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"You’ll give it you’re best shot wont you?"

With the threat of pursuit by the Children of the Sun hanging over his head now, Juan walked through the streets of Water 7 towards the business district. Despite all the commotion he had caused last time, he was able to walk through the area without being recognized most likely because everyone who had been around at the time was either dead or too afraid to come back. "I might have to check out that sword shop I've heard so much about, maybe I'll pick myself up something shiny."

As Juan entered the business district, he noticed that things had calmed down a lot from the way they were last he he was there two days before. "That's good, with things so calm maybe people won't be on alert as much unless a marine who was here then sees me," There was no chance of that happening though, because every marine who had been there at that time would either be in a bag or off somewhere telling their side of the story. Juan would bet that he'd probably have a few more days before his face was all over Water 7 and possibly everywhere else. Continuing to walk, Juan soon found himself in front of Wazu's Primal Sword shop. When Juan walked in he noticed that there were only two people with him inside. The shop worker that Juan could only assume was the Wazu that the store was named after; and another man with bright red hair and and a long coat. Juan ignored the two men for a moment to look at the array of different swords that were all over the shop, before one in particular caught his eye. It was magnificent; 70 centimeter long blade with one of the most gleaming blades Juan had ever seen. "I need to have this. I need it in my life." The sword filled Juan's mind, and it was all Juan could think of as he walked up to the counter with it. On his way up to buy the sword Juan bumped into the man in the long coat, knocking him over.

After knocking the man over Juan would completely ignore him as he rose up and tapped him on the shoulder. As soon as Juan turned around he was met with a sucker punch that knocked him off his feet and put him on his ass. "You do not just knock over Fiero, newest member of the feared Greenbeck Pirates." With the man's words he also made a series of exaggerated movements punctuated by a spin. "For your crimes, I'll allow you to keep your life but I'll be taking this sword and keeping it for myself." With that, Fiero would reach down and pick up the sword Juan had been holding as it fell to the floor when Juan did. While Juan would usually have tried to kill the man for hitting him, he could do nothing but sit on the floor and hold his jaw as he thought over what the man had said. Even when Fiero left with the sword  and the store worker was shouting at him to give it back only one word was on Juan's mind,'Greenbeck'

Juan continued to sit on the floor until he heard to store worker that the marine would be on their way to find that thief soon. Juan would then get up and leave the store, flying away to ensure that he would be gone by the time the marines got there. Juan would fly straight out of the business district to a somewhat secluded area. To think about how royally he had just screwed up. "I had a Greenbeck right next to me and I just froze up. I'm such a screw up." After so much time being sure the cult could help him if he ever met with the Greenbecks, he runs into them when he finally stops dealing with the Children of the Sun. "Well I know where they are. I guess I'll have to find them and take them on myself with my new power." And while Juan said those words with conviction, he had very little faith that his abilities would be enough to take down a whole pirate crew on his own.

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"You’ll give it you’re best shot wont you?"

As Juan stood in the secluded area he had chosen to land in he heard a voice in the distance causing him to think that the area was less secluded than he originally thought.

”This isn’t how you treat the Greenbeck Pirates”

”Again with that name, it’s almost like they’re taunting me. They just won’t get out of my life!” Deciding that it would be better to just leave them alone for now Juan would turn on his heels and begin to walk away from the area, only stopping to turn around when he heard the sounds of struggle followed by a large splash. Juan had no desire to get involved with whatever could have caused the noise, especially if the Greenbecks were involved, and after all the changes in his life he’s had to get used to he really expected himself to be able to just walk away. All the changes to his body and mind hadn’t changed his heart though, he couldn’t just walk away from the situation if there might be someone in danger. *sigh* I wish I could just learn to leave stuff alone.” Turning on his heels once more Juan would spread his wings and take off flying in the direction he had heard the voices coming from.

