~Bandits (Part 1)~

In the next scene, it shows Luffy, Shanks and his crew all in Makino's bar. All the pirates were partying, celebrating Luffy's reckless actions as Makino serves them food and alcohol.

Luffy had small tears in his eyes as his words were the exact opposite of his face. "Ah, it didn't hurt one bit!"

"Lies! Seriously Luffy, you have tears in your eyes!" Yelled Nami.

Some in the audience we're amused at Luffy's terrible lying and some were concerned. While there were others who don't give a shit on child Luffy's condition. *cough* Akainu *cough*

"Liar! Don't do anything so stupid again!" Shanks yelled at Luffy. Luffy didn't listen as he quickly got over the pain.

"I'm not afraid of the pain at all! Next time bring me out to sea! I want to be a pirate too!" Luffy yelled in excitement. He had a huge smile as he sat on a bar stool.

Shanks laughed at Luffy as he decided to tease him with his words. "You can't handle being a pirate! Not being able to swim is a pirate's greatest weakness!"

"You know, he's right brat. A child at your age shouldn't be out on the cruel sea." Whitebeard told Luffy with a meaningful tone. Whitebeard would never let a child on board on his ship, being a pirate is a harsh world for a child.

Thatch chimed in. "And you couldn't swim at your age? That's a huge downgrade."

"Swimming was hard for me when I was a kid! I was excited to go out on sea but, I'm kinda glad Shanks didn't take me." Luffy smiled at Shanks.

Chopper decided to ask Luffy a question. "Why are you glad Shanks didn't take you Luffy? You look pretty excited to go."

Akira answered for Luffy. "You know, if Luffy-san went with Shanks, then he would never met Ace or Sabo in his timeline. If that happened, Luffy would probably had different crew members as Shanks doesn't visit East Blue a lot, but fate works in mysterious ways." Luffy nods his head in agreement, making Ace and Sabo gasp in fright.

Ace and Sabo hugged Luffy while glaring at Shanks. Shanks slowly shrinked from their death glares. "There will never be a timeline where I won't meet my precious Luffy!" Ace yelled. Sabo continues on, "You better not let Luffy go with you!"

Shanks raised his hands defensively. "Of course I didn't take him, he's a kid!"

Akira added another comment. "If Shanks took Luffy, Garp-san would've chased you down."

Garp crossed his arms and glared at Shanks. "Damn right I would! You better not take my grandson!" Sengoku hits Garp's head.

"What was that for Senny!?" Garp yelled as Sengoku shook his head in disapointment. "You will not abandon your post to chase your grandson!" Akainu scoffs at Garp's behavior, "How could you still be a marine?"

Akira tugs a rope that magically apeared and Akainu was once again weakened by sea water.

"How the hell am I weakened!? Water can only be "standing" to effect devil fruit users!" Akainu yelled furiously.

Akira smirked at his weakened form. "This is my world, whether the water is standing or moving, sea water or not, it'll all have the same effect. You'll be weakened no matter what."

(The rule of water is that devil fruit users can only be weakend by standing water/still water. If water is moving, such as being hit by waves or rain, then it has no effect. Reguar water and sea water can weaken devil fruit users.)

Chopper and Usopp were very scared of Akira.

Little Luffy was mad at Shanks. "As long as I stay onboard the ship, I'll be fine! Besides, my fighting is pretty good too!"

Luffy punched the air towards Shanks. "I've trained rigorously before! My punch is as strong as pistol fire!"

Shanks put on a look, pretending that he didn't looked impressed. "Pistol? Wow...really?"

"You were a very exicted kid Luffy." Zoro told Luffy.

The crew members told Luffy the wonderful things of being a pirate. Adventure the sea, explore the islands and most importantly, the freedom. Little Luffy was very happy at their answers.

"They sure are damn right Lu, being a pirate is the best!" Ace yelled with passion as those who were pirates cheered, making the marines shake their heads. Corazon didn't know how to feel, he works as a marine but Law was a pirate. Same with Coby. Katakuri and Mihawk were silent but they did agree about being pirates.

"Don't give him dumb ideas, guys." Shanks said to his crew,

One of his crewmates suggested Luffy to come on one of their trips, making some of the crew agree and making Luffy happy.

Shanks smirks at them. "Well, then next time one of you get off the ship and let him take your place."

That instantly changed their attitudes.

"We've said enough! Let's drink!"

"What kind of friends are you!?" Shouted Luffy as he angerly stared at them drinking alcohol.

Shanks pats Luffy's head with affection. "You're still too young Luffy, wait till another 10 years and I'll reconsider taking you to sea."

