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"ROKUDO MUKURO?!" Everyone shouted.

"O-Oi! I thought his name was Meresomethingish Akira?!" Usopp shouted in confusion.

"Its Meredith! I-It is! Unless, he was lying the entire time, which I highly doubt!" Nami muttered, despite being a pirate, Akira had kind eyes that held honesty when talking to the crew. Nami knew that Akira was always truthful... though at the back of her brain, it ranted about that secret mysterious glimmer in Akira's eyes that seem to hold nostalgia for some strange reason Nami has yet to crack. And the times he chuckled silently in excitement when he thought he was alone.

She glanced at the person of topic.

"Kufufufufufu~ Why don't you just f*ckin' die already~" (In a random dimension, a certain all-powerful GoA AKA Akira's father, shouted "NO CURSING! EVEN THOUGH ITS HALF-CENSORED)

Nami shivered at the terribly creepy laugh that scared the sh*it out of her for some reason. She looked at the Straw Hat's first mate, Akira, who had a glowing right red eye with a straight horizontal black line in the pupil (A/N: I think in the the world of One Piece they have there own language and writing, so I don't think they know what kanji is.)

Holding his trident out, more oversized lotus flowers (where in the hell are those coming from?!) -- almost everyone screamed) grew from the slopes rocky sides and some from the ground. The vines that connected the lotus flowers were wrapped around the pirates as if forming a trap or a spider web--flower version.

Zoro had his eyes narrowed on the first-mate who had not stopped laughing that creepy laugh, the swordsman noted that Akira's eyes seemed slightly dead, as if he was not in control...

"Guys....I think Akira might be hypnotized too." Zoro muttered out to his other two companions.

"Yeah... that might explain his change of personality..." Nami mumbled along, a hand holding her chin in a classic 'think' position.

"A-A-A-A-A-A-AMAZING... Hypnotism can grant you such strange powers?!" Usopp shouted in slight fear and amazement, his legs shaking in fright for a lotus blossom grew too close to him for the sniper's liking.

"...I'm stronger then I thought... If I master this specific hypnosis... I'll be POWERFUL!" Jango looked at himself in amazement, apparently believing that the Straw-Hat's first-mate was hypnotized and was granted strange powers because he was hypnotized.

Instantly the overbearing black aura was aimed at them as Akira's upper face shadowed and only the bloody glowing red right eye was seen glaring at them.

"Kufufufu~ You dare think I, Rokudo Mukuro, would fall for such pathetic hypnosis? Kufufu~ I feel quite offended...."

Cue monsterly huge lotus flowers blooming besides them, the usually beautiful and delicate flowers for some reason, at that moment, looked terrifying.

"W-W-W-W-WE'RE SORRY!" Nami and Usopp screamed as the lotus flowers floated closer to them.

"T-Tch... being afraid of a plant. How pathetic." Zoro said to the cowardly duo, though he was sweating as he looked away from the glaring first-mate, slowly inching away from a lotus flower growing by his feet.

Another one grew in record speed and squirted water on the first-mate's face before disappearing with a wave of strange purple mist.

"..."

Zoro was not amused. The irked mark and the red face definitely proved that.

The swordsman and the first-mate had a heated glaring match for a moment, the swordsman opened his mouth with his hand on his swords.

"Br-"

"Anyway, lets get serious. Stop fooling around already, all of you." The first-mate turned around and faced the Black Cat Pirates. Everyone in the back fell on the ground in a comic relief style before shouting at the first-mate with shark teeth.

"YOUR THE ONE WHOSE FOOLING AROUND, AREN'T YOU?!"

"Kufufufu~ Ara? Ore (I)*? Why never! I'm just playing around while acting as if I'm serious~"

"THAT'S THE SAME THING!"

"Tsk tsk tsk. Brats these days, always so noisy and ignorant. You should respect your elders more."

"YOUR THE YOUNGEST ONE HERE!"

"Don't use such useless facts for an excuse to cover up your shame, peasants."

"YOU--ARG--iTS TRUE, DAMNIT!" Nami raged.

"...This kid is insane! Who made him the first-mate?" Usopp frantically shaked Zoro.

"My also insane captain, but I don't know who is more crazy..." Zoro mumbled, face-palming.

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A/N: Hey, if you didn't catch that or never watched KHR. Akira is still in his 'Rokudo Mukuro' zone (You can tell whether he is or note by whether the sentences are bold or not: Bold = Mukuro), and by the last statement when he said that 'you should respect your elder more', Rokudo Mukuro would technically be older then all of them because Mukuro is a character who lived 6 times. 6 reincarnations.

Of course, Akira didn't live 6 times. But he is pretending to be 'Mukuro' now, so technically its true in a way? Oh, it will make sense eventually.

*Ore = Means "I", or "Me". Male can define themselves with 'Boku' or 'Ore' while girls define themselves with 'Watashi' (I think...)

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Akira is not ashamed to admit that he is definitely not in the right state of mind. Strangely, it was not an entirely uncomfortable feeling, more like... it felt like this sudden change of personality was... a part of him.

Akira was not sure if he whether he should welcome this change or borrow one of Zoro's swords and stab his (Akira) brain. He was leaning towards the former, less painful and honestly more interesting.

