Arc-Piece
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A/N: This story was inspired by Shadow Gumball of Death's ArcAngel.
Chapter one
Jaune Arc let out a sigh. His blonde wavy hair flowed with the gentle breeze. His blue eyes stared into the cast open waters beyond the Valen coast. He reminisced of simpler times, times before he was kicked out of Beacon. Sad to think that he was kicked out during Ruby's 16th birthday party. All thanks to one Cardin Winchester ratting him out to Glynda Goodwitch. Yeah, a real bummer.
Jaune frowned. 'I save that bastard back in Forever Falls and this is how he repays me? I guess Dad was right about my dream being impossible.'
"*Munch* Man, I can't believe they kicked you out for a stupid reason like fake papers."
Jaune turned to see a raven haired boy sitting next to him. Munching on an apple. He wore a red shirt and blue shorts, with a straw hat on top of his head.
"I don't think it was stupid since they reacted so seriously, Luffy." Jaune replied.
Taking another bite of his apple, Luffy spoke. "Then they're the idiots. I mean you're, like, super smart! Remember that plan you came up with to lure those Beowolves away with a chicken leg so we can save those kids?" Luffy explained with a smile on his face.
"If I remember correctly, you ate said leg before we can even use it. The only reason we managed to lure the Beowolves away was because our yelling caught their attention." Deadpanned Jaune.
"Yeah, it worked didn't it?" Luffy gave Jaune a cheeky smile.
The blonde sighed before smiling, looking out at the ocean once more. "I guess you're right."
"Say." Jaune turned to Luffy. "Since you can't be a Huntsman anymore, why not join me? I could always use a partner that can help me become king of the pirates! Think about it, with your smarts and my strength, we'll be unstoppable!" Luffy offered.
Jaune thought about it for a moment. It was true, his expulsion also ended up with him being blacklisted from joining any other academies. Killing Jaune's dream of becoming one. He also thought about what Luffy offered, there were many pros and cons to becoming a pirate. However, Jaune knew that it was Luffy's dream to become king of the pirates.
While Jaune couldn't fulfill his dream, he would be damned if Luffy wasn't allowed to fulfill his.
With a determined look, he gives Luffy his answer. "Alright, I'll join your crew."
Luffy beamed brightly as he wrapped an arm around Jaune's neck. "Great! You and me working together, we'll be the greatest pirates in the world!"
Jaune chuckled at Luffy's enthusiasm, it reminded him of Nora sometimes.
"That being said, in order to prepare ourselves for the journey ahead, we have to get training from…grandpa." The two boys shuddered at the old man's training regiment. But they quickly shook it off.
"Well then, let's not waste a second and go!" Luffy yelled as he got up and ran, dragging Jaune by the leg.
"Gah! Pfft! Luffy!" Jaune spat out sand as he was dragged along the beach.
One year later.
It was another in the vast blue ocean. The waves rolling along the currents. Seagulls flying in the clear skies.
Sailing through these waters was a cruise ship.
Two of the ship's deck hands looked out from the railings. The two spotted a whirlpool that was a few feet away from them. They then heard a thud, they looked down to see a barrel hitting the side of the ship.
Inside the cruise ship, many guests were enjoying themselves with the festivities. Some were dancing, others were eating and drinking, and some were striking conversations with one another. Some of the guests were talking with the captain. Expressing their concerns about the whirlpool outside.
"Of course not. My ship is much too sturdy and too heavy to be affected by such a measly whirlpool." The captain reassured his passengers.
On another side of the ballroom, was a beautiful young woman. She had orange hair and was wearing a lovely dress. The young woman was looking out the window, admiring the view.
"Excuse me."
The woman turned to see one of the guests approaching her. "Excuse me." He extended his hand towards her. "Would the beautiful lady care to dance?" He asked. The lady looked at him, she shrugged with a smile and accepted his invitation.
Back outside on the ship deck, the two deck hands attempted to catch the barrel with a hooked rope. However, they kept missing their target.
"Ah, I missed it again!" Said the first deckhand. Feeling a bit depressed.
"Ha-ha. Strike three pal." Laughed the second deckhand.
From the crow's nest the lookout shouted. "I'd be embarrassed. You suck!"
