I'm Bear D Polar
And I'm Shadowonthewall6
P: And welcome to the first Chapter our PS One Piece + Assassin's Creed Collaboration Project.
S: It's an odd combination I know, but we still hope you'll enjoy this story.
P: Hell, it's a story in itself how we agreed to publish this. Not to mention how much we got written already.
S: Ah yes, but it's a story for another day. After all, I'm pretty sure the readers would prefer to read about assassin Luffy going around on adventures than us discussing all the spoiler filled content.
P: No kidding. In fact, no one has even heard from me in a while except from maybe a few comments from you. Well anyway, I'm FINALLY writing again. DID YOU MISS ME?!... Thought not. For all those wondering why, there are a lot of reasons; laziness, school work, video games, One Piece, depression, take your pick.
S: I think I'll choose School Work :3
Anyway, we're getting off topic. The point is that you're back AND you're bringing this awesome story along with you :P
I guess so. Anyway, as mentioned above, this is Collaboration between myself and Shadowon. We merely agreed that I would post it on my profile do to how many stories Shadowon is already juggling on his plate, as appose to my two.
P: With that said, do enjoy.
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One Piece of a Creed
Chapter 1: The first
Our story begins long ago, when the world was nothing more than sand and ash. The country of Alabasta was a large area to the east, under the control of the great pirate lord Edward Newgate, who ruled the land with an iron grasp. Recently, trouble had entered the area as a wave of religious marines had swept into the country, led by the 'Buddha' Sengoku, who planned to create a new holy kingdom of the celestial dragons in the new world. Currently, a war is now underway, between the pirate armada and the marine core in an attempt to gain control of the east.
The city of Rainbase was one safely away from the conflicts. A simple town ruled by the warlord Crocodile, who had long since defected from the pirate side of the war when the marines had first arrived on the shore. Rainbase was the center of the nightlife, a place constantly awake with the sounds of partying and celebration. Bars and casinos were spread far and wide over the vast expanse of the city, though the greatest was Rain Dinners, shown by the large crocodile statue mounted atop a mighty pyramid. It was part of Crocodile's estate and a rich source of income for the town. This was a town too big for its own good. It was the kind of place that focused on the whole picture, rather than the individual...
It was perfect...at least, for one band of visitors...
The gate guards didn't even blink as three Celestial scholars walked past them into the vast playground.
"...Hey, weren't those guys wearing armor?" one of the guards called to the other.
"Yeah. Maybe that's just the new fashion" the other guard replied with a shrug.
"Seems a little strange though..." the first guard commented.
"BUT THEY WERE PRAYING AND EVERYTHING!" the second guard argued "just take no notice. They're just scholars...I mean, how much trouble could they cause?" Once inside, the three scholars continued to walk slowly down the streets, engulfed in their seven fingered praying hands. Slowly, the three of them turned off the main road, into a side passage way and then, they instantly dropped their fake pretenses and their hands.
The man who had entered the room first had thick dark hair that reached his shoulders and poked out from under his hood. He wore a purple sash around his waist. The men's costume didn't differ too much from each other, with the second man having a green hamarki around and his waist, whilst the third possessed a red sash around his waist. The three were all dressed in white hooded robes, their faces obscured from sight.
"We need to move" the leader of the group mumbled, turning around to look the man behind him in the eye, his only eye as it turned out as the other had a large scar over it.
"Okay then..." the green haired man grunted from underneath his white hood, before turning to face the man behind him "I and Ace are going to go meet up with Usopp. Apparently, his thieves are getting roughed up a little by Crocodile's thugs, so we'll need to teach them a lesson"
"We might check in with Kokoro as well" Ace revealed "I hear that her girls might need some assistance...are you okay with that?"
"I can do this on my own" the last man reminded them, silently staring back at Ace.
"I don't doubt that Luffy" Ace defended himself "but this Daz Bones you're supposed to kill is one tough customer"
"I'll be fine" Luffy calmly assured his brother.
"But Dragon..."
"Worries too much" Luffy finished for him "I'll be fine. You two get going"
"Make sure to..." the green haired man began, only for Luffy to interrupt him as well.
"Check in with Usopp at the bureau. Gotcha"
"Safety and peace Luffy..." the green haired man muttered as a farewell.
"Safety and peace Zoro, Ace..." Luffy replied. Ace nodded and with that, the two men fled the scene, climbing to the high heights of the city. Luffy stood there a moment longer, before he too took off into the night, his lucky straw-hat billowing in the wind on a string behind him.
"~NAMI! YOU'RE ON IN TWO MINUTES! ~" a voice called from nearby. The long orange haired girl smiled at the call, and turned to face the man who was standing behind the curtain, her wavy hair flicking up behind her head. "Okay Bon. I'll be ready soon enough" she said with a smile.
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The young lady known as Nami was just making some last touches to her outfit before going on stage. Adjusting the decorative tiara on her head, she takes one last look at herself through the vanity. She was wearing a blue, decorative, triangular cut, bikini top along with a cream-ish, ankle length flowing, sleeveless, silky, light coloured jacket that had decorative trees of some kind with delicious looking ripped oranges sprouting from the vines knitted expertly into it. While showing off her midriff below her top and between her flowing vest, she had her legs covered with a long matching cream-ish ankle length skirt, with a single loose frill that came from her right hip and down to the left of the hem of her skirt from the front and back, along a loosely tied blue sash with vines of some kind sprouting oranges as well around her hips. All this along with a couple of accessories, like the as for mention tiara on her head, her golden drooping earring with small orange spheres at the bottom, a necklace with a triangular chain with another spherical orange ornament in-between, a thin shining golden bracelet hanging on her left arm, and as well as two thicker golden bracelets with large circular bumps on four sides between the edges, one clinging to her upper arm each. The young woman's sleeveless outfit however also showed off her exposed tattoo on her shoulder, some sort of blue pinwheel with a circular object, possibly a matching blue orange, sprouting at the top of the round-ish pin.
The young Nami gave a satisfied nod, before making a quick twirl, showing off the loose fabric that flowed around her, wrapping around her body lightly as she stopped before it all readjusting itself to its proper position. Nodding once again and pumping her fist in front of the mirror before making sure one last time her sash was properly tied before turning around to walk off.
