I hope you all liked the last chapter! So for the next few chapters the stories going to kind of follow Sabo and his crew, since we know what happened with Luffy for the next few major events. Ace may make an appearance in a chapter or two before his main arc.
~Trouble Begins~
A tall man with a large afro, half tied into a ponytail sat at a simple cafe, watching the streets closely. It didn't take him long to spot several of the supernovas walking around the town. A newspaper sat in front of him, turned on the page speaking about the supernovas. He adjusted his glasses as he watched the scene outside in interest.
He watched as Killer of the Kid Pirates and Urouge of the Fallen Monk Pirates fought, hoping they wouldn't crash into the shop. The man tried to remain hidden as he watched the two go after each other with an insatiable blood thirst.
As the captain of the fallen monk pirates swung his nunchuks at Killer the smaller man dodged. He quickly moved back in, his blades aiming for the larger man's face. A figure, quicker than either of the two got between them, stopping both attacks effortlessly. The man watched as X. Drake of the Drake Pirates landed in front of the two pirates, who had stopped their fight.
The man at the cafe couldn't hear what was being said but watched as the two pirates calmed down and went on their way, X. Drake continuing on his way as well. The man frowned as he caught sight of the Surgeon of Death, Trafalgar Law, who was sitting on a box, watching the fight with an amused smirk.
The man quickly stood and left the cafe after paying for his cup of tea, he felt the air was getting to dangerous around the area. He'd rather not get into a fight, if he did he'd most likely die, and then Sabo would kill him for leaving him alone with the girls.
~Sabaody Park~
A young girl, her tied back in a thin band tried to steady herself as she got off the ride. The young dragon on her shoulder squawking in irritation at the teacup ride. She felt a large hand steady her and a comforting laugh as her captain asked if she was okay.
"I'm fine!" The girl responded smiling up at Sabo, getting a smile in return.
"Sabo!" One of their crewmates called out to them, "We're going to the next ride!"
"Alright, be safe Amanda!" Sabo shouted to her as she and the other two ran off.
The young girl watched the other three run off, Sabo and her following at a slower pace. Sabo glanced at the younger blonde with a small smile. The girl glanced up at the boy, cocking her head to the side as the dragon keened in curiosity.
"Are you not wanting to ride with them?" Sabo asked.
The girl shook her head, "I'm going to take a break...I feel dizzy..."
Sabo paused as he looked around, "Why don't you go get something to eat then?"
The girl looked up at him in curiosity, "To eat? Won't Silk be mad if I eat a meal now?"
Sabo chuckled, "Not a meal, but a light snack, I see a sign for ice cream over there, why don't you go get one?"
The girl followed where he was pointing and nodded excitedly, taking the money he handed her eagerly. She ran off, faintly hearing him shout for her to be careful and not to wander far. As she approached the vender she frowned, there were several people freaking out over the ice creams, and she couldn't get close.
She watched the grip, wondering why a starfish and a tanuki were getting ice cream. The tall man freaked her out a bit, he seemed to be taller than Maccus, and he was taller than Sabo! The girl walked to the bench nearby, where a young woman was sitting, and glanced back at the group with a frown. She paused on the boy with the weird party hat on top of another hat, he looked slightly familiar, but she didn't have a good glance.
She glanced at the girl on the bench, noting how pretty she was with her green hair, she was just watching the group like the blonde was, a smile on her face. The older girl glanced down at the younger one with a smile on her face.
"You wanting ice cream also?" The girl asked.
The blonde nodded, "I do...but they're taking forever..."
"Sorry, my friends are just so excited," The green haired girl spoke, "I'm Keimi by the way!"
The little girl smiled, "I'm Apis!" The dragon on her shoulder keened again, "This is Ryuta, he's my friend."
Keimi leaned forward, "Is he a dragon?"
Apis nodded, "Yeah! He's still a baby though,"
"I've never seen one," Keimi spoke, her legs moving a bit, catching Apis' attention.
Apis stared at the girl's feet in confusion as she noticed they looked weird. She knelt down and stared harder, the girl stopping her movement as she noticed Apis' gaze directed on her legs. Apis stared and realized that she wasn't staring at feet but at the ends of a fin, she glanced back up at the girl, her eyes wide.
"You're a..." She began before Keimi put a finger to her mouth.
"Please don't shout it out loud!" Keimi chided.
Apis looked apologetic, "I'm sorry, I've just never seen one of your kind in person before!"
"I understand..." Keimi began to say before a shadow enveloped the two.
Apis turned and stared up at the large hulking man above them, Keimi turning to look up as well. Before the little girl or the mermaid could react the man reached out and grabbed Keimi, putting a hand on her mouth. Apis jumped up as Ryuta squawked angrily at the man, and she grabbed at the man's shirt, being only eleven she couldn't reach too high or do much.
"Let her go!" She shouted.
The man slapped Apis, knocking her down, "Out of my way brat."
