Prologue

Sheaon13: hello and welcome to my story that is co-authored by me and fireandicephoenix! I would like for you to send in ocs to the story, the form is at the bottom. Oh and say hi Fire!

fireandicephoenix: hi guys.

?*glaring at the two authors*: You two are dragging me into another story? And you took away my Ru?!

fireandicephoenix: I didn't do anything. She did it! *pointing at Sheaon13* This was not my idea! Though, I did help a little.

Sheaon13 *dodging an ice spike and taking cover behind her poor bed*: Don't kill me person who has yet to be named! It seemed like a good idea!

fireandicephoenix: I told you this was a bad idea!

?2: what part of pairing me with *speech suddenly gets distorted and whatever name he was going to say was not heard* is a good idea?!

firenadicephoenix: I don't know! Ask her! It was her idea! *pointing at Sheaon13* I had nothing to do with this! Even if I helped write it!

Sheaon13: it seemed like fun! Let's hurry and start the story before I get killed! Please! Roll the chapter Fire! Hurry!

fireandicephoeix: here is the chapter, we don't own One Piece or any characters, though some characters may appear slightly OOC. We only own the story and our OCs. Other OCs are owned by their respective creators. Enjoy the story!

A ten year old redhead had his hands on his knees, huffing and puffing. He was exhausted, but he knew he really couldn't stop. His ears, pitch black wolf-like ears that sat where human ears would have been for others, twitched as he heard a branch snap. He took a step back, growling and baring his razor sharp teeth, he couldn't go back there. The redhead had blood red slitted eyes, black horns that sat on the top of his head, the aforementioned ears, a black wolf like tail and on his back, which was exposed by his shirt, had what looked to be tattooed wings. A blonde kid about his same age stepped out of the bushes. The redhead relaxed and stopped baring his teeth. He hadn't ever been hurt by someone his own age. So he was safe. The ten year old tilted his head, curious to this new person. Who was he?

"Who are you?" the blond asked.

"I don't have a name," the redhead said.

"That's silly, everyone has a name," the blond laughed at the redhead. "You're silly."

"Well, the mean people in white coats only ever called me Experiment 289. I don't like that name, so I don't have a name," the redhead told the blonde. "Maybe you could give me a name!"

"Okay! You'll be Ryu!" the blond told the redhead. "I'm Neo. You can come live with me!"

"That sounds nice," the newly named Ryu smiled brightly as he walked over to Neo.

"Hey… what's on your head? They're super cool! Are they horns? How did you get horns?" the blonde asked as he wasn't fazed by them.

"From the weird needles. I can turn into a dragon, phoenix and hellhound," Ryu told him. "That's why I have hellhound ears and tail, dragon horns and the wing tattoos on my back."

"That's so cool! My friends are going to love you! Just like I do!" the blond told the redhead as he took his head. "Come on! So Ryu, how old are you?"

"Ten, I was five when I was stolen away from one of my dad's friends… I don't know where dad is…" Ryu said softly. "I know dad is famous though… The mean lab coat men were nervous that dad might be getting close to the truth."

"I'm eleven!" Neo told the redhead hold up ten fingers then one. "What's a dad?" Tilting his head to the side.

"My parent, or father. His name is Shanks."

"Never heard of him."

"Neo! You're back!" another blonde smiled. The difference between the two blondes were their eyes and the fact that this blonde had coloured tips in his hair. "Whose that? And why does he look weird?" A kid with black hair was looking at the redhead curiously. A white haired boy was hiding behind his two friends and a brown haired boy had stars in his eyes.

"That's not my fault," Ryu pouted. "I use to look perfectly normal up until weird people stuck needles in me."

"Oh, okay!" the blonde nodded his head.

"We should go back to the treehouse before it's too dark," the black haired boy commented.

"And before the adults come looking for us!" the brown haired boy nodded in agreement.

"I should get back to the tavern before James and Alyse get worried," the other blond said. "I'll make sure to bring more food tomorrow!"

"Um, have you heard of someone called Shanks?" the redhead asked the others. "Neo says he doesn't know him and he's my dad… I was stolen from one of his friends five years ago and yeah…"

"I think he's a pirate or something right?" the black haired boy commented.

"Yep! Red Haired Shanks!" Ryu smiled brightly.

"Of course, I heard of him! He's meant to be really strong and rules the sea in the Grandline or something!" the browned haired boy said as the white haired just hugged Neo.

"That's my dad for you! He's awesome!" the redhead said. "I want to find him again…"

"We can ask the tree lady!" Neo said then turned to the other blonde. "Okay, Eren. We'll see you tomorrow! Same spot, yeah?"

"Yeah!" Eren nodded to his friends. "What food do you like redhead?"

"Oh yeah, I'm Ryu, I guess I should've introduced myself first. And my favourite food is ramen!" the redhead told the red and green tipped blonde haired boy.

"I named him!" Neo stated proudly.

"Of course you did," the brown haired boy laughed. "What spot is he having in your crew?"

"I didn't remember my actual name, it wasn't until the day I was taken that my slavia activated. But Ryu sounds familiar. And I have a dream to become a fashion designer…" Ryu said softly. "I've been drawing the clothing designs and creating clothes a lot while I was with the mean men. The only drawing I'm good at is people and clothing. I hate draw anything else. And it took me all these years to get as good as I am with it..."

"There's an old fashion designer on the island who could teach you!" the black haired boy told the redhead. "Bye Eren!" Waving with the others as the other blonde left. "I'm Levi by the way. The blonde before was Eren. You met Neo. The one hugging Neo is Decker, but we all call him Dec. He's super shy and is like Neo's little brother. And the last one with the brown hair here is Aaron. We all live with Neo in a treehouse but Eren. He lives with a nice couple in town who own a tavern and they give us free food! Eren also has a scary older sister. I'm eleven! So is Aaron and Neo. Dec is ten and Eren is nine! We're the only ones on the island who want to be Eren's friends. People think he's weird. But he's not! He's really cool!"

