Disclaimer:

The following is a fan made fiction. I only own my OC and am writing this for my own amusement with Missus Sunstreaker 3143. I do not own One Piece or any of its characters. One Piece is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, Shueisha, Shonen Jump Manga, and Eiichiro Oda.

Special thanks to 'The Path of a Writer' for editing this chapter. Go check out Path's fanfiction page using the ID: 10279871

1. The Beginning

It was hot, far too hot, the air itself feeling sticky. A mixture of excited and even fearful faces gathered outside. In a matter of seconds a large crowd began to appear, all waiting with bated breaths on Main Street.

It was the smugness his expression held that seemed to draw people in with that stupid grin on his face. The grin that seemed to beam down on them as he walked through the town. Causing people to question what was currently going on.

This was his home, the place he had been born, a place that once cheered his name with pride, now stood back and watched. They watched the boy, no, man. No longer was he a little boy with a silly grin on his face. A stupid boy who dreamed of turning the world itself upside down. He was a man; a great man. A man who held himself in a high regard. A man, who acted as if he was holding a victory parade will strolling down his town. but that was it, wasn't it? in some stupid way that only a handful understood, he was.

But despite his demeanor, he was lead down the street towards the square in shackles. A few members of the man's crew hid in the crowd, watching with sorrow in their eyes. Their captain. The man they loved. The man they held so much respect for was now walking to his death, his execution, and none could stop it.

It took everything his crew had to stand back and watch. To remind themselves that they had disbanded. He was no longer their captain. To remind them that this is what he wanted. To remind themselves of the respect they have for him and using it as an excuse not to stop it. A few forcing a chuckle at the idea of his home being his tomb… how fitting for their captain.

They watched the man they love sit down cross-legged on a execution platform. the man's eyes locking onto his crew members that where currently present. One by one, each member letting out a choked sob at the private messages his eyes seemed to convey.

That man, then had the nerve to grin at them all. To give them that same stupid grin they had all grown to associate with their captain. Some scowled at him; some couldn't help but give a soft smile back. How fitting, his crew couldn't help but think, for him to die with that grin on his face.

He looked into the crowd as someone screamed at him, asking him where his treasure was. He laughed that famous laugh his crew knew so well, causing a few more tears to fall. It occurring to them that this would be the last time they would ever hear it.

The minds of his crew screamed at them to do something, ANYTHING! But they all stayed rooted to their spots, looking on as he screamed out the words that would be his last,

"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you'll just have to find it!"

The world itself seemed to hold its breath as the two men on each side of him could wait no longer. They grit their teeth and in one fell swoop they jabbed their spears into his heart, impaling him. His crew watching on as the man they loved died laughing with that stupid grin on his face.

The sky itself seemed to mourn the loss as rain started to pour down, washing away the blood. His blood… this leading the gathered crowd to cheer at the beginning of a new era.

The era of dreams. For the man who had once been no more than a simple boy setting out on his journey had accomplished his dream. A dream to turn the world upside down.

"Life goes on… time passes… and just like any other wave upon the open sea it is swapped away by another"

A small boat rocked back and forth luring the young teen to sleep. Absentmindedly, he unbuttoned his red vest allowing himself to get more comfortable. After a few quiet moments, the teen spoke, voicing his thoughts for the umpteenth time.

"Coby, I'm hungry", he declared to the younger boy next to him. The younger wearing a sailor's uniform and had spotted bright pink hair.

"You ate all the food!", Coby cried, fed up with his companion.

The teen gave out a loud laugh as he made a point to push his beloved straw hat over his eyes will stretching. He then spiraled out on the little boat. In a matter of seconds the teen was fast asleep, snoring. Coby sighed, shaking his head as he glanced at the teen with a fond smile while he continued to guide their ship. For a few moments longer before he too found himself yawning. How his companion had managed without a navigator, he would never know.

Coby glanced up at the clear night sky making him yawn, "A few moments of sleep couldn't hurt." he then allowed himself to stretch out, not too far away from his companion for a much needed nap.

A short time later a shot rang out, jolting the young boy awake. For a moment, Coby stared wide-eyed at a large ship that seemed to tower over them. It wasn't until the second shot fired that the boy's mind finally registered what was happening. In that moment, the young boy did what any sane child would do when faced with a cannonball flying past one's head.

