(Note: From this chapter and on, all chapters will take place long after Mako became a pirate.)
It was a fine day to be out at sea. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. It was heaven, especially for Mako.
Mako awoke from his daydream and rubbed his eyes. His ever-faithful first mate, Ichigo, noticed him wake up as she commented, "You sure took your sweet time! It's time for our orders!" Mako woke up. It was time to confess something to his crew.
He approached the front deck and tapped the table four times. His crew knew what this meant. It was time for an important crew meeting.
The members of Mako's crew, Ichigo, Usagi, Genkotsu, Kasai, Hana, Satsu and Mujihi all formed around Mako at the "meeting table". Mako cleared his throat and stated, "There's something I never told you all before." Mujihi, being ruthless as ever, pounded the table and barked, "Hurry up and tell us what it is!" Mako flashed some bacon in her face as she calmed down in a flash.
Mako cleared his throat again and said, "It's actually quite ironic that all of you ended up as my crewmates. I'm going to tell you why I knew you would all be great members and why I have not once given myself another crewmate after you." They all listened closely as Mako stated, "The reason I became a pirate is because I always had this same dream of being a pirate. The dream always took place on this ship and I was always the captain of this exact same crew." Ichigo perked up at this. Even before they met, she was already the girl of Mako's dreams. See she had a crush on him but always hid it by acting like the boss every time Mako woke up from a daydream.
This also surprised Usagi. When he first met Mako's crew, the legendary tale of the pirate king's encounter with a talking reindeer reenacted as Ichigo and Genkotsu both tried to devour him raw. The only difference was that he was part rabbit AND he was a master chef, not a doctor. Doctoring was always Hana's job.
This news also surprised Genkotsu. All his life, he was doomed to be a guy who would his overgrown fists to break open stones for a living. Then, Mako came along and took him in as one of his most faithful crewmates.
Kasai was also surprised. Back in his hometown, it was always hot and he was always considered a burden because of his Fire-Fire Fruit powers. After being banished from town, Mako was the only one who would take him in like a family member.
Hana was really surprised. Before she met Mako, she was a mediocre doctor. Then, Mako accidentally fed her the Flower-Flower Fruit and she gained the ability to make medical herbs.
Satsu was really surprised. He thought Mako was just nice for letting him into his crew. Satsu was a wanted murderer. He had a 5000 berry bounty on his head. In fact, his partnership with Mako nearly got the whole crew arrested yet Mako took him with his crew anyway.
The only reason this didn't surprise Mujihi was because she was ruthless and considered herself the best thing that ever happened to the world thanks to the powers of her Comet-Comet Fruit.
Anyway, everyone now knew the main reason they were so important to Mako. "I guess you're all surprised, aren't you?" Everyone nodded. Even Mujihi nodded just so everyone would think she was normal.
Suddenly, a cannonball hit the side of their ship. Mako grimaced as he thought, 'Damn marines! They always ruin everything!'
Mako turned to his crew and barked, "Usagi, Mujihi, Kasai, Ichigo and Genkotsu, you guys hold off the marines! I'll plan an attack! Satsu and Hana, both of you should hide in the back! We'll take care of this!"
The four crewmembers assigned to take on the marines rushed on board and started the attack. Usagi transformed into his human mode and started knocking out the marine soldiers with his huge fists. Mujihi waited for the marines to corner her than announced, "Comet-Comet Hammer!" Two comets appeared around her two hands as she smashed them into the marines taking them out. Kasai noticed that marine soldiers were all lined up and coming right at him. "Fire-Fire Stream!" he shouted as a stream of fire came out of his palms burning the marines. Ichigo turned her hand into a club and whacked the marines out of her way while Genkotsu used his enormous fists to take multiple targets out at once. He even created some holes in the poop deck.
While all this went on, Mako had managed to sneak up behind the ship using a title wave he had created himself. He then allowed himself to slowly drift under the water as he came back up with ocean water surrounding his body. He took the ocean water and sent it at the marines as the water knocked them back. The marine general noticed that it was hopeless to even try so he and the marines all escaped.
The pirates all cheered for their success. They had escaped the marines yet again. Hana and Satsu both emerged from their hiding quarters. "Mako, you defeated them!" shouted Hana with glee. "I couldn't have done it without my faithful crew!" Mako stated. Yep, life was looking grand for Mako and his crew.