I'm so sorry it's taken so long to update! The Microsoft word program crashed on me so I couldn't write! I've been writing on paper, but I never liked anything I wrote! I finally did it though! I really like this episode! Sorry to say, there is no preview to the next episode on this, I haven't really gotten to write episode eleven! Don't worry; it should be up within a week! One Piece doesn't belong to me sadly. Read and Review!

Episode Ten: Mist Town

Nami yawned and opened her eyes. They weren't going to eat breakfast, but lunch instead. She walked into Choppers room, and saw him sleeping on his bed. Panic flooded through her body as she ran over to him.

"Chopper! Chopper wake up!"

Chopper's eyes shot opened and he looked at her, "what's wrong Nami?"

He was still half-asleep. His hooves began to rub his eyes and he yawned.

"Chopper, where is Kayla?"

Chopper's eyes widen in shock, "what do you mean where is Kayla, she's asleep in my room."

"You're in your room right now Chopper, so where is Kayla?"

There was a moment of silence, and then they both ran out of the room shouting Kayla's name. They're yells woke the others up.

"What's going on?" Luffy asked as he yawned.

"Kayla is missing!" Nami shouted.

Usopp, Luffy, Zoro and Sanji's eyes practically popped out of their heads.

"WHAT!" they all screamed.

"I walked into Chopper's room to see if Kayla was awake, and she was gone! Chopper was lying there instead. I woke him up, and we've looked practically everywhere!"

They all joined together, screaming her name as they looked for her. Usopp and Chopper were below deck in the storage area, Zoro and Sanji were looking in all the other rooms, and Luffy and Nami were looking on deck.

"Kayla!" Nami yelled.

Kayla stirred, then woke up. She sat up, her hair was unruly and her ears were pressed against her head. A yawn escaped her lips, and then she looked down. Nami and Luffy were running down there frantically. She was going to yell to them, but her throat was dry.

'Stupid medicine, though you helped me you've made my mouth dry…I need water, and to clean up a little bit, so to speak.'

She climbed out of the crow's nest and walked right past them. Kayla would answer them when she could. Luffy and Nami didn't notice her. She walked into the kitchen and got a drink of water, then decided to walk to the bathroom. After she did, Zoro came out of the room next to the bathroom.

"Damn it, where could she be?" he said under his breath.

"Sanji! Did you find her yet?"

"No!"

"Where are you right now?"

"Nami-swan's and Kayla's room!"

"Stupid perverted love cook! Get the hell out of there!"

Zoro rushed towards the room as Kayla came out of the bathroom.

"Now that my teeth and hair are brushed, I will go see what Nami and Luffy want."

She calmly walked out onto the deck, once again missing Zoro and Sanji walking by to check the bathroom. Kayla smiled as she walked up to Nami; she genteelly tapped her shoulder. Nami jumped in the air, then turned to face Kayla.

"Kayla!"

"Yeah, why are you guys calling my name?"

"You weren't in Chopper's room, nor were you in my room. We couldn't find you."

Luffy walked to the door and yelled to the others, they all came up a few moments later.

"I was asleep."

"Where?"

"In the crows nest. It's very comfortable up there, plus I'm the look out remember."

The other's just sweat-dropped.

"You were up there the whole time, asleep?" Zoro asked.

Kayla nodded, "yeah, as I said it's comfy up there."

They all fell over.

"What did I say?"

"Land ho!" Kayla shouted from the crow's nest.

She smiled and looked down at the crew. It was near dusk, so she was happy to see it. Everyone below her started preparing to dock.

"What's our ETA?" Nami yelled to her.

"I'd say about 25-30 minutes."

Nami nodded, "get down here, we've all gotta talk."

Kayla smiled, and jumped out of the crow's nest. She landed gracefully in front of Nami.

"Show off."

"Yeah I know."

Nami playfully hit Kayla in the back of the head. Sanji, Zoro, Usopp, Luffy and Chopper all walked up to them.

"Okay, we've gotta spilt up the list of supplies," Nami stated.

The other's nodded in agreement.

"Sanji, you're in charge of getting the food."

Sanji smiled, "yes Nami-swan. Anything for you."

"Chopper, medical supplies."

"Right."

"Usopp, weapons and other important stuff."

"Fine, but I'll need the list."

Nami handed a long piece of paper to Usopp.

"I have to get all of this!"

