Nicky was currently in a bar with his entire crew.

They were celebrating after a successful and rewarding pillaging.

The loot they collected would last them a month which would allow them to lay low for a while.

The bartender who looked at Nicky nervously suddenly eased up and Nicky caught that.

"Care to tell me why you're suddenly no longer nervous?" Nicky grinned.

The bartender smiled back with confident eyes, "The three demons are here."

Nicky eyes widened and so did his crew mates who heard what the bartender said.

They looked towards the bar entrance and three people in cloaks walked in.

He and his crew mates gulped while the crew mates that didn't hear what the bartender said just looked at the three trio with analyzation.

One of the pirates recognized a sword on one of the trio and knew who they were immediately.

Fear formed on their face, "It's the three demons!"

The other pirates around processed what they heard and a chill went down their spine as they focused on the the trio and got ready to fight.

The three took of their cloak and revealed themselves to be Zoro, Kuina, and Kuro.

Expect for Kuro, Zoro and Kuina seemed somewhat embarrassed.

"Prepare for trouble," Kuina grinned with embarrassment.

"Make it double," Zoro grinned with embarrassment.

"To protect the world from pirates," uttered Kuina.

"To unite all bounty hunters within our sea," uttered Zoro.

"To denounce the evils of pillaging and plundering," stated Kuina.

"To extend our reach to the seas beyond," stated Zoro.

"Kuina!" Kuina stone-faced.

"Zoro!" Zoro stone-faced.

"Dream Chaser sailing with the wind!" Kuina steeled.

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" Zoro steeled.

"Yep, that's right," Kuro grinned.

The pirates didn't know what or why the three demons just did that but they still wanted to put up a fight.

"Attack," Nicky yelled as he started to find a way to escape.

At Nicky's word, the three demons attacked.

Bullets were deflected and ricocheted.

Fleshes were cut in and screams of pain erupted.

Panic and fear spread as the pirates tried to flee and fight back.

But alas, none could escape Dream Chaser.

With the last pirate put down, Zoro and Kuina looked at a happy Kuro with dead eyes.

The introduction that they did felt so embarrassing to them and Kuro said he wanted them to do it for every bounty hunt.

Every bounty hunt, they could see the entire East Blue laughing at them.

They could simply refuse to do the introduction but Kuro threatened to not help with training which they really needed him to help with.

Without Kuina fighting Kuro and Zoro at the same time, she can't feel herself improve quickly which was the same with Zoro.

The marines picked up the pirates and the trio took their check.


Kuro, Kuina, and Zoro looked at the marine recruiter in front of them.

The three were eating and drinking at a bar when the seventh marine recruiter had come up to them.

It seems the marines really wanted to recruit them which was very annoying to them.

"For the last time in forever," Kuro sang, "Please leave us alone and go away."

The marine seemed to sigh and nodded, it seems they knew they would fail to recruit the three demons, like many others.

With the marine gone, the three went back to their business.

"The marines are really starting to annoy me," Zoro stated, "Scratch that, I'm already annoyed with them."

"I've long stopped being annoyed by them," Kuina stated, "It's more of a strong dislike now."

"Anything to say Kuro?" glanced Zoro.

Kuro shrugged like always when he wanted to show he didn't care, "Well, I expected this, we're very famous after all."

"And very infamous among pirates," added Kuina.

"I like the bounty they gave us," Zoro smiled and chewed on his food.

"I have to agree," Kuina smiled and drank, "It draws the peskier pirates towards us."

Pirates in the East Blue, tired of being hunted by the three demons had come together to pile their money and offered one hundred fifty million Beri's for the three demons, fifty million Beri's each.

The bounty had attracted not only pirates but other bounty hunters toward the trio which they easily dealt with.

Kuina and Zoro liked the troubles that were constantly coming toward them, it was good training in their opinion.

As for Kuro, he didn't really care as long as he could do fun stuff.


Looking at the huge storm, the three could tell their ship wouldn't be able to withstand it.

"Quite unlucky," Kuro hummed.

"Very unlucky," Kuina sighed.

"Too unlucky," Zoro stated.

A huge wave came towards them and the three launched a SpongeBob SquarePants at it.

The wave broke apart and crumpled into the sea.

Another giant wave came and the three unleashed another SpongeBob SquarePants.

"This seems like good training," Kuina smiled.

"A very tough and tiring one," Zoro gritted.

"Wonder if we can outlast the storm," Kuro thought out loud.

"Most likely not," Kuina stated and launched another SpongeBob SquarePants with them.

Looking at how strong the storm kept getting, Zoro and Kuro could see that Kuina was right.

Their special attack SpongeBob SquarePants was very draining and tiring so there was no way their stamina and endurance could outlast the storm.

SpongeBob SquarePants after SpongeBob SquarePants were launched, slowly but surely, they could feel themselves getting weaker and weaker.

"Let's stop," Kuro stated.

"Agreed," replied Zoro and Kuina,

Kuro possessed a carpet and the two got on.

The carpet flew up high into the air and they watched as a giant wave swallowed their small ship.

Flying through the sky at high speed, Kuro tried to find the closest island.

He soon spotted some islands and so did the other two.

Kuro knew the islands, Conomi islands, also known as Arlong's territory.

Kuro did not like messing with the plot, especially after having already changed Zoro's and Kuina's plots.

Stopping for a moment, Kuro started thinking to himself.

Zoro and Kuina wondered why he stopped.

"Why'd you stop?" Kuina questioned.

