After the brush of death in Loguetown, the Straw Hat Pirates were on their way to Reverse Mountain, the entrance of the Grand Line, when their captain, Monkey D. Luffy, had spotted an island from his Special Seat™ and orders his crew to dock there. Knowing that their captain will whine constantly if they don't, they follow his order and sail the ship toward the island called Goma (totally random and of the top of my head). They needed to restock the food supply anyway ('cause somebody [i.e. Luffy] had eaten all of the meat and childishly threw away many fruits and vegetables in to the sea to attract random sea creatures.
When they docked (and Luffy bounding off the ship into the town's square with Nami yelling at him to lay low), the crew decided to spend a few days on the island as they pleasantly discovered that the town was very welcoming towards them, even though they knew the bounty over Luffy's head. Finally getting a chance to relax, Nami and Sanji went ahead to do some shopping (Nami: clothes; Sanji: food + women) while Usuop tinkered with his gadgets and the ship's canons and Zoro…did what he always did: sleep and train.
This continued on to the next day…and the next day…and the next day…and the next day…until-
"Yo, marimo, wake up."
Twitching his closed eyes at that jab, the swordsman/first mate of the Straw Hat pirates Roronoa Zoro opened his eyes to lazily glare at Curly Brow a.k.a. Sanji, a hand covering his yawn. "What d'ya want, shitty cook?" Twitch. Smirk.
"Nami-swan wanted me to warn you that a Marine ship had docked about an hour ago on the other side of the island, so we'll be sailing off in about a half hour." The fighting cook of the Straw Hat pirates Sanji said, his signature cigarette slowly burning in his mouth as he stared down at the moss head. "She wanted to get the ship ready by the time she and Usuop return while I cook up lunch." A demonic smirk appeared on his face. "If you don't she will raise your debt by 200%." Twitch. Bigger smirk.
"Fine," the swordsman grumbled, getting up from his comfy napping spot and lumbered off to do the threat-I mean, command-no wait, task,. Yeah, task! Anyway, ten minutes later, Zoro finished his task when Nami and Usuop walked onto the boat; Nami with a bag of clothes in one hand and Usuop staggering under the numerous amount of shopping bags in his very muscular (*coughweakcough*) arms. He barely prevented himself from dropping the very expensive clothing on to the deck, and stood up straight, stretching his arms and back upward. "Ugh~," he groaned, "Why did you make me carry your shopping bags? You could have asked Zoro or Sanji to do it!" he shouted, pointing his finger toward the smiling red-head (or is she an orange-head? Hmm~).
"Well~," the navigator of the Straw Hat pirates drawled, "they weren't the ones who spilled their chemicals on ally of my high-quality clothing yesterday, right?" "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" he yelled, still pointing his finger at her. "Besides, Luffy was the one who knocked me down, causing me to accidently pour it on your clothes!"
"But he's not here now, is he?" she countered, eyes narrowed and arms crossed. She then sighed, eyes and arms relaxing as she shielded her eyes from the sun, looking for said elusive captain. "Where is he, anyway?"
"No, the question is. 'What is going on with him?'" Zoro drawled, crossing is arms and leaning towards the ledge. "I'm pretty sure you all noticed, right?"
"Yeah…"Nami trailed off, crossing her arms in thought. "He's been acting pretty strange ever since he came back to the ship the first day we arrived at this island.
"Not to mention he has been eating less," Sanji added, already catching up with the conversation and closing the cabin door behind him. "I didn't even have to stab him in the hand for trying to eat before you guys."
"Plus, he keeps staring at the town every morning," Usuop pointed out, his hand underneath his chin in thought. "It's as if he's almost thinking about something…or someone."
"Oh please!" Nami scoffed. "Like that idiot could think of anything besides meat and advenutres!"
"He does have his moments though…" Zoro trailed, thinking about the battle with Arlong and the expression he had."
"Yeah, he does," Nami agreed while Sanji and Usuop smiled and nodded.
For the next few minutes, the Straw Hat crew fell into a comfortable silence. Each of them reminisce the times they had together, the troubles they faced, the moment their lives changed forever the first time they met Luffy…
It was peaceful.
