I was awaken by the sound of heavy footsteps on the ship. I looked through the window and was caught off guard by the marine warship docked right beside me.

Quickly I got up and stood by the door, careful not to make too much noise.

I put my head against the wall, and I was able to make out words being spoken.

"We have tracked the Aldin Pirates to Mirrorball Island. Their flag is missing, but the ship is unmistakably that of the Aldin Pirates," the voice behind the door spoke.

I figured now was a good time to test out my new powers, and focused my head until I made that same ball.

I held it in my hand, waiting until they opened the door.

"Yes sir, we have boarded the ship and have prepared our forces for heavy resistance," the voice said. "Opening in three. Two. One."

Just as they opened the door, I threw the ball at the marine.

The force from the resulting blast sent him flying back and splintered the wood around the door frame.

"Man down! Requesting support, captain!" A random marine yelled into a transponder snail.

Quickly, I made another and threw it at the marine yelling into the snail, disabling him and a few marines around him.

The commotion woke Jenni up, and she immediately rushed to the room to see what was going on.

"He's very dangerous! Proceed with caution!" Another marine ordered, and they pointed their rifles at me.

"Fire!" They yelled, forcing me to to grab Jenni and dive out of the way.

This time, I tried something different.

I spread my arms out more, and focused to make another ball, then brought my arms closer together to shrink the ball.

Once the ball was the same size as the last one, I got up and tossed it towards the squad of marines. This time, the blast was much larger.

It splintered the deck and sent fragments of wood at the marines like shrapnel from a grenade. The force of it blew the hull off of the ship and rocked the ocean. Pieces of wood flew like rockets towards the marine warship, cutting through it as if it wasn't even there.

"My men!" The captain of the warship cried out. "You'll pay, filthy pirate."

"So that's your power, huh?" Jenni asked, noting the immense destruction cause by a singular attack.

"I guess so. That took a lot out of me, I might have to undergo training again."

Just then, I felt the ship start to go lower and lower. It tilted itself backwards until Jenni and I tumbled towards the back of the ship.

"Shit! Neither of us can swim!" Jenni cried out.

I pulled Jenni, along with my treasured plants, off the ground and dragged her to safety on the dock. The marine warship had also began to sink from the holes in the hull.

"You! You killed my subordinates!" The marine captain shouted, obviously directed towards me.

He stood around my height with a mostly bulky build. Atop his head was a marine hat, and draped over his shoulders was a captains coat, with justice written in kanji on the back.

"Jenni, stay back. I'll take care of him," I ordered as I took a fighting stance.

"Are you a power user?" He questioned, mantaining the angry look on his face.

"I guess so," I answered, not taking my eyes off of him.

"This may be easier than I expected. See this blade?" He asked, showing off the longsword he held. "It is coated with seastone. You don't stand a chance."

"So I just have to stay away from that sword, right?"

"You say that as if you can beat me, scum."

A confident grin flashed across my face.

"Who says I can't?" I said, and he rushed forward blade-first.

I used my vertical jump to avoid his sword and get behind him, then attempted to kick his back to knock him down, but he turned around just in the nick of time and blocked my kick with his free hand, then slashed at my leg.

I jumped back to narrowly avoid the attack. I was limited at the moment, so I went around to Jenni, picked her up and dropped her off on land.

As I turned around, the marine captain was already rushing towards me. "Focus on your opponent! Pirate scum!"

I barely had any time to avoid his attack, but once I did, I used the distance I had created to make another one of those explosive balls, and threw it at his feet.

The force sent him flying back and destroyed the dock, creating a space between the marine captain and I. 'This is so much better than a gun,' I thought, seeing how much damage I could cause.

Just then, I heard an explosion from inside the city, turned around and saw a cloud of black smoke rising from the heart of the town.

I could hear the screams of people, and shortly after saw them running for their lives.

I glanced at the marine captain, who was stuck on an isolated part of the dock and would have to swim over to get onto land.

"C'mon, let's go check that out," Jenni said, grabbing my wrist and running towards the commotion.

We saw all the people running for their lives.

"Run! The Red Beard Pirates are here!" A man yelled.

'Red Beard Pirates? Jesus, how creative can you get?' I thought.

We made our way towards the town square, where a building was lit on fire, bodies were sprawled out across the street and a man with a red beard was holding a pistol.

"Attention citizens of Mirrorball Island! This island is now under the control of the great pirate Red Beard! Anybody not willing to comply will be shot, survivors will be shot again!"

'Disgusting,' I thought, carefully eyeing him.

Red Beard was a large man. He stood at around 6'5" with a round build. He had a large, unkempt red beard, which is probably how he got the name. A red bandana was tied around the top of his head, and atop the bandana lay a captain's hat with his jolly roger, a skull with a red moustache, a captain's hat and two crossed swords behind it.

Suddenly, a random citizen stepped up. "If you want to take this island," he shouted, "you'll have to get past me first!"

The red bearded pirate looked at him and smirked. "If that's your wish, then so be it!" And he then lunged at the man.

The man blocked his first attack with nothing but his bare arms, surprising me. He was either really strong, or the attack was rereally weak.

I had to look way from the fight because just then, a random pirate slashed at me, incuring my wrath.

I made another ball with the help of my devil fruit and slammed it into his head, knocking him out and making a crater in the floor.

If we weren't in the fight before, we were now.

A group of pirates charged towards Jenni and I, forcing her to involve herself as well. She made a bo staff using her devil fruit and blocked several sword slashes at the same time, then knocked them out in an instant.

