Aiden's Point Of View

 "You've gotta be kidding me..." I sweat dropped at the 'boat' that we were going to use. It wasn't even a boat! It was more of a bad excuse for a raft with a barrel and a few seats. Is it gonna even be possible to sail farther than shallow water?

Horrible scenarios and thoughts ran through my mind as Luffy was saying his last goodbyes to the towns' people. I was very tempted to take back everything I said last night and find a different ride. But before I could do that, Luffy jumped on it. Oh god...

"C'mon Aiden! We're ready to sail!" He called even though I wasn't even a yard away. He gestured for me to get on and my eye twitched. I gingerly stepped on, hoping that the boat could support both of us. When it didn't break under my foot, which I wouldn't really be suprised by, I walked on fully. I heaved a big sigh as we left the shore. 

~*~

Seaguls were passing over our heads and fluffy clouds shaded the sky. Luffy sighed with relief. "The weather sure is nice today..." He smiled at nothing in particular and I continued sharpening my swords. It was a habit of mine, which explains why they're so sharp all the time. Luffy continued to paddle, admiring the un-ending sea.

I was beginning to actually relax just a bit. The boat hadn't sunk yet and that was a relief. But I always had to keep my guard up. I didn't know if anyone could still recognise me from the ninja era but I sure as hell didn't want to know.

Now that I think about it, I should probably get some mask of some kind to cover my face up. At least that way, people wouldn't exactly be able to identify me as easily. But I doubt they sell any of them anymore, considering it's the pirate era now...

 But the peaceful time was rudely interrupted by something huge that splashed behind me. What the hell, I thought as I jumped up and brought my swords to a ready stance. But what I saw was something that probably wouldn't sustain any melee damage. Nope, it was way too big.

Before me was a gigantic crocodile fish-like thing that looked like it was ready to kill us. Considering our circumstances, we were most likely not going to survive. I knew I shouldn't have trusted this boat, I knew it, I knew it...

But behind me, Luffy doesn't even seem a bit fazed by it. If fact, he seemed more energized by it. "I've been waiting for you, Sea Monster!" He called out at it and my eye twitched. "Luffy, you're not gonna seriously take that thing on, are you?" I looked at him, looking for any fear, or really, any other part of himself that was nervous or scared. But nothing showed existed in him but fearlessness and determination.

"This is your unlucky day," He said, not even paying attention to me. "I'll show you what I've learned in the past 10 years!" He smiles at the monster and it lunges at us with its mouth wide open. Well, this probably won't end well...

"Rubber..." He mutters, pulling his arm back. I watch him for I couldn't really do anything at the moment. "Pistol!" He shouts, shooting his fist at the monster's face, launching it far back. What the hell?

Luffy retracted his arm back in place. His eyes were shaded as he spoke. "How'd that taste? Stupid fish." He said as I watched the thing land in the water and swim away. Talk about strength...

I looked back to Luffy who was acting like he didn't just face a humongous killer fish just now. He laughed with content as he began speaking his plans for the future. "First, I'll have to gather a crew! I hope to find at least 10 people!!!" He grinned happily and I sweat dropped. I was still getting used to his stupidity.

"Then I'll make a flag!" He smiled happily as I watched him talk continuously to himself, as if I wasn't even sitting there. "I'll make sure I become king of the pirates!" He shouted and my eye twitched again. He was screaming at nothing in particular which made me wonder if his mind just didn't develop properly.

 My god, I'm probably gonna go mad because of this guy....

But of course, before that can happen, he just manages to get us into some impossible situation. "What a huge whirlpool," He says and my eyes grow huge as I look at the whirlpool's humongous size. What did I do to upset the devil and make me deserve this? 

"How careless of me..." Luffy mutters. I smack him across the back of his head, irritated at how lightly he 's taking this. Does he just  take life as a joke? Does he have a death wish? "It'll be really bad if this boat is wrecked, too." 

My eye is going to die because of twitching so much.

"On top of that, I can't even swim." He thought, wondering how we were gonna survive this. "Idiot!" I shout at him. "You don't have an inflatable boat of something?" I continued on but he ignored me. 

"That's it," He shouted and I sweat dropped. "I'll have you swim me out!" I glared at him. "Ehm, first of all...how do you expect me to swim us out?" I gestured to the whirlpool in which we were halfway inside of. He looked at it and then looked back at me. He thought and thought as the the swirling waterway continued to pull us in.

"This is on you." I said as we were pulled into a watery darkness, the last thing in my memory being Luffy pulling me along and into a safe, dry, but tight, space. 

~*~

The next time I wake up, I find myself in the most akward situation. But then again, that's now expected from Luffy. 

I find myself in slightly spacious barrel, Luffy standing over me and talking to some people. By the likes of it, they're probably not friendly. "What a nice nap that was!" Luffy exclaimed happily and I sighed in irritation. My swords, luckily, had somehow not been effected by the little space they were in.

