One Piece: The Power System

The group continued their journey through the sea unbothered by all forces, it wasn't that they were scared, it was just that they didn't run into anyone which was good for them. Conomi Islands could be seen in the distance. At this point, Kuina had gone to take a nap after her intense training on the deck.

Rein was in his room meditating, he was using observation Haki most of the time to hold his perception. Rein wanted to train this ability more because he knew that he would become a heavy armament Haki user in the future. This was especially so because of the fruit he was eventually going to steal for himself. He already had two fruits that were fused, he wanted to get one that could control the weather as well, all weather!

The other Devil Fruit he wanted was just as powerful, it was another environmental changing fruit. Anyway, Rein was alarmed about their approach to the island. "Rein, I see someone on the sea in a boat alone, I can't really see the person but I bet you could." Erica opened the door without knocking and hurriedly spoke to Rein.

Rein nodded quickly and left the room towards the deck with Erica. Once they were on the deck, Erica pointed in the direction of the boat. With Rein's good eyesight, he honed in on the boat fast.

"Ha! Take our ship towards that direction, it's who we're looking for anyway." Erica took the helm and steered it towards what was to her, an unknown person. Rein could visibly see the damage to the ship from the attack of cutthroat pirates that was still present.

"Gonna really need to get some Adams wood, maybe Logue Town has some." This ship was probably not all that durable, it would probably be a problem when he went to enter Reverse Mountain. Before they knew it, they had drawn close to the person on the boat.

This was obviously Nami who was looking at a map of some sort. She was really concentrating, so she didn't notice the ship closing in on her at first. Nami turned around and saw the ship upon her. She was shocked and fell on her b.u.t.t in the boat.

"Ah!" Nami screamed in panic seeing the ship nearly slam into her boat.

"Oh, we didn't see you there, is this Conomi Islands?" Rein suddenly looked over and down towards Nami. It was the real thing from the show, he was secretly surprised.

Nami's glared at Rein then smiled "Yes, this is Conomi Islands, what would you be coming here for?" Hearing what Nami said, Rein knew she was a little thief and was probably plotting on stealing his ship and his treasures.

"Oh, I'm a bounty hunter, we came here to hunt Arlong and his crewmembers! My success rate is a one hundred percent catch rate, he's doomed today." Nami's eyes grew wide from hearing Rein's straightforward statement.

"Y-You want to catch Arlong? Impossible!" Nami didn't know if she should be happy or scared for these guys, were they trying to die? She was also wondering how could a bounty hunter know about this, wasn't this information covered up?

"Impossible? I've caught people tougher than Arlong, he isn't anything special. Take me to your village and we can talk this over or would you rather talk about it up here. I know that you're a thief so don't try to steal anything."

"Uh.." Nami stood up and looked toward Rein and back at her island.

"Okay."

"Ah!" Hearing what she said, Erica jumped on to the boat and picked Nami up in a princess carry and leaped back onto the ship. Nami yelled in fear of being picked up so suddenly, and it was by some woman with ridiculous strength!

"W-What?" Erica put Nami down with a grin, Nami was still shocked with Erica's strength, maybe they could... No, Impossible!

"Erica, steer the ship near the shore, let's board this island!" Rein said, "Nami, you can have a seat you scary cat, no one's going to hurt you, hahaha!" Rein looked Nami and laughed in a somewhat ridiculing matter.

"S-scary cat, who's the scary cat, did you see her unbelievable strength!?" Nami pointed to Rein then Erica. She was a bit surprised he knew her name but she had a bounty on her head as well so it made sense.

"Yeah, she benches trees to get that strong, you should have seen it! That is why she is on my squad and also why she and I will become pirates soon!" After listening to Rein's last bit of words, her face changed greatly.

"P-Pirates! Pirates are all no good, why would you want to become a pirate?" Nami looked at Rein like he was dumb, a pirate, she robbed pirates every chance she got.

"Oh, I guess it depends on the pirates I guess. Only weak trash pirates with no real dreams would torment weak villagers who mind their business."

"That's crazy, pirates all do so many vile things that it's disgusting!" Nami didn't believe any of it.

