Etsuko: Hello all! I really hope you will enjoy my newest story. Hmm… This is something I've thought of while showering a few days ago. I'm sorry for all the grammar and spelling mistakes throughout the chapter.
I do not own One piece.
And let the adventure begin!
Chapter one
"Hurry up! You're so slow!" I grumbled as I walked, leaving foot prints in the snow trailing behind me. My sister, Emma, shrugged, trying to catch up with me in this one-foot-deep-of-snow road. We had just finished our classes and on our way back to our newly bought detached house.
"Wait up!" She shrieked as she lagged behind me farther and farther. I spun around, annoyed by the fact that she was always so slow.
"Speed walk! Didn't you learn that during gym classes?"
"You mean power walk," rolling her eyes, she corrected me.
"Speed walk, power walk, they are all the same! Just WALK faster!" Once again, I continued walking in front of her.
Finally! The house slowly came into our view. It was a pretty decent detached house, with a kidney-shaped swimming pool in the backyard, at the corner of the road. Hmm… Swimming pool. Imagine the hot summer and a swimming pool! How cool is that!
The wind blew across my face, as if to remind me that winter is not over yet. I stopped my pace and waited for my sister following me. I held out my hand impatiently, "The key?" At a snail pace, she checked her pockets, one by one, and pulled out the key at last. Instantly, I took the key from her and quickly open the front door.
As I opened the door, I noticed a few pairs of unfamiliar, yet familiar shoes - a pair of slippers, a pair of high heels, two pair of boots, and two pair of black shoes. The thing that caught my eye the most was that there were two sets of MUDDY/WET FOOT PRINTS THAT CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE FLOOR! By instinct, I closed the door again.
"Emma," I whispered, "There are guests at home. The worse thing is, they left dirty footprints all over the house."
My sister's eyes grew wide. "Foot prints? I wanna see them!"
Slowly and quietly, I opened the door just wide enough for one of her eyes. Carefully, she leaned forward. Instead of hearing her go angry, I heard her scream instead. My body acted by itself, I swung open the door as fast as I could to see what made Emma scream like a freak. To my horror, I just whacked someone familiar on the face with the door. I stared at the person, then to my sister, and back to the person again. My younger sister looked at me, "Onee-chan, Thank you. He almost scares the daylights out of me."
I smiled, "No problem! Oh, could you check the mail box, please?"
As she took out the contents from the flooded mail box, I cautiously stepped into the house, making sure that the coast is clear. Slowly, I took out my shoes and place them on the rack. As I bent down, I took a closer look at the face of the person, hiding behind the door minutes ago and now unconscious for some reasons.
Is he an impersonator? These days, people just like to dress like someone else just because they idolize them.
"LUFFY!" a voiced cried out. Immediately, I spun around to see who it was.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
"AHHH! You… you!" I pointed at the small, brown, and furry-looking animal.
"AHH!" Noticing me, he hid one of his eyes and exposed the rest of his body. His body shaking, "What…. What did you do… do to Luffy?"
"And may I ask what did you do to my floor?" I pointed at the muddy footprints he just made seconds ago.
"Don't change the subject! What did you do to my captain?" His voice was shaky.
Luffy? Captain? Blue nose? Animal?
"AHHHH! So cute! A furry animal!" Emma, just finished collecting the mails and was now inside the house, yelled.
Emma broke my chain of thoughts and now was my turn to yell. "AHHHH! What are you guys doing here?"
"We… We came here because the captain told us to!"
What business does pirates have to do with us? But who cares? They're the strawhat pirates! It couldn't be bad news.
"Okay. He was behind the door when I opened it." I said, flatly.
"Sooooo cute! A talking animal!" Emma eyes sparkle brightly.
"Cute? Calling me cute won't make me happy, you stupid…" He flapped his arms and dance around, looking absolutely happy, despite of what he said.
"Millie? Emma? You're home?" A loud voice boomed.
"We're home!" we shouted in unison.
"Girls! Come here and meet the straw hat pirates." Mom called out from the living room.
Almost immediately, Luffy woke up as if nothing has happened. "Man… That was a nice nap." He yawned.
Carefully, we skipped the muddy foot prints on the way to the living room.
"Gomu gomu no… chibi rocketto…!" Straw hat Luffy skillfully stretched his arms and shoots himself into the living room.
Wow… What a nice way to go into the living room without worrying about the dirty footprints.
As my sister and I made it into the room where our parents were, I glanced around the room and made a mental note to myself.
Hmm… Franky's here, so is Zoro, Sanji, Robin, Nami, Luffy, Usopp, and I saw Chopper just now. Why is the whole crew here?
"Girls, I'm pretty sure you know who they are, so I'll cut short the introduction. Your grandfather- My father- made a promise with Luffy's Grandfather, Garp, that one of their children or grandchildren will join forces with each other. And since none of my siblings and I are willing to join forces with Garp's son –Monkey D Dragon – So your generation have to. However, there is a condition. The one who join forces must be younger than Luffy. As a result, the ones that are left are you two girls." My father explained.
"But… but why would they make such a promise with each other?" I demanded. I mean, it's totally unreasonable! Why would they do such a thing!
"Ah… That's a good question. It's because Garp and my father wanted to travel together, but their circumstances are making it impossible."
How does he always make things sound so simple?
"And so? The conclusion?" I asked.
"And so, we've decided that Millie, you go with them to the seas. You are the older than Emma and I'm sure you know how to take care of yourself better than Emma."
WHAT! I'm to go with them? Out in the ocean with some pirates? Wait a minute; I got an excuse not to go!
