AN: Hey guys, so was the first chapter alright? This is like, my second story on here, so it's still unknown if people really like my stories or they just look at a chapter or two and leave. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING! So please take the time to write a review...like you don't have to...but it'd be nice if you did...so...just would you please write one? THANK YOUUU~~~! ^_^
Shift. Nooo, staaahp~~! My cuddle buddy shifted again, as if trying to get out of my grasp. Stop it, Mr. Fluffycuddleypoops!
"Gah! Marie, watashi ni ikou!" shouted Mr. Fluffycuddleypoops, who oddly sounded female. But why the heck was he, she, it, WHATEVER, speaking in some foreign language?!
"Noooo~~, Mr. Fluffycuddleypoops~~, stop resisting cuddling with mee~~! I LOVE YOUU~~!" I giggled, and tried to kiss Mr. Fluffycuddleypoops.
Cold water splashed my face, and my eyes flashed open. I screamed, and sat bolt upright, no longer hugging Mr. Fluffycuddleypoops. I rubbed my eyes, and looked around frantically. What the heck?! Who woke me up? When I find out, imma kill them 'till they-!
"Nami, what's up-!" I began, when she slapped my cheek. My head turned from the impact, and she began to rant at me in Japanese. Tears ran down my cheeks as my cheek was red, and was rapidly bruising. Chopper shouted something to her in Japanese, and looked over at me.
Nami had been frantically trying to get out of Marie's iron grip. The young girl was still in la la land! The blond had been murmuring dreamily in her language she couldn't understand. Without Marie's iPhone on to translate, they wouldn't be able to communicate!
"Gah! Marie, let go of me!" Nami shouted. Marie giggled something in her language, then tried to kiss the freaked out navigator!
Chopper, thankfully, had a bucket full of cold water Nami had no idea where he had gotten, and he had dumped it onto the child. Marie's eyes opened suddenly and she sat up quickly, letting go of the strawhat navigator. She looked around frantically, as if looking for danger, yet there was something in her eyes that concerned Chopper. Marie had a look in her eyes that told him that she had been scared like this before, as if someone had scared her. The doctor sighed, and shook his head. He would deal with those questions later.
The child shouted Nami's name and some other foreign words, when Nami slapped the child, very hard. The impact was the ones she would use for the boys, but had accidentally used the same for the child, which in turn made the child's head turn. Nami began to rant at Marie, whose cheek was red and was crying. Chopper could see a bruise already forming, and it looked painful.
"Nami, she's getting a bruise! You hit her pretty hard, and now she's crying too!" Chopper shouted, and hurried towards the crying Marie. He opened his bag, which Usopp had handed him, and got out the needed medical items. It wasn't a major injury, just a simple bruise, but bruises meant that the tissue under her cheek was bleeding, which created a bruise. It would be very painful for her to move her jaw, so she would need some pain killers. It wasn't a large bruise, but still would be painful. All she would need was painkillers and RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation). Chopper made her hold her palm up and he placed two pills of painkillers in her hand. She was given a mouthful of water to swallow the pills with, in which she did. He handed her a bundle of ice, and she held it up to her bruise, as if she understood what he was intending for the use of the ice.
"Tony, is she really that injured?" asked the princess questionably. Nami, a tick mark on her forehead, bopped Vivi on the head.
She shouted irritably, "IT CAN'T BE THAT BAD OF A BRUISE! Besides, I didn't mean to hit her that hard!"
Chopper, still analyzing Marie's bruise with his eyes, said without looking around, "No, it's not that bad. It'll only cause her pain, no damage really."
"Well, we should really get going if it's not that bad!" said Vivi.
"Right!" everyone shouted in sync, except Marie, who had just nodded.
I stood up, and yawned, but cried out in pain when my jaw moved. Dangit, stupid bruise! I grabbed a bag to carry, when Chopper knocked it out of my reach.
"Heyy~! What was that for, Chopper?!" I asked the doctor.
"Anata ga kyūsoku suru hitsuyō ga arimasu!" Chopper lectured in Japanese.
"Hn? I have no idea what you are saying, but okay. I'll ride on Eyelash," I told the strawhat doctor.
