A/N: CURRENTLY UNDER REWRITE. I SUGGEST YOU TO NOT READ THIS.. YET.

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A/N: SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE! I REALLY AM! *BOWS OVER AND OVER AGAIN* COLLEGE JUST HAD TO GIVE US SO MANY PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS.. UGH.. EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT DRAINS ME... WELL I HAD TO MAKE THIS QUICK SO HERE'S THE UPDATE! :D

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"A Marine ship's heading towards the harbor!!" A pirate shouted as he ran through the streets with a telescope hanging by his waist. His face was glistened with sweat that kept dripping from his forehead. He was clearly saying the truth.

The other pirates panicked at the sudden news and started heading towards their ships. But all of their attempts were silenced as a loud booming sound of four consecutive cannons echoed through the vast area of the arichipelago.

"They're firing at us without warning?!" The pirate said as he grabbed his telescope and looked through the cylindrical glass hole.

"Unbelievable.."

It was the only word he could muster out. There were indeed four cannon balls heading towards them. Although there were two silhouettes above those explosive black orbs.

"We've arrived." The Marine Admiral stated as his landing was accompanied by the wild explosions of cannons through the fleeing pirates.

"Don't over do it Kizaru.." The purple haired girl adverted by his side.

Kizaru chuckled as he adjusted his glasses. "I'll try.."

BLAZE POV

"Where's Law?" Tobi asked as he searched for the goatee guy.

"Probably went inside." I said pointing to the auction hall.

"Well we couldn't just waste our time here. Hacchin needs medication. Let's head to Shakky's." Rayleigh said as he shifted Hacchin's weight over to his right.

"Shane dear. If you'd please.." Rayleigh requested as he gestured towards her.

"Hai."

Water began to materialize in a circular form through Shane's hand as she said that three letter word.

"This won't hurt that much." She said as it blasted into small droplets and entered each of us. It felt like a small jolt of electricity through the neck.

"Vapor."

All of our bodies started to turn to.. yeah vapor as she said. Or smoke for that matter. We could see and hear each other but we couldn't touch anything at all. We were gas 'in' form.

The wind blew through our gas vapored bodies and the next thing we knew was that we were right outside Shakky's Rip-off Bar slowly materializing into our actual bodies.

"I didn't know you could do that. Why don't you use it more often?" I asked as I examined my smokey hands.

"Well it's because it only lasts for a minute at the most. Getting your body turned into vapor is a really dangerous task you know. If you get blown by the wind too much, your parts get thrown about away from each other and when a minute passes by.. you'll rematerialize into chopped pieces..."

"WHAT?!" We all shouted out.

"We just risked our lives to get 'here'?! I could've prefered to walk if I knew! I want to keep my body in one piece thank you very much." I complained.

"The thing is I can control the wind. So don't go on and say 'what' at me as if I don't know what I'm doing! After all it was Ray that requested me to do it!" Shane pouted out as she crossed her arms.

Everyone turned to Rayleigh.

"What? Things like that don't happen everyday! I don't want to miss the opportunity." Rayleigh said with a sly smile as he entered the bar.

"Yeah! It was actually pretty fun! Shishishi!" Luffy agreed as they started heading inside. So I started to trail behind them.

"Well don't involve us with any of those in the future.. crazy old man." I mumbled softly which wasn't loud enough for anyone to hear.

*BONK*

"Or so I thought.." I grumbled as I tasted some soil in my mouth after I hit the ground by Shane's fiery punch. My head was actually steaming from the impact!!

"Show some respect!" Shane growled as she glared daggers at me.

"B-but he didn't hear it at all!!" I stammered out as I started to back away from Shane's 'lovely' at the same time 'scary' figure.

"Hear what?" Rayleigh asked as he poked his head out by the door.

"N-nothing!! Nothing at all!" I answered nervously as I sweat dropped.

Rayleigh's eyes narrowed as he looked at me. Does he know? I'm sure he didn't hear.. This old man is creepier than last time!

He appeared to be surrounded by a deep dark aura as his eyes were covered by his sun reflected eyeglasses. Each step towards me was just.. Shit I am so dead.

As he stopped in front of me he suddenly held out his hand.

"Let's head inside. We wouldn't want any Marines here now do we?" Ray said in his usual tone.

As I grabbed his hand to get up, Shane just had to flake me on this one..

"He called you a crazy old man.. you gonna let that pass?" Shane said as she started walking  inside.

"Of course.." His hand was like an iron grip as he dragged me inside.

".. I am old." Rayleigh said clearly emphasizing each word.

"I can't feel my hand!" I cried out as I tried to remove it. This is hopeless..

TOBI POV

I was munching on some sandwiches as Shane entered through the door with a smile on her face. I wonder why?

