Well hello everyone, hope you all are doing well. This week is going crazy with school starting again for the family and there will be several updates this well as well as a new story this Saturday. But more importantly this week we had some major issues with the hurricanes. A major one hit Texas and another will be hitting by the time this is uploaded. Now I personally don't have to worry about them since I live too far away but it is still a serious moment for everyone those storms are effecting. My thoughts and prayers are out to all the families effected and hope that they all can be able to move pass this.
Once again One Piece is a big inspiration and many elements will be seen. But several other elements will be added and I hope there are some that can spot them.
Disclaimer; I do not own RWBY as it is own my Roster Teeth and creator Monty Oum. May you rest in peace man.
Tale of the Blue Rogue Pirates
Pyrrha looked at the sky in wonder as she was one the Airship's deck. She had only heard a few tales of the ancient ships that ran on magical technology, so similar to dust, that they could fly and sail with little problem.
"So, enjoying your time on the ship?" Jaune asked as he leaned on the railings of the deck next to Pyrrha.
"Yes, I never thought that I would ride on something that is from a fairy tale. It's amazing that no one else has discovered this." She answered, and was honest as most used the bulkheads and such.
"Yeah, not many people have appreciation for the old stuff. Our next stop is back home to good ol' Rolt Town, a lawless town."
That got the invincible girl's attention. How could a town survive in lawlessness was her biggest question. "How could a town be lawless?" She asked as anyone with half a brain could see that rules needed to be in place to function as a society. Too many rules and everyone would rebel, as it would cause problems in the economy due to overregulation, but too few rules would be anarchy.
"Well, the rules are unofficial, and usually a bit personal on establishments. Plus, since there's a lot of pirates there, not many are willing to just outright rob or cheat another person, unless they think they can get away with it." Jaune answered as best he could.
"It sounds so strange," Pyrrha admitted, "You think the place would be destroyed with so many pirates staying there."
Jaune shrugged, "Well even pirates need a place where they can rest up without worrying about Grimm, bounty hunters, Huntsmen or just fighting in general. Not that there isn't fighting in the town. There are always brawls and fights going on."
"I can imagine," Pyrrha said picturing just walking down the street and seeing a dozen fights happening at once. "But why would they fight?"
Jaune chuckled, "Many different reasons. If they're pissed off at a guy, said guy retaliating. Heck some do it for bragging rights of beating someone with a certain bounty. You be surprised at the times someone started a fight with me thinking my bounty was fake." He gained a thoughtful look "You know I wouldn't be surprised if someone tries to fight you. Either bragging rights for taking down a girl with your rep or not believing you are worth the rep. Just wait until you gain a bounty."
Pyrrha smiled, "Well I'll just have to see. I'm actually excited to arrive, to actually be treated like a normal average pirate. I wouldn't even care if someone starts a fight with me.
Jaune gave a small laugh, "That's the spirit. But first we need to get to the tavern my sisters run before we do anything."
"Oh you have sisters?" Pyrrha asked "That sounds nice. How many are there?"
"Seven," Jaune answered simply not noticing the stunned look on Pyrrha's face. "All sharing the same father with me."
"…Huh?" was all Pyrrha could say.
(scene change)
Inside the Going Merry the Blue Rouges were laughing and cheering with Jaune's sisters. Pyrrha was surprised seeing Jaune actually did have seven sisters however they didn't all look the same. They varied in height, size and skin tones. Heck a few were completely different species. Weiss did inform Pyrrha that Jaune's father was a bit of a womanizer but she didn't think much of it until now. Heck if it wasn't for the fact they all had the same shade of blonde hair besides a few small differences she wouldn't have thought they were siblings at all. "And to think you got someone like Pyrrha to join your crew Jaune," one of the sisters said who was apparently a fan and asked for Pyrrha autograph, to which the fighter gave.
Jaune chuckled at his sister, "I really had nothing to do with it, she surprised us all by walking onto our ship and asking to join."
"Really?" Bonnie asked smirking teasingly at her brother, "Why would she want to join a messed up pirate crew like yours?"
Ruby pouts at her, "Stop teasing Bonnie. Besides we're not that messed up."
