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Shadow pirates
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“She left?!!” Seth exclaimed. “To where?!!” Seth said looking surprised.
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-The zombie looked at him and said, “I am not supposed to tell but I do have my free will. She’s headed for logue town on the opposite side of the East Blue. She wants to get to the grand line. I don’t know why. She just said to tell you that the crew shall remain of the shadows, but she has to go do something and doesn’t want you or Silver hurt.” The zombie sounded sincere hoping the soul would be dismissed soon, the body was starting to smell.
Tanakami rowed herself completely out of human visible sight. She cut straight out into the ocean and was headed for her destination with some slight drifting problems.-
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Seth looked around for her and saw nothing. What was he going to do? He knew little about actual sailing. He more so just swam island to island as a workout. Silver was wounded and he couldnt just leave her here all alone. And so Seth opted to go back. Before he did however. He jumped onto the ship. Then onto its side. He jumps down and grabs his shovel. Then launches himself up with his left arm. And runs back to the medical clinic to check on Silver. He walks back into the room, the shovel in his slightly torn coat.
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-Tanakami felt the shadow move out of the zombie, it grabbing Beli from the marine corpses and a few more from a stash before returning to her and slipping it into her ‘pocket’ by which was between her breasts in her shirt. She resumed rowing and for each day her crew would not find her, the closer she’d get to her next destination.
The time it would take her to get to where she would hit a place to land was around 35 days. She’d find her way through the east blue since any reasonable person would sail around the edge. As she cut through the middle, the slight drift made her go north a bit. She was low on supplies, a few pieces of salted meat left and still a generous supply alcohol in her barrel. She had rationed the best she could and saw a dot in the distance. She rowed her way to the dot, her arms numb from soreness but she wanted to get there fast.
As she approached, she simply saw a giant boat. She rows closer and finds boats parked outside of the boat. She was very confused but kept getting closer to it anyways. By this time, her scabs were gone and mostly scars remained where they had kept chipping. She unwrapped herself so she didn’t look odd as she went her way. She docked, her dinghy tiny compared to the ships, and went on board. She looked at the entrance a little wary and cocked her head. She’d thought she heard of this place but was told it didn’t exist. She walked towards the door and one of the waiters greeted her, “WELCOME~!”
She was a little taken aback but she took a deep breath and said, “Thank you.”
He had her seated and luckily she had the money of the dead marines on her instead of in her ship. She looked around in the room and saw mostly marines. This made her nervous but she just smiled and waited as she looked at the menu.-
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Silver Laid there as the antibiotics ran through her system. she smiled as her body relaxed the fever was getting worse. As the tests came back as the doctor sighed and she shook her head and started to go through the cabinets and looked around she then walked over to the freezer and popped it open and started to go through it and she sighed pulling out two IV bags and walked over and hung them beside her. She then took and plugged the IV in and walked back to her desk and leaned back looking to the woman and sighed. “I hope we are not too late.”
Silver was drug into her mind as she blacked out. She delved into her mind getting lost in the winding labyrinth of herself. The paths always led to ends the further she ran the more lost she got. The more she fought it the more lost she got.
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Seth walked back into the room, and looked down his crew mate. He looked angry but somehow, for some reason, Seth smiled for some unknown reason. Hang in there. Seth takes a seat and stares at the ceiling simply. He closes his eyes for a moment, and then sighs. Thoughts wrapping his mind of him believing it was his fault.
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-Tanakami sat still as she read the menu, looking literally for the cheapest thing so she didn’t waste all the money she’d taken from the ship. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see one of the marines with his wife or something was there. She offered a smile and said, “May I help you?”
“Yeah,” The marine said and then his eyes looked to the empty seats at the table she was placed and continued, “You have an interesting appearance. Close to that of the bounty description of the shadow pirate captain. You must be careful.”
Tanakami tried so hard not to laugh and just smiled, unsettling them with her sharp teeth. She said, “Oh I am rather careful. Wouldn’t want to be hung wrongfully.”
The Marine and his wife settled then asked, “May we sit with you? We’ll even pay, just so we can talk a little. It’s dreadfully boring to talk to the ones that look so stuck up.”
Tanakami waved her hand and said, “Sure, I don’t mind a little company. As for the paying part, you really don’t have to.”
“But I insist!” He said as his wife and himself sat down. He tucked his napkin properly on his lap and his wife did the same. Tanakami just looked at them like they were strange. “Take it you don’t know etiquette?”
