By far my longest chapter, yet.

Bardroy was quivering where she stood. Mikoto glanced from her to Oz and back to her again. "Who is ugly guy?"

Bardroy remained speechless her lips couldn't quite form any words. Her mind kept wandering back to the days with her mother. The man stood there shaking his head.

"First off I am not ugly, I am trapped in this infernal body, because of her mother!" shouted Oz. "Her mother brought down the greenhouse on top of both me and my pirate crew. But sadly she couldn't save herself." He held the blade up to his face. "She couldn't even save her own little girl apparently."

Tears dropped around Bardroy's face. Her mind was caught up in the past, she didn't even notice the overly damaged man take a few more steps forward.

"I've been waiting for years for my wounds to heal where I can find my ship, gather a new crew, and set sail again, regaining my 12 million belie bounty," said Oz. "But now that I see you, it reminds me of the look your mother had on her face. A face of rage and a face of love! It irritated me!" He held his sword above his head. "DIE!" He charged at Bardroy.

The sword cut skin. Bardroy's eyes opened. Blood dripped in front of her face. But she wasn't injured at all. She looked around her and Mikoto was in front of her in his half-coyote form. His hand gripped the blade. The blade had cut into it.

"12 million belies? I guess the bar has definitely dropped since the death of the last Pirate King," said Mikoto. He drove his claw into the man. The man collapsed to the ground. "I would only give you a 50 belies bounty." Mikoto turned around and faced Bardroy. "There. I paid you back for my mistake earlier. I hope you don't mind, but I didn't kill him. I'm a Peace Maine, I don't like…" Blood spilled from Mikoto's side.

Oz was back up on his feet, his sword driven into Mikoto's side. "I had a building collapse on me, I am not going to die from a simply flesh wound!"

"That was a cheap shot," said Mikoto. Mikoto turned around to face him. "I let you live, you should be grateful. Tell you what leave now and never return to this village, and I promise I won't hurt you further. Remember I am being nice!" Oz drove his sword into Mikoto's stomach. An evil look across his face. He pulled it out.

Oz looked at Bardroy. "Just stay there, I'll kill you after I kill him." He took a step forward and quickly lost his balance. "What, the? Suddenly *gulp* I don't feel so well," said Oz.

"Its called Decompression Sickness, it can present itself in several ways," said Bardroy. "I can inflict it on people due to my Osu-Osu no mi (Press-Press Fruit.) But that's not the only thing I can do." She looked Mikoto. "Watch, I promise you I won't let him kill you."

"Best promise of the century," said Mikoto.

"Pop goes the weasel!" shouted Bardroy with a smile on her face. Oz screamed out in pain. He looked down at hid hand. His pinky finger had exploded. "By controlling the air pressure I can cause certain things to explode. I could've jumped straight to your head, but I wanted to give you the chance to retreat and run away. Are you going to accept it?" She smiled. "Remember I am being nice."

Oz brought his sword around to his side. The cold metal against his face. "I've waited years to be able to get that Devil Fruit! And now I will kill the girl who ruined my dreams!" Oz charged at Bardroy. His sword swinging wildly in the air.

Bardroy froze for a second, but then, as she grimaced, blood gushed over Oz's body. Oz stumbled to the ground his head was still in tact, but his left arm was completely destroyed. He looked at her. He stayed on the ground. He didn't even make the slightest attempt to get up. He couldn't. His arm was blown off, his pinky finger was destroyed, as much as he wanted revenge, he wanted his life more.

"Thanks, Bardroy," said Mikoto standing back up. His chest still bleeding. He didn't seem very fazed by it.

"My friends call me, Sage," said Bardroy with a smile.

"Fine, Sage," said Mikoto. He looked down at his chest. "Do you know any places where I can get a really big bandage?"

"Steven can probably fix you up," said Sage.

"Back to town we go," said Mikoto. Mikoto started running off towards town. Sage stood there for a while in complete awe of the man running while bleeding due to a sword wound with a very dangerous pirate. Insane…

(--)

Mikoto threw some more rations into the boat. He sighed. He hadn't heard anything from Sage since yesterday after she dropped him off with Steven. He kicked the stones around his feet. He couldn't stay here any longer. He had just learned of the Marine Base a few miles off of the coast. He had to head out soon or else he would already have a run in with the Marines. Mikoto jumped into the boat. He was about to cut the rope when Ridley spoke.

"Aren't we going to wait for Bardroy?" said Ridley. "Isn't she our third crew member?"

Mikoto looked up the road. "She prefers Sage." Mikoto struggled to find a person. "I don't see her coming and if we aren't out of this place before the Marines show up we aren't off to a good start as pirates."

