Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. I do own all my characters which are original characters. :)
Authors Note: Italics represents someones thoughts.
One Piece: Age of the Great Pirates
Chapter 1: Billy the Pirate
Two old men sat in a bar on an island on South Blue. They were both drunk of course, but the conversation still just as important.
"Did you hear? Straw Hat Luffy has died."
"You don't say. How did that man die?"
"From old age! Hehehehe!"
"Wow! REALLY!? ..Well, at least he died with no regrets. Hehohehohoho!"
"That man was one powerful Pirate. Starting the 'New Age' when he became the Pirate King. Muuuhahaha!"
"He did inspire quite a few Pirates."
"Oi oi! The Age of Pirates has been around for some time. There are so many Pirates with high Bounties on them. But it seems those Marines never run out of men. Hehehehe!"
"What about the crew?"
"Well, it seems they all accomplished their goals. They decided not to follow any other Captain and will live there lives living in peace. Though with Bounties as high as theirs... Peaceful living will be near impossible."
"Hck! Well, well. Which ones are still alive?"
"I believe two. Chopper and Brook. Though Brook is already dead. Hehehe!"
"I wonder if the 'New Age of Pirates' can move along without that man? I guess it's not important to old folks like us. Hahaha!"
5 Years Later
"Old man, more Ramen!" A young voice called out.
"Is that any way to speak to your Grandpa? Hehehe!"
"Ramen! Ramen! Ramen!" The young voice yelled out again.
"Hold on, hold on. Your so impatient. Hehehe!"
"Me hungry!"
"Here ya go. One bowl of Ramen."
"Thank you, old man!"
"Old! I'm only 82 years old! I still have life in me! I'm not old. Hehehehe!"
"82!?!? Your almost dead old man!"
"Hehehe!"
Just then a group of men entered the small Ramen shop. The men were laughing and enjoying themselves to some Sake and Rum as if they were partying for some reason. These Pirates were somewhat heroes on this Island. They had just defeated two Marine Battleships and had decided to take it easy now.
"Hey hey! Old man! Wheres the Ramen?" A voice called out and seemed to be copied.
"Hold on, hold on. Hehehe! It seems you guys just had some battle. What happened?"
"Well, more Marines looking for Captain Locco's Bounty. It seems ever since he defeated that War General, our crew has become quite popular. Hahaha!"
"Hehehe! Well well. That's a good thing! You guys planing on going to the Grand Line? There are rumors of a new One Piece left by the Staw Hat Crew left behind."
"Not ju-"
The door opened and everyone fell silent. The old mans grandson kept eating and eating without any awareness of the rooms sudden silence. A larger man walked in, on his left hip was a Gun blade. He wore black shorts and no shirt. He had a Tattoo of a Dragon on his stomach and chest. His eyes were cold.
"Ca- Captain Locco has arrived!"
The whole room then started to cheer for him.
"OI! OI! OI! OI!"
The room then fell silent again as the Captain began to speak.
"The new Bounty list has come out. Things are going to get dangerous for here on out and we are leaving this island. We can't put any more people in danger here in our home."
"Ca..CAPTAIN! What is it!?"
"My Bounty has now become.. 215,000,000 Beri. Aside from my Bounty, we have 4 other members with Bounties on them. 10,000,000 Beri, 8,000,000 Beri, 27,000,000 Beri and 78,000,000 Beri. With an accumulated 338,000,000 Beri Bounty on our crew.. It would be dangerous to stay. The War Generals and maybe even Admirals may become involved with us. Which is why... We are going to the Grand Line."He said with no hesitation in his voice.
"OI! For now we celebrate!" One of the crewmates yelled out.
"Tonight you may celebrate! Tomorrow we dock out!"
"Hai! Captain!"
The great captain who had defeated one of the War Generals to gain this new bounty went over to his brother and sat down. His little brother sat there finishing the bowl of Ramen very satisfied with his meal. Locco looked around the shop at all of his crew mates and sat quietly.
"Billy.." Locco said finally. "I have something for you."
The boy looked over to Locco and smiled. "More Ramen?" He said smiling.
Locco didn't smile or anything like that to acknowledge his little brothers stupidity. "No. But it is food." He said pulling out a weird looking fruit. Then sighed softly. "Eat this fruit, and you will never be able to swim again. But with it, you will gain great power so that one day you may become a Great Pirate Captain."
"Me? A Captain?" Billy said to himself. "I don't want to be a Captain. I wouldn't mind just being a member of the crew." He continued happily.
Locco didn't respond. His little brother; a simple crew mate? How could he accept that? Locco couldn't follow orders of others, but then again he wasn't Billy. He started his Pirate Crew with people from this very island. They were all the strongest around and were said to become great. Out of the 10 original people, Locco was the strongest and that was how the Black Plague Pirates began. They went around the Blue Seas and found more Crewmates until they ended up with the 72 members they now had. They were becoming a great crew. Then again, they never entered the Grand Line yet. Which was more spectacular to have such Bounties.
