After that the night degraded into some of the men passing out right on the deck Shanks, however, seemed to still be going strong, I'd lost count of how many he'd had, but I knew that however many he'd had was far more then any normal person could have had. Benn ended up dragging Shanks back to his room.

I followed Benn, because I honestly had no idea where the hell I was going on this giant ship. After Benn had led Shanks to his room, he told me to wait while he went to go find a place for me to sleep. I staggered into Shanks's room and sat down in the chair. I looked at the red haired, red faced pirate captain. "Sooo..."

"So how you like Yasopp's stories?"

I shrugged, "They were good, but I can't shake the feeling that Luffy and Usopp are buddies."

"They pro'ly would be if they ever met!" Shanks said happily, removing the cape he'd been wearing since this morning. I saw that he was missing his left arm, the reason came to me in a flash, it'd been eaten by a monster.

"Shanks..." I said cautiously, "Uh... your... was..."

He glanced between me and his missing arm, "I'll tell ya' tomorrow." He laid down in his bed, and within a minute, was sound asleep.

I sighed, I'd only known the man about a day, and I could guess that he was the type to fall asleep right after hitting the mattress. "Geez," I looked lazily at the door wondering where Benn was. I blinked, my eyelids felt heavy, I gently rolled my head back to rest it on the back of the chair. "I'll just close my eyes for a second." I told myself as I did so.

"Lleeaannaahh." I heard a voice call out.

I lifted my head to look at the speaker, but when I opened my eyes I got a splitting headache. "What?"

"Could you go get some headache relive-y stuff?"

"I've barely spent more than a day on this ship and you expect me to know where everything is?" The silence coming from the now hung over red haired captain was enough to prove my point. I leaned my head against the chair once more, and went back to sleep.

Benn came by and woke Shanks and I informing us that we'd reached the island. I looked at Benn irritably, "You said you'd find me a place to sleep, then left me sleeping in the chair?"

Benn shrugged, "I didn't want to wake you. You looked so peacful."

I grumbled at him, my hangover gone. "What ever," I stood up, "I'm going to take a walk on the island." I walked out onto the deck of the large ship and was stopped by Benn.

"You may want to take these." The first mate said, holing out some money and a suitcase.

I eyed the suitcase then took the money, "I assume the suitcase is to keep my stuff in right?" Benn nodded pulling out a cigarette. "Good, for a moment I thought you were kicking me off the ship." I grabbed the suitcase and climbed down to solid ground.

I looked at the money in my hand. I thought of two different names, beli, and berries... I'll have to ask Shanks which one is correct when I see him later. I told myself as I walked into a clothing store. The Shop keeper was a thin woman with brown hair. She took one look at me.

"Oh my..." The woman moved from behind the counter, "You look tragic." I looked down at what I was wearing. A blue and green spotted ruffly long sleve v-neck tee shirt, jeans that went down to just below my knees, and black slip-ons.

"I don't think I look that bad."

"Of course you don't." She said not realizing I could hear. She ushered me to a whole row of skirts of all different colors.

"Uh... I need something that I can sail comfortably in. So.. No skirts..." She shook her head and moved over to a section of short sleeve shirts. "And no short sleeves either!" I practically shouted, though... I didn't know the reason why...

The woman scoffed, "Of course."

"Hey, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't diss my life style choice, or I could just take my business else where." I waved my hand full of berries in front of her face.

Her eyes widened considerably. "I'm sorry." Her demeanor changed in a second. "Do you have any favorite colors?"

I thought for a second, "Green and blue."

"Oh! Of course those colors will bring out your beautiful gray eyes." The woman walked off with purpose.

"You wait until after I wave my money in your face to treat me like a person, so typical." I muttered under my breath as I followed her. She picked out several shirts, and a few pairs of pants. I looked at the small mound of clothes. "I need to make these," I waved my arms over the mound. "Fit into this." I placed my suitcase next to the mound.

The brown haired woman sighed. "I'll see what I can do." She went to work on neatly folding the clothes in pairs and putting them in the suitcase. "The best part about the outfits I've picked out for you is that you can wear any combination of shirt and pants, and you'll still be fashionable. I even took into account that shirt your wearing now."

"What about my jeans?"

"Yes, those too."

