Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece. Eiichiro Oda-sama does. However, I do own Lona, Lev, Maralah, and the Miracle Maker. These characters may not be used without permission.
One Piece
Teamwork, Friendship, and Love
Book 1: East Blue
By Cyberweasel89
Chapter 1: Alvida
"Okay, so lemme get this straight... You were heading out to sea when your boat sank in the middle of the ocean?"
Luffy had his arms crossed and looked deep in thought.
Lona put her hand behind her head.
"Yeah, that's about it. Mind if I hang with you for awhile?" she asked nervously.
Luffy let out a sigh.
"Fine. But only until we get to land and I find some food. Now, what's up with your kitty ears and tail?" Luffy asked curiously.
"Well..." Lona began, putting her arm behind her head again. She wasn't sure how to explain it... Luckily, she wouldn't have to.
"Uh oh."
"What?"
Lona turned her head to see what Luffy was looking at. The girl's eye went wide as she eyed the swirling maelstrom of water they had drifted into!
"WAH!!" she screamed.
"What a huge whirlpool. How careless of me." Luffy commented.
"Careless?! That's a whirlpool! This is awesome!!" Lona screamed in glee.
"Hmm... There's no one around... Besides you. It'll be really bad if this boat wrecks. And on top of that, I can't swim." Luffy said, his hand on his chin.
Lona's excitement was curbed upon that reminder.
"I used to know how to swim, but all of a sudden, I can't swim for some reason." Lona recalled.
Luffy smacked his fist on his palm.
"Ah! Wait a minute! It doesn't really matter if we know how to swim in a situation like this."
Luffy began lifting the lid off of the single barrel in his boat.
"What're you doing, Luffy?" Lona asked curiously.
"We'll just get into this barrel!" Luffy said cheerfully.
"Are you crazy? There's no way we'll both fit in there!" Lona yelled angrily.
"That doesn't mean we can't try!" Luffy assured. He hopped into the barrel.
"Yeah... I guess we have to try." Lona mumbled, staring at the floor of the boat.
She stepped over to the barrel. They were nearing the eye of the whirlpool. Realizing not much time was left, she climbed in and brought the lid down.
...
"Hey you coward! Are you hiding and doing nothing again?"
Lona awoke in a dark place. She assumed it must have been the barrel that she and Luffy survived in.
"Not at all! I was pushing this wine barrel..."
She could feel Luffy next to her in the barrel...
"Heh eh eh eh! We'll help lighten your load."
The barrel seemed to have been rolling a moment ago, but wasn't anymore...
"We're thirsty."
Thirsty?
"No way! If Alvida-sama finds out, you'll be killed."
Alvida? That name sounded familiar...
"It'll be find if you keep your mouth shut."
Are they afraid of this Alvida lady, or something?
"Right, Coby?"
Coby? That sounded familiar, too...
"Yeah, that's true..."
Lona could feel the barrel being turned upright.
"It's pretty heavy."
How is it that she and Luffy were both able to fit into this barrel?
"Can't wait!"
She felt Luffy move.
"Don't be so greedy. I'm going to smash it open right now."
Wait, what? Smash it open?
Lona felt herself thrust upwards, smashing through something solid. As she and Luffy left the barrel, light flooded her eyes. When her eyes adjusted, she found that everything looked... bigger? Luffy's arms were outstretched to either side of him, fists clenched. In fact, he had just punched some guy in the chin when he busted through the lid of the barrel.
"WHAT A GREAT NAAAAP!!"
Luffy's scream hurt her ears. Luffy was loud, but he shouldn't have been that loud. Were her new cat ears extra sensitive?
Looking down, she found herself sitting atop Luffy's head, perched atop his straw hat. But instead of her hands, she saw pink-furred cat paws. Looking behind her, she saw a cat's rear and little cat tail.
Oh god! She was a cat!
As the guy Luffy inadvertently punched hit the floor, Luffy turned to look at him, saying "What the?" in confusion.
Turning, Lona found Luffy looking at two other pirate-esque guys, both seemingly stunned in shock.
"Who are you guys?" the straw hat pirate innocently asked.
Both jumped in close and screamed "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
Luffy merely turned and brought his leg out of the barrel, plainly saying "He'll catch a cold if he sleeps here." about the guy he inadvertently struck upon exiting the barrel.
