Hello

Here is a new chapter. Also The updates may not come as regularly. I will try to publish a chapter within week. Also if you haven't notice. Jaune is acting a little bit different. Why? It's his devil fruit. I am someone that believes that a devil fruit has a small influence on how someone acts and what their style is. Since Jaune has eaten the Dendo-Dendo no Mi, he can be hasty about some things. Why he grew out his hair is also an influence of his fruit. Lightning is associated with gods, divine beast, or noble creatures. Jaune's hair is like his pride. He's not going to act like Yang who will hospitalize someone for touching her hair, but it is still important to him. That's all I have to say

Enjoy the Chapter


So it seems that sneaking in through someone's window was not the best of ideas. While Jaune is far from stupid, his own excitement can get ahead of him. Right now the owner of the room that he has infiltrated is trying to stab him through with a spear. While the spear strikes were fast, they were not fast enough for Jaune to be alarmed. He kept moving out of the place where the spear would strike next. Seeing that she had no plans on stopping soon, he grabbed the spear on its next strike and yanked it from her hands.

"Okay, I admit that sneaking into someone's room will cause for them to panic, but can you hear me out?" He said. He felt the chances of getting her on his crew were beginning to fade away. Sneaking into her room was probably a big hit to his chances.

Right now, Cara was not in the best position right now. She couldn't fight well without a spear and her spear was across from her in the hands of this man. From what she tell, he was pretty strong.

"Fine," she said.

"Great. So I just got here recently and I was walking around and I saw you fighting. You easily defeated each one of your opponents in less than a minute. The moment I saw you, I knew that you had to be on my crew. So I followed you here." Jaune said.

"You're a pirate?" Cara asked.

"Yep, just started two days ago," he said.

"Why would you want me on your crew? Do you even know who I am?" She asked. Who would have the gall to ask a princess to join their pirate crew?

"Not really," he said sheepishly.

Okay so that explains it. Well it seems that she would have to be the one to educate him. "My name is Cara Cappadocia. I am the princess of the kingdom of Cappadocia. Now I will ask you again. Why do you want me on your crew?" She said.

"Because you're good at fighting and you will meet a lot of strong people if you do join," he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Jaune decided to get comfortable and sat down on the ledge of the window.

Okay, so he had a point there. It is true that she loves to fight and if she did, she would have the opportunity to fight people out there who are stronger. Everything that he said was true. But she was a princess and she couldn't just leave.

"I am the princess. I have duties that I need to attend to. I can't just leave because I feel like it."

"Yes you can. Besides, do you even like being a princess?" he asked.

No, Cara didn't. In fact, she hated it. It was boring, everyone around her had a false persona, she had no freedom, and people only knew her as the princess. She didn't want to be known as some dainty princess who was just going to be married off. Even though she thought this she didn't say it.

"And how do you know what I like?" she asked.

"I don't really know what you like, but I do know that you like to fight. I can tell from looking at this spear, that it has been through a lot. I don't think people would like you fighting, so I guess that is why you have that suit of armor. I didn't even know you were a girl until you took that armor off. Plus, if you walking off from the training grounds that early in the sparring, then they must not be that good. You won't get stronger if you stay here, so why not come along?"

Everything he said was true. She has been disappointed recently with the skill of the soldiers. Or maybe it was that they couldn't keep up with her anymore. No one there is able to match her anymore and it was annoying. The offer was tempting, but she still couldn't. She had responsibilities.

"I will have to refuse the offer," she said.

Jaune deflated at the response. He was really hoping that she would agree. Maybe there was some other way that he could convince her. He was going to have to think about that later. He got off from the ledge of the window and walked over to hand the spear back to Cara. He began to walk back to the window since it was his only way of getting out without getting caught. Before he left, he decided to say one more thing.

"If you ever change your mind, I will be here for the remainder of the week," he said. He climbed through the window and leaped out. Cara looked at the spot where he sat for a good five minutes. She was contemplating what happened and the opportunity that she was presented with. The opportunity to become stronger than she was now. She looked at the spear in her hands. It old and beaten, and looked like it was going to break soon. She was going to have to get another one later.

She walked to her closest and stowed her gear away. It was already nighttime, so she began to put on her sleepwear for tonight. As she laid down in her bed to sleep, the thought of seeing the world and becoming stronger kept pervading her thoughts. It wasn't until about a couple hours later where her eyes naturally became heavy that she finally fell asleep.


-The Next Morning-

Cara woke up. It was early in the morning and she felt tired. Her eyes were bloodshot and she had dark rings surrounding her eyes. Just as she was about to go back to sleep, her butler Yoppo came in. He walked in with her morning breakfast and tea, just like every morning.

