Monkey D. Luffy/History/Final

==Final Saga==
===Egghead Arc===
Once the Sunny landed at the bottom of Wano Country's waterfall and the Straw Hats recovered, Luffy was severely beaten by Nami and placed in a cage; he apologized for his reckless actions and pleaded to be let out. Later, Luffy was released and learned from the newspaper that Nefertari Vivi was missing, her father Nefertari Cobra was dead and Sabo was credited with his killing. Luffy grew angry and distressed at this, proclaiming that Sabo would never do something like that and wanting to go to Mary Geoise to rescue Vivi. However, Zoro talked him down, saying it would be foolish to attack the city and that they needed to let Vivi live her own life until they knew for sure it was necessary to act. Robin then revealed the news that Buggy was now one of the Four Emperors, which a surprised Luffy believed was a mistake. She offered to share more news regarding other people Luffy knew, but Luffy declined unless it was truly bad. Luffy then reaffirmed Sabo's innocence and revealed the dream he had shared to Sabo and Ace 12 years ago; the revelation of this dream provoked a strong response from the Straw Hats, with reactions ranging from delighted laughter to stunned silence. However, everyone supported it and expressed a drive to find the final Road Poneglyph that would allow them to reach Laugh Tale.
Days later, the Straw Hats entered a bitterly cold area as they drew closer toward their next island. Luffy saw a gigantic warm eddy and then noticed something inside of it, causing Zoro to cut it open. The strong winds blew Chopper overboard and Luffy stretched out to grab him, but was swept overboard as well. The mysterious figure then emerged from the eddy, revealing herself to be a child Jewelry Bonney. Luffy stretched out his other arm to grab Bonney, but they were then attacked by a giant Mecha-Shark living in the water, causing the three of them to fall into the ocean. Jinbe dove in to save them, and was forced to take them deep down to escape the Mecha-Shark. They made their way to a cave in the coast of the island, where they dried their clothes and Bonney explained to Luffy that she was a fellow member of the Worst Generation. Luffy wished to look for a restaurant to get food, but Bonney said he would not find one as this was the Future Island Egghead, which contained Vegapunk's laboratory. Bonney revealed that she came here to take revenge on Vegapunk for turning her father into a mindless cyborg.
Luffy, Chopper, Jinbe, and Bonney ventured into the cave and accessed Egghead's surface via a ladder, where they found themselves surrounded by futuristic machines. However, Luffy found that a lot of the creatures and food around him were nothing more than holographic illusions. Atlas, a satellite of Vegapunk, then appeared and Luffy punched her to see if she was real, causing her to get angry and punch him back. However, he landed against the Cooking Machine which could make any food on demand, which he, Chopper, and Bonney gorged on. When Jinbe asked Atlas who she was, she responded that she was Vegapunk, which Luffy and Chopper took at face value. Once the group had eaten their fill, Atlas departed, and Luffy discovered a machine which gave him new clothes. The rest of the group used the machine as well, but were then approached by a police Pacifista which attacked them for using the cooking and clothing machines without paying. Luffy moved to launch a counterattack against it, but was kicked away by Bonney, who believed that the Pacifista was her father Kuma. Knowing this was not the case, Luffy rushed to save her from its laser attack. Following the blast, Bonney used her Devil Fruit ability to change everyone's ages, causing the Pacifista to no longer recognize them. As they recovered, they talked with Bonney about Kuma's past and how he came into the World Government's service.