"It's your fault!" one of the pirates cried out frantically.
Lona jumped as a sword was held out in front of her chariot's face.
"You bastard. Stop screwing around. Don't you know we're pirates?!" one of the men spouted through clenched teeth. He was plainly sweating, too.
"I'm really hungry, got any..."
Luffy's question to Coby was interrupted as Lona found herself shouting "PIRATES?! AWESOME!!"
She brought her paws in front of her mouth, surprised she had said that, and so loud, too.
Luffy reached up and picked up the large pink-furred cat, holding her out in front of his face.
"Hey, this cat looks an awful lot like that girl who from the whirlpool..." he mused.
"That's 'cause I am, dummy!" the cat exclaimed.
Luffy quirked an eyebrow before screaming "Wow! You turned into a cat! Cooool!!"
Lona's ears rung from his loud scream, but didn't have much time to recover from it before Luffy began tossing her up and down in the air.
"Hey, stop it, buddy!" she demanded.
"Hey, you!"
Luffy caught Lona and diverted his gaze to the two remaining men who claimed to be pirates.
"Why is that cat talking?" One questioned.
"Could it be some sort of trick? Like ventriloquism?"
"Please. How could this twerp know ven-whatcha call it?"
"Forget it. Hey kid, who the hell are-"
They turned to see Luffy again asking Coby for food, the pink-furred cat seeming to be asking the same thing while being held in his arms.
"Listen to what I'm saying!" yelled one of the two pirates in rage.
"You brat!" yelled the other one, raising his sword above his head. The other one followed suit.
Coby's horrified look caused Luffy to turn around, wondering what he was looking at.
"DIE!" they both screamed as they brought their swords down.
Luffy dropped Lona onto the ground. As the pink-furred cat looked up at the swords, she felt something inside her... An urge... An urge to change.
Before she knew it, she was getting larger. Her skeletal frame was changing, all four of her legs were growing longer. Her four paws were developing into hands and feet, but kept their claws. The fur remained as well. In a matter of seconds she found herself human-sized again. Sharp claws popped out of her finger tips, begging to be used. Reading her hand in a talon-like position, she thrust it forward at the sword of one of the pirates, her strawhat-wearing ally's fist colliding with the sword of the other pirate.
The next thing Lona knew, both pirates were collapsed on the ground, weeping in fear. The sword Luffy hit was broken in half. The sword Lona struck had been shattered on impact, but everything above where she struck remained intact, but broke off. The remaining tips of both swords imbedded themselves in the ceiling, while the left over shattered pieces of the sword Lona broke fell to the ground.
"What are you doing all of a sudden?" both the strawhat pirate and the cat-like girl asked. Luffy asked innocently, Lona said it more threateningly.
"W... Who are you two?!" asked one of the two pirates in shock.
"Me?" both teenagers asked.
Luffy crossed his arms and declared "I'm Monkey D. Luffy. Nice to meet you!" with a smile on his face.
Lona pointed a clawed finger at herself and declared "And I'm Lona D. Koshka! Hiya!" with a broad grin, enlarged canine teeth evident.
Luffy produced a broad grin. Lona's grin got broader.
Both pirates ran screaming from the room, dragging their knocked out comrade with them.
"What... what just happened?"
Lona whirled around to see the pink-haired guy on the ground on his hands and knees.
"What's with them?" Luffy wondered, ignoring Coby.
Coby seemed to be started awake, standing up and declaring Lona and Luffy to "Hurry and run!" in a hushed voice. "When they come back with their friends, you'll both be killed!"
"Even so, I'm hungry." Luffy declared, his face rising into a grin.
"How can you say that so calmly?!" Coby gasped.
Coby turned to look at Lona when her stomach growled loudly.
Luffy turned to her and asked "You, too?", to which Lona responded with a nervous laugh. She immediately clenched her fists and proclaimed "Let's go look for some food!"
"There's lots of pirates on deck!" Coby hurriedly warned.
Lona and Luffy ignored him and started walking forward. Coby latched onto Luffy's arm to try and hold him back, but ended up getting pulled along.
"Don't go that way!" the pink haired boy exclaimed. "Wait! You're going the wrong way!" he added as the strawhat boy and the catgirl approached a double door with diamond-shaped windows.