As she left her room, two other girls, both with blue hair, one long enough to reach a bit past her shoulders. She also wore a red head band that was tied over her forehead and below her hair, with her fringe combed to hang from the left side of her face. All the while the other one's hair reached a bit past her hips, her hair was held from the back of her head by a blue designedly crafted hair pin and was combed to part separately away from her forehead, letting the top fringes hang from both sides of her head. Both were wearing similar outfits to Nami, though there were a few minor differences. They both wore similar but plainer blue bikini tops, but the longer haired one had a more circular cut along with a more string like necklace with three circles hanging off it separately. Her sleeveless jacket and skirt was more of a pure white and the former was decorated with what appeared to be golden sprinkles with a blue shapeless liquid, as if it was mixed with both the sea and the sand. In front of her skirt as well was an almost as long rectangular blue apron with a golden frame. She also wore less accessories, with a mere golden bracelet with a bit of blue on it clinging below her right elbow, as well as some drooping earrings of her own.
The sorter haired one wore a blue bikini top with less of a bottom, showing a bit more of the skin under her chest, and also had a round-cut, and also had a similar necklace to the other blue haired girl, but with four triangles hanging separately from the sips. Her jacket and skirt was a deep-ish red, matching her head band, with the jacket having white-ish smog flowing around it, like clouds of some kind that would block out a bit of the sun letting them shine. Her skirt had three thrills around the hem and another two around the waist. She wore drooping golden earrings like the former, and a small cylinder shaped bracelet a bit below her left shoulder.
"Good luck Nami, we'll be playing together a bit later."
Nami nods at the longer haired girl, "I know Vivi, thanks."
"Yeah, of course you do, see you later sis!" The other one, Nami's sister, calls farewell too.
Nami waves back, "See you soon Nojiko." she says before walking towards the stage she would be performing onto.
Nami stood bare foot on the stage as her name was called. She briefly glanced at the large audience in front of her before as she waited for the music to start. Taking a subtle deep brief Nami started moving as the music played, letting her body take over as she moved to the much rehearsed dance she had been preparing for. Starting slow at first as her movements consisted of just walking and adjusting her arms, letting her body show off both the beauty of its natural movements, and her cloths providing subtle imagery. As the music slowly picked up, so did her. As she began to twirl a bit, and her movements become progressively more complicated, but still simple to follow.
In the midst of her dancing and one of her spins, she grins to herself as she takes off her sash while her back was turned to the audience. His provided an extension to her movements, allowing her to further entrance the people before her to herself, as a snake dances to hypnotize it's pray, but in this case, it was more to add to the eyes appeal, a bird spreading it's wings. Nami herself liked to think of it as a cat waving her tail about.
Nami grins at the effect she was having. One way or another, she was succeeding in entertaining her audience. And she felt a swell of pride as she finishes up the dance with one last twirl and a flick of her sash, before lightly bowing to the people before her, letting the claps fill the room.
In the dark of the night, a lone figure jumps a top building to building, avoiding whatever attention that he could encounter from both the city streets below or whoever patrolled the building tops. As the man hurried through the skies, he notes the peculiar structure he had spotted earlier and was currently looking for. Grinning under his hat and hood, the man quickly dashes towards the wooden structure, walking around it to find an entrance from the ceiling.
Lightly jumping down, landing in a small pond and walking down a small narrow room, before walking through the curtains at end. There he entered another room, where he spotted a man with an oddly long nose tending to a bar.
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"Good evening sir, what can I get for you?" the long nosed man asked, turning to face Luffy with a smile.
"That water drank by neither gods nor demons for I am just a man" Luffy responded calmly, taking his position in front of him. The long nosed man smiled as the code was spoke aloud and, with a wide grin, he looked up at Luffy.
"Ah! Luffy! It's good to see you!" he exclaimed with a smile.
"Safety and peace Usopp" Luffy replied with a smile of his own "how goes the business?"
"Not so bad" Usopp admitted "after all, life continues on despite a man's best intentions, so I can't complain"
"Indeed..." Luffy agreed "how's Kaya?"
"She's pregnant"
"Seriously?" Luffy asked in confusion "well then Usopp, I'm very happy for you"
"Thank you" Usopp replied, before looking Luffy dead in the eye "so, what are you here for?"
"Daz Bones" Luffy stated simply "and the feather I need..."
"Of course" Usopp said "though you will need to show me you have enough knowledge for the job. Maybe you should look around and find out more on..."
"Daz Bones, also known as Hizashi Kita, Samuel Reed and Mr 1. He's a Templar working for Crocodile as the captain of the guards. He's mostly seen around Rain Dinners and is known for coming in to watch the dancing girls. When he is in Rain Dinners, security around the casino is reinforced to all entrances and exits...except the front gate, which remains guarded by four guards, each armed with pole weapons. I plan to get inside past them and then, when Daz makes a move for the toilet or, if he goes out of sight of others, I will slay him dead and escape via the main exit..."
Luffy explained. Usopp was definitely surprised at this.
"You've done your research" he said with a smile "I know Dragon will be proud of you!" Luffy said nothing as he took the feather from Usopp, before heading for the exit.
"Safety and peace Usopp" he called as he left.
"You shall deliver us both" Usopp replied with a bow "come back to visit sometime my old friend" Luffy nodded with a smile, before pouncing up the way he had come.
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Climbing out of back to the building tops, Luffy takes a quick look around. Briefly searching his memory bank to recall the detail of the vast city he had a look around before heading to Usopp, he concluded the fastest and least suspicious way to get to Rain Dinner. "It's not like it's hard to spot anyway." Luffy think to himself as he hurries over the buildings.
Luffy however spots a guard patrolling one of the roofs. Rather than killing the man, Luffy simply makes a jump downward towards a conveniently placed hay stack, before getting out and opting to walk with the crowd, silently passing the people walking through the streets before he took a path in a back alley.
"Sounds like you gave them quite a show." Nojiko comments as Nami re-enters the room.
Nami briefly looks around to see her two fellow dancers, her friend and her sister, before sitting down next to them. "Yeah, of course, I was hardly going to mess up, especially not tonight." Nami says proudly at them.
"Don't get too cocky, I heard some famous guy is coming here..." Nojiko says but then stops herself like she was forgetting something.
"Daz Bones," Vivi says, "he's a Captain who regularly comes by, though I'm not sure obviously what business he has." Vivi says thoughtfully.