"Ryu can be the clothes marker and fixer!" Neo said to all of them. "Eren is cook. Ryu is clothes person. Dec is navigator. Aaron is the first mate. And Levi is musician!"

"Hey! I never agreed to join your crew!" Aaron and Levi said at the same time. "I said I wanted to be captain. No, I'm captain!"

"I'm captain because I'm the oldest!" Neo told them.

"I'm captain!" the two told Neo, the three of them arguing about it.

"Are you three seriously fighting about that again?" a pretty woman with long leaf green hair sighed as she shook her head at them. "How about we get you four back to- why is there suddenly an extra one?"

"Hi Tree Lady!" the four said, though the white haired boy was barely audible.

"Tell Aaron and Levi that I'm the captain and they're joining my pirate crew!" Neo told the treelady who sighed.

"Ms. Tree Lady, have you seen an older man with red hair named Shanks?" Ryu asked the very pretty lady. "And I would think it would be awesome if all of us were in a crew together." Ryu said this as he turned to the two boys.

"But I want to be captain!" the two boys complained.

"What about play a game or something and whoever wins the game is the captain?" Ryu suggested.

"Whoever can win Ryu's heart should be captain!" Neo said as the game idea.

"That's a stupid idea," Aaron deadpan to his friend. "You can't be serious Neo. You just have to work out something to bribe Ryu with and you win. That's not a game!"

"What about…" Ryu said as he thought about it. "Oh! I know Uno!"

"What's that?" the white haired boy asked speaking up.

"It's a super fun game you have to play with two or more people. The rules are Every player starts with seven cards, and they are dealt face down. The rest of the cards are placed in a Draw Pile face down. Next to the pile a space should be designated for a Discard Pile. The top card should be placed in the Discard Pile, and the game begins! The first player is normally the player to the left of the dealer, you can also choose the youngest player, and gameplay usually follows a clockwise direction. Every player views his/her cards and tries to match the card in the Discard have to match either by the number, color, or the symbol/Action. For instance, if the Discard Pile has a red card that is an 8 you have to place either a red card or a card with an 8 on it. You can also play a Wild card, which can alter current color in the player has no matches or they choose not to play any of their cards even though they might have a match, they must draw a card from the Draw pile. If that card can be played, play it. Otherwise, the game moves on to the next person in turn. You can also play a Wild card, or a Wild Draw Four card on your turn. If the first card turned up from the Draw Pile, to form the Discard Pile is an Action card, the Action from that card applies and must be carried out by the first player to go, as stated, it is usually the player to the dealer's left. The exceptions are if a Wild or Wild Draw Four card is turned it is a Wild card, Mattel has now stated that the first player to start usually the one on the dealer's left, can choose whatever color to begin play. If the first card is a Wild Draw Four card – Return it to the Draw Pile, shuffle the deck, and turn over a new card. At any time, if the Draw Pile becomes depleted and no one has yet won the round, take the Discard Pile, shuffle it, and turn it over to regenerate a new Draw are two different ways to play regarding drawing new cards. The Official Uno Rules states that after a card is drawn the player can discard it if it is a match, or if not, play passes on to the next player. The other type is where players continue to draw cards until they have a match, even if it is 10 times. The game continues until a player has one card left. The moment a player has just one card they must yell "UNO!". If they are caught not saying "Uno" by another player before the next player has taken their turn, that player must draw two new cards as a penalty. Assuming that the player is unable to play/discard their last card and needs to draw, but after drawing, is then able to play/discard that penultimate card, the player has to repeat the action of calling out "Uno". The bottom line is – Announcing "Uno" needs to be repeated every time you are left with one card. Once a player has no cards remaining, the game round is over, points are scored, and the game begins over again. Normally, everyone tries to be the first one to achieve 500 points, but you can also choose whatever points number to win the game, as long as everyone agrees to it. Besides the number cards, there are several other cards that help mix up the game. These are called Action or Symbol cards. Reverse – If going clockwise, switch to counterclockwise or vice versa. Skip – When a player places this card, the next player has to skip their turn. If turned up at the beginning, the first player loses his/her turn. Draw Two – When a person places this card, the next player will have to pick up two cards and forfeit his/her turn. Wild – This card represents all four colors, and can be placed on any card. The player has to state which color it will represent for the next player. It can be played regardless of whether another card is available. Wild Draw Four – This acts just like the wild card except that the next player also has to draw four cards as well as forfeit his/her turn. With this card, you must have no other alternative cards to play that matches the color of the card previously played. If you play this card illegally, you may be challenged by the other player to show your hand to him/her. If guilty, you need to draw 4 cards. If not, the challenger needs to draw 6 cards instead. Scoring: When a player no longer has any cards and the game ends, he/she receives points. All opponents' cards are given to the winner and points are counted. All number cards are the same value as the number on the card, e.g. a 9 is 9 points. "Draw Two" – 20 Points, "Reverse" – 20 Points, "Skip" – 20 Points, "Wild" – 50 Points, and "Wild Draw Four" – 50 Points. The first player to attain 500 points wins the game."

"I can judge to make sure no-one cheats," Tree Lady told the boys. "And to make sure that everyone understands the rules."

"Why do Aaron and I have to join Neo's crew if we lose? Why can't we just be captains of our ships!" Levi huffed as he crossed his arms. "Neo already has about twenty-one plans in his head on how to win this stupid confusing game."

"I kinda wanted to play too… I've never played Uno and have been wanting to play since I read the instruction cards…" Ryu said softly.

"We play it once for fun then play seriously!" Neo grinned to them.

"I don't want to play!" Levi huffed and looked away from them.

"Oh…" Ryu looked really sad, he was hoping his new friends would all play with him. His ears drooped as he looked at the ground, further showing his sadness.

"I kinda agree with Levi. Playing a card game to decide who is captain is a little stupid. I mean, we could play the games a hundred times there would a be a different winner every time because it's about luck and how you the cards you're given. It doesn't really have skill in it," Aaron told Neo but smiled at Ryu. "but playing the game for fun with friends is fine."

