One Piece, The Race of 3! | (Accepting Reserves for Later Crew Members/Started!)

[ANBU]

Kazuya seemed angry still about Mizuki's comment as Sena arrived, "well.. the marines arrived and then this guy seemed to be on some sort of rampage so well we tried to stop him.. the marines and the damage to the building should probably prove this.." he then said calmly before turning around to face Sena, smiling slightly, "So how has life as a captain treated you?" he said his voice obviously showing that he was much more happy/excited about the day now that Sena arrived. A black hole then opening nearby and absorbing a small blunt looking broken piece of chair leg which Kazuya launches at Mizuki discretely from behind his back for payback at that comment she made earlier not aiming to hit her with it though.

[Jake the Sage]

"Give her back!" Hermit had yelled in his delusional state, scarring the Marines as the chairs began flying everywhere and breaking upon impact. His powers were going absolutely crazy and if things kept going the way it was he'd eventually go "nuclear" and obliterate the entire island. Shooting nets at him they began tying him up, though with each shot they took two more broke off of his body as he struggled and screamed in anger. Standing up he opened his eyes and let a wave of energy shred the ropes and blow everyone back, though one Marine was quick to rise again, "I have had enough of this, I'm ending it."

In a flurry of motion Hermit had been pinned to the wall with a claw tipped staff and then had something stab into him. Yelling out the room shook until blackness finally calmed his mind, dropping to the floor where his hood fell over his face once more. Though he was out, in his delusion, Hermit had managed to take out over half of the Marines; a crippling blow if they had no replacements. Sena was still utterly confused, having rushed to the scene a few minutes before Hermit was knocked out, "What just happened!?"

With no one to answer, as it seemed at the time, Hermit stirred a bit and with a loud groan lifted himself to his knees and held his head. The sedative which should've kept him under for about thirty minutes had already worn off somehow. Coughing he staggered to his feet, his hand still on his head, and looked around with very blurry vision not to mention completely confused, "Where am I?"

[Birkeland]

Isha tried to salute Kazuya's orders, but found he could only bring his wrist to his head.[color=#0000cd] "Aye-aye."[/color] Bandages ripped from his fingers and fell to the floor in a small wind. Shaking his hands to ensure they were normal again, the doctor made his way over to his crew. He glanced over to Kenshin while scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. In all his commotion, he didn't realize that he had been with him the whole time. The doctor watch Hermit slowly stir from his forced rest in amazement. [color=#0000cd]"Well now that that's taken care of..."[/color] he looked over to the marines in the distance. A small shrug signaled his ignorance of them. [color=#0000cd]"Now let us... wait. No one to heal. No need of a doctor. No need of... me. No need of useless me..."[/color] With that he slugged his way to a table and plopped on it in despair. A dark haze drifted over his head as the beak of his mask kept his head above the table. "[color=#0000cd]I guess that's your friend, Kazuya? She's too clueless. And that girl is too angry, just like this big guy. We're all useless..."[/color]

Dogomo looked over to the scene in utter confusion, unable to make heads or tails of it. There was two men standing in one corner, a woman standing in another, a few unfortunate men scattered on the floor, a doctor sulking on a table, and Hermit in a daze on the floor. The heavy warrior cautiously made his way over to help his friend up. Understanding the general feel of who was who, he bowed to Kazuya and waved to the others. [b]"Hello all. I am Dogomo, this gentleman is Hermit, over there is Vince, and here is our proud Captain Sena."[/b] If nothing else, breaking the ice had been established between the crews. Dogomo began to walk around the bar and fix the place up, starting with placing the unconscious on the tables. [b]"I can sense that the lot of you are quite formidable. I take it that you are not here by coincidence."[/b]

[ANBU]

"Useless?.. Isha you still don't understand the worth people hold while your like that.." he said quietly. Kazuya then watched as a man who called himself Dogomo introduced their crew and of course their captain Sena, "My name is Kazuya.. captain of the Dark Shield Pirates, there's Isha our doctor.." he said with a slight sweep of his arm towards Isha "and this is Kenshin.." he then said as Kenshin walked forward and extended his arm as if to shake hands, "Formidable..? well I just make guns" he said smiling slightly. Kazuya then glanced towards the hermit expecting him to attack again, "you're right.. we're here because Sena, another friend of ours & myself agreed to meet here.. Hermit's not going to attack again is he?" Kazuya then asked seeming more worried for the likelihood of Kenshin being harmed if they attacked again than for his own possible chance of physical injury that may come from such.

