Serious: Mrs. Bass what are you doing down there? The Steel Village Meets the Bass Family; Meeting of Friends

Alern looked at the ship he was on. It was in nice condition as far as he could tell. Looking at the flag though, he did remember seeing it somewheres before. Not on the ship itself, but somewheres. But Alern wasn't a detail type of person, so he ignored it. Looking around the ship, he realised he didn't know were to go. So he stayed on the deck and decided to cross his legs, looking far into the sea. Wondering who he would meet next. He was in no rush though, he wasn't the type of fishman that was good with introductions. But something did strike him as odd. "I remember Holy saying that he was going to go ask someone if I could join, I wonder who this captain is."

Sniff....Sniff... Iken's eyes widened and he looked around and then directed his gaze in a general direction. Grabbing the hilt of his lightning blade, he pulled it out. However, Iken quickly sheathed the sword when he got what he needed. Iken was visibly concerned, whatever it was had the Yonkou on edge.

"Luke, I need you to find Kiba and target Karasu. Don't engage; just watch him." Iken ordered to what seemed an imaginary figment.

[Luke]

From the large shadow cast by Opera, Luke appeared when Iken called. Listening to Iken, the man bowed. Backing away he spoke before disappeared back into the large woman's shadow. "Aye, aye captain."

Appearing in a shadow next to his division commander, Luke spoke to Kiba. "I have orders from the captain. He wants us to keep an eye on Karasu, apparently the Shichibukai made it on to the island. We don't know what business he has here, really we don't know much about his appearance here." Luke relayed to his commander.

Instead of getting the expected handshake and answer to his question Takumi was suddenly picked up and nearly knocked unconscious because of the woman's shaking. He tried to escape, but the woman was holding him tightly with truly impressive strength. After trying to break her grip unsuccessfully a few times he started running out of breath. He heard the faint sound of a door being opened and decided to try and use Kamisori to slip from her grip vertically rather than trying to break it horizontally.

"K.m...r." Takumi managed to get out before using Kamisori. To a spectator it would seem as if he disappeared from the woman's grip to appear ever so slightly higher for the briefest of moments, before disappearing yet again. It took him only a moment to get out but the force of the last kamisori launched him into the ceiling and sent him crashing down right above a desk. If he would hit it it would surely break in half, but Takumi was too dizzy from the rapid Kamisori usage and the unfortunate impact with the ceiling to react in time.

Karasu made sure to take only the most public of roads as he headed in random directions, he had no idea where Iken/Youri was at the moment and tracking on foot was not something he was willing to do. Karasu closed his eyes and scanned the area of two miles, trying to hear any words said by Iken or another familiar voice in his crew.. but nothing came up, they seemed to be farther away then Karasus two mile radius which allows him to hear. He had to stay on his feet, although Karasu was tracking down someone it was more likely Iken already knew Karasu was there.. and that was not the best of positions for a yonkou to know where you were at.

Karasu could not afford to let his guard down, it was a death sentence for those that did. An area with lots of people would not only help conceal Karasu, but even help him walk around the town without getting lost. Karasu was already working on loosening himself up to allow him to act like his old self, he was cracking the first smile he's had in ages and walking much more freely. With this, nobody would look at him as a suspect of anything and even blend into the crowd, the only thing that remained was his vulture.

"Fly Steel", The vultures wings spread open as it whooshed off into the air, maintaining a 50 m radius from Karasu as he closed his eyes yet again. This time instead of focusing in a two mile radius he focused on 50 meters. If this was Youri he could hear him immediately after he stepped into the 50m regardless of his illusions, and steel was in the sky eyeing the area, Karasu was now focused on finding the person on the island, hopefully being Iken.

Just as he prepared his seemingly perfect plan an unsuspecting smell reached his nose.. it completely broke his position right bellow his vulture and he ran inside a cafe, it was flan. Having resorted back to his original state meant his priorities weren't as disciplined, and he easily succumbed to the smell of flan. He sat on the nearest seat and ignored the menu, only to scream on the top of his lungs "FLAN!! GIMME FLANN!! GIMME LIFE!! GIMME SATISFACTION!!" (Karasu would probably remember not to turn to his old self near cafes again). The echo reached across the entire cafe as a women moved towards Karasu to take his order, her face in a scared/awkward/is this guy crazy? state.

The vulture sighed as it landed on top of the cafes sign, its face turning red from embarrassment.. his master had the worst priority issues what seemed like years ago.

