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Daisuke glanced over at Alex and Kuro, and briefly, Adam just in case they planned on going with them, then sheathed his blades began to gently swing them, pushing his palms down on the handles rhythmically like it was a subconscious habit of sorts. The numbers on the passing trees fell lower and lower as they neared the meeting place and even now he could hear the commotion of the many gathered pirates. Pulling out his map, he began to mark places he thought the marines might be stationed as they walked, unsure since he hadn't stayed long enough to gather much intel.

He was still conflicted about Goldfinger (Who, sorry to say Kant, I really think should be renamed Goldenfinger... >> it flows~ although it doesn't look as cool.) as he knew it may be his duty to avenge Blue with Oshikiri but without the underhanded interference of the crook he would not have survived the battle. He decided to wait and see if they ever found the perpetrator after all.

Hearing a commotion from the side, his curiosity could not go on unsatisfied,

"What's that 100 Beli about?"

Kuro followed behind the rest if the group it made sense since they were all going in the same direction and to the same location so it was better to go with the group rather than alone, as he walked he seemed to look around in a care free state but the truth was he was studying the area and the people around him, one was talking about being owed money and the other with the legendary sword was marking information down on the paper probably preparing for a trap by the marines it was pointless though since whatever was about to happen would happen anyway.

I wonder if those two have made it to the location yet...or if they got lost on the way there...

Despite only knowing them for a brief moment Kuro had found himself thinking of the two he met in the bar since they had become teammates or something like that at least, sliding his hand into his pocket Kuro took out a small piece of paper and looked at it in the palm of his hand before smiling a little as he placed it back into his pocket it seemed whatever it was it made him feel more at ease and even perhaps slightly happy.

"Well I can't very well leave a klutz and an injured woman to fend for themselves. God only knows what kind of trouble you two will cause." a smile creased across his face and he winked adding the extra nudge for them to realize he was merrily joking with them. "However if you two think it's almost time for him to appear then we had better hurry. If this guy is as big of a legend as you say he is then I would like at least a glimpse of him. Well if we are all in agreement lets head over there." he motioned for them to follow him and began walking in the direction the other pirates were headed.

The Loud gathering was growing larger and larger but now it was finally starting to slow down in its growth as the remaining pirates arrived to the Scene, taking place in the valley below the Building. Any normal people looking onto the chaotic meeting place would think of it as anarchy, but in reality the chaos was actually organized by Strength and influence.. The most powerful Pirates and crews were nearer the front, the weaker the further back, ensuring the most of the powerful pirates were in-front, nearest the auction house while the weaker was in the back, this was not really on purpose, but this resulted in less deaths as fights that broke out was normally between people of equal strength.

At this time a peculiar looking man wearing a heavy raincoat came wandering into the auction house, he was carrying a sheeted blade and his head and most of his face was covered by the hood of his coat. People that went to stop him were held back by their friends, their words of warning keeping them from hindering his progress.. And so without any interuption the man climbed the spiralling stairs and stepped into the chiefs office, at the very top of the auction house.

Fork D. Heart.

Said the man, addressing the figure before him. At the other edge of the room there was a large circular window, its glass coloured with a yellow tint that mixed the light shining through with a golden hue. Standing illuminated in that light was Fork D. Heart, the former Chef of the now missing Pirate King, his attention focused on the crowds outside, causing his back to be blackened by the light.

Jia..
So you actually came.

He did not turn to face the man, instead he simply responded with a tone of recognition, though his focus remained on the gathering outside, his mind seemingly deeply lost in his own world. The Swordsman took a few more steps into the room, his attention drawn to a map that had been spread out over a small wooden desk, the swordsman quietly studied the map until Fork spoke up again.

I heard you accepted the marine invitation..
Have you come for my head?

The question was direct but was said in a humours manner, despite the fact that they were not even facing, the famous cook still huddled in the light of the circle window. The Swordsman let his fingers run across a path on the map before letting his eyes return to the Chef. He did not speak a word but the Chef replied as if he had.

