A/N: Looks like some old reviewers are going away while more new reviewers keep coming... *chuckles* I don't know if I'm supposed to be sad or not cause I understand why people hate OCs in fics... ^^ Sorry for that... *bows*Other than that, I get it... It's rare to see me update, ne? ^^
I have a very good reason of not showing up before... I was really busy preparing myself for the public examinations in my country.. To make things sound worse, we received the new format almost three months before the exam! Hah! SO great! *sadistic here*
Besides, I have to compete with so many academic rivals ughh... My best friend is sooo smart... And the top student in my class is usually the top in my badge! Haha! How's that not tensioning!? But, beating him once in my life and almost beat him in my first year convinces me that I can do it. And I must be able to do it!
Well, that 'storm' has already left... Now I have to focus on my hobbies : writing, reading, drawing and fINALLY! A guitar! YAHHH!
Okay, enough of the ramble section.
Well! Here's the next one!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ONE PIECE IN ANY WAY EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO BE THE PIRATE KING (QUEEN) SO BADLY. THAT'S CAUSE LUFFY'S THE ONE WHO'S GONNA BE THE PIRATE KING!
"YOU SHITTY BRATT!"
"COME BACK HERE!?"
The red haired boy ran pass through the people around and stopped right to Dragon's side - in hopes that the young man wouldn't hand him over to those pursuing men. The boy held Dragon's right sleeve with everyone silently sweatdropping - "How can you trust a stranger so fast?"
Moments passed and a few men came facing the party near the tavern. Noticing this, Rayleigh had his eyes shadowed under his glasses while Roger calmly stared at the men with his arms crossed.
The men looked from the red-haired boy to the elder beside him.
"You. Are you his brother?" asked one of them. Dragon just stared before shaking his head.
"No, I am not."
Startled by the blunt answer from his hope, Shanks gazed at the elder in either anger or betrayed-ness. Roger frowned at Dragon's blunt answer.
The men started snickering. Not long after, the earlier one started to talk again, "If no then, handing him over to us won't be a fuss, would it?" reaching his hand out for the boy, Dragon stayed still.
"Kuma, does this island have any rulers?" the man raised an eyebrow, feeling slightly annoyed as Dragon ignored his request. Feeling intrigued of Dragon's act, Roger smirked and decided to stay still.
Kuma, the man wearing bear-themed attire held out a book and flipped to a page.
"This island is a spot for Celestial Dragons to trade and or take significant stuff, but there are no rulers so far." The huge man kept back his book and looked up ahead of him.
Nodding, Dragon smirked at the men in front of them all.
Lune, having the ability to hear everything around started gaping in amazement at this young man's intention.
Shanks, on the other hand, felt a hand patting his head. Dragon smirked at him.
"There's an activity of trading organs with the Celestial Dragons, I see...," holding tighter on the elder's right sleeve, Shanks stared at Dragon, feeling insecure of him. "And as far as I heard, the only leading person around is Taine," the group of men started to feel insecure too. They reached to their backs where they had their guns stuffed.
This guy could be intending to join in the business or is actually a marine in disguise. But marines can do nothing when it comes to Celestial Dragons!
...
That what is this mysterious intimidating guy intending to do?
"So," the head o the men startled at the sudden word from the cloaked young man, "-..Can you please call your leader here? Or you would rather have your base change leaders?" Kuma, Ivankov, Inazuma and two other comrades of Dragon stood by his side.
Intimidated by the request, the head of the group glared steadily at the mysterious young man.
"W-We'll be back soon. And don't beg for mercy once Taine-sama is here!" he shouted angrily before ordering his group head back to their leader.
Staring in aw-struck at the elder man, the red-haired boy gaped in amusement. Roger, in the other hand clapped his hands showing his approval of the younger D's ability.
Dragon just stared at the elder D, expressionlessly. Rayleigh takes an interest as of how his captain can get to know of one of the most dangerous rookie to be rumoured, Revolutionary Dragon.
"I would like to assume that you are the rebellious rookie, Revolutionary Dragon, isn't it?" Rayleigh adjusted his round glasses and crossed his arms showing his interest of knowing more about the young man.
