"Hey, you."

Mohji took his eyes off the dog growling at Richie, looking to the side and seeing the girl that the orange haired thief had call 'Boss'.

The girl was staring at Richie, the ribbon over her eyes doing nothing to hide the way her eyebrows drew together in a frown.

He grinned.

"It's you! Captain Buggy will no doubt reward me for bringing you to him. Richie! Forget that mutt and attack!" He yelled gleefully, watching Richie jump towards the girl eagerly.

Only, he didn't get very far.

The girl's forehead smoothed out.

"Stop."

He vaguely noticed Richie freeze before… something washed over him, making his eyes widen and his body lock up, unable to move.

The girl walked towards them, face furious.

"Have you no Shame!?" She growled, glaring at them through the blue materiel covering her eyes, "You would destroy this shop, Chou-Chou's treasure, and for what!? Some twisted sense of pleasure from seeing someone in misery!?"

The words hit him like a punch to the gut and he barely noticed his knees hitting the ground as he gasped for breath, unable to ignore the incredibly strong feeling of shame bubbling up inside of him.

Why had he tried to do such a thing? Why had he tried to destroy something so obviously important, even if it was just a dog that saw it as such? Why?

"Why…?" He whispered to himself, a single tear rolling down his cheek and Richie curled up into a ball on the ground not far from him, shaking uncontrollably.

"Why indeed…" He heard murmured in his ear, before a brief but sharp pain flared to life on his neck and the world faded away, the feeling of shame becoming even worse than before as he stared into the disappointed eyes of his mother.

"Mohji…" She whispered, staring at him with tears in her eyes. "Why would you do something like that? Why would you steal?"

He looked down, his grip on the pearl necklace in his hand tightening.

"I… I-I just…" He stumbled to find an explanation, tears of shame falling from his face to the floor…


Fighting Buggy was, to put it simply, a pain in the ass.

First they found out he had a Devil Fruit that allowed him to split his body into different parts, which also made it impossible for him to get cut. Then he got pissed at Jack for doing something to his First Mate and his lion that made him completely unresponsive. And then he got pissed at Jack again for calling him 'Big Nose' and then it all went down hill.

Zoro got stabbed, Jack's hat got damaged, the orange haired girl stole all the pirate's treasure and then they finally beat the clown when the girl tied up most of his body, leaving him with only his head, hands and feet, and Jack kicked the mini-clown as hard as she could, sending him flying into the sky to disappear in a twinkle.

Then they had had to run because Jack had knocked the Mayor out when he tried to get in the way and that pissed the returning towns people off and made them chase them around until they got to the orange haired girl's boat and jumped in, escaping just in time thanks to a dog.

The Mayor had then come and shouted his thanks at them while the girl got pissed because Jack had left half of her treasure in the village.

So now here they were, sailing across the sea in two small boat as Jack pestered the girl to join her crew.

"Join my crew!"

"No!"

Jack pouted, whining. "Why not?"

The girl huffed, glaring at the childish Captain. "I told you, I am not a Pirate, I hate Pirates and I will never be a Pirate."

"But it'll be so much fun!"

No it won't!"

"You don't know that!"

"Neither do you!"

"Yes I do, I've only been at sea for a few days and it's already fun." Jack stated matter of factly, crossing her arms under her chest and pouting at the girl again. It probably would have worked a lot better if they could actually see her eyes, but they couldn't so it didn't really do much.

The girl stared at Jack incredulously before sighing and shaking her head. "Why did I agree to sail with you again?"

"You didn't, we all just jumped in the same boat to escape." Jack stated bluntly, completely shameless.

The girl pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed again, glaring at the black haired girl. "Look, I'm not becoming a pirate." She held up a hand when Jack opened her mouth. "However, since you did help me get out of there, I'll sail with you until you get an actual navigator. Deal?"

A wide grin spread over Jack's face, her excitement practically visible. "Deal!" She agreed loudly, grabbing the girl's hand and shaking it wildly before letting go and jumping around. "I've got a navigator!"

"No you don't you idiot!" The orange haired girl screeched, bringing her fist down on Jack head and sending the archer to the floor.

Zoro just sighed and went back to sleep.


"Look out!" Jack suddenly yelled, jumping back and making the two of them follow just before the sand where she had been standing were kicked up by something metal.

Zoro gripped his swords as he scanned the surroundings of the beach they had just made land on, looking for the one who had shot at his Captain.

"HaHaHaHa!" They turned to the person laughing, a long-nosed teen standing on one of the cliffs surrounding them. "I am the brave Captain Usopp of the Usopp Pirates! And this island is under the protection of me and my crew of 80 million men, and we will attack you if you don't leave, Pirates!"

"Liar." Jack stated bluntly, making the teen almost fall on his face.

"I- Uh, what-? No! I mean- Alright, so maybe not 80 million, but my crew is still bigger than yours and could easily beat you up!" At that, about a dozen flags appeared in the bushes on top of the cliff.

"Nope, liar." Jack said, pointing at the only six flags moving up and down. "All you've got are three kids and yourself."

