Here we go with Chapter 2! The fight scene did NOT want to be written. Yes, fight scenes are still my weakness when it comes to writing, but I tried to make it a bit more detailed than the first time. Anyways, enough of my self indulgent ramblings. I hope you enjoy.

I do not own One Piece.

"So hungry." Luffy grumbled, as his stomach woke him up. The last few days have been hard on all of them. They had only caught just barely enough fish to keep their appetites wet, and that only served to make them hungrier in the end. Luffy curled around his complaining stomach in the hopes to soothe the ache, but it did nothing.

Luffy perked up as he smelled something yummy. They were out at sea, though. How was it possible to smell something tasty unless…

"Ace! Sabo! Wake up! We're at the island!" Luffy shook both brothers awake before turning to see the island not too far from their boat that was lazily drifting towards it.

"Wha?" Ace asked as he sat up, and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Did you say island?" Sabo sleepily looked ahead, and instantly woke up.

"Yup! And I smell something tasty cooking on it!" Luffy's mouth watered at the thought of food.

"Wow! You must be really hungry if you can smell it from all the way over here." Sabo said, looking hungry himself.

"Well, he'd only eaten small fish for the last few days. I'd be more surprised if he couldn't smell food from here." Ace chimed in more awake than he was a second ago.

"And whose fault is that?" Sabo prodded Ace's side with a finger.

"Are you still going on about that?" Ace shooed Sabo's finger away.

Luffy tuned out the familiar sound of his brothers arguing and focused on the island in front of them. The smell of cooked meat was strong in his nostrils, and his stomach groaned in response. The lack of food during the week was concerning to say the least. His brother's company was the only thing that made the week possible to get through. As long as Ace and Sabo were with him, he knew everything would be alright.

Their company didn't do anything to stop the taunting smell for food just out of his reach at the moment, however. Feeling the last bits of his restraints snap, Luffy decided that he needed to act if he wanted to eat. He gripped the edge of the boat, and pulled himself back.

"Gum gum…" Luffy aimed himself in the general direction of the beach, and pulled himself to the back of the boat.

"Luffy! What do you think you're doing?!" Ace's panicked voice stopped his argument with Sabo.

"You aren't going to-"

"Rocket!" Luffy cut off Sabo with his cry, and he sailed through the air. The beach quickly approached, and he gracefully landed on his face. Not bothered in the slightest by his harsh landing, Luffy pulled himself up and dusted himself off.

"Now to find out where the food is!" Luffy said out loud, and followed his nose. The town was strangely empty, but the food scent wasn't coming from any of those buildings anyway. He spotted the tendril of smoke rising in the distance, and determined that the food was being cooked over there. Having found where he needed to head to, Luffy burst into a sprint. He nearly ran over the two guys heading that way in his haste to get his stomach full.

"Whoa! What's the rush, kid?" The talking pineapple asked as he grabbed Luffy's arm. Luffy ignored him and kept running, and stretched his arm out. He made it pretty far before his arm pulled him back, and he crashed into the pineapple.

"Let go of me, Pineapple Head! I smell meat, and I'm not letting you have any!" Luffy shouted. The poofy haired guy laughed at the Pineapple's annoyed look.

"Listen, kid, there are some bad people over-" Luffy bit down on the guy's hand, and pulled himself free when the grip went slack enough. He ignored the poofy guy's laughter and the pineapple's shouts to come back as he started to run towards the food once again.

He eventually made it to a house that had a crowd of people surrounding it. They were all going crazy about something, and Luffy could smell the food just beyond them. There was clearly only one logical conclusion.

"They're trying to steal the meat! Hey! That's my meat! You can't have any!" he shouted as he aggressively pushed his way in between legs, and through the crowd. He had to push hard to get past some people, and he eventually got through to the front. He saw a bunch of fishy guys standing around, and one long nosed fishy guy was pointing a gun at a pink haired lady. Two girls were off to the side, crying their eyes out.

"Hey, Long Nose! Where's the meat?!" Luffy's demand silenced the crowd behind him, and everyone looked at him strangely. Long Nosed looked the most shocked and angered by his question.

"I asked you a question, Long Nose!" Luffy shouted again, hoping that he would receive an answer this time. Long Nose pointed the gun at him, and glared.

"You worthless, inferior, waste of space, human scum! How dare you talk to a fishman like that?!" He all but growled at Luffy.

"Like what? All I did was ask where the meat is!" Normally a gun in his face would have deterred him at least slightly, but he was so hungry that he no longer cared. All he knew was that this guy knew where that tasty smelling food was, and he wasn't going to let him have it.

