A tall girl with choppy black hair sighed as she stared out to sea. She was wearing loose cargo pants and a zipped up vest. She had two bandages wrapped around her arms. She was also wearing a straw hat that was fraying on the sides, making it stick out in every direction.

A boy that looked just like her came up and stood beside her. He was wearing a pair of dark pants, no shirt and was carrying a bag around. He was also wearing a hat but his was an orange cowboy hat with a happy and sad face charm thing wrapped around it. There were also a pair of goggles on it.

"Spot them yet?" he asked. "Cori, you in there?" he asked waving his hand in front of his sister's face. She slapped his hand away.

"Stop that. And no, I didn't spot them yet." Cori hit her brother on the arm. "Ace, put the shirt on." she threw a shirt at Ace.

"Why should I?" he said and just as he did he was lifted off the ground. Cori was using wind on him. "Alright, alright!" he cried in defeat.

"I got the others to cover the tattoo's, why can't you?" Cori asked as she walked away from the docks. "I'm going back." Ace followed her.

"I just don't like wearing a shirt." He pouted. Cori shook her head. He could be so much like Luffy at times.

CRASH!!

Cori and Ace jumped. They ran around the corner and saw a huge man swinging a hammer over his head.

"Want do you want with our town?!" a man, the mayor, cried while ducking.

"I don't really what happens to you town. I just wanna have some fun." the man laughed evilly.

"I can't stand these evil types." Cori boredly said. Ace agreed. Cori used her wind power to lift herself in the air. Ace sighed and stood back. He would let Cori have this one.

"Please, we'll give you anything you want, just please, don't destroy our town." the mayor pleaded. The man rolled his eyes.

"You can't buy it from me." the man spit out. He aimed his hammer at the mayor. Just as he was going to strike, Ace ran in and pushed the man out of the way. "Hey, stay out of this." the man went to strike Ace with the hammer also but when he swung his arms forward, the hammer disappeared.

"What the…." the mayor said. Ace smirked. The man spun around and saw Cori behind him, holding the hammer up with some wind.

"No. one. touches. The. Hammer." he spat out. He swiped at Cori but she jumped and threw the hammer at his head, knocking him out cold. Ace nodded.

"Nice Cori, knock the guy out with his own weapon." he said to her as they walked away, leaving an unconscious man and a speechless mayor behind.

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"Ow. My arm is sore now." Cori said while leaning back on a bar. The others laughed.

"Your fault." a guy with a blue Mohawk on his head. Cori glared at him.

"Sage, I remember you complaining about a small thorn, hmmm?" Cori said. Sage blushed and everyone laughed. The two others, boy twins, were Lee and Cain. Everyone around Cori and Ace were a part of White Beard's crew. Cori reached up and felt her one bandage, that was hiding her own tattoo. Some people came in quickly startling all of them.

"Its really raining again." a red haired man said while wiping his wet bangs out of his eyes.

"Its always raining here. You would be luck to even find a break in the clouds." Cori absently said. The man came over and sat next to her.

"Really? And how would you know that?" he asked. Ace smirked.

"Because we have been……" Lee started.

"..stuck here for two weeks." Cain ended. The man and his crew stared at them.

"They do that all the time. I'm Sage." Sage stuck his hand out and the man shook it. "They are Lee and Cain. Pretty quiet most of the time." the man laughed. His crew had already sat down.

"I'm Cori. The nut next to me is Ace, my twin." she said, pointing to Ace, who waved.

"I'm Red Haired Shanks." he said. Cori and Ace choked on their food a little. It couldn't be him. "Did you see that mess of a ship in the marina?"

"Oh, yeah captain! That thing looked like it barely made it to the docks." one of his men called and some more agreed.

"Stay calm and breath." Ace whispered in her ear. Cori nodded.

"What type of ship was it?" she asked in a forced voice. Shanks noticed it but didn't comment. Ben came up behind them.

"I think that it was a carivel. At least, it used to be." Ben said. Cori's breath caught in her throat. She stood and looked Ben in the eyes.

"Could you see the figure head?" she asked in a quiet, strained voice. Ben raised an eyebrow.

"Partially. Why?"

"…………" she mumbled something that neither Ben or Shanks could hear.

"What was that?" Ben asked.

"We couldn't hear you. Speak up." Shanks encouraged her. Ace had heard what she said and he had a pained look on his face.

"What was the figure head designed after?" she asked.

"A ram's head. Why?" Ben asked, not knowing why that would even be important. Cori and Ace were on their feet and running out the door in a flash. Ben and Shanks looked at each other before hurrying after them.

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Ace and Cori ran like they had never ran before. Cori was using her wind power to make them move faster. Soon, they found Luffy's ship.

It was in pieces, almost ready to fall apart.

"HELLO? IS ANYONE ON THERE?" Ace called.

"Ace?" Sanji called as he came to the side. "Ace, Cori, thank goodness." Ace and Cori jumped onto the ship.