The lookout chuckled a little, before he felt something off. He turned to look at the island they had just passed. A foreboding feeling built up in his stomach.
Meanwhile, the two deckhands had finally managed to snatch the barrel. With smiles I'm their faces, they began to hoist the barrel up. While hoisting it up they noticed that the barrel was really heavy.
"Heavier than I thought it would be" said the fat one, "It's probably full of Beer or Rum."
"Well I think it's our beer now" said the skinny one.
"I'm not sharing my half," said the fat one.
Up in the crow's nest, the lookout face suddenly became one of fear. Coming into few was a pink pirate ship with a swan figurehead heart on the mast sails and at the top a pirate flag with the skull turned to the right with a heart put right on it. The flags then unraveled.
"Ship off the starboard bow and they're flying a pirate flag!" shouted the lookout causing the two deckhands to look up. "We got a pirate ship in pursuit! Enemy raid! Enemy raid!" continued the lookout as the two deck hands dropped the barrel and ran off to warn everyone.
The pirate ship started to fire cannons hitting the water near the cruise ship causing the ship to rock sideways and the passengers inside to start tumbling.
Inside the passengers screamed and the orange haired woman held her dance partner, whose face had a look of fear, close, her eyes shadowed by her hair.
"Captain, we got pirates!" shouted the skinny deck hand as they rushed into the galley.
"What?!" shouted the Captain in panic. Another cannonball hit the water causing the ship to rock once again.
"People! Please stay calm! Panicking will only get you hurt! Just follow my crew's instructions in an orderly fashion!" Shouted the captain trying to calm down the passengers. However, his words fell on deaf ears as the passengers panicked and fled from the galley. All except the orange haired woman who developed a sneaky smirk on her face.
On the Pirate ship a shout of 'FIRE' came from above deck as the pirates below continued to fire at the cruise ship eventually destroying the figurehead on the ship. On the deck of the ship, an overweight woman with messy black hair and a cowgirl outfit looked on as her crew kept firing.
"COBY!" shouted the woman.
"Yes ma'am?" A scrawny pink haired boy with glasses answered.
"Who is the most beautiful of all on these seas?" asked the woman.
"Well...uh...that would be the captain of our ship, Lady Alvida of course." answered Coby nervously.
Alvida laughed and slammed her club onto the deck of the ship. "Good answer!" She said.
"That means a lot to me," said Coby.
"It's been awhile. We're finally going to see a little action." said a bearded pirate.
"That's right! So make it count, hit them with all you got boys! " said Alvida as the head cannon fired at the cruise ship hitting the main mast and completely destroying it.
The ship rocked more and the passengers continued to panic. The barrel on deck rolled until it got to some stairs that led to the lower deck and rolled down the stairs until it hit the door and rolled into the kitchen. Meanwhile, the orange haired woman started to run and went out the door onto the deck and looked around she made for the side of the ship until she saw the pirate ship closing in then quickly ran back inside. The pirate ship docked and the pirates threw hook ropes at the cruise ship.
"Here we go! Time to show them the terror of Iron Club Alvida, Lady Pirate of the seas!" stated Alvida.
Pirates began running across the hooks ropes and swinging across the waters on mast ropes and began to attack. Coby stayed behind holding onto a mast rope to prepare to swing but was too nervous to do so. Not going unnoticed by Alvida.
"COBY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Shouted Alvida.
"I'm not really good at this stuff," Coby said meekly.
"Hu. You're telling me. Maybe it's because your too busy back talking me all the time." Alvida said as she marched towards Coby.
"No! No! Not the club! Anything but the club! Please!" Coby begged in terror.
"Then get your ass in gear!" Shouted Alvida, then she kicked Coby into the air, clear across the water and onto the deck of the ship his face impacting against a wall. Getting up, Coby started to whimper close to tears.
"Move it you brat!" shouted Alvida.
Alvida was jumping into the air onto the deck of the ship her club reared behind her head aimed at Coby. Coby screamed and ducked, causing Alvida to miss and crash through the wall. As dust cleared Alvida looked dazed. Meanwhile inside the ship Alvida's crew had surrounded the passengers laughing sinisterly.
"We're not going to take your lives, I swear! But we will take everything else you got on ya." said the bearded pirate.
