Water 7....

A place known for its strange, but captivating designs, water pathways, and of course their excellent shipwrights. It is a go to place for those who want their ships fixed up perfectly. It is quite the beautiful city in which one could find themselves vacationing at. Unfortunately, this isn't why Kibo is here.

The man walked calmly down one of the town's many paths while people constantly passed him, going on about their daily activities. Though he isn't here for relaxing, his face would say otherwise, having a small calm smile on his face as he continued to look forward, walking as if he had no worries in the world. Perhaps even a place like this is enough to soothe anyone.

Kibo's head began to wander, looking up, and around at these stacked buildings, and clear blue sky, only a few white clouds in sight. His head then tilted back down as he started to look at the running water beside his path which pretty much were the "roads" of this place. What an interesting way to travel around a city. The water is so clear that the slim Wano man could see his reflection "walking" along side him in it. The longer he looked however, his smile would slowly fade as he started to think about why he was stationed here.

~Flashback~

In an office like area on an unknown island....

Kibo sat on a metal chair with his sketchbook as well as a pencil in hand, drawing something while in front of a rectangular wooden desk where a woman with glasses, blonde hair put into a bun, and a black business suit sat. "Allure?" Kibo would ask with his head down, focusing on the book, but his ears on the woman who nodded. "You are not aware of them it seems." she'd fix her glasses before continuing. "A supposed group of vigilantes. There have been sightings of their bounty hunting division, the Bluebirds at the island of Water 7. These people are quite...troublesome." she'd finish, fixing her glasses.

"Oh? What does this have to do with me if you don't mind me asking?" Kibo politely asked as he raised his head up to look at the woman. "I have been instructed to give you the job of keeping an eye on them. Given your status, your presence there shouldn't cause any trouble, and we believe you are qualified enough to go alone." she'd say. "So I am just spying on them? For what reason exactly?" he'd ask, his head wandering back down just as the woman slid a Den Den Mushi across the desk. "More instructions will be given to you soon once you get there. Just take this, and prep yourself...." she'd claim, raising an eyebrow as she noticed how further distracted he was by drawing. With their feet close enough, this prompted her to step on one of the man's feet hard, causing Kibo to bounce back, and out of the chair, falling onto his back!

"....and do keep focus, Kibo."

~End of Flashback~

Kibo stopped walking, and sighed before rubbing the back of his head nervously. He finally realized....that he forgot the damn Den Den Mushi! This would be the SECOND time something like this happened. He wasn't too worried about it as he believed he had enough information already, but he was certainly going to get the nagging of his life from that woman which was what he is more worried about....

Some people around Kibo would start to rush towards one of the docks nearby, causing the man to look around out of curiosity. Something about a huge ship, he heard from these people. "A ship?" Kibo would look forward before walking in the same direction as the others until he made it only to see a huge ship docked at the area!! Many people were surprised, and amazed by it along with Kibo who just had the urge to draw it now! He wanted to get a good angle of it, but was quickly distracted by the small group that walked off of it. A strange looking bunch, but there is something about one of them, the red haired man that seemed familiar. His eyes, and soon head followed them as they walked past until his whole body turned to face them while he continued to think.

If only he could recall....

Jade had laid back down on the pile of crates that Junbei had knocked him into before, enjoying the view of the sky they gave him. "What a beautiful view Jade said as he watched the sun beam out from the sky and the fluffy white clouds move along. During his administration of the sky, he heard charlottes voice spread throughout the ship once again, telling them of the destination they will be going too. Water 7? Jade thought he had heard of this place before but he really couldn't really put a finger too it. Luckily after Charlotte had told them it had unique architecture but also amazing shipwrights, bringing back the memory Jade had of this place. He had never actually been here before but he remembers reading about it due to his younger brother wanting to travel here and become a shipwright. Maybe he would be lucky enough too see his little brother again but he didn't want to get his hopes up. It didn't take them as much time to get near the docks gates of water 7 as Jade thought and found his way to his feet as they entered the island more and more.

"Seems like people love our ship Jade said with a grin as he saw all of the peoples amazed looks as the songbirds passed by them, he couldn't blame them for the looks though, he did the same thing when he first saw the ship as well. His grin turned into a laugh as Charlotte began to talk to a stranger who was too stunned by her beauty to talk without stuttering. Jade was pretty sure a lot of guys couldn't function when they first see Charlotte, Jade was lucky enough to not have that spell put upon him. He saw Nico and Caprice talking a few meters away from him, probably talking about being new crew mates, and wanted to go bother them but thought it was best to leave them be for the time being. He just made his way back to his crates as the man told Charlotte where to go so they could get their ship modified, he wouldn't mind staying like this the whole time at water 7 but being a pirate probably wouldn't let him do so.

