A/N: Here we are at Chapter 2 of the first arc. I was actually planning to make the whole Base 107 Arc just one chapter, but it didn't feel very natural, so I made it in two chapters!

I'm actually surprised there was a review before I started writing today, but I thank Luda59 for the review anyways! Thank you!

This chapter is almost twice as long as the previous one, and that's mostly why I cut it into two parts.

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Previously…

"I'm so hungry!"

He didn't even notice that there was a much larger ship heading in his direction.

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Everything around him was blue and he felt himself getting weaker and weaker. And all of a sudden, he lost his consciousness to the warm ocean water.

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He nodded, causing his afro to shift a little. "Well, when you fell into the ocean and saw you couldn't swim, I just jumped in without thinking to save you!" He bowed a little. "I hope that's alright."

The young man blinked. After a few seconds he started to chuckle. "Well, of course it's alright." He looked at him with a large smile. "I'm in debt to you!"

"Actually…" Cut in the short man. "It was my ship that passed by and he was working on my ship when he saved you, so therefore, you really owe me!"

"My name is Roger, nice to meet you!" The young man said to Private Koe.

"Hey! Listen when you're being spoken to!" The short man exclaimed.

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Desi twirled and took his pose, one arm up and one arm down, both index fingers extended. "My dream, is a dream of the stars! I want to be the greatest dancer alive by bringing back the lost art of disco!"

"… Disco?" Roger asked in reply.

"You bet!" Desi exclaimed. "One day, I'm gonna hear people cant my name, and they're gonna say 'Desi Koe, the Disco King'!"

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"Nowadays, there are two types of justice rankings in the marines; True Justice and Complete Justice. Complete Justice is the unquestioned takedown of anyone the World Government would deem a criminal, whereas the idea of True Justice is where everyone is judged fairly based on their actions and reasoning and not just their profession."

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"I am the man who will become the Pirate King, or die trying!"

Base 107 Arc Chapter 2: Mutiny at Base 107! True Justice VS Complete Justice

Desi looked in astonishment as the man in front of him, who had only a few hours ago almost drowned, delivered his proud confession. He then shook his head. "Well, I guess I have to give you an A for courage…"

Roger blinked and turned to Desi. "What do you mean by that?"

Desi chuckled. "Well, to become the Pirate King, you'll have to assemble an amazing crew, which means you'll have to associate with the dirtiest cut-throats ever to be assembled in one place."

Roger shrugged. "Not if the group of people I let in my crew are nice people, but good fighters!"

"Pft, yeah, that's gonna happen…" Desi continued. "Alright, how about this; you'll have to sail the whole Grand Line in order to find Gold Roger's treasure, One Piece!"

"Piece of cake!" Roger snickered. "I'll just have the most kickass crew in the world and the biggest, baddest ship on the ocean!"

Desi stroked his chin. "Hmm… You're good…" He stuck up one finger in the air. "Alright Roger, answer me this… What happens if you're caught here?"

Roger blinked again. "Uh… What?"

Desi shrugged. "It seems to me that your confession was a bit too loud, someone may have heard you… And considering this is a Marines' Base…"

There was a few seconds in between this statement and Roger's moment of dawning comprehension. "Ack! This is a Marines' Base! I totally forgot!"

"Stupid idiot!" Desi exclaimed. He shook his head and rubbed his temple. "Still, I bet an imprisoned life of freedom is still better than a free life of imprisonment…"

Just then, there was a large crash. Something had flown through the brick wall of the room, causing the wall to not only crumble, but a large cloud of dust also flew up from the rubble, causing temporary blinding.

Roger coughed in the dust field. "What was that?!"

Desi covered his mouth. "Some sort of enemy attack? Did they bring a cannon?!"

When the dust cleared, they saw what it was that crashed through the wall.

Is was a bruised and broken Sergeant Ai, obviously hurt from breaking through the wall, but it also looked like…

"She… She's been beat up pretty bad…" Desi said examining her body, picking her up in his arms. "Who would do this to her? And why?!"

