Chapter 3 Liar liar pants on fire
Neither of the girls were particularly close to Richie but that didn't stop him from attacking one of them.
Richie jumped towards Isabella, swiping his paw at her in the process. Isabella tried to jump out of the way but wasn't fast enough, she was slashed on her side. Isabella staggered on her feet . She placed her hand on her side blood began to pour out of her wound.
Ayame narrowed her eyes.
Richie raised his paw to attack again. At the last second, the attack was blocked. Ayame was standing in front of her sister. Richie began to add force to his paw, trying to get her to back down but Ayame held her ground, arms shaking and all. Richie got up on his hind legs then slammed down on Ayame, scratching her across the chest. Ayame landed on her back hard. Her sword landed somewhere behind her. Richie loomed over Ayame, menacingly.
"No, don't you dare hurt my sister," Isabella yelled barely keeping herself up
Isabella right hand was in front of her reaching for her sister.
A strong wind came and slammed into Richie knocking off of Ayame onto Mohji. In the moment of their confusion, Isabella staggered to her sister, nearly falling over in the process.
"Come on let's get you up," Isabella said.
"Isabella what just happened?" Ayame asked while trying to get off the ground.
"I have no idea but let's be happy that it happened," Isabella said.
Ayame finally got off of the ground. They had to use each other for support.
Time Skip
After some time the finally found Luffy and the others.
"Captain!" Isabella yelled out of breath.
Luffy turned to look at them and his eyes widened. They were leaning heavily on each other and blood was all over them.
"What happened to you guys?" he asked.
"You know….. I always wanted to meet a lion….. but it just so happens….. that the first lion… I meet…. is an asshole," Ayame said, panting every few words.
They started to slide to the ground. Luffy came next to them. They were now sitting on the ground, still leaning on each other.
"Are you guys ok?" Nami asked.
"Umm I want to take a nap," Isabella said.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea," Ayame agreed.
"Well, you two can stay here. We'll come back for you when everything is over," Luffy said.
"Ok," They said simultaneously.
They passed out almost immediately.
Time Skip
Rocking side to side woke Isabella. She looked around groggily, looking around not really seeing her surroundings.
'Where am I?'
"You're awake!"
"Ms. Navigator?" she questioned.
She scowled.
"It's Nami,"
"Nami, where am I?" Isabella asked.
"You are on my ship. Though it's small, it was big enough to hold the three of us," she explained.
Isabella leaned up on her elbows and saw her sister no too far from her.
"Where's Luffy and Zoro?"
"There on a dingy next to us,"
Isabella tried to get out of the cot but Nami stopped her.
"You were injured pretty badly , as you already know, you need to rest,"
Isabella looked down at her bandaged side. The bandage was covered in blood.
"Were you going to change our bandages?"
"Hai,"
"Why are you helping us? If my observation skills are correct, you don't like pirates right?"
"Yeah, I don't like pirates,"
"Then-,"
"You healed my wounds for no reason. I wanted to return the favor. And I don't like owing people, especially not a pirate.
"Okay then,"
Nami came towards Isabella and started to remove the bandages.
Nami gasped.
"W-what happened to your wound?!" Nami questioned.
"I have no idea!"
"Why is everyone yelling?" Ayame asked groggy and annoyed.
"My wounds are healed!"
"Already?" Ayame asked more awake.
"I don't know how. Are your wounds healed too?" Isabella asked her.
Ayame sat up on the cot and began to remove the bandages from off her chest. The last piece moved to reveal clean, unscratched skin.
"How is this possible?" Nami asked.
Isabella and Ayame were just shaking their heads.
"What's going on?" A voice yelled.
The three of them jumped. Nami turned towards the door.
"We should go out there," Nami went out the door
Isabella and Ayame got off of their cots and went towards the door. They opened the door and was blinded by the sun.
"My eyes are burning!" Ayame said.
"I know right?" Isabella agreed.
Both of them were covering their eyes until their eyes finally adjusted.
They opened their eyes and saw Luffy and Zoro ,in the same dingy they arrived on, to their left.
"Why were you guys yelling?" Zoro asked.
"Our wounds are all healed. It's as if we never had them," Isabella explained.
"Really?" Luffy asked.
Isabella lifted up the side of her shirt slightly to show her now healed side.
"Sugoi. I have two superheroes on my crew," Luffy said.
Nami rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, it'd be reckless to go straight into the Grand Line now!" Nami said.
Isabella raised an eyebrow and turned to Ayame. Ayame shrugged her shoulders. She didn't know what Nami was talking about either.
"Yeah, some meat would be nice to have first. Eating nothing but fruit every day is no good," Luffy said while finishing an apple.
"Can I have one of those?" Isabella asked.
"Yeah me too?" Ayame asked as well.
Luffy threw two apples in their direction. They caught and began to eat their own apples.
"Need some booze,too!" Zoro said.
"Mmhmm," Ayame agreed, nodding her head repeatedly.
Isabella rolled her eyes and shook her head at her sister's antics.
Nami threw an apple at Zoro which ricocheted off his chin and flew near Luffy who caught it.
"What're you talking about?! That's not what I mean! The Grand Line is the most dangerous place in the world. On top of that, it's crawling with strong pirates after the One Piece! And they're all on powerful ships, of course!" Nami explained
" We need more people, too," Luffy said with a full mouth.
"Right now we're at the bottom of the food chain," Isabella said.
Nami nodded.
"The number of crew members, the lack of equipment on this ship… There's no way we could survive this!" Nami said.
"We're screwed," Ayame said.
"Yeah, we need a cook. And a musician," Luffy said.
"A musician?!" Zoro questioned.
"I know why we need a cook but why do we need a musician?" Isabella asked.
"Music of course," Luffy said.
Zoro burst out laughing.
"You're so stupid," Nami said.
"A little to the south of here is an island with people living on it. It'd be best if we get a hold of a real ship there…." Nami said.
"Alright! Time to eat some meat!"
"Don't forget the booze!" Zoro said.
"Yeah, booze!" Ayame said.
'So we have two alcoholics, a bottomless pit, a thief, and someone with healing abilities. Great,' Isabella thought.
"You guys!" Nami yelled.
Time Skip
The Strawhats just landed on the island Nami spoke about.
"Finally on dry land again.." Zoro said as he stretched.
"There's a village past here?!" Luffy asked.
"It looks like a small one, though," Nami answered.
"In that case, meat, meat! Meat, meat, meat! There's a place eat in this village, right?" Luffy asked Nami who was holding some maps.
"Forget about meat for a minute, will you?!" Nami asked.
The trees above them began to rustle.
"Carful! I sense people!" Zoro said unsheathing some of his sword.
Ayame did the same.
"Where? Where? Where?" Luffy asked.
"There," Zoro said.
Bullets were then shot at Luffy but he dodged them. Nami ran for cover. Everyone else stayed in place.
Suddenly a whole bunch of pirate flags popped up out of the bushes.
"Sugoi!" Luffy yelled.
"Is this the time to be impressed?!"
"Hahahahaha. I am Usopp, leader of the pirates who reign over this village! People praise me - and then praise me more- as "Captain Usopp"!" Usopp said.
"Huh?" Luffy said.
"If you're thinking about attacking this village then forget it! My 80 million subordinates won't sit by quietly!" Usopp said.
"Sugoi" Luffy yelled.
'I'm pretty sure this guy is lying,' Isabella thought.