Heh, That is true.
If that was the case, I would already be dead.

The Swordsmans eyes closed as he continued forwards, leaving the map behind as he walked across the room, not stopping until he was standing shoulder to shoulder with Fork, joining him in the distant stare at the crowds gathering outside. They stood like this for quite some time before the man Fork had called Jia finally spoke again.

The World is not the one you left behind, Heart. Do you really believe that you can wander that path once again?

The Old Pirate closed his eyes similarly to how the man next to him had at an earlier point, he sighed deeply as if it was a question he was tired of hearing, yet could never hear enough.

It is my duty..

The atmopshere in the room became stark as a hint of frustration lingered in the tone of the raincoat man as he replied.

Duty.. Have you not done enough? You owe the world nothing anymore Heart.. You owe him.. Nothing!

Now was the Pirate Chefs turn to sound angry, his tone became sad at first, nostalgic even, but it quickly rose in power as the man suddenly turned towards Jia, finally facing him with all his passion.

That is where you are wrong, "Rain"
I owe that man.. Everything!
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The Doors of the action house suddenly opened up wide and out streamed pirates of Forks Crew, they surrounded the house, forming a defensive line of powerful veteran pirates, everyone of them a known pirate with a sizeable bounty on their heads. As a result both the Pirates of the Crowd and the hiding marines became suddenly alive, as the long wait seemed to finally be over, the noise of the valley rose from a storm to a tsunami, the excitement and anticipation, be it for the re-appearance of a long thought dead legend or a coming battle.

Vice Admiral, it is happening!

Doberman quickly rose from the place he had been resting, pushing two marines aside as he almost dashed to the outlook point, grabbing the biancoulars from the scout and used it to gaze down at the scene himself, it did not take long for him to come to the same conclusion.

Yosh.. Signal the men to be ready..
Ill head to my station.

The Scout saluted and watched as Doberman quickly left, taking with him a squad of elite marines, the newly formed group opening a hidden door that took them to a secret network of tunnels and caves that would lead them to their designated waiting spot.

Sergio was caught off guard when Celina had charged him, or at least he thought she had meant to charge at him. Akimoto ended up catching up to her, but not before she had hit another burly pirate. The pirate was enraged and decided to fight all three starting with Sergio. But Sergio did not want this escalating any further. As calm as he could be, Sergio grabbed his pistol hostered under his right arm with his left hand, pointed it at the man and shot him in the leg. He didn’t aim to seriously injure, just wound him enough that the pirate wouldn’t dare cause them anymore trouble. The man fell to his knee yelling and hollering as loud as can be. He looked up and saw the fierceness in Sergio’s eyes and decided it was best to just get out of there as quick as he could with his hurt leg.

When Sergio looked back at Akimoto and Celina, he saw a very unpleasant face from Akimoto. He said a few more disrespectful words and began to charge at Sergio. It seemed Sergio had no choice but to put this man in his place. Once again, he aimed to maim, not kill. Just as he was lined up and about to pull the trigger, the crowd began to stir. The commotion grew, starting from the front of the auction house and sweeping all the way to the back. Their open circle closed in as pirates moved to get closer to the auction house. It seemed like the man of the hour was getting ready to come out. Sergio holstered his gun, there was no way they could fight now, and he didn’t want to miss anything that was said. He looked over at Akimoto.

“I’m sorry to disappoint ya, but it looks as though we will have to put this little fight on hold for now, Mr……” Sergio had never gotten either of their names through all of this. He shrugged, figuring it a lost cause and turned his attention toward the auction house.

"Ah.. I'll have to owe you that, i left my beli at a safe place back at the hut." Ringer replied, his mood having lightened a bit.
When Daisuke asked what the deby was all about, Ringer was tempted to tell him the truth just for shits and giggles but refrained from it.
"Just a little bet between friends, nothing too grand."


