The Unwanted Request and the Unwanted Visitor!

"Crap," said Ridley as he crept through the halls of the URA. Melanie was in front of him by a good five feet. She found it demeaning to be either with him, so she refused to walk alongside him, but she found it even more demeaning to walk behind him. So her only option was to walk around in front of him. Ridley was anxiously checking out each doorway that the URA held. He had the premise of searching for his crew mates, the rest of the Infinity Pirates. The truth wasn't far off actually, he was out looking for Mikoto. This was a jailbreak. According to Hiro-Shu their Log Pose was still latched out to another random island. An escape was their best bet.

It would be fairly easily. The fights provided the perfect distraction and the noise provided the perfect cover. Worst case scenario, Ridley would just tick a couple random pirates off and create a riot, giving them the perfect path to freedom. His confidence was only boosted being with Melanie, a Shichibukai. While Ridley could boast about fighting on an even level with her, it wasn't that he was strong...it was that it was a horrible match-up for Melanie. Melanie's Shichibukai status was due to her ability to control the minds of people with her singing...Ridley, for whatever reason, wasn't affected. He lucked out when he was fighting with her. If he was stuck fighting Trevor, he would be dead...

Ridley busted into another room without thinking. He peered into it and immediately jumped back. It was the room for the next fighter. A single fight and the man was apparently pretty pumped up. He could tell just from the aura that surrounded him. Ridley tried to back up out of the room, but the man's hand snaked out and grabbed a hold of his collar.

"You are the 'Noise Maker' Ridley, aren't you?" he asked. Ridley paused for a second, thinking about how to respond. "Another one of those Infinity Pirates that has been getting the crowd ready for my entrance." The man was 'Dark Knight' Shane, the same one that was up in the stadium during Rosa's fight. Ridley couldn't help, but feel a little bit guilty that he missed his two nakama's fights and as a result had no idea what the heck he was talking about.

Ridley shook his head clear of thoughts and pushed Shane's hands off of him, "that's right. I am one of those Infinity Pirates, so you really shouldn't mess with me after all I'm not just one of the Infinity Pirates, I'm the first mate!" Ridley smiled with pride as he looked at his opponent's dumbfounded look as he tried to put it together.

Suzanne, the girl, he was with in the stand rushed to Shane's aid. "So, does that mean you think you are stronger then him?" she asked as Shane pulled the weapon forward. It took Ridley a second to put together what the weapon was. It was halberd to a certain degree. The only thing that made it different from a regular halberd was the fact the on the bottom as well as the top there were large axes protruding from the pole.

"Ah..." said Ridley as he let out his breath, "It, uh, doesn't matter. You are a pirate captain and as such you should fight my captain, right? Anything else would be beneath you! A real fight should be between pirate captains not first mates, right?" Shane twisted his mouth into a content smile as he turned around and walked back into the room.

"You are lucky Shane has a fight next or else he would take you out, right here and right now!" she shouted, "he is already in a bad mood from another man in the stands ticking him off!" Suzanne slammed the door in Ridley's face. "I wonder where the rest of the crew is? Don't they know they should all be here ready to cheer you on, Shane?"

Ridley flinched as he tried to think of some possible comeback, but couldn't. He shrugged as he turned back around and began to leave. From how Shane made it sound the rest of the crew had finished their fights. Ridley should go back and check up on them, it was only fair. They would do the same thing for him. He whistled at Melanie. Melanie turned her head around and noticed Ridley was already nodding for them to go back.

Melanie twisted her head back down the hall. She didn't like the idea of leaving already. They barely checked a tenth of the rooms located in this place and they haven't found anything. Trevor was without a doubt further in. Turning back now would only hinder their progress. She went to take another step forward, but stopped. Makada and Duncan came around the corner at that exact second. Melanie bit her lip as she watched the two of them stroll through the halls talking. They were pretty well-known guards of the URA and Melanie didn't want to fight them this early on in the break-in. She swallowed her pride and turned back around.

Ridley and Melanie arrived at the crew's ship fairly easily. Most people just parted ways for the likes of a Shichibukai. "Hey, what's up!" shouted Ridley as he came onto the ship. Zesiro and the rest of the crew glared over at him and shrugged as they returned their attention to something else. Ridley looked over at what was attracting more attention then him. It was some weird old guy...kind of short. The man glanced over his shoulder at Ridley and Melanie, but returned his vision back to Zesiro and Rosa. Ridley walked around him and stood in between Zesiro and Rosa. The old man looked kind of familiar to him.

"This is Simon," informed Enma as he walked over to Ridley. "He fought with Rosa during her fight, but lost and now he came to ask Zesiro something. Zesiro wants the rest of us to hear his proposal. You know make a group decision."

"AH!" shouted Ridley, "I know where I know you from! You are Simon Dew, right? You were the owner of the company 'Diggy Diggy Hole Company'!" Ridley smiled with pride as he pieced the guy's face together. All those years with his dad paid off. He was supposed to take over the Black Market when he grew up, so Ridley had moderate business skills. He also spent a long time studying other businesses where he could make good trades. That's how he recognized Simon Dew.

