Scott D. Rio/History

The Family of Four
Rio was born on Penica Island and lived with his biological father, Keith and his biological mother Yukinari in a moderately sized house for the first three years of his life. Though his parents did leave quite often, they were always sure to come back and visit him and look after him. Sometime later, Rio’s younger brother Ren was born and the four of them lived an easy going life style.

Two years later, when Rio was five his father was assigned to a post in the New World and his mother was given a secretive task, forcing the two of them to leave their home. Rio, not wanting to depart with them demanded that they take him along but Keith rested his hand on his son’s head and told him that a real man doesn’t cry and that he accepts things that happen. This is where Rio’s easygoing personality was born from, as he started to learn to “go with the flow” and do whatever he wanted. With his final parting words, Keith and Yukinari left the island with their newly born son and left Rio in the hands of the townspeople who they trusted to look after their son.

Living Alone
As the weeks went by, Rio didn’t enjoy being left on his own and missed his family quite dearly. Even though he was taken care of and given money by Elder Noboya, Rio still had to live on his own without any guidance or insturction. Refusing to accept being abandoned, Rio tried to make friends with other children his age so that he could escape the pain of being alone. Unfortunately, this proved to be quite a difficult task as Rio’s upbeat personality made it hard for the kids to accept him and they shunned him. If it wasn’t for that, Rio easily got angry and physically assaulted anyone who made him furious. Through this, Rio became known as a plague to the other children and they throw rocks at him whenever he came near them. It even got to the point where the kids would throw things at the house he was living in and would tell him to just leave or die. Even the parents didn't give Rio a break and thought he was a pest with all of the trouble he was causing. All of these incidents led to Rio becoming a relatively lonely child who didn’t have a single person who he could call a friend. Unable to find a friend in the village that was the same age he was, Rio decided to explore areas of a forest nearby that had yet to be explored.

Scared and starving, Rio’s trip in the journey was nothing more than an absolute nightmare. As his feet began to grow tired from all of the walking he dropped to the floor and looked around for anything to eat. Luckily, he smelt the delicious smell of meat coming from a nearby campfire and sprinted off into that direction. Once he arrived, Rio quickly snatched up the cooking fish without even realizing that there were bandits in the area who were drinking. Remaining oblivious, the bandits made their way to Rio, with one of them picking him up off the floor. Squirming as he did, it proved fatal as Rio was too tired to do anything about it. The bandits came up with the idea of using the young Rio as target practice for their boss who enjoyed using his huge broadsword on anything that annoyed him. What confused the bandits a great deal was the fact that Rio wasn’t shaking in his boots or even trying to beg for his life. He just just growled at the huge bandit and squirmed around trying to connect his small punches and kicks, which no doubt amused the bandits. Raising his large sword into the air, the bandit came close to cutting the young boy in half until a large screech was heard from out of nowhere that startled everyone.

Before they knew what happened, the silhouette of a primate appeared from the sky and gave the large bandit a devastating kick to the face sending him crashing into the tree behind him, knocking him out in the process. As the other bandits tried to sort out what was going on, another silhouette appeared from the forest and tackled a large number of bandits from the back and sent them catapulting into the sky and landing in the ocean nearby. As the remaining bandits ran away in shock and fear, one last silhouette came out and picked up two of them with its claws and threw them off of the island. Getting up from off of the floor, Rio stared in amazement at the three incredible animals that stood before him. At that moment, Rio fell to the ground and was knocked out completely, leaving him in the hands of the three mysterious creatures.