"But I was thinking leaving it up to luck… I'm sorry for suggesting a such a stupid idea…" Ryu said. He should've just not said anything.

"Sometimes all you need is a little bit of luck. I followed Monkey D. Luffy's career as a pirate. Half the stuff that happened to him and that saved his life was down to luck," Tree Lady told the boys. "He was lucky not to get killed and captured by the marines on several occasions. He was lucky not to die by the hands of other pirates on several occasions as well. Sometimes, all it comes down is pure dumb luck."

"And I want Levi and Aaron in my crew! You two are two of my best friends! You have to join my crew!" Neo complained as he hugged them. "Please!" the blonde begged in a whiny voice.

"Why can't you three just share it?" Dec commented as he was just clinging to Neo still.

"Because there can only be one captain!" the three said together.

"Well, I have never heard of a crew with more than one captain before. So I will give you three give credit there," Tree Lady said.

"You know, I'm surprised that Ryu's name is so tame compared to usual Neo," Aaron commented.

"What do you mean? I'm an awesome namer!" Neo huffed as he hugged Dec. "They're being mean, Decy!"

"Tree Lady, The Treehouse of Junior Pirates, Shippy McShipface for the name of the small ship we managed to steal, need I go on?" Aaron asked.

"What ship?" Tree Lady said as she crossed her arms.

"Nothing!" the four boys all said together.

"Your better liars than me… Even though it's obvious you're lying… That's not fair," Ryu pouted at the four of them.

"Decker," the woman said crossing her arms and the boy caved.

"Neo, Aaron and Levi stole a ship from the harbour from a small lot of fleet ships while using me and Eren as a distraction to get the fishermen's attention!" Decker confessed and the boys all sighed. "We have it hidden in the mermaid cove!"

"That's awesome!" Ryu said with stars in his eyes.

"What I have told you boys about stealing?" Tree Lady said as she kept her arms crossed.

"To not get caught doing it?" Neo offered up as an answer.

"Um, Ms. Tree Lady. You didn't answer my question about if you saw my dad, Shanks," Ryu told her.

"I saw him, yes. He's at the Spade and Heart Tavern right now," she told the boy. "He comes to visits the island every so often."

"Can you take me to him?" Ryu asked, hopefully.

"No! My mine! I found Ryu first! He's mine!" Neo said grabbed Ryu and hugging him. "You don't need no father. You have us instead!"

"But I wanna see my dad! Please! I missed him!" Ryu had tears in his eyes. He really wanted to see his dad again.

"No!" Neo whined as he just hugged Ryu. "Ryu will have to leave then! I don't want Ryu to leave! I just got Ryu!"

"He's not a pet Neo," Aaron sighed and shook his head.

"I'll still be in your crew, I promise," Ryu told him. "And dad wouldn't make me leave, he doesn't take me with him when he left the other island. But if he does take me, I promise I will come back when I'm sixteen and join you in your crew! And I have slavia so I can't forget the promise!"

"But we were going to play uno!" Neo complained.

"We can! I bet Dad can stay for a few days!" Ryu said to Neo. "And we can hang out and play Uno and everything!"

"You promise!" Neo said staring his purple eyes into the redhead's red ones.

"I promise," Ryu nodded, a blush decorating his face. Why was his face heating up so much? And why was his heart beating a lot?

"Fine, let's go see your dad then…" Neo muttered bitterly as he had hold of Decker's and Ryu's hands and started walking to town.

In town, at the Spade and Heart Tavern…

A tall red haired man was talking at bar with a blonde haired boy who was nodding his head and smiling.

"Dad!" Ryu called as he saw his father, rushing into the surprised man's arms.

"That's him," Eren said pointing to Ryu. "Ryu, he's the boy my friend found! He looks a little funny, but he's really nice. I like him! He's my friend!"

"Ryumi…?" Shanks said in disbelief as he picked up the boy and looked at him, before hugging tightly. "Where have you been? What happened to you? You're mother has been worried about you! I've been worried sick about you!"

"I was taken and mean men in lab coats made me like this… They gave me the ability to turn into a wind phoenix, fire dragon and hellhound… It wasn't fun… It hurt a lot… I missed you so much…" Ryu whimpered as he held his dad tighter, his tail wagging happily, happy to be with his dad.

"You're coming to live on the ship with me and your mother. We'll go pick her up. How does that sound? Then I don't have to worry about you being taken again," Shanks smiled to the boy. His wife had stayed at behind at the island where their son was taken from in case he came back to it.

"That sounds great! But can we stay here a few days? I wanna play with my new friends! And I promised Neo we'd play Uno!" the boy told his father.

"Of course we can. I'll have Ben or one of the others go get Makino," Shanks nodded to his son. "So, who are your friends here?"

"Eren, Neo, Dec, Levi and Aaron!" Ryu smiled.

"Which one is which?" Shanks asked his son. "Other than Eren. I know which one he is."

"The one glaring at you is Neo, the one that is holding his hand is Dec, the black haired one is Levi and the brown haired one is Aaron," Ryu told him cheerily.

"How are we boys?" Shanks smiled to them as Neo walked up with Dec and pulled Ryu from the man's arms.

"Mine!" Neo told the man and hugged Ryu as he sat on the ground. Ryu blushed again, still finding it confusing about why that happened. Dec sat on the ground and just hid behind Neo. The white haired boy has always been so shy.

"You will find that he is mine. I won't go into details into how I made him, but I made Ryumi with his mother and he is mine," Shanks told the boy as he sat on the ground with the boys.

"Finders keepers! Ryu is mine!" Neo told the man as he spat his tongue out and hugged Ryu more. "And he's not joining your crew! He's joining mine! He promised!"

"I think you will find that Ryu is already a member of my crew. Has been since the day he was born," Shanks told the blonde.