"Nami! Vivi! Can I ride on Eyelash?!" The princess and the navigator both turned to look at me in confusion. Probably wondering what the heck I just said. But I guess hearing the word 'Eyelash' let them understand that I wanted to ride on him. Vivi was about to boost me up onto Eyelash, when Nami intervened. Was she still annoyed at me? I shrunk a little, but was taken aback when the navigator hugged me.
Nami looked sheepishly at Marie as Chopper knocked the bag out of her reach, yelling at her that she needed to rest. Geez, just one slap and that poor kid is bruised badly. She sighed, and walked over towards the princess. They began to discuss matters that would bore a child into slumber.
The navigator jumped when Marie shouted her, Vivi, and Eyelash's name. She had said some foreign words before saying Eyelash, but thankfully the doctor was there to explain.
"She needs to ride on Eyelash to not strain her body." he whispered to the navigator. She nodded, and so did the princess. Vivi was about to boost up the blond, when she intervened.
Marie's eyes widened, and she shrunk a little at the sight of the strawhat navigator. Nami felt saddened by this, plus she felt bad for hurting the kid, so she wrapped her arms around Marie and hugged her. Marie let out a surprised gasp, then hesitantly hugged back the navigator.
"Marie, I'm very sorry I slapped you. I'm apologizing to you" Nami said softly. Marie let out a deep breath, and rested her head on the navigator's shoulder.
"Hn, Nami, its alright. I don't even know what you're saying, but it sounds like you're apologizing, so I accept your apology." said Marie.
The navigator was confused by the foreign words spoken by the blond child, not able to understand her. But, by the tone of her voice, Nami could guess that Marie was accepting her apology. She let out a sigh of relief, and kissed Marie's forehead in a motherly way, releasing the child from her embrace. Marie's cheeks turned pink and she looked embarrassed. The blond child began to rant in english, about how geez Nami, you're so motherly. Nami laughed, and walked off to command the boys.
The guys got everything packed up, and me and Nami got to ride on Eyelash. The camel seemed sort of like a jerk, in my point of view. Chopper said he only accepted 'female passengers' and rejected the guys. Like seriously, what if one of the dudes got injured and needed to rest?! Stupid camel...
We passed through dozens of hills of sand, which drained the guys' energy.
"Sā, Nami, watashitachiha-jō no tān o motte mimashou Eyelash!" complained Usopp in japanese, which Siri translated into 'C'mon, Nami, let us have a turn on Eyelash!'.
I had turned on the iPhone a few minutes ago, which was why Siri was translating. I was still upset about the battery's percentage going down. If it died, then I wouldn't be able to communicate with people and they couldn't communicate with me!
Hours seemed to pass and I grew bored. I pulled my iPhone out of my pocket, since I hadn't been using it, for no one was speaking, except Luffy and Usopp's squabbling over the water. I clicked the on button, and the screen lit up. I unlocked it and scrolled through my apps. Minecraft, iFunny, Would You Rather, Press The Red Button, Instagram, Kik, Flappy Bird, et cetra. I tapped on Flappy Bird, and turned up the volume. I began to play, and the wings flapping sounds played, and the coin noises.
Zoro jogged up and asked, "Anata wa nani o purei shite iru?" I looked up from the screen, to look at the older moss-headed teen.
"Hn? Oh, I'm playing this game called 'Flappy Bird'."
"'Flappy Bird'? What kind of game is that?" Siri translated for Zoro.
I giggled at his curiousness, and replied, "It's where you're an ugly pixellated bird and you tap the screen to go up, and if you don't tap it, it begins to plummet. The objective of the game is to go through as many pipes as you can without hitting them or hitting the ground."
Zoro's face was full of interest and I couldn't help but say, "Do you wanna play the game?"
I could see his shoulders tense up, and he said, with his ego and desperateness to save his 'manliness', "Psh. 'Play the game'? Just let me try beating this dumb game!"
I handed him my iPhone, and he took it gingerly in his hands. He tapped on the play button, and let out a surprised sound when the bird fell down quickly and the achievement and try again thing popped up.
I giggled and asked, "Shall I demonstrate for you?"
He handed me back my iPhone, crossing his arms, and grumbled, "Yeah..." I smiled, and tapped the retry button. I tapped the screen at random moments expertly, and got to 16 before I accidentally double tapped the screen, and hit the bird's head on the top of the pipe. Zoro had been watching carefully, and when he got to do a retry, he did it as if he had been doing it for a long time. I scowled at him, jealous of his quick learning, and continued to watch him play on the app. He got to 76 before tapping twice and hitting the top of the pipe. I took the iPhone from his hands, and went to my songs.