Luffy's group resumed exploring Egghead, and came to the ruins of a very old mecha in a big scrap heap. While trying to get it to activate, a sudden burst happened as an old man, the original Vegapunk, appeared with half of his body inside the mecha due to a failed teleportation experiment. Luffy pulled him out, and noticed that he was floating, which Vegapunk revealed was a function of the DOM Shoes they were all wearing. However, their attempts to activate this caused them to blast high into the air. Following this, Vegapunk explained more about himself to the pirates, including how he split his consciousness into six satellites which included Atlas. Bonney then tried attacking Vegapunk with his Beam Saber invention, but fainted after the beam attracted a horde of bugs. Vegapunk talked to Luffy about Momonosuke and his dragon transformation, revealing it was the result of his artificial Devil Fruit creation. Luffy then asked about the mecha, and Vegapunk revealed that it was the Iron Giant, which had been built 900 years ago and attacked Mary Geoise 200 years ago. Vegapunk then asked Luffy to take him off of Egghead. When Luffy asked why, Vegapunk revealed his main dream of creating a free and abundant energy source for the whole world, an energy which once powered the Iron Giant centuries ago. However, this research caused him to delve too deep into forbidden history, resulting in the World Government now looking to eliminate him. Vegapunk then noted that CP0 was now on Egghead, and reiterated his request to sail with Luffy. Luffy agreed because he liked the scientist's funny-looking head, and Vegapunk requested he take Bonney to the Labophase above the clouds before this area became a warzone, saying he would meet them up there as he suddenly disappeared into thin air.
As Luffy's group started heading to the requested location, they ran into Rob Lucci, who had just taken down Atlas using Rokuogan. Initially ambivalent toward Lucci, Luffy became angry upon seeing what had happened to Atlas due to Atlas giving him food, and activated Gear 5 to fight the CP0 agent. Lucci countered by activating his awakened leopard Zoan form, and the two of them engaged in a fierce battle. In the midst of their sparring, Sentomaru arrived with the Seraphim S-Snake, S-Hawk, and S-Bear to counter CP0's invasion, but was struck down by Lucci while distractedly conversing with Luffy. Sentomaru managed to remain conscious to prevent CP0 from assuming control over the Seraphim, and Luffy used his environment and awakened abilities to keep Lucci away from him, overwhelming the CP0 agent. Sentomaru told Luffy to go and get Vegapunk off Egghead, and Luffy joined Chopper, Jinbe, and a now-conscious Bonney as they took the Vacuum Rocket up to the Labophase, which they reached in seconds.
Bonney quickly raced into the Labophase, still intent on getting revenge on Vegapunk, and Luffy and Chopper raced after her to stop her. He, Chopper, and Jinbe reunited with Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Robin, and Franky, but lost track of Bonney and Vegapunk in the process. Luffy and Chopper went to look for the two of them, but could not find them even after searching the entire Labophase, returning to the control room with the rest of the Straw Hats, all six of the Vegapunk satellites, and undercover CP0 agent/Vegapunk ally Stussy, who had incapacitated Lucci and Kaku. Satellite Shaka noted that they had lost control over the Frontier Dome that protected the Labophase from outside attack, meaning they were unable to get out of it. He told the group to do what they could to find the main Vegapunk, and as they all dispersed, Luffy remained in the room along with Zoro to recover from his exhaustion and watch over Lucci and Kaku. Originally able to hear everyone through a headset, the signal cut out and Luffy went to Shaka to find out what was going on. Shaka revealed that the camera feeds around the Labophase were being rapidly cut off, meaning there was an enemy on the loose inside the Labophase. Zoro then called for help, and Luffy and Shaka raced to him to find S-Hawk and S-Bear had arrived. The two Seraphim began attacking despite Shaka's orders, making him realize that one of the Vegapunks had ordered them to attack.
Now conscious, Lucci and Kaku proposed that Luffy and Zoro free them of their Seastone shackles so they could team up against the Seraphim, which the two Straw Hats found unappealing. Kaku promised they would go back in handcuffs once they were finished, and Luffy believed this, forcing Zoro to explain Kaku was lying. However, Luffy ultimately agreed to free them, saying he would beat them if they tried going after his friends. Luffy activated Gear 4 and he and Lucci performed a combined attack against S-Bear, while Zoro and Kaku attacked S-Hawk. Despite their powerful combined attacks, the Seraphim were able to get up little worse for wear; however, Zoro did notice that their physiologies were similar to King, who was a member of the rare Lunarian Tribe. As the battle raged on, Shaka departed to join the search for the main Vegapunk. With the knowledge that the Seraphim's strength was dependent on the flames on their backs, Luffy's group moved to diminish those flames, to little initial success. S-Hawk then disappeared suddenly, and Lucci revealed that it was going to eliminate its weakest targets first. Zoro raced after it, and Luffy told Kaku to go with Zoro before turning his attention back to S-Bear. At some point, Luffy approached S-Snake while calling her Hancock, and requested she undo the petrification on his friends, which she agreed to do due to her seeming affection for Luffy.