"LEEEEEEETTTSSSSS GOOOOOOOOO~!"
And then there was Luffy.
The crew glanced toward the main land, already zeroing in on the happy-go-lucky captain running towards the Going Merry with (they blinked) a swarm of Marines running after him and shooting bullets at him. They sighed, all of them going inside the cabin except for Usuop. He took out a telescope he had, just in case, and trained it at the grinning teen. His scope couldn't actually see that far, but he could almost sense the smile on his captain's face. He stared at him, then moved his gaze toward the angry Marines with their pissed-off faces, then to the blue-haired girl running with Luffy, then to-
Wait, blue-haired girl?
Sure enough, as he looked more closely into his scope, he could see the long, flowing blue hair behind the girl that was running side-by-side to Luffy, in which Usuop unconsciously noted that she and the captain were roughly the same height. He didn't know what to think except: Who the hell is she?
Almost as if she could hear him, her head snapped toward the ship and Usuop slightly sweated from an unseen emotion going throughout his body. She then abruptly stopped and turned around toward the Marines, who didn't hesitate from the sudden action as they ran at full speed towards the bluenette and Luffy (who had stopped a few seconds after she stopped). Then, for no apparent reason, the officials suddenly froze. Usuop couldn't figure out why as the bluenette grabbed Luffy's hand and bolted toward the docks, the grinning teen easily following suit. The bizarre action allowed them a five second head start until the Marines snapped out of their daze and continued their chase, although they lost ground from the action. At this point, Usuop was getting close to biting his nails from the anticipation bubbling up inside of him.
When the duo were only a hundred feet away from the docks and the Going Merry only half the distance away, the bluenette suddenly stopped, causing Luffy to slightly stumble behind her. She turned her head toward Luffy, and it looked like she was conversing with him about something, probably a suggestion from how she was doing slight hand gestures and Luffy nodding his head in thought and then confirmation, even though Usuop could almost clearly see a question mark appearing above his head. Then all of a sudden, she grabbed bicep, looked straight at the caravan (for some reason though, he could have sworn that she was staring at him…), took a step back as if she was bracing herself, and-
"HOLY CRAP! SHE PROPELLED HIM!" he yelled, wrenching the scope from his eyes as he followed the black dot of his captain in the sky.
"Usuop, what's with all of the racke-GHH!" Zoro questioned as he came out of the cabin only for Luffy to land on his chest and his his head to knock painfully on the wooden door behind him. The two then slid down onto the floor in slight pain.
"Ugh~…"
"Ah, damn Luffy! What the hell was that for?!"
The sniper ignored them, however, as he watched with his own eyes as the teenaged girl bolt toward the dock the ship used to be anchored to with the Marines hot on her trail and grinning like maniacs. They looked like they knew that she had nowhere to run now, but she kept going. And going and going and going until she reached the last wooden board of the platform, lifting a foot off the dock-
"HOLY CRAPP, SHE JUMPED!" Usuop yelled again, eyeing the bluenette who was currently in the air and doing continuous, impressive front flips in the air, causing her to make a perfect arch from her action as she kept getting closer and closer to the ship. Zoro and Luffy stopped their groaning and followed the sniper's gaze, their mouths slightly open from the spectacle as Nami and Sanji rushed out of the cabin and following suit.
Then, with a gentle tap of her foot, she landed perfectly on top of the Going Merry's head ornament. The Straw Hat pirates all stared at the newcomer/intruder with suspicion, fear, and love in their eyes (I'm pretty sure you can guess whose emotion belongs to whom). Except fort luffy, as he started grinning like he's seeing an old friend from the past.