Rather, what annoyed him the most is that he can't seem to recall exactly how the canon went, despite his brain being a prodigious one, he's still human, no matter how avid a fan Akira is, he can't remember every single detail of the entire anime and manga. Besides, its been a while since he recalled his memories about the very beginning of One Piece.

'Kufufu~ Why don't you just declare 'f*ck it all' and enjoy beating these peasants up or as you would describe them, 'disgrace of the Black Cats'? You and I know that both of us would enjoy it quite a lot, Young Master.' A familiar voice chuckled from the back of Akira's head.

'Young Master? More importantly, who are you? You know what, f*ck it all. I'll figure this out after we beat these peasants and when I'm sailing on our crew's new caravel.' Akira ultimately decided.

He started exaggeratedly twirling his mist trident, before stopping. "Do me and everyone else a favor, drop dead--*cough* I mean unconscious and so spare me the waste of effort, energy, and time, (not to mention this identity crisis headache) I may have to spend in killing---*COUGH* I mean knocking you unconscious." Akira ordered.

'OIOIOIOIOI! You meant 'dead' and 'killing' didn't you?! Where is the truth that kids are supposed to be innocent angels?!' Everyone mentally shouted.

"M-M-M-Men! Hold your, ground! These are merely illusions! No matter what, the law of physics will not let us be beaten by a br--"

THWAK!

The former first-mate-filling-captain of the Black Cat Pirates was punched to the ground by a lotus flower

"Kufufu~ Oya oya, how surprising his head didn't split open. Ma, I'm still quite new to this ability myself. Now then..."

Akira licked this lips, and everyone could swear they could see a shadow of another person behind the Straw-hat first-mate, the shadow had a long braid trailing in the air and was also holding a trident.

"Whose next?"

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Couple more minutes of innocent screaming in horror and playing around with flowers...

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"...Oi Akira...?"

The said first-mate stopped chuckling after witnessing another foe getting punched by a giant lotus flower and turned to the one who dared address him while he was in the middle of playing.

"Kufufu~ Yes Mr. Bushido?"

"Mr. Bushido? When are you going to stop calling me-- You know what, nevermind. I'm saying this because the Witch and Usopp are too scared to--"

"WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE!" The said scaredy-cat duo screamed from behind Zoro.

"That there glad that I'm on their side? Kufufu~ though I find it hurtful that your so scared of me, despite everything you witnessed so far, I do take my battles seriously and don't necessarly enjoy hurting my victim--*cough* I mean enemies." Akira pouted as behind him two giant lotus flowers were punching a poor foe pirate.

"THE SCENE IS CONTRASTING WITH YOUR WORDS WAY TOO MUCH!"

"Tsk. Its not my fault that I'm a complete cheat character and that the enemies up until now are way to easy."

"YOU APOLOGIZE TO EVERY WEAKLING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!" Usopp raged.

"Damn that little brat! Now our whole plan is shut down! What am I going to do with this mess?! Captain Kuro sees us, he will kill us!" Jango got up and looked around in despair.

"Buchi! Check this out, there's some bad stuff going on!" A voice came from the ship with the destroyed figure head.

"What the hell?!" Another exclaimed in annoyance.

Jango smiled, "I forgot we still had our trump card! Come forth! Meowban brothers!"

Two swift shadows flipped acrobatics from the distance from the foe's ship to the destroyed figure head, landing in front of their captain.

"Yes, Captain?" A skinny man with exaggerated green hair and giant cat paw gloves answered with a cocky grin.

"Did you call for us?" The other man, a fat man with a cape and no shirt, asked.

Then they posed.

"Sham and Buchi! We're the Meowban Brothers!"

The straw-hat's reactions were underwhelming.

Nami and Usopp had a sweat drop while looking confused but definitely not impressed.

Zoro just stared in slowly descending interest.

Akira yawned in his hand.

"Sham, Buchi! We must immediately go up this hill but as you can see, our way is blocked. Clear the obstacle immediately!" Jango ordered.

Sham and Buchi took one look at the intimidating Zoro who had his eyes shadowed by his bandanna and Akira who may not look intimidating (considering his child status), the mere pure black aura as well as the glowing red eye of the first-mate who was looking down at them with disinterest.

They backed away in fear. "NONONONONO! We can't do that, they look to strong, right Buchi?" Sham chocked in fright. "Yeah! Too strong! Way stronger then us!

They started bawling like babies.

"They're just a bunch of pansies, I guess they aren't the trump card after all." Usopp concluded.

"Sham, Buchi, just do it already!" Jango yelled.

"Hai Boss! Just please stop yelling!" Sham cried.

"Good-bye cruel world! Good-bye Mama Patrick and her damn good mac and cheese pies!" Buchi wailed before he and his brother started charging towards Zoro and Akira, screaming their lungs out.

"Why are they forcing that guy to go fight?! He'll be beaten in no time!" Nami observed.

"Oi, Midorinu. Think you can handle it without being snitched?" Akira sighed to the green-haired swordsman.

"What do you take me for? And stop calling me that!" Zoro muttered, looking at his upcoming fight--was it even considered to be a fight-- with a sigh, thinking he was going to end this quickly.

