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It was a typical day in the famous town that was where the first Pirate King was born and died. The regular people were walking along the streets, spending their day shopping or seeing the sites. But this town was about to have anything but a regular day in the end. It all started, when a mysterious young man arrived at the plaza that day, looking up at the platform that was where the legendery pirate was executed.
People walked around the young man that now stood infront of the execituon platform, looking up at the platform. Reaching up at the cloth covering his head, he pulls it down to his shoulders, revealing his dark read hair blowing with the breeze. "So...this is the place...Hard to belive that people now just walk past this thing now without noticing." He slowly forms a smirk on his face as he keeps looking up at it, then finally returning the cloth back onto his head as he then turns around and begins to walk off. "The King of the Pirates.....and the one that took his place, Straw Hat Luffy.....just wait world..." He grins excitingly, "..soon...Ryu will be the next name that will take their place."
As he continued to walk down the street, he begins to think abit, "Hmmm..guess it's easier said then done though...to go that far in life..I do need a crew and ship first. But how do I find one? Not like I can just go to every person I meet and ask them to join a pirate crew...that will REALLY get me in some trouble, especially in this town." As he walked on, his attention came across a group of marines walking down the street. Stepping abit to the side to give them room, he watches as they seem to head somewhere. Once they pass Ryu, he sneaks them a slight glare as he remembers abit of what he knows of them. "...cocky bastards..."
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Usually Kia wasn't one to be discovered by the marines, but for some reason in this specific town they had the uncanny ability to spot even someone cloaked and masked, and identify that someone at once. She scrambled past the execution tower, eyes traveling to the top as she did. The Pirate King, executed right at that spot. She couldn't help but be impressed. From that spot, everything could litterally see it.
Her gaze snapped back before her as she continued to run, weaving around people and objects as if they weren't there. A couple hundred feet ahead of her she couldn't help but notice a young man walking along by himself. The next thing she noticed were the marines walking towards her, heading past that man without a second glance. Kia cursed silently and darted between them, ducking under their grasps.
As she ran she brushed shoulders with the young man, and she couldn't help but look back apologeticly. While her gaze remained over her shoulder something or someone managed to trip her in mid run. With a shout Kia tumbled to the dirt, rolling several times before coming to an agonizing stop. She gritted her teeth and moved to prop herself up on her elbows when someone- she presumed the one who tripped her- seized her by a handful of hair and yanked her to her feet.
"What have we got here?" he said, laughing a dark, thick laugh, releasing a puff of smoke into her face; she couldn't help but cough. "The Silent Theif in Louge Town, huh? Stupid mistake, girl." He pulled out some rope, tied her hands behind her back, then without reluctance tossed her to the ground with a thump.
Kia grunted at the impact, though all the same made to stand. A rough kick to her back ended that hope, the tip of the sword pressed between her shoulder blades just making the situation worse. She bared her teeth, forehead against the dirt and eyes ablaze. This was not the end of her.
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Looking back at the captain, Ryu walks up to the girl, taking his dagger to cut the rope she had on. "Hey, you ok?"
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As soon as she was released Kia lept to her feet and nimbly put a couple extra feet between them. Once calmed by the tramatic experience she took notice to his appearance. He didn't look like one who belonged here in Louge Town, or perhaps, any of the islands close to here. She chewed on her lip quietly before clearing her voice. "I'm fine," she said, voice raspy and dry both from the long run and the dirt that had been thrown around when she was tossed to the ground. "Who are you?" she added, clearing her voice again, wincing slightly. While she proceeded to ask for his identity her hand nonchalontly traveled up and held her bisept. During her run she had an encounter with the marines, and a stray bullet caught her nastily.
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Not to long afterwards, the fallen commander began to get back up as he grunts still in pain. Ryu, looking back at him, he gives off a sigh, "What? You still want more you Marine scum?" Not looking back at him, the commander reaches into his coat and pulls something out, suddenly yelling. "Report! Pirates have appeared near the central plaza. Send as many men as possible!" Once he finished talking, he dropped a Den Den Mushi he had in his coat, looking back at Ryu and the girl with an evil grin. "Hehe..that should teach you to mess with the Marines, punk." Slowly getting back up as he keeps talking. "Now you'll be hunted down as a pirate for getting in our way you, brat!" Ryu simply smirks as he looks at him, leaving the commander confused now. "Fine by me...I just so happen to have decided to become a pirate today...so you helped me out." The Commander grits his teeth in frustration as the more Marines come from around the corner.
