Arra
Author Note: Ok. I'm ready to write chapter four. It kinda sucks but I'm puttin it out there and I'm hopin ya'll like it.
Thanx for listenin. L8er.
Chapter 4
Arra and Sanji sat together in the kitchen. It was late and all was quiet.
"So what's up with this 'two fathers' thing?" He asked Arra.
"Ok. So it's like this," she began, "My mother and father were like any other couple. That was until my father had a terrible accident involving an evil warlord. The accident kind of made him go insane and he developed a split personalities. Sometimes he would be difficult. He would even beat my mother. Other times he would be kind and gentle. Their relationship was becoming…too strange for their liking. They sought help from some sorceress who actually split my father into two people. One was an evil being, Sutol. And the other was my kind caring father, Lotus. This new thing worked well. Only one catch. If Lotus died, so would Sutol. As well as the other way around."
She paused to make sure Sanji understood.
"So. Sutol stayed away from my mother and father until I was born. Then he wanted to try and come back and be 'fatherly'. He said that I was as much his baby asI was Lotus's. And I was. So ever since I was born he has been trying to take me under his wing and teach me to be evil. But I was lucky enough to have Lotus and my mother to teach me to watch out for him. I ended up not being evil. That's partially the reason I'm here."
Sanji lit a cigarette.
"Hm. That does make sense. In a weird way."
Suddenly Luffy burst into the kitchen.
"Sanji! I'm hungry. Will you make me something to eat?"
"Luffy, it's fuckin midnight. I'm not cookin anything."
Luffy fell on the floor and crawled over to Sanji.
"Please Sanji! I'm HHHUUUNNNGGGRRRYY!" he whined pulling on Sanji's pant leg.
Sanji stood and looked down at his annoying captain.
"Luffy, go back to bed and wait for breakfast."
Luffy jumped up and grabbed the front of Sanji's shirt.
"I can't wait! I'm hungry now!" He whined.
"Damnit Luffy! Let go." Sanji said he was starting to get annoyed.
Arra stood and broke them up.
"Listen Luffy,"She said softly, "If you can just wait, then Sanji and I will make a huge breakfast. It'll have lots of meat and all the other stuff you like. But you have to wait.Ok?"
"Ok!" Luffy grinned and left to sit up in the crow's nest with Usopp.
Arra and Sanji watched him go.
"I didn't know you could cook." Sanji said accedently blurting out a random thought.
"Yeah. I learned from my mother. She was an excellent chef," she smiled, "A lot like you."
Sanji's eye turned into a heart.
"Thank you for your sweet complement Arra-chan!"
"I'm sure you get that all the time." She said bluntly. Sanji's eye returned to normal.
"Actually I don't. I'm overworked and underappreciated here."
She playfully punched him in the shoulder.
"Well, we should change that." She said before walking out.
Arra walked back to her room and sat on her bed. She didn't feel like sleeping, so she laid back and stared at the ceiling.
Her mind started going through old memories. Not the nice memories that most people have, but memories of pain and suffering.
Childhood birthdays that ended in disaster.
An old boyfriend who had betrayed and used her.
One of Sutol's attempts to rape her mother.
One of Sutol's attempts to rape her.
Her brother's death.
Lotus's illnesses.
All this and more found their way into her thoughts. She quickly shut her thought flow off. These memories did nothing for her. By now she was so used to them, they barely gave her pain. She was so numb.
She felt something crawl up her leg. She looked down to see her large spider crawling on her.
She smiled as it made its way up her leg and sat contentedly on her exposed stomach.
"What have you been up to?" she asked the spider. It only shifted and looked at her. She reached down and stroked it.
She suddenly heard a large crash and angry yelling.
What the hell's going on? She asked herself. She brushed her spider aside and made her way up to the deck.
Everyone was awake and angry. Somehow, Luffy had broken the Crow's Nest. It was no longer sitting high up on the mast, but now it was laying on deck in multiple pieces.
"LUFFY! CAN'T YOU GO FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT BREAKING SOMETHING?" Nami yelled. Sanji looked to Luffy and started yelling too.
"LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE! YOU'VE MADE SWEET NAMI SAN UPSET!" He shouted.
Zoro was just plain pissed from being woken up, so he shouted at Luffy. Usopp had been in the Crow's Nest when Luffy broke it, so he yelled at Luffy as well.
So pretty much everyone yelled at Luffy.
Arra just sat back and watched her crewmates. After they were done yelling and smacking Luffy, they started going back to their quarters.
Suddenly, the strangest feeling came over Arra. Her legs gave out and she lost conciousness.
"Hey! Arra! You ok?" She heard a vioce say.
Her eyes snapped open, she looked up into Sanji's worried face.
"Are you ok?" He asked again.
"I...I'm fine... I think." She said her voice so quiet and shaky that she barely heard herself. That strange feeling still lingered.
She shook it off and stood up.
"What happened?" she asked. Sanji, who was on his knees, stood too.
"I don't know. You just...collapsed. You sure you're ok?"
"I'm going to bed. I probably just need some sleep."
She ran a hand through her hair and looked around the deck. Luffy was just waking up as well. Only because Nami had knocked him out with her staff. Zoro was there too, only he didn't notice Arra faint because he was a sleep. Typical.
"Urgh. Sanji. I'm hungry. Make me some meat will ya?" Luffy said jumping to his feet and ignoring the pain in his limbs. Sanji kicked him hard in the head and knocked him out again.
"Well...ok." Arra said and started back towards her room. Sanji followed going towards the guys bunk.
Suddenly Arra stopped. Sanji bumped right into her.
"Sorry." Ha said. Arra didn't answer.
"What's wrong?" Sanji asked.
"Something's going to happen tomorrow. Something bad, I can feel it." She whispered.
Sanji laid a hand on the girl's shoulder.
"How can you tell?" he asked. Arra suddenly came back to earth and looked up at him.
"I...just can. Uh...see you in the morning Sanji." She said quickly and then practically ran to her room.
Sanji stood in the hall watching her go.
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Ok. Like I said before, that sucked. I had MAJOR writers block. I'm very sorry. : (