"Crap!" Three voices cried out. "She knows!" The six flags that had been moving dropped to the ground and three boys ran out of the bush towards the center of the island, leaving behind their so called 'Captain'.

"W-Wait a second, don't leave me here!" The now visibly shaken teen cried out, before turning to them and aiming his slingshot (Really?) at them, his knees banging together.

"Doesn't matter! My slingshot skills are far greater then your average gunman's!"

"Then use it." Jack replied, pulling her bow off her belt and unfolding it with a jerk of her arm.

"W-What?" The teen stuttered, eyes trained on the beautiful bow in his Captain's hands.

"Guns aren't for threatening." Jack continued, casually hooking an arrow on the string, though she kept it pointed at the ground. "They're for action. The second you pull out a gun, you're putting your life on the line." She looked up at the teen. "So use it."

Zoro grinned, stepping up to stand beside his Captain as he pushed Wado slightly out of its sheath with his thumb. "What you're looking at now are real Pirates." He told him with a smirk.

The teen stared at them for a good 30 second before crumbling into a heap on the ground. "I'm pathetic!" He cried, punching the ground. "I can't even protect my own town!"

Jack hummed, aiming her bow in the teen's direction and firing, letting the wire-attached arrow fly and hit one of the trees near him. She grinned, jumping on the cliff and pulling herself up by continually pushing off the side and letting the wire pull her towards the top with each jump until she was grabbing the edge and pulling herself up to stand on the cliff. (AN: I have no idea if any of you even understood that, but if you more than likely didn't, it's basically the grabbling/wire gun thing assassin's have in the Assassin's Creed games, only the wire is connected to a bow instead of a gauntlet/glove. Hope that clears it up.)

Jack grinned at the gaping teen as she pulled the arrow out of the tree and put it back in her quiver. "Don't worry about it Usopp, I stole that line from someone I know." Jack stopped briefly before clicking her fingers and pointing at the teen. "Now I know where I've heard that name before! You're Yasopp's son, aren't you?"

The teen stumbled slightly and looked at her with wide eyes. "You know my dad? How!?"

"I'll tell you later." Jack responded as her stomach growled. "But right now, I'm starving!"

"Come on, I know a place." Usopp told her as he and the orange haired girl got up to them, his curiosity apparently enough to make him lose his previous hostility.

Jack grinned and bounced after him, her bow already back on her belt and her two crewmates following behind.


"Your dad used to talk my ear off with stories about you." Jack told the long-nosed teen, Usopp, as they sat in one of the island's only restaurants. "He was so proud of you. Pretty sad he had left you too, but he couldn't not have, you know? The sea called to him." She smiled softly at the boy as he nodded firmly, face serious.

"Yes. The sea calls to all brave warriors of the sea and my father is one such warrior! I am proud of him." Usopp boasted, arms crossed over his chest.

"Yeah, I once saw him shoot the wings off a fly while looking in a mirror!" Jack replied before realizing something and cutting Usopp's proud claims of becoming a pirate like his father off. "Hey, do you know where we can get a ship?"

"A ship?" Usopp asked, suddenly looking very nervous.

Jack nodded. "Yeah. The one we have now isn't fit to sail on the Grand Line, so we need a better one. So, any ideas?" She looked at him eagerly, the ribbon around her eyes doing nothing to hide her excitement.

"Nope! Nothing at all, nuh uh, nobody here can help you with that!"

"What about whoever owns that mansion on the big hill?" Zoro asked. "They seem like they could spare a boat."

"Don't you go anywhere near that mansion!" Usopp shouted, surprising the three of them. "I mean… Oh, would you look at the time? I've got to do something very important, sodon'tfolloworwaitformeokaybye!" They blinked as Usopp bolted out the door, leaving them behind.

"What the hell?" She asked in bewilderment, looking at Jack and Zoro. "Do you have any idea what just happened?"

Zoro shook his head but Jack had her hand on her chin and was looking in the direction Usopp had run in thoughtfully.

"Don't know." She finally said, before a grin broke out on her face and she bounced up. "Let's follow him and find out!"

Then the three kids that had been with Usopp at the cliff burst into the restaurant screaming bloody murder.

"Where's our Captain you dirty pirates!?" They yelled, only to be greeted by the sight of Jack chewing on a bone on her way to the door.

"That was some good meat, right?" She said cheerfully, completely oblivious to the horrified looks the kids were giving her.

Nami, however, saw it clear as day, along with Zoro.

"Yes Captain." The swordsman said with a smirk, amused at the way Jack had worded it. "It was delicious. Wish there had been more of him."

"AHHHHH!" The scream got Jack's attention and she turned to look at the kids, who were pointing at her fearfully. "WITCH!"

Whatever she had expected to happened, it was certainly not Jack's face going completely blank as a dark aura surrounded her.

"Never…" She growled, glaring done at the kids darkly. "Call me that again. Ever."

The kids fainted, and honestly, she was tempted to join them.

Who knew Jack could be so scary?