Well first update of the year and it is one story I like to get going. Hopefully more update to my other stories will follow but you guys know how much the real world sucks sometimes. So the next chapter here doesn't have much action but has character building, some back story and world building as well. We will also get into an important plot point to the series and yes there is actually a plot. But fan of a not only RWBY but a few other series should enjoy this very much or at least I hope you all do.
Once again One Piece is a big inspiration and many elements will be seen. But several other elements will be added and I hope there are some that can spot them.
Disclaimer; I do not own RWBY as it is own my Roster Teeth and creator Monty Oum. May you rest in peace man.
Tale of the Blue Rogue Pirates
The tavern had quickly turned into an interrogation room, if only informal.
"Now," Taiyang started off with a death glare at Jaune, "We're not doing a formal interrogation, but first off, you're that pirate with the high bounty, Jaune Arc."
"Um, maybe you confused me for someone else. My name is Mister Smith." Jaune stated, and it was more to try and get out of trouble with the man in front of him.
"Smith huh, that's an unusual name." Qrow smoothly said as he took a sip of his drink, but it was sarcastic to a degree since it was obvious, "Then I'd guess you'd have proof, some sort of identification."
"Why yes I-GOOD HEAVENS! My wallet's been stolen!"
"No it'sh not been stolen, it'sh right here!" Ruby waved said wallet in her hand, with a slight slurring from being tipsy. It didn't help Jaune's case.
"Um, thanks. Look, my friends and I are kind of busy, so can we just do this later." Jaune only took a few steps before a gunshot went off somewhere, possibly from Taiyang and he froze up, then went back to the seat, "or we just finish this now so none of us gets hurt."
"Sounds like a good idea," Qrow chuckled.
Yang groaned and reached for a bottle of rum, "I need a drink."
Taiyang was stunned seeing Yang pouring a glass of rum and shooting it down in one shot. Qrow raised a brow and would be impress if it wasn't for the fact this was his niece, "Aren't you a little young to be drinking?" he glanced at Ruby who was still tipsy "Both of you."
"You have no room to talk," Yang shot back "And I can't deal with this sober."
"Yang," her father started softly but his daughter interrupted him, "Dad…we saw our graves."
"What?" the rest of the crew asked besides Ruby who drooped down at the reminder.
Yang sighed, "When Ruby and I visited our mom's grave, we found two graves for the both of us. And the worst part it was all my fault."
"Yang it wasn't-" Taiyang tried but once again Yang wouldn't let him finish.
"But it is!" she took another shot and sighed, "You took Summer's death the hardest dad. It wasn't until a bit later did I found out Summer wasn't the first love you lost…the first was my mom." She looked down as everyone else didn't say a word so she went on, "I was stunned hearing this and the fact my mother is still out there somewhere. I found a clue to where she could have been so when you left I put Ruby in a wagon and walked off." She closed her eyes with tears started to form. When she opens them again she went on, "I walked for hours with Ruby enjoying the ride and then taking a nap in the wagon. When I finally got there…I was tired, dirty and all scratched up. But that was not the worst part. I saw those red eyes and then Grimm came out. I messed up big time; here I was a little girl too tired to scream and a napping toddler in a wagon. We might as well have been gift wrapped. But then…Shanks saved us."
(flashback)
A much younger Yang stared in horror as three beowolves jumped at her, claws ready to rip her apart. Ruby was sleeping in the wagon behind her and Yang was too tired to move or even scream. Behind the attacking Grimm just coming outside the large house an alpha beowolf stood with three more regular beowolf ready to attack when ordered. Yang closed her eyes not wanting to see the Grimm when they kill her. What happen next surprised her.
She found that someone wrapped their arm around her, holding her in comfort and protection from danger. She also heard the sound of a sword slashing through something. She opens her eyes to see the three attacking beowolves cut in half and falling to the forest floor. She was stunned before she registered that she was being held and looked up to see who was holding her. She saw it was a tall man with a healthy tan skin from many hours working in the sun. His blond hair was chin length and straight with the ends sticking out slightly. His eyes were a silver color that she's only seen with her mother/step mother Summer and also Ruby. Yang noticed the biggest feature that stuck out to her was three long red scares going diagonal across his left eye but the eye itself was not damaged. Those eyes were glaring at the Grimm in front of them which were growling at the group. Yang gasped seeing the Alpha growl and the rest started to charge at them. If anything the man glared harder and Yang thought she felt the air changed, as if it got heavier. To her amazement the beowolves stopped their charge. The Alpha growled in the front but then Yang notice the growled kept getting lower and the tail bent down before the beast seemed to stop being threatening and let out a slight whine as if scared. It was not just the alpha but the rest of the beowolves. Then it dawned on Yang, a thought she thought to be impossible. The Grimm were scared of this man. The man kept his glare before he said two words out to the Grimm. It wasn't loud and Yang nearly missed it but the impact seemed to say otherwise. "Get lost."
