Rules of Engagement

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Flashback to 5 days ago.

Orange was looking out to the sea as she surveyed her surrounded area. She at first didn't spot anything, but slowly it came. The ship wasn't that big, only about half as big as their own battleship, but was still noticeable enough for her to look closer.

"Telescope!" she ordered and and a marine quickly handed her what she desired. She looked through it and saw the trademark pirate flag. It had a skull with crossbones on it, but in addition to that, the flag had small explosion littering the black surface.

[That's them] she thought as she turned towards her colleague, Good Price,

"What do you think?" she asked looking at her once subordinate.

"I think that we came at a good time" Good Price said after a little bit of thought, "it seems like Umen's men hasn't had time to get here before us. This will go a lot smoother."

Rear admiral Good Price was just now learning about haki and its uses. He is currently practicing his observation haki, but is still unable to detect anyone that far away. He tried, but in the end gave up and told himself to practice harder when he gets back home.

Orange looked at the marine officer who handed her the telescope and asked,

"Did the navigators or anyone detect another incoming ship?"

"No ma'am!" he said.

She nodded and looked through the device once again,

[If it's just Kimo, then this fight shouldn't be that difficult. But if Umen sends a fleet to pick his brother up...]

She looked at Good Price and nodded her head, he did the same.

"Full speed ahead!" Good Price shouted as the marines started to prepare for the inevitable battle.

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Kimo was lounging with his gang on the boat and currently recovering. For the past two weeks, they have been celebrating their future merger with one of the strongest pirate crews in the world. They ate and drank the night away, woke up, and repeated. They currently had nothing to do since Umen told him to wait because he was sending someone to escort his ship to the New world.

Kimo was more than willing to listen to his big brother. He was always the type who never wanted to work and always tried to use people to get what he wanted. When he heard that his brother got recruited to join a major pirate crew, Kimo instantly saw an opportunity and took it. Using his brother's clout, he was able to quickly form a crew of his own and sail off with him in command. They were planning on pillaging and raping their way into the Grand line and chased down by the marines, Kimo was going to use his brother to intimidate him.

Luckily for him, on one of his misadventures, he stumbled upon a devil fruit. He of course heard of them before since his brother was a devil fruit user. He immediately ate it and realized that he ate the bomb- bomb fruit making him the bomb human. With this new power, he and his crew were now able to accomplish a lot more and really make a name for themselves.

After about 4 years of travelling from West Blue to North, then South, and East, his men were finally tired of low profits and gains and wanted to snatch real treasure. So Kimo set out to the Grand line. Just as they were about to sail however, he got a call from Umen. His brother wanted him to join the Golden Armada and Kimo happily accepted. He was promised an officer's position and they together, would be the new emperors of the world.

[I shouldn't drink so much tonight] Kimo said to himself as he got up and walked towards the side of the boat to throw up. He was hung over, very usual for him around this time and was one of the few to even be awake.

As he was throwing up for the 5th time in a row, he looked up and saw a ship sailing towards them. At first he thought it could be a mirage since Umen said that it would be another week until they would be picked up. But as the ship got closer, his eyes grew wider.

"Marines!" Kimo yelled waking a few of them up. When they looked at the captain, they noticed that he was half naked and his eyes were looking everywhere frantically. Kimo started to shout again, "Get your asses up! The marines are here! Get ready to fight!"

At last, the pirates woke up from the drunken stupor and realized the reality of the situation. Marines were coming and they were not prepared.

Slavk, the vice captain, approached the side and looked out towards the incoming warship,

"It seems to only be one ship" he sighed with relief. The Crock pirates may have gained notoriety in the four Blues, but they have yet to fight any marine from headquarters. They had no idea about the difference in strength.

"C-captain" one of the pirates said while holding onto the telescope, "you may want to look again".

"Give me that!" Kimo grabbed the telescope and peered through. His heart sank when he saw not one ship, but two. One was casually following behind the other.

"Must be there to stop our escape" Slavk said what everyone was thinking. "Prepare for battle" he shouted.

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Orange and Good Price were staring at the scrambling pirates as they made an attempt to prepare for the incoming battle.

"I should have expected less" she sighed looking at the excuse of a pirate crew. All pirate crews who entered or are about to enter the Grand line know that it is an absolute taboo not to have any post man watching out for enemies at all times. They were totally unprepared.

"What can I say?" Good Price shrugged, "they're amateurs"

"Amateurs who raped and massacred villages" Orange said as her voice got darker.

"We'll stop that today" her companion tried to consul her, but to no avail. Before she used geppo and jumped up, Good Price reminded her "Kimo is our priority".

She didn't say anything as she and Good Price started to moonwalk towards the pirate ship. Behind them, the marine's cannons started to fire, causing initial damage to the ship and its crew.

When they arrived, the pirates hardly noticed their presence. They were too busy either trying to repair the damages to their ship or to get their own cannons in position. The only one to notice the newcomers was Kimo. His eyes almost bulged out of his chest as he stared at the duo.

"M-m-marines!" he shouted and pointed towards the rear admirals. The pirates stopped what they were doing and looked towards the direction the finger was pointing at. Their mouths dropped when they finally noticed that they were being boarded.

"Kill them!" Slavk ordered causing the crewmates to break out of their stupor, grab their swords and guns, and rush towards Orange and Good Price.

*sigh* Good Price looked towards the sky with a self defeated smile on his face,

"I thought that this mission would be good fighting experience, guess I was wrong."

"What do you expect?" Orange asked casually, waiting for the pirates to arrive so she could attack. "This is a pirate crew who just entered the Grand line, of course they're going to be trash."

"Haaaa, this isn't my first time doing a mission like this" Good Price argued as he took out his drum sticks from its holster at his waist, "But normally, the other crews were better than this".

Good Price channeled his devil fruit and slammed his stick into the first person in his attack radius. The pirate's insides were mangled together by the impact the weapon had on his body. Good Price took advantage of this time as everyone was still charging to use his opponent as a drum and send sound waves throughout the ship, causing aftershocks to the weaker pirates.

The battle (?) has just begun.