1 Chapter 1

"These weapons are so awesome!"

came the voice of a 15 year old boy with short and messy raven hair and round black eyes, though at the moment they seem to have stars in them.

He has a scrawny but well built physique, and peach skin complexion with the inclusion of a scar with two stitches under his left eye. He wears a sleeveless maroon colored hoodie currently zipped up, black cargo shorts with a yellow sash wrapped around the belt and a holster to carry a foot long rod, a pair of sandals, and a straw hat.

The rod itself is blue with four lines that glow in colors of red, light blue, yellow, and mint green along the shaft with small buttons next them, and it appears to be hollow.

The young man is named Luffy D. Branwen, or at least in this life. He also has memories of when he was named Monkey D. Luffy, the Straw Hat Pirates captain and at this point the former Pirate King.

He doesn't know how this "being reborn" stuff works, but he is willing to enjoy the new life that was given to him with his new family.

He never knew his real parents in this life, but was adopted by a Qrow Branwen to be his son. The idea of having someone that would actually play the role of a parent was still new to him, as he never knew anything about his old mom and dad except for the father's name and occupation.

"I know right! By the way, do you need any dust for your Clima-Tact?"

came the sound of Ruby Rose, Luffy's cousin-in-law of the similar age being six months younger, as she is gesturing to the rod he is equipped with.

She stands at a 5'2, with Luffy being taller than her at 5'7, with a pale complexion and has shoulder length black hair with a red tint and red tips that frame the right side of her face, which show a pair of round silver eyes.

Her outfit consists of a red cloak, black blouse, skirt, and cincher that have red on the laces of the cincher and trimmings on the skirt. She also wears a belt around the waist that holds cartridges, an ammo pouch, and a rose emblem all in silver. She also sports a pair of black leggings and combat boots with red soles and laces. Her weapon, a hybrid of a sniper and a scythe called Crescent Rose is magnetically holstered to the back of her waist.

They are currently in a shop called "From Dust Till Dawn" looking at weapon magazines in the back corner. They convinced Ruby's dad to let them visit the city of Vale, where they can do some shopping. It was currently nighttime, but the duo got a little carried away upon seeing the "Weapon Highlights" magazines.

"Hmm, no I'm good, the only time I use this thing is when I use my semblance. Oh, when are we going to eat, I'm starving?"

Luffy stated followed by a common question that Ruby got used to.

He only really relied on punching and kicking, so he doesn't use his weapon as often.

While this foreign world is more technologically advanced than his old one, the residents also have a form of energy that manifests from the soul called Aura along with an unique ability called a semblance, an energy source known as Dust, the creatures of darkness that hunt humanity to extinction named Grimm, and the fact that almost every weapon has a gun attached into its design somewhere.

There was even another race of people with animal traits called faunus, which remind him of the Mink Tribe.

That aside, after a certain incident in his life when he was five, the memories of his past life came rushing back to him.

"Luffy, you're always starving, you ate just before going to Vale, and that was a few hours ago."

Ruby commented dryly, not paying any attention to the newcomers that entered the store.

How he can devour more food than the entire family altogether, she will never know except for the fact that his stomach may as well be a black hole. She had to make sure that Luffy didn't get a hold of any money, since it would've went to just food rather than more important things.

His irresponsibility also lead to him not owning a scroll, since he may more than likely lose it somehow. This also lead to Ruby being a bit more mature at points, as it felt like she was babysitting him even if he was older than her by six months.

the straw hat boy whined "Oh, but I'm still hungry."

Ruby can only sigh at his complaints.

"We can go somewhere to eat after this, but only if you bake me a batch of cookies along with everyone else's dinner."

Ruby said with a smirk.

She would use this chance to request something in return, since he would do anything to get an extra bit of food. Not only that, the odds are likely that they would spend the rest of the money on hand solely on Luffy's appetite.

Luffy pouts at her for the exchange."Geez, its like you are abusing my semblance just so you can have cookies, and you think I eat a lot."

"So are you done shopping here or what?"

He says with a sound of impatience. He wants to fill himself up as soon as possible.

"Yeah, I already stocked up on ammo, since I ran out when I was fighting those Beowolves."

Ruby replied with a sigh.

She was just visiting her mom's grave when they appeared, and she spent all that ammunition to decimate the horde.

"Shishishi, you shoot way too much Ruby, you need to swing harder if you want to stop running out. Maybe you can learn how to fistfight so your arms get stronger?"

Luffy suggested with a grin as he points out the redhead's flaws.

"I'll do just fine with the way I fight with my sweetheart, thank you very much!"

Ruby rejected with an adorable pout.

It just didn't suit her to start using her fists, even if it may help with her arm strength. Besides, she likes the feeling of using her 'sweetheart' in battle.

Luffy just shrugs his shoulders and continues looking through the weapon art with a twinkle in his eyes, not wanting to force someone to do something they don't want to do.

