As their crews battled around them Arlong and Luffy stared each other down. "I'm gonna enjoy ripping you lowly humans to shreds." Arlong said as walked closer to Luffy. Luffy didn't say anything as he broke into a sprint and clashed fist to fist with Arlong. As they battled they looked even in strength, but Luffy was faster. Arlong's throne was destroyed as Luffy dodged his attack, the fishman was then thrown into the building by Luffy's own attack.

As Luffy ran into the building to continue his battle Zoro was having a hard time with Hatchi. His breath was heavy and his vision was in and out of focus. " My six swords are too much for you to handle Roronoa!" Hatchi said and Zoro stumbled to block attacks. Zoro knew he couldn't keep going like this, he could feel his wound reopening. "Yosaku, Johnny your swords!" He yelled as he tried his bandana.

"You got it big bro!"

The two tossed their swords in the air as Hatchi swung his swords widely and ran at Zoro. As he cought the two swords zoro dashed at Hatchi. Using swift movement and precise sword play he moves through all six swords and even slashes Hatchi. Blood splashed from the wound on the octopus as Zoro breathed heavily. "You son of a bitch!" Hatchi screamed as he he charged Zoro with all his swords pointed at Zoro. The green haired swordsman held his sword out at the ready as he turned around.

"DRAGON TWISTER!"

Zoro spin with all his might and Hatchi flew into the air with a multitude of cuts and blood flowing from his wounds. "You might have six swords but my three will always hold more weight." Zoro said as he dropped onto his back. He was out of energy and remaining fishmen was closing in on him.

"Zoro!" Sanji yelled in worry but he couldn't move as he had to dodge a fist from Kurobi. "Don't lose focus." He said. Sanji grit his teeth but he saw a flash of white and smiled. The fishmen surrounding him were all tackled out of the way by Shiro. As Shiro dragged the passed out swordsman to safety everyone saw Nami standing in the crowd. Her staff was in her hand and Luffy's hat rested on her head.

"NAMI!"

"It seems like it's closing time." Kurobi looked confused but then Sanji disappeared from his vision. "Legs." Pain invaded his legs and he was flipped onto his back. "Chest." Sanji slammed his heel down onto Kurobi's chest, making the fishman cough up blood. "Back." Sanji's leg slipped under Kurobi and kicked him in the air. "Neck." Sanji slammed his leg down on Kurobi's neck. When the fishman got up Sanji was gone.

"MUTTON SHOT!"

Sanji appeared on his side and landed a barrage of kicks with one leg. His legg moved so fast it looked like his leg was multiplying. He ended the assault with a strong forward kick to the face that sent Kurobi flying through Arlong Park building. Sanji took a long drag of his cigarette as he walked back to the crowd. "Gin hurry up, you're holding up the main course." Sanji said. "I was just savoring my food, Sanji." Gin said as he dodged a punch that destroyed the ground.

Krill was infuriated. Hatchi was down, Kurobi was likely dead and Arlong was actually having a hard time with that pirate. "I'm gonna kill you!" The shelled fishman yelled. "Not if I kill you first." Gin said as he slammed his tonfa down onto Krill, the fishman blocked with his arm and smiled. "You won't be able to harm me." He pushed Gin's weapon away from him and Closer lined his chest. Gin slid away and smirked. He ran his tongue over his lips and he spun his tonfas at high speeds.

He rushed Krill and the fishman prepared himself but Gin disappeared from his sight. Gin had ducked to sweep his legs with his tonfa and uppercut him with his second one. The fishman flew into the air and Gin followed. The tonfa in his right hand was spinning and he used it to slam Krill into the ground. Gin spun both of his tonfas wildly and he let gravity do the rest.

CRASH!

"DEMON WALTZ."

Gin slammed both his tonfas down into Krill's chest, destroying the fishman's ribs on impact. Krill died nearly instantly. As Gin and Sanji walked away from their battles Sanji started to swoon at Nami. "Nami, did you see me!" Nami smiled and shook her head at him. "Thanks Sanji, you too Gin." Sanji nearly died from her thanks and Gin blushed. He wasn't used to compliments like that. "It's no problem." Gin said, scratching his cheek.

