10 Chapter 09

After departing from the island with strange animals, Nami kept asking me about my past. I was honestly conflicted on how to answer her questions, due to the fact that I have two sets of memories, the life Luffy had before eating the second fruit and the life of a failed experiment. I didn't feel like telling anyone about the latter right now, so I only spoke about when I lived with the bandits.

She also brought up a very good question "Your grandfather is the Marine Hero, how did you end up becoming a pirate?" it didn't even take me a second to answer it "I don't want to be a dog of the World Government, I want to be free and to do what I feel like it. I don't like their way of handling things. Besides that, considering who my father is, they would probably kill me after the first mistake I make."

Nami was looking very confused after my answer "Why would they kill you because of your father? I didn't even know Garp had a son. I figured if he had a kid, it would be as famous as him." I couldn't help but chuckle at that statement, however, it seems it's not general knowledge that Dragon is his son.

"Well now, he is more infamous than famous" she was still looking confused so I decided to help her out a bit more "My full name is Monkey D. Luffy, there shouldn't be that many people with that surname."

I slightly regret telling her that, as she figured it out almost immediately "You are the son of Dragon? He is the most dangerous person alive, oh my Oda." She was looking at me like she had seen the biggest Sea King ever and I will be honest that hurt a lot. I didn't bother replying and simply stared at the sea. It was already getting late and it seems she didn't want to talk after that, as she entered her room.

Guess I fucked a lot in the end, huh? Well, it's not like I can rewind back time and I would still probably tell her despite knowing the result. I can't really dwell on that too much, considering that I have to plan about a lot of future events.

I was also thinking about the D. and what exactly it could mean, looking through all of Luffy's memories I couldn't find any hints from the people who might know something about it. The only information that I know is that whoever has that in their name, causes a storm and that I believe I remember that someone called the Family of D. as the "Natural Enemy of God". Could it be something as simple as a Demon or Devil? I don't know, but I will definitely figure this on the way to becoming the Pirate King.

The night passed quickly, with me training the whole time with my clone. I didn't have enough space to try learning Soru. In general, I couldn't really train most of the Rokoshiki techniques, considering I don't know how to do it. I know what they are supposed to do, but beside Geppo and Soru, I am at lost regarding the others.

Kami-e is supposed to make you more flexible, but I am a rubber man can I get more flexible than that? Tekkai should harden my muscles to nullify damaged, however, blunt attacks don't work on me, so how am I supposed to even learn this. Shigan is a finger technique, which could probably better as a sex technique, honestly.

Rankyaku is probably the only other technique that I would be able to learn on my own, considering I was able to learn Geppo. My muscles have improved tremendously after eating the Zoan fruit and I can still feel my body improving, however, I don't have the slightest clue on how am I supposed to shoot wind blades with my legs.

At the very least, I had great improvement with Geppo and I feel confided enough to do it myself. The clones are amazing slaves that I gotta admit.

Morning came and both Zoro and Nami got up early. The swordsman ate a few fruits and immediately started training with his swords. Nami, on the other hand, was trying to avoid contact with me, which saddened me a lot.

She did bring me a food salad, after having her share, however, she was gone as soon as she left the plate next to me. Okay, she ignores me, doesn't dare to look at me in my eyes, but she brings me food? I am very confused about her actions, but I will definitely have to speak to her about this.

I know Arlong has taken over her village and I already plan on helping her with that problem. I really want her to be my navigator, not only because she is very beautiful and I might be slowly falling for her, but because she is actually a very skilled navigator. Her skills would be essential when we reach the Grand Line, especially when she improves more there. That ocean is extremely unpredictable, however, I trust her skills and I know she will learn how to predict even that weather.

After two more days of traveling, we finally reached the archipelago known as Gecko Islands. Upon docking on one of the beaches, we saw three kids and a guy my age, who honestly looks wimpy. Once the kids noticed we were staring at them, they bolted off like cheetahs after their prey.

The guy panicked seeing the kids running away and tripped down a hill. He recovered quite fast and told how eighty million pirates will attack us if we go any further. Nami called him out that he is lying and he openly admitted it. It's safe to say I found my sniper.

He introduced himself as Usopp after we got over the misunderstanding that we are not a part of the Buggy Pirates. We still had their flag on the boat and I kinda forgot to remove it, oops.

He brought us to a restaurant to finally eat some meat. I told him how we are looking for a ship and members for my pirate crew. Ussop told us we could possibly get a ship from a large mansion that we saw earlier. He also informed us regarding the mansion owner, who is a very sickly girl our age.

Once Ussop mentioned about his father, I couldn't stop myself from telling him all the stories that I know about him. How he is the sniper on Red-Haired Shanks crew and the amazing skill he has with a gun. He didn't believe me at first, but once I described his looks, he broke down in tears saying how proud he is of his father.

After Ussop got over his emotional moment, he seemed to have realized something and bolted off. Moments later the little kids that were with him earlier came. Zoro and I joked that we ate him, which made them call Nami 'Onibaba'. This didn't sit well with her and she started poking me with a fork. Why was I the only one punished, that is not fair. We did have a few small conversations after that incident, so I guess the situation is salvageable.

The kids told us he is probably at the mansion telling lies to the owner to try and cheer her up. They also told us all the things they like about him, like his lies, his cowardice or his nosiness. Quite the fun bunch, they remind me of Damie, I wonder how he is doing right now.

We went to the mansion and we found Ussop telling stories to Kaya, the girl who owns the mansion, under her window. He introduced us as HIS crew members, which I simply ignored and asked her for a ship.

Before she could answer us, the stupid butler Khalodore appeared and started a serious verbal attack on Ussop. He was taking it pretty well honestly, he probably was used to it from the villagers calling him names.

The second he started badmouthing his father, Ussop couldn't take it any longer and punched him. Shortly after he ran saying he will never come back here. Kaya got scared after Usopp punched Khaladore, but it seems what Ussop said hit her harder, as she immediately started crying and looking in his direction.

We all left and the kids told that once he gets depressed or sad, he usually goes to a cliff on the opposite side that we docked. I didn't need them to tell me where to find him, as I think I should have been able to follow his scent, but it is nice to have a general direction.

Once I found him, I just told him all the stories that I could possibly think about Yassop and how amazing of a marksman he is. That fixed his mood somehow, but then he saw Khaladore speaking to some weird guy in a blue coat. They were talking about attacking the village, assassinating Kaya and getting the inheritance that she owns.

Ussop pissed his pants, judging by the smell, but he immediately left running towards the village to warn them. I hid behind a nearby tree, as those two seemed to have noticed us. I heard Kuro say that Ussop is not a problem and to ignore him. I didn't bother spying on them any longer since there was something off that I felt about Kuro.

Shortly after arriving back at the village, I saw probably the whole town chasing after Ussop, I guess no one believed him. I found both Nami and Zoro at the restaurant that we were eating previously. I told them we have some work to do and we went to find Ussop.

He was very touched once I told him we will help him. Nami seemed reluctant at first, but once I ask her if she is willing to let the village be destroyed by those pirates, she agreed on helping.

Usopp wanted to trap the path that we saw Kuro meet with his crew member, however, I remember that they actually did not come from there in the story. I mention to him about the beach that we docked our ship and that there is another path leading to the village. I'm pretty sure I saw a light bulb light up on top of his head, once my words left my mouth.

Since we were four people, we decided to split up in pairs. Zoro and Ussop will trap the path from the beach that we docked, while Nami and I will trap the other one. I am finally gonna get some alone time with her and try to fix the situation, I hope.