Young Marine! Nick's first fight!

AN: Its finally here, I have been so excited to write this story. Thank you to all those who follow/favorite my story, and without further a due I present the first chapter of my character's journey.

It has been only been three days since he left the island. Nick was asleep as the boat was still sailing onto who knows where. Nick was wearing a short sleeve black shirt, blue genes and black boots; he was still wearing the sunglasses, that way if something happens, Jarvis would wake him up.

"Sir. Sir! NICK!" Nick shot up form his sleep looking around, "AH! What?!" "There is a whirlpool right next to us." Nick looked to the left of the boat to see that he was right. "Could we fly away in the suit?" "Not in broad daylight. Unless you want to risk exposure?" Nick then looked around the boat to see if he can use anything to his advantage. He found a wooden chest; it was what he used to hold all the food, or at least where it was before he ate it all. He opened the chest and emptied it; he put the suitcase in first then sand on top of it, before he closed the top, "Will this work?" "There is a high chance it will work. But then again—" "Good enough!" he slammed the box closed just as the boat entered the whirlpool.

A pirate ship was raiding a passenger ship not far form the whirlpool, some of the pirates saw the chest floating on it's own. Assuming it was treasure, they hoisted it up to the ship; it took three strong crewmen to take it to the cargo hold. A little boy with pink hair and glasses was with them, right then the big men sounded like they were picking on him. It was at that time, Nick started to wake up; because of the thrashing around due to the whirlpool knocked him out.

Nick burst out of the chest with out even using all his strength. All the strong men were caught off guard; the little boy fell to his but from the shock. "OH YEAH! I'm glad that worked. Almost thought it was going to kill me." Nick looked around to see the three men, "Who are you?"

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" the two men said in response to Nick's question. Nick looked down to see that there was a guy on the ground; he looked like he was out cold. "You might want to get your friend to a bed, he'll catch a cold sleeping on the ground like that."

"YOU WERE THE ONE WHO KNOCKED HIM OUT!" they screamed. They then drew their swords on Nick. "We're pirates pall. You don't want to mess with us." Nick didn't even responded to them; he looked to the boy on the ground and walked over to him. "You ok, buddy?"

"I'M TALKING TO YOU!" the man screamed again. He and the other strong man swung their swords at Nick; the little boy closed his eyes to what was about to happen. Right when the blades were within a few inches of his body, he turned around and swung his right arm against the side of the blades. The blades must have been bad because they broke in half when he hit them both.

"Who…Who are you?" Nick then pushed his hat up, adjusted his glasses so that they were on his face correctly. "My name is Shepard D. Nick, and you don't want to mess with me, pall." He says with a devious smile on his face. At that moment the two men ran screaming out of the room, dragging their unctuous friend with them.

"What happened?" the little boy with pink hair asked, he didn't sound scared anymore. "Beats me, buddy." Nick answered.

"QUICK, you got to leave! They'll be back with their buddies and they'll kill you on the spot." The little boy said with fear in his voice and eyes.

"I can't leave yet. I'm hungry." Nick then walked over to the box to pick up the suitcase. "Are you sure it's a good idea to eat at a time like this?" Jarvis asked.

"Well of course I am going to eat before I leave. Hello, I'm the one with the body here." Nick answered. From the boy's point of view, it looked like Nick was talking to himself. Nick grabs the suitcase and starts walking out of the room.

"How can you brush this off so easily? There are hundreds on deck waiting for a reason to kill!" He stared pulling on Nick's arm to get him to stop walking away.

Nick eventually found where the food was on the ship and started gorging himself. The little boy was in the room with him, he locked the door behind him. "My name is Coby, by the way. You said your name was Nick, right? That was pretty cool what you did to those guys back there," The boy said, as he got closer.

Nick tossed an apple to the boy and he caught it. "Thank you." "I am going to assume that we are on a pirate ship, correct?" he said as he eats.

"No, we are on a passenger ship, that is being raided by pirates. The pirate captain in charge is 'Lady Albida," the boy corrected.

"Ok, by any chance, are there any boats to use onboard? I lost mine." Nick said as he turned around to face Coby. "I believe so." "Good. So, are you a pirate or passenger on this boat?" The boy lowered his head to that question. "I was just on my way to go fishing on one of the boats at the dock. It was too late that I learned that that boat was to their pirate ship. I have been working for them to survive ever since as a cabin boy."

"Well, that was dumb." Nick said looking at the boy with a face that would mean, 'what an idiot'.

"Thanks for your honesty." Coby said as his head lowered even more.

"So why don't you leave?"