By the next day, the culprit, York was eventually found and outmatched by the Straw Hat Pirates and their allies, who subdued and chained her to the ground. The entire group then listened in on York's forced conversation with the five elders. After York had revealed she had been captured by the Straw Hats, surprising the elders and everyone else listening, Luffy stated while eating that he did not fully understand the situation, but was prepared to use York as a shield against the Marines, prompting Bonney to state that they were in a hostage situation. Luffy then introduced himself to the Five Elders, and stated that he and his crew were Vegapunk's allies, and that if they care about York's safety, they should call off the Marine fleet at the shore, surprising everyone in the room. Just as he was about to tell the elders who is alive in the Labophase with him, Robin stopped him from telling them too much. Luffy then apologized and asked them nicely to back down, with Usopp angrily telling him to quit dreaming.
Later in the Labophase, when Vegapunk talked to Nami about their next destination, Luffy and Usopp both got excited when Vegapunk stated that one of the needles Nami's log pose was pointing towards leads to Elbaf. They then made plans with Vegapunk to escape Egghead using Vegaforce-01 to carry the Sunny over the Marine fleet, and then use a Coup de Burst to finish escaping, but first, they needed to deactivate the frontier dome. When Vegapunk tasked Lilith with piloting the robot, Franky, Luffy, and Bonney went with her to the robot and the Sunny, with Lilith being happy that she finally got to leave the island and Luffy and Bonney both stating that they would miss the food, but Luffy then told her that Sanji would just cook for them, exciting Bonney. When Luffy asked Bonney why she was in such a good mood, she told him that she felt better now that she no longer wanted Vegapunk dead, with Luffy thanking her for finally stop crying, leading her to yell at him. As the group arrived at the Thousand Sunny, Luffy felt an intense presence below as Kizaru warped onto the island. While Vegaforce-01 began to move the Thousand Sunny to the back of the island, with Luffy and his group being carried by it as well, Kizaru swiftly defeated Sentomaru. Kizaru wasted no time, and quickly warped up to the Labophase using his Devil Fruit. Luffy noticed this, and while his group continued to flee with the Thousand Sunny, he chose to confront Kizaru alone. The two shared a short greeting that was interrupted by Luffy instantly going for a strike against Kizaru, who blocked. Luffy then proudly declared that he and his crew were 100 times stronger than they were two years prior, with both Luffy and Kizaru starting to fight each other. 
Transforming into "Snake-Man" and barraging Kizaru with a flurry of punches, it forced Kizaru on the defensive as he attempted to block. Kizaru admitted that Luffy had become quite the opponent, and inquired as to why he would choose to help Vegapunk. While responding to Luffy asking him the opposite, Kizaru warped far away, which left Luffy wondering how far away he went. Kizaru stated that he didn't actually want to kill Vegapunk, and that Luffy needed to stay out of his way. Kizaru then warped back, kicking Luffy at the speed of light, and launching him straight through the Vegaforce-01, causing it to drop the Thousand Sunny and subsequently explode in the process. The impact didn't slow Luffy down, however, and he flew right into the Frontier Dome, causing an explosion. Luffy fell down all the way down to the lower part of Egghead, and once again had to pass through the Frontier Dome on his way back up, severely burning him in the process. Just before Kizaru could kill Vegapunk, Luffy revealed himself in his Gear Fifth form and grabbed Kizaru with his giant hand, much to Kizaru's horror. 
