Spoiler:

Back in the forest within Yotsuba Island. It has been a few days since the "incident" that took place here between the young ensign, and crazed elderly man. With his recoveries healed, or at least as healed as they could get, James found himself back in the forest, looking for the man who did this to him. Was he looking for revenge, or maybe answers? Even he wasn't too sure about it, or if it was even wise to be doing this.

The sound of footsteps pressing down on the ground, cracking some fallen branches caused some of the nearby wildlife to flee. James took a good look around, his face almost emotionless not just from what happened to him here, but from the pointless killings he's seen the other day in town by a fellow marine of higher rank. It's as if reality slapped him across the face. He stopped walking, and looked down with his eyes closed for a bit. "....Hmph." A small smile grew on his face before looking back up with his eyes opened. He was about to continue on until he noticed from the side of his eyes a group of familiar looking foxes. They looked at the boy for a few seconds before wandering off. Perhaps they knew better than to try, and attack him this time.

The ensign continued to walk until he found himself in a familiar clearing. He stopped right in the middle of this ten meter circular area before putting a hand on the side of his shoulder. It was then he began to rethink that moment in his head. He closed his eyes once more as that scene played itself, being in mid air, suddenly his by a burst of air clean in the chest before falling. Before he could hit the ground, he was hit with an even stronger attack in the same area. The terrifying sound of bones shattering caused James to quickly open his eyes, clenching his shoulder hard as he made a sound as if he were gasping for air. He began to breathe heavily while looking around, sighing as he realized that it was just in his head. He then let go of his shoulder, and placed the hand on his chest, pressing it a bit until he winced. The pain was still there.

The sound of nearby bushes rustling put the marine on edge. He clenched his fists, and held them up in a fighting position towards the bush. Who could it be? Was it the foxes, and wolves from before coming back for revenge, or could it be...that man? Sweat rolled down the boy's skin as he stood there. The bushes went silent. Wind began to pick up, causing the boy's unzipped green coat to flow before stopping. Something then emerged from the bushes.

It was...yet another fox, but it wasn't one of the foxes that attacked him before, it was Felix, the fox James befriended. James stood all the way back up, and sighed before smiling. "It's just you, Felix." the ensign knelt down as the fox approached him, petting him on the head as he got close. It was then, James realized he had something in his mouth. A folded up piece of paper. "Oh?" Felix rested the paper on the ground near James, obviously wanting him to pick it up. The marine looked at him before looking at the paper, picking it up, and unfolding it. His eyes widened as he recognized what it was.

It was the treasure map he was following before.

"This is..." a small smile grew on the boy's face while the fox in front of him tilted his head. Just then, images of naked women, making out with each other on top of stones with ancient texts flashed through his mind. "My ticket to paradise!!!" the ensign yelled causing the fox to jump back a little. It looks like old habits do die hard.

James picked up Felix, and placed him on his shoulder. "Alrighty then. Let's pick up where we left off, shall we." a grin grew on the eager green head's face. This is just what he needed to get his head out of those gloomy, gray clouds. The two began to retrace their steps to make sure they follow the map correctly. Felix jumped off of the boy's shoulder, and began to climb up a tree, jumping from branch to branch as he followed the marine. "Nice!" James complimented the animal with a thumbs up before rubbing the bottom of his chin. "Hmm, do foxes even do that?" he questioned as the fox simply stared back at him, moving his tail a bit. "Yeah, you're probably right." James shrugged. Suddenly....

BANG!

The sound of metal being hit could be heard, scaring off some birds that were resting in nearby trees. The sound was James, tripping over, and falling back first onto the ground. The marine groaned as Felix jumped off a branch towards his new friend. "What the hell is with this grass?" James rubbed his back before resting his hand on the ground, noticing the metal touch. James turned around, and looked down to see that the grass on this part of the ground looked off. After some brushing, James noticed a square shaped metallic looked door, big enough to fit one person at a time. "Oi, Felix? Are you thinking what I'm thinking? the two looked at each other for a few seconds.

"Paradise!!"

James jiggled the handle of the secret door a bit only to find out that it's locked. "Hmmm." the marine sat there in front of it for a few minutes with his legs crossed, and Felix resting upon his head. He then heard, and watched as the handle began to jiggle seemingly on its own, causing hm to jump back, and Felix to fall off. "Paranormal activity!!" James yelled before jumping into a bush, Felix jumping in right behind him.

As the two peeked from the bushes, they saw two figures in black clothing, and brown ponchos over them emerged one after the other, talking among themselves. After squinting his eyes, the marine noticed that they each had one flintlock attached to their wastes. When they were finally away from view, the ensign turned back to the door, and noticed that it was left open. He then looked over to Felix, and back to the door before they both emerged from the bushes, slowly making their way back to the door. He peeked over to see a latter with dim lights at the bottom which wasn't too far down. James placed Felix back on his shoulder, and proceeded to climb down, closing the door, and locking it. As he reached the bottom, James looked down the long lit up hallway with a door at the end.

"Seems like a weird place to hide naked women. Probably not weird to have any ancient texts hidden down here, so that's a win." James said to Felix, who only responded back by nibbling on the marine's jacket. "I wonder who those guys were though." he said as he looked back. "Probably just treasure hunters, looking for MY paradise. Good thing I locked that thingy." he snickered before slamming into the door he was heading towards due to not paying attention.