"And anyone who fights back will be eating their dinner off the bottom of the ocean," said Alvida as she joined her crew.
The orange haired woman was hiding behind a corner after making sure every pirate was inside the cruise ship. Smiling, she threw off her dress and revealed underneath was a black bandana and a blue blouse.
Meanwhile, Coby had found his way below deck peeking around the corner into the kitchen.
"Hello." said Coby. Coby checked to see if anyone was inside but there was no one there.
"I really hope there is no one here." Coby said to himself.
He let out a sigh when he realized no one was around. "That's a relief." he said then he turned his head and saw a big barrel that knocked over a table and everything on it.
"Wow, that's a big barrel. I wonder what's inside it?" said Coby as he approached the barrel.
Outside the orange haired woman swung down on a hooked rope right onto Alvida's ship. Sneaking around she checked to make sure no one else was on deck. She was just about to open the door when a pirate opened it from the inside and walked out feeling drunk. Nami looked at him nervously as the pirate turned his head toward her.
"Huh?" Who are you?" asked the pirate, "I ain't seen you before."
Pirate continued to look at the woman before she kicked him in the crotch causing him to fall on the ground in pain and pass out. The woman just smiled nervously.
"Ouch, I wouldn't want to be that guy right now." Said a voice from behind her. She quickly turned and saw a blond teenager in a white and blue robes with a hood over his head, leather armor adorned his shoulders and arms, brown pants, brown boots and a strap with two pistols across his chest. There also two more pistols strapped to his back hips. She saw two swords on both sides of his hips and two more pistols behind his back. He has some sort of weird device attached to his forearms. He also wore a red sash around his waist.
"W-who are you?" The orange-haired lady asked nervously.
The blonde put his hands up, showing to the girl that he meant no harm. "Easy, I'm not with them. My name is Jaune Arc. My captain thought it would be funny to stick me in a barrel before a whirlpool hit our boat. The crew of this ship must have brought me aboard thinking it was carrying rum or something. What is your name, if don't mind me asking?" Jaune said as he gave the girl a smile.
"My name is Nami." The now named Nami answered.
"Nice to meet you, Nami. Anyway I'd like to stick around, but I have to look for my captain, so I bid you ado." Jaune said as walked up to the ship's railings. With an exhale of breath, Jaune hopped onto the railings. His face grew stern, angel like wings then and suddenly sprouted from his back.
Nami was in awe at how beautiful he looked the moment before he took off to the sky. She snapped out of her thoughts and went back to her tasks. However, she couldn't help but wonder to herself, "Jaune Arc. Why does that name sound so familiar?" She asked herself.
Coby meanwhile, was rolling the big barrel out of the kitchen when suddenly three of the pirates walked in.
"It's our favorite coward." said the Pirate in the blue striped shirt. "You're trying to duck out on the action again?" he asked.
"NO WAY! I was just trying to haul this big barrel of bear over to you guys." said Coby nervously.
"Ha-ha-ha. Why don't you let us lighten the load?" asked the blue striped shirt pirate.
"I was just starting to get thirsty" said the blonde pirate.
"You can't! Lady Alvida will kill us if she ever finds out!" said Coby.
"She won't if you keep your trap shut right, boy?" said the pirate with the tattoo on his face.
"Yeah...right." said Coby as he laughed nervously.
"This suckers heavy!" said the blue pirate as he lifted it up and set it down upwards.
"Heh, perfect,'' said the blonde pirate.
"Hold on, boys I'll open her the old fashion way" said the blue striped pirate as he cracked his knuckles.
He pulled his arm back and prepared to strike the barrel when suddenly Luffy sprung out of the barrel and stretched his arms and hit the pirate that was about to strike the barrel, surprising everyone that saw him.
"I SLEPT SO GREAT!" shouted Luffy before he turned his head and noticed the pirate knocked out on the floor.
"Whose that?" asked Luffy he then turned his head at the two frightened pirates.
"Who the hell are you guys?" he asked.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" they shouted.
"Your friend will catch a cold sleeping like that" said Luffy as he got out of the barrel.
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO KNOCKED HIM OUT!" the pirates shouted.
