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East Blue - Conomi Island - Cocoyashi Village

A day has passed since Shanks defeated Bluejam and Mihawk took the liberty to make his ship their own. Belle-mere went back to the village to grab her things. most notably her bags of clothes, her weapon of choice which is a long rifle and tangerine trees she grew in her house, as she was quite the tangerine addict. She carried them on a cart and made her way back to the docks.

"Leaving already, Belle-mere?" a man in his mid-twenties in a sheriff uniform was waiting for her outside.

"Oh Old Man Genzo, you noticed, huh? I was hoping I could leave without seeing your face, bastard." Belle-mere said in a monotone voice, it's clear she is trying too hard to hide her emotions.

"Stop calling me Old Man, I'm 8 years older than you." Genzo sighed, but then he smiled. "Enough already. You were always a troublesome girl, yet I never hated you. But this time, I will never forgive you for leaving without saying goodbye." tears started building up in Belle-mere's eyes, she dropped her facade and ran into her big brother figure and hugged him, crying in his shoulder.

"Thank you Genzo, thank you for everything." Belle-mere said while crying. "I will never forget what you have done to me." Belle-mere remembered how she met Genzo. She doesn't remember it, but she heard the story later from his late father.

When she was a one-year-old baby, her parents died in a storm one day. In their last breath, they placed her in a barrel hoping she'd somehow end up on a shore and survive. She ended up on a wasteland of an island, the only inhabitants were a fisherman and his nine-year-old son. They haven't eaten for two days as the island didn't have any food, and the father had no luck catching fish. The curious boy looked around the island and saw the girl. She didn't stop crying as she too has been starving.

The boy took the baby to his father, and found him tearing in joy. The man found a small piece of bread lying somewhere on the beach, he was happy that his son might survive for longer with this bread he found, he wasn't even thinking for himself. The boy held the piece of bread, tearing in joy, but he remembered the baby he was holding in his hand. After a few seconds of thinking, the boy gave the bread to the girl. His father was a kind man, but he had to make a choice there so he shouted angrily at the boy, trying to force him to eat his food.

"I don't care if I die here! If I let this girl die, I will never be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life!" the young boy said with tears in his eyes while his stomach was begging for food. The man was shocked by his son's resolve. Despite his fear of losing him, he was happy that his son has grown into a man, and didn't want to hurt his pride. After hours, luckily for them, a ship came for help. Had the boy not helped the baby, she would've died that day. The boy who was willing to throw his life that day was Genzo.

After that, the man, his son and his newly adopted daughter returned to their home island and from this point, Belle-mere lived with the family as one of their own. Until Genzo's father died and 12 years old Belle-mere moved out in spite of Genzo.

"You owe me nothing, Belle-mere." Genzo said as he wrapped his hand around his younger sister. "Anyone would've done what I did on this day."

"Stop undermining yourself, not everyone is as selfless as you are." Belle-mere said in an angry voice but she was still crying. It has been a while since she cried, and she never thanked Genzo, so if she had to do it, now was a better time than any. "Want me to thank you with my body?"

"DON'T RUIN THE TOUCHING MOMENT WITH YOUR VULGAR JOKES!" Genzo shouted comically as the duo started to laugh heartily. Hiding in the woods was Shanks, who was smiling. He went back to the town while Belle-mere was packing her things and asked around to find Genzo and tell him she was departing. How did he know about Genzo? She didn't stop talking about him for hours while looking for Buggy.

'I can't stop this stubborn girl from doing what she wants. But I tell you what, if I ever find out that you hurt her, or made her cry, I will kill you.' these were Genzo's words to Shanks after hearing about her joining his crew. How ironic that Genzo was the one who made her cry. Maybe he should kill him instead? Shanks shoved away the thoughts and went back to his crew.

East Blue - Open Seas - Red Hair Pirates' Ship

One day has passed since Shanks defeated Bluejam and Mihawk took the liberty to borrow his ship... permanently that is. Shanks decided to let the village take the bounty on Bluejam's head as they were quite poor. Belle-mere was quite happy but Buggy begged Shanks to change his mind which was futile. Nonetheless, the group started preparing for their party even before they named their ship. Belle-mere took the liberty to cook for the group as she was a decent cook compared to the other three. She lived by herself after all, so learning to cook was necessary.