Jade dreamily looked at the building of water 7, so amazed by it. Nothing he had ever seen was unique as this and it drew him in more, making him wonder what made someone build something like this. He really had to find a library and look up more history of this place, it was probably as interesting as the architecture. Jade saw a large gate open and Junbei excitedly jump up and down saying that they where here. "lll wait till we completely dock to get up Jade thought to himself as he closed his eyes for a few more minutes till the ship had officially stoped moving.

Still among the crowd of people gawking over that huge ship, and the people coming from it, Kibo continued to watch that redhead, still not able to put a finger on where he has seen him before. Perhaps this was just one of those moments? The Revolutionary's eyes then shifted back to the ship, a small smile developing on his face as he overheard people commenting on it, showering it with compliments. Kibo would be lying if he said he didn't agree. He really wanted to draw it, but...

His eyes went back towards those who came from the ship. It appears that most of them went elsewhere while the redhead was still in view, heading over towards some blonde. Fueled by curiosity, Kibo would press on, maneuvering around the people here until he was at least close enough to hear them. He pressed his back against a building facing away from those two, and crossed his arms with eyes closed since he didn't want to make it obvious that he was listening in. Perhaps he will figure out who this guy is. Kibo's closed eyes would quickly spring open after hearing the blonde's first words. Songbird? He would think.

The name started to ring some bells....but they were the wrong bells.

Is that redhead....among those people the man was sent to spy on!? He also had quite the bounty on him from the sound of it. Perhaps that is why he seemed so familiar. People with high bounties are known to be quite...popular.

Those two spoke of other stuff, but Kibo was still in a bit of shock, trying to get his mind together, and grasp the situation. The redhead appeared more...strange than dangerous in Kibo's eyes, but chills would soon run down his spine as he heard him speak of breaking into Impel Down. At this point, Kibo couldn't help, but look in their direction despite how it could possibly give him away. With a stunned look on his face, Kibo couldn't comprehend why ANYONE would want to break into Impel Down. Did he have a friend down there? Was he trying to throw the world into chaos by freeing those prisoners?

His superiors were right with calling these Allure people troublesome.

Eh, give me a few more minutes Jade thought to himself as the boat had officially stopped. He really wanted to get up and explore but his body still wanted more rest, this would probably be the only time he would actually manage to get some before something crazy happened. Jade sighed and started his decent to his feet as he heard the captain get off of the boat by himself. Was he forgetting who he was? He was a world renowned rookie and his presence would not be so easily hidden like the rest of the crews. "Come on Jade! No more laying on crates! Charlotte said as she approached Jade and grabbed him by the ear, following a few minutes behind the captain who had just got off the Dutchman. Nico, Juju, and Caprice all began laughing as they began follow Jade and Charlotte who was currently dragging him. "I WILL CUT YOU Jade said as he started flailing comedically at the three laughing at him.

After anchoring the ship, the crew began their walk with Charlotte in front. After a few feet she stopped then walked around to what Jade assumed to be workers, luckily it was. They talked about how a worker and some of his friends actually had the ship before Junbei. Additional information lead them to find out that the ship was owned by a man named Davy Jones, the former captain of the Yonko, Raphael Aleksejev. Our fates intertwined with such a power man? Maybe I'll be able to fight him Jade said with a grin appearing on his face, his lust for battle had went up again after Skypeia and he wanted to fight someone strong. Though even he knew he had awhile before he would be able to touch someone on the Yonko level. When the strangely dressed man named bobby asked who captained the ship, Jade along with the songbirds asked him what was up with his outfit much to his dismay.

After he stopped bothering bobby, Jade looked around for Junbei but didn't see him. "JUNBEI WHERE ARE YOU" he yelled out loud and was hit on the head by Charlotte for. "Stop yelling! She yelled at Jade as he held the not that formed on his head.

Madness!!

All Kibo could think of at this moment is madness! What would possess a man to want to break into a place like Impel Down? Kibo has personally never been there, but he has read about it, heard whispers of that hellish prison. It was enough to make his skin crawl. For someone of his bounty, one would think that the redhead would try his best to AVOID such a place, but to head there intentionally? What was his angle?