Then the tattoo pirate brought a sword in front of Luffy and said "Hold on! Are you messing with us when you know good and well we are vicious pirates?! Huh?!"
"I'm starving, have you got any food?" Luffy asked Coby, who looked really nervous at him.
"I'm talking to you!" said the tattoo pirate.
"Your dead kid!" said the blond pirate as both of them raised their swords above their heads.
Coby panicked as the pirates brought their swords down on Luffy, who slowly turned towards them as Coby covered his eyes. As the pirates brought their swords down on Luffy they broke and the pointy ends embedded themselves on the ceiling. As Coby opened his eyes he looked up the see Luffy without a scratch on him. The two pirates looked up at him in shock, two broken swords in their hands.
"What is wrong with you two?" asked Luffy.
As Coby continued to look up in shock one of the pirates asked nervously "Wh-Who are you?"
"Me? Oh, my name is Monkey D. Luffy. Hi" he said before giving a toothy grin.
Then both pirates screamed and ran, dragging their unconscious friend with them back up to the deck leaving Coby and Luffy back in the kitchen.
"So, what just happened?" asked Coby.
"You got me," said Luffy.
Coby gasped in realization and said "Quick! You've got to run! If those guys come back with their buddies they'll kill you on the spot."
"I don't care about that, I'm hungry" said Luffy.
"How can you just blow this off like that?" asked Coby, "There are hundreds of them up on deck and they are waiting for the opportunity to kill anything."
But Coby's cries fall on deaf ears as Luffy sniffs the air and makes his way towards the pantry, Coby trying to hold him as he walks towards it. Luffy opens the door only to slam it right on Coby's neck who howls in pain.
Luffy screams in joy at the site before him, "IT'S A GOLD MINE! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD!" he shouts while laughing and wondering what he should try first.
"Who knows," says Coby, "maybe we will be safe here as long as no one else gets hungry."
He turns around and looks at Luffy who is still trying to decide what to eat before opening a box and finding apples inside and starts to scarf them down.
"Hey, my name is Coby," he said. "You're Luffy, right? That was pretty neat what you did in that barrel back there."
"These are awesome" said Luffy as he continued munching on the apples. He then turned to Coby. "So are we on a pirate ship or what?" asked Luffy.
"No, it's a passenger ship that is being raided by pirates" said Coby, "Pirates under the command of Lady Alvida"
"Who cares anyway" said Luffy. "What I want to know is if there are any boats on board"
"I think there are a few," said Coby.
"Great! Cause mine got sucked into some big whirlpool" said Luffy.
"That one outside! No Way!" said Coby in shock. "No one could have survived that!" Coby said.
"Yeah, I got to say it is a big surprise. But not more so then Jaune when I stuff him a barrel when he wasn't looking." said Luffy laughing.
Coby looked at Luffy all weirded out then Luffy asked "So are you one of the pirates or one of the passengers?"
Coby looks startled at that question before looking down remorsefully. Luffy just continues eating apples as he waite f toor Coby's answer.
"It was on a fateful day, long ago" said Coby, starting his story and remembering the day his life changed. "That day I stepped out on a small fishing boat on the outskirts of town to go catch my dinner. Turned out that small fishing boat was actually fit for a pirate ship. That was two years ago, in exchange for letting me live I am forced to live the life of a cabin boy."
Luffy was quiet for a while then he said " You're pretty stupid you know that?"
"Gee, Thanks for your honesty." said Coby, lowering his head. A cloud of depression formed over his head.
"If you hate it then leave" said Luffy.
"Are you kidding! I can't do that! No way! Nu-huh! Not a chance! Just the thought of Alvida finding me scares me so bad I want to throw up!" said Coby shaking his head in fear.
"You're a moron and a coward. I hate people like you." said Luffy laughing. Coby broke down into tears.
Back on deck Alvida and her crew were loading their loot onto their ship.
"Alright, quit you lollygagging around boys. We got to load up everything before the marines get her" said Alvida.
As the pirates used the hook ropes to slide the treasure down onto their ship, Alvida continued " I catch anyone dawdling and they will get a mouthful of my Iron club."