He screamed.

Coby continued to scream, "Ahh!They're shooting at us! We're going to die! We're gonna die! We're gonna die!"

The high pitched screams causing the sleeping teen that was next to Coby to jerk up in terror. The teens arms flaring about for a moment as they jumped to his feet. his eyes wide with panic as he almost toppled over into the waiting sea below. but as luck would have it yet another cannonball fired towards them. This one happened to hit in just the right spot, launching a wave at their boat. The wave slamming into the teen, much to his relief or annoyance as it forced him to fall backwards onto the boat.

"Oi!", the teen cried in anger at the larger ship, "I'm trying to sleep!"

"That's what you're mad about!", Coby yelled at his friend as another cannonball attempted to hit them.

The teen wasted no time in bringing up his arm, shouting, "Gum-Gum Rocket"

his arm stretching out towards the ship will his other hand grabbed a hold of Coby. The boy giving a cry of fear as his widened as they both were flung towards the attacking ship. no more than a second before their small boat became splinters.

Elsewhere; below deck of the attacking ship, a teenage boy dangled from the ceiling in a small prison cell. It being odd how the teenager looked to be anywhere from 12 to 28 years old. His height appears to be five foot six with a stone collar of some kind around his neck. His blood red hair draped over his shoulders and caked in dried blood. it tangled up in large mats that seemed to stick out at odd angles. The hair covering up his eyes making it impossible for one to see their color. which the teenager was glad for, as his eyes tended to scare others. Having once glowed with excitement and wonder, now only appearing dull and lifeless.

The teen had scars covering him from head to toe. His body lined with wounds and bruises, some fresh, some old, some scarring. His body itself was nothing but skin and bones from starvation, with a large tattoo in the center of his scarred back.

The teen couldn't help but lift his head tentatively as he heard cannon fire. Only to drop it back down, not having the will to care about what may be happening above. He took a shuddering breath, revealing his sharp teeth as he closed his eyes. In the back of his mind he felt the need to yell, to demand they keep it down; after all, he was trying to sleep. Although, that thought left hastily as another entered his mind. That being what may happen if he drew anymore unwanted attention to himself.

It wasn't so much about getting tortured that bothered him. He honestly could care less about that, after all, he had grown accustomed to it. No; that damn woman had taken his most prized possession, and now to disobey her would mean for it to burn.

His head pounded in pain from all the shouting. But, instead he chose to grit his teeth and ignore it, if only for the love of his stolen treasure.

Those shouts yelled out by none other than the teen in the straw hat. The teen unable to wrap his head around how he and Coby, had ended up in their current situation. One moment he was landing on the deck shouting about his disturbed nap, and in the next he was laying on the ground in a net. Try as he might, the teen couldn't understand why he felt so exhausted and why the hell he couldn't move.

"Ahh, Luffy!", Coby, cried out to him while yanking on the net they both were trapped in.

"I wouldn't bother if I were you. After all, that net is made out of sea prism.", a woman said as she walked through the crowd of people that stood on the deck.

The woman had silver hair that flowed behind her and freckles that littered her face. She wore a black, fishnet, long sleeved shirt with a bright pink bra under it. She also had a bright pink skirt and black high heel boots. Around her neck was a light purple scarf that seemed to have waves flowing through it.

"Oh, so it's a mystery net.", the boy now known as Luffy said, appearing too tired to move.

Next to him, Coby shook in fear as he stammered out, "Wha... what are… are you gonna do... to us…"

she gave them a sadistic smile before turning to her crew saying, "one of them appears to be a devil fruit user." her head nodding at Luffy, "He could come in handy"

Then turning her attention to Coby added, "I suppose we could find some use out of the runt. Throw them in the brig! if we're lucky these slaves will be more obedient than that newer brat." she then pointed towards Luffy well screaming, "And don't forget to put a sea collar on that one!"

"Aye aye, captain Sadashi.", the crew cried as they saluted her.

-x-x-x-

A few moments later, Luffy and Coby found themselves thrown into a cell. A stone collar sported around Luffy's neck.

"Oi!", Luffy cried, running to the bars of the cell. It slamming in his face as he continued to scream, "Give me back my hat!", while he yanked on the bars.

"Ahh! What are we gonna do! I escaped one pirate only to get caught by another!", Coby screamed once the guards had left.

