In this world there exist many extraordinary things. Giants, mermaids, Seakings, Devil Fruits and many more. But there is one more extraordinary thing, that only a few have ever heard of.
Shamers. Only one is born every 100 years and they are treasured above all else, even the fabled Fruits of the Devil.
They are the ones that can bring even the strongest to their knees, stop wars with just a single word and make even the most rabid of animals follow their command.
They are the ones that see your Shame. That brings your darkest moments to the surface and pick them apart for all to see. They can make you regret things you didn't even think about before meeting them, before looking them in the eyes. They are immune to the Will of the King, for what King would hurt the one that helps him find those truly loyal?
Their voice is their tool, a harsh melody that can make anyone listen and obey, even the most stubborn of men.
But it is the eyes of a Shamer that is most treasured. They are their weapon, their shield, their very being. They see through the barriers we put up around ourselves, straight to who we really are.
The world look for these people, these beings, with both eagerness and fear, all looking for those kaleidoscope eyes that can tell them lie from truth. Can their lies from truths.
The eyes of a Shamer is a treasure unlike any other…
But even the greatest treasure can go unheard of, and be destroyed by those ignorant to the truth.
Coby stared at the person that had just come out of the barrel with wide eyes, taking in their appearance.
It was a girl, about 17, with messy black hair sat up in a ponytail, tanned skin and C-cup breasts. She was wearing a worn straw hat with a red ribbon, a red crop top, blue shorts, a pair of black combat boots and a white lab coat that stopped at her knees and elbows. On her hands were dark blue, fingerless gloves that covered her entire forearm, the end going up under the sleeves of her coat. She had a quiver full of arrows strapped to her back and some sort of metal object hanging from her belt, which had the most pockets he had ever seen on a belt.
All in all she looked rather strange but what caught his attention the most was her eyes. Or rather, the fact he couldn't see them.
Around her head was a dark blue ribbon, tied tightly over her eyes and ending at the back of her head in a big bow, the ends of the ribbon doing to the small of her back.
He was confused. Was the girl blind? She was looking around her as if she could see, but the ribbon's presence should make that impossible, right?
"Hmm~? Who are you then?"
Coby blinked, looking up at the girl's face. Her head was turned towards the three men that had wanted to open the barrel, one of them unconscious, two of them looking at her in fear, looking at them with what he assumed was amusement.
"WE'RE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE ASKING THAT!"
The girl turned her head to look down at the man she had inadvertently knocked out.
"Your friend will catch a cold if he stays like that you know." The girl said lightly, climbing out of the barrel as she talked.
"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT KNOCKED HIM OUT!"
What little he could see of the girl's face gave him the impression she blinked.
"Ah, I did? Sorry about that. I'm starving, do you have any food?" The girl turned her head in his direction at the last bit, showing it was directed at him.
"U-Um…"
He didn't know what to say, too surprised by the girl's sudden interest in him.
"Hey! Don't ignore us, we're fearsome pirates!"
Coby's eyes widened as the two men swung their swords at the girl, their intent clear as day.
*CLANK*
Coby and the two men gaped at the two sword, the tips of which where now stuck in the ceiling.
"Why'd you do that?" The girl sounded curious.
The two pirates were looking at her fearfully.
"WHO ARE YOU?!"
The girl tilted her head, staring at the pirates with unnerving precision considering the ribbon.
"Me?"
She grinned widely at them.
"I'm Monkey D. Jacqueline!"
"Um, Jacqueline-san-?"
"Call me Jack."
Coby blinked, staring at the girl that was currently consuming apples by the barrel.
"A-Ah, but, isn't that a boy's name?"
She stopped eating briefly, her unseen eyes staring him down even through the fabric of the ribbon as she turned her head to stare at him.
"Yeah, so? It's shorter, plus it's easier to say then Jacqueline."
The girl wrinkled her nose at the long name before turning back to the barrel she had been attacking.
Coby gulped.
"T-Then, Jack-san, why were you in that barrel?"
"'Cause my boat was destroyed in a whirlpool. Jumped in the barrel to keep from drowning, feel asleep and woke up back in that room with the two idiots."
