To Dawn Island

"Alola, Boss! I succeeded with the job on Echo Peninsula." Isaac shouted to the elder walking to the shore. "Also, Boss, good news! Echo Peninsula wanted me to give you this." Isaac with a grin handed the elder a small blue envelope, all the while the rest of the town people looking on at the scene. As the Elder opened the envelope, he sighed to Isaac, "Can you not call me boss in every sentence please? It is very disrespectful of your superior!" As Isaac was about to respond, a shrieking voice pierced the crowd. "Elder Charles, may I borrow your worker. I need to talk to him about a PERSONAL matter." The crowd went silent as a well-dressed older women, in a lace red dress strode through the clearing, followed by a butler. The women glared at Isaac as he made a bowing motion and walked to towards them, all the while with the crowd nervously watching them. As he silently followed the women and butler to the only gated house of the town, she immediately turned on her heel and slapped Isaac across the face.

"Who the hell do you think you are giving my daughter one of your creatures of hell? How much is Arlong paying you to tear apart this town and my family from the inside? Give me your price to leave this town and never come back." As Sun was about to lunge at the women, Moon tackled him to the ground holding them as he was screaming "PIXX! PIXX! PIXX". While the butler coldly started drawing his katana, the Isaac clutching the side of his face spoke up, without looking at the people he was talking to. "Sun, don't you dare start a fight here, I thought I taught you better than that. As for you Mr. Butler," Isaac immediately put his hand on the butler's shoulder, now looking straight in his eyes, "touch my family and I will kill you. As for what you said earlier Miss, I cannot be bought out by your soulless money. And the only person I work for is your elder. As for my actions with your daughter, I do apologize for not consulting you first when I asked her." At this, Isaac bowed his head. "However, I do not appreciate how you talk about my family as if they are quote on quote 'evil' or 'harmful to your family'. If there were any problems 'created' while Largo was here, they were problems you created yourself." SLAP!

The women now walking towards the gate glared at Largo, who scrambled towards her master now on the ground. Largo immediately licked her master's hand, who was still sitting on the ground. As the butler trailed behind his master, he coldly said to Isaac, "Come near Mistress Sophia again and I will personally kill you." At this, Charles started laughing. As the butler slowly started drawing his katana, Isaac suddenly stopped laughing as he returned the butler's look. "You can't even protect this village from pirates, yet you have such bravado to think you hurt me, what's more kill me! Just go ahead and try it." At this Isaac stood up and spread his arms. "Here, I will even give you a free hit!" The butler's eyes, now blazing with fire, lunged at the young man. "Edward, stop it right now!" The butler stopped his blade, an inch from Isaac's face. Sophia stood trembling near the gate, with her mother watching in awe. "If you hurt Mister Isaac, I will never forgive you Edward!" At this, Isaac himself started to walk away from the scene in front of him. "Come on guys, I think this is our cue to leave. As for you Sophia, thank you for taking care of Largo. Words can't describe how grateful I am. Also since this is probably the last time we will see each other." Isaac pumped his hand in the air. "Take care of yourself." As Isaac walked away with his three companions in question, he could swear he could hear a small sob as he walked away.

"How did you get such a good deal with Echo Peninsula? Not only did the letter say they wanted to do more business with us, but they even gave me two time the amount they originally said they would pay! You didn't threaten them for the extra money, did you?" The elder beamed at Charles, as the family ate their fruits they called apples and oranges for supper. The other two Chabo and Isabelle, still looked quite nervous being at the same table as Isaac, as they nervously looked at the two. Isaac himself simply answered the elder, "It was because we killed the Sea Serpent that was destroying the boats. They even threw us a party." The elder, now looking puzzled, asked, "What is wrong with you, Isaac. From the little we have talked, I expected you to throw in a comment on how you actually held them up, or throw in a complement on yourself." Sighing, Isaac looked at the Elder. "I simply don't feel good right now. When is the next job for me, boss?" The elder still beaming at him, responded with a laugh, "Do you not like the island that much, my boy? If you want to know, the next island I need you to go to is a small village known as Dawn Island. Probably within a few days." Immediately a voice pierced the air. "Daddy, I want to go with him!" Chabo stood up, blazing with fire of some sort. The father's smile immediately disappeared as he looked at his son.

"Son, you know you are too young to travel the seas, yet you keep pursuing this ridiculous idea. Not only would you be dead weight for Isaac on this ship, but you will probably even get in the way of his work! My answer is no."

"But dad…"

"NO, CHABO."

