Jay went in to town for the first time in what seemed like forever. The village hasn't changed at all still untouched by society, but the people were more excited than usual. Jay wanted to know why all the villagers were so up and rowdy, puzzled he continued on to the small hub of civilization. Many villagers stood at the entrance to the village looking in awe and wonder at Jay who was now approaching more skeptically. Jay stopped and looked at the puzzled civilians before the village elder spake up. The elder was dressed in the typical garments of the religion of the island, who worshiped Charizard. The Priest of the Giver of the Sun, a red robe with streaks of white and blue talismens around his neck Jay thought he was just another lunatic until now though.

"J-Jay... you left the village last night...?" The Elder questioned.

"Yeah... so?" Jay replied answering his question with a question.

"The people saw you head towards the mountain last night... and last night the great flame disappeared,.. did you do something?" Not knowing whether to fully disclose all of last nights events to the general public Jay simply replied with.

"Must have been a coincidence." and continued walking past the villagers to the shore.

"There is no doubt. He has become one with the great beast."

"How can you be sure." said one of the older villagers to the Elder.

"You didn't see it, the fire in his eyes told a story of its own; the heat in his aura, I felt it as he walked by." The Elder went on. "He was inherited the will of our god Charizard!"

Jay's brisk walk had took him far from the elders but he heard what they were saying. 'they figured it out after all' he thought as he ventured on towards the shore. It was know as he was leaving that he began to notice the simplistic beauty of the village. The simple house all lined in orderly fashion there was no money on this island so all lived in acceptable conditions, they just all shared what they had with each other. The palm trees which seemed to meet to the sky offered a great compliment to the tropical atmosphere of the island. While there was no better combination of scenery than where the white sandy shores met the crisp clear blue water of the East Blue, which on his decent through the island was made visible. The people around were excited it seemed they were having some sort of festival. The children wore masks of their god Charizard as they ran and played while the villagers beat on drums and the beauty of the villages danced to there trance inducing beat their with clothes that seemed to be of a cloth greatly resembling fire they seemed as a graceful gale of flames dancing violently to their drummers hypnotic rhythm. Jay figured he would stay for the festivities, for he knew it would be way too long before he saw the Fire Isles ever again.

Without Jay knowing the festival lasted about three days. Waking up with what seemed to be a sledge hammer pounding on his temple he got up to see the Elders once again.

"Jay we know your time on the Fire Isles is over, go and embrace the destiny god has laid upon you."

"Yeah..." he said to worn to argue, plus he knew that they had reduced that he has eaten the Char-Char fruit.

"Know that we will pray for your safe return." The village elder said before leaving. It took Jay a long time to wake up and get moving he shook his head a few times and made his way to the shore. Upon making it to the beach Jay immediately noticed a large amount of people gathered at the rarely used dock, a ship had lain anchor here on the Fire Isles in what had seemed like ages. "Must be luck." Jay said as he headed towards the port. Finally reaching the boat Jay had noticed that the boat looked an awful lot like a pan a top a pot, and it was blue with vertical stripes of a darker blue. The ship wasn't great in size and Jay could see right away that this was mainly to gather supplies, hinted at by the large quantity of food being brought into the ship. However that didn't stop Jay, he was determined to leave this island whatever chance he got. Jay then went up to the gentleman packing the ship. He wore attire that would lead one to assume he was a cook of some kind.

"Hey, where is this ship heading?" Jay asked his brown shag blowing lazily in the wind.

"The great floating restaurant Baratie!" The cook said with enthusiasm.

"You mind if I tag along?" Jay said bluntly.

"Sure! We're always looking for new people to try our new restaurant." The chef said. Hearing this Jay had quickly jumped on board and waited for the chef to finish packing the boat. Once the preparations were made they set sail. Jay turned to watch the Fire Isles fade in the distance, no one would miss someone like him its not like he was surprised that he is leaving.

"Bye! Jay!" Jays eyes flew open as he heard his name from the island.

"Bye!" "Be Safe" Come home soon." the villagers yelled across the expanding distance. 'The people I tried to ignore my whole life...' Jay just smiled and wave as a single tear rolled from his amber eye. The chef just laughed as the two sailed off into the horizon.

"Hey chef-guy." Jay spoke.

"Yea?" the chef answered.

"What brought you to the Fire Isles? No one has docked a ship there in most of the villagers lifetimes."

"No reason in particular, just the first island I seen is all."

"Well let people know what you saw, that island desperately needs to be put on the map."

"Will do." The rest of the ride went smoothly with no bumps, and before they knew it they were at the floating restaurant.

The restaurant was set on a ship, and a big ship at that. It had three stories, with the top sticking up which meant that are was probably residential. Each of its three stories were painted a light greenish color and were rimmed with guard rails. Windows decorated all along the exterior. However it had a mast and sails, like a regular ship would. But perhaps its most notable feature of the restaurant/ship what the head of a white fish with its orange mouth open. Jay could honestly say that he has never seen anything like that before.

"Welcome to the Baratie!" chef said while taking a bow. "Go on in someone will seat you."

"in a little bit." Jay said reluctantly while he would want to continue his journey he knew he couldn't do so on an empty stomach. Jay had no words for how this place looked. This is easily the most elegant thing Jay had laid eyes on. The restaurant was round room which was suggested by the outside appearance. It had pink walls with adorned with gold fixtures and rounded top windows. The tables where dressed in white table cloth however the glow of the light on the pink walls somewhat made the table cloths pink. People were sitting enjoying their meetings as the place had a considerable amount of guests.

Jay walked back out knowing he couldn't possibly pay for lunch, but nothing could have prepared him for what happened. Two ships out about a good way from the restaurant floating really close together. One he knew right away as a Navy Ship by its size and blue color scheme however the other one was a rather small one with a happy ram as its figure head. The Marine ship opened fire on the other ship quickly leading Jay to start to panic. 'Holy crap this is the open sea huh? Firing withour warning. That ship is gonna blow up.' He thought frantically as he gripped his head. However before the shot reached its destination what appeared to be a guy jumped up and spread his arms and legs to firmly grip the cannonball. The shot hit him as he flew back several meters to the outside of the the ship. 'Wh... whoa what is that guy?' Jay thought as his mouth dropped a couple feet, but that look of astonishment would quickly change as he saw one of the hands slip from the Rams head. This forced the boy to change directory at what seemed to be the restaurant Jay started to freak out again. 'Crap crap crap crap crap' Was all Jay could think as he sweated bullets that quickly evaporated due to his abnormally high body temperature. The shot was finally released from the boys body and sent directly towards the floating restaurant, causing our hero to duck for cover. The cannonball made contact with the left side of the residential part of the ship causing a bright explosion rocking the ship. After the dust settled Jay got up and scratched the back of his head 'just what did I get myself into'