TT: "Third chapter, FINISHED! But you know, I wasn't very motivated to write this chapter. Because of a certain lack of REVIEWS. Though I do like to thank Niie-pyon and Unknown13 for favoriting my story, and thoughtwasrare and UNKNOWN13 for following. But I wonder why I don't have any REVIEWS? Is it because-"

AP: "Okay Tippy, I think I'll interrupt and say the disclaimer before you go into yet another rant. TippyTurtle does not own One Piece, only her own characters yada yada yada, and all that legal crap. Now then, onto the story!"

TT: "Hey, I was still talki-"

Arrival at Loguetown and an Unexpected Encounter

"I'm sooooooo boooooooooorrrrreeeeeeedddd~"

"Shut up Arai."

"But I'm bored!"

"Then go find something to do! Go look over the engine, do a maintenance check, just go do something."

"But I don't want to."

Ruby watched as Tarra and Arai argued from her place underneath one of the two trees positioned on the deck of the 'Snake Goddess.' Lyenne was currently in the kitchen preparing lunch, which from the strong smells that wafted through the air was going to be the shark they had caught the day before.

"Oi, don't get too rough over there. Lunch is going to be ready soon, so calm down," Ruby said as she marked her place in the book she was reading, "And Arai, why don't you get started on those blueprints you were talking about to relieve your boredom?"

Arai's face lit up as she remembered the blueprints Ruby was talking about. "Oh yeah! The ones for the new engine design!"

Tarra's tickmark grew bigger as Arai quickly forgot about their fight and went below deck to grab her blueprints. "That girl..."

Ruby smiled as Tarra sighed, a sure sign that all was forgiven. The Snake Goddess was currently sailing towards Loguetown, which was a small speck on the horizon. It was going to take another hour or so to reach the island, and everyone was pretty much dying of boredom.

"Lunch is ready!" Lyenne called from within the kitchen. As soon as everyone arrived, the meal of grilled shark was passed around and everyone dug in. In the span of five minutes, all the shark was eaten. Afterwards, Arai began to eat the freshly baked cookies Ruby made as dessert, Tarra began to drink her sake, Lyenne started cleaning the kitchen, and Ruby opened her book and began to read again. The four tried to find something to pass the time it takes before arriving at Loguetown.

~xXxXxXx~

"We've finally arrived!"

The Snake Goddess had finally made port at Loguetown, next to a small pirate ship with a ram's head and a straw hat on the jolly roger. What a cute ship, they all thought as the looked down from the Goddess's vantage point.

"Okay guys, here's what we're going to do," Ruby began, "First, try not to cause any trouble with the Marines. Second, use your money wisely. Third-" Ruby turned around to see that her crew had already left, "-they weren't even listening to me, those little brats!" she yelled with a tickmark. (Remember, they are all the same age) With a sigh, Ruby followed her crew's example and left the ship, favouring the thought of exploring this new town.

"Lets see... we just stocked up at Bloom so we don't really need to buy anything," Ruby thought as she walked down the crowded streets. None of the stores really caught her interest. They were mainly useless pawn shops that would sell you things at outrageous prices, clothing stores, or speciality stores. No book stores to be found.

"I could probably look for some books about the Grand Line. The Execution Platform also seems interesting enough..."

While Ruby was thinking, she failed to notice a certain straw hat wearing boy until he crashed into her.

"Woah!"

The boy fell to the ground while Ruby managed to regain her balance. Looking down at the boy, Ruby noticed the straw hat he wore. "How nostalgic." she thought as she helped Luffy up.

"Sorry about that!" Luffy said with a smile.

"No, it was my fault." Ruby said with a slight bow, "I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. But I want to ask you something. Did that hat belong to Red-Haired Shanks before you acquired it?"

He looked surprised at the question. "You know Shanks?"

"Yes," Ruby said with a smile, "Though it has been a while since the last time we met."

The two introduced themselves and continued their conversation as they walked around Loguetown. Though, Luffy did drag Ruby to a couple of meat shops before he remembered his primary objective.

"AH! I forgot! I was looking for the Execution Platform!"

Ruby smiled as the straw hat boy panicked slightly. "If you don't know where it is, why don't you just asked someone?"

Luffy froze for a minute then hit his fist. "You're smart, Ruby. Why don't you join my crew?"

"Sorry Luffy, but I just so happen to have a crew of my own," Ruby said with a smile, "So I'll have to decline."

"Really? Where are they?"

Ruby sweatdropped. "Even I don't know..."

~xXxXxXx~

"GODDAMMIT!" was the only thing a certain swordswoman yelled as she stormed through the streets of Loguetown. She had been searching for a decent weapons shop for around an hour but got nothing. Nothing. Not even a blacksmith's.

"Calm down, Tarra." Lyenne said, keeping a good three foot distance between her and the murderous, sword wielding girl. "I'm sure we'll find a shop really soon."

"We better..."

Lyenne was sweating bullets as she searched all the shops she could see for a weapons shop. "Medicine. Grocery. Thrift shop. Salon. Clothes. Another thrift shop... WEAPONS!"

"Tarra, look! A weapons shop!" she said as she dragged the other girl into the shop. Lyenne sighed in relief as Tarra began browsing the store with a smile. Catastrophe avoided. When Tarra was looking at some sword cleaning kits, Lyenne noticed that there was another person in the store, who was talking with the store clerk. And he had green hair.

~xXxXxXx~

"It's official. I'm lost."

For the last hour, Arai had been walking through a seemingly deserted part of town. There was no one in sight and all the buildings seemed to be abandoned. Even the streets were old and full of pot holes.

"What a dirty part of town. I wonder why it was abandoned?"

A sound caught Arai's attention. It came from the top of one of the buildings to her right. And like what any sane person would do, she went towards the noise. Humming the theme song to mission impossible, she not-so-stealthily rolled towards the building the noise came from. As Arai reached the building, she grabbed the drainage pipe and began climbing up. It was three stories high, but Arai made it to the top and peeked over the edge to see what caused the noise. What she wasn't expecting to see was a man, talking to a small den den mushi. He wore a blue top hat that covered most of his blond hair and clothes like a nobleman, yet he held the air of a rebel. She couldn't see his eyes, but she noticed that he had a gap in his teeth, like it was knocked out during a fight. Arai didn't even care about what the man was talking about or even who he was. All of her attention was focused on his top hat.

"He has a freaking blue top hat. That's so cool!"

~xXxXxXx~

Ruby sighed as she thought about all the possible worst case scenarios her crew could cause. "I can only hope they aren't blowing stuff up yet..."

"Huh?" Luffy said, turning his attention to Ruby as he finished the last piece of meat she bought him. "Did you say something."

"Nothing, I was just thinking out loud. Look, there's a person who might know the way to the Execution Platform. Why don't we ask him?"

And so the two began to walk towards a certain grey haired, smoking Marine captain.

TT: "And that's the end of chapter 2. And in case the message at top didn't get through to all you readers out there, please REVIEW. Everyone likes a good REVIEW, like me, and gets VERY SAD when nobody REVIEW'S. So please, REVIEW and I might-"

AP: "AAAHHHH! THE FLYING PINK BUNNIES ATE ALL OF MY COOKIES!"

TT: "…What?"

AP: "IMA KILL U, YOU PINK MOFOES!"

TT: "…okay then." -_-