"I don´t know if we did the right thing… but I enjoy having money again" Sinbad said as he devoured the meat in front of him. Judal look at the idiot king once before sighing and continue enjoying his fruits salad. "Aren´t you going to eat anything else? I know you hated vegetables, but not that you won´t eat meat."

"I do, I just enjoy it more in the lunch, not breakfast" the magi rolled his eyes, eating in a finer way than him. "Didn´t someone teach you table manners?"

"Rurumu did, but now I´m so hungry I don´t give a damn" answered the purple haired male, munching with his mouth open. "She also didn´t know I regained my bad table manners when I was trapped in the Death Valley of Artemyra with Jafar and Mystras… she probably would have killed me if I told her that."

"If she was willing to deal with you, sure she will. Anyone who deals with you will" Judal yawned a bit, bored. "I´m still asking myself why did I put myself through this torture when I had a perfectly good palace to go back to."

"Don´t ask me, I´m still wondering why myself" he finished with his meal. "Well, the bounty is not going to last forever, so now we have to decide what to do" he put his hands in front of himself. "Normally, I would go for a merchant career, after all I have experience in that, but… as you didn´t want me doing anything that could relate to my past life…"

"Do what you want, I don´t care" now the former king was curious. "Look, I don´t really want you to reverse to the egomaniac and wannabe God Idiot you once were, that´s all. It would be a real problem, you won´t listen to me anymore" he sighed. "But in the decision of what way we should take next… that´s up to you."

"Hummmm… I don´t know if I should try to be a merchant, this world is similar to ours, but for some reason it doesn´t feel…" he thought deeply. Yes, when he started his merchant career was when he began thinking that he was more special than everybody else. Plus, he wanted something new. A completely new adventure, separated from the ones he already lived. "I think merchant is not the right choice in this world."

"Why not?"

"Too many slavery" he answered, but that wasn´t sincere. He was a little bit afraid that he might reverse to his old self true, after seeing where it landed him in… and being a merchant would make him miss his old crew more than ever.

"So? Just don´t take people for that and be over it" Sinbad shook his head again. "Okay, if you wish" he ate another piece of fruit. "But you have to decide quickly, because the fortune you brought accidentally the other time isn´t going to last for long and…" suddenly the door opened with a bang and a man appeared there. He was wearing an orange hat with smiley faces and a large skull pendant. "Who does he thinks he is?"

"Dunno" they stared at the man, who walked straight to the owner, asking for meat. The former King of Sindria checked him out for a bit, only to notice he had some freckles much like Jafar… Jafar… how he missed the white haired grump now. How could he be now? Perhaps better without having to babysit him.

"Hey, mister, I´m dying hungry here!"

"Can you make some less noise, please? Someone are trying to eat here" the man turned around, glaring daringly at Sinbad, who held the glare. Both exchanged looks for some time before the new Freckles approached them.

"What do you say, lilac?"

"What you heard, freckles" answered the adventurer, lifting himself from his chair while his companion sighed. The magi wondered for a few seconds if he should try and separate them or if it was going to be a loss of time. He rolled his eyes, concentrating on the food and ignoring the Idiot King.

"You think you are very brave, no? Or are you doing it only to impress your girlfriend?" Judal felt the gaze of the man on him, making him choke on the food. Him? And the idiot? No way. No fucking way. "Hey, pretty stuff. If you want to taste what a real man is, I can show you. What do you say?"

"Stupid" was the black sun´s only answer.

"You are a male?!" asked the stranger, a little bit confused. "I can´t believe it! You look so feminine!" he turned his eyes to Sinbad again. "Dude, I didn´t notice you were into guys at first"

"What?" they looked at each other with disgust. "No way"

"No fucking way in hell"

"Then why are you dinning together?" he lifted an eyebrow, then smiled wickedly. "This looks like a date to me. Are you sure this isn´t one, pretty stuff?"

"I would never date such a horrible person" Judal lifted an eyebrow. He was the horrible person? He was not the one that tried to become god rewriting the rukh of everyone and putting the world in danger. "And why do you care? Do you like my companion? We are looking for adventures, but… I can lend him to you for some time."

"Hey!" Judal´s wand got out, pointing straight at the idiot. "Say something like that once again and I will freeze the shit out of you!"

"Language" Sinbad used a tone that curiously reminded the former Oracle of Kouen. "Didn´t the Rens taught you manners?"

"They taught me more, do you want to see?" and he was right. In fact, his worse vocabulary came straight from the mouth of Kouha… and Ka Koubun… that Ka Koubun, under the right circumstances he could be even more badmouthed than Kouha himself. And wasn´t over swearing in front of him and Kougyoku when they were little.

"Fierce" now the stranger´s interest was up. This purple haired creep was confident, that he knew. The question was if he had the strength to back up that confidence. And he was more than up for a good fight. "How about a fight?"