After another minute or so, the crowds that had gathered before the Actuon house came into view. Never before has Ringer seen so many pirates gathered in one place, and even Kagari-jiizan seemed impressed as they joined the crowd.
"I guess we arent the only ones here for the cook, eh lads?" Ringer asked in a jolly manner.

"Okay!" Milo answered jollily as Ringer told him he'd owe him the money and flipped off of Ringers shoulders and landed infront of them walking backwards. He turned to Daisuke when he asked what the debt had been about and cracked a broad smile after Ringer had left it unexplained.

"Hahaha, wouldn't you like to know?" He teased Daisuke. "I'll give you a hint. It involved you... And foodstands!" He laughed heartily and turned around to see the huge crowd that had gathered to see the cook.

"Woooow!! I've never seen this many people in one place before!"

Milo was practically beaming with excitement as they began pushing into the crowd, and he continuously jumped up and down to get a better view over the sea of heads.

She smiled at the man's response.I didn't even want to be alone with him. As the man started walking toward area 20. Rose then ran to catch up, putting her arm around the back of his neck down his left shoulder.

"I hope you don't mind, though i think we'd get there faster if i wasn't limping."

She looked at him with a smile.

"And trust we are going to see more then just a glimpse!"

She said fullheartedly, looking toward area 20.

Akimoto stared at Sergio before he left.

"I applaud you for being reasonable. I am Akimoto Kazunari. Until we meet again..."

Within a brief second, Akimoto turned his back to Sergio and walked back to where Celina was at. There was no time left. The event had finally started. The new era had come..

"Kuro isn't here yet. Though, he should know that the event has started. We should make our way to the front of the building. I'll keep an eye out for Kuro..." Akimoto said as he whispered to Celina.

He then unconsciously took her hand. This time, he was a bit anxious. From the way he took Celina's hand, she could tell that he was feeling rather emotional at the moment. Unlike his calm, normal interior, Akimoto felt incredibly excited for the New Era to finally come. When Akimoto finally noticed that he took Celina's hand, he backed off.

"..I apologize. I suppose that the New Era is getting to me..."

He then whispered something that only Celina could hear (because of her impressive hearing and how close she was to Akimoto).

"I wonder if He who stands above heaven is here..."

A tinge of red crept across Aimé 's cheeks as tits smiled at him. He tried his best to hide the fact that he was flustered but it was to no avail. He always became quite flustered around pretty girls and tits was no exception as she was quite pretty. Damn it why does this happen to me? Why do I suck at talking to girls sooo much.. he thought to himself as he tried to pull himself out of his blushy state. He then heard molesty call him a klutz and it sparked a defensive response. "I am not a klutz!!! I just happen to not look where I am going sometimes and happen to fall." he said with a sigh. He had yet to realize that the two were already a few steps ahead until he heard tits speak again and about putting her arms around molesty.

"Gahhh wait for me!!" he said in a frantic tone as he ran to catch up to them. As he neared them he tripped over a rock and landed face first on the right side of tits. He coughed up some of the dirt and staggered back to his feet. "Well maybe I am a tad bit of klutz.." he said in a light hearted tone as he put his hand behind his head and a warm smile crept across his face.

After such hardship of trying to get to Sabaody Archipelago, Leia finally arrived to the place, freezing wet. There was no other convenient way other than sneaking into a fishing ship and hiding out in the cold refrigerator and then sneaking out to swim to the surface once she was close enough. She reeks of cold fish. The shading from the forest wasn’t going to dry her off soon but no matter; she made it to her destination, hopefully in time before the big event starts.

She was dressed in a long trench coat with a baggy khaki pants and brown boots, she hid the fact that she was female. There was no reason for it other than if she was found out in the fishing ship, it was just a better idea. Her hair was loosely braided in a ponytail positioned straight along her back. And on her shoulder, was a traveling bag that she brought along with her for the longest time. It’s wear and tear was fully visible with patches of sewn in pieces to make up for it.

Once she made her way further in, she was pushed along with the raging crowd trying to get the best spot for taking a peak at Forks crew. She only heard of the guy’s name once in a conversation but the name itself was enough to convince her that he was a legend in the making.

