The Swords

"So, this bounty hunter guy, do you know anything about him jade and Coby??"Luffy curiously ask as they walk around the streets of shells town heading towards the islands marine base.

"He uses 3 swords and places one in his mouth, he is also a really strong swordsman" Jade answered trying to recreate Zoros serious face

"He is a a famous bounty hunter who hunts down pirates for a living" Coby added "why do you want him on your crew anyways? He might be really dangerous"

"Cause he sounds awesome"

"yeah" Jade and Luffy nod at each other

"dam you guys are hopeless" Coby sighs

"So where is this Zoro guy being kept??" Luffy asked excited to add another addition to his growing crew

"Well he should be on the other side of this wall" Jade said as he jumped up and peered over to only find empty grounds with stains of blood everywhere suggesting that there was some sort of battle that took place here

'where's Zoro? he should be right here. Looking around there's a chance somebody already saved him. Is this because of the [changing plot..] the ad warned me about?' Jade thought to himself frustrated that this will cause massive problems towards his plans in the future

"I guess he probably escaped already as this place looked like it got wrecked by the legendary bounty hunter, come on lets head back to town" Coby said slightly relieved that he wouldn't have to against the marines. Luffy follows in a very disappointed mood.

A commotion could be heard in a nearby pub as they got closer to the town. They could hear slight cheering and celebrating from the inside

"Im hungry.. Lets grab something to eat" Luffy groaned wanting to go in

"yeah I am curious on whats the noise about" Coby added

The group enters the bar to be met with cheers of joy shouting "Axe-hand Morgan is dead!" being repeatedly said. The bar was filled with half drunk men and women celebrating as the woman at the counter was handing out drinks to everyone.

In the middle of the celebration Jade notices a peculiar green haired swordsman with his iconic 3 swords on his waist. Jade couldn't help but notice his main sword the Wado ichimonji not being on his waist.

"Hey Coby! Is that the guy?" Luffy looked at Coby in anticipation

"ITS THE BOUNTY HUNTER RORONOA ZORO" Coby shouted in surprise as he immediately hid behind jade and Luffy

"Im gonna go and ask him to join" Luffy immediately starts heading toward the swordsman

"Luffy wai-"

All of a sudden in a flash a sword can be seen being pressed against Luffys neck "and who might you be" The slender figure says as she holds the sword. The sword she was holding had white handle with unique patterns embraided into it

'Thats the Wadoichimonji! Who is this woman?' As jade brandishes his sword

"Relax Kuina they dont look that dangerous" Zoro stood up heading towards the two

'Kuina?! The plot couldn't have changed that much could it? That would explain why she has the Wado ichimonji other than Zoro' He walks closer towards the conflict before things get worse

"Join my crew!"

silence filled the building as the sound of Luffys words echoed in everyone's ears

whispers in the pub began to fill the building as this unknown pirate outlaw has now appeared

"Pirates! run everyone!" everybody began to run out screaming due to another danger now replacing captain Axe-Hand Morgan

"so your a group of pirates huh? typical" The feminine swordsman named Kuina slowly pushes her sword into Luffys throat even more as his neck is now slowly forming a cut.

"why would you think that i would join a pirate crew anyways" Zoro stares at the group

"well i-"

"Captain let me do the speaking" Jade interrupted as he knows Luffy would have most likely make the situation worse

"If you join this crew i will guarantee you in behalf of the captains word that i will let you encounter the current strongest swordsman in the world, Dracule Mihawk, as i know you want to compare your strength to him since your ultimate dream is to become the strongest swordsman or swordswoman" He looks towards Kuinas direction

"hold on, how did you know that-" Zoro and Kuina looked at jade in shock

"As once witnessing the strongest swordsman in the worlds power I can confidentially say your power currently isn't even enough to scratch him or even go near him in matter of fact"

Zoro and Kuina clench their fists due to this information as this complete stranger is comparing how weak their strength that they work so hard for was no where near his power

"With my help i can help you guys get stronger in many different ways. Have you guys heard of Haki?"

"Haki?"

"Does Haki taste good?"

Luffy and Zoro both look at Jade in curiosity

"You know Haki?!" Kuina sheaths her sword and walks closer towards Jade clearly interested on what he has to say

"Haki is what most people in the New World have which is way more dangerous than the GrandLine, Haki is essential as in order to compare yourself to the strongest you would need to know Haki first. I wont go into details on the different types of Haki but ill let you guys figure out what your decision is first" Jade finishes his explanation and continues to sheath his sword also hoping his words got into their head a little

Jade is hoping they would agree with his words as if Zoro didnt join the Strawhats would lose one of their main power houses and this time Zoros past rival which Jade can only assume is stronger than Zoro is mixed up in the deal as well

Zoro and Kuina stand there clearly contemplating his words as they look towards each other. Jades invitation, if it was true would guarantee help them towards being the strongest but the thought of having the marines and the government always coming after you did not sound fun

Coby stands in the middle of this dispute confused as hell as he has no idea what all them are talking about other than them possibly making a scary crew in the future. The talk about Dracule Mihawk who was one of the current seven Warlords of the sea also sent a chill down his spine.

Luffy looks at Jade with stars in his eyes as he didnt know Jade knew this much about the world. Him talking about gaining power makes Luffy think if he can get stronger too with this Haki he was talking about

"We have made our decision" Zoro and Kuina declare out loud

This was the decision that may heavily effect the fate of the future straw hats