The Thunder Demon Straw Hat Luffy

After a good night's rest, Luffy was the first one up at around 5:00 am and decided to go for a stroll through the village. Luffy walked for a while before ending up on one of the cliffs surrounding the southern shores of the island. He spotted a nice tree and sat down at the base of the tree and stared up at the sky while enjoying the peace and quiet. Luffy's peace and quiet was interrupted by two voices coming down on the shores of the beach. Wanting to see who it is, he got up on all fours and crawled to the edge carefully to make sure he wasn't seen or heard by whoever was down there. When Luffy reached the edge, he peeked over to see who it was, only to see Klahadore talking to a strangely dressed man.

"Is everything set Jango?" Klahadore asked the man. Jango took a seat on one of the nearby rocks before he replied to Klahadore.

"Rest assured, everything will go accordingly to plan...Captain Kuro," Jango said causing Luffy to smile in satisfaction having finally figured out why that Butler seemed so familiar.

'So, that's why you're familiar,' Luffy thought as he watched the two men. 'Captain Kuro-of-1000-plans... looks like I'll have some entertainment while we wait for the ship,' Luffy thought to himself. He was brought out of his thought when Kuro shouted at Jango.

"Don't call me that idiot!" Kuro screamed, "I gave up that name a long time ago," he said as he readjusted his glasses. Jango sighed before he stood up and spoke to Kuro.

"Fine, Fine. Just hurry up and give the signal so we can kill this rich girl and inherit her money," Jango said nonchalantly. Luffy could have sworn he saw steam come out of Kuro's ears when Jango said that.

"You idiot, I can't get her inheritance because I am not related to her!" Kuro said before he adjusted his glasses once more. "Miss Kaya need to perish in an unfortunate accident but before she perishes in an unfortunate 'accident,' I need you to hypnotize her and make her create a will leaving all of her fortunes to her butler, Klahadore," Kuro said with a pompous smirk on his face. Jango sighed and sat down on one of the nearby rocks before he spoke again.

"Right, right," he said with a sigh. "Just hurry up and give the signal, the boys are getting bored," he said with a sadistic smirk on his face. Kuro looked at him for a while before he spoke again.

"There is something that has come up which may be a hindrance to our plan," Kuro said making Jango look at him with a raised eyebrow. "There is a boy currently in the village who wears a straw hat, I want you to avoid him and his crew at all cost," Kuro said surprising Jango even more.

"Why?" was all he asked. Kuro looked at him with a serious look on his face before he replied.

"He has ties to one of the four emperors," Kuro said making Jango's eyes widen. "I doubt he will get involved after all he is a pirate. However, if he does I will deal with him," Kuro said before he turned to leave. Jango stood up and turned to leave as well but spoke one last time before he left.

"Right, I'll have the boys on the North shore at daybreak to storm the village," he said before he walked off. Kuro didn't reply to what he said, he simply walked off as well. Luffy got up from his position on the ground and started to head back to the village to tell the crew about what he had heard. After walking for a few minutes, he arrived at the Inn and saw that everyone was up and Usopp was there already. Luffy then proceeded to tell them what he had heard making Usopp dash out of the Inn to warn Kaya. Luffy looked at him and shook his head before speaking to the rest of the crew.

"Well, he is about to get his heart broken," Luffy said before he took out a glass and poured himself some whiskey. Nami looked confused at what he meant.

"What do you mean?" she asked with a confused look all over her face. Luffy took a sip of his whiskey before he answered her.

"Usopp is famous around the village for being a liar. He is about to go tell Kaya the man who her parents left in charge of taking care of her is a pirate," Luffy said before he took another sip of his drink and spoke again. "Would you believe him if you were Kaya?" he asked. Nami looked thoughtful for a moment before she shook her head saying no. Zoro took a seat opposite his captain and spoke in a serious voice.

"So, what are you going to do, Captain," Zoro asked. Luffy downed his drink before he answered in a cold and deadly voice that sent chills down the spine of both his crewmates.

"I owe a debt of gratitude to Shanks and his crew that I can never repay. So, I'll be damned if I let a small-time pirate from the East Blue run amuck on the island that Yassop's wife is buried," Luffy said causing Zoro and smirk while Nami had fear written all over her face. The crew had spent the rest of the day planning with Usopp who had returned heartbroken as Luffy had predicted. The day had arrived, and the entire crew got up around an hour before daybreak and headed to the North shore to wait for the pirates. The group stood in a line across to the top of the slope leading up from the shore. Luffy stood there looking bored while Nami and Usopp looked scared and Zoro looked excited. Finally, the Black Cat Pirates ship docked on the shore and a large group of pirates came off the ship and started running towards the village but stopped when they saw Luffy and his crew standing at the top of the slope. One of the pirates turned to a man who Luffy recognized to be Jango and spoke.

"Captain, there is a bunch of kids here!" he said causing Jango to look up the slope. He looked at everyone at the top of the slope and when his eyes landed on Luffy's straw hat he immediately grew pale and started sweating. He pointed to Luffy and spoke with a stutter.

