The Stranded Pirate

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece and the OCs belong to their creators.

"Hey Russell," Zen said. "How long until we reach the island with this Reinhart guy?"

"It'll be a few more days, why?" Russell asked. He was looking at the map the old man had given him and was wondering if Reinhart would be able to help them.

"Well, we're starting to run low on supplies, we should look for an island to stop at and re-supply," Zen replied.

"Didn't we just get supplies at the last island?" Russell asked, wondering how they could have gone through their food so fast.

"That was a couple of days ago, not to mention that some of the food we had started to spoil," Zen explained.

"I can't believe that you bought rotting food," Russell joked laughing at his only crew member.

"You're not pinning this on me! You should have brought some food that doesn't spoil so easily!" Zen said.

"Hey, relax. We're almost to another island. We can get supplies there and maybe look for a new crew member," Russell said.

"Yeah, it would be nice to have someone else around here," Zen agreed. "It's hard to be feared pirates if there are only two of you,"

~A While Later~

"Sooo, this is it," Russell said looking around.

"I guess so," Zen said, also looking around at their surroundings. The island was fairly small. It mostly consisted of a small village and a moderate sized forest. The two looked around the village for a bit before they found all of the supplies they needed. When they were down they decided to go to the bar to look for potential crew members. They sat down at the bar and ordered a few drinks.

"Ya know Zen, we need to get some money and soon," Russell said taking a sip of water. "If we don't, we won't have enough to pay Reinhart for his information let alone buy a ship,"

"We could always, you know 'borrow' one," Zen said putting emphasis on borrow.

"Yeah, I guess so. But, I'm no ship expert; I mean what kind do you think we need?" Russell asked.

"How should I know?" Zen asked. "What do I look like, a shipwright?"

Before they could continue their discussion, they noticed a group of men harassing a young woman. The woman had a light blue shirt, tan pants, and a plain white jacket. She had shoulder length blonde curly hair; she was also fairly tall and quite pretty. She seemed annoyed at the group pf men and finally told them to leave, however they didn't listen.

"Are you guys' deaf or just stupid?" Russell asked seriously.

Everyone in the bar stopped talking when they realized who he was talking to. One of the men looked at him angrily and asked. "What did you just say?"

"Oh, what do you know, you were right Russell, they are deaf. I guess I own you fifty beli," Zen said as he fished out the money.

"Who do you think you're talking to!" the first man yelled. His friends got up and drew their weapons.

"Keep your money Zen, it looks like they're idiots too," Russell said as they got up and ready to fight.

However, before the two groups could began, the woman was being harassed smacked the leader with a chair and knocked him out. "Man, that guy was annoying," she sighed. One of the man's lackeys swung his dagger at her, but she drew a rapier and blocked the attack before she disarmed him. Another lunged at her, but was stopped by Zen.

"This fight seems a little unfair don't you think?" Zen asked. It was then everyone realized that he was blocking the blade with his hand; the bone had come out and formed a protective coating over it.

Before anyone could react, Zen pushed the man back and punched him with his bone covered fist. Russell jumped forward and kicked another one. Soon, an all out brawl started between Russell, Zen, and the girl and the guys who were harassing her earlier. Before too long the men who had been bothering the girl were unconscious.

"Well, that was disappointing," Zen commented dryly.

"Yeah, I didn't even need to use my scythe," Russell said disappointedly.

"I don't know you guys but thanks," the girl said. "My name's Pearl, Pearl Fallsing,"

"No problem. We enjoy giving punks like that crash courses in manners," Zen said grinning. "The name's Zen by the way. And this here is Russell, he's my captain.

"Hmm, say Pearl," Russell said getting the girl's attention. "You're pretty good with that sword. Why don't you join our crew?"

"Crew?" Pearl asked tilting her head to one side.

"Yeah, we're pirates!" Russell said enthusiastically. "And we could really use some new members. So what do you say?"

"I don't know," Pearl said. They seem nice, but what if they turn out to be like my last crew?

"Is something the matter?" Zen asked. Maybe we shouldn't have mentioned we were pirates.

"Uh, not really, it's just that I was part of a pirate crew before and well… let's just say that it didn't end well," Pearl said thinking about how they had acted which led to her leaving and being stuck here when she realized she had no money.

"Oh, so you have experience on a pirate crew," Russell said grinning. Now she really had to join.

"Yeah, I worked on several pirate ships before. I was the doctor, or medic, or whatever you call it," Pearl said.

"Perfect!" Russell said excitedly. "We could use a doctor! Hmm, we'll also need a cook, and maybe another navigator," Russell began to list all of the occupations that needed to be filled.

"Another navigator? You can't really call yourself the navigator," Zen said.

"Hey! I'm good at navigating. It's just that I get busy sometimes so we might need someone who can spend all of their time doing that," Russell said defensively.

"So, if Russell's the captain, what does that make you Zen?" Pearl asked.

"I'm the first mate," Zen said grinning.

"More like the guy I go to when I need someone beat up," Russell said jokingly.