[Jake the Sage]

Hermit, still trying to clear his mind, heard Dogomo state his name along with the rest of the crew that was present. Growling low he grabbed the obese man by the collar of his shirt and slammed him into the wall, his hand glowing with the residue energy from before, [size=2]"Never tell anybody my name. Ever!"[/size]

Releasing him he grabbed his hood and pulled it over his face as he stumbled away towards the door. Coughing he hide his hand so Sena couldn't see the blood. Why did he hide it? He had never hidden the fact he was injured before and blood certainly didn't bother him, much less his own. Gazing at Kazuya under his hood he merely shook a 'no' to answer him.

[Kyng's Old Account]

Vince's head was punding, he had no idea what on earth was going on, but instinctively followed after Sena, sheseemed to have some sort of idea. "Ms. Sena, any idea what's happening?!" He asked, but expecting no answer, the violence, carnage itself would answer his question. But soon after Dogomo cleared up the situation, he understood it clearly thanks to Kazuya's explination.

"Ahh...so it was you, and this other induvidual, that have caught the attention of our little captain here, if I am not mistaken?" He said rhetorically, looking over at Hermit and Dogomo, but soon holding his head with his hands, eyes wincing. He could see red, but he shook away the feeling.

Sighing from the relief of this attack, Vincent looked over at Kazuya, and decided to break the tension and ask the question he felt that needed an answer. "So, I am correct to say you gathered here, but under what cause? Surely then according to your statement, that there is something that some may have been kept out of the light of. I think, as a crew, we should know what exactly is going on here. Surely then, confusion would deteriate and vanish into nothingness except for knowledge and insight."

[Hotaru987]

Sena looked at Kazuya a smile on her face, "Hey you're here!" She exclaimed running over and giving him a tight hug. "I'm so glad to see you! How have you been? Is Tsura here too? Have you seen him?" She immediately began barraging him with questions, but that was before she heard something behind her and it was Hermit slamming Dogomo into a building yelling at him never to tell people his name. Seeing this Sena quickly ran over to check on Dogomo, "Hey are you ok?"

She then turned on Hermit, "Hey! If you don't want people to tell others your name all you have to do say so. Don't hurt your team mate like that." Sena continued to scoled Hermit, "I don't know how you used to do things but it wont be like that any more." She finished, her anger suddenly leaving her as soon as she saw Hermit try to hide his injured hand, "You're hurt." She said stepping towards him a bit, "You should get that treated. I think Kazuya has a doctor on his crew maybe he could help."

Mizuki was standing off too the side, "Geeze, these people are weird. Even so, I'm not surprised. What did surprise me was that, that guy woke up so quickly. He must be very powerful." Mizuki whispered to herself.

Vincent asked why did they all decide to meet there. The questioned was answered, but not by anyone they expected, "Well the answer is obvious."

Everyone turned to look at where the voice was coming from and a young man holding onto the hand of a little girl was walkign towards them. "To start our most perilous, and exciting journy together. Just like we did in the begining." Sena smiled, "Tsura!" Seeing Sena, Tsura grinned throwing his free hand in the air, "Yo! And Kazuya's here too. This is great now I don't have to worry about waiting much longer."

Tsura then faced Mizuni who was doing her best to stay out of his site, "I should have know you would be here. You cant go anywhere without causing trouble can you?"

Mizuni laughed nervous, "W-well, it's not really my fault! Those marines started it!"

"Yeah, yeah whatever." Tsura chuckled, "Look, this is no place for a reunion. How about we head to a bar, thats not destroied, so we can get better aquainted. I know a good one. Follow me." He said before walking off, with the young girl and expecting the others to follow.

