I do not own One Piece or any of the characters.

Warning(s): BxB later, semi-rape, cursing.

Confused eyes darted around their surroundings as the owner of them looked around himself utterly dumbfounded. Not that this thing hadn't occurred before, just at least before he had been to the place that he had somehow gotten himself lost at. He scratched his head and tried to make out anything familiar, but everything and every person was foreign looking. He didn't know anyone here and no one knew him.

Just great. What a way to spend your first day in town. Getting yourself lost.

He remembered what Ace had told him just before he had left the apartment.

"You can go out and look around, but be back in a few hours and try not to get lost. If you do, ask somebody, but please just don't get lost." Ace gave him a shaky smile, nervous that Luffy would be going into town by himself when they hadn't even been there for a day.

Luffy smiled brightly in return. "Don't worry about it! I won't get lost! I just wanna look around. Maybe they'll have some really good food here too!"

And, before Ace could say anything further, Luffy vanished out the door. "Heh. That kid…" With a shake of his head, Ace set back to unpacking the boxes that resided in the livingroom.

Now that Luffy recalled that small conversation, he figured he'd take Ace's advice and well ask someone. But, who to ask? And, how to go about it? There's the chance they wouldn't be able to help him find his way back home. At times like these, Luffy supposed it would have been a good idea to have a cell phone, but he never really needed one before now.

He was thankful that he at least considered remembering their address because without that, he'd be pretty screwed. Luffy looked around once more. There was a lady sitting on the bench across the street by herself. Maybe he could ask her for help? She looked nice enough. Luffy shrugged and began walking over that way.

His foot had barely left the sidewalk to cross the street when he felt a small rock bounce off of his ankle. Distracted by that, he glanced over his shoulder, wondering where it had come from. When he didn't see anything, he shrugged it off as nothing and started his trek across the street again. A slightly larger rock then rebounded off his back as it hit him. Another, even larger hit his arm, and then one more smacked him right in the face as he turned back around to see who happened to be throwing rocks at him.

The dark haired boy grunted and rubbed his face when he felt yet another rock hit him in the shoulder. Except this time, the rock was probably slightly smaller than the palm of his hand. It stung a bit as the thing collided with the bone of his shoulder, but it didn't hurt too much.

"All right, so someone's throwing rocks at me." He announced to himself. But, as he looked around, he couldn't seem to find anyone throwing rocks. People were simply walking by, minding their own business. 'Weird…'

And then that's when Luffy finally saw it. The direction from which the rocks were being thrown from, because one just happened to be flying toward his face again and it was a pretty big rock this time. He ducked just at the rock went soaring over his head and faced the direction it came from.

Paying no mind that the direction from which the rocks were coming from happened to be an abandoned alleyway, Luffy stalked over there ever the same, brimming with the confidence that he was known to carry. He was going to find out whoever was throwing rocks at him and demand an explanation. Because you just don't throw rocks at a random person whom you do not know.

Luffy stopped just outside of the dark alleyway. "Hey! I don't know who you are, but whoever you are, it would be nice if you stopped throwing rocks at me!" Luffy scowled when he received no response. He stepped further into the alley, fully intending to find this person. "I know someone's here! I said-" Before he could continue his sentence, he was roughly pushed forward further into the alley.

Knocked off balance by the sudden shove, Luffy tripped over his sandal clad feet and fell on his bottom. "Ow…"

He felt a presence above him and looked up to find a boy around his own age smirking down at him. He wasn't able to make out the kid's entire face for the two buildings on either side of him were doing a good job at blocking out a lot of the sunlight. "So, YOU were the one throwing rocks at me?" He asked, irritation clearly heard in his voice.

The kid had his arms crossed over his chest as he looked down upon Luffy. "I didn't do anything but push you. And, I don't think I've ever seen you around here before, you looked lost back there."

Luffy's irritated mood faded into slight embarrassment. "Well, yeah, you see. I just moved here today and- h-hey!" Luffy immediately pushed himself to his feet, turning around to face another boy who now had Luffy's strawhat in his possession. "Give that back to me now." He demanded of the other boy. This one only laughed at him and twirled the hat around his finger.

"What? This ratty old thing? It looks pretty stupid to me. I wonder why you're so defensive over it." The kid smirked as he let the hat fall from his hand onto the ground. Luffy made a dash for it, but found he couldn't do much when the kid he had first met suddenly grabbed both of his arms and pulled them behind his back, restraining him.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" Luffy twisted his body and pushed forward trying to pull his wrists from the boy's tight grasp.

