One Piece : Rise Of The Merchant Clan

"He's over here get him!" A kid yells, as he dash across the office toward Zen.

"Shit! Got to get out quick." Zen sais as he dodge the kid.

Who jump up at him In a tackling motion. The orphan slam into the wall only to fall on the ground and giving a grown of pain.

Zen turn giving the kid a good kick, right in the ribs, as a crack sounded out, he heard a wimper of pain behind him as he jump out the window. More orphan were scrambling over each other to get in the office. Shouts and curses could be heard behind him as he grab the drain pipe by the window, he half slid and climb down to the street.

"Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, freaky shit. All that work down the fricking drain, one year that all that stupid Simmons could hold on to. Weak a.s.s bastard, couldn't even hold on even with all the help I gave him, lazy a.s.s just keep giving me that dumb look. Oh no, god forbid him from doing an actual thing right in order to survive. Sigh it true his laziness didn't interfere with me, but it certainly came back to bite me." He dash away in the alleyway, knowing that their was a literal army of motivates orphans and guards after him.

He spent the better part of a hour ducking and dodging any orphan, guards or street kids, along with a few un motivated marines walking around looking for him. The marines we're more for show, most in the barrack knew that Zen was not the killer but the scape goat, that Davis had offer up.

All this started, just as he had mannage to make some headway in uncovering who order the massacres on his island, that had killed everyone he loved. He found out after all this time, that it was the same owner of the orphanage, unfortunately he didn't get a name. Just that the owner of the orphanage had sold a few islands, that had suspiciously had the same fate as his island. Even the pirate crew we're all the same, the weird thing was that all the pirate were found dead. In the report it was mention that every crew member seem too have fought each other to the death, the last surviving member then set the ship on fire after stabbing himself in the heart with his own sword.

After all that this, the noble bought the island for a dollar, got his slaves too clean each island up of any evidence. He then sold all the newly deserted island too a few wealthy nobles or merchant, all so they could built their own little private villa on their privately own island. What had made it worse was when he learn, that for the past three years he'd unknowingly work for the bastard. Still this orphanage was only a small asset for the noble, he didn't want his name or familly name on it. So all he had to go on, was an alias the Leopard, that was all he had to go on.

Right before he was going to dig deeper into it, Davis made his move. First he got Jack totally on his side. Then he payed off all the guards to get them into his pocket, then he bought off the other tree elder to look the other way, in order to get a bigger piece of the pie. As for Simmon he poison him, and then place all the blame on Zen. So far he had spoted a wanted posture of him, apparently he had a bounty of 150 belly. Not very high, but considering that he had use poisson and that fact he was only six years old, created such a low bounty. Davis didn't want to waste good money on what should have been an easy grab.

"At least one of my escape plans was ready." He snuck toward a ship who he knew to have a hidden room for smuggling.

"Sigh, the captain going to ask almost everything i have on me, but its the only play I have for now." He check his bag, he had the bright idea in hidding some of his funds in different location around town. Luckily no one was cunning enough, to check througth his thing in order to find the map of all his catchs. He was still in the process of memorizing every place on the map, it a good thing that they had rush him in the office and not his room, or else he would had been caught. In every place he had hidden away around 2500 belly, so now inside the bag he had over 10,000 belly. But he knew the captain would at least ask for 5000 to 7000 belly in order not to turn him in for the measly some of 150 belly.

"Halt, who goes their." As a sailor standing right in front of the sh.i.p.s bridged, crosses his arms, while trying to look as intimidating as possible.

"I got a good deal for your captain, their plenty of profit in it for him, just a small smuggling toward his next destination." Zen looked at the sailor, not even flinching at the evil eyes he was receiving.

The sailor nodded, told him to stay put. He turn around and send one of the others to notify the captain.

A few moment later a thine man came out, he had a long coat and a hat, green hair a scruffy beard, one dark eye and a patch on the other.

"What tha ya want?"

"Safe passage to your next final destination."

The man scratch his chin. "Are yay hot?"

"A little, but not worth much."

The captain stare at him. "Ye wouldn't be the poisson kid, now would ya." A slow grin making his way across the captain face.

Zen frown but he really didn't have a choice, if the captain brought it up it means that news had already traveled all over the town. Which means he have to pay more in order to get what he wanted. "Yeah, I can easily triple now and give you a bonus if you keep it quiet."

The smirking captain gave Zen a condescending looked. "You know what, I got a better plan, Il catch you, take all your belly and give you up to the marines. They'll really like that, I get my bonus and some good reputation to make my next visit here much more pleasant." As he was speaking he slowly walk closer to Zen.

Zen look at him and a small smile spread across his face. If the captain had only demanded more belly. Then Zen would have had no option then to cought it up, but lucky for him and bad luck for the captain he pick the best outcome for Zen.

"You know, for a moment I thought that I would be screwed over baddly, by you. It a good thing that you brought up your next time here, cause I can say with confidence that you'll find yourself in a real pickle. If you don't act like a good little smuggler and get me out of here."

"What are yall talking about?" The captain said with a confident smirk, he was sure that the kid before him was bluffing, but he was curious to see what lies he would pull out.

"Well you see Capt, I just so happen to have some info on a certains, under the table deals you made to a few competing nobles on some slaves a few months ago. Now I'm sure you wouldn't want those deals coming to light since, I'm sure the noble you have as a patron, would be quite vex on being left out of those secret money making deals. A smile that was gentle was coming from zen, but an air of menace was also coming from him.

The captain frowned, this wasn't what he was expecting. If he was a leaser man, he would have fallen for this little act, he was confident that the brat was spitting a theory and he had nothing in backing it up. "Ha, nice trie but you'll have to do better then that!" He stood ram rod straight, trying to shutdown that little voice of doubt that was in back in his head.

Zen gave a wider creepy smile, this gave the captain a shiver up his spine he suddenly had a bad feeling when he saw that smile.

"Well then, how about I name your patron and every one of your private buyers. Would that be enough or perhaps something more closer to home, like a daugther, blue hair, black eyes, six years old, loves her papa and that cute little teddy bear of hers." The creepy smile on Zen face soon morph into a derange expression of a mixture of p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e and rage. Honestly he wouldn't really do anything to the young girl, but he needed the captain to believe that he would. His situation was already difficult enough, he needed to get on the ship fast, before he could get spotted. Cause if he had to run now he was left with only one more option and his chances fell drastically lower with that one.

The captain face became pale, this was not good, he went from confident to despair in matter of moment. He took a few minute to get himself under control, a few option came to mind, but his gut keep telling that this kid, no monster would have place some kind of fail safe, in place just in case thing went south.

After a few more exchange on the price for the trip, Zen got on the ship and into the hidden space. While the rest of the town had kids and a.d.u.l.ts scrambling around looking for him, Zen was safely leaving for his next destination. All the while giving himself a silent promise to come back one day when he had enough power to strike all who had tried to plot against him. He didn't really care about those who just followed the leaders, hell in their place he would be out looking for him to. But the ones who plan his fall all so it would be more convenient for them, those he would target and have them regret ever hunting him.