Birds flew over the Straw-Hats heads, chirping at them as they walked down the trail in the forest. Morisondo was leading them, followed by Kevlan. They all followed, still in sorrow and depression, yet they tired to keep it to a low, as to seem strong. They passed a little pond with a waterfall with it, watching little animals playing in the water and looking at Morisondo. He waved to them and they squeaked and waved back, running around in the water. They passed by many tall luscious trees, bearing some fruits.

"This is one of my three ships…" Morisondo said, looking back, smiling. They looked around, picking the fruit off. They continued on their way and Franky walked up next to him.

"You built this I assume?" asked Franky, raising his sunglasses. Morisondo smiled and nodded.

"Yes sir I did. Took very long… surprised no one noticed it!" he laughed and continued forward. "It is one of the three largest island ships. Top one is Thrillar Bark, then my ship, then this one." Morisondo said and took a fruit off the tree and eating it. He smiled as they continued forward, passing by another lake, and crossing a bridge that connected one side to the other.

"So… Why exactly did you put an island on a ship?" Robin asked, looking around, smiling softly.

"Well, this is Simons home island… plus a few others that were under the threat of destruction." Morisondo said, looking back. They started going down a hill, the brush thickening as they went down. They pushed the bushes out of their faces and when they got to the bottom of the hill, the Straw-Hats gasped at the sight. They had stepped into a large town. The ground was a smooth grey stone, with little cracks. There was a large fountain in the center of the town with a large statue of Simon upon it, in his vine form. Morisondo smiled and took a deep breath in and sighed.

"This is the ships main town, Rose-Thorn!" he said and they smiled, looking at all the buildings and stalls. The buildings were a light grey color with bricks. They had all open windows and people walking around talking and laughing. They all noticed Morisondo as he walked forward and they all greeted him, cheering. He smiled and waved to them all, women going up to him, giving him fruits and telling him how much their kids missed him. He laughed and took the fruit, telling the kids he will tell them all of his tales when Thursday comes, and to make sure they bring lots of fruit for the hike. As the Straw-Hats walked towards the large stone temple shaped building, they began to notice exotic and strange foods, ones obviously not native to North or West Blue.

"Ummm, excuse me, but what are those fish?" asked Sanji asked, looking at a large fish that had rainbow scales. The color change with each angle you saw it at, shining a brilliant display.

"Those are Rainbow Prism fish. They are a very rare species in the Grand Line, but we have a few hundred of them. We have all sorts of endangered creatures upon the ship, knowing that people can be cruel. What we do is we put them in an environment where they can survive if put back into the wild, and simulate events that allow them to eat. We make sure they have a healthy population before we start to harvest them. Such animals you would see here are Rainbow Prism Fish, Origami Fruit, and the rare Green Gorilla." Morisondo said, walking forward and they looked at him.

"Green Gorrila?" asked Usopp and Morisondo nodded, pointing forward. Ahead of them were large creatures with light green cloaks with dark green fur, the yellow skull mark on the face was white on the "skull nose" and light green on the eyes, and appeared to have yellow flat somewhat cubed hands and feet. They were carrying large Axes, waving at the people as they walked forward. Morisondo approached one and they all stopped and looked at him.

"It's good to see you again!" Morisondo said and they made a monkey noise in response, jumping up and down. He waved to them and told them later he would explain his adventures to them all if they make sure to not cause trouble. They nodded and continued on their way, as the Straw-Hats were led to the temple.

"What were those?" stammered Nami, shaking. Morisondo chuckled, opening the door to the Temple.

"They are distant relatives to the Blue Gorilla. Though they look the same, the Green Gorillas' are more rare and quite fearsome. But since we ha shown them that we are peaceful, they have come to be allies with us and even to join us." he smiled and opened the door and music could be heard from the door beyond the stairs. The room was lit by torches and Morisondo led them down the stairs and opened the door wide. The music stopped and the room got silent. Morisondo grinned and snickered.

"Oh so when I get here you don't want to party?"

"Why would we party with someone who thinks he can parade around as a pirate when he works for the Government?!" shouted a man wearing a white shirt and black pants. The room was silent and then it burst into laughter and the music started up again. They all cheered at him and some got up to greet him.

"Good to see you captain!"

"You must tell us of your adventures!"

"Mori." came a males voice from the crowd. The crowd parted and a man with red hair, red eyes, and a light red scar on his right eye. He was wearing a striped green and white shirt and grey pants, smoking a cigar. His hair was short and stuck out in the front as he looked down at Morisondo. He stood roughly around six feet tall and was fairly well built.

