A/N: Hey guys! So... uh... Yeah, I have nothing. Let's get puddin'!


A New Legend

Bountiful Experiences! part 2

The Dark Blood Pirates, A Rising Threat!


As the bright sun that painted the horizon a beautiful yellow, oranges, and reds, the crew was slowly waking up to the world around them on the Flaring Moon. Dome of the pirates got out of the bedrooms, covering their eyes from the sun. Even up in the Crow's nest there was life. Luna was slowly waking up, rubbing the tiredness out of her eyes, and opened them to the bright beam of light that hit her eyes and stung them, causing her to close them again. She hated waking up, it irritated her, especially when she was having a good dream. She opened them again and looked around to see the crew starting to exit their rooms on the small caravel. "Good. Their still alive..."

Just as Luna said that, something landed on her lap. Out of curiosity, she looked down to see a rolled of newspaper, a faint squawk ranged out in the distance. "Oh... It's just the newspaper." She opened it up to see a list of bounties. "Oh, hey. Isn't that our bounties... or at least Ray's, Emerald's, Calico's, and El's." Her eyes scanned the paper before they slowly grew. "I have a bounty... HA! Take that El! I have a bigger- Oh wait, I don't... Dang it!"

"What was that?!" shouted El glancing at Luna who shortly glared before noticing Sora hiding behind Itu. She hung her head down as she threw the paper down toward the deck. "The newspaper's already here."

Before anyone could go and grab it, Ray bolted out of his room, a toothbrush still in his mouth. "MMHMHMHMMMMM!" shouted Ray as he opened it and studied the newspaper.

"Go back to the bathroom." Emerald said grabbing him by the hair and throwing him back into his room.

"Did you have to throw him?" asked Chris and Kai as they sweat-dropped. The kitchen door slammed open as Charity stomped out. She stomped toward Emerald who was rolling her eyes. Charity then started spouting threats at Emerald. Emerald getting annoyed slammed a chunk of emerald down upon Charity's head, knocking her out. "Did you have to knock her out?" asked Chris and Kai again.

Ray dashed and swiped the paper from Emerald's hands with a gleeful smile. "Let me see!" Emerald was about to smack Ray when the crew got in her way. She didn't want to end up smacking an innocent person so she held it in.

"What are you so excited about, Ray?" asked Calico, yawning.

"Well I mean we did, I mean I did take out a warlord of the sea." said Ray in a mocking tone. "And who wouldn't recognize us, I mean me as a threat yet. Surely my bounty rose up to the 100 millions." As ray finished talking, he took out eleven posters. He then started to throw away posters one by one. The crew went to catch them as they wanted to see theirs.

"My bounty rose up!" announced El as she looked down at a poster. "I now have a bounty of 23 million!" She lifted her paper up to show the crew, no one paid attention.

"Not bad." muttered Calico, examining his poster. "34 million beli now. That's a feat."

"I still hate this nickname..." said Emerald with clenched teeth. "Well mine seemed to have skyrocketed, and I didn't even do anything. I guess I'm lucky. 91 million beli, awesome!"

"Itu, Itu! Look! I have my first bounty!" shouted Sora hoping up and down with a smile on his face. Itu looked down to see it. Sora's picture was him, laying on the deck with a large bump on his head and swirls covering his eyes. Though one of his hands were shaped into a peace sign. It read, "Cat Boy" Sora Banaki, 15 million beli. Itu sweat-dropped but congratulated Sora.

Itu looked down on his. The picture that reminded him of his rage back then. He couldn't let anyone see it. He looked at Ray, he seemed like he didn't see Itu's bounty. He folded the piece of paper and threw it out into the sea. Not wanting to tell them his bounty, his worth... that rose from 250 to 265 million beli.

El peeked at Luna and smiled mischievously. "Remember out bet~?" she asked. Luna jumped and snapped her head toward El before growing scared.

"N-no..."

"Well let me jog your memory."

Flashback

"Hey, Luna." asked El as she approached Luna. Luna looked up toward El and asked her what she needed.

"What do you want?"

"Do you want to make a bet?"

"Why should I?"

"You're not going to ask what it is?"

"I don't want to know what it is."

"Really? Well I mean I was~ about to suggest that I would help you get Sora's trust again if you won, but I guess if you don't want to accept it..."

Luna glanced at the floor as she tried to decide what decision was best. She glanced at Sora who was running around the deck. She sighed. "What was the bet again?"

El smiled. "Well pretty simple. When you get your bounty, if it's higher than my second bounty, you win. If it's not, I win!"

"Don't you want something in return?"

"Yes, yes I do."

Luna had a bad feeling in her gut.

"But first, let's shake on it!"

"What!? You didn't even tell me what I have to do if I lose!"

"It's not that bad."

Luna hesitated but shook El's hand.

"Good. No backing out now~! If I win, you have to wear this!" El pulled out the same very revealing clothes she wore before they arrived at Baratie. "You have to wear this and dance the same dance I did back before we got to Baratie in front of the WHOLE crew INCLUDING Sora."

"Are you insane!?"

"No."

"Yeah, not happening!"

"Nope. We shook on it. Don't tell me you have no pride?"

Luna took in a deep breath and let it out. "But what if that doesn't fit?"

"Oh no, this is another pair that I made that should suit you perfectly!"

Luna sighed as she started to fake cry. El started laughing evilly as she walked away. "Good luck!"

End Flashback

"Now what's your bounty?" asked El with the same mischievous smile.