An awkward silence formed across the dinner table, until with a sigh Isaac got up. "Elder, I'll let him on the ship if that is the problem. I only ask two things in return, one from you, and one from your boy." Isaac locked eyes with Chabo, who steely looked in his eyes. "You, kid, have to follow every command I tell you. If I tell you to hide, you hide. If I tell you abandon me, then you do so instantly. On the unforgiving seas, obedience is key." Now looking at Elder Charles, Isaac said, "And from you, sir, I want some extra money to go to a restaurant that is thought of very highly. This, however, will probably take an extra three days out of our travel schedule." At this Isaac, started to get Sun and Moon on his shoulders. "I know this is a lot to think of, so the final decision is yours in the end, Boss. I can promise you I will protect him with my life if he comes." After this silence, Elder Charles responded, "I am in a quite good mood right now so I will OK this. Chabo, what is your answer?" As the mother immediately started whispering in the elder's ears, Chabo, still staring in to Isaac's eyes coldly, said "Yes, I agree, daddy. I will obey all of Isaac's orders." Now walking out, Isaac said to the youth, "I will see you when we set sail then, kid."

"Now Chabo, don't forget to change your clothes every day! Don't forget to eat three meals a day every day. Oh, and don't forget to drink plenty of water, but don't drink too…"

"I know Mom, stop worrying about me! I'll be fine!"

Chabo struggled while his mother roughly put the hood over Chabo's head. Isaac, who was preparing the boats stifled a laugh. Chabo had gained at least three pound in weight from the amount of clothes that was currently on his body. He also had two heavy suitcases that were also on the medium size cruiser the elder had given Isaac for this exposition. The elder specifically told Isaac the day before he was supposed to be transporting a small fishing boat. When a puzzled Isaac had asked to why they asked for such a simple boat transported, the elder simply said he had no idea. Chabo finally pushed his mother away as jumped on the ship. "You don't have to worry about me mom! I'll be fine!" Isabelle yelled to Isaac, "Make sure my son doesn't hurt himself on this journey please! If he misbehaves, I give you permission to slap him on the head!"

"Mom!"

Now grinning, Isaac yelled to her, "Thank you! I will take that in consideration. Take care of Sun, Moon and Kyu please! If Kyu refuses to eat, have Moon bring the food to her!" As the mother continued waving, Isaac now looked at his guest and asked in a low voice, "Let's cut to the chase. Why are actually on this journey with me? You have made it clear to me, kid, you do not trust me." Chabo now looking at his captain, steely responded, "I want to make sure you aren't threatening people like Daddy joked. And I want to judge you based on your actions like you told me that night. And I told you, my name isn't kid, its Chabo!" Isaac, now grinning, responded, "Smartest thing you have said to me. Though that last sentence does still make me want to call you kid…" Isaac trailed off as he heard an uproar coming from the nearby dock they were a fair distance away. "Someone, stop her! She doesn't know what she is saying!" a shrieking voice exclaimed. As a crowd seemed to be form around an alley, a female voice cut the air. "Isaac, help me!"

Suddenly a figure like a cannonball jumped from the port, not jumping very far. Immediately unstrapping a Pokéball from his belt, Isaac said, "Chessie, get that person as close to the boat as you can!" As he threw the ball hard to trigger right above her. With a "Fletchling!" the bird grabbed the figures black dress bringing her only a few feet before falling. However that was enough. The now mid jump Isaac yelled to the boat, "Chabo, catch!" As he threw the familiar figure to the boat. Causing Chabo to hit the back of the boat with the force, Isaac smiled to see she made it when he landed in the water with a splash. As he swam to the boat, the same piercing voice screamed, "Kidnapper! I will have your head for this! Just you wait when you get back! Just you wait!" Ignoring the frankly annoying voice, Isaac pulled himself onto the boat. Now looking at the two figure scrambling to get off each other, Isaac grinned as he said, "So want to explain all of that, Miss Sophia?"

As the yelling continued, a bewildered Chabo asked, "Sophia? Why are you here?" Shaking, Sophia started sobbing at this point. With a loud pop from Isaac's chest, Largo went over to console her by rubbing her body against the girl. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" The poor girl cried. Sighing, Isaac gently stood her up, saying, "You can go to the living quarters below for now with Largo. We can talk about this later. Chabo, can you show to her room." Chabo, stunned, yelled at Isaac, "Are you joking, Isaac? You are going to continue with her like nothing happened? We have to this boat around now, or we will be both in big trouble." At this, the girl started crying harder. Now glaring at Chabo, Isaac coldly responded, "Did you forget the promise you made me? Escort her downstairs and you stay there to cool down too." As Chabo held Sophia's hand going down the stairs, Isaac sighed, going towards the steering wheel. Now with the voices on shore barely auditable, Isaac turned to his Fletchling. "Chessie, use tailwind as long as you can. We need to get as far as possible from port before the butler comes in his own boat. As for her reason of joining us, we will find out whenever she is ready to tell us."