The group ate and drank to their heart's content. It was Belle-mere's first drink, Shanks and Buggy were used to drinking on Roger's ship. Mihawk didn't like the taste of sake, so he tried something else, he took a liking to drinking wine in a glass while sitting legs crossed. It was an addicting feeling for him for some odd reason. The group told stories and laughed the whole day, though they wouldn't remember that later since they were all drunk. Eventually, they all fell to sleep on the floor one by one.

Shanks woke up the next day, he finally got his first good sleep in a while. The crew were already awake. It seems everyone self-appointed themselves to their roles on the ship without Shanks formally saying it. Mihawk was taking the helm as their navigator, Buggy was on the crow's nest, he used his power to send his head as far as he can and scout the surroundings, he was the lookout. Belle-mere was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, she was the cook.

"Rise and shine, sleepyhead." Mihawk said in a mocking tone as he noticed Shanks wake up, he was sleeping next to the wheel for some reason, but he didn't bother trying to remember what happened last night.

"Good Morning, Mihawk." Shanks said with a grin on his face, he looked around, proud of his crew coming together finally. "We are sailing? Where are we going?" the captain asked, confused that the crew sailed without waiting for his order.

"Nowhere." Mihawk answered. "We didn't want to wake you up, but we had to start sailing as we spotted the Marines coming to the island so we had to make our quiet escape."

"The marines, huh? I wonder what they were doing here..." Shanks tilted his head.

"THEY WERE HERE TO ARREST BLUEJAM AND GIVE THE REWARD, OBVIOUSLY." Buggy shouted, still angry at his Captain's decision. "My bounty, my beautiful bounty." Buggy comically teared. Shanks ignored him.

"I think we need to talk now about our next move." Shanks turned to Mihawk and he nodded.

"No no no, no talking before breakfast, kids." Belle-mere said as she came out of the kitchen with plates in her hand. Great, another sarcastic one. Maybe he should get some nice people in the future. Belle-mere put the dishes on a table surrounded by four chairs. Belle-mere was the first to wake up and she quickly went to work by setting up the table and chairs and going to the kitchen, she was in a good mood for cooking today.

"You are an amazing cook, Belle-mere!" Shanks said as he ate the delicious food, Buggy and Mihawk didn't say anything but it was clear they enjoyed the food too.

"My cooking skills show when I am in a good mood." Belle-mere chuckled and started eating too.

"So, now that we got a ship, it's time to plan our next move." Shanks took the lead. While he looked up to Roger, Rayleigh was his mentor in everything, from fighting to manners to his amazing leadership skills. "We still need more people on our crew. I don't think we need to stay in the East Blue any longer, it's the weakest sea after all, so I don't think there is a point in trying to find new crewmates here."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WEAKEST SEA, DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME!" Belle-mere's hot-headed attitude from earlier returned.

"It's nothing compared to North Blue and West Blue, which have Evil Kingdoms and Underworld Bosses ruling over them." Shanks explained. "Which takes me to the next point. We need to get stronger, especially you two." Shanks pointed at Buggy and Belle-mere. They both acknowledge the fact they are too weak.

"I don't have that much fighting experience. But I can use a rifle as I like hunting." Belle-mere admitted.

"Your aiming was quite good back on the island, but you still need to get stronger physically. We can spar later as I need to work on my hand-to-hand combat too."

"How do I get stronger? I'm not good with swords, and I can't use this Haki thing you have." Buggy said, feigning helplessness.

"Your devil fruit ability is quite useful, you just need to learn to use properly." Shanks said, trying to do the thinking for Buggy who is too lazy to find ways to get stronger. "Use your head, idiot. Your fruit allows you to split your body into piece, if you train to split your body into very small grain-size pieces, you are practically a logia." Buggy ignored his insult as he was impressed by the idea. He doesn't fight because he hates pain, so if he can fight while being practically untouchable, that'd be convenient to him.

"Logia? You mean the devil fruit type that makes its users intangible?" Mihawk inquired which Shanks nodded to. "I fought a guy a few months ago who ate a fruit like that. It was quite annoying that I couldn't cut him, he made a fool out of me." Mihawk said in anger at his loss. He wasn't a sore loser, but this Logia user was an unfair match for him.

"There is a way to defeat logia users, and that is Armament Haki."

"This strange power you defeated me with? How so?" Mihawk was surprised, he was quite excited at the thought of getting his revenge against the Logia user.

