Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece only my OC.
A.N: This is my second attempt of writing, sorry if I'm not that good...
Chapter 1 Beautiful Creature
The sun's high in the sky as the wind blew pushing the sails of the Thousand Sunny. Everything was quiet on deck, which was an odd but welcoming event. Sanji was in the kitchen cleaning up after lunch, Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp were fishing, Robin was on deck reading and a certain navigator was sitting next to her with a newspaper, Zoro was in the crow's nest training and Franky was hammering away at the railing, fixing the damage that was caused during one of Sanji and Zoro fights.
It was a beautiful day and nothing can ruin this blissful peac—
"Fish!"
. . . Spoke to soon.
"Fish! Fish! We caught a fish~!" Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp cheered as they made their way to put the fish in the aquarium. Though it was a short victory as the fish slipped out of Luffy's grip and flopped in the air only to end up biting Usopp's head. Robin smiled at their antics as they tried to pry the fish from Usopp's head.
Clink, grunt
Clink, grunt
Clink, grunt
Zoro was drenched in sweat as he lifted the heavy weight above his head only to swing it back down again. He's been at it since lunch when that shitty cook decided to pick a fight with him. That stupid bloody nose basta- no, he needs to concentrate while training, can't have any distractions-
"COME BACK HERE YOU STUPID FISH!"
He just had to jinx it.
"What are they doing?" Zoro grumbled before putting his weights down. 'Might as well take a break'. Curiously, Zoro looked out the window to see Chopper, Luffy, and Usopp trying to grab a fish that was flopping on deck. 'Idiots'. He looked up and saw a figure in the horizon. Narrowing his eyes he noticed it had an all too familiar mark.
"OI, Luffy! We have company!" Zoro shouted through the speakers.
After finally catching the fish Luffy gave (move like shoved) the fish to Usopp and jumped down the stairs to the rails with Chopper closely following. Everyone went to the railing to see and all too familiar ship sail towards them.
"Marines." Sanji said, lighting a cigarette in his mouth.
"Again?" Nami sighed "They don't seem to give up." It's true. Ever since they left Water 7 they seemed to be running into more marines. After what happened at Enies Lobby they all received bounties, which means they all have to be more careful.
Zoro jumped down from the crow's nest landing with a light –Thud- and walked over to the railing. "Well we did declare war on the world government." He stated as a smirk found a way to his face. His hand subconsciously gripping his katana, he was just itching for a fight.
-MARINES-
"Sir! Pirates sighted!"
"Oh?" the captain looked through a telescope to get a better look at who their dealing with. A smirk graced his lips as his eyes looked at the Jolly Roger. "It's the Straw Hats."
"Re-really?" the young marine that spotted the ship silently gulped. He heard about the fight that broke out in Enies Lobby, which is now in ruins. He stared at his captain and felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the glint in his eyes.
"Prepare the cannons and open fire when ready!" the captain ordered.
"S-sir! Yes sir!" the marine saluted before running off.
The marine captain chuckled as the pirate ship came closer into view. 'I'll probably get a promotion if I bring them in.'
"They're gonna start shooting, everyone get ready!"
Zoro was about to take out his swords when he heard a low hum and a light splash. Was it a cannon ball? No, to small . . . Probably just a fish. He was about to dismiss it when he heard it again only this time it was followed by a light thud.
Curious, he looked over the railing only to see a flash of silver and a tail as it splashed the water. 'Strange'. It had a tail but it didn't look like a fish. Narrowing his eyes he saw a dark shape move in the water. He gripped the railing and leaned out farther and saw it again followed by hushed voices.
"Pirates . . . marines . . . close . . . hide . . . safety. . ."
"Is everything alright mister swordsman?"
He looked over to see Robin accompanied by her usual poker face. Zoro opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by a cannon ball landing to close to the ship. They looked up and saw three cannon balls heading towards the ship. Everyone fell from the aftershock as two cannon ball landed by the side of the ship. The third one was aimed straight toward the upper side of the ship where Usopp was putting away the fish.
Everyone stared in shock as they saw Usopp, who was scared stiff, watch as the cannon ball came closer.