Bonnie just raised a brow before glancing at Yang who was leaning back in her chair and gulping down a whole bottle of rum. Ruby just waved her off, "But that's just Yang."
One of the sister paused in the excitement and titled her head. Jaune noticed and asked knowing this sister has the ability to sense aura to the level of tracking a person down by their aura "Something wrong Emma?"
Emma just smiled "Daddy's coming to visit."
"Really?" Bonnie asked before she got an evil grin reaching for something in her pocket, "Hey Yori, I got something for yea."
"Yay!" the small ten-year-old cheered coming up to her sister as said sister handing her something which made her very happy.
"Isn't that a pixel stick?" Blake asked seeing the treat before Yori ripped it open and held it over her head allowing the powder to fall into her open mouth. "Basically flavored sugar?"
"Yep," Bonnie said holding Yori up by the back of her dress and the smaller girl was practically vibrating. "Go get him Yori" Bonnie instructed before she dropped the girl to the floor.
At this moment the door to the tavern opens up to a tall man with wild blond hair who called out, "How are my favorite girls do-Oof!" he was cut up when a speeding mini missile named Yori clashed into him. The only reason he wasn't knocked to the ground from the force was because the two men behind him caught his fall to prevent them from falling as well. After he was steadied Shanks looked down and around as his youngest was climbing and moving around on his body like a rapid squirrel all the while talking in a very fast pace "Hey Daddy! Did you miss me? Did you miss me? Where'd you go? Did you fight pirates? Did you bring me anything? Can we see some treasure? Jaune's back too. He brought a pretty lady that joined his crew. Did you bring me anything? Did you bring presents? Can you give me a ride on your ship?" she paused hanging on his arm which Shank held out for his daughter to hang on. "Can I have a cookie?"
"Yeah that's just what you need," one of the men behind Shanks muttered with a deadpan look, "more sugar."
"Give me a cookie, or let me have daddy time, or else I'll come at you like a spider monkey and kick your ass!" Yori said as the two guys laughed a bit.
"Yori, language, and what's that about Jaune bringing home a girl?" The blonde man said, but at least Yori got distracted enough to answer him.
"Yeah, yeah he did! A really nice lady with red hair and green eyes. Now, give me a cookie!" The blonde man had to see for himself about this new girl. He scanned the room before he puts Yori on the floor and ruffled her hair a bit. He noticed Pyrrha and started walking towards her, and that's when Pyrrha felt an aura behind her.
"So, you're the newest member of my son's crew?" He asked in all seriousness, and was a little intimidating. He definitely looked like an older version of Jaune, but with a bright red scars and silver eyes.
"Oh, yes. I'm new to his crew. My name is Pyrrha." The gladiator didn't really get her thoughts straight and was embarrassed at the introduction.
"Well, I guess I-oof!" The blonde man started off before having Yori catch him on the backside.
"Youdidn'tanswermyquestionsdaddy!" Now Yori was just really hyper since she was practically bug-eyed and running her words together.
"Okay, who gave her more sugar?"
"I have no idea what you mean dad," Bonnie stated with a cat like grin.
Ruby herself was trying not to make herself noticeable. She felt bad for the small girl and not getting the cookie she asked for so she gave her one of her own. Shank himself was sitting down with Yori in his lap answering her questions as she repeated several of them rapidly. After a few minutes of this Yori was satisfied and ran over to one of her sisters who gave her a large glass of juice. Shank let out a big breath of relief and slouched in his seat, "Man I forgot how hyper she can be."
"If you visit more often than we might not give her as much sugar when you do visit," Emma stated.
Shanks pouts at her, "Now that's not fair. I come by when I can. I still gave to make sure the rest of the fleet is handling their spots and not causing trouble. Also got to make sure no one else try anything around the territories I have alliances with or my protection. If I stay here all the time, well not only will many pirates here just shit themselves but some of the ones trying to make a name for themselves or one of the other emperors might start getting ideas."
Bonnie raised a brow, "So are we getting a new sibling then?"
Shanks looked uncomfortable and was trying to figure out what to say. Emerald however got Shanks' attention "Speaking of pirates wanting to make a name for themselves, your son has something he wants to tell you."
