Chapter IV: Usopp; The Great Marksman


Ben was resting on the boat, as Zoro did the same. Luffy was excited for his next big fight, while Nami was looking at a map to decide where to sail to next. When Nami saw an Island up ahead.

"Hey Ben." She called out to the shape shifter who opened one eye as he glanced over to the orange haired girl, "I see an unidentified island up ahead, what do you wanna do?"

Ben soon closed his eye, "Set sail and we'll see if it's uninhabitable."

"I can't wait!" Luffy replied with a grin on his face bouncing up and down.

"Will you calm down, I'm trying to sleep." Zoro yelled as Luffy just couldn't contain his excitement. Ben on the other hand stared into the sky and smirked.

The group of teenagers soon docked on the uninhabitable island. It was a vast forest as the naked eye could see. Large trees, small bushes, and animals could be heard inside. Ben tapped the Omnitrix faceplate as the holowheel appeared, scrolling through his playlist the alien hero soon found his choice and the faceplate slid back as the dial launched into the air. The trio wondered what he was doing as he slammed his hand onto the dial and an emerald Green light blinded them.

Ben turned into a Manta Ray like alien with green eyes and yellow horns on his head and lips. He had gills running down his shoulders as his arms and back were crimson red, his chest was white as were his patagia. He had large gills on his rib cage. The underside of his tail was white with red horn on it. His feet were black with black spots running up his legs as he only had three toes, two in the front and one in the back. The Omnitrix badge rested on his chest where the red and white of his body met, "JETRAY!" The Aerophibian exclaimed.

"WHOA! WHAT CAN HE DO!" Luffy oogled at the Aerophibian in shock and excitement.

"That'll have to wait, I'll scout from the air. You three head inside I'll find you from above." He replied as he told Zoro and Nami who understood and nodded. He then launched into the air and flew over the forest at blinding speeds.

"Sheesh, is there anything he can't do?" Nami replied as she and her two cohorts walked into the forest. The trio looked around the forest, but couldn't find anything out of the ordinary, "Does it feel like we're being watched?" She questioned them the deeper they went the harder it was that someone was watching them.

"Yeah, I feel it too." Zoro responded as Luffy gazed around in curiosity that someone was watching them.

"I don't see anyone." He stated nonchalantly. When a large animal came rushing at them it looked to be a mix of an elephant and a bear. It seemed to have the bear's body but abit bigger, elephants trunk and ears, bears teeth, claws, and tail. The fur on the animal hybrid was brown with a mix of grey.

As it closed in on the trio who stood ready, an emerald light flashed through the sky as a large silhouette descended from the sky. Stopping the belephant in its tracks. It resembled a dinosaur, it's body was light brown, with a shoulder guard strapped around his left shoulder. It was black, with a hint of white. It had a large tail swinging behind him, with arm plates wrapped around his forearms. Which like his shoulder guard was black with a hint of white. He had ankle pads wrapped around his ankles which were black, he had claws on his feet. The Omnitrix badge was placed in the middle of his chest. He roared at the belephant who backed up afraid of the Vaxasaurian.

Zoro started sheathing his sword as Ben had appeared out of nowhere. Nami released a breath she didn't know she was holding. Luffy was grinning like a madman when he saw the large Vaxasaurian land in front of them. The belephant growled loudly as it moved left and right looking for an opening to pounce on the Vaxasaurian.

Humungousaur slammed his fists together as he and the belephant raced forward. Humungousaur uppercutted the beast as it fell on its back. The belephant got back up as it rushed the Vaxasaurian and chomped onto his wrist tightly. Humungousaur slammed his fist into its head repeatedly as it wouldn't let go of his wrist, "GUM GUM" He heard Luffy chant as two fists came flying into the belephant's face, "BAZOOKA!" The belephant's jaws on Humungousaur soon loosened as he freed his wrist, "GUM GUM" He heard him chant again as his foot extended up into the sky, "BATTLE AXE!" He screamed as his foot came flying down colliding with the belephants head.

Humungousaur grabbed the belephant's trunk and started spinning him rapidly till they could no longer be seen when he launched the hybrid away. The group of teenagers watched as it went soaring through the sky. Humungousaur turned towards his friends, "You guys okay?"

"Yeah, how'd you find us?" Nami responded then questioned on how he found them so quickly.

"Jetray has enhanced sight, I looked over the island at least fifty times and couldn't find anyone. Only things I found were mutated hybrid animals like that one." Humungousaur revealed surprising the duo, but Luffy didn't really understand it one bit. Humungousaur pressed his badge and reverted back to normal as he stuffed his hands into his pockets.

"So what do you wanna do about this Island, Boss?" Zoro asked as Ben gazed at the sky which started setting.

"We'll set up camp for the night, and spend it in shifts. I'll take the first watch." Ben answered as Zoro took the second shift, Luffy the third, and Nami the last shift.

Zoro went off to find firewood, while Nami and Luffy left to find food leaving Ben alone, "My friends are gone, you can come out now." Ben spoke out loud as the bushes behind him started rustling louder.

A man with an afro of green hair that resembled a bush crammed inside a wooden treasure chest. He had dark skin, a monobrow, and a large black beard. He came wobbling out as Ben gazed behind him nonchalantly, "I'm Gaimon, Guardian of this Island."

"I'm Ben Tennyson, a Pirate Captain." He replied as Gaimon looked the kid up and down before laughing loudly.

"There's no way a kid your age is a Pirate let alone it's Captain." Gaimon retorted as Ben rolled his eyes before Zoro came back with some firewood and Nami and Luffy returned with food that Luffy tried to eat on the way back.

"I found some firewood, Boss." Zoro responded as he dropped the bundle of sticks into the pile before seeing Ben talking to a man inside a chest.

"We found some food, Luffy tried to eat it on the way back." Nami stated as Luffy groaned in annoyance as he wanted food.

"I'm hungry!" He yelled as Nami and Luffy continued bickering until Zoro broke it up.

"Look!" He yelled as the trio gaze returned to their Captain who was conversing with a man stuck inside a chest.

"Who's he, Boss?" Luffy asked as he peeked around Ben to gaze at the 'man' who was stuck inside the chest.

"Gaimon this is my crew, Rorona Zoro, Nami, and Monkey D. Luffy who's gonna be Pirate King." Ben introduced his crew and that Luffy will be Pirate King.

Gaimon went eye wide as Ben declared that Luffy will be Pirate King, "He's gonna be Pi-Pirate Kin-King?"

Luffy grinned widely, "Yep, I'm gonna be King of the Pirates with Ben here, I'm sure he can make it come true." He wrapped his arm around the alien hero's neck who also smiled.

"Gaimon, what are you doing here? And why are you stuck inside that chest?" Nami asked as Ben, Zoro, and Luffy nodded in agreement.

"Twenty years ago, me and my crew sailed here in search of treasure. We searched this entire Island for two weeks. One night, I managed to sneak away from the camp and went up the mountain where I found the treasure as I was climbing up, I slipped and fell off the side of the mountain and ended up in this chest. After I had gotten stuck I returned to my camp to find that my crew had already left. For the last twenty years, I've been stuck in this chest and haven't been able to reach the treasure on that mountain." Gaimon told his story to the group as he'd gotten stuck inside a chest and couldn't reach the mountain since he was stuck.

"That's a sad story, old man." Luffy grumbled before perking up, "Why don't we help you out?"

"You'd do that for me?" He asked teary eyed as he gazed around. Zoro had a sly smirk, Nami gave a thumbs up, Ben nodded his head in agreement, "Thank you. Thank you so much! I'll show you the way in the morning and don't worry the animals won't attack you. They were just startled by your arrival."

"Are you sure?" Zoro stated firmly not wanting to be attacked again.

"I'm sure, go ahead and rest." Gaimon responded to him as they quickly looked at their leader who smiled.

"Don't worry, I'll still take the first watch. Enjoy your rest." He stated as they soon drifted off to sleep. Ben gazed into the night sky, "This world sure is different from back home. I'm honestly starting to like being a pirate, Paradox was right, this world is fun." He smiled as he saw a shooting star flash through the sky.


The next morning, the group soon started heading towards the mountain that Gaimon told them about. They soon stopped in front of a large mountain, "It's up there." He pointed to the top as they looked upwards.

"Luffy, would you do the honors." Ben commanded as he nodded quickly and shot his hands forward. He backed up a bit and sling shotted himself forward into the sky. Nami, Zoro, Gaimon, and Ben watched as Luffy landed on top of the mountain.

"Well?!" Nami shouted towards the devil fruit user who hadn't responded for a few minutes before he came into view with a chest wrapped around his left arm.