"But I am not suitable to go out in the ocean. Have you forgotten? I am seasick." I reminded them, feeling really proud of myself for having that sickness for the first time.
"No worry! I have the cure for that. So, please come with us." Chopper held up a small pink ball and handed it to me.
"Err... Okay, sure." I mustered all my strength to smile.
Oh shoot! Why did I have to forget that chopper is a doctor! I guess there's no way out for this one already. Good bye to my wonderful peaceful days…
"Millie, they are going to stay here for a day to set their log. So, pack your stuff before they leave tomorrow." My mother told me.
"Onee-chan! So cool! I wish I could sail in the oceans…but sadly, mommy don't allow me to…"
Looking at my sister's disappointed face made me decide. I'm going to send her plenty of letters, filled with adventure, so that she will feel as if she was there herself.
Despite being impatient with my sister, I truly cared for her. I was impatient with her is because I felt that she need to learn to be quicker in everything she do. I'm going to miss her badly.
"Emma, wanna help me pack my stuff? It's the last time we will be doing it together." I felt tears welling up at my eyes, but I held it back. I cannot let my ego of being a role model to my sister be ruined by this. I cannot let her know that I'm gonna miss her real badly. I need to smile and say goodbye.
Turning to Chopper, I asked, "So, do I eat this now?"
"Yeah."
"YAY! A new nakama!" Luffy joyfully danced around, chanting the words again and again.
I held the pink medicine close to my mouth, took in a deep breath, shut my eyes tight, and swallowed the pill whole. Nothing happened. I blinked twice. I turned to look at my sister, who was staring at me. I smiled. "Shall we go?"
. . .
My bedroom was a typical neat freak's room – books organized on the shelves, clothes folded neatly in the wardrobe, and the bed was neatly made. We opened the suitcase and place it on the floor.
"Cooooooool~" Peering into my room, Luffy exclaimed.
"Wow~ as expected of Millie-chwan!"
"shuddap! Noisy love-cook."
"Have a problem? Stupid Marimo"
"Oh yea? Wanna have a go?"
"The two of you ARE BLOCKING MY WAY!"
Poink, poink. Two reddish-pink bumps appear on the blonde's and the swordsman's head. As if it was magic, the two of them went quiet.
"hn hn hn. As rowdy as always," Robin giggled.
"The only one who can stop those two is Nami-san." Usopp explained to no one in particular.
All of a sudden, my room is crowded with people. Cant I just spend some time alone with my sister! Geez, these people…
My sister and I laid all my clothes on the bed and started folding them and placing them neatly into my suitcase, one by one. Then, we folded the lingerie's and place then into another compartment. After that, I took my books out from the shelves and place them into a backpack. And by the time we're done, it's already dinner time.
The smell from the kitchen downstairs drifted through the walls and into my bedroom, making my sister and me hungry.
…
After a satisfying meal that Sanji and mommy made, we chatted.
"Haha! I see, you're turning 16 this year? That's young."
"Luffy, you're a fine one to talk. You're just a year older than her!" Usopp said.
"True, true…"
"So, Millie, what are you good at?" Robin questioned.
"Hmm… Studying and drawing," I replied.
"Fighting skills?"
I thought about it for a moment. "None!" I exclaimed brightly.
"NONE!" Stunned, they all yelled in unison.
Somehow expecting their responses, I just smiled and waited for their next movement.
"By the way, onee-chan is really bad at physical stuff."
"Can you aim?"
"Nope"
"Do you have stamina?"
"Nope"
"Strength?"
"Not really…"
"Kick?"
"No..."
"Punch?"
"Nope."
"Use a sword?"
"No."
"Can you stretch?"
"Nope. I did not even eat any devil fruit."
At this point, I felt really useless. I realized that I can't even fight. I mean, why do you even have to fight in a civilized place like this island?
"I'm sorry…" I apologized.
…
The next Day
I woke up, feeling as if yesterday was just a dream. I stifled a yawn as I dragged my feet across the carpet, to the bathroom. Lazily, I rubbed my right eye with my right hand while my left hand reached out for the door knob.
"Ahh~ I thought I was about to pee in my pants-"
Too late. I stared at the figure standing in front of the toilet bowl. Likewise, he stared at me.
"!"
Immediately, I closed the door shut, closing my eyes while trying to erase the image seconds ago. Soon, everyone surrounded me and asked what had happened.
"He… He… I…" My tongue got stuck now, of all times. My hands were frantically pointing at the toilet, the door, and at me. However, to the others, my arms were just waving everywhere.
Then, the sound of the toilet flushing could be heard and the door swing open.
"Man, could you not budge into the toilet when someone else is peeing?" the captain of the crew accused me.
"Then why didn't you lock the door?" I countered.
"Lock the door? There wasn't any lock!"
"Look carefully!" I went to the other side of the door and showed him.
"Uhh, you should have showed me earlier!"
"But how am I suppose to know that you don't even know how to LOCK the bathroom door!"
"If that's the case then, I'm sorry."
I smiled. "Apology accepted."
…
"Are you ready to go, Millie?"My dad called out to me.
"Uh.." I looked around the room to see if I was missing out something. I had brought tons of winter coats, tons of sweaters, tons of t-shirts and jeans and skirts, a comb and other hair accessories, many writing materials, a sketch book, a couple of assessment books for studying, and some books for reading. "Yeah, I'm coming."
Sanji helped me to carry my overloaded suitcase and I was carrying my backpack.
"Millie, are you ready to go on the journey and fulfill your grandfather's promise?"
I smiled as best as I could. "Yes."
"Yosh! Let's go!"
"OOOOH!"
…
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