Jane felt lonely. She wandered the streets of Logue Town trying to find something to help her forget losing her bandit crew at her own hands and decided to look for the nearest food market. The only problem was Jane was completely and utterly lost. Without any prior knowledge of Logue Town she easy got lost amongst a large crowd of people. Thinking about how she could not spread her wings, how she could not show so many men her true form, Jane was sad.

" Woe as me. Here I am with so much beli and yet I can't even find one measly shop. Maybe if that goofy boy was here he could use his nose to help me locate- no, no, take control of yourself, Jane. For your strength you're strong. Through everything you shall always overcome. Never ask men for help. They are vulgar, ravenous, shameless creatures." Jane felt her throat become dry. She sheepishly rubbed her throat feeling parched and then she sighed from her mouth. " What I would give for some sake right now. Some nice warm sake. I doubt they'll have any sake in a family place like this. Oh, I'd give anything just for that warm, tasty sake."

" Help!" A girl screamed behind Jane. Jane looked back and saw a young girl carrying grocery bags running. She was a woman with a petite figure, brown hair, pigtails, and wore a white shirt and orange jeans. The person she was running from was a man in his early twenties to late teens who was tall, had short cut black hair, a silver ring pierced in his left ear, a white coat, black jeans, black boats, and two steel tonfa's strapped on his back. " Please, sir, stay away from me!"

" Just give me a chance, darling," the man shouted whole heartedly while he was chasing the petite girl. " I can't help myself. You're exactly my type. Please be mine!"

" Ahhhhh! Somebody please save me!"

" Well, this is a strange turn of events. And I was starting to think things were getting boring."

The petite girl ran behind Jane and hide behind her. Jane could feel the goose bumps on her sweaty palms as she squeezed her. " Please, miss, please stop this man from following me."

The man who was chasing the petite girl ran straight up to Jane and grabbed her hands. The man leered into Jane's eyes, holding her hands, and Jane grimaced at the sight of the man's leering eyes.

" I didn't see it at first but you're actually pretty cute, my dear. Hi, I'm the captain of my own pirate crew. How would you like to be part of my crew, sugar pie?"

" Sugar pie?" Jane's head boiled with anger. She pulled her right fist back, looked at the man with red evil eyes, punched him right in his face and he fell right into the ground. " Keep your hands off me, you filthy man!"

The petite woman shuddered when Jane punched the poor man so hard he lost consciousness. She was dripping sweat from her body out of anxiety, but all that anxiety went away as Jane looked at her with a concerned face.

" Hey, are you okay? That man didn't hurt you or anything, did he?"

" Eh, no. He never hurt me."

" I see. And may I pray ask why he was after you in the first place?"

" I really don't know. One moment I was buying groceries for my friends and the next this guy was groping me all over. He asked me if I would be his girlfriend, but I told him my heart belonged to someone else. That's when he started chasing me."

" Yes, that I can imagine. Now, can I please see your groceries, please."

" Uh, sure. Here you go."

The petite girl handed her bag of groceries and gave them to Jane. Jane opened the bag and stared at the ingredients inside: stomach medicine, bread, lemongrass, candlenut, cardamom, beef, cumin, turmeric, and chocolate.

" You're a chef, are you not?"

" Yes. How did you know."

" Well, most girls your age don't carry such exquisite ingredients. You're cooking curry for these friends of yours, are you not?"

" Yes. How did you know I was cooking curry?"

" Call it a hunch. But what got me were the stomach medicine, bread, and chocolate. The stomach medicine actually helps improve the flavour of curry, bread is what people dip in curry, and chocolate also gives it that plentiful taste. Seeing someone who actually puts chocolate into curry, you must be very copious when it comes to cooking."

" Well, I wouldn't say I love it that much, but cooking always reminds me of when I worked at a bar with my sister Mary. My name is Lucy by the way. Lucy Redford."

" Yes, very nice to met you too, Lucy. My name is Jane. Jane Fall. There's so many things I'd like to ask yo-"

Jane stopped talking and froze like a statue. She felt someone's hands groping her chest. The person who was groping her was the same pervert who was chasing Lucy. He had a smug smile on his face, rubbed her chest, and as he did Jane felt him heavily breathing on the back of her neck.