Yoppo showed no signs of exhaustion. Although he had some wrinkles due to age, his face was vibrant and young. His tuxedo was neat and nothing seemed to be out of place. His greying hair was combed back neatly with not a hair out of place. His face was barren of any facial hair, due to shaving this morning.

"My lady it is time to wake up, your breakfast is ready," he said. The only thing that he got in response was a loud groan. Usually the word breakfast was enough to get her up. Cara was someone that did not play around with food, so that means that she was really tired if she was not responding to the mention of food. If he could, he would let her sleep in, but she had duties to attend to. "My lady, you need to wake up. You have your lessons that you need to get ready for."

There was a short pause of silence until Cara decided to finally speak. "What's for breakfast?" She asked. She still didn't want to get up, but maybe food will make her feel better about it. She didn't like most of the food that the chef cooked. A lot of it was too exquisite for her taste. She has asked the chef to cook her a simple meal before, but he seemed offended that she would ask him to cook commoner food.

"A spinach omelette with peppers and cheese with a side of beans and toast," he answered. She considered her options. She didn't like spinach and she didn't like beans and toast. She was just going to have to make due. She sat up in the bed and beckoned Yoppo over to her. Yoppo began his walk towards her and set the tray with the food and tea in her lap. She stared down at the food with tired eyes. She picked up the utensils on the tray and began to eat. Today was going to be a long day, she could feel it.

After she was finished eating, she called in the maids to dress her. Once she was dressed, the hairdresser came in and began to work on her hair. For her hair it takes a while to get all the knots out and comb it to get the luxurious waviness her hair is known for. While her hair was being groomed, both her hands and her feet were being attended to.

She woke up at around six in the morning and now it was nine by the time that she was done and ready to start her day. She was given personal tutors in many fields and subjects that she was required, as a princess, to know. She had tutors in geography, history, speech, math, science, art, etiquette, dance, and singing. This was her whole day and she hated every minute of it. During no part of the day did she even smile. By the time she was done, the sun was beginning to set and the soldiers were about to start their sparring training.

"Yoppo, cover for me," she ordered. As always Yoppo complied. The reason why he did so was because this was the only thing that was exciting her. It was also a great outlet for her since she was always so stressed from the day of tutoring and lessons. He was not that worried about her getting hurt since was better than most of the soldiers. He was willing to do this small favor for her if it kept her happy and content. He watched with a smile as Cara rushed off to her room.

Cara reached her room and slammed the door behind her. She tore open the closet with vigor and grabbed her armor and spear. Today was long and horrible like she expected and she was frustrated. She quickly put on her armor and went to the training grounds. She didn't care if the soldiers weren't good enough anymore, she needed to release some steam.

The spars have started and Cara began to mercilessly beat all of her opponents. She viciously began each spar with an attack that quickly disarmed the opponent and had them conceding. Even though she did this, she didn't feel any better whatsoever. She was now getting frustrated at how incapable these soldiers were when it came to combat. The sparring participants were now looking at her in apprehension, not wanting to fight her. Her frustration began to grow from these thoughts, until she heard a familiar voice call out to her.

"Hey, do you want a sparring partner?" It was Jaune. He was standing in front of the training grounds with a relaxed smile. She glared at him. He may have been able to disarm her the night before, but that was only because they were in a closed spaced. Now that the area was more open, what chance did he stand against her?

"Fine," she said in her fake deep voice. She wanted to see what he was capable of. Hopefully he was able to keep up with her, but she highly doubted that. Jaune beamed with excitement and walked up to her. The soldiers looked at Jaune and snickered. No has been able to beat the armored man in a duel before. He didn't look like much from what they could tell. They would enjoy seeing someone besides themselves getting beaten. Even though Jaune heard them laughing at him, he paid them no mind.

Jaune was now standing across from Cara. They both got in their stances, ready for the fight to start. Once the sparring instructor said start, Cara blasted off towards him. She saw that he had no armor and flipped her spear, so that the bottom was facing forward. She extended her spear arm in a piercing motion. When the spear neared Jaune, he brought up his leg and blocked it with his shin. There was a loud noise from the force of the attack, but Jaune didn't look to be in any sort of pain.

Cara brought back her spear and began to do rapid stabbing motions directed at Jaune. Jaune dodged each and every one of the attacks with practiced ease. The attacks were fast, but they were nothing compared to his master's strikes. Cara began to incorporate a variety of attacks into her assault. From side swipes to twirls of the pole. It was a very stylish attack form, but still very formidable. Jaune blocked and dodged all of the strikes. He hasn't attacked once since this whole fight. Was he not taking her seriously? She withdrew from her assault.