Kibo wouldn't realize that he is still staring in the duo's direction until the redhead finally turned around to face him, knocking Kibo out of his little "trance." He has been spotted....shit. The Revolutionary couldn't help, but stand there with his eyes still on the pirate's. What was he going to do? He knows he was being spied on, and may not take too kindly to people who knows. Then it just occurred to Kibo that he....forgot his freaking sword!! First the snail, and now this!?! This was really an off day for the poor man. No matter, he could still probably take this man on without it. Preparing for the worse, Kibo balled up his fists, but they would quickly loosen with a dumbfounded expression on his face....

Did he just...wink at him?

That was something....the slim man didn't see coming. Kibo confusingly tilted his head some, still trying to piece together what exactly just happened. Maybe he didn't realize he was overheard? Maybe he didn't care? No...highly unlikely. Kibo placed a hand under his chin, lowering his head some as he pondered only to see from the corner of his eye that they were on the move, going inside of that building after hearing a voice call out to one of those two inside. He cannot let that man get away yet! Kibo was instructed to spy on these people....probably, and this right here would ruin it! The man then contemplated on trying something more...bold?

"H-hey, wait!" Kibo would say as he started to speed walk in their direction, maneuvering around some people, and bumping into others with a quick apology. Before he could get to them however, he bumped into another person, causing him to drop his sketchbook, and pencil. Quickly he would crouch down, and try to get them up. If anything ever happened to his precious art, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself!

Jade stood with the rest of the crew as he heard his captain respond to him calling his name. "that really hurt Charlotte Jade said as he kept rubbing the not on his head, man he didn't know she could hit so hard! Probably from training with her now and arrow so much. The pain started to subside just in time for Junbei to start walking in with what Jade assumed to be a shipwright as he was blabbing on about modifications of the ship. One word Jade manage to catch in his blur of blabbing was a sea stone hull. Jade wasn't all too familiar with ship parts but he knew sea stone was a powerful thing, it could even nullify someone with devil fruit powers such as Junbei. The young songbird had only knew this because he once had a beautiful sword made with sea stone but fighting with the Shandia in Skypeia had caused it to break, ultimately breaking his heart with it. Got to make sure to get another sea stone sword one day Jade said as he sulked a little bit remembering his beautiful bong seon.

In his sulking state, Jade could see that Junbei had dropped something from the papers he was reading. It seemed to be bounty posters and Jade hoped too see himself within the bunch of posters so he could see his current bounty. However before he could Junbei had said that someone had bombed the Reverie and the world nobles declared war on one of the Yonko, Oceanus. Jade laughed as Junbei asked what the reverie was before Charlotte took the news paper from his hands to read it and relay the information to the rest of them. While she did that the bounty posters where picked up off of the ground, the ship wrights naming off the bounties of those within. "79 Billion!!!! Jade yelled in shock, he had never knew of such a high bounty before, that was legendary feat to get a bounty of even 1 billion! He could see why Oceanus is a Yonko but Jade also wondered what he did to get such a large bounty as well. Some more people named Birdie and Asher where mentioned in the bounty posters as well but not high enough to shock Jade like Oceanus but they still had a large amount. There seemed to be one last bounty poster to be called out and it was Junbei's.

Captain's bounty is that high now? Jade said as shock took over for a second, he didn't know that the innocent looking Junbei could be such a wanted man but then again, Jade saw the destruction he could do. Sadly for Jade he wasn't in the bunch and jealously clawed at him a bit, he knew being wanted by the world government was a great thing at all but he wanted too see how much of a threat the world government thought of him as. You'll get there Jade said to himself as he saw Caprice looking terrified and Junbei blushing, man was he happy to have such a powerful man on his side. "Huh? Jade said as the serious voice of Charlotte rang through the air and he turned his attention to her, whatever this reverie was and want went down must be truly terrible.

Oh, how could he have been so foolish!?

Kibo dove to the ground to attempt to retrieve his sketchbook, and pencil from the ground. Next to his katana which....he forgot to bring with him, that book is his most cherished item! It was the only thing he had left of his late friend, Leo, the boy who led him to the passion of drawing when they were both slaves on that hellish island....

As he attempted to scoop up his things, Kibo would pause as he saw a shadow over him. Quickly looking up, he would see someone's boot about to come down on his precious book. What...what was this man trying to do!? Was he really trying to destroy his precious belonging!? Kibo's eyes simply widened as he was frozen in shock for a bit. It wasn't until the boot was about to come down that Kibo would move again. Not to attack this man, but to instead bend his body over his book in an attempt to protect it. He didn't care what happened to himself. This guy could stomp on Kibo's back all he wanted, but he wasn't going to dare let him anywhere near his book! Squinting his eyes shut, Kibo prepared for the worst.

But then....

