Updated. Posting 3 chapters today and 3 on Friday.

Hawk, Tai and their friends are now bounty hunters saving money to buy a pirate ship.

Author's Note: Hawk ate the Black Fire Fruit. It allows him to conjure and form black fire, as well as channel it through weapons. Tai ate the Moon-Moon Fruit. It allows him to cast illusions, cancel out Devil's Fruit and a variety of other light and darkness based abilities. Aria ate the Wyvern-Wyvern Fruit. It's a Zoan fruit that allows her to transform into Wyvern (Obviously). Victor ate the Chain-Chain Fruit. It allows him summon chains, transform other metals into chains and morph his arms and legs into chains.

Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.

Hawk's Story: One Piece

Chapter 2

It has been four years since Hawk, Tai and their friends ate their Devil's Fruit and left the island. They became ship hoppers until they made it to an island near the Grand Line. Watching the aspiring pirates make their way into Grand Line in an attempt to become the King of the Pirates, inspired them. They decided to become pirates and travel the sea looking for adventure.

The town they lived in now was quite large. It had everything a person, good or bad, could ever want. Guns, swords, food, booze and ships. A ship is what they were saving their money for. They made money by utilizing the Devil's Fruit powers to catch pirates with high bounties. They had been doing it for about a year now and almost had enough money to buy a ship big enough for them. One more big catch and they'd have enough. That big catch came in the form of the Reaper Pirates.

Tai and Aria were sitting the bar, where they spent the majority of their time. Tai and Aria had developed a romantic relationship with each other. They didn't really show it in a physical way, but the way they looked at each other said it all.

"So Tai, when we get the ship are we going to share a room?" Aria asked out of nowhere.

"Um, I don't know, only if you want to." He was caught completely off guard, which caused her to giggle.

Their conversation was interrupted when Hawk burst into the bar. "Guys, there is a huge bounty head that just sailed in." He shouted slamming the wanted poster down on the table. Victor walked in after Hawk. He had been looking forward to relaxing, but now he had to work.

"Yeah it's true. I just scouted them out at the port. The captain looks pretty strong." Victor said fighting through a yawn.

"Let me see that." Tai said picking up the poster. He looked it over and realized these were the pirates he read about a few weeks ago. "Oh, I remember now. She's the captain that massacred all those marines."

"Oh great, that means she's strong." Victor complained

"Of course she's strong. She has a 35 million Beri bounty." Aria said to him.

"So when are we gonna catch her." Hawk asked excited.

"Right after I have a beer." Victor said walking over to the bar. The other three waited outside for Victor who only took a minute. "What are we waiting for? Let's kick some ass."

They headed down to the port and saw her standing on her ship barking orders. As soon as they saw her they realized why she was called 'The Reaper'. She had a large scythe on her back, which was still stained in blood. "Oi, you up there," Tai called up to her. She turned to look. "Are you Yuka the Reaper?"

"Who wants to know." She shouted down to him

"I do."

"And who the hell are you."

"My name is Tai. I'm a bounty hunter." He said taking the claymore sword off his back.

"Does that mean your gonna catch me?" She asked with a smirk.

"You can come voluntarily or we could take you by force."

She jumped down from her ship but kept her distance. "Four on one. Isn't that a little unfair?"

"You're a pirate. The rules of fairness don't apply."

"I guess you're right." She took the scythe off her back and charged at Tai. She was so fast he barely had time react. He put his claymore up to block, but the force of the hit sent him flying. Victor whipped one of his chains around the neck of her scythe and pulled her towards him. She used his force to fly passed him. When he turned to catch her, she jammed her scythe against his chest. Yuka saw Aria in the reflection of her scythe then swung it cutting Aria in half. She stood and laughed at what she had accomplished. She stopped laughing when she saw Aria's body contort back together. "What the hell is going on?" She muttered, fear beginning to radiate off of her.

"You see, I have the ability to cast illusions. You've been trapped in an illusion I created." Tai smirked.

"No, there's no way. When did you do it? I've been watching you the whole time."

"I did it as soon as you jumped off the boat. Now there's no need for this illusion anymore." Everything became hazy. She shook her head to try and get a clear vision. It seemed to work because she could see Tai, Victor and Aria standing in front of her. She could only hear herself breathing, then the cock of a pistol. She turned her head to see Hawk standing there.