"AHHHHH! I'M GOING TO COME AND DESTROY YOU WITH MY CLAWS! BE CAREFUL I'M A VICIOUS KILLING MACHINE! AHHHH! Sham screamed at Zoro.

"Stop or else I'm going to cut you up for real!" Zoro shouted at him.

'Sympathizing with the weak, huh? Naive, like a puppy accepting food from a pet controller. Midorinu is barking up the wrong tree. Uh, stupid identity crisis headache, wish Sanji was here. I need comfort food after this.' Akira scowled.

"I'm not joking!" Zoro called out as Sham drew closer.

"AHHHH--Not likely!" Sham smirked menacingly.

CLANG!

Claws clashed with swords as Zoro was taken by surprise. "Bastard...!" Zoro grounded out.

Sham jumped back swiftly, "I'm impressed you blocked me, considering the performance I gave. Don't let that teeny bit of skill you have to underestimate Sham of the Meowban brothers."

"Good luck with that, I've been trying to teach him not to underestimate his enemies many times already." Akira related with a deadpanned tone.

"He probably hasn't learned because you aren't giving the best example." Usopp deadpanned besides the first-mate.

"But--Hm. Point taken." Akira admitted.

"HEY! MY SWORDS!" Zoro growled as he noticed two of his blades on Sham's back.

"Aaaaand, he's been snitched." Akira face-palmed before looking up, "Mr. Bushido, do you want me to take them out?"

"No, this is my fight. I have to prove my worth on Luffy's crew too!" Zoro shouted determinedly before fighting the Meowban brothers with his somewhat shaky one-sword style.

'Tsk, swordsmen and their stupid pride. Just give up on him, I had my own experiences with that air-headed Vongola Rain Guardian*, Kufufu' The voice at the back of Akira's head let out a dry, unamused chuckle.

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Due to Zoro's wishes, Akira did not pitch in, despite Nami constant complaints. Akira ignored her like he did most of the times she annoyed him and focused on examining Zoro's skills with one sword.

It honestly did not look good for Zoro, and Akira hands itched to help when Zoro almost got flattened by the fat cow-- I mean Buchi.

But Akira mentally wiped away a tear when Zoro took the shot that Usopp aimed for Sham.

"Usopp! You're supposed to shoot the enemy, not the only strength we have!" Nami whispered ferociously at Usopp.

"I did, but it looked like Zoro moved in on purpose..." Usopp answered, confused.

"You dumba**, don't interfere!" Zoro shouted at the duo before clashing the the Meowban brothers once more.

"He took the shot because if it did hit the enemy then they would set their sights on you." Akira said evenly from besides them, his eyes not moving from Zoro's fighting form. "And I doubt you could take them on just yet, especially with those wounds.

"So that's why..." Nami breathed, slightly shocked by such an action.

"What a man..." Usopp said with awe.

"Ma, I can't disagree with you on that." Akira let out a small smile.

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'Damn it! If I had at least one more sword, I could beat these guys!' Zoro cursed in his mind as he fended himself from four claws.

Meanwhile, Akira found himself out of breath for some reason. He fell on one knee, letting out pants, attracting the other two.

"Akira!" Nami and Usopp shouted out in concern.

"Its nothing." Akira held out a hand to stop them from coming closer as he focused on breathing.

'Oya oya, looks like the side effects of being in my character mode are kicking in. Kufufu~ Well, that's what you get for unlocking this skill so early.' The voice in the back of Akira's head mocked--dare Akira say--fondly?

'Character mode? You know what? Question later, I have a pretty good idea of who you are and what is going on. And FYI, it isn't my fault that I was born a cheat character--Wait, I think I already said this twice today.' Akira grumbled.

"That's it! I'm going to get Zoro's swords!" Nami declared as she stood up.

"Wait, I'll got get his swords and you stay, its too dangerous!" Usopp fretted.

'How manly' Akira praised mentally, true compliment.

"Your way more injured that I am, it'll be quick!" Nami declared.

"Mr. Pinocchio is right though, its too dangerous Mikan-san, I'll go-- *cough* *cough*" Akira coughed up a small mouthful of blood much to the duo's horror.

"Ignore *COUGH* M-Me, this is ju--*COUGH* a mea--- *COUGH* *COUGH* a damn-it-all measly side effect *COUGH COUGH*" Cue more mouthful's of blood.

"Nonononono, that's way more than a measly side effect." Both Usopp and Nami waved their hands back and forth frantically.

Nami went off without another word.

'Damn it. I have extra high graded katana's in my backpack that Dad gave me but I left it in the tree where I took a nap with, along with Eve because he seemed so tired.' Akira 'tch'ed.

'I blame you.' Akira mentally accused the voice at the back of his head.

'Oya oya, now lets not go pointing fingers at each other shall we? Besides, you're going to have to get use to it if you plan to use my powers in the future, little prince.' The voice sang merrily.

'Still sucks.' Akira pointed out before coughing up a few more mouthfuls.

'Kufufu~ Its a little price to pay for my abilities is it not?'

'Like my abilities weren't enough to beat everyone on this island. This probably would have ended much quicker without my sudden identity crisis headache, AKA you, stupid-voice-who-I'm-sure-shouldn't-be-in-this-world.' Akira mentioned.