"But I'm gonna join Neo's crew when I'm sixteen!" Ryu told his father. "But I guess I'm technically a member of your crew until then… Oh yeah! I have slavia dad! It activated the day I was taken, so you wouldn't know and yeah…"

"All good kiddo. I thought you might have slavia," Shanks smiled to him. "And yes, I will let you leave my crew and join another if that is what you want. I mean, I would have let you leave to start your own, I don't see what the difference is in you starting your own crew and joining one. So that's fine. But I would rather it be seventeen than sixteen. That's the age that Luffy left his island and started up his own crew."

"Is that okay Neo? If it's seventeen?" Ryu asked as he turned towards him.

"I guess so..." Neo muttered as he just hugged Ryu and had the redhead on his lap. "We'll wait for you to come back."

"Good, now what was this about uno?" Shanks asked the boys.

Seven years later…

A redhead stretched as he leaned back on a dock, waiting for his friends to show. He had two different gun holsters on both of his thighs with one white gun and one black gun. On his right-hand side rested three swords in three different coloured sheaths. One was in a sky blue sheath with a black handle with a grey phoenix engraved masterfully into it, the blade was a beautiful silver when unsheathed. The next had a black sheath and the most sinister looking handle on top of the handle was what looked to be a wolf's head with glowing red eyes, the eyes were actually rubies, and the rest of the handle seemed have an engraving of a pack of bigger than normal wolves, well hellhounds actually, chasing a group of humans, when unsheathed the blade was a blood red. The last one had a orange sheath and the handle had a black eastern dragon curled around it, when unsheathed the blade was pitch black. These blades had been custom made for Ryu by a master blacksmith as a present before he left to join Neo's crew by his teacher with the swords, Zoro. Of course Zoro didn't forge these himself but had someone else do so for him. Nami had tried to teach him the bo-staff but that didn't work out so well…

"Ryu!" a white haired teen shouted as he tackled him. "You're back!"

"I promised I would be," Ryu smiled. But he blushed as he realised their position. Why, oh why, did Decker have to hug him while he was laying on the dock? "Dec… Um you might want to get off… The position isn't that great…" It was clear that Ryu was embarrassed. Decker was straddling him.

"What do you mean?" Dec asked looking confused.

"You're straddling me… It's um… It'll lead to some wrong assumptions…" Ryu explained.

"Oh... " Dec said as he blushing a little and hadn't realised the position they were in. "Sorry Ryu… I just got excited when I saw you and wanted a hug..." Getting off the redhead and helping him up as the others got there.

"It's fine Dec," Ryu smiled to the white haired teen. "We can continue to hug if you want, little brother, now that we're up."

"I'm not that much younger than you," Dec muttered as he hugged the redhead. "We're the same age."

"You're a month younger so that makes you my little brother," Ryu told him.

"You sound like Neo talking to Aaron and Levi," Dec mumbled as Neo jumped them.

"Ryu!" Neo smiled as he took the redhead and white haired teens to the ground. "Finally, you're back! I was getting worried you had changed your mind!"

"Why would I do that, Ne?" Ryu asked, using the nickname he sometimes called Neo. Though he was fighting a losing battle with hiding his blush and making it go away. "I promised and I don't intend to break it. I'm glad to see you again. We haven't really seen each other in person for several years… I mean we kept in contact through the snail phones and letters but… It's not really the same."

"I know right?" Neo nodded as he just snuggled into the redhead. "I'm so glad you're back."

"Neo! No fair! I was here first!" Decker complained, as he was under the pair. "And get off me! You're both too heavy!"

"Alright, I'm sorry about Neo, Dec," Ryu laughed lightly as the three of them got back up, only for Ryu to be tackled to the ground, without anyone this time, again. Though this time Levi's lips were on his, clearly not on purpose. Both Levi's and Ryu's eyes widened as they realised this. The two of them quickly separated. Inside Ryu's head he was lamenting about the loss of his first kiss and how he wanted it to be Neo! Neo was clearly pouting.

"Sorry Ru! I didn't mean that!" Levi said blushing up a storm.

"Levi, that's cheating," Aaron told the black haired teen. "Ryu is adorable and cute, but you can't just go around kissing him because of it."

Dec sighed and looked to Ryu. "I'm sorry about them. After you're dad sent James's some pictures for Eren to show us how you were going. They're been fighting over who is going to be your boyfriend. Apparently the one who wins your heart can be your boyfriend, they made a game out of it."

"I'm pretty sure I'm the one that chooses that," Ryu said, blushing up a storm. Neo like him like that? Though it was just Aaron and Levi, so he took it that Neo didn't like him like that… That wasn't very fair… The one that he actually like didn't like him like that.

"I told them that," Dec sighed as the three eighteen year olds were fighting. "Eren doesn't fully understand what is going on. So I've been keeping him out of it as much I can. You should see Eren around girls, it's kind of hilarious, he can't really talk to them if he doesn't already know them. Did you get the articles and stuff from James about Eren and his cooking? He won a whole lot of awards and stuff. It was really cool! The only downsize has been he has really busy and hasn't been able to hang out as much."

"I know! It's amazing," Ryu agreed, thinking it was so cool that one of his friends was semi-famous because of his cooking skills. Even Sanji from Luffy's crew said that he was impressed with Eren's cooking and skills set for someone so young. "So are all the boys but you and Eren competing for my love?" Ryu was trying to be subtle about it, but Decker knew about his crush on Neo, so that was futile.

"Levi, Aaron and Neo are the only ones. Like I said before, Eren doesn't really get it. I think that's because he's engrossed with cooking. And you're my best friend and like a twin brother, so gross. No," Dec told the redhead. "No offence meant."

"Older brother," Ryu corrected him. "And none taken. You already know who I have my heart set on anyway…"

"Older twin brother than," Dec said rolling his eyes. "And yes, I know."

"Who is your heart set on, Ryu~" Neo asked as he pulled him close, whispering in his ear. Ryu could feel Neo's hard on. The teen was beet red.

"Oi! That's cheating!" Aaron said as he pulled Ryu from Neo. "And it is clearly me and not you two. So there!" Acting like a child and spitting his tongue out.