He sat down surrounded by them as he glared at them which immediately got Ben's attention, "These chests belong to me, now!" Ben narrowed his eyes at the devil fruit users claim to the chests when realization hit him.

"Hey, what are you doing, you idiot?! Those belong to Gaimon!" Nami shouted at him as Luffy wasn't budging from it which made both Zoro and Nami angry.

"Luffy, stop being an idiot and bring down those chests!" Zoro exclaimed annoyed as Luffy refused to move or even talk about the chests being his.

Gaimon on the other hand started growing teary eyed, "Straw hat, thank you." He started sobbing gaining both Zoro and Nami's attention.

"What? Why are you thanking him." Nami asked confused on why he was thanking the idiot.

"Because those chests are empty." Ben answered as he closed his eyes and crossed his arms with a smile spread across his face, shocking both Nami and Zoro. Gaimon continued crying while Luffy came back down.

"Old man, how about you join us?" Luffy offered which shocked Zoro and Nami while Ben just smiled wider.

"Ben, aren't you gonna say anything?!" Nami questioned wondering if Ben was gonna put a stop to this.

"Why would I? He's been on this Island for the last twenty years, it's the least we can do." Ben replied agreeing with Luffy's decision to have Gaimon join them on there Quest for the One Piece.

"I agree with Ben and Luffy. Besides Luffy's first mate and when it comes to recruiting people he sure can pick 'em." Zoro agreed that Ben and Luffy's choices on picking people for their crew was definitely out of the ordinary.

"Hey, remember I might be First Mate, but Ben is our Captain anything I want has to go through him." Luffy responded in a serious tone which shocked Nami because she's never heard him speak like this before. He turned his attention back to Gaimon, "How bout it old man, care to join us?"

"I don't think I can be a pirate after all this time." Gaimon asked a bit skeptical, but he could tell that Ben, Zoro, and Luffy were actually serious about him joining their crew, "Thanks for the offer, but I can't leave this Island, I've grown to love the animals here."

Luffy's smile wavered, but understood where he was coming from, "Its ok, old man."

"Thank you again for the offer." Gaimon thanked them, but Ben shook his head.

"No need Gaimon, but it's time we get going." Ben smiled at the old man who smiled brightly as he joined them to where they docked the boats. Ben, Luffy, Zoro, and Nami soon departed the strange Island that was filled with hybrid animals and Gaimon the man stuck inside the chest.

As they waved goodbye to Gaimon, Nami started looking over the map of Islands closest to them. Ben stared at the sky as the clouds passed by. Luffy hung from the sailing mast holding onto his hat tightly as he felt the sea breeze blowing in his face. It's been two days since they left Gaimon's Island and saw Gecko Island in the distance.


In the Village known as Syrup Village, was a small town. Where everyone knew everyone, but one distinct person stood out from the rest of them. He ran down the dirt road into the village. He was tall and lean, with a tanned skin complexion, he had medium black curly hair, prominent lips, and a long nose that made him resemble Pinocchio whenever he lied. He wore an olive green bandana, a blue and white striped armband on his left arm, along with special goggles, brown overalls, with a white sash and no shirt underneath. He carries a yellow satchel where he stores a variety of tools and weapons. This was Usopp the village liar, "PIRATES! PIRATES ARE HERE! RUN FOR COVER! PIRATES ARE COMING TO KILL US ALL!" He yelled/lied at the top of his lungs alerting the townsfolk that pirates were coming to kill them all.

The villagers all soon ran out of their houses with various weapons like pans, rakes, spatels, etc. They soon scrambled into the road looking everywhere for the pirates that they were warned about.

"Hey, I don't see any pirates!" One of the citizens announced as no one could see a single pirate for miles.

"That lying loser when I get my hands on him I'll wring his scrawny little neck!" One of the male citizens exclaimed having his time wasted and lied too.

Usopp hid behind a tree laughing till his sides started hurting, "What dummies! I can't believe they fell for it again!" He replied as he kept laughing again. He wiped a tear from his eye as the villagers went back inside annoyed at the little liar that lived with them.

Usopp grinned as he ran into the forest till he saw a familiar black flag waving in the distance. It had the usual skull and crossbones on it, but instead of a proper jaw with teeth, the skull has an open mouth that is elongated vertically. It was his flag for his own pirate crew the Usopp Pirates. As he got closer towards the flag he saw two little kids standing beside it.

The first boy wore a red bandana, with the familiar pirate flag insignia on it, he had freckles, and short, spikey hair. He also wears a black sweater, a reddish-brown sash, light orange pants and dark brown shoes, with light brown on the bottom. Inside his stash was a wooden pirate sword. He strangy resembled a carrot.

The boy next to him had dark hair wearing a pepper-shaped hat. He was wearing a lightly green short sleeve shirt with the pirate insignia on it. He also wears a light blue sash, dark blue pants, and black shoes with grey laces, and grey on the bottom and very top.

Usopp stopped in front of the two boys, "Attention!" He yelled as the two boys saluted him in respect, "Ninjin, Piiman, hey where's Tamanegi?"

"We haven't seen him since earlier." The boy known as Piiman replied not seeing their other friend. Ninjin shrugged as he hasn't seen Tamanegi either.

"GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!" A voice yelled gaining the trios attention, they turned around to see a young boy who seemed to be crying. He had straight brown hair with a tuft of hair sticking out making him resemble an onion, and tiny eyes. He wears square glasses, a yellow shirt with a blue vest jacket over it. He also wears a dark yellow sash, dark brown pants, and black shoes, with grey on the very top and bottom, with tan buckles.

"Oh Tamanegi, where have you been? What's wrong?" Usopp revealed the young boys name and questioned on what was wrong with the onion looking boy.

"Captain!" He yelled a bit out of breath having ran the whole way here and not stopping once, "At the north end of the island, I saw a boat heading this way. I think it's Pirates!" Tamanegi yelled revealing Pirates actually showed up.

"No way." Piiman replied, "We've lived here our whole lives, Pirates have never set foot here."

"I swear it's the truth!" Tamanegi yelled as Usopp took off to the docks gaining the three young boys attention, "Captain?"

Usopp ran at full speed and arrived at the dock breathing heavily, he climbed up a tree and pulled out his telescope and gazed into it. Two small boats were in fact heading straight for them. His eyes widened in shock, pirates were really coming to destroy his village. He gritted his teeth, "Not if I can help it!" He stated as he opened his satchel and grabbed his makeshift sling shot. He grabbed his goggles and placed them around his eyes as he grabbed a small pellet from his satchel and pulled the string back eyeing the boat in sight. He smirked and released the string as the pellet went soaring through the sky.


Luffy smiled widely as he gazed at the Island that was within range. When he heard Ben's voice, "Luffy, get down before you fall off the boat."

"I'm fine. See." Luffy wrapped his legs in a knot as he grinned widely as he gazed out into the sea looking both ways repeatedly.

Ben got up and walked to the front of the small boat and gazed at the oncoming Island. When a gleam shined in front of him. He squinted his eyes as it headed towards them. Luffy was hit square in his forehead by the small metal pellet as he rubbed it repeatedly, "Ow! What was that?!"

"Seemed like a pellet." Zoro responded as he picked it up and examined it.

"But where'd it come from?" Nami questioned as the group gazed at the island.

"INCOMING!" Ben yelled as on instinct he tapped the faceplate on the Omnitrix not even looking at the holowheel, the dial launched into the air as he slammed his hand onto the dial. An emerald flash engulfed the boat. Ben's skin turned blue as he was dressed in a black and white jumpsuit. His head turned into a cone with a black visor on it. His elbows sprouted blades from them as his hands turned into three claws. His legs were standing on wheels as a black and blue tail grew from his back. Sporting the Omnitrix badge on his chest, "XLR8!" The Kineceleran hopped into the sea and zoomed through the ocean in a blur of black and blue.

"BEN!" Nami screamed as their Captain had zoomed straight into the sea when more gleams flashed through the sky as it began raining pellets, but before they could even hit them a blur of blue and black zoomed passed them grabbing every single pellet.

He soon grabbed hold of the rope from their boat as he zoomed them to shore where Usopp was hiding. He went wide eyed as he saw a flash of green light then a blur of blue and black zooming around the ocean at really insane speeds, 'What was that? It caught my special pellet meteor attack! That must be a monster from overseas! I gotta take it down before it wrecks havoc on the village!' Usopp thought as he watched the Straw Hat Crew come ashore.

"If you're gonna do that, at least give us a warning!" Nami yelled in anger as she gained a headache from XLR8's 'lift'. XLR8's visor slid upwards as he squinted his eyes, darting them left and right insanely fast, "Ben?"