"Relax; I'm going to help you."

Nami tore about a forth of the list off, smiling. Usopp sweat-dropped.

"Thanks Nami…"

"I'll help you Usopp…but I have something I need to do first."

"Thanks Kayla!"

"No problem, here."

Kayla tore half of the list off. Usopp smiled widely, as she had tore off most of the women's supplies. He sighed in relief.

"What have you got to do Kayla?" Luffy asked.

"I'm going to get these tattoos removed for good."

"Cool!"

"I'm going to help out Chopper with the medical supplies, from what he writing down he's going to need it."

"Thanks Zoro."

"Sure."

"Well, I've decided to wait on the ship until one of you guys come back. Then I'll go do what I gotta do."

"I'll stay with you Nami."

"Thanks Luffy."

"So, what is this place called anyway?" Luffy asked.

"Mist Island," Nami answered.

"Missed?"

"No! Mist, M-I-S-T, not M-I-S-S-E-D Luffy!"

"Oh! I've heard of that place somewhere!" Usopp yelled.

"They're famous for there weaponry. Infact, I'm sure my sais are from here."

Usopp smiled and rubbed his hands together, shopping was going to be easy this time for him.

"How do you know so much about this island Kayla?" Nami questioned.

"I know I read it somewhere…and I think I've been here before. I believe this is where Blain took me to get his tattoo. Ironically enough the place I got it will be the place I lose it."

Everyone smiled and nodded. Chopper walked up to her and handed her a vial.

"Drink it, its medicine. Vanilla flavored at that."

Kayla grinned and chugged it down; smiling, "much better then the last stuff."

"Remember the side effects though Kayla, you're gunna be sleepy almost immediately."

"No, once I get used to something, it's not as bad. So, I won't get sleepy for a couple of hours. By then, I should have about half of my shopping done and the tattoo's off."

"Actually, you're only going to have time to get the tattoo's off," Sanji said.

Kayla looked at him questioningly.

"It'll be dinner time soon; I'm just going to get enough food for dinner and breakfast. Unless you can get half of your shopping done and the tattoos removed in less than three hours that is."

"I bet I could."

"Just be back before the sunsets Kayla. That is when we all have dinner."

Kayla nodded at Sanji just as they pulled into the port. She jumped off the edge of the ship. The other's eyes popped out of their head.

"Kayla!" they all cried in unison.

She stood on the land, smiling at them.

"Be back soon!"

She ran off like a bullet, the crew could only stare.

"Wow, that's cool," Luffy stated after a moment.

Nami sighed as Zoro, Chopper, Usopp, and Sanji all got off the boat.

"Wait you guys forgot your money!" Nami cried and tossed them some small bags.

They all caught it with easy. They saw Kayla running back to them, looking somewhat mad.

"I knew you be back," Nami teased tossing a bag into the air, then catching again.

Kayla grinned as she held up a little baggy of her own.

"Nah, just wanted to tell you guys to be careful and have fun."

Nami fumed, "you stole that!"

"Stole? No…borrowed without asking and have no intention of paying back sounds better Nami. You taught me that saying as I recall, remember?" Kayla asked.

"Yeah…but when you come back I'm gunna kill you for borrowing without asking and having no intentions of paying it back."

"It's a date, see ya later guys."

Kayla ran off again, smiling. Nami smiled and shook her head.

"Get going you guys, you don't have much time to get what you need done," Nami said, walking away.

"Sanji you had better bring back a lot of meat!" Luffy yelled.

"Right," Sanji said.

The group all separated. Chopper and Zoro went east, while Sanji and Usopp had gone north. Kayla sniffed the air, yes; sometimes having a keen sense of smell was good. A small smile crossed her lips as she found the sent she was looking for. The scent of ink, sweat, and blood. Kayla followed the smell to a rather small shop. Her smiled widened and she darted into the door.

"Pops? Are ya here? Pops?"

"Kayla? Is that really you?" a voice called, but no form could be seen.

"Yeah, sure is pops!"

An old man looking to be in his late forties walked into the room from a door to the left. He didn't have a lot of hair, but what hair he had left was black and gray. The man had a few wrinkles over the visible parts of his body. His glasses hung from his neck, and his mouth was opened so Kayla could see all of his teeth. His eyes were a deep shade of purple.

"It is really you Kayla!" the old man shouted.

"Didn't I say that already?"

