Alright so here's chapter three... I figured I could try to get the first five chapters out before focusing on the other stories. That being said, I do not own One Piece or RWBY, they belong to Echiro Oda and Rooster Teeth respectfully.
"So... this place is Palma Island" Jaune muttered as he walked around the small town with a curious expression. He was still a ways off from. Papaya Town but now he could get a map of South Blue. Still he was low on money... this Berri as they call it. He was wondering if he could exchange it for Lien when he got back. Still, he was going to have a long journey ahead.
He was covered on food for now, he had enough fruit to last him a week still in the boat. Not only that but he could probably sell some fruit if he needed the money for other things. He was going to miss meat while he was sailing. That being said, it was clear he needed to find a crew. Pirate or not he couldn't handle all of this alone. Pulling out a note book, he prepared to go through the list...
Navigator: He'd need one for the Grand Line... especially one he got a bigger ship to have to sail through what Miles told him was "Paradise"
Doctor/Dentist: That was a must. Sure he could heal himself with Aura but others couldn't. Not only that but things like despises were common in the seas so unless they found some kind of Cure-All medicine, they were going to need a doctor... and a dentist just because of oral health care. Yeah sure he could go around with bad and broken teeth but he had some kind of standards...
How can you enjoy beating the hell out of a pirate when you're complaining about a broken tooth?
Shipwright: that was one he hoped he could find before something happened to strand them. Yeah they could just make do with another ship but if they found a good one, then he was going to keep it in shape. So yeah, that was important.
Chef...well he did grow up with seven sisters. Cooking, Cleaning and fancy dancing was some of the things he learned out of life. As well as braiding, toenail painting and some other girl things he will never reveal to the world...
...He will take that one bet's condition to the grave... and he made sure to destroy all the photos of the bunny suit...
So while he would like to find a cook, he could hold that position until he found one... now what was next?
Meat Shield/ other than yourself brat:
"..." Why did he agree to have Miles help him with his list of crew members again?
Blacksmith: Well that was to help maintain weapons like cannons or even maybe make some kind of cool shape-shifting weapons like he had back home. He doubt that it would be much, or anything close to Ruby Level as she created her Cresent Rose, or as Yang told him, her baby. Still a Blacksmith would be nice to have...
Lover and or Lonely Guy's Cat:
Alright now the old man was just messing with him...
'Let's focus on a navigator for now... maybe get a bigger ship while I'm at it...' he thought to himself as he didn't pay attention in front of him.
"Get back here!" one Marine called out as Jaune looked up from his notebook and was face to face with a mysterious woman. Feeling her grab his shoulder, he was soon dragged into an ally way before he was pinned to the wall.
"What the-" he cried out before he was silenced by her lips meeting his and feeling something sharp against his chest... did she have a knife? As soon as the Marines came around the corner, they closed their eyes, seeing an old couple... apparently sparking up an old flame. Ignoring them, Jaune saw them run past them while the sound of glass shattering was heard and the woman smirked. She had no knife but that didn't mean she was unarmed. Her green eyes held a bit of mischief before she gave him a seductive glance before he felt her kick him into the wall and disappear in a flash.
Now like any normal person who was suddenly ambushed by some masked young woman... looking around 17 or something, before being kicked into a wall... he had only one trail of thought.
'What the hell, what just happened...?' he asked before he decided to get out of dodge using his Soru.
Neo smirked, she enjoyed it when she could steal from those idiotic Marines... she even got to see the shocked look of some stupid blond guy when she kissed him... Oh well, she had to get back to work... She was starting a new shift for her cover. And if she could make enough money then she could get that boat.
Yeah she could have stolen it but the Innkeeper was too observant with that Haki he had. She had to buy it fair and square... already trying to take his boat by force
And failing miserably
Thankfully he was nice enough to hear her plea out and make a deal, selling her the boat she would need and trying to help her out. Still she needed to look out for herself. All she had left now was both herself and Torchwick might as well be dead as far as she knew. Still she needed to go back and after her ship was destroyed by those damn Marines then why not have them pay for her new one.
