The next chapter is here. The first chapter with an actual combat scene. I want to know how do you like the way I describe fights with this chapter. There should be one or two more chapters of the baratie arc not including this one and then we will begin the Arlong Park arc. In case you guys aren't past Alabasta there might be some spoilers in this chapter and onward. Well enough talking, let's get on with the chapter.

"How could an entire fleet be sunk by a single man?" the chefs yelled.

"That had to be…" Zeff began saying, "the work of the hawk-eyed man, without a doubt."

"Hawk-eyed man?!" the chefs continued to yell."

"You're saying that you witnessed a man, whose glare was as sharp as that of a hawk doesn't necessarily prove it was him." Zeff continued, "but the fact that he sunk your entire fleet, is more than enough to prove that it really is him…"

"H-Hawk-eyed!?" Usopp said in shock, "Who's that?"

"Beats me?" Lucy said relaxing as if nothing overly important was just said.

"He's the man I was searching for…" Zoro said.

"Huh?" Lucy and Usopp said simultaneously.

"The man with hawk-eyes, also know as the greatest swordsman in the world." I say to answer everyone's questions.

"Kid… you know your information." Zeff said looking towards me.

"For a pirate going to the grand line, you would need to know a thing or two." I respond.

Zoro muttered something about Johnny mixing something up.

"Hm? What about Johnny?" Lucy asked him.

"No, never mind." Zoro answered.

"Did he bear some ill grudge against you guys." Sanji said to Gin, "For him to destroy your fleet like that."

"I don't remember anything like that! He just attacked us all of a sudden!" Gin kept yelling from the floor.

"Perhaps you disturbed your afternoon nap." Zeff offered.

"That's bullshit! You tell me he destroyed our fleet for that!" Gin yelled.

"That is nothing compared to what someone's reason could be in the later parts of the grand line and the New World." I say.

"A place where even the abnormal is normal." Zoro said. Both Lucy and Usopp looked at me questioning. "Hee hee! That sounds like such a thrill! We definitely need to go there." Lucy said afterward. Usopp was freaking out about what Lucy said.

"But with this it looks like my own goal, is inextricably tied with the grand line." Zoro said smiling, "considering that man is there as well."

"You… how do you know these things." Zeff said to me again, "and it's not just research."

"I know these things because of research but my sources aren't the average kinds."

Before Zeff could say anything more Sanji said to us, "...Bunch of idiots you are, you are the type that will rush to their deaths."

"True but I'd leave out the idiot part." Zoro said back, "Ever since I decided to become the greatest swordsman in the world I threw away my life."

"Anyone who dedicated themselves to a goal like becoming the greatest swordsman or becoming the pirate king," I node to Lucy, "throw away their lives not only for its risk but for also for what is takes. They know fully well what they are in for and what they will get out of it. There is no point in saying for them to give up, if they really mean to achieve that goal."

Zeff smiled at that and Sanji muttered, "What a load of shit."

"Hey retards, haven't you realized what situation we are in right now!" the big chef said, "The gigantic galleon that's right in front of our restaurant belongs to Don Krieg, the strongest of East Blue! You can continue your conversation after we get out of this mess." After he finished there was a big yell from Don Krieg's ship.

"So they're awake." I say, "so the fight begins."

"HERE THEY COME!" the chefs yell. Everyone sits up ready to fight, Zoro lays his hands on his swords, Usopp hides behind the table, Sanji lights another cigarette, and Lucy and I crack our knuckles. The galleon comes into full view of the baratie.

As soon as it started it ended. The ship was then cut into into three pieces as massive sword slashes cut through it.

Everyone including me was in complete shock. I only remember parts of the series like the basic plots for the arcs and who joins when but I had not remembered something like this as Mihawks entrance.

"WHAT!." Everyone yells. From the galleon someone yells, "DON KREIG, OUR SHIPS BEEN CUT."

The straw hat crew realizes what could've happened and run towards where their ship is docked. Zoro yells, "Shit, Johnny, Yosaku, and Nami are there." I follow them.

We get to where the ship should've been docked and the ship is nowhere to be seen. 'So Nami has already taken off.'

"Brother Zoro!" Johnny and Yosaku yell from the ocean below.

"Yosaku, Johnny! Are you guys alright? Where's the ship, Where's Nami?" Zoro yells at them.

"About that bro…" Johnny says.

"She's not here anymore." Yosaku says.

"Nami took the ship and the treasure and sailed away!" they said.

All three of the straw hat crew yell, "WHAT!"

"That man... He is here." I say, "The hawk-eyed man."

Zoro looks over to me "What!?"

Yosaku and Johnny get onto the baratie and immediately grovel before us before telling us the whole story. Nami baited them into thinking she was changing but she instead pushed them off when they turned around. She then takes off with the ship not bothering to help them.

"Damn that woman! Just because she was acting all nice recently, I let my guard down for just a second and then this happens." Zoro said punching the wall.

"How dare she pull a fast one on us!" Usopp yelled.

"Wait I can still see our ship!" Lucy pointed into the distance.