As the pirates gathered the treasure on the deck the orange haired woman had rounded up all the pirate treasure below deck and smiled looking at the ceiling hearing the pirates she was robbing and they had no idea it was even happening. Then back on the cruise ship deck the two pirates Luffy scared off burst out from below deck still dragging their friend screaming only to get stuck in the entrance.
"Captain!" They shouted.
Alvida turned toward them as they continued "This is bad!"
"Yeah, then out with it!" said Alvida.
"It came from inside the barrel/It's a horrible monster" They said.
Alvida's eyes suddenly twitched looking at them angrily and both pirates looked really nervous at what she was about to do.
"Who are you calling a monster?!" shouted Alvida as she threw her club.
The Blue striped pirate suddenly regained consciousness, only to be hit by Alvida's club and sent flying across the sea. Then the club came back down hitting the other two pirates on the head.
"We...weren't talking about...you my lady" said the blond pirate in a daze.
Some guy was hiding in a barrel, he could be a bounty hunter" said the tattoo pirate.
"What?" asked Alvida.
Back down in the pantry Luffy was still eating, as for Coby well he was reminiscing Luffy's words.
"Yeah you're right," Coby said. "If I had the courage, I could actually drift alone in a barrel and be rid of these pirates. I actually have my own dreams, someday I would like to live out all of them."
"So, what about you Luffy, what was it that first got you to set sail on these seas?" asked Coby.
Luffy smiled. "Well I'm going to be King of the Pirates!"
Coby dropped his mouth in shock at what he just heard, "The...king" he said.
"Yep" said Luffy.
"Are you serious?" asked Coby.
"Yeah" said Luffy.
"But-But that would mean you're a pirate too!" said Coby.
"Right." said Luffy.
"Your crew?" asked Coby.
"I only have one, but I'm looking for more." said Luffy.
Coby's face froze with fear, Luffy waved his hand in front of him to see if he was there then Coby stood up and said, "King of the Pirates is a title given to the one who obtains everything this world has to offer! You're talking about seeking the great treasure of wealth, fame and power! The treasure you seek is the One Piece!"
"Yeah" said Luffy.
"Yeah? That's it?" said Coby, "Pirates from all over the world are looking for that treasure you know!"
"Yeah, so?" asked Luffy.
Coby began shaking his head hysterically as he continued "No way! It's Impossible! Impossible! Impossible! There's no way anyone like you could ever reach the pinnacle during this Great Pirate Age! There are just too many out there that are meaner and badder!" Then Luffy hit him on the head. "Ow, Why did you hit me?" asked Coby.
"Cause I felt like it," said Luffy.
Oh well" said Coby, "I'm used to that stuff. My shipmates smack me around a lot...all the time in fact"
"It's not about 'if' I can" said Luffy, "I am doing this because I want to."
Coby looked up at Luffy as he took off his straw hat and looked with a sense of longing, "I decided long ago I'm going to be King of the Pirates. If I have to die fighting for that, then I die." said Luffy.
Coby continued to look up at Luffy in awe and respect before Luffy started to leave the pantry to get a new boat, saying that he could probably get one just by asking nicely. Coby then looked down and said "I guess I never thought of it like that."
"If I put my mind to it, if I'm prepared to die for it, could I do something like that?" asked Coby as Luffy turned around.
"Like what?" Luffy asked. He was unsure by what Coby was talking about.
"Do you think...Do you think I could ever join the marines?" asked Coby.
"Marines?" asked Luffy.
"Yes! Catching bad guys is the only thing I ever wanted to do!" said Coby, tears starting to form in his eyes. "It's been my dream since I was a child! Do you think I can do it?"
"How should I know that?" asked Luffy with a smile.
"Then I'm going to do it!" said Coby with determination. "I'm not going to be stuck here as a cabin boy for the rest of my life! I'll break out, then I'll turn right around and catch Alvida myself!"
Suddenly the ceiling caved in on them, startling Coby and Luffy as wood and debris came crashing down, and an all too familiar pirate lady stood at the of center not looking happy.
"Who is that you plan on catching Coby and you actually think this twig is going to help you?" asked Alvida. "Well answer me!"
Coby looked up at her his fear returning as she looked down at him very angrily, Luffy tried to move forward when suddenly swords shoot through the walls surrounding him on both sides. Alvida continued looking down at Coby before looking at Luffy.
