Chapter 3: A New Beginning
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I looked around the assembled crew and laughed. Obviously, they were more like a family than a crew. I had to wonder how strong they were, and resolved to ask. Maybe they had bounties. "So are you guys strong? Do you have bounties?" I asked. They looked at me like I was crazy.
"Have you never heard of the Straw Hat Pirates?" asked Nami. I shook my head no, and Luffy jumped up.
"Ohh, Ohh, me first! I have a bounty of.." Nami cut him off, saying, "Luffy, let's go lowest to highest." "Awwww…." pouted Luffy.
"I have a bounty of 50 beli." said Chopper, looking depressed. "The marines thought I was their pet." I felt bad for the little reindeer, but could understand why the marines thought he was a pet.
"I have a bounty of 16,000,000 beli." said Nami, looking sad. Since that is a high bounty, she must not have wanted one.
"Next is my amazing bounty of 50,000,000 beli!" said Usopp before Nami hit him on the head. "Your bounty is 30,000,000, Usopp!" she said.
"Yohohoho! I have a bounty of 33,000,000 beli!" said Brook, laughing.
"Yow! I have a Su-per bounty of 44,000,000 beli." shouted Franky.
"Mine is 77,000,000 beli." said Sanji, pouting. Maybe he wanted a higher bounty.
"My bounty is 80,000,000 beli." said Robin, smiling. I shivered, wondering what she had done to get it so high. I could hear Sanji in the background, saying, "Robin-chwan is so beautiful and deadly!" Luffy was poking Zoro, when suddenly he jumped up and started yelling at Luffy.
"Shishishi!" laughed Luffy, "Zoro, you need to tell Karen your bounty!"
"Who is Karen and why do I need to tell her my bounty?" Zoro growled. I waved a little when Luffy pointed me out, kind of scared.
"We found her floating in the ocean and saved her. She wanted to know how powerful we are, so we are telling her our bounties." said Luffy. He pouted a little and said, "I wanted to go first but Nami said to go smallest to biggest."
"Fine. My bounty is 120,000,000 beli. Now I'm going back to sleep." said Zoro. He sat back down and closed his eye. I was astounded by his large bounty, and thought that Luffy's bounty was probably only a little bigger.
"My bounty is… ummm, Nami? What is my bounty?" Luffy said. Nami looked at him and sighed. She held up a sheet of paper, and Luffy looked at it hard.
"My bounty is 400,000,000. That's right, it went up!" said Luffy. I stared at him for a few moments, and then I fainted.
When I woke up, Chopper was looking me over while Luffy and the others crowded around me.
"Oh, you're awake! You fainted because you were overly surprised at our bounties." said Chopper.
"My bounty is so awesome, isn't it?" said Luffy while dancing around. I looked at him like he was crazy, who would ever want a large bounty. While I looked around at the assembled crew, I realized that I was with pirates. On a pirate ship. And I was the only civilian. If marines came, would I be able to hide?
"Hey, what are you thinking about, Karen?" I started a bit when Luffy's face appeared right in front of me.
"Oh, nothing." I said, looking up at him. His eyes shined in understanding for a moment, then he nodded. I quickly changed my expression, hoping he hadn't seen anything in my eyes. I excused myself, and sat in a beach chair near Robin. She must have glanced at me beneath her sunglasses, and she asked me, "Did Luffy-san see something inside your eyes?" I looked at her quickly, and was surprised when she chuckled.
"It's okay. I won't tell, and neither will Luffy-san. We all have different secrets that we kept when we were younger." I nodded in understanding, but was still wishing that Luffy hadn't noticed. Everyone had their own demons in their past, and I had hidden mine for so long I had almost forgotten.
Sort of cliffhanger? I'm sorry for not updating much, but coming next week I will try to post a new chapter every other Sunday. Thank you so much for any reviews, favorites, or follows you have given me. You all give me the confidence to write. Thank you.