Chapter 1

The battle shouldn't have lasted long, they were attacked by a low level crew of pirates, at least low level for the New World. The crew was falling easily, not standing a chance against the Straw Hats, but the fight between the captains was taking too long.

The captain of the crew was a weird looking man with round sunglasses, always chewing on a needle. But he didn't give off a strong aura, so Luffy took him lightly, letting his guard down.

As Luffy sent his attacks flying he didn't notice a new finger coming back numb every time. Only when he couldn't form fists anymore did he realise that there was something wrong.

"What the hell?! Why can't I move my hands?!" Luffy yelled in frustration as he willed his fingers to bend.

"Hagagagagaga, taking me lightly was the biggest mistake of your life, Straw Hat! Hagagagagaga!"

"Shut up, weird laugh guy! What the hell did you do to my hands?!"

The captain, Ognam, smirked.

"I ate a devil fruit, the Hari Hari no Mi. It allows me to see your acupuncture points as well as weak points in your body. I could make you paralysed with a single punch! Hagagagagagaga!"

"Acupasture? What the hell is that?" Luffy tilted his head, genuinely confused as always.

"It's acupuncture! And it doesn't matter if you know, you'll be dead by the time I'm done with you!" Ognam laughed and launched at Luffy.

"It doesn't matter if I can't use my hands anymore! I'll just use my legs!"

With a yell Luffy charged at Ognam, jumping in the air and sending a whip his way, but the man was pretty agile and ducked as if playing limbo. With a fast hand he grabbed Luffy's leg, making his body retract and fly into the deck of the other pirate crew's ship. Luffy didn't let it faze him and he jumped to his feet.

There was dust and debris flying around him from the crash, and he didn't see Ognam come from behind. With two fingers pointing forward, Ognam jabbed a hand at Luffy's lower back, right at his spine. As Luffy was falling from the force of the jab, for a while he didn't feel anything. But as he fell on the wood of the deck, a sharp, hot pain shot up his spine, making him scream in agony. The Straw Hats, hearing the blood curling scream of their captain stopped in their tracks, whipping their heads towards the direction of the sound.

Sanji, being the closest to the young captain, quickly finished off the guys he was fighting and ran to him. He saw Ognam standing over Luffy with extended fingers, ready to make another jab, but now at Luffy's neck. Picking up the pace, Sanji jumped in the air, taking the man by surprise and giving him a mouthful of his shoe, sending him flying into the railing.

Luffy was still laying on the deck, screaming in pain, fingers, now finally able to move, forming fists at both sides of his head, eyes clenched and brows furrowed. He felt arms around his waist, the person picking him up and throwing him over their shoulder. Being put in the bent over hanging position, Luffy's eyes widened and his breath got caught in his throat, before another, much louder scream left his mouth.

Hearing the painful scream, Sanji realised he had made a huge mistake, and quickly called Chopper over. The reindeer, now in heavy point, was over in a second and was taking his captain into his bigger hands so that his weight was distributed evenly, as Sanji yelled at the others that Luffy was down and they needed to retreat.

Everyone abandoned their fights and ran back to the Sunny, Franky and Usopp watching their back by shooting at the enemy. In a flash they were all on their ship and sailing away.

As Chopper rushed to the infirmary he questioned Luffy.

"Luffy, where does it hurt?"

"My... my back! It's... it's like it's... on fire" Luffy managed to gasp out, fists bunching up in Chopper's fur.

Entering the infirmary, Chopper immediately laid Luffy on the bed, only for the teen to cry out as pressure was put on his damaged spine. Acting quickly, Chopper turned him on his stomach and Luffy sighed in relief, the pain subsiding a little but still there.

Turning back to brain point, Chopper ran out of the infirmary and called Zoro in to help him. But everyone else was worried and they all followed, some going in and some staying at the doorway, but still watching. Chopper instructed Zoro to help him carefully take off Luffy's cardigan so he could inspect the injury.

Luffy didn't know what was happening. His ears were ringing and black dots were dancing in his vision. His hands were gripping the sheets beneath him, until he felt strong but gentle hands tug at his. He felt someone undressing him, which wasn't that painful since the pain was coming from his lower back. But then he felt hooves between his shoulder blades, inspecting his spine and moving downward. He went to say something, to tell Chopper not to go any further, but his mouth couldn't form any words. As Chopper pushed down on the damaged part of his spine, the pain became too much and Luffy blacked out.