Hey the new chapter is here. But I would like to say that this little arc will end in about roughly two chapters. Why because one this is starting to annoy me and two fight scenes aren't exactly my strong suit.

So this chapter will feature Penny, Kazuya, and a little bit of James.

Chapter 22- Black and White a D.'s Test

Kazuya was having a normal, if you can call it normal, walk threw a forest. His arrows on his back, bow by his side, and he hummed.

This situation didn't scare him like it would others, he's been in freakier situations when he was apart of a mercenary team. Looking at his bow again, and checking the swords that were in it, he sighed.

" I'm a pirate now not a mercenary."

The thought's of the path that lead him to these friends of his traveled threw his mind. In a desert city, first meeting Razz and that chick with the guns. Helping out and old comrade named Ares. Fighting all these zombie creatures, and winning he might add.

Running into those two killers named Judge and Oni, Kazuya shivered at that though. Those two would have killed them without mercy if they hade a reason.

Finally the moment that lead him on this path was when Razz, who he team with for the slightest of time, blindsided him with his guitar after he showed him the pirates he was looking for. Leading him on a chase after the deadly mariachi.

" But still that guitar hit hurt like hell! I really need to pay him back for that one." mumbled Kaz to himself. But he was dragged out of his thoughts when the tree trunk in front of him exploded.

" If I had more sleep I wouldn't have missed that….." mumbled a tired voice

Kaz spun around, arrow drawn and ready to fire. His red eyes scanned the trees, looking for the voice.

" Not going to find me-"

"Got ya…." mumbled Kaz as he released the bow.

" Ahhh! You jerk you cut my check." said the voice as the person stepped out of the shadows.

The Crow smirked " Sorry…. I was aiming for your head."

Kaz's red eyes scanned the man. Nothing really stood out about him, he was in a plain hoody with its hood up, and regular jeans. The only thing that stood out was two magnum pistols that the hooded man had pointed at him.

" Name's Acidia the Sloth, now lets get this over with I need my twenty three hours of sleep."

Kaz raised an eyebrow " Kazuya the Crimson Crow, sharpshooter and lookout for the Living Tree Pirates."

The Crow grabbed the white tip of his bow and pulled, With a click a black blade slid out. Grabbing the black end, he pulled and a white bladed sword came out. Strapping his bow on his back Kaz got into his fighting stance.

After seeing the blades Sloth got a real bored/dumb look on his face, after he placed his pistols into the pockets of his shirt.

Kazuya raised his right arm pointing his blade straight out and lowering his left turning the sword so that the cutting edge was the same as his other hand and then started spinning like a top making his way toward the man named Sloth.

" Slice and Dice!"

Kazuya's blades were spinning but when one of his blades, came close to Sloth's head, the lazy man leaned back slightly, narrowly missing the blade. He did the same with all the other attacks.

The blonde man stopped breathing for air, placing his two swords back into there spots in the bow. Sloth lost that dazed look in his eye, and focused on the swords man.

" Your never going to get me with close range attacks." he said pointing one of his pistols at Kaz's head, and fired. The blonde man dodged to the side and ran for cover. If this was going to be a sharpshooter battle, he's going to need the advantage.

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" War hm yeah what is it good for absolutely no-" sang Penny before a voice interrupted her.

" Oh you have such a nice singing voice….. I want my to be like yours." said a girl wearing very bagging cloths. Penny waved at her.

"Hey! Nice to meet you I'm Penny!"

" Oh and she's nice, I wish I didn't have to kill her.." Sighed the woman as she pulled to wooden X's from her shirt. Penny scratched her head in confusion.

" What are you do-"

" Minnie! Manny! Get Her!" yelled the woman

Springing out of the bushes two six foot tall wooden doll like things charged Penny. Surprised out of her mind Penny used her abilities to float up out of there reach.

" What are you and what are those?" questioned the blonde girl as she pointed at the wooden dolls.

"I'm Invidia the Envy, and those are my puppets Minnie and Manny are they just wonderful." Envy said as she petted the wooden dolls.

"Get her guys!"

"Ahhhhh!" screamed Penny as the puppets suddenly lunged at her and grabbed her legs. She twisted and for such a tiny girl delivered two powerful kicks to the heads of the things.

" How did you…?"

Penny smiled cheerfully " I trained with 'Red-Leg' Zeff for a few years…… even though I could only learn the very basic's."

Envy frowned and then launched her puppets at Penny again.

"WHY CAN I BE SOMEONE ELSE!?" Yelled Envy as the puppets fought Penny.