"Boss? Are you okay?" Zoro asked as he had helped untie Luffy and was standing next to the Kineceleran who seemed to be calculating things in his head at blinding speeds.

"Yeah, that attack was planned it seemed someone knew we were gonna arrive here." XLR8 stated as a figure came out of the forest. He was tall and lean, with a tanned skin complexion, he had medium black curly hair, prominent lips, and a long nose that made him resemble Pinocchio whenever he lied. He wore an olive green bandana, a blue and white striped armband on his left arm, along with special goggles, brown overalls, with a white sash and no shirt underneath. He carries a yellow satchel where he stores a variety of tools and weapons.

"I am the Great Usopp, Captain of the Usopp Pirates. If you don't leave right now I'll order my men of 50,000 to attack you!" He lied as his legs quivered in fear when Zoro and Nami started laughing. Luffy tilted his head in confusion, as Ben slammed his hand onto his dial reverting back to normal.

Usopp covered his eyes as another flash of emerald light blinded him. In the blue and black speedy monsters place was a guy about a year younger than him. He had pale Caucasian skin, brown hair which seemed to be slicked back a bit, but kept a few bangs to make him more rebellious, emerald eyes, and seemed to have a smirk plastered on his face. Usopp gazed at his clothes which were a tad bit unusual, it was a black shirt with green outlining the edges and middle with a white number ten in the middle, he wore brown slimmed pants, and white tennis shoes with green on them. Usopp then saw a strange device clamped onto his left wrist.

"He has 50,000 men?" Luffy questioned resulting in Nami punching him upside the head, "Ow, what was that for?"

"Of course not you idiot!" Nami screeched as Usopp paled first that monster thing was fast and then reverted into a human, and now they figured out he was lying.

"But he says he has 50,000 men tho?" Luffy replied as Ben pinched the bridge of his nose making Zoro snicker at him.

"Luffy, look at 'Usopp' his legs are shaking in fear. He doesn't have any army of 50,000 men." Zoro broke it down simpler as Luffy's eyes widened at the long nosed man who immediately glared at him.

Usopp froze solid as he fainted, the group of pirates surrounded him, "What should we do with him?" Nami questioned.

"Let's poke him with this stick!" Luffy suggested holding a large branch he'd broken off from a tree.

"No dumbass, let's kick him in the balls." Zoro replied as Luffy seemed to agree to this idea.

"I second that we kick him in the balls."

Ben rolled his eyes at his friends antics as they heard groaning coming from below them. They all gazed down to see Usopp waking up. Usopp saw four figures surrounding him, he gasped deeply and crawled away from them getting into his dogma stance, "I'm sorry, please don't pillage our village and kill us all."

"Buddy chill out." Zoro stated scratching the back of his head as he raised his head to the group of Pirates that seemed rather friendly, "We're not here for any of that."

"Your not?" Usopp questioned curiously eyeing the group, "Who are you guys?"

"I'm Nami, these are my friends Rorona Zoro." She introduced herself and the swordsman in green, "Our Captain Ben Tennyson." He smiled as he waved at him, "And Luffy D. Monkey, he's gonna be King of the Pirates." She pointed towards the straw hat man who grinned widely.

"Whoa! You guys are a real pirate crew!" Usopp asked shocked he'd never seen a group of Pirates like this before. Not since his dad left to be a pirate and his mom fell ill a few months after he left.

"So Usopp, where's this army of 50,000 you spoke so highly of." Ben smirked as he raised an eyebrow at him. Usopp rubbed the back of his head sheepishly while mumbling stuff under his breath.

"By the way, how'd you turn into that blue and black lizard thing?" Usopp questioned the boy who smirked in response.

"I can't reveal all my secrets just yet." Ben smirked they soon heard a loud stomach growl. The group looked at Luffy who was groaning from lack of food.

"Ben, I'm hungry." He complained as he latched onto Zoro.

"I'm not Ben, you idiot!" Zoro yelled as Luffy hugged him tighter, "Get off!"

"Meat! I need meat!" Luffy groaned as he took a large bite of Zoro's shoulder thinking it was food who then yelled in pain. Usopp and Nami grabbed hold of Luffy and pulled him off of Zoro as Ben held Zoro back from slicing the rubber man into ribbons.

"I can take you to a restaurant in my village, if you guys are hungry?" Usopp questioned which made Ben smile.

"Sure, that'll be a big help."

"Of course, follow me."

Usopp then led the Straw Hat Crew through the dirt road explaining how he grew up here. His father being a pirate and the life of adventure was calling to him. He told them about his mother falling ill shortly after and having to raise himself. He showed them how accurate his marksman skills were and Ben, Zoro, and Nami were very impressed. When three young boys ran up to them with wooden swords in their hands.

"Captain!" The boys replied in unison.

"Let our captain go!" Piiman yelled as he pointed his wooden sword at Ben who smirked, "What's so funny? Release him at once!"

"Is this the army of 50,000 you mentioned?" Ben laughed as did Nami and Zoro. Luffy was complaining about wanting different kinds of meat. Usopp looked away embarrassed by this.

"Leave our captain alone!" Tamanegi yelled a bit afraid hiding by Piiman.

"You can't take us all on!" Ninjin yelled as he pointed his swords at them.

Ben sighed, "Zoro."

Zoro stepped forward as he drew his blade from its sheathe, "Let me show you a real sword." He replied scaring the vegetable trio out of their skin. Ben snickered a laugh as Nami punched him in the arm.

"Ow." He replied glaring at the orange haired girl.

"That's not funny, Ben. Their just kids." Nami exclaimed.

Ben rolled his eyes while sighing heavily, "Enough Zoro." He replied as Zoro sighed and sheathed his blade before mumbling, 'Kill Joy.'


The Straw Hat Crew and the Usopp Pirates were sitting inside a restaurant that seemed to hold alot of food which made Luffy extremely happy. Ben rolled his eyes watching his friend devour all the food. Zoro had a large barrel of alcohol and took to chugging it quickly. Nami lost her appetite watching the rubber man and swordsman drink and eat so quickly.

"So if you guys don't mind me asking why are you here?" Usopp questioned the strange group of Pirates when Ben decided to speak since he was the leader.

"We're on our way to the Grand Line, but we need a ship, a doctor, and a chef for porky pig over here." He replied gesturing to Luffy who was still eating his share of the food.

"A chef sounds awesome, Boss!" Luffy yelled as Nami shook her head at his actions.

"Why would you need a ship?" Usopp questioned curiously.

"That little boat isn't gonna make it in the Grand Line." Nami replied, "Ben's right we're gonna need a ship if we're gonna survive the East Blue sea monsters."

"We don't need to worry about those. If they decide to visit us, there in for a treat. A way big treat." Ben quipped, but noone got the reference since they haven't seen Way Big in person. They looked at him strangely when he shrugged it off.

"Right." Zoro replied, "Once we get a larger ship we'd be ready to head into the Grand Line and having a doctor to patch us up would do wonders for us."

"More like it'd do wonders for you, Zoro." Nami smirked as he shrugged it off, "Ben has those monsters that don't seem to get hurt. Luffy is literally made out of rubber, I hide behind the three of you while you take care of the threat in our way."

Luffy didn't even agree he was too busy stuffing his face with meat. Ben looked at him annoyed, "Slow down, before you choke."

"You guys are a strange bunch of pirates." Usopp replied as he's never seen this kind of crew before.

"You can say that again, but if you see them in battle you'd be shocked." Nami stated as she pointed to the three who'd she saw in battle recently.

"If we need a ship, why not ask the person who lives in that huge house up there." Luffy replied nonchalantly as he stopped eating his food to add his two sense in. Usopp paled as they noticed the white mansion in the background of the village.

"Ah, you noticed it too?" Ben replied as Luffy nodded his head answering his Captain.

"We all noticed it, how could we not. It's a giant white mansion in the back of the village." Zoro stated as he wiped the alcohol from his lips.

"I mean it'll solve like one of our problems, we can go ask." Nami replied as Ben nodded his head in agreement.

"NO!" Usopp yelled gaining both crews attention. They looked at him questionably, "You can't ask her!" He soon ran out of the restaurant gaining the Straw Hats attention as to what he was talking about.

"What was that about?" Ben questioned as he gazed to the Usopp Pirates who were standing in a booth behind Ben and Luffy.

"Well the person who lives in that mansion, her names Kaya. She lives there with her butlers because her parents passed away. Kaya and Usopp are good friends because he tells 'stories' to her because she's ill. It happened a few months after her father passed away." Piiman explained Kaya's situation, "But the person in charge of Kaya, is the head butler his name is Klahadore. He hates our Captain."

"Who's Kuro?" Nami questioned as Tamanegi decided to speak up.