The Moneky Wukong, The Eagle Hawke, and the Ox Bison
As Rio came too, he found himself in his hometown’s medic centre where Noboya had entered with Leanna (who hid behind the door) and scolded him for leaving the village. He hit him over the head causing Rio to ask why he did that but Noboya rebuked him saying that it was dangerous to leave the village and he should have known that. As Noboya continued to scold and lecture him, Rio suddenly had enough and abruptly screamed at him to shut up and that he had no idea what he going through. Rio ran out of the medic centre and ran out of the village, with Noboya trying to go after him. He ran back to a mountain cliff that was near his village and just stared at the distant moon that was in the sky. He shouted and shouted, calling out to them and wanting to get to know them and thanking them for saving his life. Try as he might however, his voice was not heard and all he heard was the breeze past by his body from air current. Rio then clenched his fist and looked back out to the moon while tears began to run down his eyes as he wanted to meet them again and he wanted to become friends with them. Dropping to his knees, Rio cried his heart out and screamed to the sky that he would find them again and make them his friends no matter how long it would take.

A month later, while Rio hasn’t given up his search for the mysterious creatures he spent his time training in the wilderness every so often so that what happened before would never happen again. Though he did notice he got a little faster and his punches seemed to be denting a tree he used as practice, he was dissatisfied that he wasn’t making much progress and wanted to become much tougher. The villagers, who were in preparation for the yearly festival that was coming up, were too busy to notice that Rio had used the opportunity to sneak out and go into the dangerous forest once again. He made his way to the island’s docs where ships could port and hid behind some trees and carefully watched a ship drop anchor. As the crew left the boat, Rio noticed that the gigantic bandit from earlier who was beaten by the animals brought with him an entire army that looked blood thirsty. Rio immediately realized that this was the opportunity he was waiting for to meet those animals again as he was sure that they’d protect him again if he got into trouble.

After Rio got close enough to the bandits who were seen making their way to the village with the full intent of ravishing it, Rio jumped out into the open and landed himself on top of the head bandit. Launching an attack of punches and kicks to the bandit’s head, he was flung off of the bandit by being punched from the back. Struggling to get up, Rio got his face kicked in and was slammed against the hard surface of a rock behind him. The bandits surrounded the weak and weakened Rio and proceeded to rough on him some more. All while this happened, Rio was wondering why his “friends” hadn’t shown up to save him and he was beginning to shed some tears as he truly believed that he was alone in this world. Rio’s faith in his family, the villagers, and even the creatures that saved him started to slip away and his trust in people was almost completely shattered until he remembered one thing. The one thing his father had told him that snapped him out of his depression and created a spark within Rio. His father had told him that a real man doesn’t allow himself to cry and they accept things the way they are now, prompting Rio to stand back on his feet, surprising the bandits who were astounded that he could still move. Rio shouted that he wasn’t going to wait for anyone to save him and that he was a man who could beat anyone and take care of himself. Though, Rio’s confidence felt lacking as his body was trembling and he was bruised all over.

The bandits began laughing at his bold proclamation and brought out there sheathed swords. The head bandit stepped forward and raised it over his head (similar as to how he did it before) ready and willing to take the life of the young boy. As Rio barely stood there, just moments from death he smiled (a trait seen in those with the initials of D) and accepted what his fate led him too. However, Rio’s time had not yet come as the next thing he witnessed was the same exact silhouette from before having its foot planted firmly in the bandit’s face and sent him miles back. As the other bandits tried to reorganize themselves, the huge silhouette from before appeared and once again tackled a good majority of the bandits, while the eagle lifted some into the air and dropped them into the ocean. As the pummeling continued, the tears couldn’t stop coming from his face as he had never been so happy in his life. After the beating was done, the monkey who seemed to lead the other two walked in front of Rio and patted his head. Somehow, the monkey had the ability to speak and praised the young boys bravery and his strong will to not give in. Even though Rio was eternally grateful for what they had done, he still felt obligated to question why they hadn’t come sooner. The Ox creature replied by saying that they saw that Rio was depending on them too much and that a man should rely on his own strength and power to get himself out of situations, explaining why they hadn’t come earlier and why they did now. Rio felt his knees lose feeling as he fell to the ground and passed out.