"Yo, for tonight's wonderful meal, hand made by yours truly is a dish from my culture, masala." With a twirl Isaac spun out the plates on the table, arriving in front of the two children. As Chabo suspiciously eyed the dish, Sophia looked at the dish with dried out eyes from crying. The sound of Chessie digging into his plate of masala and the waves of the ocean were the only other sounds audible in the cabin with two beds in it. Shaking his head, Isaac sat right next to Sophia, gently saying with a grin, "Look, my food isn't that bad. In fact a good friend of mine loved this dish whenever a served it to him. Sure, he loved all masala, but still he liked it." The girl's dead expression didn't budge.

Changing his approach, Isaac said, "Look, you will need all the strength you can to man the violent seas. I know you probably don't feel hungry right now, but eat up please, at least for Largo." Largo was at her legs with a concerned look, trying to comfort the girl. Finally taking a bite, Sophia immediately grabbed for the water. At the same time Chabo bit into his and he with a surprised look exclaimed, "It's editable! And actually isn't terrible!" At this Isaac gave a fake laugh and responded, "You know kid, flattery won't make me not smack you like your mother allowed me to do." At this, Chabo's face turned red with embarrassment and he exclaimed, "You…you wouldn't! I am your boss's son!" Now moving to have face directly in front of Chabo's, Isaac responded, "Ranking means nothing when you are my lackie right now on this boat."

Now turning his attention to a very slightly smiling Sophia, Isaac asked, "And how does the person with an actual good opinion think of my food?" As Chabo protested this assertion, Sophia quietly responded, "It is really good! Just a little spicier than I would have imagined." Grinning, Isaac laughed, "I'm sorry, I always make my masala way too spicy! Next time I make it, I will make sure to tone down the spice. Anyways, I am going to go upstairs to steer the ship for the night! You two make sure to get along and go to bed early! I will see you in the morning." As Isaac started up the stairs, Sophia spoke up. "Wait, you aren't going to press why I came with you? And where are you going to sleep?" At this Isaac went over to her and gently flicked her on the head. "When you want to tell us what happened with your family, YOU can. Until then, you are just another member on this ship in my eyes. As for sleep, let me worry about myself." With that, Isaac left to the deck above, leaving Chabo still eating his food and Sophia looking at the stairs with a concerned look.

"Isaac, are me almost there yet…" Chabo whined. Sophia let out a sigh, while knitting with a black material with Largo nearby at her feet. Isaac at the steering wheel pointed at Sophia and said, "Kid, if you have time to complain about how long this trip is taking, use that time to do something useful like Sophia." Angrily, Chabo responded, "Stop calling me kid! And can you blame me when he have been on this boat for six days now? And what can I do in the middle of the ocean?" Bonk! Chabo clutched the now huge bump on his head as Isaac glowered above him. "If you want to do something, watch the sea for pirates or something, just stop annoying me! And as for when we will get to Dawn Island, it is a day away!" Pouting, Chabo looked starboard to see if he could see anything than other than the seemingly endless ocean. Suddenly puzzled, Chabo questioned, "Isaac…."

"This better be something very interesting, kid. What is it?"

"Do logs floating on the sea tend to have branches that look like hands?"

"No, kid, unless there is a human…."

Stopping mid-sentence, Isaac dove off the ship stardboard, as Sophia immediately gasped seeing the log Chabo pointed out. As Isaac pulled the figure on his back, Sophia looking mortified, said outloud, "How long has that person been out at sea? She must be in so much pain right now…" As Chabo helped Isaac pull himself on top the ship, Isaac gently put a skinny, brown haired woman on to the deck. Calmly, Isaac looked at Chabo and Sophia. "Chabo, I need you to get me some fruit from the deck below, our guest seems to not have eaten in a while. Sophia, I need you to get blankets quickly so we can get her body temperature at a stable level quickly." The two scrambled downstairs immediately at this command, with Largo cuddling up to the woman and Chessie looking on to this scene from the small sail. As Isaac was getting the first aid kit from nearby, a wet, shaking hand grabbed his shirt. "Please… listen to me before I die."

"Miss you are not dying, I could never live with myself if I let a lovely…." A finger immediately was put on Isaac's lip. "Please… listen. Our cruise was sunk by pirates…. The captain was a big man with silver fists, with… a blue skull tattoo. Please..tell… the navy…" The hand limply fell to the ground with a loud thump.

"No… NO!" Immediately Isaac started violently pumping her chest violently and the put an ear against her chest. "No other option." He immediately pressed his lips, exhaling air hard into the skinny woman's lungs. As Chabo ran up the deck with the fruit, his jaw fell to the ground at that scene, dropping all of the fruit in his hands. "Isaac… you… you... pervert!" Before he could run at Isaac, a small hand grabbed his shoulder. A quiet voice said, "Chabo, he is preforming CPR right now. Don't be so thick." As Isaac continued to alternate between breathing air into her and pumping her chest, Sophia could be seen with her eyes closed, silently praying. The silence was unbearable.

