A/N: Hey minna, we are back with another chapter. A big thanks to fireandicephoenix and Sheaon13 who helped out with some of the chapter.
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The Son of a Legend
"Us"
South Blue...
The brown-haired teen sighed as he saw who came into the ship building shop where he was currently working. He had been working at this shipyard, Star Crossing, for about four years It was thanks to the particular person walking in that he got the job, but still, that didn't mean he and them got along. It was more that the young man was closed-off and the opposing man was very friendly -almost too friendly- and could be pushy at times.
Barely raising his head in acknowledgment of his customer, the shipwright sat simply at his workplace, which was a standard mahogany wood desk with a chair. There was a list to his left by his dominant hand and he was crossing things off it while looking at the ship design and making sure he hadn't missed anything.
His desk was cluttered, but in an organized, chaotic fashion. A neat stack of papers sat in the right corner, while eight books, organized into two piles of four, rested on top of them. To the left, there were pencils and rubber in an old soup can now turned pencil holder.
Oddly enough, the homemade pencil holder had been a gift from the customer. It was meant as a show of friendship, not that the young shipwright really liked him. He wasn't sure what to call their "friendship". Their friendship was strictly platonic. One calls the other friend, the other calls him a pain in ass.
Grabbing a ruler, he scratched lines on the side, adjusting the interworking of the ship. An endless freezer and fridge were impossible to have. It was an impossible and stupid request to have and ask for. The same could be said about a few other things the idiot who requested the ship asked for. But he was a shipwright by trade. Nothing could stop him from making a beautiful ship, not even an idiot who requested a dumb ship.
The person who had requested the ship was the one in the doorway, coming to pay and bother the brown haired nineteen-year-old. Why did the other teen have to choose him of all people to build and do this ship? Why couldn't he have picked one of the other five shipwrights that worked here? Or even the owner who had decades of more experience compared to teen himself. Why did it have to be him?
"Jai!" a cheery voice said, making him look up from the design he was going over.
"What can I do for you, Daric?" the young shipwright sighed, standing up. The height difference between the pair wasn't that noticeable when Jai sat in a chair and the other was leaning against the desk. After Jai stood, however, there was almost a twenty-centimeter height difference between them.
Daric was all smiles at seeing the cute shipwright. The bounty hunter liked Jai, despite his cold attitude. The man was very cool, calm and collected.
"I got the money from the latest bounty," he answered, putting the bag on the desk where Jai was standing. "I think it should cover the rest of the costs of our ship that you're building."
"There's that we again. Who's we?" Jai asked as he emptied the bag on his desk and started to count the money. The brown-haired teen wiped his nose on his all-black tank top. He liked the colour -shade as Daric always pointed out to him when he called it a colour. Jai liked it. It was easy to wash and didn't show stains easily.
"The we as in my pirate crew!" Daric laughed as he hit Jai on the back playfully. "I told you you were joining it, remember?"
"I remember you saying that. I also remembering turning you down," the shipwright sighed. "You don't know when to quit do you." Jai was almost finished counting the money. Hopefully this would be the last of the money Daric owed him. Jai wanted him out of his hair -Daric annoyed him to no end and he wanted to never worry about seeing the happy-go-lucky sniper again.
Jai looked at the price sheet in front of him as he finished counting the money. Damn it, Daric was short. That meant more meetings with the bounty-hunter-turned aspiring pirate again.
"Pretty much, yeah," the sniper laughed in reply to Jai's comment about him not knowing when to stop. "Ragagaga! I'm not giving up on you. You're going to be my shipwright!"
Jai had to stop himself from rolling his eyes as he looked at Daric "You're still a thousand belli out from our agreed upon price, you dwart. I know you have a brain in there, can you please use it?" He knew that Daric was smart. On their previous meetings, he had watched how the bounty hunter had quickly calculated the prices for things and compared them to his bounties and how much he needed to earn. Sometimes it was really impressive. Other times, like now, it wasn't.
"I am?" Daric asked. For a moment, he was muttered under his breath and tapped his finger on the table. "Oh shoot... I am. I forget to minus the money for my stay and food on the island where I got the bounty. Plus, the money for my bullets. My bad."
"It's fine," Jai sighed as he slid the money back in the bag then put it in his desk's drawer.
He would give it to the boss later when he was in. Jai had an inkling feeling that Daric knew what he was doing -the man wasn't stupid. He was probably short on purpose, just so he could come in and bother the shipwright to join his crew again.
"This just means I can't give you the ship until you give me the last of the money. Not that I'm finished yet. I still have a few things to work on. It should hopefully only take another day or two to finish. Hopefully by the time you get your bounty worked out and handed in, it should be done."
"Sweetness!" Daric cheered as he hugged Jai who looked uncomfortable with the sudden contact. "You're the best Jai!"