Waking up in an unfamiliar location, Rio looked around and questioned where he was. Curious, Rio got up from his seat and left the cave he was standing in and walked towards a bright light only a few steps ahead of him. He quickly covered his eyes with his elbow as the light was too bright for him to see through. Once his eyes had gotten used to it, Rio removed his elbow from his face and gasped at the amazing view he was witnessing. It was an island paradise that Rio never dreamed possible with beautiful waterfalls, joyful mammals and reptiles relaxing, and an incredible view of a sun set that looked irreplaceable. As Rio jumped forward hoping to explore the unseen terrain, he was swiftly picked up by a familiar face that flew him high over the mountain. The bird dropped Rio onto the ground and landed with the other two animals who had rescued Rio from before.

Rio grinned happily as he could meet his new friends again and immediately thanked them for what they did. The monkey (who was now holding a staff) walked up to Rio and extended his arm out as a form of greeting to the young boy. Rio grabbed his arm and shook it, thanking him again for saving his life. The monkey then told Rio that they are the protectors of Penica Island and bring all troubled and injured people to this sanctuary which they called the Anamarius (literally meaning Animal Heaven). Rio suddenly asked out of the blue if they could be his friends which somewhat baffled the three of them. Moments later, they all broke out in laughter and wondered what kind of human would want to befriend animals to which Rio shouted he didn’t care what they were, he wanted to be their friends. The monkey looked Rio dead in the eye and was shocked when he saw complete innocence in what the boy said. This impressed him a great deal and he formally agreed that they would gladly be his friend, prompting Rio to scream in excitement and hug the Ox from its side.

The eagle prompted itself to ask Rio why he would try such a reckless and crazy stunt just to meet them to which Rio smiled and told him that he was lonely and wanted a friend. This touched their hearts and they began to warm up to Rio, even giving him a tour of their sanctum. It was during this time that Rio learned the names of the animals, the monkey was called Wukong, the eagle was called Hawke, and the Ox was called Bison. Near the end of the day when the animals told Rio that he should be getting back to his home, Rio immediately declined and told them that he wanted to stay with them forever.

While at first they seemed hell bent on getting him back to his family, their minds were quickly swayed when they saw Rio’s tears. Wukong inquired as to why he was crying about leaving to which Rio told them that if he left, he’d be lonely again since he had no one to play with. Wukong (who wanted to see how far Rio would go to stay with them) suggested that he become one of them and never leave the sanctum again. It didn’t even take a second for Rio to agree to the terms and even ask if they could teach him how to become a strong man. Hilariously enough, Bison and Hawke began laughing at Wukong’s crazed expression as he never expected a child to agree to those terms (as most children Rio’s age would cry for their moms and dads). Accepting him as one of their own, Wukong picked Rio up and told him that from this day forward he would be one of them and that they would even teach him how to protect himself.

Eating The Devil Fruit
Following the training and bonding that occurred over the next two years, Rio had grown extremely comfortable in the Anamarius and it was now his new home. He had learned overtime to survive in the vast environment and learned many things about plants, herbs, and even different animal types. What also increased was Rio’s physical abilities and he started to become stronger as the days passed by, learning how to even break his first rock with his bare fists. One day, while Rio was flying on top of Hawke over the island, he asked her if there was anything else he needed to learn. Hawke laughed and responded with a question of her own, asking if he was getting tired of living here. Rio shook his head and hugged her from behind stating that he would never want to leave, causing Hawke to chuckle. As the two descended down to the island to meet up with Wukong and Bison, Rio jumped off of Hawke and used his newly gained athletics to catch a tree and swing from tree to tree. As he did so, he noticed several smaller monkeys tailing him throwing bananas at him.