"I see you made the news…" he said and took out a sheet of paper and slammed it on the table. It was his wanted poster, reading one billion beli. They grinned and all cheered and drank their grog, dancing and singing.

"You finally are considered a pirate?" the man said, puffing out a cloud of smoke. Morisondo shook his head.

"Not yet… Hopefully when we can initiate Project Fang, I can make my impact on the world… but you need to keep a low profile… Simon." Morisondo said, looking up. The Straw-Hats gasped and growled, taking their weapons out and facing Simon. He looked at them and all the other pirates stood up, taking their weapons out.

"You…" snarled Zolo, taking out all three of his swords. Simon sighed and closed his eyes.

"Zolo… you all.. I am sorry. What I did was wrong… I know that. But understand I was doing it because-"

"Because why?!" shouted Zolo, tears flowing down his face. He held one sword tip to Simons neck, the sword shaking. "because we were fighting you for attacking our ship and tearing off His leg?! What good is in that?! You savagely attacked us and Murdered our Captain and friend!" Zolo shouted, Simon lowering his head.

"You can say that you are just doing a pirates thing, attacking other pirates, but I think that you are adding insult to Luffy's death by showing us all pity!" shouted Zolo and Morisondo placed his hand on his sword.

"Zolo. Nothing I can say can fix this. It's my fault for not stopping my subordinate from attacking… I wish I could do something… but I am trying to do something. You just have to wait a little longer. Then I will show you what is going on." Morisondo said and Zolo dropped his swords ,falling to his knees. The rest of the Straw-Hats did the same, all of them crying. Simon sighed and tapped Morisondo's shoulder.

"I know this is a bad time… but we must discuss our plans"

"No. Not here. I am not in the mood."

"However Captain…" came Richards voice, twirling his wand. "Marcus and Tortuga both want us to meet at Arabasta. It's the only safe spot…" Richard said, sitting on the table. He nodded and drank a mug down quickly.

"Why…" came Robins voice, and Morisondo looked down. "Why are you like this?!" she shouted and Morisondo quirked a brow.

"Explain yourself, Nico Robin."

"You're an Admiral!"

"Vice" he corrected her.

"You are a man of justice and the opposite force of the Pirates, yet here you are, the captain of a Pirate group! Why?!" She shouted and Morisondo sat down, sighing.

"If it's my past you wish to learn about… then I will tell you what I can…' He sighed and everyone looked at him.

"Sir…"

"It's alright… but they deserve to know this…' He looked up at them , his blue eyes quivering.

"It all started… roughly around eight-teen years ago… when I was five years old…"

There was a small island on the edge of the Grand Line, home of some Marine's. It was a Marine base commanded by one woman, who led them all in battle against pirates and sea kings; Charlene Morgana. She was the Marines Hand-to-Hand expert from South Blue. The small island was inhabited by only one hundred people, half of them marines. The Island was buildings built upon bedrock. The buildings were not tall, only one to two stories high. There was one empty side they used for docking and for the kids to play in, and in that space there were trees and grass, moved their from distant land. The Marine base was visited once a week by a transport ship, giving them supplies they ordered out of a catalog. The time was around seven fourteen PM and there were people smiling and talking.

"Mori-Kun! It's dinner!" and down the stairs ran five year old Morisondo. He smiled at the woman who called his name. She had long silver hair that fell to the middle of her back, and grey eyes. Her skin was smooth and she had a very slender figure. Her bust was above average size and she had very long legs and average sized arms, standing around six or so feet. She smiled and helped the boy to his chair, a plate of Fish on the table. He smiled and took his glass of apple juice and drank it. The woman sat down, crossing her left leg over her right, smiling at the boy. She was wearing grey short shorts, exposing her slender legs, and a shirt that exposed her midriff and some of her stomach. The shirt was white and had the marine symbol on the back. There was a knock on the door and the woman looked at the door.

"Come in…" she said, her voice soft and sweet. The door opened and a man walked in, tan from the sun. He had blonde hair and green eyes, smiling at the woman. He was wearing the standard Marine Uniform, saluting her.

"Charlene -Sama. We must know what you wish to do about the bonfire tonight. Shall we have Sea King meat?" he asked and Charlene looked at Morisondo.

"Don't ask me, ask the Food Director." she smiled, pointing at Morisondo. The man nodded and saluted him, kneeling down.

"Well sir? What should we have? Sea King meat?"

"Yea! Make it like you always do, Tom-San!" he smiled, and Tom laughed, standing up.

"Will do lil'man!" he said and he walked out. Charlene smiled, eating her food and watching Morisondo.

"So how was your day, Son?"

"It was good mommy! I played with Kristin!" he said, smiling.

"Oh? And how is she?"

