One Piece

As he walked down one of the streets of livelyville, he whistled a small tune and switched his fishing pole to his left shoulder from his right. He was careful to avoid hitting the hilt of the sword strapped to his back. The wind passed through his black hair as he progressed closer and closer to the pier. Eventually he arrived at his destination ad took a seat on a ledge, casting his line into the water below. He looked up lazily at the sky as he waited for the fish to bite. In a few moments he closed his eyes and let the sun's light warm him. However after a while he sensed someone standing over him as a shadow was thrown across his face. He opened his eyes to see a burly man with an angry expression on his face. He sighed as he waitied for the man to begin his monolouge.

"Hey you" The man grunted.

"What?" He answered looking out at his fishing line.

"Your that guy aren't you?" The man spat onto the street. "That bounty hunter dude right?"

He sighed, looks like he wasn't going to catch much here.
"Yes I'm the former legendary bounty hunter known as the Wolf Dragon, but I'm tired of that so leave me alone."

"You got a nice price on yer head you know tat?" The man grinned.

"Yeah what of it?" He felt the small chill of a blade being placed near his face and he sighed once more. "Last chance to leave me alone."

"It's not happening mate." The bounty hunter heard the unsheathing of two more blades, the burly man had brought backup. He sighed once more, looks like this was going to be one of those days.

"Your choice." He rose to his feet and looked at the man with tired black eyes. He quickly used the fishing pole's back end to knock the blade out of the man's hand and jab him in the throat. When the other two goons attacked him he repeated the process causing them all to back up a few feet. Getting a better look at them he could see that the three obviously belonged to some sort of pirate crew. Well it figures he was hated by theives and pirates alike. He bent over and placed his rod on the ground, he didn't want it to break off of some idiot's skull. The burly man cursed at him.
"Now now language." The burly man grew angry and with a nod of his head signaled for the two goons to attack him.

As they tried to attack him with their fist he blocked them with his arms. He managed to grab hold of ones throat with his left hand and twist the other's arm behind his back with his right. The burly man took it upon himself to try and use the oppertunity to attack him. He tried a simple punch to the face,which seem to connect but was somehow millimeters from the bounty hunter's nose. The young man looked at the fist with a bored expression platered across his face. The burly man looked surprised to have missed and his mouth was agape. Without changing his expression in the slightest the bounty hunter opened his mouth and with the straightest face bit the man's fist. The burly man yelled in surprise and angrily swung at him with his other fist. The young man ducked and used his shoulder to unbalance the man sending him over his back and splashing into the water below. The young man followed up with tossing in the other two goons. The three pirates splashed around in to water off the pier. He bent over to pick up his rod and walk away when he heard the burly man yelling.

"H-help" He spat out a mouthful of saltwater. "I c-cant swim!"

The young man looked at the struggling musclehead and laughed. "Your a pirate but you can't swim!?" He laughed harder "I should let you drown just for that."
the burly man pleaded with him as he splashed. "Tell you what, I help you out and you take me to your ship for a reward? Hows that sound?" The burly man was angry but had no choice but to agree. The young man threw the muscle man a line and pulled him out of the water. When he caught his breath he looked up at a black sword in his face. "No backing out of our deal now." The bounty hunter smiled.

"You just get more and more interesting by the second don’t you" Isamu was about to say something in return, but before he got the chance Kaya grabbed his hand and started leading him to an allyway. The act puzzled him. Here he was, a complete stranger, and she was acting like they were best friends. When they reached the allyway, he saw that the group of people he noticed come ashore were already inside. When Kaya started to patch one of the guys, he took the opportunity, to sum up their situtation. These newcomers came under attack as the made their way to port, at the same time the village came under attack. So most likely they were from the same crew. After dealing with most of the pirates on land they had retreated to this allyway, avoiding any fatal blows. Thats when he felt the stinging pain in his right arm, causing him to whice. Looking over he noted the blood streaming out of hand. He ripped off a piece of his shirt and wrapped the cut over with it. He would of pefered better, but this wasn't the time. Maybe he would ask Kaya later for help later. Leaning over to her he said whispered, "Hey. If you can keep what you over heard to yourself, I'll tell you the real story the next time we're alone, kay."

As the bounty hunter followed the burly man he had saved, who was now soaking in water, he resumed his small tune from earlier. He was ignoring the man's grumbling and fuming. The man was surely angry with how things turned out, now he had to escort some guy to his captain's ship. "Cap'n isn't going to like this one bit...." The burly man thought to himself. Soon they approached a moderately sized vessel. It wasn't the grandest of ships, it only had about two main sails, a few deck guns, and a few lower levels. It was pretty average, but it beat nothing.

