Jurabi: Heeeeeeeelloooooooo~! This is Espada Jurabi Therion here bringing you another chapter of One Piece: The Oathkeeper Pirates. Sorry I was gone for two months...I had college work to do and I just wanted to get good grades for the semester so...I had to neglect a few things. I was working on this on the side, but I wasn't able to complete it until now, so my apologies for the delay. As I said last chapter, I will announce the final two member submissions, so please wait until the end of this chapter.

Anyways, thank you for waiting and enjoy the next main character introduction.

Roronoa Kaisetsu

~~Serket Island~~

As Monkey D. Belle, Yoshino Hoshida, and Sakuya Reevus sail their way to Chikai Island, on an island populated by criminals and slavers known as Serket Island, a black haired girl walked through the streets of the island, her eyes constantly looking around as if she was searching for something or someone.

The girl's black hair reached to her torso area with her bangs framing her face with two strands reaching down to the middle of her shoulders. She also wore two diamond earrings on both of her ears. Her intimidating eyes were black and her skin was light colored giving her a beautiful complexion. The outfit she wore consisted of a purple, leather robe dress stopping at her knees, a silver breastplate, shoulder pads of similar quality, thin, white arm warmers on both of her arms, white gloves on the knuckle side of her hand and black on the palm side, and armored, thigh-high boots. Over her purple dress was a brown belt with silver buckles along with a small pouch. Strapped on her left side hip was a katana with a purple hilt resting inside its purple sheath.

The black haired girl stopped when she reached a building called "Afterlife". She closed her nose at the foul stench of the drunken, "Ugh...do people bother to brush their teeth these days?" She asked before she entered the building.

Once she was inside, what first caught her attention was the wide dance floor. Along with it was a dining area and the bar stand, which Kaisetsu immediately went to.

At the bar stand, there was but one man with light skin and short, jet-black hair with a bang covering his left eye.

He wore a black, collar shirt with a vertical line pattern under a dark-brown combat jacket, tan gloves, tan pants, and brown combat boots.

"499,998; 499,999; and 500,000 beli!" The man said counting the stacks of money he had in front of him. "Damn...that boy wasn't joking around when he said he'd give me this much money."

"Well that sounds like today was your lucky day, sir," Said the orange haired bartender who was cleaning up a glass cup.

"Bah, I don't believe in Lady Luck," The man said as he put all of his money back into his black sack.

"So, tell me how it happened," The bartender said, "Doesn't sound like something that happens to you every day."

"I got this money on the promise that I do not disclose its origins publicly," The man said. "For now, I'm gonna blame it on Lady Luck."

"But, I thought you didn't—"

"Exactly," The man said, "So, how about a round of booze or two."

"Right away," The bartender said as he gave the man a glass of booze to drink and prepared for any refills he will eventually request.

"Mother always said…." The black haired girl thought as she approached the bar stand, "The person who knows everything is the one who's always at the bar drinking his brains out." Once she had arrived at the bar stand, she sat down next to the man and said to the bartender, "I'll have a Strawberry Sunrise, no ice, and add in one of those cute umbrellas." She had gotten the attention of the raven-haired man.

"Aren't you a little young to be drinking at a bar, Miss?" The man said after finishing his chug of booze.

"Aren't you a little old enough to understand the rule of women when it comes to age," Kaisetsu remarked with a snarky smile.

"Heh, to think a pretty lady would come to me," The man said, "Lady Luck, this better not be about my comment from before…" He muttered.

"I see you have finished counting your stack of beris," The girl said.

"Before you ask, it's a massive no," The man said with a passive aggressive tone, "I don't have time to be walking around buying dresses for some pretty girl."

"Oh my, no one's called me by that before," The girl said with a blush before she giggled, "Don't worry about me, Mr…"

"...Arrow. Falchion Arrow," Arrow said.

"Arrow, would you mind if I joined you for a drink?" The girl asked.

"As long as you don't stare at my money," Arrow said taking another chug of his booze.

"Thank you," The girl said as she sat down one seat away from him.

"Here's your order, ma'am," The bartender said as he handed the girl a glass with red liquid which appeared as a parfait with cream on the tip with tiny slices of strawberry on top along with a pink, tiny umbrella for decoration.

"Thank you, kind sir," The girl said as she took a sip of her Strawberry Sunrise before she asked, "So, what poor individual did you have to kill to get so much as 500 thousand beris?"

"Poor individual?" Arrow asked before taking a chug of his booze. He breathed out a sigh before saying, "I'm no bounty hunter. Just some man Lady Luck cursed with her damn luck for not believing in her."

"Doesn't acknowledging that it is Lady Luck's fault technically mean you are believing she exists?" The girl asked.

"Eh, I'm a weird, inconsistent man," Arrow said scratching his head, "One second I don't believe and the next I act like I do."

"I am very sorry for even asking," The girl said feeling a bit heartbroken, "I am simply curious. Please forgive me for my stupidity."

"Anyway, enough about me," Arrow said, "What's a girl like you doing in the scummiest of islands that is Serket?"

The girl took another sip of her Strawberry Sunrise, "I'm looking for someone."

