I'm back with the second chapter of the story…This puppy's gonna be a long one. It's getting better and I hope you enjoy! ^_^

Chapter 2-Jim's Past---Unveiled [a/n This chapter only took me 5 seconds to name! XD]

Miharu's eyes were wide with shock. She couldn't believe it, and Aisha, whose ears could hear what Jim said from the cockpit, couldn't believe it either.

"You-You-You're a pirate?" Miharu asked, still in shock.

"Wait, before you get the wrong idea," Jim explained, his face had an even more worried look on it. "I was kinda…born into it. You see, my dad was a pirate. He ran a small group of pirates called the 'Hawking Hacker Pirates'. They weren't much of a pirate group…They assisted other groups more than they did on their own. My father, he created a super-weapon in secret that could destroy whole ships and planets in a single blast, depending on the power setting. He gave the password to me and me only, when I was just a little kid. He trusted me more than his brother, who desperately wanted the password. My dad made sure that EVERYONE knew that if the password was imputed incorrectly five times, it would self-destruct. He was going to use the weapon to get a little piece of glory and fame. The next thing I know, my father's dead and my uncle is doing everything he can to become leader of the Hawking Pirates. My uncle then turned to me for that password. And then I ran, ran as far as I could. That was until, I met Gene." Jim stopped. That was as far as he could go, he realized he had been crying without even noticing, and then he began to cry even more. He buried his face in Miharu's shoulder and continued to cry uncontrollably. By this time, everyone in the ship had heard Jim's crying and decided to investigate. They found Miharu trying to comfort him the best she could. When the group asked what was going on, Miharu recounted the whole story. The whole group was shocked. How could someone like Jim possibly be a pirate?

"Why did you wait so long to tell us, Jim?" Gene asked this in a tone somewhere between concern and anger.

"I-I was afraid to." Jim replied as he looked at his partner, with some fear that his aniki would not accept this answer. To Jim's surprise, Gene smiled at him.

"Don't worry pal, it would take a lot more than something like that to make me hate you." Gene replied. "I mean look: Aisha's a CtarlCtarl…I still allow her to be with us."

"Are you saying that you think me being a Ctarl is a reason to be wary of me?" Aisha said, slightly offended.

"Oh no, Aisha." Gene said a halo over his head. "Just using you as an example of being different."

By now, Jim had stopped crying, and became himself again. He still couldn't stop worrying about his uncle finding him, though. Jim was aware that his uncle was not a pushover. In some areas of the galaxy, Dom was known as more powerful than the members of the Anten Seven. Jim busily typed at his computer. Miharu was watching over his shoulder.

"What are you doing Jim?" Miharu asked.

"I'm just hacking into some systems and databases to see if I can get any more info on any changes my uncle has made to the little army of his." Jim replied. He typed away furiously, coming upon the database for the army itself. Data was flowing over the screen, revealing topics from the army's beginning to its most recent weapon developments. Jim halted at one part of the database, where it noted that the army had grown into a group of over 190,000 members. Information was also documented about Jim's father's weapon. Thankfully, Jim had destroyed this weapon in a previous encounter with his uncle. There was a wanted poster placed in the database---a wanted poster of Jim. Jim then used his hacking skills to destroy the poster. Jim postponed his work as they landed on Sentinel III.

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