"My guess is you're not Zoro the pirate hunter," said Alvida.
Coby looked shocked at what she said while Luffy looked interested in what she just said "Zoro?"
"COBY!" said Alvida startling Coby, "Who is the most beautiful of all on these seas?"
Coby started stuttering "g-g-gimme a sec. I know this" he said.
"Hey Coby, who's the fat lady?" asked Luffy.
Everyone's mouth suddenly dropped at what he just said, even the two pirates up on deck looking down suddenly got really nervous.
"Oh no!" said the blind pirate.
"Not good!" said the bearded pirate.
Tick marks began to appear all over Alvida's face. In a great rage, Alvida shouted. "YOU RUNT!" She brought her iron club right down on Luffy who quickly dodged and landed next to Coby.
"Let's go" Luffy said and grabbed Coby's hand. They jumped through the hole into the ceiling onto the deck.
Luffy looked at the pirates and just grinned. The bearded pirate moved to attack but Luffy dodged then head-butted him and knocked him out. The Blond pirate tried to sneak up behind him but Luffy turned around and punched him right in the face. Four pirates tried to cut him with their swords but Luffy quickly jumped in the air and dodged all of them.
"Missed me!" Luffy shouted.
Coby looked on in shock. Luffy smiled and grabbed his left shoulder, Coby just continued watching in awe, but then screamed when another pirate jumped from the masts and tried to cut Luffy behind him. Luffy heard him coming however and dodged. Then grabbed the pirate on his head.
"It's not fair to attack from behind" he said as he threw the pirate right at his crew mates knocking them out.
Then more pirates appeared behind him, not looking happy. "It's even more not fair to gang up on a guy!" Luffy shouted as he ran away the pirates in hot pursuit.
Luffy quickly grabbed a mast and continued to run then to everyone's surprise and shock his whole arm started to stretch. The Pirates looked back and forth between Luffy and his hand wondering what they were seeing then when Luffy saw he could not run anymore me turned around with a smile as the other pirates screamed in shock. Even Alvida, who just started climbing out of the pantry, could not believe what she was seeing. At first glance she thought this kid had his semblance unlock, however, this seems like something that Aura and semblances couldn't do. No this had to be something, she thought before an idea came to mind.
"Gotcha!" said Luffy as the other pirates tried to run away and he then shouted "GUM...GUM...ROCKET!"
Shooting forward towards the pirates knocking out every last one of them. Alvida and Coby watched on in shock and horror at what they just saw. Luffy stood up looking around at the pirates that were out cold or moaning in pain on the floor. Coby approached Luffy still not believing what he just saw.
"Luffy…are you a Huntsman?" Coby asked. He wanted to know if Luffy was a huntsman since he showed to have a semblance.
"Nah," said Luffy, he then stretched out his cheek "I'm a rubber man."
"So your made of rubber?" he asked.
Four pirates, feeling brave, attempted to rush the group. Luffy noticed this and prepared to attack but someone beat him to it.
Two of the pirates were about to attack but they soon felt something hard strike the back of their heads. Two legs had landed on top of them with a great force. Resulting in the pirates to crash onto the floor hard. The one responsible was Jaune Arc, his wings still out for all to see, who quickly turned jumped up into the air. Midair and upside down, Jaune took out two revolving flintlock pistols and fired. Two rubber bullets came out of the barrels and struck the other two pirates in the face. The force was not enough to penetrate their skull or kill them, but it still hurts like hell.
Landing gracefully, Jaune put away his pistols and took of his hood. He turned to Luffy giving off his signature goofy smile, though now was full of confidence.
"Hey Luffy!" Jaune greeted as he folded his wings back into his back.
"Jaune!" Luffy cried out. "Man what took you so long to get here?"
Jaune's face then went deadpan, "Maybe because it was the fact that my CAPTAIN decided it was a good idea to shove me in a barrel! During a whirlpool I might add."
Luffy simply gave Jaune a laugh, which caused one of Jaune's eyebrows to twitch.
Meanwhile, Coby looked at this new arrival with awe. He took those four pirates out like nothing!
Jaune noticed the stare and turned to Coby, who shook out of his awe.
"Hey kid, I don't think we met? I'm Jaune Arc, Luffy's cousin, and you are?" Jaune asked Coby.
