Catta: Hello, hellooo everyone! It's been a while!~

Aubrey: Yeah, you slacker. Where have you been?

Catta: Slacker? (;_;) Do you know how much stuff I had to do, even if it was suppose to be my slacking time on the holidays?

Aubrey & Leah: (=_=)''

Catta: I had to write the later chapters and I was stuck on some parts...

Leah: Well, that's no excuse. Apologise to your readers.

Catta: *bows deeply* I'm sorry! Please forgive me!

Aubrey: Haha... that's right, you should be~!


Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of Oda-sensei's Characters! I only own my OC's and anything that I have added in that doesn't belong to the anime!


Chapter 6: Cheers! And Déjà vu?

Listen to the sound of the ocean as it calls for its children to return home, to sail the waves once again…

"To be one with the sea again! Oh how I've missed it!" I exclaimed dramatically into the wind with my arms held out wide. I could hear Casimir mumbling under his breath as he passed me, carrying crates of fruit into the kitchen for lunch while I grinned.

Less than two days have passed since we left the island with no particular course set in mind; though the New World or Paradise seems like a good way to go, and an opportunity to find others who would want to join us on our travels.

"Hey! No slacking off!" Fleur snapped half-heartedly at me, though she couldn't be angry at me anymore (Which is rather a good thing). I beamed a smile in her direction causing her to roll her eyes in exasperation before she continued to look over a map of the ocean.

"Who died and made you boss?" Leah called out to the blonde haired women. She was seated in the crow's nest, reading a novel to pass the time by since she wasn't needed at the moment, though she was keeping an eye on the area around us, just in case we were followed by marines or come in contact with other pirates.

Fleur made a sound of distaste at Leah's words before deciding to retort sharply, "Shut up and keep watch!" Though, Leah just laughed off her command and finding amusement in Fleur's reaction.

I grinned at them and examined their appearances now that I actually had time to. (A/N: Some people might be wondering about what they actually look like so, this is Aubrey's description of the others~!)

Leah was a slender woman with a chest size that many women would be envious for. Her wavy cherry-pink hair was placed in a rough ponytail on the crown of her head and stood out further with her light tanned skin as well as her distinctive green eyes. Her height was nothing to laugh at though. She is taller than the average woman so, overall: She was like a female giant.

Fleur, my navigator, was like an opposite to Leah. She was shorter and younger than Leah and had short, spiky blonde hair matched with pale skin and beady black eyes that looked like they were peering creepily into your soul… nah, I'm kidding – but they are a beady black colour. Her chest was flat… like a board. Do you see what I mean as in opposites?

Her brother was tall – and surprisingly taller than Leah, but only by a few inches. Casimir was slightly darker than Fleur, though it was because he was tan and had matching beady black eyes. He had a neat five o'clock shadow and most of the time, had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth as he looked bored. He had muscles... and they looked good – but I don't see Casimir as a dating option.

Overall, I say my crew weren't perfect, but I guess it didn't really matter. I was happy, even if they had four arms and three eyes. Just being able to travel the ocean freely was good enough for me, though the fact that I now had a new ship and some nakama wasn't such a bad thought either. Too bad they were fighting at the moment... Ah, who am I kidding! This is funny as heck!

With that said, I grinned at them before looking back out at the sea to observe our surroundings, since for the past couple of times I've been in the sea, I had a hangover or was completely bored. My observation of our surroundings consisted of blue skies, minimum clouds and a nice ocean's breeze.

…Funnily enough, the moment I turn around to look at something else, their arguments begin! Oh well, time to observe~

"–Shut up, you ass!" Leah snapped at Casimir, who happened to join in and take over for Fleur who gave up on them.

"What'd you call me, Red?" Casimir growled at the woman, who by now, was climbing down from the crow's nest to attack the chef. Ooh! How exciting!

"Didn't hear me? Well, let me repeat it for you… I said: SHUT UP, YOU ASS!" She snapped at him, now arriving on the deck to yell at Casimir face-to-face… Oh-ho~! This will never get old for me. (Big grin!~)

"Keep going! Keep going!" I laughed at them, clapping my hands to egg them on while Fleur came up beside me with a scowl.

"Shouldn't you stop them?" She asked, "They are your crew." She pointed out and I grinned at her while holding up a finger, as if to prove an important point.

"Haha! Are you kidding? They're getting to know each other better, since for now on, they'll be seeing each other every day!" I informed her, causing her to roll her eyes and step forward. It seemed that she was going to be the one to end my fun…

"Alright you two, bre–" She slipped and fell overboard, causing me to look in her direction in surprise. I wasn't expecting that to happen…

"Hey, uh… Fleur fell overboard~" I called out to them, but they were yelling at each other so loud, they couldn't hear me.

"PIG HEAD!" "COW!" "SLOB!"

