The three of them swayed in the two small boats. Marco blew the hair that laid on his forehead until it was springing up once more. The redhead threw out his line back into the ocean, since his last attempt, he wasn't so lucky. In a bucket, on the parallel boat, were half of a dozen caught fishes. Sabo did the same, taking Ace's bait when he wasn't looking, and threw his line out on the other side of the ship.
It was a minor completion to consume time between the two of them. Ace was a part of it until he fell asleep after the second catch.
A shadow laid below the water's surface and when it moved beneath them, the boats roared. Their lines gotten tangled and both lurked upwards with their rods falling to the side.
"What was that?" Haruta uttered as he tried to steadied himself.
Marco gently sat up and glazed around the ship with his droopy eyes. "Probably a Seaking." And with that, he laid back down on the ship's bottom.
And this gotten the attention of their fair almighty captain.
Ace shot up in his sleep and blinked, "A seaking?" He stood on the seat and gazed out until he saw the shadow slowly moving from under the water surface. "Spear!"
Which was their other word for their staffs.
Sabo grabbed their metal staffs and threw Ace's his. The two of them headed to the side of the ship where the beast was only a handreach away.
Ace blasted his pipe onto the beast and imminently it rose out of the water. "Dinner," he muttered with a lick of his lips.
"Scary," Haruta uttered with sarcasm, "I almost shook in my pants."
"Those are pants?" Marco questioned from his resting position, but he went unheard. "I always thought those were tights."
"Shut it, or I'm feeding you to the Seaking, kiddo."
And the midget gritted his teeth. Almost ready to slam his paddle down on Ace's head.
The beast roared into their faces, and spit covered their clothes. Without a shared glance, the two brothers jumped and brash the beast on its head. It slammed down into the way, only a red bump was shown; but it wasn't done.
It swum under the boats once more, rising on the opposite side and tried to take a bite out of Marco. Haruta lifted his gun up and shot the beast between its eyes. Another shot entered its mouth and exited through the right side of its head.
The Seaking was dead. Two headshots made it go down.
Ace and Sabo both looked at Haruta with raised eyebrows.
"You are actually useful?" Ace mouthed.
Sabo banged Ace on the head so Haruta didn't have to do so.
The redhead only smirked and blew the smoke out of the barrel. "Course. I've told ya, I'm a gun expert."
"You didn't," Marco yawned, "Since we joined with them, you've been complaining about being called a girl."
Ace couldn't help but laugh when Haruta's smirk was wiped away by his own friend. "Deserve you right, kiddo."
Haruta raised his gun once more and shot the air, an inch away from Ace's own head.
"HEY! WATCH IT!"
He only shrugged and spun it around in his hand.
"And you missed!"
"Next time I won't."
"Midget!"
"Baka!"
"Trap!"
"Dumbass!"
And the two continued to fight.
…
Because of Sabo's lack of skill, they ended up on the wrong way to the Reverse Mountain and had to backtrail. Their supplies ran low and so they stopped on Mirrorball Island.
The four of them roped the boats along the docks and set through the island. Even from outside they could see this island was crowded.
Everyone was either mingling or dancing and most of the items sold on the island was either dance related or for tourists.
The shopping was left to Haruta and Marco, being the two who knew more about the island. Plus, it seemed like Haruta could get a deal, or get kick out of the place for arguing over the price, because of his childish looks. Which was the first time he didn't complain over it.
Ace and Sabo was touring the city. It was a complete opposite than what they were used too. Blocks all had large buildings that blocked their view, and in the middle of the city was a huge platform. Dozens of people stood on the stage, dancing along to the music. None of them seemed to worry about anything else other than the beat. And the two boys joined in.
People crowded around Ace when he shown off his moves. His arms were flying in one direction to the other.
A huge man appeared in the staring crowd and clapped at the young man's display. He stepped into the circle and began his own dancing which others made room for. Everyone was watching as these two danced away, showing off their moves. And no one knew which was one better. Each looked like a pro.
"Go Ace!" Sabo cheered from the standing crowd. And the others started to cheer his name as well.
"Go Mr. E!" called forth by the others for the mystery guy.
The huge man grinned from the response and glanced at Ace. "Glad to see another dancer." Even if they were in a city of dancing people. He bowed down his hat and slowed down his dancing. "And, I would love to dance with you again, but I have to leave."
The marines moved through the crowd, looking who was drawing this much attention. Their eyes widen when they saw the huge hairy man. "Flower Sword…" the man with bolted knuckles muttered.
People started moving away from the crowd, leaving only the marines and Sabo, Ace and the mystery man.
He paused as soon as he heard them coming. "I guess I was moments off," he sighed and turned around.
"Stand right there, Flower Sword Vista!"
"I'm afraid not," the man uttered and unsheathe his swords. He took charge at the men.
Sabo glanced at Ace, but the boy was already joining in on Vista's attack, and so did Sabo. The three of them charged into the line of marines.
They all fell down, one by one, until there was only the knuckle man standing. He looked down on his fallen comrades and at the three were still standing.
"Now we aren't outnumbered now," Vista chuckled. He turned and looked at the two younger ones, "I believe you guys knew the outcomes of your actions, correct?"
They nodded.
"Alright," he said under his breath and looked back at man in the uniform, "Now Marine, do you stand or do you retreat?"
He growled, "It's Fullbody, you scum! And I will not retreat! You're disrupting the citizens of this land."
"Not until you appeared," Sabo remarked.
"And you two! You two dared to assist the criminal!"
"We are criminals as well," Ace gave him a careless smile.
"Pirates," Sabo added.
Vista looked down at the two and another chuckle escaped his lips. "You are outmatched, Mr. Lawman. And it doesn't look like you have anyone to assist you either."
Fullbody looked around; searching for any backup but he found none.
Ace took a step forward, "I got this." He cracked his knuckles and spun his staff. "And I will make sure you remember who I am. Monkey D. Ace. The next Pirate King."
And he did.
Fullbody ended up beaten on the ground, with birdies circling over his head. The citizens stood there, once more, but gasped instead of applauding the trio.
"It's been a pleasure on meeting you two," Vista faced Sabo when Ace returned to his brother, "But it seems like we are not welcomed anymore. So, let's take our meeting elsewhere."
Sorry for the long time it took me, but lots of things happened. And, did you know, Vista was suppose to be on the Spade Crew instead of Jozu in Marine Girl, but I get the names confused. Oh well, and Loguetown should be coming up soon.
Son of Whitebeard: Oda hasn't said anything about Haruta's gender, so yeah, I had to make it apart of his character.
XxFire-PhoenixxX: Nope, but Vista is. Let's just say, Haruta follows whoever...which happened to be Marco and will be someone else soon.
