[Chapter Length: 1818 Words.]
Monkey D. Luffy's POV
Aboard a commercial ship, East Blue.
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"I was right to be sure I would meet you on this wonderful day! So it's you! The woman named Alvida, who claims to be the most beautiful woman in this whole sea, isn't it?" He said with a big smile, not caring that he was surrounded by 50 pirates and many civilian bodies on the ground.
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Luffy smiled at her provocatively, making her blush even more. She wondered if she was seeing things or if this handsome man seemed genuinely interested in her?
Koby also noticed Luffy's genuine interest in his captain and stood there stunned, feeling like he wanted to vomit. Koby wondered if this man had some problem with the opposite sex or was blind, as he seemed to be flirting with a terrible, fat, and ugly woman like Alvida.
"Is this guy blind? He must have some sort of mental issue or something!?" Koby exclaimed as he tried to make sense of the situation before him.
"I-I am, Captain A-Alvida!" Koby wanted to die after hearing his captain stammering like a love-stricken maiden at this moment.
"B-But who are you?" She asked for his name, and Luffy smiled at her, looking into her eyes with a certain spark.
"My name is Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will conquer all the seas in this world!" His voice was controlled, but everyone heard it in shock.
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Silence fell over the place.
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Suddenly, all the pirates burst into laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"Did you hear that?!"
"He'll conquer all the seas? Who does he think he is?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"That was funny. What a strange guy. I heard something that brightened my day out here at the end of the world..."
"I agree with you, HAHAHAHAHA!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
While all 50 pirates laughed at Luffy's bold words, Koby was horrified by the statement. Surprisingly, Alvida remained calm in the face of these words, as she stared at the handsome man full of confidence. She was blushing without anyone noticing.
Luffy, on the other hand, remained calm despite the mockery and confidently smiled at Alvida.
"Tell me, my lady, what is your dream?" Luffy suddenly asked her, which made her surprised by the question and thoughtful.
"Me? I haven't thought about it yet... I-I, maybe... maybe I want to marry a handsome husband and have a family with many children..." She stammered at first but timidly continued with a red face.
Her response made everyone stop laughing and look at her strangely, half of them wide-eyed, the other half wondering if she had been replaced by someone else. Koby was almost vomiting blood at this moment.
"What's happening here? We were just informed that we were robbed right under our noses, and now Alvida, who moments ago wanted to find the thief and punish anyone for their incompetence, is now talking like a teenage girl in love!" Koby wanted to faint at this moment; it was too much for him to absorb, refusing to accept the reality before his eyes.
"That's a very noble dream, to live in peace with your family is a very good thing," Luffy had a moment of reflection, looking out to the horizon, and suddenly his eyes returned to Alvida, who was blushing with emotion.
"My lady, I can say that when I first saw you, I was certain that I had found my soulmate." The man said with a seductive smile, making Alvida, with her 200 kilos, open her eyes in surprise and quickly turn away in embarrassment, unable to believe what she had just heard.
Everyone, everyone, Koby, the pirates, and even the prisoners who were tied up by the pirates, fell to the ground at this moment. Just a short while ago, their captain was breaking their bones over stolen treasures, and now she was acting like a girl seeing her first crush, while the man in front of her clearly had some vision or mental problems because every time he spoke, it only fueled this madness.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!!!!" They all exclaimed while wanting to vomit blood.
"Are you blind?" Suddenly, the pink-haired boy, who was vomiting blood, shouted and quickly closed his mouth, realizing he had spoken loud enough for everyone to hear.
But to his surprise, this man named Luffy smiled and walked toward a stunned Alvida with his actions and words.
"A boy like you shouldn't meddle in the love between two people," the man said calmly, once again causing everyone to fall to the ground with dumbfounded expressions.
"Yes, Koby-kun, you should mind your own business while your dear boss talks to this wonderful knight!" Alvida spoke in a tone she had never used before. She seemed totally in love now.
'Koby-kun?' Koby vomited much more blood at the sight of Alvida, who had always treated him worse than a dog on her ship, now acting all sweet in front of this crazy man, who clearly had some vision problems.
The man approached Alvida with the woman completely embarrassed and submissive at this moment. He raised his arm and lightly caressed her chin, making Alvida blush like a tomato.
