History Fanfic / SecondWind

As of October 18, 2020, the story is on hiatus.

** Thanks to the Straw Hats [[TookALevelInBadass taking several levels in badass]] and Luffy knowing the right things to say to [[spoiler: ease Robin's fears]], they manage to [[spoiler:defeat [=CP9=] and prevent them from taking Robin away]]. Let me rephrase that: they bypassed ''[[spoiler:the entire Enies Lobby arc.]]''

* RealityEnsues:
** A pair of teenage East Blue rookies showing up with mastery over all three forms of Haki and enough skill to match the Warlords immediately catches the attention of ''everyone'' with even a hint of any real power in the world, as two random nobodies from the middle of nowhere showing up with that kind of power out of the blue is strange even for the Grand Line. And when those same rookies opt to ally their crew with ''Whitebeard'', people immediately start panicking.
** [[spoiler:Sanji]]'s unexpected TimeTravel has one drawback. While it allows him to join the battle against Kizaru at Sabaody, giving Luffy and Zoro some much-needed aid and directly saving the life of one of their crew, it also makes him another target that they have to cover for, as [[spoiler:Sanji]]'s present body is still severely injured from [[spoiler:his fight against Rob Lucci]].

* OutsideContextProblem: The Straw Hat Pirates are essentially this for the BalanceOfPower. The Balance has been carefully maintained for years ever since the beginning of the Golden Age of Piracy, and then this random rookie crew from the weakest sea in the world shows up, takes down a Warlord and later [[spoiler:an admiral]] within ''six months'' of their entry into the Grand Line.

** [[spoiler:Sanji]]'s unexpected TimeTravel is both a blessing in a curse. While it allows him to join the battle against Kizaru at Sabaody, giving Luffy and Zoro some much needed aid, it also makes him another target that they have to cover for, as [[spoiler:Sanji is still severely injured from his fight against Rob Lucci]].

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Sanji]]'s unexpected TimeTravel is both a blessing in a curse. While it allows him to join the battle against Kizaru at Sabaody, giving Luffy and Zoro some much needed aid, it also makes him another target that they have to cover for, as [[spoiler:Sanji is still severely injured from his fight against Rob Lucci]].

** The main duo resolve to train their crew to be much stronger earlier than they are in canon. The results of this training show a ''lot'' in Alabasta: Usopp, Chopper, and Seal take down the Mr. 4 group with relative ease, and Nami defeats Miss Doublefinger without a scratch. Then, even if they don't win, they're able to get in several good knocks when they fought with [=CP9=] in Water 7.

** As for the main duo themselves: Zoro has become a skilled enough swordsman to easily match Mihawk, even while stuck in a younger body (though he still lost), and Luffy has managed to master Rokushiki (or at least half of it; it's yet to be seen if he can use [[SuperToughness Tekkai]], [[FingerPokeOfDoom Shigan]], or [[SuperReflexes Kami-e]]). He's also mastered the Life Return technique, giving him perfect control of his body's functions. While this is demonstrated as early as Chapter 3, it's not elaborated as to just how badass it makes him until Chapter 28. Their bounties are also much bigger: after the Arlong arc, Luffy's starting bounty comes out as 45 million berries, and Zoro gets his starting bounty at the same time, 28 million berries. Then after Alabasta, they rise to 175 million and 95 million.
** In Chapters 51-53 Luffy and Zoro are able to force Aokiji to use his full strength. Then, to his utter shock and horror, they [[IAmNotLeftHanded activate]] [[spoiler:Gear Fourth and Asura]], respectively -- meaning they've been holding back the entire time.

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Happens in Chapter 56 when [[spoiler:Sunny]] mentions that Luffy holds the most secrets when he wonders who holds the darkest secret.
-->'''Luffy''': Hey, look, a ghost ship. We should probably check that out and continue this conversation never.

* BadDreams: Luffy and Zoro keep reliving the old timeline in their nightmares; specifically, the final battle where they had to watch their crewmates die. They're only able to confide in each other prior to TheReveal.

* BadDreams: Luffy has had some awful dreams about his old timeline.

* TheAlliance: Upon reaching the Sabaody Archipelago, Luffy arranges one between himself, Bonney and Law, the two captains he was closest to in his old timeline, for the express purpose of [[spoiler: defeating Big Mom and Kaido and claiming their Road Poneglyphs]]. What do they get for their trouble? [[spoiler: Have Robin translate those Poneglyphs, get the directions to Raftel, and have the race to the Pirate King's throne come down to just the three of them]].

* FromBadToWorse: After the Straw Hats and co. defeat [[spoiler:Kizaru and his forces at Sabaody]], things go completely downhill for the World Government. Whitebeard is now on a rampage as he and his armada [[spoiler:make a beeline for Marineford]], but not before taking their sweet time destroying every single Marine base in their path; Kaido's attempt to attack him and take advantage of the situation has caused him to clash with Shanks; and the Revolutionaries have taken advantage of the chaos on Sabaody to cripple the world's biggest slave trading hub by killing all the slavers and freeing all the slaves. To top it off, [[spoiler:they can barely muster a ''fraction'' of the forces they had in canon to meet Whitebeard head-on:]] Kizaru is still in a coma due to his injuries he received during his fight with Luffy and co., Hancock and Kuma are both claiming injuries from their battles with Luffy and Zoro, Jinbe [[spoiler:has been arrested and sent to Impel Down for protesting the upcoming war, and the current number of ground forces they've managed to amass thus far as of Chapter 66 is ten thousand]]. In canon, the Marines met Whitebeard with over ''a hundred thousand'' soldiers, plus one more admiral and two more Warlords than they currently have, and they ''barely'' managed to win the war ([[PyrrhicVictory and it can be argued that they lost more than they won]]). If they were to meet Whitebeard right now, with the Straw Hats and the Revolutionaries backing them, they'd be annihilated.

* FoodAsBribe: Sanji coerced Bonney into meeting Luffy by offering her to make her food.

*** In Chapter 64, Luffy believes that the Five Elder Stars [[spoiler:were not keen on these orders either]], and speculates that they [[spoiler:directly came from Im instead]].

* LongRunner: The longest as of Februrary 2020; no other Peggy Sue has made it as far in canon as Second Wind.

* DeathGlare: Luffy is extremely proficient with his [[KiAttacks Conqueror’s Haki]], and many can attest to how scary he is as a result of it.

** Crocodile, when he realizes that [[spoiler:the rebel army]] are victims of a fully awakened [[KiAttacks Conqueror]]. He at first dismisses the possibility it might be Luffy, only to become aware that he might be wrong when he witnesses Luffy uses Armament and Observation Haki. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that Luffy (in this timeline) is still a rookie from the weakest sea who just got to the Grand Line.

* LongRunner: The longest as of October 2016; no other Peggy Sue has made it as far in canon as Second Wind.