One Piece: Sea Devil Sanji

On a small cabin in the woods of a certain island, Sanji was eating a small feast.

"*phew* That hit the spot" he patted his belly in content "I haven't been this hungry since I was stuck on that rock with the shitty geezer. Eight days straight fighting the marimo will do that to you"

He layed down on the ground and lit a cigarete. He began to think back on the past five years.

Since his wife Nami was murdered by Van Augur, the sniper of the Blackbeard Pirates, by a bullet to the heart during the greatest war this world has ever seen, he was consumed by anger and a thirst for vengence.

After succsessfully kicking Kaidou out of the land of the samurai and returning the Kozuki Clan as the rightful rulers of Wano, everything seemed to be going favorably for the Strawhats and their alliances.

But what they didn't know was that somehow, three of the Yonkos, Blackbeard, Big Mom and Kaidou, who was not completely beaten, have decided to ally themselves together to bring down the new rising threat.

Additionally, the World Government in a move not seen in many centuries has amassed its entire forces and allied kingdoms and lauched an all out attack on Elbaf, where the Strawhats were stationed after leaving wano.

Pinched between the World Government forces and the Tri-Yonko alliance, the Strawhats were going to be annihilated if it weren't for the help of the giants of Elbaf that they somehow befriended, the revolutionary forces that came in the nick of time and the intervention of the Red Haired Pirates.

It was a battle that lasted for weeks resulting in many lives lost. The island that was big enough to be called a continent was completely destroyed.

The Strawhats, the center of this conflict, lost more than half of their members. The first to die was Jinbei after tanking a killing move from Akainu that was meant for Luffy. Then it was Usopp turn who perished alongside the prince of the giants, Loki, after Kaido unleashed one his Heat Breaths. Franky died protecting Robin from several pacifistas. Chopper and the newest member of the crew, Carrot, were eaten alive by Big mom. Brook's soul was s.u.c.k.e.d in by Blackbeard's darkness disappearing forever.

And last but not least, Nami followed suit. It was in the end of the battle when the Strawhats were making an escape from the slaughter zone that became of the island. Just as they were to Coup De Burst away, Sanji sensed danger incoming through his Observation Haki, but it was not meant for him. He hurriedly dashed in front of Nami to protect her but having lost his Raid Suit in the war and his Armament Haki was bottomed out due to exhaustion, the bulled managed to pierce through his right shoulder and continued its path lodging itself between Nami's b.r.e.a.s.ts.

Sanji' clenched his jaws hard enough to draw blood remembring the scared look etched on Nami's face as she passed away in his arms.

Of the eleven members, only four survived that fatefull war. Luffy the captain, Zoro the swordsman, Sanji the cook and Robin the archaeologist.

After burrying their deceased which was only Nami as they couldn't recover the other's corpses, Sanji, followed by Robin, decided to leave the crew. Meanwhile Luffy and Zoro decided to join the remnants of the Red Haired pirates after losing Shanks. The loss caused Luffy to lose his ever present smile but he decided to continue chasing after his dream to become the Pirate King, in memory of the lost crew members.

Sanji consumed by grief after losing his newly wed wife in Elbaf went on a killing spree against the marines and three yonkos. If it weren't for Robin presence by his side he would have burnt himself up and died in his quest for vengence. She was his remaining guiding light in a bleak world.

Robin was wrecked by guilt over Fanky's sacrifice to save her. After witnessing Sanji and Nami's love for each other, they too confessed their feelings for each other and were scheduled to get married. But they were interrupted by the sudden war.

After losing Franky she found solace in Sanji's company, someone who shared her pain.

Years passed since then and Sanji grew stronger every day. He succeded in killing all of the blackbeard pirates minus the captain who disppeared since the war. Nobody knows where he went and he never appeared since then.

He killed half the Big Mom pirates leaving only the females member minus big mom that died in the war.

As for the beast pirates they were destroyed in the war leaving only Queen the Plague that went into hiding. But Robin succeeded in locating him two years later and ended up as a mangled corpse under Sanji's boot.

The marines suffered the most under Sanji's vengence. They sustained hundreds of thousands of deaths throughout the years. He went on ambushing many marine sh.i.p.s and sinking them in the ocean after killing all their members. He destoyed uncountable marine bases around the four Blues and the Grand Line.

He was a living nightmare for the marines everywhere. And became known as the Sea Devil, earning himself the biggest bounty in the world for the crimes he committed. A whopping of 20 billion Belis.

Life continued that way for four years until Robin acquired a scroll from one of the CP0 hideouts that Sanji destroyed.

The scroll mentioned a method for one person to return to the past. It described a certain Devil Fruit that the two of them were very acquainted with. It was the Time Time Devil Fruit (Toki Toki No Mi) that belonged to lady Toki of the Kozuki Clan, Momonosuke's mother, who with the help the fruit's power sent Kinemon and company 20 years in the future.

