Red-eyed Jolly Roger? Further Into The Grandline!

The crew didn't listen to the poor man. Julia steered the ship whilst the crew continued to do their thing. Kent walked out of the hallway and yawned, he seemingly only woke up. Nowan and Ford just were done fishing for breakfast so Kent trained for a short while...Seemingly off-balance every so often. Afterwards Kaitlyn called everyone in for a quick breakfast. The food was mainly made of fish, which Kent found odd for a breakfast but Kaitlyn's cooking made it feel like it.

After breakfast the crew continues on sailing. Whilst inexperienced Julia read alot about sailing the Grandline from the journal her mom left her making the sailing rather nice, expect for the occasinal sudden weather change.

Off in the horizion a barrel was approaching...the crew was confused but as they got closer they pulled the barrel up. It was heavy, but they couldn't quite tell what it was. Kent cracked the top off to reveal an uncouncious person with a card on the body. One side having a jolly roger with a red scope over the eye... They took the uncouncious body out of the barrel and layed them down in the female's quarters...the woman wasn't bruised but the mark of a syringe could be seen in her left arm. They weren't sure what it was but for now they could only hope she wakes up soon.

The sun is going down... Nighttime is setting in and the crew could hear something coming from within the woman's quarters. They all ran to the room seeing the woman sit up. She held her head.

"So uh...what happened?" -Kent

"...Where...Where am I?" - Woman

"...On the ship of the Blue Mammoth Pirates..." - Kent

"Blue....Mammoth?" - Woman

The woman seemed confused, she wasn't too familliar with the name...not many were.

"We found you inside a barrel...drifting...it's mere luck we could find you in this sea..." -Julia

"Is that so...? Thank you..." - Woman

"So uh... why were you in the barrel?" - Julia

"...The Red-Eyes... They knocked me out? I think ah-" The woman held her head in pain.

"The Red-Eyes?" - Kent pulls out the jolly roger card from earlier and shows it to the woman.

"Yes, that's their...jolly roger..." - The woman

"So uh...just who are these Red-Eyes anyway?" - Kent

"...You don't know? It's a pirate crew full of skilled marksman... Not only that... They are a member of the seven Warlords of the sea..." - The woman

"The Seven Warlords?" - Nowan and Ford

"Hm? You guys heard something about them?" -Kent

"Kent do you not know about the seven Warlords?" -Kaitlyn

"Not much....My uncle mentioned it sometimes but I never knew what they are..." - Kent

"Well basically..." - Nowan explained the warlord system to Kent who just nodded along in silence

"So Warlords are pirates who work for the marines?" - Kent

"Strong pirates, the weak don't get chosen...They are ranked just under the admirals in terms of strength..." - The woman

"Then...just what did they want from you?" - Kent

"I cured someone of their poison... Their captain didn't like that... Not many know the cure for that... They utulize it to their advantage..." - The woman

"Are you a doctor, perhaps?" - Kent 

"Yes...I am." - The woman

"So these Red-Eyes, what are they like?" - Julia

"They are the newest member of the seven Warlords...They hold territory in the beginning part of the Grandline...They use their medical expertises as a weapon... Their Captain holds a devil fruit though I do not know which one..." - The woman

"I see... This is probably that old guy was talking about back in the city... If what he said is true... We are heading to their territory..." - Ford

"Huh? What? A warlord? Already?" - Julia seemed scared

"Well...let's hope the next island isn't part of their territory...but we are approaching them it seems..." - Nowan 

The woman seemed lost in thought now.

"I don't know if we can take a Warlord of the sea just yet..." - Ford

"We aren't necessarily fighting them... We are just passing by..." - Nowan

"If they pick a fight with us though... What then?" - Julia

"We'll beat them. I'm sure we will... For now we shouldn't worry about it..." -Kent

"Yes, first we should figure out what to do with her" - Nowan points to the woman

"Well... what does she want to do?" - Kent

"...I don't have anything to back to anymore...even if I do, they would probably kill me..." - The woman

"Then how about this... You sail with us, until you figure out what you want anyway... We have been in need for a doctor." - Kent

"Hm...well okay... I'm... Sara" - Sara

"Okay! It's settled! I'm Noak Kent! The Captain! Over there is Ford, our marksman. Our cook Kaitlyn, Julia is our navigator. And Nowan is a swordsman." - Kent

 "It's...nice to meet you all..." -Sara seemed a bit overwhelmed as she joined them, atleast for a while.

The crew got back into doing their own thing... The crew was getting more people.

Nowan and Kent trained together whilst Sara was looking through supplies she could take to the vaccant room she plans to use for her office so to speak.

Kaitlyn was making food for lunch, Julia steered the ship whilst Ford was checking if the cannons were set up properly. The crew has been sailing for a while now. Whilst the world may not know them too well they are certaintly seen by some people... Those who knew Soe especially. 

The crew sails on. The day passes with nothing much happening... The crew gets together for dinner. Afterwards they all go sleeping...anchoring the ship down, making sure it doesn't drift to the middle of nowhere. 

The next day everyone wakes up and continues to do their thing. By noon the crew could see an island in the horizion.... Julia looks through a spyglass... She's looking for any sign of the Red-Eyes... She sighes of relief as she doesn't see any clear evidence. Even though Kent told her not to worry, she couldn't possibly do that. To her a warlord was still intimidating...

Eventually the crew docked on the island. 

"So who'll stay behind to watch the ship?" - Julia

"I'll take this one..." - Kent

"Hm? Are you sure Kent? You usually like going out to explore an island." - Ford

"Yeah, but still we can't keep Julia tied to the boat at all times..." - Kent

The crew agreed... They all decided to split up into two teams. 

Team A

-Nowan

-Ford

Team B

-Kaitlyn

-Sara

-Julia

Kent waves off the others as they begin exploring the place.

(To Be Continued)