I'm back! This chapter is longer than all of my others that I have made, but dont get used to it... unless i type more. I don't know if they really do tests to go up a rank in the Marines. But I just did it for the heck of it. I'm changing a few things about Rikku which you will soon figure out in the upcoming chapters. (Hopefully! Unless you figured it out in the new summary.) Please, Please, Pleasse review!

EDIT: Sorry! Forgot to add this. Yume Gaia belongs to Shiary!

I do not own One Piece!

Rikku awoke to the sound of the alarm. Today is the day. She thought to herself. Climbing out of bed, she looked to the top bunk and saw her blonde roommate stir in her sleep.

"Oi! Chaki wake up! It's testing day!" She shouted to her friend as she pulled out her Marine's Justice coat. "Mmmmm five more minutes mum." She mumbled in her sleep. Rikku sighed, climbing to the top bunk, she took ahold of the sheets and pulled them hard. Chaki went over the railing and fell onto hard ground.

"Ouch! What was that for Rikku?" She glared at her roommate rubbing her side that she landed on. "Today is testing day, we don't want to be late now do we?" Rikku said as she jumped down and tossed her coat to her.

Chaki put on the traditional uniform white dress shirt, blue neckerchief, dark blue pants, and the Justice coat. While Rikku put on the standard uniform for new recruits, because for her it was more comfortable. This was a white short sleeved shirt with the Marine sign on the back, with a blue neckerchief, dark blue pants and a baseball cap that says Marines on it. She put her Justice coat over it.

"What rank are you going into next again Chaki?" Rikku asked as they walked down the hallway to the testing site. "Lieutenant Commander." She simply stated looking ahead to their destination, tying her hair up in a bun. "Hey, no need to be so uptight." Rikku said as she waved to passing marines. "How about you Rikku? What's your next rank?" She asked. "Secret." She smiled towards her friend. Chaki who was still mad about the way Rikku woke her up was getting annoyed but didn't say anything.

While the two were talking they didn't notice two people running and ran into them. "HEY! Watch where you're going!" Chaki shouted a she glared at the two boys who were in chore boy shirts. The two boys visibly quivered under her gaze. "Haha, don't mind her. She's not in a good mood since I woke her up." Rikku said hoping they would calm down. "You threw me off the bunk!" Chaki shouted back. "I didn't throw you, I simply tugged on your blanket… Anyway… Sorry we weren't watching." Rikku said turning back to the two on the ground. "Tug my butt." Chaki mumbled.

"I-It's okay." The pink haired boy said. Rikku reached both hands out to help each one up. The blonde one refused and scrambled to his feet while the pink one took her hand was pulled up, and then they both ran. "I wonder what that was about." Rikku wondered.

"For today's test you will be fighting a Marine who is the same rank as you. Whoever wins will be promoted. After the battle injuries will be tended to over there." The Marine man person pointed to an area where tables, chairs and beds were set up. A lady with short red hair waved to the Marines in line.

Rikku raised her hand. "Rikku what are you doing?" Chaki whispered to her friend. "Question!" Rikku shouted to the man up front. "What?" he asked her, she took one step forward out of line. "I was told that Yume Gaia, a doctor was going to be treating our wounds for today." She stated with a straight voice.

"You were told right but she left early saying she had something important to do, and was excused." He said. She then stepped back into line.

The battles started, and people fought for their ranks Rikku and Chaki watched from the sidelines. "Why'd you do that?" Chaki asked, her bad mood passed. "Do what?" She asked in the same tone Chaki did when she answered Rikku's question. "Hey, no need to be so uptight." Chaki said with a smirk on her lips. Rikku smiled slightly and chuckled. "Why'd you ask about that doctor?" Chaki asked after some silence passed. Rikku sighed, "Don't tell anyone okay. I've had some bad experience with doctors in the past, and I trust very few people to take care of my wounds. And Gaia is just one of those few." She looked to see Chaki's reaction. She was staring at her in surprise.

"What's so surprising?" Rikku asked her. "You have a fear!" Chaki shouted smiling.

"Yeah. Everyone has a fear!" Rikku said laughing slightly at her friend's reaction. "How come I never knew of this? I've been your roommate for what? 2 years? You seemed to be afraid of nothing! Spiders, snakes, blood! And you seemed to be good at everything! Fighting, making friends, helping others! You never seem to get mad or sad!" Chaki was jumping up and down about her new discovery. Rikku laughed.

"Well believe me there's actually a lot of things I can't do." She said to her friend. Chaki's eyes widened and she stood staring at Rikku with her big purple eyes, ready to listen. "But I'm not telling you." Rikku said and Chaki just made the puppy dog face.

"Next Lieutenant Yamasaki Chaki vs. Lieutenant Goto Umeko for Lieutenant Commander."

"That's you." Rikku told her friend who looked over to the field standing there was another girl about her height brown hair tied into a ponytail. There she was holding a sword looking Chaki straight in the eye. "Go beat her up!" Rikku encouraged as Chaki started walking to the 'arena' .

Chaki took out a gun and got in a fighting stance. When Umeko saw this she smirked as if this was her win.

"Start!"

Umeko charged at Chaki sword in hand. Chaki dodged to the left and shot, but the bullet was blocked by the sword. As Chaki ran backwards she kept shooting but the bullet was either dodged or blocked. Umeko chased her at took a swipe from the right, cutting Chaki's left side deep.

"Give up?" Umeko asked. "Nope." Chaki said holding her side.

