Hey everyone!
I am on 6 weeks of maternity leave and decided to revamp one of my more favorite stories.
I know, I know, I have left this one unfinished for a very long time; and I apologize.
However between switching jobs twice and all the drama that surrounded my pregnancy, writing was the last thing on my mind.
As always I own nothing, except my wolf, please don't take her.
Enjoy the story!
Soft whimpers escaped as I licked at the cut on my leg; wincing as the blood continued to stain my white fur.
"Are you ok?"
I looked up in surprise as a young man crouched down next to me; he was wearing a red vest and a straw-hat with black hair and a scar under his left eye. I growled lowly at him for a moment, watching with caution as he reached over and lightly petted my neck and back causing me to relax a little.
"Let me see girl."
I moved my head, watching him closely as he picked up my paw and looked at it.
"Come on."
I tilted my head, curiosity taking over as I aloud him to pick me up, my shoulders and head hanging over his shoulder while he started walking. As he walked I looked at the townspeople as they barely glanced at us, the few brave enough to make eye contact with me quickly looked away in fear. Finally we walked into some sort of building.
"Hey Rose."
"Luffy, what do you have there?"
I felt him shrug before placing me, surprisingly gentle, on a table.
"I don't know what she is, but she's hurt."
I heard the woman sigh before soft hands ran through my fur for a moment before the feeling of a warm liquid being poured into the wounds, I whined loudly at the slight burn.
"I know sweetie it'll help though. Luffy, why don't you pet her or something."
He nodded before scratching behind my ear and down my neck as Rose wrapped the wounds carefully before declaring I was going to be ok. I nuzzled her hand softly in thanks before standing up, testing the pressure for a moment before jumping down and wagging my tail at Luffy.
"Guess she's thankful."
"Yeah."
He smiled at me before deciding on something.
"You're going to be part of my crew girl."
Rose looked at Luffy in shock.
"Luffy, you can't have a dog as part of your crew."
"Yes I can."
He smiled at me again, rubbing my head lightly.
"You'll be part of my crew, won't you?"
I barked at him, figuring I owed him since he saved my life. Following him out of the building he showed me his boat, nothing more than a sailboat, but it would have to do for now. Hopping in, I curled into a ball, watching as he pushed us away from the dock and we were sailing away, the island getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared.
"Uh, we have a problem."
Looking up I realized, with great annoyance, that we were sinking.
"Come on, get in."
Seeing Luffy in a barrel I sighed before shaking my head and climbing in the barrel as Luffy pulled the lid on and we were floating.
"Well, this is one way to start an adventure, huh?"
I gave him a look before sighing and licking his cheek before falling asleep.
I was woken up as the barrel was rolled around, straining my ears I could hear voices but couldn't make out what they were saying. Turning my head I looked at an obviously asleep Luffy, licking his face I tried to get him to wake up, only for him to snore and continue to sleep. Sighing I waited and braced myself as we were rolled around again before it was set up right, I growled and Luffy opened one eye before stretching and breaking us out of the barrel, rolling on the ground I stretched and looked around to see a kid wearing a white button up shirt, pink hair, and was wearing glasses looking at us in complete and utter terror. I tilted my head at him before spotting one pirate on the ground and two others looking in shock at Luffy.
"Who the hell are you guys?"
Stretching I walked over and sniffed at the kid, causing him to flinch, obviously thinking I was going to bite him or something of the sort. Shaking my head I looked back over at Luffy.
"No, who are you?!"
I growled as they yelled at my captain, who just looked at the guy on the ground.
"That guy's gonna catch cold if he sleeps there, y'know."
"You did that!"
I growled again causing the two pirates to look at me before they shoved a sword in front of Luffy's face.
"Are you toyin' with us even when you know we're pirates?!"
Luffy turned and looked at the kid while I continued to growl at the pirates.
"Man, I'm hungry! You got any food?"
The two pirates raised their swords to attack Luffy while his back was turned. Jumping up I knocked both the men off their feet and kicked them in the head, effectively knocking them out.
"Good girl."
I yipped at Luffy as he turned back to the kid.
"Who are you two?"
Luffy smirked.