Nami just chuckles a bit, "I doubt it really matters unless he intends to pay us extra or something, but we just need to do our thing and not choke."
Nojiko lightly laughs at this, "That goes without saying, especially considering all three of us are going to be performing.
Nami shrugs at this. They all knew the routine, and they all knew that they could easily pull it off, but they also felt the need to encourage each other. Nami sighs lightly as she goes back to the vanity to sort herself out. "I guess we should get ready."
"There you are." Luffy mutters as he leans behind a corner to spot the entrance to the giant building. On cue as well was four guards, each standing there, but unprepared for what awaited them. Luffy smirks as he grasps his wrist, "This will be over quickly."
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Slowly, Luffy approached the nearby guards, weaving in through the large crowd of gamblers with ease. As he walked, Luffy's hand slipped in and out of the civilian's pockets, grabbing wallets and loose change as he went. Finally, when he was nearing the door, he decided to quickly take the initiative. Dragon had always said that misdirection was the best tactic in these situations. After all, someone won't notice you pinching their arm if you're gripping their hand tight enough...
Suddenly, without warning, Luffy stuck his foot out in the crowd, knocking over a nearby pedestrian, before slipping into the side pathway. As the man fell, two of the guards noticed his stumble and quickly walked over to help him up. Several of the other walkers had stopped. Luffy, however, was far enough ahead that he could slip past the two guards easily, without any need to show identification.
The casino was quite large and it seemed like almost everything in the room sparkled. Luffy hid his surprise behind a veil of calmness as he walked though, calmly ascending the stairs to the top floor. The main dining room had a neat red carpet on the floor, patterned with gold. The seats in the room were crowded but Luffy managed to obtain a seat by the bar.
"Orange juice" he muttered as he noticed the bushy blue haired bar tender turn to him for a second. The woman nodded to him and headed back to the bar. Slowly, Luffy's eyes scanned along the crowd of people in the room. Daz was not among them. Luffy suppressed a growl. Slowly, his eyes turned towards the stage.
Well...at least he'd hopefully get entertained a little tonight with all luck...
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Luffy sat back to lean on the bar as he waited for the performers to appear, straying his eye a bit to try and spot his target. He eyed the stage however as he notices a few skinny figures walk on to it. He wasn't too surprise. While he lacked the same amount of interest in women that most men would around his age, he was still mature enough to recognize reasonably attractive girls when he saw them... Still, Luffy found himself oddly interested; likely do to the colourful and interestingly designed outfits to compliment the attractive dancers that were now performing on stage.
He noted that a few of them were wearing transparent veils, though he couldn't quite make out their faces in detail. "I probably should take a closer look, Daz might even by close by." he says with a shrug. Noticing his drink, Luffy muttered polite thanks and walked closer to the stage, being weary not to attract attention.
Leaning across a wall, Luffy took a quick glance before watching the show again. His eyes furrow a bit though as he spots something strange. A young woman, beautiful like the rest, if not more so but she was distinguishable, not just by her outfit or movements, but also by the long locks of orange hair that swayed through the air as she danced to the music.
For this reason or for possibly others beside it, Luffy found this woman the most interesting to watch.
Nami was an experienced dancer. Such things were obvious as she perfectly sinks her movements to the girls beside her, and more obvious as she takes the lead in the dance, adding her own flair that the other girls could follow and even incorporate to their own performance. This experience aloud Nami to think without being too distracted.
As such Nami was able to briefly analyze the audience before her as she moved to the music, only letting herself lose control if she was having too much fun, but never the less keeping an inquiring eye open. She had seen many different sights like this, and was seeing many more tonight. But yet one sight to her, that she only briefly saw, she felt was odd.
She briefly spotted a person in a white cloak, like a scholar. But she felt slightly uneasy as she briefly looked at the presumed man. She ignored this worry however as she allowed herself to simply concentrate on the performance at hand.
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Luffy's eyes continued to watch the dancer, as she moved, his gaze focusing on the flow of her hips moving from side to side. The movement was almost entrancing in its simplicity and he found himself unable to look away. This dancing girl was strange to him. No woman had ever heightened his interest like this before and his keen eye slowly scanned her.
As Nami continued to move with the rhythm of the beat, swaying her hips from side to side and twirling to allow the paying patrons to get a better view. Nojiko and Vivi followed her movements all the way, relying on her to be their leader, to guide them. In any ordinary circumstance, this would be fine. But, however, she had become increasingly aware of the scholar's gaze focusing on her. She didn't know why it would matter. After all, she was some poorly street rat who'd got lucky, definitely not worthy of knowing a wise man. She had no chance in hell...but the fact that he was showing interest made me her feel uncomfortable. All she could see of him was the bottom of his face but it looked so well defined that she wasn't sure really how to feel anymore.
Luffy continued to watch Nami, engrossed in her sensual movements. In fact, he was so distracted; he didn't notice the waiter walking past him. By accident, the waiter tripped and was sent flying. At first, he stumbled for a bit before unfortunately colliding with a gentleman nearby. The man's suit was drenched.
"I'm sorry sir...I..." the waiter began, only to be silenced as a dagger struck him in the neck.
"No...You're not...but you are now..." the man muttered, pushing the waiter to the floor. Of course, the crowd wheeled round and this and the dancers stopped as well. Luffy remained still, but his eyes looked over and met the gaze of Daz Bones.
"Target acquired" he thought to himself.
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The people around the murderer just stood there silently watching the man as he made his next move. However when he turned to the people they instantly averted their gaze, as if their very presence could encourage the man to kill. He then turned towards the dancers, causing Nami and the others to flinch in anticipation and fear. Soon enough the music had awkwardly started again. The dancers slowly got back together, Nami taking the lead once again. Soon enough, everything was reasonably back to normal.
No one could touch the man. That was just how things were. He was allowed to kill you by simply looking at him wrong, and anyone who called him out or even tried to defend someone from him would meet the same end. It was cruel and harsh, but in Nami's mind, that's just how it worked and as far as she was concerned, that poor man, deserving or not, was just unlucky enough to have cross a far more powerful man.
This was how things were. Yet in the mind of another, this was not right, and this would not stand. Now knowing where the man was, he eyed the man, obviously making sure that his gaze wasn't suspicious enough to alert anyone. As such he occupied his eyes and the show that was now continuing, but now fully concerned about his assignment at hand. And as he keeps a watchful eye on the man, he thought of how he was to dispose of the soon to be dead man.