For a ten year old girl, Penny had a lot of skill in fighting. She ducked under two punches, and standing on her hands Penny spun delivering kicks to the wooden stomachs of Minnie and Manny.

Penny was cheering to her self, seems like Penny didn't learn the first rule of fighting…..never take your eyes off of your opponent.

The blonde ten year old girl was surprised. Those two wooden dolls just punched her, one in the face and another in the stomach.

Penny wiped the blood from her mouth and starred at the puppeteer woman.

" Seems like what Great Uncle Zeff's teachings aren't going to work here."

"So are you giving up?"

"Nope!" smiled Penny " I'm about to win."

Pulling chef knife's out of who knows where, and she threw them all into the air really high.

"What are you doing?"

But Penny didn't need to answer the question, when those knife's came flying at her from the sky. Dodging each one Envy sneered at this perfect child in her eyes.

"You missed! HA!"

" No I didn't."

"Wha-"

The knifes that she dodged all of a sudden shot up out of the ground stabbing Invidia.

Blood dripped from the woman's mouth, she starred at Penny surprised.

"Wha…? How..?"

A few tears fell from Penny's eye's " My devil fruit ability combined with string and the knifes…"

Envy nodded as she fell to the ground lifeless. Penny sunk to the ground tears running down her face. She placed her face in her hands.

"I…I….act-actually k- k- killed a person……I only meant to injure."

Penny just sat there crying her eye's out for an hour or two she lost track of time. But a hand then rested on her shoulder, the little girl looked up and there was Razz standing there looking down on her. He smiled and paced his hat on her head.

" Hey Penny, 'et's go find Shan, she'll 'elp."

Picking her up Razz walked to where Shan was standing in the forest.

" 'ey Shan I found Penny."

"Thanks Razz, that's three of them found Siamon just carried Mac and Elsa back to the ship. His back is injured terribly and she's suffering from blood loss." she said taking the traumatized Penny into her arms.

Razz nodded his head " 'kay I'll search for Kaz and the Captain, send Si when you run into him."

Shan nodded and headed back to the ship.

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" How many bullets does this guy have!" Yelled Kaz as he dove behind another tree seconds later a bullet tore threw the air where Kaz was last standing.

Loading a normal arrow, Kazuya slowly walked out from behind the tree. Move his sight back and forth. Seeing a little movement he move his sight a few feet in front of where he saw the movement, he released.

" Ahhhh! Jerk….." yelled Sloth because the arrow was lodged right in his left wrist making him drop one of his guns.

Seeing Kaz in the open, wincing in pain, his right arm shot up and fired three bullets all hitting the blonde archer/swordsman. One in his side narrowly missing his lung and two in his right arm.

Kaz dropped his bow and fell to his knee's holding his side, felling the blood run threw his fingers. Looking at Sloth and saw the lazy man trying painfully to get the arrow out of his wrist.

Seeing his chance, all with his left hand he grabbed one of his 'special' arrows knocking it, bit the end. Pulling the arrow and string back with his teeth he released it.

The arrow soared and found it's mark right in Sloth's chest.

" What the-"

Tick…Tick……Tick

" Bye" waved Kaz with his non wounded arm.

Boom

Sloth exploded making the area in a light pick haze. The Crimson Crow sighed as he clutched his most serous wound.

"Hope help comes soon.."

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" Griffe Trepa Tempete!" Yelled James as he landed his final hit on the weasel man calling his self Avaritia the Greed, with is giant claw weapon.

Greed's lib's went flying and his head was laying a few yards away from the torso.

"Don't mess with Vice-Admirals punk." he mumbled as he wiped his claw on the dead mans clothing.

As he was cleaning the blades Mass-Claw saw movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked up and saw a teenager around eighteen running threw the wood's.

The boy was short and he wore clothes of many different colors, with a worried look on his face. James stood up and followed the boy.

After a few minutes, he watched the teen stop in front of a building, yell something then run inside.

James sighed and then scratched his head think what was 'Death Tree' Endo doing in a place like this.

That's that chapter hope you like it. Like I said at the beginning of this chapter, I'm not the best at fighting. Romance, Drama, Comedy, and just regular unfighting Action I'm good at. (Also character creation). So give me your opinion.

If you read it there was a reference to Luda59's story " Crew of the Hawk" in it. AND If you didn't know but I fell like telling you anyway 1) Razz is a guest in the story and 2) Kazuya and Kiego where created by Luda thou I did make a few agustments to him.

Anyway the next chapter will be out soon and then I'll move on to the Dead End Race arc… then (cry) the end of this story, but don't worry there will be a squeal. Which is the Water 7 and another original arc.

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