"Khahadora is the head butler who stumbled onto Kaya's residence, her father quickly saved him. Kuro has been indebted to her family ever since. If you ask us he's a bit sketchy, but we don't have any real proof on him." The onion boy explained Khaladora who was and how he served Kaya's family, "After her father passed away, Khaladora was left incharge of Kaya's well being."

Ben plopped his hand under his chin as he gazed out the window thinking his options through. He and his crew knew they couldn't head to the Grand Line with that small boat, but they couldn't stay here till she started recovering. 'If only the boat was some kind of technology I could turn into Upgrade and we'd go ahead and sail into the Grand Line.' He thought as Zoro and Nami watched him intently.

"So what do we do, Captain?" Zoro questioned him as Ben kept silent when he finally got the gist of what he needed to do.

"We'll stay for a few days we're not in a rush to get to the Grand Line." Ben answered which made them a bit puzzled as to why he chose to stay and he soon spoke up, "If we decide to sail into the Grand Line, I'm not gonna risk your lives incase something happens. If it did I'd rather it be my life instead of yours. We'll stay here for two or three days and see if we can manage to get a ship if not. We'll find another place and get a ship."

Zoro was abit shocked that Ben didn't wanna risk their lives in their tiny boat, "I can see why your our Captain." He smirked, "You not only have experience to lead us, but you've thought through at least ten situations in mere minutes. You exceed my expectations day by day. I now believe, Luffy will be a great Pirate King with you running the show."

Nami was also shocked on how quickly he was able to think through things even in tight situations he's gotten them through it with merely any damage except Zoro. But she's seen how a real Captain should act, he thinks of his crew before himself and is ready to lay down his life for them. Nami was a bit conflicted on the inside, could she really betray them after all she's seen. Ben's true leadership, Luffy's growing hunger and amazing abilities, and Zoro's swordsmanship was on another level.

The Usopp Pirates watched as they eyed the alien shape shifter who was thinking through multiple scenario's and finally made his decision. They were all impressed at how he was able to come to a decision so quickly.

"Plus..." Ben began as he wrapped his hands behind his head gazing towards the ceiling, "I have this strange feeling something is gonna happen here and Usopp is gonna need our help."


Usopp was feeling conflicted, he'd wanna help them, but he couldn't ask Kaya to help them. She was sick already. He couldn't have them putting more pressure on her. He ran down the dirt road as he got closer to the giant mansion. Their were was a giant metal gate with a large shrub wall surrounding the property.

Usopp quickly hopped into his secret passage onto Kaya's property. He walked over to the large wall shurb and pulled out a cube which was his way onto her property. He ran over to the tree that was near her window. He climbed the tree as the girls window was open.

The girl in question was laying in her bed. She had was slim and pale skinned with blonde hair. She had wide brown eyes that are of a sort of lighter shade. She wore a long light blue dress. She laid in her bed next to the window when a silhouette blocked her view of the sun. She opened her eyes to see her friend who smiled brightly at her.

She sat up in her bed and peeled the covers from her body, "Usopp!" She smiled as the silhouette turned out to be her best friend Usopp.

"Hey Kaya. You feeling any better today?" Usopp questioned as he sat on her window sill.

"A little, how are you today?" Kaya replied then in turn questioned on how the sniper was.

"I'm awesome." He stated, "Now what story should I tell you today." He then quickly told her about the time he sailed onto an Island as a kid that felt like poop, but happened to be a giant goldfish. Which made both Kaya and Usopp laugh at his story.

A tall man and slim man with glasses and slicked black hair. He wore a black suit with two golden markings on it over a white shirt with a curious collar, with spiral-like protrusions on the edges, and a standard black tie. He also sports striped shoes. He stood outside Kaya's room as he heard her laugh and could hear Usopp's voice.

He opened the door gaining the duo's attention, "Sorry to interrupt ma'am, but it's time for your visitor to leave." He stated as he placed his right arm over his stomach and his left arm behind his back and bowed slightly.

"It's okay, Khaladora. Sorry Usopp, but you're gonna have to go." Kaya replied solemnly, but Usopp patted her head gaining the blonde's attention.

"It's okay, I should get going it's getting late." Usopp replied with a smile, he gazed over at Khaladora who looked to be glaring at the sniper. Usopp raised an eyebrow at the sudden action, but shrugged it off as he climbed down the tree.

Khaladora walked over to the window and closed it, locking it after it was confirmed to be closed, "Ma'am, I suggest you stay away from him."

"Why? He's harmless?" She questioned a bit sadly Usopp was her only friend here.

"I'm suggesting this for your own good, he has a reputation to lie about everything." Khaladora replied even Kaya knew he lied about everything, but he still came here to cheer her up.

"I know that! But he still comes out of his way to cheer me up, I hate being cooped up in this house!" Kaya yelled at him as he wore a stoic expression on his face.

"Ma'am my decision is final." Khaladora replied as he left the girls bedroom to hear her sobbing into her pillow as she mumbled the words, 'I hate you.' Khaladora pushed his glasses up with the palm of his hand in a very strange mannner. He then walked towards his room and opened the door as he sat on his bed with a very angry expression, "It's almost here. One more day of dealing with that hard headed brat." He started chuckling to himself as he thought about the last three years serving this family.


Usopp put the block of shrub back in its place before returing to the dirt road and making his way back to the village. He went through the forest to see his Pirates base with their flag waving high in the air. He looked around as the three kids were conversing with Nami and Luffy as Ben was leaning against a tree relaxing, Zoro was seated next to Nami also relaxing against a tree.

Usopp was a big bit shocked to see the pirate crew was still here. He walked over to them gaining everyone's, but Zoro's attention. Ben opened one eye to see who came to visit them and turns out it was Usopp. He in return closed his eye relaxing.

"Captain!" The three boys yelled in unison happy to see their leader was ok.

"Captain, Ben is a shape shifter!" Piiman exclaimed in happiness and shock. They've never seen someone change into various monsters.

"Luffy ate a legendary devil fruit!" Tamanegi exclaimed in pure joy as he'd gotten to meet someone with devil fruit powers.

"Nami can read and draw various maps and Zoro is a legendary Pirate Hunter!" Ninjin revealed Nami's talents for calligraphy, and Zoro having been a famous pirate hunter, but gave it up to follow his dream of being the world's greatest swordsman.

Usopp kinda figured Ben was a shape shifter after seeing it first hand, while not knowing those things about Ben's crew mates. He was kinda shocked to know Luffy has devil fruit powers. He enived them cause they got to go on different kinds of adventures something he always wanted to do.

"That's so cool! What kind of devil fruit powers do you have?" Usopp asked as he joined the Straw Hats as Luffy pulled on the side of his mouth as it extended.

"I'm a rubber person. I ate the Gum Gum fruit." He explained which shocked Usopp, "We actually fought someone who also had devil fruit powers." Luffy then went on to explain their fight with Buggy the clown pirate.

Usopp went wide eyed as he looked over at Ben who didn't seem to be listening as Nami joined in, "You should have seen those two against Buggy's two strongest members." Nami then told Luffy, Usopp, and the three boys about Ben and Zoro vs Cabaji and Mohji.

"That actually happened?" Luffy questioned Nami as she nodded her head in response.

"You slept through the entire fight." Nami said as Usopp and the three boys laughed at Luffy. Who in turn pouted as he crossed his arms in a huff. Usopp noticed the Sun started setting and was getting a bit tired with his new friends/visitors.


In the distance a large ship could be seen floating in the ocean. On the main sail of the ship was a distinct flag with a skull the shape of a cat's head, completed with slitted eyes, and crossbones. A man on the ship sat on the railing he is a skinny, gray-haired man who appears to favor strange, flamboyant clothes; the most notable of these are his red, heart-shaped glasses, which disguise his heart-shaped eyes and matching eyebrows the striped, beard-like growth on his chin is actually the stem of a mushroom that grew while he was sleeping.

This is Jango, the current Captain of the Black Cat Pirates. He gazed at the Island and smirked, "One more days. Listen here men!" He yelled getting his crew's attention, "We all know, that our previous Captain Kuro, fake his death. He has been living on that Island for the last three years, playing house with a rich girl. Now in one day we're gonna storm that Island and take everything."

"YEAH!!!" Everyone cheered happily, they'd been waiting three long years for their plan to come fruition.

"I'm gonna head on down to the Island and see Kuro. Nobody is allowed to leave until then. Understand?!" Jango stated as he got a chorus's of 'yes sir!' Jango soon took a small boat and begun rowing it towards Gecko Island.


The Straw Hats and The Usopp Pirates had fallen asleep under the stairs. When a rustling sound had woken up their fearless leader. Ben had sat up while rubbing his eyes as he gazed around. He found everyone passed out on the ground as more rustling sounds came about.