Usopp was still running for his life and he dodged into the forest. As he hid behind the trees he was shaking. 'Why am I so scared, I've fought before?' He thought to himself. The fear he was feeling right now was almost crippling. He didn't understand why.

"After I kill you I'm gonna go watch your friends be slaughtered. And I'll make sure Nami never makes it out of here!"

"SQUIRT CANNON!"

The trees next to Usopp were completely destroyed by the attack and his jaw fell to the ground. But he realized why he was so scared. So far every serious fight he's had his friends were around this was the first time he's fought by himself. Before he knew Luffy or Zoro could handle it but now this was all up to him. He could just run away, pretend he tried harder than he did. He knew this guy couldn't beat the others.

'When you die Usopp do you want to have regrets?'

Usopp smiled though it was shaky. "No more playing pirate for me! If I lose I die but at least I'll die a pirate!" He yelled. Usopp reached into his bag and pulled out a bottle of booze. He tossed it at chew and shot it right before it hit him. The liquid splashed over Chew's body and he stumbled back into a pond. Usopp stuck his head out of his hiding spot with a mocking expression. "Come and get me, you bastard!"

Chew was overcome with anger and ran into the forest. Usopp snickered at his stupidity. The sniper ran deeper into the forest purposely showing his back. Chew was faster than him and caught up to him. Usopp jumped behind a tree and readied his slingshot. "This is over. Alcohol lights on fire!"

"SPECIAL ATTACK: FLAME STAR!"

Chew instantly lit on fire and was screaming in pain, he started to run away but Usopp pulled out his gun. "Fighting from a distance is my specialty." Usopp said with a smirk. Right when chew got to the water Usopp pulled the trigger.

BANG!

The fishman dropped into the water with a hole where his heart is. Dead. "I did it, I beat a fishman!" Usopp said as he fell on his back. He made his way back to Arlong park with a big smile on his face.

"Yo guys." He yelled as he made his way to his crew, when he saw Nami he smiled. "Yo Nami I beat that stupid guy with the long mouth. He might be dead actually." Usopp said as an afterthought. Nami smiled happily at him and before anybody could say anything a wall of Arlong park was blown open. Everyone turned their eyes to see Arlong getting up from the rubble and Luffy walking out the new hole. He had a set of teeth on his side and bite marks on his arm. He pulled the teeth out his side with no reaction.

As Arlong got up and looked around he saw Krill and Hatchi were down. His eyes widened in shock and Luffy smiled. "You said you were superior to us but it seems like my crew is stronger than yours." Luffy said and Arlong turned to him with hatred in his eyes. "You low life human!" Arlong screamed as he charged Luffy. As they battled the villages thought they looked even, but the fighters they could see what was happening. Luffy was purposely dodging with a narrow margin to anger Arlong. Again just as Arlong seem to almost hit Luffy, the pirate planted his foot and slammed his leg into Arlong's face. Arlong fell to the ground and his teeth were broken again.

"Kicking your ass is pretty fun. I could do this all day." Luffy mocked him. Goading people in this fashion wasn't Luffy's forte but he was doing this for a reason. He was humiliating Arlong for Nami. To show her that Arlong wasn't unbeatable. And she realized it. She cried as Luffy continued to beat Arlong. The fishman fled to the water much to everyone's confusion. "Did he run away?" Usopp asked. Luffy stood at the edge of the water looking at him. Surprise invaded everyone as Arlong flew out of the water faster than anyone could see and crashed into Arlong park.

Luffy barely dodged and he got a cut on his side. Arlong watched him from a balcony and jumped from it at high speeds.

"SHARK DARTS!"

Luffy flipped away from Arlong and the fishman impaled the stone ground with his nose. He turned and flew at Luffy again with the same attack but Luffy just over him. He prepared to send an attack but Arlong fled to the water again. Luffy kissed his teeth in frustration. "Come out you Shark! I'm gonna break that nose of yours!" Arlong thought Luffy was an idiot, he got even more distance to gain even more speed to impale Luffy. The rubber man held out his hand and stretched his fingers out.

