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Chapter 2

Nanashi had been sailing for days without food or water, and then he saw a ship. He sailed straight for it. The lookout spotted him and blew a horn. A harpoon was fired at his ship. They reeled him in like a fish. He got off the boat and realized he had boarded a pirate ship. A very large man walked up to him. The man was Takeshi L. Arai, a famous pirate who had eaten the Oso Oso Fruit allowing him to turn into a bear. He bent down and looked at him. They stared at each other for a while with a very unusual silence. Eventually the man got up and said. "So boy, are you scared? Are you shacking in your boots? You have been captured by the Bear Fang Pirates. So what are you going to do now? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha…" it was then that he remembered what his parents had said. "You will become a farmer like us and not some cutthroat pirate!" "Can I join your crew?" "Ha Ha Ha… wait a minute, what? You're not scared? We're pirates!" "I know, now can I join your crew or what?" "Sure whatever." And so Nanashi became a pirate. He started his journey to do three things. First he was going to become King of the Pirates, second he would destroy the Marines that wronged him so and third and most importantly he would prevent others from having a similar fate to his. He started out as a cabin boy but proved himself a worthy pirate. He learned swordsmanship on the crew and also learned how to read poneglyphes. He slowly worked his way up the ranks of the crew, eventually reaching second mate. Lulu L. Arai, the captain's daughter held the position of First Mate. She had also eaten a Devil Fruit, the Clay Clay Fruit. She was Nanashi's best friend. One day the ship entered a deep fog. When it cleared they were right in the middle of a fleet of Marine ships. They opened fire. Nanashi searched the ship for Lulu he saw her on the deck protecting her father with a clay shield. He ran over to her and begged her to go, but she said she would protect her dad to the bitter end. Takeshi looked at her and turned into a bear and hit her, knocking her out. He then jumped up on the mast and took down their flag. He gave the flag and his sleeping daughter to Nanashi and told him to take care of them both. He nodded signaling for him to leave. Nanashi ran to a lifeboat and fled while Takeshi provided a diversion. Nanashi saluted the brave and noble man as he sailed away to begin his own adventures with Lulu and those he would surly meet and recruit on his adventures.