He got up from his spot and made his way over to the sounds. He squinted in the dark as he hadn't seen anything when a silhouette was seen moonwalking through the dirt road in the village. Ben tilted his head in confusion, 'Is he moonwalking or walking backwards?' Ben had the strangest urge to follow him, but he'd need a disguise and what better way to follow him as an alien.

Ben quickly moved deeper into the woods so that man wouldn't be able to see anything. Ben quickly activated the Omnitrix's faceplate as the green holowheel appeared. He scrolled through the playlist and found his target. The faceplate then slid backwards as the dial launched into the air. He slammed his hand onto the dial as an emerald light flashed through the forest.

Ben skin started turning a pale green color, with green eyes, and sharp yellow teeth. He wears a black jumpsuit with a green chest and markings, black gloves with green fingers that possess sharp claws, and a green mask with spikes on it. His head is rather large, and his head spikes are part of his suit and they do not cover any part of his body. The Omnitrix badge appeared on his stomach, "WHAMPIRE!" The Vladat exclaimed, "Hm, was going for Ghostfreak, but Whampire works too." He extended his arms as large bat like wings revealed and he took to the sky. The Vladat soared through the air looking around for the strange man.

Whampire soon saw Jango still moonwalking through the dirt road, but he was going the long way to Kaya's mansion. The Vladat soon descended from the sky as Jango passed through a meadow, and saw a man in a black suit with glasses. Jango soon stopped infront of the man. Whampire landed in the forest watching them as someone was watching the Vladat.

Usopp who'd woken up had seen Ben running deeper into the forest and followed after him. Usopp saw Ben transform into a vampire in a green and black jumpsuit and flew into the air and followed after the vampiric alien. Usopp had seen Whampire land in the forest away from a meadow and tapped his shoulder gaining the vampiric alien's attention.

"Ben?" Usopp questioned as the Vladat turned around slightly, "What are you doing?" He whispered, but Ben didn't say anything as he pointed towards the two individuals standing infront of them. Usopp turned his attention from the vampiric alien to the strange man and what looked to be Kuro.

"Is everything in place, Jango?" He asked simply as his gaze went to the hypnotist.

"Of course, Captain Kuro." Jango responded.

"Tomorrow morning your gonna come and hypnotize her into rewriting her will leaving everything to me. Understand?" Kuro instructed Jango who nodded his head.

"What about the girl after that? What are you gonna do?" Jango asked curious to what would happen to Kaya after Kuro got his hands on her money.

"We'll kill her too." He smirked evilly as Jango just chuckled at his Captains cold heart.

Whampire was shaking in anger, as he wanted to beat the two of them senseless, but he couldn't. Usopp was shocked, Kuro was using Kaya for her money and was planning on killing her after he got her money. Usopp stood up abruptly gaining Whampire, Jango, and Kuro's attention. Whampire dived down so he wouldn't be noticed.

"I won't let you kill her!" Usopp yelled as he soon ran away. Jango was about to chase after him when Kuro put his hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about him, nobody will believe him. He's a liar, stick to the plan. If he decides to get in our way kill him." Kuro explained as the villagers weren't gonna believe the lying sniper. Whampire narrowed his eyes as he soon flew after Usopp.

'They'll believe me.' Ben thought as he flew after the sniper. Whampire saw Usopp running when he landed infront of him. The Vladat tapped his badge as he reverted back to normal, "Usopp."

"Get out of my way, Ben. I gotta alert the townsfolk about the attack tomorrow morning." Usopp glared at the shape shifter, "I need to help them."

"Usopp, listen to me, their not gonna believe you." Ben replied as Usopp pushed passed the shape shifter. Ben grabbed his shoulder, "Listen to me!"

"No you listen, your just a foreigner here. I grew up here, I laughed, cried, and lived half my life here. I won't allow anyone to attack my hometown. I don't need your help, so get out of my way." Usopp replied in a low and dangerous voice as he soon took off down the dirt road.

Ben sighed, "Gotta hand it to him, he's got balls." He chuckled, "But this time, he can't do this alone." Ben soon started running into the forest into the area, The Usopp Pirates hung out. He soon saw Zoro, Nami, and Luffy asleep, "WAKE UP!" He yelled.

Luffy shot upright at the sound of his voice, Nami rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and Zoro opened his eyes as he was still leaning against the tree he had fallen asleep on.

"What's wrong, Captain?" Zoro asked curious to why his Captain seemed angry.

"We have a problem."


Usopp had pushed passed Ben and ran into the village, "EVERYONE WAKE UP! PIRATES ARE GONNA ATTACK AT DAWN! HURRY WAKE UP! PIRATES ARE GONNA ATTACK!" Usopp yelled as he ran through the village, he soon saw lights being turned on, "HURRY!" Usopp yelled, but the villagers weren't too happy about him.

"Listen you little worm, we're not falling for your tricks anymore!" One of the citizens replied annoyed about how the boy lied about everything.

"Everyone, please, I'm telling the truth." Usopp begged as the mob soon surrounded him.

"No, we've believed you lies too many times, and now it's punishment time." Another citizen exclaimed as they were gonna punish the boy.

"I'm sorry, but for the first time in my life I'm telling the truth." Usopp continued to beg, but the mob wasn't hearing any of it as they closed in on him, but a large red and white manta ray monster descended from the sky, wrapping his claws onto his shoulders and lifting him into the air, flying away with the sniper. The mob went wide eyed as they flew away at blinding speeds.

Jetray flew them away and dropped Usopp on his butt as he landed on the ground next to him. Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Tamanegi, Piiman, and Ninjin were standing behind him with grim looks on their faces. Ben tapped his badge and reverted back to normal, "Why did you help me?" He eyed the boy closely as he crossed his arms.

"Because you're gonna need our help." Ben stated as Usopp got up to his feet.

"I need to warn Kaya about that imposter. She deserves to know about what's gonna happen tomorrow." Usopp replied, but they all knew it was a bad idea.

"Usopp, listen to me, that's a bad idea. You go to her house, Kuro will kill you." Ben warned, but Usopp wasn't listening and took off to Kaya's house. Ben sighed in annoyance, "Luffy, follow after him. Make sure he doesn't get hurt."

"You got it." Luffy responded as he chased after Usopp in hopes that he doesn't get hurt. Ben looked over at Nami and Zoro.

"What's the play, Captain?" Zoro asked in a serious tone as Ben looked to the sky.

"We're gonna defend this village." He responded, when Nami cut in.

"But we don't know where their gonna be coming from." She stated as Ben grinned widely.

"Don't worry about that, I've got it covered." He gazed down to the three kids, "You three should head home." They nodded their heads and ran home as fast as they could, so they wouldn't get caught up in the crossfire.


Usopp ran through the forest at full speed to Kaya's mansion. He couldn't let Kuro kill Kaya or else he'd never forgive himself. Luffy was having a hard time keeping up with the slippery sniper as he kept getting further ahead of him. He launched into the air and could see the outline of Usopp up ahead.

"Sheesh, he's so fast." Luffy grumbled as he wrapped his arms around some trees and pulled himself back as far as he could go, "GUM GUM" He chanted, "ROCKET!" He launched himself at break necks speeds as he soon grabbed hold of Usopp. As he tackled him into the ground.

"Let go of me, Luffy!" He yelled as he struggled against the rubber man's hold on him.

"It's for your own good!" Luffy yelled as he wrapped his arms around Usopp's body. Usopp crawled along the ground trying to reach Kaya's mansion, but Luffy wasn't letting go, "Ben has a plan to protect her, trust him!"

"No I have to save her!" Usopp yelled as he kept struggling. Finally he was on his feet with Luffy wrapped around his body pulling him back down, but he kept running. He reached Kaya's mansion and pulled out the block of shrub and hopped through it with Luffy still attached to his back.

He quickly climbed up the tree and towards Kaya's open window, "KAYA!" He yelled gaining the blonde girls attention.

"Hello Usopp." She smiled, but her smile disappeared when she saw how distraught he was and the second person wrapped around his body, "Who and what is that?!" She asked kinda disgusted at Luffy.

"THERE'S NO TIME! KHALADORA IS A PIRATE AND HIS REAL NAME IS KURO! HE'S GOING TO KILL YOU!" He yelled as Luffy saw the look of disbelief on her face.

"Usopp, stop." She pleaded.

