Well because I looked at the traffic on my story and realized alot of you were reading this chapter and than not continuing, I decided to re-type it with better spacing and a couple added/changed sentences. Hopefully this makes people want to read more of the story (Which gets much better as you go along). Well here you go:
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A New Pirate Crew Emerges - Chapter 2: The Beginning of a Crew
Two men sat on a raft floating through the sea. One of the men wore a blue t-shirt covered with a black jacket with the zipper undone, his hair was dark brown, slightly messy looking and went to just before his shoulders, as well as black shorts with sandals. The other wore a black t-shirt with black pants, his hair was black, slightly wavy and only went down to a bit past his ears.
"This sucks," said the man wearing all black. " When you asked me to join your pirate crew I assumed you had a freaking ship."
The man in the jacket looked over at him, "Just shut up Jiiku, I will get us a ship, that's the first thing on my list."
"Fine, Fine," replied Jiiku, "but Tairaa, do you have to have those two tigers with us, can't we just eat them." Said Jiiku eyeing the young twin tigers that Tairaa always had with him.
"No we can't eat them! I told you I have raised these tigers since birth." Tairaa said, continuing to talk despite the look Jiiku was giving him, "and they also help me fight."
"Whatever man, as long as we get to an island and find a ship soon. Do you even know where we are going?" Jiiku said, getting increasingly more annoyed.
Tairaa replied trying to sound as positive as possible, "Well I sort of have a slight idea of the direction we might be going in."
"In other words," said Jiiku followed by a slight pause, "we're lost."
"Ok, we are not lost, I looked at a map before we left and there is an island due west that has a large dock, which means they should have a couple boats for sale."
"That's great and all, but there is one flaw in your plan," said Jiiku.
"Oh ya, and what would that be," responded Tairaa.
Jiiku quickly pointed out at the sea and said" That."
In front of Jiiku and Tairaa was a Sea King. It was not a full-grown one; it was a young sea king that had gotten separated from his parents. It stood about 18 feet out of the water.
"Oh this is gonna be fun." Said Tairaa as the young Sea King charged toward them.
Tairaa quickly slapped his hands together and pulled them apart, revealing two circles with diamonds in the middle on his palms. He placed those symbols onto his tigers and yelled, "FUSE!"
"What the hell are you doing?" said Jiiku as he watched a bright blue light glow over Tairaa and his tigers.
While Jiiku was still blinded by the light Tairaa began to talk to him. "I never showed you this ability back when we met, but I have a Devil's Fruit. It is called the Fuse Fuse Fruit. It allows me to fuse things together. Which is why I have these tigers."
Jiiku rubbed his eyes and looked up to see Tairaa standing there, but the tigers gone. Tairaa turned around and Jiiku saw what had happened. Tairaa's legs were now pumped up and the nails on his hands had grown slightly longer. His pupils were no longer regular pupils, but had turned into little slits.
"Holy crap." Was all Jiiku could say before Tairaa bent down like a runner about to start a race, and disappeared. Before Jiiku could comprehend what had just happened, he heard the Sea King cry out in pain. Tairaa had dashed forward with such speed and punched the Sea King with such force it was almost falling over. The Sea King started to straighten himself and Tairaa used this opportunity to push off the Sea King and back on to the raft.
"This may help, but the fact is it is still a Devil's Fruit and I can't go in the water. So I might need a little help." Said Tairaa while looking at Jiiku, but still keeping most of his attention on the recovering Sea King.
"Well," Jiiku paused for a moment. "You hit him high, and I'll hit him low." Within seconds Tairaa laid on his back and lifted his feet in the air. Jiiku jumped onto Tairaa's feet and Tairaa used his strength to push Jiiku at super speeds and than stood up and jumped towards the Sea King's head. Jiiku hit the Sea King in the stomach, and Tairaa hit it in the head. They both jumped off the body back to the raft as the Sea King collapsed. Just before the Sea King hit the water, something flew out of its mouth and landed in the sea.
"What the hell was that?" said Jiiku as he went closer to the edge to get a better look. Suddenly the head of a small of a young shark popped out of the water and looked at Jiiku. "AHHHH!" Jiiku shouted as he jumped back.
Jiiku slowly got up the courage and walked toward the shark. When Jiiku got close enough, the shark rubbed his head against Jiiku. "How cute," said Tairaa in a sarcastic tone, "I think he likes you."
"Ha ha, laugh away, but I think I'm going to keep him," responded Jiiku.
"WHAT!" Tairaa quickly said in reaction to this proposal.
Jiiku began to explain. "Look, we saved him and I guess he doesn't have a family, and besides, you fight with those tigers, why can't I fight with a shark?"
"Fine, fine, and by the way, those tigers have names; they are called Roje and Jeimuzu." Said Tairaa.
"Speaking of which, I should give this guy a name, ok, ok, a good name for a shark," said Jiiku as he taped his finger on his chin. Suddenly, "I GOT IT! I will name him……… Birdy!"