Lona and Luffy merely pushed through the door, both crying out in joy at what they found.
"Food! Food! Food! Alright!" they both exclaimed, jumping into what appeared to be the pantry of the ship.
As the strawhat boy and the catgirl rambled about food and whatnot, Coby looked through the door in worry.
"They might not find us here." he quietly assured himself, closing the door.
Coby turned around sullenly to find Luffy exclaiming about a box of apples he just opened. Lona, having opened a box of onions, grimaced and ran over to grab some of the apples Luffy found instead.
"I'm Coby. And you're Luffy-san and Lona-san, right?"
He started walked forward toward the two.
"That was amazing back there. How'd you two do that?"
"These are good!" was what Luffy and Lona responded with, referring to the apples. Both had mouths stuffed full of the fruit.
"Is this a pirate ship?" the strawhat boy asked.
Lona paused in her eating upon hearing that. Her arms trembled at the idea of being on a real live pirate ship!
"No, this ship isn't."
Lona's hopes were crushed upon that statement from Coby. She went back to stuffing apples in her mouth.
"This ship is being attacked by Alvida-sama right now."
Lona recognized that name from what she heard when she woke up in the barrel.
"Mmm...? Doesn't really matter." Luffy dismissed it.
But Lona was interested. Swallowing her mouthful of apples, she scooted over to Coby and asked "Who's Alvida?"
Coby hadn't seemed to have noticed her walk up to him, as he jumped in surprise.
"Uh... Hi!" the furry girl waved, smiling.
Coby slowly climbed down from the stack of boxes he had jumped to.
"Hey... How come you're covered in fur? You weren't when I picked you up in my boat." Luffy wondered.
Lona put a hand to her chin in thought. "Yeah... This is weird... I don't wanna freak people out... Wonder what's going on..."
Lona felt a sudden draft. She looked around to find Coby staring at her in shock and Luffy pausing in his eating to stare at her. Lona looked down to find all of her fur gone. She was human again, yes... But she was also naked.
"Huh... Interesting..." she mused.
She thought about being covered in fur again and felt her form shift to her furry cat person form from before.
"Cool! You can turn into a cat monster!" Luffy screamed in gleeful surprise. Coby was nursing a nosebleed from Lona's exhibition of her human form.
"Yeah, I guess I can. Wait here a sec, okay guys? I'm gonna go see if my clothes are in that barrel we came here in. Luffy, don't eat all the food while I'm gone."
Not waiting around for a response, the furry girl left out the double doors.
Lona made her way over to the barrel that she shared with Luffy. Sure enough, searching the barrel found her shorts, swimsuit top, sandals, baseball cap, and wristwatch. It seemed that the string she used to tie her hair into a ponytail and her red ribbon bell choker remained when she... Hey, yeah. She was a cat when she came out of the barrel. Just to test it out, she thought about being a cat, and her form rapidly shifted to that of a pink-furred tabby housecat. It seemed that her ponytail remained on the back of her head, even as a cat. Heh. A cat with a ponytail... Her red ribbon choker with the bell remained around her neck, too. Another test, and she thought about being human sized with fur and cat characteristics. Sure enough, her form shifted to a fur-covered human-cat hybrid.
Shifting to human form, Lona put her clothes back on and grinned, thinking "This is gonna be fun..."
Though a thought struck her as she walked back to the pantry. "Although... I can't imagine the advantages to being a tabby cat in battle. Even if I am larger than the usual tabby."
The catgirl stepped back into the food storage room to find Luffy asking Coby if he was a pirate as well. Coby's eyes widened slightly, going into shock for a moment before staring at the ground sadly. Luffy gave a look of confusion as he munched on an apple.
"That was... a fateful day."
Lona walked up and took a seat by the crate, grabbing an apple to eat as she listened to Coby.
"That day, I went aboard, intending to go fishing... But it turned out that boat was going to a pirate ship! For the past two years I've been working like a slave so they wouldn't kill me."
When Coby was done with his story, Luffy and Coby were sitting by the steps to a raised area of the floor. Luffy had finished eating, but Lona still had a lap full of apples she was munching on. Lona and Luffy both gave each other a look of what seemed to be understanding before they both bluntly exclaimed
"You're a freaking idiot!"
