Okay, this is a time travel based fanfic. The future Luffy is 20-21 years old, and that's all I'm going to say, since honestly I don't know where in going with this story.
Luffy opened his eyes, he stared at the figurehead, his face twisted in confusion.
He was on the Merry.
But that was impossible, because it had been over two years since her death, since they received the sunny.
A dream.
He didn't like the thought, not that it was bad, but happy memories always had their way of bringing out the pain lying underneath.
So he laid back down, slowly falling to sleep, hoping that he would wake up from this dream.
"Hey, wake up."
Luffy groggily opened his eyes, he searched for the origin of the voice, and when he found it, he was shocked to say the least.
It was Ace
He was alive.
He wanted to punch himself, because he knew this was a dream. Shouldn't he be awake now? And why was he so damn tired?
"Hey Ace." Luffy decided to say.
Ace's brows furrowed. "Who are you?"
Those words stung, rightfully so. His dead brother just asked who he was. Dream be damned.
"I'm your broth-"
Ace cut him off. "My brother is inside asleep. Now, don't make me ask again." He raised his fist, lighting it on fire.
"I- I'm Luffy." He stuttered, not out of fear, but pain.
"Oi, Ace is something wrong?" Someone walked on deck, clearly wondering what the racket was.
"Yeah, I'm wide awake now." Female voice said, obviously annoyed.
Luffy looked to see who it was, and to his surprise, it was Zoro and Nami, however they looked like their younger selves.
"Oh, hey Luffy." Zoro said, turning to the older Luffy.
"That's not Luffy." Ace said, again making Luffy's heart ache.
"What do you mean?" Nami asked, but her eyes widened to see a scar shaped as an X on Luffy's chest. "How'd he get the scar?" She asked in disbelief, it wasn't easy to scar Luffy.
Luffy's eyes narrowed at the mention of his scar, but didn't say anything.
Ace and Zoro noticed this, and Zoro was still convinced that this was Luffy. However, Ace not so much.
"Who are you and how'd you get on the ship?" Ace asked, obviously loosing patience.
"I'm going to wake the rest up." Nami said. However before she could go, someone stopped her.
"No need." Sanji said, everyone behind him.
"Hm? What's going on!" Younger Luffy asked, as he could not see anything because of the people in his way.
"Ah is that Luffy?" Vivi asked, clearly confused.
"No he's behind us." Sanji replied, this time stepping aside so younger Luffy could see.
"Ah! Is that me?" Luffy asked slightly surprised himself, which quickly turned into awe. "COOL!" He said with sparkles in his eyes.
The older Luffy chuckled softy at his younger self.