"I'll tell you why, yup!" Came a familiar voice from the other side of the destroyed wall. The face emerged to be the goateed face of Captain Redding. "Her ideals are the very things putting this military in extreme jeopardy!" He smiled sinisterly. "If every official in the Marines believed in True Justice, the world would be run amok with pirates and criminals! We would be the laughing stock of the World Government!"

Roger looked at him with a look of surprise and a bit of fear. "But… But how did you know?! Weren't you in the kitchen or something?!"

Redding laughed. "Oh, you'd like to believe that, wouldn't you!" He turned to Desi. "When you were joking about me eating the Devil Fruit, you weren't very far off in your assumptions…"

Desi growled a little, clenching his teeth. "What are you talking about, you asshole?!"

"Well…" Redding said, stepping into an unlit portion of the room. As soon as he stepped into the shade, he started to disappear.

Roger looked around. "What the hell?!"

"Where are you?!" Desi yelled.

Then a sinister laugh was heard. "Nyeh heh heh heh! This is what I was talking about! Can't you see it, yup? Well, I guess you can't!"

Roger gasped. "Crap… He's a Devil Fruit user…"

"Exactly, yup!" came Redding's voice. "To be specific, I ate the Mei Mei no Mi (A/N: Shade Shade Fruit. Mei is the first syllable of Meian which means "shade". It also means decree/command to go with the Marines theme) which takes effect as soon as I step into any form of shadow. I meld with it and become invisible until I step out into the light, yup!"

Desi raised an eyebrow angrily. "Is that how you figured out?! You were spying on us?!"

Redding laughed one more time. "Spying is such an evil word… Let's call it, gathering information! All I did was meld with the shadows, it was a complete accident that I heard your little conversation…"

Suddenly, Redding charged from the shadows, becoming visible again. He threw his fist at Desi, sending the larger afro man flying backwards and crashing into the wall behind him.

"Desi!" exclaimed Roger.

Then, Ai's body started to stir. She slowly got up and looked around. "Where… Where is he?" She asked, having a hard time keeping her head up.

Desi shook of the hit. "He's right…" He looked around. "Crap, he's gone again!"

"Nyeh heh heh heh heh! I'll see to it that both of you are arrested for treason!" Came the booming voice of Captain Redding. "As as for you, Roger Zephyr… Give yourself up now! If I let a pirate get away from under my own nose, I will be discharged faster then Sergeant Ai here was beat up."

Roger gritted his teeth. "You bastard… Why would I give myself up to you?!"

Redding stepped out into the light and stretched out a hand. "Oh come on… Is that any way to treat someone who saved your life?"

Roger blinked and stepped back. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't you remember? If it wasn't for me, you'd have drowned in the ocean." He smiled. "And all I ask for in return is that you surrender yourself to me… Is that too much to ask?"

"You asshole!" Redding turned towards the voice. Desi had gotten up and was running at him. Desi through his fist which connected perfectly with Redding's nose which caused the shorter man to fall straight on his back.

"There you go again!" Desi started with a booming, angry voice. "You and your guilt! You use it to swindle people out of there dreams and ambitions! You use it to administer your power over everyone! You even use it to do your dirty work!" Desi bent down, picked Redding up by the collar and brought him up to his face. "Quit hiding behind your guilt and trickery and start being a man! Roger did nothing wrong and neither did Sergeant Ai! In the eyes of True Justice…" He paused for a bit and then punched Redding again, dropping him to the floor. "You are the criminal here, not Roger!"

Roger and Ai both went wide-eyed at this display. "Desi…" Roger said quietly.

Desi nodded and turned to Roger. "Roger! This may be much to ask, but I want to be your nakama! With you, I feel as though I can achieve my dreams!"

Roger turned away. "That's a stupid reason."

With that statement, Desi and Ai almost did a face fault.

