Never again!

Hello people, I'm new on Fanfiction, at least when it comes to writing. I've been reading lots of stories and wanted to write my own one. My favourite story was TheVictor's "Once Again". It's a shame he dropped it, so I decided to write a new one based on it. I don't intend to drop it, but you have to realize writing stories is hard. You sit on there for hours, thinking what to do next. Anyways, this story is going to be written by myself, but I might include elements of other "Once Again" based stories. Have fun reading it!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.

Chapter one: Second Beginning

Flashback: Luffy had beaten Kaido and freed Wano Kuni. After that, he found the fourth Road Poneglyph. He and his nakama found out where Raftel was and sailed there. But they weren't alone, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki gathered ALL of the Marines and confronted them right in front of Raftel. He had 1000 warships and one million men. Luffy and his nakama were heavily outnumbered. Despite this, they put up a good fight. Luffy knew there were going to be casualties on his side, but he took the risk. All of his nakama died.

The first to die was Nami, she was stabbed by a sword, right through the heart. This also broke Luffy's heart, but he fought on.

The second to die was Chopper. He was hit by too many rockets. Not even his monster form could handle it. Luffy almost died from sadness, but kept fighting.

After that it was Brook's turn. His body was obliterated by magma and then his soul was trapped in kairoseki and thrown into the sea.

Usopp died next, by a magma punch in his face. The front half of his head was completely devoured by Akainu's magma. Luffy's spirit almost broke, but his other friends encouraged him to fight on.

Robin was the fifth victim of the Marines. She was attacked from behind and brutally beaten to death by multiple spiked kairoseki maces. Luffy died on the inside, but continued for the others.

Franky fell to them only minutes later. He was impaled by elecric spears. These spears made his weapons explode and his system crashed. The little natural life he had vanished moments later.

Jinbe was the seventh to die. He succumbed to his gunshot injuries. Luffy mourned greatly of his death, saying it's unfair that he has only been in his crew for a short time, just to die.

Now only Luffy and his two best men were left. Sanji died first. He protected Luffy and Zoro too often, taking too many gunshots and swords slashes for himself. Before dying, he told Luffy he truly believed he could win. His final words, to Zoro, were: "Zo… ro…, you were the best friend I've ever had. *Cough* Despite our bickering and arguing, I knew you were my best friend. I said so many things I regret. Please… forgive me!"

After Sanji's final speech, Zoro let out a scream of rage, killing 5000 of the 8000 Marines left all by himself. He also destroyed 70 of the last 100 warships alone. Just when he had no cover for a second, due to fighting Kizaru, he was shot by a sniper, through his neck. Both of his major veins were cut by the bullet. A huge fountain of blood turned everything around him red. Zoro's last words were: "I'm sorry captain, I promised to never lose again, but… ARGHHH! I wasn't strong enough! Forgive me!"

This was the last straw. Luffy unleashed a strong blast of king's haki, powerful enough to kill 2800 of the last living Marines. He then activated Gear 5 and killed another 150 with one blow. Out of blind hatred, he destroyed the last 30 warships and brutally killed almost every other Marine. The most brutal kill, however, was that of Akainu. Luffy ripped him in two with his bare hands. Despite all this hatred, he still kept his compassion for his loved ones, and only spared two, his grandfather Monkey D. Garp and his old friend Coby.

"Luffy", Garp hesitated, "I… I'm sorry for being a Marine, I'm sorry for working for the World Government, I'm sorry for sitting in the same boat with those who killed your friends. I'm sorry for not taking action, will you ever forgive me?"

"Luffy-san", Coby whispered.

"It's okay. I am the one whose fault it is. I couldn't protect my nakama. It's not your fault.", Luffy quietly said. He wasn't even crying anymore, just sitting.

"Luffy-san", Coby began, "I ate the time-time fruit. If you want, I can send you back in time. You will be stronger and have your memories, but your scar will remain."

Tears started to build up again in Luffy's eyes, but this time they were teary of joy. "Thanks", he exclaimed, "now I can go back in time and save my nakama!"

"So, when in your life do you want me to send you?", Coby asked.

"When I was in Makino's bar as a seven-year-old.". Luffy started to smile again.

"Okay, will do!", Coby said.

"Good luck Luffy, this time I'm rooting for you!", Garp said, with a little joy in his voice.

"Thanks, both of you!", Luffy shouted and disappeared.

...

Meanwhile, a 7-year-old Luffy sat in Makino's bar, talking to the pirate Shanks. To his surprise, time stopped and a young man appeared in front of him. Young Luffy was scared. The older Luffy noticed this and began to talk.

"No need to be afraid!", he calmly spoke. "I'm not here to harm you!"

"Who-who are you? Where am I? Why can't everyone move?", young Luffy asked.

"A friend of mine sent me here. He ate the time-time fruit. He sent me here so that I can save my nakama.", older Luffy answered.

"To save your nakama?" Young Luffy was curious.

"OUR nakama", older Luffy corrected, "I am you, but from the future."

"THAT'S SO COOL!", young Luffy exclaimed, "Did I become Pirate King?"

"Almost.", Luffy answered. "But on our way, we got attacked and my nakama died."

Older Luffy was crying again. Young Luffy saw that and tried to comfort him.

"Don't cry!"

"How can't I?", older Luffy screamed. He looked into the wide opened eyes of his younger self and slowly stopped crying.

"You!", older Luffy began, "You can become Pirate King!"

"C-can I?"

"Yes! If I touch you, I can give you all of my strength, my skills, my memories, but also my scar. After that, I'll disappear."

"Let's do this!", young Luffy exclaimed.

The older Luffy touched his younger version's hand. Younger Luffy screamed in pain as he gained new muscles and a scar, which were too much for his small, weak body, and new information, which was too much for his sensible little brain. At the same time, older Luffy became more and more transparent. Despite that, he gave his younger self the biggest smile he'd ever seen. He, the younger Luffy, understood everything and smiled back.

Before completely vanishing, older Luffy had one more thing to say to his future self: "Remember, always protect your nakama, they'll need you!"

Older Luffy disappeared and younger Luffy was finally aware of everything.

'Thank you for another chance, Coby. I'll make sure you'll become a good marine.', he thought.

'Yosh, Let's do this!'

Thanks for reading. I'll try to upload as often as I can, but sometimes I'm gone, and sometimes I have to learn for school. Constructive criticism allowed. Rate and review if you like.