Azars Crew, The Spark Pirates, were suffering
From Tinder, the Small spindly woman with a pleaded skirt and baggy top who served as the 'Fixer' of the crew. Fos the Previously mentioned Member, Serving as Shipwright. Albers, The Navigator. Amber the amber haired man who was the fighter of the crew, having the 'Resin Resin' fruit. Charc, the Crews Chef, resembling a butcher in an apron without a shirt.. And the final member was Nina, a Very Dark Skinned woman who served as the tertiary fighter but also book keeper of the Crew. She was a user of Airkido, an off shoot of Sky'Chi that the Skyderians used. Theat focused on "Tossing" and "Grappling" the air.
The Strongest on the Crew were Azar and and Nina bar none. Which could coincide in the on again off again Relationship that him and her had. There was also Amber, who was closer to Nina that he was Azar.
But the harsh truth was that Azar was so far and away stronger than the both combined and double, tripled, quadrupled still.
This was because Azar came in contact with the Red Beard Fleet only a year into his journey on the sea. This allowed for the rest to not need to gain strength and use their skills, unlike the Red Sashes who needed and wanted to get stronger for each other and themselves
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But that was not the goal of the Spark Pirates. They merely wanted to follow, and Trusted Azar. And Azar wanted to become strong and make his name known to all. So while his crew was safe with the Redbeard Pirates, he shot ahead of them all…
"Encasement!" Amber yelled as He produced resin from her hands, and hardened it around a Marine that was attempting to lunge at her! Then when He had them where He wanted, He doubled stepped back and formed a mass of Resin around her arm and swung in a devastating left hook! The pillar of hardened resin chipped, splintered, and shattered the Resin into thousands of pieces! Causing the Marine trapped inside to go flying through the air! His flight was orchestrated by the background noise the war around them! Cannons Firing, Sparks flying! And the smell of blood, metal and soot filling the air!
"Albers cmon!" Amber said, extending her hand to the Navigator "Ack….Shit…I don't know if we'll be able to…Make it any meaningful distance to our Captain…" Albers said. His mascara trailing down his face from both sweat and tears.
"Doesn't matter! Even if we can't we'll make sure to take any amount of the load off the rest of the Fleet so those that can get up there, will! We'll make sure that Azar is saved…No matter if we do it ourselves or not!" He confidently declared in that almost brash but confident tone
Albers stared at her hand. His breath louder in his ears than any of the cannons around. Blood quickly drying on his face from both the heat from Kuroryu, The Light from Murausagi, and the chill of Nokotori.
His head fell. A sigh of exhaustion leaving his lips as his hands were left limp, draped over his knee.
For a moment. His eyes shut. Thinking. Feeling. And contemplating. Before opening with a hardened look and extending his own arm in a wide swing to grip Ambers forearm with strength and pulling himself up!
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Ambers teeth gleamed as He saw the reaction He was hoping for! Ablers could be a bit cowardly…Reserved. And possibly down right selfish sometimes…But he had the best intentions in mind for those he loved.
Amber in that moment thought back to how he met Azar. It was on a deserted Island. Albers and him had washed up. And together they were able to all get off the island, Azar had brought food with him, giving Amber the energy to use his fruit and create a dinghy of Resin! And with Azars fruit for propulsion, and Albers navigating. They weren't on the island for more than a day! Despite Amber having been stranded for nearly a week!
Him and Albers were not going to let Azar go! Even if he or the Spark Pirates were going to be the ones to do it! Even if they played no role from here on out! They were going to make sure that the rest of the Redbeard Fleet could get closer and closer and get Azar away from this place!
Albers grabbed his nunchucku from the ground. Spun them around, and pressed his back against Ambers. Giving a small gesture that he was there with her, Back to back. Amber in response reached her hand back and dragged a finger across the cut on Albers face. Coating it in Resin and ceasing the bleeding until they can, or need, to reach the Doctor Division!
"Good you two are still Alive!" The Voice of Nina said as she came flying down, rolling her body through their air, her hands frist pointed down with clawed fingers, grabbing and warping the air to fly downwards as she fell to produce a cushioning gust of wind!
Rolling over her shoulder, she jumped back up to her feet, falling back onto the shoulders of Albers and Amber. Allowing for all three of them to be Back to Back!
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Nina…Azar had found her…Well. She had found him. She had been a bounty hunter. And had heard rumors of Azars presence in the area. Her Airkido had been quite effective at countering Azars fruit, that was until he had learned to counter and use the Air she controlled to empower his flames by forcing the fire to absorb the air! After that…He asked her to join the crew…Saying he saw 'A Spark in Her' as he did with them all…
"You Guys! You Guys!" Tinder screamed! Flailing her hands through the air as she found the crew again! Only to see Charc come sliding to a halt in front of Nina! His dual butcher knives in his hands! "Oh god!"
She said jumping in fear! She wasn't usually scared unless in battle! Any other time she was quite energetic! But she was no combatant! After all she had joined the crew after she had given Azar his fruit after he had helped her and her dads tailoring business from being extorted by the local pirates!
"Just stay behind me!" Charc said, pulling his knife up, still crouched down…He was covered in wounds that he seemed to not be bothered by them. The warm sticky feeling of blood on his stout body but thin body. "Yessir!" Tinder said. Bringing her hands up fearfully in a quiver behind Charc
Charc was actually scouted by Azar himself after the crew entered into a Cooking Competition near the Baron Archipelago, thinking his fire fruit would get them the easy prize money! But Charc had blown them out of the water and proved that he had the 'Spark' for the crew…
Fos was the last to show up. As always in a commedical fashion! He went flying through the air and slammed into the ground of the Concrete Bay. His hand coming up to his head. "Oh…Hey…" He said.
"Hey." The Spark Pirates all said intandem
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Fos was from a Rival Island of Water 9: 'Rivet Island'. A Shipyard of an Island that had originally prided itself on the trade of reenforcing ships with metal brackets and wrappings in key areas before the advent in recent decades of Metal being much more commonly used in ships! Having been born on Brokeel Island, a Isle of Bandits and Pirates made entirely of Broken Ships in a shanty town to where the original island couldn't be seen from the layers, he knew a thing or too about ship parts! It was because of this that he was able to hone his skill. And this skill came to use when Azar needed to have his ship repaired after a nasty brush with a Warlord! Thankfully it wasn't a Marshal…
"Well. We're all here!" Nina said. Looking around to the Spark Pirates around her "It doesnt matter what we do! As long as we help our crew! If it wasn't for them! Azar and us would have none of what we have today!"
The Spark Pirates technically had been apart of the Redbeard fleet longer than they had ever been a independent crew! They were as close to them as they were Azar! Azar was their Captain! And Redbeard their Pa!
"Right?!" She asked loudly
"Right!" The crew said in together!
"Then lets do it!!!" She declared with an enormous shout! Causing the rest to scream as they broke apart! All now keenly aware and working together!
For Azar!!
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10 Minutes Have Passed sing the Start of the War…