" You know maybe I was rushing things a little too much. Why don't you and I go out for dinner some time, cutey pie."

Jane growled through her teeth. She punched the man in his face again, smashed his face on the ground, shouted, " Eat this!"

" Eh, don't you think you're being a little too violent on him?" Lucy said silently as she was frightened by Jane's ferocity. " You may give him permanent brain damage."

" Not like I care. Besides, all I gave him was a concussion. Now, whenever a boy does something to you that you don't like, don't ever feel like you don't need to give them a good punch to the face. It usually always works-"

Jane was groped again. The person who was groping her was the same man as before. Jane was more surprised than angry. It seemed like no matter how many times she punched him he would just keep getting up.

" Did you miss me, my dear?"

" What? You should be knocked out!"

" How can I sleep? Whenever I close my eyes all I think about is you. Please join my crew. Please, please, please-"

" Himura!" Another girl shouted.

The perverted man, Himura, he was daunted by that girl's voice. Jane was the first one to notice her as she was standing above them on someone else's home. She was a woman like Himura who was in her early twenties, has long blond hair with blue eyes. She is dressed in a black dress with a white underdress which shows her cleavage, wears a choker on her neck, and has long brown boots with black stockings. Because of her short skirt her panties could be easily shown. And around her legs were garter belts stuffed with numerous knives. Just by looking into her eyes...even Jane was scared of her.

" Yume!" Himura screamed when he saw his crewmate Yume glaring at him. Himura quickly let go of Jane and raised his hands defensively. " Yume, wait, I can explain everythin-"

" HIMURA! YOUR DEAD!"

" Ahhhhhhh!"

" Water Serpent's Tail!"

The furious woman Yume shaked both her hands around in circles. Her eyes burned bright red as she shaked her hands around. Before using her attack Yume jumped in the air, then the tail of what looked like a dragon made out of water came out. Yume smacked the tail at Himura and crushed him under its weight.

" She's really angry," Lucy thought when she watched Yume hit Himura with the water tail. " I would hate to face someone like her."

The tail soon vanished. Himura was shown underneath the tail, most of his bones were broken, and he groaned. Yume then grabbed Himura by his arms and lifted him off the ground.

" Come on. We need to find Kaho. She's worried sick about you."

" Stop!" Jane shouted. Yume stopped walking, Himura in one hand, and she stared Jane right in her eyes. " Hey, don't you have any pride? You must have lots of powers, don't you? So why are you following someone as weak as him? Tell me!"

Yume didn't say anything. She just stared at Jane, saw the anger in her eyes, and then she smirked. Without a word she ran away, Himura in her arms, and ran off into the distance. She soon left Jane and Lucy all alone.

" What kind of coward doesn't ask someone else's questions? If I ever met her again, I'll rip her eyes out with my cla-"

" Eh, excuse me, Jane," Lucy said trying to get her attention. " I was wondering... can you please stay by me. I don't really want to be alone around her. It's only until I catch up with my friends. Please."

" Mm-hmmmmm. I see. I understand. With all these dirty men running amock a fair girl like you needs someway to defend herself. I will temporarily be your lady in arms. But in exchange...can you please buy me some sake. I really need a drink to drown my sorrows."

X_X_X_X

" So, Miya, how have you been doing?" Nathan asked the bar owner who was also once like a mother to him.

" Fine now that I get to see you again, Nathan," said Miya, she was smiling." How's your swordsmanship been going?"

" Not as good as Faust but also not too shabby. And I owe it all to you, sensei."

" Please, I'm not your master. I just taught you what my brother taught me. For I am-"

" Food!" Razi shouted, waving his hands up and down hoping Miya would give him food. " Food! Food! Food!"

" Just a second. All your food will be on your friend's tab."

" Me?" Jen retorted. " Why do I have to pay?"

Miya ignored Jen's remark and served Razi food and drinks again. Razi didn't hesitate to grab the food and shove it down his mouth like an animal. Miya smiled at Razi, but then she held her hands over her mouth.

" Master, may I ask you something?" the white haired man Faust asked.

" You may."

" May you teach me more sword techniques? I feel I'll need to sharpen my sword skills before me, Nathan and every one of our friends reach the Grand Line."