"Yosaku! Johnny! Do you still have your ship!" Lucy said to brothers (or are they best friends?) in which they respond with a yes.

"Zoro, Usopp!" Lucy turned to them both.

"There is no use. No one will come chasing after that thief." Zoro said.

"B-But she took our ship!" Usopp yelled at him, "That ship is important."

"I want her to be our navigator, no matter what." Lucy said to them.

"Fine. Why do I have to follow this bothersome captain." Zoro said walking to the brothers boat. Usopp was following him.

"Go with them too August." Lucy turned to me.

"No. I am not in your crew so I don't have to take orders from you. I have no reason to go with them. The only reason I stuck with you was to get a ride to a ship vendor or something, not to join you. I have my own reasons for not joining." I say to Lucy, "Now, I am here to help the baratie defend against the Krieg pirates and perhaps the Hawk-eyed swordsman."

"Okay." Lucy said.

"You're not coming Lucy?" Usopp asked.

"Sorry but I can't." Lucy responded, "I still haven't paid this restaurant back for what I did."

"Be careful." Zoro said to Lucy, "the situation here is getting crazy."

"Yeah, don't worry."

Another yell came from the broken galleon, "It's him! Don Krieg it's him! The one who destroyed our fleet!"

"It can't be… is that… the hawk-eyed man…!?" Zoro said in shock.

"The greatest swordsman alive, Hawk-eye Mihawk." I say.

Zoro jumped over to a piece of a ship near where Mihawk was located. As he is going over there. A pirate starts shooting at Mihawk in which the bullets are redirected by Mihawk's sword. 'Such swiftness and grace. Can that even be possible for such a murderous weapon.' I thought about Mihawk's movement and sword. This is nothing compared to when I saw it on T.V.

"Wha… it missed?" the pirate said.

"He deflected it. It'll be the same no matter how many times you shoot." Zoro said now on the boat piece of debris, "he changes the bullets trajectory with the tip of his sword. I've never seen such graceful movements."

"Did you cut this ship as well? Zoro asked Mihawk.

"I did indeed" Mihawk responded.

"No wonder." Zoro smiled nervously, "you really are the strongest."

"Three-swords could this be… Pirate hunter Zoro?" the pirate said laying on the ground beneath Zoro.

"I set sail to meet you!" Zoro continued.

"...What do you aim for?" Mihawk asked.

"To be the strongest."

"You said you are free, right?" Zoro continued, "so let's have a duel?"

Behind Lucy and I, Usopp yelled, "We are going to lose sight of the ship!"

"So here it begins, the strongest swordsman of east blue versus the strongest swordsman of the world. Roronoa Zoro vs Dracule Mihawk!" I yell so that everyone could hear me. I got looks from every pirate, every chef, and Mihawk himself.

"If you are competent swordsman by any means, you would know that there is a massive strength difference between each other." Mihawk not bothering to respond to my comment, "But still you challenge me. Is this bravery or ignorance."

"It comes from ambition," Zoro said putting Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, "and a promise to a friend."

"To be honest, I never thought I'd be able to meet you so early on…" Zoro said talking as if the sword didn't hinder his talking. 'How the hell does he do that?' I thought, 'Maybe I will ask him if I ever see him again.' 'I did say I was going to leave as soon as I can, but I stayed because of the Don Krieg invasion for some excitement. Whether I help them with Arlong or just leave will what I will need to decide…'

"A waste, if you ask me." Mihawk said crossing his arms.

"Just what're you planning with that?" Zoro asked Mihawk who pulled out a toy only about the size of his hand.

"I'm different from those brutes who use everything on just hunting a rabbit." Mihawk said getting into a stance, "though you may be a swordsman of some renown, this is east blue ,weakest of all the seas separated by the grand line and red line."

"Unfortunately I do not have anything smaller." Mihawk continued.

"There's a limit to how much you can underestimate me…!" Zoro said rushing at Mihawk, "You better not regret it when you die."

"Hear me little frog, this world is bigger than it seems to you." Mihawk said not moving even after Zoro rushing at him.

"Onigiri!" Zoro yelled. He had crossed all three of the swords at one point and slashed. However it was stopped with one sweep of the arm from Mihawk. All Mihawk had to do was put the toy sword into the intersection of all three swords.

"Zoro?" Lucy muttered.

"Brother's Onigiri was stopped?" Johnny yelled. "His signature attack that sends his opponents flying was stopped!" Yosaku yelled with him.

Zoro hesitated after Mihawk stopped him and began a flurry of stabs and slashes at Mihawk from multiple directions. But that was also stopped by Mihawk.

"Come on Bro! Show him what you got!" Johnny yelled.

"Shut up!" I yell at him, "your constant cheering is getting annoying."

"What burdens you so? What do you still desire at the extent of your strength?" Mihawk asked Zoro after they stopped fighting for a moment, "weakling?"

"How dare you call bro a weakling!" Johnny yelled, "We should teach you a lesson!" Yosaku said as well.