“Nah,” Tanakami stated bluntly as she tried to peek at what they did over the table. “I came from a simple fishing village. Ain’t much etiquette there but some strange things happen.”
“Really?” the marine spoke as his wife went over and helped Tanakami with her napkin. “Do tell~!”
“Thank you,” Tanakami whispered to the wife before she sat back down. “Well, I saw this bar fight and well, I thought it was a bar fight. Until I saw two marines. This really weird looking person just stood outside and when the marines came to get her and the two vanished. Then a third one was drug out and just mauled to death by a dog that appeared of no where!”
The marine looked at her and said, “What did they look like?”
“Like my father,” She spoke bluntly and continued, “Same hair as me, same everything but a bone chilling laugh. If it wasn’t for that, I would have thought we were lost siblings or something.”
The marine cocked his head to the side curiously and asked, “Who was your father?”
“I don’t think you’d know him,” Tanakami spoke and averted her eyes back to the menu.
“Don’t make me beg, I am dying of curiosity!” The marine spoke to her and was even on the edge of his seat and leaning over the table.
Tanakami looked up and with a smirk she spoke, watching the marine and his wife sit back a bit as it sunk in, “Gekko Moria…” She giggled a little bit and they sat, not knowing what to do.-
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She laid there and weeks passed with no improvement to her health she wasn’t getting better but she wasn’t getting worse. One morning the doctor came in and Silver’s fever had broken. She had her eyes open barely. Her wings had grown back in but where black and crimson now. She slowly pushed herself to her knees and sat back on her ankles her body cracking not even taking notice she was naked or not caring. At this point no one could be quite sure what was going through her mind or if she even cared. Looking about through half lidded eyes she sighed realizing where they were. She glanced over to see Seth sitting there. “Where’s the captain why did we come back?” She sounded so out of it so weak.
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-Tanakami sat back in her seat as if what she just dropped on the marine was nothing. He seemed to sweat a bit and said, “Proof…”
Tanakami peered up at him and spoke in a slightly confused voice, “Excuse me?”
“I want proof,” The marine demanded of her. Tanakami smiled to reveal her teeth to him and pulled up her purple bangs to show her horns and high enough to reveal that she had a widow’s peak in her hair. The marine smiled and said, “You really are! How could someone so hot come from that lard?” His wife hit him on the arm for calling her hot.
Tanakami giggled a bit, “Ki shi shi…. Not like it was important to me anyways. Made me then left me on that forsaken island.”
“He was a terror for a while,” the marine shyly admitted, “The files even say he was a great Shichibukai. Though fell after the war. Not much is said on it but he disappeared. No death record or anything. Maybe that was when you were born, how old are you?” His wife hit him again.
“I am 21,” Tanakami answered openly, “Soon 22. But I am trying to find my birth right. You probably know what I mean.” She folded her fingers ahead of her and smiled up at them.
“Ready to order?” The waiter returned and had brought water for her, him assuming she had no money on her.
Tanakami was about to speak and the marine jumped the gun, “Give her this here on the top.” He pointed at a certain meal, Tanakami getting a peek at it and smiling a bit.
The waiter nodded and walked away as Tanakami looked at him and said, “You know who I am now, why so nice?” She was purely curious and sat back as she awaited an answer.
“You obviously haven’t taken to a life of piracy. You are here, aren’t you?” The marine spoke cockily but didn’t wait for a response as he said, “Besides, I think everyone can be saved. You might have been born a pirate and if you think that ship is your birthright, perhaps it could be a new start for it. Just one issue, it IS on the grand line.”
“I know,” Tanakami spoke and smiled, “I just need to make it to Logue Town and ask around for information and stuff, make my way to it.”
“Good idea but,” He paused, “What are you even sailing on?”
“A Dinghy,” Tanakami smiled as she wrapped her fingers around her glass and took a sip of the cold water. She was proud of it and was dead serious. They looked at her like she was a nut case.-
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Seth was asleep when his eyes snapped open. Silver was finally actually awake. Seth grins “Ah, Silver. You are finally awake.” Seth smiled warmly “Not that I was very worried. I was very sure you would pull through. Can you hear me?” Seth was not going to studder or choke up anything. He was going to simply answer her question. “The Captain has left. She stated that she was going to logue town. On the opposite of the east blue.” Seth wasn’t going to make any type of effort to sway her from joining him. Seth was pretty well healed and in his down time was getting stronger, faster and gaining more stamina. While he was there, he did work, doing jobs using his superhuman strength and also practicing Seth gave the woman roughly $1500 in berries from the large amount of money he actually has accumulated from working over the years. He saved a lot of money, being that he didn’t normally buy much more then the essentials usually. Not like every town had a lot of men as Herculean as Seth was.