"You dare to insult me? Call me names? Do you not know just how inferior you are to me? You don't stand a chance against a fishman!" Long Nose yelled.

"Eh? What's a fishman? Luffy tilted his head to the side in confusion.

"What's a fishman? You mean you don't know?"

"No."

"Well allow me to enlighten you. A fishman is someone like me and my crew. Someone who is superior to every lowly human on this planet. And it's the thing that's going to make me King of the Pirates!" Long Nose boasted, and Luffy felt himself grow annoyed at that last statement.

"No, you're not, Long Nose! I'm going to be the King of the Pirates!" Luffy yelled, and the silence came back with a vengeance. Long Nose, looking much angrier than before, steadied the gun aimed at Luffy.

"Shut up and die, you worthless human! My name is Arlong!" He yelled.

"Huh? Armung? That's a dumb name!"

"Not Armung, you idiot! Arlong!"

"Arlumm?"

"Arlong!"

"Armbong?"

"Arlong!"

"Oh! I get it!"

"Finally!"

"It's a mystery name." Luffy said seriously, and Long Nose's face twitched.

"DIE!" He yelled and pulled the trigger.

"LUFFY!" Luffy heard his brothers yell, and he felt the bullet hit. Instead of piercing his skin like he thought, the bullet merely stretched his body back. It stayed stretched back for a second or two before it flung out of his chest and past Long Nose's head. The silence returned a third time, and Luffy rubbed the spot on his chest that the bullet hit.

"Ow! That hurt you jerk!" Luffy pouted.

"Luffy!" both his brothers cried out, and ran over to him. Two fists met his skull, and he turned his pouting face to them.

"Why'd you do that?"

"That's for rocketing over to the beach, and running off!" Ace yelled.

"You'd be dead right now if you weren't made of rubber!" Sabo joined in the yelling.

"But I smelled meat, and I'm soooo hungryyyy!" Luffy's whine was emphasized by the growling of his stomach.

"What's worse, being hungry or being dead?" Ace growled.

Luffy thought the question over. He hated being hungry. His stomach hurt, and all his energy slowly went away. If he was dead, though, he couldn't be King of the Pirates. His stomach growled again, reminding him how much he hated being hungry. He wouldn't be hungry if he was dead, but he couldn't fulfill his dream. Luffy felt his face getting hot, and his head started to hurt. Ace and Sabo shared a concerned glance.

"Are you okay, Luffy?" Sabo asked.

"Yeah, your face is getting all red." Ace pointed out.

"I can't choose! They both suck!" Luffy whined.

"IS IT REALLY THAT HARD FOR YOU TO CHOOSE?!" Ace and Sabo shouted in unison.

"So you're a devil fruit user. What's one doing in the East Blue, and a child no less?" Long Nose asked.

"Who the hell are you?" Ace asked, putting himself between Luffy and the fishman.

"Oh, that's Long Nose, but his real name is a mystery!" Luffy said, and Long Nose gave him a glare in return.

"MY NAME IS ARLONG, YOU MAGGOT!"

Laughter caught their attention, and everyone turned to look towards the back of the crowd. The group of fishmen and humans parted, to show the two guys Luffy ran into earlier. People started to mutter to themselves as they gave the guys a wide berth, and even Long Nose looked to be in shock.

"What the… Why are Whitebeard's division commanders here?" the pink haired lady asked.

"Whitebeard?!" Sabo all but shouted.

"Who's Whitebeard?" Ace asked.

"Whitebeard is the strongest man in the world, and captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. His crew members are really strong, especially the division commanders. If those two really are division commanders, then they are a force to be reckoned with." Sabo explained.

"Really?! The strongest man in the whole world?! Do you think he'll join my crew?!" Luffy bounced up and down excitedly.

"LIKE HELL!" Ace and Sabo shouted, making the commander guy laugh even harder than they already were.

"I like that kid. He has a lot of spirit!" The one with poofy hair choke out between chuckles.

"Agreed." Pineapple Head wiped away a tear before all amusement left his face. The poofy haired guy sensed the sudden mood shift, and sobered up as well. They both stared down Long Nose with unreadable expressions.

"Enough. We have a mission to accomplish." Pineapple Head said, and Poofy Hair nodded in agreement. There was a sense of unease amongst the fishmen, Long Nose especially, though he did his best to hide it.

"Jinbe, out of concern that you may start up something ugly, sent us to follow you just in case you really were up to no good." Pineapple Head started.

"Looking around, we can tell that you have nothing but bad intentions for the people living here. So now we have to honor our promise, and stop you." Poofy Hair pulled out his sword, and Pineapple Head got in a battle stance.