'...Withdrawn. On the bright side, this is only happening during the beginning, all of this should change in the future. Though to lighten up this situation a bit, why don't you think of it as puberty--'

"Don't even go there." Akira glared out loud, scaring our future sniper as well as ending the conversation with the voice.

"Tch. That ragazza stupida (Italian: Stupid Girl). She's going to get injured, she underestimating them and this siutation. UNDERESTIMATING PEASANTS IS MY JOB *COUGH*" Aaaaannd another mouthful of blood.

"Is that job really something worth fighting for?" Usopp deadpanned besides the Straw-hat's first-mate whose probably going a little crazy because of blood loss and identity crisis.

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Long story short, Nami got slashed in the shoulder by Jango's hypnotism device. (Called it.) Huh, who knew a circle frisbee thing could be so dangerous...Well, its One Piece.

Kudos to her for not screaming out like a banshee in pain like 99% of the girls in my world would have done because boy, that cut looks deep.

And then, as if Kronos was waiting for this moment, low and behold, the final boss appeared.

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Kuro, former captain of the Black Cat pirates, presumed dead to the world, stood on the very top of the slope, silent, yet held a menacing aura.

"Took you long enough, Sebastian-wannabe." Akira muttered, wiping the a stream of blood from his mouth in disgust. Akira is a clean freak and damn proud of it. Without the clean freaks, the world would have already drowned under waste. Only Levi understands him.

'Ok, waaaay out of topic brain. Stupid blood loss.' Akira cursed.

"Never thought you guys would have been tripped up by these brats." Kuro drawled in a strangled calm voice. He dropped a large bag besides him.

"...The Black Cat pirates aren't like what they use to be, isn't that right JANGO!?" Kuro raged, his voice echoing the sides of the cliffs.

Yep, by the many irked nerves on the former Black Cat pirate captain's head, anyone could tell that Kuro was pretty pissed.

"C-C-Captain Kuro! Um, you see, uh... well, didn't you say that these pesky brats wouldn't be a problem?" Jango tried to reason.

"Yes. I did." Kuro surprisingly said.

"So what? I knew they would come and try to stop us. But what I didn't expect was...that all you fools to be SO USELESS."

Both sides felt enraged at that statement.

"Did he think it was easy to beat us? I'm officially offended. Congrats, you are officially on top of my hit list." Akira muttered. He was sure Kuro heard, but the Sebastian wannabe ignored it.

'"...On top of my hit list-- Oya, aren't you suppose to me in my character mode? Not that damn sun arcobaleno?' The voice protested indignantly.

'Silence from the peanut gallery!' Akira mentally retorted, ignoring the voice's snort as if completely offended.

"We are... use... useless?!" Jango bit out. He gritted his teeth in holding back a angry retort.

"Whose useless?"

"How dare you say that, Captain Kuro!" Surprisingly the Meowban brothers shouted in anger.

Zoro took notice.

"Its true you were once strong....But that's a three year old tale! When you were fooling around in this village, we weren't just hanging around doing nothing!" Sham declared.

"That's right! We've pillaged countless villages and defeated many pirate gangs!" Buchi sharped his claws in pent up frustration.

"And yet another reason to destroy them." Akira muttered, not hacking up blood like he was dying but rather in cool down mode at the moment.

"Those bastards.." Usopp clenched his fist at the thought of injustice and such horrors that might descend upon his peaceful village.

"After three years, do you think you still have enough strength to beat us?!" The Meowban brothers roared, they sped past Zoro and went full speed towards Kuro.

"Mutiny?" Grimaced Zoro as he turned his head towards the action.

"WAIT! Buchi! Sham!" Jango cried out at them to stop, already knowing what would happen.

SWOOSH

In an instant moment, Kuro disappeared from the top of the slope and seemed to have teleported behind the Meowban brothers, who slashed the bag Kuro had brought along.

"How did he move so fast?!" Zoro yelped in shock as Kuro appeared in front of him before disappearing once more.

The former Black Cat Captain seeming teleported around the Meowban brothers, as if taunting them through dance.

SLASH.

Kuro appeared behind the brothers, pinning them with his katana finger claws against their necks.

'That man's stealth foot is a silent movement technique. Even if you had 50 assassins, he can kill 'em all without anyone noticing. Its impossible for us to escape from his plans!' Jango whimpered.

'My mind's still hazy from blood loss, but if I remember correctly, that foot work is like the demo of one of the 6 superhuman martial arts, which I think are mostly worded upon in the Enies Lobby arc. Was it called Soru or Shave? Or is Soru the japanese word for Shave? Ugh, I don't want to think about it now.' Akira gave up.

'One things for sure, I think I can do that technique and so can my crew if someone from East Blue can make a demo version of it.' Akira concluded, keeping that note to the side of his head.

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Kuro apparently declared that through his 3 years of service on the island has made him, quote, 'more humble'

Yeah, that gave Akira good laugh, which he would if his lungs were not filled with blood.