Luffy lifted the now calm Kizaru into the air and ignored his remarks as he revved up a throw. Luffy then flung Kizaru right out of the Labophase, and off of Egghead itself. During this short down-time, Luffy shrinks back down to his regular size. Not too much later, many orbs of light begin to appear from Kizaru, which then all form into clones of Kizaru, much to Luffy's shock. Luffy is slashed across the cheek by one of the clones, and decides to retreat a bit, allowing him to take all of the Kizaru clones out in a single attack. Before Luffy could even catch his breath, he turns around to witness Usopp, Nami, and Brook being attacked by another Kizaru clone. To make matters worse, a different Kizaru clone was attempting to shoot the fleeing Vegapunk using a laser, forcing Luffy to take the laser blast by eating it, causing him pain from burning.
Luffy managed to shrug off the laser, and went on to battle Kizaru himself. The two traded blows equally, but Kizaru commented that fighting Luffy was not in his interests, nor was it part of his job at the moment. Luffy stated that it was his own job to keep Kizaru occupied, but Kizaru responded by simply teleporting away using his Devil Fruit ability. Luffy angrily followed him as Kizaru made his way to intercept Vegapunk and kill him before he could make it back to the Labophase. Kizaru ended up failing to kill Vegapunk, although he did prevent him from making his way back up, resulting in Vegapunk falling back down to the Fabiriophase. Luffy managed to arrive in time to prevent Kizaru from causing more damage, and Kizaru inquired on how much longer Luffy could hold his transformation for. Kizaru fired a laser as Luffy prepared an attack, but to Luffy's benefit, the laser gave him the momentum he needed to spin around and strike Kizaru in the side of the head, landing a critical blow. Kizaru was launched through a building, while Luffy himself finally gave out and fell as well.
Luffy found himself completely worn out, unable to fight anymore. Jaygarcia Saturn, who had been spectating the fight between Luffy and Kizaru, decided to take advantage of this moment of weakness. Saturn went for a finishing strike on Luffy using one of his legs, but at the last second, Franky used Strong Right to punch Luffy out of the way, saving his life. Franky retracted his arm and pulled Luffy away from Saturn, who noted that it was interesting how Luffy's crew stuck together. Saturn then declared that Luffy and Jewelry Bonney's presence on the island was unexpected, but of no consequence. Still worn out, Luffy asked for food and meat to replenish his stamina, but was unable to get help. However, through unknown means, he managed to get a pile of food and began eating, leading to Saturn ordering the Marines in the area to place seastone cuffs on him. However, after the sudden appearance of Bartholomew Kuma, who saved his daughter and punched Saturn, the Marines reported that Luffy had vanished before they could restrain him. Luffy was later found near the food dispensers by the Marines, who tried to apprehend him while he was still bloated from over-eating. 
Before the Marines could place seastone cuffs on Luffy, they were launched into the air by an explosion. Luffy then activated Gear Fifth again and used it to save Kuma and Bonney from Kizaru by punching the Admiral away. He also turned the ground of Egghead rubbery to let Sanji, Franky, Bonney, Kuma and Atlas land safely, and the Marines remarked that the island seemed to be shaking as a result of his power. Finally, Luffy jumped into the air laughing in his signature Nika pose, and the injured Vegapunk informed Bonney that Luffy was indeed Sun God Nika. Luffy spotted Bonney and asked why she was crying, Bonney replied it was because she was looking for him and didn't realize that he was Nika (to which Luffy was not aware of either). Luffy then asked her what was up with the weak punch she tried throwing, she replied that she tried to use a rubbery punch like his and told him to show her how it's done and to avenge Vegapunk, who was stabbed by Saturn. Luffy was surprised to see Vegapunk injured but quickly agreed to avenge him after he was mocked by Saturn, and he then used a new move called Dawn Gatling to attack the Elder and send him flying into a building. Kizaru then attempted to kill Bonney and Vegapunk with a laser but it was blocked by Sanji, and the Admiral then grew dismayed at the situation he was in as he prepared to face off against Luffy and Sanji. 
