Before this Fic starts, like to thank one person in particular: my girlfriend, SwordMasterZ. Without her inspiration, this concept never would have occurred to me in a million years. I couldn't have done this without your creativity, your knowledge, and your suggestions.Thanks you for the insight that got this piece off the ground.

Prologue: Romance Dawn! The Journey Begins!

A small spacecraft glided through the blackness, making its way to a destination only known by its pilot who was making his way past designated planet 749285 in the sector 3172...

Behind the green clad man, four figures were bound to the wall with shackles of green light.

"Yer not gonna get away with this, bastard!" the center one spat.

"Whatever. The guardians decreed that you ki users were too powerful by far to be left to your own devices. They were going to take measures before the Manhunters went rogue. I'm actually being merciful, dropping you four on an uninhabited planet. At least this way you have a chance of surviving." Abin Sur replied.

"Measures? You fucking wiped out our entire planet! What about our Families?-! Our friends?-! Do lives mean nothing to you?-!-?" the prisoner to the right snarled, struggling against her bonds.

"Save your strength. Those constructs aren't going to fade anytime soon." The pilot pointed out.

"Says you." The first sneered, flexing his arms.

The second eyed her two comatose companions, willing them to wake up and show that they were alive.

The black haired prisoner slipped his legs up and wound his feet into the chain loops.

"I gotta do this right, or I'll probably break my legs…" he thought.

"Mōko Kaimon Ha!" he bellowed, jerking the limbs apart.

Much to Abn Sur's horror, the chain constructs snapped like twigs.

"Kijin Raishū Dan!"

The green lantern was forced to dive out of the way to avoid being bisected by the vacuum blade that shattered the reinforced transport tube.

"How the hell did you…" the crimson skinned man snarled.

"Those rings run on will right? Well no one's got more than me! I don't lose too anyone!" the dark haired human snarled, blurring out of sight.

Abin sensed the presence behind him just as the martial artist's strikes were about to drill into his back, he threw up a quick shield and lashed out with an emerald beam that would have cut his opponent in two, if he had been there.

Suddenly, the prisoner leaped up and ran along the green stream of light, kicking his foe across the jaw.

"Why the hell did you do this? We never did anything to you! The prisoner yelled, locking his opponent's arm into a submission hold.

"I didn't like it either, but my orders are to make sure you Ki users never become a threat!" the lantern barked as an emerald clamp ripped his opponent away and tossed him across the room.

Sur's ring blazed as his opponent scrambled to his he and glowed like a miniature supernova, shooting a white hot projectile.

"Fall!" the lantern roared.

"BURN!" his opponent screamed.

The two attacks collided, pushing against each other. For ten long seconds, the deadlock lasted until something gave way: Abin's willpower.

His beam was cleaved in two as the ki blast nailed him in the chest like a cannon ball, throwing him across the room and through the main console.

The ship lurched wildly as the containment fields flickered and died, dumping the people within to the cold floor.

"Idiot! You wrecked the controls!" Sur bellowed, scrambling to his feet.

"And what the hell does that mean for us? The short haired one snarled.

"At the moment, we're about to crash into that planet. The ship'll break up on reentry, incinerating anyone without a power ring." he replied.

"Looks like you job's done then. You'll be rid of the 'dangerous prisoners'. The female sneered.

Taking a deep breath, Sur maneuvered himself beneath the consol, splicing wires and cables, attaching a pair to his ring.

"Get your sisters onto the platform. This long distance emergency teleporter will get you away from here. I'll use the last of my ring's charge to get you out of here. But without any coordinates, the lot of you could end up just about anywhere." He said shortly

"What about you?" the male human asked.

"I'll get out of this somehow, one way or another." He replied darkly.

The two humans looked at each other, wordlessly dragging their comatose friends onto the platform.

"Thanks." The young man replied gruffly as they disappeared.

"I'm gonna need every last bit of charge if I want to walk away from this…" the red skinned being grimaced, raising his ring and holding up his power battery.

"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight! Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green…GARGH!"