"But…" Roger continued as he pointed to Desi. "The fact that you were willing to put yourself on the line for what you believed it… That's why I want you to be my nakama!"

Desi gasped. "Roger…" He smiled and bowed. "Thank you…"

"Nyeh heh heh heh!" Redding had disappeared again. "Well, what a touching moment! Too bad nothing will come of it!"

"Damn it!" Desi exclaimed. "He's gone again…"

"I have an idea… Just look after Ai until I'm done, alright?" Roger asked as he hopped through the broken wall. "Hey Redding, you want me, come get me!" The wall led to the Base's courtyard. The place looked extravagant, what with all the tall, shady trees and high brick fences. Luckily for Roger, it was a bright and sunny day. He won't be able to use his power out here! Roger thought to himself.

He turned around to find that Redding wasn't following him. Instead, his voice came on the loudspeaker. "Attention all classes Private and above; there is an intruder in the courtyard, I repeat, an intruder in the courtyard. All classes Private and above make your way to that position immediately!"

Suddenly, the earth underneath Roger's feet began to rumble, as if there was a stampede coming his way.

"There he is!"

"Make sure he doesn't escape!"

"Get him! It's the captain's orders!"

"Aw crap…" Roger replied. He was surrounded be Marines.

"You're trapped, intruder!" Said one Marine.

Roger raised his fists. "Great… I don't think I can take on all of you by myself…"

Then a voice came in from the building behind him.

"Disuko Kenpou… (A/N: Literally "Disco Fighting Style")"

Roger turned to see who or what it was. "Desi?!"

"… Danger!" Desi then jumped out and through a kick at one of the marines, sending him flying backwards, causing a whole group of them to fall down.

Desi brushed himself off and gave Roger the thumbs up. "Listen, I'll take care of these mindless drones… Redding's inside… Find him and kick his ass!"

Roger nodded and ran back inside. "Thanks Desi!"

The disco man nodded and turned to the crowd.

"Private Koe, you'd better get out of our way…"

"The captain ordered us to take him down!"

"Shut up!" Desi yelled. "Do any of you know anything about him? He's done absolutely nothing wrong, and yet, you're all ready to persecute him just because Captain Redding said so…" He smirked. "I, on the other hand, hit the 'good' captain several times… It should be me you're after!" he said, showing a fighting stance.

"You hit the captain?!" exclaimed a Marine!

"That's a criminal offense!" yelled another.

"We can't let you escape, Private Koe…"

Desi spit to the ground. "I spit at that title … I have a new captain now… And in the name of True Justice, I will protect him with my very life!" He looked around. "Come on, who wants to feel my Disuko Kenpou?"

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Roger ran through the base looking for the corrupt captain. "Hey Redding! Where the hell are you?!" He yelled down the hall.

He looked from side to side, seeing all open doors from the Marines chasing after him. Then he noticed one door, not like the rest. It wasn't open very much, only just a crack. It was red while all the other doors were a dull, silver. Roger opened the door and walked inside. "Redding? Are you in here?" The room was very dimly lit. only the light of a candle emanated in the room.

Suddenly, a gust of wind, much like a quick, human breath, blew out the candle, basking the room in complete darkness.

"Well… Looks like you found me, yup…" The door to the hall then slammed shut. "But let's see if you can leave alive, you dirty pirate!"

Roger smiled. "Well, looks like I'm finally acknowledged for what I am!"

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Desi stood in the courtyard over a bunch of unconscious bodies. "Well… That was tough… But I got the job done…"

"That was… Impressive…" came a female voice from behind him.

He turned and saw a smiling Ai looking at him. He gave her the thumbs up. "You bet. Now let's find Roger before he gets hurt!" He said walking back in through the destroyed wall.

"Desi, I overheard Redding saying something about Roger being the son of Solomon Zephyr…" Ai started. "Is that true?"

Desi sighed and nodded, walking out into the hall. "It's true all right!"

"Is… Is that why you knew he could take on Redding? Because of his father?"

