Hoist the Jolly Roger: The Freest of Them All

I Don't own One Piece, it belongs to Eiichiro Oda

Chapter 1

Wealth, Fame, Power

The man who had achieved everything in life, like none before him, was the Pirate King, Gold Roger. The few words he spoke at his execution drove countless people to seas.

"My treasure? If you want it, you can have it.
Seek it out! I left everything I gathered in my life in One Piece!"

Men, bound for the Grand Line, to chase after their dreams.

The world is about to witness the Great Age of Piracy.

A ship was gliding calmly through the deep blue of the ocean, a soft breeze carrying its passengers peacefully to their destination while they enjoyed the music and dancing around them.

A young man, clearly a noble by his appearance and manners, was twirling a young orange-haired lady around the dance floor, enjoying the sound of her bell like laughter. A coquettish smirk from her made him nearly burst with pride and anticipation as the young beauty lead him out of the ballroom.

His one free hand had trouble open his compartment door as his other was squeezed between the valley of her heavenly bosom as the girl, for she could not be much older than seventeen maybe eighteen, clung to his arm; once the door finally closed behind them the dark-haired noble suddenly found his back pressed against the wall and his breath hitched as his green eyes stared into a pair of light brown ones, a shiver ran down his spine as her hot breath caressed his skin and her sinful red lips slowly drew closer until they finally after a few torturous seconds touched his.

The man wrapped his arms around the girl drawing her even closer as their bodies mashed together and their lips met in a passionate kiss, slowly his hands wandered lower and lower until they were just about to grab her tight butt, when suddenly the girl pushed herself away from him.

"Tststs, let's not be hasty! We have only just begun!" The orangenette teased before she held out a simple black blindfold, sending goose bumps down the noble's spine; "What do you say, shall we play a little game?"

Darkness surrounded the noble as carefully struggled against the silk restraints that bound his arms to the poles of his bed, enjoyed the feel of the silk against his skin as well as the hot lips that softly caressed the skin that was exposed by the nimble fingers that slowly unbuttoned his dress shirt.

He let out a groan of disappointment as the soft caresses of his skin abruptly stopped just as the girl reached his belt, his raging hardness pressing painfully against his trousers, he felt her body move on the bed and shivered as suddenly her breath caressed his right ear and he heard her whisper a throaty sorry into his ear.

Opening his mouth in surprise he felt a piece of cloth forcefully rammed into his mouth before once more a band was fastened behind his back, but this time it had none of the erotic excitement o the first time and this time he started to struggle in earnest but his bindings, that at first excited him so, would not budge.

The girl sighted as she got up and looked at the struggling young noble, how she hated it, as she forcefully swept over her lips hoping to rid herself off the fact that her lips touched him, she hated this part, she truly did; not because the noble didn't deserve it, no she had done her research and knew he deserved much worse than she could possibly do to him.

It had not taken much digging to learn of the young female slaves that disgusting pig kept for his enjoyment, just thinking about it made her shiver in disgust and her hand to reach toward her hidden dagger, but she knew that she couldn't use it, to rob him was one thing, the marines wouldn't look too deeply into a single theft, but far too many people have seen her leave the party with him for her to get away with murder, especially not the murder of a noble, the marines would hunt her to the end of the world for that; still she couldn't help but imagine slitting his throat as white hot fury cursed through her veins, she hated slavers, she detested them with every fibre of her body.

Once more she whipped her mouth clean of imaginary filth as she shivered in disgust of the memory of her lips touching his, of her lips on his skin, it made her feel disgusting and dirty, but it was the price she had to pay for those she held dear; she knew there was no other way, she was not strong enough to fight the guards that protected this ship, much less a pirate and his crew, so all she could do was to use her womanly whiles no matter how much she detested to do so.

Finally tearing herself from her dark thoughts she ignored the still struggling man she searched the room for everything of value in the room, quickly stuffing it into her ever growing bag, intent to quickly be rid of the man, this ship and everything that reminded her of it.

Just as she was about to open the door a shrill siren rang out, pulling the ships passengers out of their cosiness and making the girl's heart sink, had they found out about her?