Kibo could feel a brief gust of wind blow by, and after a few seconds of nothing happening, he would open his eyes, and look up to see that very redhead causing that jerk to fall over onto his back. Kibo looked over to the downed man with widened eyes as he hugged his book close to his chest. What just happened? A bit distracted by the asshole on the ground, Kibo quickly turned his head back towards his savior as he let out a 'Hey.' He then asked if the black haired man drew, causing Kibo to look down at his sketchbook before looking up to the smiling guy, nodding his head with a puzzled expression still on his face. That guy would then yell at the redhead before suddenly changing his tone, and proceeding to run off with his partners. There was that word again....

Auburn Songbird.

Kibo continued to watch the redhead as he started talking again. It seems that people here already know of these Songbird people, but....they don't seem to be up to no good like his superiors claimed....Though he is still thinking about the wrong group....

He....just helped out a complete stranger, and is being nothing but nice. A stranger who he KNEW was spying on him! Though Kibo isn't a Marine, this redhead still treated him with respect despite thinking of him to be affiliated with those World Government dogs. Now, he wants Kibo to follow him? The slim Wano man was just at a lost for words, not able to get anything out at this point. Sitting there for a second, Kibo would just watch as the redhead walked back towards the building. Finally getting himself together, and looking down at his sketchbook once more, Kibo would get back up, and proceed to walk, following those two in. He still needed to gather information on these people, so.....why not?

Finally entering, Kibo would peek from over the blonde's shoulder as he first saw the teen with a knot on his head complaining to that woman about something. The woman then started to speak of the Reverie, prompting Kibo to look in her direction with an eye raised. The Revolutionary man already knew enough about that....The meeting of the "Devils" he would call it. He has also heard whispers of these bombings that happened there, and the names being called out by her.

Though, he wasn't at all aware of the Nobles actually declaring war on one of the Yonko. This wasn't the information he was tasked at getting, but still it was pretty good information. If not for the Revolutionary then himself since the superiors would most likely already know these things. Not at all hearing Nico's whisper, Kibo would be surprised at the redhead's sudden outburst, causing him to turn his head over to the yelling man.

Cipher Pol was another thing Kibo has heard about, but had even less information on them than anything else he has heard. The Government's secret police? Those bastards just seem to always have things hidden like the scum they are. The more Kibo stood here, the more information he continued to get from these people. Even more than when he was attempting to spy! Though it didn't go as plan, the head on approach seems to be proving more rewarding.

Kibo couldn't help, but ball up his fists as he listened on about this Buster Call. He glanced down while he started to get lost in thought. What would possess anyone to destroy an entire island JUST for one person!? All those poor people who lost their lives when the Marines could have just went on it themselves, and apprehend the person they were after! Stuff like this is what makes those guys true demons. That, and the cursed Warlord system.....These things needed to be put to an end.

The World Government needs to be put to an end.

Still focusing on his own thoughts, Kibo wouldn't look back up until that blonde started to talk, taunting the laid back redhead about beating someone up which led to the guy bringing up his insane idea about Impel Down.

"I'm sorry, but...." Kibo would finally walk from behind the blonde guy for everyone else to see him. He'd look down at the fainted shipwrights for a second, blinking some as he finally noticed them on the ground before shaking his head some, now looking towards the redhead with a concerned expression. "That sounds like a death wish. Why would anyone possibly want to break into that...place? Especially someone of your bounty?" Kibo questioned, before looking around at the others, just now realizing that he rudely interrupted them. With that, he backed up a bit before bowing apologetically at the redhead.

"My apologies.....for the interruption." he claimed before raising his upper body back up. "Also, I'm not... he'd clench his fists a bit before loosening them up some. He honestly found it a bit insulting that anyone thought him to be one of those dogs, but he couldn't blame him. " I'm not a Marine. I was just curious about that ship of yours. Perhaps I could get an opportunity to draw it if you don't mind?" he claimed, raising his sketchbook up as he scratched the side of his cheek with a small smile on his face. "Oh, and I would like to thank you on what you did back there, Junbei was it? I really appreciate it." His words were true, none of it a lie....but he did purposely leave out his affiliation with the Revolution, and his task of spying on them....

Which he STILL had wrong on the spying part...

