AN: Well, 'bout time I start this chapter, don'cha think?
You shall soon learn of Anda's first mate. Soon. Oh-so-ever soon. Anyway, since I've chosen the First-Mate now, it's time for the next crewmember, ne? Anda needs a bit of help with his leg if you know what I mean...
Anyway, as before I shall now answer reviews and such.
Allycat: Huh. You're the first reviewer of my first AND secong chapters... either way, thanks!
Panther: ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU?! AHAHA! I mean, uh, okay. That's good. And yeah, poor Anda... oh, and don't think I don't know what you're getting at. And yeah, Anda has no milk. I think I need a way to put that in this chapter...
Silver Wolf Demon: I see. But, don't ALL logias have the ability to generate their element? Just sayin'. Anyway, thanks!
Turtle: I GOT MORE COMPLIMENTS FROM TURTLE. NOW I DO HAPPY DANCE. *Happy dance* But no, I'm afraid that isn't the answer to my totallynotforshadowing. Although Law IS my favorite Supernova other than the Strawhats.
Steve: Alright, so he's not a Luffy clone-check. Put more detail into actions-blank. Get around to it this chapter. Good narrarations-check. Good character descriptions-check. Finish next chapter quickly-does this count as quickly? Reviewer looking forward to next chapter-check. Choose First-Mate-check(finally!). Good luck-check. Having fun-check. Mime out-check. All systems go, liftoff for next chapter in ten, nine, eight...
Wolffox: Thanks! Stealing thier sweets is just something Anda (and I) would do, so I made him do it. Well, actually I just asked him to. He happily agreed. And with the 'Help Him Out' thing, you mean heal his leg, right? Well, our First Mate ain't a Doctor, but that'll be nex- uh, I mean, uh, RUN AWAY!
Chite (he confirmed that this was him in a PM, he just forgot to log-in. Silly Chite): I, uh, er, THANKS! And don't worry about the whole is-a-Cook thing; we'll come to that eventually, right? It's not like you can go into the Grand Line without a Cook!
NED: Thanks for the characters! I'll likely use them as a running gag, so that'll be fun! Don't forget, people; you can submit support characters too!
Sam: Thanks for the character!
Joker: Don't worry about it! I don't mind, especially since I can make her anything I want! EVEN CHOCOLATE! MUAHAHAHA-uh, I mean... *runs away again* *comes back* Oh, and yes, we sugar addicts are quite nice. *runs away for the third time*
Dthehalfdragon: Aw, cute character! But I think you misspelled 'scientist' there... I was wondering what a 'scintise' was for a while, there...
Alright! So, it appears that so far I'm getting ten rewiews a chapter. Exactly ten. Hmm. So then my goal is fifty by the fifth chapter! Huzzah! HOOZA! QUASA! HEEZA DEEZA QUEEZA FEEZA... QUASADILLAMO! NINE! NINE! NINE! HARHARHAR! YIP! YIP! NOT QUITE MISTAH BUMBLEBEE, NOT QUITE! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Launch of the Panda Kaizoku!
Chapter Two;
Marines!
Anda was finally at the island, chewing through his twentieth cookie since we last saw him. The island was fairly large and normal looking, and from the docks, where Anda was, you could see a large marine base. Anda quickly pushed himself to his feet, then lightly and quickly hopped onto the dock, but as he did so he was reminded of his injury as a blast of pain shot through it his right leg. Limping towards the town, he looked around. It seemed very peaceful, and everyone was freindly with eachother. There was a simple sense of trust with the villiagers. It was really quite ideal.
He noticed a marine walking towards him, a relaxed smile on his face. "Excuse me, sir, but you are new around here, correct?" He asked. Anda nodded. "I see. Would you mind giving me your name so I can put it in the database? We need to know everyone in the villiage, you know," The marine finished.
Anda, putting a grin (not nearly as big as Luffy's signature) on his face, answered. "Sure! My name's War P. Anda!" He said, pointing a thumb at his chest. The marine answered with a "Right" and a nod, but while nodding he noticed Anda's leg. "Say, that looks kinda recent. Where'd ya get it?" he asked. Anda paled. If he told them that he had fought off some pirates he would no doubt question him further and ask him if he was a bounty hunter and his overly optimistic self would probably tell him he was gonna be the King of Pirates (which he was) because he doesn't like to lie and then the marines would attack and then when he beat them up his leg would hurt and that was bad and bad things weren't good so he couldn't tell them that he fought off some pirates and he couldn't lie so there was only one thing he could do and that would probably get him in trouble ANYWAY but he had no other choice so he HAD to.*
"YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME, COPPERS!" He yelled, running as fast as his injured leg could. The marine stood there confused for a moment, pondering what had just happened. "Well, that was weird," he said, walking over to the base to put Anda's name in a file.