"T-that B-boy!" he said making everyone look at Luffy. "Captain Kuro said we should avoid facing him, but if we don't get by him we will have to deal with Captain Kuro himself," he said in a scared voice before he cleared his throat and screamed out an order to his men, "Men! Kill them before the Captain gets angry!" he yelled causing all of the pirates to charge at the group. Luffy looked at Zoro and nodded causing him unsheathed his swords and charge at the group. Zoro started cutting down pirates left, right, and center. Usopp looked at Zoro with stars in his eyes while whispering something about being 'so cool'. Jango saw his men were dropping like flies and turned to his ship and screamed out.

"Sham! Buchi! Get out here now!" he screamed, and two other pirates came out of the ship. Jango then ordered them to attack Zoro causing the two of them to look at Zoro in fear. The two of them reluctantly attacked Zoro while saying how scared they were until their entire demeanor changed into a more confident one showing that they were only acting scared. Luffy watched as Zoro got two of his swords taken away from him causing him to go on the defensive. Luffy then Looked at Nami and Usopp and spoke.

"Nami, Usopp," he said getting their attention. "Go get Zoro back his swords, or else he won't win," he said making them look at him in fear. Nami was about to protest but the look she got from Luffy caused her to swallow her words. Luffy watched as Nami and Usopp ran down the hill towards Zoro's swords laying on the ground. Just as they were about to reach the swords they were intercepted by Jango holding some sort of metal ring tied to a string. Jango then tried to hypnotize Nami and Usopp only to have Nami use her staff to flick Zoro's swords towards him before she and Usopp began fighting Jango. Luffy then turned his attention away from Nami and Usopp to Zoro. Luffy saw Zoro caught both of his swords before he started to go on the offensive, however, he was still struggling against the amazing tag team of Sham and Buchi. Luffy then saw Buchi was about to attack Zoro from behind while he was too busy fighting off Sham. He turned his body into lightning and teleported behind Buchi getting his attention. Luffy then coated his right palm in lighting and backhanded him across the face sending him flying down the slope, crashing into their ship's figurehead before continuing his path through the ship's cabin.

"It is rude to attack a swordsman from behind," Luffy said before he looked back up the slope to see a very pissed off Kuro standing there causing Luffy to smirk.

"What the hell is going on here!" Kuro yelled causing everyone t stop fighting and look at him. The Black Cat Pirates looked scared out of their minds at the sight of Kuro. Jango looked like he was about to wet himself.

"C-captain K-Kuro, these kids are monsters!" he stuttered out making Kuro looked at everyone there with a pissed off look on his face. When his eyes landed on a smiling Luffy all he could do was stare at him with a look of pure hatred before he reached into the bag he was carrying and pulled out a pair of furred gloves with full-length katana blades at the end of each finger. Luffy saw this and looked at Zoro and spoke.

"Finish up your fight Zoro and get off this slope," he said. Kuro looked at Jango and spoke in a deadly tone.

"You have five minutes to clean up this mess Jango," he said as he started to put the gloves on, "or else I'll kill you," Luffy went down the slope to help Nami take care of Jango quickly while leaving Zoro to finish off Sham. When Luffy reached the bottom Jango didn't know who he should be more scared of, Kuro or the man who just slapped one of his crewmates through an entire Gallion. As Luffy got closer, Jango immediately tried to hypnotize him but before he could react Luffy was already behind up with his index finger pressed against the back of his neck. Before he could do anything, he felt an electrical shock at the base of his neck causing him to pass out. Luffy then looked at Nami and spoke.

"Why don't you go clean em out, Nami," He said causing her to smile widely before rushing off to the ship with Usopp to steal their treasure. Luffy then looked up the slope to see Zoro and just finish defeating his opponent and was walking towards Luffy. Kuro looked beyond pissed, he couldn't fathom how a group of kids had caused all of his plans to crumble this much. Three years of planning had all gone down the drain thanks to these kids. He looked at Luffy and his crew with a murderous look in his eyes before he took off towards them. He was moving too fast for Zoro to track but Luffy could see his every move. Luffy then took off after Kuro at speeds far greater than his and intercepted him in the middle of the slope with his fist buried in Kuro's stomach causing him to fall over on all fours gasping for air.

"Why?" Kuro asked from his position on the ground making Luffy look at him with a raised eyebrow, "Why are you getting involved?" he asked. Luffy chuckled and spoke in a deadly tone.

"I'm bored. So, I'll kill time by killing you," he said pissing Kuro off even more. Kuro then shot up and slashed at Luffy's head but was surprised when Luffy made attempt to dodge. His eyes widened even further when his cat claws cut Luffy's head clean off, but instead of blood, all he saw was electric blue sparks of lighting from Luffy's neck and his separated head. Then suddenly Luffy's separated head turned into a bolt of lightning and reattached itself to Luffy's body. Usopp, Zoro, Nami ad Kuro had their jaws on the floor at what they just saw. Luffy just stared at Kuro with an impassive look on his face before he spoke once more in a bored tone, "Is that it?" he asked.

"J-just what are you?" asked a bewildered Kuro. Luffy chuckled a bit before he replied.