"How can you say that?" Coby sobbed.
"You can run away!" Luffy explained.
"That's impossible! Impossible, impossible!" Coby cried. "When I think about Alvida-sama finding out, my legs shake and I get really scared...
"Ooh, you're a coward!" Lona declared, grinning like an idiot.
"I don't like you." Luffy agreed.
Coby cried for a moment, but then revelation hit him.
"You're right... Completely right." he realized sadly.
"If I'm only brave enough to drift in the ocean in a barrel. There's something I want to do..."
Lona and Luffy looked at Coby curiously.
"Luffy-san, Lona-san, what were you two doing in the ocean in a barrel?"
Before Lona could answer, Luffy grinned like an idiot and energetically stated "I'm going to be the pirate king!" like it was obvious.
Coby's jaw dropped in shock.
"P... P... Pirate King?" he sputtered.
"Yeah." Luffy said simply.
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"That means you're a pirate?"
"Right."
"Your crew?"
"Don't have any. Looking for one now."
Coby seemed frozen in place, his jaw hanging open. Luffy sported a look of confusion and leaned over to wave his hand in front of the pink-haired boy's face.
"SO COOL!!" a girl's scream came.
Luffy found himself pounced on by a certain catgirl.
"You're a pirate! That's awesome!" yelled Lona, latching onto the strawhat boy in a mighty hug.
Coby seemed to get over the shock and stood up, yelling "The Pirate King is someone who has everything in this world!" Lona and Luffy paused in this wrestling session to watch Coby in intrigue. "Wealth, fame, and power all united within one person! Meaning you are going after "One Piece"!"
"Ah." was all Luffy said.
""Ah" You say?! All the pirates in the world are going after that treasure!"
"I am too!" Luffy declared, still wrapped in a fierce hug by Lona.
Coby began shaking his head back and forth furiously.
"Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible! It would be impossible to stand on top in this great pirate era! It can't be done! Impossible, impossible!"
Coby was silenced with a punch on the head from Luffy, who was now standing and separated from Lona.
"Why did you hit me?" the pink-haired boy whined.
"Just because." Luffy answered.
"It's fine. I'm used to it anyways." he responded sadly, then tried to laugh it off.
Luffy placed his hand atop his hat, bringing the brim over his eyes and saying "It's not if it's possible or not."
Coby looked up at Luffy with a questioning look.
"I do it because I want to." He continued.
Coby continued looking at Luffy with a questioning look.
Luffy removed his hat, looking into it as he said "I decided to become the Pirate King. I don't care if I die fighting for it."
Coby stared up at Luffy in wonderment.
Grinning, Luffy placed his hat back on his head and began walking off.
"Now that I'm full, maybe I should go get a boat."
"Wait for me, Luffy! I gotta get out of here, too!" called Lona, following right behind him, though she brought a few apples with her to munch on.
"You think they'll give me one if I ask?" Luffy asked Lona.
Lona gave a pensive look. "They might. If they're good people." she answered.
"Might as well try." Luffy responded.
Coby remained kneeling on the ground.
"I've never thought of that." he said thoughtfully. "Can I do that too? Not afraid to die."
Luffy stopped and turned around.
"What?" he asked.
"Maybe I can join the marines." Coby continued.
"Marines?" Lona questioned.
Coby stood up, his hands clenched into fists.
"That's right! It's my dream to catch bad guys!" Tears welled up in his eyes. "It's been my dream ever since childhood! Can I do it?!"
Luffy grinned. "How should I know?"
Coby grew furious. "No, I will do it!" he declared. "I'm going to get out of here and stop working as a slave for Alvida-sama!" He began walking forward toward Luffy. "No, I will catch Alvida!"
At that moment, the ceiling of the storage room collapsed, a deluge of wooden debris, shingles, and shrapnel falling down. Luckily Coby jumped out of the way. As dust veiled the room, a voice boomed.
"Making a friend like this... Who are you going to catch... Eh, Coby!"
Lona peered over by the wall and saw Coby cowering in fear of the person shrouded in the dust.
As the dust settled, it was revealed to be some enormous woman with a somewhat cowboy-like state of attire. She was holding a huge metal club with spikes on it.