As Juan arrived in the area, he noticed a group of about 4 men all looking into the depths of one of Water 7’s many waterways. As Juan floated down towards the men at a pace that would honestly be described as stalking if he was on the ground he would begin to hear bits of the men’s conversation:”Damn, I cannot believe Hiru would be dumb enough to get himself dropped into the Water, there’s no way we can get down to him without risking ourselves. All over a fight with a random man who isn’t even a pirate.” Hearing this, Juan would look down at the water where the pirates were looking. Now that they mentioned it, there were a few air bubbles bubbling up on the surface. ”I can’t go down into the Water to save whoever’s down there, but I can at least do something to those guys who are still up here and reachable.” Remembering Captain Kiri’s Information Juan would choose to preserve his own life over jumping into the Water and just attack the group of 4 men that were near him. As he prepared to swoop down and attack the men though, a voice in the back of his head stopped him,’This isn’t you Juan. You know that the right thing is to help him out even if you don’t want to.’ Juan would shake his head to try and get the thought of being a hero out of it, but he knew that the voice was right. Juan needed to help that drowning man and would have to avoid fighting those men to do it.

From where Juan was flying above the Waterway he was able to sort of see where the two men were currently struggling. Knowing he only had one shot, Juan would close his right eye and make a bit of a funny face as he aimed down at the men below. As a paw shaped sphere of compressed air shaped on his open palm the two men would feel a bit of a change in the air, perhaps through some form of supernatural ability. The man who had been fighting Baioretto with a gun looked up at Juan and took note of his place. There was no initial reaction to seeing Juan, as the interaction currently going on beneath him seemed much more concerning. When the paw shaped blast left off of Juan’s palm and entered the water, going straight down to strike the giant man currently fighting Baioretto, stunning him and causing him to let go of the struggling devil’s fruit user. Juan had no clue of the man’s devil’s fruit powers, so he would only be assuming he was going to be able to save him by getting the huge man off him. Not knowing that he was mistaken, Juan would celebrate his small victory as a shot from the pistol of the man currently below him whizzed by his wing, barely missing him. ”My next shot won’t miss,” cane the voice of the armed man as he shouted up to the winged man. From his position 25 meters above the head of the man, Juan was definitely stunned by the accuracy of the shot. His own shot, while definitely from a longer range, was much larger and also assisted by gravity; this man below him was definitely no Novice with his small revolver.

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"You’ll give it you’re best shot wont you?"

As the man holding the revolver stared down the winged navigator, a million thoughts were running through his mind. 'What can I even do? From this position he'll probably be able to take me down the second I move.' Mind racing trying to come up with a solution to his problem, Juan would be forced to sigh as he realizes that there is no real plan. He would be forced to just try his hardest to survive and defeat the man before being shot. Preparing himself Juan would begin to slowly descend, so slowly at first that it would appear as if he simply stopped flying and fell to the ground, but in reality his open wings were slowing his fall dramatically. Juan would keep his wings wide preparing for his moment to attack. Once Juan reached 20 meters above the head of the revolver wielding man, he would be gifted a golden opportunity. A loud splash from the direction where he had sent his previous attack. The 5 men who were above the Waterway all looked over at the source of the splash, though the 3 who weren't Juan or the man wielding a revolver were already looking in that direction and were just a little too slow to notice the man jumping into the Water right near their eyes.

While Juan was curious of what had caused the splash he knew he couldn't be allowed to be distracted by it along with the other men.In fact, their distraction would benefit Juan greatly. The man who had been wielding the revolver aimed at Juan now aimed at the spot on the Water where it rippled most, and beginning to pull the trigger once he saw air bubble appear on its surface. Before he could actually apply the pressure needed to fire the weapon though, Juan would launch at him from above, delivering a strike to the elbow of the man with his paw. The repulsive force of Juan's pawpad would force the attacked joint to bend forcefully backwards from the way it was intended, breaking the target arm and forcing him to drop the weapon. In that moment where Juan fought though, the 3 men who had previously ignored him due to their lack of land to air combat capability sprung into action. The leftmost man was a portly fellow wearing a black bandana and a sailors shirt, and an apparent attitude shown when he attempted to punch at Juan from below. On the far right was a well built man with a bandana matching the one worn by his friend, and his matching attitude was accompanied by a kick out at Juan's midsection using his right leg.

