3RD POV
The allied navigator, Nami led them to the next village, Syrup Village. When they arrived, a long nosed man named Ussop was running through the village yelling that pirates were coming. No one believed him except his 'crew', three boys who were very gullible. When they finally landed on the island, Ussop was there to greet them. He then introduced himself, " I am the great Captain Ussop! Be warned if you step any further you'll face the wrath of my crew, a crew of 80 million men!"
When Luffy and Lucia quoted Shanks on betting their life on Usopp's weapon he got intimidated. They both said they heard it from Shanks and Usopp recognizes the name. They then brought up Usopp's father, Yasopp, who is a crew member of Shanks. They all go to meet Kaya and ask for a ship when they encounter Kahladore, her butler, who labels them all intruders. Both Luffy and Lucia grin when Usopp punches the butler for talking down on his father.
When the twins were with Usopp telling him tales of his father, they saw Kahladore and Jango, a odd man who uses hypnotism, meeting on the shore talking about how they plan to assassinate Kaya and take her wealth. Usopp runs off to warm Kaya, who doesn't believe that her butler is a killer.
The twins in the other hand are furious with the supposed butler telling him not to touch the innocent and ill girl.
The twins fill Zoro and Nami in on what is happening when they arrive at the coast. They all head to the slope to create a plan on how tot ale down the pirate crew that plans on invading Usopp's home. They pour oil on the slope to make it impossible to get up and into the town. When the Cat pirates arrive they laugh at the sight of four people saying that they'd stop the entire crew. Kuro, Kahladore's real name, says that he'd gladly do so. He reveals his cat glove that has long blades that resemble large claws. Lucia decided that she would take on Kuro while her twin took on most of the other crew, with assistance from Usopp and Nami. Zoro was fighting against the twin swordsmen of the Cat Pirates.
The crew was easily taken down by Zoro, Luffy, Usop, and Nami. The four turned to see Lucia dodging Kuro's attacks with a grace that made them think of a dance. It was easily to tell that the young straw hat girl was toying with the angry captain. She then changed tactics to be more offensive, lunging at him with her purple flames flickering off her slender fingers. As she grabbed him a burst of purple flames erupted, encasing the young girl and burning Kuro. He passed out from the pain and it was obvious that they had won the fight.
Kaya arrived to see that the Cat Pirates as well as Kuro had been defeated. She, in her gratitude, offered a beautiful ship- which the Strawhats accepted. They then turned to Ussop, telling him to get on and join the crew. He got on and they left for their next adventure.
Zoro was surprised to find Johnny alone and asks about Yosaku. Johnny told us what happened earlier, how Yosaku fell ill and they decided to rest on a rocky island when they were "attacked" by Usopp. Nami examines Yosaku and finds that he has scurvy which can be easily cured with Vitamin C. Johnny was so relieved to hear that Yosaku will be alright in a few days' time, and when Yosaku was feeling better after taking some lime, they introduce themselves to us. We decided that we need a cook to take care of our diets for their long trip, as we don't want to get scurvy like Yosaku. Johnny suggests that we go to Baratie, the floating restaurant.
On the way to Baratie, the we ran into Iron Fist Fullbody, a lieutenant in the marines who did not think much of the us,though he did stare creepily at me, or Johnny and Yosaku. Johnny is particularly offended and flung a series of wanted poster across the deck of the Going Merry to prove he and Yosaku don't go after the small fry. Provoked by his boasting, Nami is curious to see the criminals the duo tend to hunt and peers at their collection of collected and desired bounties. Unfortunately, Nami sees something so disturbing to her that she chokes up and quietly trembles. She is taken very aghast at a specific poster: one bearing the face of a crook named Arlong. She wrings the poster in her fist viciously as if she had a personal grudge against him.
The lieutenant had his men fire at our ship but Luffy managed to keep it from hitting our ship. Though he lost grip and crashed into the Barartie. We all sighed in frustration as Johnny and Yosuka freaked out about him stretching like that.
When we walked in we were seated and a blonde who was smoking came up to us. He got all weird and noodley with Nami, which made me stiffle my laughter till he looked up at me from across the table. His eyes turned into big hearts and he rushed to my side. I scowled as he peppered kisses along my hand and could tell Zoro was resisting pulling out his swords. Suddenly a chef looking guy with a peg leg crashed through the ceiling with my twin. I felt my eye twitch in irritation as my ears folded back against my skull. I pulled my hand away from the blonde and walked to Luffy. I slammed my fist into his head making him screech out about how that hurt. " How can you hurt him when he's rubber?!" I sniggered and looked over my shoulder to Ussopp and Nami, who had shouted. " Cuz I'm good like that." They both sweat dropped as I said that.