Kuro gave his crew five minutes to defeat, and again quote 'pesky brats', or else he(Kuro) will kill them all himself which the Meowban brothers--who just did mutiny a few seconds ago--rejoiced. Unfortunately for them, Nami knew opportunity and timing when it hit her in the face (or slashed her in the shoulder. Literally).

"Zoro!" Nami called out, getting his attention before doing a 5-star soccer kick on his two katana's, sending them straight towards Zoro.

"OI WOMAN! Don't go kicking my swords like that!" Zoro glared.

"Hmph, where's my 'thank you'?" Nami playfully grinned in return.

Zoro smirked. "Ah, Arigato na!" Catching the swords epically before putting a katanna in his mouth.

"HEHE! DIE!" The poor victims-- I mean the Meowban brothers yelled.

"TIGER HUNTING PREY!"

DING! DING! And the Meowban brothers are out of the ring. The audience gape in shock.

"You guys don't get it, using three swords and three-sword style technique are very different." Zoro smirked a badass smirk.

"Impressive." Akira clapped politely after using his hand to close the Straw-hat's future sniper's gaping jaw.

"Four minutes left." Kuro barely twitched as he announced.

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Buchi, surprisingly had a strong will to defeat Zoro, going so far as to begging Jango to hypnotize him, before charging at Zoro with white eyes and twice as strong rage and strength (they do say emotions are what makes the strength)

"Everyone's fighting injured while he's still..." Nami bit out, frustrated. Holding her wound with one hand, she ran to the still sleeping Luffy (who Akira had forgotten about momentarily before the fact that his captain was pleasantly sleeping caused Akira to remember the cause of his headache)

Of course, Jango would not let her go that easily.

Twirling around his ring, he let the sharp object fly towards Nami like a frisbee razor.

Akira had a scary look in his eyes when he swiftly took a hair-pin-which-it-was-actually-a-kunai out of his hair before throwing it towards the frisbee. The first-mate then blinked in slight confusion. 'What the--Did I just do that unconsciously? I know how this part of the story goes... Lets just blame it on reflexes.' Akira decided.

"NAMI!! LOOK OUT!" Zoro shouted out in warning.

"WAKE UP!" Nami didn't seem to hear Zoro's warning as she stepped on Luffy's face (Akira would have winced, having a highheel to the chin is definitely not fun.)

SWISH

"DUCK!" Usopp screamed.

"NAMI, HOW DARE YOU STEP ON MY FA--" And the razor frisbee struck Luffy in the mouth.

... Silence....

"Pfft."

Silent moment ruined by Akira's snickering.

"L..Luffy?" Nami asked hesitantly.

The ring in Luffy's mouth shattered. (Akira whistled. 'Damn, those are some powerful jaws.)

"THAT HUUUUUURRTS!" Luffy yelled as he rubbed the sides of his mouth.

"That guy woke up!"

"This is bad!"

"Now there's no way we can finish this in 5 minutes!" The Black Cat pirates wailed in distress.

"NAMI! THAT FREAKIN HURTS!" Luffy shouted with shark teeth.

"IT WASN'T ME!" Nami shouted back with shark teeth.

"Oiiiii Hijikata-saaaan! Don't look up now." Akira suddenly drawled in a deadpan voice.

"Hm? GAH!" Luffy looked up just in time to duck a kunai.

"That was a close one! Thanks Akira!" Luffy grinned at his first-mate for the warning before cocking his head to the side in confusion. "Whose Hikimata?"

"I think he said Hijikata, Luffy..." Nami sighed, though wondering the same thing.

"Tch. It missed....Wait... why am I suddenly trying to kill Luffy?" Akira wondered to himself.

'Kufufu~ If I may answer that, I believe a little bit of Okita Sougo from the anime Gintama just appeared.' The voice answered.

'Okita Sougo...? Damn it, stop creating more questions! Can we just freakin' end this already so I can get my answers!' (A/N: We all want to know what the heck is going on. I personally want this chapter to end already. Oh, and Hijikata is someone Okita Sougo is trying to kill, just a little something there for readers who were dumb enough to never start or continue the great parody known as Gintama.)

"Luffy... You have to fight." Nami panted as she suddenly fainted on the ground, clutching her shoulder as more blood started to stain her white shirt.

"NAMI! Your injured!" Luffy suddenly noticed.

"I've done all I can. You have to win this battle--" Nami encouraged with a smile.

"Ah! Just count on me--"

"---For my money!" Nami finished.

"...I should have known." Luffy sighed.

"Hora (see) Mikan-san, your obsession with money is so tragic that even Luffy is feeling awkward." Akira shouted from his spot.

"SHUT UP! You have no say in this, you mood-swing brat!"

"Nami... I know this great doctor. Perhaps its finally time you get some therapy." Akira close eyed smiled kindly.

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

"That's fine. I know a guy who works with zombies and a surgeon who loves playing around with beating hearts and live dismembered heads." Sparkle sparkle PLUS hopeful look.

"ONLY WHEN YOU GET SOME THERAPY FIRST!"

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Things started getting serious when Usopp almost took the blow for Kaya, he would have taken the blow in the canon, but Akira, knowing this would happen was able to knock them over so that they all dodged the blow from Kuro.

"Kaya! Get out of here!" Usopp begged Kaya who was currently shedding tears.