"What happened?" they both said. Sanji got a sad look on his face and Cori glanced around. The ship really was in a bad condition. She saw Nami on the deck, clutching something.

"Nami!" Cori called as she ran over to her. Nami was crying. "What's wrong?"

"I couldn't help. They got him." she kept muttering over and over.

"Nami, tell me what happened." Cori said. Nami shuddered a bit.

"Men, in black clothes, attached. We got away but, but……."

"But what?" Cori tried to coax info out of her.

"They took him!" she cried. Her hands fell a bit and Cori clearly saw what she was holding. It was the red band from Luffy's hat and a couple of yellow pieces.

"No……NO!" Cori shouted before collapsing into tears.

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Ace's face had paled when Sanji told him what had happened. He heard Cori shout but just stayed frozen where he stood. Shanks, Ben, and his crew all came out after them, wanting to see what condition the wrecked ship was in.

"You weren't kidding Ben, this ship is a mess." a man in the back said. More and more people came, trying to see what was wrong. Shanks walked over to where Sanji was standing.

"I couldn't help but notice that the style they attack in is the same way that many people's ships have been attack." Shanks told Sanji.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I should know. They attack my ship as well." Shanks nodded towards his ship, which was beat up as well. They would have talked more but Cori stopped them.

"HEY SANJI!" she yelled from the deck, not even bothering to come to the railing.

"Yeah, Cori? Did you need something?" Sanji said, his attention completely turning to Cori.

"Could you come up here for a minute?" she sweetly asked. Sanji tiredly smiled but still went up to the ship where Cori jumped down, using air currents to be safe. "Okay, so I came down."

"What do you need?" Sanji said. Cori smiled at him.

"I gonna get Nami off of the ship and take her to the place where we are staying. Do you have an extra shirt?" she asked. Sanji thought for a minute.

"Why would you need a shirt?" he asked. Cori looked around and saw that people were walking around and looking at their ship.

"No reason." Cori absently said while touching her shoulder. Sanji saw what she meant. She wanted to hide Arlong's mark that was on Nami's shoulder.

"Alright. Follow me." Sanji said. They both walked onto the ship and Sanji started to talk to her. "Is there a reason for hiding it?"

"Yeah. A man that is in the tavern that we are staying in is half merman. He used to sail with Arlong before Luffy beat him." Cori stood in the doorway while Sanji went and got the shirt. He came back out and handed it to her.

"DO you think he was there when Arlong was defeated?" Sanji wondered. Cori sighed.

"He was. You told me all about the adventures that you had and he told the exact same story that you told me. Except that he hates all of you and Luffy." Cori walked back up onto deck. "No more talking about that."

"Alright. I'll go get Robin and she can go with you." Sanji started to walk off when Cori grabbed his arm.

"Who is Robin?"

"She's our archeologist. She came after you left but we met her before when we were taking Vivi to Alabasta." Sanji stuck his head in the door that was supposed to be the kitchen. It looked like a war zone. "Robin, we are going to take Nami into town."

"Alright." a voice from in the kitchen said.

"I'll go give Nami the shirt." Cori said. She walked over to where Nami was still sitting on the deck. "Nami. Here. Put this on." she kindly said. Nami didn't move. Cori sat her into a more upright position and started to pull the shirt on over her head. Someone came up behind her while she was getting the buttons buttoned. "I'm guessing that you are Robin?"

"Yes and according to cook-san, you are captain-san's sister. Am I right?" Robin said. Cori stood up and looked at the tall women behind her. She was about as tall as her and Ace.

"Yeah, I'm Cori." Cori held out her hand. "Nice to meetcha." Robin reached out and shook her hand.

"Lets get Nami out of here. It is just to hard on her." Robin said. Cori agreed. They got Nami to her feet, even though she wouldn't let go of the scraps of his hat. Soon, they were both back at the tavern. Robin went in but Cori pulled Nami to the side.

"Let me warn you now. There is a half man, half merman in there. No sudden or rash actions, got it?" Cori said. Nami nodded. They both went in, ordered some food, and started eating.

"That was good. What did you think, Nami?" Robin asked. Nami nodded but didn't talk. The others came in and went over to the girls. Zoro pulled Cori aside.

"What is going to happen now?" he asked her. She raised an eyebrow.

"That's not my decision. Its yours. Since you were first mate, you now must take the position of captain until he is rescued. Which he will be." Cori said. Zoro frowned.

"But…."

"NO buts." Cori stood up and pointed at him. "You were the one that decided to become first mate when he asked. He knew that you would be able to do this when the time came. And that time is now." she finished. Zoro sadly nodded. Just then, some shouts started to get louder. They looked over and saw the half merman standing over Nami.

"You traitor!" he yelled. Nami slightly recoiled but then stood up tall.

"I'm no traitor. I never was really with him." she said. The crowd gasped. An Arlong traitor was among them.

"Then why do you have the tattoo?" the man asked as he ripped off the covering shirt. "Did you think that I wouldn't recognize you?" he spat out. Nami clutched her shoulder.

