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"I want some sake!" - Speech

"Damn shitty marimo…" – Thinking

"Gomu Gomu no King Kong Gun!" – Attacks

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, though if I did, the Whole Cake Island Arc would have ended long ago

Prologue

They were never expecting it.

They were so close to Raftel. After finding the last Road Poneglyph, they were headed off to Raftel. They didn't expect to be ambushed by the admirals, as well as an entire fleet of marines! The crew did their best to fight them off. However one by one, they went down.

The first to fall was Usopp. He was shooting the marine with his Kabuto, but was unsuccessful. He was shot in the head. This caught the Straw Hats' attention. They started crying for him, wanting to help him. The most crying being Chopper, as even though he was a doctor, he noticed nothing could be done. He felt useless.

While the Straw Hats were distracted by Usopp's death, the admirals took charge. Chopper tried to hold back Borsalino with his Monster Point. In the end, Borsalino shot through Chopper's heart using his devil fruit powers.

Franky took Luffy, Sanji and Zoro to the basement of the ship, and stuffed them into the submarine he had made for emergency purposes. Meanwhile, the three were struggling and yelling at Franky to let go of them. However, the cyborg was stubborn and detached his fist, with them squirming, trying to escape. They wanted to help their nakama, for god's sake! Franky typed in the coordinates for Raftel with his remaining arm, and started the submarine.

At that time, The deck of the ship exploded, revealing Akainu… with Brook's skull in his hand. Nami was laying there, barely breathing. Chopper was somewhere in the ocean, drowning because of his devil fruit. Robin was trying to fight off Admiral Green Bull, but was being overpowered by the admiral.

Franky was horrified, but knew the ultimate outcome from the beginning. He was prepared to put his life on the line to buy time for his nakama. After all, his captain would do the same for them without hesitating. With a roar, Franky launched himself at Akainu.

Why?

Why did this happen?

Where did we go wrong?

We were almost there.

These were the thoughts of Monkey D Luffy, as he stared at ocean, from Raftel, with the eyes of a broken warrior. They were almost at Raftel. Beside him, Zoro and Sanji, were silent, no words, as their heads remained hanging, unable to do anything.

It had been an hour since the attack. They had finally reached Raftel. However, without their nakama, they couldn't be happy. None of their nakama would complete their dreams now.

Franky would never see Sunny reach Raftel.

Usopp wouldn't become a brave warrior of the sea.

Robin would never find out the truth of the Void Century.

Chopper would never find the cure for all diseases.

And finally, Nami. As Luffy spent more and more time with her, he found himself developing a crush on her. However, he never found the courage to confess. He always thought she would reject him. And now, she's gone. Gone away from him. Gone away from this world. She could no longer complete her world map.

He could no longer confess his feelings to the girl he loved.

On the side, Zoro sighed. He hadn't expected the ambush to occur. He had just lost his nakama, save the other two on his side. He knew that even if everyone fought, they wouldn't last. Not against the admirals.

Sanji exhaled the smoke from the cigarette. He felt like shit. What kind of man was he if he couldn't save the women on the ship? What kind of friend was he if he couldn't save his other friends? He didn't feel this much grief even when he was abused in his childhood.

All three of them looked at each other, but never said a word. It was as if they were having a silent conversation. After a few minutes, they nodded their heads, and went to explore the island.

2 hours later

The trio was in a cave, which was full of treasure. There was probably billions of beri there.

'Nami… if you were here, then you would be so happy…' Luffy thought in his mind, looking at all the gold and diamonds there were.

All of a sudden, they felt a presence behind them – a powerful one. One that rivalled Luffy's in his Gear 5th form. They turned around, ready to fight, in case it was an admiral. Zoro had his hand on his sheath. Luffy was in his battle stance. Sanji had his knees bent, ready to kick.

They got the surprise of their life. Standing there – was Gol D Roger, or at least a translucent version of him, grinning at them. "Congratulations, my fellow pirates! You have found my treasure! You can have it all!" he exclaimed with joy, happy to see someone after 22 years.

Luffy, Zoro and Sanji had seen enough of the New World to not be surprised at the fact that the Pirate King was standing right in front of them. Neither of them were happy, nor showed a happy expression.

Roger was confused. These three young men had found the world's biggest treasure, but had no expression of excitement. He wondered why. He asked them of the reason. However he was shocked, and sad at their answer. He had never nakama before and felt depressed, but all of them? He couldn't even imagine how depressing that would be. Then an idea struck him. Ever since he had died, he had the power to do anything, as long as he remained on the island, in order to relieve him from the boredom. Then obviously, he could send them back in time, no? He is STILL on the island technically.

"I have an offer for you. I know it will definitely get your attention." Roger said with a smile.

The three of them were staring at Roger, as he remained silent for several minutes. After that, he suddenly smiled, and told them about his offer. He told them about his powers on the island, and the ability to travel through time. The Monster Trio's eyes became as large as bowls. They were going to agree without any hesitation, before Roger's voice interrupted them.

"However, if you DO agree on this offer, you will lose all this wealth. As well as that, your powers will be reset to that of the time you're sent to as well as that you will wake up where you were at that time."

They looked at him as if he were crazy. Of course they would choose the offer! This time they would get to train to be stronger – strong enough to protect their nakama.

Luffy took a deep breath, and told Roger about their decision. Roger nodded, and asked them about the time they want to go back to. Again, it was Luffy that answered.

"How about back to Foosha Village, when Shanks came to visit me? Is that okay you two?" Zoro and Sanji nodded. As long as they could save their nakama, they would do everything.

"Sanji! Zoro! We will meet again after 10 years! Any questions?" Sanji and Zoro shook their heads, accepting their captain's order.

"Yosh! I'll open up the portal. Good luck on your second chance!" Roger exclaimed with a cheerful voice.

As he opened up the portal, the three walked through it, waving a goodbye. After the portal closed, Roger remembered something major. "Holy shit! I forgot to tell them about the butterfly effect! Meh… they'll be okay… After all, they are known as the Monster Trio."

Thanks for reading the chapter! If I made any mistakes, please comment. This story will be updated whenever I have free time, or when I'm bored. It all depends on my free time after college. See you next chapter! Bye!