Attempting to protect himself, Juan would go low from his position 5 feet above the ground to touch the ground and kick the knee cap of the leg which was used to support the kicking form of the man. The force of Juan's kick plus the momentum of his own would send him flying into the Waterway below. His portly friend's fist would be knocked aside by Juan's own as the two met in the middle, with Juan's superior strength allowing him to knock aside the punch of the weaker yet still larger man. Though knocked off balance by the simultaneous strike, the man was not actually defeated untila left hook from Juan slammed into his jaw, lifting him off of his feet and flinging him towards the waterway in such a way that his legs remained on the ground of Water 7 while his upper half leaned over the edge. Juan's display didn't allow him to deal with the man in the middle though, who delivered a left cross the the jaw of the winged man who had landed on the ground in order to fight the other men. Dazed and confused, Juan went reeling from the unexpected blow.

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"You’ll give it you’re best shot wont you?"

As Juan reeled from the heavy punch that struck him in the face and nearly knocked him into his ass, a burst of action in the area essentially saved him from what could’ve been a major ass kicking. In a flash his friend and potential rival Rocco appeared and joined the fight  to help him out. As Rocco took out the man Juan had crippled but failed to actually incapacitate, a man with purple hair seemingly appeared from the gun of the man who had nearly put Juan out of the fight. Though Juan was sure that the purple haired gentleman was cool, and from his soaking wet appearance he was probably the man Juan had attempted to save from the Water, Juan felt that this battle was more personal than he was comfortable accepting help with. In a flash Juan would launch himself towards his opponent at his maximum speed, delivering his strongest slap into the jaw of the man being held at gun point with his own weapon. The slap was so powerful and surprising that the man would be lifted off his feet, and his unconscious body went flying into the water below, joining his friends.

After sending the man flying, Juan would turn to the man holding the gun; now standing directly in front of him with the gun pointed in his direction. Virtually ignoring the weapon Juan would extend his hand out intending to shake hands with the man, but would quickly switch to a fist bump upon remembering that a simple touch of his hand could send grown men flying. ”Hey I’m Juan. Thanks for the help with that guy back there, he nearly put me to sleep from a single blow haha!” While he normally wouldn’t be so friendly with a stranger, the presence of Rocco and his obvious comfort around the purple haired guy out Juan at ease.

Speaking of the determined Martial Artist turned cultist turned Pirate, Juan would hear the reply of the purple haired savior before putting out his fist for his friend to bump as well, but it wouldn’t matter much since as soon as the fists made contact Juan would pull in his friend for a hug. ”Man, I wasn’t sure I’d ever see you again after I left you behind with that group.” Saying it out loud would cause the guilt of just leaving Rocco behind to return to Juan’s mind,”Speaking about that, I’m really sorry about just leaving you like that bro. I now know that I had just eaten a devils fruit and I didn’t really know how to deal with it. That doesn’t excuse my doin that to you though, so if you’re still angry about it I’ll understand.” The actual regret in his eyes would be obvious, and hopeful led enough to convince Rocco to forgive him.

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"You’ll give it you’re best shot wont you?"

”Yeah I ate a fruit back when we were dealing with the cult guys, that’s how I dealt with them and why I left so quickly,” Juan would hold his open palm in front of Rocco, careful not to actually make contact with his friend, and explained some of what he knew about his abilities,”Basically the devils fruit gave me these paw pads on my hands. And I know it may seem lame at first but these things are crazy strong, they let my do stuff like repelling objects and I can even use them to make air blasts to hit people with. I’m proud to be a Paw Paw man!” Juan would smile, for the the first time actually speaking out loud about how much he liked his fruit.

Putting his arm down Juan would turn to Barietto,”Rocco called you his captain; are you like a crew or something?” As he looked between the two men Juan thought of his old crew and all the fun they had. Barietto even reminded Juan of his old captain a bit. He was sure that if he really wanted there could be a spot for him, maybe as like a grunt or something; but Juan wasn’t really ready to do something like that again, and he knew that their crew probably had a lot of members. ”How many other crew mates do you guys have?” Sure that there must be a lot of members, Juan wouldn’t have much hope in his voice, and he wouldn’t care too much about their actual answer.