I looked overboard to see that Fleur wasn't coming up to the surface and unhooked my sword and sheath from my side and dropped anything that would weigh me down before diving overboard to retrieve my navigator. I don't know if the two noticed us gone or whatnot, but at the moment I was only focused on finding Fleur.

Swimming further down, I located Fleur sinking towards the ocean floor with great speed, so following as fast as I could, I caught her arm into my grip before tugging her up to the surface of the water to be pulled aboard our ship. Never mind that she weighed a whole heap in the water than what she probably would on the surface… isn't water supposed to make you lighter?

Breaking the surface of the water, I took a breath and kept Fleur's head above the water while Leah called out to us, while Casimir threw down a thick rope to wrap around us, "Are you two okay?"

Wrapping the rope around the both of us, I tugged on the rope indicating for us to be pulled up before I replied to Leah. "Yeah, we're fine… It'd be cool if I knew that she had eaten a devil fruit… then I would have got down there sooner." I commented before collapsing on the deck with Fleur sprawled out next to me.

Casimir took immediate action and began pumping on Fleur's chest, trying to make her spit out the water in her lungs and to make sure she was okay while Leah retrieve some towels for us to keep warm with.

"How long was she down there for?" Casimir asked absently, keeping his focus on pumping the water out of my navigator's lungs.

"Not that long. Perhaps a minute at most." I replied gravely, before drying myself down with the towel while Leah stood idly next to me.

"Are you alright?" She asked me, once I was partly dry. I sent her a nod before walking over to my pile of gear I left before jumping into the water.

Hearing the sound of someone spluttering, I turned around to see Fleur looking like a fish out of water as she greedily took in air to fill her lungs in place of the water.

"Welcome to the world of the living." Leah stated to the blonde female while Casimir sent her a glare in warning, to which she ignored or didn't care about, most likely the latter.

"What happened?" Fleur asked in a raspy voice, still trying to gather her breath. Before the others could answer, I did.

"You slipped and fell overboard." I called out to her before sending her a chiding pout, "Why didn't you tell me you had a devil fruit?"

She looked down, nervous. "Why should I? I didn't want it in the first place." She stated, gripping her hands together in her lap, her knuckles turning white from the strain.

"Don't… want it?" I repeated, blinking in surprise. "Why not?"

"Why? Because it's stupid!" She snapped, though I wasn't fazed by her change of tone. I just waited in silence for her to continue, which she eventually did. "Who would want the 'Tsuri-Tsuri No Mi'?! (Tree Tree Fruit?)"

"Tsuri-Tsuri no mi?" I asked, a blank expression appeared on my face as I processed what she had just said. Moments later, my face twisted into confusion before it lit up like a Christmas tree, "Wow! A devil fruit user!"

"Hey, is it normal to be that slow?" Leah asked, sweat-dropping at my late reply while Casimir rolled his eyes with a 'whatever' attitude.

I, on the other hand, ignored her statement and turned to Casimir with a happy, almost crazed expression. "The saké! Bring out the saké!" I cheered, pointing towards the kitchen while looking at the chef. He muttered under his breath again before heading off to the kitchen to retrieve the barrels for us to enjoy.

"This is going to be one heck of a celebration~!" I chirped before feasting my eyes on the sight of the saké barrels ready to be consumed unhealthily.

. . .

I moaned in pain as I woke up the next morning as the bright glare of the sun harshly set on my eyes. Blinking the blurriness out of my sight, I examined my surroundings before the harsh reality sunk into my brain and I let out a loud shout of protest, "Don't tell me it happened to me again!?" I cried in horror before flinching.

"Ugh, never again." I muttered, grabbing my head as if it were to help my heavy hangover that was the main results to my drinking last night. I knew I shouldn't have challenged them to a drinking contest.

I didn't know what I was going to do now, seeing as though I have no food or water supplies with me at the time. I guess next time I should really talk to Leah about doing something about my drinking limits.

So, with that mentally sorted, I grabbed the oars that were conveniently placed at the other end of the dinghy and started rowing in a random direction that would, hopefully, lead me to another ship or something… even better, to an island with a big restaurant!


END.


I'd Like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has read, liked and reviewed this story and I apologise again for not updating any sooner. For the last few chapters, I haven't actually replied to anyone's reviews so, I have decided to reply right here!

lilsakuraxxXX - Haha, thank you and I will! I already have some good ideas set up and planned for the story so please expect more chapters to be released! *bows*

Namikaze Hatake - I plan to continue this story, yes (Still sorry to those readers for A Second Chance!). And the idea about the Family Reunion.. hehe, I had a mental image of how it would go down and funnily enough, I'm already starting to plan it out, though I think it will be in the later chapters. Thank you ! *bows*

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Next Chapter: What will happen to Aubrey, and if she does reach an island... what does it have in store and will she see her crew again? (I'm not that good at Cliffhangers *sweatdrops*)

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