Shanks raised a brow before turning to look at his son. Jaune gave Emerald a look that said a sarcastic 'thanks' to which she beamed cheekily back. Jaune looked his old man in the eye, getting his whole attention before he sighs "Dad, I decided, my whole crew decided on a true goal. We're going after the One Piece."
"Yeah," Yang added pointing at the emperor, "He's going to get a bigger title then you."
Shanks stared surprised for a moment before he closes his eyes and gave a big laugh, "That's my boy!" he grinned at his daughters "Girls get more rum and booze out. We have to celebrate."
"You're not mad?" Jaune asked. He figured his dad might have been a little upset, but then again he knew his father would never say no for a reason to drink and party.
"Mad?" Shanks asked bewildered, "Why would I be mad? My boy is going to try and beat his old man. I never been so proud," he paused thinking, "Well besides the time you did become a man."
Jaune blush at his dad embarrassing him in front of everyone…again. "Dad," he moans.
"But isn't that your captain's treasure?" Ruby asked Shanks not really reading the mood. "I figure you wouldn't want anyone taking it."
Shanks shrugged, "Well it was more Nami's, our navigator, treasure since she was the main one to gather it and in charge of our crew's spending." He laughed taking a sip if the drink one of his daughters places in front of him. "Boy, you should have seen Nami's face when the captain told everyone around the world the treasure was up for grabs. If he wasn't already dying from his execution, then I'm sure she would have killed him herself."
"So you did sail with the pirate king," Pyrrha said amazed to actually be sitting near a man on such a legendary crew, "What was he like?"
"We all heard different stories of your captain," Weiss pointed out, "But what was he really like as a person?"
"Yeah!" Nora cheered, "How was he? Was he a badass?"
Shanks thought it over looking for the right words. "How to describe Captain Luffy? Well the best way to really say about him is…" the rest of Jaune's crew leaned in closer, "he was an idiot."
The rest face faulted, stunned at the claim. "Really?" Blake asked being one of the first to recover, "That's the best way to describe him?"
"Yep," Shanks nodded popping the 'p'. "He couldn't really do anything on the ship itself. He was clueless navigator, he couldn't work a sail or ship, he was terrible at repairing the ship and all he knew as a cook was roast meat over a fire after he was done hunting. He couldn't handle a weapon without accidently hurting himself. Hell I wasn't even sure he could read or write. Yeah, idiot really is the best way to describe him."
"How?" Ruby asked not really understanding it. She along with everyone else were told many different stories of Luffy and his crew's adventures. "How did he end up being the pirate king if he was so dumb?"
Shanks smile fondly as he remembers his captain, "I was only a cabin boy when I was on his crew but he never really tried to earn his title. Heck it was the kingdoms that declared him the King of the Pirates. He wasn't out to conquer anything or prove anything to anyone. He just wanted to be the freest man in the world. All he cared about, besides his crew and friends, was his next meal and the next greatest adventure." He chuckled, "Got us into a ton of trouble with that way to thinking."
"You don't say," Ren said surprised as the rest of them, "And to think the four kingdoms fear him the most out of any pirates."
"Oh don't get me wrong," Shanks pointed out, "He was practically a demon in a fight if it was for something important or serious. Mess with his friends or allies and he would wreck anyone up. If it ever came to it, he would march toward one of the kingdom capitals through the front gate and fight his way till he got his friend back."
"And to think he was the one that started the great pirate era," Weiss pointed out having a hard time wrapping her head around the claim. "You'd think he did that on purpose or for a reason."
"I don't think so," Shanks corrected, "He was never one to really think things through. I doubt he knew what his words would have done when he said them that day. At least not the way he intended."
Well, that was something was just plain odd, but odder things have happened in the past as well.
"So, where did Luffy hide the One Piece? I mean, since you did sail on his crew you must have some idea on where he hid it." Shanks was already rolling his eyes at Emerald's question. The genie like girl definitely had qualities that reminded him of Nami. Of course he didn't blame the girl when thought about her background before the Blue Rogues, or even the Black Blades, but he still had pride as a Pirate Emperor and former member of the Straw Hat pirates.