"A Demon," he said before he punched Kuro square of the face sending him tumbling 15ft back before finally coming to a stop. After about five minutes Kuro shakily stood up to his feet and looked at Luffy before he spoke.

"My plan... My plan... My plan cannot fail!" he screamed out at Luffy causing everyone there to look at him as though he was crazy.

"I think I hit him a bit too hard," Luffy joked angering Kuro further.

"I will kill you Straw Hat! You, and your band of misfits! Then I'll make Kaya sign over all of her fortunes to me before I kill Her!" Kuro screamed not noticing a teary-eyed Kaya behind him. Luffy chuckled menacingly before he spoke.

"Before you do all of that, I have a question for you," Luffy said puzzling Kuro and everyone there. "Have you ever been kicked at the speed of lightning?" Luffy asked puzzling Kuro at first before his eyes widen when Luffy appeared crouched in front of him. Luffy then kicked him from his crouched position right under his chin sending him flying 50 ft into the air. Luffy then turned his body into lightning and teleported to the left side of Kuro with his left foot from the knee down covered in lightning. Luffy then spun his body to the right and delivered a lightning speed kick of Kuro's midsection sending him flying towards the ground at lightning speed causing Kuro to break the sound barrier before he impacted the ground. The moment Kuro's body impacted the ground, it created a crater 10ft wide with his broken body lying in the center. When Luffy landed back on the ground he placed his hands in his pockets and investigated the crater and cringed slightly at the sight of Kuro. Kuro had four of his ribs sticking out of his c.h.e.s.t, his neck of clearly broken, and his right foot was facing the wrong way. One thing was clear, the oh so great Captain Kuro was dead.

"He did all that with just one kick?" came the frightened voice of one of Black Cat Pirates getting Luffy's attention. Luffy turned to see some of the Black Cat Pirates were starting to wake up making him realize that Zoro didn't kill them.

"I highly suggest you take that weird guy with the rings and get the f.u.c.k off this island before I slaughter all of you!" Luffy said making all of them scatter to pick up their fallen comrades before hopping on their ship and sailing away scared. Luffy then walked over to Kaya and spoke to her with a smile, "Miss Kaya, how about I treat you to breakfast?" he asked making her look away from Kuro's dead body, "You've had a pretty rough start to your day. So, what do you say?" Kaya looked at Luffy teary-eyed and nodded before she spoke.

"But, what about Klaha...I mean Kuro's body?" she asked. Luffy smiled before he looked up into the sky making Kaya and the rest of his crew look up as well. They all say a small thundercloud began to descend from the sky over Kuro's body and swallowed the corpse up before returning into the sky.

"What body?" Luffy asked making Kaya smile. He then turned to his crew and spoke. "Well, are you three going to stand there all day because I am hungry?!" he asked rhetorically making them run towards him and Kaya before all of them walked back into the village.

*Timeskip: 5 days later*

Luffy and the crew were currently standing on the Southern shore of the Island staring at their ship. The Going Merry her cannons upgraded, the figurehead was repainted and a lot of the wood on the ship was replaced making her a bit stronger than how she was previously. Luffy and his crew were in the middle of saying their goodbyes to Kaya and Merry when they heard someone scream behind them. They all looked up the hill to see Usopp carrying a big bag tumbling down the hill.

"Someone please stop me!" he screamed. Luffy and Zoro walked forward and stuck out their foot planting it right on Usopp's face effectively stopping him. "Thanks," Usopp said as he fell face first on the ground.

"Don't mention it," replied Luffy and Zoro. Usopp then dusted himself off and told Kaya he was setting out to sea like his father to become a brave warrior. Luffy chuckled as he and Zoro boarded the ship. When Luffy got on he leaned over the railing and spoke to Usopp.

"So Usopp, are you going to join my crew?" he asked. Usopp looked up at him and placed his finger on his chin and before thinking for a while before he replied.

"I will happily join your crew as you Captain!" he proclaimed proudly making Kaya giggle at his antics.

"Try again," said Luffy in a deadpan voice.

"As your vice-captain then!" he proclaimed once more.

"That's Zoro, however, I do need a sniper," Luffy said. Usopp smiled before he shouted out to the heavens.

"Yosh! I will be the head sniper!" Usopp shouted making everyone sweat drop.

"Just hurry up and get on," Luffy said. Usopp got on board and placed his things away. Luffy then summoned the cloud that they were using for traveling and which also had all their stuff. when the thundercloud arrived Luffy had Zoro and Usopp place the food and liquor in storage while he gave Nami her treasure. Luffy then dissipated the cloud and a medium size c.h.e.s.t fell out getting everyone's attention.

"What's in the c.h.e.s.t Luffy?" asked Nami. Luffy walked over to the c.h.e.s.t picked it up before he replied to her.

"Nothing you need to worry about," said a very serious Luffy before he took it into the Captain quarters of the ship and locked the door. Zoro and Usopp shrugged their shoulders not really caring about what's inside. Nami however, stared at the closed door of Luffy's quarters what a determined look on her face.

'Whatever is inside that c.h.e.s.t must be very valuable. I will have it.' she thought.

*Chapter End*