A/N: I just dug 'round the corners of my phone and found this old relic. Then I decided, hey, why the hell not? Might as well get it out there rather than hiding it away.

Pairing: -

Disclaimer: One Piece©Eiichiro Oda

Love is blind and so was he. He can't see anything other than his brothers' affection towards him, which was as clear as day. In turn, he loved them too. The way they treat him makes him annoyed though. Monkey D. Luffy was not glass, and no brother is going to stop him from achieving his dream.

It was at five years old Luffy started to notice something was wrong. Every time he woke up or rubbed at his eyes, his vision just kept getting blurry. This, Luffy thought, is definitely not normal. But as any other kid, he shrugged and brushed the matter off of his shoulders. Surely it wasn't that important. He'd get his clear sight soon, he was so sure of it.

Days has gone by, and those days became months. His sight further worsened, but he didn't tell anyone. Truly a stubborn child. Makino tried to pry him open, asked him why he kept tripping on his own two feet, but he refused to tell. Telling somebody about his...predicament may ruin the village's image of him as a strong man. A weakness like this is better not known. The temptation of a meat laden plate made him give in however, and the boy spilled the confidential matter in a heartbeat. And that was after five months of secrecy.

To say Makino was shocked was an understatement. She had been horrified when Luffy had oh so blatantly told her that he can't see much anymore, and with the way he keeps bumping into chairs and missing his own usual chair, Makino feared for the worst. The night after he told her this, the bartender took Luffy to the village's only doctor to have his eyes checked.

Makino had anticipated the news, really. But when she heard it from another's mouth, she can't help but tear up a bit. Luffy's eyesight was reduced to a mere 40%. The doctor said it was untreatable, said it was impossible to cure it back to it's normal state. To that, Makino called bull, labeled the man as incompetent, then left with a steeled heart. Little Luffy didn't understand what was happening back then. He was confused during the whole session with the doctor, but when they left, he smiled and took Makino's hand. It's alright, he said. I'm fine, so Makino don't have to cry now. But how could she not? If any, she only cried harder. But she still smiled back, and maybe laughed a little at the face of tragedy.

While Luffy can still see, she'll make his time worthwhile.

Ever since they left the doctor on that fateful day a year ago, Makino searched high and low for a solution to Luffy's weakened sight but to no avail. Going to the Kingdom of Goa will require her to go into the forest and it was inevitable that she will encounter many of Mount Corvo's beasts if she were to step a foot inside. To top it all off, bandits dwell within that area. It was obvious that walking in there with a little boy and without any fighting experience can spell her's and Luffy's doom. And who was she to think that the guards at the kingdom's gate will open the way for her anyway? The chances of them opening said gates for the sake of a nearly blind boy was nigh impossible. (But still, she tried anyway, though in the end the mayor had to knock some sense into her with that cane of his.)

By the time Luffy was six years old, his vision blurred to the point where he can't see anything unless it was directly and literally in front of his eyes. Makino had entirely given up on curing him then. She didn't want to seem cruel, but there was simply no way at all. Even Garp, Luffy's own grandfather who is a marine and had connections in many places like Goa, is unreachable. His transponder snail number was terminated for whoever knows what reason, and the man himself is gone for weeks now. Makino knew Garp was a busy man, but can't he make some time for himself? It was past his usual visiting date now and she can't help but be worried.

And now pirates have just arrived in the village and she have more things to be worried about. Joy, oh joy.

Monkey D. Luffy is a very simple boy. He sees a merchant ship, he rushes to get on it. Because, well, ships are awesome. The sails, or what he thought are the sails, were kind of weird though. It was black; that was one thing, and on the black was a splash of white. Usually, merchant ships have white sails and flags, and though Luffy can't see that well, he wasn't that bad. Even he can see that the ship approaching was not a merchant ship.

He still went on his way despite this fact. As stated earlier, ships are awesome and he couldn't care less. As long as it wasn't a pirate ship, and Luffy was pretty sure that wasn't a pirate ship. Luffy was never wrong. That was what he thought at least.

"Captain, I caught a stowaway!" Luffy struggled against the grip the man had on his shirt. He cursed his luck. Luffy was certain that hiding inside a random barrel will ensure his cover but that doesn't seem to be the case. He was captured the minute he sneezed. "It's just a brat though, what should we do with him?" The man, a cabin boy perhaps but the muscles shows otherwise, questioned his captain from a distance. Luffy took this as an opportunity to sloppily kick the man in the face.

"Lemme go, you jerk!" The young boy hollered, "I'm gonna beat you up if you don't! I'm not scared of pirates!" So he says, but as soon as his captor fixed a glare on him, Luffy shuddered, a shiver running down his spine. The man's face was close to his, and that made him see the terrifying visage the man sported. Tears prickled at the rim of his eyes, and his legs shook.

It was then a red haired pirate decided to step in, a bottle of booze in his hand as he swayed his way towards the group of two. " 're ya shoore dats a stoway? I di'nt notish 'im befor... He came from da village, 'am shure he did!" Then the captain stumbled and fell. Now Luffy lived with a bartender for most of his life and he knew instantly that the man was drunk off his ass just by listening to his slur of words. Luffy allowed himself a giggle when his captor sighed, his fear already forgotten.

"That was seriously lame!" Luffy dared himself to say, feeling braver when the grip on his shirt slackened.

The drunk captain hauled himself up, the bottle of whiskey he had before forgotten, lying on the floor. He pointed childishly at the six year old. "Shu' up kid, imma pirate! I'm enuff aweshum!"

"No you're not!"

"I am too!"

"Are not!"

"Am too!"

"Not!"

"Too!"

"No way!"

"Beeeeennnn!" The captain whined, turning his head to Luffy's captor. "I'm awesome, right?!"

Benn Beckman could only reply with a snort. "How about you sober up first, captain?" Shanks looked annoyed at this, before his expression morphed to that of contemplation. The red haired pirate looked at Benn, his face contorted in seriousness.

"Then you'll say I'm awesome-"

"No."

Luffy, who didn't know what was happening at this point, laughed jovially.

A/N: Though shorter than the other two, I hope y'all enjoyed it nevertheless. Feel free to continue these btw, just ring me up if ya wanna adopt.

Have a happy day peeps.