“This is probably the big event I saw on that poster.” She said as she observe carefully at what everyone else was doing not to mention, the loud cheering. With a hint of curiosity to knowing what else is going on and also in excitement of overhearing it, she comply and went along, grabbing hold of the person’s shoulder in front her as they dragged her to the front line. It was very convenient.

Rose stopped and laughed when the man tripped over a small rock. Once she stopped laughing, she looked towards him with a smile and started walking again. Heading in the direction of area 20.

"It's ok to be a klutz i guess though you should watch where you step. You don't want to hurt yourself. Oh, by the way my name is Rosie, though you guys can called me rose, cause it sounds cooler"

She said while giving a big warm smile.

Suddenly his hopes sank down once more when Levi informed him that there was no cake. Alas! Finally he meets a group of people that aren't pointing their swords at him or throwing their underwear at him, not that that's a bad thing really, but all silliness aside there was no cake after all. However, there was an unexpected twist to the contents of the barrel, and it came in the form of a magical word uttered by Levi.

"It's filled with bottles of rum."

Noah's face lifted once more, with its full attention drawn to the barrel packed with goodies. Oh yes, he could smell the familiar aroma, the sweet symphony each individual bottle must be carrying. His eyes projected two pink hearts in excitement, but how was this possible? Well it beats me to even explain this phenomenon. Anywho, he quickly shook of the love struck look while raising to his feet. Apparently this barrel was "claimed" by Commander Arrow, but this didn't matter, not one bit as Noah dared to place his hands on the barrel in between Cass' legs while staring into her eyes before he told her.

"Its kinda lonely to be drinking on your own. Maybe I can play you a tune to accompany that thirst of yours," in a sly tone that meant he was looking for a lot more than just a bottle of rum.

Laughing casually along with them the sparks of friendship seemed to fly as they headed towards grove twenty. "Well it's nice to meet you Rose. My name is Herain although you can just call me Rain since everyone calls me that. So all we have left is klutz. What might your name be or should we just call you klutz?" he asked chuckling to himself a bit.

Alex followed the group quietly. she had nothing to say so she decided she wouldn't speak. however when he heard the two talking about a bet and daisuke looked confused. Alex just chuckles at the fact as she quickly figured out the bet.

"well at least someone has faith in you"

When we came into view of the auction house her jaw dropped wide open. she never realised that there would be this many pirates. infact she never knew there was this many pirates at all.

"Holy shit"

Alex started making her way through the crowd together with the group while keeping an eye on them all so they dont get split up. it would be impossible to locate each other if they did

"Well it is a pleasure to make your acquaintances Rose and Rain. and my name? Well my name is Aimé Girard. Not Amy but Ahhhh meh." he said in cheerful tone. He always felt he needed to explain his name was said as people often got it wrong. He proceeded to walk with them until they came upon area 20. He was in awe at how many pirates had gathered but he then realized something. The security at the marine base was very lax. Could it mean that they are preparing something?? It would make sense but I don't want to jump to conclusions and worry my friends. I will keep my guard up though.

"Quite a spectacle huh Rose and moles err I mean Rain... I wonder what Fork D has in store for us." he said a loud as he looked onto the crowd. Gahhh I almost called him by the nickname I came up with at the base.. Shit I really need to stop letting things like this slip.. Maybe I can bring it to there attention without revealing that I was one the pirates that attacked them there.

"You know I heard that there was an attack on a military base not to far from here. Apparently there was hardly any marines guarding it. If that was the case then that could mean they could be plotting something? I mean there are a lot of wanted pirates here. But then again that attack could just be a rumor that was blown out of proportion.. You know how these things are." he said in an innocent tone as he looked on to see what was going to happen next.

