Naroshi looked up after hearing a slight noise from above in front of where he was currently standing. He was surprised with what he'd seen. A man falling directly down from up above, and landing directly on the ground in front of him, unharmed and unscathed. This feat managed to catch Naro's attention, and he continued to watch the man as he made his way towards him. Naro slightly stood back up, observing the man as he got closer to him. He had short rugged grayish hair. He had a long black jacket and pants, and within his hand was a strange looking gas mask. Naroshi hadn't seen anyone like him since he'd been in the village. He definitely wasn't from Orange Town, that was for sure.

"Yo."

He was greeting him. For whatever reason, Naro hadn't been expecting for the man to acknowledge him. Despite that, he knew that a greeting warranted a response, and he didn't have any intent to be rude.

"Hello there. I saw you take that fall, impressive. Regular people couldn't have done that, that's for sure."

He paused for a moment, thinking of what to say next. He was kind of enjoying the conversation that the two were having, anything that would distract him would be fine enough for him in his eyes. He then abruptly held his hand out forward for a handshake.

"My name is Naroshi, it's a pleasure to meet you Mr..."

He'd end his greeting in a way that would allow him to indirectly ask the man for his identity as well. He wouldn't make his affiliation aware to him off the bat, he was smart enough to know that not everyone would be accepting of a young boy being a pirate.

He listened as the man went on about something Naroshi wasn't entirely sure of, referring to his other "products". Naroshi wasn't sure of what he was talking about, he had no clue at all. Despite that he didn't have time to be confused. He was preoccupied with The man's response to his greeting, watching as he shook his hand and told him that his name was Hakai. Naro made sure that his grip around Hakai's hand was tight and firm, but let up after a few seconds, loosening his grip and placing his hand back over at his side. He then listened to Hakai as he stated his business with Naroshi, telling him that he was wondering if he had any information on Marines moving through the town. If he'd heard about it as well, then it had to be true. He wasn't sure if the marines he'd overheard were just gossiping pure speculation. Someone else was noticing it too. He had confirmed that marines were on the move through from his interaction with the small crew of Marines he'd fought with earlier. The only thing that he still wasn't sure of was of why. Naroshi figured that if Hakai was curious about this as well, then he couldn't have been a marine himself. He could be honest with him, and he could open up.

"I heard. Earlier, there were a few marines talking about something happening in a place called Enies Lobby, and now they're sending in marines to stop more pirates and revolutionaries from coming onto the scene. I'm not sure what happened in this 'enies lobby' place, and to be honest with you i don't know what it is, but that's what i heard. I fought against a group of some of the marines they sent already. I'm not sure if they're sending more, but i'm trying to get out on the ocean before i can find out."

He looked around as Hakai had done earlier, leaning in a little closer to him and lowering his voice to a slight whisper.

I'm a..... I'm trying to become a pirate, and i'm setting out to leave with my brother. The only problem is, i can't find him. I've been looking around for him all day, and i have to get to him and leave before this thing gets way too out of hand."

He payed attention to Hakai as he informed him that Enies Lobby was a prison for pirates, revolutionaries, and anyone deemed as a threat to the government. He wondered how he knew that. He definitely wasn't from Orange Town. Naro knew very little about the world around him because of the fact that he had been stationed in Orange Town so long. His father had taken him to other islands when they were all still out on the ocean traveling, but rarely ever let him exit the ship they were traveling on. He knew that it meant there was still much that he didn't know about the life of a pirate, and much more that he'd have to learn.

Hakai then stated that he knew that Naro had to find his brother, but it would have to wait. Saying that there was a group of marines, about 20 of them heading directly their way, and they'd have fifteen seconds to decide what to do. There were more of them? The rumors were true. He thought that he'd taken care of the few from the group that he'd fought earlier, but he did recall them saying that they weren't the only ones. It was already getting bad. He was running out of time. his first thought was to fight, as he knew that it would be inevitable. It was the most realistic choice, but was it the smart choice? He knew that Orange Town was protected by marines, for a long while now. They were always patrolling around the streets at least in groups of two, and if he broke out into a fight with that many marines in public, something bad was bound to happen. Besides, he couldn't only take into account what he would do, Hakai was with him. Another person he'd be putting at risk by fighting. Their best bet would be to try and flee.

Naroshi kept his body facing Hakai's direction, away from where Hakai had been looking and where the group of marines had been coming from.

"We blend in. Walk away, slowly."

He made sure to keep his voice down to a whisper, and then slowly turned himself to his right, walking forward and away from the marines. He made sure to keep his pace steady, hoping that Hakai would follow after him. His heart was beginning to beat faster, and he wasn't sure of the exact distance between him and the group of marines. He couldn't feel the presence of multiple people directly behind him, so he'd assumed that they weren't directly onto his trail.

"Hold on a second there, kid. Going somewhere?"

