Mikoto rushed to the door. His hand grasped the door and ripped it open. Inside was one teenager in the middle of it. He was dressed in jeans and an all white T-shirt. He had two big speakers strapped to his shoulders. He had a large green Mohawk. He had headphones strapped over his head. His back was currently turned to Mikoto so he couldn't make out his face.

"HEY," shouted Mikoto trying to yell over the blaring music. The teenager didn't turn around to see him. "HEY!" shouted Mikoto even louder. The teenager still stood there strumming his guitar ignoring Mikoto. Mikoto walked up to the guy he pulled the headphones off of his left ear. "HEEEYYYY!" shouted Mikoto as loud as he could into the man's ear.

The teenager jumped backwards and stopped playing his guitar. He looked the Mikoto up and down. "Yo, the name is Ridley and who do I owe this intrusion to?"

"The name is Mikoto," said Mikoto. "I hate to silence your music, but…" Ridley held up a hand for silence.

"This is not simply music," said Ridley. "This," started Ridley playing another music note, "is art! And you will not silence it! If you silence me you will be taking the paintbrush away from artist's everywhere!" He started adjusting the speakers on his shoulders and turning them up.

"Geez, I don't know what to do…I mean I don't want to rob people of their art, but…WAIT! What the heck am I doing?" said Mikoto. "I'm not going to be fooled by you."

"You are not going to silence my sound, for if we fight you are going down," said Ridley. "You better be ready for my music and me, for if you are not you might want to flee."

Mikoto was silent for a moment. "Fine…but these are my conditions if I win not only do you got to stop playing, but…" Mikoto thought for a second before his face lit up, "you also got to join my pirate crew as my musician!"

"I accept your condition, but beware I am no ordinary musician," said Ridley. He started playing his guitar quietly at first, but he started making it louder and louder to the point where Mikoto was forced to cover his ears with his hands.

Mikoto glared at Ridley. His body soon shifted into his hybrid form. His body was covered in black fur similar to his hair. His ears sharpened to a point. His hands gained sharp talons. A long skinny hairy tail fell in between Mikoto's legs.

"Going to tell me how you came to look like that, or am I going to have to force you to scat!" said Ridley again.

"I ate the Inu-Inu no mi, Model: Coyote," said Mikoto. He held his claws, "These puppies aren't just for show."

"Whoo-hoo, a tail and claws is what you got, well guess what I've got guts!" said Ridley. He strummed another wave of noise out at his opponent. Mikoto plugged his ears with his hands. He growled at Ridley.

"Damn," thought Mikoto. "I forgot about how sensitive my ears are when I am in this form." Mikoto glanced around the room. "Where's something I can throw at him?" He saw a small wooden chair to his left.

Ridley continued playing his musical note. Mikoto picked up the nearby chair and tossed it towards Ridley. The chair tumbled towards Ridley's left side missing him by a long shot. Ridley stopped playing. "Hey, that's my chair!" Mikoto took this opportunity and rushed Ridley, his claws gleaming. Mikoto slashed at Ridley. Ridley jumped back. Mikoto continued his onslaught off slashes at Ridley.

"Wolf Cutter!" shouted Mikoto. He brought his left hand up from the ground and into Ridley chin. Small drops of blood fell onto the ground. Mikoto brought his other leg up and into Ridley's side. Ridley crumpled to the floor briefly before getting back up.

"Time to break the sound barrier! Time to call in a burier!" shouted Ridley. Instead of increasing his volume like usual he jumped straight to the loudest level of noise he had. Mikoto fell straight to the ground.

"All things vibrate at their own matters, increasing my vibrations causes things to shatter!" shouted Ridley. Mikoto fell to the ground. He tried to struggle to his feet but couldn't. The noise was making him falter. Despite his being thoroughly beaten his ambition was urging him on. This musician was going to join his crew! Mikoto managed to get back up onto his feet. Ignoring the pounding pain in Mikoto's ear rushed at him once more his mouth agape. When Mikoto got close enough he bit down into Ridley arm. Ridley screamed out in pain. "Let go of my arm you, beast! I am not a human feast!" Ridley slammed his fist into Mikoto's head. Mikoto let go of Ridley's arm. Mikoto's toothy grin shown.

"Leg Whip!" shouted Mikoto. Ridley looked at Mikoto's unmoving body. Mikoto moved at high speeds he brought his left leg sweeping across Ridley's feet. Next thing Ridley knew he fell onto the ground. Mikoto sprang on top of him. His tail swaying behind him side to side. Mikoto was pinning Ridley to the ground. Drool overcoming Mikoto's front teeth. Some of the drool started dangling in front of his mouth.

"Fine, fine you win," said Ridley. Mikoto sucked the drool back up into his mouth and smiled his toothy smile. Ridley looked up at Mikoto. Mikoto remained in his position. "GET OFF ME, YOU MUTT!"

Mikoto chuckled embarrassed and climbed off standing on his hind legs. His body slowly reverted back to its original human form. Ridley stared at the kid in disbelief. Mikoto stuck out a hand to help Ridley up. Ridley ignored the hand and stood up on his own. "So, a pirate crew, huh? Who else is in it? We got a navigator, yet?"

"The crew now consists of me, you, and…well, that's it," said Mikoto. "Well, I should probably go to the restaurant and tell them I stopped you from playing."

"Wait," said Ridley running in between Mikoto and the door. "I just joined a pirate crew with just one person! That's not a crew! That's a person!"

"Saying I want you to join my 'person' sounds weird though," said Mikoto. He struggled to get past Ridley and out the door. Ridley held strong trying not to let Mikoto through. "Come on, if I don't go down to the restaurant and tell them I made you stop playing, I'll owe them 10 days of work and my 400 belies!"

"You only have 400 belies!" shouted Ridley. "Great, I just joined the smallest and poorest pirate crew in the world!"

"As long as you have joined you can say anything you want about us," said Mikoto. With one final push he broke through Ridley's one-person barrier. Mikoto rushed down the road back to the restaurant. Ridley let out a deep sigh. He might as well sign his will now; he isn't going to be alive very much longer with this captain.

Ridley will hopefully be the very last nakama of my design…as I have gotten very wonderful ideas from my reviewers. Thanks all!

To top off the end of this chapter enjoy getting to know Ridley a little bit better. I will still accept other musicians, as he is a bit different from ordinary ones.

Full Name: Ridley

Aliases (or nicknames): 'Noise Maker' Ridley

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Specialty/Position: Musician

Race: Human

Devil Fruit/Weapon: A guitar and two speakers strapped to his shoulders. The speakers increase the noise he creates to monumental sizes. It is often used to annoy people.

Physical Appearance: He often wears jeans and black shoes. His shirt is ever changing but it is usually a solid color. And despite his punk rocker attitude he has NO piercing. He has a green Mohawk. (Note: Green is not actually his real hair color he dyes it that color.) He has brown eyes. He is often seen with his guitar strapped to his back and one speaker tied to each of his shoulders.

History: He has been living by himself for years and has been causing a ruckus for all of the island's inhabitants with annoyingly loud music. As such not many people living on the island like him. His parents are not dead but he is an orphan they abandoned him when he was a little over 12.

Family: Two parents that abandoned him when he was young.

Personality: He enjoys loud music and similar to Mikoto he can't stand silence. He has an odd dislike for piercing. He is also a very kind person when he isn't acting out and he will help out many people in need even if they don't like him. He is also a claustrophobic.

Likes: Noise, loud music, and open spaces.

Dislikes: Small spaces and piercing

Goals (Or Dreams if you prefer): To have his music played all around the world.

Other: Will often challenge Mikoto to a ridiculous contest to see who will be the captain.