Four pirates rushed towards me, swords in the air, in a pathetic attempt to kill me.

I jumped up to avoid them, and landed on one of their heads, knocking him out and then moved to the next one, and the one after, and the one after, disabling them.

I looked back towards the man in a fight with Red Beard, and just as I looked, he was being overpowered.

Just then, the marine captain from earlier appeared and attacked me. He took one good look at the situation, and assumed I was with the Red Beard Pirates.

"Attention pirate scum! You are under arrest! Surrender now!"

"Nice try," I smirked. I made a ball, then charged at him and slammed my palm into his head, forcing the ball to explode and sending him deep into the ground and knocking him out.

The man who had just been defeated in a fight looked at me, also assumed I was with Red Beard, then gritted his teeth and muttered, "you bastard."

"Thanks," Red Beard said, "I don't know who you are, but you just made my job easier. You have a useful devil fruit, how about you join me? Your girlfriend can come along too."

"Sorry, I don't associate with bums like you," I answered.

"You son of a bitch," Red Beard muttered angrily. "I'll spare you for now, just because you helped me out there."

"Spare me? You say that as if you could kill me," I smirked, attempting to provoke him.

"Insolent brat, I'll show you the difference between us!" He yelled, and charged at me.

I used my devil fruit to make another ball, this one of the much bigger variety, and shrunk it down to the size of a tennis ball.

I waited until he was close to me, then threw the ball at him. It exploded upon contact, sending everyone in the immediate area flying and destroying several buildings in the process.

"Hey! You destroyed the town square!" the man angrily yelled.

I wasn't paying attention. "Jenni, take him out of here!"

"Yes, captain!" Just as the dirt cleared, Red Beard stood up, now very angry. I was surprised, to say the least.

"Don't let her escape! Vice-captain! Kill that woman!" Red Beard ordered, pointing at Jenni.

I noticed the man Red Beard was just talking to running towards Jenni, and I began running towards him to stop him, but I was struck in the neck by Red Beard's forearm.

"Your fight is with me, brat," he spat. He went to strike me again in the head, but I rolled out of the way, and Red Beard stuck his fist into hard concrete.

I quickly got up and went to elbow Red Beard, but he grabbed me with his other hand by the neck, lifted me up and slammed me into the ground.

"Argghhh," I growled, coughing blood.

Unbeknownst to the pirate captain, I had made another ball with my hands while he was busy slamming me, and when he went to punch me in the head, I moved my hand in the way, and he struck the ball instead, breaking his wrist and sending his bones out of his arm.

Red Beard howled in pain, seeing the bone hanging from his elbow joint and the now limp flesh that once protected it.

He released me from his grip and clutched his arm which was clearly in pain.

Just then, he gripped his sword, and cut off the now useless flesh, losing his arm.

While he did that, I had stood up. "You bastard," he said, trying to hide the pain he was in.

'Man, this guy's tough,' I thought, seeing as he wanted to continue the fight, even with one less arm.

"I'm going to kill you, then I'm going to rape your girlfriend and take over the East Blue," he growled, and with those words, he sealed his fate. I wasn't intent on leaving this guy alive.

The rest of the fight was rather one-sided. I pulled my switchblade out and rushed him.

He made one pathetic slash attempt, which I dodged with ease, and then I proceeded to stab him in the stomach, causing him immense pain. He tried pushing me back, but I followed through with another stab, and then another, and then another, and then another, until he was nothing but a bloody mess and the only evidence he was Red Beard was the hat on his head, which was now on the floor. I got up, now feeling better, but it wasn't enough. I pulled my glock out and fired round after round at his corpse until the magazine was empty.

Feeling satisfied, I stepped over his corpse, and went to go find Jenni, who had just finished knocking down Red Beard's vice captain.

My blood was rushing from adrenaline, so much that I hadn't even noticed the damage Red Beard's attacks along with my own had caused me. I collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily.

Jenni, who appeared just slightly worse for wear, had taken down the vice-captain, and noticed me as soon as I had falled on the ground.

"Are you okay?" She asked, seeing the state I was in.

I had bruises on my neck from where he had choked me, my hand was completely covered in blood, and my back was in immense pain, I could've sworn it was broken.

"How's the other guy doing?" I asked, breathing heavily. "My devil fruit power takes a lot of energy."

"Yea, mine does too. He's okay, I think."

Just then, he came over to where I was. "I didn't ask to be saved," he said.

"I just admired your show of courage," I told him. "Jenni, our ship. And our new supplies."

"Yea, all thanks to those stupid marines," she said.

"Are you guys pirates?" The man said. "Sorry, I'm Melly."

"Randall," I told him from the floor. "She's Jenni. And yea, we're pirates."

"I wanted to be a pirate, but I don't think I can leave this town. I owe everything to this town, but Red Beard killed my adoptive mother."

"Come with us," I offered. "Join my crew."

"I..." he hesitated. "I can't."

Sitting here, I had a better look at Melly.

His hair was short brown, almost like mine before I was sent here, but without the fade. His skin was a tan color that complemented his dark eyes and hair. He stood around 5'8" with a lanky build, similar to Luffy's. His jawline was sharper than mine, and he reminded me of someone I used to know.

"Why not?" Jenni asked him, curious as to what was keeping him here.

"I don't know. I just feel obligated," he said. "I have to go pay respects to my mother. Sorry."

And with that, he got up and left.

"Maybe he'll join after he's done with that," I commented optimistically. "Also, good job with that guy you took down."

She beamed at my praise, and with that, I passed out.