The beowolves scattered with yelps and whines before the ran into the woods and out of sight. Yang stared at the man who sighed relieved. He then smiled down at her, "Well that was a close one. Now what brings two cute little girls out in the woods by themselves?"
Yang just stared before a yawn got their attention. They turned to see Ruby sitting up and yawning, no doubt waking up from her nap. She rubbed her eyes and saw Yang being held by someone. She smiles at him, "hello."
The man laughed amused, "Hello little red. The name's Shanks."
(flashback ends)
"Shanks took us back to his crew where his doctor looked us over."
"He gabe ufs lollypops!" Ruby recalled happily as if that was important.
Yang smiled softly, "That he did. We met Jaune and the others who became our friends. When they had to leave, I didn't even know how to get back home and Ruby was having so much fun. With Dad barely holding himself together I thought we could stay with Shanks and our friends for a bit. That turned into years and more when Jaune decided to make his own crew and stop being under his dad's shadow. We didn't want to leave our friends so we went with them. We never really looked back." Yang took another shot of rum "Like I said, I messed up. And Dad suffered worst because of it."
The room was silent. Not a single soul dared to break the silence just yet.
"Yang." Taiyang said softly, but Yang just poured another glass and downed it in one go.
"Like I said, I'm not being interrogated without that buzz. I messed up, plain and simple, and if you hate me then I deserve it." Yang started feeling down about herself, and she really rather not. It was more unusual because she and Nora were pretty much the party-goers.
Taiyang just went over and gave her a great big hug. "I don't hate you. I just wanted my daughters back."
Of course, the moment was interrupted when Ruby started snoring softly. Just enough to get attention. "Looks like the first mate's asleep." Emerald said with a slight roll of the eyes. At least Ruby was more tolerable then some, in the emerald hair woman's opinion.
"She'll be up in a few minutes," Weiss reminded Emerald.
"What makes you say that?" Qrow asked. "Plenty of people black out from a hard drink and most aren't as young as Ruby."
Weiss waved him off, "Ruby may be a lightweight but she burns through it fast. Like I said she will be up in a few minutes with a headache." She turned her attention back to Taiyang "You said you just want your daughters back. What do you plan on doing if they come back home?"
Taiyang got a scowl on his face while Qrow and Yang looked at Weiss confused "What are you implying?"
Weiss held her hands up, "I mean no disrespect as you care for your daughters greatly and would do anything for them. Anyone can respect that but you should know if they come home they won't do any good." And in seeing Taiyang about to reply she cuts him off "Both your daughters have bounties on their heads. That means they are wanted by the kingdoms. Even if they stop being pirates they won't be able to get any sort of regular jobs, not even as huntresses."
"We know a guy who has some pulls with the councils," Qrow informed her, "We can have those bounties removed and they can do whatever they want. He can even get them into Beacon to become huntresses."
"But does he have the power to erase all evidence?" Weiss asked, "No I doubt he does. Even then there are still people out there that already know of their bounties and even if we just ignore that, when it comes out that they are connected to a pirate crew which is closely connected to one of the Emperors…it will be bad for them."
"Not to mention," Yang said after another shot, "We would be abandoning our friends. We can't do that, even if we were offered pardons for our crimes. We might not be outstanding citizens but we don't just attack and raid people for the hell of it. Even today all we planned on was for me and Ruby to visit mom's grave. When we heard of a pirate was taking over this town, not to mention they really pissed us off, we were the ones busting down their doors and taking them out."
Taiyang look defeated looking at his daughter, as Yang looked at her dad sadly, "I missed you dad. I miss you and uncle Qrow and Zwei. Ruby does as well but we know that we won't be able to come back home if we became pirates. This is the path we chose, and we don't regret it. Sorry if we are hurting you more because of it."