"Not a pirate ship.", A hoarse voice strained from behind them. the sound causing Coby to scream as he spun around only to gasp in shock at the teen dangling from the ceiling.

"This here is a slave ship…", the redhead said attempting to lift his head up and give them a weak grin, "welcome to hell."

"What! No, no, no, we can't be! We're gonna die! We're gonna…", Coby screamed only to get hit on top of his head by a foot, courtesy of the chained up teen.

"What was that for!", Coby yelled, holding his head as the teen's chains caused him to rock back and forth.

"Felt like it." the teen stated as he closed his eyes.

"Shishishi", Luffy laughed before grabbing the teen and steadying him. "You're funny! Let's go! Gum Gum pistol!", he yelled, throwing his hands out only for nothing to happen, "huh?"

"Sea collar." the teen told him, not even bothering to look up.

"Oh, so it's a mystery collar like that mystery net.", Luffy exclaimed well nodding his head. The words causing his two cellmates to sweat drop.

"Yosh! We'll have to find another way out…", Luffy said, glancing at the hanging teen. He seemed to stare at the younger teen for a moment longer before saying outright, "you're naked."

"Yep.", the other boy answered, popping the p and not even bothering to lift his head.

"Shishishi", Luffy laughed.

"Why is that funny?", Coby screamed, "These people are going to torture us like they did with this guy! We're gonna die here!"

Luffy remained quiet as he ignored Coby's cries of fear and instead focused on the other teen. He rocked back on the heels of his feet for a few seconds before pausing right in front of the teens face. He then leaned back well giving a wide grin as he clapped one of his fists into his open palm, saying, "oh!"

"What! Did you figure a way out?", Coby asked, if not a little too hopeful.

Luffy ignored this as he asked the other teen, "can you poop?"

Causing Coby to scream, "What! Of course he can! Why would you ask that?!"

Luffy laughed and shockingly enough so did the chained teen, if not a bit weakly. But it was a laugh nonetheless as he grimaced while saying, "Yeah… I can…"

Luffy nodded his head looking pleased before stating, "Yosh! Now how to get out of here? Coby, help me escape!"

"Impossible! Impossible! We're never going to escape, we're gonna die!", Coby cried, only for Luffy to ignore him as he continued to look for an exit.

"Don't bother.", the chained teen mumbled, finding it difficult to ignore them.

"Huh? How come?", Luffy asked, glancing at the boy.

"No point.", the other teen stated a matter-of-factly.

"Uhh, but I have to.", Luffy said as he began to pull on the bars.

"Oh, and why is that?", the other teen asked, though not seeming to care.

"Because I can't stay here…", Luffy said glancing at the teen. he then turned his body to face him giving a shouting of, "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"

His voice holding such conviction that the chained teen's head shot up to look at the other. the action causing his head to spin, but the chained teen opted to ignore it in favor of gaping at Luffy in shock.

A split second later, laughter rang out. But not from the chained teen or from Coby, but rather from the other prisoners around them. Luffy frowned at that, just now noticing them. One would think he would question why the other prisoners weren't chained to the ceiling like the boy. Or why the other prisoners had clothes on unlike the boy dangling almost lifelessly in his cell. But no, the only thing the teen registered was that they were laughing at his dream. He intended to scream at them but before he could say anything, the chained teen cried out, "Shut the Hell Up!"

"Oh come on, don't tell me you don't find that funny.", one of the prisoners nearby said while leaning against a wall.

"Shut up Dace! This is the first time that kid's spoken in the past three days!", yelled another nearby prisoner.

"Oi, brat! We thought that Sadashi bitch finally broke yah.", another called out.

"You had us worried, all over some stupid scarf too.", called another from further in the back.

"Shut up!", the teen yelled out again, only to drop his head down mumbling, "You're giving me a headache."

The other prisoners exchange concerned looks but otherwise went silent as Luffy cocked his head, scratching his chain as he thoughtfully said, "scarf..."

-x-x-x-

An hour or so later, Luffy had taken to poking the chained teen in the side repeatedly. He was having a difficult time figuring out how to get out, so who better to help him than the chained up teen. To be honest, Luffy didn't know how the teen would help, only that he could, if only he would wake up.