Seth looked at the Doctor and asked “How well is she?” He looked at Silver as he spoke to the Doctor. “I believe that she may want to leave.”
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Silver Looked back at him and she sighed. “I am fine. How much of a head start do we have?” She asked shifting some and slipped off the bed standing naked she started to head for the door. She had cloths at her mother’s house she could change into and well these people knew she didn’t wear cloths all the time but she did usually have the vest on. The doctor looked to him and sighed seeing her leave. “She should stay for at least another week or two but from the looks of it she’s going to leave anyways.” She took the money and then handed it back to him. “She has done a lot for me in the past consider the debt paid.” As Silver stepped out with her wings exposed people gasped and started to whisper to each other. Turning and heading towards her mother’s. She walked in and pulled out a box that was about 2 foot long and about 3 inches tall. Her mother looked at her as she did. “Are you sure?” Silver glanced to her mother and shook her head then unclicked the latch and opened it inside was a set of cloths. She pulled out a glove first and set it on her bed then a black half jacket with the arm missing that was the same as the glove she had set aside. Placing that beside it she sighed and pulled out the crimson shirt. She pulled it on over her head as it hugged her body like a second skin and showed off just how flat chested she really was. Sighing she smoothed her hands over it and pulled out the black pants and stepped into them carefully. She then grabbed the jacket and pulled it on before pulling the black glove on that went almost up to her shoulder and she flexed her fingers once again it fit like a second skin. “Mom where are the boots.” The thing about the jacket and shirt her wings came out the back. Her mother sighed and walked out of her room while she went through her closet and clicked a compartment in it and reached in pulling out what looked like a hat box and set it down on her nightstand. There she stood staring at it for a long time. Her mother had been standing behind her holding the boots that looked so thin that they wouldn’t protect anything. “Sweetheart those are your fathers are you sure you want to do this?” she said as she set the boots down. Shaking her head she opened the case as a wisp of clouds came out of it. She sighed and reached in pulling out two whips that seemed to be made of metal that had been crafted together to make a solid piece but it rolled up like whips the tips had blades on them and she set them down. “No mother I am not but I have little choice.” She didn’t finish explaining herself and reached into the case the cloths had been in and grabbed the belt and clipped it around it seemed to pull it all together. Picking up the whips she hung them on her belt and took a deep breath turning around and ran her fingers through her long silver hair tossing it behind her.
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Seth took the bag back and simply nodded putting it in his jacket. “Silver. You are aware that you are without clothing? Right?” If she says yes. Seth grins. “Just making sure!” Seth strolls out walking over to the ship. Actually many supplies boxed up.
Seth has also in this time added a new needle to his spade. It must be folded to be revealed. Seth waited at the ship sitting on it’s edge. He saw Silver then jumped down to her walking and had his improved shovel resting on his shoulder.
“When the captain left. She did not leave us with a crew. This is a five man ship. I would like to know what you think it best to do.” Seth said looking at Silver grinning. “My plan. Was to simply pack supplies onto a large dingy. And then simply row to our Captain. Though. I am not that great navigator. I would like to know what you think is best. Though you are younger, I believe you to be quite wise for your age. Silver.” Seth says. “So. What will it be? What do you think best?” Seth believed in her judgement and that if it came to it, she would be a better captain then him. He stood upright with the same smile he usually has.
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When silver walked up she heard his words and stopped taking a deep breath. “Well if it’s just the three of us then we need to find another way that will be faster…” She let the rest of the breath out and closed her eyes. “I have an idea. It’s a little 3 man fishing ship that does deep sea fishing its fast and will get us to where we want but it’s not going to be cheap I fear as we have nothing to offer them.” She turned and with purpose started back towards town so that they could bargain with this fishing boat. She knew the captain all too well the letch wouldn’t leave her alone and now she needed something from him and she knew how to get them passage. As they grew close to the town she saw the captain and stopped for a hot second. Then she started to strut her hips swaying as she moved with such grace that all heads where turning to her as she moved drawing the attention of every man and even some of the women. She slid her hands up behind the large man’s back and over his shoulders. “Hey there. We need to talk.” She whispered up at him as she was smaller than he was.