"I can't. I'm too scared." Coby cried.

"You sure as hell aren't getting anywhere with that attitude, that's for sure." Nick said with a slight laugh.

On board the pirate ship, there was a woman with orange hair sneaking around. From the looks of things, she was gathering treasure, supplies, and food. She started loading onto a boat that was between the passenger ship and the pirate ship.

"I guess you're right, if I had more courage, I'd be fulfilling my dream by now. So why did you set sail Nick? What's your dream?" Coby asked as they were walking through the ship.

Nick was holding his suitcase in his right hand, he turned to his left to face Coby and smiled, "I plan on becoming the King of the Pirates."

Coby stopped cold, jaw dropped to the floor, and painting for air. "The King? Are you serious?" Sweat was falling off his face like a river.

"Yup." Nick said, almost sounding like he didn't have a care in the world.

"But then that would mean that you're a pirate too!" Coby said as more sweat fell off his face. "What about your crew?"

"Don't have one yet. I'm in the process of making one." Nick looked up slightly, "What are you talking about, we have only been doing this for a few days." He says as if he was talking to himself again.

Coby stopped moving all together at that point. Nick looked at him, waved his hand in front of his face a few times. Coby woke up right after, "King of the Pirates only goes to the one who obtains everything this world has to offer. The legendary 'One Piece'!" Nick smiled, "Yeah, pretty much."

"Pirates form all over the world are looking for that treasure, what makes you think you'll find it?" Nick rested his hand on Coby's head, "It doesn't exactly matter if I find it. The only thing I care about is that I at least tried." Coby was caught off guard by that answer. Nick takes off his hat and then looked to Coby, "I made a promise to a friend a long time ago that I would surpass him. And I intend to keep that promise. Not even the risk of death will keep me from reaching my goal. But if I do die in the process, well, I tried." He said with a slight laugh.

Coby stared at him with awe of his speech. Nick stared to walk again towards the upper decks. "Well, I have a boat to commandeer, if you would excuse me."

"I guess I never thought of it like that. If I put my mind to it, like you with your dream." Coby said. Nick stopped and looked to him. "Do you think I could be a good Marine?"

"Why them?"

"Because beating up bad guys has been one of the things I always wanted to do! It's been my dream since I was a child! Do you think I can do it?" Coby asks, tears started to slowly fall off his face.

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because you seam so sure. I need your help. Help me get out of here and I'll put Albida away forever!" Right as Coby said that the ceiling collapsed behind him and a large figure landed behind him.

"I'm sorry Coby, who where you going to put away forever?" the figure said. As the dust cleared, Nick could see that it was a very large woman. "And you actually think this punk is going to help you?" Coby quaked in fear of the woman yelling at him.

Albida looked to Nick who was just standing there with his suitcase. "What's that you got there, some kind of treasure?"

"None of your damn business." He answered with threatened look on his face. At the same time, Albida's crew walked up behind him with their swords and pistols drawn.

"I'm goanna guess that your not Zoro the Pirate Hunter." She said.

"Who?" Nick looked curious. "A pirate hunter. Jarvis bookmark that name. We may need it later." He said under his breath, that way no one could hear him. "Yes, sir."

"So Coby, who's the big lady?" Right when he finished that question, EVERYONE in the area had their jaws drop to the floor.

Albida then started to growl with anger. "YOU RAT!" Nick moved out of the way just before the club could hit him. He ran to Coby, "Come on." He grabbed Coby and jumped through the hole that Albida made.

They landed on deck, just as he put Coby down, some of the pirates started to attack Nick. Nick gave the suitcase to Coby and started to fight the pirates. Every time one of them swung he dodged the blade, he countered with a punch or kick that knocked them our or far away.

He started to smile as if he was having fun. "Is that all you got?" he asked with an arrogant smile. Right then a big group of guys started to attack him all at once. Nick then swung his leg around as it stretched it slammed into the large group and through them to either the ship or overboard. "IRON-STRETCH WIP!"

Albida saw the whole thing, her and Coby's jaw dropped at the sight of him stretching his leg. Coby walked over to Nick with amazement, "How did you do that?"

He turned around with a smile on his face, "I ate what's called a devil fruit. I ate the 'Iron-Stretch Fruit'."

"So you're made of rubber or iron?" He asked.

Nick didn't give him an answer; he just looked to Albida who was standing behind him. Coby moved right when he realized she was there. "So, you ate a devil-fruit, huh? I've never heard of a fruit with that kind of name."

"That's because it his two powers instead of just one. I can make my body as stretchy as rubber, or as hard as iron at will. Must be one of the rare kind out there." He explained.

