Neko Neko no mi: Ghost Cat Chapter 1 (Patreon)

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Neko Neko Fruit: Ghost Cat

Mythical zoan fruits are said to have the power of a zoan, and the skills of a paramecia, Luffy learns this well when he gains the power of the Ghost Cat. He can turn into a cat but has ghost powers as well, he can also use a bell that can summon spirits from the other side. His powers might be seen as superior to Perona's as his claws can also scratch the intangible which is a threat to logias as well.

Chapter 1 Power of Straw Hat Luffy

Mythical zoan were rare but known to be some of the most powerful kinds of devil fruits, not only having the beastly power of a zoan but also a unique power attributed to that of the paramecia. Monkey D. Luffy knew this pretty well as he had eaten the Neko Neko no mi Model Ghost Cat. He had dreams of becoming a pirate, so even though he lost the ability to swim, he trained and worked hard for years to hone his powers so he could be a strong captain.

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In Loguetown one could find White Chase Smoker, a marine captain who chose to be stationed in this town. The place of the Beginning and the End. It was the place where Gol D. Roger was born and where he died, and he set off a chain of events that became the Great Pirate Era. In his dying breath, he drove countless souls to the sea.

Thanks to his efforts he’s brought down countless pirates, arrogant trash just looking to cause trouble. He brought some peace to the town but some didn’t like him. Hard to run a tavern for pirates, a weapons shop, and the like when someone is catching your clients. Pirates in the East Blue flocked to Loguetown before heading into the Grand Line, a form of respect or some kind of tradition. Smoker didn’t care, he captured them all, often stating if you wanted to get into the Grand Line you had to get past him.

His men were shocked at how easy Smoker handled the riffraff, with his logia devil fruit it seemed there wasn’t any common pirate that could stop him. For Smoker, it was just another day, he was relaxing in his office, the room filled with smoke. Little did he know a strange cat was about to cross his path.

“Captain Smoker sir!” one of his men opened the door. “We have a report!”

“What is it?” He heard Smoker’s voice but couldn’t see the man through the thick cloud of smoke.

“We’ve received intelligence that Monkey D. Luffy and his crew is arriving at Loguetown today.”

“Monkey D. Luffy?” he heard some shuffling. “Is he some kind of big shot?”

“He is a Rookie Pirate, but in the short time he’s been a pirate he’s obtained the highest bounty in the East Blue and has taken down other pirate groups.”

“Pirates fighting other pirates, not so surprising.”

“We’ve done some digging into him since he obtained his bounty, HQ wanted to know what we were up against. We have reports that he attacked a marine base and rescued the savage bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro and made him a part of his crew.” Smoker had a feeling that was a marine report, from what he heard, the commander of that base was corrupt and was terrorizing the people. He had been taken down around the same time Monkey D. Luffy attacked the base. “A report from a marine ship that answered a distress call from an island reported that Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, and an unknown orange-haired woman picked a fight with the Clown Pirates over territory dispute. However, the Mayor claimed that they had saved their village from the Clown Pirates, even leaving some of Buggy’s treasure behind so they could make repairs.”

The marine laughed. “I’m sure he misunderstood, marines noted that their mayor had been knocked out and that the captain confessed to doing it. They probably just left behind some treasure when the villagers chased them off.”

“So these pirates took on Buggy the Clown and his crew but ran away from citizens who’ve been terrorized by these pirates, even leaving behind some treasure. Does that sound right to you soldier?” Smoker asked.

“Oh um...” he looked over the reports, and it did seem odd.

“Never mind, carry on.”

“Yes, we received a report from Fullbody and got a description of their ship. He claims the crew had attacked him and allowed a prisoner to escape their ship. His report noted that two other bounty hunters and a long-nosed individual had joined the Straw Hat crew.” Smoker had doubts about this, he knew Fullbody he was an arrogant bastard, quick to anger, and often ignored his duties to flaunt his money and status. “We received a call from the Baratie about a pirate attack, and we thought it was Straw Hat, but the cooks clarified it was Don Krieg.”

“Krieg, I thought his lot ran straight to the Grand Line?”

“He did, but he ran into Hawkeye Mihawk and his fleet was wiped out. Interviews with the chefs claim that Mihawk had followed Krieg, but was challenged by Roronoa Zoro. We tried to contact Mihawk for a statement but he said he was busy and refused to answer any questions.”

“Damn warlords, no matter what the government thinks they are still pirates.”

“We rounded up Krieg’s men and interrogated them, they had attacked the Baratie and tried to take it over, the Straw Hats were there and it seems Straw Hat Luffy defeated Don Krieg. He also interfered with a marine plan to bring down the Pirate Arlong, and he’s suspected of destroying a marine ship.” Arlong was actually a serious threat, he had gained a bounty after coming to the East Blue with his men, but it was suspicious how quiet things were around him. He had a hunch that Arlong was buying marines off, he couldn’t prove it but it was a solid theory. “Nezumi reported that Monkey D. Luffy is a serious threat, after wrecking Arlong Park he viciously attacked his team, he claimed he barely got away with his life.”

Yeah...Smoker knew of Nezumi he wasn’t a strong fighter, if this Luffy was able to bring down Arlong then, Nezumi wouldn’t have escaped with only a beating. He’d ask for an investigation of Nezumi later. “Sounds like a strong opponent, what’s his bounty?”

“Thirty million sir!” Smoker opened the window, and the smoke poured out revealing the large muscular marine. The man was intimidating, tall, broad shoulders, thick upper body muscles, beefy pecs, and rock hard abs. “He should be here by the end of the day if he’s not here already.”