"What are you doing?" asked Luffy, peering over my shoulder.
"I'm going to my music I have on here. Hmm...what should we listen to? Classic Elvis Presley, don't judge, the music is actually good. Some Imagine Dragons, maybe Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood? Uh...some other bunches of songs that I like?" I murmured.
"What's 'Call Me Maybe'?" asked Chopper.
I let out an odd, strangled noise and yelled, "How the heck did THAT get here?! Yack! I HATE that song!"
"Can we listen to it?" asked Nami.
"HECK TO THE NO!" I protested.
"Hey, how about we listen to 'Let It Go' from the Disney movie 'Frozen'?" I asked.
"What's 'Disney'? And what's 'Frozen'?" asked Zoro.
"Disney makes PG rated movies or G, which is family friendly, lots of little kids watch their movies. Frozen is a movie about two sisters. The eldest is Elsa, and the youngest is Anna. Elsa has ice powers that she has to keep secret, or else she'll hurt people and everyone will hate her yada yada. She accidentally uses her powers and runs away into the mountains and make a forever lasting winter. She sings 'Let It Go' on the mountains." I explained.
"Okay then," said Nami. "How about we just listen to it now?"
" 'Kay." I nodded, and clicked on the play button. The piano part started, and soon came Idina Menzel's voice.
" The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I've tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me I'm free
Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I stay
Let the storm rage on
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past
Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway"
"Whoah." everyone said in sync.
"Yeah, amazing, isn't it? I watched the movie with one of my friends at her house for a sleepover," I said, then put my hand on my chin. "Hm, I wonder how she's doing. I wonder how all of my friends are doing! And my sisters...did they notice I disappeared?" I began to sniffle at the thought of the people I loved. How could I just not think of them?! A silent tear ran down my cheek, and soon after that, I was crying loudly like a baby.
"Kat~~! Lizzy~!" I sobbed. Nami stopped Eyelash, and slid off the side of the camel. She retrieved me from his back, and pulled me into a tight, warm embrace. Vivi patted my back softly as they both tried to soothe me.
Nami and the rest of the crew, including Vivi, were amazed by such a song. The singing was beautiful, also although the words were foreign, Nami could almost understand it. About having to leave the people you love to protect them, she had to do that to her crew for the treasure they had to add it to her stash back at her home island, when Arlong still ruled. But now, he was defeated by her strong, meat-loving captain. Marie's phone translated her words as she spoke, putting her hand to her chin during the phone's speech. She seemed to grow sad as she spoke about her sisters if they had even noticed her disappearance.
Nami could see the lone tear roll down the blond child's cheek, before the tear was accompanied by noisy crying and many tears. The navigator, feeling protective over the child in a motherly way, stopped the camel's steady walking and slid off the side. She helped Marie down from the camel's back, and brought her into a hug. Vivi tried to comfort her by patting her back softly.
"N-Nami, Vivi~! I wanna go home~! I WANT MY SISTERS! I CAN'T TAKE THIS WORLD ANYMORE!" Marie screamed, and fought herself out of the navigator's embrace. She began to run off to where, she had no idea. All she wanted to do is get to see her sisters again!
"Marie! Wait!" called out Nami as she began to chase after the blond child.
Marie whirled around and said in a sharp tone, "NO! Why should I?! After all, I'll just get in your guy's way! Why are you even taking me with you?! Just because that stupid fire guy said so?! HUH?! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! All I've ever wanted in life was to be with my sisters and nobody else! I despise my past! I HATE it!"
She began to run off again, and the navigator and everyone else was speechless. Get in their way? She was like nakama already! They were taking her along because captain's orders, and because she was like glue, holding them together with no one knowing, until now. Nami was surprised at the child's unexpected anger. And something about hating her past? What happened? By now, the child was gone, to the navigator's worry. Nami was so completely deep in thought, that she didn't notice the other's worry.
"Don't worry, Nami. She has water and some food. She can survive without us. Besides, she'll probably head for civilization anyways." assured Zoro.
The navigator let out a sigh and said, "Fine, but I'm still gonna be worried about her. And do you guys have any idea about her past? She said that she hated it."
