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A Family of Outlaws

Chapter Four: Dressrosa

Rain was thoroughly impressed with this island. It was one giant Mangrove tree. Although the people of the area seemed to be a bit simple. They bowed down to any that looked like they might hold even a small amount of power. It was disgusting to watch, really. Ever since the news release that morning, it was Rain's duty to scope out the villages and gather supplies. It wasn't as exciting as she had hoped. There was no real challenge in it.

Rain wasn't too far out of the building area when she was surrounded by a group of thugs. She raised an eyebrow at them.

"You'll fetch a good price," the largest said. Rain focused her attention on him. "With your looks you could be worth a lot of money. That weird get up of yours has to go though."

Rae set down her small bag of daily provisions. She pulled a small cylindrical device from her hip. "I strongly recommend that you leave me in peace," she announced. "I'm not opposed to making all of you eat dirt."

"You'll have to learn to keep that mouth shut though," he growled.

Rain was about to charge when all of the men suddenly fell to the ground. They were all knocked out by something. Rain looked around her and found a man sitting on a branch above them. He had gray hair and a white cloak. He was too far away for Rain to get more details then that.

The man made his way down and stood in front of Rain. "Not many would have looked up to find the enemy," he commented.

"Not many fight from above," Rain returned.

"So where are you headed?"

"I'm going back to camp."

"Camp? You're not going back to your ship or to a hotel?"

"The village is out of the question," Rain answered. She picked up her sack of provisions. "We don't need a ship to get where we're going."

"You don't need a ship?" the man asked. "How do you get around? Do you fly?"

"Yup."

"You're joking."

"Nope."

"How do you fly?"

"Very carefully."

"In what manner do you fly?"

"In a pretzel position trying to kiss my behind 'good-bye'."

"Are you always this evasive?"

"Are you always this nosey?" The two stared at eachother for awhile. "You plan on following me don't you?" The old man let out a smirk. Rain just shrugged and started walking again. "It's your funeral."

As the two walked, Rain kept glancing at the old man that was following her. "What's the sudden interest in me?" she asked.

"You didn't cower in fear from those slave traders," the man answered. "There's not many that go out of these villages alone unless they're confident in their skills or they do have back up."

"My backup is still a few minutes out," Rain answered.

"Aren't you worried I might be a slave trader as well?"

"Aren't you worried that I am?"

"You have a way of twisting peoples questions around, don't you?"

"It's a gift." Rain stopped at a particular root system. "So unless you want to get attacked, it's time to part ways."

"Don't worry about me," the man announced. "I'm faster then I look."

"Alright, since you saved me back there I can help you out here." Rain rounded the root and faced the camp Kagome set up while she was getting the supplies. She manuevered so that she directly in front of the old man.

Said man was stunned for a moment. The woman that claimed to be Luffy's mother was in front of him. Also, a red dragon and a pitch black one were lounging. The black one immediately put it's head into the air and looked in their direction. It ran at the two of them with a speed normal animals didn't posses.

"I warned you," Rain called. She then let the dragon past and it started sniffing the man. It sat in front of him expectantly.

"Um, you're Monkey-Higarashi Kagome, correct?" The man was trying to move around Darkess at this point. "My name is Silver Rayleigh. I trained your son for two years."

Rayleigh relaxed when the dragon moved away from him to get to the fish that was offered. "That's a very curios dragon you have there," Rayleigh said.

"You don't know the half of it," Kagome agreed. "I assume you told me that about Luffy for a reason?"

"After his surragate brother was killed I took him in and trained him for two years. I wanted to let you know I have an idea on where you can look for him and his crew."

"Do you know anything about my husband?"

"I'm sorry, but I don't." Rayleigh then proceeded to tell Kagome all the training Luffy had received and how much stronger he had grown.

"He's still a bit on the carefree side though," Rayleigh admitted. "I can't train that out of people no matter how hard I try."

"I wouldn't expect you to," Kagome said. "Apparently it's what draws people to him. So, what can you tell me about where to start looking?"

"There are a few islands close to where he would come out of Fishman Island from," Rayleigh began. "One of them is too dangerous for life, so I doubt that they would stop there. The most populated village in the area is the kingdom of Dressrosa. I doubt he would go there since it's ruled by a Pirate Warlord. But there are a few other islands to check on."

"Do you happen to have a map?" Rain approached Rayleigh and Kagome.

"There's one I keep in storage back at the bar where I stay," Rayleigh said. "I don't usually carry one one me all the time."

"I think I have somthing that will help." Kagome pulled out a sketch pad. "I drew this of the Red Line to show Rain where we are. Maybe you could point out some general areas on where these islands are?"

Rayleigh pointed to areas that could be of potential interest. "Dressrosa is the only one within flying distance of here without stopping on the Red Line," Kagome announced. "It's not even an hour's flight from here so I would not stop on the Red Line. We will head for Dressrosa and see what we see. We'll stop if we can land without being seen. If not, then we'll have to fly to the next island."

"Well, I did give you my advice and opinion," Rayleigh said. "What you choose to do with it from this point on is your own affair."

"Thank you for your generosity," Kagome said. "I'll certainly remember your kindness." Rayleigh nodded as he disappeared behind the roots. Kagome turned to Rain at that point. "Let's have a quick lunch and then get back in the air. Something about this place just doesn't feel right."

"Beyond the fact that slavers jumped me and tried to sell me for their greedy pockets?"

"They did what now?"