Luna hung her head down. Her bounty clearly showing itself to El. The picture showing was Luna's foot connecting with Romeo's head, the top of his head clearly showing little ripples. Her bounty read, "Fallen Angel" Blade Luna, 19 million beli.

"Come on, let's get you all changed up." El said helping Luna to her feet. Luna could see El's bounty in her hand. She didn't need to ask.

Echo had a semi-satisfied look on his face. "I'm getting closer to my dream with this bounty..." His bounty showed him sending an upper-cut to Romeo's chin. Massive vibrations were visible going on his face. It read, "Ruthless Fighter" Ado D. Echo, 20 million beli. "It's not too much, but it should be a good start."

Chris just stared at her bounty. No expression on her face. Her bounty barely showed her face as it was almost covered by the blur of her arm that was stabbing Romeo multiple times. It read, "Fast Assassin" Chrisandra Poppins, 18 million beli. "What the hell type of nickname is "Fast assassin?" she asked, bluntly.

Kai was pissed off. "Why do I have such a low bounty!?" His bounty showed Kai being masked by the blur of his hands. Though for some reason, if you looked closely enough, you could make out all of his facial features. His bounty read, "Corrupt Light" Kai Parker, 26 million beli. "God damn it! Mine's is like 14 million beli behind Ray's first bounty and god knows what his second bounty gave him!"

Charity looked at her bounty and shrugged. She didn't really care much about her bounty. Her bounty showed her "Veau Shot" make contact with Rosie's torso. Her bounty read, "Black Leg V2" Blanch Coddle, 22 million beli. "Though I'm pretty sure they could've have just gave me a better nickname."

"What's your bounty, Ray?" asked Emerald walking over. The crew started walking over to Ray. Ray was on his knees, his hands holding his poster loosely. His head was flung back with his mouth gaping open. His eyes showed no emotion as they looked at the clear sky above. "Let's see..." Emerald said glancing over Ray's shoulder to the poster. The crew did the same.

Everyone's eyes grew in disbelief. Kai burst out laughing as he slammed against the floor as stray tears escaped his eyes. "Now that is beautiful!"

Ray's bounty read, "Crimson Death" Talon D. Ray, 16 million beli.

Tears escaped his Ray's eyes as he dropped the paper and clumsily walked to his room with his head hung low. On the way to his room, El and Luna walked out of El's. Luna hung her head down low as stray tears escaped her eyes. "Go on, Luna." El said. Luna started dancing El's "Alabasta" dance as the crew turned their attention to Luna. Sora was then scarred for life and will most likely never trust Luna again. El noticed Ray slumping over to his room. "Hey, Ray! Look over here!"

Ray turned his head toward El and Luna. He groaned as he turned his head forward and grab the handle of the door that lead to his room. He then opened it and entered before slamming it shut. El was confused. She then heard a thump landing next to her. She looked to see Luna slumped on the floor. "I feel Ray's pain..." she muttered. Luna then got up and slumped to her room.

Emerald grabbed the newspaper. "Okay, ignoring what just happened... Ah, here's the article!" Emerald said, gaining most of the crew's attention. "In the Frostolian Kingdom, where the Warlord and owner of the famous Ice company Floe Frazil resided in, was recently arrested due to the murder of hundreds of people and selling them to buying customers."

"How did they find out?" asked Chris. Emerald shrugged.

"Marine Captain George Fall and his group of marines had defeated Frazil and captured her, he was promoted for saving countless lives. Also the Dark Blood Pirates were also seen on the island, we don't know if they were working for Frazil but please keep on eye out for them." finished Emerald.

"That's such a big lie!" shouted El in anger.

"They have to lie." piped up Itu. The crew looked at him in confusion. "What would the world think if some pirates came and defeated an evil Warlord? The world would slowly go into chaos and even the World Government will lose the World's trust. Besides, I'm pretty sure they know we defeated Frazil and got our bounties raised, that's more than enough."

"Yeah, it makes sense." said Calico with his eyes closed.

"But why would they lower Ray's bounty?" asked Emerald in confusion. Just as she said that, two posters floated in front of her. She grabbed them. This time she slumped to her hands and knees. "God damn you, World Government..."

Kai picked up the two posters. He then fell to his knees. "God damn you, World Government..."

El picked up the two posters. Sora picked up Emerald's. "You have a 91 million beli bounty!" shouted Sora in surprise.

"What!" shouted half the crew as they looked at Emerald's bounty.

"No, she has a 36 million beli bounty." corrected El. They ran over to El to check the poster out. "I guess they made a mistake."

Emerald held up a clenched fist up to the air. "Now you're going to toy with my feelings! Fuck you, World Government!"

"And Ray has 92 million beli bounty." said El. "I guess they made a mistake on that too."

Kai held a clenched fist up to the air. "Why are you playing with my feelings?! Fuck you, World Government!"

Ray appeared next to El and snatched his poster. He scanned it before a giant smile came across his face. "BOOM!" shouted Ray in happiness. "IT'S NOT 100 MILLION BUT IT'S CLOSE SO I'LL TAKE IT!"

Emerald and Kai stated slumping to their rooms as the Flaring Moon sailed to it's next destination where karma will spare Ray and reveal itself to Ray in a more powerful form.


A/N: Now I know what you guys are thinking. "Why does Kai have such a high bounty!?" It's mostly because of his devil fruit. Now about Itu, you guys need to understand. This is partially essential for an ark that will probably come around chapter 100 if this story... if goes that far... Thanks for reading and see you guys later! Please review!