I set my hands on either side of the barrel and pushed hard. Due to my great upper body strength, I broke the barrel which landed in heaps of wood on the floor. I stood up, wiping off the wood on my clothes. I quickly latched on my swords as the people in the room stared in confusion and irritation.

"At least we're safe." I said, cutting the tension that settled in the room. "I know, right? I thought I was gonna die too!" Luffy grinned, not paying any attention to the three adult men and the young boy standing in the room. 

"Who're you?" Luffy asked while I kept on checking on my swords, making sure they weren't scratched or anything like that. I ask casually, forgetting the rule that said to stick to the shadows. Oops.

"Who the hell are you guys anyway?" I asked, fixing the arrangement of my jacket. It was somewhat messed up and it made me uncomfortable. "Who are you?" The asked, well more like shouted, at us. 

"Why would there be two punks coming out of a wine barrel?" (O//O) The guy asked. He had a weird hat on his head and a fat chin of short hair. Pretty ugly if you ask me. Really creepy too. But before I could evaluate the people and the situation any more, a huge....club? Came and bashed through the cabin. I thought that those were long gone since the vikings or something. 

But if those exist, then a ninja mask must exist somewhere, right?

Before I could ponder the probability of getting my hands on a mask, a fat...woman? Or was it a man? I couldn't tell because their fat was in the way of their face. Well, talk about obese. Jeez, I never thought such people could be such pigs. I don't understand how the ninja era was taken out by these guys. Honestly...

Wait, I'm an idiot, I thought stupidly. If I put the fact that there's a club and some people who look really old, this must be...a viking ship? I know at the least I'm on a ship, considering the slight sway. 

Oh shit.

Are they pirates?

Dammit Aiden, a voice spoke inside my head. You are such a dope for getting involved with the pirate era...Now you're tangled up in all this stupid mess...

I knew I'd done something bad when I made this decision but in the back of my mind, I knew that a part of me was warming up to the idea of being in the pirate era. 

I look around for Luffy, who rolled off somewhere I couldn't quite see because of the new borne rubble. "Why are you lazy-ing around?" It boomed, swinging its club over its shoulder. "Save your asses and answer me this question! What's the most beautiful thing in the seas?" The guys shivered but I didn't care. I was still sort of curious to know if it was a guy or a girl. Or maybe both?

My eye twitched as I realised that I was acting like Luffy. A dumb idiot who has no common sense. I can't believe he's already rubbing off of me. I looked back at the person who stood in front of me and realised that it had a fat bosom that just resembled fat. No wonder.

"It's you for sure, Albida-sama!" They shouted in unison and I rolled my eyes. Such wimps. I'd probably be poking her. Wait, nope, nope, nope. I'm not an idiot like Luffy. Must. Think. This. Out.

"They why are you trying to disobey me?" She grabbed one of the men by the collar and pulled them close to her fat face. Man, even I'd be scared by a face like that. "N-no, we wouldn't do that, Albida-sama!" He answered, clearly nervous. 

"Don't' play with me!" She shouted, throwing him to the ground. I obviously didn't want to get caught up in their business, considering the circumstances. So, for once after quite a bit, I followed one of the rules. But even I could tell that I was changing and forgetting them.

"Don't act dumb, you dumbasses! I heard you bragging about your 'nap' from the deck!" She snarled as I eavesdropped on their conversation. I had nothing much to do really. Oh wait, yes I did! I had to find that idiot that was still missing.

I looked around, spying through the laying rubble. If I were to be the idiot, where would I end up?

I looked around my small area hidden behind more barrels in search of the items with no success. When I decided to give up, I plopped back down in my old spot. Luffy was still no where to be found and I was stuck here, with seemingly no exit. There wasn't much room to move in here so those wouldn't be much of a help.

Yup, I'm stuck. 

I look around for some kind of exit as the pirates talk about...Rowrownota Zodo? I don't know, that's what I heard. So many names are hard to say in the pirate era. The ninja's time was so much easier to deal with...

I snuck around the barrels, hoping to reach the exit. But of course, life just hates me. Instead of the plan going smoothly, I ended up being spotted. Yeah, I need to brush up my ninja sneaking skills. I make for a horrible ninja if that's not one of my best skills.

Next thing I know, I'm flying through the air and holding onto a barrel for dear frikin' life. Um, if you're curious about how I got here, all I gotta say is that club is fucking huge. That's all I gotta say.

I know I probably shouldn't be thinking about stuff like that at a time like this but hey, you can't exactly do much when you're airborne. You just gotta wait 'till you-

"Shit!" I shouted as I landed hard on the ground, the wind knocked out of me. Jeez, since when was the ground so hard? I lay there for a while, not very sure on what to do. But in the distance, I could hear a certain pair of voices. One of them was recognizable while the other wasn't.

Damn you, you idiot...I thought irately as I got up from the ground, heading towards the voices.