The man began running away, Keimi crying out in his hold, her shouts muffled, Apis watched in horror. Apis shouted for someone to help and before she could move another inch she saw the boy and a large man rushing into the crowd with the starfish after the man. Apis felt a hand on her shoulder and saw the tanuki standing next to her, the incredibly large man next to him.
"Are you okay?" The animal asked, indicating the place she had been hit.
Apis touched her cheek before nodding, "Please, you have to save her!"
"We will little one, but you were hurt as well," The tall man tried to assure her.
Apis shook her head, "I'll be fine! My captain is nearby, just hurry and help her!"
The tanuki frowned, "Show me where your captain is and I'll let you go."
Apis looked around the crowd, trying to pinpoint her captain, she soon recognized the top-hat wearer as he pushed through the crowd towards her. She pointed to him and the tanuki nodded before he and the large man, who she noticed looked like a skeleton began to leave. Apis stood to make her way to Sabo before turning to the tanuki again.
"Thank you, Mr. Tanuki!" She shouted to him, waving her hand.
"I'm a reindeer not a tanuki!" He shouted before he blushed, "And don't think thanking me will make me happy!"
Apis blinked as the two ran off after that, she turned back to Sabo and jumped into his arms as he finally reached her. He ran a hand through her blonde hair before heading back into the crowd, a concerned look on his face. She knew they needed to find the others and fast.
~Auction House~
Ann stared at the stage as someone stepped on the stage, a frown firmly placed on her face. She listened as the talking began to quiet except for soft whispers. She could feel the stares of the two pirate captains leave her as they turned their attention to the stage.
"And now ladies and gentleman, thank you for your patience!" The announcer began, "The monthly Grove 1 Human Grand Auction will now begin! The auctioneer is, of course this man! The walking Super Bazaar...Mr. Disco!"
"Thank you, everyone! Today we have once again prepared a lineup of the finest slaves! You are in luck! We have something extra special today!" Mr. Disco began, "I pray from the bottom of my heart that you'll leave with the slave of your choice! Now let the auction begin!"
The auction began and Ann was resisting the urge not to yell at someone. Ann heard the door behind them open and turned to glanced back to see who would arrive late. Her eyes widened as she recognized the orange hair of the straw hat pirates' navigator. She had memorized the face that looked similar to hers when they had first gotten the bounty for the girl. Why were the straw hats at an auction house?
She groaned as not too long after another Celestial Dragon entered the auction house. She was not happy that she had to be in the presence of three of the world nobles. She sat back as she watched the man make his way down to his family. Not soon after he had settled someone in the audience screamed, snapping Ann's attention back to the stage.
She glanced back to the front, just as the pirate on the stage stood there, blood flowing from his mouth. He collapsed a moment later, the auctioneer shouting for the curtains to be closed. Ann brought a hand to her mouth not believing what just happened. She wasn't surprised someone would try to end their life rather than be a slave, it was just a shock to see it happen.
The curtain rose after a while and a large object was brought onto the stage, covered by a cloth. Ann raised an eyebrow curious as to what could be so special. Mr. Disco seemed to be glowing with glee as it was put in place. He began speaking about the last merchandise before directing everyone's attention to the new merchandise.
"But, ladies and gentlemen, the product I will now introduce will make you forget this trouble in an instant!" Mr. Disco shouted, "It's our greatest star attraction! Behold this silhouette!"
Ann gasped as the lights came on revealing the outline of a tank and a mermaid inside of it. It was rare for one of them to be in an auction or to be even anywhere near Sabaody. She knew this was going to end badly for the mermaid, they would most likely be bought off by the Celestial Dragons.
"I bet many of you have sought one of these! I won't say any more! See for yourselves!" Mr. Disco continued as the cloth was pulled off, "From Fish-man Island comes Keimi the Mermaid!"
Ann heard everyone begin to talk excitedly, some shouting others whispering. She sat there rigid, her eyes wide as she stared at the girl. She had never seen anyone get so excited at these things, and she had never seen a mermaid. A single shout caused everyone to be quiet not a second later.
"I bid 500 million!" Saint Charlos shouted as he stood, "Five hundred million berries!"
Ann stared at the Celestial Dragon in shock, no one could compete with that price. Besides even if they did they probably would be shot for interfering. Ann brought a hand to her mouth, truly feeling sorry for the poor mermaid.
"The...the hall has fallen silent!" Mr. Disco began, just as shocked, "Uh...do I hear...more than 500 million? If not the bidding will stop!"
Ann looked back as she heard raised voices behind her, her eyes widened at the straw hat pirates' shocked and horrified looks. The blonde male looked angered as a starfish and the large man with spiky haired seemed horrified. Ann put the pieces together, realizing they must know the mermaid, the way Sabo talked about Luffy made her wonder why his crew would be in such a place.
"Time's up! Today's star attraction the mermaid Keimi," Mr. Disco began to close the bidding, "Goes to the World Noble Saint Charlos for 500 million berries!"