[ANBU]

Kazuya watched as the hermit shook his head to say that he wasn't going to attack noticing sena scolding him before saying about the hermit being injured and about a doctor on Kazuya's crew, "hm.. Isha go check if he's ok, if he attacks while your healing him I wont refrain from attacking him" he then said the last part sounding serious compared to his light tone that his voice had took since sena arrived still not entirely trusting the hermit. Kazuya then heard a familiar voice turning quickly to see Tsura with a little girl, "hey.." he then replied to tsura his voice tone light and friendly again, "So.. she's one of yours then.." he asked shortly before Tsuna said about her not being able to go anywhere without causing trouble looking at her upon her reply, "if you didn't start any before the marines got here I'd of just walked past this place on my way nto find the others.." he then muttered jkust loud enough so that both tsura and Mizuki would hear still keepin g a light tone on his voice due to hois happiness at finding the others. "hm../ well I guess we'd better follow him since it seems he'll proibably know the best one" Kazuya said smirking before heading off dragging a smoewhat unaware Kenshin with him as he walked after Tsura.

[Kyng's Old Account]

Vincent was trying to grasp the situation, he felt he had a faint idea, until the little boy came along. "To start? What? What is going o-ahh..." And he fell to a knee, holding his head, panting a little. He couldn't see or hear what others could. Red covered his eye's sight, and all he could hear was a punding heartbeat in his eardrum. Shaking his head, he regained himself. And he stood up again, taking a dee breath, content the mask was left behind on the ship, but he felt like...like he needed it. For some reason, he craved the mask's allure he once ignored.

"No, no." He said as he sighed, he couldn't be thinking straight. So, like many others, he walked with Sena, following Tsura's lead. But then he thought about what he was thinking. "Do I need it? No, that's ridiculous. But...I feel like part of me is...is gone. He said...he said he was a part of me. Could he be telling the truth?" He said to himself, closing his eyes yet miraculously following the group.

[Jake the Sage]

Hermit stopped hearing someone scolding him. It wasn't the words but instead the mere fact [i]anyone[/i] would attempt to scold him; much less a young girl like Sena. Turning around so he could look at her he muttered something like 'you are not my 'teammates'' and 'I am being paid' before taking a step back when she approached him. His hand throbbing in pain underneath his cloak he was further surprised when she offered the assistance of another crew to help him. [i]"She really is very outgoing for someone her age,"[/i] he thought shooting a glance at the crew she had volunteered.

Sitting down he exposed his arm for the doctor, blood and debris covering it as the raw skin and even muscles below that convulsed with his heartbeat. He had always been used to it healing naturally, so he felt a bit awkward having someone heal it for him. Scooting the chair back a bit he looked away, [size=2]"Just get it over with . . ."[/size]

[Birkeland]

Isha shrugged his shoulders toward his Captain's request to heal Hermit. While he could tell the latter would recover on his own, orders were orders. Depression was shaken off and replaced with attentiveness as the doctor sat down next to Hermit. He carefully examined the arm as it pulsed to the beat of the large man's heart before even touching it. A small vial came was taken from his pocket to collect a sample of Hermit's blood.[i][color=#0000cd] I don't know exactly what Mizuki used to subdue him, so I'll need this to find out. With any luck, I may also be able to find out more about Devil Fruits with this. [/color][/i]

[size=2]"Just get it over with . . ." [/size]Hermit spat out as the doctor patted his arm. He placed his hand firmly on his arm while smirking. [color=#0000cd]"Just some minor wounds, friend. Child's play,"[/color] he commented while using his powers. In the next few seconds, the blood from his arm receded back into his body while his skin returned to normal. [color=#0000cd]"There you are. People have no respect for privacy. If they knew who either of us were without our masks, they'd be in for a real shock."[/color] He whispered the last sentence for standing up to join the others.

Dogomo rubbed the back of his head after Hermit's assault. Perhaps he needed more time to work out a sturdy friendship between his peers. [b]"Sorry about my rudeness. I did say that I would try to keep your personal matters to yourself."[/b] The heavy warrior bowed his head in shame before turning to the others. They were heading with Tsura to go to another bar to further their conversation. He picked up his pace to be a few feet behind Sena with his arms crossed behind his back.