“That right, well...” he put on his shoes and jacket. “Let’s go say hi!” Smoker put his men on high alert, while he headed for the docks. Now Smoker was quite the unique person, having bared witness to Roger’s death when he was younger, if there was one pirate that had his respect it was him.

Smoker’s search was interrupted as some pirates were causing trouble at the pier. “Is this Straw Hat?” The men with him didn’t know for sure. Smoker activated his devil fruit, his body turning into white smoke and it reached out and captured all the pirates in just a few short minutes.

Their weapons and struggles were useless against him, as his smoke wrapped around their bodies tighter and tighter. They eventually passed out or were knocked out, and the men with Smoker were quick to arrest them. “Amazing sir, you took out Straw Hat Luffy like he was nothing.”

“This wasn’t Straw Hat you fool, if trash like this could be worth Thirty million, then I’d become a pirate.” his words surprised his men, but the appearance of a raven-haired boy caught Smoker’s attention. What caught Smoker’s eyes first was how the boy was dressed, he was wearing a red vest showing off his chest and abs, he was wearing blue shorts that fit him well, and judging by the bulge in his trousers he wasn’t wearing any underwear, and he was wearing sandals. His attire alone had some of the men with him blushing, but what really was shocking was the boy had cat ears, yes black fluffy cat ears, and swaying behind him was a fluffy black tail.

“Is he with this lot?”

“I don’t think so, sir...” His men couldn’t stop starring at him, finding the contrast of cute and sexy.

“Hey can you help me?” the raven-haired boy came over to Smoker. “I’m looking for the execution platform.”

“Why would you be looking for that?” the boy grinned.

“Personal quest, I wanna see where the King of the Pirates was killed.” Smoker’s eyes widened. “Do you not know where it is?” he tilted his head to the side cutely.

“Hold it,” the smoke from Smoker’s cigars moved and formed a rope in the air. “Just follow the smoke it’ll lead you there.” The boy’s eyes brightened.

“Really!?” Smoker was expecting him to run off, but to his shock, the boy pounced on him and kissed his cheek. “Thanks!” he slid down Smoker’s body, before running off.

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Smoker was riding pretty high, that is until the marines finally received Luffy’s wanted poster. Smoker’s grip tightened on the paper as he realized he had just been kissed (on the cheek) by a pirate. He raced off and found Luffy at the gallows, the boy had been climbing up the tower. “So you are Straw Hat Luffy.” his men showed up and readied their guns.

“That’s me, thanks again, mister!” Luffy jumped down. “I’m glad I got to see you again, I was so excited about getting to the execution platform I ran off before I could tell you something. You smell really good!” Luffy purred.

Smoker blushed. “Quiet!” he hissed. “I’m placing you under arrest!”

“You’re a marine?” Luffy blinked.

“I’m Captain White Chase Smoker, you are coming with me.” he draws his weapon, a jute.

“If you mean like a date, I’d be for that, but I’m not gonna let you capture me.”

“This isn’t a joke!” Smoker snapped.

“I’m not joking, have you seen yourself, you have kind eyes, and manly scent, you are my type of guy!” Luffy smiled, his ears flicking and his tail wagging.

“Don’t mock the marines!” Smoker charged and went to punch Luffy, but the boy dodged.

“Honestly I’m surprised, you don’t seem like the type,” he said as he dodged Smoker’s attacks.

‘He’s fast.’ Smoker noticed. He had a feeling the boy had a zoan devil fruit. His weapon was perfect for fighting devil fruit holders as the tip had sea prism stone inside it. He feinted a punch making Luffy dodge and he aimed his jute at him.

Just as he was about to connect, Luffy vanished. “Eh?”

“Whoo, that was close, I sensed danger from your jute.” Smoker looked and there was a small black and white cat on his jute. He ran up it and transformed back to human form, throwing a kick at Smoker’s face. His attack passed through him as Smoker turned to smoke. “What the…?”

“I’m a logia, I ate the Plume Plume fruit, I can turn into smoke, your physical attacks won’t hurt me.”

“A logia? That’s so cool!” Luffy’s eyes sparkled. “Let’s see I got a special technique I’ve wanted to test to see if this will work on logia types.” Luffy charged in, swiping his claws with Smoker blocking his attacks with his jute.

When Smoker turned to smoke and tried to grab Luffy he was caught off guard as Luffy deflected his smoke. “Phantom Paw!” he slipped past his smoke and his nails glowed. “Phantom Claw!” Luffy scratched his shoulder.

Smoker gasped as he cried out in pain. ‘How did he scratch me, I’m made of smoke?’

“Smoker sir!” some of his men drew their swords and tried to cut off Luffy.

“Stay back!” Smoker ordered. He was ignored even as the men with guns fired, Luffy dodged and flipped back, avoiding their attacks.

“Things are getting crowded, allow me!” Luffy’s eyes turned gold. “Scaredy Cat Attack!” Luffy conjured ghostly cats, they charged and passed through his men, the ghosts carried on and even passed through the men with guns.

The men gasped and screamed, dropping their weapons and running away in terror. “What did you do to them? I thought you ate a zoan devil fruit.”

Luffy chuckled. “I did, Neko Neko no mi: Model Ghost Cat!” Luffy’s ghost cats circled him.

“A mythical zoan?” Smoker’s eyes widened.

“Yep, now let's continue,” Luffy’s eyes became more feline-like and his hair spiked. Smoker’s eyes widened as Luffy took his hybrid form. “Let’s play Smokey!”

To be continued