The teen girl's blue hair reached all the way to her hips, which were gently swaying from her descent and the wind. Her eyes, a beautiful sea-foam blue, were narrowed while her light, pink lips were in a thin line, giving her the image of a general analyzing the battlefield. Around her neck (which was a perfect tan color) was a long but thin silver chain with the possible charm hanging from it disappearing underneath her jacket, which only allowed to show a small amount of cleavage. The jacket was made of denim and jeans with the sleeves going all the way to her wrists and silver buttons buttoned all the way up. The jacket cut-offed underneath her breast bone, showing a simple designed white dress that flows out to the middle of her legs but for some reason weren't moving from the wind. Her arms were criss-crossed in front of her, her left hand lightly holding on to her left as a pair of silver bangles on each wrist clinked gently and pleasantly. The nails on her fingers and toes were painted a pretty sky-blue. Her feet are covered by flat, inch-healed white sandals with a strap holding her toes and her ankles to the sandal (they look like ninja shoes from Naruto Shippuden, only with the male ankle hold-thingy and the female bottom). With the sun beaming down on her and giving her an ethereal glow, she gave off the appearance of-
"A GODDESS~!" Sanji yelled out, hearts popping out of his eyes as he flashed-stepped towards the bluenette and kneeled on one leg, a hand over his heart and the others gently holding the girl's left hand. "Oh, my beautiful queen, allow this humble knight to serve you and fulfill your needs whenever you desire! I will do my upmost best to accomplish them~!"
"and the crap cook is at it again," Zoro growled, causing Sanji to flash-step, again, in front of him, his fists closed tightly and his eyes set in a glare.
"What was that, marimo?" he growled. Zoro narrowed his eyes and growled back, "You heard me, Dart Brow."
Usuop sighed, already becoming slightly irritated from the normal squabble between the two men. He then twitched (read: jumped) in surprise as a hand gently tapped his shoulder. He turned around to see the blue-haired girl looking at him with her calculating hand. She stared at him while he dumbly stared back until he finally got the silent message as he held out a hand to her. She took it gently and jumped off the figurehead, barely making any noise from the impact. He gazed toward Zoro and Sanji (whom were still fighting) to Nami (who was looking at her with suspicion and a hint of greed) and finally to Luffy (who was still smiling in which it could cause to sun to burn out). He turned back toward to girl-who looked back at him-cleared his throat, and said in a loud enough voice, "So, what's your name?"
Zoro and Sanji snapped their heads toward the girl, momentalrrly forgetting their squabble. Nami's eyes narrowed and Luffy…ws still smiling.
And the girl was silent.
"…"
"…" Zoro stared at her with heavy suspicions and a tiny hint of killing intent.
"…" Sanji still stared at her with those hearts in his eyes.
"…" Nami crossed her arms, anticipation rising from inside of her.
"…" Usuop patiently waited for the girl's answer.
"…?" Luffy looked back and forth from his crew and the newcomer, still smiling but with confusion interlaced with it.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…?"
She then turned her head to the left, closed her eyes, crossed her arms, and harrumphed at them.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Zoro, Nami, and Usuop yelled out, blank white eyes and shark teeth appearing from the anger while Sanji was still love struck and Luffy laughing like the idiot he is.
She harrumphed again.
"SAY SOMETHING, DAMN IT!"
"HAHAHA~! GUYS! Hahaha! Hold on a moment, ha ha~!" Luffy shouted, trying to quail his laughter and his crewmates anger. It failed, but hi ignored it as he walked towards the girl and paced his arm around her neck, causing her to lightly glare at said limb.
"Guys, this is Aqua!" his other hand gestured to the bluenette-Aqua-who looked up toward the other Straw Hat members with a nonchalant look, "and she's now a part of our crew from this day on!"
As if to prove a point, she lifted her hand a waved at them with her fingers, a straight face still on her as she looked a the shell shocked crew.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
"My Lady~"
EnD oF pRoLoGuE
Published: 13/3/13
My hands are covering my face while I'm mumbling incoherent words. While I'm groaning, Allie comes in my room, a question mark clearly above her face.
Allie: What's up with you? Weren't you supposed to have updated your Hetalia fanfic by now?
*groans* I know~ It's just that the chapter's a lot harder to do, plus the document is saved on my FanFiciton account instead of Word Document.
Allie: Then why don't you transfer it to said Document?
Because for the chapter I'm writing, I'm using a video on YouTube to help me use as a reference so the is as clear as it could be as if one is actually doing it.