A single man was lazily enjoying the sun on his watch out high above the ballroom and the young thief from the crow's nest when suddenly a ship appeared from behind a nearby island. The ship alone could have been considered funny looking considering its bright pink colour and the swan like head with bright red heart shaped eyes, had it not been for the black flag proudly flapping on top of the main mast.

The watch out trembled in fear as he saw the white skull and the red heart, there was no doubt, this was the Jolly Roger of the Alvida Pirates, Scourges of the East Blue.

A young pink haired boy trembled and closed his eyes and made himself as small as possible as he was nearly squashed by the bloodthirsty pirates as they desperately tried to board the cruise ship first while there captain pushed them forward, more afraid of her terrible fury than whatever awaited them on the ship before them.

Suddenly the squashing stopped and he dared to open his eyes again only to pale in fear as he looked into the terrifying face of his captain.

"Coby you little coward get going!" Iron Mace Alvida shouted in fury, before she flung the boy onto the cruise ship; "And don't you dare return empty handed!"

Slowly Coby crept downstairs, carefully dodging his bloodthirsty crewmates, and pushed open one of the doors, only to sight in relive as he saw nobody there. Hastily closing the door behind him he allowed himself to relax as he looked around the room, it appeared to be a storage room of some kind, wooden boxes and barrels everywhere and there right in the middle was one of the biggest barrels the young boy had ever seen.

He smiled in relieve, that would satisfy Alvida he was sure of it, and he was just about to carry it to her when a voice startled him.

"Mymymy what have you found here Coby?" A rough sounding voice taunted and Coby turned around to stare into the faces of thre; "Such a big barrel must contain quite some booze, well what do you say little pal, what about sharing some with us?"

Terror gripped Coby's heart; "But this bottle is for Alvida-senchō, you know what she would do to us if she found out!"

"Well how should she find out?" The apparent leader of the three pirates bullied; "You wouldn't tell on us would you, Coby-kun?"

"No" The terrified boy whispered.

"Terrific!" The spokesman taunted; "I'm going to smash it open right now."

But just as his fist was about to hit the barrel wood splintered and the pirate was sent flying backwards where he impacted with the wall and slumped down onto the ground unconscious.

The other members of the Alvida Pirates gawked at the sight that greeted them, there right in the middle of the remain of the barrel stood a man, a teen in fact considering his youthful appearance, he looked to be around seventeen with raven black hair, eyes as black as coal and a scar under his left one. His wore a yellow straw-hat with a red band on his head, black dress pants as well as an untucked white dress shirt its long sleeves rolled above his elbows and a pair of wooden flip flops, which strangely enough didn't ruin the look put rather rounded it up quite nicely.

A yawn escaped the strange boy as he stretched his arms wide.

"Wow what a wonderful nap!" Only rub the back of his head in confusion as he looked around and finally noticed that he was not alone; "Who are you guys?"

"Us!" The two pirates screamed angrily while they brandished their weapons; "Who the hell are you?"

"Me? I am Monkey D. Luffy, nice to meet ya" Luffy said a big goofy smile splitting his face; "And what about your friend over there, I don't think it's very healthy to sleep like that."

"That's your fault!" They shouted and charged at him in their fury only for the teen to rub the back his head in confusion before he shrugged and in a surprising show of speed kicked both of his attackers back towards their still unconscious comrade.

Coby could only quack in surprise as two of the pirates that made his life hell grabbed their friend and fled as fast as they could.

"Weirdos" The raven haired teen shrugged before he sheepishly turned to the only one left in the room, making Coby sweat in fear; "Hey kid, you got any food?"

Luffy was happily munching on a whole barrel full of apples and was already halfway through them all when Coby finally gathered the courage to speak up. "Why are you so calm?"

"Heh?" Luffy turned his head in confusion; "Why shouldn't I be calm?"

"Those were Alvida Pirates, Scourges of the East Blue;" Coby shouted with a terrified expression his face; "and they will come back with friends and you'll be killed!"

"But I am hungry!" Luffy stated simply and with that he turned back to his barrel with apples, happily ignoring the desperate pleas of the young boy, who after a while realised that the strange teen was not even listening to him and sat down waiting for him to finish his meal, maybe then he would listen to him.

