DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ONE PIECE
DISCLAIMER: I USE AI TO TRANSLATE MY LANGUAGE TO ENGLISH
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A humid haze veiled the jungle canopy of a forgotten, uncharted island in East Blue. Vines tangled in the bones of old wreckage. Far from any trade route, this place reeked of rot, rust, and pirates.
Deep within the ramshackle fort built by Alvida's crew, three of her brutish subordinates cackled while tormenting a pink-haired boy Koby, who cowered beneath their boots.
"You call this mop job finished, piglet?" one jeered, booting the bucket of suds aside.
"I-I'm sorry!" Koby whimpered, scrubbing harder, trembling, his cracked glasses slipping down his nose.
The pirates laughed, spitting curses and mockery. The air was heavy, stinking of rum and blood.
Then, BOOM.
An explosion of air and light shattered the rusted iron wall behind them.
They spun around just in time to see dust cloud the room, swallowing everything in grey. A low whine built in their ears, followed by silence... and then a shape.
No! a man.
He materialized from the fading light like a spirit emerging from the heart of a dying star. Slender, tall, and sun-browned. A red vest fluttered from the wind he'd carried in, and his sandals stepped casually over the debris. His eyes were hidden behind his golden glass, but they shimmered faintly with something unnatural.
He gave a slow, wide grin.
"Oh~ that wasn't a very nice landing." he drawled, his voice coated in a strange, lazy rhythm.
The pirates froze. Koby blinked, trembling. They stared, confused then pointed at him in unison, screaming.
"W-WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
The two burliest of the three grabbed rusted cutlasses from a barrel, charging forward with a roar.
"YOU WANNA DIE?!"
SHK! SHK!
They slashed with brutal force but their blades met nothing.
Their swords passed through his body like slicing mist. Like he wasn't even there.
Silence fell. All four, Koby included stood there, mouths agape.
The man tilted his head, gazing at the swords now behind him. He wiggled his fingers mockingly.
"Ohhh... swords," he muttered. "Those are sooo scary."
Then he raised one hand. A single finger pointed.
"Here's my turn," he murmured.
ZNNNNNN—FSSHT!
A searing beam of golden light screamed from his fingertip, slicing straight through the first pirate's forehead.
A hole, burnt clean, hissed with smoke. The pirate dropped like a marionette with its strings cut.
Koby screamed. The second pirate fell to his knees, dropping his sword, hands raised and babbling.
"P-please! I-I didn't mean-!"
FSSHT. The light struck him through the chest. He crumpled, twitching, dead before he hit the floor.
Then, CRASH!
From above, a giant spiked iron club smashed through what remained of the roof and wall. The entire building buckled with the force. The third pirate, the one who stayed behind, sprinted toward the weapon's source, screaming.
"ALVIDA-SAMAAAA!"
From the clearing, Alvida emerged obese, towering, and wrathful. Her iron mace rested on one shoulder. Her face twitched with confusion and fury.
"What the hell happened here?!"
The pirate pointed back wildly. "A freak! H-he's not human! H-he kill them! I think h-he's a Pirate Hunter!"
Alvida's face paled. "Zoro? Here?!"
Back inside, Luffy stood among the ashes and bodies, arms crossed. Koby stared at him, wide-eyed.
"T-Thank you… but… who are you…?"
Luffy turned to him and gave a soft lopsided smile.
"Are you one of them?" he asked tone light but tinged with something darker.
"No… of course not…" Koby murmured and proceeded to tell Luffy how he got here and what his dream was.
Luffy crouched, voice slowing again like molasses.
"Well, Koby… sounds like ya wanna be free. If you've got dreams, ya better chase 'em. Otherwise… you'll rot."
"...Rot?" Koby blinked.
"Like meat left out too long. Smelly, slimy, forgotten. Rot."
BOOM!
The wall exploded again, this time from the outside. Alvida stormed in, eyes blazing.
"YOU SNOT-NOSED BRAT!" she screamed, swinging her club.
Luffy didn't flinch. The weapon struck him but instead of a splatter of blood, his entire body burst into thousands of glowing golden orbs.
Koby gasped.
The lights danced, twisted and reformed before her.
Now standing on her weapon, Luffy smirked, arms crossed.
"Not bad," he whispered, amused. "But not enough."
Alvida spun. "W-WHAT ARE YOU?!"
Luffy's smile widened.
"I'm a man made of light, Monkey D. Luffy."
Everyone froze.
A moment later, Luffy clenched his fist. It glowed with rising intensity, humming with pure heat. The air warped around it.
BOOM!
Then, his punch struck Alvida dead center in the stomach. The moment it touched, a star-shaped pattern bloomed from his knuckles matching her height.
Her body contorted, his arm driving through her like molten steel through butter.
KABOOOOOOM.
A blast of light annihilated half the room. Alvida's corpse soared through the air and slammed into her crew outside limp, steaming.
They screamed.
They ran.
Luffy hovered above the ground, surrounded in pulsing light. His fingers flicked lazily. He fired lasers like a god of judgment, vaporizing any pirate too slow to flee.
Smoke filled the ruins. Silence.
Koby stared at him, eyes full of terror.
Luffy turned to him.
"Oi," he said. "Which way to the next island?"
Koby jumped at the question and pointed southwest, too scared to speak.
Luffy nodded.
"Thanks."
Then his entire body glowed blinding light.
In the blink of an eye he vanished. A burst of photons scorched the earth where he stood.
Koby dropped to his knees, panting, surrounded by ashes and corpses.
To be continued...
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A/N: I didn't bother writing Romance Dawn cuz it exactly the same, the only difference is that Shanks never appear in dawn island nor did he influence Luffy to become pirate, so yeah Shanks still has both of his hands lol