Luffy leaned forward in curiosity. Five swords pierced through the wall behind him, two on one side of his head and three on the other, and he gave the swords a glance.
The woman with the metal club looked upward from Coby to see Luffy and Lona standing by the wall. The woman gave a smirk.
"You're not the pirate hunter Zoro." she said in confidence.
"Zoro?" Luffy questioned. Lona merely raised on eyebrow in confusion.
"Coby!" the large woman yelled, causing Coby to shrink back in fright.
"Who's
the most beautiful woman in this ocean?" she demanded.
Coby put
his hand on the back of his head, trembling in fear.
"That is of course..."
Luffy pointed at the woman and bluntly asked. "Who's this fat lady?"
Lona added "And what's with her ugly cowboy theme and the huge club?"
The woman, Coby, and several of the pirates standing around the hole in the ceiling, all dropped their jaws in shock.
"Fat? Now he's done it..." one of the pirates above gasped in shock.
The fat lady trembled in anger, then simply opened her mouth wide and screamed "YOU BRATS!!" at the top of her lungs.
The fat lady raised her club above her head and brought it down on the two teenagers. Luffy jumped forward to avoid the club as it came crashing down, Lona jumped to the side. She was surprised by how nimble she felt.
Luffy landed in front of the cowering Coby, whispering "Let's go!" to the pink-haired boy.
Luffy grabbed Coby's hand and jumped up through the hole in the ceiling. Alvida looked up at them, then found a certain catgirl on top of her head, using her as a stepping stone to jump up through the hole to follow Luffy and Coby.
Luffy landed right in front of the hole with Coby in hand, grinning like an idiot. Lona landed right next to him a moment later.
One of the pirates on the deck of the ship bellowed and rushed at Luffy, who nimbly backstepped the swings of his sword. The strawhat boy pounded his head on the pirate's head, effectively knocking him out.
Another pirate approached Luffy from behind with his sword raised above his head, but Luffy whipped around and gave him a solid punch to the face, knocking that one out as well.
Several approached Lona as well. Concentrating, she shifted to her cat-human hybrid form and brandished her claws. As one of the pirates lunged at her with his sword, she sidestepped his swing, then gave him a claw swipe across the face, followed by a hard punch to the stomach, downing him.
Next four pirates approached Luffy at once from behind. He nimbly jumped forward, turning around to face them as he stood a few yards in front of them. Lona was soon by his side, with three pirates approaching her at once. Luffy grab his arm with his opposite arm's hand, and Lona bent her knees slightly, brandishing the claws of both her hands with the fingers bent forward into talon-like positions, fangs bared.
But then a pirate jumped down from above to attack the two. Luffy fluidly stepped back so the pirate landed in front of them.
Luffy grabbed the pirate's head.
"It's not fair to attack from behind!" he declared simply.
The strawhat captain lifted the pirate up by the head and tossed him at the four pirates ahead, knocking them down.
When the three pirates approaching Lona stepped forward, the catgirl rushed at them, planting her hands on the ground and digging into the deck with her claws. She slipped her feet out from her sandals and did a handstand, proceeding to swing her legs around and kicking all three pirates in a row several times, reminiscent of some sort of brakedancing move. Lona was surprised to find that her toes bared claws as well, and immediately put them to use to scratch the pirates while she kicked them.
Done with her assault, the girl hopped away and landed on her feet, watching with glee as the three pirates wobbled a little, then fell down to the ground.
Lona looked over to Luffy to find a whole crowd of pirates behind him. He ran forward, screaming "It's not fair to attack with more people!"
As the strawhat captain ran, he grabbed onto a mast, his arm stretching out like rubber as his body still ran forward.
The pirates stopped running when they got to the mast that Luffy had grabbed on to, staring at his hand with a puzzled expression, then looking forward at Luffy with shock.
Luffy kept running, but was running in place as his arm stopped stretching. The pirates now screamed in shock, Luffy turning his head to give them a grin.
"Just kidding." he declared.
Planting his feet on the ground, he turning on his heels to face the pirates, his arm still stretched out and holding onto the mast. The pirates screamed and ran the opposite way, only to be stopped by Lona, her claws bared and a ferocious look on her face.
"Gomu Gomu nooo..." Luffy began.