He let out a yelp of pain as the heat of reentry tore the main door off its hinges, flooding the ship's cabin with blazing fire. Then… everything went white.

Naturally, none of the inhabitants of the undesignated planet knew of the drama taking place hundreds of miles above their head.

This was a world of piracy. A world where mighty crews of plunderers and ne'er do wells fought over treasures that would make grown men weep with envy.

But there was one man who was better than the lot of them put together. His name was Gol D. Roger, and he was the best! He had it all, fame, power, wealth, women, there was nothing that he wasn't capable of.

But eventually, his time passed and he was executed for crimes against the world government. His last speech before they lopped off his head sent shockwaves through the world.

"My treasure? Oh, it's out there! And anyone who manages to find it, it's yours! But you'll have to search the world to find it!" he had said.

Thus the great age of piracy was ignited. Hundreds of crews prowled the seas looking for the fabled one piece, Gold Rogers treasure.

But this story isn't about any of these people, oh no! It's about a six year old boy, who was hoping to catch the attention of an up and coming group of pirates.

"I've had enough of you bastards making fun of me! I'm gonna prove myself to you once and for all!" Luffy roared, holding a knife up high.

"Go for it!" one of the pirates cackled.

"I wanna see what he's got up his sleeve this time!" another chortled.

"How much you wanna bet he's gonna jump into the sea?"

"I'll take that bet! A hundred Beli says that the runt blows himself up again!"

"Fifty says he tried to fire himself out of a canon."

"Two hundred that he picks a fight with that giant tiger in mount Corbo."

"You're on!" The first snickered.

THUNK!

The crows watched in alarm as he plunged the blade into his own face.

"YEOOOOOOW!-!-!" the would be pirate king howled.

"Luffy, I'm sure if I want to call you a masochist or the bravest kid I know!" Shanks chortled.

"Aw, that didn't hurt one bit! Now will you take me out to sea?" Luffy pleaded.

"HA! Like you could stand a single solitary day as a pirate! You can't even swim!" the red headed brigand snickered, waving the boy off.

"Oi! I'll be fine as long as I stay on the ship! I'm a pretty good fighter to boot! My punch is as strong as a pistol!" the young boy boasted.

"A pistol huh? Come on captain, let's let the boy go once, that ought to satisfy him!" one of the captain's subordinates wheedled.

"He'll make a fine brigand!" another member of the red haired pirates giggled drunkenly as he and his fellow crew mates danced by.

"A pirates life is the life for me!" another chorused.

"If you start singing, I'm gonna slug you!" another warned.

"The sea is deep and vast, you can do just about anything!" a third piped up.

"All right, one of you can say behind, and he can take your place, if that's how you feel…" the captain replied dryly.

"The cap'n's made up his mind; the boy's not going! Let's drink!" the can-caning buccaneers whooped as they danced away.

"Fat lot of help you all are!" Luffy snapped angrily.

"Aw, don't be like that…have a drink of juice!" Shanks smiled innocently, passing the boy a mug.

"Thanks!" the dark haired boy replied, taking a sip.

"What kind of pirate drinks juice!-?" the captain laughed madly, almost falling off his bar stool.

Utterly irate at being tricked, Luffy threw the mug at his mentor's head and stalked away.

"I stab myself in the face, I jump into the sea, I blow myself up, and all that Shanks does is make fun of me. What do I have to do to make him take me seriously?" the would be pirate muttered under his breath.

"Learn to swim for one…" the first mate replied dryly.

"Are you makin' fun of me too?" the young man frowned.

"Nope. The captain only has you best interest in mind. What would happen if you got hurt? Your grandfather would have our collective butts in a sling. He's not making fun of you, he just doesn't want you to get hurt." Ben Beckman snorted.

"Oh anchor! Want some more juice?" the captain giggled.

"I think…" the scarred man rolled his eyes.

It was at that moment that the first mate realized Luffy wasn't standing in front of him anymore. The boy's attention span had run out a good thirty seconds earlier.