Ann watched as Kidd began to leave the hall, but before he got far they heard a loud roar that seemed to echo throughout the room before something crashed into the wall. Ann stared stunned as Straw Hat Luffy stand up from the wreckage, yelling at whoever crashed into the building. She also noted Roronoa Zoro was with him, and looking slightly annoyed.
Luffy was looking around before his gaze stopped on the stage, "Hey! Keimi!"
Ann watched as he began running for the stage, shouting about looking for her. The large man with spiky hair tried to stop him and Ann with the others in attendance as extra arms escaped from his jacket. She thought he had looked different, she should have guessed he was a fish-man, things were about to get worse.
Ann didn't know who the disaster was, Luffy running towards the stage, or the fish-man who had grabbed everyone's attention. Cries of disgust filled the room as they began to throw things at the man. She watched as several men tried to stop Luffy before he froze as the sounds of a gun being fired rang throughout the room.
Ann looked back at the fish-man, a hand brought to her mouth as she saw him fall to the floor from Saint Charlos' bullets. The man began to gloat about shooting the fish-man as he walked past him. Ann looked back to Luffy and shrunk back at his fearsome look, she had to admit that she saw the resemblance between the two brother's now.
As Saint Charlos began to walk further up the stairs Luffy finally moved, Ann watched in growing horror as he advanced towards the World Noble. The fish-man he was with stopped him and Luffy crouched next to him, listening to what he said. Ann nearly cried as she heard the man plea with Luffy not to do anything, that it was his atonement for his actions.
Luffy seemed to be calming down a bit till Saint Charlos turned in annoyance at the fish-man's voice. He began bad mouthing the fish-man again and Luffy stood, approaching the man as he told the noble how annoying he was. Luffy's friends all pleading with him to stop, as he moved closer.
The noble shot his gun but being made of rubber allowed Luffy to just ignore it as he hit the man across the face. Sending him into the back few rows, barely missing the row that Ann and the heart pirates sat in. Ann shook as she watched the boy, terrified because of what was about to happen to everyone there.
~End ch. 2~
So that was fun to write! Sorry if it's really long and slow! I'm still trying to introduce everyone, and I tried to hurry everything along as best as possible. Ann got more spot light which is fun!
Also just so people know Sabo's crew is a bit eccentric, all members are from fillers, specials or development notes, except for Sabo, and 2 other members of his, possibly a third member, haven't decided on that member yet! None of Sabo's crewmates are OCs, everyone does actually appear somewhere in the One Piece universe.
SBS Corner!
1. Where are the members of the Seraphim Pirates from?
A. Maccus, the man at the cafe - Second TV Special
B. Apis - Warship Island Arc
C. Ryuta, the dragon - Warship Island Arc
2. Maccus' Character Biography
Age - 32
Position on Crew - Shipwright
Treasure - The kids, Bonney
Dream - Living a happy life with Bonney and the kids
Smells like - Wood
Favorite type of Island - Winter
Favorite Season - Fall
Favorite Food - Mushrooms and Nuts
As A Family - Father
Bathing - Once a Week
Sea of Origin - Grand Line
Least Favorite Food - Rice
3. Apis' Character Biography
Age - 11
Position on Crew - lookout, co-navigator, doctor, devil-fruit user
Treasure - the dragon tooth from the dragon Ryuu, and the baby dragon Ryuta
Dream - Seeing every kind of animal
Smells like - Animals
Favorite type of Island - Summer
Favorite Season - Spring
Favorite Food - Rice, Vegetables
As A Family - 5th Daughter
Bathing - Every couple days
Sea of Origin - East Blue
Least Favorite Food - Eggs, Meat (from anything other than normal animals)
4. Ryuta's Character
So he has no real biography like the others. In the original of Warship island Arc he was a baby dragon newly born, Apis did not keep him, but I thought it'd be cute if she had a little dragon herself that she took care of, and that's how Ryuta came to join the crew.
5. Maccus and Apis' differences from their original appearances
Maccus in the actual special never joined a pirate crew at the end, leaving with his partner and the three kids they adopted, in this they all joined Sabo's crew, which is a bit interesting in terms of members.
Apis also never joined the crew at the end of her arc, though she was invited to join the Straw Hats, she refused wanting to protect her home island, the circumstances for her joining Sabo's crew will be explained later, but you can also find them in my story detailing Sabo's journey entitled: Seraphim Pirates.
Maccus and Apis both met Luffy in their appearances so their ages and events were altered to fit them being their age upon appearance to match with Sabo's journey, so upon meeting Luffy in this story they are actually older than their anime counterparts.
End of the SBS corner!
Reviewer's Corner!
So I do answer all reviews I receive in this segment here, because I love talking with you guys! So ask any questions you want and I'll answer them, unless it's a spoiler for the story.
Kurogitsune Yue - Thanks for reading, and being the first review! I'm glad that the two are working out so far, I was worried what people think about Sabo's crewmates. Luffy does not know them, they were already members of the Seraphim Pirates before Luffy set out.
Thanks for reading and till next time!