"I can't do it here..." Luffy thought to himself as he stood in his place patiently. "I'll wait; wait to follow you out of sight, where there will be no witnesses to your passing." And so he did. He waited and waited, just waiting for the right opportunity to kill, until Daz started walking.
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As Daz moved, so did Luffy, following in the murderer's footsteps. Luffy had remembered exactly what he had learned when it came to tailing people. The first thing was to never show a complete interest in your prey. Take side roads, bonus paths and make it seem like you're interested in other things. Second, if your prey does notice you, act naturally. Blend in and fake it. The third and most important rule, however, was one Luffy was an expert at following...
Don't cause attention to yourself... rather divert it...
As Daz began to ascend the stairs out of the main hall and into a side corridor, Luffy shadowed the man until he was standing right around the corner. His prey was right within reach. The corridor was empty. He was prepared. All was going perfectly...
"Come on out Assassin!" Daz suddenly shouted, as Luffy reeled quickly around the corner. Luffy remained silent. Hoping that Daz would lose interest and not pursue his superstitions...
"I know you're there assassin" Daz repeated, withdrawing his sword from hiss heath "Do you take me for a fool? I can just SMELL the blood in the air...I saw you at the bar earlier but I decided not to engage you there...here, however, we can finish this one on one, away from prying eyes...I know you hooded devils like that sort of thing"
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Luffy narrows his eyes, annoyed at being discovered. Still, now he could kill the man with the direct approach, just how he liked it. Stepping out from his hiding place, Luffy faced the man, reaching into his cloak and deciding he would draw out his sword and play it safe.
"Let's end this quick, I prefer our reputation stayed as infamous as it is for not getting caught." Luffy says, preparing his sword for battle.
The man before him grunts in reply. "It will be a pleasure, to add your kind to my collection of trophies." he announces as he moves forward, blades in hand.
The two cross swords, Luffy's single sword against Daz's two. Daz proceeds to keep one sword pressed down while he attempts to swing his other to Luffy's head. Luffy backs away at this, avoiding the casualty before charging forward to knock Daz back as he swung forward. Luffy swings forward, both hands on his blade for extra power but Daz wisely steps away, not testing his strength. Using the opening to do continuous slashes at Luffy, who blocks the first before backing away.
Luffy furrows his eyes again. It was clear that this guy deserved his title. "This was going to be harder than I thought." Luffy says in his mind as prepares his next move.
Nami sighs to herself as the performance ended and had walked off stage. She was quiet, not really sure what to make of the earlier event. "At least I got through it, despite everything." Nami thought, trying to be positive.
"... You alright?" Nami looks to see a concerned Vivi.
Nami smiles softly back at this. "Yeah, I'll be alright." Nami replies. Vivi looked rather unconvinced but figured she could talk to her later if it was still bothering her.
"Well done ladies, well done!" An enthusiastic Bon says as he approaches them. "I had quite a scare there, but I'm sure we all did. Go on now and rest, you'll need it."
Nojiko smiles back at him, "Yeah, we will, thanks." Bon smiles and walks away while Nojiko turn to approach the two girls. "Come on, let's go." Nojiko says gently as she grasp Nami's arm to lightly.
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"I'll see you guys at five o'clock sharp tomorrow afternoon, okay ladies?" Bon asked, smiling at the girls as they headed out of their dressing room.
"Sure" the girls replied, before Nojiko closed the door to their room.
Steel met with steel as Luffy spun around, parrying one of Daz's swords, whilst at the same time stopping the other sword from attacking him, flicking it aside before dealing with slashing forwards in the hope of hitting Daz. Daz was not fooled however and he quickly stepped back to dodge Luffy's slice. As Luffy sliced towards Daz once more, however, Daz blocked the attack with his own sword and, in a swift movement, attacking Luffy's sword with his other blade, right near where Luffy's hand was. On instinct, Luffy realized the sword from his grip...only to move his hand quickly to catch it before it hit the floor. Then, he sidestepped and slashed downwards with his weapon. Daz gave a cry of pain as Luffy's mighty blade cleaved straight through Daz's wrist, splitting up his elbow from his hand. Daz, however, was not done yet and spun around himself, slicing straight at Luffy's leg. Luffy stepped back wards away from Daz's attack but the swordsman took the initiative and, in a flash, he had disarmed Luffy with a swift flick of his wrist. The sword hit the floor with a clang and Daz quickly got between it and Luffy.
"You're dead now assassin" Daz growled "no-one disarms Daz Bones and lives to tell the tale" Luffy chuckled at the pun but then, gave a confident smile.
"You know what...I wasn't really a fan of swords anyway" Luffy revealed "and one thing you should know about us assassins is that..." before Luffy continued, he flexed his wrists and, at the movement, two hidden blades protruded from the bottom of his palms "...we also have tricks up our sleeves..."
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Daz furrows his brows at this. He charges forward, sword in hand ready to strike. Luffy does the same, charging straight towards the man, blocking his sword with his wrist guard and attempting to stab the man by the throat. Daz however grabs his wrist and forces it back. The two struggled with their respectful strengths before Daz over powers Luffy and knocks him away.
Luffy lands on the ground and attempts to recover, but Daz was already on top of him, swinging his sword for the kill. Luffy however avoids the cut, then quickly leans forward to stab his stomach. Daz crying out in pain, grabs Luffy by his cloths having lost his grip on his sword, and using all his strength and speed to drag and throw the assassin out of the nearby window.
Daz huffed and puffed as he recovers from the near death experience of having an assassin aiming for his life, and a skilled one at that. He smirks, satisfied with his victory. Now all he had to do was collect the body... But something was odd. Daz realized that he should have heard something, something hit the ground. Yet all there was silence besides the wind outside. Daz decided to walk up and check out the window, to see if he had somehow survived or that he merely didn't hear the thud that was expected.
This however, was a lethal mistake, for just below the window where Daz looks out of, the very assassin that he had thrown was not only alive, but had managed to grab on to the wall he was previously descending, having climbed backed up and waited for the perfect opportunity, the perfect opportunity to stab his prey straight through the heart from his hanging position.
