Twin Dragon Island

Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece.

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Come one, come all to the Twin Dragon Island Tournament!

Watch fighters from all over East Blue compete for the prize!

IT'S TIME TO FIGHT OUR HEARTS OUT!

Dusty tilted her head to the side as she read the ad poster on the wall of the wharf building, "Man...kinda sounds cheesy. You sure you wanna do this, Kirsty?" she asked, glancing at her friend. The doctor nodded, "Yep, I really do wanna do this, Dusty. I mean...it sounds stupid because of this really poor poster, but from what I've heard, a lot of strong people that had participated in the tournament of years past, became very famous people,".

The kitsune turned her head fully, her attention was now on Kirsty a hundred percent, "Anyone we know?" she asked anxiously. Kirsty tapped her chin in thought, "Well I heard stories that the Kung Fu Brothers, the same ones that Gold Roger took down? I heard rumors that they participated in this tournament, but I seriously doubt it,".

"Wow...well I hope ya do good, Doc," Dusty said with a supportive slap on the back. Kirsty was a little thrown off by the slap, but nodded quickly, "Thanks, Dusty...you're confidence is gonna help me alot...,"

It's gonna take more than that to get me through this...I wonder what they would think of me doing this? she asked herself, watching her friends and crewmates step off the ship.

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"Be wary of Fire...,"

Clink clink clink

"And be wary of the thieves...,"

Clink clink clink

Night had fallen on the island and while the other inhabitants took advantage and turned in for the evening while a few occasional watchmen walked the streets, singing advice and tapping their mini-gongs as signs of good fortune.

However, not all were asleep. The crew had taken a large room at the local inn and the older members were up and talking about the event that had brought them here.

"Ok, so what's the story behind the tournament, I mean you said it was tradition, so why?" Devon asked, taking off his jacket. Kirsty glanced at Chizuru who pulled out a book from her bag. The red haired navigator cleared her throat, "Picked it up from the gift shop. Now, the story behind the tournament is also the origin of the islands name,".

She opened the book and lay it out before the others. The pages showed a large illustration of two large dragons, one black and one white engaged in deadly combat.

"The origin of the name of the island and the tournament is this: Centuries ago, two warriors of great power fought on for days and days until finally both of them fell over in exhaustion, neither having the will to fight any longer. People that had watched the battle during those days considered all the honor and strength that had been used, so as a way of honoring the two warriors, they named the island Twin Dragon Island, and created a tournament, hoping the people that entered will be worthy of the title,".

Niri raised an eyebrow, "Ok...that explains the tournament, so why did they call the island Twin Dragon?" she asked confused at the information.

"I'm getting to that. The two warriors each had a different colored tattoo of a dragon on their bodies. One had a tattoo of a white dragon, while the other warrior had a tattoo of a black dragon. Also...the two warriors were twin sisters. Hence the name, Twin Dragon," Chizuru finished, crossing her arms.

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Inside a small room, a man sat cross-legged in front of a large scroll. Besides his labored breathing, nothing made a sound in the room. His dark eyes stared hard at the scroll, a scroll that depicted a black and a white dragon, chasing after each other.

He watched in startled amazement as the two dragons on the scroll began to move across the paper, snapping and clawing at each other. The battle of the scroll only lasted a few moments, but the man remained silent, nodded, then got up and walked over to the window, looking out at a large structure at the other end of the street.

"Welcome great ones...kuroryu and shiroryu," he said quietly, eyes never leaving the structure, "I've been waiting you for some time...,"

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Kilnorc: Lord, I hope this was good. I've got a little jumbled mess in my head, but slowly, it's getting sorted out. Hehehehe...hope ya enjoyed this! ja ne.