"Frank? Frank who's there?" another voice called.

"Abby! It's Kayla! Kayla has returned!"

A woman, about the same age as Frank ran into the room from the door he came out of. Her hair was a beautiful midnight blue and was mid-length so it hit the middle of her back. She had bright sun yellow eyes. Like Frank, she had some wrinkles, but not many. Abby walked over to Kayla and pinched her cheeks.

"Ow! That hurt Ma!" Kayla cried and grabbed her cheeks.

"Your right! This is Kayla! Darling, how are you here? Blain ne-"

"I'm not with him anymore! I escaped!"

Frank gasped, "what? How?"

"I damaged his ship, but was thrown into the water. I clung to a piece of driftwood and floated to this other ship! My friend, Nami, I believe I told you about her right?"

Frank and Abby nodded.

"Good, anyway, she was on that ship! At first I tried to escape with her, but the crew and her are friends! So now, I'm traveling with them wherever they are going. They treat me like a person! I'm even apart of the crew! I'm the look out!"

"That's wonderful news Kayla!"

"I know Ma! I'm the look out for the Straw Hat Pirate Crew!"

Abby and Frank were silent.

"The Straw Hats? With their captain Monkey D. Luffy? The man that beat Arlong?" Frank asked.

"The one and the same!"

A boy no older then seven walked out of the room. He had Abby's hair color and Frank's eyes. His hair though, was short and messy. He carried a small white sheet with him into the room.

"Momma? Poppa? Why are you yelling?"

"Is that?"

Abby nodded, "yeah, that's our son. His name is Jake. Jake, come here there is someone I want you to meet."

Jake walked over to his mother and father, but stood behind them.

"Jake, this is Kayla. She saved your life before you were even born," Abby said smiling.

"Oh! So this is the nice lady you told me about?"

Kayla couldn't hear them anymore, as she was busy remembering her first encounter with them.

Tray pulled Kayla to a small house.

"Anyone home?" he barked.

Frank came running in, "yes, please quiet down. My wife is asleep."

"Whatever, I have a job for you. Paint a black rose crying blood tears on this girls back."

Tray threw Kayla to the floor. The impact caused her lip to bust open. Kayla began to push herself up, but Tray stepped on her lower back area. She bit back a scream.

"Right here," he drilled the ball of his foot into her back.

Frank just stared at Tray, a look of disgust and anger.

"Just who might I ask wants this done?"

"Captain Blain."

"I see. Well, how do you plan to pay me?"

"Captain says you can have your way with her for a day."

"It'll take a day for the tattoo to be done."

"I'll be back in two days to pick her up then. Have fun."

Frank nodded as Tray kicked Kayla into a wall and left. When he was gone, Frank rushed to her side.

"Little one? Are you alright?"

Kayla pushed herself up and wiped away the blood.

"I'm fine, can we please just get this over with."

Frank nodded and took note of the girls' strange appearance. She had fox ears, and a foxtail, and many cuts and bruises all over her body. Wait! Fox ears and a foxtail?

"You have fox ears and a fox tail!" Frank shouted.

Her ears folded down, "yes? Have a problem with it?"

Footsteps, Kayla could hear footsteps coming down a set of stairs.

"Frank, why are you yelling?"

"Abby you shouldn't be down here in your condition!"

"She's carrying a child isn't she?" Kayla asked.

Frank stared at her. No one had told her anything, and Abby was out of sight. Abby came into view, she was indeed pregnant.

"How did you know?" Abby asked as she walked over to Kayla.

"I have Devil Fruit powers. Ears and a tail aren't the only thing a fox has. Their senses are also very strong. I could smell a third sent on you. That of your son."

"Son? I'm going to have a son?" Frank asked.

"Yes, she's right. I was going to tell you at dinner tonight. The doctor said we would be having a little boy."

Frank smiled and ran over to his wife.

"This girl is here to get a tattoo Abby. Orders of Captain Blain."

"And as payment, I'm yours for the day," Kayla added.

"What does she mean Frank?"

"I mean what I said. For today, you guys get to do whatever you want to me."

Frank nodded, "that's what the man said. She's here for two days."

"Frank how could you agree to such a thing!"

"It's a good thing he did, or Blain would have him killed. The next tattoo parlor is days away. It doesn't matter to me what you do to me."

"Good, because the first thing you are going to do is take a bath," Frank said as he grabbed her arm.