Daz surprised eyes bulged in inconceivable shock as he looked at the Assassin in the eyes. In one last powerful swoop, Luffy had dragged Daz off the building and thrown him down the building, watching from his position as he fell to the floor below, ripping through a few sheet on the way, but most likely dead even with his slightly broken fall.
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Luffy smiled down at the body...of course, he still needed to wipe the feather against Daz's neck. Slowly, Luffy clambered down from where he was, slowly descending. The street below was a side alley behind the back of rain dinners.
It was a staff exit and currently, it looked like it was empty. Slowly, Luffy descended from on high, landing in a nearby haystack. Quickly, he leaped out of it (slightly surprised he hadn't broken a few bones doing that act) and moved towards the dead body.
"Rest in peace" Luffy muttered, closing the man's eyes with his right hand, whilst his left hand dabbed his feather into the small pile of blood on the floor.
"..Oh my..." the voice caused Luffy to turn around as he spotted someone he had not expected to ever see. It was the orange haired dancer. She was standing there watching him in a white hooded coat that was presumably hiding her dancing clothing. He recognized her friends behind the dancer but his gaze didn't turn away from her. Slowly Luffy stood up, he flexed his hand and the hidden blade came out, sharp and true, facing straight towards the girls.
"You should have minded your own business..." the cloaked scholar declared, a killing intent in his voice...
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Nami and the girls couldn't believe what they were seeing. Right in front of them, was a man in a white cloak, a scholar by the looks of it, with a blade poking out of his wrists and the body of Daz Bones on the ground behind him.
"Who is this guy?" was the question that rained through all three of their heads. However, Nami's eyes widen further in realization. "Was this the same scholar that I saw before?"
Nami, Vivi and Nojiko all backed away from the man in front of them. Whoever he was, it would seem his next victims would be them if they stayed here. "We have to separate," Nojiko whispered to the two girls, "He can't catch all of us."
Luffy however with his keen senses, heard this and proceeded to quickly take out a knife and throws it near the girl's head in an attempt to silence her. However this caused the complete opposite affect and caused them to panic and flee from both directions. "Crap!" Luffy cursed silently.
With no time to lose, Luffy proceeded to dash towards the one girl on the right, grabbing her arm and tripping her up with a sweep kick before throwing her on the ground. "YOU TWO STOP, OR SHE DIES!"
The two girls halt as they turn around at the thrill scream. Their eyes widened in horror as Vivi was being held with the blade to her throat.
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"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Nami demanded. Luffy didn't even bother to deny there demand, he merely looped his left arm around Vivi's waist, keeping her hidden blade close to her neck.
"STOP THIS!" Nami bellowed again, though Luffy remained un-phased.
"Listen" he commanded in a hushed tone "I don't want to hurt you. This isn't anything personal but if Crocodile knows that I did this, it could be trouble. All I want is to settle this easily"
"...What do you want from us?" Nojiko asked, acting much less angry than her sister but still seeming hostile.
"Silence" Luffy replied simply "I want you to make a deal with me that you're not going to tell anyone about this...and I'm taking her as a bargaining chip"
"DON'T HURT HER!" Nami yelled suddenly. Luffy twitched and the cold steel brushed gently against Vivi's neck. She jumped at the chill but the touch had not been enough to draw blood. Nami calmed herself, noticing the situation
"...Don't hurt Vivi" she said calmly, stepping forwards and dropping to her knees "take...take me instead"
"Nami, what are you..." Nojiko began, but Nami gave her a stern look.
"Nojiko..." she whispered "I'm not losing anyone else..." Luffy heard this and his eyebrow rose.
"...I don't care who wants to come with me...but one of you is..." the assassin admitted calmly "we should be able to solve this easily...if you just play along and do as I say..."
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Nami bit her lip at this. They could simply run away and leave Vivi here at the mercy of this man... But she wouldn't, she couldn't abandon her friend. So while ignoring her concern of surviving herself, Nami reluctantly nodded to the man. "We'll do as you say, just..."
Luffy eyes the orange headed girl as she slowly gets up from the ground, her white coat that covered her body and possibly hid her outfit she was wearing earlier being only mildly dirtied at kneeling on the ground. With a soft intake and outtake of breath, Luffy began his next move.
"Come closer." Luffy commands. The girl complies, staring at Luffy in the eye all the way. Not bothering to give them a second warning, Luffy pushes Vivi forward and grabs Nami, forcing her in the same situation that Vivi was in just a moment ago.
Nami grunted softly, but remained quiet none the less while Vivi quickly made her way to Nojiko, who was staring at her sister with concerned fearful eyes. "If you want to see your friend again, you will do as I say. I'm going somewhere and I need you to meet me there." Luffy explains, seriousness in his voice ever present. "If you alert the guards to my presence, and despite my earlier claim, I will kill her, am I understood?"
The girls reluctantly nod. Vivi hesitantly speaks up, noting that he had for whatever reason not mention an important detail. "Where exactly are we supposed to meet you?"
Luffy was silent for a moment before speaking up...
Nami is silent as she allows the man to lead her to the designated location. She was nervous, scared. "What is going to happen to us?" Nami looks around, seeing as they pasted few people. She contemplated screaming, but figured it would be useless, for she would either be killed or dragged away.
After some time of walking, the two finally stopped at a place that Nami was unfamiliar with.
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"Where are we?" Nami asked as she gazed up at the building in front of her. Red banners decorated with black roses hung from in front of the building. The building looked clean and pristine but the smell coming from it was awful.
"Where are we?" Nami asked. Luffy did not reply. He dragged Nami behind the building, into an alley way and pointed towards a side door.
"In" he commanded softly.
"Where is..." Nami started once more, but then Luffy cast a glare in her direction.
"I SAID IN" he barked. Nami nodded as the hidden blade flashed out of Luffy's wrist and she walked through the door. They were in a cellar. It was damp, dark and cold. Steadily, Nami walked forwards, whilst her captor kept a firm grasp on her shoulder. Soon, Nami recognized a door silhouetted against the darkness.
"Go in" Luffy instructed. Nami obeyed him, opening the door and stepping inside.
It was surprising to Nami that the room they were now in looked quite nice. The carpets and the wallpaper were a strange red or purple colour. There was also a bed in the room, large enough for two people and quite comfortable in appearance.