"Diggy Diggy Hole Company?" asked Rosa, she knew of the company, but as she never cared for business she never looked around to see who owned it. "I heard that the business was worth over 2.2 billion belies nowadays. Wouldn't someone recognize the owner of such a big business?"

"On another island maybe," said Ridley as he explained the situation. He turned around and looked the URA's entrance. "The URA attracts people like Zesiro or Maria, fighters, not business people. So, that helps hide his identity, not to mention he retired recently and basically dropped off the grid for how long? Four of five years?"

"Five years," muttered Simon as he looked down to the ground, "that's how long ma son's been missin'. After becoming a very lucrative millionaire, I decided to retire. Quit my job and just relax, I had purty woman to do it with to. So, I quit and just handed Diggy Diggy Hole Company over to the World Government, they appreciated the chance to make more money. Anyways, after retirement me and ma wife had a son. She...she died during the childbirth, so he was all I had. He was ma pride n' joy! That's why I am doing everything I can to save him! He was out playing in the field one day and then some downright disrespectful pirates came and kidnapped him! I set out ta kill them and rescue ma son!"

"And your chase led you here?" asked Zesiro as he looked over at Simon. "I guess some pirates would've done something like that, steal some kid and then come here to train. But you should just wait at home and wait for a ransom note."

"If anything were to happen the villagers got a Den-Den mushi to contact me with, but the ransom note will never come! I already destroyed the blasted pirates that kidnapped him. I destroyed the ship, the captain, the crew, the whole nine yards. I destroyed everyone all in the hopes of saving ma son, but he wasn't there no more!" Simon fell downwards and onto his knees. "I heard from the captain that they came here and do to the fact that they didn't have enough money to pay the entry fee...they used my son!"

The crew rustled as they heard this. It was the same way they were able to compete in this tournament. Since they didn't have any money, they just put their lives on the line. It was hard to imagine that they just waved it on by for someone to use somebody else's life in order to pay their way into the fight. Definitely not something any of them would've thought of.

Melanie scoffed at the idea, "I'm sorry Simon, but I don't think you quite understand what we are. We are pirates. And pirates don't go around helping people just for the sake of it. Try asking some Marines they may be more sentimental to your plea." The crew glared over at her, they weren't too happy on having her talk on their behalf. Most of them still saw her as enemy, who just happened to be on their side for the time being. However, they couldn't exactly say that she was wrong...they were pirates and they had their own problems.

"I'm not asking you to do it for free," pleaded Simon as he reached into his pockets and pulled out several gems. He let them all clatter to the ground. "I'll pay you...400 million...no, 500 million belies if you just save my son!"

The price immediately attracted the crew's attention. They were broke, if not worse. They had just signed up three of their crew members and one honorary crew member to possibly become slaves for the rest of their lives just because they were broke. Besides even if they weren't broke 500 million belies was absolutely nothing to sneeze at. The bounties of most pirates never exceeded even 300 million. This was just too good to throw away!

"Deal!" declared Ridley as he extended his hand to Simon. They were already busting Mikoto out of this place anyways why not increase their revenue while they were at it and save somebody else? It sounded like more then a fair deal. It sounded like fairly easy money.

"Really?" asked Simon as he bowed his head again. "I thank you immensely! I am so happy that I'll be able to see my son again! When I heard your captain declare his dream, I thought 'This crew might be able to do it', when I saw Zesiro attack Trevor I said to myself, 'this crew could probably do it', but then I fought with Rosa and I realized, 'this crew could definitely do it'. I know that for a fact! Trevor, the guards, they are all no match for you!"

Ridley sighed as he leaned up against the railing. While it made him happy that a guy who just met them already thought so highly of them, he also knew that the guy was wrong. While Ridley never met the guards, he already knew that Trevor was too much for them to handle. He took out both Melanie and Mikoto in the same day. The rest of the crew had to be aware of this fact and be feeling the pressure. Ridley looked over at the crew. They were apparently not feeling the pressure...instead they all looked incredibly giddy over being praised that they were on the same level as a Shichibukai.

Enma chuckled as he stood up and left the group. As much as he appreciated the compliments, he had other things to do at the time. The rest of the crew was busy training and getting ready for their upcoming fights and the like, but Enma had something else to work on. A secret weapon in this war against Trevor. While everybody else was working on strengthening their power, he was working on something a little a different. He was taking advantage of his own medical expertise and finishing something up.

Enma paused as his hand touched his doorknob. He heard something in his room. The rest of the crew was definitely on the deck, talking about how to save Simon's son...and Enma knew he heard a voice just past this door. They were a big name pirate crew, who just made a huge ruckus at their fights. It could very well be anyone past this door, bounty hunter, another fighter wanting to send a message to them, or even Trevor coming over to talk. Whatever it was, Enma had to be ready. His hand turned the doorknob and forced the door open.

The Intruder!

For those of you who are wondering why I updated today, I mean the last update was like two days ago! Simply put I got a lot of this story saved. As a matter of fact I just finished up Chapter 115…that's five chapters in the future and I got no reason not to update those…so for the time being I plan (and hope) to update this story every other day until you guys are caught up with me (or almost caught up at least chapter 113). So, get ready to READ!

Well, it looks like the Infinity Pirates just got another reason for being here. You know, in case saving their captain wasn't enough…now they are also getting paid!