"GUM GUM SHIELD!"

Arlong flew from the water at and even higher speed than before and it looked like he hit Luffy. But in fact he didn't. Luffy's fingers caught him, the captain smiled as he let Arlong speed past him. "That attack won't work on me anymore." Arlong crashed into Arlong park and wasted no time in attacking again. Luffy looked defenseless but he wasn't. His fingers stretched out in the form of a net.

"GUM GUM: FINGER NET!"

Arlong was caught in his net and Luffy laughed. "Who knew you could fish on land." He said as he let Arlong go and attacked. He put the bottoms of his feet together and attacked Arlong with his toes forward. When the attack hit Arlong coughed blood and was slammed into the ground. Luffy stretched his arm and pulled himself to Arlong park. Arlong was on the ground with his eyes closed and Luffy watched him with curiosity. When he opened his eyes and stood up everyone was shocked. "His eyes are like sea kings when they snap." Sanji said.

The shark walked over to Arlong park and pulled out a giant sword. The blade had multiple spikes. "Wicked sword." Luffy said but he had to dodge as Arlong jumped up and slashed into Arlong park. Luffy jumped up to another level and Arlong followed with another swing of his sword. Luffy had no choice but to jump into the building. As he looked around Luffy saw a lot of maps.

"What's with all this paper?

"This is the room where I make Nami draw all her charts." Arlong put one of the saw blades at Luffy's neck. "Her talent would be wasted on scum like you. She needs to use her talent for my ambitions." A pen was blown off the desk and rolled to Luffy's feet. When he picked it up he saw it was stained with blood. "You could never use her like me." Something snapped in Luffy when Arlong said those words. He put the pen down and grabbed the blade at his neck. "Use her?" He said with a low tone. When Luffy looked up Arlong nearly retreated at his demonic gaze, but he couldn't move the blade.

CRACK!

Under Luffy's strength the blade was shattered. "Nami isn't some tool!" Luffy said as he jumped up. He attacked it he didn't aim for Arlong. His foot hit a desk and it was thrown out of the window. He did the same thing to the dresser in the room. "You bastard, what are you doing!?" Arlong said as he slashed at Luffy, but the rubber man dodged and Arlong cut some maps. Luffy punched another stack of papers out the room. "What are you doing this is 8 years worth of work and ambition!"

"This room is nothing but a jail cell for Nami. I'm gonna tear down the whole thing." Luffy said as he stretched his leg through the roof of the building. Arlong wouldn't let him and charged at him. He jumped and spun like a drill and bit into Luffy's side.

"GUM GUM: BATTLE AX!"

Luffy slammed his foot down onto Arlong's back and a sickening crunch was heard and Arlong immediately passed out. Luffy's leg went through every floor of Arlong park with Arlong himself being attached to the bottom. When his attack finished Arlong was unresponsive and bleeding from his mouth. The building started to shake and Luffy stood in the destruction.

"Nami, we have to get out of here!" Nojiko tried to pull Nami away but she fought to stay. "But Luffy!" She argued and Nojiko shook her head at her and stood with her. Luffy's crew stood around them, waiting to see if their captain was okay. As the building turned into a pile of rubble everyone was silent, waiting to see who won the battle. The rubble started to move and everyone waited with baited breath. Relief invaded them when they saw a red vest and tanned skin. Luffy stood there for what felt like forever. The blood on his face and body dripped below him.

"NAMI, YOUR MY FRIEND!"

It was a simple statement but it had many different meanings. It meant she wasn't his tool. Or his subordinate. She was his friend and he would help her even if she didn't join his crew. Nami couldn't form words and just nodded with tears in her eyes. No one could believe it, not even as Luffy stepped down from the rubble. It wasn't until a shout that everything registered.

"He- HE WON!"