Taiyang stared before he started to cry. He simply held onto Yang as he cried. Pyrrha wiped a few tears from her eyes as the rest smiled. Qrow smiled softly knowing that Taiyang needed to just hold his daughter. Jaune smiled, knowing that Yang would not leave but if by a small chance they did he would not only see them off with a sad smile but wish them luck. He recalled the few times he spent with his dad. How his dad always looked at him with pride. The times he was at the tavern that his daughters own and just partied with them and his crew. The times the man just fell asleep from drinking too hard and the rest picked him up and took him to an empty bed before Jaune and his sisters would just gather around and fall asleep on him. After a minute Taiyang pulled away and looked at Yang, "I want nothing more than to bring you and Ruby home, but I can't. You're right about being pirates and as much as I don't want you two to be, I can't stop you. What I can do however to make sure you both have a home to go back to in case you ever get homesick or just need a place to rest."
Yang was surprised at this before she smiled at him, "Expect some company when we do come home to visit. We will most likely bring the others here with us."
"Ah yes," Taiyang stated turning around to Jaune. Jaune had a feeling of foreboding as Taiyang crossed his arms and glared, "I just want to make sure your captain knows that he shouldn't touch any of my two girl's innocence."
Jaune gulped knowing that this was not going to be fun. Weiss and Emerald looked at Taiyang behind his back with disbelief looks while Yang looked almost insulted at being called innocent. Jaune leaned back and bumped Ruby's arm which made Ruby shot up with a start, "I'm up! I'm up!" she then held her head, "Ow, headache." She then noticed her dad glaring at Jaune, "What's wrong?"
"Your father is threatening our captain in case he ever took your or Yang's 'innocence'" Weiss answered using air quotes for the last word.
Ruby was confused, "But Jaune never took anything from us."
Emerald smirked with an almost evil grin which scared Jaune, "she means him sleeping with you."
"Oooh," Ruby chided before she waved her hand with a giggle "But Jaune has slept with us before."
"Poor, poor choice of words," Emerald said softly as Taiyang glared harder at Jaune.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked softly as suddenly Taiyang was ready to beat Jaune into a pulp, but fortunately for the younger blonde, he had training to keep himself alive. Of course the fact that Yang was trying to stop her father from killing her captain, and friend with benefits, was a side note.
"What Emerald means is that 'sleeping with' is used in place of 'sex', meaning that Jaune took your virginity." Blake said as she was wishing Ruby would remember more common things without being told upfront.
"Wait, dad! I thought you meant just the two of us sharing a bed!" Ruby stood up with a bright red blush as she recalled the 'sex ed' lessons she had received from Shank's doctor. She wasn't going to tell her father that she really did 'put his sword in her sheathe' that one time.
Taiyang stopped struggling to reach Jaune, "Is that all?"
Ruby nodded rapidly before Weiss decided to help Ruby out, "You really don't have to worry about Ruby. She really is not one to pay attention when it comes to sex without blushing or trying to change the topic."
"Yep," Emerald added rolling her eyes, "She's a real virgin."
Taiyang seems to relax at this knowing his daughter was still 'innocent'. Emerald however gained a smirk as she said, "your oldest daughter on the other hand."
Yang glared back at the thief, "Like you are one to talk."
Taiyang froze before he jumped at Jaune ready to kill, "Die bastard!"
"Daddy no!"
"Dad! C'mon! Don't make it act like I'm supposed to be a virgin all my life."
"Die!"
Even to this day, Jaune will claim he did not scream like a little girl when Taiyang attacked him…no matter what his crew stated otherwise.
(Scene change)
It took close to thirty minutes to get Taiyang to stop attacking Jaune, with Ruby and Yang putting in the most effort. The others helped besides Nora who was cheering her captain on wanting him to fight back, Emerald who found this amusing, Pyrrha who felt it was not her place to stop since it was more a family matter and Qrow who knew Taiyang needed to get that out of his system. Qrow smiled as Yang was nice enough to fill a glass for him before he clicked her glass and both of them shot down their drinks. He sighed before the elder huntsman looked at Jaune, "You know, I would never expect you to be the son of a famous pirate. And from Yang's story and what we heard of him you think his son would be a legend all on his own."