"Why aren't you attacking? Do you not see me as a worthy opponent?" She asked. He was beginning to piss her off. Did he think that because she was a girl, that she wouldn't stand a chance against him?

"No, it's not that. It's just that you aren't taking me seriously either," he said.

"You aren't wearing any armor, you could get hurt if I'm not careful enough. Now, come at me with all that you have." She said. She got back into her stance, ready to attack once more. Jaune looked her and just sighed. Suddenly he disappeared, which greatly alarmed Cara. She looked around for him, but it was too late because he had planted his knee in her abdomen. The force of the strike was like nothing she has ever felt. She stumbled back a few steps to keep herself from falling over. She looked up and saw that he was smiling at her.

"Will you take me seriously now?" He said teasingly. To add insult to injury he made the come hither gesture.

Cara glared at him. She flipped her spear so that it was now pointing at him. She was going easy on him before, but now it was no holds bar. She blasted off faster than before, but Jaune didn't even seem be surprised. She expertly twirled the spear and used the momentum from the spinning to land an angled slash aiming for his shoulder. Although Jaune wasn' surprised by her foot speed, he was surprised by the speed of the attack. He narrowly dodged the attack by moving back. Cara carried through with the strike and it hit the ground shattering the earth beneath. The impact created a five-foot crack in the earth. Jaune was going to need to get serious. Jaune vanished again planning using a surprise attack.

Cara tried to avoid the attack, but failed once again. Soon, he started appearing and reappearing all over the place. He would confuse her and attack her in intervals. At first Cara kept getting hit, but soon she was able to narrowly avoid the kicks. She started striking back herself. She had to utilize every sense in her body to avoid and counter those attacks. Finally, she successfully dodged one of his kicks and went to counter. Sensing the danger of the situation, Jaune pivoted his body and brought his foot up to block the head of the spear. Cara pushed on her spear, but his foot didn't seem to budge.

They were at a dead lock when Jaune did something that she would have never expected. Electricity began to coil around his foot. With a mighty push causing Cara stumbled back, Jaune flew back from the push, but he recovered by landing on one foot. He pushed off with his planted foot with his electrified leg in the air and flew at Cara.

"Dendo-Dendo no Cannon Shot!" He shouted. The attack was a lot stronger than any of his others that he hit her with. Cara doubled over from the hit and started coughing up spit. Seeing that this was Jaune's victory, the sparring instructor stopped the spar. The soldiers who laughed at Jaune were now in shock. He just defeated the person that they thought could never lose, and to top it all of he was a devil fruit user.

Jaune began to walk over to Cara who was clutching her abdomen in pain. He extended his hand towards her to help her get up. He looked down at her with a compassionate smile. Cara looked up at him and grit her teeth. She slapped his hand out of the way.

"I don't need your help!" She shouted.

Jaune looked at her sadly. Jaune turned around and then began to walk off. Cara watched his back as he left. She thought back to the fight that just happened. That was the first time that she has ever pushed herself that much. She was tired, she was in pain, and she was sweaty. Even though she was all these things, she remembered the thrill and excitement that she felt. Even after he delivered that last strike, she was ready to get up and keep fighting with everything she had. She wanted to fight him again. With the pain in her abs fading away, she began to go in search of Jaune. She was going to find him and she was going to have him fight her again.


-With Jaune-

Jaune was now walking around town planning to go eat one of the restaurant. Thankfully, Mana gave him some money to start off with before he left on his journey. He really did have a lot to thank her for. As Jaune walked past a gap between two buildings, he heard something.

"Psst."

Jaune's thoughts were interrupted and stopped in his tracks. He turned around to look at the source of the sound. From the gap was an armored hand beckoning him over. When he saw the armored hand, he assumed that it was Cara, since he doesn't think that a soldier would be hiding between buildings. He walked over to the gap, curious about what she wanted. When he looked in the gap, he saw who he assumed to be Cara still in a suit of armor.

"Hey Cara, what do you need?" He said. As he said this, Cara shushed him and put a hand over his mouth. She began to look left and right making sure that no one heard what he had just said. Once she was sure they were in the clear she released her hand from his mouth.

"Don't say my name out loud dumbass. I'm not supposed to be out here," she said.

"Okay got it. So what do you need?" He asked again. Although he couldn't see her face due to the helmet, he could tell from her body language that she was uncomfortable.