It's been a long while since Kiba last interacted with Iken directly. During the time that past from his mission with the Milky Way pirates, Kiba gone through several spying missions, as well as training. His hair got a little longer, dangling over the cover of his hood, and he became slightly bigger. Being the commander of the espionage division meant that anything that Kiba did was top secret, he practically didn't exist. He now rested on a nearby roof, scouting the house into which Iken got. His second in command, Luke, appeared next to him, out of nowhere as usual. Kiba got used to his sudden appearances by now.

"That guy again?" Kiba answered, remembering Karasu from Rose island. "Very well, let's track him down" Kiba said. He stood up, trying to scout the streets around him for any sign of Karasu. He remembered the Shichibukai had a special vulture, and if he'll find that vulture, he'll find Karasu. He looked around to no luck for a few seconds before he noticed a large bird taking flight not too far away from them, followed by screams that echoed around the streets. "We're in luck, he's practically doing our work for us" Kiba joked, "Let's get to it".

"Predator Jungle" He whispered into his cloak after fastening it over his head. In a second, Kiba disappeared from sight, with the help of Zurui, his chameleon cloak. The last thing he wanted was to be spotted by the vulture. He jumped over the roof's edge, only to bounce off the air with the help of Geppo, followed by another one, and another one. He made his way towards the source of the screams, which seemed to be a simple coffee house, knowing the Luke will follow him.

Luke disappeared into a shadow provided by a tall tree as soon as Kiba disappeared. Traveling, or rather teleporting into a shadow inside the cafe, Luke hid in the vary same shadow. He watched the scene unfolding. Apparently the mighty shichibukai had a particular weakness to flan. Luke would remember that for future references. Other than that, Karasu was acting rather strange for an assassin. It was as if he wanted to be found. Luke realized at that moment, he had most likely walked into a trap.

Karasu focused on the flan that was placed in front of him, while in the middle of his eating frenzy Karasu heard a heartbeat in the air above him, even worse it was on the rooftop. Whoever it was knew how to fly, and was probably circling Karasu.. but how did he find Karasu? There was also a heartbeat that appeared suddenly in the cafe, it came out of the blue.. whoever that was had a very unusual ability and one that gave karasu an uneasy feeling. His tracking ability must be outstanding, that or something gave me away.. i hope it wasn't my screaming, and the man that appeared from thin air how did he get here?. His face turned red, and walked behind a few ladies that were on the cafe by themselves, unescorted by men.

"Excuse me, would you ladies mind accompanying me? I'm not the type that likes going places on his own hehe" Karasu had a good amount of money with him.. around 2,000,000 belli, which is enough for a very good living, this was simple change from the amount of money he had in his island. He gave each of the five ladies 5,000 Belli for their troubles, each of them chuckled as they left the cafe escorting Karasu around the town. When he left the vulture started following Karasu, staying around 40m in the air as to not be suspected by the ladies. His attitude was maintained as his old self, keeping a smile on his face as he continued walking around the town. His eyes were left closed (naturally, or he wouldn't be doing total silence), the ladies just assumed his eyes were naturally like that. By walking out in such a weird fashion he would be covered by the women from Kibas eyes, or at least make him harder to find. He was hoping his appearance wasn't that well known by his pursuer that he would immediately recognize him even with a smile, and completely different then average clothing. He was hoping the man that appeared wouldn't follow Karasu after his slip, maybe he wouldn't recognize Karasu with the women surrounding him.

The Vulture had no idea of either Kiba or Luke, since its sences were not very keen but if it had spotted any abnormalities he saw he would warn Karasu.

Ami blinked and blushed a little as big daddy spoke, especially after the grandchildren comment. It reminded her of that awkward question that she’d wanted to ask Sangjo before but rather than voicing her thoughts aloud at that very moment, Ami smiled brightly to her fiancee’s father and waved happily to everyone in the room.
“Hi! It’s nice to meet you all! My name is Amphirite Nereid, but everyone just calls me Ami. I’m a parrotfish mermaid, I was born on Fishman Island, I’m nineteen years old and I’m also a singer and a musician.” She took a breath after introducing herself, hugging Sangjo’s torso and giving her fins a little wriggle. “And I’m in love with your son and want to become his wife.”
She bowed her head respectfully to her fiancee’s family.