'Shit!' Zoro thought as he got his swords out to cut the cannon ball, but at the angle he's at it wouldn't save Usopp.
"NO!"
Time seemed to slow down, as Zoro's attack went to slice the cannon ball a huge wave crashed into Usopp making him lose his balance and fall down the stairs. The entire ship shook as Zoro's attack hit the cannon ball causing it to explode.
"Usopp!" Luffy yelled as he made his way toward the fallen sniper, "Are you okay?"
-BAM-
"ITTE!*" Usopp massaged the large bump that formed on his head, "What was that for?!"
"For scaring us half to death!" Nami scolded, "Pay attention next time before you get yourself killed!"
"At least swordsman-bro cut the cannon ball." said Franky.
"Not much good it did." Sanji grumbled as he tried to light another cigarette, the last one going out 'cause of the previous wave.
"What did you say ero-cook." Zoro growled.
"Yer heard me you shitty swordsman, part of the ship still blew up." Sanji said as he and Zoro started glaring at each other. "The only reason Usopp was save was 'cause of the wave-" The ringing sound of cannon fire made them look up as hails of cannon balls were heading straight toward them.
"Gum Gum Balloon!" Luffy's rubber body blew up to an enormous size and shot back the cannon balls. Zoro and Sanji repelled any stray cannon balls Luffy might have missed, even Franky was helping, shooting at on coming cannon balls making them explode.
As the cannon balls stopped Zoro swore he heard hushed voices coming from the water only a little clearer this time.
"Sister . . . gone . . . help. . ."
'I must be hearing things.' He wasn't the only one. A certain archaeologist was looking at the water as well, a look of pure shock on her face.
The waters became quite as the marines prepared to fire only to be stopped by an enchanting sound.
"Sailing . . ."
The straw hats stopped as well as they tried to locate the sound of the voice.
"Sailing. . ."
They heard a splash on deck and saw a beautiful creature sitting on the railing. Everyone's jaws dropped and Sanji's eyes turned to hearts as they stared at the girl before them, her tail swishing beautifully as she smiled at them.
"Mer-mermaid" Chopper said as he rubbed his eyes, making sure he wasn't dreaming.
"Th-that's not possible," Nami stated as she looked down at the Log Pose. "We haven't even reached the Florian Triangle yet."
Robin seemed to lose her composure before returning to her usual poker face, but this didn't go unnoticed by a certain marimo. Everyone looked as they heard the mermaid begin to sing.
"Somewhere beyond the sea"
"Somewhere waiting for me . . ."
Everyone stared in awe. Not only was she beautiful but her voice was the voice of angels, haunting yet beautiful. How can a creature like this exist?
"My lover stands on golden sands"
"And watches the ships that go sailing . . ."
By now the mermaids were surrounding the ship and singing along with the original, their voice just so hypnotic that it left the crew in a trance, but the boys seemed more entranced than the girls.
"Somewhere beyond the sea"
"He's there watching for me . . ."
The marines were doing no better. Mermaids appeared by the railing and ensnared the marines with their melody.
"If I could fly like birds on high"
"Then straight to his arms"
"I'd go sailing . . ."
The boys simultaneously walked toward the creature, their eyes blank.
"It's far beyond the stars"
"It's near beyond the moon . . ."
Blue swirls started to form on one side of the original mermaid's face and spread down to her arms and stomach. The tattoos started to glow as they covered one side of her body as she continued singing.
"I know beyond a doubt"
"My heart will lead me there soon . . ."
"Nami," said girl looked over to Robin, her voice filled with worry, which is rare. "We have to get them away."
Nami hesitantly nodded. "Right!" she took out her Perfect Clima-Tact and twirled it in her fingers preparing for her attack. She looked over at Sanji as he came closer to the mermaid as she sang her melodious song.
"We'll meet beyond the shore"
"We'll kiss just as before . . ."
Her eyes widened slightly as the creature cupped Sanji's cheek and leaned in . . .
"Happy we'll be beyond the sea"
"And never again I'll go sailing."
. . .showed her fangs and hissed.