Another poke caused the teen's face to scrunch up for a fraction of a second. Thus informing Luffy that the boy was most likely faking his sleep. "Oi!", Luffy called out as he continued poking the teen's side.

The teen finally giving a groan of frustration before mumbling, 'Persistent bastard'

the words making Luffy laugh asking, "Oi! Do you know how to get out?", yet again poking the teen in his side.

"No point to.", the teen states as he winces in pain, "Shouldn't you be more concerned about your friend over there?"

"Huh… who?", Luffy glances around before his eyes landed on Coby. The younger boy, currently in a fetal position, mumbling incoherently.

"Oh, shishishi! He's fine!", Luffy said before looking back at the teen.

"And I told you I have to get out. I can't be the pirate king if I'm locked in a cell!", Luffy simply stated.

"Guess not…", the teen grunted

"Help me escape!", Luffy said, grinning ear to ear, "you know how."

Luffy found himself being surprisingly patient as he waited for the other teen to make up his mind. Although the teen appeared to be staring off at the floor, Luffy could tell the meat in his head was turning.

"Pass.", the teen stated softly, his body seeming to go slightly limp from exhaustion. Luffy frowned at that, noticing how the teen looked somewhat defeated.

"ohhh", Luffy said in disappointment before asking, "why not?"

The teen opened his eyes, bringing his sights upwards without moving his head as he glanced to Luffy. For a moment, Luffy wanted to cry out in joy at seeing the neon red eyes that seemed to glow in the dim light. 'so cool!', Luffy thought, but something in him told him it was a bad idea to comment on such a thing. 'weird', but for once in his life, he chose to listen.

As the two continued to stare at each other, Luffy's smile slowly started to grow. He could tell the younger teen was going to help him, there were far more reasons to help than not to after all.

The teen let out a soft sigh as his eyes dropped back down before stating quietly, "You'll have to get me down."

"Shishishi", Luffy laughed as he wrapped his arms around the other teen's waist and lifted him up just enough for the teen to get his chained hands over the hook. The two stumble a few steps as the teen attempted to steady himself, Luffy frowning slightly as the teen groaned in pain and clearly looked like he was about to pass out.

The boy closes his eyes for a moment, seeming to focus on his breathing as Luffy cocked his head watching him. He could practically hear him counting in his head, '1, 2, 3', over and over again. After a minute or two of this, Luffy couldn't help but smile as he saw the boy start to relax.

After a few more minutes, the teen slowly pulled away from Luffy before stretching out his limbs, at least, the best way he could with his hands still bound.

"Yosh! Now what?", Luffy asked excitedly at the idea of getting out while Coby appeared oblivious to what was going on.

"Patience.", the teen stated as he walked up to the bars. Luffy began rocking back and forth onto the balls of his feet as he allowed the teen to… while Luffy didn't really know what he was doing, he was just sure the boy would get them out.

The redheaded teen stared at the bars for a moment before walking from one end of their little prison cell to the other.

"Barrel hinges… hmmm, half pipe…", the teen mumbled to himself as he yet again passed the bars, "These...", he said softly while absently touching a set of bars in the center of the cell door. He then glanced at Luffy before turning his attention to Coby.

"Oi! Coby was it? You gonna sit there crying or you gonna help out?", the teen called out without a hint of pain, causing Luffy to beam despite knowing he was faking it.

"Impossible! Impossible!", Coby stated while shaking his head, before Luffy punched the top of it. He rubbed the top of his head, glancing up at Luffy with tears in his eyes only for Luffy to do nothing but grin at him.

"Yosh! Let's do this.", Luffy cheered, grabbing Coby by the arm before dragging him over to the bars.

"Grab this bar with both hands.", the teen instructed Coby before pointing at another set of bars not too far away for Luffy to grab.

"Ok, now pull up and push!," he said, taking a few steps back. The two did as they were told and shockingly enough, the door lifted up, causing both boys to fall forward and the cell door to fall on top of them, making a loud crashing sound.

"What!", screamed the other prisoners.

"How the hell did that work?!", yelled someone from the back.

"The cell door has half pipe barrel hinges which are basically crap. So with the right leverage and enough strength, it's pretty easy to take off.", the teen said in a somewhat bored tone, as if everyone should have known this.

"Why the hell didn't you say something sooner?", screamed a prisoner.

