The Will of D. reamers

Early the next day as the boys were going to join everyone for breakfast they heard Zoro from across the dojo compound as he yelled out, "Fight me, Kuina!"

By the time they arrived near the main building for breakfast, they found Zoro laid out on the ground as a tall girl with short cut hair stood over him. She placed her training sword into her belt as she said, "You need to train more, you still lack proper skill Zoro."

Zoro jumped up from the ground as he said, "Just you wait, I'll beat you some day!"

Zoro was about to go inside to eat when he noticed Marcus and the others, so he pointed at Marcus as he said, "The same goes for you too!"

Kuina turned to look at who Zoro pointed at before she stopped to study each of them. She then bowed slightly as she said, "Greetings, you must be the guests my father mentioned. I'm Kuina, if you need help with anything while you're here, feel free to ask me."

Marcus nodded in return as he said, "I'm Marcus. These are my brothers Ace, Sabo and the one with drool coming out of his mouth is Luffy."

Luffy wiped his forearm over his mouth before he said, "Let's go eat, it smells delicious."

Marcus smiled a little bit as he said, "Sorry about him, he only really cares about food."

"It's fine. I unfortunately know someone else with a one track mind too." Kuina said as she glanced towards Zoro.

Zoro glanced at Kuina as he asked, "What? You want to fight again?"

Marcus chuckled before he said, "As much as I would like to watch you eat dirt again Zoro. How about we all go eat breakfast."

Before Zoro could say anything Luffy ran past everyone else as he said, "Food time! Come on, let's go! I'm starving!"

Marcus gave Kuina and Zoro a forced smile as he said, "I need to go make sure he doesn't eat all the food."

As Marcus took off after Luffy, Kuina turned to the others as she asked, "That was a joke right?"

Sabo shook his head as he said, "No, Luffy eats enough to feed five or six people most of the time."

Ace nodded along as he said, "We should probably hurry up if we want to eat."

Kuina still thought they might be messing with her a little bit but said, "Alright, let's go. I'll show you the way myself."

Kuina turned around to start walking to the dinning area before she reached over and grabbed Zoro by the collar of his shirt and pulled him along as she said, "Come on, I don't need you getting lost again."

"I didn't get lost." Zoro protested but didn't try to remove Kuina's hand as she pulled him along.

When Kuina and the others arrived, they found Luffy seated at a table with his cheeks stuffed like a chipmunk as his hands quickly stretched around him to steal food from unsuspecting victims. The other kids who were busy chatting with each other didn't seem to notice, at least not yet.

Kuina froze in place at the sight as Marcus said, "Don't mind it, that's normal for him."

"How is any of that considered normal or even logical for that matter?" Kuina said as she waved a hand at Luffy with his arms stretched longer than three times his height.

Marcus shrugged as he moved towards the line to get breakfast as he said, "When it comes to Luffy, it's best not to bring logic into the discussion… Or to even think about it too much. Also guard your plate around him or you won't have anything to eat."

Kuina turned to the others who just nodded in agreement as they followed after Marcus. Kuina then turned to Zoro who shrugged as he said, "They said he was a rubber human if that helps."

"Hey! What happened to my breakfast!?!" One of the kids said as he glanced at the other people at his table.

One of the other kids also noticed his food was missing and said, "Someone stole my food too!"

A chorus of other kids started to complain about missing food before one of them said, "It's him! He's stealing everyone's food!"

Everyone in the room turned to see Luffy, lost in his binge eating as his arms darted out to steal more food before he stuffed it into his already overfilled mouth. One of the kids attempted to stop Luffy from stealing his food by grabbing onto his arm when it came towards them. Unfortunately Luffy was stronger than them and the boy also didn't factor in the tension of Luffy's outstretched arm.

When Luffy's arm came back towards him, the young boy with his tight grip on said arm was rocketed out of his seat as he flew towards Luffy. Luffy didn't even notice the boy and only turned his head slightly to stuff the incoming food into his mouth. Instead the boy ended up slamming into Luffy's head and knocked both of them to the ground.

The boy was in a daze while Luffy jumped up perfectly fine before he picked the other boy up and asked him, "What's the big deal? Why did you head butt me?"

"You were stealing my food!" The boy said as he tried to focus on Luffy.

Luffy dropped the boy on the ground before he crossed his arms over his chest and said, "I wasn't stealing it. I was just helping you clean off the leftovers on your plate."

"I hadn't even started to eat yet!" The boy yelled as he stood up and got into Luffy's face.

"Really? It looked like you were done to me. Your plate was almost empty." Luffy said as he scratched the back of his head while a goofy smile played across his face.

