6 Setting Sail

I was in a good mood after hearing that 'my' crew was making its way to the first half of the Grandline.

John's message brought up memories of the core group of officers of what was Shiki's fleet prior to imprisonment.

First was obviously the First Mate himself, Long John Silver.

No one knew why he was called 'Long' John Silver, but he was far too large a presence for anyone to question it, so most just called him John or Silver John.

Kind of funny how Roger's First Mate was Silvers Rayleigh, but they had no relation to one another or even any animosity.

They both just didn't care that their surnames were similar.

Next was the Mad Doctor, Stein.

The man was insane, that was all that needed to be said.

Next was Bastion, a literal brute who went around with his face covered in steel mask for some reason.

Ahh, Pirates were pretty fucking weird.

His wife was Kate, the sweetest thing you've ever met, always kind and cheerful… Until she got into a battle, once that started, she too went bat shit crazy, using her two pistols to open up skulls with glee.

As I continued to think about the crew, a voice interrupted me, "Hey, can I ride you now? My jaws getting a little sore."

On her knees below me was the cute waitress Mary, who I picked up after hearing the good news from those two idiots from the Underworld.

She had been giving me 'fuck me' eyes throughout our meal, so I decided to head back and try my luck with her instead of eating and hanging out with Konan and Irene.

And what do you know? She was happy to see me again and totally willing to head back to her place for some recreational activities.

Honestly, I was feeling powerful, intoxicated even and I just wanted to pound her to my heart's content, so instead of some cowgirl, I just picked her up and took her over from the open window of her apartment to the inviting bed.

Bending her over, I teased her slit, while giving her left cheek a playful slap, which she just loved.

"A-again!" she shouted at me, wiggling her behind, teasing me, begging me into repeating my earlier action.

She had such a plump and perky ass, one that was nearly poking out of her skirt back in the restaurant… I just had to oblige.

The impact of my palm and the rippling of her cheeks was like music to my ears, causing me to harden even further.

While she asked for thirds and fourths, I slipped on a condom (funnily enough, they existed in One Piece, they were just expensive) and sheathed myself inside her in one fell swoop.

I didn't want children, after all!

We both groaned in pleasure as I entered her, she was so hot inside, I loved it.

I was leaving Water 7 tomorrow and I knew I would miss this pussy already.

Shaking my head from negative thoughts, I got to pounding her, enjoying myself thoroughly.

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"Puru, puru, puru, puru… Puru, puru, puru, puru…" went my Den Den Mushi as the sound of sweaty skin slapping together rang out in Mary's apartment.

I almost didn't notice it, due to how loud we were, but I noticed the snail glaring at me from on top of my discarded clothes.

Sighing, I bent over as far as possible to grab the thing, while using another hand to muffle Mary as I continued to pound her into a drooling mess.

Taking a deep breath, for I was just so close a moment ago, I answered, "Yes?"

"Yo, Captain. Where are you? You've been gone longer than you said, and Konan is worrying," she said to me, but I felt there was a hint of worry in her tone of voice as well.

Aww, they liked me. How sweet.

Just as I was about to reply, Mary let out a loud shriek that was thankfully muffled by my hand, but nevertheless, it carried on into the Den Den Mushi.

"Err… what was that?" Irene asked me, confused.

There was an awkward silence following that, for I didn't know what to say exactly.

But I think my continued back and forth pistoning likely let Irene know what I was up too.

"Are… are you having sex?!" she shouted in shock.

"What! No. Absolutely not," I said quickly, never have been in a situation like this in my previous life.

I think that argument would have worked better if the sounds of Mary's wet slit being churned wasn't becoming more and more obvious.

"Ugh… gross!" Irene shouted with annoyance, "Seriously Captain?! Who answers the Den Den Mushi while having sex?! You utter barbarian!"

"Hey! Don't speak to your Captain that way!" I shouted back, a little embarrassed, but not stopping.

"What's going on, Irene?" Konan asked quietly, her voice carrying through to me, but just barely.

"Captain's fucking some slut! Ugh!" she shouted back at her friend.

Whatever Konan's response was, I couldn't hear it.

Sighing audibly, Irene continued, "Are you going to be back anytime soon? We're kinda hungry here."

"No. Just eat without me. I have…uhh… business to finish up," I replied, cutting the Den Den Mushi off immediately.

"Have you cum yet?" Mary asked me bending her neck to look back at me, drooling a little with rosy, red cheeks.

"Nope!" I said cheerily, grabbing her waist with both hands and going to town on her with an evil glint in my eye.

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I leapt up onto the deck of my new Frigate, Icarus with ease.

Unfortunately for Konan and Irene, they weren't as physically able as me and had to struggle behind, taking the ladder, like plebs.

