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Summary: Duo Maxwell, after eating the Shadow Shadow Fruit, has finally set out to realize his dream and become King of the Pirates! First though he needs the perfect crew. AU
Wide Open Blue
The Shinigami Crew:
Chapter One
Heero Yuy leaned his head back against the cool railing of the ship. He closed his eyes, blocking out the sounds of the squabble and noise of his companions and thought about how he landed in the situation that he did. A pirate. Who would have ever thought he would end up becoming one.
He had been locked up in a Marine prison. The commander, a lecherous idiot, had demanded Heero's allegiance. He was infamous across the world, his skills near unrivaled. However, despite his notoriety, he was a hard man to find. He was constantly moving around from place to place. He had taken up bounty hunting in order to pay for his expenses. He hadn't managed to make his way back to his home after he had wandered away on a mission. Some would say he was directionally challenged. He punched those.
Duo Maxwell was a determined pirate. He had convinced (more like forced) Heero to join him on his quest to the Grand Line. He was determined to become King of the Pirates. "Your skills will totally be able to help me! You're joining my crew!" Eventually he learned of Duo's abilities that gave him the infamous name of Shinigami. He ate the forbidden Devil Fruit. He said it was Shadow Shadow Fruit. He was a Shadow Man. Who would have thought.
From there, the two pirates had expanded their crew. Relena had been next, a skilled navigator who stole from pirates. At first, her presence in the crew was tentative. Heero refused to trust the lass, especially with her various money-scheming plots. She was not above using him or the other crew members to her own advantage. When Duo and the crew had saved her village and liberated the island from a vicious gang of pirates, Relena accepted the crew and even if not verbally spoken, gave her allegiance to the crew.
Wufei was a prideful man, shunned from his village because of his temper that landed him in numerous hot situations. His katana was his pride, but he was very easily mislead or manipulated by his temper. Many times Duo had set off the temperamental man. How they managed to convince the man, who held a strict view of Justice, to become a dog of the sea, Heero wasn't quite sure. Despite the volatile relationship between him and the Captain, there was a mutual companionship. Underneath his actions, there was no denying that Wufei accepted the crew. He would often fight with Relena and aggravate the stubborn woman by insulting her sex, but the banter rarely caused rifts or sore wounds.
Trowa had been the next one they collected. Duo had decided their crew needed a certain amount of people. Relena had been the first as a navigator. Between two directionally challenged men that aimlessly wandered the seas, finding someone to guide them to the Grand Line had been essential. Duo was a man who knew good food when he tasted it. He always had a bottomless stomach, even as a child. When he tasted Trowa's food on a floating restaurant, it was love at first bite. Since then, he had set his mind on making Trowa a part of his crew. Just as he had done with the other crewmembers, he had badgered Trowa into submission.
Quatre then had wandered into their group when one of the crew fell ill. His skill as a doctor and kind heart instantly let him fit in with the crew. His warm smiles and social personality buffered the stark differences between the eccentric Captain and much of the crew. Trowa had taken to protecting the young fair-haired boy. The two had quickly become fast friends with a silent understanding between the two of them.
"Heero!" Heero blinked his eyes open at the sound of his name being called. He raised an eyebrow in question as he looked at the one calling his name. It was Duo. "Lena says that there's an island on the horizon! We're gonna go there!"
"I never said that, Duo!" Relena sighed from the helm.
"Set a course, Lena! Head for that island! I smell adventure!" Heero smirked as Relena huffed at the statement but obliged nonetheless. This was eerily familiar and happened too many times to count.
The dark haired youth wrapped an arm around his three Gundanium swords and leaned back once more. The warm sun and salty sea breeze combined with the gentle rocking of the ship made it easy to drift once more. He had best rest while he could. The Shinigami Crew, as they had been dubbed by the Marines, had a strange affinity of attracting trouble to them, no matter where they went.
"Land ho!" Quatre gleefully cried on the ship, leaning over the bow to get a better look. And so it began…
TBC