" I see. I'm sorry to tell you this, Faust, but I can't teach you any more swordsmanship skills?"

" Huh? But why?"

" I have nothing left to teach you. The first time I met you your sword skills were just a little seed, but you managed to ripen into an apple."

" I understand. I'll do my best, sensei."

Miya noticed Jen and Razi, smiled, said, " You and your friend are pirates, aren't you?"

" Huh?" Jen gasped. " How did you know?"

" It was hard at first. My first clue was how you act. You two didn't seem to be brothers so what relationship would you possibly have? And then there were those guns. Those are the guns of a pirate are they not?"

" Wow. Your smart, beautiful, and kind. Just who exactly are you?"

" I'm just a simple bar owner. Now are any one of you the captain?"

" Ri Ram ( I am)," Razi mumbled with food in his mouth. Razi then swallowed the food and gave Miya one of his heart warming smiles. " My name is Razi and I'm the pirate of-"

" My name is Captain Jen," said Jen believing he was the captain. " And I'm the captain of the Jen Pirates."

" Don't be stupid, Jen. I'm the captain of this crew."

" No way. A person with brains should be the captain of this crew, and everyone knows I've got more brainpower than you, flea bag."

" I'm captain!"

" No, I'm captain!"

" Grrrrrrrrr!"

" Haha," Miya laughed. " You two are such a riot. Hey Nathan, do you remember that story you wanted me to tell you over and over again. The one you lived. You know, the one about the last king of the pirates."

" Yes. I remember it quite well. I was just a little boy back then, I barely took my first steps, but I remember the day Monkey D. Lufy was executed like it was yesterday. It was the day he gave me his straw hat.

" Without their captain to guide them, the Straw Hats couldn't stay together. Eventually they all had to go their own separate ways. One by one they all started to fall. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

" Hey Faust," Nathan said " When we became pirates, did you ever look at me and say my friend Nathan has finally grown up?"

" Sorry, Nathan, I'm still waiting for that day to happen."

" Har har. Who knew the tough swordsman had a sense of humor."

" It's Naken, is it?" Razi asked Nathan.

" What's Naken?"

" Your name. Is it Naken?"

" No, it's Nathan. Now what do you want?"

" Can we fight?"

" What? I'm sorry but your going to have to say that again."

" That hat...it's Monkey D. Luffy's hat, isn't it?"

" It sure is. It's my most precious treasure next to my Nakama's. I hold it dear to my heart. And I'd never give it to anyone, get it."

" I don't want your hat. I just want to fight you; the person with Monkey D. Luffy's hat. If I beat you, I'll be stronger than Monkey D. Luffy himself."

" First of all I'm nowhere near as strong as Monkey D. Luffy. Second, beating me won't be easy. I've eaten a Devil Fruit. The Chi Chi Fruit ( Blood Blood Fruit). Are you sure you want to go against a Devil Fruit User?"

" That's okay. I'm a Devil Fruit User Too."

" Oh really? What can you do?"

" I can transform."

" Okay, let's fight-"

" Now hold on one second," Miya said with a strange face. Both Razi and Nathan looked at Miya and saw an evil visage appear around her that frightened Nathan, but didn't do anything to Razi. " No fighting in the bar. If your going to do something as bullheaded as that, your going to do it outside."

X_X_X_X

Miya directed Razi and Nathan outside. While walking Nathan made cracking sounds with his knuckles, sticking his fingers together, pressing on them, and made a noise that sounded like cracking. Nathan also cracked his fingers just by wiggling them. He was stiff, probably due to long sailing without fighting, and was aching to move again.

" Okay, Razi, you go that way and Nathan you go that way," Miya said pointing Razi to the right and pointing Nathan to the left. " Remember, killing each other is strictly prohibitied. (keeping a straight face) If you kill anyone next to my pub, I'll take out my sword and cut your head off." A blood chilling visage showed itself out of Miya. The sight of it made Nathan, Jen, Shi, and even Faust the swordsman tremble. " You know I can do it, don't you, Nathan?"

" Yeah. Your crazy good. One time there was this riot on the street of fifty bandits, Miya beat all of them in...one minute."

" One minute?" Jen asked. " Oh god. Did she kill them?"

