The crew left with waves towards the natives, hearing the farewell roars of the creatures that had their spirits uplifted from their visit. They sailed for awhile until Hak asked (Y/N) where you wanted to go. You contemplated, you really want to visit Smoker. You missed him. But...

ACK!

Fuck it.

You let out a playful grin and announced they'll play with some marines. The crew cheering and giving knowing smiles to one another as they spoke if you wanted to see the smoke guy. You replying with a cheeky grin "Yup! I haven't seen SmoBaka in awhile. He probably thinks his world finally got peaceful." You laughed at the mere thought, "Too bad I'm here to make it fun!"

The crew replied with smiles and a "Hai Captain!"

The crew set sail with directions from (Y/N) to where you heard he was located.

During the sail, the crew was messing around.

"Hak! Put me down! Put me down, NOW!" Taka shrieked in fright as she flew in the air with the power of Hak's Wind Wind No Fruit. He smirked sadistically and only made her go faster, causing her to scream some more. "Captain! Help me! She yelled with anime tears going down her face. Meanwhile (Y/N) was laughing and asked Hak if it can be your turn, Hak nodded and put Taka down. Who was screaming in Hak's ear, causing him to wince. You laughed while the rest of the crew sweat dropped at the scene. (Y/N) was then slowly lifted up into the air, an excited and childish grin on your face. When Hak began to move you around, you asked to go faster.

He did.

"Faster!"

He did it again.

"Faster!"

Hak sweat dropped and told you if he'd go faster, he could let go of you by mistake and
you'll fly. This only brought a sense of adrenaline rush within you as you had a gleam in your eye.

"Do it."

Hak sighed, but did it. And like he said (Y/N) flew off to the distance with a "WHOOP!" But you noticed a large news seagull coming towards you. Was it even a seagull?

Realizing you haven't read the news in awhile, you attempted to reach for the bird. It squawked and tried to flap away from you, but you quickly used Geppo to grab its neck and try to pry off the paper out of its mouth.

"Oi! Give me that!" The bird kept pulling and pulling until (Y/N) only had a part of the newspaper, the rest being swallowed by the idiotic bird. A tick mark appeared on your forehead.

"Stupid bird! Tch, I prefer pigeons." You muttered out the last comment, briefly thinking about Hattori. Which brought your mind to Lucci.

You wonder how he's doing.

He's probably all healed by now. Hopefully Spandam wasn't an idiot(he is) and decided to put the destruction of Enies Lobby on CP9(he did). Where are they now? You wondered.

You were brought back to earth when you realized you were free falling towards the sea.

You widened your eyes.

"Oh shit." You quickly put a smirk on your face however, as you took out Black Heavens Judgement and sliced it towards the sea, holding the newspaper with your mouth. The force you used made you go up more feet towards the sky, as a huge wave was formed by your slice.

"Captain!" Your crew called with slightly worried looks. You gave them a grin and thumbs up.

"DON'T GRIN! YOU ALMOST CAUSED THE SHIP TO FLIP OVER!" Jet and Taka yelled with angry anime expressions.

You laughed at their expressions.

"It's fine."  You say as you fall towards the ground in quite a speed.

Jet and Taka grew more tick marks.

"YOU'RE NOT PANICKING ENOUGH! ARE YOU CRAZY?!"

You grinned.

"You guys should know that already!" They quickly shut their mouths up after that as they glanced to the side. With the use of Hak's wind, you were able to land on the ship safely. You wave a hand to the crew they shouldn't worry too much, you're strong and will continue to get stronger. Jet smiled at you.

"We know. But nothing's wrong with worrying about our captain." Taka nodded.

"We just wanna look out for you, like you've always done for us."

(Y/N) let out a soft smile as you nodded at both of them. You then quickly took out the ripped article and scanned it, seeing any news that would interest you. You froze at a word, or more like a name.

Blackbeard.

Your eyes narrowed as you vaguely remembered Ace speaking about a man with that name, the one he was trying to search for because of a horrible deed he did. You read as much as you could with the ripped article, but all you got was that he became one of the Warlords. Your mind was in a whir of questions as you thought how that came to be. If it weren't for Ace, you wouldn't know who was Blackbeard at all. A no name pirate? Becoming a Warlord of the Sea?