"Hmmm, I may have an inkling of where it is, but I'm not saying a word." There were some disappointed groans before Shanks added, "It's better for you kids to find it yourselves then get it handed to you on a silver platter, and you should never trust a silver platter. It's the adventure that really molds you into legends, and if you never fight or explore then how are you gonna keep that treasure?"
That was actually a good thought. Remnant was filled with Huntsmen and Huntresses that would love to get a share of that treasure, and there were also more pirates that were after that treasure as well, and what was easier than stealing it from a fresh crew with little experience that got lucky? However, to Ruby it was something that Shanks said that got her attention, "If you have an idea where the treasure might be, then why haven't you gotten it yet?"
They got the crew to look at Ruby confused before their heads snapped to Shanks when they realize that the pirate did say he had an idea where the treasure was. Shanks just smirked at them, "Because it's not mine to take," he took a gulp of his drink and seeing their confused look explained, "My captain is a funny man. Both with his jokes and sense of humor but also in his way of thinking. He was an idiot no doubt but he always had a way of surprising even us." He chuckled, "he might not have really understood or had an idea what he would have done when he made that challenge but it was still a challenge to the world none the less. I think he was saying his adventure was over but he wanted the rest of the world to have one even greater than his own. There's no point in me going after the treasure."
Shanks' first mate nodded in agreement, "That's right. We didn't set sail looking for his captain's treasure. We wouldn't so much as blink an eye if someone did find it."
Shanks nodded "No, it's for a new generation to find." He smirked at his son, "And I know who I have my money on."
Jaune smile softly at his dad, "I won't let you down."
Shanks nodded "I know none of you will."
Weiss sighed slightly disappointed "So we have a goal but no leads onto anywhere where the One Piece could be."
"Well we not worst off than any other pirates," Ruby pointed out hoping to make her feel better.
"If anything we might have a better off," Ren added getting some of his friends' attention, "It's been over twenty years since the pirate king's death and pirates have been looking for the One Piece ever since. Many have given up or are having doubts of the One Piece existence. We know that it truly exists."
"Oh it exists alright," Shanks said with a laugh, "I know exactly what the One Piece is and trust me when I say it's real."
"What does it even look like?" Ruby asked in her child like wonder. "I beat it looks so cool."
Shanks chuckle, "The One Piece is both the map and the key. It's not something you would expect. But at the same time you will know what it is when you find it."
"Not really helpful" Weiss mutters.
"Still better than our competition," Pyrrha added, "They don't know what it is either but we have a better clue then them."
"Doesn't say much," Blake said but she agrees with the new crew member.
"Hey! Enough of this doubt!" Yang said raising up a new bottle of rum, "Let's party!"
"Now that's something I like to hear!" Shanks cheered knocking his bottle with Yang, "Drink up everyone!"
"Yay!" the two crew cheered as they took their drinks and the party started going on in the Going Merry.
(scene change)
Jaune groaned as the sun peeked through the window in the room he was sleeping in. the light didn't help his hangover but then again he really was feeling what happen last night. The two crews partied through the night before he went to bed a few hours ago. His banging head cleared enough for him to notice that he was not alone in bed. He saw the green hair of Emerald right in front of him but it was the warm body behind him that made him turn his head to see Yang snoring softly and pressing her naked body against his under the cover.
"Right, ménage-a-trois." Jaune thought as he remembered it was Yang's drunken suggestion, mainly after she tried to get some from Jaune and Emerald tried to keep her off the 'self-proclaimed turf'. Oddly enough, Weiss almost got involved when she said that the idiot captain was hers, but then she passed out from being drunk which had Ruby drag her best friend to her room. Ruby didn't drink much, but then again she wasn't the drinker type, even if she did indulge from time to time. Now Jaune had a good question: how was he going to get out of this?
(Scene Break)
Yori and Ruby giggled as they finished up their task, and Red Scar Shanks would never know it happened until it was too late.
"Shh, we need to be quiet." Ruby said with a girlish giggle as she finished up her end, and Yori darted off before Ruby did, so they could stash the tools of the deed.
Ruby herself quickly followed her so she was not the one caught red handed in her fun with the youngest besides her. This was the scene Pyrrha found when she came down the stairs. She barely remembered how she felt sick after last night and work up this morning with a big headache. She wondered what Ruby was doing and why she was giggling so much. Pyrrha however felt another jolt of pain from her headache and sat down at one of the wooden table. She groaned before she heard someone ask "First time with a hangover?"