He easily dodged them all and even caught one of the fruits and took a bite out of it. The monkeys charged at him and decided to fight him with close combat but Rio smirked, dodging once again all of their attempts. Rio tried to provoke them by sticking his tongue out which seemed to work which caused the monkeys to chase after him even more but it was all a part of his plan as they didn’t notice the large tree trunk in front of them and hit it dead on, incapacitating them all in the process. Rio laughed at them and waved at them, telling them to come at him again at any time. As Rio made his way out of the forest, he stumbled across a shaggy bridge that looked like it could collapse at any moment. Rio sprinted as fast as he could as he tried not to fall down (since there was a ravine below him and he’s a devil fruit user). Before Rio could make it to the last step, two monkeys at the end of the bridge used their teeth to bite the ropes off, sending him plummeting down with the bridge. Refusing to yield, Rio attached himself to one of the broken wood pieces and jumped off of it and the process repeated until Rio was high in the air and landed at the end of the bridge, shocking the two monkeys who tried to attack him again but Rio dodged and pushed them both off of the bridge.

Rio then made his way out of the bridge territory and finally reached the capital of the Anamarius that he was living at. Waiting there for him, Wukong and Bison (along with Hawke who just flew in) stood at the top. Rio ran up towards them and asked them if he passed, to which they all nodded and showered him with compliments. Wukong walked up to Rio and patted the boy’s head, stating that he has grown well in the past two years and that he is ready to receive a gift from all of them. Making their way past a water fall, Rio was astounded at a shrine temple that had the carvings of a monkey (Wukong), an ox (Bison), and an eagle (Hawke). In the center of the carvings, Rio saw an oddly colored shaped fruit that was purple. Asking what it was, Bison explained that it was a sacred fruit that they had been guarding for the past century. Wukong then looked at Rio and told him to eat it as they all considered him worthy enough to eat the fruit. Not hesitating, Rio walked up to the shrine and ate the fruit which of course, tasted like complete trash and he spit it out saying it was horrible. He then went on to ask why they made him eat it, which Wukong retaliated by asking if he felt any different. It took a moment for Rio to realize that he did feel a bit different but pretty much the same. Wukong, Bison, and Hawke all looked at one another, nodded, and then proceeded outside.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Following them, Rio asked him where they were going and Wukong told him that they were going to try training once more. Arriving at the training camp, Bison was the first to attack Rio which caused Rio to dodge him (while he touched his horn to get out of the way) and then launch his own attack. Normally, Rio’s attacks wouldn’t have had any effect on Bison but for some reason, Rio felt different and the muscles in his fist contracted and looked extremely toned. When he landed his punch against Bison, it caused the Ox to go flying several feet back and smack dead with a wall that was planted there. Rio (along with Wukong and Eagle) was shocked beyond belief and he quickly rushed to Bison’s side and asked if he was okay. Bison slowly got up and told Rio that he didn’t enjoy being the test subject. Wukong then explained that Rio had eaten the Yajuu Yajuu no Mi (literally meaning Animal Mimic Fruit) and could mimic the power and abilities of any animal he touched. Rio didn’t really get it at first but decided to try it out once more by touching Hawke. While nothing happened at first, Rio unexpectedly started floating into the air and then soared upward like an eagle. It was from this that Wukong, Bison, and Hawke decided to invent a new training schedule for Rio to control his powers.