These girls were going to rue the day they joined my crew after we got started with their training.

Anyway, I looked around the ship with a keen eye, taking everything in.

The deck was freshly treated with varnish, that glean of oil indicating as such.

I made sure to walk over every square inch of the deck to check if there were any loose boards, while also running my hand over the railing.

I gave it the occasional shove or tug, to see if the Shipwrights had done a good job maintaining and restoring it.

So far everything was adequate and met my standards.

Going up the short steps to the Quarterdeck, I again, repeated my prior inspection, finding everything in tip-top shape.

I walked up to the Mizzen, which was basically a smaller Mast, and gave it a good knock with my fist.

I used my memories of what a good and sturdy ship sounds like to listen to the sound of the wood vibrating, looking for that clean knock to indicate there were no damaged planks used.

Nodding in acceptance, I moved onto the actual Main Mast and repeated that same action.

Again, I was happy with it, so I moved onto the Foremast and checked the final mast on this large Frigate.

Everything was as I requested, and If I were a betting man, I would say the rest of the ship was also up to standard.

But, I was paying a lot of this Frigate, so I checked every nook and cranny, from pulling on the shrouds to walking onto the Bowsprit and jumping up and down a little, to see if it could handle my weight.

Irene and Konan had long joined me along with the Pita Pett. They were simply standing together and watching me inspect everything.

"Everything okay there, Captain?" Pita shouted, catching my attention.

"Yeah, so far everything's as expected. Let's head inside and finish up my inspection," I replied, making my over to the trio.

The rest went as, again, expected. The Kitchen was fully stocked from food to utensils as I requested.

The Infirmary was also filled to the brim with all sorts, I let Irene take lead here, for she had far more knowledge than myself.

When she nodded in acceptance, we moved onto my training room.

It was filled to my exact requirements, with the various weights and whatever exercise equipment was available in Water 7.

Nothing like my old life, but more than enough to begin resistance training.

Last up were our personal rooms.

Mine was of course at the very end of the ship, being the Captain's Cabin and the also the most spacious bedroom/office in the entire ship.

It was decorated impeccably, with finest stylised oak and leather.

No paintings or weapons were adorning the walls, for I wanted it to be simple and clean.

No need for sub-standard weapons adorning my cabin when I held two Meito's by my waist.

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"Very well, let's get the final payment out of the way," I said, beckoning Konan and Irene to my side, who were holding two briefcases filled with Beli.

I could have just summoned it from the sky, but there was no need to keep showing off, and I had that needless disguise still going as well.

Pita and a couple of his workers began counting the cash right there in front of us, making sure every Beli was accounted for.

As they were doing so, under the watchful eye of Konan and Irene, I leaned forward on the railings, looking out at Water 7.

I was looking forward to getting off this Island and finally setting my plans into motion. I hadn't been here very long, but life was slow on the Island of Water 7, and I wanted to feel like I was progressing, not letting life fly me by and reacting to it. I wanted to be out there, claiming territory, sinking enemy ships and more.

My blood was yearning for action, but I knew even with leaving Water 7, I had to wait for my crew in Jaya before I could take Skypeia and more for myself.

Yes, I could simply go up there and overthrow Gan Fall and rule over it with an iron fist, but I wanted to actually be able to start recruiting Skypeians, Shandians and Birkans into my crew/army.

And for that, I needed loyal men and women who could maintain the peace in my absence. I needed my crew.

And also, most importantly, ruining the lives of innocent people wasn't me and would never be me.

"CAPTAIN!" I heard someone shouting, but ignored it, thinking about my crucial plans in the Sky Islands instead.

"CAPTAIN!" the voice shouted again, getting louder.

So annoying. I needed to think about how I was going to win the masses over to my side! These people need a gentle touch! They were naturals at Observation Haki and would save me years of mook training time!

"Err… Captain Shiki, that kid is back, and he seems to have brought trouble with him," Irene said to me, tapping my shoulder and breaking me out of my reverie.

"CAPTAIN! PLEASE TAKE ME INTO YOUR CREW!" the boy shouted, as he was sprinting towards the ship at full speed.

Raising an eyebrow, I took a closer look at the kid I had almost forgotten about.

He was covered in bruises and some shallow cuts, but his glasses seemed to be helping immensely as he was actually moving quite agilely through the crowds.

He had a large sack over his shoulder that seemed to be weighing him down and without it, the small group of furious pirates chasing him would have had no chance at all.

"Please! Captain! take me into your crew! I stole a bunch of stuff from my former crew as an offering to impress you!" he shouted at me in desperation, knowing that he was about to be caught.

"You fucking shit!" One of his pursuers shouted in anger as they heard him.