"Wait here..." Luffy instructed "I'll come get you soon...and don't you dare try and break out or I will snap your neck without hesitation"
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Nami nods, knowing full well what she had just gotten into. She watched as the door was closed before her and heard it click in place. Just standing there for a while, Nami felt grimly curious as she approached the door and tested it. "Locked..." She mutters unsurprised. Sighing, Nami heads over to the bed to sit, thinking over the events that had happened just now.
Luffy walks through the dark room and eventually finds some stairs to climb up. Luffy was not looking forward to this. He knew he was either going to get teased or scolded for this, but he had no choice. He needed help to clean this mess. Ignoring everything else, Luffy searched the building and found his companions in the place he most figured they would be.
Silently he walks up to Zoro and Ace. The later having noticed him smiles and raises a drink. "Luffy, mission complete I presume."
Luffy gives a hesitant nod at this question. "Yeah, Daz Bones is dead." Luffy brings out the blood stained feather, proving his accomplishment of his feat.
Ace smirks, "Great work, we sorted out things around here as well. Come, have a drink." Ace then notices Luffy was oddly unenthusiastic for some reason. "No problems I presume."
Luffy sighs. "It's best I show you." Luffy says, indicating them to follow him.
Zoro groans. "Can't you just tell us, I'm having a drink here!" Zoro mutters annoyed as he guzzles more of what Luffy presumed to be some strong alcohol. Ace however raised his eyebrow, before furrowing them and getting up.
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"You need to come and see" Luffy persisted "it's...a sensitive subject..."
"Have you broken the creed or something?" Ace asked, giving his brother a warning glare.
"Not yet..." Luffy simply replied "but I'm trying to preserve the creed but it's getting kind of hard..."
"What do you mean?"
"It's best to show you" Luffy stated once again. Ace sighed at this.
"Fine then Luffy. What's gotten you so on edge today?"
"A woman..." was Luffy's simple reply. Despite his seriousness, Zoro and Ace started laughing.
"AW~ LITTLE LUFFY AFRAID OF GIRLS ARE WE?" Zoro cried with joy.
"NO, THAT'S NOT IT!" the dark haired man protested.
"Always were shy, weren't you Luffy?" Ace added with a chuckle.
"She saw me kill Daz..." Immediately, Ace and Zoro stopped laughing.
"Then...we have a problem..."
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Luffy sighs as he urges them to follow him, explaining on the way. "In short, do to some unexpected things that happened, I ended up throwing Daz out a building. When I got down, three girls had spotted me."
Luffy was suddenly halted as Zoro placed a hand on his shoulder. "Three?" he questioned.
Luffy realizing the contradiction began to explain in more detail. "I managed to grab one of them, and persuaded the other two to meet me hear." Luffy knowing Ace and Zoro's worry begins to explain further. "They've sworn to come alone, with their friend's life at stake, for as far as they know, I will kill her for not keeping their word."
Ace sighs at this while Zoro gives an annoyed mumble. "Sometimes I wonder why we can't just kill the witnesses." Zoro quietly says to himself.
Ace however glances towards him. "You know full well why, the Creed forbids us from slaying the innocent." Ace says annoyed.
Zoro sighs, "Yeah, your right, and I know why too, but it makes these types of situations so complicated!" Zoro growls. "When are these other witnesses coming?" Zoro asks Luffy sternly.
"Soon, provided they followed my instructions correctly."
Ace turns to leave. "Then let's hurry and reunite them with your guest."
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Luffy nodded and Ace stood up, the senior assassin quickly taking over the situation.
"...Ace...I'm..." Luffy began, only for his brother to interrupt him.
"I know Luffy...but you've done well. You followed the creed and also secured the safety of our secret order...as for what'll happen now...we'll have to get Dragon here to sort this out. He shouldn't be far away...but we will have to hold the other girl's here until the time is right..." Luffy watched Ace for a moment before he smiled.
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Soon after, two hooded figures came walking towards the same building Luffy lead Nami to. The two inspect the mysterious new place, looking around for any sign of both trouble, but also for their friend and her captor.
One of them, who wore a blue coat that covered most of her body, hesitantly takes down her hood, looking up at the higher parts of the building. "Are we in the right place?" Vivi asks her companion, who also took down her hood. She wore a similar red coat with a brownish scarf wrapped around the hood.
"I- think so..." Nojiko answers hesitantly as she rethinks over the instructions they were given. "He never did say how we were supposed to find him..."
"Maybe we should just go inside and ask for a white hooded man... Or even if anyone's seen one dragging a white hooded girl?" Vivi suggests as Nojiko continues to grip her chin in thought.
Nojiko eventually nods. "Yeah, better yet, let's just have a look around. We might even be able to find NaMPPHHH?"
The two girls were naturally startled beyond belief, and did not hesitate to voice their surprise with loud gasps as the two were suddenly grabbed from behind by two different people and both with an armoured hand tightly clamped over their mouths, muffling any scream they could possibly muster. While they had been talking, two men had snuck up behind them, silently pacing themselves towards them before lashing out and restraining the two with their arms, one wrapped around their stomach and arms while the other was, as mentioned before, covering their mouths.
Their eyes avert to another figure that walks out of the shadows, approaching them in a calm intimidating pace. It was a man wearing a similar cloak to the other man they met. But this one seemed slightly different. "Our guests I presume?" He asks darkly and direct, no doubt expecting an answer the girls couldn't properly give.
"Yes, these are the ones." Vivi eyes widen as she recognizes the voice. The one who grabbed her was the same man who took Nami.
"Then let's go."
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Slowly, the mysterious hooded men led Nojiko and Vivi along towards the cellar. Of course, Nojiko and Vivi were utterly terrified at the moment, though that didn't seem to have fazed their captors. Nojiko briefly wondered whether these men could even possibly feel fear. After all, they had seen one of them leap from a high height just to get some blood on a feather. It was crazy and it made Nojiko wonder just who these people were.
"NOJIKO! VIVI!" as the door swung open and Nami spotted her friend and her sister, she raced towards them, hugging them close when they were near enough.
"NAMI!" the two girls gasped with relief that their friend was safe and held her in return. When the three of them had been holding each other close, Luffy had watched with a feeling of unease. This situation was going to be a difficult one.
"Zoro...go wait for Dragon" Ace instructed in a whisper "I and Luffy will take care of our guests..."
"Of course..." Zoro replied, before he left the cellar, heading for the ground floor.
