Alright...so I did some thinking...and I decided that I don't like the Story of Dex any longer. I don't know where to go from where I left it off. So, I've decided to restart it under a new title with brand new characters. Basically, this is a brand new story. So just roll with it, mk?
Here we go...
The Western Wind Blows Hardest
Another ordinary day. That's all Fune Geranve wanted today to be. An ordinary girl living in that small town of Violeta on Bloom Island, a relatively normal town in the worst of the four seas, the West. She just wanted today to be another day of living alone, doing some shopping, working out, and then going home for dinner. Why couldn't today just be like that?
But, unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be. Fune Geranve woke up today and her life was never the same. Because today, pirates attacked her village. And today, she would become one too.
However, at the moment, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Which might be because she's being cornered by some of the said pirates. Shall we join her?
"You guys are total slimeballs. Get the hell away from me!" Fune said as she lashed out a kick against her attackers. She had been picking berries in the forest, and hadn't been looking where she was headed. So naturally, she ran smack dab into three pirates. The two on the left and right of her seemed pretty weak to her. But this one in the middle, he seemed like the captain. And he seemed strong enough. He blocked her foot, grabbed it, and tossed her to the floor. Fune rose and tried swinging her foot again, but the big man was one step quicker.
"All right, girlie, let's get something straight," he said, grabbing her foot out of the air, "I'm the boss here. So when I say let's see what you got under that shirt, I mean let's see what you got!" And with that, he proceeded to smack her across the face, knocking her down again. Fune stood up, wiped the blood coming from her mouth off, and started running. The big man in the middle laughed. "They always run! Boys, get her!"
The two pirates next to him nodded and grinned. "You got it, boss!" They said as they howled with laughter themselves. They tucked into a run after the girl, who only ran harder. "Dammit!" She thought to herself. "The town's up ahead! I have to warn the people!" She ducked under a branch and headed towards town, running as fast as she could. "Everyone! Pirates! Find cover now! She said as she ran into town square. The people gasped and started panicking, running to whatever building they could find. Fune herself ran into the bar at the end of the street and locked the windows and doors. The bartender and the patrons joined her at the window as she peered out and saw the big man and all of his crew meet in the center of the town square.
"Damn...there must be 30 of them! We can't take all of them!" One man said. The bartender, who was an older man, shook his head. "Well do we have another choice? These guys don't look like they're leaving anytime soon. I've seen a lot of pirate in my time, and I can tell that these guys are the type to take a town over and remake it as a base. We need to chase them out now, or they might never leave." Suddenly, a glass broke at the bar, and everyone turned to see what had happened.
"Aw jeez, sorry. I guess I wasn't looking where I was going." The man who had broken the glass said. "But I couldn't help but overhear what you were saying, and I think I have an idea." Fune broke through the crowd to get a good look at the man. He couldn't have been much older than her, maybe a year or so, but he practically oozed toughness. He had a black undershirt with only one sleeve, while his right arm was heavily bandaged. He had very baggy camouflage shorts, and wooden sandals with socks. But his face was where everyone was looking. He had the iciest blue eyes you had ever seen, and an X shaped tattoo over his left eye. His hair, however, was even stranger. It was messily spiked, but it was a bluish green color, not one Fune had ever seen before.
"Really? And what might that idea be?" The bartender asked. The man laughed. "Look, there are pirates out there, right? Can I get a look at them?" The patrons looked among themselves, shrugged, and nodded to the man. He went over to the window and looked out. "Hmm...23. Mk. I can take them out for you." He looked back at the bartender and smiled. "But it's gonna cost you."
The patrons started scowling. "Just you? Alone? Sorry, kid, but forgive us if we can't believe you. Are you even old enough to be in the bar?" The man laughed. "Yes, I'm 22. Look, you can pay me after I'm done, OK?" The bartender smirked. "Fine, kid. If you go out there and take care of all those pirates, I'll give you free drinks for life, OK?" The kid shook his head. "No way. I want a ship. But let's leave the details until after I'm done, K?" The bartender nodded and pointed out the door. "Better get going."
The man nodded and exited the store. Immediately, everyone was at the windows again. Fune looked at the person next to her and elbowed him in the ribs. "What?!" The man said. "Haven't you seen him before? He looks familiar..." Fune said. The man concentrated for a second, then shrugged. "Sorry, I don't think I have." Fune scowled and went over to the window.
The man walked up to one of the grunts and tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me?" He said. The pirate turned around, scowling. "Whaddya wa-" was all he could get out before the man punched him in the face, knocking him out. All the other pirates turned towards him, and the man took a stance, waving them to come on.
As the pirates charged, Fune could feel the wind pick up suddenly. The rest happened in a blur. The man suddenly charged, and with a single movement, all the other pirates had fallen, knocked out cold. The townspeople were in awe. "What...what the hell was that?!" The bartender almost yelled. Fune just stared at the man, who was smirking wildly.