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy. And this is my dog. Nice to meetcha!"
I walked next to my captain as we set to find some food, a little surprised when the kid grabbed onto Luffy's arm.
"There are still lots more of them up on deck! C'mon! This way!"
Walking into a closet Luffy screamed in joy as I barked, jumping down we started filling our empty stomachs with the food we had found.
"M-my name is Colby. You're Luffy, right?"
I ignored the kid while biting into some fruit, vaguely wondering how long it was going to take to get my strength back.
"That was incredible just now! How did you and your dog do that?!"
Focusing on chowing down I ignored Colby's back story, feeling my stomach starting to protest I sat next to Luffy, setting my head on his knee as we looked at Colby.
"Man, you're dumb and stupid!"
"You're brutally honest…"
"If you don't like it, then run away!"
I smirked as Colby shook his head screaming no way, saying something about how he was afraid of his captain finding him. Luffy smiled and placed his hand on my head, his thumb lightly rubbing under my ear.
"Oh, you're a wimp, too?"
I barked a laugh before working on climbing the stairs so I could get out of the pantry. Taking a seat near the door I watched Luffy and Colby, enjoying the feeling of my strength slowly coming back to me, I knew it would be several days before my powers fully returned.
"If only I had the courage to drift the ocean in a barrel… there's actually something I want to do, too…umm…what compelled you to set out onto the sea, Luffy?"
I laid down on the wooden floor as Luffy grinned at Colby.
"I'm gonna be the King of the Pirates!"
This naturally sent Colby into a slight panic, if I had been in my real form I would have been laughing at the kid.
"K-K-King of the Pirates?!"
"Yep."
"Are you serious?!"
"Yeah."
"Wait, you're a pirate, Luffy?!"
I covered my muzzle with my paws, wondering how it took Colby this long to figure out that Luffy was a pirate.
"Yep."
"What about your crew?!"
I shook my head, closing my eyes for a moment.
"Just my dog up there right now, I'm looking for one."
Colby froze for a moment causing me to roll over laughing at him.
"K-K-King of the Pirates is the title given to the person who obtains everything in this world! That means seeking the great treasure of wealth, fame, and power…the One Piece!"
"Yup!"
I yipped out of excitement, I knew where we were headed and I couldn't wait.
"Yup?! Pirates all over the world are after that treasure!"
"Me too!"
I shook my head, stretching some more.
"No way! No way, no way, no way! Absolutely no way! There's no way you can stand at the apex of this Great Pirate Era! No way! No way!"
I was grateful when Luffy finally hit Colby.
"Why did you hit me?"
"Just because."
"But it's all right. I'm used to it now."
I shook my head again, my tail wagging lazily behind me.
"It's not about whether I can or not. I'm gonna do it because I want to. I've decided to be the King of the Pirates, so if I die fighting for that, that's fine with me! Now, then! My belly's full, she's getting impatient up there, guess we'll go get us a boat! I wonder if they'll give me one if I ask. Hopefully they're generous. Right girl?"
I yipped and nodded, keeping close to him as he opened the door.
I was so focused on waiting for my captain to walk I didn't realize Colby had asked if he could join the Marines. I turned and looked at him the same time as Luffy did.
"Marines?"
"Yes! Catching bad guys is my dream! It's been my dream ever since I was little! Do you think I can do it?!"
"How should I know?"
I shook my head, turning back to the door Luffy had closed when he turned around.
"No! I'll do it! If I'm gonna be a cabin boy for the rest of my life, then I'll break out of here and catch even Captain Alivida no, Alivida!"
At that the ceiling caved in, creating a lot of dust that made me cough lightly.
"You're gonna team up with him and his dog to catch who?!"
I growled at being called a dog, waiting for the dust to clear so I could see who just signed a death wish. As the dust cleared I barked back a laugh at the pig in front of me. The woman, if you could call her that, was short and painfully overweight with black hair that wasn't taken care of; a white ten-gallon hat sat on her head, dark red lipstick making her lips seem smaller than necessary, she had a red scarf around her thick neck, a pink plaid shirt with a blue captains jacket that was obviously to small for her large frame, a purple scarf held her gun around her waist, she was wearing white pants that had me shaking my head, she carried a spiked club in her right hand that was covered in multi colored rings. Hearing ripping I looked up to see swords sticking through the door near Luffy's head. She looked at Luffy and I for a moment, an annoying smirk on her face.
