The Man Who Would Be King

Original Author: Fedora411

Rewrite By: Talonsen

Chapter 1: The Journey Begins

Ten years. Ten long, hard years of training, preparing, and more training. Finally Luffy was ready to begin his quest to find the One Piece. To take on the wonders and dangers of the most turbulent of seas and reach the place only the strongest called Paradise.

He left the port of Foosha Village, a place he'd lived most of his young life yet could never truly call home, early in the morning. But as he was setting off the Lord of the Coast, an eel-like Sea King of the smaller variety rose up from its oceanic home.

"Shoo," said the straw-hat clad teen calmly. A suffocating pressure filled the air, fear and submission laced in the calm command. The Lord of the Coast turned and sank back into the sea.

"This is going to be exciting!" Luffy exclaimed as he reached the open sea.

Later...

'Well, that's annoying,' Luffy thought as he watched his small raft get pulled into a giant whirlpool. "Oh well. Geppou." Hopping though the air it wasn't long before he spotted a ship. Landing on the deck, he instantly noticed two men staring at him blankly.

"Do you have any meat?" Luffy asked, oblivious to their shocked looks.

Suddenly, from the crow's nest, a loud shriek was heard across the deck. "Pirates! Pirates off the starboard bow!"

Coming into view from behind a small island, was a pirate ship, perhaps the ugliest one Luffy had ever seen. It was a pink… fucking PINK, three-masted schooner with a duck-like figurehead and hearts all over it. As it drew closer, the four men could hear what sounded like a very angry man shouting orders.

"Prepare the grappling hooks men, get ready to board!"

"Aye aye, Captain Alvida."

With that, eight ropes launched from the eyesore, and hooked on to the civilian ship. Dozens of men started running across, wielding swords and axes. Then the manly voice yelled again.

"Coby, what are you doing? Quit standing around and get over there!"

"I can't, my legs are shaking too badly to move!" replied a high-pitched, nasally voice that must be Coby.

"Can't?! Coby who is the most beautiful pirate in all the seas?"

"You of course, Lady Alvida."

"Damn straight!" said the manly voice that was apparently 'Lady' Alvida as she punted Coby onto the other ship.

Then the supposed woman jumped onto the ship, causing it to shake and also causing a large wave to crash into the nearby island, knocking over several trees. Standing there on the deck was the fattest person (at least he assumed it was a person… it could have been a whalewoman) Luffy had ever seen, wielding a giant spiked mace, and laughing like a maniac. The rubber man casually started walking over to her, while her men started falling around her.

"What is happening here?!" Alvida exclaimed.

"Sorry about that, but your men are too weak." Luffy stated as he reached the talking whale. He was really wondering how her tiny feet and legs where holding her up.

"You're doing this?! Then die!" She shouted as she swung her mace directly at Luffy's head.

"Soru," Luffy said as he seemed to disappear into thin air.

"Where did you go, you little rat?!"

"Behind you." Alvida turned around, screaming with rage, and swung again.

But Luffy simply raised his arm over his head and said "Tekkai." Alvida's mace shattered upon impact, leaving her standing there staring at him, mouth wide open.

"My turn!" said the younger pirate as a slightly disturbing grin stretched across his face. "Gum-Gum no Shigan!" Luffy's index finger flicked forward at a blinding speed, shooting a hole straight through her heart, and sending her flying out to sea.

"Well that wasn't as much fun as I had hoped, but it was a nice little warm up. So, about that meat?" Luffy asked turning back to the two deck hands. They ran as fast as they could, and came back carrying two large barrels.

"Here you go sir!" said one of them.

"Please take this lifeboat as well!" the other one added quickly.

"Thanks, well I'll be off then!" was Luffy's cheerful reply.

"Wait!" shouted a slightly familiar nasally voice.

"Can I go with you," asked Coby, running up to the rubber man. "The Marines are here, and I don't want to be caught with these pirates, please help me."

"Okay, get in the boat."

"Thank you."

"Well, let's get going, before they catch us. I'm gonna be King of the Pirates someday! I can't lose here in the weakest sea." Coby just stared as the boat fell into the water.

The Next Day...

"So you want to be a Marine someday Coby?"

"Yeah. Catching bad guys has always been my dream."

"Well, good luck with that."

"By the way, Luffy, what did you do to Alvida?"

"They're called the Rokushiki, the six strongest techniques they teach to high-ranking Marines. I used Soru to move faster than the eye can see, Tekkai to make my arm solid enough to deflect her mace, and Shigan to make my finger pierce like a bullet."

"About that last one, how did your finger stretch like that?"

"Oh that," Luffy said as he pulled his cheeks out an unnatural width, "I ate the Gum Gum no Mi, so now I'm a rubber person."

"Wow. But wait, I thought you said you were a pirate. How did you learn Marine techniques?"

Luffy suddenly shivered and his eyes grew dark. He started muttering, "No, grandpa please stop, oh god no!"

Sweat poured down the back of Coby's pink hair as he suddenly began to wonder about the sanity of his lifelong dream.

This will be my first real attempt at a harem fic, but I'll try my best to make the relationships seem as realistic as possible. I think maybe making one of the girls bisexual, probably Robin or Vivi as I could easily see their quiet personalities hiding some strange fantasies. As stated at the top my thanks to Fedora411 who I adopted this story from and now Beta reads this work. Please read and review, I'm always looking for good critique and helpful suggestions. but for you pointless Trolls who love to throw out pointless and unproductive flames, I will simply use those flames to burn Tenryubito.

If anyone as any questions please feel free to PM me.