And back for another chapter, And now I'm back into the spirit of writing so here we go with chapter Numero Deis

Like always I Do Not Own Anything in this story as everything belongs to their respective owners…

The open seas of the South Blue were gentle and calm as three small ships were sailing by without a care in the world. While the Remnant Pirates might have been small, they were still growing, hoping to find a bigger ship and more people to run it. As Jaune was looking at his line, trying to catch some food, Neo merely looked bored, waiting for their newest member to inform them when the next island was.

It's been about a day since they all set out and they knew that it would have been much longer until they would officially arrive back to Remnant. But for all things considered, the fish-woman made herself useful in the huntress's eyes as she watched to woman navigate to the so-called Sea-Reef Island.

"So, how much longer until we get to the next island after this?" Jaune asked as Isaribi smiled.

"Probably another two days… after we eventually reach Sea-Reef. But I want to know, what's our plans then, Jaune?" she asked as Jaune frowned. They were still decent on food, good on supplies so it's not like they were in a huge rush.

"Might as well see what's there… who knows, we might find some treasure or something" he said with a smirk as Neo rolled her eyes.

"I doubt pirates would actually bury treasure Jaune" she said as Jaune chuckled nervously, well you never know, right?

"…Well I guess we could camp there then" Isaribi said as Neo nodded, growing tired of waiting on her boat and wanting some dry land under her feet. No offence to most others but as a devil fruit user, she felt much more comfortable on dry land.

"And in the mean time… we might as well train" Jaune said as he noticed to two girls looking at him. "A habit I picked up from Miles… if we're going into the grand line, and we have some time to spare, we might as well train a little to make sure we can handle it… nothing serious but just so we don't get rusty."

"…I'm not that good of a fighter" Isaribi admitted while Neo frowned. Did he call her rusty? No, better question… he wanted to train? Well if he did then she didn't mind. Heck, getting her it's just been one curve stomp to the next. She wanted an actual challenge, even if she was going to beat the hell out of Jaune for her… "Training" as it was.

Nothing against him but she wanted to actually cut loose against someone she could actually enjoy beating the hell out of. Was that so wrong?

"…Well neither was I really… back home I was the weakest one there… heck even a few years ago I was pathetic. My main source of defense was essentially an equivalent to Chokai and even then that didn't do much."

"Chokai…?" Isaribi asked as Jaune just looked at her, slightly embarrassed.

"It's… kind of like a joke Rokushiki technique… it was normally meant to bug or annoy the person… but according to Miles I mastered it before I even met him… a gift for growing up with seven sisters I guess…" he trailed off before he shivered. It was his only real defense against his older ones… and some of his younger ones… his youngest one however just like when he sung.

"…You grew up with seven sisters?" Isaribi asked in mild shock, wondering how something like that was possible. She knew of big families but seven sisters… "Biological or no" she asked as Jaune shrugged.

"My family ran an orphanage… I was the only child… surrounded by girls… it lead to some interesting events in my life" he said before trying to change the subject before she could ask what some of those, never-to-be-mentioned events were. "…So, about Sea-Reef Island… it'll be the best place for us to train… we might even be able to unlock your aura and find out what your semblance is" he said as Isaribi seemed confused… again.

"My… what-"

"Your semblance, it's essentially a pseudo devil fruit ability while your aura acts as that Haki stuff Seagull has" Neo said bluntly, now taking control of the conversation from their captain.

"…You mean like special abilities" she clarified as Neo nodded.

"Yeah… though I don't think you can unlock your aura since it's already unlocked" she said as Jaune seemed confused at first before silently taking a look at her before he could understand why. Her transformation… that unlocked her aura itself and her transformation into her Kaima form essentially acted as a semblance.

"I have my aura unlocked?" she asked as she looked to her hands confused. She didn't feel anything different except-

"Your Kaima form I guess is your semblance… honestly it's not that bad. It could be a whole lot worse" Jaune said as Isaribi blinked. She never considered her Kaima form to be anything more than a burden until a few days ago. She was still shocked that Jaune and Neo accepted her so bluntly.

Then again, they did have a group of humans with animal traits, guess she'd fit right alongside them. Though according to Jaune and Neo… there was just as much hatred between them as there were humans and fishmen. At least her crewmates held nothing against her for that.

"…So, I guess that's that. Isaribi… no offense but me and Jaune are probably a lot stronger than you are by now" Neo said as Isaribi sighed, they probably were… Jaune just smiled.

"We all have strengths and we all have weaknesses… Professor Ozpin told me that after I told him about my transcripts… just do what you can and continue to grow" Jaune said as he no longer really cared about something like his transcripts anymore. Thinking back, there were a whole lot worse things he could have done… Blake was a former terrorist, Sun snuck aboard a private boat to Vale… Hell, according to Ruby, Yang became a student after destroying a club… which included, but not limited to the crimes of…

Arson: from destroying the man's club…

Assault: from beating the hell out of everyone… granted it was in self defense, she still started it…

And finally: Sexual Assault… from what she said about the guy's nuts. Granted he did deserve to be punched for the whole kiss thing… but why would she go for the nuts?

