Rumors, that's all I heard were Rumors of a pirate ship falling from the sky.
So pirate's have invaded Navarone, this could be very favorable for me
Any pirate stupid enough to invaded Navarone will end up here, so I just had to lay and wait for them, luckily for me I only had to wait till mourning when they brought in a man with short green hair, a white shirt, and a green bandana around his arm. Immediately I recognized the man, Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro. Without Hesitation, I blend into the shadows of the dark cell and keep my presence hidden
I thought they said pirate's had invaded, so why would they lock up a Pirate Hunter
My limitless questions were answered when he was interrogated by lieutenant commander Drake. Roronoa was indeed a member of a group of pirates called The Strawhats, and from what I overheard one of the Strawhats infiltrated the medical ward. So by my estimation, I count three pirates, the captain, Roronoa, and a doctor, but I could tell that wasn't all of them, no way. And I couldn't exactly ask him because of the guards that stood in front of his cell, the Ex-Pirate Hunter was later joined by a man with a rather long nose, and he kept rambling on about a woman named Robin. That brings the total up to five pirates. Those odd are much better than before, the guards begin to thin out moments after Roronoa and Mr. Long nose is joined by a man wearing a purple shirt blabbering saying he was special inspector major Shepherd, but long nose said his name was Condoriano, it was a lie, a believable lie nonetheless. So a swordsman, a liar, a doctor, and others I still have no idea
Since the guards have left I could ask a few questions of my own
Keeping my presence hidden I begin to conversate with the prisoners
"Hey," I say earning a fear-filled scream from the Liar
"So...you guys are the straw hats pirates?" I ask
"Yeah, who's asking?" Asked Roronoa
"Someone who wants to help," I say stepping into the light
"I could help you escape, in exchange you take me with you..." I stop speaking hearing footsteps
It was an old guy wearing orange who unintentionally triggered a trap set by the marines
They Plan on getting the pirate's with an old ambush trap, my God only an idiot would lose to that
Once The old-timer was taken away I continued to talk to the Strawhats
"Tick tock...my deal won't last forever"
"How can we trust you," said Long Nose
"You don't have a choice," I say backing up
Lowering my center of gravity, I use one of the few weapons I have in my arsenal
Tempest Kick, Trifold
After using the Tempest Kick, I place my foot on the cell's bars and push them open, revealing a triangular hole in my cell. The moment I stepped the hidden navel officers charge me, immediately I fall to my hands and start to spin
Tempest Spin
With the guards down I look directly into the Strawhats cell
"Do we have a deal, speak now or forever hold your peace?" I say preparing to walk away
"Fine" Roronoa said blankly
"Good choice," I say lifting my leg slightly
Tempest Kick Trifold
Immediately I kick the bars on both the Strawhats cell and Roronoa's swords cell. Both begin to leave as I stop the long-nosed one
"Hey, you were in the ship bay, did you see a small one-man lifeboat?" I ask hoping for the answer to be No
It wasn't, they had my ship, and more importantly, they had my personal treasures. Immediately I run out of the cells and run into a man with a black suit smoking a cigarette, and a boy wearing a Straw Hat. Ignoring them I rush towards Vice-Admiral Johnathan
Running through the halls of the Marine Base Navarone, I head towards Vice-Admiral Johnathan, cutting down anyone who gets in my way. Unfortunately for me I was eventually surrounded, most people would start to panic, but I'm not most people, I didn't panic, I wasn't worried, I was just standing there grinning a wicked smile.
"Do the lot of you want to try and tempt fate?" I say smiling as they draw their swords
"Very well, your funerals," I say grinning wider
Dropping to a handstand I begin to rotate until I gained the proper amount of momentum
Tempest Spin
When I stood back up half of the officers were down on the ground bleeding from the slash marks across their chests, while the other half was looking at me in fear
"Leave now or join the others in death, it's your choice," I say waiting for their answer
Sure enough, I got my answer when they fled in fear
"Cowardly weaklings," I say approaching the Vice-Admirals door
Standing in front of Johnathan's door I immediately kick it open, my attention is turned to the man himself as he begins to speak
"Was only a matter of time before you came here"
Turning I see the face of Vice-Admiral Johnathan. On his desk sat a chessboard with 7 white pieces and a lone black king piece, the other item on his desk was an unlocked chest with all of my treasured belongings
"Give me the key"
"What key?" Asked Johnathan
"Cut the theatrics, when you left me in the cells you took a single key with you, you've also gone through my treasure, so you now know who I am, am I correct"
"You are," The Vice-Admiral said placing the key on the desk
"The Jolly Roger on this black shirt of yours..." Johnathan says pulling out a black shirt from the chest "...immediately told me who you were, Mr. Von Shadow. I must say though that luck is apparently on your side"
"May I ask why you say that," I ask stepping closer
"Because a naval ship was supposed to arrive in 2 days to take you to Impel Down," Vice-Admiral Johnathan said putting my shirt back in the chest
"You know who I am, then you should know that it wouldn't be wise to test me," I say my voice filled with venom
Without saying a word the key is thrown at my feet as I reach to pick it up Vice-Admiral Johnathan begins to speak.