"Luffy-san is your name, right?" Coby tried once more and got a nod in return; "I am Coby. Tell me Luffy-san what were you doing in that barrel?"

"Well, that's a bit embarrassing you know!" Luffy admitted while he crossed his arms behind his head and grinned his goofy grin; "A whirlpool caught me by surprise and I had just enough time to put myself into a barrel before it sank my ship and now I am here, where am I by the way, is this a pirate ship?"

"Whirpool! You should be dead!" The pink haired boy shouted in disbelief; "And no, this is not a pirate ship, but it is a exclusive cruise ship that is being raided by the Alvida Pirates!"

"Meh, I don't die that easily, but Coby what are you doing here, you don't look like you belong on a cruise ship, are you a pirate?"

Luffy almost wished he had not asked that question as he saw the young boy lower is head in shame as tears started to spill from his eyes. "It is terrible Luffy-san, I don't want to be, but Alvida is forcing me!"

The teen looked at the now sobbing boy like he had just grown a second head and asked in confusion. "Then why don't you simply leave?"

"Leave? Impossible; no totally impossible. I can't, no!" Coby shouted in furious denial; "Alvida would kill me, it is simply impossible. Ever since I wandered on her ship in accident, believing it to be a fishing boat, I belong to her, her cabin boy until she grows tired of me or I die; that is my fate!"

Coby was interrupted in his tirade as a fist bopped on his head.

"You are a coward. I don't like you!" Luffy exclaimed with a grin only for Coby to once more break out into hysteric sobs.

The pirate known as Iron Mace Alvida stood on deck of the cruise ship and watched with a highly satisfied expression as her man looted the place for everything of worth, carelessly stepping over the corpses of those who died in the short but bloody battle over control she stepped closer and closer to the ever growing pile of gold, valuables and cash, when something caught her attention.

A few of her man were dragging a struggling orange haired girl on deck, even Alvida had to admit that the girl was indeed quite pretty, not as beautiful as her of course but still quite pretty.

"Hey Sencho look at what we found, a little birdie trying to flee in one of the escape boats and look what she had with her!" Her first mate gloated as he emptied the large sack he was holding, the gold glittered in the sunlight as one by one the treasure landed on the wooden planks of the ship with a dull thud; "What do you say Sencho, quite the haul, I think the men deserve a reward!"

With a lecherous grin that made the girl terrified. "I think the girl should do it quite nicely. Yes I think she would please them immensely."

Alvida looked thoughtful for moment as her men looked hopefully at her, she could clearly see the desire they had for the girl and what did it matter to her what they did to the little slag that dared to nearly rival her in beauty, but just as she was about to give her answer, two more of her men stumbled on deck, dragging a third with them.

"Alvida-sencho, Alvida-sencho it is terrible, there is a monster on the ship. He is terrifying strong!" The two conscious pirates shouted in fear; "He might even be that Pirate Hunter Zoro!"

"What! The Pirate Hunter Zoro is here, men find him!" The woman shouted in anger and fear, before she caught of the still struggling girl and a cruel smirk appeared on her face as she thought how to properly motivate them; "And whoever brings him to me first, will get the first turn with our new entertainment tool here, what do you say who wants to break our new toy in?"

She could clearly see the excitement of her men as they all rushed of in order to find the bounty hunter, yes she thought they will find him, no doubt.

"So let me get that straight you dream of becoming a great Marine, but you ended up as the Cabin Boy of a pirate ship, shishishi you have rotten luck!" Luffy laughed at the boy's fate.

"Hey don't rub it in!" Coby shouted angrily; "I want to become a great Marine in order to catch bad pirates like Alvida."

"That's more like it Coby, become a great Marine" Luffy encouraged the excited boy; "and I will become the Pirate King!"

"Nani? You want to become a Pirate?" Coby shouted suddenly once more terrified; "And the King of Pirates of all things, but means you are after the One Piece!"

"Yep!" The black haired teen exclaimed with a grin.

