One Piece: Shooting Star

Summary: After making a wish on a shooting star, Pirate King Luffy is sent back in time to redo his adventure and save Ace. Now with the mastery of Haki, skills of a Yonkou, and already knowing the Grand Line by heart, Luffy is determined to save his brother no matter what! TimeTravel!AU Smart!Luffy Strong!Luffy

Hello! I am a girl who loves One Piece and since this is my first fanfiction, I decided to make it a good one! I always loved reading TimeTravel!AU stories, but for some reason they all take a long time to update or are pretty much discontinued. I decided that instead of waiting, I will create my own story and unleash my imagination upon the world!

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It was a quiet afternoon with Luffy and the rest of the Straw-Hat pirates relaxing at Raftel.

The seas were calm and crystal blue, the sun was bright and shining, the gentle breeze was shaking the native trees ever so slightly, and the warm sand wrapped like a blanket around the entire island. Just a year ago, Luffy had found the One Piece and survived the Navy's all-out attack. Many were killed during that great battle, but thankfully all of his allies had fought beside him to reign victorious and claim the One Piece.

That night, Luffy walked to the top of a cliff and gazed at the stars. They were twinkling in the night sky, as if living and he had always wondered if they were actually fairies. Of course, he had always gotten a giant bruise, courtesy of Nami, on the head for such ridiculous theories, but considering their adventures so far, the possibility might exist. Luffy longingly looked at the sky, and for a second, he thought he could see Ace smiling down at him.

Ace…. Luffy remembered his brother's sacrifice for him at the battle of Marineford: the great battle that took the lives of many. He had always wondered why it wasn't him that had died instead of Ace. Those regrets and despair nearly left him a broken man, but for the sake of his friends, he continued on. He was lucky to have Sabo at least. He couldn't even imagine the pain he would feel if both of his brothers had died.

"Ace….I will always be strong for you," said Luffy. "No matter what happens, I will never forget your sacrifice and your will to protect me."

The stars then seemed to slow down their twinkle, as if listening to his speech.

"I feel so lonely without you Ace, but I know that you are happy somewhere away from this cruel world."

The twinkling had now stopped. Everything was in complete silence.

"I-I wish…I wish there was some way to have saved you Ace. I miss you and there was so much I wanted to say to you. If there is any way that I could save you and relieve this empty feeling inside me, I would gladly sacrifice myself for you, just like you did for me."

Luffy glanced up at the stars as if expecting some sort of response. A fast white shooting star suddenly appeared across the sky and disappeared in an instant. But he saw it and had remembered the stories from Ussop of how when one saw a shooting star and made a wish with all their heart, that wish would come true. Even though Ussop was known for lying and making up stories, these were one of the rare times he would tell stories that were actually true. However, such occurrences were so rare that people would have called it fiction anyways.

Luffy closed his eyes and placed his hands over his heart chanting the same sentence over and over in his head:

I wish I could have saved Ace.

Suddenly a bright white flash consumed him as the stars lit up everything in sight. Luffy shielded his eyes with his arms in an attempt to see through the blinding light, but his attempts proved futile. In the end, he had closed his eyes in anticipation for what awaited him next. When he thought the light would never end, everything suddenly became dark. Now there was no light at all, with only black as far as the eye can see. When he thought he was trapped in the darkness forever, he heard a voice.

"….uffy."

"Huh?" said Luffy as he searched everywhere for the source of the voice only to still see darkness.

"Lu….y."

The voice was getting clearer and louder now, but still only darkness surrounded him.

"Luffy."

The pirate king was getting desperate in an attempt to find the person calling his name as he tried to swim through the endless black space….

"LUFFY!"

He could see a small hole of light come up in his sight as he heard the voice everywhere around him while he swam faster towards it…..

"LUUUUUUUFFFFFYYY!"

In a second the light once again consumed Luffy, obscuring his vision. He felt lightheaded as he closed his eyes letting his consciousness slip and the light take him.

"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

A seven-year old Luffy suddenly snapped his head up in surprise. He looked up at his surroundings with wide eyes, curious to see where the light had taken him. It was a bar filled with drunken pirates chugging down sake and a certain bartender staring at him with worried eyes. His eyes widened to the size of saucers.

"M-Makino?!" cried Luffy as he felt tears of joy at the sight of her.

"Oh! Luffy, your awake! We were beginning to think you weren't going to wake up when you suddenly fell asleep." Makino smiled warmly at him and continued wiping some glasses clean.

"Yeah, Anchor! You don't want to sink without going out into the ocean first!"

At the sound of the familiar new voice, Luffy immediately looked to his left and saw Shanks with his soon-to-be trademark straw hat on his head.

