One Piece: The Power System

Author Note: The Crew will have 5 women and 5 men, this includes Rein! All must be even

Erica and Rein just watched the process but Erica couldn't hide her shock, her mouth was wide open and so was her eyes! Koushirou was some way away so he couldn't see what was going on, all he could see was a white light engulfing the grave where his daughter was buried.

Kuina's flesh was not fully intact, she started to age until she stopped at the age of how she would look if she was twenty. Kuina clenched her fist and slowly opened her eyes, only to see two people staring down at her. One had a smile while the other one looked shocked.

Kuina looked cautiously at the two and noticed that she was laying in the dirt. She sat up and looked at Rein and Erica with a frown but soon noticed her dad all the way behind them. Koushirou was shaking from shock, he thought he was dreaming when he saw his daughter who had aged somehow rising from her grave. He took off his glasses and rub his eyes and his glasses to confirm that he wasn't seeing a ghost or something!

But it was all too real and not a bit of it was fake!

"Dad! Why do you look so old and why am I sleeping in the dirt?" Kuina looked at dad who had aged over the years and asked. She was confused as to why she was laying in the dirt the most, and who were these weird people staring at her while she was asleep?

"No! A Dream!" Koushirou fell to his knees and started to cry like never before, how was this possible!? She was his daughter for sure, even if she turned into an old lady he would recognize her.

Kuina stood up and ran to her father's side. "Dad! What happened, why are you crying so much, and who are these people?" Koushirou didn't answer her and pulled her in for a hug.

"Dad, you're acting weird, when was the last time you've ever hugged me?" Kuina knew her dad was the serious type who hid his affection the most, so why was he doing this now?

"Kuina, just let me hug you for a bit, we'll talk in a bit!" Koushirou sniffled, he didn't want to cry, but he couldn't hold it in, this was a godly miracle. Kuina rather liked the strange attention her dad was giving her and didn't say anything. She noticed something else different during their hug, it was her c.h.e.s.t!

Rein didn't disturb them, all will be revealed soon! Erica started to get emotional seeing the father and daughter reunion, she had tears in her eyes as she watched. She wished her mom and dad were like this, but nope, she has kicked the curb. The two hugged for about five minutes before Koushirou stood up, he took Kuina's's hand and helped her up as well.

"Dad, this... my body has grown overnight!" Kuina touched her c.h.e.s.t and analyzed her height compared to her dad's, she was nearly as tall as him.

Koushirou took a deep breath: "We need to talk inside, all of us!"

Koushirou looked over at Rein and gave him a knowing look. Rein could see that it was filled with gratitude for what he had done, it was like a big weight had been lifted off his heart. Rein nodded as they all proceeded back into the house.

Back at the Shipford city, another event was taking place on the island. At this time, Vindicate had accepted a mission from a strange butler to get rid of some bandits terrorizing a nearby village known as RiverCross Village! The pay was quite good, he was going to be paid 30 million berries if he got the job done.

As of now, he's already drawing close to the village.

"Taking out a few bandits, it shouldn't be a problem at all." Vindicate soon came to the village gate, but the village was strangely quiet. "Where is everyone, I don't see anyone here, how strange!" Vindicate walked further into the village to see what was going on.

Vindicate looked around and saw something horrible, there were dead people laying on the ground in the middle of the village. They had been killed by being stabbed or shot to death, it was a horrible sight to behold.

Suddenly, Vindicate heard footsteps approaching him, it was at least fifteen people coming his way. But once he saw who it was, he calmed down. The people who were approaching were the marines from Bulwark City.

"Goodness, you evil thing! You've slaughtered the whole village!" The Commander looked at Vindicate with a smile and pointed towards him. "Turn yourself in and we won't hurt you... much!" The Commander began laughing and looked at Vindicate.

"There must be some sort of mistake here, when I got here they were already dead." Vindicate was confused thinking about why the marines would appear here of all times, something wasn't right.

"The meaning of your name won't get you out of your crimes, don't resist and come with us! We are here to bring these innocent people justice, and you to trial!" The Commander stood upright and pointed to Vindicate with a look of dignity and justice. The marines around him praised him for his heroic look and bravery.

"I already told you, these people were dead when I got here! How can you come here so suddenly right when I walked into this village, what are you guys playing at!?" Vindicate finally understood what was going on, this was a conspiracy, but why?