"Armament Haki allows you to touch even the Intangible Logia users."

"I see." Mihawk smiled. "Then you must teach me that as soon as possible, Red Hair."

"It's not easy to learn, it may takes years to master Haki, even I am not proficient with it yet. Rayleigh-san gave me the basics two years ago."

"I don't care how long it takes. If I were to reach my goal, I can't lose to anyone, not even a Logia." Mihawk said with a determined look in his eye.

"I see, have it your way then." Shanks chuckled. "But tell me, Mihawk. Who was this Logia user you lost to?"

"He is an infamous rookie from the Grand Line, he made a name for himself as one of the strongest up fronts in the new era. I heard he gathered a strong crew and attacked one of Whitebeard's territories, and took down one of his commanders even. For such a man to be in the East Blue, I knew I had to challenge him." Mihawk said everything he knew about the guy, Buggy and Belle-mere were scared, while Shanks was impressed.

"Woah, I want to meet this guy now." Shanks said. "What is his name?"

"He has got a bounty of 27 million on his head, his name is 'Desert King' Sir Crocodile." Mihawk said as he showed Shanks his bounty.

"Crocodile, huh?" Shanks said looking at the poster, he was interested in the guy who defeated Mihawk in battle now. "Where did you last see him, Mihawk?" Shanks asked, which confused Mihawk to why he would ask.

"Goat Island, it's a small inhabited island. Apparently it's their base of operation for the time being."

"Take us there." Shanks commanded which Mihawk was skeptical at.

"It'd take us a month to get there, but why do you want to meet him, Red Hair?" Mihawk asked. Buggy and Belle-mere nodded at his question, but they felt like they wouldn't like the answer.

"He is a big name rookie, maybe we can beat him to make a name for ourselves, or better yet... ask him to join our crew." Shanks said with a grin to his face.

"You seriously want me to work alongside this egotistical man?" Mihawk said as he had animosity towards Crocodile.

"This guy sounds like trouble, I don't think he is the type you can trust." Belle-mere wasn't fond of the idea either.

"HE HAS A STRONG CREW, WHY WOULD HE LEAVE THEM AND WORK FOR YOU?!" Buggy shouted some sense into Shanks.

"Good point, then we will just beat him." Shanks said like it was obvious.

"NO, IF THE GUY BEAT MIHAWK, THEN WE ARE NO MATCH FOR THE REST OF HIS CREW!" Buggy said tearing at his captain's recklessness.

"You heard Mihawk, didn't you? It'd take us a month." Shanks got up and pumped his fists together. "That's more than enough time to train. I'm gonna make sure we are strong enough by the time we get there."

Shanks overworked himself and the crew over the next month, they trained so hard day and night, that they took more than the month they would've taken, as they made a few stops for food since their storage wasn't big enough to hold food for the energy they needed to continue training. Shanks knew he was going to fight a strong crew, so he had to make use of his time.

With Belle-mere, the weakest of the group since she wasn't much of a fighter. Shanks felt that she had no room for growth fighting exclusively with a rifle, so he made her train in using her rifle for both close-range and long-range as well as hand to hand combat. Luckily, she was already quite athletic as she is used to running after making trouble back in her village.

As for Buggy, he got much stronger as Shanks overworked him and forced him to work out all day and night, Buggy was rebellious at first, but Shanks' fist was enough to convince him otherwise. He had more control over his devil fruit ability, but nothing new of note.

As for Mihawk, he followed his usual training routine, but he also learned Haki from Shanks. He wasn't able to master Haki yet, but Shanks pointed him in the right direction, he will eventually awaken it one day.

And last but not least, Shanks. Shanks decided to train to be more versatile in combat, so he sparred with Belle-mere and also asked Mihawk for guidance in pure swordsmanship, it is as if the two people traded their skills with each other.

"Well, try to block this, Captain." Shanks and Belle-mere sparred like every morning, she delivered a roundhouse kick to Shanks which he blocked with his wrist, he held her leg but she gave him a dropkick to escape, making a distance between them.

"You've gotten quite better over the past month, Belle-mere. But I will have to knock you back into reality for thinking you can beat me." Shanks quickly appeared in front of Belle-mere, it's a technique he learned from Rayleigh, it's close to Cipher Pol's Soru Technique, but this time Belle-mere saw it coming and tried to block it, she wasn't too fast though, so Shanks fist connected to her face before she could react. She had better reflexes now, but her body wasn't able to keep up with Shanks' speed just yet.

