One Piece: Homeland

Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece.

Kilnorc: That's right people! After a long time, it's finally time to go to Skypeia! But first, Jaya! WOOT! First part will be easy because Dude of Doom's Death Root story has most of what the group's gonna be doing in Jaya, so that's easy material for me -V sign- thanks to Dude of Doom.

Now...on with the new chapter of the Axe-Head saga!

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Prologue

It has been a while, but the captain has made sure our next stop is the island of Jaya. I do not know what awaits the both of us there, but there must be something there, a clue to our heritage. Rayo Verrani said that Shidyk D. Shade, the World's Greatest Assassin, was taking a small girl to Jaya in order to take her home. This girl had a pair of wings on her back, just like the ones on ours. I can only deduce that Jaya holds a major piece in the puzzle of our lives. Also-

As soon as Devon's pen touched the paper, a loud noise from outside made his hand twitch, which made him scratch the paper with his pen, smearing the ink around and ruining his journal entry.

"Sonofabitch!" Devon ripped the paper from the book he had on the desk, balled it up and tossed it to the side, "Trying to get some record to one of the biggest things in my life," he turned his head to the door of the boys cabin, "BUT I CAN'T GET IT DONE IF YOU DUMBASSES KEEP SCREWING ME UP!" he shouted.

'You could lighten up, ya know...' his other half suggested in a bored tone.

Shut up, you! Besides, you're telling me to lighten up?

'I know, surprising, huh?' the entity asked, chuckling a bit, 'Anyway, I'm bored. Any chance we can go and do something fun?'

Like what?

'Oh, I don't know. I know how you are with Blondie...you could go see how she is, chat her up...spend a few minutes in the closet with her-OW!'

Devon held his head after he just punched himself in the head, You're just as perverted as Azu and Axe, ya know that?!

'No, just lonely. Very, very, lonely,'

Whatever...the answer's still hell no, though... Devon sighed, rose from the desk and exited the cabin, "I'll work on that later,"

"Oi! Devon!"

The blonde nittoryu user turned and immediately a frustrated groan escaped his throat. Standing not three feet away, was not one, but two Dusty's, dressed identically with identical looks on their faces.

"Dusty, Shifter, I am not in the frickin' mood right now," Devon warned them, "So unless you both wanna be tossed overboard, get the hell outta my way,"

The two kitsunes exchanged sly grins.

"Only if you can guess-,"

"-which one of us is which-,"

"-then we will-,"

"-let you pass,"

Devon looked at them both for a bit, then nodded and walked over, a very thoughtful look on his face, "Let's see...which one, which one? Ah, I know," he grabbed both of them by the head and slammed their heads together.

"OW!"

"DAMMIT!"

Dusty fell on her ass, holding her head while Shifter reverted to his normal form, eyes swirling around and around from the impact of the headbutt. Devon cracked his neck and walked past them, "There, I win,"

The real Dusty glared at him as he walked by, "Asshole,"

Shifter shook his head, "He doesn't seem to be the fun type, does he?"

"You should see him when he's mad," Dusty staggered to her feet and helped Shifter up, "Well, what do you wanna do now? We can do some practicing to help both our acts?" she offered.

"Or...," Shifter grinned slyly, "We can go find someone else to mess with,"

"Oh, let's do that!"

As the two idiots, as Devon called them, went about their acts of dorkiness, Devon entered the galley and sat down at the table. He turned to the fridge to see Herman looking in the fridge for something.

"Yo, Herman, what're you looking for?"

The lobster merman sighed and closed the door, "Just checking on food supplies. I swear, Axe and Dusty were bad enough, but with Shifter around, he eats too much, we're nearly out of food!"

Devon shrugged, "The guy's got a major drawback on his Fruit, he can't help it,"

"I guess you're right," Herman rubbed his head, "Remind me when we get to Jaya, to stock up on as much food as we can afford,"

"We should be fine there," Devon grinned, "Niri's been frugal with the money so we got plenty," he got up from the table and walked over to the chef, "Man, I can't believe we're finally on our way there,"

Herman nodded, "Nervous?"

"A little bit," Devon scratched the back of his head, "If I can find out something about myself and Austin in Jaya, then maybe I can find something out about my father, ya know?"

Again, the lobsterman nodded, "I can understand that. It's important for one to know where they come from. When you don't know about your past, you can never know about your future,"

Devon facefaulted, "Not really my past, just my father and these damn wings on my back,"

Herman shrugged, "I'm just saying, Devon,"

A collection of loud voices outside made the two crewmates turn the door, then back to each other.

"I think I better go see what this is all about," Devon sighed, walking to the door, "Good luck with...," he looked around, "...whatever,"

Herman shook his head just as an irritated honking sound came from the freezer. The lobsterman walked over and slid the freezer door open. Pingu stuck his head out and honked angrily at him, flippers waving like crazy.

"Sorry, Pingu. Want some fish?" Herman looked in the freezer and facefaulted, "You...ate...all the...fish...?"

Pingu burped and patted his belly before falling onto a mound of ice, a content look on his face.

Outside, Devon saw Chizuru, Niri, Axe, and Azu arguing over something. He walked over just in time to hear some of what they had to say.

"...but, no! You just had to enjoy your drinking more than keeping an eye out!"

"It wasn't my job this time, Niri!" Azu snapped, face red, "It was yours!"

Devon turned to Chizuru, who was rubbing the temples on her head, "What's going on?"

The red-haired navigator sighed and shook her head, "We almost crashed into another ship. Luckily, the old man on the boat managed to steer it away, but not without yelling at us," she opened her eyes and nodded towards something, "We're here, though,"

Devon followed her nodding and saw a large island dead ahead. It had a decent sized harbor filled with many ships and right beside that was a town of considerable size. He could see all sorts of people walking along the streets, and a strange smile crossed his face.

Chizuru shared that smile and patted him on the back, "Devon, welcome to Jaya. I'll go get Austin," she turned to leave, but looked back to him, "Excited?"

Speechless, Devon just nodded in reply.

The navigator giggled, "I knew you would be,"

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Kilnorc: Well, not much for a prologue, I know, but trust me, it'll get better! First part of this fic is the Jaya arc, and believe me, it'll be very interesting!

On the next chapter of Homeland...

Devon: Jaya Island...Mock Town...already, I'm lost and confused.

Shifter: I guess this is where we go our own ways. Good luck to you guys, thanks for all your help.

Herman: I'm gonna go find some food supplies. I think Kirsty said something about medical stuff and comic books?

Azu: Oi oi oi, asshole, you take my saki, you in for a world of hurt!

Welcome to Mock Town

???: AZUMAMARO BABA! I FINALLY FOUND YOU!

Azu: Oh...crap! Not her!