A gathering of world nobles eh? And someone managed to blow such a thing up? Man Asher and Birdie where basically heros to Jade now thanks to the news coo. They managed to make a huge blow against the world government and their faulty nobles, maybe he could meet them some day. The topic then reverted back to the man with the seventy-nine billion bounty on his head, the Yonko Oceanus. For the world nobles to declare war on such a man, well FISHman but who was keeping track of all that besides Jade. One of the fishman workers stated that Oceanus hated humans period, so he probably wouldn't take too well to having war declared on him. It'll be fun watching the world nobles get beaten Jade said snickering too himself as he noticed a purple haired man appear behind Nico, must be someone Junbei had recently met. While looking behind Nico, Jade saw him mumble something but couldn't quite hear what he had said. luckily enough Junbei had heard what he said and it was something about cipher pol. "Guess it's no surprise the marines have such a faction at their disposal Jade said as he picked his ear nonchalantly.

At the next piece of news, Jade's jaw basically dropped to the floor. "JAYA WAS DESTROYED? He said as disappointment covered his face, the damn marines where stupid! They didn't have to destroy the one place where he met Junbei and joined the songbirds. However after the sad news Jade got to laugh a little as Junbei pointed out how much trouble they all had caused in Jaya well as Charlotte pointed out, it was Junbei, Mavis and himself that caused all that ruckus. He remembered his first fight with the marines with star covered eyes as if it where his crowning achievement. Apparently the government had caught wind of what had happened in Skypeia, lovely they must have been watching them and more shocking news came as it stated the former pirate king was going to be executed a year and one month from now. So much news at one time! Jade thought to himself as Charlotte handed him the news coo first. The rest of the crew kept talking as Jade read over the paper before he heard Junbei say something about breaking into Impel down. He looked up from the paper slowly to look at his captain with a huge smile "Sounds like fun! I'm in Jade said with stars in his eyes as well before the unknown man chimed in.

"eh, who are you? And one thing I'll tell ya now about the songbirds, we are a crazy bunch! Jade said chuckling before handing the paper too Juju and watching the new stranger turn and talk to Junbei about something else.

Kibo looked towards the teen who had just spoke. Crazy bunch was certainly the right word...

At least the woman over there seemed to be sane enough to....faint over such a thing. The teen had asked Kibo who he was, and before he could tell him, Junbei chimed in with an answer. Something that would kind of get to the Revolutionary. The questioning man's black eyes would raise a bit as he realized this man was planning on doing this to save someone close to him. Still, the idea of breaking into that place was suicidal, but now Kibo felt bad about bringing it up. He'd then bring up a comment, and question that would further deepen his views on both this redhead, and himself.

"I'd break into hell if I had to save my friends, wouldn't anyone?"

A very interesting, and noble comment. Kibo couldn't help, but to look at this man for a bit then down at the ground with eyes lowered. He'd look towards the others, and go on with his apology, and wanting to draw that ship. With Junbei's approval, Kibo's small smile would grow a little bit more, further indicating his passion for drawing. Junbei would go on to introduce himself, declaring himself to be a pirate as well as a musician. That was quite the combination, and the name. "A pleasure to meet you." Kibo would say before Junbei continued on.

It seems he has finally realized how much of a bad idea going to Impel would have been, causing Kibo to sigh in relief. Though the interest of still wanting to go there on a later date was still unsettling. In Kibo's eyes, it didn't matter how strong one could get, there would be no way they could break into a place like Impel Down, and survive!

"Well...I suppose that's good. For no-" before Kibo could finish, he would notice Junbei coming closer, his hand inching towards his neck! With a puzzled expression, Kibo slowly backed away, but would be caught in the man's grasp before being walked out with that teen following most likely. The redhead started issuing out orders to his crew as the artist looked towards him then the crew then down at the man's hand confusingly. Not really feeling hostile, Kibo would not put up a fight, but the expression on his face would prove that he felt pretty uneasy about this. At least they were going to the ship, so there was that.

The trio sat on some barrels at the dock right by that large ship. Kibo would look up at the Dutchman as he believed they called it, admiring it some with a soft smile as his sketchbook, and pencil rested on his lap. There were obvious signs that this thing has been through a lot, but that only made it more admirable. The rev would break his concentration on the boat, and look over to Junbei with a quiet nod to his question. A song would certainly be welcomed in such a calm atmosphere. As Junbei started humming, Kibo would look back at the ship, and open his book to prepare himself only to get his attention taken away by the redhead once again after hearing....a piano!? His fingers were moving in rhythm to nothing yet the sounds of a piano playing was clear as day. Was he not seeing something?

"Oh...It's Kibo...." Kibo would continue to look at his fingers, trying to figure out this guy's secret. "Kibo Yamanaka..." he'd finish, tone drifting from trying to figure this out. He would then tilt his head over to the teen, to make sure he was seeing the same thing, and not going crazy.

Just, what the hell is this sorcery!?