"Okay, since I am not in this and I really don't care who wins. Ryu is staying with me," Decker said as he pulled him from Aaron. "You three can be such dicks sometimes. And if you didn't notice, Levi had tripped over his shoelaces since he forget to tie them up. Again." Levi looked down and tied them up quickly. The black haired teen had only gotten the new boots for this birthday last year. He was always forgetting to tie the laces up on them. Dec bent down and double knotted the laces. "You are seriously bad at forgetting to tie these up Levi." Deciding to triple knot to make sure that they didn't come undone.

"I know… my bad," Levi sighed about the whole thing as Dec did the other boot. "It doesn't help that Aaron and Neo run off on me."

"Come on Ryu, let's go to the Spade and Heart," Dec told the redhead. "We can see Eren and he has been making a coffee cake just for you as a welcome back!" Walking off with the redhead towards the tavern. "Oh, and just to warn you. If Eren kicks someone, ignore it. There have been these guys who have been coming to the tavern and hitting on him. They think he's a girl because he grew his hair a little." Beside the fact that Eren has always had feminine features since he and his older sister look a lot alike. It was easy to tell that they were related.

"I'll pretend to be his boyfriend to get them to stop! It'll be like a fun little prank and I can get them to stop," Ryu said overly sweetly.

"Sounds like a plan!" Dec nodded to the redhead.

They got to the tavern and opened the doors. The lunch rush had just finished and the tavern on the emptier side, though still pretty full compared to what the redhead was used to seeing. Ryu saw an overly irritated Eren with some guys around him. The blonde hair had his hair tied back in a small pony tail and he was seemed to be trying to take food to a table.

"Hey! What are you doing with my boyfriend?!" The teen growled, Ryu gave Eren a look that said 'play along with me'. Ryu's eyes also had a hidden mischief so Eren knew this was like a prank to the teen. They had learned after a single day of hanging out together that the redhead liked pranks.

"Ryu! You're back!" Eren smiled brightly. "How was your fishing trip?"

"It was great!" Ryu smiled brightly as he pulled Eren close. "A friend of mine, made these swords for me, aren't they wonderful~"

"Yeah, they are!" Eren said as he was looking at the swords in awe. "So you're training has been going well then?"

"Yeah, Zoro-sensei was actually the one who gave me the swords," Ryu said with a nod and smirk on his face. "He said I'm a natural with the style. So I guess he's kinda a friend, but more of a big brother really. Nami tried to teach me a bo-staff but that didn't really end well… Usopp teaching me a sling shot actually worked really well though, same with guns from Yasopp. I also started adding different kinds of poison to my senbon! It's fun~ I can try it out on those idiots if you want~"

"You know people from Monkey D. Luffy's crew?!" one of the three guys said.

"Isn't Yasopp from Red-Haired Shanks's crew?" another of the three guys said paling.

"Aren't you too old to be dating someone this cute?" the third said, who was even older than the redhead being in their mid-twenties while Ryu was in his teens.

"Luffy is like my big brother! He sees me as a little brother! And Yasopp is in my dad's crew!" Ryu smiled, obviously milking it for all it was worth. "I was in my dad's crew till today too! And I'm only a year older than Eri, unlike you, old man."

"Old man?" the man said looking annoyed.

"Not you three again!" James said as he walked over. The man was quite tall with dark brown hair said as he walked over. "I told you to leave Eren alone! He has a boyfriend! Oh, look. He's back. How are we Ryu?"

"I'm good! Zoro-sensei gave me these swords! Mihawk-sensei and dad helped him train me too! But it was mostly Zoro-sensei as his style best fit me!" Ryu smiled brightly. James already knew this but Ryu was just saying this so the idiots knew who they were messing with and to scare them.

"It would be wonderful to see your dad again, maybe you should call him," James smiled as two of the three were backing right off. They seemed to have realised that they had messed up. One of them hasn't seemed to have realised yet though.

"Listen here you clearly lying redhead little shit. I am not old and this sweet little thing deserve someone better than you," the black haired guy told the teen.

"He's not lying," Eren huffed at the black haired guy. "And I would rather date Levi than you! Asshole!" Kicking him in the inside as he was red face. "And don't call me a sweet little thing!" Clearly flustered by the man calling him it. "I'm taking these meals to their table." Walking off and muttering to himself.

"Finally! I found this place!" a mop of green hair said as he came in. "Oi! Ryumi! You forgot your locket!"

"I told you I should have the map!" a blonde told the green haired man. "Why do I ever believe you when you say you know where you're going! You never know!"

"We found the place didn't we? We just took the long way," the green haired man shrugged. "Curly brow."

"Mosshead!" the blonde yelled.

"The scenic route again, huh, Zoro-sensei?" Ryu asked with a smirk. "Did you have fun exploring town~ Seeing every sight~"

"Yep, though it was annoying that we took so long to get here because the cook kept getting lost," Zoro said poking to the blonde with him.

"I wasn't the one who got lost, you were mosshead!" the blond yelled at him.

"It's Black Leg Sanji and Roronoa Zoro from the Straw-Hat Pirates…." one of the guys said. The redhead wasn't lying. He did know them…

"Why hello melonie," the blonde said getting distracted by Eren who looked unsure about what was going on. "Why is a such a pretty lady in men's clothes? You should sit down and relax and let the men do all of the work."

"... I'm a guy," Eren said as Sanji was frozen in place. He had mistake a guy for a pretty lady? How?!

"He's a boy," Ryu told Sanji, on the floor laughing, having fallen the moment Saji started this. "You're never going to live this down. Just like the stories of fishmen island~"

"I told you the cook goes both ways, didn't I Dragontail?" Zoro was snickering.

"I know~ I certainly see what you mean," Ryu snickered as he got up. This was too funny.

"It's not my fault he looks and smells like a girl!" Sanji complained as Eren suddenly had stars in his eyes.

"You're Black Leg Sanji! You're Black Leg Sanji! JAMES! HE'S BLACK LEG SANJI!" Eren said squealing like a girl.

"Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that Eren is a huge fan of Sanji's?" Ryu asked, looking suspiciously innocent as he took his locket from Zoro and put it back on.