Coby stammers a bit before answering. "Oh, I'm Coby, a former cabin boy for Lady Alvida. I also hope to become a marine one day."
Jaune smiled at the boy's dream of becoming a marine. He's got a good feeling this kid will achieve his dream.
The three feeling Alvida's presence behind he quickly ran and hid behind Luffy. Alvida looked down at Luffy and asked "So, unless those are your semblances, you've eaten of the devil fruits?"
Letting go of his cheek which went back in place Luffy said "Yeah, I ate the gum gum one."
"And I ate the wing wing fruit." Jaune said as he brought his wings out again.
"Aha, I heard rumors they existed but I have never seen any evidence of them before today" Alvida said.
As the rest of her crew on her ship watched on and as she, Jaune, and Luffy continued their conversation none of them noticing Nami sneaking out from below deck and making for the life boats with all of Alvida's treasure.
"You two more skilled then the average deck swab," Alvida said. "Are you bounty hunters?"
"Nah, we're pirates!" Said Luffy. Jaune nodded in agreement with his captain.
"Pirates, ha! All by yourselves on these waters!" Alvida said.
"For now at leat. I'll also need to find more crew memebers soon though." said Luffy. "I need, I don't know, like ten more guys." Luffy turned to Jaune who nodded. "Yeah Ten!"
"Ten should do it." Jaune added in.
Alvida just gave a short laugh and said "Tell me, if we're both pirates and we're no under the same flag, that would make us enemies am I right?
"Luffy, Jaune let's go" Coby whispered to Luffy really nervously.
"But why?" asked Luffy.
"You saw how powerful her club is and of all the villainous cheats in these waters she is easily the most..." The Coby remembered what Luffy said.
"I decided long ago I'm going to be King of the Pirates. If I have to die fighting for that, then I die"
"Go on tell me" said Alvida.
Coby then gained an angry look and looked directly at Alvida and said '"YOU'RE THE MOST UGLIEST THING ON THESE SEAS!"
The rest of Alvida's crew dropped their mouths, while Alvida suddenly gained and very dark look. Coby looked nervous at what he just said but did not take it back, Luffy on the other hand cracked up at what Coby just said. Jaune was stunned for a bit before he started to laugh as well.
"Hahahaha! Oh man, you got some ball kids." Jaune said.
"What did you say?" asked Alvida angrily. Angry at the insult that Coby said. Also angry with Luffy and Jaune for laughing at her.
"I'm leaving and I'm going to join the marines. Then I'm going to spend the rest of my life beating up dirty pirates like you" said Coby.
"Do you have any clue what you're saying to me right now?" asked Alvida, getting even more mad.
"Of course I do and I am going to do what I want and no one is going to stop me and when I join the marines I'm going to join em" said Coby. "AND I'M GOING TO CATCH YOUR LOUSY ASS FIRST!"
"Your dead kid!" said Alvida as she raised her club high and prepared to strike Coby.
Coby screamed as tears started to roll down his eyes, "No regrets! No regrets! I said what I wanted and fought for my dream!"
"Well said." said Luffy moving in front of Coby. Jaune saw what Luffy was doing and simply smiled. This was going to be good.
Alvida brought her club right down on Luffy's head, Coby looked shocked thinking Luffy got really hurt but Luffy just smiled and said "That won't work!"
"WHAT?!" Alvida said in shock.
"I'm rubber," said Luffy as he deflected the club and pulled his arm back and stretched off the boat and a good distance away from the ship.
Jaune took her distraction as an opportunity to strike. He used his wings to rush at her and ram his shoulder into her gut. Causing Alvida to stumble backwards a bit. He then stretched his wings out, winding them up for an attack.
"Gum...Gum." Luffy said.
"Wing…Wing." Jaune started.
"Pistol!" Luffy shouted as he brought his arm back with full force.
"Blaster!" Jaune called out as he shot his wings forward. A large gust of pressurized wind shot through the deck.
The two attacks hit Alvida dead on the stomach, sending the woman flying across the horizon. Meanwhile the striped shirt pirate that Alvida sent flying was floating in water and was just coming when he looked into the sky.
"The sky is so pretty and blue out here," he said to himself.