"Captain Shiki, will you not help him?" Konan asked her first words towards me all day. It seemed she was a little upset at me for fucking that waitress last night.

Noble sensibilities… she'd have to get used to it in time.

"Jeez… alright, alright," I said, leaping up onto the rails and disappearing in an instant.

I appeared behind the kid, scooping him up in my arms and in another instant, was back on the deck of my new ship.

I dropped him unceremoniously on the ground, causing the sack of his to loudly rustle around, indicating there was a decent amount of gold in there, judging by the sound.

"Alright Kid, you found us… Now, what have you done other than that to impress me?" I asked, looking down at him with a grin.

He was breathing heavily, doing his best to catch his breath before he answered me.

Irene just 'tsk'd' out loud, mumbling about having to patch up the idiot kid again.

"I got. I got, some rare treasures from the Captain's personal chambers," he began excitedly.

"Well… I have treasure. What else?" I asked, making him sweat a little.

He was already in, I needed a cabin boy to clean the decks after all.

A little glint in his eye, he answered, "A Devil Fruit."

"Hah! Jehahahahaha! Okay, okay. You're in kid," I said as his eyes lit up in joy, "Irene, patch him up again, don't want our new Cabin Boy to die of blood loss."

"C-cabin boy?" he asked, paling a little.

"Relax, kid. You'll be running errands for me, but you'll have Konan and Irene pitching in to help," I said, turning my head and looking out at the incoming pirates.

"Wait I second," I said as they were preparing to head into the ship, "Kid. What's your name?"

His eyes brightened up as I asked him something as simple as his name. Damn.

"It's Charles. Charles Vane! Captain! Thank you for taking me into your crew!" he shouted with joy and glistening eyes.

"Welcome aboard, Vane," I said with a charming smile, making his even larger as I accepted him.

"Yo, Pita. You about done counting there?" I asked, knowing a quick scuffle was going to happen, one that a shipwright was probably not wanting to be apart of.

"Yep! Everything's set… but you sure you can sail this ship with only three… err four of you?" he asked, a little worriedly.

"Don't worry about us, thanks for the ship, Pita. Now git, I have some pirates to deal with!"

"Sure. Sure…" he said, leaving the Icarus with his men in tow, mumbling under his breath, "Crazy ass pirate, wants to sail a Frigate of this size with a kid and two women..."

Ignoring the shipwright, I turned to the sack that was left on the floor as Irene carried Charles into her infirmary.

"Konan grab that sack and don't let it out of your sight," I ordered, grabbing the railing of the ship and activating my Devil Fruit.

"As you wish, Captain," Konan said, performing her task immediately.

I leapt from the ship, gliding down slowly, allowing the pirates that were incoming to see me, as I wanted to get some morning exercise in.

I could have simply dropped them in an instant, but where was the fun in that right now?

"Come at me you two-bit pirate scum!" I shouted, ignoring the fact that I too, was a pirate.

"If you give back the Fruit the bastard stole, we promise not to hurt you too badly," the ringleader said as he drew his sword and ran towards with at full speed.

I noticed a twig lying on the floor, so I decided to pick it up and use it as my weapon.

Covering it in some Armament Haki, I parried his first blow with ease, actually cracking his blade slightly. Something I don't think he caught on to.

As he went reeling in shock as a simple twig was able to defeat him, I slapped him across the face with the twig, causing him to go crashing into a fruit stand.

"Sorry, sorry!" I shouted to the merchant, pulling out several notes of Beli and passing them over as I weaved and ducked around the weakling's attacks.

I made sure to be as acrobatic as possible, stretching out all my limbs nicely and thoroughly.

This was fun, but… I was quickly getting bored. I wanted to set sail/fly as soon as possible, after all.

Speeding up, I knocked the men out, one by one, without prejudice.

Looking over my work, I nodded in satisfaction and made my way back to the Frigate to get going.

As I landed on the deck, I used my Devil Fruit and got us moving forward, rolling up the anchor and furling the sails with a snap of my fingers.

I didn't fly off into the air just yet, best to be somewhat away from Water 7 as I did that, after all.

"Konan, let's see that fruit our newest recruit got us," I said, moving over to her.

Kneeling down, she rummaged in the large sack, after a few seconds of this, she pulled out a wooden chest that likely held the fruit inside of it.

Opening it, I looked at the oddly shaped fruit and looked it over carefully, pulling up my memories of the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, I eventually found out what fruit it was.

"Huh…"

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AN: Okay, discuss in the comments what fruit you would like it to be! NOTHING OP, but I'll allow strong fruits. Try to be unique!

Also, if you want to see what the crew looks like, I have a discord where I post images of them, and where you can discuss the story and more.

https://discord.gg/mktanX9

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