Vegapunk told the pair he could not move lest he die from his wounds. Luffy reminded Vegapunk of their promise to him, but Vegapunk declared that he had to protect things on Egghead, and asked him to look after Bonney now that her control over the Pacifista was known to the Marines. At this point, Saturn returned in his Beast form and attacked the group with venom-coated legs. Luffy dodged and instructed Sanji to bring Vegapunk to safety over the latter's protests, only for Kizaru to impale Vegapunk. Sanji quickly hurried off to protect Vegapunk from further harm as Luffy grew to a tremendous size, grabbed Kizaru and Saturn and told the pair he would not let them escape. Luffy heard Vegapunk's broadcast begin while he was still holding onto Kizaru and Saturn, although he was confused by it. Moments later, he realized that his punches had little effect on Saturn, prompting both the Elder and Kizaru to attempt attacks on him. Both attacks missed, but Luffy decided that he would continue to hold both of them back until his friends had a chance to escape Egghead. Luffy then unleashed a new attack titled Dawn Cymbal, pancaking Kizaru and Saturn together. He then flung the two away, with Kizaru crashing into a Marine ship, but Saturn somehow changed his trajectory and flew right back at Luffy. He was forced to dodge Saturn's attacks, and was left dumbfounded as Magic Circles began to appear all around his adversary. 
Luffy then witnessed the rest of the Five Elders appear from the circles before him in their Awakened Zoan Forms, while Luffy dodged Saturn's attack he noted the Sandworm was burrowing underground. When the Sandworm swallowed him, Dorry and Brogy arrived and decapitated it, freeing Luffy, who was overjoyed to see them again. Luffy and the Giants were both both glad to see each other after two years and they were also surprised to see his Gear 5 appearance, remarking that it was identical to a God in Elbaf. They explained the current situation to Luffy and how it was time to escape from Egghead, Dorry blew his Viking horn, signaling this message to his crew. Topman Warcury then arrived, and stated that escape was impossible and used a roar burst of Supreme King Haki, that stripped off Luffy’s eyes, hat, shoes, cuffs, and his scar's (placing them back afterward). Warcury questioned why the Giant's decided to help Luffy and went on the offensive but was then knocked away by the Giants and Saturn intervened stating they would be erased from history along with Luffy and proceeded to fire venom balls at them. Luffy then grabbed a nearby tree and chipped away at it using his teeth, turning it into a baseball bat. He then painted it, put the number 56 on it , and put on a baseball helmet to knock the venom balls back at the Elders, which to his surprise, caused an explosion. Luffy then told the Giant's that it was time to run as the Elders were immortal and they would keep coming back no matter what attack they use.
As the trio began to make their escape once more, Ju Peter used one of his abilities to make his large mouth similar to a vortex, causing Luffy and his allies to be stopped and potentially sucked in. In response, Luffy broke a nearby building, and proceeded to throw it straight into Ju Peter's mouth, effectively neutralizing him for the time being. However, the exertion caused Luffy to run out of stamina, resulting in him returning to his regular form. To Luffy's luck, Brogy offered him some of their Hákarl, which effectively revitalized him in seconds. Just as Luffy regained his strength, Warcury made a reappearance in the form of a charge. In response, Luffy attempted to use Gomu Gomu no Red Roc, striking Warcury's head. To Luffy's detriment, he found Warcury's skin to be exceptionally durable, resulting in his hand being hurt. As the three ran, Warcury's flames begun to catch up to Dorry and Brogy, Luffy enters Gear 5th form again and tries to stop Warcury. Brogy warned Luffy that attacking Warcury would not work, only for him to strike Warcury, leading Luffy to hurt his hand once more, forcing them to flee.
To their luck, Warcury and Ju Peter eventually abandoned their pursuit and left to deal with more important matters, allowing the three to escape undeterred. After running for quite some time, the trio managed to finally arrive at the Giant's ship, leaping on just as it was preparing to depart Egghead. Luffy almost immediately expressed his approval of the ship, although he was also concerned about the status of Usopp and Chopper, whom he expected to be there. In order to regain his strength, Luffy quickly ate a pre-made meal for him by the ship's cook, asking the cook to make even more for later. During this time, Marcus Mars used his ability to chase after the ship, firing an energy beam, and catching part of the ship on fire. Mars would go on to declare that none of them would escape alive. Due to the apparent threat, Luffy transformed back into his Gear 5 form and encountered Bonney, asking her for assistance. She began to discount her abilities compared to his, but Luffy responded by giving her words of encouragement, allowing Bonney to realize her potential. Bonney used her ability to transform into a similar form to Luffy's, growing to the size of a giant and gaining similar features.