She looked to see one of the men from Shanks' crew sitting a bit away from her looking over his scroll, no doubt looking at the latest news. Pyrrha winced, "Sorry. I never really drank alcohol before."
The man chuckled "It's fine. You're new so none of us expect you to try and match our level of drinking. Heck the only one I think can is Yang and maybe Jaune." He glanced at her "Name's Ben. I'm Shanks' first mate."
"Nice to meet you," Pyrrha greeted before she glanced at Shanks himself. She had to force herself from giggling seeing what Yori and Ruby had done before she manages to control herself.
Ben notice this and chuckled "Don't worry about him. Besides he's going to have a bad hangover when he wakes up. He always drinks too much and then he has the gall to complain about the hangovers."
Pyrrha sweat drops not sure what to say. As the rest of her new friends came down the stairs, Jaune looking slightly disheveled and Pyrrha notice that Emerald and Yang had a slight limp to them. Yang groaned and flopped into her seat and rested her head on the table. "Why can't hangovers just go to my semblance?"
"It's to teach you not to drink too much," Weiss chided even if she was only slightly better off than Yang as she drank less before she passed out. The white theme girl did however form a solid ice pack from dust which she had on her forehead.
Yang just flipped her the bird without looking up. Jaune then notice his sister Bonnie walking pass him blowing into a paper bag. Following her path, he saw that she stopped over their father before she smacked the paper bag hard to make it pop with a bang. Shanks shot up, even worst with the killer headache he had from his hangover, "We're under attack! Don't worry my babies, daddy will save you!" he tried to move into action but his legs tangled with a tipped over chair and ended up spawning on the floor. "Oooow," the emperor moaned.
"Thanks daddy!" Yori thanked her father for 'protecting her' before she sat next to Nora before the both of them chanted "Pancakes" over and over.
Ben laughed at his captain causing the man to look up confused, "What happen?"
Yang looked up annoyed before she got a good look at Shanks' face. She blinked before she started laughing uncontrollably. The others looked over and either start laughing or shaking their heads. Shanks looked confused, "What?"
Ben smirked, "Nothing captain. Just don't go out like that. I don't want to be embarrassed by having someone seeing my leader like that."
Shanks was confused before he notices his reflection in a hanging mirror and gapped. His face was doodled all over his face, ranging from swirls, whisker marks, his scar looking like a tally mark for the number five and he gained a twirly mustache. Yang was laughing hard while banging on the table. After "Not bad. I would have drawn a dick or two personally."
"Laugh it up blondie, and since I have a feeling I know who the culprit is, no pancakes." Nora and Yori gasped in shock as they wouldn't get the syrupy goodness that is known as pancakes, and they would be seeing 'pancakes, glorious pancakes' if they could.
"NOOOO!" Was the hyperactive duo's reply for the denial of their favorite breakfast treat. The world wasn't fair, and even more so with pirates.
"Well, since I'm up." Jaune got the attention of the crew at the seats at the time, "I think we need to figure out a game plan for finding the One Piece."
"That's easy," Yang stated, surprising everyone "We just take a big haystack and take a needle and hide it inside. And then we have to find it."
Everyone stared at her, "Umm Yang," Ruby started confused with her sister, "What are you talking about?"
"Yes, how does this help us?" Weiss added with an annoyed frown.
Yang grinned, "Because we're finding a needling in a haystack anyways. So if we find the needle then we're better off."
The crew gave her deadpan looks before Ren, recovering the fastest, said, "We need a new destination to even begin our search."
"Maybe somewhere we know where we know the King has been?" Ruby suggested before she beams getting an idea, "Maybe some of his favorite places. I'm sure that would be where he hid it."
"Sorry," Shanks staked trying to wipe the marker doodles off his face, "But Captain Luffy pretty much liked almost all the locations he visited. Either because of the adventure or because of the people and more importantly the food. Heck if he could make maps I know he would mark the places around Remnant with the best restaurants or best food in general."
Ruby seem dishearten before Pyrrha placed a hand on her shoulder, "It was a good try."