His feet went to work, running forward. Soon he didn't need to, as his arm rapidly snapped back to regular length, propelling him forward.
"Rocket!" he finished.
His body reached the mast, which he let go of and went flying, body slamming all of the pirates with great force.
Lona looked to see Coby staring in total awe and Alvida, having just come up from the hole in the deck, staring in shock.
Coby stepped forward.
"Luffy-san, Lona-san... What are you?"
Luffy smiled broadly.
"Me? I'm a rubber man."
He reached up and hooked his finger on the side of his mouth, stretching it out to prove his point.
"And I guess I'm a catgirl, or somethin'." Lona shrugged, grinning.
"Rubber man... Catgirl... That..." Coby stated in utter shock.
Coby must have felt a presence behind him, because he jumped and scurried behind Luffy and Lona, cowering in fear as Alvida loomed in front of the three.
"You ate the Devil's Fruit, right?" she growled.
Luffy let go of his lip, the lip snapping back to normal.
"Yeah. I ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi."
Lona shrugged. "I guess I must've eaten one, too. Some kind of cat fruit thingermabob. Maybe Neko Neko no Mi: Model Housecat, or somethin'."
"Is that so." Alvida plainly stated. "I've heard rumors about it, but I never thought it really existed."
She tilted her head to the side slightly, scowling.
"You also have some moves... Are you two bounty hunters?"
"I'm just here for the hell of it." Lona declared with a grin.
"I'm a pirate!" Luffy confidently stated.
"Pirate? Just you?" Alvida questioned.
"It's just me right now, but I'll find a crew eventually. Let's see... I think about thirteen people sounds right." The rubberman plainly stated.
Alvida merely cackled. "I see, so you are a pirate. That makes us enemies, doesn't it?"
Coby was standing up now, but was trembling in fear. "Lu... Luffy-san, Lo... Lona-san, run." He advised, his voice quiet.
"Why?" Luffy and Lona questioned cluelessly.
"You saw the power of that iron club, didn't you? This person is the number one stron-"
He paused. The pause lasted a while, Coby seeming to space out, lost in thought.
Alvida smirked. "The number one what?" she said, urging him to finish.
"Num... num... num..." Coby stuttered.
At that moment, Coby's eyes brightened. He had found that fire inside known as resolve.
"Number one stinking ugly old hag!" he shouted, his fists clenched in anger.
The Alvida pirates that remained dropped their jaws in shock.
Alvida clenched up in anger, shaking with rage. Luffy raised his head and laughed loudly and heartily, and Lona brought her hand to her mouth and snickered wildly.
"What did you say?" Alvida bellowed.
Lona now burst out laughing, falling to the floor and clutching her stomach.
Coby stepped forward, his fists clenched and a determined look in his eyes.
"I will join the marines! Join and fight pirates like you!" He yelled.
"Do you even know what you are saying?" growled Alvida.
"I know!" Coby quickly retorted. "I'll... I'll do what I want! Join the marines and... join the marines and... Capture you!" he declared, his eyes seemingly ablaze with passion.
"Little brat!" Alvida bellowed.
Coby brought his hands to his face and shrieked in fright as Alvida raised her club above her head.
Luffy stepped in front of Coby and Alvida, his arm stretched back and his open palm facing Coby.
"Well said!" Luffy declared.
Lona joined him. "Yeah. No regrets, you fought for your dream!"
As Alvida brought her club down, Lona stepped behind Luffy and reached above his head. She caught the weapon in her claws, the club still hitting Luffy square on top of the head.
Coby stared in shock and awe, clearly scared for Luffy and Lona's safety.
However, Luffy merely grinned.
"Doesn't hurt." He declared.
"What?" Alvida yelled in shock.
"Because I'm rubber." Luffy clarified.
"Yeah, but the force probably would have knocked you through the floor had I not caught the club and softened the blow a bit." Lona declared. Her claws firmly planted in the metal of the club, she gave the weapon a tug, though Alvida still held it firmly. Luffy brought his arm back and gave Alvida and soft uppercut, knocking her back a little. With that distraction, Lona gave the club a yank and dislodged the weapon from Alvida's grip. She quickly tossed it away, hitting one of the defeated pirates as he was trying to get up.