"Really, then why have the marines been so unaware of the condition of this place? Do you think a pirate like that could just run amuck without being discovered? You know it yourself, stop hiding what you know and say it."

"...." Nami was silent.

"Yes, there should be a corrupted marine stationed here. He is colluding with Arlong, and all the money you earn is going to him to keep silent about what is going on here. Arlong will never free you, you'll be a slave for him forever and ever!"

Nami actually slammed her fist onto the table when Rein was done speaking and stood up. She had her head down so no one could see her expression but you could hear her low whimpers. How could he know all of this when the government and even nobles didn't know, how?

"Okay, relax, I just had to say the truth, it even seems like you want to cover up the truth yourself." Right as he was done, the ship stopped near the shore of the island. Rein looked over at Erica and she nodded indicating that they were here.

"I don't want to but what can I do, I have to listen or he'll..." She didn't want to finish but Rein already knew what would happen. He would get this over with fast, so he could leave to the Loguetown and towards the North Blue. He still needed to head to Myriad Island but he had to go back to CastleFord Island before that.

"Okay, Nami, lead the way to your village, I'm starving!" Rein was pretty hungry right now so he was in a rush to eat something.

"I-I don't know, this doesn't seem to be a good idea." Nami wasn't feeling good about this, if she were to betray Arlong and his pirate crew, she and her village would be done!

"You've been scared for so long that you've become a puppet on a string, it's a good thing you met me, so take me over." Rein said nonchalantly, Nami looked deeply at Rein then shook her head and just led the way.

Castleford Island

"You guys still haven't caught this guy yet!? Are the Marines so incompetent that they can't catch one guy!?" Marth hollered in rage, he didn't expect the marines would have so much trouble catching a lowly bounty hunter.

"Y-Young Master Marth, this bounty hunter is different, he has already shot six marines dead already! They thought he was only good at shooting, so they decided to engage him in close combat and were still defeated!" The Battle Butler tried to explain that this guy wasn't so simple to catch but Marth didn't care.

"Tell those damn marines to step their game up or else! We put a bounty on his head and he even has his own wanted poster now, why isn't anyone hunting him!?" Marth found that the bounty hunters in town didn't go looking for Vindicate for trouble and actually did everything they could to stay away.

"Hehe, well, he sort of has a reputation there and most don't want to go looking for him." The butler wiped the sweat off his forehead and said.

Marth sneered "He is a criminal now, his bounty is 12 Million belies, he won't escape with that much!" Marth said coldly, "Where is my dad, why hasn't he come home yet?"

"He has found a business partner and they met in Logue Town so he won't be back for some time."

"Hmm, what about the two who were working with this Vindicate guy, where are they at this time?" No one heard any news on Rein or Erica for a while now, he was starting to worry. At this time and place, he had a special fruit that could grant powers being delivered to him but it was gone. They couldn't put a bounty on them until they got a good picture of them.

"We don't know but they should turn back up because they still have a hotel booked here. I heard they went out to sea to catch pirates before coming back here." The butler assured Marth that they may be back.

"Good! Tell them to up their manpower to catch this Vindicate guy, he's slippery but he can't keep slipping away for long! hehuehue!"

"Well, we heard that his village was attacked by pirates, thus he became a pirate hunter because of it." The butler spoke on the spur of the moment but suddenly, Marth had a plan.

"Really now, some of the kids in that village that we massacred survived, right? If this is the case, let's lure him in with that, he seems like a caring person, we should be able to lure him in by torturing those little kids we acquired from that village!" Marth sat up and smiled, this was another perfect plan he came up with.

"Young master is wise, we'll do just that!" The butler knew what had to be done and left in a hurry.

"Hehuehue!" Marth laughed to himself believing himself to be the greatest genius on this planet.

Cocoyasi Village

Rein and Erica are currently inside Nami's house. Nojiko is over the kitchen stove making something to eat, it is chicken, rice, and vegetables.

"Oh man, that smells good, I can't wait to see how it taste!" Rein's eyes were locked onto the food Nojiko was making, it smelled so good. "Damn, maybe I should skip Karmen and get Nojiko as my chef!" Rein contemplated but he had to test the food first.