Since the answer to his question wasn’t really important, Juan would move on after asking it if Barietto to ask him another, more important question. ”How did you end up getting into it with those stupid ass Greenbeck pirates? Those guys have been a pain in my ass since Jaya island.” Sensing himself getting a bit heated as he spoke of the Greenbeck pirates, Juan would calm himself before continuing to speak. ”If I’m being honest, it’s good that I ran into them here even though they’re a pain in my ass. They kicked my ass back on Jaya and then they stole from my friend, but they had the nerve to steal from me too once I got here. I can’t just let them get away with messing with me so much, so I’m gonna try and take them down here.” Since he knew it would be dumb to get himself more excited and bore them with the details of his grudge, Juan would wave goodbye to the two men before turning and beginning to walk away. ”See you guys later I guess. I gotta deal with those Greenbecks sometime, and it’ll probably be better to do it before they can get into anymore trouble.”

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"You’ll give it you’re best shot wont you?"

"Get out here bitch! You're gonna have to get out there and work sooner or later!" the man yelled for her. That disgusting human being called out without even the decency to say her name, which he might not even know. He had been pestering her for the last few weeks, trying to get her to do all sorts of disgusting acts that no woman should ever be forced to do. But "she needed to pay her dues" they always said, but it wasn't like she asked them to keep her, she was just as much a prisoner as any of the other women that got dragged around by the Greenbeck pirates. Reya didn't ask to be here. She only wanted to be back home on Jaya reworking on her map; the one that the Greenbeck pirates had taken from her when she first met Juan. "I can't think about Juan," Reya told herself. He isn't gonna be here; she'd be lucky if she ever saw him again after how she'd driven him away on Jaya. "No, I'm gonna have to figure out how I can get out of this without Juan" Though from her position trying to hide curled up in the basement of the Greenbeck's brothel , some help from Juan would be a godsend.

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While Reya was hoping she could save herself and not think about Juan, he was the only thing on his mind as he made it his mission to take down the Greenbeck pirates. 'I'm gonna tear down that entire crew if I have to, I have to get Reya's map back!' Juan thought to himself. "Oi Juan" Juan's ears would perk up at the call of Baioretto, after which he'd stop talking and turn to hear the man out. After Baioretto's declaration that he wouldn't have to take down the Greenbecks by himself, Juan would smile brightly back at Baioretto before nodding. "If that's the case then we need to first find out where they're at. Though I don't really know how we're gonna do it,"

As if on cue, some of the people who the Greenbecks had been harassing stepped towards the men, seemingly roused by their expression of their intent to take down the pirates. The person who stood out and actually spoke to them was an older woman, who seemed unable to stop trembling as she spoke,"Young men, if you truly intend to stop those evil men from harming anymore of our citizens, then I am ready to give you some information that could help you." As the young women spoke, some of the younger adults behind her spoke  up as well, but they were not as eager to help the men.  "Granny Yo, you can't tell them anything. If those guys fail then the pirates are gonna come back and kill you. We can't risk you getting hurt." Granny Yo only shook her head at her grandchildren,"It doesn't matter! If these men could help me get my Uriah back then  I'll risk anything, even my own life to help them!" As Granny Yo stopped her passive trembling and began to shake from anger and passion, her Grandchildren stood down.  "There's no need to worry, there's no way we would just fail. I got my own reasons why I can't lose." Juan's eyes shined so strongly from his passion that there was nothing that could be said to argue with him.

"So what do you know Yo?" "1 week ago the Greenbeck pirates arrived on this island, and from the moment they touched the docks they started wreaking havoc. They started by rounding up all the women they could, including my dear granddaughter. Then they took them all to the area where the slums used to be and they've been doing whatever horrible things they do." Disgusted, Juan would ball his fists in anger and simply walk past Granny Yo refusing to even let her finish what she was saying; there was no reason to. First stealing from Reya, then kidnapping women on Water 7 nd taking them from their families; these guys seemed to make a habit of picking on women. As he walked away from the area towards where he knew the islands slums had been, he would say to Baioretto and Rocco without looking back,"We're going now. We're going to teach these bastards about battles between men since they've made a habit of targeting women."