Desi chuckled and shook his head. "Not at all… Men like Redding hide behind that sort of power and prestige… When Roger and I were talking, he told me that he was willing to die for his dream… That told me he wasn't going to die in a place like this before heading to the Grand Line…" He smirked. "The way he talked about his dream and his commitment… It made me believe that he could actually be the Pirate King!"

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"Mei Mei no Missile!" A quick rush came out of the darkness and pounded Roger in the stomach causing him to fall down. "Nyeh heh heh! How do you like that Zephyr! Even though you can't see me, I can still see you!"

Roger got up and wiped his mouth. "Lucky shot…" He raised his fists. "It won't be happening again!"

"Peh, you're starting to annoy me with your cocky attitude…" There was a short silence, like the calm before a storm. "Mei Mei no Missile!" Redding yelled from behind. Roger turned and grabbed hold of Redding's clothes and through him to the wall, where he landed with a thud.

Roger smirked. "You see, I told you it wouldn't happen again! The fact that you hit me said that I could hit you too!"

Redding got up and shook off the hit. "I think it's about time we end this…"

"I agree…" Roger said, adjusting his sunglasses.

"Hmph…" Redding took in a deep breath. "Mei Mei no Missile Parade!" Redding started launching himself at all different directions, literally bouncing himself off the walls to hit Roger at all different points.

Roger took each hit with a grunt. "You feel that Zephyr?! That's the feeling of you never achieving your dream! Give up now!"

"Don't think so…" Roger replied through the grunts.

"Henka Henka no…"

"What's this?' Redding queried, still launching himself off the walls.

"Massive Right!" Just then, Roger's right arm grew to twice it's normal size which he trusted in front him. He managed to catch Redding in the arm at which point, Redding stopped .

"Massive Shot!" Roger trusted his fist into Redding's chest, making him fly into the wall behind him, causing it to crumble on contact.

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Elsewhere, Desi and Ai could hear the sound of crumbling bricks. "Did you here that?" Desi asked, looking back at Ai.

Ai nodded. "It came from the Captain's room! Quickly, let's get over there!"

Desi agreed and started running towards the shiny red door.

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Roger chuckled as Redding flew into the bright sun where he could see him. His arm returned to normal size while he stood over Redding's body.

"How… How can you do that?!" Redding asked getting up.

"You're not the only one who can eat the Devil Fruit!" Roger said with a confident smile. "I ate the Henka Henka no Mi (A/N: Change Change Fruit. Henka means change or mutation) and now, I can change the shape, weight and size of any part of my body at will…"

"You… You can do that?!" Redding asked in a shocked voice.

"Just see for yourself…" Roger dug his feet into the ground. "Henka Henka no Massive Twin!" Both of Roger's arms grew to twice their size now.

Redding stepped back. "Wait! Have mercy! I was just doing my job!"

"Your job?! Your job was to administer justice and to keep the peace, not persecute anyone you think is a 'bad' person! Your job was True Justice!"

Redding took another step back. "This… This can't be happening!"

Roger smirked one last time. "Take a look at my face, Redding… This is the face of the Pirate King!" Roger brought his arms behind him. "In the name of True Justice, I can't let you go! Finishing Move…"

"Wait! How about full acquittal?! How about a medal?! I can get you all the Beli you want?!"

"Massive Double Barrel Shot!" Roger trusted both fists at Redding sending him sailing through the air at rapid speed.

"I won't forget this!" Was the last thing heard from Redding's mouth as flew into the clouds and disappeared.

Roger looked at the sky as his arms returned to normal. "That's the end of that!"

"Roger! That was amazing!" exclaimed an impressed Desi, wrapping his arm around the younger man's neck! "You're a Devil Fruit user too?! Never would have guessed!"

A loud gurgling came from Roger's stomach. Soon after, Roger collapsed. "Say… You think you could bring me some food or something?"