Cassandra did not like the look of Noah after he learned about her rum. It was similar to how she often look when lacking rum, only, it was desperate. While she would beguile or out-right steal rum when she needed it, she had standards. The look in his eyes made her think he would do just about anything to get the rum and it made her uncomfortable. It was the first time she had met anyone more obsessed than her. When Noah approached her she shifted uncomfortably, feeling the mood change. His hands in between her legs suddenly made her feel uncomfortable, exposed and the way he stared seemed to shine sexual tension. Having only been around Levi and Boomie, who barely even thought of her as a woman, she had forgotten the normal gender divide and was caught completely off guard by the musician.

"Its kinda lonely to be drinking on your own. Maybe I can play you a tune to accompany that thirst of yours,"

It sounded to her like he had used that line before. He had used that line before, or something similar, she was certain of it. The tone of his voice made her shiver, this Noah, didn't look scary, but he was smart, street-smart, people-smart, the kind of smart that Cass and Levi and Boomie were not. To them he was dangerous, but only she seemed to have picked up on this fact.

"Said the beggar to the queen."

She went to cross her legs, aiming a kick at Noah, gently but swiftly towards the chest to remove his hands from her barrel.

It might be interesting to hear him play...

Not only did Levi not like being ignored, he did not like his creations being ignored. Gregory also did not like being ignored and he was Levi's creation, its like having a frying pan in the fire that is in a bigger fire.

Levi scowled at Noah, not for approaching Chibi or trying to get some rum but for completely ignoring Gregory. Levi Lifts Gregory up to his mouth and whispers in the pigeon-rats tiny ear.

"Claw his eyes out Gregory."

Without delay the little flying rodent leapt out of Levi's arms and firmly attached itself to Noah's face, proceeding to gnaw on the bridge of his nose; Gregory's claws slowly working up towards his eyes.

Noah smiled playfully as Cass gently pushed him away with a soft kick to his chest. He enjoyed the "playing hard to get" bit as it was familiar territory for him. Being a musician had its perks you see, because a talented voice on stage could be a natural charmer. Too bad his initial strike had not effect, and to make matters worse, when he back off some, he was met with a most unpleasant surprise.

"Gawk!"

The pigeon rat latched onto the bridge of Noah's nose with astounding precision. He felt a slight pinch at first, but the pain meter would skyrocket in a manner of seconds as Noah stumbled onto the floor at Levi's feet.

"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

His arms flailed about uncontrollably, until he slipped the thumb of his left hand on the neck of Gregory, and grasp its body with his right hand, forcibly yanking the thing off of his face. What was left, was torn flesh from the bridge of his nose and tiny scratches under his eyes. A mild stream of blood trickled down to the tip of his nose. At first he seemed slightly dazed as he got up to his feet, holding onto the still rabid animal.

His demeanor changed completely, almost as if his face could not be read another because most of it was covered by his hair. He shoved Gregory into Levi's chest, sarcastically stating, "The pleasure is all mine," before attempting to leave. When he surveyed the area, he found himself completely surrounded with no where to go because of the massive amount of pirates. Fighting Levi here would also be complete suicide because the odds would not be in his favor. With no other choice, Noah sat down on the grass between Levi, Cass, and in front of Boomie while he pulled out a flask from his back pocket. After taking a swig, he asked Levi, "Well Doc, I don't suppose you'd be willing to patch me up?"

Shortly after arriving Rain hears the yell and looks over to see the trio that had attacked the bar and military base that very same afternoon. Anger flared in his eyes and he clinched his fist.



"As they always say. Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Well the devil just appeared and I'm ready for some payback." he said barely keeping the anger in his voice from rising. "Acceleration" he muttered to himself and disappeared.

Seconds later he appeared beside the mad man who had blew him half to hell (Levi) and slammed a round house kick square in his chest making him fly backwards through the crowd. Yet before the other two could even react he had disappeared again although he didn't waste his time in appearing behind the woman (Cass) and swung my right leg around to kick the barrel out from her. It is sent flying away a couple of feet where it breaks upon impact with the ground. In an effort to get one last move in he jumps up and rotates his body mid-air and brings his left leg around trying to nail her in the face with another round house kick.