The boy before him who had taken his hat stepped forward. "I don't think that's happening. You're pretty annoying, you know that? I think it's time someone put you in your place. You did say that you just moved here, right? Well, let us give you a welcoming to the neighborhood." He raised his foot, letting it hover over Luffy's hat that lay on the ground. Luffy struggled some more.

"Don't step on it! I'll kill you if you step on Shank's hat!"

"Oh?" The kid raised an eyebrow. "You'll kill me? Is that right? Ha! That sounded like a threat. That's not very nice, now is it?" And, without warning, he stomped his foot down on the strawhat, digging his heel into it and twisting it around on the ground. "Haha, getting worked up over such a stupid thing." He then kicked it away on the other side of the alley.

Luffy stared with wide eyes, his mouth hanging open a bit. That was Shank's hat. He couldn't let some guy he didn't even know step all over it like it was a piece of trash! But, he couldn't exactly move much either. He turned his head from the hat to the kid and glared at him. "You had no right to do that! I don't even know you! Why would you do something like that?"

"Shut up." A fist connected with Luffy's abdomen hard after the command. So hard in fact that it knocked the breath from Luffy's body for a few seconds. He gasped at the blow and his legs almost gave out from underneath him. "I don't know who you are telling me what I have and don't have the right to do. I'll do whatever I please and I'll show you firsthand what happens when someone tells me what to do." Another harsh blow was dealt to his stomach and the kid holding his arms released them. Luffy's legs buckled and he fell to the ground. "We're too close to the alley opening; bring him further in."

The boy, who had restrained Luffy, kicked Luffy in the side so hard that Luffy's body was pushed deeper into the alley. He cocked his head to the side, slipping his hands into his pockets as he watched Luffy groan and try to push his body up. "Looks like he wants to fight back." He announced to the other kid. He pressed his foot into Luffy's back and pushed down. "I wouldn't even try, kid."

"He's right, you know." The other boy crouched down in front of Luffy and Luffy glared at him again. "Hm, is someone angry with me?"

"Of course I'm angry, you bastard! I'll never forgive anyone for doing that to Shank's hat!"

The kid's eyes moved from Luffy to the other boy with his foot still pressed to Luffy's back. "Seems like he's only mad because I stepped on that hat back there." He looked back at Luffy. "You're pathetic. I hate people like you."

Luffy spit at him and he slapped the other across the face at lightning speed. "I'm going to make you wish you'd never done that." He wiped the spit from his face and stood up, stepping on Luffy's hand as he went, hearing a few cracks, but not caring in the least as Luffy screamed out at the pain. He kicked Luffy in the stomach making the boy roll over onto his back.

He leaned down and grabbed the front of Luffy's shirt, pulling the boy's body off the ground by it, and slamming Luffy's back against one of the brick buildings. The kid used his other hand to wrap around Luffy's throat as he held him up against the building. Luffy's uninjured hand instinctively came up and held on to the kid's wrist. "S-sto-op."

"I don't think I will." The kid stated as he tightened his hold around Luffy's neck, cutting off his oxygen little by little. Luffy pulled at his wrist, trying to wretch his arm away, but the guy was holding on too tight. He tried kicking at the guy's legs too, but that didn't seem to work too well either. His vision began to blur and he could see the darkness beginning to creep into his eyes as he fought for more oxygen.

The darkness moved in more and more until he could barely see a thing, and right at the last few seconds the hand from around his neck loosened ever so slightly, but just enough to allow him to breath a bit better. The darkness began to fade as his lungs filled with oxygen again. Just as he was able to breathe again, the kid kneed him in the stomach and he doubled over.

His stomach and hand were killing him at the moment. His abdomen felt as though it was in fire and he wouldn't be surprised if his ribs were bruised or worse. He had thought he was stronger than this. If that were true, then why was he being beaten this badly? He gritted his teeth in pain and frustration. He felt so angry because he couldn't protect himself and because he'd let this punk step on Shank's hat like that. If only he could fight back. His left hand was crippled, there was no using that, but he did still have his right hand and his legs. Still… a two-on-one fight and being this injured didn't look too promising for him in the end. He still had to try though. He couldn't keep letting himself just take this kind of abuse from kids he didn't even know before today.

So, using as much strength as he could, he caught the kid by surprise when he unexpectedly punched him in the face. The kid stumbled back a foot, letting go of Luffy. He looked angrier than ever after that and growled. "Why you… you little brat! You shouldn't have tried to fight back, because that's only going to make things worse for you!"