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So he wanted to be a pirate, huh? Well it just so happened that Kia needed a ship to sail on, needed a way to get around the world to create her map. This man seemed to be worthy for the task; he certainly had enough skill to protect her if need be. "Pirate, eh?" she said with a grin, wincing a little as a pedestrian brushed past her wounded arm. "I've got a boat if you want a good escape. Follow me if you don't want to waste your time with these bastards.." Staggering only lightly she twisted past him and began down the road, skillfully weaving through the crowds and random marines.
Her boat would be large enough to carry a small group of people, four or five; it could be turned into a pirate ship, though because of the age and other malfunctions it wouldn't last long at sea. Truthfully she'd come to Louge Town in order to find a boat to steal, though for now she'd have to wait.
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Arriving at her boat, he crosses his arms and nods abit. "Not bad, I guess this will do for now." He then looks over at the girl, "So...Why are you helping a pirate get away from Marines?" Now sounding abit serious as he looks at her, curiously.
It wasn't long after that that the sound of men was heard behind them. Looking back, he saw a group of Marines with rifles getting in position, ready to fire. Realizing their situation now, he darts toward the boat. "Well, time to head off!" As he leeps into the boat, he manages to dodge the wave of shots that pass over them as he lands."Get this thing going already!" He tells the girl as he ducks from the shots.
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"Forget it, I'll look for it myself!" He then said as he darts off, dashing into the cabin as the sound of things being thrown around as he looks for the First Aid could be heard from where she was at. After a few moments, he darts out, carrying a case as he goes over to her. "Ok sit down. Let me see that!"
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After he finishes working on her arm, he falls back as he sits on the floor, letting out a sigh of relief. "Man...that was abit of a panic...heh." He grins alittle, trying to laugh the situation off.
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Her eyes traveled to the sky so not to look at him, not exactly wanting to look like a fool. Overhead she could see only clear whether coming up, but at sea that could change at a moments notice. Throat dry and cracky Kia sat up, rubbing her forehead lightly before wincing at the pain in her arm. She had to admit, it was a million times better than earlier, but it still hurt.
"So you never told me your name, mystery man," she said, swallowing first so her voice wouldn't be crusty. "I'm sure you've heard of me, The Silent Theif, Kia Redong. I've only been famous for like seven years now... or was that eight?" She shrugged and yawned. She was tired, extremely tired. Sleep. Kia's eyes momentarily traveled to the cabin. One bed and a hamock, that's all they had left to use. She wanted to groan, maybe even just destroy something, but for now being aqcuainted was good enough.
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"Oh man....talk about a wild first day though. Didn't even get a chance to gather up a nice crew before taking off. Marine bastards." A tone of annoyance as he kept looking up at the sky, remembering the commander that ruined his plan.
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Once they finished talking, he flipped off the ground, landing on his feet as he stretches abit. "Well, guess we better start heading to somewhere huh? You rest up from that wound, I'll keep a look out and will call you if I see anything at all." Before he could give her a chance to reply to him, he already began to walk toward the helm as he walked infront of it, leaning against the front as he looked ahead at the empty sea infront of them.
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"I'll be fine, it's just a matter of moving it," she replied, keeping the pain from her voice. Just walking aggrevated it, but for now, she'd just have to suck it up. The brunette climbed up to the crows nest- using one arm of course- and proceeded to watch their direction. "There are several islands and towns up ahead that we can stop at to stock up and maybe get another ship," she called down to Ryu.
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He woke up, hearing the slams on the door, confused he looked to the side, where the sleeping beauty lays. One thought just had to appear into his mind, as he recognized the voice: 'OH NOES!' As silently as possible he slipped out of the bed, than he put his clothes back on. The angry voice from the door has not silenced, so the lady woke up as well.
"Where are you going, Derian? I thought that we wanted to have breakfast together?"
He faced her with his smile, well it was rather nervous looking.
"I'm so sorry. I would have loved to, but your father seems to think otherwise..."
With this last words he jumped out of the window in a heroic jump, but forgot to notice that he was on the second floor. He landed in the dirt next to the house, which sadly was noticed by the guards of the rather paranoid commander...
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It was when they were close enough that he noticed that there was a large Marine base on the island aswell, remembering what they just went through at the last town. "Well...that sure is nice..." He says in a sarcastic tone of voice, turning over to where Kia was at. "Hey, come on down! It looks like we'll have to be abit sneaky around here if we don't want to get over run by soilders again!" Once he finished calling to her, he noticed what seemed like a group Marines gathering in front of a certain house, aparantly targeting a young man. "...what are the odds....of coming across TWO people chased by Marines on the same day?" He asks himself as he keeps watching as their ship arrived at port.