"And I would like to assume that you somehow convinced that old man to let you go, right?" smirked the pirate captain with a glint of proud in his eyes. Smirking back at the elder, Dragon decided to laugh along as everyone eyed them suspiciously confused.
"So you're the infamous Roger...," uttered the younger female D from her sister's side.
Both male Ds turned to the voice. Actually everyone started paying attention to the two female Ds. And that nerved Lune a bit, since the two were the only women around. Rogue however stayed silent since she had no idea of what was going on.
Looking at Dragon who was calmly staring at her, she felt a somewhat comforting emotion running through her. Without herself realizing it, she was blushing all red at Dragon making the other blushing too.
"W-what!?" Dragon panicked as he had never experienced that type of blushing before. Sure, Roger had been making him blushing and bashing for almost half of his lifetime but this,... He'd like to word this as one of the mysteries of the world.
"Ahem." Lune turned to her sister who had a puzzled look on her beautiful face. Rogue frowned and pursed her bottom lips as a sign of unsatisfied. Blinking casually, Lune then remembered something. She ran towards Dragon and gave out a very big smile.
Bowing in gratefulness, she exclaimed, "Thank you for your help!"
The man stared at the unexpectedly polite young lady before giving out a smile of his own. After bowing in reply, Dragon felt that the grip on his right hand stayed still. Lune started walking away with her sister. He turned to his right and gazed at the boy.
"May I know what happened to you?" the head of revolutionary asked.
Staring with his cold eyes, Shanks turned his stare into a glare - though it wasn't meant to Dragon.
Noticing the sudden change in the young boy, Roger neared Dragon in case of anything. 'Guess my habit of protecting this nuisance kid won't fade, I see,' thought the pirate captain.
Taking in a deep breathe, the red-haired boy started, "I'm just a villager from around here. The leader, Taine wanted to sell my mother to the Celestial Dragons. Due to mother's traumatic experience of becoming a slave to those shitheads once more and seeing father's internal organs taken out as a trading item, mother killed herself.
"Mother's body was placed just around Taine's bar and she was left ignored. Everyone also ignored her until I punched a boy who laughed at how pathetic my mother's body looked like."
"You didn't do anything about your mother's body until that boy mocked her?" asked one of the two normal-sized cloaked man. He had a chin-length dark blue hair and had a firm look on him.
Shanks frowned before replying, "I was sold earlier than my mother. I barely escaped the ship and managed to get to the bar only to find...," frowning harder, the boy glared at the ground harder. Tears were threatening to roll down but he held them. The party hearing him each had their fists clenched because they all knew how it feels like losing someone special to you.
Out of the blue, the boy cheerfully mentions, "At least I gained respect from the people around and my mother had a proper burial!"
Smiling, Rogue imagined how optimistic this boy was. He faced everything open-mindedly... If that's what you call as open-minded.
"But I will never ever forget what that bastard did to my family," everyone looked back at him. "I swore to avenge him and I did. I cut his left hand earlier and spoilt the organ packages."
Dragon and Roger really felt like clapping right now while the others, they stayed silent, stunned of how vicious this boy can get.
"What a brave thing to do for a brat of your age...," commented a new voice which sounded quite familiar to them all. Shanks tightened his grip on Dragon's sleeve.
He glared at the big fat man ahead of them.
"Lune...," hearing the name, Dragon quickly turned around to look at the person.
Lune however stayed still while holding her sister. She had a firm glare on Taine.
Dragon turned back to the man who had about thirty men accompanying him.
Surely, this guy's a coward. Or is he?
"So you'd like to have the eye transplant tonight, wasn't it?" shocked hearing this, Rogue held her sister's hand tightly.
Whispering to Lune, "What did you do, Lune...?"
Pursing her bottom lips out of nerve, Lune frowned but kept her calm posture. She didn't shook and she wished to remain like that.
Looking from Dragon to the red-haired boy, she soften her glare.
"I SWEAR! I WILL CHANGE THIS WORLD!"
"HOW RUTHLESS CAN YOU ALL GET!? I SWEAR ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, I WILL DEFIANTLY GET BACK ON ALL OF YOU!"
Shutting her eyes in order to calm herself down, she let out a deep breathe she's been holding.
She stared at Taine with some sort of hatred in her eyes. She then says, "You can have the money but you mustn't bother the kid any longer. And I would like to cancel the transplant plan," astonished of Lune's sudden decision, Taine gritted his teeth in anger.