"THUNDERBOLT TEMPO!"
Thunder and lightning ran through the air and electrocuted the mermaid, causing her to jump back into the water, and crew mates. Her nakama lay scattered on deck, faces charcoal from the shock and their body twitching every so often. Only Luffy was still standing looking at his fallen crew mates, the lightning not having any effect on his rubber body.
"Nani?* What happened?" Luffy asked, finally breaking out of the trance. The rest of the crew was starting to get up, their body still humming with electricity.
Nami was about to answer when the ship shook, almost as if something rammed into it. Everyone made their way to the railing to see the mermaids swimming around the ship, like a predator circling their prey. Their colorful tails make it look like a rainbow fell from the sky.
"LOOK!" Usopp pointed a shaking finger ahead making everyone look up and gawked.
"Wh-what happened to the marine ship?!" Chopper asked as comical tears ran from his and Usopp's face.
Up ahead, the marine ship lied in ruins as it was slowly sinking deeper into the water. Any men left on board were being viciously attacked by the 'mermaids' who grabbing them and dragged them helplessly into the watery abyss.
Everyone stared as they let the situation sink in. It was an ambush . . . and they were next.
Another jerk brought them out of their thoughts as the 'mermaids' proceeded to jump out of the water and land on deck. Their tails turned into silk skirts which covered their newly formed legs. They proceeded to lung at the shock crew. Everyone got on the defensive as they proceeded to knock the creatures back into the water, though they quickly became out numbered.
"No matter how many we take out they just keep coming." Zoro stated as he quickly threw a mermaid over board only to be surrounded by three more. Not to mention it was getting hard to see in the dark- wait dark?
All around everything thing was covered by a thick blanket of grey. The sky was no longer visible.
"When did this fog come in?" Franky questioned as he tried to get the mermaids off him.
"Get off my ship!" Luffy shouted furiously as he used his gum gum whip to knock them back into the ocean.
Hissing can be heard as five mermaids surrounded Usopp. One of them hissed "Where is she?" before pinning him to the ground.
-pop- -pop- -pop-
Everyone was surprised as the mermaids hissed and jumped into the ocean as a fire cracker was thrown on deck. Confused, they all looked up to see Robin there smiling innocently as if nothing happened, "There scared of fire and bright lights." She stated as if its the most obvious thing in the world. Their jaw dropped, 'It's that simple!?'
Soon after the cracker went out the mermaids proceeded to get back on board but were stopped by Usopp's 'Blaze Ball' making them dive back into the watery abyss.
"Franky! Use the Coup de Burst and get us out of here!" Nami order through the thick fog.
"On it sis!"
Franky used 'Fresh fire' to get any stray mermaids away from the helm. "Mina*! brace yourselves!"
He grabbed the steering wheel and pulled the lever.
"COUP DE BURST!"
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A seagull squawked over head as it glided over the Thousand Sunny and landed lightly on deck only to fly away spooked as Nami stood up rubbing her head. They defiantly weren't use to that. "Is everyone ok?"
After hearing a few grumble 'yes' and one 'I think my nose is broken' it was safe to saw everyone was fine . . . well almost everyone. She glanced over to Usopp as Chopper was helping him straighten out his nose. Yup, they were fine. Her thoughts were cut short as her captain asked an interesting question.
"Where are we?"
Nami hummed before responding. "Well we shouldn't have strayed too far from the path . . ." she glanced at the arrow in her Log Pose noticing it was pointing in the other direction, which was straight ahead. 'What?'
"Land ho!" Luffy's voice echoed through the ship in excitement as he stretched his way to the figure head to get a better look.
"That's weird." Nami mused, genuinely confused. She checked the map earlier, there wasn't supposed to be an Island nearby, especially this close to the Florian Triangle. 'Well this is the grand line . . .' she tried to convince herself but something doesn't seem right. The Log Pose would have pointed at the island the moment they left Water 7, so why didn't it?
After making their way toward their excited captain, they saw the beautiful sight that lay ahead of them. A large island that was mainly shaded by the different types of trees that height can rival mountains. strange sounds were coming from the jungle making Usopp quake in fear and Luffy's eyes light up in anticipation.
