A/N: This was written before the wonderfully lengthy review given to me by 431101134, although it kind of fits with what they asked me to write. I will write something closer to their request later.

To clear up any confusion, Nea is not from One Piece or a One Piece OC. That means she was not born on that earth whatsoever. She is the main character of my original story, which is why she is going to seem overpowered in later chapters. Her power set is not even close to being compliant to a One Piece powerset. This is not saying that she'll be able to beat someone like Whitebeard or even Luffy in a straight fight. She just has a power and backstory that levels the playing field greatly.

3: the crew

Captain doesn't talk about her past and in turn, she never asks for theirs. The only one with even the slightest inkling to her past is Jones himself and even the picture he has is blurry and torn into many pieces. The first mate of the Black Fire pirates only has snippets of frightened dialogue he's heard Captain Nea mutter in her sleep. It is also of no help that the woman sleeps, at most, two nights out of the week.

The story, as Jones can tell it, is that the captain had been the leader of some kind of operation. He rightfully couldn't tell you if it was a pirate crew, a group of bandits, bounty hunters, or even the Marines. What he could tell you, however, is that whoever they were, they are no longer alive.

He's heard names, though he can't even begin to tell you whom the belong to. Santi, Lore, Aren, and Lee get mention the most. Then comes Ro, Vanessa, and Mythos. There are more names, he knows, but he can never make them out before he wakes his captain. The way Jones sees it is that if his captain wanted to let her past be known then it would be known. Since not even he knows (as the first mate and person closest to the captain) no one else has a right to.

That's probably why he gets so pissed off in moments like this, hearing the crew gossip about Captain when they know she and her superb hearing are off the ship entirely.

"Nah, I'm bettin' she was a Marine. Just look at how far outta her way she goes to only pick fights with 'em," says someone Jones is fairly certain sound like Eiji. Jones forces himself to keep his growling reprimand behind his lips as he activates his devil's fruit powers and stalks up to the group of new crew members. His duplicate works mindlessly on a far off part of the ship that is still within eyeshot of the group. They are unaware of his presence as he sneaks over to them. Leaf and Kano can see what is happening and they wear cruel smiles, like the absolute sadists they are.

Tyler, whom Jones can recognize by the boy's height and terrible posture, shakes his head as he says, "It ain't no ones business who the captain used to be, nope. She our captain now and that's all that matters, yeah."

Jones almost wants to kiss the strange-speaking boy. He was definitely getting snack privileges this week. And shore leave at the next island.

"Pssh, you're no fun kid. Aren't you even a little curious? For all we know, she could be a Revolutionary under the guise of being a pirate or-"

Jones jumps a bit when he feels a hand on his shoulder and hear the words, "Or I could be a mass murderer that they never caught and who is now continuing her tyranny and life of crime as a pirate."

The first mate could laugh at the voice he knows all too well. He turns to see his captain smirking tiredly at them all. Jones nods, seeing the joking look in his captain's smile.

"Or they could all just mind their own business like Tyler here," Jones adds with his own smile, strained from lingering traces of anger.

The group of newbies all straighten up in embarrassment and fear. "Captain! Jones-san! We had no idea you were there!" They all said in unison, Tyler adding a 'no' at the end of his sentence. Jones heard Captain Nea's short breath, a sign he had learned over time meant she was trying to fight off laughter. His captain removes her hand from his shoulder and crosses her arms.

"No shit, otherwise you wouldn't have been having that conversation." Nea's tone is bored exasperation and Jones feels a sense of justice at the group bumbling apologies. The apologies, Jones notices, makes Captain shift with unease as she waves them away. After a moment more of apologies, she makes her voice into an intimidating one and orders them to get back to work. He is the only one to notice the relieved sigh Captain Nea gives when they do.

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