What if Zoro Ate the Gomu Gomu No Mi Instead of Luffy?

we all know that Zoro isn't a devil fruit user but what if Zoro ate the gugu noi instead of Luffy how would this change in circumstances affect the overall progression of the story how funny would a swordsman with rubber arms be in this timeline everything will be proceeding as usual with zoro's backstory however one small chance was that Shanks and the redhair Pirates went to shimotsuki Village to repair their ship instead of fusha Island the redhair Pirates were enjoying their drinks at the bar meanwhile Zoro was immersed in his intensive training outside the bar as

the hours passed Shanks decided to step outside for a breath of fresh air carrying a small treasure chest with him there Shanks saw Zoro doing intensive training Shanks greets Zoro and Zoro doesn't weave back so Shanks went closer to Zoro to ask some questions about what he was doing although Zoro didn't answer the questions it was then that zoro's eyes fell upon the small treasure chest in shank's hands and asked about it so Shanks explains to Zoro that this chest is nothing special eventually Zoro eats the devil fruit inside the treasure chest shank's drunkenness suddenly

disappears but that's not just the reason why Zoro ate this take note to acquire this devil fruit you have to have a strong resolve with regard to your dreams so Zoro has the qualifications for this as he has a strong will to become the strongest swordsman in one piece moving on Zoro continued his training with quina during one training session Zoro met que's grandfather shimotsuki kosaburo who gave him a sword to Aid in his practice the following year quina tragically fell down the stairs of her dojo and died leaving Zoro angry and disappointed realizing that

she would never have the chance to fulfill her dream Zoro took it upon on himself to carry on her Legacy he asked kushiro for her sword the wad ichimonji and began working to develop his signature rubber sword style in the original timeline Zoro developed his signature three sword style but this time Zoro realized that he could leverage his rubber body result of the gugu Nomi ability unlike the three sword style the rubber sword style has a unique way of fighting Zoro utilizes his rubber body to attack from a distance much like an octopus with the

help of this unique fighting style Zoro doesn't need to approach his enemies closely eventually Zoro learned about Dracula mihawk who held the title of the world's greatest swordsman he set off to Sea to search for mihawk to challenge him however he lost his way and was unable to find his way back home to survive on his own he started taking on bounties to cover his living expenses he quickly built a reputation for himself as a pirate hunter in the East blue becoming quite famous during his journey Zoro arrived in Shell's town where Helo and Captain

Morgan were stationed contrary to what happened in the original timeline Zoro wasn't captured by Captain Morgan here instead he was able to wipe out the Marines and defeat the Tyrant leader however that wasn't the end Luffy encountered Zoro just as he did in the original timeline due to news of a strong Bounty Hunter being in Shell toown now imagine if Zoro met Luffy who relied solely on physical strength much like his grandfather gar seeing that Luffy didn't possess the gugu Nomi ability Zoro wouldn't be convinced to join his crew therefore Zoro rejected Luffy's offer and

revealed his goal to find and defeat mihawk consequently Zoro continued his journey while Luffy continued his adventure to become the pirate king you might wonder why there aren't any devil fruits for Luffy well it's most likely because GARP trained Luffy to become a strong Marine despite being trained by his grandfather who is a marine Luffy's goals still remain the same to become a pirate due to all the stories he heard as a child continuing zoro's Journey he meets his Bounty companions Johnny and yosaku they then set sail for the barate restaurant for a meal while

they were dining gin returned to barati with his starving Captain Don cre gin explained the catastrophe that C's Fleet had encountered in the grand line when they ran into mihawk and how Don C attempted to seize control of the baratti mihawk had returned to finish off Don pirate Armada but Zoro challenged him to a duel to fulfill his dream the two Swordsmen clashed intensely however Zoro used his unique rubber sword style despite the power difference mihawk easily parried both of zoro's Swords with a tiny cross dagger Zoro used his rubber onii intending to end the

fight but mihawk easily stopped it as well stabbing directly towards his chest mihawk stated that he would remember zoro's name and as a testament to zoro's willpower he un sheathed his black sword sheathing the wad ich chimanji and turning to face mayhawk Zoro CL that a scar on the back of a swordsman is shameful with that mihawk slashed Zoro causing a large scar that went from his left shoulder all the way down to his body thus ending the duel later on the Marines reported zoro's power to the world government given the report the world government

recognized Zoro as a threat as a result the world government placed a large bounty on zoro's head many marines were tasked with capturing Zoro but catching this Moss head proved to be difficult at that time Zoro decided to travel to the Grand line and escape to the Sati archipelago in sabti Zoro continu continued his training with his devil fruit abilities a few days passed and the capture of Ace was announced news broke out that the Whitebeard Pirates had declared war on the Marines with this information Zoro surmised that mihawk would be there since he is