"Wait, Mr. Luffy, we can't rush things like this, maybe we can get to know each other first..." She said timidly. No one said anything, as it was too much for their brains to comprehend and process in all these scenes; they seemed mentally broken.
"I know, my love, but I must say some things for our future together." Luffy began.
"Our future together?" She exclaimed with a touch of passion.
"First, you're not the most beautiful woman in these seas. You're quite ugly, actually." He said calmly.
This shocked Alvida, who realized she couldn't feel the ground beneath her anymore. The others remained silent; they were already broken and couldn't handle any more surprises. Otherwise, they would all be vomiting blood along with Koby.
[Author's note: They're not actually vomiting blood, I know this is a Chinese idiom, but I can't think of a more hardcore term to describe the situation.]
Luffy continued speaking, while Alvida was almost in tears.
"But I don't deny that you're my soulmate, and I know you'll become the most beautiful woman in East Blue. I have no doubt about that." He flashed a seductive smile.
Alvida was stunned as she looked at him emotionally once again.
"Really? Do you believe I can be beautiful?" Alvida couldn't help but ask, excited after that last shock.
"I have no doubt about that, my love. That's your true dream, and I believe in you..." Luffy said calmly.
"But you'll have to achieve that dream before we can finally be together," he said.
"Wait! Are you saying you're leaving, and we can't be together now?" She exclaimed alarmingly.
Luffy calmly took her hand and said, "I know it's difficult, but it's not the time for us to be together yet. But soon we will meet, and you will follow me for the rest of our lives, my beautiful Alvida, I'm sure of that." He spoke seriously, looking into her eyes.
"Is that true?" She couldn't help but ask again, a bit lost.
"Yes, you will become a beautiful woman soon and will be able to find me at that time. As a demonstration of my confidence in you..." Luffy suddenly raised his hand and clenched his fist in front of her.
"My grandfather taught me the best way to show love to someone. Your name says it all." Alvida heard all this paralyzed as she saw Luffy pull his fist back and prepare to strike her, but before she could say anything, it was already too late.
"Your name is the Fists of Love! This is my demonstration of the love I feel for you." Luffy said and punched Alvida in the stomach before she could react.
"WHAT?" She only managed to express herself before feeling her world shatter.
[Moa Moa no Mi: Strength, apply 10 times!]
Luffy unleashed the power of the Moa Moa no Mi.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM
With the strength of his fist increased tenfold, coupled with his monstrous body, this impact exploded Alvida, and everything in the space where she stood was destroyed. Koby, who was closest, flew off the ship and into the water like a rocket.
As for Alvida, no one could see her in the next moment, as the force was so strong that she was in front of Luffy one moment and disappeared in the next, with the entire ground being destroyed. No one could even see the enormous woman flying with such force.
"What the heck is happening here!!!!" A collective scream was heard with their comical faces.
'I think I might have overdone it a bit...' Luffy said as he looked at his fist while opening and closing it.
'Either way, I know she'll be fine, I just hope I threw her in the same direction as Luffy did in the original and that she can find that slippery fruit.' I sighed and looked at everyone, who were now looking at me as if they were seeing a terrible monster.
"You! What are you waiting for? Your captain just flew in that direction with one of my Fists of Love; go rescue her now!" I growled at them.
"How can that be called a Fist of Love!?" They exclaimed, but then they ran to the other ship to set sail after their captain.
Meanwhile, a young boy with pink hair climbed onto the commercial ship after emerging from the sea.
He hesitated about whether he should return to the pirate ship or not, seeing that everyone was heading to rescue Alvida.
"Hey, kid. I'm sure you can help me find the location of Shell City!" I asked him, pulling him out of his conflicting thoughts.
"What? How could I help you?" He asked suspiciously.
"By taking me there, of course. If you want to go back to that pirate ship, it's your problem." I simply said, ignoring the blood-vomiting from him shortly after those words.
Ignoring the thanks of the other survivors on the commercial ship, as Luffy wanted to get to a beach quickly, he and Koby took a boat from the ship and headed to the Shell Town, where Zoro should be imprisoned at the moment.
In the meantime, Luffy noticed but ignored the small boat with an orange-haired woman heading in the opposite direction with some treasure bags as he was sailing with Koby.
