This Is Me
Chapter 4 Once More Confusion
"Huh?" Crys knew that her reaction was one of the stupidest that she could have come up with but at that time, it was the only one she had.
"He's asking if you want to become part of this pirate crew." Ace said and Crys looked at him and Marco.
For the first time, she actually noticed that the two of them were actually really young, being in their very early twenties or less. The two of them looked at her, waiting for a response and Crys flinched when she realized that she hadn't given one yet.
"S-sorry but I like my life on this island." the girl said before turning around and swiftly leaving the ship.
"Well that was only to be expected." Marco said crossing his arms and watching the girl who ran through the crowd.
"Does that mean we get to hunt down the princess?" Ace asked Whitebeard who smiled and looked out to the town, his eyes not missing the black haired girl.
"Of course." He said and the black haired man laughed. "We capture her right before we leave; the only problem is that cat."
"So it's the dragon that protects her?" Marco asked and Ace chuckled a bit.
"This one is going to be fun." He said and Marco sighed before looking at Thatch who had thought he could hide out of work and went to lecture him.
"What is up with them?" Crys asked herself and Uri looked at her before noticing that they had already made it to their current house.
"How am I supposed to know how the minds of simple humans work?" the cat asked and Crys smiled as he jumped down and stared up at her. "But you were rather rude in denying the offer."
"You're one to talk." Crys said deciding to prepare food and going into the kitchen.
"Is it because the ship mainly holds men?" Uri asked but the cat quickly backed away. The animal stared at the kitchen knife that had been driven into the floor, hairs length from where he had been staring seconds earlier.
"Are you trying to kill be human!" the cat asked as Crys picked the knife up and stared at the blade.
"Don't speak about that ever again." Crys said before going back into the kitchen. "I do not fear men for that would mean I was weak."
Uri said nothing but watched as the girl began to prepare food for the two of them to eat later that evening. The cat glanced at the hole in the floor where the knife had easily gone through the wood before beginning to groom himself. The cat did it half heartedly however for his mind was elsewhere.
"Denying your weakness is the opposite of accepting it." he said looking at the back of the girl's white shirt. "It will only bring your own death."
"You say something fur ball?" Crys asked placing a plate of food in front of the gold cat who simply took a simple bite of it.
"Nothing that should concern a meager human." The animal said and Crys puffed her cheeks before scratching under the animals chin making him emit a purr of pleasure.
"A cat is still a cat." Crys said quite amused.
"I AM GOD HUMAN!" Uri hissed but Crys simply laughed and continued to eat.
"Crys could you bring this water to table three?"
"Sure!" Crys said grabbing the pitcher and rushing over to the table.
She walked up to the table that occupied three people and smiled at them before pouring the water into the jugs. They had been engrossed in their conversation and had failed to notice who had poured there drinks until one looked up and noticed Crys. Crys hadn't noticed who she was serving either and was surprised when the customer grabbed the apron she was wearing.
"Hey if it isn't the cat girl." Ace said smiling up at her.
Crys looked at him and it took her a second to finally recognize who he was. "Ah Ace, what are you doing here and Marco too!" the girl said turning towards after Marco had made Ace release her.
"We wanted to get some so we came here." The man said and Crys felt stupid for asking the obvious.
"So this is that girl you were talking about." Thatch said looking at the girl's crystal eyes. "Our newest princess has pretty eyes."
"Don't be such a pedo." Marco said hitting him.
"Okay okay but don't mess with the hair." Thatch said. "Where's that cat you were talking about?"
"Oh Uri has to stay outside but since he denied doing that he went home." Crys said and Thatch booed.
"And here I was hoping to see this cat to dragon thing." The man said and Crys sweat dropped.
"He doesn't like that form as much." Crys said before glancing at her manager who was telling her to get back to work. "I've got to go."
"Okay, but let us come over after you're done." Ace said with a smile and Crys sighed.
"Okay, I'll be done in an hour." The girl said and Ace high fived Thatch for his victory.
"This is pretty nice house for a single girl to be living in." Thatch said looking around the house while Crys got them tea.
"The villagers gave it to me even though I said only a single room would be fine." The girl said placing the drinks in front of them and sitting down.
"You come back and bring even more of these humans with you." Uri said as he entered the room.
"Don't be rude." Crys said and Thatch looked at her confused.
"She can talk to cats." Ace said and Thatch laughed.
"So the princess is a crazy cat lady!" he said though Marco hit him as Uri jumped on the table and looked at the one he did not recognize.
"He says that you are to call him God." Crys said and Thatch looked at the cat before taking off his foulard and letting the cat play with it.
"A cat is still a cat." Marco said as Uri swiped at Thatch for making I'm fall for such a trick though it was quite funny.
"DO NOT TOY WITH ME HUMAN!" the cat said though his hisses made the group laugh again.
"I think he's slightly angry." Ace said and they agreed.
"Him and his ego." Crys said as the cat placed himself in her lap after being thoroughly embarrassed by the pirates. "I am not your chair."
"You are now human." God said and a tick mark formed on Crys's face but she let it slide.
"So, why did you want to come here anyway?" she asked them and the three looked at then each other.
"No reason really." Ace said and Crys sighed. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just not use to the way pirates think." She said dismissing it and Ace laughed.
Sorry that this took some time to get up and that it isn't as long as the others. I hope it turned out good^^