"WHAT KIND OF MAN HITS A LADY SO HARD?!" Belle-mere retaliated at Shanks as he sweated. Meanwhile in the other room, Mihawk was lifting a huge weight, and swinging it like a sword. Buggy next to him was doing Pushups.

"996... 997... 998..."

"Seventeeeeeeeen... Eighteeeeen ..." Buggy was barely able to do the pushups. On his first day, he couldn't even do two. so doing 18 is impressive by his standards, though he was struggling to get to that. "Ow, my back, it hurts." Buggy feigned defeat hoping to get some rest.

"Don't slack off, Clown. Who said you can stop now? Start the 20 pushups again." Mihawk was tasked with making sure Buggy doesn't fake his training, they took turns through the day to watch over him.

"WHAAAAAAAT?! THAT'S CRUEL!" Buggy shouted comically, he barely made it to 18 once, now he has to start over and make it to 20.

At night, it was Belle-mere's turn to watch over Buggy, she was training her sniping skills. Belle-mere was shooting at targets she bought from the island she bought a new rifle from, her shooting improved a lot since she left her village. Meanwhile Shanks and Mihawk were training together.

"Let's try this again. Take a deep breath, focus your energy on your left hand." Shanks instructed Mihawk who held his left hand in front of him, trying to activate Armament Haki, and for the first time, he seemed like he is about to do it, an invisible aura covered his arm, but it faded after one second. Mihawk tried to activate it again but he couldn't. "You did it, Mihawk!" Shanks celebrated as he was proud of his 'student'.

"It was only by luck, I can't do it again." Mihawk sighed.

"It's a good start, it means you are on the right track, you will eventually be able to activate it at will and use it for a long time in battle."

"I see, so with this I can beat Desert King?" Mihawk wondered.

"In the future, maybe. But I'm the one who is gonna fight him when we find him."

"Alright, I will leave him to you for now. But I want at least two of his top commanders in return."

"Fair enough. Other than Crocodile, go wild. But leave some for Buggy and Belle-mere, I want them to experience combat first hand." Shanks and Mihawk discussed their plan for when they fight Crocodile's crew, but they didn't know all their plans would be thrown out of the window when they arrived at their destination.

East Blue - Goat Island

The ship landed at the inhabited island, the island was notably quiet. There was a pirate ship on the outside that the crew assumed was Crocodile's ship, but where are his crew?

"Last time I was here, his massive crew were all over the island, it was livelier than that." Mihawk stated.

"That's strange, let's split up and look for the man." Shanks commanded to which they nodded. Shanks and Buggy went in one direction, Mihawk and Belle-mere in the other.

Mihawk and Belle-mere found a building that looked like the storage, they looked inside it to see if they can find anyone there, but the building was empty, they entered to investigate further.

"There is a lot of dust all over this place." Belle-mere noted.

"Maybe the crew recently returned to this island." Mihawk deduced, but the door to the storage was shut behind them. Sand entered through the keyhole and took form in front of the door.

"What is that?!" Belle-mere is scared by how the sand is moving on its own. Mihawk gripped his sword and smiled.

"He is here." Mihawk said as Crocodile started taking form, he was wearing his fur coat and elegant looking clothes as always, with his trademark golden hook. But what Mihawk noticed was that Crocodile's face was not as smug as when they first met. He looked angry.

"Hawkeye, I'm in no mood for a duel." Crocodile said in a cold voice.

Captain of the Crocodile Pirates
'Desert King' Sir Crocodile
27,000,000 Beri

"I would've liked to duel you, but I promised Red Hair to leave you to him." Mihawk said as he frowned that he can't engage with Crocodile. "By the way where is the rest of your crew, I'm not leaving without a fight." but before Mihawk finished, as soon as Crocodile heard 'crew', he charged at him trying to stab him with his hook, but Mihawk blocked it with his sword. "So you want a duel now?"

"Shut up, Hawkeye. Don't ever mention my crew." Crocodile had an angry loo on his face as he turned into sand, and appeared behind Mihawk. Mihawk turned around and sliced Crocodile but it didn't affect him, Crocodile was about to grab Mihawk but Mihawk jumped out of the way.

