A/N: Hey guys! So are you guys ready for some action? No not like the other action bull crap, I mean some real action. Well let's get crackin'!
A New Legend
Adventure at Nai Island part 2
Pirate vs. Bandits!
"Out of my way!" Ray shouted, punching one goon before ducking to dodge a swing of a sword that came from behind him. Ray did a back kick and his foot connected with a body. He then stood up straight for a split second and bounced up, delivering a flying punch to a goon's face and landing on him. "Damn... I didn't expect this many guys to be here!"
"Take this, you brat!" Ray glanced behind him to see three goons in the air about to swing their swords. At that second, they all coughed out in pain as Calico appeared in front of them. He slowly sheathed his katana. When the katana was sheathed fully, blood squirted out of the bandit's fresh wounds.
"Thanks, Calico." said Ray as he turned his attention to the boss who was glaring daggers at him.
"No problem." answered Calico before unsheathing his katana and sheathing it again after a couple of seconds. The bandit that tried to attack him from his right, grunted in pain before he fell forward.
Ray ran forward, dodging two sword swings that came at him. He created two blood crystals and shot them at two bandits that were standing in his way. He passed them and jumped up. "Blood Knuckle!" He sent a hardened bloody punch to the boss's face who blocked it with his axe.
Ray jumped back and he flashed a confident grin. "Ready to get your ass kicked?"
The boss chuckled at that statement. "The real question is if you are ready to die." He twirled his axe a full circle with a twirl of his fingers before grabbing the handle and swing it forward. Ray jumped back as the axe struck the ground. Ray then ran forward and jumped onto the axe, he stumbled but caught his balance. He then jumped forward and sent a punch to the boss's nose.
Ray's fist stopped upon impact. "Huh?" A hand grabbed Ray's fist and squeezed it. Ray winced in pain as he was lifted and thrown hard onto the dirt ground. "Ah!" Ray rose his head to see the boss pull his axe out and swing it over Ray. "Oh god!" Ray shouted as he rolled to the right. He glanced at the boss to have a bit of trouble before pulling his axe out. He then swung it over Ray. Ray rolled to his left and dodged it. He glanced at the boss to see him have a bit of trouble before pulling his axe out again. Ray smirked.
Ray rolled to the side, dodging another swing of the axe. Ray then jumped to his feet in time for the boss to pull out his axe behind him. Ray twirled on his heels and formed a blood crystal and shot it at the boss. The boss stumbled back and Ray shot more. The boss swung his axe out of agitation. "That's enough!" He then charged at Ray again, his axe raised into the air.
"God, you have so many open spots I can hit, that I can't decide where to hit you... Oh, how about here!" Ray muttered as he shot two blood crystals at the boss's neck. The boss winced as he slowed down. Ray then created blood scythes that attached to the sides of his arms. He ran forward at the boss. He slashed at the boss's thighs before slashing the boss lightly on his chest. The boss cried out in pain as he stumbled back.
The boss glared at Ray. "Do you know who're your messing with, kid!?" Ray shook his head. "You brat! I'm the great mountain bandit, George Wilkins! I have a bounty of 6 million!"
Ray shot three blood crystals at George's face. George jumped back in surprise. Ray then ran at him. "I don't care who you are!" Ray slashed George's right arm that held the axe. George cried out in pain as the axe fell out of his hand. Ray then sliced George's collarbone with his other arm-scythe. The next second, Ray pushed forward close to George's chest. "All I care about is kicking your ass and saving Emerald!"
Ray's eyes then changed color. His irises turned blood red while his sclera's become pitch black. His blood scythes became a darker red. "Satanic Cross!" Ray crossed his arms and then pulled back both of his arms, leaving a deep long cross that was in the shape of a "t." George coughed out in pain as he fell backward, tons of blood squirting out of his new wound.
Ray watched George for a second before his blood scythes liquefied and dropped to the ground. His eyes also returned to normal. "Huh, my eyes are really itchy for some reason." Ray said as he rubbed his eyes. He stopped rubbing and anticipated a cry of surprise that he beat George, none came. He turned to see bandits laying on he ground, bloody. His eyes met Calico who was sitting on the ground doing some meditation pose. "Uh... You keep meditating, I'll go untie Emerald."
Ray walked over to Emerald and untied her. The second she was free, she reigned hell on Ray. "OW!" Ray shouted as he rubbed his head after Emerald had sent a flurry of punches to the top of his head. "What was that for!?"
"For not saving me earlier!"
"Are you kidding me!? How the hell was I supposed to you were kidnapped!?"
"I don't know!"
"How did you get kidnapped in the first place!?"
"They snuck up on me while I was shopping."