The Commander's face turned ugly after hearing Vindicate talk back to him "Don't play innocent, we have eyewitnesses who saw you killing people in cold blood, you can't escape!" The Commander grinned sinisterly and pulled out his pistol!

"What a joke, there isn't even anyone alive around here you damn morons, if you're going to frame somebody then be smart about!" Vindicate ridiculed and flexed his pistols as well!

"You Dare! Capture this fool and break his legs before bringing him! How dare he go against the marines of Justice!" The Commander was nearly going crazy being called a moron by some lowly Pirates hunter!

The soldiers took out their pistols and fired at Vindicate! Vindicate quickly dashed behind a fence nearby. Before he jumped behind the fence he shot one-off and nailed one of the marines in the shoulder.

"AH!" The marine fell to the ground holding his shoulder in pain. He was rolling back and forth, it looked pretty funny if you could imagine it.

"The bastard actually shot at us!" The Commander's eyes were cold and suddenly Vindicate popped out again and shot another marine before running away. Veins were visibly coming out of the Commander's head from rage!

"KILL HIM! WE DON'T NEED HIM, I JUST WANT HIM DEAD!!" The Commander gave his final order in a rage.

"Yes, Commander Neeman!" The soldiers gave chase while Neeman stood back awaiting the news. As soon as the soldiers went to chase after Vindicate, a man in a Battle Butler outfit appeared.

"Commander, the plan was to bring him back alive and not to kill him!" If you didn't know by now, this was Marth's Butler from before.

"The guy fired on us, how can we just sit there and take that?" Neegan calmed down and spoke.

"The young master of the RoseFett Family wants them alive, this includes the other two that were with him." The butler smiled with no worries, he was confident that lowly bounty hunters couldn't escape their grasp.

"Simple, put a bounty on the three he colluded with. Just say they slaughter this village and many bounty hunters will go after them!" The butler smiled sinisterly and the Commander smiled right back.

These three were finished!

At this time, Rein had explained everything to Kuina about her current situation. She was stunned and surprised by what she was hearing. "Are you saying you used some godlike medicine to bring me back from the dead!?" It only felt like she was sleeping for a day and nothing more, how could this be?

"Try to recall what you last saw before you fell "asleep!" Rein couldn't emphasize those last word anymore strongly.

Kuina began to think hard and was suddenly enlightened: "I was coming out of my room and I ran downstairs then I tripped, then.... darkness." Beads of sweat began to form on her forehead, did she fall to her death?

"Sigh, what you're thinking is right, you fell down the stairs and died." Koushirou shook his head, it was a pitiful way to go out.

Kuina was speechless, she died from falling down the stairs! How can she be the strongest swordsman in the world if she can die from the stairs? Then a thought ensued, she remembered the determined boy who had always trained hard every day.

"Zoro, where is he? He should be grown by now, right?" Kuina stood up and looked at her father.

"Sigh, he left and I gave him your sword. He improved so much, you should have seen it, it was a sight to behold." Koushirou shook his head, he was basically telling her that he had already surpassed you, left you in the dust!

Kuina clenched her fist and wondered if she had the face to show herself to him after dying so stupidly! "It ain't over yet, he is still out there training to become the best and he will surely become much stronger. But if you follow me, you can surpass him and go far and beyond and reach new heights of strength." Rein spoke every word smoothly and clearly.

"By being a pirate? This is impossible, I don't want to be a criminal!" Kuina frowned, she didn't want to participate in acts of robbery and murder.

"That makes sense, pirates are indeed criminals and it would be stupid to say they stand for justice." Rein nodded, she was right about that much. "But, some pirates have bottom lines, this is me, I do like to rob people but this wouldn't be from poor normal people from villages. I would indeed rob Marines, Pirates, and Bounty hunters, so there is that." Rein put his hands out and shrugged.

"How can I trust what you're saying is true?" Kuina questioned

"Oh, so you want to stay here a rot away? I think you secretly heard what your father said about you at that time." Rein looked over at Koushirou and continued "I hate to say this but Zoro will become a pirate in the future as well and join a strong man. This guy will also have bottom lines like me but his would be much lower than mine." Rein felt a need to let this out, it was no point in hiding it.

Koushirou's mouth twitched, how could he know this, how could he know that he was shit talking his daughter that night!?