Billy than spoke, with a stupid excited kind of voice, "So what powers do I gain? The power to create Ramen!?"
Locco looked at him and then boom. A lump was on Billy's head and Locco continued to speak. "No. The power you gain from this fruit is the ability to 'scatter'." Locco said, now with a smile.
"Scatter?" Billy said in a confused state.
"Yes, you can scatter. The more control you gain, the stronger you will become. This fruit is powerful. Extremely powerful. Thats why I'm giving it to you now while your only 8. I want you to learn to control it and become strong."
"What do you mean scatter?" Billy said still confused.
"That's the name of the fruit. The GoroGoro Fruit. I don't know how to explain it. Just eat the fruit and see what happens." Locco said; curious himself what it meant to 'scatter'.
"Okay.." He said as he slowly picked the fruit up and brought it close to his mouth. He then took a bite of it and it tasted disgusting. But his stomach growled and the fruit 'disappeared' instantly. Billy put it down so quick that it happened in an instant. Locco just sat there staring.
"Well? How do you feel now?" He said. The entire shop seemed so quite to the two of them. As if they were the only two within it. The loud crew was partying and the noise didn't even phase them.
Billy looked up at his brother and smile. "Hungry."
Locco fell over.
"Did I say something wrong?" He said.
"You are always hungry idiot! Do you feel any differently?"
"No. Not really. Maybe it didn't work."
"Concentrate. Try to.. scatter." Locco said, still interested.
Billy then started to focus. He focused hard on trying to scatter. His eyes were shut, his mind was completely on concentration to scatter. Locco sat there waiting for something to happen when he heard a small noise come from Billy.
"What!?" He yelled out when he realized that Billy had fallen asleep. "Wake up!" He said as he punched Billy on the head and had created another lump on top of the one he made earlier.
"What was that for jerk!?" Billy yelled out as he jumped up.
"Now. Focus again!"
There were now three lumps on Billy's head as he sat there pouting. "Fine.. Jerk."Suddenly, Billy's hand started to disintegrate. It was starting from the very tips of his fingers and moving down. Billy started to freak out as white blades fluttered around where his arm once was. When he started to worry, then started coming together to form a white hand that had scattered and then became skin once more.
"Wha.. What was that!? AWESOME!!!!!" Billy screamed at the sight.
Locco stood there in amazement, not even noticing that the entire room became silent. Everyone stood there looking at Billy.
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"That was my first encounter with my ability." An older looking version of Billy said to himself as he sat in a room on a ship. "I've become so much stronger. I do have quite the past." He said as he chuckled softly.
The room he was in was dark. The ship he was on was that of a Pirate by the name of Rocco. A Pirate with no bounty on his head, pretty much a rookie. He had attacked the island where Billy had lived 3 days ago and Billy offered himself as a price to leave the island alone. Now Billy was headed God knows where on a Pirate Ship of a crew that hadn't made a name for themselves. The current date was nine years lateer with a 17 year old Billy. 9 years of training to become stronger. Was he so weak to get caught by these Pirates?
The boat suddenly haulted and Billy heard noises which sounded like voices coming from above him. He then realized they were on an island. Which island, Billy did not know. But maybe now he could make an escape. That would be best for him. He sat there next to cut up ropes waiting to make his grand escape, when 3 men walked and and carried him out to the main deck. He looked on the island and saw a huge town with huge buildings and people everywhere. They weren't ordinary people, they were Pirates. This was dangerous. Making an escape had become futile just like that.
Yet, Billy hadn't struggled at all nor shown fear to the Pirates. He was going to sacrafice himself for his people; it was the only way. Suddenly one of the Pirates from the crew ran onto the ship screaming.
"Don't kill him! Don't kill him!!" The Pirate screamed.
The Captain turned to him and grinned. "Why shouldn't I kill him?! Are you trying to tell me what to do!?"
The Pirate took a huge gulp and began to speak in a whisper. "Tha.. that boy. His older brother is the Captain of the Black Plague Crew. His Brother is Black Plague Locco.."
"WHAT!?" The entire crew screamed at once throwing Billy off of the ship.
"Prepare to sail!" The Captain screamed as they left as quickly as possible. Soon they were out of site and Billy was stuck on this Pirate infested island.
"Hahahaha! They ran because of Locco? I wonder what kind of name he made for himself. Hahahaha!" He said to himself as he sat there on the ground. "I wonder if this island has any Ramen." He also said to himself as he got up and started to walk toward the Pirate Village.