Luffy expressed his excitement about the upcoming fight, and Bonney's new abilities, inspiring the Giants, and terrifying the Marines in the process. Unfortunately, Mars decided to make his move at the same moment, firing an energy beam at Luffy, and burning him. Luffy quickly ordered his allies to strike him as hard as they could, while he grabbed ahold of Mars. Luffy used his abilities to balloon his torso, but was still met with severe pain as his allies used Haki to strike him from behind. Despite this, Luffy shoved Mars into his chest as the former prepared his attack. Using his own strength, and that of his allies, Luffy used Gomu Gomu No Dawn Balloon to blast Mars far into the distance, sending him flying out of sight. Moments later, Peter would make another attempt to prevent escape by sucking up the Giant's ship. Luffy struck Peter to stop the attack, but was unable to prevent Warcury from running by. Warcury jumped off the coastline in an attempt to stop the ship, but suddenly, the Iron Giant made a surprise appearance by punching Warcury away, shocking Luffy.
The Iron Giant would then turn to Luffy, although he was confused when it addressed him as Joy Boy. The robot declared its intention to fight for Luffy, and moved to face the Elders in his steed. Luffy would later be shocked as the Giant's weapons failed, resulting in it being damaged. To make matters worse, Saturn used the moment to leap onto the Giant Warrior Pirates' ship, declaring that he refused to let Bonney and Kuma escape him. Saturn quickly went on the attack, using his legs to attempt to stab the Giants and Bonney. Luffy quickly leaped to Bonney's defense, preventing Saturn from harming her while she made her recovery. After a few moments, Bonney was restored to full strength, and declared her own intention to defeat Saturn. Saturn mocked her abilities, but Luffy joined her at her side. The two unleashed a flurry of punches strong enough to blow holes through Saturn's body, knocking him back off of the ship. While this occurred, Vegapunk's pre-recorded message to the world continued and neared it's end, as Luffy laughed cheerfully unaware that Vegapunk informed everyone that the fate of the world would be in the hands of whoever was able to find the One Piece.
Moments later, Luffy looked back to the Iron Giant to find it severely damaged, due to attacks from the Elders. The Iron Giant apologized to Luffy for mistaking him for Joy Boy, before asking for his name. Luffy shouted his name to the Giant, who immediately took notice of the "D." in it. The Iron Giant then undid a knot somewhere on its body, resulting in a massive burst of Joy Boy's Haki suddenly being unleashed upon the entire island. Luffy was left completely shocked as the Haki forced most of the Five Elders back to Mary Geoise, knocked out most of the Marines, and made escape a much easier task. At the same time, the Sunny landed near Luffy, who was questioned by his crew on what had happened, although he simply stated that he had no idea. After taking in the situation, Luffy yelled back a thank you to the Iron Giant, and laughed when he got no response, as the machine was no longer powered. Moments later, Luffy's stamina ran out again, and he dropped back down onto the Sunny, where he was cradled by a concerned Nami. At the same time, the Giants announced that they were heading out. While partying, Brogy picked up Luffy for the celebration, but the pirate weakly begged for them to wait for him to regain his strength.
Due to Luffy's incapacitated nature, the Giants put a halt on the party, although another factor prevented it from starting as well. Luffy believed that he had failed to save Vegapunk, and cried as he downed massive amounts of food. Sometime later, Lilith would awaken and meet with Luffy. Lilith was annoyed by Luffy's appetite, but relented and informed him that he had in fact not failed, and that the other Vegapunks were only "dead", at least physically. Luffy and his crew were shocked by the revelation that they had actually succeeded in the end, and Luffy promptly perked back up. He met with Dorry and Brogy again, informing him that he was ready for the party to begin. The Giants were already prepped with plenty of food, and Luffy happily partied with all of his friends, knowing he had fulfilled his promise to Vegapunk in the end.
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