AN: Hello and welcome to the new story Daughter to King. Just so every understands you don't have to have read Daughter of the Sea to follow along. It will have the same content and I will explain as I go. To those that have read Daughter of the Sea will sort of know a little better than others on what's going on. But I will explain again.

We're onto the main storyline starting from when Luffy gets back to Koa Kingdom. This will contain heavy spoilers from the very start, so if you haven't realised you have to be past the Whitebeard War so you don't get spoiled if you're not up that bit.

Same rules apply from the previous story, "Daughter of the Sea" on chapter 35. Please check them out.

Summary: Luffy just turned 17 and left her family the Whitebeard Pirates after living with them for a long time and set out on her own to become the Pirate King.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece

On the top of a cliff just on the outskirts of Fushia Village, that over looked the sea, stood two women watching the sea waiting for something; or rather someone. One of the women was short but thinner than the other and had dark green hair, while the taller but larger woman had orange dreadlocks.

Makino and Dadan were waiting patiently, well mostly Makino, while they waited for the final sibling to arrive from living with the Whitebeard Pirates out at sea. Makino was excited to see how much Luffy had grown since the last time she saw her, which was three years ago when she dropped Ace off.

"Oi~ Makino! Dadan!" A female voice called out.

Makino focused on the water and spotted the girl with short black hair with a straw hat perched on top, a red vest and gold seashell necklace around her neck. She had a backpack on with a coating bubble around it to protect the contents inside from getting damaged by the water. Dadan just looked down at the girl with a slight smirk as she watched the girl launch herself out of the water and up onto the high cliff.

Standing in front of Makino and Dadan was Luffy in her fully glory, however, there was something different about her that they weren't always used to. Luffy had a mermaid's tail, with ruby red scales that shined darker and gorgeously in the sunshine. Luffy was the Daughter of the Sea. A Sea God born very thousand years to compensate for what their ancestor did to the planet, stripping them of their power and created the devil fruits in their place. Makino and Dadan were the only ones on the island that knew about Luffy's heritage, only because if anyone else knew the World Government were going to be on their backs.

Luffy changed her tail back into her normal legs and hopped up and down a bit before hugging Makino and Dadan.

"Wah~ it's good to be back, but I can't stay for too long." Luffy stated.

"Don't worry, Luffy. We won't hold you back. If there's anything you need don't hesitate to ask." Makino replied.

Luffy began scratching the back of her head with an odd look on her face.

"Well, I made a bet with Ace before I left that I won't swim around until I got to the Grand Line, because it'll make men weird or something. So, now I need a boat. Do you think I could have one?"

"Hahaha, sure I'll help. I'm sure the fisherman won't mind if you take one of his rowboats. If that's fine with you, Luffy."

"Thanks, Makino."

Dadan, Makino and Luffy caught up with each other as they walked down the mountainside and towards the town. Dadan broke from the group saying that she wanted to tell the others that Luffy had returned and left. Makino and Luffy continued their conversation, which lead to Makino offering to give Luffy a barrel of apples for her journey. Luffy was really grateful for Makino's generosity and took up the offer and waited in the bar with an apple in hand as she stayed put for her barrel of apples and then went out to get her boat to arrive. The fisherman was more than happy to give Luffy his rowboat and complemented her on how beautiful she had become after not seeing her for so many years.

Soon enough Luffy was at the docks with her boat, apples and backpack ready to set out. The townsfolk were cheering and waving as Luffy pushed the boat out and jumped in.

"Sabo-nii! Look at me! I'm setting out to sea too!" Luffy shouted. "Sabo-nii was first. Ace-nii was second. I'm the third one to go, but I won't lose. Wait for me, Ace-nii. I'll catch up soon."

The townsfolk muttered to themselves about whatever the hell Luffy was going on about but just shrugged it off.

"Alright, I'm going now."

Luffy rowed the dingy out but just as she was about to start to catch the waves, the Lord of the Coast jumped out of the sea. The brown leathery body glistened with water as his red eyes stared down at the girl in the rowboat. But the sea king wasn't there to attack the girl; after all she was the sea god, instead he helped out his old friend.