We've been here on the floating restaurant for a few days and I can tell my brother is getting really agitated. In fact, we all are. Sanji, the blonde who gets noodley often, still wouldn't accept Luffy's offer to join the crew. I looked out the window and gasped before running out to join Luffy. There was a ship that looked pretty damn bad nearing the restaurant. I frowned and looked to Luffy, we both nodded. I did not have a good feeling about this at all. We headed back inside to tell Zeff, the owner, when the door burst open and Gin was carrying a large man in gold plated armor with lavender hair over his shoulder. I frowned, ' This doesn't seem right at all. Why would he come back after all the fuss that went on when he was here before? And who is the big creep?' I stepped closer to Zoro, who had a hand on one of his swords and was frowning.
The guy, Don Krieg, was begging for food as the chefs were freaking out. Sanji had gone off and came back with a plate of food and he handed it to Don who started to scarf it down. The other chefs freaked out more.After he finished eating he attacked Sanji. Gin seemed shocked by his captains actions so I guess he wasn't in on it. I noticed something odd about his battered ship as he looked around the restaurant. " Hmm, this is a nice place. I think I'll make it mine as my ship is battered up. I better be getting some food for my crew as well." I watched as some of the chefs pointed their weapons at Sanji to keep him from helping the Don Krieg pirates.
I eyed Luffy who was standing there and watching everything with a frown on his face. Patty, one of the chefs, offers dessert to Krieg only to bring out a cannon and fire at him. I blinked and raised my eyebrows, feeling vaguely impressed. " That was an awful dessert ya know." Don stood to his full massive height and an arsenal of weapons appeared throughout his armor clad body. He started to fire upon the chefs. Zeff brings down enough food to feed at least 100 hundred men and the other chefs stare at him in shock. Krieg seemed really surprised to here Zeff's name. Luffy and I were both amazed to learn that Zeff was a pirate who survived the Grand Line.
Krieg then demanded the journal that Zeff kept and he refused. This infuriated Krieg and said, " I will become the King of the Pirates! The only reason I failed was due to a lack of information! Give me that journal old man!" I growled, my ears folding down slightly as I bared my sharp canines at him. He seemed shocked to see me before he looked me up and down and smirked. " What's a little thing like you doing out here?" Zoro seemed to step closer, now being right behind me. " Careful creeper. You're not my type. Besides, you'll never be Pirate King!" He quirked a brow at me, " Oh? And why's that, little girl?" I growled again, feeling my claws growing, " Because my brother will be King! Not some scum like you you brute!" His face turned red in agitation. I felt Zoro place a hand on my shoulder to calm me down as Luffy looked at me with a big grin, " thanks sis!" I nodded to him. " if you don't kick his butt then I will, Luffy!" Luffy laughed and nodded his head. Krieg walked out with the food, " i'll be back after I feed my men. If you want to live, then leave. I only want the journal and the ship."
The chefs turned to Zeff asking why he gave them food and blaming it on Sanji. " Have you ever been sailing without food?! THAT is what makes Sanji different from you all. We are cooks, it is our job to feed those that are hungry!" That seemed to shut them up as I eyed Sanji curiously. " You all should leave." They all started to say no and that they'd never leave. That mad Zeff chuckle. Luffy and I turned to Gin, who had been trying to apologize the Zeff, and asked, " What was it like on the Grand Line?" He looked at us both shocked, " Horrifying. Our fleet of 50 ships was destroyed by one man. He arrived in a coffin shaped raft. I'll never forget his eyes. Those gold eyes." Zeff seemed to perk at that information, " Was it Hawk-Eyes?" Gin nodded. I noticed Zoro get an excited glint in his eyes and grinned. I turned to face him, " That's who you wanna fight right Zoro?" He nodded. Sanji looked at us in shock, " you're all morons." Zeff chuckled at our excitement. We looked outside just in time to see Krieg's ship being cut clean in half. We were all wide eyed at that. We decided we were gonna leave and stopped as Johnny and Yosaku were in a raft. " Hey where's Nami? And the Merry??" They told us she left with the ship and all our treasure and I frowned, my tail flicking in slight agitation. My nose twitched as I caught the scent of wine, metal, and a slight tinge of cologne that was subtle.
I snapped my head forward to see a tall man with a large fedora on with a feather plume, sharp gold eyes, a mustache and small beard, broad shouldered with a long open coat. He was also wearing a gold cross necklace and had a huge sword on his back. ' The scent is coming from him! Why does he smell so good to me?' I slipped into my mind to ask my fox, ' Why does that man smell so nice to me? And with Zoro and Sanji??' She chuckled in my head, ' They are our mates of course my silly kit.' I came out of my mind to see Zoro trembling in excitement at the sight of the man and Zeff looking shocked. I also noticed the man was looking right at me.
I flushed under his gaze my ears folding down as I glanced to the side, but I still felt his eyes on me. ' Man, why do his eyes have to be so intense! I'm blushing like a girly girl for goodness sake! I don't blush! '