Hi! This is my first story [That you know of]. Please don't kill me. *Hides*
I know it's horrible. I'm sorry. If you give it a chance, please leave a review?
/Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece~/
Hanging loosely from the branch of a tall tree by her legs, she stared down at the shore of the small island she resided on. A rather large ship was docked, and she could see a small handful of odd people milling about in preparation of something.
The figurehead of the ship resembled a large lion's head, with flower petals adorned in a wreath around it to serve as it's mane. A black flag waved calmly in the air, a skull with a straw hat its decoration. The deck was covered in grass, and the crow's nest looked like a shiny room.
The girl slid off the branch, landing on her hands and then bouncing onto her feet. She pulled loose a few strands of her hair from under the bandage, letting it fall over the bandage covering her left eye, hiding most of the bandage from sight, aside from the part over her forehead. [I said the word bandage three times in a sentence...forgive me Q.Q] She quietly walked down the back of the cliff, wanting to examine the ship - and occupants - closer.
When she reached the bottom, she stood behind a wide-trunked tree, hiding her body mostly from sight in case they could see her from there. Her single brown eye scanned over the ship, noting the tree seeming to grow out of the deck with a swing attached, and small plants.
From what she could see, the passengers were very strange. A raccoon - wait...no...that's a small reindeer - was swaying back and forth in the swing, a blue bag in his lap. A skeleton in eccentric clothing leaned against the railing of the ship, a shiny top hat/crown on his head. An orange feathered boa was around his neck, and heart-shaped shades adorned his face over his eye sockets.
An extremely disproportioned man with blue hair looked to be posing on the deck, his eyes hidden by triangular shades. His upper body was much larger than his legs, which had a metal covering over them, possibly to support his large body. His shoulders looked to be huge red circles on his body, and his forearms large blue squares with a darker blue star on each. The last person on the deck had a long nose and black, curly hair. A white floppy hat rested on his head, and he held a short, staff-like weapon loosely in his hand.
'Hmm...an odd bunch indeed.' she thought, watching as the reindeer flew out of the swing and landed on Long-nose. They both fell with a loud -thump-. She giggled softly into her palm as she heard a couple angry shouts from the man. She decided to get closer, to hear what they were saying, and went to stand at the side of the ship. She hung halfway over the railing, her torso on the outside, head and arms on the inside. She could here them clearly from here.
"-don't do that again!" Long-nose shouted, pointing at the tiny reindeer, apparently having apparently done most of his rant while she was walking. She felt sort of bad for the animal, who was now hiding incorrectly behind a barrel, his head the only part hidden.
The skeleton man sipped from a glass of tea, watching the pair behind his shades. "Yohohohoho!" he suddenly laughed, almost making her fall off the side in surprise. "SUUUPER funny!" The blue-haired man said, having stopped posing sometime during Long-nose's rant.
She heard a slightly angry squeak come from the man in protest. "Franky! Brook! That wasn't funny! He landed right on me!" he shouted at them, flailing one arm at the barrel. "Sorry..." the animal muttered.
"Usopp-san, it's fine! I am sure Chopper-san didn't mean any harm." The skeleton said, slight mirth clear in his voice. "When do you think they will be ready to go to the island?" He continued, looking over to the land mass.
"I believe we will be heading out as soon as Nami and Robin are ready." Long-nose - did they call this one Usopp? - said, shrugging. "But you know how women are...especially Nami! She takes forever!" He laughed, sitting on the deck. There was a murmured agreement between the four.
"Hey! What the hell's that supposed to mean!?" Came an angry shout from the inside of the ship. She saw the four's eyes bug out, well, the skeleton's sockets just got larger. A couple bangs of what she assumed were stomping feet echoed before a door opened loudly, an orange-haired woman storming out. A green swimsuit top covered the woman's chest, and a pair of purple shorts clung to her sides. Heeled sandals made her appear slightly taller than she was.
She marched over to the group of four, standing in front of Usopp, who looked to be cowering in fear. "All girls take a long time, not just me!" She said, her teeth looking sharp like a dragons as she hit him over the head. "It's because we actually care about how we look, unlike men!" Usopp lay on the floor, gripping his skull in pain.
She laughed softly in amusement, her brown eye almost sparkling in mirth. It had been a long time since she had seen anything as funny as this. "Who's that?" She heard the woman say, and froze, looking up to see four pairs of eyes and a set of sockets trained on her. She frowned slightly. "Ah, hell..."
She let go of the railing quickly, landing on her feet on the ground. She heard a scuffle of feet from the ship and ran into the area of trees, hiding behind the one she had been behind before. She peeked out, seeing the five looking out across the area in confusion.
She face palmed. "I'm such a baka! I cannot allow anyone to see me, no matter how amusing they may be1" She muttered to herself as she began walking back to the center of the island, careful to avoid going into the west side of the island.
Her eyes traced across the tree trunks, checking for any signs of movement as she reached the center, her favorite place. It had a large gray-tinted rock that rose twenty or thirty feet into the air, a flat top one could sit or lay down on if one could get up that high. Tiny footholds were naturally formed in the rock, though one had to be observent to see them. Luckily she was, and quickly climbed to the top, sitting down in the center, From the ground, no one could see her, even if they should look up, due to the rocks width.
She leaned back onto the rock, her hands lacing behind her head. 'What do I do witht hem?' she wondered, staring at the slightly murky afternoon sky. She could either run them off the island, which would be smart, or allow them to stay and possibly steal her possessions. She really didn't trust them not to take her things, but she wasn't the type to judge before she knew what she was talking about.
After careful thought, she decided as long as they did not come near her base, which was a few feet away from the rock she was currently laying on, she would not chase them away. She really had no reason not to allow them on the island, that was more -his- choice than hers.
Having decided upon her course of action, she yawned, stretching her arms out sleepily. She studied the sky, though the sun was still high, it was in the west a bit, she assumed it was early to late afternoon. "Wow...too early for bed...but I'm tired..." she muttered to herself. "Eh, a nap couldn't hurt..." She rolled over onto her side, not wanting to sleep on the ground in case those pirates turned out to be violent. She closed her eye, drifting off after a few minutes.
Done! Thank you if you bothered to read!
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