The woman sputtered, letting out a fair amount of sea water on to the deck. Isaac simply gave Sophia a look as she realized what he was saying. She hurried to cover the woman on deck with the navy blue blankets. Isaac, now looking at everyone one deck, started issuing orders. "Chessie, use tailwind on the sail until we get to Dawn Island. Her condition is still critical and needs actual medical treatment. Chabo, you are in charge of the wheel for the next hour, while I treat our guest as best as I can. Sophia, you are with me, anything I say you need to do immediately." There was no smile on Isaac's face, while he carried the woman down the stairs.

"We don't have much time left. Chabo and Chessie, guard the boats while Largo, Sophia and I take her to get help." Isaac ordered with deadly seriousness as the boat hit the shore. "What if they ask for a permit?" Chabo now looking desperate asked. "Think of that yourself! She needs help now!" Isaac, with the woman in a blanket in his arms hopped off the boat, jogging towards the nearest building. As he slammed the hinged doors to the bar, the maybe three people drinking and female barkeeper all turned their attention. As Isaac stormed towards the counter with eyes firmly on the bar keeper, Sophia nervously jittered behind him. As Isaac finally got to the bar keeper, he bowed his head as far as it could go and said, "Please miss, help this woman. I'll do anything for this woman to be treated." Silence spread across the bar.

The bar keeper responded, "Of course I will help your friend! Take her to the back room." As the three started to the back room, the woman kindly instructed Isaac, "Place her down on the couch, I can treat her from here." As she saw his concerned look, she smiled and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about her. Trust me." Isaac, sighed and while getting up said, "I leave her in her care. Take care of her please." At this he placed some money on the table. "Let's go Sophia, Largo." With that they went back into the main bar area.

BAM! The doors flew open as a man about the same age as he yelled in the bar, "Makino! Can I have some meat? I'm sooooooo hungry!" At his loud shouting, Sophia was currently hiding behind Isaac, quite frightened by the loud noise. The young man had black hair, a small scar under his eye and a goofy grin that seemed to be permanently on his face. The most interesting part of the man was the straw hat off the back of his head. The young man tilted his head looked down at the ground at the Poplio, who was also tilting head at the youth. Then almost a visible light went off in the man's eyes! "Meat!" Lunging at the seal, the seal's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. "…Largo, use sing." The seal immediately started singing, causing the man to fall asleep midair, tumbling through the bar. As Largo puffed out her chest in pride, Sophia concerned asked Isaac, "Should we leave him like this?" The boy was happily snored as he was sprawled against the wall. Isaac, finally smiling again whistled at this. "You know, I don't think I have ever seen Largo put someone to sleep so quickly. As whether we should leave him, you will learn in life there are some things you just walk away from." And with that they walked out of the bar.

As they left the bar they could hear voices from the outside. "Old man, get away from our boats! You will ruin all of my daddy's hard work!" An older, raspy voice scolded, "Why I never! The nerve of this generation now a days! No respect towards your elders!"

Isaac immediately looked at Sophia for confirmation. "You don't think the kid is THAT stupid to yell at our client, is he?" Sophia responded, "I think you may want to run to find out…." Sprinting to the nearby dock, Isaac indeed confirmed what was going on. Chabo standing toe to toe with the older man started yelling, "I give respect to those…." SMACK.

Chabo was now on the ground with a huge bump on his head out cold. Bowing as close to the ground as possible, Isaac solemnly said, "I am sorry for my lackie's manners, Mr. Woop Slap, sir. I have the boat for you right here, sir." The old man's expression barely changed from before. "HMMPH. It's good to see some of you young'ins have manners. Here is the money as promised to your boss Charles." Handing him a stack of beri's Isaac, Isaac again bowed again. "Thank you for your business, sir." As the man wobbled away and Sophia and Largo cautiously approached Isaac, who now had the unconscious Chabo by the collar.

"Did Chabo…"

"Yep."

"At the client?"

"Correct. Which is why we are leaving to go to our reward before we go back to Gosa Village."

As the three mounted the ship, Sophia was very quiet, looking at the ground thinking about something. Finally as they leaft port, Sophia finally breaking out of thought managed to ask Isaac, "Where are we going again, Isaac?" Isaac looking surprised, answered Sophia, "Only to the best restaurant in the East Blue from what I have heard. A little restaurant that is ship called the Bartie."

Dear lord, this chapter took a long time to create, but I got it out on Friday... somewhere. Anyways, this chapter was a big one as I reveal Isaac's actual age, and where in the One Piece story this story currently is at. We even got to meet the future Strawhat captain briefly and how he got the ship he originally set sail in. As for when we are getting to the actual One Piece story, all I can say is soon. Out of curiosity, I would like to know if you want to know the title for the next chapter at the end of each chapter (if that makes sense). Other than that, I will see you guys next week. Peace out.