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After Zoro left and locked the door, Ace turned towards the girls with a stern look from beneath his hood, causing the girls to flinch slightly at his dark gaze. "What did you see?" Ace asks in a direct, no nonsense matter.
They were stunned for a moment until Nojiko shook her head. "Nothing."
Ace briefly turns to Luffy. "These three saw me kill Daz Bones, which is undeniable."
Ace nods at this, knowing his brother wouldn't make a mistake like that and believing his word over these women anyway. "Of course, and who are these three I wonder?" Ace says, the seriousness never leaving his voice.
The girls were silent for a moment, but this time Vivi spoke up. "I assure you we mean you no trouble..." Vivi says sincerely, "...We are just humble dancers, who happened to just run by your companion."
Ace arched his brow at this, though it remained hidden under his hood. He turns to Luffy again, who was more hesitant this time, remembering the time he stood there watching them while he waited for his target. "... I believe I did see them perform while I was looking for Daz Bones."
Nami's eyes widened at this. "He was watching us?" She thought to herself, as she traced her memories to the 'scholar' who she felt eyeing her... Nami begins to smirk as an idea crosses her mind. "Not convinced?" This briefly grabs the attention of the two. Nami smiles at them before slowly taking the white scarf she was wearing off and unbuttoning her coat.
"Nami?" Vivi asks concerned, her eyes wider and confused over her actions.
Soon enough Nami had let the coat slip off of her shoulders and arms, revealing the exact alluring and colourful dancer outfit that Luffy had seen her danced in. The only thing missing from her was the tiara and veil that she wore earlier. She was also wearing high heeled sandals that were strapped from her big toe to her ankles.
Luffy quietly gulps at the memories he felt, but then furrows his brows. "What was she up to?"
Nami kept her smile as she scanned for a reaction from the two men in front of her. She then turns to Nojiko and winks. Nojiko smiles back. "I guess we should introduce ourselves, you to Vivi." Nojiko says to her, giving her a wink from an angle the men wouldn't see. Vivi was hesitant, but she also followed Nojiko as they both stripped their own coats, revealing there dancer outfits.
Once stripped of their coats, they gave the men a moment to gaze at the three beautiful dancers. Nami's smile never wavering, she took a brief step and put a hand on her hip. "You've probably never heard of us, but we're pretty famous as of late." Nami proceeded to do a single twirl, the other two following and stopping in an alluring pose, "We're known as the Thalatha Gamila Jinn! (The Three Beautiful Genies)"
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As the three posed, Ace's jaw dropped and his eyes bugged out. Quickly, he recovered his composure and smiled.
"Oh really? Care to give us three wishes then my beauties?" Ace asked with an alluring smile. Luffy sighed as Ace's flirtatious nature surfaced and looked away.
"You horny pig..." Luffy cursed under his breath. Slowly, Nojiko strolled forwards and she put her finger under Ace's chin, stroking it as if he were a mere animal.
"And what do they call you handsome?" she said with a wink.
"Me?" Ace questioned with a laugh "the girl's call me 'Mahbah Ilah' (love god)"
"Oh brother..." Luffy muttered. As usual, Luffy remained adamant and resistant to the women's charms as they approached. He kept his palm ready to flick out his 'hidden blade'...somehow that seemed a lot ruder than he had meant it to seem.
"Get back on the bed..." Luffy instructed calmly. Nami gave a seductive smile and stepped closer towards him, her plan already in motion.
"Oh really? Quite forward aren't we?" the orange haired woman commented with a wink.
"I wasn't giving you a choice in the matter. Sit back down...or I will make you"
"This conversation is getting kinda dirty..." Ace whispered to Nojiko, who nodded in agreement.
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Luffy stares at the long orange headed beauty. A Gamila Jinn indeed. Luffy felt as if she was trying to encourage him to wish for petty desires only to use it against him when there was no taking back what you wished for. She stepped closer, slowly placing a finger on his chest before running circles around it. "I'm intrigue to see you try." Nami whispers seductively as she pushes her hand forward, feeling his chest with her palm. "After all, I am curious to see what you have hidden under this robe of yours." Nami says, smiling closing in and staring at his now visible furrow eyes. Nami ignored the intimidating look and proceeded to snake her other hand downward, slipping through to... be interrupted as Luffy harshly grabs her wrist.
Nami winces at this, but keeps herself as composed as she could. "Very well, on the bed." Luffy demands as he pushes her forward.
Nami rubs her wrist before sighing a little. "Very well, I am your prisoner after all." Nami says as she slowly makes her way to the bed, making special note to shake her hips with every step of the way before lightly sitting down and spreading the sheets the little, invitingly.
Luffy walks up towards the bed after her, but stops as he notices Vivi approach him. "Um, if you don't mind, may I join you?" Vivi says, a light flush on her cheeks showing a more modest image of innocence.
Luffy paused. "Sit at the other end and wait your turn." Luffy orders, pointing to the edge of the bed. Vivi nods and makes her way, sitting down obediently. Luffy looks at Nami as she continued to smile up at him, as if anticipating his next move.
"I'm all yours." Nami says in encouragement. Her eyes widens slightly as she notices Luffy's own impish smile. Luffy was instantly on top of her, his robe already loosely open and...
In an instant Nami found herself on her stomach, her arms on her back being held together. It took a moment to realize that he was wrapping some fabric around her arms... "ROPE? Nami's eyes widen as she comprehends what the man was REALLY going to do to her.
Before anybody could realize it, Nami's wrists were tied behind her back with rope. Nami gasps as she feels the knots being tightens and instantly begins to struggle. "What are you doing?!" Nami yells in terror. Luffy ignores her cry as he begins to tie her ankles together with another length of rope.
Vivi and Nojiko realize what was happening. Nojiko taking advantage of her position kicks Ace straight below the belt, running towards Luffy and leaving the man to wither in pain. "...Balls!" Ace mutters in anguish as he flops on the ground.
Vivi grabs something nearby and attempts to jump the Assassin. But Luffy saw this coming and turns around to grab her wrist and throw her at the side of the bed, before getting off it to intercept Nojiko, disarming the dancer and throws her on the bed as well.
Luffy then took out another length of rope before tying Nojiko's wrists together.