"Since when are you the one to value your friends so much?" Mihawk mocked Crocodile as he escaped through the air, but Crocodile appeared in front of him, the two men clashed swords (or sword and hook) midair. Crocodile's attacks weren't as precise and were fueled by anger. 'Dammit, I can't slice through him yet, I've been trying to active this Haki thing but I can't do it.'

"I'm sick of your arrogance, Hawkeye. You can't touch me even if you are a skilled swordsman." Crocodile turned into sand and appeared behind Mihawk in midair, slamming him into the ground.

"Oh there you are, Crocy. I'm glad I found you in time!" at the door is standing Shanks, with Belle-mere and Buggy next to him. Belle-mere sneaked out of the room to go inform Shanks that they found Crocodile.

"And who are you, little brat?" Crocodile said as he looked at the new person who called him 'Crocy', what kind of name is that?

"I am 'Red Hair' Shanks." Shanks ran towards Crocodile, crossing weapons with him. "Pleased to make your acquaintance."

'Red Hair' Shanks vs 'Desert King' Sir Crocodile

"I will make you regret looking down on me." Crocodile turned his hand into sand and went to grab Shanks, but Shanks used Haki on his arms, and grabbed Crocodile's arm, tackling him down.

"How the hell did you touch me?!" Crocodile was confused, it was not the first time someone was able to touch him, but he still didn't know how they do it.

"So even a pirate from Paradise never heard of Haki?" Shanks mocked Crocodile, but he turned into sand and reformed in front of him.

"I don't know what this Haki is, but I will have to go all out now." Crocodile was just playing around knowing Mihawk wouldn't touch him. Crocodile extended his right hand. 'Desert Spada!' Crocodile sent a wave of Sand shaped like a blade at Shanks, Shanks wasn't able to dodge it in time so he blocked it with his sword.

"So you have the power of sand." Shanks said, he only knew he was a Logia, but not that. 'If I was fighting this guy in a desert, he'd be a big pain in the ass.' Shanks made his way to Crocodile trying to cover the distance, but Crocodile disappeared into sand and made his way to the roof. Shanks jumped up trying to catch him.

'Barchan!' Crocodile sent an arch of sand, Shanks dodged it but it hit his left arm.

"Aaaah!" Shanks gasped in pain as he felt his arm in great pain. He looked at it to find that it dried up, Shanks was overwhelmed by his devil fruit power, but he wasn't going to give up.

'Barchan!' Crocodile attempted again targeting his right arm, this time Shanks cut the attack with his Haki infused sword. Shanks made his way to Crocodile but Crocodile once again flew up in the air, he tried to take his battle to the air as Shanks was a melee fighter with no flight abilities.

"No good." Shanks sheathed his sword, he now only fights with one arm as he was unable to move the other. Shanks jumped in the air, disappearing in a flash, appearing in front of Crocodile out of nowhere. His trademark move, but it was about time to name it. 'Red Force Punch!' Shanks punched Crocodile in the face, as he coughed blood and hit the ground. 'Red Force Stomp!' Shanks dashed at Crocodile, stomping him in his midsection, Crocodile was unable to keep up with the boy.

'Sables!' Crocodile dodged out of the way and created a small tornado, he sent the tornado at Shanks. Shanks grabbed his sword and sliced it away. Crocodile appeared behind him and grabbed his neck, slamming him into the ground. Shanks felt that his neck was drying up too, so he saved himself by punching Crocodile in the face, Crocodile stumbled back a bit, which allowed Shanks to get up.

"Now let me finish this." Shanks disappeared once again. 'Red Force...' Shanks kicked Crocodile in the face, he then hit him with a barrage of kick in multiple places. Crocodile was unable to keep up so he took all of it. '...Fireworks!' Shanks then brought his leg up, kicking Crocodile in the chin, launching him upwards as he hit the roof, before dropping down.

"Impressive." Mihawk smiled at his friend's graceful finish.

"When did he learn all of that...?" Buggy was shocked by the new techniques Shanks used.

"I guess our sparring paid off for you." Belle-mere chuckled. Shanks was more reliant on swordsmanship before their training.

Crocodile was on his back after his defeat, he was humiliated physically and emotionally, he lost everything, even his pride.

"Crocy, what happened to the rest of your crew?" Shanks leaned down, asking the pirate the question lingering in their minds since they landed here.