"I think I might know something!" said Luffy, and everyone turned to him.
"What is it?" asked the princess.
"When me and Marie were at the restaurant we were in, we were eating a lot of food. She seemed really hungry. And then Smoker came in, and he asked if she was a new pirate recruit of mine. She said, 'I'm not a pirate, I'm only 12.' Marie then said something about how her mom wouldn't let her, and would probably call her a freak and a loser." Luffy answered, and everyone was silent.
"You can actually remember stuff? I'm impressed." joked Zoro, and Luffy pouted.
"Hm...her mom would call her a freak? Interesting...anyone else have evidence?" said the navigator, feeling the puzzle pieces coming together slowly.
"I think I do, Nami," said Usopp. "When Marie punched your shoulder and you turned around to her, she shrunk a little, as if she'd been doing it for a while. And she called it 'child abuse'." The puzzle finished with a final 'click' in the navigator's head as she realized what the answer was.
"Her mother abused her" she said hoarsely. Everyone's eyes widened, including Zoro's. Then, Luffy's face darkened, and his strawhat shadowed his angered face. His crew and the princess shuddered at his aura of anger.
"When we get to Yuba, we wait for her. We send out search groups for her." he growled. "and that's because she's nakama and I'm gonna kick her mother's ass."
I collapsed onto the sand when I couldn't see them in the background anymore. I curled up into a ball, and rocked myself back and forth on my bottom. I put my face into my knees and soaked my jeans with tears. Oh god, when was the last time I had cried this much?
Before I was transported into this world.
I wondered how my sisters were going and what they were doing right now. I soon began to feel tired from crying so much, so I decided to lie down and take a nap.
Lizzy sat in the corner silently, worry etched into her usual calm attitude.
Kat paced around in her room, murmuring forbidden words. "It's been two days. Two days!" exclaimed Kat. "Where is she?! Where could she possibly be?!"
"She may have run away..." Lizzy said quietly.
"What?" Kat turned around to stare at her other sister.
"Remember how she kept mentioning she hated this place and wanted to leave? To run away?"
Kat was silent for a moment. She DID remember what Marie had said. She collapsed onto the floor, on her hands and knees. Crying raked the silence, shaking the eldest sister's body.
"Wake up, child." a woman's stern voice broke through my slumber. How long had I been sleeping?
I opened my eyes and sat up. I rubbed at my eyelids to clear my vision, and blinked. Instead of seeing the desert sand, I found myself in a room, lying on a couch with a woman watching me. She had shoulder length black hair, a white cowgirl hat sitting on it. She wore a white robe thingy over a revealing string-like-shirt-thing and a mini skirt.
"Who are you? Where am I?" I asked her, feeling uneasy and nervous.
"It's quite rude not to say your name first, but, since I am the host, I should tell you. I'll tell you first that you are at the Rain Dinners casino in Rainbase, Alabasta," said the woman. "My name is Miss All Sunday."
"Casino? I hate casinos...they just eat up your money. And, your name must obviously be fake, or you just have a really weird name, no offense." I said in reply.
"None taken. And just who may you be?" said Miss All Sunday.
"Uh, I'm Grove Marie. I'm 12 years old, just to let ya know, I'm not a little kid, I'm a tween." I answered.
"Interesting. I wonder, have you eaten a devil's fruit?" she asked. I felt better around her, though I wasn't sure why.
"I ate the heat-heat fruit, but that was like, maybe a few days ago?"
"So you haven't been able to form any attacks, I presume?" she asked calmly.
I nodded, "But I'm thinking of some. Like, first degree burn, second degree burn, and third degree burn. Also, shield, mirage, and plenty more!"
"Sounds fascinating. Why not give some of them a try?" she showed me the slightest of smiles, before it quickly disappeared. I nodded, and stood up.
Shouting, I said, "Heat-heat: Shield!" The air shimmered around me, making the objects from behind it look disoriented. I smiled at the heat shield, and tried to build up its strength. I could feel its heat, yet not affecting me, but Miss All Sunday leaned back, looking calm but I could guess the heat was uncomfortable. The heat shield slowly dissipated, and soon it was gone.
I exclaimed another time, "Heat-heat: Dragon!" A heat field was in a shape of a dragon not soon after I had said the words, and I made motions with my hands, moving the dragon. I brought my right hand in close to my stomach, and flung it outwards quickly, and the dragon sprung forwards. Miss All Sunday applauded politely.
