Nakama

The woman coughed violently, spitting out a mixture of alcohol and saliva at her friend across the bar. The entire pub almost simultaneously stopped there doings to stare at the man wondering, hoping the crazy kid was just joking. Roy didn't even notice as he continued to scarf down the second plate of food the woman had given him and still dripping alcohol. No man or woman moved the only sounds being Roy's excessive chewing.

Then, one by one, breaking the silence everyone began to laugh, at first quietly to themselves, then out loud.

"HAHAAH! The boy thinks' he's Gold Roger!" said one pounding the table.

"Yeah hahahah just because you've got a similar hat doesn't make you him." replied another, practically rolling over in laughter, "I swear kids today."

"Hey guys come on calm down, nothing wrong with a kid with a dream." Said the bar tender, looking at Roy who hadn't seemed to hear a word of what the townsfolk had been saying only rubbing his stomach tenderly after finishing his third plate.

"There's plenty wrong with it Jen, look at what happens to those who dream? The New Era is here," replied the man taking a sip of his beer in the process, meanwhile both Roy and the man with the swords sitting at the bar began to rise, "the time for dreaming is ov-."

The man was suddenly stopped mid-sentence frozen in fear at the tip of a sword only inches from his neck.

"King of Pirates, or King of Idiots I don't care," the man spoke in a quiet but firm voice, "but some old man hanging around half drunk in some bar has no right to question someone's dreams!" he yelled. He was young, only a year or two senior to that of Roy but fairly taller with dark, striking blue hair.

"Who's he?" whispered Roy to his friends Jason and Jenna.

"I dunno his name but he's a swordsman who's been giving Preocupado some problems but other than that I'm not sure." Whispered back the much smaller Jason.

"Mhm." Roy said back staring at the swordsman.

"He's really strong." Said the bartender Jenna with a devilish smile, staring not at the blue haired swordsman but at Roy instead. I wonder she thought to herself, still holding her smile.

"Yahoo!" shouted Roy suddenly and seemingly out of nowhere, "hey you sword guy, be my Nakama!"

"Be your Naka-what?" he asked, still holding the blade inches from the now sweat soaked man's face.

"My Nakama! Join my pirate crew." Roy answered holding out a clenched fist and a fire of determination in his eyes.

"Everyone but you two," Jenna said stepping out from behind the bar, "Get out."

Everyone, greatly confused by the whole situation slowly began to filter out but not before muttering some unpleasant words to the woman and her two friends.

Once everyone had left she continued, "Nakama is a term used greatly in the Grand Line, this boy is asking you to become comrades, apparently pirate comrades."

"Yeah," Roy interrupted, "Come on do it! It's gonna be a blast."

"I see," said the swordsman returning his blade to the sheath, "sorry but I refuse, pirates are despicable, besides I've my own dream to follow and I can't have you slowing me down."

"Yeah see that's perfect! You sound so cool! This is gonna work out great!" replied Roy as if completely ignoring the mans rejection.

"Hey look man didn't you hear me I said no."

"This is great now I've got two strong Nakama from just this first town."

"Hey! I said no!"

"So then I should make the little guy my first mate since I found him first, but you can be my second mate."

"There is no such thing as a second mate! And I'm not joining your crew!"

"Next we'll need a musician, and then maybe a cook? No first a cook so we can party with lots of food when we get the musician."

"You don't have anyone besides this kid!? You'd make him the first mate over me!? Shouldn't a doctor or maybe a navigator come first!? What am I saying? I am not joining your crew!"

"Mommy," said Jason hugging his mother's leg, "I'm scared."

The mother laughed hard as she rubbed her young son's head , "Come on now kiddo their YOUR crew."

The two would continue this ridiculous shouting match with Roy deciding which was more important a cook or a musician and the swordsman screaming about how he would never become a pirate, until an astoundingly large man in both height and width burst his way through the front entrance of the pub.

"We're closed." Jenna said in a calm and clear tone while pushing her son into one of the back rooms.

The large man made his way through the front entrance with much difficulty and coming in behind him a large regiment of marine forces- weapons at the ready.

"I'm here to take all your money, and to take you into custody for trying to incite a rebellion, Johnny Rico."

The swordsman muttered something quietly under his breathe before responding, "Oh no, your strength there's no way I can match that, ah the fear it's too much please arrest me." The one now called Rico said as he came to his knees and extending his wrists.

"No, this is far too easy! You're planning something! Rebellion! Rebellion!" the gigantic man screamed.

"No I'm not planning anything, I'm just to afraid of you to give any sort of fight back." Replied Rico also placing his swords on the ground signifying his surrender.

"Oh I'm sorry, well in that case arrest him men!" shouted the captain pointing at the kneeling swordsman.

"Hey what the hell are you doing!?" Roy shouted, "no crew of mine is just gonna give up like this, was Jenna kidding and are you actually really weak?"

"No I'm not really weak! I've got a plan." Rico shouted back, "Besides I'm not part of your stupid Pirate crew!"

"Sir, did you just hear that swordsman say he has a plan?" asked one of the soldiers to the captain.

"Oh don't be such a worrywart, he said he wasn't planning anything before that." Replied the large man, giving the soldier a look of astonishment, he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "But take the young man captive too; I fear he may have been part of the rebellion."

Despite all his big talking Roy allowed the soldier to place the handcuffs on his wrists.

"Hey wait that's my cap-." Jason started before his mother placed a hand in front of the boy to stop him from running after his new friend. Roy caught Jenna's gaze, and for a moment they remained like that until she gave him a stern nod, and he returned it with a smile ear to ear, a smile reminiscent of one she'd seen long ago. The two were then to forced to leave the building and walk back to the Captain's base.

"He that's a really cool hat," said one of the soldiers to Roy, "looks kinda familiar too mind if I see it for a second?" the man continued reaching for his captive's hat.

"Look I'm letting you capture me and all but if you touch my hat I'll kill you."

A/N: Hey thanks for reading this, and obviously still reading it haha i hope you've liked it and basiclly the same thing as the first chapter please. GHave a nice day!

-Impact