"STOP! Johnny, Yosaku! Don't interfere!" Lucy yelled keeping both of them back. 'Why should a man's fight trigger the intent of honor if she is a girl?' I had gotten used to Lucy as a girl slightly, 'Unless her brothers somehow taught her that?'

I turned my attention back to the fight. Zoro started another attack on Mihawk and put both his swords behind the sword in his mouth. He yelled "Toragari!" As others before it, Mihawk stopped it but this time it was a strike to Zoro's chest, right below his heart.

"Bro!" Johnny and Yosaku yelled. Lucy struggled to keep them back.

"Do you wish for me to pierce your heart thus?" Mihawk asked Zoro, "Why do you refuse to step back?"

"Beats me… I don't really know myself. But I get the feeling." Zoro said, "that if took one step back, I'd lose something very important, a promise or an oath, or whatever would be broken and that I could never return to where I am today."

"Yes, such is defeat." Mihawk said neither of them moving from their stance."

"So that's why I can't."

"Even if it means death?" Mihawk asked.

"I'd much rather die."

"Kid… tell me your name?" Mihawk asks pulling the toy sword from Zoro's chest.

After doing a flashy sword maneuver Zoro said, "Roronoa Zoro."

"I shall remember it, for your strength is not often seen in this world." Mihawk said putting his hand to his own sword, "And to pay respect to you, I shall end this duel with my black sword, the world's strongest."

Some pirates and chefs yelled out, "He unsheathed it!"

Mihawk runs at Zoro taking a stance with his sword, "Die!"

"Bro, that's enough!" Yosaku yelled.

"It's over." I say calmly enough to where most people could hear me. Lucy and the brothers looked at me for a brief second before turning back.

"Santouryu ougi! Sanzen Sekai!" Zoro said also taking a stance to the attacking Mihawk. However it was in vain as Mihawk cut through both of Zoro's normal Katanas and cutting Zoro in the chest. Zoro sheathes his remaining sword and turns around to face Mihawk and puts both his arms out sideways almost looking like a cross.

"What?" Mihawk muttered.

"A wound on the back is swordsman's shame." Zoro said

"Splendid!" Mihawk said back. Mihawk swings his sword cutting Zoro from his left shoulder to his waist of the opposite side.

"ZORO!" Lucy yelled.

"BRO!" the brothers yell.

"This is the power of the grand line? Even the pirate hunter couldn't compare?" pirates said.

"It's simple! Just throw away that ambition!" Sanji yelled out at Zoro who fell into the sea.

Lucy stretched her arms out to the piece of the galleon that the two swordsman dueled. Johnny and Yosaku dived into the water to save Zoro. The event caused some commotion in the crowd and some people were saying does she have a devil fruit.

"Fear not." Mihawk said not turning around to Lucy who landed behind him, "that man is still alive."

"Zoro!" Lucy yelled at Zoro who was picked up by the brothers who then carried him to their boat. They yelled at each other to apply medicine and Usopp came over carrying medical supplies.

"I am Dracule Mihawk! It is much too early for you to die." Mihawk yelled, "know thyself, know thy world and become strong Roronoa."

"No matter how many months or years pass by, I shall stand here at the top of the world waiting for you! So forge ahead with that fierce conviction and try to surpass my sword! Surpass me Roronoa Zoro!" Mihawk yelled out.

"To think that Mihawk would say such a thing." Zeff said.

"Girl, what do you aim for." Mihawk turned around to Lucy.

"Pirate King!" Lucy remarked.

"A tough path indeed." Mihawk replied, "even tougher than surpassing me."

"Whatever!" Lucy yelled out, "I'm doing it anyways."

"And you, boy." Mihawk turned to me, "Everyone here was scared of my presence but you. I never realized someone like you were here, especially with your presence. Too think that three people of incredible stature are all in the same pirate crew."

"I am not with them. I am still a lone pirate. And the reason I never feared you is because I no longer care about my own life." I yell out to Mihawk. It was true that I had lost value in my life. I could no longer fear anything other than harm for those that I care about now. After I was reincarnated into this world I lost the value for my own life.

"Interesting." Mihawk replied smiling.

After that little conversation Zoro raised his sword above where he was. "L-Lucy can you hear me?" came Zoro. "Yeah!" replied Lucy.

"Sorry for worrying you… I know that if I don't become… the world's strongest swordsman, it will embarrass you." Zoro said once more.

"I swear! That I am never going to lose again! Until the day I fight him and win… I swear! To never lose again!"

A/N: The next chapter of Reincarnation is out! I want you guys to review about what you think of my combat system. Does it work, Can it be improved, or is it good as it is? And also if you didn't get it already, bold writing in the story means memorable quotes or lines. Though I won't be doing all of Lucy's "I will be the pirate king" sayings, only the memorable ones. Believe it or not this was also meant to be longer and covered more of the baratie arc. About up to when the final battle will begin, which is about maybe double the chapter. I also want to know whether my OC should talk more often. I've been wondering whether to try and force him into some conversations and overall change some of the layout of the arc to suit and added character. Also last but definitely not least, thank you for over 10 favorites and follows, keep it up guys! This concludes the seventh chapter. Peace!