"I thought they weren't supposed to be any Islands around." Chopper said eyeing the Island suspiciously not liking the spooky aura it was giving off.
Nami hummed gaining the crews attention. "Actually there's not supposed to be an island around here." she said, surprising the crew.
"Are you sure?" Usopp questioned. He didn't doubt Nami, after all she's the best navigator there is . . . And that what worries him. Islands just don't appear out of nowhere. He silently gulped looking back at the spooky jungle.
"Of course I'm sure, I checked the map earlier. There aren't supposed to be any islands around for miles." She said leaning on the railing, still trying to figure out where the island came from and how they missed something that large.
Luffy slammed his fist downward onto his hands as a sign of understanding. "So it's a mystery Island."
Everyone sweat dropped, well that is until Nami spoke. "Actually, for once he's right."
"WHAT?!" no one could believe it. Luffy was actually right . . . and Nami admitted it.
"AH! THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END! EVERYONE SAVE THEMSELVES!" Usopp and Chopper yelled as they ran frantically around deck. Everyone started chuckling as Luffy yelled at them.
"OI! WHAT THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?!"
They all broke into uncontrollable laughter as Luffy chased the duo around deck.
As the laughter died down Robin felt someone staring at her and turned to meet Zoro suspicious eyes, He didn't forget what happened earlier. "Say Robin," Zoro started, getting her and the crews attention. "how did you know those things weakness?"
There was a pregnant pause as the crew looked at Robin, curiosity shone in their eyes.
She gave a nonchalant shrug, "Lucky guess." Before they were able to question her further she started walking down the stairs, "I need to retrieve something from the lady's quarters," she glanced over at Nami before continuing. "Nami? Would you care to follow?"
After muttering a quick 'sure' Nami followed in pursuit behind Robin. They all watched in silence as the two girls quickly disappeared behind the room door.
"That was . . . strange." Franky said as he tried to remove the tension that was left in the air.
Zoro crossed his arms. Robin became closed of pretty fast and that bothered him. It must have showed because a minute later Usopp questioned him.
"Somethin' wrong Zoro?" Usopp asked from his hiding spot, still trying to get away from Luffy.
"Yeah . . ." Having their attention he continued. "Have you guys noticed that Robins been acting . . . strange?"
"Whaddya mean?" Sanji said as he blew out a puff of smoke.
"She seems . . . off." Zoro tried to explain. "Almost as if she's hiding something." He finished as Luffy dragged a nearly unconscious Chopper behind him, causing Usopp to sweat bullets and silently gulp knowing he was next if Luffy found him.
Luffy looked around before asking, "Have you guys seen Usopp? I can't find him anywhere."
Sanji smirked as he was about to answer when someone else cut him off. "Oi Luffy, didn't you say somethin' 'bout land?" Usopp said from his hiding spot as he disguised his voice making it sound lower.
"Huh?" Luffy scratched his head remembering what he said earlier. "Yeah land!" He cheered as he dropped Chopper's arm and ran. "Adventure here I come!"
". . . I can't believe he fell for that." Franky said as he heard Usopp snicker as he stood from his hiding spot.
"Yup! Nobody messes with the great Captain Usopp!" He boasted seeing how his plan worked. Suddenly, he felt something grab him as stopped to look down, his face paled. A rubber arm wrapped around his waist.
uh oh. . .
"Found you!" Luffy shouted as he reeled back his arm taking a helpless Usopp with him.
"He just had to talk." Sanji commented as he took another drag of his cigarette. Franky helped Chopper up, cringing slightly as he heard Usopp's cries of help as Luffy proceeded to beat him to a pulp.
"C'mon guys let's go!" Luffy exclaimed. Usopp's body lay slumped on the floor covered in bruises and a fairly large lump on his head.
"Yeah, yeah. Coming." Sanji flicked his cancer stick into the ocean before following a hyper active Luffy.
Franky and Zoro followed right behind him as Chopper grabbed his backpack and help Usopp up following in pursuit of their captain. They all made their way to the Island, not expecting what's to come.