Meeting His Father, Brother, and Adopted Sister
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Now at the age of ten and becoming much stronger than he was before, Wukong suggested that Rio head back to his hometown as they were sure he wanted to see how they were all doing. While they expected him to decline and want to stay with them again Rio surprisingly agreed and went on his way back, showing how much he matured from since he first came. Using his newfound powers, Rio was easily able to maneuver his way out of the dangerous forest he had trouble with last time and made it back to his village that looked like it was having an apparent festival. As Rio came into the light, one of the villagers noticed Rio and shouted to all of the other villagers that he was alive. Everyone came outside and nearly trampled Rio as they bear hugged him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The elder who was called Noboya scolded Rio and asked him where he had been all this time, stating that they all thought he had been killed. Before Rio could say anything, he remembered that Wukong had told him not to tell the others about the Anamarius as it was supposed to be a secret. Rio kept it secret and made his way back to his house where he had a little surprise waiting for him. Standing at the front of his abandoned house was his father who looked confused as to why it looked as if no one had been living in it. In the spur of the moment, Rio charged at his father instinctively and threw a punch but Keith easily dodged and then countered with a back kick that connected with Rio’s face. He smacked right against a tree and looked as if he was knocked. Keith (who hadn’t realized that it was his own son) confidently smirked at thinking he had caught a bandit or pirate but gasped in horror at the fact that it was his son. He rushed to his side and asked if he was alright, praying that his kick didn’t kill the young boy but Rio just laughed and said he knew it was him because dad is strong. Keith (who was amazed that is son looked relatively uninjured) picked him up and examined him all over, wondering how he had gotten so big and actually looked as if he was building some lean muscle. Rio just said it was secret and asked him why he was here.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">It was at this moment that a young girl who was about the same height as Rio and a young boy who looked almost identical to Rio showed up behind Keith’s legs. Keith explained that the boy was his younger brother and the girl was his adopted sister. Rio (who was staring at his younger brother Ren) walked up towards him and hit him on the head. At this, Ren started crying and he clung to Keith’s legs once again. When Keith questioned why Rio would do something like that, Rio just scoffed and stated that he didn’t like him since he was a cry baby. Arianna tried to slap Rio for hurting his brother but Rio effortlessly dodged and then held her arm behind her back, showing Keith that his son had learned a trick or two while he was away. Keith broke up the fight and told Ren and Arianna to go inside as he wanted to discuss something important with Rio. Bringing him inside, Keith asked Rio where he learned those moves from but Rio refused to answer and told him that it’s a secret. Keith chuckled and then asked Rio how old he was, with Rio stating that he was ten. As Keith just laughed at his own carelessness at forgetting his own son’s birthday, Rio got annoyed that his father forgot. Keith then asked Rio a very crucial question that had a major impact on him, which was what did he want to do in his life. It took Rio a few seconds to respond to his question but then he smiled and told him that he wants to become super strong. Keith who looked confused asked him why he wanted that. Rio told him that he wanted to become strong so that he could fly high in the sky.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Keith smiled at his son and patted his head, praising him for his resolve at such a young age. He then told Rio that he should become a pirate if he wanted to become the strongest, which motivated Rio to train even harder. After the talk was over, Keith told Rio to go find the other two and come back for dinner which annoyed Rio since he didn’t like them. As Rio made his way through the forest, he noticed Arianna protecting Ren from a lion that was hungry as it had its mouth wide open dripping with saliva. Arianna who was still a complete novice at fighting tried to use the Rankyaku technique against it but it was so weak it was swatted away by the tiger who started to walk closer. Coming to the rescue, Rio jumped in front of the two of them and told the lion to back off. Before the tiger could pounce, Rio unleashed his first burst of Haoshoku Haki to intimidate the lion and scare it off. As Rio turned around at the frightened Ren and sweating Arianna, he held his hand out asking the two of them if they’re alright. Ren flung himself in Rio’s direction and hugged his brother while Arianna walked up to him and said that he was pretty cool, while she was blushing and looked away (hinting that she had gained a crush on him).

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Rio sighed and told his brother to stop crying all the time but Ren’s tears couldn’t stop. The three of them played together in the forest with Rio defeating anything that harmed his family and they headed back home to eat the food that Keith prepared. After a week of bonding, playing, and enjoying themselves Keith had to get back to his post as he was only given a week off. As Keith and the two kids headed back to Keith’s ship Rio ran up towards them and asked him when he’d see him again. Keith walked up to his son and gave him three things, a tattered cape, a black necklace, and the treasure of the Scott Family the Scott Staff in the form of a clump of dough. Keith told him that the first two were mementos from his mother and himself when they were younger. The third item he gave him was something that Rio had to choose what to make out of it and that he was going to be the next head of the Scott family so he needed a weapon that suited him. With that, Keith bent down and held out his pinkie finger while stating that the next time they would meet, they would fight to determine who was the strongest. Rio happily smiled and grabbed his father’s pinkie with his own pinkie and told him that he’d beat him one day when he was the strongest pirate. With that, Keith left the island and inspired Rio to become stronger until he could meet his father again.