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An hour later, Roger, Desi and Ai were sitting in the dining room, having some of the food leftover from previous nights. Roger was eating what seemed to be more than healthy, Desi was eating as well as he had blew a lot of energy fighting his former colleagues, and Ai abstained from eating so that there would be more for everyone else. It seemed that someone had bandaged Ai up and put her left arm into a sling, but still she was smiling.

"I wanna thank you for all you've done for us Roger…" Ai said with a smile.

Roger gulped down what was in his mouth. "What are you talking about? All I did was beat up a jerk!"

Ai shook her head. "You did more than that! You allowed me and Desi to follow our dreams, wherever they'll take us!"

Roger blinked. "Well, Desi's coming with me, so I can see why he can follow his dream… But what about you? Won't HQ send in another captain in place of Redding?"

Ai giggled. "Well, since we're on our own separate island, so far away from HQ, we were given permission to use the Rank-Up system."

"Rank-Up?" Roger asked.

"It means that the person who's ranked just under the captain will get bumped up to that position…" Desi replied. "Which means…" He turned to Ai.

"Just call me Marine Captain Ai!" She said with a smile.

Roger smirked. "Well, isn't that just great! Looks like everyone's a winner!"

Ai bit her bottom lip. "Actually… Not everyone…" She shook her head. "Although I do believe in True Justice, you did fight a Marines Officer into submission, and in the eyes of any justice, that is a criminal offense."

Roger dropped his jaw. "You gotta be kidding me! I did it because of all the damage he was doing!"

"Yes, I understand that…" Ai started. "But you also got to understand that this is not just my job, but my dream…"

Desi nodded. "I understand… But isn't there something you could do? Maybe turn a blind eye?"

Ai sighed. "I wish I could but my hands are tied in the matter…" She got up and headed out of the room. "I'm going to be helping to recuperate the fallen soldiers in the courtyard." She said not looking back at them. "It'll take a couple of hours so I want you to stay in the base until its over so we can capture. So, don't try to escape…" She walked out of the room. "And especially don't take one of the Marines' ships from the base's port and sail west, the only place we wouldn't think of finding you!"

Soon, her voice trailed off as she headed into the courtyard.

Desi chuckled and shook his head. "Well, we'd better get going…"

Roger looked up at Desi. "Why? Didn't she just tell us not to escape?"

Desi punched Roger in the face. "You are such an idiot!"

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In the span of about half an hour, Roger and Desi had taken one of the ships in the base's port and headed out west.

"So, what you're trying to tell me is, she wanted us to escape?!" Roger asked trying to figure it out.

Desi nodded. "That's right."

"Oh…" Roger said looking back to shore. "Hey… Is that Ai?"

Desi looked and say the woman waving at them with her good arm. "Thank you both! I'll never forget what you've done! We will see each other again!"

Desi smiled. "That crazy chick…"

Roger stood up. "You're damn right we'll see each other again! Just you wait!"

And with a happy wave and a light-hearted chuckle, Roger and Desi sailed west towards there next destination.

Roger looked up at the sail, seeing the symbol of the Marines. "We're going to have to change that…" He stroked his chin. "And maybe a new flag and some cannons!"

Desi smiled. "How about we settle for some new nakama first?"

Roger smiled and nodded. "Yeah…" He pumped his fist into the air. "Watch out new nakama! Adventure is coming your way!"

Then there was a loud gurgling sound coming from Roger.

"Right after we get something to eat!"

Desi sighed. "What have I gotten myself into?"

To Be Continued

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Roger: Is this some sort of joke?

Desi: No joke… It looks pretty real to me…

Roger: But why is it so low? And look at this nickname, "Roger Zephyr, Son of Solomon"

Desi: Oh boy… Say, why don't you like being associated with your father as a pirate?

Roger: Well, it's a long story, but I think we got some time!

Next Time on One Piece Chronicles: Bounty Already?! The History of a New Pirate!

Roger: I'm going to be the Pirate King!

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A/N: Base 107 Arc is done, next comes a new one… don't miss it! And please, always review!