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"So, who do we have here? A thief that tried to murder my daughter? How could you dare to come even that close to my house!"
With the last word spoken he smashed his fist into the face of Derian, who tried his best to remain calm. He withstood the open punishment and patiently waited a bit for the commander to calm down. He knew it was best to have the commander believe his own story, if he knew the truth, he might have killed Derian on the spot.
"Do you know what we do with thieves here? They are to hang! Luckily for you, the gibbet hasn't been finished, but I am sure you can wait a day or two. Take him to the base!"
Two of the former eight Soldiers flank Derian as they push and drag him towards the marine base, even thought he willing came along. The commander's daughter watched from the window sadly.
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Look straight at the Commander's eyes, Ryu smirks at him. "I'm just a passer by, watching the show of a bunch of Bullies picking on just one man. Even I don't remember the Marines be THIS much of cowards." Ryu let's out a low chuckle as he keeps his same expresion as he looked at the Commander. "I'm not one for getting into buisness that doesn't concern me, but I'm not one for seeing morons abuseing their little title of "Justice" for their own gain either. So what do you say that you let that guy go, before yet another town I visit ends up having a baddly injured Commander." Finishing his sentence, he gives an almost evil glare, sending chills down the spines of the Marines as the Commander just looks in rage.
"You dare threaten a Marine Commander?!" The commander then grabs hold of a large sword he had on his side, swinging down at Ryu with a powerfull impact, making the dust where Ryu was cloud around him from the force of the Commander's attack. To everyone else, it looked like he smashed Ryu to the ground.
As the dust began to clear up, the sight was infact a shock to everyone watching. Ryu stood where he was, arm up as he actually caught the sword in mid air. Grinning at the COmmander as he looks at Ryu with abit of fear. "Wha-what are you?!" Ryu let's out a "Hmph" as he keeps his grin. "No one special, just the man that will go on as the next King of Pirates." He says those words with abit of a cheerfull tone.
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"My belongings, please."
Hastily the guy placed the equipment of Derian to the ground close to him.
"Now leave your weapon here and take your friend here to your base. I'll give you a minute to be out of my sight!"
The marine released the belt that held his sword and quickly woke up his companion. As he saw that he was knocked out far more than he expected, he dragged him along towards the base. Derian could not help, but show a victorious grin, he had lucked that he had survived this action. He should probably go now and help the guy, who just saved his life unknowingly. He dashed back towards the village, after he put his weapons back on.
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Looking back at the Commander, he changes to his "different" grin. "Now for the bully..." He chuckles as he knocks the blade in his hand up into the air abit, before then kicking the Commander in the chest, sending him down to teh ground as he then dashes over him, stepping on his face. As he ran past, he spotted the man that was taken away before free and heading his way. "Looks like you got out. This way, my other crew member got a ship." He tells him as he runs toward the harbor where the Kia and the ship was at, Marines starting to fire at them from behind, failing to hit them as he leads the young man.
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On arriving at the ship, seeing Kia fend off the Marines that followed, Ryu rams by the remaining Marines, knocking off the dock and into the water as he makes his way to the ship. "Sorry, in a hurry here!" He yells out to them as he leeps into the ship. Grinning abit, he looks at Kia, "Everything good so far?"
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"Thanks for your help, my friend. Let's go to your ship, we can talk more there!"
He dashed after Ryu, barely being able to keep up. Once they reached the street between the house, he turned towards the direction of the house, he had jumped out and waved his hand. He could see the young woman still standing on the window, watching the scene in amazement. For a moment he stopped to shot at a marine, who would have blocked their way. With a quick motion he aimed at the mans left knee and shot piercing through it and another soldiers feet. Both fell to the ground painfully holding their leg and feet. He jumped on the ship just behind Ryu, this time even on his feet, rather than the last time. As he saw a woman with trying to set sail, while she was obviously wounded somehow, he quickly interfered. Gently he pushed her to the side, carefully not to hit the arm.
"I am sorry, milady, but a beautiful woman like you shouldn't have to do this kind of work... at least not when you are injured. Let me help you with this and rest a bit, my dear."
He continued the work that Kia had done before, carefully taking a few views over his shoulder to evade the incoming projectiles. A few bullets scratched him, but luckily it was nothing serious. After some time the sails were set and the wind would carry them away from the coast a bit. Exhausted, Derian took some time to breath, while sitting against the ship's rail.