She watched as Axel came forward and hugged his big brother’s legs. Ami was a little taken aback by his “observation” but she smiled kindly. He reminded her of her own little sisters.
“Ah, I know I’m not very pretty,” she giggled. “It’s a pity that I can’t be as handsome as you. I’ll bet you have loads of girls who like you! In fact, all the men in your family are so handsome!” Ami smiled, stroking Sangjo’s chest. “It makes me feel honoured that your big brother even looks twice at me...”

Kiba reached the roof of the cafe in no time. One glance to the sky confirmed that the vulture didn't notice him yet, for he was sticking to his original flight pattern. From past experience, Kiba knew that Luke was probably inside the cafe by now, his devil fruit powers made him the perfect spy. Because of that, Kiba was going to stay outside the cafe, and try and spot Karasu if he left.

He eyed the cafe's exit, trying to locate the man, but all he saw was a group of women leaving the cafe, chuckling and counting belly notes as they did. 'Prostitutes in a cafe? Seems unlikely...' He thought to himself as he watched the girls going further, but something else distracted him: The vulture. He noticed it right away, the vulture changed it's pattern, following the group of ladies in circles instead of the cafe. Kiba wore an expressionless face under his invisible cloak as he did the math:' I doubt that bird would follow girls instead of watch over it's master...' And then it popped into his head: Karasu was probably with the ladies.

The street noises should have been loud enough for Karasu not to hear him, but Kiba was a paranoid sucker, and decided it would be best to whisper and speak in code as he got a small Den Den Mushi out of his pocket. "He's off, follow the bird" He whispered into the small snail, before putting it back in his pocket and jumping off the roof, using his silent Geppo to follow Karasu's vulture.

A boy of about eighteen had just taken out his guitar and began strumming. He was about six feet tall, skinny, and had green eyes and maroon hair. He wore a t shirt of some punk band, skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors. He had two katanas at his side and held a pure white Les Paul Guitar. This was Jack Johnson. Jack had just began to play Around My Head when he noticed a flag sticking up from a ship. He immediately recognized the flag to be The Steel Villages jolly roger, one of the youkos. This concerned him a bit, they never really seemed to have big name visitors around here, or, at least from the 3 weeks he had stayed here. He looked around suspiciously, concerned there might be some sort of raid. He had worked so hard to avoid marines for so long, so he could not risk death in a raid.

It was a shame he had to leave this town, too. It was a town of musician pirates, just about the place he was looking for. After the city on his home island, so far this had been his favorite place. Jack then put his guitar in his case and got up, grabbing his money can and began walking down the road, hoping he could find a ride out of the island.

After his long nap Holy woke up. And proceeded to stretch
"Ahh that felt good!" Throwing on his Jacket Holy walked aboard the deck.
He new they where there for the wedding but Unholy Didnt really have much to do. And when he did go out and have fun. He winds up getting into trouble.

"Geeese... This Sucks.. Hey anyone need some Assassin training or weapon or armor made???"

Angel looked at Holy and sighed gently as sat down against a wall and looked up to the sky... than began to sing a song not loud or screamed it out loud he sang it with a warm and nice voice.
(He sang this song but in softer version
and no screaming http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/dead+by+april/Within+My+Heart/ )

You remember me, you remember us

It was magical when I felt your touch

It's a strong memory still today
It feels so good with your body close
Those days are gone, time flied away
And it's what I'm dreaming of still today

I'm sad to see that this was all we had
But within my heart you'll have a place deep within my heart
A special place for you
No matter what was said and done within my heart
You'll always be inside my heart as long as I live

Every little beat within my heart
It's still beating for us
Every little piece of my heart
It's still longing for us
I am not strong enough, I know
I cannot ever let you go
Within my heart, within my heart
Within my heart, within my heart

In my heart

What once was strong and filled with passion
Has withered away and turned to nothing
But you're all I'm dreaming of still today
It's sad that what we had is dead and gone
But within my heart, you'll have a place within my heart
A special place forever, no matter what happens
You have a place in my heart, within my heart
For eternity

Every little beat within my heart
It's still beating for us
Every little piece of my heart
It's still longing for us
I am not strong enough, I know
I cannot ever let you go
Within my heart, within my heart
Within my heart, within my heart

Every night I have this dream
Will I find the right way back again
into your open arms
Every night you're in my dreams
And I know that we will meet again
It's written in the stars
And within my heart

Every little beat within my heart
It's still beating for us
Every little piece of my heart
It's still longing for us
I am not strong enough, I know
I cannot ever let you go
Within my heart, within my heart
Within my heart, within my heart

Sangjo kicked axel off of him in anger. He shook his finger toward his younger brother "Now listen here Axel. Ami's is my future wife and your sister in law. You will respect as such. Ami will become apart of this semi functional family and you will treat her as such." Axel turned toward Sangjo looking sad and defeated "No you were suppose to be MY brother. I don't want to share you with another one else. I waited 14 years for you to return and now you came back to tell me that this fishwoman!"