Trying to force himself to feel his strange sensations again, he focused his efforts on Tsura and his crew. [i][b]I feel... that large power from before. This man and his companions are as strong as we.[/b][/i] His attention now moved to Kazuya and his crew. [i][b]They are of the same power level. It seems as though we have reached the same summit without even realizing it.[/b][/i] The heavy warrior sighed and focused his attention to encompass everything around him. [i][b]That darker weight of this town... seems to be coming from the execution site. Someone or something is there. I'm sure it involves Sena, Kazuya, and Tsura. But it would be best not to trouble them[/b][/i]. He cleared his throat before speaking out loud. [b]"If I may be so bold. How long have you three known each other?"[/b]

[Jake the Sage]

Hermit stood up from his spot, his arm better and quickly drawing back under his cloak. He had obviously seen the doctor take a sample of his blood and wondered what it was going to be used for. He had a good education and knew she'd possibly be able to discover a lot of thing about him if she had the opportunity to study it. If she had the chance. Using his skills as a mercenary he sent the invisible wire to wrap around the vial, tug it out of her pocket, and gently rest on the floor; all hopefully without being seen. If everything went right the vial would be crushed underfoot and his personal information kept just that, personal. All this time he had not heard nor cared about what Dogomo was saying.

[Hotaru987]

Sena was a little saddened by what Hermit had told her. She had thought they were making a bit of a break through with their relationship, but it didn't look like Hermit was feeling the same way. Sena just sighed, but was glad he did take the medical help from Kazuya's crew member. She made sure Hermit would be ok, before following after Tsura. Not too long after they started walking Dogomo asked how long they have known each other, and Sena was happy to answer.

"We're known each other since we were little kids. Ever since we've meet we've been friends. I would even go so far as to say we are like family to each other." Sena explained. "We all had the same dream of one day becoming the king of pirates, so we made the pact to start our journy together. Before we left our home we had all agreed that we would meet here."

Tsura smiled to himself thinking about those time back at their small island. Though because his back was to the others, no one saw it. However, Sena wore an identical smile. "How long have you been here Tsura?"

"About 2 days now. You guys really do know how to keep someone waiting. I didn't think you guys would ever get here." Sena scratched the back of her head, "Y-yeah, sorry about that. We kind of got caught up...Litterally." She said thinking about the time they got captured by Marines back in Goldberry Island. Tsura chuckled. Not long later Tsura led the group into a very large bar. He walked over to a corner table where there were only two other occupants. One was a young man, of almost unnatural handsomness. He looked as though he could have any woman he wanted fawning over him in mere seconds. He hand long golden hair in a pony tail, vibrant green eyes and a winning smile. He wore a sharp black suite, with a white t-shirt undernieth and a black tie. He was really dressed to impress.

The other man there was the exact opposite. He was very large, but not in the way Dogomo was. He was nothing but pure muscle. He was dark skinned, and his body had numerous battle scars. On his right cheak was a dark scar, obviously from some bad wound. Even sitting down one could tell he was tall, probably more than 6 feet. He was bald and wore only some dark green pants. Leaning on the wall behind him was a giant war ax that looked as though it weighed more than the man he was sitting with. At the moment he was chugging back a large mug of Ale, and sporting a drunken grin on his face. "Ah! That's what I'm talking about! Yo! Bring another over here!!"

Not far from the table was also another young man, but he looked to be on his own (KingLion that is you). Though at the moment none of the others seemed to take notice of the strange man.

Tsura walked over and shook his head, "Rei, Gorro glad to see you guys again. Though I'm not surprised that you two are here." The younger one, smirked, "Well you know me Caption. I can't pass up a good spot for some cards, and this big lug over here can't go anywhere without drinking his brain away."

The larger one, Gorro, laughed good-heartedly as more Ales were brought over, "What can I say? It's good stuff man!!"

Rei chuckled, "Yes, yes-Why hello there." He said the moment he laid eyes on Sena. He quickly stood and took her hand in his, "My, my what an honor it is to meet such a beautiful flower as yourself in such a place. Please alow me to introduce myself." Rei continued with a charming smile on his face. Sena blushed unused to the attention, "I am Rei Mitecula, and may you bestow onto me the honor of knowing your name?"

"U-um, it's Sena...Sena D. Wolf." Her blush increased when Rei kissed the back of her hand, "Such a lovely name for a lovely woma-AAAAAA!!" Suddenly Rei was in a headlock by none other than Mizuki.

