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Okay, so I have pretty much outlined good amount of the story. This Chapter, Jaune will finally go out to see the world. It is finally happening. I'm actually really excited and scared because this is going to be much harder to write now.

Enjoy the Story

4 years have gone by in a flash. Right now, Jaune is at the shore of the island, sitting in a crossed legged position. He wasn't training today or doing any chores. It was one of his off days. He was just sitting down looking out at the vast ocean contemplating his time here. He has learned so much and has come so far in these four years. In these four years, he has learned to properly fight against others. At one time, he was afraid that he was not going to have enough experience when he left, but that thought was eliminated about a year ago.

-Flashback-

Even though a lot of Jaune's training is combat, Mana still is able to sneak in some regular exercise. Although, doing handstand pushups in the sand with a giant boulder as a weight is not something that is seen regularly. Jaune didn't seem to be bothered by the weight whatsoever.

"231,232,233,234,235,236…" As Jaune was doing this, Mana was drinking until she looked up and saw a moderate size ship sailing towards them. She raised an eyebrow and took another swig from the bottle. Must be some wannabe pirates. It doesn't happen often since not many people come to these parts. She would have Jaune deal with them. It would also be good to see for himself far he has come.

"274,275,276…"

"Jaune," she said to get his attention.

"Yeah?" He asked. He paused in the middle of what he was doing.

"Get up, we have company." As she said this, she pointed outward toward the sea.

Jaune bended his legs and launched the boulder of his feet. He flipped himself back onto to his feet and looked where she was pointing. He put a hand over his head to cover his eyes from the sun.

"It's a ship," He says.

"Obviously," she says.

"What do you want me to do about it?"

"Make it go away?"

"I can't get into the water cause I'll sink, and if I shoot from here they'll be stuck out there." Mana sighed in frustration. This was her island. HER island. They are on her property and she wants them gone now. It seems that they will have to wait for them to land before they can kick them out.

It didn't long for the ship to come to shore. Mana and Jaune looked up at the ship and heard cheers from the ship. They saw someone come up to the helm of the ship. It was a man that looked like he hasn't showered in days. His wardrobe is comprised of mostly navy blue. From the cliché hat and coat he was wearing, they could tell that he was the captain.

"Land Ho!" The unknown pirate yelled. When he did, more cheers could be heard from the ship. Soon, all of the crew members began to climb off the ship and walked to shore. There was about twenty of them in total. They didn't seem to notice Jaune or Mana at all. Just as they were about to walk inland, Mana called out to them.

"Hey, dumbasses!" She called out to them. She was even more annoyed. First they come onto her island and now they don't even notice her. She was going to make them pay. They seemed to have heard her and turned to find whoever called them dumbasses. They looked around until their eyes were fixed on both Jaune and Mana.

The captain didn't think much of Jaune, but his heart skipped a beat when he saw Mana. She was beautiful. They wanted her. It got pretty lonely on a ship full of men. At that moment, he decided that he was going to have her. He puffed out his chest and walked over to the object of his affection with swagger.

"Argggh, what is a fair lady like yourself doing in these dangerous waters?" The captain asked. He gave her his best smile. His teeth were rotting and he already had a few of them gone. The exposed part of his body were covered in grime, and his facial hair was uneven and had food stuck in it. He must have smelled bad because Jaune who was the closest to him at the moment was squeezing his nose to block the smell. Mana scoffed at the question. There was nothing dangerous about this area at all. Plus, he was trying to use an obviously cliché "pirate" accent. She was right. They were just wannabe pirate.

"Well Jaune, what are you waiting for? Get them off my island." She said. She wanted them gone now.

"Since when was this your island?" He retorted. She feels like she had something to do with that smart mouth he has now. The captain was looking between the two that were now arguing. He was being ignored. He didn't like that. In anger, he took out his pistol and pointed it at Jaune's head. This got their attention. Jaune didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that he had the barrel of a gun on the side of his head. In fact, he looked annoyed more than anything.

"Can you not?" He asked calmly. If this was a few years ago, he would have been scared to death. As time went on, he found things that were much scarier, like his master. She was a scary woman when she wanted to be. This man before him wasn't scary at all. He was just a man with really poor hygiene.

"You best not offend me anymore boy," the pirate captain growled out. Jaune kept looking at him with a neutral look. Suddenly, Jaune vanished and reappeared behind the captain. He raised his leg high and delivered an axe kick to the top of man's head. The wannabe pirate dropped his gun and fell on the ground in an unconscious heap.

The captains crew looked at Jaune with shock and apprehension. It wasn't every day you saw someone seemingly teleport and knock someone out with only one hit. They then realized that they had numbers on their side. They rushed at Jaune and let out a war cry. They drew their swords and guns with the intent to kill. Jaune rushed at them. The pirates fired their guns, but Jaune once again disappeared from sight. He reappeared in right in front of them and kicked the one at the front and sent him flying. This caused for the pirate sent flying to crash into his comrades and knock them over.

