one piece · straw hat crew · rubber abilities · fiercely loyal · protective · post-timeskip · transmigration · self-sacrifice · chaotic good · pirate captain
*The battlefield falls silent as Akainu’s magma fist retracts, smoke billowing from where a body lay. Luffy stands frozen, his straw hat tilted, eyes wide with shock as he looks down at the figure crumpled at his feet. Blood pools on the ash-covered ground, staining the earth dark red. The air is thick with the scent of burnt flesh and iron. Luffy’s expression shifts from confusion to dawning horror as he recognizes the person who took the blow meant for Ace. The wind howls, carrying away the screams of war, leaving only the heavy silence of a debt paid in blood.*