The dark haired man blanched when he saw that the would be pirate had rooted through the small pile of treasure they intended to use to pay for this week's drink. And he had discovered the one item that should not have fallen into the hands of a six year old: the devil fruit they had found in that raid a few months earlier. Shanks had been planning on selling it to finance the purchase of a new ship once they found a decent sized (and discreet) ship yard.

"Oh! A mystery food!" the future pirate giggled.

The trouble maker was about to bite into a hundred million Belies worth of treasure!

"Get away from there!" Beckman growled, batting the fruit out of the boy's hand with the butt of his rifle, and yanking him back by the collar of his shirt.

BANG!

Every eye in the room turned when the swinging doors nearly flew off their hinges from the kick of a dusty looking mountain bandit, who was accompanied by no less than a dozen of his cohorts.

"Make way, ya stupid looking pirates! Higuma the bear is here! I have an eight million beli bounty on my head!" the topknot clad man boasted.

He slapped his hand down on the bar, "That'll be ten barrels of your best sake, and make it quick!" he ordered.

"Sorry sir, but we're out at the moment…" Makino the Barkeep winced.

"Then what're they drinking?" the bandit scowled.

"I took the last bottle, you're welcome to it, if you want…" Shanks offered, holding out the container in question.

CRACK!

Higuma the bear lashed out and snatched the bottle out of Shanks's hand, smashing it across his skull.

Everything was still.

Clucking his tongue, the captain bent down and began to scoop up the shattered glass, muttering under his breath about the mess.

Sneering, the bandit unsheathed his sword and swept it along the bar with the sickening sound of splattered food and shattered kitchenware.

"Since you like cleaniin' so much, you can enjoy it even more now…" the duster wearing man spat, gesturing for his men to follow him.

"Buncha freakin' cowards, the whole lot of 'em. This town's noting more that a sake-less piece of shit…" the bandit muttered mutinously.

For thirty long seconds, the assorted pirates stared at their captain, their expressions unreadable. Even Luffy could sense the tension in the air.

"WA-HA-HA-HA! That bastard sure made a monkey out of you, eh cap'n!" Lucky Roo whooped.

Luffy stood there seething for thirty long seconds…

"What the hell is wrong with you?-! That bandit made you look like an idiot and you just stood there and took it?" the bandaged youth snarled.

Shanks gazed at Luffy with an unreadable look, "You'll understand when you're older."

Snorting belligerently, Luffy stomped off, "I'm going to find a real role model…" he muttered under his breath.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to let him walk away angry?" Makino asked as she gently brushed the shattered glass off the pirate's head and shoulders, her fingers lingering for a few extra seconds.

"He'll get over it. The boy need to learn that not every battle needs to be fought…" the captain replied dryly.

It was many hours later, the sun had long since set and the stars were twinkly brightly overhead.

"Stupid Shanks! Stupid pirates! Minna no baka!" The irate boy spat into the sea, lobbing handfuls of stone with each word.

Luffy stood there panting, "I'll prove it to him! I'll prove to Shanks that I can be a pirate! I'll be even better than him! I'll…I'll be the bestest pirate ever! That'll… that'll show that coward! I'll be so great, that I'll be king of the pirates!"

It was at that moment that Luffy caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye. It was a twinkling light, far off on the horizon, and it was drifting closer to shore.

"OOOH!" A mystery light…sooo shiny!" the boy giggled, momentarily forgetting about his pledge.

The newly declared future pirate king squinted at the flashing brightness, leaning further and further over the cliff before the inevitable happened.

"WHAAAAAA!"

He tumbled down the embankment and onto the beach below.

SPLAT!

"MRPH! PHRMA! PHAGH!" Luffy yelped, yanking his head out of the ground and spitting sand.

He looked up and Saw that the twinkling green light had reached the shore. It was a man, or at least something that looked like a man. His skin was a deep crimson, and his face was oddly flat and hairless, like someone has put his head in a vice until all discernable features were squashed. He was clothed in a tattered green body suit, with a torn green and white symbol on the front.

The future pirate king blanched when he caught the scent of burned and charred flesh. Most of the mystery man's upper torso was a mass of pulped, bruised, and burned skin.