"Z-Zoro, becoming a pirate?" Kuina was stunned a bit hearing about Zoro and how he knew she heard what her father spoke about her. "What is he now if he isn't a pirate?" Kuina asked again, she was quite m.a.t.u.r.e for her mental age.

"Well, he is a pirate hunter now." Rein sipped his tea and said casually

"Why would he become a pirate if he hunts them?" It didn't make sense to her, why would he hunt them then join them, like what?

"Well, he tried to save an innocent little girl from being attacked by a marine and was tied to a cross pole for a month for trying to save her. Well, he sort of agreed to that type of punishment." Rein sat back and stretched, he didn't mind explaining himself.

"H-how could you know this, can you see into the future!?" Kuina felt like what Rein was saying was true. For one, he answered her questions right away without having to think about it and he never stumbled on any words.

"That is a secret." Rein smiled and looked Kuina in the eye. Kuina sat back down and looked down in thought, it was not telling what she was thinking.

"That Zoro, why would he leave this island to become a bounty hunter?" Kuina wasn't asking Rein for the answer but she was talking to herself.

"Well, he went to search for the strongest swordsman in the world and...." Rein paused and Kuina looked up at him seeing him stop his sentence.

"W-what happened, tell me!" Kuina's face turned serious, was he severely injured by the strongest sword to the point of no return?

Rein face was serious as well, the room grew silent. Rein downed his tea and held it at his mouth for a while. Kuina, Koushirou and even Erica's face twitched seeing him holding out on them.

"TELL US ALREADY!" Kuina felt like punching Rein but Koushirou held her back in a sort of gag manner.

"Wait, what were we talking about?" Rein looked confused and asked

"How about I bonk you over the head so you can remember!" Kuina yelled. Rein noticed that he was suffering from his family's Drowzzy and memory problems, he really couldn't remember! Sometimes he would doze off while in mid-conversation as he was eating like Ace would, he didn't understand it himself.

Erica knew about this problem since she had seen it over the years with Luffy and Ace who also had this problem. "Rein, it was about this Zoro guy and why he left this island in the first place." Erica smiled and said.

"Oh, yeah!" Rein face turned serious again as he looked Kuina.

"Stop making a serious face and tell me!" Kuina wanted to rush Rein and bonk him over the head again.

"He got lost!"

"Pfft!" Koushirou spat out his tea, he could understand this, he had to have his students go out to find Zoro because he would get lost if he ventured out. Koushirou was stunned and smiled soon after.

"HAHAHA!" Koushirou couldn't help but laugh hearing this revelation, it all made sense!

"That idiot still can't find his way anywhere I see." Kuina smiled and shook her head. "But, if you want me to join you, you have to defeat me first! I will not join a crew filled with weaklings, hmph!" Kuina felt much better after hearing what he had told her, she could now continue to live and reach her goal as the strongest swordsman but she was too weak now.

"So you'll join if I beat you, huh?" Rein asked

She felt like she owed Rein anyway. After hearing his explanation she felt like joining right away but she wanted to test his strength as well. "Yes, it is a promise that I won't go back on." Kuina nodded and said.

"Dad, where is my Wado ichimonji so I can use it for this fight?" Kuina was so excited that she forgot that her dad already told her that it was gone earlier.

"Zoro has it, he took it with him," Koushirou said bluntly as he carried his tea in his hand.

"W-what!?" It was Kuina's favorite sword and it was now gone.

"Hehe, take this, you can keep it when you join the crew!" Rein took out the Pink Lotus Katana and tossed it to Kuina who caught it right away. Kuina looked at the sword's sheath and designs and took a liking to it right away.

She unsheathed the sword and swung it a few times.

"Good sword!" Kuina smiled, she was completely satisfied now. Kuina peered at Rein and said "Are you ready? Where is your sword?" Kuina felt it may not be fair if he had no weapon.

"I don't need a sword to beat you!"

"Hmph!" Kuina didn't say anything and stood up.

"This way you two, not in my residence!" Koushirou spoke hurriedly.

"Remember what you said, you promised, don't break your promise like you did with Zoro, you're known for that, haha!" Rein spoke and smiled mockingly.

"Y-You!" Kuina bit her teeth and a feeling of determination flared up in her. Erica shook her head, Rein could annoy anyone with his mouth. The group made it to the dojo sparring area that was next door to his residence. This was a private place that only Koushirou could invite people to as the Master of this Dojo.

"Ready up!"