"You are clearly more skilled than any average pirate. Are you some kind of bounty hunter or mercenary?" Albida didn't seam mad anymore, more like this strange man before her intrigued her.

"I'm a pirate."

"A pirate? HA! All by yourself on these waters?"

"Cut me some slack, I just started a few days ago." Nick said, he was starting to get annoyed when people asked him that. "I'm in the process of forming a crew."

At the same time as they were talking; that woman with the orange hair was still gathering treasure from the pirate ship and loading onto the boat below.

"If we're both pirates, and we're not under the same flag; then that makes us enemies. Am I right?" Albida started to have a devious smile grow on her face.

Nick looked to Albida, he looked quite annoyed enough, he then turned to Coby, "Hey, Coby. I bet you have something to say to her before we leave."

Coby was scared at first by Nick's comment, but then he remembered what he said to him, 'If I die, well, at least I tried.' Coby then gained new confidence, he took in a lot of air and yelled, "YOU ARE THE UGLIEST THING IN THE SEA!"

All of the other pirates' jaws dropped when they heard what he said. Albida on the other hand, her eyes grew dark and she started to growl again. Nick started laughing at what he said.

Without another word, Albida raised her club up and started to bring it down on them. Nick stood between Coby and the club, the moment it hit him it stopped dead. Coby was shocked to what he saw, as was Albida.

"I already told you, I could be as stretchy as rubber, and as hard as iron." Nick said as he knocked the club out of her hand with a roundhouse kick. He then pulled his right arm back, "IRON-STRETCH PISTOL!" His arm came back fast and hit Albida, she went flying so far that she couldn't be seen anymore.

Right when he retracted his arm he had slight shock on his face, "Is she going to be ok?" Jarvis knew he was talking to him, "She won't reach terminal velocity, but it will hurt."

"CAPTAIN!" Nick looked to see that the pirates where all surprised to see their captain go flying. Nick looked over, the rail between the two ships was a little boat; from the looks of it, it already had supplies onboard. "Hey, Coby! There's a boat. Come on, and bring the suitcase."

Without hesitating, Coby grabbed the suitcase and ran up behind him. Nick picked up the suitcase in one hand and Coby in the other. He jumped down to the boat, as he landed the woman onboard screamed in shock at the sight of a man landing on her boat.

"Hey, if you don't mind, we'd like to borrow this boat." Nick said as he puts Coby and the suitcase down.

"Get lost, pirate! I was here first!" the woman said.

"Look, we're both in a hurry and we're both on this boat. Lets just both use it to get to the next island and move on. We'll help you sail." He said as he was gesturing Coby when he said 'we'.

"Fine. Only because I'm in a hurry." She said with irritation in her voice.

As they were sailing, Nick decided to take a brake and looked to the woman. She was reading a map and holding a compass; most likely she was finding out where they were.

"It has been two hours since we set sail and I still don't know her name." He decided to speak, "So, what's your name?"

She looked at him with disgust, then back to the map. "My name is Nick." She still didn't respond, "If you won't tell me your name I'll make one up for you." She sighed, "My name is Nami." Nick pointed towards Coby, "That little guy is Coby."

"If you don't mind telling me, what island are we going to on that map?" He asked.

"The closest I can see on this map is an island called 'Shell Town'. It'll take us a while to get there, but we can make it." She said with an arrogant look on her face.

Nick could tell that she didn't like him. "Not exactly the kind of person you would wan on your crew. However, she does seam to know what she is doing. She is leading us to the closest island I can detect." After Jarvis finished, Nick's eyebrows raised in surprised, "For a second there I thought she was leading us wrong. She might be useful in the future."

Nick then looked to see that Coby was having trouble with the sails on the boat, so he walked over to him to help.

They sailed for a few hours after that before they reached the closes island as they agreed. Nick and Coby got off the boat and waved Nami off to whatever she was doing next.

"Good luck on whatever you're going to do!" Nick said as he waves her off.

She hesitantly waved off to him and Coby as well. "That is a strangest pirate that I have ever met."

"Keep her name bookmarked. We may run into her again." Nick whispered under his breath. "Yes, sir.

Nick turns to Coby, "Hey, lets go get something to eat. My treat." Coby smiled and nodded in agreement to Nick's proposal.

TO BE CONTINUED

On the next "Marvels of One Piece", "Pirate Hunter Zoro! First change in history!" I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!

AN: The next chapter will be longer.

I originally planned posting Zoro's entrance into my story but it wouldn't let me post all of it at once.

The next one will be his entrance.

R&R