Jaune weaved through the pirates effortlessly, while at the same time consecutively knocking them out without fail. There were only two pirates left. One came behind Jaune and put him in a full nelson. That poor pirate didn't know who he was grabbing. Sparks of electricity began to come off Jaune and shock the pirate holding him. Unable to handle the shock, the pirate let go. Jaune positioned his body to deliver a powerful donkey kick to the one that grabbed him.

Now there was only one. It seems that he was pretty shaken up considering that some kid beat up his comrades in less than two minutes. Jaune turned his head toward the last remaining pirate. Jaune walked over to the captain and kicked him over to where the rest of the unconscious crew was.

"Take your captain and your crew and leave," he ordered. The pirate got to work and began to get each one of his crew members onto the ship. Once he got the captain aboard, Jaune walked over to the ship and pushed it with his foot. The ship flew off with the force of the push. Jaune turned to Mana who decided that it was better to just sit and enjoy the beat down.

"Happy?" He asked.

"You need to learn how to use your devil fruit for more than just shocking people," she responded.

-End Flashback-

Yes, he did finally discover his devil fruit. It was called the Dendo-Dendo no Mi (Zap-Zap Fruit). To put it simply, he was an electric man. He could conduct high amounts of electricity from his body. In the time that he has had to really practice with it, he has only learned how to properly control and use it for combat. Even though he has learned a lot about his power, he still feels as if there is so much more that he is capable of doing. What it is? He doesn't know. What he does know is that it isn't a fruit with a stupid power. As he thought this, the sea breeze came and blew on his moderately long hair.

For two years, Jaune hasn't cut his hair. His hair now reaches a his upper to mid back. His hair had a certain characteristic of wildness to it, but at the same time it held a noble grace. It was like lightning, a regal and wild force of nature. He doesn't know why he doesn't want to cut his hair, it just didn't feel right if he did.

Having spent enough time at the beach, Jaune decided to get up and walk back to the cottage. He also needed to have a very important talk with his master. As he walked through the forest, he looked around and reminisce. He was going to miss this place a lot. Jaune decided to take it slow walking through the forest because this maybe the last time, he will see this place in a while.

-The Cottage-

Jaune finally arrived at the cottage. This cottage that he has lived in for four years that he has been here. In front of the small house, he saw his master. He saw that she was sitting down enjoying a drink to herself. He doesn't know why she likes the taste of alcohol so much. That didn't matter right now though. What mattered was what he had to talk to her about.

"Master," he called out. Mana stopped her drinking and looked up at him.

"You called?" she responded.

"Can we speak inside?" there wasn't a difference between the outside and the inside. It is just that a lot of important talks were done inside the cottage. Mana got up from where she was sitting and walked inside. Jaune followed her in. Once inside, they sat down and got themselves comfortable.

"So what was so important that you needed to talked to me about?" She asked. She put the bottle away and had her full attention on what her student was about to say.

"I think that it's that I leave," he announced. He felt that it was time. It was time to go. Jaune could feel it in his gut. He didn't know what it was, but his gut told him that it was time to go.

"You haven't even completed your training. You still haven't gotten to the top of the mountain. Why do you feel the need to leave now?" She asked perplexed. Jaune was strong and as he was now, he could get to the red line with no problem.

"I don't know. All I know is that I feel like I will miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime if I don't go now," he answered.

Mana was silent. She kept her jasper eyes fixed on the person she had the privilege of seeing grow. She remembers when they first met. He was once a boy that wasn't so sure of himself. He wasn't the strongest, but he had a good heart. Now she sees a man in front her who was now all the things that he wasn't before. He wasn't perfect. He still had some problems, but that is what makes Jaune, Jaune. She was sure that he would do fine out there.

"Okay," she simply said.

"Really?" He was surprised. He was sure that she would have refused by saying that he wasn't ready.

"Yeah. I feel that you're ready and getting real experience out there will help you excel even more. I didn't really have anything left to teach you anyway." She seems to be taking this very well. She stood up and made her way towards the door. "Let's get you a boat so you can get out of here."

"You have a boat?" He was surprised. He thought she was going to have him make his own.

"Yeah, it's just on the ship." She opened the door and walked out towards her old ship. Jaune shot up and ran to catch up to her.

-20 minutes later-

It was a rowboat. It was a nicely made one, but all the same it was a rowboat. This was the boat that he would start his adventure in. He doesn't know why he was expecting something more. As Jaune looked at the boat and sighed while sagging his shoulders.

"From small beginnings comes great things," he quoted.

"That's the spirit," she said spiritly. "Now get in the boat."

