The Boy with the Straw-Hat
"Hm well I suppose this is as good a place to start as any." said a boy, roughly about seventeen walking alone through the crowded streets of the town. "Aw man I can hardly wait! There's gotta be all kinds of strong guys in this city!"
He is a fairly tall man about six foot with an extra inch or two added by the straw hat sitting atop his head, though somewhat lean he was a very muscular man but with a boyish appearance and a look of confusion about his face.
"Jeez where do I start?" he sighed feeling much more discouraged than a moment ago. He continued down the paved path of the city, scratching the back of his head and keeping his eyes peeled for anyone strong.
He squeezed his way through the seemingly endless crowds of people, all the while taking his time and stopping to ask the occasional stopper by,
"Um hello, sir I was just wondering are you strong?"
"Ma'm how bad do you think your punch would hurt me?"
"Excuse me mister I'm looking for somebody really strong, know anyone?"
"Yes miss, how do you feel about a life of adventure, excitement and danger?"
And all the while none of these people were the least bit helpful his only response being a slight snort or the occasional "Get lost" as the person continued walking by leaving the young man to continue with the next unfortunate person he would run into until he came across a small boy. The boy innocently enough walked up to the young man and began tugging at his pant leg.
"Hm where are all the strong guys in this town." Said the man with the straw-hat not noticing the boy tugging furiously at his pant leg.
"Hey mister!" yelled the boy.
"Huh?" replied straw-hat, "Oh hey kid whats up?" he continued coming to a kneeling position.
"I heard you talking to that guy over there about lookin for somebody strong." The boy said to the man with the straw-hat.
"Yeah! Do you know somebody!?" straw-hat asked, practically screaming.
"Yeah me."
"…You? Really? You don't look all that strong." He stated bluntly.
"Well I am."
"Really really strong?"
"Yeah." Said the boy showing the man his muscles, he was no older then nine.
"Well ok then, you'll join my pirate crew!" yelled straw-hat.
"Wait hold on, we have to discuss my paycheck you don't get this muscle for free." The boy said once again showing the man his bicep.
"Oh right of course sorry, well I plan on becoming the King of Pirates so I'm sure we should get all kinds of treasure leading up to that point, once that happens we can split that evenly with the rest of our crew." Replied the man smiling widely standing up and placing both arms behind his head.
"Ok deal. Come on lets go back to my place and celebrate our new contract." Said the boy just as serious as straw-hat about their pirate agreement.
"Ok sounds good, will there be food? I'm starving." Said the straw-hat rubbing his grumbling stomach.
"Of course there'll be food; it wouldn't be much of a celebration otherwise." The boy said gesturing for him to follow as he began to walk through the still enormous crowd of people that crowded the streets.
The city was indeed huge he had heard that Darin was a large town but this was ridiculous, the buildings where huge towering up both sides of the walkway. Of all this the most distinctive feature of the town was the massive amount of Marines in the area, they were posted on ever corner and every street, rifles in the fixed position on high alert.
"Uh hey kid, what's with all the Marines are they looking for something?" he finally decided to ask his young friend.
"My names Jason. And nah the captain of this town is just really paranoid, he thinks all the citizens are planning a revolt." Answered the one now known as Jason.
"Oh, huh what a weirdo, heheh." He laughed; Jason looked up at his taller comrade expecting the man to give his name as well, but shrugged it off as he gave no indication of doing so.
The duo continued walking a fairly long distance until they came upon a small bar on the right side of the street, the boy stopped in front of it and walked inside followed by his straw-hat friend.
"Captain Preocupado, sir!" yelled a young man in his mid-twenties with dark brown hair dressed in all white. "Its time for us to make our rounds, sir."
A large and portly man sat across from the Marine, he had made it halfway through his chicken wing before he began to speak, his mouth still full,
"Now Lieutenant its far too dangerous for me to be going down there all the time to be collecting taxes, who knows what horrific things those people have planned for me."
"…Right sir, but well you see you have to come there's a swordsman around town who's been giving our men some real trouble when they come around for the taxes." Replied the lieutenant ignoring his commander's ridiculous comments, how the man ever got to became a captain he'd never know.
"That sounds like a plan to get me out of the fortress! You're in on it with the enemy aren't you!? You're all planning a revolt!" yelled the captain smashing his fist onto the desk destroying it in the process.
That's right, he's amazingly strong guess that's how he became a captain, the man thought to himself before responding in a calm and even tone, "No sir."
"Oh I apologize Lieutenant, I shouldn't put the blame from those insolent peasants on you, come we shall leave immediately."
The man sighed deeply, he desperately needed a transfer.
"Hey, mom! I'm home, and I brought a friend." shouted the boy as he walked casually into the bar. It was a small pub with a few tables here and there, each one filled. The two walked up to the bar where a manwas sitting leisurely drinking a cup of tea and slowly picking apart his meal. He seemed like any average run of the mill guy taking a stop at the bar but there was one thing strange about the man, next to him laid two swords, and call it instinct, but something about the man caught young straw-hat's attention.
"Hey!" yelled Jason breaking straw-hat out of his day dreaming, " Jeez you don't listen very well huh? This is him mom, my new pirate captain." he continued, gesturing toward his friend.
"Oh I see well it's a pleasure to meet you young man." said the mother covering her mouth to prevent herself from laughing too hard.
"Nice to meet you too lady! Got any food?" replied the man energetically.
After a little longer of a conversation the woman finally left to the back room to prepare some food for her guest. She returned a short while with her newest customer's meal.
"So mister pirate, do you have a name by chance?" she said to him while staring to wipe up the bar counter.
"A name?" he asked, his mouth full with food, he had quiet an appitite.
"Yes," she said with a giggle, "like I'm Jenna. And you are…."
"Oh right that sorry." He replied with a laugh of his own. He put down his plate for a moment (the first time since the meal had been placed before him).
"I'm Brooker D. Roy, the man who'll be King of the Pirates!"
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A/N: Hello everyone first i'd like to thank you for taking the time to read my story, and i also have a request as i'm sure you've guessed this will be an on going fic so if you have any ideas for characters or DEVIL FRUIT POWERS (please i have nothing one piece took all the good powers) then drop me a review or pm with your idea. Thats all hope you liked it and continue to read on.