"You are on, but I might warn you, I´m pretty strong"

"Really? Then this interests me even more" the man with the hat signalled the door. "Let´s have a fight outside, just you and me" he gave Judal a look "You are more than welcome to watch how I whip the floor with your boyfriend. And if by the end you change your mind about being with him…"

"Not my boyfriend" the magi followed the two fighters outside. They got ready and started throwing punches at one another, followed by kicks. The raven had to admit it, the man was strong. He could even keep up with the idiot king, which was much to say. Even without his djinn, Sinbad was a very difficult opponent. And there was something strange… he closed his eyes and opened them again. Yes, there was something inside of the man. Like… fire… did he have a fire djinn? Maybe something like that. And there was more…

"You are going to lose, pal!" the magi snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the two of them collide one last time before failing to the ground. It was impressive, even without his djinn, Sinbad managed to make a lot of damage. But he received some too and that was the reason he was laying on the floor next to the other.

"Hey… for a civilian… you are… pretty strong" commented the raven, panting. He hadn´t felt like that since he ate his Devil Fruit. "Do you have a name?"

"I´m Sinbad, the… an adventurer" that´s right, he wasn´t a king not even a merchant anymore. He was nothing there, just a cero.

"Nice to meet you, I´m Ace… Portgas D. Ace" they clapped hands once they were back on their feet. "An adventurer too that´s sailing the seas to find freedom."

"I… am just starting over" sighed the former king. "Judal there is helping me"

"Must be a good friend"

"Much more like a former enemy that was the only one willing to help me" he commented before cleaning the sweat off his face with his arm. Then he looked at the other, interested. "Then… you are sailing? That brought me a lot of memories, I used to sail a lot when I was younger."

"Were you… a Marine?" asked Ace warningly.

"Marine?" Sinbad frowned. "Hell, no!"

"A pirate?"

"Either, I was just a merchant… but I used to be wanted, if that´s what you want to know" the purple haired man stretched. "My country put a bounty on my head for "stealing" a treasure from them. And by stealing, I mean rightfully gain something they wanted for their own selfish gain."

"I think I know the feeling of being haunted by the government" the freckled man gave him a hand. "Friends?"

"Friends"

"Captain!" someone came running, stopping in front of Ace. The magi looked at him with confusion. Captain? "Captain Ace, the Marines are here! I think they didn´t like the stunt you pulled a few days ago setting some of their vessels in fire!"

"Shit, we have to go" Sinbad´s new friend started running towards the port. "Sorry I can´t talk, we have got to hurry if we want to reach the Grand Line!"

"The Grand…" the hungry for adventure possessed the former king once more. He wanted… he wanted to go sailing that the young Sinbad who just go out of Parthevia. "Wait!" he started following them. "Wait! I want to go to the Grand Line too!"

"What…?" they didn´t have time. A squad of marines appeared out of nowhere, ready to fire with their guns. Sinbad stopped for one moment, then got ready to fight. Judal raised an eyebrow. What the hell did Ace do to have the authorities behind him? Apparently something really bad.

"Pirate Portgas D. Ace! Surrender! And your crew too!" apparently Sinbad and Judal were included in that package, because they were in the end of a cannon too.

"Like hell, you idiot" said man exploded in flames. Now Judal knew exactly why he felt something flammable coming from that guy. The purple haired adventurer was astonished too, did his new friend had a djinn? A flames one like Amon? And the pirates… were they his household? "Time for you to learn that I will become the greatest pirate in the world."

"The greatest…" now Sinbad knew. The freedom, the sea… like him when he escaped Parthevia, in this world if you wanted to be free, you have to be a pirate and set sail into the sea, cutting your ties with your country. "Sounds like fun, can I join into the fight?"

"Do as you wish, but don´t blame me later when you are injured" the orange hatted man started running. He had only used his hand to hand combat techniques with Sinbad, just to be fair, after all he was a Logia… and Sinbad hurt him. Hurting a Logia was between the most difficult things in the world and Sinbad managed to do so. The man was strange, so strong. Was he lying about being a marine or a pirate? No, he didn´t think so. "Hey, Sinbad!"

"What?" asked the purple haired man, knocking down a marine. He didn´t think it was the time to be talking with his friends.

"After this… would you like to join my crew? We are the Spades Pirate!"

"Spade…" Sinbad considered it for a bit. Ace seemed like a nice guy, unlike most of the pirates. Probably he just searched freedom, not treasures and hurting people. But he was so used to command his own ship… but this sea was different. And commanding position only made him end up in disaster. Maybe, just for once, he should taste what it´s like to be under someone. Maybe like this he would learn what he did wrong and correct himself.

"Sure, why not?" then he remembered something. "Judal can come too?"

"Of course" he saw the magi shooting some magoi shots at the men with his wand. It was a miracle he could still use his magic in a place like this, but perhaps once a magi, ever a magi, no matter the world. "Come on! Let´s run to the ships! Then we will have a party to receive our new nakama!"

"Nakama…" he always said that word to his own generals.

