The next morning Luffy woke up to see a black haired girl with bags under her eyes standing next to him.
"Hey" Luffy said with a wide grin. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy.'
"Thalia" the girl said simply. "What are you doing here?"
Luffy cocked his head to the side and frowned deep in thought. 'Talking to you" he finally said.
"I meant here in this camp" Thalia growled.
Luffy shrugged "that old guy said I should be here and that lady said I should sleep outside so I am."
"Old guy? Lady?" Thalia asked confused.
"Yeah" Luffy said smiling "that big old guy carrying that staff that looks like lightning and the beautiful lady with the silver eyes."
Thalia sweat dropped "you mean Zeus and Artemis?" she asked.
"Who?" Luffy asked tilting his head to the side.
"The people you just described you moron."
"Oh yeah. Those two."
"Dad thinks that you are guardian material? He must be getting crazy" Thalia muttered.
Luffy frowned "I just realised" he announced.
"What?" Thalia asked confused.
"I'm soooo hungry" he whined.
Thalia gaped and you couldn't blame her. The previous night she had watched in horror as the young man ate three boars each easily twice his size. "Maybe he's the god of gluttony" she muttered to herself.
"BOY" came Artemis's voice "COME HERE NOW."
Luffy instantly jumped up and ran towards the voice with a cry of "MEEAAATTT."
Luffy found himself in the middle of the camp and looked around confused. "Where's the meat?" he asked eventually.
He felt a fist punch him and Artemis cry "just forget about meat for a minute."
"But i'm hungry" he whined.
Artemis growled "Father says that you are to be my guardian but I don't acknowledge you. Show me your strength" she challenged.
"Like a fight?" Luffy asked confused.
"Yes like a fight" Artemis smirked.
Luffy frowned and looked intently at Artemis, she had a slim, toned build, had numerous daggers strapped to her clothes, a silver bow and quiver and had tight fitting clothes that still gave freedom of movement. "No" Luffy said simply.
"Heh I knew you would be scared boy" she smirked.
"Why would I be scared?" he asked confused.
"Because you know you'll lose"
"But I won't lose" Luffy said confused. "I don't want to fight because Nakama shouldn't fight."
"Arrogant man do you think you can beat Lady Artemis?" a random huntress shouted.
"Well yeah" Luffy said calmly before turning around and walking away "now where's some meat" he muttered to himself.
Artemis was quick, if she had been just a second faster Luffy would have lost his head however this is Luffy we are talking about. Artemis quickly drew a dagger and slashed at Luffy with it. However the young man just leaned back and the knife missed his neck by a milimetre.
"Why do you want to fight?" Luffy asked confused.
"I need to see if you are a worthy guardian" Artemis replied.
Luffy constantly swayed out of the way of the attacks with ease. "But Nakama shouldn't fight."
"You're just a coward" Artemis growled still trying desperately to cut Luffy.
Luffy grabbed Artemis's wrist and squeezed gently causing her to drop her dagger. "Nakama don't fight" Luffy growled glaring at her.
"We are not your Nakama. Man" Artemis spat.
Luffy's glare turned ice cold. "Very well" he said simply.
Few of the huntresses were able to see what had happened but all of them saw the after affect which was Artemis crashing into a tree fifty metres away with a loud bang. "Do I pass your test?" Luffy spat.
Instantly hundreds of arrows flew at Luffy who calmly picked each one out of the air and dropped them at his feet. "Are you morons?" he asked the huntresses with disgust. "If you missed me you would have hurt your Nakama."
Every woman there glared at Luffy. "How dare you hit me boy" Artemis growled getting weakly to her feet.
"You wanted to fight so I hit you. Did you expect me to let you win?" Luffy asked with disdain.
"You are just a filthy man your kind should just die" Artemis spat.
"And yet you are the one who insults those who were kidnapped to protect you and did nothing wrong. You are the one who hates those she just met. You think all men should die? Well news flash lady woman are just as bad as men." Luffy was seething the killing intent coming off him was almost visible. Gone was the happy go lucky meat obsessed idiot.
"Typical man can't even admit to his own faults" Artemis sneered red with rage.
"And what about your faults lady. You attack me just because i'm a man. You are a spoiled princess who can't even tell her daddy no. You insult me and challenge me to a fight then get angry when I hit you. You are pathetic" Luffy spat.
With an inarticulate scream of rage Artemis threw herself at Luffy. "Zoro a man filled with pride got on his knees and begged the worlds greatest to train him so he could protect his Nakama. Usopp scared of his own shadow fought a battle against his captain to help protect the gift from the woman he loved. Sanji allowed himself to be beaten to protect his father. Tony Tony Chopper became the world's greatest doctor to try and help the world that called him monster. Franky stood in front of a train to try and save his father. Brook came back from the dead to honor a promise. All of these men are worth a hundred of you" Luffy said coldly swaying to dodge her attacks.
Artemis ignored him refusing to give up her attack.
Sighing in annoyance Luffy backhanded her with enough force she crashed through several trees and passed out. "I am here to stay wether you like it or not" he growled to the huntresses. "You have treated me with hostility when it was me who was forced to be here. Grow up and stop being sexist morons" with that Luffy walked off into the forest with Rover following at his heels.
All of the huntresses gaped after the man who easily beat their lady before quickly rushing to her aid.
...
"That stupid boy attacked me" Artemis growled slowly sitting up. "I'm going to make him pay."
All of the huntresses agreed.
"Kill him Lady Artemis."
"Make that man pay."