Jaune sighed, "I have a lot to live up too even if I don't advertise who dad is. The man can cast a big shadow even if he looks like a normal man. I'm a rookie yes but I want to be seen as my own man, not for who my father is."
Qrow gave him a slight nod, "I can respect that. Still what do you plan on doing to make yourself stand out?"
Jaune slumped over, "Besides our normal raids on people we think deserve it, I don't really have a plan. I mean dad's one of the four Emperors, the only title someone could possible earned that is higher than his is possibly finding the legendary treasure and become the Pirate King."
Emerald got a gleam in her eyes, "On god, what I would do to even see that kind of treasure."
Taiyang looked lost, "Pirates have a king? Then why are there emperors?"
"It was only after his death did the four pirates be declared emperors by the four Kingdoms, since they are the four most powerful pirates" Weiss informed him. "But the King himself…he was a legend all on his own. He only died thirty years ago but there is not a pirate or a person who does anything with pirates who doesn't know his name or legend."
"He's that powerful?" Taiyang asked.
The others nodded but it was Pyrrha's nod that got their attention. The girl blushed and answered the unasked question, "I did a report on him for a project on powerful men and women for History. Even if the database at Sanctum only had a little about the man I was intrigued and wanted to know more. I went to the docks and asked different sailors, bounty hunters and Huntsmen and Huntresses on that they know. I was lucky as I met a few that knew details of his legend and one that was there when he was executed and how his last words changed everything."
She closed her eyes as if to recall what that swordswoman told her "Fame, wealth, power; the monkey faunas Luffy had this and everything else the world had to offer. He was known as Straw Hat Luffy due to the hat he always wore or simply Monkey D. Luffy. They said he was unlike any other man in the world, that he had a disease that didn't allow him to use aura properly, he was someone they said would simply die because of it. But he had a strong ability that made him a strong fighter. Some say it was a semblance that made his body act differently. Some claim it was something beyond it, more powerful than a semblance. But that didn't change the fact he defied the odds and became a legend. His ship and crew was able to appear out of thin air and attack any ship or base and then disappear when they were done. He wasn't after treasure but the adventure and the fights they would bring. That didn't stop them from gathering treasure. They had enough for it to be claimed the Treasure of a hundred Kingdoms. He seemed like he wasn't even a man from the stories about him."
"I know," Jaune added, "My dad was a part of his crew when he sailed the sea and skies. Dad was just a cabin boy with his friend but they sailed with that legendary crew. They were powerful in their own rights even if they were small."
"But he was caught," Qrow reminded him "He was caught by the kingdoms and executed for his crimes."
"But he was the only one," Blake added. "Not one member of his crew was captured and just seemed to disappear. Shanks never gave us the details but I don't think it was in a battle. The Kingdoms would have wanted the world to know that they were the ones to defeat the king and his crew."
"But you're right about one thing," Jaune said to Qrow, "he was caught and executed. But it was his last words that changed everything."
"What were they?" Taiyang asked.
"His execution brought thousands to see," Pyrrha recited remember what she was told by the swordswoman years ago. It was so long ago but she remembered everything the woman told her. "To see a man the kingdoms fear, take his last breath. From the crowd someone shouted wanting to know 'Where is it? Where was your treasure Pirate King?' but he laughed loudly…"
Ruby then shot up and gave a big laugh. She stood onto her chair and spoke in a deeper tone no doubt playing the part of the Pirate King. "he said 'You want my treasure!? It's yours for the taking. I have the Map and the Key as One Piece. Now you just have to find it first!' and with that they executed him. They said he died with his large smile still on his face."
"His dying words sent countless souls to the seas and skies," Ren finished simply yet you can hear the tiny bit of awe the power those words caused. "All searching for the One Piece and the treasure it will give them. They say the one who can find the treasure of the Pirate King can take the title for himself."
"And that's pretty much it. Find the treasure to be the Pirate King, the guy who would stand above the others, simply in theory." Jaune finished as he knew what the story was, since his father told him that story as often as he could, whether he was drunk, or just saying it as a bedtime story.
"You know if you really want to show your old man up, you should go after the One Piece yourself." Emerald spoke up as there was a round of agreement, and that let Emerald continue, "Getting that treasure would make us all rich beyond the wildest dreams, not even a wish from an imprisoned genie could get that."