Luffy didn't know when to quit. "Darn it Shanks! Let me tell you! I'm not a kid anymore!"

Shanks offered Luffy a cup of juice, he hands it over to Luffy. "Don't be mad. Here, drink some juice."

"Ok! Thanks!" Luffy gladly took the cup and drank it all down, making Shanks laugh very loudly.

"You realy are a kid! How funny!" Shanks had tears in his eyes as Luffy yelled, "What a dirty trick!"

A lot of them were laughing at little Luffy's gullible side. Luffy pouted at their laughter. "You were such a cute kid Luffy!" Usopp said to him.

Luffy grumpily walked away from the laughing Shanks. "Hmph! I'm so tired! I even cut myself and he still won't agree!"

Shank's first mate Benn called out to Luffy. "Luffy..."

Luffy turns towards him with interest. Benn lits up a cigarette for himself and continued his sentence. "You should try to understand captain's feelings."

Luffy tilts his head, he doesn't understand Benn's sentence. "Understand Shank's feelings?"

"Yes...afterall he is our leader. He knows being a pirate is interesting, but he also knows that a pirate's life is hard and very dangerous."

Shanks smiled at his firstmate's words. "Ah, I miss Benn." Luffy nods in agreement. "I miss him too, he was way nicer than you!" Shanks playfully glares at him while Luffy sticks his tongue out at Shanks.

Whitebeard was glad for Benn being the responsible one in Shank's crew. Marco was wondering how Benn could ever deal with Shanks.

"Do you understand? He doesn't purposely tease your ambitions of being a pirate." Said Benn.

Luffy wasn't having it as he glares at Shanks. "I don't understand! Shanks just takes me for an idiot!"

Shanks decided to add fuel to the fire. "Can't swim~!"

Luffy points at him angerly. "SEEEE!"

"Young Luffy is very...emotional." Robin said.

Makino smiles at their fight, well, barely a fight. "You seem happy as always Shanks."

Shanks snickers at Luffy. "Yep! Making fun of him is my joy."

Luffy was still pointing at him and he stares at Benn. "He REALLY is very happy."

Makino decided to intervine and distract Luffy. "Luffy, would ypu like to eat something?"

"OK!" Luffy shouted and instantly, he was sitting next to Shanks.

"Of course food would distract him, works every time." Sanji told Thatch, who nods in agreement for Ace. "It sometimes work for Ace."

"I'll pay you with my treasure!" Luffy told Makino as she placed food in front of him.

Shanks decided to tease Luffy again. "What treasure? You're lying again."

Luffy looked determined and told Shanks his plan. "No! I'm definately gonna be a pirate! I'll pay her with the treasure I find!"

Makino laughed but smiled at Luffy. "I'll be waiting!" Luffy replied back with his own laugh.

Nami was in distress, "By the amount Luffy eats...it must be a huge tab..." Nami slump in her chair with despair as Sanji was trying to comfort her.

"I can tell you the exact amount Luffy-san owes, but you won't like it Nami-san." AKira said, which made Nami in a worse mood.

Luffy laughs. "I promised her, I have to pay it back Nami!"

Luffy was struggling to bite off his meat but he was still talking to Shanks. "Shanks?"

"What is it?" Shanks questioned. "How long are you gonna stay?"

Shanks thought about it and replied back to Luffy, "Well...it's been almost a year since we used this town as our base. I plan on setting sail a couple more times then we'll leave this town and head north."

"You've been there for almost a year? That's quite a long vacation" Mihawk questioned Shanks as he shrugs. "Honestly...we kinda stayed there for Luffy. Hate to leave the little guy."

Luffy was honestly happy when Shanks said that.

Luffy finally manage to bite off the meat, with a lot of struggle. "A couple of times huh...I'll learn how to swim by then."

Shanks smiles and rubs Luffy's head once more. "Alright! Good luck!"

Suddenly, the door was kicked open, making everyone in the bar look towards the enterance. It was a man, he didn't look like a pirate, more of a bandit actually.

This action made everyone alert.

"Who the hell is that?" Kidd asked curiously. Law stared at the man on the screen. "He doesn't look intimidating."

"How dare they kick Makino's door open!" Shouted Ace as Sabo glares at the screen.

Garp was very alert, feeling something bad was going to happen as the marines was curious.

Luffy and Shanks stayed quiet, both of them knew exactly what's going to happen.

Akira paused the screen, making everyone look at him. "I would like to warn you, this all happened in the past for Luffy-san. Nothing we can do can change it, just...precede watching with precaution."

Akira unpaused the screen, everyone watched the screen once again.