"My, my, looks like you're a natural at working with your devil's fruit."
I smiled at her, "Thank you very much. Do you have a devil's fruit?" She hesitated, then slowly nodded.
"Yes. I ate the hana-hana fruit. I can sprout arms anywhere, like flowers."
My eyes sparkled as I said, "Cool~!" She chuckled, and paused when a bird perched at the window sill. She walked over towards it, and took the piece of paper it had. She examined it, then ripped it to shreds and the bird flew off.
I awkwardly shifted around as I asked, "Should I go? Because I feel like I'm in the way of your business. I mean, like, why should you waste your time with a lonely little kid with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?"
She turned around, a burning gaze in her eyes that scared me, and she said, "Because I've been like that before. For my entire life." Then she was out the door.
I was confused, but felt sympathy for Miss All Sunday. You know what? I'm gonna silently call her Sunday for short, but when I speak of her, I say her name fully. I stood up, and walked towards the window sill. I waited for a few minutes, when the bird finally came. It had brought paper for me to write on, and a pen. I began to write down a message onto the paper, with the help of my phone as I neatly and slowly wrote the japanese characters. I finished up the letter, and handed it to the bird. It held the rolled up paper in its claw's clutches, and flew off to deliver the message to whom I had whispered to it. I walked back over to the couch, and leaned back. Would they receive it in time? I hoped so.
"Good work today, boys," Usopp chirped happily. "Let's take a little rest to replenish our strength for tomorrow. Good night!"
He hopped into bed, Zoro wearing a tick mark on his forehead, when Toto came into the room, holding a piece of paper.
"Everyone!" he exclaimed, grabbing everyone's attention. "A bird came by with this letter. It's for 'The Strawhats'."
Nami took the letter from his grasp, totally confused. Who would send them a letter? Perhaps Baroque Works? She unfolded the paper, and began to read aloud:
"Dear everyone,
I'm sorry for getting so emotional and leaving you guys. It's just that when my father left my mom, and my two older sisters, my mom grieved for three whole months. Then, after that, she began to treat us poorly. Like for example, there was a rainstorm when I was leaving school on the day I came into this world and met you all. I had to walk home, and when I arrived, she threw a metal spoon at my face and started to, well, say really mean things. I had run off into my room, and cried for minutes. Then, with the inspiration to run away, I opened up my window and climbed out onto the slick tree outside my bedroom window. I almost fell off, and when I got down, and left the backyard, I was running on the sidewalk when the ground beneath me disappeared.
Well, now you know all that. I apologize for the long story, when I start to tell a story, you will grow a beard halfway through it. Well, I just wanted to let you guys know I am alive and safe. I'm in Rainbase, in the Rain Dinners casino. Miss All Sunday was very nice to bring me there from the desert. Though, I seriously doubt that's her real name. It would be a funny name then. She also has devil's fruit powers! How cool is that?! She ate the hana-hana fruit, and can sprout arms like flowers. Well, that's basically it!
Love you all like family,
Grove Marie"
"Wait, RAIN DINNERS?!" exclaimed Vivi in horror. "AND MISS ALL SUNDAY!"
"What is it, Vivi? And why was Miss All Sunday in the desert and just happened to come upon Marie?" said the strawhat navigator.
"HER PAST IS SOO SAD~~!" sobbed Usopp and Chopper.
"I wonder how her sisters look..." murmured Sanji.
"Miss All Sunday, a Baroque Works agent, nice?" muttered Zoro quietly.
"Please excuse me, but who is this Marie?" asked Toto, completely confused.
"Marie is a twelve-year-old blond girl who is our nakama." said Nami solemnly.
"Oh." was all the elderly man said.
*Some time later, when they FINALLY arrive at Rainbase, and, of course, make trouble*
I sat at the same couch, chilling, when Sunday came in.
"C'mon, follow me. I want to bring you somewhere," she said. I nodded quickly, and stood.
She already was walking and I walked quickly to match her pace. She led me down a labyrinth of corridors, down through some stairs, down through a see through hall that's underwater, then finally down some stairs into a big room. There was a dining table with a man with dark black-purple hair slicked back off his face. He wore a capey-thingy and black shiny shoes. Nearby, there was a large cage, and the bars just gave me this vibe that made me aggravated.