"Define someone," Arrow said.

"A friend," the girl said with a smile.

"..." Arrow raised his eyebrow wondering why the girl didn't elaborate as he asked, "Well, if you're looking for this "friend" of yours, he could be in this bar, somewhere else on the island, or maybe not on the island at all. Whatever the case may be, I'm not the best person to ask for help. Sorry."

"Oh really?" The girl asked with a smile, "That's funny, because I know for sure he gave you those 500 thousand beris."

Arrow, about to reach for another chug of his booze, stopped and glared at the girl, "You watched us?"

The girl's smile turned into a mirroring glare in almost an instant, "No, I didn't." She said as her right thumb flicked on the hilt of her sword allowing the blade to slightly be shown.

"...Yep, this is definitely Lady Luck," Arrow said with a sigh before he drank the last of the booze. He turned back to the girl and saw a wanted poster in her hand.

"WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE. DRACULE KADIRI. 30,000,000 BERI."

"Damn...what did he do?" Arrow asked, "No wonder my gut kicked in when I held a gun at his head. Would have killed me in an instant."

"Tell me everything he told you," The girl said, "And I promise this conversation will have never happened in your life."

"Sorry to disappoint you, Miss…" Arrow said.

"Kaisetsu," The girl named Kaisetsu replied.

"Kaisetsu, I hate to say this but my lips are sealed," Arrow said, "All in exchange for the money you were so curious about."

"So you're not afraid to have your blood dripping from Murasaki?" Kaisetsu asked.

"You'd go that far for a wanted criminal?" Arrow asked.

"I'd go that far for a friend," Kaisetsu said.

"See here's the thing, lady," Arrow said before he pulled out a black pistol outlined with golden marks at Kaisetsu who fully sheathed Murasaki to meet the barrel of Arrow's gun, "You may have your reasonings for killing, but I have a reason to live."

"The same applies to me as well, Arrow," Kaisetsu said.

"This could go one of two ways," Arrow said with a serious glare as he stared into Kaisetsu's blue eyes with his own dark blue eyes, "1: You put the katana away, I put my gun away, and we both walk away and never shed any blood over nothing. Or 2: One of us walks about of here alive. Willing to take 2's risk?"

Kaisetsu closed her eyes and stood silent before she said, "Barkeep."

"Yes?" The barkeep asked.

"Do you have insurance?" Kaisetsu asked.

"Um, no," The barkeep said sweating, "Why?"

"So it's a fight then?" Arrow asked releasing the safety lock on his gun.

It wasn't long before the front half of Arrow's pistol fell off as if Kaisetsu had gotten through cutting it clean off; however, in the eyes of everyone else, Kaisetsu had not moved an inch, let alone grabbed Murasaki to cut the weapon.

"Wh-What the hell?!" Arrow asked.

"Ittoryu: Guanbi (One Sword Style: Close Disarm)," Kaisetsu said before she opened her eyes and prepared another attack.

"Now, both of you," The barkeeper said fearing for the state of his bar seeing the other customers, who were pirates and mercenaries, noticing the commotion between the two, "If you're going to fight, please take it outside."

"It wouldn't be a good idea to fight in a bar with other pirates and mercenaries," Arrow said, "I think we should take this outside."

"Very well," Kaisetsu replied as she sheathed Murasaki and turned to the barkeep, "I'll be back to finish my drink. Don't throw it away."

"Uh...okay…" The barkeep said as he watched the two exit his bar and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Kaisetsu and Arrow stood outside of the bar in the middle of the open road. The people around cleared the area knowing there was going to be a fight.

Arrow seems slightly irked he was fighting against his opponent.

"Ugh...as if this day couldn't get any worse," He muttered as he reached into the pockets on his coat pockets and pulled out two hand blades each with a skull insignia on the middle, "Listen, kid, I would rather not have this end in bloodshed. I've always hated fighting girls…"

"I can call this off, but only if you give me the information I've asked for," Kaisetsu said as she drew out Murasaki and pointed it at Arrow.

"I already told you that isn't going to happen," Arrow said, "Just forget about that Kadiri boy already. He's a lot more trouble than you're worth."

"You don't know him like I do," Kaisetsu said as she held Murasaki horizontally above the shoulder of her right arm, "I'll get that information one way or another. Ittoryu: Sanjuroku Pound Ho (One Sword Style: 36 Pound Phoenix)," Kaisetsu performs a circular swing, launching the air compressed projectile spiraling towards Arrow.

Arrow was caught off guard by the speed and size of Kaisetsu's attack, but quickly jumped to the right before the attack narelly grazed his left arm causing blood to slightly drip form the cut.

Kaisetsu quickly closed the distance between the two when she saw her opponent open and prepared for a fatal strike.

Arrow, however, was quick on the recovery and block Kaisetsu's attack with both of his hand blade. He pushes Kaisetsu away before taking the offensive starting with a swing of his left hand blade before his right.

Kaisetsu sidestepped out of the first strike and blocked the second with Murasaki. She kicked Arrow in the gut sending him back a few steps.

Arrow retook his battle stance after taking the kick and saw Kaisetsu rushing in for another attack.