"But that is impossible; to go after the One Piece means to enter the Grandline!" Coby shouted in disbelief at Luffy's carefree nod; "The Grandline is also known as the Pirate Graveyard, you will die! To be the Pirate King means to stand above all other Pirates in this Great Pirate Era it can't be done, impossible, you will just die!"

Once more Luffy bopped Coby one the head; "Don't be a coward Coby, to be the Pirate King is my dream and should I die while pursuing my dream then so be it!"

Luffy didn't notice the stunned look on Coby's face as he stood up. "Well now that I am full I need to find a boat, you don't by any chance know where I could find one, do you?"

But before Coby could even answer the door was suddenly forced open and a dozen armed men stormed in.

"You! Alvida-sencho demands your presence on deck!" One of the men shouted, before he was attacked from the men behind him.

Coby and Luffy could only watch in confusion as the men fought among themselves, all they could make out was something about "She is mine" and "No, I will bring him to Alvida".

"Hey Coby what is going on?" The young Pirate questioned.

The wannabe Marine could only shrug in confusion at the odd behaviour of the Alvida Pirates causing Luffy to shrug in return and whistling made his way toward the exit, carelessly ignoring the fighting Pirates, Coby hot on his trail.

Alvida waited contently on the deck of her hijacked ship, all her men were down under deck looking for the pesky bounty hunter that dared to challenge her, leaving her and the girl alone. She couldn't help but scowl at the sight of said girl, her quiet sobs of despair the only sound on the ship as she cowered against the railing of the ship, her once beautiful dress ripped revealing much more of her body than she was comfortable with considering how she used her hands to protect herself from sight, her brown eyes wide in terror.

The Pirate Captain's gaze returned to door that led under deck as another sound could be heard beside the girls sobbing.

'Footsteps!' Alvida thought in satisfaction; 'It seems my men have done their job.'

Bright light flooded their senses as they finally entered the deck of the ship, it had taken them quite a while to reach it with Coby's constant panic attacks about being killed and the strange attacks of the Pirates, over and over had they attacked, only for them to fight among themselves every time allowing the two to pass undisturbed.

"COBY, it seems that you brought the Pirate Hunter to me!" Alvida shouted in joy, only to turn her head in surprise as she took in the sight of the teen that stood in front of her; "But that is not the Pirate Hunter Zoro! Boy who are you."

"Me?" Luffy questioned with his trademark goofy grin while pointing his right thumb at himself; "I'm Luffy and I am a Pirate, nice to meet ya!"

"COBY!" Alvida seethed in terrible fury; "How dare you bring a Pirate to me!"

"Alvida-sencho, please have mercy!" Coby begged, tear of fear running down his face.

"Coby tell me," Alvida asked with a sadistic smile on her face; "Who is the most beautiful woman in this ocean?"

"You Alv" Coby stuttered out, only to be interrupted by the confused Luffy, who looked at the woman in front of him in bewilderment. She was truly a whale of a woman, layer and layer of fat with two small legs that made Luffy wonder how they could carry the sheer weight of the woman and a freckled face behind fatty black curled hair that looked like somebody has thrust a whole loaf of bread horizontally into her mouth; "Coby, who is that hag?"

A tick mark appeared on her face as she raised her iron mace high above her body intent on clobbering the insolent fool into the ground, only for her mace to only shatter the wooden planks, where they had once stood.

Luffy jumped high above the walking whale with a grin still on his face, the struggling Coby safely tucked under his left arm, before he flung him towards the strange girl on deck that looked at him with tear stricken brown eyes in wonder.

His grin stretched even wider as he once more dodged an attack from the strange walking whale. He held his precious Straw-Hat tightly as he dodged and weaved through the increasingly more wild and furious attacks.

Iron Mace Alvida trembled in fury as that annoying brat kept dodging her attacks. "Stop dodging you coward and take it like a man!" She screamed at him.

"Why would I do that?" Luffy asked in confusion; "You would die!"

Alvida screamed in terrible fury and started to once more attack Luffy only to stop at the stumbling arrival of her crew.

"Where have you been you incompetent landsmen?" Alvida screamed at her men in fury; "I gave you one simple order, but you bitches are even too stupid to fulfil it!"