Everyone started to cheer for Luffy and even rushed him and started to toss him into the air. Synchronized chants of "LUFFY! LUFFY!" Were heard coming from the destroyed Arlong park. It wasn't until they accidentally dropped him that it stopped. Luffy laughed though not caring at all. He soon felt something rest on his head and he was happy to feel his straw hat. "Nami." He said softly. "Thanks… Captain." She said and Luffy had the biggest smile on his face when she said that. "You're joining my crew! Oh yeah!" Luffy screamed happily. But they were interrupted by an annoying voice.

"Good for you. I saw the whole fight and I must say I find it a fluke you beat Arlong but it doesn't matter because Captain Nezumi will take all the credit and all the money!" He said but he was interrupted by Zoro and Gin. "Raining on the people's parade isn't good." They beat the whole squad of marines black and blue with their bear hands. "Aren't you the Man-Demon!?" Nezumi said, surprised to see Gin. "I joined him." Gin said pointing at Luffy. Nami walked over to the down captain and grabbed him by the three whiskers on his face. "You're not gonna touch any treasure in Arlong park and you're gonna give me back my money. Got it?" Nami said dangerously. "Yes yes yes." Nezumi said pain. "And this is for Nojiko and Bellemere!" Nami slammed her staff into Nezumi's face so hard he slid across the water.

"I'm gonna get you for this! Your captain is Luffy right! Big things will happen!" Nezumi said as he swam away at high speeds, with his squad following.

"Let's not keep this to ourselves. Let's go and tell everyone!" The village doctor said and everyone started to run into the town. "ARLONG PARK HAS FALLEN!"

As this was happening Genzo and Nojiko were watching Nami laugh with Luffy and the others. "She really is happy." Genzo commented. "Yep." Nojiko said with a wistful tone.

"Nami what are you doing here, your friends are looking for you." Nojiko asked as she and Genzo found Nami sitting at a grave maker. "Hey guys, do you think Bellemere would have allowed me to be a pirate?" Genzo looked surprised and Nojiko smiled. "Of course she wouldn't/would." Genzo and Nojiko said at the same time. "But even if she didn't, that wouldn't stop you." Nojiko said. Nami stuck her tongue out with a cheeky grin.

'And it wouldn't stop me either.' Nojiko thought with a sly smile.

Three days later The entire island was partying and having fun. This has been going on for three days straight. The crew were all engrossed in the festivities. Sanji was dancing with multiple women and he had lipstick stains on his cheeks. Zoro was drinking with Shiro and Gin while Usopp told stories and sang songs about his battles with the fishmen. Luffy on the other hand was running around trying to try every food he could.

"Luffy." He heard his name called and turned to see Nojiko. "Nojiko what's up." He said as he swallowed his food. Nojiko smiled at him good naturedly. "Could you follow me?" She asked him and Luffy nodded albeit confused. She led him to a lone house surrounded by a tangerine orchid.

"What's up Nojiko?" Luffy asked as he sat down next at a table across from her. "Nami is going to join your crew." She said. "Yeah." Luffy said. "Well I want to join your crew too." She said and Luffy raised an eyebrow at her. "Why?"

"I haven't seen Nami happy in years and I don't want to lose that yet and I want to see her achieve her dream." Luffy didn't have a reaction to her explanation. "Is that all?" He asked. It wasn't disrespectful, like he didn't think it was a good enough reason to come sailing. It was more like he was fishing for more. Nojiko laced her fingers together and gripped them tightly. She shifted her legs under the table, a clear sign she was anxious.

"I guess not." She sighed and Luffy waited patiently for her to form her words. "I'm her big sister yet I failed. I failed her, I failed Nami. She put her life on the line time and time again and I couldn't do anything about it. I felt useless to her, I don't want to feel that way again. I guess you can say now that I'm free, my dream is to help Nami achieve her dream." Nojiko explained with Misty eyes. Luffy's face was blank as he stared at her.

"You didn't fail. Nami was able to keep fighting because you were here. You said Nami needed to fight alone but she wasn't. You can join." Luffy said with a big smile on his face. Nojiko let one tear fall from her eye before she wiped it. She never cried anymore. "Thank you Captain."