"Sure, sure, laugh it up," Zen said. "But, if the crew ever gets out of control don't come crawling to me,"

"You do realize that there are only two of you, right?" Pearl asked.

"I'm talking about later. We're going to have the best crew that ever sailed the seas," Zen said.

"He's right," Russell agreed. "We're the next greatest pirates!"

Hmm, the next greatest pirate eh? Maybe they are better than my last crew. Pearl thought. "I'll tell you what, you help me with a problem I have and I'll join your crew," Pearl said.

"Really!" Russell said excitedly. "Okay, what do we need to do?"

"These guys," Pearl said gesturing to the unconscious men on ground. "Work for the mayor of this town. Only, he's less of mayor and more of a local bandit leader," Pearl explained. "The people here have been under his thumb for way to long, if you can help me get rid of him, I'll join you," Here's the moment of truth, if they agree…

Pearl didn't get to finish her thought when Russell asked. "Is that all? We'll take care of him, won't we Zen?"

"Sure, I could use a good work out," Zen said grinning. But, he suddenly turned serious. "Besides, if he thinks he can oppress all of these kids, er I mean, people. Then he's wrong,"

Pearl was surprised that they agreed and so soon. "Okay, then! Tomorrow, we'll take this village back!" Pearl said.

"Yeah!" Russell cheered. "Uh, quick question, where can we find a place to sleep?" he asked sheepishly.

"You guys can stay at my place for tonight. Come on follow me," Pearl said and led them out of the bar.

~Meanwhile~

The so called mayor of the village was sitting at his desk counting the money he had extorted form the villagers, when a man walked into his room. The man was young, probably in his early twenties. He stood around 5'11 and had flaming red hair and bright red eyes which stood out against his pale skin. He wore a bomber jacket with a fur collar and a white shirt, with black jeans and large tan boots. However, the two most noticeable traits about the man was the bag he had slung over his shoulder and the constant, insane like grin he wore.

"You must be Mr. Mahto. What can I blow up for you today?" the man asked.

"I take it you're Archy the Anarchist?" Mr. Mahto asked.

"That's me," Archy said. "Now, what's the job?"

"The job is simple. There is a pest, a former pirate named Pearl Fallsing, that I need… taken care of," Mr. Mahto said. "She lives in the woods not too far from here. Just get rid of her, I don't care how you do it as long as it gets done,"

Archy started to laugh, it sent chills down Mr. Mahto's back. He could tell his new employee was not exactly… mentally stable. He shrugged it however. It didn't matter what kind of person Archy was, as long as he got the job done.

"So, when can I start burning and blowing things up?" Archy asked eager to get to work.

"Right now," Mr. Mahto said grinning evilly.

~At Pearl's House~

"Well, here it is," Pearl said, showing them the cabin she was living in. "It's not much, but its home,"

"It looks nice," Russell said. "It seems peaceful here too,"

"Yeah, it's nice and quiet, no one to bother you or anything. It must be nice," Zen said.

"You really think so?" Pearl asked. "I think it's kind of boring. It's a nice place here and all but I want to an adventure, sail the seas fight marines, take treasure. You know pirate stuff,"

Russell and Zen relaxed after they heard her say she thought it was boring. "Whew, we thought you liked it here, so we didn't want to offend you," Russell said.

"Yeah, to be honest, if I just stayed here forever I think I'd go crazy. I need excitement and adventure," Zen said.

"Exactly!" Pearl said. "That's why I became a pirate in the first place. Well, at least it's why I'm still a pirate," Pearl said. She sounded kind of sad as she said that last part.

"So, why did you become a pirate?" Russell asked.

"Uhm, well, you see…" Before Pearl could think of an excuse a loud explosion drew they attention. "What was that!"

"It sounded like it came from the village!" Zen said. They all dashed off to see what was going on.

So much for peace and quiet. Russell thought as he raced ahead of his friends.

Back at the village everything was in flames. People were running and screaming. They gathered their family and ran towards the docks, hoping to board a vessel and escape the pyromaniac burning the village. All the while Archy was laughing like a mad man. However, Mr. Mahto and his bodyguards ran up to him.

"You idiot! I told you, Fallsing lives in the forest, not the village!" Mr. Mahto yelled.

"Yeah, but I don't feel like walking that far, it's much easier to just get her to come to me. Besides, how could I pass up the opportunity to burn so many buildings?" Archy said with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

"If you think you're getting paid you are dead wrong. Now stop destroying the village this instant!" Mr. Mahto yelled.

Archy turned towards Mr. Mahto and glared at him, yet still grinning crazily. "I don't like it when people tell me what to do!" Archy yelled as he hurled what looked like a baseball towards Mr. Mahto and his men. It soon exploded and Mr. Mahto and his men went with it. "It was never about the money," Archy said to no one in particular. "It's about all of this glorious fire!" Archy began to laugh his psychotic laugh again.

AN: Well I've been gone a long time. I'm sorry, but between school work and other projects I've been working on, I haven't had much time. I will try to have the next one soon. Once again I am sorry, now please review and tell me how I did; if I portray someone wrong please tell me! Happy St. Patrick's Day!