"The bastards... betrayed me." Crocodile said gritting his teeth. "I killed them." Crocodile said with gasps filling the room from the Red Hair Pirates.

"You did what? WHY?!" Shanks was surprised.

"... They wanted my bounty, so they lead me into a marine trap. I killed most of these bastards before the rest escaped." Crocodile said in anger, then he calmed down, looking more sad now. "I was a fool for trusting them. I was a childish brat like you who thought there was such thing as friends." Crocodile tried not to tear, the wound was still fresh.

"I know that you are not in the right state, but there are good people and bad people in this world. I'm sure there are some people who are worth your trust." Shanks started. "Like us... would you like you join our crew?"

"Not that I got anything better to do, but what would I get in return for joining some kids?" Crocodile did have nothing else to do, all his plans with his life were thrown out of the window when his crew betrayed him. Shanks tried to think of how to bargain with Crocodile.

"Well, what do you want to achieve in your life?" Shanks asked.

"Other than being the Pirate King and killing the rest of my crew, I want to get rid of these damn Celestial Dragons." Shanks was shocked by his answer. How convenient, their goals aligned. But there was one issue: their crew didn't know about that. Buggy would go crazy and immediately leave him if he told him something like that now. Belle-mere for as brave as she is, she isn't stupid enough to start a war against the entire world. Mihawk wouldn't follow his crazy ideals either. They aren't strong yet. This was the end goal, but it will take them years to even get to this point.

"Listen, Crocodile." Shanks called him by his real name now, he was trying to mock him earlier with the nickname but Crocodile was too angry to react. "I can't say that we will do this anytime soon, but I'm planning to be an influential figure in the New World one day, and maybe even go for King of the Pirates. And with Mihawk and you helping me..."

"HEY!" Buggy and Belle-mere shouted comically as he seemed to forget them.

"And also Buggy and Belle-mere." Shanks chuckled. "And more strong people to join me in the future, it will only be a matter of time before we are an actual threat to the World Government." Shanks got up and extended a hand to Crocodile. "So do you want to give it a try by yourself, or work alongside us?" Crocodile looked around the room, he felt the people in front of him were more friendly and trustworthy, but still...

"Very well." Crocodile took his hand as Shanks helped him get up. "But let me tell you this, Red Hair. I won't drop my guard. We may be crewmates, but that doesn't mean I will trust you." Crocodile threatened Shanks, Shanks just chuckled.

"Fair enough, have it your way." Shanks didn't take his threats seriously. Crocodile's words were mean, but he felt that he was a good guy on the inside. Maybe if he isolated himself more he would've lost all the goodness in his heart, but Shanks doesn't plan to break his heart again, hopefully his heart will be repaired and he will once again trust people and believe in them.

The crew made their way to the ship. Buggy was scared of Crocodile, Belle-mere wasn't comforted to him either, and Mihawk already didn't like him. Shanks looked at his crew then he remembered. 'Ah, I forgot my plan to get a nicer crewmate next... that will have to wait for now.' Shanks shoved away the thoughts.

Crocodile made his way to the docks, he looked at his ship one last time. 'Did I make the right decision? Are there people to be trusted?' Crocodile then looked to Shanks' ship. 'I don't care, it doesn't matter what happens to me now. I will use the rest of my life to avenge you... Wendy.' Crocodile gripped his shoulder, where a scar was left on him... through a certain Dragon Claw tattoo.

To Be Continued

Red Hair Pirates

'Red Hair' Shanks (15) - Captain

Buggy 'The Clown' (15) - Lookout

'Hawkeye' Dracule Mihawk (19) - Swordsman

Belle-mere (16) - Cook

'Desert King' Sir Crocodile (22) - ? - 27,000,000 Beri

Loguetown - Cocoyashi Village - Goat Island -

Author's Note

Crocodile too?! Who is going to join next, Kaido? hmmmm, that might not be a bad idea. But for now, it looks like we got out first 5 crew members! I didn't notice it until now, but they are kinda similar to the original 5 Straw Hats. Mihawk/Zoro are both swordsmen, Belle-mere/Nami are from the same village and are mother and daughter, Buggy/Usopp are both cowards with big noses (I can hear you shouting, Buggy) and Crocodile/Sanji are both strong and smart fighters. Anyways, don't forget to review as they mean a lot to me!