"Dodge this." Then bang. A puff of pink smoke engulfed her face and she immediately fell flat.

Victor walked over and picked up her body. "I'll bring her to the marine office and get the money. You guys go chill."

Tai and Aria walked over to Hawk. "Good thing that always works because I'm almost out of this knockout gas." Hawk chuckled.

"Hopefully, you can use your actual pistol soon." Tai chuckled back. "Now let's get something to eat."

"Sounds great! I'm starving!"

Victor arrived at the bar about twenty minutes after the others with the money they needed. They were celebrating with beers and cola. Cola because Hawk was still sixteen and Aria didn't like the taste. Tomorrow would be the day they had been waiting for since they started bounty hunting. They were going to buy their ship and become pirates. After the celebration, some more than others, they headed to their small house at the edge of town and went to bed. They woke up early and went to the shipyard at the edge of the port. They walked in to see the old shipwright reading the newspaper.

"Hey Harvey, how's it going?" Tai greeted with a smile.

"Oh, it's you kids again. Are you here to look at the ships again?" His big round glasses peaking up from his paper.

"Nope. We're here to buy one."

"Well, well it's about time. Come on let's go look." He put his paper down and lead them out the side door to the three ships. The antique ship that was there for show, the big multi-person ship and the small one-person ship.

"So you're here to buy the big ship aren't ya." He asked looking up at the ship he once built.

"Yes we are and we have the money right here." Tai said pointing to the two suitcases Victor was holding.

"And how much would be in there?"

"250 million."

"Well that's just enough. Congratulations, you are the proud owners of a pirate ship." They all let out a quick cheer. "How about you go get the supplies you need, while I get the ship ready."

"Sure, we'll be back soon." Tai said with a wave.

"To the bar to get supplies." Hawk cheered.

They made their way to the bar to get crates of meat, fruit and barrels of water.

"What's up Floyd. We're here to buy supplies because we just bought a ship." Victor said leaning on the bar. Floyd was the owner of the bar they visited. He was in his late twenties and was tall, burly man. He had grown quite fond of this group over the past year and was going to be sad to see them go.

"Yeah I know. You kept telling me every time you came to get a drink last night." He sighed a little irritated.

"Oh really, sorry about that." He said with a goofy smile. "So we need everything on this list." Aria had made up a detailed list on the way.

"Wow, you know this is gonna cost you a lot of money." Floyd said looking over the list.

"What, how much? We don't have that much money left." Tai said in a panic.

"Well I'll make you a deal. You let me be the cook on your ship and you can have all the supplies I've got."

They looked at each other and nodded their heads. "How can we say no to that offer? You're hired!" They shook hands and went in the back to grab all the supplies.

After an hour they had brought all their supplies to the docks and Harvey had finished getting everything ready. It was the perfect ship for them. It had two bedrooms above deck and two below. It had a good sized kitchen and running water for the sinks and shower. The deck was large and Harvey had even put the sail up. They weren't sure how he did it at his age though. It even had four working cannons.

"Well everything is ready, so you should be able to set sail today." he said looking up at the ship again. "It's too bad I still have the little ship though, because it's been years since I was on the sea and I always thought that's where I was gonna die."

"Well how much is the little ship?" Hawk asked

"Hawk we don't have enough money left and besides why would we need that one-person ship." Tai chuckled.

Hawk didn't answer for a minute. "We don't need the ship. Just me. I'm not going with you guys." They were stunned. They didn't say a word, they couldn't say word. Well, at least for a moment

"What the hell are you talking about Little Brother. We've been through everything together. Why wouldn't you be coming?" Tai yelled.

"Because this is your crew. I need to find my own way in life, not just follow you. Besides we both can't become Pirate King." He told him with a smile.

"I guess you make a good point. We want you to come, but we both have to follow our own path. I hope we meet again, Hawk." He said pulling him into a hug.

"We will, when I become Pirate King." Hawk said after their embrace. Tai laughed and so did Hawk. Hawk gave Aria and Victor a hug before getting off the ship.

Harvey had cleared the few small possessions he had and boarded the ship. They set sail and waved goodbye.

"Oh wait!" Hawk shouted to them. "What's the name of your crew?"

"We're the Eclipse Pirates." Tai shouted

"I'll remember that, brother." Hawk said to himself.