"PLEASE YOU HAVE TO COME WITH HIM OR ELSE HE'S GONNA KILL YOU!" Usopp demanded as he grabbed her hand and forced her to the window sill.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" She yelled as she smacked him in the face, "Enough with your lies! I'm sick of it! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Usopp then heard the guards alerted of this 'so called break-in' Luffy noticed it too, "Usopp we gotta go, NOW!" He ordered as he unwrapped himself from Usopp and jumped from the tree. Usopp gazed at Kaya shocked, but was pulled from his thoughts as Luffy's arms were wrapped around his chest and pulled from the tree. Luffy strapped him onto his back and launched over the shrub wall and into the dirt road as the guards around the mansion soon converged on their position.

Kuro soon walked into the room after Luffy and Usopp fled the mansion. He saw her coughing on her bed near the window sill and walked over to her. Kaya looked over to the person who came into her room and saw that it was Khaladora.

She ran to him, "Usopp was saying terrible things about you!" She exclaimed as she told him that Usopp claimed he was a pirate and just wanted her for her money.

"Poor Kaya." Kuro said as he stroked the blondes head. With a fake smile plastered on his face, "No need to worry, I told you. You should stay away from him."

"You were right." She sobbed into the bulters chest.

"Now, now, relax. I'm not a pirate." He lied to calm her down, "Get some rest, I'll be downstairs in the meantime." She nodded her head in response as he let go of the blonde girl. He soon left her room and closed the door behind him. He walked down the hall way laughing to himself about how that idiotic girl believed he wasn't a pirate.

He opened the door to his room and grabbed a black rectangular box underneath his bed. He opened the box revealing a pair of really unique black gloves that had long black swords attached to the fingertips. He chuckled to himself, "This is it, no one is gonna stand in my way now." He grabbed the gloves and pulled them onto his hands. He soon walked out of his room and down the stairs running into the other bulter named Merry.

He like Kuro wore a tuxedo, but he had white hair with small ears on top of his head making him resemble a sheep, "Hey Khaladora." He greeted the man, but Kuro slashed the man cutting him from his chest up to his face. As he gasped out in pain before face vaulting into the ground unconscious. He slashed his hand sideways as the blood on his knives splattered against the ground.

"It's almost time."


Ben, Zoro, and Nami waited infront of the base that the Usopp Pirates used. Waiting on Luffy and Usopp to return. When Luffy and a shocked Usopp returned gaining the trios attention, Ben spoke up, "How'd it go?"

"She didn't believe him." Luffy told him as Ben shrugged it off. Luffy dropped Usopp on his butt as he joined his friends.

"Listen Usopp, Kuro's friends are coming in less than three hours, and we're gonna stop them no matter what. Now are you with us or against us?" Ben snapped at Usopp asking if he was going to fight with them or run away like a coward, "This is what it means to be a pirate."

Usopp gazed at Ben who had a serious look on his face, as he then gazed to Luffy, then to Zoro, and finally Nami. They each shared the same look as their Captain, 'Is this what it's like to be a pirate?' He felt conflicted, but then remembered about Kaya being in danger and knew he was gonna have to man up. He gulped loudly and stood up, "I'm with you to the end." He stated boldy as the group smirked and grinned as Usopp was gonna join them in their fight, "What's the plan?" Ben soon let Luffy and Usopp in on the plan he came up with after they soon debarted.

"Their gonna be attacking from the north side of the Island. We're gonna hold that position no matter what." Ben finished, "If his army gets through Kaya and the residents are finished. We're in this together no matter what. Now are you with me?!"

"I'd follow you to battle anyday, Captain." Zoro stated as he responded that whether it be marines, other pirate crews, or anything else out there he'd follow him anywhere.

"I'm with you too, boss!" Luffy grinned widely as no matter what situation they were in Luffy would follow Ben into any kind of battle.

"Me too, I can't leave everything to you guys." Nami stated happy that she joined them.

"I don't know you guys that well, but you can count me in." Usopp grinned giving him a thumbs up as they were with him to the end.

Ben nodded his head at them, "Good now let's get going." Ben stated as they soon left for the North Harbor where Kuro said him and Jango's men were waiting.

They soon made it to the Northern Harbor and waited at the steep slope as they gazed towards the Sun that seemed to be rising over the horizon. They saw a large ship with a distinct pirate flag that resembled a cat on it sailing towards the Harbor, "It's go time." Ben mumbled as they stood in a line Zoro tied his bandana around his forehead as he drew his white sword and placed it inside his mouth, while drawing the other two. Nami quickly assembled her bow staff. Ben held up his left wrist, but didn't activate the Omnitrix. Luffy tightened his fists ready for the oncoming battle. And Usopp pushed his goggles downwards over his face as he grabbed his sling shot from his satchel.

The ship soon reached the Harbor as they soon came filing out with their swords raised high, they soon charged up the harbor towards the slope where they found the group of teenagers guarding the slope. Jango soon came forward, "Well, well, well, look what we have here? Usopp went out and made friends. Who are you?"

"Who we are isn't your business." Ben spoke, "You have two options leave and never come back or you can race up this slope and die. Your choice!"

Jango laughed as he walked behind his men, "Take them." The army of men soon went racing up the slope with their swords raised high.

Ben watched as they soon came racing up the slope, "Luffy, Zoro your up." Zoro smirked as he and Luffy walked forward breaking their formation.

"You ready, Zoro?" Luffy chuckled as Zoro took a stance as he heard him mumble, 'I'm always ready.' Luffy and Zoro soon charged forward, "GUM GUM" He chanted, "GATTLING!" Luffy yelled as his fists started multiplying.

"DRAGON.." Zoro mumbled, "TWISTER!" He slashed the incoming army as a huge twister erupted from his attack. Both Luffy and Zoro went half the army flying back down the slope.

"Usopp cover fire, Nami stand here make sure no one gets to the top." Ben order stepping forward as he started making his way down the slope.

"What about you?" Nami questioned concerned for her Captain.

"It's time, I make my presence known." Ben smirked as he tapped the Omnitrix faceplate as the holowheel appeared. He scrolled through the playlist quickly finding his choice. The faceplate slid backwards as the dial launched into the air, he slammed his hand onto the dial and a blinding emerald light engulfed the slope gaining the Black Cat Pirates attention.

Ben was replaced by a large Squatch-like alien with yellow and black fur, along with grey fingers and toes. He now has four fingers instead of five, as well as two bolts on the side of his wrists instead of the back of his hands. He has green eyes with black pupils and yellow lightning bolt-shaped horns. He wore a green and white belt around his waist with the Omnitrix badge in the middle, "SHOCKSQUATCH!" The Yeti-like alien exclaimed slamming his massive hands together generating yellow lightning.

Everyone gapped in wonder and in shock at the Gimlinopithecus as lightning generated from the bolts on his wrists, "Who's up first?" He replied in a heavy Canadian accent. The Black Cat pirates soon got over their shock and raced at the three crew members.

Shocksquatch punched one of the enemies closest to him backwards as he was soon hit by Luffy's foot knocking him out. Zoro was slashing the crew mates as fast as he could. Shocksquatch occasionally threw lightning as Luffy flipped onto his hands and his feet extended knocking out multiple enemies at once.

Jango was furious as half his men were already down for the count when two new members jumped from the ship. The first man is a very skinny man of fairly tall height, standing at over six and a half feet. He also has a hunched back, making him look smaller than he actually is. He has green hair that is parted to the side and curls at the end, with two other parts of hair on the sides of his head growing downwards in a curly-looking way. He also has cat ears sticking out from the top of head. He has green, cat-like eyes, and is usually seen with a grin.

The second man is an overweight man who wears an outfit based loosely on a black and white cat. He has pale skin, sharp teeth, tiny eyes, and wears cat ears on his head. His pants are striped black and white, with a yellow sash, and also wears dark brown shoes. He wears a cape on his back, that is striped light and dark-purple, with a white fluffy brim. He also wears a shoulder pad on his left arm, and pale blue gloves with claws at the end.

"Seems like you've got a problem, Captain." He heard a voice behind him purr like a cat, Jango turned around to see the Nyaban Brothers the ship's defenders.

"Do you need our help, Captain?" He heard the bigger man question in what sounded like a meow.

"Sham, Buchi, I need Zoro taken care of, once your done with him take care of that yeti monster thing, I'll deal with the devil fruit user." Jango instructed as the Nyaban brothers smirked evilly vanishing from the hypnotist's sight.

The Nyaban brothers soon pounced on Zoro who blocked both their attacks as he launched them backwards, "Who are you two?"

"We're the Nyaban brothers, Sham." The skinny cat man answered revealing his name to be Sham.

"And Buchi." The fat cat man revealed as the gloves on their hands extended to reveal cat claws, but Buchi failed to notice a large fist collide with his face sending him into the side of the slope.

"BUCHI!" Sham yelled as he snarled at the newest arrival as Shocksquatch cracked his large knuckles and chuckled lightly.

"Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Shocksquatch, and if you think I'm gonna allow you two pussies to gang up on my friend, you've got anything coming." The Gimlinopithecus revealed his name and explained that they weren't gonna tag team Zoro.

Buchi came out of the side of the crater he was launched into and snarled at the Gimlinopithecus, "You take Zoro, brother. I'll do with the large freak."

"Alright, don't lose to him." Sham stated as he turned his attention back to the triple wielding swordsman and pounced on him. Zoro soon started blocking each of his strikes as the two began their battle.

Buchi rushed Shocksquatch as he started his assault on the Gimlinopithecus, but found that he was just too quick for him. Shocksquatch elbowed him in the stomach as he wobbled back, but then pounced at him again. When he finally landed an attack which Shocksquatch wasn't quick enough to dodge. He gazed down at his chest to see a cat like scratch their and then gazed at the fat cat man who pounced on him again.

Jango watched as the Devil fruit user was making his towards him, as he launched his fist straight at him. Jango dodged it by a hair as he smirked, "Impressive, you're quite quick, boy."

"I know, but I'm just warming up." Luffy replied as he soon launched at Jango, "GUM GUM" He chanted, "PISTOL!" His arm launched backwards and soon rocketed straight towards Jango who again dodged it, but Luffy wasn't done he flipped onto his hands, "AND SPEAR!" His sandals clasped together and launched towards Jango hitting him in his chest. Jango wobbled backwards as he clasped his stomach in pain, he grabbed his hypnotist disc as it turned into a disc with blades running along the edges.

"My turn, you rubber brat!" He sent the disc star at him as he ducked underneath it, but it went sailing right back to Jango who threw it again causing Luffy to grab his head and pull it to the side.

Usopp would hit a few people using it as a distraction, so Nami would knock them out using her bow staff. The duo were watching as Zoro battled against Sham, Ben battled against Buchi, and Luffy took on Jango the hypnotist. Usopp had to admit, Nami was right them in battle it's like they become a different person compared to he met them a yesterday.

Sham scratched Zoro's chest, as the swordsman glare on the cat brother intensified, "What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" Sham mocked as Zoro raced forward the two locked in combat as Sham blocked all the swordsman attacks, but a few scratches landed on the cat brother who hissed in pain, but the swordsman wasn't letting up. Zoro spun around as he slashed him in the chest sending him backwards.

"ONI-" He chanted as he crossed his arms in the form of an X, as he charged Sham, "GIRI!" He yelled as multiple slash wounds appeared on the cat brothers chest who fell onto his back unconscious. Zoro was panting heavily as he dropped to one knee. He gazed over to Shocksquatch who was still fighting Buchi.

Buchi looked over to Sham and saw him on the ground defeated, "BROTHER!" Buchi yelled as he started growling feraly and rushed Shocksquatch dodging most of his attacks, but not without coming out with a few wounds on his end.

Shocksquatch caught his arm, "Your fast, but not fast enough." He cocked his arm back as lightning started generating, "Game over." And punched him square in the face, zapping the cat brother of all his strength while rendering him unconscious. Shocksquatch dropped the fat man as he gazed over to Nami and Usopp who took care of the last few members of their army. Then over to Zoro who defeated Sham, and over to Luffy who was still fighting Jango.


Kuro was standing outside of Kaya's mansion waiting for Jango and his men to arrive, but they'd been over two hours late. And Kuro was getting annoyed at how late they were and soon started walking towards the Northern Harbor, "Unbelievable. When I get my hands on those idiots I'll make them all pay." He muttered as he pushed his glasses up with his palm to avoid clawing his face with his knife hands.

It took some time as Kuro soon made it to the Northern Harbor and what he was made him even angrier, "I can't believe it!" He gritted his teeth drawing everyone's attention. Nami and Usopp back up as Kuro glanced over at them,"Its you, I'll make sure your death is quick and painless!" He narrowed his eyes at them and rushed them, but an emerald light flashed, knocking the ex-captain onto his face.

Ben's body was made out of a silicon-based life form made of super-hard, green/blue diamond-like material. He wore a purple sleeveless jumpsuit from head to toe. He had two large shared growing from his back with two smaller ones below it. On his chest were two more crystals, with the Omnitrix badge rested in between them, "DIAMONDHEAD!" The Crystalsapien exclaimed as he raced forward slamming his foot hard on the ground as a trail of diamonds appeared in front of him tripping the butler making him land on his face.

"You want them, you'll have to go through me!" Diamondhead yelled as both Nami and Usopp ran down the slope. Nami hid behind Ben as Usopp ran behind Zoro.

Jango was launched into the ground as he cough up blood, his gaze went to the figure in black with large swords on his hands. His eyes widened in shock as Kuro had come here himself, "Cap-Captain Kur-Kuro!"

Kuro sneered in anger, "After I get done with these four, I'll deal with that rubber brat, and after I'm gonna kill you." He declared as he glared at Jango who paled at the butler.

Diamondhead hand's morphed into a long greenish/bluish sword, "It's me and you!" He rushed the butler and their battle began, Kuro slashed at the Crystalsapien repeatedly, but Diamondhead countered it as the two kept going back and forth.

"What are you?!" He glared as Diamondhead pushed him backwards as his arm changed from a sword to a nub with daggers inclining from it.

"I'm your worst nightmare!" He begun shooting the daggers from his arm as Kuro started deflecting, but some of them imbedded into his shoulder or his leg. Seeing his opening he rushed the butler, but Kuro slashed his chest only to go wide eyed as his cat glove knives shattered against Diamondhead's diamond encased body. He cocked his arm back and punched the butler in the face launching him into a dozen trees.

Kaya who had gotten word of what Khaladora has done soon took off from her mansion to the fight that had started. She heard from Merry, her butler about Khaladora's betrayal and that he was really a pirate, here to kill her. She couldn't believe it, Usopp was right and after she went looking for Khaladora. Kaya soon reached the Northern Harbor to see a large diamond monster and Khaladora or Kuro struggling to get up she soon raced forward and blocked Diamondhead from reaching Kuro. Usopp seeing his best friend ran forward at top speed as he saw Kuro glare at the women darkly.

"You're still gonna defend him? After everything's he's attempted to do?" Diamondhead questioned the blonde as she wasn't budging. The Crystalsapien's arm morphed into a sword again and advanced on them.

"I believe in him!" She yelled stopping Diamondhead in his tracks, "He just wanted my money, but he's cared for me the last three years! I BELIEVE IN HIM!"

Kuro stated laughing, chuckling to himself gaining the alien hero and the blonde's attention as he was back on his feet. He pushed up his cracked glasses with the palm of his hand as his glare on the girl grew even more, "You seriously think I cared about you? You were nothing more than a dollar sign to me! I hated every minute I spent with you! When your father died, I was disappointed that I didn't have the chance of killing him myself! But that won't happen again, as I'll kill you with my own two hands!" He yelled as he declared wanting to kill Kaya. He rushed her with his left clawed hand raised backwards.

Diamondhead was about to make a diamond wall when a figure pushed the girl out the way of the attack. Diamondhead's eyes went wide as Usopp had saved Kaya's life. Kaya looked up to see Usopp and went wide eyed, "Us-Us-Usopp?" She stuttered as she cried out which made Kuro smirk in victory.

"Look who it is, the coward was useful for something after all. Being an adequate meat shield." He gloated, but failed to see the diamond fist him in the face.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Diamondhead screamed as he slammed his fist into the man's face launching him into the forest. Diamondhead wasted no time as he saw him getting back up as he punched him again in the chest making his heart skip a beat, he then clasped his hands together slamming them into his back. He kneed him in his chest as he soon roundhouse kicked him in his face launching him deeper into the forest.

Kuro could barely form a coherent sentence as everything seemed to be spinning, he looked up to see the Crystalsapien grab him by his shirt and lift him off his feet. Kuro tried to raise his cat gloved arm as Diamondhead slammed Kuro's head into the ground. Diamondhead slammed his foot onto his knives shattering them, "It's over." He picked him up again and his hand morphed into a sword, "An eye for an eye. A life for a life." He stated as Kuro saw his reflection shine through the Crystalsapien's sword. As he was about to end Kuro he heard someone shout.

"BEN STOP!" Nami shouted as her eyes widened in shock as Ben was about to end Kuro's life.

"Why should I? He killed Usopp. An eye for an eye." He stated as he revealed that Usopp was dead, so it was only fair that he'd die as well.

"No, look he's still alive!" Nami pointed as Luffy and Zoro seemed to be carrying the marksmen who gave him a weak smile and a shakey thumbs up.