"No! You all are getting injured..you all are still fighting--"

"Kaya-ojousama...what are you doing here?" Kuro asked, still in shock that the young sickly girl was here.

'What are you trying to cover up? Evidence is everywhere you look. Your busted.' Akira smirked.

"PLEASE STOP KURAHALDOR! I'll give you my fortune so please... leave..." Kaya begged, looking utterly heartbroken.

And then Kuro laughed and maniac laugh before going on with a speech about how he needs everything and that the fortune was not enough. How he spent 3 years serving a weak girl and enduring while he gain the trust of everyone. How to truly have the reward he deserved was to live forever in peace after completely enjoy the destruction of the one he got his peace from.

Utterly sick and despicable speech which left Kaya on her knees with a lost look. And yet despite all this, Kuro still had the guts to smile like a gentleman and ask her to go home as if nothing as ever happened or change.

And then the former sickly girl whipped out a fine pistol in rage.

Not many believed she had the guts and a little encouraging from Kuro in his gentlemen-nothing-has-changed-and-I'm-not-some-baddy-pirate act broke her.

"I still remember the days when you used to be sick, and I would stay up all night by your bedside. Worried before telling you stories that would make you laugh, ah... those were the days." Kuro smiled a kind smile which caused tears to dwell up in Kaya's eyes once more, the pistol in her hands shaking as Kuro gently grabbed the pistol.

"I did it all for you...." The pistol was now out of Kaya's hands and in Kuro's "All so that I cOuLd KiLl yOu ToDaY!" And then he lost it. Devil. The only thing he has in common with Sebastian.

He dropped the pistol casually. "No matter how much I hated it. I tried hard to make you happy."

"You bastard...!" Usopp was shaking with rage.

"Can you imagine, my humiliation of those days? CAN YOU IMAGINE ME, THE FORMER CAPTAIN KURO DOING SUCH THINGS?!"

Luffy's eyes twitched.

"KURRROOOO!!!" Usopp screamed in rage as he grabbed the pistol from the ground and shot it at the said pirate.

With his silent foot technique, Kuro easily dodged the bullet.

"Come to think about it...." Kuro suddenly appeared behind Usopp. Kuro's katana fingers were curled around Usopp's head, trapping him. "You still owe me a punch in the face."

"You hit me pretty hard at that time."

Usopp shivered when something caught his attention. And Kuro's.

CLANG!

Kuro narrowly blocked Akira's trident but even then, his feet sped back because of the force. "You... what strength... who are you?"

The turquoise-haired boy smirked.

"First-mate of the Straw-Hat pirates, Meredith D. Akira. As much as I would like to have a... say conversation with you myself, I'm afraid my captain has something he wants to say to you." At the end of his sentence. Akira suddenly appeared in front of Kuro.

"Wha--" Kuro exclaimed in shock before Akira grabbed his neck, chocking Kuro, before throwing him at the angle in the air down the slope.

"FYI, That foot technique your so proud of is nothing but an amateur version of a martial arts in the Grand Line. I must thank you though, while I'm not nearly to that level... I got the just of it."

"You--"

"Senchou! He's all yours!"

"GOMU GOMU NO PISTOL!"

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Besides a few bumps here and there as well as Akira having to run off to protect Kaya and the children (who showed up out of nowhere) from Jango resulting to missing most of the battle (took longer then Akira thought because the side effects came tumbling back at the worst timing). Zoro beating up Buchi. Nami running off to steal treasure from the enemy's pirate ship (despite her injury).

And then Kuro who used his last resort, a technique where he doesn't know where he's attacking so ultimately attacked his own crew....which didn't appeal to Luffy so well.

Long story short...

Kuro got f*cked up.

"Impossible... He beat Captain Kuro!" A black cat pirate breathed out in disbelief.

"Even the marines couldn't capture him!" One shouted.

"Just who the hell are you!?" Another demanded as Luffy stood up.

"Monkey D. Luffy." Luffy said simply. "Against a pirate who'd discard his name and run away from sea. There's no way I would lose to such a guy."

Akira, Zoro, Usopp, Kaya, and the children arrived in the background. Having defeated Jango with little difficulting despite many unnecessary crying and wailing, courtesy of the children and the (no offense) crybaby lady.

"Yes! Missed the smackdown but who cares, I came just in time for the speech!" Akira whispered as he pumped a fist, ignoring how Zoro and Usopp were deadpanning while looking at him.

"A true pirate would never give up his name until the day he dies!" Luffy declared with shadowed eyes.

"Luffy? I never heard that name before.." The Black cat pirates talked amongst themselves.

"Remember my name for the rest of your lives!" He gave a grin. "For I am the man who'll become the Pirate King!"

Luffy crouched down and took a hold of Kuro's jacket before launching him at his former crew. "TAKE HIM AND NEVER COME BACK!"

The Black Cat pirates were gone like the wind the next second.

"Tch. Damnit, I could have re-cashed in Kuro's bounty." Akira tsked, before sighing and giving a smile. "Ma, its not like I'm short of money, no need for me to be another Nami."

Nami didn't hear Akira as she sat besides Luffy who suddenly collapsed and was staring up at the bright blue sky.