"You said that you were going to be here for the remainder of the week right?" She asked.

"Yeah, I did say that," he said. What was she getting at?

"Well…could you come tomorrow and spar with me?"

Jaune wasn't really expecting to hear that. From how she has acted towards him, he thought he wasn't well liked by her. It just seems that she wasn't used to losing.

"Sure," he said.

"Really?!" she said excitedly. Her voice echoed due to the helmet she was wearing. What was that about not letting people know you were here?

"Yeah, I'll just be around town doing errands to get money. I won't have much to do at the end of day." He said. He didn't have a lot of money left on him. Starting off is pretty hard. Jaune began to walk. "See ya," he said.


-The End of the Week-

Each day for the remainder of the week, Jaune was Cara's sparring partner. In that time, Cara learned a lot from each fight they had. Though it was a short amount of time, Cara learned how move her body more efficiently, Her strikes were much more precise, she could put more power behind her attacks. While she didn't win any of the fights, she enjoyed every spar. One day in particular, Cara was curious about why Jaune wanted to be a pirate, and so she asked.


-Flashback-

"Hey Jaune," she said. All the soldiers were gone from the training grounds and now it was just them. Cara was dead tired. Due to his training, Jaune was only slightly winded. The sun couldn't be seen anymore, but there was still a small amount of light.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"Why is it that you decided to be a pirate?"

"Why so curious?" He asked teasingly.

"I just am,"

"Well, it started when I got shipwrecked and landed on an island…" He began to recount his series of unfortunate events and what led up to his decision to becoming a pirate. "So that is when I decided to be a pirate. I wanted to go throughout the world and find meaning in my life and at the same time fulfill my master's dream. This like a second chance at life, so I'm not going to take it for granted."

"Isn't the life of a pirate dangerous?" She asked. It's true. You are labeled a criminal, you have to worry about the threat of the Marines, and the chances of dying are extremely high. Why would anyone want to be a pirate?

"Yeah, you're right that the life of a pirate is dangerous. But it is also a life that offers the most freedom. Most of my life, I've always been scared of taking risk and instead chose the coward's way out. It's not a dream, if you're not willing to risk your life for it. That's why I chose to be a pirate. It's a life of freedom, danger, and discovery." His was calm and full of confidence. Cara stared at him with an inkling of respect. He was someone that was willing to go that far for his dreams. He didn't care what anyone said, he was still going to do it. She thought back to his offer from a few days ago about joining his crew. She didn't know what it was, but she felt that she could put all of her faith in him and he wouldn't let her down. She felt that this man here had the power to change the world. And she wanted to be there to see it happen.

"So this is your last day here right?" She asked.

"Yep, I'll be leaving in a few hours," he said.

"What if I said that I wanted to come with you?"

"Then I would wait for you to get ready."

-End Flashback-


It was now nighttime, and right now Cara was getting ready to leave. She was going to be pirate. She discarded her armor and chose to wear something stylish. She was sitting in her room in front of the mirror in a high collared purple sweater and tight black jeans. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her had went for scissor on her dresser. She bunched up her hair and cut off a good length of hair. After that was done, she stood and walked out of her room.

Where she was going to was the armory. The spear that she usually used was close to breaking due to years of abuse and now she needed a new one. Once she made it to the armory, she began her search for where the spears were in the dark.

She finally ran into the spears and was about to grab the nearest one until she looked over and saw another spear separate from the others. The head of the spear a lot bigger than any of the others. Unlike most spears, this one only had one side and it seemed to have a curve to it. The shaft looked like it could withstand the worse of attacks. It looked simple in design, but it was powerful. She picked up the spear to see how it felt in her hands. It was heavy, but nothing that she couldn't get used to. She decided that she would take this one with her. As she was leaving, a candlelight shined on her face.

"My lady, what are you doing in here?" It was Yoppo.

"Yoppo, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"This is around the time that I patrol the property. Now what are you doing here?" He asked sternly.

"I'm leaving to become a pirate," she said. A spike a fear and apprehension began to rise in the butler.

"What are you saying, you can't be a pirate. You are a princess, you have duties to attend to," he said. He was hoping that he could make her see reason.

"I don't want to be a princess. I want to be free, I want to face strong opponents, I want to live a life worth living." Cara began to walk past Yoppo, until he grabbed her hand with the tightest grip that he could muster.

"I allowed you to go the training grounds because I saw that it was a good outlet for you. You were good enough to best the soldiers so I was not worried about you getting injured. But I will not allow you to go out there and possibly die. The people out there are monsters. You won't stand a chance against them," he said.