"Good! Kristin is still being shy around me! She needs to play more!"

"Well maybe you can ask her to come to the Bonfire with us and bring some of our special meal of-" Charlene didn't get to finish her sentence as the house began to shake. She stood up and looked outside, seeing a large ship approaching with a pirate flag. She gasped at it, her eyes shrinking.

"It can't be…!" she said and Morisondo looked at her.

"Stay here Mori! Mommy will be right back!" she said, closing the door. She dashed to the other Marines that began to form and they watched as the ship docked.

"What is going on?" she asked and Tom shrugged, looking up. They waited for a bit and then a figure appeared on top of the ship.

"Greetings Marines… Bashaahahahahah!" came a loud deep voice, and from the ship jumped a dozen or so people. They all landed one after another, one knee on the ground and one fist in front of them, the other arm behind their back. In the center landed a large figure, laughing. As the dust cleared the marines gasped, staring at a bunch of Fish-Men. They snickered and stood up, taking their swords out. The only ones that didn't were the three largest figures. One of them as a light pink Fish man, who had eight tentacles that protruded from his waist. They wiggled and moved around as he looked at the Marines, baring his sharp teeth. He was wearing a dark blue vest and a gold necklace, having short black hair. He stood around seven feet tall and had five foot long tentacles. The second Figure was five feet three inches tall, and had large blood red crab claws on his arms. His skin was blood red on the back, but a beige color in the front. He dug his six, sword like legs into the ground, and whipped his large scaly ridged tail. He had no smile on his face, nut his eyes gazed at the people in front of him. Barntel clicked his claws and snorted, steam shooting from his nose. And the final figure to not draw a weapon was the tallest, eight foot tall Great White Shark. He had pale skin, tree trunk sized arms and legs, and a very buff upper body and buff lower body. He had a large fin on his back that was angled down, protruding from his long mangy black hair, resembling that of Arlongs. He was wearing no shirt, but baggy grey pants held up by a large red bandana. He laughed, his teeth shining in the sun as his black eyes gazed upon them all.

"You all are marines? Pheh! This will be easy!" he said and a Marine shot at him, hitting his chest. The bullet hit him shattered, turning to dust as sparks fell. The great white sneered and Barntel looked at him.

"You are Ochura Zamken aren't you?" said Charlene e standing forward. Ochura laughed heartily and smiled at her.

"Of course I am. And that is Barntel Uma and this is Lechka Shin!" the three sneered and laughed. "I will make my demands simple. Just surrender this island to us and become our slaves, or die here and have all you own be destroyed before your puny human eyes!" he laughed and the citizens murmured, looking at him. Then, Charlene stood up and Ochura sneered.

"What say you?"

"I say 'Fuck off'!" she said and Ochura growled and back handed her into the crowd.

"That will teach you to back talk me, bitch…" snarled Ochura and he looked around, hearing a distant yelling.

"The hell is that? What the hell is that?" he kept saying, the yelling getting louder. Then, out of the crowd, a blur leaped over everyone and shot at Ochura. He took a step back, and he was kicked in the head, his teeth smashing together, shattering. He roared with his mouth closed, blood shooting from his broken teeth as he was kicked into the ground. The blur vanished and appeared in front of Ochura, and Morisondo stood there, his fists balled.

"The fuck was that?! Is that... " Ochura growled, looking at him, slowly getting up. Morisondo punched Ochura right in his left eye, and blood shot from the punch.

"Grahh! That little shit!" he roared and swung his right foot at Morisondo and kicked him into a house, destroying the door.

"Mori!" screamed Charlene and Ochura got up, his left eye bloody.

"Kill them all!" he roared and the fishmen shot at the Marines. Ochura growled and started towards the house Morisondo was in, his fists balled. Every step he took shook the ground and he snarled and looked in the house, leaning over.

"Snarling Link!" Ochura looked behind him and saw his fishmen in the air, blood splattering the ground as Charlene rapidly moved her arms. He growled and turned around and Charlene gripped the chains she had and they landed on the ground she faced him.

"You leave my son alone!" she screamed and shot forward, the chains following her. Ochura punched her into the air and her chains landed on the ground as she flew up. He grabbed one, stepped on it, and grabbed the other, wrapping it around his arm. He wrapped the other chain around his leg, securing it and he looked up as she started to fall.

"You will learn to respect us. This is now our island!" he roared, jerking his leg back and whipping his arm in an arc. Charlene was yanked down and she watched as Ochira opened his mouth and bit down on her body, his teeth perfectly closing as her legs and upper body hung from is mouth. She screamed loudly and Ochura laughed and spat her out, watching her land in the grass and he tossed her chains at her, her blood on his mouth, clothes, and staining the ground. He turned around and Morisondo shot out and punched him in the chest, knocking back Ochura.