"Damnit! Will you stop fawning over every woman you see!!! It's embarressing to have you in our crew!!"

Rei struggled to get out of Mizuki's grip, but even so he managed to speak, "I just can't help myself! Whenever I see a beautiful woman I become driven by love!" He exclaimed staring at Sena with hearts in his eyes, "Unlike you! You amazoness!" Hearing this Mizuki grew a tick mark on her forhead, and tightened her hold on his neck, making Rei go blue in the face before passing out and swirls for eyes. "Hmph, that stupid idiot." Mizuki siad tossing Rei to the side as if he were garbage.

"Is he going to be alright?" Sena asked taking one of the seats in the area.

Tsura blew the scene off, "Meh, he'll be fine. They do that all of the time." He waited for the others to find seats before saying, "Now that we are all sitting, I would like to formally introduce myself. I am Tsura D. Hanza, and this is my crew. Well not all of them of course but, most of thhem. You already met Mizuki-" Mizuki nodded, "And Rei whos, well, still unconscious." Tsura placed a hand on Gorro's shoulder, "This here is a good friend of mine. His name is-"

"Gorra Togarnu! Pleasure!!" He laughed out downing another mug of Ale.

Tsura then turned to the young girl beside him and smiled, "And this here is Saya Hitomi. The youngest on my crew." He faced the rest of the people at the table, "I know Sena and Kazuya, but who are the rest of you. I'm afraid I didn't catch your names."

Sena jumped in first, "Allow me to introduce my crew first! This is my first mate and guardian Vince. Going in order of recruitment, we have Hermit and Dogomo." Tsura smiled, "It's a pleasure to meet you all." He then waited for Kazuya to introduce his own crew. Once that was done Tsura then said, "Well now that introductions are done and over with, I say we should get down to business now."

[ANBU]

Kazuya followed Tsura as he heard one of Sena's crew not really looking to see who it was asked how long they knew each other, about to answer when he heard Sena answering, smiling slightly as he remembered their island and the times they had there still thinking about them as he entered the bar with the others, noticing someone Tsura had recognized, thinking most likely a crew mate, tried to hit on Sena and insulted Mizuki when she intervened before Mizuki put him in a headlock and knocked him out. Kazuya sat down as Tsura introduced his crew and then Sena introduced hers standing up slightly only just remembering about having dragged Kenshin along with him in his rush to follow the man seeming worse for wear due to the pathway he was dragged on, Kazuya looking around and letting go hoping no-one else noticed. "Well.. this guy who I think I dragged here.." he said pausing for a few seconds before continuing "is Kenshin, a gunsmith.. he has the latest model military rifle and pistol which he designed.., our doctor is Isha, who if you saw is quite effective at such.." he then finished sitting back down as Kenshin managed to get onto a seat sitting mostly still except for checking over his shoulder for the condition of his wings.

[Kyng's Old Account]

Vince chuckled when he saw Rei's efforts on Sena, he was a regular romancer. Thing is, Vince himself never really had the chance to approach a woman, they usually came to him. He walked over to Sena, who managed to recover from the shock, after she introduced him along with her crew. He whispered "I seems he's taken by you, Ms. Sena." And with a wink, he bowed to the others saying "As my captain has introduced me, I am Vincent da Leonard. Just call me Vince." with his confident smile.

He was amazed at the variety of people there, from young adults to old, he couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. "What have I gotten myself into-ahh..."

Another bleedout, Vince stumbled onto a single knee agan like before, holding his head in both hands. And like before, all he could see was red, blood red. And he couldn't he them speak, he could only hear the ominous heartbeat drumming in his ears again, louder with every single beat.

"It's the curse...it's finally getting to me." Vince mumbled. He'd been in this place before. It was a nightmare, and whenever he bore the mask, he would only see blood red and heartbeats would drum in his ear, whilst his alter ego would control his corporeal self, his spirit was sent into a frenzy.

And it released him again, this one was longer than the previous bleedout. It also shook him to the very bone. Panting a litte, he stood up again, trying to recover himself.

