Chapter 4- Join the Strawhat Pirates!

Juli took a deep breath and looked at them seriously. "His name is…Marshall D. Teach also known as Blackbeard."

"NANI?!" Everyone gaped at her utterly shocked.

Luffy narrowed his eyes. "Marshall D. Teach…. isn't that the one Ace wants to find?"

Zoro's eyes widened. "Yeah, you're right…"

"That's really not good. I hadn't thought Blackbeard is this strong…" Robin frowned thoughtful. "We have to be careful around him!"

Nami looked at Luffy and Zoro. "Isn't that the one we met in Mock Town?!"

Luffy's expression darkened. "Yes…I knew something wasn't right with him!"

Juli watched them with wide eyes. "You have met him?"

Luffy looked at her seriously. "Yeah…I don't like him at all…he feels strange."

Zoro nodded in approval.

Juli looked sadly to the ground. "Then you guys know, why I can't stay with you…"

Luffy walked towards her and grinned brightly. "No, I don't understand... Yeah, I know he is a pretty dangerous guy, but my brother Ace will fight against him and I'm sure he will beat him!"

Juli looked at him curiously. "Your brother Ace…in which crew is he?"

Luffy blinked confused and frowned thoughtfully. "Mmh…I think he said Whitemustache or something…"

Robin giggled and Nami sighed and messaged her head.

"He means Whitebeard..." Zoro deadpanned.

Juli's eyes widened in realization and she smiled a bit relieved. "Portgas D. Ace, hm… Why is he after him?"

Luffy looked at her surprised. „You know Ace?"

Juli smiled secretly. "No, I have heard of him…"

"Ahh…and sorry I think I forgot what he did, but it must be something bad, if Ace is pissed like that…" Luffy shrugged nonchalant.

Juli nodded in understanding and looked at the Strawhats. 'I really want to stay with them…they are so nice and easy to be around…' She smiled. 'But I can't, I have to find dad…' She frowned a bit.

Luffy looked at her and as if he knew what her thoughts were, he smiled brightly at her. "Please join my crew! I'm sure you have a bigger chance to find your dad if you stay with us…Shishishi."

Juli's eyes widened and she looked at Luffy as she remembered something. She smiled softly. 'I'm sure I will find my father someday, if I stay with them.' "Okay I give up…I'll join your crew, but only if the others are okay with it."

"YATTA!" Luffy cheered and looked expectant at the others.

Zoro smirked and shrugged nonchalant. "I'm okay with it."

Sanji swooned. "Now that a beautiful angel is on our crew I have to make the perfect dessert!" And with that Sanji vanished into kitchen.

Robin giggled and began to read her book again.

Nami smiled happily. "I'm glad we have a female more on this ship and I'm sure, you have an excellent taste in clothes. Let's go shopping together on the next island."

Juli smiled cheerfully at Nami. "Sure, I'd love to!"

Chopper ran towards her, ready to do a checkup on her condition. "Are you okay? Do you feel pain somewhere?" He looked worried at her.

Juli giggled, bent forward and hugged him. "Chopper… I'm fine. But thank you for worrying over me." She stood up and winked at him.

Chopper blushed and did a happy dance. "That doesn't make me happy, you bastard!"

"Shishishishishi…" Luffy laughed cheerfully.

"So, because you are now in our crew, I have to ask you some questions…" Usopp said professionally.

Juli smiled friendly. "Sure, go ahead!"

"Oh, I want to ask something, too!" Luffy shouted excited.

"Luffy! You can ask later, now it's my turn!"

"Fine." Luffy began to pout.

Zoro sighed. Usopp looked back to Juli and took out a notepad. „Okay I want to know how old you are, how tall you are, your birthday, your favorite food and your least favorite food. That's all for now I think."

Sanji entered the deck with three deserts in his hands. One, he gave to Nami, one to Robin and one to Juli. Juli smiled at him. "Thank you Sanji, that looks really great."

Sanji began to swoon. "You are too kind to me, Juli-megami~!"

Usopp's eyebrow began to twitch in annoyance, as he noticed that he was being ignored. "OI, DON'T IGNORE ME!"

Juli looked at him, apologetic. "I'm sorry Usopp, I'll answer your questions. I'm 18 years old and 1,74 m tall. My birthday is on the 22nd of June. My favorite food is strawberries dipped in chocolate and normal strawberries. My least favorite food is meat."

Usopp wrote down her answers, but stopped at the last one and looked up at her in shock. The others, expect for Luffy, had the same reaction. They all looked at Luffy and waited for his reaction.

"Shishishi… That sounds nice!" Luffy cheered.

Zoro sighed. '3…2…1…'

"NANI!? YOU DON'T LIKE MEAT?!" Luffy looked at her utterly shocked and his eyes bulged out.

Juli looked at him surprised and then giggled. "Looks like meat is your favorite food. Luffy, I don't eat meat because I can't. Every time I try to eat it, I remember that meat was a living being before it was killed. So, I just can't eat meat because I love animals."