"Wait… was I being hit on by Black Leg Sanji!? I don't know if I'm happy or annoyed about that..." Eren said looking confused and torn being being happy and being annoyed about it. He hated it when people mistaken him for being a girl, but this is idol. Should he be happy that his idol hit on him? Even if it was because he had mistaken him for being a girl?

"I think you have a new boyfriend now Sanji~ Have fun~" Ryu teased. He knew this would happen with Sanji, so he purposely didn't tell them that Eren was a huge fan. "Sanji has a boyfriend Zoro-sensei~ We should probably tell the other Straw Hats~"

"That we should Dragontail," Zoro nodded in agreement. "Follow me to the ship!"

"Alright let's go~" Ryu smirked. "The scenic route will be fun~"

"I thought you were going to beat those assholes up for hitting on Eren…." Dec said to Ryu as he was pointing to them.

"I was," Ryu nodded to Dec. "But shouldn't his new boyfriend do it~" Even despite saying that he had thrown senbon at them, making them paralyzed with the paralysis poison on the needles.

"I am not this boy's boyfriend!" Sanji told the redhead.

"Why not? I want to be boyfriends! Boyfriends are boys who are friends! So we should be boyfriends! Levi and Ryu and Neo and Aaron and Dec are all my boyfriends!" Eren said as James was sighing. It seems he was going to have to explain some things to Eren, sooner rather than the later. He shouldn't have let his wife Alyse, Eren's older sister Alistair and Eren's friends talk him into not telling the teen sooner. The poor boy has no idea what he is saying with his innocent outlook on life.

"See! You're boyfriends!" Ryu chuckled.

"Shut up fire breath! This is your fault!" Sanji told the redhead.

"Yep! And I'm relishing in it~" Ryu smirked.

"Hey you two. You've finally made it," Nami said as she looked over her shoulder. "I was wondering how long it was going to take you both. We're leaving soon. I've just ordered us some food." Luffy was stuffing his face with meat. Everyone in the tavern were wondering how they missed the pirate crew.

"Sanji has a boyfriend, sissy," Ryu said, acting all innocent. "He didn't tell me... Why didn't he tell me he liked boys and girls, sis? I felt all alone with my like of boys…" Ryu was pulling the water works.

"Because he's not, but it's hilarious when he does hit on guys by accident," Nami laughed as she hugged Ryu and his head into her boobies. "You're so cute Ryumi! I'm going to miss you. You sure you don't stay with us? It's been fun having you as our cabin boy."

"Nami! My face is in the bad place again!" Ryu cried, embarrassed, his face red.

"You act like my boobs are bad or something, only special people get to have their head near my boobs," Nami told the teen as she moved his head out of them for his sake. She finds it adorable when he gets all embarrassed about it.

"It's not like their bad… It's just… I like guys and… you're like my older sister and yeah…" Ryu said, beet red.

"I know Ryu, I just like teasing you," Nami laughed as she sat him down at the table with them. "You find your friends? How are they? You should try this food, it's really good. The young man who cooked this would really give Sanji a good run for his money. Luffy has already asked asked them to join the crew so we can have great chefs in it."

"No, Eren is in my crew! No taking what's mine!" Neo said, pulling Eren close. Apparently he just got here. "Just like Ryu! No taking Ry, he's mine!" Grabbing Ryu too and hugging him.

"Captain!" Eren smiled as he hugged Neo. "These three guys are back and are hitting on me. They keep getting in my way of doing work. I'll get the coffee cake after I make Ryu some ramen! I've been working hard on making different flavours for you Ryu!" Smiling to the redhead. Eren was the youngest of the six friends and the most innocent. Ryu had stars in his eyes at this news.

"Have you been working on sweets?" Ryu was giving him puppy dog eyes. "Please tell me you made more candy."

"Of course!" Eren nodded to the redhead. "As soon as the captain lets me go I can go to the kitchen and get you some!"

"So this is the famous Neo?" Nami asked as she was looking at the very cute blonde in front of her and that was holding Ryu and the young chef called Eren. "The one yo-" Ryu covered her mouth frantically. He knew she was going to say the one he had a crush on. He hadn't meant for her to found that out. But it happened when she saw that the photo alongside the one of his dad's crew and the Straw Hat's in a photo with a ten year old Ryu on Shanks's shoulders was Neo holding the redhead tightly with a very happy smile on his face, looking up at Neo.

"Yep! That's me! Did Ry talk about me?" Neo asked looking happy at that.

"Yes, Hybrid-kun did," Robin smiled as she was watching them. "He said quite a lot about you. I would like to try some of this coffee cake that you were talking about little Cook-kun. We can all have a little party for Ryu now for his birthday before we leave."

"And meat too! Lots and lots and lots of meat!" Luffy seemed to agree with Robin.

"So what about you and Luffy, Nami? Have you finally gotten it through his thick sull that you like him~" Ryu teased her as he removed his hand from her mouth.

"Shut your trap Ryumi, or I'm telling ya boyfriend," she told the teen as she pointed at his chest.

"She has, Hybrid-kun, her and Luffy are a couple now," Robin told Ryu anyway.

"What boyfriend?" Neo said not looking as as he grabbed Ryu again.

"I'll go organise that now," Eren nodded as Neo let go him in favour for Ryu.

"I don't have a boyfriend," Ryu said, very red. Fuck. Why did Neo have to be so cute? Or have those lean muscles he could easily feel against him? "Nami is just teasin me about a crush… Dec and Eren know about the crush… As do the rest of the Straw Hats, with the exception of Luffy… And my dad's crew… It's um… kinda obvious…"

"What crush? On who?! Dec! What is Ry talking about?" Neo said looking to his little brother figure who just sighed and shook his head.

"If you're as smart as you like to claim Neo, work it out yourself. Like Ryu said, it's kinda obvious who it is," Dec said rolling his eyes. "I'm not telling, and there's no point in asking Eren. He won't tell either."

"Straw-Hats?" Levi asked as he, Neo and Aaron turned to them.