"Really? These guys look clumsy as hell!"
"Well sorry, I was trying to think what you would like to eat!"
"Anything that's meat! Except for grapes, I love grapes."
"I know! I had plenty of time remembering that!"
"You ungrateful who-"
"Sorry to interrupt." Interrupted Calico, breaking up the little quarrel that raged between Ray and Emerald. Ray and Emerald glared at Calico. Emerald upon seeing him stopped her glaring, Ray just glared at him.
"What do you want, Calico?" Ray said while gritting his teeth.
"Well I wanted to ask you something."
"And that question is..."
"Can I join your crew?"
"Oh fuck- Wait what?"
"Can I join your crew?"
"Why do you want to join my- I mean our crew?"
"You seem like a good man."
"That's your reason?"
"Yes."
"Okay. You can join!"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Who are you?" asked Emerald stepping into the conversation.
"I'm Calico Johnny."
"Okay, Calico... Why are you here?"
"I did state my reason in the conversation between Ray and I."
"Okay... Why do you want to join our crew?"
"I stated my reason for that already..."
"Hm... Well I'm Nampu D. Emerald! Nice to meet ya!"
"So quick!" said Ray in shock.
Calico stared at the hand before mumbling about how professional it was before shaking the hand.
"You do know you shook my hand too."
"Best thing I could've thought of at the time."
"Fair enough."
"Okay, so we have our first mate and the sun's going down, so I think we should head back to the boat." suggested Emerald as she started walking out. Ray and Calico followed. They spent half an hour getting lost before finding the way out.
On the Boat
"I've been pondering?" said Calico.
"What is it, Calico?" answered Ray.
"If I'm the first mate then who is she? Because it's obvious that Ray is the captain and if she isn't the first mate, then is she an enemy. But that doesn't make sense because you did call her a crew mate and we did save her so...
"We're co-captains."
"Co-captains."
"Yeah Ray and I always fought about who should be captain but then we decided to become co-captains." piped up, Emerald.
"That's interesting."
"Hey Calico. Tell us about yourself and what you really do." stated Emerald.
"I hate to be formal so I'll just tell you without using fancy words. I use guile and dance sword techniques. I was originally the first mate for another pirate but killed the captain since he was killing my crew mates. I like to be free, I hate nobles, shoes, and fancy things, and I absolutely can not deal with responsibility so don't ever put me in charge of something or it might get destroyed. My dream is to defeat the best swordsman in the world, Roronoa Zoro, and teach my craft to the world. I also have a personal mission to find a fruit called the Dice-dice Fruit. Oh and I mumble to myself from time to time, so if I do that, you don't have to worry that I'm putting curse on you guys or something."
"I thought you hate being formal."
"I do."
"But that introduction was formal."
"It was?"
"It was."
"Crap!"
"So a swordsman. Okay."
"Oh yeah I forgot one more thing."
"And what's that?"
"This."
Calico reached into his right jacket pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. He unfolded it and placed it on the ground for them to see.
"You're worth 22 million Beli?!" shouted Ray in surprise.
"Your nickname is "Weather Detective" Calico Johnny." observed Emerald. On the bounty poster, was a picture of Calico with a hurricane behind him that had 10-15 Marines in it.
"That is one hell of picture." said Ray admiring it. Calico took the poster and stuffed it back into his jacket pocket. "Well now Emerald and I have to get our bounty posters and then we'll be a crew with bounties."
"Wait but if Marines spot Calico with us then wouldn't we be hunted down too."
"So."
"That's bad!"
"But we're pirates. And it just adds to the excitement of being one too!"
"I guess you're right."
"Well I guess we're done with introductions."
"Wait but I don't really know much about you g-"
"Ray lower the sails, a strong tail wind is coming. Calico go lift the anchor. Hurry!"
"But-"
"Don't argue with her, it's useless."
"They're ignoring me aren't they."
Calico lifted the anchor and Ray lowered the sails just in time as a very strong tail wind propelled their boat off the coast and into the sea as the moon shone brightly in the night sky. "Hey I just thought of a name for this ship." Emerald and Calico turned their attention to Ray. "How does Flaring Moon sound?" Emerald and Calico thought for a bit before agreeing on the name. "Okay then, Flaring Moon! Let's set sail!" shouted Ray.
Crew Members:
Talon D. Ray: Co-captain
Nampu D. Emerald: Co-Captain/Navigator
Calico Johnny: First Mate
A/N: So, we've finally completed the most boring ark! I'm sorry guys for the crappy ark, I promise you the next one will be better, hopefully. So who might be the next crew member? Find out in the next chapter! Thanks for reading and see you guys later!