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As Nojiko found her wrists bound, Vivi took her chance and pushed herself off the bed, in an attempt to escape. Luffy responded by simply turning around and, in a swift motion, he grabbed Vivi's shoulders and spun her around so she had her back to him. Then, he drew a piece of rope from the bed and, quickly pulling Vivi's arms round her back. Luffy tied her hands tightly together and then, roughly, flung her on the bed as well. Of course, Nojiko noticed this and kicked out...only for Luffy to loop a rope around her legs at the ankles, before he tightened it in a swift motion. Finally, Luffy then secured Vivi's legs, before standing back to look at his good work.
"Not bad..." he muttered.
"YOU BASTARD!" Nami cursed.
"Of course, it's missing something!" Luffy suddenly commented, placing a random piece of cloth into Nami's mouth before he tied a gag over it.
"Perfect..." Luffy muttered with a smile.
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"MMMPPPHH!" muffled Nami, as Luffy adjusts the cloth so it was covering her nose and chin.
"Did you HONESTLY think we fall for such a weird trick?" Luffy asks mockingly as he eyed the struggling girls. He then heard a loud moan behind him, causing Luffy to sigh in exasperation.
He rechecked and tightened any possible loose ends, before allowing the girls to struggle so he could walk up to the fallen Ace. Crouching down and checking to see his condition he whispers, "You okay?"
"Yeah," Ace muttered, "Nothing broken... Except my pride!"
"Good, you deserve it." Luffy says unsympathetically as Ace whimpers in pain. Luffy then turns to look at the three girls on the bed. Luffy had done it in a hurry, but after readjusting them the girls were likely going to be a while trying to get loose. Luffy however had other plans.
The girls notice Luffy walk up to them, halting in their actions as they feared what the man would do next. They were silent as he approached them; even as he leaned down to adjust a few things they could not see. "What are you...?"
Nojiko attempted to ask but was interrupted, "...Going to do to you. Well after this stunt, I'm feeling the need to restrain you." Luffy informs them as he gets sorts out more bundles of rope and different fabrics. As if to make his point, Luffy showed one of the ropes to their faces and tightens the length. "I advise you to hold still."
Soon enough, along with the wrist and ankle bindings he had restrained them with earlier, he had also tied rope around the dancer's torso and arms, pinning their upper arms to their sides. He had also tied their knees together to make their legs even more immobile. Lastly he had stuffed all their mouths with a wad of cloth, covering them with a triangular folded piece of cloth and tied it with a tightly over their nose and behind each of their long flowing hair.
"MMNFF!" Nojiko muffled as Luffy finishes the tight knot around her head.
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"I think I've done a good job there" Luffy commented, dusting off his hands with a smirk.
"Yeah" Ace admitted with a scowl "you seem to be enjoying the fact that you've possibly endangered our creed"
"Well..." Luffy started calmly "believe it or not, I've actually realized that this situation is troublesome from any perspective. So, there's no point complaining. I might as well just take the world as it comes calmly in my stride" Understanding Luffy's predicament, Ace nodded with a sigh.
"Well then, what are we going to do with them when Dragon gets here?"
"I think he'd like them restrained" Luffy reasoned calmly, his eyes locking with Nami's own glare.
Suddenly, at that moment, there came a knock at the door.
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A few minutes before hand, Zoro was calmly waiting outside, keeping his only eye out for the person Ace told him to wait for, Dragon. Zoro's eye never wavered, persistently to scan the area, pushing all thoughts of the things he wanted at the moment, sleep, alcohol... Zoro sighs. "I need a nap." Zoro says with a yawn, but suddenly he caught something.
A rather large man, covered from head to toe in some dark cloak. Zoro's eye furrowed as he waited for the man to approach. Once he got close enough, Zoro could easily make out the dark green decorated cloth covering the man, and looking up at his hooded face, he could see some familiar marks, tattoos on the left side of his face. "A great pleasure to see you again." Zoro greets him with a nod.
"Yes, a job well done I presume." The man was not asking. Rather he was expecting the work of his Assassin's to be successful in their missions. For these types of missions couldn't afford mistakes.
Of course, that wasn't always the answer he heard. "Yes... but a problem has arisen." Zoro informs the man simply.
While it was hard to see, Zoro figured that he didn't imagine the movement he saw under the man's hood, the furrowing of brows. "Problem?"
Zoro nods again. "I think its best you see for yourself." Zoro informs him as he walks away, expecting the man to follow.
Even Zoro had to admit, having this man follow him was eerie. He wondered how he would react to Luffy's vital mistake, but he didn't have long to consider, for soon enough they were at the cellar door. Without a word, Zoro unlocks the door, knocks and treads in, holding the door for the man as he walks in to.
Whatever had been going on had been immediately halted as everyone in the room turns to his general direction. Or rather, stare at the man Zoro had just led here. The man silently observes the room. Two of the Assassins were standing, near a bed filled with three women, who he presumed were some dancer girls, who were strictly bounded, no doubt only allowing them to wiggle and roll around in place, completely helpless with only inaudible muffled pleas to allow voicing any of their feelings. He also noted that a few ornaments were out of place and three different coats on the floor as well as two scarves.
The room was quiet as they all waited for this man, Dragon, to speak up. At last, he directs his eyes towards the two men. "I believe someone has some explaining to do."
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"Father..." Luffy began, only for Dragon to interrupt.
"Grand master Dragon..." he growled. Luffy blinked in surprise for a moment, before bowing low.
"Grand master Dragon, Daz Bones is dead, as you requested...unfortunately..."
"Unfortunately?" Dragon asked, turning to face the dancers lying bound and gagged on the bed.
"...These dancers witnessed the deed..." Luffy explained "the creed states to not harm the innocent, yet it also tells us to protect the order at all cost...so I brought them here to ask you on what course of action we should take master Dragon" Strangely enough, Dragon was completely silent at this. He was considering the best course of action to take himself.
EXITING MEMORY SESSION...
S: Well, I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of our One Piece/ Assassin's Creed collaboration and I hope you will continue to enjoy the coming chapters.
P: That's right. We have at least another 10000 words worth of this stuff coming up. Be prepared of our bastardizing of three different Histories!
S: Hooray for crazy alternate universe fanfiction!
Anyway, please review. Positive criticism is welcome
P: As Shadowon said, Reviews, Advise and Criticism would be appreciated.
I'm Bear D Polar and I hope you have enjoyed this, Later.
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