I held the tick mark at bay, as I asked, "Miss All Sunday, who is this man?" I had only said man, instead of dude, because he frightened me and was intimidating.
"This is Mr. Zero, also known as Crocodile, the hero of Alabasta. Crocodile, this is Grove Marie, also a devil's fruit user. She ate the heat-heat fruit, and she knows the Strawhats personally, am I wrong about that letter you sent or not," said Sunday. My eyes widened. She read the letter I sent to them? How did she get it? Did the bird go directly to her or something after I sent it away?
"U-uh, how did you know? And yes, but, what do you want with them...? Wait a minute...Crocodile...," I murmured, "Wait! Vivi said that Sir Crocodile is the bad guy or something like that! Like the Joker towards Batman, except you are not Bruce Wayne's enemy that lasts for the rest of the comic books time!"
He let out a grunt. "So, you speak another language, eh? And don't call me 'the bad guy', you little brat. And what is this 'the Joker' and 'Batman' you speak of!"
I ignored the language question, and eagerly answered the Batman question. "The Joker is this insane clown looking dude who despises the hero of the comic books, Batman. His true identity is Bruce Wayne, a millionaire, but he dresses up as a bat dude and goes around Gotham City, stopping crime and etc. The Joker and Batman have frequent, fabulous, battles. Batman is like, my role model, because he doesn't have super powers or whatever, just his gadgets, and he still kicks bootay."
Crocodile rolled his eyes at my childish act, and I was SERIOUSLY beginning to hate him. I glared at him, when all of a sudden, I heard people screaming and loud crashes. My head whirled around so fast, I could've gotten whiplash. What I saw in the cage made tears come to my eyes.
"Nami, Usopp, Luffy, Zoro, and Smoker!" I exclaimed, and I ran towards the cage.
"Marie!" shouted Nami, and she embraced me through the bars. I felt, all of a sudden, very exhausted and tired. My body went slack, and I fell to my knees on the floor. My head drooped, but Nami held up my chin, worry etched into her eyes.
"Marie, are you alright? What's happening to her?!" Nami screamed at Crocodile, whom was smirking. Sunday was nowhere to be seen.
"The bars are made out of sea stone," said Smoker, and everyone turned to look at him.
"What's seastone?" asked Luffy.
"It's basically solid ocean, so it can affect you the same as if you were in the sea water," he explained.
Nami nodded in understanding, and she pushed on my shoulders and shoved me away from the bars. Almost immediately, energy surged through me. She had shoved me onto my butt, but I continued sitting for the time being.
My head turned around as I heard familiar clacking of boots. At the stairs was...Vivi and Sunday!
"Vivi!" shouted my friends in sync, including me.
"Hello, Miss Wednesday. You have done an admirable job of avoiding my assassins on the way here," said Crocodile, making Vivi's face contort into an angry expression.
"Of course I'd come! I'd come from anywhere, as long as it means I can watch you die, Mr. Zero," she shouted angrily.
Crocodile grew an evil smile, well at least to me it looked evil, he might've just been amused, but, anyways... "It's your worthless country that's going to die, Miss Wednesday," Crocodile said.
I glared at him, along with Vivi, and slowly and silently, I stood up. I got into my fighting stance, which meant I leaned slightly forward, bending my knees, and had my hands up sort of in a ninja-karate way. Crocodile wasn't facing in my direction, for I was in the opposite direction of the stairs Vivi was at, so for now I had the advantage at doing a sneak attack.
"If you weren't here, Alabasta would be in peace," shouted Vivi, as she ran at Crocodile, her string-blade-weapon-thingy out.
Luffy shouted, "Wait, Vivi! Open this door and let us out!"
"Peacock...string slasher," Vivi yelled, and she leapt across the table, running towards Crocodile. He calmly lifted his cigar up to his mouth, which confused me greatly. 'He's gonna die if he doesn't move! Is he stupid?!' I thought. The string went straight through his head, which disappeared into...sand?
"Are you satisfied, Miss Wednesday?" The voice came out of nowhere, which frightened me. Where is he?! He just disappeared and turned into sand! I screamed as Crocodile appeared right behind Vivi, his hook-hand over one arm, and his hand clamped over her mouth.