[Jake the Sage]

Hermit's head lifted up slightly as he heard Sena talking to Dogomo about the other crew. He discovered that she knew the other Captain and that they had been friends since they were kids. It was only when she mentioned that they "were like family" that he felt his blood beginning to boil again; his mind remembering his own sister. Looking to the other crew he gave a low hiss through his teeth, though only making it were he could hear it, and it would be obvious to anyone to could see his face he didn't like them at all. He didn't like anyone much as it stood, but these people he really . . . really didn't like.

Sena then introduced her own crew, the few that there were. Then Vince decided to even go further and reintroduce himself to the others before almost fainting; something he was beginning to do often. Standing over Sena's shoulder as she sat down, Hermit refused to sit, he gave a cough and decided to for once "go with the herd" and spoke up, though just barely, [size=3]"I am Hermit of the East Blue."[/size]

If anyone had ever traveled there, they'd definitely have their heads turning right about now; if anything readying to leave or attack him.

[Devack]

Leon noticed an uprored in the marines while he was sitting at the exacution area.He got up and look around seeing that people around there had left in mass numbers, so he thought to him self if he wanted to try to stay out of the sight of the marines he would have to head to a place full of people. He started to head for another locaqtion on the island when he remembered that it was time for him to go rest at the bar.when he arrived at the bar, he went directly to where he usesally sits when he sites there. After sitting for a while, he saw a large group of people walk in and sit in a cornor where two dudes had already been sitting there. He soon turned his attition to what they were talking about as he watched from his set. he couldn't tell what they were were saying but he did over under stand that they were just intro ducing themselves. While he wasn't paying attention , his chair had tipped back and he fell to the ground.

[Birkeland]

Behind the doctor's mask a small smirk formed, a common gesture for him. With Hermit's blood in the vial, he would be that much closer to finding out how to cure the evil Devil Fruit users of the world. A combination of his hidden Kyuu Kyuu no Mi abilities and the right knowledge of Devil Fruits in general would allow him to 'cure' them of their powers, leaving them no more than regular humans. His good will would soon end as he felt an object crush beneath his foot. Misfortune befell the doctor as the ticket to his goals was crushed by his own folly. [color=#0000cd]"NO! I'M SO CARELESS! SO USELESS! Depression... Failure... fat man, drag me..."[/color] A low thump rang through the room as Isha collapsed on one of the tables. Dogomo, taking his cue at 'fat man', picked up the doctor and placed the latter on his shoulder. [b]"For the record, I am not fat. I am weighed down with justice! I-"[/b] [color=#0000cd]"Just go, fat man. I may be needed elsewhere... Or maybe not..."[/color] The heavy warrior sighed as the doctor passed out, slowly catching up with the others.

Dogomo took care to listen to Sena's story of her past, along with Tsura's and Kazuya's tales. The collective crews eventually found themselves in the new bar. Dogomo place Isha on one of the tables while shaking his head. He took his place by Sena and introduced himself to Tsura's crew. "Well now that introductions are done and over with, I say we should get down to business now," Tsura announced. [b]"Business? I thought we merely came to meet with each other?"[/b] Dogomo questioned.

[Hotaru987]

Tsura offered Dogomo a smile when he spoke. "You are partically right my friend. You see, like Sena had explained earlier we wanted to sail off into the Grand Line together, just as we did when we left our home island. Along with that we wanted to assemble some type of alliance with our crew members, to make sure there would be no anamosity among us, but there was also another reason we came toge-" Tsura was inturrupted by the man not far from their table falling out of his chair. He chuckled, "Maybe he has had too much to drink."

Deciding to take this oppertunity to take over, Sena continued, "Tsura always like to drag things out, so I think I'll finish it from here. In order to navigate through the Grand Line we can't use just some ordinary compass, because it won't work. Instead we have to have something called a 'Log Pose'. If we wanted all of us to go together than we would all have to go through the journy together of finding a Log Pose to assure that we would leave together."

She leaned back in her chair, "It's rather simple when you think about it. The only thing is, is that along our travels I haven't heard anything about where we could find one." Sena turned to Tsura with a hopeful expression. Unfortunately, Tsura looked just as bummed out as she. With an exasperated sigh he admitted,

"I hadn't had much help in that department either. We tried looking around here but unfortunately all of the stores are out of Log Pose, and they wont be getting another shipment at least for another month or so."