He turned and looked at her and he smiled broadly as if something amazing had just happened. “Well Silver this is a surprise Taking me up on my offer?”
She kept the seductive smile on her face as she nodded. “But I have another passanger that needs to come a long and I have a very specific place I want to go. Would you take me wherever I Want?” she drug a finger down his chest then hooked it into the waistband of his pants.
He smiled. “Well well depends on what you are offering.” His hands moved to her sides and slowly slid around gripping her ass and pulling her in close.
Silver squeaked in surprise and laid her head against his chest. “Whatever your heart desires.” She said softly to the man keeping her feelings about doing this as guarded as she could.
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Seth has a wide amused smirk as he watches from a distance at first. As soon as she started strutting and turning heads, Seth knew exactly. Quite the Vixen isn’t she? He walks by past the two careful to not interrupt. He checks his inventory within his coat. Money? Check. Sketchbook, pen and pencil? Check. Shovel? It’s in his hand. Check.
Seth let her work her wiles. But he won’t show himself. Lest he ruin the mood. Though he would follow them and walk over should Silver wave him over at any time.
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-Tanakami settled back and they brought food out rather quickly. It was a gorgeous display of fish and vegetables. She let the smell sink in and she just smiled widely as she picked a part of the meat with her fingers to eat it. The Marine was still in shock from the dinghy comment and didn’t bother to correct her etiquette, only to respond with, “You travel all alone on a dinghy?!”
“Yup,” Tanakami spoke with her mouth half full of fish. She was seeming cautious of touching the vegetables.
“That is truly impossible! Let us grant you passage somewhere. If all you want is to seek your birthright we can at least offer you a lift,” The marine spoke with a seemingly open smile.
Tanakami finally grabbed a vegetable, it was a carrot. She crunched on it and left out a sound as if she was in heaven. She then returned her mind to the conversation after chewing and swallowing. “How close can you take me?”
“Cocoyashi,” The marine spoke and was finally being disturbed by her eating etiquette.
“You really are too kind,” Tanakami spoke with her mouth half full. She swallowed and said, “I don’t get why you would do this for a woman who you just met.”
The marine took a deep breath and said, “You seem determined. You don’t want to go to the grand line for jewels or fame. You just want your birthright. To want to pit yourself out there on a dinghy alone to the seas is just remarkable. If you let us lift your dinghy, we’ll go to Cocoyashi and train you on the way there to better protect yourself.”
Tanakami smiled and her teeth even parted, “Are you serious sir?!” She was trying so hard to not laugh. He’d let her giggles slip but if she laughed, the whole guise would be over.
“Yes, I am,” He smiled back to her despite the teeth still taking him aback. “Once you finish and we pay then we can go.”
Tanakami nodded and attempted to finish her meal, getting down most of it before she had to stop. She stood herself up and said, “I will get my dinghy to your ship, which on is it?”
“Third from the right,” He spoke up and then continued, “I will let my men know you are coming and what to do.” He took out his snail phone.
Tanakami nodded and headed outside, untying her dinghy and rowed it over to the ship. Looked like the crew just got the call as they looked down and threw ropes to get the dinghy up and tied. Tanakami helped them a bit and she looked at the crew as they looked at her. Seemed they were confused by her appearance and she was confused by their staring.
It wasn’t long before the captain and his wife got on board and they took sail towards Cocoyashi. This would be a 15 day journey. At arrival Tanakami was 19% stronger, 12% faster, and 33% better with her Devil Fruit. They also gave her clothes to attempt to make her look more like her father but with an added touch. She wore her normal black shirt under a black leather tail coat, dark red pants that had some give to them with a studded belt, black leather boots that fit her feet exactly, a pair of pointed gloves that gave her sharp nails room, and a black belt collar which had pieces of seastone inside of it and against her neck so she couldn’t use her powers unless she took it off.
They lowered her dinghy for her and even gave her a rope so she could tie it up at docks. Even though they had offered to give her a few supplies, she opted to go get her own. With that she walked onto the dock and saw that there was a ship far on the other edge, she never noticed the wreckage around the island as she had been inside getting dressed. This didn’t bother her and she just walked straight towards the village to get supplies.-
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