a shii bukai therefore Zoro prepared himself and continued his intensive training for the upcoming war after soku reveals Ace's secret to the world the 43 subordinate pirate Crews of the Whitebeard pirates from the new world appear before marineford Bay the Whitebeard Pirates themselves appeared in the center of the bay having coated their ships to infiltrate the bay under detected Whitebeard set off a massive earthquake using his gura gura no me ability causing two giant tidal waves to crash into marineford as a starting signal for the war Kuan froze the upcoming title waves and consequently the

sea to trap the pirate ships with his Ice Age as well as to provide the Pirates a surface to conduct their attack on the Marines meanwhile Zoro was on his way to marineford for a rematch on the other side of the ocean Luffy and other prisoners were sailing to Marine for as the Marines and Pirates converged on the ice a quick back and forth took place between Nate and his Commander it started with Dracula mihawk launching a longdistance sword slash directly at Whitebeard which was easily blocked by Jou using his kirakira Nomi ability at that

moment the clash between the Whitebeard Pirates the Admirals and the Warlords intensified a few minutes later Zoro arrived at marineford without wasting time Zoro sought mihawk to declare a rematch but before reaching mihawk Zoro fought off the other Marines and Whitebeard Pirates since he didn't side with anyone while The Clash was ongoing Zoro utilized the ability of gugu Nomi to attack mihawk however mihawk saw this and easily defended the attack again Zoro attempted to attack mihawk using the rubber sword style but mihawk fended off the attack using his yoru sword Zoro declared a rematch to

mihawk both swordsman clashed intensely with his training Zoro managed to fight well against mihawk while mihawk attempted to slash Zoro some of his attempts were unsuccessful later on Zoro was once again defeated by mihawk given that mihawk is on the same level as Shanks it's clear that Zoro wouldn't stand a chance against mihawk without the time skip mihawk wouldn't have trained Zoro so after the rematch between Zoro and mihawk Zoro would probably go to another Island and train himself back in the marineford war Luffy arrived to save Ace sadly Ace was killed by sakazuki at

that moment Luffy was devastated while Luffy's Outburst temporarily paralyzed the battlefield it consequently caused the Marines to redouble their efforts to kill it thanks to the Whitebeard Pirates they saved Luffy from the Marines fast forward Whitebeard was slain by Blackbeard and Shanks arrived at the war in the end Shanks stopped the war after the marineford war many marines and Whitebeard Pirates were killed as a result both Monkey D GARP and soku retired Edward Newgate and portgas D Ace were buried on the island of sphinx in the new world meanwhile Zoro continued his journey in the

new world to train and to have another rematch with mihawk in this timeline we all know that Zoro wasn't trained by mihawk therefore it's possible that Zoro didn't know how to properly use hockey especially observation hockey which was taught by mihawk still Zoro would be able to unlock hockey without mihawk's help later in his journey Zoro found mihawk on kurana island once again Zoro challenged mihawk to a rematch as usual Zoro attacked mihawk using his rubber sword style but mihawk blocked it mihawk didn't waste any time and attacked Zoro but Zoro managed to block him

with his sword The Clash was very intense given that Zoro had the power of gugu noi and intensive training with his swordsmanship skills mihawk had a hard time dealing with him but of course without hockey and The Awakening zoro's chances of winning were below 30% as the fight went on Zoro couldn't land any damage on mihawk meanwhile mihawk tried attacking Zoro from a distance but Zoro still managed to dodge the powerful slash coming from mihawk at that moment mihawk used hocky to increase his power then mihawk released a barrage of slashes at Zoro although Zoro

had the power of gugu noi he couldn't Dodge the incoming slashes from mihawk and took a lot of damage at this point Zoro slowly started losing to mihawk but not a chance with his will to become the strongest swordsman Zoro was able to awaken gear five with gear five Zoro attacked mihawk from a long range watching zoro's transformation mihawk was stunned continuing the fight mihawk blocked zoro's attack with yoru both Swordsmen exchanged blows at this point Zoro had the advantage because of gear five however mihawk was able to keep up with zoro's speed and attacks

using gear five to its full potential Zoro managed to gain an upper hand Zoro was able to deal damage to mihawk at this moment mihawk stalled the fight waiting for Zoro to run out of gear five knowing Zoro is a prideful swordsman he wouldn't let mihawk do that as mihawk blocked an incoming attack from Zoro the clash between these two Swordsmen just got even more intense however Zoro had one problem his stamina ran out mihawk used this chance to finish off Zoro in the end Zoro was still defeated by the strongest swordsman of the sea

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