Flute walked over toward gently patting on Axel's head "Thats enough Axel. Come on let the adults talk." She grabbed Axel's ear and dragged him out the room. She bowed before Sangjo, Ami, and Iken "Its a great honor to meet all of you. I'm Mrs. Bass. I guess that makes me your step mama hahahaha. Barely out of college and I already have kids." Flute seated all three of them and plus the extra guest.

Big Daddy then placed something on the desk and pushed it toward Sangjo and Ami. It was a new world log pose "Consider this our wedding gift." Big Daddy grabbed Ami's hand when she sat down kissing her palm "You bring us great honor by marrying our son. I was afraid that sangjo would never find a proper woman. A lovely woman like yourself makes this old man very happy that his son is in very good hands."

After confirming Karasu's location, Luke retreated momentarily back to Opera's shadow. Walking out of the large shadow, Luke approached Iken. Taking a quick look around the room the man spoke; making sure he didn't say anything that would single Iken out in anyway.

"Sir, we've located the hawk you were looking for. It's circling something very interesting. Currently our bird watcher is still tracking it, if you'll come with me, I'll take you to it's location." Luke said cryptically.

[Iken]

"I see." Iken said narrowing his eyes. "Is there any visible signs why this particular bird would come to such a far off place from it's natural habitat? Well anyway, take my equipment and I'll meet you out there shortly." Iken said handing his spear to Luke.

[Near Karasu]

All of the sudden, Karasu would have noticed a heart beat appear directly under his feet. It was coming from his very own shadow. A spear flew up in front of him and the heart beat would have instantly moved to another nearby shadow. However what happened next would certainly take his mind off of the shadow. In a bright flash of light, Iken appeared in front of Karasu; only inches separating the two. Grabbing his spear, Iken looked at Karasu.

"So are you following me for any specific reason?" asked Iken with a somewhat smug grin on his face; that was a trademark of the Namikaze Clan.

Karasu felt one of the heartbeats disappear from behind him, at the time it didn't seem like much of a concern since it meant they probably had forgotten about Karasu or that he wasn't the one they were following. Seconds went by and the heartbeat was heard directly behind Karasu.. on the ground, with instinct kicking in Karasu pushed all of the women out of the way and turned around aiming his pistols at the shadow, in an instant a sharp object appeared as Karasu could hear the wind being cut by the blade it possessed. Karasu opened his eyes as to see what was going on only to see Iken appear from a flash of light.

"Well well, So this is how you greet your old friends? Here i thought a friendly hello and a handshake was expected from the legendary captain of the steel village pirates." Karasu was talking in a joking tone, he wasn't serious about the handshake, but it seemed like the perfect way to break the ice. The ladies around Karasu immediately turned their heads when they heard the words 'captain' and 'steel village pirates' in the same sentence, and looked directly at Iken like little girls would look at candy.

"So an old friend can't travel through the new world to see someone without there being a reason? I am shocked at the assumption that i would be so cold." In reality Karasu traveled halfway across the world to ask Iken something very few would know the answer to, rather then wasting his time with Marines he thought he could ask someone that wouldn't waste any time. His face remained with a smile while talking, it was weird but talking the way he did felt right.

Holy Decided sense no one needed his help he would risk ventureing into the town again only this time he would be more carful. Leaving the Dock's The 10ft half giant looked back at their ship with a smile. "I cant wait till we leave this stupid towwwwn..! Arg!"

Holy acidently bumped into a 6ft tall maroon haired man with . "Oh excuse me I wasnt looking." Taking in a second to look the man up and down with his shadow green eyes Holy noticed he too had green eyes and Had two katanas and a cool white guitar.

"Oh your a guitarist and a swordmans aye? Hello My name Is Holy L Black my I have the pleasure of having yours?"