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The Island looks a lot more eerie up close. The rustling of leaves and the sounds of large animals was enough to make Usopp leg tremble. "I think I have I-can't-step-in-a-scary-jungle disease."
As the guys were ignoring Usopp's excuses a gentle breeze made Choppers nose twitch. A new aroma entered the air, one that he didn't know. He glanced around becoming more unsettled as he heard something move in the nearby trees.
Silently gulping he tried to warn the crew of his discovery. "Guys . . ." He caught their attention. "I don't think we're alone . . ." Just as he said those words a loud voice echoed across the beach causing Usopp and Chopper to tremble.
"Who goes there?" spoke a feminine voice full of authority.
"I'm Monkey D. Luffy and I'm going to be king of the pirates!" Luffy announced with his trade-mark grin.
Silence followed by rustling of leaves that seemed to be coming from all directions. After letting the words sink in the voice spoke again. "Outsiders are not welcomed here. Leave now or suffer the consequences." the voice warned. Zoro narrowed his eyes, trying to pin point the location of the speaker. There was a lilt to hear words, almost as if it didn't speak the language.
Luffy stuck his tongue out in a childlike manner. "You can't tell me what to do!" He started walking toward the jungle completely ignoring his crews shocked faces and the warning. Before taking another step Zoro grabbed the back of Luffy's vest stopping him as three hard feathers were shot in front of him, almost meeting their target.
Looking to where the feathers were shot they noticed a fairly large tree in the middle of the beach, isolated from the rest.
Silence. Deafening silence.
Only one thought ran through everyone's mind. 'How did we miss that?!'
Luffy broke the silence. "A TALKING TREE!" star eyes looked up in awe. "COOL!"
"You idiot!" Sanji, Usopp, and Zoro yelled shark-teethed.
Rustling of leaves stopped them from hitting their idiot captain as they looked in anticipation as they heard the voice speak again. "You did not heed my warning so prepare to suffer the consequences." Two beady eyes glared at them from the tree.
"Look out!" Chopper warned as Zoro proceeded to slash at the tree only for his attack to be stopped by two large talons.
All of them had a look of pure shock as they stared at the creature in front of them.
"Huh, where did everyone go?" Nami finally emerged from the room with Robin in tow only to find the deck empty. 'I thought it was to quiet...'
Robin smiled at her friend's confused expression. "Where else." She said as they looked over at the island, subconsciously gripping the shell in her hand tighter. 'It's been so long...'
Nami sighed, exasperated. She knew she couldn't stop her captain once he made up his mind, which worried her. Him being the Baka* he is. "Let's just hope they don't run into trouble."
Almost on cue, two familiar shouts were heard coming from the Island.
"THOSE IDIOTS!"
"HARPY!" Usopp and Chopper cried; hugging each other tightly. The rest weren't doing much better. Franky gawked as Zoro's eyes widened slightly. The only ones that weren't shocked were Sanji; who was doing his weird spaghetti dance with hearts in his eyes, shouting something about a 'heavenly angel', and Luffy; yelling 'sugoi!*' with starry eyes.
Zoro grunted giving one final push making the harpy lose her grip and fly back.
They looked at her, taking in her features. she had short fiery red hair that swayed in her sun-kissed face with each flap, hovering in place. They were like two red curtains nearly covering her emerald green eyes that promised pain if you crossed her. A sleeveless, black backless tank top with a neck hook covered her upper body. Below that was a blue demine shorts and long red tail feathers with black ends. Her arms were covered by red feathers with black tips and her hand had claws on them making them look like talons. (see cover of story for reference )
Below the shorts you see two long bird legs and two sharp clawed feet. Tribal cuffs could be seen on both ankles or were there supposed to be. Her round face held a sinister smile as she snickered. "You still wish to fight even though the outcome is inevitable." she glanced at Zoro's swords. "How predictable."
Flapping her arms to fly higher she looked down with a smirk on her face. "I suggest that you run." Before they could question her she gave her arms one final thrust. "FEATHER DANCE!" Hails of hard feathers rained down on the crew, but instead of hearing cries of agony, a loud cracking sound filled the air.
