Chapter 7
Now we are in Rogue town the birth and death place of none other than my father's captain I was now dressed again in my tank top with a purple lavender pattern and a pair of black pants, with my hair down
"I'll stick with Luffy ok" I said to the others and they sighed
"Good luck with that" Nami said
"Hey we grew up as kids together you honestly think he can out run me?" I asked and they all sighed "Hey Zolo here take this and buy some new swords you'll be needing them" I said handing Zolo a bag of money "we can't have a three sword swordsman with only one blade" I said smiling
"Come on Ryu" Luffy said dragging me off but then eventually we somehow got split up, gee that was a surprise
But then as I was looking around I happened upon a bar my dad wrote about in his journal 'GOLD ROGER'
But then as I walked down to the bar I saw a man with smoke coming from his mouth as he breathed and spoke to the owner who was an elderly man.
"Huh" the smoke guy said looking at me "This is no place for girls to hang out miss" he said
"Even so doesn't matter for from the looks of it you were leaving and there's no one here to hurt me so what's the problem with coming down here it actually seems safer than some of the more crowed bars in town" I said calmly
"HN" the smoke guy said walking out and I sighed
"Man who shoved a stick up his ass?" I asked and the old man started to laugh and I smiled "hey old man, tell me have you seen a guy with a strawhat around?" I asked
"Why?" the old man said narrowing his eyes and I smiled
"Because the crazy idiot's my friend" I said smiling
"Yeah I've seen him" the old man said
"So what do you think of him" I asked "You who've seen the king before his famous journey to the grand line, does the strawhat match up to him?" I asked
"Who are you girl" the old man said and I smiled
"Promise not to tell" I asked smiling at him
"Yeah, yeah sure" the old man said
"You remember Kuroichi D. Tai right?" I asked
"The great shadow pirate and first mate of Gold Roger who doesn't know him" the old man said
"He was my father" I said and the old man looked surprised "my name is Kuroichi D. Ryu" I said
"Impossible K.D. is a man" the old man said and I surrounded myself in a shadow tornado and emerged in my button down white shirt, black pants, black shoes and wig aka my normal pirate outfit
"Still doubt me" I asked him smirking and his jaw dropped as I changed back in the cover of the shadows
"I don't believe it" the old man said "first that boy and now you" the old man said
"Well that boy is my captain" I said smiling "along with one of my best friends, and we along with the rest of our crazy crew are going to find one piece" I said smiling
Later though
"man where is Luffy" I said walking in a park but then I heard a familiar yell and then in seconds none other than the crazy boy I've been looking for crashed in to me as he fell from the sky "Luffy you got to work on your landings" I said laying beside him
"Sorry about that Ryu" Luffy said "but now's time for a nape" he said and I sighed
"you do that" I said leaning against a nearby fountain but then an idea hit me and I stood on the top of the fountain and started to sing as I made shadow bowls, bowls made from shadows, float around me for people to throw money in and in the end I did in fact draw a rather large crowd of people. But when I finished I lost Luffy again. 'Can't he stay in one place for at least a little while' I thought as I sighed and collected my full bowls of money and put them in a bag
"Hey you do you have a license to perform in public" a woman with glasses and a sword asked me
"Do I need one" I asked "singing is an art which is meant to be shared to the world the money I gained was donated not a fee" I said plainly "so I see no problem with what I just did" I said blinking
"Well I guess you have a point" she said with a sigh
"If you'll excuse me miss I have to go find some of my friends now" I said running off
'What a strange girl' both the woman with glasses and I thought though the knowledge of that was unknown to either of us
Later as I walked around I found Zolo, Nami, Sanji and Usopp, with Sanji and Usopp carrying a rather large tuna, and Zolo finally bought two new swords
"Great looks like we both lost Luffy" Zolo said and I sighed
"I thought you said you could keep up with him?" Nami said and I blinked
"What makes you think I can't I just haven't really tried" I said
"What do you mean you haven't even tried?" Nami yelled
"Run for it that clowns crazy" we all heard some people yell and my eyes narrowed
"Hey Zolo, Sanji what do you say we go to the circus?" I said
"I'm in" Zolo said
"Same" Sanji said
"Nami" I said
"I'll head to the ship with Usopp" she said
"So you noticed it too" I asked
"I am a navigator" Nami said and I smiled
"Good to know I can count on you to notice things like this" I said "see ya" I said running off with Sanji and Zolo to the town square where people have said that Luffy's head was going to be on the chopping block so as we ran I changed in to my pirate clothes again
"Why do you do that, you hid your great beauty under clothes that make you look like a man" Sanji said
"simple, I plan to live a normal life once I've found the shadow fruit, so in order to live a somewhat normal life I can't be recognized as the shadow pirate" I said "so I dress like a boy in order to keep others from knowing the truth, plus it allows me to go to towns without the navy breathing down my neck" I said smiling