Naroshi stopped in his tracks after hearing the voice. It sounded as if it was coming from behind him. He slightly turned his head around, and saw what Hakai had warned him of. an entire platoon of marines, aligned up side by side, ten in front and ten in back. In the center of them all was a single average sized man, wearing the marine clothing with an iron sword at his side still within his sheathe. Naroshi looked over to where Hakai had been standing before Naro began moving away. How were they going to get out of this one?

Seemingly out of nowhere, Naroshi noticed the ground near him began to vibrate, moving towards the group of marines and sending four of them flying up in the air. Right afterwards, Hakai's eyes would meet his, as if he was waiting for a follow up in response. Was that Hakai who'd done that? That was a strange ability, not one that Naro had seen before. Regardless, he didn't have time to ponder what ability Hakai had used. The fact that Hakai had attacked one of the marines meant now, they were fighting, and if he wanted keep both of them alive, he would have to do the same thing. he'd turn his head in the direction of the marines, kicking his right foot back, and then moving it up and to the side maintaining a great speed.

"Rankyaku!"

A compressed blade of air five meters in length went flying out directly towards the group of marines over the five meter distance between them, at a speed faster than their current distance, and thus giving them little to not time to react. The marine with the iron sword responded almost immediately by unsheathing it, and holding it up to protect himself from the attack. The air blade connected with the entire front row of the marines, sending all ten of them flying back. The marine with the iron sword managed to protect himself from the attack, but dented into his sword heavily, rendering it useless.

He heard Hakai say something, and then began running in the opposite direction of the marines. Naroshi immediately followed after, Running directly at Hakai's side. Hakai turned around, and Naro did the same. There were still roughly half of the marines chasing after them, fourteen. Naroshi watched as Hakai took two arrows out, and threw both of them. The two arrows struck two marines in their chests, sending them falling to the ground. Naroshi didn't plan on either of the two taking the lives of any of the marines, he'd just wanted to get away. Regardless, what was done was done. He knew that it would make both of them look bad in the eyes of the civilians, but right now the most important thing was getting the two of them out of their way. There were now twelve of the marines left, still chasing behind the two of them. The marine with the now useless iron sword was gaining in on them the closest, and he wasn't going to let up. Naroshi sighed upon realizing the only course of action the two of them could take, and then stopped running dead in his tracks, and turned around. He hoped that Hakai would have stopped with him, but regardless he would speak to him with his volume elevated.

"There's twelve left, and we aren't getting out of this unless we fight back. You take six, i'll take six, okay?"

The twelve remaining marines were closing in on them at that point in time, and because of that he'd have to act at that moment, regardless of Hakai's response. There was roughly ten meters between them then, and Naroshi decided to make his move. He moved forward in one full burst, clearing the distance between him and the marines, and in the same instance delivering a punch directly in the stomach of the marine closest to the end of the line they'd formed for themselves. After doing so, he delivered a kick to the marine next to him, and threw the marine he'd punched into the water near the docks as the marine he'd kicked fell to the ground unconscious. He witnessed as the marine with the sword attempted to strike him with his bare fist, and in response, Naroshi did the same. He balled his hand into a fist, and began shaking it at great speeds, and then delivered his punch at the same speed he would have delivered his shigan ability. The hit connected with the man's stomach, knocking the wind out of him and sending him flying backwards at a great speed. As he was knocked back, he connected with three other marines, sending them all crashing into a nearby wooden stand. Six down, six more to go.

Naroshi watched as hakai defeated his remaining count of marines at six, stopping and then looking back over at Naro. The two had done it, they were safe.

"This isn't over just yet."

The two heard the voice and looked around back towards the direction of it. It was the marine. Dented sword in hand, blood pouring down his face. He was no longer calm, collective. He was beaten and bloodied, he'd lost. And that always tended to bring out the different side of other people.

"I won't let you two criminals get away with this. Look at these people staring at you. You are the enemy, can you not see with your god given eyes?!"

Naroshi took to his advice, and began looking around. Civilians had gathered out, frightened looks upon their faces. As if they were scared, threatened by him. That wasn't his intention. Some of these people had known him for the majority of his life. He knew that they never liked him, most of them didn't. He had always been shunned away from others because of his father's time as a pirate. They never liked him, but he always kept an optimistic view to keep his father's dream alive. What for? The marine was right. They all thought he was the enemy. He was the villain they all shunned away. This wasn't what he wanted, but he was right.

Hakai sighed, and then pulled out an arrow, throwing it directly at the marine, striking him through the neck, and killing him. The people watching nearby let out screams, while Naroshi only stared in shock.


"Naroshi, we both have to flee. This was fun but you have to find your brother, and I have some unfinished business to take care of."

He was let out of his trance by the words, and then allowed his eyes to meet Hakai's before nodding in response.

"Thank y-"

Before he could thank him, the man was off hopping through the air with another strange ability he'd been utilizing. Naroshi knew he couldn't stand there. Too many people had seen him. He turned and did the same, running away from the scene through the crowd, and away from the main streets, sticking to the less populated areas of town.