Allie: Doing what?
Playing a popular video-slash-video game in which it scares the shit out of you whenever you don't realize it, and by the time that you do, it's too late.
Allie: Oh.
Allie: So how long will it take you to complete it?
*shrugs shoulders*Dunno, actually. I'll try to work on it a little bit more tonight. But-*I make a heroic pose with a finger pointing at a random direction in the air* I will finish it by the time the weekend is over. This I SWEAR! *random music plays as fireworks explode in the background sky as confetti floats down from some usual pocket of space*
Allie: *stares at the author with crossed arms as a small piece of confetti lands on her nose. She stares at it, then brushes it away.* ...yeah~...So what the fuck was up with this crappy chapter?
A record broke in the background. The room was filled with silence.
A tick mark appears behind my head as I turn my head toward my O.C., almost causing my neck to whiplash.
Well ex-cuse~ me! It was almost midnight by the time I finished this chapter and pasted it to my FanFiction account documents. i was nearly half-delirious from lack of sleep, too tired to think about checking the wording and other shit and right now I feel like I'll drop at any moment! *then my eyes become white and stylized with numerous black circles as sheering hot flames roared behind me to show how extremely angry I am* DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BE A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE 'A's' IN HER STUDIES AND GET THE PROPER AMOUNT OF SLEEP?! HUH?! DO YA?!
Allie: But haven't you been neglecting it for playing on PokéFarm these past three weeks.
There was the silence again, along with that dust-bowl-thing moving across the screen, like the ones you see on those old Western movies.My anger fizzled out and was replaced with a moody, purple background along with matching tiny fireballs around my head while I hunch forward and turn my back on the O.C., swirls of depression added in on the scene as well.
You're right...What kind of author AM I?!
Allie: The kind who gets easily distracted and can't get any inspiration for at least half a month and it only last for a few days.
...Wow~ Don't you do a good job at cheering me up. Note the sarcasm there.
Allie: *opens mouth to retort but then pauses. She then chooses her words carefully* But recently, haven't you thought up of a story that you were sure will bring in tons of readers and reviews?
The background and strange orbs and flames disappear as I slowly turn around to stare at Allie, however I am still hunching my back.
...Yeah~...what about it?
Allie: Well~, it's going to be easier for you, isn't it? After all, not only is it based on a semi-popular abridged video game series, but you are also adding your own twist to the characters and lines, right?
...right...
Allie: So~, it's going to be much easier on you since you will actually feel a LOT BETTER after you finish writing each chapter. On that note, it will give you enough inspiration and motivation to complete this difficult chapter for your Hetalia fic!
She smiles, praying to any higher power up in the sky for the crappy explanation-slash-motivational speech to work.
(It did, BTW.)
I perk up, smiling happily with random flowers hovering around me and the background suddenly changing to a bright yellow with hearts and rainbows floating around.
...You're right. You're RIGHT! I can DO this! I CAN DO THIS! I CAN DO THI-zzz~"
Allie stares dumbfounded as she watches me sleep standing up, the background suddenly going back to its original blue color. She stares a little longer, then face-palms.
Allie: What is this, some kind of Brick Wall Joke? (trope. Look it up)
She then sighs, walk toward me and throws me over her shoulder, still slumbering and murmuring something about 'squirrels' for some reason. As she walks toward the door, she looks back at the video camera.
Allie: By the way, she wanted to know if she should keep the genre "Mystery". After a reviewer commented on it (thank you Vampirelover12100 for the advice), she was wondering if she should switch it to Humor, especially 'cause she's planning to have shit loads of it as the story progresses and the plot gets better. After all, this is the first chapter of a new story. So please leave your comments below and gives us your answer. She would also like to point out that this was by far the longest chapter she has written so far, and is hoping that it will continue with the other ones she's planning on. And right now, she's already working on the second chapter of this fic, so be on the look-out for it. *waves with one hand* Ja ne~!
Allie then turns around walks out of the door, and closes it as I mumble something that suspiciously sounds like 'muffins'. The room becomes pitch black behind her.
End of Author's Note
Author's Note Added 14/03/13