The boat was already in the water. Jaune climbed on sat down. He picked up the paddles and looked at his master. He flashed her a smile. One that was filled with spirit and determination. Today, was the day he would begin the long climb to the top. He was ready. Mana saw this and smiled back.

"I promise that I'll make you proud. I will find my dream and complete yours at the same time. I will stand at the top with the best." He announced.

"I know you will. You are my student after all. I expect nothing, but the best. 'Plus you've already made me proud,' she thought additionally. Jaune pushed off with the paddle and began to float away from the shore. Once he was deep enough, he began to row. Mana kept her eyes on him.

He was leaving. She actually didn't want him to leave. She didn't want to be alone again like she was before. Even though this was how she felt, she didn't express these thoughts. She couldn't just keep him here. She didn't notice that she was crying until the first tear slid down her face. She wiped the tears from her eyes and waved. Soon, he was out of sight.

- 2 Days later at The Town of Symmestria-

Symmestria. A beautiful port town owned and ruled by the royal family of Cappadocia. It wasn't a big town, but it wasn't small either. In the middle of the town is a grand mansion that stood higher than any of the buildings or houses. In the mansion resides the daughter of king of the Cappadocian kingdom. Her name is princess Cara Cappadocia. She was in every sense of the word a princess. Her beautifully decorated black hair, her angelic face, her exquisite wardrobe, and her model like figure. Many have fallen victim to her charms and ask for her hand in marriage. Each and every one of them she has refused.

Right now she was sneaking out of the mansion. Before she could leave, she was going to need someone who could cover for her. Her personal butler, Yoppo, was the only one that knew what she did and made sure that she didn't get caught. She walked into her room and opened her closet. In it was just a bunch of dresses. She ignored those and pushed them to the side. In the back of the closet were holes that allowed grip. She put her fingers into the holes and pulled. Lo and behold there was something behind it. It was soldier armor that she stole from the barracks.

She stripped out of the dress that she was wearing right now and began to equip the armor. As always the armor was uncomfortable, but it did well to hide her appearance. Once she was done equipping the armor she reached into the closet again and what came out was an average bladed spear. Once she had everything, she snuck out and made her way for the soldier training grounds. This was around the time that the soldiers would be doing mock combat. Good thing was that they let others who were interested in learning join.

Once Cara made it to the training grounds, she called out to the soldiers in a deep voice to not get found out. She would come here regularly to fight the soldiers. She first started doing this about 7 years ago at the age of 14 when she became intrigued and wanted to experience what it was like to battle. She loved fighting. It was the thing that excited her most. It also helped that she a natural affinity towards, especially with the bladed spear. As of now, she was able to outmatch all of the soldiers in battle.

It was the same as usual, find a sparring partner, spar for 10 minutes and then find a new partner. The problem was that she was too quick with her spear and broke through their defenses quickly and had them yield. Doing this regular routine was beginning to get boring to Cara. There was no challenge at all. After two more spars, she decided that she was done and left the training grounds.

-With Jaune-

Jaune's first two days as a pirate weren't the best. It took him 2 days to actually row himself here to this town and he didn't have anywhere to sleep. Afraid that he might fall into the water, he decided to sleep on one of the roof in the town. His back seems to hate him for that now. Things weren't looking up until he saw him. His first potential crew member. He was exploring the town and wound up at the training grounds and this one person effortlessly defeat "his" sparring partners in less than a minute.

It seems that the person was not satisfied and left. Jaune decided that he was going to follow him. He began to tail the armored "man" from a safe distance. The "man" didn't seem to notice Jaune tailing him. The location that Jaune followed the "man" to was a mansion. Jaune cursed at this. He couldn't go inside himself. He decided to get a view from up high. Jaune jumped up high and started jumping on nothing but air.

-With Cara-

Cara walked into the mansion. No one was going to question her because they thought that she was one of the guards doing patrol. She was stressed. She hasn't had a good fight in a while. The soldiers here only know how to do basic combat and nothing beyond that. At her real home in Cappadocia, the soldiers were much more skilled and experienced. She wanted a challenge.

She thought about this as she was nearing her room. She opened the door and slammed it shut. She took off the uncomfortable and sweaty armor. She was going to have Yoppo clean them later. Underneath she was wearing jean shorts and a tank top with a simple brand. While she like to fight, she would rather that she doesn't have to wear that suit of armor. As she was putting the armor and spear back in their hiding place, she heard a voice from outside.

"So you're a girl?" the voice said. She jumped at this and saw a blond man about her age standing at the window looking at her. "My name is Jaune Arc," he started. "And I want you to join my crew."

And that is the end of Chapter 6. This chapter is shorter than most, but I saw that it was good to stop here. I don't like this chapter that much because it seems too rushed from my perspective. So yeah, Jaune has finally met his first crew mate. And she is a princess, not like that is not going to cause him any trouble. By the time I post this, there should be a character sheet for Cara.

See you in the next chapter.