"No one asked.", the teen said, lifting the cell door up with his foot so that Luffy and Coby could crawl out from underneath it.

"What!", screamed everyone, but Luffy had felt it appropriate to laugh.

"It doesn't matter!", yelled out one of the prisoners, "Quickly, everyone get the doors off! The guards must have heard that!"

The other prisoners quickly ran over to their respective doors, but Luffy didn't really care what they were doing, he just wanted to leave and return to his adventuring, but first;

Where was his hat?

With that thought in mind, Luffy took off up the stairs and into the hall with Coby shouting after him to wait. The teen glanced at the two boys before casually following after them, not really in any hurry.

-x-x-x-

On the second floor a few rooms down sat six guards, all laughing as they went through the new slaves' belongings.

"Those brats didn't have very much.", one of the guards stated, picking up a small compass that had a large dent in its top.

At the sound of a loud bang one of the guards jumped up in alarm while asking, "What was that?"

"It sounded like it came from the brig.", another guard said as he picked up a straw hat, putting it on his head will looking himself over in a long mirror, seeming to make silly poses.

"What!", called another, jumping to his feet as he grabbed a large bazooka while shouting, "Don't just stand there, we need to check on the prisoners!"

As the guards ran out of the room, the one with the hat did a final check in the mirror before following after his comrades.

-x-x-x-

Luffy skidded to a stop as he ran straight into two guards that appeared out of nowhere, "Oi!", he shouted at them, "where's my hat?!"

"Huh?", one of them said intelligently as he stared up at Luffy.

"Grab him!", yelled the guard with the bazooka as he jumped at Luffy. Luffy quickly punched the guy in his face and sent him flying into two of his buddies. Coby, noticing one of the guards had dropped a set of keys, quickly grabbed them, hoping beyond hope that one of them was to Luffy's collar.

"Gum gum pistol", Luffy shouted, punching the guys repeatedly, "Huh?", he asked, glancing at his hands when he noticed they hadn't stretched, but still managed to do the job and knocked out 4 of them.

"Luffy…", Coby called out as he finally caught up to him. He leaned down grasping his knees as he tried to catch his breath, "you can't stretch with that collar on, remember!"

"O'yeah… I forgot!", Luffy said, giving a small laugh as Coby sweat dropped. "Now where's my hat?", he asked, looking around, only to spot the Bazooka on the floor.

Further down the hall, one of the guards quickly yanked off a straw hat, tossing it to the side as he whistled nervously. Another guard a few feet away screamed, "Quick, sound the alarms!", as more prisoners entered the hall.

"Oh no you don't!", Luffy roared, picking up the bazooka and firing it at the two.

The red headed teen was casually walking up behind Luffy, only for his eyes to go wide and for him to say "shit!", as Luffy pulled the trigger, causing the bazooka to fire right at him and the prisoners that had caught up to him. The teen sighed as the other prisoners dived out of the way in a desperate attempt to avoid the blast.

A loud explosion could be heard throughout the ship, causing the whole ship to buzz with activity. Screams could be heard from up above as the ship's crew cried out, "The prisoners are escaping!"

"Huh?", Luffy blinked, the two guards in front of him seemed to be unharmed with sweat drops running down their foreheads, but that didn't make sense since he had heard it fire and even heard the explosion along with screams and… Luffy blinked again before turning around to see a giant hole along with prisoners scattered around.

Luffy couldn't help but laugh at how they were all spiraled out on the floor before saying to his fellow prisoners, "My bad."

Everyone around him was nervously sweating as they looked at Luffy, but it didn't take long for one of the other prisoners to jump to his feet, shouting, "Charge!", causing the rest of the prisoners to rise to their feet as well, before they all ran past Luffy and proceeded to beat up the two guards.

"Luffy, we need to get out of here!", Coby said, pulling on Luffy's arm and fallowing after the other prisoners.

"Huh...", Luffy questioningly glanced around for the boy that had helped them escape, only to be met with Coby starting to pull on him more, forcing him into a run as he dropped the bazooka, causing it to fire yet again into the direction they had come from.

"This way!", Coby shouted at Luffy, trying to get him to move faster as he shoved the set of keys into Luffy's hand.

"Shishishi!", Luffy laughed as he began trying to force each key into his collar.