"If you live in this country," he said, his eyes shadowed. "Then you should know about my Suna-Suna fruit power,"
"...Shall I turn you into a mummy?"
The crew raged at Crocodile from behind the bars, while he shoved Vivi into a chair.
"Sit, and stop glaring at me. It's just about time for the party to begin, am I wrong, Miss All Sunday," he asked Sunday.
She smiled, holding up a random clock, and said, "You are correct. It's past 7."
I stared in horror as the key was dropped into the trapdoor, and time seemed to slow down. Vivi threw herself towards it, her hand extended to catch it, but it was just out of reach.
"Go and get it, Miss Wednesday, and I guess I should include the little brat too," said Crocodile. He began to do more of his evil bad guy rant, my brain able to register the words, but I wasn't paying attention to him.
I stared, wide-eyed, at the pit. And the weird gigantic mutant crocodiles with bananas atop their heads down there freaked me out. One waddled over to the key, and I gaped in horror as it swallowed it. I stared at the crocodile, and I guess I spaced off for a while, because I was snapped back to reality as water began to leak into my boots, making my socks soggy.
"Ah..!" I said as the water rose very slowly, and it was at my ankles right now. I ran towards the table and crawled on top of it, and I stood up on it.
I shrieked as a crocodile crawled into the room, and its eyes focused on Vivi. It opened its mouth, and Vivi jumped out-of-the-way just in time for it to chomp down on the place where she was just seconds ago. She fell to the ground, and it rapidly whipped her with its tail, making her fall a few more feet away.
"VIVI," I screamed, "GET OUT OF THERE! IT'LL KILL YOU!"
It turned its head to look over at me, and I gulped.
Uh oh.
The snail Sunday was holding suddenly began to ring, which was quite odd to me, but I shrugged it off. I kept my focus on the crocodile staring at me, and I half listened to the conversation on the snail.
The voice sounded a lot like Sanji's, and they called them self 'Mr. Prince'.
Then, all of a sudden, it charged at me.
I screamed, paralyzed in fear. My eyes were wide as I stared at it, and everything seemed to go in slow motion. It was bounding towards me, a killing intent in its eyes.
Then, my brain began to work once again, and a confidence filled me that I never knew I had. I lifted up my hands, and did a Goku super saiyan pose. I only knew the pose, thanks to Poppy's little brother, but right now that didn't matter. Time began to speed up at the normal speed.
Full of confidence, I shouted loudly, "HEAT-HEAT: DEATH RAY!"
White filled my vision, and silence filled the atmosphere. I felt like I was in empty space, when I felt a painful impact on my back, and my vision and hearing returned.
I was lying on my back on the floor, the water surrounding my stomach like an island. My ears rang as I sat up, and I rubbed my eyes.
"Marie?! How did you do that?! Well, anyways, you need to get out of the water! Get up on the table," shouted a voice, and after a few seconds I realized it was Nami's.
I ran towards the table and got on it, ignoring the sore pain in my back. Suddenly, I wondered where in the world did the crocodile go.
"Marie," shouted Nami, and I turned my head towards her.
"Where is the crocodile?" I asked her in confusion.
"Your death ray, it was one of the most strongest attacks I've ever seen! It must've been so hot that it either burned the bananadile to nothing, or it made it evaporate," exclaimed Nami in awe. I blinked, and blushed.
"Really? I did that," I asked her.
Zoro nodded from next to her. "Yeah, I didn't expect you to be THAT strong, Marie," he said.
I giggled, blushing. Then I remembered the matter at hand.
I had to help Vivi get the key from the crocodiles!
Vivi was climbing up the destroyed staircase, probably to go get help.
"Go, Vivi! I can handle the crocodiles!" I shouted to her. She nodded, when Crocodile's hook came out of nowhere, and hooked around her neck. She fell down, and he started to talk and act like the bad guy. Okay, this guy is REALLY getting on my nerves!
"LEAVE VIVI ALONE, YOU JERK! WHY WON'T YOU FIGHT ME, HUH?! ARE YOU SCARED-AHH!" I began to taunt, but I screamed when his hook came at me.
"Heat-heat: Shield!" I shouted, and made a heat shield, and I strengthened it to my limit. The hook went through it, with some difficulty.
I screamed as it came at my stomach, so I grabbed the sides of it upon instinct, and yelled, "Heat-heat: Burning furnace!"
