Chapter 7 Crocodile

After their encounter with the marines, they had a smooth travel. Now, the log pose was starting to point upwards. As he set out towards, the island Jaya, he noticed there were several ships following him. He looked at their flags and instantly noticed who it was. Baroque Works.

Paul: " looks like Crocodile is finally taking revenge on me for taking his organization members hehe."

Paul stopped sailing and waited for them to surround him.

Mr.5: " Chaos pirates, Baroque works has put a bounty on your head:"

Paul smiled.

Paul: " Come and get it then"

He noticed besides Mr.5 who has the bomu bomu no mi fruit, he also saw his partner Miss Valentine. He looked around as he was searching for Vivi and Igaram to see if he could get a quest. He didn't mind fighting Crocodile since he was more than strong enough. Sure enough he found the two on another ship.

Paul: " Leave the girl with the blue hair and the guy with that weird blonde hair alone, deal with the rest."

Nodding their head, Daz and Sera took off while Robin protected the ship.

Paul's destination was where the ship Mr. 5 was on. His devil fruit is pretty strong but he was just weak himself. Perhaps... Paul could recruit him... nah maybe he will just look out for his devil fruit once he kills him.

Jumping into the air, Paul steadily head over see Mr. 5 take out his revolver. Breathing into the chamber, he shot towards Paul.

Paul took the attack head on. Paul crossed his arms in front of him, blocking the bullet. Paul wanted to test his defenses against a guy that was basically a walking bomb, cannon. 'boom' an explosion occurred on Paul's location.

Paul was blown a few few back. Paul looked at his arms and found that there were only scratched on him.

Paul: " Heh"

After Paul took the attack head on he no longer took his time and went after Mr.5. 'Soru' Paul instantly arrived in front of Mr.5 and punched in his face sending him flying.

'crash' Paul came running towards Mr.5 again this time turned his hand into a bright red dragon claw and dug it into his chest.

Paul: " Dragon's breath"

Fire spread into his palm and used the Rokuogan demolishing Mr.5. Mr.5 died just like this.

Miss Valentine: " Yahahahaha, 10000 kilogram press"

Miss Wednesday came falling down.

Paul: " Idiot"

Paul dodged the attack easily and Miss Valentine came through and fell though the boat and into the water. Dead, drowned to death. With the boat breaking apart from Miss Valentine's attack, Paul flew into the air and went to destroy the leftover boats. Miss Valentine also has a pretty good devil fruit too, but she it is wasted on her.

Daz and Sera also cleaned up the leftover boat and the only people left over from Baroque Work were Vivi and Igaram.

Paul: " Nefertari Vivi, princess of Arabasta, why are you working with Baroque Works."

When Vivi hear the pirate in front of him say her name, now she knew why he spared her.

Vivi: " My country has been experiencing some difficulties ever since the Shichibukai started, I have been investigating the cause of this. There were drought and my father was claimed to have rain powder that has been banned for usage. Now there is a rebellion because of it. When I investigated I found that it was the works of an organization called Baroque Works, so I have infiltrated so that I can find the mastermind... but I am still having trouble..."

Paul: " I already know, who the mastermind is, Vivi. It is Crocodile the Shichibukai"

Vivi: " What... Impossible ever since he entered my country he has been helping us take care of pirates that entered and caused harm... wait... now it all makes sense. How, how dare he!!!!!"

Paul: " What are you gonna do now with that information. Surely you can't be thinking about taking him on with your strength..."

Paul was just waiting. Waiting for quest to show up 'hahaha'. Also with Sera's personality, she also won't be letting this go as this was a similar situation to what happened to her country. With their strength he knew that he may only have a chance of improve his stats because of Crocodile's status and not because of his strength. But a quest from Karen would make things official.

After gritting her teeth,

Vivi: " Could, no, Please help me. I saw your strength, I also know your bounty is higher than Crocodile when he got accepted as a Shichibukai."