Umeko took the sword one more and went for a horizontal blow. But it was blocked be Chaki's gun, as she held it with both hands. They both jumped back and Chaki's emptied out her gun, and reloaded it with two bullets

Umeko started laughing as she saw this. "Do you think you can hit me with those two bullets?" She asked. Chaki never replied but aimed the gun. And shot her first bullet, which Umeko decided to block with her sword. As the bullet came in contact the sword shattered. While Umeko stared in shock Chaki took this chance and ran up to her holding the gun to her head.

"Sir! I think this match is over!" Rikku called to the man who was also slightly amazed. He nodded his head.

"Winner is Lieutenant Commander Yamasaki Chaki!"

"Congratulations!" Rikku shouted running up to her friend. "Thanks." Chaki said holding her side. Rikku looked over to Chaki's side. "Ah! Sorry I forgot that you're bleeding. It's just that the fight was so cool." Rikku chuckled as she scratched her cheek. Rikku went to her left side and helped her walk to the little infirmary.

"Our last battle for the day Captain Mikazuki Rikku vs. Captain Kaneko Michio for Commodore."

"I guess that's me." Rikku said as she pulled her cap down a little. "Wonder who I'll be facing?" When she looked over to the field someone was already standing there. "Be right back Chaki!" She waved as she ran off. "Kick their butt!" Chaki shouted after her. She heard Rikku laugh in the distance.

When Rikku got a closer look she saw that the opponent was a boy with red hair sticking out in every direction. She looked in curiosity as did the boy did. "Who are you?" She asked. "I'm Kaneko Michio!" He shouted to her. "What? But Michio sounds like a girl's name." "Michio is a boy's name! What about Rikku isn't that a boy's name?" He sneered at her then looked at her outfit. "Sir!" He called out to the man. "I think there's a mix up. This girl isn't a captain. She's a seaman first class. Also aren't I supposed to fight a man?" He said as Rikku stared at the 'sir' waiting for his answer.

The 'sir' checked his clipboard. "It says here that she is a Commodore and that she's allowed to fight any gender."

"Rikku is one of the strongest people I know and she could beat you to a pulp!" Chaki shouted from the sidelines. "Lies!" He shouted to Chaki. "What? Are you afraid to fight a girl?" Chaki shouted again. He didn't answer. "Thank you!" Rikku smile and waved to her roommate. Rikku turned back to Michio and watched as he put on brass knuckles. He looked to her. "What are you looking at?" "Nothing." She simply said and pulled out fingerless gloves. "Ha! You're going to fight with those?" He laughed at her. Why does it seem that she and Chaki always fight those who think that their superior.

"Ready? Start!"

At the sound of start Michio kept on throwing a barrage of punches. Rikku barely dodging them. She could find no opening and her speed was slow. Michio punched her in the gut when that happened he took her and threw her on the ground.

"See? She can't fight!" He shouted at her. As Rikku was getting off the ground he saw this and took another punch at her. When she saw this coming she took her Justice coat and threw it in front of her. Causing him to punch the coat, she went up and kneed him in the gut. He staggered backwards, and started to run at her with his barrage of attacks again. Her speed was faster than before, while he noticed this she did an uppercut, with such force his feet actually left the ground. Rikku also thought she heard a crack but decided to ignore it.

She saw Michio holding his jaw, and when he looked kind of frightened but also amazed. She grinned at him. "Sir!" She heard Chaki call.

"A-And the winner is Commodore Mikazuki Rikku!"

Rikku turned to Chaki in the infirmary and waved with both hands in the air smiling like an idiot. "I did it!"

"That was great Rikku!" Chaki said as they walked to go get some lunch. "Really? I thought your battle was cooler. Especially how you broke the sword with one bullet. How'd you do it?" Rikku asked as they got in line and got their food.

"I did it with this." She said as she pulled out a bullet and placed it on the table. "What's that?" Rikku asked as she at her rice. "It's a special bullet made out of Kairoseki." "Really?" "Yeah she nodded as she placed it back in her pocket.

"Mikazuki Rikku please report to Marineford Tower."

"What was that?" Chaki asked. "I don't know, but I have to go." Rikku said standing up. "You don't say." Chaki waved to her friend.

As Rikku was about to reach her destination she saw three figures standing, most likely waiting for her. As she started walking the bigger one of the three turned to her, and threw a punch in her direction. Rikku's eyes narrowed as she saw this coming and moved to the side slightly, hitting the arm, so the blow went in another direction.

"I see you've been training Rikku!" The man said as he laughed. Rikku immediately recognized the voice, because it was the voice of her teacher.

"G-Garp-sensei!" She yelled out of surprise.

"WHAT?" The two people she forgot about shouted, she looked behind Garp to see a blonde and pink haired boy. "Hey, you guys are the two I ran into earlier this morning."

"Rikku, these two are my new apprentices." Garp stated. "Really?" She turned to stare at the two. "I wish you well in your life." She said as she saluted as she started to walk away, but Garp stopped her. "You're not getting off that easily." He said as he pulled her back by the back of her collar. Her face slightly paled, and her stomach felt funny.

"You're going to help me show them what my training is like, being the older student it's your job." He stated as he started pulling her back to the training grounds.

Once again, my pleas from the top of this chapter.

Please, Please, Please, Please, Review!

Yeah, I really don't think I should be begging, but critique and reviews make everyone happy!

P.S. I also would like to know if this chapter is better than the orignal first chapter.

EDIT: Sorry! Forgot to add this. Yume Gaia belongs to Shiary!