One Piece: Desert Storm
Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece.
Kilnorc: here it is folks, the much anticipated sequel to my first One Piece story, Crew of the Axe! What adventures await our pirate friends? Come aboard and find out!
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"Devon, on your left!"
"I KNOW! Watch the one in front of you, Niri!"
"WHEEEE!"
"DUSTY, STOP RIDING THE DAMN THING AND GET TO THE SHIP NOW!"
A young man with slicked blonde hair landed on a large boulder, a sword in each hand. He stood, panting for breath as he stared down a group of gigantic serpents. He grinned from ear to ear and wiped his chin, "Ok...you boys wanna play...let's play,". He leapt into the air, straight toward the nearest serpant and crossed his blades together.
"TANKETETSU!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, swinging both blades rapidly in all directions. The serpent roared in agony before falling backward into the ocean, it's head covered with bloody gashes. The other serpents looked at the fallen comrade, then at the blonde man who landed ontop of the first serpent.
"Anyone else want some...?"
The serpents screeched then turned around and dove back into the seawater.
"That's what I thought...,"
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The man hopped onto a nearby docked boat where a group of women and a couple of males were waiting for him. As soon as he landed, a girl with black hair and blue eyes came up and smacked him hard across the face, "BAKA!".
Rubbing his cheek, he looked at the girl, "I don't think I deserved that...,".
"Well you do! You're an idiot, Devon!" the girl snapped, "We finally find a safe place in the Calm Belt, and you go and ruin it by going taking a piss over the railing of the ship, attracting the attention of Sea Kings!"
"Well I really had to go...,"
"Then use the toilet!"
A loud noise made the two turn to face a young man with black hair and an amused look on his face, "WHAT!".
"...you two done or are we gonna wait another three hours before heading out?" he asked calmly. The girl glared at the blonde, who glared back at her.
"Eh," they both grumbled and walked off in seperate directions of the boat. The black haired young man shook his head, "Sometimes, I think I should just let you two go at it...," he murmured.
A light giggle was heard, "You do that, and I'll have to let them rest for a few weeks in the infirmary, Captain,". He turned to a young woman with dark blonde hair and green eyes, "Least it'd give you something to do, eh Kirsty?" he laughed.
"Yep!"
"Uh...if ya'll need me, I'll be in the bath...,"
They both watched as a young teenage girl with short fox ears on her head and a bushy fox tail coming out above her rear end walk quickly to the bathing cabin, leaving a trail of something gooey behind her in her tracks.
Kirsty sighed and shook her head, "Dusty...remind me again why you had to slide up and down the Sea Kings?".
"...I was bored,"
"Well now you're covered with Sea King slime ain't ya?"
"...shaddup,".
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The sun began to set on the horizon and the large ship was still anchored in its original place. A young woman with fiery red hair sat quietly in a small room on the ship, hunched over a bunch of maps and books, navigational instruments set aside nearby.
"Hmm...it's been a week since we left Phlan, and we entered the Calm Belt a couple of days ago," she tapped a large map that lay in front of her with a pencil in thought, "Normally, we would have had a lot of trouble passing through this eerily calm portion of the world, but thanks to those Breath Dials of Austins, we've made it halfway through...,"
"You know talking to yourself can be a sign of madness on the high seas, Chizuru,".
She turned around, her golden-brown eyes fixed on the black haired youth from before, "Oh...Captain, I didn't hear you,". Axe grinned and walked into the cabin, hands stuffed into his black vest, "Did I startle you, Chizzy?".
"No," she shook her head, "I was too deep in thought to be startled by anything,".
"I noticed. Watcha workin' on?"
Chizuru turned back to her map and pointed to a spot, "I was trying to think about how we can get out of the Calm Belt. We used the rest of the Breath Dial's power to get this far, so that option's gone,".
"We could use the waves a Sea King uses to propel the ship...," Axe suggested.
She shook her head, "Can't for two reasons. Too dangerous for the ship, and I don't think any of them will be coming near this area because of Devon. For a guy without much of a bounty, he sure can leave an impression among the sea can't he?".
Axe laughed loudly, "Oh hell ya. Glad he joined up with us. So...," he leaned over and looked at the map, "You got any ideas for this situation of ours?".
"Sadly, not yet, Captain,".
He glanced at her, "You know, you've been with us for a while, Chizuru, feel free to call me Axe more often. Captain makes me feel weird...,"
"That's your position, isn't it?" she countered.
"Uh..well...yeah...but-,"
"Trust me, Captain, i can call you Captain, Captain Axe, or something worse. Now if you'll excuse me...," she stood up and started to push him towards the open door, "I have many things to go over with this. Let me know when Devon has dinner ready,".
SLAM!
Axe stood outside the now closed room and blinked, "She just keeps getting stranger and stranger everytime...," he murmured before walking off to the galley. He sniffed the air and immediately began to drool.
"MEEEEEAAAAAAAT...,".
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That night, while everyone slept comfortably as the moon hung in the sky, something under the waves began to stir. With a light slosh, a large form surfaced and looked around the area. It's eyestalks twisting around, getting a feel for the area before staring at the ship nearby.
More bubbles popped along the surface, accompanied by a strange gurgling noise that sounded like a distorted laugh. The form dove underwater and made its way to the ship, the moonlight glistening off it's large red shell of a back.