From the shadows a man watched him walk by and the man seemed to be following him. The man wore an attire of an old samurai, but also wore a hood which covered his face. He had one blade on his right hip and bangs hung out from the hood. His hair was all the way to his the middle of his back and was longer than the hood. But he slowly followed Billy.
"OI!" Billy screamed as he found a Ramen Stall. He wanted Ramen so bad. "I'd like a bowl of any kind of Ramen you got!" He screamed at the man behind the stall.
He started eating the Ramen and didn't even notice the man that had been following him sat down next to him and made no movements. He just waited. For what, only he could tell. Billy had finished the bowl of Pork Ramen in a matter of seconds. He hadn't eaten in days on the ship, so it was the best. Then he realized something... He had no money. The man behind the stall drew a sword when suddenly the man that had been following Billy put the Beri on the counter.
"That should cover his bill." The man said in a deep scary voice.
"Thank you very much!" Billy said without had no reply.
After a few minutes of akward silence, the man spoke. "I understand your Black Plague Locco's little brother, are you not?"
"Uh.. yeah.. Why does everyone want to know that?" Billy said with little interest.
"And that man gave you a Devil Fruit correct?" The man asked ignoring Billy's own question.
"Yeah. The GoroGoro Fruit." He said disappointed. He had wished he was given a Ramen Ramen Fruit. But it would never happen.
"Yes. That's perfect." The man said as he stood and walked away.
Billy didn't seem to care. He was wanting more Ramen, even though he hadn't the money to pay for it. He begged for a free bowl but it was an epic fail. He left the Ramen Stall unhappily and still hungry. As he walked through the village, he kept hearing the name of Locco. Locco had seemed to make a great name for himself. So Billy decided to go into a bar and see what information he could find on his older brother.
"Woo! Party!" One of the drunks yelled as he started dancing on one of the tables with his shirt off. His pale flabby body made Billy want to turn out and leave. He was no longer hungry.
"Shut up you old drunk!" The bartender yelled as he threw an empty cup and blasted the man on his head knocking him off the table.
"Hey you basta.." The man then fell onto the floor passed out sleeping.
Billy finally walked over to the bartender. "Oi! Do you have Ramen!?" He screamed at the bartender for no reason.
"Kid, this is a bar. I suggest you leave."
"Wait wait wait! I have some questions for you." Billy said finally serious.
"What is it?" The bartender spoke to him as if annoyed of his very existance.
"I want to know about Black Plague Locco." Billy announced to the bartender, curiosity in his voice.
"You.. you want to know about that man? I'll tell you this. That man. That crew. You will gain nothing affiliating yourself with his kind." The bartender said, his voice trembling.
Billy said nothing for a moment, then spoke. "Why not?"
"What is wrong with you!? You haven't heard of his adventures on the Grand Line!? He took the same path as Pirate King Luffy. I even heard they went to Sky Island. He is now in the New World. He has been for some time now. Is that all you need to know?"
"Why is everyone so afraid of him?"
The bartenders eyes were wide open and sweat poured down his face. "That man is the devil incarnate. His strength is far beyond any of these rookie pirates. We were all surprised to hear that he killed the War General 9 years ago. But now.. Killing an Admiral.. By himself. This man is beyond all of us. Why do you want to know about him!?"
"He is my older brother." Billy said with a smile.
The bar fell silent. Everyone stared at him, fear in all of there eyes. This boy had announced that the devil incarnate himself is his older brother. He had become feared in that moment and the bar instantly became empty. The bartender stood there frozen with fear starring at Billy. Finally someone entered the bar. Another man followed. The man that followed the tall man in red looked familiar. It was the man that payed for his Ramen earlier. Except now he had no hood. His eyes were white, it was obvious he was blind.
The large man in red sat right next to Billy and on the other side of Billy, the blind Samurai. The large man in reds tall spikey blond hair and calm blue eyes made him seem like a gentle guy. But the feeling you got from the man made you want to run away. Billy didn't feel this at all. He still wanted Ramen. He didn't care that everyone ran away from him. The large man then spoke.
"Billy." That was all the large man said. His voice deep and scary. The bartender just about fainted from that fearful voice of his.
Billy looked at him with a smile. "Hello. Do I know you?"
The man didn't reply. But the blind Samurai did. "Billy, we have been searching for someone like you. We want to know.. Would you like to join our Pirate Crew? Currently it is just the two of us, but this man will one day become Pirate King and surpass your brother. With your help, we can do just that."
"Join a Pirate Crew? Do you guys have a ship? And Ramen?"
The blind Samurai said nothing in response. The big guy then spoke. "Quite joking around brat. Will you join the crew or will we have to kill you where you stand?"
Billy was surprised by this but replied happily still. "And what is the name of the two Pirates in this crew already?"