Long Nose shook off any shock that may have still been present before a malicious grin spread across his face. He started to chuckle softly before he erupted into a mad fit of laughter.

"Oh this is priceless! I don't care if you two came from Whitebeard, the marines, or any of the other Emperors. The fact remains that you two are just humans, and I am a fishman. I am leagues above you in power!" Long Nose pointed his gun at Pineapple Head, and pulled the trigger.

Luffy, expecting Pineapple head to fall down dead, gaped in awe when blue flames suddenly appeared, erasing all evidence of a wound. He could tell that Ace and Sabo had pretty much the same reaction he did just by looking at them from the corners of his eyes.

"That's so cool." Luffy couldn't help but whisper.

"Immune to bullets, huh? Fine by me. Chew, bring me my shark saw!" Long Nose barked at Big Lips.

"You'll soon see the true superiority of fishmen! I will send you back to Whitebeard in pieces!" Long Nose grabbed his weapon, a large sword with a bunch of tooth-like blades sticking out from one side.

"Now die!" Long Nose leaped forward, and swung his sword at the two.

Pineapple Head stood as still as a statue, and Poofy Hair barely raised his own sword. Amazingly, Poofy Hair's sword managed to stop Long Nose's in its tracks. It didn't matter how much force Long Nose tried to put behind his blade, because Poofy Hair's block remained strong and impassive. Long Nose growled in frustration.

"Impressive, for a human that is." Long Nose begrudgingly admitted, before he jumped back. Poofy Hair didn't give him any room, though, and swung his own blade which Long Nose barely had time to block.

It was at this point that Pineapple Head decided to step in. Much to Luffy's amazement, Pineapple Head's arms turned into wings of fire. He flew straight for Long Nose's head, and since Long Nose was distracted, he hit his target. Long Nose was sent flying past the crying girls, who ran over to the pink haired lady, and crashed into the tree line. Long Nose took a second or two to get to his feet, and raised his shark saw up. He spat out some blood, and growled at the Whitebeard Pirates who didn't look phased at all.

Pineapple Head and Poofy Hair charged the fishman, who barely had time to block the flying kick, but left himself open for the sword slice. Blood started to seep out of Long Nose's side, and he hissed in pain. He flung Pineapple Head, whose foot was still firmly planted on the shark saw, quite some distance away, and swung at Poofy Hair. Poofy Hair put more power into his block, and a loud cracking noise could be heard from the shark saw before it split in half. Before Long Nose could react to the loss of his weapon, Pineapple Head took the opportune distraction to send Long Nose flying into the air with a solid upswing kick. Long Nose soared pretty high in the sky, and Pineapple Head raced to fly just a bit higher than him. With one more strong kick, Long Nose was sent careening down to the ground. He landed with a loud bang, and dust was scattered all over. When the air cleared, everyone could see Long Nose was out cold in a crater. It was silent for several seconds as everyone processed what had just happened, and a loud cheer came from the humans in the crowd.

"They did it, Bellemere! They saved us!" Luffy turned to see the crying girls hugging the pink haired lady. She, too, was crying while she clutched the girls to her chest like she was afraid she'd lose them if she let go.

Pineapple Head landed next to Poofy Hair, and they all looked at the remaining fishmen who were cowering in fear of what may happen next.

"If any of you still wish to fight, we will gladly take you on." Poofy Hair spoke, and many flinched as if they expected an attack right then.

"W-what's going to happen to Arlong, and us?" one of them boldly asked with only a slight tremble in his voice.

"We were ordered to take out Arlong if he proved to be a problem, so we will personally see to it that he gets turned in to the Marines. We have no orders for his crew. So if you leave with the strict promise of leaving these people alone, we will let you flee." Pineapple Head said as he turned his fire wings back into arms. The fishmen all shared a look, before they booked it towards the docks.

Luffy had to pick his jaw up off the ground. That fight was the coolest thing he'd seen in a while. He adjusted his hat to hide his face, before he stalked up to the division commanders.

"Hey, Luffy! Where are you going?" Sabo asked, but Luffy ignored him. He kept on walking until he stood directly in front of the older pirates.

"That. Was. AWESOME!" Luffy cheered with stars in his eyes.

"Well, we're the Whitebeard Pirates. Being awesome is in the job description." Poofy Hair laughed as he scratched his cheek.

"Hey! Join my crew!" Luffy demanded, and was met with two familiar fists to the back of his skull.

"Idiot! You can't just ask pirates from another crew to join you!" Ace yelled in his ear.

"Why not?! I could use a flying pineapple and a fighting poof on my crew!" Luffy pointed to the pirates who were once again laughing at his shenanigans.