"Good work. But what were you so angry at earlier?" She sat down besides Luffy, playing with the straw hat that had fallen off during battle.

"Pirates aren't as noble as they are in your dreams. Captain Kuro is a standard example." Nami had a strange look in her eyes.

Luffy glanced at her before looking back into the sky.

"I want some meat."

Before Nami was about to start chocking Luffy by his straw hat. A hand gently stopped her and lifted the straw hat out of her grasp. Both Luffy and Nami turned to look at Akira who smiled kindly at them both.

"Good work both of you. We survived this battle, so lets not kill each other. Lets enjoy this small time of peace shall we?" Akira placed the straw hat back on Luffy's head. Luffy grinned up at him while Nami just smiled in defeat.

"It looks like your finally permanently back to normal." Zoro broke in as he walk closer to the group before leaning against the cliff walls.

"My apologies if my personality was a bit... well, unusual. Technical difficulties with my body at the moment, I hope you all will forgive me." Akira smile dimmed a little as he bowed towards his crew.

"Don't worry about it! Shishishi!" Luffy just laughed it off.

"Technical difficulties...?" Zoro and Nami repeated dumbly.

"Do you have something to say, Mr. Bushido? Mikan-san?" Akira smiled a kind close-eyed smile at them...

....With black aura leaking and making Akira's hair defy gravity despite no wind.

"....N-N-Nope... Nothing a-at all, right Zoro?" Nami awkwardly laughed at Zoro.

"Y-Yeah. Just glad your back to n-normal." The duo laughed exaggeratedly loud.

"Shishishishi! Good to have you back, Akira!" Luffy laughed purely.

"Hai." Akira smiled at Luffy, this time no black aura.

'AKIRA ISN'T BACK TO NORMAL AFTER ALL!' Zoro and Nami mentally shouted as their bodies sagged in sudden exhaustion.

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3 days later...

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'The food here is definitely unique, One Piece food is way better then the food from my world somehow. Despite there being a few similarities like sandwiches and pizza, it just tastes different, yet a good difference. I can't wait till Sanji joins! His food looked amazing!' Akira thought happily as he ate more a strange shell fish pasta which tasted great, though he was looking forward to Sanji's food or food at the Baratie, which looks amazing.

Hey, despite being a prodigy and all ('All' including the son of the Ruler of Anime), he was still a teenager. And he. Loved. Food.

Of course, he doesn't show his love out in the open like a beast like... well, Luffy. While Akira can't eat as much as Luffy (not even close), he can still eat quite a lot.

"Now that we're done with our grub, we should go." Zoro said from his relaxed position, his arms behind his head.

"Yeah." Luffy agreed, chewing on a fish bone.

'I'm surprised he's satisfied with this much.' Akira thought in surprise as he only saw 5 plates next to Luffy. But then again, Luffy's appetite was much more shown further into the series.

"Everyone, your all here!" Kaya, elegantly walked in and greeted us with a cheerful smile despite the betrayals she experienced days ago. Strong girl, Usopp chose good. Akira mentally sent out thumbs up to Usopp, the first-mate was definitely cheering the sniper on all the way. It would turn out to be a cute couple after all.

"Are you sure you should be walking around like that?" Nami asked with a concerned look.

Kaya chuckled, "Its fine. In the past year, my illness was due to my highly depressed state over my parents death. Usopp took so much effort into cheering me up. And Akira-san has given me notes as well as instructions to Merry on my mental health development, Akira-san has also helped and encouraged me a lot in the past 2 days. I can't just remain like this anymore."

"So that's where you've been disappearing to for the past two days." Zoro remarked as he glanced at the said boy.

"Just thought I make good use of my time for the good of the world before I turn to piracy once more." Akira gave an innocent chuckle.

"Thank you very much for all you have done for me, Akira-san. All of you as well. I cause a lot of trouble for you all. Thank you very much."

Everyone smiled.

"I've prepared a little present for everyone. I hope you would accept it openheartedly." Kaya smiled.

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And low and behold, we gained a new nakama.

The Going Merry!

"Its a little old-fashioned, but she works like a charm. I designed it myself. Allow me to inform you of the controls--"

"Just tell me, this guy is a hopeless case." Nami cut in as Luffy gave a blank look.

"During my stay at Kaya's mansion, I happen to see the blue prints as well as the instructions, so I think I'll be fine." Akira announced as he hopped away from the boring talk along with Luffy.

"Sure is a nice ship!"

"It really is..." Akira agreed with his captain, 'I can feel a strange presence from it. Could it be the soul of the ship? Is it because of my abilities? Or because of my knowledge.'

Akira felt as if the ship was trying to connect with him. "Evee eve evee" Eve on Akira's shoulders pawed Akira's face to get his attention.

Akira noticed that Eve's diamond collar was glowing. He tapped on it.

[Notification: Spiritual Abilities level up by +1]

"...What?" Akira face-palmed. "Its too early for this. I'll think about it later, once we finally leave this island. I have I feeling I'm going to get my answers from Dad..." He muttered to himself.

"I've prepared everything you'll need for your voyage, they're on your ship." Kaya smiled.

"Thank you, that's really thankful of you!" Luffy thanked Kaya.