"We'll meet again, Nami," Luffy murmured to himself, not looking back at the girl on the other side.
"Did you say something, Mr. Luffy?" Koby asked a little cautiously.
"It's nothing, just keep rowing..." Luffy said lazily.
Thus, a timid pink-haired boy and a man who looked more like a thug set off for Shells Town.
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Koby's POV
Somewhere in the sea, East Blue.
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After obtaining a small boat from the commercial ship, Luffy and Koby got into it and started rowing, moving away from the ship.
While Koby was relieved to finally see Alvida's ship moving away, forgetting about his existence as the ship's handyman, he was also terrified. In front of him was a man who looked more like a monster than a human, even worse than Alvida.
'Who says they like someone and shows it by punching them?!' Koby had this terrible thought as he continued to row.
This man in front of him may have a screw loose in his head for hitting on Alvida like that, but he was still a monster in strength. What kind of human would do that with just one punch? I didn't even see the trajectory of the poor woman! Koby exclaimed internally, not wanting to provoke this aberration in front of him, who had already given him orders to row towards Shell City, which he did with all the speed he could muster.
The man himself was sitting, looking out at the sea, admiring the view without paying much attention to Koby.
"You know, it's rude to stare at people like that," his mouth moved as he spoke those words without turning his face away from the horizon.
"HM?! AH!! I'm sorry for that!!!" Koby quickly apologized as if his life depended on it.
"Hehehehe! Relax, buddy, it's not like I'll eat you just for looking at me, will I?" He laughed, seeming to enjoy Koby's fear.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Koby said the only thing that came to his mind.
"Tsk, you apologize too much. Annoying, just keep rowing then." He said, and Koby quickly followed his order.
It was a strange moment for Koby. On one hand, he felt fearful of the idea of this man, who looked like a stylish thug, wanting to kill him at any moment. But the man had been quiet all this time, and while Koby was rowing in a certain direction after checking the maps, he didn't seem to care much about the pink-haired boy. He continued to enjoy the view of the sea and its breeze.
But that didn't last the entire journey. At some point, this man felt bored and spoke after a long silence since the last exchange of words.
"Tell me something, kid. Where are you from?" He suddenly asked, catching Koby a bit off guard.
"Hm?! Me? I-I'm from a small village on a nameless fishing island, Mr. Luffy..." The pink-haired boy mumbled.
"And how did you end up on Alvida's ship, kid? You're clearly not a pirate..." He asked while looking directly at Koby, who shuddered and shrank back from those fierce, red, and dangerous eyes.
"I-I'm an orphan, so one day I went fishing to feed myself... but I ended up being captured by Alvida and her crew, and since then, I've become her servant..." Koby replied, regretting it after gathering the courage to answer those piercing eyes.
"I see. I won't say that's unfair to you. Life in this world is more or less like that, the stronger eat the weaker. I just think you should become stronger; otherwise, you'll be at the mercy of others for the rest of your life." He said, and Koby lowered his head. He had dreams, but he didn't have the courage to voice them, even though this man seemed willing to listen.
Once again, silence took over the small boat.
Koby, seeing this, finally mustered the courage to talk to this man on his own initiative.
"Are you from the East Blue, Mr. Luffy?" Koby couldn't help but ask the strange man, who was even more powerful than Alvida, despite seeming to have some screws loose when it came to Alvida being his soulmate.
"I am. I was raised by mountain bandits near Goa Kingdom, on Dawn Island." He said with a smile as he recalled some memories of his past in this body. Despite the changes he had undergone, Luffy's memories and bonds with others remained the same.
"Mountain bandits?!" Koby couldn't help but widen his eyes in astonishment. That explained why this man acted the way he did, as Koby had seen before.
"That's right. Dadan and the others give me a nostalgic feeling when I remember them, just like Ace and Sabo, Gramps, Makino, and others. They make me have those thoughts... and I'm being influenced by Luffy's memories..." Luffy couldn't help but murmur to himself. His initial response shouldn't have mentioned Dadan, but here he was talking about a past he hadn't really lived but had memories of and feelings for.
Koby, hearing this, couldn't quite grasp the meaning of those words, but he felt a melancholic atmosphere. This was something he hadn't expected from a character like this Luffy, who he had just met and who had been ruthless and indifferent so far.
Koby tried to change the subject as the silence extended between them once again.
