Hey everyone! Guess who's back! (giggles) That's right! It's Cupid! And I'm here with the new fic! But there's some new things I decided to do. You know most shows have an opening and ending themes, well… I thank DDR for at least four songs that I like that fit for the at least first twenty chapters. Now, how I'm doing this is that for every ten chapters, there's a new opening and ending theme song, and you can listen to them on YouTube if you want to know what the song sounds like. I'm currently working on finding a new co-host for this fic, but until then, I hope you like this chapter and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece, and never will… Part of the requirement that we all know by now, but yeah. And I don't own the DDR songs, end of story.
Follow the sun
Follow the sun
We're leaving the rain behind
Together we'll be in harmony
Taking the time
We will find our way
Sunshine
I feel the energy
I need sunshine
Pouring down on me now
Sunshine
Don't you hide away
I want sunshine
Each and every day
Sunshine
I feel the energy
I need sunshine
Pouring down on me now
Sunshine
Don't you hide away
I want sunshine
Each and every day
Sunshine
I feel the energy
I need sunshine
Pouring down on me now
Sunshine
Don't you hide away
I want sunshine
Each and every day – by Triple J
Chapter 1: The Daywalker
The streets of the early morning were quiet, and still as the first rays of light were peeking over the tall forest trees in the fairly large town. Three figures were running down the streets heading towards the only train station in the quiet town.
"Hurry lads!" Said a red-haired man with a bit of a small bear going on, missing his left arm, brown with some gold specks in his eyes, a white loose shirt, black pants, and black boots. Behind him were two young men who were no older than twenty and seventeen.
The eldest had black hair that was slightly wavy and almost reached his shoulders, freckles across his face, lean but very muscular body, eyes dark brown with some light blue specks in them, wearing an old leather black coat and black jeans.
The youngest of the three had the same raven colored hair as the second eldest as well as the same eye color, but he had a small scar under his left eye, and his hair was shorter, but still long enough to have a windswept appearance. He wore a black, short-sleeved shirt and long dark blue jeans, and was carrying a backpack.
"We're almost there!" The red-haired man said to the two. Then he made a face that looked like he smelled something rotten. "They're here!"
Within the shadows of alleys, red and yellow eyes glowed like streetlights as they jumped out to try to make a grab at the trio.
The red-haired man took out a small device that looked like a glass orb and shook it before throwing it at the ground. Once the glass broke, it gave out a bright light and the trio made it pass the ambush and onto the open train station, where the light from the rising sun hit like a stage light. They looked back to where the ambush and light were used to be, only to see a sizzle spot where the glass ball hit and the ambushers retreating quickly back in the darkness of the alleys.
"Damn those Nighthunters." The red-haired man said as he looked at the rear of his pants. "Nearly burnt a hole in my favorite pants!" This caused the two to laugh.
"You're the one who threw the sun orb, Shanks." The elder of the two said.
"Well shit! I had to do something to get us here, Ace!" The man, Shanks, said.
"And we're here." The elder, Ace, said.
Both looked at the youngest of the trio.
"Ready, Anchor?"
The youngest nodded. "Will you guys be okay?" He asked.
"We'll be fine, Little Bro." Ace said as he ruffled the raven mane. "It's you I worry about."
"Aye, but we know you'll be fine. You're third cousin will be there to help out in any tight spots you get into, eh?"
The youngest nodded as they heard the approaching train.
"You're clothes and such should already be at your cousin's and the things you'll need if you run into any trouble in the city, okay?" The man continued. "Remember lad, the city is a different battle ground, so be aware at all times."
"I get it Shanks." The teen said. "I'm going to miss you guys."
"We're going to miss you too lad. But they need you there and there are Nightwalkers that will help you."
The teen nodded once more as the train arrived to a stop.
"Tell Nami 'Hi' for me, okay?" Ace said.
"Okay!"
The eldest gave the teen a hug. "Be careful out there."
"I will!" He said as he received a one-arm hug from the older man before getting on the train.
"Don't forget to write down in that journal I got you!" Ace called.
"I'm gonna write it everyday!" The teen said, sounding like he decided on it, as he entered the train and took a seat. He waved to the two from the window as the train started to leave the station.
When he couldn't see them anymore, he took out a red book with an old fashioned lock that you would see in almost all fairytales, and looked at his silver bracelet, with only one key charm on it, and opened the lock to see a fresh, blank page. He took out a pencil with skulls and cross bones and started to write.