This was followed by a quick smack to the side of the head from Tairaa, "It's a fish you idiot, you can't call it Birdy."
"Well to bad," said Jiiku, "now let's get going to that island."
The two men and three animals set out towards the island that they hoped was straight ahead of them.
"So," said Jiiku. "While we have time, you want to explain this Devil's Fruit to me?"
"Fine, fine," said Tairra. "Where should I start? As I said already, this Devil's Fruit is called the Fuse Fuse Fruit. It allows me to fuse objects, and even people and animals together to create a new object or person. But the effect is only temporary, because if I do not separate the two items, there is a chance that their DNA could fuse together and they could stay like that. Which might seem like a good thing at first, but a fight between DNA to see which will take control would kill the host. So the less complicated the items I fuse, the longer I can keep them together. That is how I fight; I fuse my tigers into my legs, allowing me to gain great agility for a brief period of time. Do you get it now?"
"Uhhh, sure." Responded Jiiku. "But lets keep going, I think I can see the island now."
Tairaa and Jiiku arrived at the island about half an hour later, and instantly destroyed the raft they had been traveling on because they weren't leaving without a real boat. Roje and Jeimuzu came with Tairaa and Birdy stayed near the docks. They walked up and down the streets in the town, observing the local stores in the town.
The town was quite small but still had a fare amount of shops. There were sword shops and gun shops, but no shops that looked like they sold boats.
Tairaa turned to Jiiku, "Hey, maybe we should just ask one of the people around here. Lets try this shop." Tairaa said while walking into a food store.
Tairaa slowly approached a man who was holding a large piece of meat, trying to sell it to people passing by, no one seemed interested though. When Tairaa got closer to the man, the man seemed to get happier.
The man looked right at Tairaa and began talking, "What about you sir? Would you like to buy this marvelous piece of meat? I can give you a really nice price."
"Sorry, I'm not really looking for food at the moment. Do you happen to know where I could find a boat for sale? Or possibly someone who could build one, like a shipwright."
"I'm sorry, I just arrived here in town recently and I…" the man was about to finishing talking and was cut off by a woman walking by the stand.
"I know a shipwright you guys could talk to. He is a friend of mine. Follow me." The woman said, carefully observing Tairaa and Jiiku. She motioned them to follow her, which Tairaa and Jiiku quickly did.
Tairaa and Jiiku kept walking with the woman; she had shoulder length black hair and amber colored eyes. She wore tight tan pants and a button up black vest and wooden sandals. "So, what's your name?" asked Tairaa.
"My name is Cora," she responded. "I work with a shipwright." She continued to talk, but Tairaa was too distracted looking her over, in case of any traps or weapons. Than he spotted something he should have saw from the beginning.
"Holy crap!" Tairaa yelled, "You're carrying a marine rifle." Tairaa and Jiiku quickly jumped back and got into attack positions.
"Don't worry." Cora said grabbing the rifle, "It's just a cover I put over my sword." She slowly pulled back the marine rifle coating and revealed a long sword under it.
"Wow," said Jiiku. "That's really clever."
"Well, now that that's settled, can you take us to this shipwright?" Asked Tairaa, feeling slightly embarrassed for overreacting.
"Sure," responded Cora. "He is right down here." Suddenly a great thud came from the road Cora was pointing down. "OH MY GOD!" Cora screamed. "Razar!" she quickly forgot all about Jiiku and Tairaa and ran down the street at top speed.
"Guess we better follow." Said Tairaa as he and Jiiku ran down the street.
At the end of the street, near a dock, there stood a group of mermen. They all stood in a circle, but in the middle of the circle, was a tall snapping turtle merman, with a fist in his stomach. The other merman who had punched him slowly drew his hand back. The turtle was looking down at the floor and slowly lifted his head up, with a big smile on his face. "Is that all you got?" he said laughing at the merman who had punched him, while slowly getting to his feet.
The turtle quickly shot his arm out and grabbed the man by his face. He lifted him into the air and delivered a powerful punch to the guy's stomach. Than he spun around and hurled the merman into a wall directly beside Tairaa and Jiiku.
"Now get the hell out of here before I get pissed!" said the snapping turtle merman. Quickly the group of mermen ran, grabbed their friend and left.
"Man that was awesome," said Jiiku. "You totally kicked their buts." Tairaa and Jiiku walked up to the merman.
Just before they were about to introduce themselves, Cora jumped out of nowhere and began to hug the turtle merman. "Razar," she said "are you okay, they didn't hurt you did they?"
Razar replied, "No, no, I'm fine, they were all a bunch of weaklings." Now that he was standing in front of them, Tairaa and Jiiku could get a better look at Razar. Razar as a merman wears a black spiked multi-layer shell on his back. At the base of his
shell, a thick powerful tail hangs between his thick powerful legs. Though a hard shell covers his back, his front is another story. His front looks very much like a human though is a light gray in color. He had a beak on his face and his hands and feet have razor sharp claws.