I huffed, "How much do I owe you?"

"250.000 berries."

Well.. that answers that question. I glanced at the berries in my hand, there were 10 50.000 notes, so I handed her five. "That should be 250.000."

The woman took the money, counted it, then waved me out the door saying, "Have a nice day!"

I walked out of the store, then looked back down at what I was wearing, Now that I think about it. These do look a little raggedy. "Heh. Raggedy." I broke out in a small laugh. I don't know why I find that funny... I went back to the ship.

"Back from shopping?"

I glanced at Yasopp. "Nah, I'm not done yet, I just want to change out of these clothes." I sniffed, "...And maybe take a shower."

Yasopp smiled, "So what else do you need?"

I thought for a moment. "A good sword." Then continued on my merry way to go find the shower. I stopped, then turned back to Yasopp. "Where's the shower?" He laughed then led the way.

I grabbed a blue long sleeved shirt and some blue jean shorts from my suitcase, it felt like something I would normally wear, even if my black slip-ons didn't quite match the blue color scheme. The shower wasn't to far from Shank's room, I could probably guess why. I pulled off my shirt and saw something that I wish I hadn't forgotten.

There were scars. Tons of scars going vertically along my arms, as well as drawn butterflies at the edge of my wrists. Benn, Yasopp and Shanks all seemed proud of the scars they had, but something in the back of my mind told me these were not scars to be proud of. They are weakness. You're weak. You always were. A new, nasty voice in the back of my head told me. And you always will be.

I quickly showered and pulled on my fresh new clothes. Shaking my head at the voice I whispered, "No... I'm not that person any more. I don't even know who that person is."

I set my sights on finding a sword, thinking it a welcome distraction. I looked at the berries I had left. "250.000... That should buy me a decent blade..." I said. Why am I so sure I even know how to use a sword? I asked my self.

I set off back into the small town for a sword. Benn stopped me as I was leaving the ship. I smirked, "Deja Vu."

"Leaving again?" He asked, tapping ash from the tip of his cigarette.

"Yeah, I need a sword."

He smirked, "The rest of us will be in the bar on the far side of town when your done."

"And have Shanks talking me into drinking again? No thanks."

"He's still got a hang over from last night's party. I think you'll be safe drinking with us." There was something that made me think he wasn't telling the full truth.

I cocked my eyebrow, "Really? You'd leave a hung over Shanks in the ship all alone, to go drink?"

He shrugged, "There will be people on the ship with him." A group of the crew ran off the ship, and Benn followed.

I continued to leave while muttering, "Some first mate you are."

The trek to the weapon's shop was far longer then the one to the clothes shop. I mean seriously, Why would you place a sword shop on the other side of the town right next to a- a bar... I glanced between the two places, I hate you Benn... I thought grimly as I entered the shop.

As I entered the sales clerk looked up at me. He was getting high in years, gray hair beginning to thin out, but a feeling at the back of my neck told me he was still a force to be reckoned with. "Hello," He greeted, "Are you looking for anything specific?"

I thought for a moment, then shook my head. "No. I'm just looking." I said as I advanced to one of the many shelves of weapons lining the store. My eyes were drawn to a small kogatana, I picked it up and examined it closer. The hilt was a plain light gray, but the sheath was far more decorated. First there was a medium sized emerald, and a small ruby line coming off of that, my eyes followed the ruby line to the other side of the sheath, it also connected with a medium sized topaz, then the ruby line continued back to the emerald.

I held the sheath firmly in my right hand as I drew the kogatana out with my left. I slashed the air with it a few times, It's easy to hold... I flipped the kogatana around, both ways,I could easily hide the it and draw it to make a surprise attack. I looked at the old shop keeper. "How much is this?"

He glanced at the kogatana in my hand. "5.000.000 berries."

"Yesh..." I said as I put the kogatana down, It costs ten times what I started with... I started browsing other swords but my eyes always strayed back to the kogatana. Man I wish I could buy that... maybe I should just go ask Benn if he can get it for me... I was honestly about to, until and unwanted visitor slammed opened the door to the shop.

"Hey Shopkeep! My mate there needs the best sword you got!" My eye twitched, Surely he isn't! I didn't even want to turn around. But I thought he had a hangover!