"Point taken" Zolo said "Now hurry up"
Then we finally reached the town square
Buggy was about to slice off Luffy's head
"Stop right there" Zolo yelled as he now had on his bandana "Luffy's just been granted a stay"
"Yeah so we'll be happy to take him off your hands for ya" I said crossing my arms
"It's the pirate hunter Zolo and the shadow pirate K.D." people yelled in fear
"Now let him go clown" Zolo said
"For once in my life I agree with sword boy" Sanji said and I sighed as I cracked my knuckles
"Let's just save our captain and leave before things get too out of control" I said
"Agreed" Zolo and Sanji said nodding
"Oh great I'm saved" Luffy said
"Oh no, you're not. Not from this angle." Buggy said lifting up his sword
"Think again big nose" I said narrowing my eyes as the shadows made Buggy unable to move as Zolo, Sanji and I fought off some of Buggy's crew
"Well, well we meet again, K.D." a familiar voice said
"Huh" I said looking at a woman who looked familiar but I couldn't place her "Damn you look like a slimmer version of that old hag Alvida" I said pointing at her
"I am Alvida you dimwit" she yelled
"Oh joy the hags back" I said with a sweat drop on my head
"How dare you!" Alvida yelled about to attack but then lightning struck Buggy's sword that I still had him pointing to the sky
"Instant lightning rode" I said smirking as the doom tower as people called it collapsed to the ground with Buggy out cold and Luffy A-OK "hey captain come on let's ditch this party" I said
"Right" Luffy said and he, Zolo, Sanji and I started to run away
But as we ran away it started to rain
"Oh shit" I said worried as hell right now
"What?" Zolo said about to look back at me
"You turn your head anymore and I'll cut out your eyes" I yelled
"Huh what's the big deal" Luffy asked not looking back since I was in the back of the group
"Let's think white shirt plus water" I yelled
"oh so your shirts going to be see threw" Sanji said then he thought about what he just said
"SEE THRU?" Zolo, Luffy and Sanji yelled
"But then people will know you're a girl" Luffy said
"No they won't" I said running passed them now wearing a cape over my shirt
"Where'd you get that?" Zolo asked
"Huh" I said looking back at him "se-cr-et" I said smiling "now let's get back to the ship"
"RIGHT" Luffy, Zolo and Sanji said
But then along the way Zolo stopped and fought with a girl from the navy the same girl I ran in to before only now she didn't have her glasses and she looked just like
"Kuina?" I asked out loud as we all stopped this drew Zolo's attention
"no she just looks an awful lot like her, and how do you know about Kuina" he asked and I hid my eyes with my bangs
"another time Zolo" I said "Luffy, Sanji let's go" I said running off but then a little farther ahead we ran in to smoky again
"Huh" Luffy said
"Hello Luffy, I've been waiting for you, you little whelp, don't you recall who I said that you wouldn't be going to the grand line unless you beat me first" smoker said
"Wait you were serious about that" Luffy asked
"You bet I was" smoker said "so get ready your about to get your chance, then I'm going after you K.D." smoker said glaring at me "we still have an old score to settle" he said and I smirked
Yes in truth I have a history with smoker since this isn't the first time I've been in rouge town and it's not the first time I've run in to smoker ether, for in truth he and I met a few years back while I was just on my own and my bounty wasn't all that high so I didn't really worry much and I ran in to him and he well he was against all pirates not just the ones with high bounties so we started to fight though I managed to win and get away and so my bounty was raised
"We'll see about that smoker" I said but then as Luffy and smoker fought it out and smoker was about to end it
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" a man in a green cloak said
"Huh I know that voice" I said
"It's you dragon one of the most wanted men in the world" smoker said "what are you doing helping this little whelp?"
"I haven't, not yet" dragon said and then suddenly a green gale of wind so strong it blew us all around
"Uh" I said now on top of some random building
"Hey you ok?" Sanji yelled
"Just fine" I said with a hand on my head surprised my wig stayed on then I jumped down "let's go" I said then as we reached the harbor we saw Nami had been blown a distance away from shore "oh great" I said
"Come on we got to catch up" Sanji said
"Right" Zolo, Luffy and Usopp, yeah he was there too, said but then as the rest of us ran in one direction Luffy ran the other and jumped and grabbed a railing to a stair case
"Gum, gum" Luffy said
"Oh no" I said running away along with the others
"ROCKET" Luffy said as he launched himself towards us and managed to launch us all towards the ship luckily the boys managed to hit the sail and land on the deck but as for me I hit the mast and landed on the deck on my head
"I think I need a nap now" I said passing out
The next day
Once I woke up I changed out of my wet clothes since I was in my room for unlike the boys, Nami and I don't sleep in the same room for I like to be alone when I sleep it… it's safer that way.