"Oi, jiji, are you OK?" the young boy asked.

"Urg…" The man gurgled.

Trembling, the boy desperately tried to lift the larger being onto his back, "Hold on! I'll get help! The village doctor will put you back together!"

"Stop! Please. I won't last more than a few minutes." The stranger hissed, his expression resigned.

"Is there anything I can do aka-ossan?" the dark haired boy gulped.

"You're younger than I would have liked, and I don't have enough charge to start a search. Take my ring, and say the Oath! Use it to do what I couldn't; the right thing!" Abin sur instructed his would be protégé.

That was when the alien pressed two objects into Luffy's hand: a small green stone ring embossed with the same symbol on dying man's chest, and a metallic emerald lantern.

It was at that moment, the light went out of his eyes, and Abin Sur, the most decorated Green lantern in the Corps passed on.

His lip trembling, Luffy pulled the still form out of the water to the coast line and started to dig, knowing that he only had a little while before people started looking for him.

It was less than an hour later that Luffy was holed up in the spare room above Makino's bar, the dresser pushed in front of the door. The boy knew it wouldn't do squat to stop his grandpa, but every little bit helped. And he felt in his heart of hearts that this was important.

"Ok, he said to say the oath…but I don't know it..." the would be lantern muttered under his breath, poking the inactive object with his finger.

"I pledge allegiance…to the Lantern!" he declared, putting his hand over his heart.

Nothing.

"I'm gonna be king of the lanterns?" he tried.

Nada.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, if you don't do something lantern…I'm gonna kick your ass!" Garp's grandson declared.

Zilch.

"Do something damn it!" the boy snarled, punching the lantern with a solid right, slamming the green ring on his finger into the glassy surface.

ZAAAAAAKKKK!

The future lantern let out a yelp of alarm as bolts of emerald energy played over his body, wrapping him in a green cocoon of light.

"YEOW! SHANKS! MAKINO! GRANPA! SOMEONE HELP MEEEE!" Luffy bawled as he was lifted into the air, out the open window and past the atmosphere…

Meanwhile, on Okarra…

Nabiki Tendo groaned her eyes fluttered open, her head pounding like that time she had made the mistake of listening to one of Kuno baby's speeches for too long.

That was when the memories hit.

The mercenary daughter of Soun Tendo fought the urge to vomit as she tried to get the image of her family's expressions out her head as they we gunned down by those things…those manhunters. Those chilling mechanical voices as they razed the entire planet and wiped out everyone. Ryoga, Pantyhose Taro, Genma, Happosai, Cologne, Shampoo, Ukyo, no one had been able to stop them. Even Ranma had fought a losing battle against such numbers.

That was when she was brought back to reality by a single chilling sound.

Plodding footsteps.

The remaining rational part of her mind knew that the chances of whoever it was being friendly were next to zero.

The mercenary girl scrambled to her feet and lunged into the bushes.

That was when she saw them. There were over a dozen beings of all shapes and sizes, some round, some tall, some short, but all of them had one thing in common. They were all bathed in the same glowing orange light.

"Well, well, well, I don't think I have a human in my collection yet…" a giggling voice said.

Looking up, nabiki felt her blood freeze in her veins. The being above her was clad in a tight orange body suit, that covered his skinny, almost malnourished frame like a second skin. He was covered (presumably) from head to toe in matted brows fur. His face was something only a mother could love: two beady glowing orange eyes set over a long snout with teeth a little too sharp for Nabiki's comfort. He was clutching a orange metallic lantern that was the same color as his bodysuit and the luminous beings behind her.

"MINE!" he roared, lunging for her.

And on Zamaron…

Two pink clad females dragged a struggling, chained, and shackled male through the corridors of their planetary fortress, conversing as if he wasn't there.

"Let me go damn it! What did you do to the Tendos? Tell me damn it!" he cried out desperately.

"Such aggression in this one, don't you agree sister?" the azure skinned one holding his right arm commented.

