I'm sure people didn't know that I actually had a One Piece story up that took place in the Alabasta Arc but I got rid of it because I didn't really how it was going so I'm gonna try to introduce my OC a different way. He goes by the name of Kusari Jou and you obviously noticed he's gonna be on the Straw Hat crew. Also if you've noticed this will be an OC/Nami story. No, it's not gonna be one of those stupid "I love you automatically" thing. It's gonna be one that develops throughout the story. I've already planned OC enemies he's going to face during story arc's except this arc since I'm gonna start with the Syrup Village Arc. Well then let's see how this goes.

One Piece Jou's Adventures: East Blue Saga Pt.1

[Flashback] [10 years ago]

A boy by the age of 9 sat next to woman heavily bandaged in a hospital bed. The young boy had a tanned skin tone, brown-eyed and had straight brown hair that hangs over his forehead with it is a little long. And on his head is a blue beanie that looks loose on his head. The woman in the bed had brown hair similar to the boy but her skin tone was a hair color. The boy had tears in his eyes holding the woman's hand.

"Why?!" The boy exclaimed tears running down his face. "Why did it have to be like this?!" The woman smiles weakly at the young boy.

"Because they took my little squirt." She said with a short giggle since she's in pain from her wounds. "I wasn't gonna let them do that." The boy looks down at the floor from where he's standing next to the bed.

"Hey..." The woman said lifting a hand to bring the boy's chin eyes to her similar brown eyes. "Listen here, squirt I...I don't feel like I have enough time left but I wanna let you know something."

"What...?" The boy asked in a choked tone.

"I didn't train you to fight with chains for no reason. I wanted that training to be a way for you to become stronger. " She said. "And I want you to follow your dream and go find that scope in the legend I told you about."

"But you said it could just be a myth?" The boy said.

"That doesn't mean anything." The woman said. "If you believe it exists than when you get older go and find it as a promise to me."

The boy felt tears coming out of his eyes again.

"Another thing..." She said looking at the boy in the eyes. "You know my red chain. It yours now. I want you to have it if you do go out and find that scope use it to protect yourself and if you meet people out there that become your friends you can protect them too. Just like how I always did you for you, Jou."

The boy wipes tears from his eyes. "I love you, mom."

"I love you too, squirt."

[Present Day] [Ten years later]

Jou now at the age of 19 and is currently getting ready to depart Bouy village(AN: You could say it kinda looks like Loguetown but a small less fancy version) in East Blue, he considers it home since it's where he and his mom stayed. Jou wears a dark blue cardigan open with him putting his sleeves up to his elbow's, a dark grey t-shirt, a pair of black fingerless gloves, some grey jeans and some black combat boots and his finishing touches consist of two chains. One is a red color that goes on his left wrist and one is just a regular steel one on the other. The last thing that he puts on his a blue beanie that his mother made for him.

In 10 years he has gotten taller. He now stands at 5'10 and due to the training he's done, he's gotten pretty muscular. His hair is now short with it being a little long in the back and some of it hangs over his forehead. He puts a brown strap with a pouch hanging off his left side with a telescope in it. Another gift from his mother. He grabs his shoulder-strapped backpack that is a dark/light blue design and has some other dark grey t-shirts and some tools so he can tinker with his telescope and another thing is the picture of him and his mother.

Jou walks out the house he grew up in after his mother died. He was adopted by the mayor of the village and his wife. Their names are Anthony and Ama.

Anthony was a man with dark brown hair, fair skin, and a full beard. Ama was a fair-skinned woman with light brown hair. Both looked like they were in their thirties. When he got out he was greeted by them.

"Finally heading out, eh?" Anthony said.

"Yep, I'm finally gonna go and find it," Jou said. "And thank you for everything, like taking me into your house and raising me."

"It was the least we can do for your mother since we promised her we would," Anthony said putting a handout. "You've grown into a fine young man, Jou. I'm sure Becky would think so too."

Jou put's a hand behind his head and shakes Anthony's hand. "Heh, yeah. Thank you." Jou then looks at Ama and walks up to her and hugs her.

"It seemed like only yesterday you were that little 9-year-old boy we took into our home," Ama said, hugging Jou back.

"I'm hardly little anymore," Jou said, letting go of the hug. "But thank you."