Any ways I changed in to a simple red mid-drift and a pair of black Capri pants
"Morning people" I said walking on to the deck
"Morning? It's well past noon" Nami said
"Huh so I missed both breakfast and lunch that sucks" I said with a sigh
"Huh" Nami said "Wow that outfit" she said with stars in her eyes "it's adorable" she said hugging me and I blinked
"well that's a new one" I said surprised "well anyways I'll leave things up to you all I need to do some mental training in my room for a while I just came for some food" I said walking in to the kitchen
"Hold on I'll make you something" Sanji said about to walk in
"no thanks Sanji" I said walking out with a simple sandwich "when I train I don't like to eat very much so it's a good thing I woke up without breakfast or lunch" I said walking to my room and while I was down there I was oblivious to when they entered the grand line for Luffy made sure no one went to get me for he knew when I was training it was because I needed it not to become stronger but to keep others safe. I was even oblivious for when we entered misty peak but oh well
By the time I finished training it was already night time and I could hear numerous explosions
'What's going on?' I thought changing in to my pirate clothing and walking out on deck 'Luffy and the others are over there so what's happening now?' I thought jumping off the ship and running on shadows above the city only to spot Luffy and Zolo having some kind of argument and boys being boys they're having a fight to settle it.
"Enough" Nami said punching them both
"What were you two idiot's fighting about anyways?" I asked walking down some stairs made out of shadows
"Ryu" Luffy said then I noticed a girl with long blue hair looking at me and I looked at her for she looked terrified and I closed my currently purple eyes
"Who's the girl" I asked as I stepped on to the ground and I opened my now normal eyes
"Her names Vivi and she's a princess" Nami said "we'll be getting a big reward when we take her home safely"
"Reward?" the girl Vivi said confused and I sighed and walked up to her and she froze
"judging by your reaction your aware of who I am" I said circling around her "but you needn't worry it's not like I plan to kill you or anything" I said with my bangs hiding my eyes and she swallowed hard in fear "besides if I did I'd be punished by my long time friend and captain" I said and she looked surprised as I smiled back at Luffy "right Luffy"
"Yep" Luffy said smiling
"besides that if I were to kill you, than I could end up in a war between the people of your country and myself something I'd rather avoid" I said "plus I see no point in killing people that have done me no harm" I said and she looked surprised at me "so don't worry I don't plan on ever harming you and since you're in our crew's protection I'll do everything in my power to keep you safe" I said then I got down on one knee and bowed my head "With everything there is a shadow it is the duty of those cursed by the shadow fruit to become that shadow to those they see unjust to become the opposite yet similar, a shadow. I am the last of these people, I am the last of the shadow pirates and so I will do in my power to keep to my word and to protect those whom I have befriended" I said
"Hey enough with the sappy speeches and let's go" Zolo said
"Right" I said
"Please I don't have a berry on me so I can't give you any reward" Vivi said since Nami was talking to her now
"What but" Nami said
"I've heard rumors about how Alabasta's been going rather downhill for the last few years with droughts and other disasters the people have even started to retaliate against the king blaming him for the bad weather" I said standing up and crossing my arms
"Yes and it's all Mr. zero's fault" Vivi said
"Zero huh" I said "sounds familiar, mind telling me his name" I asked
"No just knowing his name is like a death sentence" Vivi said
"Ok Ryu let's just forget that" Nami said
"But he sounds like one of the war lords I've met before" I said
"WHAT YOU'VE MET A WAR LORD?" Nami yelled
"yeah" I said plainly "I've met a majority of them when I was traveling on my own, for you see apparently my father traveled around after I was about five leaving me and my mom. While he was traveling he ran in to a few of his old buddies from the grand line aka some of the war lords. They had a few drinks one night and my dad wouldn't shut up about how he thought I might even be a better shadow pirate then him one day and that I might join the crew of the next king of the pirates and that crew might just beat every single one of them." I said with a sigh
"But one of the warlords didn't like that and they managed to get my dad in a room full of nothing but light one day. There they managed to kill him for without any form of shadows, a shadow pirate has no way of using their powers to avoid attacks and as a result my father was butchered to death" I said with my bangs hiding my eyes
"Months later some of the war lords came to visit to give my mother and I the terrible news for they found my father's rotting corps months after the murder. It was then that Mihawk started to teach me how to use a sword. He said my father would have wanted me to be without a weakness" I said clutching my fists "Soon after all the war lords visited our home to see the next would be great shadow pirate as I trained against my mother and Mihawk when he stopped by. The war lords tended to think of our home as a vacation spot, if you will, for we lived on an island alone and without any other form of civilization or communication out of the island. It was also there that one of the war lords got mad at my mom when she insulted him and he killed her cold blood right in front of me."