Kuro didn't answer and Zoro and Kuina wondered what he was thinking.

Nami joined and fully accepted Luffy as her captain because he helped save her village, if the three got on the island and beat up Arlong which mean Nami would owe the three of them, Kuro would feel he owed something to Luffy.

Deciding to go with his feelings instead of the logic in his head telling him it's ok to change the plot, Kuro turned to another direction from the islands.

"Why aren't we going there?" Zoro looked at the carpet calmly.

Kuina too had Zoro's question in her head.

"My trust me bro source told me the islands might have a connection with one of the seven warlords so I've decided it's best to avoid trouble," replied Kuro.

Zoro and Kuina could detect that Kuro was telling the truth so they let it be.


Kuro, Kuina, and Zoro were under a giant umbrella eating smoothies at a table.

Currently, they were at a vacation resort and pretty much chilling.

A news reporter from the World Economy News Paper came towards them with a transponder snail.

"Oh? You're walking towards us?" Kuro smiled.

Zoro and Kuina turned toward the news reporter.

The news reporter stopped with confusion, "Uh... Yes?"

Kuro grinned, "Then come as close as you like."

She started walking towards them with unsureness and finally reached them.

"What business do you have with us?" Eyed Kuro.

She took a professional attitude, "I'm here to interview you three."

"Have a seat," Kuro encouraged as Kuina and Zoro watched the news reporter strangely.

The news reporter sat down and got comfortable.

Kuro continued smiling, "What's your name?"

She realized she hadn't introduced herself, "Lily."

Kuro tilted his head, "Lily huh, you look like an Amaziness."

Lily became a little flustered at his word, "Thank you."

Kuro smiled more, a lot of Amazoness looked like they could bust a boulder and she was thanking him?

"Tell us, Lily, how long have you been a news reporter?"

Lily was about to reply when Kuina smacked Kuro's head and Zoro started laughing.

"She's here to interview us, not the other way around!" Kuina ticked.

Kuro rubbed his head sheepishly, "Sorry, my sister is right, you can start if you wish."

"Oh uh," realizing she can, Lily started.

She looked at them expectantly hoping for a good reply, "Mister Kuro, Miss Kuina, Mister Zoro, as the greatest bounty hunters in the East Blue, how do you guys feel?"

Kuro, Kuina, and Zoro looked at her strangely.

Zoro seemed the most surprised, "We're the greatest?"

"Standard must be pretty low if what you said is true," smiled Kuina.

"I feel like an alpaca with a paca," smiled Kuro,

"What does that mean?" They questioned Kuro in unison.

Kuro waved his hand, "Don't know but it's what I feel."

Zoro and Kuina looked at Kuro suspiciously as Lily accepted his reply.

"Could tell us your secret to bounty hunting?" Lily hopefully asked.

"Cut them hard," stated Zoro.

"Cut them deep," stated Kuina.

"Strike fear into their hearts," replied Kuro.

Their answers were not what Lily was hoping for but she didn't want to agitate them so she decided to move on.

"What made you all become bounty hunters?"

"To become the world's greatest swordsman," stated Zoro.

"To become the world's greatest swordsman," Stated Kuina.

"Wealth, fame, power, oh wait that's for pirates," Stopped Kuro, "Hmmmmm."

The three looked at Kuro as he thought of his reply.

Kuro suddenly seemed to have an idea.

A sad expression dawned on Kuro's face, "You see, it all started on the day of my birth, my dad left my mom to become a pirate and died at sea, my mom then decided to become a marine and also died at sea, so the only option left that wouldn't seem to kill me was becoming a bounty hunter."

Lily became awed at Kuro's believable story while Zoro started laughing and Kuina smacked Kuro on the head.

"Don't believe him," Kuina ticked, "Our parents are still alive."

Lily's mouth opened and her eyes became dead at falling for Kuro's story.

"The real reason he became a bounty hunter," Kuina started to explain.

Before she could finish, Kuro butted in, he didn't need the whole world to know he was a creepy weirdo that was a sis con.

"You see, I know the location of the rumble-rumble fruit so I originally planned on eating it and then becoming a marine admiral but then I realized I'd probably get clapped by Kaido so I just decided to become a bounty hunter in the safe East Blue.

Deep inside, Kuro sighed with relief as the other three processed what he said.

Zoro was shocked that Kuro originally planned to join the marine.

Kuina wondered if he didn't join the marine because of her and Zoro.

Lily felt like the person in front of her was either a joker or a serious dude who can definitely become a marine admiral.

From the information she was given about Kuro beforehand, she realized he might not be lying. If the information about Kuro being a child prodigy was true, then what he said was most likely true.

She had so many questions but asking a question about Kaido would definitely be big news.

"Could you tell me why you think you'd get clapped by Kaido and what does clapped mean in your term?"

Kuro narrowed his eyes at Lily, "You're acting pretty sussy missy, but I'll play along."

Zoro and Kuina raised an eye while Lily gulped.

Kuro laid back and relaxed as he fell into thought, "For your information, everyone knows that the four emperors are strong but how strong is unknown to most."

Seeing that they were paying close attention, Kuro continued, "I have a trust me bro source of information that is highly credible and it lets me know how strong the four emperors are."

Kuina, Zoro, and Lily became very interested.

Kuro grinned at Lily, "Unfortunately I definitely don't have what it takes to get on the four emperors' bad side so I'll just let you know that I know that you know that I know how strong the emperors are."