"Yeah, but there aren't a lot of clues to look for it." Jaune countered, and it was true. No one had much of an idea on where to look for One Piece at all, maybe his dad, but that was a big if.
"That hasn't stopped us before," Blake reminded him.
"But everyone else will also be looking for the One Piece," Jaune pointed out.
"Then we'll break their legs!" Nora shouted getting a nod from Yang.
"But we might not even be able to find," Jaune tried but he was starting to see his friends and crew wasn't going to back down.
"We won't find it at all if we don't even try," Ruby said softly.
Jaune looked from one face of his friend to another. He closed his eyes thinking. He grew up on the stories of the pirate king and his crew. Of a crew that was less than twenty people were able to do almost anything. He grew up knowing of the One Piece and the legendary treasure it led too. He never thought he would actually go and look for it. He opens his eyes and glanced at Ruby. Her eyes were wide and her hands clasped together as if begging him. He smiles and looked at his crew, "We should get some rest then. For tomorrow…it will be our first step to finding the treasure."
The rest cheered, some imagining what they would do with the treasure once they got it, some for the adventure and all the fun they would have and some because they could not help but join in. Pyrrha laughed and smiled with them, the mood they gave seeming to be almost contagious. Taiyang looked at his daughters and their smiling faces. He felt sad at the thought of them leaving again but he knew they were happy here. Qrow shook his head and took more of the rum since Yang was not hogging it anymore. After finishing the bottle, the man stood up "Well Tai and I will make sure we have that pirate group locked up for the night before we ship them out in the morning. Should give us time to say goodbye before you all go off chasing dreams."
"But if we don't dream, then how will we be able to keep moving forward?" Ruby asked.
Qrow shrugged but the smirk told Ruby that her uncle knew more then what he let known. "I don't know. You tell me."
Taiyang hugged his daughters before following Qrow, wanting to finish their work before they had to say goodbye again for who knew how long. Pyrrha turned to the group, "So where will you guys be going first?"
Jaune shrugged, "We will be heading back to base to plan out our next move. If we're lucky we might find something for a lead. I rather find it on our own without dad's help but he might at least point us in the right direction."
"I doubt he would tell us," Ruby said tapping her chin in thought, "He does seem like a guy who let someone stand on their own two feet."
"Well it was nice meeting you Pyrrha," Weiss said with the teen, "I wish you luck at Beacon."
"Huh?" Pyrrha said before she remembered the test she took just a few days ago. "Oh right."
Emerald shrugged, "Don't act like it is the end of the world. We have different paths and we're both on different sides. You will become a huntress and will one day try and bring us in. Heck maybe when Jaune finds the treasure you can be famous for bringing him in to the kingdoms."
"Emerald, that's a terrible thing to say," Jaune scold her.
Weiss looked down, "She's not wrong. When Pyrrha becomes a huntress; she's be responsible for trying to bring us in."
Ruby pouts and looked at Pyrrha who looked miserable, "But we'll be friends still right?"
Pyrrha looked at the sad Ruby and could not help but smile, "Right."
The rest of the crew gathered up their things, left some money for Rika and her mother and left the restaurant. Pyrrha stayed in her seat, looking just as miserable as before.
(scene change)
Night had fallen but Pyrrha was on the roof of Rika's home since the mother offered her a room for the night. She could not sleep at all and her thought was in conflict. She knew she had two different choices but she knew she could only take one. She believed in what her destiny would be and yet she can see another path for something different. She didn't know what to think. Both choices would leave with heartbreak and pain on different sides. She took her scroll out, having Rika and her mother keep it so Cyan would not mess with it, and dialed a number. The scroll ringed twice before a sleepy voice answered, "Hello?"
"Hey Dad," Pyrrha said.
She could hear her father jolt awake, "Pyrrha! Is that you?"
Pyrrha smiled, "Yes dad it is. Sorry I couldn't talk before."
Her father sighed "I heard a storm happened a few days again in your area. I was worried when I got no word at all."
"The bullhead landed on a small island called Patch to get out of the storm," Pyrrha said before she looked embarrassed, "It's a long story what happen afterwards."
"I'm listening."
Pyrrha then explained everything, of Cyan and her deal, of Jaune and his crew, of the emotions she was facing and how she didn't know what to do. Her father listened and he finally asked, "What do you wish to do Pyrrha?"