Anda was hiding in a dark ally, hiding under a blanket he set up like a fort. He was munching on a cookie, mumbling crazily to himself. "Heheheh, they'll never find me... NOBODY will EVER find me... NOBODY!! Ahahah! They can't have my precious... no, my precious is MINE! THEY CAN'T HAVE IT!" He yelled, protecively holding his cookie.** His yelling attracted a few kids, who then walked over to his 'hideout.' "Hey mister, what'cha doin'?" one of the kids asked. This prompted Anda to scream, run out of his fort, and jump through a window into a pub. Landing headfirst, he dizzily got back up. "...Huh? What happened?" He asked nobody in particular. Then he remembered....
Flashback;
Anda was in his fort, careful not to make any noise. Saying 'YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME, COPPERS!' probably hadn't been the smartest thing to say as it was a big clue that he was, in fact, a pirate. As he got bored he remembered his spare cookie pouch; the one in his scarf. He took his scarf off, and sure enough, there was pouch that held several cookies. He had been careful at first not to eat too many, as it made noise and sometimes made him sugar-hyper, but as he ate his addiction grew. And grew. And grew until he couldn't take it anymore and stuffed several in his mouth at a time several times. And then he was down to his last cookie. At this point he was already sugar-hyper, and the fact that he never let ANYONE near his cookies and that this was the last in the pouch hadn't helped his paranoia. He started yelling crazily to himself and some kids came along, making his cookie-protecting instincts take over as he jumped through a window.
End flashback
"...Oh, yeah..." He then proceeded to mentally facepalm himself several times over. Shrugging, he finished his last cookie and sat down.
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The marine from earlier was walking down the halls of the base, but then, seeing a few of his buddies partrolling, he walked over to them. "Oh, hey guys!" He started, grinning at them. "Hey, John. How's it goin'?" the biggest of them asked. "Good. The weirdest thing happened to me earlier," John continued. "Really? What?" another asked. "Well, I see this new-looking guy walking around, so I go up to him and ask for his name, as usual," he went on, as the others motioned for him to continue, "So he tells me his name-I think it was War P. Anda-so I confirm that I heard him by nodding when I notice that his right leg is bleeding a bunch," the others nodded as the story got more interesting, "so I ask what happened to it. He just stands there, frozen for a few seconds, and runs away, yelling 'You'll never catch me, coppers!' or something like that," he finished.
The biggest one responds again, this time saying "That's weird... think he's a pirate?" which John responded to with a "Naw, the Lieutenant probably would've told us by now if Dion saw a pirate ship," to which the bigger one responded with a "Yeah... probably..." as mumbles like that were heard throughout the rest of the group. Everyone shot eachother nervous glances. "Think we should check?" one of them asked. "Yeah... probably..." the biggest replied. A few seconds later they all ran to the exit.
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"WHAT?! NO... NO COOKIES?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!" Anda yelled, eyes filled with fury aimed at the bartender who had no cookies-or any dessert for that matter. Several people were giving him strange looks, but he didn't care. "I-I'm sorry, sir, but this is a bar! We only serve drinks!" the bartender stuttered. Anda's eyes seemed to clear up immediately. "Oh, then can I have some root-beer?" he asked, a smile on his face. "U-uh, I'm afraid we don't serve soda..." the bartender said, fearing for his life. "...WHAT?! HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE SODA?! Don't you know that soda is delicious?!" Anda yelled, his eyes filled with even more rage than before (if that was possible). "I, uh, er..." the bartender mumbled, hoping to God that this man wouldn't kill him. "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE SUGAR?! How dare you hold me back from my suga-"
Anda stopped in the middle of yelling at the bartender for not having cookies-or any dessert for that matter-with a wide-eyed shocked look on his face. "Cookie senses...tingling..." he muttered, waiting a few seconds before rushing out the door like it was the end of the world. The bartender breathed a sigh of relief and thanked God that boy had left.
However, another person had been watching this rather... stragne occurance (er, well, this person was ONE of the people watching anyway...). She stood 5'5 (though this was hard to tell as she was sitting down) and sported storm gray eyes and her brownish orange hair was braided in a fashion that collects all her hair knoted at the top of her head. She wore a white button down shirt with the arms rolled up to her elbows, a slightly baggy pair of jeans that's rolled to a little bellow her knees and a pair of flip-flops. Her ears were pierced three times, twice in her left ear and once in her right. She had two normal grey metal ball studs adorning her ear flips, as well a an earstud that curves around her ear.*** You couldn't tell by the way she looked but she was a marine Lieutenant. This island's Marine Lieutenant.