"You know your true bounty is hidden from the world, only the higher-ups and the Seven Warlords know your true worth"
"I am very much aware of it, after all, I did kill one of the untouchables," I say removing the cuffs
The mere moment that cuffs touched the ground I felt my power return to me in full, the whites of my eyes turned pitch black as my irises turned crimson, and as fast as they changed they returned to normal just as quick. Without hesitation, I thrust a shadow arm around Vice-Admiral Johnathan's neck pinning him to the wall behind him
"I should kill where you stand, but consider yourself lucky you didn't keep this," I say holding up my lighter
"This is the only thing that keeps me sane in this world and believe me I do not wish to add your face to the Darkness," I say let him go as the shadow appendage returns to my body
" I will, however..." I begin I outstretch my right arm(shadow arm) around the chest promptly sealing and locking it "Be taking what belongs to me"
Pulling back my shadow appendage I bring the chest under my right arm. I turned to the door which had numerous Marines aiming their rifles at me. I only smiled at their attempt as they opened fire upon me. Unfortunately for them one of the bullets hit my treasure I begin to feel rage as I pull a shadow spear from my body, without hesitation I thrust the weapon at the marines wounding most of them but killing 2 of them
2 more added to the Darkness
Immediately I turn to the opposite wall, I create a massive ball of hardened shadow and hurl it through the wall giving me an opening. With the moment of destruction, I jump off and call upon my power
Shade Falcon
From the shadows of the marine fortress, I land on a falcon made from hardened shadow. Looking over the horizon I see a red bridge with four individuals fighting an entire army of marines and losing. Setting my treasure on the falcon it begins to be enveloped by my shadow before disappearing.
Utilizing my powers I forge a bow from the shadows, pulling back on the string an arrow materialized in between my fingers
Shade Arrow
I release the arrow with a resounding Shockwave, my arrow strikes through the bridge as one of the Strawhats attacks hits it as well. I couldn't help but smile at the destruction. Ignoring the destruction, my shadow falcon raced to the docking bay, it wasn't hard to find the Strawhats ship, I however saw an ambush waiting for the Strawhats. That won't do, if they were going to make it out of here alive they were going to need some assistance. From my hand forms a 7-foot staff as my falcon zooms towards the soldiers
Shadow Kamikaze
Jumping off the shadow bird it crashes and explodes into the marines thinning them out a bit
"Alright, now would any of you care to give me a challenge," I say tapping the shadow staff against my shoulder blade
Immediately Commander Drake ordered them to attack me, it would seem these men needed to learn a very important lesson and learn it they will, the Hard Way.
Bullets whizzed both around and through me, as I struck every marine that came close, I couldn't afford to let my guard down around them because they might be carrying Sea Prism Stone Cuffs.
"Commander Drake, what are your orders?"
"Use the Bazookas and blow him and his staff away" commanded Drake
The marines on the steel beams took aim, I just shook my head at the lack of knowledge these people had
"For the record, my weapon isn't a staff," I say as the soldiers pulled the trigger
I let the marines bullets hit the ground around me which enveloped me in a dark cloud of smoke and debris, as the cloud dissipated the faces of the marine soldiers turned to ones of shock, I stood there unharmed with his arms crossed. my weapon spinning in front of me at unimaginable speed, uncrossing my arms as my weapon began to slow. However the weapon had changed, it was no longer a bo staff it had lengthened and had a large curved blade attached to the end.
"Gentlemen, say hello to my Scythe of Shade" I grin as I spin the weon in my hand
The moment I was about to tear it up the Straw Hats enter the room, distracting the marines
Shade Serpent
Red eyes begin to glow from my shadow as I'm lifted off the ground by a 30ft long serpent of shadow, the moment my serpent fully formed, three others joined the room
"Straw Hat!, get on your ship, I'll keep them company," I say forming my Shade Bow as I see the Strawhats walk slowly with a girl in tow
A hostage, not bad, not bad at all
That however didn't last as one of the marines tried to take her, fortunately, I foresaw that happening and shot the man in his shoulder. Once the Strawhats were on their ship I took their hostage and placed my Scythe blade to her neck scaring her deeply, bring my mouth to her ear I begin to calm her
"Relax I'm not going to harm you, I plan to return you with no problem" I whisper to the girl
"Throw your weapons in the water, or I stain your floor with this pretty little thing blood," I say bringing the Scythe blade closer to her neck
The marines, hesitant at first, began to throw away their weapons one by one, once all of them were unarmed I released the girl. Immediately their ship started taking off, without Hesitation my serpent lunges for the ship and evaporates as I land on the deck, immediately the alarms were sound, and the orange-haired girl was giving orders
I thought Straw Hat was the captain
I began to sigh in relief, I finally had a moment of peace, pulling out my lighter and a pack of cigarettes I proceeded to light up and inhale before exhaling black smoke. Putting my belongings back into my coat I begin to look around the ship, promptly passing the orange-haired girl, there are some damages here and there, but I can see the Tender, Love, & Care on this ship, overall I can tell it was a well-loved ship, my attention was soon drawn to a very familiar face.