The sea king used its tail and pushed the boat along the water and further out to sea.

"Thanks, Kou."

"Have a safe trip, Luffy-sama." The Sea King replied.

The small dingy traveled or rather drifted along the waves with the teenage girl inside, with her feet popped up and an apple in hand. Luffy finished off the apple quickly and went to reach for another one but found the barrel to be empty. Stuck with disappointment she sat back down but saw a whirlpool just within reach of the boat.

"Wah~ Mama isn't making it easy for me. Bring it on." Luffy challenged, slamming her fist in her hand. "I still have to win that bet with Ace."

So Luffy picked up her backpack and climbed into the barrel and secured the lid on tight. She held her bag close to her chest like she was going to protect it with her life. Inside the bag was a spare pair of clothes that her sister, Haruta, Commander of the 12th Division gave to her and a book that was more important to her than anything she could hope ever for. Luffy heard the boat get sucked into the whirlpool and soon she was tossing about under the sea. The sound of the crushing boat had made her felt drowsy and soon put the girl to sleep as she clutched onto the bag like a pillow.

It had been at least an hour since Luffy had fallen asleep in the barrel. A passenger ship that was passing had seen the barrel and pulled it up, thinking that it was sake. The crewmen didn't get a chance to look inside when the Alvida Pirates had attacked and sent the barrel rolling down into the storeroom.

A little while later a pink haired boy had walked in.

"There's nobody here, right…" The boy mumbled to himself. "Thank goodness…that's a pretty big barrel." He looked at the barrel closely and then began to roll it out. He found it to be very heavy but did his best.

That was when some burly men had walked in and picking on the small boy. The tallest and stronger looking man flipped the barrel upright, cracked his knuckles and went to punch the lid in but just as he was about to go for the punch, the lid burst out, splinters of wood flying everywhere and a teenage girl flew out and knocked the burly pirate out.

"WHAT A GREAT NAP!" The girl cried out. "There's nothing like listening to the sound of crushing boats to fall asleep."

Luffy blinked and noticed that she wasn't where she expected to be. Instead she was somewhere indoors. She looked down at the man that she had just knocked out and then turned to some quivering men that were right in front of her.

"Who are you guys?" Luffy asked quizzically.

"Who the HELL are you?" The men replied.

"I'm pretty sure your friend will catch a cold if he keeps sleeping on the floor."

Luffy climbed out of the barrel. The boy with pink haired simply stared at the girl. That was all he could do. He thought to himself in stunned silence on how strong the girl had to be to knock out a man but not only to top it off, she was pretty cute. She wore a red vest that complemented her curves, while she wore blue shorts that were rolled up to her upper thighs. A tattered straw hat was perched nicely on top of her short black hair and a backpack thrown over her delicate shoulders. But what drew his eyes the most was an expensive looking necklace that was probably made out of solid gold in the shape of a seashell.

The girl turned to him and looked him dead in the eyes with absolute seriousness.

"I'm really hungry. Do you have any…?" The girl started but was cut off when the pirates began to swing their sword towards her.

Luffy turned to the men and simply kicked the swords into the roof. She blinked a couple of times before replying.

"You guys sure are weird." Luffy replied.

"W-Who are you?" One of the men asked.

"Me? I'm Monkey D. Luffy. Nice to meet cha." Luffy giggled.

The men ran off screaming as they ran out of the room, dragging along the floor their unconscious comrade. The boy could only quiver in anticipation at what he had just witnessed. That was when he remembered that the pirates that the girl had just scared off were the very same pirates that were keeping him hostage.

"Hurry up and run, miss. When they come back with their friends, you'll be killed."

"That aside. I'm still hungry."

"How can you say that so calmly?!"

The boy kept jabbering on, but Luffy had other things on her mind…like her stomach. As Luffy tried to walk towards the scent of food, the pink haired boy clung onto her arm and attempted to stop her from advancing any further on the ship but obviously didn't work.