They continued looking through the reading materials until Luffy sensed a presence approaching them from behind them with Kenbunshoku Haki (Color of Observation).

"Oi Ruby, someone's coming."

he warns her calmly.

He is pretty thankful for being able to re-unlock his Haki in this world. At the early age of 7, two years after recovering his memories, he decided to go all out in training to return to normal fighting strength with the help of Qrow, which meant that he had Ruby as a sparring partner.

Although his semblance, which he discovered later, just added more to the amount of training. However, his body is still a bit weaker than his previous one so he's limited on what he could manage. Sadly, he also lost the insanely high resistance to poisons as well.

Aside from all of that, he may possibly be the first Haki user in Remnant.

She nods in acknowledgement, as she and the rest of her family have known about his Haki. They both turn around to find a man in a black suit with a fedora pointing a gun at them.

"Hey, hands in the air where I can see them!"

the man yells in a commanding tone. The seconds of silence afterwards was broken by a question from the pair.

"Are you trying to rob us?"

they said with a straight face.

"What does it look like to you brats!"

he shouted back.

The duo looked to each other with a mischievous grin as they planned their next move. Ruby used her speed semblance to launch herself at the thug and sent them both towards the window.

Roman Torchwick, a top class criminal known for wearing a bowler hat on top of his orange hair that covers his right eye. His attire consists of white suit, black pants, and shoes. Holding to his weapon of choice which is a cane, he could be seen at the register inspecting a red Dust crystal before hearing glass break.

"Can someone see what that is about?"

he groaned in exasperation at the possibility that someone is interfering with a robbery.

One of the grunts moves over to the now broken window to witness a young girl standing on top of his downed comrade.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol"

The thug turns towards the source of the voice, only to see a stretched out arm heading towards him. The dumbfounded robber could only look in shock as the fist hit his abdomen, sending him outside with his unconscious comrade. No one else saw the stretching arm due to the shelves blocking their vision.

Luffy simply wears his traditional toothy grin as he jumps through the store window to regroup with his cousin, who is unfolding her scythe. They both turn to look at the rest of the robbers with a serious expression.

The orange haired criminal lets out a heavy sigh at the development in front of him.

All he asks is for one heist to go without a hitch, that's all.

"Well... don't just stand there like idiots, get them!"

Torchwick commanded his henchmen to attack the duo.

Luffy and Ruby jump away from each other to give some breathing room to work with. simply staying out of the other's fights, waiting for the other to finish if either ended their own fight first, and only stepping in when they're beaten or an outside force wants to intrude.

The thugs split their numbers to attack both, not knowing that their opponents wanted that.

With Ruby, she once again launches herself at one of the enemies, this time using the recoil of her sniper to propel herself much more faster. Both boots land on his face and she jumps off of the makeshift springboard, then plants the end of her scythe on the ground to swing with the momentum and land a double heel kick on another grunt on the side of his face, sending him to the ground. Another grunt charges her, but before he could get in range, she touches the ground and twirls her weapon to slam the back end into his side, taking down another.

Meanwhile, Luffy, having a lot more baddies to deal with, jumps into the fray and throws a right at the first grunt in front of him. He turns to the next person and jumped to slam his knee into the second thug's jaw. Luffy swung his leg while in the air to kick him in the side, launching the guy to knock some others down.

The straw hat boy saw a blade heading his way and bent back in midair to dodge it. He planted his hands on the ground before he spun around, landing another kick to an unfortunate soul. The grunts decided to back off a bit as he returned to his fighting stance, fearing the scrawny boy's unexpected strength.

It really didn't take that much effort to take each of them down since they're so weak though, even for cannon fodder.

One decided to sneak up behind him and swing his sword, but Luffy senses the attack without visibly seeing it and ducks under the blade.

He spins on one foot and trips the attacker with his other, causing him to land face first into the pavement.

Another approaches from the side and prepares to hit him with a metal club. Luffy stands back up but doesn't even try to dodge, as he raised his arm to block the strike.

Although the attack won't work anyways since he has a rubber body.

"Busoshoku: Koka (Armament: Hardening)"

The raised arm shifts from peach skin to a black metallic look that goes up to his elbow. The club connects, but to the astonishment of the offender the weapon dented itself upon impact. Luffy pushes back the damaged weapon and prepares to swing his leg.

"Gomu Gomu no Muchi (Whip)" he swings his outstretched limb in a wide arc to take out the rest of his opponents out.

Torchwick looks on in surprise by the event that prompts him to ask the weird kid what seems like the most obvious question.

"Okay, what the hell was that!?"

"Shishishi, I ate the Gum Gum fruit, and now I'm a rubber man. See?"

Luffy answers and then emphasizes his point by stretching his cheeks out to impossible lengths before snapping them back into place.