"Don't you dare guys," Ryu glared at them.

"I wasn't planning on it, it's much more fun to watch you flounder around," Nami told him.

"Gee thanks for the vote of confidence sis," Ryu said sarcastically.

"Wouldn't dream of it Hybrid-kun, after all, he may not feel the same way and we don't want you to get a broken heart," Robin smiled to the teen.

"I wish you SUPER good luck in working it out fellas, because none of us are talking," Franky told the three.

"You know, that really, really doesn't help me at all," Ryu glared at Robin. "It makes me more worried! It might ruin our friendship if he doesn't like me back!"

"Don't worry Ryu-Ryu, I'm sure the blondy likes you too!" Luffy laughed at the redhead and patted him on the back. "Or was browny hair? Or blacky coloured? I can't remember. Shishishi."

"I hate you so much right now Luffy," Ryu glared at his older brother figure. "I thought you didn't even realise I like someone!"

"Luffy is smarter than he lets on. He just does and says a lot stupid things," Nami sighed to the redhead. "He probably overheard us talking."

"Is that what you figured out when you confesses~" Ryu teased his older sister figure.

"No, our captain has always been like that since the day we met. He does more stupid things than smart things," Nami sighed again.

"Hey! Kicking ass isn't stupid! It's smart and fun and easier way to go! Shishishi!" Luffy laughed as he was eating.

"...Reminds me of Neo…" Ryu said with a small sigh. "Only you have to throw his crazy and ridiculous plans into the mix. He's basically planned out each and everyone of his friends lives, including his own… And he has several different versions of the plans… It's insane… Doesn't help that he has slavia like me either… Or that he's planning on being the next pirate king. And Nami don't worry, I won't tell him the thing. He wouldn't want me to anyway."

"You better not tell him about the thing," Nami told the redhead.

"What thing?" Eren asked as he came back out with more and the cake.

"Air, is it safe for you to be carrying the cake like that?" Levi asked as the blonde was balancing the cake on a plate on his head.

"The thing has to do with knowing certain things that I don't plan on telling anyone," Ryu told his youngest friend. "Yes, I know it's confusing but we can't really let anyone know that I know it. It won't be pretty."

"Well mine, people can fight me for you," Neo told the redhead as he snuggled him again.

"No fair!" Aaron said as he pulled Ryu from Neo. "You and Levi keep cheating! Hey, Ry, how about we get away from these cheaters and have some fun~" Rubbing himself against the teen, well he tried. Ryu kicked him in the privates to get him to let go before that went too far.

"Ha!" Levi laughed at Aaron who was glaring at the black haired teen. It wasn't funny.

"Try that again and I will put what Sanji taught me to very good use," Ryu said in an overly sweet tone.

"What's going on…?" Eren asked looking confused as he put the food and took the cake from his head before looking to Levi. "and yes, it's safe to do it this way. I've had lots of practise of balancing plates of food on my head. Coffee cake is actually really light and easy to balance compared to somethings."

"Coffee cake, my favorite," Ryu said with stars in his eyes. "And I get to have Eri's cooking again! I missed this!"

"Hey! I'm a great chef you little brat!" Sanji said as he kicked Ryu's side.

"You are, but I've had your cooking a lot and have gotten sick of it," Ryu said, sticking his tongue out. "While no-one can ever get sick of Eri's cooking!"

"Agreed with you there Dragontail," Zoro said as he was eating. "Damn… this kid is seriously good isn't he? Bet he could teach you a few things curly brows."

Eren blushed as he hide his face behind his hands. "I'm not that good! I still have a long way to go before I should even let Sanji-san try my food. It's probably awful compared to what he can make and do."

"Even though you won all of those awards?" Nami asked the blonde haired with red and green tipped teen.

"Eri likes to overthink things… Not as bad as me, but still…" Ryu said.

"That was luck… that was nothing but luck… I didn't think I deserved those wins or awards…. Those other chefs were so much better than me..." Eren said looking at the ground. "It was a miracle I even got in..."

"See? He overthinks things and is self hating, a lot…" Ryu said.

"Well, we love Eren and his cooking, so who cares what anyone else thinks?" Dec told the blonde.

"Well, I think it's good. Especially for someone so young," Sanji commented as he was eating. "Not many young people can get these favours right. Or have the technique to do these kind of things."

"Ryu, you're going to sleep with me tonight okay?" Neo asked as he sat down with Ryu in his lap, after pulling him to him again.

"I don't mind that…" Ryu said bright red then his mind registered what he just said. Fuck.

"Then I get him this evening!" Levi told Ryu and Neo, since it was only afternoon still.

"Don't I get a say in this?!" Ryu asked. Why did Levi and Aaron seem to like him like they did? He didn't understand. They were like brothers to him, not like he sawNeo… He really didn't want to break their hearts… Then they would hate him…

"I have candles and a lighter for the cake," Alyse said as the beautiful golden haired woman walked over.

"Wow… she's pretty," Nami commented looking a little jealous.

"That's Alyse!" Eren said a little nervous as he was talking to Nami, the teen wasn't great with talking with girls he didn't really know. "She's James's wife..."

"Yep, she's married, so don't try anything Sanji," Ryu told the older blonde chef as he was pointing to the curly brow man. "James would kill you."

"Oh? So she's Eren's mother?" Robin commented with a smile. "I believe I can see where he gets his beautiful feminine looks from."

"Yeah, though it's not by blood Robin. So he doesn't get his looks from her," Ryu told her. "She's his mom by adoption. That's why he calls them James and Alyse instead of mom and dad."

"My parents died when I was really little. They use to work on cruises ships. My older sister remembers them more than I do. I just remember them working in the kitchen and a lots of water," Eren said in a soft voice as he was holding the serving tray he had been using earlier tightly. "Alistair said we were lucky to survive… and to end up here..."