"Ittoryu: Jiāochā Zǔhé (One Sword Style: Cross Combination)," Kaisetsu said as she unleashed a series of powerful, close combat, sword attacks onto Arrow, who blocked with both his hand blades; however, at the end of the sword combos, Kaisetsu sent Arrow flying in the air with a kick.

"Ngh," Arrow grunted as he looked down to see Kaisetsu jumping towards him. He answers this by throwing both of his hand blades towards her like daggers.

Kaisetsu slices on of the hand blades in half and tilted her head to the left to narely avoid the second one, which left a wound on her right cheek. That attack did not stop her, however, as she went in for a fatal strike.

Arrow, on the other hand, pulled out another set of the same hand blades and blocked Kaisetsu's attack, but as a result, he was sent crashing into the ground. With swiftness, Arrow managed to jump back onto his feet and looked up at Kaisetsu who was descending down towards him with Murasaki wielded in her left hand with her right hand gripping her left wrist for support.

"Ittoryu: Guānjiàn Biānyuán (One Sword Style: Critical Edge)," She whispered.

Before Arrow could react, Kaisetsu unleashed three heavy sword swings onto him. On the third strike, the swordswoman dashed through Arrow with extreme agility and proceeded to sheathe her blade, "Critical…" She whispered before she completely sheathed Murasaki.

Once Murasaki was sheathed, Arrow's body received cuts all over the skin and a major cut wound appeared on his abdomen. "Gah!" Arrow shouted blood started dripping from his mouth as he collapsed onto his ground facing the sky.

Kaisetsu turned to her downed opponent and walked towards him, "Now, tell me everything you know."

"Damn, girl…" Arrow grunted with frustration and annoyance, "Did you have to cut up my whole body like that?!"

Kaisetsu's eyes widened in shock before she shyly rubbed her head, "S-sorry...I went too far again, didn't I?"

"Went too far?" Arrow asked, "You started this whole thing by pointing your sword at me!"

"I-it for intimidation," Kaisetsu said raising her hands defensively, "Please, let me help you up."

"I'm fine...I can...sit up," Arrow said as he slowly got the upper part of his body to move to a sitting position, "Damn, you did a number on me. This is exactly why I hate fighting girls…"

"I can get you to a hospital, if that'll make things better," Kaisetsu said.

"Nah, I can handle myself," Arrow said, "Besides, you actually avoided cutting my organs, despite going too far."

"I needed information from you," Kaisetsu said.

"About Dracule Kadiri," Arrow said with a serious face.

"I know you promised not to tell anyone about what he said to you, but I must know where he is," Kaisetsu said as she got on her knees to meet Arrow eye-to-eye, "Please."

Arrow had a shocked expression when Kaisetsu pleaded to him. He rubbed his head, "Arrgh, I know I am going to regret this…" He muttered before he looked back at Kaisetsu, "Alright, I'll tell you everything, but you gotta promise when you see Kadiri, we never had this conversation, got it?"

"I understand," Kaisetsu said, "Oh, and I didn't fully introduce myself. I'm Roronoa Kaisetsu."

Arrow's eyes widen in shock, "R-Roronoa? Geez, no wonder to mopped the floor with me. Ugh...I'll never live this down."

"Yeah...sorry about that," Kaisetsu said.

"You can make it up as long as you listen to what I say, okay?" Arrow asked.

"Okay," Kaisetsu said as she readies to listen to Arrow.

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After Arrow told Kaisetsu his story and the two went to the hospital to treat Arrow's injuries, Kaisetsu returned to her one-man boat at the docks and sailed away from the island to her next destination.

"Chikai Island…" Kaisetsu muttered with a hint of worry in her heart as she makes her way to Chikai Island, "Kadiri…"

Jurabi: And there you have it: Roronoa Kaisetsu. For her cold and seemingly intimidating aggression, there's actually a sweetheart inside. She tends to take her training a little too far and this problem extends to her fights, as shown with Arrow.

Speaking of Arrow, don't assume he's one of those characters that won't be relevant later, because he will in the future. This time...THIS time I got his character down right.

As for Kaisetsu's new Ittoryu abilities, they are all translated from Chinese to English and that will be the last time I do that. It's not that I don't like it, it is simply because I don't want to overrun myself with too many different languages. Maybe when I go to another race like the Skypians, I might do that, but until then…

Now, onto the two OC's for the Scout and Helmsman positions for the Oathkeepers.

There was only one helmsman submitted to me so the obvious winner of that spot would be AlcatrazDGold's OC, Jackdaw Rob.

As for the scouts, there were two submissions, so I'll announce whose I like more. The person who owns the scout position will be WhitewolfLune's OC, Eckhart Asha.

Now, while I do like Matticus131's OC, Wilhelm Verlassen, I'm afraid his backstory was unable to make him stand out like Asha's did. I am terribly sorry, Matticus131. Hopefully someone in the future will be able to accept your OC.

Anyways, I really am glad that you enjoyed this chapter, if not let me know why in the reviews. If you really loved this story and would want more of it, please leave a favorite and a follow. Final character introduction and the story will get started! Thank you for reading and I'll see you next chapter.