Why did people always go for the guy's nuts?!

"…You alright Jaune…?" Isaribi asked concerned as Jaune sighed.

"Yeah… just thinking about double standard bullshit" he muttered as Neo just rolled her eyes, Isaribi however, asked one last question.

"What are your abilities… eh, semblances I mean?" she asked as Jaune and Neo looked at one another as Neo smiled at her, Jaune however felt some weight added onto him as Neo suddenly cracked into shards of glass as the real Neo was now on his back, smirking at the fish-woman. Isaribi nodded slightly as she could guess it was some kind of illusion or something… but wait, "What about you, Jaune?"

"Enhancement… I can enhance my speed, strength, stamina, clarity… almost anything I guess with it… it takes a lot out of me and I still don't have the best control over my semblance yet" he explained. It was really only used to help him with his Rokushiki. Isaribi just looked at him, somewhat in disbelief.

"Sure… why not" she muttered as she didn't fully believe him.

"So how long is it until we get to the next island?" Neo asked as Isaribi smiled, it didn't take long before she pointed out to a small island in the distance as Jaune smirked. Alright, time to take a small break and reach land. They could camp out for the night and head out first thing tomorrow morning.

And with that, they headed out to the island.

"Man… talk about annoying… not one good bounty in this town, can't be a good bounty hunter if I can't find a good bounty…" a man muttered as he entered a bar on Season Island. As he did, he ignored the people looking at him, he also ignored the things they said about him. Some of them were just uncalled for.

He was a bounty hunter, not a damn pirate… granted he had a bounty of his own but that was beside the point. What badass didn't have some kind of bounty on their heads? As he sat down, he muttered to himself before a waitress came up to him with a smile. "Busy day, Eric?" she asked as the man frowned slightly.

"I told ya to call me Cobra… it's not all that complex Kinnana" he muttered as the waitress sighed. She really hated when he did that, calling himself by his other name over his actual name.

"Still, did you hear the news, apparently something big happened a few days ago at Sea-Star" she said as Cobra looked at her curious as she pulled out three wanted posters for him to look at.

"What's this…Jaune Arc… Neo… Kaima Isaribi… so all together this would add up to…" he did before he smirked. Well now, it's been a while since he saw a score this large in the area. A whopping 52,000,000 Belli worth of money and cash…

"There might be a chance that they head over here next, though I wonder what exactly happened with Miss Anko?" she asked herself as Cobra smirked. He didn't really care about all that that much, all he knew was that there was two people that matched close to his own 25,000,000 bounty and he was going to enjoy hearing the sounds of fighting… speaking of fighting.

"I told you, I can eat the hell I fucking want to" a woman yelled with pink hair yelled as the bounty hunter smirked.

"Jewelry Bonney" he muttered with a sigh, a woman worth 29,000,000 and still he didn't know the best way to confront her. Normally he wouldn't give a damn but he heard what she could do… and didn't want to be reduced to a brat or a wrinkled old prune.

"Hey, where's the pizza, I'm starving already" she yelled as Kinnana sighed, seeing one of the waiters heading over there with the "Free Pizza" she ordered while her crew stood around her. Cobra however sighed and addressed the waitress he knew for as long as he did.

"The usual… and add something better than rat poison this time…" he said as Kinnana chuckled to herself. When did she ever get a request to poison her customers?

…Unless you were the Poison Dragon…

"More Pizza/ And maybe some beer to go with it" came two different cries as the staff either shook their heads amused or were horrified at the orders the pirates.

As the three reached the island, Jaune stepped out first with a grateful expression, no longer having to sleep in the boat while Neo and Isaribi joined him. "So… this is Sea-Reef Island" Jaune muttered as Neo shook her head.

"You're getting a bit overexcited about this Jaune" she said as Jaune frowned.

"Come on, it's land, why can't we celebrate reaching land?" he whined as Neo sighed. He had a long ways to go if he wanted to survive in the seas. Then again, from what she heard, most ships didn't make it to land in the Grand Line.

"Well, I guess we should start making camp for the night"

"It's only… um, what time is it?" Isaribi asked as Neo shrugged her shoulders, but it was better to do it while it was light out. Reaching into her boat, she began looking for her sleeping bag that Seagull had given her while Jaune just grabbed his and carried it over to where he thought would make a good spot to sleep for the night. However, before he could get anywhere-

"Freeze" a man in a suit shouted as Jaune just sighed, oh great, what now? Turning around, he was met with a man pointing a gun at his head. And just like that, Jaune immediately became sick of this trend. Everywhere he went and there was always someone pointing a gun at him. The Marines mostly but seriously, it was getting old.