"He just smirked I still remember the words he said to me 'One day little shadow you and I will fight and you had better be stronger than your father, or else you will die'" I said with anger in my eyes "Since then the war lords avoided visiting me, not like they could find me that is. I kept moving from place to place training to become a great fighter so I can kill that one man, so I would be without a weakness or so I thought, then I met Luffy" I said smiling "And I accepted only one form of weakness" I said
"One form of weakness?" Zolo asked and I nodded
"Since my greatest enemy was and always has been a war lord my only weakness has ever been the fact that I've made friends and if anything were to happen to them" I said closing my eyes "I think I'd lose all control and go on a killing spree lost in rage without any control, that is why I've forever decided to protect my friends and if the time comes that I meet that man again you all must stay far away and if needed leave me behind" I said
"What? No way Ryu we couldn't do that" Luffy said
"Luffy" I said "When the time comes and I meet him again I don't care if you never forgive me but I will force you to leave me to ether die, or survive alone" I said with my bangs hiding my eyes
"No" Luffy said "we'll come back once the fights over and you'll be the winner" Luffy said crossing his arms and I laughed
"But you don't understand Crocodile will kill you all" Vivi said
"Crocodile?" Zolo said "is that his name"
"Oh no" Vivi said covering her mouth
"Look what you did" Nami yelled at Vivi then a vulture and an otter appeared above us and flew off with drawn pictures of our faces
"Crocodile huh" I said smirking "it's been a while since I've seen him, this'll be interesting" I said as my eyes flashed purple but then a man dressed like Vivi showed up with about four dummies saying that he'd distracted the Baroque Works aka the bounty hunters after us who work for the crock but in the end the guy was blown up and we all ran to get to the ship, and Luffy dragged Usopp and Sanji with him.
Once on the ship I went in to the room where we steer the ship and I steered it out to sea well until I heard some yelling out on deck
"What are you doing here, miss Sunday" Vivi yelled
"The Miss. Sunday?" Nami asked "something tells me this isn't good"
Ok sure I was listening from the other side of a door but I was also waiting for a perfect opportunity for I could feel that right in front of the door was this Sunday woman.
"she's partners with the big Boss, Mr. 0" Vivi said and I instantly started to think up a plan while they continued to talk for a bit something about how Vivi and that guy from before the one with a load of curls followed Miss. Sunday to learn about Mr. 0 identity but the truth was Miss. Sunday lead them there on purpose then she ratted them out and now she was helping us by giving us an eternal compass for Alabasta but since she ticked off Luffy by taking his hat at one point he smashed the compass so I decided to step out
"so your miss Sunday" I said, now standing behind her and I could sense as she tense up slightly as she looked back at me and her eyes widened slightly
"Well, well the shadow pirate, the princess sure did find a crew full of strange people" miss. Sunday said
"shut the fuck up" I said as my eyes flashed purple "you work with crocodile right" I said using the shadows to wrap around her neck then I felt her use her power to try to stop me but I turned in to a shadow so it had no affect on me
"Hey where'd Ryu go?" Luffy asked looking around for I disappeared to him but in truth since I became a shadow and stayed that way for a while
"Do give my old friend crocodile a message" I said appearing behind miss Sunday standing on nothing but air "tell him a little shadow has found its way in to the grand line and has only one question for him, how does he plan to kill a shadow?" I said holding miss Sunday off the railing she was sitting on, by a shadow around her neck then I sent her to her turtle she was riding "and do hurry I hope his reactions is just as I hope it to be" I said smirking as miss Sunday rode off on her turtle
"Ryu you can be really scary when you want to be" Zolo said and I sighed and fell to the deck "Hey you ok?" he yelled
"Ryu?" Luffy said running up to me
"Sorry just a bit tired I was training all day yesterday and all night last night so just let me sleep" I said falling asleep
"And he's the great shadow pirate?" Vivi said and the others laughed "huh what are you laughing at?" Vivi asked
"Nothing it's just funny" Nami said
"Yeah" Luffy said
"Sorry angle it's just that Ryu here isn't a boy" Sanji said
"Yeah Ryu's a girl" Luffy said laughing
"See" Nami said pulling off my wig and letting my hair fan out around me
"Eh?" Vivi said "but, he was so cool" she said with a sigh
"I know what you mean she's a heart breaker without even knowing it" Nami said