The gold began to actually drip, and the hook flew away from me.
Crocodile glared at me, and said to Sunday, "Seems like the brat actually can fight. We must get rid of her."
"Perhaps we should break the glass," Sunday smiled slightly. Crocodile shrugged, and continued to walk towards the exit, Sunday following from behind.
He said, "The bananadiles will kill them anyways, and if not them, they'll drown."
They left, and shut the door with a loud slam. A bananadile came up from the pit, and went to attack Vivi. It opened its mouth, and charged towards Vivi. It ran into the glass, Vivi luckily getting out-of-the-way at just the right time.
"Listen, everyone," shouted Vivi, somehow already up on the stairs. "Just hang on a little longer! I'm going to find help! I will not let you all die!"
"Go, Vivi, go," I shouted at her, and she ran off.
"AHH! IT'S UP TO MY KNEES," Luffy panicked. Oh yeah, he ate a devil's fruit too. I glanced down at the water myself, and I screamed.
"KYAAAAHH! THE WATER IS HALFWAY UP TO THE TABLE," I screamed, and began to panic. "NAMI, SAVE ME!"
"HOW CAN I SAVE YOU WHEN I'M STUCK IN A CAGE?!" deadpanned Nami.
"Make sure to never make noise when eating your meal...," said a familiar voice, and I turned around to see who it was. "ANTI-MANNER KICK COURSE!"
"S-Sanji!" I exclaimed, and tears of happiness began to spill from my eyes. I leapt off the table, and thankfully I didn't immediately feel faint. I pushed through the water to get to him, and I hugged him.
Since he was such a flirt with women, he must've obviously known how to deal with a girl when she's sad and happy at the same time, for he patted my back, then picked me up from out of the water and sat me on his shoulders. I wrapped my arms around his neck, just bellow his chin, and hoped that I wasn't choking him.
"There," he said. "Now you're out of the water." I smiled and said thanks to him. He gave a short nod.
"Hey, did I keep you waiting?" he asked the rest of the crew that was stuck in the cage.
"Stop screwing around and find the key!" raged Zoro, and I bit my lip at the cuss word. Sanji ignored him, and he turned to Nami.
"Nami-san~~! Do you love me~~~?" he asked, his limbs flailing like noodles, and I had to cling on to him desperately as to not fall off.
"Yes, yes, I love you. Now open the door!" sweat-dropped Nami. Suddenly, dozens of bananadiles came into the room.
I gulped, and stuttered, "S-Sanji, there's dozens of them! How can we possibly defeat them all?"
"You need to go over by Vivi-chan now," said Sanji, and he shouted to Vivi, "CATCH HER!"
And he tossed me through the air towards Vivi, and thank the lord she caught me. I stood up next to her as she crouched low on the stairs, and I splayed my palms, and with a flick of my wrists, I shouted, "Heat-Heat: Agonizing Pain!"
Bubbles of heat flew out of my palms and floated towards the bananadiles. It touched an eye of one of them, and it let out an agonized sound, and began to squirm around, as it cried its eyes out.
Some other bubbles got the other's eyes, and they also were in pain.
"You can get them now, Sanji, since they're in pain and aren't paying you any attention," I shouted to Sanji.
"Hai, thanks Marie-chan," he shouted back, as he did a round-house kick, knocking all of the bananadiles back.
"Get the third one that just entered the room," said Smoker.
Luffy began to question him, when I said, "Just listen to him, Luffy! No need to question him! That one most likely has the key!"
I then turned back, and glared at the third bananadile.
"You're mine, sucker," I murmured, then I got into my stance. "Heat-Heat...DEATH RAY!"
It shot out of my palms, a thick blinding white ray that radiated dangerous heat, and it struck the bananadile. It exploded into dust, and nothing came from it.
"..."
TBC
AN: Sorry I didn't write TBC on the first chapter! I was really excited about posting this story. AND I didn't spell/grammar check the first chapter either...so I sincerely apologize for any errors in it! But, in this one, I did spell/grammar check this, so I'm pretty sure this one will have fewer mistakes. Anyways..., I'm open to criticism and compliments! Well, anyways, since I'm a student, and tomorrow is Monday, I'm unsure I'll be able to update. Like, I haven't even started chapter three! So, maybe I can update on Saturdays...those seem like pretty good days...well, bye for now!