Coby looked at her in disbelief.
"You mean that whirlpool outside? How did you survive?!"
"Dumb luck."
Coby face planted the floor despite the fact he was sitting down.
"Anyway, do you know if there's any boat on this ship? Speaking of which, is this a pirate ship?"
Coby shook his head sadly.
"I don't know and no, it isn't. It's a passenger ship that's being raided by Lady Alvida-sama."
"The 'ell's that?"
Coby resisted the urge to plant his face on the floor again, but only just.
"Nevermind. But, why were you sailing in the first place Jack-san?"
Jack-san turned her head to look at him, giving him a wide grin.
"ShiShiShiShi! I'm gonna be the Queen of the Pirates!"
"Hey Coby, who's the fat lady?"
Coby gaped at Jack in horror, along with every other member of Alvida's crew as the Captain herself was quickly turning red.
"YOU BRAT~!"
Coby squished his eyes shut, waiting for the pain he knew would come when the club hit them.
Except, that didn't happened. Instead he felt a slim but strong arm wrap around his waist before wind started rushing against his face as he was swiftly moved.
Not long after he felt himself being dropped on a wooden surface he finally opened his eyes.
And stared.
Jack was standing next to him, wearing what he could only describe as a shit-eating grin as she looked at the men gathered on the deck of the passenger ship, all of whom were also staring at her and in her hands were a beautiful bow.
The bow looked to be made out of some sort of black metal, spots of the surface painted red, blue and purple in a beautiful design that looked like it was moving whenever Jack shifted. The string was also black and looked more like steel wire than actual string. An arrow was notched on the string, ready to be fired into some unfortunate soul, the entire thing, head, body, even the feathers on the end were all black, the colour seeming to absorb the light around it.
Jack's grin widened, if that was even possible.
"What's the matter guys? Don't want to play?"
That shook the men out of their stupor, all of them sneering and raising their swords, rushing at her at the same time.
Jack simply continued grinning, before jumping into the air, really, really high, higher then he had ever thought possible, twisting and turning until she was once again pointing her bow and arrow at the group.
"Arrow Technique…" Jack's grin turned into a smirk as she pulled the string further back, the arrow following. "Shot Disbursal!"
The effect was instantaneous. The moment the arrow left the string it started to glow, before somehow breaking into multiple arrows, all of them hitting one of the men somewhere that made it impossible for them to move with accuracy that should be impossible for Jack to achieve considering her eyes were covered.
Jack landed gracefully on the deck in the middle of the ones she didn't hit, her grin gone in favor of an amused smirk as her coat, hair and the ribbon ends blew about behind her.
She turned her head ever so slightly to look at Coby. Then she sprung into action.
She hit one man to her side in the neck, knocking him unconscious, sweeping her leg under another at the same time and knocking him off his feet. She hit with her bow, her legs, her fists and even shot a couple of them at close range when she felt like pulling an arrow out of her quiver.
By the time Alvida came out of the hole in the deck, Jack was crouched on the ground, bow and arrow pointing straight at her at a sideways angel, smirk still in place.
Jack's smirk widened as she watched Alvida turn red at the sight of her men laying around her, some groaning in pain, some quietly whimpering and some oddly silent.
"Like my work?"
Alvida saw red.
"DIE~!"
The heavy woman swung her spiked club at the straw hat wearing girl, who merely ducked under it and into Alvida's personal space, wide grin stretching her face and right hand clenched into a fist.
"Say hello to the fish for me!"
Jack buried her fist in the large woman's midriff, the woman bending over from the force of it, her eyes protruding from her head and a choked noise coming from her.
Then, Alvida flew back, flying over the end of the ship and over the water, until Coby couldn't even see her anymore.
Coby gaped at Jack, who merely turned around and gave him and bright grin, laughing that strange laugh of hers.
"ShiShiShiShi! That was fun."
Coby simply continued to gape, not even reacting when Jack took ahold of his arm and dragged him to a liferaft, dropping him in it and sailing away from the ship that was being bombarded with canonfire.
When he finally shook himself out of his stupor, the ship nothing more then a small point on the horizon, he could only think one thing.
'What the HELL is this girl?!'