"Hello-"

"Who are you, are you after the treasure, who sent you?!" he yelled as Jaune held his hands up and sighed.

"Jaune Arc, no one sent me… and put the gun down-"

"What treasure?" Neo asked before she was shot with the gun, it might not have hurt her as much as it should but it still annoyed her getting shot in the forehead.

"I knew it, that treasure belongs to the Great Panda Bubba, I won't allow you to take what's his" the man shouted as Jaune sighed. Looking at Neo, and feeling Isaribi hiding behind him, Jaune just spoke up.

"Look pal, I don't give a damn about who you are or this Panda-Guy is but you already pissed of my first mate so unless you have a death wish-"

*Bang*

"Fuck it, Neo" Jaune called out, after being shot… Again, "Kick his ass and make him talk" he finished as Neo gained a sinister expression as she trotted over to the man, the bullets, while hurting a bit from her aura, did nothing but further promote the pain the fool was going to receive. While Isaribi said nothing, Jaune closed his eyes before hearing a splurging sound, followed by the man's screams…

This was going well… not even on the island for a full five minutes and he already made an enemy here… great.

Neo however smiled sadistically as she shot the man with her devil fruit ability, taking off her ring when he first arrived before shooting him again, this time in the leg and suddenly held a hammer in her hands.

"Y-you bitch, do you really think you can get away from the boss… my boss will avenge me… he will-Gahh"

Yeah, probably not… She knew and worked with a kingpin in Vale, her uncle being one himself. So knowing him, he was probably a grunt that was expendable… she just needed to make him talk, and from what she knew about people like him… under the right circumstances… they talked quite a bit.

"Wait… what are you doing with-Ahhh!" the man screamed in an octave higher all while in agony. Meanwhile, Isaribi looked away, doing her best to get the cruel images of Neo… interrogating the man while trying to remind herself that he technically caused it himself while Jaune just questioned why it was always the nuts.

"So… about that treasure" Jaune said as Isaribi looked at him in disbelief. "What, he shot Neo… shot me and brought it up, so we might as well get something for all this…" he defended himself as Isaribi sighed.

"Fuck you… you bastard…" the man said as Jaune sighed, well if that was the way he wanted it…

"Neo-" Jaune said before he was interrupted by the sounds of the man crying out in pain as Neo went for the second one… however, when the man passed out, Jaune shook his head. "I was going to have you break his leg."

Neo however shrugged, she didn't care, and she was shot at, repeatedly at that. It was good to work out the stress. Isaribi just stared at the scene in horror, glad the pink and brown haired woman wasn't that violent with her when they went at it a few days ago. She somewhat pitied the man.

"Well… now what?" Jaune asked as soon three more men came from around the corner with guns as Jaune just sighed. "Never mind…" he muttered as he pulled out Croisade while Isaribi went into her full Kaima form and Neo cracked her neck, happy for a fight.

"Who the hell are you guys, and what did you do to Darrel?" one of them demanded as Jaune just used his Soru and punched the man in the gut before throwing him to another member who tried to shoot him. Behind him, the third member was quickly disarmed as Neo shot him with her pistol, created by her Maimu-Maimu no Mi while Isaribi spat a bullet of water at the man, sending him into a rock.

"We're the Remnant Pirates. My name's Jaune" he said before he motioned over to Isaribi "That's Isaribi and the sociopathic mute is Neo. Now tell us, what do you know about the treasure here?" Jaune asked as Neo ignored being called a sociopath. Then again, she was called worse.

"…Inform Mr. Releo about this… we can't let these brats get the treasure" one of them said as the one Isaribi shot a bullet at ran behind a rock and pulled out a gun. Unlike the other ones however, this one was different, and pointing it into the air, Jaune realized what it was too late. Shooting the flare gun, the man smirked as the fireworks went off, warning the rest of the suited men as well as this Mr. Releo.

Elsewhere, around seven or so men in suits just stared up in the sky and frowned while a man frowned. What was going on… where there intruders on the island? Well if there were there weren't for much longer. "You… find out what's going on" he ordered as the man nodded and ran with a squad of men as an older man continued his meal.

"Now then… tell me what you know… about the treasure on Roslyn Isle" he said as a young woman glared at him in resistance, refusing to budge before he sighed. "Ya know toots… it's hard being the bad guy, the world would be a lot nicer if people did what they were told" he said as he picked up a fork and suddenly threw it at her.

The sounds of choking echoed in the area as the man just sighed. Another fool who didn't answer his questions… "Place her with the others" he said bluntly as two men carried her away and threw in a hole filled with several other corpses. Heh, it didn't matter, there was someone who would be a good little lamb and answer his questions.

