Graveyard of a Madman Part 18

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They walked down the dark, but partially lit sidewalk in that empty park. The concert was over, and the entire city was asleep now. Rinji and Kiria were not tired, though. Their energy was revitalized, and it was a beautiful night. They talked of so many things from their past; from when they were together, to when they found true happiness, even when they were apart. Rinji talked to her of joining his first pirate crew. When he was a thirteen year old on the crew of Captain Cross, the famous plunderer of the Grandline. He even told her of when a great many of their pirate crew was captured, and he barely made it out alive.

As he continued, his journey took him to the west side of the GrandLine, where he met the first three crewmates for his new pirate expedition under the name of the Seacats. However, after about a year of being their Captain, it was obvious that none of them possessed the will to work together. All of them had their own agendas, and none of them would make any sort of sacrifice or deviate their course in any way. It was obvious that it would not work. Rinji separated their money, and kept on his journey. With the Panno Marie that they stole from an unscrupulous shipwright, Rinji needed a crew to man her. That was when he met Chio as he was on his way to be executed for destroying a Marine Base, of which he was not the real culprit.

The rest of the story was pretty much history. They accepted Daro Daro Usagi into their crew when she was being relentlessly hunted by the government. From there, it was a trip and a half. That was when he got to the story where he found the eternal pose. He pulled the Nekoshima compass from his pocket, and Kiria's heart jumped into her throat.

Kiria: Oh my God... That's amazing! How did that machine do that? That's unbelievable!