"I will not let you get away, woman."
Scared of what Taine would to her and her sister, Lune hugged her sister as tight as ever when Taine jumped to strike them down.
Waiting for pain to come, the sisters went confused as nothing came and strike. Lune grinned out of pure happiness seeing one of the revolutionaries and Roger's first mate holding back Taine's attack.
Hissing, Taine threatened the two man, "You all have no idea with whom you are dealing with."
Dragon asked Shanks to let go of him while he turned around and looked at the unexpectingly strong enemy of theirs.
"Rayne, take the two ladies to safety."
"Rayleigh, take the two ladies to safety."
Blinking at their similar orders, the two male Ds looked at each other before shrugging it off.
"Kuma, Ivankov and Inazuma, would you mind taking care of those shitheads behind us?" looking at his subordinates, the three mentioned person smirked at their leader.
"What about me, sir?" asked the cloaked blond.
"You go thrash their base. Make sure nothing makes through the fire."
"Got it!"
With all gone, there left Roger and Dragon along with Taine.
The two Ds were confident of themselves about fighting this old fart until they saw the smug on the other man's face.
"It's good to see you two face to face... Wonder how well Garp had trained you."
"Tell me , Lune! What did you do!?"
"We should head for our ship. It's small but good as a hideout."
"Nope. We'll head to our ship. Our crew mates are there so it'll be easier to guard these two."
"Lune!"
Annoyed with her sister demanding answers from her, and the two men arguing about which ship to go, she decided to be 'deaf' until it was all over.
They had to run. They had two very strong man accompanying them so it shouldn't be a problem. But, there was something that they all had forgotten. It took her a minute or two to realize that the red-haired boy had stayed back there!
Roger had realized that the boy didn't even move the moment he and Dragon ordered their crew mates to their businesses. The boy stayed where he was standing and it looked like he wasn't gonna run away.
"Why aren't you running, kid?" Taine asked, annoyed of Shanks' glaring eyes. Dragon didn't bother to exchange glances with Roger and the said boy.
Instead of flattering in fear like any other kid would, Shanks impressed Roger by staying there, multiplies his glare and replied firmly,
"I will stay here and witness your defeat, Taine. And I knew I can't avenge for my mother alone, since the start. These two will do it for me, for my mother and everyone that you've harmed!" He knew very well that he can't defeat Taine because of his age, but he is very well aware that most adults are easily provoked with a child's acts.
Roger can feel the spirit of 'justice' in the boy but he was very well-aware that being a marine would destroy that spirit. He decided that in return of showing him how a child can be yet so intimidating, he will take him in as an apprentice of his, thought he's not good at mentoring. But that has to wait.
Looking back at the sneering Taine, the two Ds stayed standing up straight and continued on staring at the weak-looking man.
Never judge a book by its cover
"I am more intrigued on how you know that Garp trained us both," Roger asked while holding his hat from being blown by the wind Dragon had unconsciously summoned. Glancing at the revolutionary, Roger silently thought to himself, "What a risk! You still can't control your powers yet you're sailing!?"
"Of course I know...," Taine smirked at the two young man. He laughed a bit before continuing, "I've been serving Garp's family since I was five. Your face, Roger, is much of like your father's face."
"I have no father!" Roger starts to get annoyed at this man. He hissed as he hated any mentions of the so-called father of his.
"Well. As for you, Dragon, you have the same face when your father is being cold. Interestingly, you're voice is as sexy as your mother," Dragon frowned at this, but had slight red lines on his cheeks while Roger coughed at the mention of Dragon's mother's sexy voice.
"I would like to say that, you and your organ-trading business will come to an end, tonight." the young D recovered from his blushing. The three were back to their serious mode.
Until Taine decided to ask, "I'm really jealous that most kind and good boys have to end up being in love."
The wind simply blew through them and silence was none but the sounds of the howling breeze.
"Gay," the two Ds along with the red-haired boy uttered deadpanned.
Sweatdropping, Taine rolled his eyes away before putting his palms together and rubbed it.
"Let's start, shall we?"
Alerted, Roger and Dragon stepped back and inch but had confident looks on their faces.