Miss All Sunday? I thought she was with Baroque Works
Walking towards Miss All Sunday, and the orange-haired one I immediately feel something wrong, something's missing, my eyes grow wide as I realize my lighter is missing.
Your Fault
She's Dead
You Killed Her
The voice repeated in my head as I began losing my sanity. I began to frantically look for my lighter, finding it nowhere on the ship. I concluded I haven't been near anyone except for the orange-haired girl. Without Hesitation I thrust a shadow arm at her pinning her to the wall of the ship, my vision turned Crimson as my sanity was slipping
Give...it...back...
Eric's actions alarmed the other crew members who immediately attacked the shadow man
Sanji was the first to strike with a kick, unfortunately, it went right through Eric, Eric retaliated by wrapping Sanji's own shadow around him subduing his movements. After seeing that none of their attacks would just go right through him they just stood there on edge.
Eric Von Shadow began to move closer his eyes had already turned pitch black and crimson red
...Give...Back...What...You...Stole...
Eric slammed his fist mere inches from her left eye, luckily for her, something hit the wooden floor which grabbed his attention. It was his gold light. Opening it he flicked to life and stared at the flame, soon the shadows returned to where they belonged, Finally Eric's eyes returned to normal as he seal his lighter shut
"I'm only going to say this once," Eric says look right at the orange-haired thief
"If you value your lives...then Don't. Touch. My. Lighter." Eric says venom clear in his voice
However, Eric's tone of voice changed when spoke to Nico Robin
"It's nice to see you again Miss All Sunday," I say gripping my Lighter tightly
"It's nice to see you too Eric, gonna be honest, never expected to see you here"
"and I never expected you to leave Crocodile and his little group," I say looking at the woman
"Wait, you know Robin?" Said Straw Hat
"In a way, a few years back…
4 & a Half Years ago
Having stowed myself on a pirate ship I was hoping to get to the next island to ask about my brother's and The Shadow Pirate's, however when I heard several items hit the deck all at once I saw the need to examine the source when I went to investigate I saw the entire crew on the floor their bodies twisted in one way or another, and a woman wearing purple and a hat in the middle of it, she thought I was one of them and tried to kill me, fortunately for me you can't kill what you can't touch, without hesitation I charge her with the intent kill, unfortunately for me, I was stopped by a pillar of sand, which took the shape of a man with a coat hanging on his shoulders smoking a cigar
"It wouldn't be wise to attack Miss All Sunday, Boy"
"You're a Logia type," I say blankly
"You're quite observant, I ate the Sand-Sand fruit, my name is Crocodile, I'm one of the Seven Warlords, and you are?"
"Eric Von Shadow, a survivor of the Galuna Massacre," I say expecting an attack
"Von Shadow...you must be that pirate everyone has been talking about, there is someone who wants you alive," Crocodile said causing me to grab my left shoulder
"However if your willing to follow my orders, and join Baroque Works then I can keep you safe" Crocodile said extending his left hand
I was hesitant at first but took his hand in acceptance
"I will follow you but I need to find my brothers first," I say finally having found hope, that hope, however, didn't even last a minute
"Forget them...their bounties are not on par with yours," Crocodile said smiling
"Very well...but you should know something," I say my vision turning red
"And what would that be," Crocodile said trying to let go of my hand
"No-One can Hide from the Shadows!" I yell wrapping part of his left arm in shadow before severing it causing him to scream in pain as blood poured
During his moment of pain, I formed a sword from shadow and slashed the middle of his face, after watching Crocodile fall back in his pain I take that opportunity to escape, running to the side on the ship I jump on the rail promptly turning around to face Miss All Sunday, Smiling I place two fingers on the side of my forehead and flick it outward before jumping overboard
Shade Falcon
Landing on my fast shadow bird I leave the both of them behind and continue the search for my brother
After I regaled my experience with the Warlord and Miss Sunday, I had gotten a few different looks from the crew. Three of them were looking at me like I was a monster(Nami, Usopp, and Chopper), two of them had expressionless looks and Straw Hat was looking at me with stars in his eyes.
There is something seriously wrong with this boy
So the first chapter of the rewrite is completed I hope you will enjoy better then the original
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