Pyrrha moaned, "I don't know. This group; they might be pirates but they're good people. I've only known them for a few hours and yet I'm friends with them, the first time I was actually able to make friends. I believed my destiny was to help people and yet I don't want to abandon my friends either. I don't know what to do. If I become a huntress like I believe then then one day I will be force to try and bring them in. But if I go with them, I won't be able to help people and everyone would be ashamed at that I have done…they will blame you."
Her father was quite before he asked her a question "Do you remember one of my most important lessons?"
Pyrrha blinked before she recited a lesson she took to heart, "Destiny, fate, dreams. These unstoppable ideals live deep in the heart of man. As long as there are those who seek freedom in their hearts…these things shall not vanish from Remnant."
"That's right, nothing will make them vanish. Not any Kingdoms, not any villain or pirate and certainly not any Grimm. I know the choice is not an easy one but know this…you must follow what your heart tells you. If you don't then you could live your greatest dream…but end up regretting not listening in the first place."
Pyrrha had tears in her eyes, "I'll try."
"And Pyrrha?"
"Yes Daddy?"
"…I will be proud of you…no matter the choice."
Pyrrha smiled, "Even if that means I become a pirate and be labeled a criminal?"
"Pyrrha if you ever get a bounty or a wanted poster, I will hang it up on my wall and at the bar. I will point it out to my buddies and shout loudly 'See that? That's my baby girl right there. Let's see your kids match that'."
Pyrrha laughed at her father's antics, "Thanks Daddy, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Night Pyrrha, talk to you tomorrow."
(scene change)
Jaune and the rest were finishing loading up the treasure, thankful that Nora and Yang had such strength that they could practically haul the entire load quickly, even if they didn't look like they were that strong. Yang was saying her goodbyes to her dad, as was Ruby.
"I'm going to miss you girls. Come back anytime you want, and I'll make sure to come see you." Taiyang said as he hugged his daughters.
"Sure thing pops. I'll make sure Ruby stays safe." Yang said and let go.
"I'll keep an eye on Yang to make sure she stays safe dad." Ruby said and a light laugh was shared, knowing Yang's reckless streak.
"Sorry I can't say we'll see each other more often, but I still have some things to do. I suck at goodbyes, but good luck as pirates." Qrow said as he started off to other places. Yang and Ruby started back on the ship, and noticed someone else walking up.
Pyrrha Nikos, with her armor, weapons and bag on her back was walking towards the ship. They figured she was here to say goodbye as well but to their surprise Pyrrha just kept walking until she was now standing on the ship with them. "Captain Jaune Arc," She started in a serious tone that surprised him a bit before she continued, "I request permission to join your crew."
"Huh?" was Jaune's only respond.
"Wait you want to join us?" Weiss asked, "Why?"
"Yeah it's not like we need her or anything," Emerald added with a slight frown. She didn't expect Pyrrha to just come and ask to join. To be fair none of them thought that Pyrrha would even want to be a pirate let along be a member of their crew.
Pyrrha smiled at them, "I was thinking hard last night. Before I always thought my destiny was to help people so I went to try and become a huntress. But yesterday, it was the first time I actually made friends and if I become a huntress…I mean be force to be against them. Not like in tournaments or arena combat but actually different sides of the law. I don't think I can go through with it if I had to do that. You are all pirates, but you helped this town for no real reason or benefit to you."
Emerald scoffed and thumbed over her shoulder to some of the treasure Yang and Nora was carrying, "We stole their treasure remember?"
"But that was after everything was done," Pyrrha countered. "When you were attacking the fort and facing those pirates, was treasure really on your mind when you charged that gate?"
The rest shook their heads though Emerald looked away not wanting to admit to anything. Ruby however asked "What about your family?"
Pyrrha simply smiled, "I talked to my father last night and this morning, he supports me in whatever path I take. If anything he's a lot like your father." She turned to look back at Jaune, "So captain, can I join your crew?"
Jaune saw that Pyrrha was serious about her choice. He grinned, "Welcome aboard Pyrrha."
Ruby cheered as did Nora and Yang. The rest smiled or nodded to Pyrrha accepting her as one of them. Emerald rolled her eyes but knew that Pyrrha was strong so it wouldn't hurt the crew. "You need a position then. Since you are the new girl you can become the cabin boy."
"Don't you mean cabin girl?" Ruby asked missing the point.
