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Chapter 1 [a white haired girl is sitting up in a tree, staring longingly out at the sea, when a boy rushes up to the tree]
Boy: Kuu! On the south shore! There s a ship coming into port! The flag looks like Roy s!
Kuu: Roy! Big Brother! *Kuu jumps out of the tree, narrowly avoiding the branches and races the boy to the south beach*
[Kuu and the boy arrive at the beach just I time to see the crew beginning to unload the ship, the captain looks up to see Kuu sprinting straight for him]
Roy: Kuu! You ve gotten so much bigger! You re seven now, right?
Kuu: I m eight! My birthday was just last week, and you missed it!! You said you d be home in time for it! Roy: You re right... I m sorry, now I guess that, since you re mad at me and all, I ll just give away your gift Kuu: *face brightens* Gift?? I forgive you *giggles excitedly* [Roy brings out a wooden box and hands it to her]
Kuu: *opens the box and stares* H..huh?
Roy: It s a candy I got from the other side of the world! I thought you might like it, I know how you are with sweets.
Kuu: It s perfect! Thank you! When I get bigger, I m gonna travel with you all over the world! And I ll be an Angler Pirate just like you!! [that night, the crew and Kuu eat on the ship]
Kuu: I m gonna get some water from the kitchen! *she rushes off*
[Kuu enters the kitchen and spots a chest of the counter. Sneaking up to it, she opens the chest to find a piece of fruit, it was a translucent light blue color and very smooth and shiny, something which Kuu had never seen before, she picked it up and was surprised to find it was cold and slick. It slipped form her hands and shattered on the floor, it sounded like broken glass]
Roy: Kuu? Did you break something?
Kuu: *panicking* Uhh no! something just fell off a shelf, I ll clean it up!
Roy: are you sure? I ll help you clean it up.
Kuu: *in her panic, she shoves the fruit in her mouth and tries to hide the small chest under a table, Roy walks in, suspicious*
Roy: Hmmm, where exactly is this broken plate?
Kuu: *her mouth full of the peculiar fruit* Ah duhno .
Roy: *raises an eyebrow* Sure what s in your mouth? Are you sneaking food again?
Kuu: NOH!! ah duhno wah yer talkin awout! *bits of the fruit flies out of her mouth, she swallows, Roy examines the bits*
Roy: *eyes widen* Kuu, where exactly did you get this fruit?
Kuu: *refusing to make eye contact* Uhhhm .
Roy:(Raises voice) Kuu this is serious!
Kuu: *ashamed* I took it out of that box on the counter, then I dropped it and tried to cover it up by eating it, I m sorry!! *begins crying*
*crew enters the kitchen*
Crew: Cap n, what the blazes is going on?? Why are making this little girl cry? Hey, is she okay? She s all pale, even her lips are blue!
Roy: *gaping* I think I think she just ate a devil fruit Crew: *gasps* Do we even know what that one does?
*doctor steps forward*
Doctor: We ll find out eventually, come now, missy, let s get you to bed to rest up, you ve had a long day *doctor picks kuu up to carry her to her bed, and drops her*
Crew & Roy: What d you drop her for?? You idiot!
Doctor: I-I think I just figured out what the fruit was *wincing, he shows his arms, and where his arms had touched her bare skin, was frostbitten, pitch black* *everyone gasps, including Kuu*
Kuu: I-I m sorry doctor!! *Kuu runs off, sobbing, her bare feet leaving icy footprints on the deck* [Roy finds Kuu later in the evening, hiding out in a barn loft]
Roy: Kuu, you can t hide here forever Kuu: Roy: Why did you take it?
Kuu: I...I'm really sorry, Big Brother! I was just..curious.
Roy: Well.. *ruffles Kuu's hair* Now you know what the term "Curiosity Killed the Cat" feels like, huh?
Kuu: Yeah.. *sniffles* Now I can never be a pirate!
Roy: Sure you can! There have been lots of devil fruit pirates!
It's just.. a little more difficult. But that does NOT mean it's impossible.
Kuu: Really?
Roy: Really.
Kuu: But it shouldn't have happened... *straightens shoulders and toughens up* but I won't cry! Pirates don't EVER cry!
Roy:Well.. I don't know about that.. but.. don t worry, you ll be a great pirate someday, you should start your own gang of pirates! Then you can even be better than me! Kuu: B-but *from afar off, they here the crew yelling, a messenger bursts through the door*
Messenger: Cap n, bad news! The Navy s headed this way, they re real close! We gotta make a break for it! Now!
Roy: Well, Kuu, I guess this is goodbye, for now. I love you! *he stands up, tosses her a pair of black gloves and runs toward the ship*
Kuu: G'bye!! *sadly* [Kuu waits until everyone is out of earshot and starts sobbing]