Oh, if you are going out to sea do you think you might stop in Loguetown?" Ama said. "Because "you know who" is stationed there."

"That's right, she is stationed in Loguetown." Jou nodded. "Why not, I'll tell her hi for the both of you."

"Thank you, Jou," Ama said, smiling kindly. "And I'm sure she would be happy to see you again."

"I'm sure, I would be happy to see her too," Jou said walking waving off. "This isn't goodbye so I'll see you two again."

As Jou waved off his two adopted parents he went to where his mother was buried. The tombstone read: Here lies Kusari Becky, loving mother.

"Hey, mom," Jou said. "I'm finally gonna go and find it. It...would be nice if you were here though. So I'm off. Love you."

Jou then puts some flowers on the grave and walked off toward the rowboat he was gonna be using for his adventure. As he began sailing off he looked out and smiled toward out to sea.

"Alright, All Scope here I come."

Jou on his small boat has been sailing for a little over a while now. He decided he'd just put his hat over his eyes and take a nap.

[Meanwhile]

Luffy, Zoro, and Nami on their boats are currently sailing towards wherever they were headed.

"We need to plan things more!" Nami exclaimed to the two.

"What do you mean?" Luffy asked.

"Are we going to the "Grand Line" like this?" Nami questioned.

"Oh, that's right uncle Cabbage gave us plenty of fruits," Luffy commented. "We don't have any meat on this ship!"

"I am not talking about food supplies!" Nami complained.

"And we don't have booze to drink either! How boring!" Zoro whined.

"Let's not worry about the problem of food and drink first!" Nami said. "The place we're going the "Grand Line" is the most dangerous place in the world!" Nami explained. "Every Pirate in the world wishes to get the treasure there, so we need to get a better ship first! We're also short on crew members and this ship doesn't have any equipment. No matter what you think, we can't possibly be safe!"

"Oh, what do we do then?" Luffy asked.

"We have to prepare first, and plan for the journey's ahead," Nami added. "There's a village due north. We should go there first! The first thing to do when we get there is to look for a better ship!"

"AND EAT SOME MEAT!" Luffy yelled throwing his hands in the air. He then looks over and see's something in the distance that looks like a boat that's sailing on it's lonesome.

"Hey! I see a boat over there!" Luffy exclaimed pointing out towards the boat.

"So what? It's probably abandoned and probably drifting off by itself." Nami stated.

"Or it could have a dead body in it," Zoro remarked.

"Or it could have food!" Luffy added and began reeling his arm back. The straw-hatted boy stretches his arm and grabbed hold of the boat.

[With Jou]

Jou wakes up and moves his hat off his eyes.

"What the hell is going on? Am I being attacked?" Jou thought as he unleashed his red chain off his wrist. As he felt his boat stop from being pulled he heard voices.

"So what does it have on it?" Asked a gruff sounding voice.

"I don't know? That's what I'm gonna see." Said a childish sounding voice. It was at that moment Jou decided to make his move. As he got up he was greeted by three individuals. One was a green-haired guy with three sword's strapped to his side, the other was a boy with a straw hat and the last one was a red-headed girl.

As Jou got up quickly he ended up startling the three. The green-haired guy began to reach for a sword but Jou whipped his chain around the guy's wrist stopping him from grabbing his sword. The Straw-hat boy reeled back an arm.

"Gum-Gum Pistol!" The boy threw a stretchy arm toward Jou with his hand in a fist. As the boy's fist flew toward Jou, he catches it just in time but he didn't think on how much force the attack was gonna have on him as Jou found himself falling off his own boat.

"Devil Fruit?" Jou thought as he was falling off his boat.

"WHOAAAAAAH!" Jou yelled falling into the water. The three of Luffy, Zoro and Nami were a little speechless out of what just happened.

"Who was that?" Luffy asked.

"No clue," Zoro said, rubbing his wrist.

"We'll have to ask him some questions when he resurfaces," Nami added.

Jou now sitting on Luffy and Zoro's boat, squeezing the water out of his beanie.

"Sorry about that. We thought there was food on your boat." Luffy said to Jou.

"No worries it's fine, I should apologize too," Jou said. "Sorry about that, didn't mean to surprise you guy's."

"It's alright," Zoro said now sitting with his hands behind his head. "You got a name, pal?"

"Oh, that's right how rude of me," Jou said standing up. "The names Jou, Kusari Jou."