Then up in the sky, he saw something come crashing down and Alvida landed right on top of him creating and monstrous splash that sent shockwaves through the water. Back on the cruise ship, Luffy brought his hand back and Jaune put his wings away. All of the pirates, even Coby, had their mouths dropped at what they just saw.
"Hey, you!" Luffy said, looking at the pirates.
"Yes!" the pirates said.
"Go find a boat and give it to Coby," Jaune added. "He's leaving your ship to join the marines! You're not going to stop him!" Luffy finished.
"Yeah sure," said all the pirates nervously.
"Thanks, Luffy. You too Jaune" said Coby. Jaune smiled as he ruffled Cony's hair a bit.
The ship began to shake suddenly. They were hit by cannon balls. Then more cannonballs started to fire around the ships causing the boats to rock, looking on the horizon they saw three marine battleships.
"Look, It's the marines!" said Coby.
"Perfect timing." Luffy said. "Head over there and tell them you want to join."
"It looks like your dream is about to come true." Jaune said as he tied up the uncousion pirates with the ones that aren't.
Coby looked at the two only to see them jump overboard.
"But we're pirates, so we're out of here." Luffy said.
"No wait!" said Coby. "You can't be serious if I approach them like this, they'll just capture me like another pirate."
Nami meanwhile was on the lifeboat tying up her treasure when suddenly another life boat came crashing down near her causing her to scream. Inside the life boat were Luffy, Jaune and Coby and she only saw them for a split second before they took off to escape the marines as cannons continued to fire.
"We actually managed to get away," said Coby as he looked around just to be sure.
Luffy meanwhile laughed and said "Ha, what fun!"
"Fun? I had to beat the other pirates that were on the ship while you went and ate all the food in the pantry. Before meeting catching up with to beat more pirates. I'm also still mad at you for the stunt with the barrel Luffy." Jaune said angrily. Luffy simply laughed at Jaune's complaints.
"So Luffy," said Coby as Luffy turned his head towards him, ignoring Jaune's complaints. "If you guys are searching for the elusive One Piece, then you have to be heading for the Grandline right?"
"Mhmm" said Luffy.
"That's right." Jaune said with a nod.
"You know the people I talk to call that place the pirate graveyard." said Coby.
"Right and that is why we need an extra strong crew," said Luffy but then remembered something Alvida said. "You guys mentioned some kind of pirate hunter so what is he like, Coby?"
"Oh you mean Zoro?" asked Coby.
Jaune looked up at the mention of the name. The pirate hunter? Why does his cousin want to know about him? Though knowing Luffy as long as he did, Jaune has a pretty good guess as to why.
"Last I heard he was being held prisoner at some marine base." Coby said, answering Luffy's question.
"Oh well, weakling huh?" asked Luffy.
Coby ran up to Luffy all panicky and said "No! Your so wrong! He's a violent as a demon and three times as horrifying."
Nervously he asks Luffy. "Why are you asking about him anyway?"
'Luffy probably what's him to join our crew.' Jaune mentally answers.
"I figure if he is good enough I'd ask him to join my crew" Luffy said with a smile. Jaune roll his eyes that, looks like he was right.
Coby dropped his mouth in shock and tried to talk Luffy out of it. "Chasing him down is just plain reckless" Coby said.
"You never know he may jump at the chance to join." countered. Luffy.
"That and Luffy don't listen to reason most of the time. Plus when Luffy puts his mind on something, it's almost impossible to change his mind." Jaune added as he pull a book out and started reading. The title of the book read 'Ninjas of Love', Jaune started reading the series when Blake and him were hanging out in the library. Despite popular belief, it is a really good book.
"He's a bad enough guy that the marines caught him!" said Coby before getting hysterical again until Luffy hit him on the head again. "Why did you hit me?"
"Cause I felt like it" said Luffy. Laughing a bit before a fist hit Luffy on the top of his head.
"Ow!" Luffy cried out.
"Be nice." Jaune said without taking his eyes away from the book.
Meanwhile on an island named shells town in the marine base courtyard stood Ronora Zoro tied up to a cross looking exhausted and starving and he slowly raised his head to reveal a dark glare and bruised beaten up face.
To Be Continued.