As Jack walked, he felt someone bump into him. He then heard the man apologize, which was a good sign that he was nice. Jack then looked up to find him self face to chest with a ten foot tall man. Jack gaped for about half a second before gaining his composure. He had been around, and knew if you made it known you noticed something unique about someone and acted surprised, they would most likely have your ass on a platter. Plus, a ten foot tall man wasn't the weirdest thing he had ever seen. One time he had played side by side with a man with 3 foot long arms. He made one small comment about how he would be good at the drums and got pushed through the wall of the bar. Although Jack was not one to talk either, being a literal one man band. He then heard the introduce himself as Holy L. Black and asked him for his name. Jack then smiled, as he had gotten over the mans size and looked at him.

"I'm Jack Johnson, and yeah, music and swords are my specialty" he said

He then noticed that the man had come from the The Steel Village ship. Suddenly finding an opportunity to find out steels intentions, and see if he was going to stay alive or not. He then looked at him, and back at the huge ship at the docks.

"So are you a pirate from that ship over there" Jack asked, pointing at the steels flagship

Holy smiley broadly at Jack Johnson. Saying with utter confidence.
"Yup I'm a member of Iken's Steel Village. It's a pleasure to Meet you Jack Johnson."

Holy extend a hand of friendship towards the man. "So whats a musician like yourself doing on this island?"
Holy was somewhat interested in the man if he was skilled enough he would make a fine addition to their crew.

Jack smiled and returned the shake, and then looked at him.

"Oh, I've been going island to island, playing for money for about a year now. Got to keep moving to keep the marines off my back" He said, then assuming the man would ask how he got his bounty he added "I killed a few marines and threw something at a celestial dragon" he said laughing lightly.

Jack didn't want to seem like he was bragging, because since this guy was in a yokuo crew, he had probably done much worse then smack a rich guy with a guitar. Jack then changed the subject quickly.

"So whats The Steel Village doing on a little island like this?" he asked

Holy stared at Jack blankly clearly not impressed.. He was a little confused he didnt keep track of bounties and certainly didnt ask Jack for his.

"Eh just a wedding between two crew member's gathering supplies then heading out... Well were always looking for new members if your interested You can pass through a little trial of mine and join us?"

Holy didnt wanna beat around the bush besides he had nothing better to do.

Jack looked at Holy a bit surprised. He had really expected to join a crew that powerful that fast. But hey, Jack wasn't complaining, this would definently get marines off of him. But, wait, he said something about a trial, I wonder if it will be hard? Nah, probably not something he couldn't handle. He decided after a few seconds to except.

"I'm in, what do I have to do?" Jack asked intently

(sorry for the short post)

Holy smiled at his enthusiasm. "Sense your a swordsman your should be able to land a single hit on me. I will use a single sword But will not move from this spot. May the test begin!"

"Liquid Mold: Tungsten Katana!" Useing Molten Tugsten Holy Created a 8ft long Tungsten Katana.

The right handed Holy grabbed the Blade in his Left hand to give Jack more of an advantage. "Anytime your Ready Jack."

Jack smiled One hit? he thought I'll get three tops. Jack then nodded, giving the 'challenge excepted' face, and drew one of his swords. He was about to make a clone but then decided against it. He wanted to test his sword skills by himself before he did that. Jack then drew his other sword and began to think of a strategy. He decided to go for the draw slash first, so he sheathed both his sword and ran at Holy. He ran pretty fast, and when he got close enough, he drew his left sword to try to cut him. If this didn't work, Jack would run past his target, do a backflip and draw his other sword, coming down on Holy's back.

"Windmill Counter!" Holy's Sword blurred as He parried The Draw slash from Jack's left sword useing the momentum his arm moved in an arc motion as he doubled his attacking power he stopped his blade sort before he got to close to jack.

The incredible power from the sword sent a strong breeze towards Jack.
"Your gunna have to try harder then that. You must get past my defenses and cut me if you wish to join us!"

Jack jumped up, narrowly avoiding the wind gust and fell back to the ground. Jack grunted and then shook his head and looked at Holy.

"You're really powerful, we could do this for ten more minutes until I hit you with swords alone, but I'm getting kind of anxious, so..." Jack said

He then closed his eyes and concentrated. Then, suddenly, a clone of Jack appeared on either side of him. The first clone then ran at Holy, doing a normal slash. If that was deflected, the second would come in half a second later with an upper cut. If this one missed, the real Jack would jump up immediately and stab at Holy.