Nami eyes twitched seeing Rein's intoxicated expression, his eyes were full of stars as his focus was on where Nojiko was. Rein's appetite had increased when he came to this world for unknown reasons, he usually ate lightly such as hot pockets which were enough for him. But when he got here it all changed.

"Erica was it, is this guy always like this?" Nami couldn't help but ask. Erica smiled and nodded towards her question. Nami could only think to herself: Can this guy really fight and defeat Arlong, it seems to be impossible!

The food was finally done and Nojiko brought the food over. "I hope our guests can enjoy the food I've prepared!" Rein nodded and grabbed a chicken leg and started eating right away.

Nojiko also took a seat at the table to eat with everyone as well. "So, Rein was it, can you really beat Arlong like you said, this village has been under his control for so long now." Yes, she remembered when he first came, it was like hell was descending onto her village.

"Oh my god! This chicken is amazing and well seasoned!" Rein took Nojiko's hands "Goddess of cooking Nojiko, please join my crew!" Reing bluntly

"W-What?" Nojiko was stunned

"Don't just ask people to join you on a whim!" Nami screamed and wanted to Bonk Rein over the head.

"Oh, yeah, that's true, I better think about this first." Rein said, "I thought about it, she should join!"

"Screw off!"

Everyone continued to eat, Rein demonstrated his power by summoning a fireball in his hand and freezing the floor. Nami and Nojiko were shocked, how can people have power like this, was he a magician?

"So, now do you believe that Alrlong is done for?" Rein smiled with grease around his mouth. Nojiko chuckled while Nami's forehead had black lines forming on it. Erica grabbed a napkin and wiped Rein's mouth with a smile.

"Well, it does seem like you can do it but..." She still had some doubts, to her, Arlong was like an unsurmountable mountain that couldn't be defeated. Nami looked up at Rein and he wasn't there anymore.

"Huh! Where did he go?" Nami and Nojiko looked around, he was in their fridge!

"No many soft drinks in here to drink." Rein looked through the fridge for something to wash down the chicken and rice.

"Don't just go through someone else's fridges!"

Moments later, Rein had a bump on his head. "Wow, so aggressive, calm down why Dontcha, I've had enough beatings in my day." Rein had always been bonked over the head by Garp so this didn't hurt him. He was not in his Logia form when he was nailed over the head.

Nami sighed and took a seat, Nojiko had a strange smile on her face, while Erica just continued to eat silently. She knew Rein was setting the mood for something else but was unsure as to what it was.

"Well, how about you introduce me to Arlong, so I can get this over with! I'll probably have to handle Nezumi as well." Rein didn't care at this point, it looked like he would become a pirate sooner than he thought, which he should have expected.

"T-This.." Nami took a deep breath, "Okay, but you might die if you fight Arlong, are you sure you want to do this?" Nami questioned Rein in hopes that he would give up and not risk his life over this bounty job.

"Time is money and money is time, I think you know a thing or two about that. Where there is money there is me to take it, hahaha!" Rein couldn't wait to rob Alrong's park, there had to be some treasure in there.

Nojiko looked at Nami "Hmm, he sounds just like you, you two are a greedy bunch!" Hearing Nojiko fire shots at her, Nami was a bit upset.

"Hmph! I don't like money all that much!" Nami said. Rein looked at her and pulled out 10 million berries.

"Ah! All that Money!!!" Nami's eyes were filled with greed seeing some many golden coins and money notes. Rein absorbed the money back into his storage and looked at Nami with disdain!

"Pfft!" Nojiko broke out into laughter and pointed at Nami's face. Her facial expression was changing into many colorations: green, white, red, and blue!

"Alrighty then, let's go, I hope you're really as strong as you seem or else." Nami had been tricked so she was a little mad but she didn't care, she liked money and she would shamelessly admit that to anyone.

They left the house but before that, Rein turned to Nojiko. "Think it over, your skills are amazing and I would love to have a chef like you on the team." Nojiko was speechless and didn't answer nor did Rein wait for her answer, he just left.