When the kid jumped forward, Luffy managed to push him back and trip his foot so he'd fall backwards onto the ground. But, as soon as Luffy found himself on top of the kid, ready to beat the hell out of him, he was kicked harshly in the face by the other guy who had been there. This caused him to fall off of the kid he'd pushed. He groaned and spit out the blood from his mouth. The guy had busted his lip and caught his nose in that kick as well. It wasn't broken, but it sure hurt like hell.

The kid, who was on the ground next to Luffy, pushed himself up and moved back, letting his friend take over for the time being. This guy wasted no time in kicking Luffy again. Then, much like how the other kid had done before, he lifted Luffy by his shirt and punched him in the stomach. Luffy coughed, blood coming out of his mouth. The guy then threw Luffy against the building, and Luffy just laid there on the cold cement, blood running from his mouth and nose, his breathing coming out harsh.

He tried to push himself back up, but his arms trembled and he collapsed back to the ground. The kid he had pushed started talking to the other boy, but he could vaguely make out what they were saying. "I say we do it. We gotta teach this punk who he's messing with."

"Are you sure? I mean, I think beating him is enough. There's no need to go that far."

"What do you know? After this, this kid better wish he never sees my face again."

"Do I have to stay? This doesn't seem right."

"You idiot. I need you here to hold him down. I'm not having him punch me in the face again."

The guy who had kicked Luffy sighed. "Fine." He walked over to Luffy and pulled him from the ground by his hair. "Just know that I never wanted any part of this to begin with."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just do as I say." The kid removed something from his pocket, though Luffy couldn't tell exactly what it was. His senses came back to him when he suddenly felt a hand grab onto his belt buckle.

"W-wha-at do y-you think-k you-you're d-doing-g?" He managed to speak out even though it hurt like hell to.

"Shut the kid up." He heard in response and then a hand moved to cover his mouth. At the same time it pushed his head down forcefully. Another hand grasped both of his wrists and held them to the ground over his head. He moved his body, twisting it, trying to get out of the guy's hold, but nothing worked, and he started panicking when he felt his belt come undone rather harshly. What did these guys think they were doing? Beating him was one thing, but this was completely different! They couldn't do this! Oh, but they can when you're in this helpless position. Maybe if you were stronger this wouldn't have happened. A voice in the back of his head told him and Luffy realized that it was right, but what they were doing was still wrong for so many reasons.

He wanted to kick his legs when he felt his pants coming undone and being pulled down, but they wouldn't move like he wanted them to. He wanted to scream when he felt a whole new pain shoot through his body, but it only came out muffled. Tears stung at his eyes as they blurred his vision and rolled down his cheeks. Whatever that kid had taken out of his pocket was in a place that it really shouldn't be and it hurt.

Luffy wasn't sure how long these guys continued hurting him like this, but it felt like forever and he was in so much pain. His whole body hurt so badly. He knew he was bleeding other than from his mouth and nose, he could feel it. When the kid finally stopped, he heard the object he had been using clatter to the ground.

"I'm leaving." The guy who had held him down announced before he let go of Luffy and walked away without another word.

The kid who was left walked closer to Luffy and kicked him in the side. "I hope you learned your lesson now. Better hope we never run into each other again." With that, he left as well, leaving Luffy by himself, half naked and beaten in the alley. Luffy groaned as he tried to move, but it was a failed attempt since it only caused more harm than good.

His eyes moved to where his pants lay and he reached out for them. But, even though he had them, putting them on would be a whole feat all in itself. The sky was starting to darken too, he needed to get home. He must have been out for hours, Ace was probably worried, but his head pounded and he couldn't stand up. Also, Shank's hat. It was all the way at the entrance of the alley. He needed to get that.

His muscles screamed as he pushed himself into a semi sitting position. It took about five minutes, but he had successfully put his pants back on. Shank's hat. I have to go get it. Standing up was out of the question, Luffy wasn't even going to attempt it. Instead, he tried crawling toward the entrance. It was a lot harder said than done, and Luffy's body would not allow him to push forward any longer halfway there. He collapsed back onto the ground when his arms gave out. His left hand throbbed and he couldn't move his fingers.

His eyes stared helplessly at Shank's hat laying only a few feet away. He reached out for it, but his arm wasn't long enough. He whimpered at how hopeless this situation was and gave up. Hat…

He was so out of it that the sound of approaching footsteps went right over his head. He didn't even notice that there was a person bending down next to him, trying to get his attention. All his eyes could see were Shank's hat, and his fingers flexed as he tried to reach for something that was still too far away from him. "H-hat." That was the last thing he remembered hearing himself say before everything around him disappeared and he fell unconscious.