Then I saw Blaze being dragged by Rayleigh. So that's what happened..

"What took you so long?" Zoro asked from a couch.

"Just taught Blaze to respect his elders." Shane replied as she took a glance at Blaze who was still lying on the floor blowing his swollen hand.

"Shane-saaaan~!! Would you like to sit here with meee~??" Sanji said as he tried to pry Usopp off the couch.

"Hey I got here first!!" Usopp complained as he karate chopped Sanji.

Usopp and Sanji continued their rant until Zoro spoke up.

"You can sit here if you want." Zoro said as he moved a bit which showed a large amount of space good enough for another person.

"Sure." Shane smiled gratefully as she sat beside Zoro.

Sanji fell from the couch with broken hearted eyes as he clutched his heart. Taken by Marimo..

And due to my high sensitive cat ears, I heard a faint voice from afar saying 'Noooooooo'.

So I looked for the source of the opposing whisper and found out that it was no other than Blaze.

"These guys.." I mumbled as I finished my tuna filled sandwich and started to climb to the roof. "I'll guard outside."

□□□OUTSIDE THE AUCTION HALL□□□

"Will you come with me Pirate Captain Jean Bart?" Law asked as he walked outside the auction hall together with the large fierce looking man that had flame-shaped tattoos on his forehead and a long black mane which runs down his back.

"It's been a while since I've been called that." He spoke out with bared teeth as he looked at Law. "If you'll free me from the Tenryuubito, I'll gladly serve under you.."

"Well, half the credit should go to the 'Strawhat'." Law said as he laid his sword upon his shoulder and started heading inside the forest.

●●●●●□AFTER A WHILE□●●●●●

"Captain! That's-" Shachi shouted out as he pointed in front of them.

"Eustass.." Law said in a calm tone as he saw the red haired Captain's back to them with his arms covered in metal shreds.

The thick fog began to clear out and revealed what Kid was actually so tense about.

"Trafalgar Law.." Kuma stated in a monotonous voice.

"You know my name.." Law observed. With that the Shichibukai opened it's mouth and fired a laser beam headed straight for him.

"Captain!!" Bepo cried out as he saw nothing else but the after effects of the beam's explosion.

"Marine reinforcements are coming from behind!!" Shachi announced.

"It's just bad luck that this guy's here!!" Kid said with gritted teeth as he glared at the Shichibukai. "Trafalgar.. you're in the way."

"Do you want to die? I thought I told you not to order me around." Law returned and proceeded to look in front.

"Look's like today's a day for meeting unexpected big names.. and I don't want an Admiral on top of that." He said in a determined tone as he unsheated his sword.

"You're going to let us pass.. Bartholomew Kuma!!" Law said as they readied themselves to fight one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

♢♢♢♢SHAKKY'S RIP-OFF BAR♢♢♢♢

BLAZE POV

I was sitting on the counter as the old man kept on telling us stories about him being the 'Vice Captain' of the Pirate King's crew and how Gol D. Roger gave himself up to the Marines because of some disease.

It was a pretty cool story but I've heard this over and over again since Shane and I were in the dojo. After all, Rayleigh was a good friend of Sensei's.

I wasn't listening that much as the crew kept on asking questions. There was only one thing that kept revolving around my head... Shane was still sitting right beside that Mosshead! I have to put a stop to this. But how?

I drank some ice water from the glass that was set beside me. And as I finished the cold beverage, an idea went inside my head.

'I know what to do.. just you wait Zoro..' I thought to myself as I rubbed my hands mischievously and went through the cupboards.

"Um, old man I have a question too!" Usopp said as he raised his hand. "The One Great Treasure, One Piece.. is it really on the last island?"

"USOPP!!" Luffy shouted at the top of his lungs as he stood from his seat, abandoning his food. He was clearly enraged.

"I don't want to hear where the treasure is!! I don't even want to know if it exists or not! But that's how we all set out on this journey! If the old man tells us anything here, I'll stop being a pirate!! I'm not going on a boring adventure!!!" He screamed without a glint of humor in his childish features.

"Can you do it? What the Grandline has in store for you is beyond your imagination! Can you control the wild sea?!" Rayleigh asked obviously testing Luffy.

"I don't want to control it. The Pirate King.. is just the freest man on the sea!!" Luffy said with that same determined look on his face.

"I'm definitely a fan of yours, Monkey!" Shakky, a slim tall woman with short black hair, said as she smiled at our Pirate Captain.

I saw the corners of Rayleigh's mouth curl up into a smile. So he managed to impress the old man..

"Luffy's really something else isn't he.." I said as I grabbed another glass and some booze.

"Oi Zoro! Want some sake?" I heard that the swordsman was a pretty big fan of this alcoholic drink thanks to a certain blonde.