"Oh yeah, Eren, I have some new clothing designs for you to see," Ryu told him as he pulled the sketch book out of the bag he had been carrying. "Here. Oh and do you think you can give me the tattoos you were talking about? The one with the dragon with a straw hat, then the other as a hellhound with a scar over his eye and missing a leg and the last one a blue phoenix a baby phoenix under him. I kinda wanted a way to have all the people I care about with me so me and Eren have been talking about it and decided on tattoos."

"I can when my new ink gets here. It's meant to be coming tomorrow or the day after," Eren nodded to the redhead. "I'll show you the designs I was choosing between later. I need to finish up in the kitchen."

"Eren, stay here with your friends," Alyse smiled to the blonde. "James, myself and the other staff can handle things in the kitchen. You have some time off."

"Okay, thanks Alyse," Eren nodded as he pulled up a chair.

"Oh Ryumi! You're a little sweetheart!" Nami said hugging him and her boobs going into his face again.

"That's so thoughtful Hybrid-kun. We'll miss you too," Robin smiled to the teen.

Luffy, Usopp, Brook, Franky and Chopper were all crying, thinking that Ryu was cool and awesome and SUPER! For saying that. Zoro was being Zoro and just shrugged, not seeming to care and Sanji was busy being distracted and trying the different food that Eren had made.

"Oh! Levi can't have coffee. I'm going to get the orange and poppy seed cake," Eren said as he got up and went back to the kitchen.

"Nami! My face is back in the bad place!" Ryu cried with a blush all over his face.

"I like the sound of orange and poppy seed cake better than coffee cake," Nami said as she was laughing lightly at Ryu. "I would tell you to get use to it, but you like men and not women." Sighing lightly as she let the redhead go. "But it doesn't mean it's not funny or fun to tease you anyway little brother."

"I'm going to miss you guys," Ryu told them softly as he hugged Nami. He was always closest to Nami and Zoro.

"Going to miss you too!" Nami smiled as she hugged the teen. "And don't forget to hassle people or steal money from them. I taught you everything you needed to know!"

"Yep! That's going to be fun~" Ryu smirked with her. "I like stealing~ And hassling~"

"Orange and poppy seed cake!" Eren smiled as he put it down on the table and light up the candle on the coffee cake.

"Zoro-sensei, I promise I'll keep up my training and one day I'll beat you and claim your title as the strongest swordsman in the world," Ryu told his teacher.

"I look forward to it," Zoro nodded to the redhead.

"Time to sing, then time for cake!" Luffy cheered as they started to sing happy birthday to the redhead. The redhead couldn't help but smile as his friends and family were all singing to him. Best day in a while.

Sometime later that night…

Ryu poked Neo's cheek as he laid in bed with him. When Neo had said that Ryu was going to sleep with him, he hasn't expected this. The blonde seemed to be dead asleep. The redhead had thought something more…. Actitive would have happened. "Neo, wake up. I want to have fun. I want you inside me…" Ryu knew his voice was whiny but he couldn't help it. He had hoped that Neo was planning to have sex. He had hoped that Neo really liked him like he did and yeah…

The blonde just snuggled the redhead more which had him pouting as he faced away from his sleeping crush. This was not what he thought the night would be like at all. It wasn't fair!

"Neo!" the redhead whined as he was rubbing himself against the blonde and bucking a little. Trying to wake him up and get his attention. "Wake up! Please~ I really want you! I need you inside me! I want to have sex with you~"

"Really?" a tired sounding husky voice said as strong arms were wrapped around the redhead's waist and pulled him right in. The redhead could feel Neo poking his entrance.

"Yes! Don't tease!" the redhead nodded to him. "Please~"

"What about your crush?" the blonde said as he pulled the redhead's pants down and put his fingers inside the redhead's mouth to get them to go into the redhead.

"You're my crush idiot," Ryu told him with a sigh. "You really didn't realise that?"

"Nope, not till now," Neo said as he was moving his fingers around in the redhead's mouth a little. "But I'm glad I win~" Pulling the fingers from the redhead's mouth and puting one of them inside the redhead. "Levi might have stolen your first kiss when I had been planning on taking. But I get be to be your first~ nothing beats that~"

"Ah~" Ryu moaned as he felt Neo hit his sweet spot, his toes curling in pleasure.

"Does that feel good~" Neo smirked as he added another finger and was hitting the spot hard with his fingers. "Go on. Tell me and everyone else it feels good~ I want to hear you say it."

That morning…

"Neo! You damn bastard! You cheated!" Aaron cried as he saw Ryu sleeping against Neo's chest, naked. It was so unfair.

"I didn't cheat, I won. Now, piss off Aaron. Tired," Neo told the brown haired teen as he was snuggling the redhead and closed his eyes again.

"Levi! Neo cheated!" Aaron called to the black haired teen who walked over. Ryu whimpered and buried himself farther into Neo's chest. It was way too loud.

"I asked him to have sex with me," Ryu told them in annoyance. He just wanted to go back to sleep! "And he's my crush. So he didn't cheat."

"That's not fair!" Levi pouted to the redhead. "Why does Neo get to be your crush?!"

"Can people just shut up and let me sleep? I'm tired!" Neo whined as he just turned over and hugged the redhead. "I'll show you all my ass to make you leave if I have to!"

"We're leaving, fine," Aaron said, not really wanting to see Neo's nakedness.

Sheaon13: welp there you have it. The story. Send in thine ocs! It'll be fun! Right Fire? Oh yeah and we're looking for a helmsman, cabin boy or cabin girl, a shipwright, a sniper, an archaeologist, a doctor, a nurse, and if you guys can think of another position than I have already mentioned I would be happy to take a look and see it. I'm also looking for oc crews and marines. And if you want to add an oc to a existing crew feel free to send it to me and I'll take a look. And I'm looking for a couple of warlords. Maybe a new villain, well antagonist, group if you have an idea? I'm up for anything with that… As long as the group isn't pirates or marines really… I currently have no idea with what I want the main antagonist to be, so if you have any suggestions I'm all for it. But if you want the antagonist to be pirates or marines then please explain your reasoning and if I like it enough I might change my mind. Please comment, I enjoy comments very much! I would like for you to fave and follow but comments are very much more important to me.

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