"Damn...here I thought they'd be a better challenge." The man said as he looked around. "Wait a sec...where's their captain?" As he said that, the big man from before exited the forest, having heard the commotion. "What the hell! Who did this to my crew!" He yelled. He stared at the man, looking him dead in the eye. "You! I'll kill you!" He said, as he pulled out a giant bladed wheel. "Ah...there we go." The man said. "Xela the Giant Wheel...bounty 3,000,000 beri." The man said, pulling out a wanted poster. "I've been chasing you for a while now, Xela. You've got something that belongs to me. I want it back."
Xela laughed. "Asshole! I've never met you in my life! But that doesn't matter, prepare to die!" He took his giant wheel and threw it at the man, who just stood there. The townspeople watched with shock from the window. "Get the hell outta there, kid! He's gonna kill you!" The bartender yelled, completely oblivious to the bet he had made. Fune suddenly sprinted out of the door, and yelled at the man, "GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
The man looked at Fune, smiled, and...the wheel passed right through him, sticking itself in the wall behind him. Xela, Fune, and the townspeople's jaws hit the floor at about the same time. Xela was the first to recover. "What...what the hell are you?!" he yelled. The man laughed. "Oh come on, now, you've heard of me!" Suddenly, the man disappeared. Xela heard something, almost a whisper, "You've never heard of the Mirage?" All the color in his face pulled a Houdini. "No...no...not you, not you of all people!"
Fune glanced to her left and right. Where was the man? It was like he vanished into thin air. Suddenly, the man appeared behind Xela. "I knew you'd heard of me." Xela turned and punched, but the man had gone again. "You're weak. And I'm tired of playing with you." The voice said again. This time Fune heard it. "What the...that's that man's voice! But where is he?" She thought to herself.
"I know who you are now! You're that man! The one with the 30,000,000 beri bounty on his head!" Xela shouted as the man appeared behind him. "Yep, that's me. Vorpal Rapier!" He shouted, and Fune saw it. A green beam appeared from the man's fist, and extended out towards Xela, piercing him through the chest. Xela's eyes rolled back, and before he hit the ground, he uttered one last statement. "You're the Sky King, Zephyr D. Cymballia!"
Zephyr sighed and the beam disappeared. "Jeez...i really gotta get rid of this stupid bounty thing." He looked towards Fune. "You got a name?" She stared, shook her head, and recovered. "Uh...Fune. Do you really have a bounty that high?" The man nodded. "Yep. I'm a wanted man. I'm wanted for piracy. I'm a pirate, in case you couldn't figure that out." He said with a grin. Suddenly, Zephyr was overrun with townspeople, who had run from their homes to celebrate with their savior. "You're a hero, kid! We owe you our lives!" They cheered. Suddenly, they dispersed, looking around. Fune tried getting to the center of the crowd, but Zephyr had vanished. Suddenly, she heard the voice again. "Say...could you let me stay at your house?" She looked around, before slowly nodding. "Good! Well, lead the way. I'm not gonna stay as a human if I'm just gonna get mobbed. You don't mind, do you?"
Fune sighed and shook her head. She started walking towards her house, which was on the other side of town. While on the way, she started talking. "So...who are you?" She heard laughing, and suddenly the wind picked up. "Haha, I told you! My name's Zephyr. Zephyr D. Cymballia. I'm a pirate. Or, at least, I used to be. I was marooned on this island by my old crew about...a week ago? I've been trying to find a ship ever since. And you?"
She smiled and kept walking. "Fune. Fune Geranve. I've lived on this island ever since I was a little girl. My parents died when I was young, so I learned how to navigate to work as a tour guide and make money for myself. I'm pretty good at it, if I do say so myself." She looked up towards the sky. "Say, how do you do that thing? You know, where you disappear?" There was silence for a while, then, "About ten years ago I ate the Wind-Wind Fruit. At the time, I had no idea what Devil Fruits even were. But the next day, when I woke up, I was part of the wind. As it turns out, the Wind-Wind Fruit was a Logia type, and it made me one with the wind. So that's what I am right now."
Fune nodded, but inside she was thinking. "So...he ate a Devil Fruit. I'm amazed, I thought those were fake. Hmm...maybe I can use him to further my dream." She suddenly stopped in front of a house. "Here we are. My humble abode." She said sarcastically. "Gee, thanks! I'll get myself settled in then." The voice said. Suddenly, the second floor window opened, and Zephyr reappeared, climbing through it. Fune looked at him and sweatdropped. "That guy could be a total perv if he really wanted to..."
The next day, Fune woke up and found that Zephyr had left a note. "Some commotion down at the village. Maybe the pirates are back. Gonna go check it out. Meet me down there later, we need to talk." Fune scowled. "We need to talk? What the hell?" Fune ripped up the note and sprinted outside. When she looked out, her hands flew up to her mouth and her eyes became very panicked.
In the middle of town, Zephyr was fighting a man in a black cloak. The cloak had red Satanic looking symbols on it, and stretched all the way down to his feet. The man held a strange weapon in each hand. They looked like hooks, except their edges were bladed and there was a small knife at the end of the hilt. Even the hilt itself was almost like a blade. It was clear that this man was a professional at killing. But that wasn't what scared her. What scared her was Zephyr. He was bleeding from his right eye, and he had various cuts all around his body. She ran up to the crowd around the two and started listening.
