Loud pounding could be heard as Luffy, a young and chipper boy, smashed through Boulder after Boulder with a enraged Haki filled arm, shining black with destructive power. Soon enough after smashing through the last of a bakers dozen of boulders he'd run out of stamina, and slumped over into a fetal position crying his heart out. "Stupid bandits... stupid life... stupid EVERYTHING!" He wailed out profusely.
Months Ago
Pig squealing and barking could be heard as Luffy ran down a clear path with a bunch of animal friends of his! Soon they'd stop in the middle of the clear path, sitting at the side as to not prohibit people from walking down the path. "Ooo! I'll name you Buta! Meaning Pig of course." He points down to the baby pig companion who is resting snug in his lap, oinking excitedly at the name. "And you, Hageshi! Meaning Fierce!" He then gives the old scar ridden Husky a big rub on the belly, it panting happily in response. He chuckled at the two's reactions before smelling something nasty nearby, "Gunpowder?" He says familiar with the horrid smell from when his grandfather had to shoot a few pirate ships down with cannon balls. "NOOO!" He yells out as he hears and sees a resounding bullet flying through the air, aiming for the small pig, Buta. Hageshi, the scared Husky, manages to intercept the bullet just in time... getting shot in the heart. Luffy sits there in shock as his eyes begin to water, he runs over to the dog with the small pig in his hands attempting to pull the large dog into a run towards safety. Luffy soon gives up as he sees a couple of bandits scramble over to his direction, hoping to at least get the pig to safety he sprints off towards a river hoping to swim for safety since he was a pretty good swimmer,he'd soon trip over tree branch which flings Buta onto a log floating down a river. He see's Buta lose balance and tragically fall into the river, not resurfacing. This sets Luffy into a rage where he screams out in pure malice, shooting out a shockwave of Haki everywhere. Soon enough knocked out birds begin to fall down from the sky, and every animal near the area would be in a fast asleep. He still remembers to faces of the people who shot Hageshi, and made him lose Buta. The mountain bandits.
Present day, with Shanks
Shanks over all, was having a mental breakdown. The boy who could use Haki, who could make his whole crew laugh seemed to have disappeared out of thin air! "Okay, okay- I've looked through the whole bar, the village, my ship, the beach, and any local restaurants... no where!" He hit his head onto a tree in frustration, it hurt. "Gah! Why'd i do that, now I probably have a stupid rash on my forehead." He says rubbing his red forehead before hearing a large *BOOM* in the background, this snaps him out of his hurt daze and he quickly runs over towards the sound, seeing Luffy crack open a Boulder like a can of beans before falling to the ground crying. He sighs, "Kid..." He says in a soft voice before raising it a little." "Kid! Are you okay?" He then runs out from behind a tree, and breaths heavily. Luffy continues to cry, but looks up a little. "Eeesh! That was a long run... took me forever to find ya! Why are you out here? Don't you have to be going to bed right now or something?" He say's standing up straight with a smile as he walks towards Luffy. He kneels down to Luffy who quickly wipes off the tears from his face. "N-no! I'm old enough to make my own bed times! Makino, Dadan don't have no control over me anymore! I'm a man!" He quickly puts on a brave front trying to change from the subject at hand. "I see... a man now huh? Well then, ya know what's real manly now a-day's?" Shanks asks Luffy waiting for a response with a lifted eyebrow. Luffy quickly nods, and answers: "Of course! Being really strong!" Shanks's carefree smile soon turns into a serious frown, the mood suddenly changing into a somber one. "What's real manly is when your able to express your inner feelings to the people who care about you, holding those feelings in will only leave you with sadness and sorrow eating you up inside until there's nothing left. You don't want to be eaten do you?" Luffy quickly shakes his head no, and shanks chuckles a little giving Luffy a calming smile. "Then tell me everything, Luffy." Shanks allows Luffy to get comfortable into his lap. "I'll listen all night, until sunrise." Luffy then tells the small story about Buta and Hageshi. Shanks listens intently to the whole story until Luffy finishes. ".... I was left all alone in the jungle until my grandpa picked me up..." Shanks then comprehended the whole story, and responded to Luffy. "That was an incredibly sad story Luffy... I'm sorry for your loss, i truly am, but you shouldn't let this way you down. Everyday life includes the loss of one thing or another ranging from a loss toy to the loss of a life... it's whenever your able to stand back up, and carry on with life after your loss of someone, or something do you truly become free. That's what we Pirates are about, searching for booty, sailing across the seas, and our unlimited freedom." Suddenly Luffy felt a pull, a strong desirable pull out towards the sea as he visualizes himself and a whole crew sailing away out into the open sea. Having the unlimited freedom to explore the whole earth, to find one piece. "I'll do it..." Luffy begins to smirk a little, shanks snickers as he watches Luffy's smirk begin to grow. "You'll do what?" Shanks asks as Luffy's smirk grows into a huge smile. "I'll become a pirate! But... not just any pirate though..." He then stands up and leaps on-top of a large tree seeing the golden sun-rise in the distance. "ILL FIND THE ONE PIECE! THEN BECOME PIRARE KING!" Luffy shouts out to the whole world, Haki dignifying his voice into a higher frequency so the whole island could hear. Shanks stood in awe at the boy's claim, and for a second thought the same. He quickly waved the thought from his mind, no way was a skinny kid like him gonna become the pirate king. Haki or not. "Luffy! Get down from there before you hurt yourself!" Shanks yell's out worriedly. Luffy begins to laugh hysterically with his signature big smile. "SHISHISHISHI!" He then hops down from the tree and lands unharmed, shanks yell's at him comedically at his reckless abandon as they walk back to the bar.
Weeks Later
Luffy stands in-front of a smiling crew with Shanks kneeling in front of Luffy with a small smirk. "Are you sure you don't want to join our crew?" Luffy nods. "Yeah! I'll find a crew of my very own, and set out on being a pirate my way." Shanks then glances up at his hat, and grab's it, pulling it from his head and placing it onto Luffy's head. The straw hat seemed to fit perfectly on it. "Then keep this until you become a great pirate Luffy, till then..." He waves off to Luffy as he runs onto his ship, Luffy begins to cry waterfalls, pulling the Straw hat over his face to block the tears. "G-GOODBYE SHANKS! I WON'T EVER FORGET ABOUT OUR PROMISE!" He runs up to the edge of the dock and waves frantically as the ship leaves. Leaving Luffy with a sacred straw hat.
(I keep forgetting to ask this so I'll just add it now- what did y'all think of this chapter? What could i do better,All advice is accepted.)
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Luffy: The Haki User
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