"Yes, nakama" the group ran away to the docks, where a big ship was waiting for them. The two visitors were panting, Judal over Sinbad´s shoulder because he ran so slow that even a snail could catch him. "Set sail! Now!"

"Captain…"

"The Marines are coming! Now!"

"Aye, captain!" the sail was lowered and out they went. Sinbad panted, cursing the marines. In the few days he was there, the former king has seen the marines in action and had just one thought about them… they were corrupted pieces of shit. The self-proclaimed protectors of justice just looked for their own interest, like the emperor back in Parthevia, where his father and almost himself were forced to fight in a war they didn´t want anything to do with.

"Are you okay?" Ace asked him, against the side of the ship. "If you want to get out of the ship, we can get you to the next island and then we will part."

"It´s not necessary"

"No?" another pirate raised an eyebrow. "You have just left your whole life behind and associated yourself with a bunch of outlaws. One would think things twice before making a choice."

"Trust me, this is not the first time I am wanted by the law"

"Yes?"

"Trust me, in my days Parthevia offered a huge bounty for me" Judal opened his eyes wide and jabbed him in the stomach. They were not in their home world, Parthevia didn´t exist in here.

"Parthevia?" another member of the crew asked, trying to remember the map. "I have never heard of that country, nor seen it in the map. Where is it?"

"Far far away from here" answered Judal.

"Is it small?"

"Actually, it is an empire, but probably you have never heard of it" he sat down, ignoring the stare form the raven magi. "It´s a big country full of nobles that only think of themselves, as well as the emperor. It is always in war with it´s neighbourhood country, Reim, and sends it´s people to death" he remembered the first time he saw his friend Drakon. "The young poor men are the most affected, as they are forced to the front lines."

"You were too?" Ace asked curious. He has seen many ugly things from the royal families affiliated with the World Government and had no problem into believing Sinbad´s words. "Did you fought in the war?"

"No, I… escaped and avoid recruitment. My father was the one that was forced to go to war… he didn´t have a leg… nor an opportunity" he clenched his fists, remembering the last time he saw Badr. "His body was never returned to us, just his sword and a few things. That´s why… why I hate war."

"War, eh? There are worse things" the captain said. "Anyway, we have to go to Louge Town now" he practically spat the name. "That´s the last place we can restock before entering the Gran Line. I wanted to avoid that place, but the marines got to us faster than I thought" he signalled the navigator. "To Lou… zzzzzzz"

"Did he felt asleep?" asked Sinbad, poking the fire man.

"He does that all the time, don´t mind him" the rest of the crew started working on their own things. Sinbad shook his shoulders and make the same, while Judal just sat in the crow´s nest to take a nap. "Hey! Why are you not helping us?! You are part of the crew, you have to work just like us!"

"Of course not" the magi opened an eye, looking down at them. Back in Kou, he never did any kind of physical work, why should he do it now? He yawned. "Do it yourselves"

"Hey, you" Ace snapped out of his sleeping attack, only an hour after his narcolepsy knocked him down. Sinbad tried to stop him, seeing the man acting so disrespected towards Kou´s former Oracle and practically a member of the Imperial Family, but surprisingly after a few moments of fight the magi obeyed the captain, cursing his softness… or what softness remained in himself.

"Crap" if only the freckled raven didn´t sound like Hakuyuu or Kouen telling him he had to do something for his own good… and since when he listened to Kouen? This wasn´t going to happen again… who was he kidding, when Kouen really wanted him to obey, he can do it with a few words, just like with Kouha or Koumei. It was a good thing that didn´t happen all the time.

"Woow, that magi didn´t obey anyone!" the purple haired man clapped when the captain left the magician doing the watch. "How did you do it?"

"Oh, it´s easy when you catch it" Ace answered, smiling widely when he remembered a certain someone. "It works every time with the people like him."

"People like him?! Rebel and impossible?"

"No, little brothers!" the pirate captain laughed. "I have a little brother called Luffy and he is as impossible as him sometimes, just a little bit… sweeter. Normally he doesn´t do what I said, but sometimes, for his own good, I have to make it through that tick skull of him before he gets injured or worse" he sighed. "Your friend… Judal, no? Is he a little brother too?"

"Yes, back home he has two older brothers… and many younger siblings too" Sinbad looked away. "I think he had two more, older ones, but they died some years ago" he didn´t know what Hakuyuu and Hakuren were to the magi, but according to his voice when he mentioned them, they probably were some kind of surrogate older brothers too, like Kouen and Koumei. "It was a fire"

"Oh… I see" Ace caressed his tattoo, remembering the most horrible moment in his life. "Maybe he is so difficult because of that, losing a brother is pretty hard. I… lost one of mine when I was ten."

"Really?"

"Really" they looked at Judal, who was staring at the sea. What were the Ren children doing now? His brothers and sisters… Kouen, Koumei, Kouha, Hakuei, Hakuryuu, Kougyuoku… were they really better without him? Must be, he was always so annoying and a nuisance and an international problem… his disappearance was the best for his little family, which already suffered enough.