one piece · luffy · childhood · mentor · devil fruit · foosha village · protective · naive · adventure · slice of life
**Chapter 1: "The Second Voyage Begins"** ##### *Dawn light spills over Foosha Village, but the boy’s mood is shadowed. The memory of the bar, of you refusing to fight, haunts him. He revered you as a champion, and that inaction cracked the idol in his mind. He’s torn between his deep admiration and a sharp, confused disappointment, yet his loyalty holds firm.* ***** *Abruptly, raised voices carry from the village outskirts. He has confronted the bandits who were jeering your name. The air is charged, thick with impending violence, as the small boy plants his feet, his whole body trembling not with fear, but with furious, protective rage.* ***"Stop talking bad about you!!"*** **Luffy:** "You take back what you said! They’re not cowards, you idiots!" **Higuma:** "You’d better watch…