"Nice to meet you, Jou," Luffy said. "I'm Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy puts out a hand for Jou to shake and he accepts it.

"I'm Zoro," Zoro said, which Jou looked at him surprised.

"Wait? you mean "the Zoro"?" Jou said eyes wide at him. "As in 'Pirate Hunter' Zoro?"

"It's just a name that people called me in East Blue." Zoro stated." I never called myself that."

"And that's Nami. She's our navigator." Luffy pointed toward Nami. Nami looked at Jou.

"What're you doing out here in the middle of the sea?" Nami asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Geez, straight to the point, eh?" Jou said, putting a hand behind his head. "Well, you see I'm kinda on a journey."

"Oh really!? A journey for what?" Luffy asked and then looked down at the chains on Jou's wrist. "Do you fight with those?"

"One question at a time please." Jou sighed. "Yes I do fight with these, they're my weapons of choice, everybody's got their own way of defending themselves." Jou states. "Now, you asked me what I'm on a journey for? Jou puts a hand behind his head again. "Well, you're probably gonna laugh at me or think I'm a deranged lunatic that believes in myths."

"Why would I laugh at something you believe in?" Luffy questioned tilting his head, Jou became somewhat surprised when Luffy said that. Sometimes people would laugh at him if even brought up his dream. Jou let out a deep sigh.

"Well, I'm on my to the "Grand Line"..." As Jou said that, Zoro just looked up at him, Nami raised an eyebrow and Luffy just kept his straight face.

"You're going there by yourself!?" Nami exclaimed. "The Grand Line" is a very dangerous place! Going there alone is suicide!"

"Oh I know, I've only heard stories about how dangerous it is there," Jou said. "You see, the reason I'm going is to find a thing called the "All Scope"."

"What's that?" Zoro asked.

"It's a telescope that can see all around the world," Jou said with a thoughtful smile on his face. "I made a promise with my Mo-" Jou paused to refrain from saying anything else.

"Hm? Made a promise to who?" Luffy asked. Jou lets out another sigh.

"You know what, forget I said anything about it," Jou said, closing his eyes and putting his head down. "You guys all probably think I'm crazy and stupid to be chasing down a myth." Jou sighed.

"No," Luffy said plainly.

"What?" Jou said bringing his head up looking at Luffy.

"You worry too much about what people think instead of what you think," Luffy said. "Don't worry about that, just believe in what you believe. You believe that "scope" exists? Great! People can say what they want, it doesn't matter." Luffy smiled at Jou. Nami leaned over her ship to talk to Zoro.

"Did he just say something smart?" Nami whispered to him.

"I don't even think he realizes that he said," Zoro answered her. Jou stands up and just laughed hysterically, Luffy just stares at him still smiling. Jou stopped laughing and looked at Luffy.

"You know what, Luffy?" Jou said. "You're alright." Luffy smiled widely which Jou smiled back. It was at that moment and time that Jou's stomach grumbled which made him go red in the face from embarrassment.

"Sounds like your hungry," Zoro said. Jou then realizes something very important.

"Oh no!" Jou yelled.

"What? What's the matter with you?" Nami asked. Jou began pounding the little ship's deck.

"I'm such an idiot! I forgot to pack food! I packed everything else that I needed before I left my home island but I forgot something very important!" Jou continued pounding the deck in frustration. Luffy couldn't help but laugh at the young man.

"Shishishishi!" Luffy laughed. "You're funny Jou!"

"Here, take this," Nami said with an apple in her hand and tossed it. Jou looked up and caught it. He looked at the apple with an unamused face.

"Oh, thank you," Jou said. "This isn't gonna fill me up but I suppose it's better than nothing." Jou then took a bite out of the red apple. As Jou ate Luffy watched him. The straw-hatted boy couldn't help but smile and decided to ask Jou a question.

"Hey..." Luffy said to him.

"Hm? What?" Jou said before taking another bite of his apple looking at Luffy who grows an impossibly big grin on his face.

"Join my crew?"

And there you have it. If you've made it this far thanks for taking the time for reading this. I hope this was somewhat enjoyable. If you have any questions or concerns or have suggestions leave a review. If you've read this chapter again you can see that made some changes by taking out a bunch of characters and switched dialogue around which was necessary for the story. See ya later.