Suddenly, Taine was showered with glimmers of lights in which then turns into shimmers of lurking darkness and he was suddenly,
...a changed man.
He looked much more handsome, slimmer and with a very well-built body. His fat look disappeared and such beauty of a guy he possessed. He was also wearing a shiny steel armor on and the armor looked much more attack-restrainable and he had a meaner look on him. He looked as if he was once a general in his life, or maybe that was the life he'd lived before?
Shocked, the two young Ds could feel the immense power and aura surrounding this man. He has a plan and actually, everything that's happening was as if a part of his plan! But what plan? For what!? And what's with his smug!?
Being an analytic thinker unlike his father and his brother-like figure, Dragon knew that this man had something to do with the Sacred Secret he had discovered during his short voyage. Shanks, much like Dragon, he starts to notice that his mother's stories were all true and not bluffs as he would always assumed.
"My full name, gents," drawing out his sword, Roger stopped mid-way, "-is Marshall D. Taine."
"What's taking them so long?" a man sat at the edge of a small ship. The ship had a black flag tied to it's highest post signing anyone who sees it that it was a pirate ship.
The whining man had round shades on him and looked really bored an unsatisfied.
"Stuck with a stupid routine, gotta guard the ship... And your stupid superiors aren't back yet... Seriously? Is Rayleigh teaching Roger about sex-life or what!?"
"Shut the heck up, Gaban," startled by the voice belonging to one of the meant superiors of his, almost fell over the railing of the Oro Jackson. He blinked a few times at the first mate before noticing the other people behind Rayleigh.
Enchanted by Rogue's prettiness, he smiled clumsily unknowing that the woman was already reserved for their captain.
"So you guys went to a brothel or something?" he jumped to the deck and helped them all hop on board the ship. Rayne, the dark blue-haired revolutionary just stared awkwardly at the big man. "I'm Scopper Gaban," noticing the curious looks on their guests' faces, he introduced himself to them three.
Rayne smiled calmly with a slight bow. Rogue just smiled and decided to not bow as she isnot sure where this 'Gaban' is standing. Despite that, Lune bowed her head to the pirate with a hesitant smile.
Rayleigh, in the meantime, was looking around the deck hoping that Seagull was awake and nearby. He's too lazy to go and get that man himself and because of no signs of Seagull anywhere, he turned to Gaban and ordered him to go get him, bringing along the wanted posters he had collected all this time.
The latter complied with not much noise and hurriedly went to Seagull.
Rogue was silently mourning over her family's bad luck and Lune was more than heart broken to hear her sister's grief.
Rayleigh turned to Rayne who stood up straight like a soldier and said, "You better get your ship docked nearby. I believe our superiors would be having some hardships while fighting off that Taine-guy."
Rayne pursed his lips before nodding in reply and he took a careful look at the ladies. He breathed out calmly before uttering to them three, "I'll be back with our ship."
The three just nodded while he jumped off the Oro Jackson and ran hurriedly towards the revolutionaries' well-hidden ship.
"Rayleigh-san!"
The glassed-man turned around to see the two crew members running towards him with a thick pile of wanted posters. The two women stayed at where they were standing, silently.
The first mate browsed through the posters and eventually meets the name of the person he wanted to see.
WANTED (DEAD OR ALIVE) : DARK KNIGHT TAINE; 900 000 000 BERRY
Mouths gaped in mild shock, eyes widened in definite horror, Rayleigh silently curses his bad luck obtained from meeting Roger. The younger D sister however, just gaped her mouth in amusement.
Rogue, as usual, did not understood that was happening. "Would someone please tell me what's going on?" she huffed and crossed her arms in an unsatisfied expression. The blond turned to look at the blind woman before sighing.
"We're dealing with a really dangerous person, milady," he uttered firmly, before adjusting his round glasses.
Rayne had also looked at the wanted posters they keep to their own and he was already telling the crew to get ready for a big battle and dock near to the Roger Pirates' ship.
He is walking around restlessly by now. That Dark Knight, is rumoured to be someone who is revived from an unknown past era, which is rumoured to be the Void Century.
Rayne became a revolutionary because he wanted to help Dragon change the world into a better place, for his family and a possible big threat to the world government dying during an early voyage won't help him in making his dreams becoming true.