The fruit normally could only send someone to the future or stop time, but similarly to the Op Op Devil Fruit (Ope Ope No Mi) it also has a forbidden technique that could enable the user to travel to the past and inhabit his past-self's body. Essentially allowing the user to return 10 years in the past and relive his life with his memory of the future events intact. But the requirements to achieve it are harsh on the user that nobody sane would be willing to undergo them.

This new information gave hope to Sanji even if it was just a small chance of it being true. Robin, eventhough she herself didn't believe in the validity of the scroll, still decided to support him in his endevor. However, first they had to steal the fruit that was located in a vault in Marijois as mentioned by the scroll.

So after much planning Sanji and Robin infiltrated the recent Revery and succeeded in acquiring the fruit after a gruesome battle with the Five Elders (Gorosei). That day, a big portion of Marijoa was levelled and brought to the bottom of the ocean. In addition, many world leaders and a one of the Five Elders died that day.

A battered and bloodied Sanji with a heavily injured Robin in his arms managed to successfully flee the scene.

In one of their hideouts, Sanji layed Robin in a bed and tended to her injuries. Both of them knew she wouldn't make it past the night, so she told him to take her heart as it is one of the ingredients for the secret technique.

He couldn't bring himself to do it but in her dying breath she gave him a last deep kiss begging him to do it or what they have been through these past years will amount to nothing.

So he followed her command and swiftly and painlessly ended her life.

He wanted to bury her near his late wife but he was aware that he was still being followed by the World Goverment agents and didn't have the time. So he burried her in a nameless grave under a sakura tree in the island and continued his escape.

He still lacked two more hearts. But not any hearts would do. They have to belong to two of the closest people to his heart. He knew who he needed to find. First he has to pay a visit to his former captain.

Monkey D. Luffy the captain of the former Strawhat Pirates became the captain of the New Red Haired Pirates accompanied by some remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates. He has finally managed to find the One piece and became acknowleged as the Pirate King. But he still couldn't get his smile back. He passed his days drinking with his new crew oblivious to the happenings of the world. That was two years ago.

Zoro has left him right after to chase after his own dream and went to chanllenge Dracule Mihawk.

Sanji, when he came looking for Luffy, was prepared for a drawn out battle with him. But what he got was a man who was devoid of any will to live and without even wanting to know of Sanji's reasons, surrendered himself to death. He plunged his right hand in his c.h.e.s.t and extracted his own beating heart then handed it to Sanji before falling dead.

His new crew were flabbergasted by their captain's action. Driven by sorrow they attacked the one they blamed responsible for their his demise. Sanji ended up annihilating them.

After acquiring his second heart he contacted the last person on his list, Roronoa Zoro. Eventhough they never liked each other, the two of them held great respect for each other's strength. They considered themselves brothers who always had each other's back. So, Sanji was sure that it was his heart that he needed.

Now the rest is history and all Sanji has to do at the moment is consume the fruit and perform the technique. He decided whether the technique succeeded or not, he won't be long for this world come tomorrow morning.

Sanji threw the b.u.t.t of his cigarette and sat up. He picked up a bundle on his left and opened it up spreading it in front of him.

There was one golden swirly fruit layed down accompanied by three hearts, one of them still containing fresh blood.

"Not use waiting anymore" he picked up the fruit and took a bite from it then swallowed "Ugh, it taste like shit"

He felt nothing amiss with his body but he instinctively knew how his new powers work.

He then looked at the three organs in front of him and his body started to shake uncontrollably. Eventhough he steeled his resolve, his subconscious still felt deep dread from within his soul.

Travelling to the past is like travelling against the current of a waterfall. It is slow, painful and dangerous. Every year, it would feel like a hundred years of being squeezed alive and suffering a soul crushing agony. To return 10 years in the past, he would have to go through and withstand a thousand years of immense torture without even a guarantee that it would be a succeess in the end.

Breathing heavily, he slowly reached for the first heart. As he touched, it started to melt leaving nothing behind. Then the same for the second but when it came for the third, his hand nervously stopped just before it.

He composed himself one more time and touched the still bloodied heart. The same phenomenon happened again.

He closed his eyes and readied himself for the pain to come but even after five minutes nothing happened.

He opened his eyes and looked around but found nothing had changed. He sighed, disappointment nearly drowning him "... So it was all for nothing after all"

He resigned himself to his failure and was about to get up when suddenly new information assaulted his brain. Before he could contemplate them, he instinctively performed the secret technique and a sudden pain engulfed him from head to toe. He couldn't even scream as he was instantly evaporated, leaving only a scorched mark on the ground.