" Not quite," Faust replied, arms crossed, and kicking the heel of his feet against the pub. " She just disarmed them and they ran away like frightened babies. Miya's sword is so sharp it can cut through anything."

" Hey, Naphan," said Razi growing impatient.

" It's Nathan," Nathan growled.

" Are we going to fight now?"

" Sure I guess. Let's figh-"

Razi dashed to Nathan before he could finish his sentence and punched him in his square jaw. Nathan could usualy foresee attacks like these from his opponents, but by talking he left himself completely defenceless. Nathan fell on the ground. He soon got back up. While Razi was punching his fists into the air the same as in a boxing match, Nathan was bleeding through his nose. Nathan let his blood drip on his hands, then he squeezed that hand.

" That wasn't very smart. Do you know why I call my ship the Blood Pirates or why my name is the Blood Pirate."

" I don't know. Why?"

" Because when I fight someone I make them bleed every drop of their blood. Chi Chi No Deadly Art!"

Nathan threw his few drops of his blood on the area surrounding Razi. Nathan sweated excessively as his attention was only on the blood. Razi's instincts told him to jump. Just before the blood rised up and pierced him like a growing tree with branches, Razi did backflips.

Razi finally stopped doing backflips and looked back at Nathan, blinked. " Hey, what was that all about-"

"Chi Chi No Pistol!"

Before Razi could sense it coming a bullet made out blood was fired from Nathan's fingertips. The bullet went straight into Razi's chest-or at least hit his chest since the bullet was made out of blood and just bounced off. The trauma of being shot made Razi grimace, then he got back on his feet and smiled.

" That was so awesome. Do it again. Do it again."

" Your one crazy bastard, aren't you? I thought you said you ate a Devil Fruit. Well, let me see it." Razi ignored Nathan and slipped his gloves on. Razi punched the air testing his gloves out. " Fine. If you aren't going to show me..." Nathan pulled out a small knife. He held his arm out and stabbed the knife into his arm. " Then there's no point carrying this battle on. Chi Chi No Bloody Rapier!"

Nathan's blood gushed out of his arm. For reasons beyond Razi's comprehension the blood twined together. The blood became a double bladed rapier inside Nathan's arm. Nathan reached for the hilt and pried the rapier out of his arm. A large wound was ripped open in Nathan's arms. Blood however spurted out of Nathan's arm, dripped over his wounds, where when the blood dissipatated his arm was completely healed.

Jen watching on the sideline couldn't belive his eyes. He was scared. Scared for Razi. " Are you sure this fight is a good idea? What if they start to get so rambunctious about this fight they get too extreme. One of them might even lose an arm."

" Relax. Nathan may not be the brightest person in the world, mostly because he's lazy and doesn't like to read which is why he needs a navigator to read maps, but he would never go so far fighting someone unless they threaten his Nakama."

" Nakama? How many members are on your crew?"

" Five right now. There's me; swordsman of the crew. Nathan who's the captain. Lucy our Bloody Butcher. Margaret our shipwright. and Kamiko our navigator."

" Well, where are they? Why aren't they with you?"

" Because we all wanted to do different things. Margaret went to the shipyard, Kamiko went to get some books, and Lucy's off getting supplies for dinner. We're suppose to have curry tonight. How many members are on your crew?"

" Er, four. Five if you count Jane, but I'm not sure if she wants to be a member of our crew. There's me, the captain of this crew, with skills in navigation and sniping. There's also Daniel who is our swordsman. Our tailor Momo who is not only the nicest one of us other than Razi but also a fishman."

" Fishman? You actually have a fishman on your crew? But I thought fishman despised humans."

" Momo doesn't. One time or another it seemed like he lived with humans. Do you see that bandana on Razi's head?"

" The black one? I see it perfectly."

" Razi told me Momo made it for him."

" W-What? A fishman made that. I heard fishman could be smarter than humans, but I don't think any of them would make their own clothes. I wonder. Maybe one day I should ask Nathan if he would like a fishman for a crewmate."

" No way. We're the human pirates with a fishman. And not only that, we have a skypien."

" S-Skypien? You are a crazy bunch of pirates."