Thus, defeating Taine would be great by now and that'll give the Revolutionaries a bright light to shine their path of changing the whole world.
"900 million berries, what a great luck," the young revolutionary silently muttered to himself.
Even so, Dragon is doubting to fight or to not with this Taine. He has heard of the story about the dark knight, the knight in the rusty armor and the story of Furi Kingdom multiple of times from both his father and Roger. During his voyage, he had met a person broken out from the heat-resistant ice, namely Ryuma telling off the story of what he'd heard since childhood, only with the addition of 'revival' and 'restart'.
"Are you...," Roger raised an eyebrow to Dragon's sudden voice-up, "Are you by any chance, the Dark Knight Taine?"
The red-haired boy stared at Dragon in disbelief before gazing upon the said man.
Grinning wickedly, "The one rumoured to be one of those living in the Void Century and revived to challenge the knight in the rusty armor once again," Roger suddenly took a sudden step back and eyed Taine in definite shock and horror.
Dragon frowned at the elder's sudden building fear. "No... You shouldn't be alive..!" The elder sweated out of tense while the armored man just laughed maniacally. The younger D however was really confused with them all.
x.x
"It was said that Taine managed to get away from the fair knight, but I am sure of one thing, he won't come back unless the last king of Furi is reborn."
x.x
Dragon, too widened his eyes out of shockness as Shanks followed suit.
The knight in front of them. He is the one that almost destroyed the whole world and almost became the king of the entire land and oceans.
One of the first bearers of the Yami Yami no mi.
The man filled with maleficent deeds and intentions, Marshall D. Taine, or historically known as Naikoubara.
"Hoist the colours!" Rayne ordered. Being one of the young higher ranking Revolutionary member, the others complied completely to him.
"Why aren't we getting that red-hair lad back?" Lune asked curiously towards the blond first mate.
Smiling in reply, "Captain Roger would take care a young intelligent spirit like him. No need to worry, Lune-san."
A/N:
Alas! Done! We're halfway to the first part of the story plot!
I am really sorry for the late update, ya all... Been really sick so I have not much inspirations to write... But luckily this morning, after a couple of dreams, I'm fired up to type this one out! Osu! Chit chat later, onto review section, as always!
UPDATE girl
Haha... Here it is... Sorry for the late update though.. T.T
natsuandlucy4ever
Everything will be told, mate... We just need to wait a bit more until that to happen... I really want to get this part end already... Cause, I'm excited to write out the new plot for Fishman island arc, Punk Hazard and Dressrosa.. So,.. we'll see! ^^ Thanks for the kind review!
sticy17
Thanks for the kind review, mate... *grins* I'm just interested in writing my own time-travelling fic but then again, I might want to combine my past ideas.. ^^
scatteredPhilosopher
Maaate! Sorry for the laaaat update... Yeahh... They're blood related indeed but as cousins.. Though in a deeper means, they're brothers, no matter what! Hahaha... Sharing an eye with your sister... And eventually they'll become one-eyed twins!
I was considering on doing that, but it'd be really ridiculous.. Besides, I've made Lune as a frail woman and her blind sister, a stronger woman. Though in the terms of mental, Lune is definitely stronger. But after this incident, Rogue becomes stronger and is able to take care of a garden of beautiful flowers back in Batourille. Bleah. Everything will be told. Any questions just ask. ^^
Thanks for the review, btw!
Asuka1920
*serves a tray of choc chip cookies* Here it is! *grins* Sorry it's late though...
Kurogitsune Yue
Hahaha... I imagine that Luffy's family are all innocent heads while the others, they're all pervert-resistant. Roger, I write him as someone who is aware of all those stuff but doesn't show interest in it. That, will be explained further later... In which I hope it's soon... T.T
Maya5392
AHahaha... So you read my entire profile!? really, Thanks! Never thought anyone would be like me, reading a fic, then go the author's profile, read the entire bio then read the other stories!
Ayye, you may call me Bouken-chan! Never expected someone would call me that but well! This is an update for you all!
Osu, that's all for now, folks... Really can't make you all wait no moer.. I understand taht feeling...
Sorry!
But thanks anyways for reading!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT THE OCS AND PLOTS. ^^
See ya! ;D!