"How the hell do you consider a full plate of food, almost empty?!?"

"Because there was so little food on the plate." Luffy said matter of factly.

The boy froze for a moment while he tried to process Luffy's statement and after a moment as he poked Luffy in the chest, he said, "It doesn't matter how much food was on my plate, you shouldn't steal other people's food!"

Other kids voiced their agreement before Koushirou's voice silenced the whole room as he asked, " What's going on in here?"

Everyone turned to look at Koushirou who wore a gentle smile as he scanned the room. The boy in front of Luffy pointed at him as he said, "This person was stealing everyone's food."

"I wasn't stealing, I just thought you were done eating." Luffy said.

Koushirou glanced at Luffy for a few moments before he said, "Even though he is a guest here… If anyone has an issue with him, you can settle it the normal way."

"Really?" Everyone who Luffy stole food from asked as they looked towards Koushirou.

Koushirou nodded before he said, "But only if he accepts the challenge."

The boy in front of Luffy turned to him before he said, "I challenge you to a duel! Do you accept? Or are you a coward?"

Luffy, who stopped paying attention to the conversation as he picked his nose, glanced at the boy and asked, "Uh? Were you talking to me?"

"Of course I was you, idiot! I challenge you to a duel!"

Luffy's eyes lit up as he asked, "Oh, you want to fight?" Before he quickly frowned as he asked, "Can I finish breakfast first?"

"Just duel him for his breakfast." Marcus said as he approached with a tray of food.

"I can do that?" Luffy asked in excitement as his eyes lit up with joy.

Marcus sat down at the table before he shrugged and said, "I don't see why you can't."

"Sure, we can duel for each other's breakfast if you want." The boy confidently said with his chest puffed out.

"Hey, no fair! I wanna fight him too!"

"Yeah, he stole food from me too!"

Marcus, who was about to eat his breakfast, said, "Just add food to the duel and he will fight anyone who asks."

"But he'll be beat up after the first fight." Said one of the kids.

"Maybe… But if he isn't, you can still challenge him when he's already worn down from fighting someone else." Marcus said with a hint of a smile.

"Oh, that's a good idea!" A boy said before he pointed at Luffy and said, "Hey food thief! Let's fight for my breakfast if you're still standing after Katsu duels with you."

Luffy nodded in agreement as he said, "Alright! Let's go right now!"

"Hey, fight me too! If you win you can have my breakfast!" Other kids started to say before the boy named Katsu stepped in front of Luffy as he said, "No. He needs to duel me first. Let's go outside and settle this."

"Yosh!" Luffy said as he threw his arms in the air before he ran outside.

Pretty much the whole hall emptied out besides Marcus, Ace, Sabo, Kunia and surprisingly enough Zoro. Kunia raised an eyebrow at Marcus and the other's actions as she asked, "Aren't you going to go support him?"

"Luffy won't need support against those cannon fodder." Marcus said as he glanced towards the door.

Kunia frowned and was about to say something when they heard Katsu's voice carrying in from outside as he said, "Hurry up and get a sword so we can fight."

"I don't know how to use a sword."

"Then how do you expect to duel me?" Katsu asked in a frustrated tone of voice.

"With my fists!"

"Whatever, you asked for this." Katsu said before it quieted down outside.

Ace glanced towards the door as he asked, "How long do you think that kid will last?"

"One punch should do it." Marcus said before he turned to Zoro and asked, "I'm surprised you didn't go challenge him too."

Zoro was almost finished with his breakfast when he paused as he said, "I want to finish my breakfast first so he can't take it if he wins."

"You think he might beat you in a fight?" Kunia asked with a bit of interest.

Marcus smirked as he patted Zoro on the back and said, "It's not 'might' win. Luffy already beat Zoro and I don't see Zoro winning a fight with Luffy anytime soon."

"I just need to get used to fighting someone who doesn't use a sword." Zoro said before he went back to eating.

Kunia narrowed her eyes a tiny bit as she asked, "He beat Zoro without using a sword?"

Ace nodded as he said, "Luffy might not use a weapon, but he's a decent brawler. Besides, you saw how his body moves. He uses that as his weapon."

Before the conversation could continue, Katsu flew through one of the paper screened doors and crashed into one of the tables completely knocked out. Luffy appeared near the broken door a moment later and looked in before he turned around and asked, "Alright, who's next?"

Koushirou who was in a different room heard the commotion and peaked into the room before one of his eyes started to twitch slightly as he turned to Marcus and said, "That door and table are coming out of the money you gave me."

Marcus smiled as he said, "Why do you think I gave you so much."