No skin off her bones if they couldn't keep up. Still with how they were ruling the town with an iron fist, she pitied those villagers. But as soon as she could leave, she was gone. She needed a ship and she was going to get one very soon.
"And you still can't find her?!" roared a man with a large hammer wearing a Marine coat and glaring at the smaller man with annoyance. His beard being scratched as another man of similar build stood next to him and smirked.
"We're trying sir, we are looking everywhere for her but she keeps getting away... she might have a Devil Fruit ability and when we corner her... she disappears in thin air-Auk" he cried out as the Marine was grabbed by the throat and lifted into the air.
"Well your "Trying" isn't good enough. And if you aren't good enough... that makes it seem like I'm not good enough. Tell me, Am I Good Enough" he stressed out each word in anger, choking the man even harder. Hearing no answers from him other than his attempts to beg for mercy and choked cries, the Marine captain threw the man into the wall and reached for his hammer to silence the man who dared show treason before he was stopped by the other captain in the room.
"Now-now, brother... this woman is clearly above the rest of the other grunts... why not have her drafted in the Marines as well, after all we could always use another skilled set-"
"Another skilled set? You bring in anyone that shows the faintest bit of "Potential" as you call it. Like that fool there" the hammer-wielding Marine captain said as he pointed to the now wheezing new recruit. "And you, be gone from my sight" he said as the man nodded in fear before the other man spoke up.
"That reminds me... are there any new recruits we can take today?" he asked as the man thought about it.
"Well there was a guy with a sword that came into town today-"
"Swordsman?" the other man asked as he placed his hand on his own blade, a katana and smirked. "We need more swordsmen here... sink the ship and draft him." he said with a smirk as the hammer wielding man said nothing but huff. Oh great, another "Recruit" as they would call it.
Jaune smirked, finally getting some new clothes with the little bit of money he had. No longer wearing his tattered and shredded Pumpkin Pete hoodie and now wearing another one that took a dull gray with a tan vest over it, similar to his old style of clothing. Under that was a pair of black pants that held his broad sword, a gift from Miles called "Croisade." With black boots and orange fingerless gloves with metal plates on the back finishing off the attire, he smirked as he picked up some sunglasses...
And he felt great, man Yang was right when she said that the shades would work. No wonder she wore them time-to-time. And to think... it only cost him half of his initial budget... he felt he would have been slapped for spending it on new clothes but he had to wear the same outfit for three years straight on an island he spent his time training. He could afford to get nice things by now and if anyone asked why... he... in his teacher's words "Fucked the War Hog."
As the night approached, he passed by an inn, he smiled with the thought of actually sleeping in a bed for the first time in three years. Plus since it would be a luxury He still had some money so he might as well just finish off the night in style before he went back out to seas. Opening the door, he noticed that no one was in the main room, other than a young woman he swore he saw before.
She was about a head shorter than him, looking towards her late teens and had brown, chestnut colored hair with a bored expression. Still her black coal eyes seemed interested in the new potential customer and then a glance of... familiarity?
Have they met before?
Neo however eyed the man curiously. He might have been wearing new clothes but she could remember the guy she kicked into the wall. Soon enough, she heard her current boss walk up behind her and smile. "Oh, seems like we've got a customer" he said as Jaune smiled.
"Yeah, how much for a room...?" he asked as the man nodded his head
"About 200 Belli" he said as Jaune nodded, paying the man as neo looked interested at that... maybe she could quit and steal his ship instead... As she thought about it, she didn't notice that Jaune had paid the owner and was looking at her in curiosity.
"Sorry, you seem familiar." Jaune said as Neo just smiled nervously. Did he remember her or see through her illusion? The older man just seemed curious on that part.
"Strange, you met Neo before?" he said as Neo froze. He just said her name, how did he even know?
'Neo… where do I know that name' Jaune thought as the man smirked.
"Tell me, what brings you here to Palma Island…?" he asked as Jaune raised an eyebrow before shrugging. There was nothing wrong with telling him about his journey.
"I'm resting up until I can get to Pear Island… I'm thinking about heading into the Grand Line" he said as Neo and the man looked at him. This guy was heading into the Grand Line… And from the way he spoke he was serious about it.