He didn't think the shipwright would be easy on him this time. Yes, he might've finagled the prices again so that he could come bother Jai, but this meant the world to him. He really needed the ship.
"Yeah, yeah. You say that every single time. Now let go of me. You know I don't like being touched," the Jai said, pushing the bounty hunter off of himself.
Daric let him go and sat on Jai's desk who just sighed. Daric was overextending his stay, but there was nothing he could say about it. The black-haired young man wasn't going to listen to the shipwright anyway.
"I know, I know. You are just seriously the best Jai!" Daric smiled brightly at Jai. "And remember not to say anything to my gramps about this. He's still against us becoming pirates."
Daric had no idea why his grandfather was so against him being a pirate and getting himself a crew. The nineteen-year-old had wanted to be a pirate since he was three years old and has never changed his dream. He had only become a bounty hunter like his grandfather to get money and save up to become a pirate, making a dream crew, along with a ship to fit it.
"I don't even know your grandfather, so why would I say anything?" Jai grumbled. "And there is no us."
He had lost track of how many times the bounty hunter had asked him to be part of his crew. And he was messing up the neatness of his desk. Jai ran his fingers through his hair. He wanted to get going on making the plans for the ship and get the stupid, annoying guy out of the shop.
There was a knock on the open door. "Jai? You in here?" a short figure stood in the door.
"I guess so," Jai growled. Annoying customer after annoying customer. This was seriously getting to be too much.
Turning back to Daric, Jai slammed his hand down on the table. This was final. "Look Daric, I don't know how many times I have to turn you down. But get the picture: I am not interested."
"Sounds like you're being as persistent as Luffy," the short customer laughed lightly. "He was never one to take no as an answer either."
The young man speaking was most noticeably short, with striking red hair and dark pink eyes. Daric almost mistook them for being red, but on closer examination, he saw that the man wasn't a demon with red eyes. There was some comfort and relief in his realization.
"You know Straw Hat Luffy?" Daric asked the redhead in disbelief. "He's been my hero ever since I can remember!"
"Yeah, I'm Red Haired Shanks' son," the redhead told him. "I'm Ushima Ryuya. But just call me Ryu. Luffy-nii and his crew were like family to me." Even though Luffy was more like an uncle than big brother, but Luffy told Ryu to call him Luffy-nii. "Especially Nami-nee. She taught me everything I know about navigating and stealing. Dad's crew taught me everything I know about being a navigator. I'm also really good at sewing. I don't want to be a captain, so my hope is to join a good, pirate crew that'll be more legendary than my dad's!" Ryu stopped at this and scratched the back of his head. "I haven't had much luck with that though. All the crews I've come across are not really that great or suited me."
"Nami, the Nami, taught you how to navigate?!" Daric exclaimed in jealousy and wonder.
"Yep!" Ryu smiled.
He couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy. Ryu's childhood had been so much more exciting than his -of course he would be more fit to be a pirate captain. His dad was Shanks! It was good luck for Daric though. He needed this guy on his crew, no matter what!
And the guy being cute was a very nice extra bonus.
"Oh, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Mil D. Daric. Nice to meet ya Ryu!" He stuck his hand out for the other man to shake. "It looks like you've already met my shipwright, Jai."
"Not your shipwright!" Jai shouted, thoroughly annoyed.
"I could use a navigator on my crew," Daric ignored Jai. "If you're interested in joining, that is?" He wanted the redhead as his navigator, so he was going to join whether he liked it or not. This was just a courtesy ask. "Then it would be me, you and Jai."
"Stop counting me damnit!" Jai stamped his foot in frustration.
"Yeah, I'd like that. You seem really interesting," Ryu smiled at Daric sweetly. "And I'm sure we'll get along great, Captain."
"Fantastic!" Daric smiled as he cheered happily. That meant he had two crew mates now! He only needed one more person to join for now before they left on their ship that Jai was making and set sail. Daric was bubbling with excitement. More crew members meant more friends, that's just what they needed! It was going to be a great adventure and the aspiring pirate couldn't wait!
so far we have:
positions I already have characters for are:
Golden Guns Pirates
Captain- Daric- flamesofthebluebird.
First Mate- Sora- kerennie
Navigator- Ryuya- Sheaon13
Shipwright/Weapon expert- Jai- fireandicephoenix
Chef- Chander- Paperman0
Musician- Kaito- Sheaon13
Communication expert/Information gather- Hiro- icejay
Doctor- Crystal- fireandicephoenix/flamesofthebluebird
Supernovas
Daric - flamesoftebluebird
Castia - WhitewolfLune
Atsushi - Firestorm337
Cassnova - C.S Skywalker
Warlords
Raider - flamesofthebluebird
Marines
Admiral Pinkuneko (Pink Cat)- flamesofthebluebird