"What are you thanking me for? I would have let you join anyway. I like you Nojiko." Luffy said. Nojiko fluttered her eyes at him. "Oh are you trying to flirt with me, Captain." She teased, and Luffy just raised a confused eyebrow at her as he got up. "Well I'm still hungry, I'm gonna go get some food." Luffy said but Nojiko stopped him. "Wait, I want to surprise Nami, could you help me move onto the ship?"

"Hmmm ok."

Thankfully Nami was busy getting a new tattoo, because though the night Luffy and Nojiko snuck her clothes and other things onto the going Merry of course they didn't go completely unnoticed. Luffy was carrying multiple tangerine trees and was being directed by Nojiko. "Wow captain, you're really strong." Nojiko teased him again, running a finger down his arm. Luffy again showed no reaction to her and Nojiko smiled. She wondered how far she could go before he realized what she was doing. She snickered to herself at the thought.

"Thanks Nojiko but could you tell me if I'm headed in the right direction." Luffy said swaying side to side. "Of course, captain." Nojiko said giggling. As they got to the ship Luffy watched Nojiko plant the trees in the ship. Helping whenever she asked. Once she was done she took one tangerine and peeled it. She took a piece of it and held it to Luffy's mouth. He happily ate the piece.

"Wow, that's the best tangerine I ever had." Luffy said. Nojiko fed him the rest. "You can have one of these a day. I can't have you going around eating all of me and Nami's precious tangerines." Luffy eagerly nodded as they made their way back to her home. But they were caught.

"What are you two doing out here?" Genzo asked, standing in front of Bellemere's grave. "I'm helping Nojiko move onto the Ship." Luffy said and Genzo turned to them in shock. "Nojiko, is this true?" Genzo said with widened eyes. "Yep I'm gonna be a pirate too." Nojiko said with a smile. Genzo sighed and shook his head. "Boy let me talk to you alone." Genzo said seriously. Nojiko skipped away from them.

"See you inside, captain."

Luffy walked over to the man and the grave. "Who died?" Genzo didn't answer him. "Listen boy I know Nami and now Nojiko are going with you to be pirates. And even though it's dangerous I've accepted it. But if you do anything to take their smiles away I will kill you."

"We're not going to do anything like that." Luffy said, confused. "PROMISE ME!" Genzo yelled at him and Luffy flinched a tad. "I promise to never take their smiles away." Luffy said seriously. Genzo nodded and Luffy walked to the house.

"Man, that guy's kinda scary." Luffy said as he got in.

The next day the crew was on the ship. Luffy was in a change of clothes now as his red vest was torn up. He now were a red button down with short sleeves. Of course his blue shorts and hat was still in place. "Ok captain everything is stocked." Gin said very chiefly. "Good, and the food?" Luffy asked. "Your personal storage is fully stocked." Luffy smiled big. "Alright!" Luffy said excitedly. "You know we've only been here for a few days but it felt like a lifetime." Usopp said with a laugh. "I'm gonna miss the ladies." Sanji said with true longing in his tone. "But where's Nami?" He added.

"Maybe she's not coming." Gin said, Sanji immediately turned to him with fire in his eyes. "Say that one more time and we'll have to finish what we started Gin!" Sanji said and Gin put his hands up in defense. "He's right love cook. Now that she's saved her island, maybe she wants to stay." Zoro said.

"Nah she's coming." Luffy spoke up from his position at the back of the Merry. Shiro's claws were digging into the ship impatiently.

"SET SAIL!"

Everyone heard Nami scream and they turned to see her standing at the end of the crowd. "Well you heard her set sail!" Luffy ordered and everyone got to their stations and the ship started to sail away. Nami was weaving through the crowd, not stopping to say a single goodbye. When she got to the end of the dock she made a great leap and landed on the railing of the Merry. As she stepped down she lifted her shirt with her usual cheshire smile and a load of wallets fell out.

"Thanks a bunch!" She said, sticking her tongue out. The villagers screamed at her in fake outrage but one could see tears in their eyes. "Bye I'll miss you guys!" Nami waved.