Nathan dashed straight towards Razi, rapier in his right hand, then he jabbed his rapier straight towards Razi's chest. What he didn't anticipate was Razi's instincts. Razi easily ducked out of the path of the sword-left, right, center, pierre, down-and then he grabbed the rapier with his hands.

" Hey, let go of that!"

" You shouldn't be using weapons to fight. It's cheating." Razi clapped his hands against the rapier. Because of the seastone in his gloves the rapier exploded on contact. " There."

" Ah! What did you just do-"

Nathan was blindfolded by Razi from him wrapping his bandana around his head before he could say another word. Nathan was scared. Everything went black. Without his eyes there was no way he could fight. He could however feel something patting his hands.

" Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man. Bake me cake a cake as fast as you can."

Nathan felt something sharp slashing at him in a furry. His eyes returned to normal, though he was temporarily dazed from something gray glimmering in his eyes. As Nathan was about to counterattack, Razi hit him with something that pushed hiim to the ground.

" Oof!"

Nathan didn't even see what hit him. It wasn't Razi's hands or his feet, and whatever hit him was fuzzy like a tail. Nathan was pushed back by whatever hit him. This time his cheeks were bleeding from something cutting him as well as his nose bleeding.

" Are you okay? Maybe I was aggressive, wasn't I?" Razi smiled broadly at Nathan. " This is a great fight. I'm learning so much. Thank you-"

" Shut up! I don't want to hear another word from your mouth."

" Hmmm. Did I do something wrong?"

" You think your so strong, don't you? You think your better Luffy, don't you? You think by fighting me, the guy he gave his hat too, that you can gloat about it."

" What? That's not true. I don't think I'm better than Luffy. I just wanted to see how strong you were. I thought that maybe if we fought together we could be friends."

" Friends? Why would I want to be friends with you? So far I've been taking it easy because I thought we would have a great battle, but I guess there's no need for me to hold out any longer. Chi Chi No Bloody Scythes!"

Nathan cut his forearms with his knife. His blood glowed bright before he turned it into scythe blades. Nathan spinned around in circles. The scythe blades all flew straight towards Razi. Razi punched them with his fists, exploding them using his boxing gloves, but one blade cut him in his right shoulder.

" Guah!"

Razi howled in pain when he was cut by the blade. Nathan ran up ahead of Razi while his guard was down and punched him in his face. Nathan continued his brawl by punching Razi in his stomach, face, even in the shoulder where he was cut. While Razi was in great pain Nathan made a smooth sheet of his blood covering his hands to give his punches more power.

" Chi Chi No Bloody Fist!"

Nathan prepared to punch Razi with as much force as he was enbodied. But before his fists made contact Razi caught both of them with his hands. Razi wouldn't be able to do it with his cut shoulderpad, however, he recovered from it. Nathan noticed this and flinched.

" I thought I cut him there. Don't tell me his Devil Fruit allows him to recover faster from injuries. If that's the case...I'll need to finish him off right now."

Nathan jumped back away from Razi and jumped over Razi's head. While falling to the ground Nathan locked his blood covered hands together. He was about to smash them on top of Razi's head.

" Chi Chi No Falling Hammer!" Razi shielded himself from Nathan's attack just in time. He raised his hands over his head. The way Nathan fell was the same as a meteor hurtling towards Earth. Nathan fell into Razi's hands, pushing him into the ground, but managed to stand up despite how powerful he was.

" I-will-be-strong!" Nathan shouted. Newfound energy boasted the power of his fall. Nathan fell to the ground, hitting the ground creating a crater, he got back up, took out his knife, and stabbed Razi in his forehead. " I won't let someone like you who thinks being a pirate is all fun and games became King of the Pirate. Anyone who mocks Luffy doesn't deserve that title."

" I-will-not-lose!" Razi shouted back at Nathan. Blood trickled out of his head while his eyes never left Nathan's. " Being a pirate doesn't just have to do with hurting others. It's all about meeting people who share the same goals as you, people who will fight for you, find new places and letting the whole world no your not afraid to make a change. That's why Luffy gave you his strawhat. He thought you could make a difference."

Nathan froze. Time stopped around him. He remembered the face Luffy had when he gave him his hat. He looked so...happy. Even when he was going to die he still had the same happy, joyous face. Thinking about his past made his hands start to sweat. Nathan released his grip on his knife. It fell on his feet. The wound he gave Razi was gone as his skin returned to normal.

