"DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE MESSING WITH?" Bart yelled. "I'LL MAKE YOU BLEED!"

The short fat man charged me with his sword. I side stepped, making him stumble. I slammed my booted foot right in between the shoulder blade and pinned him to the ground.

"Hmm, you don't seem like much of a challenge then you were made out to be." I said.

Bart struggled to get out from under my foot, like a bug.

"Cero." I said. "Take care of that other guy."

Cero gave me a nod and jumped into action. He attacked Thomas before he could get his gun out and had to resort to hand to hand combat.

"Why the hell are you attacking us?" Bart asked me. "We've never done anything to you."

I crouched closer to him.

"You took Cero's weapons." I said. "We want them back."

"Their on the ship we're planning on stealing, in one of the rooms." Bart told me, like a plead for his life.

"Thanks." I said.

I lifted my foot off his back and Bart started getting up. I slammed the very same foot into the back of his head, knocking him out.

"Pfft." I said to the unconscious man. "I know a kitten that can fight better then you."

I tied the man and the other crew members up with some rope I found. I turned to watch Cero's fight. Cero was swinging his Glaive around, slashing his opponent. Thanks to the extra reach the polearm gave him, Thomas couldn't land a hit on Cero. Cero spun the Glaive over his head before whacking the pole end into the back of Thomas' head, knocking him down and out.

Cero dragged the unconscious man over to me, where I added him to my pile of tied up pirates.

"They weren't as strong as you made them out to be." I told Cero.

"I guess not, I only guessed because I've only ever fought the other men." He told me.

I walked over to the loaded ship and climb aboard.

"HEY YOU!" I heard someone yell.

I turned to see a thin man, with a curled mustache, and grayed hair.

"Yes?" I asked. "Can we help you?"

"I saw you take out the Flash pirates." The man said. "I am the mayor of this town."

The man got on his knees and bowed.

"I thank you for taking them out, they have been a thorn in our sides for years." The mayor said. "Please let us reward you we'll give you anything you ask"

I thought about it, what did we need? I looked at the ship, it was basically perfect for us until we got more members, and it was fully stocked thanks to Bart.

"Okay." I said. "Then I want this ship and everything currently on it."

The Mayor looked shocked.

"You don't want any money?" He asked "Just the ship with the stuff on it?"

I gave him a nod.

"Alright then it's yours, thanking for taking these pirates out." The Mayor said, bowing again.

I turned to Cero.

"Do you need to grab anything else before we go?" I asked.

Cero stopped and thought for a moment.

"The books." He said. "I would like to bring my books with me."

"Oh don't worry about those." I told him. "I took them when you were putting the case back."

"How?" He asked. "You didn't even get close to the bed."

"I already showed you how." I told him. "When you asked how I cut the ropes."

We turned back to the mayor, only to see that he left.

"Anyways." I said "Let's set sail."

Cero gave me a nod and we unfurled the sail and were on our way to the next island.

"By the way." I spoke up as the islands got father away. "What are your other weapons?"

Cero held out two pistols. They were made of sliver and had some wonderful designs on them. They had rotating barrels of six rounds that were easy to reload showing it's effectiveness in battle.

"They're beautiful guns." I told him and took a hold of one. "A good weight as well."

I pulled a marble from my bag and tossed it high into the sky. I took aim with the gun and fired, shattering the marble with a bullet.

"Graceful." I said and handed the gun back to Cero. "Great for both close and far combat."

"Thanks." Cero said. Holstering his weapons. "That was a nice shot by the way."

"Thanks." I said.

"If I may ask. Where and how did you come across your Devil fruit?" Cero asked.

"You may, but I don't have an answer for you." I told him, looking at the horizon. "You see. I have no memories before the age of ten."

I could see Cero's surprised face out of the corner of my eye.

"I just know, that the memories I do have started in darkness, and at sea." I said.

I didn't want to go into more details, those had a time and a place.

"Anyways, what island are we heading to right now?" I asked.

"It's an island called Tequila Bay. It's know for making the best tequila in all of the East Blue." Cero informed me.

"The best tequila?" I said to my self. "Maybe I should send them some."

I though back to people who raised me, I'm sure they would appreciate the drinks since they have to deal with my crazy ass brothers for the next few years.

"Don't get your hopes up just yet." Cero said. "I've also heard some bad rumors about the place as well."

"Like what?" I asked.

"The tequila is super expensive and only a select few people are allowed to sell it on this island. They are hand picked by the noblemen who run the country."

"Nobles?" I questions.

"Yea, I heard that most of the land on Tequila bay is owned by a few nobles. While people who aren't nobles have to pay high taxes just to be able to even live there, keeping them in the lower classes."

"Anything else?" I asked.

"Yea, the people who are the lowest of the low, even the low class, are basically treated like slaves and aren't allowed to do anything with out a noblemen's approval." Cero finished.

"Sounds like an interesting place." i said. "Think we might find another crew mate?"

"I guess." He told me shrugging. "Anyways, it will take us about two days to get there."

I gave him a grin and looked to the horizon once more.

"Let's see what this adventure will bring us."