While Neo just wrote him off as a lost cause, the man narrowed his eyes. "You aren't a pirate, are you lad?" he asked as Jaune quickly shook his head.
"No… I'm not, honest. I'm just heading there to look for a way home" he said as Neo blinked. A way home and in the Grand Line…? What kind of place would be in there?
"Hmm… and what island is that? If you don't mind me asking?" the old man asked as Jaune remained quiet for a moment. Neo was curious as well… the guy did seem like an outsider… but also a bit more familiar. The next words he would say would change everything.
"A place called Remnant, have you heard of it-"
*Slam*
"A-Are you alright?" Jaune asked as he looked at the girl, slightly worried when he saw her subconsciously slam a fist into the table, breaking it and looking at him in shock. Did she hear right? Did he just say-
"Remnant… never heard of it before. What's it like… and who are you for that matter?" he asked as Jaune smiled.
"Name's Jaune Arc… nice to meet you, and well… Remnant is a place where we have four kingdoms… five counting a place called Menagerie. We were trained as Huntsman and Huntresses to fight monsters called Grimm… if that makes sense?" he more asked as Neo just stared.
He knew about Remnant, this boy was from Remnant. How could that be… the only other one who even knew about Remnant was right here… wait, if he was from Remnant.
"I see…" the old man said, sensing no deceit in the young man's words. "So if you're lost… how did you get here, if you don't mind me asking?" he said as Jaune frowned. Would the guy even believe him?
"…Some strange woman sent me here with a Devil Fruit…" he said as Neo felt cold. A strange woman… then that would mean-
*Boom*
'Oh no…' Neo thought as Jaune heard the door slam open behind him and look to see three Marines standing behind him.
"…You there, boy. You're a swordsman, right?" one of them asked as Jaune said nothing. Something was wrong with the way he asked that. He didn't like it at all. Neo and the old man said nothing as they both knew what they were up to…
"…Yeah, why…?" he asked while the Marine smirked.
"Congrats… by orders of Captain Strudel, you are being drafted into the Marines" he said bluntly as Jaune froze. Wait, what? He was being drafted… and by some man named… Captain Strudel?
Like the pastry strudel?
"…what if I refuse?" he asked with caution before he had a gun held to his head as the Marines smirked.
"There isn't a "Refuse" boy, now just come with us quietly the Marine spat as Jaune wanted to clarify one thing before he acted.
"Are you threatening me?" he asked bluntly as the Marine growled, losing his patience.
"Yes" he screamed. Was this brat stupid or something? Jaune just remained quiet before nodding. Alright, so this was them threatening him.
"Oh" he said with a small smirk. Well if he was going to be a criminal… might as well because of self defense. And with that, he made his move…
Outside the inn, several people turned their heads before they saw one of the marines being sent flying through the door with an expression of pain etched onto his face, followed by two gunshots and a lone man coming out with two unconscious Marines in his hands, being dragged by the collars of their shirts a few seconds later.
Jaune just looked at them to see him being surrounded by Marines, now pointing guns at him. Well, this was great. Not even a freaking day on the next island and he already assaulted an officer. Meanwhile, Neo just stared as she saw the blond haired young man practically beat down the two Marines while the old man sighed.
"He's going to start a ruckus that one…" he muttered before looking at the girl and snapping his fingers, ruining her disguise as her form shattered. Pink now mixed in her hair and he gave her a smirk. "Seems like you have a search buddy… Want to go help him out, Miss Thief" he "Asked" with a small smile as Neo said nothing before picking up an umbrella from a nearby coat rack and silently went to support the only possible lead she had to going home.
Meanwhile the old man just smirked. This was quite an interesting town and quite an interesting generation… 'So… is this the New Generation that you wanted, captain?' Sea Gull thought before hearing the sounds of battle.
Jaune said nothing as he appeared above another group of Marines, swinging his sword and creating a flurry of small green waves of energy, using his Croisade as a means to use the Rankyaku. Seeing the Marines run from the waves of energy, he used Gepo to move to another group alongside his semblance for the speed boost.
