{Amigasa village}
A little girl that wore a yellow kimono and had short purple hair ran into the village and screamed
The adults of the village rushed out to see what was going on 'Kara-chan is something wrong?' asked a young man who wore an orange kimono that had most of his legs exposed
Kara soon stopped in front of him as she panted, 'Kozuki-sama i-its intruders they have crossed the waterfall once more and docked near the coast'
Oden grinned as he heard this, "Outsiders?! Last time they were strong hopefully it's the same this time" he thought
He rushed towards the coastline of Kuri while having a massive grin on his face, "This is going to be fun, hopefully, they're not as ruthless as that blonde from last time" he thought as he dashed through the bamboo forest
{Coast of Kuri}
Ryu jumped off the ship and he looked around, the beach wasn't that impressive, "it's nothing compared to the one back home" he thought to himself as he looked around
Roger soon joined him, the man had a large grin as he looked around scratching his head, 'Seems a bit deserted but I think I saw smoke coming from inside the forest maybe there's a village somewhere'
Ryu just nodded, as he looked towards the east noticing something coming their way as he squinted his eyes, Roger following his field of vision noticed it too
There was an orange blur heading straight for them as Ryu drew his sword ready to engage
Roger grinned seeing this deciding to stay back and see what was going to happen as the blur got even closer
'second form: Rising scorching sun' his blade lit ablaze as he rushed towards the figure coming in contact with two swords as they clashed
Rayleigh joined Roger as he smiled looking onward at the clash, He could see that Ryu's opponent was using low-level armament haki but what surprised him was the fact that Ryu was keeping up without using a single ounce of haki
The man had a grin on his face as he sent Ryu flying back towards the ship as he was caught by Roger
'Welcome to Wano, Hope you guys are not as rude as the last people that we're here!' said the man as he had a grin plastered across his face
Roger laughed as he put the boy down 'Pleasure to meet you, I'm the captain of this ship you can call me Roger' He said with a smile
'Ah I've seen you in those papers the weird birds with hats deliver us!' said the ma as he pulled out a stack of papers from his pocket skimming through them accidentally dropping one as Rayleigh picked it up
His eyebrows furrowed looking at the picture in his first mate's hand, Roger just sighed before looking back to the man who finally found what he was looking for and read what they said out loud
Gold Roger (Dead or Alive):
{950,000,000}
Silvers Rayleigh (Dead or Alive):
{800,000,000}
Scopper Gaban (Dead or Alive):{700,000,000}
Roger looked at the wanted poster as his frown turned into a grin, 'Rahahaha! I guess the Marines want us gone more than ever!' he said as Rayleigh smiled looking at his captain's reaction
But soon frowned as he looked back to the picture in his friend's hand he sighed before looking back towards the boy who was nursing a bruise on his shoulder
Red Flow (Dead or Alive):
{115,000,000}
"I guess there's no point in going further with captains plan, they already know he's affiliated with us" ,he thought pocketing the photo for later
'My name is Kozuki Oden, it's a pleasure to meet you' Said the grinning man as he raised his hand for a handshake, Roger took his hand and grinned
'The pleasure is mine' said Roger, as he scratched the back of his head looking back at the rest of his crew
'These two are Rayleigh and Gaban, While the others are the rest of the crew' he said pointing towards crowds who formed behind their captain
Ryu just sighed before getting up and dusting his kimono as he went up to Oden 'Forgive me for attacking you, My name is Moeru Ryu it's a pleasure to meet you Kozuki-sama'
A frown formed on Oden's face as he looked at the boy, 'Your from Shima, aren't you? What are you doing all the way here? also just call me Oden I don't like using Honorifics' said the man as bowed
Ryu's smile faltered as his eyes dimmed, 'I decided on leaving home to travel the world it's nothing special' he said as he stepped back
Rayleigh sighed as he put a hand on the boy's shoulder, Ryu calmed down as he nodded towards Rayleigh thanking him internally
'Anyway we're here to Resupply' came the voice of Gaban as he smiled towards the man
'Ah I'm sorry to say but the last people that we're here looted most of our supplies, My father sent me here to help the people so we're short on recourse's ourselves' said the man as his grin fell into a frown
Roger sighed as he scratched the back of his head thinking of something else they could do, 'I guess we're going to camp here and try to gather the things we need from the forests around us, If that's alright with you Lord Kozuki' said Rayleigh
Oden's smile returned as he nodded towards them 'Feel free to do so, But I recommend not interacting with the people the memories are still fresh of what happened the last time outsiders visited' said Oden
'May I ask who was it who attacked your people?' came the voice of Ryu as he looked towards the Kozuki clan heir
Oden scratched the back of his head as he tried to remember anything about the people who attacked, 'It was a bunch of people that wore the same clothes as you but had a different scull on their flags' said Oden as he pointed towards their jolly roger
It also said Rocks spelled with a skull instead of the O' he said as he looked back to see Ryu who had had his features shadowed by his long hair as he clenched his fist before calming down as he sighed
Roger nodded as he turned back to his crew giving tasks to each person before turning back towards Oden with a grateful smile
'Thank you again for allowing us to stay here' he said, Oden smiled before turning around as he waved his hand 'Goodluck'
That was the last thing he said before he disappeared into the foliage of the forest as he made his way back to the village
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(Shores of Kuri)
[10:30 pm]
The Oro-Jackson was beached on the beach as the crew was asleep excluding 5 Members, Rayleigh frowned as he placed the Wanted poster on the table
Roger sighed as he scratched the back of his head, 'I guess there's no point in letting him go' he said
Jackson puffed out some smoke as he extinguished his cigarette as he spoke, 'The kid already had a bounty on his head so the Marines think he's part of the crew, So how are we gonna go about doing this?'
Everyone went quiet for a few minutes before Rayleigh spoke up 'Were going to train him, Get him ready for the world before letting him decide on what to do, as it's not our place to decide for him'
Everyone excluding Roger nodded as they looked on towards their captain as it was his choice whether to keep or leave the kid behind
Roger just grinned, 'Guess we have a new member of the crew, this calls for a celebration!'
He said before the rest of the crew walked in as they had smiles on their faces, They weren't really asleep except for Ryu who was nowhere to be found
Everyone cheered as they brought in a barrel of alcohol, as they partied throughout the night in celebration of their newest member, Not noticing the small figure that smiled as it left the doorway before making its way to a different part of the ship smiling along the way
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