"Yeah I could use some." He replied.

Perfect. I smiled to myself as I poured it through the glass. Now to get my plan to work..

I went towards their direction carrying the small glass with one hand.

'This seems near enough.'

I pretended to trip through the floor boards and as soon as I did that, sake splashed over Zoro's shirt entirely.

"Whoops.. my bad.." I said as I got up and took a glance at Zoro. "Gomenasai!"

I kept on chanting to myself. Get up. Get up. Get up. I mean he needs to get another shirt right? So just frickin' get up!

"It's fine." Zoro said as he shifted from his seat. "Things were beginning to get hot in here.." He said as he removed his shirt which revealed a full view of his perfectly sculpted abs.

His bare chest glimmered from the sake 'accident' as he slung his shirt over his shoulder and leaned on the couch as if nothing happened. I can't believe this guy!

I started to head back towards the counter and chewed on some ice to cool off. I glanced at Shane and saw her looking at the other side of the room. Clearly avoiding to get a glance of who was lying beside her. Does she like him or not?

I mentally slapped myself. This is all my fault.

"Your ship's on Grove 41 right? I'll go check it out." Rayleigh said as he went towards the door.

"And one more thing.." Rayleigh said as he paused through the door. "An Admiral might be here right now. The coating will take three whole days.. so what'll you guys do?"

"We can all just meet up in one place." Zoro suggested.

"Since when did you go on about meeting up?" Sanji asked annoyingly at Zoro.

Everyone was handed vivre cards.

"I'm quite notorious myself, so I think I'll move the ship somewhere else." Rayleigh said. "Just follow the card's directions within three days in the evening and you'll find your ship coated."

"So we'll need to survive those three days! Yohohoho!!" Brook said. "That's scary!"

"Alright! Let's go!!" Luffy declared as we all said our thanks and goodbyes.

"Hey don't forget about me!!" Tobi called out as he jumped from the roof and landed on the ground beside me.

"Eh.. I almost did." I admitted.

*SWIPE*

"Ow!!" I groaned out. "What did you do that for?! I said 'almost'!!"

"That's for you to always remember me!" Tobi huffed but then he proceeded to laugh at my claw filled face. "Don't worry Blaze! It suits you!"

"Why you little-" I started as I grabbed Tobi by the tail.

"Aaaah!! Chopper help me!" Tobi cried out as he grabbed on to the small reindeer.

The three of us were at the back of the group so we didn't disturb the others that much. I was about to teach Tobi a 'lesson' as Shane said until she spoke up.

"It wears off in a few minutes.. don't fret about it too much Blaze." Shane said a few meters away from us... with Zoro.

"Well if that's the case.." I let Tobi fall on the ground.

"So what's up?" I said as I went at the middle of the two.

>>>>>

SHANE POV

Something's really odd with Blaze lately. What's he up to?

"Hey.. How about we go to the amusement park?" Luffy asked as he walked up front.

"We want to go." Chopper, Tobi and Brook said in unison.

"YOU BE QUIET!" The rest of the crew shouted out. Didn't they know we're being persued here?

*SNAP*

"Hey, you heard that?" Zoro asked as he scanned our surroundings.

"I did." I replied as I placed my hand on the hilt of my sword. I'm pretty sure I heard a twig snap nearby.

"What do you mean?" Blaze asked then his eyes widened as he pointed up front.

A large figure appeared from behind the tree that blocked our way. No one could mistake him for anyone else..

"Bartholomew Kuma." I said as if his very name was an enchantment. "What brings you here?"

"I see you're still alive.." Mocking laughter broke throughout the eerie silence as a small figure walked pass the well known Tyrant. I'd recognize that voice anywhere..

"Did you even think you could escape me?" She said, bitterness clearly present in her voice.

"Actually..Yes. Yes I did." I answered. I mean we did escape her right?

I couldn't help but smile triumphantly at the reaction of the purple haired girl. It was beyond priceless!

"That was a rhetorical question!!" She shouted out loud with her face so red with anger as she stomped her foot repeatedly. "Must you keep on ruining everything?!" She shouted as fumes of smoke started to emerge from her nostrils.

"Was that a rhetorical question or not?" Tobi asked in an innocent manner. So the cat decided to play along..

"THAT'S IT!!!" She shouted as she raised her hand. A gigantic fist in the form of solid ice sprung up from the ground heading straight for us.

"Oh no you don't." I smirked as a massive fire fist emerged from the ground and blocked her attack entirely.

"I see you've learned a thing or two." Toishi declared as both elemental fists turned into vapor after they collided.

"Let's see if you can handle a Shichibukai." She said as Kuma raised his hand and aimed straight for us.

"This isn't good.." I said as we saw the beam gathering up in his palm. "Run."

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