So the Burly man signaled the ship to lower a ramp for them to board it. The bounty hunter followed after him and soon stood upon the ship's deck. He was aware of the stares and glares the small sized crew gave him. Looks like his reputation escaped him. He was aware that most of the rumors about him were mostly about whose son he was and maybe partly his own record at bounty hunting. When he said legendary it was more of a mind game he played with people, he doubted he was actually that known. So it was no surprise the crew gave off snickers and grins of evil intent.

Now back on the ship he had so many friends on the burly man grew brazen once again and began to laugh loudly.
"Well here she is the ship I serve on, now then little sword man what is it you wanted to gain from me bringin' yer here?"

The bounty hunter was busy looking around the ship determing how much it was worth and didn't hear the man.

The burly man grew frustrated and repeated himself even louder. Suddenly on a higher platform a man who had many scars on his face looked down at them. "what be all the racket about Jorge'!? Shut it!" The burly man was surprisingly obediant and this caught the bounty hunter's attention. The burly man motioned a hand towards him and spoke up. "Capn' this here is that bounty hunter, that wolf guy! He took out Michael and James, almost meself! He ordered me to bring 'im here at sword point!."

The bounty hunter yawned and scratched his head. It was right for the most part except for a few details.

The captain jumped down from balcony and walked over to the bounty hunter. "I know who he is you twit." He growled at Jorge. He turned to the bounty hunter with an irritated expression. "Your that Ookami's boy aren't ya?"

The bounty hunter looked up at the man at the mention of his father. "Yeah what of it?"

The captain smiled. "That man was a real pain in the side. Every pirate I've ever come across hates his guts and would pay a handsome price for his corpse." He grinned. "Shame he had to up at dissapear like he did, the coward. But I thinks I know hows to find him."

The bounty hunter looked at the man expressionless.

The captain nodded his head and soon the sound of many blades being drawn came from the deck of the ship. "Dear mr. Ookami, We got your son's throat in our hands, please come out to save his puny little life...." the sound of laughter filled the air, the bounty hunter sighed and slowly drew his sword from it's black sheathe, the ship would fetch some spare change.

A few minutes later.

The captain yelled angrily as he fell off the side of the ship and crashed into the water below. The bounty hunter re sheathed his sword and walked over the body littered deck. He set about picking up the corpses and tossing them into the water. Anyone who was still alive he rolled down the ramp onto the pier. The ship was his now, he had closed the deal with the captain secconds before his, "departure". The bounty hunter yawned as he took up a mom and began cleaning up blood, a dirty ship didn't sell for much. He placed all the discarded weapons into an empty barrel, they would earn enough to eat for a while.

Ryu thought for abit as the others stood near him till he finally faced them to speak out, "Ok, here's the plan. Derian, you go with me while we try to find out what these bastards that attacked us are doing. Baila, get Kai to whatever this place might have of a clinic and try and get her arm taken care off. That alright with you, Navigator?" He says the last part at Kai, as if messing with her before he then faces the rest once agian. "Alright, lets-" His words were cut short when he noticed something odd. Counting each person that was before him, he then made a discovery, pointing at the newest person in the group. "Um...you are?.." He says, confused as to when yet another person joined their group without him noticing. For some reason, it seemed that people just keep on gathering without him knowing now.

Isamu turned his attention to Ryu who had seemingly just noticed him and Kaya for the time. Sighing he sat down on a pile of bricks. "Name's Isamu. Swordsman, Cook, and Marine Hater. At your service." He said in response, "And I was just doing some shopping when those pirates started going on a rampage." He pointed out the allyway, though the sudden movement caused the pain in his hand to start trobbing again, which in turn made him grab his hand and whince. After a few seconds he continued to speak. "Seeing you guy come here we followed you, to escape the battle. Seeing how we're all in the same boat, how's about we get to know each other. I just told you my name, so tell me your's."

Kaya smirked at Isamu when he asked her to keep what he had heard a secret “no problem.” She said as she finished tending to the man before her, looking as the man who had brought them to this ally began to speak. “no need to find a clinic, I can take care of any injuries you guys have” she said after Isamu introduced himself reaching into one of the many pouches on her belt pulling out a wipe to clean her hands on “I’m Kaya, bar maid, young genius, medical prodigy.” She said deciding to introduce herself the same way Isamu had.

Ryu just stood for abit, abit suprised that they got a doctor and a cook to follow them already. "Well...this sure has been an interesting few days. Already two more people joining up." He laughed abit as he then looked at the two newcomers. "Name's Ryu, Future Pirate King and your current captain. Now then, whoever is in need of medical help, stay with Kaya. The rest, follow me while we find out what is going on." Not giving the two a chance to reply to his sudden invitation, like with the others, he heads out, leaving the alleyway.