"Hey," said Tairaa. "I'm Tairaa nice to meet you. I hear you can build us a ship."
Razar laughed as he responded, "Of course I can! I'm the best shipwright in this part of the sea."
"Great," said Jiiku. "But if you don't mind me asking, what was with those guys earlier? Did you get in an argument?"
"No," said Razar sadly. "Look, just don't worry about it, I don't want to involve other people in my problems. But if you want a ship, I can make it for you in a couple of days."
"That would be great, but I have one other question for you," said Tairaa.
"Sure go ahead." Said Razar in a calm voice.
"Will you join my pirate crew?" asked Tairaa as bluntly as possible.
"WHAT!" yelled Razar as he tried to comprehend the question.
"Ya, I am making a pirate crew and you would be a great addition to my crew, plus I will need someone who can fix the ship when it breaks." Tairaa said, still looking completely calm.
"I'm sorry," said Razar. "But I'm going to have to decline your offer. I can't leave here, I have work, and Cora."
"Fine, fine, but when the make the ship, I want it big enough to fit at least 10 people on it. Oh ya, and its got to have room for these two tigers and a shark. Well, see you around." Said Tairaa as he and Jiiku walked away to go find a hotel for the night.
The next day, Tairaa and Jiiku went to go find Razar, to see if he had a plan laid out for the ship. When they got to the dock the scene that lay before them horrified them.
The entire dock was destroyed, cracks in the street and walls of buildings showed a large battle. Tairaa and Jiiku ran around to try and find Razar; they found him on the next street facing another large merman. Both were covered in many injuries and were bleeding severely. The merman that Razar was facing was a bull shark. He had a human head with jaws like a shark, a large fin on his back, he was dark gray in colour and he had webbed feet. All around the two fighters lay collapsed bodies of mermen.
Razar looked at the other merman. "Carnage," he said. "Stop this madness!"
"Never," replied Carnage. "I will not stop until you are dead. You beat me before, but this time things will be different." Carnage reached behind his back and pulled out a large sword and began to charge towards Razar. Without enough time to dodge or block, Razar raised his arms in front of his chest to clock the blow. Right before the sword was about to pierce his arms, a leg appeared from nowhere and hit Carnage in the side of the head, sending him flying into sea.
Razar looked in front of him to see a figure, the man slowly turned around and it was Tairaa. He smiled and looked at Razar, "Looks like you could use some help." He said.
Suddenly a sword came flying out of the water towards Tairaa. He dodged it and it continued flying heading straight for Jiiku. "Watch out Jiiku!" yelled Tairaa. Jiiku simply stepped to the side, stuck out his arm and caught the sword in mid flight.
"This will do nicely," he said as he examined the sword. Suddenly a large splash came from the sea and Carnage jumped out wielding another sword. "I got this one," said Jiiku as he ran and jumped into the air. He and Carnage clashed swords and jumped apart. Jiiku ran towards Carnage and they once again clashed. As they both pushed to try and gain the upper hand, two fists came out and slammed into Carnage's face. He once again went flying, but managed to put a hand on the ground and balance out.
"This is not your fight!" he screamed at Tairaa and Jiiku.
"Well, he is making us a ship, and we don't want him dying before it's done, so I think that makes it our fight." Tairaa responded, cracking his knuckles in anticipation.
Enraged, Carnage charged towards all three of the fighters. Jiiku and Razar were about to get into attack positions, when Tairaa told them, "Don't worry guys, this one's all mine. I've been meaning to try out this attack anyway." A bright light quickly appeared as Tairaa fused with Roje and Jeimuzu to get his tiger legs.
Tairaa got down into his race start position and in the blink of an eye was gone. Suddenly, Carnage bent over in pain as a fist went straight into his stomach. Suddenly Tairaa disappeared again and reappeared behind and over Carnage's head, facing the same direction as Carnage. Tairaa's legs quickly wrapped around Carnage's head and shoulders, stopping him from moving. Tairra leaned back and planted his hands on the floor. He used his powerful legs to lift Carnage up into the air and screamed "TIGER SLAM!" before he did a full back flip and slammed Carnage hard into the floor.
Tairaa was getting up and dusting himself off, when Carnage slowly rose to his feet behind him. With his back turned and no time to react. Tairaa prepared to be punched hard in the back, but it never came. He turned around and saw a sword pressed up against Carnage's neck. Tairaa looked to see who was holding the sword; it was none other than Cora.
After taking Carnage to some marines for the small bounty he had on his head, Cora returned back and Razar started to talk to Tairaa. "You know what?" he said, "I think I might just reconsider that offer of yours."
I really hope that was better and made more of you want to continue reading, if not, feel free to just leave, or submit a review as to why you didnt like it. Just try not to be to much of a jerk.