"But I am a merciful person!" The Pirate told her trembling crew; "Kill that bastard and all will be forgiven, hell I will even gift the girl to whoever manages to kill him!"

Motivated by both their fear of their captain as well as their lust for the girl, the pirates stormed at the teen, who still had his right hand on his yellow Straw-Hat, shadowing his face from view.

Luffy stood there motionlessly as the Pirates drew closer and closer as closer as the Captain's words played over and over through his mind and white hot fury cursed through his veins as their meaning became clear to him and just as they were about to hit him he raised his head revealing a terrifying face, his eyes still shadowed by his head and his mouth for once not scratched in his goofy grin but rather a deep scowl, he whispered one single word in a cold voice that sent shivers down every one's spine; "Nagashi(Current)"

As soon as that word left his lips, Luffy transformed as his flesh was overtook by blue electricity, transforming his body into a semi-transparent form of pure lightning with small bolts of lightning flashing around his body that rapidly grew in size, before the powerful currents sprang from his body and impacted the pirates, from one body to the next the lightning sprang, filling the world with the agonizing screams of the electrocuted pirates as the stench of burned flesh filled every one's senses, before one by one they fell, their bodies burned and blackened heaps of flesh.

The orangenette could only stare in wonder as her would be rapists fell one by one from the attack from the teen that could not be any older than her and a small satisfied smirk appeared on her face as she saw the horrified visage of disgusting woman that wanted to give her away like some kind of toy as if she was nothing more than a thing to be owned.

'Just like him.' She thought and for once a glimmer of hope appeared in her, maybe he could help her, before the spark of hope was ruthlessly crushed; 'No, he can't help me, nobody can help me; he is just too strong!'

Step by step Luffy came closer to the last member of the Alvida Pirates, their Captain herself, his fury still not sated.

Alvida crawled back frightened as she begged pitifully; "Please have mercy; please I beg you spare me!"

"Spare you?" The future Pirate King asked in all his electrifying glory; "Why should I spare you, you who has no honour, you who would condone the rape of an innocent girl, no there is no place in the world for people like you!"

"No!" Alvida wailed; "What kind of monster are you?"

Suddenly Luffy was in front of her, effortlessly lifting the enormous woman into air by the neck making her choke and struggle as his cold voice whispered; "I am the one who will become the Pirate King!"

And with that the world turned blue.

The smoking and blackened remains of Iron Mace Alvida, the Scourge of the East Blue, fell to the ground, dead before she could even scream.

The young woman held her hands in front of her eyes as she shielded herself from the intense light as she cowered against the railing, sobs of relieve escaped her, but still the words of the powerful teen haunted her.

'To become the Pirate King, he is a Pirate as well!' She thought terrified that the boy may even be worse than Alvida, he was a Pirate after all and a powerful one at that.

Her musings were interrupted when she suddenly felt something warm and soft fall on her shoulders and down her back, surprised she looked up only to stare into the warm and kind black eyes of the teen that had just rescued her, his goofy grin once more on his face as he held out his hand to help her up as he spoke; "Hey I am Monkey D. Luffy, nice to meet ya!"

Blood shot into the girl's face as he slowly helped her stand and she couldn't help but look at his naked chest. At first he had appeared to her as tall but quite lanky, but now from up close she could clearly see his muscled stomach and his strong, broad chest, giving him a powerful appearance. At once she realised just what had landed on her shoulders and she couldn't help but snuggle into the shirt he had given her to protect her modesty, it made her feel safe and at once all her worries melted away and she spoke with a small grin of her own;

"Hey, I am Nami!"

And done!

I hope you liked the first Chapter of Hoist the Jolly Roger, my attempt at both a Logia Luffy and more realistic One Piece story.

My story will be a bit darker than the Manga since it will actually go in depth about the darker aspects of One Piece, since Slavery, Rape and Death are already implied or actually happen in the story.

But let me say that I in no way condone such things; slavery and rape especially are two of the worst crimes a human being is capable of and are not to be tolerated.

I hope I can update soon, maybe even this weekend, but I am a working man so have patience.