Down below, the Straw Hats were protected by a giant bolder that was being held up by Luffy. With each feather that hit the boulder caused it to crack from the sheer force of the impact. As the rain ended the boulder cracked into pieces.
Luffy had an unreadable expression on his face as he flared his nostril like a bull. "Okay, now I'm really mad!" He charged forward as he got his arms ready.
"Gum Gum..." He got into position in front of the harpy as she hovered in place with an amused expression on her face. She already knew how this would play out, and she was ready.
"Gatling!"
Barrages of fists were shot toward her only form them to miss as she dodged the oncoming attack. Zoro stared in amazement as the girl effortlessly dodged Luffy's fists and shield herself with her feathers if they came to close to the face.
Suddenly, Luffy's attack was stopped as the harpy had his fists in her talons, gripping them tightly. "Interesting..." Glancing down at Luffy, she smirked as he grit his teeth. "Your hands move fast to create the illusion of many, when they are only two."
"Give them back so I can kick your ass!" He tried to pull them back but she only flapped harder, not wanting to give him what he wants. It was like tug-of-war and neither side wanted to give in.
"Exploding Star!"
Letting go of Luffy's hand, she flew back to dodge Usopp's exploding star only to have another attack thrown at her.
"Strong Right!" Franky fired his chained fist at the harpy expecting to catch her of guard only to find that she twisted her body and grabbing his chain instead. He started losing his grip on the sand as she flapped harder, trying to pull him of the ground.
Seeing Franky's problem, Chopper and Usopp grabbed Franky and tried to pull him back but she wouldn't allow that. With a devilish smile, she gave one final pull, knocking the trio of their feet, and flew into the air. After flying high enough she stopped to look down at the Helpless people that hanged onto Franky, not wanting to fall from this height. She began spinning the chain before letting it go resulting in them landing half buried in the sand.
She couldn't help but smirk. This was almost to easy.
"Get down here!"
Oops. she almost forgot about them. Looking down at the remaining trio she noticed that one of them had hearts in his eyes. This wasn't going to take to long, after all only two of them seemed like they wanted to fight. The Straw Hat wearing boy that yelled at her started moving his arm in a circular motion while the Bushido was putting a sword in his mouth. The swirly brow man was still swooning over her beauty. Yup, this looked easy . . . but then again looks can be deceiving.
Luffy stretched out and grabbed her ankles as he tried to bring her down. His face soon fell as he began to feel weak. Bringing his arms back he began to fall backwards before Sanji grabbed him. "Luffy . . .?"
They both looked up hearing the harpy snicker. "He's an Akuma no mi* user." Hitching up her legs you could get a clear view of the cuffs on her ankles. "The kairouseki* weakens them, do they not?"
Zoro inwardly cursed. She had an advantage in the sky and she knew it. He had to even the playing field or else they would be here a while. Looked over, he saw Sanji trying to hold Luffy up. "Oi, Luffy." The boy lazily looked up. "I'm going to get her down, ok?" Luffy weakly nodded as Zoro tied his bandanna around his head.
"Oi marimo! You better not hurt her!" Sanji said trying to get the idiots attention. Even if she was the enemy she was a lady none the less. He would have tried to stop him if he didn't have to help Luffy.
"Your merely prolonging the inevitable. "She stated before blocking his attacks with her talons. He gripped tighter as she latched onto his swords. Not letting go, she leaned in closer to his face startling him a bit, "Final chance. Leave or die." He swore he saw something flash in her eyes but didn't have time to think about it when she applied more weight to his swords causing him to grunt before responding. "Sorry lady but my captain won't allow it." There it was again. It only lasted a second but it was there.
Sadness.
"So be it." She whispered.
His eyes widen when she started retracting her feathers leaving her claw arms bare. 'What's she doing...' His thoughts were stopped as two red, black tipped wings sprung from her back. She flapped them a few time, getting use to the feeling before smirking at his scowling face. "Let us end this." She pulled back her hand preparing to strike at her trapped prey. 'Crap...' he couldn't move his swords from her tight grip and he couldn't back up with the weight she was giving him.