"Flying pineapple! I love it!" Poofy Hair chortled.

"Whatever floats your boat, fighting poof!" Pineapple Head elbowed the swordsman.

"Luffy, stop talking to them. We need to stock up provisions." Sabo said as he tried to guide Luffy away.

"Provisions for what?" Poofy Hair asked, laughter dying down quickly.

"For our journey! We're pirates too!" Luffy happily explained, and felt Ace's fist on his skull once again.

"Don't tell them that!" Ace yelled.

"Pirates? Aren't you too young to be pirates?" Pineapple Head raised an eyebrow at them.

"Well, we were going to set sail when we were seventeen, but- MMPH!" Ace and Sabo covered Luffy's mouth before he had a chance to finish what he was going to say.

"Shut up already! That's none of their business!" Ace growled.

"Hey, Luffy, aren't you hungry? Let's see if we can find some meat!" Sabo's suggestion reminded Luffy that he was very hungry. His stomach groaned in protest of being forgotten. Luffy pushed the hands away from his mouth.

"MEAT!" he shouted once he was free from his brother's grip.

"If you're hungry, I just finished cooking." a new voice said from behind them. Luffy turned to see the pink haired lady, and the two girls walking up to them.

She looked Luffy up and down, and said, "It's the least I could do for the kid who distracted Arlong long enough for the Whitebeard Pirates to get here. Also, you look like you could use it."

"You have any meat?" Luffy asked, and pushed his way past Sabo to get in front of her.

"Yup! Roasted duck with tangerine sauce. It's still simmering inside our kitchen. Does that sound good to you?" Pink Hair pointed toward the house that the smell was coming from.

"Yes! Food!" Luffy cheered, and started to run towards the house, only to be stopped by his brothers who grabbed the back of his shirt.

"We appreciate it, miss, but Luffy eats more than ten grown men. I don't want to deplete you of all of your food." Sabo declined politely.

"Would it help if we all brought food of our own?" a random villager asked.

"Yeah, that's a great idea! Let's all make a big feast to thank the Whitebeard Pirates for helping us!" someone else shouted in enthusiasm.

"A celebration sounds nice, but first things first. Genzo and Bellemere need to have their wounds tended to, and the Marines need to be contacted to get Arlong out of here." An old man wearing sunglasses said as he kneeled next to a wounded man on the ground.

"Yes sir, Doctor Nako." several villagers said, and started to help the man Doctor Nako was looking at.

"We can eat after all that nasty business had been dealt with." Nako said.

"But I'm hungryyyy!" Luffy stomped his foot in irritation.

"You went several days with little to no food, you can last a few more hours." Sabo soothed, and Luffy continued to pout.

"Wait, what?!" Poofy Hair asked in surprise.

"Why would you go so long without food?!" Pineapple Head asked in just as much shock as his friend.

"Oh, that's because we didn't pack enough food when we sailed away from- MMPH!" Luffy once again had his brother's hands covering his mouth.

"Dammit, Luffy! Stop telling them everything!" Ace yelled.

"So you're not from this island?" Pineapple Head asked.

"Mind your own business!" Ace glared at the Whitebeard Pirates.

"You know, if you went so long without food I could cook you something. I am a Whitebeard chef afterall." Poofy Hair suggested, and Luffy forcefully shoved his brothers away to get to him.

"MEAT!" he demanded.

The older pirate laughed and said, "Yes, I can cook meat."

"Luffy, no! We are not eating with those guys!" Ace said, and tried to pull Luffy away.

"If you're so hungry, we can just hunt somewhere." Sabo agreed, and Luffy turned to his brothers with a wide smile.

"Right!" he cheered.

"What are you guys in the mood for?" Sabo asked now that the three of them were on board with the same idea.

"Do you think they have bears or gators on this island?" Ace asked.

"Yeah! Gator!" Luffy salivated at the thought of the sweet gator meat melting in his mouth.

"We'll have to look in their forests to see what kind of animals this island has." Sabo said.

"We left our pipes in the boat in our haste to chase a certain someone." Ace frowned at Luffy, and he only smiled back. "We need to stop by the docks and grab them first."

With that they all started to walk away. Luffy was sandwiched between his brothers as they walked and talked. He couldn't wait to eat his fill again. The past week or so was hard on all of them, and he regretted ignoring Sabo's idea of getting just a little more food. But Ace had made it clear that Sabo would be taken away again if they didn't leave ASAP. As much as he hated being hungry, he hated being separated from his brothers even more. He would endure a hundred hungry weeks if it meant they never had to part ways again, at least until he had to gather his own crew. After all, he had a promise to keep.