Luffy found the food in a smaller storage room and began eating at the apple box that was there. The boy stayed at the top of the stairs as he began to talk to Luffy.

"I'm Coby," The boy introduced, "and you're Luffy-san, right? That was amazing back there. How'd you do that?" Coby walked down the stairs and joined Luffy in the small pit.

"Do you want some? They're good." Luffy stated, "So, is this a pirate ship?"

"No…this ship isn't but it's under attack by Alvida-sama right now."

"Oh, well. Are there any boats on this ship? Mine got sucked into the whirlpool."

Coby was shocked by the how Luffy was able to survive from being caught in the whirlpool that was a little ways from the ship. But then Luffy had asked him whether he was a pirate and he told her how Alvida had caught him because of his silly mistake.

"You're a freaking idiot." Luffy blurted. Her training on the Whitebeard ship never stopped her from being blunt, which was a shame because it always brought trouble. "Why don't you just leave?"

"That's impossible! Impossible! Impossible! When I think about Alvida-sama finding out, my legs shake and I get really scared."

"So, you're a coward. I hate people like you~" Luffy laughed.

Luffy straightened out her vest and picked up another apple and ate it whole. Coby continued talk, although, at that point it was almost one sided. But Luffy listened a little bit at the very least. That was when Coby asked her a question that she never hesitated to answer.

"Luffy-san, what were you doing drifting around the ocean in barrel, anyway?"

Coby asked.

"I'm going to become Pirate King."

"P-P-Pirate King?"

"Yep."

"Seriously?"

"Seriously."

"Then that means you're a pirate."

"Yep."

Coby continued with the standard questions until he got to the point where he accepted that Luffy was going to go after the One Piece and then told her that her dream was impossible over and over again, until he got hit over the head.

Luffy placed one hand on her hat.

"I'm not doing it on whether it's possible or not. I do it because I want to." Luffy took off her hat and stared into remembering the promise that she made to Shanks. "I decided to become the Pirate King. I don't care if I die fighting for it."

Luffy began to walk off to find a replacement boat when Coby shouted out how he wished to become a Marine but his rant didn't last very long when Alvida fell from the ceiling and into the food pit. She started taunting Coby, which had him shaking in his knees.

Alvida made a comment on how Luffy wasn't the pirate hunter Zoro and then went back to Coby, asking him who the most beautiful woman in the East Blue was. Which Luffy interrupted with her painful bluntness.

"Coby, who's the fat hag?"

Silence and dumbfound filled the atmosphere and Alvida swung her iron club down on the teenage girl but she easily dodged it. Landing in front of Coby, Luffy grabbed the poor fear stricken kid and jumped out through the broken ceiling.

The pirates that were waiting on the deck charged at Luffy with swords in hand but that wasn't going to stop her. Slamming her head down onto her opponent, Luffy immediately knocked out the guy. She punched the next with an iron fist.

A group tried to hit the girl all at once but Luffy had jumped back just in time. Another pirate jumped from the roof and tried to get her from behind but she dodged it with ease. She threw the guy at the small group of guys but was then faced with the realisation that there were even more behind her.

Luffy ran at top speed across the deck until she got to a clearing, spun on her heels, pulled her arm back.

"Fishman Karate," Luffy whispered, "Arabesque Tile True Punch."

Luffy punched the air in front of her like how Jimbei taught her when she was little. The pirates stopped in their tracks and just as Alvida climber out of the hole in the floor. She watched as her crew twisted and distorted before flying towards her in utter defeat.

Luffy began walking back to where Coby was. She stretched her arms over her head, while she complained about how high maintenance that attack was but she was still working on it.

"Luffy-san, what are you?"

"I'm the Daughter of the Sea."

"Daughter of the Sea?"

Coby felt the presence of Alvida behind him and ran for cover behind Luffy. Alvida just stared down at the girl with a completely neutral expression.

"Daughter of the Sea? That's just a fairytale told to kids so they won't go out to sea when it's about to get stormy. So exactly what are you? A devil fruit then, I heard rumors about it, but I never really thought they existed."

