37AN: This is my first story it will be set in the world of One Piece but will use original characters. OC's are accepted for crew mates, allies, rivals and enemies but I already have an idea of some of the people I want on the crew so submitted ideas for the crew may just become rivals or allies. I will update as much as I can without failing my courses so I hope you enjoy the story and continue to follow its progress.
To sail on calm seas
It was a beautiful day, the sun shone down warming the water and the people sailing it. The glistening of the water perfectly mimicked the glowing orb in the sky as if it were painted onto the blue canvass. The scene was only marred by the heavily weathered floating piece of wood in the centre of the picture. Inside of this sorry-excuse-of-a-boat lay a noticeably short silver haired girl in a black halter top and faded blue denim shorts. There were maps splayed across her lap and around her alongside her grey furry boots and an iron bat. She loudly fumbled with her navigation apparatus while a tall dark skinned boy lay across from her in the small shabby boat. He wore a black sleeveless t-shirt under a grey and black chequered coat the hood of which draped across the water alongside his afro causing ripples to form in the water before being destroyed by the larger form of the boat. He also wore dark jeans and combat boots beside which lay a black messenger bag as well as all of the food collected for the voyage.
Meanwhile the girl was still frantically looking for something before seeing a large silver compass attached to a thick faded metal chain by the sleeping boy's foot. The initial grin that caused her face to shine quickly turned to a grimace as the boy started to snore loudly. With a grunt the boy gently stirred as the silver haired girl leaned towards and him and drew her arm back to hit him in the face with her boot. As the boot was a few inches from his face the boys eyes blasted open and his hand shot in front of his face stopping the grey foot wear before it could cause any damage. "What the hell Kinzoku?" spoke a deep angry voice that shredded the quiet atmosphere of the scene. The girl named Kinzoku gave a loud huff before informing the young man named Zenythe that it was his own fault for falling asleep when he promised to stay awake with her. A memory suddenly popped into both of the heads from a few days ago when they first set off on the adventure and had been sailing for a few hours.
As the navigator of the two man crew Kinzoku had to control the 'ships' direction. Due to the dangerous waters between Oreburgh and the next island caused by the dangerous sea creatures, its powerful waves and its famous whirlpools, Kinzoku had to stay alert at almost all times. This lead Zenythe, in an attempted act of chivalry to loudly proclaimed, "If you must stay awake then I too will not sleep until you get the chance to. After all it is the least that I can do." in order to lighten the burden felt by his captain despite the fact that he wasn't able to sail.
The memory of the pathetic rhyme brought a distant smile to both of their faces before Zenythe's turned into an apologetic smile and Kinzoku's turned into an angry frown. Kinzoku was about to tear into him about what she viewed as the most heinous betrayal when another memory wormed its way into her head.
It was the day that they set off for their journey. Kinzoku was crouched beside a boat readying it for a long voyage; placing her belongings and supplies inside while also checking the boat was sea worthy, when a voice was heard behind her. She jumped readying her bat to incapacitate anyone who attempted to stop her when she noticed it was her closest childhood friend standing before her. Zenythe stood with his hands in his pockets and a lopsided grin plastered on his face. "Weren't you even going to say goodbye?" he quickly asked her.
She stood solemnly for a few seconds before saying, "you can't come with me you may not see it now but you were born to be a marine. I'm not gonna let you give up on that."
Zenythe gave a larger smirk and immediately stated, "to hell with being a marine: following orders, wearing a uniform and being a pawn of the world government doesn't seem like much fun to me. Besides, then I'd have to take YOU out and there'd be nobody to watch your back." Kinzoku immediately tackled him in a bear hug before grabbing his bag and small case throwing it in the boat and jumping in.
She hastily turned to Zenythe with a large grin on her face and ushered him into the boat and said, "then let's GO already!"