" I have been so...stupid. "

" Hey Faust, your captain doesn't look alright," Jen said on the sidelines. " Maybe we should help him."

" Let him be. Nathan's mind is like a maze. Once it starts it can't go back, and only goes until it reaches the end. I tell you, if it were me fighting I would have done things diligently and not let anything stand in my way."

" You sure act big and tough, Faust, but I haven't really saw you do any fighting. What is it exactly that you can do?"

" I'll show you. There's two rocks on the ground. Pick them up and throw them at me."

" Are you sure that's a good idea? I could hurt you."

" Just do it." Jen did as Faust asked. He picked up two rocks off the ground and threw them at Faust. Faust took out his sword. " Basilisk Fang!"

Faust held his sword in a reverse grip, then he disappeared. He soon reappeared to the left before disappearing again and reappearing next to the rocks. The rocks stopped moving. They just floated off the ground. Faust held his sword by the flower-guard and dropped it in his belt again. Two parallel horizontal slashes touched the rocks as they shattered into nothing but pebbles.

Jen was scared of Faust, got on his hands and knees, said, " Please don't hurt me!"

" Get off the ground. You look stupid like that. I assure you I'm not going to hurt you. I'm a pirate not a monster. Ooh, and it looks like Nathan's returning to his sanity."

" Excuse me, Navy, can we please continue on with our fight."

Nathan returned his attention back to the battle. Just like the last two times Razi mistaked his name he was angry. " It's Nathan you idiot! Nathan Darius! I'm going to become King of the Pirates!"

" No way. I'm going to become King of the Pirates. My name is Wolf Fang Razi."

" Well, Razi, let's decide this in one last attack. Chi Chi No Tiger Claws!" Nathan made sharp claws out of blood that covered his fingers. Nathan clawed the air testing them, then he raised his hands out, smiled. " I want to see it. That Devil Fruit. I want to see it now."

" Okay!" Razi finally transformed into his wolf hybrid. Pointy ears popped out of his head, claws grew from his fingertips, his bushy tail stuck out of his rear end, and he grew fangs out his mouth. " What do you think? Pretty cool, right?"

" So your a Zoan-type, eh? It's been a long time since I fought anyone like you. So let us...begin!"

Nathan and Razi both charged towards each other. Their claws raised up and their mouthes wide open. Just when it looked like they were going to crash, Razi flinched for a second, his ears twitching as if hearing something small, and he jumped on Nathan's head.

" Oof!"

Nathan fell on the ground. Razi landed back on the ground. He looked everywhere as if hearing something in the distance, then he turned his attention to Jen.

" Hey Jen, did you hear that?"

" Hear what, Razi?"

" Someone's crying."

" Crying? I don't hear anyone crying. Do you, Faust?"

" Nope. I don't hear anything except you two bickering."

" Yeah. If someone's really crying, why didn't you hear it before, Razi?"

" It's probably because I was in my human form most of the time. In my wolf form's I can hear almost one hundred times better. I got to go?"

" Go? Go where?"

" Where the noise is coming from of course. I want to see who is crying." Razi ran away from Faust and Jen. He ran past Nathan, turned around and waved at him. " Thanks for the fight. I think my fighting skills have improved because of it."

" I hate you," Nathan groaned with his head touching the dirt.

" I'll be back soon. Bye."

Razi transformed into his wolf form. He ran on his four legs into the town. With him gone everything became quiet. The only sound that could be heard was the soft laugh of Miya.

" That Razi. He certainly is a strange fellow."

" Do you think he's going to be alright, Jen?" Faust asked.

" Don't worry. He'll come back...one way or the other."

Razi was gone. What Jen, Faust, Miya, Shi, and Nathan didn't realize was they were being watched-of course Nathan couldn't see that because his face was on the ground. In the shadows a man was watching them, his razor sharp and jagged teeth were the only thing visible, and so was his sharp claws. The man breathed while looking at Miya. His breath was loud, earful, and would made any persons blood stop immediately.

" So the little goofball is gone. Good. Now I can move onto the next phase of my plan."