"A bath?" Kayla asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, I have decided that we will take care of you for the two days you're here."

Kayla smiled, on the brink of tears, "thank you."

"Come on sweetie, lets go give you that bath," Abby said pulling her up stairs.

Next Day

Abby and Kayla walked the streets. Kayla smiling as she helped pick out things for the baby. Frank had stayed home after he had given her the tattoo. Abby grabbed a sky blue top and Kayla nodded in approval. They paid for it and left.

"Why didn't Frank come with us?"

The smile faded from Abby's face, "he just wanted to stay home, incase anyone came by to get a tattoo."

Kayla could sense the nervousness in her voice, "you're a bad liar. I told you that I have three devils fruit powers and my fox-fox powers can sense your nervousness."

"No Kayla, I'm telling the truth. He just wants to make sure that no customers come in today."

"The only people you're expecting are…the people who will come to pick up me…"

Kayla looked to the sun; it was almost sunset, the time Tray would come to pick her up. If she wasn't there…

"You planned this didn't you?" Kayla suddenly asked.

"What are you talking about Kayla?"

"You got me out of the house, so that Tray couldn't get me back and that I wouldn't have to go through hell."

"You're a child; you don't need to go through that."

"And that man is the father of your child! How could you let him do that!?" Kayla screamed.

"It was his idea Kayla. His choice. I couldn't convince him not too!"

"You don't get it Abby! Tray will KILL him!" Kayla screamed.

Abby began to sob, "I know…I know, but he wants to save you Kayla. No child should have to go through what you did. Last night, you were screaming in your sleep for Blain to stop. You began to cry and it just broke our hearts. Frank wasn't going to let you go back."

Abby fells to her knees sobbing, Kayla turned her back to her.

"It wasn't your decision to make."

With those words said, Kayla ran in the direction of the house with a tremendous burst of speed. Abby could only watch, as Kayla became smaller as she ran.

"I've got to help her…"

Kayla could see the house, the door was opened and the stench of blood filled the air.

"Please…tell me I'm not to late…" she whispered under breath.

Gradually, she slowed down until she was at the front door. Slowly she walked in and glanced around. She followed the smell of blood to Frank's body.

"Frank!"

Kayla rushed to his side and turned him over, luckily he was breathing.

"Kay…la…what are you…doing here?"

"I'm not going to let you die…you and Abby were the first people to show me true caring in a very long time. You'll be alive when she has the baby."

Her fist glowed a light red as she ripped his shirt so she could see the wound. She placed her hand over it and he screamed in pain.

"It'll only hurt for a few minutes Frank!"

Slowly, the wound was burned close. Frank had passed out from the pain, just as Tray walked in holding another person in a choke hold.

"No!" Kayla screamed, "Tray, let her go!"

Three more somewhat bulky men came in, all there guns pointed at Frank. Kayla growled as her ears folded down on her head, her tail's fur stood up.

"Captain Blain wants you back Kayla, this man wouldn't give you up so he had to pay and it seems I have found his women too."

Kayla's eyes narrowed as she growled again, "let her go and I'll come with you peacefully. I'll go back to him."

Frank opened his eyes, but his body hurt too much to move.

"Kayla…you can't go back to him…just run."

Kayla ignored him and stared at Tray.

"Do you even know who this girl is?"

Kayla stopped growling as her body relaxed, "no…please don't tell them Tray!"

Tray threw Abby to the ground, instantly she crawled over to her husband.

"Frank, are you alright?" Abby cried.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

Abby began to cry as her husband hugged her.

Tray pointed the gun at Abby's belly, "let this be a lesson to you and everyone everywhere. Never cross Captain Blain!"

A single shot echoed in the house as blood pooled to the floor.

"NO!"

TO BE CONTINUED…

Me: Alrighty then! Here is the pre-

Chopper: Let me do it! Let me do it!

Me: Fine, go ahead Chopper.

Chopper: Here is the preview!

Frank nudged her, "he wants you to pick him up, Kayla."

Kayla nodded and noticed that Jake had started to walk away. She scooped him up into her arms and smiled at him.

"Forgive me; I haven't been around kids in a long time. Did you need something, Jake?"

Jake wrapped his arms around her neck and kissed her cheek.

"Thank you nice funny lady, for saving me so I could be born."

Kayla looked stunned and on the verge of tears, Jake looked worried.