"WOW!" Kiro exclaimed, as he stood atop of the execution platform, and looked out onto the crowded town center. "So this is what a pirate sees before they die, huh? I wonder if any of them were scared? I sure would be..." He thought aloud, as he surveyed the area.

"Hey you! Get down from there this instant!" An official-looking dude yelled from down below through a megaphone.

"I would! But it was kind of hard to get up here with my injuries," the pirate gestured to his full-body cast he was placed in, as he then looked down to the ground far below, "and I'm scared if I try to get down I'll die, so..." He nervously laughed.

"No! That's a special execution stand that belongs to the World Government! You have to get down immedia-" The official awkwardly argued back, but was suddenly cut off by someone hitting them hard in the side of the head with an enormous weapon. The official passed out on the floor, as his megaphone rolled across the ground.

"RED STAR KIRO!" Yachi (Just imagine a big, burly, tough-looking guy with a bazooka) yelled with rage from the ground. "It's been a while, hasn't it!?" He laughed, as angry veins throbbed from the side of his head.

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"Do I know you?" Kiro sat there dumbfounded, as he scratched his head.

Yachi's jaw dropped to the floor. "Y-You took our ship! You shot a bunch of arrows into my bazooka! You took my clothes! You made me lie to my old captain! YOU FORCED ME AND MY CREW TO SAIL THE SEAS ON YOUR BARREL BOAT!" He reminded him.

Kiro stood there in awkward silence. Finally, he mumbled: "I-I'm sorry..." just to clear the embarrassment he felt for this man.

A dozen more officials came to tackle Yachi to the ground, but a dozen daggers suddenly pierced their backs. A cloaked man stood behind the fallen soldiers, who chuckled menacingly. "Of course he wouldn't remember you, Yachi, you were but a first mate on my ship, but obviously he'd remember..." He threw off his cloak, to reveal his unmistakable, easily recognizable red hair atop of his slender frame. "SHIMIZU! FORMER NAVIGATOR OF THE GASU PIRATES!" He laughed.

"Uhhh...." Kiro replied.

"Ever since you beat us to an inch of our life... Cast us away with no food, no water, on the horrid barrel-boat," a tear shed from Shimizu's eye, "we vowed to find you one day, and seek revenge for what you did to us." Shimizu clenched both his fists. "Our journey seemed hopeless. We wondered the seas for weeks, aimlessly. We were about to give up, until we were picked up by a pirate ship, whose captain had a hatred for you even greater than us!"

A group of cloaked men drew in from behind Shimizu, their leader riding on an enormous elephant-sized zebra. "DID YOU..." The leader started, as the whole crew simultaneously threw off their cloaks, "MISS ME!?" Shibru (Wacky-looking guy that vaguely resembles a Zebra, has a black and white mohawk.) laughed maniacally, along with the rest of his marine-turned-pirates behind him.

"Oh, It's just Shibru." Kiro spoke casually.

"TAKE ME MORE SERIOUSLY!" Shibru yelled angrily. "SPEEDWAGON, DO IT!" He commanded.

Speedwagon (Shibru's right-hand man) suddenly appeared behind Kiro, as he easily trapped the captain's head and arms into the decapitation wood block. Speedwagon struck a cool pose, as he blew out bubbles into the air as if he was smoking a cigarette. "Did you miss me, Red Star?" He smirked.

"I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE!"  Kiro yelled with annoyance in his voice.

"Now..." Yachi chuckled.

"To commence..." Shimizu continued.

"The flashy..." Shibru piped in.

"EXECUTION!" The three said in unison, as they all struck a cool pose. Pirates behind them all pulling out swords in agreement.

The crowded town square was quickly being emptied, as many fled.