"Sh-Shanks!" sputtered Luffy as everything was slowly taking place before him. He was a kid again. Shanks still had his left arm, so this was before the bandits came and the sea king ate it. Garp hasn't left him at Dadan's to meet Ace and Sabo yet…..

Ace…

Luffy suddenly knew what was going on now. The shooting star granted his wish. He could save Ace!

"But why put me so far back and not simply at the battle of Marineford?" thought Luffy. He was so caught in his thinking; he didn't acknowledge Shanks and Makino's worried stares.

"Um, Luffy?" asked Makino. "Are you feeling alright?"

"Yeah, Anchor! How are you going to join my crew if you can't focus on the things around you?" laughed Shanks as he asked for some more food.

Luffy didn't have time to answer as the door swung open with Higuma, the evil bandit leader, walking inside. He glared at him, the man who tried to kill him as a child and tried to humiliate Shanks. Higuma slowly walked up towards the counter and asked Makino for ten barrels of sake.

"I'm sorry," said Makino. "But we're out of sake at the moment."

"Hmmm? Is that so? Then what is that those pirates are drinking over there? Is it water?" asked Higuma.

"All of them are drinking every last drop of sake." stated Makino. Luffy stared at the scene before him as memories of Higuma beating the crap out of him played in his mind. He then remembered Shanks being there for him and saving him from imminent death. A loud shatter of glass shook him from his thoughts as he saw the worst moment replay before him: Shanks was covered from head to toe in sake and small bits of glass from the broken bottle.

"Oh no…Now the floors all wet." said Shanks as he began to clean up the mess. Once again, Luffy watched in horror as the bandit unsheathed his sword and caused an even bigger mess by slashing the bottles on a shelf above Shanks. Anger was beginning to form in him as he was forced to watch the past. He couldn't reveal his strength yet; after all, he hadn't even eaten the Gum Gum Fruit. When Higuma finally walked out of the bar, the entire bar roared with loud laughter. Luffy grimaced at everyone, but kept his feelings hidden as he walked over to the box where his devil fruit power was kept in. Without hesitation, he ate the fruit in one gulp and almost threw it back up from the vile taste.

"Aaaah…I forgot the horrible taste devil fruits have!"

When Shanks noticed the devil fruit missing, Luffy pretended to be dimwitted again to avert suspicion.

"You idiot! You ate the Gum Gum Fruit so now you not only have the powers of a rubber man, but you can never swim!" shouted Shanks. He knew he was worried for him, but he could've been easier on shaking him upside down. After Shanks scolded him several times, Luffy went up to Higuma and was about to fight him outside. Luffy calmly waited for Shanks and his crew to show up so he could prove his strength in front of everyone. He almost laughed out loud imagining how Shanks would react to his inhuman strength. When everyone had finally arrived, Shanks appeared with his crew to beat up the bandit for trying to hurt Luffy. However, when Shanks finished making his grand speech about never forgiving anyone who hurt his friends, Luffy spoke:

"Friends are always worth more than any treasure. A bandit or pirate with no friends or allies will never succeed in anything." Everyone blinked. That was a surprisingly mature thing for the little boy to say, but their thoughts were abruptly cut off when said boy delivered a powerful Gum Gum Pistol right into Higuma's face sending him across the sky. Jaws hit the floor and the other bandits ran away screaming something about a monster child. Shanks was the first person to recover.

"Luffy! Where did you learn to control your powers so quickly?!"

"Shishishi! I didn't! I just hit him with everything I had to make him pay for what he did to you."

Shanks sighed and adjusted his hat.

"Well you sure proved that your punch really is as strong as a pistol!" Everyone nodded in murmurs of agreement as Luffy flashed his brightest smile. A short while after, The Red-Haired Pirates were making their leave until Luffy showed up to wave goodbye.

"I'll become the Pirate King, Shanks! I'll become stronger than you ever were!" He said while smiling as wide as he could. Shanks chuckled as he kneeled down to the seven-year old's current height. Then, the yonkou placed his straw hat on Luffy's head.

"This hat is dear to me. Promise me you will bring me back that straw hat when you become a strong pirate."

"I will Shanks! You just wait and see!"

After seeing the Red-Haired Pirates off, Luffy gently touched the straw hat on top of his head.

"I will become King of the Pirates," he said while looking towards the sky. "And this time, I will save Ace!"

FINALLY! IT'S DONE! This chapter had me up till 4:00 in the morning cause I kept redoing stuff and looking for spelling errors and stuff like that. I hope that this story wants you to read more cause I'm going to try to update daily and if not then weekly! I know that this is probably unoriginal because the time travel stuff is getting old, but at least you get one more time travel fanfiction to look forward to!

Thank you for reading and Enjoy!
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