Something's not right...

And you don't like it one bit, feeling dread in your stomach as you bit the inside of your cheek.

You turned towards Hak.

"Change course. We're heading to Saboady."

The crew looked at you with confused looks. Hak rose an eyebrow. "Captain? You don't wish to see that marine anymore?"

Yes.

Your heart clenched at the mere thought of missing a chance to see your first Nakama, Smoker. You wanted to see him.

You haven't seen him in what felt like forever. With his little scowl and the huge amount of cigars he can smoke a day, as he flushed in anger and fluster from you hugging him. Causing you to laugh and see his softened look that quickly turns back to a narrowed stare as he fought like the sworn enemies they were supposed to be.

You want to see that again.

But, you can't.

Your eyes hardened as you said you'll visit him another time and they must go to Saboady. The crew nodded, with Jet looking at you with a raised eyebrow. With you only giving him a nod. Which he returned, slowly, as he began to prepare the ship.

Sorry Smoker. Another time.

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Twenty miles or so away, marines were training.

"Commodore Smoker! A pirate ship was spotted a few miles away from here!"

Smoker glanced at the saluting soldier.

"What? Where are they now?" The man answered that the ship turned back and was heading west. Smoker eyes narrowed in suspicion. Him then asking which flag it was. The soldier answering they couldn't see it well, but they made out a scar on the skull and a large sword that seemed to flash silver. But the ship seemed to be from the Silver Judgement pirates, even though they've never seen a Jolly Roger there until today.

Smoker's gut lurched, his thoughts only thinking of one person who had a scar on her cheek. Her signature sword behind her in pride as she grinned at him.

(Y/N).

"Did you happen to spot a hat on the skull's head?" The soldier shook his head no, Tashigi came up to him and asked if it was who she thought. With Smoker saying nothing for a few minutes, only gazing towards where the ship was spotted.

"She left... That's the first time she's turned back, if it was her."

"She's never missed a chance to see you, sir. I'm starting to have my doubts."

Smoker said nothing, only letting his smoke coil around him as he thought of (Y/N). He knows it's you. It has to be. No other pirate would dare get close to where marines are stationed. No one but you. And you seemed to have gathered quite a crew. 'Blue-Eyed' Jet, 'Flying Eagle' Hak, 'The Gunmaker Pair' Korra and Wes, 'Scalpel Doctor' Taka, and 'Swift Fist' Zuko and maybe even more. The marines thought at first when the ship appeared that Jet was the captain, but each time the marines would ask he would deny it and say.

"Are marines idiots? Don't you see we don't even have our flag for the captain? Just get lost stupid marines."

They never said who the captain was, but lo and behold. They now have both a flag, and what seems to be their captain. 'Ex-Marine Silver Blood' (Y/N), holder of Black Heavens Judgement, created by the famous blacksmith Silver of the Molten Metal. And they always called themselves the Silver Judgement Pirates, doesn't take a genius to figure it out.

But, Smoker lips twitched down with eyes looking west with a furrow to his brow.

"It's her. And it looks like she found out the news."

Tashigi widened her eyes.

"You don't think–"

"We'll see her again." Smoker tightened his fists and jaw as he squeezed out the next sentence. "On the battlefield."

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**Geppo: a move where it appears you're jumping in midair, when it's just the strength of your legs moving quickly and touching the ground that keeps you upright. You often used this when you're on your small boat so you can go faster on sea. Taught and learned normally by marines.

**Kuroi ten'nosabaki🗡🎇 💀(Black Heaven's Judgement): your black with a sheen of silver buster sword that's carrie son your back. Created by your father, Silver of the Molten Metal. Think of it like Cloud's sword from Final Fantasy or Zabuza's sword from Naruto.

(Your sword is a mix of Cloud's and Zabuza's, there is no hole in your sword, but there IS a half moon cut in it. But the half moon cut near the top of the sword.)
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