"It's 'really thoughtful' you idiot." Zoro sighed.

"AHHHHH!!! STOP ME!!!" A voice screamed from on top of the slope.

"Are-re-re, its Pinocchio-san." Akira observed before slapping a hand over his mouth. 'Did I just go Conan mode?! Freakin damnit, I root for Kaitou KID only! I want my answers after this!'

Usopp screamed as he rolled down the slope like a snowball, his tiny figure attached to a giant round backpack filled with who knows what.

"Whats he up to?" Luffy looked confused.

"Anyways, lets stop him, he's heading straight towards the ship." Zoro yawned.

They both raised their feet which was about to hit Usopp's face as he tumbled down.

But before the feet and the face could collide, Akira suddenly appeared next to the giant backpack snowball and stopped it with one hand, his other hand along with Eve helping the sniper to his feet, before setting the backpack to the side.

"You alright, Pinocchio-san?" Akira smiled kindly at Usopp.

"T-Thank you! Angels do exist?" Usopp cried tears, he figure out what would have happened if Akira didn't interfere. Akira merely cocked his head to the side as if confused.

'Did you forget what happened 3 days ago? Are angels suppose to smile with black auras behind them?' Nami and Zoro mentally face-palmed.

Kaya giggled at their reactions, "You can't deny that Akira-san is very beautiful. I wonder how he'll grow up in the future."

'Can't deny that...' Everyone thought.

They all imagined what Akira would look like when he was older...

"Hm? Why is everyone having a nose bleed?" Akira asked as he looked around to see drops of blood coming out of everyone's nose, including Luffy.

Eve face-pawed at his usually-sharp-but-sometimes-dense-master.

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"So you really are setting out to sea, Usopp-san." Kaya smiled sadly.

"Ah. I should leave before I change my mind. Don't try to stop me." Usopp said as he stared out toward the open seas.

"I won't try to stop you. I had a feeling that you would."

Usopp laughed. "That's kind of disappointing." He then turned to look at her. "Next time when I return to this village. I'll tell you stories that are a lot more outrageous then my previous tall tales."

"Hai. I look forward to it!" Kaya smiled energetically.

Only Akira noticed that the young lady was willing herself not to cry on such a momentous occasion.

"You guys take care too! I'll see you again someday!" Usopp called out to the rest of us on Merry Go.

"Why?" Luffy asked, generally confused.

"Why..? You really are slow aren't you. I'm going to be a pirate like you so lets meet out in the sea someday!" Usopp drawled out slowly.

"Your the slow one, Pinocchio-san." Akira chuckled.

"Huh?"

"Shut up and get on." Zoro smirked.

"We're already nakama." Luffy said with a confused face as if wondering why Usopp wasn't already on the ship.

"...."

The waves crashed as tears filled Usopp's eyes.

"I'M FINALLY A CAPTAIN" He whooped.

"DON'T BE SILLY! I'M THE CAPTAIN!" Luffy shouted with shark teeth.

Everyone laughed.

They sailed away from Syrup Island with grins on their faces.

'Look out Sanji, your next.' Akira smirked as he sent a kind warning to their future cook mentally. (Somewhere Sanji felt a chill down his spine)

He was currently alone on the crow-nest.

Eve's necklace began to glow as Akira tapped on it. A transparent screen came up with Akira's Dad grinning sheepishly.

"I'm guessing you want answers...?"

"Thank you for stating the obvious Captain Obvious. Now then..."

"Give me my answers." Akira gave a kind close eyed smile to his father, not noticing the black aura seeping out once more.

GoA gulped.

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Finally done. I worked on this almost all night, its early morning right now.

This is my longest chapter yet, over 7000 words! I'm proud.

Though honestly, I'm a little woozy right now, so forgive me if this chapter was a bit... off course or say... random.

Anyway...

Few things you might have not understand:

1)*'Tsk, swordsmen and their stupid pride. Just give up on him, I had my own experiences with that air-headed Vongola Rain Guardian*, Kufufu' The voice at the back of Akira's head let out a dry, unamused chuckle.

In Katekyo Hitman Reborn (the anime where Rokudo Mukuro comes from), has another character, whose title is the Vongola Rain Guardian, easy kudos if you guessed, yes, he's a swordsman with big pride despite his easy going air-head personality.

2) Okita Sougo is a character from the anime Gintama. He is awesome. Period. He is always trying to kill Hijikata (another character) and is chill about everything. Seriously though, if you haven't watched Gintama or just thought it wasn't worth continuing. YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON SO MUCH.

Here's a little video on Okita Sougo if you didn't understand his character too well and are curious. (I do not own this video) Oh, and the black haired guy with the same uniform is Hijikata, his voice actor is the same as Zoro.

I have yet to edit this monster, and I'm too tired to at the moment. I assure those who haven't watched KHR that there won't be so much references to KHR in the future...actually I can't gurantee that.

Whatever. My fanfic.

Until next time. Finally done with Usopp, now I can move onto Baratie. Sanji is one of my favourite characters. I'm looking forward to it and hopefully you are too.

Don't own One Piece or its character or the images I used in this chapter. All credits to their owners.

Total Word Count: 7487 Words.

[Brief Edit: 2017-03-23]