"You little shit! I will teach you to Go against me! You may be the son of the a demon but I will not allow you to beat me!" he roared and Morisondo looked at him.

"S-son of a demon?" he asked and was punched in the cheek, landing against the house. Charlene tried to get up, wincing.

"D-Don't tell him!" she shouted and Ochura snickered.

"Well I will now that you told me not to…" He grabbed Morisondo around the neck and rose him into the air, snickering and watching Morisondo struggle.

"Your father… he is a demon. The Government want's him dead. He is a very powerful and influential person... He is-" He never finished, there was an explosion from behind them, and a fish man was hit down by a fist of molten lava.

"You-You lied!" shouted Ochura, looking up as Akainu landed on the Bedrock, a marine ship behind him. "You said that if I got the boy you would let us go free!" Akainu walked forward, his right arm starting to bubble and drip lava.

"What use would that be? Letting slaves go. We are not about to let that happen…" Akainu said, and Ochura backed away. He looked at Morisondo and growled.

"Kid, this is not going to make sense now... it doesn't make sense to me either... We were sent here to kill everyone but you! I don't know why, but since they went against our deal, I think we should do the same!" he roared and tossed the kid into the air. Akainu growled and shot after him, but Ochura punched him into the ground. He roared in pain, his arm burning, covered in lava.

"I detest humans... You lie! You betray people all the time! Doesn't feel good now does it?!" Ochura roared. Morisondo soared into the air and landed onto a ship that was nearby. A man walked to him and saw Akainu fighting Ochura.

"So... You are the son that they sent to get..." he muttered and looked down at Morisondo, knocked out. He picked him up and led him inside, sailing away.


Morisondo sighed, taking a swig of rum from a bottle. The Straw Hats watched him, interested now.

"So… you were the son of a marine? And your father was…" started Robin and Sanji butted in.

"A worthless man for abandoning a mother and child…" he was going to light a Cigarette, but Morisondo stood up. He swung his arm back and brought it to a low sweeping arch to Sanji's face, drilling his fist into Sanji's nose, launching him into the wall.

"You will not speak ill of my father!" he roared, fist bloody, face full of rage. Sanji got up holding his nose and blood dripped from his hand.

"You deserved that one Sanji…" muttered Zolo, his eyes closed. Sanji looked at Morisondo and bowed his head.

"I am sorry. I just… thought you would have felt the same."

"Of course not… yes he abandoned me and my mother but still…" he muttered, his fist shaking.

"Please, will you come with me to learn my past? Or would you prefer to leave?" They all smiled and stood up.

"Let's go!" they shouted and cheered. He laughed and the music resumed and the Straw Hats walked out, waving and smiling, closing the door.

'They are holding up pretty well… But they cannot hide it from me. I know the pain they feel, but they must let the pain out. Let it out everyone. It will make it all better…' Outside the Straw Hats resumed their crying that they had started before. Someone was going to visit them but Morisondo stopped them.

"Let them be. They must be alone for a while…" he looked at the door and lowered his head, closing his eyes.


Morisondo woke up a few hours later, his head bandaged. He was on a ship and the sun was shining in his face. He looked around and a shadow loomed over him. He turned around and looked up, gasping at the man behind him.

"You… You are…." he stammered, backing away as the man smiled.

"You know of me?" he said, smiling more.

"You… Are…" Morisondo stammered, hitting the edge of the boat.

"Monkey D. Dragon!" he shouted and Dragon chuckled, standing up, dressed in a long green cloak. He had spiky black hair with a widow's peak hairstyle, and what seemed to resemble dark red tribal tattoos on the left side of his face. On his face he had no eyebrows but had some stubble on his chin. Dragon walked to a chair on the ship and smiled, sitting down as some revolutionaries came out. Morisondo looked at them all and panicked, trying to get further away.

"R-Revolutionaries?!" he shouted, and they looked at him.

"A kid knows of us?"

"He's not just any kid... Akainu was after him. No doubt because of his father's blood line. He is a very dangerous man he is…" Dragon said, leaning back. Morisondo stood up, clenching his fists, stomping forward.

"Don't you dare make fun of my father!" he growled, his steps shaking the ship. Everyone started to panic but Dragon. He simply laughed and looked at him.

"Make fun of him? Of course not my good boy. Your father is a dangerous man… To the World Government. To us, he is god sent. We have had his help with many operations and jobs involving the overthrowing of the World Government."

"Why would you overthrow the government?! They swear to protect everyone! They fight bloodthirsty pirates and protect the innocent!" Morisondo shouted, Dragon smiling still.