"Indeed, sister. It is fortuitous that he possesses such a valuable shape shifting ability. When combined with her above average form, will make for an ideal host for our queen and entity: the predator." The blond to the right replied.

"What do you mean convert? I'm a guy damn it! Take these shackles off and see how far you can convert me!-!" he snarled.

"I'm afraid not. You really should feel honored. You will be the latest host for our queen, once we perform the proper modification to curb that aggressive male tendency of yours…" the blue skinned one smiled sweetly.

Ranma felt a chill run down his spine as he redoubled his struggles.

"Damn you! You won't get away with this! You may brainwash me, but I'll get free! I don't lose! Ranma Saotome doesn't…" he bellowed as he was placed into a hollow pink crystal…

CRACK!

Which slammed shut over him.

Ysmault…

Akane Tendo let out a horse sob as she climbed over the barren plateau. She had come to several hours earlier. She had limped off in a random direction, desperately attempting to find food or water, if only to survive for a short while longer.

That was when she saw it.

Blood: a rolling sea of boiling blood. It had to have been at least two hundred feet from shore to shore.

That was when it hit her. There was no food, no water, no people on this world. There was truly no way to survive on this blood soaked hell hole.

So Akane did the only thing left for her to do: she gave into the anger that had been her close companion for so long.

"I'm Akane Tendo Of the Tendo School of Anything goes! I'll find the bastards who ripped my family apart. I'll find the ones that commanded the Manhunters and beat them into a bloody smear! This universe has made me its whipping boy, but I swear I'll be the one to do the whipping!" she screamed into the cloudy sky.

"Such potent anger! Such white hot burning rage…" A growling voice said.

Stiffening the sole living being on the planet squinted at the crimson pool where the voice was emanating from. Realization hit her that the ripples and bubbles were becoming much more localized near the center.

She took a fearful step back when a malformed, indistinct shape rose from the depths.

"I know of the ones who wronged you child, because they did the same thing to my people. Their manhunters wiped out every planet in this sector, turning this place into one giant grave." The shape rumbled.

"What does that have to do with me?" the short tempered girl asked stiffly.

"Work with me! Together we can topple the guardians and their hypocrisy! We can avenge our loved ones that were so cruelly ripped away. Allow me to use your body, and I will (as you put it) beat those who wronged you into a bloody smear." The voice whispered sibilantly. The beings words were like honey laced with poison, sweet, but oh so deadly.

The young woman knew there was only one course of action.

"Take me…" she hissed softly, feeling like she had made a deal with the devil.

"YEEEESSS!" the being roared triumphantly, surging upward in a tidal wave of boiling blood before crashing back down into the ready girl, pouring down her throat.

the blue haired girl fell to her knees, hacking and sputtering as pure agony ripped through her, like someone had replaced her vital fluids with acid.

Suddenly, her lips opened as a torrent of blood spewed out, staining the air around her a violent crimson. Then, it spoke.

"Atrocitus, the last of the five inversions, lives again!" the thing who now occupied the youngest Tendo's body roared into the night.

And the universe trembled.

Kasumi had wandered through the lush world of Odym for the last week. She had done her best no to succumb to despair, hoping that Ranma, her sisters, someone would come to save her from this isolation, this gilded cage.

"HELP!" her cry echoed across the sky unanswered, except forthe squawks of local fauna.

"Somebody" She shouted again.

"Anybody…" the eldest daughter buried her head in her hands, sobbing for what she had lost….for what she would never have

"Help…" Soun's oldest whimpered.

Next time on Green Lantern of the Grand Line…

Our soon to be corpsman learns that the universe is much bigger than he thought.

Luffy: You smell funny

? ? ?: Just for that, you've earned a one way ticket to the worst day of your life poozer.

But at the same time, he makes some unexpected allies, or has he?

? ? ?: I'll take over from here, drill sergeant.

? ? ?: Try not to break the spoor too badly.

But an unexpected foe leads to a baptism by fire.

? ? ?: No man escaped the manhunters!

Next time on Green Lantern of the Grand Line: Invasion! Luffy's vs. the Manhunters!

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