"Me too, I'll miss you a lot!" A voice next to her said and she turned her head quickly at the familiarity in it. "Nojiko!" She screamed in shock. "What are you doing here?!" Nojiko looked at her confused. "Well I joined the crew duh." Nojiko said. Nami was at a loss for words and she looked at everyone else but they seemed not to be shocked. "You guys knew about this?"

"Yeah she's been here all morning." Usopp said. "And man am I happy for it!" Sanji said, swooning. Gin and Zoro didn't have a comment on it, and Shiro seemed accustomed to her already if the way he rubbed his head on her was anything to go by. "No you- you can't be a pirate. Guys turn the ship around!" She yelled. "That's not your call to make. Right Captain?" Nojiko said with a cheeky smile. "Yep. Sorry Nami but she's joining the crew." Luffy said finitely.

"But why?" Nami asked, confused. "I'm living my life with no regrets that's why." Nami shook her head at her with a long sigh. "Whatever just don't blame me if you get hurt." Nami said. "Don't worry about me you cow." Nojiko said and a vein popped out of Nami's head. "Stop calling me that!" Nami yelled and Nojiko laughed at her. "Get smaller tits then." Nami started to chase Nojiko around the boat while her older sister laughed. Through her angry shouts the crew could see Nami had a small but very bright smile on her face.

Somewhere on the Grand Line at a marine base a meeting was being held. A man stood in front with a board of three bounty posters on it. "So what you're saying is, that our branch forces can't handle this crew?" One of the marines in the room said.

"Exactly. Even before forming his crew he beat Captain ax hand Morgan. And he didn't stop there. Buggy the clown, 15,000,000. Commodore Don Krige, 17,000,000. And lastly Saw Tooth Arlong, 20,000,000." Everyone in the room couldn't help but be surprised at the names.

"They were all crushed by this one man, and he also has the Man-Demon Gin on his crew. Where the average bounty is three million I know this is unprecedented but I find it best to weed out evil before it has a chance to grow."

As the man slapped the bounty posters onto the wall the surprise in the room was tangible. "He is by far the worst man in the east blue. Pirate Straw Hat Luffy." The picture showed Luffy with a smile on his face as Shiro licked the blood from it. The poster read.

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE MONKEY D. LUFFY

60,000,000-

The next day on the Going Merry all was calm until Nami bought the day's news. Everyone was doing their own thing. Luffy was eating his day's tangerine much to Sanji's annoyance. Gin was training with Zoro, while Shiro slept peacefully. Usopp was, in his words. "Concocting a deadly weapon." And Nojiko was enjoying the air on the ship.

As Nami was reading something she came across something in the paper. "The worst man in the east blue…" her eyes trailed to the name and she gasped in shock. "MONKEY D. LUFFY!" She yelled and Luffy popped up next to her confused. As he was about to ask her what's up something slipped form the news paper. When he picked it up he was shocked to see his face.

"I GOT A BOUNTY!" Luffy screamed excited and everyone came to see what the commotion was. Luffy held out the bounty for them to see with a proud smile on his face. "60,000,000! That's more than double Arlong's!" Nojiko screamed in shock. "Hey that's me!" Usopp said pointing to the back of his head in the distance of the photo. Shiro walked up beside him with a smug air as he pointed a claw at himself. "Shut up stupid cat. You just beat some fodder fishman while I the great usopp took out one of their officers." Usopp bragged and Shiro growled and the two got into a scrap.

"Wow Captain that's incredible. That's the highest bounty I've ever seen." Gin said and Luffy smiled a bit wider at that. "That's not all they wrote an entire article about him. They say all about how he crushed the big three of the east blue and even stole the Man-Demon and added him to his ranks. Their calling him the worst man in the east Blue. Straw hat Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat pirates." Nami finished with worried beads of sweat going down her face. Luffy just laughed as she described his exploits. "Straw Hat pirates huh why didn't I think of that." Luffy said.

"What do I have to do to get one?" Sanji complained. "Maybe not be an idiot love cook." Sanji and Zoro started to scrap next to Usopp and Shiro. "You guys again fail to see your lives are at risk. Marine HQ are gonna be gunning for us and bounty hunters too." Nami said with a sigh. "Aww Nami lighten up, were pirates now shouldn't we want our captain to be infamous." Nojiko said with a smile. Nami really hated how fearless her sister was sometimes.