Ridley tapped his foot. "So, our bet is still on then, huh?" asked Ridley. Mikoto nodded. "Just you wait the next pirate we recruit is going to be a navigator." Mikoto remained silent. "Or maybe another cook."

"What? You mean I'm getting replaced," said Sage as she came into view. Mikoto stood up, smiling. She was holding multiple bags of her stuff. She saw the tiny boat and reeled back. "That's your ship. A boat?"

Mikoto looked at it. "Yeah, it is kind of small! Do you have better ship?"

"Actually I do," said Sage. She turned around and started walking back to town. Mikoto shrugged and followed her, Ridley got up and followed her as well.

They soon neared a huge ship. A pirate ship. The masts stretched several meters into the air. The helm was nicely taken care. The ship had several plants growing out of it due to the fact that it hadn't been used in several years. The boat also already had another pirate flag on it. The flag of Pirate Captain Oz.

"Its someone else's pirate ship," said Ridley. "We can't just take it."

"We are pirates!" shouted Mikoto. "If we don't steal this ship, can we really call ourselves pirates." Sage nodded.

"Besides the person who had this ship is long gone," said Sage. "Its been mine for over several years. I've been growing plants on the outside. It should be a pretty easy pirate ship to manage. The only thing we need to do is put your stuff onto this ship."

"I'll go get it," said Mikoto. "You two can start cutting down the ivy on it."

"Yes, Captain!" said Sage. Ridley mouthed it.

"Oh, and Ridley," said Mikoto. Ridley looked up. "I expect five sing-a-longs before tomorrow morning!" Ridley's head fell.

~A couple of weeks afterwards~

"Mikoto, why did you have to bring that boat? She told you to grab your things," said Ridley, "Not your boat!"

"The boat is mine!" said Mikoto. "It's been mine since I left my hometown. And I'm not leaving it behind."

"Then let me throw it overboard," said Ridley, chuckling.

"You can't throw my ship overboard!" said Mikoto. "It's a part of me!"

"Fine, I'll throw you over then," said Ridley.

"Good luck trying!" said Mikoto. "I already beat your butt once!"

Ridley looked annoyed. "Fine, since I know I can't talk you out of your ideas. How about the name for this ragtag group of pirates."

"Wolf Gang Pirates!" shouted Mikoto.

"No, no, no, how about something more rocking," said Ridley, he played a few notes on his guitar trying to think. "I know, the Harmony Pirates!"

"NO! Something that strikes fear into people's hearts…like the Mikoto Pirates," said Mikoto.

"MIKOTO! If it is named after anyone it should be named after me, The Ridley Pirates!" said Ridley.

"Ridley? That's a dumb name," said Mikoto.

"Its my name!" shouted Ridley.

"That's why its dumb," shouted Mikoto back.

"Take it back," shouted Ridley throwing dirt from Sage's flowerbed at him.

"NEVER! Ridley is a dumb name, Ridley is a dumb name " sung Mikoto. More dirt was thrown at him. A big lump of black mud finally slugged Mikoto into the ground. He quickly sat up and glared at Ridley, who was laughing. A book flew from the helm slamming into the side of Ridley's face. The book fell to the ground. Ridley looked up at the helm. Sage was standing there glaring at him.

"Keep it down would you, its hard to keep track of the sea and the compass without you guys yammering!" shouted Sage. She looked down at the two. "Next person that shouts is getting their head popped off!" She turned around and walked back to the helm.

Mikoto picked up the book and looked at it. "Hey, Ridley," he whispered. Ridley walked over to him. "Look at the title of the book. Looking Glass: Infinity. That could be our name."

Ridley thought for a second. "Yeah, the Infinity Pirates…I like that."

"Infinity Pirates? I was going to say the Looking Glass Pirates, but the Infinity Pirates! That's a lot better! We'll keep that name," said Mikoto.

"Looking Glass Pirates? That's your big idea," said Ridley. "What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing is wrong with me! What is wrong with you!" shouted Mikoto. He covered his mouth. "Oh, no, I shouted! Sage is going to kill me!" Mikoto looked side-to-side. He saw the side of the ship. "I have to save myself!" Mikoto ran towards the edge of the ship and jumped over the edge.

"IDIOT! YOU ATE THE DEVIL FRUIT!" shouted Ridley chasing off after him. He heard a splash. "SAGE STOP THE BOAT!" The boat slowed down. Ridley threw his shirt off. He jumped into the water after Mikoto.

I apologize for the short fight sequence. I wanted to make it longer, but I also wanted to showcase Sage's power and her power makes a fight against a weak pirate like Oz fairly short.

By the way I hope you enjoyed how the pirates got the name. (Don't worry, Mikoto won't drown.)