"What do you plan to do in Shell Town, Mr. Luffy?" He asked curiously, as that was the man's objective.
"Simple, I'm going to recruit Roronoa Zoro! I heard he's imprisoned by the marines at the naval base on the island," he declared.
This left Koby quite stunned.
"What?! But you said you're a pirate! The famous bounty hunter won't let you leave alive as soon as he finds you!" Koby began to get hysterical about this.
"You shouldn't go, Mr. Luffy! You... Hm? OW!!!" While his hysteria continued, Luffy flicked him on the forehead so hard that it was equivalent to a punch.
"Owww, why did you hit me!" Koby couldn't help but complain.
"Because you talk too much! And I felt like doing it as you cry like a coward every time you open your mouth." Luffy said straightforwardly.
"Coward...??" Koby couldn't help but mutter as he thought about his life since he went fishing and was caught by Alvida two years ago.
"I think you're right. In the end, I'm just weak, at the mercy of others..." Koby lamented, while Luffy sighed upon seeing this.
"Koby, tell me, do you have a dream?" Luffy asked.
"I do... But I'm not sure if I'm worthy of it..." He said without much confidence.
"You're already starting wrong." Luffy said, gaining a curious look from Koby. Then Luffy continued.
"You lack faith in your dream, so you'll never achieve it." Luffy said simply with that conclusion.
"Faith in my dream...?" Koby murmured as they were in the middle of the ocean with no ships in sight now.
"Look, Koby, if Alvida's dream is to be the most beautiful woman in East Blue, it will come true if she has unwavering faith in it! You might be surprised when you see her next time." Luffy spoke seriously.
"Just like how I'm the man destined to conquer all the seas! Even if I die pursuing my dream, I won't give up believing in it!" Luffy said, putting his straw hat on his head to emphasize the seriousness of his words.
"Even if I die pursuing my dream...?" Koby was captivated by this man's words, even though he had been quite intimidating with his bad boy demeanor. Koby gained a new determination in his eyes. With a clenched fist, he said.
"You're right, Mr. Luffy! I'll join the marines! I'll become an admiral and capture all the pirates in the world! POFF OUCH! That hurt. Why did you hit me again?!" Koby, who was finishing his heartfelt words, felt another flick next to his head.
"Don't say you'll capture all the pirates while sitting next to a pirate!" Luffy tried to instill some sense into the boy in front of him.
"I guess you're right... Wait, aren't you laughing at my dream?" Koby asked, looking at Luffy's stoic face.
"Tsk Why would I laugh at someone's dream?" Luffy asked, huffing.
"Remember, Koby, in this world, people's dreams have no end!" Luffy spoke earnestly.
"People's dreams have no end?" Koby couldn't help but murmur as well.
"Yes, I like that phrase. Even if it was said by a treacherous bastard, I have to admit that he has principles in his dreams and is willing to do anything to achieve them, after all." Luffy said, thinking about Blackbeard, a man so evil that he wanted to plunge the world into darkness, but Luffy could admire his determination towards his goals and dreams.
"I think I understand! You're right, Luffy, do you think I can become an admiral?" Koby asked cautiously.
"Only one person should believe in this dream above all, Koby, and that's you. The rest of the world doesn't matter as long as you have faith in your dreams!" Luffy spoke with the charisma of a leader.
"Thank you..." Koby couldn't help but express his gratitude. He was ready to chase his dream this time now that he was free from Alvida. He had the chance to join the marines and fight for the justice he had always yearned for.
While Koby reassessed his determination and rowed with more purpose, Luffy thought about opening his system for the first time in this world.
He could have flown to Shell City to speed up the journey, but since he got lost the last time he did that, he didn't want to go through the same experience. He decided to let Koby handle navigation while he planned his next steps. Besides, he wanted this boy to become a powerful marine in the future; the sea would be more interesting that way.
So he took advantage of his time while muttering to himself.
[Moa Moa no Mi: Speed, apply 30 times!] When he did this, Koby was startled by the sudden increase in the boat's speed, which they could both feel.
"What is this?!" Koby exclaimed in surprise.
"Relax, just be careful not to veer off course, and I'll check some things here. Don't bother me for a while." Luffy said, settling in on the other side of the boat while he muttered quietly.
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