"Considering the ruckus you guys made earlier I doubt we would have that much time to wait." Rei - who had apparently joined the table not to long ago - put in.

Mizuki scoffed, "Tch, it's not like we can't take all those stupid marines. We should just stay here and kick their asses if they get in our way."

Rei sighed over-dramatically, "What a pitty that I much share a vessle with such a brute of a woman. If only I was to be on the boat with Miss. Sena. What a lovely sight it would be to wake up and see."

Mizuki punched the table quickly standing to her feet, "What was that you bas-

"That's enough. We don't have time for your arguing." Tsura said effectively ending the argument before it started. Mizuki sat back down, but was glaring at Rei for the rest of the talk. Though he didn't seem to mind as he was too engrossed in looking at Sena, who was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable with the blantent stairing. She wasn't sure whether to be flattered or weirded out.

"What about you Kazuya. Have you heard anything that could be of any help to us?" Tsura asked, throwing Kazuya into the spotlight.

Unknown to the three crews in the bar, what they had encountered earlier was only the begining of their problems. At this time a small, modest sized boat floated towards the docks of Lougetown. Within this boat laid a man, wearing all black suit. He even sported a nice, black fadora on his head. Oddly enough his feet were bare, but it didn't seem to bother the man. The only bit of color on him was his fire red hair, that stuck out from the bottom of his hat.

As his boat his the shore of the Island, the man used a single digit to raise the brim of his hat to peak out. "Hm...Seems like I'm at Lougetown..." He muttered almost as if he hadn't planned to go there at all. With a sigh of indignation he stood to his feet, his long and lanky body raising to at least 6 feet. He had a laid back air about him. Like he didn't care what happened, or that he wanted to do nothing but sleep. His eyes were only half open, showing golden eyes set in a sleepy stair.

Though the people around him stared with open shock it didn't seem to bother him. Some people ran from him, hoping to not be seen while others simply tried to ignore his prescense.

However, the man didn't appeare interested in any of them.

"M-mr. Montaga!?!"

"Huh..." Montaga looked up noticing a marine briskly walking up to him.

"Great, I should have just stayed in my boat." Montaga groaned to himself, shoving his hands into his pocket, "What do you want?" It wasn't clear if Montaga was annoyed, or not by his monotonous voice, but it probably wouldn't be in the marin's best interest to find out. Upon close inspection of the marine it appeared to be Lieutenant Shima; the very same Marine who was involved with the bar fight not even an hour ago.

"It's so good to see you Mr. Montaga! Now that you are here you can help with the capture of the pirates who have been causing trouble in our town." Montaga lowered his head slightly, so that the brim of his hat hid his now clearly annoyed expression. Now he was positive he should have stayed in his boat.

"You must come with me at once to see out General." Lieutenant Shima turned to walk away, Montaga regretably following behind him.

[i]'Now those damn pirates will get what's coming for them. They will never be able to defeat Mr. Montaga!'[/i]

[ANBU]

Kazuya watched as Isha passed out having been listening to him, and as he heard Tsura say about Isha possibly having too much to drink Kazuya smirked slightly, "actually I think it's just him.. he seems.. down whenever there's no-one injured around.." he then muttered before listening to Sena and Tsura talked about acquiring a log pose watching rei and mitsuki about to start fighting again when Tsura interrupted them and redirected the conversation to Kazuya asking if he had any help with acquiring a Log Pose. "Er.. well I've been more concentrated getting my crew.." he then says somewhat akwardly before seeming to get a serious yet conspiratorial look on his face, "how about we find another crew that has one.. not that they'd need to join us.." he then said quieter then he had been most of the conversation.

[Devack]

Leon got up off the ground surprised that he had fell out his chair. He then over heard the people sitting in the corner talking about log pose. He smiled as he heard them talk about the subject. He got up the second they finished talking about finding a crew with some for them to use. He walked over to their table and sat down his seat in front of themas he sat in it. "I over heard ya'll talking about log pose." He looked around the table analizing everyone sitting there." If you allow me to join one of your crews. I'll tell you how to find a log pose." He then sat and waited for one of them to respond.