~ It took only a few hours to reach the island where Dressrosa was located. The sight that met Kagome and Rain astounded them. What appeared to be a giant bird cage surrounded the island as meteorites fell from the sky only to be sliced to shreds on impact.

"It must be the power of a devil fruit," Kagome announced. "We can't touch it or it will cut us, by the looks of things."

"Didn't you say that you could stop that sort of power?"

"How will I do that without them noticing?"

Rain pointed to the meteorites that were still falling. "We fly as close to those as our dragons are comfortable with. You shoot an arrow along the path they're taking. It would look like the meteors finally breeched the cage instead of an arrow."

"That's brilliant," Kagome praised. "Alright then, let's get to it." Shadow and Darkess rose up higher as they moved closer to the path of the meteorites. When they were close enough they angled their bodies to glide downwards, parallel to the meteorites. As the cage got closer Kagome drew her bow and notched an arrow. "Hit the mark," she chanted.

The arrow flew through the sky. It hit the cage the same moment as a particularly large meteorite did. The cage dissolved in a bright flash of pink. "You and Shadow should hide yourselves," Rain called. "I'm sure there are plenty of people looking up. Darkess and I will increase speed and hide somewhere. We'll meet up with you."

"How will you find us?" Kagome asked.

"I'll just look for a large amount of flowers being smushed without there being anything there."

Kagome laughed and finally agreed. She then tossed something at Rain. It was a small charm. "I've purified and blessed it," Kagome explained. "It should protect you from devil fruit users for a short time."

"Thank you," Rain nodded. "We'll find you as soon as we can." Darkess folded her wings closer to her body and the two drastically increased their speed towards the ground. Shadow changed the colors of her scales to reflect the enviroment around her. The two were quickly blending in with the buildings.

Rain and Darkess were flying through the city. There was so much chaos and fighting going on that no one bothered to notice the dragon that was among them. "What is going on here?" she asked herself. They headed to where there was the most commotion.

A large battle was taking place on a hill leading to the palace. The two edged closer as Rain noticed one phrase being said time and again. "Help Straw Hat reach the palace."

"How do you like that for convenient?" Rain asked Darkess. The dragon looked up at her partner. "Now we have ourselves a party." Darkess gave a nod of her head as she flipped in the sky and headed back towards the group.

"REBECCA!"

The shout drew the attention of both dragon and rider. A woman wearing scantily designed armor was falling from a cliff. "Time to play hero," Rain mused as Darkess rushed to the falling body.

The two were nearly to the paved ground when Darkess extended her wings and rose back into the air. Rain looked over the side to see the girl staring up at the dragon in horror. "You can relax," Rain called out. "She won't hurt you. Where do you want us to drop you off at?"

The girl blinked at Rain for a minute. She then shook her head to clear it. "Did you hear a person call out my name?" she asked.

"Is your name Rebecca?"

"It is."

"Then yes, we heard it."

"I need to join him and his crew. I have something that they really need."

"You heard her Darkess, back into the fray." Darkess changed directions abruptly once again. The three of them headed back in the direction of the palace. On the third layer of the hill was a group of people fighting off a creepy looking guy with red stripes on his face and a black coat.

"That man in Diamonte," Rebecca announced. "He's the one that threw me off the cliff."

"Is that right?" An evil grin spread across Rain's features. "Darkess, wait for a clear shot then use Plasma Blast." Once the people around him backed away from Diamonte a whistling noise sounded from within Darkess' mouth.

~ "I'll kill you for what you did to Rebecca," Luffy announced.

"Now's not the time to get angry Straw Hatter," Law announced. He was still unable to move due to the sea stone cuffs on his wrists. "You can't win against him unless you think with a clear head."

Anything else that would have been said died as everyone heard a whistling sound. "Is that coming from one of Mingo's guys?" Luffy asked.

"I've never heard of anyone with a power that gave off a whistling sound," Law admitted. "I wouldn't rule that out though."

A ball of white and blue fire slammed into Diamonte at that moment, also causing the whistling to stop. "Or it was something else," Law conceded.

"Lucy!"

Luffy, Robin, Bortolomeo, Cavendish and Law looked to the sound of Rebecca's voice. They all could hardly believe it. She was being carried by a black dragon. The dragon eased her down and didn't let go until she had solid footing. Once she was on her own the dragon moved away and landed on the hill with them as well. A woman wearing dark brown leather armor and a helmet that hid her face jumped off of the creature's back.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" she asked Rebecca.

"I'm fine, thank you for saving me. I didn't catch your name."

"My name is Rain and this is Darkess." The dragon sat up on it's hind legs and looked down on everyone. It gave a nod of what appeared to be greeting.

"That is so cool," Luffy exclaimed. "Can it do tricks?"

"She's not a dog," Rain said. "She's a Night Fury and daughter of the Alpha Dragon. She doesn't do tricks on command." Luffy's expression took on a confused look at that. "But she does shake hands."

Almost immediately Luffy was excited again. He ran up the the dragon and asked to shake hands. Darkess grumbled a bit and growled in Rain's direction. She eventually relented and shook Luffy's hand.

"Rebecca, do you have the key to Law's cuffs?" Robin asked.

"Yes, it's right here." Rebecca hurried over to Law to release him.

"You're Monkey D. Luffy right?" Rain asked.

"Yeah, I'm going to be King of the Pirates," Luffy answered.

"I can't believe this," Rain cheered. "She's going to burst into flames when she finds out that I found you first."

Robin was immediately on the defensive. "Just who is looking for Luffy?" she asked.

"His mother of course."