The ship pulled into the dock, the plank was lowered and the crew stepped off.
"We should put up our flag soon" Azrael said
"Yeah as soon as one of us gets a bounty. We can't be a pirate crew where not even one of us is wanted." Leroy told him. "Here's the plan Azrael you get supplies and stuff, and whatever you need to finish fixing the ship. Octavius and I are going to do some shopping and find ourselves a new navigator." Leroy patted Octavius on the back.
"So meet back here in an hour…" Azrael started as he walked off towards the rest of the pier "Oh and Leroy don't spend all our beli we only have so much"
Leroy sighed as he and Octavius walked towards town. "I would love if someone could guard the ship but we don't have that kind of man power right now" Leroy said thinking out loud "So Octavius this the first town you've been to what do you think?"
"Well it just seems like a bigger village" Octavius stated truthfully. Leroy laughed
"It sure is, you know this is the third town I've been to." Leroy told him
"Really?"
"Yeah you see most of this world is filled with water, there are islands and most of these islands have only have one town. Azrael and I just started this journey and we haven't seen much yet but I'm sure that change real soon." Leroy led Octavius into a clothing store.
"So if anything catches your eye just tell me… keep in mind that you'll most likely be fighting in these clothes from time to time." Leroy told him. Leroy thought of Azrael and himself. Azrael was always wearing fingerless gloves, cargo pants and some t-shirt. He looked down at his clothes. He would probably need new clothes that worked with devil fruit although that was a matter in itself. It would probably be best if he got a shirt that he could take off quickly. Octavius walked up to him with a maroon trench coat a gray shirt and blue jeans.
"That's what you're going to wear?" Leroy asked. Octavius nodded
"The coat will conceal the bow and quiver on my back. If I wear the quiver like a belt, I can take my bow off my back with my left hand while retrieving arrows with my right" Octavius explained.
"You don't have to conceal your weapons. We're pirates we do what we want we're free!" Leroy exclaimed. All heads turned toward them. "Oh maybe I should have said that a little lower. Let's get out of here" Leroy picked up a vest as Octavius put down the trench coat. They approached the store clerk he was shivering. Leroy checked his pockets for beli.
"Oh it seems I forgot my money on the ship. Mind if I pay you later?" Leroy asked
"Take whatever you want just spare my life," The clerk responded before ducking under the counter.
"Ok… I guess" Leroy said as he walked out with Octavius. They were heading back to the ship when Leroy turned around. There where about five marines behind them following them. They started running towards them once they realized they had been made. Leroy and Octavius began to run too
"Hee… how unlucky" Leroy stated "Split up and head for the ship" He instructed Octavius only to look around and see he had already vanished.
"I can't believe this kid disappeared. He better be on that ship when I get there" Leroy said as he turned a corner and ran into a clearing. He looked around there were no civilians present. Perfect he thought, as he stopped. The marines caught up to him. There where three of them. He guessed two of them went after Octavius.
"Stop right there pirate scum" the one in the middle said.
"Good job you guys caught yourself a pirate. I'm Leroy of the King Shark Pirates maybe you've heard of me" Leroy said smugly. Now that he had introduced himself all he had to do was show them his power and a bounty would be in the works in no time.
"Never heard of you or your pirate crew. And no one ever will because you die right here. Justice always prevails" The one who stood in the middle spoke he seemed to be the leader. The other two had their rifles pointed at Leroy.
"Justice, justice this justice that, that's all you marines ever talk about is justice" Leroy said enticing them.
"Shut up. They won't care if we bring you in dead or alive" He turned away from Leroy. "Fire"
Leroy senses spiked. He could see everything clearer. He could smell the fear of the marine on the right. He saw the sweat trickle down his face as he began to pull the trigger. Leroy heard the sound of the gun go off as he dodged slightly to the right avoiding the bullet from the marine on the left. Leroy rushed forward grabbing the base of the rifle and pushing it upward as it went off. Both marines where stunned.
"If your going to kill somebody you have to be sure you want to pull that trigger" Leroy said to the marine in front of him. The marine let go of the rifle as he backed up in fear he fell back. He left Leroy holding the rifle. The leader turned around surprised to hear Leroy's voice. The other marine recovered from his shock and shot Leroy in the back.
"Oww… that could have really hurt" Leroy stated as the bullet fell to the ground. Where Leroy was shot his shirt had a hole in it. His skin looked like scales and there was a little bit of blood trickling down. Leroy turned around and grabbed the rifle with his free hand. He snapped both of them in half.
"What are you some monster" The leader said
"No I just ate a devil fruit" Leroy said with a smile.
"Men retreat" He said running off the other two close behind.
"And my work here is done" Leroy said wiping his hands "Now back to the ship this time with our flag raised high"
By time Leroy found his way back to the ship, Octavius was sitting on deck. He had already changed clothes now sporting the shirt and pants he had bought.
"Nice of you to leave me" Leroy said
"Didn't you say to split up" Octavius responded
"Yeah but you were gone before that" Leroy retorted as he took off his shirt. He winced at the slight pain where he got shot, his adrenaline wearing off. "I got shot thanks to you if it wasn't for my devil fruit I could be dead" Leroy said as he put on the vest he had gotten. Azrael walked on deck carrying a box filled with supplies.
"Perfect now we can leave" Leroy said
"Wait now. I was going to do some repairs to the ship, since I kind of did it in a rush job when we were on the last island" Azrael replied.
"Well the marines might be after us so we leave now" Leroy told him
"Leroy what did you do?" Azrael asked
"I earned us a bounty. Now set sail," Leroy ordered. Azrael nodded as he went to raise the gangplank. Octavius headed for the sails. Leroy helped him. Azrael raised the pirate flag as Leroy took the helm. They were off. Just as they left marines crowded the port looking for them.
"Wow good thing we got out of there" Leroy stated
"Yeah good thing" Azrael started "I'll be making repairs to the ship try not to crash it" he finished as he headed below deck.
"We didn't even find out the name of that island" Leroy thought out loud
"So what are Marines?" Octavius questioned.
Leroy thought for a second "Marines are… well they are essentially what most of the world would consider the good guys. Pirates are evil and it's the Marines job to stop them. Now don't get me wrong there are evil pirates as you've seen for yourself, and a majority of them are, but there are worse evils even within the marines." Leroy told him.
Octavius nodded before standing up "What's that?" He said pointing in the distance.
"I don't see anything" Leroy said a little less than a minute passed and something came into view it was still far in the distance. Octavius was now in the crow's nest
"It looks like a ship" He called down
"Does it have seagulls painted on the sails?" Leroy asked
"Yeah" He responded
"That's a marine ship. Good thing you saw it now we can avoid them"
"Wait it looks like they're being attacked by a sea king," Octavius stated
"Even more reason to avoid them" Leroy replied. The Den Den Mushi next to the helm began to cry loudly the signal for an S.O.S.
"Just ignore them Leroy, just ignore them" Leroy told himself before making a sharp turn towards the marine ship.
"Prepare for Battle" Leroy called out through the COM system.
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