"While wording aside," Weiss started after rolling her eyes at her friend, "you do need a position on the ship to keep the ship and crew in order."
"Ohh-Ohh!" Nora shouted excited, "How about a musician?"
"Like magic?" Ruby asked confused for a second.
"That's magician," Blake corrected her.
"Like the chess piece?" Ruby asked again.
"That bishop," Yang corrected her sister.
Pyrrha laughed, "Sadly I'm not that skilled in music. I played a little as a child but after I started training and fight I stopped really. I'd be too rusty."
"Still you do need a position," Jaune said agreeing with his crew. "All the ships have their main crew members with important positions and we have most of our filled. Maybe you can be in charge of weapon maintenance and dust previsions?"
Ruby got their attention raised her hand and got their attention, "umm, I have an idea."
"No Ruby, she can't be the ship cookie maker," Ren said to Ruby remembering when Ren was made the cook Ruby's first suggestion was him being the ship cookie maker so she could have cookies all the time. The girl ate as much cookies as Yang drinks as much rum or strawberry sunrises.
"I'm not too great a cook to be honest," Pyrrha said looking embarrassed.
"No I mean an important positon!" Ruby cried, though she didn't say out loud if Pyrrha took the cookie maker position she wouldn't be upset or disagree. "A real one. She can be the first mate."
They surprised the crew while Pyrrha was stun, "what?"
Jaune looked at Ruby "But Ruby, you're the first mate."
"I'm the ship's sniper," Ruby corrected, "I may be the first mate when you offered it to me but I know I can't really be the first mate. The first mate is the one that makes sure the captain's orders are being done and also help the crew if the captain is unavailable. I'm not good enough to lead anyone."
"Ruby you can be a great leader!" Jaune said surprised at his friend.
"Maybe but I think I would be better as the sniper and focus on that. Plus, the first mate is supposed to be the second strongest, second only to the captain. We all saw Pyrrha, even when stuck three days without food and little water she was still able to kick butt."
"True," Weiss agreed seeing Ruby's point, "Pyrrha is very skilled as seen in her feats in the tournaments."
Pyrrha stepped up and looked at Ruby, "Ruby, I can't take your position. I've just joined so I can't just take an important role from you."
"Yes you can," Ruby stated firmly, getting Yang to smile at her sister showing maturity. "You would be a much better first mate then I could be. So show us what you can do first mate."
Pyrrha was stunned at how much Ruby was pushing for this. She smiled and laughed softly, "You know Ruby, Jaune was right; you would be a great leader."
Jaune nodded before he clapped Pyrrha on her shoulder, "Since Ruby is willing to step down, you got a promotion on your first day. Welcome aboard the Flying Sparrow, first mate."
The rest cheered, besides Pyrrha who laughed accepting it since none of them was willing to back down, and Emerald who looked away annoyed. Jaune turned to everyone, "Okay guys, get the treasure in the hold and into your positions, we setting off."
"Aye-Aye captain!" the crew shouted before they took off to finish their assignments. It wasn't long until the ship rose up from the dock and hovered above the town. The town people all waved them in thanks, little Rika was cheering loudly with her mother by her side. Taiyang and Qrow watched as the ship rose and then took off towards the sky. It didn't take long before the Flying Sparrow was out of sight and gone but the impact it had on the town of Stich won't be leaving for a long time.
So how was all of that? We saw Shanks of that world and yes I planned for him to have the silver eyes and also had planned for how he found Yang and Ruby which got them to be friends with Jaune and join the crew. As for the One Piece fans I know what you all must be asking. Luffy being the Pirate King/Gold Roger to this story. This was planned from the start and Luffy is pretty much the same and we might get a chance to see more of him and the Straw Hats in action later. Plus I can see him doing something like that. As for this story's One Piece…. I did debate with my co-writer about the name for it and in the end we decided it should be the same name. though instead of the treasure itself this One Piece is what will led them to the treasure. Did I go too far? Depends but I do have the plan for what the One Piece is already made and I doubt it will be the same thing in the actual series. So did I do good or did I take things too far and make the story no good? Also should there is a 'World of Remnant' section of the story for more background and info or should that be left to the story itself? Tell me all the good and bad in a review s that is the only way stories like these will get better. Flames for the sake of flames or the do nothing but fill my trash folder.