He just needed to find the right one…

And here we are with the next I guess portion of South Blue. Neo's still stab-happy, Jaune questions life and Isaribi is slowly starting to wonder if she made the right choice. Meanwhile: a bit of foreshadowing with Jaune's next crew mate as well as the assumed "Main Antagonist" of Jaune's South Blue adventure. Props to those who know who these characters are and what franchise they're from…

Next is Chokai is a joke Rokushiki technique by Oda that is to bother someone... if anyone sees RWBY Chibi season 3... then you know that Jaune mastered it from Growing up with seven sisters... it was his only defense.

Now with that being said… Jaune has officially went from going against Marines… to going against a Mafia. With that being said, Jaune and Bonney are going to meet one another, sparking a relationship that will either be on allies on good terms… rivals that compete with one another or with them at each-other's throats the entire way to Remnant.

On another note I was thinking of a few omakes to put on the story… and so here's another one to go with the "Jaune vs. Oz" one…Enjoy.

…Neo's Ice-Cream…

Jaune smiled as Neo and Isaribi finally sat down for lunch. Anko was out and the three of them were given/ borrowed/ freeloaded in a small shack that was somewhat destroyed until things were back to normal. It was more of a large shed actually, maybe an old barn?

"So, what do you guys want to eat…? I'll try to make what I can" Jaune said as Neo sighed… in translation, we're having sandwiches.

"You already cooked yesterday, Jaune… I'll make something if you want" she said as Jaune and Neo looked at her. "I know how to make a few sandwiches… maybe a salad-"

"No… no sandwiches… just, no more" Neo said, standing her ground, having to spend a few days eating nothing but sandwiches. Jaune however shrugged.

"Well if you want to cook us something different, I'm all for it" Jaune said as Neo smirked. Alright, time to make some food she actually wanted for a change… And best of all, this time there was no Roman around to tell her she couldn't. She didn't understand why though, Roman always did the cooking, and the only other time she cooked anything was the time she blacked out and Roman was in the hospital for a week straight…

But still, she couldn't have been that bad of a cook, right?

Ten minutes later, Jaune and Isaribi looked at the food presented to them… food being used in lack of better terms. Yeah it looked like ice-cream… but Jaune was sure that it wasn't supposed to smell that bad… or be a texture like loose gravel.

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…Fine… it can't be that bad… right?" Jaune said as Neo herself seemed a bit unsure. She followed all the instructions like it said in the book. Isaribi just pushed her bowl forward, not wanting to try it with a look of disgust one her face. As Jaune however tried it, chewing it with a crunching sound, he finally swallowed the "Ice-Cream" with a bit of a painful expression on his face.

"…"

"…"

"…Well that wasn't so-" Jaune started only to fall face first into the table, unmoving as Neo and Isaribi stared silently at the lone man with them at the table. Neo might have been a bit nervous as Isaribi tried to stay calm.

"Alright… so… he's just unconscious… nothing to worry about-Is that his soul!" she cried out as Neo and her looked over Jaune, seeing a white fog like orb coming out of the blond before Neo rushed at it, crabbing it by the tail with a horrified expression before Isaribi joined her, grabbing Jaune by the holding his head, forcing his mouth wide open as Neo shoved the soul back into him.

Once it was in, she went and found a tall lamp before breaking it in half, plugging it in and causing sparks to fly before stabbing Jaune with it as an act of shock recepitation. After a few minutes, the two heard a heartbeat, meaning they saved their captains life. It even looked like he was coming around as well…

"Jaune… are you… alright" Isaribi asked with a look of worry, not knowing what to say. All Jaune did however was spit up the small bit of ice-cream he consumed as they looked at it confused. Their confusion soon turned to horror as the ice-cream suddenly roared and scurried around the room before Neo, without hesitation, trampled on it, trying to end its life. As Isaribi joined her in the trampling session, the ice-cream monster quickly died, a small bit of Jaune's soul escaping from the "corpse" before Neo grabbed that and made him swallow the rest of his soul.

Soon enough however, the two noticed something on the table, their own bowls as well as Jaune's bowl scurried off and into the other room, leaving Isaribi, Neo and an unconscious, but now alive Jaune in silence. Looking at one another, Neo just nodded, having a plan on how to get out of this…

Five more minutes later, the two pirates watched the now condemned barn burn down to the ground as Neo held onto Isaribi, trying to soothe the hyperventilating woman.

"That wasn't ice-cream, that wasn't ice-cream" Isaribi muttered as a mantra as Neo did her best to comfort her. It was alright, the ice-cream couldn't hurt her anymore… not her or anyone else.

"…"

"…"

"…Er… what… what happened?" Jaune finally said, regaining consciousness as he was ignored by the events while Isaribi took some time to calm down. Neo just hugged her tighter. They needed a cook, they needed one badly.