-x-x-x-

A boy groaned as his body seemed to force itself-awake. The boy was lying flat on his face; his body throbbing in pain. He groaned well, turning his head to the side. The first thing he noticed was everything being gray and covered in ash. He could barely make out his hands from all the smoke that littered the room. The second thing he noticed was that Luffy and Coby were gone.

"This way!", came a voice somewhere up ahead.

"Shit!", he groaned, forcefully pushing himself up. He didn't have time to be hurt; he needed to get out of there before they found him. He decided to worry about the others later, for now he needed to move. His body stumbled as he tried to move forward, his vision blurring and his ears ringing as the room seemed to be spinning.

He growled at himself yet again, saying, "shit!"

He forced himself to run through a door on his left while ignoring the pain. He had spent a shit ton of time being passed around and tortured, he could handle the pain, he was used to it, he reminded himself. He entered a long hallway only to see two men at the end, facing away from him. Taking a soft breath, he pushed himself forward in a soft run, making it over to them quickly without so much as making a sound before smashing their heads together with a sickening crack. He then jumped behind the closest person as everyone turned to face the two unconscious people. He noted the guard over had a set of keys on his belt, so he quickly grabbed them and from there, he was in the next room towards the right without ever being seen.

He grinned to himself as he scanned through the keys to unlock his hand cuffs. Only for the smile to disappear as he noted they were the wrong set of keys.

"Someone's here!", someone screamed in panic.

"Catch'um!", another shouted.

"We can't let them escape!"

"This way!"

And with that, they all ran down the hall he had come from. He hummed a laugh as he smirked, letting one of his fangs show. He glanced into the room, allowing his smile to grow.

'perfect' he thought to himself while looking around what could only be a storage room. those bastards having thrown random pieces of junk inside of it. Most likely items they had taken from their prisoners. Prisoners that were all probably dead by now, courtesy of that, Luffy, guy firing a damn bazooka the wrong way! Seriously, how could he not know it was the wrong way?

'Shit! Lucky I have thick skin. could have killed me if I didn't!', he thought as he absentmindedly picked up a flat thin piece of metal that was lying on the floor. Without looking, the teen inserted it into the locking mechanism and the teeth of the hand cuffs. From there he tightened the cuff while pushing the piece of metal further in, this allowing the metal to unlock the cuff. He repeated the process with his other hand, all-in-all only taking 3 seconds for the boy to get free of the hand cuffs. While doing so he continued to glance around nervously, seemingly looking for something, most likely the treasure that had been taken from him.

He bit his lip unconsciously as he looked into a large box, dumping its contents onto the floor. "It's not here!", he whimpered, tears at the corners of his eyes. He jerked his head upwards at the sound of gunfire coming from the top of the deck. It was clear the others had managed to get to the top. He chewed on the tip of his thumb in thought for all but 2 seconds before picking up a black sleeveless hoodie that was draped on a barrel and pulling it on. He continued to look around the room and inside a basket near the far left he managed to find a pair of brown cargo pants stored within and rather hastily yanked them on.

The boy glanced around yet again, this time trying to come up with an escape plan, his eyes landing on several barrels, ''Please, please, please…', he thought as he opened one of them, "Jackpot!", he said triumphantly at seeing the gunpowder within. Only for his smile to vanish at realizing although he had an escape, he still didn't have his treasure. He gave a disappointed sigh knowing Sadashi most likely had it.

He forced himself to push away the mixed feelings of dread and fear as he glanced back at the barrel and allowed himself to grinn down at the gunpowder within it. He barked a soft chuckle at it as he turned around, cracking his knuckles and saying, "This is going to be fun!"

He spent the next few minutes rigging the ship to blow. As luck would have it, everyone below deck seemed to have moved to the top deck, giving him free roam of the bottom half of the ship. 'Idiots', he thought as he picked up a box of matches on his way out. Once done, he lifted up one of the barrels, opening the small stopper so that it would pour out as he walked. He slung it over his shoulder, sticking his other hand into his pockets as he made his way to the top deck, only to pause at the crunching sound as he was walking, feeling as if he had stepped on straw. He glanced down, pulling his bare foot back to see what looked like a straw hat with a red ribbon on it.

"Huh…", he said in surprise, picking it up and fluffing it back up. He shook the hat, removing some gunpowder that had fallen onto it before plopping it on his head. With one final glance around, he continued his journey down the hall.