The blind Samurai would answer this one. "The Captain of our ship is an ancestor to the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. Gol D. Crimson. I am his very first follower and a legendary Samurai from East Blue. I wasn't born with a name, at least a name I can remember. I've always been called Hiro."
"Crimson and Hiro? Never heard of either of you."
"We haven't made names for ourselves just yet. We both currently have no bounties, fought no Pirate battles. But that isn't what is important. Will you join Crimson's Crew?"
"Only if you buy me more Ramen!" Billy said instantly.
The two men said nothing. Crimson got the message. "Yes. You can have as much Ramen as you want.. under one condition. Prove to us that your strong enough. I'm afraid we wanted you to join us based on your family's reputation only. I need to know if I can count on you." Crimson spoke with such a fearful tone. Serious the entirety of the conversation.
"Yes. We will both face you, but we will hold back." The blind Samurai Hiro agreed.
"Okay then. Lets do it." Billy said as he stood up, ready to walk out of the bar with the two men. As he began to walk, the table next to him was slashed in half. When he turned around, the blind Samurai stood there, just placing the sword back in the sheath.
"Where do you think your going?" Crimson said.
"To find a place to fight." Billy said as he jumped back a little.
"This is our battle field." The Samurai stated as he ran in to strike at Billy.
"WHAT!?" Billy said as he ducked, barely dodging the swing of the blade.
Crimson charged in as well, his speed was much more than anyone would expect for someone his size. He stood at about 7'5" and from under his large trench coat looked like he had a lot of muscle. He went to punch Billy who was trying to stand up and blasted him with a huge Jab, knocking the wind out of Billy. The two guys were serious about testing Billy's power. This was.. his first fight.
"We heard that you have received the GoroGoro Fruit. Let us see you scatter!" The blind Samurai said as he made another slash from a range and cut a huge gash in the wall behind Billy who had luckily ducked.
"How can you see me!? Your blind!" Billy screamed.
"He ate a Devil Fruit that has given him hearing beyond that of a human. He sees what he hears. Any movements you make, he hears it. This Fruit is perfect for a blind man." Crimson stated confidently.
"Yes. Basically I see everything as a bright light. The wind blows against trees and rocks. I can see black outlines of those in the bright lights. You move and breath. With my hearing, I can see your outline in these blind eyes. My blindness was a blessing thanks to this Devils Fruit. Any person that can see would be at a disadvantage with it. Luckily I picked it up." Hiro explained as he stood with his blade on his shoulder.
"I see." Billy said, now a little worried. "I guess I'll have to fight seriously to prove my worth then." He then smiled. "Scatter!" He screamed as his right arm start scattering from the finger tips up. It stopped where his arm would bend at his elbow and formed an arm of white blades that looked like flower petals. He then ran toward Hiro and swung but heard a clashing noice as Hiro's blade blocked the punch.
"It'll take more than that. I don' know what is wrong with your arm, but I see thousands, maybe millions of pieces making up your right arm. It hurts my eyes trying to count them."
Crimson used another deadly punch and blasted Billy into the wall that had the gash in it and watched it fall apart as Billy landed in the street outside. The bartender was hiding in the back as soon as the battle started. Hiro walked out from the bar covered in the debris and slowly made his way over to Billy, Crimson right behind him.
"Looks like your too weak Billy." Crimson said as he reached into his trench coat.
"Wait. Don't move." Hiro said as he stopped walking.
"What's wrong?"
"His arm is missing completely. Don't forget his ability is to scatter. And his arm became a giant blade. That blade could be anywhere. And around the area, I see a bunch of tiny shadows scattered all around. He may hit us at any moment."
Boom! A gunshot sounded throughout the quiet night. There was a hole in Billy's chest, but it wasn't a bullet hole. The part where Crimson shot, it was gone. He scattered once more where his heart was. Billy slowly stood up with a smile. His whole arm was gone now, and it wasn't noticable until he stood.
"Well, well. It seems you do have 'some' skill. You may join the crew." Crimson said, still looking serious.
"That was it?" Billy said to him.
"No point in killing each other Billy. He shot you, you lived. Your obviously no push over. No one has ever lived to say they survived Crimson's ace marksmenship. Be happy your still breathing."
Billy's body started to reconstruct and finally had fully done so. The three of them walked off, looking for a hotel or anything where they could stay a couple of days.
"Tomorrow. We find us a ship." Crimson finally said.
"Oi!" Billy said, and felt weird because he was the only one to respond that way. Maybe these two Pirates were the bad guys. But then again, weren't all Pirates?
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Authors Note: Well there it is. The first Chapter. I know I moved a little quickly with it, but I think it will turn out great. I can't wait to continue the stories and I hope you all enjoy. Please Rate after Reading the story. And any ideas for Devil Fruits or characters, I will definately accept messages and reply to them. Thank you, those of you who did read. =)