"Then I will get stronger. I will become strong enough to stand above the rest," she said. She was adamant about this. Nothing was going to change her mind.

"You won't be strong enough no matter what you do! You will never be able match them! It is only a fools dream!" He shouted.

Cara's eyes went wide. Seconds later, her eyes narrowed and she yanked her hands from his grip. She looked at him with the hardest eyes.

"I'm still leaving and I have nothing else to say to you," she said. She ran out the armory and towards the port where Jaune was waiting. Yoppo began to chase after Cara, but she was much faster and he was not as limber as he once was. He stopped seeing that it was futile trying to chase her. He runs to alert the soldiers in hopes that they can stop her.


-With Jaune-

Jaune was sitting at the port waiting for Cara's arrival. Right now he was staring at his rowboat. He was wondering how Cara was going to feel about it. It seems that his question would be answered soon because he could hear her footsteps. He turns around and sees Cara running to him in new stylish attire and her hair was shorter as well. She began to slow down once the distance between them got shorter until she stopped.

"Why are you wearing that?" He asked.

"What do you mean, these are my casual clothes. They were pretty cheap to. Only about 50,000 beri," she said. Jaune almost choked when she said that. 50,000 beri is not cheap at all. Jaune just sighed and accepted it.

"So where's the boat?" She asked. She was looking around wondering which boat it was.

"Right there," he said. He pointed at the rowboat. Cara stared at the boat. She stared at it for a long time. The more she stared at, the angrier she got. She turned to him with a face of rage.

"You expect me to get on that?" she asked.

"Well do you have a better boat?" he asked.

"Well…Actually, I do," she said in realization.

"Well then lead the way." He said mockingly.

Just as she was about to retort, the clattering of metal footsteps could be heard. Jaune and Cara turned to see, the soldiers armed.

"There they are, get them!" The soldier at the front yelled. They ran towards them with the intent to injure Jaune and detain Cara. To slow them down, Jaune did a rapid roundhouse kick, which produced a blade of wind and hit the soldiers. While it was not strong enough to break their armor, it did the job in slowing them down.

"Well we better get that boat you were talking about," he said. Cara nodded and they both ran down to the port to the ship. The soldiers recovered from the attack and began to chase after them. While they were a good distance away from them, they would be able to catch up to them when boarding the ship. Noticing this, Jaune grabs Cara by the waist and carries her under his arm.

"What are you doing!" She yelled

"Making more distance between them. Keep Looking for the boat," he said. On the next step, he pushes off with a great amount of power. The distance from the soldiers increase drastically. Jaune kept running until Cara tells him to stop. It was medium size boat. There was nothing special about it, but that could be changed later on.

Jaune did another rapid kick that cut the rope keeping the boat in place. He air walked onto the deck of the ship. He began to get the boat ready to set sail. Although he has never physically done this, Mana drilled into his head what to do. It took him some time to know his way around. He let down the sail and the boat began to move. He saw the soldiers in the distance, but he didn't need to worry about them anymore.

The soldiers stopped seeing they had no way of catching up to them in time. They decided to go back and report what happened. Jaune saw that they were leaving and finally relaxed. He looked over to Cara, she looked nervous. It seems that she was realizing what she had just done, and the consequences that would ensue.

"Hey," he called out. She turned to him wondering what he was going to say. "Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?" He flashed a toothy smile at her. Cara's expression relaxed. She didn't know what it was, but there was something about him that made her feel that everything was going to be alright.

"Yeah, lead the way captain," she said. The ship sailed into the night. This is the beginning of Jaune's rise to top.


-With Yoppo-

The princess was gone. The soldiers came back a while ago and told him what happened. They said that there was a blonde man that she was with. Maybe he was the reason that she was having these delusions? He walked to his office. The whole way there, his thoughts were filled with worry for Cara. He finally reached his office and went straight to the den-den mushi. He dialed in a number and waited for the other line to pick up. Someone on the other line finally picked up.

"What it is Yoppo?" It was a deep and menacing voice.

Yoppo gulped. "The princess has escaped saying that she was going to become a pirate. The soldiers said that she was seen with a blonde man."

"What?" The voice was steady, but irritation was clear in his voice.

"I don't know anything else." Yoppo was sweating in fear.

"…I will deal with myself," the voice said.

"…Yes my king."


And that is the end of chapter 7. So Jaune has unknowingly got himself into some deep shit. So like I said. The schedule that I will try to stick with is a chapter once a week. Also, is anyone willing to do cover art for this story?