-x-x-x-

Coby dragged Luffy onto the top deck after the other escaping prisoners. They were stopped by a row of slavers blocking their path, with Captain Sadashi in the middle of the group.

'Click', came the sound of the collar finally opening.

'Clank' came the sound of it falling to the ground, causing some of the guards to groan in frustration.

Luffy made no hesitation to pocket the keys believing that they could come in handy, but not knowing why.

"Oi! Leopard face! Where's my hat?", he shouted out at Sadashi.

The woman immediately falling to her knees as if she had been hit before mumbling, "my freckles aren't that bad."

Before she jumped back up screaming, "Kill him! Kill them all!"

"But Captain Sadashi, we need them, we won't make any money off of them if they're dead!", one of the braver sailors replied.

"What? O'fine then, capture them, don't let them escape!", she yelled out.

"Gum-Gum pistol", Luffy yelled, sending the majority of the slavers overboard.

The other prisoners' chose to ignore the fight as they ran to the row boats. The guards taking notice of this immediately began to fire at them. Only for Luffy to jump in front of the bullets, shouting, "Your fight's with me!", as he shot the bullets back at the slavers.

"Coby, get us a boat!", Luffy yelled as he took a hold of his comrade. the same comrade who was sobbing and latched on to Luffy's leg. But Luffy paid this no mind as he tossed the young boy over the side of the ship. it not long before he was sending another Gum-Gum Pistol at the slavers.

Sadashi yanked out her sword and ran at Luffy only for him to slam his fist into her face. Luffy then grabbed the scarf from her neck before he managed to kick her into the ocean. He didn't know why he grabbed it, but decided to put it on anyway. He then yet again shouted out, "Where's my Hat?", before running at the other slavers.

-x-x-x-

A straw hat bounced on top of a red headed teenager as he walked up a set of stairs. the teen tossing a barrel back the way he came and with a smooth motion lite a match on the wall next to him. He then took off at a dead run towards the deck as he tossed the match towards the gunpowder.

"I heard something!", someone said from up ahead of him.

"Shit!", he said, tiring to skid to a stop, only for his attempts to be in vain as he burst through the doors. His eyes widening as he found himself above deck surrounded by a crowd of jackasses.

One of the men shouting, "There's another one of'um.", causing his heart to start pounding a mile a minute as everyone stopped and turned to look at him.

But before any one could finish saying, "Don't let him get away!-"

Luffy had appeared out of thin air with a gleeful shout of, "You found my hat!" looking like a dolphin that had received a beach ball.

slamming into the teen and sending them both over the side of the ship.

"Shit!", he cried out while Luffy took the hat placing it onto his own head. He didn't understand why Luffy was laughing till he found himself landed on a rather hard surface. It took a hot minute for him to realize he was in a small rowboat. The action causing it to thrash around as though a monsoon had crashed into it.

He groaned, pushing Luffy off of him as he sat up well taking note of everything. The first thing to note being, Coby, who was in the rowboat with them. the younger boy screaming as cannons started firing on not only them. But also the prisoners in other boats around them, all desperate to get away from the larger ship firing on them.

His eyes then landed on a scarf around Luffy's neck. Luffy noticing this handed it to him along with a key to the collar the boy was still wearing. The red headed teen all but threw on the scarf, his movements desperate and jerking to get it on. he let out a sigh of relief before finally taking the collar off and throwing both it and the key into the ocean.

"We're all gonna die!", Coby screamed for the 5th time.

"Relax.", said the red headed teen as he began paddling the small boat.

"Relax… relax! How the hell can I relax? Impossible! Impossible! We're all gonna die!", Coby sobbed as Luffy deflected a cannonball away from them.

The red headed teen yawned, stating, "Patience is a virtue."

"What?", Coby began, only to shriek at the sound of an explosion.

Black, thick smoke clouded the air as the large ship became engulfed in flames. "Ahh", Coby screamed as Luffy proceeded to laugh.

"Let's get out of here.", The teen said as he used the cover of the smoke to help shield their escape. though it wasn't needed as the slavers had more to worry about. After all their ship sinking took precedence over recapturing the escaping slaves.

Authors notes:

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This Chapter was edited by 'The Path of a Writer'

Escaping the prison cells was inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean

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