"Ahh..." he groaned once more as he rubbed the side of his face. He looked at the door before placing a hand on the doorknob, turning it to see that it was unlock. "Well that was easy." James said as he looked back at Felix who was looking at him as they walked in. "Looks like getting that treasure will be a piece of c-" before he could finish, the boy and fox turned around to see three more familiar looking figures sitting on couches in this living room like area, all of them with eyes on the marine.

"....Crap."

"Oh, ummm." The three figures remained silent. It was if the two parties were having a stare off as Felix looked back, and fourth. "Err, my apologies. didn't know that this was a cult of some kind." James slowly backed away only to bump into the two figures who left out earlier. The ensign began to feel one of the figures stomach with his hand in hopes that it was a wall he bumped into, but alas it was no wall.

"Meh, you call those abs?" James questioned as he continued to feel the man's stomach. "I'll show ya abs." James snickered before turning around, appearing that he was going to lift his shirt only to quickly stop to grab the man's wrist, throwing him over his shoulder, and into two of the three figures in front of him, knocking them out. The second figure who just witnessed his partner get thrown was about to pull out his flintlock, only to have it taken out of his hand by Felix who now had it in his mouth. As the figure was distracted, James took advantage of this by punching the man in the stomach, causing him to cough up before being slammed down to the ground by the marine slamming both hands down the back of his foe's head.

As the remaining two figures attempted to rush the boy, James placed both of his hands on their chests with enough force to stop them. Looking up at each of them, James grinned as wax quickly came out of his hands onto their bodies until they were completely covered by it, hardening shortly after into two life size wax models that stood there with surprised expressions frozen on their faces.

James looked around at the unconcious bodies as Felix climbed back onto the ensign's shoulder, getting petted by the green haired boy shortly after. "Thanks for having my back, Felix." James said with a grin before hearing the knob on another closed door on the other side of the room being jiggled.

"Don't tell me there's more..."

Skills:

125/150

Slamming the door open, and rushing in were five more figures in the same attire. They looked around to see the unconcious bodies on the ground, appearing to have handcuff made of hardened wax around their hands. What really took them by surprise was the two wax models standing there with their noses visible as if they were cracked out. The figures looked at each other in confusion at the display, but looked around to see that nobody was here.

One of the figures pointed at two of his comrades, directing them to check the entrance while the remaining three planned to break the others free. Before those two could leave, a loud crashing sound could be heard coming from behind them. They turned around to see that the three behind them were now on the ground, unconcious. Trying to figure out what the hell just happened, the two wen over to them to see if they were alright while looking around. It was then that one of them decided to look up to see some hardened wax on the ceiling above them as if someone was hanging off of it then broken off.

The figure tapped his comrade on the shoulder so he could look up, but was interrupted by a loud "Hey!" from said comrade as he witnessed a door in the room that they came from close shut. The two then got up, and ran into that area which consisted of another hallway with three doors on each side. The two then opened the door they witnessed close, and looked around, seeing nothing. They then looked down, seeing a small fox who just sat there, looking back at them. Suddenly, the two figures were tackled into the room, by a certain green haired marine. They struggled a bit until James got off of them, causing them to get up, and eye their attacker. "Hey, so I'm guessing you guys won't be telling me where the treasure is at?" he tilted his head.

One of the figures pulled out a knife, and dashed towards James, attempting to stab him in the chest, but was luckily deflected by the wax armor that began to cover his skin. The two looked at him in surprise as they just now realized that he is a devil fruit user. James grinned as the wax disappeared before charging at that figure. He quickly clenched his fingers unto the foe's shoulders as claws came out of the marine's gloves, piercing the figures flesh which caused hm to wince, and groan before using the grip as leverage to knee the man in the chest then jaw before letting go, and finishing it with an uppercut, knocking him out.

His buddy who was shocked by the sudden action finally snapped out of it, and attempted to cut the green dodo as well, managing to cut the side of his face. James bounced back in retaliation, and placed a hand on his cheek. "Woah, you need to be careful with those things! They are sharp." James commented as Felix growled at the figure before biting him in the ankle. As the figure attempted to shake the fox off, James grabbed the man by his face, picking him off of the ground. Felix let go, and watched as this happened. "Oh, and by the way." as the figure struggled, James finally launched the figure across the room into a wall, knocking him unconcious in the process. "You're under arrest." James grinned.

Shortly after, the marine handcuffed the rest of the people he just fought, and found himself at the end of this base. Looking around some files he found in the room as Felix rested on a nearby table, James sighed. "Hmmm, no treasure.....Only stuffs about a Revolutionary Army, and plots to overthrow the ruler of Ilusia..." James continued to go through the papers before just now processing what he just said. "Wait...Overthrow Ilusia!?!" James pulled up the papers to see that there are plans on this. Just what the hell did he stumble onto?

Ring ring ring. Ring ring ring.

The sound of a Den Den Mushi suddenly went off on a desk at the end of the room, causing Both James, and Felix to look over. James walked over to the desk, and picked up the Mushi. "This is Agent Z reporting in with more information regarding our takeover." the person on the other end said. James stood there in silence with a look of disbelief on his face. "Is there any body there?" the man on the other end said. James then dropped the snail, and backed away a little before running off towards the exit, Felix following close behind.

"That voice. No...no, it can't be..."  

-Exit-

Skills:

110/150