Luffy blinked at that confused and then frowned thoughtfully. "When you see it like this, it's true…"

All of the others gaped at the two.

"But I love meat, nothing can change that, it's just too delicious! Shishishi!" Luffy smiled brightly and his mouth watered at the thought of meat.

Sanji shook his head at Luffy's drooling. "It's good you said that, Juli-megami~. Now I can make you dishes without meat." He swooned towards her.

"You don't have to do that, Sanji. You can give me the same as the others. I'll just give my meat to Luffy." Juli said cheerfully.

At that, Luffy's eyes watered and he crushed Juli in a rubbery hug. "You are the best Juli!"

Juli smiled and hugged him back.

Sanji got engulfed in flames. "Get away from her you rubber bastard!" Sanji shouted angrily.

Zoro tsked. "Just let him be, Luffy is the Captain, so he can do what he wants. And Juli doesn't seem bothered by it."

"Nobody asked you, marimo!" Sanji looked at him angrily.

"Who are you calling a marimo, ero cook?!" Zoro shouted angrily at Sanji. Flashes appeared from their eyes and they began to fight.

Luffy laughed at them and let go of Juli.

Juli blinked confused and looked at the others. "Are they always fighting like that?"

"Yes." Nami deadpanned and sighed.

"Oh, now I remember, Shishishi! I wanted to ask you something important, Juli." Luffy looked at her.

"What is it?"

"Can you fight?" He looked at her seriously.

Zoro and Sanji stopped fighting and looked at her curiously.

Juli smiled. "Yes. I was the one who protected my island from attacks and stopped fights."

"Oh, really?! What can you do? What can you do?" Luffy jumped up and down in excitement.

Juli giggled and took her fan out of the white, lace garter on her leg. "I mostly fight with speed and with that." She opened the white and golden fan.

"A fan?" Zoro, Sanji, Luffy and Usopp tilted their heads in confusion.

Juli giggled. "Yup."

Chopper looked at her. "How do you fight with a fan?"

Juli smiled. "Either I wait till my target has left his guard behind and I slam the closed fan onto the back of his neck, so he passes out; or I manipulate the wind around my fan, which allows me to slash my target."

Robin smiled in understanding.

Nami's eyes widened. "Ah, I understand how…that's really clever!"

Zoro, Usopp, Chopper, Sanji and Luffy only looked more confused.

Juli sighed in fondness. "I will show you… Can someone bring me an empty barrel or anything like that?"

"Of course, Juli-megami~" Sanji raced out of the room and in under one minute, he was back with an empty barrel. "Here, my angel~"

She smiled brightly at him. "Thanks, Sanji." She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

The others leaned forward in curiosity.

Suddenly, Juli opened her eyes and her fan. She threw her fan towards the barrel and the fan slashed through it and flew back towards her. She closed her fan and the barrel fell apart. All of that happened in just a couple of seconds.

For the Strawhats, her movements were too fast, they just saw how she opened and closed her fan and then how the barrel fell apart. Their eyes bulged out in surprise and their gaped in shock.

Luffy and Chopper had stars in their eyes. "Sugoi!" They both shouted.

Juli blushed in embarrassment.

Zoro narrowed his eyes. 'How did she do that just now…'

Sanji looked at her with hearts in his eyes. "She's not just an angel, she is a goddess who can fight."

Usopp shivered a bit. 'T-that was a bit s-scary…'

"W-wow…" Nami said in astonishment.

"She can cut you apart without you knowing it, until it's too late…" Robin said with an easygoing smile.

"Nooooooooo! Robin stop saying such scary things!" Usopp and Nami shouted at her, while Robin just chuckled.

"Don't worry I don't do that technique very often… I don't like to hurt people unless it's necessary." She smiled nervously.

Usopp and Nami slumped over in relief.

Suddenly, Juli looked in the direction of the island and frowned cutely in thought.

Robin was the one who noticed that. She laid her book away. "What's wrong?"

The others looked at her and saw her confused expression.

"I don't know… Did you guys explore that island?" Juli looked back to them.

"No…" Nami said and she suddenly had an uneasy feeling about this island.

Luffy just grinned brightly. "Then let's go explore it! Shishishi!" He jumped from the ship.

"Luffy, you idiot! Wait!" Nami screeched in annoyance.

Zoro sighed and looked at the others. "Let's go." And with that he jumped down.

"WAIT! DON'T WALK OFF ALONE!" Nami screeched and Luffy and Zoro stopped and waited for the others.

"Do I really have to go?!" Usopp said as his knees shook together.

Juli smiled at him. "I'm sure I just imagined something, let's follow Luffy and Zoro."

And with that all of the Strawhats left the ship and began to walk towards the forest, Luffy at the head of them, ready for an adventure.

...-megami = Goddess ...

Hey guys! ;) Did you like this chapter? In the next chapter, the Strawhats and Juli will finally meet Aokiji and more of Juli's past will be revealed.