The Funeral & The Fight
Half a year. It has been half a year since that kid joined the Shadow Pirates, and it brings me such pride to say that he is easily one of the best fighters on this ship, and combined with the better control of his Devil Fruit he might even be on par with me. I didn't think it was possible but my brothers were right. For once. This kid was indeed a blessing, I care for him, which made my next choice so difficult to make. We landed on a island where I took the cabin boy and decided he didn't need to live a life of a pirate
"Listen kid, you are hands down the best fighter on my ship, but its gotten to the point where I care for you to much, so I want you to live on this island, away from the path I forged for myself" I say turning into shadow and leaving the boy behind
"Captain!"
Once on the ship I was greeted by my brothers
"You did the right thing brother" Draven said placing a hand on my shoulder
CAPTAIN!
Looking up at the crows nest I see one of my crew members racing down with a looking glass in hand
"What seems to be the problem Stygian?" Asked Gaster
"See for yourself Captain" he says handing me the looking glass
Across the horizon I see a pirate ship waving a jolly roger that had a wolf head with a pair of crossed swords
"The Silver Fang? Didn't we attack their ship 3 days ago?" I ask looking confused
"Affirmative Captain Eric, it would seem they've been following us since we looted them" Stygian said which started to worry me
"If they're following us then why are they heading to island, instead of coming after us" I say
My eyes grow wide as I drop the looking glass, I begin to yell at the crew
"ALL HANDS FULL REVERSE"
"What is it brother?" Asked Gaster worry clear in his voice
"They're after the boy" I say my vision turning red
"How could have..." Draven said as he stopped
"Search the Ship, Leave nothing unturned" Draven said to the crew
"Captain..I'm sorry to say but we won't make to the island in time"
"Very well, Draven take us to the island" I say as Draven begins to hastily remove his shirt, coat, and, boots
Draven's muscle mass began to expand while at the same time was being covered in red scales, his hands grew while his fingertips turned to razor sharp claws, a pair of black horns adorn his forehead, next thing that came was a pair of wings and a scaled tail, this was Draven's Devil Fruit, The Draco-Draco Fruit, Mythical class Zoan Type. Draven then flew up to become full Dragon growing 50 feet in length, when he reached down Gaster and myself jumped onto his massive head as he raced back to the island. We however saw the majority of the small island in ruins, and the Silver Fang's ship heading towards my ship
"Draven land and revert to your half form"
Once on the ground I come up with a plan
"Gaster...gather as many bones as you can, after that the both of you are going into my shadow, we need to teach the Silver Fang Pirate's that you don't mess with my crew" I say trying to keep my calm
Gaster had gathered enough bones for the fight merging a few of them together with the power of his Bone-Bone Fruit. Once ready they were both enveloped by my shadow as I created my Falcon. When I reached their ship I turned into shadow and traveled up to the crows nest promptly snapping the pirates neck, letting my brothers out I tell them to wait for my signal. Turning back into shadow I travel down the mast to the area where the kid was. He was tied to a chair in the middle of the deck
"I hope your ready kid, because you will ensure my victory today against those weaklings you call a crew" the Sliver Fang Captain said
"Your certainty a glutton for punishment aren't you, Willie"
The hand of 'Silver Fang' Willie moved from his side to back handing the boy tied up in front of him.
"I should cut out that smart tongue of your, but I'll wait till I see the look of your captain's face when I slit your throat in front of him" Willie said brandishing a knife
Emerging from the Shadows, my Scythe in hand, I lightly tap Silver Fang's shoulder
"What..."
There was a splash of blood as I stood over a frozen man, seconds pass as the red diagonal line formed across his chest. Both his arms hit the deck as the top half slid off the rest, hearing the noise the crew all turned to see me
"Get him"
Without missing a beat Draven jumps down smashing the skulls of the pirate's he landed on, the others where skewered by spears made from bones, looking towards the boy I raise my Scythe and bring it down causing the child to flinch, the boy opened his eyes to see that I only cut the ropes dropping my Scythe I embrace the boy in a hug
"Are you okay?" I ask finally over my fear of losing someone I care for
"Y-yes I am Sir"
"Let's get back to the ship" I say as Draven shifts to his full dragon form
When Gaster, myself and the child where on Draven I look at the ship with a disgusted frown
No Survivors
Lifting my hand I create a small ball from my palm, which only grew bigger and bigger until it was the size of the ship. Without Hesitation I throw it at the ship
Gallion Buster
The ship was struck ripping it to shreds anyone unfortunate enough to still be on that ship was be given a watery grave
When we got back to the ship I saw the happy faces of my crew and a man on the ground in the center of them tied up, next to him was a pistol and a mini transponder snail
"And who do we have here?" I ask lightly pushing through my crew
"We found him in the storeroom Captain...he.." I stop the female from talking as I noticed blood on the deck
"That better be his blood" I say a stern look on my face
"No sir, Stygian was the one to find him..."