Behind him was Neo, smirking and exposed without her illusions while she merely pointed her fingers at one of the Marines and turned her index finger inwards before one of the Marine's shoulders burst into a bloody mess as if he was shot. Continuing this three more times, she jumped back and dodged a larger Marine swordsman that aimed for her.
Smirking however, she jumped behind him with a flip before somehow impaling him with the toe of her boot, seemingly levitating before she bent backwards and jabbed something into him, making him bleed from the sides and fall to the ground.
Jaune grunted as he used his Tekkai to grab a sword and pull it back, delivering a strong Aura-enhanced blow to the gut before using his Soru to appear next to another marine and grabbing him by the front of his shirt and throwing him into a pile of Marines… how many where there? He counted at least thirty or something.
Behind him, Neo kept her grin as she joined the fray, maneuvering pasted the Marines that were brave and foolish enough to attack her while joining the blond swordsman after spring-boarding off of another Marine's body.
Back to back, Jaune whispered something to the young woman that offered her assistance. "When I attack, jump into the air" he whispered to her as she nodded silently before he sheathed his blade and brought it out, this time however swinging it a full three hundred and sixty degrees.
Neo avoided the large wave of green energy that rushed the Marines while some of the ones that jumped up to avoid the attack caught her eye. With her spare hand, she waved it outwards while spinning in midair while those who were also air born, were seemingly impaled by something she threw at them.
Landing on the ground in pain, Jaune prepared himself for her to land on him. She fell and smirked when he didn't budge and spun around on his back before landing on her two feet with a grin still on her face.
Jaune said nothing as he looked at the last standing Marines while Neo blinked, her pink, left eye and brown right one seemingly switching colors as the Marines each took a step back… What the heck was going on, who were these two.
Soon enough, Sea Gull appeared with a smirk, seemingly delighted at the performance… But it was time to end it. "Alright brats, that's enough" he said before he closed his eyes. Opening them again, the Marines all fell unconscious while Jaune and Neo froze at the feeling of some strange energy being released.
He remembered hearing about this from Miles once before… back when he was training in his Semblance… there was only one thing, one word that escaped his mouth…
"…Haki…" he muttered as he stared at the old man while Neo did nothing but hold her umbrella tighter.
"Well then…" Sea Gull said as he brushed himself off while welcoming them back inside, "I think we should talk a bit more… privately. Jaune Arc, Neo…" he said as the two younger "pirates" just nodded.
All while feeling the effects of the Innkeeper's hidden power.
Alright so here's Chapter 3. Now we've seen a little bit more of Neo's fighting style and her fruit as well as Jaune and her abilities to fight the lower leveled grunts of the Marines.
Guesses for Neo's Devil Fruit are still in the air. It's going to be revealed next chapter during the fight as well as Jaune's "Secret Weapon" and his full semblance's abilities…
That being said, Jaune's sword being named Croisade… it's French for Crusade which defines Joan of Arc's importance while fighting for the French in the war. Meanwhile his new outfit is based on some of the clothes he was given in the earlier designs of his character concept while being fitted more into the One Piece world.
Some of the positions on Jaune's Crew with my current list are…
Captain: Jaune's Role
First Mate: Neo's soon-to-be Role
Second Mate: Jaune's left hand man and third in command
Navigator: Currently Neo until the next island or so
Blacksmith: Let's face it… what RWBY story would it be without some kind of Over-complicated weapons for either the ship or the crew
Marksman: We have the Swordsman and we need the Marksman
Chef: While Jaune is currently the cook here… he's going to be replaced eventually for a better one
Doctor/Dentist: Should be obvious but I swear I'm going to make Jaune's search for a dentist a running joke in this story
Shipwright: We need someone to take care of the ship, and I have an idea on how to do so…
Ship: Do I need to even say why they need a ship…
And finally, to answer Zero's questions… This takes place roughly around the same time as Luffy's voyage in East Blue so they should be meeting each other in the Grand Line. Whether they return to Remnant or not I'll leave until the journey into the New World.