Her clawed hands shot out and-
"Exploding Star!"
With a bird like shriek she flew back, her wings slightly burn and her face full of ash making it hard to see. The ringing in her ear bothered as she tried to rub the ash out of her eye. As the ringing stopped she could hear fast footsteps come at her. With blurry eyes she could make out the bushido coming at her, swords raised in attack.
In an effort to escape the attack she shot straight up as Zoro shouted "Oni giri!" feeling something tingle by her feet. She hovered in place for a minute, realizing she was perfectly fine. "You missed." She stated, expecting him to scowl and try again only to hear him start laughing. That's not the response she expected. "What is so funny?"
"You weren't the target." He smirked, waiting for her to figure it out.
Feeling two rubbed hands grab her ankles she looked down to see the grinning face of the captain.
"Gotcha."
Her eyes widened as she finally realized what he cut. 'The cuffs...'
"Gum Gum..." He started untwisting his arms, rapidly spinning her in the air before bringing her crashing into the ground. "HAMMER!"
Her mind was spinning as she tried to stand up only to be hit by . . . water? Completely soaked, she looked to see she was surrounded. Usopp was holding a water balloon in his hand while Chopper was in guard point behind him. Franky is seen sitting on top of Sanji, who is struggling to get out from underneath him and Luffy is cracking his knuckles.
"Looks like the tables have turned." Zoro said with a egoistic smirk on his face.
Only one question ran through her mind. 'How did this happen?'
A FEW MINUTES EARLIER...
"Ahhh! Zoro's 'bout to be hit!" Chopper cries as he helps Franky out of the ground.
Everyone stared as the harpy was about to lung at Zoro when..
"Exploding Star!" Usopp said as he fired an exploding star at her, causing her to stop attacking. She shrieked in pain as she flew back completely unaware of the plan they were forming.
"That's right! no one messes with captain Usopp, the man with eight-"
"Zoro!" Chopper shouts, stopping Usopp's rants. "Cut off the cuffs!"
"On it!" Zoro starts running at her while she's rubbing her eyes. By the time she notices him its already to late. "Oni giri!" He cut the cuffs clean off. she hovers there for a moment not understanding what he did.
"Thanks Zoro!" Luffy starts moving his arms preparing to bring her bring her down.
"Oi Luffy you better not-!" Sanji was stopped by Franky who proceeded to sit on him.
"Franky you bastard! Get off!" Sanji said trying to get out from under the giant cyborg.
"Just give it up bro."
THUD!
Sand was flying everywhere as the harpy was thrown hard on the ground.
"She might try and fly off again." Zoro stated as he watched her get up swaying a little.
"Not if I can help it." Usopp threw three water balloons at the harpy, completely drenching her wings and clothes.
Zoro couldn't help but smirk. "Looks like the tables have turned."
...
She grit her teeth. Damn! How could she let this happen? There only five people, well six if you count the reindeer- focus! She had to find a way out of this.
Taking a deep breath, she retracted her wing leaving only her clawed hands and bird feet.
"I do not need wings to fight." she said, eyes full of determination. She was prepared to fight till the very end. Besides if she didn't win the others would kill them the moment they stepped foot in the jungle.
She got into a fighting position preparing to strike when a weird whistle sound filled the air.
Surprised, everyone turned around to see Robin blowing a small, spiral shell. Nami was next to her, looking at them with disapproving eyes.
"It's been a long time, hasn't it . . . Nora." Robin smiled at the shocked girl. The rest of the crew (except Nami) Looked at Robin, confusion written on their face.
Drip
'After all these years...'
Drip
'She still remembered the promise.'
Everyone looked back to see the girl. Whose name is Nora, crying.
Only one word escaped her lips...
"Crow . . .?"
To be continued . . .
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Yeah . . . a lot happened for one chapter. Many things will be explained in chapter two but if you have any questions or thoughts you can always review.
I hoped you found it interesting.
The song is used in the mermaid scene is called beyond the sea.
*ow!
*what?
*everyone!
*Idiot
*Cool or awesome
*Devil fruit
*sea stone