"Do they? Do you know of the "demons of Ohara? When the World Government use the Buster Call upon the island?"

"Of course! That was a great triumph for u-"

"They were killed because they could read."

"W-what?"

"Ohara was attacked because its scholars were able to read the Poneglyphs and decipher information about the Void Century. They were not evil, they could read about the past." Dragon said, and Morisondo staggered back, his body shaking.

"N-no…"

"Everything they do. They blame it on people they deem "unsafe". Many of them are innocent. They allow Nobles to keep slaves. Take people way from their families to keep them as slaves to the Celestial Dragons." Dragon said and Morisondo held his head, shaking it.

"N-no! You're wrong!" he shouted and sobbed, his head on the ground. "I based my life on them! I wanted to be an Admiral like them, so I could save people!" he sobbed louder and Dragon stood up, walking to him.

"You still can save people… Just allow us to help you. Will you listen to us?" he asked, and Morisondo looked up, tears flowing down his face, dripping on his hands.

"I will save people no matter what!" he shouted and Dragon smiled and put out his hand.

"Well said."


Morisondo stood on the stern of the ship, his cape fluttering in the wind. He was wearing his normal admiral uniform, smoking a cigar. He rarely smoked them, but he did on that rare occasion. As the ship sailed forward, Simon stood next to him, also smoking a cigar.

"So Captain… what will we do when we get there?" he asked and peered at Morisondo, puffing a cloud of smoke out. Morisondo crossed his arms, closing his eyes.

"We will free the island of Ochura's control, given that he is still there. And we will free my mother. She is the one I am wanting to save, but I will save everyone else that lives upon that island. Simon nodded and the ship sailed forward, the water parting and crashing against the ships hull. The Straw-Hats were in their own quarters that Morisondo gave them, leaving them be to do as they wished upon the ship, telling everyone to leave them be if they need no help or were alone. Barntel scuttled over to Morisondo, holding a map.

Morisondo chuckled and Barntel clicked his claws.

"No need for that map my good man... We are almost there..."

"Huh?! We are?!"

"Of course. We have been traveling that general direction since we got the Straw-Hats." Simon said, his cigar dropping ashes that blew away in the wind.

"So... what will we do when we get there? I am not in the mood to see my boss again!" grumbled Barntel, clicking his claws more slowly.

"We will defeat him if he still lives. I am surprised you escaped and joined us. You will have to tell us why though, you never told that." Morisondo said and the three walked away to suit up for battle.

On the island near the Grand-line, a fish man dashed towards a large stone building, that contained the symbol of the Ochan pirates.

"Captain! Captain!" he shouted, tripping on his way in. Ochura turned around and quirked a brow, sitting at a table with Charlene .

"What is it?" he asked, leaning back on his chair.

"A pirate ship approaches!"

"Then go destroy it…"

"We can't!" he shouted and Ochura growled.

"And why not?

"Because… It's the size of two giants!" Ochura's eyes shrunk and Charlene sipped her tea, shaking her head.

"W-What do we do?!" asked the Fish-man, but Ochura was staring behind him. Charlene looked up as well and dropped her tea, shaking.

"That can't be…" she whispered, looking at the flag. Ochura stood up and the whole island shook as the half a mile long, quarter of a mile tall ship raged towards them, Morisondo, Simon, Barntel, Charles, Richard, Phillip, Davison, and Father Carson all stood on the bow of the ship.

"Ochura of the Ochan Pirates! I am calling you out!" Morisondo shouted, raising his fist. Ochura staggered back, and his eyes widened.

"That voice!"

"It can't be! They said he was dead!" Charlene sat there, shaking and holding her head.

"I am calling you out! You terrorized this island before, you struck Charlene Morgana, and you separated a boy from his mother! You will pay for these crimes! Carson, why don't you help him repent his sins?" shouted Morisondo and Father Carson whipped the large Silver Cross off his back, spinning it above his head, his glasses glinting.

"Aaayyyeeeeeeee…" started Carson, aiming the cross at the building, the end of the cross shining.

"Meeeeeenn!" he roared and fired it, a beam of light hitting the Ochan building and destroying one wing of it. Rubble rained down and smoke rose as the Pirates leaped off the ship, facing the Marines that stood there.

"You will stop right there!" shouted a large tanned man. He had a scar on his face, and an eye patch over one eye, and blond hair. "you are trespassing on Marine Property! You will all be executed here!" he shouted, taking a sword out.

"Oh… you really going to execute me…" Morisondo said, walking up to the man. He put on a wicked grin and snickered.

"The Food-Director…Tom-San?"