'ding'

' Sudden Mission: Escort Nefertari Vivi back to her country safely and defeat Crocodile"

Rewards

+10 Stats

1000 SP

Paul looked back at his crew

Paul: " Should we take a detour?

Sera: " Of course, how detestable the world government is by giving the pirates a pardon. How much more will they take from us."

Daz and Robin didn't care much. They had loose ends with Crocodile anyways as before meeting Paul, they were about to join Baroque Works. Paul did not originally want to steal Luffy's future glory but since they came to him he'll change the plot just a bit.

Paul: " Alright we'll help you."

He would 'ask' for payment too but he knew that if he did, he might look a little ugly in Sera's eyes, which he did not want as they were not as close yet.

Paul: " You got a Eternal Pose for Arabasta right, You can come with us"

Since she is already at this point, there was no hesitation as Vivi, Karoo, and Igaram got on board.

So with the change in destination the headed straight towards Arabasta. It will take about half a month of time of travel. However, with Paul's continued master over the water, it will only take a week. During this one week period, Vivi and Sera had gotten close with one another. Beside training, Sera would come and talk to Vivi about their past and future. During the time of sailing, Paul would teach Robin how to navigate and what to watch out for in the sea. With her ability she can easily multi-task and would be able to manage it while he trains. With their resources, they did not need to make a stop.

A week later...

Docking their ship, the rebellion was not far from the point of battle erupting but there was still tension in the air.

Paul: " You guys go ahead and escort Vivi to the palace. There's something that I need to do."

Paul was heading to Yuba, where Koza the rebellion leader stayed at.

Feeling the presence of another person

Koza: " Who's there!!"

Paul: " Relax, I'm not here looking for trouble"

After Paul met up with Koza, He told Koza everything about crocodile and what Vivi has been doing. Hearing the truth Koza became angry but was also filled with relief as the kingdom that he lived in still had the same kind king that he knew of. He was angry by how Crocodile played with his country and the lives in it. If Paul hadn't told him everything, he would've committed a great crime against his country for nothing. After this, Paul told Koza to keep the information a secret until he and his crew took care of Crocodile. Immediately Koza called for a gathering and explained to everyone to delay their tactics against the King.

After settling that affair, Paul wanted some troops for the ship so Robin don't have to protect the ship all the time. Kung-Fu Dugongs. Kung-Fu Dugongs were sea animals that looked like a seal that had a turtle shell. They had a close to human intelligence and had a code of warrior where they challenged people and if they are defeated, they become their disciples.

Arriving at the area where the Kung-Fu Dugongs were seen in the anime, Paul saw them approach him. If only he got the skill conqueror's haki he wouldn't have to fight directly, but it made no difference to him.

Seeing a person approach them, about 10 Kung-Fu Dugongs ran towards Paul. They all saluted to him and took a battle stance. Amused by their actions, Paul also saluted, he found this really entertaining. As soon as Paul saluted they all came at Paul, leaping into the air and punched towards him. In just an instant, Paul came in front of all 10 and punched them and temporarily knocked them out. Paul waited for them to wake up.

Paul: " Alright, my little disciples. Follow me, I'll make you guys strong."

Hearing the words of the person that beat them so easily, their eyes sparkled and bowed, then they followed after him. Paul was taking his sweet time with this because Daz and Sera could already take on Crocodile with their haki. He led them back towards the ship, taught them a few moves and showed them the training room. For them to learn haki, was too soon as they need to build up more strength. Paul also had a thought in mind, ninja turtles. After he gets stronger and build up to yonko level status, he can put them under Daz or something and make a assassin group. He tied a cloth to each of them in different color so he can tell the difference between them. Once he find the strongest he might give it a devil fruit or something along the way.

After settling them down,

Paul: " protect this ship and wait until me and my pirate group come back."

Seeing the salute in response, Paul went towards the palace where the rest should've escorted Vivi.