Ookami finished cleaning the deck of the ship up and wiped his brow with his sleeve. He was looking up at the horizon with a sigh of content when he realized something He left his rod behind!
"Ah shit...." He brought the palm of his hand against his forehead. He turned and walked quickly down the ramp onto the pier.He walked briskly, hoping noone had taken it by now. Soon he had arrived at the spot where had been fishing and to his relief his fishing pole was still there. With a sigh of relief he grabbed the pole and slung it over his shoulder. He turned to walk back to his ship. He was walking and humming a tune when suddenly a young man walked out of an alley and almost ran into him. Now the bounty hunter wasn't the type to get upset over something so petty, so instead he just regained his footing.

"Careful there." He said to the boy as he turned to continue walking.

Derian had just rested himself against the wall of a building in the alley. He looked around making sure that the others were here as well, safe at least for now. Two others sneaked into the village behind them. A young female, dragging someone along with her, who was obviously a fighter of some kind, seeing the weapons he carried with him. Speaking of weapons, Derian had placed his to the side, so it would get damaged from his position. He wasn't able to stop them from entering the alley at the moment, not that he wanted to. The girl moved over to him, with a few quick steps she was right in front of him, tearing the shirt more open as it had been from the slash. Maybe the sudden loss of blood was taking on his brain, as he spoke.

"Hey, hey... I don't even know you yet..."

Derian's eyes shifted down as she inspected his wound and spoke, she obviously had heard his former comments. After some time, she took out a small bottle of something. Would Derian be able to move now, he might have backed away a bit. He had some bad experiences with annoyed women and strange smelling liquids. One of them actually had tried to poison him once, he barely escaped with his life. A short moment later, he felt that he really should have moved, at least that's what the pain at his wound was telling him. She carefully applied the liquid, but somehow it felt like it burned. It wasn't only that, he felt weaker than before, it was a strange feeling.

During this time, Ryu had started to speak of his plan. He would gladly go with Ryu to offer Kia the chance to look for a local clinic, but at the moment, he could barely stand. The companion of the young lady introduced himself to the others as Isamu. It seemed like he had suffered a cut on one of his hand, now that Derian looked over at him. After a while it seemed like the young doctor was satisfied with her work and turned to Ryu, stating that they won't need to find a clinic. Wouldn't it be from the strange feeling he had from the liquid, he surely would have felt much better. At least he stopped to loose any more blood. She introduced herself as Kaya, a doctor, obviously. As Ryu introduced himself to the newcomers, he was doing it his usual way. Suddenly they crew consisted of six people, without further discussion. A moment later he was gone again, making Derian sigh. He had encountered many sorts of strange captains, but Ryu was easily on the lead at this part. After some time he had regained enough strength to stand up against the wall of the building, resting his back and head against the hard wood.

"I am Derian, trader of sorts, marksman and apparently just became part of the crew a day ago. It's a pleasure to meet you, especially Miss Kaya. Thank you for taking care of that wound."

Cloud had gone from roof to roof ignoring the few pirates still running around the streets, he spotted a man suddenly run out of an alleyway, it was the alley he had saw the group of people at before, the guy had suddenly ran into another guy, Cloud shrugged, how could people be so careless, he contined over the roofs for abit before stopping at an alley, he dropped down and went into an old house, it was where he was currently staying, the pirates hadn't bothered with the place because it didn't contain anything of value and it didn't look like it did either.

The bounty hunter turned his head, as to why he did not know, and saw that this alley was filled with interesting people. He turned back around and pointed the back of his rod towards the man with a wounded hand. "I know you, someone had ask me to take you in before. Your name is Isamu ain't it? The boy who supposedly killed his own parents? Did you know the price on your head is around five thousand beli?" He gripped his sword with a smile and saw the man tense up. Suddenly the bounty hunter smiled and laughed. "Relax, I don't think you did it and besides if I wanted to collect on you you'd be unconcious already." The bounty hunter smiled and looked at the other faces. "So many interesting people gathered in this small alley." He placed a hand on his chin, his index finger resting besides his nose and his thumb against his neck. "Let's see, I've said everything I know about the fighter here, whose next..." he turned towards the boy with an eye patch. "You use firearms, I can smell the gunpowder off you," He noticed the long straight figure by the boy's leg. "ah, a rifle, a fine weapon indeed. I myself am a fan of how they work, I would use one myself but, I've got my own way of fighting." He turned to the woman with a wounded arm. He carefully studied her face and smiled. "ah...the silent thief herself." He made a small bowing gesture. "Your reputation proceeds you. I made sure to keep informed about your actions, not that you would ever be a target of mine but as a potential, what's the right word, rival. If your reputation got too big my own might be pushed aside." He grinned and turned once more to walk away. "The price on your particular head is around ten thousand, be careful where your going there are bounty hunters far worse than me in this world." He took a few steps off in the direction in his ship.