[Jake the Sage]

Hermit simply stood, listening to everything, and thought to himself when there was a period of silence. He was still fighting back the memories and, worse, the tears they were attempting to bring up. Shuddering he looked, to anyone who happened to get a glance under his cloak, cold but simply kept his place beside Sena. A sudden flash crossed his mind, causing the hair on the back of his neck to stand on end, and caused Hermit to turn around towards the door. [i]"What the hell was that?"[/i] he thought to himself as he closed his eyes, able to sense energy more efficiently that way.

It was a powerful human, but he couldn't tell who or were they were exactly; all he knew was that this person hadn't been on the island before them.

[Kyng's Old Account]

Vince looked at the man who seemed to have been paying attention to the conversation about One Piece between the young Captains, but what surprised him more was the fact these young...young kids would be the best way to describe them, still old, but not yet in the awkwardness of adolesence. Well, Vince couldn't believe that they were all captains. But, linking one to another, Vince shouldn't have been too surprised.

Bottom line was, this person seemed to know how to get a Log Pose, and he had a feeling it was valueable. "Log pose, that's what they were saying earlier...to find One Piece...we need this information." He said quietly to himself before walking over to the bar. He knew Sena would sort this out. Right now, he felt strange.

Getting a bottle from the barkeep, he kept his glance on the glass before him avoiding the 'friendly' glances of other women. Today he felt a little under the weather, well, that along with these bleedouts. "Thanks." he said quietly to the barkeep as he sipped back the alcohol, taking a deep breath afterwards as he watched the events unfold.

[Birkeland]

While Isha continued to remain in his dreamlike state, Dogomo was listening intently to the conversation. It seemed as though they needed to acquire a Log Pose if they wanted to continue on their journey. Another tidbit was that the three crews would be working together from thereon in. That totaled to a dozen individuals, strong in their own right, with a majority possessing Devil Fruit. Not only strong in terms of power, but in bonds as well. Dogomo was proud to be among such people, also relieved that fate had forced him to leave his homeland. [b][i]Perhaps one day I will return. I will rebuild my nation, but not as king. Only it's humble servant.[/i][/b]

Isha soon stirred from his nap and forced his hand beneath his mask to rub his eyes. Only half-hearing the conversation left him no reason to remain in the bar. [color=#0000cd][i]Peak of health? More like peak of boredom...[/i][/color] The doctor pulled himself up and cracked his neck while walking straight for the door, not bothering to hide the fact he was bored with place. The doctor continued his stumbling walk until he found his way to the plaza once more. Making sure not to disturb the marines again, he planted himself beside a local store and dozed off.

Dogomo noticed the doctor's disappearance and excused himself to guard the door. Once outside, his uneasy feeling returned in full force. [i][b]A strong presence once again... Everyone's collected auras must have prevented me from noticing it earlier.[/b][/i] The heavy warrior wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead and closed the door behind him. He took a wide stance to prevent anyone else from entering the bar on the off chance that presence might reveal itself sooner than he expected.

[Hotaru987]

"Are you serious? Nothing? You are a disappointment Kazuya." Sena berrated him even though she was no help to their current situation either. Tsura sighed, "I see. I kind of expected this. It's too bad."

None of them seemd to sense the prescense that both Dogomo or Hermit felt. Though, Sena did notice Dogomo leave and take up position by the door, and also the look Hermit gave towards the exit only moments before. She was more observant than mot beieved, so she knew something must be up, but she didn't say anything. She was also worried about Vincent. He was acting very strange, and frankly Sena was becoming scared for her guardian.

"Looks like we're stuck until we can find something o-" Tsura was cut off by a strange man inturrupting their conversation. It became apparent he was evesdropping. The man pulld up a chair and said he knew of a place to get a Log Pose, but in exchange for his information he wanted to join one of the crews.

Tsura, Sena and Kazuya remained silent. They weren't sre of the man's intention but if he had knowladge of where to get a log pose then...

"I would love to have you on my crew, sadly," Tsura continued, "I am quite content with the number I have now. Perhaps Sena?"

"Well....um..I dont know.." Sena said. She didnt realy know him, but then again Hermit was a mystery to her as well..."I'm sorry I cant...Maybe Kazuya. He only has two members anyway. He could use the extra help." They looked at Kazuya. They hopped he wouldnt be too angered that they practically forced his accepting to the man's demand.