Luffy just shrugged her shoulders with her hands in the air.

"I don't care what you think. Whether you believe me or not is up to you but it's probably better for the both of us, if I learned to STOP SAYING THAT OUT LOUD!" Luffy yelled that last at herself disregarding those around her about her sudden out burst. "Sorry about that." She chuckled cheekily.

"You have some moves…are you a bounty hunter?" Alvida asked.

"I'm a pirate." Luffy replied.

"A pirate? Just you?"

"It's just me at the moment, but I'll find a crew eventually. Let's see…I think 10 people should do it."

Luffy started to space out at that point. She wanted to just get on with her adventure, but the hag had just kept talking. That was when Coby started to tell her to run away because of Alvida's power but then stopped half way.

"This person is the most…" Coby stopped and thought for a moment.

"Is the most 'what', Coby?" Alvida taunted.

"The fattiest ugliest old hag I ever laid my eyes on! If anyone should be the most beautiful out of the seas it should be Luffy!"

Luffy started to laugh at Coby's retort, before replying, "You're too kind to me, Coby."

Just as Alvida was about to swing her club down on Coby, Luffy had pushed Coby aside and stood in the way. She change her hand into a red-scaled claw with the thickest and strongest looking claws that could withstand just about anything and just held out her hand, stopping the club in it's tracks without any effort.

"I'd watch where you're swing that. It could take someone's eye out."

Turning her other hand into a scaled claw, Luffy punched Alvida in the stomach, sending her flying out in the ocean. Luffy felt proud of herself for defeating her first enemy at sea. She adjusted her backpack and then turned to remaining pirate crew, ordering them to release Coby and give him a boat so he could become a marine.

That was when the boat shook and all eyes turned to Navy ships that had arrived to take out the Alvida Pirates. Luffy jumped into one of the lifeboats with Coby following after her as they set out into the sea away from the marines.

Once Coby and Luffy were out of the Navy's range, Luffy took off her backpack and set it down in front of her and slouched onto the side of the boat, running her fingers through the water.

"Neh, Luffy-san I was meaning to ask you about that backpack. What's in it?" Coby started but then realised that the question sounded better in his head. "I-I mean if you want to tell me."

"It's fine. It has something really important to me in it." Luffy grinned.

"Like what? Treasure?"

"Nope, nothing like that."

Luffy opened the top of the back and pulled out an old leather bound book with gold stitching along the sides. On the front had a gold plate, written on it had 'Album'.

"It's my treasure, just like my hat and necklace."

"May I?" Coby asked with his hands extended.

"Sure."

Luffy handed over the heavy book and Coby gently placed in on the floor. Coby didn't immediately open the book. He took a moment to imagine what was inside. A beautiful girl like Luffy must've had a beautiful mother and a strong powerful father. He imagined a family picture around a dinner table and birthday cake, but when he opened the book what he didn't expect was to see a smaller Luffy around the age of 4 sitting on the lap of a giant man with a crescent white moustache.

Coby immediately slammed the book shut and handed it back. Luffy wondered if there was something wrong with Coby for him to react weirdly when he opened the book. Luffy flipped through the pages and saw nothing wrong with them and then smiled at all the happy memories.

"W-W-W-Whitebeard!" Coby finally responded.

"Hm, what about Papa?"

"P-P-P-Papa?"

Coby was at a loss for words, shuffled to the other end of the boat to take a breather. It took an hour for Coby to calm down and he avoided the subject instead began talking about the Pirate Hunter Zoro. Coby may've become friends with a strong beautiful girl but he knew that she had allies that were beyond his recognition and was really glad Luffy wasn't his enemy; for now.

AN: So that's the first chapter. A little long but I think the first chapter always needs to be good and satisfying for it to get off the ground.

I have a Deviantart account under Vampirelover12100 (I know lame, I was like 12. Shut up) Where I drew some sketches of Luffy and her Sea King form, feel free to check them out. I'll put more up when feel like it and I'll tell you when.

Tell me what you think of the chapter. Anything in particular you liked or thought was cool or cute or so on.