"Stygian?, well can't say I saw coming, where is he so we can congratulate the little man" Draven said(having turning back to normal)putting on his shirt, coat, and boots
There was a eerie silence that hung in the air, the atmosphere was so thick you could cut it with a knife
"There's something you're not telling us" I say look at the trail of blood
"This man had a flintlock pistol with him, used Stygian as a hostage...but when he got on deck Stygian fought back, we were able to restrain him and relieve him of his weapon...but...he had already shot Stygian, the doctor did what he could...he's not going to make it through the next hour"
Having heard all of this I wanted to tear this bastard to pieces, but that wasn't my call
"Your name is Selena, correct?" I ask the woman who looked hurt
"Yes sir, Selena Withers, I'm one of your gunners"
"Captain..."
Looking forward I see a muscle bound crew member who was shirtless and had 3 bladed claws strapped to his wrists
"Would you like me to tear this guy apart in the name of Stygian"
"He may have been your comrade, but if anyone got to decide his fate it would be Her" I say looking at Selena
"Wh-what are you..."
"Please nothing happens on this ship without me knowing. You are free to love whomever you wish."
I turn to look at the tied up man, then to Selena, then to my brothers.
"Stygian is still living?"
"Yes Captain" Selena said
"Draven, take the boy to my quarters while I deal with this Vermin, Gaster I want you to wait outside the infirmary. Selena I believe Stygian deserves to decide this man's fate, wouldn't you?" I say as Selena smiled
"I do believe so Captain"
I walk past the crew as Selena follows with the prisoner in tow, entering the infirmary I see Stygian lying on a bed with bloody bandages around his chest. I gave a signal to Selena telling her to wait at the entrance until I tell her to
"Well, Well, Well..." I say getting Stygians attention
"C-Captain Shadow!" Stygian said jumping before wincing in pain
"Easy there, no need to strain yourself, how are you feeling Stygian, how's my Loyal 'Crow'?" I ask as Stygian smiled faintly
"I'd be lying if I said I've had better days, how's the kid" Asked Stygian as sat next to him
Heart of Gold
"He's safe, I'm Sorry. I should have searched the ship myself." I apologized to my crew member
"If you did that then something might have happened to the kid"
Not Gold, Platinum
"With a heart like yours you'd make a great Marine" I say chuckling
"If that was the case I'd shoot myself" Stygian said laughing himself
"That's true, we live the pirate's life..." I say smiling
"...till the day we die" Stygian says lift his hand which I grasp
"You found the Stowaway, so it's your right to decide his fate" I say signaling Selena to approach
Getting up I walk behind the prisoner and kick the back of his legs making him drop to his knees
"Selena, your pistol please"
Selena reached behind her back and pulled out her flintlock pistol before handing it to me. I in turn hand it to Stygian who pulled the hammer back and aimed it at the man
"Beg and I will spare you" Stygian said pointing the gun at the man's head
"P-please spare..." the man's pleas went unheard as Stygian pulled the trigger
The man's body hit the floor with a thump. Stygian look at Selena before reaching into his pocket, however once his hand left his pocket his arm went limp dropping the silver ring in his hand. Stygian Green had pass from this world. Picking up the ring I grab Selena and place the ring on her third finger. I leave the infirmary with the the Silver Fang's members body, leaving Selena to mourn, when I was outside I let go of the body and spoke with my brother
"Remove the bones from this bastard and toss him overboard" I say heading to my quarters
"Of course brother"
"And Gaster" I say getting his attention
"Yes"
"It's time to send another one to rest"
"As you wish...Eric" Gaster says as I entered my room
Draven was calmly sitting quietly when I told him to get the crew ready for their tributes, with Draven gone I look at the child sitting on the edge of the bed with his head down, walking towards him I pull out a key and proceeded to uncuff him
"You have every right to be furious with me, but I did what I thought was right, I don't want to see you in harm's way, and if you stay with us..." I say as I pull my treasure chest from my shadow "...if I...I haven't been the best caretaker, I haven't forced you to open up, half a year with us and you still haven't told anyone your name, and I..."