"...Well that was weird..." she said, "and suspicious..." she continued, "but my men will take care of him if he tries anything, right?" she finished, drinking the last of whatever it was in her mug.
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The Marines from earlier had come to the docks only to find that the only boat that wasn't usually there was a small, pathetic looking rowboat that upon closer inspection had 'Property of War P. Anda' carved into the side. However, there WAS a tempting bag of cookies in the middle of the boat...
Just as one of th non-John-or-larger-Marine-Marines was about to reach into the bag, he felt something akin to a cannonball hit his chest as he went flying. Standing next to where the Marine once was was Anda, a very, very, very, very, I-think-you-get-the-point-angry look on his face. He had his left foot outstretched, and although he was standing on his injured foot he didn't seem to mind."Are you trying to eat my cookies?" He asked, a creepy grin on his face. As one of the Marines called for reinforcements, another said "U-uh... no?", which Anda responded to with an "I think you're LYYYYIIINNNG...." as he slowly walked towards the Marine who spoke.
The Marine then quickly tried to scare Anda with an "I-I can arrest you for the assault of a Marine officer!" he said, pistol pointed at him. "And I can counter it by telling them you were attempting to take my possesions away and that it was in self-defence!" Anda said, his shark like grin getting wider as drool covered his chin, the maniac-like smile being unnatural with his blue eyes. The other Marines were frozen in fear. The one holding the pistol clumsily shot, and Anda only needed to lean slightly to avoid the shot. He suddenly ran at the Marine, jumped slightly, twirled mid-air and plantedhis left foot in the side of the Marine's face, sending him flying quite a bit aways from the dock. The other Marines regained their senses and ran the heck away. Anda suddenly burst out laughing though suprisingly, it wasn't like a maniac. In fact, Anda had changed back to normal and was now laughing so hard it hurt. His laughter was more like he had been told a funny joke than anything else.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!! THOSE GUYS SHOULD'VE SEEN THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES!" Anda laughed, it now being obvious that he, in fact, HADN'T turned into a monster that would murder you in your sleep. "I think one guy peed his pants!" He laughed, before continuing "They'll have nightmares for weeks! Serves them right for trying to take my cookies..."
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The Marines from earlier had apparently known where their Lieutenant was, as they were in the bar Anda had been in earlier. "Lieutenant!" the largest cried. "Call me Neelia," she replied, "and what is it?" "Th-there's a monster at the docks!" "N-no, it's a demon!" "He's crazy!" "If we hadn't run he would've killed us!"
"Calm down," Neelia replied, before noticing one of the Marine's pants. "...Did you wet your pants?" she asked, as the one she refered to blushed. "I..uh...erm..." "Forget it," she sighed. "Anyway, one at a time, explain what happened," The largest decided to speak up again. "W-well John" he pointed at the first Marine Anda met, "saw this new guy. So he asked him his name and stuff but then noticed that his leg was hurt," He continued, as Neelia nodded, "so he asks what happened to it! Then the guy just runs away!" Neelia then asked, "So you guys ran up to me just because of one suspicious guy?" "No! Of course not!" "Then what happened?" "Well, AS I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, John tells me, and I, being the smart person I am, decide that we should investigate. So then we just see this little rowboat. Real small. But it had a bag of cookies! And brownies! So then Frank decides to take one-I tried to warn him-and gets kicked in the face and goes FLYING! So then he beats everyone else up, and I'm the last one standing! So then I start to fight 'im! It was a tough battle, but I was about to win when suddenly he pulls out a shovel and whacks me in the face! I'm getting a little dizzy, but I still know that I need help, so I grab everyone and run away to you! These guys just woke up on the way here..."
"Oh! So you want me to finish him off for you?" "Er, no, I just need help!" "Oh, okay," Neelia, of course, knew that the Marine had probably lied, but didn't really care. He had probably told the truth about there being some scary guy at the docks.
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Anda was now sitting at the docks holding a sign saying 'Will work for Milk!' and hoping that he could get some milk for his cookies. However he seemed to be ignored. His eye was twitching at this fact.
AN: Alright, Neelia belongs to Joker Maine. Yep. Indeedy. Yessir.
Oh, and you'll UNDOUBTABLY *makes the I-am threatening-you-gesture* be suprised by the new Crewmate acceptance! Sorry if your character didn't make it, but it's likely they'll be a character anyway!
Crewmate Acceptance Status: Doctors needed! I already have two submitted (one by PM), but I need more than that! So submit doctors. NOW. 'Kay?