"Who cares? I don't." Sanji stood next to her.

"Neither do I." Zoro walked over to her. Robin didn't say anything but still stood. Cori caught Ace's eye across the room.

"We don't care about that either." they said in unison as they stood in front of them, faces hard. The others that were with Ace and Cori walked over.

"And who are you?" the man asked. Cori rolled part of her bandages up, revealing part of the mark of Whitebeard. The man's face paled.

"Unless you want to fight five of us, then get lost." Ace spat out. Each member of Whitebeard drew their weapons and Cori and Ace powered up their devil fruit powers. The man ran out of there screaming. The house went up in cheers.

"Thanks Ace. And friends." Zoro said. Shanks came up to them.

Should I take her up to your and Ace's room? Lee telepathic voice said in her head. That was one of his talents, thanks to a devil fruit.

Yes. she answered, knowing that he could hear her. He nodded and went over to Nami. He helped her up and took her behind the counter and up to hers and Ace's room. The crowd dissipated and Cori went back to her food. Ace went to follow her but he fell over backwards with another narcolepsy fit. She caught Cain's eye and nodded towards Ace.

Which room? he asked.

Any room but ours. Nami is in there. Cori said back. He went over to Ace and looked up at Cori. He couldn't carry him without hurting him. She reached over and grabbed Zoro. "Go help Cain." she said while pointing. He looked over and saw Ace asleep, again. He sighed and went over.

"You really care for him. Who is he?" Robin asked.

"My brother."

"Ah. They did tell me that you were a twin. I should have guessed it." Robin said. Lee came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder to let her know he was there.

Yes? she asked.

A messenger is here. From Captain's Nurse. he replied.

What do they want?

He said that Whitebeard was attacked. was his reply.

"WHAT!" she loudly said. "You couldn't tell me that first?" she glared at him before hurrying to the door. "Get your brother and come to the docks. Also, find Sage and bring the messenger." she said before hurrying down to the docks.

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Shanks and his crew had gone back to his ship when they found out that there weren't enough rooms. The men were talking and playing card games but Shanks was staring out at the ocean. He couldn't shake a feeling he had gotten when he saw that ship.

"Captain? Are you alright?" Ben said as he came up behind him. "You have been silent all night.

"Yeah, Ben. I'm fine. It was just something about that emblem I saw on that caravel." he sighed and turned around to face Ben.

"What about it?" Ben asked. "It just looked like a torn up pirate skull." he said.

"Yeah, but part of it looked yellow. Like something was on top of it." he wondered.

"Captain, if it was his ship, you would have seen him." Ben said. "Captain. That wasn't Luffy's ship. You know that he was smarter than that."

"Yeah, maybe." Shanks heard some shouting and looked down at the docks. The girl, Cori, was running towards two small ships near theirs. Soon, some others joined her. "I wonder what all that is about?"

"Who knows." Ben said as he pulled Shanks away from the rails. "Come on. Join the fun." Ben didn't even give him a choice.

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Ace yawned as he woke up again. He slapped his forehead. He had had another attack. He looked around and saw that he was in a room with Sage. He shrugged and got up. He went to the bathroom and splashed some water on his face to wake up. When he went back out, Sage was awake.

"Good, your awake. You missed a lot last night." Sage said as he stood. He quickly filled Ace in. when Sage was done, Ace was as mad as Cori had been last night.

"Why didn't anyone trying to wake me up?" he snarled out, his hands turning into flames. Sage started to sweat.

"We tried. Honest!" he cried. Cori kicked in the door at that moment.

"Back away from our crew mate." she said. He noticed that she was wearing a smaller versoin of her normal hat and that it had the red ribbon tied around it.

"Nice hat." he smirked as they left the room.

"Shut up. We gathered all of the crews that were attacked and are holding a conference." she said while shoving a shirt at him. He groaned before pulling it on. They quickly hurried downstairs where everybody was gathering.

"EVERBODY! SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!" Cori, Ace, and couple other people shouted.

"I know that you all lost crew mates or were attacked and we are trying to figured this out." Cori said.

"We can't go on without a navigator!"

"We have no captain!"

"We have no ship!" were some of the things shouted.

"We will figure that all out. Right now, I need the captains or the person in charge of each ship to come forward. We will be meeting in the back." Ten people stood and walked towards them. They all walked towards the back.

"Alright, are any of you the captains?" Ace asked.

"I am." Shanks said.

"Me too." said Buggy the Clown.

"Hey Buggy, long time no see!" Shanks said as he turned to face Buggy. Buggy glared at him before turning away.

"Well, lets get this over with. Okay well……."

(Some time later)

"Okay. Go tell your crews the plan then meet back here tomorrow." Cori said, ending the meeting. Everyone left. Buggy left by running with Shanks chasing him.

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(Later)

Shanks sighed as he walked back into the tavern. He saw the two older teens that had been organizing the plan for everyone.

"You look like Luffy. Cori, Ace, who are you really?" he asked before sitting down at a table in the back of the tavern.