Luffy brought his arm back, stretching it behind him a great distance.
Lona hopped onto his head in a crouched position. Words popped into the catgirl's head. "Neko Neko nooo..." She brandished her claws, her fingers bent into talon positions.
"Rapid Jab!"
With that decree, she began rapidly and repeatedly jabbing Alvida with her claws, stabbing her repeatedly and all over her torso.
As Luffy stretched his arm out, he declared "Gomu Gomu noooooo..."
The arm stopped stretching, now extending far behind Luffy and out into the ocean.
"Pistol!"
The arm rapidly shot back, retracting to normal length. As the arm neared Luffy, Lona ceased her assault and jumped off Luffy's head and to the side, giving him room for the attack.
Luffy's arm snapped back to normal length, the momentum now sending it flying forward.
The fist connected with Alvida's midsection, the tremendous force of the blow propelling her back on Luffy's fist. When his arm stopped extending, Alvida went flying, landing in the water a good distance away, creating an enormous splash that went several stories high as she landed in the sea.
Coby's jaw hung low in utter shock as Luffy's arm snapped back to normal length, and Lona morphed to her human form, grinning broadly at their victory.
"Amazing..." Coby thought to himself. "Lona used her claws to tenderize Alvida's thick hide and soften her up for Luffy's blow!"
Lona turned to the Alvida pirates on the other ship. "Hey!" she yelled over to them.
They jumped in fright. "Yes!" they squeaked.
"Give Coby a boat." Luffy calmly ordered.
"Yeah, he's going to join the marines." Lona added.
"Let him go." Luffy finished.
The pirates shook in fright. "Yes, yes!" they shouted, their voices shrill.
Coby smiled, his eyes tearing up in happiness.
"Luffy-san... Lona-san..."
Coby's gratitude was brought to a grinding halt when cannonballs bombarded the ocean around the boat. Luffy and Coby were nearly thrown off balance, but Lona felt oddly stable. Must've been the whole cat balancing act ability, she assumed.
"That's the... Marines!" Coby gasped.
"Ooooo! Isn't that great? Why don't you go?" Luffy declared, leaning on the railing to view the marine ships.
Coby turned to Luffy in surprise.
"Luffy jumped over the railing, declaring "I'm a pirate, time to run!"
"How can I... They'd arrest me before I could join!" shrieked the pink-haired boy frantically.
Coby would soon find himself grabbed by Lona, who jumped over the railing after Luffy while carrying him.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The three acquired a boat and dropped it into the ocean. They set the sail and headed off.
However, neither of the three noticed a person who had their eye on them.
An orange-haired girl had been watching everything that went on with Alvida, Luffy, and Lona, disguised as one of Alvida's pirates on the other ship. She stared in awe, shock, surprise, and wonder at the fight between the three people.
She remained in a state of shock when Luffy and his companions got a small boat and sailed off.
"My god..." she whispered, her arms hanging at her sides as she reveled in the awe of the spectacle. "Such strength... What is he? Who is he? And why..." she seemed to snap out of her shock, looking pensive for a moment. "Why do I feel oddly intrigued by this rubber boy..."
The boat was shook by another round of cannon fire, and the girl quickly gathered the loot she had stolen and got into a small boat, sailing off.
"Something tells me I'll be running into that boy again..." the girl mused to herself. "And for some reason... I'm looking forward to it..."
End Chapter 1
P.S.:
I am in need of a beta reader, as I am in no way satisfied with my work on this story, and this will be a huge project. The chapters will come out slower due to having to run them through my beta reader, but they will hopefully be of higher quality. I would prefer someone with a sense of humor, as the beta reader I had for my first story had no sense of humor at all and thus I did not get along well with him. Also, the beta reader must be okay with the fact that my gender must be kept anonymous, and thus is up for interpretation. Therefore, depending on what you deduce, I'm either a Cy-kun or a Cy-chan, and I will not tell you whether you are wrong or not when you guess. Hee hee! O
Note that I will continue this story even if I do not have a beta reader, so having one is not at all necessary for the continued life of this fanfiction.
Please inquire for the position at "Cyberweasel89 at yahoo dot com", but remove the spaces and replace the connecting words with the correct symbols. Thank you, and have a pleasant day.