Diamondhead's eyes went wide as his arm went back to normal. He soon dropped Kuro who was unconscious and probably on death's door. He pressed the badge on his chest and reverted back to normal and raced dropped to his knees sobbing, "Thank goodness." Nami rushed over to him hugging him tightly also sobbing.

"It's alright, Ben, calm down." She tried calming the hero down, but he couldn't, he couldn't understand why. Zoro, Luffy, and Usopp made their way over to the crying duo who smiled in relief as their Captain had almost killed someone.


The rest of the day was spent recovering as everyone who got injured was spent healing. Ben didn't even know what to say. It felt like something snapped within him and he couldn't hold that much hate and anger inside. It felt like he exploded, but now he felt like it could happen again. 'It's only a matter of time.' He thought.

Zoro who had been a bit scratched up by Sham, was bandaged up and was already downing an entire barrel of alcohol. Luffy had a few minor injuries which he cured by sleeping half the day away. Nami spent her time next to Ben who she knew was a time bomb. She watched as Usopp had saved Kaya and saw Ben snap and watched as he demolished Kuro. It was just another matter of time before he detonated again.

Kaya had spent her time next to Usopp as he healed, the villagers could hear the chaos from their houses and had come to check what happened. First, Usopp was telling the truth that Pirates had actually come to attack. Second, he and his new friends had defended them even if it coated them their lives. And Third, they owed Usopp a huge apology, and to thank him and his new friends for defending them.

Usopp was in the forest taking down his Pirate crew's flag when the three young boys came rushing towards him, "Captain! What are you doing?!" Piiman questioned him shocked.

"You three have been loyal to me for a long time, and I'm grateful for that, but now it's come to an end." Usopp stated as he couldn't even bare to look at the three boys.

"NO! YOU CAN'T LEAVE!" Ninjin yelled angered by the fact that Usopp was leaving to start his adventure at sea.

"I have too, I wanna be able to come back with real stories to tell you guys. My dream is to be a pirate and I won't give that up." He stated solemnly, "As of now the Usopp Pirates are disbanded!" He announced as the three young boys sobbed over the their pirate crew disbanded, "I will be back, with alot more stories for you my friends." He soon walked passed the boys to start his new life at sea.

After a day and a half, Kaya had revealed a large ship they had name the Going Merry, after her butler Merry. The Going Merry had a jib and a central steer rudder. The ship's armaments consisted of four cannons, one in the bow pointing forward, one in the stern, and two pointing to either side.

Luffy's jaw dropped to the ground, "A SHIP! YAHOO!" He exclaimed as he rushes towards the ship happily.

"Thank you, Kaya. We won't forget this act." Ben thanked the women infront of him with a light bow.

"No, we should be the ones thanking you for defending us. So please use this ship to the best of your abilities." She smiled as she returned the thanks.

Zoro was busy helping Nami load up the treasure she'd stolen from Buggy and the Black Cat's ship onto the Going Merry. They watched as Ben had been talking to Kaya and Nami had a concerned look on her face as she gazed at the young Captain.

"He's going to be ok." Zoro broke her thoughts as she gazed at him in a questionable look, "I know, it's the first time I've seen him lose his cool like that, but I'm sure he's fine."

"I just can't help, but be worried for him." Nami replied sadly as Zoro patted her head.

"He can take care of himself. Remember he's strong enough to be our Captain, he can deal with anything that gets in his way." Zoro stated as Ben was strong enough to overcome this new feeling that seemed to be erupting from him.

"Your right." She grinned as her and Zoro soon finished loading up the ship with her treasure.

"Thank you, cya next time Kaya." Ben waved Kaya goodbye as he headed towards the Going Merry as Usopp came racing towards the Harbor with a bag slung across his shoulders.

"Usopp? You're leaving too?" Kaya asked curiously and a bit saddened at this.

"Yeah, I'm sorry Kaya, but I have to go. This is my dream I'm gonna go sail the sea's and put together my own crew." Usopp revealed as Kaya looked abit sad, but smiled happily.

"I'm gonna study medicine, so I hope you come back to tell me stories of your adventures." Kaya revealed as she was gonna become a doctor and wanted to hear Usopp's real stories as a pirate.

"Don't worry, this isn't goodbye Kaya." He smirked, "Till I see you again." He soon rushed to the dock as he saw Ben, "Hey Ben."

Ben turned his head over to Usopp, "Yeah?"

"I just wanna say thank you for your help and for your constant advice that I failed to listen to." He bowed his head as Ben rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Your a good guy, Usopp. I just didn't want anything to happen to you. I'll definitely count you as a good friend." He smiled as Usopp tried not to tear up.

"Thank you, and I hope to see you again. If our paths cross again." Usopp revealed as Ben tilted his head in confusion.

"I thought you were coming with us?" Ben questioned as Usopp went wide eyed at Ben's declaration, "Come with us, Usopp."

"You want me to join you?" Usopp questioned as he nodded he gazed up at Luffy who was leaning off the boat grinning, Zoro who had his arms crossed over his chest smirking, and Nami who gave both an eye smile and a regular smile, "As the Captain?"

"Huh? No! Ben's the Captain!" Luffy yelled as Ben chuckled as he shook his head no.

"No, I'm the Captain." He stated as he climbed aboard with Usopp right behind him. The group soon departed Gecko Island. Usopp waved goodbye to Kaya and the vegetable trio as he promised he'd return with real pirate stories.

Luffy was jumping up and down on the ship happy to have such a large ship. He took the seat ontop of the figurehead which looked to be a sheep. He loved this seat and claimed it as his new favorite seat. Usopp, Nami, Zoro, and Ben couldn't understand why he loved that spot. He couldn't swim, but he didn't care he just loved the view it gave him.

Ben shrugged as he walked into one of the rooms on the ship which they considered to be the Kitchen, Meeting Room, and the Helm. He sat at the table as he was going over the map when someone sat down next to him.

"Ya'know, you should spend less time sneaking up on me." He replied as he gazed at the man sitting next to him, "Professor Paradox."

"Hello, Young Benjamin." He grinned happy to see the young boy, he sent to another world, "I see you're having fun."

"You could say that." He chuckled as he looked at the map again, "To what do I owe this visit?"

"Ya'know I sent you here to become Pirate King, and yet you pass it onto someone else? Did it not sound good to you?" He questioned on why Ben didn't wanna become King anymore.

"If I wanted to become a king, I could always use Clockwork or Alien X to rewrite the timeline, but where's the fun in being a king when you literally have god-tier aliens at your beck-n-call." Ben explained as Paradox opened his mouth, "Yeah, I know, I sorta have control over Alien X, but at the moment I won't be using them unless I'm forced to, but the way I'm putting my crew together there's not gonna be a need to ever use him."

"My word, Benjamin. You sound so much mature. It's making me so happy. I knew I made the right decision sending you here." He smiled brightly at the shape-shifter, "Now as to why I've come. There's two things." His cheery happy self switched to a look of seriousness, "Vilgax and Albedo are somewhere on this Earth."

Ben immediately looked up from his map, "You're joking."

"I wish I were, Benjamin, but those two have been as evasive as ever. There here and somewhere in the Grand Line hiding." He stated which made Ben angry to know that two of his greatest enemies were here hiding in the Grand Line, "When you find them, best believe I will take care of the rest."

"Alright. Now what was the other thing you needed to tell me?" Ben replied then switched from that topic to what the other thing he wanted to tell him.

"Oh!" Paradox opened his cloak to reveal a new coat. It was a black leather jacket with a white line going down the left side, with a white patch on that had the number 10 on it. Then it had two vertical white lines wrapped around the forearm of the right sleeve. He then saw the plumbers badge on the left shoulder sleeve. He saw a certain pirate insignia on it. It was a cartoon-like depiction of a traditional skull and crossbones with the skull wearing Luffy's trademark straw hat on the right shoulder and a bigger version of it on the back of it.

"Woah." Ben said mesmerized by the jacket, "Where did you get this from?"

"Not telling." He smiled as he tossed Ben the jacket, "But I did promise to get it to you no matter what." Ben slid his arms through the sleeves as he pulled the jacket all the way on. Ben gazed at the jacket as he looked back up to see Paradox already gone.

He smirked as he left the room and came out to see his friends on the boat. They soon turned their attention to Ben as they gazed at his new jacket. Luffy went eye wide as he saw the jacket it had his hat on it.

"Woah! That's so cool!" Luffy exclaimed, "Where'd you get it!"

"An old friend." He replied as he gazed towards the sea, "Alright everyone, set sail our destination. The Grand Line." Zoro smirked, as Nami grinned, Usopp was excited, as Luffy grinned even wider as Ben gazed into the horizon.


To Be Continued...