Nora groaned, "Get we go onto a big adventure and we got no place to start. If only someone could point us in the right direction!" she directed this towards Shanks.
"Nope," was her only reply not even caring to look her way.
Blake was going over her maps and notes before an idea came to her, "Maybe we're going about this the wrong way."
"How so?" Yang asked with a raised brow.
"We have no leads to even begin searching," Blake reminded them, "So we can't just pick a random direction and hope for the best."
"You going somewhere with this kitty-cat?" Emerald asked almost bored.
Blake rolled her eyes, "Not only do we need to look for clues but also we would need supplies and resources for when we go on the search itself. So I suggest we start with our normal routine, doing raids on different pirates and people we would target and gather the resources but also gather any clues while we do so."
Weiss thought it over, "Makes sense. We're pretty much as blind on most other pirates so this way might be our best route."
"That and we really don't have any other plan," Emerald pointed out.
"There's still that haystack idea" Yang suggested as a joke.
Jaune however nodded, "Okay, we'll do that. We just need to find a good target which will also might be able to gather information."
Weiss then suggested "Atlas has many places that we can sneak into for research and no doubt as the main force to execute the pirate king they would have the most information."
"But they might not have much on his history," Ren said, "And any info would be either destroyed or heavily guarded."
"Maybe someone where we can look info pass visit the Straw Hats," Pyrrha added trying to help out "but also somewhere we can explore without looking suspicious in general."
"Well if you are looking for a place to not only do your raids and gather info then I have a suggestion," Ben stated getting their attention. They looked at him and he said, "Vacuo have been showing reports of not only heavy White Fang activity but also of pirates. And that kingdom is spread out so you can look at plenty of places there."
That was some news that got their attention, the White Fang were originally a group that wanted peaceful protest, but then overnight leadership changed under mysterious circumstances and lead to almost an overnight overuse of violence to force the issue. To say that they had become monsters wasn't that far off, and there were still some of the old races hidden in Remnant.
"I guess Atlas will have to wait for now," Jaune started off before he slammed a hand on the table and stood up, "Crew, we're heading to Vacuo to handle the White Fang, and look for clues. Then we head for Atlas and try to ask around for any information on the Pirate King."
The crew nodded happily, and they were now going to have a minor plan at the least.
"Good luck kiddo." Shanks said as one by one, the crew followed Jaune out the door, but a few steps outside reminded them that most of them still had hangovers and they groaned about it.
This caused Shank to laugh, "Rookies, complete rookies."
Ben rolled his eyes, "They're rookies pirates, what else is there to say?"
Shanks waved him off "Not that, I mean these kids don't know how to handle a hangover."
One of the other men laugh, a large fellow with tan skin and took a bit bite of a ham placed in front of him, "They're kids captain, they aren't used to hangovers."
Shanks chuckled, "Right you are Roo, right you are."
Ben smirked, "I don't know, I think Jaune act just like you when you have a hangover. Pretty sad really."
Shanks gave his best friend a glare "Screw you Ben! Not everyone is immune to hangovers like you, lucky bastard." He then turned his glare to the rest of his crew as they laughed at him. "Screw you guys too!"
(scene change)
"Maybe we should have waited," Yang moaned as she pulled a rope to adjust the sail.
"I'm too excited to wait!" Ruby cried out running around the ship making sure everything was set. "I want to get there now!"
"We're going Ruby relax," Blake said as she turned the wheel and the ship itself for the heading, "All ready Jaune!"
Jaune nodded, "Then set sail. We have a treasure to find."
The ship rose higher into the air before it drifted off at a good speed before it took cover behind the clouds. In the sky the crew was adjusting the ship while getting use to the sun and working on their headaches. Ruby took to the crow's nest and keep an eye out. She was smiling widely before she sang softly and slowly to fit the mood, a song that carried over the ship itself.
"Yo-ho, Yo-ho, a pirate's life for me."
So how was this? Nothing action pact but we got the team movie towards their next adventure. But I do want to know should there is a 'World of Remnant' section of the story for more background and info or should that be left to the story itself? Tell me all the good and bad in a review as that is the only way stories like these will get better. Flames for the sake of flames or the do nothing but fill my trash folder.
