The sun shone brightly over Foosha Village as Monkey D. Luffy, now seventeen, stood at the shore, staring at the ocean with a massive grin.
"Alright! Time to set sail!" he cheered, standing in his tiny rowboat.
The villagers, including Makino and the mayor, watched with mixed emotions.
Makino smiled warmly. "Take care, Luffy! Try not to cause too much trouble!"
Luffy, not even pretending to listen, waved. "I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!"
"Yeah, yeah, just don't die," the mayor grumbled.
As Luffy sailed off, he locked eyes with his old enemy, the Lord of the Coast—the same sea monster that took Shanks' arm years ago.
The beast roared, clearly holding a grudge.
Luffy grinned, stretched his arm back, and—
BAM!
With one devastating punch, the sea king was sent flying like Team Rocket.
"THAT'S FOR SHANKS, YOU OVERGROWN SEA SNAKE!" Luffy laughed.
The villagers watched in horror.
Makino turned to the mayor. "Should we be worried?"
The mayor sighed. "Oh, absolutely."
Sometime later, Luffy found himself trapped in a whirlpool because of course, he did.
"OH NOOOO!"he screamed dramatically, flailing his arms. "I JUST STARTED MY ADVENTURE!"
With no other options, he jumped into a barrel just before his boat was swallowed whole by the sea and saved by the alvida pirates thinking it is rum barrel.
Meanwhile…
Far, far above, Raja had just teleported into the world.
"Maya, drop me above Alvida's ship, right after Luffy punches her into the sky."
Maya: "On it!"
And by on it, she meant dropping Raja several hundred feet in the air without warning.
Raja, mid-air, realized the problem instantly.
"OH, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
Maya's voice chimed in casually. "At least you're not in the ocean."
"I WISH I WAS!"
Down below, Koby, who had just finished freaking out over Luffy punching Alvida into orbit, looked up.
"Uh… It's a bird… It's a plane… It's—OH SWEET MARINE, IT'S A FALLING MAN!"
Raja, thinking fast, pulled out his wand and transfigured the ship's deck into a Fire Rescue Air Cushion.
BOOM!
Raja slammed into the cushion like a meteor, sending dust and air flying everywhere.
Silence.
Luffy, still standing after sending Alvida to another zip code, scratched his head. "Whoa. That was cool."
Koby screamed."OH MY GOD, DID SOMEONE JUST DIE?!"
Raja emerged from the wreckage, coughing. His hat was gone, his magician suit was a mess, and his patience? Nonexistent.
"MAYA, YOU ABSOLUTE MENACE!"
Maya:"Hey, at least you didn't land in the ocean!"
"I WISH I HAD!"
As Raja got to his feet, dusting off his suit, Luffy grinned like a kid meeting his new best friend.
"Hey! You wanna be a pirate?"
Raja blinked. "I literally just crashed into a ship. And that's your first question?"
Luffy nodded enthusiastically. "Yup!"
Raja sighed, picking up his hat. "Sure, why not?"
Koby, still recovering from both Raja's entrance and the horrifying experience of almost dying today, hesitantly asked, "W-Who… are you?"
Raja smirked, adjusting his hat. "I'm Rudra D. Raja. I'll become the KING of the WIZARDS!"
Luffy's eyes practically sparkled.
"COOOOL! You should join my crew!"
Raja stared. "Luffy… do you ask every person you meet to join your crew?"
Luffy nodded without hesitation. "Only cool-looking ones! You're the first member of my crew!"
Koby gasped. "Wait! If you have magic, does that mean you ate a Devil Fruit?!"
Raja smirked. "Yep. Magic-Magic Fruit."
Luffy's grin widened."That's so cool! Hey, can you do fireballs?"
Raja snapped his fingers—a massive fireball appeared in his palm. "You tell me."
Koby fainted.
Luffy laughed. "Awesome!"
Raja grinned. "Oh yeah, this world is gonna be fun."
After Raja's insane entrance and Luffy punching their captain into space, the remaining crew dropped their weapons instantly.
"We surrender!" one pirate cried.
Another pirate whimpered. "Please just take a boat and leave us alone!"
Luffy and Raja glanced at each other.
Luffy: "Well, that was easy."
Raja: "Honestly, a little disappointing. I was hoping for more drama."
Koby, regaining consciousness, looked at the terrified pirates and then back at Luffy and Raja.
"…Are you two even human?"
Luffy grinned."Probably not."
Raja smirked."Definitely not."
The pirates, too scared to refuse, gave Luffy, Raja, and Koby a small boat.
As they drifted off, Koby finally mustered the courage to say it.
"I… I'm going to be a Marine!"he declared.
Raja raised an eyebrow. "Cool, but, uh… didn't you just help two wanted pirates steal a boat?"
Koby froze.
"W-Wait, does this make me a criminal?!"
Luffy shrugged. "Dunno. Probably!"
Koby's soul left his body.
Raja laughed. "Welcome to the morally questionable life, koby."
As their boat drifted toward their next adventure, Luffy stretched his arms out and shouted to the sky:
"I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!"
Raja smirked. "And I'm gonna be the King of Wizards."
Koby sighed. "And I… am probably going to be arrested."
To Be Continued… (With More Dumb Decisions & Raja's Ultimate Chaos!)