"Salazar"
"What?"
"M..My name is Salazar Foster" Salazar said his head still down
"Well Salazar, I'm not going to lie, I care for you, more than anyone on this ship" I say pulling a item from the chest
"And I don't think I can live not knowing if your save or not" I say as I put the said item around his neck
Salazar's eyes widen when he saw, it was the same necklace he had found in my chest
"Half a year ago I yelled at you for touching this, This Necklace is the last thing I got from my little sister before I lost her, I want you to have it." I say hugging him before walking to a wall to pull off my ceremonial bow and quiver
"Let's go Salazar, it time to bid farewell to a fallen comrade" I say leave the room with Salazar following behind
On the deck awaited the ship of Bones, which was being filled with tributes from the crew
"Captain, I don't understand what are they doing" Salazar asked
"On this ship we hold a ceremony to pay tribute and honor a crewmember who has fallen" I say placing two gold coins within his interlocked hands
"One from me and one from are cabin boy, you have finally repaid your debt in full, now go and join your brothers and sisters" I say as the boat is lowered into the water
The boat begins to drift off from the ship as I pull a arrow out of my quiver, using Draven fire breath I pull back the fire arrow
"Stygian Green with this arrow of fire and steel, I hereby set you free" I say releasing the arrow
The arrow soared through the air before it struck the head of the boat, which soon caught fire. The crew and myself watch the burning boat until it slowly began to sink, handing my bow and quiver to my brother Gaster I turn to address my crew
"Today we have lost another member of are Family, though he will be missed he will never be forgotten" I say looking at Selena
"Like many of you, his family was killed by the Untouchables and taken against his will, when we freed him we took him in with open arms and treated him like a person rather than an object. His sacrifice will not stop us from our goal, the extermination of the Untouchables. I say as my crew raises their fists to show their hatred for the Untouchables
Time Skip
Salazar now 10 years of age, was currently fighting Draven in his half form, he has gotten so much better at controlling his devil fruit. However the child has developed a habit of calling me father, but I couldn't complain because I love Salazar like a son. For once in my life I had finally found the happiness that I lost when I lost Elaine and was taken. Looking upon my crew, my family, my brothers...my son, I felt a smile form on my face, a pure smile that has been lost from my very being for years. I want to keep this feeling, no matter what. My thoughts however were drawn to the crows nest
CAPTAIN! WE'RE...
my eyes widen at I see the crows nest was set ablaze by a incendiary cannonball
"ALL HANDS ON DECK PREPARE FOR BATTLE" I say forming my Falcon and protecting the ship from anymore cannon fire
I've already lost one family member today, I will not lose another. The marines finally got close enough to board us which was a bad mistake, my crew was a mighty and feared as Gol D. Roger's.
I fought the marines with my Scythe in hand, Gaster used spears made bones, Draven and Salazar were fighting with no weapons in their half Zoan forms. During the fight with the marines I was protecting Salazar while still letting him fight. However I'm sent flying by a fist that was enveloped by a white mist
"Captain!"
Looking up I see Salazar being lifted by his neck by a marine with mist coming off his body
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Von Shadow, it's time to send you and your scum crewwto suffer in hell" the marine said as Salazar gritted his teeth
Without hesitation Salazar thrusts his fist which turned to a reptilian head, but to my son's surprise it went right through him
He's a Logia
The marines grip only tightened around Salazar's
Without hesitation I lunge at the marine who in turn dropped my son, without missing a beat I step in front of Salazar
"Stay behind me, I won't let him touch you again" I say as my body begins to let off a shadow vapor
"He'll die with the rest of you"
My anger only rose at the thought of my family dying, causing my vision to turn crimson, for a second time I lunge at the marine throwing us onto his ship
"Mist or Shadow who will win pirate scum" the Marine said kicking me off
"Mist or Shadow? Don't be ridiculous, Nothing escapes the Darkness" I say forming a Scythe from shadow
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