"Dammit...Haki? Who the hell are you?" Zephyr said in anger as he threw a punch at the man, who laughed and flipped out of the way. "My name is Rai. Rai Kolluptos. You may know me as...The Boogeyman." With that, he took the ends of his two hooks, combined them, and swung them around towards Zephyr. "Crow Cut!" Rai yelled as his hook-whip connected with Zephyr, sending him flying across the pavement.
"Ugh! This guy's really strong!" Zephyr thought as he laid on the floor. "Hmm...yep. I've decided." He said aloud as he rose up. He looked up towards Rai, who had perched himself on the top of a building, and grinned. "I've got two questions for ya, Rai." Rai grinned right back at him. "Shoot."
Zephyr sat down and started untying the bandages off of his arm. "Why are you here?" Rai laughed. "30,000,000 beri? If I beat you, I can get a bounty over 50,000,000. Then the man that I've been looking for might finally take notice of me. And I can kill him once and for all!" He said as he jumped off of the building and set his hooks in an X formation. "Camel Slam!" He said as he slashed downwards at Zephyr. Fune cringed as she heard the swords connect with flesh, then gasped as she saw what was under the bandages of Zephyr's arm. There was actually no arm at all, but a solid green colored arm, which seemed to be made out of air. "Vorpal Arm Mode Change: Buzzsaw." Zephyr said as his arm suddenly changed shape into a whirling saw. "Second question. If I beat you, will you join my pirate crew?" Rai grinned. "Only if you knock me out and drag my ass on board. Then I'll follow any order you give me." Zephyr gave a grin right back. "Good. Vorpal Buzzsaw!" He yelled as he brought the buzzsaw up and connected with the twin hooks just in time, saving him from being attacked again. The saw cut around the hooks, and sliced into Rai's skin, damaging him. Rai flew down to the ground, bloody. "Damn. Wasn't expecting that. Is that...an air vortex? Whatever. I'll finish you with my best attack." He put the ends of his hooks parallel to each other, and ran up to Zephyr. "Eagle Wing!" He cried as he swung them sideways in an attempted beheading. Zephyr, however, was prepared.
"Amazing! But I've got a couple of tricks myself, bastard! Vorpal Funnel!" He clasped both of his hands together, like he did before, only this time Fune knew what she was seeing. The wind created from the clap was so immense that Rai had to halt his attack and was blown back a good 10 feet. By the time he recovered, Zephyr was ready. "Vorpal Rage!" He shouted as he threw his fist forward and multiple beams of air shot out of it, all of them pounding Rai until he fell back on his ass. As he slowly started to rise, Zephyr was behind him, smirking. "Sorry. Vorpal Jet!" He said as he used the power of the wind to increase the speed of his punch so much that it knocked out Rai almost instantly. Rai fell to the floor and Zephyr, panting, was not far behind him. "Damn...say, Fune!" He yelled. Fune ran over and smacked him. "What the hell do you want?" she said as the townspeople shaked with fear behind her. "She's a demon kicking that man..." they all thought simultaneously.
Zephyr grinned. "Can you reattach the bandages on my right arm? It might disperse if I don't keep it under control." Fune sighed and nodded. "Fine. Just because I owe you one." She wrapped his hand up in bandages, and suddenly Rai started to wake up. "Damn...where am-" Zephyr stood up and clubbed him on the head with his left hand, and that knocked him out again. He looked over at the bartender and grinned. "All right, old guy, let's see that boat." The bartender laughed and nodded. "Yep, it's right over here." Zephyr grinned and picked up Rai. "Lead the way."
The bartender started walking towards the harbor, and Zephyr followed him. Suddenly, Fune had the incredible urge to follow him. Apparently, everyone else in the town had the same urge, because suddenly they were all chasing after him. The bartender led Zephyr to a small row boat, and pointed. "Thar she blows. Get in." Zephyr grinned and nodded, and then threw Rai into the boat. When he landed on the boat, he woke up and laughed. "You win. I'm your crewman now. Where we headed?" Zephyr scratched his head. "Umm...I really don't know. I suck at navigating. Which is partly why my old crew marooned me here about a week ago. But I think I know how we can get off the island." He turned towards the crowd of people and vanished. Fune craned her neck to try and find him, but he reappeared right behind her. "Wanna come with us?" He asked, making her jump. She turned around and smacked him, but her hand passed right through him. He kept his grin up as she kept trying to smack him. Eventually she gave up. "Fine. I'll go with you. But so help me, if you try anything funny, I'll kill you both, got it?"
Zephyr and Rai looked at each other and laughed. "Yup, got it!" They both said. Fune sighed and turned around. "Well, I'm off then. Bye guys. See you when I come back." She climbed into the boat, and started rowing. Zephyr grinned. "Guys, I think this is gonna be the start of a beautiful journey." He stared up into the sky and closed his eyes. Slowly, the wind blew the boat closer to their next destination.
This is only the first part of the Sky King's role in the history of the world.
So I know some of you are going to be upset that I completely destroyed Dex and his crew...but don't worry, you just might see some old characters pop up. Oh and as for Zephyr's last name...remember Terros? Possible relation? Maybe. Well, please review, and I can't wait to get on this new story! Thanks!