Luffy and Ace had a little argument that escalated into a big fight which caused Luffy to run away. He meets his nakama and forms a band with them. It seems that Ace and Sabo have done the same thing out of grief for their lost outoto. They run in to Luffy at college when he's a freshman with his friends. But Ace and Sabo don't recognize him. They challenge the "stranger " to a singing competition, which is a big mistake. But they don't realize that until the last song.......