long time," Nami says as Zoro shrugs, and goes back to sleep. Luffy says nothing as he waits patiently on the ship, petting Cottontail.

"Hey, guys!" Asher screams as he and his father appear out of the forest, carrying some supplies as Asher grins. "It's the offer still opened?" Asher asked as Luffy gave him a big smile.

"Of course! Hop on in!" Luffy says as Asher eagerly got aboard the ship, and gave Nami the supplies. "Are you sure you want to stay here on the Island, Gaimon?" Luffy asked as Gaimon nodded.

"Yes. Thank you for inviting me to your crew, but I want to stay. I'm getting too old for the pirate game. Plus, I want my son to experience the world by himself without his old man slowing him down." He says as Asher smiles at him gratefully. "Also, I want to continue being the Guardian of the Island," Gaimon says as all the hybrid animals, including the dangerous animals, show up to bid their friend/enemy farewell. "I have grown too attached to them, I can't leave them behind," Gaimon says as they smile.

"Too bad, your a neat guy, for a living jack in a box, at least," Luff says.

"The weird creatures here, are your true friends, huh," Zoro says as Luffy nods.

"Yep, and he's the weirdest of them all," Luffy says as Asher nodded in agreement.

"I can vouch for that since I lived with him for 12 years."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU BRATS!?" Gaimon screamed as everyone started laughing, including him. All of the animals in the forest roared, squeaked, howled, hissed, and meowed their goodbyes to the young teen as Asher smiled. Before noticing Gorillaphant standing by the side as he smirked.

"Guys, hold up a sec. There's something I have to do first." Asher says as they nod, and he leaps out of the boat as he ran after the big creature. "Hey, big guy!" Asher screams as Gorillaphant looks down at him, and the young teen grins as he makes small explosions with his hands. "How about one more fight before I go?" The giant hybrid stared at him in shock, before grinning as it nodded. "Alright! Let's do this!" Asher screams as Gorillaphant charges at him, and he smirks.

"Bomu Bomu no...Bomb Strike!" Asher exclaimed with his feet generating an explosion that propelled himself into the air as he flew up like a missile, and threw a punch at the giant monster's face, sending him flying halfway across the island. Tears streamed down the hybrid's face as he silently bid farewell to the only person who could best him in a fight, before landing on the forest.

"Whoa! He sent that guy flying!" Luffy exclaimed as Nami, and even Zoro looked amazed.

"What destructive power!" Nami says as Zoro nods.

"Goodbye, everyone! I will miss you!" Asher screamed while jumping back on the ship as it sailed off.

"Farewell, my son!" Gaimon screamed as he and the rest island inhabitants waved at him goodbye. A few hours later, we see Asher staring out into the sea with Cottontail resting on his shoulder as the lemur gives him a concerned look.

"Homesick already?" Cottontail asked as Asher nodded. "Regret your decision?" Cottontail asked as Asher shook his head.

"Nah. I may miss home, but I want to follow my dreams and become the world's strongest man. Besides, it's not like I'm going away forever. Once I accomplished my goals, we will return back home, and I will tell my dad all the grand adventures we had." Asher says, surprising his pet as he grins. "So, how about it, little buddy? Ready for our next adventure?"

"Definitely."

"Hey, Asher! Cottontail! Come over here, so we can start your initiation!" Luffy says as Asher and Cottontail grinned at each other.

"Coming Captain," Asher says as he walks over to where his crew is sitting, and sits down, while Cottontail lands on his lap.

"Now, that everyone's here, let's celebrate for our new bodyguard and pet, Asher D. Willis and Cottontail!" Luffy yelled as everyone cheered, except for Asher, and Cottontail as they tilted their heads confusedly.

"Bodyguard?"

"Pet?"

"Yeah, I mean, you protected Nami from the giant monster thing, and you're pretty strong. So it makes sense that you will be the perfect bodyguard," Luffy says to Asher, before turning to Cottontail. "And since you are Asher's pet, I figured you can be our pet too, so what do you two say?" Luffy says as Asher and Cottontail stare at each other, before grinning as they turn to their captain.

"Aye, aye, captain."

"I can deal with that."

"Okay, okay, enough, let's drink!" Zoro says as everybody cheers. Asher laughs as he stares out into the ocean and grins as he can't wait for the future adventures he will have, and all the enemies he will fight as well. I hope they will give me a challenge. Asher thought to himself as they continued sailing on the open sea.


Man, that was a fun chapter to write! Anyway, yes, Asher does have the exact same fruit as Mr. 5. Why? Well, I always felt like the potential of that fruit was wasted by him, so I decided that Asher should have his fruit instead. Also, I decided to change his devil fruit powers a bit because using boogers as projectiles is gross. Asher will have the ability to make anything explosive just by touching them, but only to small objects like shurikens. Mr. 5 will have a different devil fruit, and you guys will find out what it is when we reach the Whiskey Peak arc.

And, before I go, I should tell you guys that Asher cannot talk with animals. Asher can understand Cottontail quite well because he grew up with him and can basically know what he's thinking by looking at his facial expressions alone. Luffy can understand Cottontail because...well, he's Luffy.

Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.