"Stupid man should just die."
"Why should he pay? Thalia asked.
"What?"
"He disrespected Lady Artemis."
"That man attacked her."
"All men should die."
Thalia rolled her eyes. "Lady Artemis you know I respect you but you started this fight and you lost. That boy as you called him was easily capable of killing us while you were unconscious he dodged all of our arrows and you could not even scratch him, it would have been child's play for him to finish us off yet he didn't. You were only knocked unconscious. The only wound is to your pride. You need to get over it and admit it was all your fault."
The huntresses instantly glared at Thalia "I can't believe you are taking that man's side."
"Traitor."
"Bitch."
"Probably in love with that man."
"Kick her from the huntresses."
"She doesn't deserve to be here."
"You think I am wrong? That I am just too prideful to admit it? Is that it?" Artemis asked softly.
"Yes" Thalia said simply.
"Everyone get out" Artemis ordered. "and find that boy and bring him here now."
Artemis seethed as they all left. "Too prideful? I'm not like that oaf Ares I admit my faults. That boy attacked me without warning." "It's not like I challenged him to a fight" a small part of her thought sarcastically. "It's not like I insulted him, told him he should die or spat in his face. It's not like I sent him off in to the forest expecting him to die a painful death or anything. And it's not like I attacked him with the intent to kill just because he refused to fight me." "Shut up" Artemis growled.
"I didn't even say anything" came Luffy's voice.
Artemis whirled around and glared at him as he casually sat done in the middle of her tent. "Announce yourself next time boy." Artemis ordered. Luffy just shrugged. "Anyway the reason I called you here is because while you are my new guardian I know nothing about you and if we know each other better we will work better as a team so tell me about yourself boy."
Luffy sat and stared at her for several minutes before speaking. "Roronoa Zoro, World's greatest swordsman, master of three sword style, horrible sense of direction and great pride. He would put himself i harm's way over and over again for his Nakama. Once to save me from death he took all of my pain and added it to his own when he was greatly injured himself and he survived. Everyone thought I was the strongest of us all but in raw strength Zoro surpassed me..
Nami, the greatest navigator in the world and creator of the map of the world. When we first met she tied me up and offered me to an enemy expecting I would be sold as a slave. When I was about to be killed she fought of the enemy for me even though she was outmatched. She was probably the weakest of us all yet it was her who kept us all in line.
Usopp, Master Sniper, Amateur liar, He was a man afraid of almost everything however when we first met he almost gave his life to protect the village where he was from. His dream was to become a brave warrior of the sea yet he never seemed to realize even for all his fear the ability to still do what had to be done made him the bravest man there was.
Sanji, a great cook who could out cook a hundred cooks at once. He made sandwiches look and taste like a five star meal. He was a great lover of woman and even when they were attacking him he refused to touch them Not because he thought they were weak but because as he said all woman should be treated with respect and care."
Artemis listened intently the way that the boy talked about these people made her know they were important to him. Though she did not like the sound of the last one.
"Tony Tony Chopper the blue nosed reindeer and world's greatest doctor. He gained the power to become humanoid and as a result the people of the island where he grew up labeled him as a monster and tried to kill him. He had the strength to hurt his attackers and even kill them but he was made to heal and so he would always run. Being a monster was the worst thing for him. However to help me and the rest of our Nakama he willingly took on the title of monster with a smile. Despite his often scary appearance Chopper was definitely the most innocent of us all only a child really.
Nico Robin professional archaeologist and the only person in the world capable of reading ponyglyphs. Because of her knowledge she was hunted by the government since the age of six. She willingly allowed herself to be captured by them and taken to what would be certain torture and death to try and save her Nakama though we quickly ended that and after declaring war on the world got her back. Robin was like an older sister to all of us and would always be there to listen to our problems."
By now tears were running down Luffy's face. "Franky a master class shipwright and cyborg. He tried to stop a train with his barebody desperate to save his teacher and father. The resulting injuries caused him to replace many body parts with machinery. He helped clean up the streets of the town he loved and gave the thugs a purpose. No matter what he built he did it full of love and was always moved to tears by a sad story.
Brook, great musician and skeleton. Brook had been dead for fifty years before we met him and he willingly helped us straight away when we were in trouble. He once told us that even though he was a skeleton he still managed to have his hair so that a friend of his would still recognize him. When he was alive he had to leave Laboon an island whale alone with the promise to come back and that is what allowed him to survive those fifty years alone without losing his sanity.
These eight were my Nakama, my friends, my family. We would repeatedly risk our lives to help each other and had complete confidence in each other. We took on pirates, marines, rebel's, thieves, bounty hunters and everything else with each other all united by our dreams. We helped each other achieve our dreams and would party over the stupidest reasons. Without any of these people I would have died at seventeen and... and..." here Luffy's tears turned into full on sobbing and he just broke down unable to say anything else.
Artemis watched shocked. though she hated to admit it this boy was one of the strongest people she knew and here he was bawling like a baby over these people. "He must really love them. Father said that the Fats themselves summoned him here if that's the case he could be from anywhere with no way back. He was kidnapped from his family and brought here to be my bodyguard where all I did was insult him and attack him. I'm a horrible person" Artemis thought grimly as she watched the boy cry.
sorry not the best chapter but I want to just say I did the first chapter because it was stuck in my head I have no plans reaaly to continue it. I may continue it I may not it was just an idea and I thought it could be used to help other people come up with interesting ideas after all for a percyx one piece crossover you don't need to send percy to one piece it could be the opposite