'Dear Journal,
My name is Monkey D. Luffy. I'm seventeen years old and a Daywalker, a vampire that can walk in the sunlight. I like to eat, play outside, and have loads of fun with my family. Shanks has been like a father to me and my older brother Ace since we were kids. I never knew my parents and Ace only remembers a little about Mom. Well, whatever happened to them, they were Daywalkers and so are we! Being a Daywalker isn't as different as being a normal human being, but since I'm also a vampire, I can suck blood but only when a normal person has been attacked by a Nighthunter, you're typical horror Dracula version of vampires. But, there's also a problem with that… I never sucked blood from an actual human being… because I've always got it out of blood bags. But if a human is bit, I would have to such the poison ASAP! Or they would die or become a Nighthunter as well. There are also Nightwalkers, they're mostly like Daywalkers except they can only appear at night and don't have the ability to extract the poison. I'm going to the city and stay with my cousin, Nami, who knows most of the hotspots of the attacks of Nighthunters. Apparently, there's a growing number of them, and that's bad. So I'm going to go undercover, which is so cool! I feel like a super spy saving the world or a ninja blending in to my strongest elements. Well… anyway, Nami is a witch but she's learning how to do more difficult spells so she can help me out if I need it. But she's not at that point yet, but I can handle it by myself for a while. Well… in her letter, I'm going to an all boys school next to her all girls school. Again, I feel like a spy, and it's so cool! I've never been to the city before, so it's going to be a grand adventure! I can't wait to get there, meet Nami, and go to school! I'll write in you again later, right now I'm a bit tired and I want to get some sleep in before I meet Nami.'
He put down his pencil in his bag, followed by the journal and looked out of the window to see small towns and large fields of corn before closing his eyes and hummed contently with the sun's warm rays on him.
City: Dusk
The train screeched to a stop, waking up the sleeping teen to see hoards of people getting off. He looked out of his window to see a sign: 'Grand Line Station'
'This is my stop.' He thought as he grabbed his bag and followed the other people off the train.
By the time he stepped foot into the station, he looked around to see a ginger haired young woman with light hazel eyes. "Nami!" He called as he ran up to the said person and hugged her.
"Hey Luffy!" She said as she hugged back. "How was the train?"
"Dunno… I fell asleep the whole way!"
"I bet you're really hungry then."
"Yeah! I didn't get a chance to eat breakfast!"
"Well! I'm just going to have to fix that now, won't I? But you have to find a way to pay for your share of the food and cook it, I'm not going to help you out you know."
"Got it! I just need to find a job, how hard is that to find in the city?"
She just grinned and shook her head. "Oh! I almost forgot…" She dug into her large bag. "This was in the box with your other stuff." She took out a worn down straw hat and placed it on his head.
"Boshi!" He said excitedly as he felt the straw rim.
"Come on! We have to catch the subway to get to my place." She said as she grabbed his arm.
Just before entering the entrance of the subway, a gust of wind came up and lifted the straw hat off his head.
"Boshi!" He called as he got out of Nami's grasp and followed it into busy traffic.
"Luffy!" Nami called in panic as a huge black Hummer appeared and was speeding straight towards the teen.
He couldn't tell where he was going due to the bright lights of the car's headlights and covered his face as he braced himself for impact. But he felt someone grab him and move him away from the street.
"Watch it you idiot!" The driver, somewhere in his late teens with dirty blonde hair and a muscular body, shouted before speeding off.
"You're the idiot!" Nami shouted, but was ignored as she tried to cross the street to get to the other.
"Ow…" Luffy said as he got up, along with his savior. "Oi, you oka-" He was cut off when he felt his hat going on his head. "BOSHI!" He looked extremely happy at the sight of his hat. "Thanks a lot!" He said as his savior started to run for it. "Hey! I didn't get your name!" He said as he only saw the other wearing a biker's jacket, dark jeans, boots that have some kind of metal plating on some parts, and he could only make out a bandana on the other's head.
"LUFFY!"
He looked back to see his cousin running up to him. "Hey Nami!"
"Are you okay?" She said between breaths.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, nothing to worry about."
"Good, because we have to get out of here, a commotion like this draws those Nighthunters and the UVH!" She said as she grabbed his arm and they went down the steps to get to the subway, where the train to it just arrived.
They hurried onto the train, which the straw hat came off once more without notice until the two went into the train and the door closed.
"Boshi!" Luffy called as he looked at his hat, innocently on the ground. Then he saw the boots he saw earlier and looked up to recognize the man who saved him.
The mentioned man looked up and his sharp, intense green eyes looked at him with no emotion as the subway train started to move out of the station.
'Who was that guy?' Luffy thought as he felt both curiosity and upset by the loss of his hat. 'Damn it!'
Don't ever stop, don't ever quit
Don't ever
Don't ever
Don't ever
Don't
Don't
Don't ever, ever, ever, ever
Yes, if I win
Then you are my friend
You are the best thing that ever happened to me
Don't ever
Don't ever
Don't
Don't
Don't ever, ever, ever
Yes, if I win
Win, win
Win, win
Win, win
Don't ever stop, don't ever quit
Don't ever quit your love for me
Yes, if I win
Then you are my friend
You are the best thing that ever happened to me
No one could ever come between you and me, baby
Because we know what friends should be
Don't ever stop, don't ever quit
Don't ever quit your love on me
Yes, if I win
Then you are my friend
You are the best thing that ever happened to me – Dr. Vibe feat. JP Miles
So… What do you think? I know, I know, I left it on a cliffhanger, but all of you should know who the mystery guy is, right? If not, where have you been? Well… That's all I have for now. I'll see you in the next chapter! See ya! (wink)