"You don't seem to be Zoro, the pirate hunter."
I tilted my head at the unfamiliar name.
"Zoro?"
Luffy looked at me and I shook my head as the pirate screamed at Colby.
"Colby! Who's the most beautiful of all on these seas?!"
I snorted at her question.
"O-of course that would be."
Luffy was quick to interrupt, asking what we were both thinking.
"Who's this big chunky lady?"
Everyone's mouth dropped at his question, I just smirked, taking a seat as I waited to see if this woman was worth fighting or not. Finally the woman seemed to snap out of her shock.
"You runt!"
As she raised her club, I stood up and Luffy wrapped one of his arms under my stomach, as she brought her club down Luffy jumped, landing in front of Colby, I wagged my tail at the kid as he looked at us.
"Let's go!"
Luffy grabbed Colby's hand and jumped us out of the pantry and onto the deck, placing me on my feet I looked at the pirates as Luffy stood up. He smirked at the pirates as the closest one started swinging at us, dropping to the floor I watched as Luffy dodged the attacks with ease before knocking out the pirate and turning and doing the same to the one that tried to attack from behind. Hearing footsteps I looked up to see four pirates were running over to Luffy, smirking I stood up and ran at them, jumping up I dug my teeth into the biggest ones neck, blood staining my mouth as my claws tore into his chest before I jumped off and attacked another one from behind, he dropped to the floor just as Luffy tossed something that resembled a person over my head and taking out the two remaining pirates. Looking up I growled at the amount of pirates behind Luffy who took off running.
"It's not fair to attack all at once!"
Seeing him grab the mast I smirked and walked over to Colby, sitting next to the frightened boy, watching Luffy slingshot himself at the pirates, Colby freaking out at my side.
"Luffy…What are you?"
"Me?"
I laughed as he stretched out his cheek.
"I'm a rubber person!"
"A rubber person? You can't be serious!"
Feeling something behind me I turned and saw the captain, shaking my head I debated if I could reach her jugular from my position or not.
"You've eaten a devil's fruit haven't you?"
"Yeah! The Gum-Gum Fruit!"
"I see! I'd heard the rumors, but I guess they really do exist! You and your dog seem pretty skilled. You a bounty hunter?"
"I'm a pirate!"
"A pirate? Hah! All by yourself?!"
Luffy shook his head while I backed up, seriously debating if I should just take her out or not.
"It's just her and I right now, but I'll find some more sooner or later! Yeah…ten crewmen sounds good to me!"
"Ah, so you're a pirate too huh?! Then that means you and me are enemies, huh?"
I scoffed, crouching down as Colby said something about of us leaving, shaking my head I continued to growl at the woman pirate.
"In these waters, she's the most-"
Colby went silent, amusing his captain.
"I'm the most what?!"
"T-t-the…the most ugly, cragged old hag ever!"
I stopped growling as I dissolved into laughter, my body shaking as the pirate's eyes darkened for a moment, Luffy laughing loudly behind me.
"What did you say?!"
"I…I'm going to join the Marines! And then I'm gonna beat up pirates!"
"Do you even know what you're saying?!"
I stopped laughing and glared at the woman while she argued with Colby, next thing I know she raised her club and managed to hit Luffy, causing me to shake my head and drag Colby away from the impending fight by his shirt.
"Stop! What if Luffy get's hurt!"
I gave the kid a look as Luffy knocked the woman into the ocean. Hearing a noise I looked over to see a Marine ship, growling I barked at Luffy as cannon fire started.
"Let's go!"
Luffy grabbed me while pulling Colby into a boat, dropping into the ocean we took off. Shaking my fur I got comfortable and placed my head on Luffy's leg, falling asleep as my captain washed the blood out of my fur with salt water.
Okay, I didn't have to change this chapter.
I hope everyone still enjoys the story!
I'm going to continue to edit what I can and I should have some new chapters by the end of next month!