"Whatever we can't stay in the east blue any longer. It's a good thing we're close to Logue Town." Nami said looking at the spec in the distance. Luffy hopped on the banister next to her. "The place where the pirate king was born and then killed. I can't wait." He said with an excited laugh. Nami couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm.

As they docked their boat everyone was making a list of what they needed. "I'll be happy to lend you all money at a 300% interest rate." Nami said and everyone turned her down even Sanji. "I have my own money." They all said and Nami sighed in disappointment until she realized Zoro didn't say anything. He was trying not to look at her. "Zoro what about you?" She cooed at him. Zoro started to sweat but he was saved by Luffy. "Zoro you can use the money I have left for your swords." Zoro sighed in relief and thanked Luffy with all his heart. But he noticed something was off in Luffy's voice.

"You ok Luffy?" He asked and everyone turned to look at him in a rush. Luffy was staring at the town with hard look. "Theirs someone strong here. Be careful." He said before he jumped off the ship with a smile on his face. "See ya later and Sanji make sure to get lots of meat!" He said as he disappeared from view.

"He tells us to be careful and then leaves without a care in the world." Sanji said shaking his head. "How does Luffy know someone strong is here?" Nojiko asked and Gin and Sanji also seemed interested. "Probably another one of his feelings." Zoro said. The three looked at him confused. "Yeah when I first met Luffy he said he could feel when Zoro and Shiro got to the island. It was strange." Nami said.

"Me too, he said he felt that the group of pirates coming to attack my village was coming from the North side. It was weird but he was right." Usopp explained and the others only looked more confused. "Maybe it's just instinct or something. Or a part of his devil fruit power." Gin said, trying to make it make sense. "I doubt Being rubber gives you an ability like that. He probably got it from wherever he was before he set out to sea." Sanji said. And the others realized that they didn't know where Luffy was born. They barely knew anything about his past.

"Well it doesn't matter I'm gonna go and get some new swords." Zoro said as he jumped off the ship with a large sack on his shoulder. Everyone followed his example. "Let's meet here in about an hour. If what Luffy said is true we don't want to stay here too long." Nami said and everyone nodded as they went separate directions.

On a certain random island in the Grand Line a very famous group of pirates were resting. "C-ca-CAPTAIN!" One of the crew ran to the Captain with batted breathes. Some put a cup of water down in front of him and he greedily drank it. The man didn't have to say anything as the object of his fear appears before them. "Aww Hawk-eye. I'm not in the best mood right now. Have you come to rumble?" The man said. "Like I would settle the score with a man with one arm." The one armed man smiled. "I came across an interesting group recently and it reminds me of a story you told me." Hawkeye said as he pulled out a wanted poster. The red haired crew couldn't believe their eyes. "Luffy!" They all screamed. Shanks took the poster in his hands with a big smile. "You've come at last Luffy." He said with a smile.

"Lets party!"

"Yeah!"

In the Grand Line on a ship that looks like whale sails the white beard pirates. And on the ship quite a commotion was going because of one man. "Everyone's gotta look at this!" He said as he ran around the ship with a wanted poster in his hands. He ran to the Captain with huge smile on his face. "Pops look its my little brother. The one I told you about!" White beard took the small paper in his big hands with an inquisitive look. "The worst man in the east blue huh?" The old man said with deep grumble in his voice.

A man with flaming blue wings flew beside him to get a look at the poster. "His bounty dwarfed your starting bounty Ace-yoi." The man said with laugh. "Shut up Marco, Luffy just had a lucky first go round that's all." Ace said as he drew circles in the corner.

"Sabo's gonna love this." Marco said. And Ace picked his head up with a soft smile on his face. "Yeah."

On a war torn country a man sat at a desk looking over papers. He had a scar on his face and yellow hair. "Hey Sabo look at this." A girl came in the room with a paper in her hand and handed it to him with a big smile on her face. Her name was Koala. When he unrolled it his face broke into a big smile.

"Luffy."